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Thomas Duff, labor
1 00
James Riley, labor .
22 50
Joseph Donovan, labor
17 34
John O'Keefe, labor
11 33
Thomas Buckley, labor
16 11
Thomas Whalin, labor
15 11
John Lyons, labor .
14 11
Michael Crowley, labor
17 11
William Brennen, labor
9 67
John Dunn, labor
15 11
Patrick Crosby, labor
1 00
Daniel Barry, labor
1 00
James Blythe, labor
6 56
Selwyn Wilbur, labor
6 56
Walter M. Sullivan, labor
1 00
William C. Barry, labor .
1 00
H. B. Alden estate, gravel
3 36
Adam F. Jones, gravel
2 38
American Powder Mills
6 00
$218 50
Appropriation, $200 00
Overdrawn,
18 50
SIDEWALK, UNION STREET.
Paid Dexter T. Clark, labor $7 50
Town teams, labor . · 54 00
James Riley and team, labor
62 42
12
Paid John B. McGrane, labor .
$39 00
Thomas Duff, labor
·
18 00
Thomas Donahoe, labor
8 00
John Harris, labor .
6 00
William Gill, labor
42 00
Joseph Donovan, labor
40 00
John O'Keefe, labor
40 00
Thomas Buckley, labor
40 00
Thomas Whalin, labor
36 00
John Sheehan, labor
27 00
John Lyons, labor .
34 00
James O'Riley, labor
8 00
Andrew Nightingale, labor
13 00
Simon B. Corliss, labor
13 00
Joseph Riley, labor
13 11
Michael Crowley, labor
.
18 00
$519 03
Appropriation, $300 00
Overdrawn, 219 03
SIDEWALK, MILL STREET.
Paid town teams, labor .
$7 50
James Riley, labor .
10 00
Thomas Whalin, labor
8 00
John Lyons, labor .
2 00
Thomas Buckley, labor
6 00
Joseph Donovan, labor
10 10
Thomas Duff, labor
12 00
John O'Keefe, labor
6 00
John B. McGrane, labor .
10 00
William C. Barry, labor
10 67
John Curran, labor
2 00
Philip Riley, labor .
·
4 00
13
Paid Michael O'Connell, labor William Brennen, labor Mary Harris, gravel
$7 00
2 00
2 73
Appropriation, $100 00
$100 00
PAVING.
Paid Thomas Buckley, labor
$52 73
Lorenzo Eddy, labor
40
Town teams, labor .
65 83
James Riley and team, labor 84 69
John B. McGrane, labor .
10 00
Thomas Duff, labor
29 11
Thomas Whalin, labor
51 22
John Lyons, labor .
44 06
William C. Barry, labor
14 00
William Brennen, labor
14 00
John Dunn, labor
2 00.
Joseph Donovan, labor
28 11
H. M. White & Co., supplies
1 35
John O'Keefe, supplies
18
John V. Beal, gravel
14
Mrs. A. Smith, gravel
60
J. Swindells, gravel
1 80
Michael Ford, gravel
4 20
Charles A. Wales, gravel
3 93
John Desmond, labor
8 00
Timothy J. Lyons, expressing
33
John Sheehan, labor
6 00
John P. Rooney, labor
25 11
Michael Crowley
7 61
James Sutton
4 00
Edward O'Flaherty
.
10 00
14
Paid James Barry $4 00
Peter McConaty, labor
3 77
John Curran, labor 5 00
James O'Brien, labor
7 00
Teresa Kingsley, gravel
6 65
Robert Hamilton, labor
6 00
H. Welch, labor 6 00
T. F. Lynch estate, gravel
10 09
H. B. Alden estate, gravel
2 70
Seth Mann, 2d, sand
4 50
John Wales, gravel
20
Francis E. Stetson, labor
75
$526 06
Appropriation, $500 00
Overdrawn, 26 06
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid James Carroll and others $170 50
Francis E. Stetson and others
125 27
George R. Weaver and others
200 69
Maurice E. Scanlan
1 00
William Mahady and others
112 62
Frank H. Langley, repairing snow plows .
