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Treasurer's Report.
OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 4, 1899.
Balance in Treasury March 4, 1898,
$1,932.38
Received of State Treasurer, Corporation tax,
1,025.06
National Bank tax, 250.56
State and Military Aid,
1,167.83
Support State Paupers, 147.85
Temporary support State pau-
pers, 13.00
Buried State paupers, 8.00
Transportation State paupers,
9.75
Aid to Eva Pyla,
30.00
Income Mass. school fund,
309.24
519.52
County Treasurer, dog fund,
A. O. Allen, lockup fees,
8.00
6 Peddlers' licenses,
72.00
3 Pool licenses,
6.00
3 Auctioneer licenses,
6.00
Circus and show licenses,
18.00
Old plank,
3.50
Old radiators,
50.00
Rent school lot, Three Rivers,
5.00
Timothy Daily, sidewalk assessment,
6.71
M. M. Thomas, sidewalk assessment,
13.51
H. A. Northrop, sidewalk assessment collected,
78.11
Interest on Merrick fund,
34.34
Interest on Thompson fund,
40.83
Sewer licenses,
400.00
School tuition and supplies,
99.16
Town Monson, school account,
165.00
Town Warren, pauper account,
25.87
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Town Belchertown, pauper account,
$ 6.45
Town Gill, pauper account,
23.08
City Lawrence, pauper account,
71.15
Thorndike Co., on account of macadam road,
500.00
Liquor licenses,
10,204.00
Springfield Institution for Savings, temporary loan,
8,000.00
Palmer Savings Bank, temporary loan,
9,500.00
Palmer Savings Bank, loan for cemetery, library and macadam, 2,250.00
H. A. Northrop, tax 1896,
55.44
H. A. Northrop, tax 1897,
700.00
H. A. Northrop, tax 1898,
53,050.00
$90,805.34
EXPENDITURES.
Paid State Treasurer, State tax,
$ 3,170.39
One-fourth Liquor licenses,
2,551.00
County treasurer, County tax,
3,255.85
Support J. Gokey at Truant School,
16.29
State and Military aid,
1,453.00
Town Bonds, Nos. 1 and 2,
2,000.00
Interest on Town Bonds,
1,600.00
Costs of District Court,
206.82
Palmer Savings Bank, temporary loan,
9,500 00
Palmer Savings Bank, interest on temporary loan,
173.47
Springfield Institution for Savings, temporary loan,
8,000.00
Springfield Institution for Savings, interest on tem- porary loan, 79.38
School Committee, orders,
22,274.83
Overseers of the Poor, orders,
7.907.59
Selectmen and Cemetery Commissioners, orders,
298.30
Selectmen's orders,
25,723.87
$88,210.79
Total receipts,
$90,805.34
Total expenditures,
88,210.79
Balance in Treasury,
$ 2.594,55
Respectfully submitted, J. B. SHAW, Treasurer.
Selectmen's Report.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF PALMER :
In presenting this report of the expenditures of the Select- men for the year ending March Ist, '99, the opportunity is taken to congratulate the people of the Town upon the im- , provement in business conditions and in the general welfare manifest within a few months past. It seems to be clear that the worst is over, even if the best has not been fully restored.
The many trials prevailing during the greater part of last year have been borne with a courage, endurance and patience worthy of the best traditions of the Town.
Above all, even in the darkest hour of tribulation, a fervent and changeless loyalty to the Town and a deep and abiding confidence in its affairs were almost universally manifest.
The year has been one of tranquil and orderly administra- tion of the affairs of the Town, though it has not been one of great prosperity.
The reports of the departments of the Town show that we have reached an era of development and progress. And these public works and projects mean much for the people of the Town in promoting their wealth, convenience and comfort, in fostering and developing business, in elevating and refining the mind, in short, adding greatly to the value and beauty of the every-day life of the people. Surely, a town can find few worthier objects upon which to expend its men- tal and material resources.
