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Voted to dissolve.
JOSEPH T. LEAHY, Town Clerk.
179
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
MEETING OF TOWN CLERKS.
Stoughton, November 15, 1907.
We, the undersigned, Town Clerks of Stoughton, Sharon and Randolph, comprising Representative district number nine in the County of Norfolk, hereby certify that at an elec- tion duly held at the respective towns aforesaid on the fifth day of November, 1907, to vote for one Representative, the following votes were given, viz .:
R.
Sh.
St. Total
Edward J. Fuller of Sharon
236
322
497 1055
William H. Toomey of Stoughton
386
43
560 989
Otis S. Vaughn of Randolph
3
O
6
9
Blanks
26
12
3I
69
Total of each town and the district
651
377 1094
2122
Edward J. Fuller was declared elected and certificates were signed to that effect.
GEO. H. WHITTEMORE, Town Clerk of Sharon. GEO. O. WENTWORTH, Town Clerk of Stoughton. JOSEPH T. LEAHY, Town Clerk of Randolph.
to replace, renew, or refun four demand notes now outstand- Pages 152, 153, 154, 155, 156
last year (about 11,500.)
180
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Table of Vital Statistics
OF THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH FOR THE YEAR 1907.
The number of intentions of marriage, marriages, births and deaths recorded during the year 1907 was as follows :
Months 1906
Intentions of
Marriage.
Marriages.
Births.
Deaths
1906
2
January 1907
2
1
8
February
2
6
7
4
March
0
1
5
14
April
2
3
3
4
May
1
0
7
7
June
9
10
6
5
July
2
3
7
2
August
2
1
7
9
September
5
4
5
9
October
6
9
6
9
November
7
9
4
10
December
0
0
5
6
Totals
38
47
68
87
.
.
. .
-
-
-
-
18I
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Whole number of births recorded
68
Males
36
Females
32
68
Parents, both native born
35
68
both foreign born
12
one native, one foreign 21
68
Whole number of deaths
87
Males
39
Females
48
87
Under five years of age
10
Between 5 and 10 years
1
10 and 20 years. 5
20 and 30 years
4
30 and 40 years.
3
40 and 50 years.
4
50 and 60 years
6
60 and 70 years
27
70 and 80 years
17
80 and 90 years
8
Oyer 90 years
Whole number of intention of marriage.
38
Whole number of marriages
47
Couples both native born
32
both foreign born
3
one foreign, one native
12
47
2
87
182
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
Marriages
REGISTERED IN RANDOLPH IN 1907.
Date. Names.
Residence.
Age.
Jan. 12 Elmer H. Lothrop
Randolph 40
Jennie F. Macomber
Randolph
43
Bump-Shedd
Feb. 4 Ernest Knight
Randolph 26
Bertha G. Gibbs
Bourne
22
6 Ernest H. Payne Randolph 23
Cora E. Taber
Randolph 21
6 John P. Haney Randolph 26
Margaret A. Sullivan
East Weymouth 25
9 Ralph Harte Whitman Marlborough
23
Bessie Mildred Boudreau
Marlborough
22
.
