Town of Westford annual report 1886-1895, Part 1

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 896


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ANNUAL REPORTS


OF


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF WESTFORD,


INCLUDING THOSE OF THE


SELECTMEN, TOWN CLERK, TOWN TREASURER, ASSES- SORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND LIBRARY COMMITTEE,


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 12, 1887.


ALSO,


TOWN WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 7, 1887.


LOWELL, MASS. MORNING MAIL PRINT: NO. 18 JACKSON STREET. 1887.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF WESTFORD,


INCLUDING THOSE OF THE


SELECTMEN, TOWN CLERK, TOWN TREASURER, ASSES- SORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND LIBRARY COMMITTEE,


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 12, 1887.


ALSO,


TOWN WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 7, 1887.


LOWELL, MASS. MORNING MAIL PRINT: NO. 18 JACKSON STREET. 1887.


OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF WESTFORD,


1886.


TOWN CLERK. JOSEPH B. HEALD.


SELECTMEN.


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN.


ASSESSORS.


ASAPH B. CUTTER, WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE, ISAAC E. DAY.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


EDWARD PRESCOTT, ISAAC W. CARKIN, EDWIN GOULD.


TOWN TREASURER. JOSEPH B. HEALD.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


ALVIN G. POLLEY, JOHN WILSON, FREDERICK A. FISHER,


HIRAM DANE, J. SIDNEY MOULTON, ARTHUR WRIGHT.


4


COLLECTOR OF TAXES. ISAAC E. DAY.


CONSTABLES.


ISAAC E. DAY, C. R. P. DECATUR, GEORGE REED,


WILLIAM M. LEE, JOHN J. DUNN, JOHN LANKTREE.


FENCE VIEWERS.


WILLIAM KITTREDGE, ALVIN G. POLLEY,


WAYLAND F. BALCH.


APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT POOR FARM.


ARTEMAS W. CUMMINGS, BENJAMIN PALMER, WILLIAM M. WHITNEY.


LIBRARIAN. CLARA M. WILEY.


DIRECTORS OF TOWN LIBRARY.


MRS. JOHN W. ABBOT, WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE, FREDERICK A. FISHER.


WEIGHERS OF HAY, COAL, ETC.


J. B. FLETCHER,


J. M. FLETCHER, S. H. FLETCHER, ARTHUR WRIGHT, A. J. ABBOT,


W. W. JOHNSON, N. H. WRIGHT, J. A. HEALEY,


E. A. HAMLIN,


S. A. HAMLIN, JACOB SMITH,


G. W. HEYWOOD, W. C. EDWARDS,


J. W. DAY,


C. E. W HIDDEN, A. F. CAMERON,


5


SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER, ETC.


C. L. FLETCHER,


T. E. SYMMES,


GILMER STONE,


C. E. W HIDDEN,


JACOB SMITH,


G. A. PERHAM,


THOMAS DREW,


A. S. REED,


G. H. PRESCOTT,


W. C. EDWARDS,


E. A. HAMLIN,


CYRUS HAMLIN,


W. W. JOHNSON,


J. A. HEALEY, F. H. LEWIS.


JANITOR OF TOWN HOUSE. JOSEPH H. WILSON.


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. TRUE A. BEAN.


FIELD DRIVERS.


HENRY CHAMBERLIN,


JERRY SULLIVAN, J. WILLARD FLETCHER,


FRANK L. FURBUSH,


HUGH DALEY,


FRED A. SWEATT,


JULIAN HILDRETH,


HAMMET D. WRIGHT,


CHARLES W. HARRIS.


WILLIAM M. WHITNEY,


HERBERT V. HILDRETH, ALLAN C. SARGENT,


FRED SPAULDING,


CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES. WILBERT E. PARSONS.


6


MARRIAGES,


Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, 1886.


DATE.


NAMES.


AGE.


RESIDENCE.


BIRTHPLACE.


Jan. 20 ..


Hammet D. Wright.


29


Westford


Westford.


May Emma Chandler.


22


Tyngsboro.


Iowa.


Jan. 27 ..


David A. Polley


23


Chelmsford.


Haverhill.


Ada M. Day


21


Westford


Westford.


Feb. 10 ..


William H. Wood


26


Merrimac .


Derry, N. H.


