USA > Massachusetts > Norfolk County > Medfield > Town annual reports of Medfield 1890-1898 > Part 1
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34
.
T
No. 155-12
Medfield Public Library.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
I. Any inhabitant of the Town of Medfield, over fifteen years old, may take from the Library one volume at a time, in accordance with these rules. Persons under the age of fifteen may receive books upon the guarantee of some person satisfactory to the Trustees or Librarian.
2. No book shall be kept out more than fourteen days. No book shall be taken out by the person returning it, or by any member of the same house- hold, until after one full library day from its return.
3. Any person keeping a book beyond the time allowed shall pay a fine of two cents for each day of detention. All injuries to books, beyond a reason- able wear, and all losses, shall be made good to the satisfaction of the Trustees.
4. No book shall be taken out by any person disobeying these rules, until all fines, losses and in- juries, chargeable to them, are made good.
5. All books shall be returned to the Library at such times as the Trustees may appoint by reason- able notice, under a penalty of a fine of one dollar.
Transient residents taking books from the Library are required to make a deposit of Two Dollars ; the same to be refunded to them at any time when they desire it, provided that all their books are returned in good order and fines paid.
1840 - 1877
1
205
239th
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
For the Year ending January 31, 1890
CONTENTS.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS 2
TREASURER'S REPORT 4
SELECTMEN'S REPORT 5
REPORT OF ENGINEERS . 18
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
19
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
2.0
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
25
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
28
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL FUND
31
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE .
32
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ENLARGEMENT OF THE CEMETERY 33
PUBLIC LIBRARY 39
WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING . 40
EXERCISES AT THE DEDICATION OF THE ADDITION TO CEMETERY 43
BOSTON GEORGE H. ELLIS, 141 FRANKLIN STREET 1890
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1889.
Town Clerk. STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
Selectmen.
GEO. W. KINGSBURY. GEO. W. BRUCE. HENRY M. PARKER.
Assessors.
WM. F. GUILD. ALONZO B. PARKER.
WM. P. HEWINS.
Treasurer. RALPH A. BATTELLE.
Collector. RALPH A. BATTELLE.
Board of Health.
JOHN H. RICHARDSON. JAMES M. HEWINS.
ARTHUR MITCHELL.
School Committee.
JOSEPH A. ALLEN,
Term expires 1890.
JAMES HEWINS, .
66
1891.
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, .
66 66 1892.
Overseers of the Poor.
JONATHAN G. WIGHT. HENRY J. DUNN. WM. F. GUILD.
Constables.
GEO. A. MORSE. BENNETT WILSON. HERMAN G. CROSBY.
Fence Viewers.
RALPH A. BATTELLE. WM. P. HEWINS.
FRANCIS D. HAMANT.
Trustees of School Fund.
HAMLET WIGHT. JOSEPH H. BAKER. RALPH A. BATTELLE.
Trustees of Public Library.
JAMES M. HEWINS, Term expires 1890.
J. HERBERT BAKER,
66
1890.
JOHN H. RICHARDSON,
66
1891.
STILLMAN J. SPEAR,
66 66 1891.
EDWIN V. MITCHELL,
66
1892.
WILLIAM S. TILDEN,
66
1892.
3
JOHN W. SHUMWAY .* Cemetery Committee. JOSEPH CLARK. ALONZO B. PARKER.
Sexton. ALONZO B. PARKER.
Field Drivers.
HENRY PHELPS.
A. H. CLARK.
H. W. WIGHT.
WILBUR JOHNSON.
JOHN RHODUSKY.
E. H. E. DYER.
JAMES E. WILKINS.
A. MELANSON.
F. A. BRIGHAM.
ALLAN A. KINGSBURY.
J. E. BARTY.
Highway Surveyors.
East Centre District,
JEREMIAH JOHNSTON.
West 66
CHARLES H. RUSSELL.
South-east 66
FRANCIS S. WIGHT.
