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NEWTON FREE LIBRARY NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS
3 1323 00360 4807
5.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF NEWTON,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 13TH, 1861.
ALSO, THE
TAX LIST FOR 1860.
BOSTON : S. CHISM,-FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE, HAWLEY STREET, COR. FRANKLIN. 1861.
R 352 N48 P C.1 (1860-64 NEWTON COLLECTION
AUDITORS' REPORT.
THE Auditors find that the balance remaining in the Treasury, February 13th, 1860, was Amount received for the year, as per account of Treasurer, is
$15,583 74
61,783 19
Making a total of
$77,366 93
Of this sum, there was received from the Com- monwealth, for Town's proportion of the income from School Fund,
$277 37
66 66 Bank of Republic,
10,000 00
66 66 Newton Bank,
5,000 00
66 66 Joseph E. Cousens,
850 00
66
Estate of D. M. Kinmonth, for stone,
18 00
" Seth Davis, for land taken for new high- way in West Newton, laid out by County Commissioners, 50 00
M. S. Rice, Town Clerk, for licensing and registering dogs, 70 00
40
66
J. F. C. Hyde, for granite post, 66 66 proceeds from sale of
desks, chairs, and fence belonging to Schoolhouse near Asa Cook's,
19 51
66 B. F. Houghton, sale of liquors,
54 38
Discount on two bills,
13 36
H. N. Hyde, for taxes in part for 1856,
27 77
66
66 66 66 1857,
400 00
66 E. J. Collins,
66 1858,
158 42
in full 1859,
2,069 82
66
66
66 in part 1860,
42,474 16
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 13th, 186
$61,783 19
15,583 74
$77,366 93
66
300 00
From Loan of John J. Ware,
4
The amount of expenditures for which bills and demands have been allowed and paid, is $63,882 02
And these expenditures are chargeable to the following appropriations or accounts, viz. :
Loans,
17,730 00
Interest,
School Appropriation,
3,470 78 16,728 31
Incidentals for Schools,
1,405 17
Fire Department,
1,843 87
Almshouse,
1,805 74
Poor out of Almshouse,
500 81
Repairs on Almshouse,
312 53
New Roads,
2,275 37
Repairs of Highways,
4,675 26
Incidentals of Highways,
3,511 25
Bridges,
491 36
Insurance,
113 20
Printing,
390 00
Incidental Expenses,
791 41
Burial Grounds,
143 24
Salaries,
2,499 31
County Tax,
3,871 91
Commonwealth Tax,
1,322 50
$63,882 02
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 13th, 1861,
13,484 91
LOANS.
Amount of loans due sundry persons, as per audit, Feb. 13th, 1860, $55,896 61
NAMELY :
DR.
Luther Paul,
$800 00
Isaac Paul, Estate
300 00
Nathaniel Wales,
1,100 00
N. S. King,
800 00
Moses Crafts,
800 00
E. Woodward,
1,000 00
Newton Institution for Savings,
1,000 00
Phebe Jackson,
Amount carried forward,
$6,600 00
$77,366 93
800 00
5
Amount brought forward,
$6,600 00
E. J. Collins,
2,616 61
City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
16,000 00
Wm. P. Houghton,
800 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank,
9,000 00
Charles Morse,
1,200 00
Martin Morse,
880 00
John J. Ware,
1,200 00
Henry Hyde,
1,800 00
Isaac Jones,
1,800 00
Western Railroad Sinking Fund, at 5 per cent., 14,000 00
$55,896 61
April 2d, 1860, J. J. Ware,
300 00
June 12th, Bank of Republic, at 52 per ct. 10,000 00
July 27th, Newton Bank, 5,000 00
Aug. 11th, " Joseph E. Cousens,
850 00
$72,046 61
CR.
BY LOANS PAID.
Moses Crafts,
$800 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank,
9,000 00
Newton Bank,
5,000 00
Charles Morse,
1,200 00
Joseph E. Cousens,
850 00
Martin Morse,
880 00
$17,730 00
Amount of unpaid loans, Feb. 13th, 1861, 54,316 61
$72,046 61
TAXES OF 1856.
