Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1899-1900, Part 1

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 154


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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 LIBRARIAN


FOR THE


Year Ending January 18,


1899.


LOWELL, MASS .: PRINTED BY THOMPSON & HILL .- THE VOX POPULI PRESS. 1899.


in 352


USS


132


TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1898.


SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. EDWARD M. NICHOLS. WILLIAM E. GOWING.


J. HOWARD EAMES.


TOWN CLERK. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.


TREASURER. FRED A. EAMES.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES. FRED A. EAMES.


CONSTABLE. SAMUEL R. RICE.


AUDITORS.


FRANK E. MILLETT. W. WARREN CARTER.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


CHARLES F. REED, ARTHUR T. BOND, WARREN EAMES,


Term expires March, 1899. Term expires March, 1900. Term expires March, 1901.


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COMMON COMMITTEE.


JAMES B. NICHOLS, ARTHUR O. BUCK,


EDGAR C. FOLKINS.


Term expires March, 1899. Term expires March, 1900. Term expires March, 1901.


CEMETERY COMMITTEE.


J. HOWARD EAMES, HENRY SHELDON,


JAMES B. NICHOLS,


Term expires March, 1899. Term expires March, 1900. Term expires March, 1901.


FENCE VIEWERS.


EDWARD M. NICHOLS. WILLIAM E. GOING. J. HOWARD EAMES.


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.


JAMES E. KELLEY.


ARTHUR W. EAMES.


EDWARD A. CARTER. HOWARD M. HORTON. ELIAS E. CARTER.


SURVEYOR OF WOOD AND BARK.


HENRY L. CARTER.


EDWARD A. CARTER.


JAMES E. KELLEY. J. ARTHUR TAYLOR.


MEASURER OF LEATHER. J. ARTHUR TAYLOR.


FIELD DRIVERS.


CHARLES McPHAIL. GEORGE L. ALLEN


GEORGE E. CARTER. JOHN BAILEY.


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PUBLIC WEIGHERS.


EDWARD M. NICHOLS. GEORGE A. HART. HERBERT N. BUCK.


POLICE.


SAM'L R. RICE, Chief.


S. R. McINTOSH.


WILLIAM E. TAYLOR,


JOHN W. PERRY.


WILLIAM E. SWAIN.


LEVI SWAIN, Truant Officer.


GEO. H. SPAULDING.


JAS. E. KELLEY, Truant Officer.


KEEPER OF LOCKUP. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.


POUND KEEPER. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. WILLIAM H. CARTER, 2D.


INSPECTOR OF CATTLE AND PROVISIONS. H. ALLEN SHELDON.


SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE. GEORGE H. SPAULDING.


UNDERTAKER. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.


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FIRE AND FOREST WARDENS.


MILTON T. HOLT, Chief.


WALTER D. CARTER.


CHARLES E. CARTER. OLIVER McGRANE. ARTHUR W. EAMES.


JAMES E. KELLEY.


BALLOT CLERKS. EDWARD N. EAMES.


JAMES E. KELLEY.


TELLERS. FRANK D. MORRIS. PETER McMAHON.


TTUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.


ARTHUR O. BUCK, Term expires March, 1899.


EDWARD N. EAMES,


Term expires March, 1899.


MARY L. BUZZELL, Term expires March, 1900.


SARAH D. J. CARTER,


Term expires March, 1900.


OTIS GOWING, Term expires March, 1901.


FRANK L. EAMES, 1


Term expires March, 1901.


LIST OF JURORS REVISED OCT. 29, 1898.


JOHN W. PERRY, Church st. Blacksmith FRANK L. EAMES, Woburn st. Clerk. J. ARTHUR TAYLOR, Lowell st. . Currier.


HERBERT N. BUCK, Andover st. Grocer.


BERNARD F. DOUCETTE, Andover st. Bookkeeper. FRANK W. KIDDER, Adam st. Clerk.


ALBERT C. BUCK, Woburn st. Butcher.


FRED M. CARTER, Church st. Foreman. WILLIAM H. BOUTWELL, Boutwell st. Farmer.


JOHN O. BLANCHARD, Andover st. Painter.


GEORGE L. ALLEN, Aldrich road, Trader. FRED A. EAMES, Woburn st. Clerk.


