USA > Massachusetts > Norfolk County > Braintree > Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1907 > Part 5
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10
Electric Light Department 35.44
Water Department 56.39
J. M. Arnold, supplies 91.26
G. E. Loring & Co., supplies
65.78
A. W. Watson, supplies 20.78
C. H. Hobart, supplies 108.01
H. W. Mansfield, supplies
3,85
$190.29
65
Paid Dyer & Sullivan, supplies $97.05
Schraut Bros., supplies
17.43
Bridgham Bros., supplies
101.39
C. W. Hollis, supplies
110.66
George Reviere, supplies
18.50
F. A. Souther & Co., supplies
1.28
R. E. Whitman, supplies
51.14
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, ice 10.69
Ambler & Hobart, grain
56.35
C. G. Jordan, grain
192.42
Frank Diaute, grain
138.48
Thomas Killian, grass
20.00
C. W. Lerned & Co., supplies
4.00
W. H. Cobb, tools, seeds, etc
25.03
W. A. Torrey, supplies 14.30
Dr. F. W. Brett, medical attendance
45.00
Braintree News Co., papers
8.31
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel
251.00
F. O. Whitmarsh, repairs
4.87
J. E. Ludden, repairs
11.60
O. M. Rogers, repairs
1.00
Cartwright & Shay, burial
20.00
Annie Bialar, labor
117.50
R. A. Gage, labor
73.13
Alexander Durell, labor .
7.60
Josephus Sampson, labor
5.00
Sundry Cash expenses of superintendent
142.14
$2,427.38
Credits.
Milk, produce, etc.
$158.12
T. H. Libby, rent of pasture
10.00
Board refunded
192.00
Refreshments to registrars at
elections
45.00
Wood to Town Hall
3.85
$408.97
Appraisal December 31, 1906
$1,774.65
Expended 1907
2,427.39
$4,202.04
Appraisal December 31, 1907
$1,686.50
Credits 1907
408.97
Cost of maintenance 1907
2,106.57
.
.
$4,202.04
Bills Receivable $30.40
66
Inmates of Almshouse.
No.
2 Benjamin, Napoleon
365
10 Chamberlain, Emily K.
83
365
21 Collins, S. F. Bartol
70
294
13 Coughlin, Jolm E.
54
15
20 Kelley, Maria
49
365
4 McCorinish, Sarah
77
365
1 Mead, Abraham
89
365
24
Morrison, Frank E. settlement elsewhere
57
343
22 Sims, Andrew J.
71
149
25 Smart, Martha B.
32
- 15
S Thayer, Sarah A.
76
119
27
Williams, Mary F.
9
163
28
Williams, Maud M.
7
163
26 Williams, Samuel T.
10
163
30 Williams, Sarah J.
3
163
29 Williams, William H.
6
163
Boarders
400
Number of days
3,975
Number of weeks
567 6-7
Number of prisoners
48
Expense of prisoners at 25 cents each
$12.00
OUTSIDE RELIEF.
Mrs. William Benjamin.
Paid Town of Weymouth, support in 1906 $35.50
· Mrs. Peter Bjorkman and Family.
Paid Jenkins Mfg. Co., rent
$78.00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 13.40
$91.40
Edward G. Buker and Family.
Paid H. W. Mansfield, supplies
$106.00
C. H. Hobart, supplies
6.65
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel
41.70
F. W. Brett, medical attendance
72.67
$227.02
Mrs. L. E. Caligan.
Paid J. M. Arnold, supplies
$6.00
R. A. Gage, fuel 3.00
$9.00
Bartol Collins
Paid H. A. Clark, supplies $10.36
Age. 49
No. of Days.
. .
.
67
Frank W. Burns, (Connor's Boy). Paid A. D. Tirrell, shoes $2.00
Isaline R. Coy and Family.
Paid A. R. Shaw, rent $96.00
Lucy H. Curtis.
Paid Cash Aid
$130.00
Mrs. Thomas J. Dalton and Family.
Paid A. D. Tirrell, supplies $9.10
Bessie Wilson, supplies 50.00
G. E. Loring & Co., supplies 2.00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 21.65
F. W. Brett, medical attendance 2.00
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance
3.00
$87.75
Maurice Dowd and Family.
Paid Town of Weymouth, support in 1906
$25.88
Walter H. G. Ford.
