Town annual report for the town of Duxbury for the year ending 1901-1910, Part 35

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


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32


Road Surveyor,


55


Assessors' Report,


33 Rural Society,


56


Board of Health,


51


School Committee,


80 7


Cemetery Funds,


57 School Incidentals,


Cemetery Trustees,


44 School Report,


81


Expenses in Almshouse,


35


State Aid,


20


Expenses Outside Almshouse,


34


Superintendent's Report,


83


Highways and Bridges,


9 Town Clerk's Report,


60


Incidental Expenses,


24 Town Officers,


3


List of Jurors,


31


Town Meetings,


66


Memorial Day,


22


Treasurer's Report,


58


Military Aid,


21


Tree Warden,


41


Repair of Schoolhouses,


7


TOWN OFFICERS.


Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector-George H. Stearns.


Auditors-Sidney C. Soule, Theodore W. Glover.


School Committee-N. K. Noyes, William J. Alden, Jr., Albert M. Goulding.


Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor-Henry H. Lewis, Edmund H. Sears, Wendell Phillips.


Board of Health-Alfred E. Green, Herbert C. Freeman, A. M. Goulding.


Constables-Charles E. Peterson, T. W. Chandler, H. A. Anderson.


Cemetery Trustees-William J. Alden, Jr., Thomas Al- den, Elnathan Delano, Elisha Peterson, Albert M. Gould- ing.


Tree Warden -- Eugene S. Freeman.


Fence Viewers-H. H. Lewis, E. H. Sears, Wendell Phillips.


Committee on Town Landings-A. E. Green, John H. Glover, C. F. Allen.


Highway Surveyor-John K. Parker.


Surveyors of Wood and Lumber -- Horatio Chandler, Henry L. Cushman.


Fire Wards and Field Drivers-Charles M. Hayden, Levi H. Cushing, Walter Cushing. Asa Chandler, Charles E. Hunt, Albert M. Goulding, Eden W. Soule, J. L. Mc- Naught, Elisha Peterson, John A. Hunt, John K. Parker and Harry S. Winslow.


Forest Fire Wards-F. B. Knapp, Horatio Chandler, L. M. Chase, Mark L. Simmons, Elisha Peterson, John A. Hunt, A. M. Goulding. Charles E. Peterson.


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Special Police Officers-Warren C. Prince, Luther W. Sherman.


Undertaker and Burial Agent-Elisha Peterson.


Registrars of Voters-D. D. Devereux, H. B. Chandler, P. L. Walker, George H. Stearns.


Inspector of Animals and Provisions-John K. Parker. Sealer of Weights and Measures-Hiram Foster.


Keeper of Almshouse and Pound-Charles E. Peterson.


Report of the Selectmen.


SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. District No. I.


Paid- Florence A. Chaffin, teaching,


$407 00


Care of House,


50 00


Fuel,


40 00


$497 00


District No. 2.


Paid-


Ellen W. Downey, teaching,


$370 00


Care of House,


27 75


Fuel,


38 80


$436 55


District No. 3.


Paid-


Grace E. Brown, teaching,


$321 50


Care of House,


16 25


Fuel,


30 05


$367 80


District No. 4.


Paid-


Ida M. Raymond, teaching,


$260 00


Care of House,


35 00


Fuel,


23 55


Grace E. Belknap, teaching,


99 00


$417 55


District No. 5.


Paid-


Sadie C. Paulding, teaching,


$303 00


Care of House, Fuel,


13 IO


16 05


$332 15


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District No. 6.


Paid-


Grace M. Peterson, teaching,


$340 00


13 30


Care of House, Fuel, 30 05 $383 35


District No. 7.


Paid-


Grace M. Hastings, teaching,


$340 00


Care of House,


16 25


Fuel, $385 05


District No. 8.


Paid-


Mary L. Devereux, teaching,


$370 00


Care of House,


16 25


1


Fuel,


26 45


$412 70


Grammar.


Paid-


Elizabeth A. Haskins, teaching,


$550 00


Care of House,


50 00


40 09


Fuel, $6.40 09


High.