17 20
Robert McAuliffe
1 50
Richard Irving
5 00
James Riley and others
223 71
James Fardy, repairing snow plows . 18 20
James Keenan
4 00
$879 69
Appropriation, $600 00 Overdrawn, 279 69
15
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Henry E. Cottle, care of lamp $20 00
Seth Mann, 2d, & Co., insurance
102 00
E. W. Campagna, labor . 11 70
J. White Belcher, insurance 342 50
George F. Parish, repairing chairs 4 00
Chandler Cox, care of street lamp 12 50
D. H. Huxford, printing town reports, war- rants, etc. 453 25
H. M. White & Co., supplies 3 10
Thomas Purcell, teller
5 00
Thomas Farrell, police duty
35 50
Colin Boyd, care of Selectmen's room, hall lamp, etc. . 148 10
John F. Cary, damage to sleigh
3 00
Frank J. Donahoe, police duty
27 25
C. G. Hathaway, insurance
25 00
Hugh J. Molloy, teller 10 00
Edward O'Flaherty, teller
10 00
Charles D. Coleman, dinners
25 00
James E. Foley, teller
5 00
M. P. Pike, stone roller
4 00
Frank Porter, stationery . 2 30
Edwin M. Mann, wood for Selectmen's room
19 50
Royal T. Mann, teller
10 00
M. F. Sullivan, police duty
88 75
W. A. Croak, teller
10 00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery
9 50
Dexter T. Clark
17 25
C. H. Belcher, supplies ·
15 49
Captain Horace Niles Post, No. 110, G.A. R., on order of John T. Flood for services as Moderator 20 00
16
Paid E. L. Burdakin, copy of transfers
$10 00
Daniel Gibbons, teller 5 00
E. F. Knight, police duty 37 75
Weston P. Alden, teller .
10 00
Lincoln Stetson, police duty
14 25
Thomas F. Swan, wall paper
4 00
Richard Meaney, police duty
14 25
John L. Burke, labor
2 00
C. F. Stone, labor .
3 75
Burke & Hurley, labor
3 00
George E. Easton, police duty
12 00
Cushman Bro. & Co., window shades
8 72
E. Lawrence Paine, police duty
5 50
H. H. Guinan, supplies .
26 00
John E. Clark, police duty
4 25
Peter W. Prior, police duty
4 25
Patrick Dean, 2d, police duty
4 25
James E. Blanche, police duty
4 25
Richard McAuliffe, police duty
4 25
Fred W. Nye, police duty
14 25
William B. Spear, labor and materials
19 46
John B. Thayer, labor
3 00
Trustees Stetson School Fund
25 00
F. A. Belcher estate, supplies .
2 73
T. O'Callaghan, carpet
35 00
Globe Gaslight Co.
75
James Fardy, labor and materials
47 79
George C. Spear, teller
5 00
Joseph J. McMahon, teller
5 00
James W. Kingsbury, dinners
19 50
Charles A. Wales, labor and materials
16 98
Joseph T. Leahy, teller
5 00
John B. Brennen, teller
5 00
D. B. White, teller
10 00
1
17
Paid T. T. Cushman, inspector of cattle $40 00
M. Wales Baker, postage 7 63
City of Quincy, board of prisoners at lockup 10 00
Peter B. Hand, board of health 15 00
Patrick H. MeLaughlin 15 00
John K. Willard 15 00
Peter B. Hand, cash paid and expenses 13 65
Patrick H. Mclaughlin, cash paid 2 64
A. J. Gove, expressing and carriage hire . 51 80
John HI. Field, teller
5 00
Sundry bills
2 50
$2,009 84
Appropriation, $2,000 00
Overdrawn,
9 84
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Peter B. Hand $400 00
Patrick H. Mclaughlin 350 00
John K. Willard
.
350 00
$1,100 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
T. T. Cushman
$125 00
Asa P. French
100 00
Thomas Dolan
.
