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$15 00 $6,960 72
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Highways, continued.
Amounts brought forward. $15 00 $6,960 72
Paid Ames Plow Co., picks and shovels, 12 50
" J. Q. A. Wild, sharpening picks and drills, 36 48
66 Whitney & Nash, picks and shovels, 16 85
66 H. Feltis, sharpening picks, 2 66
66 E. Ramsdell, labor, Squantum,
6 00
66 George W. Billings, culverts and repairing fence, 16 00 66 Luther Briggs, locating Greenleaf Street, 1871, 17 00
66
66 Squantum Causeway, 1871, 15 00
66 66 . staking road Hough's Neck, 1871, 15 00
Removing snow,
667 25
819 74
$7,780 46
Labor from Almshouse,
688 15
Total,
$8,468 61
UNPAID BILLS FEB. 1, 1872, OF J. Q. A. FIELDS, SURVEYOR, 1871, 1872.
Paid C. H. Hardwick & Co., stone chips, &c., $203 31
William Davenport, oil, &c., 3 00
66 Alex. Feltis, iron work, &c., 24 88
66 Whitney & Nash, sundries,
32 29
William Totman, labor, 7 50
66 Miss H. C. Bowditch, gravel,
14 00
66 W. H. Jones, labor and gravel,
12 05
66 C. H. Hardwick, stone chips,
31 08
66 E. Rideout, laying wall,
36 25
66
C. L. Copeland, gravel,
3 00
66 H. Barker, labor and carting,
171 50
J. F. Eaton, gravel,
13 12
Mrs. E. Green, advertising,
2 50
66 J. Williams, stone,
5 00
66
Mitchell Granite Co., stone and chips,
66 09
J. Q. Adams, ploughing roads, 4 00
66 Chas. Elcock, gravel, 5 00
Amounts carried forward, $634 57
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Highways, continued.
Amounts brought forward, $634 57
Paid Mrs. E. C. Adams, gravel,
2 40
G. R. Smalley, sharpening drills,
1 05
E. C. Sargent, labor,
50 00
" E. S. French, stone and labor, 10 06
James Gallagher, labor, snow, E. W. Underwood, 3 00
Wm. Maloney, to March 4, 1872, 15 50
66 George W. Billings, labor, Squantum Causeway, 20 00
66 Mrs. E. Green, advertising, 66 66
3 00
Total, $739 58
RECAPITULATION OF HIGHWAYS.
Expended by H. B. Ellis, surveyor, as per report, $9,277 72
" Selectmen surveyors, " " " 8,468 61
J. Q. A. Field, surveyor, 1871 and 1872, as per report, 739 58
Total, $18,485 91
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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT OF J. Q. A. FIELD, SURVEYOR OF HIGH- WAYS, 1871, 1872.
APPROPRIATIONS.
For repairs on highways, 1871 and 1872,
$7,500 00
" Squantum causeway,
66
5,500 00
" New streets, 1871, 1872, ordered built as follows : -
Mears Road,
Furnace Avenue,
Cary's new street,
Granite Place,
South Walnut and Summer Streets,
Sea to Washington 66
Extension of Sea
3,412 44
$16,412 44
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for repairs on highways, as per report,
Feb. 1, 1872, $6,192 42
Paid for removing snow, as per report, Feb. 1, 1872, 608 82
Paid for new streets, as per report Feb. 1, 1872, 3,412 44
$10,213 68
Paid for repairs on highways, 1871 and 1872, as per report, Feb. 1, 1873, 739 58
Paid for Squantum Causeway, as per report, Feb. 1, 1872, 3,635 70
Balance of appropriation unexpended, 1,823 48
$16,412 44
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FIRE DEPARTMENT. John W. Hall, Chief Engineer. NIAGARA, No. 1. W. M. French, Engineer.
Paid forty-one members,
$205 00
66 steward,
30 00
66
W. M. French, services, 10 00
66 J. Q. A. Wild, iron work,
3 00
66 Owen Adams, coal,
4 88
66 D. H. Bills, coal,
4 13
66 Grenville Brooks, kindlings,
3 00
Tirrell & Sons, varnishing engine,
35 00
66
66 66 repairs, &c.,
29 60
66 jA. W. Mitchell, badges,
41 25
66
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, oil-can, &c.,
4 95
66 Whitney & Nash, oil and sponges,
2 19
A. M. Litchfield, labor,
8 00
". W. A. Abercrombie, refreshments,
18 22
66
66
oil, &c., 11 02
$410 24
· TIGER No. 2. Amos M. Litchfield, Engineer.
