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86 30
$1,455 89
LOCK-UP.
Paid Morrison M. Alden, labor and material, $341 90
John B. Thayer, 66
406 33
Gay, Manson & Co., Iron,
48 56
American Fire Proof Safe Co., doors, locks, &c.,
134 91
O. C. & N. R. R. Co., freight on brick and iron,
40 69
Thomas Fardy, labor and material,
29 81
George C. Platt, painting,
27 75
Ephraim Mann, labor and material,
41 50
Thomas Harris and others, labor,
10 00
N. F. Roel "
28 91
C. Morton, Jr., and others, furniture,
39 33
$1,149 69
BUILDING ALMS HOUSE.
Paid S. S. Mann, and others, for land, (18 acres)
$1,800 00
George Ropes, architect,
200 00
S. H. L. Pierce, as per contract,
6,437 00
N. F. Roel, labor,
272 36
Ephraim Mann, 4 with team,
130 00
Seth Mann, 66
36 00
Charles H. Mann 66 66
27 00
H. & R. Riclı,
15 00
Alvan Mann, with team,
18 00
James J. Walworth, & Co.,
67 52
30
Paid Enoch Rideout, labor, $108 00
Edson M. Roel and others, labor, 252 42 .
John B. Thayer, labor and materials, 327 25
For Insurance in Norfolk, Dorchester and Quincy offices, 192 00
Joseph Graham and others, as per contract, 653 51 for extra work, 75 40
T. S. Clogston & Co., steam heating apparatus, 753 75 Sundry persons, labor & materials, 520 48
$11,885 69
FURNITURE FOR ALMS HOUSE.
Paid Norcross, Mellen & Co., Crockery, 94 14
A. M. Mace & Co., tinware, 20 29
O. Lappen & Co., wooden ware,
38 32
Edward W. Pear, curtains,
20 55
Pierce, Brown & Co., chairs,
41 75
E. H. Bradbrook, tables,
19 75
Tucker Manufacturing Co., iron bedsteads,
110 50
Baker & Thayer, stove and tin ware,
113 84
Morrison M. Alden, tables,
30 75
Pond & Duncklee, supplies,
10 75
Ames Plow Co.,
6 50
Manning & Glover, Beds,
63 35
Morse, Shephard & Co., Bedding, &c.,
150 59
R. W. Turner & Co., supplies,
17 45
Baker & Thayer,
19 21
Sundry persons,
11 95
Charles Estabrook, freight,
31 90
$801 59
PROVISIONS, &c., FOR NEW ALMS HOUSE FROM JAN. Ist TO MAR. 1st, 1869.
Paid Martin L. Hall & Co., groceries, 65 37
D. A. Brayton, flour, 30 75
Mitchell & Plumley, beans,
4 25
Harison Bird & Co., meat,
23 00
Ephraim Mann, wood,
8 00
31
Paid Wm. H. Warren, coal,
$66 40
I. D. Page, groceries,
28 65
Josiah Clark and others, meat,
22 53
58 33
Mace Gay, salary from Jan. 1st to March 1st, Ellen Keith, service,
24 00
$331 68
STOCK PURCHASED FOR TOWN FARM.
Paid Moses W. Whitcomb for one horse,
$200 00
John Holbrook,
COW,
90 00
Jesse Fenno
shoat,
22 88
Benjamin Paine
66
23 64
Josiah Thayer,
seven hens,
7.00
$343 52
TOWN FARM.
.
Paid Ephraim Mann, plowing,
$12 00
Manus Gallagher, manure,
20 00
Josialı Clark,
40 00
John Long, manure,
8 50
J. F. Dargan, potatoes,
19 00
James Gerald, labor,
4 00
Calvin May,
22 50
T. O'Neil and John Gill,
10 00
Wm. H. Wood, 66
6 00
Patrick Kiley and others, “
7 00
Rufus Jones, labor and team, planting and haying,
77 75
$226 75
TOWN FARM. CR. FOR PRODUCE RAISED.