Balance, Feb. 13, 1860, Abatements,
$566 20
30 58
Paid Treasurer,
27 77
$535 62
Balance, Feb. 13, 1861,
$507 85
6
TAXES OF 1857.
Balance, Feb. 13, 1860, $2,508 56 Abatements, 57 82
$2,450 74
Amount paid Treasurer,
400 00
Balance, Feb. 13, 1861,
$2,050 74
TAXES OF 1858.
Balance, Feb. 13, 1860,
$376 38
Abatements, 30 72
$345 66
Amount paid into the Treasury,
158 42
Balance, Feb. 13, 1861,
$187 24
TAXES OF 1859.
Balance, Feb. 13, 1860,
$2,193 78
Abatements,
123 96
$2,069 82
Amount paid into the Treasury,
2,069 82
TAXES OF 1860.
Amount of Assessments,
$47,104 80
Discount on Taxes paid prior to Oct. 1, 1860,
$1,325 11 390 70 1,715 81
$45,388 99
Amount paid into the Treasury,
42,474 16
Balance, Feb. 13, 1861,
$2,914 83
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN, FEB. 13, 1861.
Amount due on loans, as per loan account, $54,316 61
Interest on loans to date, 596 19
Balance of school appropriation,
3,586 58
$58,499 38
Abatements,
7
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Amount in Treasurer's hands, $13,484 91
Due from sundry persons on acc't of Almshouse, 169 65
Due from sale of the Schoolhouse near Asa Cook's,
365 25
Balance of Taxes, 1856,
$507 85
66
1857,
2,050 74
66
1858,
187 24
66
1860,
2,914 83
$19,680 47
Debt of Town, Feb. 13, 1861,
38,818 91
$58,496 38
Decrease of debt since last audit,
$2,332 56
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Almshouse and Farm,
$13,000 00
Personal property at Almshouse,
3,624 46
Town and Schoolhouse, West Newton,
6,000 00
Ten Schoolhouses, and Land for the same,
47,000 00
Five Fire Engines, Fixtures, Buildings, Land, and Reservoir, Lyceum Hall and Land,
11,000 00
1,200 00
Lot of Land in West Newton,
125 00
66 66
66 Newton Corner,
1,600 00
66
Upper Falls,
350 00
66
Newton Centre,
1,460 00
66
Grove Hill Cemetery, 1,500 00
$87,139 46
INTEREST.
Bank of the Republic,
$275 00
John J. Ware, Henry Hyde,
72 00
108 00
Amount carried forward, $455 00
280 00
8
Amount brought forward,
$455 00
E. Woodward,
48 00
Luther Paul,
42 00
Isaac Jones,
H
108 00
Charles Morse,
108 00
Isaac Paul, estate,
18 00
Martin Morse,
54 84
Noah S. King,
48 00
Nathaniel Wales,
66 00
Newton Institution for Savings,
60 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank,
423 00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
960 00
Moses Crafts,
46 67
Western Railroad Sinking Fund,
700 00
Newton Bank,
52 50
William P. Houghton,
48 00
Luther Paul, guardian,
6 00
Phebe Jackson,
60 00
E. J. Collins,
157 00
Joseph E. Cousens,
9 77
$3,470 78
SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.
Balance of appropriation of 1859, remaining
Feb. 13, 1860,
$6,037 52
Appropriation March 5, 1860,
14,000 00
Received from the State School Fund,
277 37
$20,314 89
Amount expended for the year 1860, to Jan. 25, 1861, $16,728 31
Leaving a balance of
3,586 58
$20,314 89
HIGH SCHOOL.
J. N. Beals, services as teacher,
$485 83
E. P. Stone, . 66
350 00
Arthur M. Knapp, services as teacher,
62 00
T. D. Adams,
633 32
Miss A. A. Breck, 66 66
566 19
Amount carried forward,
$2,097 34
9
Amount brought forward,
$2,097 34
Miss Mary Murdock, services as teacher, 65 47
Miss Carrie Spear, 66
47 60
D. S. Nichols, taking care of schoolhouse, and cutting wood, 79 33
T. H. Carter, care of house, 26 00
A. R. Trowbridge, music lessons,
10 00
Albert Brackett, wood and coal,
119 75
$2,445 49
CENTRE.