Minnie B. Riddick.


20


Westford 66


Milton, Vt.


Feb. 24 ..


Hugh Daley


27


Reading.


Kate Dufort.


22


Canada.


Mar. 31. .


Fred L. Hodgman


21


Carlisle.


Lowell.


Mary E. Butterworth.


20


Westford 66


Ohio.


May 1. ..


James S. Hughes. 22 66


66


Barrington, R. I.


May 6 .. .


Douglas C. Smith


22


Littleton


Nova Scotia.


Abbie I. M. Hutchins ..


23


Westford


Westford.


June 14. .


George A. Lambert. Alice M. Keyes


24


Westford 66


Westford.


June 15. .


Warren J. Gould


25


Lowell


Bradford, Me.


June 30. .


Samuel Warner


26


Westford


Princeton, N. J.


July 7. ..


Joseph B. Brown Effie A. Sweetzer


22


Westford


Westford.


Sept. 30.


Lyman E. Wilkins.


28


Boston ..


Westford


6.


Oct. 13 ..


John F. Kemp. Eva L. Nesmith


25


Westford


Nov. 25 ..


Edward Q. McCollester, Ella A. Hutchins.


19


Westford


Westford. 66


Dec. 22 ..


Edward A. Hamlin.


27


Hattie B. Peters.


18


Lawrence.


Dec. 23. .


Herbert W. Sanderson. Abbie L. Hutchins. . .


28 22


Shirley. Westford


Westford.


66


Westford.


May 1 ...


David C. Harris


21


Minnie A. Powell


18


England.


Melissa A. Pruvost.


22


29


Bermuda.


Nantasket.


Lizzie Jeffries


27


Ida Sargent


23


Westport, N. Y.


38


Campton, N.H. Thornton, N. H.


Ida M. Osgood


24


Quincy


Dorchester. Arlington.


23


Ayer


Groton.


BIRTHS,


Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, 1886.


DATE.


NAMES.


PARENTS' NAMES.


Jan. 17. Rosie Belle Shugrue.


Jan. 30 John Austin Healy.


Feb. 1.


Arthur Callahan. .


Charles F. and Rosanna Shugrue. John A. and Mary A. Healy. John F. and Annie Callahan.


Feb. 10.


Edgar Arthur Davis


Edwin and Emma M. Davis.


Feb. 19.


Willard Wilkerson.


Julian and Rachel E. Wilkerson.


Mar. 4 ..


Erastus B. Lewis.


Henry R. and Emily Lewis. Frank L. and Maggie C. Furbush.


Apr. 1. . William Hudson Gower


Apr. 3. .. Alexander Couture.


Apr. 4. . Alice Carnza Abbot


Apr. 5. . Allan Willard Carkin.


Augustine W. and Susie Carkin.


Apr. 7 .. Estella Maud Hartford


Apr. 16. Mabel Jane McDonald


George H. and Lizzie J. Hartford. Angus and Maggie McDonald. Dennis and Abbie Burke.


Apr. 23. Christopher D. Burke


Apr. 24. Charlotte Helen Prescott .. Noah and Frances A. Prescott.


May 20. Gracie May Horne


May 25. Edward Quinn.


May 25. Ellen Maria Taylor


May 30. Ida May Walkden


July 6. . Joseph Riley.


July 14. Garret Browne


July 14. Frank Browne.


July 26. Eva Belle Cummings


July 28. Mabel Maria Symmes


July 29 Grace Lavina Fletcher


Aug. 23. Eva Craven.


Aug.24. Edith E. Caunter


Aug.25. Martin Larkin ..


Aug.26. Levi Clinton Heywood


Aug.31. Hildreth


Aug.31. Catherine A. Sheahan


Sept.10. Bridget Heyer


Sept.24. Edna Laura Noyes


Sept.29. Elsie Maria Wilson ..


Oct. 1 ..


Leon Prescott Going


Allan Cameron Whitney


Oct. 4. . Oct. 5. Johnson Oct. 5. Johnson.


Oct. 6. . Rose Flora Hughes.


Oct. 14. Abbie Blanche Merrill.


Oct. 16. Marion Hall.


Oct. 23. Alice Mabel Howard


Nov. 18. Flora Bell Knox.


