Randolph town reports 1852-1874, Part 60

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4


Cholera-Morbus


2


Still-born


4


Scrofula .


2


Epilepsy


4.


Carcinoma, Inflammation of Lungs, Amenorrhea, Mortification, Jaundice, Disease of Brain. Pyæmia, Aneurism, Suicide, Enteritis, Humor, Hospital Gangrene, Asthma, Rheuma- tism, Congestion of Brain, one each. Total, 126.


H. C. ALDEN, Town Clerk.


THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SUPER- INTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE,


OF THE


TOWN OF RANDOLPH,


TOGETHER WITH


HE REPORTS OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TREASURER, AND TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND,


For the Year ending March 1, 1873.


BOSTON :


PRESS OF ROCKWELL & CHURCHILL. 122 WASHINGTON STREET. 1873.


THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SUPER- INTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE,


OF THE


TOWN OF RANDOLPH,


TOGETHER WITH


THE REPORTS OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TREASURER, AND TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND,


For the Year ending March 1, 1873.


BOSTON : PRESS OF ROCKWELL & CHURCHILL. 122 WASHINGTON STREET. 1873.


TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1872.


Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor.


J. WHITE BELCHER,


HORATIO B. ALDEN, SETH MANN, 2d.


Town Clerk and Treasurer. HIRAM C. ALDEN. School Committee.


NATHANIEL HOWARD,


TERM EXPIRES MARCH 1, 1873.


SOLOMON L. WHITE,


66


66 1874.


JONATHAN WALES,


66


66


66 1875.


Trustees of Stetson School Fund.


SIDNEY FRENCH,


TERM EXPIRES MARCH 1, 1873.


EMERY A. ALLEN,


EPHRAIM MANN,


66 66


66 1875.


Road Commissioners.


EPHRAIM MANN,


TERM EXPIRES MARCH 1, 1873.


JOHN LONG,


66 66


1874.


EDSON M. ROEL,


66


66


1875.


Auditors.


ROYAL W. TURNER,


RICHARD STEVENS, ELISHA MANN, JR.


Constables.


WILLIAM H. WARREN, LUTHER ROWE, JOHN LONG,


W. W. WINNETT.


Fence Viewers.


IRA W. LEWIS,


EPHRAIM MANN, ATHERTON WALES.


. Engineers of the Fire Department.


WILLIAM H. WARREN,


Chief Engineer.


EDWARD E. LOTHROP,


Clerk.


LEVI WILBUR.


Superintendent of Almshouse.


MACE GAY.


Collector of Taxes. EDSON M. ROEL.


MAY 1 4 1963


Representative to the General Court. ANDREW J. GOVE.


66


66 1874.


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


The Selectmen of the Town of Randolph herewith present their Annual Report, showing the appropriations and expen- ditures for the financial year ending March 1st, 1873.


APPROPRIATIONS BY VOTE OF THE TOWN.


For Schools (including $300, for Stetson High School), $7,000 00


" Repairs on School-houses, 500 00


" Repairs on Highways, 2,500 00


" New Roads, 1,000 00


" General Town Expenses,


10,000 00


" Fire Department,


1,500 00


" Grand Army, 100 00


" Payment on Town Debt,


3,000 00


" State Tax, 3,140 00


" County Tax,


2,137 11


Total, $30,877 11


TAXABLE VALUATION MAY 1, 1872.


$971,050 00


Personal Estate, Real Estate,


1,378,000 00


Total,


$2,349,050 00


Rate of assessment, $13.00 on $1,000.


4


ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN MARCH 1, 1873.


Almshouse property, $10,500 00


Town House and land, 18,000 00


Three Fire Engine Houses and Lockup,


4,200 00


Two Fire Engines, Hook and Ladder Carriage and apparatus and fixtures,


2,125 00


One hearse, 200 00


Eight shares Randolph National Bank,


1,400 00


Ten acres salt marsh,


500 00


School-house and Land, District No. 1,


2,000 00


66 66


" 3,


1,350 00


66


66 5,


1,200 00


“ 6,


1,650 00


66


66


66 7,


700 00


66


66


66


“6 8,


6,000 00


Prescott School-house and Land,


Stetson School Fund (par value $10,600), market value, 12,000 00


$82,575 00


The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Treasurer amount- ing to $25,444 07


On account of Schools (teaching, fuel and care of rooms), $6,795 54


Stetson High School, 300 00


66 Repairs and Incidental Expenses, 408 43


66 Highways,


3,360 77


New Roads,


1,000 00


66 Land damage awarded by County Commissioners 530 00


66 Poor in Almshouse, 1,758 62


66 Poor out of Almshouse, 1,308 68


15,000 00


School-house and Land, District No. 10,


5,750 00


5


On account of Poor of other Towns,


$312 00


.


