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12 40
Samuel P. Foster, labor
3 00
John W. Lord, labor
9 00
Luther A. Lord, labor
8 00
Wesley B. Copp, labor.
18 57
Erastus Clark, labor
7 87
Luther Lord, labor.
2 00
James McLaughlin, labor
2 00
Daniel C. Smith, labor 10 00
3 50
Willard Harris, labor
Dexter McIntyre, labor 7 00
Webster Smith, repairs 80
Foster Russell, building railing 2 00
$ 227 81
District No. 11. Jacob C. Conant, surveyor. Bills allowed for material and labor:
George F. Rogers, gravel $ 3 40
Cyrus W. Conant, labor 30 17
Jacob C. Conant, labor
29 97
William G. Brown, gravel 5 00
22
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Alvin T. Guilford, labor 12 90
George F. Rogers, labor 5 30
$ 81 74
District No. 12, David T. Perley, surveyor.
Bills allowed for material and labor:
David T. Perley, gravel $ 3 30
David T. Perley, labor. 73 90 -- -
$ 77 20
District No. 13, Charles M. Perley, surveyor. Bills allowed for material and labor :
Charles M. Perley, gravel and labor $28 97
Abel S. Howe, labor 9 75
$ 38 72
District No. 14, John Donovan, surveyor.
Bills allowed for material and labor :
John W. Nourse, gravel $ 6 12
John Donovan, post 15
John Donovan, labor
20 20
Lavina D. Pickard, labor
17 46
Charles Bailey, labor. 4 00
Lewis D. Pickard, labor
1 00
A. Everett Jewett, labor. 7 00
S. A. Boynton, labor 3 00
Alfred R. Jewett, labor 2 80
James Dillon, labor 2 00
Alvin Bailey, labor 1 50
Charles Guilford, labor 6 66
J. N. Todd, labor 7 00
Ernest L. Rutherford, labor 1 30
Charles H. Pike, labor. 90
$
81 09
District No. 15, George E. Smith, surveyor. Bills allowed for material and labor:
Albert P. Burnham, gravel $ 7 20
Alvin Story, gravel
6 16
George E. Smith, labor 16 70
15 80
Frank Smith, labor
John A. Burnham, labor 13 10
John B. Caverly, labor 13 10
Alvin Story, labor 12 40
$ 84 46
23
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
District No. 16, William H. Lavalette, surveyor. Bills allowed for material and labor :
George F. Rogers, gravel. $ 3 72
William Garrette, gravel 4 06
William H. Lavalette, labor 14 35
Daniel G. Chapman, labor 20 00
George F. Rogers, labor
7 50
Lewis Stone, labor 2 00
Andrew J. Philips, labor 3 40
Cyrus W. Conant, labor 3 60
$ 58 63
District No. 17, John M. Fall, surveyor. Bills allowed for material and labor :
W. F. Kinsman, gravel $ 7 65
George Fall, lumber 3 37
John M. Fall, labor 19 25
Eben Fall, labor
39 30
Edwin Goodwin, labor
12 20
$ 81 77
WILLOWDALE BRIDGE.
BILLS ALLOWED :
H. Lee M. Pike, advertising for proposals.$ 1 25 Town of Hamilton for rights in stone pier. 100 00 Robert Stone, building bridge as per con- tract 295 00
Robert Stone, repairing railing off the
bridge
5 00
$ 401 25
RAILING ON ROAD TO C. J. NORWOOD'S. BILLS ALLOWED :
Jantes B. Scott, building same as per con-
tract. $30 00
James B. Scott, extra work repairing
50
$ 30 50
GREEN STREET AND CHOATE BRIDGES.
BILLS ALLOWED :
James B. Scott, labor Green street bridge ... $ 9 25 William Kimball, labor Green street bridge 80
Charles F. Jordan, irons, Green street and Choate bridges 20 40
James B. Scott, labor Choate bridge.