Paid-


H. E. Walker, teaching, $630 00


Gertrude C. Ellis, teaching, 90 00


Eva W. Eldredge, teaching, 200 00


Elizabeth S. Sampson, teaching,


180 00


Treasurer Partridge Academy, rent, 180 00


$1,280 00


Paid- Lillian C. Stoddard, teaching music, $200 00 Harriet J. Ford, teaching drawing, 200 00


Town of Pembroke, tuition, 252 66


$652 66


$5,804 90


Total Expenditure,


28 80


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Received-


Appropriation, $5,200 00


Unexpended balance, 1904, 73 67


Dividend from Dog Fund,


301 38


Balance from Supt. of Schools, 166 67


Overdrawn, 63 18


$5,804 90


REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.


Paid-


Matthew Russell, labor and material, $31 28


A. A. Sprague,


86 10


Alonzo F. Peterson,


26 00


William J. Alden,


22 42


William P. Turner,


I 00


George H. Bailey,


2 85


Oscar C. Hunt,


I 50


Chandler & Glover,


2 63


Soule & Glover,


73 48


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,


5 27


Frank H. Dawes,


24 64


Wendell Phillips,


I 00


Waldo F. Loring,


4 00


George Faunce,


25


H. B. Chandler,


20 50


N. Ford & Sons,


21 85


$324 77


SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.


Paid --


N. K. Noyes, services, school Committee, $18. 19


William J. Alden, Jr., services School Committee, 25 00


A. M. Goulding, services School Committee, 20 00


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William J. Alden, Jr., book agent, 35 00 William J. Alden, Jr., taking school census, 14 00


William P. Turner, labor on well, 2 00


Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies,


182 18


American Book Co., supplies,


5 76


F. A. Chaffin, supplies,


I 50


W. E. Rogers, printing,


9 00


C. M. Taylor, mowing yard, District No. 2, 1 00


William J. Turner, water, District No. 7, 5 00


Geo. H. Clarke, tuning piano.


2 50


Boundbrook Press, printing,


7 92


Frank B. Cain, stoves, pumps, etc.,


76 45


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,


7 36


Ginn & Co., supplies 13 40


James L. McNaught, expressing,


7 98


Harriet J. Ford, pencil sharpener,


3 00


J. L. Hammett, supplies,


16 0I


Allyn & Bacon, supplies,


12 50


E. L .. Willard, cash expenses,


I 75


Memorial Press, order book,


3 00


Houghton & Mifflin, supplies,


5 70


H. A. Gerrish, water, District No. 5, 3 00


Sweetser & Arnold, supplies. 25 39


Mrs. H. B. Thomas, cleaning school- houses, 27 00


Mrs. Martha L. Sampson, cleaning schoolhouse,


2 50


A. A. Sprague, plumbing, 12 37


Silver, Burdett & Co.,


13 20


Repairs of schoolhouses,


$559 96 324 77


Received-


Appropriation,


$700 00


Balance fron 1904,


9.2 38


Overdrawn,


92 35


$884 73


$884 73


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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


Paid- Edgar I ... Willard. Superintendent, $500 00 Unexpended balance carried to Super-


intendent of Schools, 166 67


$666 67


Received ---


Appropriation,


$250 00


Received from State,


416 67


$666 67


DUXBURY FREE LIBRARY.


Paid-


H. E. Walker, treasurer, Received-


$500 00


Appropriation,


$500 00


HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.


District No. I.


Paid-


C. M. Hayden, labor,


$24 60


Harrison Wadsworth, labor, 6 00


E. G. Clements, labor, 4 00


Richard Higgins, labor, 6 00


O. B. Ryder, labor,


5 00


Wm. J. Burke, labor,


3 00


C. M. Taylor, labor,


10 00


Harvey J. Reynolds, labor, 10 00


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., lumber, 2 10 William J. Hastings, labor, 21 00


Victor E. Lamb, labor. 14 00


James W. Hastings, labor, I 25


John E. Josselyn, labor, 15 25


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George J. Soule, labor,


12 00


Robert Tammett, labor,


II 00


W. W. Wadsworth, labor, 20 80


James McKay, labor,


II 75


William J. Alden. Jr., labor,


3 75


A. M. Wadsworth, labor,


5 00


Hunt & Rich, gravel,


2 52


Guy A. Stearns, labor,


18 00


$212 02


District No. 2.


