Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1893, Part 3

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J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal ·


72 01


W. H. Cobbs, tools .


2 10


W. H. Gallison, tools


90


W. I. Jordan, blacksmith work


15 20


T. H. Libby, carting stone ·


9 45


Michael Brandley, use


of


sprinkler 10 00 ·


A. W. Baker, express


25


Asa French, adm., gravel


31 20


·


$3,042 01


51


Total expended


$3,042 01


Cr. By cash from J. W. West, labor on gutter . $5 00


Cash from L. O. Crocker, Jr., for


stone dust 3 00


Cash from Jno. V. Scollard, for iron cover 1 00


Coal on hand .


3 00


30 loads of crushed stone on hand


30.00


$42 00


3,000 01


REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. Appropriation $4,000 00-


Paid Andrew Dyer and team, labor . $363 31


T. F. Finnegan and team, labor 346 79


H. F. Hunt, labor


152 82


George E. Arnold, labor


158 54


Michael Brandley and team,


labor


43 87


Alden H. Holbrook, labor


29 36


Josiah F. Holbrook, labor


12 73


Charles H. Hunt, labor


132 70


Joseph S. Miller, labor


3 50


Albert W. Dyer, labor


2 50


Lawrence A. Dyer, labor


3 50


Michael Tenney, labor


2 63


Hollinsgworth & Whitney, ashes


24 30


I. Willie Hayden, gravel .


19 40


A. O. Clark, gravel .


18 50


N. Augustus White, gravel .


3 24


Thayer Academy, gravel .


4 67


Morse & Whyte, screen .


·


7 50


Amount carried forward · $1,329 86


52


Amount brought forward · $1,329 86


M. L. Tupper, drain pipe ·


1 80


T. H. Libby, labor . ·


5 50


C. G. Anderson, repairs on


scraper 6 00


J. B Rhines, lumber 26 94


L. B. Hollis, gravel 15 44


N. H. Hunt, gravel 6 16


C. H. Hobart, supplies 6 88


W. H. Cobb, supplies 28 20


H. H. Thayer, blacksmith work 8 24


Edward . Shay, blacksmith work 6 83


John J. Maher and team, labor 306 47


Thomas Huston and team, labor 172 70


Thomas Killian and team, labor 105 95


James Maher, labor . 194 00


John Maher, labor


154 52


Thomas Griffin, labor 56 00


Thomas Gannon, labor 78 50


Jeremiah White, labor 35 00


William Sullivan, labor


37 10


Patrick Deyoung, labor


31 50


W. P. Sullivan, labor


8 75


William A. Hollis, labor


.


5 00


R. Allen Gage, labor


.


6 00


A. A. Drollett, labor 5 25 .


S. F. Harrington, labor .


2 00


Frank A. Bates, tools


9 73


Frank A. Smith, gravel


4 00


A. S. Morrison & Brothers,


ashes 5 60


J. B. Poore, blacksmith work 6 00


F. A. Bates, drain pipe 102 46


Geo. H. Holbrook, bridge work 73 77


Amount carried forward $2,842 15


53


Amount brought forward . $2,842 15 .


W. F. Sanborn, lumber


·


4 40


L. B. Hollis, gravel . 39 76


Fulton Iron Foundry, culvert


grate 6 87


Ames Plough Co., tools


·


14 59


Bryant & Co., tools . .


3 80


Electric Light Department,


cutting trees .


10 00


Jenkins Manufacturing Co.,


ashes . ·


8 50


James H. Thayer, gravel . ·


6 00


W. H. Clapp, labor and gravel .


16 38


James Downes, labor on bridges


7 63


Asa French, Adm., gravel


91 50


David A. Newcomb, gravel


1 68


Chas. O. Miller, stone for side- walks


15 00


O. C. R. R., freight


50


Henry A. Richards, 103 loads of gravel . 8 24


Geo. W. Stevens, labor and team


17 93


A. H. Mason, labor . 1 00


Water Department, labor and stock


4 60


Geo. E. Fogg, labor and 4


horses .


68 25


Jerry Pitts, labor


10 50


Gussie Pitts, labor


5 66


Benj. Delory, labor


.


