Norwood annual report 1900-1903, Part 47

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1178


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CONCORD AVENUE.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for labor, $427 29


Appropriation, $700 00


ALLEN ROAD.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for labor,


$295 41


Pendergast & Callahan,


4 30


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$299 71


Appropriation, $400 00


STREET BOUNDS AND LAYING OUT STREET.


Paid Robert Rogers, for surveying, $201 35


Arthur. G. Fogg, for surveying, 39 00


$240 35


Appropriation, $500 00


DAY STREET DRAIN.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for labor,


$29 18.


Geo. E. Sanborn, for supplies,


90 78


David W. Lewis, 66


11 67


Spear & Smith,


23 87


L. G. Marston, 50,


$156 00


Appropriation,


150 00


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HOWARD STREET DRAIN.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for labor,


$33 05


D. W. Lewis, for grate,


21 92


Geo. E. Sanborn, for pipe,


55 12


Spear & Smith, for labor and supplies,


17 00


F. A. Fales & Co., for supplies,


5 50


Geo. F. Bagley,


5 41


E. L. Hubbard 66


1 52


$139 52


Appropriation, $150 00


HOYLE STREET.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for labor, $154 92


David W. Lewis, for grate, 16 00


F. A. Fowler & Co., for supplies,


18 50


E. L. Hubbard, for supplies,


3 35


L. G. Marston for express,


2 60


H. C. Babcock, for supplies,


1 99


W. B. Hastings & Co., for supplies,


2 87


$200 23


Appropriation,


$200 00


BAKER STREET SIDEWALK.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for labor, $66 15


Appropriation, $75 00


CLARK STREET.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for labor,


$200 49


John Nugent, for labor,


2 22


J. E. Plimpton & Co., for coal,


30


E. L. Hubbard,


2 65


L. G. Marston,


2 00


$207 66


Appropriation,


$200 00


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WASHINGTON STREET SIDEWALK.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for labor,


$278 22


H. F. Walker, 6


3 93


F. A. Fales, 5 00


E. L. Hubbard, 3 25


H. C. Babcock, for supplies,


2 14


$292 54


Appropriation, $500 00


PROSPECT STREET.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for labor,


$1,459 82


John Nugent, 1 25


David N. Lewis,


18 40


Geo. E. Sanborn,


42 20


Spear & Smith,


12 43


Geo. F. Bagley,


5 25


F. A. Fales & Co.,


3 90


E. L. Hubbard,


7 16


L. G. Marston,


2 25


$1,550 66


Appropriation, $1,500 00


SALARY OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for salary, $1,000 00


Appropriation,


$1,000 00


CONCRETE WALKS AND EDGESTONES .*


Paid Fred H. Hartshorne, for labor, $1,193 19 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., for freight charges, 55 22


D. W. Lewis, for supplies, 11 66


Amount carried forward, $1,260 07


*A portion of this amount to be paid by abutters.


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Amount brought forward, $1,260 07


Paid George F. Bagley, for labor and supplies,


11 79


Thomas Casey, for labor and supplies,


37 10


Sears Bros., for laying walks,


1,858 70


Spear & Smith, for labor and supplies,


8 85


F. A. Fales & Co., for supplies,


8 15


S. & R. Lombard, for edgestones,


330 32


E. L. Hubbard, for supplies,


1 53


George E. Sanborn, for supplies,


5 00


H. C. Babcock, for supplies,


3 41


Pendergast & Callahan, for supplies,


3 58


$3,528 50


Appropriation, $3,000 00


PAVING GUTTERS.


Paid F. H. Hartshorne, for labor,


$446 72


Ames Plow Co., for supplies,


3 25


L. G. Marston, for express,


25


Appropriation, $600 00


LAND DAMAGE, PROSPECT STREET.


Paid Patrick McManus, for land damage, $75 00


Samuel Page, for land damage, 105 00


Mrs. John Smith, for land damage, 50 00


$230 00


Appropriation, $100 00


LAND DAMAGE, PROSPECT STREET.


Paid Conrad Readel, for land damage,


$250 00


Appropriation,


$250 00


$450 22


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HAWES BROOK BRIDGE NOTE.


