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Braintree.
Braintree.
30. Charles F. Bowditch, Susan Bowden,
24
Braintree.
Braintree.
May 12. Henry M. Hollis, 44
Braintree.
Braintree.
Caroline V. Moulton,
30
Braintree.
Pittston, Me.
14. William K. Dyer, Laura E. Thomas,
25
Braintree.
Braintree.
June 6. John B. Edmunds, Susannah C. Stetson, 27
41
Charlestown.
Charlestown.
17. Cyrus A. Cook, Julia M. Gordon,
19
Lawrence.
Franklin, Me.
July 3. George D. Willis, Mary Eliza Barrett,
18
Braintree.
Scituate.
12. Elwyn H. Tlayer, Annie Cook,
20
Braintree.
Braintree.
21
Braintree.
Ellsworth, Me.
42 Braintree.
Ireland.
28. Timothy Hughes, Mariah Nolan, 38 Boston.
Ireland.
25
Boston.
Boston.
20
Braintree.
So. Weymouth.
Braintree.
Braintree.
35
Ellsworth, Me.
Ellsworth Me.
28
Braintree.
Braintree.
Howland, Me.
Howland, Me. Braintree.
Braintree.
Randolph.
.
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DATE. NAME.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE.
Aug. 4. Andrew Heavey, 20 Mary Sullivan, 28
Ireland.
May 7. Michael Ryan, Bridget Sullivan,
23
Braintree.
Ireland.
Sept. 22. Edward Shay,
24
Braintree.'
Boston.
Mariah L. Branley,
22
Braintree.
Braintree.
28. William John Scott, Elizabeth Cottoam, 24
23
Braintree.
St. Johns, N. B.
Braintree.
Truro, N. S.
Oct. 20. Warren H. Foss, 26
Braintree.
Turner, Me.
S. Maria Dean,
32
Braintree.
- Norton.
Nov. 7. John Jacob Loud, Emily Keith Vickery, 21
28
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
10. Edward Tilden,
30
Braintree.
Hanson.
Mary Louisa Kimball, 22
Boston.
Bangor, Me.
13. Frederick A. Adams, Annie F. Thayer, 35
25
Braintree.
Gloucester.
Braintree.
13. Henry Willie Simonds, 22 Emily C. Arnold, 19
Braintree.
Braintree.
24. Alvin Totinan,
27
Braintree.
Richmond, Me.
Louisa M. Blaisdell,
22
East Abington.
Abington.
27. Charles Bicknell, 28
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
Flora A. Joy,
20
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
27. George A. French, Katie B. Bishop,
21
Braintree. 1
Braintree.
28. Edward F. Beal,
21
Braintree.
Hanson.
A. Louisa Humphrey,
20
No. Easton.
No. Easton.
July 18. William Jackson,
34
Braintree.
Albany.
Fanny Graceson,
26
Braintree.
Baltimore, Md.
Dec. 12. Elisha May,
29
St. Johnsbury, Vt. Vermont.
Eunice A.Storrs Arnold, 19
Braintree.
Braintree.
25. James Austin Rowell, 26
Weymouth.
Randolph.
Caroline E. Phillips, 27
65
Braintree.
England.
Georgianna Hogg,
23
Braintree.
Scotland.
26
Braintree.
Braintree.
31. William G. Hill, Hattie L. Whitteker, 18 Braintree.
Windham, N.H
Braintree.
Ireland.
Braintree.
24 Braintree.
Ireland.
Liberty.
Boston.
27. John Somers,
22
Braintree.
Braintree.
Braintree.
Braintree.
Weymouth.
Fishkill, N. Y.
Braintree.
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DEATHS IN BRAINTREE FOR THE YEAR 1872.
Date.
Name.
Yrs. Mos. Days. Disease.
Feb. 20.
Harvey,
7
17,
Sarah Griffin,
7
3
Cholera Infantum.
March 2.
Elizabeth J. Hardwick,
20
11
15
Inflamation.
19.
James Missatt,
10 11
24
Dropsy. Still-born.
21. Mabury.
26
Robert S. Orr,
11
10 Dropsy on the Brain.
27.
Emma E. Chandler,
6
5
7
Pneumonia.
28.
Mary Cunningham,
69
9
20
Pneumonia. Pneumonia.
April 3.
Capt. Elisha Gibbs,
52
5
4. Annie S. Mayhew,
9
5
Pneumonia.
13.
Livingstone White,
73
2
Consumption.
