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expense, if the town should determine to erect a new house. These provisions having been made, the sea- son being unsuited for making repairs, and the annual town meeting near at hand, all further action was delayed; but the Selectmen are unanimously of opin- ion, that the building ought to be repaired at once, and recommend this course to the town.
There are strong grounds for the belief that this and other fires during the year have been the work of incendiaries, and the Selectmen have, in several in- stances, offered a reward for their apprehension. With- out a direct vote of the town, the statute limits expen- ditures made by its officers to $200, for any single object ; but we are quite sure that greater security would be felt by our citizens if $1,000 should be placed under the control of the next Board of Select- men, to be applied, as they shall judge best, for the prevention of fires. Intimations have been made to members of the present Board, which lead to the be- lief that some of the parties who were accessory to the burning of property the last year will, ere long, be brought to justice.
A subject which has more than any other during the year caused the Board anxiety, and demanded its attention, and the exercise of its prudence and judg- ment, was one which originated, some years ago, in the building of a wall on Beacon Street, in front of the Norton estate. Within a year or two, portions of this
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wall had fallen into the road, while the whole, some 550 feet in length, was found to be in an unsafe and · dangerous condition. Its entire demolition was deter- mined upon, and commenced by the agent of the es- tate, who, in connection with this, had projected other important changes. This was the signal for a move- ment on the part of some of our citizens, who felt aggrieved by recollections of the treatment the town had received in this matter, and they urged, with great pertinacity, a removal of the whole wall from the road to the boundary line of the property,-a point where- no wall could be made to stand for a single year, even at an expenditure equal to the amount annually ap- propriated by the town for its highways. It was found, upon investigation, that already it was legally the duty of the town to keep this wall in repair, while no benefits accrued to us from taxation,-the wall, just outside the line of the estate, being in Somerville, and the estate itself,-the taxable property,-being in Cambridge. What was to be done? Mr. Norton met the Selectmen in the most conciliatory spirit, pro- posed to place, at his own expense, a low wall upon the old foundation, to grade and grass the bank above, to beautify his own estate, and thus present a tasteful and pleasant object to the residents of that part of our town. If he was forbidden to do this, he could say to the town, " then do it for me." This was not all. A previous Board of Selectmen, under a misapprehen- sion, had voted him leave to place the foundation
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where it now stands, and if this liberty was annulled, · he could still demand that his property should be pro- tected, and always protected. It was plainly for the interest of the town to be rid of all responsibility in the future, and to annul, if possible, at the same time, the license under which he had hitherto acted. During our deliberations, the wall had been levelled to the ground, and by the agency of Mr. Norton himself; the Selectmen annulled all previous grants to him or to his predecessor, served a copy of this vote upon him, and waited the result. The work was continued by him until its completion, and while it proves to be an orna- ment, this action of the Board has relieved the town from all care or responsibility in the matter hereafter. To have met the wishes of some of our fellow-citizens, would have involved the town in an expensive and in- terminable controversy, thrown upon us the burden of building and maintaining this wall forever, and not have left us, as we now are, free to take such steps, at any time, as may be desirable.
One other subject, which a duty of the Selectmen to their fellow-townsmen requires them to notice, is an evident necessity of providing in a more equitable manner for the increasing expenses of our growing population. Within five years, as the census shows, the inhabitants of our town have increased nearly 75 per centum. This ratio of increase is not likely to be lessened, since, while the cities are crowding and forcing
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the people beyond their limits, the present policy of railroad managers will tend to prevent their locating at any great distance from the centres of business. The class of people thus making up our population, requires conveniences such as have been enjoyed in larger places, -ornamental and comfortable public buildings, good roads, proper sidewalks, light streets, and efficient police regulations. Locating among us, they add largely to the worth of vacant land in their neighborhood; and this land, of a value more substan- tial than that of dwellings, often the property of non- residents, has rarely been taxed for one-half, and some- times for no more than a fourth part, of its marketa- ble value. A reasonable appraisal of such land would soon furnish the means of paying off our present in- debtedness, or of erecting a creditable building for a town hall, and in other ways promote the comfort and independence of our citizens. Who can better afford to contribute a just proportion of the expense of these things, than those whose land has risen in value from $50 or $100 the acre to $2,000 or $3,000, and in some cases even to $10,000, per acre? It is clearly the business of the town to give to the assessors some public expression of opinion in this matter, and espe- cially so, if these views are very generally entertained.
