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TWENTY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN OF FRANKLIN
FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1880.
FRANKLIN : PRESS OF CHARLES L. STEWART, COTTON'S BLOCK, DEPOT STREET. 1880.
TWENTY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
.
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN OF FRANKLIN
FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1880.
FRANKLIN : PRESS OF CHARLES L. STEWART, COTTON'S BLOCK, DEPOT STREET. 1880.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1879.
CLERK.
TREASURER. JAMES M. FREEMAN.
ALPHEUS A. RUSSEGUE.
SELECTMEN.
JASON TOWER.
JAMES M. FREEMAN.
HENRY M. GREENE.
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
ALPHEUS A. RUSSEGUE. MUNROE MORSE. EDMOND HARTSHORN. ASSESSORS.
STEPHEN W. RICHARDSON.
ALBERT W. HILL.
ASA A. FLETCHER.
COLLECTOR.
AUDITOR.
F. LESLIE METCALF.
WILLIAM E. NASON.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WALDO DANIELS,
GEORGE W. RYAN.
SALMON W. SQUIRE.
CONSTABLES.
LEWIS R. WHITAKER. WILLIAM E. NASON.
FENCE VIEWERS.
WARREN H. BRIGHT, JOSEPH H. WADSWORTHI. ALFRED CLARK, JR.
FIELD DRIVERS.
ALFRED CLARK. JR ..
PETER GEORGE.
ALMON SANBORN.
POUND KEEPER.
DAUPHIN WIIITE.
Officers Appointed by Selectmen, 1879.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
PATRICK CONNOLLY,
THOMAS J. DANIELS. CHARLES BADGER.
ALFRED CLARK,
JOHN N. SANDS.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. JAMES HOOD, DANIEL C. COTTON, S. C. TAFT. WILLIAM ROCKWOOD. 4
MEASURERS OF WOOD.
HENRY R. JENKS. WILLIAM ROCKWOOD. ALBERT H. HILL.
WEIGHERS OF COAL.
JOSEPH W. HEATON. GEORGE S. HOSIE, WILLIAM ROCKWOOD.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
F. A. B. KING, WILLIAM ROCKWOOD. ERASTUS L. METCALF. JOHN CANNEY. MEASURERS OF GRAIN.
EDGAR METCALF. WILLIAM ROCKWOOD.
UNDERTAKERS. HENRY BEMIS, GEORGE O. FULLER, JOIIN L. FITZPATRICK.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. LEWIS R. WHITAKER. AUCTIONEERS.
WILLIAM E. NASON. ERASTUS D. ROCKWOOD. HORACE S. MORSE.
FIELD DRIVERS.
MANCY M. DANIELS, OLIVER POND.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
VALUATION, 1879.
TAX, 1879.
959 polls at $1.44, $ 1,380 96
Personal property, $ 249,050 at 1 45-100 per ct., 3,611 23 Real estate, 1,259,490 66 18,262 61
Bank stock, (residents), 101,400
1,470 30
Total, $1,609,940 Total tax, $24,725 10
TOWN GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS, 1879.
Schools,
$6,100 00
Miscellaneous school expenditures.
500 00
Roads and bridges,
3,000 00
Sidewalks. 600 00
Support of poor,
3,600 00
Abatement and collection of taxes.
500 00
Interest,
1,750 00
Town officers,
1,000 00
Printing and stationery.
200 00
Fire department,
1,500 00
Printing valuation and tax.
100 00
Franklin Library Association,
100 00
Improvement of common,
250 00
Miscellaneous expenses,
1,000 00
Decoration of soldiers' graves.
50 00
Lighting streets,
125 00
Centennial day,
97 00
Nason street school house.
2,500 00
$22.972 00
(Also appropriated in aid of Franklin Library Asso- ciation, the dog fund in the Treasury, $257 80.)
Tax warrant for 1879 :
Town grants.
$22,972 00
State tax,
415 00
County tax,
1,089 63
Overlayings,
248 47
Unpaid school books.
24 46
Non-resident National Bank tax.
1,429 70
$26,179 26
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TOWN TREASURER IN ACCOUNT
Feb. 1, 1879. DR.
