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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, NORFOLK, SS.
To HENRY H. FRANCIS, or either of the Constables of the town of Randolph, in said County, GREETING :
You are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town of Randolph, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at Stetson Hall, in said town, on Monday, the first day of April next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles ; namely, -
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all such town officers as towns are by law authorized and required to choose at their annual meeting. Also a trustee for Stetson School Fund.
ART. 3. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed neces- sary for the support of schools, and appropriate the same.
ART. 4. To raise such sums of money as may be thought proper for repairs of school-buildings and incidental expenses of schools.
ART. 5. To decide on the amount of money required to defray the general town expenses of the ensuing year, and make appropri- ation thereof.
ART. 6. To raise such amount of money as may be deemed advisable for the reduction of the town debt, and make appropri- ation of the same.
ART. 7. To raise money for the repairs of highways, and deter- mine the manner of expending the same.
ART. 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to
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engines and the pay of enginemen, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 9. To see what action the town will take in relation to the construction of reservoirs, as recommended by the engineers.
ART. 10. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors, as prepared by the selectmen, and posted according to law.
ART. 11. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the decoration of soldiers' graves, under the direction of Capt. Horace Niles, Post 110.
ART. 12. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borow money in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 13. To see if the town will extend Allen Street, from its present terminus, through to North Street, as petitioned for by S. Edgar Burrill and others, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to a claim of Gilbert A. Tolman, for damage occasioned by the lowering of the grade of Maple Street.
ART. 15. To see what action the town will take in relation to providing a paid police for the ensuing year.
ART. 16. To see what action the town will take in relation to raising and making an appropriation for the Turner Free Library ; also, to see if the town will appropriate the money received for dog licenses for the ensuing year to the use of said library.
ART. 17. To see what action, if any, the town will take relative to medical attendance upon the poor.
ART. 18. To see if the town will authorize and appoint the selectmen to be agents and attorneys for the town, to prosecute, defend, compromise, and settle any and all suits and proceedings in which the town may be in any way engaged or interested as a party or otherwise, for the ensuing year.
ART. 19. To see if the town will authorize the collector of taxes to use the same means which a town treasurer may use when acting as collector.
ART. 20. To see if the town will authorize the collector of taxes
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to charge interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid on and after Oct. 10, 1878.
ART. 21. To hear reports of committees, and act thereon.
ART. 22. To act on any other business which may legally come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting attested copies thereof at five or more public places in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the town clerk, on or before the day and hour appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands, at said Randolph, this nineteenth day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
JOHN T. FLOOD, JAMES A. TOWER, DANIEL HOWARD, Selectmen of Randolph.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY H. FRANCIS,
Constable of Randolph.
FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND TREASURER
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH,
TOGETHER WITH
THE REPORTS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, AND OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TURNER FREE LIBRARY,
FOR THE
Year Ending March 1, 1879.
RANDOLPH : NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER. 1879.
FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND TREASURER
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH,
TOGETHER WITH
THE REPORTS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, AND OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TURNER FREE LIBRARY,
FOR THE
Year Ending March 1, 1879.
RANDOLPH : NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER. 1879.
MAY 1 4 1963
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1878-79.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor. JOHN T. FLOOD. JAMES A. TOWER. DANIEL HOWARD.
Town Clerk and Treasurer. CHARLES C. FARNHAM.
School Committee.
WINSLOW BATTLES, .
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Term expires April 1, 1879.
JAMES A. TOWER,
JAMES MOLLOY, .
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66 1, 1881.
Trustees of Stetson School Fund.
T. T. CUSHMAN, CHARLES H. HOWARD, DANIEL HOWARD,
. Term expires April 1, 1879.
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1, 1880.
66 1, 1881.
Auditors.
FRANK MORTON.
HALE S. HOWARD.
V. H. DEANE.
Constables.
THOMAS FARRELL. FRANK J. DONAHUE.
LEVI WILBUR.
HENRY H. FRANCIS. LYSANDER R. PETERSON. JOHN HANEY.
JAMES E. NEARY.
ELEAZER BEAL.
Fenee Viewers. ADAM F. JONES. DANIEL LEAHY.
