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Marion Lucy Burt
26 Hartford,
Conn.
9 Charles F. Sawyer
21 Braintree
Margaret Alice Dalton
18 Braintree
9 Walter E. Holbrook Catherine (Baker) Bates
46 Braintree
24 Braintree
10 Elbridge R. Dam Hazel Louise Goodwin
23 Weymouth
13 Harrison P. Randall
25 Weymouth
Margaret Kirton
17 Braintree
35
Braintree
14 Frederick T. Sampson Mary H. Foss
32 Braintree
11 Ferdinand Rohlfing
31 Brooklyn, N. Y.
Marion A. Chamberlain
16 Braintree
12 F. Everett Winslow
26 Brockton
Helen Wales Bates
25 Braintree
16 Burpee O. Sanford Ida E. Hill
21 Braintree
20 James D. Curwen
22 Boston
Helen V. Drinkwater
22 Braintree
27 Edgar Wilde
24 Holbrook
Marie Jane Hubert
20 Holbrook
1
20 John Cameron May Hansen
26 John Herbert Leahy Margaret May Julian
37 Braintree
24 Braintree
41 Braintree
22 Braintree
47
DATE. NAME.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
29 George L. Wright
35 Braintree
Annie B. Lang
24 Braintree
27 Norfolk
31 Joseph Bensamino Langobardi Nanziota Melchionda
19 Braintree
29 Braintree
.14 John De Coste Mary Mattie
30 Braintree
Nov.
6 Webster L. Van Horne
30
Hingham
Florence C. Larivee
22
Hingham
7 Henry Fornier
29 Braintree
Elizabeth (Martin) McCarthy
29 Braintree
10 Daniel MacDonald
38 Braintree
- Catherine M. Powers
34 Braintree
21 Everett Stewart Woodbury
24
Quincy
Jennie Elizabeth Frazier
21 Braintree
27 Alexander McGibbon
27 Braintree
Jessie A. DenBroeder
23 Braintree
27 Walter Greenough
26 Braintree
Alice (McGlaughflin) Raymond
37
Braintree
Dec.
8 Louis J. Elkan
77
Boston
Jennie (Folsom) Morrill
37
Boston
22 John Robert Moores
30 Braintree
Minne Meriettia Wamback
30 Braintree
25 Kenneth A. Knox
30 Braintree
Jessie S. Chesley
30 Braintree
26 Dennis King
21 Braintree
Kate Pitts
36 Braintree
George L. Abell
20 Braintree
Alice Devine
20 Randolph
Whole number of marriages, 75.
Birthplace of Males-Braintree, 10; other places in Massachu- setts, 26; British Provinces, 19; New Hampshire, New York., Scot- land, 3 each; Maine, Ireland, Italy, Germany, 2 each; New Jersey, England, Sweden, 1 each.
Birthplace of Females-Braintree, 16; other places in Massachu- setts, 25; British Provinces, 16; Ireland 4; Maine, England, 3 each; Vermont, 2; Connecticut, Minnesota Italy, Scotland, Sweden, Rhode Island, 1 each.
Residence of Males-Braintree, 47; other places in Massachu- setts, 17; Quincy, 5; Weymouth, 3; New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, 1 each.
Residence of Females-Braintree, 55; other places in Massachu- setts, 10; Weymouth, 4; Quincy, 2; Hollbrook, 1; Connecticut, 2; Maine, 1.
Marriages Solemnized in Braintree, 44; Weymouth, 9; Quincy, 7; Boston, 6; Providence, R. I., 3: Hudson, 2; Holbrook, Everett, Maine, Connecticut, 1 each.
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DEATHS IN 1909.
DATE. NAME.
BIRTHPLACE. AGE.
Jan. 14 Mary Rand,
Boston,
77- 1-11
17 John F. Smith,
Roxbury,
61-6 ---
18 Fannie Rockwood Bangs,
Dana,
79- 5-29
22 Joseph La Breck,
22 Charlotte S. Walker,
Temple, Me.,
84- 9 ---
29 Mary Louise Osborn,
Portland, Me.,
77- 3 --
Feb.
1 Alva Southworth Morrison,
5 Bert Forest Hollis,
Braintree,
34-11-26
10 Mary Jane Waitt,
Medford,
77-
17 Edna Maria Clark,
Randolph.