Paid Charles T. Wheelock, Treasurer, for interest, $20 57 No appropriation.


INTEREST ON CEMETERY LAND.


Paid Charles T. Wheelock, Treasurer, for interest, $78 28: No appropriation.


BOARD OF HEALTH.


Paid Dr. C. S. Gould, for services, $3 00


E. B. Thorndike, supplies, 3 00


C. B. Horgan, team,


1 00


G. S. Cheney & Co., supplies,


10 00


Fred E. Beal, services,


71 97


M. Terpstra, collecting offal,


87 50


J. Segamond,


77 50


C. B. Sanborn, services,


12 52


Melvin Badger, supplies,


6 65


E. Webber, services,


1 00


Fred E. Colburn,


78 00


E. J. Winn, 66


36 00


A. Holton, supplies,


2 70


$390 84


Appropriation,


$500 00


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


Paid Warren E. Rhoads, salary 2 years, 200 00


Appropriation,


$100 00


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DISTRICT COURT.


Paid Warren E. Rhoads, for expenses,


$105 63


M. D. Creed, 66


1 40


$107 03


Appropriation, $100 00


ASSESSORS' PLANS.


Paid Robert Rogers, for services, 1901,


$500 00


Appropriation, $500 00


GUILD SCHOOL NOTE AND INTEREST.


Paid Charles T. Wheelock, Treasurer, for interest, $260 00


Charles T. Wheelock, Treasurer, for note, 3,000 00


$3,260 00


Appropriation,


$3,260 00


CONVEYING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.


Paid Norwood, Canton & Sharon Street Railway Co., for tickets, $145 00


Norfolk & Bristol Street Railway Co., tickets, 115 00


Old Colony Street Railway Co., tickets, 382 50


$642 50


Appropriation, $500 00


TRUANT SCHOOL.


Paid County of Norfolk for board of Thomas Cronin, $17 56 Appropriation, $50 00


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WASHINGTON STREET NOTE AND INTEREST.


Paid Charles T. Wheelock, Treasurer, for interest, $371 87


Charles T. Wheelock, Treasurer, for note, 4,250 00


$4,621 87


Appropriation, $4,537 50


INTEREST ON THAYER LOT.


Paid Charles T. Wheelock, treasurer, for interest, $140 00


Appropriation, $140 00


STREET AND DRAIN NOTE AND INTEREST.


Paid Charles T. Wheelock, Treasurer, for note, $2,600 00


Charles T. Wheelock, Treasurer, for interest, 91 00


$2,691 00


Appropriation, $2,691 00


HAWES BROOK BRIDGE .*


Paid Michael F. McCarthy, for building bridge, $3,200 81


Fred H. Hartshorne, for labor, 235 84


George F. Bagley, for labor and supplies,


6 46


John Folan, for labor,


5 00


W. L. Morse, 66


9 00


Geo. H. Morse, "


00


H. L. Boyden, "


4 06


E. L. Hubbard, " 70


$3,469 87


Appropriation, $2,700 00


* One-third of cost to be paid by Old Colony Street Railway Co.


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LIGHTING STREETS.


Paid Norwood Gas Light Co., for lighting streets, Francis H. Palmer, 1 lamp 12 months,


$2,591 503


9 00


P. F. Gallagher, 1 12 9 00 66


F. M. Larrabee, 1 2 1 50 66


Stephen Curran, 1 12 66


9 00


George A. O'Brien, 1 66 12 9 00 66


Martin J. Kuld, 1 66 12


9 00


C. B. Dexter, 2 12 66


18 00


P. J. Mahony, 1 12


66


9 00


John Nugent, 1


12


9 00


$2,674 00:


Appropriation, $3,600 00


SANDING SIDEWALKS.


Paid Fred H. Hartshorne, for labor, $58 04


Daniel Fitzgerald,


66


3 12


George H. Morse, 6 66


11 76


John Nugent, 66


71 32


. $144 24


NEW SCHOOLHOUSE, FULTON STREET.