Paid Town of Weymouth, support in 1906
$207.14
Mrs. Robert Frazier and family.
Paid C. H. Brooks, supplies $84.00
C. W. Matthews, supplies 84.00
A. D. Tirrell, supplies 18.65
H. F. South, supplies 14.00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 36.50
Elizabeth Gillespie, rent 72.00
F. W. Brett, medical attendance .... 21.50
$330.65
Julia A. French.
Paid Lydia N. Bishop, rent $26.00
Lydia N. Bishop Estate, rent
13.00
Martha G. Bates, rent
26.00
$65.00
Mrs. Margaret Garde.
Paid G. E. Loring & Co., supplies $9.99
R. A. Gage, fuel 6.28
$16.27
Abijah Glover and family.
Paid Cash Aid $130.00
S. V. Wentworth, fuel
7.25
$137.25
68
Mrs. Herbert N. Goodspeed and family.
Paid Cash Aid
$30.00
J. F. Sheppard, rent 42.00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 36.50
$108.50
William E. Gorman and family.
Paid A. D. Tirrell, $3.50
Bessie Wilson 4.00
F. W. Brett, medical attendance .
2.00
Henry M. Ford, burial 25.00
$34.50
Henry M. Hayden.
Paid Cash Aid
$104.00
Hiram A. Hayden.
Paid Town of Weymouth, support in 1906 $202.75
C. H. Hobart, shoes 6.05
R. E. Whitman, clothing 12.90
Cartwright & Hurley, burial,
20.00
$241.70
Mrs. H. J. Hollinshead and family.
Paid F. W. Brett, medical attendance .
$14.00
Mrs. Fannie E. Holmes.
Paid Town of Wakefield, support in 1906 $198.15
C. Jordan, medical attendance
100.00
$298.15
George A. O. Keiswetter.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel $3.90
Dennis Kiley.
Paid F. W. Brett, medical attendance $1.00
Fred Levangie.
Paid R. Allen Gage $7.50
Victor A. Lassen.
Paid Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics ..
24.56*
Mrs. Julia A. Marland.
Paid Mrs. Elvira Nutter, rent $51.00
St. Elizabeth Hospital
15.00
$66.00
69
Thomas J. McInerny.
Paid F. W. Brett, medical attendance .. $20.00
Mrs. L. Morales.
Paid T. H. Dearing, medical attendance $3.00
Mrs. C. E. Packard and family.
Paid A. J. Tracey, rent $150.00
Mrs. M. B. Smart and family.
Paid H. A. Clark, supplies
$116.19
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel
15.27
R. A. Gage, moving goods
4.00
F. W. Brett
12.74
Massachusetts General Hospital
27.00
$175.20
Marcia Stone.
Paid Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics . ..
$73.86
Byron W. Thornton and family.
Paid Bridgham Bros., supplies $27.57
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel
4.38
W. A. Torrey, Agt., rent
20.00
C. A. Sullivan, medical attendance
12.00
$63.95
Mrs. Lila Tripp and family.
Paid Cash Aid
$24.00
City of Brockton 213.79
$237.79
1
Mrs. E. U. Walker.
Paid T. King, rent 114.00
R. A. Gage, fuel
56.00
$170.00
AID TO PERSONS RESIDING IN BRAINTREE WITH SETTLEMENTS ELSEWHERE.
Harry Blopinsky.
Paid Albert W. Fay, burial
$15.00
R. A. Gage, digging grave 3.00
$18.00
Phoebe A Cloues.
Paid Edith N. Crafts
$16.00
Edward A. Gilman 2.43
$18.43
-
70
William Mccullough.
Paid C. W. Matthews, supplies $20.53
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 2.00
$22.53
Peter Lonie and family.
Paid C. H. Brooks $2.03
J. F. Sheppard & Sons 3.90
$5.93
Fritz Zierwinger.
Paid Michael Schloger
$20.00
City of Boston.
Alfred F. Howes and family.
Paid Up-to-date Market, supplies $104.00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 44.75
H. L. Dearing, medical attendance 19.66
$168.41
Edward Kelley. Paid F. W. Brett, medical attendance $5.00
City of Brockton.
Martin Haslam (minor)
Paid Mrs. Sarah Damon, board $34.00
Mrs. G. A. Haslam, board 2.00
$36.00
City of Haverhill.
