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INCOME FROM COLLINS SCHOOL FUND.
Dividend on 20 shares of Northampton
National Bank Stock, $200 00
Dividend on 20 shares Hampshire Co. National Bank Stock, 100 00
Dividend on 20 shares Mechanic National
Bank Stock, 96 00
Dividend on 21 shares First National Bank of Greenfield, 168 00
Dividend on 21 shares First National Bank of Northampton, 147 00
Interest at Haydenville Savings Bank, 64 80
$775 80
TOWN ASSETS.
Balance in Treasury, $2,466 79
Due on Tax levy of 1913,
1,909 19
Due on Tax levy of 1914, 5,734 78
Due from Town of Warren, Pauper acct., 67 41
Due on State Aid acct.,
584 00
Sinking Fund,
13,250 32
Balance, 43,437 51 -
-$67,450 00
LIABILITIES.
Due J. R. Mansfield, salary 1913-1914, $ 250 00 Haydenville Savings Bank, Tax Loan, 6,500 00
Haydenville Sav. Bank Vaughn Note, 500 00
Haydenville Sav. Bank, School Site Loans, 7,700 00
Meekins Library, Bridge Loan, 2,500 00
Water Bonds, 50,000 00
-- $67,450 00
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STATEMENT OF WATER DEBT.
Town Water Bonds, $50,000 00
Less amount of Sinking Fund,
13,250 32
$36,749 68
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Paid Haydenville Savings Bank, $960 63
Nonotuck Savings Bank, 36 67
Interest on Water Bonds, 2,000 00
$2,997 30
AVAILABLE FOR INTEREST.
Appropriation, $2,600 00
Interest on Deposits,
96 22
Interest on overdue taxes, 57 09
$2,753 31
Balance, $243 99
TEMPORARY LOAN ACCOUNT.
Balance from 1913, $ 3,000 00
April 7. Loan Haydenville Savings Bank, 12,000 00
Aug. 18. Loan Haydenville Savings Bank, 5,000 00
Nov. 12. Loan Nonotuck Sav. Bank, 4,000 00
$24,000 00
Paid Haydenville Savings Bank, Tax Loan of 1913, $3,000 00
Haydenville Savings Bank, on Tax Loan of 1914, 10,500 00
Nonotuck Savings Bank, 1914, 4,000 00
$17,500 00
Outstanding on Tax Loans of 1914,
6,500 00
OTHER NOTES OUTSTANDING.
On Vaughn Note, $ 500 00
On School Site Loans, 7,700 00
On Concrete Bridge Loan, 2,500 00
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STATE AID ACCOUNT TO DEC. 31, 1914.
Paid Agnes M. Adams,
$48 00
George H. Ames,
66 00
Ellen Ames,
44 00
Egesta S. Black,
44 00
H. A. Bisbee,
44 00
Warren A. Flagg,
44 00
Henry H. Hitchcock,
44 00
Edward J. House,
36 00
Henry S. Leonard,
44 00
Jane Richardson,
44 00
Olive Warner,
44 00
Annie M. Rice,
44 00
Mrs. J. H. Beckwith,
42 00
$584 00
Paid month of February, 1914,
$52 00
March,
52 00
April,
52 00
May,
52 00
June,
58 00
July,
58 00
August,
52 00
September,
52 00
October,
52 00
November,
52 00
December,
52 00
$584 00
STATEMENT OF DOG LICENSES.
45 males at $2.00 each,
$90 00
Less fees,
9 00
Paid County Treasurer,
$81 00
Respectfully submitted, HENRY W. HILL,
Treasurer.
Town Clerk's Report
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1914.
January
10. Francis Henry Johndrow. 17. £ Gordon Russell Rogers.
March 8. John Athas.
