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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers of Harwich
FOR THE YEAR
1908
HARWICH, MASS. : H. M. SMALL, PRINTER. 1909.
PROPERTY OF CAPE COD GENEALOCICAL SOCIETY ON PERMANENT LOAN TO BROOKS LIBRARY, HARWICH, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers of Harwich
FOR THE YEAR
1908
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HARWICH, MASS. : H. M. SMALL, PRINTER. 1909.
Harwich was Incorporated September 14, 1694 Population by Census 1905, 2,291.
Town Officers, 1908.
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor and Board of Health JOHN H. DRUM. AMBROSE N. DOANE. CARROLL F. DOANE.
Assessors
JOHN H. DRUM, Term Expires 1908.
* AMBROSE N. DOANE, Term Expires 1909.
EPHRIAM H. DOANE, Term Expires 1910.
Town Clerk and Treasurer.
NATHAN C. UNDERWOOD. School Committee
THOMAS H. NICKERSON, Term Expires 1910.
JOHN P. NICKERSON, Term Expires 1908.
ARTHUR F. CAHOON (resigned) Term Expires 1909.
CLENRIC H. CAHOON (appointed)
Road Commissioners
THOMAS W. HARRIMAN, Term Expires 1909.
ELDORUS D. CAHOON, Term Expires 1910.
ARTHUR F. NICKERSON, Term Expires 1908.
Registrar of Voters
NATHAN C. UNDERWOOD, Ex-officio
ENSIGN L. JERAULD, Term Expires 1909.
JAMES C. BAKER, Term Expires 1908.
CHARLES E. LOTHROP, Term Expires 1910.
Tax Collectors
ISAAC B. KENDRICK, E. Section.
CHAS. D. HALL, W. Section.
Herring Committee
EMULOUS A. CAHOON, OSMYN BERRY, MARSHALL E. CHASE.
Constables
LABAN SNOW, WILLIAM H. BASSETT, ELISHA H. BEARSE.
Auditors
LEWIS B. PHILLIPS, BENJAMIN C. KELLEY, (resigned) JOSEPH K. ROBBINS, (appointed) Sealer of Weights and Measures NATHAN C. UNDERWOOD. Tree Warden THOMAS W. HARRIMAN.
Fire Warden
JOHN CONDON.
Cattle Inspector FREEMAN E. ELLIS.
Deceased
*
Town Officers' Report.
Assessors' Report.
To the Citizens of Harwich.
The Assessors of the Town of Harwich herewith respectfully submit their annual report for the year ending Jan. 10, 1909.
Valuation of the Town, May 1, 1907.
$1,160,836.80
66 66 " I, 1908, 1,186,518.60
Increase in valuation, 1908,
$25,681.80
Tax on real estate, 1908,
$19,488.30
Tax on personal estate, 1908, 4,242.07
Tax on polls, 1,152.00
Total amount assessed, $24,882.37
Rate of taxation, $20.00 on $1,000.00.
Tax on each poll, $2.00.
Number of polls assessed,
576
Persons assessed on polls only,
67
Residents assessed,
I,OIO
Non-residents assessed,
507
All others including polls,
81
Total number assessed,
1,584
Number of horses assessed,
279
Number of cows assessed,
I76
Number of sheep assessed,
I
Number of neat cattle,
4
Number of swine,
24
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STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
State tax for 1908, County tax for 1908,
$2,090.00
1,941.10
State highway tax for 1908,
254.90
$4,286.00
TAX ABATEMENTS.
Dr.
To appropriation $400.00, by payments, '05,
$27.97
66
'06,
122.50
66
66 '07,
194.40
66
66
'08,
76.50
Exceeded appropriation, $21.37,
$421.37
TAX ABATEMENTS FOR YEAR 1905.
Lorenzo F. Cahoon, taxed to others,
$4.25
Alonzo F. Chase, soldier exemption,
8.80
Charles J. Kelley, non-resident,
2.00
Wilson Kelley, no personal,
1.87
Mary L. Sparrow, widow exemption,
.68
Rose B. Chase,
9.69
Oliver B. Linnell, error,
.68
$27.97
TAX ABATEMENTS FOR YEAR 1906.
