Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1888-1889, Part 2

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Publication date: 1888
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C. S. Chandler,


48 00


L. A. Dyer,


52 00


John O'Keefe,


48 00


Charles T. Hayden,


50 00


Samuel E. Whitmarsh,


144 00


Jacob C. Snow, .


112 00


$628 00


Paid for December, 1887, and January, 1888, 100 00


$728 00


One half due from State,


$364 00


.


26


REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.


A. O. CLARK, SURVEYOR.


Appropriation, .


$4,000 00


Paid Andrew Dyer, 10446 days' work, at $2.00, $208 80


Andrew Dyer, 98} days, team, at $1.50,


147 75


Andrew Dyer, 105 loads of gravel, at 10 cents, . 10 50


Andrew Havey, 8 loads of gravel, at 10 cents, .


80


Michael Brandley, 591% days, man, at $1.75, 92 57


Michael Brandley, 394 days, team, at $1.50,


59 10


Michael Brandley, 4} days, man and two horses, at $5.00, 22 50


Patrick Maguire, 12,8% days, man, at $1.75,


22 40


Patrick Maguire, 12}} days, team, at $1.50,


18 82


Jacob S. Dyer, 22} days, self, at $1.75, 39 37


Jacob S. Dyer, 21} days, team, at $1.50, 32 25


W. F. Dyer, 5 days, man, at $1.75,


8 75


W. F. Dyer, 4 days, team, at $1.50, . 6 00


W. R. Lynch, 2 days, self and team, at $3.25, . 6 50


1


Peter McGrail, 25% days, at $1.75, 4 55


Martin Connor, 2,6% days, at $1.75, 4 55


John Buttomer, 48 days, at $1.75,


84 00


J. F. Holbrook, 43,3, days, at $1.75, . 75 77


Horace F. Hunt, 591% days, at $1.75, 104 65


J. B. Ford, 17} days, at $1.75, . 30 62


Thomas Huston, 5829, days, at $1.75, 103 06


Amount carried forward, $1,083 31


27


Amount brought forward, . . $1,083 31


Paid Michael McManus, 5 days, at $1.75, . 8 75


Alden H. Holbrook, 33} days, at $1.75, 58 62


Patrick O'Rourke, 8 days, at $1.75, .


14 00


Morris O'Connor, 2776 days, at


$1.75, ·


47 42


Martin Bannon, 3} days, at $1.75, .


6 12


Lawrence A. Dyer, 51% days, at $1.75, 10 32


John Rennie, 262 days, at $2.00, 53 50


Emery Watkins, 1% days, at $1.75, .


1 40


E. L. Curtis, painting pump and guide post, 1 25


A. E. Bradford, taking down flag staff, 5 00


J. H. Thayer, removing trees, 1 25


W. H. Carberry, sewer grates, 27 75


George W. Jones, 255 loads of gravel, at 10 cents,


25 50


N. H. Hunt, 277 loads of gravel, at 8 cents, .


22 16


N. H. Hunt, 23 loads of gravel, at 6 cents, 1 38


W. M. Babbitt, 20 loads of gravel, at S cents,


1 60


Atherton T. Wild, 38 loads of rotten stone, at 15 cents, .


5 70


Thayer Academy, 421 loads of gravel, at 163 cents,


70 17


Joseph Dyer, 56 posts, at 12} cents, .


7 00


W. H. Cobb, tools, 22 65


H. H. Thayer, blacksmith work,


1 40


C. G. Anderson, wood work, 1 25


M. L. Tupper, drain pipe, etc., 10 06


C. H. Hobart, supplies, 4 08


T. H. Libby, labor and gravel, 2 00


J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber,


11 61


$1,505 25


28


HIGHWAYS.


