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" Two bonds of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, $1,000 cach.
" Three bonds of Union Pacific Railroad, collateral trust, $1,000 each.
" Three bonds of Kansas Pacific Railroad, $1,000 each.
" Two bonds of Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, $1,000 each.
" No appropriation of money from the town will be required to aid in meeting the current expenses of the ensuing year."
Respectfully submitted,
J. WHITE BELCHER, President of the Board of Trustees.
Randolph, March 10, 1885.
76
BIRTHS
REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1884.
Jan.
1,
Maddan,
Charles and Fanny.
1.
Paine,
.
·
1,
Clara B. Howard,
Henry M. and Elizabeth (Lyons).
$2,
Stephen HI. Guinan,
Herbert H. and Nellie F. (Curran).
11,
- Kerr,
George and Alice W. (White).
15,
Poole,
·
Frank E. and Nellie S. (Ward).
26,
Feb.
2.
Thomas A. Curran,
John and Eliazbeth A. (Lyons).
2,
Charles T. Barrett,
.
4,
Ernest H. Payne, .
·
Philip A. and Anna A. (Nash).
8,
Mary Ann Curran,
Timothy P. and Joanna M. (Sullivan).
19.
William II. Mahoney,
Patrick and Rosanna (Hart).
21,
Lewis E. Delano, .
.
Thomas S. and Mary F. (Riley).
24,
Francis J. Curran,
·
Florence and Alice (Brennan).
24. 25,
C tharine Rooney,
John P. and Margaret A. (Riley).
28, 29, 3,
- Moore,
John F. aud Maggie (Cannon). William C. and Mary (Meaney).
March
Cornelius F. Foley,
Thomas and Bridget (Bohan).
10,
Ethel Bowers Lovering, Isabella O'Brien,
John C. and Margaret (Farley).
April
James F. Clark,
.
Dennis E. and Katie (McMahon).
14, 16,
Philip Green,
Philip and Lillias (Trainor).
17,
Bridget Donohue,
Thomas and Ellen (Mullins).
23,
Bertha M. Paine,
.
Andrew C. and Albina C. (Petersen).
May
8,
James and Honora (McInery).
12,
Chester W. Howard, Alice Bradly,
Patrick and Maggie A. (Powers).
22,
Bernard O'Flaherty, Katie Honey. .
John and Martha (Mc Mullen). Nelsou C. and Agnes E. (Johnston).
June
Addie M. Dcane,
John and Catharine (Green).
Alice R. Taylor,
Franklin and Mary E. (DeNiel).
23, - Easton,
George and Margaret A. (Shepard).
24,
Cora E. Burrell,
George E. and Susie E. (Jones).
28,
Clara B. Eldy, Chester S. Wentworth, - Boynton, Wambolt,
Albert E. and Martha.
July
29, 1, 3, Charles A. Belmer,
Charles and Minnie P. (Harriman).
11,
Forrest E. and Ella J. (Igo).
14,
Lydia F. Whalen, Bertha M. Ainslie,
William H. and Julia A. (Allen).
19,
Lewis Burke, .
John L. and Elizabeth A. (Meighan).
21,
Tirrell,
Augustus L. and Sarah J. (Pool).
.
Emery and Jennie R. ( Adams).
24,
Florence D. Sullivan,
Nicholas Moore,
.
Mary F. Barry,
David J. and Katie F. (Dolan).
4, 6, Bessie Lincoln Bryant,
Charles F. and Annie B. (Bullock). Edwin W. and Helen H. (Bowers). James H. and Mary J. ( Dooley).
2.5,
Mary A. Boyle,
James W. and Mary ( Bentley).
7, 8,
Francis J. Kelliher,
David and Etta (Wood).
27 1,
Esther M. Nightingale, Mary Farrell, Mary Halpin,
.
Gerald H. and Mary C. (Keefe).
Charles F. and Lydia A. (Purrington).
15,
Edward and Kate M. (Roddan).
23, 1, 4, 22,
Josephine Dunn,
Eli and Ella A. (Bridges).
