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$7 15
Burial of child
.
5 00
12 15
Jeremiah Connelly.
Fuel .
$11 25
Supplies
31 29
42 54
Corcoran children.
Fuel .
$3 65
Supplies
80 53
Rent .
60 00
144 18
Amount carried forward
.
. $3,663 99
44
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE. - Continued.
Amount brought forward
. $3,663 99
For W. J. Carter.
Supplies
$8 00
Medicines .
2 00
10 00
Mrs. H. Armstrong, fuel
11 50
Mrs. J. Ryan,
19 35
Mrs. H. Lewis
17 40
Mrs. George Shaw,
21 40
Mrs. W. Burke,
3 88
Patrick Dunn,
4 40
A. Witca,
4 15
Poor persons,*
20 50
Benjamin Landres, 60
8 50
Mrs. O. J. Peverly, supplies .
28 50
Mrs. J. Falvey,
22 00
Malcolm McLeod,
7 04
J. R. Blake,
2 10
H. D. Mann, supplies (charged to Scituate)
108 02
John McKay, supplies .
8 00
J. Cummings,
46 50
Edw. Murphy, Squantum St., supplies
(charged to Boston) . 3 00
Albert Dumont, supplies
2 00
Ebenezer Harmon, rent
32 00
Patrick Barry, 66
6 00
P. O'Brien, medicines
60
A. Beaulien,
2 75
Joseph Lamont,
75
Alcide Belleveau, «
60
Mrs. Dunstan,
60
John T. Hunt, board of family
10 00
James R. Horgan, board
37 50
Frank Rivers, board (Milford)
20 00
Samuel T. Allen, cash
22 50
Daniel Arnold, fares
2 00
Henry Hobart,
4 00
Mrs. Duval, nursing
15 00
Amount carried forward . . $4,166 53
* Refunded.
45
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE. - Continued.
Amount brought forward $4,166 53
For Mary O'Neil, medical attendance
20 00
Charles Brogan, burial expenses
23 00
John Cushing, burial expenses (charged to State)
19 00
Patrick Dunn, burial expenses (charged to
State )
20 00
Emma Eliasson,
burial expenses
13 00
Patrick Ryan,
..
.
23 00
Mrs. C. Carter,
66
20 00
Child of poor person, *
5 00
Charles Walker,
20 00
Annie Bolanger,
10 00
Hayden child,
5 00
Removing paupers
·
15 01
Use of ambulance .
8 00
Medical attendance
8 00
Telephone message
45
Fares for poor persons
5 32
Examining hospital cases
1 15
Total amount of cash paid out
. $5,382 46
CR.
By cash from city of Fitchburg for poor, $5 00
£ " city of Lawrence for poor, 20 54
Refunded by poor persons
25 50
51 04
Total cost of poor out of almshouse $5,331 42
Recapitulation of Support of Poor
Total cost of almshouse
. $2,062 57
" " poor out of almshouse . 5,331 42
$7,393 99
Appropriation
. $7,500 00
Expenses
. 7,393 99
Expenses less than appropriation $106 01
* Refunded.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DR.
Pay.
Paid Engineers of Department $240 00
Steamer and Hose Company . 900 00
Hook and Ladder Company · .
940 00
Hose Company No. 2
.
290 00
Hose Company No. 3 . 290 00 .
Hose Company No. 4 .
290 00 .
Chemical Company No. 1
20 00
Chemical Company No. 2
340 00
William J. Goodwin, engineer of steamer 779 36
Charles F. Jones, driver of steamer
763 36
Thomas H. Conlan, driver
184 00
Henry T. Brown, Jr., "
502 00
Timothy Collins, 66 318 00
L. G. McIntire, sub. engineer 33 00
Robert McLaughlin, sub. driver 21 00
James Malone, 66
14 00
Samuel Williams,
42 00
George H. Williams,
66
16 00
$5,982 72
Fire Alarm.
Paid John A. Duggan, care of system
$171 00
use of team 110 00
Edward R. Ferguson, labor . 2 00
James Malone,
3 00
William Caldwell,
5 00
John P. Mundy, 66
19 00
Samuel Williams, 66
2 00
William F. Loud, carting
2 00
James Murdock, 66
.
5 00
.
Amounts carried forward .
$319 00 $5,982 72
47
FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Continued.
Amounts brought forwards . $319 00 $5,982 72
Paid John Hall, use of team .
50 00
S. Penniman, « «
6 50
Edwin Rogers, battery materials
57 87
John A. Duggan, key-boxes and setting
20 00
Elihu T. Spear, sounding alarms 27 50
480 87
Horse Hire.
