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12 00
J E Bradstreet
23 75
Carter Bros
5 00
Chas Bailey
5 30
PR Eames
15 00
John Donovan
8 10
J W Nourse
10 00
Thos Donahue
3 60
Rufus Dewar
7 00
$126 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid
J Albert Smith, repairs . $ 6 15
American Ex Co, express . 1.75
A P Littlefield, repairs . 5 20
John S Glover, land damage
25 00
T F Cogswell, drain pipe, etc
144 06
A J Barton, curbing
466 24
Water Dept, supplies 17 94 90
Wm Lawson, repairs :
G H W Hayes, legal advice
1 00
T B Fall, supplies 1 75
John W Goodhue, supplies 22 32
A P Hills Co., supplies 4 27
1
59
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
C H Rollins, concreting $ 461 56
Ames Plow Co, plow . 8 50
J W Davison. repairs . 4 00
John S Glover, cement 7 50
A W Gordon, repairs . 1 50
T P Thomas, concreting 10 00
Est M Nolan, repairs . 3 40
Boston Belting Co, supplies 50
J A Smith, repairs . . 7 70
J T Pope & Son, lumber 43 58
Agawam Stable, use of team 6 00
M J Judge, Gould Bridge . 81 70
W F Gould, Gould Bridge 78 00
FT Goodhue, supplies . 30
Wm Marshall, repairs .
17 00
John Durand, snow plow and repairs . 31 45
W A Spiller, snow plow and repairs .
31 00
A D' Mallard, express . 25
-
S F Canney, lumber
12 06
H B Brown, concrete .
18 60
$1581 18
SUMMER STREET.
Paid
C W Hayes, labor $7 45
L Parsons, labor . 6 00
S Parsons, labor . 8 50
C H Rollins, labor 12 70
Robt Spencer, labor 3 80
James Scott, labor 8 20
John Dorr, labor 6 90
P R Eames, labor 7 50
Epps Norwood, labor
4 60
$65 65
60
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
ARGILLA ROAD
Paid
E G Damon, labor
$ 16 89
Jere Sullivan
8 80
M Laffy
8 60
S McGuinness, "
7 60
Fred Bray 66
7 60
Fred Carter 66
20 50
Wm Tarr 66
17 00
Asa Brown 66
21 60
Chas Rollins
9 45
A J Barton
1 00
$119 04
TOWN TEAM. Joseph A. Huckins, Driver.
Paid
J W Goodhue, supplies $10 20
E R Smith, medicine 1 00
G H Lord, labor 5 00
Geo B Brown, grain
156 03
J A Huckins, driver 600 00
C F Chapman, repairs, etc 16 31
J R Richards, repairs, etc 11 35
C F Norwood, labor 4 00
J E Norman, labor 8 50
John Durand, repairs 7 95
A H Plouff, repairs and supplies 5 70
C C Caldwell, coal 9 20
Agawam Stables, use of horse 11 95
J W Davison, repairs 2 45
J A Smith, repairs 1 45
Soar & Sheppard, painting
7 21
F T Goodhue, supplies
5 20
T E Condon, supplies
25
Est M Nolan, shoeing and repairing 27 30
E G Damon, labor . 1 40
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
A Felton, labor
$ 1 50
J W Brown, supplies . 2 10
P R Eames, supplies . 1 05
$897 10
The bills for the Town Team include all bills paid for re- pairs to the stable. A. W. Conant, Surveyor of District No. 1, sends the following report to the Selectmen.
Total number of hours the team has been at work from Jan. 1, 1901 to Jan. 1, 1902 was 2670, or 267 days of 10 hours each. Number of loads of gravel used on the district was 795 Number of street scrapings carted off was 751.
HIGHWAY RECAPITULATION.
Receipts
Appropriation for repairs . $6500 00
Appropriation for concrete 1000 00
Received from D A Hodgkins .
1 20
Receved from Frank Russell . 1 00
Appropriation taxes 1902 . 450 00
Received, Street Railway Tax .
1653 96
$9606 16
Unexpended balance, 1901 .
2912 01
$12518 17
Expenditures.
District No. 1.
$837 87
66
2
838 73
.
66
3
154 30
195 90
66
15
153 20
66
6.
93 75
161 40
8 .
