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1875-76
R.M.H.S. RESOURCE CENTER READING, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS & EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF READING,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1876,
WITH THE
REPORTS OF THE TOWN CLERK, TREASURER, COLLECTOR, SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF POOR, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ROAD COMMISSIONERS, ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY, TRUSTEES OF SINKING FUND AND AUDITORS.
READING : EDWIN L. HILL, - - - PRINTER, 1876.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS & EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF READING,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1876,
WITH THE
REPORTS OF THE TOWN CLERK, TREASURER, COLLECTOR, SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF POOR, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ROAD COMMISSIONERS, ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY, TRUSTEES OF SINKING FUND AND AUDITORS.
READING : EDWIN L. HILL, . . PRINTER, 1876.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1875-76.
Town Clerk. WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN.
J. B. LEĄTHE,
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor JOSEPH L. PRATT, JAMES REID.
Treasurer and Collector. JAMES A. BANCROFT.
School Committee.
CARROLL D. WRIGHT, CHAIRMAN,
term expires,
IS78
SOLON BANCROFT,
66
I87S
WALTER S. PARKER,
1877
HIRAM BARRUS,
66
..
IS76
EPHRAIM HUNT, (resigned.)
66
1877
J. C. COOK, (elected to fill vacancy.)
1876
HORACE G. WADLIN, SECRETARY.
1876
Road Commissioners.
JAMES A, BANCROFT, CHAIRMAN, CHARLES A. WESTON,
term expires,
66
IS76
HENRY S. LaCLAIR,
..
..
1877
Board of Health. JOSEPH L. PRATT, JAMES REID.
J. B. LEATHE,
Engineers of Fire Department. CHARLES H. LANG, CHIEF,
CHARLES H. DANFORTH, EDWARD C. NICHOLS, DAVID CROWELL, JOSEPH W. SPOKESFIELD.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. DANIEL B. LOVEJOY.
Constables.
WILLIAM L. CROWE.
HUBBARD E. COX,
Police Officers.
HUBBARD E. COX,
WILLIAM L. CROWE,
CHARLES H. ROBINSON.
Trustees of Public Library.
term expires,
1878
F. O. DEWEY,
1878
STEPHEN FOSTER,
66
1877
WILLIAM PROCTOR,
16
1876
Trustees of Cemetery.
F. O. DEWEY,
term expires,
1878
G. C. GLEASON,
16
1877
WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON,
66
16
1877
F. H. KNIGHTS,
46
66
1876
SOLON BANCROFT, TREASURER.
1876
66
66
66
1878
T. B. PRATT,
IS77
F. H. KNIGHTS,
1876
HIRAM BARRUS,
Auditors.
WILLIAM PROCTOR,
FRANCIS BARTLEY, FREDERIC BANCROFT.
66
66
1878
JOHN A. BLUNT,
EDWARD APPLETON,
Town Clerk's Report.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1875.
DATE.
NAMES.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
JOC'PATION OF FATHER.
Cabinet Maker
Shoe Manufacturer
M Simeon and Judithi
Wheelwright
Blacksmith .
Mechanic
23 E'ma Wilhelmine Wiechman
Feb
5 James Edward O'Brien 26 Hattie May Putnam
F
M James and Mary A. Daniel and Mary S.
Farmer
Mar
..
2.George W. Oliver 3 Lewis Christy Milbury 3 Lottie Harriet Brooks
.. 5 Alice MeCall
F Patrick and Margaret
M Edward S. and E:la G
Salesman
. . 10 James Henry Wilson
M James and Elizabeth JJ.
Farmer Machinist
.. 19 Ada Millett Kimball
..
21 Daisy Ardele Nichols
F Charles N. and Etta D.
('lerk
66 23 Lena May Temple
.. 29 Charlotte W. Parker
April 4 McPhe
..
9 Florence Bessey Runnels 9 Brooks
M
F Joseph F. and Lydia A. Edward F. and Mary L. John and Mary J.
Salesman
..