South-west
GEO. W. KINGSBURY.
North-east
(Appointed),
HENRY M. PARKER.
North-west
66
JOSEPH D. TUFTS.
Auditor. ALBERT A. LOVELL.
Pound Keeper. GEORGE D. HAMANT.
APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Fire Engineers.
JOSEPH W. PAIGE. WM. F. HARDING. WM. E. FALES.
Weighers.
Measurer of Wood and Bark and Sealer of Weights and Measures. THOMAS L. BARNEY.
Board of Registrars.
JOHN G. HUTSON,
Term expires 1890.
H. F. BULLARD,
1891.
WM. C. ALLEN, ·
66 1892.
S. J. SPEAR, ex officio.
* Deceased, Col. Edwin V. Mitchell appointed to fill vacancy.
B. H. LOWE.
THOMAS L. BARNEY. MISS E. G. STEVENS.
Dr.
R. A. BATTELLE, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Cr.
To Cash in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1889, ·
$325.13
By Cash paid on account of Schools : Teaching, Fuel, Care, Supplies, and Repairs,
$3,997.51
Interest on Tax for 1888,
29.66
Highways and Bridges,
2,103 08
Cash on Tax for 1889, .
12,450.00
Support of Poor,
2,062.01
Interest of Town School Fund,
165.61
Town House,
1,093.86
Income of Mass. School Fund,
158.07
Fire Department,
.
1,128.02
Corporation Tax, 1889,
252.88
Aid to Indigent Soldiers,
216.00
National Bank Tax, 1889,
652.83
Public Library,
403.72
State Aid for Soldiers, .
108.00
Borrowed Money,
4,000.00
Borrowed Money,
5,500.00
Taxes, Interest, and Abatements,
2,511.28
Rent of Stores,
416.08
Town Officers,
607.05
Rent of Hall,
266.67
General Expenses,
.
913.15
Dog Licenses,
224.65
Cash for damage to Library Books,
14.12
Care of Smith and Derby lots in Cemetery,
6.00
Insurance on Town House, .
52.62
Memorial Day,
50.00
Interest on Bank Deposit,
12.35
Old Hearse Runners,
20.00
Pedlers' Licenses,
9.00
Board of John E. Bullard,
134.00
Town of Brewster, for Aid to Mrs. Small,
54.00
Overseers, from Sales at Town Farm,
718.16
Cash received of Searle, Dailey & Co., the Amount paid Henry M. Parker for Land taken for Addition to the Cemetery, ·
400.00
Cash received of J. B. Hale, Donation for Cemetery Bridge,
100.00
$23,305.16
$23,305.16
MEDFIELD, February 1, 1890.
R. A. BATTELLE, Treasurer.
Examined and found correct.
ALBERT A. LOVELL, Auditor.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Enlargement of Cemetery,
2,600.00
$21,691.68
Cash in Treasury,
1,613.48
.
1,241.33
Cash on Tax for 1888 in full,
.
.
.
.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen of Medfield respectfully present the Annual Report of the finances of the town for the year ending Jan. 31, 1890 :-
PAYMENTS BY THE TREASURER.
TEACHING SCHOOL.
Paid Mr. E. F. De Normandie,
$634.73
Miss E. L. Winn,
265.00
Miss Lucetta Colby,
400.00
Miss Laura A. Hewins,
241.58
Mrs. S. M. Chase,
400.00
Mr. E. E. Grover,
315.00
Mrs. M. B. A. Dunn,
400.00
Miss A. M. Dorr,
400.00
Town of Norfolk, Schooling the Hagerty Chil- dren,
28.14
$3,084.45
Appropriation,
$3,000.00
Income from State School Fund,
158.07
Income from Town School Fund,
.
.
165.61
$3,323.68
Unexpended,
$239.23
FUEL, CARE, AND SUPPLIES.