10. Francis Ziske.
18. John Demerski.
21. Mary Lupine.
30. John Gwozezek.
April
4. Vincent Jesky.
11. George E. George.
23. Philip Richard Cook.
May
8. Roger Lewis Warner.
17. Blaisslavia Vyndzunski.
18. Mary Louise Drake.
31. Steve Steffoin.
June
1. Bennie Golas.
1. Henry Gordon Laflamme.
24. Donald Wheeler.
26. Jennie Lintner.
July
1. Elizabeth Riley.
16. Czelowa Golosh.
20. Arthur Morien.
22. Mari Willcutt Wells.
31. Mildred Louise Moffit.
August
22. Fred Prince.
26. Aleck Crescek.
September 7. Gilbert Edward Loud. 16. Theresa Kmit.
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September 24. Justine Webster Nash.
27. William Thomas Hennessy.
October 25. Czeslaw Matya.
November 5. Anistatia Taradenia.
11. Doris Ethel Sanderson.
19. Bessie Gremalski.
December
1. Kenneth Cooper.
5. Robert Delman Atherton.
9. Stanislas Almonwicz.
14. Earl Gilbert Cross.
16. John Toskey.
17. Catherine Arlene Ward.
27. John Gramalski.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN 1914.
January
6. Alfonso Semineau, Haydenville. Fabiana Choninard, Northampton.
12. Frank Kozlowsky, Haydenville. Annie Giriazda, Haydenville.
12. Alexander Ozga, Haydenville. Amila Skowbowska, Haydenville.
14. Antone Matcja, Haydenville. Kamelia Zaborowska, Haydenville.
26. Wladislaw Grumelski, Haydenville. Francisca Pannysh, Haydenville.
February
April
May
20. George Joseph Bayon, Conway. Anna Schenk, Conway.
3. Clarence George Hibbard, No. Hadley. Charlotte Lucy Warner, Williamsburg.
11. Valerian Bielaczye, Easthampton. Alexandria Szinianska, Williamsburg.
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May
12. Edward Guyette, Haydenville. Elmina Nadeau, Haydenville.
June
9. Stanislaw Kulus, Haydenville. Pauline Siph, New Britain, Conn.
15. John Bednarz, Haydenville. Katarzyna Duda, Haydenville.
30. Damon T. Greenwood, Northampton. Alma E. Pine, Haydenville.
30. Arthur J. Pine, Haydenville. Pamelia Bergeron, Northampton.
July August
15. Joseph C. Fontaine, Haydenville. Mary E. Ryan, Williamsburg.
22. Raymond Hill Learned, Indianopolis, Ind. Helen Merriam Wells, Williamsburg.
September 2. Robert Grant Warner, Northampton. Dora Sybil Cross, Williamsburg.
September 5. Napoleon F. Sears, Williamsburg. Hattie L. Bardwell, Whately.
October
5. Zygmont Batura, Haydenville. Dofelia Tereshko, Haydenville.
October
24. Norman Joseph Garrett, Haydenville. Rose A Hobson, Pittsfield.
26. Bronislaw Jablonski, Haydenville. Tofela Ozzolek, Haydenville.
November 18. Howard Roote Waite, Whately. Esther Louise Warner, Williamsburg.
23. Franciszek Ozwakiel, Haydenville. Katherina Olijarka, Haydenville.
December 15. William La Valley, Williamsburg. Minnie M. Blakeslee, Russell.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN 1914.
DATE
NAME
AGE, YRS.
MOS.
DAYS
Jan. 2.
Delina S. Laurent,
66
10
3
Jan. 14.
Johanna Cusick,
71
3
2
Jan. 17.
Vincenta Naumowicz,
6
4
Jan. 21.
Marguerite Dunphy,
18
2
8
Jan. 30.
Milton Brewster,
79
9
1
Jan. 28.
Philip Morein,
29
4
29
Feb. 5.
Gotlieb Herman Nietsche,
61
1
27
Feb. 17.
Rachel Brown,
88
9
23
Feb. 22.
Fannie Douyard,
53
Feb. 26.
Kostanty Solywada,
1
11
22
Mar. 12.
Harriet Brault,
82
10
14
Mar. 16.
Henry Kendall,
69
Mar. 20.
Margaret E. Alvord,
43
8
Mar. 25.
Lucy Young,
51
7
10
Mar. 26.
