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As Revised by the Selectman February, 1897.
Elisha Peterson, Undertaker.
Luther W. Sherman, Superintendent.
William J. Dunham, Laborer. Walter Cushing, Farmer.
James Downey, Shoemaker. Joshua M. Cushing, Auctioneer.
Charles E. Peterson, Laborer. Edmund H. Sears, Farmer. Herbert A. Peterson, Farmer. George E. Belknap, Harnessmaker.
Levi P. Simmons, Blacksmith. Elbridge H. Chandler, Surveyor. Samuel P. Soule, Retired. Henry L. Cushman, Carpenter.
Joshua Weston, Retired.
John K. Parker, Farmer. Charles M. Hayden, Painter. Wendell Phillips, Carpenter.
William J. Alden, Jr., Shoemaker.
Thaddeus W. Chandler, Farmer. Warren M. Simmons, Laborer. Charles H. Snell, Farmer.
Harrison G. Weston, Carpenter. Howard Blanchard, Laborer. Gilbert M. Ryder, Farmer. Alonzo Chandler, Farmer. Spencer T. Winsor, Fisherman. Arthur N. Delano, Carpenter.
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
1897-
Feb. I, Outstanding Railroad notes,
$35,000.00
April interest, 725.00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank note at 4 per cent., $1,000 to be paid yearly,
7,000.00
June interest,
140.00
Almshouse loan, note at 4 per cent., $1,000.00 to be paid yearly,
3,000.00
June interest,
60.00
Outside bills, estimated,
700.00
$46,625.00
RESOURCES.
Cash in Treasury,
$863.28
Uncollected taxes for 1896,
4,360.87
Uncollected taxes for 1895,
1,390.19
Uncollected taxes to 1895,
961.02
Due from State for State Aid, Chapter 301,
1,900.00
Due from State for State Aid, Chapter 279,
194.00
Tax deed and accrued tax,
6.68
$9,676.04
Town indebtedness,
36,948.96
$46,625.00
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
ALFRED E. GREEN, JAMES H. KILLIAN,
Feb. 8th, 1896.
Auditors.
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Support of Schools,
$4,000.00
Support of Poor,
2,800.00
Repairs of Highways,
3,500.00
Railroad Loan,
2,000.00
Railroad interest,
1,400.00
Military Aid,
200.00
Aid to indigent Soldiers and Sailors.
400.00
School incidentals,
800.00
Repairs of Schoolhouses,
400.00
Repairs of Public Buildings.
100.00
Removing Snow,
800.00
Superintendent of Schools,
250.00
Memorial Day,
75.00
Cemetery,
100.00
Gurnet Bridge Loan,
1,000,00
Almshouse Loan to be paid from the balance in the hands of the Treasurer in Almshouse account.
Incidental expenses,
Bank and Corporation Tax
We would also recommend that the payment of interest on Almshouse and Gurnet Bridge Loans be paid from Bank and Corporation tax.
HENRY H. LEWIS,
EDMUND H. SEARS, ELBRIDGE H. CHANDLER, Selectmen of Duxbury.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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J. W. Swift, Treasurer, in Account with the Town of Duxbury.
DR. i
1 896.
Feb. 1-Cash at settlement, $661.73
Feb. 1-Uncollected taxes for 1895. 4.762.09
Feb. t-Uncollected taxes for 1894, I,III.98
Feb. 1-Uncollected taxes to 1894. 733.08
Tax Deed, 5.88
Accrued tax.