19 Callahan
M
F Harland P. and Nancy I. F John and Annie
Cabinet Maker
Trader
Mechanic
Farmer
Clerk
June
14 Bessie Livermore Dewey 3 Taylor 13 Harry Bancroft. McIntire 14 Agnes Wilson Copeland
F
Confectioner
M
Alfred B. and Mary A.
Carpenter
Merchant
M
Henry and Mary II.
M F Wohn B. Jr., and Mary W. William B. and Mary P.
Merchant Cabinet Maker
Farmer
Expressman
Mechanic
Painter Machinist
Farmer
Painter
F
M Charles F. and Jennie E.
Carpenter
Mechanic
Clock maker
Laborer
Nov 2 | Marion Kemp Dewey 10 Goodwin
..
11 Herbert L. Anstin
M Oliver W. and Ella A.
Machinist
Teacher
Laborer
M Bartholemew and Mary
Laborer
F Felix and Mary
Carpenter
16 Eva Arvesta Litchfield
F Hiram and Arvesta
Stahle Keeper
16 25 Carl Gibson Parker
M Frederick H. and Alice E.
Coal Dealer
.. 27. Sarah Alfaretta Carter F ; Alfred G. and Sarah L. D.
Farmer
Number of births registered for the year 1875, 58 ; Males, 29-Females, 29.
NATIVITY OF PARENTS-United States,
Father, 43
Mother,
44
Foreign,
Father, 15
Mother, 14
..
21 George Wales Ridlon
223 Elmer Holbrook Robinson Lewis
July 19 26 Hattie Pringle Jeffrey 28 Alverde Homer Parker
Ang Clarence Winslow Cummings
: 18 Edward Albert Veo
..
30 Marion Helen Garfield
30 John Alhert Channell
M M
F Moses E. and Emma E. Joshna and Hannah R.
Bank Teller
Oct. 3 John Colby Sanborn .. 11 Flora Evelyn Steven-
.. 24 Margretta Hopkins Weston 28 Jeremiah Keenan 28 Damon
M Albert P. and Elizabeth R.
Merchant
F Edgar O. and Lizzie D.
Salesman
F Marcellns B. and Hattie H.
Cabinet Maker
..
14 Grace Idelle Fox 18 Herman T. Evans
F Eli E. and Nellie J.
M Thomas A. and Esther A.
Dec 11 Bartholemew Foley 11 Marion Maggie Doucette
William L and Sophia
Jan 2 Edward Harrison Crowe .. 9 Jason Elbridge Richardson 19 .... Porter
19 Emma Elmina Totten
Robert C. and Mary A.
M H. Walter and Eili 11. Carl and Caroline
M George W. and Abbie E.
M William C. and Armor
Mechanic Mechanic
Harness Maker
.: 9 Charles Albert Batchelder
F Charles D. and Ida G.
F Warren K. and Annie M.
Mechanic
Cabinet Maker
F
F Thomas A. and Saralı A. James McPhe
Mechanic
Baggage master
Neck-tie Cutter
.. 21 |Eva Harnden Pratt McGriggin
May 2 Nelson Tracy Stone 8 Ethel Roby Lloyd .. 10 Enna Elsie Wakefield
F
Stillman N. and Sarah J. Alfred H. and Lnella R. Charies and Mary A.
F
F Francis H. and Augusta T. John Taylor
Painter
M M Adelbert C. and Almira E. Edward and Crissie C.
Milton D. and Melvina Charles W. and Susan
M M M Frank and Theresa F M. Howell and Isabel W. Daniel and Phebe A. Walter A. and Ella M.
F F George C. and Martha A. David and Mary A.
M Jeremiah and Catherine
.. Sept 4 Walter Raymond Emerson 21 Genevra Nichols 23 Mary Florence Clark
M Jason W. and Mary C.
20 Edward Emory Brown
Cabinet Maker Mechanic
F Francis E. and Clara L.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING IN 1875.
DATE.
NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE.
RESIDENCE.
OCCUPATION OF GROOM.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
-
Jan
JEli E. Fox Ella J. Bassett
25 |Weston
Teacher
Tuftonborough
Ira and Cynthia Edwin and Sarah A. H.