100 00
$325 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
James Fardy $50 00
Herbert W. Pratt . 50 00
David P. McGaughey
50 00
Hiram C. Alden, Clerk
75 00
$225 00
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TOWN AUDITORS. C. G. Hathaway, Thomas F. Ken- nedy and M. F. Cunningham $15 00
$15 00
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Charles"A. Wales, chief
$40 00
W. A. Croak, clerk 35 00
John Haney . 27 00
Daniel J. Brennen
24 00
Cornelius Desmond
24 00
$150 00
COLLECTION OF TAXES. Fred M. French, collecting taxes 1892 $115 00
Fred M. French, collecting taxes , 1893
185 00 ·
$300 00
$2,115 00
Appropriation, $2,100 00
Overdrawn,
15 00
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Capt. Horace Niles Post, No. 110, G.A.R. $100 00 Appropriation, $100.
ATTENDING FUNERALS.
Paid Ralph Houghton, attending 65 funerals
.
$162 50 John B. Wren, attending 16 funerals ·
40 00
$202 50
No appropriation.
19
CARE OF CLOCKS.
Paid Fred M. French $20 00
E. R. Jackson
30 00
Appropriation, $50
$50 00
STREET LIGHTING.
Paid Charles Doughty to January 1, 1894
$140 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid sundry bills (for items see report of En-
.
gineers of Fire Department) .
.
$2,510 30
Appropriation, $2,290 00
Overdrawn,
220 30
STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
Paid Trustees
$2,200 00 .
Trustees, bank tax .
175 20
$2,375 20
Appropriation, $2,200 00 and bank tax.
SCHOOLS.
Paid sundry bills (for items see report of School
Committee) .
$8,691 75
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Paid Water Conmissioners contribution to sink- ing fund
$3,575 00
For interest on water bonds
·
4,800 00
For water for hydrants, public buildings
2,000 00
Appropriation, $10,375 00 $10,375 00
20
STATE AID (CHAPTER 301, ACTS OF 1889).
Paid sundry persons (as per account of State) . $2,275 00 No appropriation. Refunded by State.
STATE AID (CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1889).
Paid sundry persons (as per accounts of State) $286 00
One half paid by the State $143 00
By town of Holbrook 37 00
By town of Randolph 106 00
$286 00
Appropriation, $300 00
Unexpended, 194 00
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1893 :
The management of the almshouse remains unchanged, with George R. Weaver and wife as superintendent and matron, who have proved specially adapted for their positions.
An order dated April 4, 1893, was received from the State Inspector of factories and buildings, requiring fire escapes to be constructed, the open stairways to be enclosed with partitions of plaster, and apparatus provided for extin- guishing fire, for the better protection of the inmates.
This work was completed and approved of by the inspec- tor, the expense of the same being three hundred dollars, for which no appropriation had been made, and is included in the expense of the almshouse.
The closing year has been marked by an unusual indus- trial depression, which resulted in many being unable to obtain employment, and obliged to apply for temporary relief, which in every instance has been rendered, in many cases being supplemented by individuals and societies.
The sum expended for relief of poor has been less than for the preceding year.
ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
Paid George R. Weaver, salary to Dec. 31, 1893, $499 96
George R. Weaver, supplies . 75 93 ·
George R. Weaver, Supt. of Streets . 16 67
22
Paid Morrison M. Alden, supplies $1 00
Lincoln Stetson, supplies 3 48
C. D. Hill & Co., supplies
347 29
Charles Prescott & Co., supplies 188 94
H. M. White & Co., supplies 155 69
C. H. Belcher, supplies .
40 14
H. H. Guinan, supplies .
52 75
George H. Eddy, supplies
109 44
John Wallace, supplies
84 73
Walter H. Berry, butter .
86 83
Walter M. Howard, fish
41 65
N. A. Tolman, fish .
2 25
F. A. Belcher, supplies
28 87
Frank H. Langley, labor
17 88
Franklin Porter, supplies
29 75
D. B. White, coal . 51 64
S. A. Thayer, coal .
58 86
Twomey & Brennen, supplies
31 30
James Fardy, labor
1 50
James Burke, labor
3 30
Frank Mann, supplies 8 00
Sidney French, supplies
1 30
H. B. Libby, labor and materials 141 60
A. O. Daniels, labor and materials 28 46
C. H. Holt, fire escape 175 00
C. F. Stone, labor
3 75
C. A. Wales, labor and materials
55 07
Wilson, Larrabee & Co., supplies
3 30
N. E. Buck, supplies
62 30
Royal T. Mann, supplies ·
53 85
A. J. Towns, ice ·
50 00
John H. Pray Sons & Co., carpet
51 35
W. H. Harvey, stone hammer 2 65
Seth Mann, 2d, pasturage
5 00
23
Paid Robert McLennan, labor
$3 45
A. J. Gove, expressing
2 35
$2,577 28
ALMSHOUSE.