10. Freddie M. Stoddard,
19. Daniel Penniman,
69
Consumption.
28. · Charlotte P. Bishop,
2
4
27
Measles.
May 2. Michael F. Quinn,
1
5
26
Lung Fever.
7. Charles H. Leavitt,
4
8
Cancer Humor.
S. Lucia H. Merrill,
1
10
11
Infantile Remit. Fev.
9. Hannah J. C. McSweeny,
24
S
Consumption. Consumption.
20 Thomas Norton,
57
Consumption.
22. Alice Summers,
87
Old Age.
22. Annie McDowell,
22
2
27. Beulah Arnold,
89
June 6. Susan Neate,
20
Fitts.
16. Charles H. Russell.
22
Erysipelas. Still-born. Affection of Brain.
9.
Holbrook,
1
12.
Edgar W. Trufant,
2
20
Cholera Infantum.
15.
John R. Hollis,
2
8
Fitts.
16.
Jacob Dyer,
86
11
Heart Disease.
18. 'Tobin,
Still-born.
19. Annie M. McDermott,
10
3 Lung Fever.
20. Elizabeth Hollis,
66
10
12
·Suicide.
20. Willie Griffin,
11
5
29.
Claniah Terriaunt.
23
30. Charles H. Gates,
7
5 Cholera Infantum.
Aug. 2. Ida M. Dyer,
2
10
24
Typhoid Fever.
3. Theresa Dennehy,
10
27 Cholera Infantum.
4. Philip H. Barrett,
2
9 Cholera Infantum.
5. Susan Hollis,
74
9
Consumption.
72
9
4
Heart Disease.
28. Clarence E. Minchin,
12. Mary E. German,
7
3
Typhoid Fever. Old Age.
20. Hayward,
July 6. Rufus Woodsumn,
42 10
Inflam. of Lungs. Dropsy.
B
34
Date. Name.
Yrs. Mos. Days.
Disease,
9. Catharine R. Cronin,
30
2
26
Inflamation. Consumption.
9. Mary Harris,
21
13. John Donally.
23
13. John McNeal,
19
13. Ann Boyle,
15. Peter Adams.
83
7
19. Jane A. Mansfield,
67
9
19. George W. Penniman.
36
S
19. Irai Terriault,
2
22. Frederick W Scayle,
7
22. Maria Fenno,
87
6
23. Sarah Thayer,
94
24 Typhoid Dysentery
27. William Hardwick,
6
1- Consumption. .
28.
Catharine Hannigan.
9
3 Cholera Infantum. Consumption.
Sept. 7.
Philip Kiernan,
5
5 28
7.
Gen. Sylvanus Thayer,
87
2
29
Disease of Liver.
10.
Mary E. Crooker,
24
1-
15
Typhoid Fever.
16.
Walter Hobart,
4
22. John Sharkey,
46
26. Margaret Mnllarky,
1
5
Convulsions.
27. James Buchanan,
50
6
Consumption.
27. Gracie C. Morrison,
1
S
27
Dropsy on Brain.
Oct. 4. Ann Summers,
S
Canker.
16. Joanna Loring,
72
3
23. Edward Kiernan, JJr ..
Q
7
28. Edgar M. Fuller,
17 10
9
Typhoid Fever. Typhoid Fever.
Nov. 1. Alvin Emery.
23
6 20
2. Elizabeth A. Newton.
65
7. Delia Mulligan.
17
1
26
Typhoid Fever. Old Age. Still-born.
19.
James W. Martin,
20
4 23
21. Julia Hill,
11
24. David H. Greely,
63
26. Laura A. Stetson,
32
8 26 Consumption.
22.
Marcus Perkins,
70
10
27 Heart Disease. Still-born.
Dec. 27. Mabury,
30.
David Badger,
3
14 Whooping Cough.
18 Heart Disease.
11. Rachel French, Hunt,
93
8.
Cholera Iufantum. Typhoid Fever. Cholera Infantum. Old Age.
7 Dropsy. Consumption.
3 Infantile. Spinal Affection. Cancer Tumor.
30. Bridget Carlin, 30
Consumption. Cancer.
13. Daisey H. Hobart,
Typhoid Fever. Typhoid Fever.
Typhoid Fever. Consumption. Consumption.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
From Feb. 1, 1873, to Feb. 1, 1874,
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE
Board of School Committee.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON : PRESS OF ISAAC W. MAY, 39 STATE STREET. 1874.