29,
Frank E. and Henrietta (Ela).
James A. and Sarah Ann (Burt).
.
11,
John McNeil, .
·
Everett A. and Martha A. (Holbrook).
18,
Elsie B. Fay,
.
Jolın and Anna (Hortou).
Lois Finley
.
John and Mary E. (Shepard). George A. and Emma (Chessman).
5.
.
. Bernard and Hannah (Dooley).
Thomas Edward Riley,
.
J mes DeNeil,
Wille H. and Jennie E. (Burrell).
.
Syria W. and Lucy M. (Jones).
77
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
July
27,
John McGarrigle, .
Charles and Anna E. (MeLaughlan).
27,
James E. Foley,
·
James E. and Margaret (Barry).
27,
Jane Good,
William and Maria J. (Kelliher).
29,
Ruby Jane Davis, .
George A. and Inez H. (Broad).
Aug. 7, 9. 10, 18,
Maguire,
Martin and Anna E. (Devine). Peter and Kate (Bracken).
20,
David McGaughey, John R. Ford,
Michael and Maggie M. (Rooney).
21,
Augusta B. Mahady,
William and Ellen M. (Wigmore).
22, 22, 23,
Clark,
.
Benjamin L. and Lucy A. (Myers). Thomas D. and Frances M. (Hogan).
24,
Arthur Neary,
James E. and Ansie (DeNeil). John S. and Rosa L. (Beal). Richard and Eliza (Cahill).
5, 5,
Alice Riley,
Francis and Mary A. (Purcell).
13,
Daniel T. Kiley,
John and Mary A. (Dummery).
19,
Mary Foley,
James and Mary (O'Brien).
19,
Fanny Campbell,
George and Fanny (Coonts).
22,
- Dee, Mary Welch, .
John B. and Mary E. (Dwyer).
Oct.
1, 1, 20, 30, 9,
Catharine Sutton,
John H. and Mary E. (McDonald).
Nov.
John J. Heney,
Charles and Mary J. ( Welsh).
16,
Margaret Kinnier,
Patrick and Joanna C. (Burke).
Matthew Smith,
Matthew and Catharine V. (Riley). Charles E. and Minnie (Knight).
18. 19, 21, 22, 9, 25,
- Kelliher,
John C. and Catharine (Barrett).
Alice Crosby, .
Jolm and Mary A. (Kelliher).
Margaret Brody.
James and Margaret (Cal:ill).
Cora A. Holbrook,
.
Morton and Malinda C. (Hollis).
1881.
Dec. 4,
Lena R. Thayer,
.
Seth Austin and Abby A. (Bowman).
Sept.
Howard,
Charles H., Jr., and Georgie M. (Hawes).
Katie McMahon,
David P. and Catharine E. (Powers).
Herman G Holbrook,
.
Enos and Sarah M. (Burrell).
Alice F. Barry,
28, - Hall, Uniac,
Thomas and Elizabeth (Lymas).
28,
Mary Morgan, Johnson,
John and Sarah JJ. (Kelly).
George M. and Hannah C. (Burrell).
Isabella Pope,
David and Elizabeth (Dennehy).
Dec.
- - Young,
78
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH.
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
AGE.
1884.
Jan.
1,
Alton Barr, Nettie Jane Belcher,
Randolph,
19
4,
George Albert Davis, . Inez Broad, .
Randolph,
20
9,
Charles H. Howard, Jr., Georgie M. Hawes,
Randolph,
26
10,
Fred Ellsworth Whalen, Helen Josephine Igo, .
Randolph,
2.5
66
26
17,
Richard Forrest, Jr.,
Randolph,
34
Mary E. Kane,
.
Feb.
18,
Willie Herbert Paine, . Jennie E. Burrell,
Randolph, 66
19
March
2,
Herbert Lawrence White, . Frances A. Mansfield,
Braintree,
24
April
7,
John F. McKay,
Randolph,
25
Alice Flood, .
Boston, .