The oneness of the spirit of its citizens will manifest itself in the faith, energy and courage with which it will meet and
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surmount every obstacle in its pathway to peace, prosperity and glory.
We now proceed to discharge our immediate duty by lay- ing before you whatever information is at hand, relating to the different departments of the Town.
CONTINGENCIES.
Appropriation --
$2500.00
W. A. Weld, services as precinct officer, $ 3.00
J. Stever Knox, services as precinct officer, 3.00
J. F. Foley, services as precinct officer, 3.00
L. A. Conant, services as precinct officer, 3 00
W. R. Milligan, services as precinct officer, 3.00
H. S. Hobson, services as precinct officer, 3.00
Ed. J. Lynch, services as precinct officer, 3.00
J. P. O'Connor, services as precinct officer, 3.00
J. J. Kelly, services as precinct officer, 3.00
D. F. Sullivan, services as precinct officer, 3.00
C. F. Mooers, services as precinct officer, 3.00
M. E. Keefe, services as precinct officer, 3.00
F. J. Hamilton, services as precinct officer, 3.00
Thos. Hutchinson, services as precinct officer, 3.00
W. B. Kerrigan, services as precinct officer,
3.00
E. P. Brown, services as precinct officer,
3.00
Lewis Warriner, services as precinct officer,
3.00
R. F. Twiss, services as precinct officer,
3.00
Wm. Herran, services as precinct officer,
3.00
E. E. Tenney, services as precinct officer, M. J. Connor, services as precinct officer,
3.00
J. H. Trickett, services as precinct officer, 3.00
F. R. Ruggles, services as precinct officer, 3.00
W. W. Thomas, services as precinct officer, 3.00
Dr. H. A. Smith, services as precinct officer, 3.00
James Moriarty, services as precinct officer, 3.00
C. E. Shumway, services as precinct officer, 3.00
M. J. Moriarty, services as precinct officer, 3.00
J. Costello, services as precinct officer, 3.00
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L. R. Holden, services as precinct officer, $ 3.00
H. L. Ryther, services as precinct officer, 3.00
P. J. Fitzgerald, services as precinct officer, 3.00
Dr. H. A. Smith, team to carry ballots and box to Palmer, 1.00
C. B. Fiske & Co., town reports, postage, etc., 209.65. T. J. Dwyer, services as registrar of voters for 1897, 15.00
R. L. Bond, rent of hall for voting place,
8.00
C. S. Ruggles, rent of hall for voting place, 8.00
M. J. Sullivan, rent of hall for voting place, 8.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, March, 8.00
H. R. Paine, putting up and returning booths, 8.00
H. R. Paine, building railing for voting precinct, 6.16
S. H. Hellyar, insurance on Town House, 45.00
F. L. Dillon, care of Town House, 3.00
H. G. Loomis, funeral expenses of Chester B. Pasco, 35.00
C. J. Foley, care of Town House, 4.25
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, March, 14.00
M. Moriarty, returning deaths, 6.75
C. S. Ruggles, opening two graves, 4.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, April, 8.00
J. Stever Knox, opening three graves, April, 6.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, April, 24.00
J. F. Foley. services registrar of voters, 7.50
Palmer Water Co., water rent and repairs, 13.00
C. Blodgett, fighting forest fire, 6.60
C. N. Ellithrop, supplying water tub, 5.00
Thos. Roach, opening graves, 24.00
S. Leach, labor on Town House, 1.61
T. W. Kenefick, for injuries received by James LaCross on highway in 1897, 60.00
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing, advertising, etc., 25.88
O. C. Marcy, rig to villages, 1.50
Gordon Wilson, cutting stone steps, 16.50
Daniel Desmond, labor on steps, 2.25
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, May, 8.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, May, 20.00
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J. Stever Knox, opening graves, $ 6.00
Geo. A. Bills, services 16 men and team at forest
fire, Catholic cemetery, 33.00
Thomas Sullivan, for injuries received on Three Rivers bridge, 1897, 25.00
Thorndike Co., supplying water tub, 5.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, June, 8.00
Dan. Connor, setting curbing at Three Rivers, 6.15