Paid fifty members, $250 00
66 steward, 30 00
66 Amos M. Litchfield, services, 10 00
*W. W. Penniman, refreshments at Braintree, 20 00
66 Tirrell & Sons, varnishing and repairing, 39 70
6. C. F. & J. W. Pierce, lamps, &c., 25 00
66 Whitney & Nash, oil,
4 51
66 J. N. Blake, water-pail, &c.,
4 40
66 M. Goodhue, refreshments, &c., 36 45
66 Amos M. Litchfield, stock and labor,
101 24
66 C. C. Johnson, oil and alcohol, 6 00
66 George L. Baxter, rope and mugs, 3 01
530 31
Amount carried forward, $940 55
* Refunded. f To be refunded.
·
35
Fire Department, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$ 940 55
GRANITE, No. 3. William Gragg, Engineer.
Paid fifty members,
$250 00
66 steward, 30 00
Wm. Gragg, services, 10 00
66 H. Farnum, brooms,
5 02
66 Tirrell & Sons, varnishing and repairs,
38 50
66 +A. W. Mitchell, badges, 62 50
66 C. F. & J. W. Pierce, lanterns, &c., 5 65
66 Grenville Brooks, kindlings, 2 00
66 P. Lacey, repairs, 9 45
50
66 G. W. Ripley, oil and refreshments,
42 25
66 H. Farnum, refreshments, 22 34
L. G. McIntyre, repairs, 7 00
$485 21 .
t To be refunded.
VULTURE, No. 4. George B. Pray, Engineer.
Paid fifteen members,
$75. 00
66 steward, 30 00
66 Geo. B. Pray, services, 10 00
66 66 66
as clerk of engineers, 10 00
66 J. F. Cleverley, labor, 1 82
66 J. Q. A. Wild, iron work,
1 00
Tirrell & Sons, varnishing and repairs
37 00
F. D. Lapham, use of horse,
1 50
66 J. T. Penniman, leather,
1 50
66 Harvey French, stock and labor,
57 68
66 A. P. Messer & Co., refreshments, &c.,
21 67
66 C. F. & J. W. Pierce, lanterns,
10 00
66 Grenville Brooks, kindling, 2 50
66 T. E. Furnald & Co., chairs, 3 75
263 42
Amount carried forward,
$1,689 18
66 Jonas Shackley, repairing door,
36
Fire Department, continued.
Amount brought forward, $1,689 18
HOOK AND LADDER, No. 1. John W. Hall, Engineer.
Paid twenty-five members,
$125 00
66 steward,
30 00
John W. Hall, services, 10 00
66 Geo. Veazie, 2d, stock and labor, 15 25
66 Tirrell & Sons, painting and repairs,
125 00
66 J. M. Glover, refreshments,
7 00
66 W. A. Hodges,
8 00
66
G. Brooks, kindlings,
6'00
66 Alex. Feltis, repairs,
3 00
J. N. Blake, sundries,
18 08
66 66 66
85
66 T. E. Furnald & Co., oil and wicks,
3 45
'H. W. Gray, refreshments, 26 24
377 87 .
W. M. FRENCH, HOSE No. 1. John W. Hall, Engineer.
Paid twenty members,
$100 00
steward,
30 00
66 Grenville Brooks, kindlings, 2 00
66 D. H. Bills, coal,
4 63
Amos M. Litchfield, labor,
10 50
Tirrell & Sons, badges,
9 00
‹‹
brushes,
3 75
66 W. Abercrombie, oil and chimneys,
2 88
162 76
Amount carried forward, .
$2,229 81
37
Fire Department, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$2,229 81
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid James Boyd, repairing hose, $2 00
66 Clapp, Evans, & Co., rubber caps and overalls, 99 00
66 Hunneman & Co., repairs, 100 25
66 C. N. Ditson & Co., harness dressing, 3 00
66 G. W. Brooks, labor on reservoir, 16 75
66
W. M. French, carriage hire, 20 00
66 Mrs. E. Green, printing, 6 75
66 Bowditch & Co., express charges, 11 05
258 80
$2,488 61
Less amount to repairs on engine-houses,
193 17
$2,295 44
CR.
