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70.00
William J. Coughlin, Registrar
70.00
Albert A. Thomas, Registrar
70.00
Albert A. Thomas, Treasurer, for Election and Caucus Officers
143.50
Albert A. Thomas, Treasurer, for
Appropriation Committee
70.00
Alvin C. Howes, Moderator
20.00
Thomas F. Conway, Inspector of Animals
200.00
Daniel F. Wilbur, Dog Officer
175.00
William W. Brackett, Auditor
200.00
$4,232.33
Overdraft for 1915
$17.33
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TOWN OFFICERS EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$1,000.00 175.99
Balance from 1914
$1,175.99
Orders Drawn:
L. S. Estabrook, Clerk Assessors $230.00
William Robb, Clerk Assessors 96.00
Florence C. Haskins, Clerk, Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector
381.23
Bourne Wood, Clerk Selectmen
118.75
Daniel F. Wilbur, Horse hire Dog Officer 26.75
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., Service
67.59
Clara B. Pettee, Lunches Election Officers
13.75
Caswell's Cafe, Lunches Election Officers
20.25
E F. Witham Auto Assessors
42.00
Albert T. Savery, Horse hire Assessors
18.00
B. C. Shaw, Horse hire Assessors
150.00
C. S. Millerd, Horse hire Assessors
2.00
E. H. Cromwell, Selectmen Expenses
28.80
Bourne Wood, Selectmen Expenses 9.00 New England Cranberry Sales Co. Assessors 12.00
Pasztor & Klar, Lunches Election Officers
5.55
Nemasket Auto Co., Assessors
5.00
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant
5.29
J. H. Creedon, P. M. Box Rent
1.20
Hobbs & Warren, Office Supplies
5.24
Overdraft from 1915
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriations
$2,500.00
Balance from 1914
142.85
Sale 18 Town Histories
54.00
Trustees, T. S. Pierce Estate (Fire Tower) 150.00
John Cole Estate
5.04
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
7.50
$1,238.40 $62.41
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Mary E. Clark Sundry Receipts From Contingent Fund
26.25
3.75
800.00
$3,689.39
Orders Drawn:
Lorenzo Wood, Printing
$146.50
Forest Fire Warden Pay Rolls
1,228.71
Bailey's Garage, Forest Warden
39.40
Maxim Motor Co., Forest Warden
4.75
Standard Fire Extinguisher Co., Forest Warden
167.00
J. H. Creedon, P. M. Postage and Box Rent
119.46
Adams Express Co.
9.75
State Forester, Fire Tower
150.00
Bailey's Garage, Truck
300.00
James Fasulo, Tax Abatement
10.00
C. A. Hack & Son, Town Reports
254.80
Edward M. Healey, Returning Deaths
3.00
Middleboro Clothing Co., Moth Dept.
10.00
Middleboro Fire District, Drink-
ing Fountain
6.00
P. B. Murphy, Printing
5.75
Oliver Typewriter Co., Ribbon
.75
Lloyd Perkins, Labor on Drinking Fountain
9.60
A. A. Thomas, Treas., Pay Roll on Dump 78.74
Francis A. Robinson, M. D., Re- turning Births
3.50
A. V. Smith, M.D., Returning Births
20.00
W. L. Soule, Returning Deaths 20.50
A. C. Wilbur, M.D., Returning Births
2.25
Nathan Washburn, Attorney
200.00
T. A. F. Washburn, Returning Deaths
53.50
Bourne Wood, Premium on Bond
100.00
W. L. Soule, Chair Seats
5.40
George Hatch, Rubber Stamp
1.35
W. W. Card, Labor
1.00
T. Bump
2.50
The Rand Co., Office Supplies
3.60
Wakefield Daily Item, Printing
4.25
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., Office Supplies
14.75
C. L. Hathaway & Co., Supplies
4.05
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H. E. Goddard, M. D., Returning Births .75
A. A. Thomas, Returning Births, Deaths and Marriages
164.40
J. H. Burkhead, M. D., Returning Births
4.00
Bureau of Statistics
8.00
Blackbird Pen Co.
