Town annual report for the town of Duxbury for the year ending 1901-1910, Part 21

Author: Duxbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1404


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15 36


Samuel P. Soule, labor


2 00


L. B. Belknap, gravel,


I 20


$293 44


District No. 7.


Paid-


EJen W. Soule, labor,


$80 2I


E. W. Simmons, labor,


IJ 55


Percey L. Walker, labor,


5 40


Sidney C. Soule, labor,


6 00


William J. Burke, labor,


2 00


Alpheus Nickerson, labor,


25 60


Warren C. Prince, labor,


21 00


George Sprague, labor


14 00


Adelbert Delano, labor,


18 00


John C. Studley, labor,


50


Otis Delano, labor,


21 55


George Simmons, labor,


I 50


George E. Hathaway, labor and clay,


27 91


E. F. Loring, labor,


I 36


Isaiah Walker, labor,


1 40


$237 98


District No. 8.


Paid-


James L. McNaught, labor,


$171 50


Chandler & Glover, labor,


5 50


H. A. Briggs, labor,


65 75


J. S. Edwards, labor,


IO 95


George W. Cobbett, labor,


5 25


Perry Holmes, labor,


5 00


Celso Tassinari, labor,


8 00


Alpheus Nickerson, labor,


6 00


John J. Edwards, labor,


2 00


Eden W. Soule, labor,


10 00


Warren C. Prince, labor,


4 00


Maurice L. Chandler, labor,


15 00


-14-


Asa Chandler, labor,


18 00


William E. Simmons, labor,


2 00


Otis Delano, labor,


18 00


Thomas Gorham, labor,


18 00


A. E. Ryder, labor,


8 00


F. L. Randall, labor,


6 00


Richard Higgins, labor,


6 00


Henry L. Cushman, labor,


60


John K. Parker, labor,


19 50


Walter F. Cushman, labor,


31 50


E. I. Simmons, labor,


II 00


C. M. Taylor, labor,


2 50


George Mckay, labor,


27 00


E. Edgar Chandler, labor,


8 79


S. W. Sheldon, labor,


5 00


George E. Hathaway, clay,


6 50


Atwood Bros., clay,


IO 35


Nathan L. Sampson, labor,


83 00


$590 69


District No. 9.


Paid-


Elisha Peterson, labor,


$49 96


A. E. Ryder, labor


17 00


C. W. Marsh, labor,


12 IO


H. A. Anderson, labor,


2 00


Arthur Eaton, labor,


17 IO


Otis Delano, labor,


8 12


E. W. Soule, labor,


5 00


G. D. Simmons, labor,


6 00


Estate S. P. Briggs, clay,


6 90


$124 18


District No. 10.


Paid-


John A. Hunt, labor,


$68 78


R. A. Badger, labor,


12 00


Charles Walter, labor,


22 80


George Walter, labor,


4 89


George Worster, labor,


4 66


-15-


H. H. Delano, labor,


47 50


E. C. Estes, labor,


15 00


James W. Baker, labor,


24 75


Frank C. Baker, labor,


9 00


John Holt, labor,


15 47


Walter H. Baker, labor,


9 00


Fred B. Studley, labor,


6 00


Harriet A. Randall, labor,


14 00


G. T. White, labor,


15 00


George S. Studley, labor,


7 00


E. A. Stevens, material,


2 58


Henry C. Chandler, labor,


7 50


Olive T. Blackman, gravel,


14 08


Anna D. Bailey, gravel,


IO 5I


J. Dexter Randall, labor,


12 00


William A. Hunt, labor, C. A. Boylston, labor,


4 22


14 81


$341 64


District No. II.


Paid-


John K. Parker, labor,


$41 04


Spencer Burgess, labor,


I 84


S. W. Sheldon, labor,


18 44


Calvin Josselyn, labor,


6 60


C. M. Taylor, labor,


16 80


H. A. Peterson, labor,


10 00


William Burke, labor,


II 00


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co.,


4 II


Richard Higgins, labor,


5 00


E. A. Ryder, labor,


16 00


F. L. Randall, labor,


12 00


Ira Studley, labor,


5 00


Robert Tammett, labor,


3 75


Fred V. Hunt, labor,


15 00


A. P. Simmons, labor,


II 00


William S. Frazar, labor,


20 09


J. L. McNaught, labor,


2 50


Estate S. P. Briggs, clay,


II 38


1


$211 55


:


-16-


District No. 12.


