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WEST PRISCEWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1901.
TAUNTON, MASS .: FROM THE PRESS OF C. A. HACK & SON, 1901.
4732 21 ***
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
.WIN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1900.
The Dress of C. H. Back & Son, Taunton, Massachusetts 1901
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1900.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor. E. BRADFORD WILBUR, SAMUEL G. COPELAND,
GEORGE F. LOGUE.
Town Clerk. CHARLES R. PACKARD.
Treasurer and Collector. FRANK L. HOWARD.
School Committee.
MRS. A. L. LELACHEUR,
MRS. M. K. CROSBY,
CLINTON P. HOWARD,
CAROLINE H. COPELAND, WILLIAM H. BOSWORTH, EDWARD E. BROWNE.
Trustees of Public Library.
CHARLES R. PACKARD,
MRS. CHARLOTTE A. WILLIAMS,
MISS ELIZABETH KINGMAN,
CURTIS EDDY,
MISS EDITH F. HOWARD, ELLIS S. LELACHEUR.
Superintendent of Streets. WILLIAM F. RYDER.
Constables,
DAVID R. SIMMONS,
IRVING E. WHEELER,
JOSEPH C. HOWARD,
WILLIAM H. BOSWORTH,
JOHN J. WHITE.
Special Constables.
PRESSON WEST, MILTON C. THAYER.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. FRANK L. HOWARD.
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Fire Wardens.
WILLIAM F. RYDER,
GEORGE M. PRATT,
EDWIN H. THAYER.
Tree Warden. WILLIAM F. RYDER.
Field Drivers.
CHARLES E. DUNBAR,
JOHN J. GILLAGIN,
JOHN CASHMAN,
W. L. WOODWORTH,
CYRUS E. ALGER,
CLINTON P. HOWARD, E. P. DUNBAR, GEORGE J. KINGMAN.
Fence Viewers.
CLINTON P. HOWARD, SAMUEL G. COPELAND,
unadonna GEORGE BURKE.
Measurers of Lumber.
DANIEL B. DAVIS, A. S. LYON,
CLINTON P. HOWARD, MOLBRY A. RIPLEY.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
LYMAN E. COPELAND,
~EDWIN H. THAYER,
- FARNUM GILLESPIE, a. WILLIAM S. BRAINARD,
Lester Ripley
M. A. RIPLEY. blive Hora
Registrars of Voters.
HORACE BARTLETT,
JAMES S. JONES,
ARTHUR C. PECKHAM.
Auditors.
GEORGE S. DRAKE,
ARTHUR C. PECKHAM.
Pound Keeper. WARDEN OF TOWN FARM.
Public Weighers.
ARTHUR E. CLARK,
/ GEORGE S. DRAKE,
JAMES O. ALGER, - / EDWIN H. LOTHROP,. -- CLINTON P. HOWARD.
EDWARD MADDEN,
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND SELECTMEN.
The following report of the financial condition of the Town Dec. 31, 1900, is respectfully submitted:
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
VALUATION, As Assessed May 1, 1900.
Value of real estate,
$988,651.00
" personal estate,
264,118.00
$1,252,769.00
ASSESSMENTS.
State tax,
$570.00
County tax,
1276.41
1846.41
Town grant,
11,900.00
Overlay,
289.66
Subsequent tax,
249.44
12,439.10
Total tax,
$14,285.51
Rate of tax, $10.50 per $1,000. Poll tax, $2.00,
Number of polls,
9434. 441
66 acres of land,
9,434
dwelling houses,
.25 405
471 70 15 86 8 2 358.,50
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Number of horses,
315
COWS,
709
sheep,
13
66
swine,
89
young stock,
117
66 fowl,
1,637
APPROPRIATIONS.
For support of schools,
$4,000.00
" repairs and supplies,
500.00
highways and sidewalks,
3,500.00
" support of poor,
1,500.00
66 transportation of pupils,
450.00
town officers,
900.00
66 incidentals,
600.00
superintendent of schools,
250.00
pump at south school,
100.00
66 memorial service,
100.00
$11,900.00
TOWN PROPERTY.
Value of New Almshouse and other buildings,
5,000.00
town farm,
3,500 00
personal property,
2,682.25
eight school houses,
12,300.00
66
town library,
2,500.00
66
derrick,
25.00
66 road scraper,
75.00
66
four safes,
500.00
eight snow plows,
56.00
66 office furniture,
50.00
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, SAMUEL G. COPELAND, Assessors. GEORGE F. LOGUE,
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
INVENTORY AT ALMSHOUSE, DEC. 31, 1900.