Dec. 2. . Alice Luella Prescott


Dec. 17. Anna Maria Campbell


Dec. 21. Warren Edgar Yapp


Dec. 23. Thomas Francis Flynn


Dec. 23. Fred William Leland.


Dec. 28. |Allan Lawrence Blood


Irving T. and Jennie D. Cummings. Thomas E. and Nancy A. Symmes. J. Willard and Miletta L. Fletcher. Edward and Emily L. Craven. John W. and Elizabeth J. Caunter. John and Mary Ann Larkin. George W. and Mary E. Heywood. Julian and Ellen Hildreth. Peter A. and Emma M. Sheahan. Henry A. and Bridget Heyer. Charles L. and Georgianna Noyes.


Joseph H. and Carrie Wilson. Henry K. and Nellie Going William M. and Annie M. Whitney. Wm. W. and Annie M. J. Johnson. 66


Thomas and Olive L. Hughes. David F. and Hattie E. Merrill. Harrison B. and Harriet A. Hall. Calvin L. and Mary J Howard. William Bell and Annie Knox. Nelson L. and Ella M. Prescott. John and Ellen J. Campbell. George and Sarah Yapp.


John and Ellen Flynn. George A. and Mary Leland. Charles W. and Flora B. Blood.


Mar 31.


Frank R. Furbush.


William and Mary J. Gower. Charles and Delima Couture. Abiel J. and Alice M. Abbot.


George F. and Abbie J. Horne. Thomas and Mary J. Quinn.


John P. and Fanny T. Taylor. James A. and Lydia Walkden.


Michael H. and Mary A. Riley. Garret Mclaughlin and Mary E. Browne. 66 66


8


DEATHS,


Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, 1886.


AGE.


DATE.


NAMES.


YEARS


MOS.


DAYS.


Jan. 4


Martin Wood


49


10


5


Jan. 8


Maria H. Wiley


65


5


21


Jan. 12


Albert D. Merrill.


7


Jan. 22


Lizzie Driscoll.


9


-


2


Feb. 15


Charles H. Spaulding


57


1


6


Mar. 5


Nelson Constantino


37


7


Mar. 17.


Nellie Callahan.


20


3


Mar. 26.


Mabel M. Quinn.


2


-


-


Mar. 26.


Thomas J. Sherburne


84


7


Mar. 27


Thaddeus A. Blodgett.


64


5


16


Apr. 2


Michael O'Brien.


75


Apr. 9.


Andrew Fletcher


59


8


2


Apr. 12.


Patrick Harrington


43


1


Apr. 22.


Ruth A. Boynton


62


8


-


Apr. 23


Allen R. Perham.


72


May 4


Julia L. Spaulding.


30


May 19


Sherman D. Fletcher


75


21


May 31


Albert R. Spaulding.


23


18


Aug. 7.


Christopher D. Burke


22


Aug. 23


Susan P. Leland.


83


. 8


27


Aug. 28


Rose Allard. Hildreth.


14


-


Sept. 16.


William H. Gower.


5


16


Sept 17


Alice May Clark.


3


25


Sept. 17


Bridget Heyer


6


Sept. 19


Alson Tuttle.


79


7


27


Sept. 27


Annie M. Coolidge


55


Sept. 28.


Caroline A. Hook


1


8


Oct. 5


Johnson


-


Oct. 5.


Johnson.


-


Oct. 19.


Caroline Brewer.


75


8


19


Nov. 2


Daniel J. Sullivan


28


2


12


Nov. 18.


Lucy H. Giles


71


6


Nov. 24


Sarah O'Brien.


67


-


4 1+ 00.00 3 3


15


Aug. 20.


Annie Callahan.


Aug. 31


Eli Tower. .


Apr. 20.


Roy D. Morrison.


Feb. 3


TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.


EAST CAMBRIDGE, Dec 15, 1886.


Received of J. B. Heald, Town Clerk of Westford, $236.40, on account of Dog Licenses, as per his returns to date.


J. O. HAYDEN, County Treasurer.


EAST CAMBRIDGE, Feb. 10, 1887.


Received of J. B. Heald, Town Clerk of Westford, $22.80, on account of Dog Licenses, as per his return of February 9th, 1887. J. O. HAYDEN, County Treasurer.


OWNERS OR KEEPERS OF DOGS LICENSED IN 1886.


