Town annual reports of Carver 1895, Part 1

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Publication date: 1895
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Part 1


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SELECTMEN


OF THE


TOWN OF, CARVER,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 2, 1895.


TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE


TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Annual Town Meeting, March 25, 1895.


BOSTON : ADDISON C. GETCHELL, PRINTER, No. 185 FRANKLIN STREET. 1895.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SELECTMEN


OF THE


TOWN OF CARVER,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 2, 1895.


TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE


TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Annual Town Meeting, March 25, 1895.


BOSTON ; ADDISON C. GETCHELL, PRINTER, No. 185 FRANKLIN STREET. 1895.


REPORT OF SELECTMEN


AND OTHER TOWN OFFICERS.


Citizens of Carver: -


The Selectmen submit their Annual Report of receipts and expenditures of the town for the past year, with such other facts as may be of interest.


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


J. A. VAUGHAN, Treasurer.


DR.


Cash on hand March 3, 1894 $789 47


Rec'd from Ellis School Fund


200 00


A. M. Shaw, sale' of herrings 10 00


J. J. Ryan, license to peddie


3 00


E. N. Stranger, license to peddle 3 00


E. S. Fuller, license to peddle 3 00


William Savery, agent, money hired 4,500 00 Town of Middleboro, for tuition of three scholars two years . 100 89 · William Randall, license to peddle . 3 00


Foster L. Randall, license to peddle


3 00


Rebecca W. Benson, sale of school books 4.2


William L. Chipman, clerk of dis- trict court, fines


85 00


A. K. Harmon, county sheriff, fines 10 00


Corporation tax 736 34


National Bank tax .


928 70


Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts of 1889


72 00


4


Rec'd State Aid, Chap. 301. Acts of 1889 $288 00


Pratt School Fund .


100 00


Dog license dividend 176 IS


Massachusetts school fund 345 09


Shedrach Atwood, tuition of scholars 16 14


Town of Plymouth, aid of J. Stone


12 42


Town of Plymouth, clothing for Mrs. Harlow 351


Rent of town house


13 00


Taxes collected S.735 3+


Interest on delinquent taxes 56 51


Griffith Cemetery Fund .


242 54


Griffith Cemetery Fund interest


9 78


$17.446 33


CR.


Paid State aid


$421 00


Military aid


96 00


Support of poor


1,619 05


Support of schools


3.172 70


School books and incidentals 298 60


Repairs of schoolhouses . 50 90


Repairs of highways


1,491 64


Repairs of bridges . 192 66


Removal of snow 393 02


Incidental town expenses


1.617 83


William Savery, agent, money hired


4.500 00


Town house account


45 99


Soldiers' relief


241 75


Suppression of liquor traffic I So 97


County tax


990 72


State tax


00 ot9


Town debt


1,000 00


Interest on town debt


90 00


Griffith Cemetery Fund


238 32


Griffith Cemetery Fund, paid J. W. Atwood .


· 14 00


5


Cash on hand


$151 18


$17,446 33


SCHOOLS.


Receipts and expenses connected with the support of schools the past year : -


DR.


To balance from 1893 $837 75


Appropriation of 1894


1,600 00


Ellis School Fund, appropriated to district No. 4 200 00


Pratt School Fund . 100 00


Massachusetts School Fund


345 09


Dividend from dog licenses


176 18


Town of Middleboro, tuition of three scholars two years 100 89


Shedrach Atwood, tuition of scholars 16 14


$3,376 05


CR.


Paid bills approved by the School Committee as follows : -


Mary L. Harrub, teaching $176 00


Edith L. Barrows, teaching 360 00


Lillian W. Dove, teaching 230 40


A. A. C. Harvey, teaching 368 00


Ellis G. Cornish, teaching


358 40


Vesta B. Shaw, teaching 414 00


Rebecca W. Benson, teaching 383 35


Sadie F. Atwood, teaching


217 50


Elmer B. Perkins, teaching


201 00


Orrie E. Clark, teaching


102 00


Mary E. Flynn, teaching


139 00


Leila B. Thomas, teaching 137 50


Janitor's services


84 00


6


Paid Gustavus Atwood, transportation of scholars .


$1 55


$3, 172 70


Balance to new account .


203 35


$3,376 05


Receipts and disbursements connected with State Aid to sol- diers and families under Chap. 301, the past year : -


DR.


Due from the State


$393 00


CR.


Paid Charles Atwood $48 00


Lucy W. Fuller


48 00


P. Jane Barrows


18 00


Abby H. Eddy


18 00


Eliza B. Shurtleff


18 00


Mary A. Shaw


48 00


Lucy Shurtleff


48 00


Isaac Shaw


2 00


J. P. Parker


3 00


Total disbursements


$341 00


Paid previous to March 1. 1894


52 00


$393 00


MILITARY AID.


Receipts and disbursements under Chap. 279. the past year :-


DR.


Due from the State


$56 00


One half paid by Carver


56 00


$112 00


7


CR.


Paid Manoah Hurd $96 00


Total disbursements


$96 00


Paid previous to March 1, 1894


16 00


$112 00


POOR.


Receipts and expenses connected with the support of poor the past year : -


DR.


To appropriation of 1894 $2,500 00


Town of Plymouth, aid J. Stone 12 42


Town of Plymouth, aid Mrs. Harlow 3 51


$2,515 93


Due from the State for State paupers 1893


121 99


Due from the State for State paupers 1884 49 85


$2,687 77


CR.