Engineers of Fire Department.
JOHN DOOLEY, JR., Chief Engineer. EDWARD E. LOTHROP, Clerk. LEVI WILBUR. LOUIS GOERES.
Superintendent of Almshouse. MARTIN P. PIKE.
Keeper of Lock-up. COLIN BOYD.
Representatives to the General Court. JOHN T. FLOOD, of Randolph. HENRY S. CLARKE, of Walpole.
1, 1880.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
In accordance with their duty, the Selectmen of the town of Randolph respectfully submit the annual report of appropriations and expenditures for the financial year ending March 1, 1879.
APPROPRIATIONS,
AS VOTED BY THE TOWN, COUNTY, AND STATE TAX.
For schools,
$8,600 00
Stetson High School, .
1,250 00
repairs of highways, .
3,000 00
reduction of town debt,
3,000 00
general town expenses,
8,000 00
fire department, .
2,800 00
reservoir, .
300 00
decoration soldiers' graves,
100 00
police,
1,000 00
Turner Free Library, .
500 00
county tax,
2,030 61
State tax, .
1,370 00
Total,
$31,950 61
TAXABLE VALUATION, MAY 1, 1878.
Real estate, . $1,467,680 00
Personal estate,
646,120 00
Bank stock owned by residents and taxed by the
State, .
206,670 88
Corporation stock owned by residents and taxed by
the State,
128,951 92
Total valuation,
. $2,449,422 80
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Rate of taxation, May 1, 1878, $12 on $1,000. Average rate in the State, May 1, 1878, $12.54 on $1,000.
Number of polls, May 1, 1878, 1,227
of dwellings, May 1, 1878, .
760
of horses, May 1, 1878, 318
of cows, May 1, 1878,
261
of acres of land taxed, May 1, 1878, .
5,802
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN, MARCH 1, 1879.
Almshouse property and farm, $10,500 00
Town-house and land,
18,000 00
Three fire-engine houses and lock-up,
4,200 00
Two fire-engines, hook-and-ladder carriage, apparatus, and fixtures, .
2,125 00
One hearse, .
200 00
Ten acres of salt marsh, .
600 00
School-houses and land, District No. 1,
2,000 00
District No. 3,
1,350 00
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District No. 5,
1,200 00
66 District No. 6,
·
1,650 00
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District No. 8, 6,000 00
Prescott School-house and land, ·
15,000 00
School-house and land, District No. 10,
5,750 00
Eight shares in Randolph National Bank, .
1,600 00
Stetson School Fund, par value,
10,600 00
Turner Free Library, building and land,
40,000 00
Turner Free Library,
5,000 00
Turner Free Library Fund,
5,000 00
.
Total,
. $130,775 00
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The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Treasurer, amounting to $37,805.14 ; viz.,-
On account of schools (teaching, fuel, and care of rooms),
$7,393 33
of Stetson High School, 1,250 00
of repairs and incidental expenses, 2,044 25
of highways, .
2,726 51
of removing snow,
375 84
of funeral expenses,
249 25
of State aid, .
2,166 00
of State aid (under law of 1878), .
2,866 43
of fire department,
2,943 95
of abatement of taxes, .
621 30
of town officers,
1,260 50
of reservoirs,
554 78
of police, .
533 33
of miscellaneous expenses,
2,428 95
of poor in almshouse, .
2,495 57
of poor out of almshouse,
4,293 00
of poor belonging to Randolph and Hol- brook (military),
1,993 98
of poor of other towns, .
1,416 22
of State paupers and tramps,
191 95
Total,
. $37,805 14
EXPENDITURES.
FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid bills by direction of School Committee, for financial year ending March 1, 1879. For items, see report of School Committee.
Paid sundry persons for teaching, $6,599 22
66 for fuel, .
377 50
66
66 for care of rooms, .
.
416 61
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Appropriation for Stetson High School,
$1,250 00
Miscellaneous expenses,
2,044 25
Total,
. $10,687 58
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOOLS.
Town appropriation, .
$9,850 00
State School Fund, .
235 68
Coddington Fund,
118 00
Total,
$10,203 68
Included in the expenditures for schools is cash re- funded to the Treasurer of the town for books sold, .
