Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Williamsburg 1895-1915, Part 43

Author: Williamsburg (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Town of Williamsburg
Number of Pages: 1218


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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


20


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


22


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


23


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


24


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


25


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.


-


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


-


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


33


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


35


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.


1


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


5


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


6


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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