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JAMES W. MURRAY, Woburn st. . Grocer. WILLIAM H. CARTER, 2D, Shawsheen ave. Farmer. J. HOWARD EAMES, Woburn st. . Butcher. Farmer. Florist.


WALTER D. CARTER, Lowell st. GEORGE W. AYER, Andover st. .


CHARLES F. REED, Church st. JOSEPH N. AMES, Main st.


FRED S. MARION, Main st.


OSCAR W. HILL, Chestnut st.


EDWIN R. VAN TASSEL, High st. . Clerk.


Clerk. Agent. Farmer. . Printer.


REPORT OF SELECTMEN AND ASSESSORS.


GENERAL EXPENDITURES.


FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JAN. 18, 1899.


OUTSTANDING JAN. 5, 1899.


Paid A. U. F. Clark, returningbirths $ 2 50


Geo. W. Siddinker, fighting fire 3 00


S. R. McIntosh, blacksmith ·


6 75


C. E. Smith, repair on alms- house 4 97


City of Woburn, outside poor . 8 75


S. F. Cole, ringing bell 5 00


Shady Hill Nursery.


37 00


G. H. Spaulding, Supt., I month salary


33 33


$101 30


TOWN OFFICERS.


Paid Edward M. Nichols, services as Selectman Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor . ·


150 00


Registrar of Voters ·


15 00


Expenses and car fare on pauper cases 7 00


Town Clerk


50 00


Journey to Lowell


3 00


Amount carried forward. $225 00


9


Amount brought forward $225 00


Paid William E. Going, services as


Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor .


150 00


Registrar of Voters 15 00


J. H. Eames, services as Select- man, Assessor and Overseer- of the Poor .


150 00


Registrar of Voters 15 00


Fred A. Eames, services as Treasurer


75 00


Collecting $ 102.93, tax 1893, at 2 per cent 2 04


Collecting $341.03, tax 1894, 2 per cent 4 82


Collecting $899.88, tax 1895, at 2 per cent 17 99


Collecting $1633.91, tax


1896, at 2 per cent . 32 68


Collecting $4177.40, tax


1998, at I per cent


83 55


Collecting $6235.98, tax


1897, at 2 1-2 per cent


93 54


Milton F. Holt, salary as Fire and Forest Warden


25 00


H. Allen Sheldon, services as Inspector of Cattle and Pro- visions 50 00


Frank E. Millett, as Auditor . 10 00


W. Warren Carter, as Auditor 10 00


Warren Eames, as Auditor


10 00


Samuel R. Rice, as Constable


50 00


Edward N. Eames, as Ballot Clerk . 10 00


Othniel Eames, as Moderator


10 00


Milton T. Holt as Ballot Clerk


10 00


Milton T. Holt, services as Forest Warden .


34 00


James E. Kelley, as Ballot Clerk and Teller ·


10 00


Amount carried forward . . $1,093 62


10


Amount brought forward . . $1,093 62


Paid Frank D. Morris, as Ballot Clerk $ 5 00 John Kelley, as Ballot Clerk . 5 00


John Granfield, as Ballot Clerk 10 00


$1,113 62


HIGHWAYS.


Paid William H. Carter, 2d


$593 68


Fred Brabent


162 42


Charles Blake


156 94


Christy Nee


138 17


Albert D. Butters


162 79


John Murphy


106 55


William Baxter


91 31


Town Farm


319 81


Joseph Mccarthy


41 59


George W. Frost


24 88


William A. Frost


8 75


Fred S. Frost


II


38


$1,818 27


MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES.


Paid William Jaques, gravel $ 3 20


John Howell, gravel


I 70


Sylvester Carter, gravel .


2 20


Mrs. Childs, gravel


3 75


Wm. H. Carter, 2d, gravel


12 35


Jeremiah Doucette, gravel


6 15


George Richardson, gravel


7 25


G. W. Ridlon, gravel


I 50


John Granfield, gravel


42 10


Walter D. Carter, gravel


17 85


Henry Buck, gravel II 75


Buck Bros., tools


7 20


A. D. Butter, tool box


3 00


George L. Allen, posts


6 00


Barker Lumber Co., lumber


10 14


E. E. Carter, lumber


4 83


Amount carried forward


$140 97


11


Amount brought forward . $140 97


Paid John W. Perry, blacksmith 2 26


S. R. McIntosh, blacksmith 8 87


Wm. H. Carter, 2d, supt. salary, 75 00


$ 227 IO


REMOVING SNOW.