Onnie Donnelly.
Paid Cash Aid $44.00
City of Malden. Mrs. Lizzie Knips and family.
Paid Susan A. Hobart, rent $96.00
City of Woburn.
Patrick Fitzpatrick and family.
Paid Cash Aid
$24.00
TOWN OF ADAMS.
Charles E. Rolland and Family. Paid Boston Cash Market, supplies $30.50
71
Paid Cash Aid $1.50
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 15.80
Ambler & Hobart, rent 60.00
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance 9.00
$116.80
TOWN OF MILTON.
Dennie Meuse.
Paid Woodsum Coal Co., fuel
$3.25
C. A. Sullivan, medical attendance 45.90
$49.15
TOWN OF SCITUATE. Michael Pitts. -
Paid C. H. Gould, medical attendance $6.34
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH.
Daniel Horgan.
Paid C. H. Brooks, supplies $4.00
H. M. True, supplies 2.00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 9.80
F. W. Brett, medical attendance 3.34
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance .
6.00
$25.14
Relief to Poor Persons.
Refunded and to be refunded
$133.03
Hospital Account.
Paid City Hospital, Boston, Annie Hempstead. . $42.86
.
City Hospital, Boston, Marjorie Hempstead. 80.00
City Hospital, Boston, Ethel Madden 34.29
City Hospital, Boston, W. H. Mansfield
27.14
$184.29
$4,241.88
Credits.
Aid to persons, refunded
$84.07
Mrs. G. A. Haslam, refunded
2.00
City of Malden, refunded
96.00
City of Quincy, refunded
27.08
City of Waltham, refunded
10.00
Town of Randolph, refunded
108.47
Town of Weymouth, refunded
47.00
Emily Hanson Fund, interest
104.45
Sale of J. Sargent Arnold property
600.00
Lydia N. Bishop Estate, check lost
13.00
$1,092.07
72
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriations
$33,440.00
School Fund Income
300.00
Dog Tax
913.14
Credits
392.30
Overdrafts
84.16
$35,129.60
Expenditures
$34,906.09
Unexpended balances
223.51
$35,129.60
Net unexpended balance
$139.35
Superintendents of Schools.
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Expended
$1,600.00
Paid John C. Anthony
$1,600.00
Pay of Teachers.
Appropriation
$21,000.00
School Fund Income
300.00
Dog Tax
913.14
$22,213.14
Expended
$22,002.93
Unexpended balance
210.21
$22,213.14
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Alberto W. Small, teaching 25 weeks $750.00
Agnes R. Burnham, teaching 40 weeks 650.00
Mary K. Morton, teaching 9 weeks 157.50
Rachel Currey, teaching 25 weeks 375.00
Grace A. Johnson, teaching 25 weeks 343.75
Grace I. Bartlett, teaching 24 weeks 315.01
Edwin A. Shaw, teaching 15 weeks
450.00
Helen B. Kuhn, teaching 15 weeks 206.25
Blanche Dole, teaching 15 weeks 206.25
Josephine T. H. Sahr, teaching 15 weeks .
206.25
Florence E. Stacey, teaching 15 weeks 206.25
Marion L. Barker, teaching 13 weeks
146.25
Louise C. Wellman, teaching 16 weeks 280.00
Bertha E. Anthony, teaching 5 weeks
56.25
-
$4,348.76
.
73
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL.
Paid Margaret F. Magoley, teaching 25 weeks $343.75
Jennie A. Farwell, teaching 40 weeks 487.50
Mabel T. Hardy, teaching 15 weeks 178.13
$1,009.38
NOAH TORREY SCHOOL.
Paid Harvey R. Williams, teaching 40 weeks .. $1,000.00
Margaret E. C. Bannon, teaching 40 weeks. 540.00
Etta G. Phillips, teaching 11 weeks 137.50
Jennie Carberry, teaching 25 weeks 287.50
Josephine B. Colbert, teaching 40 weeks 500.00
Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 29 weeks 362.50
Rosalie S. Bayley, teaching 40 weeks 470.00
Marion Stiles, teaching 25 weeks 281.25
Annie E. Hall, teaching 15 weeks
178.13
S. Ina Cutting, teaching 15 weeks
168.75
Villa Knight, teaching 6 weeks
71.26
Ora Conant, teaching 5 weeks
59.38
$4.056.27
POND SCHOOL.