2-2
24,
John B. Flynn, Jr., Mary A. Murphy,
Stoughton,
24
24,
Gerald H. Farrell,
Randolph, 66
18
Mary C. Keefe,
26,
Frank Elmer Wentworth, Henrietta Ela,
66
19
May
1,
George B. Fuller, Lena J. Morton,
Stoughton,
29
8,
George E. Morse, Mary Isabell Graham,
Stoughton, 66
22
18,
Alton Howard Mann, ·
Randolph,
26
Josie Williams,
Braintree,
24
18,
William A. Abbott, Alice M. Hayward,
66
22
20,
Anthony Larochelle, Jr., Flora E. Sasfield,
Brockton,
30
31,
William Fletcher, Maggie Finley,
Randolph,
25
Chelsea, .
24
June
10,
Charles Elmore Young, Minnie Knight,
Randolph, 66
21
17,
James J. Long,
Taunton,
25
Mary G. Mahoney,
Randolph,
25
26,
Francis C. Paine, . Alice C. Clark,
Randolph,
27
.
26
.
24
Stoughton,
.
19
Randolph,
25
24
21
Randolph,
19
21
21
Randolph,
18
23
23
Spencer,
23
31
28
79
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
AGE.
July
15,
Thomas A. Kennedy, . Mary J. Gibbons, .
Randolph, 6
.
23
17,
Ernest J. Littlehale,
Boston, ·
30
Lucy B. McCarty,
Randolph,
21
20,
Jeremiah J. Hickey, Anna A. Sheridan,
Holbrook,
25
Randolph,
25
24,
Daniel F. Flynn, . Mary J. Campbell,
Randolph, 66
24
Aug. 17,
Daniel Austin Elliott, Jr., Jennie Isabel McGaw,
.
Braintree,
18
Sept.
6,
Walter C. Wood, . Cora B. Howard, .
Stoughton,
22
Randolph,
18
28,
James J. Feeley,
.
Holbrook,
24
28,
Charles Henry Rice, Mabel Alice Thayer,
.
66
18
29,
John T. Dolan, Catharine Connelly,
Stoughton,
24
Oct. 2,
Samuel A. Capen, S. Augusta Fales (Bass),
.
West Randolph, Vt.,
40
15,
John Jennings Crawford, Ellen Josephine Turner,
.
Randolph,
24
17,
Matt Smith,
Randolph,
22
Catharine Riley,
66
18
19,
Edward White,
Quincy,
22
Mary Meaney,
Randolph,
24
Nov.
20,
John J. Maddigan, Mary E. Hand,
Randolph, 66
39
25,
Henry F. Swan,
Providence, R.I., .
29
Randolph,
30
27,
Henry J. O'Harra,
Stoughton,
27
Nellie E. Mackadon,
Randolph,
23
27,
Daniel E. McCue, Ellen M. Cunningham,
Randolph,
25
66
26
27,
Albert E. Jones,
Canton, .
23
Edith A. Leach,
Randolph,
23
27,
Selwyn Wilbur,
Randolph,
38
Mary Agnes Sullivan,
25
Dec.
20,
George A. Faunce, Ida V. Clark,
Randolphı,
31
23,
.Joseph Lawlor,
Randolph,
23
Nellie Downey,.
25
25,
Granville Raymond, Emma Florence Mann,
Stoughton,
36
Randolph.
26
Randolph,
27
Stoughton,
29
Catharine J. MeNiff,
.
Randolph,
22
25
Randolph,
48
Pittsburg, Pa.,
28
21,
Patrick J. Sullivan, Mary E. Brennan,
Randolph,
25
37
Josie L. Graves,
.
23
80
DEATHS
REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH.
AGE.
DATE.
NAME.
DISEASE.
Y. M.
D.
1884.
Jan.
1,
Caleb Tucker,
59
3
27
Heart Disease.
9,
John Long,
Congestion of Lungs.
10,
James W. S. Campbell,
2
5
11
Pneumonia.
15,
Poole, .
40
7
28
Heart Disease.
Feb.
5,
Charles F. Sheridan,
6
10
Diphtheria.
11,
Betsey Littlefield (Hayden),
67
10
18
Pleuritis.
