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FIRE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
Dr.
1892. To Amount received of Samuel M. Holman, Collector on ac- count of Fire District Num- ber One, $10,615 44
To Amount received of John Thacher, Collector on ac- count of Fire District Num- ber One, 4,500 00
$15,115 44
Cr.
By Amount paid Mark O. Wheaton, Treasurer of Fire District Number One, $15, 115 44
$15, 115 44
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ANNUAL REPORT.
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND NOTES JAN. 1, 1893.
Bonds due July, 1894. $25,000 00
Bonds due April. 1895. 40,000 00
Bonds due April. 1897. 35,000 00
$100,000 00
No. Attleborough's proportion of bonds, $37,070 00 Attleborough's proportion of bonds. 62,930 00
$100,000 00
Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston, note dated April 20, 1891. at 4 per cent. $10,000 00 E. R. Price, Treasurer of Attleborough Savings Bank, note dated July 10, IS91, at 4 per cent. 5,000 00
George A. Marden, State Treasurer. note dated December 2. 1892, at 4 per cent. 30,000 00
. $45,000 00
JOHN T. BATES. Treasurer.
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Report of Committee on Parks.
The committee to whom was referred the subject of public parks respectfully submit that they believe that the time has arrived when this town should take some action looking towards the securing to the town some suitable locations for a public park.
Therefore we recommend that the town adopt the provisions of chapter 154 of the Public Statutes. Having accepted this act, park commissioners can be elected, and the choice of sites and the consideration of plans for parks, can be considered, and if acceptable to the town action can be taken in accordance with the provisions of the above act.
E. S. HORTON, J. M. FISHER, L. M. STANLEY, PHILIP BRADY, WILLIAM J. LUTHER.
Attleborough, Mass., Feb. 18, 1893.
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Report of L. MD. Stanley, Oil IInspetor.
ATTLEBOROUGH, Jan. 21, 1893.
On the inspection of the oil sold in town by the Standard Oil Company. I find that the flash is at 118º, ignition 129°, law requires 100°, ignition 115°.
L. M. STANLEY,
Oil Inspector.
Report of Committee on Drainage.
To the Citizens of Attleborough:
GENTLEMEN: Your committee which was appointed at the last annual town meeting to secure for the town permission from the State Board of Health to construct a drain in the east- erly part of the town extending through the valley of Thacher brook, submittted to the State Board of Health a plan which indicated the location of the main drain and the grade to which the water would be lowered by such a drain.
We received the following reply:
OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, 13 BEACON ST.,
BOSTON, FEB. 6, 1893.
To the Committee on Drainage of the Town of Attleborough: GENTLEMEN: The State Board of Health has considered your application with regard to the drainage of that portion of village and town located on the watershed of Thacher Brook, so-called.
The plan submitted shows the general character of the pro- posed improvement, which provides for lowering the channel of Thacher Brook either in its present or a new location, and the substitution a portion of a way of a covered drain for the open channel.
It is understood from the statements made by your com- mittee, that it is not proposed to turn any sewage into this
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channel, but that the sewerage system when constructed will convey the sewage in separate pipes in some other direction. Your committee has also indicated that it is very desirable to lower the level of the ground water in the upper part of the Thacher Brook watershed and near the central portion of the village, in order to avoid damp or wet cellars, and thereby to improve the sanitary condition of this portion of the town. The high level of the ground water in this part of the village is also shown upon a plan previously submitted to the board giving the level of the ground water.
The board finds that the plan now proposed is one to be commended. It is certainly very desirable for sanitary reasons that the level of the ground water in the built-up portions of this watershed should be lowered, and it is wise to provide for the improvement of the lower portions of this brook before the design and location of a new channel are hampered and the cost increased by the construction of streets and building in the vicinity of the brook.
In addition to the improvement of the main channel the plan also indicates where branch drains emptying into the brook may be built in the streets in its vicinity. It would be desira- ble before constructing these drains that a complete system of sewerage should be designed for at least this portion of the town, both because the level of the ground water might be lowered by underdrains placed beneath the sewers, thereby ren- dering separate drainage channels unnecessary, and because the drains might otherwise be placed at such a height as to inter- fere with the proper grading of the system of sewers. These suggestions with regard to the branch drains may also be ap- plicable to the extreme upper end of the main drain. By order of the Board,
SAMUEL W. ABBOTT, Secretary.