To cash in Treasury, $2,196 43
Received of W. E. Nason, taxes, 1878, 2,923 70 J. Pickering & Mosely, borrowed money, 9,000 00 G. W. Wiggin, taxes, 1876, 120 00
Town of Mendon, pauper account, 1878, Monson, 58 45
10 00
Hanover Insurance Company, Union- ville school house, 1,683 00
Charles Endicott, corporation tax equal- ized, 13 15
Town of Norfolk, for schooling, 60 96
Mass. & R. I. R. R., dividend on stock, 1,500 00 Franklin Nat'l Bank, borrowed money, 11,500 00 On Individual Notes, 1,438 00
158 64
License for circus,
5 00
Town of Milford, pauper, Monson, 66 56 00
15 10
Jason Tower, Almshouse, 46 00
Roads, 6 00
Commonwealth Corporation tax,
1,305 03
National Bank tax,
280 91
State aid, 500 00
Military aid,
146 90
66 State paupers.
115 72
School fund,
212 39
George W. Wiggin, fine for truancy,
5 00
George W. Wiggin, decoration day ap- propriation returned by committee, 5 75
H. R. Jenks, returned on street lamp bill, 11 65
Waldo Daniels, tuition high school, 6 00
George W. Wiggin, taxes, 1877,
100 00
W. E. Nason, taxes, 1879,
20,175 00
J. M. Freeman, overpaid, two items, 18 86
Premium on railroad bonds, (1876),
500 00
W. E. Nason, taxes, 1879, 800 00
Legacy from Lucretia Pond,
1,000 00
$56,231 44
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County Treasury, dog money,
257 80
Town of Webster, pauper account,
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WITH THE TOWN.
Feb. 1, 1879.
CR.
By cash paid for Public schools,
$5,984 31
Miscellaneous school expenses, 1,081 38
Roads, bridges and sidewalks, 3,579 52
Removing snow, 200 89
Support of poor at almshouse,
1,521 12
out of 66 2,908 87
Supplies for station house,
54 62
Centennial committee,
97 00
Nason street school house,
2,483 00
Decorating soldiers' graves,
50 00
Improvement of common,
256 00
Printing valuation and tax for 1879,
95 00
Franklin Library Association, 100 00 66 (dog money), 257 80
Dean and Alpine street extension, 2,504 90
Unionville school house,
1500 00
Furnishing same,
260 82
Engine hose,
483 50
Cisterns,
211 87
Fire department,
1,152 18
Lighting streets,
131 80
Printing and stationery,
197 62
Miscellaneous expenses,
401 12
Abatement and collection of taxes,
165 08
State tax, 415 00
County tax,
1,089 63
National Bank tax,
1,415 40
$2,920 03
Town officers,
1,471 60
State aid,
354 00
Soldiers' aid,
620 00
Interest,
2,733 16
Temporary loan,
18,839 23
$52,616 42
Jan. 31, 1880.
Cash in Treasury,
3,615 02
$56,231 44 HENRY M. GREENE, ) Selectmen of JASON TOWER, Franklin. JAMES M. FREEMAN, Treasurer.
I have examined the foregoing account, and vouchers, and find them correct. F. L. METCALF, Auditor.
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TO THE TAX PAYERS AND VOTERS :
Your Selectmen, believing that some explanations and pos- sibly some suggestions would not be considered ill-timed or inappropriate, beg leave to offer the following report :
In regard to public schools, that the school committee be requested to present their estimates to the Selectmen on or before the first day of February, annually. dividing the amount asked for, viz :
1. Amount required for payment of teachers.
2. Amount required for fuel.
3. Amount required for care of school houses.
4. Amount required for new school books. (if any).
5. Amount required for permanent repairs to school houses. or about them, specifying the schools and the amount for each.
6. Amount required for incidental expenses.
The last three items are paid for out of the Miscellaneous School Expense appropriation. The object to be gained is to keep the expenditures within the appropriation, which can be accomplished by proper information regarding the needs of the department. supplemented by the proper action on the part of the town.
REPAIRS OF ROADS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS.
The very full summary of the work in this department will enable each reader to judge for himself regarding the past year.
We recommend the town to consider the advisability of purchasing working stock for the alınshouse, with the neces- sary tools to do a large share of the road and sidewalk work in the Centre district, or within a radius of half or three-fourths of a mile of the Town House.
