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Article 32. To see what action the town will take in re- lation to placing a 2000 candle power light at or near the corner of Short and North Streets, and raise and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John B. Wren and others.
Article 33. To see what action the town will take in re- lation to completing the sidewalk on the west side of North Street from Cottage Street to Central Square, and raise and
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appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John B. Wren and others.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to raise the grade of Allen Street from the residence of Adonirum A. Payne to the residence of Columbus Holbrook, and raise and ap- propriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Adoni- rum A. Payne and others.
Article 35. To hear and act on the report of any committee and choose any committee the town may think proper.
The polls will be open at six o'clock and remain open for four hours and such longer time as the voters may determine.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies hereof 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 "Randolph 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 time and hour of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands at Randolph this eighteenth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN K. WILLARD, FRED M. FRENCH,
Selectmen of Randolph.
A true copy. Attest : MICHAEL F. SULLIVAN, Constable.
INDEX.
Page
Almshouse Expenses
21
Almshouse Appraisal .
24
Appropriations
3
Births .
103, 104
Board of Health, Report of
20
Clocks, Care of .
17
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
16
Deaths
107, 108 5
Expenditures
Estimate of Expenses for 1895
33
Estimate. Value of Property
4
Funeral Expenses
Fire Department
17, 65-71
Highways, Repairs of .
7
List of Town Officers .
2
List of Jurors
35
Medical Attendance
31
Miscellaneous Expenses
13
Marriages
IO5
Overseers of the Poor. Report of
2I
Paving
II
Poor out of Almshouse
27
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook
29
Poor of other Towns .
30
Recapitulation
6
Report of Selectmen and Assessors
3
Soldiers' Relief
29
Schools
IS
Statement of cash received by Selectmen
32
School Committee, Report of
37-56
Stetson School Fund .
17
Stetson School Fund, Report of Trustees
51-56.
State Paupers
31
State Aid
18
Street Lighting
17
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INDEX
Snow, Removing
Town Officers, Pay of .
15,16
Treasurer, Report of
100, 102
Turner Free Library, Trustees' Report
Turner Free Library, Report of Treasurer
57-63 63, 64 102
Town Debt, Statement of
Valuation
3
Water Commissioners
18, 73-99
Water Loan Sinking Fund .
1 2
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SIXTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SUPERIN- TENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS, BOARD OF HEALTH, AND TREASURER
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH,
TOGETHER WITH
THE REPORTS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, THE TRUSTEES OF THE TURNER FREE LIBRARY, AND OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1895.
RANDOLPH, MÁSS .: RANDOLPH REGISTER AND HOLBROOK NEWS, DANIEL H. HUXFORD, PUBLISHER. 1896.
FA Olden
SIXTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SUPERIN- TENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS, BOARD OF HEALTH, AND TREASURER
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH,
TOGETHER WITH
THE REPORTS OF THE TRTSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, THE TRUSTEES OF THE TURNER FREE LIBRARY, AND OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1895.
RANDOLPH, MASS .: RANDOLPH REGISTER AND HOLBROOK NEWS, DANIEL H. HUXFORD, PUBLISHER. 1896.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1895-96.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR. PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN. JOHN K. WILLARD. FRED M. FRENCII.
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER. HIRAM C. ALDEN. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ASA P. FRENCH
Term expires 1896.
M. A. DONOVAN
.
Term expires 1897.
THOMAS A. KENNEDY
. Term expires 1898.
TRUSTEES OF STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
ASA P. FRENCH
Term expires 1896. e
M. A. DONOVAN
Term expires 1897.
THOMAS A. KENNEDY
Term expires 1898.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
CHARLES A. WALES
Term expires 1896.
DANIEL B. WHITE
Term expires 1897. .
PETER B. HAND
Term expires 1898.
AUDITORS.
CHARLES G. HATHAWAY. MICHAEL F. CUNNINGHAM.
CONSTABLES.
EDWIN F. KNIGHT. FRED W. VYE. LINCOLN STETSON. FRANK J. DONAHOE.
JAMES E. BLANCHE.
TAX COLLECTOR. FRED M. FRENCH.
