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John W. Hersey, painting,
65 93
William Griffin, labor, 3 50
James O'Neil, 66
3 50
$709 66
Total amount of cash paid for Almshouse, $4,776 71
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ALMSHOUSE. CR.
Appraisal of Stock, Tools, Provisions, &c., Feb. 1, 1877.
3 horses,
$600 00
Brought forward, $1,491 00
Heifer,
20 00
17 barrels potatoes, 20 00
Cow,
90 00
Manure, 50 00
8 harnesses,
150 00
Coal,
15 00
Hay-cutter,
8 00
Sleigh,
5 00
3 tons English hay,
75 00
2 wheelbarrows,
3 00
Pung,
5 00
3 screens,
20 00
I covered and I open
4 carts,
215 00
wagon,
25 00
250 lbs. sugar,
30 00
Blankets, surcingles,
6 00
Flour,
12 00
Stable furniture,
10 00
Butter,
9 60
Grain,
8 00
Lard,
17 00
Ladders,
3 00
45 lbs. tea,
20 00
Street-roller,
150 00
Rice,
6 30
2 hay-wagons,
75 00
Cheese,
3 25
Scraper,
5 00
Dried apples,
4 80
Horse-sled,
8 00
Coffee,
8 00
9 snow-plows,
75 00
Tobacco,
10 00
Drag and jack,
3 00
Soap,
3 00
IO cedar posts,
10 00
Molasses,
26 00
Lumber,
8 00
Beans,
5 00
Tools and yokes,
45 00
Meal,
2 00
55 barrels,
6 00
800 lbs. salt pork and
Large grain-chest,
8 00
corned beef,
125 00
Block and fall,
3 50
Grindstone,
5 00
Axes, vise, and carpen-
5 turkeys,
8 00
ter's tools,
7 50
50 fowls,
37 50
Timber and wood,
72 00
Sewing-machine,
60 00
5 barrels apples,
10 00
Road-tools,
75 00
Carried forward, $1,491 00
$2,303 95
150 lbs. hams and shoul- ders,
22 50
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STATEMENT OF THE ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
DR.
To stock on hand Feb, 1, 1876, $2,696 25
" cash paid as per this report, 4,776 71
$7,472 96
CR
By stock on hand Feb. 1, 1877, $2,303 95
" cash received for rent of Rock Island, 20 00
" labor on highways and new streets, 2,626 50
$4,950 45
Total cost of Almshouse,
$2,522 51
SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE. DR.
Paid Taunton Lunatic Hospital, as follows : -
Support of Wm. F. Hinckley, $209 12
Mary T. Rodman, 186 50
66 Susan Hunt, 201 63
John Cullen,
219 35
*George Littlefield, 44 00
*Mary O'Hearn, 196 28
+Catherine V. Saville, 193 63
" ¡Cordelia J. Soule, 55 05
¡A. N. Davenport,
150 95
*Eugene Nye, 108 40
James Fitzgerald, 40 20
*Mary A. Flaherty, 36 35
T. B. Hardwick, 256 95
State Reform School, as follows : -
Support of W. F. Rowell,
26 14
William Buchan,
13 14
George B. Dasha, 13 14
Amount carried forward, $1,950 83
* Refunded.
t To be refunded.
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Support of Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward, $1,950 83
Paid House of Correction, as follows :-
Support of James D. Billings, 12 86
Jason Wood, 13 00
State of Massachusetts,
Support of James Fitzgerald,
50 00
State Industrial School,
Support of Eliza A Mangan,
34 99
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, Support of R. G. Cass,
204 50
Support of John Cluse, Ist,
20 47
Timothy Curtin,
2 13
J. N. Dexter,
68 00
66
John Dooner,
13 00
John Cluse, 2d,
116 73
Eliza McMahon,
IO 24
William T. Riley,
12 38
Mary Simmons,
44 47
66
Alonzo Jones,
6 38
66
Sarah A. Leavitt,
4 12
66
Thomas Ahearn,
14 13
56
James Fitzgerald.
2 00
George A. Mears,
6 00
66
child of C. Saville,
12 00
66 Edward Gallagher,
6 10
City of Cambridge, as follows :- Support of John Gallagher,
47 28
A. O'Connell,
137 32
Mary Gallagher,
5 25
66
B. Gallagher,
12 00
George A. Mears,
32 00
City of Haverhill, as follows : -
Support of children of Wm. Talbot,
93 00.