Paid-


T. W. Chandler, labor,


$91 28


S. S. Hamlin, labor,


9 10


Otis Lapham, labor,


9 10


Peter Baker, labor,


20 00


Edward Derosia, labor,


20 00


Geo. W. Hamlin, labor,


20 00


A. Nilson, labor,


52 68


Paul Blanchard, labor,


8 75


T. A. Lewis, labor,


10 00


R. D. Wood, labor,


22 00


Joseph Ash, labor,


18 36


John Sullivan, labor,


26 00


Chas. Sullivan, labor,


4 00


Harry Winslow, labor,


33 00


B: Frank Goodrich, labor


35 00


Bailey Gullifer, labor,


36 60


James H. Reed, labor,


5 76


$421 63


Total,


$4,303 67


John K. Parker, general superintendence,


$18 60


W. B. Campbell, drain tile,


IO 54


H. L. Morgan, labor on tools, etc.,


2 75


$31 89


Grand total,


$4,335 56


RECAPITULATION.


Paid-


District No. I,


$531 90


District No. 2,


476 71


District No. 3,


516 94


District No. 4,


437 05


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District No. 5,


119 96


District No. 6,


293 44


District No. 7,


237 98


District No. 8,


590 69


District No. 9,


124 18


District No. 10,


341 64


District No. II,


2II 55


District No. 12,


421 63


General,


31 89


$4,335 56


Received-


Appropriation,


$4,000 00


Unexpended balance, 1902


55 75


$4,055 75


Overdrawn,


279 81


$4,335 56


STONE ROADS.