John Lehan, setting curb at Three Rivers, 6.75
Gordon Wilson, setting curb at Three Rivers, 14.40
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing, advertising, etc.,
34.75
G. A. Bills, use of telephone, 12.00
J. B. Woodard, painting and lettering, 3.25
Andrew Brosnan, labor at Four Corners Ceme- tery, 3.50
J. K. Knox, labor at Four Corners Cemetery, 2.00
S. A. Brown, repairing float at Engine House, .35
H. A. Boscue, police services for 4th July, 1898, 3.00
J. F. Luman, police services for 4th July, 1898, Michael Collins, police services for 4th July, '98, 3.00
3.00
J. J. Manning, police services for 4th July, '98,
3.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse for July,
30.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, June, 14.00
J. Stever Knox, opening grave,
2.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, pails, July,
9.80
C. S. Ruggles, opening graves,
6.00
J. Stever Knox, opening grave, July, 2.00
C. A. LeGro, Falcon pens, 1897, .75
H. T. Bishop, collector's book and warrants. 2.85
J. K. Barker, laying out Commercial street, Thorndike, 8.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, August, 8.00
Thos. Roach, opening graves, August, 42.00
J. Stever Knox, opening graves, August, 4.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, 44.00
J. F. Luman, police services, July 4th, 1895, '96, '97, 9.00
C. S. Ruggles, opening graves, 16.00
New England Telephone Co., exchange service to Feb. 28, '99, 12.00
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Samuel Brown, opening grave, September, $ 2.00
D. F. Dillon, insurance, 129.00
A. E. Fitch, insurance, 63.00
R. F. Twiss, insurance, 63.00
W. E. Stone, oil, .48
J. B. Woodard, touch-up and varnish on steamer, 15.00 Samuel Brown, supplying water tub, 5.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, September, 30.00 Thos. Roach, opening graves, September, 24.00
J. Stever Knox, opening graves, September, 4.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, September, 8.00
H. T. Bishop, balance of '97 bill, 42.50
E. W. Phinney, inspecting beef, swine, etc., 55.45
H. H. Paine, funeral expenses, 30.00
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing, advertising, etc., 30.11
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, October, 8.00
Rev. Jas. Marchand, opening graves, 62.00
Samuel Brown, opening graves, October, 2.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, October, 12.00
Hitchcock & Blanchard, labor on library building, 7.69
G. A. Bills, teams and firemen, Three Rivers, 55.00
C. F. Place, supplying water tub, 5.00
S. H. Hellyar, insurance, 37.50
W. H. Brainerd, laying out roads, Bondsville, 6.20
W. H. Brainerd, laying out roads, Palmer, 6.00
J. J. Kelley, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
D. F. Sullivan, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
M. M. Thomas, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
C. F. Mooers, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
M. E. Keefe, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
Frank Hamilton, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00 William Kerigan. services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00 Thos. Hutchinson, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00 H. A. Smith. services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
W. J. Knowlton, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00 M. J. Moriarty, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
J. Costello, services as precinct officer. Nov., 3.00
Chas. Darling, services as precinct officer, Nov .. 3.00
P. J. Fitzgerald, services as precinct officer, Nov .. 3.00
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Jas. Moriarty, services as precinct officer, Nov., $ 3.00 W. A. Weld, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
J. Stever Knox, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00 J. Austin Hawkes, services as precinct officer, Nov. 3.00 W. R. Milligan, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00 H. E. Hobson, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
