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Paid Michael Preston, self and team
$261 55
John P. Robery, self and team . 161 42
Elmer H. Vinton, self and team
101 75
James Towler, self and team
28 00
Winfield S. Glover, self and team
·
63 00
Robert Gibson, self and team ·
72 50
James McDonnell, self and team
21 15
Charles W. Matthews, self and team
12 25
George E. Fogg, self and team
84 75
Nelson Bros., self and team
56 34
W. Witherell, self and team 1
12 06
George Creed, self and team
9 12
Michael Branley, self and team
7 50
T. H. Libby, self and team .
10 50
George J. Wright, labor
151 16
Garret Haley, labor
.
142 26
Benjamin F. Torrey, labor .
38 48
James Chambers, labor
78 85
William J. Preston, labor
41 90
Jacob Klay, labor
22 50
Dennis Kiley, labor
83 76
John Gustafson, labor
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37 92
Patrick J. Hennessy, labor
5 00
W. I. Glover, labor
6 50
T. Fred Mulligan, labor
6 50
J. M. Frazier, labor
3 00
Benjamin F. Spear, labor .
9 10
John Dailey, labor
1 76
Samuel Henry, labor, materials on iron fence
23 90
Louis F. Leben, gravel
2 00
B. F. Spear, drain pipe
50
Nelson Bros., stone
4 76
John S. Lane & Sons, crushed
stone
65 04
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43 76
Timothy J. O'Keefe, labor
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102
Paid N. Y., N. H. & H., freight $32 74
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 68 13
Hayward Bros., carpenter work 12 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, gravel 86 40
Henry Richards, gravel
38 52
W. F. Sanborn & Co., lumber 6 66
Baker Hardware Co. .
10 55
W. I. Jordan, iron work .
17 00
Wm. H. Cobb, tools ·
50
$1,943 04
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS OF STONE ROAD.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Received from Street Railway excise tax .
1,262 20
Received from general appropriation for highways
785 90
$3,048 10
Paid Andrew Dyer, labor, self and team
$248 00
Lawrence A. Dyer, labor
122 00
Daniel Dillon, labor
104 00
Edwin F. French, labor
95 00
John M. Branley, labor
18 00
Charles E. Goodnow, labor .
10 00
John McManus, labor
2 00
John Beale, Jr., engineer roller
on
·
97 78
Wm. H. Tarbox, engineer on
roller
79 65
John J. Maher, labor, self and horse
149 15
T. H. Libby, labor, self and horse 59 50 Wm. May, labor, self and horse 126 65
Caleb I. Dimmock, labor, self and horse 147 40
.
103
Paid John D. Griffin, labor, self and horse
$150 45
Dennis Griffin, labor, self and horse
104 75
W. Witherell, labor, self and
horse ·
106 55
Peter J. Donahue, labor
·
87 55
Cornelius J. Maguire, labor
24 00
Eli Frazier, labor
86 25
Thomas Levangie, labor
83 35
Joseph H. Crickmay, labor
40 00
Timothy Donovan, labor
10 00
N. Y. & Boston Express Co.
5 90
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
217 17
A. J. Richards & Son, coal . 20 67
Daniel Russell, retubing boiler
140 63
Nightingale & Childs, shaft and jaw ·plates 149 25
Victor Metal Works, supplies
30 00
Eagle Oil and Supply Co., sup- plies.
6 00
Harrisburg Engine Co., supplies
5 00
O. M. Rogers, supplies
70
Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies
1.69
Electric Light Department, sup- plies 48 80
W. H. Cobb, supplies 3 20
John Gallivan, supplies 3 00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., supplies
1 51
B. H. Woodsum Co., supplies .
1 00
H. E. Roberts, gravel ..
20 00
A. L. Forbush, carting stone to crusher
223 15
Hunt Bros., carting stone to
crusher 67 60
William May, carting stone to
crusher 43 40
Charles H. Custance, carting
stone to crusher 77 31
104 .