DR.
To stock on hand Dec. 31, 1892 . $2,687 90
Cash paid for supplies to Decem- ber 31, 1893 2,577 28
$5,265 18
CR.
By Stock on hand Dec. 31, 1893
$2,656 15
Labor of town teams
453 68
Labor of superintendent
39 74
Use of derrick .
5 00
Sale of produce
64 95
Board of sundry persons .
130 00
Town of Holbrook, board of sun- dry persons 32 17
Net expense of almshouse 1,883 49
$5,265 18
Appropriation, $1,800 00
Overdrawn,
83 49
PERSONS SUPPORTED IN THE ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1893.
Weeks.
Lewis A. Linfield
52
Edmund Eddy
52
Joseph A. Fritts
52
Bartholomew Gill
· 52
William A. Doyle
.
52
Catherine Heney
. 52
24
Annie L. Holbrook
52
Anganette Cross
· 254
Lydia Cross
·
254
Louis Cross .
·
254
Lorenzo Eddy
252
Silas Binney
304
Albert W. Stetson
4
Charles Abbott
94
George Currier
William L. Fox
.
1
ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
APPRAISAL OF STOCK, FURNITURE, ETC., DEC. 31, 1893.
2 horses
$450 00
1 cow
50 00
2 pigs
36 00
30 fowl
30 00
8 tons English hay
160 00
1 road scraper
75 00
3 horse carts
175 00
1 farm wagon
60 00
1 carriage
20 00
1 two-horse wagon
60 00
1 swing drag
35 00
1 mowing machine
25 00
1 hay cutter and feed trough
8 00
2 gravel screens
10 00
2 cart harnesses
30 00
1 carriage harness
10 00
1 pair double harness
40 00
1 two-horse sled, shaft and pole
50 00
4 draft chains
10 00
2 grindstones
8 00
·
.
25
2 carriage jacks
$4 00
4 baskets
1 50
1 cultivator
9 00
2 plows
15 00
1 harrow
5 00
8 hay and manure forks
5 00
6 shovels
6 00
4 iron bars and 3 picks
5 00
3 wood saws and saw horses . 4 00
Crockery ware 40 00
Wooden ware
15 00
Sewing machine
16 00
Ice chest 45 00
15 00
10 hand lamps, 3 hanging lamps, 3 lanterns
10 00
1 clock
4 00
12 cuspidors .
6 00
26 iron bedsteads
100 00
8 feather beds
48 00
15 under beds
36 00
42 sheets
21 00
15 white blankets
15 00
30 colored blankets
30 00
46 pillow cases
15 00
6 bed spreads
6 00
40 feather pillows 26 00
20 comforters
20 00
24 towels
4 00
3 table cloths
3 00
7 tables
5 00
1 walnut extension table
10 00
2 all wool carpets
50 00
58 chairs
25 00
4 brooms .
1 00
Clothes wringer and tin ware .
26
1 churn $3 00
Coal hods and shovels
5 00
1 hospital bedstead
40 00
1 wheelbarrow
5 00
2 axes
2 00
1 tobacco cutter
1 50
4 scythes and snaths 4 00
2 hand saws, plane and square
4 00
1 iron vise, bit, bitstock, etc.
5 00
32 drills and 4 stone hammers
30 00
49 flour barrels
4 90
8 cords wood
64 00
2 tons coal .
15 50
15 bushel potatoes .
15 00
Garden vegetables
20 00
2 barrels flour
11 00
35 pounds crackers
3 50
52 pounds butter
15 60
10 pounds lard
1 00
1 barrel pork
24 00
2 gallons molasses
1 20
2 gallons vinegar .
50
1 bushel beans
2 25
Pickles and preserves
8 00
120 pounds sugar
6 00
10 pounds tea
5 00
Spices .