D. F. Dillon, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00 D. E. O'Connor, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00 E. J. Lynch, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
F. A. Ruggles, services as precinct officer, Nov .. 3.00
Wm. Herran, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
R. F. Twiss, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
M. J. O'Connor, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00 E. P. Brown, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
Jas. J. Manning, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00 J. H. Trickett, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
D. E. Tenney, services as precinct officer, Nov., 3.00
J. F. Loftus, pencils, team to carry ballots and box to Palmer, 1.25
Gordon Wilson, setting boundary posts, 10.00
C. A. Brown & Co., labor at engine house, 7.30
T. J. Chalk, labor with team, 4.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, Nov., 18.00
J. Stever Knox, opening grave, Nov., 2.00
Sullivan & Co., rent of hall for voting place, Nov., 8.00
C. S. Ruggles, rent of hall for voting place, Nov., 8.00 A. O. Allen, care of lockup, Nov., 8.00
J. J. Loftus, death returns, 7.00
Leslie H. Hendee, death returns, 4.25
Freeman H. Sanborn, inspecting boilers, 4.20
American Fire Engine Co., repairs on boiler at engine house, 40.85
O. C. Marcy, teams, 2.50
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, Dec., 8.00
Jas. J. Manning, serving dog warrant, 7.00
J. Stever Knox, opening graves, Dec., 4.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, Dec. 22.00
H. A. Smith, death returns, 6.00
H. A. Smith, returning ballots and box to Palmer, Nov., 1.00
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Thomas Roach, opening graves, $ 32.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, Jan., 8.00
Dr. G. H. Wilkins, returning births, 5.75
Columbian Band, rent of hall, Nov., 1898, 8.00
J. F. Twiss, team to carry ballot box, March and Nov., 1898, 2.00
C. F. Smith, services as inspector of cattle, 19.50
C. S. Ruggles, opening graves, Dec. and Jan., 10.00
W. Winter, setting tires on hearse, 2.25
J. Stever Knox, opening graves, Jan., 4.00
Joseph Belanger, returning deaths. 24.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse, 32.00
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing, 3.50
J. P. Schneider, M. D., reporting births, 6.25
Hitchcock & Blanchard, labor on library building, 10.30
W. H. Brainerd, setting stone bounds, 4.00
W. H. Bliss, M. D., reporting births, 8.00
Palmer Savings Bank, rent of lockup to March 1, 1899, 90.00
C. S. Ruggles, repairing fence of M. M. Thomas, opening one grave, 10.00
C. A. LeGro, pens, holders and paper, 2.50
M. Richards, water rent, Thorndike cemetery, '97, 3.00
E. W. Burns, services as registrar, and on recount, March, 1898, 18.00
A. O. Allen, care of lockup, February, 8.00
Thomas Roach, opening graves, Jan. and Feb., 24.00
M. J. Dillon, stamps, stationery, 5.00
Dr. G. LaFountain, returning births, 9.50
C. L. Johnson & Co., billheads, 2.50
J. C. Boulay, M. D., returning births, 18.75
J. F. Foley, services as registrar and on re- count March, 10.50
J. F. Foley, goods for lockup, 3.09
A. A. Warriner, stationery and postage for assessors, 2.50
E. W. Phinney, inspector of cattle to March 1st, 1899, 27.15
J. B. Shaw, registering births, deaths and mar- riages, 168.65
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J. B. Shaw, registrar of voters, express and postage, $20.00
G. A. Bills, services as chief engineer, 50.00
J. Stever Knox, services with hearse February, 26.00
H. G. Loomis, returning deaths, 11.00
John P. Eastman, serving town warrant 1898, 5.00
$2,754.17
HIGHWAYS.
Had it not been for the recent blizzards we would have been able to report an unexpended balance in this appro- priation, but as it is, the balance overdrawn is very small, considering the condition of the highways throughout the Town. We venture to say that the roads are in better con- dition than they have ever been before with the exception of a few localities.
We have expended quite a large sum of money in grading and hardening the road at Blanchardville, Central street, Palmer, and Main street, Bondsville.
