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Gravel and stone for washouts and
sewer, Washington street, 225 OI
W. H. Barnes,
Thirty-seven loads gravel, I 85
Bennett & French,
Lumber used for sewer, 2 80
Lumber and railing labor, Elm street bridge, 21 97
Lumber and labor, water-way, Ger- man hall, . 57 50
Resetting Mason's fence, Washing- ton street, 14 80
16. E. H. Sweet & Co.,
Tax warrants and envelopes, II 75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. 16. W. A. Humes,
Weather strips for Clerk's office, $3 22
W. J. Luther, Surveying for grade, curb and street lines, 109 50
23. E. S. Williams,
Wood for Selectmen's office, 2 00
H. K. W. Allen,
One quarter's salary as Town officer, 150 00
30. Frank I. Babcock,
One quarter's salary as Selectman and Assessor, 150 00
R. Knapp,
One quarter's salary as Treasurer, 125 00
J. H. Sturdy,
Rent from October Ist to Decem- ber 3Ist, 112 50
Perry, Barnes & Co.,
Advertising Registrars' notice, 4 00
Sanford Daggett,
Survey for curb lines and Clifton street bridge, 35 25
1887.
Jan. 6. Aurora Lodge,
Rent of room No. I, six months to date, 72 00
Rent of room No. 2, six months to date, 30 00
Addick Connega,
Care of Clerk's office, 3 00
C. T. Guild, Making copy of Town valuation for State, 75 00
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34
ANNUAL REPORT.
Jan. 6. Winkley, Dresser & Co., Office supplies, $3 62
J. F. Fuller, Carriage hire R. R. Commissioners State Board of Health, II 50
Henry F. Jenks,
Two fountains for Attleboro, 300 00
Akerman & Co., Entry book and I register of voters, 17 75
1
13. James W. Riley,
Warning Town Meeting, 5 00
Police duty, Town Meeting, 4 00
Warning Town Meeting, 5 00
Police duty and returning ballots to Town Clerk, 5 00
N. A. Gas Light Co.,
Falls fountain, 3 50
Falls bridge, 3 50
Selectmen's room, 4 00
L. Taylor,
Freight and teaming for Clerk's office, 2 50
J. C. Ginn & Co.,
I case of drawers for Selectmen's and Town Clerk's office, 53 25
O. M. Draper,
Rebuilding and removing Richards' and Webster's walls, Washington street, 52 25
E. S. Cargill,
Platform and railing for Precinct N., 23 57
Ames Plow Co.,
I dozen No. 7 shovels, 12 60
.
35
ANNUAL REPORT.
Jan. 13. E. S. Cargill,
Resetting L. Jordan's fence, change of grade, $4 30
C. T. Guild,
One-quarter's salary as Selectman and Assessor, 150 00
20. Attleboro Gas Co.,
Town Clerk's office, 8 33
C. K. Darling & Co.,
Tax book, 4 50
Cash box, Town Clerk, 2 25
E. S. Williams,
Wood, Selectmen's room,
3 00
Henry Rice,
Insurance for High school building, 67 50
W. F. Shattuck,
Repairs Town Clerk's office, 4 38
Repairs voting precinct, 3 47
27. Charles S. Soules,
Massachusetts reports, 36 00
Thomas P. McDonnough,
Registering 27 births, 6 75
H. S. Kilby, Registering I birth, 25
George Mackie,
Registering 5 births, I 25
Laura V. G. Mackie,
Registering 48 births,
12 00
H. C. Bullard,
Registering 33 births,
8 25
J. R. Foster,
Registering 39 births,
9 75
Burden & Gerould,
Registering 48 births, 12 00
36
ANNUAL REPORT.
Jan. 27. Bronson & Roberts, Registering 2 births, $ 50
Charles S. Holden,
Registering 7 births,
I 75
Mary Battershall, Registering 62 births, 15 50
J. B. Gorman,
County Commissioner, 2 50
Feb.
3.