In obedience to Article IV, of the By-Laws, we re- spectfully submit for your consideration the follow- ing report and recommendations.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
To the Citizens of Braintree :
The work on Union and Allen streets was finished early in the season and no further special appropria- tion will be required.
The East School improvements were completed within the appropriation and we feel the town has rea- son to congratulate itself on the liberality and wisdom of its action.
Trees were set in all the school yards where there was a chance for them to grow, and all that failed to . live were replaced in the fall. About forty trees were also set on the common, which with cutting bushes and weeds was about all that we could attempt with the money placed at our disposal for this purpose.
Guide Boards have been placed at such points as we deemed necessary to comply with the statute and the vote of the town.
The public watering places demanded by two years votes have been provided. The well at the South Village was sunk to the depth of forty-two feet, and as it is eight feet in diameter within the walls, with water within a few feet of the top, it is valuable as a reservoir. The north well is forty-eight feet deep but the water does not ordinarily rise high enough to be avilable for the extinguishment of fires. The east well is fourteen feet in depth, and all are provided with substantial pumps and troughs.
The work on Elm street was well advanced when
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the season closed. The grading was completed and the heavy supporting wall, containing more than six hundred solid perch of stone, was finished and railed, during the winter. By the liberality of Hon. Alva Morrison, we were furnished with thirty car loads of gravel from Stoughton. And the experiment of its application proves that the town may have recourse to this means for road material when other sources fail; and probably this is the best plan to adopt for the gravelling of this street as ordered by the County Commissioners, and perhaps also of Adams street, and others near the East Braintree depot and at the ex- treme south. An appropriation of six hundred dol- lars will be needed to finish this job.
Hobart street and the extension of Front street were completed, but at a cost enhanced above our estimates by ledges, which it was necessary to remove to obtain a reasonable grade.
A new valuation of the real estate of the town was taken in May and June, materially increasing the labors of the assessors.
The Town Cemetery on Plain street, needs some at- tention. There exists some confusion, or question in regard to the ownership of lots, and many already oc- cupied are as yet unpaid for. The bounds of many of the old lots were destroyed by fire a few years ago, making a re-survey necessary. That portion of the grounds which has never been surveyed, should be, at the same time, laid out in suitable lots.
HIGHWAYS.
For the repair of highways the town appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars. With this sum we
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have attempted, in addition to keeping all the roads passable, to make, or at least to lay the foundation for some permanent improvements. Washington street being the main thoroughfare, has received a large share of attention, and the portion of it in and between the north and south villages, is in fair condition. That portion of it from the end of Hancock street to Holbrook line, should receive some thorough work another year.
Hancock street was widened and gravelled at an expense of about six hundred dollars.
Adams street being the main avenue between the east and north villages, was improved by cutting down the hill near Mr. B. L. Morrison's, and with the material thus obtained the causeway across the pond was raised and widened at an expense of about seven hundred dollars. A coat of gravel should be applied to complete this job.
For River street we received an extra appropriation of three hundred dollars, but this proved so inade- quate that we also expended as much more from the highway appropriation. This street needs its bridge repaired and a coat of gravel.
The causeway on Quincy avenue, extending from the bridge to the north shore, has long been in a dan- gerous condition, and in raising its walls and new rail- ing the same, about five hundred and fifty dollars were expended.
On Granite and West streets some improvements were made which, it is believed, will prove permanent.
Considering its importance, probably no street in town, at this time, needs more care and expenditure
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of money than Quincy avenue, and we commend it to the attention of our successors.
Liberty street seemed to require more than could be afforded the past year, and justice and good policy on the part of the town demands that this street be widened and improved, and we recommend the appro- priation of five hundred dollars, either from, or in ad- dition to, the highway grant, to commence this work the coming year.
The bridges will constitute a heavy item of expense for several years to come, as many of our wooden ones are becoming unsafe from natural decay, and many also of the stone-covered are getting out of repair and tumbling down. A portion of the stone bridges on Commercial and River streets will have to be re- built the coming year. The former at a probable ex- pense of four hundred dollars, and the latter of two hundred.
The wooden bridge on Adams street is becoming unsafe, and we recommend that it be taken up and replaced by either a stone or iron structure, at a prob- able cost of eight hundred dollars.
The Union street bridge will need watching, with a strong probability that it will have to be rebuilt.
The two stone bridges on West street, are not of sufficient capacity to allow the passage of water in times of freshet, and consequently cause overflows of the road, which are very injurious. We recommend that they be raised two feet.
