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William P. Ross, teaming gravel for pound, 3.00
Asher Blake, care of town clock, 25.00
William T. Averill, ringing bell, 27.50
Geo. Haskell, storing town house furniture, 15.00
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7
Bills allowed :
Henry Haskell, trimming shade trees, $0.75
F. B. Preston, watering trough, 4.40
Fletcher & Libby, step ladder for town house, 3.20
Rogers Wait, taking census, 22.00
Commonwealth, register book,
1.60
C. A. Sayward, travelling expenses,
1.70
John W. Russell, teaming,
.75
Henry P. Willcomb, express,
10.70
Warren Boynton, 66
4.75
James T. Smith, labor at town house,
2.00
Benj. Newman, paint,
1.95
A. D. Wells, distributing town reports, 2.00
Harrison Smith, board prisoners,
3.60
Harrison Smith, care of town house,
20.75
T. C. Tilton, board prisoners,
27.40
T. C. Tilton, care of town house,
75.25
A. Cogswell, plan of gravel pit lot,
2.00
M. R. Warren, book for Town Clerk, 8.65
E. Cogswell & Son, stationery,
1.85
E. F. Brown, יי
.30
I. K. Jewett,
2.60
J. Sargent, 66
9.10
W. K. Bell, postage and stationery,
6.50
L. H. Daniels, printing town and school reports, 110.00
L. H. Daniels, printing blanks and notices,
20.50
130.50
George F. Bray, returning deaths, 6.25
William T. Averill,
3.25
Daniel Clark,
5.00
Y. G. Hurd,
1.75
Emerson Howe,
66
1.00
$307.80
17.25
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CEMETERIES.
Bills allowed :
Luther Lord, labor,
$10.00
Asa Lord, 2d, 66
1.50
E. C. Darling, 66
20.00
M. Nolan,
66
2.00
M. Newman, tile,
4.27
William P. Ross, teaming,
21.58
$65.60
T. Gay & Co., oil for town house
33.91
J. S. Glover, coal,
30.20
William G. Brown, coal,
75.76
James Damon, wood,
4.00
143.87
EXPENSES DECORATION DAY.
Fred H. Hale, music,
13.60
E. Fewkes, flowers,
38.65
Warren Boynton, flags,
4.00
William P. Ross, teaming,
2.00
58.25
D. Rust, care and repair of buoys,
27.00
B. Newman, paint,
2.45
I. K. Jewett, cordage,
3.95
33.40
RESERVOIR ON HIGH STREET.
James Griffing, labor, 24.50
John W. Davis,
66
12.25
George C. Lord, 66
19.89
George Russell, 66
19.37
Perley B. Lakeman,
27.00
John W. Lord, .
2.00
Asa Lord, 2d,
1
4.00
Luther Lord,
T. E. Roberts,
1.50
6.25
Daniel P. Pingree,
4.00
9
Bills allowed :
Webster Smith, labor,
$26.02
William Lord,
7.00
Charles E. Brown, bricks,
62.15
Walworth Manufacturing Co., cover,
9.30
Eastern Railroad, freight,
.90
Hull & Fall, lumber,
23.47
L. Choate, timber,
18.60
Asa Lord, nails,
3.52
William P. Ross, teaming,
7.50
$266.97
CHOATE BRIDGE.
George C. Lord,
labor,
7.12
Joseph Mason,
66
2.25
Joseph Leno,
66
1.50
Joseph King,
66
10.50
Webster Smith,
26.77
Eben Kimball,
5.75
James T. Smith,
1.25
Daniel Kimball, teaming,
9.00
D. S. Russell, 66
25.00
Charles E. Brown, bricks,
8.50
James Damon, stone,
39.00
136.64
Russell & Archer, labor on town house,
101.73
Edwin T. Pike, 66
66
4.00
Bayley & Perkins, lumber for
66
8.07
Globe Gaslight Co., lanterns,
12.50
Henry J. Newman, painting,
27.50
John H. Cogswell, lumber,
18.89
J. A. Newman, sundries,
29.07
I. K. Jewett, 66
1.13
M. Newman, ventilators, conductors, etc.
94.30
M. Newman, stoves and chimneys, 23.45
C. Damon, furniture,
5.00
F. Willcomb, “
26.40
10
Bills allowed :
Thomas E. Condon, water hogsheads, $2.00
B. H. Smith, blacksmith work, 1.90
A. Cogswell, plan of town house lot, 8.00
T. E. Roberts, work on furnace, 5.25
E. Plouff & Son, lead pipe, 1.55
$370.74
George W. Baker, timber for well on High street, 3.00
$1,534.02
STREET LAMPS.
