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SIDEWALK RECEIPTS
Mrs. Lawrence Sampson
$5.97
G. H. Phillips
5.76
Henry Winterholder
8.96
T. S. Nelson
7.53
Mrs. W. E. Cushman
18.00
H. L. Thatcher
35.00
John Baker, Jr.
481.62
Joseph E. Cross
13.48
Daniel Danielian
23.09
Wm. M. Haskins
9.81
John G. Howes
55.05
W. H. Connor
19.41
Charlette Ellis
11.00
Mrs. B. N. Shaw
37.25
Caroline Crossley
26.66.
Matthew Cushing
30.91
Morrill S. Ryder
10.55
Orrin R. Smith
14.59
Elizabeth B. Cushman
18.58
Edward P. Downing
8.89
Waldo Jackson
19.28
Charles F. Cole
11.00
Richard T. Supple
9.86
C. L. Hathaway
9.00
H. L. Thatcher
40.01
160
Cushman Estate
7.77
Louise A. Spooner
27.22
J. C. Boynton & Son G. A. Philbrook
59.00
15.28
L. B. Pratt
18.00
Total amount available for sidewalks for 1917
$3,558.53
Total amount of money spent
3,908.40
Debit
349.87
There is due on the sidewalk account more than money enough to square this account.
HIGHWAY VILLAGE
Pay Roll
110.79
John Baker, Jr., oil
240.81
Pay Roll
135.38
O. C. Stone & Concrete Co., stone
164.28
Pay Roll
19.26
Pay Roll
159.04
Pay Roll
120.23
Pay Roll
160.38
Pay Roll
107.97
Pay Roll
153.76
Pay Roll
148.93
Pay Roll
132.53
Pay Roll
68.25
E. S. Ober, stone
37.50
Pay Roll
74.61
Pay Roll
170.19
- Pay Roll
130.01
Pay Roll
196.50
Thomas, Treas.
20.00
Pay Roll
85.35
Pay Roll
140.76
Midd. Fire District
150.00
Pay Roll
97.11
Pay Roll
201.84
Pay Roll
160.56
Pay Roll
116.51
Pay Roll
105.85
Pay Roll
98.54
Pay Roll
88.57
$1,058.53
161
Pay Roll
84.72
Pay Roll
192.38
Pay Roll
72.20
Pay Roll
70.58
Geo. E. Doane, tools
20.53
Pay Roll
63.38
Pay Roll
89.13
Pay Roll
60.88
Pay Roll
60.72
Andrew J. Davis, labor
2.00
P. H. Peirce, fertilizer and grass seed 66.35
Bailey's Garage, auto supplies
6.05
Pay Roll
39.00
Horace L. Bryant, labor
26.70
Pay Roll
20.05
Pay Roll
46.50
Alexander Eaton, wood
41.00
W. H. Connor, freight
8.28
Pay Roll
34.25
C. N. Atwood & Son, wood
42.00
The Texas Co., oil
40.50
Pay Roll
56.73
Pay Roll
62.75
Pay Roll
13.50
Eastern Road Machinery Co., tools 58.00
Pay Roll
16.00
The Arco Co., steel
32.30
Pay Roll
43.12
Pay Roll
23.75
Pay Roll
85.19
Pay Roll
40.51
Fred N. Whitman, supplies
1.69
Geo. E. Doane, tools
61.76
Pay Roll
40.44
Pay Roll
106.43
Pay Roll
97.91
Pay Roll
68.75
Pay Roll
161.69
W. H. Connor, freight
12.50
Pay Roll
64.37
Pay Roll
171.42
Pay Roll
101.66
Pay Roll
138.18
$6,141.36
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Money Available $5,554.93 Debit 586.43
SEWERS AND DRAINAGE
Pay Roll
$38.63
Geo. E. Doane, pipe
17.00
W. S. Andrews & Son, boots
19.50
Lloyd Perkins, pipe supplies
8.82
Pay Roll
32.22
Pay Roll
52.78
Pay Roll
20.09
Geo. E. Doane, tools
13.93
T. W. Pierce Co., tools
13.20
Pay Roll
4.25
Sparrow Bros., oil clothes
4.68
Pay Roll
2.66
Pay Roll
5.84
Pay Roll
2.82
Pay Roll
24.50
Pay Roll
23.25
H. L. Bond Co., tools
17.77
W. H. Connor, freight
16.40
Pay Roll
3.63
Pay Roll
25.59
Geo. E. Doane, tools
106.05
Pay Roll
98.01
W. H. Connor, freight
32.80
Pay Roll
63.24
Pay Roll
35.92
Geo. E. Doane, tools
44.47
W. S. Andrews & Son, boots
14.00
Pay Roll
8.00
Geo. E. Doane, tools
37.46
Pay Roll
8.19
Leonard & Sampson, insurance
42.03
W. H. Connor, freight
4.80
Sparrow Bros., oil clothes
3.90
Pay Roll
29.78
Annah M. Wood, brick.