J. F. BATES, SURVEYOR.


Paid James Maher, 135% days, self, at $2, . $270 80


James Maher, 11971, days, horse, at $1.50, 178 65 - Michael O'Brien, 86 days, self, at $1.75, 150 50


Michael O'Brien, 72}3 days, horse, at $1.50,


109 42


John Maher, 94 6 days, self, at $1.75, Jeremiah Mahoney, 84} days, self, at $1.75,


147 87


William Spear, 86} days, self, at $1.75,


151 37


Charles Custance, 1421 days, self, at $1.75, 25 46


Charles Custance, 103 days, horse, at $1.50, 15 45


Peter Donahoe, 17} days, self, at $1.75,


30 62


J. F. Bates, 9 days, horse, at $1.50, . 13 50


John Coneton, 6 days, self, at $1.75, . 10 50


Joseph Crickmay, 77% days, self, at $1.75, 13 82


C. F. Bates, 7} days, self, at $1.75, 13 12


William Mahoney, 1} days, self, at $1.75, 2 62


Daniel Hurley, 53 days, self, at $1.75, 9 62


Thomas Fogg, 2 days, self, at $1.75, .


3 50


Horace F. Hunt, 1 day, self, at $1.75, 1 75 Jeremiah White, 2} days, self and horse, at $3.25, 8 12


Leroy Collins, stock and labor on West Street Bridge, 4 50


. $1,326 74 Amount carried forward .


165 55


29


Amount brought forward, . . $1,326 74


Paid Albert A. Drollett, 2 days, self and


horse, at $3.00, 6 00


Albert A. Drollett, 26 loads of gravel, at 5 cents, 1 30


L. W. Morrison, 1325 loads of gravel, at 12} cents, 165 62


A. C. Drinkwater, 8 loads of gravel, at 12} cents, 1 00


Thayer Academy, 24 loads of gravel, at 163 cents, 4 00


Freeman S. Arnold, 50 loads of gravel, at 12} cents, 6 25


M. L. Tupper, drain pipe, 30 83


J. B. Rhines & Co., drain pipe, . 1 05


Robert Gillespie, blacksmith work, 4 30


Hollis & Weeks, highway tools,


8 04


H. Dana, oil, 50


Wales Brothers, repairing town pump, 5 00


$1,560 63


HIGHWAYS.


NATHANIEL F. HUNT, SURVEYOR.


Paid Joseph M. Allen, self, 2716 days, at $2.00,


$54 20


Joseph M. Allen, double team, 244 days, at $3.50,


84 88


Joseph M. Allen, single team, 23


days, at $1.50, 3 75


Joseph M. Allen, 4 horses, 23 days, at $6.00; 14 40


Joseph M. Allen, single team and


man, 13 day, at $3.25, . 3 00


Joseph M. Allen, double team and man, } day, at $5.25, 1 06


Amount carried forward, . $161 29


30


Amount brought forward,.


$161 29


Paid Joseph M. Allen, cash, for pail and dipper, 43


Thomas Arthurs, 49 days, 33 hours, at $1.75, · .


86 34


George E. Fogg, self, 4 days, at $2.00, 8 00


George E. Fogg, horse and cart, 4 days, at $1.50 6 00


Robert M. Loring, 3 days, at $1.75, . 5 25


Matthew Smith, self and team, 26} days, at $3.25, 85 32


Franklin Starr, 1923 days, at $1.75, . 34 39


Thomas P. Fogg, 11 days, at $1.75, . 19 25


Andrew Gott, self and team, 31}} days, at $3.25, 102 54


Michael Quinn, 12 days, at $1.75, 21 00


Charles Gerrior, self and team, 2 days, at $3.25, .


6 50


Harry Osborne, self and team, 4 days, at $3.25, . 13 00


Thomas J. Dalton, 3621, at $1.75, 63 09


Michael Bentley, 2321, days, at $1.75,


40 34


John O'Rourke, 2176 days, at $1.75, . 36 92 William Allen, self and team, 23% day, at $3.50, . 1 05


Thomas J. Griffin, 1623, days, at $1.75, 28 79


Thomas Missett, 1537 days, at $1.75,


27 73


Everett Harris, 28% days, at $1.75, .


4 90


Alverdo H. Mason, 9 days, at $1.75, .


