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4 74
Pollard, Moses .
19 75
Elliott. Arther F. B.
69 52
Putnam, Geo. A. 3 16
Elliot, George T. . 12 64
Quimby, Ira B.
4 37
Fairbanks, Moses
1 58
: Reene, D. W. 6 32
* First Baptist Church
39 50 *Robbins, Edward L. 43 08
Foster, Lydia J. .
1 58
Roberts, John H. 45 45
Gannett, Howard
123 96
Sanborn, E. H. 196 34
Carried forward, $10,009 63 Carried forward. $11,087 81
* Paid since Feb.
$9,325 34
Lancaster Nat. Bank, balance 3 16
Lewis, James H.
38 34
33 18
McIntire, Zabiah C. . 3 16
9 48
Pike, Nathan . 68 36
Dimmock, Frank E.
6 32
Hunnewell, Mary A. 4 74
84
UNPAID TAXES FOR 1887. - Continued.
Brought forward, $11,087 81
Brought forward, $11,840 39
Shaw & Morrison 22 12
Shuman Alman 14-64
Bumstead, Rebecca . 7 11 Burdett. Geo. H., est. of . 1 58
Stoddard, Lucius C. 3 16
Thayer Heater Co. 41 08
Clark, Geo. Jr. 3 16
*Totman, Geo. B. 39 50
Clark, Mrs. Caroline H. 9 48
Walter Theodore . 26 07
Clark, Geo. F. 4 74
Willey, Mrs. Sarah W.
6 32
Clark, Isaac W.
11 85
Wollaston Land Co. .
417 12
Cox, Geo. D. .
2 37
Wilson, Mrs. John .
11 06
Cutting, Alex .
3 16
Sherman & Hewitt-
Davis, Mary
7 11
Dolan, Mary
79
Eaton, John
79
Andrews, Wm. E. .
3 16
Griggs, John H.
3 16
Beaumont, F. B. .
6 32
Hurlburt, Cornelius .
7 11
trustee
9 48
Pease, Chas. G. .
79
Doyle, Geo. H. .
1 58
Reed, Mary Ann .
79
French, Benjamin
1 58
Smith, Elizabeth G. . 7 90
Howe, Frederick A.
1 58
Whitney, Geo. A. 2 37
ance . 08
Boston.
Nichols, Frank L. 1 58
Abbott, Hiram P. 7 90
Adams, Eliza T. . 79
Agnew, Wm. B. .
1 58
Brackett Est.
Alley, Wm. H.
79
Bell, A. H. .
1 58
Bartlett & Elliott
79
Squantum.
Bird, John L. 26 86
Abbott, John H.
79
Brewer, H. W. 3 16
Bearse, Owen
30 81
Burk, Annie M. 3 16
Barry, Geo. M.
79
Beaumont, F. B.
29 23
50 04
Blodgett, Cyrus, est. of .
3 16 whom owned 17 38
Beaumont, B.F .. and
Carberry, Thomas 79
Chapman, Cecilia 79
Jonathan F. Dodge, trustees
14 22
Creaber, F. C. 79
Carried forward, $11,840 39 Carried forward, $12,051 59
* Paid since Feb. 1.
son
31 60
Bellevue Park.
Haven, A. S. .
7 11
Beaumont, F. B.,
Palmer, Mrs. W. W.
3 95
Cobb, John S., est. of 3 16
Webster, Frank W .. 11 06
Mulney, Patrick, bal-
Wester, John D. .
4 74
Wood, Frank .
6 32
Burrell, Adoniram, balance .
Butland, John, or by
Turcotte. Godfroid 19 75
85
UNPAID TAXES FOR 1887. - Continued.
Brought forward, $12,051 59
Brought forward, $12,702 55
Dacey, J. B. . 12 64
Smith John T. 79
Davis, H. B. . 9 48 Story, Caroline W. . 1 58
Doane, H. . 82 16
Tennebaum 1 58
Dolan, James . 3 95
*Thomas, John 2 37
Dustin, H. H.
36 34
Thomson, James D., 4 74
Eldridge, Benj. P. 12 64
Titus, Mrs. Lillie B., 594 08
Elliott, or by whom owned 4 74
Hannah G. . . .
12 64
Ellis, Albert 15 80
Williams & Foss, or
Field James B.
37 92 by whom owned 15 01
Foster, Warren
2 37
Williams, W. Roscoe 2 37
Gates, A. ..