Your committee, with the advice of the State Board of Health, believe it advisable that the drainage plan herein con-
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sidered shall be constructed to carry only ground water and sur- face water and exclude all sewage.
By this plan the drain can be built as an open drain throughout the greater part of its length, and at that part which would require for a closed drain the largest sized and most ex- pensive pipe,-namely the lower end of the drain. Then when- ever the sewage of this district is provided for, a sewer can be built as a separate system, which need be no larger than is necessary to dispose of the sewage, of the area included in this district, and it can be carried to whatever point may be selected for the final outlet of the general sewerage system which must be eventually provided for Attleborough. In designing a sewerage system for Attleborough it is probable that the seperate system would be adopted.
First-Because when only the sewage is allowed to enter the sewers and the rainfall is removed in separate drains either on or below the surface of the ground much smaller pipes can be used for the sewers, thus effecting a considerable saving in first cost.
Second-When small pipes are used for the sewers which are of proper sizes the flow through such pipes serves to keep them much more free from sediment, and deposits and leaves less room for the accumulation of sewer gases than in large pipes where the rainfall and sewage are both provided for.
Third-A complete system of sewerage for the town would probably provide some way for purifying the sewage either by precipitation, irrigation or intermittent filtration.
Whichever method is adopted it will be a matter of economy to the town to have to treat only the sewage proper leaving the rainfall to pass to the river through other drains without such treatment.
In the establishing of a complete system of sewerage for this town the valley of Thacher Brook would undoubtedly con- stitute one of the largest and probably the largest of the districts into which the village would be divided and until it has been determined by what method and at what point the sewage shall finally be disposedof the construction of a drain for surface and
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ground water only, will drain this district so that it can be util- ized and developed for buildings. And at the same time such a drain would become a part of the complete drainage and sew- erage plan, which will be finally adopted by the town.
In connection with this drain it will be advisable to build a street parallel with and next to the drain. The open drain from Park street to South Main street should be so built that the sides would have a slope not greater than 25° so that grass may be made to grow on the sides. Then the street can be built either on both sides of the drain or brook or on one side.
If this is accomplished a street will be secured which will provide a convenientt and direct means of passage through this district.
The sewer when built can be located in the street. The street can be built partly at least, from the material excavated in digging for the drain.
The brook or drain would then become a pleasant feature of this district, while if no such plan is carried out the brook will soon become a nuisance, flowing through back yards with uneven grade, having stretches of stagnant water, accumulating filth, every year becoming more and more a menace to the health of the town, retarding the development of the district while such streets as might be laid out near the ditch, and the houses which might be built on such street would furnish obstacles to the final adoption of the plan suggested above that will in- crease the cost each year it is delayed.
The owners of property over which such a street would pass have been interviewed, and nearly every one if not all have readily consented to give the land required in making improve- ments under the above plan.
The City of Newton has recently been making improve- ments very much in line of those suggested above, and we are informed that the results accomplished have been most satisfac- tory while the cost has been very reasonable.
The importance of immediate action in this matter (if the future growth of our village is to be encouraged and directed in an intelligent manner), will be realized when we remember the
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following facts which were stated in the previous report on this subject:
"Thacher Brook and its tributaries drain a watershed the area of which is between 1, 500 and 1, 800 acres.
Eight hundred acres of this watershed lie within fifteen hundred feet of the line of the brook, and average less than four thousand feet distant from the Attleborough Postoffice.
This land, if properly drained, would become available for building purposes and would increase the valuation of the town to no inconsiderable extent.
The area of land in the village of Attleborough drained by the Thacher Brook is nearly, if not quite, equal to that drained by the Ten Mile River.
Surprising as this statement may seem, yet if we consider that the watershed of the Ten Mile River extends but little east of North and South Main streets we can readily see that in the future development of Attleborough the drainage of nearly one-half its area must be along the line of Thacher Brook."
Your committee recommends that the town at once secure a location for a drain from South Main street to Forest street along the line of Thacher Brook, and that from South Main street to Park street the location be wide enough for both a street and drain as suggested above.