Paid-


Richard Higgins, labor,


$120 00


H. L. Morgan, repairs to tools, etc.,


7 60


Wm. S. Frazar, labor,


105 40


A. E. Parks, labor,


38 00


John J. Edwards, labor,


25 50


W. E. Nickerson, labor,


21 00


Ernest Bates, labor,


76 00


Geo. W. Cobbett, labor,


145 25


Samuel W. Sheldon, labor,


255 50


Celso Tassinari, labor,


61 00


W. C. Prince, labor,


74 00


J. H. Crocker, labor,


12 00


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight,


I 00


E. Edgar Chandler, labor,


I 00


W. D. Baker, labor,


76 64


J. L. McNaught, labor,


181 55


Geo. Mckay, labor,


90 40


Harvey Nickerson, labor,


70 00


C. W. Marsh, labor,


80 00


1


Duxbury


2


-18-


Eden W. Soule, labor,


440 50


H. A. Briggs, labor,


66 25


J. K. Parker, labor,


463 70


Alpheus Nickerson. labor,


62 00


William J. Burke, labor,


192 50


John S. Lane & Sons, stone,


5,820 II


Thomas Gorham, labor and land damage,


61 00


Fred V. Hunt, labor,


24I 50


Ira Studley, labor,


26 00


George E. Hathaway, labor,


99 75


Sidney C. Soule, labor,


2 00


O. B. Ryder, labor,


132 56


W. S. Nickerson, labor,


70 00


Albert Bates, labor,


26 00


James McKay, labor,


12 00


H. L. Soule, labor,


42 80


Edson Mfg. Co.,


41 IO


Perry Holmes, labor,


3 00


O. W. Churchill, labor,


34 00


Henry B. Chandler, labor,


166 00


Freeman L. Randall, labor,


195 20


H. J. Reynolds, labor,


73 25


T. G. Grav & Co., labor,


3 55


C. M. Taylor, labor,


104 95


G. D. Simmons, labor,


55 60


Everett A. Ryder, labor,


91 20


H. A. Anderson, labor,


9 40


H. B. Loring, labor,


76 00


Hiram W. Barstow, labor,


124 25


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,


I7 OI


A. C. Bennett, labor,


2 00


Elisha Peterson, labor,


67 50


A. M. Wadsworth, labor,


7 00


Good Roads Machine Co.,


8 00


Ames Plow Co.,


3 50


Levi H. Cushing, labor,


216 00


Lewis Taylor, labor,


6 80


W. B. Campbell, drain tile,


99 32


Horatio Chandler, labor,


52 50


Chandler & Glover, labor,


55 13


H. H. Delano, labor,


91 00


H. V. Dimmock, labor,


5I IO


-19-


O. B. Soule, labor,


98 80


Guy L. Soule, labor,


93 00


Henry A. Fish, labor,


118 90


W. A. Adams, labor,


75


R. G. Needham, oil,


I 80


Nelson Cushing, labor,


17 50


N. L. Sampson, labor,


10 00


Robert Tammett, labor,


74 30


M. L. Chandler, labor,


96 00


Asa Chandler, labor,


46 60


Alonzo Chandler, labor, ,


14 00


John E. Josselyn, labor,


IO 50


Matthew Crotty, labor,


53 70


Walter Cushing, labor,


83 30


W. W. Campbell, labor,


I 80


H. A. Peterson, labor,


221 60


C. W. Holmes, labor,


74 67


John S. Edwards, labor,


2 00


Hunt & Rich, labor,


I 28


Byron Baker, labor,


3 50


L. M. Bailey, labor,


21 70


E. F. Loring, labor,


62 35


Atwood Bros., clay,


20 15


Gershom Bradford, 2nd, labor,


I 00


Estate S. P. Briggs, clay,


3 20


$11,987 77


Unexpended balance,


99 3I


$12,087 08


Appropriation,


$12,000 00


Unexpended balance, 1902,


87 08


$12,087 08


AUTUMN AVENUE.


Paid-


James H. Peterson, land damage,


$50 00


E. H. Chandler, surveying,


40 00


E. H. Chandler, land damage,


Tj 00


Estate E. Y. Perry, land damage,


IC CO


-20-


Kimball W. Randall, labor,


IO '0


Unexpended,


575 00


$700 00


Received-


Appropriation,


$700 00


NEW ROAD AT SOUTH DUXBURY.


Paid-


Eden W. Soule,


$III 00


Otis Delano,


18 00


Thomas Gorham,


18 00


Briggs Freeman,


14 50


Unexpended balance,


II3 50


Received-


Balance, 1902, $275 00


BAY POND ROAD.


Paid-


Eden W. Soule,


$35 00


Thomas Gorham,


7 50


Otis Delano,


8 00


$50 50


Received-


Appropriation,


$50 00


Overdrawn,


50


$50 50


ROAD AT POWDER POINT.


Paid- S. W. Sheldon, $5 00


$125 00


$161 50


$275 00


-21-


William Burke, 2 80


7 80


Unexpended,


164 84


$172 64


Received --


Unexpended balance, 1902,


$172 64


REMOVING SNOW.


Orders have been drawn for removing snow to the amount . of $810.79.


Appropriation,


$400 00


Balance, 1902,


3II 45


$7II 45


Overdrawn,


99 34


$810 79


TREE WARDEN.


Paid-


Eugene S. Freeman, Tree Warden,


$77 30


W. F. Cushman, labor,


2 65


S. W. Sheldon, labor,


9 67


H. A. Briggs, labor,


3 50


J. L. McNaught, labor,


2 85


L. H. Cushing, labor,


8 50


L. B. Pierce, labor,


90


Celso Tassinari, labor,


8 00


George L. Gerrish, labor,


2 00


H. E. Barrows, trees,


33 00


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,


16 61


Bowker Insecticide Co.,


8 00


Perry Holmes, labor,


17 00 ·


Fred O. Wadsworth,


16 00


C. W. H. Moulton,


II 00


J. W. Swift,


24


T. T. McNaught,


7 50


Thomas Gorham,


12 80


-- 22-


A. E. Parks,


7 00


Sweetser & Arnold,


I 64


J. B. Chandler, 7 00


E. E. Chandler,


I 00


A. M. Wadsworth,


7 54


Alonzo Frost,


6 00


Eden W. Soule,


II OJ


W. B. Campbell,


50


George R. Freeman,


5 00


Unexpended,


178 63


$462 83


Received-


Appropriation,


$400 00


Balance, 1902,


62 83


$462 83


GUIDE POSTS AND BOARDS.


The guide boards in town are in their usual condition. They have been painted and lettered during the past year. The one at the corner of Congress and Keen Streets is in need of a new post, which will be set in the spring.