$242 15
Stock of books on hand,
196 56
Uncollected bills,
171 44
Total,
$610 15
Expenditures less than appropriation, $2 37
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Repairs under the Direction of Surveyors. DISTRICT NO. 1, ISAAC N. LINFIELD, Surveyor. Paid Isaac N. Linfield, team-work, 25} days,
. · $102 00 ·
Ephraim Mann, 66
5
66 2 horses, 27 50
A. J. Towns, 66 2 ,7 " 2
6
66 21 00
Thomas Good, 66
6 66
21 00
Thomas Duff, labor, 13 days, . .
22 74
Bernard O'Flaherty,
12
20 86
James Brady,
66
11 37
Patrick Barry, labor, 66
6
66
.
10 37
Michael Sheridan, 66
3
66
.
5 25
66 14 85
John Wales, 66
.
. .
7
Paid Dennis Sullivan,
labor, 3 days, .
$5 25
Timothy Sullivan,
66
3
5 25
John Crosby,
3
66
5 25
Thomas Prior,
66
3
66
5 25
John Desmond,
11
19 25
Michael Keefe,
66
3
66
5 25
William Broad,
8
·
14 00
James Lyons,
3 66
5 25
Patrick Feeney,
66
2
66
3 50
Peter McConety,
2
66
3 50
Thomas Bancroft,
66
1 00
B. L. Wales,
for 194 loads gravel,
21 50
Arthur W. Austin, for 98 66
8 48
Isaac N. Linfield, repairing tools,
5 26
Total,
$364 93
DISTRICT NO. 3, JAMES RILEY, Surveyor.
Paid Josiah Clark, team-work, 162 days, 2 horses,
$89 76
Josiah Clark, 66 3
12 00
Ephraim Mann,
3
66
16 50
James Riley,
labor, 16 days, .
32 00
Patrick Flood,
11 66
19 25
Thomas Whalin, 66 92 66
17 32
Charles Piper,
66
7 66
12 25
Charles Eddy,
66
62 66
11 82
Moses Mann,
66
6
66
10 50
Patrick Barry, 66
4 66
7 00
Robert H. Piper, 66
3₺ 66
6 12
John Desmond,
66
2
3 50
William Gill,
66
2 66
3 50
Ansel Mann,
66
2 66
3 50
Emory Glover,
66
12
66
3 07
Henry R. Piper,
66
12
66
1 75
Thomas Riley,
66
1
66
1 75
John Johnson,
66
1
66
·
1 75
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.
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Paid J. Clark,
labor, 2 days, .
$3 00
Michael Brady,
2 6 .
2 00
Forrest Whalin, 66 1 66
1 00
Joshua Hunt, for 112 loads gravel,
11 20
Josiah Clark, 92 66
9 20
Ansel Mann, 76 66
7 60
Amasa Niles, 19
66
1 90
Ephraim Mann, for stones,
1 40
William Campbell, repairing tools,
30
Total,
$290 94
DISTRICT NO. 5, GEORGE PIERCE, Surveyor.
Paid S. B. Woodman,
team-work, 911% days, .
$27 30
R. A. Thayer,
66 7
21 00
William F. Kennedy, 66
42
66
13 50
Ephraim Mann,
1
3 50
Martin P. Pike,
66
1
66
3 50
Jedediah French,
labor, 123 days,
25 20
Lewis Jones,
11} 66
19 09
G. W. Burrill,
66
11
19 25
Silas Binney,
92
66
.
17 06
James M. Dyer,
66
92
66
17 06
Sylvanus Thayer,
66
93
66
17 06
Noah Chessman,
66
93
66
16 63
George W. Pierce,
3.3
66
7 70
S. B. Woodman,
66
2
66
3 50
Charles M. Holbrook,
66
12
66
4 20
D. C. Pierce,
66
13
1 40
George L. Pierce,
66
90
sundry persons, labor,
2 13
Amasa Clark, for 208 loads of gravel,
20 80
Amasa Thayer, " 36
3 60
Moses Jones, 66 31 66
.
3 10
Total,
$247 48
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9
DISTRICT NO. 6, LOUIS GOERES, Surveyor.