66 (1875), 116 00
Amount carried forward,
$3,047 18
City of Boston, as follows : -
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Support of Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward, $3,047 18
Paid City of Fitchburg,
Support of J. Q. Hobart, 128 00
City of Somerville, Support of J. Gallagher, 80 71
Town of Duxbury, Support of Mrs. J. T. Ripley,
II 78
Town of Revere,
Support of T. M. H. Rowell, IIO 20
Town of Abington,
Support of Susan D. Strong,
86 00
Town of Brockton,
Support of George H. Lingham, 88 90
Town of Milton, support of Wm. Buchan, 26 00
*Mitchell Goodhue, goods to J. Moran, IÖ 18
E. E. Hall, goods to M. Drohan, 7 75
*W. A. Storz, 13 37
H. B. Harding, goods as follows :--
to John Hastings, 3 00
Mrs. J. Holloran, 10 00
Martin Horan, 5 00
W. H. Rowell,
5 19
D. Mahoney,
2 00
Mrs. J. Cunningham, I IO
Henry Chubbuck, goods as follows :-
to ¡Mrs. Mahany, 18 69
¡Thomas Somes, 5 00
John Connell, 36 34
G. F. Wilson, goods as follows :-
to +L. F. Leavitt, 2 83
¡E. Farmer,
7 47
+William Mulligan,
4 00
J. Grady, 5 00
Mrs. N. E. Glover, 48 25
Amount carried forward, $3,763 94
* Refunded.
t To be refunded.
25
Support of Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$3,763 94
Paid E. A. Adams, goods as follows : -
to +J. Moran, 12 00
J. N. Welsh,
8 14
+Mrs. Gardner,
3 00
+William Mulligan,
12 02
+L. P. Holbrook,
6 50
¡Delia W. Hayden,
3 0I
Mrs. W. S. Tyler,
Richard Allis,
4 00
Thomas Bennett,
2 00
+P. Curley, 3 00
James Desell,
2 00
P. Garrity, 3d, 8 00
E. H. Doble & Co., goods as follows :-
to *John Keenan, 8 00 Joseph Roberts, .3 00
S. F. Newcomb, goods as follows : -
to Mrs. A. L. Jones,
57 OI
Jonathan Spear, 156 03
L. L. White, 51 00
H. W. Gray, goods as follows : -
to Mrs. McManus, 2 61
+P. Curley, 7 00
Ellen O'Brien, 20 00
"poor person, 2. 00
Ebenezer Bent, goods as follows : -
to Mrs. A. L. Jones, 20 26
¡A. H. Daley, 3 00
¡Thomas Somes, 3 00
A. Burke, 2 00
Mrs. J. Callahan,
2 61
Mrs. M. Scully,
24 00
Mrs. N. E. Glover,
6 77
Amount carried forward,
$4,196 90
* Refunded.
* To be refunded.
4
26
Support of Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward, $4,196 90 Paid Fred'k Hardwick, goods, as follows :-
to T. Welsh, 2 00
¡L. P. Holbrook, 3 00
S. Keegan, 20 33
Thomas Gurney, goods as follows : -
to M. Harding; 2 00
Mrs. D. Mahoney, 8 00
Joseph King, 3 00
J. N. Blake, goods as follows :-
to Mrs. H. Lewis, 49 56
P. Garrity, 3d,
8 74
¡Francis King,
12 91
Mrs. N. E. Glover,
3 20
A. P. French,
2 00
C. H. Fish, 2 00
Daniel Baxter & Co., goods as follows : -
to C. O. Whitney, 3 00
+L. E. Johnson, 1 00
Mrs. Denward, 7 00
James Desell, 4 00
George H. Locke, goods as follows : -
to Thomas Bennett,
3 00
Jacob Wells, 2 00
E. E. Fellows, goods to L. L. White, 3 57
C. Hall & Co., Hayden children, 52 00
¡Elb. Clapp, 66 Mrs. E.W.West, 107 00
George Crane, . " Jno. Connell, 37 96
T. E. Furnald,
J. Cummings, 52 97
+B. F. Billings, «
F. Bean, 4 00
C. M. Fales, 66 T. M. H. Rowell, 2 22
Ewell & Co., 66
Mrs. Briggs, 1 00
+George Saville,
Catherine Dunn,
1 50
H. H. Faxon, rent for Mrs. Lewis, 68 32
Amount carried forward, $4,664 18
t To be refunded.
