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North side, corner Morey street.
North side, west of Park avenue.
North side, west of Brook street.
North side, opposite Winsor's, No. 197.
North side, near corner Sturdy street.
North side, corner Forest street.
North side, corner Torrey street.
East side, corner Emory street.
East side, near Perry's.
East side, front No. 311.
East side, near No. 320.
West side, corner Maple street.
West side, front Heather's house.
West side, front Barrett's house.
West side, corner road to Sanitarium.
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Street.
Location.
Park
West side, beyond H. J. Smith's house. West side, at G. L. Stoddard's house. West side, opposite Wilmarth street. West side, between Wilmarth street and Oak Hill avenue.
Pleasant
East side, between Holman and Emory streets. East side, corner Falmouth street.
West side, front Briggs' grain mill.
West side, front No. 84, Carpenter's.
West side, front No. 103, Everett Horton's,
West side, opposite Forest street.
West side, front No. 146, near Cak street.
West side, near Angell street.
West side, corner Starkey avenue.
West side, opposite Perry street.
West side, west of Kelly's house
West side, front Josephine Cobb's West side, front Isaac Alger's.
West side, near Mrs. Arthur Parmenter's. West side, front No. 294.
West side, near A. E. Briggs' house.
West side, near J. E. Dourlas' house. No. 352.
West side, near corner Richardson avenue.
Pine
West side, No. 35, E. Bliss'.
West side, front Makepeace's shop.
West side, corner Dunham street.
West side, corner Pearl street.
West side, corner School street.
West side, corner East street. West side, corner Carpenter street.
West side, corner Orange street.
West side, opposite No. 8.
Park ave. Pearl
North side, corner James street.
Parker
East side, corner School street.
West side, near Carpenter stre~1
Prospect Robert
North side, front No. 35. Simmons'.
Railroad ave.
West side. front No. 21, Handy's bakery.
West side, front Blake's, next to Sweeney's.
Snell
North side, front of Mallory's.
North side, corner Thacher street.
North side, half-way to standpipe. South side, at standpipe.
.
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Street.
Location.
South Main
East side, front of fire station. West side, opposite Mossberg's shop. East side, rear Blake's shop, private. East side, at railroad arch. West side, front bell tower. East side, between No. 117 and No. 126. East side, front No. 146.
East side, corner East street.
East side, corner Carpenter street.
East side, near corner Maple street. East side, corner Mulberry street.
West side, opposite Orange street. West side, north of Chester street.
West side, corner Spring street.
West side, opposite Fairview avenue
North side, front John Thacher's.
North side, front Ernest Gilmore's.
North side, opposite Locust street.
North side, opposite E. W. Parker's. North side, east of No. 382.
North side, opposite Nos. 396-398.
North side, Opposite Leon Courcy's.
North side, opposite superintendent's house.
North side, private hydrants, Hebron Mfg. Co., Dodgeville.
North side, front of mill house, Nos. 83-86.
South side, front of mill house, Nos. 67-68.
South side, front of mill house, Nos. 55-58.
North side, front of mill house, Nos. 33-36.
North side, front of mill house, Nos. 13-16.
North side, front of No. 461.
South side, front of school house.
South side, at railroad bridge.
South side, at Tiffany street.
North side, front of Catholic church.
South side, opposite cemetery.
North side, opposite Thurber street.
South side, west of C. W. Carpenter's. South side, east of Giles'.
West side, front of A. J. Atwell's.
West side, front of Chas. Atwell's. West side, at Knight avenue.
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Street.
Location.
South Main
West side, in Seekonk (private).
Stead ave.
West side, north of Bridge street. East side, north of Bridge street.
Sanford
North side, front of schoolhouse.
Starkey ave.
East side, opposite Nos. 24-26.
Sturdy
North side, corner James street.
School
North side, corner Hazel street.
Second
East side, corner Grove street.
Sixth
East side, front No. 18, Tucker's.