Paid Jennie V. Dreghorn, teaching 25 weeks . . $250.00
Helen A. Mansfield, teaching 40 weeks 400.00
Harriet M. Hill, teaching 40 weeks 444.00
Emma T. Bachelder, teaching 15 weeks . 178.13
$1,272.13
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Paid Josephine M. Foster, teaching 40 weeks. $400.00
SOUTH WEST SCHOOL.
Paid Clara E. Shay, teaching 40 weeks
$420.00
UNION SCHOOL.
Paid Avis A. Thayer, teaching 40 weeks $530.00
Hannah C. Whelan, teaching 40 weeks 500.00
Mabel L. Bates, teaching 40 weeks 480.00
Elizabeth B. Pray, teaching 40 weeks 450.00
$1,960.00
74
PENNIMAN SCHOOL.
Paid Clara Rowley, teaching 40 weeks $750.00
Mildred H. Tavender, teaching 25 weeks 281.25
Harriet C. Taylor, teaching 40 weeks 460.00
Mabel T. Knight, teaching 40 weeks 460.00
Lena E. Buck, teaching 4 weeks 45.00
Blanche Baker, teaching 32 weeks
328.13
Alice M. Wellington, teaching 15 weeks
168.75
$2,493.13
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL.
Paid Victoria P. Wilde, teaching 40 weeks $1,000.00
Grace M. Ward, teaching 40 weeks 500.00
Nellie E. Bolles, teaching 40 weeks 500.00
Lucille Goddard, teaching 13 weeks 146.25
Irene A. Holbrook, teaching 40 weeks
441.50
Nellie F. Monk, teaching 37 weeks
462.50
Ora Conant, teaching 25 weeks
275.00
Elizabeth S. Hall, teaching 15 weeks
75.00
Marguerite L. Sumner, teaching 40 weeks ..
430.00
Mrs. Signe Wilbur, teaching 17 weeks
212.50
Edith A. Lavalette, teaching 15 weeks
168.75
Laura A. Davis, teaching 15 weeks
168.75
Lillian G. Chard, teaching 15 weeks
168.75
Georgianna Kelley, teaching 15 weeks
112.50
Cornelia Kilby, teaching 4 weeks
47.51
Amy A. Lapham, 2 weeks
25.00
Edith Jackson, teaching 23 weeks 233.00
Lillian M. Hobart, teaching 1 week 11.25
Margaret O'Brien, teaching
135.00
Louie C. Monk, teaching 10 weeks
50.00
$5,163.26
DRAWING.
Paid Charlotte F. Dorman, teaching 25 weeks .. $250.00
Ethel M. James, teaching 15 weeks 150.00
$400.00
SINGING. 1
Paid George E. Crafts, teaching 40 weeks ...... $350.00
75
SCHOOL CENSUS.
Paid J. Alonzo Dyer, school census
$75.00
Jeremiah F. Gallivan,
36.00
Amos J. Loring
5.50
Azel R. French, . . . .
13.50
$130.00
$22,002.29
JANITORS.
Appropriation
$3,040L00
Expended
$3,040.00
Paid John H. Macandrew, Monatiquot school ..
$700.00
Foster F. Tupper, Noah Torrey school 700.00
Azel R. French, Pond school 324.00
A. M. Stetson, South school 44.00
W. P. Reed, South West school
44.00
Edward O. Pierson, Union school
264.00
Omer W. Hollis, Penniman school
264.00
William Orr, Jonas Perkins school
700.00
$3,040.00
CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS.
Appropriation
$1,650.00
Credits
271.25
$1,881.25
Expended
$1,881.25
Paid Old Colony Street Railway Co.
$906.25
Albert A. Drollett
780.00
Thomas J. Cain
195.00
$1,881.25
Credits.
Tickets sold
$198.75
Tuition
32.50
$231.25
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Credits
92.01
Expended
$1,892.01
Paid L. C. Smith & Bros. $141.50
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
22.99
$1,892.01
76
Paid Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
$79.72
Silver, Burdett & Co.
29.49
E. M. Drury
5.25
Edward E. Babb & Co.
1,078.24
Ginn & Company
220.52
American Book Co.