In this, as well as in the other appropriations, no small amount of money has been expended in the payment of bills incurred previous to this fiscal year.
It will be noticed in this report that the amount appro- priated for grading the highway at Three Rivers was not expended. The reason for this unexpended sum is that after the Selectmen viewed the highway, in order to avoid law suit, they deemed it best not to undertake the work.
Considering the condition of the highway during the past year, and the amount of work which this appropriation en- abled us to do, we are of the opinion that about the same sum will be sufficient for ordinary repairs during the coming year.
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Appropriation-
$4,500.00
Palmer Granite Co., 13 loads of stone, 1897, $ 9.75
H. W. Stimpson, labor,
9.75
E. P. Brown,
11.25
Daniel Connor,
11.25
John Connor,
9.75
John Lehan,
11.25
John Ritchie,
11.25
M. Finnerty,
4.13
Daniel Finnerty,
4.05
Charles Fosman,
32.00
J. E. Butler,
16.50
D. W. Dillon,
15.00
William Long,
3.00
Dennis Dwyer,
14.25
J. J. Conway, -
7.50
Peter McGuire,
7.50
W. Murphy,
13.50
Daniel Crimmins, Sr.,
10.20
Michael Laffo, man and feam,
10.00
Geo. Laffo,
2.00
T. J. Chalk & Son,
6.00
J. F. Twiss,
30.00
L. G. Barker,
10.00
John O'Neil, 195 loads of gravel,
19.50
Fred Dockery, labor,
17.25
Chas. Bowen.
20.25
A. Miller,
22.10
G. Burpy,
6.60
Joseph Harnese,
5.10
E. Shorley,
13.50
John Powers,
18.00
W. J. Dean,
4.20
D. Crimmins, Jr.,
7.50
Daniel Healy,
5.25
P. Murphy,
.75
W. G. Whiting,
1.00
Ed. Crimmins,
18.75
John Fenton, labor,
3.75
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F. Elmer, man and team, $ 37.60
J. F. Crowley, 42.80
Geo. Laford, 53.60
Peter Ditto,
48.50
John Daily,
41.00
C. T. Brainerd,
4.00
John Loftus,
20.00
M. J. Dillon, services as Supt. of Highways,
74.00
A. Brosnan, labor,
8.25
Ed. McKelligott,
14.25
P. Hurley,
10.50
D. Shea,
7.50
W. J. Dean,
1.50
D. W. Dillon,
7.50
J. H. Dunn,
6.00
T. Lynes,
14.25
Thos. Carmody,
18.00
D. Dwyer.
9.00
John Sheehan.
6.90
John Hagerty,
7.20
M. Prindiville,
6.45
O. T. Howland,
4.50
J. M. Allen, man and team,
59.60
G. D. Whiting,
21.50
Jerry Shea,
50.75
Dennis Mahoney,
26.40
W. F. Fillmore,
6.00
Chas. Fosman,
14.00
E. A. Buck & Co., dynamite, caps, fuse, etc., 3.82
G. E. Allen. scraper edge, 8.50
J. McGrath, bolts, sharpening tools, 5.20
Henry Stearns, labor,
6.00
Geo. Burpy, 10.50
E. Shorley,
13.50
Dan. Connor,
9.90
Dan Kee,
5.40
Joe Tomas, labor,
3.00
M. Sullivan,
6.15
T. Carmody,
1.50
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L. Fosman,
$ 9.00
J. F. Holbrook, 32.00
Ed. Welch,
1.50
D. Healy,
6.00
T. Moran,
7.50
O. E. Butler,
4.50
J. Coleman, 6.00
Ed. McKelligot,
19.50
Jerry Lynch,
16.50
Chas. McCarty,
16.50
A. Miller, man and team,
27.00
F. Elmer,
36.00
Wm. Whiting,
50.40
A. Nielson,
24.00
Joho Loftus,
52.00
J. M. Allen,
42.15
J. Bonville,
12.00
J. F. Twiss,
50.00
Chas. P. Haynes,
12.00
H. W. Stimson,
37.20
J. T. Crowley,
19.20
M. Flynn, labor,
9.00
P. Hurley,
9.00
W. A. Thompson,
6.00
A. King,
7.50
E. B. King,
5.25
John Ritchie,
18.00
David Lusty,
1.50
D. Crimmins,
13.50
Ed. Crimmins.