State Paupers,


231 70


Funeral Expenses,


306 25


66 State Aid,


3,417 00


Fire Department,


1,895 37


Abatement on Taxes,


315 94


66


Town Officers,


1,500 50


Expenses in settlement with Town of Holbrook, 695 00


66


Miscellaneous Expenses


1,308 27


$25,444 07


EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS.


By direction of the School Committee for the year ending March 1, 1873.


FOR TEACHING.


Paid Mr. Thomas H. West,


one year,


$900 00


" William H. Crocker,


900 00


Miss Sarah E. Shankland,


66 66


450 00


" Hannah F. Thayer,


66 350 00


" Ida A. Noyes,


25 weeks,


200 00


" Margaret W. Boyd,


38


66


208 98


66 Lucy D. Morton,


38


66


304 00


66 Ida G. Decker,


38


66


304 00


66 Ella C. Morton,


13


66


104 00


66 Lizzie J. French,


38


66


200 00


66 Nellie F. Thayer,


66


230 25


66 Emma D. Stetson,


66


66


190 00


66 S. V. Wilde,


66


275 00


" Kate E. Ryan,


66


274 70


" Antoinette F. Smith, 66


6 .


225 00


66


6


Paid Miss Annie Veazie, 38 weeks,


$300 00


" M. A. Batchelder, 30


257 00


" E. H. King,


38


66


190 00


" Alice A. Smith,


13


60


117 00


$5,979 93


Paid appropriation for Stetson High School,


$300 00


FUEL.


Paid R. W. Turner & Co, for coal,


$354 50


" A. G. Swain,


" wood,


22 00


" Jackson Belcher,


66


66 .


28 12


" John Reynolds,


cutting wood,


2 00


" Peter Brophy


66


60


9 37


" George Meader,


66


66


66


4 00


" A. C. Kimball,


" packing wood


1 37


" Lawrence Ormsby, ing wood,


" cutting and pack-


8 12


66


shavings and


" Lawrence Ormsby, barrels, 3 65


$433 13


CARE OF SCHOOL-ROOMS.


Paid Mary Riley, $207 17


" Lawrence Ormshy,


100 00


" Minot L. Beal,


22 35


" Henry Powderly,


5 00


" Ida G. Decker,


20 00


" Charles Piper,


20 50


" William H. Crocker,


5 46


" George W. Taber,


2 00


$382 48


7


FURNITURE AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES, AND INCI- DENTAL EXPENSES.


Paid John Wales, use of well, $3 00


" Edward McCarty, 3 00


" Lawrence Hays, 66


3 00


" Patrick Feeney, " for two houses, 6 00


" John Reynolds, labor,


3 75


" Daniel Cummings, brooms,


4 50


" Maynard & Noyes, ink,


3 00


" Morrison M. Alden, labor and material, 55 02


" Thompson, Bigelow & Brown, maps, etc., 24 39


" Baker & Thayer, stoves and repairs, 95 31


" Sheriff & Co., dusters, 7 50


" R. W. Turner & Co., supplies, 20 21


" J. E. Nash, clocks and repairing, 39 92


" J. F. Eldridge, curtains,


6 52


" J. D. Hammett, crayons,


15 00


" Winslow Alden, repairs,


31 84


" William A. Croak, “


10 73


" John G. Pool, postage,


4 86


" E. Marchant, printing,


1 50


" C. M. Vincent, advertising,


6 25


" Franklin Porter, books for desks,


27 55


" Reynolds & Thompson, rent of organ six months, 20 00


" N. Howard, bills paid, 8 83


" John Long, carriage hire, 5 50


75


" George C. Platt, painting,


" E. A. Perry, repairing pump,


50


$408 43


TOTAL EXPENSES FOR SCHOOLS.


Paid for teaching, $5,979 93


" Appropriation for Stetson High School, 300 00


" For fuel, 433 13


8


Paid for care of school-rooms, " Incidental expenses, 408 43


$382 48


$7,503 97


HIGHWAYS.