67-11-8
21 Peter Commett Kimball,
Hooksett, N. H.,
86-7
24 Hannah Frazier,
Nova Scotia,
30-
25 Clarissa Selden Tuckerman,
Crompton, R. I.,
68- 6-29
Mar.
1 Jennie Florence Delory,
E. Weymouth,
29-7-8
3 Joseph H. Dillon,
Braintree,
21
3 Andrew Jackson Saville,
Braintree,
56-5-26
12 Benjamin Kirton,
England,
48- 9-24
16 Ellen Rierdon,
Ireland,
69-
19 Josiah Penniman,
Braintree,
83-10-
22 Susan Allen Hobart,
Braintree,
72- 9-11
25 Andrew Dyer,
Braintree,
80-
28 Franklin E. Arnold,
Braintree,
70-10-23
Apr.
1 Mabel Louise Haseltine,
North Easton,
29- 6-25
1 Jane Holmes,
England,
64-6-24
1 James McSweeney,
Ireland,
Unknown.
2 Edgar Hayden,
Braintree,
61-
13 Dayton Almond Hoe,
Braintree,
3
16 Vincente Nattallie,
Braintree,
9-
20 George Lawrence Hobart,
Braintree,
2-20
25 Marguerite Evelyn Levangie,
Braintree,
1-12
29 Sarah J. Wood,
Randolph,
47-8-9
May.
4 Ann Maria Penniman,
Braintree,
73-11-17
11 Frank Tissicene,
Providence, R. I.,
1- 1-5
11 Clarissa E. Darrow,
Grand Isle, Vt.,
80 -: 3-12
12 Patrick Sullivan,
Ireland, 71-
20 Jessie Sedgwick MacDonald,
25 Charles F. Derrah,
Nova Scotia, Boston,
37 --- 28
9-11-6
Quebec, Can.,
65 ---
Braintree,
73- 2-22
1
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DATE. 1 NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
AGE.
June,
4 Henrietta S. Waters,
Boston,
25- 4-13
7 Stillborn,
Braintree,
16 Julian F. Hayward,
Randolph,
82-1-22
21 Lydia W. Witherell,
Duxbury,
80- 5-13
29 George W. Thayer,
Milton,
80-1-9
July.
3 Sarah Reynolds Morrison, 5 Daniel McCarthy,
Ireland,
45-
7 Greenleaf W. Metcalf,
Lisbon, Me.,
76-7-6
9 James Earle Johnson,
Wakefield,
36 -- 25
16 Sarah A. Abell,
Ireland,
17 Edward B. Dacey,
Dorchester,
1- 6-
20 Francis Lord,
Salem,
79- 9-28
23 Sarah A. Finnegan,
Braintree,
-21
26 Lisso Pantano,
29 Fred Amos Tenny, Jr.,
Braintree,
2 ----- 23
30 Elizabeth Snow,
Duxbury,
87-
Aug.
3 Emile V. D. Shaw,
Braintree,
8 Sarah D. White,
Jay, Me.,
61- 6-27
8 Stillborn,
Braintree,
59-8-20
19 Fannie L. Hollinshead,
20 Ambrose Sanger,
Garland, Me.,
84- -
21 Minnie Berger,
Hungary,
38-
22 Alice Grace Meehan,
Braintree,
-10-
25 Albert Sims Buker,
Braintree,
14- 6-13
26 - Wentworth,
Braintree,
- 7
27 John Cavanagh,
Boston,
78- 4-
31 Frances Caroline Jones,
Camden, Me.
78-3-6
Sept.
3 Mary L. Levangie, 3 Stillborn, 4 Leslie E. Cole,
Nova Scotia,
29-
Braintree,
Nyack, N. Y.,
11- 6-19
5 Dennis Long,
Ireland,
65-
8 Lena B. Schlager,
Germany,
19- 3 --
9 George Justin Wright,
Weymouth,
66- 8-15
12 Warren Vincent Murphy,
Braintree,
- 2-17
12 Dorothy M. Russell,
Braintree,
62 -
16 Thomas P. Fogg,
16 Sarah Williams Hayden, Lakeville,
16 Hosea Oscar Carr,
Boxford,
50-5-25
Nova Scotia,
48- -
22 Mary King,
Nova Scotia,
84- 8-16
Denmark, Me.,
1-12
13 Willard E. Dickey,
40-
57-
Braintree,
England,
57- 4-11
Greensboro, N. C.,
77-9-24
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DATE. NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
AGE.