18 tons English hay,
$324.00
62 tons meadow hay, corn and other grain,
90.00
3 bushels beans,
7.00
13 cows and one bull,
600.00
5 bushels oats,
2.50
1 horse,
100.00
122 young fowl,
91.50
15 bushels popcorn,
22.50
150 lbs. fertilizer,
2.25
65 bushels potatoes,
48.75
4 tons corn fodder,
32.00
incubator,
15.00
corn planter,
20.00
4 hogs,
20.00
40 lbs. lard,
3.60
10 lbs. butter,
2.50
1 bbl. flour,
4 75
groceries and molasses,
18.00
sugar,
1.50
tea and coffee,
4.10
4 pork barrels,
2.00
soap and oil,
3.00
75 lbs. rolled oats,
1.50
pork,
9.00
weeder,
6.00
1 ton rye straw,
15.00
12 tons oat straw,
18.00
65 gallons vinegar,
7.80
corn shells,
4.00
corn shells,
4.00
Amount carried forward,
$1,541.25
65.00
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Amount carried forward,
$1,541.25
carpenters' tools and vise, $10.00 stepladder, 1.00
express wagon,
25.00
2 hay carts,
45.00
1 covered wagon,
35.00
2 tip carts,
50.00
1 pung,
6.00
harnesses,
60.00
ox sled and wheelbarrow,
6.00
3 ox yokes,
6.00
2 hay cutters,
5.00
4 stoves and hot water boiler, grindstone,
60.00
2 mowing machines, rake and tedder,
80.00
6 plows, 3 harrows and other tools, horse sled,
5.00
2 ladders,
3.00
washing machine,
4.00
beds and bedding,
100.00
robes and blankets,
4.00
household furniture,
215.00
tin ware,
10.00
crockery,
10.00
wooden ware,
9.00
table linen and towels,
9.00
3 churns,
5.00
coal,
75.00
manure and ashes,
100.00
wood,
110.00
lumber,
30.00
$2,682.25
Inventory Jan. 1, 1900,
2,558.50
Gain in inventory,
$123.75
3.00
60.00
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Cash on hand, January 1, 1900,
$155.32
Received for milk,
1331.08
stock,
385.00
poultry and eggs,
62.52
hay,
12.75
66
wood,
26.70
66 use of tools,
3.00
Drawn from the Treasury for
Lewis G. Lowe & Son, insurance,
48.60
E. H. Lothrop,
309.90
J. H. Leonard, for ashes,
69.68
G. R. Drake,
250.82
J. E. Sawyer,
475.00
$3,130.37
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for flour,
33.30
meat,
152.51
grain,
837.35
coal,
95.64
66 butter and cheese,
60.10
fish,
24.12
66 soap and oil,
17.02
groceries,
32.67
tea and coffee,
16.05
crackers,
5.95
sugar,
40.28
66 vinegar,
2.40
46 lard,
11.46
beans,
6.46
66
salt,
2.80
Amount carried forward,
$1338.11
10
Amount brought forward,
$1338.11
Paid for paint,
4.32
insurance,
48.60
smithwork,
62.46
tools,
29.83
lumber,
1.00
66
fertilizer,
121.20
ground bone,
70.00
ashes,
69.68
hay,
126.30
stock,
341.00
harnesses,
35.25
yeast,
1.18
tobacco,
9.96
66
seeds,
24.90
hardware,
21.96
glass and tinware,
2.36
66
apples,
.45
ice,
14.71
clothing,
12.00
repairs,
18.37
doctor bills,
11.35
66
labor,
355.79
66
shoes,
12.00
66
warden's salary,
375.00
Cash on hand,
22.59
$3130.37
COST OF SUPPORTING POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Drawn from treasury per almshouse acct.,
$1154.00
Gain in inventory, $123.75
Cash on hand, 22.59
The town treasury has received from
Horace Bartlett, trustee for board of Sarah B. Howard, 117.00 263.34
$890.66
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The warden at the Town Farm in the fall bought bone and ashes and new seeded about six acres, part of which was stump land, at an expense of about two hundred dollars, which makes this account somewhat larger than in previous years.
INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE.