Paid sundry bills approved by Road Commissioners (for items see report of the same), $3,360 77


1


LAND DAMAGE AWARDED BY COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS.


Paid Heirs of Jeremiah D. Buckley (road from Main to South street), $28 00


" Levi Briggs (road from Mt. Pleasant square to Liberty street), 210 00


" Charles Belcher (road from Mt. Pleasant square to Liberty street), 150 00


" J. White Belcher (road from Mt. Pleasant square to Liberty street), 100 00


" J. D. F. Lyons (road from Mt. Pleasant square to Liberty street), 42 00


$530 00


NEW ROAD.


FROM HOLBROOK TO WEYMOUTH.


Paid Theodore Reed (in part), $1,000 00


9


SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES FOR THE ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.


Paid Mace Gay and wife, services as Superinten-


dent and matron one year, $500 00


66 Thomas J. Hill, groceries, 103 94


66 Royal W. Turner & Co., coal, 161 07


66 66 66 " groceries, 151 11


66 William Chickering, flour, 52 50


Briggs & Shattuck, groceries,


86 15


.


Josiah Clark, meat,


166 63


J. White Belcher, grain and meal,


164 90


66 Samuel E. Hawes, clothing,


68 01


66 N. E. Buck, groceries,


30 10


66 L. Hoffman, clothing,


6 75


66 John L. Brown, labor, setting glass,


5 50


" Baker & Thayer, labor and material,


14 06


66 John Gill, labor, 15 25


66 Nathan White, labor with team, 6 00


66 Perry, Cook & Tower, clothing, 10 54


66 Charles M. Holbrook, labor, 54 40


" Benjamin Brown, 66


3 25


66 William Campbell, and repairs,


24 30


66 Sidney French, shoes,


4 25


" Mace Gay, supplies,


11 25


" Seth Mann, 2d. pasture for two years,


30 00


" Town of Randolph, salt grass, 17 25


" Stetson School Fund, paint,


14 69


" David McKay, repairs,


1 12


" Franklin Porter, medicine,


3 85


" Dr. E. A. Allen, medical attendance, 4 25


" W. M. Babbitt, " 32 50


Ralph Houghton, coffin and burial, 15 00


$1,758 62


10


1


Cr.


By cash paid treasurer, for labor, board, and produce sold, $780 07


Net expense of supporting poor in Alınshouse, $978 55


Total expense of supporting poor out of Alms- house, 1,298 68


Total expense in and out of the Almshouse, $2,277 23


RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.


ANN F. THAYER.


Paid Horatio Packard, board and clothing, $83 50


EDWARD AND MARY CHESSMAN.


Paid Samuel Chessman, for board, $156 00


" Drs. Allen and Chase, medical attendance, 4 00


$160 00


BETSY JONES.


Paid Remembrance Jones, board,


$77 00


" R. T. and E. M. Mann, wood, 8 00


" Drs. Allen and Chase, medical attendance, 36 75


" Ralph Houghton, coffin and burial, 14 50


$136 25


GEORGE F. FRENCH'S FAMILY.


Paid C. H. Mann, wood, $4 00


" Dr. T. T. Cushman, medical attendance, 31 00


" Ralph Houghton, coffin for wife and child, 21 25


$56 25


Paid for O. Gorman family (to City of Charlestown), $164 05


" Frederick Hill, (to State Reform School ), 26 00


.6 " Widow Ruth Hobart, 10 00


11


Paid for James Sullivan,


$12 00


A. Kennedy (to State Industrial School), 35 35


66 Elias Cole, 28 00


66


Ann Sloan and family, 35 00


66


66 P. McMahon and wife,


12 00


Mrs. Jonathan Niles,


21 00


66 Hannah Godwin (to City of Lynn),


24 50


66


Mary Mullins (to City of Boston), 15 25


19 37


66


66 Mrs. Philip Kenney,


21 75


66


Lavinia Simpson, coffin and burial,


16 50


66 Margaret Kennedy, 10 50


10 50


66 66 McDonald,


10 75


Michael Murphy,


10 50


William Whitten,


2 00


Sundry bills, relief, 51 50


$536 77


STATE LUNATIC HOSPITAL.


Paid for board and clothing, Triphena Niles,


$172 69


66


Jane Weathee, 163 22


$335 91


RELIEF OF POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.