V. H. Deane, services as teacher,
$404 77
N. B. Cooke, 66 66
685 71
Miss Fannie W. Fogg, services as teacher,
347 03
Miss Abbie Spear, 66
108 80
Horace Cousens, wood and coal,
93 00
Henry Hodges, taking care of schoolhouse, and cutting wood,
82 50
$1,721 81
UPPER FALLS.
James F. Claflin, services as teacher,
$819 03
Miss Ellen D. Briggs, services as teacher,
364 29
Miss E. A. Briggs,
364 29
Miss E. A. Whiting, 66 66
364 29
Joseph E. Billings, taking care of schoolhouse, and sawing wood,
108 34
Otis Pettee & Co., coal,
104 56
C. A. Bigelow, for wood,
14 96
$2,139 76
LOWER FALLS.
L. E. Leland, services as teacher, 66 taking care of schoolhouse,
33 00
Miss Mary E. Hagar, services as teacher,
111 33
Miss Ellen M. Hartwell, services as teacher,
222 61
David L. Smith, taking care of schoolhouse,
17 00
1 33
52 00
A. A. Kendall, cash paid for charcoal, Vaughn Jones, for coal,
$780 94
$1,218 21
10
AUBURNDALE.
E. Woodward, services as teacher, $930 80
Miss Lizzie D. Joslin, services as teacher, 333 90
H. G. Hildreth, taking care of schoolhouse, 36 25
A. D. Hildreth, taking care of schoolhouse, 18 25
J. W. Warren, for wood, 11 49
Joshua Washburn, for coal, 48 00
$1,378 69
WEST NEWTON.
William E. Sheldon, services as teacher,
$1,214 26
Mrs. Mary A. Sheldon, 66
228 59
Miss Mary M. Russell, 66 66
364 24
" E. E. Simmons, 66
289 99
" Sarah E. Tufts, 66 66
184 49
" Martha A. Verry,
135 71
" Harriet L. Macreading, services as teacher, 74 27
C. E. Gammons, taking care of schoolhouse and cutting wood, 106 29
W. Gilbert, cash paid for fuel,
22 92
Wingate and Bixby, coal,
33 15
Albert Brackett, coal,
87 70
$2,741 61
NEWTONVILLE.
H. F. Allen, services as teacher, $780 94
H. F. Allen, taking care of schoolhouse, 43 75
Miss M. A. Trowbridge, services as teacher,
345 22
" C. W. Jackson, 66
323 70
T. H. Carter, taking care of schoolhouse,
20 37
A. Schoff, 66
9 12
Albert Brackett, wood and coal,
63 48
Patrick Sweeney, cutting wood,
1 50
$1,588 08
NEWTON CORNER.
J. H. Noyes, services as teacher,
$900 02
Miss Lucy R. Stoddar, services as teacher,
121 44
" Ellen M. Ward, 66 66
229 28
" Jane B. Wing, 66
121 44
Amount carried forward,
$1,372 18
.
11
Amount brought forward, $1,372 18
Miss Evelyn M. Brown, services as teacher, 242 83
" H. M. Nichols, 66 66
364 28
" S. M. Duncklee, 60 66
364 29
" A. Joslin, 66 66
364 29
H. Houghton, taking care of schoolhouse,
21 25
Charles A. Stetson, 66 66
31 50
George Hitchcock, 66
66
18 00
Daniel McNamara, 66
66
35 00
Elbridge Wheeler, for wood,
7 57
Albert Brackett, for coal,
144 97
Albert Brackett, for wood,
3 50
Patrick Sweeney, cutting wood,
8 00
$2,977 66
OAK HILL.
Artemas Wiswall, services as teacher, 66
$337 50
taking care of schoolhouse, 10 50
Miss Carrie Spear, services as teacher,
120 00
Horace Cousens, for coal,
40 50
A. Byrne, for wood and care of house,
8 50
$517 00
RECAPITULATION.