Thomas F. Larkin,
39
5
11
Mar 31. Charles W. Colby,
77
10
22
Apr. 8.
Joseph Mayotte,
51
10
14
Apr. 14.
Ezra Witherell,
83
5
1
Apr. 14.
Daniel C. Wade,
77
3
6
May 11.
Henry Shea,
73
4
21
May 14.
George M. Loomis,
75
7
3
May 22.
Catherine Kutno,
2
2
May 22.
James S. Nash,
75
10
21
June 14.
Helen Hinds,
22
9
14
June 15.
Ella B. Vining,
43
9
8
July 9.
Anne Dandy Courtright,
70
5
5
July 12.
M. Louise Underwood,
39
10
12
Aug. 2.
Edwin J. House,
68
Aug. 11.
Samuel Wills,
80
3
27
Sept. 12.
Julia A. Dunphy,
52
8
6
Sept. 17.
Aleck Orescek,
21
Sept. 21.
Angelia M. Taylor,
47
3
6
Oct. 18.
George A. Litchfield,
48
5
18
Nov. 2.
Ellen F. Waite,
65
8
10
Nov. 10. Mary Kenny,
34
4 28
Nov. 17. Theodore Strong Ring,
60
6
27
Nov. 19. Orson Edward Black,
49
7
11
Nov. 22.
Jeremiah A. Linehan,
27
12
Nov. 25. Andrew White,
74
9
14
Dec. 3. Luthera Ludden,
86
1
22
Dec. 23.
Catherine Van Vechten,
74
14
Dec. 25.
Angels Brown,
66
7
13
Dec. 26.
Ansel Vining Anderson,
40
3
4
Respectfully submitted, HENRY W. HILL,
Town Clerk.
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Selectmen's Report
To the Citizens of Williamsburg :-
Your Selectmen herewith present their report for the year ending December 31, 1914.
The expenses of the Town have been kept well within the appropriations with the exception of the appropria- tion for the Poor which has been overdrawn on account of the Mothers' Pension Law and the expense of patients at the Hampshire County Sanatorium.
The concrete bridge on the Goshen road would have been finished within the appropriation but for the changes made by the Highway Commissioners and they have promised us an amount sufficient to complete it.
Plans of the Chesterfield road were also changed and it was impossible to complete the work for the money al- loted and the Highway Commission has promised to help us finish it.
HIGHWAYS.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
W. H. Warner,
G. A. Thresher,
E. P. Hemenway,
H. H. Nichols,
John O'Neil,
F. E. Sanderson,
H. H. Cranson,
J. D. Graves.
Paid Roy Watling, labor, $4 00
Charles O'Brien, labor,
6 00
2
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Paid John Molloy, labor,
$66 88
Michael Shea, labor, 4 00
W. H. Warner, labor,
112 50
D. McSweeney, labor, Clyde Nichols, labor
4 00
G. Sumner, labor,
3 10
H. H. Nichols, labor,
77 80
J. S. Graves, labor,
4 25
John Brown, Repairs on Plow,
2 50
James Loud, labor,
9 32
W. P. Clary, labor,
2 00
E. P. Hemenway, labor,
110 49
P. Crotty, labor,
3 47
John Wade, labor,
1 00
Robert Rice, labor,
1 33
W. E. Pillinger, labor,
7 98
Frank Weeks, labor,
2 61
E. J. Knox, labor,
7 08
W. F. Miller, labor,
5 92
G. A. Thresher, labor,
162 13
M. O'Brien, plank,
108 78
R. G. Bradford, labor,
121 50
John Kenny, labor,
77
A. J. Tilton, labor,
3 00
Silas Snow, plank,
90 13
John O'Brien, labor,
32 50
Donald Nash, labor,
1 50
B. Loomis, labor,
25 75
S. A. Clark, labor,
12 50
John Handfield, labor,
8 13
G. H. Elliott, labor,
1 25
M. J. Mullaly, labor,
3 00
J. J. Lenihan, labor,
3 00
James Stone, labor,
4 50
W. H. Leonard, labor,
6 25
W. H. Nash, labor,