Paid for James Kemp, Westford,


$11 00


66 Catharine Curtis, Holbrook, 53 50


66 Frank V. Woodbury, Holbrook,


108 00


66 Elias Miller, Holbrook,


9 00


66


Lucius H. Hollis' family, Holbrook, 77 50


66 Francis Fadden, East Bridgewater, 1 00


66 Charles Leach, North Bridgewater 11 50


66


66 Ellen M. Erskine, Abington,


40 50


$312 00


66


J. W. Sylvester (to City of Boston),


66


Richard Carey,


12


STATE PAUPERS.


Paid G. A. Burrell, for lodging and board in Lock- up, 223 travellers,


$91 70


" F. A. Kennedy, for supplies, 7 50


" Josiah Clark, wood for Hugh Roddan,


20 00


" E. A. Allen, medical attendance, "


70 00


" G. H. and C. Prescott, supplies, "


20 00


" E. Holbrook, cutting wood, 2 50


" Ralph Houghton, coffin for 66 10 00


" Ralph Houghton, child of J. Moore, 10 00


$231 70


FUNERAL EXPENSES.


Paid Ralph Houghton, attending 100 funerals, $150 00


" John Long, use of horse and care of hearse, 156 25


$306 25


STATE AID.


Paid sundry persons, as per account returned to the State, $3,417 00


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Paid sundry bills (for items see report of En- gineers), $1,895 37


13


ABATEMENTS ON TAXES.


Paid Edson M. Roel, collector of Taxes for 1872, $315 94


TOWN OFFICERS.


Paid Town Auditors for 1872, $10 00


" W. E. Jewell, services as School Committee, 1871, 45 50


" Nathaniel Howard, balance services, 1871, 12 00


66 Engineers, for services to May 1, 1872, 76 00


" Edson M. Roel, Collector of Taxes, 1871, 240 00


" Jonathan Wales, services as School Com- mittee, and use of horse and carriage, 125 00


" Solomon L. White, services as School Com- mittee, 90 00


" Nathaniel Howard, services as School Com- mittee, 46 50


" Nathaniel Howard, use of horse and carriage, 22 50


" Edson M. Roel, services as Road Commis- sioner, 16 00


" John Long, services as Road Commissioner, 16 00


Ephraim Mann, " " " 16 00


" William H. Warren, services as Constable,


35 00


" J. White Belcher, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, 250 00


" Horatio B. Alden, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, 250 00


" Seth Mann, 2d, services as Selectman, As- sessor, and Overseer of the Poor, 250 00


$1,500 50


14


EXPENSES IN SETTLEMENT WITH TOWN OF HOLBROOK.


Paid Hon. Charles Allen, counsel, $85 00


" Waldo Colburn, " 10 00


" J. White Belcher, services and expenses as Committee, 200 00


" Horatio B. Alden, services and expenses as Committee, 200 00


" Seth Mann, 2d, services and expenses as Committee, 200 00


$695 00


MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.


Paid Rockwell & Churchill, printing 1,500 town reports, $209 26


" E. Marchant, printing and advertising, 90 50


" C. M. Vincent, « 41 50 66


" Rockwell and Churchill, printing voting lists, 29 00


" Grand Army appropriation, 100 00


" C. H. Darling, books and stationery, 12 00


" R. W. Turner & Co., supplies for Lock-up, 15 00


" J. White Belcher, Insurance, 152 75


" Seth Mann, 2d, 289 20


" Royal W. Turner, 66


91 00


" Special Police, for services 3d and 4th July, 46 00


" J. L. Swift, bill for services, 100 00


" George C. Platt, painting Selectmen's room, 5 62


" S. Frank Oliver, care of 66 15 00


': J. F. Kilton, counsel fees and expenses, 14 19


" Patrick Kiley, cutting wood for Selectmen's room, 1 50


" Ralph Houghton, services and expenses in small-pox cases, 12 00


15


Paid E. M. Roel, for lighting streets,


$25 00


" George W. Abbott, express, 1 00


" John Long, teams on town business, 13 75


" Sundry bills refunded, 26 50


" Theodore B. Gould, entertainment for Selectmen, 7 00


66 60


66 66 County and Road


Commissioners, 10 50


$1,308 27


The undersigned, Auditors of Accounts for the financial year ending March 1st, 1873, have attended to the duty assigned them, and report that they have examined the books and accounts of the Selectmen, and find them correctly kept and with proper vouchers.


ROYAL W. TURNER,


RICHARD STEVENS, ELISHA MANN, JR.,


Auditors.