27
Support of Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward, $4,664 18
Paid Stephen Neagle, rent Mrs. A. L. Jones, 36 00
Est. of T. Baxter, 40 00
E. C. Bumpus,
66
21 00
Hugh Lewis, II 00
Heirs of T. Swithin, " Terence Keenan, ." Mrs. G. Packard, 18 00 B. F. Curtis, 12 00
A. M. Litchfield, " N. E. Glover, 110 00
+P. P. Kittridge, " A. H. Daley, 64 00
Margaret Daley,
Mrs. Galvin, 6 00
Mrs. Wm. Doner,
M. Scully, 10 00
Daniel Ford,
Callahan, 14 00
Estate H. Wood,
Madigan, 26 25
Daniel Baxter,
66 Denward, 60 00
Jacob Wells,
Support of ¡Delia W. Hayden, 50 00
66 M. Sanville, 2 00
*M. Shattuck, support of Storz family, 15 00
J. Morrison, M.D., certificate, E. Scannell, 3 00
T. Kennedy, 3 00
66
M. J. Anderson, 3 00
+J. A. Stetson, M.D., “ Mrs.E.Flaherty, 3 00 J. A. Gordon, M.D., services as follows : -
to Mrs. Sanville, 2 00
¡ " Mahaney,
22 00
+L. F. Leavitt, II 00
Jno. Connell,
50 00
+Delia W. Hayden,
22 00
L. L. White,
6 00
J. Wells,
2 00
B. Lefevre,
12 00
+R. Hickey,
16 00
Mrs. Lingham,
II 00
At accident, 2 00
Amount carried forward,
$5,327 43
* Refunded.
t To be refunded.
28
Support of Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward, $5,327 43
Paid J. H. Gilbert, M.D., certificate, T. Kennedy, 3 00 66 E. Scannell, 3 00
66 *services to Wm. A. Storz, 12 00 *J.W.Small,M.D., services to Louisa Blake, 4 00 John H. Veazie, medicines, as follows : -
to ¡L. P. Holbrook, 5 40
¡Francis King, I 00
Jotham Cummings, 5 10
F. Mahoney, 3 80
Jno. Connell,
2 35
Mrs. Lingham, 3 60
Thomas Walsh,
1 00
James Gallagher,
I 40
Jacob Wells,
5 65
+Mrs. A. W. Goodwin,
21 75
.. James Callahan,
2 75
F. Bean, 4 50
¡Delia W. Hayden,
4 15
P. Garrity, 3d, 65
B. Lefevre,
I 55
A. G. Durgin & Co., medicines, as follows :
to +Mrs. A. W. Goodwin, I 75
¡Delia W. Hayden, I 45
Jotham Cummings, 2 30
*poor person, I 00
Wm. S. Pattee, medicines to R. Hickey, 2 00
John Hall, burial expenses, as follows : - for *William A. Storz, 19 00
+James A. Goodall, 25 00
M. Donlin, 23 00
Susan Hunt, 16 00
Mrs. H. Newcomb, 19 00
+Child of L. E. Johnson, 16 00
Amount carried forward, $5,540 58
Refunded. t To be refunded.
29
Support of Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward, $5,540 58
Paid H. A. Durgin, conveying M. Sanville, 5 00
Wm. Mahoney, J. Prune and
family, 5 00
J. T. French & Co., conveying paupers, 13 50
O. C. R. R., 4 10
E.A.Spear, conveying A. Bean and wife, 7 10
Alonzo Grines, conveying D. Sines and family, 7 60
John Hall, conveying Lemuel French, 3 00
Daniel Daley, 3.00
*W. M. French, care of Mrs. J. M. Walsh, 2 50
G. Brooks, fuel, as follows : -
to H. O. Whitney, 6 50
D. Mahoney,
2 00
+L. P. Holbrook, 8 00
J. Connell,
6 75
+E. Hayden,
10 00
Mrs. Denward,
3 50
poor person, 6 25
George H. Frost, fuel, as follows : -
to D. Mahoney, 6 75
Mrs. J. Cunningham, 2 25
Cyrus Patch, fuel, as follows : -
to O. McLean,
4 28
J. Connor,
4 76
Jno. Connell,
II 55
H. Sullivan,
5 24
+J. Keenan,
7.00
Mrs. M. Connor,
14 53
Mrs. G. Daley,
8 88
Mrs. H. Lewis,
6 12
*poor person,
4 28
Amount carried forward,
$5,710 02
* Refunded.
t To be Refunded.