Paid J. Brown, repairing clock for N. School, $2.50
Charles Turner, care C. School-house, 253.00
George D. Hamant, pump at S. School-house,
10.00
Hamlet Wight, five cords wood, N. School-house, 25.00
Mrs. E. A. Phelps, care S. School-house,
31.50
Amount carried forward,
$322.00
-
6
Amount brought forward, $322.00
Paid Charles Turner, dust-pan, C. School-house, .15
Henry W. Ellis, care N. School-house, 17.25
Henry W. Ellis, sawing wood, N. School-house, 1.00
E. E. Grover, agent for school supplies, 15.00
Charles Turner, disinfectant, C. School-house, Eddie Ricker, packing wood, N. School-house, .
.08
George D. Hamant, four cords cut wood at S. School, 25.00
Charles Turner, cleaning C. School-house, .
7.43
James Hewins, expenses in procuring teacher and supplies, 9.82
E. M. Bent, two cords wood, C. School, 11.00
Mrs. McGrory, cleaning N. School-house, 3.50
6.70
Gould & Co., coal for C. School-house, 106.96
W. W. Preston, cleaning stove pipe at N. School, 3.00
Herbert W. Hutson, five cords wood, N. School, 25.00
Maud A. Curtis, one cord fine slabs, N. School, . 3.00
Edgar Sherman, care N. School-house, 12.75
Lowell Babcock, setting glass N. School-house,
1.75
Blood Brothers, ten tons coal, C. School-house, .
62.50
J. A. Fitts, brushes, pails, etc., C. School-house, J. A. Fitts, brushes, pails, etc., N. School-house, J. Johnston, cleaning vaults C. School-house,
2.75
2.85
J. Johnston, removing ashes C. School-house,
3.50
T. L. Barney, sperm oil, C. School-house,
1.23
J. A. Fitts, brooms, N. School-house, .
1.30
E. F. De Normandie, repairing drum,
2.00
Boston School Supply Co., text-books, .
50.40
Ginn & Co., school supplies, 16.75
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., school supplies, ·
1.75
. D. C. Heath & Co., school supplies, 16.09
D. Appleton & Co., school supplies, 19.92
Charles H. Kilborn, school supplies, 18.75
J. L. Hammett, school supplies, . 4.40
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, school supplies, 13.80
Clark & Maynard, school supplies, .68
Thompson, Brown & Co., school supplies,
15.96
Amount carried forward, $811.52
2.00
H. M. Parker, express, .
3.50
7
Amount brought forward, $811.52
Paid Samuel Ward Co., school supplies,
1.95
Harrison Hume, school supplies,
41.58
A. S. Barnes & Co., school supplies,
5.38
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., school supplies,
9.00
Harper & Brothers, school supplies,
22.98
$892.41
Appropriation for fuel, care, and supplies and books for schools, .
1,200.00
Unexpended,
$307.59
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Paid L. Babcock & Son, stock and labor, C. School- house, .
$II.37
N. F. Harding, stock and labor, C. School-house, 5.38
N. F. Harding, stock and labor, N. School-house,
3.90
$20.65
Appropriation,
100.00
Unexpended, .
$79.35
HIGHWAYS.
Paid H. M. Parker, surveyor, North-east District,
$529.09
H. M. Parker, surveyor, North-east District, extra appropriation Pine Street,
IO1.22
J. Johnston, surveyor, East Centre District, .
321.15
J. D. Tufts, surveyor, North-west District, . 335.22
G. W. Kingsbury, surveyor, South-west District, 245.74
C. H. Russell, surveyor, W. Centre District, 300.29
F. S. Wight, surveyor, South-east District, . 267.75
$2,100.46
Appropriation,
$2,000.00
Appropriation for Pine Street. .
100.00
$2,100.00
Exceeded, $0.46
BRIDGES. Paid J. Johnston, Bridge Mount Nebo Street, Appropriation,
$2.62
100.00
Unexpended,
$97.38
.