7 75
A. E. Lawton, labor,
3 85
7 52
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Paid W. H. Harris, labor,
$43 00
M. N. Adams, labor,
3 89
Robert Mathers, labor,
50
F. M. Hemenway, labor,
2 13
Geo. A. Bisbee, labor,
4 22
H. E. Bradford, labor,
6 50
John O'Neil, labor,
15 80
W. D. Weeks, labor,
3 54
A. Bartofsky, labor,
20 25
S. DeMartin, Painting signs,
8 10
C. A. Maynard, Shovels,
20 00
Dwight E. Clary, labor,
22 25
J. A. Sullivan, Board for Plow,
2 75
M. D. Patteson, Laying out Road, 5 00
John Geizer, labor,
28 50
P. Burdo, labor, 25 10
Thomas Vaughan, labor, 6 50
J. D. Murphy, labor,
2 00
J. E. Graves, labor,
80 28
Mill River Electric Co.,
Fuses for stone crusher,
2 50
Good Roads Machine Co., Supplies, 14 00
F. Sanderson, labor,
184 21
Harry Warner, labor,
18 00
M. Fuller, labor,
21 75
Earl Shumway, labor,
19 75
D. Brazil, labor,
23 00
G. R. Dolan, labor,
14 00
R. D. Dunphy, labor,
4 00
John Breckenridge, labor,
4 50
William Welch, labor,
10 00
Frank Loomer, labor,
15 38
G. H. Rood, labor,
21 56
C. S. Damon, labor,
48 24
E. Lafond, labor,
26 00
R. D. Ames, labor,
18 00
A. Robarge, labor,
8 75
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Paid W. Clark, labor,
$33 25
M. H. Smart, labor,
11 40
J. Mathers, labor,
3 50
F. Guilford, labor,
1 40
C. Merritt, labor,
55 00
F. Merritt, labor,
28 25
M. Woller, labor,
14 40
Justin Hemenway, labor,
27 25
H. Goodwin, Gravel,
2 90
Carl Hemenway, labor,
7 75
James Welch, labor,
4 75
Henry Welch, labor,
46 00
Damon & Tilton, Plank,
173 06
Charles Warner, labor,
2 00
Almon Everett, labor,
10 00
S. Ellis Clark, labor,
2 00
Thayer Co., Lumber,
1 75
William Chadwick, Supplies,
32 43
Mrs. H. N. Hinds, Gravel,
1 40
$2,252 48
AVAILABLE FOR HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation,
$1,400 00
Street Railway Excise Tax,
569 85
Street Railway Franchise Tax, 1,067 31
$3,037 16
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
Paid T. P. Larkin, Auditor, $5 00
W. H. Thayer, Auditor, 5 00
H. H. Nichols, Inspecting meat,
39 50
John Breckinridge, Inspect- ing cattle, 30 00
State Board of Health, Brand- ing outfit, 2 65
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Paid F. A. Brooks, Moderator, $3 50
Thomas O'Brien, Ballot Clerk, 7 00
Adelbert Bailey, Ballot Clerk, 3 50
M. J. Mullaly, Ballot Clerk,
10 00
C. D. Loomis, Ballot Clerk,
10 00
W. H. Thayer, Ballot Clerk,
10 00
C. W. Warner, Ballot Clerk,
3 50
James Dunn, Ballot Clerk, 7 00
W. H. Leonard, Ballot Clerk, 10 00
W. M. Purrington, Insurance, 281 59
John Quinn, labor, 10 80
Williamsburg Fire Department,
Services, 52 70
T. I. Breckenridge, coal,
8 00
Wakefield Daily Item, War-
rant, notices, etc., 2 74
Sanford, Putnam Co., Field Books, 4 58
Cecil T. Bagnall, Dog license book, 1 01
W. G. Gere & Son, Tax Notices, 1 40
H. C. Ranney, labor, 7 70
E. W. Goodhue, Expenses to Boston, 8 35 John W. Hill, Water Commissioner, 30 00 C. H. Chase, Transfers, 6 30
Haydenville Fire Department, Services, 52 50
Lawrence Molloy, Sundries, 6 26
Gazette Printing Co., Annual Reports and Ballots, 76 50