30
Support of Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward, $5,710 02
Paid D. H. Bills, fuel, as follows :-
to Mrs. J. H. Callahan,
9 26
Mrs. G. Daley,
7 13
Mrs. M. Connor,
4 63
Mrs. Denward,
7 51
Mrs. James Hall,
9 13
Mrs. Robert Morris,
8 OI
Mrs. A. L. Jones,
4 63
Mrs. Jno. Donovan,
4 50
Mrs. B. Munday,
4 59
Mrs. N. E. Glover,
4 50
Mrs. Mahaney,
3 88
Mrs. William Burke,
16 13
Mrs. M. Forbes,
7 00
Ellen O'Brien,
2 63
Mary Mahoney,
4 63
Ellen Callahan,
II 76
Albert P. French,
II 63
L. L. White,
9 00
Thomas Welsh,
4 63
*Jos. Moran,
14 89
P. Garrity, 4th,
4 63
¡A. H. Daley,
4 63
+C. F. Arnold,
4 50
+Thomas Somes,
9 13
+Francis King,
6 13
Jacob Wells,
8 82
P. Garrity, 3d, 4 5Q
E. S. Fellows, cash to sundry poor persons, 2 25 E. B. Taylor, cash to Martin Keegan, 2 00
+J. Q. A. Field, cash, trav. exp. on account Mrs. Flaherty, 4 00
J. Q. A. Field, cash, trav. exp. of paupers, 12 89
Amount carried forward, $5,923 48
Refunded.
t To be refunded.
31
Support of Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amount brought forward, $5,923 48
Paid S. T. Williams & Co., fuel to E. O'Brien, 2 25 Somerset Coal Co., fuel, as follows : -
to +Edward Farmer,
5 25
Ellen O'Brien,
7 15
Mrs. M. Scully,
2 00
Mrs. Donovan,
7 50
Mrs. A. L. Jones,
6 05
Mrs. Madigan,
3 50
¡L. P. Holbrook,
2 94
J. Griffin,
8 80
¡P. Curley,
7 65
Albert P. French,
3 25
$5,979 82
CR.
By cash from State, support of poor, $21 00
City of Boston, "
25 00
Worcester,
59 37
Gloucester,
22 13
Town of Milton,
42 00
Braintree,
93 20
Blackstone,
62 00
Tisbury,
. 20 08
Randolph,
20 38
Reading,
2 50
Templeton,
37 82
Fairhaven,
57 00
Cohasset,
33 00
J. Q. A. Field, board of
Mary O'Hearn, 196 28
William Davenport, board of
A. N. Davenport, 11 35
Rufus Littlefield, board of
George Littlefield, 44 00
Amounts carried forward,
$747 II
$5,979 82
t To be refunded.
32
Support of Poor out of Almshouse, continued.
Amounts brought forward, $747 II By cash from Jos. Welsh, for goods furnished, 3 00 Jacob Wells, for coal furnished, 2 32 Timothy O'Brien, 7 50 E. B. Taylor, goods furnished poor person, 12 53
$5,979 82
$772 46
Total cost of poor out of Almshouse, $5,207 36
RECAPITULATION.
Total cost of Almshouse,
$2,522 51
« poor out of Almshouse,
5,207 36
$7,729 87
Expenses,
$7,729 87
Appropriation,
6,000 00
Expenses more than Appropriation,
$1,729 87
MOUNT WOLLASTON CEMETERY.
DR.
Paid J. W. Manning, trees and freight, $61 64
Harvey French, cutting posts,
14 20
Parker & Gannett, grass-seed,
II 94
Morss & Whyte, screen,
10 00
E. A. Spear, labor and fares,
2 35
Ames Plow Co., tools,
22 79
Albert Holt, wheelbarrow,
6 00
A. M. Burrell, painting sign,
38 88
Green & Prescott, printing,
22 75
W. H. Mitchell, manure,
10 00
Wm. A. Hodges,
49 00
Amonnt carried forward, $249 55
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Mount Wollaston Cemetery, continued.