The condition of our highways is such as to claim the earnest consideration of our citizens, but we be- lieve that by a continuance of the present liberal poli- cy and appropriation, a few years will show a marked
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improvement. To thoroughly reconstruct our old roads, which is really what we have got to do, is an undertaking which will tax the patience and forbear- ance of our people, as well as their pockets. We say patience, because a work so great cannot be done in one or five years; forbearance, because we can't all have our street improved first.
Let us consider how great this work is. There are forty-five miles of road in this town. Now if it was all of a fair width and grade, properly located and drained, all we should have to do would be to apply the gravel, or other material, to make good roads. In 45 miles are 14,400 rods. To fairly gravel a rod of road requires from four to eight, say six loads ; 14,400 rods would require 86,400 loads. The cost of a load of gravel, spread on our roads, will average above, but we will say, seventy-five cents a load. 86,400 loads would cost $64,800, or thirteen times our appropria- tion.
But, unfortunately, our roads require a vast deal of preparatory work. It will not pay to put any of our costly gravel where the grade is so unsatisfactory as to be liable to be soon changed, or where the way is so narrow and crooked that the public will soon demand a re-location. That the remedying of all these faults of original construction is expensive, has been amply demonstrated to the tax payers of this town. And yet all this must be done in time. If this is a fair statement of the case, is it not wise to continue the system, now inaugurated, of making each year some permanent improvements rather than return to the old broadcast princple, which, applying $100 per mile, is mathematically fair, but practically wasted ?
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The following is a schedule of property belonging to the Highway Department, Feb. 1, 1874 ;
1 ox cart, 3 horse carts, 3 sets harnesses, 1 set double reins, 3 halters, 3 circingles, 2 blankets, 6 drags, 3 trace chains, 2 ploughs, 1 road levellex, 5 good square shovels, 2 new, 13 half worn and 18 con- demned round shovels, 1 long-handled do., 10 picks, 2 hoes, 2 rakes, 2 bars, 1 fork, 1 large hammer, 1 large chain, 5 old drills, stamps and bands, 5 lanterns, 2 combs, 2 brushes, 2 cards, 1 oil can. Appraised at $348.85.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
In accordance with a vote of the town, your select- men have organized a Fire Department by the appoint- ment as a Board of Engineers, of the following gentle- men : Thomas South, Horace Abercrombie, Rodol- phus Porter, Asa T. Pratt, Josephus Shaw, G. Dallas Willis, Abijah Allen, John Cavanagh, and Henry Monk. These gentlemen have accepted and hold their positions until the first of May, and until others are appointed in their stead. Mr. Asa T. Pratt was chosen Chief Engineer. The Board of Engineers has recommended to the Selectmen the purchase of lots and the erection of buildings for the accommoda- tion of the necessary apparatus, but the lateness of the season and the pressure of business incident upon the making the town reports, has prevented their sug- gestions from being carried into effect. This is hardly to be regretted, as the near recurrence of the annual meeting may work some change in the programme and in the board of officers to whom this duty is assigned.
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ALMSHOUSE.
The Almshouse account shows that the cost of each week's board is much less than last year. This is owing in part to the extra amount of labor perform- ed by the Superintendent and team, and in part by the increased number of inmates. The whole amount paid on account of Almshouse the past year was $1517.80; of this amount, what may be termed the standing expenses of the Almshouse, such as the wages of the superintendent, board of superintendent and family, rent of farm, fuel, lights, and services of the Overseers, amount in round numbers to $1.000 00 before purchasing one article of food or clothing for the inmates. These expenses remain about the same, to a certainextent, whether the number of in- mates is large or small, and it can be readily seen that an addition can be made to the number of inmates at much less than the present cost for each week's board.
By reference to the account of poor out of the Almshouse it will be seen that $1071,96 was paid Lunatic Hospitals for board of insane persons who have a legal settlement in this town. While we would not recommend the removal to our Almshouse of those whose insanity is of a violent or dangerous character, we do believe that two or three of those persons who are without doubt incurable, can be as well cared for at our Almshouse, at less than two thirds of the present cost, provided suitable rooms were furnished for their accommodation.
Experience teaches us that persons afflicted with insanity of the milder tpye, and who are generally easily managed, at times become violent and ungovernable,
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and their own safety and that of others require them to be placed under proper restraint. The present Almshouse is not adapted to this class of paupers, and the Overseers of the Poor have not deemed it safe or humane to remove them from the Hospitals until strong, well heated and properly ventilated rooms were prepared for their accommodation.