1 25
24
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Theo. F. Cogswell, brimstone. 15
$ 31 85
APPLETON'S BRIDGE.
Bills allowed for material and labor:
Aaron Lord, gravel $ 3 00
7 50
John A. Smith, teaming stone
Austin Carter, teaming stone 9 60
William Kimball, labor 19 25
Henry Sturgis, labor. 3 60
Isaac Buzzell, labor
17 00
Aaron Lord, labor 10 25
James B. Scott, use of tools, lantern and labor. 21 80
$ 94 92
MOUNT PLEASANT STREET.
BILLS ALLOWED :
J. C. Underhill, labor. $36 22
Wilbur Ellsworth, labor. 16 27
Patrick Dougherty, labor 11 40
Jesse Cotter, labor. 8 00
John Doyle, labor
5 40
Jeremiah Sullivan, labor 10 80
Jacob Scanks, labor
6 80
Luke Murray, labor
9 94
M. McDonald, labor
30
Allen Brown, labor
1 50
Town's Farm, ploughing
5 50
$ 112 13
PEATFIELD STREET.
BILLS ALLOWED :
William G. Brown, gravel $ 6 93
J. C. Underhill, repairs on plough 1 75
J. C. Underhill, labor 15 00
A. H. Underhill, labor.
34 53
Wilbur Ellsworth, labor 10 50
William G. Brown, labor 30 24
Allen Brown, labor. 10 50
M. Mckinney, labor.
12 70 75
Alfred Duguay, labor
Jesse Cotter, labor. 2 00
M. McDonald, labor 2 00
.
Aaron Lord, stone. 2 92
25
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Charles Steele, labor
2 00
$ 128 90
MISCELLANEOUS.
BILLS ALLOWED :
George Harris, sand for Central street $8 60
Est. Israel K. Jewett, stone. 8 46
$ 17 06
SNOW ACCOUNT. District No. 1.
Bills allowed :
J. C. Underhill. $9 30
$ 9 30
District No. 3.
S. P. Rutherford $2 50
A. A. Rutherford. 1 05
George Day
60
$ 4 15
District No. 4.
Maynard Whittier
$7 70
- $
7 70
District. No. 5.
Tyler Caldwell.
$ 30
Aaron W. Hubbard
30
William Barton
80
William P. Ross
4 80
John T. Hovey
30
Charles Dorr
1 00
$
7 50
District No. 6.
Willard F. Kinsman $2 20
Augustine Stone
80
William G. Horton
60
Joseph F. Kinsman
1 40
$
5 00
District No. 9.
Frank R. Daniels $ 80
A. P. Burnham 40
1 20
- District No. 10. $
John M. Caldwell
$8 00
James Griffin
1 00
26
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
James McLaughlin
90 ·
$ 9 90
-
Total of snow bills
$ 44 75
RECAPITULATION.
District No. 1, material and labor
$288 75
2,
203 40
3,
201 13
4, 66
374 67
66
5,
66
647 45
66
6,
66
126 95
66
7,
66
66
144 03
66
8,
114 05
9,
66
246 98
10,
66
66
227 81
66
11,
66
66
77 20
13
38 72
14,
66
66
81 09
66
15,
66
84 46
16,
58 63
17
66
81 77
Willowdale Bridge
401 25
Railing on road to C. J. Norwood's
30 50
Green street and Choate bridges
31 85
Appleton's bridge
94 92
Mount Pleasant street
112 13
Peatfield street
128 90
Miscellaneous
17 06
Snow account.
.44 75
66
81 74
12,
...
·
$3940 19
27
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
POOR ACCOUNT,
BILLS ALLOWED :
J. J. Hull, rent .. $ 13 75
Frederic Willcomb, rent. 24 00
Annie W. Mitchell, rent.
88 00
William Willcomb, rent.
10 00
Stephen Jewett, rent 54 00
Sallie M. Brown, rent
48 00
George E. Lord, rent
36 00
Theo. F. Cogswell, rent.