.
.
8
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid J. Herbert Baker for engine-men, $372.25
George A. Morse for engineers, . 24.00
H. G. Crosby, team at fire at A. E. Mason's, 4.00
Walter S. Bingham for Hook and Ladder men, 168.50
Boston Woven Hose Co., fire extinguisher, . 61.00
Boston Woven Hose Co., fire extinguishers, 45.00
Boston Woven Hose Co., 300 feet hose and repairs, 180.44
A. A. Blake, care of fire-engine, . 13.50
Eureka Fire Hose Co., 300 feet hose, . 165.00
J. H. Baker & Co., brakes and straps for engine, 8.85
N. F. Harding, repairs in engine-room, 2.77
Wm. Grace, care of Hook and Ladder truck, ·
10.00
W. W. Preston, labor on fire-engine, . ·
1.00
H. M. Parker, sundry articles and express, . 21.08
J. H. Baker & Co., repairs on Hook and Ladder truck, 5.85
Cornelius Callahan & Co., spray nozzle for engine, E. M. Bent, wood an'd coal for Hook and Ladder, 4.25
20.00
W. S. Bingham, services in Hook and Ladder Co., 3.50
F. W. Ames, services in Hook and Ladder Co., . J. A. Fitts, oils, etc.,
3.50
4.39
T. L. Barney, supplies,
1.27
J. A. Fitts, kerosene oil,
.12
E. J. Keyou, alcohol, glycerine, and sweet oil, 7.50
H. M. Parker, express,
.25
$1,128.02
Appropriation,
.
·
$800.00
Appropriation extra for hose,
550.00
$1,350.00
Unexpended,
$221.98
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Joseph Clark, Quartermaster Post 117 G. A. R., Appropriation,
$50.00
$50.00
9
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid H. G. Crosby, caring for 85 tramps, $42.50
G. W. Kingsbury, postage on Town Reports, 4.II
Fred H. Morse, tending sewer basin, . 12.00
George H. Ellis, printing 550 Town Reports, 33.00 George H. Ellis, printing 25 School Reports, 2.50 Ralph A. Battelle, over-payment 1887 taxes, 2.60
S. J. Spear, printing, 4.00
William Ryan, repairs on scraper and sharpening picks, . 9.46 .
A. B. Parker, returning 24 deaths, 6.00
A. B. Parker, funeral expenses of Bridget Tobin, 28.50
George W. Bruce, 113 chestnut posts, 16.95
William F. Abell, care of town clock, . ·
12.50
Union Lumber Co., 2,000 feet fence boards for railings, 39.00
George W. Kingsbury, cash paid for putting up railings, 29.47 ·
Ralph A. Battelle, cash paid for insurance on weights and measures, 6.00
W. W. Preston, dipper for town pump, .
.25
S. J. Spear, printing tax bills, ·
3.00
A. E. Mason, 18 chestnut posts, . .
2.34
James Hewins, services on enlargement of. cemetery, 9 29
James Hewins, services in Lewis M. Richards's case, ·
9.45
William Ryan, sharpening picks and repairing scraper, 4.45
H. M. Parker, cash paid for labor on sewer basin, 78.66
H. M. Parker, cleaning well, town house lot, 3.63 ·
H. M. Parker, two mattresses for lock-up, 6.50
H. M. Parker, gravel screen, .
8.50
H. M. Parker, repairs on scraper, 8.60
H. M. Parker, sundry express charges, ·
3.55
O. Woods & Co., lumber for railing, Railroad Street, . . Amount carried forward, . . $399.51
12.70
IO
Amount brought forward, $399.51 Paid Hamlet Wight, 37 posts for railing, Railroad Street, . 5.55
Wm. F. Guild, assessors' book, 1.50
Wm. F. Guild, printing assessors' notices, . 1.25 ·
Wm. F. Guild, cash paid for advertisement in Boston Globe, 1.00
Wm. F. Guild, fare to Hingham, 1.60
A. B. Parker, funeral expenses Anna D. Tobin, 40.00
N. F. Harding, stock and labor voting-booth, 19.64
George W. Bruce, laying down pipe on Farm Street, 3.75
George D. Hamant, blasting rocks on Farm
Street, . 3.31 .