Gould, G. E.


York, J.


Reed, W. (2)


Hildreth, Julian


Wilkerson, J. (85-86) Sullivan, F.


Palmer, B.


Cummings, E. M. (2) Wilson, J. H.


Wright, E. Burke, D.


Larkin, J.


Bannister, F.


Lewis, F. H.


Day, J. E.


Frederick, G. S.


Quinn, J.


Blodgett, L. M.


Marshall, J. Carmichael, D.


Humiston, S.


McGlinchia, J.


Shugrne, Charles


Jolly, W.


Taylor, J. P.


Downes, M. F. (2) Ward, D.


Heald. J. G.


Ingalls. G. W. (2)


Blodgett, L. W.


Clements, J.


Caldwell, O. Hall, J. H.


Dupee, G. F.


Abbot, A. J.


Perham, A.


Grover, J. C. (2)


Dane, H.


Morrison. J.


Decatur, W. H.


Stone, G.


Agnew, W.


Buckminster, E. F.


Worcester, I. S.


Feeney, J.


O'Brien, J.


Couture, C. Ireland. G. H. Felch, J. H.


Spinner, J.


Moore, E. A.


Hill, G. W. Fletcher, H. (2)


Bicknell, Ai


Davis, A. S.


O'Brien, C. Fletcher, S. D.


Hutchins, J.


Sherman, D. W.


Griffin, C. M.


Drew, F. C.


George, R. N. Fletcher, H. A. Whitney, J. Decatur, C. R. P.


Giles, I. H.


Wright, C. A.


Carmichael, J. Wright & Bemis


Meades. D. H. Nesmith. G. W. (2) Martin. F.


Comey, W. S.


Stevens. K.


Catchpole, Herbert


Desmond. J.


Hamlin, E. A. Hamlin, S. A.


Murphy, J.


Whitney, J. H.


Fletcher. E. E. Gower. W. Yapp, G.


Whitney, Mrs. S. S.


Whitney, Hiram


Leighton. A.


Whitney, E. J. Hutchins, M. F. Greig. D). Carkin, G. F.


Reed. W., 2d. Hutchins, S. E. Merrill D. ()'Brien, J.


Sargent, F. G. Haley, Mrs. J. Nutting, B. F. Abbot & Co. Wing, T. Craven, E. Sweatt, F. A. Horne, G. F. Wyman, W. W. Searles, C. J. Callahan, J. Quinn, T.


Blaisdell, A. J.


Whitney, W. M. (2)


Fletcher, B. M.


Prescott, E.


Sweetzer, J. F.


Millis, G. F. Hamlin, C.


Berry, A.


Hildreth, F. C. Prescott. J. F.


Wright, A. S.


Day, G. T.


Sheahan, A. Fletcher, L. T.


Wilson, J.


Hawkes, W. O.


AUDITORS' REPORT.


To balance cash on hand February 16, 1886 ... $1,857 24 ' cash, County Treasurer, dog tax 260 15


By cash paid .on account schools . $ 285 00


transferred to J. B. Heald. 1,832 39


$2,117 39 $2,117 39


WESTFORD, March 4th, 1886.


I have examined the accounts of Sherman D. Fletcher, Esq., from February 16th to date, and find them correct. ALLAN CAMERON, Auditor.


WESTFORD, Feb. 12, 1887.


TO THE SELECTMEN OF WESTFORD :


GENTLEMEN-I have examined the accounts of Joseph B. Heald, Town Treasurer, for the year ending at date, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.


The receipts and payments made by him during the year are as follows :


RECEIPTS.


To balance cash on hand March 4, 1886 $1,832 39


cash borrowed.


5,000 00


66


from state, corporation tax, 1886. . 66 66 1885, balance 3 86


1,224 14


bank tax, 1886. .. 778 19


6:


66


66 1885, balance 7 45


66


66


soldiers' families, 1885 590 00


Amount carried forward. $9,436 03


11


Amount brought forward.


$9,436 03


To cash from state, indigent soldiers, 1885.


267 00


66


66


66


school fund, 1885-6 177 39


66


66


66 armory rent, 1886.