AGE
WEEKS
Edmund Alger,
87
15
Albert Staples,
58
52
George B. Randall,
74
52
Ansel Alger
83
52
George L. Edson,
88
52
Sarah B. Howard, (boarder),
68
52
Heman Randall,
69
52
The warden during the year has lodged and fed 181 tramps.
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Aid to Merton G. Churchill's children,
$200.00
Bangs H. Howes and family, (1899 bill ),
92 68
66
Bangs K. Howes and family, (1900 bill),
101.48
66
Mrs. Richard Westcoat and children,
191.25
61
Charles E. Fisher and family,
38.00
Fred Leonard,
194.00
Harriet Packard,
64.08
Mrs. R. B. Morse,
47.15
66
Frank Fadden's child,
68.75
66 George N. Blanchard,
44.85
Florence Eaton,
54.50
66
Mrs. George Ellis and family,
18.10
66 Mrs. Kinney,
64.00
Nathaniel Pratt,
39.19
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Aid to Mrs. E. J. Packard,
$169.46
George Kinnear,
67.00
Abbie Fadden, 45.00
66 Mary Leach and child, 103.00
Theodore Wintworth,
48.00
66 Henry Withington,
3.00
Agnes Ness, 92.85
George Wilde, 10.50
66 Isac Bates, 39.00
$1,795.84
Received from Merton G. Churchill, (for support of his children), 200.00
Due from Town of Dighton, for Mrs. Westcoat, 191.25
Due from Town of Easton, for Geo. M. Blanchard, 44.85
Due from State, for Mrs. Geo. Ellis and children, 18.10
Due from Town of Plymouth, for N. Pratt, 39.19
66 ' State for Geo. Kinnear, 67.00
" Town of Bridgewater, for T. Wentworth, 48.00
Due from City of Brockton, for Isaac H. Bates, 39.00
647.39
Cost to town, 1,148.45
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, Overseers SAMUEL G. COPELAND, of the Poor.
GEORGE F. LOGUE,
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
.
Paid to James Young, land damage, $1.00
66 Frank S. Howard, return of deaths, 6.25
66 Howard & Clark Co., return of deaths, 1.00
66 E. B. Wilbur, pump at Cochesett and Center, 19.75
66 C. A. Hack & Son, printing, 61.40
66 Frank L. Howard, burying a dog, 1.00
66 City of Brockton, boundary stone, 8.33
66 H. E. Weston, rent of office and Town Hall, 150.00
Harris & Barker, for appearing before Legislative Committee, 100.00
B. F. Brooks, burying a dog, .75
G. R. Drake, use of telephone, .85
66
Thomas Groom & Co., tax books, 2.75
66
Mrs. A. S. LeLachuer, for gravel hill, 202.50
20.25
66
Frank Conlon, screenes for office, 8.50
66
Frank L. Howard, postal cards and printing, 8.00
66
L. E. Hayward, care of old cemetery, 1.00
2.30
- 66 Joseph Silva, fighting fire, 66 J. S. George, fighting fire, 66 Henry Penpraese, fighting fire,
1.70
66 H. A. Marshall, fighting fire,
1.20
66
C. C. Hoffman, Town seal,
35.00
66 H. B. Wilbur, prosecuting Dupuis case, 20.00
66 Jos. C. Howard, surveying gravel hill, 1.00
66 Edmund Perkins, fighting fire, 1.00
Frank L. Howard, Taxon C. Reed estate,
1.37
66
William E. Fay, printing,
Mrs. W. B. Smith, cleaning office,
1.00
66 Philip Fay, care of old cemetery,
1.70
2.50
Amount carried forward, $662.10
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Amount brought forward,
$662.10
Paid to M. McCarthy, care of monument ground,
5.00
W. E. Fay, printing,
10.00
66 David L. Lombard, fighting fire,
5.00
66 Jos. C. Howard, fighting fire,
5.70
66 N. Chilgren, fighting fire,
6.00
66
E. Washburn, fighting fire,
2.00
A. L. Alger, fighting fire,
1.50
66
U. K. Leach, fighting fire,
1.20
66
Roger Keith, fighting fire,
5.60
66
H. E. Weston, fighting fire,
1.00
66 Arthur Weston, fighting fire,
4.30
T. H. Churchill, fighting fire,
2.40
George Ellis, fighting fire,
1.50
66 Chas. E. Leonard, carting boundery stone,
9.00
Nelson Messer, 6 boundery stones,
73 50
Browne & Logue, fighting fire,
.90
C. C. Thayer, fighting fire,
5.60
S. G. Copeland, wood for office,
5.00
S. B. Heatherington, cutting wood for office,
1.00
66 C. A. Hodgdon, fighting fire,
2.00
66 Adna Howland, fighting fire,
2.00
W. F. Ryder, fighting fire,
8.00
Frank L. Howard, warrants, stamps etc.