72 00
Charles E. Smith, rent
10 00
$ 355 75
Austin Carter, wood
17 00
Lewis Choate, wood
35 60
John S. Glover, coal
18 53
William G. Brown, coal.
59 70
$ 130 83 .
Supplies to Henry Morgan 103 92
Supplies to Rozillah Hobson
103 92
Supplies to Mary Clark.
44 00
Supplies to Elizabeth Bray
36 00
Supplies to James Hood
48 00
$ 335 84
A. S. Hill, groceries 58 00
T. E. Condon, groceries.
46 00
Curtis Damon, groceries
60 34
L. E. Willcomb, groceries 14 00
Nathaniel Burnham, groceries
143 42
$ 321 76
Sarah E. Black, care of Andrew Aiken 47 20
Mrs. W. A. Mitchell, care of Carrie Hayes 130 00
Lydia Ricker, care of E. F. Witherly 60 00
George E. Macarthy, medical attendance Mrs. Gallagher 5 00
William H. Clark, medical attendance An- drew Aiken 27 00
Charles Palmer, medical attendance Mrs. Grant. 18 00
Emma Hills, care Mrs. Grant. 15 00
Moses G. Lord, watching with Thomas Murby 4 50
28
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
J. A. Blake, medicine 51 02
Ebin R. Smith, medicine 2 50
Wm. H. Fall, moving goods for Mrs. Gal- lagher 3 15
B. & M. R. R., freight and car fare for Mrs. Gallagher 13 70
H. E. Willcomb, car fare from Boston to N. H. for Mrs. Gallagher 2 25
Luther Wait, expenses to Gardiner and Danvers. 10 05
F. Willcomb, expenses to Danvers Asylum 1 55
B. & M. R. R., fares for poor travelers ...... 8 85
P. E. Clarke, funeral expenses A. B. Grant 29 00 . Luther Lord, burying A. B. Grant and child of N. M. Foss 3 25
Warren Boynton, horse hire 10 65
E. T. Pike, shoes . 3 35
T. E. Condon, supplies for tramps 3 90
Ind. Pub. Co., slips and notifications 4 50
$ 454 42
POOR IN OTHER TOWNS.
BILLS ALLOWED :
Commonwealth of Mass., board of Perley,
Moore and Royal $ 79 86
Danvers Lunatic Asylum, board of Perley,
Moore, Bird, Jewett and Forbes 490 54
City of Salem, supplies to Barker and Poor 67 25
Town of Topsfield, supplies to A. Peabody
5 75
City of Boston, supplies to Gallagher and Sheppardson 11 43
City of Haverhill, burial of A. D. Evans .... 8 00
$ 662 83
$2261 43
CR.
Received from Commonwealth $159 76
Due from Commonwealth 30 57
Received from City of Boston 8 00
Received from City of Gloucester
40 00
Received from Town of Rowley 48 00
Received from Mrs. J. W. Dodge, board of
Lewis R. Perley at Danvers Asylum .... 79 33
29
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Received from Frederic Willcomb overpaid 4
on rent 12 00
$ 377 66
Balance being expense for poor off the farm $1883 77 Number of tramps cared for at lockup, 89. TOWN FARM.
BILLS ALLOWED :
S. N. Baker, clothing $ 19 50
Robert Jordan, clothing 20 80
Walter E. Lord, dry goods. 7 67
W. S. Russell, dry goods 25 17
I. E. B. Perkins, shoes
4 80
S. H. Thurston, shoes 9 55
E. T. Pike, shoes 4 60
$ 92 09
A. S. Hill, groceries 136 36
Dodge & Spiller, groceries
117 09
L. E. Willcomb, groceries 76 04
T. E. Condon, groceries.
26 14
George H. Dixon, groceries.
