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H. A. Northrop, Taxes 1895,
1,200.00
H. A. Northrop, Taxes 1896, 56,930.00
$86,670.12
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EXPENDITURES.
Paid State Treasurer, State Tax,
$ 2,030.01
National Bank Tax,
1,634.50
Abolition Grade Crossings,
1.002.00
Interest
40.08
County Treasurer, County Tax,
3,994.98
Palmer Savings Bank, loan in anticipation of taxes,
13,000.00
Palmer Savings Bank, Interest,
1,925.45
State and Military Aid,
1,317.50
Costs of District Court,
519.61
Selectmen's Orders,
32,332.77
Overseers of the Poor Orders,
6,820.22
School Committee, Pay Roll,
22,008.36
$86,625.47
Balance in treasury,
44.65
$86,670.12 $86,670.12
Respectfully submitted, J. B. SHAW, Treasurer.
Report of the Selectmen.
We present herewith the second annual report of the present Board of Selectmen. The appropriations for the year were $27,950, and the expenditures $24,892 61, leav- ing a balance in our favor of $3,057.39. The appropriation of $800.00 to buy additional land for the cemetery at the Depot Village was insufficient, consequently nothing was done with this matter. Last year we made the following recom- mendation, which was overlooked and no action taken :
"As there is no fixed compensation for the officers of the town, we would recommend that a committee be appointed to report at a future meeting the salary that each town official should receive, and also that a special appropriation be made for town officers, thus separating it from contingencies."
CONTINGENCIES.
J. Stever Knox, March services with hearse, $ 16.00
M. J. Sullivan, rent of hall for voting, 8.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, March, 8.00
A. M. Bond, labor, Four Corners cemetery water tub, 4.60
D. F. Sullivan, Treas., rent of band room for voting place, 8.00
John F. Shea, services as precinct officer, 3.00
William Brown, services as precinct officer, 3.00
Chas. E. Shumway, services as precinct officer. 3.00
J. H. Trickett, services as precinct officer, 3.00
W. A. Weld, services as precinct officer, 3.00
Palmer Water Co., water for tank on Main street, 8.00
26
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing warrants, ballots, town re- ports, etc.,
$152.38
T. J. Hutchinson, services as precinct officer, 3.00
M. E. Keefe, services as precinct officer, 3.00
Frank Hamilton, services as precinct officer, 3.00
Chas. F. Mooers, services as precinct officer, 3.00
M. M. Thomas, services as precinct officer, 3.00
D. F. Sullivan, services as precinct officer, 3.00
J. J. Kelley, services as precinct officer, 3.00
3.00
M. J. O'Connor, services as precinct officer, D. E. Tenney, services as precinct officer, E. Durand, services as precinct officer,
3.00
R. F. Twiss, services as precinct officer,
3.00
E. P. Brown, services as precinct officer, 3.00
3.00
H. R. Paine, services as precinct officer, F. A. Ruggles, services as precinct officer, 3.00 W. R. Milligan, services as precinct officer, 3.00 J. Stever Knox, services as precinct officer, 3.00 F. E. Cady, services as precinct officer, 3.00
J. A. Hawkes, services as precinct officer, 3.00
John Murphy, services as precinct officer, 3.00
A. L. Warriner, services as precinct officer, 3.00
T. J. Conroy, services as precinct officer, 3.00
R. J. Fitzgerald, services as precinct officer,
3.00
L. R. Holden, services as precinct officer, 3.00
3.00
H. L. Ryther, services as precinct officer, John Costello, services as precinct officer,
3.00
F. J. Hale, services as precinct officer, 4.50
S. H. Hellyar, services as auditor, 1895-96, 10.00
George A. Bills, services as chief engineer to Oct 19, 1895, 50.00
