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22 00
Samuel L. Dyer, constable . 2 00
John Kelly, constable
5 50
46 25
450 00
Ann M. Brooks, school committee, two years
150 00
37
Thomas Fallon, constable . $3 00
Albert Hobart, constable
2 00
Eben Denton, services as auditor
3 00
$2,418 70
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid E. F. E. Thayer, for insurance
$225 13
A. S. Jordan, insurance 92 25
Alfred Mudge & Son, printing town and school report
161 50
J. L. Hunter, distributing town reports 4 00
G. D. Whittaker, distributing town reports
4 00
Fred W. Barry, books and stationery .
7 78
A. R. Gay & Co., books and stationery
1 93
Granville Thompson, 2 constables' badges
1 80
Thomas Groom, tax book
2 00
Julia Hayward, postal cards and stamps for select- men and school committee 2 60
Edward Avery, legal services
30 00
Francis A. Burrell, horse hire for selectmen . 8 00
C. C. Webster, whitewashing and repairs, Town House 15 50
Green & Prescott, printing .
139 62
Luke Rideout, covering stone for well .
10 00
Eben Denton, services as Committee on lighting Town Hall 13 50
D. H. Huxford, printing questions and programmes for school committee 9 75
H. B. Pierce, register for voters
1 40
P. D. Holbrook & Co., paper
40
M. R. Warren, pens and ink
1 50
C. B. Woodsum, expressing
8 90
Onslow Q. Ball, care of body of James Burt
2 00
Q. L. Reed, surveying . 44 00
Mrs. Elisha Wild, damage to fence on Summer St. 4 55
Ford & McCormick, returning deaths 1 50
G. C. Hallenbeck, returning deaths 8 50
Samuel Curtis, returning deaths . 4 00
F. A. Hobart, services as Committee on By-Laws .
4 00
F. A. Hobart, services as Committee on Old Records
5 00
F. A. Hobart, services as Committee on Water Supply
6 00
Edward Shay, pump rod
1 00
Town of Quincy, use of lock-up .
7 50
D. H. B. Thayer, teams for selectmen and water commissioners . 2 50
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Paid L. H. Loud, feeding prisoners $2 00
Albert Hobart, feeding prisoners .
50
Albert Hobart, repairing pump .
50
Davie J. Pierce & Co., 2 letter files
1 75
J. I. Bates & Son, repairing pump Noah Torrey, returning 28 births .
7 00
David H. Bates, cash expenses
11 76
Samuel A. Bates, recording and returning marriages 6 30 Samuel A. Bates, collecting, recording, and return- ing births 42 00
Samuel A. Bates, collecting, recording and return- ing deaths 16 65
Samuel A. Bates, issuing 89 burial permits .
8 90
Samuel A. Bates, writing deed and copying records and affidavits
7 50
Samuel A. Bates, cash paid for stationery and postage .
4.87
Samuel A. Bates, cash paid for car fare
2 31
Samuel A. Bates, services as Committee on Records
2 50
Samuel A. Bates, car fare
90
Samuel A. Bates, services as Committee on By- Laws and making copies of same 7 50
Samuel A. Bates, car fare to Dedham .
85
J. M. Knight, cash expenses
19 00
A. O. Clark, cash expenses .
22 00
S. W. Hollis, cash expenses
15 00
S. W. Hollis, use of team .
10 50
S. W. Hollis, services as Committee on Draw-bridge 10 00
H. J. Bates, cash expenses .
2 00
$1,038 90
RECAPITULATION.
Orders drawn for schools
$9,225 09
Incidental expenses of schools
300 46
Incidental expenses of schoolhouses
311 24
Poor in almshouse
2,256 82
Poor out of almshouse .
2,807 19
Hospitals
360 93
Public library
650 00
Grand Army of the Republic
150 00
Draw-bridge
1,782 68
Draw-bridge and buoys
108 35
Removing snow
166 70
Highways .
6,764 09
Widening Washington Street
1,185 90
New almshouse by committee
1,067 97
Furnishing new almshouse .
343 25
.
3 50
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Orders drawn for new almshouse, by overseers
$373 35
Repairing horse sheds and improving town land . 313 69
Town Hall
250 07
Janitor
600 00
Abatement and collection of taxes
975 95
Town officers
2.418 70
State aid, Chap. 301
1,465 50
State aid, Chap. 252
984 00
Fire Department, Union, No. 1.
636 45
Fire Department, Butcher Boy, No. 2
476 49
Fire Department, Hook and Ladder
567 34
Fire Department, engineers, etc. .
