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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00738 8751
Property of
Robbins Library
Arlington, Mass.
Founded by DR. EBENEZER LEARNED, 1835 Endowed by
DR. TIMOTHY WELLINGTON,51853 NATHAN PRATT, 1875 HENRY MOTT, 1889 ELBRIDGE FARMER, 1892
Building Erected by MARIA C. ROBBINS in memory of ELI ROBBINS, 1892
Arlington, Mass, Selectmen
REPORTS
OF
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ARLINGTON
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1898
ALSO A LIST OF THE
PERSONAL PROPERTY AND. REAL ESTATE
ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1898
INCORP I
CAMBRIDGE
ACTONYE
LAVITA.
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BOSTON : ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL PRESS 1899
Basementil Reference
974.94 Arlington 69451 Dec'. 34 C2
TOWN OFFICERS, 1898.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Sur- veyors of Highways. EDWIN S. FARMER, for three years.
WALTER CROSBY, GEORGE I. DOE; for two years. for one year.
Assessors. OMAR W. WHITTEMORE, for three years.
GEORGE I. DOE, LUCIAN C. TYLER, for one year.
for two years.
Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Collector. B. DELMONT LOCKE.
School Committee.
ANNA E. DODGE,
ANDREW F. REED,
for three years. 1
WALTER A. ROBINSON,
TIMOTHY O'LEARY,
PETER SCHWAMB, for two years.
WILLIAM H. H. TUTTLE,
GRACE E. KIMBALL,
GEORGIANA M. PEATFIELD,
for one year.
JOHN H. PERRY,
Truant Officers. ALONZO S. HARRIMAN, GARRET J. CODY. 1
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Superintendent of Streets. SAMUEL E. KIMBALL.
Superintendent of Almshouse. BENJAMIN F. DURGIN.
Superintendent of Water-Works. THOMAS RODEN.
Water Commissioners. GEORGE W. LANE, for three years.
GEORGE P. WINN, for two years. PETER SCHWAMB, for one year.
Sewer Commissioners. EDWARD S. FESSENDEN, for three years. WARREN W. RAWSON, for two years. WINFIELD S. DURGIN, for one year.
Board of Health.
EDWARD S. FESSENDEN, for three years.
EDWIN P. STICKNEY, 2d, for two years. EDWIN MILLS, for one year.
Commissioners of Sinking Fund.
A. D. HOITT, for three years.
THEODORE SCHWAMB, for two years. WILLIAM G. PECK, for one year.
Trustees of Pratt Fund. WILLIAM G. PECK, for five years.
WILLIAM E. WOOD, for four years. HENRY HORNBLOWER, for three years. GEORGE HILL, for two years. JAMES A. BAILEY, for one year. B. DELMONT LOCKE, ex-officio.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Trustees of Robbins Library. FRANK W. HODGDON, for three years. JAMES P. PARMENTER, for three years. E. NELSON BLAKE, for two years. JOSEPH C. HOLMES, for two years. SAMUEL C. BUSHNELL, for one year. MATTHEW ROWE, for one year.
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund.
WM. E. PARMENTER, EDWIN S. FARMER,
WILLIAM G. PECK, JOHN Q. A. BRACKETT, 1
WILLIAM E. WOOD, JOHN H. HARDY.
Consolidated Board of Trustees of Robbins Fund, Soldiers' Monument Fund, and Cemeteries.
WILLIAM G. PECK, for three years. FRANCIS S. FROST, for two years. WARREN A. PEIRCE, for one year. B. DELMONT LOCKE, ex-officio.
Park Commissioners.
J. Q. A. BRACKETT, for three years. W. WASHINGTON KIMBALL, for two years. S. FREDERICK HICKS, for one year.
Registrars of Voters.
WILLIAM H. PATTEE, JOHN W. BAILEY.
WM. A. FITZPATRICK, B. DELMONT LOCKE.
Auditors.
CLARENCE T. PARSONS, GEORGE H. RUGG.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Constables.
DANIEL M. HOOLEY, GARRET J. CODY,
JAMES E. WHITTEN, ALONZO S. HARRIMAN, CHARLES H. WOODS.
Undertakers.