Amount brought forward, $249 55
Paid J. Q. Wild & Co., sharpening tools, &c., 2 80
Mrs. A. B. Packard, plants, 38 00
Tirrell & Sons, stock and labor, 42 50
L. Briggs & Co., surveys and plans (1874), 45 00 Whitney & Nash, tools, &c., 6 32
George L. Gill, cash paid for postage,
12 CO
services as Secretary, 75 00
registration of burials, 14 00
Albert Holt, labor with team, 527 00
Patrick Sullivan, labor,
9 00
Thomas McCarty,
260 25
Michael Devlin,
296 76
Patrick McDonald,
172 13
Michael Lane,
15 75
Frank Gerrin,
152 26
John Hammond,
I 65
Harvey French,
8 25
J. Wentworth,
16 50
Dennis Ford,
15 00
Patrick Donlin,
10 50
Hiram Hunt,
8 25
Michael Cronin,
8 25
William Garvin,
7 50
Thomas Kelly,
4 13
James Connors,
7 50
Lewis Coburn,
6 75
M. O'Connor,
2 25
$2,014 85
Deduct amount of above labor charged to the Old Cemetery,
68 50
Amount carried forward,
$1,945 35
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Mount Wollaston Cemetery, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$1,946 35
CR.
By cash from sale of lots,
$150 00
for labor on lots,
599 25
for labor on lots, 1875,
57 00
for hay sold,
60 co
for assessment of non-resident own- ers of lots,
98 00
$964 25
Balance of cash,
$982 10
Appropriation, $1,000 00
The above items represent only the cash transactions of the past year. For further information relating to the Cemetery account, reference may be made to the statement of the Secre- tary of the Board of Managers.
OLD CEMETERY.
Paid John Hall, lock and chain,
$1 00
Labor by sundry parties, from the ac-'
count of Mount Wollaston Cemetery, 68 50
$69 50
Appropriation,
$100 00
Expenses, 69 50
Expenses less than appropriation,
$30 50
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FIRE DEPARTMENT. Edward A. Spear, Chief Engineer.
NIAGARA, NO. I.
JOHN CRATHORNE, Foreman.
Paid fifty members,
$500 00
steward,
40 00
Cyrus Patch, coal,
4 28
D. H. Bills, coal,
9 00
M. F. Newcomb, repairing lock,
I 00
James W. Pierce, stock and labor,
3 40
Ebenezer Bent, oil,
80
Charles H. Spear, milk,
32
$558 80
TIGER, NO. 2.
AMOS M. LITCHFIELD, Engineer. GEO. H. OSBORNE, Foreman. Paid fifty members, $500 00
steward, 40 00
Grenville Brooks, coal and wood,
II 75
John A. Wood, rent of land,
25 00
W. Dunbar, services on engine,
I 50
E. E. Fellows, ladle,
60
E. B. Souther, stationery,
85
Patterson & Lavender, table,
25 00
Ford's Express, expressing,
1 00
Tirrell & Sons, painting and repairing engine, &c., 210 60
Hunneman & Co., repairs, 7 25
E. S. Fellows, stove, pipe, &c.,
13 55
C. F. Pierce, lantern and repairs,
I 85
Frederick Hardwick, refreshments,
22 46
Daniel Baxter & Co.,
14 81
M. Goodhue,
121 53
$997 75
Amount carried forward,
$1,556 55
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Fire Department, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$1,556 55
GRANITE, No. 3.
JAMES H. ELCOCK, Engineer. PETER F. FARRELL, Foreman. Paid fifty members,
steward,
$500 00 40 00
Tirrell & Sons, painting engine, &c.,
184 25
C. O'Leary, setting glass,
I 48
M. A. Dolan, stove and fixtures,
32 00
E. E. Fellows, lanterns and globes,
26 40
John L. Thompson, repairs,
4 70
P. F. Lacy,
7 45
J. McNeil, expressing,
I 90
M. Glennon, cleaning vaults,
3 00
Whiton, Bro. & Co., rope,
2 66
Whitney & Nash, nails,
I 00
E. E. Hall, refreshments, &c.,
239 34
J. Babcock & Co., refreshments,
63 07
H. Farnum,
30 93
$1,138 18
VULTURE, No. 4.