Rev. W. H. Hatch
Jan
20 Frank F. Temple Ida George
23 Reading
Salesman
Reading
Roswell N. and Zebiah A.
William H. Willcox
May
4 William L. Jones
39 Reading
Farmer
Weld, Me
Jacob and Elmira
G. W. Kenney, New Bos
May
19|Henry M. Brown Martha H. Appleton
31 Reading
business Boston
Edward and Francis A.
27 Wakefield
Mechanic
Montpelier, Vt
Ezekiel and Sarah A.
William Barrows
June I |Edward B. Nye Mary B. Hersey
27| Wakefield
Haverhill
John A. and Eunice B.
June
10 Andrew Mellen Hattie Neary
33| Wst Somerville
Counsellor
Nova Scotia Reading
William and Rebecca Nathan P. and Louisa W. Henry and Martha C. Isaac S. and Martha A. Thomas J. and Lydia A. Benjamin E. and Louisa M. George R. and Sally
William A. Thompson
July 1 5 Isaac Mott Cutter
27 |Wakefield
21 |Wakefield
July
Nellie F. Brown 27 George E. Parkhurst S. Fanny Turner 19 Frank D. Deming Vesta A. Moses
33| Wakefield
Overseer
Cornish, NH
Stephen B. and Nancy
William H. Willcox
Sept 8 Horace G. Wadlin Ella F. Butterfield
24 Reading
Architect
Wakefield
Daniel H. and Lucy E.
W. F. Potter, Wakefield
Sept 25 Charles Myers
Mechanic
Boston
William H. Willcox
Oct
Louisa J. McAllister 6 Merrick A. Stone
28 Reading
Merchant
Rutland
Stillman and Jennette A. William and Elizabeth A.
William H. Willcox
Oct
7 Henry Rood
28 Lynn
Shoe cutter
Winchester, Conn William H. and Elizabeth II. Reading Hiel J. and Maria
66 William H. Willcox
Josephine Nelson
25 Reading
48|Canterbury NH Teacher
35 Reading
Canterbury, NH England
Simeon B. and Polly S. George R. and Sally
William H. Willcox
June
29|Sydney P. Pratt 25 Reading Ella Louise Kingman 25 Reading
at law New York, NY
Chair maker Charlestown Scituate
26 Woburn
Engineer
Charlestown
W. S. Barnes, Woburn
27 Reading
England
Aug
27 Stoneham
Stoneham
Nehemiah and Hannah
Saugus
E. Averhill and S. Esther William and Sarah
22 Wakefield 40 Reading 25 Reading
Reading
Benjamin and Mary A.
Rosa Annette Brooks |30 Reading
Reading
Oct
7 |Lyman B. Foster Jennie Turner
NI AGE.
29|New BostonNH 42 | Reading
Shoe
Reading
Jeddie and Sophia B.
" William Barrows
35| Wakefield
Shoe maker Albany, NY
Andrew and Jane
William A. Thompson
22 Reading
Reading
Methuen
Frederick and Mira
21 Reading
Sarah A. Russell
New Boston, NH Ezekiel and Nancy J.
[ton, NH
" James K. Ewer
Oct 7 |Frank W. Hunton Ilelen M. Blood
25 Reading 23 Reading
Cabinet | Reading
Harry and Adaline A.
" E. B. Fairchild
Oct
26 Eugene I .. Lovejoy Lizzie A. Robinson
24 Reading
22 Chelsea
Brookline
Merchant
Wellfleet Frenchtown, NJ
Amariah and Elizabeth A. Jeremiah G. and Susan R. William and Jane William and Temperance Henry P. and Lucy A.
66 John II. Mansfield, C'hel- [sea
Nov
Oct 27 William G. Hawes Annie W. Guilford 7 Henry Lachance Effie A. Bunker IO Frank E. Crafts Jennette N. Watling
18 Reading
23 Reading
23 Newton
H. J. Fitzpatrick, West [Newton Henry A. Metcalf, Mel-
Nov UI William S. Arrington 40 Janesville, Wis, Shoe cutter Sophia H. Gibson 27 Reading
Barnstable
Dec
16, George Hagar Agnes L. Bessey
19 Reading
master Reading
Seth and Martha
James and Sophia H. [rose @ Charles U. Dunning, George and Martha [Lawrence
Whole number of Marriages registered in Reading for the year 1875, NATIVITY OF PERSONS MARRIED.