The Selectmen have, in all cases, endeavored to act frugally with the means intrusted to them; but they cannot but foresee that, hereafter, larger appropriations
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will become necessary; and if such a contingency can be provided for in advance, the town may be saved from the embarrassment of debt.
In Board of Selectmen, February 16, 1856. Voted, That the foregoing Report be adopted by this Board, and presented to the town at its Annual Meeting, in March.
JAMES M. SHUTE, JNO. K. HALL, CHARLES C. WALDEN, BENJAMIN RANDALL, BENJAMIN WOODWARD, Selectmen of Somerville.
In Town Meeting, March 3, 1856. Voted, That the Report of the Selectmen be accepted, and that one thousand copies be printed and distributed to the inhabitants of the town.
CHARLES E. GILMAN. Town Clerk.
STATEMENT
. Of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Treasurer of the Town of Somerville, from March 1, 1855, to March 1, 1856.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasury, March 1st, 1855, . . $3,294 71 Received of Clark Bacon, for Town's interest in School-
house lot on Central Street, 130 00
Borrowed of Eagle Bank, in anticipation of taxes, 3,000 00
Received of the Commonwealth on School Fund of '54, 218 23
of Edward Cutter, by A. Welch, for loam, . 6 00 of A. Welch, 1 00
Borrowed of Eagle Bank, in anticipation of taxes,
1,500 00
Received of A. Welch, for Mystic Engine, No. 6,
33 00
Borrowed of Bank of North America, in anticipation of taxes, . 3,715 99
Received of A. Welch, for stone sold,
3 00
Borrowed of R. Sanborn, in anticipation of taxes,
600 00
Received of A. Welch, for old lumber sold, 4 00
of First Congregational Church, for fuel used in High School-house, 21 00
of State Treasurer, for Armory rent, 100 00
of L. F. Merrill, for filling and grading land near Miller's River Bridge, 230 37
of sundry persons for dog licenses. 47 00
of D. A. Marrett, on account of side walk, . 2 00
from Taxes of 1853, .
19 17
from Taxes of 1854, .
1,418 50
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Amount of Taxes assessed for 1855, .
$32,728 69
Less County Tax, . . $2,015 82
Abatements, . . 229 61
Uncollected Taxes of 1855, 2,781 80
5,027 23
27,701 46
$42,044 83
DISBURSEMENTS.
Schools.
Paid Fireman's Insurance Co., on High School-house, $18 75
Mechanics' Mutual Insurance Co., 111 00
Wm. Newell, for making fires, . 5 00
G. E. Bennett, for making fires, 15 00
John Emerson, for making fires,
5 00
Howard & Davis, for clock,
16 00
Susan C. Russell, for books, .