12.60
Pay Roll
35.75
Pay Roll
5.50
Pay Roll
26.12
Pay Roll
21.00
163
Pay Roll
22.41
Pay Roll
15.00
Pay Roll
10.50
Pay Roll
19.36
Alex Eaton, wood
18.20
T. W. Pierce Hardware Co., tools
4.74
Pay Roll
77.02
Pay Roll
53.45
Pay Roll
115.94
Pay Roll
10.25
$1,324.05
SEWER AND DRAINAGE RECEIPTS
Middleboro Fire District
$25.00
George H. Place
25.00
Rev. T. A. Curtin
25.00
John Mansfield
52.93
Harold W. Sears
25.00
Allan R. Thatcher
25.00
$177.93
Total amount of money available
for 1917
$1,377.00
Total amount of money spent
1,324.05
Balance
52.95
CUSHMAN
Credit
Debit
Appropriation for Cushman and Miller Streets $500.00
Patching Miller Street, bringing surface up t o grade, labor
$190.70
Material for patching
100.00
Independent Cold Tar Co. for tar surface
210.00
Sanding surface
77.00
Total
$577.70
Debit
77.70
PLYMPTON STREET
Appropriation
$1,350.00
Trap Rock Pea Stone for patch-
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ing, Trap Rock Co.
$175.00
200.00
Coal Tar for patching Labor Barrett Man. Co. for tarvia for top surface Labor, sanding
390.00
500.00
194.00
Total
$1,459.00
Debit
109.00
PLYMOUTH STREET, North Middleboro
Appropriation
$500.00
Labor, patching
$37.00
Material
62.00
Tar
265.00
Sanding
69.54
Sand in Pit
10.00
Total
$443.54
Balance
$56.46
MARION ROAD AND PERRY STREET
Appropriation
$500.00
Total expenditure for labor
$509.12
Debit
9.12
TAUNTON ROAD
Appropriation $1,400.00.
Patching, road labor
$392.60
Cold Patch, Independent Cold Tar Co.
260.00
Tar for surface
660.00
Sanding surface
100.61
Total
$1,413.21
Debit
13.21
Money appropriated for outside district
$8,460.00
Spent
8,195.55
Balance
$264.45
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BRIDGE ACCOUNT
Balance from 1916
$216.00
Appropriated in 1917
400.00
Spent on Bull's Eye Crossing Bridge
330.09
Balance
285.91
CLEARING SNOW
Appropriation
500.00
Spent
1,316.79
Taken from reserve fund
816.79
STREET SPRINKLING ACCOUNT
Pay Roll
$92.04
Pay Roll
230.45
Pay Roll
145.91
Pay Roll
80.69
Pay Roll
52.05
Pay Roll
68.20
Standard Oil Co., oil
827.15
Pay Roll
42.00
Standard Oil Co., oil
819.14
Pay Roll
8.50
Independent Coal Tar Co., tar
400.00
$2,766.13
Credit by error Kelley pay roll
in June
4.50
$2,761.63
Total amount of money available $3,000.00 Spent
$2,761.63
Balance
238.37
CARMEL STREET WORK
The Highway Dept. of Middleboro contracted with the State Highway Dept. to build Carmel street a con- necting street between Plympton Street and Plymouth Street, a distance of 3,300 feet. The work consisted of sub-grading and widening the street from twelve feet to twenty-four feet, making it necessary to use
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1,800 yards in the widening and hardening and widen- ing the cut for 500 feet near the Plymouth steam road. In this cut we removed approximately 400 yards of excavation. We put in 700 linear feet of rock base and put on top 4 inches of gravel the whole length of the road. When properly compacted we put on a sheet asphalt top two and one-half inches thick the entire length of the road. When completed we had spent $3,870.30. Our contract price was $4,000, leaving a balance on Carmel Street of $129.70.