Paid A. W. Eames


$ 4 45


J. E. Surrette


.


4 40


Amos Babine


8 40


William Surrette


4 35


B. F. Perry


4 90


William Hoyt


2 20


J. M. Foley


7 15


C. F. Walker


2 70


Walter D. Carter and others 42 16


Wm. H. Carter and others


27 48


Wm. H. Boutwell and others


26 54


Town Farm and others


28 18


C. R. Fairbrothers


5 00


Ridlon Bros


2 89


Walter Blaisdell


I 52


George L. Blaisdel


2 09


John Kelley


I 14


W. H. Cutter


2 50


John Wild and others


37 50


R. J. White


5 00


J. A. Reagan .


3 90


Mundy Babine


4 40


Sylvester Carter


IO 27


A. W. Eames


6 40


Fred S. Frost


4 78


George W. Frost


5 15


Wm. Stevens


5 00


P. Hall


3 30


William Walsh


4 80


Frank Ryan


4 80


William Lurrette


5 00


Wm. H. Jaquith


3 90


J. Folley


I 14


Amount carried forward . $283 39


12


Amount brought forward


$283 39


Paid A. Nickerson


90


J. H. Stone


4 20


F. F. Lucas


2 55


Frank Jennings


3 3I


Louis Getchell


3 70


C. O. Blaisdell


6 87


Alfred Preble


59


A. B. Robertson


4 25


H. V. Lull


2 00


Wm. H. Boutwell and others .


59 03


Fred Collins


5 65


Charles Blake


4 28


J. A. Watson


5 25


Town Farm and others


78 94


J. McCarthy


5 00


C. Nee


4 49


A. Richards.


3 90


Sherman & Martin .


12 80


Wm. H. Carter, 2d, and others


56 06


Walter D. Carter and others .


117 03


A. B. Eames .


9 57


George L. Allen


10 03


C. W. Moulton


14 16


Wm. H. Haley


26 08


$ 724 03


TOWN FARM.


Paid Buck Bros., groceries and grain, $314 94


C. E. Hudson, groceries and grain . 247 10


J. W. Murray, groceries .


65 50


E. C. Swain, groceries


32 49


C. E. Carter, meat and provi- sions . 72 91


G. E. Carter, meat and provi- sions 55 47


A. C. Buck, meat and provi- sions 42 58


Amount carried forward . $830 99


13


Amount brought forward $830 99


Paid J. W. Perry, blacksmith


77 42


J. W. Perry, pung . 20 00


Merrill Hutchinson, painting wagon ·


10 00


C. H. Nudd, painting wagon,


10 00


William Nokes, differences in horses .


50 00


Cummings & Shute, grain


9 00


G. H. Spaulding and wife, salary one year . 400 00


$1407 41


OUTSIDE POOR.


Paid Westborough Insane Hospital account of Sarah M. Wood- man


$169 46


Medfield Insane Asylum, ac- count Mary White 146 00


Danvers Lunatic Hospital, ac- account Fanny Melanson 169 47


Middlesex County Truant School, account Martin Nee,


18 00


Mrs. R. H. Gleason, rent for Mrs. George Peirce 102 00


69 54


Buck Bros., account Ida Miller, F. D. Morris, account of Maria O'Donnell .


104 00


M. C. Calef, account David Boyce 23 50


City of Woburn, account Mich- ael Mullen 6 00


N. B. Eames, account Ida Mil- ler 4 88


N. B. Eames, account Maria O'Donnell . 13 00


Daniel T. Buzzell, medical at- tendance


15 00


$ 840 85


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CEMETERY.


Paid J. B. Nichols, labor $ 51 77


John Kelley, labor .


41 87


Oliver McGrane, labor


27 22


James E. Kelley, labor


6 60


James Kernon, labor


16 00


John Granfield, labor


15 00


George Blaisdell, labor


13 69


J. F. Wilson, lumber


3 00


George E. Carter, fertilizer


4 95


Buck Bros., seed and tools


15 65


E. E. Carter, lumber


2 90


$198 65


REPAIRS ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS.