In this way it would appear entirely practicable for the town to receive the benefit of the keeping of more stock with no corresponding disadvantage. The gravel in the pit leased from A. H. Morse proved excellent for road work, but too coarse for sidewalks, but will be exhausted before the expira- tion of the lease.
THE SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
Notwithstanding the advent of more prosperous times, there has not been a large decrease in the amount of aid furnished to the poor during the past year. Sufficient however to mark. as is to be hoped, the turn of the tide, and to encourage the belief that the future will require even a less expenditure. The summary shows a net expenditure during the year ending January 31, 1879, of $3,890 42, and for the year ending Jan- uary 31, 1880. of $3,608 99 ; difference. $281 43.
This result has been reached notwithstanding an increased payment to State institutions the past year as follows :
For year ending Jan. 31, 1879-$856 02 ; and for year end-
ing Jan. 31, 1880-$934 34, showing an increase of $78 32 paid for this most unfortunate clase of dependants.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
We recommend that the Engineer and Clerk of each com- pany be required to prepare and deliver to the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen on the first day of May, or within ten days thereafter, a list of all the officers and men enrolled to that date with name and residence of each, the Engineer and Clerk to sign and certify the same to be correct. We also endorse the recommendation in the Chief Engineer's report regarding taking an inventory annually, and the making of two copies of the same, one to be deposited with the Town Clerk.
LIGHTING STREETS.
This service has been satisfactorily performed by L. R. Whitaker in addition to other important duties. There are 39 public lamps. An extension has frequently been asked for, but the appropriation would not permit. Should the service be extended, more lamps would be needed, and addi- tional compensation for care of them would probably be required.
FINANCES.
From the Auditor's report we learn that the tem- porary loan or floating debt amounts to $18,438 00
and the bonded debt incurred to pay for 250 shares of the capital stock of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad in Mass. amounts to 25,000 00
Debt of Town Jan. 31, 1880, $13,438 00 The bonds are due in 1886.
Our more immediate concern is with the floating debt, as it has attained to an amount that cannot be considered as indi- cating an entirely healthy condition of the Town's finances. representing, as it does, too largely expenditures in excess of grants, or without any grant.
Doubtless in a variety of cases this excess may have been unavoidable, but with proper care in Town grants, and with a rigid determination on the part of Town officers to keep within the prescribed limit of appropriations, this need occur but seldom. And should a deficiency occur, if we would free ourselves from an increase of debt, the total deficiency, if any, for such year should be put into the next year's Town grants. We therefore recommend the Town to instruct the Board of Selectmen to include annually in their estimates for Town grants the amount of deficiency in the year just preceding. There is no more certain way to induce economical and pru- dent expenditures in the individual or the municipality than to require them to live within their means.
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The growth of this floating debt for the last three years is as follows :
Per Auditor's report, 1878, 66 1879,
66 " 1880,
$11,137 88 15,384 23 18,438 00
1878.
Available resources : Cash in Treasury,
Due for uncollected taxes,
$2,650 00 2,165 67
$4,815 67
1879.
Available resources per Auditor's report : Cash in Treasury, $2,196 43
Due for uncollected taxes, 3,472 58
$5,669 01
1880.
Available resources as per Auditor's report :
Cash in Treasury, $3,615 02
Due for uncollected taxes,
5,204 26
$8,819 30 The increase of the floating debt for the year ending Jan. 31, 1880, may be accounted for as follows-ordered by Town, June 28, 1879 :
Extension of Dean and Alpine street, costing,
$2,504 00
Ordered soldiers' aid to be paid,
616 00
Ordered by Town Nov. 6, rebuilding Unionville school house, cost, $1500
Furnishing same, 260
$1,760
Less insurance received, 77 00
1,683
Ordered same day, purchase of engine hose, cost, 483 00
Building cisterns, cost, 218 00
Since annual meeting, (total), $3,888 00
The grants made at the last March meeting have, in the aggregate, been sufficient to meet the aggregate of the expen- ditures they provided for as follows :
Grants, $22,972 00
Expenditures, 22,021 51
Surplus, $950 49
The Treasurer estimates that with cash in the Treasury ($3,615 02), with what may be received from uncollected taxes, that he can meet the ordinary expenditures of the Town up to April 1, 1880, but will be obliged to renew all notes falling due or demanded.