4 74
Wright, F. C. 4 74
Young, C. L. . 3 16
Peck, Estella F. . 6 32
Gleason, Mrs. Ros- well . 7 90
Guild, Francis B.,
heirs of . .
4 74
*Cavanaugh, John 17 38
Howe, Louisa D.
31 60
Dyer, Lewis 2 37
Houghton & Sawyer 3 16
Hunt, H. W. .
15 01
Lombard, Samuel,
balance
7 90
*Holbrook, Darius A. 79
Manning, Andrew
McKey, Martha A.,
or by whom owned
9 48
Thayer, Elisha . 79
*Morse, Mrs. Julia S.
79
Penniman, Samuel
2 37
Home, Trustees of 116 92
Pierce, Henry 79
Porter, Alex. S. . 47 40
Hamilton.
Prescott, Benj. F. . 126 40
Robinson,
Ebenezer
Regan, Chas., heirs of 79
Ripley, E. 28 44
Ryan, Joseph T. . 4 74
Scott, John 12 64
Smith, 1 58
Carried forward, $12,702 55
Canton.
Murphy, Daniel
National Sailors'
2 37
Freetown.
*Nichols, C. C. .
2 37
P. 6 32
Lowell.
Butler, Paul & Henry
W. Hunt
379 20
Carried forward, $13,790 38
7 * Paid since Feb. 1.
Braintree.
Bates, David H. . 1 58
French, Hiram A. 9 48
Hayward, Julia A. F. and others 2 37
79 Porter, Elbridge F. . 12 64
Porter, Mary . · 79
Gay, Aaron R. and Leonard S. 4 74
Wheelwright, Mrs.
86
UNPAID TAXES FOR ISS7. - Concluded.
Brought forward, $13,790 38 Milton.
Cook Artemas 4 74
Ferry, Rhoda . 4 74
Newcomb. John B. . 1 58
Robbins, James M. 12 64
Rogers, O. T., estate
of .
14 22
Whalan, Thomas .
8 69
Needham.
Orr Galen .
2 37
New York, N. Y.
Pratt, John R., heirs
of 249 64
Plymouth.
Howard, C. C. . 49 77
Providence, R. I.
Gillard, Edwin S.
33 18
Randolph.
*Alden. Horatio B. . 8 69
Daly. Thomas F. 31 60
Esterbrook. M. M. . 11 85
Holbrook, Darius A.
and Dorothy 79
Carried forward, $14.224 88
Brought forward, $14,224 88 Howard, Edgar 3 95 Howard, Polly, heirs of. 3 16
Salem.
Robson, R. H.
5 58
Sharon.
Wyeth. Margaret E.
7 11
Somerville.
Ryder, T. P. .
1 58
St. Louis, Mo.
Beal. Helen W.
1 58
Stoughton.
French, Charles W.
4 74
Upham, Melville
12 64
Weymouth.
Smith. Dana .
11 06
Residence Unknown.
Field. Josiah .
79
Perry, Levi and others
1 58
Total amount of un- paid taxes . . $14,278 65
* Paid since Feb. 1.
WOODWARD FUND.
Cash Account.
DR.
To Cash in treasury Feb. 1, 1887 .
$1,142 86 Interest on City of Lynn bonds 180 00
66
66
" Cambridge bonds, 180 00
66 66 " Toledo
150 00
60 66
" Pawtucket
250 00
66
" Minneapolis 66 225 00
66 " Cleveland 200 00
Interest on Town of Weymouth 280 00
66
" Portland Water Co.
840 00
" Old Colony Railroad 66 120 00
66 " Eastern Railroad 66
300 00
66
" Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad bonds . 100 00
" Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad bonds . 500 00
66 " Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad bonds 200 00
66 " Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad bonds 200 00
66 " Ogdensburg & LakeCham- plain Railroad bonds 120 00
66 " New York & New England Railroad bonds 600 00
" Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg & New Bedford Railroad bonds . 250 00
" Union Pacific Railroad bonds . 300 00
66 " Boston & Lowell Railroad bonds . 350 00 .
Amount carried forward . $6,687 86
" Boston
200 00
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WOODWARD FUND. - Continued.
Amount brought forward . $6,687 86 Interest on Southern Kansas Railroad bonds . 400 00
" Consolidated Railroad of Vermont bonds 540 00
Dividend Boston & Albany Railroad,
Old Colony Railroad 132 00
66 Fitchburg Railroad
232 00
66 National Mount Wollaston Bank
200 00
Interest on loans secured by mort-
gage
1,095 25
Interest on loans to Town of Quincy, 124 57
Mount Wollaston Cemetery for sods,
25 00
Rents from sundry persons .