15 75


Daniel Hayward, 7 cedar posts, at 25 cents, . 1 75


Daniel Hayward, 2 days, at $2.00,


4 00


Daniel Hayward, 2% day, at $1.75,


52


J. E. Hayward, self and team, 4} days, at $3.25, 14 62


J. E. Hayward, self, 4} days, at $1.75, 7 87


Amount carried forward, ! $776 64


31


Amount brought forward, . $796 64 Paid J. E. Hayward, 68 loads of gravel, at 5 cents, . 3 40


Francis Leben, 152 loads of gravel, at 7 cents, 10 64


Luther Thayer, self and team, 62% days, at $3.25, 20 96


Luther Thayer, 48 loads broken stone


and spreading same, at 35 cents, 16 80


Luther Thayer, 12 loads of broken stone, at 15 cents, . 1 80


John B. Allen, man and team, 14} days, at $3.25, 47 13


Michael Preston, self and team, 13} days, at $3.25,


43 88


John Renn, 11g days, at $1.75,


20 65


Charles I. Craibe, man and team, 15 days, at $3.25, 48 75


Charles I. Craibe, team, 12 days, at $1.50, 2 62


Charles I. Craibe, 74 loads of stone, at 6 cents, 4 44


Henry A. Richards, 469 loads of gravel, at 6 cents,


28 14


Pierre Berkman, 87% days, at $1.75, 15 22


T. J. H. Thayer, 8 loads of ashes, at 5 cents, 40


George Preston, self and team, 42% days, at $3.25, 13 97


James H. Thayer, 215 loads gravel, at 8 cents, 17 20


L. W. Morrison, 80 loads gravel, at 12} cents, 10 00


Jeremiah Pitts, 436 days, at $1.75, 7 52


John Maher, 42% days, at $1.75, .


7 52


B. J. Loring, Jr., self, 3 days, at $3.00, 9 00 .


Amount carried forward, . . $1,126 68


32


Amount brought forward, . : $1,126 68


Paid B. J. Loring, Jr., man, 5} days, at $2.75, 14 44


B. J. Loring, Jr., man, 42 days, at $2.50, 11 87


B. J. Loring, Jr., man, 1 hour, . 28


B. J. Loring, Jr., stock and nails, 30


B. J. Loring, Jr., carting posts,


25


S. G. Buker, 2 day, at $1.75,


1 32


F. L. Thayer, 7, day, at $1.75, . 1 22


James Connell, self and team, 11% days, at $3.25, 38 35


Michael Griffin, 2 days, at $1.00, 2 00


Timothy O'Keefe, 5} days, at $1.75, . 9 19


Luke Mulligan, 47, days, at $1.75, 7 52


E. H. Spear, } day, at $1.75, .


87


Maurice Gurney, self and team, 7 days, at $3.25,


22 75


Maurice Gurney, self, 1 day, at


$1.75, 1 75


Timothy Libby, 7% day, at $1.75, ·


51


Abijah Allen, 1 day, at $1.75, 1 75


James Croke, 62 days, at $1.75, 11 81


Augustus McRae, 20 loads of gravel, at 6 cents, 1 20


Arthur Hobart, 92 loads of gravel, at 8 cents, . 7 36


Mrs. M. L. White, 83 loads of gravel, at 8 cents, 6 64


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, 5 cedar posts, at 30 cents, 1 50


Estate of George S. Baker, 1 paint brush, at 37 cents, 37


Ames Plow Company, tools, 9 85


Whitney & Nash, tools, 2 50


J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber and nails, 10 09


1 70


G. B. Bates, 2 lanterns, at 85 cents, . Amount carried forward, . . $1,294 07


33


Amount brought forward, . . $1,294 07 :"


Paid Loud & Pratt, lumber, etc., Quincy avenue bridge, 78 45 S. F. Whitmarsh, repairs on Quincy avenue bridge, ·


75


Jenkins Mfg. Co., 66 loads ashes, at 10 cents, . .


6 60


W. I. Jordan, blacksmith work, 9 90


Henry Gardner, labor on fence, . 3 75


H. A. Pettingell, supplies, 1 06


-- $1,394 58


Credit by sale of old plank,


$5 00


STONE ROAD.


NATHANIEL F. HUNT, SURVEYOR.


Paid Joseph M. Allen, self, 6} days, at $2.00,


$12 50


Joseph M. Allen, double team, 5} days, at $3.50, 19 25


Joseph M. Allen, 4 horses, rolling, 1} days, at $6.00,


9 00


Franklin Starr, 32 days, at $1.75,


6 56


Andrew Gott, self and team, 6} days, at $3.25, 20 32


Matthew Smith, self and team, 34 days, at $3.25, 10 57


Michael Quinn, 3} days, at $1.75, .