JOHN H. HARTWELL, ' CHARLES T. HARTWELL, DANIEL W. GRANNAN, JAMES P. DALEY.
Fence Viewers. JOHN H. HARTWELL, MATTHEW ROWE.
Measurers of Wood.
OMAR W. WHITTEMORE,
LUCIAN C. TYLER, EDWARD I. MCKENZIE.
Town Weighers. LUCIAN C. TYLER,
WARREN A. PEIRCE, WILLIAM N. WINN.
Fish Preserver. DANIEL WYMAN.
Engineers of the Fire Departmet. CHARLES GOTT, Chief.
·
Assistants.
GEORGE HILL, FRANK P. WINN.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Police. Chief, ALONZO S. HARRIMAN.
GARRITT BARRY,
GARRET J. CODY,
JOHN DUFFY, DANIEL M. HOOLEY,
ANDREW IRWIN, JAMES E. WHITTEN,
CHARLES H. WOODS.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1898.
Edgestones and paved gutters have been placed in Ash- land street on all the steep grades. Gray street has had edgestones placed its entire length on one side, and the gut- ters have been paved on the steep grades. Edgestones have . also been placed in several other streets.
Concrete and gravel sidewalks have been made and re- paired and in several cases have been built where there were no walks before. .
Broadway remains in about the same condition as a year ago. It has been repaired several times, but new defects break through in a short time.
The underground drain which was placed in Park avenue last year has proved a success in taking care of the surface- water.
We recommend the placing of similar drains in other streets.
Complaints were received about the surface-water on Broadway, and an underground drain has been laid in this street from Palmer street through Franklin street and con- necting with the drain in Warren street. A portion of this water formerly went through a drain in private lands, with- out a right of way, and emptied into Spy Pond. We did not deem it advisable to repair this drain, for if the land through which it run should be built upon, the water would have to be taken care of in some way. For the same reason
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an underdrain has also been laid from the catch-basin in front of Swan's Block, across Massachusetts avenue, connecting with the drain on Mystic street.
The County Commissioners have given a hearing on the straightening and widening of Chestnut street.
Repairs will be necessary on many streets the coming year.
The two severe snow-storms which occurred during the year caused a large additional expense to this department.
For a more detailed account of the work done on the streets we refer to the Report of the Superintendent of Streets. A location was granted the Lexington Street Railway Com- pany for a track location on Massachusetts avenue, from the car-house of the Boston Elevated Railway Company to the Lexington line, but expired by limitation.
Locke School.
The new Locke School building for which an appropria- tion was made the present year, is practically completed, but has not yet been turned over to the Town. The old building formerly used for the school has been sold for $400.
Shade Trees.
The appropriation was expended in trimming the young maple trees throughout the town, and the elm trees on Massachusetts avenue. We recommend a larger appropria- tion each year until all the trees have been trimmed.
Street Signs.
Signs have been placed on the following street: Water street, corner Massachusetts avenue ; Cleveland street, corner Massachusetts avenue ; Henderson street, corner Massachu- setts avenue.
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Street Numbering.
The streets in that portion of the Town not numbered in 1897, have been numbered the past year.
Contracts for Coal.
The contract for coal was awarded to the Peirce & Winn Company, at the following prices : 1
Honey Brook Lehigh Egg . $5 02
Furnace, Egg, and Stove 4 62
Georges Creek Cumberland 3 17
Board of Survey.
The Board of Selectmen, acting as the Board of Survey, has, on the petitions of the owners, laid out the following streets : Atwood avenue, Grand View road, Kenilworth road, School street, Revere street, Menotomy road, Hawthorne avenue, Pine Ridge road, Irving street, and street through land of Maria A. Davis from Massachusetts avenue to Vine street.
The expense has been borne by the owners of the land.
We recommend that an appropriation be made for the use of this Board in laying out streets that may be deemed necessary by them.
Lawsuits.
Several lawsuits which have been brought against the Town have been settled by the advice of counsel.
Street Lights.
At present there are 88₺ arc and 144 Incandescent lights. During the year the following lights have been added :
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3 Incandescent on Kensington park.
1
60
66 Broadway.
2 6
" Robbins road.
2
" Appleton place.
1
" Cliff street.
3
Avon place.