Also that an appropriation be made that this work may be begun and so much of it completed as may be accomplished with the appropriation made. Respectfully submitted,
W. J. LUTHER, E. S. HORTON, FRANK I. BABCOCK, ORVILLE P. RICHARDSON, CHARLES PHILLIPS.
Report of The Board of health
The Boards of Health in the towns of the commonwealth, established by law and clothed with great authority, find their chief function to consist in enforcing the laws established by the State, and in making and carrying out such sanitary rules as best provide for the welfare of their respective communities. These requirements the Board in Attleborough has tried to fulfil. Early in the spring regulations were adopted and made public ; these have been willingly complied with, so there has been no occasion for friction or the enforcement of severe measures.
The town has been free from epidemics of all kinds. The few cases of contagious diseases that arose were investigated and cared for; the Board acting on the theory that prompt attention to each case though isolated, was wiser than waiting until more cases should be reported; thus endeavoring to save Attleborough the experience of other towns. This vigilance on the part of the Board has stimulated the physicians to promptly report their cases, and has aroused a popular sentiment that has approved of and supported the measures adopted.
The usual statistical tables are appended. They are worthy of attention and consideration. The cases of typhoid fever re- ported from Dodgeville exceed in number those reported from all the rest of the town. It will be our endeavor should we con- tinue in office to suggest measures that will improve the sanitary condition of this village. Respectfully submitted.
J. W. BATTERSHALL, Chairman.
E. S. HORTON,
C. S. HOLDEN, Secretary.
Board of Healthı.
TABLE I .- CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED.
NUMBER OF CASES EACH MONTH.
DISEASES.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
Diphtheria. .
5
1
N
8
Scarlet Fever.
A
2
N
1
I
1
N
14
Typhoid Fever .. .
-
3
N
12
6
N
26
Total . .
IO
I
N
6
3
13
6
2
4
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LOCALITY.
DISEASES.
.
Typhoid Fever . .
Scarlet Fever. .
Diphtheria.
....
.
1
I
Capron street.
1
1
East street.
2
N
Union street.
I
1
Pine street.
4
1
1 N
I
1
Maple street.
4
1
I
| Carpenter street.
I
I
Park street.
I
1
Forest street.
1
1
Mowry street.
1
Pleasant street.
N
1
1
Starkey avenue.
1
1
Leroy street.
I
1
Bank street.
1
1
Dean street.
2
N
Perrin street.
-
1
North Main street.
1
1
Hodges street.
I
I
Mechanics street.
N
N
I
1
Prospect street.
Sixth street.
1 15
1 15
Dodgeville.
Thacher street.
Hebronville.
I
Bearcroft.
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26
I 14 1
00
Total.
III 1 1
I
I
Taunton road.
ANNUAL REPORT.
55
Total.
South Main street.
Parker street.
56
TABLE II .- RETURN OF BIRTHS FOR 1892. BY DATE, SEX AND NATIONALITY OF PARENTS.
PARENTS.
SEX.
American.
Males.
Females.
Both American.
Both Foreign.
Father
Mother
Total.
20
IO
IO
5
3
January .
5
February .
14
9
5
March.
8
9
I I
2
2
2
I7
April. .
IO
I I
1 2
6
2
I
21
May.
6
8
6
5
I
2
14
June.
0
9
9
5
3
I
18
July . ..
IO
0
9
5
2
3
August.
II
1 4
-
I I
I
2
25
September
6
IO
9
I
I
21
15
October ..
8
3
5
3
7
November.
()
7
8
2
2
I
13
December.
206
62
23
21
100
106
100
Total. .
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2
I
9
7
2
1
7
American.
DATE.
15
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TABLE IHL .- MORTALITY FOR 1892, BY CAUSE, AGE AND SEX.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Under I year
I to 5.
5 to 10.
10 to 20.
20 to 30.
30 to 40.
40 to 50.
50 to 60.
60 to 70.
;o to So.
Over So.
Male.
Female.
TOTAL.
-
-
-
-
2
3
.Apoplexy.
2
3
7
5
-
2
. Meningitis ..
-
2
2
Insanity .
-
1
1
. Diphtheria.