Paid E. E. Carter, lumber and bricks at Almshouse $ 54 44


Wendell Bancroft, shingles for North School House .


47 OI


Barker Lumber Co., lumber .


4 52


A. E. Robinson, labor on East and High School


5 38


J. W. Murray, labor at Alms- house . 28 75


A. W. Eames, labor on North School


23 75


Shingles, nails, and boards


5 IO


A. L. Heckbert, labor at Alms- house


4 00


E. A. Hamlin, labor .


2 50


A. W. Eames, labor


2 00


$173 45


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Paid Damrell & Upham, books 84 76


Emma E. Killom, librarian 50 00


Harry N. Ames, magazines 9 15


F. J. Barnard & Co., binding . 2 70


Amount carried forward $146 61


15


Amount brought forward ·


$146 61


Paid Buck Bros., oil


95


J. H. Buck, wood .


4 00


C. W. Holden, Insurance


18 00


Louis McMahon, sawing wood


I 50


D. F. Perkins, setting glass .


75


Express


·


I


50


$173 31


MEMORIAL DAY.


Paid Memorial Day Speaker $ II 00


Geo. W. Ayer, flowers .


.


9 80


Car fares Reading Post . 5 75


M. T. Holt, (bill unreturned) . 19 70


East Saugus Band .


34 50


$ 80 75


MISCELLANEOUS.


Paid E. M. Nichols, care of Town Hall $ 20 00


E. M. Nichols, care clock 25 00


E. M. Nichols, burial unknown child 5 00


E. M. Nichols, services ren- dered burial of James Sulli- van 5 00


E. M. Nichols, copying asses- sors book .


15 00


E. M. Nichols, returning I3


marriages to the State 2 60


E. M. Nichols, returning 57 births to the State 25 50


E. M. Nichols, returning 29 deaths to Town Clerk ·


7 25


E. M. Nichols, returning 29 deaths to the State .


7 25


E. M. Nichols, expense . .


7 00


Cash to A. W. Lawrence, re- pairs on Town Clerk . ·


5 00


Amount carried forward · $ 124 60


16


Amount brought forward $124 60


Paid Tompson & Hill, for printing 525 copies of births, mar- riages and deaths 276 07


Thomas Groom & Co., book


IO 75


George Allen, wood IO 75


S. R. McIntosh, blacksmith bill 12 55


Marsten & Wells, flags .


16 50


James E. Kelley, to copying births, marriages and deaths, car fare and postage 76 12 ·


Wm. H. Carter, grading at North School House . 16 50


E. Caldwell, I desk 14 00


S. R. Rice, killing 3 dogs


3 00


John Kelley, labor on Tomb


12 77


Wheeler Reflector Co., I lan-


tern .


3 20


L. W. Thompson, globe and wicks . 65


Othniel Eames, notifing of


death of James Sullivan 1 00


James E. Kelley, to taking affidavits for year 1898 ·


7 75


John S. Perry, repairing pumps 6 50


Thomas Groom & Co., collec- tors' book I 50


Buck Bros., oil and wicks 4 27


Dr. D. T. Buzzell, reporting births . ·


6 00


O. C. B. Nason, reporting births .


25


A. U. F. Clark, reporting births . 5 75


D. F. Perkins, setting glass 1 50


A. T. Bond, blank books 3 40


M. T. Holt, pails, ex. act. 3 25


A. C. Libby & Sons, bill files,


4 28


Irvin F. Batchelder, fighting fire 2 25


Amount carried forward


$625 16


17


Amount brought forward $625 16


Paid C. B. Fairbrother, fighting fire, 2 00


Albert Hall, fighting fire I 50


E. M. Nichols, insurance on Town Farm Building for 3 years . ·


52 40


E. M. Nichols, insurance on Town Hall 3 years


27 00


$708 06


SCHOOLS.


Paid William L. Jones, 40 weeks $748 56 William L. Jones, extra ser-


vices, 16 weeks .


97 44


Dora J. Dadmun, 37 weeks


451 50


Annie L. Prince, 36 weeks


432 00


Alma A. Knowlton, 35 weeks. 326 00


Blan Alexander, 35 weeks


350 00


Sylvia E. Prescott, 35 weeks .