FENCE VIEWERS.
GEORGE L. BINNEY. JAMES RILEY. JAMES H. WALES.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS. HERBERT W. PRATT. JAMES F. SULLIVAN. HIRAM C. ALDEN.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. CHARLES A. WALES, Chief. WILLIAM A. CROAK, Clerk. JOHN HANEY. DANIEL J. BRENNAN. CORNELIUS DESMOND.
SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE. GEORGE R. WEAVER.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. JAMES RILEY.
KEEPER OF LOCKUP. COLIN BOYD.
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT. GEORGE W. PORTER, of Avon. GEORGE A. WALES, of Stoughton.
MAY 1 4 1963
JAMES FARDY.
THOMAS FARRELL. MICHAEL F. SULLIVAN.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AND ASSESSORS.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Randolph :
The Selectmen and Assessors herewith submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1895.
Rate of taxation May 1, 1895, $19.00 on a $1000.
VALUATION.
1894.
1895.
Personal . $291,350 00 $296,100 00
Increase. $4,750 00 28,400 00
Real estate . 1,579,300 00 1,607,700 00
$1,870,650 00$1,903,800 00
$33,150 00
Town appropriation
$42,474 27
County tax
2,249 48
State tax
1,410 00
Amount to be raised
$46,133 75
Number of polls, 1132. Tax . $2,264 00
Estimated corporation and bank tax, 8,100 00 10,364 00
Amount to be raised on property .
$35,769 75
Tax on :
Real estate
($1,607,700 00)
$30,546 30
Personal
(296,100 00)
5,625 90
$1,903,800 00
$36,172 20
Amount to be raised
35,769 75
Overlay
$402 45
4
Warrant :
State tax
$1,410 00
County tax
2,249 48
Town tax and overlay
34,776 72
$38,436 20
POPULATION, CENSUS OF 1895.
Number of horses May 1, 1895
347
cows May 1, 1895 ·
207
acres of land taxed
.
.
.
5,757
dwellings
845
APPROPRIATIONS.
Reappropriations. Appropriations.
For schools . .
$8,148 48
Stetson High School
2,200 00
highways
·
3,500 00
paving .
500 00
removing snow .
500 00
miscellaneous
2,000 00
poor in almshouse
1,500 00
poor out of almshouse
3,800 00
soldiers' relief
300 00
poor of Randolph and Holbrook, $114 29
885 71
military aid
150 00
town officers
2,100 00
interest on town debt
1,500 00
fire department
1,730 00
G.A.R., decoration of soldiers' graves
100 00
board of health .
200 00
tramps, lockup, etc. · .
200 00
.
5
For Centennial printing
$300 00
special police
500 00
sidewalk on North Street
100 00
sinking fund, "water loan"
3,500 00
interest on water loan
3,500 00
water for hydrants, etc.
2,000 00
electric lighting
246 92
2,910 08
care of clocks
50 00
pay of physicians
100 00
300 00
County tax
2,249 48
State tax
1,410 00
$461 21 $46,133 75
Appropriations, $46,133 75
Reappropriations, 461 21
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN DECEMBER 31, 1895.
Almshouse property and farm . $12,000 00
Town house and land 18,000 00 .
Two steam fire engines and apparatus .
10,500 00
Three fire-engine houses and lockup One Babcock engine and apparatus .
4,200 00
800 00
One hearse
100 00
Ten acres salt marsh 300 00
Schoolhouse and land, District No. 1 2,000 00 Schoolhouse and land, District No. 2 6,000 00 Schoolhouse and land, District No. 3 1,800 00 Schoolhouse and land, District No. 4 5,750 00 Schoolhouse and land, District No. 5 1,200 00 Schoolhouse and land, District No. 6 1,600 00 Prescott schoolhouse and land 15,000 00
Turner school fund
1,500 00
6
Stetson school fund, par value . $11,900 00
Turner Free Library building and land 40,000 00
Turner Free Library fund 5,000 00 ·
Turner fund . 10,000 00
Turner Free Library 5,000 00
Water Works
. 150,000 00
Land and building, Clark estate
2,800 00
$305,450 00
EXPENDITURES.