1
66
" Chapman street.
1
" Oakland avenue.
1
66
" Court street.
1
Arc
" Kensington park.
1
66
" Gray street, corner
Bartlett avenue.
4
66
" Massachusetts avenue.
1
66
" Irving street.
1
66
" Florence avenue.
As the contract with the Somerville Electric Light Com- pany expires to-day, and no provision having been made for the coming year, the Town will have to be lighted tempo- rarily by that company.
Town House.
During the year but few repairs have been needed. The receipts have been small, but, together with the appropria- tion, the balance shows a good sum unexpended.
The property purchased for the new Town Hall site came into the possession of the Town in May and July.
The buildings are all rented at present for $1,382 per annum, some on lease. The long-term leases expire in 1902. The buildings being old will require some repairs in order to keep them rented.
1 66
" Ashland street.
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Almshouse.
We lost the services of Mr. B. F. Durgin, the Superin- tendent, by death, on the twenty-fifth day of July. Mr. Dur- gin rendered very satisfactory and efficient service in the Town's behalf during the entire term of his office. We thought it best to allow Mrs. Durgin to act as Superintend- ent for the remainder of the term for which Mr. Durgin was appointed, and she has given perfect satisfaction.
Ordinary repairs have been made and an additional bath- room constructed. One inmate has been placed in the Danvers Hospital, and one has died. There are seven in- mates at the present time, six male and one female.
Fire Department.
The department has reached a high state of efficiency as regards both members and apparatus, and in the opinion of one, at least, of our Fire Underwriters it is not excelled by the department of any town in the State. This excellent condition is due largely to the interest of the engineers, offi- cers, and men, and they are encouraged in their duties by the fact that owing to liberal appropriations by the Town, they have proper apparatus with which to perform those duties.
The promptness with which alarms are answered proves the wisdom of giving the entire time of the horses to the department.
No large fires have occurred during the year in this town, but the department responded to the alarm for a large fire just over the line, in Belmont.
The promptness with which they responded and the effici- ent work that they performed saved a large amount of property, and won for them the praise of all who witnessed it, and also the gratitude of those whose property was saved.
The Town has reason to be proud of this department.
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Police Department.
You are referred to the report of the Chief of Police for amount of work accomplished. We consider the force, for its size, second to none in any town in the State.
Outside Poor.
The expenditures have increased, owing largely to help given persons having a settlement here, but living in other places where they have not acquired a settlement.
Help given those residing here has also increased.
EDWIN S. FARMER, GEORGE I. DOE, WALTER, CROSBY, Selectmen.
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REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN : I submit to you my annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1898.
Appleton Street.
From Massachusetts avenue to Oakland avenue has been coated with fine crushed stone and gravelled, and from Clare- mont avenue for a distance of 1,300 feet has been put in condition by lowering the sides of the street and gravelling the centre. The sidewalk on the west side, from Vine street to Park avenue, has been graded and coated with stone- dust.
Ashland Street.
This street, after being accepted by the Town, has been graded its entire length ; edgestones set on both sides, from Appleton street to the top of the hill, a distance of 650 feet, gutters paved, roadbed crowned with fine crushed stone and gravel. The sidewalks on both sides have been graded and . coated with stone-dust.
Brattle Street.
From Massachusetts avenue to the bridge, on this street, has been repaired by putting on a coat of blue gravel, then a light coat of fine crushed stone, and rolling it into the gravel.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Broadway.
The drain from Warren street has been extended through Franklin street along Broadway to Wyman street with eleven catch-basins and seven manholes, with drains across the street, to connect with the main pipe. The street has required con- stant patching.
Chestnut Street.
The trench left here after putting in the sewer has been levelled and a portion near Mystic street has been gravelled.
Claremont Avenue.
From Mr. W. O. Patridge's driveway to Appleton street this street has been put in repair by removing the loam at considerable depth and filling in with coarse gravel and small stones to a sub-grade, then coating the surface with fine gravel. The sidewalk on the northeast side has been graded and coated with fine gravel.
Cliff Street.
The junction of this street with Oakland avenue was left in an unsafe condition. A 12-inch pipe has been laid in the gutter of Oakland avenue across Cliff street and the street filled to make an easier grade. The street has been gravelled to the top of the hill.