Joseph H. Barstow, paid in another town, $2.00
Freeman E. Chase, taxed to others, .68
Winfield S. Chase, poll paid in another town, and personal, 2.34
5
Lorenzo F. Cahoon, real estate taxed to others, Joseph W. Chase, poll and real estate, inability, 3.53
4.25
Abbie B. Doane, personal. none,
4.42
Temperance B. Doane, widows exemption,
3.74
-
Elizabeth Grew, inability.
3.40
Zebina Howland, inability,
3.91
Wilson Kelley, taxed to others,
1.87
Alfred J. Levine, no personal,
.34
Mary Nunes, over tax,
5.61
Julia A. Nickerson, taxed to others,
5.61
William A. Baker, error,
2.85
Calvin C. Parker, over tax,
2.89
Mary E. Snow, error,
5.10
Estate, Roland Smith, widow exemption,
10.20
Heirs, Jonathan Nickerson, error,
.34
Eliza Nickerson, inability,
.85
Heirs, Eliza Rogers,
1.02
Elizabeth H. Baker, soldier's widow exemption,
5.10
Heirs, Seth Nickerson, taxed to others,
1.70
Ruth Nickerson, error,
.34
Zenas Taylor, tax to others,
1.40
Sarah Kelley, error,
2.55
George W. Nickerson, non-resident,
2.00
Lewis B. Rogers, inability,
2.00
George C. Nickerson, non-resident,
2.00
David Crowell, taxed to others,
2.55
Benjamin S. Cahoon, taxed to others,
4.55
Cornelius Eldredge, inability,
4.38
Charles H. Snow, error,
.85
Gertrude S. Boynton, taxed to others,
2.55
Pliney Nickerson, error,
.34
Margaret P. Webber, taxed to others,
2.38
Mary H. Reed, error,
1.70
M. Young, error,
.68
Oliver Linnell, error,
.68
6
Wellington W. Joseph, taxed to others,
8.33
A. Etta Eldredge, over tax, 1.76
John K. Kendrick, over tax,
.51
John W. Hall, over tax,
3.40
Joseph N. Eldredge, over tax,
.
4.10
J. E. Nickerson,
.51
Martha J. Moore,
.85
George N. Eldredge,
.34
$122.50
TAX ABATEMENTS FOR YEAR 1907.
Eldoras Cahoon, over tax,
2.40
Isaac B. Bassett, taxed to wife,
15.00
Mary C. Bassett, over tax,
2.00
James O. Hulse, Jr., over tax,
1.80
Richard Baker, over tax,
6.00
Joseph S. Taylor, over tax,
2.00
Herman B. Chase, no personal, over tax,
1.40
Simon Kendrick, real estate, over tax,
4.40
James C. Chase, real estate, over tax,
3.20
John W. Hall, real estate, over tax,
3.00
Estate, Austin Baker, real estate, taxed to others,
.80
Wilbur Bassett, real estate, inability,
6.00
Winfred L. Chase, no personal, poll paid in Fall"River;
2.40
Julia A. Chase, real estate, widows exemption,
.80
Lorenzo F. Cahoon, real estate, error,
5.00
Remask Chase, real estate, error,
.80
Henry C. Cahoon, no personal,
2.60
Walter Chase, poll paid in Somerville,
2.00
Joseph W. Chase, poll and real estate, inability,
3.80
Heirs, George W. Ellis, inability,
3.40
Zebina S. Howland, inability,
4.60
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Olive W. Handren, real estate, over tax,
3.80
Mary E. Higgins, real estate, widows exemption, 2.60
Charles H. Kelly, poll, taxed elsewhere,
2.00
Alfred J. Lavine, no personal,
.40
Estate, Freeman Phillips, widows exemption,
8.20
John W. Nickerson, real estate, error,
1.20
William A. Parker, poll and real estate, error,
3.00
Almira Robbins, real estate, widows exemption,
10.00
Mrs. Edwin Ryder, real estate, widows exemption,
5.40
Hattie Robinson, real estate, taxed to others,