H. M. FEDERHEN, Engineer. CHARLES F. LAPHAM, Foreman. Paid fifty members, $500 00
steward,
40 00
D. H. Bills, coal, 19 63
Grenville Brooks, wood,
I 50
Whitney & Nash, lantern, tools, &c.,
6 80
Charles F. Lapham, sponges, &c.,
T 25
Hunneman & Co., repairs, &c.,
36 81
Tirrell & Sons, painting engine, &c.,
174 00
A. M. Alpaugh, expressing,
I 25
William Tyner,
75
John S. Cleverly, repairs,
75
Thomas E. Furnald, furniture,
15 00
Amounts carried forward,
$797 74 $2,694 73
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Fire Department, continued.
Amounts brought forward, $797 74 $2,694 73
Thomas W. Carter, stock and labor, 4 85
E. E. Fellows, stove-pipe, I 35
Charles Hall & Co., refreshments, &c., 159 17
$963 II
HOOK AND LADDER, NO. I.
JAMES T. PENNIMAN, Engineer. JOSEPH M. GLOVER, Foreman.
Paid twenty-five members,
$250 00
steward, 40 00
D. H. Bills, coal and wood, 6 88
Tirrell & Sons, repairs,
7 00
C. F. Pierce, pump, hose, &c.,
13 48
E. S. Fellows, stove-pipe,
3 75
Thomas E. Furnald, chairs,
27 00
refreshments, &c., 103 04
$451 15
W. M. FRENCH HOSE, NO. I. JOHN W. HALL, Engineer. JAMES E. MAXIM, Foreman. Paid twenty members, $200 00
steward,
100 00
Cyrus Patch, coal,
9 30
Grenville Brooks, wood,
IO 75
G. S. Coffin, keys,
I 50
E. A. Spear, cash paid for insurance,
4 00
C. M. Clapp & Co., squillgee,
I 75
James Boyd & Sons, repairing hose,
15 50
C. F. Pierce, stock and repairs,
5 75
Tirrell & Sons, 16 00
John J. Kemp, milk,
1 52
L. W. Richardson, refreshments,
2 80
Ebenezer Bent,
&c., 32 28
$401 15
Amount carried forward,
$4,510 14
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Fire Department, continued.
Amount brought forward,
$4,510 14
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid John Page, Jr., stuffing hose,
$12 00
W. A. Coffin, carting hose, 5 25
C. M. Clapp & Co., rubber boots and coats, 76 25
E. B. Souther, books and stationery, 2 70
Hartshorn's Express, carting hose, 5 00
James O'Neil, labor on reservoir,
' 7 87
Green & Prescott, printing, 3 25
James Sullivan, carting, 3 00
Hunneman & Co., repairs on engines, 145 94
James Dolan, labor at fire, 2 50
Edward A. Spear, cash paid for horse-hire, 2 00
Tirrell & Sons, repairs, 16 75
$282 51
STEAM PUMP.
Paid William Panton, use of steam, $25 00
William Panton, labor and care of pump, 25 00
Grenville Brooks, coal and wood, 151 42
Blake Manufacturing Co., repairs, 9 38
$210 80
$5003 45
Expenses,
$5,003 45
Appropriation,
4,500 00
.
Expenses more than appropriation,
$503 45
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PURCHASE OF HOSE CARRIAGE.
Paid Tirrell & Sons, hose carriage, $800 00 Appropriation, $800 00
RESERVOIR AT NORTH QUINCY.
Paid Edward A. Spear, stock and labor,
$56 21
Appropriation,
$75 00
Expenses,
56 21
Expenses less than appropriation,
$18 79
RESERVOIRS AT WOLLASTON.
Paid Churchill & Hitchcock, stone, &c., $265 60
O. T. Rogers & Co.,
139 50
Jones Howe, building reservoirs,
405 00
James Forrest, stone and carting,
15 00
Horace Feltis, covers,
25 00
Stephen Maloney, labor, carting, &c.,
128 25
W. A. Coffin, hauling engine,
2 00
Michael W. Gerry, labor with team, 8 25
John Hayes,
21 75
Jeremiah Shea, labor,
5 25
Robert Wadmore,
2 62
James Lines,
6 00
John Lines, 16
9 00
Cornelius Lines,
7 87
Charles Lines, 2d,
5 25
Peter Martin, 66
5 25
George Martin, «
7 87
John Glancey,
5 25
Amount carried forward,
$1,064 71
40
Reservoirs at Wollaston, continued.