1 60
3 pounds tobacco
1 05
Grain and meal
6 00
50 pounds ham
5 50
30 pounds bacon
3 30
25 gallons kerosene
2 50
1 kerosene barrel
1 50
1 stove
4 75
27
1 fire extinguisher
$30 00
Flat irons
4 00
Soap powder
50
50 pounds soap
2 50
8 snow plows
100 00
1 derrick and anchor chains
125 00
1 sleigh
15 00
Carriage robe, blankets, etc.
15 00
Cooking range, hot water tank, etc.
70 00
1 barrel apples
2 50
1 lawn mower
6 00
$2,656 15
RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for John Leahy and wife
$191 95
Anne R. Bunberry 30 95
Thomas Allen and family
6 45
Annie Drury
46 00
Hubert Mann and family
10 00
Robert M. McAuliffe and family
9 00
Susanna Buckley
55 00
Alexander Holbrook and wife
132 13
Susan Acherson
68 15
Hugh Curry and family
75 69
Isaac Holbrook and wife
125 41
David J. Foley and family
246 88
Mrs. John DeNeill and family 152 00
Mrs. Jonathan Hunt .
77 15
Mrs. Ellen Wilkinson
30 90
Mrs. Ann Brophy
38 84
John Acherson 16 00
Thomas Donahoe and family
74 90
Julia Ainsley and family
183 10
28
Paid for Mrs. Luke O'Reilly and family $159 00
Mrs. Margaret DeNeill
35 35
William F. Wills at state almshouse
146 00
Horace E. Holbrook, Taunton lunatic hospital 169 46
Margaret Ward, Taunton lunatic hospital
169 46
Timothy Donahoe, Taunton lunatic hos- pital 169 46
William R. Farquhar, Westboro insane
hospital 169 48
Bridget Gill
132 81
Silas Binney
5 00
William J. Carroll and family
12 00
Emory Lyons
2 00
Benjamin F. Kennedy
24 00
Thomas Murray and wife
131 15
Catherine McKay
102 40
Mrs. James Butler
45 00
Mrs. Amasa Clark
104 00
James Neary
42 13
Fanny Niles
31 50
Charles Stickney
9 20
John Shea
7 94
Thomas McMahon
31 00
Mrs. C. A. Allen
7 45
James J. Hoge and family
72 00
Ruel F. Cross and family
19 44
William Shields and family
51 95
Mrs. Patrick O'Connor
6 90
William Barrows and family
34 35
Rose Campbell and family .
18 00
Mary Morgan
6 90
Mrs. C. H. Woods
3 45
Mrs. B. F. Jones
7 25
29
Paid for Richard Heney . $6 90
William Ward children 12 00
Eliza D. Parker and family
41 53
Aid to sundry persons
26 35
Aid refunded sundry persons
34 50
Appropriation, $3,800 00
$3,617 81
RELIEF OF POOR WHOSE MILITARY SETTLE- MENT IS IN RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK.
Paid for James Meaney family $345 62
Thomas Noonan
6 00
Christiana Sloan
51 00
Lawrence Leavitt
25 78
Michael Dumphy family
171 22
Charles V. Sloan and family
158 48
George F. French
13 50
Ebenezer Holbrook and wife
89.00
George Kiley at House of Angel Guardian 120 00
Mary Mullins
72 00
Lewis N. Weathee, at Taunton lunatic hosp'l, 169 46
Hiram S. Faunce
9 00
Thomas F. Hand
23 15
Lysander C. Morse
2 50
Albert W. Stetson
2 50
Albert Howard and wife
48 00
John E. Mann, wife and child
88 02
Aid refunded
16 24
$1,411 47
Appropriation, $1,000 00
Amount paid by Holbrook, 470 39 Unexpended, 59 22
Unexpended, 182 19
30
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid for Charles Abbott $61 00
Michael Lagan 59 55
Elizabeth Green
19 50
Mrs. Ellen Fox .
9 00
Hiram Holbrook
3 00
$152 05
Appropriation, $200 00
Unexpended, 47 95
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Paid for Mrs. John C. Welch, Weymouth $147 05
Wilfred N. Pendergrass family, Holbrook, 147 00
Albert and John Lang, Taunton . 104 00
Mrs. John E. Glover, Quincy 16 50
George F. Parish and family, Gardner
10 00
Children of Peter Lamont, Mansfield
11 00
Alfred Lincoln, Easton 6 00
Gastinear Foster and family, Brockton 3 45
$445.00
No appropriation.