Bills allowed :
Nicholson, Frost & Co., chimneys, $4.95
F. Willcomb, oil, wicks and matches, 16.14
M. Newman, burners, lamps, etc. 10.13
J. A. Newman, repairing lantern, 2.15
Robert Stone, setting lamp posts,
8.75
Benj. H. Smith, repairs,
1.40
Benj. Newman, paint, 1.15
I. Dodge, care of lamps up to Jan. 1, 1878, 307.42
$352.09
FEES AND SALARIES.
Bills allowed :
W K. Bell, School Committee, 1876, $50.00
C. A. Sayward, 66
50.00
Joseph I. Horton, " 66
50.00
$150.00
11
Bills allowed :
Harrison Smith, police services,
$11.25
J. F. Butler, 66
107.57
William H. Tozer.
9.00
T. B. Fall,
32.77
Joseph Spiller.
31.50
A. W. Dow,
3.00
Geo. W. Sherburne. ..
4.00
Charles H. Baker, 66
4.00
Reuben Daniels,
20.00
N. C. Perkins,
6.00
Moses Spiller, 66
6.00
$235.09
A. D. Wait, services as Auditor, 1875, 10.00
Gardner A. Brown, " Assessor, 1876, 20.75
F. Willcomb, " balance, 10.00
N. R. Farley, balance of salary, 1876, 100.00
Jonathan Sargent, salary as Treasurer, 350.00
N. R. Farley, salary as Selectman, Assess- or and Overseer of the Poor, 100.00
C A Sayward, salary as Selectman, As- sessor and Overseer of the Poor, 100.00
G. A. Brown, salary as Selectman, As- sessor and Overseer of the Poor, 100.00
Wesley K. Bell, salary as Town Clerk, 50.00
W. K. Bell, recording births and deaths, 40.85
Harrison Smith, lockup keeper, 18.60
T. C. Tilton, 66
24.00
J. F. Butler, notifying town officers and town meeting, 20.00
20.00
J. F. Butler, truant officer, Joseph Spiller 20.00
984.20
$1,369.29
12
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ENGINEERS, ETC.
Bills allowed :
John J. Glasier,
$7.00
Webster Smith,
7.00
George W. Baker,
7.00
Ezra W. Lord,
7.00
James W. Bond,
7.00
James W. Bond, clerk and committee,
11.00
Hook & Ladder Co., twenty men,
137:00
Warren Engine Co., forty-eight men,
312.00
Barnicoat Engine Co., fifty men,
$50.00
$845.00
Hunneman & Co , four hundred feet hose, 475.00
Hunneman & Co., hose couplings, 12.00
James Boyd & Son, repairing hose,
23.24
J. W. Russell, teaming hose,
2.00
Geo. C. Lord, care of engine, cleaning hose,
22.75
James F. Webber, labor on hose,
2.50
W. J. Gould,
3.75
Wm. F. Wait,
1.25
George Barker, repairs,
2.25
A. S. Hills, oil,
1.80
J. A. Blake, alcohol,
1.75
Charles H. Dodge, repairs,
2.00
William H. Hills, refreshments for firemen,
3.00
E. Cogswell & Son, and oil,
9.31
Asa Lord, oil, chimneys and wicks,
15.59
Moses Spiller, Jr., repairs on engine,
6.00
Charles W. Brown, “
15.00
Henry McGrady, care of engine,
19.00
Edward Choate, rope for engine,
2.54
G. H. Brocklebank, repairs on engine house, 19.30
J. M. Caldwell, 66
7.50
Russell & Archer, 60 66 16.65
13
Bills allowed :