Paid Fred L. Fisher, for land, $1,533 60


Sarah A. Small, for land, 286 92


H. B. Alden, architect, 650 00


F. M. Douglass, on account,


800 00


F. E. Colburn, on account,


90 45


$3,360 97


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INCIDENTALS.


Paid M. D. Creed, for team, $1 00


Warren E. Rhoads, for supplies, 112 20


Warren E. Rhoads, for expenses election day, 15 00


.J. E. Plimpton & Co., for coal for lockup and police station, 31 45


Norwood Gas Light Co., for gas, 112 01


Fred L. Fisher, for rent of police station,


150 00


Fred L. Fisher, for loam, 57 00


Dr. F. Cragin, for returning births, 4 75


Dr. H. Leon Steele, for returning births, 20 50


Dr. C. S. Gould, for returning birthis, 8 00


Dr. Daniel Hurley, for returning births, 10 25


2 40


E. A. & E. L. Bigclow, for rent,


400 01


E. L. Bigelow, for recording births,


18 15


L. W. Bigelow's Sons, for supplies,


27 85


George F. Bagley, labor and supplies,


19 38


George F. Bagley, for voting booths,


28 60


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., for service,


94 07


Hooper, Lewis & Co., for supplies,


2 50


Herbert Tucker, for labor and supplies,


10 30


Charles T. Wheelock, for treasurer's bond, 80 00


Trustees Orient Lodge, for use of Village Hall, 97 00


F. E. Beal, for labor and supplies, 14 67


Bell Baker, for planting shade tree,


1 00


Eben F. Gay, for labor,


10 00


Thomas E. Clary Co., for bond of tax collector,


70 00


E. L. Burdakin, for copying deeds,


20 00


Matthew Drummy, for labor,


34 73


H. F. Walker, for labor and supplies,


53 72


James A. Halloran, for Sarah A. Mighan, acci- dent case, 385 00


Mrs. Henry Connors, for retaining wall, 20 00


George H. Morse, for services, 5 00


Amount carried forward, $1,916 54


C. J. Peters & Son, for supplies,


46


Amount brought forward, $1,916 54


Paid William J. Cuff, for land damage,


20 00


John P. Oldham, for labor,


18 20


William F. Hill, for services,


21 02


Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., for rent of vault, 10 00


C. B. Horgan, for team,


17 50


Richard Walsh, for labor,


26 39


Peter Lyden, for planting trees,


2 00


Conrad Readel, for land damage,


25 00


Adams Express Co., for express,


35


Sumner Bagley, for distributing reports,


12 00


S. Thaxter & Son, for services,


8 50


Saralı W. Currier, for lease of land,


100 00


E. F. Roby, for water rates,


6 00


A. Taylor, for damage in accident,


7 85


F. J. Mahoney, for land damage,


25 00


Nellie A. Dexter, for services,


10 00


George E. Sanborn, for supplies,


24 42.


Spear & Smith, for labor and supplies,


15 85


Albert Fales, for labor,


10 00


L. G. Marston, for express, 1 15


John F. Cuff, for numbering streets,


15 45


Fred H. Hartshorn, for snow plows,


30 00


John Nugent, for labor,


20 00


John Nugent, for public dump,


15 00


John Nugent, for removing rubbish barrels,


16 73


$2,374 95


TOTAL RECAPITULATION.


Paid for Schools,


$29,685 87


Guild School note and interest, 3,260 00


Conveying children to school,


642 50


Truant School,


18 56


Amount carried forward,


$33,606 93


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Amount brought forward, $33,606 93