J. M. Allen, two double teams to Bondsville fire, 14.00
J. M. Allen, one horse on hook and ladder truck,
Joseph Kerigan, services as precinct officer, November, 1895, and March, 1896, 6.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, April, 8.00
H. G. Loomis, coffin, box and robe for William Allen, 30.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, 26.00
J. Stever Knox, opening nine graves, 18.00
Eugene Shorley, fighting forest fire, 7.00
3.00
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F. A. Upham, services as registrar of voters to May, 1896, $15.00
Rev. Joseph Marchand, opening nineteen graves, 38.00
H. R. Paine, lighting hall for caucus, oil, chimneys and labor, 10.39
L. H. Hendee, M. D., returning eighteen births, 3.75
New England Tel. and Tel. Co., rent of telephone at George A. Bills' to June 1. 10.00
P. S. Trumble, fighting forest fires thirty-eight hours, self and others, 7.60
J. S. Knox, services with hearse, May, 16.00
opening one grave,
2.00
66 66 cash paid for cutting brush, 9.00
66 pole straps, &c., for hearse, 2.25
8.00
Rev. William H. Hart, opening eleven graves,
22.00
Thorndike Co., supplying water trough to May 21,
5.00
Daniel Manning, cleaning town house, &c., 1.50
Thomas J. Dwyer, services as registrar of voters to May 1, 15.00
George Saunders, nails and labor on fence of old cemetery, 4.20
Charles S. Ruggles, opening three graves,
6.00
New England Tel. and Tel. Co., rent of telephone at G. A. Bills' to Jan. 30, 2.00
H. T. Bishop, part pay as assessor, 100.00
cash for collector's book and stamps, 4.28
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, June, 8.00
Joseph Berlanger, burial of W. A. Campbell (soldier),
26.00
J. S. Knox, opening two graves, 66 with hearse, 34.00
4.00
George W. Lyman, labor and material, Library building, Daniel Dunn, treasurer, rent of clubroom for voting place,
15.12
H. T. Bishop, services as assessor,
150.00
New England Tel. and Tel. Co., rent of telephone at G. A. Bills' to July 31, 2.00
J. S. Knox, opening grave, 66 services with hearse, July, 28.00
2.00
C. B. Fiske & Co., six assessors' books, advertising and printing, 52.30
William H. Hart, opening graves,
24.00
A. O. Allen, care of lock-up, 8.00
8.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, May,
28
John O. Hamilton, services as Assessor,
$175.00
A. A. Warriner, services as Assessor, 175.00
C. S. Ruggles, opening 5 graves, 10.00
A. O. Allen, care of lock-up, August,
8.00
Samuel Brown, support of water tub to Sept. 1, 1896,
5.00
William A. Barnes, services as auctioneer, Thorndike, 5.00
Shaw Bros., labor water pipe Four Corners cemetery, 3.42
New Eng. Tel. and Tel. Co., rent of telephone at G. A. Bills' to September 30, 4.00
J. S. Knox, services with hearse, 28.00
Opening 3 graves, 6.00
- John E. Squiers, cleaning and care of Town House, Sept. 10 and 17, 2.50
A. O. Allen, care of lock-up, September, 8.00
Central Vermont R. R. Co., freight on crusher, 17.43
J. S. Knox, services with hearse, 12.00
Opening 1 grave, 2.00
C. K. Gamwell, services as Auditor 1896, 10.00
Samuel Bowles, Treas., advertising $300 reward, 1.05
Geo. A. Bills, chief engineer, 26 firemen at fire at Gamwell's, 52.00
،، 10 20.00
4 " C. D. Foster's 8.00
Fred O. Carter, inspecting beef, calves, sheep and hogs, 37.75
Rev. Wm. H. Hart, opening 14 graves, 28.00
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing notices, warrants, etc., 25.21
A. O. Allen, care of lock-up, October,
8.00
J. S. Knox, services with hearse,
12.00
Opening 1 grave,
2.00
Henry Lovett, services looking after highwaymen,
J. P. Eastman,
2.00
C. McManamy, .6 66
2.00
M. J. Dawson, 66 2.00
Jas. J. Manning, "