.80
Feb. 17-Received of Town of Stoughton, aid of W. Cobbett, 9.90
Feb 17-Received of G. M. Ryder poll tax for son, re- imbursed, 2.00
March 2-Received of W. J. Wright for crushed stone, 41.00
March 2-Received of Abbott F. Lapham, pedlar's license, 6.00
March 16-Received of Selectmen, billiard license, 2.00
March 18-Received of State Treasurer balance of Corporation tax, 4.84
April 1-Received of Selectmen butcher's license, 1.00
April 7-Received of Selectmen butcher's license, 2.00
May 5-Received of Foster L. Randall pedlar's license, 6.00
May 15-Received of State Treasurer on account of Cattle Commission, 92.80
May 19-Received of Selectmen two butchers' licenses, 2.00
June 15-Received of Selectmen one butcher's license, 1.00
June 22-Superintendent of Schools, salary rein- bursed, 416.67
July 3-Received of State Treasurer on account of State Highway, 369.88
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July 8-Received of G. W. Wright, use of roller, .75
July 16-Received of Selectmen, sale of cow, 20.00
July 16-Received of Overseers of Poor, support of Annie C. Soule, 9.75
Aug. 6-Received of Third District Court, fine Fitz- patrick case, 10.66
Sept. 26-Received of State Treasurer for aid to State paupers, 17.00
Oct. I-Received of Selectmen Auctioneers' Li- cense 2.00
Oct. 5-Received of Overseers of Poor, support of Annie C. Soule, 9.75
Nov. 2-Received of 3d District Court, fine Archie Jerome case, 6.50
Dec. I-Received of Selectmen act of highway 25.00
Dec. 12-Received of State Corporation tax 1,793.22
Dec. 12-Received of State National Bank tax 716.89
Dec. 12-Received of State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts of 1894, 1,456.50
Dec. 12-Received of State Military Aid, Chap 279, acts 1894, 243.00
Dec. 12-Received of Geo. H. Stearns, sale of record books, 26.00
Dec. 24-Received of Geo. H. Stearns, sale of record books, 5.00
1897.
Jan. I-Received of Overseer of Poor, support of A. C. Soule, 9.75
Jan. 7-Received of Benj. M. Fineborg, pedlar's Li- cense, 6.00
Jan. 9-Received of County Treasurer, bounty on seals, I20.00
Jan. 14-Received of County Treasurer, dog dividend, 264.60 Jan. 27-Received of State Treasurer, Mass. school fund, 100.00
Foot of tax bills for 1896, $22,272.00
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Interest on taxes, I37.85
Temporary loan, 9,500.00
Almshouse loan of Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, 3,000.00
Omitted tax, 38.1I
$48,022.98
J. W. SWIFT, Treasurer,
In account with the TOWN OF DUXBURY.
Cr.
1896. Paid-
Selectmen's orders for highways,
$3,439.22
removing snow,
924.26
support of schools, 4,388.46
66 incidentals, 2,548.97
6. 66 school incidentals, 835.01
repairs of school houses 448.53
Overseers of the poor orders,
2,750.61
Temporary loan and interest,
9,703.39
Railroad notes and interest,
3,495.00
Gurnet Bridge note and interest,
1,300.00
E. P. Shaw, State Treasurer, State tax,
1,102.50
Albert Davis, County Treasurer, County tax,
2,094.12
State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts of 1894,
1,636.00
Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts of 1894,
320.00
Soldiers and sailors' relief,
255.80
Selectmen's room,
49.04
Superintendent of schools,
500.00
Elisha Peterson cemetery fund,
100.00
Wm. Wadsworth Post, 165, G. A. R.,
75.00
Repairs on Border street,
229.40
Repairs on East street,
268.02
Bounty on seals,
I20.00
Bounty on hawks,
26.00
Bounty on crows,
18.30
Selectmen's orders for new almshouse,
3,514.76
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Discount on taxes,
298.55
Uncollected taxes for 1896,
4,360.87
Uncollected taxes for 1895,
1,390.19
Uncollected taxes to 1895,
961,02
Tax deed,
5.88
Accrued tax,
.80
Cash in Treasury,
863.23
$48,022.98
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, and find them properly vouched.
ALFRED E. GREEN, JAMES H. KILLIAN,
Feb. 8th. 1896.
Auditors.
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MARY SIMMONS CEMETERY FUND.