M. E. Riley, Registrar,
10 00
Stephen Burke, Registrar,
10 00
Wells Bisbee, Registrar,
10 00
Henry W. Hills, Registrar,
12 00
Williamsburg Grocery Co., Team, 2 50
M. T. Cook, Ballot Clerk, 6 50
Henry W. Hill, Ballot Clerk, 6 50
Thomas Lenihan, Ballot Clerk, 6 50
John J. Trainor, Ballot Clerk, 6 50
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Paid Gazette Printing Co., Poll Tax
Lists, $10 00
Charles Warner, Ballot Clerk, 3 50
E. C. Miller, Ballot Clerk, 3 50
John L. Mathers, Ballot Clerk,
3 50
Ellis Clark, Ballot Clerk,
3 50
Thomas Culver, Ballot Clerk,
3 50
H. E. Bradford, Ballot Clerk, 3 50
Herald Job Print, Blocks and Tally Sheets, 4 00 B. L. Dobbs, labor, 6 30
Mill River Electric Light Co.,
Lights for Town Hall, 7 00
Knight & Thomas, Fire
Extinguisher, 37 50
Hobbs & Warner, Blanks, 1 57
H. P. Goddard, School Committee, 75 00
George H. Warner, School Committee, 75 00
Lawrence Molloy, Chairman of Selectmen and Overseer of Poor, 125 00
Lawrence Molloy, Assessor, 45 00
Lawrence Molloy, Sundries,
11 17
C. S. Damon, Assessor,
53 75
C. S. Damon, Selectman,
100 00
C. S. Damon, Sundries,
1 24
H. H. Nichols, Assessor,
45 00
H. H. Nichols, Selectman,
100 00
J. A. Breckenridge, Tree Warden, 9 00
J. A. Breckenridge, Forest Warden, 11 90
H. E. Bradford, Water Com- missioner, 50 00
S. DeMartin, Painting signs, 1 50
J. J. Handfield, Use of Auto, 3 00
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Paid Hubert A. Smith, School Com-
mittee, $75 00
New England Telephone Co., Tele- phone, 7 78
C. M. Brewster, Teams, 9 00
Orange W. Hill, Special Police, 100 00
Luther Braman, Special Police, 75 00
P. B. Murphy, Blanks, 1 90
Henry A. Bisbee, Special Police, Janitor, etc., 117 52
N. H. Damon, labor, 2 75
Henry W. Hill, Town Clerk and Treasurer, 175 00
Henry W. Hill, Sundries,
4 89
J. Walter Nash, Elector,
10 00
New England Telephone Co., Telephone for Orange W. Hill, 14 63
Henry W. Hill, paid for Birth
and Death returns, 22 00
H. W. Hill, Recording Births, Mar-
riages and deaths, 35 90
Certification of Town Notes, 30 00
Paid District Court Fees, 170 35
J. R. Mansfield, Sunday Abate- ment of 1912 Tax, 87 27
C. M. Brewster, Meals for Ballot Clerks, 6 00
R. F. Burke, Salary 1912, 125 00
$2,631 50
AVAILABLE FOR CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
Appropriation, $1,100 00
National Bank Tax, 607 03
Corporation Tax, 274 70
Smith's School, 327 78
Compensation of Inspection of Animals, 15 00
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Sundry Licenses,
$23 00
Rent of Town Hall, 33 00
District Court Fines,
150 00
E. W. Goodhue, Expenses to Bos- ton, Refunded, 4 18
$2,534 69
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
Under the provisions of Chapter 412 of the Acts of the year 1910.
Number of persons aided for the year ending December 31, 1914,-58; 4 men, 16 women, 38 children.
Number having a settlement in this town, 39
Number having a settlement in other towns, 16
Number of State poor, 3
Total amount expended for Pauper Aid,
$1,452 74
Total amount expended under Act 763, 572 64
$2,025 38
AMOUNT AVAILABLE.