Webster Smith, iron work and repairs, $11.85
Sanford Peatfield, bell for engine house, 30.00
Hicks & Shattuck, painting, 12.29
Orrin Gracy, glazing,
.75
Hull & Fall, lumber for repairs,
.76
Coombs & Dodge, labor on H. & L. cart,
35.00
William Kyle, painting 66 66
41.00
Eastern Railroad, freight,
3.00
Morey & Smith, lanterns, 8.25
L. H. Daniels, printing, 4.50
Edmund Riley, damage to garden, 12.00
J. A. Newman, axe handle, axe, rope, etc.
5.47
M. Newman, stove and pipe for engine house, 15.00
M. Newman, lanterns, chimneys, etc.
14.29
Thomas C. Tilton, teaming, .90
1.00
John S. Glover, coal,
6.47
William G. Brown, coal,
19.02
$894.08
฿1,739.08
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation,
$4,000.00
Bills allowed :
Melzerd Poor, blacksmith work,
$4.15
Webster Smith,
66
14.20
Malachi Nolan, 66
4.40
E. M. Burnham, gravel,
10.00
Clarence Coburn,
5.50
J C. Underhill, 66
15.46
Henry Wilson, 66
10.56
Henry P. Willcomb, express,
Warren Boynton, 9.35
14
Bills allowed :
Hannah S. Lord, gravel,
$3.84
Joseph Horton, 66
9.40
D. L. Hodgkins, lumber,
6.38
J. H. Cogswell, 66
6.20
Hull & Fall,
31.98
D. T. Perley, labor on bridge,
10.00
Robert Stone, labor,
7.50
John S. Glover, stones,
3.95
James Damon, 66
3.70
T. C. Tilton, teaming,
.50
A. S. Hills, powder,
5 95
E. Cogswell & Son, drain pipe,
86.17
Asa Lord, nails, rake, etc. 12.12
Andrew Woodbury, damage to sleigh,
11.00
David Foster, damage, 1876,
6.48
$269.44
For clearing snow,
1,071.08
For labor,
2,649.16
$3,989.68
Of the above sum, $2,742.50 was expended from Feb. 1, 1877 to Feb. 1, 1878. There are bills outstanding for labor performed during that time to the amount of about $250, making the total expenditure for that time about $3,000, and leaving about $1,000 of the last year's appropriation unexpended on the first day of February, 1878.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
Bills allowed :
$30.00
Mary A. Potter, rent,
3.33
J. E. Lord, 66
Estate of J. L. Ross, rent,
50.00
15
Bills allowed :
Theodore F. Cogswell, rent,
$45.00
Hannah Sherburne, 30.00
James W. Bond, 66
42.00
William Stevens, 66
10.00
Lewis Choate, rent of wood house, 12.00
$222.33
H. L. Hovey, board of Mrs. Wyatt, 95.00
S. E. Pickard, board of Mrs. Howard,
43.25
Eastern Railroad, poor travellers,
7.70
Daniel Clarke, funeral expenses,
26.50
Luther Lord. removing bodies in cemetery,
4.25
T. D. Crowley, expense on account of F. Hardy, 5.00
Charles Palmer, medical attendance, 1876,
14.00
Henry P. Willcomb, express,
2.20
Warren Boynton, 66
.25
Miscellaneous,
1.95
200.10
William G. Brown, coal,
31.05
John S. Glover, 66
202.40
John S. Glover, wood,
25.00
William P. Ross, delivering wood,
12.54
270.99
PARTIAL SUPPLIES.
F. Willcomb,
groceries,
54.00
G. H. Dixson,
66
42.00
I. K. Jewett,
66
4.00
Asa Lord,
102.00
A. S. Hills,
66
14.00
E. Cogswell & Son,
12.50
Luther Wait, shoes,
3.80
232.30
POOR IN OTHER TOWNS.
Town of Georgetown, board of F. Hardy, 13.00
City of Lynn, supplies to Sarah Wade, 12.00
16
Bills allowed :
City of Salem, supplies to Quimby, Barker
and Carr, $264.63
City of Gloucester, supplies to Anna Chapman, 20.00
City of Newburyport, supplies to Fuller and Pickard,
82.00
City of Boston, supplies to Ann Andrews, 30.84
$422.47
Harrison Smith, care of tramps,
28.50
T. C. Tilton,
59.61
T. E. Condon, bread and fish,
1.17
E. Cogswell & Son, bread and fish,
123.18
$1,471.37
Cr.
$49.30
Received from North Andover,
. 154.50
Due from Newburyport,
45.00
Wood on hand,
$288.80
Balance,
1,182.57
$2,471.37
OVERSEERS' DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
$79.17
To amount of bills in hand on last settlement, 66
29.60
1877,
640.03
To sales from farm,
104.00
board of J. Leatherland,
$852.90
Haverhill,
40.00
Number of tramps provided for, 578.