Amount Deposited January 1st, 1897,
$54 24
Paid for care of lot, 1 00
.Balance in bank, .
$53 24
HENRY W. HATHAWAY CEMETERY FUND.
Amount in Town Treasury January ist. 1897,
$114 25
Paid for care of lot, 2 50
. Amount due from town,
$III 75
LYDIA W. CHANDLER CEMETERY FUND.
Amount Deposited January Ist, 1897, $112.96
Paid for care of lot, 2.00
Balance in bank, $110.96
JOHN PORTER CEMETERY FUND.
Amount deposited January Ist, 1897,
$104 62
Paid for care of lot, I 50
Amount in bank,
$103 12
HAMBLETON E. SMITH CEMETERY FUND.
Amount on deposit January Ist, 1897, $107 24
Paid for care of lot, 1897, 2 00
Amount in bank, $105 24
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SUSAN B. NICKERSON CEMETERY FUND.
Amount on deposit January Ist, 1897,
$162 03
Paid for care of lot, 1897, 2 00
Balance in bank, $160 03
FERDINAND EMERSON CEMETERY FUND.
Amount on deposit January Ist, 1897,
$100 00
Interest, January Ist, 1897,
I 00
Amount in bank,
$101 00
CARE OF CEMETERY.
Paid Elisha Peterson, Treasurer of Cemetery Trustees, $100 00 Appropriation, $100 00
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Of late years Duxbury has been exceptionally favored in the matter of freedom from epidemics of contagious disease.
The extreme heat during the month of August last was ac- companied with outbreaks of cholera infantum, dysentery and typhoid fever in many places all over the Commonwealth, and in our own village a number of the fever cases occurred. Nine cases of typhoid developed in Duxbury Village and two at North Duxbury; in addition to these several summer visitors came down with the fever so soon after leaving here that it is probable the disease was contracted here.
The epidemic was promptly reported to the State Board of Health and their inspector came down and made an investiga- tion, and his recommendations were carefully carried out.
One case of diphtheria was reported in Island Creek and one or two cases of measles and scarlet fever in different parts of the town but prompt action on the part of the local Board and the attending physicians prevented any general epidemic.
There have also been a number of cases of whooping cough. During the summer months the Board would urge upon the townspeople greater care in the disposal of garbage, and more caution in the cleansing of sink drains and out-houses.
Frequent cleansing and the free use of powdered lime about vaults and sink drains will often prevent serious trouble.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, ELBRIDGE H. CHANDLER,
Board of Health.
CEMETERY TRUSTEES' REPORT.
The Trustees in making this fourth report would acknowledge the receipt of donations of ten dollars from circulars sent out, and the pledge of twelve dollars annually.
There have been fifty-nine interments in Town Cemetery in 1896. Twenty-eight died in Town and thirty-one were brought for burial.
Eight new lots have been built-five for citizens, and three sold and two transferred.
The Trustees have been obliged to neglect much-needed work for want of funds, and would be pleased to accept cash or labor from any who feel an interest in the Cemetery.
Respectfully submitted,
S. P. SOULE,
E. PETERSON, L. BRADFORD, W. J. ALDEN, JR., THOMAS ALDEN,
Trustees.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ELISHA PETERSON, Treasurer,
In account with the Duxbury Cemetery Trustees :
1896.
DR.
May 4. To cash from Town, $100 00
May 13. To cash from Frazer lot, 10 00
June 20. To cash from Watson lot, 10 00
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Aug. 17. To cash from Eisner lot, Donations,
10 00.
10 00
$140 00
CR.
By cash to E. Peterson, 1895,
$4 02
" George Faunce,
II 60.
. .
ยท W. J. Alden, 23 00
" C. A. Rogers,
24 80
" Alonzo Frost.
IO 80
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" John Ellis,
21 50
..
" E. Peterson,
18 50
..
" W. B. Campbell,
7 75
..