Wm. F. Abell, care of town clock, 6.25
Fiske, Coleman & Co., 100 feet drain pipe, 8 inches, . 22.50
Fiske, Coleman & Co., 150 feet drain pipe, 6 inches, . 22.50
E. F. Rhodes, eight dinners for election officers, 2.40
J. G. Wight, putting up railing on Railroad Street, . 7.20
Garbett and Wood, surveying land for enlarge- ment of cemetery, 88.80
For tax collector's book, 1.50
Hamlet Wight, interest on land taken for enlarge- ment of cemetery, 2.66
C. F. Bruce, catch basins on North and Cottage Streets, 34.08
A. B. Parker, returning twenty deaths, 5.00
A. B. Parker, for Cemetery Committee, 136.67
George A. Morse, posting town warrants,
3.00
Wm. Ryan, sharpening picks, 2.90
H. M. Parker, stone and freight for catch basins, 19.63
H. M. Parker, general express, 1.40
Wm. F. Abell, care town clock,
6.25
N. F. Harding, repairing guide-board, .50
S. J. Spear, recording births, marriages, and deaths, 21.80
S. J. Spear, two journeys to Dover, 4.00
Amount carried forward, $866.15
II
Amount brought forward, $866.15
Paid S. J. Spear, postage, stationery, and express, 1.75
S. J. Spear, printing notices, etc., 2.75
George W. Bruce, postage, . 1.00
George W. Kingsbury, postage and stationery, 1.25
H. M. Parker, repairs on drains, catch basins North and Cottage Streets,
40.25
$913.15
Appropriation,
$1,000.00
Received of Searle, Dailey & Co. for cemetery, 136.67
$1,136.67
Unexpended, $223.52
TOWN HOUSE EXPENSES.
Paid Gould & Co., two tons coal, $13.50
H. G. Crosby, services 19 nights in Town Hall, . 9.50
W. H. Everett, care of Town Hall, 150.00
Gould & Co., 6 tons, 440 lbs. coal, 39.88
Lowell Babcock & Son, stock and labor,
52.81
H. G. Crosby, services 12 nights in Town Hall, . J. Johnston, cleaning vaults,
6.00
10.00
J. B. Hale, insurance,
600.00
W. W. Preston, blowpipe,
.25
E. M. Bent, one cord wood,
5.50
H. M. Parker, feather duster,
3.00
Lowell Babcock & Son, stock and labor, store of E. F. Rhodes, 16.35
N. F. Harding, stock and labor, Rhodes's store, . 4.57
N. F. Harding, building stagings for repairs of chimneys, .
38.37
N. F. Harding, putting lock on door, ·
1.25
John Y. Thurston, repairing settees,
5.88
Wm. Ryan, stays on chimneys,
1.67
J. A. Fitts, oil, chimneys, etc.,
24.50
C. F. Bruce, repairing chimneys, .
77.25
J. A. Fitts, oil, chimneys, etc.,
8.58
Wm. Ryan, stock and labor,
5.60
H. M. Parker, stove for lock-up, .
11.00
Amount carried forward, .
· $1,085.46
12
Amount brought forward, $1,085.46
Paid H. M. Parker, stone for chimney,
2.00
H. M. Parker, lock and 16 keys for east door,
6.40
$1,093.86
Rent of stores,
$416.08
Rent of hall,
266.67
$682.75
Expenses more than receipts, $411.II
CARE OF SMITH AND DERBY LOTS AT CEMETERY.