33.90
17
Cr.
By cash paid Town Treasurer,
$744.03
By cash paid Town Treasurer, received from bills of 1875 and 1876, By bills in their hands,
38.50
70.27
$852.80
TOWN FARM.
Dr.
Bills allowed :
John Lane, cart wheels,
$32.00
George Hodgdon, pasturing, 7.50
Samuel Blake, services attending cattle, 8.50
M. Newman, wringer, kitchen utensils, etc ..
27.34
E Plouff, kitchen utensils,
13.64
Daniel Clarke, funeral expenses F. Hardy,
14.50
Daniel Clarke, funeral expenses M. A. Smith,
8.00
George Barker, repairing harness,
8.50
Charles H. Dodge, repairing cart,
3.25
T. C. Tilton, express,
.50
$123.73
Malachi Nolan, blacksmith work,
36.39
W. Smith,
66
33.75
B. H. Smith,
1.67
71.81 \
E. C. Darling, shoes,
7.90
William L. Johnson,
66
36.85
G. R. Bancroft, 66
3.50
Luther Wait,
3.35
George W. Smith,
66
5.15
E. Cogswell & Son, shoes and dry goods,
9.86
W. S. Russell, dry goods,
21.18
C. Damon,
38.55
18
Bills allowed : Asa Lord, dry goods,
$9.92
S. N. Baker, Jr., clothing,
81.08
J. A. Blake, medicine,
46.55
Charles Palmer, medical attendance,
30.00
76.55
J. A. Newman, tools, nails, window, etc.
34.75
J. C. Underhill, mowing machine, 75.00
Asa Lord, tools,
6.04
J. Stackpole & Son, soap,
17.86
E. G. Knight, fish,
5.22
M. B. Shattuck, fish,
15.23
George H. Green, meat,
68.17
M. Whittier, 66
158.62
William White, bread,
7.32
John S. Glover, coal,
85.20
473.41
F. Willcomb,
groceries,
16.19
C. Damon,
£90.11
I. K. Jewett, 66
37.61
T. E. Condon, 66
18.50
Geo. H. Dixson,
66
7.44
A. S. Hills,
63.39
E. Cogswell & Son, 66
94.93
Asa Lord,
66
272.76
900.93
A. S. Hills, meal,
28.40
E. Cogswell & Son, “ Asa Lord, 66
43.95
77.95
Hull & Fall, lumber,
90.06
Daniel R. Harris, labor,
20.81
Benj. Newman, lead, paint and brush,
144.99
Horace D. Bradstreet, labor,
100 00
Charles F. Foster, 66
49.00
John H. Shatswell,
28.50
Richard Moore, labor and ditching,
52.80
$217.34
5.60
13.31
19
Bills allowed :
Abbie Plummer, labor,
$10.00
M. W. Warner,
50.00
C. F. Warner, 66
15.00
Daniel A. Warner, Superintendent,
295.00
$600.30
$2,687.01
Bills paid by the Superintendent,
322.23
$3,009.24
Cr.
By sales from Farm.
English hay,
$558.18
Salt hay and thatch,
64.10
Butter,
35.10
Eggs,
73.50
Milk,
3.10
Vegetables,
22.75
Seed corn,
5 81
Cows,
105.00
Steer,
51.50
Pasturing,
17.00
Hides,
13.48
Barley,
.85
Labor off the Farm,
25.25
Board,
2.00
Board of J. Leatherland,
104.00
$1,095.86
Increase of personal property,
362.60
$1,458.46
Balance, being expense,
1,550.78
$3,009.24
14.24
Calves,
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INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT THE FARM. STOCK, ETC.
1877.
1878.
Oxen,
6
$675
6
$675
Cows,
17
680
16
640
$40
Heifers.
3
105
17
595
$490
Steers.
3
100
175
75
Calves,
8
96
96
Yearlings,
14
280
280
Bulls.
1
40
1
40
Horses.
2
430
2
430
Fat Hogs.
2
.50
Shoats.
1
100
13
130
30
Fowls.
50
25
45
B
Ducks.
14
9
5
3
Turkeys.
3
6
4
8
2
Horse Wagons.
1
190
1
190
Sleighs.
1
40
1
40
Ox Wagons.
2
170
170
Ox Carts,
2
100
2
100
Mowing machine & harness.