Paid for Washington Street note and interest,


4,621 87


Thayer Lot note and interest,


140 00


Street and Drain note and interest,


2,691 00


Hawes Brook bridge,


3,469 87


Lighting streets,


2,674 00


Sanding sidewalks,


144 24


Incidentals,


2,374 95


Hoyle Street,


200 23


Baker Street sidewalk,


66 15


Clark Street,


207 66


Washington Street sidewalk,


292 54


Prospect Street,


1,550 66


Salary of Superintendent of Streets,


1,000 00


Concrete walks and edgestones,


3,528 50


Paving gutters,


450 22


Land damage, Prospect Street,


230 00


250 00


Hawes bridge note interest,


20 57


Cemetery Tand note interest,


71 33


Board of Health,


390 84


Sealer of Weights and Measures,


200 00


District Court,


107 03


Assessors' plans,


500 00


Fire Department,


2,148 32


Fire Alarm,


268 21


Painting, setting hydrants and swinging harnesses,


508 13


Mary U. Pond,


175 44


Library,


2,972 80


George K. Bird Post, No. 169, G. A. R.,


150 00


Old Cemetery,


125 00


Insurance,


138 39


Tree Warden,


163 60


State and military aid,


1,585 01


Support of poor,


4,819 89


Amount carried forward, $71,843 38


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Amount brought forward, $71,843 38


Paid for Town officers,


2,823 00


Watering streets,


1,233 57


Police service,


1,784 19


Land damage, Winter Street,


180 00


Land damage, Cross Street,


1,450 00


Advertising, printing and stationery,


1,123 69


Grade crossing,


76 00


Legal services,


196 80


Cemetery land,


7,000 00


Removing snow,


1,845 67


Pleasant Street drain,


212 21


Winslow Avenue drain,


491 92


Lenox Street paving,


156 15


Water Street bridge,


428 94


Washington Street grading,


959 93


Neponset and Cross Streets,


1,995 60


Concord Avenue,


427 29


Street bounds and laying out streets,


240 35


Day Street drain,


156 00


Howard Street drain,


139 52


Highways,


5,986 25


Fulton schoolhouse and land,


3,360 97


Allen Road,


299 71


$104,411 14


Total number of orders drawn, 1,263


Total amount of orders,


$104,553 21


Total amount of abatements drawn,


1,927 61


Total appropriations for year,


114,216 42


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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN OF NORWOOD.


FEBRUARY 1, 1903.


Water Bonds,


Less Sinking Fund,


$79,000 00 22,074 60


$56,925 40


Water Extension, note due April 1, 1902, at 34%


736 41


SCHOOL NOTES.


Guild School note, due Dec. 15, 1903, at 34% $5,000 00


Fulton Street School note, due Dec. 15, 1907, at 34% 2,600 00


7,600 00


WASHINGTON STREET WIDENING.


Note due Dec. 14, 1903, at 33% 4,250 00


THAYER LOT.


Note due Dec. 1, 1904, at 33% 4,000 00


STREET, LAND DAMAGE, DRAIN AND BRIDGE.


Note due Dec. 26, 1903, at 33% $800 00


Note due Dec. 26, 1903, 2,050 00


2,850 00


CEMETERY LOAN.


Note due Dec. 1, 1903, at 3.30% $1,000 00


Note due Dec. 1, 1904, at 3.30% 2,000 00


Note due Dec. 1, 1905, at 3.30% 2,000 00


Note due Dec. 1, 1906, at 3.30%


2,000 00


7,000 00


Total indebtedness,


$83,361 81


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ESTIMATES.


As required by the By-Laws, we submit the following esti- mates for the ordinary expenses of the ensuing year :


For Schools,


$33,500 00


Water extension note, due April 1, $736 41


Interest on same, 17 54


Guild School note, due Dec. 15,


5,000 00


Interest on same, 162 50


Washington Street widening note, due Dec. 14,


4,250 00


Interest on same,


123 96


Street, Drain and Land Damage note, due Dec. 26,


800 00


Interest on same,


28 00


Street, Drain and Bridge note, due Dec. 26,


2,050 00


Interest on same,


71 75


Cemetery Loan note, due Dec. 1,


1,000 00


Interest on Cemetery Loan notes, $7,000,


231 00


Fulton Street School note, due Dec. 15,


2,600 00


Interest on Fulton Street School notes,


600 00


Interest on Thayer Lot note,


140 00


Interest on Water Bonds,


3,160 40


Water Sinking Fund,


4,200 00


25,171 16


Conveyance of school children,


$500 00


Truant School,


50 00


550 00


Highways, bridges and culverts,


$4,000 00


Superintendent of Streets,


1,000 00


Sidewalks,


1,000 00


Sanding sidewalks,


100 00


Amounts carried forward,


$6,100 00 $65,321 16


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Amounts brought forward, $6,100 00 $65,321 16