Paid Estate of John W. Shumway, for care of lots, . $6.00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid George W. Kingsbury, services as Selectman, $75.00
George W. Bruce, services as Selectman, 50.00
H. M. Parker, services as Selectman, . 50.00
S. J. Spear, services as Town Clerk, 40.00
R. A. Battelle, services as Treasurer, . 60.00
William P. Hewins, services as Assessor, 40.00
William F. Guild, services as Assessor, 40.00
A. B. Parker, services as Assessor,
25.00
Joseph A. Allen, services as School Committee . for 1887 and 1888, 50.00
W. S. Tilden, services as School Committee, 27.95
James Hewins, services as School Committee, 35.00 J. G. Wight, services as Overseer of Poor, . 25.00
William F. Guild, services as Overseer of Poor, .
20.00
Henry J. Dunn, services as Overseer of Poor, 15.00
H. F. Bullard, services as Registrar of Voters, 6.00
6.00
John G. Hutson, services as Registrar of Voters, William C. Allen, services as Registrar of Voters, S. J. Spear, services as Registrar of Voters, J. A. Fitts, services as Auditor, 1888, . Albert A. Lovell, services as Auditor, 1889,
6.00
6.00
5.00
5.00
E. M. Bent, services as Election Officer, 2.00
F. B. Danforth, services as Election Officer, 2.00 William F. Abell, services as Election Officer, 2.00
N. F. Harding, services as Election Officer,
2.00
Amount carried forward, $594.95
13
Amount brought forward, ·
$594.95
Paid George A. Morse, services as Constable,
2.00
R. A. Battelle, collecting balance of tax, 1888,
IO.IO
$607.05
Appropriation,
650.00
Unexpended,
$42.95
MILITARY AID.
Paid E. G. Babcock,
$144.00
Watson Cooper, .
72.00
$216.00
Due from State Jan. 1, 1890,
108.00
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Miss L. M. Johnson, services as Librarian, $85.00
J. Herbert Baker, books,
21.85
J. Herbert Baker, books,
90.94
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., books,
123.05
J. B. Hale, insurance,
56.25
N. F. Harding, stock and labor, .
1.38
United States Agency Bureau, book,
3.65
W. W. Preston, stock and labor, .
1.75
S. J. Spear, printing supplement to catalogue,
9.00
H. M. Parker, express,
3.65
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books, .
6.50
T. L. Barney, ammonia and brooms,
.70
$403.72
Appropriation,
$ 100.00
Dog Tax,
224.65
Allowances for books damaged,
14.12
Income of Cummings Legacy,
50.00
$388.77
Exceeded,
$14.95
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Abatement for 1888,
.
$31.15
Abatement for 1889,
.
.
.
10.59
$41.74
.
I4
NOTES PAID.
Paid Searle, Dailey & Co., money borrowed in antici- pation of taxes, $1,000.00 Searle, Dailey & Co., money borrowed in antici- pation of taxes, 1,000.00 Searle, Dailey & Co., money borrowed in antici- pation of taxes, 1,000.00
Hamlet Wight, guardian for Daisy E. Curtis, note dated Sept. 3, 1886,
1,000.00
$4,000.00
INTEREST.
Paid Hamlet Wight, Trustee of School Fund, $52.50
Hamlet Wight, Trustee of School Fund,
66.86
Hamlet Wight, Trustee of School Fund,
31.25
Hamlet Wight, guardian of Daisy E. Curtis,
30.00
Hamlet Wight, guardian of Daisy E. Curtis,
8.89
Hamlet Wight, guardian of Daisy E. Curtis,
125.00
Searle, Dailey & Co.,
29.19
Searle, Dailey & Co., .
25.00
Searle, Dailey & Co., .
20.85
Estate of John W. Shumway,
50.00
Medway Savings Bank,
25.00
Medway Savings Bank,
50.00
Medway Savings Bank,
25.00
Joanna H. Smith,
25.00
$564.54
TAXES.