175 00


County Treasurer, dog tax, 1886


212 76


66 66


66


I. W. Sprague, licenses .


150 00


66


66


66 M. F. Downs,


100 00


66


66 66 B. F. Nutting, 66


100 00


66 66


66 J. Marshall,


100 00


66


66


66 J. H. Wilson, janitor town house


70 50


66


66


66 A. Fisher, auctioneer's license .


2 00


66


66


Town of Groton, scholars to No. 3.


22 25


66


66


66 M. H. A. Evans, rent Keyes' Pond.


1 00


66


66


66


W. L Kittredge, piping


50


66


66


66


J. S. Moulton, books sold, etc.


14 11


66


66


I. E. Day, Collector, 1884 66


1885.


1,142 65


66


66


66


. .


1886, before Oct. 6 ....


9,744 93


66


66


66 66


66


66 Dec. 6. ..


1,240 75


66


66


66


66


66


66 after


223 71


66


66 interest on taxes. 35 00


66


66


Mechanics Insurance Co., dividend.


16 00


$23,965 79


PAYMENTS.


By cash for notes and interest.


$7,259 72


66


66 state tax, 1886.


915 00


66


66 to State Treasurer, licenses 112 50


66


66 Overseers of Poor.


1,994 50


66


66 on orders for incidental and other ex- penses .


7,120 24


66


66


on account of schools 4,004 20


66


on hand. 2,009 60


Total $23,965 79


NAHUM H. WRIGHT, Auditor.


county tax, 1886. . 550 03


734 21


66 66


66


ASSESSORS' REPORT.


The Assessors of the Town of Westford submit the following report:


Value of buildings exclusive of land, May 1, 1886 .... $461,631 00


66


land 66 " buildings, May 1, 1886 371,300 00


66


personal estate, May 1, 1886 175,709 00


$1,008,640 00


Amount raised for town debts and charges .. $5,000 00


66 schools .. 4,000 00


66 66 66 roads and bridges. 2,000 00


66 66 66 books and supplies. . .. 400 00


66


66 66 repairing road in the centre of the town .. . 300 00


66 to repair the Carlisle road, 600 00


66 66 purchase road machine .. 200 00


66 66 for county tax. 550 03


66


66 state tax. 915 00


66


66 overlayings 47 40


Total amount assessed $14,012 43


Tax on one hundred dollars, $1.29.


Number of polls . 506


" dwelling houses 447


66 " horses .341


" COWS. 649


66 " neat cattle other than cows 198


66 sheep 7


66 " swine 91


ASAPH B. CUTTER, ISAAC E. DAY, WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE, Assessors of Westford.


SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.


TOWN TREASURER.


S. D. Fletcher, salary as town treasurer, for year ending March 1, 1886. . $50 00


Time and expense insuring library and Parker- ville school house. 1 50


$51 50


TOWN CLERK.


J. B. Heald, salary as town clerk $12 00


Going to Groton to count votes


2 50


Copying for town report. 2 00


Recording marriages, births and deaths.


37 60


Dog license blanks.


50


Postage and express


3 86


$58 46


SELECTMEN.


George T. Day, salary . $ 5 00


Making out monthly State aid book. 6 00


Making out 24 State aid returns, under Chaps.


252 and 301, Acts 1879, Public Statutes. . . Making out town report .. 6 00


6 00


66 66 return to fire insurance commis- sioner .


1 00


Time spent in perambulating town line be- tween Westford and Groton, Carlisle and Acton .


6 00


Time looking after repairs on roads


25 00


Extra time as selectman . 25 00


$80 00


A. P. Richardson, salary . .


$ 5 00


Perambulating town line between Westford and Groton, Carlisle, Acton and Tyngsboro, 8 00 Time looking after repairs on roads 20 00


Extra time as selectman


25 00


$58 00


14


Isaac W. Carkin, salary $ 5 00


Perambulating town line between Westford and Tyngsboro. 2 00


Time looking after repairs on roads 12 00


Extra time as selectman . 15 00


$34 00


ASSESSORS.


A. B. Cutter, 25 days' time taking invoice and making taxes. . $62 50


William L. Kittredge, 28 days' time taking invoice and making taxes. 70 00 Isaac E. Day, 23} days' time taking invoice and making taxes 58 75


$191 25


TAX COLLECTOR.