High School,
$2,445 49
Schools at Newton Centre,
1,721 81
66 Upper Falls,
2,139 76
Lower Falls,
1,218 21
65 Auburndale,
1,378 69
66
West Newton,
2,741 61
66
Newtonville,
1,588 08
66
Newton Corner,
2,977 66
66
Oak Hill, 517 00
$16,728 31
Incidentals, for schools,
1,405 17
Whole amount expended for educational purposes the past year, $18,133 48
12
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
T. Walker, sundry repairs schoolhouse, N. Centre, $6 80
Brown & Hawley, 66 66 13 02
H. J. Tombs, 66 66 2 05 66
James Glass, 66 66
66 8 60
S. P. Clark, 66 66
66
6 24
G. J. Carlton, cash paid for 66
16 63
H. Hodges, labor in yard 66 66
6 63
Stephen Hurd, labor in yard schoolhouse, U. Falls,
53 02
D. S. Nichols, 66 High School, 9 55
Trowbridge & Parkhurst, sundries for schoolhouses,
4 41
N. S. King, sundries for school house, Oak Hill,
6 75
Sanford S. Burr, Colton's Atlas for High School,
15 00
G. W. Bacon, school cabinet case 66
14 00
Chas. H. Wing, chemical apparatus 66
23 59
A. J. Willcutt, for bells, etc., 66
5 75
L. Herman, sundries furnished, and cleaning furnace, 8 49
E. B. Trowbridge, repairs on school buildings, 64 93
F. E. Hamblin, 66 66
36 24
Almon & Hawkes, 3 25 66
Samuel Wells, stove and sundry repairs, 120 57
H. Bigelow, cash paid for books, repairs, and sun- dries, furnished schools, 94 85
W. Gilbert, cash paid for books and sundries fur- nished do., 22 52
A. A. Kendall, cash paid for sundry repairs on schoolhouse, Lower Falls, 16 63
William J. Towne, stoves, etc., for schoolhouse, Lower Falls, 89 63
W. C. Hubbard, repairs on schoolhouse, Lower Falls, 3 03
Gardner Chilson, repairs on furnace, Upper Falls, 14 98 G. W. Keyes, repairs on schoolhouse, Upper Falls, 21 07
John A. Gould, cash paid for sundries, schoolhouse Upper Falls, 16 49
E. W. Clark, cash paid for sundries for school- house, Auburndale, 16 13
J. R. Farnum, stove, and repairs on furnace, and sundries, 72 16
R. S. Davis, books furnished for teachers' desks, 38 76
John L. Shorey, charts furnished schools, 13 75
Alfred Howes, hardware and crayons, 47 50
Amount carried forward, $893 02
13
Amount brought forward, $893 02
Bridgman & Peabody, mats, brooms, and dusters, 30 70
J. R. Hodgdon, repairs on school buildings, 16 50
Wm. P. Houghton, “ 66
18 31
Orrin Whipple, 66 66
20 51
J. S. Watson, brushes, and repairing do.,
12 00
D. P. Davis, for clock, 10 00
Chase Brothers & Co., two iron sinks and lead pipes, schoolhouse, Newton Corner, 5 25
H. C. Harrington, repairs on schoolhouse, N. Corner, 8 11
John Farquahar, 66
2 70
Otis Pettee & Co., map frames for schoolhouse, Upper Falls, 7 45
C. E. Redfern, cleaning clocks, 6 00
John Mead, rent of school room, 72 11
W. O. Haskell, school furniture, 15 77
John O. Evans, painting schoolhouse, N. Corner,
136 60
W. T. Heywood, painting and glazing schoolhouse at Newtonville, 19 78
Ware & Co., express, sundry times,
7 37
Henry Jenison, carting gravel, and labor in yard of schoolhouse, Newtonville, 14 62
Hamblin & Kingman for pump,
10 00
James F. Claflin, expense of Adult School, Upper Falls, 60 00
Elliot & White, 10 vols. American Encyclopedia, 31 50
A. B. Underwood, cash paid sundries for schools, 6 87
$1405 17
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CATARACT, No. 1.