2.50
J. E. Cross Rubber Stamp
1.25
Carter's Ink Co., Supplies
2.20
Alfred Elliott,M.D.,Returning Births
7.00
H. L. Thatcher & Co., Printing
332.40
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
19.03
Noyes Randall Co., Office Supplies
139.25
P. H. Pierce Co.
1.25
Leonard & Sampson
9.36
Geo. E. Doane,
11.10
Bourne Wood, Agent
78.60
Thos. F. Conway, Professional Services
5.00
$3,766.95
Overdraft from 1915
$77.56
TOWN HALL.
Balance 1914
$189.95
Receipts
3,130.00
Orders Drawn :
Lloyd Perkins, Repairs, etc., $24.46
Ralph M. Bassett, Lights and Repairs
82.06
John A. Belden, Lamps
26.63
Geo. E. Doane, Supplies 73.58
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant, light
853.33
E. H. Batchelder, Police Duty
18.00
William Chamberlain, Police Duty
24.60
F. H. Dean, Police Duty
14.85
Chas. E. Guertin, Police Duty
27.60
I. B. Thomas, Police Duty
14.25
Charles M. Thatcher, Police Duty
1.50
J. K. & B. Sears Co., Lumber
16.60
Middleboro Water Works, Water
188.83
F. A. Johnson, Painting, etc. 27.19
Cudahy Packing Co., Washing Powder - 8.50
$3,319.95
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William F. Dean, Repairs
2.50
T. W. Pierce Hardware Co., Floor Wax 2.60
E. P. Carr, Painting 2.60
George W. Perkins, Valves
1.00
W. L. Soule, Repair Chairs
1.80
F. N. Whitman, Sundries
1.50
E. F. Witham, Deputy Sheriff, Scenery
47.50
T. G. Sisson, Moving Piano
10.50
Bourne Wood, Agent
79.50
Whitcomb & Owens, Carting
3.42
H. B. Wentworth, Tuning and Re- pairing Pianos 10.00
E. F. Tinkham, Repairs Clock
1.00
Fred C. Sparrow, Carpenter Work
54.85
Reed's Disinfecting Co., Sweeping Compound
3.12
Jones Bros. Co., Chairs and Rug
25.48
William M. Haskins, Agent
30.00
C. L. Hathaway, Sundries
. 25
A. A. Capwell, Decorating Odd Fel- lows' Day 10.00
Charles E. Deland, Boiler Inspection and Insurance
49.00
E. H. Blake, Awnings and Repairs
35.55
Bryant & Soule, Coal
188.19
James L. Jenney, Coal
348.72
D. D. Sullivan, Insurance
50.00
Elizabeth Robinson, Insurance
50.00
Charles E. Ryder, Insurance
50.00
T. M. Ryder, Insurance
50.00
Annie M. Reed, Insurance
50.00
Percy W. Keith, Insurance
75.00
C. L. Hathaway, Insurance
50.00
Jared F. Alden, Insurance
56.25
B. F. Johnson, Janitor
584.00
B. F. Johnson, Help
208.66
Washburn Purizone Co., Sweeping
Compound and Disinfectant 12.50
Forest S. Churbuck, Disinfectant
and Drip Machines
25.75
Overdraft for 1915
$3,573.22 $253.27
Against this amount should be credited $205.83 due from Water Department for rent demand for which was made, but payment was not forthcoming.
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POLICE.
Appropriation
$3,373.33
Balance from 1914
18.08
G. Lewis Hathaway, Chief
28.26
George H. Shaw Co.
2.50
County of Plymouth, Rent
300.00
Fourth District Court
326.67
$4,048.84
Orders Drawn:
The Ray Co. Inc., Defective Work
$297.54
T. W. Pierce Hardware Co. 1.75
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., Freight . 66
Little, Brown & Co.
3.00
J. F. Kiernan, Attorney
15.00
C. B. Dolge Co., Disinfectants
12.00
James L. Jenney, Coal
72.93
Bryant & Soule, Coal
39.00
Central Baptist Society, Rent
225.00
Maxim Motor Co., Auto Hire
12.50
Geo. E. Doane, Floor Oil
. 65
Ralph M. Bassett, Labor and Supplies
2.40
Auto List Publishing Co.