Paid J. F. Goeres,
team-work, 20} days,
$62 50
Patrick Kiley,
66
6
66
18 00
William White,
66
42
66
13 50
Thomas B. Jones,
66
42
13 50
Robert McAuliffe,
66
4
.
12 00
Leonard Jones,
66
3
66
9 00
Richmond Jones,
66
2}
66
7 50
Adam F. Jones,
66
22
66
7 50
John Kiley,
66
2
6 00
Josiah Clark,
66
66
2 horses,
5 00
Louis Goeres,
for labor, 22} days,
45 00
Patrick Flood,
66
10
66
·
.
17 50
James Carroll,
66
9
66
.
15 75
William Sheilds,
66
9
66
15 75
James Keenan,
6
66
10 50
Dennis Shea,
6
66
10 50
Maurice Kiley,
66
52
66
9 62
John Sutton,
66
31
6 12
John Hayes,
66
33
66
5 60
John B. McGraine,
3
66
5 25
Thomas Carroll,
66
5
6 25
James Sutton,
66
66
4 37
Patrick Crosby,
66
21
66
4 37
Frederic Miller,
66
23
66
4 37
Patrick Kiley,
66
22
66
4 37
John Neary,
66
2
66
3 50
Joseph Crosby,
66
22
66
3 12
Charles McCarty,
66
12
66
2 62
James Barry,
66
2
66
3 50
Peter Sutton,
66
1
.
1 50
John Desmond,
66
12
66
2 62
Andrew Lennon,
1
66
1 25
J. F. Goeres,
66
2
.
2 00
3 boys,
66
1
66
.
.
2 63
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.
49 00
Owen Neary,
66
24}
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2
10
Paid Louis Goeres, for 442 loads of gravel,
$22 12
Loring Binney, " 274
13 70
Ernest Dinter, " 149 66 66
.
. 9 95
John Manning, " 69 66
3 45
Louis Goeres and others, picking stones, .
18 02
Thomas Fardy & Son, repairing tools,
3 32
Total,
$462 12
DISTRICT NO. 7, THOMAS GOOD, Surveyor.
Paid David Good, team-work, 11} days,
$35 00
Daniel Leahy,
2 66
7 00
Thomas Good, for labor, 10 66
18 36
John Desmond, 8
13 99
John Gill, 66 6
66
10 75
Michael Good,
6
66
10 50
John Mann, 4
7 00
Bernard O'Flaherty, 3.1 66
6 12
James Lyons, 2 66
3 50
Jackson Belcher, 6 1}
3 00
Richard Forrest,
1
66
1 75
Daniel Elliott, 1
1 75
Old Colony R. R. Co., for 94 loads of gravel,
7 52
E. A. Alden, 66 66
5 28
Daniel Elliott, " 27 66
2 16
Thomas Patten and others, picking stones, 3 50
M. M. Alden, for labor and material, 5 18
Thomas Good, for repairing bridge,. 1 50
Daniel Leahy, for post,
35
Thomas Fardy & Son, repairing tools, .
65
Total
$144 86
DISTRICT NO. 8, DANIEL LEAHY, Surveyor. Paid George Leahy, team-work, 31} days, .
$110 25
Daniel Leahy, 22
77 25
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11
Paid Jackson Belcher, team-work, 13 days,
$45 50
Thomas Good, 66 102
36 75
Michael Morgan, for labor, 27%
48 62
James Lyons,
66 2773% 66
·
47 75
John Gill,
66
27
66
47 25
Daniel Leahy,
66
18
66
36 00
John Desmond,
66
18% 66
.
32 88
John Mann,
66
172
66
30 63
Patrick Feeney,
66
16
66
28 00
Leonard Thayer,
14
66
24 50
Patrick McGarrigle, "
143
66
21 75
Edward Burke,
66
53
8 50
Arthur W. Austin, 319 loads of gravel,
25 52
Seth Mann, 2d,
267 66
66
26 70
Charles A. Wales, 298 66
66
23 84
Daniel Gibbons, 30 66 66
2 40
John Long, 19
66
66
1 90
John Leahy and others, picking stones,
14 50
M. M. Alden, for lumber,
5 14
Daniel Leahy, for posts,
4 20
Thomas Fardy & Son, for grate and repair'g tools,
2 70
Total,
$702 53
Cr. by loam sold,
13 35
Total,
$689 18
BRIDGE, DEPOT STREET, under direction of MARTIN P. PIKE.