By five tons hay,
$100 00
120 bushels potatoes, Pumpkins sold,
96 00
22 65
Vegetables,
15 00
$233 65
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Elmer W. Holmes, printing Town Reports, $195 00
66 list of poll tax payers, list of voters, tax bills, notices, orders, advertising &c., 141 25
George B. Nichols and C. A. Roel, distributing town reports, 4 00
Benjamin Paine, for loss of horse for alleged defect in highway, 50 00
Charles K. Darling, blank books and stationery, 43 19
Thomas Groom & Co., blank books and stationery, 46 10
Wales French, interest on Bigelow note. 41 73
L. R. Peterson, labor and material on town house, 100 79
Wm. H. Warren, coal for lock-up, 25 72
Lawrence White, ringing bell for town meetings, 5 00
Charles Howland, distributing envelopes, 2 00
McKenney & Hanna, renovating beds,
14 00
A. H. Stark, varnishing hearse,
14 00
John Loring, repairs
50
Wm. Campbell, “ 2 00
10 00
Ralph Houghton, coffin stools, 5 00 repairs on hearse, 4 80
Eleazer Beal, surveying, and setting monuments, 18 62
Patrick McMahon, stone bounds and labor, 10 98
James Foord, recording deeds and copies,
4 75
J. G. Poole, postage,
11 67
Ephraim Mann, wood for Selectmens' room,
8 00
For advertising,
6 00
For approving town by laws and copies,
5 30
Wm. Schouler, for Record of the Rebellion,
5 00
John Long, horse and carriage hire, .
20 50
H. C. Alden, copying bank returns,
5 00
Edson M. Roel, services and expenses selling town property, -
18 80
R. W. Turner, supplies and stationery, 7 23
Wm. H. Warren and others, expenses on bastardy cases, 16 00
Charles Estabrook, entertainment for County Com- missioners and Town Officers, 30.25
Charles Estabrook, express 1 20
Sundry bills, various expenses, 28 41
Peoples" Fire Ins. Co. of Worcester, insurance, 37 00
J. White Belcher, insurance, 36 50
N. Pendergrass, storage of hearse,
33
Paid Seth Mann, 2d, insurance,
$6 00
John Adams, 66
4 20
*Josiah Clark, supplies,
8 67
W. E. Jewell, for services obtaining school money, 1867, 16 00
Jacob Whitcomb, use of horse and carriage,
30 00
Selectmen, expenses to Boston, Easton, Cambridge,
Quincy, Bridgewater, Stoughton and Scituate, on town business, State Aid, and settlement of Paupers, 98 75
Royal W. Thayer, services as constable,
5 00
Wm. H. Warren, "!
20 00
For services of special police sundry times,
28 75
$1,193 44
ALMS HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
Appraisal of Stock, Furniture, Provisions, &c., March
1st, 1869.
1 horse,
$200 00
1 cow,
90 00
2 hogs,
70 00
7 hens,
7 00
2 tons of hay,
40 00
60 bushels potatoes,
48 00
5 turnips,
2 50
20 lbs. butter,
10 00
40 " soap,
4 20
5 , " tea,
4 50
52 " coffee, ·
5 46
4 " salcratus,
32
36 gal. molasses,
20 79
1 1-2 bbl. 2 firkins,
1 00
16 iron bedsteads,
120 50
5 army blankets,
5 00
16 navy “
38,00
12 blue mixed blankets,
21 00
8 colored bed spreads,
16 00
7 feather beds,
70.00
16 under beds,
40 00
16 single sheets,
11 20
*Refunded,
3
34
17 double sheets,
13 80
19 pillow cases,
10 45
20 feather pillows,
23 00
26 towels,
3 25
Table cloths,
14 87
6 wooden trunks,
6 00
3 dining tables,
18 00
2 tables,
11 50
6 light-stands,
8 25
58 chairs,
41 75
1 ash bbl., sifter, hod and shovel,
9 00
1 cooking stove and furniture,
94 75
5 flat-irons,
2 70
1 hammer,
1 25
1 wood-saw,
1 30
2 hatchets and bill-hook,
3 62
Steelyards,
1 50
1 saw-horse,
87
5 shovels,
6 00
1 hayfork,
50
Crockery ware,
94 14
Wooden warc,
36 20
Tin ware,
20 29
$1,248 46
Names and Ages of persons supported in the Alms- house, March 1st, 1869.