By cash paid by town of Braintree,
$20 00
" received for old hose,
28 35
48 35
Total amount paid for fire department,
$2,247 09
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CEMETERIES.
OLD CEMETERY. Ensign S. Fellows, Supt.
Paid Wm. Talbot, labor,
$7 00
66 Walter Gregory, 7 00
James Sproul, 4 00
66 Simon Gorman, 66
7 00
Patrick Larkin, 66
3 00
66 Andrew Gregory, " 8 25
66 George Graham,
17 25
$53 50
MOUNT WOLLASTON CEMETERY. Ensign S. Fellows, Supt.
Paid Luther Briggs, plans, surveys, and services, 1870 and 1871, $232 80
is Martin Paffman, trees and shrubs, 121 15
66 Mrs. M. A. Packard, plants,
5 40
J. H. Spear, 66
19 35
66 Horace Feltis, blacksmithing,
2 00
66 John D. Bradley, trees,
70 00
Daniel Baxter, grass-seeds,
1 64
66 William Talbot, labor,
306 75
Walter Gregory,
275 75
James Sproul, 66
18 00
66 Simon Gorman,
165 75
66 John Demond, 66
2 00
Albert Dailey, 66
2 00
James Walsh.
2 00
66 Patrick Larkin, 66
155 00
66 Eugene Falvey, 66
17 00
66 Whitney & Nash, fork, &c., 4 00
66 E. E. Fellows, water-pot,
1 95
66 Ensign S. Fellows, services as supt., 168 34
1,570 88
Total amount paid by town orders,
1,624.38
Labor from the almshouse,
53 37
Amount carried forward,
$1,677 75
¢
39
Cemeteries, continued.
Amount brought forward, $1,677 75
CR.
By cash, from sale of lots, 66 66 " labor on lots,
53 20
Balance,
804 55
- - $1,677 75
ALMSHOUSE, DR. Andrew B. Morse, Superintendent.
Paid A. B. Morse, superintendent,
$400 00
66 A. Feltis, blacksmithing, 36 97
66 Wm. Totman, one cow,
40 00
J. W. Wehble, fish,
32 79
66
H. Farnum, butter and tea,
45 92
66
E. F. Lockwood, iron work,
2 10
G. Totman & Son, provisions,
109 50
G. H. Jones, oil, &c.,
1 87
J. N. Blake, groceries, &c.,
57 35
E. Clapp,
44 75
H. W. Gray, 66 66
60 80
John Nagle, teamster,
200 00
H. Feltis, blacksmithing,
45 67
66 Nora Daily, servant,
138 00
Geo. Saville, clothing,
27 25
Dr. J. H. Gilbert, medical attendance,
29 00
66 J. Loud & Co., grain,
342 90
66
S. N. Eastman, labor,
12 00
66 Ames Plow Co., tools,
12 15
C. N. Ditson, oil and blacking,
2 00
66 Thomas Noble, labor,
4 00
66 Geo. J. Jones, harness repairs,
35 51
66 Geo. Graham, labor, mowing,
18 00
66 A. Gregory,
27 00
P. Chubbuck, " on trees,
1 50
Amount carried forward, $1,727 03
$820 00
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Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward,