7 07
Mrs. Burke, for cleaning Walnut Hill School- house, . 1 20
Geo. T. Littlefield, for sundries,
22 44
John McHugh, for making fires,
5 00
J. J. Giles, for making fires,
5 00
Wm. H. Denton, for lock,
75
Ayers & Fairbanks, for school records, 9 00
T. Young, for making fires, 44 75
C. Young, for making fires,
5 00
John Jameson, for books, $4.92; 2.09,
7 01
S. D. Jaquith, for teaching Foster School, .
7 50
I. W. Tuttle, for work on High School-house, 30 62 W. M. Bartholomew, for teaching drawing, 37 50
John Jameson, for books, 3 63
L. Walker, for sundries, .
8 50
D. B. Wheeler, for books,
3 94
D. B. Wheeler, for teaching Prescott Grammar School, 220 00
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Paid G. T. Littlefield, for teaching Franklin Grammar School, $200 00 Miss N. A. Durgin, assistant in Prescott Gram- mar School, . 62 50 Miss M. B. Cutter, for teaching Prescott Prima- ry School, . 62 50
Miss J. E. Plympton, for teaching Franklin Pri- mary School, ·
63 50
Miss B. P. Burgess, for teaching Spring Hill Primary School, . 62 50 Miss S. C. Russell, for teaching Walnut Hill School, 87 50
Miss I. E. Locke, for teaching Prospect Hill Primary School, . 63 62
John Jameson, for teaching Foster Grammar School,
200 40
O. S. Knapp, for teaching Prospect Hill Gram- mar School, . 200 87
Miss O. L. Wesson, assistant in Franklin Gram- mar School, .
64 09
Miss L. A. Magoun, assistant in Prescott Gram- mar School, . .
62 50
Miss O. Gulliver, for teaching Cherry Street Primary School, . 62 85
Miss O. Gulliver, for substitute, 8 00
Leonard Walker, for teaching High School, 250 00
Miss M. A. Merriam, assistant in High School, . 87 50
Miss A. A. Gillis, assistant in High School, 87 50
Miss C. M. Brackett, for teaching Franklin Grammar School, . 91 34
Miss E. F. Wyeth, assistant in Foster School, 62 82
Miss J. H. Ellis, for teaching Harvard P. School, 63 10 Miss M. O. Giles, for teaching Medford P. School,
63 50
Miss L. L. Blodgett, assistant in Foster Gram- mar School, . ·
53 68
Miss A. M. Snow, assistant in Prospect Hill Grammar School, . 67 30
W. G. Shattuck, for school furniture, 267 50
Otis Clapp, for books, 22 45 ·
J. Shute, for moving furniture, . 4 25
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Paid Wm. C. Leeds, for printing school reports, $4 50
Ide & Dutton, for stationery, 14 00
L. Walker, for sundries, . 27 28
L. W. Locke, for teaching Intermediate School, 16 45 Miss C. E. Ware, assistant in Prospect Hill Grammar School, . 62 50
Gilman Griffin, for repairs, 218 00
Miss I. E. Locke, for teaching Prospect Hill Primary School, . 68 75
Miss C. S. Plympton, for teaching Cherry Street Primary School, . 68 95
G. T. Littlefield, for teaching Franklin G. School, 225 00
O. S. Knapp, for teaching Prospect Hill Gram- mar School, . 211 27
John Jameson, for teaching Foster G. School, . D. B. Wheeler, for teaching Prescott G. School, Leonard Walker, for teaching High School,
225 92
225 00
300 00
Miss O. L. Weston, assistant in Franklin Gram- mar School, . 68 75
Miss N. A. Durgin, assistant in Prescott Gram- mar School, . 68 75
Miss M. B. Cutter, for teaching Prescott Prima- ry School, .
68 75
Miss E. F. Wyeth, for teaching Foster P. School, . Miss L.L. Blodgett, assistant in Foster G. School, 68 75
