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Extension lines and lamps $3,145 98
Meters .
1,933 04
Extension of Electric Plant
1,841 40
Extension of real estate
606 84
Extension of Steam Plant
99 85
$7,627 11
June 30, 1908 $18,840 24
Dec. 31, 1908
8,782 42
$27,622 66
EXPENDITURES OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT, OPER= ATING EXPENSES, EXTENSION OF LINES, CONNECTING NEW CONSUMERS, INCLUDING WIRING CHARGES FOR THE YEAR 1908.
In detail from Jan. 1, 1908 to Dec. 31, 1908, both inclusive.
STATION WAGES.
Pay of men, 52 weeks
$4,751 97
DISTRIBUTION WAGES.
Pay of men, 52 weeks
446 00
GENERAL SALARIES.
W. P. Mercer, Superintendent $1,500 00
Daniel Potter, Manager
750 00
$2,250 00
189
STATION TOOLS AND APPLIANCES.
Eagle Oil & Supply Co. $28 10
W. I. Jordan
10 00
$38 10
DISTRIBUTION TOOLS AND APPLIANCES.
Louis J. Hart
12 20
A. D. Tirrell
16 60
Braintree Hardware Co.
23 08
J. E. Ludden
10 49
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
26 78
W. I. Jordan
25 17
Pettingell, Andrews Co.
5 75
C. W. Moulton Co.
14 25
R. Allen Gage
1 88
Baker's Express
65
$136 85
GLOBES.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
$36 80
Wm. M. Jorhan, express . .
2 22
$39 02
CARBONS.
Westinghouse Elect. & Mfg. Co. .
31 17
Pettingell, Andrews Co. . .
34 61
$65 78
REPAIRS ON ELECTRIC PLANT.
Blake Electric Co
7 50
D. F. Ridlon
17 60
Carl C. M. Moller
29 35
Westinghouse Elect. & Mfg. Co.
20 70
W. I. Jordan
8 55
J. E. Ludden .
6 42
John F. Kemp
. · .
5 24
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
.
.
.
2 25
$97 61
Labor
69 00
.
$166 61
190
STABLE ACCOUNT.
Welch Hall Co.
$240 00
Chas. G. Jordan
720 52
W. I. Jordan
252 00
H. B. Whitman .
116 88
Geo. A. Hunt
12 00
W. B. Hollis & Son
10 55
A. A. Davenport
27 00
Edward Shay
9 00
Broad Gauge Iron Co.
8 95
Henry F. Emerson
4 25
Geo. W. Walsh
11 35
Dr. Abel
25 50
C. D. Harlon
8 55
Thomas Smith
4 25
Braintree Hardware Co.
4 50
$1,455 30
REPAIRS ON LINES, LAMPS AND METERS.
General Electric Co.
$72 01
Westinghouse Elect. & Mfg. Co.
28 90
Woodsum Coal Co.
2 25
Peter Scherger
.
4 00
Baker's Express
3 70
Wm. Jordan, express
8 20
J. E. Sprague
7 00
W. I. Jordan
2 35
J. E. Ludden
1 20
$129 61
Labor
$392 00
Labor
354 30
746 30 ,
REPAIRS ON STEAM PLANT.
1
Roberts Iron Works Co.
$131 60
Lumsden Van Stone Co. 68 02
J. B. Rhines Co.
65 90
.
$875 91
191
7
G. T. Blake Mfg. Co.
41 31
W. T. Shackley & Co.
82 30
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
19 85
F. O. Whitmarsh
29 55
John F. Kemp .
24 23
G. W. Knowlton Rubber Co.
3 01
Harrisburg M. Co.
46 00
Garlock Pkg. Co.
6 72
Sterling Lub. Co.
4 60
Robb Mfg. Co.
18 59
Chas. T. Luce Co.
6 00
C. C. Stillman Co.
2 75
W. I. Jordan
4 05
Prov. Engine Co.
3 60
Wm. M. Jordan's Express
10 76
A. W. Baker's Express
15 55
$584 39
REPAIRS ON REAL ESTATE.
Hayward Bros.