Isaac E. Day, collecting $13,448.75, at 1 per cent, $134 48


Dog tax . 10 50


Poll taxes 5 00


$149 98


CONSTABLES.


I. E. Day, posting warrants for four town meetings.


.


$16 00


BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


F. L. Fletcher, attending five meetings $7 50


W. O. Hawkes, 66 four 6 00


G. J. Wright, 66 five 66 7 50


J. B. Heald,


7 50


preparing and posting notices and vot-


ing lists.


7 00


$35 50


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


J. S. Moulton, superintendent winter term, 1885-6. $50 00 Making school report. 10 00


66 return to State. 2 00


Services as book agent. 8 00


transporting books 1 75


Superintendent spring term, 1886


50 00


66 fall 66 1886 50 00


$171 75


15


ORDERS DRAWN BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR DURING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1887.


April. . by order


$360 10


May


66


312 50


66


66


147 48


June


66


104 75


66


66


151 24


August


66


183 77


66


85 35


October


66


100 74


November. 66


299 81


December .


66


144 00


February ...


104 76


$1,994 50


EXPENSE OF THE TOWN LIBRARY, INCLUDING SER- VICES OF LIBRARIAN.


Paid Clara M. Wiley, for services as librarian from January, 1886, to April, 1886. $ 18 00


Clara M. Wiley, for services as librarian from April, 1886, to January, 1887 . 45 00


Clara M. Wiley, for covering and entering new books. . 5 50


Clara M. Wiley, for moving books.


2 00


Eliza A. Babbitt, making out report and cata- logue. 3 00


Printing 500 lists of books


6 80


Directors in April.


150 00


66 December


50 00


February, 1887, from money re-


ceived for dog licenses 100 00


-


$380 30


TOWN HOUSE.


EXPENSE OF HEATING, LIGHTING AND CARE OF SAME.


Paid J. H. Wilson, services as janitor from Feb- ruary, 1886, to April, 1886. $12 50


J. H. Wilson, services as janitor from April, 1886, to February, 1887. 42 00


J. H. Wilson, for sawing 3 cords wood. 4 50


Jacob Smith, for 1 cord wood. 4 50


W. W. Johnson, for pine and oak wood . 5 89


Amount carried forward. $69 39


16


Amount carried forward. $69 39


Wm. M. Vose, for 1 cord oak wood. 5 50


Whithed & Co., for 2070 lbs. furnace coal .... 6 96


W. W. Johnson, 21,192 lbs. furnace coal, at 6.00, 63 58


J. M. Fletcher, for 65 gallons oil


8 45


brackets and screws.


14


mucilage ..


30


66


chimneys,wicks, globe, etc.


1 25


66


2 locks


1 12


Repairing lanterns


30


Sawdust ..


1 00


Wright & Fletcher, for 58 gals. oil . 66 chimneys, wicks, burn-


6 96


ers, etc. 9 18


$174 13


INCOME FROM TOWN HOUSE.


Rent of armory due from the State $175 00


Received from J. H. Wilson, janitor 70 50


$245 50


PRINTING.


Paid Campbell & Hanscom, for printing valuation


of town ... $77 00


Morning Mail Co., printing 600 copies town report 72 45


66 66


printing 800 yes and no votes on license ques- tion 1 75


book for town clerk .. 6 00


5 75


66


66


printing tax bills . . . receipts, posters, etc., as per bill . .


18 80


Vox Populi Office, printing 500 school reports, 33 60


$215 35


EXPENSE OF INSURANCE.


Paid Arthur Fenner, for renewal of insurance on


Town House. . . . $100 00


66 66


66 66


" insurance on Forge Vil- · lage school house . ... 75 00 ins'r'nce on Stony Brook school house ... 36 00


90 00


H. C. Church, for insurance on town house ... Traders & Mechanics Ins. Co., for insurance on old school house, Graniteville .. . . 40 00 Geo. W. Coburn, for insurance on Nabnasset school house 24 00


$365 00


66 66 66


66


66


17


INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.