Paid B. Lucas, support $78 00


C. Lucas, support .


IS2 00


J. Coad, support 208 00


J. Thomas, support


IS2 00


F. L. Hackett, support 156 00


Susan Robbins, aid


78 00


Sarah Bumpus, aid


86 00


William Pratt, aid .


73 50


W. McFarlin, Taunton Lunatic Hos- pital 169 46


E. N. Thompson, aid Mrs. Robery and son . 104 00


Town of Plymouth, aid C. W. At- wood 34 50


Sylvia C. Dunham, board J. Stone 12 00


8


Paid F. A. Ward, carriage and car fare, J. Stone . $0 42 George L. Soule, funeral expenses, W. Sears 25 00


George L. Soule, funeral expenses, Mrs. Hackett . 23 50


George E. Cornwell, burial, State pauper 18 00


W. F. Stanley, services at drowning of State pauper 6 00


E. H. Cornish, medical attendance, John Thomas . ·


6 00


George F. Morse, medical attend-


ance, J. Coad . 3 75


· George F. Morse, medical attend- ance, S. Bumpus


George F. Morse, medical attend- ·


6 25


ance, William Pratt ·


5 75


George F. Morse, medical attend-


ance, F. L. Hackett .


3 00


Town of Bourne, aid, Phebe A. Shurtleff . .


43 50


. City of Chelsea, aid, S. J. Ham .


8 50


Town of Whitman, aid, Laura I.


Pratt 38 00


F. E. Crapo, board, H. Thurston. State pauper . 24 00


E. H. Cornish, medical attendance,


HI. Thurston, State pauper .


10 85


J. W. Atwood, digging grave. Henrique Silvia 2 50 ·


J. B. Williams, care 155 tramps at IO cents ·


15 50


E. J. Thomas, clothing, F. L. Hackett . 5 00 ·


- 9


Paid T. T. Vaughan, clothing, Mrs. E. Harlow . $3 51


F. A. Ward, clothing, Sarah Bumpus 3 23 Lucinda E. Morse, making clothing, Sarah Bumpus I 70


T. T. Vaughan, wood, Wm. Pratt . I 63


Overdrawn in 1893 785 SI


Balance to new account


282 91


$2,687177


SAVERY AVENUE ACCOUNT.


DR.


To balance 1893


$16 59


CR.


Balance to new account .


$16 59


REPAIR OF SCHOOLHOUSES.


DR.


To balance from 1893 .


$81 65


Appropriation of 1894 .


100 00


$181 65


CR.


Paid O. L. Shurtleff, 34 posts at 16 cents $5 44


Ellis Foundry Co. . 2 00


E. L. Lucas, lumber, paint, and labor 4 50


E. L. Lucas, painting and hanging blinds 4 50


E. L. Lucas, repairing seats and chairs 1 00


E. L. Lucas, repairs


31


E. L. Lucas, locks, etc. 65


E. L. Lucas, repairs 3 95


Hathaway & Sampson, lead pipe 1 50


10


Paid W. H. H. Weston


$2 75


L. T. Robbins


6 13


Charles H. Holmes, paint and paint-


ing .


3 SS


Charles H. Holmes. paint and re-


pairs 2 90


Jones Bros .. shades


5 50


Gustavus Atwood, repairs


2 07


Harlow & Bailey


3 85


$50 93


Balance to new account


130 72


$ISI 65


SCHOOL BOOKS AND INCIDENTALS.


DR.


To appropriation of IS94 $400 00


Books sold


42


$400 2


CR.


Paid E. S. Lucas. wood and cutting $31 62


E. S. Lucas, cleaning schoolhouses 2 35


E. S. Lucas, bookbinding and slates 6 62


E. S. Lucas, ink and express .


1 70


E. S. Lucas, brooms ot


E. H. Lucas. cleaning Nos. 5 and 3 3 60


Mrs. J. Swift. cleaning No. 4 5 00


Lizzie A. Richards, cleaning school- house 3 50


Edward C. Babb & Co .. books 102 09


B. W. Robbins. wood


52 12


B. W. Robbins. sawing wood 9 50


E. H. Eams, sawing wood 731


E. S. Diman, wood and sawing 14 00


Mrs. R. W. Benson 2 70


11


Paid Mrs. N. E. Chase, cleaning $6 00


Educational Publishing Co. II 15


Gustavus Atwood, wood and cutting 30 91


Gustavus Atwood, school supplies


I 40


George P. Lincoln, sawing wood


3 50


J. M. Deane, brooms


64


Helen S. Pettey, cleaning No. 8


2 50


Overdrawn in 1893


5 84


$304 45


Balance to new account


95 97


$400 42


INCIDENTAL TOWN EXPENSES. DR.


To appropriation of 1894 $800 00


Peddlers' licenses


15 00


Corporation tax


736 34


National Bank tax


928 70


Sale of herrings


10 00


W. L. Chipman, 4th district court fines


85 00


A. K. Harmon, county sheriff, fines 10 00


William Savery, agent, loan 4,500 00


Interest on taxes


56 51


$7, 141 55


Overdrawn


986 98


$8,128 53


CR.