The larger amount of cash in the Treasury for 1880 is ex-
plained by the fact that the premium received on the railroad bonds sold in 1876, is for the first time covered into the Treas- ury accounts ; second, that the legacy received from the estate of the late Lucretia Pond has also been covered into the Treas- ury. The reasons, whatever they may have been, for treating the premium on the bonds as not in the Treasury, no longer exist, and it finds its proper position in the Treasurer's bal- ance of cash on hand. It is due, however, to the Treasurer, to say that the amount has always been used in the service of the Town, as he informs us. 1
In connection with this subject, we wish to call attention to the fact, that the selectmen of that year (1876) were instructed to appoint an agent for the sale of the bonds. In pursuance of their instructions, they appointed Mr. J. M. Freeman to dispose of them. By his judicious management, the town obtained a premium of $500 00 which is now covered into the Treasury. For this service, he has never received any com- pensation, and he has a claim upon the Town, which it ought to act upon at Town meeting, rather than to require the Selectmen to adjust it at this late day.
Referring to the legacy before mentioned, the Selectmen did not feel authorized to make a permanent disposition of it, in the absence of any vote of the Town. An article in the warrant will enable the voters to act their pleasure in this matter.
It is a matter of regret that the Collector's account shows an increase of uncollected taxes, making the fourth year of Tax Collectors' accounts not settled. It is supposed that the taxes of 1876 and 1877 are so far settled, that the Town is indebted to the Collector. But the meaning of article 4, section 6, is plainly set forth, in requiring the Tax Collector " to pay over all the taxes committed to him, with the accrued interest thereon, on or before the first day of February next, following the commitment, except such as may be abated by the Assessors." The Collector of Taxes in the large town of Dedham, acting under the same or a similar by-law, has collected his taxes for 1879, and settled his account. Medway does likewise. The Collectors do not lack for necessary authority, and if the taxes cannot be collected and paid over, let the by-law be repealed. We recommend the subject to the consideration of the Town.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
HENRY M. GREENE, ) Selectmen JASON TOWER, of
J. M. FREEMAN, Franklin.
Jan. 31. 1880.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
School fund, $ 212 39
For teachers. $5,357 80
Grant.
6,100 00
Fuel.
415 40
Care.
211 11
$6,312 39
Expended. $5,984 31
As corrected.
$5,917 35
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Paid Lucien I. Blake,
24 weeks,
$670 00
Theo. P. Farr,
3 months. 240 00
M. H. Nason,
5 weeks. 50 00
Anna L. Bean.
35
315 00
Clara L. Warren.
33 66
330 00
Nina F. Jenks,
35
315 00
Mary E. Ryan,
35
66
264 00
Fred. A. Carpenter, 30
237 00
Helen F. Lovering, 192-5“
174 40
Ella G. Daniels,
35
350 00
Mary J. Burr.
34
306 00
Emily S. Albee,
34 66
306 00
Nellie McElroy.
31
.6
310 00
Patience Breck,
39
66
390 00
Henry H. Williams. 37
274 00
Lottie L. Miller.
43
273 00
A. C. Whipple. 29
261 00
Agnes S. Jones, 32-54
32 40
Mary E. Clark.
12
66
84 00
M. B. Hawes,
12
108 00
M. E. Stewart,
4
32 00
Juliette D. Stanley,
4
66
36 00
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$5.357 80
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
Paid J. W. Heaton, coal,
$102 75 .-
J. W. Heaton, wood.
8 25
Jason Tower,
2 50
J. Follensbee,
13 50
W. H. Bright.
72 50
T. J. Daniels.
65 00
Dennis Sullivan, ".
20 50
A. J. Gilmore,
45 00
King & Guild, shavings,
2 52
J. McElhern, cutting wood.
75
A. H. Wood. 66
1 50
E. Wadsworth. ..
6 00
C. W. Howard. . .
4 50
..
Amount carried forward. $345 27
11
Amount brought forward. $345 27
Paid R. H. Davison, .6 5 bills. 18 50
A. Ryan, cutting wood.
6 00
B. M. Rockwood. “
2 bills. 9 50
N. Burr.
4 00
E. Blake.
4 50
J. Readon. ..
4 50
G. E. Ackley. . .
6 00
G. S. King.
6 00
L. B. Brown.
6 00
N. Willard.
1 50
J. Jackson.
3 63
$415 40
CARE OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
Paid Eddie Keene.