13.00
Lloyd Perkins, Labor and Supplies
2.51
E. P. Carr, Signs
8.40
Lorenzo Wood, Printing
6.25
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Service
87.50
Louis Hathaway, July 4th Pay Roll
39.00
Clarence E. Thomas, Special Police
1.50
Samuel S. Lovell, Special Police
1.50
I. B. Thomas, Special Police
23.65
Chas. E. Guertin, Special Police
30.55
Chas. M. Thatcher, Special Police
108.07
F. Herbert Batchelder, Special Police
89.64
William Chamberlain, Special Police
32.71
Samuel Hathaway, Special Police
4.20
Fred Deane, Special Police
29.76
Richard Warme, Patrolman
156.79
Victor Knies, Patrolman
195.97
Frank W. Hasty, Patrolman
903.93
Frank W. Hasty, Care of Lockup
21.52
Lewis Hathaway Chief
959.49
E. S. Stevenson
32.50
Harry. F. Snow, Patrolman
439.13
Harry F. Snow, Care of Lockup
26.67
Janitor Service,
51.00
Balance 1915
$3,947.67 $101.17
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HIGHWAYS.
Appropriations :
Superintendent's Salary
$1,500.00
Clearing Snow
750.00
Sidewalks including Overdraft
2,500.00
Bridges
1,000.00
Repairs on Vernon Street
500.00
Maintenance of Plant
1,000.00
Drainage
500.00
Sewers
600.00
Street Sprinkling
1,250.00
Street Sprinkling Assessment on Abutters
811.98
Plymouth Street
1,000.00
Village Districts
5,000.00
Outside Districts
5,000.00
$19,350.00
Less Estimated Receipts
5,500.00
$15,911.98
Receipts :
State Treasurer, St. Ry Tax
$2,538.96
New Bedford & Onset Street Ry. Excise Tax 689.19
Bay State St. Ry. Co., Excise Tax
1,646.90
East Taunton St. Ry. Excise Tax 203.95
Trustees of Pierce Estate, for Frank St.
500.00
Plymouth Street:
W. H. Connor, Supt.
$344.00
Morris & Co., Refund
7.16
L. S. Bailey
8.63
State Highway Commission
3,000.00.
Trustees Pierce Estate
2,000.00
$5,359.79
Maintenance of Plant:
W. H. Connor, Town Teams
3,342.82
Harold L. Bond & Co.
8.58
Charles L. Shaw
24.00
Bryant & Soule
82.77
Outside Districts :
Trustees Pierce Estate
$116.30
Stone Account
585.00
$3,458.17
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Village Account Sidewalks Sewers St. Sprinkling, N. H., N. H. & H. R. R.
1,258.25
144.50
392.23
3.00 $16,896.24
Total
$32,808.22
Order drawn as per bills approved
by Superintendent of Street
$34,950.70
Overdraft 1915
$2,142. 48
GYPSY MOTHS.
Appropriation
260.56
State Treasurer
246.76
Private Work
1,331.78
$3,825.41
Orders Drawn
$3,321.61
Overdraft from 1914
498.77
Overdraft 1915
$3,820.38 $5.03
TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$950.00
Balance 1914
22.71
Merrimac Chemical Co.
1.00
Orders Drawn Approved by Tree
Warden
$986.14
Overdraft 1915
$12.43
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Balance from 1914
468.44
Town of Lakeville
16.17
J. L. Jenney, Refund
8.25
$1,492.86
Orders Drawn
$2,427.74
Overdraft 1915
$934.88
$973.71
$1,986.31
Private Work Appropriation
79
STATE AID.
State Aid to the following amount has been paid for the year 1915 $4,562.00
MILITARY AID.
$250.00
Appropriation Balance from 1914
237.50
State Treasurer
288.00
Orders Drawn,
$775.00 747.00
Balance 1915
$28.50
The Selectmen have made the following appointments in their order :---
Samuel Hathaway, Special Police Officer.
William H. Connor, Forest Warden.
Linam Chute, Moth Superintendent.
Allerton Thompson, Overseer of Poor.
Louis Ritter, Public Weigher.
Alberta Stickney, Public Weigher. Bourne Wood, Town Hall Agent.
Henry B. Schlueter, Burial Agent.