350 00


Sarah R. McKeen, 35 weeks .


350 00


Henrietta A. Swain, 36 weeks


360 00


Laura M. Dority, 36 weeks 288 00


Laurie J. Whetmore, 3 weeks


36 00


$3,789 50


JANITORS.


Paid John A. Taylor, 40 weeks $450 00


James Reagan, 36 weeks 18 00


Earnest Swain, 36 weeks


18 00


$486 00


FUEL.


Paid N. B. Eames, 46 I-10 tons coal


$276 60


George L. Allen, wood 136 25


John A. Taylor, wood 13 59


$426 44


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MISCELLANEOUS.


Paid Fred H. Bacon, tuning piano . $ 3 18


James Reagan, shoveling snow I 00


C. F. Reed, carpentering 2 00


G. L. Allen, teaming 1 00


E. E. Carter, hardware 12 42


E. E. Carter, hardware . 68


E. C. Folkins, postage, etc


8I


C. F. Reed, cash paid


I 60


A. T. Bond, cash paid


2 15


Mrs. Reagan, cleaning


2 00


C. O. Blaisdell, teaming


2 80


E. E. Carter, sundries


I 28


A. T. Bond, paint and painting


2 00


Mrs. Hale, cleaning


2 50


John A. Taylor, labor


3 00


Warren Eames, labor


2 50


E. E. Carter, hardware .


2 44


A. T. Bond, labor and postage


I 36


Nathan Blodgett, teaming


50


Henry Buck, repairs on pump


I 00


S. R. McIntosh, blacksmith


6 12


E. E. Carter, hardware 2 78


A. T. Bond, flag and sundries 5 94


Buck Bros.', oil, brooms, etc


3 55


Mundy Babine, cleaning .


2 00


A. T. Bond, subscription ·


3 00


$69 61


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.


Paid Ginn & Co $ 77 20


American Book Co


93 72


George S. Perry & Co


135 45


Boston Supply Co


46 68


D. C. Heath & Co


47 96


Silver Burdett & Co


20 80


Holden Pat. Book Cover Co


7 75


Educational Pub. Co


4 13


E. L. Kellogg & Co., books


2 00


Amount carried forward


$435 69


·


19


Amount brought forward


$435 69


Paid George G. Little, printing Rules


12 00


Am. Ex. Co


3 00


Harry N. Eames, supplies


72


Charles F. Reed, supplies


II 69


Wm L. Jones, expenses .


5 15


N. J. Bartlett, books


8 00


Charles F. Reed, supplies


84


4 36


E. E. Bradford


I 72


Wm. L. Jones, supplies


10 00


Houghton, Mifflin & Co


4 25


J. F. Barnard, binding


4 37


E. E. Babb, books


7 09


Mrs. W. Eames, repairing flag


2 00


$510 88


SCHOOL COMMITTEE SALARY.


Paid Edward C. Folkins, for 1897 $ 50 00


Arthur F. Bond, for 1897 50 00


Charles F. Reed, for 1897 50 00


Arthur T. Bond, for 1898


50 00


Charles F. Reed, for 1898 50 00


Warren Eames, for 1898


50 00


$300 00


PRINTING.


Paid C. M. Barrows, tax bills $ 6 75


Thompson & Hill, 500 copies


School Committee Report 16 60


500 copies Town Report 1000 checks ·


43 16


2 15


Thorp & Martin, books .


8 70


G. W. Southworth, assessors' books 2 60


A. W. Brownell, tax tables


65


Amount carried forward $80 61


20


Amount brought forward $80 61


Paid Boston Job Print Co., 50 cloth banners 7 50


Harry M. Call, deeds 2 50


Wright & Potter, 525 ballots


IO 50


Harry N. Ames, permit books,


I 50


Rosanna Kelley, printing By- Laws . 50


$ IO3 II


NEW SCHOOL HOUSE, SPECIAL.