22 Mary Jane Wheeler,
Jefferson, Me., Ireland,
59-1-1 62-
Oct.
1 Charlotte Helena Frazier,
Braintree,
- 3-10
6 Stillborn,
Braintree,
6 John Anthony Luciano,
Braintree,
6
5 Ellen Ryan,
Ireland,
60
6 Mary C. Mercier,
Braintree,
2-23
6 Elizabeth Brewer Tower,
Cohasset,
74-9-5
12 Vesta Turner Petze,
Brooklyn, N. Y.,
-- 6-
15 Lizzie Jane Canda,
N. Y. City,
68-3-2
16 Ida Florence Ayton,
Milton,
33-9-24
16 William Lewis Bower,
Braintree,
3- 9-22
18 Samuel F. B. Collins,
Braintree,
73-6-21
23 Frank D. Vigneau,
New Hampshire,
43- 9-17
28 Stillborn,
Braintree,
28 Ruth Gladys Miller,
Braintree,
20- 1-13
28 Lizette Emma Brown,
Boston,
41- -
28 James J. Miller,
Braintree, 26 --- 11
Nov.
3 Harry Russell Annis,
Braintree,
2-17
3 Nellie M. Bigelow,
Vermont,
43-
2 Mary O'Keefe,
Australia,
82- 2-18
4 Ruth E. Brown,
Braintree,
20 Caroline Elizabeth Winslow,
Brookline,
56-4-19
24 Mary D. Downs,
Ireland, 58-11-20
28 Susan Howard Clapp,
Bridgeton, Me.,
79-5-2
Dec.
2 Eustis Russell Tonner,
Braintree,
12-10- 9
6 Ann H. Merchant,
Cape Breton,
80-
8 Elizabeth Hennessey,
Ireland,
70-
8 Mary E. Moriarty,
Ireland,
52-
27 Stillborn,
Braintree,
30 Ellen Wilder,
33-
23 Henry A. Johnson,
Fairhaven,
84-10-6
31 Ann Bent,
Canada,
87-3-24
Whole number of deaths, 110; males, 47; females, 63; single, 40; married, 36; widowed, 32; divorced, 2.
Birthplace-Braintree, 39; other places in Massachusetts, 26; Ire- land, 11; Maine, 9; British Provinces, 8; New York, 3; England, 3; New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, 2 each; Australia, Hun- gary, Germany, North Carolina, 1 each; unknown, 1.
Birthplace of Fathers-Braintree, 13; other places in Massachusetts, 22; Ireland, 17; British Provinces, 15; Italy, 6; Maine, 6; New Hamp- shire, 5; England, 4; Vermont, 3; Germany, Scotland, New York, 2 each; Norway, Rhode Island, Maryland, 1 each; unknown, 10
30 Joanna Dwelle,
-
-
·51
Birthplace of Mothers-Braintree, 7; other places in Massachu- setts, 30; Ireland, 20; British Provinces, 16; Maine, England, Italy, 5 each; New York, Vermont, 2 each; Connecticut, 2; New Hamp- shire, Germany, Scotland, 1 each; unknown, 13.
Ages-Under 1 year, 21; 1 to 2 years, 11; 2 to 3 years, 1; 3 to 4 years, 1; 4 to 5 years, 0; 5 to 10 years, 2; 10 to 15 years, 3; 15 to 20 years,1; 20 to 25 years, 2; 25 to 30 years, 5; 30 to 35 years, 4; 35 to 40 years, 3; 40 to 50 years, 8; 50 to 60 years, 9; 60 to 70 years, 14; 70 to 80 years, 18; 80 to 90 years, 15; unknown, 1.