For Concrete walks and edgestones,


1,500 00


Paving gutters,


500 00


Setting street bounds and laying out new streets,


500 00


Removing snow,


1,000 00


Lighting streets,


3,500 00


Watering streets,


1,200 00


Macadamized streets,


2,000 00


Fire department,


2,000 00


Fire alarm system,


400 00


Support of poor,


4,000 00


State aid,


500 00


Military aid,


500 00


Soldiers' relief,


500 00


Fees in district court,


100 00


Board of Health,


500 00


Morrill Memorial Library,


2,500 00


Town officers,


3,300 00


Police,


1,700 00


Old Cemetery,


125 00


Printing and stationery,


1,100 00


George K. Bird Post,


150 00


Abatement of taxes,


1,000 00


Incidentals,


2,000 00


36,675 00


Total,


$95,896 16


RESOURCES.


The resources of the town are :


Cash in the treasury, January 31, 1903, $18,296 45


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REMARKS.


The Selectmen have presented in the foregoing pages their report of the payments of the town of Norwood for the year ending January 31, 1903.


The following sums were raised by tax in 1902 :


Town Grant,


$89,563 94


State Tax,


2,280 00


County Tax,


3,049 94


Grading Crossing Tax,


774 36


State Highway Tax,


102 50


Overlays,


13 46


$95,784 20


Supplementary Tax,


$1,285 90


Concrete assessments committed to Collector,


166 25


Street watering assessments committed to Collector,


172 00


Norfolk Southern St. Ry. Tax,


54 21


Old Colony St. Ry. Tax,


427 66


Norwood, Canton & Sharon St. Ry. Tax,


25 00


Interest collected,


191 65


$2,322 67


Appropriations to be raised by tax 1903 :


For Drain through land of Tyler Thayer,


$150 00


Gravcling Concord Avenue,


700 00


Conrad Readel, land damage,


250 00


Graveling Allen Road,


400 00


Catch basin and drain, Howard Street,


150 00


Bridge over Hawes brook,


1,200 00


Grading Washington Street,


1,000 00


$3,850 00


The appropriations made from the treasury :


For Land damage, Neponset Street and Cross Street, $1,700 00 Land damage, Winter Street, 200 00


Land damage, Prospect Street,


100 00


Excise tax to highways,


498 01


Dog licenses to Public Library,


472 80


$2,971 08


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From treasury of Cemetery Commissioners : For land east side of cemetery entrance,


$225 00


From treasury of Water Commissioners :


For extension of water main to factory of F. W. Bird & Son, $2,500 00


Sinking Fund, 4,200 00


Interest on Water Bond, 3,100 00


Extension of water main on Concord Avenue, 850 00


$10,650 00


Extension of water main on Allen Road to be bor-


rowed on note payable from the Water Commis- sioners' treasury, April 1, 1903, $736 41


TAX RATE.


The tax rate for the year was twenty dollars ($20) per thou- sand ($1,000), an increase of sixty cents over 1901, partly due to the loss of a large amount of personal property tax that was lost by the firms going into a corporation, but which has partly come back through the corporation tax.


HIGHWAYS.


The highways are in fair condition. They need the usual amount of graveling, especially on the outskirts, and we have recommended 'that the sum of two thousand dollars be appropri- ated for macadam, and that it be expended on Washington Street, between Howard and Cottage Streets, after the street railway company have altered their tracks to conform to the new grade opposite Nahatan Street, and the new turnout is in.


The work of widening Prospect Street has been continued the past year, and we would recommend that a sufficient amount be appropriated to complete the street to Winter Street, as the remaining part can be constructed at one time more economically than to do the work in sections.


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WATER STREET BRIDGE.


We found that this bridge was in an unsafe condition, and it was rebuilt with new stringers and planking at an expense of four hundred twenty-eight dollars and ninety-four cents, which was paid from the treasury, as there was no appropriation.


DRAIN NEAR PROSPECT STREET.