18 34
Nathaniel Burnham, groceries 30 93
Est. Asa Lord, groceries 62 81
Curtis Damon, groceries
44 69
F. T. Goodhue, groceries and supplies 36 85
George H. Green, provisions 129 94
Ipswich Creamery, butter 15 64
$ 694 83
George B. Brown, meal and feed 515 50
O. C. Smith, meal and feed
92 53
J. A. Huckins, salt hay 18 00
William Lord, weighing ice
1.18
Ebin R. Smith, medicine and sundries
19 98
J. A. Blake, medicine and sundries
15 25
George E. Macarthy, medical attendance.
55 00
T. L. Perkins, surgical operation
75 00
Austin L. Lord, repairs and stock 25 05
Foster Russell, repairs. 10 75
Luther Wait, repairs. 4 00
S. F. Canney, lumber,
32 45
George Fall, lumber 25 97
C. H. Thompson & Co., harrow
20 00
-
30
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
John W. Goodhue, tools, nails, etc 10 25
John M. Dunnels, sundries and repairs 20 58
A. H. Plouff, sundries 13 71
James Graffum, repairs. 14 00
Wm. A. Spiller, hay rack and repairs
13 50
J. Stackpole & Son, fertilizer
57 00
J. Stackpole & Son, soap. 5 75
Stephen Jewett, use of horse
17 25
Theo. F. Cogswell, brandon paint
28
John W. Newman, sundries
13 87
D. M. Tyler, clock and spectacles
5 00
Ind. Pub. Co., Independent. 66 cream tickets 50
1 50
H. Lee M. Pike, Chronicle 2 00
E. L. Irving, supplies and repairs 9 35
George H. Brocklebank, stock and repairs
5 00
Webster Smith, blacksmith work
12 25
Malachi Nolan, blacksmith work 45 75
John S. Glover, coal. 29 16
William G. Brown, coal
30 81
William G. Brown, ice
35 00
J. C. Richardson, horse. 143 00
Warren Boynton, horse hire 1 00
Austin Carter, grinding 4 44
H. K. Kennett, 3 heifers 60 00
Mark Newman, supplies 4 64
$1466 25
BILLS PAID BY SUPERINTENDENT.
For getting ice. $ 7 00
Jacob Safford, butchering 1 00
Benjamin Chapman, butchering 50
Benjamin Chapman, doctoring pigs 1 00
Eben Lord, doctoring cow 50
Charles Walker, sawdust 1 00
Atkinson Bros., fish 9 00
Rust & Grant, fish
11 36
For tools at auction 13.55
D. S. Appleton, mowing machine and har- ness. 40 00
C. R. Titcomb, curing hams 1 30
Ox bows 90
Car fare to Lowell 1 41
.
31
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
John Lord, ditching
4 00
Whitcomb & Carter, seed corn 3 75
Paid for watcher. 1 00
Paid for use of boar
4 00
P. A. Dodge, lumber
2 00
Samuel Foss, setting glass 1 50
John Durand, repairs on wagon 50
Paid for labor in marsh
15 00
Edward Bodwell, labor 2 00
Edward Stephens, labor 2 68
Douglas Forbes, labor
20 00
Paid for housework.
14 85
Paid for labor
2 30
Paid for blanket and expense of horse from Boston 5 75
Stackpole & Son, soap
2 26
Paid for tools 1 10
Paid for sundries
1 25
Benjamin Wells, cash
1 75
William Lyons, cash. 8 50
John Stalker, cash
3 25
C. Foster & Sons, boots. 3 25
--
$ 189 21
Daniel S. Appleton, superintendent $483 34
F. E. Appleton, labor 157 00
A. H. Rutherford, labor. 12 50
Charles B. Guilford, labor 34 00
Edward Stevens, labor. 160 00
Mary E. Stevens, labor 96 00
Levi Howe, labor 128 25
James Davis, labor
50 00
Edward Bodwell, labor 41 00
Douglas Forbes, labor 184 00
$1346 09
$ 3788 47
32
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT THE FARM, STOCK, &C.