Diseases-Heart disease, 10; Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, 8 each; apoplexy, 6; cancer, 7; stillborn, 6; paralysis, suicide, arterio sclero- sis, Bright's disease, 3 each; softening of brain, neuritis, inanition, measles, senectus, acute indigestion, malnutrition, marasmus, nephritis, 2 each; general oedema, senile debility, appendicitis, pulmonary em- bolism, myocarditis, premature birth, Uremia, lymphatic luckemia, pyelitis, accident, cerebral embolism, mercurial poisoning, acute enter colitis, tumor of stomach, diarrhoea, cholera infantum, acute myelitis, septicaemia, typhoid fever, gastro enteritis, infantile, homeicide, senile dementia, pulmonary stenosis, bronchitis, anemia, injuries at birth, edema of lungs, 1 each.
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REPORT
OF THE Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors OF THE
Town of Braintree
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1909.
In accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Braintree the Board of Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors, respectfully submit their Annual Report, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the year end- ing December 31, 1909.
HENRY M. STORM, ALBION C. DRINKWATER, B. HERBERT WOODSUM, ..
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS AT ANNUAL MEETING,
DEBT OF TOWN.
Payment of notes $8,900 00
Interest on notes 2,890 87 $11,790 87
Payment of interest on loans in anticipation of taxes. $1,700 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Depreciation Fund.
$4,221 51
Sinking Fund. 430 00
Connecting new consumers. 1,500 00
Operation, maintenance and repairs
in addition to income. 8,500 00
$14,651 51
FIRE ALARM.
Support and maintenance. $400 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
General expenses and repairs. $900 00
New hose. . 500 00
Pay of engineers and firemen. 1,575 00
Extra pay of engineers and firemen
for service at fires 300 00
$3,275 00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
General expenses. $750 00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Maintenance of highways and bridges
in addition to excise tax and street railway tax received from state $4,000 00
Sidewalks
2,000 00 Stone roads.
3,000 00
Removal of snow
1,000 00
Watering streets
750 00
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Sidewalk on Shaw street. 350 00
Drain Middle St. and Cleveland Ave. 100 00
$11,200 00
INCIDENTALS.
$4,500 00
INSURANCE. LIBRARY.
$1,786 00
General expense $1,200 00
Distribution of books 100 00
$1,300 00
$200 00
$336 00
$50 00
Pay of men. $2,190 50
Court fees and expenses 100 00
$2,290 50
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Support of poor and maintenance of
Almshouse
$6,000 00
To paint Almshouse buildings .
250 00
$6,250 00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Pay of teachers' and superintendent's salary in addition to the dog tax and amount received from school fund
$27,000 00
Janitors
3,040 00
Text books and supplies
2,500 00
School incidentals.
800 00
Schoolhouse incidentals and supplies
1,500 00
Fuel
2,300 00
Conveyance of pupils.
1,700 00
Hire of outside rooms.
500 00
Special repairs on schoolhouses and grounds 500 00
Penniman School hall. 250 00
New schoolhouse, Precinct Three. . .. 25,000 00
$65,090 00
MEMORIAL DAY. MILITARY AID. PLAIN STREET CEMETERY. POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF. STATE AID. TAXES (ABATEMENT OF) TOWN HALL.
$800 00
$3,000 00
$1,000 00
General expense, in addition to in-
come
$475 00
Janitor of hall and library 700 00
Repairs of piano.
100 00
$1,275 00
TOWN LANDS.
Fence
$105 00
Lands 200 00
$305 00
$4,135 00
TOWN OFFICERS. TREASURER'S BOND. TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT. WATER DEPARTMENT.
$2,319 73
Hydrant service
$5,125 00
Sinking funds. 5,120 00
Extension of main to Mayflower Park
10,000 00 $20,245 00
Total appropriations at Annual Meeting .... $158,754 61 APPROPRIATION AT SPECIAL MEETING.
Repairs of roof Penniman school $500 00
Total appropriations for 1909. $159,254 61
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT.
Debt of Town ..
$13,490 87
Electric Light Department
14,651 51
Fire Alarm
400 00
Fire Department.
3,275 00
Health Department.
750 00
Highway Department.
11,200 00
Incidentals
4,500 00
Insurance
1,786 00
Library
1,300 00
Memorial Day
200 00
Military Aid.
336 00
Police Department
2,290 50
$105 00
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Poor Department. 6,250 00
School Department.
65,590 00
Soldiers' Relief
800 00
State Aid.