Summer
West side, beyond No. 25.
Thacher
East side, between Smith houses. East side, corner Nelson street, 600 feet south of railroad.
East side, opposite Fisher street.
East side, opposite Linden street.
East side, 500 feet south of County street.
East side, corner County street.
East side, front Angus farm.
West side, front Smith farm. North side, corner Mendon road.
North side, 900 feet from Washington street.
North side, 500 feet east of Washington street.
North side, 370 feet west of Washington street.
North side, corner Allen street.
Third
East side, corner Prospect street.
East side, front No. 35, A. D. Inghram's.
Tappan ave. Union
West side, near corner Dunham street.
West side, front No. 21. East side, front Nos. 32-34.
West side, corner Maiden lane.
East side, opposite Mill street.
West side, corner Capron street.
West side, opposite Pearl street. West side, opposite School street.
West side, corner Carpenter street.
West
North side, corner North Main street.
North side, between Sarah Nerney's and Henry Manchester's.
Turner
West side, beyond No. 33.
West side, 750 feet north of South Main street.
West side, corner County street.
West side, corner Holman street.
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Street.
Location.
West
North side, opposite No. 92.
North side, opposite Mechanics street.
North side, opposite Thacher street. South side, at pumping station.
North side, 700 feet west of pumping station.
North side, opposite Bloss ice houses.
North side, front Orr tenement No. 2.
South side, at cemetery.
South side, near Newport avenue.
Washington
East side, near Chas. Abbott's house.
East side, front Barrow's tavern.
East side, between Edgewood and Howard avenue.
East side, 700 feet west of Allen avenue.
East side, 125 feet east of Fenton avenue.
East side, front corner Mendon road.
East side, 210 feet north of Scott street.
East side, corner Turner.
Walnut
North side, east of County street.
Water North side, 725 feet from Hodges street.
Wolfenden
East side, near Wolfenden's shop.
Wall South side from lumber yard.
Water Works yard, from King street main extended.
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ATTLEBOROUGH WATER WORKS.
Water Ordinances.
Section I. Water Commissioners shall, at their first meeting after the annual Town election, choose from their number a chairman. Two members shall be a quorum for the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties of the Water Commissioners. The Com- missioners may appoint and remove at their discretion a clerk, who shall also be Water Registrar, a superin- dent and such employes or agents as they may deem necessary, and may prescribe their duties. They may fix the salaries of such clerk, employees and agents sub- ject to the instructions and control of the Town.
Sec. 2. The Water Board shall have the exclusive and entire charge, superintendence and oversight of all lands, structures, works and apparatus designed and pro- vided for obtaining and supplying pure water for the uses of the Town. They shall have the exclusive control and management of the uses, repairs and extensions of such works and structures, whether newly determined upon or otherwise.
Sec. 3. The Water Board shall have control and jurisdiction over all sources of supply possessed by the Town, and all lands appurtenant thereto, owned or law- fully controlled by the Town, and they may exercise all rights as to entry upon and passage over private prem- ises which are now or may become vested in the Town, belonging or relating to the management of the water works and supply of water.
Sec. 4. The Water Board shall use diligent care for the protection and security of all sources of water from which a supply is obtained, so that the purity thereof may not be impaired.
Sec. 5. The Water Board shall, as often as once in each calendar month, meet and examine all bills and
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claims incurred by them in the prosecution of their duty and all claims approved shall be certified by them before payment of the same by the Town Treasurer.
The Water Board shall keep a full record of their proceedings, and they shall at the annual Town meeting make a report in detail to the Town of their official acts and doings for the year preceding with estimates of expenditures and receipts for the year succeeding, and such suggestions and recommendations as may seem to them for the benefit of the Town.
Sec. 6. The Water Board shall make all proper arrangements for the sufficient supply of water for use at fires, and for furnishing the same in the most efficient and suitable manner. They shall, in consultation with the Selectmen, arrange for such supply of water as may be required for operating any public fountains, or ornamental public water works, for flushing and cleansing public sewers and drains, for sprinkling streets, and for any other use clearly distinct from that of ordinary water takers.