4.49
66 Harry L. Tower, fighting fire,
2.40
66 Walter S. Tower, fighting fire,
2.00
L. A. Tower, fighting fire,
1.50
66 Ira A. Pratt, fighting fire,
1.50
66 H. A. Dolbeare, statement blanks,
1.63
66 Geo. W. Alger, fighting fire, 1.00
66 W. F. Whitmarsh, return of births,
2.25
E. B. Wilbur, use of horse and cash expense, 27.78
$864.85
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation,
$900.00
Geo. F. Logue, auditor and election officer,
4.00
Geo. S. Drake, auditor and election officer,
4.00
David R. Simmons, inspector,
100.00
David R. Simmons, constable,
77.48
Frank L. Howard, town treasurer, .
235.00
Chas. E. Tisdale estate, selectman, assessor and. overseer of the poor, 7.50
Howard B. Wilbur, moderator,
5.00
Geo. M. Pratt, town treasurer, (1897),
200.00
E. B. Wilbur, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, 242.75
L. H. Adams, election officer,
1.80
Geo. F. Logue, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, 109.80
Jos. C. Howard, constable,
60.52
I. E. Wheeler, constable,
2 50
James S. Jones, registrar,
7.80
S. G. Copeland, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor,
133.25
Geo. S. Drake, election officer,
1.80
Chas. H. Eagan, election officer,
1.80
Arthur C. Peckham, registrar,
10.80
Curtis Eddy, election officer,
1.80
.
Horace Bartlett, registrar,
7.35
Charles R. Packard, town clerk,
68.58
John J. White, constable,
3.00
There has been paid to the officers of Brockton upon bills approved by the court for services rendered our town constables,
94.43
$1,380.96
Received from Brockton police court, fines,
330.00
$1,050.96
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STATE AID.
Paid to Isaac H. Bates,
$15.00
George N. Blanchard,
72.00
Charles E. Churchill and wife, 116.00
66 William Crockett,
108.00
Seth Edson,
48.00
66 James P. Gallagher,
72.00
Henry Hiatt,
72.00
Linus E Hayward,
120.00.
Willard Howard,
48.00,
William H. Jennings,
72.00
James H. Leonard,
48.00
66 James P. Lincoln,
48.00
Michael Logue,
48.00
66 Andrew W. Perkins and wife,
120.00
66
Nathaniel Pratt,
72.00
William B. Smith,
72.00
66
George S. Wentworth,
48.00
66
Mary E. Alger,
48.00
66
Mary E. Howard,
48.00
Samuel D. Bartlett,
60.00
66
George Withington,
48.00
George T. Shaw,
44.00
Darius Perry,
12.00
66
Charlotte A. Williams,
44.00
66 Josiah W. Foye,
55.00
Joanna Linehan,
24.00
66 Cyrus L. Williams,
4.00
Wm. Prophett, burial of Isaac Bates,
35.00
F. S. Howard, burial of J. P. Gallagher,
35.00
$1,654.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
$54.00.
Paid to Ansel T. Bartlett,
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NAMES OF JURORS.
For acceptance or revision by the town at its annual town meeting.
William H. Bosworth,
Lionel H. Adams,
Everett Clark,
Henry Hartwell,
S. Ellis Ryder,
William H. Washburn,
Arthur C. Peckham,
William B. Kingman,
George R. Drake,
Octave Belmore,
Frank L. Howard,
John E. Coldwell,
David R. Simmons,
Charles E. Dunbar,
Josiah W. Foye,
Ellis R. Holbrook,
Austin A. Shaw,
Michael O'Fallon,
John W. Darling,
- George M. Pratt, Horace Bartlett,
Robert H. Hatch,
- E. Davis Battles,
John M. Richards,
Linus E. Hayward,
NAMES OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1900.