9 Harry Winslow Bump Randolph
21 ·
Jennie Bowers Boston
28
Daniels
14 Wallace Monk Beals Avon
25
Bertha Maud Wentworth Randolph
25
March21 Joseph William PowdrelRandolph Alicia Marguerite Rowe Randolph
21
I8
April. 2 Ernest Storlazzi Brockton
22
Mary K. Burke Brockton
18
183
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
25 Charles Edwin Tripp Brockton 61
Edith Anna Shedd
Randolph 27
29 Bert C. Johnson Randolph 20
Ethel E. G. Strathdee
So. Braintree 20
June. II Frederick E. Lincoln Hingham
Mary F. Hayden Randolph 27
12 Benjamin P. Crowell Woburn
29
Gertrude D. Hursell
Randolph 26
17 Joseph H. Kernan Brockton
32
Bertha M. Payne Randolph
23
18 Carl B. Merrill Mildred L. Wales
Avon
23
Randolph
23
I9 William Graham
Randolph
31
Sarah Ann Colvin
Randolph
26
22 Albin, E. Nelson Selma Johnson Randolph Randolph
32
25 Jerome C. Hogan
Randolph
22
Agnes M. Lynch
Avon
23
25 Arnold Thayer
Randolph
28
Alice Ruth Kingsbery
Randolph
27
26 Herbert E. Saunders Randolph Kathryn L. Reardon Holbrook 22
22
29 Warren Bazil Galloud Middleboro Grace Chester Reed Lakeville 25
26
July. 3 George F. Kiley
Randolph 25
Bertha M. Sherman Dighton 22
29
184
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
3 William J. Mclaughlin Randolph 24
Annie Louise Shea
Randolph 25
22 Richmond E. Waterman Brockton
20
Belva W. Stetson
Randolph
18
Aug 21
Ira J. Hamilton
Randolph
28
Annie J. Ainslie
Randolph 23
Sept. 7 Herbert C. Fowler
Randolph
31
Ellen M. Knight
Randolph
39
-Penniman
17 Frank W. Vye Amy Elizabeth Tucker
Randolph
26
Randolph
29
18 James Francis Clark Agnes Augusta Rogers Brockton
Randolph
23
21
24 Asa T. Cushman Brockton
24
Emma C. Jones
Randolph
26
Oct.
2 Charles R. Powers, Jr Randolph
25
Etta B. Randall Canton
18
3 Archie Butler Orrall Lakeville
21
Kathryn Genevieve Sutton Lakeville
20
3 Wilfred Hurley Brockton
21
Josephine Clora Holloway Randolph 22
7 John William Walford Randolph 21
Fannie Ma Simmons Randolph 20
I2 George T. Sprague So. Braintree 25
Frances L. Allen Randolph 23
185
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
19 Harold F. Howard
Randolph 27
Mollie Forbes Kingsbery Randolph
25
22 Herbert F. Langley Randolph *5
Ad line S. Merrill Canton
24
30 Bartholomew O'Keefe Randolph
48
Isabel McGrath
Brookline 41
31 Edward Joseph Smith Alice Marie Dunn
Randolph
32
Randolph 25
Nov. 20 Lyman Roy Sears
Brockton
24
Augusta B. Mahady
Randolph 23
20 John F. Mullen
East Boston
25
Mary F. Deare
Randolph 23
27 Gordon Robert Teed Ethel Laura Finley
Randolph
23
Randolph
21
27 Thomas F. Kiernan Elizabeth Agnes Burns
Randolph
36
Randolph
33
27 Peter Mason Gibson Ellen Martha Taylor
Randolph
30
Randolph
26
27 William P. Sullivan Elizabeth M. Lyons
Randolph
28
Holbrook 27
27 Herbert May Weeks Hannah Agnes Rooney
Randolph
25
Randolph
20
28 Arthur V. Merritt
Marlborough
23
Adelaide G. Noble
Marlborough 24
29 John J. Dunn
Randolph
27
Sadie McArthur
Brockton
21
186
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN RANDOLPHI IN 1907.
Date.
Name of Child.
Ser.
Names of Parents.
Oci.
1906.
20 Albert Murphy
M
Edward F. and Rose G .- Donahue
Dec.
3 Robert Elphic Powdrell
M
Fred A. and Ethel S .- Steine
Jan. 1007.
10 Olga Alice Eudaco
F
Anthony W. and Eva-Milett
17 William B. Mahan
M
James M. and Bridget A. Green
20
M
21 Roland W. Stetson
M
Edwin M. and Gertrude E .- Billingham
Feb.
1 Jennie Nardelli
F Salvatore and Annie-Deloyer
2 Hattie E. Roel
Edson N. and Hattie E .- Saunders
5 Kathyrn Dolan
F Thomas F. and Catherine J. Pope
25 Agnes B. Crowley
F
John J. and Hannah B. Scanlon
25 Jesse Nelson Cox
M
Ernest I. and Jessie L .- Mosher
26 Charles E. Clark
M
John E. and Katharine F. Toomey
28 Margaret E. Carroll
F
William H. and Mary A .- O'Connor
Mar.