224 95
Incidental expenses
1,038 90
Barn at almshouse
1,290 80
Enforcement of laws
155 00
Text-books and school supplies
1,092 16
Prospect Street
255 32
Plymouth and Arbutus Avenues .
278 37
Monatiquot Avenue and Ash Street
89 40
$40,967 11
We have examined the accounts of the selectmen and overseers of the poor and find them correctly cast, methodically kept, and proper vouchers for all payments made.
JOHN M. BEALS,
GEORGE D. WILLIS,
{Auditors.
ALVERDO MASON,
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT.
Support of schools
. $8,400 00
Incidentals of schools
300 00
Incidentals of schoolhouses
300 00
Highways .
6,500 00
Town officers
1,800 00
Interest on town debt
2,800 00
Support of poor
5,000 00
Fire Department
2,000 00
Removing snow .
1,000 00
Public library
650 00
Grand Army of the Republic
150 00
Janitor
600 00
Repairs on horse sheds and improving town lands
300 00
Barn at new almshouse
1.000 00
Payment of debt of Quincy Avenue Bridge .
1,000 00
Furniture for new almshouse 300 00
Text-books and school supplies
1,000 00
Widening Washington Street
1,200 00
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Incidental expenses
· $1,000 00
State tax
.
.
· 3,720 00
County
· 1,817 05
Overlay .
.
1,548 30
$42,385 35
APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY
FOR
THE
ENSUING
YEAR.
Schools
. $8,400 00
Highways and bridges
· 6,000 00
Interest on town debt
2,100 00
Town officers
2,000 00
Support of poor
4,500 00
Fire Department
2,000 00
Removing snow
1,000 00
Incidental expenses
1,200 00
Public Library
450 00
Grand Army of the Republic
150 00
Janitor
600 00
Widening Elm Street (ordered by County Commis- sioner)
900 00
$29,300 00
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
JOSEPH DYER, Collector for 1883.
Dr.
To tax, 1883
. $3,822 13
To interest, 1883
.
126 03 .
$3,948 16
Cr.
To cash paid treasurer, principal .
. $3,753 00
To cash paid treasurer, interest .
.
126 03
3,879 03
Balance due on tax of 1883
$69 13
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
JOSEPH DYER, Collector for 1884.
Dr.
To tax of 1884, principal
$42,411 35
.
To tax of 1884, interest
38 16
-- $42,449 51
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Cr.
To cash paid treasurer, principal .
$36,342 45 38 16
To cash paid treasurer, interest . .
$36,380 61
Balance due on tax of 1884 .
. $6,068 90
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. DAVID H. BATES, Treasurer. Dr.
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1884 . Cash received from : -
$941 00
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1882
97 28
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1882, interest . 5 32
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1883
3,753 00
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1883, interest 126 03
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1884
36,342 45
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1884, interest .
38 16
Braintree Savings Bank (borrowed)
7500 00
Pickering & Mosely (borrowed)
5000 00
F. S. Moseley (borrowed) .
5000 00
County treasurer, dog tax .
466 01
Weymouth Bank, interest on deposit .
62 08
Joseph Dyer, treasurer Braintree school fund
350 00
Cash received from State, viz. : -
Corporation tax . ·
5,105 34
Bank tax .
1,881 41
State aid, Acts 1879, chapter 301
1,290 00
State aid, Acts 1879, chapter 252
385 95
State school fund
197 40
Support of State paupers
33 26
Cash received from overseers of the poor, viz. :
City of Brockton
174 55
City of Somerville
53 40
City of Chelsea .
10 00
Town of Holbrook
142 80
Town of Weymouth
35 01
Town of Bridgewater .
12 00
Town of Canton .
16 40
Town of Foxboro
5 50
Town of South Scituate
3 00
City of Lawrence ·
16 00
Town of Raynham
128 94
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Town of Rockland
$7 50
Refunded by poor persons . ·
24 00
Refunded .
360 93
Almshouse, labor, produce, etc. .
474 84
Cash received from selectmen, viz. :
Use of Town Hall
419 50
Burial lot, A. J. Simms
5 00
Robert A. Wilson, Coffin place
75 00
J. E. Holbrook, billiard license
4 00
John W. Dolan, billiard license
4 00
F. P. Lothrop, billiard license
4 00
F. L. Moulton, billiard license .
4 00
Cash received from road commissioners, viz. : -
F. A. Hobart, labor
7 87
Old irou
24 37
$70.587 30
Cr.