A. Jordan, repairs on engine house, $13 79
Shelton & Cheever, repairing hose, etc., 5 00
75
Vaughn Jones, express, carrying hose, 66 for coal,
3 50
George Spring, repairs on engine house,
1 75
Otis Atherton, oil, etc.,
2 30
Samuel Wells, stove,
5 81
$32 90
14
TRITON, No. 3.
Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., gas,
$2 60
George Fuller, oil, etc., 58
Hunneman & Co., repairing hose,
3 50
B. F. Houghton, oil, etc., 1 85
MECHANIC, No. 4.
$8 53
H. C. Hoyt, repairs on engine house, wood, lamp, oil, and brooms,
$24 28
Hunneman & Co., repairing engine,
45 00
NONANTUM, No. 5.
John O. Evans, labor and stock, $10 40
William Welch, belts, straps, etc.,
4 95
John R. Farnum, stove, pipe, can, fluid, dippers, brooms, etc., 27 68
G. W. Bacon & Co., fluid, oil, etc.,
21 66
Albert Brackett, coal, .
16 28
Silas Durgin, repairs,
4 67
H. C. Daniels, drawing engine, twice to and from Roxbury, 12 00
Hunneman & Co., repairing engine,
150 25
$247 89
EAGLE, No. 6.
Stephen Ellis, repairing engine and suction hose,
$2 25
oil, setting glass, etc., 1 87
Trowbridge & Parkhurst, for can, oil, and sundry articles, 4 35
Samuel M. Jackson, cash paid for fluid, etc.,
2 37
Hunneman & Co., repairing hose, 12 75
T. H. Ewins, express, carrying hose, 1 75
$25 34
PAY OF ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN.
Thirty-three members of Company 1,
$160 00
Forty-five 66 3,
225 00
Forty-five 66 4,
225 00
Amount carried forward, $610 00
$69 28
15
Amount brought forward,
$610 00
Forty-five members of Company 5,
225 00
Thirty-three " 6,
165 00
George Daniels, for services as engineer,
11 00
George Pettee,
17 00
Isaac Hagar,
66
20 00
Stephen Cate,
66
5 00
Samuel M. Jackson,
17 00
C. H. Jenison,
66
66
17 00
Stephen Ellis,
66
17 00
Dexter Whipple,
66
15 00
Charles Cole,
66
66
17 00
H. C. Hoyt, 66
17 00
E. C. Jenkins,
as steward for No. 1,
30 00
Daniel Sanger,
66
"
3,
30 00
H. C. Hoyt,
4,
30 00
Joseph Saunders,
66
66
5,
30 00
C. D. Bartlett,
6,
30 00
$1,303 00
GENERAL EXPENSES.
H. C. Hoyt, repairing reservoir, Upper Falls, $6 50
Martin Hunting, repairing reservoir, Upper Falls, 1 50
Orrin Whipple, labor and lumber, for hook and ladder box, N. Corner,
34 85
George Pettee, stationery, postage, etc.,
2 00
George H. Teague, labor and lumber on reservoir, Newton Corner, 21 10
4 00
Luther Paul, Jr., drawing engine from fire,
1 00
H. C. Daniels, use of horse and wagon at fire, at " Freeman's Mills,"
4 00
Cash paid sundry persons for watching fire at " Freeman's Mills,"
24 00
W. C. Hubbard, damage of ladders,
3 02
W. J. Lindley, for refreshments,
13 10
G. W. Bacon & Co., for refreshments,
10 24
Abel Harrington,
24 00
Trowbridge & Parkhurst, for refreshments,
3 41
Brown & Goulding,
4 21
$156 93
66
Stephen Ellis, drawing engine from two fires,
16
RECAPITULATION.
District, No. 1,
$32 90
" 3,
8 53
4, 69 28
66 5,
247 89
66 6, 25.34
Pay of engineers and firemen,
1,303 00
General expenses,
156 93
$1,843 87
The firemen have done duty the past year, as follows, namely :-
Company No. 1 .- Worked their engine at four fires.