$43 50
J. B. Rhines Co.
19 75
J. E. Ludden
25 69
F. O. Whitmarsh
6 74
A. W. Stearns Co.
7 85
S. E. Whitmarsh
2 00
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
3 44
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
9 75
$118 72
Labor
16 00
OIL AND WASTE ACCOUNT.
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
$446 55
James W. Rand
26 21
S. J. Hoggerty
8 80
A. W. Baker, express
32 49
E. W. Hunt
15 85
.
$134 72
$529 90
192
WATER ACCOUNT.
Braintree Water Department $344 25
$344 25
OFFICE ACCOUNT.
W. A. Torrey, P. M.
.
$97 76
W. A. Torrey
1 35
Hooper, Lewis Co.
29 55
G. W. Prescott & Son
26 25
W. P. Mercer
18 91
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
57 41
Dr. C. H. Gould
6 50
Braintree Hardware Co.
6 00
Pratt & Pratt
2 00
$245 73
LAMP ACCOUNT.
General Electric Co.
$1,125 52
$1,125 52
INSURANCE ACCOUNT.
Paid C. S. Hannaford, Agent, for in- surance on buildings, boilers, engines, machinery, fixtures and supplies, and on all stable prop- erty, including horses, carriages, sleighs, harnesses, intending to cover all real and personal property at the Electric Light Station on Allen St., East Brain- tree. Policies renewed Jan. 1, 1908, for 12 months, total amount covered $36,000, prems. Less return prem. on expired policies
$421 05
26 59
Net
$394 46
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.
.
.
193
FLY WHEEL INSURANCE.
Casualty Company, American policy for $40,000, expires Jan. 1, 1911, charges $172 50
$566 96
1909.
January 1, total insurance real estate and personal
$36,300 00
January 1, total insurance boilers 20,000 00
January 1, total insurance fly wheel" 40,000 00
$96,300 00
Buildings and contents
$31,250 00
Stable and contents
$5,050 00
Boiler .
.
.
20,000 00 .
Fly Wheel .
40,000 00
$96,300 00
' FUEL ACCOUNT.
S. P. Burton & Co., 233 17/25 short
tons, Pocahontas $698 43
Freight and cartage ·
237 11
Average cost $4.00+ per ton . $935 54
A. J. Richards & Son, 43 9/100 tons screenings at $1.93+ $83 43
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, 352 27/200 tons screenings at $2.00 703 98
Woodsum Coal Co., 70 36/100 tons screenings at $2.00 140 72
Pocahontas coal, 233 17/25 tons
Screenings coal, 465 117/200 tons
$1,863 67
$15,620 68
194
WIRING ACCOUNT.
Pettingell, Andrews Co.
$2,055 22
General Electric Co.
650 92
McKenney Waterbury Co.
233 42
W. C. Edson
215 52
Hayward Bros.
123 50
J. B. Rhines Co.
21 10
Braintree Hardware Co.
64 03
W. I. Jordan
20 80
F. W. Stewart
27 35
L. F. Bates Co.
16 78
J. E. Ludden
5 29
C. H. Hobart
5 32
O. M. Rogers
1 95
Wm. Jordan, express
62 00
A. W. Baker, express
·
35 92
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
·
.
13 75
$3,552 87
1908.
June 30, Labor of men . $374 00
Dec. 31, Labor of men . 448 00
$822 00
$4,374 87
EXTENSION ACCOUNTS. New Construction Electric Lines and Lamps and connecting New Consumers in 1908.
Pettingell, Andrews Co.
$1,239 90
General Electric Co.
263 52
J. B. Rhines Co.
129 30
J. F. Kemp
53 90
J. E. Ludden
5 93
W. I. Jordan
3 20
A. W. Baker Express
36 67
Freight paid on cars, poles, used for
extension of lines 81 00
.
.
.
.
$1,813 42
195
Labor paid men for care lines.
1908.
June 30
$573 00
Dec. 31
.
759 56
$1,332 56
$3,145 98
METERS ACCOUNT.
Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co.
$1,328 71
General Electric Co. .
594 05
A. W. Baker's Express
10 28
$1,933 04
EXTENSION OF ELECTRIC PLANT.