Cash paid on 664 orders . $10.967 11
Braintree Savings Bank, notes
7,500 00
Braintree Savings Bank, interest
178 55
D. A. Gleason (F. S. Moseley note)
5,000 00
Bank of Republic (Pickering & Moseley note)
5,000 00
Pickering & Moseley, interest
114 65
F. S. Moseley, interest
107 43
William S. Dexter, interest .
421 11
N. F. T. Hayden, treasurer, interest
400 00
F. C. Miles, treasurer, interest
300 00
D. A. Gleason, treasurer, interest
550 00
State tax
3,720 00
County tax
1,817 05
State, adjustment of corporation tax
5 00
Cash balance on hand
4,506 40
·
$70,587 30
We have examined the accounts of David H. Bates, treasurer, and find them well vouched and rightly cast, and that the balance ($4,506.40), as shown, is actually on hand and deposited in the Union National Bank of Weymouth, in the name of the town of Braintree.
GEORGE D. WILLIS, JOHN M. BEALS. Auditors. ALVERDO MASON,
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THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST, FEB. 1, 1885.
Trustees of estate of Gen. S. Thayer : -
Feb. 26, 1873 at four per cent . 10,000 00
March 7, 1874 at four per cent . . $10,000 00
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., F. C. Mills, treas- urer : -
July 24, 1375, ten years at six per cent 5000 00
A W. Stetson, trustee : -
Aug. 1, 1880, six years at five and one half per cent .
· 10,000 00
$35,000 00
Less assets as per schedule
. 13,298 60
$21,801 40
Net debt Feb. 1, 1884
. $27,794 66
Net debt Feb. 1, 1885
. 21,801 40
Net debt less than last year
. $5,993 26
ASSETS OF TOWN, FEB. 1, 1885.
Balance in treasury
$4,506 40
Due from Collector, on tax of 1883
69 13
Collector, on tax of 1884
6,068 90
State, State aid (Chap. 301)
1,597 25
State, State aid (Chap. 252)
523 00
City of Chelsea
3 37
City of Brockton .
156 88
Town of Hingham
17 50
Town of Holbrook
128 42
Town of Harvard
32 34
Town of Provincetown .
21 25
Town of Foxborough
35 95
Town of Weymouth
121 38
Town of South Abington
5 50
Town of Raynham
1 45
State
9 88
.
$13,298 60
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
TO THE SELECTMEN :
The Trustees of the Thayer Public Library respectfully present their annual report.
The library was open during the year, 285 days.
Number of volumes borrowed, 16,594.
Average per day, 58.
The largest daily issue was on April 5, 264.
The smallest daily issue was on July 31, 6.
Of books borrowed, the percentage was as follows : -
History, 4+; biography, 3+; travel, 6+; science, 2+; fiction, 57+; poetry, 2+; juvenile, 13+; miscellaneous, 5+; reference, 3+.
Whole number of volumes in the library . ·
7,051 · Number of volumes added during the year 521 . .
Whole number of borrowers .
2,750 .
Increase over last year
176
The Trustees are gratified to note still further improvement in the demand for solid literature, as indicated by the decreased per- centage of fiction. From an examination of twenty reports of libraries located in various cities and towns, they find that our library ranks first in the Commonwealth.
Attention has been called to demands from the eastern section of the town asking for increased facilities for delivery of books. While heartily in favor of any movement to extend and deepen the interest felt in the library, the Trustees do not care to take the initiative, but will cordially second any action taken by the town in furtherance of the movement.
The Trustees would recommend an appropriation of $650-$450 for care and maintenance of library, $200 for purchase of books - by the town for the coming year.
The receipts and expenditures of the last year are set forth in detail in the accompanying report of the treasurer.
By order of the Trustees.
N. F. T. HAYDEN.
ASA FRENCH, H. A. JOHNSON, F. A. HOBART, N. H. HUNT, N. F. T. HAYDEN, Board of Trustees.
JAN. 31, 1885.
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
TREASURER'S REPORT
FUND ACCOUNT.
Balance in hands of treasurer, Feb. 1, 1884 . $118 35
Town treasurer, on interest note, $10,000 500 00
Town treasurers appropriation 200 00
From librarian, for fines and catalogue 28 99
$847 34
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Estes & Lauriat, for books . $559 58
B. F. Pratt, for book .
2 00
Daniel Harwood for book
4 75
Cuiter Tower Co., for stationary
10 00
Forbes Lithograph Co. for printing
9 75
A. M. Arnold, for incidentals
1 48
587 56
Balance in hands of treasurer, Feb. 1, 1885 .