This work was contracted for in 1916 under the con- dition and prices of 1916. Our material had advanced practically 30% and our labor fully 25%. We now have a continuous road from Star Mill bridge to Car- ver line, good to travel in all kinds of weather.
EAST MAIN STREET
In August of 1917 we made a contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission to build East Main Street from the overhead bridge at the Green to the Star Mill bridge for the sum of $10,000. We erect- ed our mixing plant on the land of L. B. Pratt, off Sachem Street, and took all of our material, both for bottom and top, from this pit, except some 300 loads which were taken from Jewel's of the Green. We put 850 feet of rock fill 12 feet wide and 15 inches deep. This rock fill was put in where the sub-grade was weak and springy. We then put on a sheet asphalt top the entire length of the road 18 feet wide, two and one-half inches deep when rolled, with shoulders on either side three feet wide. The work when completed cost $7,539.32, leaving a balance of $2,460.68. We have now made a contract with the State Highway Commis- sion to continue East Main Street to North Main Street with the consent of the Peirce Trustees and the High- way Commission to use the unexpended balance left from the other work.
1917 was the hardest year on public work I ever ex- perienced in my thirty-five years of public work. It seems as though prices would never have reached the level that they have reached. We are now paying over double for all kinds of bituminous binders more
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than we paid before. And we have not yet reached the limit of high prices. The demand is growing great- er every day for all kinds of road material and the pro- duction is not keeping pace with the demand-conse quently we must pay more. Our labor market is large .. ly controlled by supply and demand, but today it is controlled by what a man can live for. With living prices as high as they are, I see no reason why we should not be compelled to pay our men a larger wage that they and their families may live. The town pur- chased a motor truck in April of 1917, which we have used in highway work. It has worked out very sat- isfactory, but which has not made nearly as good a showing as it would have done if we had been allowed for the truck in the work for the State, they only allow- ing us for gasoline and oil and the actual breakage. The truck worked largely on their work for five months. The same thing applies to our teams. We are only allowed to charge what the actual feed costs, plus the shoeing cost. The Selectmen petitioned the Plym- outh County Commissioners for the rebuilding of the Fresh Meadow Bridge between the town of Carver and Middleboro crossing the river. The County Com- missioners viewed the premises by requests of the Se- lectmen, had a survey made and advertised the work, and let the bridge to be built and the work is nearly completed. Owing to the extreme cold weather in the, fall, work had to be stopped until better weather. The Selectmen also petitioned the County Commis- sioners to view Thompson Street and see what part of the expense they should have (of the expense) as a county. After viewing the premises they decided they could not take any part in the rebuilding of this street as a county and the selectmen were given leave to with- draw their petition. The Selectmen then took the mat- ter up with the Highway Commission, made an ap- pointment and had a hearing with the Highway Com- mission, and were informed by that body that they could in no way take part in building this road so near and parallel with their main line now built, as this road did not shorten the line from Boston to Middle- boro and was not a through line to Plymouth. They termed it a local road that must be taken care of by the
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town. In making out this report of 1917, I feel more responsible than ever before on account of the large amount of money the work has cost in the last year. Shortage of labor, the loss of two horses in the depart- ment, and the steady increase in the cost of labor has made it a strenuous year in the Highway Department of Middleboro. In closing my report I take this time to thank the taxpayers of Middleboro and especially the Board of Selectmen for their support and coopera- tion.
Respectfully submitted, W. H. CONNOR, Superintendent of Streets.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT From Jan. 1, 1917 to Jan. 1, 1918
My work the past year has been carried along on the same lines as in the past two or three years, with the exception of doing more spraying the past year.
Have removed 36 trees and sprayed ninteen elms this year.
I will call for more spraying and a larger appropria- tion.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY
1 Spray Pump
$150.00
Saws, Tools and Ropes
50.00
Arsenate of Lead
35.00
$235.00
TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT
Payments for year ending December 31, 1917
Mar. 10 Luther S. Bailey, Payroll $28.00
April 28 Luther S. Bailey, Payroll 24.75
May 5 Luther S. Bailey, Are't lead 43.25
13 Luther S. Bailey, Payroll 27.75
26 Luther S. Bailey, Payroll 152.75
June
2 Luther S. Bailey, Payroll 18.00
9 Luther S. Bailey, Payroll 15.50
23 Luther S. Bailey, Payroll 10.00
30 Leonard & Sampson, Ins. 32.00
July
12 Luther S. Bailey, Payroll 74.50
.