Company No. 3 .- Worked their engine at three fires in town, and at two fires out of town. Company No. 4 .- Has not been called out to fire during the year.
Company No. 5 .- Worked their engine at eight fires in town, and at sixteen fires out of town. Turned out at six alarms of fire.
Company No. 6 .- Worked at one fire in town, and at one out of town.
The engine companies have held regular monthly meetings during the year, for drill and business.
ALMSHOUSE. Dr.
Cash paid for sundries, $9 97
22 98
S. M. Jackson, for meat, and smoking hams,
339 55
J. L. Sears, for paint, and glazing,
3 10
J. Jennings, for grinding grain,
15 77
Barzillai Paine, pickled fish,
15 85
James Arrows, for labor,
75
Collin Cady, for wooden and tin ware,
11 20
Bourne & Co., for early potatoes,
2 75
Cash paid for travelling expenses,
2 50
Gilkey & Co., for manure,
22 16
G. T. Denton, for chain,
95
Amount carried forward,
$447 53
C. E. Snow, medicine,
17
Amount brought forward,
$447 53
T. P. Fessenden, for labor,
3 50
Jeremiah Allen, 2d, for manure,
84 00
D. Dugan, for labor,
6 96
J. F. C. Hyde, Auctioneer, furniture, bedding, etc., wagon, and plow,
53 06
George Packer, for manure,
19 22
Peter Wheelock, 66
7 50
F. Johnson, 66
16 00
C. O. Hara, 66
6 00
Isaac H. Snow, for medicine,
9 88
William Bustin, for horse-collar,
4 00
Dr. E. F. Thayer,
1 00
Harrison Allen, for labor,
100 75
Daniel Shehan,
2 40
William B. Locke, " etc.,
11 85
Pattee & Brooks, for bread,
39 55
Fitzgerald, for blacksmith work,
5 59
Cole & Co., 66
70 89
John Pulsifer, for wheelwright work,
55 10
L. Hurd, for pasturing,
25 00
Wm. Lyon,
19 65
Brown & Goulding, for groceries,
203 01
John Mead, 66
139 38
B. F. Houghton, 66
124 50
Otis Atherton, 66
2 75
Wm. H. Mills,
66
2 46
G. W. Bacon & Co., for dry goods,
174 96
G. Bigelow,
66
88
W. H. Colburn,
66
1 44
Miss A. Green, for millinery,
4 53
Mrs. Frye,
1 00
H. S. Dix, dog and collar,
2 50
Wm. Jones, one horse,
175 00
Dr. A. A. Kendall, medical attendance,
40 25
Asa Cook, funeral expenses,
26 50
E. Rice, salt grass,
10 00
J. D. Dix, vinegar,
1 40
Nourse, Mason & Co., ox yoke,
5 25
James Coolidge, for meal,
49 50
Vaughn Jones, for coal,
117 40
Mrs. Kinmonth, for eight bbls. of apples,
4 00
Geo. Jennings, Auctioneer, groceries and wood,
88 87
Amount carried forward,
$2,165 01
2
18
Amount brought forward,
$2,165 01
Brackett Lord, for grain, E. J. Collins, 66
40 13
F. A. Collins, for beef, pig, horse and carriage, 13 93
20 00
Luther Paul, for ice,
6 50
George Lane, for clothing,
11 50
L. Hurd, for plow castings,
1 50
George Fuller, harness work, 9 80
15 74
P. Bartlett, for labor, 2 58
375 00
Interest and Insurance on Farm,
765 00
Sundry accounts due Almshouse, Feb. 13, 1860,
189 75
$3,647 69
CREDIT FOR CASH RECEIVED.