Ebenezer Holbrook, aged 78 yrs., admitted Jan. 4th, 1869,
Jonathan Mann,
82
Ebenczer Thayer,
73
66
66
66
66
66
Eunice Delano,
59
66
"
66
Saralı Crane,
72
66
66
66
66
Betsy Marshall Eddy, .
42
66
66
Sarah M. Jones,
66
25
66
66
66
Sarah Etta Law,
65
4
66
66
66
65
Charles Jones,
66
2
66
66
66
66
66
Anna E. Bagley,
11
66
Mary Mullins,
30
6!
66
66
66
Timothy Mullins,
66
" 8 m.
66
6
Susan Thayer,
66
77
66
Polly Copeland,
68 66
66
66
35
Julia Mullins,
aged 3 m. admitted
Jan 4th
1869
Lydia Smith,
80 yrs.
7
Adeline G. Kennedy,
38
11
Mary F. Veazie,
36
26
Fanny W.
11
Alletta B.
7
16
66
Benj. V. " jr.
6
3
William E. Brown
25
Feb.
1
Kate A. Veazie,
1
66
9
Mary Ella Jones, infant,
13
Susan Pratt,
63
Mar. 13
Names of persons supported out of the Almshouse, March 1st, 1869.
Henry M. Jones.
Betsey Jones.
Edwin Cheesman. Mary Cheesman.
The undersigned, Auditors of Accounts for the financial year ending March 1st, 1869, hereby report that they have examined the books and accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct and properly vouched.
ROYAL W. TURNER, NATHAN A. TOLMAN, Auditors.
THOMAS WEST,
Randolph, March 17, 1869.
In closing the report of the Selectmen, the following estimate of expenses for the ensuing year is presented for the consilova- tion of the town.
66
66
Clarence B. "
36
* For Schools,
$10,000 00
" Furniture and Repairs of School Houses, 600 00
Highways,
3,000 00
" General Town Expenses,
17,500 00
" Fire Department,
2 450 00
Total,
$33,550 00
SCHOOLS.
All expenditures in this department being under the direction of the School Committee, for details and recommendations see their Report, commencing on page 49.
HIGHWAYS.
The streets in all parts of the town have been kept in good repair the past year, and in some sections greatly improved. It is recommended an appropriation of three thousand dollars be made for repairs the coming year, in order to continue the highways in their present condition. Gravel from the town farm can be furnished for the roads in that vicinity. The sub- ject of reducing the number of Highway Surveyors has often been suggested by different persons as tending greatly to the efficient and economical management of this department of town affairs. If deemed expedient the town can take action in relation thereto at its annual meeting.
ALMS HOUSE.
The Overseers of the Poor, having been notified by the build- ing committee, that the new alms house would be ready for oc- cupancy on the first day of January of the present year, the services of Mr. Mace Gay as Superintendent, and his wife as Matron, were engaged at a salary of $350 00 per year. It will be observed on page 34 there are at the present time twenty- six inmates of the new house. In consequence of this number being larger than expected it became necessary to finish the ' third story at an expense of about $650. After careful investi-
*Report of School Committee.
37
gation in relation to the best method of heating the building it was decided to use Clogston's Steam Heating Apparatus, which cost all complete, about $800, and for the three months it has been in operation has given entire satisfaction. The furniture for the house is almost entirely new, and cost $800 00. For other expenses of the buildings and land see report under head- ing of New Almshouse. Although the land and buildings have re- quired a large outlay, yet the efficiency, economy and humanity of this arrangement can hardly be overrated. Here the poor can receive cvery comfort that an enlightened community de- mands, and that at a moderate expense. The farm is capable of being gradually improved, and thereby annually increasing in productiveness, will greatly assist in supporting the institution.
Total expense for supporting the poor in and out of the alms- house for Nov. and Dec. 17. 1868, $1,445 17.
Total expense for Jan. and Feb., 1869, under the New Alms- house System, $415 68. This difference is principally account- ed for from the fact that many who formerly received assistance, decided to support themselves, rather than be relieved in the man- ner the town has provided.
TOWN DEBT.
It will be seen by referring to the report of the Treasurer the debt of the town has increased about $9,300 00 the last year. This increase has arisen in consequence of purchasing the town farm, and erection of buildings thereon, at an expense of $12,600, and also interest on the town debt amounting to $3500 00, for the payment of which no provision was made by the town. It will readily be seen if the money had been raised for the above named purposes the debt of the town instead of being increased would have been reduced about $7,000.