Amount brought forward, $1,064 71
Paid John Leary, labor, 2 62
Dennis O'Neil, 2 62
Daniel Mahoney,
2 62
Michael Bowen,
3 37
Edward Burke,
75
Timothy Riordan, 75
$1,077 44 Voted at the town-meeting held Aug. 3, 1876. No provision was made for the payment of the above, except by borrowing money.
ENGINE HOUSE AT WOLLASTON.
Paid George G. Souther, building, per contract,$327 00
Wm. C. Seelye, moving building, 10 00
H. T. Whitman, plan, 5 00
$342 00 Voted at the town-meeting held Aug. 3, 1876. No provision was made for the payment of the above, except by borrowing money.
ENGINE AT WOLLASTON.
Paid New Eng. Fire Ex. Co., chemical engine, $392 01 Whitney & Nash, wrench, İ 25
E. A. Spear, trav'g expenses and services, 6 87 W. W. Pratt, window shades, 8 75
J. C. Russell. jack, keys, &c., 29 13
Keating & Spear, chairs and table, 5 50
J. W. Pierce, stove, pipe, &c., 36 30
M. F. Whiton & Co., canvas, I 00
Thayer, Robson & Co., acid and soda, 17 37
Amount carried forward, $498 18
41
Engine at Wollaston, continued.
Amount brought forward, $498 18
Paid William H. Barnes, scale, 5 00
Wentworth's Express, carting, 4 40
Silas Pierce & Co., soda,
5 04
C. M. Clapp & Co., hose, &c., 6 00
Cyrus Patch, coal, 6 50
W. C. Seelye, building tank,
50 00
$575 12 Voted at the town-meeting held Aug. 3, 1876. No provision was made for the payment of the above, except by borrowing money.
REPAIRS OF TOWN BUILDINGS OTHER THAN SCHOOL-HOUSES.
ALMSHOUSE.
Paid A. M. Litchfield, stock and labor,
$118 72
TOWN HOUSE.
Paid Wm. H. French, stock and labor, $5 50
E. C. Wilkins, repairing lightning-rods, I 00
$6 50
1
TIGER ENGINE HOUSE.
Paid A. M. Litchfield, door, $5 00
GRANITE ENGINE HOUSE.
Paid R. H. Pomroy & Co., lumber, $30 74
W. E. Thomas, stock and labor, 36 60
C. O'Leary, 28 95
P. F. Lacy,
3 02
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., paint and oil, 35 73
$135 04
Amount carried forward,
$265 26
6
42
Repairs of Town Buildings, continued.
Amount brought forward, $265 26
VULTURE ENGINE HOUSE.
Paid A. M. Litchfield, stock and labor, $31 00
John S. Cleverly, I 25
$32 25
HOOK AND LADDER HOUSE.
Paid A. M. Litchfield, stock and labor, $10 95
John W. Hersey, 17 50
$28 45
HOSÉ HOUSE.
Paid Richard Newcomb, Jr., stock and labor, $62 00
John W. Hersey,
2 00
Perez Chubbuck,
40 00
Asa A. Pope,
2 00
William Davenport, paper-hanging, &c., II 35
J. H. Robinson & Co., sheathing-paper, 18 10
G. B. Totman, cash paid sundry persons for repairs, 18 38
$153 83
$479 79
Appropriation,
$500 00
Expenses,
479 79
Expenses less than appropriation, $20 21
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TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SUR- VEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid E. S. Fellows, to March 6, 1876, $93 00
· Wm. A. Hodges,
85 00
J. Q. A. Field.
85 00
J. Q. A. Field, to March 5, 1877,
700 00
H. F. Barker,
700 co
E. B. Taylor,
700 00
$2,363 00
TOWN CLERK.
Paid George L. Gill,
$50 00
TOWN TREASURER.
Paid Horace B. Spear, to March 6, 1876,
$150 00
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Paid Charles N. Baxter,
$175 00
ENGINEERS.
Paid Edward A. Spear, chief,
$25 00
A. M. Litchfield,
15 00
John W. Hall,
15 00
H. M. Federhen,
15 00
James H. Elcock,
15 00
Michael Welch,
15 00
extra services, 5 00
$105 00
CONSTABLES AND POLICE OFFICERS.