" E. Peterson,
17 40
Cash on hand, 63
$140 00
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of buildings assessed,
$865,317.00
Value of land assessed, 391,316.00
Total valuation of real estate assessed.
$1,256,633.00
Total valuation of personal estate assessed,
286,873.00
Total valuation,
$1,543,506.00
Real estate increase from last year,
41,307.00
Personal estate increase from last year.
17,844.00
Total increase,
59,151.00
Rate of taxation, $13.70 on $1,000.
Number of houses assessed,
634 I-6
Number of acres of land assessed,
13,326
Number of horses assessed,
468
Number of cows assessed,
210
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed,
68
Number of swine assessed,
I18
Number of sheep assessed,
24
Number of fowl assessed,
1,173
Persons paying tax on property,
1,04I
Residents paying tax on property,
ZII
Non-residents paying tax on property,
330
Polls assessed,
564
State tax,
$1,102.50
County tax.
2,094.12
HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, ELBRIDGE H. CHANDLER,
Assessors of Duxbury.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENSES IN THE ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1897.
Paid --
Overseers of Poor, settling and making report, $15.00
Henry H. Lewis, Chairman, 7.50
Elbridge H. Chandler, Clerk, 5.00
Henry H. Lewis, services, 1895-96. 10.00
E. H. Sears, services, 3.00
Joseph A. Soule, services as Superintendent,
400.00
N. K. Noyes, medical attendance inmates,
9.00
John Drew, warming house at Kingston,
2.00
R. Eagan, milk,
21.48
E. S. Wright, supplies,
60.68
John K. Parker, supplies,
7.70
L. H. Keith & Co., supplies,
38.89
George A. Holmes, supplies,
23.66
W. S. Freeman & Co., supplies,
24.76
George E. Cushman, supplies,
36.71
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., coal,
II2.00
L. R. Gardner, meats,
49.73
W. E. Weston, meats,
52.36
L. B. Shuman, meats,
II.28
Steele & Farrington, meats,
4.75
W. B. Gardner, meats,
16.42
James H. Peterson, fish,
3.78
William Frazar, fish,
8.00
George E. Doten, crackers,
2.82
Elisha Peterson, burial James Brewster,
20.00
Wesley Steele, care of inmates after fire,
6.00
George L. Higgins, potatoes, etc.,
3.00
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Town of Kingston, fuel, 16.75
E. F. Loring, wood, 1894. 7.50
L. H. Cushing, wood, 4.00
W. J. Hastings, care James Brewster, 4.00
J. A. Soule, use of team and potatoes, 8.70
Fred V. Hunt, team Churchill case, 4.00
H. J. Reynolds, mowing. 3.00
$1,003.47
SUPPORT OF POOR OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
Westborough Insane Asylum, care of Annie C. Soule, $169.94 Taunton Lunatic Asylum, care of Gamaliel Arnold, 169.92
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, care of C. F. Metcalf, 169.92 Taunton Lunatic Asylum, care of B. A. Churchill. 123.96
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, care of G. F. Sampson, 56.18
Taunton Lunatic, care of G. B. Cushing, 56.18
Medfield Insane Hospital, care of G. F. Sampson, 97.90
Medfield Insane Hospital, care of G. B. Cushing. 9.15
O. M. Arnold, board Abbie F. Delano, 60.00
N. K. Noyes, attendance Mrs. Elijah Snell, 32.25
N. K. Noyes, attendance William Paulding, 1.00
B. P. Barstow, attendance H. B. Simmons family, 77.75 Belina W. Gay, cash aid, 88.00
H. B. Simmons, cash aid, 18.00
C. W. Sparrel, burial son of J. F. Randall. 18.00
R. T. Randall, wood for E. Snell, 1895-96, 7.50
E. G. Sampson, digging grave for J. Randall, 2.00