1 50


M. Gurney, Jr., labor


8 75


Jas. Croke, labor


24 50


John Haley, labor and team


69 05


Josiah Holbrook, labor


7 00


Amount carried forward . $3,295 74


1


54


Amount brought forward $3,295 74


Thos. P. Fogg, labor and team 22 86


J. Dexheimer, labor 14 00


Michael Quinn, labor


114 46


Elmer H. Vinton, labor and team


47 24


Geo. Preston, labor and team


35 75


M. Bentley, labor


55 58


T. O. Keefe, labor and team


34 12


J. Macmahon, labor .


75 20


Garrett Haley, labor


160 85


Thomas Arthurs, labor and team


233 54


Thomas Croke, labor


8 94


Matthew Smith, labor and team


119 34


M. Gurney, labor and team ·


146 39


D. MacAuliff, labor . 64 50


Francis Leben, gravel ·


2 00


Mr. Kellar, gravel


.


$4,445 41


REBUILDING UNION STREET BRIDGE.


Paid A. Dyer and team, labor .


28 00


T. Finnegan and team, labor 18 00


Thomas Penniman, labor . 17 50


Horace F. Hunt, labor .


10 50


George E. Arnold, labor


10 50


A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.,


lumber


235 03


$319 53


$4,764 94


Cr.


By amount overdrawn and returned


3 00


$4,761 94


90


55


FOUNTAIN STREET.


Appropriation, $250 00


Paid Andrew Dyer and team, labor $87 50


Thomas F. Finnegan and team, labor, . 87 50


Michael Tenney, labor 42 85


Alden H. Holbrook, labor 33 25


H. M. White, powder and fuse 40


$251 50


FRENCHS AVENUE.


Appropriation,


$300 00


Paid D. W. Lewis, grates


$10 50


Andrew Dyer and team, labor 12 25


T. F. Finnegan, 66 .


7 00


Alden H. Holbrook, 66


.


6 12


Michael Tenney, 66


.


6 12


M. L. Tupper, drain pipe


75 22


$117 27


CLEVELAND AVENUE.


Appropriation,


$2,000 00


Paid William May, balance on con-


tract ·


$864 75


Samuel S. French, land damage


200 00


$1,064 75


DRAW BRIDGE AND BUOYS.


NO APPROPRIATION.


Paid Timothy D. Bagley, labor


·


$13 00


Hayward Brothers, labor and stock 27 57


J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber,


·


66 71


W. I. Jordan, iron work .


28 25


Judah A. Loring, care of bridge and labor 95 99


$231 52


56


REMOVAL OF SNOW.


Appropriation,


$1,000 00 Paid sundry persons, for labor · $908 42


$908 42


57


RECAPITULATION.


Orders drawn, pay of school teachers .


$11,662 00


Pay of school janitors


968 00


Fuel for schools .


. 1,203 01


Superintendent of schools


1,100 00


Conveyance of pupils .


364 47


Kindergarten


1,276 28.


Incidentals for schools


631 80


Incidentals for school houses


734 33


Text books and supplies


1,065 51


Poor in almshouse


2,019 00


Poor out of almshouse


1,540 07


Soldiers' relief


167 59


State aid, chap. 301


989 00


State aid, chap. 279


214 00


Hospital account


404 48


Highways and bridges .


4,764 94


Stone road .


3,042 01


Fountain street


251 50


French's avenue .


117 21


Cleveland avenue


1,064 75


Drawbridge and buoys .


231 52


Removal of snow


908. 42


Fire department .


1,930 53


New hose


605 00


Shingling engine houses


181 12


Town hall


646 95


Janitor


550 00


Town lands


22 25


Post 87, G. A. R.


175 00


Sewerage survey .


800 00


Police for night duty .


138 80


Court fees and expenses


244 13


Amount carried forward


$40,013 67


58


Amount brought forward


$40,013 67


Thayer Public Library


800 00


Distributing books 91 67


Abatement of taxes


2,167 17


Extensions of water mains


3,000 00


New school house lot .


2,001 50


Insurance on public buildings


1,117 30


Water loan sinking fund 5,000 00


Hydrant service and interest on water bonds


4,500 00


Incidental expenses


4,137 24


Town officers .


2,602 16


Operating expenses, electric light


4,310 79


Extension of arc system 666 32


Extension of electric light plant


20,097 79


$90,505 61


We, the undersigned, have examined the accounts of the Se- lectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor and find them correct, and all necessary vouchers furnished.


DANIEL POTTER, Auditors L. W. MORRISON, · of CHARLES G. SHEPPARD, Braintree.