Lorenzo Wood, Registrar of Voters.
Thomas F. Conway, Inspector of Animals.
Ernest I. Perkins, Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber.
William H. Connor, Superintendent of Streets.
Percy L .. Sutton, Fish Warden and Inspector of Alewives at East Taunton.
Ferdinand Landgrebe, Fish Warden.
Harry F. Snow, Police Officer.
Frank W. Hasty, Police Officer.
Samuel S. Lovell, Special Police.
Charles E. Guertin, Special Police. Clarence C. Thomas, Special Police. George H. Morse, Special Police,
Horace W. Macomber, Special Police. John H. Pushee, Special Police. B. F. Johnson, Special Police.
Samuel Hathaway, Special Police.
Walter H. Fisher, Special Police. Fred H. Dean, Special Police.
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Homer R. Caswell, Sealer of Weights and Measures. Daniel F. Wilbur, Police Officer and Dog Officer. G. Lewis Hathaway, Police Officer and Chief of Police. E. E. Place, Herring Inspector.
Ernest S. Pratt, Public Weigher and Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber.
G. Lewis Hathaway, Deputy Fish and Game Warden.
John J. Pearson, Board of Health.
A. V. Smith, Soldiers' Physician. Victor T. Knies, Police Officer.
Ferdinand Landgrebe, Special Police.
C. S. Cummings, Soldiers' Physician.
John Wheeler, Deputy Collector.
Louis Ritter, Public Weigher.
Linam Chutem, Moth Superintendent.
John Pushee, Inspector of Animals.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
PRECINCT ONE.
Warden, B. J. Allen.
Deputy Warden, Herbert A. Pratt.
Clerk, Percy W. Keith.
Deputy Clerk, Ernest I. Perkins. Inspector, Benjamin E. Holmes. Deputy Inspector, Charles O. White. Teller, Edmund Pratt. Deputy Teller, Walter I. Standish. Officer, Joseph Carver.
PRECINCT Two.
Warden, Henry W. Sears. Deputy Warden, Levi O. Atwood. Clerk, Chester E. Weston. Deputy Clerk, Michael J. Cronan. Inspector, Henry B. Schlueter. Deputy Inspector, E. T. P. Jenks. Teller, Ernest M. O'Toole. Deputy Teller, John J. Mahoney. Officer, James A. Roberts.
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JURY LIST 1915.
William F. Atwood, Farmer, France Street. Luther Bailey, Market, 23 Forest Street. John L. Benson, Lumber Dealer, Wareham Street. Harry L. Beckwith, Carpenter, Plymouth Street. Howard M. Bishop, Woodworker, Smith Street. George H. Bailey, Shoeworker, Wood Street. Edward H. Blake, Bill Poster, Pearl Street. George F. Bryant, Grain and Coal Dealer, 56 No. Main Street.
Marshall P. Burgess, Shoeworker, 71 No. Main Street. Josiah T. Carver, Painter, Pleasant Street. John H. Casey, Shoeworker, 67 Wareham Street. Benjamin W. Caswell, Agent, 15 Pierce Street. Homer R. Caswell, Clerk, 14 Pearl Street. Walter M. Chipman, Printer, 12 Arch Street. Louis D. Churbuck, Carpenter, School Street. Abisha T. Clark, Farmer, Marion Road. James M. Clark, Retired, Wareham Street.
Howard A. Cline, Pattern Maker, 273 Center Street. Alanson F. Cobb, Shoeworker, Wareham Street. Charles F. Cole, Carpenter, 56 So. Main Street. Edward H. Cromwell, Real Estate Agent, No. 2 High Street. Elisha A. Cudworth, Woodworker, Highland Street. Nathaniel S. Cushing, Jr., Sawyer, East Street. Albert Deane, Poultry Dealer, Soule Street. George A. Deane, Peddler, Thompson Street. Leonidas Dean, Real Estate Dealer, 63 Oak Street. G. Delmar Dunbar, Clerk, Bourne Street. Eugene L. Dunham, Shoeworker, 18 Elm Street. David H. Farra, Merchant, Cottage Court. Charles O. Gammons, Farmer, Highland Street. George L. Gillis, Clerk, 57 Everett Street. Joseph Gibbs, Shoeworker, Tispaquin Street. William P. Fessendon, Clerk, Plymouth Street. Bradford Harlow, R. R. Employee, 16 Southwick Street. Wardsworth H. Harvey, Woodworker, Miller Street. William M. Haskins, Cranberry Grower, 29 Oak Street. Eugene J. Keith, Carpenter, 35 North Street.
