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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
Town of Wilmington,
WITH
TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS,
AND THE
Report of the School Committee,
ALSO THE
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1894.
WAKEFIELD, MASS. : PRINTED AP THE CITIZEN AND BANNER OFFICE 1894.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
Town of Wilmington,
WITH
TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS,
AND THE 0
Report of the School Committee,
ALSO THE
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1894.
WAKEFIELD, MASS. : PRINTED AT THE CITIZEN AND BANNER OFFICE.
1894.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1893.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. EDWARD M. NICHOLS, EDWIN L. HALEY, JOHN T WILD.
TOWN CLERK. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.
TREASURER. FRED A. EAMES.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
FRED A. EAMES.
AUDITORS.
WARREN EAMES, HOWARD M. HORTON,
CHARLES E. HUDSON.
CONSTABLE. SAMUEL R. RICE.
POLICE.
CHARLES B. HALEY, Chief, WM. E. TAYLOR,
DANIEL C. NORCROSS,
WALTER D. CARTER,
REUBEN HAWORTH, JR., LEVI SWAIN,
ARTHUR G. SIDELINKER, GEORGE H. SPAULDING.
KEEPER OF LOCKUP. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.
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FENCE VIEWERS. EDWARD M. NICHOLS, EDWIN L. HALEY, JOHN T. WILD.
FIELD DRIVERS.
OTIS C. BUCK, GEORGE E. CARTER, CHARLES E. CARTER, JOHN BAILEY, EDWIN L. HALEY. 9
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
J. HARVEY CARTER,
HENRY L. CARTER,
JAMES E. KELLEY, HOWARD M. HORTON,
GEORGE E. BUCK.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK.
JAMES E. KELLEY,
EDWARD A. CARTER,
HENRY L. CARTER,
HENRY B. NICHOLS,
HOWARD M. HORTON, W. WARREN CARTER,
MEASURER OF LEATHER. JAMES E. KELLEY.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
EDWARD M. NICHOLS, W. WARREN CARTER, GEORGE A. HART.
POUND KEEPER. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. WILLIAM H. CARTER, 2ND.
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UNDERTAKER. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.
SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE. GEORGE H. SPAULDING.
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE. HENRY L. CARTER.
FIRE AND FOREST WARDENS.
WILLIAM H. CARTER, 2ND,
JAMES E. KELLEY,
HOWARD M. HORTON, ALVIN C. PHELPS,
WALTER D. CARTER,
WILLIAM L. KELLEY,
· ALGERNON WEYMOUTH, GEORGE E. CARTER,
CHARLES McPHAIL, OTIS GOWING.
BALLOT INSPECTORS.
JOHN GRANFIELD, EDWARD N. EAMES.
DEPUTY INSPECTORS. HENRY L. CARTER, PETER McMAHON.
CEMETRY COMMITTEE.
J. HOWARD EAMES, Term expires March, 1896. JAMES B. NICHOLS, Term expires March, 1895. HENRY SHELDON, Term expires March, 1894.
COMMON COMMITTEE. JAMES B. NICHOLS, Term expires March, 1896. EDWARD M. NICHOLS, Term expires March, 1895. OTIS C. BUCK, Term expires March, 1894.
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SCHOOL COMMMITTEE.
ARTHUR O. BUCK, Term expires March, 1896. ARTHUR T. BOND, Term expires March, 1895. MRS. SARAH R. PARKER, Term expires March, 1894.
LIBRARIAN OF PUBLIC LIBRARY. FRANCENE A. BUCK.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ARTHUR O. BUCK, Term expires March, 1896.
GEORGE E. CARTER, Term expires March, 1896. OTIS GOWING, Term expires March, 1895. CHARLES W. SWAIN, Term expires March, 1895. EDWARD M. NICHOLS, Term expires March, 1894. EDWARD N. EAMES, Term expires March, 1894.
LIST OF JURORS REVISED OCT. 1, 1893.
HORATIO G. LITTLEFIELD, WILLIAM H. CARTER, 2ND,
JONATHAN B. MORRIS, JAMES E. KELLEY,
MARTIN F. HOLT, JUSTIN L. PARKER,
OTHNIEI, EAMES, GEORGE W. BUCK,
CHARLES B. HALEY, MILTON T. HOLT,
BARNARD MCENROE, ARTHUR W. EAMES,
GEORGE W. SIDELINKER, PETER McMAHON.