1
124
1
124
Cultivators.
2
18
2
18
Harrows,
3
51
3
51
Ox Sleds,
1
15
1
15
Cords of wood.
25
175
30
210
35
Tons of coal.
9
72
6
48
24
Groceries.
75
90
15
Cloth.
15
18
3
Furniture and bedding,
300
300
Cooking range and fixtures,
100
100
Stoves,
110
110
Sewing machines,
1
40
1
40
Washing machines,
1
14
1
14
Winnowing mills,
1
8
1
8
Wheel rakes,
1
35
1
35
Tools, etc.,
150
150
Hay tedder.
75
75
$4560
$4714
$650
$496
No.
Value.
No.
Value.
Increase. Decrease.
Ploughs.
88
88
50
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INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT THE FARM, PRODUCE. ETC.
1877.
1878.
No.
Value.
No.
Value.
Increase. Decrease.
Corn.
bushels.
280
$280
290 $290
$10
Barley,
15
15
42
37
22
Oats,
21
10 50
10 50
Beans:
..
4
S
S
Peas,
..
11-2
3
3
Potatoes,
130
130
40
28
$102
Roots.
316
158
320
96
62
Beef.
barrels.
1
15
2
30
15
Pork.
1 1-2
37
50
13
C'ider.
5
25
1
5
20
Apples,
6
12
3 1-2
14
2
Ham.
pounds.
..
40
5
150
15
10
Fish.
. .
200
10
10
Candles. . .
17 1-2
2 10
2 10
Lard.
..
60
8 40
85
12 90
4 50
Tallow.
30
4
30
4
Butter.
. .
65
22
60
18
English hay. market. tons.
7
126
126
English hay. tons.
10
150
13
195
45
Salthay & black-grass.tous. 22
220
30
300
80
Salt hay. market. tons.
S
120
10
110
10
Thatch,
23
230
29 1-2
236
6
Corn fodder.
7 95
S
80
'15
Straw.
..
21-2
37 50
37 50
Rowen.
1 34
31 50
31 50
Pickles, gallons.
5
1 50
1 50
Cabbages,
3
3
Grass seed.
S
4
4
$1571 40
$1780 00
$440 60
$232
4560 00
4714 00
650 00
496
$6131 40
$6494 00
$1090 60
$728
6131 40
728 00
$362 60
$362 60
12
Soap.
..
2
12
25
175
22
3
Beef.
4
..
.
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:
JONATHAN SARGENT, Treasurer and Collector.
Dr.
To cash on hand February 1, 1877,
$470.83
uncollected taxes,
1,457.04
cash received from State Corporation tax,
1,059.47
66
Bank tax,
1,208.24
66
School Fund,
212.80
State tax committed to him,
1,815.00
County “
1,799.65
Town 66 66
20,700.00
overlayings and additions,
1,323.83
money hired on town notes,
cash received interest on deposits,
66
taxes,
56.57
66
for licenses,
308.00
66
66
Scales,
90.18
dog licenses,
191.59
66
oil barrels,
4.00
66
gravel,
2.06
66
settee,
.75
66
Overseers, farm bills 1875-76,
38.50
sales from farm,
640.03
66
board of J. Leatherland,
104.00
other towns, Poor account,
100.30
66
income to be applied for the ben-
efit of the burial ground of J. G. Cogswell,
100.00
66
State aid,
2,472.93
13,000.00
62.34
income of Town House,
457.40
$47,675.51
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Cr.
By cash paid on orders drawn by Selectmen, 1876, $2,891.67
" State aid allowed. “
83.00
Whole amount orders drawn 1877,
Less unpaid,
$21,392.55 132.60
By cash paid on orders drawn in 1877,
21,259.95
Whole amount orders drawn for State aid, 1877, $2,189.50
Less unpaid, 20.00
By cash paid orders for State aid drawn in 1877,
2,169.50
66 principal on town notes,
8,689.26
interest on
1,640.88
1,815.00
66
66 liquor licenses, 75.00
1,799.65
66
discount on taxes,
638.13
66
abatement of taxes,
456.87
100.00
deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank, By uncollected taxes, cash,
1,841.79
4,214.81
$47,675.51
Commonwealth, State tax,
County of Essex, County tax,
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Expense and Income account for the year ending -February 1, 1878.
EXPENSE.