Paid Martin P Pike, for team-work, 3} days,
$13 00
Charles M. Holbrook, for labor, 34
7 00
Daniel Kiley,
2 66
4 00
George W. Pierce, 66
2
Jedediah French,
66
2
66
4 00
John Desmond,
13
66
3 50
.
66" 4 00
Total,
$35 50
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12
HIGHWAY REPAIRS, under direction of MARTIN P. PIKE.
Paid Martin P. Pike, for labor on stone, .
$24 00
George W. Pierce, 66 66
.
18 60
Charles M. Holbrook, "
16 80
Jedediah French,
16 60
George H. Sampson and others, for rend-rock and
fuse, .
32 12
· Corliss & Co., for repairing tools, .
10 00
Total, .
$118 12
DISTRICT NO. 10, MARTIN P. PIKE, Surveyor.
Paid Josiah Clark, team-work, 6 days with 4 horses,
$66 00
Frank Mann, 66 4 " 2 22 00
Martin P. Pike, 66 13 66
52 00
Josiah Clark,
1 6
4 00
Jedediah French, for labor, 1413 days, .
28 60
Daniel Kiley,
13 . 66
22 75
George B. Dench, 66 13} 66
23 62
P. Phillips,
66 13 66
22 75
Lewis Jones,
66
13
66
22 75
John Desmond, 66
12
66
21 00
Timothy Sullivan, 66
8
66
14 00
Thomas Duff, 66
7
66
12 25
Charles Bump,
5
8 75
Wales French,
66
75
Linus Belcher, 66
40
Aaron Prescott, 110 loads of gravel,
28 96
Daniel Kiley, 179
17 90
Martin P. Pike and others, picking stones,
4 90
Total,
$373 38
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid Isaac N. Linfield and others, .
·
$86 45
Louis Goeres and others,
.
62 16
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13
Paid Daniel Leahy and others,
$73 76
James Riley 66
·
64 00
Martin P. Pike 66
.
39 60
George W. Pierce “
27 95
Thomas Good
.
21 92
Total,
· $375 84
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Ralph Houghton, undertaker, attending 105 funerals, $231 00
Ralph Houghton, for returning deaths, . 18 25
Total,
$249 25
STATE AID.
Paid sundry persons (as per account State), . ·
. $2,166 00
STATE AID UNDER LAW OF 1878.
Paid sundry persons (as per account State), . . . $2,866 43
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid sundry bills (see, for items, Engineers' Report), . $2,943 95
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid Edson M. Roel, for year 1877,
$274 50
Edson M. Roel, 1878, 346 80
Total,
$621 30
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Auditors for year ending March 1, 1878, $10 00
Engineers Fire Department (salary and 'cash paid) to May 1, 1878, 80 00
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Paid James A. Tower, School Committee, 1878-79,
$155 50
Winslow Battles,
1878-79, 95 00
James Molloy, 66 1878-79, 95 00
John T. Flood, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, 275 00
James A. Tower, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, . 275 00
Daniel Howard, services as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, .
275 00
Total,
. $1,260 50
RESERVOIRS. RESERVOIR ALLEN STREET, constructed under the direction of MARTIN P. PIKE.
Paid Martin P. Pike, team-work, 12 days, . $7 00
Jedediah French, for labor, 19
38 00
Daniel Kiley, 19
.
38 00
Martin P. Pike,
18 66
.
36 00
George B. Dench,
18 66
31 50
P. Phillips,
18
31 50
Lewis Jones,
15 66
26 25
Charles Bump, 7
12 25
John B. Thayer, labor and material,
60 00
Corliss & Co., for stone,
5 55
Lysander R. Peterson, for lumber,
4 70
M. M. Alden,
2 32
John Cavannah, for use of pump, .
3 00
A. J. Gove, for expressage on pump,
2 20
James Thayer, for labor,
50
Manus Gallagher, for labor, .