$ 5 95
N. Burr,
34 00
Ernest Daniels.
7 75
N. McElroy,
4 80
J. D. Mann.
8 60
C. T. Brown.
4 50
B. M. Rockwood,
10 80
E. Albee.
3 75
A. C. Wadsworth.
3 50
Willie Mann,
3 66
Willie Whitaker.
17 40
A. Wadsworth.
3 30
Isaac C. Jenks.
4 80
W. S. Richardson.
3 75
A. E. Peck.
11 15
M. J. Burr.
12 58
E. Mahoney.
6 25
C. Clark.
1 60
C. L. Warren.
4 80
J. L. King.
1 80
M. E. Ryan.
3 60
C. B. Blake.
8 75
E. M. Wadsworth.
5 25
George Ackley.
5 00
Harry E. Adams.
5 50
F. B. Pierce.
4 00
C. L. Jenks.
4 40
E. Everett.
1 47
W. F. Blake,
12 40
$211 11
Total.
$5,984 31
NOTE .- Of the above, received from the town of Norfolk, $60 96, and for tuition at High School. 86 00-total $66 96; making the actual cost of schools $5,917 35 under this grant.
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MISCELLANEOUS SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Grant, $500 00 Expended, $1,081 38
$00 50
H. R. Jenks, supplies, 1 20
90
H. H. Williams, setting glass.
50
Elias Blake, .6
75
Mrs. Matthews, cleaning two school houses. 5 00
T. G. Thain & Co., school books. 26 74
William Matthews, labor, 3 00
11 85
C. L. Stewart, printing school reports, etc ..
33 50
R. H. Davison, labor at high school building. Knight, Adams & Co., school books,
15 50
J. H. Haines, supplies,
70
J. C. Clannon, filling out diplomas for high school, 5 00
L. I. Blake, school books, etc.,
3 95
Rand, Avery & Co., diplomas.
15 00
O. A. Stanley, removing seats.
2 00
Nichols & Hall, paper,
2 00
A. C. Dana, drugs, etc.,
2 14
Daniels & Pond, use hall for high school.
5 00
F. A. B. King, repairs wood sheds,
10 53
T. G. Thain & Co., school books, 19 59
A. C. Stockin, 66
109 26
J. N. Sands, freight, and moving desks and seats, 4 20
William Matthews, labor, 1 50
James Riley, grading grounds Nason street school house, 67 00
H. W. Keach, blackboard,
14 08
O. A. Stanley, putting down seats.
4 00
James Follensbee, mason work at Nason street school house, 12 35
F. A. B. King, fence, Nason street school house. and outhouse town hall lot, and removing old one, 38 50
F. A. B. King, labor at Nason street school house. 5 47
O. A. Stanley, labor and supplies, 3 85
A. G. Whitcomb, desks and settees,
16 44
E. L. & F. S. Rollins, shades and fixtures. 9 48
P. Connolly, digging and stoning well Dist. 7, 47 50
H. T. Simmons, new fence, Nason street school house, 151 50
Fisher & Howe, repairing clock, 35
A. D. Ryan, new steps, and setting glass Dist. 2. 3 68
Waldo Daniels, pointers and keys. 1 75
Amount carried forward. $723 26
Paid J. N. Sands, carting,
C. L. Stewart, printing,
O. A. Stanley, labor and supplies.
3 00
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Amount brought forward, $723 26
Paid C. L. Stewart, printing cards, paper. etc .. 6 25
C. H. Wilson. window glass, 2 80
J. N. Sands, carting wood and fixtures from town hall. 1 75
G. M. Wadsworth, supplies, 4 02
W. S. Warren, shellac and varnish.
75
R. B. Stewart & Co., repairs settees. etc ..
2 50
C. H. Wilson, setting glass.
70
James Follensbee, labor and material high school house. 44 01
D. C. Cotton, supplies. 116 81
Win. Matthews, labor, 2 00
R. K. Ballard, labor high school house.
12 06
E. L. & O. F. Metcalf, lumber and labor high school house, 2 15
John Farrell. labor on grounds Nason street school house, 1 50
A. D. Ryan, labor and carting. 50
John D. Mann, setting glass,
90
Fisher & Howe. record book. 50
F. A. B. King, steps for Latic school house.
5 50
F. A. B. King, 4 fire screens, 10 00
F. A. B, King. repairing steps high school
50
Thos. T. Bailey, school books. 43 70
Nason & Neill, repairing clocks. : 75
R. H. Davison, labor at high school house. 1 50
H.B. & W. T. Chamberlain, chemical apparatus.