5.00
Heirs, Jonathan Nickerson, real estate, error,
.40
Elezor Nickerson, real estate, taxed to others,
1.00
Elisha Rogers, real estate, taxed to others,
1.20
Jacob Aldrich, poll, taxed in Boston,
2.00
Chester Baker, no personal,
.40
Estate, Wm. M. Eldridge, widows exemption,
5.80
Leflavor B. Ellis, no personal,
.40
Cyrus Ellis, 2d, soldiers exemption,
5.20
Heirs, Joseph Gorham, taxed to others,
.40
Fanny Gomes, taxed to others,
.80
Antone J. Lomba, non-resident,
2.00
Joseph Lomba, non-resident,
2.00
Thomas C. Nickerson, over tax,
3.00
Heirs, Chas. P. Robbins, widows exemption, '
8.40
Esther A. Stokes, widows exemption,
5.20
Domingo L. Silvia, no personal,
2.40
North Attleboro National Bank, taxed to others,
1.00
Caroline Gilman, error,
9.00
A. W. Barry, taxed to others,
8.60
Francis Cahoon, widows exemption,
.40
Josiah E. Eldredge, error,
2,80
Belle Frances Trowbridge, over tax,
3.00
Prince Hall, paid in west section,
7.20
Wm. Clark, taxed to others,
5.00
Henry B. Nickerson, taxed to others,
1.80
$194.40
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TAX ABATEMENTS FOR YEAR 1908.
Heman E. Bassett, taxed to others,
$2.60
Clement A. Cahoon, over tax, 6.80
Ella M. Eldredge, over tax, 7.60
Braddock G. Phillips, personal, over tax,
20.00
United Cape Cod Co. over tax,
22.60
Charles H. Weeks, paid by C. H. Hammond,
10.00
Levi W. D. Eldredge, over tax,
6.90
$76.50
TAX SETTLEMENTS
Amount of taxes due from Colman Kelley on account of 1904, 1905 and 1906, Credit by amounts paid Town Treasurer on same,
$115.80
83.66
Balance due town, $32.14
A. H. MATSON, COLLECTOR, WEST SECTION. Years 1905 and 1906.
Dr.
Amount of Warrant,
.$3,039.29
Less deduction in adjustment of C. Kelley's tax acct., 115.80
$2,923.40
Cr.
Paid in on acct. 1907,
$1,481.72
66 66 66 66 1908,
1,113.91
Premium on amount paid in,
77.87
Uncollected taxes per list,
236.61
Balance due town
13.29
- $2,923.40
9
1907. Dr.
To amount of warrant
$11,977.60 Cr.
Amt. paid on acct. in 1907, $7,613.70
66 66 66 " " 1908,
2,477.03
Uncollected taxes as per list,
1,327.45
Premium on amt. paid in,
302.72
* Balance due town from Collector,
256.70
$11,977.60
*This amount has been paid to Treasurer by Mr. Matson since settlement of taxes.
WEST SECTION, CHAS. D. HALL, COLLECTOR. Year 1908. Dr.
To amount of warrant, amount overpaid town by Collector,
$11,965.90
126.35
$12.092.25
Cr.
Paid Town Treasurer,
$7,475.00
Premium on amount collected,
224.25
Uncollected taxes
4,393.00
$12,092.25
EAST SECTION, ALLEN S. MEGATHLIN, COLLECTOR. Year 1905 Dr.
To amt. of uncollected taxes, $1.87
IO
Cr.
By abatement orders, Due from collector,
$1.02
.85
$1.87
This account settled after statement was made.
Year 1906. Dr.
To full amt. of waraant and added taxes, $9,789.84
Cr.
Amt. paid Town Treasurer,
$9,562.40
Amt. allowed for stamps,
13.00
Full premium on warrant, $293.70
Order paid on premium, Jan. 3,'08, 101.74
Balance due on premium,
191.96
Balance due town from Collector, 22,48
$9,789.84
This account has been settled with Town Treasurer since above statement was made,
EAST SECTION, ISAAC B. KENDRICK, COLLECTOR.
Year 1907. Dr.