98 70
'9.
196 90
66
10.
355 15
11 .
122 90
66
12 .
123 30
4.
7
62
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
District 13 .
$114 08
14
112 24
66
15 .
156 80
16.
126 50
Town Team
897 10
Argilla Road .
119 04
Summer street
65 65
Miscellaneous
1581 18
$6504 69
Balance .
$6013 48
Used for snow
1322 03
Unexpended balance Jan. 1, 1902 . $4691 45
CURRENT EXPENSES.
TOWN HALL.
Paid
A S Garland, janitor . $450 00
A S Garland, care of tramps . 100 00
A S Garland, paid for laundry 2 64
J W Goodhue, supplies . 25 64
Ipswich Gas Co., gas . 123 80
American Express co., express 30
E R Smith, supplies . 5 75
P R Eames, coal . 42 33
C C Caldwell, coal . 49 81
T B Fall & Son, coal . 52 15
J S Glover, coal . 33 47
H F Tonge, labor . 7 50
C Damon & Co, supplies 1 25
A H Plouff, repairs . 3 45
Edwin Fewkes, plants . 1 60
Jos Johnson, fire extinguishers . 8 00
63
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
CS Tyler, repairs on clock . 1 00
A C Damon, furniture . 21 80
Phillip Kimball, sods . 1 80
J II Lakeman, painting 5 90
Jere Sullvan, labor 3 00
T E Condon, supplies
95
N Archer, labor . 6 25
Aaron Wells, whitewashing 9 00
James Graffum, labor 7 60
James Bond, laundry 1 00
Benj Fewkes, plants . 2 30
D II Wells, labor .
1 25
FT Goodhue, supplies 2 65
S F Canney, lumber
8 57
J A Brown, lumber
5 87
L E Willcomb, supplies
60
W E Lord, supplies .
3 43
C W Brown, gas fitting .
4 25
$994 91
TREE WARDEN.
Amount paid by order of H. L. Ordway, Tree Warden.
Paid
J Howard Lakeman, labor $ 13 65
Bowker Chemical Co, supplies 89 40
J N Crowe, Jadders 7 00
John W Goodhue, supplies 8 21
Henry L Ordway, labor 62 60
George W Plouff, labor 22 00
Edmund Ready, labor 57 00
Jas B Scott, labor 65
John Durand, labor
75
D A Grady, team .
1 00
T A Howe, express
1 75
Asa P Littlefield, labor 2 25
A D Mallard, express 50
$266 76
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
PARKS.
Paid by order the of Park Commissioners.
F T Goodhue, supplies . $20 10
Smith E Hayes, labor . 57 85
James A Morey, labor . 22 25
John W Goodhue, supplies 29 85
Water Dept, supplies 1 50
Chas Jewett, labor 7 00
Foster Russell, labor . 2 27
W B Richards, loam .
12 00
Edw Fewkes, flower beds 56 00
Chas Palmer, loam 1 00
Thos C Tilton, labor . 8 80
Chas Rollins, labor 9 00
A H Plouff, supplies 5 00
Mark Newman, supplies . 3 35
Walter Sheppard, labor 1 50
Benj Fewkes, flower beds . 16 50
$253 97
CEMETERIES.
Paid by order of the Board of Superintendents.
A Staniford, painting $25 34
P E Clarke, labor 83 85
Wm H Kirk, 11 00
John L Russell, 66 17 30
G A Pickard, 66 78 .00
James Scott, 8 40
A J Barton, stone work 157 75
. John W Goodhue, supplies 3 61
Dennis Minnehan, jr, labor 2 00
R K Frost, labor 2 00
Jere Sullivan, labor .
61 15
John Patch, labor 39 80
Chas E Smith, labor . 21 03
O M Hills, labor 25 60
65
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
John H Baker, labor .
$57 80
Chas Rollins, labor 72 25
J B Kines, markers 30 00
T C Thurlow, trees, shrubs, etc 89 55
J Stackpole & Son, fertilizer
15 00
W B Richards, fertilizer
3 45
Luther A Lord, labor .