Report of Selectmen and Assessors.
GENERAL EXPENDITURES.
FINANCIAL. YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 9, 1894.
OUTSTANDING, FEBRUARY 15, 1893.
Town Officers.
Paid Daniel C. Norcross, services Constable, 1892, $45 00
" Warren Eames, Auditing Accounts of Town, 1892, 30 00
" C. W. Clark, assistance rendered Auditors, 55 00
$130 00
Outside Poor.
Paid city of Woburn, acct. Hannah Upton, $55 15
" Julia Crockett, acct. Ed. C. Miller's family, 6 50
$61 65
Miscellaneous.
Paid Henry L. Carter, services as Inspec- tor of Cattle, 1892, $6 00
66 Dr. Allen, 3 00
$9 00
Schools.
Paid Harriet V. Elliot, Teacher, $96 25
" Lou M. Thomas, 78 75
" Blan Alexander, 66
63 00
Helen H. Buck,
63 00
Nettie M. Buck, 63 00
" Lizzie F. Webber, 66
56 00
Amount carried forward,
$420 00
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Amount brought forward, $420 CO
Paid Sylvia E. Prescott, Teacher,
56 00
Cora M. Fitch,
49 00
Frank R. Carter, Janitor,
12 00
Mary Regan, 6 00
66
Lewis Holt, 66
6 00
Leslie L. Taylor, 6 00
Willie M. Boynton, 6 00
-- $561 00
Town Officers.
Paid Edward M. Nichols, for services as
Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor, $125 00
Extra services rendered the Lowell and Reading Street Railway Co., 41 33
Services as Town Clerk, 40 00
" Registrar of Voters, 10 00
Paid Edwin L. Haley, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor. 125 00
Extra services rendered Lowell and Reading Street Railway Co., 41 44
Registrar of Voters, 10 00
Paid John T. Wild, for services as
Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor, 125 00
Extra services rendered Lowell and Reading Street Railway Co., 41 33
Registrar of Voters, 10 00
Paid Fred A. Eames for services as Treasurer, 75 00
Collecting $8001.1I Taxes at 2 per
cent. for the year 1893, 160 02
Paid Arthur O. Buck, for services as School Committee, 35 00
Paid Arthur T. Bond, for services as School Committee, 35 00
Paid Sarah R. Parker, for services as School Committee, 35 00
Postage Stamps, 2 00
Amount carried forward, $911 12
9
Amount brought forward, $911 12
Paid Samuel R. Rice, for services as Constable,
25 00
Paid Edward W. Eames, Ballot Inspector,
10 00
John Granfield,
10 00
1
Warren Taylor,
5 00
66 John Kelley, 5 00
Peter McMahon, 66
5 00
$971 12 -
Highways.
Paid William H. Carter, Labor,
$630 48
J. Brabrant,
152 06
Fred Brabrant,
164 45
D. Brabrant,
152 06
Charles Blake,
163 39
WV. McIntosh,
35 87
Wallace Carter,
109 81
B. F. Kidder,
59 21
Otis Carter,
47 26
" Algernon Weymouth, “
10 00
Town Farm,
287 89
$1,812 48
Material and Supplies.
Paid William H. Carter, 2nd, Supt. Salary, $75 00
Wm. H. Carter, 2nd, Gravel,
31 15
" Gilman Gowing,
8 20
F. Hathaway, 66
2 46
John Bailey, 6:
35
66
J. Granfield,
19 85
J. Doucette, 66
17 25
Levi Swain,
II 50
66
Maria Avery,
3 65
66 Frank S. Bedell,
1 60
66 I. E. Morse,
13 88
66 Walter D. Carter, ..
17 00
L. Thompson, Tools,
2 55
J. H. Carter,
2 42
S. R. McIntosh, repairing “
8 05
" John W. Perry, ..
4 20
$219 11
10
Removing Snow.