69 75
Miss B. P. Burgess, for teaching Spring Hill Primary School, . . 68 75
Miss J. H. Ellis, for teaching Harvard P. School, 68 75
Miss Mary O. Giles, for teaching Medford Street Primary School, . 68 75
Miss Anna Woodcock, assistant in Prospect Hill Primary School, . 55 55
Miss J. E. Plympton, for teaching Intermediate School, 68 95
Miss A. A. Gillis, assistant in High School, 100 00
Miss A. M. Merriam, assistant in High School, . 100 00
Potter & Young, for printing 500 school reports,
7 50
Ide & Dutton, for school fixtures, ·
9 25
R. S. Davis & Co., bill of sundries, . 2 25
W. H. Burbank, for making fires, .
5 00
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Paid S. Dodge, for repairing furnace, $2 12 Miss O. B. Jackman, for teaching Intermediate School, 80 50
W. E. Graves, for sundries, 5 50
O. P. Drake, for repairs on steam engine, at the High School, 35 00
Miss S. A. Smith, assistant in Medford Street Primary School, . 16 80
D. A. Marrett, bill of sundries, 6 35
A. W. Tufts, bill of Fuel, 67 32
S. C. Russell, for teaching Walnut Hill School, 107 50
L. W. Locke, for teaching Franklin Intermediate School, 68 95
Thomas Beddoe, for painting school-house, 183 66
Wm. E. Graves, Superintendent of chools, 175 00
C. C. Magoun, for making fires,
4 00
Howard & Davis, for clock,
14 00
Ide & Dutton, for Gazetteer, · .
4 60
G. T. Littlefield, bill of sundries,
5 02
Miss S. C. Russell, for sundries,
7 63
A. W. Tufts, bill of coal and bark, . 540 97
L. Walker, for teaching High School, 300 00
S. C. Russell, for teaching Walnut Hill School, 100 00
Miss O. Gulliver, for teaching Cherry Street Primary School, . 68 75
D. B. Wheeler, for teaching Prescott G. School, G. T. Littlefield, for teaching Franklin, G. School, 225 00
225 00
Miss M. N. Howard, assistant in Franklin Gram- mar School, . 62 50
L. W. Locke, for teaching Franklin Intermediate School, 68 75
Miss M. B. Cutter, for teaching Prescott Pri- mary School, 68 75
Miss N. A. Durgin, assistant in Prescott Gram- mar School, . 68 75
Miss A. A. Gillis, assistant in High School, 100 00
Miss M. A. Merriam, assistant in High School, 100 00
Miss M. O. Giles, for teaching Medford Street Primary School, . 68 75
Miss J. H. Ellis, for teaching Harvard Primary School, 69 37
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Paid Miss I. E. Locke, for teaching Prospect Hill Primary School, .
$69 00
Miss B. P. Burgess, for teaching Spring Hill Primary School, . 68 75 Miss E. F. Wyeth, for teaching Foster P. School, 68 75
Miss Anna Woodcock, assistant in Prospect Hill Grammar School, . 62 50
Miss L. L. Blodgett, assistant in Foster School, 68 75
Miss J. E. Plympton, for teaching Intermediate School, 69 05
John Jameson, for teaching Foster G. School, Miss O. B. Jackman, for teaching Intermediate School,
75 00
O. S. Knapp, for teaching Prospect Hill Gram- mar School, . 225 70
J. K. Hall, for washing, .
4 32
L. Walker, bill of sundries, ·
9 96
Gilman Griffin, for lumber and work,
225 63
John Jameson, for ink,
75
John Jameson, for books,
1 45
Chilson, Gould & Co., for stoves, .
113 65
Gilman Griffin, for lumber and repairs on school- houses and fences, 603 98
F. L. Raymond, for sundries, 16 71
Anna Reed, for washing school-rooms, .
12 00
G. A. & A. L. Sanborn, for sundries,
2 93
G. A. &. A. J .. Sanborn, for coal hod and shovel,
1 66
Nathaniel Waterman, for sundries,
1 43
Nathaniel Waterman, for bell, .
62
C. H. Wing, for stove pipe and repairs, 8 33
T. & J. Doane, for surveying land on Pearl St.,
7 00
John Jameson, for dictionaries,
4 62
Thomas Beddoe, for glazing,
5 25
Parker Small, for repairs, and cleaning stoves, .
10 02
J. A. Cogswell, for sundries, 4 63 ·
John Jameson, for brooms, . .