3 00
Nichols & Hall, paper,
2 00
E. M. Pond, repairing Dist. No. 7 school house.
2 50
D. J. Taft, repairing plastering Dist. No. 7 school house, 9 15
J. F. Ray, school books. 54 69
C. L. Stewart, ink, paper, etc .. 3 63
D. C. Cotton, supplies. 18 00
O. A. Stanley, labor high school house. 1 00
$1,081 38
house,
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REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES, AND WORK ON SIDEWALKS.
Grant, for Roads,
$3,000 00
Sidewalks, Repairs of Sidewalks,
300 00
$3,600 00
Expended,
$3,579 52
As corrected :
Roads,
$2,988 82 541 85
$3,530 67
Paid L. Brown, labor,
$26 47
J. McDermot, 66
40 42
W. Butman, 66
3 00
E. Hearvy, 6 6
14 70
D. Sullivan,
28 50
J. N. Sands, men and teams (in 1878).
11 25
T. N. Sands,
34 00
G. Cary,
11 25
M. Ryan,
15 00
Wm. O'Neil,
14 25
M. Dougherty.
5 25
T. Neelon,
11 10
B. McManus,
9 00
P. Dailey,
23 25
D. Ackley,
1 65
E. Lynch,
:00
Patrick, William and J. Walsh,
77 95
J. G. Cunningham.
149 65
J. Desmond,
81 58
M. Shea,
43 18
M. Sullivan,
6 00
J. Kelliher,
7 50
J. Hood, labor, and repairs tools, etc.,
55 29
J. O'Niel,
4 50
P. Mannix,
33 05
P. Lynch,
10 50
A. Ballou, gravel.
3 00
P. Hickey,
13 20
J. Donovan,
9 37
A. H. Staples, sharping tools.
1 25
Wm. Dillon,
6 37
Jason Tower, lumber.
8 75
E. L. & O. F. Metcalf.
24 26
P. B. Clark. . 6
2 50
Sidewalks.
300 00
Amount carried forward. $813 99
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Amount brought forward.
$813 99
Paid R. B. Stewart & Co., lumber and labor,
2 00
C. Greene.
43 50
W. Wales,
40 20
J. Sullivan,
45 60
Harry Granger and team,
32 50
G. Murphy, self and team.
114 56
A. Daniels,
6 00
M. Finnegan,
6 00
F. Maxcy,
2 55
F. Staples.
15 32
J. Wheeler,
4 95
T. J. Daniels, self. men and teams.
105 20
N. E. Daniels,
16 20
J. Ford,
12 75
J. French,
21 75
P. McMann,
12 00
D. Dugan,
6 00
A. G. Metcalf,
4 50
E. C. Newcomb.
3 00
J. Adams,
3 75
W. Pierce.
15 00
J. Carr,
1 00
E. Weeks,
75
C. McGourty,
1 16
J. Dwire,
10 12
H. R. Jenks, powder, fuse, etc.,
3 33
J. Follensbee, crosswalk, Depot street.
10 32
A. H. Bradford.
4 76
P. A. Atkins,
5 40
M. Lacey,
24 37
B. Ballou, labor on culvert.
2 00
T. Sullivan.
1 50
M. Long,
25
F. Gilmore,
15 60
B. Finnegan.
4 50
D. Long,
4 50
T. Russell,
9 45
L. Drake,
12 00
P. Gorman,
3 00
D. Kearney.
3 00
J. Wales,
3 75
W. T. & J. Kane.
12 00
E. Bullard,
1 50
W. Bonsall.
5 63
J. Collins,
94 50
P. Connolly, self, men and teams,
430 24
J. Paine,
9 60
Diamond Hill Granite Co .. crosswalks.
36 50.