14,
Rachel Wilson (Thayer),
61
10
16,
Helena F. Shay,
24
2
Laryngeal Phthisis. Broken Leg.
March. 6,
Ann Farrell,
62
1
15
Bronchitis.
8,
Simeon Linfield,
75
8
13
Renal Calculus.
11,
Eugene T. Walsh,
2
22
Congestive Pneumonia.
16.
Georgianna Jones (Newell),
11
23
Cancer in Bowels.
23,
R. Lavinia French (Mann),
42
11
15
Pneumonia.
24,
Ann McConety,
72
Inflammation of Lungs.
April
18
John Whalen,
36
8
1
Consumption.
19,
Lydia Ring (Freeman),
79
1
20
Inanition.
22,
James Wood,
57
3
13
Bright's Disease.
26,
Susie E. C. Allen,
1
23
Tubercular Meningitis.
May
1,
John J. McAuliffe,
25
2
6
Acute Meningitis.
5,
James Donnovan,
85
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
5,
Charles Tileston, .
74
15
Malignant Tumor.
5,
George Raymond,
82
10
26
Cystitis. Old Age. Suicide.
10.
James Kinsley,
46
8
15
Spina Bifida.
22.
Stillborn.
25,
Philip Riley,
74
June
2
Seth Turner King,
60
8
9.
Lemuel Wentworth,
75
9
14
Bright's Disease.
4,
Jolın Francis Curran,
4
10
11 Malignant Diphtheria.
8,
Catharine Curran,
B
1
16
Malignant Diphtheria.
15,
Isabella Curran,
7
5
18
Malignant Diphtheria.
17,
Phthisis.
July
2,
Catharine Brady Donohue,
73
27
Paralysis of Heart.
3,
John Hove,
76
Chronic Bronchitis.
5,
Edward Foley,
56
6
1
Apoplexy.
13,
Theodore S. Ålden,
41
3
11
Drowned.
14,
Bertha C. Vaughan,
1
25
Enlargement of Glands of Stomach.
21,
Jonathan Wales, .
34
9
17
Typhoid Fever.
27,
Levi L. Holbrook,
53
10
11
Epilepsy. Insane.
Aug.
12,
Julia L. Holbrook,
23
14
Potts' Discase.
25,
Anna M. Odell (Mann),
68
4
16
Maxillary Abscess.
11,
Ellen Sullivan (Leonard), Ellen Manix, .
24
Consumption.
8,
Thomas F. Lynch,
37
5
Phthisis.
13,
- Tirrell,
I
23
Infantile.
25,
- Howard,
1
18
Infantile.
7
Stillborn.
16,
26,
Eliza A. Belcher (Williams), Michael Desmond,
92
4
Old Age.
Chronic Rheumatism.
28,
Peter Brophy,
70
12,
Esther M. Nightingale, - Haney,
Posterior Spinal Sclorosis. Phthisis.
24,
Francis Myers, Easton,
69
1
Premature Birth.
.
.
.
68
Introsusception.
Sept.
8,
38
.
81
DATE.
NAME.
DISEASE.
Y. M. | D.
Oct.
4,
Margaret Troy,
85
Bilious Fever.
17,
Francis Holbrook,
42
3
Cancer.
2.5,
Sarah B. Packard (Tolman),
58
11
2.
Nervous Prostration.
25,
Jolın Purcell.
80
24
Old Age.
27,
Frank C. Perkins.
5
5
21
Croupal Diphtheria.
29,
Lawrence MeGrath,
57
Acute Paremchymatous Nephritis.
30.
Amasa Clark,
80
6
2
Pneumonia.
Nov.
1,
George E. Maguire,
47
Gastritis. Cancer Stomach.
3,
Elizabeth Dwyer (Flynn),
69
6,
Levi Frank Thayer,
55
1
Nervous Prostration.
9,
Arthur A. McMahon,
3
2
14
Inflammation of Brain.
13,
Delida Basigalupo,
1
2
14,
Frederick G. Wright,
3
3
Scarlet Fever.