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A. Freeman Crosby, Merchant, 10 Warren Avenue. Percy W. Keith, Insurance Agent, Plymouth Street. Michael H. Kelley, Mason, 30 Webster Street. Orville H. Leonard, Clerk, 63 Oak Street. Edward B. Lovell, Agent, 8 Water Street. John L. Louipold, Shoeworker, 17 Arch Street. Eugene H. McCarthy, Shoeworker, 53 Everett Street. James McCarthy, Painter, 22 Lovell Street. John Merrihew, Woodworker, Smith Street. Ernest M. O'Toole, Merchant, 14 North Street. George H. Place, Real Estate Dealer, 149 Center Street.
Frank C. Otto, Mill Worker, 56 East Main Street. Patrick Sherlock, Mill Worker, Barrows Street. Luther B. Pratt, Teamster, East Main Street. John H. Pushee, Supt. Almshouse, Alms Street. Edward C. Reed, Lumber Dealer, Pine Street. William J. Robb, Clerk, 17 Barrows Street. Ralph E. Ryder, Carpenter, Plymouth Street. Clarence H. Ryder, Carpenter, Highland Street. John H. Ryder, Farmer, Highland Street. Truman C. Savery, Wood and Lumber Dealer, Plymouth St. Arthur H. Standish, Farmer, Thompson Street. Ralph Starett, R. R. Employee, Courtland Street. Benjamin C. Shaw, Lumber Dealer, Rocky Meadow Street. Geo. F. Shaw, Farmer, Plymouth Street. Harrison T. Shurtleff, Board Sawyer, France Street. Charles H. Soule, Poultry Dealer, Cedar Street.
Edwin H. Soule, Lumber Dealer, Cedar Street.
Frank M. Stickney, Paper Box Maker, 53 Forest Street. Myron R. Sturgess, Cranberry Grower, Rocky Meadow St. John M. Sullivan, Merchant, 219 Center Street. Charles W. Swett, Carpenter, Miller Street. Charles M. Thatcher, Real Estate Agent, 36 School Street. Alfred E. Thomas, Woodworker, Smith Street. Frank S. Thomas, Engineer, Wareham Street. Geo. L. Thomas, Plumber, 6 Court End Avenue. Ichabod B. Thomas, Jr., Shoeworker, 248 Center Street. James A. Thomas, Millwright, Wareham Street. Lazelle E. Thomas, Retired, 59 Everett Street. William H. Thomas, Farmer, Wareham Street. Allerton Thompson, Retired, 17 North Street.
Charles S. Tinkham, Shoeworker, 11 Courtland Street. Charles M. Washburn, Lumber Dealer, Plymouth Street. John A. Washburn, Mason, 78 Oak Street.
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Albert T. Westgate, Clerk, Miller Street. Joseph F. Westgate, Telephone Employee, Courtland Street. Thomas T. Westgate, Woodworker, Miller Street. Seneca T. Weston, Farmer, France Street. John H. Wheeler, Clerk, 57 Everett Street. Charles O. White, Shoeworker, Pleasant Street. George H. Wilbur, Photographer, Plymouth Street. Chester B. Wood, Farmer, Wood Street. Edward C. Wood, Druggist, 25 Webster Street. Harold S. Wood, Assistant Bank Examiner, 9 High Street. Bourne Wood, Insurance Agent, 14 Elm Street.
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REPORT OF FISH WARDENS.
Balance from 1914
$31.43
City of Taunton
30.00
Town of Dighton
20.00
E. B. Merrihew
11.00
Trustees Pierce Estate
300.00
$391.43
Orders Drawn: P. L. Sutton, Fish Warden and In- spector
$130.00
A. C. Cosseboom & Co.
12.40
E. E. Place, Inspector
20.00
W. H. Connor, Contract
300.00
F. C. Landgrebe, Warden
73.35
Henry B. Schlueter, Fish Warden
5.00
Bourne Wood, Fish Warden
5.00
Edward H. Cromwell, Fish Warden
5.00
$550.75
Overdraft 1915
$158.32
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleborough;
APPROPRIATIONS.