Paid State Tax, 1889, .
$1,160.00
County Tax, 1889,
734.64
Town of Millis, 1889, .
8.89
Town of Walpole, 1889,
1.47
$1,905.00
ENLARGEMENT OF CEMETERY.
Paid Committee, .
$1,400.00
for land,
1,200.00
.
$2,600.00
I5
Appropriation, $2,500.00
Received of J. B. Hale toward expense of bridge, 100.00
Received of Searle, Dailey & Co. for cemetery, . 263.33
$2,863.33
Unexpended,
$263.33
SUPPORT OF POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Payments, · .
$1,341.45
Appropriation,
$600.00
Income from sales, etc.,
718.16
$1,318.16
Exceeded,
.
.
$23.29
SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Payments,
$720.56
Appropriation,
$600.00
Received from town of Brewster for aid furnished Mrs. Lucy Small, . . .
54.00
Received from Sarah E. Carr, guardian of John E. Bullard,
134.00
$788.00
Unexpended, $67.44
RECAPITULATION.
Paid for Teaching schools, . $3,084.45
Fuel, care, and supplies,
892.41
Repairs on school-houses,
20.65
Highways,
2, 100.46
Bridges,
2.62
Fire Department,
1,128.02
Memorial Day,
50.00
General expense,
913.15
Town House, ·
1,093.86 6.00
Smith and Derby lots at cemetery,
Military aid,
216.00
Town officers,
607.05
Amount carried forward,
.
. $10,114.67
.
16
Amount brought forward,
· $10, 114.67
Paid for Public library,
403.72
Abatement of taxes,
41.74
Notes paid,
4,000.00
Interest,
564.54
Taxes, .
1,905.00
Enlargement of cemetery,
2,600.00
Support of poor at Almshouse,
1,341.45
Support of poor out of Almshouse, 720.56
$21,691.68
RESOURCES.
Balance in treasury Feb. 1, 1890, $1,613.48
Uncollected taxes, 1889, 1,606.67
Due from Mrs. Sarah E. Carr, guardian for John E. Bullard, 133.38
Due from town of Brewster for aid furnished Mrs. Lucy Small, . 29.00
Deposit in Framingham Savings Bank by trustees of school fund, 1,000.00
Note given by Sarah E. Chickering, secured by mortgage, 250.00
$4,632.53
Military aid to Jan. 1, 1890, 108.00
$4,740.53
LIABILITIES.
Medway Savings Bank, $3,500.00
Trustees of School Fund,
2,5 10.20
Hamlet Wight, guardian for Daisy E. Curtis,
2,100.00
Estate of John W. Shumway,
1,000.00
Joanna H. Smith, 500.00
Cummings Trust Fund,
1,000.00
Mary T. Derby's Legacy for care of lot in cemetery, 100.00
George M. Smith's Legacy for care of lot in cemetery, 100.00
$10,810.20
Liabilities exceed resources, $6,069.67 ·
The sum of $1,000, the amount of note held by Medway Savings Bank, was omitted from the report of liabilities in 1889, which added to the amount above is $11,810.20.
17
Actual excess of liabilities over resources, 1889, . $7,617.82 Excess, 1890, . 6,069.67
Reduction,
. $1,548.15
New guide-boards have been put up, or old ones repaired, where necessary to maintain them.
We gratefully acknowledge the gift of four hundred ($400) dollars, the amount paid for land purchased of Mr. Henry M. Parker, deposited in the treasury by Messrs. Searle, Dailey & Co., to be applied to the cemetery ; of the gift of one hundred ($100) dollars by Colonel Edwin V. Mitchell to the Committee on the Enlargement and Improvement of the Cemetery, to be applied to the expense of the new bridge; also of one hundred ($100) dollars by Colonel Mitchell for cleaning out the cemetery pond.