11.25
N. St. John,
11.85
E. P. Brown,
18.00
John Lehan,
18.75
D. Connor,
18.75
Wm. Murphy, labor,
3.75
D. Dwyer,
9.00
C. Bowen,
1.12
M. J. Dillon, services as Supt. of Highways, 70.00
F. M. Connor, labor,
26.75
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Jerry Lynch,
$ 5.25
Ed. McKelligott,
13.50
D. Crimmins, 16.50
John Fenton,
6.30
M. Sullivan,
4.80
W. Murphy,
7.35
D. Dwyer,
8.10
H. S. Hobson,
3.45
John Crimmins,
3.75
M. Flynn,
6.00
J. W. Loftus, labor and sharpening drills,
17.75
D. Connor, labor,
2.25
M. McKelligott,
5.25
T. Lynes,
5.25
David Lusty,
4.80
John Moriarty,
5.25
J. Powers,
1.20
Ed. King,
5.25
A. D. Smith,
1.50
S. Kelson,
5.70
P. Murphy,
3.75
J. F. Holbrook,
3.00
C. Harrington,
2.25
D. Healy,
3.00
O. E. Butler,
3.00
J. Coleman,
5.25
J. Daily, man and team,
12.00
G. W. Lent,
14.00
J. B. Carmody,
21.60
Peter Ditto,
16.00
J. M. Allen,
57.95
Jerry Shea,
14.00
C. A. Brown & Co., road rake,
.60
M. J. Dillon, services as Supt. of Highways,
78.00
John Fenton, labor,
1.50
John Kennedy,
4.50
Frank Connor,
16.50
Daniel Connor,
36.00
E. P. Brown,
28.50
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John Lehan, $ 38.63
John Ritchie,
33.00
John Lane, 6.00
John Connor,
20.25
T. J. Conroy,
5.25
Thos. Murphy,
1.05
W. Gaffney,
1.05
M. Flynn,
2.63
- A. Marshall,
1.50
Ed. McKelligot,
'
1.50
J. Moriarty,
6.75
W. Murphy,
9.45
D. Dwyer,
5.70
William Cair,
7.50
J. Powers,
2.25
H. W. Stimpson,
25.63
D. Crimmins,
15.00
P. Crimmins,
5.25
Chas. Fosman,
7.50
William Whiting, man and team,
4.00
J. F. Twiss,
96.00
J. F. Loftus,
9.00
J. M. Allen,
71.10
Wm. Simmons,
12.00
F. D. Thompson, sharpening drills,
2.05
M. J. Dillon, services as Supt. of Highways,
68.00
Bryan O'Rourke, labor,
1.50
Dennis Mahoney,
21.00
J. J. Conway,
3.00
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M. McKelligot, labor,
1.50
Jerry Lynch,
1.50
Ed. McKelligot,
28.95
Chas. McCarty,
25.95
Dennis Leary,
16.80
D. Sullivan,
7.05
T. Daily,
10.05
J. H. Pasco,
2.47
Geo. Aspinwall,
9.00
Fred Dockery,
24.38
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Jas. Cair,
$ 4.13
D. Haley,
18.38
Mr. Wilson,
1.50
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Jas. Conley,
9.75
Mr. Smith,
1.50
Chas. Bowen,
19.88
D. Dwyer,
21.38
Margaret O'Neil, gravel,
21.60
P. Plympton, gravel,
3.25
A. Miller, labor,
4.75
F. Elmer,
4.75
Nelson St. John,
1.50
P. Ferris,
7.50
J. Fenton,
7.80
J. F. Holbrook,
15.50
John Moran,
6.00
Bert Harvey,
3.00
John Ritchie,
3.00
D. Connor,
3.00
J. Connor,
2.25
J. Lehan,
3.00
E. P. Brown,
3.00
J. F. Twiss, 8.00
Chas. Fosman,
5.50
J. F. Loftus, man and team,
12.00
P. Ditto,
57.00
J. F. Holbrook,
2.80
J. F. Crowley,
20.00
J. M. Allen, man and team,
138.38
M. Flynn, labor,
.75
M. Sullivan,
.75
Ed. McKelligot,
19.50
Anders Nielson,
6.25
Anton Peterson,
3.75
S. Brown,
1.00
Jerry Shea, man and team.