To amount of warrant,
amount overpaid,
$11, 169.50
11.66
$11,181.16
Cr.
Paid to Treasurer in 1907, 6 " 1908,
Premium on collections
Uncollected taxes,
$6,196.35 -3,975.65 - - 305.16 704.00 * --- $11,181.16
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Year 1908.
Dr.
To amount of warrant,
Paid Treasurer, 1908, Premium on collections, Uncollected taxes, Balance due Collector,
Cr.
$11,564.80
$6,211.01 186.33 5,090.12 77.34 ~~~ $11,564.80
Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. DRUM, EPHRIAM H. DOANE, Assessors of the Town 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 1908, $3,198.02.
POOR IN ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation, $1,000.00
Paid Albert Hall for boarding and care of five inmates in Alms- house from the twenty-third day of December, 1907, to Jan. IIth, inclusive, 1909, 55 weeks at $4.00 per week for each inmate, $1, 100.00.
Mehitable Cahoon, boarding and care, $220.00
Seth F. Chase,
66 66
220.00
Alex Chase, 66
66 66
220.00
Margaret O'Brien,
66
66
66
220.00
Edwin L. Chase,
66
66
66
220.00
$1,100.00
Paid Albert Hall for tramps entertained,
3.25
SUPPLIES FURNISHED POOR IN ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Albert Hall,
$1.90
J. F. Small, shoes,
1.90
Dr. B. D. Eldredge, medicine for inmates, 4.82
C. S. Hunt, merchandise, 8.09
Arthur F. Cahoon, clothing, 3.08
Alpheus Howes, 3.45
11:25
$23.24
$1,126.49
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OUTSIDE POOR.
Appropriation, $1,400.00.
Hulda Shute :
Town aid, cash,
$44.00
S. B. Moody, coal and wood,
27.00
$71.00
Curtis S. Higgins :
Town aid, cash,
$132.00
$132.00
Augusta N. Cahoon :
Town aid, cash,
$55.00
$55.00
Nathan Hall :
Town aid, cash,
$ 110.00
$110.00
Tabatha Farries :
Town aid, cash,
$35.00
S. B. Moody, I ton coal,
8.00
C. S. Burgess & Co., coal,
8.13
David A. Eldridge, wood,
3.50
Dr. H. D. Handy, prof. service,
13.25
$67.88
Joseph W. Chase :
F. W. Baker, beef,
$8.92
J. F. Toby & Sons, provisions,
41.68
H. W. Bassett Co., provisions,
5.23
Dr. E. E. Hawes, prof. service,
13.50
Dr. H. D. Handy,
22.00
Arthur F. Cahoon,
2.25
$93.58
Mrs. Benj. F. Ellis :
Town aid, cash,
$50.00
Dr. C. W. Bartlett, prof. service,
25.00
$75.00
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-
-
I4
Alpheus Doane :
H. E. Nickerson, provisions,
$60.12
Town aid, cash,
5.00
Dr. E. E. Hawes, prof. service,
10.00
$75.12
Wilber Bassett :
Dr. John P. Nickerson, prof. service,
$88.95
Dr. B. D. Eldredge, med., .50
$89.45
Mrs. Otis Rogers :
S. B. Moody, coal and wood,
$12.25
C. S. Hunt, dry goods,
2.85
H. E. Cook, shoes,
2.80
H. W. Bassett, provisions,
28.65
$46.55
Freeman S. Robbins :
Town aid, cash,
$100.00
C. S. Burgess & Co., shingle house,
11.95
Bill rendered for cleaning house,
5.00
-
$116.95
Rufus Eldredge Family :
A. F. Cahoon, shoes for daughter, Walter E. Hatch for treatment and board of Christopher H. Eld-
$6.90
redge in Boston Hospital for Epeleptics,
76.14
$83.04
Joseph Peters :
S. J. Smith, shoes,
$7.50
Asa L. Jones, coffin for child,
10.00
Dr. J. P. Nickerson, prof. service,
58.70
Anthony H. Ryder, milk,
1.68
1 $77.88
15
Mrs. Simeon E. Walker :
J. H. Stetson, shoes, $3.60
Provisions by order of Overseers of Poor of Fairhaven, 30.50
$34.10
Mrs. E. C. Chase :
Asa L. Jones, burial expense,
$25.00
$25.00
Wm. R. Cahoon :
DI. E. E. Hawes, prof. service,
$2.50
Dr. J. P. Nickerson, prof. service,
2.50
$5.00
Benj. F. Kelley :
Dr. J. P. Nickerson, prof. service,
$22.00
$22.00
To be refunded,
Lydia May Chase :
Dr. H. D. Handy, prof. service,
$10.00
$10.00
Mrs. Chester Doane :
S. J. Miles, provisions,
$6.31
S. B. Moody, coal,
4.00
$10.31
David McVea :
C. E. Burgess & Co., coal and wood,
13.01
$13.01
Jobe Chase :
C. S. Burgess, coal,
$4.13
$4.13
Refunded, $4.00.