Braintree, January 31, 1894.


1


59


APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1893.


Appropriations made at the annual town meeting, March, 1893 :


For support of schools, besides school


funds and dog tax $12,300 00


Janitors .


1,080 00


Fuel for schools


1,000 00


Incidentals for schools


500 00


Incidentals for school houses


700 00


Text books and supplies


1,100 00


Superintendent of schools .


1,200 00


Conveyance of pupils


200 00


Post 87, G. A. R.


175 00


Water loan sinking fund


5,000 00


Hydrant service


3,650 00


Interest on water bonds


850 00


Interest on town debt


5,000 00


Fire department


2,150 00


Two hundred and fiftieth anni-


versary


350 00


Survey for protection of Little Pond


250 00


Extension of arc light system


125 00


Operating electric light


5,000 00


Support of poor


4,000 00


Repair of highways and bridges


4,000 00


Stone road


3,000 00


Removal of snow


1,000 00


Incidental expenses .


2,000 00


Town officers .


2,700 00


Janitor of Town Hall, Library, and Pond school .


600 00


Amount carried forward . · $57,930 00


60


Amount brought forward . $57,930 00


Abatement and collection of


taxes


800 00


Town lands


100 00


Thayer Public Library


800 00


Distributing library books


100 00


Insurance


700 00


School house note ·


3,300 00


Electric light note


2,000 00


New hose


600 00


Shingling engine houses


200 00


Extensions of water mains


3,000 00


Sewerage survey


800 00


State aid, chap. 279


200 00


Three kindergartens .


2,000 00


New road, Union to Middle street,


July 20th, 1892


2,000 00


1


.


$74,530 00


61


ASSESSOR'S ACCOUNT.


For Schools, pay of teachers


$12,300 00


Janitors


.


.


1,080 00


Fuel


.


.


1,000 00


Incidental expenses for school


houses .


700 00


Incidental expenses for schools, 500 00


Text books and supplies


1,100 00


Superintendent of schools .


1,200 00


Conveyance of pupils


200 00


Kindergarten


2,000 00


Grand Army of the Republic


175 00


Sinking fund (water loan)


5,000 00


Hydrant service


3,650 00


Interest on water bonds


850 00


Interest on town debt


5,000 00


Fire department


2,150 00


New hose


600 00


Shingling engine houses


200 00


Printing exercises of 250th an- niversary


350 00


Survey for protection of Little Pond


250 00


Four arc lights


125 00


Operating electric lights


.


5,000 00


Support of poor


4,000 00


Repairs of highways


4,000 00


Stone road


3,000 00


Removal of snow


1,000 00


Incidental expenses


2,000 00


Town officers


2,700 00


Janitor .


600° 00


Abatement on taxes


800 00


Amount carried forward, .


$61,530 00


62


Amount brought forward,


$61,530 00


Town lands


100 00


Public library


800 00


Distributing library books


100 00


Insurance of public buildings


700 00


School house note


3,300 00


Electric light note


2,000 00


Extension of water mains


3,000 00


State aid, chap. 279


.


200 00


Sewerage survey


800 00


Cleveland avenue


2,000 00


State tax


4,700 00


County tax


4,022 01


$83,252 01


Less bank and corporation tax deducted


8,000 00


$75,252 01


Overlay .


1,932 97


$77,184 98


63


ESTIMATES FOR 1894.


Pay of school teachers, besides school


fund and dog tax .


$13,000 00


Janitors for schools . 1,100 00


Fuel for schools ·


1,200 00


Superintendent of schools .


1,200 00


Kindergarten


2,000 00


Conveyance of pupils


500 00


Incidentals for schools


600 00


Incidentals for school houses


1,000 00


Text books and supplies


1,100 00


Poor, support of


4,000 00


State aid, Chap. 279


200 00


Highways and bridges


5,000 00


Stone road


3,000 00


Removal of snow


1,000 00


Fire department


2,100 00


Janitor


600 00


Town lands


100 00


Town hall


500 00


Post 87, G. A. R.


175 00


Thayer Public Library


800 00


Distributing books


100 00


Abatement and collection of taxes


1,500 00


New school house note


3,100 00


Monatiquot school house note


3,300 00


Electric light note


2,000 00-


Water loan sinking fund


5,000 00,


Hydrant service


3,750 00


Interest on water bonds


600 00;


Insurance on public buildings


1,000 00


Incidental expenses .