Paid Giovanni Santoswasso, carting stone to crusher $77 70
George H. Gerrior, carting stone to crusher 63 36
Albert A. Drollett, carting stone to crusher 240 47
Alfred Carver, carting stone to crusher .
24 83
James O. Sypher, carting stone to crusher 42 34
James A. Gogan, carting stone to crusher 22 22
Michael J. Branley, carting stone to crusher 22 50
$3,511 43
Credit by sale of old material
49.40
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SIDEWALKS-CUTTING BUSHES, ETC.
Appropriation $1,500 00
A. O. CLARK, SURVEYOR.
Paid Andrew Dyer, self and team $38 50
Thomas F. Finnegan, self and
teams
62 50
Michael J. Branley, self and teams
51 25
Lawrence A. Dyer, labor
22 00
Alden H. Holbrook, labor
10 00
Charles E. Goodnow, labor
19 00
George E. Glover, labor
8 00
John M. Branley, labor
10 00
John McManus, labor .
11 00
Peter Fournier, labor
22 00
Timothy Lynch, labor
17 00
Michael McEvoy, labor
8 00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight on fine stone 17 60
John S. Lane & Sons, fine stone 35 20
J. F. Sheppard, gravel 5 20
Woodsum Coal Co., drain pipe .
4 86
$342 11
105
WILLIAM W. MAYHEW AND WARREN B. KEITH, SURVEYORS.
Paid Wm. W. Mayhew, sundry bills
$9 23
Old Colony Trap Rock Co. . 73 00
F. D. Thayer .
24 25
John J. Maher, labor, self and team
58 70
John D. Griffin, labor, self and team
58 70
Wm. May, labor, self, men and teams
103 20
Edwin L. Frampton, labor, self and team
28 00
Caleb I. Dimmock, labor, self and team
12 25
Peter J. Donahue, labor
33 55
Eli Frazier, labor
35 55
Cornelius J. Maguire, labor
31 55
Joseph H. Crickmay, labor
23 55
George McNulty, labor
10 00
Michael Levangie, labor
10 00
Thomas Levangie, labor
3 00
Fred A. Pickett, gravel
19 36
J. H. G. Robinson, gravel
12 34
$546 23
J. P. HAYWARD, SURVEYOR.
Paid Michael Preston, self and team $173 49
Winfield S. Glover, self and team
17 50
James Towler, self and team ·
4 66
John Gustafson, self'and team
5 07
Charles W. Matthews, self and team
3 12
Garrett Haley, labor
.
69 86
George J. Wright, labor
46 86
Benjamin F. Spear, labor
15 50
James Chambers, labor
8 00
Benjamin F. Torrey, labor
5 00
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106
Paid Dennis Kiley, labor $2 88
John S. Lane & Sons, stone screenings 32 59
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight 17 56
R. Allen Gage, man and team. 5 75
W. I. Jordan, iron work 8 75
Wm. Allen, labor 5 24
$421 83
DRAWBRIDGE.
Paid B. F. Torrey, care of drawbridge, $50 to year 1901
$170 00
PEARL STREET SIDEWALK.
Appropriation
$350 00
Paid Andrew Dyer, labor, self and team
$38 50
Thomas F. Finnegan, labor, self and teams ·
67 50
Michael J. Branley, labor, self and teams
39 50
John M. Branley, labor
23 00
Lawrence A. Dyer, labor
22 00
Alden H. Holbrook, labor
22 00
Peter Fournier, labor
27 00
Charles E. Goodnow, labor
25 00
John McManus, labor .
27 00
George C. Glover, labor 5 00
L. B. Hollis, gravel and stone
33 63
$330 13
WIDENING WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK STREETS.
Appropriation .
$4,850 00
Paid Andrew Dyer, labor, self and team
$153 88
Michael J. Branley, labor, men and teams 219 00
107
Paid Thomas F. Finnegan, labor, men and teams $167 67
Lawrence A. Dyer, labor, 62 00 .
Charles E. Goodnow, labor
86 00
John M. Branley, labor.
77 00
Alden H. Holbrook, labor, .
47 67
Timothy Lynch, labor
61 00
Peter Fournier, labor
63 00
Daniel Dillon, labor
.