3,000 00
Taxes, Abatement of
1,000 00
Town Hall
1,275 00
Town Lands and Cemetery 355 00
Town Officers' salaries
4,135 00
Treasurer's Bond ..
105 00
Tree Warden's Department
2,319 73
Water Department.
20,245 00
$159,254 61
Total appropriations for 1909 Less amounts appropriated but not raised by taxation :
One-half of Military Aid. .
$168 00
New schoolhouse, Precinct Three. . 25,000 00
Extension of water main to May-
flower Park. 10,000 00
Bank and Corporation Tax
(esti-
mated)
6,000 00
From cash in hands of Treasurer. 7,000 00
$48,168 00
Total amount of appropriations raised by $111,086 61
taxation
TAX FOR STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN PURPOSES.
State Tax.
$6,975 00
County Tax 4,365 30
Town Tax 111,086 61
METROPOLITAN PARKS TAX.
Parks Sinking Fund. . $285 66
Boulevard Sinking Fund. .
59 24
Nantasket Sinking Fund. . 20 39
$365 29
Parks Interest. $788 72
Boulevard Interest. 162 06
Nantasket Interest 53 97
$1,004 75
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Parks maintenance .... .$1,088 39
Boulevard maintenance. .. 12 85
Nantasket maintenance .. 63 48
$1,324 72
$2,694 76
State Highway Tax
53 05
Overlayings
2,329 04
$127,503 76
Street Watering.
902 94
Total Committment, August. $128,406 70
Additional Taxes Committed. 1,953 60
Total Committment, 1909
$130,360 30
Number of Polls assessed. 1,993
Number of Residents assessed on Property :
Individuals 1,368
All others 23
1,391
Number of Non-Residents . assessed on
property :
Individuals 473
All others 16
489
Number of Persons assessed :
On property. 1,880
Poll Tax only 1,300
3,180
Number of dwellings assessed
1,622
Number of acres of land.
7,928
Number of horses
450
Number of cows
474
Number of fowl 3,900
Value of Personal property assessed. $960,388 00
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Value of Real Estate :
Buildings $3,161,890 00
Land 1,932,513 00
$5,094,403 00
Total valuation.
$6,054,791 00
Tax on Personal Estate
$19,591 92
Tax on Real Estate.
103,925 84
Tax on Polls 3,986 00
Total Tax for State, County and
Town purposes, including overlayings
$127,503. 76
Tax for Street Watering.
902 94
$128,406 70
Additional Tax on Polls, Per-
sonal and Real Estate. 78 29
Street Railway Excise Tax. .
1,875 31
$130,360 30
Total Tax. ..... $127,503 76 to be raised by tax- ation on 1993 polls and a valuation of $6,054,791 00 makes the rate per $1,000. .
$20 40 Raised by Per Cent. of Division of Taxation. Total Tax. Tax Rate.
$11,790 87
.08 392 $1.71 197
Interest on loans in antic- ipation of Taxes ..
1,700 00
.01 210
.24 684
14,651 51
.10 428
2.12 731
Electric Light Department Fire Alarm
400 00
.00 285
.05 814
Fire Department.
3,275 00
.02 331
.47 552
Health Department
750 00
.00 534
.10 894
Highway Department.
11,200 00
.07 971
1.62 608
Incidentals
4,500 00
.03 203
.65 341
Insurance
1,786 00
.01 271
.25 928
Library
1,300 00
.00 925
.18 870
Debt of Town.
61
Memorial Day
200 00
.00 142
.02 897
Military Aid.
168 00
.00 119
.02 428
Police Department.
2,290 50
.01 630
.33 252
Poor Department.
6,250 00
.04 448
.90 739
School Department
40,590 00
.28 889
5.89 336
Soldiers' Relief
800 00
.00 569
.11 608
State Aid.
3,000 00
.02 135
.43 554
Taxes, Abatement of
1,000 00
.00 712
.14 525
Town Hall
1,275 00
.00 907
.18 503
Town Lands.
355 00
.00 253
.05 161
Town Officers
4,135 00
.02 943
.60 037
Treasurer's Bond.
105 00
.00 075
.01 530
Tree Warden's Department
2,319 73
.01 651
.33 680
Water Department.
.