Paid-


Levi H. Cushing, labor,


$169 41


Guy A. Stearns, labor,


6 00


O. B. Ryder, labor,


II 54


Harold Ellis, labor,


4 00


Brooks K. Dunham, labor,


12 86


Clifford Churchill, labor,


17 76


David Thomas, labor,


33 96


James E. Altiers, gravel,


6 95


William R. Baker, clay,


9 30


George Faunce, labor,


80


George H. Torrey, labor,


3 50


Hunt & Rich, gravel,


I 75


A. C. Bennett, labor,


3 76


$281 59


District No. 3.


Paid-


Walter Cushing, labor,


$84 64


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., lumber, 5 46


O. H. Brown. labor, 16 00


George W. Loring, labor,


46 00


Frank Pratt, labor, 6 00


George E. Lapham, labor,


9 10


David H. Chandler, labor,


5 46


Hiram B. Simmons labor,


8 00


Mark L. Simmons, labor,


19 50


J. M. Freeman. labor,


17 50


William Freeman, labor,


10.00


W. H. DeLorier, labor,


8 00


William J. Dunham, labor,


10 00


Martin H. Mullen, labor,


20 46


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Frank C. Chandler, labor,


8 00


Arthur F. Loring, labor,


25 98


C. C. Cushing, labor,


8 37


Edgar F. Loring, labor,


15 66


Nelson Cushing, labor,


I


IO


$325 23


District No. 4.


Paid-


Asa Chandler. labor,


$87 10


Maurice L. Chandler, labor,


65 94


Henry Taylor, labor,


20 77


Frank W. Anderson, labor,


7 00


W. B. Gardner, labor,


19 00


H. A. Anderson, labor,


II 00


C. T. Lantz, labor.


31 50


John Cooper, labor,


25 08


E. O. Willcott, labor,


33 44


Christian Peterson. labor,


9 30


Horatio Chandler. labor,


28 00


F. L. Randall, labor,


27 II


Mary A. Gardner, clay,


8 00


A. E. Raymond, labor,


3 00


H. B. Chandler, labor,


35 00


Charles Taylor, labor,


IO 04


E. H. Chandler, gravel,


3 20


A. E. Parks, labor,


2 00


$426 48


District No. 5.


Paid-


Charles E. Hunt, labor,


$42 62


Estate of E. A. Chandler, gravel,


II 64


Harvey Nickerson, labor,


12 00


I .. J. McAuliff, labor,


19 00


A. Nelson, labor, 7 50


H. A. Gerrish, labor,


19 00


W. W. Simmons, labor,


23 33


Alonzo W. Mann, labor,


4 00


John Holt, labor,


5 25


James W. Baker, labor,


8 75


Philip Douville, labor,


2 00


R. T. Randall, labor,


28 00


.


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Eugene F. Atwood, labor,


13 54


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., I 70


2 00


H. W. Inglis, labor, L. C. Walker, labor,


4 00


$204 33


District No. 6.


Paid-


A. M. Goulding, labor,


$109 80


James H. Reed, labor, 2 20


A. E. Parks, labor,


43 70


Frank W. Anderson, labor,


3 25


Anna D. Bailey, gravel,


6 80


L. J. McAuliff, labor,


14 00


William Hanley, labor,


23 00


Fred LePage, labor,


23 00


J. H. Crocker, labor,


35 00


Thomas Chandler, labor,


22 92


Thomas Alden, labor,


36 60


T. C. Osgood, labor,


15 75


L. C. Walker, labor,


14 00


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co.,


18 69


H. H. Delano, labor,


30 00


$398 71


District No. 7.


Paid-


Eden W. Soule, labor,


$61 30


H. A. Ryder, labor,


16 22


Warren C. Prince. labor,


6 20


E. F. Loring, labor,


4 00


A. E. Parks, labor,


I 00


J. C. Osgood, labor,


I 00


Town of Marshfield, gravel,


I 50


Calvin Josselyn. labor,


12 45


Adelbert Delano, labor,


13 50


L. A. Peterson, labor,


10 00


William H. Woodward, labor,


12 20


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co.,


2 50


Isaiah Walker, labor,


7 78


$149 65


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District No. 8.


Paid --


James L. McNaught, labor,


$112 50


William J. Burke, labor, 2 00


C. M. McKinzie, labor,


21 00


William J. Turner, labor,


39 00


William E. Simmons, labor,


18 00


Chandler & Glover, labor, IO 46


John H. Glover, labor,


2 90


Henry A. Briggs, labor,


I 50


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co.,


16 44


E. G. Clements, labor,


I 75


$225 55


District No. 9.