RANDOLPH, March 14, 1873.


ALMS HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.


Appraisal of Stock, Furniture, Provisions, etc., March 1, 1873.


1 horse,


$200 00


2 cows,


80 00


18 hens,


9 00


2 hogs,


30 00


8 tons hay,


200 00


1 horse-cart,


75 00


1 farm wagon,


75 00


1 sled,


3 00


3 harnesses,


30 00


16


1 wheelbarrow,


$3 00


1 grindstone, 10 00


4 scythes and snaths,


4 00


3 rakes,


1 00


7 hay and manure forks,


5 00


7 shovels and 1 spade,


6 00


2 plows,


6 00


1 cultivator,


7 00


1 iron bar, 1 pick,


2 50


1 saw-horse,


75


4 hoes,


1 25


1 axe, 1 hatchet, 1 bill-hook,


4 00


1 churn,


2 00


1 boiler,


5 00


25 bushels potatoes,


25 00


4 lbs. hard soap,


50


1 bbl. soft soap, .


3 00


5 lbs. coffee,


1 00


22 lbs. chocolate,


11 00


8 lbs. tea,


6 00


20 gallons molasses,


12 00


8 lbs. sugar,


1 00


2 bbls: flour,


20 00


18 iron bedsteads,


100 00


3 army blankets,


2 00


16 navy blankets,


12 00


12 blue mixed blankets,


8 00


7 colored bedspreads,


7 00


7 feather beds,


56 00


15 under beds,


22 00


19 single sheets,


9 00


23 double sheets,


11 50


28 pillow-cases,


12 00


18 feather pillows,


12 00


9 towels, 1 00


17


Table-cloths,


$6 00


6 wooden trunks,


3 00


3 dining tables,


15 00


6 light-stands,


4 00


60 chairs,


30 00


Ash barrel, sifter, hod and shovel,


4 00


1 cooking-stove and furniture,


30 00


6 flat irons,


2 25


1 hammer,


75


1 wood saw,


1 25


Steelyards,


1 50


1 clothes-wringer,


5 00


Crockery ware,


40 00


Wooden ware,


20 00


Tin ware,


12 00


2 cords wood,


10 00


3 tons coal,


30 00


30 lbs. pork,


3 00


20 lbs. beef,


2 00


10 lbs. lard,


1 00


9 lamps,


4 50


30 flour barrels,


6 00


$1,322 75


Names of persons supported in the Almshouse, during the year ending March 1, 1873.


Jonathan Mann,


įBenjamin Brown,


Polly Copeland,


Edwin Howard,


Eunice Delano, ¡Thomas Stevens,


Betsey M. Eddy, John Currie,


*Ebenezer Brewer, Mary Currie,


Patrick Kiley, #Bridget Kiernan,


Ellen Kennedy, ¿ Margaret E. Kiernan,


18


Peter Reardon, ¿Charles Jones, Keilah H. Kennedy,


*Dead.


Elizabeth E. Niles and child, įMary F. Veazie, įBenjamin G. Veazie.


+Refunded. #Discharged.


ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1873.


The following estimate of expenses for the ensuing year is presented for the consideration of the town : - For Schools (see Report of School Committee), $7,050 00


" Repairs, furniture and incidental expenses, 800 00


" Highways (see Report of Road Commission- ers), 3,000 00


" General Town expenses, 10,000 00


" Reduction of Town debt, 3,000 00


"' Fire Department, 1,500 00


$25,350 00


The Selectmen report, in compliance with Chapter 45 of the General Statutes, that guide-posts are erected and main- tained same as March 1, 1872.


SETTLEMENT BETWEEN HOLBROOK AND RANDOLPH.


Your Selectmen, specially charged with the duty of mak- ing a settlement with the town of Holbrook of all matters of property interest consequent upon a division of the town, report that an amicable arrangement has been made between the Selectmen of both towns, and the settlement concluded. We present a full abstract of the agreement, as follows : - Total assessed valuation of the town, May 1, 1871 $3,216,332 45 Total assessed valuation within the present


limits of Randolph, May 1, 1871 1,997,261 30


19


Total assessed valuation within the limits of Holbrook, May 1, 1871 $1,219,071 15


Value of the Corporate property of the town of Randolph, Feb. 29, 1872, this being the date of the division of the town 92,709 35


This last sum was made up by appraise- ments of -


School-house and furniture and land on Main street No. 1 School-house and furniture and land on Chestnut st. " 3 School-house and furniture and land on North street " 5 School-house and furniture and land on Lafayette st. " 6 School-house and furniture and land on Union street " 7 School-house and furniture and land on Moulton st. " 8 School-house and furniture and land on Ward street $ 8 School-house and furniture and land on Main street "10 Almshouse establishment on North street, including land, buildings, furniture, stock, etc. 10,500 00


$33,650 00


Fire King Engine-house, furniture and Lock-up, Main street, Independence Engine-house, and furniture, West st. Fearless Engine-house, and furniture, Main st.


