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Mary Elizabeth Root (2), Eddie McQuade (2), Robert H. Owen, Mary Zilch.
Grades VI., VII .:
Beatrice Hatch (3), Howard Bigelow (2). Anna Feid, Lee Burton, Blanche Barber, Alice Burton, Joseph McQuade. -
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Grades IV., V .:
Edward Grinnell, Edward Morse, Clifford Pond (3), Lillian Bigelow, Ruth King, Victor Zilch,
Doris Pond,
Ruth Hinton (2),
Loretta Holden,
Eda Barney, Alma James.
Grades II., III. :
Leah Powers (2),
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Marion Brown (3), Florence Brown (2),
Mildred Burt (2), Henry Noonan (2) Harold Lewis, Marion Barney, Ernest Munroe, Clarence Grinnell, Willie Owen,
Everett Pond,
Margaret Englebert, Walter Fielding.
Grade I. :
Robert Hatch, P
Harvey Hinton, George McInnis, Herman Fielding.
Blake's Hill :
Thomas Virgin ((3), Anna Golden.
DIRECTORY
SCHOOL
TEACHER
First Elected Where Educated
Local Address
Home Adress
High
George W. Howland, A. B., Prin.
High
Alice B. Eastman, A. B.
1904|Harvard College 1906| Wellesley College
Plainville
Sandwich, Mass Townsend, Mass.
High
Jennette Wilson, A. M.
1907 |Boston University
Grades 8, 9
Anna H. Ware
1886|Plainville High School 1906| Farmington Normal
Grades 6, 7
Abbie L. Conlogue
Grades 4, 5
Lillian L. Byrne
1908|Tilton Seminary
Grades 2, 3
Mabel M. Sutton
1905| Plymouth Normal
Grade I
Dorrice Downing
1907|Salem Normal
Music
Martha E. Tisdale
IN. E. Conservatory |Normal Art
North Attleboro
North Attleboro
Drawing
Mabel J. Brigham
George M. Bemis, A. B. (Yale), Superintendent of Schools.
Plainville Office Hours, Wednesdays, 3 to 4 P. M.
Residence, Pleasant St., Plainville.
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267 Granite St., Quincy, Mass. Plainville, Mass. Houlton, Me. 147 N. State St., Concord, Mass. 21 Fenton Av., Laconia, N. H. Andover, Mass.
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Statistics
School Census, September, 1907.
Number of boys between ages of five and fifteen III Number of girls between ages of five and fifteen. 97
Total 208
Number of boys between ages of seven and fourteen .. 73
Number of girls between ages of seven and fourteen. 69
Total
142
School
Total Mem. .
Av. Mem.
Av. Att. Per Cent of Att.
High
33
31.44
28.96
92.1
Grades 8, 9
29
26
25
93
Grades 6, 7
36
30.9
28
90.6
Grades 4, 5
33
28.9
26
93
Grades 2, 3
45
1
39.6
38.2
96
Grade I
34
29
25
86
*Blake's Hill, Mixed . 23
15.8
I3
82
Total membership for year. 233
Average membership for year. 201.64
Average attendance for year. 184.16
Per cent. of attendance for year 90.4
Four pupils previously enrolled elsewhere in the State make the grand total membership for the year 237. *The Blake's Hill school was burned during the pres- ent school year. Pupils are now transported to the village.
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School Calendar for 1908.
Winter term of all schools begin Dec. 30, 1907. Winter term of all schools closes March 20, 1908. Spring term of all schools opens March 30. Spring term of common schools closes June 12. Spring term of High School closes June 19. Fall term of all schools begins Sept. 8. Fall term of all schools ends Dec. 18.
Winter term of all schools opens Dec. 28.
Holidays.
Thanksgiving Day and day following.
Pay Days.
Jan. 24, Feb. 21, March 20, April 24, May 22, June 12, June 19, Oct. 2, Oct. 30, Nov. 25, Dec. 18.
FOURTH
Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
PLAINVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE
Year Ending January Thirty-First Nineteen Hundred Nine
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Town Officers
1908-1909.
Town Clerk : JAMES H. SHANNON.
Treasurer : WALTER E. BARDEN.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health:
WILLIAM F. MAINTIEN, GEORGE F. CHEEVER, JOSEPH F. BREEN.