10,245 00
.07 292
1.48 757
County Tax.
4,365 00
.03 107
.63 383
State Tax, including Spe- cial Taxes.
9,722 81
.06 920
1.41 168
Overlayings
2,329 04
.01 658
.33 823
$140,503 46
1.00 000
$20.40 000
Less Bank and
Corporation
Tax .. . . . . . $6,000 00
Cash in hands
of Treasurer 7,000 00
13,000 00
$127,503 46
EXPENDITURES. GENERAL SUMMARY.
Total appropriations. $135,763 74
Total credits. 12,654 34
Total overdrafts
4,049 93
$152,468 01
Total expenditures.
$137,247 85
Total unexpended balances
15,220 16
$152,468 01
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Net unexpended balance of appropri- ation deducting account of E. Braintree Schoolhouse. $391 30
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Appropriations
$14,651 51
Credit 2,870 36
Paid to Treasurer $14,651 51
Unexpended balance
2,870 36
Depreciation fund. $4,221 51
Sinking fund.
430 00
Connecting new consumers.
1,500 00
Operating, maintenance and repairs
8,500 00
$14,651 51
CREDIT.
Amount of appropriations unex- pended returned to the general fund
$2,870 36
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. Maintenance.
Appropriation
$400 00
Overdraft
27 17
Expended
Paid General Electric Co.
$41 85
Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele-
graph Co ..
178 56
Crocker, Wheeler Co.
17 60
Walworth Mfg. Co .. 4 44
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co. .
25
Electric Light Department .. .
29 47
Wallace P. Mercer 122 68
F. B. Lawrence. 32 32
$17,521 87
$17,521 87
$427 17 $427 17
$427 17
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$3,275 00
Credits
81 02
Overdraft
95
$3,356 97
Expended
$3,278 42
Unexpended balance.
. 78 55
Pay of Engineers and Firemen.
Appropriation
$1,575 00
Expended
$1,568 00
Unexpended balance.
7 00
$1,575 00
Engineers.
Paid Frank O. Whitmarsh
$50 00
Clement V. Cottrell
40 00
J. Samuel Hill
30 00
Poll taxes
6 00
$126 00
Hose Company No. 1.
Paid Steward
$45 00
Pay of men
180 00
Poll taxes.
24 00
$249 00
Hose Company No. 2.
Paid Stewards
$50 00
Pay of men
180 00
Poll taxes
24 00
$254 00
Hose Company No. 3.
Paid Steward
$45 00
Pay of men
180 00
Poll taxes
24 00
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1.
Paid Steward
$30 00
Pay of men
175 00
Poll taxes
24 00
$249 00
$229 00
$3,356 97
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Hook and Ladder Company No. 2.
Paid Steward
$25 00
Pay of men
180 00
Poll taxes.
22 00
Hook and Ladder Company No. 3.
Paid Steward
$30 00
Pay of men
180 00
Poll taxes.
24 00
Extra Pay of Engineers and Firemen.
Appropriation
$300 00
Expended
$228 45
Unexpended balance
71 55
Paid Hose Company No. 1. $15 15
Hose Company No. 2.
55 50
Hose Company No. 3. .
51 00
Hook & Ladder Company No. 1
10 95
Hook & Ladder Company No. 2 38 70
Hook & Ladder Company No. 3
57 15
General Expense.
Appropriation
$900 00
Credits
81 02
Overdraft
95
Expended
Paid Electric Light Department ...
$51 71
Water Department. . 30 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons
9 20
Woodsum Coal Co
6 50
R. Allen Gage.
2 25
G. W. Prescott Publishing Co
1 25
C. C. Fire Hose Co.
15 75
Cornelius Callahan Co
97 25
Crowell Chemical Co 1 50
H. H. Esterbrook.
1 50
Peter Gray & Sons.
4 18
$227 00
$234 00
$300 00
$228 45
$981 97 $981 97
65
W. A. Torrey .. 15 37
Braintree Hardware Co.
1 50
C. H. Hobart. 3 56
"Uptodate" Market.
60
H. B. Whitman.
10 40
R. E. Whitman
4 75
Henry L. Kincaide & Co.
30 55
Hayden's Express
4 25
A. W. Baker Express 1 70
William Brooks. 85
George R. Dobson.