Paid-


Elisha Peterson, labor,


$91 85


William E. Simmons, labor,


8 00


· H. J. Reynolds, labor,


15 00


H. A. Ryder, labor,


6 00


G. D. Simmons, labor,


4 00


J. H. Crocker, labor,


2 00


W. R. Baker, clay,


2 30


S. W. Walker, labor,


14 00


IV. J. Hastings. labor,


8 50


C. W. Marsh, clay,


2 00


$153 65


District No. 10.


Paid-


John A. Hunt labor,


$82 00


Edwin C. Estes, labor,


50 00


Charles Price, labor,


4 00


R. A. Badger, labor,


3 56


Fred B. Studley, labor,


7 OI


John Simmons, labor,


2 89


L. J. McAuliff, labor,


15 II


G. T. White, labor,


43 33


Peter Pratt, labor.


2 44


Arthur Duchaine, labor,


5 II


Andrew Bennett, labor,


20 66


George Walter, labor,


23 22


Charles Walter, labor,


55 72


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Clarence Bolyston, material,.


4 00


John Bennault, labor, 4 89


Olive Blackman, gravel,


28 24


Henry C. Chandler, labor,


3 II


W. H. Whiting, labor,


6 45


Henry Henderson, labor,


16 22


John Walter, labor,


3 10


Waldo Brothers, drain pipe,


33 55


H. H. Lewis, labor,


9 94


George S. Studley, labor,


4 78


Manuel Lopez, labor,


4 00


Charles A. Boylston, labor,


23 II


H. H. Delano, labor,


30 56


$487 00 4


District No. II.


Paid-


C. W. Holmes, labor,


$16 IO


John E. Josselyn, labor,


14 00


G. D. Simmons, labor,


6 00


George J. Soule, labor,


15 00


Fred V. Hunt, labor,


7 50


S. H. Jackson, labor,


11 00


John H. Glover, labor and material,


185 21


Robert Tammett, labor,


8 00


W. S. Frazar, labor,


5 00


George W. Cobbett, labor,


75


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co.,


3 14


E. G. Clements, labor,


2 80


C. M. Tavlor, labor,


I 75


Hunt & Rich, gravel,


2 52


George E. Hathaway, labor,


3 00


$281 77


District No. 12.


Paid-


H. S Winslow, labor,


$77 14


Otis Lapham, labor,


16 23


John Sullivan, labor,


6 00


A. Nelson, labor,


22 23


B. F. Goodrich, labor,


29 99


F. O. Decatur, labor,


II 81


J. M. Freeman, labor,


IO 35


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Samuel Hamlin, labor,


3 93


William Flagg, labor,


16 81


Ernest Lapham, labor,


21 33


George W. Hamlın, labor,


IO 55


R. D. Wood, labor,


16 93


T. W. Chandler, labor,


II 50 1


Bailey Gullifer, labor,


29 02


E. Hobel, labor,


45


Geo. W. Lewis, labor,


2 92


$287 19


MISCELLANEOUS.


Paid-


John K. Parker, general supervision, $63 22


Levi P. Simmons, repairs, scraper, I 00


Sweetser & Arnold, tools, 2 00


Good Roads Machinery Co., 8 75


J. R. Briggs, clay,


9 55


$84 52


REPAIRS OF LAUREL STREET.


Paid-


Charles Walter, labor,


$4 00


Richard A. Badger, labor,


12 00


John Walter, labor,


II II


George Walter, labor,


12 00


David Yuill, labor,


2 00


John A. Hunt, labor,


30.56


To expense building Stone Road,


Total expenditure,


$4,089 36


Unexpended,


510 64


Appropriation,


$71 67 $500 00


$4,600 00 $4,600 00


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STONE ROADS.