2 Ethel A. Fisher
Albert E. and Amy C. Johnson
5 Helen May Hewins
Andrew F. and Mabel G .- Hayden
7 John S. Lunt
M
John and Emily G. Hawkins
17 Francis Kane Dillon
M John P. and Mary A .- Kane
28 Margaret McCarthy
Henry F. and Bridget L. Donahue
3 George H. Saunders
M
Charles H. and Eva B .- Payne
o James Riley
M
P. Joseph and Susie G .- Doherty
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
188
April
189
May
16 Cyril Powderly
2 Dorothy T. Plummer
3 Thomas Currie
M Hugh and Margaret-Troy
7 Barbara Belcher
F Frank W. and Una C .- Cole
M George H. and Florence L .- Baker.
8 Irene E. Conlon
F John J. and Annie E .- Ronan
10 Yvette C. Gelinas . F Alfred N. and Annie-Desauliner
19 Doris May Madan
₣ Lorenzo J. and Ethel M .- Hardy
Patrick F. and Julia A .- Doherty
7 William Howard Foley
M Cornelius F. and Katherine E .- Mahoney
8 Alice E. Dorey
F Michael L. and Mary J .- Hanley M Herbert B. and Lynda M .- Brown
18 Ralph E. Niles
18 Arnold Leo Davis MI Fred'k R. and Blanche V .- Gilmartin
30 Benjamin Forrest Hogsett M James L. and Edith F .- Knight
July.
2 Isabel Eileen Boyde
F George E. and Bertha E .- Hall
3 Ruth Elmyra Foley
F Howard F. and Myra W .- Pendergrass
5 Madeline M. Shepard
H. Joseph and Bridget L .- Marshall
8 Gardner W. Sloan M Walter H. and Ella E .- Holbrook
13 Lillian M. Forrest 14 Elizabeth E. McGerigle 26 Warren M. M. Burrell
M
F Jas. W. and Kathrine A .- McClellan S. Alton and Flossie P .- Holbrook
Aug.
8 Robt. Christopher Stephens M Walter F. and Bessie H .- Farnham
13 Florence Evelyn Driver F Thomas H. and Florence E .- Graven William J. and Mary-Walsh
17 Edgar G. Breen M M
17 Stillborn
26 Earl Powdrell M Joseph W. and Alicia M .- Rowe
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
June.
I Anna Doherty Clark
7 Russell Wales Dixon
Edward A. and Sarah J .- McGaughey M F Arthur D. and Blanche M .- Lively
John A. and Mary E .- Hallahan
Sept.
28 Floretta Lydia Sawyer F 4
George F. and Flora M .- Holbrook 31 Stillborn
4 Alice Marie Sullivan
F Dennis E. and Bridget T .- Tobin
7 Charles Holbrook
M
Lester M. and May A .- Stevens
7 Carlton R. Francey M
Caleb A. and May A .- Drake
17 Elva M. Poole
F
Wesley C. and Elizabeth A .- Brady
22 Russell G. Aveney M
Henry F. and Thomine S .- Hansen
2 Albert N. Rohlfs
M
August O. F. and Clara-Neumann
5 Robert M. Sullivan
M John M. and Katharine-Sullivan
JI Charles Neilsen M Hans Christian and Mabel B .- Baillie
25 Erma D. Beals
27 James McLaughlin
F Wallace M. and Bertha M .- Wentworth M William J. and Annie L .- Shea
31 Viola N. Noel
F Edgar M. and Josephine-Brunnell
Nov.
3 Beale
M
Samuel G. and Emma L .- Petersen
6 James W. Brennan
M William P. and Mary A .- McCue
15 Bertha Evelyn Hollis F
Ismael B. and Lena-Sloan
19 Helen Slattery
James and Ella-Moran
Dec.
2 Dorothy Brennan F Joseph R. and Susan C .- Soule
2 Silvestro, Carmelio
M Joseph and Maria-Valente
8 Marion E. Evans ·
F William N. and Julia E .- Ahier
21 Elbridge Haskell Marsh M Theodore B. and Celia H .- Lovejoy
25 Emeline Marie McGerigle F John F. and Nellie F .- Printy
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Oct.
190
19I
Deaths Registered in Randolph in 1907
1
Birthplace
Date Jan.
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
1
Catherine McConaty
77
4 26 Apoplexy
Cherryfield, Me.