5 69


Thomas J. Dalton, 3} days, at


5 69


$1.75, . Michael Bentley, 3} days, at $1.75, 5 69


John O'Rourke, 3} days, at $1.75, 5 69


Thomas Missett, 42 days, at $1.75, 8 32


Amount carried forward, . $109 28


34


Amount brought forward, . $109 28


Paid James H. Smith, 3} days, at $1.75, . 5 69


Thomas J. Griffin, 4 days, $1.75, 7 00


Everett Harris, 4 days, at $1.75, 7 44


Everett Harris, 6 loads stone, at 15 cents, 90


Everett Harris, hanging lantern 4 nights, at 12 cents, .


48


Daniel Hayward, 53 loads stone, at 10 cents, 5 30


Luther Thayer, 57 loads broken stone, at 34 cents, 19 38


Luther Thayer, 84 loads broken stone, at 15 cents, · . Luther Thayer, 34 loads gravel, at 10 cents,


12 60


J. E. Hayward, self and team, 2 days, at $3.25, . 6 50


3 40


J. E. Hayward, 112 loads gravel, at 5 cents,


5 60


George B. Newcomb, 40 loads broken stone, at 30 cents, . 12 00 Seth H. Arnold, 96 loads broken stone, at 30 cents, 28 80


John M. Wight, 2 loads broken stone, at 30 cents, 60


$224 97


Total repairs of highways, .


·


·


·


$4,685 43


STONE ROAD.


Appropriation, . $3,000 00


Paid Andrew Dyer, 59} days, self and team, at $3.50, . Michael Brandley, 40} days, man and team, at $3.25, 131 62


$208 25


-


Amount carried forward, .


.


$339 87


35


Amount brought forward, . $339 87 Paid Michael Brandley, 3 days, team, at $1.50, 4 50


Michael Brandley, 4 days, man and 4 horses, at $8.00, . 32 00


Michael Brandley, 1117% days, man


and 2 horses, at $5.00, . 58 50


Jacob S. Dyer, 40} days, self and team, at $3.25, 131 62


Jacob S. Dyer, 3 days, team, at $1.50, 4 50


Patrick Moils, 48} days, man and team, at $3.25, 157 63


Patrick Maguire, 3823% days, man and team, at $3.25, 124 47


James Maher, 3918% days, self, at


$1.75,


69 65


James Maher, 3921 days, man and team, at $3.25,


128 54


William F. Dyer, 34} days, man and team, at $3.25,


112 12


William F. Dyer, 1 day, at $1.75,


1 75


T. F. Finnegan, 45} days, man and team, at $3.25,


147 87


S. S. B. French, 14} days, self and team, at $3.25, .


47 12


S. S. B. French, care of lanterns,


50


W. R. Lynch, 12 days, self and team, at $3.25, .


39 00


W. R. Lynch, 9} days, boy, at 50 cents, 4 75


Edwin F. French, 15} days, self and team, at $3.25, 49 56


Michael O'Brien, 13, days, self and team, at $3.25, · 42 25


J. W. Wales, 11 days, man and team, at $3.25, . 35 75


Amount carried forward · . $1,531 95


36


Amount brought forward, . . $1,531 95 Paid Herbert G. White, 1427, days, man


and team, at $3.25, 45 66


Herbert G. White, carting 554 loads of stone, at 30 cents, 166 20


Herbert G. White, 62 loads of loam, at 8 cents, 4 96


George C. Glover, 23 days, man and ; team, at $3.25, 8 67


George C. Glover, carting 868 loads of stone, at 30 cents, 260 40


Alexander McGaw, carting 353 loads of stone, at 30 cents, 105 90


Alexander McGaw, } day, self and. team,


1 62


C. C. Hill, carting 40 loads of stone, at 30 cents, 12 00


Horace F. Hunt, 56 days, at $1.75, 98. 00


J. B. Ford, 3 days, at $2.00, 6 00


J. B. Ford, 6 days, at $1.75,, .


10 50


J. F. Holbrook, 29} days, at $1.75, 51 62


Alden H. Holbrook, 32 days, at $2.00,


64 00


Alden H. Holbrook, 3 days, at $1.75, ·


5 25


Alden H. Holbrook, 30 loads of stone, at 5 cents, 1 50


John Buttomer, 43 days, at $2.00, 86. 00


Thomas Huston, 50} days, at $1.75, 88 37


Arthur M. Young, 7} days, at 50 cents, 3 75


George B. Jones, 30 days, at $1.75, .