. Eastern Avenue.
This street in places has been repaired by scraping the sides into the middle of the road and coating with gravel.
Florence Avenue.
Between Park avenue and Ashland street this street has been widened to its full width and the roadbed gravelled.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
The walks on the west side from Claremont avenue to Ash- land street and on the east side from Ashland street to Appleton street have been graded and coated with stone-dust.
Forest Street.
. This street has received its usual attention, the gutters cleaned, the street gravelled a considerable distance, a 12-inch drain laid across the street at the foot of the hill.
Franklin Street.
Between Broadway and Warren street this street has been coated with fine crushed stone, then gravelled and rolled.
Gray Street.
Edgestone has been set the entire distance on the south side of this street and on the north side from Ravine street to the end of the street. Gutters have been paved on the south side from Pleasant street to Ravine street and from Bartlett avenue on both sides to the end of the street. The sidewalks on both sides from Jason street to the west end have been graded and coated with stone-dust. ?
Henderson Street.
In putting in the sewer this street was left in a bad condi- tion. It has been repaired by picking the surface and level- ling the roadbed, coating with crushed stone, rolling, and then covering with a coat of screened blue gravel. A 12-inch pipe has been laid from the low place in this street to Massa- chusetts avenue and then along the avenue to Alewife Brook with suitable catch-basins, to drain the street.
Irving Street.
A 15-inch drain-pipe has been laid along the recently accepted part of this street from Wm. T. Foster's line to and
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
across Pleasant street, connecting with Spring Valley drain, with three catch-basins, to take the water from this part of the streets.
Lowell Street.
This street has been patched in many places. The side- walk on the east side from Westmoreland avenue to Mrs. Lewis' line has been graded and gravelled with screened blue gravel, and on the opposite side to Park avenue it has been coated with screened gravel.
. Massachusetts Avenue.
This street from Alewife Brook to Henderson street, both sides, and from Henderson street to the Samuel Butterfield estate on the south side has been repaired by a heavy coat of crushed stone, well rolled and covered with screened blue gravel. From the Butterfield estate on the south side to Broadway and many rough places on the north side the street have been picked, light coated with fine crushed stone, rolled and gravelled. For a distance of about 600 feet in front of Henry J. Locke's on the south side and from Thomas Higgins' shop to Crusher lane, the road has been thoroughly rebuilt by removing the old roadbed to the depth of ten inches and filling with crushed stone, well rolled and cov- ered with screened blue gravel. On the south side from Appleton street to 100 feet beyond Park avenue and on the north side from Lowell street to the car-house of the Elevated Railroad Company, the road has been picked with steam roller, covered with coarse crushed stone well rolled, then coated with fine crushed stone also rolled, and finally covered with screened blue gravel.
The sidewalk from Park avenue on the north side has been
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
repaired by raising the grade near the car-house and coating with stone-dust.
A 12-inch drain has been laid from the culvert on Mas- sachusetts avenue 150 feet along the avenue to a low place in the street opposite the car-house. From E. E. Upham's store a 12-inch drain has been laid to connect with the drain on Mystic street.
A 10-inch drain has been laid from the entrance of Chase's Livery Stable to connect with the catch-basin opposite the Merrifield Block.
Montague Avenue.
This street has been gravelled its entire length. The side- walk on the north side has been coated with stone-dust.
Mystic Street.
From Massachusetts avenue to Summer street this street has been repaired by picking the roadbed, coating with crushed stone, rolling and covering with gravel. The side- walk on the park side has been covered with stone-dust.
Park Avenue.
This street near Oakland avenue has been gravelled for a short distance. The sidewalk from Wollaston avenue to Florence avenue has been coated with stone-dust.
Robbins Road.
A portion of the upper end of this road has been gravelled. The sidewalk on the north side from Massachusetts avenue to beyond Joseph Hallian's has been coated with stone-dust.
Tufts Street.
This street has been coated with crushed stone and gravel its entire length.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Wellington Street.
From Frank Y. Wellington's to the end this street has been gravelled. The sidewalk on both sides has been graded, and the south side has been coated with stone-dust.
Westminster Avenue.
