Town of Hamilton Annual Report 1876-1877, Part 1

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Publication date: 1876
Publisher: The Town
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Part 1


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF HAMILTON,


FROM MARCH 1, 1876, TO MARCH 1, 1877,


SALEM, MASS. SALEM PRESS, CORNER OF LIBERTY AND DERBY STREETS. 1877.


REPORT. .


RECEIPTS.


Cash in Treasury March 1, 1876 .


· $4,043 15


Received of D. D. Stone, Collector, 1876 from school fund


220 72


State aid reimbursed


203 20


66


bank tax


472 72


liquor license fee


100 00


dog tax


82 54


corporation tax


97 41


66


sale of school books


82 34


66


hay scales


20 18


66


66 sale of burial lots


15 00


$11,123 99


EXPENDITURES.


Paid


County tax


$446 20


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


Paid


State tax


$540 00


State aid


207 00


Notes


790 00


Interest on notes


1,181 22


State share of license fee


25 00


Orders paid the present year


4,634 80


$7,378 02


5,786 73


4


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


SCHOOLS.


NORTH.


Paid


Chas. H. Cooper, teaching winter term


$165 00


Lucy A. Tuttle, teaching summer term


118 75


John H. Knowlton, wood


17 50


Washington A. Patch, building fire


5 00


$306 25


SOUTH.


Paid


Sophia F. Lovering, teaching winter term, 1875


$156 00


Sophia F. Lovering, teaching summer term, 1876 123 50


J. C. Winslow, teaching winter term, 1876 .


151 25


J. P. Lovering, wood


20 00


Alden Chandler, building fire, 1875


5 50


Luke Dodge, building fire, 1876


5 00


$461 25


EAST.


Paid


W. E. Noxon, teaching winter term


$165 00


Laura S. Woodbury, teaching summer term


111 80


J. H. Knowlton, wood


24 50


Walter W. Ingalls, building fire, 1876


5 00


$306 30.


WEST.


Paid


Geo. R. Dodge, teaching winter term . $165 00


Sarah R. Safford, teaching summer term


123 50


Geo. B. Dodge, wood


16 47


James E. Gwinn, building fire .


5 00


$309 97


5


TOWN OF HAMILTON.


EXPENSES AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.


Paid


J. Choate, setting glass in South School House


$2 25


1 25


Elias Towle, repairs on North School House 66 66 " South 66


75


66 building wood-house for East School 70 00


D. E. Safford, cash paid for cleaning South School House 1 42


John T. Ropes, stove for East School House 9 50


Ira A. Dunnels, repairs on School Houses 9 00


Estate of J. Newell, materials for East School House, 1875 5 45 .


W. C. Packard, chair for North School. 2 00


Mrs. Wm. Haskell, cleaning North School House 1 43 George Norris, setting glass in East School House 1 00


George Norris, journey to Salem and freight on stove for East School House 1 45


George Norris, cleaning East School House


95


Niram Neal, cleaning stove pipe South School 1 50


William A. Brown, labor on North School House


1 00


$108 95


REMOVING SNOW.


Paid


Geo. N. Andrews


1 00


Edward Stone


1 60


John H. Whipple


13 10


Frank Bridges


1 75


Sylvester Dane


19 30


J. B. Stone


1 60


Isaac Kimball


75


Ira A. Dunnels


6 80


John Murphy


40


Edgar Andrews


70


Amount carried forward


- $47 00


6


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


.


Amount brought forward


$47 00


Geo. F. Barker


.


75


A. L. Whipple


90


Benj. Smith


1 70


John Dane, jr.


9 55


Geo. B. Knowlton


70


Samuel Ayers


8 90


Josiah Woodbury


6 10


Charles E. Woodbury


6 70


John Tibbetts


70


George C. Foster


14 00


William Cannon


5 50


Edward Tibbetts


35


Ira P. Knowlton


12 50


Patrick Kiley


5 10


Niram Neal


9 00


Luke Dodge, jr.


1 75


D. D. Stone


8 70


O. L. Ingalls


1 80


John W. Morgan


1 20


Frank Knowlton


9 40


James W. Morgan


1 10


John H. Knowlton


2 30


S. A. Ingalls


4 40


Isaac Knowlton


10 62


F. W. Brown


16 00


Nelson Butler


2 70


A. Rowe


80


William K. Patch


2 60


William Morgan


2 30


P. A. Andrews


2 25


F. R. Allen


3 50


George Norris


5 00


Elam Burnham


6 05


C. A. Appleton


2 25


George B. Dodge


6 30


Amount carried forward


$220 47


7


TOWN OF HAMILTON.