Assessors : JOSEPH F. BREEN. Term Expires 1911. WALTER C. POND. Term Expires 1910. WILLIAM E. BLANCHARD. Term Expires 1909. School Committee :
RUFUS KING. Term Expires 1911. JOHN W. BLACKWELL. Term Expires 1910. GARDNER WARREN, Term Expires 1909 Tax Collector : GEORGE W. WOOD. Highway Surveyor: EDWARD C. BARNEY.
Auditor : JOHN J. EIDEN.
Constables :
DANIEL CROTTY, E. WRIGHT SARGENT, JOHN SCHROEDER. Special-A. L. KEYES.
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Superintendent of Schools : GEORGE M. BEMIS. Tree Warden : EDWARD C. BARNEY.
Registrars of Voters:
WILLIAM F. MAINTIEN, GEORGE F. CHEEVER,
JOSEPH F. BREEN, JAMES H. SHANNON.
Fence Viewers :
CHAS. N. MOORE, FRANK E. HILL.
Field Drivers : CLINTON E. GAY.
Measurers of Wood and Lumber: E. C. BARNEY, SYLVESTER J. SMITH, WALTER C. POND. OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN. Fire Engineers :
HARLIE E. THOMPSON, GEORGE E. PREW, FRANZ J. HEILBORN. Inspector of Animals : C. N. MOORE. Sealer of Weights and Measures: JOSEPH F. BREEN.
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Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. NORFOLK, ss .:
To either of the Constables of the Town of Plainville.
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Plainville, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Plainville, on Monday, the fifteenth (15th) day of March, A. D. 1909, at nine o'clock in the fore- noon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
Article I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Art. 2. To consider and act upon the reports of the Se- lectmen, Treasurer and other Town officers.
Art. 3. To choose all necessary Town officers. The fol- lowing are to be chosen by ballot, viz .: Three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, one Assessor for three years, one Treas- urer, one Clerk, one Trustee of Public Library for three years, one Auditor, one Collector of Taxes, one Surveyor of High- ways, one Water Commissioner, one Tree Warden, three Con- stables, one member of the School Committee for three years, and also upon the same ballot, to vote upon the question : "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town?" and also to vote to see if the Town will accept the pro- visions of Chapter 209, An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire. All officers, except as above named, are to be chosen for one year.
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The polls will be open at 9:30 o'clock a. m., and may be closed at 2 p. m.
Art. 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to appropriate and raise for :
Ist. The support of schools the current year.
2d. For school books and incidentals the current year.
3d. For the employment of a Superintendent of Schools.
4th. For the support of the Public Library.
5th. For the payment of salaries of the different Town officers.
6th. For current and incidental expenses the current year.
7th. For the support of the poor the current year.
8th. For highways and bridges the current year, and determine how it shall be expended.
9th. For State and military aid the current year.
Ioth. For Memorial Day.
IIth. For payment of interest the current year.
12th, For Fire Department the current year.
13th. For lighting the streets the current year.
14th. For the employment of a school physician.
I5th. For current and incidental expenses of Water De- partment.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will grant the use of Town Hall free of charge to George H. Maintien Post 33, G. A. R., three days the current year.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will grant the use of Town Hall free of charge to the Fire Department two evenings the current year.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will grant the use of Town Hall free of charge to the Alumni Association one evening the current year.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Hundred Dollars to be used for the preservation of the Angle Tree Monument.
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Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to extend the water mains to any sec- tion of the Town on a guarantee of 5 per cent. upon the cost.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars or any part thereof for the purchase of a Stone Crusher and Steam Roller.
Art. II. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen or a majority thereof, to borrow a sum of money not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars and issue the notes or bonds of the Town for the same, said sum to be used for the purchase of a Stone Crusher and Steam Roller.
Art. 12. To see how much money the Town will vote to appropriate and raise for the suppression of the sale of intoxi- cating liquors, and for the apprehension and prosecution of offenders against the law relating to the illegal keeping and sale of such liquors, and instruct the Selectmen to employ efficient agents and counsel to prosecute such offenders.