Paid-


William J. Burke, labor,


$50 50


Warren C. Prince, labor, 43 00


O. B. Ryder, labor, 25 00


Eden W. Soule, labor,


151 50


WV. D. Baker, labor,


48 00


Washington Nickerson, labor,


15 30


Richard Higgins, labor, 50 00


L. A. Peterson. labor,


57 50


Harvey Nickerson, labor,


18 00


G. D. Simmons, labor,


32 00


S. M. Evans. labor,


I 25


Alpheus Nickerson, labor,


64 40


C. M. Taylor, labor,


28 00


J. L. McNaught, labor,


103 50


J. Breck & Sons,


4 23


H. B. Chandler, labor,


34 93


Waldo Brothers,


34 50


George E. Hathaway, labor,


22 10


E. F. Loring, labor


50 00


Martin H. Mullen, labor,


26 20


William S. Frazer, labor,


38 00


The Lane Quarry Co., stone,


1,315 76


Sidney C. Soule, labor,


37 50


Fred V. Hunt, labor,


77 50


Harry W. Priest, labor,


60 30


John K. Parker, labor.


164 45


Henry A. Briggs. labor,


49 75


John H. Glover, labor,


2 19


H. W. Barstow, labor,


21 35


R. G. Needham, labor,


85


H. H. Delano, labor,


15 00


George \V. Cobbett, labor,


15 50


Received-


Appropriation.


$2,000 00


From highways.


500 00


Unexpended balance, 1904,


25 55


Overdrawn.


122 76


$2,658 31


$2,658 31


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ROAD AT POWDER POINT.


Paid-


John K. Parker, labor,


$24 90


Geo. W. Cobbett, labor,


16 00


Robert Tammett, labor, 16 00


Chas. W. Holmes, labor,


16 00


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co.,


I7 J5


$90 05


Unexpended,


74 79


$164 84


Received,


Unexpended balance, 1903,


$164 84


AUTUMN AVENUE.


Paid-


Kimball W. Randall, labor,


$IO II


Freeman L. Randall, labor,


5 00


Horatio Chandler, labor,


188 67


Ichabod Sampson heirs, land,


7 50


$2II 28


Overdrawn, 1904,


658 73


Received-


Appropriation,


$850 00


Overdrawn,


20 0I


$870 0I


SPECIAL REPAIRS OF HIGH STREET.


Paid-


John K. Parker, labor,


$31 00


H. A. Anderson, labor,


4 00


C. A. Gardner, labor,


4 00


M. L. Chandler, labor,


40 00


Alonzo W. Mann, labor,


22 00


Duxbury 2


$870 0I


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Samuel Gerrish, gravel,


20 26


R. D. Wood, labor,


18 00


William R. Flagg, labor,


38 80


H. B. Chandler, labor,


76 95


Waldo Brothers,


31 88


B. F. Goodrich, labor,


82 00


Harry S. Winslow, labor,


76 00


John Sullivan, labor, 26 00


Geo. W. Hamlin, labor,


30 80


Otis G. Lapham, labor,


36 55


Ernest L. Lapham, labor,


64 40


Florus Josselyn, gravel,


13 36


Robert T. Randall, labor,


24 50


A. Nilson, labor,


60 00


Bailey Gullifer, labor,


29 50


H. A. Gerrish, labor,


10 00


W. W. Simmons, labor,


14 00


F. O. Decatur, labor,


20 80


Samuel Hamlin, labor,


6 88


T. W. Chandler, labor,


48 50


Asa Chandler, labor,


8 00


Mary A. Gardner, gravel,


4 96


Chester Baker, labor,


6 00


$849 14


Received-


Appropriation,


$800 00


Overdrawn,


49 14


$849 14


NEW ROAD AT SOUTH DUXBURY.


Unexpended balance, 1904, $113 50


BAY POND ROAD.


Overdrawn, 1904, $0 50


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REMOVING SNOW.


Orders have been drawn for removing


snow to the amount of


$853 15


Overdrawn in 1904,


57 38


Unexpended, 589 47


$1,500 00


Received,


Appropriation,


$1,500 00


TREE WARDEN.


Paid-


Orders have been paid for $164 20


(For details see Tree Warden's Report. )


Unexpended balance, 122 06


$286 26


Received-


Balance from 1904,


$286 26


GUIDE POSTS AND BOARDS.


The guide boards in Town are in their usual condition, nothing having been done to them except necessary repairs.


AID TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES.


Paid-


Edward M. Magoun, $44 00


Town of Randolph, aid to A. Nightingale,


34 00


A. Nightingale,


12 00


Town of Whitman, aid to W. Southworth, 145 00


George S. Weston,


12 00


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Jason H. Randall, 10 00


Walter D. Shurtleff, M. D.,


(J. Randall), Francis J. Randall,


58 00


4 00


Unexpended,


$319 00 148 00


$467 00


Received-


Balance from 1904,


$467 00


PAYMENTS FOR STATE AID. Chapter 374. Acts of 1899.