Bills allowed :
$8,250.01
For Schools,
1,534.02
Current Expenses,
352.09
Lighting Streets,
1,369.29
Fees and Salaries,
1,739.08
Fire Department,
1,471.37
Poor, balance of account,
2,687.01
Farm, לי
3,989.68
Highways,
1,640.89
Interest on town notes,
638.13
Discount on taxes,
456.87
Abatements,
1,541.99
Balance, being income beyond expense,
$25,670.42
INCOME.
Amount raised for town purposes,
$22,023.83
Received of State, Corporation tax,
1,208.24
66
66 School fund,
191.59
66
of County, dog licenses,
56.57
interest on taxes,
62.34
66
" deposits,
855.58
66 income of Town property, licenses, etc.
1,059.47
Bank tax,
212.80
$25,670.42
25
Town in balance of all accounts.
Dr.
To notes payable,
$25,435.00
orders drawn and not paid,
132.60
State aid allowed and not paid,
20.00
Balance,
33,614.39
$59,201.99
Cr.
By balance in the Treasurer's hands,
$6,056.65
amount due from State, for State aid allowed, 3,125.57 66 Poor account, 7.00
from towns, 66
199.50
66 Overseers, farm bills in their hands,
70.27
$9,458.99
By Personal property :
At the Farm,
$6,494.00
Engines, apparatus and houses,
5,000.00
Hearse,
600.00
Furniture and scales in Town House,
500.00
Hay scales,
800.00
Safes for Treasurer and Clerk,
429.00
฿13,823.00
By Real estate :
Farm,
$16,000.00
Town House,
16,000.00
Woodland in Linebrook,
100.00
at Common Fields,
65.00
Turkey Shore Pasture,
100.00
Thatch Bank at Great Flats,
200.00
6 Third Creek,
75.00
26
School Houses,
$12,500.00 80.00
Gravel pit near Peatfield's,
Grammar School House, 100.00
66 J. C. Carlisle's, 150.00
pit on Mount Pleasant,
400.00
66
pit in Candlewood,
50.00
Pounds, 100.00
$35,920.00
$59,201.99
The amount of debt against the town February 1, 1877, was $21,124.26. The present amount is $25,435, making an increase of $4,311.74.
The whole number of inmates at the farm the past year was thirty; the average number twenty-three. The cost of support, by the usual mode of computation, was two dollars per week.
Respectfully submitted,
N. R. FARLEY, Selectmen C. A. SAYWARD, of GARDINER A. BROWN, ) Ipswich.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts, Expenditures, &c.,
OF THE
TOWN OF IPSWICH,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1,1879.
IPSWICH : PRESS OF THE IPSWICH CHRONICLE. 1879.
REPORT.
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SCHOOLS.
Appropriation, $6300.00
66 for repairs,
300.00
for building school house,
800.00
Massachusetts School Fund,
212.74
Dog Licenses,
174.17
$7,786.91
TEACHERS.
Bills allowed : Faustina M. Horton, North Intermediate, $405.00
Lizzie H. Moore, " Primary, 360.00
Lucie W. Moore.
Assistant, 231.25
Lucy A. Perkins, Ross Intermediate, 450.00
Susie Archer, Primary, 400.00
Nellie J. Badger, Assistant, 251.00
H. E. Noyes, South Intermediate, 416.25
M. E. Smith, 66
Primary, 400.00
Emma J. Bailey, Village, 1877,
81.25
Hattie L. Fiske, 168.75
Frank A. Ross, Linebrook,
280 00
Arcbine E. Goss, Argilla,
175.82
Alice A. Smith, Candlewood,
250.00
Laura Fellows, Appleton,
75.00
Grace A. Mc.Kay, Willow Dale,
118.75
Trustees of Manning School,
2,000.00
---- $6,063.07
4
BUILDING FIRES AND CARE OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
Bills allowed :
$114.00
George W. Sherburne,
-
10.50
George E. O'Conner,
7.00
Ira Worcester,
5.00
Wallace Carlisle,
15.90
A. E. Jewett,
4.00
James T. Smith,
156.40
FUEL.