Respectfully submitted.
J. WHITE BELCHER, Selectmen H. B. ALDEN, JR., of JACOB WHITCOMB, ) Randolph.
Randolph, March 17, 1869.
DR.
STATE OF THE TREASURY.
CR.
Notes to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, . $70,000 00
Value of Eight Shares R. N. Bank, $1,000 00
Balance due on Tax, 1868, 390 16
Note No. 98, to Beulah Hunt, " 102, to 'Zeno Linfield,
700 00
66 from Treasurer, 564 21
State Aid due,
8,590 00
$6 " Pauper Account due,
319 63
Note No. 134, to Joshua Hunt, 228 00
" 167, to Ebenezer Moulton,
900 00
Notes Nos. 178, 186, 239, 255, to Austin Roel, 179, 256, to Lemuel Wentworth,
1,600 00
Note No. 184, to Elizabeth Pendergrass,
100 00
199, to Thomas West (guardian), 300 00
200 00
36 208, to Susanna Fisher,
500 00
Notes Nos. 217, 242, to Esther J. Thayer,
800 00
Note No. 221, to George II. Nichols,
.
300 00
Increase of debt, . · $9,330 00
" 230, to Washington Thayer,
240, to John Fitzgerald,
1,000 00
66 241, to Bradford Thayer,
400 00
243, to Esther Thayer, 500 00
. to Randolph National Bank, . 15,000 00
to S. S. Mann,
1,800 00
Estimated amount Interest due,
· 1,000 00
$100,328 00
$100,328 00
38
" 225, to Anna Thayer,
500 00
" 210, to P. E. Wilbur,
.
200 00
due from other towns, . .
45 50
Notes Receivable, 700 00
500 00
Balance, . 88,718 50
.
.
1,000 00
Notes Nos. 121, 154, 224, 236, 244, to Patrick McMahon, 2,80000
DR.
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, IN "ACCOUNT WITH HIRAM C. ALDEN, TREASURER. CR.
4
1869.
1869. March. Rec'd for Treasury Notes issued,
21,800 06
" Treasury Notes,
12,770 00
Tax Bill, 1868,
Interest on do.,
5,969 63
" Salt Grass,
42 70
State Tax, 1868,
6,320 00
Liquor sold (Agency ), .
20 05
H. C. Alden, Treasurer, 100 00
of Guardian of R. T. Beal, .
116 49
T. Groom & Co.'s bill, Note Book, .
14 50
Rent of Schoolhouse, District No. 9,
1.14, 7 30
66 Sexton's returning deaths, .
10 50
175 04
Town Clerk, recording births, marriages, and deaths, . .
67 40
State Aid, . ·
5,600 0.2
Stamps, blank book, paper, envelopes, &c., for Clerk and Treasurer, .
14 75
* Balance, .
2,454 37
" Randolph National Bank, Dividends,
96 00
" Sundry persons, bills refunded, .
205 83
" Town of Methuen, pauper,
52 00
" Mrs. Weathee, refunded,
216 95
" Town of Stoughton, repairs of hose, $11.00; paupers, $47.50,
58 50
" Town of Quincy, paupers,
114 61
" Dartmouth, '
44 00
" Abington,
43 50
" No. Bridgewater, schoolng, $20 00 ; pauper, $4.25, 24 25
" Town of Westford, pauper, .
$6
" West Bridgewater, pauper,
136 99
" Weymouth,
58 50
for Almshouse and Land,
990 00
from Town Farm,
52 13
for Engine House,
155 00
" two safes, $140; stove, $6; ash tree, $3; goods at Almshouse, $4 50,
153 50
ROYAL W. TURNER,
from licensed liquor-sellers, pr.ct. on sales, 151 24 of E. M. Roel, Interest on Tax, 1867,
282 62
" J. Adams,
" 1865,
42 90
" E. M. Roel, extra Poll Taxes, ·
14 60
$77,320 73
$77,320 73
.