Sec. 7. The Water Board shall have exclusive charge of the supply of water, may make all the necessary arrangements therefor, and such rules and regulations and rates as they may deem to be judicious.
Sec. 8. The following rules and regulations are hereby established, and, together with such rules, regula- tions and rates as shall, from time to time, be made by the Water Board, under the authority of the preceding section, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who takes the water, and the fact of taking shall be considered as expressing assent on the part of the taker to be bound thereby.
Whenever any of them is violated, although two or more parties may receive the water through the same pipe. the water shall be cut off and not let on again except by order of the Water Board, and on payment of one dollar, and in case of such violation, any payment
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for the water by the person committing such violation shall be forfeited.
Rules and Regulations.
I. Application for the use of water must be made in writing at the office of the Water Registrar in the prescribed form, and must state fully and truly the use to which it is to be applied.
No water shall be supplied by takers to persons not entitled to its use.
2. All persons taking the water shall keep the service pipes within their premises in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and they shall be held liable for all damages resulting from their failure to do so. They shall provide a stop and waste cock, to be properly located inside the building, and have the pipes so arranged that the water can be drawn from them whenever there is danger of its freezing.
3. They shall prevent all voluntary waste of water, and shall not allow water to run through their fixtures to prevent freezing, and there shall be no concealment of the purpose for which the water is used.
4. No alteration shall be made in any of the pipes or fixtures inserted by the Town except by persons authorized by the Water Board, who shall be allowed to enter the premises to examine the apparatus, the quantity of water used and the manner of its use and to ascertain whether there is any unnecessary waste.
5. The Town reserves to itself the right, whenever the Water Board deems it necessary to repair the works. to shut off the water in whole or in part.
6. The Water Registrar or Superintendent, or their agents or assistants may enter the premises of any water taker to examine the quantity used and the manner of its use and to cut off the water for non-payment of rents or fines, or any violations of these regulations or for any
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other necessary purpose connected with the discharge of their duties.
7. Owners shall be responsible for water supplied to their premises. When water is supplied to more than one taker through a single service, the bill may be made either to the owner of the estate or by the direction of the owner to the tenants; but in case of non-payment the water may be shut off, notwithstanding one or more takers may have paid their proportion to such owner or the Town.
8. A taker may be required at any time to attach to the service pipe of his premises a meter of suitable size, when at the discretion of the Water Board it seems for the interest of the Town. And in all such cases the rates for the current year shall be adjusted by the meter read- ings, even if a bill by fixture rates has already been settled.
9. All service pipe and stop cocks will be supplied and put down to the sidewalk line by the Town. All work beyond the sidewalk line shall be done under the direction and approval of the Water Board by the water taker and at his expense both for labor and material.
IO. In all cases of non-payment of water rent in thirty days after the same is due, or violating the above rules the water may be shut off. The sum of $I will be charged for letting it on.
II. After January 1, 1902, no person or persons will be allowed to connect two or more houses together through one service connection with the main water pipe unless by special permit from the Water Board; and if any are so connected in the future without permission the water may be shut off from the service in use until a new service connection is made with the connecting house.
On all services where two or more houses are now connected through one service the owner shall not have the benefit of the sliding scale of water rates until the
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average of each house so connected amounts to the same as allowed by the same rates for a single house.
12. The Water Board reserves to itself the right to shut off the water at the street service from the property of any person or persons disconnecting or taking out a water meter on their premises without permission, and water so turned off shall not be let on again until a satisfactory settlement for same offense is made with the Water Board.
13. All persons or firms wishing to have private hy- drants or sprinklers connected with the town water supply shall make application to the Water Board and sign an application for same, by which they agree to comply with the by-laws of the department, and also file a plan of piping for the entire system and the water will not be turned on until the system is inspected by the Board or their representatives.