GURNET BRIDGE.


Paid-


Allen Grant, freight on lumber,


$118 94


Harvey Nickerson, labor,


35 5℃


Alpheus Nickerson, labor,


19 75


Ira Studley, labor,


35 50


Daniel Studley, labor,


5 75


J. W. Swift, oil,


I 00


Geo. Mckay, labor,


15 00


Andrew Leatherbee & Co., lumber,


943 48


George Sprague,


71 25


M. L. Chandler,


38 50


H. L. Cushman,


75 75


H. M. Sanders & Co., nails,


46 00


H. L. Morgan, iron work,


I 00


$284 20


-23-


Wendell Phillips,


13 00


Sweetser & Arnold,


I 72


E. H. Sears,


24 00


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., H. A. Briggs, James L. McNaught, freight,


II 00


92


$1,460 64


Unexpended,


139 36


$1,600 00


Received-


Appropriation,


$1,500 00


F .. B. Knapp, old lumber,


100 00


$1,600 00


AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES.


Paid-


W. R. Amesbury, med. attendance, J. Glass and wife,


$63 00


W. R. Amesbury, med. attendance, A. F. Nickerson, 73 25


Edward Baker, guardian, 50 00


Jason H. Randall, 24 00


Edward M. Magoun,


48 00


Lewis B. Abbott, 7 25


Elisha Peterson, burial William Woodward, 35 00


For medical attendance and care of Nathan Dorr, 85 00


Town of Whitman, aid to Mrs. Nutter,


15 00


Town of Whitman, aid to Walter Southworth,


24 00


Town of Randolph, aid to A. M. Nightingale,


9 50


Unexpended,


430 00


$864 00


Appropriation, $100 00


Balance from 1902, 659 00


Reimbursed from state for burial of J. P. Weston and Marcellus Soule, 70 00


Due from state for burial of William Woodward, 35 00


$864 00


$434 00


2 68


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PAYMENTS FOR STATE AID. Chapter 374. Acts of 1899. Due from state, payments from Dec. 1, 1902, to Jan. 1, 1904 $2,553 00


Abbott, Lewis B. $72 00 Randall, Elizabeth F. 48 00


Alden, Thomas 72 00


Randall, Francis J. 40 00


Brewster, Melzar 48 00 Randall, Harriet A. 24 00


Bartlett, Emma J. 48 00 Rogers, Teresa C.


48 00


Bailey, Louis M. 48 00


Sampson, Mary D.


48 00


Chandler, Emmons A. 48 00


Stearns, Aroline A. 48 00


Dunham, William J. 48 00


Soule, Joseph A. 72 00


Ellis, Daniel W. 72 00


Soule, Nancy W. 48 00


Foster, Caroline I.


48 00


Foster, Hiram


48 00


Soule, Samuel P.


36 00


Foster, Mary D.


48 00


Sherman, Frederick P. 48 00


Friend, George F.


36 00


Sherman, Sarah F.


36 00


Freeman, Enoch


60 00


Thomas, William H.


4 00


Frost, Edward F.


48 00


Wadsworth, Hamilton 72 00


Gleason, Spencer W.


36 00


Weston, Georgiana M. 48 00


Glass, Lizzie H.


48 00 Weston, Lucia S.


48 00


Glass, Jonathan


72 00


Kilbrith, Emeline


12 00


Gardner, Leander R.


72 00


Leach, Rodney M.


48 00


Gullifer, Bailey


16 00


Lewis, Josephine R.


24 00


Higgins, George L.


48 00


Magoun, Edward M. 48 00


Josselyn, John E. 36 00


Weston, James S. 48 00


McNaught, Thos. T.


72 00


Weston, Almira B.


48 00


McNaught, Juliette


48 00


Winsor. Joshua


48 00


Rvder, George F.


72 00


Ryder, Sarah B.


48 00


$2,360 00


MILITARY AID.


Paid-


Jason H. Randall,


$96 00


William H. Thomas,


24 00


William Woodward,


48 00


Walter Southworth,


36 00


$204 00


One-half above sum paid by town,


$102 00


Unexpended balance. 201 00


$303 00


Patterson, Mary J.


