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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers of Harwich
FOR THE YEAR 1907
.HARWICH, MASS. : H. M. SMALL, PRINTER. 1908. 1
Town Officers' Report. Assessors' Report.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF HARWICH.
The officers of the Town of Harwich herewith respectfully submit their annual report, ending Jan. 9, 1908.
Valuation of the Town, May 1, 1906,
$1,185,825.58
66
66
1, 1907, 1,160,836.80
Decrease in valuation, 1907,
$24,988.78
Tax on real estate, 1907,
$19,027.00
Tax on personal,
5,570.03
Tax on polls,
1,154.00
Total amount assessed, $25,751.03
Rate of taxation, $20.00 on $1,000.00.
Tax on each poll, $2.00.
Number of polls assessed,
577
Persons assessed on polls only,
66
Residents assessed,
999
Non-residents,
448
Total number assessed,
1,512
Number of horses assessed,
280
Cows,
I56
Sheep,
O
Swine,
20
Neat cattle,
4
4
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
State tax for 1907, State Highway for 1907, County Tax for 1907,
$1,520.00
254.90
1,552.88
$3,327.78
TAX ABATEMENTS FOR YEAR 1904.
John W. Nickerson, taxed to others,
$ .68
George N. Ryder,
.85
Johathan N. Ryder, 66 .68
Albert Ryder, 66 66
.34
Mary P. Eldredge, 66 66
5.27
. Total abatements in 1904, $7.82
TAX ABATEMENTS FOR YEAR 1905.
Estate, Enos Kent, error,
$ .85
Lillian Young, taxed to others,
.34
Jonathan N. Small, no personal,
.34
Joshua Ryder, taxed to others,
.85
Estate, Abner S. Ryder, taxed to others,
.85
George T. Ryder, taxed to others,
.85
George G. Ryder, taxed to others,
.85
Jonathan N. Ryder, over tax,
.68
Susan H. Baker, over tax,
.68
M. Young, no property,
.68
Ezra Y. Kelley, over tax,
2.55
Ida P. Whitlock, no property,
.68
Charles B. Bassett, no personal,
.34
Wilbur H. Bassett, inability,
5.40
Isaac Gomes, non-resident poll,
2.00
5
Shedrick Kelley, inability, 14.96
Estate, Elisha Mayo, widows exemption, 8.50
Obed Nickerson, widows exemption, 4.59
Emanuel Rose, no poll, non-resident,
2.00
Estate, Freeman A. Phillips, widows exemption,
7.82
Alberth Perris, non-resident,
2.00
Tabatha Rogers, widows exemption,
11.56
Emanuel Spindle, inability,
17.81
Estate of Elizabeth Doane, inability,
6.80
A Everett Eldredge, error, non-resident,
2.00
Estate of Eldredge Small, widows exemption,
13.60
George J. Clark, taxed to others,
.34
Mary McLane, error,
.I7
Abner N. Smalley, over tax,
2.00
Edward Kendrick, over tax,
.5 I
Luther E. Hammond, over tax,
.85
W. W. Phillips, taxed to others,
5.95
Walter W. Kelley, over tax,
1.70
Joseph W. Hardy, over tax,
.17
Martha J. Moore, over tax, real estate,
.85
Joseph R. Snow, over tax, .34
Emanuel J. Morton, on poll, non-resident, 2.00
Joseph W. Eldredge, personal, taxed to others, 3.53
Walter Howland, personal, taxed to others,
2.51
Luther E. Hammond, personal, over tax,
.85
Herbert R. Cahoon, over tax, 1.70
Joseph W. Eldredge, no personal,
2.00
Chester T. Baker, no personal,
.34
Allen S. Megathlin, poll abated,
2.00
Estate of Jonathan Small, no property,
2.38
Clarence George, taxed to others,
.68
Tully Crosby, no property,
.34
James E. Nickerson, no personal,
.5I
Joseph Dean, no personal,
1.70
6
David T. Bassett, no property,
.68
Total abatements in 1905;
$143.68.
TAX ABATEMENTS FOR YEAR 1906.
Estate of Abijah C. Long, over tax,
$13.75.