-
-
2
2
-
1
.Croup.
1
1
2
2
. Bronchitis
-
2
3
2
1
I
-
1
-
2
5
7
1 2
-
-
-
-
Tuberculosis ..
1
-
1
1
.5
7
Phlebitis.
-
1
I
-
I
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
3
2
-
-
3
5
S
... Dysentery.
1
Strangulated Hernia
-
-
2
3
7
1
-
-
.Of Liver.
-
2
1
3
.La Grippe ..
1
1
1
-
-
-
2
1
2
3
-
-
1
7
5
12
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
3
5
-
1
1
-
.. Cancer.
-
2
2
.. Alcoholism.
-
-
I
1
Icterus Neonatorum. .
1
-
.. . Accidental
1
-
-
2
I
.3
Premature Birth
.3
.3
3
.Still Born.
.... Old Age.
-
1
2
2
. Other Canses ..
-
3
. Unknown. ..
2
2
I
.Cerebral Hyperaemia ....
I
1
-
5
2
7
I
-
3
1
-
3
4
3
-
. Peritonitis.
-
I
.Enteritis
-
1
1
1
2
-
1
Brights' Disease
Diabetes Mellitus
.
.
.Emphysema.
.
.
-
-
CAUSE OF DEATH.
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Pneumonia
.3
-
.Pleurisy
-
. Phthisis.
2
Heart failure and heart disease
Typhoid Fever.
-
.. Marasmus.
Cholera Infantum.
.Convulsions ..
- i
- DE 1
1
Assessor's IReport.
Number of Persons Assessed.
On property, On Poll Tax only,
1,462
1,318
2,780
Number of Polls Assessed.
Male,
2,154
Female, 8
2,162
Value of Assessed Personal Estate.
Excluding Resident Bank Stock, $828,435
Resident Bank stock, 81,250
$909,685
Value of Assessed Real Estate.
Buildings, Land.
$2,178,683 1,166,47I
$3,345,154
Total valuation of Assessed Es- tate, May Ist, 1892, $4,254,839
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Tax for County and Town Purposes.
Personal,
Real,
$12,735,61 46,832 15 4,312 00
Polls,
$63,879 77
Rate of Taxation, $14 on a $1,000.
Tax on each male, poll, $2.
Tax on each female, poll, $ .50.
Number of horses,
788
"'
COWS,
705
١١٠
neat cattle,
117
6
sheep,
5
swine,
81
dwellings,
1,410
acres,
15,000
Appropriations for 1892.
Lighting streets,
$4,500
Soldiers' graves,
200
Medical attendance,
300
Military aid,
500
Sidewalks,
2,000
Highways and bridges,
3,295
School superintendant,
1,200
Support of schools,
17,000
Text books and supplies,
1,200
Educational incidentals and repairs,
1,700
Transportation of pupils,
625
Current and incidental expenses,
6,900
Public library,
1,000
Support of paupers,
5,000
$45,420 00
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Appropriations Required By Law.
Sinking fund,
$1,400 00
State tax,
3,325 00
County tax,
5,765 73
Interest on notes and bonds,
4,000 00
School note,
5,000 00
$19,490 73
Total voted by town and required by law, $64,910 73
Estimated receipts, $1,500.
JOHN THACHER, CHARLES PHILLIPS, ISAAC ALGER, Assessors of Attleborough.
Auditor's Report.
The undersigned Auditors for the year ending in March, 1893, have examined the books and reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Sinking Fund Commissioners, Overseers or the Poor, Tax Collectors and Assessors and report as follows:
The Selectmen's books contain a record of all business trans- acted and a copy of all bills approved by them, also a record of the appropriation and the expenditures made under each. Their records show an expenditure of $7.65 more in the school depart- ment than is shown in the report of the school committee and an expenditure of eighteen dollars and eighty-two cents less in the pauper department than is reported by the Overseers of the Poor.
The difference in the school department was caused by the approval and insertion by the Selectmen in the expenditures of 1892 a bill of $7.65 intended by the school committee to go into the expenditures of 1893. The difference in the pauper depart- ment was caused by the deducting by the Selectmen of twelve dollars and eighty-two cents discount from the face of different bills before approval, which amount the Overseers of the Poor show in the credit part of their report. The balance of differ- ence ($6.00), was a bill of City of Taunton for aid to George Hatten, which the Overseers of the Poor approved, but which the Selectmen declined to approve.