Paid E. S. Lucas, School Committee $44.98


E. S. Lucas, surveying schoolhouse lot . I 50


E. S. Lucas, taking school census 2 00


H. S. Griffith, town clerk, 1893 35 00


H. S. Griffith, expense, 1893 . 3 95


12


Paid H. S. Griffith, town clerk, 1894 $35 00 H. S. Griffith, stationery and postage. 1894 5 63


J. J. Tobey, School Committee 2 95


T. T. Vaughan, Selectman and Over- seer 42 00


F. A. Ward, Selectman and Over- seer 73 24


W. A. Tillson, Selectman and Over- seer 45 05


7 46


E. H. Murdock, Road Superintendent J. A. Vaughan, 1000 stamped en- velopes 21 60


Addison C. Getchell, town reports 56 35


George W. Southworth, printing 1 00


F. A. Ward, express town reports


40


E. E. Shaw, Auditor


1 00


J. A. Vaughan, Treasurer and Col- lector, commission 191 98


E. H. Murdock, paid various persons fighting fire 7 80


W. F. Stanley, posting warrants 10 00


HI. L. Thatcher & Co., printing school report 18 75


Gustavus Atwood, School Committee 42 99


D. Carver, fighting fire . I 50


John Goodwin, fighting fire 60


Frank Barney, fighting fire


60


W. F. Stanley, selling herring


3 50


Thomas Groom & Co., tax book


2 00


E. H. Murdock, Road Superintendent So 24


Joseph Morris, for various persons fighting fire 144 90


Ellis Foundry Co .. provisions for various persons 4 17


13


Paid H. T. Hammond, for various persons


fighting fire $3 60


Marcus Atwood, for various persons fighting fire II 70


H. L. Thatcher, assessors' books


4 50


T. T. Vaughan, stationery 50


Avery & Doten, printing tax bills 3 50


Marcus Atwood, watching fire .


2 00


Lucy Shurtleff, care school books .


5 00


William Savery, agent, interest on


loan


133 33


W. F. Stanley, constable, case of F. Sylvia .


4 14


Writing and recording deed .


S5


J. A. Vaughan, postage 2I


Freeman Manter, constable, case of J. Moran 7 21


W. F. Stanley, services at election I 50


Gustavus Atwood, fire warden 2 00


Gustavus Atwood, adjusting land of J. F. Shaw I OO


J. M. Cobb, constable 13 25


John Bent, assessing taxes 23 days . 57 50


E. E. Shaw, assessing taxes 23 days 57 50


Lucius Atwood, assessing taxes 23 days . 57 50


John Bent, taking valuation 21 days 52 50


E. E. Shaw, taking valuation 21 days 52 50


Lucius Atwood, taking valuation 21 days . 52 50


H. S. Griffith, returning birth 25


J. M. Coombs, advertising assessors' notices 12 00


Geo. P. Lincoln, services at election I 50


J. W. Atwood, services at election . I 50


J. W. Atwood, returning 9 deaths . 2 25


14


Paid Nelson Sherman. returning 4 deaths $1 00


Nelson Sherman. inspecting cattle 9 40


H. L. Thatcher, printing tax list 177 50


Total incidental town expenses


$1.617 S3


County tax town expenses


990 00


State tax town expenses


Soo oo


Loan


4,500 00


$7.90$ 55


Overdrawn in IS93


219 98


$8, 128 53


TOWN HOUSE ACCOUNT.


DR.


To balance from IS93


$19 78


Rent


13 00


Overdrawn


13 21


$45 99


CR.


James H. Davis. carpenter


$2 7+


Freeman Cornish. cleaning


3 00


W. H. H. Weston


II 00


James B. Collingwood .


28 00


T. T. Vaughan


1 25


$45 99


SOLDIERS' RELIEF


DR.


To appropriation of IS94


$500 00


Overdrawn


20 94


CR.


$520 94


Paid Eliza B. Alden, board of Charles Atwood . 94 00 .


15


Paid Arthur C. Atwood, board of Charles


Atwood . $10 00


Amos B. Paun, M.D., medical


attendance Charles Atwood 24 00


W. F. Fryer, M.D., medical attend- ance Charles Atwood 69 00


J. J. Shaw, M.D., medical attend- ance Mrs. I. F. Atwood .


21 00


Town of Plymouth, aid Mrs. I. F. Atwood . 23 75


Overdrawn, 1893


279 19


$520 94


HIGHWAYS. DR.


To balance from 1893 .


$45 85


Appropriation 1894


1,400 00


Overdrawn


45 79


$1,491 64


CR.


Paid George W. Tibbitts, road machine $235 00


George Tyler & Co., machine knife 8 oo


Z. A. Tillson


3º 94


E. H. Murdock, railing .


4 93


E. H. Murdock, superintendent


1,212 77


$1,491 64


REMOVAL OF SNOW. - HIGHWAYS.


DR.


To appropriation of 1894 .


$600 00


$600 00


Paid Z. A. Tillson


$17 25


C. F. King


47 50


John Dunham


CR.


50 50


16


Paid John F. Shaw


$32 52


Alton Chandler


39 So


J. E. Vaughan


10 46


T. T. Vaughan


I 20


E. H. Murdock


53 96


O. L. Shurtleff


17 90


Joseph Morris


II 92


E. E. Shaw


14 36


P. J. Holmes


24 65


J. M. Bump


16 90


Geo. B. Washburn


39 55


Henry Washburn


1 15


Fred W. Shaw


13 40


Overdrawn in 1893


46 85


$439 87


Balance to new account


160 13


$600 00


TOWN DEBT ACCOUNT.


DR.


To appropriation, 1894 . . $1,000 00


CR.


Paid Plymouth Savings Bank, note


$1,000 00


REPAIRS OF BRIDGES.


DR.


To appropriation of 1894


$150 00


Still overdrawn


.


114 71


$264 71


CR.