66 6 6
2.00
Edward Lynch, 66 66
2.00
Dr. J. P. Schneider, 10 births,
2.50
J. J. Kelley, precinct officer, Nov., 1896,
3.00
M. M. Thomas, “
3.00
Wm. Kerigan, “ 6 6 66
3.00
Frank Hamilton,“
3.00
2.00
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D. F. Sullivan, precinct officer, Nov., 1896,
$3.00
Chas. F. Mooers,
3.00
M. E. Keefe, .6 66 66
3.00
Thos. Hutchinson, 66 66
3.00
Jas. H. Trickett,
66
3.00
D. E. Tenney, "
66
3.00
M. J. O'Connor, 66
3.00
E. P. Brown,
3.00
R. F. Twiss,
3.00
Will Herran, 66 ٩٩
3.00
F. A. Ruggles,
3.00
J. J. Manning,
3.00
H. R. Paine, putting up and returning births,
7.00
H. A. Smith, “ 66 66
3.00
Chas. E. Shumway,
3.00
P. J. Fitzgerald, ،،
3.00
John Costello, returning births, 3.00
Harry L. Ryther, returning births, 3.00
Lewis R. Holden, returning births,
3.00
Wm. Brown, returning births,
3.00
Chas. F. Place, support of water tub 1 year,
5.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup in November,
8.00
J. S. Knox, straps for hearse,
1.00
J. S. Knox, opening 2 graves,
4.00
J. S. Knox, services with hearse,
18.00
C. S. Ruggles, opening 3 graves,
6.00
W. R. Milligan, precinct officer, November,
3.00
Jas. F. Loftus, lead pencils for Precinct B,
.50
John F. Loftus, team to carry ballots to Palmer,
1.00
M. Sullivan, hall for precinct voting, November,
8.00
C. F. Smith, services as inspector,
8.00
3.00
H. S. Hobson,
3.00
John Murphy, 2d, 66
3.00
J. A. Hawkes,
3.00
Thos. J. Conroy, 66 3.00
W. A. Weld, 66
3.00
57.63
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, December, C. K. Gamwell, precinct officer, Nov., 1896, J. S. Knox,
3.00
30
Rev. Jos. Merchand, opening graves,
$22.00
Dr. G. H. Wilkins, returning 26 births, 6.50
Dr. H. A. Smith, returning 26 births, 6.50
Dr. G. Lafontaine, returning 42 births, 10.50 C. S. Ruggles, opening 6 graves, 12.00
W. E. Stone, supplies for lock-up, 5.17
Michael Collins, services July 4 and Pinney case,
8.00
J. S. Knox, services with hearse, December,
20.00
L. H. Hendee, returning 17 births,
4.25
O. C. Marcy, team for officers and Pinney case,
3.50
Daniel Dunn, Treas., rent of club room for voting, Nov.,
8.00
T. J. Clifford, rent of hall for voting,
8.00
Dr. J. C. Boulay, returning births,
16.25
Dr. W. H. Bliss, returning births,
6.50
M. Moriarty, precinct officer, November,
3.00
J. S. Knox, services with hearse, 34.00
A. O. Allen, care of lock-up, 8.00
C. B. Fiske & Co., 500 orders on treasurer, 2.00
14.00
A. O. Allen, care of lock-up,
8.00
Rev. W. H. Hart, opening 18 graves,
36.00
Geo. A. Bills, services as chief engineer,
50.00
H. G. Loomis, returning 37 deaths,
9.25
O. P. Allen, paper and pens,
1.05
J. B. Shaw, returning births, marriages and deaths, 151.85
Services as town treasurer, 50.00
Services as registrar of voters, Cash paid for express,
5.00
C. S. Ruggles, opening 1 grave, 2.00
Joseph Belanger, returning 60 deaths,
15.00
E. W. Burns, services as registrar of voters, 15.00
H. R. Paine, services as registrar of voters, 15.00
F. D. Thompson, repairing hook and ladder truck, 6.25
O. C. Marcy, teams for fire department, 4.00
James Richards Estate, water Four Corners cemetery, '95-'96, 6.00
E. W. Phinney, inspecting slaughtered cattle and sheep, 16.15
John W. Loftus, casket for Michael Flemming, 30.00
Chas. T. Brainerd, services as selectman, 140.00
15.00
J. S. Knox, services with hearse, Opening 1 grave,
2.00
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Geo. M. Atkins, services as seleotman,
140.00
John F. Twiss,
150.00
John F. Twiss, cash paid for postage,
5.30
John K. Barker, survey and plans Ferrill crossing,
15.00
Palmer Savings Bank, rent of lock-up to March 1, 1897,
90.00
· $3,194.88
HIGHWAYS.