52 49


Patrick O'Rourke, 1713, days, at $1.75, 30 28


Patrick O'Rourke, 12 days, at $2.00, . 24 00


Morris O'Connor, 776 days, at $1.75, 13 47


WV. T. McCormick, 10 days, at $1.25, . 12 50


Nightengale & Childs, castings, 124 03


. $2,809 12 Amount carried forward,


37


Amount brought forward, . . $2,809 12


Paid Old Colony Railroad, freight, 7 18


C. G. Anderson, wood work, 2 50


H. H. Thayer, oil and blacksmith work, 25 06


Edward Kendall & Son, iron for


screen, 6 20


Hollingsworth & Whitney Co., for babbitt metal, . 5 50


M. F. Whitton, for rope and blocks, 9 18


M. L. Tupper, for coal, 94 36


George B. French, for 941 loads of stone, at 2} cents, 23 52


George B. French, for 434 loads of gravel, at 6 cents, . 26 04


W. M. Babbitt, for 402 loads of stone, at 3 cents, 12 06


W. M. Babbitt, for 3 loads of stone, at 30 cents,


90


N. H. Hunt, for 58 loads of gravel, at 6 cents, 3 48


O. M. Rogers, repairs on sprinkler, 1 50


C. H. Hobart, supplies, 5 00


N. H. Hunt, & cord wood, . 2 50


H. M. White, supplies,


10 87


Thayer Academy, 181 loads of gravel,


at 163 cents, 30 16


C. B. Woodsum, expressing, .


1 70


$3,076 83


38


LIST OF HIGHWAY PROPERTY.


ESTIMATED VALUE.


1 stone crusher, .


$500 00


1 engine and engine house,


500 00


1 road roller,


150 00


1 Pennock road machine,


150 00


1 water cart,


50 00


1 elevator and posts,


25 00


1 set rope and blocks,


8 00


2 gravel screens,


12 00


2 iron bars,


1 50


3 shovels,


1 00


2 picks,


1 00


1 spirit level,


1 25


6 drills and wedges,


2 50


2 stone hammers,


1 00


2 rakes,


1 00


5 snow plows,


50 00


1 gutter plow,


5 00


1 grub hoe, .


50


1 bush scythe,


75


5 picks,


3 00


6 shovels,


1 50


4 iron bars, .


3 00


2 grub hoes,


1 00


2 stone hammers,


1 50


2 rakes,


1 00


1 paving maul,


1 00


3 snow plows,


50 00


3 snow plows,


50 00


1 gutter plow,


8 00


1 water pail and dipper,


25


3 lanterns,


2 00


2 iron bars, .


1 50


2 small hammers,


1 00


5 picks,


3 00


12 shovels,


5 00


2 iron rakes,


1 00


1 bush scythe,


1 25


$1,595 50


39


DRAWBRIDGE AND BUOYS. NO APPROPRIATION.


Paid Horace J. Richards, care of, $15 53


S. F. Whitmarsh, care of, . 76 00


T. D. Bagley, labor on buoys, 6 50


$98 03


NEW ROAD, PEARL TO LIBERTY STREET.


Appropriation, $427 77


Reappropriation, 1,172 23


$1,600 00


Paid George E. Fogg and T. F. Finnegan, on contract, . $1,500 00


James H. Thayer, land damage, 25 00


L. B. Hollis, for 1550 loads of gravel, at 8 cents, 124 00


N. H. Hunt, for 80 loads of gravel, at 8 cents,


6 40


M. L. Tupper, for drain pipe, 12 16


$1,667 56


GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.


Appropriation, . $150 00


Paid M. A. Perkins, quartermaster, .


$150 00


-


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Appropriation, .


$2,000 00


.


UNION ENGINE COMPANY, NO. 1.


Paid William Orr, services as steward, $50. 00


John V. Scollard, pay of members, . 454 00


David H. B. Thayer, poll taxes of 18 members, 36 00


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal, 7 50


Thomas South, 3 wrenches and


repairs, . 7 75


S. W. Pratt, supplies, 2 25


F. (). Whitmarsh, cook stove, . 6 00


$563 50


40


BUTCHER BOY ENGINE COMPANY, NO. 2.