Elisha Peterson, burial J. Randall. 20.00
Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., coal for H. L. Sampson,
C. I. Foster, William Paulding and Mrs. Hodge, 40.25
L. B. Howe, good for E. Snell, 52.00
L. B. Howe, good for Joshua Paulding. 31.05
Town of Pembroke, Joshua Paulding, 15.00
George A. Holmes, goods for C. I. Foster, 44.45
E. H. Chandler, wood for C. I. Foster, 4.00
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L. H. Cushing, wood for Mrs. Hodge, 1.50
Cash aid to James Randall, balance 1895, 4.00
William E. Weston, meats to Mrs. Metcalf, 2.27
Flora L. Taylor, house rent for C. I. Foster, 30.00 John Gulifer, cash aid, 10.00
N. K. Noyes, attendance Arthur Gayne, 7.50
Estate John Rooney, house rent E. Snell, 20 months, 60.00
City of Brockton, aid to William H. Randall, 12.00
City of Brockton, aid to Henry Harriman, 20.75
W. S. Freeman & Co., goods to Mrs. Hodge, 12.22
W. R. Amesbury, attendance William Paulding,
25.00
W. A. Faine, goods to John H. Parks, 28.63
J. C. Osgood, wood, etc., to John H. Parks, 19.10
Clara Eaton, labor at John H. Parks, 20.00
N. K. Noyes, attendance family John H. Parks,
34.25
$1,651.62
INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE AND AGE.
Charity M. Bourne, 85.
Lucy B. Chandler, 45.
Mary Southworth, 81.
Average cost of inmates has been $4.44 per week.
Tramps lodged during the year, 112.
Expenses in Almshouse,
$1,003.47
Expenses out of Almshouse, 1,651.62
$2,655.09
Unexpended,
542.54
$3,197.63
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AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
From Feb. 1, 1896, to Feb. 1, 1897.
Appropriation,
$3,000.00
Received-
Board of Annie C. Soule, reimbursed,
39.00
Town of Stoughton, account G. W. Corbett, 9.90
Sale of cow, 20.00
From Commonwealth, account Frank Bishop, 17.00
John H. Parks, case to be reimbursed,
101.98
Due for board of Annie C. Soule,
9.75
$3,197.63
Amount of inventory of supplies in Almshouse and on farm, $132.
HENRY H. LEWIS,
EDMUND H. SEARS. ELBRIDGE H. CHANDLER, Overseers of the Poor.
We have examined the accounts of the Overseers of the Poor and find them correct.
ALFRED E. GREEN, JAMES H. KILLIAN, Auditors.
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TOWN MEETING.
Copy of articles in the warrant for Annual Town Meeting, to be held March 1, 1897, at ten o'clock A. M .:
Art. I. To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2. To choose all necessary Town officers.
Art. 3. To hear the annual reports of the several Town offi- cers and Committee and act thereon.
Art. 4. Will the Town grant licenses for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors for the ensuing year?
Art. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as will be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year.
Art. 6. To revise and accept the list of Jurors.
Art. 7. Will the Town appropriate $75 to be expended under the direction of William Wadsworth Post No. 165, G. A. R., for observance of Memorial Day?
Art. 8. Will the Town authorize their Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of taxes.
Art. 9. Will the Town accept of the highway as laid out by the Selectmen between the south end of Cut Island and the north end of the Hummock at Duxbury Beach, under the peti- tion of B. S. Bryant and others?
Art. 10. To see what action the Town will take in regard to an appropriation to build a road from Gurnet Bridge, so called, south towards High Pines, by request.