26 Annie A. Clark
62
8
4 Heart disease
Avon
27 Mary E. Lane
51
· ..
10
17 Broncho pneumonia
Randolph
29 Bridget Rooney
82
.
..
31 Mary O'Keefe
68
. .
. . Septicaemia
Ireland
31
George Melvin Clark 65
2 20 Bronchitis
Feb.
5 Mary A. Lynch
58
· ·
5 Elisha Mann
77
.
·
7 Mary J. Clapp
58
7
1 Degenerative myocarditis
14 Charles F. Bean
57
11 21 Mitral disease of heart
Randolph
March
4 Mary A. Broderick
59
6 25 Carcinoma of stomach
England
7 Louis Goeres
69
5 10 Pulmonary oedema
Germany
.
Arterial sclerosis . .
Ireland
11
John McVey
Cerebral hemorrhage
Randolph
28 Arthur E. Mann
·
Senile bronchitis
Ireland
Randolph
Broncho pneumonia
Ireland
Paralysis
Randolph
Medford
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
74
8
Mary Roberts
69
8
3 Acute intestinal obstruc- tion
England
14
Jessie L. Cox
20
6 26 Cordiac embolus
17 Manuel Alferes
8
. . .
Cerebro meningitis
21 Charlotte A. Hayden
79
4 21 Bright's disease
21 Dennis O'Brien
66
Bronchitis capillary
Ireland
23 James S. Sullivan
41
. .
. .
Pneumonia
Worcester
23
William W. Otis
72
6 26
Oedema of lungs
Scituate
24
Catherine McMahon
65
Pneumonia
Ireland
26 Daniel Barry
. .
. .
1 Atelectasis
Randolph
26 Ellen M. Pierce
61
5 20
Cerebral hemorrhage
Sandwich
29
William R. Lynch
62
11
5 Valvular Disease of heart
Vermont
30
William A. Howard
80
. . Cerebral hemorrhage
Dorchester
April
7
John F. Toomey
42
. .
. .
Phthisis pulmonalis
Ireland
16
William C. Barry .
68
. .
. .
Valvular disease of heart
Ireland
19
W. Stanley Horton, Jr ..
21
1 23
Acute enteritis
Canton
27
Ellen Marsden
67
7 .. Paralysis
Randolph
May
7 Charlotte Reed
91
11
6 Arterial sclerosis
Yarmouth, Me.
13 Mary J. Mann
84
4 26 Old age
Randolph
15 Hanora Creedon
73
·
·
Arterial sclerosis
Ireland
21
Joseph A. Paine
62
11
· Pneumonia
Salem
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
192
Bridgeport, Conn. New Bedford Braintree
. . . .
. .
. .
193
22
Thomas F. Hand
69
6 18
Cerebral hemorrhage
30
John A. Mann.
71
6
31
Deborah T. Niles
76
5
17 Acute cystitis 7 Acute bronchitis
Ireland Randolph Randolph
June 8
Michael Donovan
74
19
Carcinoma
17
Julia F Linfield
70
5 8 Heart disease
22 Josephine E. Long
18
2
8 Endocarditis
Randolph
24 Unknown
60
. .
.. Unknown
Unknown
Randolph
July
2
Bridget Heney
77
. . . .
22
James N. Mckay
81
2 28 Hepatitis
Boston
Aug. 5
Ellen F. McGrath
68
. .
. .
8
James E. Daly
37
1 . .
Tuberculosis
Randolph
12
Mary C. Ford
. .
8 19
Ileo colitis
Randolph
16
James Blythe 73
·
17
. .
. .
. .
Stillborn
Randolph
25 Mary T. Fennessy
63
8 29 Cerebral hemorrhage
Randolph
27
Charles H. Smith
15
2 12 Diphtheria
Brookline
30
Annie J. O'Neil
19
7 28 Phthisis pulmonalis
Holbrook
31
. . Premature birth
Randolph
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
30 Ralph Emerson Niles
·
12 Defect iventricular sep- tum.
Cerebral hemorrhage
Ireland
Heart disease
Ireland
Cerebral hemorrhage
Ireland
Bridgewater Randolph
. .
1
194
Sept.
1
Grace L. French
39
6 16
Albuminuria
1 Mary C. Fraser
1
. .