Superintendent's salary
$1,500.00
Clearing snow
750.00
Sidewalks including overdraught of $294.12
2,500.00
Bridges
1,000.00
Repairs on Vernon St.
500.00
Maintenance of plant
1,000.00
Sewers
600.00
Drainage
1 500.00
Repairs on Plymouth St. between Carmel St. and, Carver town line
1,000.00
Village District
5,000.00
Outside District
5,000.00
Total
$19,350.00
Less estimated receipts from Excise Tax and Street Railway Corpora- tion Tax to be applied on the appropriations for Maintenance of Public Ways in the village and outside districts
$5,500.00
Owing to the fact that the Railways paid the town but $5,079.00 and leaves the Highway Department $421.00 short of the intended ap- propriations 13,249.00
$18,328.00
RECEIPTS.
Highway account Plymouth St.
William H. Connor, Supt.
$344.00
Morris & Co., refund
7.16
L. S. Bailey
8.63
State Highway Commission 3,000.00
Trustees of T. S. Pierce Estate
2,000.00
Total
$5,359.79
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HIGHWAY ACCOUNT FRANK STREET.
Trustees of T. S. Pierce Estate $500.00
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT OUTSIDE DISTRICTS.
Trustees of T. S. Pierce Estate 116.30
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE OF PLANT.
William H. Connor, Supt. of Town teams
3,342.82
Harold L. Bond Co.
8.58
Charles L. Shaw
24.00
Bryant & Soule
82.77
Total
$3,458.17
HIGHWAY STONE ACCOUNT.
Mrs. Downey
$18.00
David G. Pratt
42.00
Mass. Highway Commission
466.95
Elwyny B. Lynde
4.80
Robert Hewitt
7.50
Charles A. Shaw
5.25
Edmund T. Pratt
40.50
Total
$585.00
HIGHWAY VILLAGE ACCOUNT.
William H. Connor
$59.38
Joseph Gumhurst
3.50
F. H. Blanchard
200.00
William Haskins
35.31
Trustees of T. S. Pierce Estate
104.84
Middleboro Water Dept.
240.71
Peter M. Ramsey
49.20
Joseph Lyons
5.25
Morrill S. Ryder
36.68
Mary A. Pierce
85.67
Middleboro Fire District
7.15
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William B. Macomber
14.70
N. Y., N. H. & H.
12.92
Alexander Eaton, refund
2.50
George W. Lovell
81.52
Victor Malm
3.00
J. F. Eldridge
61.60
Mrs. A. C. Heath
18.30
Mrs. A. B. Simonds
5.00
William Andrews
30.80
Elizabeth M. Ryder
51.05
Middleboro Fire District
42.80
Town of East Bridgewater
105.91
Edward E. Cromwell
100.00
Total
$1,258.25
HIGHWAY SEWER AND DRAINAGE ACCOUNT.
Church of Our Saviour
$25.00
Peter M. Ramsey
25.00
N. Williams Keith
25.00
C. Myrtice Higgins
25.00
Maria Chase Estate
25.00
John Roht
25.00
Joshua L. Perkins
25.00
Daniel H. Holmes
50.00
James H. Creedon
25.00
Samuel Perrin
25.00
Fred A. Hanson
18.50
Joshua L. Perkins
23.75
Daniel H. Holmes
18.98
Evelyn O'Toole
31.00
Mrs. A. C. Heath
25.00
Total
$392.23
SIDEWALKS ACCOUNT.
First Unitarian Society
35.00
Sacred Heart Church
26.00
Middleboro Amusement Co
25.00
H. L. Thatcher
21.00
M. D. Long
37.50
Total
144.50
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STREET OILING ACCOUNT.
Appropriation $1,250.00
Equal amount to be assessed on the abutters, but owing to a mistake in the Assessor's account, this de- partment was left $439.00 short, making the total amount of money for the use of the Highway De- partment in 1915
$32,222.45
MAINTENANCE
A. E. Duffany
. 75
George N. Dupont
15.50
Harold L. Bond Co.