55 00
Peter O'Rourke, labor
19 33
John Hayes, labor,
19 00
Edwin F. French, labor
3 50
Water Department, 3 men
3 30
White & Wetherbee, surveying and superintendence
157 30
William Allen, building retaining wall
100 00
James R. Qualey, curbstone and setting 425 00
John Gallivan, engineer ·
51 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 97 97
B. H. Woodsum Co., drain pipe and cement 75 73
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber and brick
19 93
William May, carting stone to crusher
27 50
A. L. Forbush, carting stone to crusher .
54 22
Hunt Bros., carting stone to crusher · Michael Celata, carting stone to crusher
118 84
25 22
Giovanni Santoswasso, carting stone to crusher 8 01
Charles H. Custance, carting stone to crusher 6 27
Mrs. Edith E. Tucker, personal damage 50 00
108
Paid Electric Light Department, changing poles and wires Paul Monaghan, building catch basins
$80 10
12 10
Waldo Bros., covers basins
for catch
8 10
H. H. Thayer, iron work
4 48
M. A. Belyea, labor
2 00
John J. Maher, labor
13 65
Eli Frazier, labor
7 45
Cornelius J. Maguire, labor
.
7 45
Cyrus Plumer, labor
6 45
$2,396 12
C. C. Mellen, land damages
$295 00
Heirs of Marcus Perkins, land
damages
400 00
Charles T. Sumner, land dam- ages
137 00
C. H. Hobart, land damages
380 00
Mrs. W. A. Foss, land damages
235 00
Methodist Church, land damages
385 00
$1,832 00
$4,228 12
DRAIN (H. A. MONK'S LAND.)
Appropriation
$230 00
Paid Andrew . Dyer, self and team
$10 50
Edwin F. French, labor
16 00
Peter Fournier, labor .
17 00
John Quilty, labor
5 00
Charles E. Goodnow, labor .
14 00
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Daniel Dillon, labor
8 00
L. A. Dyer, labor
4 00
B. H. Woodsum Co., drain pipe .
110 07
White & Wetherbee .
12 80
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$197 37 1
109
TOWN LANDS.
Appropriation · $100 00
Paid Andrew Dyer, labor, self and team
$7 00
L. A. Dyer, labor
4 00
Alden H. Holbrook, labor
.
4 00
Michael J. Branley, team
3 00
John M. Branley, labor
2 00
C. E. Goodnow .
2 00
J. F. Sheppard, gravel
4 00
John Gallivan, engineer
5 00
H. W. Borden, building seats
64 65
$95 65
STEDMAN AVENUE.
Appropriation
$450 00
Paid White & Wetherbee
$46 70
John J. Maher, labor, self and team
134 15
John D. Griffin, labor, self and team
93 70
Edwin L. Frampton, labor, self , and team .
82 55
Eli Frazier, labor
80 90
Cornelius J. Maguire, labor .
64 75
Cyrus Plumer, labor .
10 55
George McNulty, labor
68 00
Fred Levangie, labor .
33 00
Michael A. Levangie, labor 18 00 .
Joseph H. Crickmay, labor .
22 20
J. H. G. Robinson, gravel . .
24 70
$679 20
CREDITS.
By loam and sand sold .
118 00
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110
BOARD OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation'
$300 00
Paid R. Allen Gage, labor of men and teams
$37 28
P. H. Sullivan, legal services 18 06
F. A. Smith, supplies 21 05
G. W. Prescott & Sons, printing
11 00
Dr. C. M. Marstin
10 75
Pratt & Pratt, printing
·
3 75
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$101 89
TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$100 00
Paid R. Allen Gage, removing trees, Stedman avenue $25.55
1
R. Allen Gage, labor and teams .
37 59
$63 14
HARRISON AVENUE.
Appropriation $500 00
Paid White & Wetherbee, surveying $40 00
R. Allen Gage, labor and teams 476 14
$516 14
BOARD OF HEALTH AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Appropriation $1,200 00
Paid Dr. Lawrence W. Story, medical attendance $327 75
Charles F. Cavanagh, moving building for pest house' . ·
262 50
Dr. C. M. Marstin, services .