We expect there will be more or less criticism of this department, but it must be borne in mind that there has been but $6,800 expended on general repairs in the last two years, or about $3,400 per year, which is $1,100 less per year than the expenditures in preceding years. We have made an effort to improve the roads between the villages, which of course was at the expense of those in the outlying districts. It must be apparent to everyone that an expendi- ture of $3,400 each year will not be sufficient to keep 140 miles of highway in good repair.
Appropriation-
$4,000.00
Edward McKelligett,
2.52
M. A. Sherman,
4.50
C. T. Brainerd,
21.60
H. W. Stimson,
5.70
John F. Hanafin,
31.20
J. T. Twiss,
39.60
John Lehan,
7.28
John O'Connor,
4.50
John Ritchie,
14.78
E. P. Brown,
11.03
Con Foley,
7.28
Daniel Connor,
6.75
Louis Barker,
3.40
C. T. Brainerd,
4.00
C. P. Haynes,
4.00
J. F. Loftus,
23.55
32
Jerre Shugrue,
$11.25
Edward McKelligett,
9.75
James Casey,
5.25
J. F. Hanafin,
12.50
Jerre Carmody,
10.87
W. S. Whiting,
34.00
George D. Whiting,
29.60
John Grady,
13.12
Michael Shea,
13.12
Daniel Kee,
3.75
John Fenton,
7.50
John Moriarty,
7.50
Michael Sullivan,
11.62
R. L. Bond,
6.00
C. T. Brainerd, man and team,
28.00
J. F. Twiss,
4.00
P. M. Shearer,
4.00
E. McKelligett,
1.50
Joseph Merriam,
9.00
P. Kinnevan,
9.00
Ed. King,
6.00
William Murphy,
10.50
L. Chalk,
6.00
John Conroy,
5.70
M. Laford,
20.00
George Laford,
12.00
O. E. Butler,
6.00
J. M. Allen,
4.00
J. A. Palmer,
2.50
E. McKelligett,
3.75
W. M. Green,
1.75
Jos. Merriam,
13.50
P. Murphy,
3.00
O. E. Butler,
7.50
J. M. Allen,
4.00
J. F. Twiss, man and team,
24.00
John Ritchie,
5.25
E. P. Brown,
6.75
John Lehan,
8.25
33
John O'Connor,
$ 1.50
Daniel Conner,
7.50
Samuel Brown,
28.00
Reuben Lamb,
10 50
Will Trumble,
10.50
Daniel Crimmins,
10.50
Edward Crimmins,
10.50
H. W. Stimson,
5.29
Geo. D. Whiting,
4.00
Reuben Lamb,
1.50
Daniel Crimmins,
1.50
Jerre Shugrue.
6.75
John Wilson, shovels,
2.60
J. F. Twiss, man and team,
54.00
Louis Barker, man and team,
12.00
E. P. Brown,
15.75
John Lehan,
14.25
John Richie,
15.75
Daniel Connor,
15 75
Patrick Hurley,
17.25
James Casey,
19.50
M. Molloy,
19.50
A. Brosnahan,
19 50
Ed. M. Kelligett,
21.00
Geo. D. Whiting,
44.00
J. W. Miller,
52.00
M. McKelligett,
12.00
Samuel Brown.