The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Treasurer amounting to $47,302.45.
On account of schools
$8,774 58
Stetson High School
2,322 66 ·
poor out of almshouse
4,179 02
poor of Randolph and Holbrook . 1,453 20
poor in almshouse
1,973 52
soldiers' relief
258 21
poor of other towns
441 01
State paupers and tramps
364 85
miscellaneous expenses
2,051 10
board of health .
112 50
fire department
1,928 84
State aid
2,771 00
military aid 366 00
water for hydrants
2,000 00 ·
sinking fund, "water loan"
3,575 00
interest on water loan
3,500 00
repairs of highways
3,535 02
paving
510 33
removing snow ·
332 81
town officers
.
2,144 42
-
On account of decoration of soldiers' graves $100 00
repair of clocks ·
50 00
electric lighting
3.066 56
medical attendance 267 67
Centennial printing 300 00
special police 495 00
sidewalk on North Street 103 35
burial of soldier 35 00
abatement of 1893 taxes
290 80
$47,302 45
Warrant on Treasurer to pay State tax
1.410 00
Warrant on Treasurer to pay County tax
2.249 4×
Interest on town debt
1.500 00
$52.461 93
RECAPITULATION.
For schools .
Appropriations. $8,903 38
Expenditures. $8.774 58
Stetson High School
2,200 00
2,322 66
Poor out of almshouse
3,800 00
4.179 02
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook.
1.000 00
1.453 20
Poor in almshouse
1.500 00
1.973 52
Soldiers relief
300 00
258 21
Poor of other towns
441 01
State paupers
153 45
Lockup and tramps
200 00
211 40
Miscellaneous expenses
2.000 00
2.051 10
Fire department
1.730 00
1.928 84
State aid
2.771 00
Military aid
150 00
366 00
Eleetric lighting
3,157 00
3,066 56
Removing snow
500 00
332 81
8
For Water Commissioners, for hy-
drants
2,000 00 $2,000 00
Water Commissioners, for interest, 3,500 00
3,500 00
Water Commissioners, for sink- ing fund
3,500 00
3,575 00
Pay of physicians
400 00
267 67
Centennial celebration
300 00
300 00
Special police
500 00
495 00
Board of Health
200 00
112 50
Town officers
2,100 00
2,144 42
Paving
500 00
510 33
Abatement of taxes, 1893
290 80
Repairs of highways
3,500 00
3,535 02
Sidewalk, North Street
100 00
103 35
Burial of soldier
35 00
Decoration of soldiers' graves
100 00
100 00
Care of clocks
50 00
50 00
State tax
1,410 00
1,410 00
County tax
2,249 48
2,249 48
Interest on town debt
1,500 00
1,500 00
$47,349 86 $52,461 93
Total amount of expendi-
tures
$52,461 93
Total amount of appro-
priations and estimated
income
47,349 86
Amount overdrawn, $5,112 07
Overdrawn on account of :
Stetson High School . $122 66
Poor out of almshouse 379 02
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook, 453 20
Poor in almshouse
473 52
9
Poor in other towns
$441 01
State paupers .
153 45
Lockup and tramps
11 40
Miscellaneous .
51 10
Fire department
198 84
State aid
2,771 00
Military aid
216 00
Sinking fund
75 00
Town officers
44 42
Paving
10 33
Abatements
290 80
Highways
35 02
Sidewalk. North Street
3 35
Burial of soldier
35 00
$5.765 12
Unexpended on account of :
Schools $128 80
Soldiers' relief .
41 79
Electric lighting
·
90 44
Removing snow
167 19
Pay of physicians
132 33
Special police
5 00
Board of Health
87 50
653 05
$5,112 07
To be refunded by State on account of :
State aid
$2,771 00
Military aid
183 00
State paupers
153 45
Burial of soldier
35 00
Poor of other towns
441 01
Poor in almshouse
540 38
Poor out of almshouse
53 00
.
10
Poor of Randolph and Holbrook . $492 40 Unexpended Randolph and Holbrook, 32 20
$4,701 44
Net amount overdrawn
$411 63
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
In March of last year we reappointed James Riley Super- intendent of Streets, to whom we looked for a good use of the money appropriated and an economical supervision of the work under his charge. We feel that our confidence has not been misplaced.