155 71
111
Paid Braintree Water Department
$114 07
Patrick J. Starr, nurse 128 57
Dr. Samuel W. Ellsworth, med- ical attendance 40 75
Henry L. Kincaide, hospital fur- nishings . 38 86
Frank A. Smith, supplies to hos- pital .
44 14
W. G. Philbrook, goods to fami- lies quarantined
28 19
Bridgham Bros., goods to families quarantined
5 01
E. A. Jordan, goods to families quarantined . M. C. Nash, goods to families quarantined
12 66
James Wilson, goods to families quarantined
17 99
R. Frampton, goods to families
quarantined
4 92
J. M. Arnold, goods to families quarantined
12 91
J. Rowell & Co., goods to families quarantined
21 96
C. H. Brooks, goods to families quarantined
20 39
W. B. Gutterson, goods to fami- lies quarantined
30 62
C. F. Derby, supplies .
9 40
C. D. Harlow, supplies
50
Music Hall Pharmacy, supplies .
1 05
Baker Hardware Co., supplies
50
Jenkins Mfg. Co., rent for houses quarantined
20 50
G. W. Prescott & Sons, printing 8 50
Pratt & Pratt, printing ·
4 75
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel
22 25
King & Pack, transporting pa- tient
25 00
21 71
112
Paid H. W. Hollis, milk supplies $24 14
F. O. Whitmarsh, mason work 5 29
Hayward Bros., carpenter work 19 48
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber
19 50
O. M. Rogers, labor and supplies
29 30
R. A. Gage, fuel
4 57
Dr. F. W. Brett, services
4 00
Dr. H. L. Dearing, services
12.00
Dr. T. H. Dearing, services
8 25
Vaccinations of sundry persons
14 25
John H. Kirby, guard
28 00
J. R. Qualey, guard
10 44
B. L. Simons, guard .
18 00
William G. Storms, guard
22 00
James Towler, services and guard
29 00
Benjamin De Young, services and guard 3 50
Benjamin DeCoste, furniture de-
stroyed
33 00
John De Young, services
10 35
Wm. Donohoe, guard
30 55
$1,706 78
WATERING STREETS.
Appropriation
$750 00
Abutters tax
593 95
$1,343 95
Paid Dennis Griffin
$469 42
Elmer H. Vinton
427 00
Michael J. Branley
425 65 1
Braintree Water Department,
labor and supplies .
11 20
- $1,333 27
113
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Paid N. H. Hunt, treasurer of trustees
1,000 00
TRANSPORTING BOOKS.
Appropriation
$100 00
Paid A. H. Mason
100 00
FOREST FIRES.
NO APPROPRIATION.
Paid C. V. Cottrell, for pay of men $33 15
J. Samuel Hill, for pay of men 18 60
J. M. Cutting, for pay of men 50 35
J. P. Robery, for pay of men
43 60
Wm. J. Orr, for pay of men
13 50
George E. Fogg, for pay of men
30 60
E. H. Vinton, for pay of men
10.00
James McDowell, for pay of men
90
John McDowell, for pay of men 90
H. H. Thayer, fire rakes
4 50
$206 10
, HYDRANT SERVICE.
Appropriation
$4,675 00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, treasurer .
4,675 00
NIGHT POLICE.
$2,190 00
Appropriation
Paid Horace F. Hunt
$730 00
Henry Dugan, Jr. .
730 00
Henry Dugan, Jr., extra duty
10 00
Jeremiah F. Gallivan .
730 00
$2,200 00
Credit repaid for extra duty, Henry Dugan, Jr. . 10 00
114
JANITOR TOWN HALL AND PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Michael J. Sullivan 600 00
COURT FEES AND EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$300 00
Paid Walter O. Crocker
$10 37
Horace F. Hunt .
26 60
Henry Dugan, Jr.
8 75
Jeremiah F. Gallivan .