1889
1890
In- De-
No. Value No. Value
crease crease
Oxen
4. $350 .. 4 .... $350
Cows
25 ..
.1000 .. 27 .... 1080 .. $80 8. 280 .. 6. 210 $70 ...
Yearlings
4. 80 .. 2 ...... 40 40 ...
Calves.
3. 36 .. 6 ...... 72 .. 36
Bull
1 40 .. 2 ... .. 50 .. 10
Horses
2 .430 .. 2. .430 ..
Fat hogs 5 125 .. 5 125
Shoats
12 100 .. 12 ... 100
Fowls
78 39 .. 40 20
Ducks
2
1 ..
1
Horse wagons 2 250 .. 2.
250.
Sleigh
1 40 .. 1 40
Ox wagons
3. 400 .. 3. 400
Ox carts
2. 100 .. 2 .. 100.
Mowing machine & harness. 1. 125 .. 2. 150 .. 25
Ploughs 8 96 .. 8. 96
Cultivators
2. 10 .. 2. 10
Horse hoes
2. 12 .. 2. 12
Harrows
3 51 .. 4. 70 .. 19
Ox sleds 3
60 .. 3.
60
Drag 1
5 .. 1 .. 5
Wood, cords. 25 175 .. 30. 210 .. 35
Coal, tons 10 .. 70 .. 6. .12 28 ...
Groceries.
75
75 140
Furniture and bedding 300
300
Cooking ranges and fixtures 2 100 .. 2. 100
Stoves and furnace 170
170
Winnowing mill. 1 8 .. 2 12 ..
4.
Wheel rake.
35
35
Tedder
55
55
Tools
160
160
Blocks and ropes 15
15 ...
Horse wagon 1 75 .. 1 75
Harness 1 40 .. 1. 40
Suction pump 1 4 .. 1. 4.
Rack
15 .. 15.
$5051
$5104 $225 $172
Dairy utensils. 140
19 ...
Heifers
33
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT THE FARM, PRODUCE,
&C.
1889
1890
In- De-
No. Value No.
Value crease
crease
Corn, bushels.
100
$ 50 .. 100
.$ 50
Barley, bushels 50.
46 .. 40
37 $ 9 ...
Beans, bushels 2 ..
4 .. 2.
4.
Potatoes, bushels 120
90 .. 100
100 .. $10
Roots, bushels
5
3 .. 6.
4 .. 1
Beef, pounds
200
20 .. 50
5. 15 ...
Pork, pounds
300
30 .. 325.
33 .. 3
Cider, barrels
11
33 .. 8
25
8 ...
Apples, barrels
60
60 .. 13. 26 34 ...
Soap, pounds 120
16 .. 50.
6 10 ...
Ham, pounds.
80.
10 .. 80 ..
6 .. 40
Lard, pounds 100
17 .. 80
13. 4 ...
Butter, pounds 80.
24 .. 25
8. 16 ...
Eng. hay, market tons 11.
187 .. 40
680 .. 493
Eng. hay, tons. 45
675 .. 50
750 .. 75
Salt hay and black
grass, tons 45
450 .. 45. 450
Thatch, tons
1.
7
7 ...
Mulch, tons. 25
125 .. 5 25 100 ...
Straw, tons
2. 24 .. 1 12 12 ...
Vinegar, gallons 120.
20 .. 120 20
Onions, barrels 1.
2. 2 ...
Fresh meat, pounds 150
18 18 ...
Pickles, gallons. 25.
5 ..
4.
1 4 ...
Rowen, tons 1
15 .. 3 45 .. 30
Cabbages.
50 2
2 ...
$1939 5051
$2309 $612 $242 5104 225 172
6990
7413 837 414
6990
414
Increase of personal property
423 423
10 5 1 ...
Fish, pounds.
50
34
- IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
SALES FROM FARM.