Amount brought forward


$220 47


Jarvis Lamson


24 40


J. F. Dodge


6 60


Alber W. Dodge


2 00


William A. Smith


8 30


Luke Dodge


9 40


Alvin Smith


8 00


W. L. Dodge


24 90


James A. Woodman


2 00


M. J. Channel


7 30


Joseph Knowlton


3 10


J. C. Low


28 00


George Dane


90


Leverett Dane


5 00


G. W. Winslow


3 50


F. Nutting


2 47


J. W. Dane


3 30


Winthrop Appleton


7 10


D. B. Tucker


5 90


C. F. Hawkins


8 50


J. A. Whipple


2 00


J. C. Conant


2 20


O. F. Brown


5 10


C. W. Foster


6 50


S. Blatchford


7 80


Joshua Appleton


3 80


O. F. Whipple


4 30


W. McKey


4 20


D. H. Porter


4 60


C. W. Appleton


7 40


O. E. Appleton


3 60


Lewis W. Dane


5 00


William A. Brown


3 10


I. D. Patch


1 20


Willis Kent


2 00


J. A. Trout


2 80


Amount carried forward


. $446 74


.


.


8


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


Amount brought forward


$446 74


A. W. Trout


6 30


William M. Ballard


6 65


John T. Folsom


4 90


Herbert T. Dodge


2 10


Edward Wright


60


Andrew Woodbury


60


George W. Channel


70


George M. Adams


20 60


James McLaughlin


6 40


Frank Newton


2 80


Charles S. Teel


2 00


Charles Patch


20 40


George Dodge


6 80


Thomas Watson


5 80


Henry Dodge, 2d


4 00


Brainard Milligan


5 40


Augustus Adams


3 30


Sylvester Day


2 40


John Whipple


2 00


Samuel Doty


4 60


B. W. Patch


2 80


William Call


3 00


Albert F. Allen


6 40


I. F. Knowlton


21 50


Daniel Roberts


4 00


A. A. Whipple


5 60


Emerson A. Whipple


4 40


George Brown


8 40


Alden Chandler


4 20


Mrs. B. Whipple


3 80


Edwin A. Whipple


24 60


William D. Chandler


4 20


C. P. Roberts


1 00


John S. Webber


1 95


Amount carried forward


$657 34


Francis Doliber


8 40


9


TOWN OF HAMILTON.


Amount brought forward


$657 34


Levi Hobbs


2 20


R. P. Tuck


1 20


Horace Dane


1 30


A. W. Chandler


2 60


George T. Haynes


6 20


J. D. Abbott


90


J. S. Whiden


1 80


Caleb W. Dodge


9 20


E. Dodge


2 00


George R. Dodge


1 40


$686 14


POOR DEPARTMENT.


Paid.


Wm. E. Manning, board and nursing of Thomas Manning


$73 15


Drs. Hurd & Tucker, medical attendance of Thos. Manning .


15 00


J. A. Blake, medicine furnished Thos. Manning 8 45


Daniel Clark, funeral expenses of Thos. Manning


21 50


Betsey Roberts, board of Perley Jowder 43 00


Betsey Roberts, clothing for Perley Jowder 10 00


Nancy Annable, board of Alvin Jowder 80 00


Town of Ipswich, supplies furnished George W. Barker ·


4 00


Wm. A. Brown, journeys to Lynn and Boston on account of paupers 4 00


Mrs. R. F. Dodge, partial assistance 100 00


$359 10


10


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


ROADS AND BRIDGES.


Paid.


John H. Cogswell lumber for Factory Bridge $26 28


Wm. Morgan, rebuilding bridge near J. Patch 39 00


Jarvis Lamson, labor on Riggs' Causeway 2 00


George B. Dodge, labor on Riggs' Causeway 2 00


Henry Dodge, 2d " 2 00


Wm. A. Brown, plank for culvert Moulton road


1 92


Wm. A. Brown, labor on bridge near J. Patch 2 00


Wm. A. Brown, drawing lumber for and labor on Factory Bridge 7 00


Wm. A. Brown, labor railing


2 00


George C. Foster, railing


1 50


O. F. Brown, stone furnished and drawing stone for bridge near J. Patch's 1 70


James F. Gwinn, labor on Factory Bridge ·


2 00


John L. Woodbury, labor on Factory Bridge


2 00


John L. Woodbury, labor railing


2 00


Emerson A. Whipple, drawing gravel on main road Henry P. Lovering, gravel for main road O. F. Brown, 66


248 52


31 35


. John T. Dodge, labor on main road


2 80


P. A. Andrews,


8 33


Geo. C. Foster, 66 6 66 66


10 83


E. Ingalls,


2 67


O. Ingalls,


66


1 50


Alden Chandler, 66


2 50


Niram Neal, 66


66


2 25


O. F. Whipple,


66


21 50


James F. Gwinn, 66 66


34 00


Wm. A. Brown,


32 00


John L. Woodbury, labor on main road


43 00


Edwin A. Whipple, plowing on main road


8 10


George Brown, 66


9 10


$573 10


21 25


11


TOWN OF HAMILTON.


HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.


Paid.


C. E. Woodbury


$11 60


A. W. Trout


24 40


Josiah Woodbury


19 50


Wm. H. Ballard


15 00


Charles Hawkins,


6 00


Willis Kent


6 00


Herbert T. Dodge


1 60


Samuel Ayers


11 20


Grover Dodge, gravel


6 00


$101 30.


HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.


Paid.


F. W. Brown


28 60


William Morgan


9 20


John W. Morgan


5 20


James W. Morgan


4 00


Otis Ingalls


4 00


George Ingalls


2 00


Samuel Ingalls


2 00


John Ingalls


2 00


Nelson Andrews


2 00


Nelson Butler


2 00


Andrew Woodbury


6 00


M. J. Channel


6 00


Jno. K. Patch


4 00


J. H. Knowlton


4 00


Isaac Knowlton


8 00


Joseph Knowlton


8 00


Frank Knowlton


4 00


$101 00


12


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


·


HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER THREE.


Paid


Ira P. Knowlton


$30 50


John Foster


8 00


O. F. Whipple


2 00


D. H. Porter


4 00


Geo. Porter


8 00


Niram Neal


6 00


O. F. Brown


22 00


Wm. Cannon


10 00


John Tibbetts


9 50


$100 00


HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.


Paid


Sylvester Dane


35 60


Wm. A. Brown


10 75


Richard Bridges


10 00


Frank Bridges


13 60


Geo. F. Barker


1 00


John Dane, jr.


1 80


P. A. Andrews


8 80


Wm. Haskell


8 00


John Murphy


4 00


Joseph Wilson


3 00


Geo. Dane


2 40


$98 95


HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.


Paid


W. L. Dodge


53 31


Henry Dodge, 2nd.


5 40


Geo. Dodge


9 45


Silsbee Adams


7 73


Amount carried forward ·


$75 89


13


TOWN OF HAMILTON.


Amount brought forward


$75 89


E. F. Dodge


2 80


Geo. M. Adams


5 73


John Goodhue


5 60


Samuel Goodhue


5 93


J. Mclaughlin


5 33


James F. Gwinn


4 73


Richard Foss


2 40


$108 41


HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.


Paid


Jarvis Lamson


60 00


Wm. A. Smith


11 00


George B. Dodge


4 00


George R. Dodge


4 00


J. F. Dodge


3 00


Luke Dodge


4 20


E. Dodge


8 00


Alvin Smith


11 40


$105 60


HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN.


Paid


Edwin A. Whipple


26 40


George Brown


12 00


Daniel Roberts


14 80


C. P. Roberts


5 40


George Roberts


4 00


Wm. D. Chandler


7 40


O. F. Whipple


7 40


George T. Haynes


6 60


P. A. Andrews


3 00


Mrs. O. Whipple


5 80


A. A. Whipple


8 00


$100 80


14


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


HIGHWAY DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT.


Paid


J. F. Knowlton


$37 00


John Whipple


9 00


F. R. Allen


9 80


Elam Burnham


9 60


Newell Burnham


5 00


B. W. Patch


5 00


George Norris


4 00


W. H. Call


4 00


Sylvester Day


5 40


Samuel Doty


4 00


Albert F. Allen


7 20


$100 00


SALARIES AND FEES.


Paid


James F. Gwinn, services as assessor 22 50


66 66 " selectman 25 00


66 66 66 overseer of poor


5 00


66


66 66 making and distributing annual


report


6 00


Wm. A. Brown, services as assessor


22 50


" selectman


25 00


66


" overseer of poor


5 00


66


66 66 making and distributing annual


report


6 00


John L. Woodbury, services as assessor


22 50


66 . 66 selectman 25 00


66 66 66 " overseer of poor 5 00


66


66 66 " making and dis-


tributing annual report 6 00


Amount carried forward


$175 50


15


TOWN OF HAMILTON.


Amount brought forward


$175 50


D. D. Stone, services as collector


62 32


66 66 " constable 6 00


66 66 notifying town officer D. E. Safford, services as treasurer


3 00


30 00


66 66 school committee


15 00


George Norris, " 66


15 00


O. F. Brown, town clerk


10 00


Austin A. Whipple, auditor


5 00


$321 82


CEMETERY.