General Electric Co. .
$1,500 03
Pettingell, Andrews Co.
224 54
John F. Kemp
109 04
Braintree Hardware Co.
7 79
$1,841 40
EXTENSION TO REAL ESTATE.
Hayward Bros. .
$413 22
J. B. Rhines Co.
120 02
Fore River Engine Co.
25 00
Hartley L. White
16 50
J. E. Ludden
8 10
H. W. Brown
.
.
24 00
$606 84
EXTENSION OF STEAM PLANT.
Henry R. Worthington
$85 25
F. O. Whitmarsh
14 60
$99 85
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RECAPITULATION.
Operating expenses :-
June 30, 1908
$9,534 85
Dec. 31, 1908 . 6,085 83
$15,620 68
Wiring account :-
June 30, 1908
$3,171 99
Dec. 31, 1908 .
1,202 88
$4,374 87
Extension accounts :-
June 30, 1908
$6,133 40
Dec. 31, 1908
1,493 71
$7,627 11
June 30, 1908
$18,840 24
Dec. 31, 1908 .
8,782 42
$27,622 66
$27,622 66
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Operating expenses, including ma- terials and labor $15,620 68
Wiring accounts, including materials and labor
4,374 87
Depreciation on cost of Plant from July 1, 1907 to June 30, 1908 . 4,454 45
Interest paid on notes and bonds 1,090 50
1,332 56
Cost of labor, care of street lines . Inventory of supplies on hand, Dec. 31, 1907 .
8,549 48
Balance due from consumers Dec. 31,1907
7,825 13
Cr.
Cash received from sales, light, power and wiring accounts $22,531 89 . Due from consumers for light, power, meter rents, wiring accounts, charges to Dec. 31, 1908 7,321,72
197
Inventory of supplies on hand at Electric Light Plant per schedule on file, Dec. 31, 1908
6,590 25
Balance carried forward 6,803 81
$43,247 67
$43,247 67
Dr.
Balance brought forward $6,803 81
BRAINTREE, Dec. 3, 1908.
STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM.
There are 98 Arc Lamps of 1,200 C. P. and 259.25 C. P. Series Lamps on the system, same as reported Dec. 31, 1907; said Series Lamps equal to 65 Arc Lamps, making total number estimated 163 Arc Lamps of 1,200 C. P. each.
From January 1, 1908 to June 30, 1908, inclusive, the Street Lighting Service was on 159 nights-1,224 hours, 30 minutes, average 7 hours and 42 minutes each night from July 1, 1908 to Dec. 31, 1908, both inclusive. Said service was on 172 nights, 1,365 hours and 50 minutes, average 8 hours.
Total service for Street Lights for the year 1908:
331 nights-2,590 hours and 20 minutes. Average 7 hours, 50 minutes.
331 nights streets lighted.
35 nights no streets lighted, moon schedule.
366 nights.
The average cost of 163 Arc Lamps for 331 nights, in use 7 hours and 45 minutes each, was $41.74 (forty-one and 47-100 dollars) each Arc Lamp of 1,200 C. P. as estimated.
BRAINTREE, Dec. 31, 1908.
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INVENTORY OF STOCK.
Supplies, and all other materials for Electrical Work, also Stable property on hand at the Plant, Dec. 31, 1908, as per Schedule on file at office:
Lines and lamp ma-
terials .
$904 25
Street lamp materials
263 00
$1,167 25
Steam Plant repairs .
747 30
Electric Plant repairs
215 80
Carbons
23 00
Globes .
20 50
Oil and waste
62 20
Station tools and appliances .
508 60
Distribution tools and appliances
354 00
Stable property .
1,790 00
Incandescent street lamps
604 75
Office furniture and fixtures
25 00
Fuel account:
45 tons screenings
$90 00
6 tons Pocahontas 27 90
117 90
Wiring account:
Materials on hand 953 95
BRAINTREE, Dec. 31, 1908.
E. & O. E.
.
.
.
$6,590 25
199
TRIAL BALANCE.
Dr.
Cr.
Electric lines and lamps
$30,111 02
Transformers
5,112 25
Electric Plant
13,136 75
Meters .