We found that a large part of the water coming down Cottage Street came from the land on the west side of Prospect Street, and we have leased the land and built a drain which we think will carry away a large part of this water.


LIGHTING STREETS.


The contract with the Norwood Gas Light Company expires August 1, 1903. Some action should be taken to renew the con- tract or take other means for lighting the streets.


BOUNDARY POSTS.


A perambulation of the boundary lines between the towns of Sharon and Norwood and Westwood and Norwood appears in full in this report.


ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


The amount of taxes abated, nineteen hundred twenty-seven : dollars and sixty-one cents, is partially offset by a supplementary tax of twelve hundred eighty-five dollars and ninety cents, and · was caused by a large number of changes in personal property between the time the assessment was made in May and the time the taxes were paid.


Respectfully submitted,


FRED L. FISHER, RICHARD E. OLDHAM, SAMUEL M. WINSLOW,


Selectmen of Norwood.


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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.


To the Board of Selectmen:


I respectfully submit my annual report for the year ending Jan- uary 31, 1903:


The following amounts have been laid out from the annual appropriation on the highways, bridges, culverts, drains and such work as is called for in maintaining and keeping the streets at their present standard.


HIGHWAYS.


Railroad Avenue, from Prospect to Washington Street, was repaired in various places at an expense of $199.33. Cost per load, $1.27.


Winter Street was repaired with rough gravel from house of Mr. Bastian to house of W. C. Fuller, at an expense of $11.76. Cost per load, 7812c.


Washington Street, from Nahatan to the Conger Block, was grav- eled at an expense of $30.47. Cost per load, $1.35.


Nahatan Street, from Prospect to Washington Streets, was repaired in various places at an expense of $43.70. Cost per load, $1.31.


Vernon Street, from Nichols to Maple Streets, was graveled at an expense of $158.38. Cost per load, $1.26.


Nichols Street, from house of Mr. Bateman to Nahatan Street, was graveled at an expense of $90.56. Cost per load, $1.14.


Maple Street, from Day to Cottage, and Rockmaple Street, from Day to Vernon, were graveled at an expense of $83.80. Cost per load, $1.28.


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Cottage Street, from Prospect to Nichols, was repaired in vari- ous places at an expense of $85.24. Cost per load, $1.22.


Washington Street, from Winter to Hoyle Streets, was graveled at an expense of $56.53. Cost per load, $1.34.


Broadway, from Guild to Park Streets, was graveled at an expense of $56.09. Cost per load, $1.25.


The material used for the above streets was obtained from Nugent's pit and was screened gravel, with the exception of the repairs on Winter Street at Mr. Bastian's, which was taken from the bank.


Walpole Street was repaired in places from Winter to Chapel Streets, at an expense of $89,46. Cost per load, $1.06.


Winter Street, from Walpole to house of Mr. Thompson, was graveled at an expense of $108.80. Cost per load, $1.28.


Vernon Street, from Washington to Bullard Streets, was grav- eled at an expense of $85.62. Cost per load, $1.50.


On Chapel Street, about 952 feet was graveled at an expense of $131.05. Cost per load, $1.11.


Maple Street, from Cottage to Nahatan, and Cottage Street, from Maple to Washington, were repaired at an expense of $120.17. Cost per load, $1.71.


Walpole Street, from Bullard to Winter Streets, was graveled at an expense of $62.59. Cost per load, $1.45.


Winter Street, from Beach to Nichols Streets, was graveled at an expense of $103.09. Cost per load, $1.4114.


The street had to be raised at this location to conform to the new paved gutter.


The gravel for the above work was obtained from the Davis pit, and stones culled out (where it was necessary) at the pit by hand.


Sumner Street at house of George Hawes, was graveled for about 200 feet, at an expense of $30.80. Cost per load, $1.10.


Lenox Street, at junction of Willow Street, was graveled at an expense of $90.88. Cost per load, 91c.


On Dean Street the hill from Mr. Dean's to the bridge was graveled, gutters ploughed out and material used to shape the street, at an expense of $51.30.


SIDEWALKS.


On Maple Street the sidewalk was graveled on the east side to Nahatan, and on Nahatan to Nichols was repaired at an expense of $90.25. Cost per load, $1.53.