87
For use of drills. .
1 50
Total,
$301 14
Cr. by gravel sold,
1 00
Total,
$300 14
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OTHER RESERVOIR EXPENSES.
Paid Fire King Engine Co., labor, filling reservoirs,
$61 50
Independence Engine Co., “ 37 50 66
Peter A. Wales, 66
66 66
·
10 00
Goodrich & Co., conductors from hall to "
·
75 04
M. P. Pike and others, laying conductors, 47 25
John B. Thayer, for labor and cement, .
23 35
Total,
$554 78
SPECIAL POLICE.
Paid Peter T. Rooney, part salary, $37 50
Thomas Hand, 66
37 50
Lysander R. Peterson, part salary,
320 83
Thomas Farrell,
66
112 50
Joseph Abenzella,
66
25 00
Total,
$533 33
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid John B. Thayer, Moderator, 1877, as per vote, $10 00
Daniel Howard, 1878, . 20 00
D. H. Huxford, printing 1,300 town reports,
203 50
D. H. Huxford, printing 50 school reports, .
7 00
D. H. Huxford, printing warrants, tax bills, notices and check lists, 116 50
Henry H. Francis, labor and material on hall doors,
77 22
for copying,
15 00
R. W. Turner, for insurance,
.
114 00
Seth Turner, for insurance, .
110 75
J. White Belcher, for insurance,
150 50
Seth Mann, 2d, for insurance,
98 30 .
G. A. Tolman, award of referees,
284 00
one-half expense of referees,
25 56
Grand Army Post 110, as per vote,
100 00
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Paid Turner Free Library, as per vote, $500 00
Peter A. Wales & Sons, for pumps, and repairs, . 44 80
C. A. Wales, for conductors on hall, and repairs, . 46 10
James N. Bullock, for horse hire, 23 00
Colin Boyd, care of hall, town meetings, 7 50
Colin Boyd, care of selectmen's office, and repairs, 28 38
Fire King Engine Co., filling reservoir, 1877,
15 00
John S. Abbott, for guide-boards,
4 00
Washington Thayer, sundry bills,
1 80
M. R. Warren, for stationery,
4 00
A. W. Mitchell, police badges,
7 50
G. B. Dench, labor on flag-pole,
3 00
Patrick Bohan, for labor on North Street,
2 00
Eleazer Beal, for defining line on North Street,
6 00
Florence Sullivan, for repairs,
3 00
Doane & Greenough, for stationery,
26 00
special police, July 4th,
37 50
John G. Poole, for postage, .
15 12
E. M. Roel, expense of sale of R. Adams estate,
19 15
H. H. Francis, for labor and material, .
6 25
Charles E. Higgins, painting guide-board, 2 00
F. A. Walker, for merchandise, 3 00
J. S. Paine, for merchandise, 2 50
Colin Boyd, for pail, pitcher, &c.,
1 85
Thomas Groom, for tax-book,
2 00
Daniel Leahy, wood for selectmen's office,
15 50
Colin Boyd, for preparing wood, . .
4 00
Frank J. Donahue, services as constable on town business, . 12 00
William Campbell, labor and repairs on pump, 4 50
William Campbell, labor and repairs on hearse,
15 00
Williams & Everett, for cleansing portrait, .
9 30
F. Porter, for stationery, 5 75 .
Charles K. Darling, for book,
3 00
James A. Tower, expense, Rooney case, .
4 20
Daniel Howard, expense, Rooney case, 2 00
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Paid Messrs. Tower and Howard, bills, cash paid, $11 90
D. G. Corliss & Co., for stone-bounds, 4 00
Caleb Hayden, repairing shaft, 2 75
Winslow Alden, for repairs,
50
Michael Sullivan, for repairs, 1 50
John Q. Adams, for professional services,
10 00
Henry H. Francis, services as constable on town business, . 17 50
William B. Hathaway, entertainment town offi- cers on election day's, 19 25
William B. Hathaway, entertainment town officers, 58 75 William B. Ilathaway, entertainment for firemen, 65 00
William B. Hathaway, bill of Agent of Board of Education, 6 00
A. J. Gove, expressage,
5 35
Martin P. Pike, distributing town reports,
5 00
Margaret Riley, for repairs,
1 00
D. B. White & Co., for merchandise, 92
Daniel Kelliher, for repairs, .