Mercy Cahoon, over tax,
6.31
Albert B. Collins, no property,
1.70
Adelaid C. Lockwood, no property,
8.50
E. A. Mitchell, taxed to others,
8.50
Benjamin F. Smith, over tax,
5.95
Henry Paul, taxed to others,
8.50.
Henry Small, over taxed on personal,
.68
Ensign Rogers, soldiers exemption,
19.00
Gideon H. Freeman,
15.77
Jonathan Small,
13.56.
Thomas E. Small,
66
16.28
Rufus Butler, 66
19.00.
Alvarado C. Ellis,
15.07
Chas. C. Tuttle,
66
13.73
Cyrus Ellis, 2d,
66 66
7.78
Curtis Morse,
66
2.00
Estate of Amiel Ellis, over tax,
1.87
Ellen H. Small, over tax,
8.00
Estate of James S. Paine, over tax on real estate, Loring Baker, soldiers exemption,
6.97
Amelia Snow, over tax, real estate,
3.40
W. F. Smith, over tax, real estate,
1.27
Althena Eldredge, widows exemption,
8.50
John W. Baker, error, .51
Wilbur H. Bassett, inability,
3.40
Estate, Frederick W. Cobb, widows exemption,
7.14
George W. Ellis, inability,
4.89
7.48
7
Isaac Gomes, non-resident,
2.00
Heirs of Jonathan Small, taxed to others, 2.38
Domingo L. Silva, no property,
2.34
Alice G. Steele, error,
.34
Abner N. Small, error,
2.34
Charles S. Small, personal overtax,
2.00
Heirs, Eben Taylor, widows exemption,
2.04
Amos Kelley, no property,
.68
Clarence George, error,
.68
Lottie A. Thornton, taxed to others,
5.10
Mary A. Downey, taxed to her husband,
7.99
Francis M. Tripp, soldiers exemption,
11.90
George J. Clark, taxed to others,
.34
Harry B. Nickerson, error,
1.36
James S. Paine, taxed to others,
1.02
Tully Crosby, no property,
.34
Isaac Small, taxed to others,
1.19
Annie Hyde, taxed to others,
1.19
William W. Phillips, taxed to others,
5.95
Heirs, David T. Bassett, widows exemption,
.68
66 Francis Cahoon, no property,
.34
George W. Eldredge, error,
.34
Rebecca H. Nickerson, taxed to others,
.17
Lilla Young, no property,
.34
Heirs, Abner S. Nickerson, no property, George T. Ryder, taxed to others,
.85
Jonathan N. Ryder, no property,
.68
Edwin Johnson, no property,
.34
Joseph N. Hardy, no property,
.I7
Susan H. Baker, error,
.68
Ezra J. Kelley, no property,
2.55
George E. Parker, taxed to wife,
14.28
Jacob Aldrich, non-resident,
2.00
Chester T. Baker, no personal,
.34
Joshua S. Cash, inability,
12 75
.85
8
E. H. Chase, taxed to others,
.51
William E. Chase, error,
2.68
Mary P. Eldredge, no property,
2.57
Eugene L. Freeman, inability,
12.41
Heirs, Joseph Gorham, no property,
.34
Francis Gomes, taxed to others,
.34
Hattie G. Handren, widows exemption,
7.65
Wallace Howland, non-resident, personal,
2.51
Betsey Joseph, over tax,
1 1.42
Addie R. Kendrick, error,
.17
Heirs, Nathan Long, taxed to others,
1.36
Antone J. Lomba, no poll, non-resident,
2.00
Joseph Lomba, no personal,
3.87
Allen S. Megathlin, poll,
2.00
Estate, Cyrus Nickerson, error,
.34
66 Eldredge Nickerson, taxed to others,
4.25
Heirs, Zephaniah Nickerson, error,
.56
Lloyd G. Nickerson, non-resident, no poll,
2.00
Estate, Joseph H. Nickerson, no personal,
1.70
Frank Perris, taked to others,
5.57
Mary E. Small, taxed to others,
3.74
Estate, Elijah Stokes, over tax,
5.53
Heirs, Thomas Sullivan, over tax,
9.86
Ellen H. Small, over tax,
8.00
Cornelia D. Stone, widows exemption,
6.63
Estate of Frederick Kelley, widows exemption,
9.86
Wilson Kelley, inability,
2.00
N. D. Kelley, taxed to others,
2.25
Tabatha Kelley, taxed to others,
.68
Starks Kelley, poll, inability,
2.00
Catherine McCrum, widows exemption, 1
9.18
Estate of Elisha Mayo, widows exemption,
8.50
Estate of Obed Nickerson, widows exemption,
4.59
Heirs, John W. Nickerson, taxed to others,
1.02
Sylvia Rogers, Widows exemption,
4.76
1
9
Bernard Nunes, taxed to others,
4.25
Julius S. Nickerson, inability, 2.89
Emerline Nickerson, over tax,
8.50
Estate, Freeman A. Phillips, widows exemption, 6.97
Joshua Rider, inability, 19.89
Estate of Edwin F. Ryder, widows exemption,
4.59
Hattie Roberson, over tax,
2.25
Thomas W. Snow, over tax,
4.08
Emanuel Spindle, inability,
19.51
Frank Tripp, soldiers exemption,
2.00
Bangs K. Smith, soldiers exemption,
3.70
Charles H. Taylor, over tax,
1.02
Ida P. Whitlock, taxed to others,
.68
Joseph R. Snow, taxed to others,
.34
Annie Berry, over tax,
6.29
Walter W. Kelley, taxed to others,
1.70
$552.28
TAX ABATEMENTS FOR YEAR 1907.