18.00
Chas. Campbell,
3.75
Daniel Crimmins,
3.75
Will Trumble,
3.75
Reuben Lamb,
3.75
Jerre Shugrne,
19.50
Geo. D. Whiting,
4.50
Mike Barber,
1.95
Daniel Kee,
3.45
Mike Sullivan,
3.45
John Lynch,
3.45
W. S. Whiting,
17.20
34
J. F. Loftus,
$40.75
M. Shea,
4.50
Pat. Mitchell,
3.00
John Moriarty,
3.00
John Grady,
·
3.00
John Fenton,
3.00
Wm. Murphy,
4.50
H. Wilcox,
3.00
C. T. Brainerd, man and team,
20.00
C. P. Haynes,
12.00
Jos. Merriam,
6.00
H. Sherman,
1.80
C. T. Brainerd, part services as superintendent,
100.00
John Lehan,
11.25
E. P. Brown,
9.75
Henry Connor,
1.50
John Ritchie,
9.75
Daniel Connor,
9.75
John F. Twiss, man and team,
26.00
Maurice Prindiville,
1 50
John F. Loftus,
4.00
Jerre Shugrue,
2.25
James Casey,
1.50
M. McKeltiget, 1.50
Geo. Tyler & Co., repairs on scraper,
8.50
Jerre Shea,
9.10
W. S. Whiting,
9.20
John Kennedy,
4.50
Maurice McKelligett,
4.50
Joseph Kerigan,
142.90
C. T. Brainerd, man and team,
16.00
J. A. Hamilton, man, and team,
16.00
W. H. Clark,
4.80
E. J. Lynch,
6.00
P. McGuire, Jr.,
6.00
Daniel Healy,
6.00
P. Murphy,
6.00
Wm. Murphy,
6.00
Pat. Mitchell,
10.95
35
Mike Sullivan,
$ 8.70
Daniel Kee,
10.20
Michael Shea,
10.20
John Moriarty,
8.70
John Grady,
10.95
Tim Lines,
7.20
W. S. Whiting,
56.40
Phil Beauregard,
1.50
Fred Beauregard,
1.50
Jolın Fenton,
1.50
- Graham, gravel,
7.50
E. J. Lynch,
4.50
P. Murphy,
4.50
William Murphy,
4.50
P. McGuire, Jr.,
4.50
W. H. Clark,
4.50
J. A. Hamilton,
12.00
C. T. Brainerd, man and team,
12.00
E. O. Butler,
4.50
Daniel Healey,
4.50
J. F. Twiss,
32.00
E. P. Brown,
9.75
John Lehan,
12.75
John Ritchie,
12.75
John Lane,
4.50
Henry Connor,
4.50
Michael Foley,
4.50
Jerre Shugrue,
4.50
A. Brosnahan,
4.50
J. F. Loftus,
39.20
Jerre Shugrue,
9.00
A. Brosnahan,
9.00
James Casey,
10.50
E. McKelligett,
9 00
Louis Nepheu,
2.25
George Mooers,
23.20
H. W. Stimson,
21.00
Samuel Brown,
21.25
George A. Smith,
16.00
36
Reuben Lamb,
$ 11.25
Daniel Crimmins,
6.00
John Jones, 6.00
Tim Crimmins,
3.00
Charles Underwood,
1.50
E. McKelligett,
16.50
George D. Whiting,
37.40
George D. Whiting, loam, &c.,
10.20
J. D. Miller,
36.00
Edward Webber,
14.55
Edward McKelligett,
12.00
A_ Brosnahan,
3.00
Jerre Shugrue,
10.50
James Casey,
4.50
Michael Shea,
7.50
Matt. Kennedy,
7.50
M. Molloy,
6.00
Daniel Shea,
1.50
W. S. Whiting,
40.00
Timothy Lines,
6.00
Daniel Kee,
6.75
Mike Sullivan,
6.00
Mike Shea,
7.50
Patrick Mitchell,
6.75
John Grady,
7.50
John Moriarty,
5.25
Daniel Shea,
9.00
J. F. Twiss, man and team,
4.00
Henry Connor,
4.13
Daniel Connor,
2.63
John Lehan,
2.63
John Ritchie,
4.12
E. McKelligett,
11.15
F. F. Marcy, labor and material,
8.24
M. A. Sherman,
4.09
Forest Lake Co., 1.00
John Crowley,
18.00
C. T. Brainerd, man and team,
24.00
Mike Finerty,
3.00
37
W. S. Whiting,
$ 22.00
Daniel Connor,
4.50
Mike Burphee,
1.50
John Dunn,
3.00
Mike Sullivan,
4.50
John Grady,
4.50
C. T. Brainerd, man and team,
32.00
Daniel Crimmins,
14.25
John Crowley,
38.00
Geo. Smith.