We believe that no one who looks at this matter understandingly will doubt the necessity of making some such alterations or additions to the present house or remove the establishment from its isolated situation and build a house in some central location which will meet all the wants of the town. We believe with the house properly located the labor of the Superinten- dent could be made more profitable to the town with- out any extra exertions on his part.
The Almshouse should in our opinion be made the headquarters of the Highway Surveyors; the Super- intendent should have the care of the teams and start them to their work in proper season, this alone would save the town a considerable sum annually.
A Lockup is needed, not at every officer's door, for every thinking man must know that a building erected expressly for that purpose must necessarily be an ex- pensive one, and the law requires some one to be present as a keeper while the Lockup is occupied. One Lockup centrally located will answer all the wants of the town, and what place so suitable as the Almshouse in the right location; not only will the extra expense of erecting a building expressly for a Lockup go far towards building an Almshouse, but here again the services of the Superintendent can be
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turned to good account as Constable and keeper of the Lockup.
We believe that what can be saved on the items above enumerated will pay the present wages of the Superintendent and leave him nearly as much time to labor for the town. The only possible objection to this proposition is the large expense it involves. But when we consider that the growing business of the town re- quires better accommodations,and the change of the law in regard to the keeping and care of lockups, seems to make some action on the part of the town imperative. We believe that every one must see the expediency of supplying both wants at the same time, and with but little added expense.
N. H. HUNT,
Selectmen
EBEN DENTON,
of
G. H. ARNOLD. Braintree.
SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Charles E. Stetson, teaching,
$1400.00
Rebecca H. Holyoke, teaching,
487.50
J. Loud & Co., coal,
51.00
J. H. Mellus, sawing and splitting wood,
5.80
F. B. Parks, fender, pipe, &c.
6.00
Henry K. Dyke, care of rooms,
40.00
Charles E. Stetson, printing, &c.
12.95
.
.
.
.
$2003 25
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UNION SCHOOL.
Isabel C. Livingston, teaching 39 weeks, a $11,
$429.00
Joanna W. Penniman, teaching 39 weeks, a 9, 351.00
Avis A. Thayer, teaching 18 weeks, a 9
162.00
S. Lizzie Burnham, teaching 21 weeks, a 8,
168.00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
76.50
J. F. Sheppard, coal,
7.90
J. F. Sheppard, wood,
9.56
William Mayhew, care of house,
15.00
Cornelius Flynn, care of house,
2.85
William Sullivan, care of house,
3.75
Frank M. Dunbar, care of house,
6.00
George Blake, care of house,
3.25
John Gallivan, care of house,
2.00
C. W. Holbrook, care of house,
4.00
Joanna Penniman, care of house,
2.50
Avis A. Thayer, care of house,
2.50
$1245 81
POND SCHOOL.
Susie Babson, teaching 18 weeks, a $11,
$198.00
E. Davie, teaching 21 weeks, a 11,
231.00
E. M. Thompson, teaching 39 weeks, a 9,
351.00
S. Ella Torrey, teaching 39 weeks, a 9,
351.00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
85.00
M. Brandley, coal,
.
23.70
H. M. White, coal,
1.55
W. A. Torrey and Frank Thompson, care of house,
50.00
James Welsh, cleaning house,
16.00
$1307.25
IRONWORKS SCHOOL.
Martha Reed, teaching 9 9-10 weeks, a $11,
$108.90
Mary Ginn, teaching 21 weeks, a 11
231.00
Annie L. Bumpus, teaching 39 weeks, a 9,
351.00
Mary Scollard, teaching 8 weeks, a 10,
80.00
S. A. Childs, teaching 37 2-10 weeks, a 9,
334.80
Abbie A. Allen, teaching 1 week,
9.00
A. H. Mason, care of house,
39.15
W. A. Allen, care of house,
23.20
A. Chase, cleaning house,
6.30
Joseph Loud & Co., coal,
76.50
$1259.S5
13
EAST SCHOOL.
Victoria P. Wilde, teaching 38 7-10 weeks, a $11,
$425.70
John Dugan, care of house,
15.00
Joseph Loud & Co., coal,
21.25
William Mills, sawing wood,
.
.
5.25
$467.20
WEST SCHOOL.
Isabel Nay, teaching 16 weeks, a $8,
$128.00
Avis A. Thayer, teaching 23 weeks, a 9,
207.00
Elisha Savill, care of house,
16.00
Walter J. S. Thayer, care of house,
2.50
J. W. Child, care of house, wood, &c.,
13.40
Joel F. Sheppard, coal,
5.43
Joseph Loud & Co., coal,
21.25
Elisha Savill, wood, sawing, &c.