Harry D. Handy, M. D., error, -
$ .68
Anthony Megathlin, soldier's exemption, 2.00
Philip T. Nickerson, over tax,
2.00
Emerline B. Nickerson, error,
27.00
Angeritta Poole, widow's exemptions,
10.00
Estate of Ezra H. Taylor, over tax,
10.00
John Chase, no property,
5.53
Ruth Pratt, widow's exemption,
10.00
Thomas Larkin, over tax,
4.20
Estate John A. Baker, over tax,
9.00
Charles B. Craig, non resident,
2.00
Ralph Cummings,
22.00
Abbie Nelson, inability,
9.70
IO
James B. Nelson, inability,
3.30
Frank Tripp, soldier's exemption,
2.00
Estate Freeman Ryder, over tax,
23.20
Herbert A. Ryder, over tax,
1.80
Alvin N. Bassett, over tax,
20.00
Mercy R. Cahoon, widow,
4.40
Nettie L. Nickerson, over taxed,
4.60
Ziba Hunt, personal,
2.00
Sears L. Moore, overtaxed on personal,
5.00
Minnie Nickerson, overtaxed,
8.20
William F. Crapo,
3.00
Alonzo Kendrick,
3.30
Sidney B. Moody, 66
.80
Heirs Charles M. Nickerson, no property,
2.40
Alonzo F. Cahoon, no property,
2.00
John K. Kendrick, overtaxed,
.27
A. Cleveland Hall, over tax,
3.00
Ensign Rogers, soldier's exemption,
2.00
Jennie Megathlin, over tax,
3.40
Thomas Hensey, over tax,
2.00
Tully Crosby, no property,
.40
George E. Eaton, no property,
.40
E. L. Jerauld, over tax,
6.00
Ella Eldridge, 66
7.00
Charles S. Small, error,
2.40
Total abatements in 1907,
$224.98
TAX ABATEMENTS.
To amount of tax abatements, 1904,
$ 7.82
66
1
66 66 1905,
143.68
66
66
1906,
552.28
66 66
1907,
224.98
$928.76
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TAX SETTLEMENT-EAST SECTION. ALLEN S. MEGATHLIN,. COLLECTOR. 1904. Dr
To amount of warrant, $9,093.84
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer, $8,821.03
Premium collecting, $9,093.84, 272.81
$9,093.84
1905. Dr.
To amount of warrant, 1905, Added taxes,
$9,580.78
21.10
$9,601.88
Cr.
By cash paid Treasurer, 1905,
$9,249.78
Uncollected taxes, 1.87
Premium collecting at 3 per cent.,
288.05
Cash paid Treasurer to bal. account,
50.18
Postage and tax bills,
12.00
$9,601.88
1906.
Dr
To amount of warrant account, 1906, Added taxes,
$9,743.68
28.31
1
$9,771.99
By cash paid Treasurer,
$9,300.79
Uncollected taxes, 276.06
3 per cent. collecting, $9,495.99,
283.88
$9,860,73
Cr.