Paid F. B. Adams,
hauling
$50 50
Edward Murphy,
66
12 00
J. H. Lord,
23 00
W. Tisdale,
12 00
Dennis McCarthy,
4 00
John Cashman,
10 00
James F. Duggan,
66
45 00
William F. Loud,
66
.
2 00
158 50
Keeping Horses.
Paid Ambler & Hobart, hay and grain . $498 45
W. W. Adams,
97 50
James R. Wild, shoeing
46 50
S. K. Tarbox, 66
31 50
John Curley, 66
30 00
John Hall, boarding horses
40 50
744 45
Fuel and Lights.
Paid Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas . $153 77
J. F. Merrill, oil .
38 72
C. Patch & Son, coal
61 77
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal .
63 63
Batchelder Bros., coal .
28 00
Almshouse, wood
10 00
Patrick Phelan, “ .
3 00
358 89
Amount carried forward
.
. $7,725 43
48
FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Continued. Amount brought forward . $7,725 43
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Paid Tirrell & Sons, repairs, etc. . $124 50
James R. Wild,
145 05
Quincy Tirrell & Co., repairs, etc. . 125 38
Badger Bros.,
66 05
C. F. Hervey & Co., bedding, etc.
69 43
Conant Rubber Co., coat, hose, etc.
19 67
E. B. Souther, stationery
7 38
Terence Keenan, cleaning vault 9 40
C. H. Davis, attendance on horse 38 00
B. E. Sullivan, washing 55 99
N. E. Telephone Co., use of tele- phone 40 98
Walworth Manuf. Co., sundries 7 95
W. W. Adams, cement, etc. .
5 60
P. H. Gavin, stock and labor
13 33
Quincy Water Co., water, etc.
69 86
Austin & Winslow, expressing
11 55
Hartshorn's Express,
1 05
T. H. Gallagher,
50
J. T. French, use of team
11 25
James Bisson, 2 50
John McKinnon,
5 00
S. Penniman,
16 50
E. H. Doble & Co., «
1 50
Adam Burnie, labor
3 00
Thomas H. Conlan, "
2 00
James Malone,
2 00
Michael Cross,
6 00
G. S. Bennett,
5 00
Timothy Reardon, "
6 00
Thomas Gurney, supplies
16 95
C. B. Tilton,
28 69
C. Hall & Co.,
1 75
J. F. Merrill,
38 74
John S. Williams, «
69 25
Pinel Bros.,
17 70
Amounts carried forward . . $1,049 50 $7,725 43
4 00
S. F. Willard, medicines
49
FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Continued.
Amounts brought forward .
. $1,049 50 $7,725 43
Paid S. F. Newcomb, supplies 9 78 ·
Whitney & Nash, .
·
3 60
E. Packard & Co., «
23 29
A. L. Baker,
2 80
Boynton & Russell, "
3 50
C. Winters, 1 30
D. H. Fitzgerald, refreshments, etc. 27 42
J. H. Dinegan,
10 80
William Caldwell,
25 20
T. E. Furnald,
3 60
Rogers Bros.,
28 80
Denton & Pratt,
7 58
N. G. Glover,
25 20
Hose Co. No. 3, 66
3 30
James A. Panton, polish
50
Henry Martyn, tannatine, etc. 10 00
J. P. Edgerton, glazing 1 00
S. Scammell, ladders, etc.
.
19 75
James A. White, use of horse 3 00
C. A. Stanley,
41 00
George A. Mayo, grate, etc.
2 15
W. B. Burrell, carting hose .
2 00
John N. Tewksbury, painting
25 00
Timothy White, removing snow
14 00
James R. Wild, harness repairs, etc. .
56 30
P. J. Williams & Co., stock and labor
108 61
Albert Keating, furniture, etc. ·
105 00
Edwin Rogers, door plate, gong, etc. . 19 80
S. K. Tarbox, hooks
50
Thomas Foley, bell, etc.
.
14 50
F. F. Crane, globes
3 00
Callahan Bros., duster, etc.
3 50
C. C. Foster, hose menders .
1 00
Manchester Loc. Works, bracket
5 00
Charles E. Berry, hames, hangers,
etc. . ·
38 00
Amounts carried forward . . $1,699 28 $7,725 43
4
50
FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Continued.