Paid T. A. Blodgett, appraising property at town farm, 1885-6. $4 00


A. W. Cummings, appraising property at town farm, 1885-6. 4 00


A. P. Richardson, attending thirty funerals with hearse 60 00


Marshall & Hamblett, for legal services. 100 00


J. M. Fletcher, appraising property at town farm, 1886. 2 00


J. M. Fletcher, for making out report of ap- praisal for 1884-5-6. 3 00


Thomas E. Symmes, for surveying Bear Hill. 3 50 Thomas E. Symmes, for drawing plans and setting stakes on Bear Hill . 15 55


Thomas E. Symmes, for surveying road at Graniteville and making plan, from Abbot & Co.'s mill to Gregg's Corner.


4 50


J. D. McLeod, blacksmithing.


3 90


T. Magovern, shoe peddler, for damage to his wagon by being upset at corner of road near house of J. Counter, Graniteville .. . 30 00 George Tyler, of Boston, for one Victor road machine . 215 00


postage for town officers .


3 55


Hugh Mills, work at East Burying Ground .. . 6 00


Otis Keyes, repairs at hearse house .. 1 00


Alvan Fisher, building wall against his land, where gravel was removed for road pur- poses, as per agreement. 25 00


A. Bohonon, for labor and hardware for re- pairs at town house. . 8 35


S. H. Nutting, work at No. Burying Ground. 5 00


6 50


J. T. Colburn, work at W. Burying Ground. . J. M. Fletcher, for paper, envelopes, stamps, etc., for town officers.


9 81


J. T. Colburn, for meadow hay to cover trench in road. 2 98


J. H. Wilson, for trimming and lighting lan- terns for safeguard on road.


2 00


for express, telephone, etc .. 3 75


Wm. Haskell, for blanks for town house keys and fitting same . 1 00


Luther W. Blodgett, for land at fork of roads near house of J. Counter, Graniteville .. . 40 00


for writing and recording deed of same .. ...


1 65


J. H. Whitney, removing brush and cleaning common 2 00


Amount carried forward


$564 04


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Amount brought forward. $564 04


Paid J. W. Day, teaming lumber from Stony Brook school house to Centre school house ..... 1 50


Wright & Bemis, for powder, fuse, etc ...... 3 76


N. B. Robbins, Littleton, coffin for P. Har- rington . 12 00


expense of procuring coffin for P. Harrington and removing body to depot. 3 00


for liquor and innholders' blanks for licenses. . 2 60


B. & L. R. R., freight, express, etc., on road machine. 3 21


C. E. Whidden, assisting in putting together road machine. 85


B. & L. R. R., telephone and express charges, as per bill 2 98


J. B. Heald, M.D., returning 29 births, accord- ing to Sec. 1, Chap. 158, Pub. Stat. 7 25


W. C. Edwards, labor, as per bill. 2 20


Wright & Fletcher, sundries, as per bill 12 69


$616 08


REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES AND ARTICLES FURNISHED SCHOOLS.


CENTRE SCHOOL HOUSE .- TWO SCHOOLS.


Paid J. M. Fletcher, for broom. $0 35


for 6 boxes crayons. 1 20


Wright & Fletcher, brooms, etc 80


for cleaning school rooms.


1 25


for repairing locks, glazing, etc.


4 50


C. Zimmer, for two door keys


40


George Drew, for repairs.


5 00


$13 50 1


STONY BROOK SCHOOL.


Paid A. G. Polley, for removing stove from Gran- iteville, and setting up same


$2 00


C. W. Blood, for labor and material setting up stove.


2 45


J. M. Fletcher, for crayons, broom, pail, etc. . 66 for axe 1 00


1 11


for repairing clock . .


1 00


A. G. Polley, for repairs, grading, etc.


1 25


Wright & Fletcher, for crayons, ink, etc. 45


George Drew, for labor and material.


75


- $10 01


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FORGE VILLAGE SCHOOL HOUSE .- TWO SCHOOLS.


Paid J. M. Fletcher, for crayons $0 20


for grading. 2 75


George Drew, for labor and material. 3 75


C. W. Blood, for stove pipe and labor, 1885. . 2 75


$9 45


NASHOBA SCHOOL.


Paid for repairing fence. $4 25


J. M. Fletcher, for crayons.


20


P. G. Collins, for stove pipe, etc .


2 70


George Drew, for labor and material.


4 10


Wright & Fletcher, for brooms, etc. ·


42


$11 67


PARKERVILLE SCHOOL.


Paid J. M. Fletcher, for crayons, pail, etc.


$0 75


for repairing fence . .