12
By amount cr.,
66 dr.,
Cr. $9,860.73 9,771.99
$88.74
Allowed account, tax bills, etc., 13.00
Paid Capt. Megathlin to bal., $101.74
By Town order, 101.74
EAST SECTION. ISAAC B. KENDRICK, COLLECTOR.
1907.
Dr.
To amount of warrant account, 1997, $11, 161.30
Added taxes,
8.20
$11, 169.50
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer,
$6,196.35
Uncollected taxes,
4,781.52
Premium collecting, $6,387.98 at 3%,
191.63
$11, 169.50
WEST SECTION. A. H. MATSON, COLLECTOR.
.
1904.
To Warrant, balance account, Colman Kelley, $11.40
Dr.
By amount uncollected account, 1904, $11.40
I3
1905.
To amount of Warrant, account Colman Kelley, : $595.71
Cr.
Paid Treasurer on account Colman Kel- ley book, $474.45
3 per cent. collecting,
14.23
Taxes collected by Colman Kelley, and cr., 12.68
To be booked tax account, C. Kelley, 4.86
Uncollected taxes account, 1905, 91.35
$597.57
Less amount, dr.,
595.71
Due Mr. Matson,
$1.86
1906. Dr.
To amount Town Warrant,
$2,349.08
added taxes, 23.68
66 out of town taxes,
59.33
$2,432.09
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurers account,
1906 taxes,
$1,007.27
Premium collecting, $1,007.27 at 3%, 30.2I
Uncollected taxes, 910.20
$1,947.68
Amount paid Treasurer, Jan. 13, 1908, 402.77
Taxes collected by C. Kelley not cr., 81.64
$2,432.09
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1907. Dr.
To amount warrant account, 1907,
$11,942.60
added taxes,
28.00
$11,970.60
Cr.
By amount paid Treas. account, 1907 taxes,
$7,613.70
Amount 3% collecting, $7,613.70, 228.41
66 uncollected taxes, 3,976.56
Cash paid Treas., Jan. 13, 1908, 151.93
$11,970.60
Respectfully submitted, AMBROSE N. DOANE, JOHN H. DRUM, EPHRAIM H. DOANE,
Assessors of Harwich.
Report of Overseers of the Poor.
Orders have been drawn on the Town Treasurer for the fol- lowing sums, on account of supplies furnished the Poor for 1907 : $2,427.52.
POOR BOARDED IN ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Albert Hall, boarding Mehitable
Cahoon, from Jan. 1, 1907 to Dec. 31, 1907, 52 weeks at $4.00, $208.00
A. Hall, boarding Seth F. Chase 52 weeks at $4.00, 208.00
A. Hall, boarding Alex. Chase, 52 weeks at $4.00, 208.00
A. Hall, boarding Margaret
O'Brien, 48 weeks at $4.00, 192.00
A. Hall, boarding Edwin L. Chase, 52 weeks at $4.00, 208.00
$1,024.00
Less amt. charged in 1906 acct., 68.60
Paid Albert Hall for supplies furnished inmates, acct. 1907,
$ 955.40
1.75
$ 957.15
I6
Paid Chas. J. Smyser, M. D., acct. Edwin L. Chase, $ 1.00
Paid John P. Nickerson, M. D., acct. Hitty Cahoon, 15.00
Paid E. E. Hawes, M. D., acct. Mar- garet O'Brien, 1.50
Paid Cyrenus S. Hunt, mdse., acct. in- mates, 6.46
Paid B. D. Eldridge, for medicine, in- mates, 3.32
Paid Alpheus Howes for stove, 15.00
" C. S. Burgess & Co., lime, 1.70
" Samuel Moody, acct. Hitty Cahoon, .65
$1,001.78
POOR AIDED IN THEIR HOMES.