1 50
C. Halverson, for cleaning clock, 1 00 .
L. Arnold, for repairs on school-houses, 6 25
40 01
J. Q. Twombly, for glazing,
225 00
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Paid O. S. Knapp, for teaching Prospect Hill Gram- mar School, . $225 00 Miss J. E. Plympton, for teaching Intermediate School, 68 75
Miss A. Woodcock, assistant in Prospect Hill Grammar School, . 62 50
G. T. Littlefield, for teaching Franklin Grammar School, 225 00
Miss B. P. Burgess, for teaching Spring Hill Primary School, 68 75
L. L. Blodgett, assistant in Foster G. School, 68 75
John Jameson, for teaching Foster G. School, . 225 00 S. C. Russell, for teaching Walnut Hill School, 100 00
Miss M. B. Cutter, for teaching Prescott Primary School, 68 75
Miss A. A. Hall, for teaching Intermediate Sch'l, 62 50
Miss E. F. Wyeth, for teaching Foster P. School, 68 75 L. W. Locke, for teaching Intermediate School, 68 75 M. A. Howard, assistant in Franklin G. School, 62 50 Miss I. E. Locke, for teaching Prospect Hill Primary School, . 68 75
Miss N. A. Durgin, assistant in Prescott Gram- mar School, . 68 75 D. B. Wheeler, for teaching Prescott G. School, 225 00
L. Walker for teaching High School, 300 00
Miss A. A. Gillis, assistant in High School,
100 00
Miss M. A. Merriam, assistant in High School, . 100 00 Miss Mary O. Giles, for teaching Medford Street Primary School, . 68 75
Fireman's Insurance Co., on High School-house, 18 75
Miss O. Gulliver, for teaching Cherry Street Primary School, . 68 75
Miss J. H. Ellis, for teaching Harvard' Primary School,
68 75
Benjamin Randall, for repairing school-house, .
9 31
L. Walker, for books, 4 00
Amount paid for schools, .
$12,821 46
Add amount paid A. B. Hall for school-house lot, 3,623 00
Total expenditure for Schools, . $16,444 46
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Highways.
Paid Russell, Harrington & Co., for horse, $237 00
A. Welch, for 3 months' labor, . 137 50
Wm. Gould, for 58 loads of chip stone, 5 80
D. A. Marrett, bill of grain,
104 38
D. A. Marrett, bill of sundries,
17 48
Garrett Keif, for 72 days' labor,
72 00
John Gary, for 71} days' labor, 71 50
72 50
John Cary, for 72} days' labor, . Michael Powers, for 65} days' work, S. Dodge, for blacksmith work,
76 41
John Keif, for laying 37 rods of wall,
37 00
A. Hitchings, for 3 months' labor,
105 00
E. Munroe, for wheelwright work, Geo. B. Burrill, for labor,
45 00
Thomas Fitzmorris, for 69 days' labor,
69 00
Martin Day for 48 days' labor, . 48 00
Dennis Collins, for 70 days' labor,
70 00
Thomas Garvin, for 34 days' labor,
34 00
A. Welch, for 3 months' labor, .
162 50
John Lane, for 5} days' labor, . 5 50
105 00
A. Hitchings, for 3 months' labor, Thomas Fitzmorris, for 74 days' labor, Ira Moulton, for mowing grass,
74 00
Dennis Collins, for 76 days' labor,
76 00
Thomas Garvin, for 76 days' labor, A. Welch, for 3 months' labor, John Keif, for laying wall,
76 00
162 50
Mary Runey, for 700 loads of stone,
70 00
John Cary, for 73} days' labor,
73 50
Seward Dodge, for blacksmith work,
19 02
D. A. Marrett, bill of grain,
151 81
G. B. Burrill, for 3 months' labor,
93 00
Garrett Keif, for 75 days' labor, 75 00
John Gary, for 733 days' labor,
73 50
Daniel Crain, for laying 54 rods of wall, . 60 75
John Sargent & Sons, for surveying, 139 25
John Sargent & Sons, for surveying and plans, . 57 53
24 39
14 90
15 00
41 00
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Paid Michael Powers, for 75 days' work, . $87 67
B. Bixby, & Co., for furnishing and driving 337 piles in Miller's River, as per contract, . 758 25
Wm. Rice, for building 494 perch of sea-wall on Miller's River Bridge, . 1,037 40
Edward Brown, Selectmen's order for filling in bridge, 200 00
E. Brown, Selectmen's order for same, 100 00
Geo. S. Adams, for 330 loads of stone, 33 00 O. Dixon, for wood-work on two carts, 85 00
A. Welch, for three months' labor, . 162 50
Thomas Garvin, for seventy-two days' labor, 72 00
Morris Kenevan, for eleven days' labor, 11 00
John McCarty, for twenty-one days' labor, 21 00
Thomas Fitzmorris, for seventy days' labor,
70 00
Geo. B. Burrill, for two months and twenty-six days' labor, . 88 00
Dennis Collins, for forty-six days' labor, 46 00
12 50
B. F. Ricker, for building cess-pool and drain, . Seward Dodge, for ironing two carts and shoeing, Oliver Hastings, for lumber,
149 07
68 75
John Gary, for 72} days' labor,
72 50
John Cary, for 72} days' labor, 72 50 ·
Garrett Keif, for sixty-four days' labor, .