10.47
Milton Bradley Co.
89.17
A. W. Hall Scientific Co.
4.65
Thorp & Martin Co.
1.50
Mary A. Atherton
60.00
Allyn & Bacon
83.34
D. C. Heath & Co.
. ..
$1,892.01
Credits.
Tuition
$89.80
2.21
$92.01
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$700.00
Credits
33.90
$733.90
Expended
$733.90
Paid Edward E. Babb & Co.
$30.19
Jordan Marsh & Co.
1.50
Wright & Ditson
4.00
Chandler & Barber
4.00
Orient Mfg. Co.
20.00
H. I. Dallman & Co.
69.50
Ames Plow Co.
7.02
Masury Young & Co.
. 8.10
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
3.48
Neostyle Co.
3.50
Remington Typewriter Co.
2.40
R. E. Whitman
3.88
C. H. Hobart
.50
H. Waldecker & Bro.
.65
C. W. Matthews
1.30
N. Y. & Boston Despatch Express Co.
12.25
Woodsum Express Co. 27.87
5.24
A. W. Baker
8.35
Thomas Cain
25.75
George H. Wetherbee, Jr.
9.10
G. W. Prescott & Sons
101.25
Pratt & Pratt 33.17
R. A. Gage
9.25
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. . .
. . .
Hayden. Express Co.
.
65.17
77
:
Paid Moses Dyer $1.50
C. O. Miller
2.00
J. E. Ludden 1.19
O. M. Rogers
16.52
Standard Electric Time Co.
.80
R. N. Stone
5.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
30.81
H. F. Hunt
10.00
J. F. Gallivan
31.00
A. J. Loring
5.00
A. R. French
22.50
Mrs. Ann Davis
5.02
Mrs. J. W. Stetson
4.30
Mrs. William A. Hollis
.
11.76
Mrs. William Orr
16.80
Mrs. Sarah Eaton
16.80
F. F. Tupper 16.80 .
E. O. Pierson
5.46
W. P. Reed
1.40
John C. Anthony
109.67
A. W. Small
2.00
E. A. Shaw
3.30
H. R. Williams
. ·
4.29
G. E. Crafts
9.50
C. F. Loring
2.00
Agnes R. Burnham
.40
Clara Rowley ..
1.04
Grace M. Ward
2.00
Margaret F. Magoley . .
2.79
$733.90
Credits.
Tuition
$1.30
32.60
$33.90
SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Credits
35.14
Overdraft
64.16
$1,299.30
Expended
$1,299.30
Paid Chandler & Barber
$16.13
Shepard, Norwell & Co.
18.00
Edward E. Babb & Co.
20.35
.
. .
....
.. .
78
Paid J. B. Hunter & Co. $4.65
H. T. Dallman & Co.
21.00
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
20.17
J. O. Wetherbee Co.
149.49
Shepard, Clark & Co.
5.00
E. W. Nash Co.
9.38
Malden Commercial School 2.75
Library Bureau
9.33
J. M. Arnold ...
.92
G. E. Loring & Co. . .
1.90
F. A. Souther & Co.
.60
S. F. Brown
1.20
Braintree Hardware Co. . .
2.35
F. A. Smith 23.00
W. A. Torrey 9.00
1.50
Dyer & Sullivan
.63
C. H. Hobart
13.89
W. H. Cobb
4.00
J. O. Sypher
5.50
R. A. Gage
9.00
Robert Gibson
16.60
R. N. Stone
2.00
William Orr
5.55
J. H. Macandrew
2.50
E. O. Pierson
.
1.40
A. R. French
6.25
W. P. Reed
.90
F. A. Bates
.85
Josephine M. Foster
.40
Elizabeth B. Pray
.30
Caroline Allen
5.00
Cement Product & Construction Co.
3.25
Miller Construction Co.
69.46
H. W. Borden
9.61
G. H. Holbrook
69.16
W. F. Allen
18.00
A. E. Bradford
25.10
Richard Belyea
2.00
C. G. Anderson
2.00
Edward Shay 4.40 . .
171.61
J. E. Ludden
.70
F. O. Whitmarsh
5.58
B. D. Litchfield 54.45
G. W. Dearing 9.00 . .
Standard Electric Time Co. 11.68 . .
W. F. Sanborn & Co.
. .. .. .