STATE PAUPERS.
Paid Colin Boyd, salary as keeper of lockup $105 00
Colin Boyd, supplies 55 15
D. B. White, coal . 7 00
C. H. Belcher, supplies .
13 56
Wilson, Larrabee & Co., blankets
7 35
Jordan, Marsh & Co., mattress
2 50
S. A. Thayer, coal . 6 70
W. B. Spear, labor and materials
6 25
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Paid Frank A. Smith, charcoal Patrick Madigan and family
$5 10
78 94
$287 55
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE, 1893.
Paid A. L. Chase, M.D. $50 00
Visits made Mrs. Lysander Holbrook , 11
Joseph Fritts 5
Christiana Sloan 8 .
Anganette Cross . 7
William Shields family
19
John Dunn .
2
Clara Osborne
12
Paid E. B. Cushing, M.D.
$31 00
Visits made Mrs. Michael Lagan
·
31
Paid D. F. Kinnier, M.D. 50 00
Visits made Catharine Meaney
93
Agnes Meaney
5
Hugh Curry 47
James Neary family 63
John Leahey
23
Margaret DeNeill 13
Bridget Gill 113
David Foley family 13
William Shields family 17
Silas Binney 13
Patrick Madigan family 53
Paid C. C. Farnham, M.D. 50 00
Visits made Thomas Donahoe family 38
Charles V. Sloan family 5 George French 2
. William Doyle 4
32
Paid T. T. Cushman, M.D. $50 00 Visits made Thomas Donahoe family 12
Isaac Holbrook and wife 55
Paid F. C. Granger, M.D. 50 00
Visits made Joseph Fritts 38
Thos. Murray and wife 14 Mrs. Luke O'Reilly family 11
Paid W. M. Babbitt, M.D. 38 00
Visits made Lorenzo Eddy
24
Emily Sloan .
.
14
$319 00
Appropriation, $400 00
Unexpended,
81 00
STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIVED BY THE SELECTMEN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
From labor of town teams $453 68
labor of George R. Weaver 39 74
F. A. Stanley, rent of Matthew Clark building 18 75 C. F. Stone, rent of Matthew Clark building 25 00
George R. Weaver, sale of produce . 64 95
board refunded 131 00
aid refunded .
41 50
circus licenses
4 00
C. N. Thayer
2 52
sale of gravel .
14
sale of rend rock
28
T. Bancroft, for rend rock
50
Manus Gallagher, rend rock
70.
John O'Keefe, rend rock
1 25
use of derrick 5 00
$789 01
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ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1894.
For schools (see report of School Committee) . $10, 150 00 Stetson High School (see report of Trustees) 2,200 00
miscellaneous town expenses 2,000 00
repairs of highways 3,500 00
paving
500 00 .
removing snow
500 00
poor in almshouse
1,800 00
poor out of almshouse
3,800 00
soldiers' relief
300 00
soldiers' relief, Randolph and Holbrook 1,000 00
military aid 100 00
town officers
2,100 00
electric lighting 2,692 00
water works (see report of Commissioners) 10,375 00
interest on town debt 2,200 00
fire department (see report of Engineers) . 1,200 00
Respectfully submitted,
PETER B. HAND,
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN K. WILLARD, Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor.
The undersigned, Auditors of the town of Randolph, re- spectfully report that they have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn on the Treasurer.
CHARLES G. HATHAWAY. THOMAS A. KENNEDY. MICHAEL F. CUNNINGHAM.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
To the Citizens of Randolph :
The committee who were appointed to consider the mat- ter of electric lighting have given the question their careful consideration, and respectfully submit the following report :
Members of the committee have conferred with members of the Gas and Electric Light Commission, have obtained copies of their reports and have obtained reports on lighting from the towns of Braintree and Peabody ; useful information of a special nature was also received from Mr. T. A. Watson, the chairman of the committee on electric lighting at Brain- tree. The committee visited the towns of Braintree, North Abington and Stoughton, and individual members have made visits to various places in search of information.
Of the towns which are lighted at present by electricity, some own their plants and the others purchase their light.