53 00
Luther Lord, labor and teaming
129 82
James Kinnear, teaming
8 50
S N Baker, clerk . 25 00
John S Glover, cement . 1 50
S F Canney, lumber 27 25
Erastus Clark, labor . 32 00
$1081 95
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid
Thomas L Jewett, allowance . 36 00
Geo W Bowen, allowance . 60 00
Martha Clarke, allowance . 48 00
Wm B Richards, groceries 120 00
Lewis E Willcomb, groceries 103 00
M Albert Ready, rent . 91 00
City of Beverly, allowance Mrs Goodwin 48 00
Philip E Clark, burial soldiers . 70 00
Frank L Lyon, shoes 1 50
A H Peatfield, fuel . 10 50
Josiah A Perkins, allowance 55 00
H F Fall, groceries .
145 00
Geo E Macarthur, medical attendance 23 00
Wm E Tucker, 66 4 00
C E Ames, 66 5 50
$820 50
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
· BOARD OF HEALTH.
The following bills have been paid by order of the Board of Health.
Paid
Geo W Smith, stationery . $ 2 07
Geo G Bailey, medical attendance 23 15
Ned L Harris, teaming 3 60
Geo W Plouff, labor 50
James Griffing, labor . 2 00
N J Bolles, groceries . 12 00
D A Grady, teams 7 00
Michael Callahan, teaming
1 00
A S Garland, labor . 1 00
Wm E Tucker, medical attendance . 77 00
Jesse Campbell, nursing . 40 00
Chronicle Pub Co., publishing notices .
17 00
$186 32
FOURTH OF JULY.
Paid
Newburyport Cadet Band, music . $141 00
Newburyport National Band, music 107 20
Wm Sheppard, prize .
5 00
Geo Player,
3 00
John Peatfield,
2 00
Clifford Burns,
3 00
Clarence Dupray, prize
2 00
Robt Bodycott,
2 50
Bert Goodhue,
2 50
Eusebe Therriault,
1 50
Everett Rutherford,
1 50
Roy Brocklebank,
66
5 00
Wayne Henderson,
5 00
Ernest Bouchart
1 50
John A Drapeau,
1 50
Frank Starkey
2 50
W G Brown,
1 25
67 1
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Charles Damon prize
$ 2 50
Thos Atherley,
1 25
Fred Whittier,
1 25"
Harry Garrett, prize .
1 25
Chronicle Publishing co., printing
8 75
CF Chapman, prizes .
2 25
J R Richards, saddles for police
10 00
CS Tyler, prizes .
14 25
W W Davis & Son, meals for band .
35 70
John F Wippich, prize .
4 75
Chas Hull, printing
1 00
A J Barton, prize .
5 00
D W Kimball, prize .
2 00
K of C., Carrollton Council, prize .
10 00
Chairman school committee prize
10 00
Ned L. Harris, teaming
1 00
Total amount paid by town
$398 90
In addition to the amount paid by the Town a committee of which J A Blake was chairman collected $229 50 which was ex- pended as follows.
Paid
J W Goodhue, prizes .
7 78
Jacobs W Co, fireworks
150 00
Geo F Harding, caps
10 00
W E Lord, supplies .
44
J L Russell, stamps .
80
F F Byron, flags .
2 59
Safford Bros, barge
5 00
Erastus Clarke, horses .
5 00
J A Blake, express
2 00
J A Blake, prizes .
4 40
Agawam Stables, team
5 00
S F Canney, lumber
1 20
A D Wells, labor .
50
J A Blake, supplies .
2 65
C H Potter, labor
50
L F Brown, entertainment
25 00
D F Weeks, labor
2 00
$224 81
Balance in hands of Chas E Goodhue
$4 69
68
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
PRINTING BILLS.
Paid
Chronicle Pub Co., Town reports . $ 147 00
66 " Ballots for town clerk . 32 00
Independent Pub Co., miscellaneous print- ing .
9 00
Chas G Hull, miscellaneous printing 17 10
P B Murphy,
3 00
Fred R Hull, .6
5 00
Chronicle Pub Co,
Lists Poll Taxes . 20 00
66 66 66 Tax bills for Treasurer 8 00
66 ‹: Notices 66 7 25
66 miscellaneous printing
27 00
66
66 66 publishing Registrars
and Assessors notices and printing . . 40 20
Chronicle Pub Co, publishing notices for hearings, etc .