$800 00
E. M. Roel, Tax, 1868,
· 390 16
Cash and Bills,
564 21
Notes Receivable,
· 700 00
$2,454 37*
Balance, . $4,323 50
March. Paid Town Orders, Nos. 1 to 416 inclusive, $49,599 58
of County Commissioners for Licenses, " State Treasurer, Corporation Tax,
2,289 00
114 86
State Paupers, State School Fund,
354
Bank Stock,
39
The subscribers, Auditors of the Accounts of the Treasurer of the Town of Randolph, for the year ending February 29th, 1869, have examined the accounts of IHIRAM C. ALDEN, Treasurer, with care, and have found the same correctly cast, and prop- erly vouched with suitable entries.
57 50
NATHAN A. TOLMAN, Auditors. THOMAS WEST,
39,527 15
$6.25
STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
The investments of "The Stetson School Fund" now amount to Ten Thousand and Six Hundred Dollars, viz :
10 shares Elliot National Bank,
Boston,
(par)
$1,000
10
66 Webster
1,000
10
" Hide & Leather National Bank,
1,000
10 Shoe & 66
66
66
1,000
10 66 Exchange
66
66
1,000
10
Boylston
66
66
1,000
10
Tremont
66
66
66
66
1,000
20
66 Old Boston
66
.6
.
1,000
13 Shawmut
66
66
1,300
13
66 Randolph
66
66
1,300
$10,600
The yearly account accompanying this report gives a cash bal- ance of Eight Hundred Twenty-Seven and 8-100 Dollars ($827.08) the greater part of which will be required to meet the expenses, salary, &c., already accrued, as by the division of terms it is inconvenient to make the "Fund" year conform with the "Financial" year of the town. The records of the school show that from forty (40) to forty-five (45) pupils have been registered during the year and that the attendance has been very good until within a few weeks, when the prevailing sick- ness has in this as in other schools prevented the presence of numerous scholars. The class graduating at the close of the present term numbers but four (4), a fact that the Trustees deeply regret, convinced as they are that to render the School the greatest advantage, the pupils entering should continue through the entire course. Parents, the Trustees feel, do not sufficiently realize the great impediment thrown in the way of their children's education in not allowing them to remain if pos- sible the entire course of four years, when they have once en- tered the School. It is hoped at the opening of the new term and year, more than the average number of qualified applicants will present themselves for admission. The Trustees, and Mr. Deane the teacher, take this opportunity (if the reports shall be seasonably distributed) to invite parents and all others in-
41
clined, to be present at the annual examination on Friday April 2d, and also to visit the School as often as possible during its sessions.
DANIEL HOWARD, JOHN L. FRENCH, Tustees. L. S. WHITCOMB,
SETH TURNER, Secretary.
RANDOLPH, March, 17, 1869.
Having examined the account of the "Trustees of the Stetson High School Fund" we certify that the same is correct, with cer- tificates of Bank Stock, as stated, amounting to Ten Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($10,600), and cash Eight Hundred Twen- ty-seven and 8-100 Dollars ($827.08) all in the hands of the Secretary.
J. WHITE BELCHER, Selectmen H. B. ALDEN, JR., of JACOB WHITCOMB, Randolph.
RANDOLPH, March. 17, 1869.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE STETSON HIGH-SCHOOL FUND.
1868.
DR.
1868.
CR.
Mar. 5. To Balance last year's account, ·
$1,031 25
Mar. 13. By pay M. M. Alden bill, platform, ehairs, coal-bin, labor, &c. . $46 25
April. " Six mos. Div'd Exchange Bank, $60
" Shoe & Leather Bank, 60
25. " N. A. Tohnan, 3,060 lbs. eoal, 13 75
" Shawmut Bank, 50 .
3 00
" Webster Bank, 50 .
May.
50
·
" Boylston Bank, · 70
" Tremont Bank, ·
50
June 15.
Seleetmen's bill, repairs,
66
" Old Boston Bank, . 50
" Hide & Leather Bank, 70
" Randolph Bank, . 78-588 00
Sep. 29. Randolph National Bank, rent, .
75 00
Oct'r. " Six mos. Div'd Exchange Bank, $60
" Shoe & Leather Bank, 60
Oet. 19.
Baker & Thayer's bill. pipe, hod, &e., 41 35
66
" Shawmut Bank, 50 .
" Webster Bank, .
40
" Eliot Bank, ·
50
" Boylston Bank, ·
70
" Tremont Bank, .