27
Cholera infantum
1 Irene E. Conlon
. .
3 25
Marasmus
5 Mary Boyle
67
. .
. .
6 George W. Bodge
89
3 20 Old age
7 Thomas J. Kiernan
41
10
27 Melancolia
24 Wallace F. Thayer
. .
6
6 Status lymphaticus
26 Margaret McGahey
61
6
11 Pulmonary embolus
28
Margaret Welsh
83
. . Senility
Oct. 3 Margaret D. Bennett
42
Sarcoma
4 Mary H. Tucker
91
7 8 Senile asthenia
10 Eliza J. Hill
58
7 18 Carcinoma
12 John H. Ford
10
20 Malnutrition
Randolph
12 Miriam Wells
62
6
7 Mitral disease of heart
12 Charles D. Tisdale
73
. .
. . Cirrhosis of liver
30 Hannah M. Kelleher
63
. .
. . Valvular disease of heart
30 Catherine M. O'Neil
14
8
17 Phthisis pulmonalis
30 Ellen McAuliffe 65
. .
. . Asthenia
Nov.
6
Mary A. Clausen
36
8 .. Peritonitis
Denmark
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Randolph
. . . .
New York
Bellingham
.
Wareham New Hampshire
Boston Holbrook
Ireland
Randolph
Boston Randolph Ireland Needham
Ileo colitis
Randolph Boston
Ireland
Ireland
195
11 Ellen Donahue
7 64 25 Apoplexy 13
Uxbridge Randolph
14 William Good
60
7 25 Hydrothorax
15 William S. Smith
71
2 25 Dysentery
16 William H. Bradford
60
. . . .
Acute endocarditis
19
Elizabeth T. Morgan
72
. . . . Senile nephritis
Randolph
22
Mary H. McDonald
20
. .
18 Nephritis
24
Albert W. Dyer
64
8
18 Carcinoma
So. Braintree
Dec.
7
Angelette H. Shedd
71
. . . .
North Easton
17
Emeline G. Roberts
62
6 17 Carcinoma
Randolph
19
William R. Jones
14
. .
. .
21 Eliza I. Hughes
82
7
21 Senile pneumonia
St. John, N. B.
22
Adeline F. Bromade
76
8 17 Cerebral hemorrhage
Sharon
29
Mary J. Mahoney
62
7 28 Phthisis pulmonalis
Ireland
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
Ireland
Hattie E. Roel
26
6
9 Septicaemia
Portland, Me.
Randolph Canton
.
Arterio sclerosis
Milton
Lobar pneumonia
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES.
Dysentery, hydrothorax, peritonitis, cirrhosis of liver, mal- nutrition, sarcoma, pul. embolus, status lymphaticus, melancolia, marasmus, cholera infantum, albuminuria, dyphtheria, tuberculosis, hepatitis, unknown, cyanosis, cystitis, enteritis, atelectasis, Bright's disease, cerebro meningitis, cardiac embolus, intestinal obstruction, one each 24
Apoplexy, septicaemia, paralysis, oedema, endocarditis, ileo colitis, stillborn, asthenia nephritis, two each 18
Old age, three 3
Bronchitis, phthisis, four each
8
Arterio sclerosis, carcinoma, five each
IO
Pneumonia, seven
7
Cerebral hemorrhage, eight
8
Heart disease, nine
9
-
87
195
Interments
AT RANDOLPH OF PERSONS DYING ELSEWHERE IN 1907,
Date
Name
Age Place of Death
Y. M. D.
Dec. 1906.
31
Catherine Hassett
75
Weymouth
Jan. 1907,
2
Florence May Carney
8
7
28
Brockton
4
George W. Taylor
56
10
12
Quincy
6 John Whitty
80
1
12
So. Braintree
11
William Donellan
. .
. .
1
Boston
12
Chester W. Levangie
10
So. Braintree
18
Alice Lane
48
So. Braintree
24
Jack Oswell
Brockton
30
Bridget McConaty
85
. .
Feb.
2
Katherine Woodward
42
. .
. .
2
Oliver M. Sheridan
44
. .
. .
19
Valentine Chisholm
66
. .
. .
Quincy
23 Esther B. Whitney
91
. .
.