7 80
J. E. Ludden.
35
C. G. Anderson
21 75
W. I. Jordan
6 00
F. F. Tupper
17 00
H. L. Parker
7 50
L. F. Bates Co.
21 70
H. W. Borden
6 94
Hayward Bros.
3 80
Peter Ness.
4 50
Estate of J. B. Rhines
2 66
Frank O. Whitmarsh, cash ex- penses and sundries. 3 80
Clement V. Cottrell, cash ex- penses and sundries. .... 9 15 J. Samuel Hill, cash expenses and sundries 27 90
F. O. Whitmarsh, pay of men testing hose. 13 50
F. O. Whitmarsh, pay of men July 3rd, 4th and 5th. .... 51 00
J. Samuel Hill, pay of men July 3rd, 4th and 5th ..... Clement V. Cottrell, pay of men, July 3rd, 4th and 5th
60 00
81 00
Thomas J. Cain, teams. . . ...
2 50
. Charles E. Hill, carting hose
25 00
Clarence R. Bestick, use of horses
$93 50
-
66
Fred W. Piercy, use of horses 87 50 J. F. Sheppard & Sons, use of horse 30 00
James O. Syphor, use of horses 45 00
Michael J. Branley, use of horses
57 50
$981 97
Credits.
Rent of hall
$8 00
Junk
68 27
Refunded
4 75
$81 02
New Hose.
Appropriation
$500 00
Expended
$500 00
Paid C. C. Fire Hose Co $500 00
FOREST WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT.
No appropriation.
Expended (incidentals)
$661 44
Paid Prescott. & Company, supplies.
$3 15
Wright & Potter 1 75
C. C. C. Fire Hose Co.
30 30
Collins Hardware Co.
5 76
Stevens & Willis Co.
5 00
C. H. Hobart.
3 00
N. Y. & B. Despatch Express Co.
2 18
J. M. Cutting, warden .
75 00
J. M. Cutting, pay of men.
315 10
C. V. Cottrell, pay of men. . .
70 80
J. S. Hill, pay of men.
4 50
F. O. Whitmarsh, pay of men.
13 70
G. H. Wentworth, pay of men.
38 20
W. J. Ryan, pay of men. 35 20
R. F. Horte.
2 80
M. J. Bradley, use of horses .. 25 00
J.O. Sypher, use of horses ... 30 00
$661 44
67
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$750 00 75 00
$825 00
Expended
$655 02
Unexpended balance
169 98
$825 00
Paid G. W. Prescott Publishing Co. $19 50
Pratt & Pratt
128 00
W. A. Torrey
16 40
F. A. Smith
125 63
W. H. Martin.
37 50
Cornelius A. Sullivan, M. D ..
1 80
Henry L. Dearing, M. D.
51 68
Chester H. Gould, M. D.
50 00
James O. Sypher
17 50
R. Allen Gage.
18 50
N. Y. & B. Despatch Express Co. 25
Hobbs & Warren Co
8 20
Pettingill & Pear
2 25
C. H. Batchelder & Co
15 30
O. M. Rogers
5 05
J. J. Keniley
6 00
Omer W. Hollis
9 00
H. W. Borden.
3 65
John P. Shay.
2 00
Mrs. N. A. Penniman
112 00
Henry W. Delorey
10 31
Patrick Ferriter ..
9 75
Thomas Raftery
4 75
¢
$655 02
Credits.
Refund for care of sick.
$60 00
Licenses
15 00
$75 00
Credits
68
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Total appropriations. $11,200 00
Received from Street Railway Tax. 1,424 37
Excise Tax from Street Railway .. . 1,875 31
Abutters Tax, Street Watering ....
902 94
Total credits. 53 05
Total overdrafts. 968 89
$16,424 56
Total expenditures $16,121 22
Total unexpended balances 303 34
$16,424 56
GENERAL REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Appropriation $4,000 00
Street Railway Tax.
1,424 37
Excise Tax from Street Railway. 1,875 31
Credit
8 30
Overdrafts
454 87
$7,762 85
Expended
$7,762 85
B. H. Woodsum, Surveyor.
Paid Edward Shay. $26 90
W. F. Sanborn & Co., lumber. 33 80
Waldo Bros., grates 36 91
Woodsum Coal Co., brick and drain pipe. 131 14
B. D. Litchfield, catch basins. . 44 20
W. H. Cobb, tools and supplies
45 85
Dyer & Sullivan, supplies. ...