30.00
J. F. Loftus, 10.00
J. B. Carmody,
44.00
Wm. Whiting,
38.00
38
Jas. A. Hamilton,
$ 2.00
M. McKelligot, labor,
13.50
T. Lines, 13.50
J' Fenton, 11.25
J. Grady,
11.25
D. Lusty,
15.00
D. Connors,
28.50
J. M. Allen, man and team,
97.60
Jos. Kerigan, 65.40
- Fred Dockery, labor,
13.50
Ed. Slattery,
11.70
E. P: Brown,
17.25
J. F. Twiss,
48.00
John Richie,
17.25
John Lehan,
17.25
P. Hurley,
.75
M. McKelligot,
2.25
J. T. Crowley,
20.00
D. Healy,
.75
P. Murphy,
.75
J. Dowd,
.75
J. F. Holbrook,
4.25
D. Dwyer,
.75
Dennis Mahony,
34.00
Chas. McCarty,
7.50
r. J. Chalk,
12.00
Chas. Bowen, labor,
2.25
R. G. Hastings,
1.50
D. Crimmins, Sr.,
11.25
D. Crimmins, Jr.,
11.33
H. W. Stimpson,
30.20
John O'Connor,
1.50
S. Blodgett,
3.45
M. J. Dillon, services as superintendent of highways, 56.00
W. Keith, 40 loads of gravel, 4.00
J. O'Neil, 60 loads of gravel, 6.00
E. A. Buck, rakes, dynamite, 1897, 2.80
J. F. Sullivan, repairing picks and drills,
2.50
$4,083.69
39
BREAKING OUT ROADS.
Ed. McKelligot, labor,
$ 1.50
D. Dwyer,
2.25
J. T. Crowley, team,
3.20
J. F. Holbrook,
4.50
Joe Bonville,
14.75
O. Bradley, labor,
.75
A. Bresett,
.75
P. Sullivan,
1.50
M .· Flynn,
1.50
Chas. McCarty,
2.25
Chas. Fosman,
20.70
J. L. Scott,
2.40
H. M. Kendall,
11.50
Ed. Crimmins,
3.00
Anders Nielson,
10.00
Chas. Underwood,
3.00
Geo. Smith,
6.75
J. Jones,
3.00
S. Ferry,
3.00
O. Howland,
3.00
J. M. Allen, team and men,
35.00
A. Girouard,
4.50
W. Whiting, team,
10.80
Chas. Mather,
2.25
John Dunn,
2.25
P. Fitzgerald,
2.10
W. Widger,
2.25
Jos. Kerigan,
13.47
B. F. Emery,
11.00
R. G. Hastings,
7.70
John Fenton,
4.05
John Kennedy,
9.00
Chas. Shaw,
8.40
M. Moynahan,
1.50
P .. Carey,
4.50
J. W. Foley,
3.00
J. O. Hamilton,
9.35
W. M. Crimmins,
.90
40
D. Crimmins, Sr., $ 1.80
H. W. Stimpson,
3.20
D. Crimmins, Jr., 1.95
Chas. Gernan,
1.20
Chas. Hamilton,
.90
Chas. P. Haynes,
8.00
L. R. Barker,
4.00
W. F. Fillmore,
4.00
John Lehan,
3.00
E. P. Brown,
3.00
R. Coyer,
3.00
D. Gray,
1.50
Oswald Gervais,
1.50
Alfred Ostigney,
1.50
J. F. Twiss,
3.00
Bryan O'Rourke.