Erland Thayer,
Charles E. Leonard,
Lyman E. Copeland,
Azel Lothrop,
Wm. H. Bosworth,
Henry O. Davenport,,
Frank L. Howard,
Myron H. Packard,
Henry W. Ripley,
Seba H. Marshall,
Edward E. Bowne,
Wm. F. Ryder,
Bradford Copeland.
[2]
Clinton P. Howard, > T. Preston Snell, Curtis Eddy, George Burke,
William A. Cole,
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS.
There has been drawn from the treasury for
schools, school repairs and supplies and transportation, $5,717.95
Appropriation for schools,
$4,000.00
Appropriation for school repairs and supplies, 500.00
Appropriat'n for transportation of pupils,
450.00
Received from school fund, 294.38
Received from state on account of dis- trict superintendent, 166.67
Received from state treasurer for edu-
cation of state children, 83.00
Appropriation for pump at South School, 100.00
$5,594.05
Overdrawn, $123.90
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
There has been drawn from the treasury for superintendent of schools,
$250.00
MEMORIAL.
Appropriation,
$100.00
Paid Charles R. Packard,
$60.00
Amount expended,
$58.87
Paid town treasurer,
1.13
$60.00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation for roads and sidewalks, $3,500.00
Drawn from the treasury on bills approved by the superintendent of streets, 3,421.02
Balance, $78.98
At a meeting of the selectmen held at their room March 5, William F. Ryder was appointed superintendent of streets.
WE RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE:
For the support of the poor,
$1,500
transportation of pupils, 450
66 schools, 4000
repairs and supplies 500
66
highways and sidewalks,
3000
66 town officers, 900
incidentals, 600
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TOWN MEETING.
Plymouth ss :
To any Constable of the Town of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote at elections and in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, in said town on Monday, the fourth of March, at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 3. To bring in their votes "Yes " or "No" on the following question ; "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 4. To hear the annual report of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 5. To act on the list of jurors as reported by the selectmen.
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation for the same.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money, in anticipation of taxes, to pay charges against the town.
ART. 8. To see if the town will appropriate money for necesrary transportation of pupils to Grammar Schools.
ART. 9. To see if the town will purchase a lot of land adjoining the present lot at the Center school, and build thereon a three-room school building and appropriate money necessary to build, furnish and grade around the same. (By request).
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ART 10. To see what action the town will take in refer ence to procuring a five-cent fare upon the cars of the Brockton Street Railway from any part af West Bridgewater to any part of the City of Brockton. (By petition).
ART. 11. To see what action the town will take in refer- ence to having a survey of the town and having a set of plans for the use of the assessors and appropriate money for the same.
CAUCUS.
A citizens' caucus will be held in Town Hall on Wednes- day evening, Feb. 27, 1901, at 7.30 o'clock, for the purpose of nominating all town officers for the ensuing year.
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, SAMUEL G. COPELAND, Selectmen. GEORGE F. LØGUE,
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1900,
$10,118.52
Received from dog fund,
298.98
school fund,
294.38
town of Easton,
20.00
66
town of Raynham, rebate school supt., 20.83
66
A. K. Harmon, fine case, W. E. Packard, 5.00
1,000.00
town of Dighton for Mr. Westcoat,
29.00
town of Bridgewater for T. F. Wentworth, 37.00
66
State treasury, bal. corporation tax, 17.42
66
State treasury, bal. Nat. Bank tax,
9.80
J. A. Shaw, pedler's license 1899,
6.00
66
State treasury, for support Siate paupers, 21.00
66
Ply. Co. S. D. & T. Co. on note,
2,000.00
66
State treasury, education State children, 83.00
66 .
Brockton Police Court, fines,
155.00
E. B. Wilbur, auctioneer's license 2.00
66
State, allowance supt. of schools,
166.67
66 unexpended Memorial appropria- tion, 1.13
Tax list for 1900,
14,036.07
Received from Brockton Police Court,
175.00
Quail Thornell estate,
30.39
66
corporation tax, 487.00
National Bank tax, 342.16
Edgerly & Crocker on note,
23
Received from State aid, chapter 374, acts 1899, Received for burial soldiers,
$1,426.00
35.00
State railway tax, 863.59
from Peoples' Savings Bank on note,
1,000.00
66 interest on 1899 taxes,
135.45
66 1898 taxes,
12.33
Received from subsequent tax,
249.44
Merton G. Churchill, for support children,
200.00
Geo. M. Pratt, interest on taxes, 10.75
66
J. A. Shaw, pedler's license,
6.00
66
Horace Bartlett, trustee for Sarah Howard,
117.00
$33,411.91
EXPENDITURES.