Boston
27
William T. Quinn
.
5
21
Weymouth
March.
3
John S. Littlefield
86
5 8
Franklin
. .
. .
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
197
. .
. .
.
. .
.
1
Stoneham
Avon
Jamaica Plain
4 Matilda DeCota
72
8
17
Brockton
4 Eleanor M. Levangie
. .
4
11
So. Braintree Boston
19 Nellie G. Sullivan
26
13
23
Margaret Connor
11
. .
. .
25 Julia Coyne
89
6
Quincy
April
4
James K. Walsh
74
11
21
Weymouth
13
Mary A. Kiernan
67
11
Braintree
24
' Sadie E. Walsh
20
1
18
Avon
29
Catherine Scannell
85
. .
· ·
7
Mary Ann O'Hare
53
. .
. .
Quincy
11
George H. Lefaund
1
7
. .
So. Braintree
19
Freeman Frazier
17
10
19
So. Braintree
21
Anna F. Cronin
44
. .
Lynn
22
Celeste Whalin
80
. .
. .
July
3
Mary Dorgan
77
. .
. .
7
John Joseph Pyne
.
7
9
Canton
13
Eugene A. Howard, Jr.
22
7
14
Boston
30
Mary S. Lucicana.
. .
. .
So. Braintree
Aug.
7
Michael De Forey
. .
8
23
So. Braintree
10
Almoran C. Blankinship
1
8
11
Brockton
30
Lillian G. McMahon
. .
6
14
Braintree
Sept.
2 Roy Hayden
1
4
21
Holbrook
10
Jeremiah Kelliher
62
. .
. .
Holbrook
15
Dorothy P, Packard
11
4
. .
Digby, N. S.
.
May
Avon
June
.
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
198
Boston
Avon
1
.
. .
Brockton
199
15
Timothy A. Reardon
28
10
Holbrook
21
Philip J. Doherty
29
3
25
Brockton
28
Lawrence Moran
46
. .
. .
Avon
Oct.
2
Francis P. Rierdon
. .
11
2
Braintree
17
Mary Casey
26
. .
. .
5
13
Brockton
Nov.
1
Mildred A. Powderly
50
Bridgewater
22
Michael Crowley
40
. .
. .
Braintree
Dec.
5
Elizabeth Kelliher
79
. .
Holbrook
9
Arthur E. Mann
51
3
11
Hull
12
Mary B. Bauermeister
91
4
. .
Hopkinton
14
Arthur H. Dyer
. .
.
1
Milton
15
Catherine Neagle
72
. .
. .
Quincy
26
Anna May O'Brien
3
18
So. Braintree
. .
. .
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
The Town Clerk hereby gives notice in compliance with Section 16, Chap- ter 29 of the Revised Laws, that he is prepared to furnish to parents, house- holders, physicians and midwives applying therefor, blanks for returns as re- quired by law. JOSEPH T. LEAHY, Town Clerk.
. .
Brockton
. .
29
John J. Hayes
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
INDEX
Page
Abatement of Taxes
25
Almshouse
35
Auditor's Reports
41, 134, 142
Births ·
188
Board of Health
28
Care of Clock
41
County Tax
Court Fees and Return of Births, Marriages and Deaths
21
Deaths
Decoration of Soldier's Graves
25
Estimates of Expenses
26
Electric Lighting
102
Highways
197
Interments
27
Interest on Town Debt
2
List of Town Officers
44
List of Jurors
26
Lockup
183
Marriages
24
Military Aid
15
New High School
31
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
41
Pay of Physicians
34
Poor Supported in Almshouse
39
Poor Out of Almshouse
40
Poor of Other Towns
144
Records of Town Meetings of 1907
26
Reduction of Town Debt
3
Soldiers' Relief
29
Schools
59
School Committee, Report of
24
State Aid
40
State Paupers
29
State Tax
68
Summary of Expenses for 1907
181
Town Clerk's Report
19
Town Officers, Payment of
46
Turner Free Library, Trustees Report
52
Turner Free Library, Report of Treasurer Tree Warden
25
Treasurer, Report of
·
3
Valuation
112
Water Commissioners
·
129
Water Department
·
130
Water Loan Sinking Fund
76
Supt. of Schools, Report of
6
Table of Vital Statistics
144
Report of Selectmen and Assessors
23
Miscellaneous
26
Fire Department, Report of
·
8
Cash Received by Selectmen for 1907
29
42
27
·191
200
128
Stetson School Fund, Report of Trustees
Randolph
Town Report
OF
RAND
TOWN
INCORPO
OLPH
*
MAS
S
1908
Randolph, Mass. REGISTER PRESS 1909.
SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, Engineers of the Fire Department Superintendent of Streets, Board of Health Town Clerk and Town 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, 1908
MAR 1 5 1963
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF POOR.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN E. McDONALD, CHARLES H. THAYER.
ASSESSORS.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN . Term expires 1911.
JOHN E. McDONALD
.
Term expires 1910.
CHARLES H. THAYER . Term expires 1909.
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER. JOSEPH T. LEAHY.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ROYAL T. MANN
. Term expires 1909.
REDMOND P. BARRETT
. Term expires 1910.
EDWARD LONG
. Term expires 1911.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
DANIEL B. WHITE 1910.
WILLIAM F. BARRETT
1909.
RICHARD F. FORREST
. 1911.
AUDITORS.
MICHAEL F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN K. WILLARD, JOHN B. WREN.
CONSTABLES. P. JOSEPH RILEY JOSEPH H. FOSTER
FRANK W. HARRIS JAMES FOLEY MICHAEL F. SULLIVAN JOHN HANEY
FRANK J. DONAHOE. TAX COLLECTOR
ARTHUR W. ALDEN.
FENCE VIEWERS.
JAMES RILEY, CHARLES H. COLE, WILLIAM H. MAHADY.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
JOHN H. FIELD JOSEPH T. LEAHY EDMOND BELCHER
JOHN H. KELLEHER
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHARLES A. WALES, Chief. WILLIAM A. CROAK, Clerk ..
JAMES E. BLANCHE MICHAEL F. SULLIVAN GEORGE A. ROEL.
WARDEN OF ALMSHOUSE.
MICHAEL M. SULLIVAN.
KEEPER OF LOCKUP.
ARTHUR W. ALDEN.
REPRESENTATIVE TO GENERAL COURT. HENRY E. HOLBROOK of Stoughton.
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Report of the Assessors.
The Assessors herewith submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1908.
VALUATION.
1907
1908
Gain.
Real Estate $1,668,950 00 $1,687,450 00 $18,500 00
Personal. 308,400 00 318,850 00 10,450 00
$1,977,350 00 $2,006,300 00 $28,950 00
Value of buildings excluding land. $1,131,550 00
Value of land excluding buildings 555,900 00
Town tax
$46,520 00
State tax. 3,850 00
State highway tax
69 15
County tax.
1,731 01
Overlay appropriated for abatement of taxes. 506 48
Total amount to be raised in 1908 $52,676 64
Estimated corporation tax $3,151 00
Estimated bank tax. 1,588 00
1097 polls 2,194 00 6,933 00
Amount to be raised on property $45,743 64
Tax rate, $22.80
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SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
Tax on real estate $38,473 86
Tax on personal 7,269 78
1097 polls. 2,194 00
Amount committed to Collector of Taxes $47,937 64
Population, census of 1904. 4034
Number of horses
238
Number of cows 277
Number of neat cattle
3
Number of swine
287
Number of fowl 2244
Number of dwelling houses 898
Acres of land. 5519
ESTIMATED VALUE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Almshouse property and farm $12,000 00
Town Hall and land 18,000 00
One steam fire engine and apparatus 5,500 00
One Babcock extinguisher and apparatus
800 00
Three engine houses and lockup
4,200 00
Land, "Clark Estate"
1,200 00
Highway plant.
5,000 00
Schoolhouse and land So. Main St.
2,000 00
Schoolhouse and land School St ..
6,000 00
Schoolhouse and land Chestnut St.
1,800 00
Schoolhouse and land Belcher St. 9,250 00
Land North St. 200 00
Schoolhouse and land Lafayette St. 1,600 00
Prescott Schoolhouse and land Ward and School Sts. 17,000 00
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Turner High School fund for medals $1,500 00
Stetson High School fund. 20,200 00
Turner Free Library building and land 40,000 00;
Turner Free Library.