48 00


Whitford, Reuben


.8 00


Soule, Sarah A. 48 00


-25-


Received- Appropriation,


$100 00 203 00


$303 00


Due from state from Dec. I, 1902, to January, 1904, $120 00


SPANISH WAR MILITARY AID.


Paid-


Alfred Nickerson,


$24 00


Balance due, 1902,


36 00


$60 00


Whole amount due from state.


ENFORCING LAWS.


Paid-


W. W. Campbell,


$489 26


William W. Carruth,


10 00


William J. Turner,


2 00


R. G. Needham,


I 50


H. A. Briggs,


4 50


Fred V. Hunt,


I 25


C. A. Peterson,


15 21


John F. Calanan,


50 65


M. A. Spear,


21 00


C. W. Osborne,


21 00


Thomas Malloy,


21 00


T. W. Chandler,


32 00


T. F. Kane,


20 00


$689 37


Received-


Appropriation,


$500 00


Balance from 1902,


13 90


Overdrawn,


175 47


$689 37


Unexpended balance, 1902,


-26-


MEMORIAL DAY.


Paid-


William Wadsworth Post, 165, G. A. R., Received- Appropriation,


$100 00


100 00


BOARD OF HEALTH.


Paid-


C. H. Goldthwaite & Co., - $1) 00


H. J. Meedham,


25 00


A. E. Green,


I 95


Overdrawn, 1902,


39 46


$75 4J


Unexpended,


24 59


$100 00


Received-


Appropriation,


$100 00


FOREST FIRE WARDS.


Paid-


Smith & Byanı,


$I 60


Standard Extinguisher Co.,


138 54


A. M. Morton & Co.,


3 30


F. A. Walker & Co.,


12 60


Walworth Manufacturing Co.,


55


H. L. Soule,


2 00


Mark L. Simmons,


I 00


George H. Stearns,


2 00


$161 59


Unexpended,


38 41


$200 00


Received- Appropriation, $200 00


-27-


SINKING FUND.


Paid-


Sinking Fund Commissioners for 1902 and 1903, $4,000 00 Received-


Appropriation, 1902 and 1903, $4,000 00


NEW SCHOOLHOUSE.


Paid-


Wendell Phillips,


$4,379 50


Allen Totman Co.,


44 82


George B. Bates,


32 54


J. K. Parker,


103 22


O. D. Case & Co.,


293 50


Gay & Procter,


265 48


Lester B. Snow,


I 60


W. W. Campbell,


458 00


Chandler & Glover,


18 75


W. B. Campbell,


340 00


Elnathan Delano,


28 87


· A. E. Green, insurance for five years,


164 00


A. E. Green, freight and cartage,


8 45


$6,138 73


Received-


Voted to hire six thousand dollars,


$6,000 00


Overdrawn, 138 73


$6,138 73


INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.