In the early part of the summer we filed a petition with the "State Highway Commission" for the construction as a State highway that part of North Main Street from "Nor- roway Brook" to the boundary line between Quincy and Randolph below the residence of Joshua Hunt, a distance of over a mile. As there were a large number of petitioners ahead of us, it may be some time before we will know the decision of the commission. Should it be favorable -as · we have every reason to believe it will be -then the citi- zens will have an object lesson as to which is the best kind of a road- one made of stone or one made of dirt.
Paid Duncan Henderson, labor $1 75
town teams, labor
256 05
William Good, labor
28 00
Joseph Donovan, labor
164 69
Michael Leahy, labor 91 97
Thomas Whalen, labor
194 06
Thomas Buckley, labor
198 39
James Riley, team, labor 478 82
John B. McGrane, labor
50 44
.
11
Paid H. B. Libby, lumber $2 66
John Curran, labor
21 11
John Dunn, labor . 28 00
George M. Johnson, labor 78 00
Andrew Nightingale, labor Peter McConaty, labor
20 00
Michael Collins, gravel
10 70
John P. Rooney, labor
89 65
Morris E. Scanlon, labor
30 92
William Brennan, labor
88 79
Manus Gallagher, labor
10 00
Martin Harty, labor
23 34
Thomas Duff, labor
124 46
James Carroll, team, labor
65 67
James Lyons, labor
3 55
William Devine, team, labor
42 00
James Devine, team, labor
35 00
William C. Barry, labor .
161 35
John Sheehan, labor
52 89
Daniel Twomey, labor
67
Philip Riley, labor .
55 00
Mary L. Smith, gravel
70 05
C. A. Wales, gravel
22 61
James Swindells, gravel .
1 29
heirs of E. R. Du Bois, gravel
63
Robert McAuliffe, team, labor .
80 50
Lewis Jones, labor .
32 00
Michael Ford, labor
34 00
Christopher Purcell, labor
12 00
James Barry, labor
26 35
John T. Manning, labor
3 00
John Harris, labor .
5 11
Nathaniel Howard, labor of J. French 12 00
Edward Quinn, labor 12 00
15 77
12
Paid Michael Crowley, labor
$37 00
James H. Welch, labor 29 78
William Gill, labor 65 39
Franklin Taylor, labor
10 80
James Slowcy, labor
98 61
Martin Smith, labor
1 25
Soriana Jones, labor
12 28
George F. French, labor
3 00
James Blythe, labor
5 00
Robert Hamilton, labor
19 00
Patrick Crosby, labor
5 00
Charles Harris, labor
6 00
John Desmond, labor
20 46
Griffith Jones, labor
20 00
Thomas Barry, labor
4 45
William Mahady, team, labor
76 62
Edward Devine, team, labor
45 50
Charles H. Cole, team, labor
38 50
Estate T. F. Lynch, gravel
16 86
James Dowd, labor
2 00
F. E. Stetson, team, labor
47 10
John Meaney, labor
38 50
William Lynch, labor
24 00
Edwin Tabor, labor
3 64
John Wales, gravel
82 11
Thomas Powderly, gravel
23 07
Frank Riley, labor
16 67
Seth Mann, 2d, gravel
42
Owen Cox, labor
2 00
J. Madison Jones, labor
2 00
H. M. White & Co., supplies .
60
F. H. Langley, labor and materials .
3 10
C. Prescott & Co., supplies ·
15
James H. Wales, gravel
50
.
13
Paid Isaac Niles, gravel $7 49
James Fardy, labor, etc.
8.95
Joshua Hunt, gravel 3 01
George Leahy, gravel
3 70
Michael Ford, gravel
7 00
Mrs. Teresa Kinsley, gravel
3 22
Joseph Riley, labor
4 00
Thomas Kenny, labor
1 05
$3,535 02
Appropriation, $3,500 00
Overdrawn, 35 02
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid John W. Bryan
$1 00
James Carroll
49 80
F. E. Stetson
54 57
William Mahady
71 73
James Riley
143 71
Richard J. Irving
5 00
William Devine
50
George L. Binney
25
Joseph Donovan
3 25
James Keenan
3 00
$332 81
Appropriation, $500 00
Unexpended, $167 19
PAVING.