1,557 50
Salt grass sold
30 00
Town of Quincy, for loan
6,300 00
executors of the will of Mrs. Mary
A. W. Woodward
. 51,556 78
$69,916 96
CR.
By loans to Town of Quincy $6,300 00
secured by mortgage ·
4,000 00
148 shares Old Colony Railroad 66 Fitchburg
7,260 00
22 66 Boston and Albany Rail-
road
4,400 00
10 shares Consolidated Railroad of
Vermont 500 00
7,800 bonds Consolidated Railroad of Vermont
6,430 00
6,000 bonds Portland Water Com- pany
6,120 00
Accrued interest on same
180 00
W. G. A. Pattee, professional ser-
vices
10 58
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Com- pany., rent of safe
20 00
Amount carried forward . . $61,860 58
. 26,640 00
1,036 00
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WOODWARD FUND. - Continued.
Amount brought forward . $61,860 58
Town tax for 1887 .
· 417 12
Insurance
4 50
One third tax on Faneuil Hall Square Estate, Boston 156 33
George L. Gill, services as secretary 10 00
H. B. Spear, services as treasurer 200 00
Balance on deposit in bank . · 7,268 43
$69,916 96
Statement of the Fund, February 1, 1818.
Personal property received from the
estate of Dr. Ebenezer Woodward $30,089 83
Received from sale of land -. 45,215 16
Received from sale of pews 120 00
Personal property received from the executors of the will of Mrs. Mary A. W. Woodward . 51,556 78
Income account
.
. 81,002 91
207,984 68
Less profit and loss account
3,537 50
$204,447 18
Invested as follows : -
14 Bonds Portland Water Company, $1,000 each . . $14,120 00
10,800 Consolidated Railroad of Ver- mont Bonds .
9,460 00
4 Bonds City of Boston, 5 per cent,
$1,000 each . 4,430 00 3 Bonds City of Cambridge, 6 per cent, $1,000 each, 3,330 00
3 Bonds City of Lynn, 6 per cent, $1,000 each .
3,285 00
3 Bonds City of Toledo, 5 per cent, $1,000 each . 3,067 50
5 Bonds City of Minneapolis, 4} per cent, $1,000 each 5,187 50 5 Bonds City of Cleveland, 4 per cent, $1,000 each 5,262 50
Amount carried forward · . $48,142 50
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WOODWARD FUND. - Continued.
Amount brought forward $48,142 50
10 Bonds City of Pawtucket, 5 per
cent, $500 each 5,325 00
7 Bonds Town of Weymouth, 4 per
cent, $1,000 each, 7,542 50
2 Bonds Ogdensburg & Lake Cham- plain Railroad, 6 per cent, $1,000 each 2,000 00
2 Bonds Old Colony Railroad, 6 per cent, $1,000 each. 2,047 50
7 Bonds Boston & Lowell Railroad. 5 per cent. $1,000 each 7,295 00
4 Bonds Philadelphia, Willmington & Baltimore Railroad, 5 per cent, $1,000 each . 4,200 00 0
10 Bonds Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, 5 per cent, $1,000 each . 10,762 50
5 Bonds Boston, Clinton. Fitchburg & New Bedford Railroad, 5 per cent. $1,000 each . 5,125 00
5 Bonds Eastern Railroad, 6 per cent, $1.000 each . 5,546 25
10 Bonds New York & New England Railroad. 6 per cent, $1.000 each . 10,103 75
4 Bonds Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad, 5 per cent, $1,000 each, 4,440 00
5 Bonds Union Pacific Railroad, 6 per cent, $1.000 each 5,593 75
4 Bonds Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad, 5 per cent, $1,000 each 4,065 00
8 Bonds Southern Kansas Railroad, 5 per cent, $1.000 each 8,120 00
148 Shares Old Colony Railroad . . 26,640 00
66 Shares Fitchburg Railroad 1 7,260 00
22 Shares Boston & Albany Railroad 4,400 00
10 Shares consolidated Railroad of Ver- mont
500 00
Loans secured by mortgage . . 24,375 00
Amount carried forward $193,483 75
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WOODWARD FUND. - Continued.