This avenue near Wm. T. Nourse's place has been gravelled for a short distance.
Drainage.
There has been $3,657 expended on drainage, which is in- cluded in the report of the work done on the streets.
Crusher.
The crushing plant is in good repair. We have on hand 2,500 tons of stone. I believe the time has come when in- stead of buying stone it would be cheaper to blast from the ledge, as this could be done in the winter season when work could not be done on the streets.
Sidewalks.
There have been 1,913 yards of concrete and 75 yards of brick walk laid. Two hundred and sixty-nine double loads of stone-dust have been put on the walks.
Crosswalks.
There have been three crosswalks laid: two across the avenue, one opposite Henderson street, the other at the foot of Bartlett avenue, and one across Maple street, at its junction with Pleasant street.
Edgestones.
There has been 3,750 feet of edgestone set, the abutters paying for the stone, the Town doing the teaming and set-
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SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
ting. One thousand two hundred and eighty-five yards of gutter have been paved.
Watering Streets.
Four double teams have been employed in watering the streets, two furnished by the Highway Department and the remaining two let out by contract.
Offal and Ashes.
As last year, have been removed by the Highway Depart- ment. It now requires two men and two horses nearly all the time for the removal of offal. The Highway Depart- ment teams are used for removing the ashes.
Teams and Tools
are in good condition and will require but slight repair the coming spring. At present there are 14 horses, 5 double and three single road carts, steam-roller, 1 two-horse sec- tional roller, 1 jigger, 1 hay wagon, 1 ash cart, 1 offal wagon, 4 two-horse watering-carts, and one single watering- cart.
Respectfully submitted, S. E. KIMBALL,
Superintendent of Streets.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
Highways and Bridges.
Paid Samuel E. Kimball, Supt. . $1,474 98
Laborers
. 16,280 18
Sundry persons for stone
.
1,608 34
H. V. Hildreth, edgestone 853 21
H. N. Fletcher,
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636 25
Lahey
Brothers,
paving
blocks
.
78 04
·
John Tutten, cesspool stones,
etc.
74 25
H. T. Soper, paving 20 00
George H. Lowe, concreting, 846 02
George W. White, gravel 103 50
Peirce & Winn Co., pipe, coal, feed
1,990 11
David W. Lewis, pipe, bends, etc. 943 03
R. W. Shattuck & Co., pipe, tools, etc. ·
136 00
Chapman Valve M'f'g Co., ·
pipe 8 82
Barbour-Stockwell Co.,
grates 45 00
Walworth M'fg Co., valves, 21 19
Amount carried forward,
$25,118 92
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $25,118 92
Paid Rawson & Morrison M'f'g
Co., valves 5 52
Perrin, Seamans, & Co., tools, 54 68
Dodge, Haley, & Co., tools, 13 10
S. Stickney & Co., tools
7 20
Ames Plow Co., tools .
2 80
R. B. McKim, tools
2 85
Knowles & Marden, tools, oil, etc. 37 09
Revere Rubber Co., hose 8 50
Braman, Dow, & Co., wrench,
1 13
R. W. Barr, shovels
1 05
A. J. Wellington, screens
35 41
Repauno Chemical Co., ex- plosives . 29 50
9 50
Geo. H. Sampson, explosives, J. H. Houghton, supplies for steam-roller, etc.
44 50
Miller & Shaw, repairing steam-roller. 485 54
Edward Kendall & Sons,
repairing crusher boiler 4 10
Geo. H. Crabtree & Co., waste, etc. ·
6 50
Garlock Packing Co., packing, 5 79
W. A. Wood & Co., grease, 31 00
W. W. Rawson & Co., lubricant, etc. 10 05
Wadsworth, Howland, & Co.,
oil, lead, etc. . 9 62
Amount carried forward,
$25,924 35
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $25,924 35
Paid Matthew Rowe, oil, meal, etc. 43 05
Chas. G. Sloan, oil, meal, etc. ·
2 18
Crabtree & Power, oil 41 95
E. W. Bigelow & Co., oil 6 25
Noyes M'fg Co., oil . 1 75
C. Mittelbach, meal 24
Cooper Brothers, 2 horses
302 50
Charles Gott, shoeing and blacksmithing . 471 07
Thomas Higgins, shoeing and
blacksmithing . 318 49
W. M. Peppard, shoeing and blacksmithing . 244 63
Mark Sullivan, shoeing
70 25
Wm. L. Clark & Co., repair-
ing harnesses, and supplies,
101 17
T. G. Kaulbeck, repairing harnesses, and supplies 68 45
A. Lawrence, repairing
· harnesses, etc. ·
44 10
M. H. Hughes, dressing
4 00
Chas. H. Corner, feed bags, etc.