Paid town teams, labor
$77 08
James Riley, labor .
84 06
Joseph Donovan, labor
50 44
Thomas Whalen
50 00
14
Paid Thomas Buckley, labor
$62 56
John Harris, labor . 6 00
John Curran, labor 10 00
John P. Rooney, labor
51 00
Andrew Nightingale, labor
41 89
Michael Crowley, labor
8 89
William F. Shepard, labor 6 00 .
Martin Harty, labor
5 11
William Brennan, labor
11 00
Frank Riley, labor .
10 00
George M. Johnson, labor
12 00
Thomas Duff, labor
3 56
Mary L. Smith, gravel
.
1 50
Est. T. F. Lynch, gravel
80
C. A. Wales, gravel
1 80
John Wales, gravel
.
60
Maurice E. Scanlon, sand
4 14
Thomas Powderly, sand .
5 80
Seth Mann, 2d, sand
30
Mrs. T. Kinsley, sand
20
Sundry persons, sand
.2 30
A. Clark, sand
1 20
Michael Collins, sand
.
1 40
James M. Dyer, sand
40
Estate T. F. Lynch, sand
20
H. Alden, sand
10
$510 33
Appropriation, $500 00
Overdrawn,
10 33
SIDEWALK, NORTH STREET.
Paid town teams
$11 25
James Riley . 20 00 ·
.
15
Paid Thomas Whalen
$14 00
Thomas Buckley
16 00
John Sheehan 6 00
William C. Barry
16 00
William Lynch
4 00
John P. Rooney
8 00
Thomas Duff .
8 00
H. M. White & Co.
10
$103 35
Appropriation, $100 00
.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid W. H. Robinson, damage to horse $5 00
Aldine Pen Co. 3 70
George F. Parish, labor . 25
Joseph T. Leahy, teller .
8 00
Turner Free Library, repairs
320 71
Edwin F. Knight, distributing notices
12 50
Thomas Purcell, teller
5 00
John B. Wren, attending funerals
7 50
Frank J. Donahue, police duty
30 67
Thomas Farrell, police duty
52 70
Weston P. Alden, teller .
5 00
James E. Foley, teller .
5 00
Little, Brown & Co., books
5 25
Daniel H. Huxford, printing
398 25
Colin Boyd, janitor 118 00
H. B. Libby, labor
3 76
E. W. Campagna, labor on booths
6 25
Edwin M. Mann, wood for Selectmen's room,
15 00
John B. Thayer, teller 5 00
Franklin Porter, supplies 2 05
Overdrawn, 3 35
16
Paid Thomas Groom & Co., collector's books, etc., $10 80
Royal T. Mann, teller 10 00
John T. Flood, Moderator 20 00
John T. Flood, Town Clerk pro tem. 10 00
E. L. Burdakin, copy of transfers 10 00
A. E. Martell & Co., book
3 50
J. W. McAnarney, legal services 10 00
Jacobs, Whitcomb & Co., flag
11 00
Fred W. Vye, police duty
8 50
James D. Sheridan, teller
5 00
J. White Belcher, insurance 120 00
Asa P. French, legal services
200 00
Charles Doughty, wiring
13 20
Randolph Water Works .
15 50
Fred M. French, cash paid .