Amount brought forward $193,483 75 25 Shares National Mount Wollaston Bank . 3,695 00
Balance deposited in bank
7,268 43
$204,447 18 .
Since the last annual report, personal property amounting to $51,556.78 has been received from the executors of the will of Mrs. Woodward, as shown in the foregoing account. The town has also come into possession of one-third of the estate 32 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston. The taxable valuation of the whole of said estate is $38,000.
HORACE B. SPEAR, Treasurer.
MOUNT WOLLASTON CEMETERY.
The managers of the Mount Wollaston Cemetery submit their fourteenth annual report : -
Lots Sold.
Twenty-two lots have been sold the past year, for which the sum of $220 has been received.
Labor on Lots and New Lots Made.
By the account of the superintendent, it appears that the amount charged for labor, and care of lots and for grading lots sold, is $1,579.37. Of this sum $1,347.12 has been collected, leaving a balance due of $232.25.
Repair Fund of Lots.
The sum of $700 has been received for perpetual care of the lots designated, making the total amount of this fund $4,025.
Appropriation.
The managers respectfully ask the sum of $1,000 for the fur- ther improvement of the cemetery, and especially for complet- ing the grading and laying out of the southerly side, which was so well forwarded by the special appropriation. The ground has been surveyed and a plan made, and the whole work pro- gressed, so far as was possible, to a completion. It is expected another year will show the advantage of all that has been done and expended.
Financial.
Appropriation for 1887
. $1,000 00
special .
500 00
Collected for lots sold .
220 00
" single graves sold
5 00
Amount carried forward
. $1,725 00
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MOUNT WOLLASTON CEMETERY. - Continued.
Amount brought forward
. $1,725 00
Collected for non-resident assessments
72 00
66
" hay sold .
35 00
" income of Repair Fund
166 25
66
labor on lots, 1887 .
1,347 12
66 66 1886 .
77 00
66 60 1885 . 9 00
Expended as appears by the Selectmen's account $3,431 37
3,329 99
Excess of receipts over expenditures $101 38
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM A. HODGES, Chairman. GEO. L. GILL, Secretary.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
THE first work of the year was that of purchasing and put- ting in proper order the tools necessary for doing well, and with due economy, the work ordered by the town, and such as appeared needed by us.
With the appropriation given by the town, we purchased an English-road roller, made by Aveling & Porter. It has proved itself to be a valuable part of the permanent plant in the con- struction and repair of the roads ; in fact, without this imple- ment no work of value could be done.
We have also purchased two new horses, two tip-carts, and a watering-cart.
We have during the year paid more attention to general re- pairs than to rebuilding. Nearly every street has been gone over, and had more or less labor bestowed upon it.
We have extended the rebuilding of Hancock Street, - com- menced last year, - about three-eighths of a mile, in the same durable manner as previously. and find by experience that such a road is none too solid and durable to stand the heavy travel which passes over it.
We have also graded down the knoll between Atlantic Street and the Neponset Bridge. and for a distance of a little more than a quarter of a mile have constructed a good second- class road. the foundation, however, being of that character that, should it become necessary, it could with slight expense be made of the first class.
Cross Street has been materially improved by cutting down the hill. filling in the hollow. and building retaining walls to properly protect the sides of the street.
In accordance with the instructions of the town, we have petitioned the County Commissioners to lay out and relocate Common Street, between Copeland and Adams Streets, West Street and Canal Streets between Washington and Coddington Streets ; but as yet we have not been advised of their decision.
The appropriations voted by the town to be laid out on "private ways " has not been expended, for the reason that we
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deemed it more advisable for these ways to be first laid out legally as town roads. There is now in our hands a petition for the laying out and acceptance of one of these ways as a public road.
Under Article XIII. an appropriation of three hundred dollars was voted to be expended; "that the bridges on Furnace Brook be rebuilt to a width and depth sufficiently large to carry off the water." After thorough examination, we found that the appropriation was entirely inadequate for the purpose desired ; and further, as in all probability the town will be ordered to widen and deepen the entire brook, we have deemed it prudent to postpone the rebuilding of these bridges until that time.
Under Article XIX., at the same time the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars was appropriated. " to widen and repair the brook from the mouth of culvert at Timothy White's estate to the southern bounds of the estate of Lewis Dell, " when the ahuttors will lay up and repair their half of the wall." The abuttors having failed to perform the work designated, we would not have been warranted in expending this or any other sum under this article.