50
" Old Boston Bank, . 50
" Randolph Bank, . 78-508 00
1869. Jan'y. " Interest and right, Shawmut Bank, . 9 20
"' Interest item, 1 00
Jan. 8. " Amount received of Town as Annual Appropriation, 300 00
Mar. 8. " Randolph National Bank, 6 mos. rent, 75 00
" Amount received during the year of sundry persons, for use of Hall, . 257 00 $2 844 45
1869.
January.
" Three (3) Shares new stock Shaw-
mut Bank, Boston,
·
20 00
Balance, .
827 08
.
$2,844 45
" Eliot Bank, . ·
V. H. Dean, 6 months' salary,
27 00
100 80
July 1. V. Il. Dean, 6 months' salary to date, 600 00
6000
Care room, one year, Printing and chemicals, &c.,
10 50
Sept. 21.
Cleaning, varnishing, painting, coal-bin, &e. . 16 49
24. W. H. Smith, charcoal, 3 60
8 00
27. Hiram Jones, wood, ·
'T. O'Niell, cutting wood, &c., 2 2
Nov. 27. V. II. Dean, 10 tons eoal, 105 00
22 00
Dec. 26. C. W. Wakefield's bill, matting, . " J. L Brown's bill, . 13 90
C. Morton's bill, one table. . .
1 75
V. HI. Dean, ink, erayons, &e., . 00
8 00
" Hiram Jones, wood, ·
Mar. 15.
.
300 00
" Trustees and Seeretary, for one
year's services,
.
April 11. V. H. Dean, sundries, . 15 73 ·
S. Turner, cleaning cellar,
600 00
Bill, books for sehool,
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
-
Selectmen of Randolph, Gentlemen:
The Engineers of the Fire Department of Randolph, would respectfully report that the expenses of the department for the year have been as follows :
AQUARIUS, No. 1. For the Year ending May 1, 1868.
Paid I. N. Lovering, steward,
$10 00
Lincoln & Sylvester, 48 men for services, 240 00
3 00
$253 00
For the Year to March 1, 1869.
Paid Joseph Donahoe, steward, $13 00
S. G. Cheever, repairing hose and refitting couplings 10 50
S. B. Lovering, 1-2 ton coal, 7 00
2 feet wood, 1 50
66 cutting,
80
Edmund Young, repairs on engine,
62
Lincoln & Sylvester, 4 45
$37 87
$290 87
INDEPENDENCE, No. 2. For the Year ending May 1st, 1868.
Paid J. B. McGrane, steward,
$20 00
50 men, for services,
250 00
E. Mann, wood,
4 50
R. C. Taylor, 2 gallons neats-foot oil,
6 00
$280 50
For the Year to March 1st, 1869.
Paid Walter Cartwright, 1 dozen belts, $15 00
6. straps for hose carriage, 50
44
Paid S. G. Cheever, repairing and exchanging hose, $21 25 Preston Abbott, steward, 2 25
Baker & Thayer, globe for Lantern, Wm. Campbell, repairs,
S5
3 50
$43 35
$323 85
FEARLESS, No. 3. For the Year ending May 1st, 1868.
Paid Selwyn Wilbur, steward,
$18 40
R. T. Mann, bill,
9 75
R. C. Taylor, 2 gallons neats-foot oil, 6 00
50 men for services, 250 00
$284 15
For the Year to March 1st, 1869.
Paid S. G. Cheever, new ring and fitting screw to suc- tion hose, $1 50
S. G. Cheever, oiling and repairing 2 pieces suction hose, 2 00
6 00
R. C. Taylor, 2 gallons neats-foot oil,
45
Baker & Thayer, 3 oil burners, globe for lantern,
85
G. H. & C. Prescott, supplies, 2 55
Hunneman & Co., repairs, 28 00
$41 35
$325 50
RELIEF, No. 4. For the Year ending May 1st, 1868.
Paid Ezra Whitcomb, steward,
$17 50
T. West, 2 quarts kerosene oil and wick,
30
1 quart sperm
80
.. sundries,
3 22
R. C. Taylor, 2 gallons neats-foot oil,
6 00
38 men for services,
190 00
$217 82
For the Year to March 1st, 1869.