11,965 20
Incandescent street lamps
1,591 02 .
Real estate
11,369 92
Steam Plant
14,889 05
Arc lamps
2,599 97
$90,775 18
Cost of Plant and Lines Dec. 31,) 1908, Depreciations off to June 30, 1908:
Repairs lines and lamps $1,523 40
Repairs Steam Plant
950 12
Station tools and appliances 508 60
Distribution,
333 27
Stable property . 2,178 59
Repairs for Elect. Plant 373 05
Globes . 20 50
Office furniture and fixtures 126 38
Oil and waste
126 98
Carbons
5 25
Repairs on real estate
16 00
Lamps account . 556 80
Station wages
3,191 95
Distribution wages
222 00
General salaries .
375 00
Fuel account
1,348 79
Wiring account .
258 64
$12,115 32
Inventory of stock on hand Dec. 31, 1908 $6,590 25
Account not charged off 5,525 07
200
Profit and loss account
$44,189 96
Sinking Fund Commission
8,583 49
Depreciation Fund balance
3,133 94
Interest account
285 29
Construction account
563 18
Consumers' accounts, balance due
7,321 72
$166,968 08
BRAINTREE, Dec. 31, 1908.
. Notes payable
$8,400 00
Appropriation for construction
12,326 81
Appropriation for note payments
53,100 00
Manufacturing account
9,373 50
Bonds
16,500 00
Sinking Fund account
·
6,450 00
Overdrafts for construction
47,890 20
Cash account balance
12,927 57
$166,968 08
COST OF ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.
With depreciation off June 30, 1908 . $90,775 18
Dr.
Cr.
Outstanding debt:
Bills payable
$6,475 29
Notes payable
$8,400 00
Bonds
16,500 00
Depreciation Fund
3,133 94
Sinking Fund account
8,583 49
Inventory Dec. 31, 1908
6,590 25
Consumers balance, Dec. 31, 1908
7,321 72
Balance outstanding
5,745 89
$31,375 29
$31,375 29
Dec. 31, 1908.
.
201
DEPRECIATION FUND.
1907. Cr.
Dr.
Dec. 31. Balance brought forward $623 93 1908.
March 9, amount appropriated for
1908
4,081 82
Dec. 31, interest accrued on deposits Credits.
18 96
Orders drawn and paid by B. F.
Dyer, Treasurer, during the
year 1908, and charged to re- spective accounts:
Extension of electric lines and lamps $262 06 Meters . ·
1,328 71
Balance cash on deposit in bank 3,133 94
$4,724 71
$4,724 71
1908.
Dr.
Dec. 31, Balance carried forward .
$3,133 94
CASH ACCOUNT.
For cash received from the following charges for Light, Power, Meter Rents, and Wiring-see Consumers' Register and Cast Book.
DR. CR.
1908.
June 30 from Dec. 31,
1907 accounts $5,595 67
June 30 from Mar. 31,
1908 accounts 4,788 23
June 30, wiring
charges, 6 mos. . 2,340 98
June 30, prepayment
meters . 876 48
$13,601 36
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1908.
Dec. 31 from June 30,
1908 accounts .
3,468.72
Dec. 31 from Sept. 30, 1908 accounts 2,944 86
Dec. 31, wiring
charges, 6 mos. .
1,775 45
Dec. 31, prepayment meters . 730 25
Dec. 31, summons
11 25
$8,930 53
CREDITS.
1908.
June 30, By Cash paid B. F. Dyer, Treasurer-see receipts on re- ceipt book .
$13,601 36
Dec. 31, By Cash paid B. F. Dyer, Treasurer-See receipts in re- ceipt book 8,930 53
1908, Dec. 31
$22,531 89
1907, Dec. 31 20,987 60
$1,544 29
$22,531 89
$22,531 89
E. & O. E.
Braintree, Dec. 31, 1908.
DANIEL POTTER, Manager.
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CONSUMERS' REGISTER FOR YEAR 1908.
For Light, Power, Meter Rents, and Wiring.
DR. CR.
1907.