2,000 00


Water damage . .


950 00


Amount carried forward, .


.


$60,475 00


64


Amount brought forward, .


$60,475 00


Town officers .


2,700 00


Operating expenses, electric light 6,000 00


Interest on town debt


5,000 00 - $76,175 00


65


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


P. D. HOLBROOK, TREASURER. Dr.


To balance in treasury, Feb. 1, 1893 . $8,172 07 Cash received of :


D. H. B. Thayer, collector of taxes, 1891 . 2,513 16 . D. H. B. Thayer, collector of taxes interest, 1891 3 30


Joseph Dyer, collector of taxes 1892 8,262 61


N. F. Hunt, collector of taxes, 1893


57,263 73


National Mount Wolaston Bank interest 135 10


State Treasurer, on note April 12, 1893


15,000 00


State Treasurer, Corporation tax, 1892


189 56


State Treasurer, Bank tax,


1892


96 07


State Treasurer, Corporation


tax, 1893


6,606 51


State Treasurer, Bank tax,


1893


1,660 85


State Treasurer, Rent of Armory


500 00


State Treasurer, State aid,


chap. 301 .


.


1,310 00


State Treasurer, State aid,


chap. 279


175 00


State Treasurer,


burial of


.


soldier


17 00


Amount carried forward $101,904 96


0


66


Amount brought forward . $101,904 96


County Treasurer, dog tax 743 13 .


T. A. Watson, Manager of Electric Light, credit to house lighting 866 64


T. A. Watson, Manager, credit to Extension 683 74


Overseers of Poor, credit to


Almshouse . 258 12-


Overseers of the Poor from town


of Duxbury, 1892 9 23


Overseers of the Poor from town of Duxbury, 1893 10 77


East Norfolk District Court,


fines 19 40


Selectmen, credit to Stone Road 9 00


Selectmen, credit to town hall


268 50


Selectmen, billiard licenses 12 00


Selectmen, bowling alley licenses


4 00


Selectmen, liquor licenses


2 00


Selectmen, hospital account


404 48


Selectmen, for fence and grass


sold, credit to new school house


23 00


Selectmen, lot in cemetery sold to N. Allen Penniman .


5 00


Selectmen, cash overdrawn, credit to highways . 3 00


Selectmen, State aid returned .


2 00


Home Savings Bank note dated June 16, 1893 10,000 00


Mary E Young, note dated July 20,1893 .3,000 00


Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance


Co., note August 23, 1893 3,000 00


Amount carried forward · $121,228 97


67


Amount brought forward $121,228 97 National Mount Wollaston Bank,


. November 22, 1893 3,000 00


New England Trust Co., note dated December 20, 1893 10,000 00


Gay & Stanwood, note dated December 30, 1893 5,000 00


Commissioners of Sinking Funds for Bonds


15,500 00


$154,728 97


Cr.


"To cash paid on 1079 orders drawn by the Selectmen . . "To cash paid State Treasurer, note and interest


$90,495 54


2,600 00


"To cash paid State Treasurer, liquor licenses 1 25


"To cash paid State Treasurer, note and interest


15,425 00


"To cash paid State Treasurer, interest . on 14 notes . 560 00


To cash paid State Treasurer, State tax


4,700 00


'To cash paid Warren Institution for Savings, note


3,800 00


"To cash paid Warren Institution for Savings, interest on notes To cash paid Robert H. Gardiner, in- terest on note 200 00


1,192 04


"To cash paid Treasurer of Sinking Fund, interest on Electric Light Bonds ·


300 00


Amount carried forward ·


. $118,273 83


68


.lmount brought forward . $118,273 83 To cash paid N. H. Hunt, Treasurer of Trustees of Thayer Public Library, interest on note 400°00


To cash paid Home Savings Bank, note and interest . 10,300 00


To cash paid Mary E. Young, note and interest .


3,062 50


To cash paid National Mount Wollas- ton Bank, note and interest .


3,016 50


To cash paid Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co., note and in- terest . To cash paid New England Trust Co., discount on note 119 58


3,060 00


To cash paid Gay and Stanwood, discount on note ·


45 20


To cash paid County Treasurer,


County tax


4022 01


142,799 62


Balance in Treasury Dec. 1, 1893 .