22
United States, . Foreign,
Males, 66
22
none
Females, 18 4
William II. Willcox
,28 Reading
|24 Swampscot
18 Reading
W. H. Hatch
Nov
Finisher Lowell and Martha Newark, Vt William B. and Olive R. Book keeper Newton Nathan and Serena H. John and Jessie William M. and Lydia H. New Brunswick Salem
Baggage Charlestown
22 Reading
maker Reading ('lerk Reading
6
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN 1875.
DATE.
NAMES.
YMD
HUSBAND.
Jan
11 Rebecca C. Hodgdon
62 8 29 Stephen C. and Sarah
66
22 Esther Damon
74 11 15
and Eliza Anstin
Pneumonia
27 Charles Gerritson
1
Charles and Emma
Malformed heart
66
17 Charles H. Ellis
34 11
William B. and Sarah E.
Consumption
Feb
3 Jane Thayer
71 10
Eliphalet Thayer
Fracture of thigh
66 4 Abbie M. Mentzen
27 5
13 Hiel J. and MariaW. Nelson Consumption
7 Noyes Carleton
86
7 Samnel and Susannah
Pneumonia, old age
66
12 Mary P. Weston
72'9
Eliab and Polly Parker
Paralysis Old age
66
25 Hattie E. Eames
8
8 Leonard T. and Emily M.
Measles
66
28 Mary A. Pitman
25 8 8 E. M. and M. L. Pitman
Gastric fever
Mar
29 James J. McKenney
15 4
13 Owen and Bridget
Unknown
Consumption
Apoplexy
66 10 Mahala Bancroft
Cirrtoris anemia
66
17 Hiram F. Randall
2
4
66 29 Abner Bancroft
719
Timothy and Lydia
Consumption
May 1 | Harry E. Nute
5 7
10 J. H. and Florence A.
Pleuro pneumonia
6 6
13 Calvin Temple
69.6
28 Daniel and Sarah
Pneumonia
66
23 Charles B. McIntire
53
Consumption
66 25 Sophia B. Brown
80 6
June 14 Ivory Murray
80 2
11
66
20 Horatio G. Brown
77 2
19 John and Mary
Old age
66 21 Gracie F. Broad
3
11 N. W. and Mary E.
Pneumonia
July 2 Charlotte W. Parker
3
4 Thomas A. and Sarah A.
Bronchitis (acute)
Aug 8, Frederick E. Hibbert
18 8 3 Joseph and Mary P.
Thrombosis of heart
16 Charles I. Witt
16 H. C. and Eliza J. . 5
Hydrocephalus
66 16 Abbot N. Hutchins
19 2 Lnther and Julia F.
Typhoid fever
17 Fannie Estella Temple
7
28 William H and Ruth A.
Disease of brain
66 19 Aaron Parker
87 6
Aaron and Jerusha
Old age
.. 30 Nancy Kimball 1 Cynthia Tibbetts
71 Enos Tibbetts
Effusion on brain
66 9 Eliza N. Coburn
53 2 24 Josiah W. Coburn
Typhoid dysentery
66
15
Lewis
2 John B. Jr, and Mary U. Charles T. and Emma
Dysentery, canker
66
17 William AugustusThompson 29 Eunice Ricker
60
Levi and Mary
Congestion of lungs
Oct 1 |Mary E. Nichols
22 1
6 William G. and Mary Samnel Stevens
Dysentery erysipelas
66
16 Frances E. Walker
37 2
16 War'n and Susan B. Fletcher Consumption
66
25 Rebecca Weston
75 1
20 Jonathan & Pearn Baldwin Accidental
3 Thomas H. Day
30 Thomas C. and Elizabeth B Consumption 2 Marcellus B. and Hattie H. Malformat'n of heart
66
20 Lyman Pratt
57
5
15 Daniel and Betsey
Plnemo plenritis
Dec
23 George W. Oliver
10 George W. and Abbie E.
Tuberculur menser-
66
29 Sarah A. Stone
50 4
28 Cleaveland B. and Sally Holt Pneumonia [gitis
30 Herbert W. Leathe
21 5 James S. and Ann M.