289.76
Pioneer Mfg. Co.
12.88
William F. Dean
1.70
Charles L. Tribou
13.20
T. W. Pierce Co.
81.83
N. E. Road Machinery Co.
55.60
Dyar Supply Co.
12.90
Buffalo Steam Roller Co.
241.72
Bailey's Garage
14.14
C. N. Atwood & Son
4.81
Wylie Bros.
11.44
Lloyd Perkins
41.16
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
41.42
Maxim Motor Co.
2.30
Bourne Wood, Agent
326.30
Nazareth Cement Co.
154.74
F. A. Nichols
2.43
Pierce Hardware Co.
24.41
C. W. Maxim
1.60
Whitcomb & Owens
. 60
Texas Co.
5.00
Horace Dunham
3.00
Israel M. Smith
14.50
J. F. Alden, Agent
70.00
E. E. Gardner
7.73
C. P. Washburn
742.50
W. S. Andrews & Son
26.75
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George G. Benson
64.20
T. F. McDonald
170.62
Alex Eaton
16.22
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant
19.75
J. Willard DeMoranville
5.20
C. L. Hathaway & Co.
2.90
A. C. Cosseboom & Co.
76.41
Kinsman Bros.
20.61
R. T. Benson
2.00
George E. Doane
249.67
Bryant & Soule
620.82
George E. Kauffman
7.00
Monarch Paint Co.
34.30
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
98.58
W. H. Connor
42.76
J. K. & B. Sears & Co,
57.80
Leonard & Sampson
193.77
T. F. Conway
64.50
Howard Bryant
10.75
Walworth Mfg. Co.
6.71
Frank Carver
10.00
James L. Jenney Estate
52.63
4,047,87
STREET SPRINKLING.
Pay rolls
$251.80
John Baker, Jr.
1,011.51
Standard Oil Co.
841.52
W. H. Connor
89.07
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
8.00
$2,201.90
SEWERS.
Pay rolls
$957.54
W. H. Connor
9.57
Harold L. Bond Co.
162.23
Lloyd Perkins
31.75
Sparrow Bros.
8.50
Dyar Supply Co.
9.00
T. W. Pierce Co.
6.56
90
George E. Doane
56.06
Walter D. Blair
12.00
Annah M. Wood
42.51
Merrimac Foundry & Machinery Co.
78.00
Bourne Wood, Agent
39.00
N. E. Road Machinery Co.
104.40
Howard Bryant
9.69
H. L. Bryant
11.34
Henry T. Clark
65.00
Arad R. Dunham
15.25
$1,618.40
SIDEWALKS.
Pay rolls
$1,070.70
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
72.00
Barrett Mfg. Co.
256.96
George E. Doane
.25
Pioneer Mfg. Co.
29.94
M. N. Cartier
103.17
Central Garage
. 80
J. K. & B. Sears & Co.
40.60
O. C. Broken Stone Co.
354.50
C. P. Washburn
48.00
Nazareth Cement Co.
321.72
Bryant & Soule
191.25
$2,489.89
PLYMOUTH STREET.
Pay rolls
$5,614.97
Standard Oil Co.
47.38
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
14.76
Truman C. Savery
3.00
L. S. Bailey
85.96
F. J. Shurtleff
85.34
Bailey's Garage
274.13
J. C. Boynton & Son
79.40
John Baker, Jr.
1,364.31
Morris & Co.
15.50
Frank Carver
6.00
Central Fish Market
7.40
Caswell Bros.
34.14
91
P. F. Wood Boiler Co.
75.00
Dyar Supply Co.
38.40
J. L. Jenney Estate
103.87
I. B. Thomas
123.58
William Egger
13.03
Manuel Silvia
1.80
Sparrow Bros.
1.00
The Texas Co.
79.13
A. C. Cosseboom & Co.
8.45
N. E. Road Machinery Co.
35.00
Curry Bros. Oil Co.
12.60
Joe Waver
33.92
Fred Fies
27.28
C. N. Atwood & Son
75.00
W. H. Connor
6.83
8,282.97
OUTSIDE DISTRICTS.