Paid F. Brabrant, $14 17
" F. W. Kidder, 10 67
" C. E. Carter, 4 33
" Wm. H. Carter, 2d,
36 92
" E. A. Carter,
5 59
" Otis Carter,
12 50
" A. Butters,
6 17
" D. Butters,
83
" H. A. Sheldon,
3 42
" G. T. Eames,
5 67
" Samuel Rice, 5 67
" George Allen,
10 34
" H. Buck,
4 50
" A. Babine,
3 00
" P. Muse,
I 17
. W. H. Boutwell,
14 00
" James Conway,
9 00
" Watson Alexander,
15 34
" Charles Blake,
2 00
" James Hale,
50
" H. Tay,
2 67
" P. Cassidy,
3 00
" Othniel Eames,
12 83
" M. Hayden,
3 34
" W. McIntosh,
3 58
" Charles Blaisdell,
83
" John Bailey,
2 40
" B. F. Kidder,
12 50
" J. L. Parker,
6 50
" Town Farm,
26 08
" W. D. Carter,
40 00
" Arthur Carter,
4 67
" Geo. E. Carter,
4 33
" G. Blaisdell,
75
" F. W. Carter,
10 67
" G. F. Carter,
13 24
Amount carried forward, $313 18
11
Amount brought forward, $313 18
Paid T. McDonald,
8 43
" C. J. Sargent,
" E. N. Eames, 3 83
1 42
" H. L. Carter,
2
I 7
" J. W. Murray,
2 00
" I. E. Morse,
75
" J. H. Eames,
2 67
" W. Heath,
3 67
" A. McDonald,
2 41
" J. H. Buck,
3 17
" H. L. Sheldon,
5 00
" S. Sargent,
5 88
" M. F. Holt,
9 26
4. E. E. Swain,
3 67
" M. 'T. Holt,
2 17
" C. Perry,
50
" Sylvester Carter, 24 00
" Robert Leslie,
6 55
"' W. A. Frost,
I 67
" A. P. Pearson,
53 75
" A. W. Eames,
8 35
" L. Getchell, 6 75
" Wm. Stevens,
5 01
" T. White,
3 50
" T. Dugan,
I 66
" W. Jaques,
4 00
" Joseph Laphan,
4 59
" G. W. Sidelinker,
9 53
" John Morrill,
21 58
" L. F. Manning,
5 66
" J. Gowing,
1 17
" E. E. Poor,
14 34
E. E. Jennings,
4 31
" J. Babine,
3 17
" J. Doucette,
15 85
" Edward Mears,
83
" Frank Jennings,
I 53
" Levi Swain, 50
$568 28
12
Poor account, Town Farm.
Paid Buck Bros., groceries and grain, $313 90
" C. E. Hudson, 66 293 34
" J. W. Murray, 76 24
66
" E. N. Eames, meats and provisions, 121 05
" C. E. Carter, 81 10
" J. L. Parker, grain, 14 25
" Nichols & Brooks, horse,
150 00
" Ames Plow Co., mowing machine, 38 00 " horse rake, 20 00
" John W. Perry, blacksmith,
39 21
" S. R. McIntosh, 13 55
" M. T. Holt, wheelwright, 6 00
" D. T. Buzzell, medical attendance,
6 00
" E. M. Nichols, funeral expenses,
28 00
" A. H. Fisher, horse nets, 4 50
" G. H. Spaulding, I year salary, 370 84
$1,575 98
Outside Poor.
Paid Danvers Lunatic Asylum, account of George S. Eames, $186 64
acct. Mary White, 175 12
" Westboro Insane Asylum, account of Sarah M. Woodman, 169 48
" Edward M. Nichols, burial of un- known man killed by cars 12 00
Furnishing Almshouse. $543 24
Paid W. P. B. Brooks & Co., furniture. $148 75
SCHOOLS.
Paid Harriet V. Elliott, High, 33 weeks, $532 50
" Ellen A. Elliott, Gram., 31 348 75
66
" Blan Alexander, Sub-Gram., 6 54 00
" Florence J. Bearse, 27 66 216 00
Amount carried forward, $1151 25
13
Amount brought forward, $1151 25
Paid Anna Batchelder, Primary, I 2 weeks, 96 00
" Sylvia E. Prescott, 2 I
66 189 00
" Nettie M. Buck, North, 33
66
297 00
" Lizzie F. Webber, East, I2 66
96 00
" Etta A. Swain, East, 2 1 66
152 00
" Sylvia E. Prescott, South, I2
66
96 00
" Alice B. Cherrington, South, 12 66 96 00
" Jennie L. Sherman, South, 9
66 72 00
" Cora M. Fitch, West, 12
96 00
" Lillie A. Collins, West, 2I
66
168 00
" Lou M. Thomas, Grammar, 2
66
22 50
$2,531 75
Janitors.