$259 78
Six months' interest due Feb. 1, 1885, uncollected $200 00
TOWN ACCOUNT.
EXPENDITURES.
Paid A. M. Arnold, for librarian one year $300 00
J. F. Sheppard, for coal
83 13
Keeler & Co., for repairs
4 00
J. H. McAndrew, for painting
4 00
E. F. E. Thayer, for insurance
75 00
Masury, Young & Co., for oil
7 08
P. D. Holbrook & Co., for oil and fix- tures
13 14
Town of Braintree, for kindlings .
9 60
Amount due treasurer over expended last year .
31 19
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation
450 00
Amount over expended on town account, Feb. 1, 1885,
$77 14
N. F. T. HAYDEN, Treasurer.
JAN. 31, 1885.
Approved.
HENRY A. JOHNSON.
$527314
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON REBUILDING MON- ATIQUOT BRIDGE.
TO THE CITIZENS OF BRAINTREE :
Your Committee - continued from the year before for the purpose of completing their work upon the iron bridge, and for whose use the unexpended balance was reappropriated - beg leave to submit their final report.
The principal item of expense was for the construction of side piers. This work was performed to our satisfaction by Mr. F. G. Whitcomb, whose bid was the lowest received.
A portion of the old foundation which remained in the channel of the river had to be removed. This necessitated the employment of a sloop and divers, which, with the ballasting of the wooden piers, constituted the business of Capt. Phillips, whose charge for stone work will be seen in the financial portion of the report.
Some degree of friction at the south end of the bridge caused a little apprehension in the minds of the Committee, and a careful survey of the work was recently made by Mr D. H. Andrews, which demonstrated a settling of the centre pier to the extent of three-eighths of an inch.
As this pier is a substantial stone structure, with its foundation resting on the bed-rock, no trouble is anticipated from this source after the bridge is eased a little in the spring.
The other items require no special explanation.
Respectfully submitted,
EBEN DENTON, G. H. ARNOLD, JOEL F. SHEPPARD, JAMES T. STEVENS, Committee.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS OF BRAINTREE :
The Commissioners, to whom was intrusted the care of the high- ways of the town the past year, beg leave to submit the following report : -
No amount of money that any town is ever likely to appropri- ate will satisfy all complaints or render future appropriations unnecessary. Realizing this fact, your Commissioners in the spring made a careful inspection of the roads in all parts of the town, in order to adjust and apportion the expenditures to the necessi- ties of each case ; so that while no portion should suffer, some real substantial improvement might be made where the greatest number would be benefited.
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In the superintendence of the work we have had the services of Mr. T. F. Finnegan, a practical man who is not afraid of work or too old too learn.
Considerable of the work at the east part of the town was done under the direct supervision of a member of the Board.
The stable and storage accommodations enjoyed by the depart- ment at the new almshouse have proved a great convenience and economy.
Of the general repair of the highways we may say that it has been attended to, to the extent of the appropriation therefor, and that their condition has been fairly well maintained. Considerable railing of dangerous places has been done; the guide-boards have been repaired and painted, loose stones have been frequently picked, wayside bushes have been cut, culverts rebuilt, and gutters cleared out.
As the result of the appropriation for stone roads we report : -
40 rods on Independence Avenue, costing . $527 43
50 rods on Adams Street, costing 473 37
170 rods on Union Street, costing 1,636 91
90 rods on Shaw Street, costing
493 16
3 rods on Washington Street, costing
23 00
25 rods on Elm Street, costing .
355 20
- 378 rods.
Miscellaneous expenses
700 00
Total cost
$4,209 07
Average cost per rod .
$11 13++
The stone for the crusher the past season was mostly furnished by the liberality of Messrs. A. S. and B. L. Morrison, and there is thought to be plenty for another year.
Further experience in this work has convinced us that a greater degree of fineness than was at first adopted, in grinding the mate- rial, is desirable ; both for the construction of new roads, and espe- cially for the resurfacing of some of the older stone roads, which are wearing out of shape, or on which the macadam was too coarse when laid.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
The widening of Washington Street, as ordered by the County Commissioners, exceeded somewhat our estimates of cost and the appropriation granted by the town, but was accomplished at much less cost than many earnest advocates of that improvement anticipated.