Consumption
Sept
5 George S. Hearn
32 1 27 Jeremiah and Martha
Hemorrhage of hnings
16
Colby
36|10 William and Eliza W.
Typhoid dysentery
66
23 Aaron McIntire
83 5 27 Aaron and Sarah
Old age
30 Edith Broad
11 19 N. W. and Mary E.
Cholera infantum
46 1 15 James D. Kimball
Consumption
3714
10 Sherebiah Webber
Pneumonia
19 Betsey Lovejoy
74 5
19 Benjamin and Mary Smith Benjamin and Susannah John and Miranda Timothy and Lydia
Paralysis
22 Pamelia Parker
77
24 Joseph Bancroft 13 George Batchelder 5 Hiram G. and Eliza Edwin and Helen
Brights disease Small pox
.6 17 Edward F. Gilpatrick
Consumption
.6 11 Rebecca E. Batchelder
69 8 8
in fa nt Edward F. and Mary L.
60 4
24 Timothy and Susannah
22 William Wakefield
8713
53 Daniel and Mary
April 3|Dennis Lahan 9 Emma L. Richardson 9 Brooks .
AGE
NAMES OF PARENTS
OR
CAUSE.
Whole number of deaths registered for the year 1875, 53; Males, 30-Females, 28. NATIVITY-Reading, 33 Other towns in U. S., 24 Foreign, 1
Cerebro menengitis
66 2 Timothy Stevens
80 6
Nov 66 11 Mary B. Goodwin
21 Herman T. Evans
3 Thomas A. and Esther A.
Imperforate Anus
4 Emily V. Ellery
29
GeorgeW.and Ellen W.Soule Dropsy
Paralysis
Pneumonia
Old age, dropsy
11 Arsanah Webber
27 11 9 Richard B. and Louisa
Pneumonia
Cholera infantum
WILLIAM J. WIGHTMAN, TOWN CLERK.
Receipts and Expenditures.
ALMSHOUSE. DR.
For amount of inventory of March Ist., 1875,
$2630 77
groceries,
302 75
flour and bread,
153 66
grain and meal,
-
171 75
provisions,
-
263 59
fish, -
21 41
bedding and clothing,
27 44
furniture,
3º 49
produce,
14 58
wood and coal, -
288 88
wheelwright and blacksmith bills,
36 47
hired labor, -
41 70
medicine, -
-
19 95
medical services,
-
22 00
repair on buildings, -
29 53
farming tools,
2 65
funeral expense of H. G. Brown.
27 00
salary of keeper,
454 17
--- $4538 79
ALMSHOUSE. CR.
By labor on highways,
-
$343 63
wood sold, - -
418 33
lighting street lamps,
-
75 00
board of sundry persons,
-
-
-
265 00
labor for sundry persons,
8 75
produce sold,
29 63
stock sold,
68 17
cash from collection of bills of previous years,
62 22
amount old bills considered worthless, thown out, -
109 35
lodging and food for 853 tramps, at 5octs., 426 50
inventory of March Ist., 1876, 2448 81
Net expense of poor at house,
-$4255 39 $283 40
8
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY MARCH 1, 1876.
Furniture,
$262 21
Bed and bedding,
3º3 50
Stoves and fixtures,
92 50
Provisions,
115 24
Manure,
75 00
Horse, -
200 00
Cow, -
-
60 00
Swine,
45 00
Two carts,
135 00
Farm wagon,
80 00
Light wagon, -
75 00
Stone wagon,
20 00
Horse sled,
25 00
Sleigh,
5 00
Mowing machine,
50 00
Farming untensils,
194 59
Hay,
95 00
Grain and meal, -
19 00
Fowls,
15 75
Wood and coal,
288 06
Posts, lumber and brick, -
16 00
Arches for building cisterns, -
10 00
Bills due for labor, &c., -
266 96
-$2448 81
NAMES AND AGES OF INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE.