12 George E. Doane 18.92
21 Luther S. Bailey, Salary 94.95
Aug. 4 Geo. H. Place, Horse hire 98.75 Total payments
Overdraft January 1, 1917
$639.12 15.41
Total
$654.53
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Less Appropriation
650.00
Overdraft, January 1, 1918
$4.53
Respectfully submitted,
L. S. BAILEY,
Tree Warden.
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THOMAS S. PEIRCE FUND REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
Middleborough, Mass., January. 31, 1918.
To the Selectmen of Middleborough, Mass .:
Gentlemen-The following statement shows the con- dition of the funds held by us as Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce, for the benefit of the Town of Middleborough and the Middleborough Public Library, at the close of business, December 31, 1917 :
Also statement of income of above-named funds for the year 1917.
Balance sheet of fund held in trust for the Town of Middleborough, on December 31, 1917.
Assets
Stocks $298,803.89
Bonds and premium on same 64,427.15
Mortgage and promissory notes 111,134.11
Real estate carried as personal property 28,814.20
Postoffice fixtures
1,500.00
Cabinet at Library
240.00
Steel chest in Peirce building
300.00
Life insurance policy.
300.00
Deposit in Savings Banks
4,000.00
Cash 9,061.10
Real Estate
Profit and Loss
$518,580.45 71,060.37 2,579.10
Liabilities
Trust fund received from Ex- ecutor $472,506.03
Passing direct under the will
119,713.89
$592,219.92
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Income
Gross receipts for 1917 $24,024.68
Gross expenses for 1917 10,323.50
Net income for 1917 Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1917
$13,701.18
2,524.68
$16,225.86
Paid For Use and Benefit of Town Union Street School Repairs After Fire Lloyd Perkins, new heating plant and plumbing $1,876.43
Town of Middleborough, mis- cellaneous bills 764.57
$2,641.00
Town of Middleborough, to as- sist in defraying expenses of
"back to nature" movement,
clerical hire, cards, printing,
etc., payable to the order of the President and Secretary of the Committee to secure plots of land for farming purposes 400.00
Town of Middleborough, State
Highway, Carmel Street $2,000.00
Town of Middleborough, State Highway, East Main Street 5,000.00
$7,000.00
Middleborough Public Library
Screens
$15.00
Chairs
81.35
Lights
19.73
Flag
26.60
$142.68
Middleborough High School
Lloyd Perkins, expense of new plumbing
$3,339.90
Typewriters and stands 250.00
Tuition Commercial Course
2,066.00
$5,655.90
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Pulmoter and oxygen for use of town 146.20
$15,985.78
Balance on hand, January 1, 1918
240.08
Notes
In addition to the $7,000.00 expended above on Car- mel and East Main Streets, the town is to receive or has already received from the State Highway. Commis- sion, the like sum of $7,000.
In addition to the $2,641.00, spent for repairs on the Union Street School building in 1917, $640.00 was spent in 1916, making the total repairs and alterations on above bulding, caused by the fire in 1916, of $3,281.00.
Balance sheet of fund held in trust for the Middle- borough Public Library on Dec. 31, 1917 :
Assets
Bonds and Premiums on bonds $46,648.21
Mortgage note 1,000.00
Middleborough Savings Bank 1,530.00
Liberty Bond, 4 % 500.00
Cash 551.91
$50,230.12
Liabilities
Devised under will
Profit and loss
: $50,000.00 230.12
$50,230.12
Income
Receipts for 1917
$1,911.87
Paid Treasurer of Middleborough
Public Library
1,911.87
Respectfully submitted, CHESTER E. WESTON, GEORGE W. STETSON, GEORGE R. SAMPSON,
Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN AUDITOR
For the Year Ending December 31, 1917
I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the accounts of the Town, including the accounts of the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, Collector of Taxes, Man- ager of the Municipal Light Plant, Trustees of the Es- tate of Thomas S. Peirce and Treasurer of the Middle- borough Public Library, and I find such accounts well kept and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the same are correct in every particular.
W. W. BRACKETT,
Town Auditor.
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH, AS OF JANUARY 1, 1918.