4,200 00


20


Fire King engine, and hose and apparatus, Independence engine, hose and apparatus,


Fearless hose and appa- ratus,


$2,125 00


Pioneer hook and ladder carriage and apparatus,


Hearse 200 00


Town Reservoirs 350 00


Town pound on South street


25 00


Appraisable interest of the town,


in the town house, land, furniture and fixtures, Stetson school fund, and the Randolph reading-room library 9,000 00


10 acres salt marsh in Quincy 500 00


8 shares Randolph National Bank 1,440 00


61,990 00


School-house and furniture and land on Plymouth street, in Holbrook, called No.2 School-house and furniture and land on South street " 4


School-house and furniture and land on Franklin st. « 9


13,000 00


High school-house and furni- ture and land on Franklin street


Aquarius and Relief engines, hose and apparatus 1,200 00


Aquarius engine house and furniture and land, 4,225 00


Relief engine house and fur- niture and land,


Hearse $200 00


$18,625 00


21


CASH ASSETS.


Cash on hand March 1, 1872 $5,687 92


Taxes rec'd since Mar.


1, 1872 to Jan. 23, 1873 926 01


State Aid rec'd since Mar. 1, 1872, to Jan. 23,1873 4,600 00


State pauper bill rec'd since March 1, 1872, to Jan. 23, 1873 20 00


From other towns rec'd since Mar. 1, 1872, to Jan. 23, 1873 204 20


Richard Adams' note


and interest to Jan. 23,1873 654 35


Balance of Corporation


Tax from State to


Jan. 23, 1873 1 87


12,094 35


$92,709 35


In the settlement, Randolph had the property


as before valued, at $61,990 00


Also the cash assets 12,094 35


Making $74,084 35


Holbrook had only that, valued as above at


18,625 00


$92,709 35


The amount of debts owing by the town of Randolph at the date of division of the town, including bills paid up to January 23, 1873, it was agreed was $80,759 74


22


Viz. : -


Town notes, March 1, 1872 $76,800 00


Interest on same to Mar. 1, 1872 318 63


Bills paid since March 1, 1872, to Jan. 23, 1873 3,641 11


$80,759 74


As the corporate property and debt of the town of Ran- dolph was by the act of the Legislature to be divided be- tween the towns of Holbrook and Randolph, according to the assessed valuation of each on the 1st day of May, 1871, by computation it appeared that on the basis of the preced- ing, it devolved upon the town of Holbrook to pay of the town debt


And for insurance policies transferred


64 06


$14,159 86


Also interest on this sum from March 1, 1872, to Feb. 1, 1873 778 79


Interest to Feb. 1, 1873, on account of bills paid and received 50 29


$14,988 94


Interest on this last sum one month to March


1,1873 74 94


$15,063 88


This sum has been paid by the


town of Holbrook, by its notes,


to the Commonwealth, in ex- change for notes owed by Ran-


dolph, to the amount of


$15,000 00


And by a balance of cash 63 88


$15,063 88 In the assets appraised and taken by the town of Ran- dolph, appear -


$14,095 80


23


10 acres Salt Marsh


$500 00


8 shares of Randolph National Bank


1,440 00


$1,940 00


This is the part received from the old town of Braintree, as the share of Randolph on division in what was and is known as "the Coddington Donation" for the support of schools.


The town of Holbrook receives its share in it now, as it is embraced in the valuation and computation. The Cod- dington Fund in future, therefore, is not in reality the whole of that property, but only about three-fifths, the income of which is for the use of schools.


In the written agreement made and signed by the Select- men of the two towns, a provision is inserted, that in respect to any future receipts or payments on account of the old town of Randolph, they shall be adjusted in the month of Jan- uary annually, according to the valuation of the towns, and the act of the Legislature, until the whole is complete.


Reespectfully submitted.