YEARS.
Widow John McIntire, -
79
Miss Caroline Wiley, - - -
69
Alpheus Austin,
56
Horatio G. Brown, (died June, 1875,)
- -
77
Catherine O'Keefe,
69
James A. Hunter, -
32
Whole number during the year, 6
Present number,
5
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Paid for supplies for Ivory Murray,
$17 27
medical attendance, - -
5 50
AMOUNT . CARRIED FORWARD, $22 77
-
-
-
9
AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD, -
$22 77
Paid for supplies for Mary A. Blanchard and family,
28 25
rent ..
7 50
fuel
39 75
·
75 50
rent Widow Calvin Nichols and family
17 50
fuel 66 66
24 50
boots,
4 00
46 00
supplies " Levi Blanchard and family,
2 00
medical attendance and medicine,
13 25
fuel for Joshua Keller
8 94
medical attendance
18 00
removal to State Almshouse,
4 10
31 04
medical attendance for Thomas Miller, 12 50
board and nursing,
7 50
removal to State Almshouse, -
5 05
supplies for Hannah Welch to City of Boston,
16 24
66
Town of Quincy, 2 50
18 74
Edmund Grover to City of Boston,
43 63
burial of child of George Blake to City of Chelsea, supplies for Benjamin Weston and family, fuel
4º 53
232 41
board of DaniedSullivan to State Reform School,
26 00
supplies for Aaron McIntire and family, 15 00
rent
66
-
24 00
wood
-
40 96
medical attendance
-
2 50
82 46
coal and wood for William Pierce and family,
59 78
supplies to Widow Abbie E. Oliver and family, -
128 14
Orville N. Wilder and family,
15 00
board of Abigail P. Beers to State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, 196 90
supplies for Joseph Bryant and wife, - -
188 48
H. Walter Brown, 66 89
-
21 50
. supplies for Herbert W. Leathe,
19 65
€6 Widow Morris Donegan and family, 59 62
31 75
medical attendance,
91 37
AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD,
$1418 56
66
15 25
25 05
12 00
191 88
coal for
88 39
IO
AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD, Paid for supplies for Langdon Blanchard,
$1418 56 13 00
medical attendance, 10 00
57 15
wood for Mrs. John Judkins,
4 22
rent for Freeman family,
24 00
supplies for John H. Daland and family,
1 00
railroad tickets for transient paupers, -
90
$1531 83
Due from Town of Wakefield for supplies for Widow Abbie E.
Oliver,
$128 14
Town of Wakefield for supplies for H. Walter Brown, 88 39
Malden
Sarah L. Penney, 57 15
City of Springfield
O. N. Wilder, 15 00
$288 68
Net expense of poor out of house,
$1243 15
Net expense of poor in house, - -
-
283 40
Whole expense of poor out and in the house,
$1526 55
EXPENSE CONNECTED WITH SMALL POX CASES.
Supplies furnished tenants confined to house by order of Board
of Health,
$43 31
for disenfectants and fumigating tenements, 12 00
$55 31
STATE AID.
Paid Lucy J. Allen,
$48 00
Mary A. Blanchard,
48 00
Dorcas Berry,
48 00
George W. Carlton,
18 00
William W. Davis,
72 00
Lydia C. Eaton,
48 00
Caroline Goodwin,
48 00
Sarah Hetler,
48 00
I .. W. Krook,
36 00
Chas. B. Leathe,
168 00
Rebecca Lloyd,
48 00
Benjamin McAllister,
72 00
William Mears,
72 00
. Edward Manning, -
54 00
Sarah Nichols,
-
48 00
AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD,
~ $876 00
1
Sarah L. Penney and child,
47 15
-
AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD,
$876 00
Paid Catherine O'Keefe,
28 00
Margaret Pinkham, -
48 00
William B. Reed, -
21 00
Harriet C. Robinson,
48 00
Eliza Stevens,
48 00
Harriet Young,
48 00 $1117 00
WATCHMAN.