14.00
Frank Coffin,
14.25
Frank Holdsworth,
14.25
Wm. Murphy,
14.25
E. Crimmins,
14.25
P. McGuire, Jr.,
14.25
L. C. Snow,
3.20
Eugene Rivers,
1.50
Herran,
7.50
H. Henrichon,
6.00
George Pratt,
6.00
Joseph Fenton,
8.25
Daniel Manning,
9.00
John Lane,
9.00
W. F. Fillmore,
22.00
J. F. Loftus,
16.00
Frank Barker,
26.00
John O'Connor,
17.25
C. P. Haynes,
32.00
Henry Conner,
17.25
E. P. Brown,
16 50
John Ritchie,
19.50
John Lehan,
21.00
Daniel Connor,
15.75
J. F. Twiss, man and team,
56.00
Samuel Brown,
15.50
Reuben Lamb,
6.00
Chas. Merritt,
4.50
John Jones,
4.50
G. A. Smith,
8.00
38
Dan Lane, $ 9.75
Wm. Murphy,
4.50
E. J. Lynch, 6.00
P. McGuire, Jr.,
6.00
C. T. Brainerd, man and team,
8.00
C. T. Brainerd, man and team,
38.00
P. McGuire, Jr.,
13.50
J. W. Brainerd, labor on steam roller,
13.75
J. F. Holbrook, coal for steam roller,
8.94
M. Healy, repairing tools,
5.86
Geo. N. Stone,
2.50
P. McGuire, Jr.,
8.25
E. J. Lynch,
9.75
John Conlon,
14.25
Ed. Crimmins,
7.50
P. Ditto,
10.50
Geo. A. Smith,
14.00
P. Hurley,
7.50
Geo. D. Whiting,
1.20
E. McKelligett,
9.00
J. H. Woolrich,
3.75
E. A. Buck & Co., oil, &c.,
1.27
J. F. Loftus,
24.00
C. T. Brainerd, man and team,
26.00
E. J. Lynch,
1.50
John Conlon,
1.50
P. Murphy,
13.50
Dan Shea,
9.00
M. McCormack,
9.00
M. Molloy,
9.00
George Mooers,
20.00
J. W. Miller,
12.00
Jerre Shugrue,
9.00
James Casey,
9.00
W. S. Whiting,
12.00
Dan Connors,
2.25
John Buskey,
4.50
John Grady,
3.00
J. A. Hamilton,
8.95
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Tim Crimmins,
$ 5.25
M. Molloy,
2.25
J. F. Loftus,
6.00
J. F. Twiss, man and team,
20.00
John Lane,
4.50
John Ritchie,
4.50
W. F. Fillmore,
1.20
John Lehan,
5.25
Dan Connor,
1.50
E. P. Brown,
4.50
John O'Connor,
1.50
Louis Barker,
6.00
C. J. Foley,
1.00
John Lehan,
.75
Dan Connor,
.75
Smith Grocery Co.,
1.66
P. McGuire, Jr.,
.75
Con Foley,
4.50
Charles Ruggles, 4.00
J. B. Brown & Co., 1 98
George A. Smith, breaking out roads,
6.30
Samuel Brown,
5.60
Maurice Prindeville, “ 66 66
3.00
James Casey,
.75
C. T. Brainerd, man and team,
12.00
Warren Trumble,
.75
T. D. Carmody,
18.40
A. Miller,
2.75
F. Elmer,
2.75
J. H. Tuthill, repairs on tools,
1.00
A. M. Bond, repairs on water tub,
1.60
Whiting & Ramsden, breaking out roads,
7.55
M. A. Sherman, 66
2.40
Wm. Ryan,
66
3.75
Samuel Brown.
6 6 66
10.00
Bryan O'Rourke,
יי
1.50
B. F. Emery,
66 66 8.00
Joseph Kerrigan,
" and labor, 22.35
W. F. Fillmore,
66 66 4.00
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E. Crimmins, breaking out roads, $ .75
Dan Crimmins,
.75
O. E. Butler, .60
C. T. Brainerd, man and team, 5.00
John O'Connor, .75
W. H. Mason, 1.50
Chas. T. Brainerd, balance of salary as Supt., 125.00
1.75
Jos. Woodard, signs,
C. T. Brainerd, man and team, 8.00
John Daly, 4.17
$3,720.39
In accordance with a vote of the town, a section of macadam road has been built the past year, commencing at Main street in the Depot village and extending to the top of the grade above the cemetery on Thorndike street, a distance of 3,010 feet, at an expense of $3,498 54.