Paid Frank R. Carter, High School build- ing, 28 weeks, $28 00
" Mary Regan, North, 28 weeks,
14 00
" Lewis Holt, East, 28
14 00
" Leslie F. Taylor, South, 12
6 00
" George S. Fuller, South, 16 66
8 00
" Willie M. Boynton, West, 28 66
14 00
" Darius S. Fuller, engineer, 100 00
$184500
Superintendent of Schools.
Paid L. T. McKenney, Feb. '93, to Feb. '94,
$303 51
Fuel.
Paid Town Farm, $157 37
" Stanley & Co., 48 26
" Wm. H. Boutwell,
22 75
" N. B. Eames,
6 75
" Arthur T. Bond, 5 00
" C. F. Harris, teaming, 5 00
" W. M. Boynton, sawing wood, 2 00
" Willie Taylor, 4 00 66
" George W. Sidelinker, sawing wood, 2 00
" B. & M. R. R. Co., freight on coal, 6 90
$260 03
14
Furniture, Repairs, Maintenance, etc.
Paid Vermont School Seat Co., desks, $33 48
" E. P. Bowers, castings and patterns, 28 35
" Geo. C. Little, printing, II 00
" I .. Thompson, hardware and labor, 10 30 1
" Buck Bros., piping, etc., 10 14
" R. L. Folkins, repairs, 9 25
" Mary Kernon, cleaning school houses, 9 50
" I. T. McKenney, stationary and postage, 7 49
" D. F. Perkins, paints and labor, 6 59
" S. R. McIntosh, blacksmith, 6 40
" Arthur O. Buck, sundries, 10 88
" H. N. Ames, printing, 5 00
" M. C. Warren, hardware, 2 83
" H. F. Miller, tuning piano, 2 60
" Hattie L. Blaisdell, cleaning school house, 2 50
" E. G. Avery, repairing clock, 2 25
" Mrs. Lawson, cleaning school house, 2 00
" Mary Regan, 2 00
" Arthur T. Bond, sundries, I 98
" G. S. Perry, repairing sharpeners, 80
" John W. Perry, blacksmith, 65
" J. W. Murray, 2 brooms, 60
" H. C. Kendall, filling diplomas, 1 00
$167 59
Books and Supplies.
Paid George S. Perry & Co., $118 13
" Silver, Burdett & Co.,
22 53
" University Publishing Co.,
5 45
" D. C. Heath & Co.,
I 75
" J. L. Hammett,
5 45
" Leach, Shewell & Sanborn,
3 00
" Ginn & Co.,
II 88
66 American Book Co.,
20 76
Prang Educational Co.,
23 52
Boston School Supply Co.,
I 75
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
13 75
" Maynard, Merrill & Co.,
7 52
" Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
7 65
" L. T. McKenney,
2 04
$244 98
66 66
4
15
New Cemetery.
Paid Henry Sheldon, labor, $66 50
" John Murphy, 39 75
" Otis Carter, 33 50
" Thomas White, 27 17
" Wm. H. Boutwell, 66
33 75
" Wm. H. Carter, 2d,
22 50
" Frank Doucette,
32 25
" John Frotton,
32 50
" Oliver McGrane, 66
37 08
" Guss Babine,
23 29
" Joseph Surrette,
17 25
" Joseph Doucette,
15 75
" Mrs. S. B. Nichols, gravel,
II 85
" C. H. Webber, labor,
I 50
" C. M. Gowing,
50
" Reuben Haworth,
50
$395 64
Old Cemetery.
Paid James B. Nichols, labor,
$53°38
" John McDonald,
16 63
" Otis Carter, 12 88 66
" Horace Sheldon,
3 75
" Walter Blaisdell,
19 13
" George Blaisdell, 66
5 00
" Wm. H. Boutwell,
4 50
" Oliver McGrane, 66
3 00
" Joseph Doucette,
I 50
" Frank Doucette,
I 50
" A. Babine,
I 50
" Buck Bros., tools,
2 83
" J. Granfield, gravel,
I 60
$127 20 -
Memorial Day.