Dec. 31. . Balance due from con-
sumers
$7,825 13
Charges:
Mar. 31
For light
$4,656 93
For power 56 28
$4,713 21
June 30.
For light . $2,868 80 .
For power
85 50
$2,954 30
Sept. 30.
For light .
$2,596 14 .
For power 206 04
2,802 18
Dec. 31.
For light .
$5,696 59
For power 154 92
--- $5,851 51
Meter Rents:
1908.
Mar. 31
$159 00
June 30 .
153 65
Sept. 30
. 154 05
Dec. 31
170 95
$637 65
$16,958 85
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Less abatements :
1907-1908
Dec. and March
$130 60
June and Sept .. 32 92
Dec. 9
34 17
1
$197 69
Net
$16,761 16
Net
.
16,761 16
In. of 1907
7,825 13
$24,586 29
$24,586 29
Prepayment meters
$1,606 69
For summons in 1908
11 25
-
$1,617 94
WIRING ACCOUNTS.
1908.
Jan., Feb. and March, 3 mos. $782 53
April, May and June, 3 mos. 670 38
July, Aug. and Sept., 3 mos. 890 09
Oct., Nov. and Dec., 3 mos.
1,306 38
Net
$3,649 38
CREDITS.
1908.
June 30. Paid B. F. Dyer, Treasurer,
to date
$13,601 36
Dec. 31. Paid B. F. Dyer, Treasurer,
to date
8,930 53
Dec. 31. Balance due from consumers
7,321 72
$29,853 61 $29,853 61
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DR.
1908. Dec. 31. Balance due from consumers $7,321 72 1908.
Charges for D. & C. lights,
power, meter rents, and wiring, Dec. 31, 1908 $6,113 11
Charges for same accounts due Sept. 30, 1908 614 31
Wiring account charges due for 3 months, ending Dec. 31, 1908 594 30
$7,321 72
Braintree, Dec. 31, 1908.
DANIEL POTTER, Manager.
We, the undersigned, have examined the books of Daniel Potter, Manager, showing amounts charged for operating ex- penses, extensions accounts and wiring charges, also cash book, and find them correct, with vouchers for all charges, and balance due from consumers, as per Register. Dec. 31, 1908, $73.21.72 (seven thousand three hundred and twenty-one and 72-100 dollars).
WM. A. McKEAN, WILLIAM P. KELLEY,
Auditors for 1908.
Braintree, Feb. 3, 1909.
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STATEMENT OF THE OPERATION OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.
During the year of 1908 the plant has furnished to the con- sumers of D. & C. lighting 211,770 kilowatts of current, at cost of $19,076.50, equal to 9 cents per kilowatt, for which the de- partment received the revenue as reported.
To the Street Lighting System it has supplied 149,370 kilo- watts, for which the department gets practically nothing, at the same rate, of 9 cents per kilowatt-would be $13,443.30 (thir- teen thousand four hundred forty-three and 30-100 dollars), equal to the estimated number of 165 arc lamps. Each arc lamp would be $81.50 (eighty-one and 50-100 dollars), if you will allow the department that sum for arc lamps it would not call upon the town for any appropriations, except applying the revenue from D. & C. lighting for operating expenses.
The foregoing report gives the expenditures and the re- receipts of the Electric Light Plant for the year 1908.
Everything pertaining to the Electric Light Plant is in first-class condition, and the citizens are cordially invited to in- spect the works, at any and all times. There was no appropria- tion made for the street lighting system, although the depart- ment, during the year 1908, paid $1,332.56 (thirteen hundred, thirty-two and 56-100 dollars) for wages, taking care of street lights, coming from the revenue of D. & C. lighting.
I have asked in my appropriation, or rather, recommended, that the town would appropriate $60.00 (sixty dollars) for each arc lamp, it must be evident to every citizen that to carry on the electric light system properly, that the department should have the money to use to pay the outstanding bills, and also pay what bills are contracted promptly, when due. Such con- ditions, the finances of the department does not warrant to date.
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1909.