Mrs. George L. Sisson :
J. F. Small, shoes,
$7.50
S. J. Miles, provisions,
26.96
Dr. J. P. Nickerson, prof. service,
13.00
$47.46
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-
I6
Julus S. Nickerson
Town aid, cash,
$44.00
Dr. B. D. Eldredge, med., $1.85
Dr. E. E. Hawes, prof. service, 14.25
C. S. Burgess & Co., lumber bill, 31.46
A. L. Jones, casket and box,
25 00
H. W. Bassett. provisions,
2.29
S. C. Ellis, masons labor,
2.50
Benj. H. Bassett, labor,
36.80
Ernest F. Walker,
5.00
$163.15
Calvin C. Higgins :
Aid furnished by Town of Barnstable, $71.19
$71.19
Total,
$1,498.80
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Appropriation of $100.00.
John B. Grew of Falmouth :
Edwin B. Rogers, provisions,
$99.95
S. J. Smith, shoes,
9.35
A. F. Cahoon, shoes,
6.00
J. F. Small, shoes,
1.75
Dr. J. P. Nickerson, prof. service,
19.50
$136.55
Edwin G. Harding of Chatham :
Flora Drew, nursing 2 weeks at $10, $20.00
Dr. H. D. Handy, prof. service, 16.50
$36.50
Florence Baxter son and daughter of Dennis : Town aid, cash, $100.00
Dr. J. P. Nickerson, prof. service, 7.80
$107.80
I7
Mrs. Abraham Robinson of Yarmouth :
S. B. Moody, coal, ¿ ton,
$4.00
C. S. Burgess Co., coal, ¿ ton. 4.13
E. M. Robbins, provisions, 53.24
Dr. J. P, Nickerson, prof. service, 46.00
C. H. Taylor, wood,
3.50
1
$110.87
Total,
$391.72
STATE PAUPERS.
Appropriation $100.00,
Perpeta Pena :
H. W. Bassett, provisions,
$3.00
$3.00
Matilda Grace :
H. W. Bassett, provisions,
$3.00
$3.00
Lillian Andre :
J. F. Tobey & Sons, provisions,
$3.00
$3.00
Matilda Roderic child :
Dr. J. P. Nickerson, prof. service,
$47.48
$47.48
Frank Rose :
Isaac Gomes, nursing,
$38.00
Frances P. Hall, milk,
2.16
Edwin B. Rogers, provisions,
11.37
Dr. J. P. Nickerson, prof. service,
73.00
$124.53
$181.01
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ALMSHOUSE REGISTER TO MAR. 1908.
Mehitable Cahoon, admitted 1883. Seth F. Chase, admitted 1892. Alexander Chase, admitted 1904. Margaret O'Brien, admitted 1906. Edwin L. Chase, admitted 1906. Number of persons fully supported, 5. Number of persons partially supported, 55. Tramps entertained, 4.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN H. DRUM: CARROLL F. DOANE,
Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Harwich.
Selectmen's Report.