A little over 1,700 tons of trap-rock were used. The stone is 8 inches deep in the center and 6 inches on the sides. About 1,400 feet of cobble-paved gutters were built. The work was not completed as quickly or as cheaply as it would have been if we could have procured the stone as fast as we wanted. We were able to get only 50 tons per day. We should have had 100 tons per day. The total cost for the work of grading, paving the ditches and the completion of the work is 67 cents per square yard.
MACADAM ROAD WORK-THORNDIKE STREET.
$3,500.00
Flynt Granite Co., stone,
$1,706.68 8.00
C. V. R. R., demurage,
15.27
J. F. Holbrook, coal for steam roller,
64.98
W. H. Brainerd, services as engineer,
32.00
Palmer Granite Co., stone for bank wall,
15.00
E. A. Buck & Co , oil, &c., for steam roller, 2.87
C. A. Brown & Co., tools, drain pipe, &c., 50.71
Appropriation-
F. E. Marcy, labor and material,
41
M. J. Dillon, lowering grates, $ 7.55
William Thompson, labor on bank wall, 12.00
J. W. Brainerd, running steam roller, 95.00
G. B. Kenerson, setting up steam roller, 5.53
Palmer Water Co., water for road,
10.00
A. T. Northrop, wood for roller,
2.25
L. J. Brainerd, care of lanterns,
4.20
W. D. Mason, " " . 6
2.00
J. W. Brainerd, labor, housing roller.
3.50
C. T. Brainerd, labor,
121.00
2,158.54
Team work and labor,
1,340.25
$3,498.79
Balance, $1.21
BRIDGES.
The bridges of the town, with the exception of the Merrick bridge, Burleigh bridge, canal bridge at Three Rivers and the iron bridge in Thorndike are in good shape. An appropriation of $1,500 will build a new iron bridge over the canal at Three Rivers and repair the other bridges.
A new iron bridge has been built at Bondsville the past year. We consider it the strongest and best bridge in town. One new span of the bridge over the Chicopee river at Three Rivers has been constructed, and one other span has received a thorough overhauling, and iron trusses have been put in on both sides.
We were obliged to exceed the appropriations to complete the moving of the Bondsville canal bridge and setting up at Thorndike; we found the stone work in poor shape, which required a larger expense than we expected.
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Appropriation, $1,500.00
Albert Ferry, 6125 ft. chestnut plank, Thorn- dike, $110.25
Norman Aiken, labor on Thorndike bridge, 10.00
Charles Coleman, “
10.00
Mike Molloy,
6.75
Jeremiah Shugrue, "
6.00
Warren Trumble, “ 6.00
Chas. T. Brainerd, drawing timber to Thorndike. 4.00
T. D. Potter & Co., drawing and sawing tim- ber for Thorndike, 6.00
John W. Brainerd, labor on Tenneyville, 2.50
Geo. Sanders, labor on Three Rivers, 2.62
Joseph Merriam, " 66 66
3.00
N. Aiken, labor, 5.00
W. A. Thompson, labor,
3.00
W. H. Mason, labor,
6.00
Harry Thompson, labor,
3.00
C. N. Coleman, labor, Three Rivers,
20.00
Alex Downing,
11.25
Alfred Barber,
11.25
A. Brosnahan,
10.50
Charles Connor,
7.50
John Conroy,
7.50
Con Foley,
1.50
W. F. Fillmore,
2.40
Albert Ferry, 765 feet chestnut plank,
13.77
Charles P. Haynes, timber and plank,
212.92
Philip Connor, labor,
4.50
Joseph Lafortune, labor,
3.00
Charles Connor, labor on bridges,
12.00
Alfred Barber,
9.00
Charles Coleman,
15.00
Henry Connor, 66
3.00
Con Foley,
6.00
Alex Downing,
9.00
Andrew Brosnahan, “
9.00
John Conroy,
66
9.00