$11,929 35


11,929 35


$154,728 97


We the undersigned have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find the same correct and properly vouched for and the balance as represented of ($11,929.35) eleven thousand nine hundred and twenty nine 33% Dollars, deposited in Mount Wollaston National Bank. and certified to by Cashier of said Bank.


DANIEL POTTER, L. W. MORRISON, Auditors. CHARLES G. SHEPPARD,


January 31, 1894.


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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. DAVID H. B. THAYER, COLLECTOR. TAX OF 1891. Dr.


Balance on tax of 1891 . ·


$3,975 34


Interest collected on tax of 1891


3 30


$3,978 64


Cr.


By cash paid treasurer .


$2,513 16


By interest paid treasurer


3 30


$2,516 46


Balance due on tax of 1891


$1,462 18


Braintree, Dec. 30, 1893.


COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. JOSEPH DYER, COLLECTOR. TAX OF 1892. Dr


Balance Due on tax of 1892 ·


$9,866 03


Interest collected on tax of 1892 196 40


$10,062 43


Cr.


By cash paid treasurer


$8,262 61


By balance due


.


1,799 82


$10,062 43 $10,062 43


Dr.


To balance due on tax of 1892 . $1,799 82 Braintree, Dec. 30, 1893.


70


COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. N. F. HUNT, COLLECTOR. TAX OF 1893. Dr.


Total tax of 1893 .


$77,221 82


Interest collected on tax of 1893


52 11


$77,273 93


Cr.


By cash paid treasurer


$57,211 62 ·


By interest paid treasurer ·


.


52 11


$57,263 73


Balance due on tax of 1893


$20,010 20


Braintree, Dec. 30, 1893.


71


LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN, DECEMBER 30, 1893.


One hundred thousand dollars in bonds, issued July 1, 1887, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, payable July 1, 1917 . $100,000 00 One hundred and fifty thousand dollars in bonds, is- sued June 1, 1891, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, payable June 1, 1921 150,000 00


Total amount of water bonds issued . . $250,000 00


For the payment of the above loans the town has a sinking fund as follows :


1


Loan of July 1, 1887 $13,424 68 Loan of June 1, 1891 6,232 11


Total sinking funds


$19,656 79


Net water debt


$230,343 21


The town owes the following notes with interest : Trustees of Thayer Academy, note dated March 7, 1874, due on demand, at 4 per cent. per annum . $10,000 00


Trustees of Thayer Library, note dated March 7, 1874, due on demand, at 4 per cent. per annum · $10,000 00


Warren Institution for Savings, eight notes of $3,300 each, due July 1, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901, bearing in- terest at 44 per cent. per annum, given on ac- count of Monatiquot school building 26,400 00


Amount carried forward


. $46,400 00


72


Amount brought forward $46,400 00


State Treasurer, fourteen notes of $2,000, each bearing interest at 4 per cent., payable an- nually, May 2, 1894, to May 2, 1907, inclu- sive, issued on account of electric light plant New England Trust Co., note dated December 20, 1893, payable four months from date, .


28,000 00


10,000 00


. Gay & Stanwood, note dated December 30, 1893, payable four months from date 5,000 00 .


Total notes outstanding · $89,400 00


Municipal Lighting Bonds, dated April 1, 1893, due April 1, 1917, sixteen bonds at $1,000 each $16,000 00


One bond at $500


500 00


Total Municipal Lighting Bonds $16,500 00


Coupons on water loan of 1887, due Jan. 1, 1894, unpaid $980 00


FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE TOWN, DECEMBER 30, 1893.


Net debt, water works account . $230,343 21


Sundry notes, outstanding 89,400 00 ·


Municipal lighting loan of 1893 .


16,500 00


Unpaid coupons, loan of 1887 . 980 00


Accrued interest on water bonds 500 00


Accrued interest on sundry notes


520 00


Total debt of the town


$338,243 21


ASSETS OF THE TOWN DECEMBER 30, 1893.


NOT INCLUDING PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Balance in the town treasury $11,929 35


Balance in the water works treasury


1,594 17


Amount carried forward


$13,523 52


73


Amount brought forward


$13,523 52


Due from collector of taxes, 1891


1,462 18


Due from collector of taxes, 1892


1,799 82


Due from collector of taxes, 1893


20,010 20


Due from State aid, Chap. 301


1,206 00


Due from State aid, Chap. 279


·123 00


Due from cities and towns, pauper account


140 00


Due from State, balance of bank and corporation tax


248.07


Two tax deeds, W. E. Jewell .