Paid Wilmington Brass Band,
$35 00
" W. B. Jeffrey, flowers, 7 60
" Harry N. Ames, printing,
75
" E. Ruggles, flags,
67
$44 02
16
Repairs on Public Buildings.
Paid J. H. Carter, lumber, repairs upon Selectmen's office, $8 67
" S. R. Rice, labor upon Selectmen's office, 5 00
" D. P. Perkins, painting Selectmen's office, 1I 25
" W. P. B. Brooks & Co., furniture, Selectmen's office, 38 25
" Smith & Anthony & Co., stove, Select- inen's office, 9 25
" Boston Bamboo Co., screens and door, Selectmen's office, 8 50
" J. Waldron, paper and hanging, Alms- house, 6 52
" J. B. Nichols, setting post at Town Hall, 1 50
Well at High School Building.
Paid W. H. Goldspring, labor, 23 00
" W. H. Parker, 45 75
" James Hincks, 17 25
" Wm. H. Carter, 66
5 00
" Town Farm, teaming stones, 25 00
" J. T. Freeman, steam fittings, 23 62
" J. H. Carter, lumber, 8 69
$237 25
Police.
Paid Charles B. Haley, police duty,
$17 00
court fees, 5 16
66
66 fees in Rand case, 4 44
66
66
paid for twisters, I 00
2 00
" G. W. Sidelinker, journey to Woburn,
key to lockup,
25
6. telegram,
1 00
" S. R. Rice, police duty,
15 00
" J. E. Boutwell, court fees,
3 94
66 66
4 26
Amount carried forward, $54 05
17
Amount brought forward, $54 05
Paid Reuben Haworth, police duty,
5 00
" Dennis C. Walsh, court fees, 6 79
" John P. Lovell Arms Co., handcuff, 7 50
" A. W. Mitchell & Co., badges, 13 48
$86 82
Guide Boards.
Paid Charles I. Freeman, 35 boards, $9 80
Edward L. Cotting, lettering, 43 25
" John T. Wild, paint, posts and labor, 44 55
Dodge, Haley & Co., hardware, 7 47
$105 07
Flag Staff.
Paid H. Pigeon & Son, labor of making, 71 25
H. A. Sheldon, 66 12 00
" Geo. T. Eames, boarding man, 8 00
" J. T. Wild, raising and painting,
32 45
J. T. Freeman & Co., bolts, 3 30
Dodge, Haley & Co., iron, IO 88
S. R. McIntosh, blacksmith, 14 47
$152 35
Miscellaneous.
Paid N. Jenkins, repairing pumps, 17 80
Greenough & Cushing, blotters, 5 00
6: £ M. P. Foster, printing 500 Town Reports, 75 00
T. O. Metcalf, letter heads and blocks, 6 00
Dennison M'f'g Co., Star Pads, 80
John T. Wild, sundries, 14 84
George D. Soul, copying franchise, 1 00
66 Thomas Groom & Co., Collector's books,
3 75
G. S. Tukey & Son, repairing pump, I 25
John M. Wallace, printing ballots,
6 00
Estate Thos. P. Eames, returned taxes,
20 34
Othniel Eames, services as Justice of the Peace for 1892, 2 50
" Robert S. Robson, repairing ballot box, 5 00
George M. Stevens, repairing town clock, 5 70
Amount carried forward, $164 98
18
Amount brought forward, $164 98
Paid C. M. Barrows, printing tax bills,
3 50 .
D). T. Buzzell, returning births. 10 00
" Edward A. Carter, perambulating town lines for the State Survey, 4 00
" C. W. Holden, insurance on Public Library, 18 00
" Warren Eames, ringing bell, 5 00
James E. Kelley, acknowledgement, 4 25
E. M. Nichols, care town clock, 25 00
66 66
Town Hall, 15 00
66
cleaning Lockup, 5 00
66
I - 2 cord wood and sawing, 3 00
:6 66 journey to Tewksbury, 2 00
express on books, 6 20
66
6:
ret'g 15 deaths, Town Clerk, 3 75
" 46 births to Sec. State, 23 00
66 66
" II marriages, 2 40
" 15 deaths, 66
3 75
G. B. Lenfest, printing Assessors' notices, 10 00
" John T. Blodgett, for legal advice in case of Frank F. Abbott, 10 00
" W. H. H. Emmons, on account of the Lowell and Reading Street Railway Co., 151 00
" W. H. H. Emmons, for copy of Settle- ment laws of New England states, 15 00
$485 83:
Public Library.