Art. 13. To see what action the Town will take with re- gard to the collection of taxes the current year, fix the compen- sation of the Collector, and determine the rate of interest to be charged on taxes remaining unpaid after November 1, 1909.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety on the Collector's, or other Town officers' bonds, placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay for the same.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to use all of the means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed Collector.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning Feb- ruary I, 1909, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current
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expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 17. To choose any committee to hear the report of any committee and act thereon.
Hereof fail not, and make due returns of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk in conformity to the public statutes, at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal of the Town of Plainville, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nine.
WM. F. MAINTIEN, GEO. F. CHEEVER, JOSEPH F. BREEN, Selectmen of Plainville.
[Seal.]
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Report of the Selectmen
We present herewith the fourth annual report of the Town of Plainville, and it is with pleasure that we are able to state that its affairs are in first-class condition.
The Water System will be completed in the early spring and we trust will prove a great benefit to the people.
The street lighting has not been done exactly to the satisfaction of the citizens, but the Selectmen have been unable to find the proper person for the position of Lamp Lighter. Mr. Palin has done the work to the best of his ability and has held the position very much against his own wishes, and only because a suitable successor could not be found. We owe to him the thanks of the town for his labors.
The drinking fountain erected at the corner of Bacon and South streets which was presented to the town by the ladies of the Chapel Aid Society on Memorial Day, 1908 and accepted by the Selectmen, has been of great service to man and beast, as well as a much-needed improvement to this corner.
The Van Bergh Electric Co., Incorporated under the laws of New York, have been presented a tract of land on Fletcher street by Mr. George Demarest and Mr. H. E. Thompson, and in addition to this gift have purchased and have an option on another and larger tract upon which they propose to erect a large factory and power plant.
Whether or not their plans are carried out remains for the future to show, but in case they are it will most certainly
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prove to be a great and lasting benefit to the town, and we can assure the Company the welcome that such an enterprise deserves.
An itemized report of our doings follows.
The Board organized at its first meeting by electing W. F. Maintien Chairman, Town Clerk J. H. Shannon acting as Clerk for Selectmen.
W. F. MAINTIEN, GEO. F. CHEEVER, JOSEPH F. BREEN,
Selectmen.
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Appropriations
Appropriations Granted 1908.
Current and incidental expenses
$2,100 00
Highways
1,100 00
Sidewalks
400 00
Memorial Day
75 00
Liquor Law
100 00
Fire Department
250 00
Water System
35,000 00
Poor
750 00
State aid
150 00
Street lighting
900 00
Water Supply Committee
100 00
Recommendations for 1909-10.
Current and incidental $2,000, and receipt from
Town Hall.