The Treasurer's books correspond with his report and he has proper vouchers for all monies reported as expended and on hand.
The Sinking Fund Commissioner's books agree with their report as submitted, and they have proper securities for all monies reported invested and cash on hand.
.
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The books of Overseers of the Poor show the expenditures in their department as submitted in their report and witlı the exception of the items above noted agree with the amount re- turned by the Selectmen.
The Tax Collector's books and, reports agree with the Treasurer's books as to the amounts 'of money paid him and with the Assessor's books as to the amount of the abatements. The uncollected taxes and cash on hand agree with their re- ports.
We would respectfully recommend that the town take some action at the annual town meeting to require all officers having charge of the expenditures of the various appropriations to sub- mit a full and complete report of all expenditures and bills co11- tracted under the appropriation in their charge for the entire fiscal year whether the same exceeds the appropriation or not.
We find a number of bills contracted by the school commit- tee during the year 1892, which do not show in this report al- though they properly belong to it.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. DEAN, LUCIUS Z. CARPENTER, EDWARD A. SWEENEY,
Auditors.
ANNUAL REPORT
- -: OF THE :
Public ··· Schools,
-: OF : -
ATTLEBOROUGH, MASS.,
FOR 1892.
School Committee of Attleborough,
1892.
J. L. SWEET, CHAIRMAN. J. O. TIFFANY, SECRETARY. WALTER E. HAYWARD.
MRS. DR. L. V. G. MACKIE.
MISS LIDORA E. BRIGGS.
BYRON R. HILL.
ALFRED R. CROSBY.
LOUIS J. LAMB.
EVERETT S. CAPRON.
Regular Meeting, First Tuesday of each Month, 1:30 P. M.
SUB= COMMITTEES.
COMMITTEE ON INCIDENTALS AND REPAIRS.
L. J. LAMB, A. R. CROSBY, J. L. SWEET.
BYRON R. HILL. E. S. CAPRON.
COMMITTEE ON TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. L. J. LAMB. J. O. TIFFANY. J. L. SWEET.
COMMITTEE ON QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS.
WALTER E. HAYWARD. MISS LIDORA E. BRIGGS.
J. O. TIFFANY. MRS. DR. L. V. G. MACKIE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
J. O. TIFFANY.
Office Hours, on Thursdays at High School from 3:15 to 4:45 P. M. The first two weeks of each term, office hours will be observed on Monday also.
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TRUANT OFFICERS.
E. R. READ. GEORGE F. IDE.
SETH R. BRIGGS. JOS. V. CURRAN.
Superintendent's Report.
To the School Committee of Attleborough:
This report, the sixth since the division of the town, is here- with respectfully submitted.
The following summary of statistics and financial statement shows the growth of the school, and the cost of their maintain- ance during the last fiscal year:
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Population of town, 1890, 7,575.
1891.
1892.