Alberto Gage and family :
To aid furnished by Town of Sandwich, $32.50
$32.50
Freeman Grace :
Paid State for board and burial,
36.80
36.80
Edward C. Chase :
Paid Benj. Kendrick, for wood,
$ 3.00
Wilbur R. Kelley, 7.00 1
Albert C. Kelley, 5.75
C. S. Burgess, wood and coal, 27.00
C. S. Burgess, for wife, cash, 12.00
J. O. Hulse, Jr., supplies,
5.10
J. P. Nickerson, M. D., supplies, 69.00
$128.85
Arthur F. Baker :
Paid Warren E. Nickerson, supplies, $8.26
N. B. Walker, for wood, 2.00
Overseers of Poor, Leominster,, for supplies, 64.77
I7
S. B. Moody, for coal,
4.00
Ahira Chase, nursing,
2.00
Albert Chase, nursing, 1.00
Dr. Chas. Smyser, medical attendance,
16.85
Dr. J. P. Nickerson,
38.65
Dr. H. D. Handy, 66
66
2.00
Expenses taking to and from hospital,
8.75
Mass. General hospital, 31.44
E. E. Hawes, M. D., 2.00
$181.72
Christopher Eldridge :
Paid Arthur F. Cahoon, for shoes,
$1.50
H. D. Handy,
1.00
$2.50
Mrs. Benjamin F. Ellis :
To aid furnished, cash,
$70.00
Medical aid, Chas. W. Bartlett, M. D., 15.00
$85.00
George O'Brien :
Paid Chas. Taylor, wood,
$3.00
E. M. Robbins, groceries,
6.05
J. W. and L. B. Chase, groceries,
5.14
$14.19
Rufus Eldredge's Family :
Paid B. C. Kelley, groceries,
$3.44
C. S. Burgess & Co., wood and coal,
5.75
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$9.19
Tabitha Ferries :
Paid E. M. Robbins, groceries,
$20.00
S. B. Moody, coal,
4.00
A. C. Kelley, wood,
5.50
C. S. Burgess, wood and coal,
17.75
Aid from town, by cash,
40.00
$87.25
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Simeon S. Walker :
Paid Levi M. Snow, medical aid, $6.10
William E. Walker, M. D., medical attendance, 15.00
Town of Fairhaven, supplies,
14.00
For burial and transportation,
68.02
E. H. Doane, expense to Fairhaven, 5.30
J. H. Drum, burial expense, 5.50
$113.92
Hulda Shute : 1
Paid C. S. Burgess & Co., coal,
$14.00
J. F. Small, shoes, 2.10
J. P. Nickerson, M. D., medical aid, 1.25
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$17.35
Nathan Hall :
Town aid, cash, (8 months),
$80.00
$80.00
Clarence Taylor :
Paid City of Salem,
$7.50
$7.50
Eben Phillips :
Paid town aid for 1907, cash,
$97.00
Arthur F. Cahoon. clothing,
11.45
$108.45
Alpheus Doane :
Paid H. E. Nickerson, supplies,
$60.09
Augusta D. Cahoon :
Paid Town aid for 1907 and month of Jan., 1908, $84.00
Freeman S. Robbins :
Paid town aid for 1907, cash $55.00
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Curtis Higgins and family :
Paid town aid for 1907, cash, $132.00
C. S. Burgess & Co., coal and wood, 5.50
S. J. Miles, supplies, II.02
Phillip L. Nickerson, house rent, 12.00
$160.52
David M. McVea :
Paid C. S. Burgess, coal and wood,
$14.50
Sanford Freeman :
Paid S. J. Miles, supplies, E. E. Hawes, medical attendance, 1.50
$10.00
$11.50
Joseph W. Chase and family :
Paid J, F. Tobey & Son, groceries, $21.78
Wilbur Bassett :
Paid H. D. Handy, M. D.,
$6.00
Emma Bassett :
Paid E. E. Hawes, medical attendance,
$17.50
$1,336.1I
POOR HAVING SETTLEMENT IN OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES.
Lydia Chipman, Boston, board, $16.00
ALMSHOUSE REGISTER TO MAR. 1907.
Alexander Chase, Seth F. Chase, Edwin L. Chase, Mehitable Cahoon, Margaret O'Brien.
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COST OF SUPPORTING POOR-1907. Dr.
To amount of appropriation, $250.00
Outside Poor,
1,500.00
$1,750.00
Cr.
Paid for poor, board by Albert Hall,
$957.15
supplies furnished 66
44.63
poor supplied at homes,
1,336.1I
state paupers,
73.63
Lydia Chipman, acct. City of Boston,
16.00
$2,427,52
Number of persons fully supported, 5.
Number of persons partially supported, 30.
Number of tramps, 3.