Paid-


Henry H. Lewis, selectmen services,


$164 00


Emund H. Sears, selectmen services,


215 88


Wendell Phillips, selectmen services, 172 70


Edmund H. Sears, moderator's services,


5 00


H. H. Lewis, assessor, 100 50


E. H. Sears, assessor, 94 65


E. H. Sears, team for assessors,


9 00


Wendell Phillips, team for assessors,


4 00


Wendell Phillips, assessor,


97 50


H. H. Lewis, chairman, stationery and postage,


9 45


-


-28-


Wendell Phillips, clerk,


5 00


Overseers of Poor, general services,


15 00


D. D. Deveraux, registrar, 25 00


D. D. Deveraux, typewriting,


75


H. B. Chandler, registrar,


25 00


Percy L. Walker, registrar


34 00


W. W. Campbell, police duty,


274 13


William J. Burgess, auditor,


5 00


George H. Stearns, salary and expenses as treasurer,


305 98


George H. Stearns, town clerk,


60 80


George H. Stearns, collector,


284 30


George H. Stearns, supplies, stationery and postage,


25 80


George H. Stearns, registrar,


25 00


Elisha Peterson, janitor Town Hall,


16 58


John K. Parker, inspector slaughtered animals,


72 00


H. A. Randall, painting guide boards,


65 91


William J. Alden, constable services,


2 00


M. L. Simmons, fighting fire,


I 25


T. W. Chandler, constable services,


5 00


State Treasurer, one-fourth druggist license,


25


John McCarty, fighting fire,


75


Fred V. Hunt, team for posting warrants,


4 00


Wendell Phillips, repairs at almshouse,


4 10


Hobbs, Warren Co., supplies for town officers,


I 35


John Ellis, police duty,


2 00


N. K. Noyes, returning births,


5 25


O. H. Brown, fighting fire,


75


John K. Parker,


I 00


Walter Cushing, repairs to guide boards,


3 00


Elisha Peterson, labor on town grounds,


7 50


M. L. Chandler, labor at fire,


I 25


H. A. Randall, labor at fire,


63


Sweetser & Arnold, scales, etc.,


5 20


E. S. Freeman, opening drawbridge,


10 00


L. J. Richards & Co., county atlas,


15 00


Herbert Collins, detective,


4 60


C. E. Peterson, police duty, .


4 00


· C. H. Alden, police duty,


2 00


H. B. Chandler, wood for town office,


6 25


Horatio Chandler, fighting fire,


2 50


J. J. Shepherd, returning deaths, .50


A. W. Simmons, fighting fire, 75


-29 ---


Samuel Ward & Co., 2 33


B. P. Barstow, M. D., returning births,


50


Laurence Bradford, surveying, 52 68


Laurence Bradford, academy committee,


I 50


S. W. Sheldon, labor on drawbridge,


I 00


J. A. Chandler, police duty,


2 00


William J. Alden, posting warrants, 4 25


James H. Peterson, fighting fire,


50


L. H. Cushing, team for constable,


I 50


C. M. Hayden, filling fire extinguishers,


I 50


Harry A. Randall, labor at fire,


I 50


E. M. Litchfield, labor at fire,


I 00


Memorial Press, printing reports,


102 00


W. W. Campbell, posting warrants,


4 00


John K. Parker, inspection of live animals,


112 00


John F. Calanan, legal services,


10 00


Memorial Press, printing, 39 25


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., coal,


5 00


W. M. Simmons, fighting fire,


I 50


John Holt, fighting fire,


2 75


James Dreghorn, fighting fire,


75


H. M. Dolbeare, printing for assessors,


I 60


Brooks K. Dunhanı, fighting fire,


50


F. H. Weston, care of town office,


16 00


James L. McNaught, expressing,


6 05


H. C. Freeman, ballot clerk,


3 00


C. C. Bradford, services at Election,


I 00


Samuel P. Soule, auditor,


8 00


Geo. H. Chandler, returning deaths,


I 25


Elisha Peterson, returning deaths,


15 25


A. L. McMillen, returning births,


50


Abatement of taxes,


302 23


Discount on taxes,


486 14


George H. Stearns, error in assessment,


4 00


Unexpended,


826 52


$3,396 84


$4,223 36


Received- Balance from 1902, Corporation tax,


$1,143 56 2,267 47


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Bank tax,


357 25


District court fines,


61 00


Liquor license, I 00


Peddlers', billiard and butchers' licenses,


33 00


Added taxes, 19 43


Overlayings on taxes,


120 65


State on account cattle inspection,


56 00


Interest on taxes,


161 00


Sale of town records,


3 00


$4,223 36


RAILROAD NOTES AND INTEREST.


1903. Paid-


April I, treasurer of the commonwealth, interest,


$500 00


October I, treasurer of the commonwealth, interest, 500 00


$1,000 00


Appropriation, $1,000 00


Statement of Railroad Loan.


Due on note, $25,000 00


GURNET BRIDGE LOAN.


1903. Paid-


June, I, Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank, $1,000 00


June 1, Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank, interest, 20 00


$1,020 00


Unexpended,


45 00


$1,065 00


Received- Appropriation, Balance from 1903,


$1,020 00


45 00


$1,065 00


TOWN LIABILITIES AND RESOURCES.


Jan. I, 1904, outstanding railroad note, Stone roads loan,


$25,000 00 10,000 00


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Schoolhouse loan,


4,000 00


Balance on notes for money hired in anticipation of taxes Outstanding bills estimated,


4,000 00


600 00


$43,600 00


Resources.