Paid E. H. Murdock


$165 30


E. E. Atwood, lumber


27 36


Overdrawn, 1893


72 05


$264 71


17


SUPPRESSION OF THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. DR.


To balance, 1893 .


$100 00


Appropriation, 1894


100 00


$200 00


CR.


Paid W. F. Stanley $89 00


W. F. Stanley, case of A. Lincoln . 8 40


W. F. Stanley, case of G. A. Shurtleff 1 So


John M. Cobb


25 00


John M. Cobb, case C. Bradock


4 22


W. S. McFarlin


33 25


J. C. Sullivan, case C. Bradock II 30


J. C. Sullivan, case A. Lincoln


5 00


$180 97


Balance to new account .


19 03


$200 00


INTEREST ACCOUNT.


DR.


To appropriation, 1894


$90 00


CR.


Paid Plymouth Savings Bank


$90 00


HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT.


REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF ROADS.


Wilson Barrows


$4 75


Joseph Sherman


6 14


A. P. Thrasher


15 22


Dennis Morse


12 08


George E. Atwood


12 08


James Oakley


4 75


E. H. Thomas


50


18


C. N. Atwood


$0 25


P. N. Bodfish


20 00


T. Weston


30


George S. Murdock


I 50


John Andrews


5 23


Thomas Clark


2 25


N. F. Shurtleff


I 25


Arthur Atwood


+ 95


John W. Pennington


I 96


George W. Atwood


S2


Benjamin Wrightenton


3 75


Lester Gray .


99


Lemuel Crocker


I 90


Victor Anderson


I 90


T. A. Tillson


I 90


George White


66


John Winburg


I IO


George W. Thomas


2 0I


Lloyd C. Robbins


14 54


William H. Thomas


24 03


P. C. Robinson


5 57


George B. Washburn (and others)


50 57


J. S. Shurtleff


31 72


R. L. Richards


+ 25


E. K. Atwood (and others)


S 64


Wm. F. Stanley


21 90


Frank Morris


S 25


Walter Stanley


4 95


Herbert Stanley


3 30


Joseph Keefe


S3


P. Minton


3 So


John S. Atwood


23 15


E. H. Murdock


121 76


John S. Atwood


19 03


Charles Braddock


4 56


Nelson Sherman


45


19


W. D. Bruce


$1 32


John Dunham


S 77


F. A. Ward .


27 55


K. L. Edwards


I 50


Eli Southworth


75


Bert Sherman


12 26


C. O. Dunham


2 05


Alton Shurtleff


45


Alton C. Chandler


27 96


O. L. Shurtleff


90 06


T. W. Southworth


92 34


Levi F. Morse


91 23


Webster Vaughn


32 14


John Goodwin


47 35


Z. A. Tillson


3º 94


Ellis Foundry Co.


2 77


F. E. Crapo .


6 62


Eliott Taylor


4 50


J. A. Vaughn


2 00


E. E. Shaw (and others)


IIS 47


Roswell Shurtleff .


23 10


Charles Cornell


5 SS


John F. Shaw (and others)


54 81


Benjamin W. Robbins


26 40


Benjamin Swede


9 75


Benjamin Swede


9 75


Frank E. Barrows


3 20


Frank Barney


12 51


F. W. Shaw


3 00


H. T. Maxim


5 70


J. M. Bump (and others)


26 79


Arnold Hammond


7 18


Road machine


235 00


Blade


8 00


$1,491 64


20


BRIDGE ACCOUNT.


Repairs of Tillson bridge


$16 08


Ellis Cornish, posts and rails I 80


Repairs on Federal bridge


4 00


Repairs on George Atwood bridge


28 39


Repairs on Fresh Meadow bridge


57 71


E. B. Atwood, for lumber


27 36


Tillson bridge


40 42


Repairs on bridge at Wenham


12 09


Repairs on bridge, Oaks road


1 08


Repairs on bridge railings


.


3 73


$192 66


SNOW ACCOUNT.


Z. A. Tillson


$17 25


Charles King


47 50


John Dunham


50 50


John F. Shaw


32 52


A. C. Chandler


39 80


J. E. Vaughn


10 46


T. T. Vaughn


I 20


E. H. Murdock


53 96


O. L. Shurtleff


17 90


Joseph Morris


II 92


E. E. Shaw .


14 36


P. J. Holmes


24 65


J. M. Bump .


16 90


George Washburn


39 55


Henry Washburn .


I 15


Fred Shaw


13 40


$393 02


COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.


J. A. VAUGHAN, Collector. DR.


1894. March 3. To uncollected tax of 1879 $82 29


·


21


CR.


1895.


March 2. Still uncollected


DR. $82 29


1894.


March 3. To uncollected taxes, bills of 1891 . $9 09


CR.


1895.


March 2. By amount collected $6 12


Amount uncollected . 2 97


DR. $9 09


1894.


March 3. To uncollected taxes, bills of 1892 $207 53


CR.


IS95.


March 2. By J. W. Lewis, tax abated $2 26


Amount collected 1 26 76


Amount uncollected . 78 51


$207 53


DR.


IS94.


March 3. To uncollected bills of 1893 . $1, 141 40


CR.


IS95.


March 2. By J. W. Lewis, tax abated $2 00


Amount collected 831 16


Amount uncollected . . 308 24


DR.


$1,141 40


1894.


August 25. To amount of taxes, bills of 1894 . $9,408 60


CR. 1895.


March 2. By taxes abated as follows : -


22


E. Allan Lucas $0 58


Thomas N. Blanchard


58


Mary Gibbs


5 75


Bell J. D. Blanchard 4 60


Stillman Pratt .