The following appropriations for the maintenance and annual charges required by the Electric Light Department for the year 1909, are hereby asked for: Depreciation Fund :
Notes payable, is-
sued
64,000 00
Bonds
16,500 00
Appropriations for
construction 12,326 81
Overdrafts for con-
struction
47,890 20
$140,717 01 at 3 per ct. $4,221 51
For operating expenses of Plant
25,000 00 .
For Street Light System, 162 arc lamps es- timated at $60 each 9,780 00
Payment of note due in 1909
3,400 00
Payment of interest on notes and bonds 954 00
Sinking Fund for 1909
430 00
Payment of outstanding bills for 1908
6,475 29
$50,260 80
Assessed amount
. $25,260 80
Not to be assessed
25,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL POTTER, Manager.
Braintree, Dec. 31, 1908.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Brain- tree. Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective Precincts, to wit:
Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall;
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Avenue; Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street; on Monday the first day of March, 1909, at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective precincts their votes on the official ballot for a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, one member of the Board of Assessors for a term of three years, three Over- seers of the Poor, three Highway Surveyors, three Auditors, three Fence Viewers, a Tax Collector, a Tree Warden, two mem- bers of the Board of School Committee for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years, one Water Commissioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for a term of three years, one Water Commissioner and Com- missioner of Sinking Funds to fill the vacancy for the residue of the unexpired term, two Trustees for Thayer Public Library for a term of two years, and fifteen Constables.
Also to vote "Yes or No" upon the question, Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled 'An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire' be accepted by this Town?"
The polls shall be opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock P. M.
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You are further directed to notify and warn said inhabi- tants qualified to vote as aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday the eighth day of March, 1909, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose all other Town Officers except those elected by ballot.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the majority of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of taxes and issue notes of the Town therefor. Also to see if the Town will hold its Treasurer harmless on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said bank or Trust Com- pany being designated by the Selectmen. Also to see if the Town will continue to pay for the bond of its Treasurer and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of Town Officers and of any committee, and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
Art. 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the public schools and for transporting pupils to and from the same.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a lot of land in Precinct three and erect a schoolhouse thereon, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to build a fence be- tween the Monatiquot School grounds and the land of John T. Conway, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will agree to finish off (with the assistance of the Penniman School Association) the Penniman School Hall, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of Highways, Town Ways
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and Bridges. Also for repairs and building sidewalks, stone roads, removal of snow, and watering streets.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to build a drain on Frederick Road and Washington Street near the junction of Pond Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to build a drain on Middle Street and Cleveland Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to grade the street and sidewalks on Hobart Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to construct a side- walk on Shaw Street, from Wellington Street to Howard Street and raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars for the same.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Claremont Street, so called (leading easterly from Liberty Street in Precinct three) as a Town way, as made by the Selectmen.
Art. 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to paint the Alms- house buildings and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 17. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the payment of State Aid, Military Aid and for Soldiers' Relief and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
Art. 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and maintenance of the Fire Alarm System.
Art. 19. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and maintenance of the Fire Department and for the purchase of new hose.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to establish telephones in the engineers' houses.
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Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of one hundred dollars for painting and repairing one piece of apparatus.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of one hundred dollars for a life net for the south part of the Town.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred dollars for extra pay of firemen on the thirty cent per hour basis.
Art. 24. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for operating expenses of the Electric Light Department for lighting streets, connecting new consum- ers, sinking fund, depreciation fund, etc.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to make the neces- sary renewals to the machinery of the Electric Light Plant. To appropriate a part of the Depreciation Fund and authorize the Treasurer to borrow on the notes of the Town such addi- tional sums as may be required for the purpose, said notes to be paid when due from money in the Depreciation Fund in ac- cordance with Chapter 486 of the Acts of 1908.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to place street lights on Hobart Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable street lights on Charles Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on Quincy Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will erect two electric lights on Franklin Street, one to be placed near the entrance to Hol- lingsworth Avenue and the other near the entrance to Newport Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Electric Light Department for street lighting and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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Art. 31. To see if the Town will continue its night police and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 19, Section 37 of the Revised Laws and all acts amendatory thereof, which relates to the extension of the provision of the Civil Service Laws, and limit the application thereof to the regular or permanent police force of the Town.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a chief of the police force and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed eight hundred dollars, to pay for the service of such a police officer.