English hay
$ 346 03
Salt hay
78 26
Salt grass
40 00
Cream
1128 25
Milk
12 30
Eggs
22 68
Calves
167 10
Hide.
2 26
Pigs
89 06
Hogs (dead)
74 76
Poultry
31 45
Barley.
5 75
Potatoes
95 80
Apples.
45 75
Board
68 41
Labor off the Farm
5 50
Difference in cows
30 00
Straw
2 10
Pork
1 00
Beef.
9 10
Pasturing
4 00
Horse.
50 00
Cows
120 00 .
$2429 56
Increase of personal property at the Farm
423 00
$2852 56
Balance, being expense beyond income
935 91
$3788 47
OVERSEERS' DEPARTMENT.
DR.
To bills in their hands at last settlement $ 179 62 To sales from Farm. 2429 56
$2609 18
CR.
By cash paid town treasurer $2443 02 By bills in overseers' hands 166 16
$2609 18
35
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
COGSWELL FUND. In account with J. Sargent, town treasurer. DR.
To amountin Ips. Savings Bank, Feb.1, 1889$199 95 To interest to Feb. 1st, 1890 .
8 04
- -$207 99
CR.
By cash paid B. Fewkes for care of lot. 3 00 By amount in Ips. Savings Bank, Feb.1, 1890 204 99
--- $207 99
ANDREWS FUND. In account with J. Sargent, town treasurer.
DR.
To amount in Ips. Savings Bank, Feb.1, 1889$159 78 To interest to Feb. 1, 1890 6 42
-- -$166 20
CR.
By cash paid B. Fewkes for care of lot. 2 00
By cash paid L. Lord for care of lot. 2 00
By amount in Ips. Savings Bank Feb. 1, 1890 162 20
- -$166 20
STANIFORD FUND. In account with J. Sargent, town treasurer.
DR.
To amount in Ips. Savings Bank, Feb. 1, 1889 $56 30 To interest to Feb. 1st, 1890 2 26
-- $58 56
CR.
By amount in Ips. Savings Bank, Feb. 1, 1890 58 56 -$58 56
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
JONATHAN SARGENT, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.
DR.
To cash on hand Feb. 1st, 1889 $ 2978 21
To uncollected taxes 2358 37
To cash for rent of town hall 803 00
To cash for rent of scales
254 95
To cash for rent of cemetery pasture
12 00
To cash, criminal costs, fines and lockup fees
27 00
To cash, sale of centennial books
7 00
To cash, sale of old plank at town house
75
To cash, sale of waste paper at town house
50
To cash, sale from farm
1314 77
To cash from Ipswich Creamery Co.
1128 25
To cash from State, corporation tax 1888
73 76
To cash from State, corporation tax 1889
2895 59
To cash from State, bank tax
551 23
To cash from State, State aid.
1858 00
To cash from State, military aid
203 00
To cash from State, support of poor
163 52
To cash from State, school fund
175 82
To cash from billiard licenses
10 00
To cash from circus licenses
13 00
To cash from peddlers' licenses
20 00
To cash from exhibition licenses
2 00
To cash from auctioneers' licenses
2 00
To cash from liquor licenses
1350 00
To cash from dog licenses 435 94
To cash from other towns, pauper account.
96 00
To cash from F. Willcomb, pauper account.
12 00
To cash from Mrs. J. W. Dodge, pauper account ..
79 33
To cash for lots in Highland cemetery.
100 00
To cash for lots in Linebrook cemetery
8 00
To cash for interest on deposits.
42 93
To cash for interest on taxes.
90 51
To cash for discount on county tax.
14 98
To cash hired on town notes
6500 00
Tax list 1889, state tax.
2320 00
county tax
2246 91
town tax 25253 59
$53,402 91
37
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
JONATHAN SARGENT, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. CR.
By cash paid on orders drawn in 1888 and Jan.,
1889 $ 803 05
By cash paid on orders drawn in 1889 and Jan., 1890 27510 27
By cash paid on orders drawn for State aid.