64 00
Michael Powers, for forty-four days' labor, 51 33
Gale, Dudley & Co., for plank, 30 17
Edward Brown, on Selectmen's order for filling in bridge, 503 93
Edward Brown, on Selectmen's order, for same, 45 98
D. A. Marrett, bill of grain and sundries, . ·
120 58
Augustus Hitchings, for three months' labor, 105 00
John Leland, for repairing carts, .
10 50
A. C. Sanborn & Co., for stone roller, .
25 00
A. C. Sanborn & Co., for stone, 14 20
Ivers Hill, for three days' labor, 3 50
J. C. Prentice, for repairing harness, 8 25
J. N. White, for repairing harness, . 6 09
L. Burbank, for one load of sand, .
2 00
Mary Runey, for 172 loads of chip stone, . 17 20
Thomas Fitzmorris, for forty-one days' labor, 41 00
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Paid Thomas Garvin, for thirty-nine days' labor, $39 00
A. Welch, for labor of sundry persons on snow, 36 00
B. F. Hayes, for straw, . 11 76
John Cary, for thirty-one days' labor, 31 00
Michael Powers, for 31} days' labor,
41 42
John Gary, for thirty-one days' labor,
31 00
A. Hitchings, for three months' labor,
105 00
D. A. Marrett, grain bill, .
68 80
D. A. Marrett, for oil,
1 83
Garrett Keif, for 30} days' labor,
30 50
A. W. Tufts, for hay,
12 79
S. Dodge, for shoeing horses,
6 51
A. W. Tufts, for cement, . 5 15
A. Welch, for three months' labor,
162 50
I. W. Tuttle, for work on bridge,
9 75
Benj. Hadley, for brick, .
23 40
Osgood Dane, for chip stone,
10 62
Osgood B. Dane, for stone post and flag stone, . 8 50
Oliver Tufts, for hay,
22 03
Amount expended on highways, $7,626 15
Less by cost of Miller's River Bridge, 3,220 00
Leaving ordinary highway expenditures, . $4,406 15
Poor Account.
Paid Dr. C. I. Putnam, for visit to Fitzmorris, . $1 00
Ann Russell, for board and care of D. McCarty, two weeks, . 8 00
Miller & Hawkins, for goods delivered Mr. Ho- gan, on order, .
3 50
Holt & Hastings, for coal and wood . 11 44
W. H. Rockwell, for board of J. Geddis, one year to August Bd, 1855, 91 67
A. W. Tufts, for coal and wood, 11 75
J. C. Magoun, order for board of Mrs. Beck, 3 00
G. A. & A. L. Sanborn, for goods delivered poor, 3 00
2 00
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Paid F. I .. Raymond, for goods delivered poor, . 6€ 3 26
$7 86
P. Pepper, for rent of house for Mrs. Rhodes, · Meacham, West & Co., for fuel delivered poor, as per order of Overseers,
2 50
30 51
City of Charlestown, for board of Patrick Egan and others, . 122 12
Patrick Loan, for care of babe, 9 50
Hastings & Wellington, for coal, 2 87 C. R. Bowers, for goods delivered poor on order, 5 00 H. Hutchinson's bill of sundries for poor, . 2 84
Hugh Moore, for sundries for poor, . 18 89
J. C. Magoun, for sundries delivered poor, .
9 75
A. W. Tufts, for coal and wood delivered poor, . 15 75 J. B. Tamplin, for rent of house for Mrs. Purring- ton, forty-four weeks, . 22 15
$388 36
Miscellaneous.