Paid France A. Buck, Librarian, $50 00
" Damrell & Upham, new books, 61 69
William H. Boutwell, fuel, 4 62
J. N. Cole, book, 3 75
Hub Blank Book Co., rebinding, I 50
Boston Book Binding Co., rebinding, İ 50
F. R. Carter, sawing wood, 150
Express on books, 40
$124 96
66
66
paid for acknowledgements, 1 00
19
State Aid.
Paid Phebe F. Simpson, $48 00
" Harriet Young, 48 00
" Timothy D. Upton, 48 00
$144 00
Notes Payable.
Paid Woburn Five Cent Savings Bank, acct. of principal, 10 year loan,
$825 00
Interest.
Paid Woburn Savings Bank, on acct. per- manent loan, $170 44
66 Lawrence C. Swain, on acct. tempo- rary loan, 5 14
First Nat. Bank, Reading, on acct. temporary loan, 241 05
State Treasurer, on acct. temporary loan, 95 63
$512 26
State Tax.
$800 00
County Tax.
653 25
$1,453 25
Total,
$14,473 86
VALUATION FOR 1893.
Real Estate,
$761,553 00
Personal Property,
117,180 00
Total,
$878,733 00
Amount of Tax Assessed, 1893,
$12.835 50
Rate of Taxation per $ 1000, Number of Poll Taxes, 361,
13 75.
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SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town Farm, $4,000 00
Personal Property at Town Farm,
2,496 47
Eldad Butters Place,
75 00
School Houses and Furniture,
13,000 00
Town House,
2,000 00
Town Scales and Sealer's Office,
250 00
Hearse,
100 00
Cemetery Land and Lots,
2,000 00
Furniture in Town House and Selectmen's Office,
500 00
Public Library and Furniture,
1,500 00
Johnson Pumps,
40 00
Highway Tools,
75 00
Lockup,
300 00
Handcuffs and Badges,
25 00
Hearse House,
100 00
$26,461 47
ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS.
We recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing municipal year :
Schools, including teachers' and janitors' pay, fuel and maintenance, etc., $3,200 00
300 00
Superintendent's salary,
200 00
Salary of School Committee,
150 00
Bills payable,
850 00
Cemetery,
400 00
Highways,
2,000 00
Interest on notes and funds,
450 00
Miscellaneous,
700 00
Outstanding,
500 00
Public library,
150 00
School books and supplies,
21
Repairs on public buildings,
$125 00
Support of poor,
1,000 00
State and county taxes,
1,400 00 Town officers,
800 00
Police and Fire Wardens,
100 00
Memorial Day,
50 00
EDWARD M. NICHOLS, EDWIN L. HALEY, JOHN T. WILD,
Selectmen and Assessors.
WILMINGTON, February 9, 1894.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
NAMES AND AGES OF THE INMATES AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
No. Regisi'd. Name.
Age.
Remarks.
22
Charlotte Butters,
20
50 Peter Cunningham. 66
53 Edward Swain, 21
Died April 18, 1893.
Whole number during the year, 3.
Present number, 2. 625 lodgings and 1300 meals furnished vagrants.
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, FEB. 1, 1894.