7 90
J. R. Qualey
45 09
A. T. Hollinshead
12 57
Patrick Butler
3 85
W. E. Morrissey
6 36
Quincy Police Department, care
of prisoners
3 30
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$124 79
TOWN HALL.
Appropriation
$500 00
Paid Electric Light Department
$205 98
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
293 57
Water Department
58 80
W. F. Sanborn, lumber
192 60
Adam W. Hobart, carpenter work
117 43
Braintree Poor Department, kind- lings
20 75
C. H. Hobart, supplies
22 74
Augustus J. Richards, coal
9 29
O. M. Rogers, repairs .
7 85
George S. Parker, painting .
10 00
E. A. Dustin, repairs on piano
7 75
H. W. Borden, carpenter work
7 17
Edward Shay, repairs
85
W. H. Cobb, supplies .
1 85
H. G. Rand, supplies
1 75
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$958 38
115
CREDIT.
By cash received for use of hall
$388 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT -- GENERAL EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$1,017 00
Paid Braintree Water Department Cornelius Callahan & Co., sup- plies,
70 80
H. H. Thayer, painting and re- pairs
8 80
Braintree Electric Light Depart- ment
56 29
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, hauling hose 1 .
82 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel
10 64
Standard Extinguisher Co.
25 00
D. Griffin, hauling hose No. 3
77 50
Woodsum Express Co.
118 50
C. H. Hobart
18 35
Eagle Oil Supply Co.
3 00
A. Warren Hobart
14 17
Dudley H. Bradley
4 00
John F. Sullivan
5 00
B. H. Woodsum Co.
6 15
G. W. Prescott & Sons
16 60
H. G. Rand
7 75
Henry A. Wheeler Co.
8 73
C. F. Cavanagh, hauling truck
5 00
D. B. Litchfield
3 00
Charles E. Hill
6 00
C. V. Cottrell
3 65
John J. Maher
1 75
Joseph I. Bates & Co.
7 87
Thomas J. Cain
1 50
J. M. Arnold
1 12
S. E. Spencer Co.
1 05
H. B. Whitman
13 00
$30 00
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116
Paid E. L. Frampton
$5 00
Wm. J. Orr
4 00
E. F. King .
1 68
John F. Kelley
4 00
D. J. Gallivan
2 00
E. G. McGill
3 65
Bernie Simonds, watching fire
2 00
Augustus McRae, watching fire .
2 00
Fred Whitcomb, watching fire .
2 00
Ernest E. Thayer, watching fire
2 00
Geo F. Mansfield, watching fire .
2 00
Orrin W. Jackson, watching fire
2 00
Wm. G. Storms watching fire
2 00
H. B. Woodworth, watching fire
2 00
J. F. Kelley, watching fire .
2 00
George Reviere, watching fire
2 00
Geo. E. Woodworth, watching fire 2 00
J. S. Hill, watching fire
3 25
J. E. Hayden, watching fire
2 00
Stephen E. Thayer, special duty
2 00
Michael Levangie, special duty .
2 00
Walter E. Simonds, special duty 2 00
Joseph E. Hayden, special duty .
2 00
$665 80
REPAIRS AND CARE OF FIRE ALARM.
Paid Joseph Crowther, engine
$40 00
Electric Light Department, re- pairs
216 75
Crocker Wheeler Co., repairs
5 00
W. E. Decrow, repairs
294 75
John F. Kemp, repairs
66 31
W. P. Mercer, superintendent
140 00
$762 81
$1,428 61
PAINTING AND REPAIRS HOSE NO. 2.
Appropriation
$80 00
Paid H. H. Thayer 80 00
117
NEW FLOORS.
Appropriation .
$50 00
Paid J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber Hose No. 1
$19 13
James Downs, labor Hose No. 1 13 00
A. Warren Hobart, labor Hose No. 2 3 31
$35 44
NEW HOSE.
Appropriation
$500 00
Paid Combination Ladder Co. .
500 00
NEW HARNESSES.
Appropriation
$100 00
Paid H. B. Whitman .
100 00
FIRE DEPT. - PAY OF ENGINEERS AND MEMBERS.