Paid I. W. Tuttle, for work on High School-house, $8 00
Henry Guild, for three police badges, · 6 75
Learned, Tompson & Co., for printing by-laws, . 20 00
T. Groom & Co., for stationery, $2.25 ; 9.88, . 12 13
Henry Guild, for two badges,
4 50
J. A. Bolles, for four days' services on Charles River Railroad case, 30 00
Moore & Crosby, for printing votes, 2 50
Edmund Tufts' bill of printing, 93 50
Horace B. Runey, for services at town meetings,
16 00
W. H. Denton, for services at town meeting, 2 00
C. K. Darling, for stationery, .
5 45
Shute & Fiske, for teaming furniture,
5 25
Learned, Tompson & Co., for printing, .
40 75
Daniel Draper, for damages sustained on high- ways, . 90 00
for printing 300 blanks for dog licences, 4 00
Dutton & Wentworth, for printing, . 7 00
J. F. Thayer, for taking census of the town, &c., 98 00
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Paid G. A. & A. L. Sanborn, for carting settees, $0 40 Rufus Littlefield, for use of horse, . 3 00
A. H. Bailey, for damage to his estate on Central Street, caused by widening said street, per order of Selectmen, 350 00
Z. B. Porter, for dinners provided for County Commissioners and Selectmen, 9 00
J. Q. Twombly, for painting engine-house, 64 24
J. G. Roberts & Co., for binding, 2 00
Learned, Tompson & Co., for printing, 28 00
H. B. Runey, for services as police and constable, 54 50 Benjamin Randall, for stock and repairs on en- gine house, . 306 94
John Sargent & Sons, for surveying and plans, . 53 36
J. Q. Twombly, for lettering signs, . ·
15 35
W. W. Willoughby, for damage to estate, caused by widening Central Street, . 80 00
W. W. Wheildon, for printing, . 35 12
J. Q. Twombly, for glazing, 4 27
Charles Linahan, for work done on Linwood St., 100 00
Dr. Knights, amount of tax refunded, 15 58
James Dana, for services as counsel, . 76 25
G. S. Adams, for stone, 8 12
WV. A. Mason, for surveying earth filling, . 14 00
David Russell, for care of Committee-room, 25 00
Ira Thorp, for care of Pound, . 10 00
N. P. Morrison, for 9 loads of stone, 1 80
Chester Guild, for 27 loads of tan,
27 00
Charles E. Gilman, for registering and making returns of births, deaths, and marriages, 22 90 ·
B. Randall's bill of sundries, . . 8 30
B. Randall, for lumber and putting up bell, 16 38
63 85
Hugh Moore, for services as police and constable, Horace B. Runey, for taking births, and distribut- ing notifications, ·
32 50
$1,873 69
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Fire Department.
Paid Geo. A. Clark, for 6 months' services of 40 mem- bers of Co. No. 1, $240 00
C. C. Walden, for 4 office chairs and cushions, 11 00
S. Dodge, for repairs on engine, 1 67
G. A. & A. L. Sanborn, bill of sundries, 2 75
Hunneman & Co., for hose, 14 00
Winship & Roulstone, for badges, straps, &c., 24 02
Union Glass Co., for lamps and lanterns, 7 50
A. Mayo, for 55 keys and lock, .
9 25
Shelton & Cheever, for repairing hose,
3 12
Shelton & Cheever, for repairing hose,
4 31
Engineers, for 6 months' services,
36 00
A. W. Tufts, for coal, $4.25; 8.25, .
12 50
Daniel Kelly & Co., for stove and funnel, .
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