J. WHITE BELCHER, HORATIO B. ALLEN, SETH MANN, 2D, Selectmen of Randolph.


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ROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.


The Road Commissioners of the Town of Randolph present the following as their report of the expenses incurred under their superintendence for care of highways, and building one new road during this the first year of the existence here of a Board of Road Commissioners.


Paid Mace Gay, horse and cart, 1'5 days, $153 60


Ephraim Mann, labor, 131 39 60


with two horses and cart, 134


days, 82 50


Ephraim Mann, one horse and cart, 212 days, 85 60


66 66 " horse and cart, 2 days, 5 00


66 66 with horse and cart and man, 4 days, 25 06


Ephraim Mann, for two men, 476 days, 19 68


66 66 66 " ploughing, 2 00


66


66


" bridge stone, 3 50


66 Charles H. Mann, with two horses and cart,


19-3% days, 109 80


Charles H. Mann, with one horse and cart, 4 days, 18 00


R. T. and E. M. Mann, with two horses and cart, 142 days, 87 00


Seth Mann, with two horses and cart, 62 days, 39 00


66 Nathan White, with oxen, Į day, 3 00


John Long, with horse and cart, 29 days. 108 00


66 66 labor, 2 days, 4 00


66 Rufus A. Thayer, with oxen and horse, 7% day, 4 00


6 Jeremiah Bump, with horse and cart, 12 days, 6 00


25


Paid Edson M. Roel, labor,


272 days, $81 50


6 Daniel Lyons,


66


363 "


80 21


Thomas Ward, 66


292 "


66 15


66 Frank Eddy,


66


1


2 25


66 Wm. Cunningham, 66


15 75


66


Michael McAuliff,


66


12


3 37


Thomas Powderly


50


Jedediah French, 66


60%


66


125 50


John Gill


35-70


66


74 57


John E. Mann,


263


66


58 58


Lewis Jones,


513


112 60


66 John Desmond


21


47 25


Dennis Sullivan,


66


21


47 25


Albert Taber,


66


10%


66


21 10


Edwin A. Taber,


13.1%


29 47


P. E. Wilbur,


66


3


66


6 00


Delazon D. Mann,


423


66


88 58


Jonathan Hunt,


101


20 90


Mr. Sullivan,


66


12-1


27 23


Thomas Duff,


83


66


15 63


Isaac Clark,


66


4


9 00


66


John Reynolds,


66


1 66


2 00


66


Timothy O'Neil,


21.7


48 62


Richard Forrest,


16


35 00


Owen Sullivan,


66


182


46 12


George W. Taylor and man, labor,


2


8 00


John Flanagan,


labor,


2.8


66


5 60


66


Patrick Wren,


66


63


66


13 95


Charles Moore,


4


7 00


C. M. Holbrook,


16 88


George Lincoln,


31


6 40


66 Mr. Devine,


17 "


3 40


66 Mr. Shaw's man,


66


15


15 00


66


Mr. Keily,


66


6-9 10


19 35


87


George Johnson,


10


26


Paid Ansel Mann, labor, } day,


1 12


66 N. F. Roel, blasting rocks,


5 29


" Seth Mann, horse and cart,


1 40


66 sundry persons, picking stones,


123 27


sundry persons, for 3,869 loads gravel, 207 16


bills for repairs, 2 57


E. M. Roel and others, building new road East of School-house No. 10,


667 32


" Corliss, for stone bounds, 8 00


" E. Beal, setting same, 7 50


advertising road commissioner notices,


28 00


E. Beal, surveying new roads,


56 00


E. Beal, surveying Holbrook road, 3 00


66 Austin Roel, relaying bridges, 58 68


66 various persons, labor, 16 18


$3,142 41


" various persons, removing snow,


218 36


$3,360 77


It will appear that the expenses of repairs of roads and removing snow amount to about $2,600 ; the balance of ex- penditures in this department, about $761, being for new roads. To keep the roads in good condition for the ensuing year, we estimate will require the sum of $2,500, and we recommend that an appropriation of that sum be made.


Several places in town, on Union, Mill, Warren, South Main and Beal streets, unquestionably require railing, and in order that it may be done, it is proposed that the sum of $500 be raised for that purpose, and for making some extra improvements on Howard, Plain and Mill streets.


Upon petitions presented, we have laid out four new streets. The reports of location of the same have been placed on file in the Town Clerk's office, for the action of the town thereon at its annual meeting. They are : -




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