PLYMOUTH AND MIDDLEBOROUGH RAILROAD LOAN-4%
Due Nov: 1, 1918, Salem Savings Bank
$5,000.00
SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN-4%
Due Nov. 1, 1918-Nov. 1, 1926 $15,000.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT LOAN-4%
Due Nov. 1, 1918, 1923, Bearer $22,000.00 Due Nov. 1, 1918, Commonwealth of Mass. 1,500.00
Due Nov. 1, 1924, 1926, 1927,
Commonwealth of Mass. 15,000.00
Due Nov. 1, 1925, Jose, Parker Co. 5,000.00
$43,500.00
Total Permanent Loan
$63,350.00
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TEMPORARY LOAN
Due April 12, 1918, Middleboro Savings Bank $30,000.00
Due April 6, 1918, F. S. Mose- ley Co. 15,000.00
Respectfully submitted, W. W. BRACKETT, Town Auditor.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
For the year ending December 31, 1917
Cash on hand January 1, 1917
$16,588.92
Received for accounts as follows :
Board of Health :-
John H. Wheeler, Agent
$231.45
Max Schock
1.00
Town of Bridgewater
80.00
$312.45
Cemetery Trust Funds :- Deposits to Permanent Funds $2,397.00
Income for care of lots 533.74
$2,930.74
Collector of Taxes :-
Account 1914 Assessments
$548.31
Account 1915 · Assessments
11,201.69
Account 1916 Assessments
9,322.99
Account 1917 Assessments
100,415.82
$121,488.81
Corporation and Bank Tax :- State Treasurer 6,832.12
Food Supply Committee :
T. S. Peirce Trustees
$400.00
C. H. Leonard, Collections 64.84
Oscar F. Stetson, Collections 131.25
$596.09
Fourth District Court :- Luke F. Kelley, Clerk 422.00
Herring Account :---* Town of Somerset
$20.00
Town of Freetown 10.00
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Town of Raynham 20.00
$50.00
Highway-Carmel Street Macadam :-
T. S. Peirce Trustees $2,000.00
Town of Middleboro, Refund 34.13
Massachusetts Highway Com- mission 908.02
$2,942.15
Highway-East Main Street Macadam :- T. S. Peirce Trustees 5,000.00
Highway-Account Estimated Receipts :- 1
State Treasurer-Street Rail- way Tax $920.30
East Taunton St. Ry .- Excise Tax 206.43
N. B. & O. St. Ry .- Excise Tax 716.99
$1,843.72
Highway-Maintenance of Plant :- William H. Connor, Supt Town Teams $1,836.66
William H. Connor, Supt. Motor Truck 1,038.88
Massachusetts Highway Com- mission-Refund 6.00
Steam Roller 14.00
$2,895.54
Highway-Outside Districts :- Barrett Mfg. Co., acc't freight 82.03
Highway-Clearing Snow :-
Transfer from "Reserve Fund" 666.79
Highway-Stone Account :-
Dennis W. Perkins $8.99
Samuel N. Shiverick 9.73
$18.72
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Highway-Village Account :-
Elwyn B. Lynde
$56.47
Playground Association
25.00
Central Baptist Society 26.61
Middleboro Mercantile Medium
171.68
George H. Place
39.95
Mrs. J. H. Moody
33.21
Mrs. Ellen Nolan
43,00
Rev. T. A. Curtin
64.79
William F. Clark
4.00
Timothy D. Creedon
7.50
George E. Keith Co.
66.00
John Creedon
10.00
J. C. Turner
. . 50
William H. Connor
6.22
$554.93
Incidentals :-
Town Histories
$15.00
Bourne Wood 2.85
Telephone Tolls
.20
Edward H. Blake
6.00
John J. Fowler, Supt. (Moth Truck) 272.50
Moth Dept .- Rent of Bldg.
240.00
Moth Department-Gasoline
60.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
24.72
$621.27
Income Tax Account :- State Treasurer
7,038.82
Interest :-
Collector of Taxes
$1,792.09
On daily bank balances
245.01
$2,037.10
Income-Enoch Pratt Fund :- Kansas City Terminal Bonds $200.00
City of Troy, N. Y. Bonds 225.00
$425.00
Licenses :-
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County of
Plymouth,
Dog
Licenses
$1,384.16
E. H. Kelley
10.00
Middleboro Amusement Co. 40.00
Princess Theatre Corp.