.
50
Total,
. $2,428 95
3
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The needs of the poor out of the almshouse, though by the continued depression of business throughout the year rendered quite large in the aggregate, have been met under the law in a spirit of justice and human y.
The almshouse continues under the supervision of Mr. Martin P. Pike, and his wife, the matron, who conduct the establishment in keeping with the well-known reputation previously attained in that department. It has been conducted during the past year in a man- ner which has secured to its inmates the comforts that could reason- ably be demanded, as was designed should be the case, while the average number supported during the year is larger than the previous year, at somewhat less cost per capita.
The inside of the building has been partly painted and otherwise improved, as have the outside and out-buildings entirely, which much improves their appearance.
The old boiler and heating apparatus, which have always been but poorly adapted to the uses of the house, becoming entirely inadequate to its wants, had to be removed to make room for something more suitable, which has been furnished and put in place, working very successfully in every respect. A pound has been constructed on the almshouse grounds, to meet the wants of the town in that regard.
The whole number supported in the almshouse during the year ending March 1, 1879, in whole or in part, was thirty-two; the average number, twenty ; and increase of three for a full year.
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Names of persons supported in the almshouse for the year ending March 1, 1879 : -
Polly Copeland.
Angeline Buckley.
Eunice Delano.
Mary Ellen Buckley.
Ellen Kennedy.
Maggie MeLaughlin.
Elias Cole.
Teresa Long.
Peter Reardon.
Ellen Barry.
Emory Delano.
Patrick Barry.
Lewis Linfield.
William Morrisey.
Catharine Condon.
Mrs. Mary Quinlan.
Hannah Barry.
Katie Quinlan.
Mary Barry.
Margaret Quinlan.
Frances McMath.
John O'Brien.
Thomas Stevens .*
James O'Brien.
Mary Veazie.
Mary O'Brien.
Michael Clark.
Edward Burns.t
George C. Currie .*
· Henry Jones.
Ellen Buckley.
John Harris.#
SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES FOR THE ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
Paid Martin P. Pike, superintendent, one year, $500 00
Charles Prescott for supplies, 343 10
Ho'mes & Blanchard for heating apparatus, 374 02
John B. Thayer for labor and material,
104 82
J. White Belcher for grain and meal,. .
124 87
Josiah Clark for meat, 131 91
Messrs. Burrill & Miles, painting almshouse, 90 50
Wadsworth Bros. & Howland for paint and oil, 81 77
Conants & Sanborn for supplies, . 46 00
Cochran Brothers & Co. for supplies,
36 00
R. W. Turner & Co. for coal, 149 11
Nathan Rosenfeld for merchandise,
62 93
Refunded.
t Deceased. # Discharged.
20
Paid Sidney French for boots and shoes, $37 86
William Campbell for material and repairs, . 40 12
IIenry M. White for supplies, 37 50 Charles A. Wales for merchandise, 20 16
Thomas J. Hill for supplies,
24 57
N. E. Buck for tea, coffee, &c., ·
16 40
E. A. Allen for medical attendance,
31 50
T. T. Cushman
15 00
C. C. Farnham 66 66
2 50
George Brett 66
15 00
F. Porter for medicine,
15 05
sundry bills for groceries,
15 66
Mrs. E. Briggs for cow,
28 00
L. Hoffman for clothing,
12 74
Joseph McMullin for clothing,
11 50
heirs of William Cole for pasture,.
16 00
A. J. Gove for expressage, .
12 20
J. B. Rhines for lumber, 19 50
C. M. Holbrook for labor on pound,
13 25
George W. Pierce 66 66
.
9 95
Daniel Kiley 66 66
9 00
John Friel 66 66
8 00
N. F. Roel for use of derrick,
4 50
L. R. Peterson for labor and material, .
15 20
Old Colony R. R. Co. for freight,
6 78
D. B. White for varnish,
3 90
F. L. Tilton for varnish, 1 95
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