2 00


Warren S. Bumpus


12 06


Alvin S. Perkins I 43


Amount collected


7.771 30


Amount uncollected .


1.610 30


$9.408 60


LIST OF JURORS.


The following list of jurors is presented for your revision and acceptance : -


William S. McFarlin. occupation, farmer.


John A. Winberg,


moulder.


George B. Washburn.


farmer.


Joseph B. Rickard, .. farmer.


Elmer B. Perkins, ..


teacher.


Horace C. Robbins,


. . farmer.


Benjamin W. Robbins. ..


farmer.


Oliver L. Shurtleff.


..


teamster.


Eugene E. Shaw, ..


farmer.


Adelbert P. Robbins.


. .


laborer.


Frank H. Shaw.


.. coachman.


Lemuel N. Crocker.


.. moulder.


Frank F. Tillson, moulder.


William M. Shaw. . . sawyer.


E. Herman Murdock, . . farmer.


J. Erville Vaughan.


trader.


TOWN LIABILITIES.


Note in Plymouth Savings Bank $1,000 00


Removal of snow, estimated . 25 00


Poor bills unsettled, estimated


325 00


23


All other demands, estimated


$425 00


$1,775 00


Assets over liabilities


2,247 63


$4,022 63


ASSETS.


Cash in treasury


$151 18


Due from State, aid to soldiers, Chap. 301 393 00


Due from State, aid to soldiers, Chap. 279 56 00


Due from State, care State paupers


171 84


Uncollected taxes, 1879 82 29


Uncollected taxes, 1891


9 09


Uncollected taxes, 1892 .


207 53


Uncollected taxes, 1893


1, 141 40


Uncollected taxes, 1894


1,610 00


Ellis School Fund


200 00


$4,022 63


APPROPRIATIONS, 1895.


The following sums of money are recommended to meet cur- rent expenses the ensuing year : -


Support of poor


$1, 800 00


Support of schools


1,700 00


Repairs of highways


1,400 00


Repairs of bridges 225 00


Repairs of schoolhouses


50 00


School books and incidentals


100 00


Soldiers' relief, Chap. 447


250 00


Town incidentals


1,800 00


Town debt


1,000 00


Interest on debt


45 00


Removal of snow


50 00


Transportation of scholars


50 00


REPORT OF ASSESSORS,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1895.


Appropriations made at the annual meeting March 26, 1894, in- cluding statistics : -


Raised by taxation :


Support of poor $2,500 00


Support of schools


1,600 00


Repair of highways 1,400 00


Repair of bridges 150 00


Repair of schoolhouses . 100 00


School books and incidentals 400 00


Soldiers' relief


500 00


Town incidentals .


Soo oo


Town debt


1.000 00


Interest on same


90 00


Removal of snow .


600 00


Suppression of liquor traffic 100 00


State tax


oo ot9


County tax


990 72


$10.870 72


Deduct estimated bank and corporation


tax


1,500 00


$9.370 72


Overlay


30 28


Total sum assessed


$9,401 00


STATISTICS.


Value of personal estate


$151,404 00


Value of real estate


621, SI0 00


$773.214 00


25


Total value May 1 :


Value of buildings .


$170,318 00


Value of land


451,492 00


$621, 810 00


Tax rate per $1,000, $11.50.


Poll tax


$2 00


Number of polls


244


Number of persons


517


On polls only


49


On property .


517


Number of horses .


202


Number of cows .


140


Number of cattle other than cows


28


Number of shotes .


70


Number of dwelling houses


290


Number of acres land


20,215


Number of acres cranberry bog, about . 1,000


In addition to the above list of appropriations and statistics, we submit the following remarks. In taking the valuation through- out the town in the somewhat limited time allotted to us would to the ordinary observer perhaps appear to be an easy task, but in many instances we find it rather a difficult one, especially in that portion of the town called the South Meadow Cedar Swamp, a large portion of which the owners are unknown. The lines and boundaries are very obscure, and consequently would require a very large additional expense to survey and locate correctly. Although there is a slight increase in the amount of valuation as taken by us the past year as compared with 1893, the appropriations were very much larger, consequently we were obliged to increase the rate per thousand from $10 in 1893 to $11.50 in 1894.


In conclusion, we will say, whatever errors we have com- mitted have been made without prejudice or favoritism.


JOHN BENT, Assessors LUCIUS ATWOOD, of


CARVER, March 9, 1895.


EUGENE E. SHAW, Carver.


Number of sheep .


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TOWN MEETING.


Contents of Warrant for town meeting to be held at the town house on Monday, the 25th day of March next, at nine o'clock A.M.


ARTICLE I. - To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.


ART. 2. - To choose all necessary town officers.


ART. 3. - To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges and payment of debt and interest the ensuing year.


ART. 4. - To determine the manner of repairing the high- ways and decide the compensation for labor thereon.


ART. 5. - To decide when taxes shall become due, and whether any interest shall be charged after a certain date.


ART. 6. - To see what pay the town will vote the Treasurer and Collector and other town officers.


ART. 7. - To see if the town will instruct the Treasurer to borrow money under the direction of the Selectmen if found necessary in anticipation of taxes the ensuing year.


ART. S. - To see if the town will accept the jury list as pre- pared by the Selectmen.


ART. 9. - To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen.


ART. 10. - To see if the town will vote to make the yards of field-drivers town pounds, provided they also be chosen pound keepers.