90.00
Andrew J. Decker
15.00
William J. Coughlin
10.00
Ralph W. Maddigan
2.00
Everett T. Lincoln
2.00
Alton M. Peckham
4.00
Sealer of Weights and Meas-
ures (State)
28.00
William Egger
2.00
John V. Sullivan
2.00
Pasztor & Klar
4.00
Henry L. Thatcher
2.00
George H. Place
2.00
Leonidas Deane
2:00
James Friedman
150.00
Isadore Freedman
150.00
Max Berman
150.00
$2,049.16
Loans-Temporary :- Hutchins & Wheeler
$40,000.00
F. S. Moseley & Co.
30,000.00
$70,000.00
Military Aid :- State Treasurer'
240.00
Moth Accounts :-
Linam Chute.
$9.00
G. A. Philbrook, Mgr.
12.19
Frederick H. Taber
100.00
T. S. Hodgson
42.00
J. W. Howes, Treas.
43.75
J. J. Fowler, Supt.
4.50
State Forester
1,091.06
$1,302.50
Middleborough Gas & Electric Plant :---- George A. Philbrook, Mgr. 41,550.00
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Overseers of Poor :-
J. H. Pushee, Farm acct.
$3,381.19
Cordelia A. Finney 255.00
Charles M. Thatcher, Clerk
70.00
Middleboro Board of Health
5.00
I. O. O. R. M.
8.57
Town of Freetown
304.50
Town of Plymouth
· 9.75
Town of Whitman
3.00
Town of Concord
20.00
Charles M. Thatcher, Clerk
43.77
City of Boston
75.00
George W. Stetson, Atty
147.12
State of Massachusetts
233.85
City of Fall River
17.75
M. B. Richardson.
5.00
Mary L. Capen
17.00
City of Woburn
1200
C. Gomes
8.00
$4,616.50
Police Department :-
Namaskett Press-Refund
$2.50
C. Louis Hathaway, Chief
16.27
County of Plymouth, Rent
300.00
$318.77
School Department-Maintenance :-
C. H. Bates, Supt.
$70.78
T. S. Peirce Trustees
2,066.00
City of Boston
150.75
Town of Rochester
150.00
Town of Lakeville
2,801.99
Town of Halifax
150.00
Town of Plympton
430.00
State of Massachusetts
729.75
Lloyd Perkins
5.00
$6,554.27
School Department-Repairs :- T. S. Peirce Trustees 764.57
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School Transportation :-
Geo. W. Butler-Refund
$5.50
Blanche M. Carr
1.56
$7.06
Sealer Weights and Measures : Fees Collected
94.24
Sewer and Drainage Account :-
Middleborough Fire District
$25.00
George H. Place
25.00
Rev. T. A. Curtin
25.00
John Mansfield
25.00
John Mansfield
27.93
Harold N. Sears
25.00
Allan R. Thatcher
25.00
$177.93
Sidewalk Account :-
Mrs. Lawrence Sampson
$5.97
George H. Philips
5.76
Henry Winterholder
8.96
T. S. Nelson
7.53
Mrs. W. E. Cushman
18.00
Henry L. Thatcher
35.00
John Baker, Jr .- Refund
481.62
Joseph E. Cross
13.48
Daniel Danielion
23.09
Wlliam M. Haskins, Trustee
9.81
John G. Howes
55.05
William H. Connor
19.41
Charlotte Ellis
11.00
Mrs. Ben Shaw
37.25
Caroline Crossley
26.66
Matthew Cushing
30.91
Morrill S. Ryder
10.55
Orrin R. Smith
14.59
Elizabeth B. Cushman
18.58
Edward P. Downing
8.89
Waldo Jackson
19.28
Charles F. Cole
11.00
Richard T. Supple
9.86
Clarence L. Hathaway
9.00
182
Henry L. Thatcher
40.01
Cushman Estate
7.77
Louisa A. Spooner
27.22
J. C. Boynton & Son
59.00
George A. Philbrook
15.28
Luther B. Pratt
18.00
$1,058.53
Soldiers' Exemptions :- State Treasurer
402.61
State Aid :- State Treasurer
4,286.00
Town Hall Account :-
Municipal Light Plant
$150.00
Middleboro School Dept. 500.00
Edward H. Cromwell, Agent
1,050.00
$1,700.00
Total
$308,469.34
Payments for the year have been
as follows :-
Band Concerts :-
Selectmen's Order
$100.00
Board of Health :----
Orders of Department 3,721.69
Cemetery Trust Funds :-
Annual care of lots $416.74