Due from State, payments from Dec. I,


1904, to Jan. 1, 1906,


$3,035 00


Abbott, Lewis B.,


$72 00


Alden, Thomas,


72 00


Brewster, Melzar,


72 00


Bartlett, Emma J.,


48 00


Bailey, Louis M.,


48 00


Chandler, Mary L.,


48 00


Chandler, Mary S.,


40 00


Campbell, Mary G.,


36 00


Delano, Otis,


44 00


Dunham, William J.,


54 00


Ellis, Daniel W.,


30 00


Foster, Caroline I.,


48 00


Foster, Hiram,


48 00


Foster, Mary D.,


48 00


Freeman, Enoch,


60 00


Friend, George F.,


63 00


Frost, Edward F.,


48 00


Fitts, Lyman B.,


24 00


Glass, Lizzie H.,


48 00


Gardner, Leander R.,


72 00


Gullifer, Bailey,


48 00


Higgins, George L.,


48 00


Haverstock, John H.,


72 00


Inglis, Thomas,


8 00


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Josselyn, John E.,


36 00


Kilbreth, Emeline,


32 00


Lewis, Josephine R.,


44 00


Leach, Rodney M.,


48 00


Magoun, Edward M.,


72 00


McNaught, Thomas T.,


72 00


McNaught, Juliette,


48 00


Patterson, Mary J.,


48 00


Ryder, George F.,


72 00


Ryder, Sarah B.,


48 00


Randall, Francis J.,


44 00


Randall, Jason H.,


72 00


Randall, Julia,


22 00


Randall, Elizabeth F.,


26 00


Randall, Harriett A.,


48 00


Rogers, Teresa C.,


48 00


Stearns, Aroline A.,


48 00


Soule, Joseph A.,


.72 00


Soule, Nancy W.,


48 00


Soule, Sarah A.,


48 00


Soule, Samuel P.,


48 00


Soule, Louisa A.,


48 00


Sherman, Frederick P.,


48 00


Sherman, Sarah F.,


36 00


Thomas, William H.,


-


48 00


Thomas, Hannah P.,


48 00


Wadsworth, Hamilton,


72 00


Weston, Georgiana M.,


48 00


Weston, Lucia S.


48 00


Weston, James S.,


50 00


Weston, George S.,


54 00


Winsor, Joshua,


68 00


$2,811 00


MILITARY AID.


Balance from 1904, $279 00


No orders have been drawn.


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MEMORIAL DAY.


Paid --- William Wadsworth Post, No. 165, G. A. R., $100 00


Received-


Appropriation,


$100 00


BOARD OF HEALTH.


Paid --


H. C. Freeman, services as clerk,


postage, etc., $II 50


A. M. Goulding, services, 6 00


Memorial Press, printing, I 75


R. G. Needham, team, 2 00


C. H. Goldthwaite, formaldehyde,


9 00


Geo. W. Cobbett, collecting garbage,


etc., 28 50


$58 75


Unexpended,


29 4I


$88 16


Received-


Appropriation,


$50 00


Balance from 1904,


38 16


$88 16


CAUCUS COMMITTEE.


Appropriation, 1903, $20 00


No orders drawn.


REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.


Paid-


Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.,


$17 54


Edward H. Wadsworth,


2 70


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Frank H. Weston,


19 00


Harry M. Freeman,


2 34


A. A. Sprague,


7 90


Edmund H. Sears,


9 00


John H. Glover,


2 00


$60 48


Received-


No appropriation.


Balance from 1904,


$25 94


Overdrawn,


34 54


$60 48


FOREST FIRE WARDS.