L. M. Stanley,
Returning deaths,
22 50
E. R. Read,
Insurance on Pleasant street school house, 19 00
Addick Connega,
Care of Clerk's office, 3 85
4. Margaret Murphy,
Damage to buggy and harness, 22 25
IO. N. A. Gas Light Co.,
Selectmen's room, 3 25
Falls fountain, 3 00
Falls bridge, 3 00
S. P. Lathrop,
Salary as Overseer of Poor, 50 00
G. B. Fittz,
Salary as Overseer of Poor, 50 00
G. B. Fittz,
Postage and office supplies, 4 30
C. T. Guild,
Salary as Overseer of Poor, 50 00
Fuel for Selectmen's room, IO 40
L. T. Starkey,
Repairs at Selectmen's office, 5 00
William M. Hall,
Ash can and repairing stove, I 85
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. 24.
E. A. Wilson,
Cleaning sewer wells, $26 09 Perry & Barnes, Bill heads, blanks forms and print- ing, 18 80
$17,853 79
Current,
$8,351 54
Incidental,
9,502 25
-- $17,853 79
EDUCATIONAL.
STATEMENT.
DR.
Unexpended balance March 1, 1886, $880 63 Appropriation, School fund, Dog fund,
30,000 00
127 IO
1,034 67
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$32,042 40
CR.
Paid teachers' salaries,
$24,616 16
Janitors' services,
2,837 83
" Music,
1,100 00
" Fuel,
2,156 36
Unexpended balance,
1,332 05
--- $32,042 40
38
ANNUAL REPORT.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCY.
DR.
March I. Unexpended balance, 1886, $580 46
Appropriation,
1,500 00
$2,080 46
CR.
April 9. H. M. Maxson, Superintendent's salary, $125 00
May 16. H. M. Maxson,
Superintendent's salary, 125 00
June 3. H. M. Maxson,
Superintendent's salary, 150 00
June 24. H. M. Maxson, Superintendent's salary, 175 00
Aug. 5. H. M. Maxson, Superintendent's salary, 150 00
Sept. 2. H. M. Maxson, Superintendent's salary, 150 00
Oct. 8. H. M. Maxson, Superintendent's salary, 150 00
Nov. 4.
H. M. Maxson, Superintendent's salary, 150 00
Dec. 9.
H. M. Maxson, Superintendent's salary, 150 00 1887.
Jan. 6. H. M. Maxson, Superintendent's salary, 150 00
Feb. 3.
H. M. Maxson, Superintendent's salary, 150 00
Feb. 24. H. M. Maxson, Superintendent's salary, 150 00 Unexpended balance, 305 46
$2,080 46
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ANNUAL REPORT.
INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL.
DR.
March 1. Appropriation, $1,500 00
CR.
March 4. George E. Osgood,
Services on School Board, 12 00
Car fare, 2 00
M. O. Wheaton,
Postage and express, 1 00
W. Henry Kling,
Services as Secretary of School Committee for year ending March 2d, 1886, 50 00
Harvey Clap,
Services on School Board,
6 25
Car fare, 1 00
Byron R. Hill,
Services on School Board,
6 25
Car fare, I IO
April 8. Atwell Brothers,
Repairs on organ, Dodgeville school, I 50
A. G. Slocum,
Repairs on clock, South Main street school, I 50
H. A. Bodman & Son,
Tuning and repairing organ, Peck street school, 6 50
Perry, Barnes & Co.,
500 extra School reports, 25 00
40
ANNUAL REPORT.