Paid Prescott Burnham, pay of members, . $346 00 . David H. B. Thayer, poll taxes of 22 members, 44 00


Thomas Huston, services as steward, 50 00


C. B. Woodsum, drawing engine to fires, 9 00


M. L. Tupper, coal and wood, 5 75


O. M. Rogers, stove pipe, .


1 10


M. A. Perkins, adjusting bell rope, 75


C. H. Hobart, oil, 35


$456 95


HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.


Paid C. W. Woodworth, pay of members, $230 00 David H. B. Thayer, poll taxes of 10 members, 20 00


James Maher, services as steward, 30 00


J. H. G. Robinson, carpenter work, 8 80


J. M. Arnold, refreshments,


4 93


Robert Gillespie, repairs, 2 25


Hollis & Weeks, oil, etc.,


1 13


R. Moses, sawing wood, 80


William May, drawing truck to fire, . 5 00


$302 91


ENGINEERS AND INCIDENTALS.


Paid Boston Woven Hose Co., 1,000 feet hose,


$550 00


Boston Woven Hose Co., supplies, 14 93


Boston Woven Hose Co., 3 gates, 76 50


C. Callahan & Co., 6 flux pipes, . 84 00


Holbrook Fire Department, expenses drawing steamer to fire in South Braintree in 1887,


16 50


F. (). Whitmarsh, cash paid for


printing, . . 5 00


Amount carried forward, .


$746 93


41


Amount brought forward, . $746 93 Paid F. O. Whitmarsh, drawing hose car- riage, 5 .00


Vinton & Son, horse hire, 4 00


James T. Gallivan, watching fire, 2 00


C. H. Daggett, care of reservoir, 1 50


T. Briody, care of reservoir, 1 50


G. R. M. Bestick, care of reservoir, 1 50


Edward. O. Pierson, services as en- gineer, 10 00


Marcus A. Perkins, services as en- gineer, 10 00


F. O. Whitmarsh, services as engineer, 10 00


$792 43


Total for Fire Department,


.


.


.


$2,115 79


FOREST FIRE WARDS.


NO APPROPRIATION.


Paid E. O. Pierson, services of self and men at forest fires, . $17 90 Hiram A. French, services of self and men at forest fires, . 8 75


F. O. Whitmarsh, services of self and men at forest fires, . 3 60


$30 25 1


INCIDENTAL, EXPENSES.


Appropriation, .


$1,200 00


Paid E. F. E. Thayer, insurance on town buildings, $488 00


S. W. Hollis, insurance on town build- ings, 532 50


Green & Prescott, printing town and school reports, 248 14


Green & Prescott, printing, 103 73


Edward Avery, services as council, 591 60


Amount carried forward, . . . $1,963 97


42


Amount brought forward, . : $1,963 97 Paid James Ward land damage (awarded on


new road from Liberty to Eliot st.), 100 00


Alfred Mudge, printing, 9 00


John Stoddard, distributing town re- ports, 3 00


Robert M. Loring, distributing town reports, 4 00


J. W. W. Rowell, distributing town reports, 5 00


J. M. Knight, cash expenses, 10 75


Thorp Adams Manufacturing Co., books and stationery, 14 68


Charles F. Libby, printing, 5 00


F. A. Bates, repairs on pump, 3 00


W. A. Torrey, postage stamps, etc., .


5 14


E. L. Burdakin, transcript of records, Thomas Groom, tax book and pens, .


20 00


2 50


F. A. Burrell, horse hire from Feb. 2 to March 5, inclusive, (J. M. Knight,) Mary A. Rogers, land damage, Central avenue, 17 50


12 75


L. M. Hobart, land damage, Central avenue, 17 50


E. Robinson, county map, 15 00


J. S. Walker, services testing hydrants, 2 00


John W. Mulcahey, services testing hydrants, 2 00


T. E. Huston, services testing hydrants, 2 00


F. O. Whitmarsh, services testing hydrants, 3 00


M. A. Perkins, services testing hydrants


2 00


E. O. Pierson, services testing hy- drants, 1 50


W. A. Kane, refreshments for regis- trars of voters and Selectmen, 12 00


C. H. Hobart, stationery and envelopes, 1 22


Amount carried forward, . . $2,234 51


43


Amount brought forward, . $2,234 51


Paid Dr. W. M. Babbitt, returning births, 75


Dr. S. C. Bridgham, returning births, 3 75


Dr. G. W. Tinkham, returning births, 2 50


Samuel Curtis, returning deaths, 7 75


G. C. Hollenbeck, returning deaths, . 4 75


Arthur Hollenbeck, returning deaths,


75


Town of Weymouth, use of lock-up,


10 50


Noah Torrey, returning births, .