The selectmen of Harwich respectfully submit the following annual report.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$1,100.00
By payments
$1,438.08
Deficiency
338.08
$1.438.08
$1,438.08
John H. Drum account :
Service as Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of Poor and Board of Health, for twelve months, year 1908, $290.00
Ambrose N. Doane :
Service as Selectman, Assessor, Over- seer of Poor and Board of Health, twelve months service year 1908, Ephriam H. Doane :
285.00
Service as Selectman, Assessor, Over- seer of Poor and Board of Health for month of Jan., 1908, $35.00
Services as Assessor, 1908, eleven months' service, 205.00
- 240.00
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Carroll F. Doane :
Service as Selectman, Overseers of Poor and Board of Health for eleven months, in the year 1908, Nathan C. Underwood : Salary as Town Clerk and Treasurer, twelve months' service, year 1908,
190.00
200.00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Thomas H. Nickerson, School Committee,
$45.00
John P. Nickerson, School Committee year 1907, 45.00
Arthur F. Cahoon, School Committee year 1907, 45.00
Arthur F. Cahoon, School Committee,
resigned in 1908, 3 months, II.25
Clenric H. Cahoon, appointed School Committee, 32.83
$179.08
AUDITORS AND COMMITTEES.
B. C. Kelley, service,
$16.25
Louis B. Phillips,
8.75
Ambrose N. Doane,
3.00
Nathan C. Underwood,
3.00
31.00
CONSTABLES.
Laban Snow, serving dog warrant, $12.00
Elisha H. Bearse, posting election warrant,
5.00
Wm. H. Bassett, service, rally, election and Christmas nights, 6.00
$23.00
$1,438.08
2I
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid E. L. Jerauld, service,
$28.75
James C. Baker, service,
10.00
Charles T. Chase, service,
10.00
Nathan C. Underwood, service,
10.00
$58.75
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation
$40.00 .
By payments,
$43.00
Deficiency,
3.00
$43.00
$43.00
Paid Nathan C. Underwood for tally
sheets, teller and registering,
$13.00
John H. Paine. teller, 1908,
5.00
Albert F. Nickerson, teller, 1908,
2.50
Joseph H. Snow,
66
2.50
John T. Wood,
66
66
*
2.50
Wm. A. Eldredge,
2.50
Joseph L. Butler,
66
2.50
Alonzo Nickerson,
66
66
2.50
Charles T. Chase,
2.50
U. D. Phillips,
66
66
2.50
Ozias H. Bassett,
66
66
2.50
2 :
$43.00
TREE WARDEN.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$20.00
By payments,
$12.75
unexpended bal.
7.25
$20.00
$20.00
Paid Thos. W. Harriman, bill rendered,
$12.75
22
BROADBROOKS LIBRARY.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation, $150.00
By payments,
$150.00
Paid Alphonso L. Weeks, Treasurer of Broadbrooks Library,
$150.00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$50.00
By payments,
$14.16
unexpended bal. 35.84
$50.00 $50.00
Paid C. S. Burgess, material for repairs on jetty east side of Wychmere harbor, Harwichport, $14.16
FIRE WARDEN.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation, $50.00 60.89
By payments,
$110.89
deficiency,
$110.89
$110.89
Paid John Condon, service as warden with aids, $12.55
John Condon, service as warden R.R. fire with aids, 37.61
John Condon, service as warden at Brewster, 60.73
- $110.89
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REPAIRS ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation, $200.00
By payments, $232.86
deficiency. 32.86
$232.86
$232.86
Paid L. S. Small, repairs on Exchange Hall, $4.38
Walter Emery, on Exchange Bldg., 3.75
Albert Hall, glass for town office, .40
L. S. Small, labor on town office, 3.12
Chas. E. Hamer, labor on Exchange bldg., 5.25
Alpheus Howes, stock for repairs on town building, 9.81
C. S. Burgess, stock for town property, 115.23
John F. Allen, painting floor of office, 5.67
Gilbert and Barker, mantles for Ex- change building, 4.80
Albert Hall, carpet for town office,
1.50
Martin L. Robbins, labor on North Harwich school house, 41.45
Jasper Small, repairs on almshouse,
20.00
Edmond C. Lee, repairs on town hall, 8.75
C. S. Hunt, felt for office table, 6.00
Heman E. Bassett, repairs on almshouse, 3.75
$232.86
SCHOOLS AND SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY.