Funds Invested 2,397.00
$2,813.74
County Tax :- Treasurer Plymouth County 7,515.15
Middleborough District Nurse Association :- Selectmen's Order 300.00
183
Food Supply Committee :-
Postage
$93.50
Card Files
2.25
Pay Roll-Ploughing
41.59
Oscar F. Stetson, Salary and Expenses
149.40
H. L. Thatcher & Co., Printing
113.00
Namaskett Press, Printing
14.00
M. W. Baxter, Labor
12.00
Gilbert H. Simmons, Ploughing
60.50
Alexander Eaton, Ploughing
42.63
Mass. Agricultural College, Cards
3.20
Walter D. Blair, Herrings
20.00
J. Herbert Cushing, Herrings
7.18
Bryant & Soule, Herrings
5.00
Sears Lumber Co., Herrings
20.66
$584.91
Fourth District Court :-
G. Louis Hathaway
$119.59
Harry F. Snow
1.55
Frank W. Hastay
1.20
Fred C. Sparrow
2.08
$124.42
G. A. R. Post No. 8, E. W. Peirce :-
1
Selectmen's Order
200.00
Highway Accounts-Selectmen's Orders :-
Bridge Account
$330.09
Carmel Street Macadam
2,681.46
Motor Truck Purchase
3,100.00
East Main Street Macadam
4,975.00
Maintenance of Plant
4,631.41
Outside Districts
8,195.55
Clearing Snow
1,316.79
Superintendent's Salary
1,500.00
Village Account
6,141.36
Water Supply
300.00
Sewer and Drainage
1,324.05
Sidewalks
3,908.40
Street Sprinkling
2,761.63
$41,165.74
184
Incidentals :- Selectmen's Orders
3,360.41
Interest :-
Temporary Loans $3,292.68
Temporary Loans acc't previous year 600.00
Permanent Loans
860.00
$4,652.68
Enoch Pratt Fund-Income :- Middleborough Public Library 425.00
Licenses :-
Middleborough Public Library 2,063.16
School House Loan :-
Note paid November 1, 1917
1,650.00
Temporary Loans :- Notes Paid 65,000.00
Military Aid :---
Selectmen's Orders
210.00
Moth Account: - Selectmen's Orders
5,712.86
Middleborough Gas & Electric Plant :-
Commissioners' Salaries $400.00
Notes paid through Sinking Fund 3,500.00
Interest paid
1,880.00
Maintenance 30,883.77
Construction
10,840.41
$47,504.18
Overseers of Poor :- .
Orders of Department
12,603.86
Pension Fund :--- Selectmen's Orders 281.32
185
Plymouth County Farm Bureau :- Selectmen's Order 100.00
Police Department :- Selectmen's Orders 5,244.64
"Reserve Fund"-Order of Ap- propriation Committee :- Highway Clearing Snow Ac- count 666.79
School Department-Orders of Department :-
Proposed High School acc't. Architect
$1,500.00
Maintenance
46,757.48
Repairs
2,118.61
Transportation
3,406.14
$53,782.23
Sealer of Weights and Meas-
ures :-
Orders of Department
336.96
Soldiers' Burial :-
Selectmen's Orders
50.00
Soldiers' Relief :-
Selectmen's Orders
1,804.25
State Aid :- -
Selectmen's Orders
3,990.00
State Highway Tax-State Treas-
urer 2,435.36
State Tax :-
. State Treasurer
13,640.00
Town Hall Account :-
Selectmen's Orders
4,436.17
Town Officers :- Selectmen's Orders 4,270.83
186
Town Officers' Expense Account :- Selectmen's Orders
1,449.18
Tree Warden :- Selectmen's Orders 639.12
Total Payments $293,218.74
Cash Balance
15,250.60
$308,469.34
Respectfully submitted, ALBERT A THOMAS,
Treasurer.
Report of the Treasurer of the Municipal Light Loan Sink- ing Fund :- Received from Town Treas- urer $3,500.00
Paid Notes due Nov. 1, 1917
$3,500.00
ALBERT A. THOMAS, Treasurer.
187
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen : I have the honor to present to you the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1917 :
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