At a special meeting of the town, the laying out of Prospect Street in the east part of the town, of Monatiquot Avenue and Ash Street in the north, and of Plymouth Street and Arbutus
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Avenue at Mayflower Park was accepted. For the construction or repair of these streets the following sums were appropriated and have been expended as our accounts will show : -
For Prospect Street $250 00
Monatiquot Avenue and Ash Street 100 00
Plymouth Street and Arbutus Avenue 300 00
At a later date (Dec. 3) the town accepted the laying out of a street extending from near the junction of Union and Commercial Streets to a point on Elliot Street as described on a plan prepared by Q. L. Reed, surveyor. On account of the lateness of the season at which the meeting was held, no appropriation was made for its construction. We desire to suggest to our fellow-citizens the name of Stetson as one eminently fitting to apply to this new street. Mr. Caleb Stetson, whose recent decease gives additional force to the suggestion, was one of those stanch and able men whose lives and characters have given this town a name known and re- spected throughout the length and breadth of our land; and the town will but honor itself by this slight token of its appreciation of his services.
We are informed by the Town Clerk of the receipt of an order from the County Commissioners for the widening and improvement of a portion of Elm Street, before the 31st of July, which will require the attention of the town and an appropriation.
The following is a list of property belonging to the Road Department : -
Two horses, 3 carts, 1 stone crusher, 1 revolving screen, 1 roller, 1 drag, 1 elevator, 5 bars, 6 picks, 18 shovels, 2 hoes, 1 scraper, 4 hammers, 12 drills, engine shed and platform, 1,000 paving stones, quantity of unbroken stone at crusher, 2 single and 1 double harness, 3 extra jaw plates, 1 pair of checks.
For the ensuing year we recommend : -
For general repairs and sidewalks . $2,500 00
Stone roads
4,000 00
Land damages for Stetson Street . .
1,100 00
Construction of Stetson Street
2,000 00
Construction of Elmwood Park 200 00
Construction of Walnut Avenue . 500 00 .
Widening etc., Elm Street .
900 00
·
Eleven thousand two hundred dollars seems like a large sum of money for the town to expend for even so important an object as that of good roads ; and if the assembled wisdom of the town can discover any method of satisfying the popular demand with a smaller amount, no equal number of citizens will be more pleased than your Commissioners.
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During the past year there has been an uncommon demand for the conversion of ways built by private parties into town ways.
These having been duly petitioned for, were viewed, and it appearing that the public necessity and convenience required such action, were laid out and reported to the town. The only sugges- tion that we care to make in regard to these cases is, that if the town so desires, the Commissioners be instructed to report such only to the annual spring for other general meeting of the citizens. GEORGE H. ARNOLD, A. O. CLARK, J. L. HUNTER, Board of Commissioners.
BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND REPORT.
1884. 3.T.8
Cr.
$151 72
Feb. 1, by cash on hand
By dividend from Weymouth National Bank 84 00 .
By dividend from Quincy National Bank 60 00
By dividend from Eliot Bank 18 00
By cash received for grass sold at auction
88 75
By taxes refunded
43 55
1885.
Feb. 2, 32 months' rent of farm .
58 33
$504 35
Dr.
Paid for extra insurance for 4 months . $9 00
Repairing house .
37 31
E. F. E. Thayer, for advertising and selling grass
8 25
Paid D. H. Bates, Treasurer
350 00
Cash on hand
99 79
$504 35 JOSEPH DYER, Treasurer of School Fund.
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF BRAINTREE :
Gentlemen, - The engineers of the Braintree Fire Department respectfully submit the following report of their doings for the year ending Feb. 1, 1885 : -
ENGINEERS ORGANIZED FEB. 5, 1884. M. A. PERKINS, Chief. JOHN W. DORELY, Clerk.
Thomas South,
G. D. Whittaker,
R. Gillespie,
Wm. M. Richards.
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COMPANIES ORGANIZED.
Butcher Boy, No. 2; Feb. 4, J. T. Mellus, foreman, 47 men. Wampatuck Hook and Ladder, No. 1; Feb. 4, John Ness, fore- man, 25 men. Union, No. 1 ; Feb. 11, F. O. Whitmarsh, foreman, 50 men.
ENGINE HOUSES.
The several engine houses are in proper repair, but need painting.
ENGINES.
The engines are in good repair. The hook and ladder truck has been repaired, painted, and new ladders put on in place of the old ones that were too heavy, and now we have a truck that will be of service to the town for years to come. The old ladders have been made lighter and most of them placed in the Butcher Boy house, something that was very much needed in that part of the town, the other houses having ladders in them.
HOSE.