Paid F. M. Pushee, for land $ 150 00


Reuben Frotton, digging well, 57 75


N. Jenkins, pump , 20 50


M. T. Holt, platform and


trough 6 15


E. E. Carter, lumber


I 99


H. A. Emerson & Co., drain pipe


37 09


J. A. Bancroft, surveying


IO 75


Town Farm, grading


89 00


Wm. H. Carter, 2d, grading


81 88


Fred Brabent, grading


29 75


A. D. Butters, grading


33 64


Christy Nee, grading


32 27


Charles Blake, grading


29 75


B. F. Kidder, grading


2 14


B. Butters, grading


I 75


Ridlon Bros., gravel


20 95


F. M. Pushee, gravel


3 95


$ 609 31


NEW SCHOOL HOUSE (CHESTNUT ST). Paid McFeely & Greenleaf, on acct. of contract . $600 00


James E. Kelley, writing con- tract


4 00


Amount carried forward . $ 604 00


21


Amount brought forward $ 604 00


Paid George L. Taylor, labor on cellar 21 50


B. F. Kidder. labor on cellar . 12 00


George L. Taylor, labor on cellar 36 75


Christy Nee, labor on cellar


9 62


Patrick O'Donnell, labor on cellar . 31 25


H. Allen Sheldon, labor on


cellar . 38 50


Use of horse 15 50


Labor of I man . 23 75


Setting cellar steps


3 00


Windell Bancroft, lime


I 00


E. E. Carter, lumber, lime, cement and hardware .


36 41


H. Allen Sheldon, bricks 8 80 Granite 5 00


Newton Perham, 7 stone steps


8 75


B. & M. R. R. Co., freight


2 84


White & Miller, to heating and ventilating as per contract . 119 00 E. M. Nichols, insurance 30 00


Sylvester Carter, H. A. Shel- don, and N. B. Eames for plans, spcifications and ex- penses on acct. of New School House 50 00


$1,054 67


SEARCHING RECORDS.


Paid Fred A. Eames


$129 00


POLICE.


Paid Samuel R. Rice, court fees $ 23 77 John P. Lovell Arms Co., pair handcuffs 4 00


Amount carried forward $ 27 77


22


Amount brought forward $ 27 77


City of Woburn, keeping pris- oners


3 50


William E. Taylor, police duty 6 50


Town of Reading, police 19 00


Samuel R. Rice, police duty


10 00


John W. Pevy, police duty


9 00


S. R. McIntosh, revolver, car-


tridges, and billey


6 05


Police duty . .


13 20


Thomas Mulkeen, court fees .


6 10


$101 12


NEW SHED AT ALMSIIOUSE.


Paid E. E. Carter. lumber $175 73


C. B. Osbon, labor . 66 00


$241 73


STATE AID.


Paid Phebe F. Simpson .


24 00


Thomas A. McDonald


20 00


William P. Holt


2 00


Rollin A. Phillips


36 00


Harriet Young


24 60


Timothy D. Upton .


48 00


George Milligan


36 00 -


$ 190 00


MILITARY AID.


Paid Frank M. Boynton $ 96 00


NOTES PAYABLE. Paid Woburn Five Cent Savings Bank, account principal ten years loan $ 700 00


23


INTEREST.


Paid Woburn Five Cent Savings


Bank, on acct. permanent loans . $ 297 00


State treasurer, on acct. tem- porary loan 280 00


Wm. O. Gay & Co., on acct. temporary loans . 483 34


Bond and Goodwin, on acct. temporary loan 26 81


$1087 15


Received interest on taxes


527 22


$ 559 93


VALUATION FOR 1898.


Real Estate


.


$ 969 494


Personal Property


95 197


Total


$ 1,064 691


Amount of Tax Assessed


$


Rate of Taxation per $ 1000


14 00


SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.


Town Farm $ 4,000 00 .


Personal Property Town Farm


2,910 00


Eldad Butters place 75 00


Schoolhouses and furniture


21,000 00


Town House 2,000 00


One hearse 700 00


Cemetery, land, and lots


2,000 00


Furniture in Selectmen's room 900 00


Public Library and furniture


1,600 00


Johnson pumps 40 00


Amount carried forward


35,225 00


·


24


Amount brought forward · $35,225 00


Highway tools


160 00


Cemetery tool House and tools


200 00


Lockup .


300 00


Town Scales and Sealer's office


250 00


Police equipments


40 00


Hearse house


100 00


$36,275 00


ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATIONS.


We recommend the following appropriations for the en- suing year :-


Schools - including teachers' and janitors' pay, fuel and main- tenance .