Appropriation $1,535 00
HOSE AND LADDER COMPANY No. 1.
Paid James E. Downs, treasurer, pay
of men .
$163 32
John A. Ryan, treasurer, pay of men ·
177 84
Wm. J. Orr, steward
65 00
Wm. J. Orr as member
7 50
$413 66
HOSE AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 2.
Paid Nelson E. Hayden, treasurer,
pay of men
$175 68
Millard F. Dyer, treasurer, pay of men 180 00
Fred R. Carmichael, steward 40 00
George F. Mansfield, steward
25 00
$420 68
HOSE AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 3.
Paid E. F. Watkins, treasurer, pay of men
$165 96
118
Paid John J. Heaney, treasurer, pay of men
$177 30
Wm. Hill, steward 65 00
$408 26
ENGINEERS.
Paid J. Samuel Hill, chief $50 00
Clement V. Cottrell, assistant 30 00
John Kelley, assistant
30 00
$110 00
Paid Frank A. Smith, taxes deducted $32 40
Frank A. Smith, poll taxes of members remitted 140 00
$172 40
$1,525 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Appropriation $1,000 00
Paid George E. Rogers, tax sales $99 77
Frank A. Smith, collector, abate- ment on tax list of 1899 81 60
Frank A. Smith, collector, abate-
ment on tax list of 1900 313 67
Frank A. Smith, collector abate-
ment of tax list of 1901
438 11
Frank A. Smith, collector, abate-
ment of tax list of 1902
253 66
$1,186 81
INSURANCE.
Appropriation $700 00
Paid Charles B. Cummings
645 00
C. H. Hobart
15 75
$660 75
SINKING FUNDS.
Appropriation ·
$5,120 00
Paid Benj. F. Dyer, treasurer
5,120 00
119
OLD HOME WEEK.
Appropriation
$801 00
Paid A. O. Clark, prizes for firemen's
muster
$175 00
Brockton band
128 75
Holbrook band
65 00
J. W. Cuff
28 00
Miss Edna Goulaud
5 00
Cochato club
5 60
F. A. Hobart
8 36
Woodsum Express Co.
1 00
A. E. Brunnells
68 50
T. A. Oliver
5 00
George W. Prescott & Sons
22 50
C. H. Hobart
2'82
Louis W. Thayer
12 15
Pratt & Pratt
24 52
C. G. Whitcomb
1 75
W. A. Torrey
6 00
Mrs. Mary Towle
88 75 -
C. H. Bailey, base ball prizes
30 00
N. E. Decorating Co., decorating town hall
10 00
W. A. Green
54 50
John Cullinan, special police
3 00
Thomas B. Stoddard, decorating
hall inside
10 00
John Kelley
18 00
W. S. Tracey
13 25
Kent & Lothrop ·
2 00
H. W. Borden
.
.5 90
T. J. Cain, hacks
.
36 00
T. J. Cain, hacks
12 00
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$843 35
Credit by bill paid twice
5 00
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120
OLD HOME WEEK-SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Appropriation
$151 00
Paid Kent & Lothrop
3 75
Geo. W. Prescott & Sons 5 00
Daniel Potter, sundry bills . 11 45
North Easton . band .
60 00
Eastern Commission & Importing Co. 21 86
Horace Partridge Co. .
7 50
· Braintree base ball club
15 00
D. J. Gallivan, 1st prize, hose race
10 00
James E. Downs, 2d prize, hose race
5 00
Pratt & Pratt, printing
5 00
Albert Hobart, carting stand
2 00
M. J. Branley, teaming
.
3 50
$150 06
RECAPITULATION.
Orders drawn for pay of school teach-
1
ers
$19,359 50
School Janitors .
2,164 00
School Superintendent
1,400 01
Fuel for schools .
260 66
Conveyance of pupils .