Paid


F. W. Brown, drawing gravel


121 65


Daniel Roberts, gravel


20 00


John Tibbetts, labor


12 00


Wm. A. Brown, “


7 00


J. L. Woodbury, labor


4 00


$164 65


MISCELLANEOUS.


Paid


Salem Press, printing Annual Report, 1875 - 28 00


H. P. Ives, collector's book and stationery 2 18 -


Congregational Parish, rent of selectmen's office Salem Press, printing tax bills -


3 75


Wm. A. Brown, perambulating town lines -


4 00


John L. Woodbury, 66 -


4 00


F. R. Allen, committee on crooked lane hill road, 1875 - - 5 00


Geo. Dane, committee on crooked lane hill road, 1875 - - - 3 50


- J. F. Gwinn, committee on crooked lane hill road,


1875 -


3 50


-


Amount carried forward


$103 93


-


50 00


16


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


Amount brought forward


.


$103 93


J. F. Gwinn, perambulating town lines -


- 2 00


John Tibbetts, return of deaths - 2 00 -


Daniel D. Stone, on account of dog tax -


3 00


Otis F. Brown, return of representative vote to Essex -


- 1 50


Otis F. Brown, recording births, marriages and deaths - -


- -


6 55


Daniel E. Safford, postage - - -


66


Daniel P. Dodge, expressing, 1875 and 1876 -


6 10


Foote & Horton, printing school reports, 1875


12 87


George Norris, crayons for schools


-


-


75


Joshua Appleton, repairing hearse


-


-


2 00


John L. Woodbury, postage


-


-


38


Wallis & Young, school books


30 06


Brewer & Tileston


-


-


12 26


John P. Tilton,


-


-


21 31


Norton & Patch,


66 brooms, etc. - 11 34


$216 71


ABATEMENTS.


Allowed D. D. Stone, collector :


William A. Haskell, poll tax


-


-


2 00


George Rowe 66 66


-


-


. 2 00


Jarvis Lamson 66 66


-


-


-


2 00


$6 00


RECAPITULATION.


Paid County tax


-


-


$446 20


Notes


790 00


Interest on notes


1,181 22


State aid


-


-


-


-


207 00


State tax


-


-


-


-


540 00


State share of license fee


-


-


25 00


Amount carried forward


· $2,743 22


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


17


TOWN OF HAMILTON.


Amount brought forward


. $2,743 22


Paid Schools - -


-


-


1,383 77


Expense and repairs of school houses


- 108 95


Removing snow


-


-


-


686 14


Poor department


-


-


-


359 10


Roads and bridges


-


-


-


1,389 16


Salaries and fees


-


-


321 82


Cemetery


-


-


-


-


164 65


Miscellaneous -


-


-


-


216 71


Abatements -


-


-


6 00


$7,379 52


Total amount of orders drawn during the year - $4,636 30


Total amount of orders paid during the year - 4,634 80


Outstanding order -


1 50


Treasurer's receipts for the year -


11,123 99


Expenses of Treasurer -


- 7,378 02


Balance in cash March 1, 1877 -


- $3,745 97


TOWN DEBT.


Note due State of Mass., -


$3,000 00 Interest 7 per ct.


Note due State of Mass.,


- 5,000 00 66


6


66


6 John Smith


-


1,200 00 66


66


6


66 66 M. A. Neal & M. A.


Neal Trustees -


617 00


66m 6 66


Note due Mary A. Dane


350 00


66


6


66


66


Martha Dane - -


200 00


66


6


66


66


66 Anna Brown -


200 00


66


6


66


66


Samuel Day -


500 00


6


66


-


-


-


6


" J. B. Dodge - -


1,000 00


·


Amount carried forward $12,067 00


18


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF HAMILTON.


Amount brought forward $12,067 00 Note due Nathan Jewett - 150 00 Interest 6 per ct.


" Five cent Savings Bank, Salem - -


5,000 00


6 66


$17,217 00


Deduct balance in favor of town 3,745 97


Town debt . - - $13,471 03


Town debt, March 1, 1876,


- $13,728 85


Town debt, March 1, 1877, - 13,475 97


Decrease since last year


$252 88


The foregoing accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer have this day been examined, and the accounts all satisfactorily vouched for.


AUSTIN A. WHIPPLE, Auditor.


HAMILTON, Feb. 28, 1877.


Respectfully submitted, JAMES F. GWINN, WILLIAM A. BROWN,


Hamilton. Selectmen of JOHN L. WOODBURY,





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