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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.
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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
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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
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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
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·
·
.
·
.
.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
·
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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.
·
.
·
.
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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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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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