Children between 5 and 15, May 1,
1,248
1,272
Children between 8 and 14, May I,
772
757
Scholars enrolled on registers,
1,574
1,556
Average membership,
1,165
1,189
Average attendance,
1,033
1,065
Per cent of attendance,
88.64
89.58
Number of teachers,
34
35
Number of schools,
26
26
Number of school houses,
14
14
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$17,000 00
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Dog Fund,
Tuition of non-resident pupils,
793 65 31 66
$17,825 31
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' bills,
$14,681 35
Janitors' bills,
1,664 22
Fuel bills,
1,441 89
$17,787 46
Unexpended balance, $37 85
TEXT BOOK AND SUPPLY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$1,200 00
Cash received for books sold,
24 06
$1,224 06
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Geo. S. Perry & Co. for supplies, Ginn & Co. for books,
$275 71
148 99
American Book Co. for books,
114 28
Geo. F. King & Merrill, for paper,
100 46
Boston School Supply Co., books,
59 99
Silver, Burdett & Co., books,
59 42
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, books, 43 00
Eberhard Faber, pencils, etc., 42 20
D. C. Heath & Co., books, 41 74
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books,
36 80
Thompson, Brown & Co., books, 34 87
Williams & Rogers, books, 20 00
J. L. Hammett, books, 14 10
A. P. Gage & Son, books, 22 31
Wm. Ware & Co., books,
17 52
Franklin Educational Co., books, 16 59
Henry Holt & Co., books, II 20
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J. W. Gifford & Co., work for lab. IO 57
Allyn & Bacon, books, II 67
Harper & Brothers, books, 7 93
H. J. Whittemore, music, 7 56
H. P. Childs, chemicals for lab., 7 44
Lee & Shepard, books, 12 00
E. S. Ritchie & Sons, supplies for lab., 10 00
Edward E. Babb & Co., books, 6 97
Robert Burlen, binding books, 6 00
D. Lothrop Co., books, 5 00
Carl Schoenhof, books,
5 04
University Publishing Co., books,
5 50
O. L. Beverage, books,
4 08
Effingham, Maynard & Co., books,
2 50
Mutual Book Co.,
4 48
M. S. Mead & Co., chemicals,
I 60
E. A. Fuller,
1 75
Mossberg Manufacturing Co., re- pairs, I 25
F. H. Perry,
2 09
A. H. Babcock, boxes, 2 00
Educational Publishing Co., books, 2 04
Hayward & Sweet, paper board, 96
$1,177 61
Unexpended balance, 46 45
INCIDENTAL AND REPAIRS.
Appropriation,
$1,700 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid James W. Gifford & Co.,
Repairs, mainly at High School, $52 79
Piping Academy,
53 42
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Work on High School Labo- ratory, 26 06
Incidentals and general re- pairs, 42 68 $174 95
Paid Charles N. Grant,
Repairing and setting furni- ture, 38 75
Book shelves for High School 25 00
Repairs at Sanford street, IO 60
Repairs at Pine street, 3 94 $78 29
Paid E. A. Fuller,
Paint and oil for Sanford street, 98 20
Curtains for Greek room 7 89
Kalsomining, setting glass, etc., 6 44 $112 53
Paid Nahum Perry & Co.,
Winding steam pipes, Sanford street, 85 00
Work on boiler, Sanford st., 12 IO
Work at Pine street, I 04 $98 14
Paid Nye Brothers.
Repairs at Sanford st. in '91, 15 13
Repairs at Sanford st. in '92, 38 05
Repairs at Farmers, 21 97 $75 15
Paid Attleborough Gas Light Co.
Gas for High School, 12 80
Fire brick and cement, 12 19 $24 99
Paid E. R. Read.
Premiums on Insurance policies
115 00
Paid O. P. Richardson.
Premiums on Insurance policies
180 00
Paid A. G. Whitcomb & Co. School furniture, 76 50
Paid George S. Perry & Co. School furniture, 64 45
Floor brushes, mats, etc., 18 IO $82 55
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Paid Malcom Currie.
Repairs on High School tower, 46 86
Paid Attleborough Fire District,
No. I.
Water rates and excess, 194 81
Paid L. V. Stearns.
Painting Sanford st. houses, 274 45
Paid Bates Opera House Co. Use of house for graduation, 37 50
Paid L. P. Metcalf. Lettering Diplomas, 13 50
Paid A. G. Slocum.
Clock for High School, 3 25
Repairing and cleaning clocks, 2 50
$5 75
Paid George W. Horton.
Setting furniture, 8 60
Sharpening lawn mower, I 00 $9 60
Paid J. H. Lawson.
Work on Sanford street boiler,
9 57
Paid Edward Kendall & Sons.
Bearing bars for boiler grate,
8 43
Paid J. O. Tiffany.
Services as sec. of sch. com., 6 25
Incidental expenses, II 64 $17 89
Paid Jerome Patterson.
Repairs at Dodgeville,
4 70
Repairs at Turnpike, 7 70 $12 40
Paid Edward Rhodes.
Taking census of school chil- dren, 40 00
Paid Charles Jenks.
Ribbon for diplomas, 5 60
Paid Hebron store.
Floor brushes, 2 38
Paid Reuben Coffin.
Repairs at Turnpike, 2 55
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