25,
Mary D. Alden,
75
2.5
Congestion of Lungs.
26,
Mary C. Alden, .
4.2
Rupture of Blood Vessel in Brain.
26,
Alfreda R. Thayer,
51
G
21
Heart Complaint.
26,
James T. Riley,
41
Double Pneumonia.
30,
Ellen J. Fitzgerald,
16
20
Phthisis,
30,
Mary Gaynor.
67
General Debility.
18,
Matthew Smith.
20
General Debility.
12,
Ada F. Bump (Otis),
2S
4
9
Pulmonary Phthisis.
12,
Harriet Belcher (Belcher),
Old Age.
18,
Timothy Manix,
3
Meningitis.
18,
Ann Bracken,
48
G
Paralysis Agitans.
27,
Annie Whalen,
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
28,
Nellie Foley,
12
3
14
Morbus Cordis.
30,
Walter Cartwright,
·
4
Apoplexy. Paralysis.
RANDOLPHI, January 1, 1885.
Any persons seeing any error in the record of Births, Marriages and Deaths will please notify the Town Clerk, and have the same corrected. .
HIRAM C. ALDEN,
Town Clerk.
10,
Catharine Mc Mahon,
3
Consumption. Pneumonia.
John R. Ford,
2
7
Sudden Cold.
.
Dec.
AGE.
5
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Randolph in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Randolph, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at Stetson Hall in said town, on Monday, the sixth day of April next, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles ; namely, -
ARTICLE 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 meet- ing ; also one trustee for Stetson School Fund, for three years.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot, "Yes," or " No," in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 4. To hear the report of the several town officers, and act thereon.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for the support of schools, and appropriate the same.
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be thought proper for repairs of school buildings, and incidental ex- penses of schools.
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ART. 7. To raise money for the repairs of highways, and determine the manner of expending the same.
ART. 8. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money, not exceeding five hundred dollars, to re- move a portion of a rock in the highway near the residence of Samuel W. Willard.
ART. 9. To raise money to defray the general town ex- penses for the ensuing year, and make appropriations thereof.
ART. 10. To raise such amount of money as may be deemed advisable for the reduction of the town debt, and make appropriation for the same.
ART. 11. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to building a sidewalk on the westerly side of Howard Street, as petitioned for by William Sheppard and fourteen others ; also on petition of William Cunningham and others for building a sidewalk on the northerly side of said Howard street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 12. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to engines and pay of enginemen, and raise and appro- priate money for the same.
ART. 13. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the selectmen, and posted according to law.
ART. 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to paying a bounty of one hundred dollars each to Nelson E. Knight and James L. Curtis, who served during the late war as a part of the quota of Randolph, and raise and appro- priate money therefor.
ART. 15. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen to appoint special officers to enforce the laws, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 16. To see if the town will make an appropriation
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for the decoration of soldiers' graves under the direction of Captain Horace Niles Post 110, G.A.R.
ART. 17. To see what action the town will take upon the report of the joint committee of the several towns of Quincy, Braintree, Randolph and Holbrook, in regard to the expe- diency of publishing the records of the original town of Braintree, and raise and appropriate money to defray the expense of the same.
ART. 18. To see what action the town will take relative to medical attendance upon the poor for the ensuing year.
ART. 19. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 20. 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 procedings in which the town may be in any way en- gaged or interested as a party or otherwise, for the ensuing year.
ART. 21. 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. 22. To see if the town will authorize the collector of taxes to charge interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid on and after October 10, 1885.
ART. 23. To see if the town will permit the Brockton Horse Railroad company, or any other company, to extend the track for a horse railroad from the East Stoughton line (the terminus of the Brockton railroad), to Canton street, near the residence of A. J. Towns, as petitioned for by F. Porter and others.
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ART. 24. To hear and act on the report of any committee, and to chose any committee the town may think proper.
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, and by publishing the same in the NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER AND HOLBROOK NEWS, a newspaper published in said Randolph.
Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the town clerk, on or before the day and hour for said meeting.
Given under our hands at said Randolph, this twenty-fourth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty- five.