Live stock,
$5 10 00
Farming tools, etc., 803 00
Wood, hay, manure and grain,
473 85
Household furniture,
525 32
Provisions, groceries, etc.,
104 55
Contents of Lobby,
41 75
$2,458 47
EXPENDITURES AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Buck Bros., groceries and grain,
$313 90
" C. E. Hudson, 66
293 34
" J. W. Murray, 76 24
" E. N. Eames, provisions,
121 05
" C. E. Carter, 66
81 10
" J. L. Parker, grain, 14 25
" Nichols & Brooks, horse, -
150 00
" Ames Plow Co., mowing machine,
38 00
" horse rake, 20 00
Amount carried forward,
$1107 88
23
Amount brought forward, $1107 88
Paid John W. Perry, blacksmith,
39 21
" S. R. McIntosh, 13 55
" M. T. Holt, wheelwright, 6 00
" I. T. Buzzell, medical attendance, 6 co
" E. M. Nichols, funeral expenses, 28 00
" A. H. Fisher, horse nets, 4 50
" G. H. Spaulding, I year salary, 370 84
$1,575 98
SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for cutting wood,
$68 97
" labor,
· 165 90
" crackers, 24 40
66 " fish,
27 14
66 " hardware and tinware,
35 05
66
" medicine,
6 30
.‹ " horse feed and dinners,
8 05
" sleigh, 20 00
6: I dozen knives and forks,
8 00
mats and curtains,
3 15
" lap robe,
5 75
" lamp,
3 00
" oil cloth and pictures,
3 00
66
" coal,
36 88
66 surveying wood,
I 50
66
" dry goods,
20 18
66
upholstering lounge,
6 00
66 exchange of collars, 2 00
" harnesses and repairing, 2 70
66
" fertilizers, 16 50
66
". veterinary services,
3 75
" use of harrow,
1 00
" cabbage plants,
75
1 pair street blankets,
II 00
·
Amount carried forward, $480 97
24
Amount brought forward,
$480 97
Paid for strawberries,
25
repairing pump,
3 75
66
" rope,
47
" market boxes,
I 20
making cider,
2 20
66
" dressing hogs,
3 00
" onions,
70
" barrel soft soap,
3 25
" pigs,
6 50
" apples,
4 43
" glass,
32
curing hams,
1 00
" receipt book,
25
" " stove,
15 00
$523 29
REGEIPTS.
Received for milk,
$555 42
" horse,
50 00
" wood,
395 30
" hay,
102 56
" COWS,
115 00
66
calf,
25
" potatoes,
124 65
66
cabbages,
34 60
66
" peas,
14 00
66
turnips,
9 95
66
" corn,
17 89
66
" beets,
I 25
66
" tomatoes,
1 00
66
" chickens,
7 42
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board,
102 50
66
tobacco,
IO
66
rent of land,
10 00
" cedar posts,
4 50
" pork,
21 76
66
"' pair rubber boots,
2 50
Amount carried forward,
$1571 65
25
Amount brought forward, $1571 65
Received for labor on highway,
287 89
" removing snow,
26 08
..
teaming stone for well,
25 00
..
" wood furnished schools,
157 37
66
Town House, 6 25
$2,074 24
OUTSIDE POOR.
Paid Danvers Insane Asylum acct. George S. Eames, $186 64
" acct. Mary White, 175 12
" Westboro Insane Asylum acct. Sarah M. Woodman, 169 48
" E. M. Nichols, burial of unknown man killed by cars, 12 00
$543 24
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.
Total expense at Almshouse, $2,099 27 " receipts " 2,074 24 66
Increase in valuation of personal property at Almshouse, 267 67
2,34I 91
Balance to the credit of Almshouse,
$242 64
Expense of outside poor, $604 89
Expense paid on account, year 1892,
61 65
543 24
Credit by balance to Almshouse,
242 64
Net expense inside and outside Almshouse,
$300 60
EDWIN I .. HALEY, JOHN T. WILD, EDWARD M. NICHOLS, Overseers of Poor of Wilmington.
WILMINGTON, February 9, 1894.
26
Table of Expenditures and Appropriations. -
Schools.
Unexpended,
$423 27
Schools,
2,800 00
Interest Mass. School Fund,
333 55
Return Dog Licenses,
125 2I
Due from State on account Supt., etc.,
183 09
Books and Supplies,
250 00
Superintendent,
200 00
Expenditures,
$4,315 12 3,691 86
Unexpended,
$623 26
Highways,
$2,000 00
Expenditures,
2,031 59
Excess,
$31 59
Public Buildings,
$250 00
Expenditures,
237 28
Unexpended,
$12 72
Cemctery (New),
$400 00
Expenditures,
395 64
Unexpended,
$4 36
Cemetery (Old),
$100 00
Unexpended from 1892,
7 48
Interest from Trust Fund,
20 00
$127 48
Expenditures,
127 29
Unexpended,
28
27
Memorial Day,
Expenditures,
$55 00 44 02
Unexpended,
IO 98
Public Library, .
$100 00
Interest on Trust Fund,
25 00
Expenditures,
$125 00 124 96
Unexpended,
04
Town Officers.
