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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
18
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
19
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
20
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
21
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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