6 25


A. O. Clark, cash paid, expenses,


53 83


J. F. Bates, cash paid, expenses,


52 00


J. F. Bates, cash paid, telephone, 55


N. F. Hunt, cash paid, expenses,


. 5 34


A. J. Bates, cash paid, expenses,


12 98


A. J. Bates, cash paid, for treasurer's book, 5 00


Thomas J. Cain, carriage hire, 12 00


C. E. Hill, carriage hire,


1 60


Samuel A. Bates, taking school census,


25 00


Ssmuel A. Bates, collecting, returning and recording 52 marriages, 7 80


Samuel A. Bates, collecting, returning and recording 127 births, 63 50


Samuel A. Bates, collecting, returning and recording 92 deaths, 18 95


Samuel A. Bates, issuing 100 burial permits, . 10 00


Samuel A. Bates, copying town meet- ing reports, 21 00


Samuel A. Bates, extra labor in re- cording, 58 hours,


17 40


9 00


Samuel A. Bates, making affidavits, . Samuel A. Bates, posting copies of licensed dogs, . 6 00


Samuel A. Bates, copying records, 14 hours, 4 20


Samuel A. Bates, cash paid for sta- tionery and postage, 5 40


$2,603 06


1


44


FITTING UP ARMORY AND BUILDING TARGET. NO APPROPRIATION.


Paid M. L. Tupper, lumber and labor, fitting up, $32 91


T. B. Stoddard, painting, 15 95


Webster Folder & Co., for gun cases, 100 00


Conrad Mischler, painting, 50 65


T. W. Herrick, steps, 2.50


J. F. Bates, sundry bills, digging pit for target, 19 24


G. H. Holbrook, labor, building target, 21 94


14 79


J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber for target, William May, posts and carting lum- ber, .


3 25


Robert Gillespie, iron work on target, 3 00


$264 23


Cr.


Received from State for rent, . $200 00


TOWN HALL.


NO APPROPRIATION.


Paid E. A. Dustin, tuning piano, $7 00


Gus B. Bates, repairing water pipes, . 2 00


Paul F. DeLang, cleaning clock,


2 50


L. E. Penniman, repairing gas pipes,


18 17


W. A. Torrey, supplies,


1 60


Walworth Manufacturing Company, gasoline and fixtures, 92 34


T. J. Pritchard, repairing roof, .


104 93


T. Arthur, digging for steam heating,


12 00


T. J. Dalton, digging for steam heating,


12 00


Timothy Buckley, digging for steam heating, . 10 00


M. L. Tupper, for coal,


189 84


M. L. Tupper, lumber and labor,


48 53


Amount carried forward, $500 91


45


Amount brought forward, . $500 91


Paid O. M. Rogers, repairs on water pipes, 1 95


C. H. Hobart, supplies, 12 44


F. A. Bates, new lantern and repairing stoves, 15 93


H. B. Whitman, chair seats, etc., 1 80


C. B. Woodsum, expressing, 9 25


Bradford & Mansfield, oil, etc., 9 78


M. Williams, kindlings,


14 20


$566 26


JANITOR.


Appropriation,


$600 00


Paid J. R. Carmichael, services,


$600 00


TOWN LANDS.


Appropriation,


$100 00


Paid E. J. Qualey & Co., curbing for Soldiers' Monument, $198 00


J. Rennie, 3} days work, at $2.00,


7 00


$205 00


THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Appropriation, . $700 00


Paid N. H. Hunt, Treasurer of Trustees, .


$700 00


DELIVERING BOOKS TO EAST BRAINTREE.


Appropriation, .


$100 00


Paid Alverdo Mason,


$50 00


Theodore Edson,


50 00


$100 00


TAXES REFUNDED TO NEIL MCRAE.