$5,150 00


School books and supplies


500 00


Salary of School Committee


J50 00


Highways


2,000 0O


Poor


1,000 00


Public buildings


200 00


Cemetery


125 00


Library .


150 00


Town Officers


1,100 00


Removing snow


225 00


Printing


100 00


Notes and Interest, State County Taxes


and


1,500 00


Outstanding indebtedness


100 00


Police


100 00


Memorial Day


75 00


Miscellaneous


700 00


EDWARD M. NICHOLS, WILLIAM E. GOWING, J. HOWARD EAMES,


Selectmen and Assessors.


Wilmington, Jan. 18, 1899.


REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


NAMES AND AGES OF THE INMATES AT THE ALMSHOUSE. No. Registered


Name. Age.


22 Charlotte Butters. 25


50 Peter Cunningham. 71


Whole number during the year, 2.


Present number, 2.


504 lodgings and 1220 meals furnished vagrants.


INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, JAN. 2, 1899.


Live stock $ 703 00


Farming tools, etc. 951 65


Wood, hay, manure and grain, 680 00 .


Household furniture


624 00


Provisions and groceries .


119 30


Contents of Lobby .


15 00


$3.092 95


EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.


Paid Buck Bros., groceries and grain, $ 314 94 C. E. Hudson 247 IO


Amount carried forward $562 04


26


Amount brought forward . . $ 562 04


Paid J. W. Murray


65 50


L. C. Swain, 32 49


C. E. Carter, meat and provi- sions 72 91


G. E. Carter, meat and provi- sions 55 47


A. C. Buck, meat and provi- sions ·


42 58


J. W. Perry, blacksmith . 77 42


J. W. Perry, pung .


$ 20 00


Merrill Hutchinson, painting wagon .


10 00


C. H. Nudd, painting wagon


10 00


William Nokes, difference in horses . 50 00


Cummings & Shute, grain


9 00


G. H. Spaulding and wife, salary .


$ 400 00


$1407 41


SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT AT ALMS- HOUSE.


Paid for Labor


$ 219 70


Cutting wood


65 54


Crackers


22 77


Fish


22 21


Coal .


39 99


Hardware .


20 64


Repairs on harnesses


IO 25


Dry goods and clothing


10 00


Medical attendance


4 50


Medicines .


8 90


Services of veterinary


14 50


Dinners and horse feed


3 00


Standing grass


3 50


Grass seed


I 50


Seed potatoes


3 00


Fertilizer


12 75


Curing ham and bacon


60


Repairs on boots and shoes,


I 50


Amount carried forward.


$ 464 85


27


Amount brought forward


$464 85


Paid for pig


3 00


Cow .


65 00


Bbl. soft-soap


3 25


Manure fork


25


Horse medicine .


4 50


Surveying wood


I 50


Services of bull


4 75


Two cider barrels


2 25


Making cider


3 15


Butchering hogs


3 00


Ice


15 00


Three stone posts


I 50


Repairs on fence


5 25


Repairs on pump


I 50


Repairs on sleigh


2 00


Whip


60


Ladder


1 75


Repairs on mowing machine


I 75


Lumber


96


Blasting powder


I 95


Tomato plants


25


$588 OI


RECEIPTS.


Received for milk


$568 17


Due for milk


73 38


Received for labor on highway


319 81


Labor


89 00


Removing snow


17 71


Hay


75 46


Cabbages


63 90


Potatoes


17 07


Wood


135 37


Lumber


22 50


Cranberries


2 00


Cart spire


I 00


Board


I 50


Grain bags


I 42


Cow


57 50


Calves


4 25


Pork


1I 46


$1,461 50


28


OUTSIDE POOR.


Paid Westborough Insane Hospital,


acc't of Sarah M. Woodman Medfield Insane Aylum, acc't Mary White 146 00


$169 46


Danvers Lunatic Hospital,


acc't Fanny Melanson 169 47


Middlesex County Truant


School acc't, Martin Nee


18 00


Mrs. R. H. Gleason, rent for Mrs. George Pierce 102 00


Buck Bros.', acc't Ida Miller


69 54


F. D. Morris, acc't of Maria O'Donnell . 104 00


M. C. Calef, on acc't David Boyce . 23 50


City of Woburn, acc't Michael Mullen 6 00


N. B. Eames, acc't Ida Miller


4 88


N. B. Eames, acc't Maria O'Donnell .


13 00


Daniel T. Buzzell, medical at- tendance 15 00


$840 85


SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.