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Vernon Street, from house of J. S. Cushing to Maple Street, was graveled at an expense of $31.53. Cost per load, $1.57.


Nichols Street, from Florence Avenue to Vernon Street, and on Cottage Street, from Nichols in various places to house of Chas. Rogers, at an expense of $47.20. Cost per load, $1.35.


Walpole Street, from Wilson, about 300 feet on west side, and the sidewalk repaired on south side at house of Isaac Ellis, at an expense of $15.33. Cost per load, 8034c.


On Walnut Avenue a new sidewalk was built on the south side from Walpole Street, about 200 feet, at an expense of $42.08.


Nahatan Street, from house of J. Wilde to Prospect Street, and from house of J. Kennedy to land of J. Nee, the sidewalk was graveled at an expense of $54.60. Cost per load, $1.5134.


Railroad Avenue, from house of Wm. Samler to Washington Street, at an expense of $15.39. Cost per load, $1.71.


On Washington Street, from house of Dr. C. S. Gould to house of J. B. Steadman, at an expense of $75.79. Cost per load, $1.90.


This gravel was spread from the cart, thoroughly raked and rubbish hauled away.


On East Hoyle Street the sidewalk was graveled from Washing- ton Street to house of John Lee, at an expense of $40.30. Cost per oad, $1.08.


George Street, on the west and north sides, was repaired at an expense of $54.60. Cost per load, $1.811%.


Hillside Avenue, on the north side, was graveled at an expense of $60.88. Cost per load, $1.5614.


Chapel Street, on the north side, from Washington to the ledge, and on south side from land of M. Smith to Washington, at an ex- pense of $103.88. Cost per load, $1.55.


This gravel was spread from the carts and the rakings and rub- bish hauled away.


The gravel used for the above sidewalk was obtained from C. O. Davis' pit.


On Pine Street, at the house of Martin Curran, and house of Mr. Feeney, a new sidewalk was built at an expense of $62.08. Cost per load, $1.2134.


On Rock and Pleasant Streets the sidewalks were repaired in various places at an expense of $67.60. Cost per load, $1.0112.


Rockhill Street and Washington Street in various places to My- lod Street were repaired at an expense of $9.05.


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The material used was cinders obtained from Hollingsworth & Vose for the carting.


On Nichols Street a new sidewalk was built on the west side from Cottage Street to Prospect Avenue, at an expense of $23.82.


The material for this work was obtained from the widening of Washington Street.


The majority of street repairs were called for on account of the serious washouts that occurred the first of March. The only gravel obtainable at that time, on account of the frost, was mostly sand and would not pack, consequently a re-surfacing of the streets damaged by the freshet was called for.


WASHOUTS.


The cost of repairing the various streets after the March freshet was $803.64.


Washout caused by the two severe showers in July and August cost $157.08.


CULVERTS.


The culvert on Washington Street north of the Balch School was cleaned and enlarged, jointly by the town and railroad com- pany, at an expense of $8.00, the railroad company paying the larger proportion.


On Munroe Street the culvert near house of Mr. Hennessey was cleaned at an expense of $4.00.


On Winter Street the culvert east of Mr. Webber's house was cleaned at an expense of $4.50.


The culvert at the junction of Winter and Walpole Streets was repaired at an expense of $2.22.


The main culvert running under Village Hall was cleaned from the track to the hall and from Cottage Street to macadam, at an expense of $16.50.


On Washington Street the culvert from Vernon Street was cleaned from the rail to the sidewalk and entrance at Vernon Street repaired at an expense of $5.32.


On Maple Street the culvert south of Nahatan Street was re- paired at an expense of $1.78.


The culvert on Neponset Street north of D. F. Weatherbee's house was cleaned at an expense of $4.00.


On Mylod Street the culvert west of the house of Daniel Dyer was enlarged and cleaned at an expense of $20.48.


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DRAINS.


The drain running from Lenox Street to main brook at land of J. P. Hamlin was cleaned at an expense of $12.00.


The drain running from Walpole Street to Snake-up Pond was cleaned at an expense of $17.33.




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