Appropriation, .


$23 60


Paid Neil McRae,


$23 60


46


COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


Appropriation, .


$600 00


Paid Charles C. Fogg, abatement on tax of 1887, $8 00


David Strathdee, abatement on tax of 1887, 4 80


Esther L. Robbins, abatement on tax of 1888, . 5 40


Mrs. O. E. Dimmick, abatement on


tax of 1888, ·


6 00


George Wales, abatement ou tax of 1888,


9 60


George A. Hunt, abatement on tax of 1888, 3 60


Susan J. Hollingsworth, abatement on tax of 1888,


300 00


Heirs of E. N. Thayer, abatement on tax of 1888, 12 00


A


Charles Thayer, Collector of Taxes, abatement on taxes of 1886, . 6 93


387 84


Charles Thayer, collecting tax of 1886, N. F. Hunt, abatement on tax list of 1887, 88 40


$832 57


HEATING TOWN HOUSE AND PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Appropriation, .


$2,500 00


Paid Drew & Coffin, . $2,227 29


H. O. Souther, building chimney, 126 13


M. L. Tupper, lumber and labor, 107 71


A. O. Clark, paid sundry bills, 47 75


T. J. Dalton, labor, 7 50


J. E. Wheeler, labor, .


21 15


Timothy Buckley, labor,


1 00


A. A. Randall, labor, .


6 75


Amount carried forward, . $2,545 28


47


Amount brought forward, . . $2,545 28


Paid J. B. Ford, labor,


6 00


M. L. Tupper, stock and labor, John Coine, labor,


95 68


60


J. Rennie, labor,


5 00


Old Colony Railroad, freight,


2 00


M. Bannon, labor, .


16 62


R. A. Wilson, mason work,


4 43


Edward Shay, blacksmith work,


5 45


$2,681 06


SINKING FUND FOR PAYMENT OF TOWN WATER BONDS.


Appropriation, .


$2,000 00


Paid Trustees of Sinking Fund,


. $2,000 00


TOWN OFFICERS.


Appropriation, .


$2,200 00


Paid J. Murray Knight, services as select- man, assessor, overseer of poor and highway surveyor,


$50 00


A. O. Clark, selectman, assessor and overseer, . ·


450 00


A. O. Clark, highway surveyor, . 150 00


J. Franklin Bates, selectman, assessor and overseer, .


450 00


150 00


J. Franklin Bates, highway surveyor, Nath'l F. Hunt, selectman, assessor and overseer, . 412 50


Nath'l F. Hunt, highway surveyor, 137 50


Andrew J. Bates, treasurer,


200 00


Samuel A. Bates, clerk,


50 00


Samuel A. Bates, registrar of voters,


35 00


Samuel A. Bates, clerk of registrar of voters,


36 90


Amount carried forward,


. $2,121 90


48


Amount brought forward, . · $2,121 90


Paid Edward Avery, registrar of voters, . 35 00


Alva S. Morrison, registrar of voters, 35 00


F. A. Hobart, registrar of voters, 35 00


George D. Willis, auditor, .


15.00


John M. Beals, auditor, 2 years,


30 00


Alverdo Mason, auditor, 15.00


Horace Faxon, constable,


31 50


Edwin L. Curtis, constable,


14 00


John W. W. Rowell, constable,


11 75


B. J. Loring, Jr., services as constable and expenses, . 19 88


G. D. Whittaker, services as constable, 2 00


- -


$2,366 03


REMOVAL OF SNOW.


Appropriation, .


$1,000 00


Paid by selectmen, sundry bills, $81 63


Robert Gillespie, for snow plow, 21 50


W. I. Jordan, for snow plow,


25 00


Morrill Williams, for snow plow,


7 00


$135 13


Cr.


To money overdrawn,


1 48


$133 65


ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS.


Appropriation, .


$250 00 .


Paid John L. Eldridge, $30 00


A. L. Hobart, horse hire,


5 00


S. F. Jenkins, services,


6 75


E. M. Wight, services,


2 00


James A. Reynolds, services,


2 00


Thomas Fitzgerald, services,


2 00


F. M. Drown, services,


2 00


Crocker & Wild, services, .


5 00


John Kelley, services and expenses, . 19 90




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