4.70
John McKelligott,
2.25
C. F. Shaw,
1.95
Larry Brouthers,
3.30
M. J. Dillon,
12.00
Dennis Mahoney,
45.75
T. Crimmins,
.75
H. W. Stimpson,
2.00
James Clark,
2.10
Geo. Burpy,
4.45
William Bouley,
3.85
A. Miller,
7.20
Frank Elmer,
10.80
Henry Moore,
7.70
Mr. Botleart,
.75
Jos. Bonville,
24.50
Å. Rider,
1.50
Syer Johnson,
1.95
Arthur Moore,
3.60
Timothy Crimmins,
2.00
C. F. Shaw.
1.05
G. E. Pratt.
11.00
A. H. Gates,
5.35
Walter Harvey,
4.50
41
J. M. Allen,
$12.00
P. Carey,
3.00
E. G. Hastings,
6.00
Chas. Fosman,
18.00
Dennis Mahoney.
14.00
John Jones,
3.00
Kjild Johnson,
3.75
Geo. A. Smith,
8.00
Anders Nielson,
10.00
Timothy Crimmins,
1.50
D. Crimmins, Sr.,
4.80
Timothy Lynes,
3.00
D. F. Dwyer,
2.25
C. H. Babcock,
.90
Peter Gemou,
1.80
Nelson Brouthers,
1.80
Lawrence Brouthers,
4.80
M. J. Dillon,
16.00
Chas. Bowen,
1.50
J. S. Loomis,
1 50
P. Carey,
1.50
J. M. Allen,
10.45
Athauas Girouard,
9.35
C. R. Shaw.
6.00
W. N. Whiting,
19.60
Chas. Mather,
2.85
William Wedger,
4.20
Thos. Carmody,
3.00
Dennis Fenton,
1.50
Tuffield Brodeau,
5.20
R. G. Hastings,
8.20
Daniel Manning,
.75
Felix Faumier,
1.50
Alfred Ostigney,
1.50
Jeb Wamett,
2.25
Alex Gervais,
3.00
Oswald Gervais,
3.00
Richard Coyer,
3.00
Alex Flebert,
2.00
42
Lewis Barber,
$ 4.00
Chas. P. Haynes,
6.00
J. F. Twiss,
4.50
John Lehan,
.75
H. W. Stimson,
.85
Daniel O'Connor,
1.50
John Daley,
4.00
Jos. Kerigan,
7.35
B. F. Emery,
9.50
J. O. Hamilton,
6.60
-$ 4,774.11
MACADAM ROAD.
In accordance with the vote of the town a section of mac- adam road has been built during the past year in Thorn- dike, commencing at the canal bridge of No. I Mill and ex- tending to the canal bridge of No. 2. Mill, a distance of one- half (1-2) a mile.
The sum of $785.38 has been paid to farmers and others for stone delivered to the crusher. The sum of $1,818.23 has been expended in straightening and widening the road, grading the road bed, crushing the stone, delivering it on the road and rolling. The sum of $326.37 has been expended for moving the crusher, resetting it in Thorndike, crusher jaw, fuel and many other necessities, making a total expense of $2929.98. Of this sum $2400 was appropriated by the Town and $500 was paid to the town by the Thorndike Company.
A much larger piece of road could have been built had it not been for the ledge which was discovered in front of the Thorndike Company's office. The sandy soil also made it necessary to use more rock, and to spend more time in rolling the road bed. Considering the road as a whole, we venture to say that it is the best piece of road in the town.
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