20 25
Chronicle Pub Co, publishing dog notice . 6 00
$341 80
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Paid
Water Commissioners, appropriation . $4614 50
$4614 50
INCIDENTALS.
Paid 1
Chas G Hull, addressing envelopes . $3 00
Electric Light Committee, expenses . 5 65
Gen James Appleton Post G A R. 150 00
Priest & Page, weights for sealer 14 15
T F Cogswell, insurance . 12 00
Rochester German Ins co., insurance 36 75
Chas S Tyler, police badges . 2 50
Chas W Brown, supplies . 2 00
69
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Essex Co Clerk of Courts, legal papers . 5 25
Chas E Goodhue, taking census 20 00
Chas E Goodhue, extra copy Assessors' book 25 00
Geo A Schofield, taking census . 20'00
Danl S Appleton, 66 20 00
Hobbs Warren Co, supplies .
11 88
Win Reed & Son, police supplies .
12 00
A H Plouff, labor on fountains.
3 15
Jere Spiller, labor 5 00
John W Goodhue, supplies
5 51
Geo E Macarthur, attending prisoners . 10 00
Michael Callahan, express .
1 25
Foster Russell, labor . 2 87
TE Condon, postage, etc . 34 64
TE Condon, supplies . 21 00
Agawam Stables, teams . 11 00
FL Swan & Co, electric light investigation 95 00
Barry Printing Co, legal papers . 4 75
John W Patterson, fees for witnesses Gar- rette case . 33 26
John F Wippich, care town clock . 21 50
D A Grady, teams selectmen . 4 50
D A Grady, teams for police . 11 00
Agawam Stables, teams for police 16 00
Carter Ink Co, ink . 2 20
OF Chapman, music 16 45
T D Crowley, court fees . 22 25
Carter, Rice & Co, supplies
2 20
T F McCann, memorial tablet .
100 00
Jere Sullivan, labor .
11 40
Tilson & Livermore, supplies
3 12
John E Dodge, painting signs 4 30
CS Tyler, supplies . 6 30
John W Nourse, plans, services, etc . 49 40
W A Spiller, sign boards .
2 00
V L Harris, express 35
W S Russell, supplies for decorations, etc . 24 26
J C Stone, books . 1 00
70
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Thomas R Roberts, care of buoys $ 20 00
E G Damon, labor . 1 00
Fairbanks Co, weigh books 6 00
Epps Norwood, labor . 2 20
Ipswich Post Office, stamps 23 20
A Storrs Bement Co, covers . 5 00
B & M R R Co, mileage book
10 00
H A Brooks, binding reports 28 85
John A Brown, lumber . 4 50
G H W Hayes, counsel Kenny case and Glover case . 100 00
A P White, counsel Kenny case and Glover case 150 00
A P White, expense for legal papers . 14 00
G H W Hayes, expense for legal papers . 14 50
C A Sayward, counsel John C Low case 40 00
Walter Sheppard, ringing bell . 49 60
P E Clarke, returning deaths 19 75
L E Willcomb, weighing 8 70
H S Hills, 66
2 60
A S Garland, meals for prisoners .
34 50
A M Bridgman, legislative bulletin . 2 00
C W Bamford, postage . 5 65
Geo A Schofield, expenses and car fare 32 32
Paid for telephones . 4 35
G McGilfrey, delivering Town Reports . 3 00
John W Plouff, .. 66
3 00
Harry Bowen, 66 66
.
3 00
Edw H Smith, 66 66 66 3 00
John H Baker, labor 1 00
90)
S H Thurston, supplies .
C O Olson, meals for election officers
38 45
Jackson Ex Co, express . 15 15
S F Canney, lumber . 1 86
M R Warren, license blanks, etc. 4 60
Geo F King & Co, supplies 15 75
American Ex Co, express . 2 61
71
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
W W Davis & Son, meals .
$ 2 70
The Mitchie Co, Town law books 10 00
Luther Wait, services on Garrette case 2 00
N M Jewett, labor 1 00
Thorpe & Martin, supplies
2 00
Peter Rhodes, labor
5 70
Walter Ewing, labor
2 50
Warren Boynton, team .
1 00
Geo Haskell, labor . 4 00
Carter Bros, teaming stone to dump
11 25
P R Eames,
203 63
G H W Hayes, stone .