Respectfully submitted,
AMBROSE N. DOANE, JOHN H. DRUM, EPHRAIM H. DOANE,
Overseers of the Poor.
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Selectmen's Report.
The selectmen of Harwich respectfully submit the following annual report.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Dr.
To appropriation, $1,300.00
By amt. expended,
Cr $1,099.38
Unexpended, 200.62
$1,300.00 $1,300.00
Paid Ambrose N. Doane for services as : Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of Poor and Board of Health, $285.00
J. H. Drum, Assessor, Overseer of Poor, and horse hire, 285.00
Ephraim H. Doane, Overseer of Poor, (II months), and horse hire,
200.00
Nathan C. Underwood, salary Town Clerk and Treasurer, 200.00
(See N. C. Underwood's private account.)
Thomas H. Nickerson, School Committee, 45.00
John P. Nickerson, School Com- mittee, 45.00
Arthur F. Cahoon, 10 1-2 months' salary, 39.38
$1,099.38
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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid E. L. Jerauld, services 1907 in
part,
$ 8.75
J. C. Baker, services 1907, in part, 30.00
Chas. T. Chase, services 1907 in part, 35.75
Nathan C. Underwood, services 1907, in part, 12.50
$87.00
AUDITORS AND OTHERS SETTLING WITH TREASURER.
Ambrose N. Doane,
$ 3.00
Benjamin C. Kelley,
13.75
Louis B. Phillips,
8.75
N. C. Underwood,
3.00
$28.50
$115.50
No Appropriation.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Dr
Cr.
Appropriation,
$45.00
By payments,
$30.00
Unexpended,
15.00
$45.00
$45.00
Paid N. C. Underwood,
$2.50
Maurice C. Eldridge,
2.50
Daniel B. Thomas,
2.50
Herbert R. Cahoon,
2.50
Herbert A. Ryder,
2.50
Benj. Kendrick,
2.50
Benj. Kendrick, Jr.,
2.50
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Lewis B. Phillips,
2.50
Arthur F. Nickerson,
2.50
George E. Mecarta,
2.50
Josiah Paine,
2.50
N. C. Underwood,
2.50
$30.00
CATTLE INSPECTOR.
Dr.
1
Cr.
Appropriation,
$25,00
Paid Avery Baker,
$12.50
Rec'd from State,
25.00
F. E. Ellis,
37.50
$50.00
$50.00
SCHOOLS.
Dr. Cr.
To Appropriation, $6,700.00
By amt, cash paid to
for sch. physician, 25.00
Exceeded appn. $1,600.39
com. as per amt. of bills renderd, $8,325.39
$8,325.39
$8,325.39
See School Committee's report for explanation.
LAW SUITS.
The case of Augustus Walker settled by the town paying Walker $200.00.
No appropriation.
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GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH.
Dr.
To appropriation,
$100.00
By payments,
Cr. $105.63
exceeded appn. 5.63
$105.63
$105.63
Paid Isaiah D. Ellis,
$54.00
G. T. Bassett,
20.18
Geo. E. Nickerson,
19.25
Charles H. Cahoon,
1.20
Marshall E. Chase,
11.00
$105.63
TREE WARDEN.
Dr.
To appropriation,
$30.00
Paid T. W. Harriman. $12.50
Unexpended, 17.50
$30.00
$30.00
FIRE WARDEN.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$50.00
By payments,
$25.70
unexpended,
24.30
$50.00
$50.00
Paid for fires set by N. Y. N. H. engine,
$15.70
in town,
10.00
Unexpended,
24.30
$50.00
Cr.
25
BROOKS SCHOOL MEDAL FUND.
Dr
Cr.
To cash in C. C. F. C.
Savings Bank, $1000.00
interest, 105.35
By amt. paid for medals, $36.00 cash in Bank, Dec. 19, '07, 1,069.35
$1,105.35
$1,105.35
INSURANCE ACCOUNT.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$400.00
By amt. pd. for ins., $397.65
Unexpended balance, 2.35
$400.00
$400.00
INTEREST.
Cr.
$950.00
By payments,
$758.17
Unexpended bal.,
191.83
$950.00
$950.00
STATE AID.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$1,600.00
By payments,
$1,560.00
Unexpended bal., 4000
$1,600.00
$ 1,600.00
Dr. To appropriation,
26
BROAD BROOKS LIBRARY.