Paid Ezra Whitcomb, steward, Noyes, repairs, T. West, supplies,
$4 50
1 00
5 96
$11 46
$229 28
45 FIRE KING, NO. 5. For the Year ending May 1st, 1868. Paid Wm. P. Sullivan, steward, $26 75 50 men for services, 250 00
$276 75
Paid G. A. Burrell, steward,
$20 01
W. Cartwright, handle for pipe, 66 4 straps, 1 10
2 50
caps for cylinders,
4 00
Thomas Fardy, repairs on engine, S. G. Cheever, and hose,
2 00
3 75
Baker & Thayer,
8 31
$41 67
$318 42
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
For the Year ending May 1st, 1868.
Paid E. G. French, rent of land up to date, (Aquarius) $10 00 Seth Mann 2d, “ July 1, 1868, (In- dependence,) 8 00
Mrs. Abbe A. Mann, rent of land to July 1, 1868, (Fcarless,) 10 00
S. G. Cheever, repairing hose, Relief, after fire at East Stoughton, refunded by town of Stoughton 11 00 S. G. Cheever, 400 feet leading hose, 600 00
$639 00
For the Year to March 1st, 1869. Paid T. West, painting engine house, No. 4, 30 18
M. M. Alden, repairs on well curbs and fences after fires, 8 39
J. B. Thayer, repairs on cistern (Independence)
2 50
building (Fire King) 29 13
John Loring, cover to well, 2 90
R. Houghton, seats and repairs on Independence house 17 00 66 stationery, postage, &c., 2 50
For the Year to March 1st, 1869.
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Paid J. Clark, expressing, A. J. Gove,
$1 00
1 00
R. W. Turner, neats-foot oil,
8 00
F. Porter,
2 72
Ephraim Mann,
2 00
C. Estabrook, expressing,
6 15
Baker & Thayer,
3 45
$116 92
$755 92
Building Fire King house,
$1,155 00
$1,910 92
RECAPITULATION.
Aquarius, No. 1,
$290 87
Independence, No. 2,
323 87
Fearless, No. 3,
325 50
Relief, No. 4,
229 28
Fire King, No. 5,
318 42
Micellaneous,
755 92
Building Fire King House,
1,155 00
$3,398 86
During the past year the department has been called out to the following fires :
May 9 .- Barn of Col. Moses C. Beal, on South Main street. Insured for $200. Incendiary.
Sept. 6 .- House of Mr. Timothy Lyons, on Mill street. In- sured for $500. Accidental.
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Feb. 13 .- An alarm was given caused by the setting on fiue of an unoccupied barn on West street belonging to Mr. F. A. Stanley, but the fire was extinguished without the assistance of the department.
Feb. 22 .- Same barn was again set on fire and consumed. Insured.
The department remains in the same condition as to efficien- cy, the number of Engines, location, &c., as at our last annual report ; but the Fearless is still owned by individuals, and the engineers would again renew their recommendation that the town purchase this Engine at a fair price.
We have expended the money appropriated by the town at its last annual meeting for new hose by the purchase of 400 feet and think it would be economy to raise a sum sufficient for the purchase of 200 feet more to replace those worn out and worth- less in the east part of the town,
The greatest obstacle to the efficiency of the department at fires is the want of water; the best wells in town will not last an engine more than fifteen or twenty minutes, and the most of them not more than from three to five. At the burning of Mr. T. Lyon's house on Mill street, the department was promptly on hand and attempted to draft from five different wells without being able to get a drop of water on the fire, partly owing to the great depth of wells in the vicinity, and the dry season of the year. We therefore would recommend that the town renew their vote of two years ago in regard to reservoirs.
In accordance with the vote of the town we have caused to be erected (at a cost not exceeding the appropriation) a commo- dious house for the Fire King, suitably large for look and lad- der truck or a hose carriage, whenever in the opinion of the town it is thought advisable to purchase them.
The suggestion made by the engineers last year in regard to a Fire Police has been partially carried out, but as the fires the past year have not been extensive there has not been that amount of labor that larger fires would create. So far as our observations go we are of the opinion that it is a practical thing,
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and we therefore would recommend the continuance of the Fire Police.
In our estimation it will be necessary to raise for the Fire Department, the ensuing year, the following sums :
For new hose for Aquarius, $200 00
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