Cash in treasury,


$3,928 41


Uncollected taxes, 1903,


5,662 36


Uncollected taxes, 1902,


1,483 96


Uncollected taxes, 1901,


5II 94


Uncollected taxes, 1900,


95 18


Due from state, state aid, Chap. 79, Revised Laws, 2,553 00


Due from state, military aid, Chap. 79, Revised Laws, 120 00 Due from state, Spanish War, military aid, 60 00


$14,414 85


Town indebtedness,


$29,185 15


LIST OF JURORS.


Joshua M. Cushing, real estate agent.


Wendell Phillips, carpenter.


George F. Fowle, laborer.


George W. Lewis, painter.


James A. Simmons, mason.


Warren S. Nickerson, farmer.


Frank Hoyt, farmer.


Henry C. Chandler, laborer.


Theo. W. Glover, carpenter.


E. Edgar Chandler, painter.


Gershom B. Chandler, carpenter.


John A. Chandler, laborer.


Albert M. Goulding, farmer.


Alfred E. Green, telegrapher.


Leonard C. Baker, Jr.


William J. Turner, fisherman.


William E. Weston, retired.


Levi P. Simmons, blacksmith.


Frank H. Weston, carpenter.


Walter F. Cushman, farmer.


William J. Alden, Jr., shoemaker.


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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.


Support schools,


$4,500 00


School incidentals and repairs schoolhouses,


700 00


Superintendent of Schools,


250 00


Duxbury Free Library,


350 00


Repairs of highways and bridges,


4,000 00


Removing snow,


800 00


Aid to indigent soldiers and sailors,


100 00


Military aid,


100 00


Memorial Day,


100 00


Cemetery,


400 00


Sinking fund for railroad debt,


2,000 00


Railroad interest,


1,000 00


Support of poor,


2,200 00


Tree Warden,


300 00


Board of Health,


50 00


New schoolhouse loan and interest,


1,200 00


Stone road loan and interest,


2,400 00


Forest fire wards,


350 00


For incidental expenses, bank and corporation taxes.


HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Selectmen of Duxbury.


We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them properly vouched and correctly cast.


GEORGE P. CUSHMAN, WILLIAM J. BURGESS, Auditors.


ASSESSORS' REPORT.


Value of buildings assessed,


$1,080,304 00


Value of land assessed,


489,863 00


Total valuation of real estate assessed,


1,570,167 00


Total valuation of personal estate assessed,


248,946 00


Total valuation,


1,819,113 00


Real estate increase from last year,


55,784 00


Personal estate increase from last year,


4,414 00


Total increase,


60,198 00


Rate of taxation, $14.50.


Number of houses assesessed,


723 I-6


Number of acres of land assessed.


13,482 1-12


Number of horses assessed,


4II


Number of cows assessed,


268


Number of neat cattle other than cows,


30


Number of swine assessed,


57


Number of sheep assessed,


32


Number of fowl assessed,


2,712


Number of persons assessed on property,


I072


Number of residents assessed on property,


699


Number of non-residents assessed on property,


· 373


Number of polls assessed,


574


State tax,


1,425 00


State tax for repairs of state highway,


102 75


County tax,


2,424 65


Population, census. of 1900,


2,075


HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Assessors of Duxbury.


Duxbury


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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


EXPENSES OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.


Paid-


Town of Plymouth, aid to Aubrey Soule, $3 00


City of Brockton, aid to H. Harriman, 8 73


Town of Norwell, aid to Bernard Randall, 12 00


Town of Hanover, aid to Thos. Wentworth and Casey, 136 75 Town of Penbroke, aid to Z. P. Freeman, 46 50