Appropriation, $1,200 00
Rec'd from other towns, 286 07
Due from Trustees of Joy Hospital to 11-31 54 07
Due from State, Under Act 763, 190 88 Due from State, Under Pauper Acct., 172 31
Due from town of Warren, 67 41
$1,970 95
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ACT. 763, LAWS OF 1913.
Aid rendered, Smith School, Am't Assessed,
$572 64 866 66
$866 66
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid George Cheeney, $64 00
AMOUNT AVAILABLE.
Appropriation,
$100 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Adelbert Bailey,
$50 00
Appropriation, $50.00.
SPRAYING.
Paid John E. Pierpont, spraying trees, $88 41
Appropriation, $200.00.
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Mill River Electric Light Co.,
for electric current, $1,524 75
Paid for lamps, 53 60
$1,578 35
Appropriation, $1,750.00.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.
Paid C. H. Wheeler, M. D., $50 75
Paid J. G. Hayes, M. D., 44 25
$95 00
Appropriation, $100.00.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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Paid Mill River Electric Light Co., for electric current and meter charge for Williamsburg and Haydenville Engine Houses, $16 50
Chase & Coolidge, Hose, 220 62
B. Loomis, Freight on hose, 53
J. R. Mansfield, Keys for Engine House, 2 40
Williamsburg Grocery Co., Supplies, 1 06
Brick Rubber Co., Rubber boots and coats, 27 00
J. A. Wattie, Street blanket,
4 50
$272 61
Appropriation, $200.00.
STATE ROAD.
Under the provisions of Chapter 525, Acts of the year 1910.
Total amount expended, $3,880 46.
PAINTING BRIDGES.
Paid Joseph Bailey, painting bridges, $124 83 Horatio Bisbee, paint, 25 60
$150 43
Appropriation,
$300 00
Rec'd from H. H. Nichols
for paint, $5 00
$305 00
BRIDGE.
Total amount expended, $2,566 23
Appropriation, $2,500.00.
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OILING ROADS.
Total amount expended, $282 63 Appropriation, $300.00.
SIDEWALKS.
Total amount expended, $76 10
Appropriation, $200.00.
CRUSHER.
The Selectmen made contract with the County Com- missioners to crush stone for the Hampshire County Sanatorium for which they received $1,020.00.
Expenditures, $239.46.
ALMONERS OF THE WHITING STREET FUND.
Amount received, 1914,
$270 00
Balance from last report,
188 53
$458 53
Paid 6 beneficiaries each,
$10 00
1 beneficiary,
30 00
1 beneficiary,
16 50
1 beneficiary,
40 00
7 beneficiaries each,
5 00
$181 50
Balance on hand,
$277 03
LAWRENCE MOLLOY, CHARLES S. DAMON, HALLECK H. NICHOLS, Selectmen of Williamsburg.
Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners.
DR.
1914.
Feb. 20. To cash in bank,
$1,799 10
July, Interest on deposit,
11 88
Coupons,
220 00
1915.
Jan. Interest on deposit, 18 24
Coupons, 220 00
Feb. 12. From Town Treasurer, 1,000 00 - $3,269 22
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CR.
1914.
March 20. Paid Haydenville Savings Bank for one bond at par and interest, $1,008 90
1915.
Feb. 20. Paid Haydenville Savings Bank two bonds at par and interest, $2,010 00
Cash in bank, 250 32
$3,269 22
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ASSETS.
1915. Feb. 20. Thirteen Williamsburg Water Bonds, $13,000 00 Cash in Haydenville Sav- ings Bank, 250 32
$13,250 32 Signed, BYRON LOOMIS, O. B. HOSFORD, H. W. GRAVES.
We hereby certify that we have examined the foregoing account and find it to be correct.
THOMAS P. LARKIN, WALTER H. THAYER, Auditors.
Report of Library Trustees
The Trustees of the Haydenville Public Library beg to make the following report :
We now have about 140 names listed for the with- drawal of books. The total number of books taken from library during the past year is 6,850.
Fewer books have been purchased this year than some years previously but an earnest attempt has been made to get a superior grade of books.