The Water Board shall inspect the system as often as they deem necessary, and if any repairs are necessary they shall be made by them at the expense of the owner.
All outside piping connecting with the town system shall be laid by the Water Department at the expense of the owner.
All valves and private hydrants shall be sealed by the Water Department.
14. All persons or firms having private fire connec- tions for sprinklers and private hydrants on the premises or in buildings are forbidden to use the water for any purposes excepting fires, and shall not open any private hydrant in or out of the building for any other purposes excepting fire unless by permission of the Water Board.
For ary violation of this by-law the Water Board may impose a fine of not less than $5.00 and not more than $20.00.
If water is used for any other purposes than for fires the Water Board shall estimate the amount so used and shall charge regular rates.
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If the fine or bill for water is not paid when presented the Water Board may shut off the water furnished the private hydrants or sprinklers from the town supply until such fine or bill for water is paid and the sum of two dollars shall be charged for turning it on.
15. All services shall be laid by the Water Board from the sidewalk line to the cellar at the expense of the owner. The Water Board may make an estimate of the cost of the owner's part and may demand a deposit for the same before laving the pipe.
Applicants wishing a service pipe laid when there is frost in the ground shall pay the extra expense caused by the frost, on the part laid by the town.
16. Applications for extensions of mains through private ways or grounds shall in no case be granted un- less the owner thereof executes a proper instrument securing to the town the right of permanent occupation. free from any acts of interference that shall affect the safety of the pipe, and securing to the department free right of entrance for purposes of inspection and maintenance.
17. The town pond, South Attleboro, shall be open for fishing. Tuesdays and Fridays, to residents of the town of Attleborough only, upon application at the water office for permission. No fishing through the ice will be allowed. There shall be no dead fish left around the pond or thrown into the water. No nuisances shall be committed around the pond or from boats, and every care shall be taken by persons fishing not to contaminate the purity of the water. Persons having permits shall show them to any officer of the town or Water Depart- ment when called upon to do so. Any one caught fish- ing without a permit, or in any way violating this by- law, will be refused permission to fish and will be prose- cuted to the full extent of the law.
Sec .. 9. The water rates and meter rents shall be payable semi-annually in advance on the first days of
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January and July of each year. All charges for specific supplies or supplies for fractional parts of the year shall be payable in advance and before the water is let on. In all cases where the consumption of water is ascertained by meters, any excess of the minimum rates shall be payable annually, quarterly or monthly, as may be re- quired by the Water Board. Bills for the same shall be due when rendered.
Sec. 10. If any person shall turn on or turn off the water in any public water pipes or reservoirs without the license of the Water Board he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $3 nor more than $20 upon conviction thereof before a trial justice or court having jurisdiction of offenses arising under town by-laws.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
.
School Committee
ATTLEBOROUGH, MASS.
For the Year Ending December 31 1906
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH School Department, 1906
School Committee :
CHARLES E. BLISS, Chairman ;
WALTER J. NEWMAN, Secretary ; *MISS LEONORA P. BEERS,
BENJAMIN P. KING, GEORGE K. ROBERTS, M. D., MRS. EMILY L. RICHARDSON,
MRS. FLORENCE B. THEOBALD, THOMAS G. SADLER,
HARVEY E. CLAP.
Superintendent of Schools.
LEWIS A. FALES.
*Resigned Dec. 3, 1906.
Annual Report of the School Committee
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT.
Dr.
General appropriations,
including
evening schools
.$63,750.00
Dog fund
1,727.73
Sale of old rubbers, benevolent
account
15.00
Duplicate bill
1.25
Tuition
391.50
Total
$65,885.48
Special Appropriations.
New sanitaries $5,000.00
School physician 75.00
Total $5,075.00
Total receipts
$70,960.48
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Cr.