April 8. N. A. Gas Light Co., Gas, High school, $2 75
H. M. Maxson,
Freight, express, postage and tele- grams, 46 67
M. S. Rogers, gum labels,
3 75
George S. Perry,
Floor brushes, dust pans, etc.,
45 33
19. A. R. Briggs,
Repairing clocks, I 50
Moving Seats, I 50
22. Attleboro Gas Light Co., Peck street school, 2 48
M. T. Rogers & Co.,
Two microscopes, 5 00
N. A. Gas Light Co.,
High street school, 2 25
J. N. Franklin,
Pails, brushes, etc., Bank street school, 3 45
B. Porter, Jr.,
Envelopes and postage stamps, 15 54
Attleboro Fire District,
Water, Bank street school, 4 00
Sanford street school, 4 00
South Main street school, 6 00
May 6. George H. Herrick,
Repairing clock at Farmers, 1 00
William M. Hall,
Snow and coal shovels, and knobs, 2 00
Clasps and staple, hook and pad- lock, 4 80
20. N. A. Gas Light Co.,
High street school, 2 50
4I
ANNUAL REPORT.
May 20. John Crehan,
Removing ashes, Peck street school, $2 50 M. O. Wheaton,
Labor at Peck street school grounds, I 45
Mrs. W. H. Hardin, Bottle and acid, I
J. W. Gifford & Co.,
One basin, Dodgeville school, 40
Tweezers and bean pots, Peck street school, 3 44
Dippers and file, Peck street school, I 20
Charcoal hod, South Main street school, I 25
Richard Donnell,
Removing rubbish from Bank street school, 3 00
Removing ashes from Park and School street schools, 10 00
C. J. Allen,
Cleaning school house vaults at North Attleboro, 16 00
Cleaning school house vaults at
Holmes, Ellis, Oldtown, Turn- pike and Adamsdale, 10 00
Mrs. Rohrbach, Cleaning Ellis school house, I 50
Richard Donnell,
Removing rubbish from Park and School street school grounds, 2 50
June 3. Perry, Barnes & Co.,
Printing, 5 25
John Crehan,
Cleaning stone and rubbish from Sanford street school grounds, 9 00
42
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 3. A. G. Slocum,
Repairing clock, Sanford st. school, $1 00
24. N. A. Gas Light Co., High street school, 2 50
Susie L. Gordon, Labelling books, 8 25
Mrs. Henry Clark,
Cleaning Adamsdale school house, 2 50
George H. Herrick, Repairing clock at Farmers, I OO
R. Knapp & Co., Brooms, I 30
Mattie J. Swift,
Cleaning school house, New Boston, 5 20
A. S. Bishop, Two stools, 2 70
Two dusters, 2 50
Rand, Avery & Co., Printing diplomas, 12 00
July 8. Frank De Lisle,
Lettering diplomas, 9 45
H. A. Bodman & Son,
Carting and use of piano at Wam- sutta Opera house, IO 00
Carting and use of piano at Second Congregational church, 8 00
H. J. Whittemore,
Chorus music for High school grad- ations, 6 88
N. A. Gas Light Co.,
High school, 2 00
H. B. Davenport, Use of Wamsutta hall, 26 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
July 8. James Gilbride,
Cleaning cellars, Bank and High street schools, $9 00
Aug. 5. David Dooley, Labor on school grounds, North Attleboro, 6 00
George F. Knowles,
Cleaning City school house, 5 00
Cleaning City school house lot, 9 40
Hebron Store, One broom, 25
Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
Peck street school, 2 03
John Crehan,
Cleaning vaults, Sanford street school, 3 00
Sept. 2. M. O. Wheaton,
Express on books, I 55
Elijah Capron,
Services as Truant Officer,
21 00
James Gilbride,
Cleaning school rooms at Bank and
High streets, 36 days, 54 00
Cleaning yards, 9 00
Paint for furnace, I 50
Martha S. Wood,
Services on School Committee, IO 42
Car fare, I 45
9. Cyrus King,
Cleaning house and yard, South Main street, 10 80
Albert Williams,
Cleaning Farmers' school house, 4 50
44