Art. 34. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of court fees and expenses.
Art. 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for hydrant service.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the Water Loan Sinking Funds.
Art. 37. To see what action the Town will take in relation to filtering the water of Great Pond and appropriate and borrow a sum of money for the same.
Art. 38. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Water Department for water used for watering streets.
Art. 39. To see if the Town will vote to extend its water system west on Union Street from its present termination to Edson Hill, so called, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 40. To see if the Town will vote to extend its water system southerly in Washington Street from its present termi- nation to the Holbrook and Braintree Town line and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate such sums of money as may be necessary for the payment of notes, and for the payment of interest on the Town debt, and on loans in anticipation of taxes.
Art. 42. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Town Officers.
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Art. 43. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in 'defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
Art. 45. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Thayer Public Library and for the distribution of books.
Art. 46. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the income from the bequest to the Town, under the will of the late Nathaniel H. Hunt.
Art. 47. To see what action the Town will take in regard to improvements in Thayer Public Library Building and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 48. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for supplies and for repairs of the Town Hall and for the services of a janitor.
Art. 49. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for insurance on Town buildings and boilers.
Art. 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on the Town lands.
Art. 51. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for fencing the Town lands.
Art. 52. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Abatement of Taxes.
Art. 53. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes after a certain date.
Art. 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended by the Tree Warden.
Art. 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended by the Board of Health.
Art. 56. To see if the Town will vote a salary to the members of the Board of Health and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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Art. 57. To see if the Town will 'vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on Plain Street Cemetery.
Art. 58. To see if the Town will vote to sell the land on Middle Street formerly occupied for school purposes.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in each precinct in said Town of Braintree, seven days at least before said first day of March, 1909, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer-Reporter and Braintree Bee.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the twenty- seventh day of February, 1909.
Given under our hands at Braintree this tenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine-hundred and nine.
B. HERBERT WOODSUM, R. ALLEN GAGE, HENRY M. STORM, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest:
CHARLES A. HOBART, Constable of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 10, 1909.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as therein expressed to meet at the time and place for the purposes therein mentioned.
CHARLES A. HOBART,
Constable of Braintree.
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Jury List
As prepared by the Selectmen January 21, 1909.
Ahearn, Daniel F., 145 Railroad Street, operator. Allen, Joseph M., 395 Commercial Street, carpenter. Annis, James L., 11 Sherbrooke Avenue, bridge worker Arnold, George A., 242 Middle Street, farmer. Arnold, John R., 1024 Washington Street, retired. Beals, George C., 355 Tremont Street, retired. Bestick, Clarence R., 287 Washington Street, farmer .- Briggs, Walter C., Elliot Street, shoe worker. Cavanagh, Charles F., 111 School Street, building mover. Chase, Harry L., 63 Tremont Street, shoe worker. Cone, Harry A., 66 Sherbrooke Avenue, R. R. employee. Connell, James, 524 Commercial Street, farmer. Cook, Alfred A., 40 Mt. Vernon Avenue, tile mason. Cushman, Henry T., Hall Avenue, shoe worker. Dalton, Thomas J. F., 46 Elliot Street, shoe worker. Dennehey, John H., 18 Thayer place, shoe worker. Dodge, Lewis H., 36 Shaw Avenue, machinist. Downey, Thomas, 1356 Washington Street, carpenter. Dutton, Worthen S., Hooker Avenue, salesman. Dyer, F. Eugene, 1102 Washington Street, retired. Flye, James A., 69 Plain Street, carpenter. French, Azel R., 144 Franklin Street, janitor. French, George A., 660 Washington Street, retired. Fuller, George C., 270 Middle Street, clerk. Gammons, Stephen B., 11 Pond Street, clerk. Gillette, Eugene W., 531 Middle Street, cigar maker. Goodspeed, N. Herbert, 75 Commercial Street, leather worker. Green, Worth A., 1016 Washington Street, clerk. Gustin, Edwin R., Pond Street, shoe worker. Harding, Charles E., 62 Walnut Avenue, paper hanger Hayward, J. Parker, Quincy Avenue, retired. Hill, J. Samuel, 239 Washington Street, provision dealer.5 Hobart, Albert R., Commercial Street, roofer. Hobart, Edward W., Hobart Avenue, inspector. Hobart, H. Parker, 845 Washington Street, grocer. Holbrook, Alfred H., Cleveland Avenue, carpenter. Hollis, Henry M., Middle Street, farmer.