Amount carried forward. $2240 05
16
Amount brought forward,
$2040 05
Paid B. Foley,
4 50
A. Clark, self. men and teams.
198 60
C. Gifford.
33 30
Ira Holt,
27 00
A. Bowcher,
21 00
N. Cody.
33 45
J. Doyle,
24 05
G. Sallee.
6 00
T. Davis.
3 00
D. Keefe.
3 00
W. K. Gilmore.
20 00
S. C. Taft, engineering and surveying.
3 42
E. S. Woodbury.
3 00
W. E. Nason.
22 35
J. W. Heaton, man and team.
16 56
A. Sullivan.
18 80
F. B. Ray, man and team.
31 50
D. C. Cotton, labor and tools.
19 98
C. Bright.
7 50
E. Waite. 600 loads gravel.
30 00
J. Duffy.
26 25
F. Jennison,
24 00
George Ackley.
1 25
J. N. Lee,
18 00
J. J. Stewart, self and team.
34 37
George White.
27 67
T. Brown.
20 25
W. Baxter.
26 85
S. C. Rounds.
50 18
C. Tingley,
45 00
O. S. Howes.
15 75
J. Farrell,
64 31
J. Readon.
18 00
T. Shields,
2 48
C. Badger, self. men and teams.
413 40
E. M. Pond.
11 35
R. King,
5 25
S. S. Cook,
20
A. H. Morse, gravel (1878). $ 12 90
A. H. Morse, gravel pit, 5 years' lease. 150 00
E. S. Woodbury, gravel. 1 00
163 90
$3,579 52
NOTE .- Deduct returned on overpaid bills, $13 50; for stone sold. $6 00; for work on Dean street, $29 35; in all, $48 85, leaves net amount, $3,530 67.
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Expended by Surveyor Patrick Connolly, on Pond and Oak streets, $434 16. We believe this outlay will prove economical, although comparatively large. On Beach street, $51 72; on Pine street, $6 45; on Plane street, $20 35 ; and Maple street, $67 80 ; and for rebuilding one and repairing two other bridges, over Mine Brook. $18 41, Total, $598 99 Expended by Surveyor J. N. Sands, on Chestnut street, $50 50 ; on Central street, $62 20 ; on Sum- mer street. $58 05; on King street, $45 60; on Mount street, $29 85 ; on Cross street, $6 00 ; and on Jordan street, $1 50. Total, 253 10
Expended by Surveyor T. J. Daniels, on Lincoln street, $64 75; on Miller street, $33 00; on Bent street, $47 05; on Green street, $14 95; on Brook street, $63 35 ; on Pleasant street, $66 30; on Short street, $16 50; on Daniels street, $33 83; on Elm street, $69 35 ; and on Chestnut street, $31 50. Total, 440 78 Expended by Surveyor Charles Badger, on Central street, $82 63; on Lincoln street, $11 90; on West street, $2 40 ; on Alpine street, $13 00 ; on Pleasant street, $75 50; on Summer street, $121 25; on Spring street, $44 50; on School street, $110 50; on Beaver street, $70 40; on Main street, $231 97; on Cottage street. $26 50 ; on Depot street. $29 50 ; on East street, $10 53; on Union street, $29 23; on Peck street, $38 57; for resetting -lamp posts. $1 25 ; for cleaning gutters and moving part of the soil to the common, and clearing streets from stones, and opening Morse gravel pit, $24 60. Total, Expended by Surveyor Alfred Clark, on King and Washington streets, $228 60; on Union street. $62 85; on Forest street, $88 01; on Prospect
923 28
street, $57 00 ; and on South street, $16 50. Total, 452 96 For work not located. and for work prior to Feb. 1. 1879, 18 93
For material for bridges and crosswalks, and repairs to tools and for tools, 133 88
For five years' lease gravel pit (A. H. Morse). 150 00
For gravel used in 1878, 16 90
Total net expenditure on roads and bridges, $2,988 82
Paid to men 15 cents per hour ; for horse and cart, 15 cents per hour ; single horse, 10 cents per hour ; pair horses and cart, 25 cents per hour. On sidewalks. to men, 12 1-2 cents per hour ; horse and cart, 12 1-2 cents per hour ; pair horses and cart, 25 cents per hour.
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