A. A. Thomas, Treasurer, pay rolls
$2,536.24
J. K. & B. Sears & Co.
2.25
Arad R. Dunham
5.00
Henry T. Clark
1,495.79
A. C. Cosseboom & Co.
8.60
Harold L. Bond Co.
29.22
George E. Doane
92.00
Andrew Davis
1.80
Israel M. Smith
91.00
Waterproof Paint Co.
35.10
William F. Clark
295.42
Ichabod B. Thomas
238.68
S. T. Weston
92.75
Henry P. Hackett
9.36
Grover Bennett
2.80
E. H. Cromwell
42.60
Bryant & Soule
57.31
Andrew W. Miller
2.50
John Baker, Jr.
268.34
Standard Oil Co.
525.69
W. H. Connor
15.25
J. L. Jenney Estate
20.13
Minot H. Sammis
5.00
Foster A. Wood
18.82
Horace L. Bryant
9.97
J. Foster Penniman
35.63
$5,937.25
92
SNOW.
A. A. Thomas, Treasurer, pay rolls
$495.65
C. Henry Shaw
26.90
William F. Clark
51.29
Henry T. Clark
30.05
J. Foster Penniman
12.20
A. R. Dunham
4.00
A. B. Gibbs
25.01
S. T. Weston
9.10
$654.20
Total money expended
34,950.90
Overdrawn on the total appropria- tion for 1915
$2,728.45
As an offset to this overdraft we have a shortage of $860.00 in the Street watering and Excise Tax. We also have $400.00 in one bill collectable and $126.00 in another, and $300.00 in another, and $160.00 in another.
I also have $225.00 worth of hay. I have $300.00 worth of Street binder.
Owing to the new form of construction on Plymouth Street, the Street department was forced to buy $600.00 worth of new plant.
We have also another bill due from the Town of Carver of $125.00.
I have also $600.00 worth of stone.
VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY OF THE HIGH- WAY DEPARTMENT.
70 Barrels of binder
$325.00
8 Barrels of Tarvia
90.00
1,000 Tons of stone in yard
600.00
Hay
200.00
2 Dump carts
200.00
2 Bottom dumps
200.00
1 Spreading cart
200.00
1 Single cart
40.00
1 Gear
75.00
1 Gear
75.00
1 Gear
50.00
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1 Drag
40.00
3 Plows
30.00
4 Road scrapers
700.00
1 Watering cart
300.00
1 Oil cart
300.00
1 Oil cart gear
100.00
1 Hay rake
20.00
1 Mowing machine
15.00
1 Concrete Mixer
450.00
Moving rolls
40.00
Cultivator
5.00
Jacks
75.00
3 Double harness
125.00
5 Snow plows
250.00
13 Snow plows
175.00
3 Cranes
· 60.00
3 Sets of platform scales
175.00
2 Double sleds
100.00
Sidewalk tools and material
735.00
Steam roller
2,500.00
Crushing plant
2,000.00
Portable bins
300.00
6 Horses
1,650.00
1 Street sweeper
200.00
Street cleaners and brushes
100.00
Water tank
30.00
Oil tank
150.00
Blocks and falls
75.00
Chains, tools, bars and gears
350.00
Town barn and lot
2,750.00
Land on Center Street
1,200.00
Land on Barden Hill
275.00
Land on Marion Road
250.00
New tools
600.00
Total valuation
$18,200.00
In addition to the general repairs the following new work has been done; new sidewalk and curb on Center Street from Oak to High and on High to the Elk's Home. New gravel on Elm Street and Court End Avenue. New drain- age on Elm Street and connected with the main sewer with four catch basins and a manhole. New drainage on Arling-
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ton Street. New sidewalk from the steps on Arlington Street to George E. Keith's shoe shop. Cherry Street rebuilt from Wareham Street to the railroad crossing off Cherry Street, raised the grade three feet for four hundred feet over Fall Brook. New bridge built of cement reinforced on Fall Brook. New granolithic sidewalk and curb on Town House Avenue on the North side. The work on Plymouth Street is completed from the Carver line to the Waterville school- house. Vernon Street at North Middleboro carried out as far as the appropriation would allow it to go.
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