Paid Harris Austin, for services as night watchman, $67 50
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Wm. J. Wightman, for services as School Committee for 1874-5, $75 00 - Carroll D. Wright, for services as School Committe for 1874-5, 55 00
Walter S. Parker, for services as School Committee for 1874-5, 30 00
Hiram Barrus, 66 66 66 15 00 66
Solon Bancroft, 66 66 66
66 30 00
Horace G. Wadlin, “ 66 66 66 “.1875-6, 50 00
James Reid, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor. 260 00
J. B. Leathe, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor, 260 00
J. L. Pratt, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor, 142 00
James A. Bancroft, for services as Treasurer and Collector, 325 00
66 Road Commissioner, 50 00
Chas. A. Weston, 66 66 50 00
66 Henry S. LaClair, 66 66
66 50 00
Wm. J. Wightman, 66 Town Clerk, 25 00
66 " recording births, deaths and marriages, 51 50
66 66 making other official records, 12 00
66
66 " services at convention for issuing .
certificate to Representative, 2 00
II. E. Cox, for services as Constable, -
-
23 00
Wm. L. Crowe, for services as Constable,
-
21 00
J. A. Blunt,
" Police Officer,
-
8 00
Solon Bancroft, 66 66 66 Auditor for the year ending
March, 1874,
5 00 D. B. Lovejoy, for services as Sealer of Weights and Measures, 20 00 -$1559 50
12
TOWN OFFICE.
Paid William Proctor, for rent of office, -
-
$150 00
for wood and coal,
-
13 00
railroad tickets,
-
-
6 40
postage,
2 00
expressing, -
9 30
washing windows, -
1 00
stationery,
.
7 13
general statutes and supplement,
6 50
- $195 33
PRINTING.
Paid for printing Town Reports for 1875,
$142 76
for schools,
II 00
dog licenses,
1 00
notice to owners of dogs,
I So
for Selectmen and Collector, -
65 25
$221 81
EXPENSE IN CASE OF GEO. F. COOK vs. TOWN
OF READING.
Paid C. P. Judd, for legal services, $119 00
Train and Teele, for legal services, 200 00
Gilman Kimball, M. D., for services as expert, 50 00
F. B. Kimball, M. I., 6 25 00
Wm. W. Davis, services as surveyor,
12 CO
Bancroft & Temple, for model of sidewalk,
1 00
Witness fees and summoning, 85 67
Selectmen and Treasurer for services, -
34 20
William B. Stevens, Attorney for Geo. F. Cook, for damages, 2750 00
----- $3276 87
EXPENSE IN CASE OF CORA E. ALLEN vs. TOWN OF READING.
Paid S. P. Breed, Geo. Foster and Benjamin Hibbard, services
· as referees, $30 00
Solon Bancroft, Esq., for drawing agreement, -
2 00
F. B. Kimball, M. D., witness fees, -
3 00
II. E. Cox, refreshments for referees, -
1 50
Selectmen and Treasurer, for services and expenses, 20 00
Cora E. Allen, for damages as per award of referees, - 550 CO
$606 50
-
-
-
-
-
.
13
EXPENSES IN CASE OF JOSEPH WHITTREDGE VS. TOWN OF READING.
Paid Solon Bancroft, Esq., for legal services, $50 00
W. W. Davis, for services as Surveyor, 7 00
II. Barrows, for labor on plan of street, I 50
witness fees and summoning, 17 IO
Selectmen and Treasurer, for services, 14 IO $89 70
LAND DAMAGES FOR WIDENING AND STRAIGHT ENING STREETS.
Paid William H. Rood for land taken to widen and straighten
South Street,
$43 34
Martha J. Greenwood for land taken to widen and straighten Green Street, 100 00
T. T. Greenwood's heirs for land taken to widen and straighten Green Street, 900 00
Joseph Hibbert, Jr., for land taken to widen and straighten Highland Street, 25 00
Henry W. Kummer for land taken to widen and straighten Highland Street, 25 00
-$1093 34
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Citizens Gas Light Company for gas,
$190 53 .