4.00
$397.58
SOUTH WEST SCHOOL.
Lottie E. Allen, teaching 39 weeks, a $8,
$312.00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
.
.
·
21.25
S. L. Holbrook, wood,
4.00
Moses Dyer, care of house,
10.00
H. A. Jones, care of house,
10.00
H. A. Jones, sawing wood, &c.
3.25
$360.50
MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.
Freeman A. Arnold, teaching 30 weeks, a $9,
$270.00
Flora J. Dyer, teaching, 9 weeks, a 8,
·
72.00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
21.25
J. F. Sheppard, wood,
3.19
Henry A. Penniman, care of house,
15.00
$381.44
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Helen A. Williams, teaching 39 weeks, a $8.
$312.00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
21.25
S. L. Holbrook, wood,
.
.
3.50
Alexander Downey, care of house,
.
.
15.00
$351.75
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.
.
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SOUTH EAST SCHOOL.
Alice M. Mason, teaching 39 weeks. a $8,
$312.00
Edgar W. Wild, care of house,
14.00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
21.25
Joseph H. Penniman, kindlings,
12.15
$359.40
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS.
Isaac W May, printing for Committee,
$6 50
Proctor Bros., broom &c. for] Union School,
· 5 38
66 brush-brooms, &c. .
3 31
Boston Journal, advertising, .
2 60
F. B. Parks, zinc for Middle School, .
1 57
repairing stove, Pond School
3 55
" grate, &c., High School, 1 89
66 repairing grate South School, .
25
Geo. W Kelley, repairing grate South School, American Tablet Mfg. Co., blackboards, West School,
1 50
" 66
So. East School, .
11 90
66 66 66
Middle St. School, 7 55
66
66 Union School, .
10 70
S. A. Child, books, Ironworks School,
Chas. E. Stetson, chemicals for High School,
C. B. Woodsum, Expressing, .
66 for Middle St. School, .
" South West "
.
87
66
66 " South East .
40
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, coal screen, cleaning stoves, &c., for Pond School, 14 00
Mary Ginn, paid for washing Ironworks School, 3 50
J. H. Mellus, shavings for School Houses, . 2 70
S. W. Pratt, stove-pipe, &c., for Ironworks School, 1871 and '72, . 21 85
66
66 66 34 76
66
Union School, 37 90
¥
66 brooms for East School, 1$72,
65
and pail, East School, 1872, 2 78
·
J. W. Thayer, setting glass, &c., Middle Street School, 1 50
Alexander Hogg, Ironworks 2 00
J. G. Bicknell, repairing door and blinds Middle St. School, 1 50
Edgar W. Wild,
clock and setting glass, So. East School,
3 50
.
50
2 95
30
87
7 35
15
Heirs of Rufus Woodsum, team for School Committee, Elisha Savill, setting glass, West School, Noah Torrey, paid for key, glass, &c.,
$2 75
60
1 70
P. D. Holbrook & Co., stove polish and brush for High School, .
2 76
66 66 brooms, crayons, &c.,
Pond
10 21
66
66
66
6: Middle St.
92
"
66
So. West 66
95
66
66
·
66
66 So. East 66
37
66
66 crayons, ink, &c., South School,
1 38
Elias Hayward, books for poor children,
66
66 and crayons, South West School,
1 82
South "
1 00
66
66
stationery,
2 65
books and stationery for Ironworks School,
3 42
66 for East School,
3 50
and crayons for Union School,
6 30
66
66
66
West "
3 00
66
66
66
66 South East School,
2 68
Pond
1 53
1 80
T. H. Dearing, cash paid for bell, &c., Union School, 66 66
2 50
key and labor, West School .
99
Solon Jenkins, setting glass, Union School, .
4 00
$259 01
EXPENDED ON SCHOOL HOUSES,
BY ORDER OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
American Tablet Manufacturing Company, blackboards, Solon Jenkins, setting glass in Union School House,
4.17
H. A. Berry, repairs on Union School House,
23.89
H. A. Berry, repairs on West School House,
5.00
P. A. Wales & Son, pump for Middle School, 30.00 John Hayward, repairs on South School House, 11.98
Edwin R. Flint, building privy for Pond School,
342.48
$459.12
BILLS OF BUILDING COMMITTEE.
J. R. Frasier, services as Committee on Pond, South, and West School Houses, 1869 to 1870, $28 00
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