Dr.
Cr.
To Appropriation, $150.00
Unexpended in 1906, 75.00
" 1906, 75.00
$225.00
$225.00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Dr. Cr.
To appropriation, $50.00
exceeded app'n, 7.50
$57.50
$57.50
Geo. Sisson's Family :
Paid Arthur Ellis for taking care of cases, $27.50 J. P. Nickerson, M. D., 8.00
$35.50
Harvey Sisson's Family :
Paid J. P. Nickerson, M. D., fumigating, 8.00 J. P. Nickerson, M. D., fumigating, Harwich Centre School hse., 8.00
J. P. Nickerson, M. D., fumigating, Harwich Port School hse., 5.00
Wm. H. Bassett, services, 1,00
22.00
$57.50
REPAIRS ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Dr. Cr.
To appropriation, $250.00
By payments, $547.79
exceeded app'n, 297.79
$547.79
$547.79
By payments acc. 1907, $150.00 66
By payments, $57.50
27
BUILDING SHED AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid C. S. Burgess & Co., lumber,
$82.54
Simeon Moody, labor, 15.00
Jasper Small,
32.50
Edmund C. Lee, «
2.50
Alpheus Howes, nails, etc.,
14.38
$146.92
REPAIRS ON SOUTH HARWICH SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid C. S. Burgess & Co., lumber, $38.82
Ebenezer Weekes, labor, 18.50
$57.32
REPAIRS ON EXCHANGE BUILDING, 1907.
Paid Myron Rogers, labor on boiler,
$12.95
Cyrus Ellis,
1.00
Thomas Freeman, for supplies,
1.95
Ingals & Kendrickson,
67.35
Walter Paine, labor,
8.75
Edmund C. Lee, labor,
2.25
Samuel A. Ellis, boarding men,
20.50
Alpheus Howes, supplies,
7.67
Leston Small, for labor,
2.50
Benj. H. Bassett, for labor,
2.50
S. Chase, for labor,
2.00
Thomas J. Mahan, tuning piano,
3.00
J. F. Tobey, supplies,
45.53
James Moody, for lumber,
11.12
C. C. Weyser, tinning stage,
18.25
Joseph F. Dean, labor,
11.00
J. C. Winn, labor,
2.50
J. B. Cahoon, supplies,
1.00
J. H. Drum, for freight on tin,
2.07
Boston Furnace Co., for tin,
17.02
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Herbert A. Sullivan, State Boiler Inspection, 4.00
J. H. Drum, freight on boiler fixtures, .50
$245.41
JANITOR, COAL, ETC.
Paid Myron Rogers, bill for janitor, $55.45
Roy K. Hamer, " " 13.24
Sidney Moody, for coal, 24.00
C. S. Burgess & Co., coal, 3.75
William H. Bassett, acc. Old Home Week, 2.00
98.14
$547.79
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation, $1,000.00
By payments,
$1,256.42
exceeded app'n, 256.42
$1,256.42
$1,256.42
Paid Keystone Job Print, 850 town reports, $119.32
Alton P. Goss, printing,
99.70
A. W. Brownell, 11.38
P. B. Murphy,
5.30
H. M. Small,
42.50
Harry Cahoon, surveying, 2.90
Carter's Ink Co., .75
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight on signs,
.45
Chas. E. Hamer, services moderator, 20.00
Walter Welch, attorney for town, 15.00
Cyrus Baker, acct. oil road, 10.00
Thos. Groom, collectors' books, etc., 24.00
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stamped envelopes, 10.60
Levi Long, going with hearse, 2.50
Martin L. Robbins, looking up property, 2.50
Andrew F. Sherman, abstract book, 15.00
Everett L. Ellis, team at W. Harwich fire,
4.25
Joseph K. Robbins, acct. Eben Cahoon, 2.50
Macadam signs, state road, 4.50
Alpheus Howes, office supplies, 5.24
envelopes, town treasurer's office, 1.75
James O. Hulse, Jr., special police, 2.50
Spencer P. Ellis, serving warrant, 5.00
J. H. Drum, expense on town reports, 3.90
Wm. H. Bassett, serving warrant, 5.00
Asa L. Jones, going with hearse, 48 times, 48.00
bringing body of Simeon Walker to East Harwich and burying, 5.50
bringing body of Arthur Baker to Har- wich and burying, 8,75
Cyrus Ellis, washing hearse,
22.00
So. Telephone Co.,
10.68
Clenric H. Cahoon, legal services,
16.00
- -
$527.47
Paid N. C. Underwood :
services as registrar,
$20.00
for horse hire,
1.00
tally sheets,
6.00
services as teller,
10.00
sealer weights and measures,
19.50
attending town clerk's meetings,
2.50
clerk's fees, acct. dog licenses,
22.20
recording 58 deaths,
11.60
12 marriages,
2.40
6 1 births,
30.50
stamps and postal cards,
25.60
30
stationary, 10.17
express, 8.55
doctor's fees, acct. births,
14.75
undertaker's fees, deaths,
11.75
justice fees, 5.00
treasurer's salary,
200.00
$401.52
Paid Wm. H. Bassett, acct. dog warrant, $ 10.00
66 66
district court, 145.95
H. M. Percival
66
13.47
Laban Snow, special police, 2.50
Wm. H. Bassett, special police, July 4, 2.00
66 killing dogs, 4.00
traveling expenses, selectmen,
149.51
327.43
$1,256.42
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN OF HARWICH JAN. 9, 1907.