Paid T. J. Snell, whitewashing,
$1,727 03 9 00
G. F. Wilson, groceries and provisions, 99 27
66 Whitney & Nash, groceries, 71 95
D. Baxter & Co.,
80 32
66 Geo. L. Baxter & Co., 66
72 23
66 W. Abercrombie 66
112 29
66 J. Q. A. Wild, blacksmithing, 92 95
66 D. H. Bills, coal, 81 64
66 Owen Adams, “
50 00
D. B. Stetson, boots and shoes,
20 65
Tirrell & Sons, blacksmithing, 89 39
William Winter, teamster, 16 15
66 66 McKey,
100 00
N. H. Beals, posts and rails,
14 00
66 J. H. Veazie, medicines, 47 79
66 C. C. Johnson, 30 00
66 R. McKey, horseshoeing,
13 50
66 T. E. Furnald & Co., oil, lamps, &c., 31 88
66 W. H. French, repairing boiler and flues,
9 00
60 N. Nightingale, יי boots, 4 35
1 75
66 C. F. & J. W. Pierce, sundries,
5 76
J. T. Ripley, slaughtering hogs, 6 25
66 Dodge & Gilbert, bolts and nuts,
4 47
66 C. A. Spear, sundries,
1 25
66 Keating & Spear, repairing chairs,.
2 50
66 E. Packard, sawdust,
50
D. W. Perry, repairing wheels, 1 00
66 E. E. Fellows, sundries,
71 40
66
A. B. Morse, sundry bills,
48 43
J. O. Holden, clock and repairs, 11 88
66 J. Q. Adams, seaweed, 5 00
66 H. Glidden, meat, 15 95
Total amount paid for almshouse,
- $3,319 49
60 66 66 sewing-machine, 60 00
66 W. A. Hodges, flour and bread,
309 96
66 R. Lowe, 66 harness,
66
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ALMSHOUSE, CR. Appraisal of Stock, Tools, and Provisions, Feb. 1, 1873.
2 cows,
$100 00
Brought forward, $1,610 90
3 horses,
600 00
Old posts and rails, 10 00
3 cart harnesses,
45 00
Old lumber, 12 00
1 set double
20 00
3 horse-carts,
100 00
2 lead 66
15 00
1 light wagon, 18 00
3 light
20 00
1 hay-rigging,
30 00
1 hay-cutter, 7 00
Road-tools, chest, &c., 30 00
3 blankets and surcingles, 8 00
Drags, harness, and jack,
10 00
+ 1 feed chest and box, 5 00
5 tons coal,
50 00
4 bags meal, 6 40
1 grindstone, 3 00
Lot English hay,
50 00
Axe, vice, saws, &c., 10 00
rowen
4 50
Skewers, 15 00
barley fodder,
75 00
1 eel-spear,
1 00
" salt hay,
70 00
Mats, corn, and beans, 10 00
66 bedding,
25 00
Vegetables, 60 00
1 mowing-machine, 15 00
28 fowl, 20 00
Ladders, 5.00
4 bbls. pork, 80 00
1 street-roller, ·150 00
5 “
soft soap, 30 00
Wheels and street-scraper,
10 00
1 iron scraper, 10 00
1 horse-sled, 8 00
5 snow-scrapers,
25 00
1 covered wagon,
20 00
Effects of sailors killed by
railroads, 10 00
1 sleigh,
12 00
1 pung, ·
10 00
and coffee, 50 00
5 stoves,
85 00
Farming tools, yokes, &c., 40 00
Lot tobacco and medicines, 10 00
Ropes and chains, . 10 00
1 box bolts, 3 00
1 grain chest, 12 00
1 water-trough, 5 00
Empty barrels, 3 00
1 chest tea, 15 00
9 cords wood,
72 00
1 sewing-machine, 50 00
12 " cut " 120 00
1 gravel screw, 5 00
Lot cedar and chestnut posts, 25 00
Manure, 50 00
Carried forward,
$1,610 90
$2,459 90
Beef and molasses, 18 00
Lot pickles, 5 00
" tubs, pails, baskets, and clothes-wringer, 12 00
8 hams, 25 00
Lot lard, apples, &c., 20 00
" salt fish, 7 00
" flour, sugar, butter, beans,
1 wheelbarrow, 3 00
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Almshouse, continued.
SALES AND RECEIPTS AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
Cash for board, S. P. Hardwick,
Cow,
Calf,
$10 00
Chickens,
25 .00
Hay,
11 70
Onions,
2 00
Cabbage,
2 00
Turnips,
3 75
Pork and lard, .
17 93
Potatoes,
16 50
Milk, eggs, &c.,
51 03
Carting wood,
9 50
Moving goods,
2 00
151 41
$257 41
STATEMENT OF THE ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
DR.
To stock on hand Feb. 1, 1872,
$2,861 20
" cash paid as per report, 3,319 49
$6,180 69
CR.
By stock on hand Feb. 1, 1873, as per report, $2,459 90
cash received from sundries, as per report, 257 41
66 hay due 1871, .31 89
66 labor at cemetery,
53 37
66 highways,
1,261 75
lodgings and meals to 80 travellers,
40 00
4,104 32
Total cost of almshouse for year ending Feb. 1, 1873, $2,076 37
$56 00 50 00
43
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid * Grenville Brooks, fuel to J. Wells, .