Town of Stoneham, aid to Mary Rich and children, 212 00


Mary W. Boylston, supplies to Elijah Snell, 61 94


J. W. Baker, house rent, for Elijah Snell, 36 00


W. Phillips, house rent, for B. H. Sanford, 39 00


Isaac S. Burgess, house rent, for Aubrey Soule, 30 00


Westborough Insane Hospital, care Annie C. Soule, 212 17


Taunton Insane Hospital, care Arnold and Brewster, 267 24


C. W. Bartlett, medical attendance, Mrs. C. H. Price, 31 50


N. K. Noyes, medical attendance, Bernice Rogers, 57 00


Mrs. Tasinari, board and care, Mrs. J. H. Crocker, 25 00


W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance, Mrs. Crocker, 64 50


Mrs. Mary Moulton, care child of Mrs. Crocker, 7 00


W. R. Amesbury, attendance, F. C. Chandler and wife, 63 00.


W. R. Amesbury, attendance, Mrs. Lampher, 28 00


W. R. Amesbury, attendance, Susie Bailey, 10 00


Rebecca A. Hawkins, cash aid, 8 00


Duxbury C. & L. Co., supplies to E. J. Weston,


7 35


N. M. Stetson, medicines for Mrs. Crocker,


8 62


H. H. Bliss, suplies to Daniel Burgess,


18 55


james Langille, supplies to Daniel Burgess,


II 45


E. W. Reed, board of E. A. Soule, 6 00


Fred V. Hunt, team to Hanover,


2 50


Elisha Peterson, burial, Alfreda Randall, 20 00


Sweetser & Arnold, supplies to Emeline Paulding, I 88


Sweetser & Arnold, supplies to Frank C. Chandler, 14 56


$1,450 24


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EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE FOR YEAR ENDING JAN. 1, 1904.


Paid-


Charles E. Peterson, on acct. salary as Supt.,


$280 00


W. O. Peterson, supplies, 72 71


Sweetser & Arnold, supplies, 173 27


N. Ford & Sons, supplies,


130 54


George H. Stearns, supplies,


40 32


George H. Stearns, hay,


5 45


E. W. Simmons, milk,


17 82


Rufus Holiday, fish,


13 88


James H. Peterson, fish,


30 IO


James Langille, meats,


29 64


L. B. Gardner, meats,


44 23


L. B. Sherman, meats,


17 89


W. B. Gardner, meats,


32 37


H. E. Merry, meats,


32 34


F. W. Atwood, supplies,


20 02


W. W. Symmes, supplies and use of team,


3 00


George L. Higgins, supplies,


I 00


Enoch Freeman, supplies,


2 40


H. A. Peterson, vegetables and fertilizer,


6 40


A. F. Lapham, pigs, 10 00


H. J. Reynolds, vegetables,


4 49


J. W. Cushing, ice,


IO 53


D. H. Craig, coal, 16 53


E. W. Loring, coal, 19 00


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., coal,


131 23


L. H. Cushing, wood and teaming, 20 50


John E. Josselyn, teaming,


2 IO


L. A. Peterson, vegetables, 10 16


Frank E. Phillips, butchering, 1902 and 1903, 6 00


75


W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance, Mrs. Witherell,


48 00


Jane Kelly, care Mrs. Witherell, 18 00


W. W. Campbell, repairs, 3 50


W. B. Campbell, repairs, 88 40


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., supplies for repairs,


IO 91


Soule & Glover, repairs,


9. 15


Harry Cushing, hooping tub, 40.


$1,363 03


W. J. Allen, Jr., repairing shoes,


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Inmates of Almshouse and their ages.


Charity M. Bourne, 94 years.


Lucy B. Chandler, 57 years.


Rosina Witherell, 82 years.


W. E. B. Thomas, 31 years. Cordelia F. Metcalf, 73 years.


Tramps lodged, 163.


AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.


Balance from 1902,


$571 24


Appropriation,


2,500 00


Received for board, Mrs. Wadsworth,


156 00


Received for farm sales,


60 00


Received from city of Fall River,


142 00


Received from Mrs. Desmond for burial Frank Pride,


20 00


Received from state transportation shipwrecked sailors,


14 55


Due from State aid to Bernice Rogers,


57 00


Due from Fall River,


10 00


Due from town of Norwell,


49 75


Due from town of Sturbridge,


25 00


Due from town of Plymouth,


30 00


$3,635 54


Expenses of outside poor.


$1,450 24


Expenses of inside poor,


1,363 03


$2,813 27


Unexpended balance,


822 27


$3,635 54


Amount of inventory in Almshouse and on farm,


$3TO 40


Average cost per week in Almshouse per person, Your Overseers have had the town farm surveyed, and plan made at the expense of


$3 70


$50 68


They have also sold and deeded one lot to Alfred V. Freeman for $55 00


HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Overseers of Poor of Duxbury.




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