Sundries,
$27 81
S. M. Jackson, for eggs, seed grain, etc., 11 99
66 calves, poultry, etc., 70 05
Houghton & Co., straw,
11 25
Vaughn Jones, for 8 doz. eggs, 66 9,420 lbs. hay,
1 60
94 20
Carting bricks from Cambridge,
12 75
F. A. Collins, posts and rails, rakes and highway work, 24 94 salt pork and beans,
2 50
G. T. Denton, for salt hay,
15 07
N. Wales, for labor, eggs, etc.,
9 32
E. Wales, for salt hay,
10 68
Bourne & Co., for barrels and labor,
30 65
R. Jermain, for board of his son, to Nov. 1, '60,
117 00
Town of Randolph, for board of T. Niles,
1 50
William Dix, ruta bagas,
33 75
Brown & Goulding, for horse and vegetables,
86 00
Charles Day, for 4 bushels of barley,
3 60
Mr. Needham, for old bridge plank,
1 00
Joseph Walker, for 1,067 lbs. of straw,
8 00
George Norton, for labor,
3 85
Thomas Rice, for labor on highway,
10 37
P. Leonard, for labor, 1 50
Amount carried forward,
$589 38
Isaac Hagar, for shoe bill,
Warden's Salary to March 1st, 1861,
31 25
Methodist Society, for pew rent,
19
Amount brought forward,
$589 38
Wm. B. Locke, for labor, etc., and corn,
7 85
L. Hurd, for labor,
19 35
E. Harrison, for labor,
5 69
P. Kenny, for labor,
6 00
Lawson Valentine, for labor,
3 00
J. G. Cotting, 66
6 50
E. J. Collins, etc., 66
27 33
Pattee & Brooks, for eggs,
5 22
Town of Belmont, for board of A. Burrage,
18 00
Willard Marcy, for potatoes,
15 00
F. Skinner, for 1,906 lbs. of straw,
14 29
Augustus Allen, for sundries,
4 00
Collin Cady, for old iron,
9 22
P. Bartlett, for labor,
3 00
Cash received, for carting boundary stones for high- ways, 2 75
Cash received for warning Town Meetings,
48 00
Time and team to Tewksbury,
6 00
Cash received for support of S. Lawton,
100 00
Inventory more than last year,
559 08
Refreshments for Town Officers,
80 00
Due for board of two persons,
112 75
Due from sundry persons, for labor, etc.,
56 90
Board of 310 transient persons,
170 00
Improvement on farm,
85 73
$1,955 04
Expense of poor,
1,692 65
$3,647 69
Number of weeks' board of poor, 1,176.
Cost per week for each person,
$1 43.93 100
Cost per week, for each person, less interest on farm, 78,22
Value of stock, hay, wagons, and all other personal property on the farm, exclusive of bedding, and household furniture,
$3,624 46
Your Auditors are pleased to say, they find that the Alms- house has been under excellent management during the past year. The establishment never was in a condition so satisfac- tory as at the present time. The interests of the Town have been well cared for by the warden and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ware.
20
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
James Taylor, groceries delivered to Wm. Smith family, $7 59
C. C. Shurtleff, groceries delivered to Wm. Smith family, 10 12
Dr. J. H. Grant, medical attendance on Joseph Durgin and Smith family, in small pox, 82 00
Lawrence Flynn, taking care of Joseph Durgin, 100 00
Brown & Goulding, goods delivered Mrs. McEnany, 13 37
John Mead, goods delivered to families of McBride and McEnany, 16 31
Drake & Goward, goods delivered to Hersey family, 52 96
Samuel Wells, funeral expenses of Mrs. Coleman, I0 00
Joshua Washburn, coal delivered to Mrs. McEnany and Patrick Coleman, 9 00
8 52
Horace Cousens, for fuel delivered at small pox house, ustus Allen, for pork delivered McEnany and · Dolan, 3 60
State Lunatic Hospital, board of Eunice F. Hyde, 92 34
Jeremiah Allen, 2d, assist. rendered sundry persons, J. S. Watson, assistance rendered sundry persons, 15 50
16 25
Henry Ross, assistance rendered Esther Cook, to Sept. 1, 1860, 40 00
S. F. Dix, cash paid for taking care of Mrs. Coleman, 5 00
Thomas Rice, Jr., aid furnished sundry persons, 2 80
John J. Ware, cash paid board of H. E. Childs, 4 00
John J. Ware, time, team, and expenses to Taunton and Tewksbury, 11 45
$500 81
REPAIRS ON ALMSHOUSE BUILDINGS.