Town officers,
$1,286.53
State aid,
1.656.00
Schools,
5,717.95
Highways,
3,421.02
Poor out of house,
1,795.84
Incidentals,
864.85
Out of town officers,
94.43
Memorial service,
60.00
Soldiers' relief,
54.00
Library,
365.62
School superintendent,
250.00
Almshouse,
1,154.00
Abatements,
127.83
Edgerly & Crocker, note and interest,
1,011.38
Edgerly & Crocker, note and interest,
1,029.87
County tax,
1,276.41
State tax,
570.00
Ply. Co. S. D. & Trust Co., note and interest,
2,033.33
Cash and uncollected taxes, 1
10,642.85
$33,411.91
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Condition of Treasury January 1, 1901.
Cash on hand,
$2.518.51
Uncollected taxes, 1898, 1899, 1900,
5,654.65
Due from G. M. Pratt,
2,469.69
$10,642.85
W. Bridgewater, Mass., Jan. 21st, 1901.
We have examined the books and accounts of all the officers intrusted with the receipt, custody or expenditure of money, and all original bills and vouchers on which money has been paid from the treasury of this town, and we find all such books, accounts, bills and vouchers to be correct.
G. S. DRAKE, - Auditors. A. C. PECKHAM,
Outstanding note against the Town, $1,000.00
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
The superintendent of streets has approved bills to the following named persons for material and work on the roads and sidewalks :
George G. Hopkins,
$488.00
Joseph S. George,
193.30
John Cushman,
111.55
Chas. H. Fuller,
104.50
James Keenan,
187.85
T. Prescott Snell,
51.00
Fred J. Vosmus,
15.40
P. O'Conner Estate,
105.15
Charles Brown,
192.10
Thomas Hennessy,
189.95
Clinton P. Howard,
104.25
Charles E. Leonard,
86.50
David Frahar,
43.00
Horace Bartlett,
103.50
Elmer E. Howard,
89.40
Fred J. Hambly,
77.00
Joseph C. Howard,
87.75
George F. Ryder,
144.25
George W. Howard,
85.50
Antoine Peters,
64.30
Peter Keenan,
62.35
Frank E. Shaw,
47.00
Alger Bros.
74.85
Amount carried forward,
$2,708.45
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Amount brought forward,
$2,708.45
Charles C. Thayer,
102.50
George J. Kingman,
54.75
James McAnaugh,
59.75
Samuel G. Copeland,
24.75
E. M. Fisher,
5.45
L. E. Hayward,
15.45
George W. Sweet,
2.00
James O. Alger,
8.25
James S. Jones,
.50
E. T. Snell,
2 70
Philander Lambert,
7.60
John Norman,
2.00
W. L. Woodworth,
2.60
George H. Lincoln,
5.00
Edwin H. Lothrop
19.15
George Withington,
2.10
J. E. Ryder,
1.00
Michael Mccarthy,
3.40
Marcus Pierce,
17.25
E. H. Ridlington,
20.25
Patrick McGinn,
4.00
Charles Howard,
11.25
.James P. Lincoln,
2.40
Patrick Keenan,
1.20
J. M. Howard,
19.12
H. O. Davenport,
2.00
Elihu Leonard,
16.50
A. J. Pillsbury,
4.00
O. K. Ness, '
2.80
George R. Drake,
.75
William F. Ryder,
292.10
$3421.02
WILLIAM F. RYDER,
Superintendent.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Marriages registered in West Bridgewater in 1900.
Jan. 9. Ansel E. Merrill, of Brockton and Edith L. Hopkins, of West Bridgewater.
Jan. 13. Chester H. Wadsworth, of West Bridgewater, and Inez M. Shattuck, of East Bridgewater.
Jan. 15. Richard W. Reid, and Lizzie G. Hartwell, both of West Bridgewater.
Fed. 27. William James Gorman, of West Bridgewater, and Margeret Ella Fox, of Bridgewater.
April 7. Darius Peery, of Marstons Mills, and Clara N. Parker, of West Bridgewater.
April 16. William C. Morse, and Stella L. Albro, both of Raynham.
May 30. James R. Young, and Cora C. Vosmus, both of West Bridgewater.
June 3. Charles E. Simino, of West Bridgewater, and Annie Benoit, of New Bedford.