11.34
. ..
. . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
O. M. Rogers
. .
.
W. H. Heath
. .
79
Paid Badger Bros. $4.33
Electric Light Department
60.06
Highway Department
8.50
Water Department
346.55
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. .. 21.03
$1,299.30
Credits.
Jonas Perkins School, light $6.79
6.25
Tuition
13.10
W. F. Allen, refund
9.00
$35.14
FUEL.
Appropriation
$2,200,00
Expended
$2,186.70
Unexpended balance
13.30
$2,200.00
Paid Woodsum Coal Co.
$1,501.70
R. A. Gage
18.00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons
11.00
A. J. Richards & Sons
656.00
$2,186.70
REPAIRS ON SOUTH WEST SCHOOLHOUSE.
Appropriation
$250.00
Overdraft
20,00
$270.00
Paid H. W. Borden
$270.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expended
$746.78
Unexpended balance
253.22
$1,000.00
Hiram E. Abbott, paid cash aid
$16.00
Mary A. Buker, paid cash aid
48.00
Mrs. Jonathan R. Clark, paid cash aid
62.00
Abbie R. Gillette, paid cash aid
30.00
Emma F. Hayden, paid R. A. Gage, fuel . .
4.00
Olive M. Jones, paid Town of Abington
1906 18.75
80
Paid Julia Murphy, paid Town of Weymouth 1906 $94.28
Emma M. Randall, paid cash aid
120.00
Mrs. C. R. Smith, paid cash aid
180.00
James Spear, paid cash aid
48.00
Hiram S. Thayer,
Paid Woodsum Coal Co. .7.75
H. L. Dearing 18.00
W. A. Torrey 4.00
29.75
Mary A. Tibbetts, paid cash aid
48.00
Mary J. Wheeler, paid cash aid
48.00
$746.78
STATE AID. To be Refunded by the State of Massachusetts. Cash Aid to soldiers and families of soldiers for the year 1907 $2,454.50
Allowance for Burial of Soldiers.
Paid Albert W. Fay
$35.00
Williams & King
35.00
Henry A. Monk
37.00
$107.00
$2,561.50
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Overdraft
15.01
$1,015.01
Expended
$1,015.01
Paid Frank A. Smith, Collector
Taxes of 1904
$124.62
Taxes of 1905
406.19
Taxes of 1906
439.45
Taxes of 1907
44.75
$1,015.01
TOWN HALL.
Appropriation
$500.00 .
Credits
309.00
$809.00
Paid
81
Expended
$796.15
Unexpended balance
12.85
$809.00
Paid Electric Light Department
$175.00
Electric Light Department
184.85
Water Department
51.19
Thomas B. Stoddard
24.62
A. E. Bradford
10.45
R. A. Gage
3.50
O. M. Rogers
16.64
E. A. Dustin
. . .
2.00
William H. Cobb
2.75
C. H. Hobart
10.51
W. A. Torrey
3.25
Woodsum Coal Co., fuel
266.23
Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.
1.50
Lunsden & Van Stone Co.
17.36
Dusbane Mfg. Co.
9.39
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight
.41
Hayden's Express Co.
.35
Almshouse, fuel
3.85
William C Harding, treasurer library
5.00
H. W. Borden
7.30
$796.15
Credits.
Rent
$308.00
Junk
1.00
$309.00
JANITOR TOWN HALL AND LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$650.00
Expended
$650.00
Paid Michael J. Sullivan
$650.00
TOWN LANDS.
Appropriation
$100.00
Expended
$75.58
Unexpended balance
24.42
$100.00
Paid R. Allen Gage
$75.58
.
82
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$3,805.00
Expended
$3,805.00
Paid B. Herbert Woodsum $650.00
R. Allen Gage
650.00
Henry M. Storm
650.00
Henry A. Monk, Town Clerk,
500.00
Benjamin F. Dyer, Town Treasurer,
525.00
Daniel Potter, Auditor 1906
45.00
William McKean, Auditor 1906
25.00
William P. Kelley, Auditor, 1906
30.00
Charles C. Mellen, Registrar
35.00
William Allen, Registrar
35.00
Walter N. Mckean, Registrar
35.00
Frank A. Smith, Tax Colelctor
600.00
John Kelley, Moderator
25.00
$3,805.00
TREASURER'S BOND.