Some juvenile, the best of current fiction, history and travel have been our aim. We think it may be said, that our library, as a whole, contains a grade of books above the average.
Attention is called to items in financial report regard- ing repairs on foundation of library. Due to original defective construction work on foundation, the entire southeast corner wall had to be taken down and relaid. The east wall is very much out of plumb and will have to be relaid within a year or two.
We trust our citizens realize that the public library is one of the three forces that make for a betterment of conditions in any community life. We would respectfully emphasize to our citizens that a library is not, in the truest sense, merely a collection of books, but a store- house of information, where all may be informed and in- structed. Supported by the people and open to all the people it forms a part of the system of public education.
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As the library is supported by your taxes we would urge and welcome you to regard it as your own for all legiti- mate purposes.
GEORGE M. PAGE, E. CYRUS MILLER, THOS. H. IVES,
Trustees.
The Financial Report is as follows :
Town Appropriation $250.00
Paid A. T. Peterson,
$1 20
Baker & Taylor Co., Books,
1 35
Bridgman & Lyman, Books,
27 80
H. R. Hunting Co., Books,
62 93
P. J. Murphy, repairs,
2 65
John L. Mathers, repairs,
29 78
Librarians,
30 00
John L. Mathers, repairs,
29 78
Harper & Bros., books,
27 00
Dodd, Mead & Co., books,
4 50
$197 71
Water Commissioners' Report
RECEIPTS.
Balance cash on hand last report, $202 21
Received for water rents, 2,234 74
service connections, 198 00
from town for hydrants and
water tanks, 500 00
from Bradford Lumber Co., 25 00
for interest on deposits, 19 73
$3,179 68
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Hellen Wells, typewriting, $2 50
Mill River Electric Lighting Co., 10 00
P. J. Murphy, bill for 1913, 59 11
Bingham & Taylor curb boxes,
Gazette Printing Co., 13 25
9 37
William O'Brien, labor,
2 50
George A. Thresher, care of reservoirs one year, 35 00
Norwood Engineering Co., for repairing hydrants, 17 50
Graves Bros., supplies, 9 60
William Welch, labor, 6 50
Walter Leonard, labor, 2 00
H. E. Bradford, sundry bills, 34 38
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Paid George A. Thresher, labor and supplies, $33 37
P. J. Murphy, sundry bills, labor, plumbing etc., 64 79
W. H. Brooks, legal service,
226 75
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R., rent of crossing for water pipe, 1 00
Northampton Water Works, for installing hydrant, 51 52
S. A. Clark, labor on reservoirs, 11 00
B. L. Dobbs, plumbing,
5 00
The Haydenville Co., supplies,
11 93
J. A. Wattie, supplies, 5 75
H. W. Hill, Treasurer, 2,200 00
Balance cash on hand, 366 89
$3,179 68
A. S. HILLS, H. E. BRADFORD, G. A. THRESHER, Water Commissioners.
AUDITOR'S STATEMENT.
Williamsburg, Mass., Feb. 17, 1915.
We the undersigned, certify that we have this day ex- amined the accounts of the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Water Commissoners, Library Fund Commissioners and School Committee and found them correct and properly vouched for to the best of our knowledge and belief.
THOMAS P. LARKIN, WALTER H. THAYER.
Assessors Re port
Total valuation of Assessed Estate, $1,169,351 00
Value of Assessed Real Estate, $887,750 00
Value of Assessed Personal Estate, 281,601 00
$1,169,351 00
Value of Assessed Buildings, $593,945 00
Value of Assessed Land, 293,805 00
$887,750 00
No. of polls assessed, 582
No. of residents assessed on property, 345
All others (corporations, etc.), 39
No. of non-residents assessed on property, 74
All others, 16
No. of persons assessed on property, 474
No. of persons assessed on poll tax only, 338
Rate total tax per thousand, $20 50
No. of horses assessed,
260
No. of cows assessed,
353
No. of neat cattle assessed, 198
No. of sheep assessed, 29
No. of swine assessed, 52
No. of fowls assessed, 1,208
No. of dwelling houses assessed, 424
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State tax,
$2,900 21
County tax,
2,233 07
Town grant,
19,516 66
Overlayings,
486 69
$25,136 63
Northampton Street Railway Excise Tax,
$569 85
Bank and Corporation tax, 881 73
VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Literary Institutions,
$27,350 00
Church Property,
53,900 00
Petticoat Hill Park,
2,574 00
$83,824 00
Estimated value of Public Buildings, Water Works, Fire Apparatus, and Sinking Fund, $94,082 00
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES S. DAMON, LAWRENCE MOLLOY, HALLECK H. NICHOLS.