1 50
C H Rollins, building wall .
124 80
$1908 96
DR. SUMMARY. CR.
To appropriation
By bills paid
Current expenses
$3000 00
Town House
$994 91
Memorial Day
150 00
Tree warden
266 76
Sinking fund, water
2363 50
Independence Day 398 90
Hydrant service
1651 00
Sinking fund
2363 50
Cemeteries
1000 00
Hydrant service
1651 00
Parks
250 00
Parks
253 97
Purifying water supply
500 00
Printing
341 80
Drinking fountains
100 00
Cemeteries
1081 95
Tree warden
400 00
Board of Health
186 32
Repair of records
50 00
Soldiers' relief 820 50
ITistorical society
400 00
Incidentals
1908 96
Independence day
400 00
Drinking fountains 100 00
Purifying water supply 500 00
$10264 50
Amt transferred from
receipts
604 07
$10868 57
$10868 57
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
POLICE REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING, DEC. 31, 1901.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I submit the following report :-
W hole number arrests made during year 180
20
Assault, Dangerous Weapon
Breaking and Entering
8
Bastardy
1
Drunkenness .
87
Disturbing Peace
11
Illegal Shell Fishing
6
Junk Dealers .
1
Larceny .
19
Larceny from Buildings
2
Malicious Mischief .
3
Non Support .
2
Obstructing Sidewalk
1
Trespass
5
Threatening
1
Using unsealed measures .
1
Vagrancy
9
Total . 180
Disposition of Cases:
Committed to House of Correction . 63
66 66 Salem Jail . 6
66 66 State Board Charity 1
Discharged
5
Fines Paid
57
Furnished Bonds
7
Defaulted
19
Placed on File 22
Total 180
Amount of property reported lost $297 50 Amount property recovered . 234 00
2
Assault and Battery .
73
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Number committed to Danvers Insane Asylum
6
66 " Care of Parents . 3
66 Dogs killed .
2
66 Lost persons restored .
2
66 Sick and injured persons assisted
11
66 Buildings found open and secured . 16
Lights found burning and extinguished . 13
66 Windows found open and secured . 7
Cases investigated where no arrests were made 67
66 Stray teams put up . 3
Disturbances surpressed . 23
Defective sidewalks reported .
2
66 Escaped patients from Insane Asylum returned . 2
Repectfully submitted,
Frank C. Hull. Chief of Police.
Ipswich, Jan. 1, 1902.
TRAMP REPORT.
For the year ending Dec. 31, 1901.
Whole number cared for at the Police Station .
681
Following is the report by months;
January
76
February
111
March
105
April
89
May
52
June
17
July
13
August
20
September
19
October
38
November
77
Deceniber
64
Total
681
Respectfully submitted, Frank C. Hull, Chief of Police.
Ipswich, Jan. 1st, 1902.
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
LIST OF JURORS.
List of Jurors prepared by the Selectmen, to be submitted to the voters at the Annual Town Meeting, March 3, 1902.
Name Street
Occupation
Appleton, Daniel S
High
Farmer
Atkinson, Wesley B
Turkey shore rd Fish dealer
Abel, Clark O
So. Main
Machinist
Brown, A. Story
Candlewood rd
Farmer
Bamford, Chester W
Washington
Insurance agent
Barker, George
Central
Retired
Boynton, Warren
So. Main
Retired
Brown, Chas. G
Essex rd
Farmer
Brown, Edward F
High
Druggist
Brown, E. Newton
(`andlewood rd
Farmer
Burnham, Nathaniel
High. Merchant
Chapman, Clifford F
Washington Harness Maker
Chapman, Edward I
Linebrook rd
Farmer
Clark, Wm. A
High
Laborer
Choate, Edward W
East
Carpenter
Conant, Arthur W
East
Surveyor
Cross, Fred G
Candlewood rd
Farmer
Cummings, Charles S
Brown Insurance Agt
Dodge, John E
Prospect Carriage Painter
Dole, Edward
High
Farmer
Fall, John M
Lakeman rd
Farmer
Fellows, Moses
East
Retired
Glover, John S
East
Merchant
Glover, James S
East
Retired
Goodhue, Frank T
So Main
Merchant
Gould, Walter F
Boardman
Farmer
Gove, Robt. L
Green
Fisherman
Green, George H
Turkey Shore rd
Retired
Griffing, James
Washington
Retired
Grimes, Moses H
High
Gould, Wm. P
High
Janitor
Glasier, Charles H
Summer
Carpenter
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
Nanie
Street
Occupation
Hodgkins, Daniel A
County
Carpenter
Horton, Benj. R
Candlewood rd
Farmer
Haskell, George
Manning
Undertaker
Hill, Orrie M
Linebrook rd
Farmer
Hills, Albert P
Manning
Merchant
Hallam, William
Estes
Kinsman, J. Farley
Beach rd
Lord, George H
Summer
3 Farmer Carpenter Retired
Lord, Aaron
High
Lord, George .1
High
Lord, George E
High
Farmer
Lord, Austin L
High
Mason Merchant
Lord, Frank H
Mineral
Clerk
Mansfield, John W
Candlewood rd
Artist
Noves, Charles H
East
Janitor
Norman, John E
Turkey Shore rd
Carpenter
Perkins, Isaac E. B.