2 75


P. G. Collins, for repairing pump, etc.


75


George Drew, for labor and material.


2 55


$6 80


MINOT'S CORNER SCHOOL.


Paid Wright & Fletcher, for crayons, broom, etc., $0 92


J. M. Fletcher, for crayons


20


for repairing fence . .


2 20


George Drew, for labor and material.


4 58


$7 90


NABNASSET SCHOOL.


Paid for repairing blackboards


$3 00


for crayons and broom.


1 00


A. G. Polley, for repairs, broom, etc.


1 35


George Drew, for labor and material .


1 75


$7 10


LONG-SOUGHT-FOR SCHOOL.


Paid for three settees.


$3 00


for hanging curtains, etc.


1 25


Hiram Dane, for cleaning out well ..


2 50


C. W. Blood, for stove pipe, zinc, labor, etc ..


12 61


Wright & Fletcher, for broom, crayons, etc. .


1 10


$20 46


LYON SCHOOL.


Paid for repairing locks, knobs, glass, etc $2 25


Wright & Fletcher, for broom, etc .. 65


-


$2 90


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GRANITEVILLE SCHOOL HOUSE .- THREE SCHOOLS. Paid F. O. Stiles, for oiling desks. $1 75 for setting glass. 50


J. P. Felch, for labor, as per bill 2 50


F. O. Stiles, for setting glass . 2 25


George Drew, for labor and material. 1 00


I. W. Carkin, for going to Chelmsford twice, about pump 1 50


$9 50


EXPENSE OF WELL AT GRANITEVILLE SCHOOL HOUSE.


By vote of the town the Selectmen were authorized to cause a well to be dug at the school house in Graniteville, and the work was let to John A. Haley, his bid being the lowest, $3 per foot, to dig, stone, and furnish covering stone. The depth of the well is 162 feet.


Total expense $49 50


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED SCHOOLS.


Paid Boston School Supply Co., readers, arith- metics, histories, etc .. $115 44


C. H. Whiting, geographies, primers, etc. 36 90


Harrison Hume & Co., readers, etc .. 48 45


Cowperthwaite & Co., readers, primers, etc .. . 88 34


Ginn & Co., arithmetics, etc. 24 08


Wm. Ware & Co., histories. 17 68


Prang Educational Co., drawing cards, etc .. .


7 34


Clark & Maynard, graded lessons 5 40


Adams & Co., 1 chair 85


66 " 6 mats.


7 60


J. M. Fletcher, 1 dozen Stafford's ink.


5 50


Shea & McOsker, window shades


23 80


R. L. Page, repairing blackboards.


25 50


C. E. Whidden, express, cartage, etc.


5 05


W. H. Spaulding & Co., window shades


3 85


J. S. Moulton, express on books. 2 30


21 00


C. Zimmer, 1 key . .


25


F. A. Frost & Co., printing 2 00


W. P. Adams, third readers


2 94


Lee & Shepard, record books.


5 00


Carroll W. Clarke, report cards, etc.


11 95


Leach, Shenell & Co., lessons.


1 38


Houghton, Mifflin & Co., arithmetics. 6 29


Geo. F. King & Merrill, paper, etc. 4 80


Appleton & Co., History Illustrated 3 00


$476 69


Sherman & Manning, window shades


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STATE AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


As Authorized by Chap. 252, Acts of 1879.


Paid-January . $59 00


February


44 00


March .


44 00


April.


44 00


May.


56 00


June.


36 00


July.


46 00


August.


36 00


September


36 00


October


36 00


November


36 00


December


36 00


$509 00


STATE AID TO SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' FAMILIES.


As Authorized by Chap. 301, Acts of 1879.


Paid-January ..


$47 50


February


47 50


March. 51 50


April


51 50


May


49 50


June


49 50


July .


52 50


August


52 50


September


52 50


October


52 50


November


52 50


December


52 50


$612 00


EXPENSE OF LOOKING UP SETTLEMENT OF APPLI- CANTS FOR STATE AID, 1886.


Paid Charles Brown, Taunton, for looking up settle-


ment of J. Tracy ..


$6 50


Eben J. Wilson, Springfield, looking up settle- ment of Tully . .. 6 00


Orlando Keefe, Brookfield, looking up settle- ment of applicant.




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