Highways and bridges
$1,200 00
Poor
500 00
Memorial Day
75 00
State aid
900 00
Street lighting
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Report of Highway Surveyor
E. C. Barney and men, 1410 hours at 20c. per hour. $282 00
E. C. Barney, double teams, 726 hours at 30c. per hour . 217 80
E. C. Barney, single teams, 94 hours at 171/2c. per hour 16.45
Richard Barton, 120 hours at 20c. per hour 24 00
Allie Courtney, 120 hours at 20c. per hour 24 00
Chas. Chase, 60 hours at 20c. per hour . 12 00
Hurbert Dunbar, 200 hours at 20C. per hour 40 00
Hurbert Dunbar, single teams, 200 hours at 171/2c. per hour. 35 00
George Davis, 871/2 hours at 20c. per hour 17 50
Charles Earnest, 50 hours at 20c. per hour
10 00
Edw. Fielding, 80 hours at 20c. per hour
16 00
Smith Fielding, 100 hours at 20c. per hour
20 00
Charles Fullen, 120 hours at 20c. per hour 24 00
George Faas, 120 hours at 20c. per hour 24 00
Harry Guild, 20 hours at 20c. per hour Thos. Glennon, 512 hours at 20c. per
4 00
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hour 102 40
Austin Greene, 230 hours at 20c. per hour 46 00
Thomas Huston, 20 hours at 20c. per hour 4 00
Levi King, 261 hours at 20c. per hour. 52 20
Fred Lovely, 2121/2 hours at 20c. per hour 42 50
John McNeil, 240 hours at 20c. per hour
48 00
John McQuade, 20 hours at 20c. per hour
4 00
Edw. Pink, 374 hours at 20c. per hour. 74 80
W. C. Pond, 147 hours, at 20c. per hour
29 40
W. C. Pond, 4 horses scraping 117 hours at 6oc. per hour . 70 20
W. C. Pond, double team, 30 hours at 30c. per hour. 9 00
R. P. Rhodes, 80 hours at 20c. per hour 16 00
Louis Robinson, 120 hours at 20c. per hour 24 00
John Thomson, 526 hours at 20c. per hour 105 20
Elmer Walden, 2661/2 hours at 20c. per hour 53 30
E. C. Barney, cement. 3 00
Joseph F. Breen, lumber. 50 67
Jos. A. Sharp, repairs on tools 80
Jas. B. Waine, gravel. 25 05
H. E. Thompson, tools, poles and nails 23 35
$1,550 62
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Amount of appropriation-
Highways $1,100 00
Sidewalks
400 00
Total $1,500 00
Amount used for highways $1,194 42
Amount used for sidewalks 356 20
$1,550 62 $50 62
Amount overdrawn
Respectfully submitted,
E. C. BARNEY.
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Assessor's Report
For Year Ending January 31, 1909.
Town grant $13,875 00 State and State highway tax $1,245 30
County tax 519 30
1,764 60
$15,639 60
Not necessary to assess
209 39
$15,430 21
Amount assessed on real estate. .... $12,089 00
Amount assessed on personal estate. 2,535 21 Amount assessed on polls. 806 00
$15,430 21
Street railway excise tax. $139 92
Added personal estate tax. 205 39
$345 31
Total amount ordered collected . $15,775 52
Table of Aggregate Assessed May 1, 1908
Number of resident individuals assessed
property 275
All other assessed property . 32
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Polls only 221
Non-resident individuals on property. II3
All others on property. 7
Polls assessed
403
Number persons assessed
648
Rate per thousand. $19 50
Value of personal estate .$130,009 00
Value of real estate buildings 433,091 00
Value of land 186,847 00
Total valuation May Ist. $749,947 00
Additional personal property. 10,500 00
Total valuation for year 1908. . $760,447 00
Total valuation for year 1907. . 731,174 00
Increase $29,273 00
Number of horses. I33
Number of cows 187
Number of other neat cattle.
45
Number of swine 24
Number of dwelling houses.
308
Number of acres of land.
6,2121/2
Number of fowl. 2,996
Value of fowl. $1,498.00
Abatements on Tax of 1907
Frank Darby, left town, poll. $2 00
James E. Herring, left town, poll 2 00
Larfaette Marshall, left town, poll 2 00
Octave Sylvester, left town, poll 2 00
Andrew J. Willey, left town, poll. 2 00
J. Byran Roney, poll and personal 2 95
Byran A. Roney, poll. 2 00
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Abatements on Tax of 1908
Carl Brack, left town, poll $2 00
William Fielding, left town, poll 2 00
Earl McNiel, left town, poll. 2 00
Percy Brock, left town, poll. 2 00
George N. Dane, left town, poll. 2 00
S. H. Ping, left town, poll. 2 00
Samuel Slocum, left town, poll. 2 00
George Callahan, left town, poll 2 00
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH F. BREEN, WALTER C. POND, WILLIAM E. BLANCHARD,, Assessors of Town of Plainville.
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Tax Collector's Report
1907 Tax.
Uncollected balance Jan. 31, 1908 ... $627 50
Supplementary assessment. 2 00
Total uncollected $629 50 Collected and paid Treasurer $614 55
Abatements 14 95
Total $629 50
Interest collected and paid Treasurer $16 70
1907 tax, with interest, collected and paid Treasurer in full June 3, 1908. 1908 TAX
Amount of tax levy $15,775 52
Taxes collected and paid Treasurer. .$15,367 72 Abatements 16 00
Total $15,383 72
Uncollected balance. $391 80
Interest collected and paid Treasurer $14 21
Total collected and paid Treasurer ... $15,397 93
GEORGE W. WOOD, Collector of Taxes.
Plainville, Mass., January 30, 1908.
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Treasurer's Report -
Receipts.