July 4. Charles C. Drake, of Middleboro, and Alice M. Holmes, of West Bridgewater.
July 20. John Conners, of Bridgewater, and Anna Gleason Gorman, of West Bridgewater.
Sept. 28. Sumner P. Ames, of West Bridgewater, and Mar- garet C. Hunter, of Andover.
Oct. 10. Robert Caswell Pike, of Brockton, and Alice May Snow, of West Bridgewater.
Oct. 23. Albert C. Snow, and Estella J. Shaw, both of West Bridgewater.
Oct. 30. Edward Nelson Billington, of Easton, and Eliza- beth Lillian Harvey, of West Bridgewater.
Nov. 29. Edward F. Hennessy, of West Bridgewater, and. Anne Gertrude Finnigan, of Bridgewater.
DEATHS RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1900.
DATE.
NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED.
Y
M
D
CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan. 27
John W. Shaw
13
4
4
Drowning
Feb. 20
Joanna Hayes
51
Pneumonia .
Mar. 31
Samuel H. Howard . . .
84
4
Bronchitis
Apr. 2
Francis V. Crosby
10
6
Pneumonia .
Apr.
6
Horatio Howard . :
80
3
10
La grippe
Apr. 6
Lavinia Howard ..
82
8
19
Apr. 10
Alice C. Willard .
83
Apr. 15
Edmund Alger.
86
7
11
Old age .
Apr. 16
Carrie M. Buzzell .
35
11
28
Puhmnon'y tubercu.
Apr. 19
Isaac H. Bates
72
4
17
May 15
Fannie E. Pittsley,
69
7
16
May 16
Forrest Martin
1
7 25
Menengitis .
June 27
Susan D. Howard . ..
89
11
20
Aug. 26
Ernest E. Davenport . .
36
7 28
Drowning
Sept. 2
Catherine Fraher .
80
. .
. .
Old age. .
Sept. 2
Ethel M. Brainard
9
0
8 Cholera morbus ...
Sept. 13
Stephen F. O'Niel.
.
8
15
Cholera infantum
29 10
14
Acute nephritis ..
Sept. 14 Sept. 26
Isabelle B Mc Whinney Fanny Emily Burke . . Harry Leon Bates
..
3
18 Inanition . .. Convulsions
Nov. 1
Cal-b T. Keene ..
80
5
21 Oedema of lungs .
Nov. 26
Thomas M. Alger .
20
5
15 Typhoid fever .
Dec. 23
James P Gallagher
74
9
11 Heart failure .
Dec. 30
Edmund Perkins.
54
.
·
Alcoholism ..
W. Bridgewater
Horatio S. Shaw and Olive Allen Timothy Hayes and Joanna Saxton Alfred Howard and Hannah Hartwell Willard V. Crosby & Gert'de L. Sherrick Edwin Howard and Betsey Haskell Marshall Wilbar and Phebe Leonard Thos. Atherton and Alice Chubbuck Nathan Alger and Rachel Smith - Thompson & Thankful Spaulding Isaac Bates and Elizabeth Wright Samuel Holmes and
John A. Martin and Margaret Duggan Geo. II. Ilolmes & Emma W. Leonard Edward Hayward and Perny Howard George H. Davenport & Jane A. Nason
Wm. S Brainard and Ada J. Daniels Stephen O'Niel and Margaret Conneys William Bell and Mary A. Bell John Burke and May P'ittsley Harry P. Bates and Sarah E. Dill Ichabod Keene and Terzah Delano James O. Alger and Carrie E. Flagg Edward Gallagher and Mary Noonan Melvin Perkins and Mary Willis
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Taunton.
June 10
Earle Warren Holmes . 10
8
20)
Paralysis, by diphth Old age .
W. Bridgewater W. Bridgewater W. Bridgewater E. Bridgewater Ireland Brockton .
W Bridgewater Newmarket, N. H W. Bridgewater E. Bridgewater Pembroke .... W. Bridgewater Holland ..
Oct. 20
·
11
·
General debility Paralysis
Pneumonia .
Old age . . .
W Bridgewater W. Bridgewater W. Bridgewater Warren, Me. ... Shutesbury . . W. Bridgewater Lewiston, Me .. Plympton .
W. Bridgewater Ireland
. .
. .
. .
BIRTHS RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1900.
DATE.
NAME. .
SEX
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1897 November 1
Phillips Brooks Webber
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