A law has been enacted to enable cities and towns to es- tablish and maintain plants for the purpose of municipal and domestic lighting, but no extended allusion can be made to it in this place.
Danvers, Peabody, Braintree and Wellesley have accepted the legislative act and have electric light plants in operation at the present time. Stoughton, Needham, Hingham, North Attleboro and Winchester have accepted the act and have appropriated money for the establishment of a plant. Mel- rose has accepted the act. The plants which have been es- tablished by towns have been in operation so short a time
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that the exact cost of building and maintaining them and the income to be derived from them cannot be estimated defin- nitely.
At the present time only two towns, Peabody and Brain- tree, are provided with plants which have been built with a view to furnishing both municipal and domestic light; Pea- body, with a population of about ten thousand, has estab- lished a plant at an expense of forty-eight thousand dollars ; the annual expense of operation, including interest, depre- ciation and taxes is about ten thousand five hundred dollars.
Braintree, which has a population of about 4,800, and which the committee deemed to be a good criterion, has es- tablished and is operating at the present time a plant which furnishes electric light for street and commercial purposes.
The total cost of the plant is about thirty-five thousand dollars ; the cost of operating, including interest and depre- ciation, is about eight thousand dollars per annum ; the in- come derived from the sale of light by the town is at present eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and therefore the net annual cost.to the town is about sixty-five hundred dollars ; it should be said here, however, that the town expects to materially increase the income which is now derived from the sale of the light, and thus reduce the annual cost.
If this town should decide to use electric light and at the same time should deem it inexpedient to establish a plant of its own, only one course of action is open : to buy light from Mr. Charles Doughty, the owner of the plant which is al- ready located here.
The committee have conferred with Mr. Doughty and have found that his terms for furnishing electric light are reasonable as compared with prevailing prices elsewhere.
Mr. Doughty has submitted the following proposal : I will furnish and keep lighted from dark until 12.15 A.M. on each and every night of the year, and on winter mornings
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from six o'clock until daylight, twenty-one (21) 2000 candle- power arc lamps, for the sum of seventy (70) dollars each per annum, which are lamps are to be located as follows :
Fifteen (15) on Main Street, between Schoolhouse No. 1 on the south, and Engine House on the north.
One (1) near the Warren street depot.
One (1) at the junction of Union and South streets.
> One (1) at the corner of North and Plain streets.
One (1) at the corner of North and Cottage streets.
One (1) near the railroad crossing on Pleasant street.
One (1) at the corner of Liberty and Belcher streets.
Also twenty-nine (29) incandescent lamps at prices here- inafter stated as follows :
Two (2) 50 candle-power lamps on Warren street between railroad crossing and Silver street.
One (1) 50 candle-power lamp at the corner of Cross and West streets.
One (1) 50 candle-power lamp at the corner of Silver and West streets.
Three (3) 25 candle-power lamps on West street between Silver and Main streets.
Two (2) 25 candle-power lamps on Cottage street.
Three (3) candle-power lamps on Mt. Pleasant square.
One (1) 75 candle-power lamp at West Corners.
Six (6) 25 candle-power lamps on Main street between the north Engine House and West Corners.
One (1) 50 candle-power lamp at the corner of Alden and South streets.
One (1) 50 candle-power lamp at the corner of Alden and Union streets.
One (1) 50 candle-power lamp on Union street between Howard and Alden streets.
Seven (7) 25 candle-power lamps on Union street be- tween Alden street and the railroad crossing.
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Said lamps to be from 200 to 400 feet apart and are to be furnished at the following prices :
For each 75 candle-power lamp $37.50 per annum.
For each 50 candle-power lamp $25 per annum.
For each 25 candle-power lamp $13.50 per annum.
The total cost would be $1,966.
Mr. Doughty further agrees that, if the town shall con- tract with him for the lighting of streets to the extent men- tioned in this report, he will furnish free of charge the elec- tric current for the lighting of Stetson Hall.
To extend the scheme of Mr. Doughty so as to furnish light for a larger portion of the town, the committee have considered the location of additional lamps as follows :
One (1) 75 candle-power lamp at North and Liberty streets.
Three (3) 25 candle-power lamps on Mill street.
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