ROYAL T. MANN, JOHN B. THAYER, RUFUS A. THAYER, Selectmen of Randolph.
A true copy.
Attest : THOMAS FARRELL, Constable of Randolph.
FIFTIETH 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, 1886.
RANDOLPH : NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER AND HOLBROOK NEWS, DANIEL H. HUXFORD, PUBLISHER. 1886.
FIFTIETH 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, 1886.
RANDOLPH : NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER AND HOLBROOK NEWS, DANIEL H. HUXFORD, PUBLISHER. 1886.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1885-6.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. ROYAL T. MANN. JOHN B. THAYER. RUFUS A. THAYER.
Town Clerk and Treasurer. HIRAM C. ALDEN. School Committee.
THOMAS DOLAN JOHN B. WREN
Term expires April 1, 1886.
THADDEUS T. CUSHMAN
·
66
66 1, 1888.
Trustees of Stetson School Fund.
DANIEL HOWARD
Term expires April 1, 1886.
WINSLOW BATTLES
.6
66 1, 1887.
THADDEUS T. CUSHMAN
..
"
1, 1888.
Auditors.
CHARLES G. HATHAWAY.
ELISHA MANN, JR.
CHARLES F. MCMAHON.
Constables.
THOMAS FARRELL.
HENRY H. SHEDD.
FRANK J. DONOHUE.
MICHAEL STANTON.
E. LAWRENCE PAINE. ADAM F. JONES. JOHN P. ROONEY.
Tax Collector. FRANK N. DEANE.
Fence Viewers.
EPHRAIM MANN.
ADAM F. JONES.
AUGUSTUS J. TOWNS.
Registrars of Voters.
JOHN T. FLOOD. J. WHITE BELCHER .*
HIRAM C. ALDEN. GEORGE W. WALES. GEORGE H. WILKINS.
Engineers of the Fire Department. CHARLES A. WALES, Chief. WILLIAM A. CROAK, Clerk. JOHN HANEY. Superintendent of Almshouse. CALVIN SANFORD.
Keeper of Lock-up. COLIN BOYD. Representatives to the General Court. WILLIAM W. HURLEY, of Randolph. HENRY FITZPATRICK, of Stoughton. *Resigned.
MAY 1 4 1963
1, 1887.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
To the Inhabitants of Randolph :
The fiftieth annual report of the Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor is herewith presented for your consideration.
At the last annual meeting, the sum of three thousand dollars was appropriated for the reduction of, the town debt. The debt has been reduced during the past year (as per treasurer's report ) about two thousand dollars. The amount expended on account of water supply, for which no appro- priation was made, and damage to the streets by the late freshet, amounting to nearly one thousand dollars, are the principal causes why the debt has not been further reduced.
HIGHWAYS.
The repairs of highways during the past year have been under the direction of district surveyors elected at the last annual meeting. The amount expended in excess of the appropriation was caused largely by heavy rains during the summer, which washed the streets badly, and by the recent freshet, causing extra repairs costing nearly four hundred dollars, which amount is very small when compared with the expense incurred by the surrounding towns.
SPECIAL REPAIRS.
Considering the wretched and almost impassable condition of Warren street, from Main street to the depot, during the
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early spring, we decided to devote a large share of the appropriation for special repairs to its improvement, and have excavated and filled with stone the bed of the street, improved drains, and paved the gutter on the south side. This work has cost about seven hundred dollars, and, we believe, is an improvement very generally appreciated by our citizens, and we would recommend a similar treatment for Depot street (leading from Main to Warren streets) which we think may be done at an expense not exceeding three hundred dollars.
SIDEWALKS.
Sidewalks have been built on Howard and School streets, at a cost not exceeding the appropriation for the purpose.
PAVING.
The appropriation for this purpose was used in paving gutters on Union, Short and Main streets. This work tends to protect the streets from washing, and we are sure is money well expended.
REMOVING LEDGE.