Appropriation
$105.00
Paid Charles B. Cummings
$105.00
TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT.
Total appropriations
$2,150.00
Total credits
205.09
Total overdrafts
50.47
$2,405.56
Total expenditures
$2,347.49
Total unexpended balances
58.07
$2,405,56
Net unexpended balance
$7.60
Trimming Trees.
Appropriation
$150.00
Expended
$91.93
Unexpended balance
58.07
$150.00
Paid R. Allen Gage
$88.93
John P. Robery
3.00
$91.93
83
Destruction of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
Appropriations $1,000.00, $1,000.00
$2,000.00
Credits
205.09
Overdraft
50.47
$2,255.56
Expended
$2,255.56
Paid G. W. Prescott & Sons
$14.75
Pratt & Pratt
5.00
O. M. Rogers
.48
H. A. Clark
.55
Joseph Breck & Sons Corp.
56.25
William H. Claflin
163.62
Peter Donahoe, labor
780.00
Éli Pellrine, labor
405.00
Joseph Julian, labor
270.00
R. A. Gage, self, men and team
559.91
$2,255.56
Credits.
Refunded as per charges
$205.09
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Total appropriations
$19,145.00
Total amount of orders drawn $11,718.65
Total amount appropriated but not expended ... 7,000.00
Unexpended balance 426.35
$19,145.00
Hydrant Service.
Appropriation
$5,025.00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer Water Department. $5,025.00
Sinking Funds.
Appropriation
$5,120.00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer
$5,120.00
Extension of Water Mains.
Appropriation $2,000.00
Paid Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer $1,573.65
Unexpended balance
426.35
$2,000.00
.
84
PLAIN STREET CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$50.00
Credits
$85.00
Expended
$60.67
Unexpended balance
$85.00
Paid R. Allen Gage
$60.67
Credits.
Lots sold
$35.00
RECAPITULATION.
Orders Drawn For
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Depreciation Fund
$3,954.48
FIRE ALARM.
Maintenance
$301.57
New Box
150.00
$451.57
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Pay of Engineers and Firemen $1,573.00
Extra pay for services at fires 329.70
General Expenses including Forest Fires
1,423.71
New Hose 292.50
$3,618.91
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
General expenses
$596.84
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Highway and Bridges
$7,130.56
Sidewalks
1,521.23
Stone Roads
41.39
Snow
2,757.51
Watering Streets
1,488.40
$12,939.09
Incidentals
$3,234.13
Insurance
$796.25
LIBRARY.
General Expenses
$1,000.00
Distribution of books
100.00
$1,100.00
35.00
24.33
85
Memorial Day $175.00
Military Aid
$336.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Night Police pay of men
$2,190.00
Court Fees and Expenses
108.47
$2,298.47
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Almshouse
$2,285.24
Outside Relief
4,241.88
$6.527.12
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Pay of Superintendent
$1,600.00
Pay of Teachers
22,002.93
Pay of Janitors
3,040.00
Conveyance of Pupils
1,881.25
Text Books and Supplies
1,892.01
School Incidentals
733.90
Schoolhouse Incidentals
1,299.30
Fuel
2,186.70
South West Schoolhouse
270.00
$34,906.09
Soldiers' Relief
$746.78
State Aid and burial of soldiers
$2,561.50
Taxes, (Abatement of)
$1,015.01
Town Hall
$796.15
Town Hall and Library Janitor
$650.00
Town Lands
$75.58
Town Officers
$3,805.00
Treasurer's Bond
$105.00
TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT.
Trimming trees
$91.93
Destruction of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
2,255.56
$2,347.49
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Hydrant Service
$5,025.00
Sinking Funds 5,120.00
Extension of Water Mains 1,573.65
$11,718.65
Plain Street Cemetery $60.67
Total amount of orders drawn
$94,815.84
86
Treasurer's Report
BENJ. F. DYER, Treasurer.
In account with TOWN OF BRAINTREE. Dec. 31, 1906 to Dec. 31, 1907.