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. 9. N. A. Fire District No. I,
Water, Park street school house, $9 00
School "
16 00
High
10 00
Bank
" No. 2, 10 00
Bank 66 " No. I, 10 00
A. R. Briggs,
Cleaning Falls school house, 29 00
George Savage,
Cleaning school houses, Park and School streets, 37 50
J. N. Franklin,
Hose and pipe, High street school house, 5 75
Chester A. Read,
Services drawing contract between George A. Hancock & Co. and Committee, 6 00
E. H. Sweet & Co.,
Printing graduation programmes and advertising school notice, II 65
Earle & Prew Express Co., Express on books, 5 70
Albert Williams,
Cleaning Peck street school house, 16 50
George W. Horton, cleaning Sanford street school house and cellar, 30 00
23. William M. Hall,
Hammer, lock, border cutter, etc., John H. Jilson,
3 40
Two 8-day clocks, Bank street, II OO
Repairing clock, Bank street, I 00
J. Horton,
Cleaning Turnpike school house, 2 40
45
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. 23. M. O. Wheaton, Express on desks, $5 99
George Cotton, Ribbons for diplomas, 1 15
Attleboro Machine Co., Water piping Peck street school, 17 07
E. H. Sweet & Co.,
Stamped envelopes and printing, 15 00
Printing blanks for teachers' reports, 3 50
Mrs. Rohrback,
Cleaning Oldtown school house, 2 50
ยท Belcher & Loomis,
Rope for fire escape, Sanford street school house, 5 40
Cory Brothers,
Rent of piano, Peck street school, 32 50
Rent of piano, High street school, 25 00
Oct. 8. James Gilbride,
Cleaning school buildings, 9 00
Earle & Prew Express Co.,
Express on books, 3 60
Perry, Barnes & Co.,
High school programmes, 8 75
Advertising notice, 1 00
Advertising school notice, I 75
600 postal cards and printing,
IO 75
1,000 note heads and printing, 3 25
Teachers pay roll blanks, 4 00
Margaret Murphy,
Cleaning Hebronville school house,
2 40
David Cavanaugh,
Cleaning up ashes, Hebronville school, 3 00
46
ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct. 8. J. N. Franklin,
Stove and coal hod, Ellis schools, $34 02 Setting meter, pipe and elbows, North Attleboro, 13 78
20. N. A. Gas Light Co., Gas at High street school, I 50
C. E. Jordan,
Cleaning Holmes school house, 4 75
Nov. II. J. W. Gifford & Co.,
One step ladder, I 40
One galvanized ash barrel, 3 25
Keys, coal hod and sifter, 3 35
L. Taylor,
Teaming three lots of freight, I 00
Attleboro Gas Light Co., Gas Peck street school, 3 38
William H. Smith,
Cleaning school house yard, Dodge- ville, 10 00
N. A. Fire District No. I,
Three 5-8 inch water meters, 45 00
Water, October 1, 1886 to April I, 1887, High street school, 10 00
Water, October 1, 1886, to April I, 1887, Bank street school, 5 00
Water, October 1, 1886, to April I,
1887, School street school, 5 00
Water, October 1, 1886, to April I, 1887, Park street school, 5 00
Dec. 9. N. A. Gas Light Co.,
Gas, from October Ist, to Novem- ber Ist, High school, 2 00
Gas, from November Ist, to Decem- ber Ist, High school, 2 25
47
ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. 9. Attleboro Fre District,
Water for Peck street school, $8 00
Sanford 8 00
Pine 8 00
So. Main 6 00
C. T. Guild,
Making list of school children,
North District, 25 00
H. M. Maxson, from April 7 to Dec. 7,
Expenses looking for teachers, 27 58
Paying substitute teachers, 1 00
Postage stamps,
4 31
Telegrams,
4 36
Expresses,
16 76
Postal cards,
34
Books, bags and nails,
2 49
Ladd & Hennigan,
One lantern globe, Park st. school, 15
Earl & Prew Express Co.,
Express, 3 40
1887.