Paid W. M. French,
$77 00
W. C. Seelye,
21 00
Edward A. Spear,
59 25
Charles A. Follett,
8 00
Samuel T. Allen,
6 00
Charles N. Hunt,
6 00
Amounts carried forward,
$177 25
$2,843 00
44
Town Officers, continued.
Amounts brought forward,
$177 25 $2,843 00
Paid James E. Maxim,
6 00
E. H. Richardson,
26 00
C. E. French,
6 00
John C. Easton,
3 00
George B. Pray,
27 00
Levi Stearns,
6 00
William Parker,
6 00
Frederick H. French,
6 00
Joseph T. French,
9.00
Alonzo Glines,
36 00
George H. Locke,
6 00
N. B. Furnald,
6 00
$320 25
TRUANT OFFICERS.
.
Paid Samuel Ames,
$17 50
Joseph A. Lapham,
6 50
E. W. Underwood,
2 00
$26 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Paid George Saville,
$15 00
Total amount of cash paid,
$3,204 25
Expenses,
$3,204 25
Appropriation,
2,300 00
.
Expenses more than appropriation,
$904 25
1
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid Francis W. Parker, superintendent, $2,000 00
Appropriation, $2,000 00
45
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Mrs. M. Adams, tax of 1875 refunded, $ 15 00
Estate of J. A. Duggan, 18 80
Dennis Shea, 3 00
John Q. Bent, II 25
John Crane, trustee, 13 50
E. S. Sparrow, tax of 1874 refunded, 15 00
W. M. French, expenses of fire inquests, 87 80 Rand, Avery & Co., printing Selectmen's Report, 404 10
Whitman & Breck, surveying, 78 00
G. F. Packard, repairing flag and halyards, 5 00
George H. Locke, expenses advertising
tax, 3 50
Daniel Ford, repairs on fence, 5 00
R. M. Yale, repairing flag, 4 00
E. Worthington, recording by-laws, 3 40
L. W. Lovell, labor for assessors, 5 00
Expenses and costs, Cunniffe vs. town (1874), 249 37
A. P. French, burying horse, 2 00
Green & Prescott, printing and adver- tising, 305 00
H. A. Keith, compiling Selectmen's Report, 100 00
J. S. Carey, damages to crops, 25 00
W. H. Reed, examining records, 35 00
J. H. Burdakin, 55 00
E. B. Taylor, cash paid for copying tax- books, 70 00
J. L. Simons, repairs on wagon, 4 15
John Kilshaw, removing wagon, I 50
Tirrell & Sons, painting and varnishing hearse, 25 00
Tirrell & Sons, varnishing by-laws, 2 00
Amount carried forward. $1,546 37
46
Miscellaneous Expenses, continued.
Amount brought forward, $1,546 37
Paid N. B. Furnald, reward offered (breaking street lamps), 15 00
W. A. Coffin, carting guide-boards, 2 50
John O. Holden, care of town clock, 75 00
J. N. Blake, care of lantern, 5 08
G. W. Billings, 50
Charles Marsh, services and expenses in relation to State Aid, 25 00
C. H. S. Newcomb, guide-boards, 8 31
T. H. McDonald, damage on highway, 20 00
John Kenshaw, 8 50
Keating & Spear, altering safe, 18 50
W. M. French, horse-hire, IO 50
James Boyd & Sons, belts, &c., for police, II 50 N. B. Furnald, repairing safe, 3 50
J. H. Gilbert, M.D., services, 13 00
J. Q. Bradish, pens and pencils, 3 00
Knight, Adams & Co., envelopes, 1 15
H. Morton & Co., pens, 2 50
Cambridgeport Diary Company, copying-
press, &c., 19 36
E. B. Souther, stationery, &c., 20 23
C. K. Darling, police register, 7 00
William Garrity, expressing, 5 60
Bowditch & Co., I 00
Drew's Express, 3 55
J. P. Cotton & Son, repairing pump, . 6 50
P. A. Wales & Son, pump and repairs, 30 00
F. W. Cotton, repairing pump, 3 50
Wm. A. Hodges, use of horse and car- riage, 8 00
E. S. Fellows,
8 00
E. B. Taylor, 100 00
cash paid for trav. expenses, 21 50
Amount carried forward, $2,004 15
47
Miscellaneous Expenses, continued.
Amount brought forward, $2,004 15
Paid Geo. L. Gill, preparing appendix, 5 00
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