Green
Merchant Farmer
Plonff, Augustine II
Turkey Shore rd
Merchant
Poole, Edwin M
Green
Engineer
Rand, William II
Manning
Tinsmith
Reilly, William P
County
Clerk
Rogers, Charles W
Saltonstall
Crossing Tender
Ross, Frank A
Washington
Mason
Spencer, George
Highland Avenue
Mason
Stone, Daniel W
Ilovey
Laborer
Stone, William A
Mineral
Clerk
Tyler, Charles S
Central
Merchant
Tozer, George W
Maple Avenue
Merchant
Underhill, N Rawson
Linebrook Road Farmer
Walton, Arthur H
Maple Avenue
Painter
Geo. A. Schofield, Selectmen
Charles E. Goodhue,
of
Charles G. Hull,
Ipswich.
Ipswich, Feb. 18, 1901.
Lord, Walter E
High
Perley, Charles M
Linebrook rd
1
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
STATEMENT OF TOWN PROPERTY.
REAL ESTATE.
Town Farm, land and buildings.
Town House, lot and furnishings.
Cemeteries.
5 Engine Houses and land.
10 School Houses and land.
Woodland at Linebrook.
Woodland at Common Fields.
Turkey Shore Pasture.
Thatch Bank [Great Flats]
Thatch Bank [Third Creek]
2 Gravel pits, Washington street. Gravel Pit, near J. C. Carlisle's Pound.
All sand and clam flats, and all other property granted to the inhabitants of Ipswich by the Commoners in 1787, which has not since been sold.
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Furniture and other property at the Farm.
Fire Engines and Apparatus.
Fire Alarm System.
Hearse. Furniture at Town House.
Hay Scales (2)
Safe for Treasurer and Clerk.
Town Horses, Cart, Harness, etc.
Road Machine and other Highway Dept. property. Town Clock.
77
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
STATE AND MILITARY AID. COMMONWEALTH. DR.
To amt due for state aid, Jan. 1, 1901, . . $320 00
To amt due for military aid, Jan. 1, 1901 . 110 00
To amt pd for state aid, Jan. 1, 1902 . 3317 00
To amt pd far military aid, Jan. 1, 1902 . 45 00
$6676 00
CR.
By cash received for state aid . . $3196 00
By cash received for military aid . 110 00
By amt due for state aid .
3317 00
By amt due for military aid . 45 00
Disallowed state aid
8 00
$6676 00
DEBT STATEMENT. TOWN OF IPSWICH. DR.
To notes payable .
$22565 00
To orders drawn and not paid 893 22
$23458 22
CR.
By cash in Treasurer's hands .
$5294 41
Bill dues Farm in Treasurer's hands 1901
300 25
Old bills due Farm in 66 66
278 91
Uncollected taxes .
2185 45
Amount due the town from state aid
3317 00
66
66 the town for military aid
45 00
66 the town for burial of Sol- diers
70 00
for concrete work .
105 10
66
66 on Poor account 1901
377 80
old bills
136 46
66
corporation tax, 1901
1507 00
66
for schooling 201 00
$13818 38
Total town debt exclusive of Water Bonds
$9639 84
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT.