REPORTS OF WILLIAMSBURG
SCHOOL COMMITTEE For the Year Ending January 1, 1915
1914
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG
FOR THE
Year Ending January 1, 1915
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. PRESS OF GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 1915
* Other officers separate
HELEN JAMES SCHOOL BUILDING
Report of School Committee
For the Year Ending January 1, 1915.
We hereby submit our annual report, including the re- ports of the Superintendent, Music Teacher, Truant Offi- cers, and Committee.
The High School has been in session forty (40) weeks and all others thirty-six (36) weeks.
We have overdrawn our appropriation slightly, from the fact that we did not receive as much from the state this year as we did last, also extensive repairs were made on some of the School Buildings, which were necessary.
Extensive repairs were made on the Haydenville centre building including metal ceilings on one room, repairs on foundation, and outside painting. Also metal ceiling at the Maple Street School and slating the roofs of the Mountain Street and South Street buildings.
The buildings are now in good repair with the exception of some of the out districts which need painting and minor repairs which are recommended for the coming year as well as ordinary repairs on all the other build- ings.
G. H. WARNER, H. P. GODDARD, H. A. SMITH.
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Treasurer's Report.
AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOLS.
Town Appropriation :
Superintendent, Text Books,
Supplies and Repairs,
$8,000 00
Income of State School Fund,
921 61
Income of Collins Fund, 775 80
Schooling of State Wards, 474 78
Schooling of Boston Wards,
215 88
High School Tuition from State,
500 00
Supt. of School Fund, and Teachers Fund from State, 520 83
Refund of Dog Tax,
73 77
Rent of School Hall,
6 25
Tuition Town of Goshen,
17 50
Whately,
17 50
Worthington,
17 50
$11,541 42
TOTAL EXPENDITURES.
Teachers,
$6,111 70
Repairs,
1,548 03
Transportation,
723 00
Fuel,
938 85
Books and Supplies,
738 36
Janitors,
579 50
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Superintendent,
$675 00
Music and Teacher,
399 23
Sundries,
229 96
Janitors' Supplies,
69 12
Cleaning,
55 63
Electric Current,
12 00
$1,2080 38
TEACHERS.
Williamsburg High :
E. P. Larkin, Jr.,
$820 00
A. L. Blodgett,
270 00
Margaret Weaver,
195 00
Anna T. Dunphy,
252 20
Mildred Pierpont,
184 00
Edith Halcomb,
13 00
Williamsburg Grammar:
Isabel McFarland,
160 00
Marion J. Clark,
165 00
Nellie Dolan,
325 00
Dorothy Bosworth,
135 00
Elizabeth Moore,
20 00
Williamsburg Primary : Katharine V. Riley,
348 50
Skinnerville :
Mary E. Larkin,
162 00
Louise M. Fernald,
142 50
Searsville :
Jennie L. Nichols,
144 00
Ruth V. Hemenway,
142 50
Nash Street :
Alice M. Plimpton,
286 50
Mountain Street :
Lucy H. Kenney,
54 00
Anna Lucey, 232 50
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Haydenville High Grammar: C. P. MacDonald,
$237 50
E. Clifton Witt, 187 50
Haydenville Intermediate :
Helen G. Ryan,
333 00
Josephine G. Cahill, Haydenville 3rd Primary :
176 00
Julia F. Keenan.
160 00
Mabel A. Graves,
150 00
E. Lillian Curtis,
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