$13 00
12 75
66
66
66
66
Glennon,
5 25
66
60
66
Linnehan,
11 75
66
66
66
Denwood,
5 25
66
66
66
Vinal,
11 25
66
60
66
66
Lockney,
3 25
66
66
66
66
Dexter,
27 25
66
66
66 Webber,
2 00
66
66
66
66
O'Brien,
10 50
66
66
66
G. Packard,
19 50
66 *
66
66
Falvey,
1 00
66
66
60
66
Clark,
10 50
66
66
66
66
Calliher,
6 50
66
66
66
66
Wood,
13 25
66
66
66
66
Galvin,
6 75
66
.. .
66
66
Burke,
7 50
66
66
66
Fouderette,
5 50.
66
66
66
66 Wells,
5 50
" * Dr. J. H. Gilbert, med. attend. to Mrs. J. Wells,
30 00
66
J. A. Stetson,
66
Mr. Moses, 10 00
66
J. A. Gordon
66
Mrs. Lockney, 12 00
. .
Moses,
30 00
66
66
66
66 Burke,
37 50
66
66 66
66
Rowell, 4 50
66
66
66
Falvey,
19 50
66
66
66
Vinal,
11 50
66 + 66
66
66
J. Morrow, 33 77
+
66
66
Gardner,
2 00
Newcomb, 16 00
"* W. A. Hodges, goods to J. Wells, 4 05
66
66
cash to sundry poor,
11 30
66
State Reform School, support James Elcock, John Williams,
33 92
Amount carried forward,
$434 29
* Refunded.
t To be refunded.
.
Mrs. Dailey,
66
66
J. Underwood, 66
44
Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$434 29 Paid State Ref. School, supp't Dailey and Elcock, 11 91
66 66 Elcock & Rudderham, 22 43
66 66 Rudderham, 10 92
" * Mrs. Dailey, house-rent Mrs. Falvey, 12 00
66 George W. Griffin, support of Charles Mason, 116 00
66 City of Lowell, 66 family of M. Roach, 4 00
66 George Locke, fuel to B. Rowell, 5 00
66 Jona. Baxter, support of C. L. Wilmarth, 57 00
66
66
66 S. F. Newcomb, goods to Ellen Jones, 141 00
66 J. N. Blake, 66 Mr. Clark, 16 00
66*
J. Wells, 9 17
66
66
E. O'Brien, 2 00
66 State Lun. As., support of W. F. Hinkley, 259 60
Mary F. Rodman, 239 67
66
66
66
Susan Hunt, 236 33
60 66
66 John Cullen, 258 28
66 *
66
W. Turner, 256 15
66*
Mary O'Hearn, 235 20
66
60
D. Sullivan, 49 75
66 + 66
66
C. V. Saville,
130 70
66
66
Daniel Manning, 105 90
66
66
Robert Gardner, 25 50
" i John Hall, coffin and burial H. F. Lakner, 18 00
Charles Moses, 23 00
66
66
66
66
B. Rowell,
18 00
66
66
L. Nightingale, 23 50
66
66 66
Saville child, 7 50
66 66
J. Morrow,
22 00
66
66
James Barrett. 18 00
66
D. H. Greeley,
4 00
" C. Alger, expenses to T. Wendover,
3 00
66 Mary Igo, support Mrs. Vinal, 8 00
66
John Griffin, moving furniture,
4 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,882 80
* Refunded.
t To be refunded.
James Packard, 9 00
66 George J. Jones, 66 66 Mrs. N. Packard, 86 00
45
Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward, $2,882 80 Paid H. Farnum, goods to Mrs. White, 64 00
" Town of Braintree, supp't of L. E. Woodward, 60 00
66
Mrs. Packard, 70 00
Milford, Keep, 57 14
66 Milton, goods to Moses, 96 35
" J. H. Veazie, medicine to Mrs. Burke, 15 61
« * . 66 66 Falvey, 1 70
66
66 66
J. Wells, 1 45
" J. B. Newcomb, goods to Chas. Moses, 64 84
E. D. Wadsworth, “ 66
2 75
66 fuel, Mrs. Bacon, 20 75
" Geo. J. Sargent, rent of house, Mrs. Jones, 84 50
" City of Fall River, support of Mrs. C. P. Saville, 87 00 " Town of Boxford, E. Hayden, 102 75
" H. W. Gray, goods to Mrs Packard, 5 00
267 92
Talbot, 289 01
" Chas. Merrill, ticket to Illinois, 25 25
" E. H. Doble, flour to Mrs. Tisdale, 11 00
" City of Cambridge, support, Mrs. Gallagher, 11 76
" + B. Munday, care of J. Morrow, 20 00
" Peter Rowell. " Rowell and Flagg, 16 00
" Owen Adams, coal to Mrs. Manny, 7 75
66 66 66 Tisdale,
8 00
66 66
Hetherson, 8 00
66 66 66 66 Forbes, 8 00
66 Danl. Baxter, house rent, Mrs. Denward, 48 00
" Thos. Gurney, goods to Mrs. Ryan, 15 00
66
+ 66 J. Morrow, 17 93
66 66 66 M. Harran,
5 00
" C. C. Johnson, medicines, sundry poor, 32 62
5 00
$ E. Ramsdell, care of J. Morrow, " Geo. L. Baxter & Co., goods to Mrs. Lockney, 2 94
66
66 Burke, 7 00
66 66 J. Fouderette, 5 00
Amount carried forward,
$4,427 82
* Refunded.