1,091 25
Text books and supplies
1,868 22
Incidentals for schools
576 98
Incidentals and repairs for school
houses
2,538 03
Almshouse account
1,993 88
Out door poor
4,140 15
Soldiers' Relief
694 57
J. Sargent Arnold
139 46
State Aid, Chapter 374
2,100 00
State Aid, Chapter 372
144 00
Hospital account
338 92
Incidental expenses and Treas- urer's bond P
- 2,530 91
band
.
1
121
Paid Town officers
$4,232 83
Removal of snow
.
.
1,770 01
Granolithic walks
31 25
Repairs of highways
6,538 86
Repairs of sidewalks .
1,310 17
Repairs and construction of stone road
3,511 43
For abatement of taxes
.
1,186 81
Insurance
.
.
660 75
Sinking fund
5,120 00
Care of drawbridge, $50 to year 1901
170 00
Sidewalk, Pearl street
330 13
Night police
2,200 00
Court fees and expenses
124 79
General expenses of Fire Depart- ment
665 80
General expenses of Fire De-
partment, care of fire alarm
762 81
Painting and repairs Hose No. 2 New hose . ·
500 00
Harnesses for house No. 2 .
100 00
New floors, houses Nos. 1 and 2
35 44
Pay of engineers and men . ·
1,525 00
Town hall
958 38
Janitor for town hall and Thayer public library . ,
600 00
Board of Health, contagious dis- eases
1,706 78
Board of Health, special work
101 89
Thayer public library . ·
1,000 00
Transporting books .
100 00
Forest fires
206 10
Watering streets
1,333 27
Post 87, G. A. R.
175 00
Tree warden
63 14
Stedman avenue . ,
679 20
Harrison avenue .
516 14
Washington and Hancock streets 4,228 12
Town lands
95 65
.
.
80 00
1
122
Orders drawn for Old Home Week, first committee $843 35
Old Home Week, second commit- tee ·
150 06
Drain through land of H. A.
Monk .
197 37
Hydrant service .
4,675 00
$89,826 07
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT
For School Department $29,392 00
Highways and bridges
10,050 00
Fire Department ·
3,282 00
Poor Department
6,000 00 .
Notes and interest
13,825 30
Water Department .
9,795 00
Electric Light Department . .
7,500 00
Night police
2,190 00
Town officers, including tax col- lector 4,205 00
Treasurer's bond
105 00
Miscellaneous expenses
2,500 00
Court fees and expenses
300 00
Post 87, G. A. R., for Memorial Day 175 00
Soldiers' Relief, Acts of 1890
600 00
Soldiers' Aid
75 00
Abatement of taxes
1,000 00
Town Hall
500 00
Janitor for town hall and library
600 00
Thayer Public library
1,000 00
Distribution of library books-
100 00
Insurance
700 00
Tree Warden's department
100 00
Contagious diseases
1,200 00
Covered drain through land H. A. Monk
of
230 00
Use of Board of Health 300 00
Stedman avenue . ·
450 00
123
For Harrison avenue $500 00
State tax, including Metropolitan Park tax for 1900, 1901, 1902, and State Highway Tax . County tax
8,445 48
3,290 72
$108,410 50
Overlay
4,025 84 593 95
Street watering
.
$113,030 29
Less $6,000 of the Bank and Cor- poration tax
6,000 00
Commitment August 26, 1902
$107,030 29
Additional taxes committed Dec. 1,1902
1,346 70
Total commitment 1902 .
$108,376 99
1
Treasurer's® Report
BENJ. F. DYER, TREASURER
IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF BRAINTREE. Jan. 1, 1902 to Dec. 31, 1902 Inclusive.
Dr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1902 . $13,677 37
Received of Selectmen :-
Rent of Town Hall and Select-
men's Room .
$388 00
Sale of cemetery lots
10 00
Licenses
102 50
Hospital account
316 17
Almshouse account
107 84
Town of Dedham, almshouse ac- count
269 29
Town of Franklin, outdoor poor account ·
273 70
City of Lynn, outdoor poor ac-
count
21 99
City of Brockton, outdoor poor account
30 00
Rent Martha Penniman estate
40 00
Sale Martha Penniman estate
825 00
Poor person refunded .
.
4 75
Highway department .