Paid-


A. W. Simmons,


$2 25


Fred E. Simmons,


2 25


Louis H. Steele,


2 00


Everett Winsor,


2 25


J. C. Osgood,


5 25


A. M. Goulding,


3 00


The Standard Extinguisher Co.,


150 10


E. & F. King Co.,


I 96


William Hanley,


75


Howard Sampson,


50


W. R. Randall,


I 00


H. W. Randall,


75


J. Charrette,


I 00


J. Bennett,


I 00


P. DeRagan,


I 00


Walter T. Lantz,


3 25


Frank Baker,


25


Knight & Thomas,


19 56


Sweetser & Arnold,


63


Horatio Chandler,


14 25


Elisha Peterson,


59 03


T. W. Chandler,


I 50


L. M. Chase,


I 00


Charles Studley,


25


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Percy Damon,


1 00


C. C. Cushing,


2 00


Henry Acheson,


2 13


Geo. B. Remick,


25


Chester Baker,


50


Thomas Chandler,


75


Unexpended,


$281 41 61 90


$343 31


Received-


Appropriation,


$200 00


Balance, 1904,


143 3I


$343 31


COMMITTEE ON FIRE PROTECTION.


Paid-


Boston Herald, printing ad.,


$II 00


Howe Engine Co.,


1,205 34


H. H. Lewis,


5 00


E. H. Sears,


14 20


Wendell Phillips,


14 20


Standard Extinguisher Co.,


304 99


$1,554 73


Received-


Appropriation,


$1,500 00


Overdrawn,


54 73


$1,554 73


INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.


Paid- H. H. Lewis, services as selectman, $170 25 E. H. Sears, services as selectman, 204 22 Wendell Phillips, services as select- man, 177 50


H. H. Lewis services as assessor, II7 00


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E. H. Sears, services as assessor, III OO Wendell Phillips, services as assessor, III 00 Geo. H. Stearns, services as treasurer, 328 33 Geo. H. Stearns, services as town clerk, 72 10 Geo. H. Stearns, services as collect- or of taxes, 325 98 Geo. H. Stearns, services as registrar, 27 00 Percy L. Walker, services as registrar, 27 00 D. D. Devereux, services as registrar, 27 00 H. B. Chandler, services as registrar, 27 00 F. H. Bailey, ballot clerk, 9 00


Yawman & Erbe Co., office supplies, I 75


Duxbury Coal & Lumber Co., sup- plies, town hall, 28 08


William J. Burgess, auditor,


10 00


C. E. Peterson, constable, 20 05


D. M. McIntosh, M. D., returning birth, 25


J. I .. McNaught, expressing, 8 95


Samuel Ward Co., supplies, 4 28


L. W. Sherman, constable, services, 1904, 24 60


Frank T. Holmes, constable, ser- vices, 2 00


Martin H. Mullin, watching fire, 2 25


John K. Parker, inspector of animals, 146 75 H. A. Ryder, ballot clerk, 6 00


S. C. Soule, ballot clerk, 2 50


Sidney C. Soule, auditor, 10 00


Memorial Press, printing notices, &c., 74 50 The Memorial Press, printing Town


Reports, 277 00


C. A. Boylston, ballot clerk, 6 00


Geo. Faunce, services for registrar, 50


Frank B. Cain, repairs on stove, &c., I .25


William J. Hastings, watching fire, 2 00


William H. Weston, watching fire, 2 00


H. A. Anderson, patroling woods, 6 00


John H. Glover, ballot clerk, 1904 and 1905, 9 00


Elisha Peterson, janitor town hall, 15 00 American Surety Co., treasurer bond, 40 00


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Winslow W. Symmes, team for constables, 6 00


Expenses in John H. Haverstock case, 158 42 Warren C. Prince, patroling woods, 8 00


H. A. Anderson, constable, services, 2 00 W. C. Prince, police duty, I 00


H. A. Briggs, team, I 00


E. F. Loring, laying drain pipe, 8 40


C. E. Peterson, patroling woods, 7 00


John A. Hunt, moving building,


6 00


G. B. Chandler, lumber and labor on engine house, 51 26


William J. Turner, police duty,


2 00


George H. Stearns, recording deed, I 90


Wendell Phillips, team for town offi- cers, 18 00


Wendell Phillips, patroling woods, 5 00


E. H. Sears, moderator, 5 00


E. H. Sears, team for town officers, 23 00 Hobbs, Warren & Co., legal blanks, I 52


T. W. Chandler, constable, services, 14 00


Samuel Ward Co., supplies, I 65


H. H. Bills, janitor for selectmen's office, 27 50


Thomas W. Bailey, setting stone bounds, town landing. 9 00


D. D. Devereux, typewriting, I 75


L. H. Cushing, team, I 25


Hiram Foster, cleaning weights and measures, I 50


H. H. Delano. moving building, 20 00


C. M. Hayden, police duty, 2 00


Town of Plymouth, half expense, perambulating town lines, 5 00


John C. Cave, cash book, 27 00


James Downey, ballot clerk, 6 00


H. H. Bills, posting voting lists, &c., 3 50


Bowker Insecticide Co., creosote, 2 00


C. T. Harris, fitting key, 65


James McKay, gpysy moth. 5 54


Eugene S. Freeman, gypsy moth, 9 30


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Duxbury C. & L. Co., gypsy moth, I 32