The Town Debt as compared with last year is as follows: Total debt Jan. 1, 1901 . $14818 99
Total debt Jan. 1, 1902 . 9639 84
Total reduction in town debt $5179 15
The financial condition of the Treasury Jan. 1, 1902, was as follows:
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1902 $5294 41
Bills due town, exclusive of State and Military aid . 5161 97
$10456 38
Less undrawn orders . 893 22
Balance in favor of town $9563 16
In addition to the balance of $9563.16, the selectmen have paid to the State $1036.00, which was the town's share of the ex- pense of the abolition of the grade crossing near the Appleton Farms. Under the law, the Town could pay this amount in yearly instalments for five years, but it would also be obliged to pay the State interest each year, and as our balance on the right side of the ledger was so large this year, we have paid the whole bill and stopped the interest. Had we retained it, our balance would have been $10392.16 instead of $9563.16.
In the highway department there is quite a large balance. In addition to what the Town appropriates, the receipts from the Street Railway tax are credited to this department, and have help- ed to make the balance so large. A comparison of the amounts expended for highway repairs in former years, will show that the district surveyors have received and expended fully as large an amount as in former years, and that the balance has not been ob- tained by depriving them of fair, and even liberal appropriations.
In our last report, we called attention to the establishing of a dump along the front of Water street, and the building of a re- taining wall, to the end that the dump, as it becomes filled up, may be used for the purpose of making a much needed widening of Water street. As no opposition to the plan was made at the annual meeting, our report being accepted without criticism, we
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have continued the work this year, and an inspection of the same will show that it is nearly completed, and in addition to furnish- ing a convenient dumping place, a work has been done for about $500, in the two years, which would sooner or later have cost the Town a great many times that amount under any other plan.
Our fire department is in excellent condition, and we are better prepared to fight fire today than we have ever before been in the history of the Town.
The case of Kenney vs. The Town, for damages on account of a bicycle accident, is still in the courts, and we are hopeful of being given a new trial, with increased prospects for a more favorable decision for the Town than in the original trial. The Garrette case came before the courts this year, but owing to an indiscretion on the part of one of the witnesses for Mr. Gar- rette, was not tried. The snit brought by John C. Low against the Town a number of years ago, which has been in the courts since, has been closed without a trial, and Mr. Sayward, who was counsel for the Town, informs us that it will not be heard from again.
We will suggest that in regard to appropriations for the various departments, that it would seem that it will neither be necessary or advisable to increase them, and we agree with the Assessors that if the Town accepts that view of it, that it is not only possible, but highly probable, that Ipswich can have a $10. tax rate next year, and at the same time furnish money enough for running the town on a very liberal and broad basis.
During the past year, death has removed from the ranks of our town officials one who had proven himself an upright, and honest man; a sterling citizen and a treasurer and collector who stood at the head of the list for efficiency, trustworthyness and careful and painstaking work for the welfare of the Town. Thomas E. Condon was a model town officer and as a public official; as man, and as a true and tried friend, his memory will be long revered by the people of Ipswich whom he served so well.
In conclusion, we call attention to the excellent showing made by the Town this year. It is safe to say that seldom, if ever,
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has it been equalled. The result has been brought about by the earnest endeaver of the various town officials, to give care and attention to the work in the various departments, and to the fact that the great body of the people have stood behind the offi- cials, and have given them encouragement and support. We make no claim for praise, neither do we desire unfair criticism. We accepted the position to which you elected us, and to the best of our ability have sought to perform the duties in a satisfactory manner. We submit the record of our work for your inspection, trusting that it will deserve, and meet your approval.
Geo. A. Schofield, Selectmen Charles E. Goodhue, of
Charles G. Hull, Ipswich.
Ipswich, Jan. 1, 1902.
This is to certify that I have examined the books of the Se- lectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, and find them correct, with proper vouchers for all bills paid.
HENRY F. DUNNELS, Auditor.
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THOS. E. CONDON, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF IPSWICH, FOR THE YEAR ENDING, DEC. 7. 1901.
DR.
To cash on hand Jan. 25, 1901 $4222 07
taxes of 1900 . 511 07
Commonwealth support of State paupers . . 71 45
66 temporary support of State .
paupers 55 00
6 Commonwealth expense of contagious diseases 15 00
66 corporation tax 1900 . 6 61
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