1604 00
By cash paid on orders drawn for military aid 558 00
By cash paid, principal on town notes
9000 00
By cash paid, interest on town notes
954 43
By cash paid, state tax.
2320 00
By cash paid, county tax.
2246 91
By cash paid, 25 per cent. of liquor licenses
337 00
By cash, discount on taxes 815 12
By cash, abatement on taxes
272 40
By uncollected taxes
2677 59
By cash on hand Feb. 1, 1890
4304 14
$53,402 91
38
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
STATE AID ACCOUNT, COMMONWEALTH. DR.
To amount due from state for year end-
ing Jan. 1, 1889 $1858 00
To amount due from state for military aid Jan. 1, 1889
203 00
To cash paid, state aid 1889 1614 00
To cash paid, military aid 1889, $546.00, one half to be reimbursed by state .... 273 00
-- $ 3948 00
CR.
By cash received, state aid $1858 00
By cash received, military aid
203 00
By amount due for state aid 1614 00
By amount due for military aid
273 00
-$ 3948 00
EXPENSE AND INCOME ACCOUNT. EXPENSE.
For schools. $10537 69
current expenses
1858 10
lighting streets
1023 84
fees and salaries
2905 25
fire department.
1815 09
poor, balance.
1883 77
farm, balance
935 91
highways 3940 19
interest on town notes.
779 43
discount on taxes
815 12
abatements
272 40
Balance, being income beyond expense .. '5350 76
--- $32117 55
INCOME.
Amount raised for town purposes $25253 59
Received state corporation tax
2969 35
bank tax
551 23
school fund.
175 82
dog licenses
435 94
liquor licenses.
1350 00
other licenses.
47 00
interest on taxes
90 51
39
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
interest on deposits 42 93
discount, county tax
14 98
sale of cemetery lots
108 00
sale of books, plank and waste paper.
8 25
income of town property
1069 95
$32117 55
Of the above balance $2500 has been paid of the permanent debt of the town.
DEBT STATEMENT.
DR.
To notes payable $16340 00
To orders drawn and not paid
636 24
$16976 24
CR.
By balance in treasurer's hands $ 6981 73
By amount due for state aid 1614 00
By amount due for military aid 273 00
By amount due from state, poor acc't ... 30 57
$ 8899 30
Town debt Feb. 1, 1890 $ 8076 94
STATEMENT OF TOWN PROPERTY. REAL ESTATE.
Farm $16000 00
Town house. 16000 00
Cemeteries 2000 00
Engine houses and land 2000 00
School houses and land.
13800 00
Woodland at Linebrook
100 00
Woodland at Common Fields
100 00
Turkey Shore pasture.
100 00
Thatch bank at Great Flats
200 00
Thatch bank at Third Creek
75 00
Gravel pit near Peatfield's.
80 00
Gravel pit near Carlisle's.
150 00
Gravel pit near John Brown's (Candle- wood)
50 00
Two pounds
100 00 - $50755 00
40
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
At the farm $7413 00
Fire engines and apparatus 5500 00
Hearse
400 00
Furniture at town house.
500 00
Hay scales (2)
800 00
Safes for treasurer and clerk.
400 00
$15013 00
Amount of real and personal property $65768 00
Town debt, Feb. 1, 1890 8076 94
Balance in favor of the town
$57691 06
NUMBER OF POLLS AND AMOUNT OF VALUATION.
Number of polls, 937.
Valuation of real estate
$1,726,621 00
· Valuation of personal estate
602,277 00
Total valuation, 1890 $2,328,898 00
Total valuation, 1889 2,283,250 00
Increase in valuation $ 45,648 00
Poll tax, $2.00. Tax on $1000, $12.00.
Total number of horses, 546.
Total number of cows, 909.
Total number of other neat cattle, 355.
Total number of sheep, 41.