Jan. 7. A. G. Slocum,
Repairing clock, Peck street school, I 50
F. I. Babcock, and est. of Job. B. Savery, Making a list of school children, East District, 25 00
Feb. 3. Walter S. Allen,
Removing tree from Holmes school yard, 1 00
N. A. Gas Light Co.,
Gas, North High school, 4 00
M. O. Wheaton,
Services as School Committee, 25 00
J. W. Gifford & Co.,
Labor at Peck street school house, I IO
48
ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. 3. J. W. Gifford & Co.,
Furnace grate, Hebronville school, $4 75 Shovel and poker, Perry school, 40
Stove lining and labor, Farmers school, I 75
Labor on water pipe, South Main street school, 25
Attleboro Gas Light Co., Gas, East High school, 4 05
A. R. Briggs,
Cleaning clock, Farmers school, 1 00
A. G. Whitcomb,
Two tables, 12 00
Two and one-half dozen ink covers, I 04
O. D. Case & Co.,
Drawer pulls. 30
4. M. O. Wheaton,
Postage, 55
Express, 85
Repairs on fire escape, I 50
24. N. A. Gas Light Co.,
Pipe and labor, High street school, 82
H. S. Kilby,
Services as School Committee, 25 00
Traveling expenses, 2 25
Byron R. Hill,
Services as School Committee, 25 00
Incidental expenses, 8 15
N. A. Gas Light Co.,
Gas for December, High school, 2 75
Gas for January, High school, 3 25
George E. Osgood,
Salary as School Committee, 25 00
49
ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. 24.
George E. Osgood,
Salary as Secretary School Com- mittee, $50 00
Postage, car fare, etc., 3 50
Carpenter & Co.,
Floor brush, Dodgeville school, 2 00
Lidora E. Briggs,
Services as School Committee 25 00
Car fare, 2 00
Leda J. Thompson,
Services as School Committee, II 42
Wood & Parker,
Mica, wood and labor, 3 00
Unexpended balance, I2
$1,500 00
TEXT BOOK AND SUPPLIES.
DR.
Appropriation,
$2,500 00
From sale of books, 160 00
$2,660 00
CR.
April 8. Charles H. Whiting,
Swinton outlines and stories of England, $9 44
One Webster's dictionary, 8 25
Harper & Brothers,
Two Homer dictionaries,
I 64
George S. Perry,
Twenty-five gross Gillott's pens, 9 50
Paper and books and spelling blanks, 62 91
50
ANNUAL REPORT.
April 8. Harrison Hume,
Twenty-six Swinton outlines his- tory, $31 20
Clark & Maynard, Ten Shakespeares, 2 10
Ten classics, 84
Cowperthwait & Co.,
Seventy-five Monroe's readers, 28 75
D. Appleton & Co.,
Zimmer's botany, primers of Rome,
Roscoe's chemistry and wings and fins, 62 39
J. L. Hammett,
Twenty-five reams Banker's linen
paper, 21 25
Twelve reams Legal letter paper, 15 60
Fourteen reams Legal cap paper, 5 60
Thompson, Brown & Co., Book-keeping books, 68 75
Winkley, Dresser & Co.,
Thirty dozen composition books, 22 50
Ginn & Co.,
Swiss Family Robinson, etc., 15 37
Lee & Shepard,
Twenty-five readers, 13 50
Carroll W. Clark,
Thirty-two human body, 20 00
E. H. Sweet & Co., Register slips, etc., 9 00
Harrison Hume, Gray's botany, 5 70
J. L. Hammett,
Fifteen dozen parquetry, twenty
dozen paper blocks, 21 06
51
ANNUAL REPORT.