Balance, Dec. 31, 1906 $5,116.17
F. A. Smith, Tax Collector:
Year 1904 $193.20
Year 1905 14,025.50
Year 1906 25,189.56
Year 1907
74,681.45
-$114,089.71
O. C. St. R. R., excise tax
$1,791.63
Sale of Notes in anticipation of Taxes:
Due Dec. 18, 1907, 5.50 percent $15,000.00
Due Dec. 18, 1907, 5 percent 10,000.00
Due Dec. 18, 1907, 5.35 percent 10,000.00
Due Dec. 18, 1907, 5.20 percent 5,000.00
Due Dec. 27, 1907, 5.47 percent 10,000.00
Due Dec. 29, 1907, 5.98 10,000.00
Due Apr. 22, 1908, 6 percent 10,000.00
Due April 29, 1908, 6.50 per cent 10,000.00
$80,000.00
State Treasurer:
Balance Corporation tax, 1906
$639.19
Corporation tax, 1907 $5,170.38
Bank tax 1,187.70
Military aid 168.00
State aid
2,433.50
Burial of Soldiers
70.00
Street Railway tax
1,107.09
$10,136.67
Braintree School Fund ..
$300.00
Electric Light Depreciation Fund, reimburse- ing Town account for sums paid for Meters, Arc lamps, extension of lines, re- pairs etc. Orders 625, 626, 722, 749, 773, 801, 835 $2,655.84
87
i
Nat. Shawmut Bank, interest $33.18
Nat. Mt. Wollaston Bank, interest 205.64
Daniel Potter, Manager Elec. Light Dept. 20,987.60
County Treasurer:
Dog Tax
$913.14
Received of Selectmen :
Rent of Town Hall
$309.00
Licenses
20.00
Licenses Junk
35.00
Licenses Milk
20.50
Sale of Junk, Fire Dept.
6.30
Sale of Cemetery lots
35.00
Court fees
40.29
Street watering, Lowell St.
....
20.50
Gipsy Moth account refund
205.09
Outside Poor acount:
City of Waltham
$10.00
1
City of Marlboro
96.00
City of Quincy
27.08
Town of Weymouth
47.00
Town of Randolph
108.47
$288.55
Emily C .Hanson
$104.45
Sale of Equity, J. S. Arnold
600.00
Check cancelled
13.00
Aid refunded
$8.35
Aid refunded
5.90
Aid refunded
42.32
Aid refunded
. . 29.50
$86.67
Almshouse account
64.83
Board of Geo. W. Thayer
192.00
Rent of Pasture, J. F. Libby
10.00
$266.83
Incidental account:
Sale of Junk, Stone road
50.00
Tax sale, redeemed, Brown
24.99
Tax title 3.88
Sale of land, Sunnyside Park 52.85
C. Edward French Trust, refund
32.00
City of Quincy, rent of Reservoir
57.24
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 9.15 -- $230.11
. .
... .
. .
88
$29.28
Highway Department
School Department:
City of Boston, tuition $32.00
State of Mass., tuition 136.00
Jonas Perkins School, light 6.79
J. C. Anthony, Supt., sundries 208.51
Order drawn twice, Allen 9.00 .
$392.30
$239,571.04
Cr.
1537 orders, Town, account 1907 $94,815.84
247 orders, Electric Light acct., 1907 25,727.69
NOTES:
Tax note, Apr. 18, 1907 $10,000.00
Tax note, Apr. 25, 1907 10,000.00
Tax note, Dec. 18, 1907 15,000.00
Tax note, Dec. 18, 1907 10,000.00
Tax note, Dec. 18, 1907
10,000.00
Tax note, Dec. 18, 1907 5,000.00
Tax note, Dec. 27, 1907
10,000.00
Tax note, Dec. 29, 1907
. 10,000.00
$80,000.00
Electric Light note May 2, 1907 $2,000.00
Electric Light note, Sept. 1, 1907 3,900.00
Noah Torrey School note, June 1, 1907 2,000.00
Penniman School note, Sept. 1, 1907 2,000.00 -- $9,900.00
INTEREST :
Thayer Estate, 1 year $10,000.00 to Aug. 1, 1907
$350.00
Thayer Library, 1 year 10,000.00 to Aug.
1, 1907 350.00
Electric Light Dept., 1 year $7,800.00 to Sept. 1, 1907 273.00
1 year $3,400.00 to Sept. 1, 1907 119.00
6 mo. $2,000.00 to May 2, 1907 40.00
1 year $16,500.00 to Oct. 5, 1907. 660.00
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.