Art. II. To see what action the Town will take in regard to purchasing 1,700 tons of crushed stone for road between Cable office and South Duxbury, the work to begin at Cable office and go south, by request.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will change the date of the Annual Town meeting to the second Monday in March.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN'S AGENT ON THE CON- STRUCTION OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
To the Voters of the Town:
I herewith transmit a detailed account of the expenditures in constructing the Almshouse :
At the adjourned Town Meeting held February 15, 1896. when you adopted the plans of the Committee, you accepted the bids for the different kinds of work, as are here given, except that of the Tramphouse. I had the consent of the Overseers of the Poor for all items allowed over $20 in amount, in accordance with my voted instructions, except what was ordered by the State Inspector. The first bid accepted was that of excavation and masonry, and was the only one received that could not be put in a stated sum for the whole, but was given at so much per cubic or surface yard, the quantities to be measured as the work was done. There having been no levels obtained or test pits dug on the proposed site of the building, the quantities could not be calculated beforehand, but were roughly estimated for comparing the different bids. The stone taken out from the old cellar was found much better than the Committee had anticipated, so that by rearranging them in a new wall and con- sidering the weight to be supported was light, and the saving to the Town considerable over new stone, I was not in doubt as to the expediency of using them.
EXCAVATION AND MASONRY.
Chandler & Glover, Contractors.
Contract price (measured in place)-
Loam. per cubic yard,
$
.28
Subsoil, per cubic yard,
.25
Old stone, per square yard, face.
.90
New stone, per square yard, face, 2.25
Old brick, per square yard, face. 1.62
New brick. per square yard, face,
2.25
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Almshouse Cellar, Quantities.
Loam, 71 cubic yards at .25,
$17.75
Subsoil, 182 cubic yards at .28, 35.84
Stone, 103 square yards at .90, 92.70
Brick, 17 1-2 square yards at $1.62,
28.35
Brick, 36 1-2 square yards at $2.25. 81.90
Brick pier, 60 feet at . 37,
22.20
Cess Pool.
Diameter, 6 feet 4 inches ; depth, 6 feet 10 inches- Soil. 16.5 cubic yards at .28,
$4.62
Stone, 5.53 square yards at .90,
4.98
Stone, 5.53 square yards at $2.25,
12.44
Arching cess pool,
14.50
Increased the size of cellar from what was shown on the plans as they came from the Committee, finding the cost would be small, while the extension of room on the lower grade would be a quarter larger.
$315.28
CARPENTER'S CONTRACT.
J. Dexter Randall, Contractor.
$315.28
Contract price,
$1.587.00
Extras and additions --
Roof window in front,
$30.00
Flooring over woodshed,
15.00
Linen closet,
10.00
Extra on wall shingles,
10.00
Three dozen sash fastenings,
1.95
Fourteen base knobs,
.70
Changing the size of two windows,
1.50
$278.74
$36.54
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Coal bin in cellar, 3.00
Better style of sheathing in back porch, 1.00
Second floor in back porch, 1.50
Labor and material for encasing pipes,
4.15
Cutting chimney hole in Tramphouse, .50
Two mantel shelves,
2.00
$81.30
Credit by wood ladders, not used,
5.00
$76.30
$1,663.30 1.978.58
The first item of a front window in roof was something the Committee had considered but not recommended because of the expense. But I found that it was approved by many of the townspeople, and knowing that it would add much to the looks of the building, besides making the inside more comfortable. The flooring over the woodshed was desired by the Keeper and his wife, and does, without doubt, make the inside more con- venient. I found that a much better quality of shingle could be put on the walls than was called for by the specifications by the extra sum of $10. The covering of pipes was done in the unfin- ished part to allow the heat from the cellar to pass into the attic, thereby preventing inflowing pipe and tank from freezing. The coal bin in the cellar was an extra one for kitchen coal. The Keeper preferred one there to the one planned in the woodshed. The other items are too small to comment on. The credited amount of $5.00 was that allowed by Mr. Randall for what he couid procure wooden fire escapes. As time went on I became more and more in favor of having iron ones, not only for their better appearance on the building, but considering the many years they will last, practically as long as the building, besides, with an ordinary amount of care, they will always be in working order, which could not be said for the wooden ones.
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PLASTERING, LATHING AND CHIMNEY CONTRACT.
Chandler & Glover, Contractors.