To Mr. Jeremiah B. Hale we are indebted for the gift of one hundred ($100) dollars deposited in the treasury, to be applied to the expense of the new bridge. Such generosity we are sure will be appreciated by our citizens.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY, ) Selectmen GEORGE W. BRUCE, of
HENRY M. PARKER, 1 Medfield.
Examined and found correct.
ALBERT A. LOVELL, Auditor.
REPORT OF ENGINEERS.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
Gentlemen,- We beg leave to report the Fire Department in good and effective condition.
The Engine and Hook and Ladder Company are well officered and well organized, and composed of men ready and willing to respond to every call of duty.
The apparatus is in good order and well cared for.
We tested all the hose, and found five hundred feet unfit for use, which we had relined. We also purchased six hundred feet of new hose, making eighteen hundred feet of good serviceable hose in the department.
We recommend the building of two reservoirs, one on North Street and one on Pleasant Street, said reservoirs to be filled by pipes or hose running from Searle, Dailey & Co.'s Straw Factory. In case of fire, the town is in need of some such water supply on North and Pleasant Streets.
MEDFIELD ENGINE COMPANY NO. I.
Foreman, H. G. CROSBY.
Treasurer, T. F. BARNEY.
First Ass't, T. F. BARNEY.
Clerk, CALVIN FULLER.
Second Ass't, G. F. MITCHELL.
Steward, A. A. BLAKE.
Total membership, 40 men.
EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. I.
Foreman, D. KENNEDY. Treasurer, FRANK BRIGGS. First Ass't, FRANK CUTTER. Clerk, FRANK BRIGGS. Steward, W. GRACE.
Second Ass't, JOHN KENNEDY.
Total membership, 20 men.
We have the good fortune to report no fires or no alarms of fires during our term of service.
J. W. PAIGE, Board W. F. HARDING, of
W. E. FALES, Engineers.
19
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
R. A. BATTELLE, Collector for 1888 and 1889, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Dr.
To uncollected Tax for 1888,. $1,241.33
1888.
By Cash paid Treasurer, $1,241.33
Interest paid Treasurer,
$29.66
1889.
To commitment for 1889, . $14,056.67
1889.
By Cash paid Treasurer, $12,450.00
Uncollected Taxes, .
1,606.67
$14,056.67
Cr. 1888.
R. A. BATTELLE, Collector. Examined and found correct. ALBERT A. LOVELL, Auditor.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Amount of personal property at Town Farm Feb. I, 1890,
. $1,834.95
POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation, $600.00
Received of C. and B. Wight, for milk,
596.07
I. L. Lawrence, for seed corn, . 2.00
Irving Paine, for meadow hay, .
28.75
I. L. Lawrence, for sand, .
1.50
Waldo E. Kingsbury, for two pigs, 15.00
H. J. Dunn, for meadow hay,
13.90
J. G. Wight, for chickens,
1.32
M. L. Cheney, for calves,
9.00
C. H. Russell, for use of horse and car- riage,
1.50
Mr. Grant, for apples,
.25
E. E. Newell, for pork,
22.62
E. E. Newell, for eggs,
1.65
E. E. Newell, for produce,
3.96
T. L. Barney, for beans, .
5.00
C. F. Bruce, for peas and beans,
1.50
J. A. Fitts, for eggs,
.44
Overseers, for one barrel apples,
2.50
Forty gallons cider, .
5.20
$1,318.16
PAYMENTS.
Paid T. L. Barney, for merchandise,
$130.32
J. A. Fitts, for merchandise,
82.36
Boston Branch, for merchandise,
9.86
E. Bullard, for meat,
12.33
C. F. Bruce, for meat,
39.00
Amount carried forward,
$273.87
.
C. F. Bruce, for ten bushels potatoes,
6.00
.
.
2I
Amount brought forward,
$273.87
Paid C. F. Bruce, difference in cows,
9.00
C. F. Bruce, four pigs,
8.00
E. E. Newell, meat, etc.,
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.