3 80
Ordway, Kimball, & Loring, blankets, etc. 15 00 ·
F. W. Flitner, hay, etc. 242 56
A. D. Hoitt, hay 194 32
Wmn. H. Hunt, hay 182 55
E. S. Farmer, hay
108 30
Amount carried forward, $28,390 96
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $28,390 96
Paid Geo. P. Greenwood, hay 21 55
W. O. Menchin, hay rack and repairs 22 00
Robert Macdonald, drag
5 00
H. A. Emerson & Co., lumber, 96 27
F. E. Foster & Co., lumber,
46 64
E. W. Farrell, cedar posts . 40 77
Geo. A. Sawyer, boards 2 18
Broad Gauge Iron Works, gutter ·
1 50
Lawrence L. Peirce, services,
1 00
Dr. A. C. Daniels, horse medicine. . ·
4 00
O. W. Whittemore, horse medicine .
2 55
A. A. Tilden, alcohol . ·
1 00
Chas. J. McGinnis, coal and wood 77 17
Coleman Bros., coal
26 54
Clark Bros., coal 2 88
The Fairbanks Co., testing scales
1 75
D. J. Sullivan, sharpening saws 4 20
M. Clear, care of lamps 1 00
R. A. Welch, care grass plot, 25 00
Michael Barry, mowing, etc.,
24 75
Water-Works, relaying pipe, H. S. Adams, C.E., survey- ing 877 77
269 38
Amount carried forward, $29,945 86
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $29,945 86
Paid Sarah G. Parker, damages . 20 00
. E. R. Vander Veer, damages, 10 00
T. B. Munroe, damages ·
5 00
A. L. Bacon, stock and labor,
621 20
O. B. Marston, stock and labor 52 93
Kenty & Fraser, stock and labor 17 92
C. A. Hardy, paint and labor, 37 60
Mara & Harrington, paint and labor 1 00
Boston Maine R.R.,
freight ·
637 49
Warner's Express, express- ing . ·
7 25
McClellan's Express, express- ing . ·
2 25
C. J. Johnson & Co., express- ing . .
75
American Express Co., ex- pressing . 70
Fire Department, use of horse,
70 00
Sewer Connections, frames, covers, etc. .
114 00
Park Commission, stone bounds .
54 50
$31,598 45
Amount carried forward,
$31,598 45
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TREASURER'S REPORT. ·
Amount brought forward,
$31,598 45 1
Credits.
Received of sundry persons for
edgestone, concrete, etc., $1,705 03
For stone, use of drill, and labor 584 92
Town of Belmont, use of roller 667 00
Boston Elevated Railway Co., removing snow 368 50
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., blasting and repairs at crossing . 46 45
Arlington & Winchester St. R'y Co., labor . 22 50
Town of Winchester, labor . 10 00
J. A. Blanchard, pasturing, 1897 30 00
C. B. Blake, gray mare 35 00
Estate of Geo. H. Gray, removing tree . 5 00
John Kelly, building fence . 5 25
Thos. Kenny, use of sled .
25
Sewer Department, filling, stone, and labor 241 10
From appropriation for alms-
house, hay and labor 70 00
From appropriation for
Board of Health, labor 248 25
Amounts carried forward, $4,039 25
$31,598 45
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $4,039 25 $31,598 45
From account of watering streets, 1898, labor, men, and horses, and repairs of carts
1,100 00
From appropriation for Health Department
2,787 50
7,926 75
$23,671 .70
Almshouse.
Paid B. F. Durgin, Superintendent, 7 months
$210 00
Mrs. B. F. Durgin, matron, 5 months 150 00
Matthew Rowe, groceries ·
124 62
Thomas H. Carens, groceries, 70 73
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