t To be refunded.
.
" City of Haverhill, support, Mrs. Hayden,
46
Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$4,427 82
Paid N. B. Furnald, expense, D. Sullivan, 15 25
" J. W. Robertson, cash to sundry poor, 22 75
" W. Abercrombie, goods to Mrs. Clark, 2 00
66
B. Rowell,
5 00
66
Josiah Bass, 104 00
" Gurney & Mason,
B. Rowell, 25 00
" City of Boston, support of Tim Curtin, 21 12
·
66
66 . F. M. H. Rowell, 28 75
66
66
66 Mary Simmons, 74 50
66 66
H. Galvin, 2 00
66 66
66
C. Taylor,
42 50
66 transportation 20 00 66
City of Charlestown, support of C. M. Saville, 87 75
66 J. N. Dexter, 97 00
" J. Q. A. Field, milk to Mrs. Thayer, 5 52
66 66 cash to sundry poor, 8 00
" G. H. Frost, coal to O'Hearn and Rowell,
33 00
"4 O. C. Railway, tickets to travellers,
4 84
" G. H. Frost, coal to Mrs. Ryan,
9 00
" + 66 J. Morrow, 6 00
66 66 Mrs. Mahan, 4 50
66 66 Thos. Faxon, support of Mrs. Newcomb, 52 00
Northampton Hospital, support of R. G. Cass, 189 02
" Town of Grafton, support of O'Keefe family, 32 48
+ W. M. French, conv'nce, C. Saville to asylum, 7 50
66 66 E. Williams 66
12 85
66
+
66
R. Gardner
9 90
66 66 refreshments to travellers, 19 34
Commonwealth of Mass., support C. Hussy, 13 00
66 66 Jas. Cullen, 186 50
66
66
66
D. Manny,
41 50.
D. H. Bills, fuel to Mrs. Lennon,
66
17 26 66
66
66
Burke,
66
Galvin,
$
Amount carried forward,
$5,627 65
* Refunded.
t To be refunded.
·
*
47
Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$5,627 65
Paid D. H. Bills, fuel to Mrs. Wood,
4 88
66
66
Clark,
4 88
66
66
Callihan,
9 76
60
66
McCarty,
3 00
66
66
Webber,
9 76
66
60
66
Clark,
4 88
66
66
66
Dailey,
4 88
6 * Owen Adams,“
66 Little,
9 50
66
66
Burke,
12 63
66
66
Forbes,
4 88
66
66 Manning,
4 88
$5,701 58
* Refunded.
CR.
By Cash received from State treasurer, account J. Wells,
$57 67
66 Cash received from State treasurer, account D. Falvey, 1871 and 1872, 42 00
66 Cash received from town of Harvard, account W. Turner, 295 75
66 Cash received from town of Weymouth, acc't M. Wall, 1871, 3 00
66
Cash received from town of Braintree, account L. Thayer, 1871,
86 24
66 Cash received from Mary O'Hearn, 246 95
66
Mrs. Little, 9 50
66
66
Ellen Williams, transporta- tion to Taunton, 12 85
66 Cash due as per selectmen's account, Feb. 1, 1873, 359 55
1,113 51
Total cost of poor out of almshouse, year ending $4,588 07 Feb: 1, 1873,
48
REPAIRS ON TOWN BUILDINGS.
HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid Chas. H Pray, stock and labor, $13 89
A. M. Litchfield, repairing fence, 16 54
$30 43
ADAMS SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid Chas H. Pray, stock and labor, $22 51
T. E. Furnald & Co., stock and labor, 12 50
A. M. Litchfield, 66
97 53
W. H. French, plastering, 2 00
$134 54
CODDINGTON SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid Peter B. Turner, stock and labor, $65 20
" Chas. H. Pray, 66 16 76
" J. W. Hersey, setting glass, 2 50
$84 46
WASHINGTON SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid Whitney & Nash, glass, $2 20
" G. Clements, stock and labor, 30 77
" John Harmon, labor, 18 50
$51 47
WILLARD SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid Jonas Shackley, stock and labor, . $215 54
66 F. W. Lombard, rebuilding chimney, 29 90
Badger Bros., stock and labor, 27 21
M. McKendrick, 66
45 50
" D. W. Perry, repairing well cover, 1 00
$319 15
Amount carried forward,
.
$620 05
49
Repairs on Town Buildings, continued.
Amount brought forward, $620 05
QUINCY SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid J. M. Glover, stock and labor, $17 36
" P. K. Gay, repairing lightning-rods, 4 00
$21 36
CRANE SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid F .- W. French, stock and labor, 16 00
TOWN HOUSE.
Paid Peter B. Turner, stock and labor,
$93 69
" D. F. French,
24 60
" Harvey French,
253 58
" T. E. Furnald & Co.,
24 93
396 80
ENGINE HOUSES.
Paid sundry persons, 193 17
Total amount paid for repairing town buildings,
$1,247 38
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid J. W. Robertson, 1872, 233} days,
$700 00
" W. A. Hodges, 66 275 66
825 00
" J. Q. A. Field, 66 241§ “ 725 00
" Geo. H. Locke, services,
68 00
" Chas. N. Ditson, " 24 72 00
$2,390 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid J. Q. Adams,
$100 00
" Asa Wellington,
120 00
66 Henry Lunt,
100 00
Wm. B. Duggan, 1871,
125 00
" H. Farnum Smith,
100 00
" C. L. Badger,
83 37
" Noah Cummings,
20 00
648 37
Amount carried forward,
$3,038 37
4
50
Town Officers, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$3,038 37
TOWN CLERK.
Paid Geo. L. Gill,
- 50 00
TOWN TREASURER.
Paid W. Abercrombie, 1871,
125 00
SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid H. B. Ellis, - 666 00
TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid Geo. H. Locke, 23 mills, $84,191.23,
$242 04
CONSTABLES AND POLICE OFFICERS.
Paid F. H. French, services,
$16 00
M. W. Gerry,
66
16 00
Eliab Ramsdell,
66
1871 and '72, 12 00
H. Feltis,
66
6 00
66
Geo. B. Pray,
18 00
66
F. H. Hardwick,
8 00
Geo. L. Odiorne,
18 00
66
C. H. Curtis,
6 00
F. A. Lane,
6 00
E. A. Spear,
66
3 00
Jonas Shackley,
3 00
Chas. E. French,
66
3 00
Josiah Randlett,
6 00
66 Jefferson Morrill,
3 00
Josepb T. French,
15 50
Geo. Cahill,
3 00
66 Wm. Parker,
6 00
148 50
. Total amount paid for town officers,
$4,269 91
51
TOWN HOUSE.
Jacob Flint, Superintendent.
Paid D. F. French, care of rooms,
$128 60
Jacob Flint, 66
84 70
66 Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas, 517 50
6. Owen Adams, coal,
102 75
W. B. Ryan, labor on water pipe,
17 60
66 Gardner Chilson, caldron,
3 50
66 Frank Flint, cleaning cellar,
10 00
66 C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stock and labor,
41 40
66 J. H. Veazie, alcohol,
1 00
.N. Gay, coal,
7 50
66 Whitney & Nash, sundries, 11 13
$925 68
CONTRA, CR.
Received for use of hall,
$681 50
66
rooms,
225 00
Balance,
19 18
$925 68
STREET LAMPS.
Wm. A. Hodges, Superintendent.
Paid Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas and lighting to
Jan. 1, 1873, $1,888 04
66 Stedman Williams, oil and lighting, 32 00
66 James H. Kenney, 32 00
66 Michael Devlin, 66 66
16 00
66 John McGowan, 66 66
.