April 8. Charles H. Whiting,
Hygiene for young people, $11 67
May 6. Holden Book Cover Co.,
1,450 school book covers, 17 60
William Ware & Co.,
Fifty Franklin readers, 12 50
D. C. Heath & Co.,
Shepards & Steele's chemistry, 24 67
Warren P. Adams,
Fifty-three elementary rhetorics, 20 84
June 24. George S. Perry,
Three reams special ruled paper, 4 50
D. Appleton & Co., Roscoe's chemistry,
7 34
1
Ginn & Co.,
Twenty-five Franklin readers, 6 25
Handy Package Dye Co.,
Twenty-four dozen H. P. ink powder, 16 00
J. L. Hammett, Slate pencils, I 60
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Twenty-five stories (Grandfather's Chair,) 9 56
John Allyn,
Three Keeps' Iliads,
3 75
July 8. A. R. Block,
Red and black ink, 3 0I
Sept. 2. Mrs. W. H. Hardin, Bottle and acid, I 55
9. Harrison Hume, Primer slates, 4 38
George S. Perry,
Fifteen gross pencils, 18 75
Ten gross drawing pencils, 25 00
52
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. 9. George S. Perry,
One case slate pencils, $18 00
Twenty reams C. exercise paper, 6 00
Fifteen reams Legal letter paper, 19 50
Six dozen note pads, 5 00
800 blank exercise books,
24 00
Waste baskets, sand belts and en- velopes, 15 98
George F. King & Merrill,
Two cases of crayons, 16 00
Oliver Ditson,
145 music readers, net, 49 30
Warren P. Adams,
100 Patterson's grammars, 41 67
Harrison Hume,
215 dozen writing books and read- ers, 135 88
Primer slates,
2 92
George F. King & Merrill,
Thirty reams of half sheets,
30 60
George F. King, Two cases of slates,
8 00
23. J. L. Hammett,
Seven gross pen-holders, 6 30
Three gross pen wipers, 5 64
250 Acme slate covers,
15 00
Five lbs. sponges,
4 50
Twenty boxes colored sticks, 4 50
400 blotters, 2 00
George S. Perry,
500 composition books, 17 50
One doz. agate wash basins, 3 69
One doz. pulp pails, 4 00
One doz. counter brushes, 3 50
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53
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. 23. George S. Perry, One doz. floor brushes, $18 00
William Ware & Co.,
195 Ware's new pronouncing spellers, 34 46
George F. King & Co.,
Three gross pen-holders, 2 70
Twenty gross No. I pens, 13 50
Twenty-five gross Harvard pens, 7 50
Sponges and rubbers, IO 40
Nineteen reams paper, 8 55
One doz. Bacon's mucilage, 75
M. T. Rogers & Co.,
Fifteen English compositions, 10 80
Fourteen Greek prose, 3 20
Harper Brothers., Seventy-five introductory geogra-
phies, 26 25
Seventy-five school geographies, 60 00
A. R. Block,
Binding school-books, 9 15
26. Charles H. Whiting,
Forty Bartley's songs for school, 20 00
Oct. 8. F. M. Ambrose,
Thirty-nine Lipps' Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th readers, 13 75
Educational Supply Co.,
Small supplies, 12 67
Acid and bottles, 9 90
Prang's Educational Co., Eighty-four school squares, seven and one-half dozen compasses, two dozen compass pencils, net, 23 54
54
ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct. 8. George S. Perry, slates, composition books and covering paper, $34 75
J. L. Hammett, Four boxes tile, 6 00
Two gross pen-wipers, 3 76
Writers Publishing Co., Examination cards, 1 00
George F. King & Co.,
Two gross rules, I 85
One dictionary, 8 17
Harper Brothers,
Twenty-five school geographies, 20 00
J. W. Gifford & Co., Window brushes, etc., I 07
Nov. II. C. H. Whiting,
Five French books, 3 35
Seventy-five Psalms, 3 00
Interstate Publishing Co., Primers, 5 21
Clark & Maynard,
Sixty arithmetics, 30 90
De Wolfe, Fisk & Co., Histories, 13 60
James W. Gifford & Co., Water pails, 52
E. H. Sweet & Co.,
1,400 school reports and envelopes, 13 95
Warren P. Adams, First, second and third readers, 14 08
Dec. 9. E. O. Vaile,
Forty copies the week's current, 5 10
William Ware & Co.,
Forty Worcesters' new pronounc- ing spellers, net, 6 00
55
ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. 9. William Ware & Co., 250 Scudder's U. S., net, $125 91
305 Scudder's U. S., net, (less goods returned,) 84 98
George S. Perry,
Thirty reams C. exercise paper, 9 00
Six dozen letter blocks, 5 00
Six dozen rubbers, 4 50
Two dozen ink well covers,
80
One and two-third gross pen-wipers, 3 34
Five reams legal letter paper, 6 50
Crayons, 18 30
D. C. Heath & Co.,
I 20 progressive maps of Europe, I 62
E. J. Stanley, Gaskill's atlas, 8 50
Ginn & Co.,
Twenty fairy tales, 8 33
Twenty-three volumes Shakespeare, 8 00
Nineteen third edition T. English, IO 26
Lee & Shepard, 200 Blaisdell's physiology, 34 25
Carl Schoenhof,
Five Charles XII., 3 00
George Herrick, Two clocks, 9 00
George F. King & Co.,
Fifteen reams practice paper,
6 75
Fifty-five lbs. assorted blanks, 6 05
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, Arithmetics, 61 10
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
Ten wonder books, boards, 3 40
Clark & Maynard,
Twenty-nine Shakespeares, 7 14
56
ANNUAL REPORT.