$800 00
Expenditures,
971 12
Excess,
$171 12
Snow,
$600 00
Unexpended from 1892,
147 21
$747 21
Expenditures,
568 28
Unexpended,
$178 93
Miscellaneous,
$300 00 485 83
Excess,
$185 83
Received from Lowell & Reading Street R. R. Co., Emmons & Emmons, legal services,
151 00
Excess,
$34 83
Notes and Interest,
$1,300 00
State and County Taxes,
$1,200 00
Expenditures,
1,453 25
Excess,
$253 25
Guide Boards,
$100 00
Expenditures,
105 07
Excess, $5 07
Expenditures,
Flag Staff, Expenditures,
$100 00 152 35
Excess,
$52 35
Police,
$100 00
Received court fines,
25 00
Expenditures,
$125 00 86 82
Unexpended,
$38 18
Furnishing Almshouse,
$150 00
Expenditures,
148 75
Unexpended,
1 25
Outstanding Indebtedness,
$600 00
Expenditures,
770 15
Excess,
$170 15.
Poor,
See Report of Overseers of Poor page 22.
EDWARD M. NICHOLS, EDWIN L. HALEY, JOHN T. WILD, Selectmen and Assessors of Wilmington.
WILMINGTON, February 9, 1894.
29
COLLECTORS' ACCOUNT.
ACCOUNT TAX, 1888.
Uncollected Mar. 3, '93,$11I 26 Collected, $72 77
Interest, 15 89 Uncollected, Feb. 9, '94, 54 38
$127 15
$127 15
ACCOUNT TAX, 1889.
Uncollected, Mar.3,'93, $299 50 Collected, $94 84
Interest, 16 08 Uncollected, Feb. 9,'94, 220 74
$315 58
$315 58
ACCOUNT TAX, 1890.
Uncollected, Mar.3.'93, $611 56 Collected, $214 73
Interest, 24 38 Abatement, 154 59
Uncollected, Feb. 9, '94. 266 62
$635 94
$635 94
ACCOUNT TAX, 1891.
Uncollec'd, Mar.3,'93, $1,128 52 Collected, $367 34
Interest, 35 61. Uncollected, Feb. 9, '94, 796 79
$1, 164 13
$1,164 13
ACCOUNT TAX, 1892.
Uncollec'd, Mar.3,'93, $3,658 35 Collected, $1,630 00
Interest, 59 81 Uncollec'd, Feb. 9, '94, 2,088 16 --- $3,718 16
$3,718 16
EDWARD M. NICHOLS,
Collector of Taxes.
WILMINGTON, February 9, 1894.
30
DR.
FRED A. EAMES, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
To cash in Treasury, Feb'y 16, 1893,
$445 66
"
from State Treasurer, Corporation tax,
IO 93
66
66
66 66 State Aid,
146 50
66
66 66
rebate account Supt., etc.,
181 20
66
66
66
income Mass. school fund,
333 55
66
66 County Treasurer, returns dog licenses,
125 21
66
Town notes, temporary loans,
5,500 00
66
Edw. M. Nichols, collected taxes, 1887,
6 07
66
66
66
66
66
1888,
113 07
66
66
66
66
1889,
328 76
66
66
66
66
66
1890,
214 73
66
66
6.
66
66
1891,
479 49
66
66
66
66 66
1892,
1,738 74
66
66 Supt. Town Farm,
882 03
66
Reading and Lowell Street R. R. Co.,
151 00
66
66 Fourth Dis. Court of Eastern Middlesex,
25 00
Maverick National Bank claim,
117 49
66
M. T. Holt, auctioneer's license.
2 00
6 Collected taxes, 1893, 8,005 97
$18,854 67
66
66
National Bank tax,
45 38
66
66 interest on same,
I 89
31
WITH THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON.
CR.
By paying State tax,
$800 00
66 County tax, 653 25
66
Town notes, temporary loans,
4,000 00
66
66
permanent loan, 825 00
Interest,
512 26
66 State Aid, 144 00
Postage and stationery, 2 00
Selectmen's orders,
11,553 69
" cash in Treasury, Feb'y 9, 1894,
364 47
$18,854 67
We hereby certify that we have examined the foregoing Accounts and find them to be correctly cast and properly vouched ; and find remaining in the Treasury, Three Hundred and Sixty-four and 47-100 dollars.
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