Total number of dwelling houses, 788.
Total number of dogs licensed, 249. BIRTHS REGISTERED FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1889 Whole number, 73. Males, 34. Females, 39.
PARENTAGE.
Both parents foreign born, 9. Fathers foreign born, 18. Mothers foreign born, 20. Fathers native born, 55. Mothers native born, 53. Three mothers gave birth to twins.
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MARRIAGES.
Whole number, 55.
Grooms native born, 42.
Grooms foreign born, 13. Brides native born, 33.
Brides foreign born, 22.
Grooms natives of Ipswich, 11.
Brides natives of Ipswich, 16.
DEATHS AND BURIALS.
Deaths, 85. Burials, 105.
Native born, 83. Foreign born, 18. Unknown, 4.
Males, 52. Females, 53.
70 years and under 80, 17.
80 years and under 90, 12.
90 years and over, 2.
Another year has passed and again we present for your consideration a report of the receipts, expenditures and finan- cial standing of the town.
The expenditures in the school department are in excess of last year owing to the building of the new school house on Spring street. The school committee think that the appro- priations for the coming year should belarger than they were the past year, the reasons for which will probably appear in their report.
The amount expended for current expenses is considerably less than last year, although quite extensive repairs have been made upon the town house, the roof of which is in a bad con- dition at the present time, caused by the paper under the shingles holding the moisture and thereby destroying the boarding of the roof. It will be necessary in a few years to replace the whole roof.
The bills for street lights are some larger than last year, but when we take into consideration the fact that the number of kerosene lights have been increased from 86 to 111, making in all with the gas lights 123, an increase over last year of 25, we think the town will feel amply compensated for the extra outlay.
There has been added to the fire department during the year a new engine and a new lot of hose so that they are quite well prepared for any emergency. The matter of the reservoir
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at the head of Central street remains the same as last year, the leakage still remaining and the two hundred dollars is still retained.
In the highway department there has been considerable new work, for which there was no special appropriation.
They were as follows: Rebuilding the bridge at Willow- dale, building of Peatfield street and Mount Pleasant street.
The bills for snow have been very small, leaving thereby quite a large balance at the end of the fiscal year which had been reserved for that purpose, a part of which has been ap- plied to the repairing of the roads since Feb. 1.
In accordance with the provisions of Chap. 98, Acts of 1889, the board of selectmen will be obliged as soon after the annual meeting as may be to appoint some suitable person to be superintendent of streets, at which time the terms of office of the present surveyors will expire and their duties will de- volve upon said superintendent unless the town accepts the provisions of Chap. 158, Acts of 1871.
The balance against the town in the poor department is some larger than last year, owing partly to the increase in expense at the Danvers Lunatic Hospital. At the present time we have no one there, those there having been removed to the Alms house.
Affairs at the farm remain in as good or better shape than at the last report. The crops were favorable and the balance against the farm is considerably less than it has been for years. The report of the State Board of Lunacy and Charity, which has created considerable excitement in different parts of the state, speaks quite favorably of the almshouse at Ipswich, although the visitor does not seem to have been very particu- lar in her observations as she speaks of the almshouse as be- ing built of wood with a brick basement. The whole number of inmates at the farm the past year was 13 ; the average rum- ber 91-5; the present number is 11.
The outlay by the town for the support of the poor on the farm amounts to $1.96 per week for each person so supported.
The boundary line question between this town and the town of Essex and city of Gloucester has been referred by the Legislature to the Harbor and Land Commissioners instruct- ing them to define said lines and report to the next Gencral Court. The vexed question seems to be in a fair way for ad- justment.
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The case of the Proprietors of Jeffries Neck pasture vs. the town of Ipswich has been heard before a Master and argued before Judge Devens of the Supreme Court. His decision has not yet been given. We have reason to believe the case will be referred back to the Master to be re-opened and evidence fav- orable to the town, but excluded by him at the former hear- ing, admitted.
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