Globe
naptha
19 34
for lighting,
137 25
express charges and alcohol,
2 80
J. C. Cook for repairs,
-
9 45
sundry expenses,
6 88
$366 25
Globe Gas Light Co. for 8 lanterns and 7 naptha burners, $III 00
J. W. Bartlett for boulevarde lantern, 9 38
49 37
$169 75
$536 00
'REPAIRS ON CISTERNS.
Paid Edward Parker for labor and materials, -
$IOI 43
Thomas A. Evans 66 - - -
5 00
H. B. Emerson for cement, - -
12 80
Thomas LaChance for labor, -
6 13
T. F. Gould for iron work, - -
2 56
AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD,
-
-
-
$127 92
for posts, ironing and setting same,
14
AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD, $127 92
Paid Samuel Brown for lumber,
3 37
David Crowell for labor and material,
69 23
M. A. Stone for drain pipe,
2 12
Boston & Maine Railroad for freight on cement, - 96
George Bancroft for sand in 1874, -
9 00
$212 60
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Reading Veteran Association, $100 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
For 1872,
$3 57
1873,
79 02
1874,
-
200 29
1875,
-
24 17
$307 05
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Lyceum Hall Association for use of hall for town meetings, $40 00
W. H. Wightman tending check list, 3.00
Henry S. LaClair 66
66 3 00
G. C. Gleason for returning deaths to Town Clerk,
13 25
James A. Bancroft for surveying line between Reading and Woburn in 1874, 10 00
Charles A. Weston for assisting in surveying line between Reading and Woburn in 1874, 4 50
C. A. Weston for teaming, lettering and setting bound stone, 3 50
Lynnfield Granite Company for town bound stone, 2 63
Henry Richardson for damages to carriage on Salem street, 8 50
A. A. Prescott for legal services in 1873, - 3 00
" specifications and contract for Hancock
Engine House, 10 00
H. E. Cox for dinners for County Commissioners, -
2 50
George W. Dean for ringing bell, - 3 00 -
William Maynard horse hire for Selectmen, -
1 00
Nathan Bancroft for care and repair of town flag, 7 00
$114 88
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation for schools, $9000 00
incidental school expenses, - 1000 00
AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD, -$10000 00
15
AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD,
$10000 00
Appropriation for repairs of highways,
3000 00
construction of Summer street,
I200 00
fire department,
1700 00
improvement of cemetery,
300 00
sinking fund,
2365 00
interest on town debt,
4400 00
decoration of soldier's graves,
-
100 00
ordinary expenses, -
Overlaying of taxes,
State tax,
2560 00
County tax,
1642 31
State aid,
1518 73
Corporation tax, -
501 05
Bank tax,
593 84
Massachusetts school fund,
255 26
Dog licenses,
211 39
Auctioneer license,
4 00
Liquor licenses, -
150 00
Discount on county tax, -
12 32
Interest on taxes,
599 39
Interest on deposits, Tuition,
16 12
Stone and loam sold,
20 00
Betterments,
145 00
Drain pipe sold, -
27 71
Cash from town of Woburn, for support of Asahel Porter, - [37 00
Due from town of Woburn for expense running line and bound stone, ·
10 32
Due from town of Wakefield for supplies for Abbie E. Oliver,
128 14
66
66 66 66 66 H. Walter Brown, 88 39
66
66 66 Malden, 66 66 Sarah L. Penney, 57 15
city of Springfield 66 O. N. Wilder, 15 00
- -- $41284 15
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for schools,
- $9426 61
school incidentals, -
-
1611 64
supplies at almshouse, -
·
637 29
poor out of almshouse,
-
1531 83
expense connected with small pox,
55 31
town officers,
1 559 50
town office, -
195 33
AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD
$15017 51
.
20 00
·
8000 00
1506 03
16
AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD, $16017 61
Paid for printing,
221 81
public library,
359.62
cemetery,
258 03
land damage,
1093 34
street lamps,
536 00
repairs of highway,
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