Henry Fuller, lumber and carpenter work, $102 39
D. C. Sanger, sundry repairs, 3 62
R. Freeman, mason work, 6 25
C. S. Phillips, painting, etc., 1 75
Wm. J. Towne, for furnace, pipe, etc., 178 34
J. W. Parmenter & Co., for cement, 3 24
J. J. Ware, carting bricks from Cambridge,
12 75
C. H. Jenison, labor and stock,
2 25
George Spring, « 66
1 94
$312 53
21
NEW ROADS.
Seth Davis, for grading Harvard street, Auburndale, $600 00 M. G. Wheeler, in full for land damage on account of location of Harvard street, 20 00
C. E. Bowers, amount awarded him on account of street made by him from Washington street to Watertown street, 1,000 00
Timothy Feeley, damage for land taken to widen Pine street, and moving house, 30 00
Augustus Allen, building road and culvert, Pine Plain, 207 50
Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation, for freight on stone monuments from Boston, 10 00
C. R. & C. Mitchell, for granite boundary posts, 43 40
J. F. C. Hyde, cash paid sundry persons, for labor, grading, etc., on Pleasant street, 265 26
66 66 for do. labor, grading Pelham st. 76 59
Willard Marcy, for work done by Mark Coughlan on Beacon street, 22 62
$2,275 37
HIGHWAYS.
SELECTMEN SURVEYORS.
Amount expended under the direction of Thomas
Rice, Jr. :
$15 00
66 66 gravel,
23 12
Anthony Holbrook, "
15 00
66 Reuben Ware,
1 28
" Vaughan Jones, men and team,
297 67
John A. Quincy, " 66
41 25
Leonard Hurd, 66
25 24
" Wm. B. Locke, 66 66
15 30
John J. Ware, 66 66
10 37
Seth Davis,
66
66
11 25
" Adam Ardrie, labor,
5 00
Charles H, Belcher, "
9 38
" T. P. Fesenden, 66
1 87
Amount carried forward,
$684 38
Personal service,
Paid Augustus Allen, men and team,
212 65
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22
Amount brought forward, Paid Ephraim Parker, labor,
$684 38
" D. Dugan,
5 00
" Robert Ardrie,
3 75
" James McMann,
3 75
" Benj. Joy,
42 00
Michael Lee,
8 75
James Fahay,
3 75
David Murphy, 66
5 00
" John Coleman, 66
5 00
" James McBride,
3 75
" Peter Leonard,
10 93
" John Carroll, 66
3 75
" Thomas Murphy,
1 25
Andrew McCubery, 66
1 25
Wm. McIntosh,
5 62
16 Patrick Spelman,
3 75
" Mr. Fisher,
3 75
« Wm. Stewart,
10 93
" Mr. Barrett, 60
1 25
" Patrick Sweeney, 66
3 12
$856 73
Amount expended under the direction of James F. C. Hyde :
Personal service,
$28 12
Paid J. F. C. Hyde, men and team,
60 01
William Stearns,
.40 50
Calvin Rand, 66
66
17 25
Artemas Esty, 66
10 50
66 William Wiswall, "
66
3 00
James Smith,
10 10
66 Joshua Bartlett,
€6
42 12
66
A. M. Byrne,
66
13 30
66
George P. Curtis,
66
7 62
John Linn,
5 50
66
J. and J. Woodman, "
66
30 25
Isaac Kingsbury, «
66
20 50
66 D. and G. F. Stone, "
51 32
John W. Kingsbury,
66
10 50
T. J. Orange,
15 20
Horace Cousens, "
57 30
Amount carried forward,
$423 09
46 00
23
Amount brought forward,
$423 09
Paid H. C. Jepson, men and team,
20 25
William Aiken, 66
27 00
Eben Stone, 66
66
7 60
John Stearns, 66 66
40 75
66 Luther Paul, 66 66
106 00
66 Conrad Decker, 66
66
13 00
66
Richard Thomas, 66 66
11 50
66
W. W. McIntosh, 66
77 29
66 George B. Green,
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