By January bills $5,359.53
By February bills
4,894.46
By March bills
9,122.91
By April bills 4,843.52
By May bills 4,759.77
By June bills
5,104.46
By July bills
3,088.18
By August bills 5,013.92
By September bills
7,618.59
By October bills
7,067.34
By November bills
5,545.65
By December bills
6,325.19
Total
Balance
$68,743.52 2,216.96
$70,960.48
Evening Schools.
Dr.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Cr.
By bills approved as follows :
Teachers' pay roll $695.45
Janitors' pay roll 64.50
Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas 59.15
Dodgeville store, supplies. 8.13
Hebron Store, supplies. II.49
A. R. Macomber Co., gas fixtures .. 8.40
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies. 26.90
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Sun Publishing Co., printing
6.75
Balance
119.23
Total
$1,000.00
New Sanitaries.
Dr.
Special appropriation $5,000.00
$5,000.00
Cr.
By bills approved as follows : Sun Publishing Co., adv. bids. $2.93
Fuller-Warren Co., plans. 150.00
J. W. Gifford Co., contract. 4,395.00
John Eden, labor
21.75
H. A. Lord, labor
26.43
Thomas G. Sadler, supervision 100.00
Balance 303.89
$5,000.00
School Physician.
Dr.
Special appropriation
$75.00
Cr. $75.00
By amount paid G. K. Roberts, M. D. $75.00
$75.00
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General Account, Not Including Evening Schools.
Dr.
To appropriations, etc. $64,885.48
$64,885.48
Cr.
By bills approved as follows :
Educational.
Teachers' pay rolls
$36,883.96
Janitors' pay rolls
5,903.88
Odd Fellows' Building Association, rent
66.68
Truant School
40.28
L. A. Fales, Superintendent, salary
1,674.98
Alice I. Wetherell, clerk. 468.00
Fuel
4,257.09
Total
$49,294.87
Transportation.
N. & T. St. Ry. Co., fares. $150.00
T. & P. St. Ry. Co., fares. 253.75
Interstate St. Ry. Co., fares. 200.00
Wm. C. Richardson, transportation 300.00
G. R. Field, transportation. 360.00
S. Cole, transportation. 720.00
T. E. Perrin & Son, transportation 360.00
Total
$2,343.75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Benevolence.
Aldrich-Chipman Co., shoes, etc ... 165.1I
$165.11
Text Books and Supplies.
Buffington Pharmacy Co., supplies $8.76
David Farquhar, books, etc. 43.29
Silver, Burdett & Co., books, etc .. 224.87
Allyn & Bacon, books, etc .. 12.50
Chas. Scribner's Sons, books. 9.75
A. H. Babcock, supplies .. 2.00
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, sup- plies .90
Library Bureau, supplies. 3.50
C. C. Birchard & Co., supplies. 29.40
San Souci Dept. Store, supplies. . . . II.09 Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., tab- ulator, etc. 15.40
New England Publishing Co., sup- plies I.00
B. P. King, expenses. 4.05
Attleboro Press, printing.
18.75
C. S. Bush Co., supplies. 18.6I
A. H. Sweet & Son, boxes
16.50
T. E. Perrin & Son, cartage. 14.00
F. H. Perry Co., supplies 13.35
Grant Bros., supplies. 6.74
Ginn & Co., supplies. I29.06
A. J. Tiffany, supplies.
71.25
Chandler & Barber, supplies 19.08
E. L. Freeman & Son, supplies ... 3.00
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies 2,066.46
J. A. Welsh, supplies. 42.25
D. C. Heath & Co., books and sup- plies 59.20
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., sup- plies 3.63
C. A. Watrous, book covers. . .
120.63
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co., service
II.07
R. B. Magaveny, freight and cartage A. W. Holt Scientific Co., supplies Thompson, Brown & Co., supplies. Benj. H. Sanborn & Co., books, etc.
51.86
2.79
20.42
Oliver Ditson Co., books, etc ...... 28.23
230.30
Orville Brewer Pub. Co., books, etc.