Total expense at Almshouse .


$1,995 42


receipts " 1,461 50


$ 533 92


Credit by increase of personal property at Almshouse 137 71


Expenditure in excess of receipts $ 396 21 Amount carried forward $ 396 21


29


Amount brought forward ·


$396 21


Expense of Outside poor


840 85


Net expense inside and outside Almshouse


$1,237 06 J. HOWARD EAMES, WM. E. GOWING, EDWARD M. NICHOLS, Overseers of the Poor of Wilmington.


WILMINGTON, Jan. 18, 1899.


TABLE OF EXPENDITURES AND APPRO- PRIATIONS.


SCHOOLS.


Appropriation $4,350 00


Mass. State School Fund ·


270 40


Dog licenses


148 03


Tutition Fund


14 03


Expenditures


Unexpended


$4,782 46 4,771 55 $ IO 91


SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.


Appropriations $ 500 88


Mass. State School Fund IO 88


Expenditures


$ 510 88 510 88


SALARY. OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Appropriations $ 150 00


Unexpended from 1897


150 88


Expenditures .


$ 300 00 300 00


30


HIGHWAYS.


Appropriations


$2,000 00


Unexpended from 1897


24 31


Received from Town of Billerica


10 00


Received from F. E. Hathaway


10 00


Received from R. & L. Street Rail-


way


$2,048 31


Expenditures .


4 00


2,045 37


Unexpended


$ 2 94


REMOVING SNOW.


Appropriation .


$ 475 00


Unexpended from 1897


34 99


$ 509 69


Expenditures .


723 03


Excess


$ 213 04


MISCELLANEOUS.


Appropriation


$ 600 00


Unexpended from 1897


188 39


Expenditures


708 06


Unexpended


$ 80 33


PRINTING.


Appropriation . Unexpended


$ 100 00


.


15 00


$ 115 00


Expenditures .


103 II


Unexpended


$


II 89


.


$ 788 39


.


31


STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.


Appropriation


$1,500 00


Unexpended from 1897


17 45


Expenditures .


$1,517 45 1,475 27


Unexpended


$ 42 18


OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS.


Appropriation


$ 100 00


Unexpended from 1897


12 89


$ 112 89


Expenditures .


IOI 30


Unexpended


$


II 59


POLICE.


Appropriation


-


$ 25 00


Court Fees


28 00


$ 53 00


Expenditures


IOI 12


Excess


$ 48 12


NEW SHED AT ALMSHOUSE.


Appropriation


$


250 00


Expenditures .


241 73


Unexpended


$ 8 27


SEARCHING RECORDS.


Appropriations


$


300 00


Expenditures .


129 00


Unexpended


$


171 00


32


MEMORIAL DAY.


Appropriation $


75 00


Received from Relief Corps .


5 50


Unexpended from 1897


6 35


$ 86 85


Expenditures .


80 75


Unexpended


6 10


Expenditures .


SCHOOL HOUSE SPECIAL. $ 609 31


NEW SCHOOL HOUSE CHESTNUT STREET.


Appropriation for School House $1,500 00


Appropriation for furnishing and supplies


300 00


$1,800 00


Expenditures


1,504 00


Unexpended


$ 746 00


POOR.


Appropriations $1,000 00 .


Receipts at Almshouse


1,46I 50


Unexpended from 1897


282 52


Increase of personal property at ·


Almshouse


137 71


$2,881 73


Expenditures for inside Poor


$1,995 42


" outside "


840 85


2,836 27


Unexpended


45 46


PUBLIC BUILDINGS.


Appropriation .


$ 125 00


Unexpended from 1897


48 88


Expenditures .


$ 173 78


173 45


Unexpended


$ 33


.


33


CEMETERY.


Appropriation .


$165 00


Received from Trust Fund


25 00


Received for wood .


9 00


Expenditures .


$199 00 198 65


Unexpended


35


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Appropriation


$ 150 00


Interest on Trust Fund .


25 00


Fines, catalogues and cards


4 33


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1898


I3


Expenditures .


$ 179 46 173 31


Unexpended


$ 6 15




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