20,000 00
Turner fund (Library)
10,000 00
Royal W. Turner Free Library fund
20,000 00
Coddington fund . 1,900 00
E. Fanny Belcher lot 1,000 00
New High School 27,800 00
Water works. 162,000 00
$388,950 00
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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1908.
Appropriation
Credits
Total
Payments
Overdrawn
Unexpended
Schools including Stetson High.
$13,625 00
$2,100 03
$15,725 03
$15,337 44
$387 59
Miscellaneous ..
1,800 00
1,800 00
2,014 02
$214 02
Almshouse and repairs ..
1,900 00
851 60
2,751 60
3,017 01
265 41
Poor out of almshouse.
2,800 00
43 50
2,843 50
2,826 36
17 14
Poor of other towns.
563 15
Soldiers' relief ..
400 00
30 87
430 87
467 66
36 79
Soldiers' relief, R. & H.
300 00
82 43
382 43
247 29
135 14
Highways and removal of snow
3,500 00
2,222 00
5,722 00
5,655 14
66 86
Street Watering ..
500 00
10 00
510 00
500 00
10 00
'Town officers ..
2,200 00
50 00
2,250 00
2,250 50
50
Fire Department.
2,561 00
2,561 00
2,583 62
22 62
Water commissioners
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
'Treasurer's bond.
120 00
120 00
120 00
Abatement of taxes.
*506 48
506 48
015 07
408 59
Special police.
1,200 00
1,200 00
1,320 55
120 55
Births, marriages, deaths and court fecs.
250 00
179 00
429 00
232 76
196 24
State aid.
Military aid.
100 00
260 00
360 00
426 00
66 00
Decoration, soldiers' graves.
150 00
150 00
150 00
Burial indigent soldiers
Lockup. .
150 00
150 00
139 30
Street lighting
3,435 00
3,435 00
3,494 30
59 30
Interest. .
2,500 00
3,286 63
4,023 58
736 95
Reduction of town debt.
6,480 00
6,480 00
6,480 00
County tax.
1,731 01
1,731 01
1,731 01
State tax.
3,850 00
3,850 00
3,850 00
State highway tax.
69 15
69 15
69 15
Tree warden.
300 00
300 00
512 29
212 29
Board of Health
200 00
200 00
118 85
81 15
Pay of Physicians.
300 00
300 00
246 00
54 00
Turner free library ..
175 00
175 00
175 00
Care of clocks ..
20 00
20 00
20 00
Pinkerton vs. Randolph
161 30
161 30
Hunt vs. Randolph.
200 00
200 00
New high school.
17,840 95
17,840 95
17,840 95
Legal expenses.
750 78
750 78
Woodlawn street.
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,449 79
50 21
Net amount overdrawn
$71,457 11
$85,495 87
$3,255 10
$1,009 03 2,246 07
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SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
* Overlay of taxes.
.
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3,922 00
185 00
10 70
786 63
.
6
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Report of the Selectmen.
The Selectmen herewith submit their report of their doings for the year ending December 31, 1908.
HIGHWAYS.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Selectmen:
Work on the highways was begun according to the usual custom, by cleaning the gutters as soon as the ground would permit in the spring. After which, graveling and other repairs were done on the various streets as follows: Cross street, 469 loads gravel; South Main street, 900 feet cobblestone road, for which 500 loads of stone and gravel were used and 27 loads ashes on sidewalk; Alden street, 85 loads gravel; South street, 1,200 feet cobblestone road, for which 379 loads stone and gravel were used; Centre street, 380 loads gravel; Grove street, 22 loads gravel; Lafayette street, 17 loads gravel, laying 20 feet 12-inch pipe; Gold street, 22 loads gravel; High street, 90 loads gravel and removing large stones; Canton street, 101 loads gravel; North Main street (West Corner), 98 loads gravel; Chestnut street, 22 loads gravel and removing stones and repairing two catchbasins; Pond street, 19 loads gravel and 42 loads ashes; Oak street, 110 loads gravel; Allen street, 7 loads gravel and repairing bridge; North street, 145 loads gravel; Liberty street, 41 loads gravel; Warren street, 21
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