Lathing, contract price, $85.00
Main chimney, 42 1-2 ft. at $1.23, contract price, 52.27
L chimney, 24 I-2 ft., at .75, contract price, 18.38
Plastering, contract price, 149.00
Extra for green skim,
6.00
Two ventilators, with express,
1.75
Plastering chimneys on the outside,
2.85
$315.25
$2,293.83
The extra for green skim, so called, the definition as used by plasterers, is a superior quality to that called for by the specifica- tions. Anyone inspecting the work, I think, will approve of my decision in having it put on. Plastering the chimneys on the outside is a requirement of the State Inspector of Public Build- ings. All of the townspeople may not know that no building of a public character can now be built without coming under the orders of this officer, who has prescribed rules as to the manner that the building must be constructed.
PAINTING CONTRACT.
J. H. Haverstock, Contractor.
$2,293.83
Contract price.
$108.00
Painting canvas roof of L,
8.25
Front window and blinds,
2.25
Third coat on blinds,
2.00
Second coat on sashes outside,
1.50
Puttying srshes,
1.35
Setting two lights of glass.
.45
Painting linen closet,
1.33
$125.13
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'Flie canvas roof of L, I considered it best to be painted while the painters were on the spot. Mr. Randall's contract was to paint it once. It should now last two or three years before needing another coat. The second item is the front window previously spoken of. Two coats not making the blinds look fully satisfactory, Mr. Haverstock gave the labor and I allowed him the cost of the paint for another coat. The fourth item was an extra coat on the sashes from that called for by the speci- fications.
HEATING AND PLUMBING CONTRACT.
W. W. Campbell. Contractor.
$2.418.96
Plumbing contract.
$ 140.00
Windmill.
125.00
Sink and drain.
35.00
Extra for hot water in kitchen and bathroom, 20.00
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$320.00
$2,738.96
Heating contract,
$287.50
Galvanized iron cold-air box,
30.00
$317.50
You will remember that the contract of Mr. Campbell was awarded to him at the Annual Town Meeting, but as there were several distinct propositions made by him the matter was left to be decided by the Overseers and myself. It was finally con- cluded to use the old furnace with a hot water attachment for heating the upper rooms. While the subject was being consid- ered Mr. Campbell made this offer: That for $20 extra he would lead hot water pipes to the bath room and the kitchen sink with a copper boiler and the necessary attachments, which was accepted. The Committee in their proposal, had considered only heating water for the bathroom by a kerosene heater, to re- duce the expense, as they knew to have a bathroom at all was
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what many of the townspeople would consider as unnecessary. The item of a metal cold air box was another requirement of the State Inspector.
FIXING OLD MADHOUSE INTO A TRAMPHOUSE, INCLUDING TWO LOCKUPS.
In the report of the Committee at the Town Meeting it was recommended and adopted with the other work, on the sug- gestion of some of the Constables and the Selectmen that the Madhouse, so called, be converted into a place for tramps, and also have in it a Lockup, although no plans had been made by the Committee, and the subject had not been particularly looked into. The subject being left with the Overseers and myself, at first, it was thought to have one or two iron cages for the Lock- up, but judging that one of these would cost over $100, it was decided not to have them. Finally we concluded that two cells about six feet square, made with partitions of four inches of solid wood, with iron-barred doors and windows, would answer the purpose-not to secure skillful cracksmen-but for the brief detention of drunken or disorderly persons. The fixing over of the madhouse was made into two jobs, masonry and car- pentering. The first comprised building a chimney and under- pinning the building, and the carpentering comprised making the cells as above described; a tramp apartment, flooring and ceiling, and making doors and windows, with all the hardware required to complete the building for use. All the contractors who had bid on the Almshouse work in these departments were invited to bid. The following were the lowest bidders. Ce- menting the main part of the Almshouse cellar was included in the masonry contract, making it one job. I have separated the items myself for this report after consulting with Mr. Loring.
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