15.00
Standard Printing Co., printing. .
2.50
H. B. Shaw, carriage hire. 6.00
Chas. E. Dexter, supplies. 4.20
Remington Typewriter Co., supplies
19.49
Daniel W. Hoff, lettering diplomas 32.15
Boston Music Co., supplies 14.03
L. A. Fales, summer school supplies 18.85
Ernest Leitz, supplies 6.97
American Book Co., books
II.04
Mason Box Co., supplies.
7.50
Sun Publishing Co., printing
48.30
Total
$3,499.72
Incidentals and Repairs.
Fox & Saunders, supplies. . . $15.85
Dodgeville Store and Mill, supplies 5.92
W. H. Slater & Co., labor and ma- terial 2.70
H. A. Lord, labor
35.82
R. H. Jones, labor and material ... 645.52
Attleboro Press, printing
5.25
Thomas G. Sadler, six months' salary 100.00
Thos. G. Sadler, labor and material 18.65
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ANNUAL REPORT.
A. J. Jillson, labor and material. ... 23.86
Pope & Read, labor and material .. 328.96
Malcolm Currie, labor and material R. W. Barnes, labor
657.1I
5.50
B. P. King, salary and expenses. . 25.50
Daniel Young & Co., labor and ma- terial 5.12
American Seating Co., furniture .. 947.2I
C. R. Dexter, labor and material. .. 67.54
C. S. Bush Co., supplies. .80
Chas. S. Dexter, labor.
.75
L. A. Fales, Superintendent, office expenses 188.08
Warren Parker, truant officer. . . 472.13
Attleboro Furniture Co., supplies ..
1.70
Mackinnon & Nicholson, labor and material 238.35
Moore & Goff, labor and material. .
3.03
N. Perry & Co., labor and material.
52.85
Wm. H. Smith, labor and material.
3.50
J. L. Tobitt & Co., labor and ma- terial
912.38
A. R. Macomber Co., labor and ma- terial 73.86
Providence Telephone Co., service 92.90
Geo. H. Snell, supplies. 8.25
New England Laundry and Towel Supply Co., towels. 59.76
A. E. Hall Express Co., cartage ... 4.00
Reuben Coffin, supplies, etc. 35.88
Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas 53.28
T. E. Perrin & Son, cartage.
7.00
Dix & Taylor, supplies. 3.80
E. A. Wales, labor. 1.00
Wm. A. Small, labor
5.50
Wm. A. Small, taking census 62.00
A. G. Slocum, repairs .75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Geo. H. Herrick, labor 6.50
French & Brownell, labor and ma-
terial
37.66
J. W. Gifford Co., labor .and ma- terial 1,053.88
F. E. Goff, labor and material 15.00
WV. D. Gilpatric, expenses 23.71
Geo. M. Worrall, supplies.
2.35
Geo. M. Worrall, three months' sal- ary and expenses 60.00
J. A. Thayer, stamped envelopes. . . 10.60
Sun Publishing Co., printing.
40.00
A. R. Vaughn & Co., supplies. .
1.50
A. I. Atwell, tuning pianos. 5.00
F. H. Davis, labor and material ...
7.00
Geo. A. Sweeney, labor and sup- plies 40.55
Robt. W. Sharkey, labor.
17.31
W. E. Lewis, labor and material ... 12.43
John Lennon, labor and material. . 17.49
Grant Bros., labor and material ....
34.91
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, supplies
82.01
L. Z. Carpenter, supplies.
14.96
R. B. Magaveny, freight and cart- age 54.78
E. A. Briggs & Co., fertilizer and seed
28.45
G. A. Monroe, supplies
1.65
Frank Mossberg Co., labor
1.00
Robt. W. Barnes, labor. .
5.50
Phinitos Chemical Co., disinfectant 41.16
A. S. F. Co., castings. 6.00
W. J. Newman, salary and postage 101.00
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