There is belonging to the town about 2,800 feet of hose, a part of which is worthless. As there has been no hose purchased last year, we think that there should be 600 feet procured this year.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
We would recommend the purchase of 600 feet of hose, also that the houses be painted. We recommend that a committee be ap- pointed by the town to take into consideration some method of fire alarm. We do this that something may be done to stop unneces- sary running from one end of the town to the other, and save money for the town.
APPROPRIATIONS.
We recommend that there be appropriated by the town for the ensuing year the following amounts, viz. : -
Pay of men
$1,250 00
Hose .
500 00
Painting houses
75 00
Incidentals
600 00
$2,425 00
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
Four fire hats for engineers, four badges for engineers.
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UNION, No. 1.
One hand engine and hose carriage, 28 feet suction hose, 200 feet rubber-lined cotton hose, 200 feet leather hose, 550 feet rubber hose, 100 feet rubber-lined not reliable, 250 feet linen hose, con- demned, 8 spanner belts, 6 patent spanners, 14 old-style spanners, 2 wrenches, 3 oil-cans, 5 axes. 4 fire buckets, 4 pipes and nozzles, 7 fire hats, 1 spray nozzle, 6 lanterns, 1 signal lantern, 2 pails, 1 hanging lamp, 5 lamps, 6 brackets, 1 sprinkler, 8 spittoons, 3 fire ladders, 1 step ladder, 2 stoves, 1 coal-hod, 1 black-walnut table, 7 chairs, 5 collation tables, 7 horses for same, 1 dust-pan, 1 feather duster, 1 shovel, 1 lifting jack, 10 settees, 1 pole for horses at- tached to engine, 1 each large and small fire-hooks, 2 ropes, 6 army overcoats, 1 house ladder, 1 sponge, 1 broom, 90 mugs, 48 bowls, 6 doz. spoons, 1 boiler, 2 large knives and forks, 6 pitchers, 6 waiters, 4 dish-pans, 1 mirror, 1 clock, 1 chandelier, 1 roll board, 1 ballot-box, 1 cooking stove, 7 curtains, 10 pictures, 50 badges.
BUTCHER BOY, No. 2.
One hand engine and hose carriage, two-horse pole, 35 feet of suc- tion hose, 450 feet rubber hose, 200 feet cotton rubber-lined hose, 200 feet leather hose, 250 feet rubber, poor, 200 feet of linen, condemned, 150 feet linen rubber-lined, poor,5 pipes, leading hose branch, 5 noz- zles, spray nozzle, crow-bar, 2 axes, 12 spanners, with bells, 4 buckets, 3 fire hats, signal lantern, 5 lanterns, 300 feet rope in hose tower, 2 wrenches, 1 house ladder, 5 fire ladders, rope, 6 army overcoats, 2 horse-blankets, 2 wheel jacks, 3 stoves and fixtures, shovel, 7 lamps and hangers, 2 oil-cans, wash-basin, water pail, coal-hod, dust-pan, 1 broom, iron sink, 8 pictures, 1 mirror, feather duster, 1 box oil can, 1 hammer, 1 ballot-box, library table, 10 settees, 8 chairs, 6 spittoons, street lamp, clock, chandelier, marble slab and brackets, canvas covering, 7 curtains, 10 collation tables, 14 horses for same, suction strainer, 70 mugs, 57 bowls, 8} dozen spoons, 4 pitchers, 9 pickle plates, 11 salt bottles, 5 wire casters, 3 boilers, 45 badges.
WAMPATUCK HOOK AND LADDER.
1 truck, 8 ladders. 1 house ladder, 3 hooks, 4 axes, 3 hay forks, 18 buckets, 1 pump, 3 army coats, 1 dog hammer and hooks, 1 wrench, 1 jack, 6 lamps, 1 broom, 2 stoves, 2 coal-hods, 1 pail, 6 chairs, 11 settees, 1 clock, 11 curtains, 1 table, 4 spittoons, 25 badges.
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FIRES IN THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1885.
Feb. 6. Barn on Pond Street owned by Moses Jones. Butcher Boy out.
March 18 Shop on West Street owned by Mrs. Levi Hayden. Cause, incendiary. No alarm.
May 5. Timothy Bagley's house on Mill Lane. Loss, $100. No insurance. Cause, incendiary. Union out.
May 18. In stable of Luke Mulligan on Union Street. Loss small. Union out. Cause, accidental.
July 22. Small barn on Crescent Avenue. Property of William Howe. Loss, $75. No insurance. Cause unknown. Butcher Boy and ladders out.
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