In removing the ledge near the residence of S. W. Willard, it was decided that the use of a steam drill would be the most economical method of operation, and Mr. Pike, who was in charge, employed T. B. Hadley, a man of large experience with this kind of work. The ledge has been thoroughly broken and a portion removed, considerably in- creasing the width of the street at that point. We consider the stone thus secured worth a large share of the amount expended, and we would recommend that they be retained for future use of the town.
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GUIDE POSTS.
Guide posts have been erected and maintained within the town in accordance with chapter 53 of the Public Statutes.
APPROPRIATIONS
AS VOTED BY THE TOWN ; ALSO COUNTY AND STATE TAX. For schools, $8,000 00
Stetson high school, 1,500 00
repairs of highways, · 2,700 00
removing rock in highway, North street
500 00
general town expenses,
12,700 00
enlarging almshouse,
1,000 00
reduction of town debt,
3,000 00
sidewalk, Howard street,
250 00
Fire Department,
1,980 00
decoration of soldiers' graves,
100 00
Braintree records, .
450 00
medical attendance on the poor,
350 00
County tax,
1,545 29
State tax,
2,175 00
Total,
. $36,250 29
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TAXABLE VALUATION, MAY 1, 1885.
Real estate, $1,465,450 00 Personal estate, 532,750 00
Bank stock owned by residents and taxed in the
state,
232,806 00
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Corporation stock owned by residents and taxed by the state,
$207,947 00
Total valuation, $2,438,953 00
Rate of taxation, May 1, 1885, $14.00 on $1000. Number of polls May 1, 1885, 1,155
of dwellings May 1, 1885, 7895
of horses May 1, 1885, 324
of cows May 1, 1885, . 192
of acres of land taxed May 1, 1885,
5,906%
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN, MARCH 1, 1886.
Almshouse property and farm, $12,000 00
Town house and land, . 18,000 00
Three fire engine houses and lock-up, 4,200 00
One hook and ladder carriage and apparatus, 1,200 00
Two steam fire engines and apparatus,
10,500 00
One Babcock engine and apparatus,
1,150 00
One hearse,
200 00
Ten acres salt marsh,
500 00
Twenty acres of land, Upham lot, .
400 00
School-house and land, District No. 1,
2,000 00
School-house and land, District No. 2,
6,000 00
School-house and land, District No. 3,
1,350 00
School-house and land, District No. 4,
5,750 00
School-house and land, District No. 5,
1,200 00
School-house and land, District No. 6, 1,600 00
Prescott school-house and land, 15,000 00
Eight shares in the Randolph National Bank, 1,440 00
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Stetson school fund, par value, 10,600 00
Turner school fund, par value, 1,000 00 Turner free library, 5,000 00 ·
Turner free library, building and land,
40,000 00
Turner free library fund,
5,000 00
Turner fund,
10,000 00
Total
. $154,090 00
EXPENDITURES.
The selectmen have drawn orders on the treasurer amount- ing to $36,567.45 :
On account of schools,
$8,917 22
of Stetson high school,
1,500 00
of highways,
3,221 31
of removing snow,
281 67
of sidewalk, Howard street,
199 14
of paving,
224 88
of ledge near Willard's,
524 39
of town officers, .
1,979 24
of state aid,
1,556 00
of military aid,
1,428 10
of decoration of soldiers' graves, . 100 00
of abatement of taxes,
412 90
of funeral expenses,
215 00
of fire department,
1,925 57
of soldiers' bounty,
200 00
of miscellaneous expenses,
1,668 39
of poor in almshouse,
2,936 96
of poor out of almshouse,
3,521 98
of poor of Randolph and Holbrook, 1,114 88
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On account of poor of other towns, $1,655 91
of state paupers and tramps,
155 44
of water supply,
1,118 00
of almshouse addition,
1,710 47
Total,
$36,567 45
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations.
Expenditures
For schools,
$8,000 00
Income from other sources,
763 04
$8,917 22
Stetson high school,
1,500 00
1,500 00
Poor out of almshouse,
state paupers and tramps,
4,350 00
*3,813 31
Poor in almshouse, .
2,300 00
*1,755 99
Poor belonging to Ran- dolph and Holbrook,
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