1887.
Jan.
6. E. H. Sweet & Co.,
One hundred pamphlets for analysis, $12 00 A. R. Block,
Rubber stamp and record book, 5 63
T. E. Hancock & Co., One looking-glass, 85
Perry, Barnes & Co.,
500 slips, School Committee, 2 00
Twenty-five sheets card board, I 25
Jennie S. Horton, Sundries for Turnpike school, I 65
Feb. 3. Harper Brothers,
Twenty introductory geographies, 7 00
Fifteen R. Shakespeare, 6 35
Horace Partridge,
Ten dozen transparent slates, 7 50
Leach, Shewell, Sanborn & Co., Thirty G. arithmetics, etc., 19 07
D. Appleton & Co.,
One set Appleton's reading charts, 10 00
Ginn & Co.,
Three Homers, 2 75
George F. King & Co.,
Thirty reams practice paper, 13 50
DeWolfe Fiske & Co., Webster's dictionary,
8 40
Newcomb's astronomy, 3 34
Oliver Ditson & Co.,
Sixty-five American music readers, 22 10
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
Tanglewood tales, 3 40
Silver Rogers & Co.,
Two Homers, 2 55
One chart, 3 00
57
ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. 3. Silver Rogers & Co., One Nims globe, $8 00
Six modulators, 5 00
Interstate Publishing Co.,
Seventy-five Interstate primers, twenty-five grammar school, 17 63
J. L. Hammett,
Blotters and busy-work tiles, IO 50
Paper and sponges, 14 97
Tablets and designs, 2 51
Thompson & Brown,
Seventy-five reams blank S. and E.,
31 25
Forty 66
66
26 67
Ten
66 66
4 17
Ten 66 66 66
5 00
Twenty stories, England, 14 17
Harrison Hume,
Outline history,
7 38
George S. Perry,
Twenty-five gross Perry's pencils, No. 713, 31 50
One gross Perry's pencils, No. 4,
2 50
One ream drab cover paper,
9 00
100 letter size blocks,
7 50
100 note size blocks,
6 50
Fifty note blocks, plain,
2 50
500 composition books,
17 50
300 extra books,
9 60
Eight Ostrich dusters,
10 00
Twenty-four dozen small books, 4 00
Twenty gross No. 404 pens, 7 60
Ten gross No. 351 pens,
5 00
One dozen pulp pails, 4 00
One dozen brooms,
4 00
58
ANNUAL REPORT.