20 00
66 John.B. Bass, 66 66
16 00
G. W. Brooks, care of lights,
4 00
$2,008 04
52
STATE AID.
Due from State, Feb. 1, 1872,
$6,000 00
Paid Feb. 26, 1872,
$334 75
Mar. 25, 66
349 75
Apr. 29,
304 25
66
May 27, 66
359 75
66 June 24,
66
280 75
66 July 29
367 25
Aug. 26, 66
317 25
66
Sept. 30, 66
266 50
66
Oct .: 28, 66
272 00
66
Nov. 25 66
297 00
Dec. 31,
66
299 50
Jan. 27,1873,
Due from State for the year ending Feb. 1, 1873,
3,700 25
CONTRA, CR.
By cash received from State Treas., $4,000 00
Balance due Feb. 1, 1873, 5,700 25
$9,700 25
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Henry Barker, Treas., appropriation,
$2,500 00
66 66
$258 79
66
66 60 sundries,
368 94
66
66 66 lamp, 12 00
639 73
$3,139 73
NEPONSET BRIDGE.
DR.
Plank on hand Feb. 1, 1872, . 250 00
Paid E. Ramsdell, stock and labor,
1,076 81
$6 66 painting signs, 4 80
CR.
$1,331 61
By·plank on hand,
350 00
Expense of bridge year ending Feb. 1, 1873, $981 61
251 50
$9,700 25
53
HINGHAM AND QUINCY BRIDGES.
Paid James Humphrey,
$375 00
66. Asa French, expense of commissioners, 343 34
$718 34
MILITIA.
Paid Thos. A. Whicher, rent of armory,
$300 00
Co# H, 3d Reg't, military services, 436 00
Capt. Wm. Boyd, pay roll, 65 00
$801 00
CONTRA, CR.
By amount from State Treas. militia bounty, $501 00
By amount from State Treas. armory, 1871 and '72, 300 00
$801 00
TAXES.
George H. Locke, Collector.
· DR.
To Town tax,
$68,800 00
" State tax,
7,060 00
" County tax,
4,805 17
" Non-resident bank tax,
143 62
" Additional tax,
521 52
" Overlayings,
2,860 92
---- $84,191 23
CR.
By cash paid town treasurer (discount, $2,677 33, abatement, $2,277 61), $84,191 23
54
NEW LOCK-UP. Washington M. French, Superintendent.
Paid Luke Rideout, stock and labor, $151 75
66 W. H. French, 66
403 20
66 Peter B. Turner, 214 04
L. M. Ham, doors, bedsteads, and locks, 200 00
66 J. W. Hersey, painting and glazing, 32 00
66 T. E. Furnald & Co., chairs, pails, &c., 95 92
66 C. W. & F. Smith, iron fence,
64 25
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas, 12 42
7 00
66 C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stove, &c.,
55 94
G. S. Coffin, keys and bolts, 10 83
7 00
66 Horace Feltis, labor,
$1,254 35
CR.
By cash, sundry persons, $45 50
balance,
1,208 85
$1,254 35
Lodgings furnished to 198 travellers during the year.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Luther Briggs, plans, specifications, &c., $80 00
66 W. H. French, labor at armory, 6 00
66 J. J. Dasha, setting glass, 1 25
66 J. Q. A. Field, due as per report Feb. 1, '72, 283 80
66 F. L. Nott, lights for small-pox, 5 00
Post-office box and stamps, 4 00
66 'Rockwell & Churchill, printing reports, 505 00
66 C. N. Ditson, flannel for small-pox flags, 1 25
66 E. S. Fellows, and. services, 78.00
66 Sampson's Express, charges on reports, 1 90
E. B. Souther, stationery, 31 53
John Shea, expressing, 6 20
Amount carried forward,
$1,003 93
.
John Shea, express,
55
Miscellaneous Expenses, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$1,003 93
Paid J. A. Mclellan, stationery, 1 07
66 W. M. French, summons, E. W. Underwood, 25 50
6.6 66 service, 66
7 50
66 J. Q. Adams, prof. services, " " 66 54 40
66 A. M. Litchfield, building fence, Granite Pl., 32 76
C. K. Darling, books and stationery, 24 00
66 P. K. Gay, repairing lightning-rods, 5 00
66 Underwood & Maxim, watching with Myers,
5 00
66 Paul Revere Post, No. 88, decorating sol- diers' graves, . 225 00
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