Under Article XXXIII. it was voted that "the sum of three hundred dollars be appropriated to build said Wharf Street, provided the abuttors shall first release all'claims for land dam- ages." This work has not been performed, as several of the abuttors have refused to give releases for land damages.
Street Lighting.
There has been a little over four thousand dollars spent for this purpose during the year; the balance of the appropriation has been expended in replacing the rotten and worn-out wooden lamp-posts with iron ones of the best improved pattern of iron posts and lamps, putting in at the corners of streets where such have been placed with guide-boards, or names of streets on them. There are many more of these posts that will have to be replaced during the coming year. There have been 36 new oil lamps and 2 new gas lamps put up during the year by the people. and which we have accepted and lighted. This in- crease in lights will necessitate an increase in the appropriation for street lighting ; and there have been 22 iron gas lamps. substituted for wooden ones.
The large amount of money the town now has invested in tools and machinery calls for proper facilities for housing and
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caring for the same. Some centrally located place should be provided by the town. We recommend that the town lease or buy one acre or so of land in some central location, say near Quincy Avenue or Water Street, and erect thereon suitable buildings in which to keep at least ten horses, tip-carts, water- cart, steam-roller, and other machinery and tools. During last year we had to stable two horses outside, for want of accommo- dation at the almshouse barn.
We also recommend that a suitable location be secured by the town on some part of South Street, on which a building to con- tain the stone-crusher and engine shall be erected. We recom- mend this location for the reason that it is the only never-failing place, furnishing a steady supply of the best and most suitable material for macadamizing. We recommend that an appropria- tion be made to meet the expense of the two last-named purposes.
Neponset Bridge.
It is time that the town should now consider what should be done to the bridge over Neponset River. Each year large sums of money are spent in patching and strengthening, while the whole structure is rapidly going to decay. Unless some action is very soon taken the town may be compelled to pay damages because of its unsafe condition. We recommend to the town for adoption the plan herewith submitted, for the entire rebuild- ing of the bridge, and that sufficient money be provided for that purpose.
Sewerage.
This subject has engaged a large share of our attention, but we have not felt justified in taking any action thereon. It is a growing necessity that something should be done in the prem- ises, and as the town has already a plan of sewerage, with an estimate of the cost, we ask that the town will advise us as to its wishes.
Town Brooks.
During the past year we have been requested by the Board of Health to deepen and widen the town brooks. Having no money with which to meet the expense of this undertaking we have neglected to comply. We have no doubt that the coming year this request will change into a command, and, should this
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be the case, under the law the town would be compelled to obey. We therefore submit herewith a plan, and we recom- mend the same to the attention of the town, and ask that provi- sion may be made for the completion of this work.
In conclusion we would recommend the town to make the following appropriations for the use of the Road Commissioners for the ensuing year : -
General repairs of the roads .
$15,000
Rebuilding roads
15,000
Street lights
5,500
Location of stone-crusher, etc.
3,500
Location of working plant
3,000
Breaking roads, removal of snow and ice
1,000
Sidewalks
5,000
Rebuilding Neponset Bridge
22,000
GORDON MCKENZIE. JOHN CASHMAN. JOHN A. DUGGAN.
QUINCY, Feb. 10.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library herewith submit their annual report, being the seventeenth report since the library was founded.
During the past year there have been 406 new names added to those already on the Librarian's register, making the total now registered 8,051. 536 new books have been purchased, and 127 books have been given to the library.
The division of the reading matter is shown in the following table : -
Public.
Schools. 268
Total.
Per Cent.
Fiction
24,112
24,380
39.9
Juvenile Fiction .
12,114
1,941
14,055
23.0
Periodicals
10,120
72
10,192
16.6
History .
1,975
1,099
3,074
5.0
Travels .
1,550
741
2,321
3.8
General Literature .
1,980
125
2,105
3.4
Biography . .
1,380
452
1,832
3.0
Arts and Sciences
1,425
238
1,663
2.7
Poetry .
900
67
967
1.5
Religion
260
12
272
0.4
Educational
163
3
171
0.2
56,014
5,018
61.032
The Trustees stated in the last annual report that some 1,800 volumes had been added to the library since the last (1883) supplement to the catalogue was published. The number of volumes so added has since increased to over 2,500. These volumes are accessible to readers only through the card cata- logue.