7 50
George M. Thayer, damage to horse 25 00
Robert S. Robson, repairing ballot box 6 00
Edward O'Flaherty, teller
10 00
Charles Alden, teller
5 00
Hugh J. Molloy, teller
10 00
S. L. Chessman, teller
5 00
Arthur W. Alden, teller
10 00
M. F. Sullivan, police duty
28 50
J. A. Kingsbury, dinners
10 70
George C. Spear, teller
10 00
Nelson Mann, teller
5 00
Edward Long, teller
8 00
E. Lawrence Payne, police duty
7 50
Charles F. Bean, police duty
7 50
Thomas J. Kiernan, police duty and teller
13 25
Franklin Taylor, labor and material
13 00
Dexter T. Clark, surveying
193 75
Dexter T. Clark, teller
5 00
,
Martin Harty, teller
5 00
17
Paid Lincoln Stetson, police duty $7 50
P. H. MeLaughlin, copying Assessors' list 25 00
P. HI. MeLaughlin, cash paid . 8 72
William A. Croak, teller
5 00
Peter B. Hand, teller
5 00
A. L. Chase, teller
5 00
Fred Hart Alden, teller
5 00
Charles H. Cole, labor
7 25
D. B. White, teller
5 00
George W. Wales, postage
8 16
Charles H. Belcher, supplies
6 49
John H. Field, teller 10 00
A. J. Gove, expressage and carrriage hire
74 60
Charles A. Wales, labor on fountains
19 60
John K. Willard, cash paid
7 75
Sundry bills
8 24
$2,051 10
Appropriation, $2,000 00
Overdrawn, 51 10
*Paid Post 110, G.A.R., $20, by order John T. Flood, Esq.
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid Patrick H. Mclaughlin . $400 00
John K. Willard . 350 00
Fred M. French
350 00
$1,100 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid Asa P. French
$125 00
Michael A. Donovan
143 00
Thomas A. Kennedy . 83 00
351 00
18
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid James Fardy $50 00
Herbert W. Pratt . · 50 00
James F. Sullivan 50 00
Hiram C. Alden, Clerk . . 75 00
225 00
TOWN AUDITORS.
Paid C. G. Hathaway, Thomas A. Kennedy and Michael F. Cun- ningham $18 00
18 00
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
Paid Charles A Wales, William A. Croak, John Haney, Daniel J. Brennan, Cornelius Desmond . $162 50
162 50
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Paid Fred M. French, collecting taxes of 1893 $7 92
Fred M. French, collecting taxes of 1894 135 00
Fred M. French, collecting taxes of 1895 145 00
287 92
$2,144 42
Appropriation, $2,100 00
Overdrawn,
44 42
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Capt. Horace Niles Post, No. 110, G.A.R., $100 00 Appropriation, $100 00
19
CARE OF CLOCKS.
Paid First Baptist Church $20 00
First Congregational Church 20 00
Colin Boyd
10 00
Appropriation, $50 00
$50 00
STREET LIGHTING.
Paid Charles Doughty to January 1, 1896 $3,066 56
Appropriation, $3,157 00
Unexpended.
90 44
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid sundry bills (for items see report of En-
gineers of Fire Department )
.
$1,928 84
Appropriation, $1,730 00
Overdrawn.
198 84
STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
Paid Trustees
$2,200 00
Trustees, bank tax .
122 66
$2.322 66 Appropriation, $2,200 00, and bank tax.
STATE AID (CHAPTER 301, ACTS OF 1894). Paid sundry persons (as per account of State) . $2,771 00 No appropriation. To be refunded by State.
20
STATE AID (CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1894).
Paid sundry persons (as per account of State) . $366 00
One-half paid by the State $183 00
By town of Holbrook 20 00
By town of Randolph
.
163 00
$366 00
Appropriation, $150 00
Overdrawn,
13 00
SCHOOLS.
Paid sundry bills (for items see report of School
Committee) ·
$8,774 58
Appropriation . $8,148 48
Dog licenses . 485 70
State school fund
269 20 .
$8,903 38
Unexpended
. $128 80
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Paid Water Commissoners, contribution to sink-
ing fund $3,575 00
For interest on water bonds ·
3,500 00
For water for hydrants and public buildings, 2,000 00
$9,075 00
Appropriation, $9,000 00
Overdrawn,
75 00 '
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid Fred M. French, abatement of 1893 taxes, $290 80 No appropriation.
21
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid Patrick H. Mclaughlin, services $20 00
John K. Willard, services 20 00
Fred M. French, services 20 00
George H. McMahon, bedding destroyed . 15 00
Andrew J. Brady, bedding destroyed 17 50
Mrs. Rose Campbell, bedding destroyed .
20 00
$112 50
Appropriation, $200 00
Unexpended, 87 50
SPECIAL POLICE.