ART. 11 .- To bring in their ballots " Yes," or " No," upon the question : Shall licence be granted in this town for the sale of intoxicating liquors ?


ART. 12. - To see if the town will vote to choose a com-


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mittee to prosecute, compromise, or defend any suit or suits within the Commonwealth in the name of the town.


ART. 13. - To see if the town will vote to pay Lot G. Lucas damages for personal injuries said to have been caused by an obstruction in the highway.


ART. 14. - To see if the town will vote to pay Lewis Sherritt damages for personal injuries said to have been caused by an obstruction in the highway.


ART. 15. - To see if the town will vote to pay Ann E. Nye a certain sum of money for the loss of her horse, said to have been caused by a defect in the highway.


ART. 16. - To get the voice of the town in regard to the Village Improvement Association of North Carver building sidewalks, and making other improvements within the limits of the highway, without the consent or approval of the Selectmen.


FRED A. WARD, ) Selectmen T. T. VAUGHAN, of


N. A. TILLSON, Carver.


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER FOR IS94. IS94.


Jan. 14. Charles E. Brown of Middleboro. and Evangeline L. Powers of Carver.


April 29. Harry W. Shurtleff of Middleboro. and Eva B. Faunce of Carver.


May Warren E. Howland of Carver. and Christie A. Bouitlier of Nova Scotia.


May 27. George B. Washburn of Carver. and Alice M. Robinson of Marion.


June 12. Alfred Allen Walker of Washington. D.C .. and Mary Elizabeth Shurtleff of Carver.


July 2 . Webster E. Vaughan of Carver. and Lena N. Gam- mons of Middleboro.


July 25. Arnold Lester Hammond and Ethel V. Robbins. both of Carver.


Aug. 23. Arthur H. Wade and Sadie E. Cook. both of Carver.


Oct. 25. Edgar Joseph Sarle of Taunton, and Mary Ethel Chandler Wade of Carver.


Summary. - Births. 26; marriages. 9: deaths. 17. Dogs licensed. 92 : males. S3 : females. 9.


HENRY S. GRIFFITH. Clerk of CARVER.


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BIRTHIS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR 1894.


DATE.


NAME.


PARENTS.


Jan. 13.


Perez Leroy Shurtleff.


Feb. 3. Mary R. Lincoln,


Feb. IO. Glenn Carroll Black.


Feb. 21. Edward Stetson Griffith.


Feb. 23. Hattie Eliza Parker.


April 6.


- Rebecca K. De Rose,


Alfred M. and Rebecca K.


April 22.


Joseph Warren Bradford.


April 27.


George Otis Breach,


Lester E. and Helen P. (King).


May 3.


Mary Anna Kennedy.


James P. and Louisa M.


(Stringer). Z. W. and Ida M. (Tillson).


May 27.


Granville Stringer.


Ephraim E. and Hattie A. (Atwood).


June 15.


Olivene Boyer, ), Mary C. Boyer, j


Twins,


Peter and Mary.


July 5.


Milton W. Pink.


July 31.


Leon Clifford Garvin,


Aug. 14.


Charles Anderson.


Aug. IS. (Male).


Aug. 27.


Percy Wendell Crocker, Ethel Reliance Pierce,


Sept. 5. Sept. 29. Oct. 6.


Albert Truman Thomas.


Mamie Murray Sarvari,


Oct. II.


Hannah Lucile Shaw, Harold Washburn Drew,


Oct. 27.


Nov. 21.


Mabel Louise Hewes,


Dec. 2.


Robert Conway Washburn,


Dec. II. Hosea Roswell Bruce,


Oliver F. and Annie G. (Pelham). Alfred F. and Mary A. (Conroy). William O. and Sarah (Doty). Orlando P. and Helen B. (Shaw).


Tobias L. and Alice (Peterson).


(Wheeler). Albert C. and Laura (Brodderch).


May 25.


Robert Morton Andrews,


Willett W. and Ada E. (Hardisty). Charles A. and Marion (Hudson). William and Ellen (Cox).


Joseph W. Laird and Sarah (-). Lemuel N. and Bessie A. (Shaw). Charles W. and Patience A. (Chace).


Eli and Mercy J. (Douglass). Viljan and Susana (-). Eugene E. and Ella G. (Atwood). Cornelius and Mary F. (Dipon). William J. and Sarah E. (Earl). Joseph H. and Emma G. (Morse). William E. and Alice (Smith).


DEATHIS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR 1894.


DATE.


CAUSE OF DEATHI.


NAME.


PARENTS.


BIRTHPLACE.


Y.


M.


D.


Jan. 21.


Typhoid Fever. Heart Disease.


R. S. Lincoln. Ebenezer Hazeltine. Alexander Law. Annie C. Tillson.


65


2


I7 Ebenezer and Margaret (- ).


Feb. 22.


Bright's Disease.


73


24


1


Jacob Atwood and Susan (Shaw).


May 16.


Disease of Brain.


Edward E. Sherman. Emma J. Forbes. Andrew J. Atwood. Job A. Turner.


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1


20 Joseph W. and Sarah ( Jones.)


May


25.


Bright's Disease.


73


I


8 Levi and Sarah ( ).


May 31.


Gunshot Wound.


I


9


Job A. and Almira (Fellows).


June 18.


Gastric Fever.


Ephraim P. Robbins. Alice Bernier.


54


I


Joseph and Rebecca (Burgess).


Aug. 26.


Cholera Infantum.


1


5


IO


Frank and Delvina (Boldne).