LIABILITIES.
Outstanding town orders,
$500.00
Balance due on macadam loan, 1902,
5,300.00
66 66
1903,
250.00
60
" shell road,
800.00
66
66 " macadam, 1904,
2,500.00
Due anticipation taxes,
4,000.00
Abatements estimated,
500.00
Due Belmont Road,
1,500.00
Depot Road, West Harwich,
1,500.00
Brewster Road,
5,400.00
boiler, 500.00
$22,750.00
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ASSETS.
Treasurer's balance, Jan. 9,
$2,122,25
Mary Jane's lot, 200.00
State Aid, to be refunded,
1,560.00
Due from State, acct. paupers, 1906,
73.63
Lease, Herring Brook, 650.00
Due from City of Boston, acct. Lydia Chipman, 16.00 State Cattle Inspector,
25.00
66 Railroad, acct. fires, '05, '06, '07, 40.00
A. S. Megathlin, uncollected taxes, 1906, 276.06
66 I. B. Kendrick, uncollected taxes, 1907, 4,781.52
A. H. Matson, uncollected taxes, 1906, 910.20
A. H. Matson, uncollected taxes, 1907, 3.993.9 1
$14.558.57
Debt Jan. 9, 1908,
$8,191.43
APPROPRIATIONS
Recommended '08
Almshouse,
Amt. Expended $1,001.78
Appropriation '07 $250.00
$1,000.00
Outside Poor,
1,336.1I
1,500.00
1,400.00
Poor, other cities and towns
16.00
140.00
100.00
State paupers,
73.63
50.00
100.00
Tax abatements,
928.76
300.00
500.00
Miscellaneous expenses,
928.99
1,000.00
900.00
Town officers,
1,099.38
1,300.00
1,100.00
Schools and Supt's salary,
8,325.39
6,700.00
6,700.00
Election officers,
30.00
45.00
40.00
Tree Warden,
12.50
40.00
30.00
Broadbrooks Library,
150.00
150.00
150.00
66
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Inspector of Animals,
50.00
25.00
25.00
Board of Health,
101.00
50.00
50.00
Fire Ward,
18.70
50.00
50.00
Repairs Public Buildings,
449.67
250.00
200.00
Snow,
255.29
300.00
300.00
Fences and Railings,
193.65
100.00
150.00
Bridges,
105.78
150.00
150.00
General repairs on roads,
1,491.26
1,200.00
1,200.00
State aid,
1,560.00
1,700.00
1,700.00
State highway,
2 54.90
250.00
250.00
New road, Harwich Port,
66.53
100.00
Allen's Bridge,
196.53
Memorial Day,
50.00
50.00
Pilgrim Monument,
140.00
140.00
Insurance,
379.65
500.00
400.00
Interest,
781.17
700.00
800.00
Repairs on Shell Road,
179.06
150.00
150.00
Macadam Road. 1902,
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
66
66
1903:
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
66
66
1904,
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Shell Road,
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Suppression of Crime,
100.00
100.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth,
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