Daniel Kimball. wood,
8.25
L. F. Howe,
7.50
Gardiner A. Brown
8.62
Wm. F. Conant, 66
18.50
James Damon,
2.00
Nath'l. Foster,
132.41
Wm. G. Brown, coal,
4.00
David Story, sawing wood,
3.00
Homer Howe, 66
7.25
Wm. Seward,
2.00
Moses G. Lord, 66
6.00
Patrick Conghlin,
21.3.53 -
BUILDING SCHOOL HOUSE IN THE WILLOW DALE DISTRICT.
Bills allowed :
Gorham Brackett, for land, $60.00
Robert Stone, building school house, 545.00
Thomas E. Roberts, mason work at new school house,
65.20
John W. Newman, painting new school house,
48.00
George W. Cummings, plan new school house,
1.50
E. Plouff & Son, stove and funnel, new
$14.00
5
Bills allowed :
school house, 18.00
Wm. D. Brackett, labor, new school house, 1.00
Joseph L. Ross, school furniture, new school house, 64.90
T. C. Tilton, E. R. Road, freight and teaming
furniture,
3.85
Aaron Cogswell, plan for school house,
3.00
$310.45
REPAIRS, ETC.
Frank A. Ross, repairs,
$10.00
Benjamin Newman,
.56
Foster Russell Jr.,
.50
J. A. Newman, 61
2.56
E. Goodhue, 66
.50
Geo. H. Lord,
1.10
Hull & Fall, lumber for "
23.05
Benjamin F. Ellsworth, "
15.00
George H. Brocklebank, “
20.00
Wm. Haskell,
3.50
James W. Bond,
66
6.00
Charles W. Chapman, lumber for repairs,
1.75
D. L. Hodgkins,
5.83
John M. Brown, repairs,
2.00
A. Norman, painting,
7.38
John W. Newman, painting,
1.50
Robert Stone, repairs,
2.00
T. C. Tilton, teaming and freight,
5.65
Joseph L. Ross, school furniture,
155.78
Joseph W. Ross,
10.21
Martha Bird, cleaning,
5.70
C. Damon, brooms, locks, &c.,
2.57
L. H. Daniels, printing, 6.00
Aaron Cogswell, laying out lot at Village, 3.00
F. S. Coburn, lettering diplomas, 4.00
H. M. Gorham, tuning organ,
6.00
Bills allowed :
M. Newmin, stove funnel and fixtures, 23.65
J. A. Blake, crayons and ink, 1877 -- 78, 17.35
II. P. Willcomb express. .40
Daniel Lord, furniture, 2.00
Wesley K. Bell, expenses for High School, 2 .: 0
$349.24
$7,594.19
CURRENT EXPENSES.
Bills allowed :
D. M. Tyler, clock for Town House, 20.00
Foster Russell, repairs, Town House, 1.00
Jacob Edgerly, repairs, furnace, Town House, 1.50 Timothy Gay & Co., oil for 66 34.02
James T. Smith, labor,
10.80
J. A. Newman, keys &c., for
4.57
C. W. Chapman, work at 6:
2.08
James Damon, wood,
* 4.00
J. W. Newman, painting at
4.68
Mark Newman, chimneys, broom, grate, &c., 20.82
George W. Archer, work at Town House, 5.08
Daniel G. Chapman, wood at 66 6.00
S. F. Canney, lumber, 66
4.35
Wm. G. Brown, coal, 66
55.64
David F. Dow, work at 66
1.50
$176.04
Wm. T. Averill, ringing bell,
30.00
Asher Blake, care of town clock,
20.00
Repairs on town clock,
7.29
$57.29
Bills allowed ;
Charles Jewett, work on resevoir, 2.50
Nathan Jewett, 66
1.00
Joseph Smith Jr., work on Choate bridge, .76
2.00
S. F. Canney, lumber for resevoir, 3.50
Foster Russell, work on Choate bridge, 1.00
T. C. Tilton, freight and teaming, 1.70
Calvin Batchelder, freight and teaming, 3.10
Henry Haskell, burying dead animals, 2.50
I. K. Jewett, wak protecting trees, &c., 2.92
Aaron Cogswell, 24.93
Patrick Condon, painting monument fence, 3.25
Warren Boynton, express, .75
Augustine HI. Spiller, painting guide boards, 1.00
F. Willcomb, service as Auctioneer, 2.00
II. P. Willcomb, for stationery and express, 8.65
$61.55
CEMETERIES.