Aug. 28.


Heart Failure.


Olivena Boyer. Ilenrique Silva. 20


2


13 Peter and Mary (-). Emanuel and Mary A. (- - -).


Oct. 7.


Cholera Infantum. Cholera Infantum.


Mary R. Lincoln. Mary C. Bover.


1


3


Oct. 26.


Chronic Nephritis. Nannie C. Bowers.


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Oct. 30.


Consumption.


Flora M. Cushing.


32


5


Dec. 26. Pneumo nia.


Oliver Shaw.


63


IO


25


Joseph and Hannah (Dunham).


Carver. Bradford, Vt. New Canaan, Ct. Carver. Carver. East Bridgewater. Pittsfield. Boston. Carver. Fall River.


Carver.


Sept. 29.


Drowned.


S


1


Alfred F. and Mary A. (Conroy).


Cape De Verde Islands. Carver. Carver.


Oct. 19.


Carver.


Carver.


Carver.


26


5


22 Charles S. and Susan (Cushman).


Jan. 22.


20 David and Mary (Aldice).


April 28.


Typhoid Fever.


Dropsv.


4.5


6


28 Alanson and Zilpha L. (- -).


May 31.


Peter and Mary (-). George P. and Waitstill (Savery). Abiel T. Shurtleff and Hannah (Pratt).


AGE.


REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


To the Citizens of Carver: - The following report of your School Committee for the year ending March 1, 1895, is respect- fully submitted : -


We are glad to be able to report that our schools, throughout the town, have been in a good condition during the year. We commenced the year with the same teachers with whom we closed the preceding year. Some of them had already taught successfully for a number of years in the various schools in town. They have received honorable mention so many times for their faithful work that repetition seems unnecessary.


The changes which have been made during the year have been made by voluntary resignations. Miss Lillian W. Dove, after having taught the No. I grammar school four years in succession, and Miss Mary L. Harrub, after having taught the No. I primary one year, resigned at the close of their respective summer terms ; and Miss Sadie F. Atwood, after having taught three successive years in district No. 3, and eight successive years in all in this town, resigned at the close of the spring term.


We were fortunate in being able to secure the services of Mr. Elmer B. Perkins to fill the vacancy in the No. I grammar, and of Miss Leila B. Thomas, for the No. I primary. Both of these teachers had done excellent work in other schools in town. The vacancy in No. 3 was filled by Miss Mary E. Flynn, a graduate of the Bridgewater normal school. This was Miss Flynn's first experience in teaching. She came to us highly recommended, and seems to be gaining a good record.


Our teachers have all been faithful and conscientious, showing great interest in their work, striving for the best in every way, the result of which has been thoroughness, and a good degree of progress in the several schools.


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The usual studies have been pursued in each school, and no change has been made in the text-books. Your Committee have, however, continued to provide from time to time something new. interesting, and instructive to alternate with the regular reading books. The improved methods of teaching are now employed to some extent in all our schools. Some of our teachers have been prepared for their work in normal and training schools, while others, by careful study and observation, keep themselves acquainted with the improvements made from year to year. com- bining the knowledge thus gained with their own experience.


Our schools have continued thirty-four weeks throughout the town, with the exception of the East Head school. which has had but seventeen weeks. The schools commenced so late last spring that we had a short summer term, in order to make out the thirty-four weeks planned for the year. but the experiment did not prove successful enough to repeat.


We must continue to mention the pressing need of a more suitable room for the primary school in district No. 4. We recommend an enlargement of the schoolhouse to meet the needs of this school, and an appropriation to cover the expense.


The average attendance of our pupils during the year has been unfavorably affected by the summer term and by the severe weather in February. Although sickness and other causes sometimes make it necessary for children to be out of school, yet a large part of the absences could be avoided. We wish we could say something this year that has not already been said many times over, to the parents of the children who are out of school so much. - something that would arouse their pride and ambition to such an extent as to cause them to make a greater effort to overcome all obstacles, in order that their children may receive their share of the advantages of the public schools.


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ROLL OF HONOR.


Names of scholars neither absent nor tardy during the specified terms.


School No. 1, Grammar. Lillian W. Dove, Teacher. FIRST TERM.


Flora I. Eames, Nellie Sherman, Chester Rickard.


Mable H. Eames,


SECOND TERM. Elmer B. Perkins, Teacher.


Lena E. Shurtleff, Chester Rickard, Clifton E. Raymond.


· Edwin Atwood,


THIRD TERM. Lucy W. Rickard.


School No. 1, Primary. Leila B. Thomas, Teacher. SECOND TERM.


John F. Atwood,


Arthur R. Shurtleff.


THIRD TERM. Arthur R. Shurtleff.


School No. 2. Ellis G. Cornish, Teacher. FIRST TERM. Frank F. Weston. SECOND TERM.


Robert W. Holmes, Russell W. Holmes, Jesse A. Holmes. THIRD TERM. Frank W. Weston .*


School No. 3. Sadie F. Atwood, Teacher.


FIRST TERM.


Myrtle A. Shaw, Ellsworth V. Shaw.


*Frank W. Weston's name should have been included in the Roll of Honor for the second term of 1893.


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SECOND TERM. Elmer B. Perkins. Teacher.


Myrtle .A. Shaw. Solon W. Cornish. Dl-worth V. Shaw. Carlton S. Shurtleff.


THIRD TERM. Mary E. Flynn. Teacher.


Anna K. Shurtleff.


Carlton S. Shurtleff.