32 89


Two tax deeds, Jos. I. Bates


24 93


One municipal lighting bond, not sold


1,000 00


Total assets .


$39,570 61


Net debt of town, Dec. 30, 1893


$298,672 61


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REPORT OF BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND.


JOSEPH DYER, TREASURER.


Dr


E


Feb. 1. 1893.


To balance in treasury $56 15


Apr. Dividend from Granite National Bank 30 00


Apr. Dividend from Weymouth


National Bank 42 00


Apr. Dividend from Eliot National Bank 9 00


Cash received of Geo. W. Os-


good 18 75


Cash received of Nelson E.


Hayden, rent 100 00


Oct. Dividend from Granite National Bank 30 00


Dividend from Weymouth Na- tional Bank . 42 00


$327 90


Cr.


May 1, 1893.


By cash paid Norfolk Insurance Co. .


$14 50


Dec. 19. Balance cash paid to Geo. D. Willis, Treasurer Braintree School Fund . 313 40


$327 90


$327 90


75


BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND TRUSTEES.


GEORGE 'D WILLIS, TREASURER.


Dr.


Dec. 19, 1893.


To cash received from Joseph


Dyer, Treasurer, balance of account


313 40


Dec. 30. Cash received of N. E. Hayden, rent 45 00


Cash received of G. W. Osgood, rent


6 25


Cash received Town of Braintree for wood 24 00


Cash received of State Treasurer, Refund Bank and Corporation tax 51 77


Dividend from Eliot National Bank


9 00


$449 42


GEORGE D. WILLIS, Treasurer.


AUDITORS' REPORT. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AS AGAINST EXPENDITURES FOR 1893.


OBJECTS OF APPROPRIATIONS.


Amounts.


Amounts Expended.


In Excess.


. Unexpended.


For new school house, East Braintree


$31,000 00


$2,001 50


$28,998 50


Schools .


12,300 00


11,662 00


638 00


Janitors


1,080 00


968 00


112 00


Fuel


1,000 00


1,203 01


203 01


Incidentals for schools


500 00


631 80


131 80


Incidentals for school houses


700 00


734 33


34 33


Text books and supplies .


1,100 00


1,065 51


34 49


Superintendent of schools


1,200 00


1,100 00


100 00


Conveyance of pupils


200 00


364 47


164 47


Kindergarten .


2,000 00


1,276 28


723 72


Support of poor and soldier's relief .


4,000 00


3,726 66


: 273 34


State aid, Chap. 301


989 00


989 00


State aid, Chap. 279


200 00


214 00


14 00


Hospital account


·


·


404 48


404 48


Post 87, G. A. R.


175 00


175 00


Sinking funds


5,000 00


5,000 00


Hydrant service


3,650 00


3,650 00


Interest on water bonds


850 00


850 00


Interest on town debt


5,000 00


4,280 82


719 18


Fire department


2,150 00


1,930 53


219 47


Two hundred and fiftieth anniversary


· 350 00


350 00


·


·


·


.


·


.


.


·


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


·


·


76


Surveying Little Pond Extension of arc lights ·


.


250 00


250 00


Operating electric lights .


689 21


Extension of electric light plant


*19,350 38


743 78


Repairs of highways and bridges


4,000 00


4,764 94


764 94


Stone road


3,000 00


3,042 01


42 01


Removal of snow


·


.


·


1,000 00


908 42


91 58


Incidental expenses


.


.


3,000 00


4,137 24


1,137 24


97 84


Janitor .


·


.


600 00


550 00


50 00


Abatement of taxes


800 00


2,167 17


1,367 17


Town lands


.


100 00


22 25


77 75


Public library


800 00


800 00


Distributing books


100 00


91 67


8 33


Insurance


700 00


1,117 30


417 30


School house note


3,300 00


3,300 00


Electric light note


2,000 00


2,000 00


Extension of water mains


3,000 00


3,000 00


New hose


·


.


600 00


605 00


5 00


Shingling engine houses .


200 00


181 12


18 88


Survey for sewerage


800 00


800 00


New road, Union to Middle street


1,028 90


1,064 75


35 85


State tax


4,700 00


4,700 00


County tax


4,022 01


4,022 01


$133,631 29


$107,174 70


$6,995 70


$33,452 29


.