Feb. 3. George S. Perry,
Fifty-four press. comp., $4 32
One gross red ink, 3 00
250 sheets bristol, IO 50
One ream B. cap,
I 68
One dozen thermometers, I 62
Two dozen mucilage,
I 80
Six door mats,
10 00
Ten anatomical charts, 27 00
Four anatomical chart springs, 18 00
24. A. C. Stockin,
Readers, 18 46
Charles H. Whiting,
Primers, 3 92
Cowperthwait & Co., Readers, 89 18
Harper & Bros.,
Twenty school geographies, 16 00
Charles H. Whiting,
Primers, 43 59
Thompson Brown,
Book-keeping, 2 67
Unexpended balance, 60 51
$2,660 00
SCHOOL REPAIRS.
DR.
March I. Appropriation, $3,000 00
CR.
March 4. N. N. Plath,
Repairing water pipe, School street school, 14 42
59
ANNUAL REPORT.
March 4. N. N. Plath,
Set new grade, Park street school, $15 40 Repairing steam pipe, School street school, II 70
James W. Gifford & Co.,
Repairs at Sanford street school, 29 00
66 Peck 2 56
Briggsville 75
Nye Brothers,
Repairs at Peck street school, 14 85
Repairs at Sanford street school, 3 65
Cornell Brothers,
Repairs at Sanford street school,
1 70
E. S. Cargill,
Repairs on Bank street school, 82 24
High 4 80
Falls
8 72
N. N. Plath,
Repairs on steam heating apparatus at School street school, 56 03
Repairs at Falls school, 4 87
Repairs at Bank street school,
6 14
April 8. A. Andrews,
Repairs at High school house,
8 38
George W. Hopkins,
Repairs, Park st. school house,
I 76
High st. 54 83
66
Bank st. No. 1, 4 00
Bank st. No. 2, 7 15
William M. Hall,
Fitting up room at High school for teaching chemistry, 36 0I
Charles S. Pierce,
Repairs, plastering Park street school house, 10 00
60
ANNUAL REPORT.
April 8. W. F. Shattuck,
Building tables at Peck street school house, $50 94
N. N. Plath,
Repairs at School street school house, 4 89
New grate, Park street school house, 6 25
J. W. Gifford & Co.,
Repairs at Hebronville school house, 3 33
N. N. Plath,
Repairs at High street school house, 2 25
22. Attleboro Fire District,
Repairs on Peck street meter, 5 15
Attleboro Machine Co., Fitting Peck street school, Gas and water, 32 90
May 6. William M. Hall,
Furnace damper and labor, I 25
E. A. White,
Material and labor, Oldtown school, 2 75
Material and labor, Ellis school, 2 00
20. W. F. Shattuck,
Repairs at Briggsville school, 3 07
J. W. Gifford & Co.,
Grate plates, Peck street school, 8 04
Repairs on heating apparatus, San- ford street school, 8 27
June 3. Alonzo Barnes, Repairing bell, wheel, etc., I 00
W. F. Shattuck,
Repairs at Peck street school house, 15 08
IO. A. H. Andrews & Co., Casting, 8 00
61
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 24. Carpenter & Co.,
Glass and putty, $2 15
J. L. Hammett, Repairing black boards, 5 00
Cornell Brothers, Repairing Peck street school house, 7 38
George F. Knowles, Repairs on City school house, 13 40
Aug. 5. G. A. Sweeney,
Repairing East High school,
75
W. M. Hall, Gas fitting North High school, I 38
Sept. 2. George A. Hancock,
One combination hot air and steam heater put into Park street school house, 800 00
9. A. G. Whitcomb,
Desks and chairs, 139 20
Four dozen inks, 4 00
James Fleming,
Painting fence, Adamsdale school, 27 00
Repairing ceiling, Oldtown school, I 00
E. A. White, .
Labor on Adamsdale school fence, 12 57
H. B. Wood,
Lumber for Adamsdale school fence, N. N. Plath,
31 74
One No. 2 boiler, East High school, 500 00
One set fire tools, extra, 8 00
18. J. P. Cornell,
Painting Peck street school house, 450 00
Glass and setting, 5 80
23. Whittemore, Couch & Co., 450 lbs. black board material, 27 00
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62
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. 23. A. H. Andrews & Co., Desks, $70 00
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