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1908:
Library account .. $15 92
State School Fund account. 1,507 43
General account 5,IIO 42
$6,633 77
From temporary loans :
Loan April 9, 1908.
$5,000 00
Loan July 15, 1908. 1,000 00
$6,000 00
From water supply bonds
29,400 00
From Tax Collector :
Taxes of 1907.
$629 50
Interest on same.
16 70
Taxes of 1908 15,383 72
Interest on same.
14 21
$16,044 13
From State of Massachusetts :
Corporation tax, 1907. $18 5I
Corporation tax, 1908.
34 87
National Bank tax. 15 52
Street railway franchise tax
144 43
Inspection of animals 30 00
State aid
128 00
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Soldiers' burial 70 00
Support of Supt. of Schools. 225 00
Support of teachers. 150 00
Support of High School
500 00
State School Fund
1,258 4I
$2,574 74
From County of Norfolk:
Dog licenses
$307 57
Court fines
10 00
$
317 57
From Town of North Attleborough : Tax on water supply. $9 75
From Selectmen :
For use of Town Hall. $154 00
From School Committee :
For heating Town Hall $22 00
Sale of books. 2 36
Transportation returned
I 80
$26 16
From Town Clerk:
Two junk licenses. $20 00
One billiard license. . 5 00
One auctioneer's license 2 00
$27 00
From interest :
Interest on Town School Fund. . $29 09
Interest on deposit First National Bank 13 08
Interest on deposit Manufac- turers National Bank. . . . 36 50 Interest on deposit Jose Parker & Co 169 81
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Accrued interest on bonds sold. . 50 82 Interest on prepayment of note .. I 88
$301 18
From premium on water bonds sold.
450 00
From Joseph Endress, license. 6 00
Total
$61,944 30
Payments.
Paid school building note.
$1,000 00
Paid temporay loans. 6,000 00
Paid note dated Dec. 23, 1907 1,700 00
$8,700 00
Paid coupons school building loan ...
$437 50
Paid interest temporary loans. ... . .. 145 66
Paid interest Town School Fund note 29 09
$612 25
Paid State tax
$1,155 00
Paid State highway tax.
90 30
Paid county tax
519 30
$1,764 60
Paid Selectmen's orders :
Current and incidental.
$656 71
Salaries
1,081 60
Town Hall
152 13
Forest fires
40 20
Support of poor
307 94
Soldiers' relief
60 00
State aid
144 00
Highway
1,194 42
Sidewalks
356 20
Fire Department.
236 32
Memorial Day
75 00
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Water Supply Committee 64 65
Water supply 30,782 39
Street lighting
868 42
$36,019 98
Paid School Committee's orders :
Teachers $4,431 00
Music 175 00
Drawing 145 00
Janitor 624 00
Fuel
713 58
Transportation
1,215 00
$7,303 58
Superintendent of Schools.
502 50
Books and supplies
650 25
Incidentals
319 63
$8,775 96
Paid Trustees of Public Library orders : Bills approved. $382 94
$382 94
Paid Assessors' orders :
Abatement of taxes, 1907 $14 95
Abatement of taxes, 1908. 16 00
$30 95
Cash on hand January 30, 1909 :
For account of Public Library. $32 98
For account of State School Fund 1,073 03
For general account
4,551 61
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$5,657 62
Total
$61,944 30
WALTER E. BARDEN,
Town Treasurer.
Interest Account.
Receipts.
Appropriation $600 00
Received on deposit First National Bank ..
13 08
Received on deposit Manufacturers National Bank 36 50
Received on deposit Jose Parker & Co. 169 81
Received on accrued interest on bond sold. 50 82
Received on taxes of 1907.
16 70
Received on taxes of 1908.
14 21
Received on prepayment of note.
I 88
Total
$903 00
Payments.
Paid Mary A. Davis, interest on $5,000.00, note dated April 2, 1907, 217 days, rate 41/4 per cent.