Paid Edwin F. Knight, services $495 00
Appropriation, $500 00
Unexpended,
5 00
REPORT OF TOWN'S CENTENNIAL, 1893.
Paid Patrick H. Mclaughlin, Treasurer $300 00 Appropriation, $300 00
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The expenditures for outside aid have been larger than usual this year. We have been obliged to care for a num- ber of cases which were expensive, but are of the opinion that the coming year the number and amounts will be con- siderably less.
The management of the almshouse and poor farm has been under the continued care of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Weaver.
The neatness and good order of the place, combined with the comfort and welfare of the inmates, bear ample testimony that they have in all respects done their duty, and to the entire satisfaction of the Board.
There was one death in the house last year, Edmund Eddy. Present number in the house, eight.
ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
Paid George R. Weaver, salary
$499 96
George R. Weaver, supplies and sundries 31 46
John L. Burke, painting
1 50
N. A. Tolman, tish .
46
Walter M. Howard, fish .
49 46
Charles Prescott & Co., groceries
178 65
H. M. White & Co., groceries
197 19
George H. Eddy, provisions
5 82
John Hill, labor and material 4 05
James Riley, labor
5 10
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Paid Willard G. Brown . $1 50
Charles H. Belcher, groceries .
16 14
Estate F. A. Belcher, dry goods
17 63
Frank H. Langley, labor 41 78
Oriental Tea Co., supplies 13 31
Thomas L. Stetson, fertilizer 4 00
D. B. White, grain and coal
187 56
Franklin Porter, medicine 10 05
HI. A. Hartley & Co., rug
5 25
H. B. Libby, labor
13 97
Joseph T. Leahy, labor
3 33
James A. Brennan, supplies
16 15
Robert McLennan, labor
10 50
Charles D. Hill, groceries
56 55
John Wallace, provisions
48 30
J. Breck & Sons, mowing machine 45 00
W. A. Smith, provisions
79 07
William Crossley
3 00
Thomas Buckley, labor
26 00
James Fardy, labor
39 70
N. E. Buck, grain
113 83
James Gogan, pigs
12 00
Royal T. Mann, milk
32 90
Brennan & Long
15 95
Charles A. Payne, labor .
1 10
B. C. Tirrell, supplies
26 75
Seth Mann, 2d, pasturage
5 00
S. A. Thayer, coal
78 90
Charles A. Wales, labor .
24 00
A. J. Towns, ice
27 35
M. M. Alden, labor 1 30
Ralph Houghton, burial of Edmund Eddy,
22:00
$1,973 52
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ALMSHOUSE.
DR.
To stock on hand December 31, 1894, $2,629 23 To cash paid for supplies to Decem- ber 31, 1894 1,973 52
$4,602 75
CR.
By stock on hand December 31, 1895, $2,470 40
labor of teams . 380 01
produce sold
30 37
board refunded
130 00
Net expense of almshouse .
1,591 97
$4,602 75
PERSONS SUPPORTED IN THE ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1895.
Weeks.
Lewis A. Linfield
52
Edmund Eddy
50
Joseph A. Fritts
52
Bartholomew Gill
37
William A. Doyle
52
Catherine Heney
52
Thomas Curran
28
Thomas Ward
21
Silas Binney
5
Martin Conboy
1
John A. Horgan
Patrick Kiley
5
Cornelius F. Foley
5
Charles S. Foley
5
Thomas Foley
5
Edward J. Foley
5
James Welsh
1
25
ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
APPRAISAL OF STOCK, FURNITURE, ETC., DECEMBER 31, 1895.
2 horses $300 00
1 cow . 50 00
2 pigs 35 00
30 fowl 30 00
8 tons English hay
184 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
2 mowing machines
50 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
2 carriage jacks
4 00
Baskets
1 50
1 cultivator .
9 00
4 plows
20 00
1 harrow
5 00
Forks and shovels .
11 00
Iron bars and picks
5 00
1 hospital bedstead
40 00
1 wheelbarrow
3 00
2 axes
2 00
1 tobacco cutter
1 50
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4 seythes and snaths $4 00
Hand-saws, plane and square
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