Joseph Fenton, 66
3.00
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Joseph Lafortune, labor on bridges,
$ 3.00
Charles Coleman,
10.62
Alex Downing,
6.15
Alfred Barber,
9.00
Charles Connor,
7.50
John Conroy, 66
6.15
Andrew Brosnahan, "
6.15
Charles Connor,
3.00
Alfred Barber,
66
11.62
George Saunders,
8.80
Con Foley, lighting bridges,
5.36
Alex Downing, labor,
7.50
A. Brosnahan,
3.00
Charles Coleman, "
16.87
C. A. Brown & Co., material,
52.97
F. F. Marcy & Co., material and labor, 4.85
Charles P. Haynes, material,
89.34
J. M. Allen, 4,558 feet plank for King bridge, 82.04
J. M. Allen, 1,009 feet plank for Thorndike, 18.15 Joseph Belanger, material and labor, Three Rivers, 152.09
John F. Twiss, drawing plank, &c., 4.00
T. D. Potter & Co., lumber, 30.46
John A. Breckenridge, painting two iron bridges,
35.00
C. N. Coleman, R. R. bridge, Tenneyville, 5.50 66 Commercial street bridge, 4.75
J. M. Allen, 3,526 feet plank, Tennyville, 63.46
66 1,514 feet plank, Goddard, 27.23
John W. Brainerd, labor, 6.25
H. R. Paine, painting Three Rivers bridge,
30.00
John W. Brainerd, labor, Monson bridge,
2.50
C. H. M. Blanchard, three-inch plank, . 6 two-inch plank, 14.11
E. À Buck & Co., spikes, 4.30
Frank Coffin, labor,
1.50
C. N. Coleman, labor, Commercial street,
3.00
Henry Hobson,
Monson bridge, 1.50
66
5.10
B. J. Avery,
2.50
10.26
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C. N. Coleman, labor on Thorndike bridge, $1.25
Palmer Mill, lumber for Three Rivers, 5.64
T. D. Potter & Co., plank for Goddard, 24.11
J. W. Brainerd, Merrick bridge,
3.25
John Wilson, spikes, 1.25
George M. Atkins, lumber,
38.64
Leon Henrichson, labor,
1.50
Town Clerk, Belchertown, labor and material, Bondsville bridge, 1.52
T. D. Potter & Co., labor and material, Fuller bridge. 8.74
Charles T. Brainerd, labor on bridges,
96.00
$1,502.69
Due from Town of Brimfield,
70.40
Due from Town of Monson,
39.88
$110.28
$1.392.41
RAILINGS.
Appropriation,
$200.00
James H. Clark, 15 rods railing,
$15.00
George A. Smith, 74 rods railing,
74.00
John Daily, 20} rods railing,
20.50
W. H. Brainerd, 36 rods railing,
36.00
T. D. Potter & Co., railing, Bondsville,
3.12
John Fenton, repairing railing,
2.25
$150.87
SEWERS AND CULVERTS.
Appropriation,
$400.00
W. H. Stimson, labor,
$5.50
John Lehan,
6.75
John O'Connor,
6.75
Frank Russell,
3.75
Jerre Carmody,
.75
W. S. Whiting, 66
2.00
Jerre Shea,
4.50
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Andrew Brosnahan, labor,
$ 6.50
Daniel Shea, 66
3.00
Warren Trumble,
3.00
Jerre Shea,
3.00
P. O'Brien, 66
6.00
C. F. Smith, 66
2.00
W. A. Thompson,
61.25
Samuel Brown,
5.85
S. W. Stanchfield, labor and material, Park street, 10.75
Joseph Merriam, labor on culverts, 3.75
L. Chalk, 5.85
Ed King, 5.25
Palmer Mill, material for sewers,
5.04
Eugene Shorley, labor,
14.00
S. H. Brown, 11.60
Joseph Kerigan, 30.00
B. J. Avery, labor, Three Rivers sewer. 3.50
W. H. Hitchcock, labor on connections, 3.50
N. K. Rogers, labor on three catch-basins, 7.50
George A. Smith, labor on culverts, 9.50
C. S. Ruggles, cement, pipe and brick, 4.13
John Buskey, labor, 1.50
W. S. Whiting, labor, 3.00
William Lusty,
3.00
John Dunn, 3.00
S. H. Brown, 6 6
6.80
W. H. Hitchcock. labor and pipe,
1.92
C. A. Brown & Co., material,
4.22
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