Dr. Cr.
To appropriation, $6,700.00
By payments, $8,319.59
Deficiency, 1,619.59
$8,319.59
$8.319.59
For a complete school report with itemized account of ex- penditures and all credits, see school committee's report.
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GENERAL REPAIRS ON ROADS.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation, deficiency,
$1,200.00
By payments,
$1.402.47
202.47
$1,402.47
$1,402.47
CLEARING SNOW.
Dr.
Cr
To appropriation,
$400.00
By payments. bal. unexpended,
$361.28
38.72
$400.00
$400.00
FENCES AND RAILINGS.
Dr.
To appropriation,
$150.00
By payments, bal. unexpended,
9.27
$150.00
$150.00
€
GUIDEBOARDS.
No appropriation.
East Section,
$7.40
BRIDGES.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$300.00
By payments,
$494.84
deficiency,
194.84
$494.84
$494.84
1
Cr. $140.73
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TOWN MACADAM ROAD.
Dr.
Cr
To appropriation,
$200.00
By Payments,
$346.33
deficiency,
146.33
$346.33
$346.33
STATE MACADAM ROAD.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$250.00
By payments,
$254.90
deficiency,
4.90
$254.90
$254.90
SHELL ROAD.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$150.00
By payments,
$160.74
deficiency,
10.74
$160.74
$160.74
INSURANCE.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$400.00
By payments,
$376.65
unexpended,
23.35
$400.00
$400.00
Paid Samuel Small,
$84.00
Alphonso L. Weekes,
285.15
J. P. Edwards.
7.50
$376.65
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STATE TAX.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation, deficiency,
$1,500.00
By payment,
$2,090.00
590.00
-
$2,090.00
$2,090.00
COUNTY TAX.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation,
$1,500.00
By payment,
$1,941.10
Deficiency,
441.10
$2,090.00
$1,941.10
BANK TAX AND DOG FEES. No appropriation.
Paid Bank tax for 1908 to A. B. Chapin, $3,492.94 dog fees to E. L. Chase, County treas. 274.80
$3,767.74
See Treasurer's Statement.
BROOKS' PARK.
Dr. Cr.
To appropriation,
$300.00
By payments for im- proving, $200.00
Gift by Sidney B. Gifford,
1,000.00
purchase, 1,000.00
bal. unexpended, 100.00
$1,300.00
$1,300.00
-
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LEGAL SERVICE.
No appropriation.
Paid Clenric H. Cahoon, scallop case, $10.00
66 66 law cases, 30.00
66 66 case Lydia Chase
and Rufus Robbins, 10.00
Clenric H. Cahoon, law cases,
12.70
Hollowell & Hammond, opposing bill to incorporate South Shore Water Co. 25.00
$87.70
DISTRICT COURT.
Paid Wm. H. Bassett, fees and expenses,
$203.31
Elisha H. Bearse, 66 66
41.98
$245.29
SUPPRESSION OF CRIME.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation, $50.00
By payments,
$10.50
bal. unexpended, 39.50
$50.00 $50.00
Paid Ezekiel S. Nickerson, watchman, 3d and 4th of July, $2.50
John Eldridge, Philip Nickerson case, 6.00
Elisha H. Bearse, watching with Mrs. Oscar Johnson, 2.00
$10.50
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GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH.
Dr.
To appropriation,
$75.00
By payments, bal. unexpended,
Cr. $59.20 15.80
$75.00
$75.00
Paid Albert F. Long,
labor,
$15.00
Geo. T. Bassett,
10.95
I. D. Ellis,
66
9.20
Marshall E. Chase,
66
7.20
Chas. H. Cahoon,
6.00
Geo. E. Nickerson,
66
10.85
$59.20
HEARINGS IN BOSTON.
Dr.
Cr. $92.10
To appropriation,
$100.00
By payments, bal. unexpended,
7.90
$100.00
$100.00
Paid John H. Drum for attending hearings with Selectmen, and Committees appointed by the same and approved by the Board of Select- men $92.10
INTEREST.
Dr.
Cr.