53
C. H. Hobart, supplies. . .. 20 A. W. Hobart, signs and exten- sion horses 11 50
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., ashes 23 99
A. B. Thompson, ashes. 60
Frank H. Walker, ashes
1 .40
George E. May, gravel 3 44
L. B. Hollis, gravel 5 20
69
W. M. Babbitt, gravel 8 64
F. W. Nelson, gravel.
41 84
Water Department. 1 50
Pay of men and teams as per pay rolls. 2,107 88
$2,525 52
R. Allen Gage, Surveyor.
Paid Richard Belyea. $4 62
Braintree Shoeing Forge .... 1 35
Braintree Hardware Co .. .... 36 60
Woodsum Coal Co., drain pipe
75 10
- Broad Gauge Iron Works,
grates
16 00
W. H. Cobb.
6 70
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight and ashes
66 53
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., rental of drain.
1 00
J. M. Arnold, supplies
9 39
W. F. Franklin
6 25
Drain Pipes.
2 24
Gravel
10 50
H. A. Clark.
1 00
Pay of men and teams as per pay rolls. 2,325 45
$2,562 73
Albion C. Drinkwater, Surveyor.
Paid J. M. Arnold. 99
Braintree Shoeing Forge .....
60
Pay of men and teams as per pay rolls. 111 78
$113 37
$2,676 10
Henry M. Storm, Surveyor.
Paid Estate of J. B. Rhines $11 94
W. F. Sanborn & Co 24 11
Hayward Bros. 18 12
L. F. Bates Co.
16 09
70
W. I. Jordan 30 81
J. E. Sprague. 12 45
Water Department. 28 25
Electric Light Department ... 2 95
W. H. Cobb. 39 40
Old Colony Broken Stone Co.
50 12
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight and ashes. 80 74
J. F. Sheppard & Sons.
16 00
B. T. Wilkins. 7 00
Pay of men and teams as per pay rolls. 2,073 25
$2,411 23
Benjamin F. Torrey, tending
drawbridge
$120 00
Amos J. Loring, tending draw- bridge 30 00
$150 00
$7,762 85
Credits.
Material sold
$8 05
Can returned.
25
$8 30
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Expended
$1,804 88
Unexpended balance
195 12
$2,000 00
B. H. Woodsum, Surveyor.
Paid N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.,
ashes $71 19
Pay of men and teams as per pay rolls. 571 50
$642 69
R. Allen Gage, Surveyor. Paid N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight and ashes. $130 35
71
Brockton Trap Rock Co. 188 19
Pay of men and teams as per pay rolls 199 15
$517 69
Henry M. Storm, Surveyor.
Paid N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co. $37 00
James K. Stewart. 5 00
Pay of men and teams as per pay rolls. 602 50
$644 50
SIDEWALK, SHAW STREET.
Appropriation
$350 00
Overdraft 9 88
$359 00
Expended
$359 88
Paid Fore River Shipbuilding Co., drain pipe
$81 17
Braintree Hardware Co. 4 26
Hartley L. White.
8 30
Pay of men and teams as per pay rolls
266 15
STONE ROADS.
Appropriation
$3,000 00
Credits
42 00
$3,042 00
Expended
$3,033 78
Unexpended balance
8 22
$3,042 00
17
Paid Water Department
$10 05
Charles A. Hobart, signs 2 50
Stevens & Willis, repairs
1 25
F. F. Tupper, repairs.
3 00
Julian Scholl, repairs
146 72
A. B. Black, repairs.
63 00
$1,804 88
$359 88
72
John F. Kemp, repairs 3 40
O. M. Rogers, supplies. 6 53
Dyer & Sullivan, supplies. 2 84
H. B. Whitman, supplies ....
50
C. H. Hobart, supplies. . ..
82
B. D. Litchfield, catch basins. 7 80 Woodsum Coal Co., brick, drain pipe, fuel. 124 42
W. H. Cobb, tools and supplies 48 60
N. Y. & B. Despatch Express Co. 2 60
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