Ellsworth V. Shaw. FOURTH TERM.


Anna K. Shurtleff.


Bertha F. Vaughan.


Myrtle A. Shaw.


Solon W. Cornish.


Carlton S. Shurtleff. Herbert Vaughan. Ellsworth V. Shaw. Paul D. Cornish.


School No. 4. Vesta B. Shaw . Teacher. FIRST TERM. Blanche K. Tillson. SECOND TERM.


Susie N. Crocker. Blanche K. Tillson.


Arthur H. Nickerson.


THIRD TERM.


Edna E. Briggs. Alice C. Tillson.


Susie N. Crocker. Blanche H. Tillson.


School No. 4. Primary. Edith L. Barrow's. Teacher.


SECOND TERM.


Zelma Tillson. Harold Tillson.


School No. 5. Rebecca W. Benson. Teacher. SECOND TERM.


Maude M. Lucas. Ada L. Dimond. Lula J. Peckham.


George E. Boynton. A. Ira Dimond. A. Carleton Dimond.


Lloyd C. Gould.


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A. Ira Dimond,


THIRD TERM. A. Carleton Dimond, Albert W. Shurtleff. FOURTH TERM. Clarence R. Hines.


School No. 8. A. A. C. Harvey, Teacher. FIRST TERM. N. Frances Atwood. SECOND TERM.


Edith M. Hudson, N. Frances Atwood.


THIRD TERM.


N. Frances Atwood.


East Head School. Orrie E. Clark, Teacher.


SECOND TERM. Elsie M. Wilkins.


MONEY AND STATISTICS.


Appropriation for 1894 $1,600 00


Received from Ellis Fund 200 00


Received from Pratt Fund


100 00


Received from State Fund


345 09


Received from dog licenses


176 18


Received from Middleboro, for tuition


117 03


Balance from 1893


58 58


Balance from East Head appropriation of 1893


69 00


$2,665 88


CR.


Teachers' wages


$2,365 75


Janitors' services .


73 05


Paid Mrs. Ellen Anderson, mileage


1 55


$2,440 35


Balance unexpended


$225 53


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Your Committee recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year : -


For schools, including teachers' wages, janitors' bills. fuel, and cleaning schoolhouses $1,700 00


For schoolbooks and incidentals 100 00


For repairs of schoolhouses 50 00


For conveying scholars


50 00


R. W. BENSON,


School


GUSTAVUS ATWOOD,


EBEN S. LUCAS,


Committee.


SCHOOL STATISTICS.


SCHOOL STATISTICS.


TERMS.


TEACHERS.


No. weeks.


Wages per week.


Visitors.


No. pupils per terni.


per term. AAve. membership


Ave. attendance


per term.


15 years.


No. under 5 years.


No. over 15 years.


Ave. membership


per year, each dist.


Ave. membership


for year in town.


Ave. attendance per


year, each dist.


Ave. attendance


per year in town.


Whole number of


pupils enrolled.


Cost per scholar


·


$9 00


17


15 17


12.4 15.4


II 13.8


13


4


14.4


No. 1, Gram.


2


II


3 50


8 50


+


16


15.3


13.2


14


4


3


Mary L. Harrub


17


8 00


33


29


27.3


21.6


26


22.3


: 17.7


No. 1, Prim.


2


Leila B. Thomas


I I


8 00


19


22


20.8


15


I5


3


Ellis G. Cornish


13


8 00


5


19


II.I


8.7


5


1


II.3


8.3


No. 2.


3


IO 3-5


8 00


IO


19


12


10.2


8.7


0


1


4


Sadie F. Atwood


13


8 50


+


+


22


19.6


13


N


1


No. 3.


3


Mary E. Flynn


I [


8 00


S


28


26


14


3


6


8 50


16


26


22.2


14


3


4


Vesta B. Shaw


16


9 00


29


22


19.8


17.6


I 7


3


1


No. 4. Gram.


2


7


9 00


8


22


21.4


19.2


17


3


3


Edith L. Barrows


16


1 8 00


1


2+


20.8


15.8


12


I


I


19.7


No. 4, Prim.


2


II


8 00


6


22


19.8


17.8


13


12


3


7


8 00


7


19


18.5


15.4


-


6 )


1


Lillian W. Dove Elmer B. Perkins


1+ 3-5


12.7


S 2-5


1


6


8 0


14


20


18.8


18 13.6


6.8 a 11.5


12


1


1 1


12


3


8 00


6


II


14.8


II


2


7 2-5


00 00


50


7


23


17.I


15.4


14


2


21.8


19.9


2


Elmer B. Perkins


4


r


I


18.6


16


5


20.3


140.9


18.5


I20.7


188


17 32


9 00


8


23


19.8


1


1


16.3


1


1


00 8 00


15


24.4 20


0


No. between S and


SCHOOLS.


--


I


R. W. Benson


13


8 50 8 50


4


18 | 17 16


15.2 13


13 12 -


-


13.4


No. 5.


3


I 1


4


A. A. C. Harvey


14


7.2


No. 8.


East Head.


I 2


Orrie E. Clark


9 9 8


6 00 6 00


I S


9 9


7.3 7.7


6.2 6.1


4 6


I


8 00


IO


9


12.8 12.5 7.9 69 6.9


14 II 7


I


IO 3-10 8


4 6


I7


13.3 14.5


15


II


5 5 I2


8


9.9 8


2


I


8.9


II


8 50 8 50 8 00 8 00


-


14


2 4-5


14.7


2


I


I


6.2


7.5


5


-


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