To appropriation, deficiency,
$1,200.00 23.24
By payments,
$1,223.24
$1,223.24
$1,223.24
1
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NOTES.
Paid town notes due 1908, on account macadam road, town notes, anticipation taxes,
$4,650.00
15,250.00
-$19,900.00
COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE OIL ROAD IN EASTHAM. Appropriation in 1907.
Paid Albert D. Long, service, $10.00
Wm. F. Crapo, 6.20
$16.20
ASBESTOS CURTAIN FOR TOWN HALL. No appropriation.
Paid H. W. Johns Manville Co., $230.00
MACADAM ROAD LEADING TO BREWSTER. Appropriation in 1907. Paid David A. Eldridge, Chas. Taylor and R. H. Mullaney, contractors, balance due them on macadam road leading to Brewster, per order Mass. Highway Commissioners $794.81
EXCHANGE BOILER. Appropriation in 1907.
Paid Walter Emery for boiler, piping and pumps; $741.00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. Appropriation $900.00.
Paid Ephriam H. Doane, expense to Boston on E. H. road, $4.40
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Henry M. small, printing town re- port and official ballots, 123.02
S. B. Moody, coal for town, 34.00
N. C. Underwood, office supplies, 11.48
Ralph B. Ellis, washing town hearse, 1.00
Wm. H. Bassett, serving town warrant,
10.00
Alton P. Goss, printing for town, 1908,
108.13
N. C. Underwood, recharges for fire
extinguishers, 1.75
Edgar F. Bassett, service on Com. heating and labor on exchange, 46.20
Levi Snow, snow plough, 8.50
Charles E. Hamer, service as modertor, 1908, 15.25
Edgar F. Bassett, heating exchange and labor, II.IO
J. B. Cahoon, framing boiler, inspec- tors certificate,
2.35
U. D. Phillips, 14 turned posts,
8.50
T. R. Eldredge, rent of shed for steam roller, 10.00
Gilbert & Baker Mfg. Co., gasolene bill, 35.53
James W. Nickerson, freight and carting, 1.15
Alpheus Howes, supplies for town building, 4.10
Edgar F. Bassett, care Town hall, Rep. caucus, 2.50
N. C. Underwood, expense to Boston on acc't of sealer weights and measures, 4.00
N. C. Underwood, for test weights, on acc't sealer weights and measures, 31.27
Thomas, Groom & Co., tax collector's record books, 5.50
Carter Ink Co., State record ink, .75
3I
Malden Specialty Co., weights and measures, 1.50
A. W. Brownell, assessors' canvasing blanks, 3.45
Roy K. Hamer, painting and varnish- ing town hearse, 20.00
N. C. Underwood, deed to Emma Chipman, .50
N. C. Underwood, service as sealer of weights and measures, 15.00
N. C. Underwood, horse hire, etc., on acc't weights and measures, 6.00
Jobe D. Chase, bill on Mary Jane lot, 2,25
Henry M. Small, printing for town, 6.75
Hobbs, Warren & Co., record for weights and measures, 2.50
N. C. Underwood, apparatus for sealer and measures, 94.25
John H. Drum, balance insurance Annie Graca home, 10.45
E. C. Nickerson,repairs on town pump, 14.50
M. W. Rogers, repairs on town hearse, 1.00
. Roy K. Hamer, janitor of town hall, 23.95
Roy K. Hamer, wax for town hall, 1.00
N. C. Underwood, assessors committee, 10.40
T. J. Mahan, tuning piano, 3.00
Hobbs Warren Co., official blanks and postage, 1.05
B. D. Eldredge, handle for town pump, 2.00
C. H. Taylor, team for C. F. Doane, 1.50
N. C. Underwood, making tally sheets, 3.00
J. R. Kelley, board of surveyors, 10.00
W. & L. E. Greeley on acct. sealer weights and measures, 3.07
Dr. B. D. Eldredge, sponge for hearse, .75
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Asa L. Jones, floral tribute for Caleb Chase, 30.00
Edgar F. Bassett, heating Exchange for election and dance, 8.00
Geo. L. Card, leather and polish for town hearse, .65
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