49 40
Account of Stedman avenue
118 00
City of Quincy, tax on land used for water storage 108 65
Insurance account, electric light department ·
9 11
Order drawn twice
10 90
State Aid not paid · .
4 00
.
126
Received court fees $36 82
S. H. Capen, sheriff
20 00
Police account, A. H. Hews
10 00
Old Home Week, refunded
5 00
Incidentals .
5 50
$2,766 62
School Department :
Tuition
$2 00
Tuition, City of Boston
64 00
Tuition, State Board of Charity
65 00
Jonas Perkins school association, light
7 92
Street railway fares, refunded
60 00
Incidentals .
3 57
$202 49
F. A. Smith, Collector of Taxes :
Year 1899
$140 05
Year 1900
8,997 58
Year 1901
25,995 08
Year 1902
72,833 12
$107,965 83
Treasurer Braintree School Fund
350 00
A. O. Clark, manager electric light department
12,690 80
Received from State Treasurer :
Corporation tax
$9 60
Corporation tax . .
12
Bank tax
25 25
.
$34 97
Corporation tax
$6,550 20
Bank tax
1,711 77
Military aid
72 00
State aid
2,083 00
Armory rent
150 00
Burial of indigent soldiers
35 00
Street railway tax
2,124 76
$12,726 73
127
Received, account of contagious diseases
85 75
Mount Wollaston National Bank, in- terest
$333 17
Mount Vernon National Bank, inter- est
47 78
Sale of notes, issued in anticipation of taxes :
Due Dec. 11, 1902
$30,000 00
Due Dec. 30, 1902
25,000 00
Due April 17, 1903
10,000 00
Due April 24, 1903
. .
10,000 00
$75,000 00
An interest basis of 3.71 to 4.19 per 7
cent.
Notes on Demand:
Account of widening Washing- ton and Hancock streets . ·
4,850 00
County Treasurer : Dog tax
802 77
$231,534 28
Cr.
Paid 1446 orders, town account 1902 $89,826 07
Paid 225 orders, electric account 1902 21,061 69
$110,887 76
NOTES.
Perkins school, Feb. 1, 1902
$3,100 00
Penniman school, Sept. 1, 1902
1,000 00
Electric Light, Sept. 1, 1902
2,000 00
Electric Light, May 1, 1902
2,000 00
A. L. Prescott, Oct. 26, 1902
500 00
Tax note, April 16, 1902
20,000 00
Tax note, Dec. 11, 1902 ·
30,000 00
Tax note, Dec. 30, 1902
25,000 00
83,600 00
·
·
$380 95
128
INTEREST.
Perkins school, 6 months, $9,300 to Feb. 1, 1902 $180 18
Perkins school, 6 months, $6,200 to Aug. 1, 1902
120 12
Penniman school, 1 year, $13,500 to Sept. 1, 1902 . 472 50
Thayer Academy, 1 year, $10,000 to to Aug. 1, 1902 ·
350 00
Thayer Library, 1 year, $10,000 to Aug. 1, 1902 .
350 00
Stetson Library, 1 year, $2,500 to Sept. 22, 1902 . 100 00
Electric Light Department :
1 year, $3,400 to Sept. 1, 1902 119 00
1 year, $21,100 to Sept. 1, 1902 738 50
6 months, $12,000 to May 1, 1902 240 00
6 months, $10,000 to Nov. 1, 1902
200 00
1 year, $3,000 to Dec. 30, 1902 105 00
1 year, $2,000 to Dec. 30, 1902 70 00
1 year, $16,500 to Oct. 5, 1902
660 00
A. L. Prescott, 1 year, $500 to Oct. 26,1902 20 00
Demand notes for widening Washing- ton and Hancock streets . 78 74
3,804 04
Discount on notes, issued in anticipa-
tion of taxes
1,521 86
County tax
3,290 72
State Treasurer :
Corporation tax
161 79
State tax .
2,460 00
License fees .
50
2,622 29
1
129
METROPOLITAN PARK.
1900-Sinking fund
$422 90
Interest on parks
784 01
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