Bills allowed :
J. B. Mitchell, labor at cemetery, 5.50
Win. HI. Jewett, loam for
1.20
E. C. Darling, labor at 66
14.00
W. P. Ross, 66 66 66
1.50
Asa Lord, powder,
66
.81
Webster Smith, labor at
1.20
Asa Lord 2d,
66
9.00
Luther Lord, 66 66
27.75
Luther A. Lord, "
66
6.00
J. Frank Akerman, labor at
3.98
T. E. Roberts, .. ..
4.00
W'in. Kimball,
66 66
5.40
Ward F. Canney,
.. ..
1.87
Joseph Fowler. work on resevoir,
8
Bills allowed ;
Foster Russell, 66
£ 13.96
George E. Lockwood, “ 5.00
Sylvester Brown, 5:37
Daniel L. Hodgkins, lumber, " 7.28
S. F. Canney, posts and lumber for cemetery, 14.85 3.50
John R. Patch, labor,
Hull & Fall, lumber for fence,
7.62
T. C. Tilton, meals for prisoners, &c., 5.30
Aaron I). Wells, distributing reports, 3.00
L. H. Daniels, printing town and school reports, 102.00
L. H. Daniels, printing tax bills, 17.50
E. F. Brown, stationery,
1.20
Henry P. Ives, יי 7.50
Wesley K. Bell, blanks and stationery,
5.50
H. C. Moulton, services for clam commit- tee, 100.00
Dennison Rust, care of buoys,
20.00
C. Damon, paint for 66
2.40
Charles Wade,care of 66
1.00
Benj. Newman, paint,
3.00
Charles W. Chapman, repair of hearse,
50.00
Warner Downes, horse hire for police,
10.00
Wm. G. Brown,
22.00
Robert Stone, taking census,
1.50
T. E. Condon, horse hire,
1.00
Jonathan Sargent, travelling expenses,
.90
N. R. Farley, postage,
1.70
T. C. Tilton, attendance at town house.
18.62
P. E. Clarke, returning deaths,
15.00
Geo. F. Bray,
1.50
Emerson Howe,
.75
$139.79
Edward Choate, repairing hay scales,
6.98
(. A. Sayward, travelling expenses,
10.00
9
Bills allowed :
Wm. T. Averill, returning deaths,
1.00
25
(). C. Rundlett, N. R. Farley, copying records in part,
25.00
$434.60
$869.27
STREET LAMPS.
Bills allowed :
1. Dodge, care of lamps from Jan. 1st. 1878, to Feb. 1st. 1879,
$461.12
Malachi Nolan, repairs,
.60
Benjamin H. Smith, repairs,
1.90
$463.62
FEES AND SALARIES:
Bills allowed :
W. K. Bell, School Committee, 1877,
$50.00
Joseph I. Horton,
66
50 00
Charles Palmer,
66
50.00
$150.00
Joseph Spiller, police services,
$50 00
T. C. Tilton,
15.00
J. F. Butler,
43.25
Geo. W. Sherburne,
4.00
E. W. Choate, 66
2.00
N. C. Perkins,
29.00
Arthur W. Dow,
66
3.00
bic ?
10
Bills allowed ;
J. W. Bond, police services, 2.00
T. B. Fall,
32.25
C. H. Baker, 66
4.00
Webster Smith,
2.00
William Lord 3d.,
38.75
$225.25
N . R. Farley, balance of salary, 1877,
$100.00
T. C. Tilton, care of lockup,
45.00
J. F. Butler, notifying town meetings,
20.00
66
66 truant officer,
· 20.00
Jonathan Sargent, Salary,
350.00
C. A. Sayward, 66
100.00
E. G. Ilull,
100.00
N. R. Farley, 66
66
50 00
Wesley K. Bell,
" recording deaths,
47.30
$932.30
$1307.55
FIRE DEPARTMENT. ENGINEERS, ETC.
Bills allowed :
$3.25
Webster Smith,
3.25
Ezra W. Lord,
3.25
Edward W. Choate,
3.25
Moses Spiller Jr.,
9.25
J. W. Bond, clerk,
73.00
Hlook & Ladder Co., twenty men,
135.00 .
Warren Engine Co , forty-eight men,
138.75
Barnicoat Engine Co., forty-five men,
$369.00
100.00
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Bills allowed :
Hunneman & Co., pipe and coupling, 23.00
Amos Bray, repairs, straps, &c., 2.40
Moses Spiller Jr., labor and repairs on En- gines, 18 80
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