$128 09
Paid First National Bank, interest on $1,700.00, from March 23 to April 10, 17 days, rate 6 per cent. 4 OI
Paid Jose Parker & Co., interest on $1,000.00, note dated July 13, 1908, 122 days, rate 4 per cent. 13 56
Paid coupons on $13,000.00 School House bonds May 1, 1908, rate 31/2 per cent. 227 50
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Paid coupons on $12,000.00 School House bonds Nov. 1, 1908, rate 31/2 per cent. 210 00 Paid interest on Town School Fund note, $727.50, from Feb. 1, 1908, to Jan. 31, 1909, rate 4 per cent. 29 09
$612 25
PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCOUNT.
Receipts.
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1908. $15 92
Appropriation 400 00
$415 92
Payments.
Paid bills approved by Trustees $382 94
$382 94
Unexpended balance, Jan. 31, 1909.
32 98
$415 92
State School Fund Account.
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1908. $1,507 43
Received from State Jan. 26, 1909. 1,258 4I
$2,765 84
Transferred by order of School Committee. 1,692 81
Balance on hand Jan. 31, 1909. $1,073 03
Town School Fund.
Note of the Town, payable in 1921 . $727 30
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Regular Town Debt.
Liabilities.
12 School House Bonds. $12,000 00
Note due Town School Fund. 727 30
Accrued interest on School House Bonds 105 00
Accrued interest on Water Bonds. 490 00
Amount due Town of Wrentham 1,433 82
Outstanding bills 1,000 00
Total $15,756 12
Assets.
Due from State, for Superintendent of Schools $187 50
Due from State, for inspection of animals. .
30 00
Due from State, for State aid
144 00
Due from other sources
800 00
Due from uncollected taxes
391 80
Due from overpayment water bills 1,382 39
Cash on hand
5,657 62
Total $8,593 3I
Net debt Jan. 31, 1909. $7,162 81
Net debt Jan. 31, 1908. 9,994 10
Reduction of debt $2,831 29
Town Water Debt.
50 coupon notes, value $700.00 each, issued Sept. I, 1908, payable two Sept. 1, 1913, and two annually thereafter, interest payable semi- annually, rate 4 per cent. $35,000 00 Less notes Nos. 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 and
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50, in hands of Treasurer
5,600 00
Total notes outstanding $29,400 00
Bills paid additional 1,382 39
Total water debt $30,782 39
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FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Water Commissioners
Tuesday, June 16, 1908, at the special town meeting called for that purpose, the town accepted the act of the Legislature and voted to establish a water system. At the same meeting the town elected the following persons as Water Commission: W. H. Nash, for three years; J. F. Breen, for two years, and W. F. Maintain, for one year, to continue in office from the next annual town meeting for their full term. This Commission immediately organized with a choice of J. F. Breen, Chairman, and W. H. Nash, Secretary. As soon as convenient we chose Mr. F. L. Fuller of Boston as Engineer and made an agreement with him, whereby he was to receive four and one-half % of the total expenditures, if the system could be installed within the sum voted, which was $3,500, and if we found that it could not be constructed for that amount he was to receive the sum of $200 for work done. Mr. Fuller immediately drew plans and gave an estimate of what the probable cost would be and the Commissioners sent out the specifications to contractors and called for bids for all material and labor
Bid to be epened publicly at noon on the 22nd day of August, 1908. Test wells were driven on land of the Plainville Stock Company which had been located by Engineer Goodenough of the State Board of Health. The water was found to be excellent on first analysis. Previous to driving these wells we had communicated with the Water Commissioners of
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North Attleboro and had received a reply which satisfied us that it was impossible to get water from or through the town of North Attleboro. 1
Bids came in very promptly and on August 22nd, in the presence of numerous bidders, they were opened and ex- amined and recorded. From the figures in these bids it was found a system could be installed within the given amount, provided we could get the water pumped for us, and we called upon the Plainville Land Company for figures for pumping water for the town. The following is a list of the successful bidders: Donaldson Iron Company, cast iron pipe, $23.75 per ton of 2,000 pounds; Walsh Boiler & Iron Works, steel stand pipe, 25x67 feet with roof, $3,785 for stand pipe and $485 for roof, $4,275 total; Jose Morrelli for stand pipe foundation, 50 cents per cubic yard for earth excavation, $2.50 per cubic yard for rock excavation, and $5.00 per cubic yard for boulder concrete; Jose Morrelli for laying cast iron water pipe, which total bid was about $6,515.
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