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Howland, Walter H., 10 Central Street, shoe worker. Hussey, George F., Liberty Street, retired. Johnson, Lester A., Crescent Avenue, Bowling alley. Joy, Adoniram F., 4 Allen Street, shoe worker. Kingsbury, George D., 115 River Street, bookkeeper. Knight, Bradford Y., 195 Shaw Street, carpenter. Leben, L. Francis, Howard Street, machinist. Levangie, James, 350 Franklin Street, shoe worker. Ludden, George E., 226 Shaw Street, leather worker. Ludden, J. Edward, 226 Shaw Street, plumber. Macdonnell, Frank A., Hancock Street, shoe worker. Matthews, Charles W., Union Street, grocer. May, William, 485 Washington Street, contractor. McDowell, John N., Front Street, bookkeeper. McKenney, Frank E., Monatiquot Avenue, retired. McNabb, James, Jr., 371 Quincy Avenue, gardener. McRae, Augustus, Sheppard Avenue, carpenter. Morrison, L. Willard, 115 Adams Street, clerk. Newcomb, Willie A., 31 Hollis Avenue, shoe worker. Odom, John, 102 School Street, letter carrier. Pennock, Frederick G., 741 Washington Street, machinist. Reviere, George W., Granite Street, fish dealer. Ross, William A., 21 Hancock Street, salesman. Shaw, Frederick W., 659 Washington Street, retired.
Slade, George H., 312 Middle Street, shoe worker. Smart, Charles E., 259 Washington Street, laborer. Smith, Peter, 50 Front Street, laborer. Spear, Joseph G., 95 Hayward Street, farmer. Stark, William F., River Street, electrician. Stevens, James, 54 Liberty Street, machinist. Storm, Henry M., 336 Commercial Street, selectman. Sullivan, Edward J., 654 Washington Street, merchant. Sullivan, John F., 44 Hobart Street, painter. Thayer, Elmer F., 279 Pond Street, farmer. Thayer, Louis W., 71 Tremont Street, shoe worker.
Tupper, William A., 52 Franklin Street, carpenter. Turner, Azro, 384 Washington Street, real estate. Watkins, Edwin F., 533 Washington Street, R.R. employee.
West, John W., 234 Commercial Street, salesman.
White, George H., Town Street, farmer.
White, Hartley L., 133 Hollis Avenue, civil engineer.
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INDEX.
Abatement of Taxes 97
Almshouse
82
Appropriations of 1908
53
Assessors' Account
56
Auditors' Report
128
Births of 1908
35
Deaths of 1908
45
Debt of Town
116
Dog Tax Account
49
Electric Light Department, Report of .
185
Expenditures of 1908
60
Financial Summary .
124
Fire Department, Report of .
169
Fire Department Expenditures
61
Health, Report of Board of .
171
Highway Surveyors, Report of
67
Incidental Expenses
73
Insurance Account
126
Jury List Prepared for 1909.
217
Library, Report of Trustees of Thayer
176
Library, Gifts to
179
Marriages of 1908
40
Outside Aid
84
Poor Department Expenditures
82
School Committee, Report of .
155
School Statistics 165
School Expenditures
90
School Fund 122
51
Sinking Fund Accounts
112
Soldiers' Relief
96
Stone Road, Expenditures 71
State Aid Account 97
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
159
Collector's Account 133
Town Clerk's Report
3
Selectmen, Report of
220
Town Hall Expenditures 97
Town Officers of 1908 .
2
Town Officers, Pay of . 99
Town Debt
116
Town Treasurer's Report
105
Vote of Representative District
32
Vote at State Election
29
Vote at Town Election .
9
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting of 1909. 209
Water Commissioners, Report of 135
Water Department, Report of Superintendent 147
Water Finances-Treasurer's Report 139
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