Duxbury C. & L. Co., gasoline, 3 80


E. G. Clements, police duty, 2 00


H. B. Chandler, wood for town office, 5 75


Elisha Peterson, returning deaths,


II 00


Clarence Smith, police duty,


2 00


Geo. H. Stearns, indemnity bonds, 1902 and 1903, 80 00


C. E. Peterson, ballot clerk, 3 00


South D:1xbury Post Office, stamped envelopes, &c., 35 15


N. K. Noyes, M. D., returning births, Overseers of Poor, general services, H. H. Lewis, gypsy and browntail moths,


17 25


H. H. Lewis, postage, &c., gypsy moths,


3 64


E. H. Sears, gypsy moths,


15 75


H. H. Lewis, chairman and postage,


9 42


Wendell Phillips, clerk, postage, &c., 5 75


Wright & Potter, book, I 25


$3,094 56


Overdrawn, 1904,


Unexpended balance,


110 09 1,764 10


$4,968 75


Received-


Appropriation,


$500 00


Corporation tax, 1905,


3,304 15


Bank tax, 1905,


365 99


District Court fines,


26 29


Liquor license,


I 00


Peddler, billiards, and butchers' licenses,


37 .00


Added taxes,


422 08


Overlayings on taxes,


273 74


State, on account cattle inspection,


38 50


$4,968 75


4 25


15 00


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DISCOUNT ON TAXES.


The amount of discount on taxes is,


$653 28 Appropriation,


$500 00


Overdrawn,


153 28


$653 28


ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


Taxes have been abated to the amount of $475 '55


Unexpended balance,


I24 45


$600 00


Received appropriation,


$600 00


REPAIRS OF GURNET BRIDGE.


Paid-


County Commissioners, $735 II Received-


Balance of appropriation from 1904, $636 77


Overdrawn, 98 34


$735 II


LEGISLATION ON GURNET BRIDGE.


Paid- Elisha Peterson, $5 00


Unexpended balance,


20 15


Received- $25 15


Balance from 1904, $25 15


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COPYING RECORD.


Paid- Lucy P. Higgins, Received- Appropriation,


$100 00


$100 00


OFFICE FURNITURE.


Paid-


Derby Desk Co.,


$18 50


Yawman & Erbe Co.,


20 00


Victor Safe & Lock Co.,


175 .00


$213 50


Appropriation,


$200 00


Overdrawn,


$13 50


HATHAWAY FUND.


The Selectmen have caused to be deposited one thousand dollars in Plymouth Savings Bank, and one thousand dol- lars in Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank. Amount of fund, $2,000 00


INTEREST ON RAILROAD NOTE.


Paid, 1905- April Ist, Treasurer of Common- wealth, interest, $500 00


October Ist, Treasurer of Common- wealth, interest, 500 00


Appropriation,


$1,000 00 $1,000 00


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STONE ROAD LOAN.


Paid, Interest, Due on notes,


$2,000 00 280 00 6,000 00


STATEMENT RAILROAD LOAN.


Due on note,


$25,000 00


SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN.


Paid,


$1,000 00


Interest,


120 00


Due on notes,


2,000 00


TOWN LIABILITIES AND RESOURCES.


Liabilities.


Jan. Ist., 1906, outstanding railroad note, $25,000 00


Stone road loan, 6,000 00


School house loan, 2,000 00


Balance on notes hired in anticipa- tion of taxes 8,000 00


Outstanding bills, estimated,


900 00


$41,900 00


Resources.


Cash in treasury, $2,740 18


Uncollected taxes, 1905,


6,596 14


Uncollected taxes, 1904, 1,484 65


Uncollected taxes. 1903,


125 43


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Due from State, State Aid, Chapter 79 Revised Laws, 3,035 00 8,371 23 442 28


Sinking fund,


Snow property, Bills receivable,




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