The Trustees had intended to publish during the past year a third supplement to the catalogue, of the same character as the two previous ones. On further consideration it was decided to defer this work. The two supplements already
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printed, with the one now contemplated, will include fully half as many volumes as were contained in the original catalogue printed thirteen years ago. The time therefore is not remote when an entirely new catalogue will need to be published, as the system of supplements will become too cumbersome for practi- cal use. It was therefore thought best to defer the publica- tion of the present, or last, supplement until a full five years had elapsed since the preparation of the previous one. In 1895 it will, in the opinion of the Trustees, be necessary to incorporate all these supplements in a wholly new catalogue, and it will be difficult to accumulate the funds necessary for printing such a catalogue in a less period than seven years.
The necessary steps have been taken to print the third sup- plement during the year 1888.
The Trustees would respectfully ask for the same appropria- tion as that voted last year, namely, $2,700 : $2,500 on account of the library proper, and $200 for the care of the building and the grounds about it.
The Trustees cannot conclude this report without reference to the death of their late colleague in the board, Luther Wilson Anderson, which took place upon the thirteenth day of June last. Mr. Anderson was one of the six original Trustees of the Public Library, having been elected on the second day of May, 1871, when the town voted that such a public library should be established. He had held the position, by consecutive elec- tions, from that time until his death. As a public library trus- tee the large experience of Mr. Anderson in connection with his lifework as a public school teacher gave him an exceptional value. He materially contributed to the marked success which has always attended the library of the town of Quincy. His loss will long be felt by the institution.
At a meeting of the Trustees subsequent to his death, the fol- lowing votes were passed and entered upon the records : -
Whereus, Luther W. Anderson was chosen an original trus- tee of this library at a town meeting held on the second day of May, 1871, and has since served as such, by continuous re-elec- tions, to the present time, therefore
Resolved, That we, the Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library, have heard of the sudden death of our friend and associate through sixteen years with a sense of deep personal and official loss. We desire to recognize the long and valuable service our colleague rendered this institution from the time it was organized to the day of his death.
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Resolved, That out of respect to the memory of our colleague the library be closed to-morrow, the day of his obsequies, and the trustees attend them as a body.
Resolved, That as a memorial of the high respect and esteem in which we, his associates on this board, held Mr. Anderson as a man, a scholar, a teacher, and a citizen, these votes be entered in full by the secretary on the records of the library, and a copy of them be transmitted by him to the family of our late colleague.
CHARLES F. ADAMS, CHARLES A. FOSTER, HENRY BARKER, FREDERICK A. CLAFLIN, GEORGE I. ALDRICH, H. A. KEITH,
Trustees.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR 1887-88.
Balance in treasury Feb. 1, 1887 . $206 55
Cash of town treasurer on appropria- tion
·
2,700° 00
Cash of town treasurer, dog licenses 1,283 37
$4,189 92
Disbursements.
For Librarian service .
$1,355 33
Janitor 66
487 53
Books .
1,108 93
Binding
199 75
Printing
97 55
Gas and fixtures
153 67
Fuel
135 86
Expressage .
65 70
Postage
5 46
Water .
15 00
Street sprinkling .
24 00
Repairs, Norcross Bros.
19 90
Furnace and repairs
41 05
Insurance (renewal)
163 50
Expense on grounds
186 20
Sundries
55 33
Balance in treasury
75 16
$4,189 92
Catalogue Fund.
Balance Feb. 1, 1887
$588 16
Cash from fines and catalogues
99 16
Balance in treasury
$687 32
HENRY BARKER, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS.
The Park Commissioners submit herewith their annual report. The policy pursued by your Commissioners has been the same during the past as in the previous year.
There have been no improvements, such as making drives or building walks, only such work having been done as was deemed imperative.
The arranging of a complete plan will come later, when a much larger sum of money than is now appropriated will be re- quired. All this, however, is in the distant future.
Should the rebuilding and regrading of Hancock Street be continued as in the past two years the sidewalks and approaches to Merry Mount Park will be very much improved, trees will be set out on its entire street line, all of which will improve the property.
The underbrush has been cut out and dead trees removed, also the trees judiciously thinned out in this Park. This work how- ever has been done with due regard to the preserving of the Park in its simplicity.
A tool house has been built in which is stored such property as belongs to this Park.
Faxon Park has received more attention than last year. The trees and underbrush have been removed, so that the boundaries can be easily determined. There has also been some of the ground cleared up. There has been some trespassing on the grounds and trees cut down, which, we think, will be stopped.
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