125 00 5,000 00


666 32 4,310 79 20,094 16


541 32


.


.


.


Town officers .


·


·


2,700 .00


2,602 16


·


.


·


.


·


.


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*In addition to the $16,500 raised and appropriated for extension of electric light plant there was an additional appropriation at a subsequent meeting of $1,300.00, and the receipts-$1,550.33-from extensions on said plant.


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78


THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.


TRUSTEES' REPORT.


Matters have had their usual course at the Library during the- past year, and there would seem to be nothing of especial importance- to mention besides what may be found in the Librarian's and Treasurer's Reports hereto appended and the lists of new books. added, as already published in the Braintree Observer.


It has been suggested to the Trustees that water and electric- light should be introduced into the building, both of which would seem very desirable, if the town is disposed to incur the expense ..


ASA FRENCH, HENRY A. JOHNSON, F. A. HOBART, N. H. HUNT, E. WATSON ARNOLD,


Trustees ... Braintree, Jan. 8, 1894.


,79


LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.


The Library has been open during the year, 252 days.


Number of volumes borrowed, 19,397.


Average per day, 76+


The largest daily issue, 220, Nov. 29.


The smallest daily issue, 8, Oct. 12.


The number of volumes circulated, of each class, is as follows :


History, 747 Biography, 469 Travel, 731.


Science and Art, 729.


Fiction, 11,777. Poetry, 504. Juvenile, 1,964. Miscellaneous, 980. Reference, 1,496.


Number of bound volumes added, 606. Number of pamphlets, 250; maps, 14.


Number of names registered since the opening of the Library, 4,667.


Number added during the year, 163.


Total number of bound volumes in the Library, 10,151.


A. M. ARNOLD,


Librarian.


80.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Received of Town Treasurer, interest


$400 00 on note


Received of Town Treasurer, town appropriation ·


800 00


Received from Librarian, fines . ·


31 53


66


catalogues


2 70


66 Braintree Savings Bank


interest


1 54


$1,235 77


EXPENDITURES.


Paid Abbie M. Arnold, librarian $366 70


66 assistant 91 63


66 incidentals 3 18


Estes & Lauriat, books


306 20


D Appleton & Co., books .


12 75


National Binding Co., binding books .


13 75


J. G. Roberts & Co., binding books 56 48


Hub Blank Book Co., book ·


2 50


Narcisse Cyr., book .


1 00


F. W. Nash & Co., labels, &c .


3 60


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal


130 00


Braintree


Water Department,


water


9 00


C. H. Hobart, supplies (4 years)


9 23


C. B. Woodsum, expressage for 1887, '88, '89, and '90 .


22 85


New York & Boston Express Co., express , 1 70


T. W. Herrick & Co,, repairs, &c


10 15


Amount carried forward


$1,040 72


81


Amount brought forward


$1,040 72


Green & Prescott, printing


27 00


Bradford & Mansfield, oil


4 50


Weymouth & Braintree Publish- ing Co., advertising 1 25


Town of Braintree, kindling's


3 60


N. A. Torrey, stationery . ·


2 70


E. F. E. Thayer, insurance


152 00


Green & Prescott, Braintree


Observer


4 00


$1,235 77


N. H. HUNT, Treasurer.


82


BRAINTREE FIRE DEPARTMENT.


CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


GENTLEMEN-In compliance with the requirements of the Town, I herewith submit the report of the Fire Department, for eleven months, beginning Feb. 1, 1893, ending Dec. 30, 1893.


ORGANIZATION.


The Department was organized Feb. 1, 1893, with F. O. Whit- marsh, Chief, J. F. Gallivan, Clerk, and J. F. Winslow.


COMPANIES.


Thomas South Hose Co., No. 1-T. F. Croke, Captain, 15 men.


M. A. Perkins Hose Co., No. 2-O. B. Battles, Captain, 15 men.


N. F. T. Hayden Hose Co., No. 3-Charles Custance, Captain, 15 men.


Wampatuck Hook and Ladder No. 1-William Buckley, Captain, 15 men.


Hook and Ladder No. 2-L. W. Thayer, Captain, 15 men.


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,83


HOUSES.


The engine houses are in good repair; the houses in the south and east parts of the town have been newly shingled and new plat- forms built.




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