Amounts brought forward . . $1,699 28 $7,725 43
Paid E. Packard & Co., use of wagon 20 00
S. Davis & Co., dressing 2 00
Philip Lahey, stock and labor 6 00
Rogers Bros., use of harness . 39 50
N. G. Glover, keys and repairs 6 15
A. L. Litchfield, stock and labor .
2 00
A. S. Jackson, plug, spanners, etc. .
13 00
Peter Gray, repairing lantern
6 15
Manchester Loc. Works, blocks and repairs 16 00
A. W. Mitchell, stamp .
2 00
J. F. Hayward, coats and boots
98 48
Cutler Bros. & Co., soda
8 96
Green & Prescott, advertising 2 00
F. F. Green, 4 00
James R. Wild, blankets, etc. 22 45
J. W. Lombard, spittoon ·
50
P. J. Williams & Co., stock and labor
16 62
A. G. Durgin, medicines, etc. 14 60
E. E. Fellows, stoves, etc. 53 97
John Hall, use of horse
29 00
2,062 66
Total amount of cash paid out
. $9,788 09
CR.
By cash from P. J. Williams, for manure .
$15 00
H. H. Faxon, for coal 23 40
38 40
$9,749 69
Appropriation
$10,166 00
Expenses
9,749 69
Expenses less than appropriation,
$416 31
51
FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Continued.
Repairs of Hook and Ladder House.
Paid P. J. Williams & Co., repairs $489 81
C. B. Tilton, tools, hardware, etc. . 37 31
A. Keating, furniture 17 50
Pinel Bros., paint, etc. .
23 97
E. M. Litchfield, painting
48 00
Total amount of cash paid out
$616 59
Appropriation, sale of old building
$925 00
Expenses
616 59
Expenses less than appropriation . $308 41
Purchase of Hose.
Paid C. Callahan & Co., 700 feet hose . $400 00 .
Appropriation
$400 00
Purchase of Horses.
Paid J. C. Richardson, three horses
$900 00 .
Appropriation
$900 00
Purchase of Harnesses.
Paid James R. Wild, harnesses $565 50
Charles E. Berry, hangers and springs 104 00
E. Packard & Co., hanging harnesses, etc. 6 25
Total amount of cash paid out $675 75
Appropriation
$750 00
Expenses
675 75
Expenses less than appropriation .
$74 25
Reservoir at Quincy Neck.
Paid P. J. Williams & Co., building dam
$44 50
Appropriation
$75 00
Expenses 44 50
Expenses less than appropriation . $30 50
52
FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Continued. Fire Alarm Box.
Paid Edwin Rogers, signal box .
$50 00
John A. Duggan, changing and setting box 10 50
Total amount of cash paid out $60 50
Expenses
$60 50
Appropriation
60 00
Expenses more than appropriation
$0 50
Extension of Fire Alarm and Box.
Paid Edwin Rogers, box, etc. .
$56 00
John A. Duggan, labor and material 85 00
Total amount of cash paid out
$141 00
Appropriation
$200 00
Expenses
141 00
Expenses less than appropriation .
$59 00
Striker at West Quincy.
Paid C. T. Robinson, examination $5 00
Appropriation
$225 00
Expenses
5 00
Expenses less than appropriation
.
$220 00
Hydrants.
Paid Quincy Water Co., water for 96 hydrants . $2,520 00
Appropriation . $4,000 00
Expenses . 2,520 00
Expenses less than appropriation
. $1,480 00
53
MOUNT WOLLASTON CEMETERY.
DR.
Paid Edward A. Spear, cash for plants, etc. . $23 77
Mrs. A. B. Backard, plants . 3 00
Martin Pfaffman, trees .
11 70
Whitney & Nash, tools, etc. .
23 78
J. Breck & Sons, grass seed, etc.
11 35
Quincy Tirrell & Co., repairs
27 35
E. B. Souther, stationery
4 69
T. W. Lincoln, covers .
12 00
B. Johnson, lumber
3 77
W. Tisdale, use of team
7 50
Winslow Burrell, manure
11 25
N. B. Furnald,
28 00
L. Litchfield, 66
10 00
J. Loud & Co., cement, etc. .
9 78
Ira Litchfield, stock and labor
31 77
Green & Prescott, advertising
6 50
Austin & Winslow, expressing Almshouse, sods and loam
13 90
Woodward Fund, sods .
5 00
George L. Gill, services as secretary
100 00
George L. Gill, stamps and stationery
10 80
Edward A. Spear, team and labor .
609 37
Alfred Shaw, labor 318 50
Patrick Maloney,
317 00
Andrew Gregory,
314 50
Charles Pitts,
302 00
James Devlin,
279 50
Michael Devlin, 66
223 00
Bernard Mullaney,
82 00
John Glover, Jr.,
72 00
James Dunn,
65 00
Dennis Russell,
55 00
John Lennon, 66
49 00
Jeremiah Moriarty, 66
28 00
William Faircloth,
25 00
Amount carried forward
. $3,097 78
2 00
54
MOUNT WOLLASTON CEMETERY. - Continued.
Amount brought forward
. $3,097 78
Paid H. S. Hunt, labor
17 00
Dexter Faxon, "
7 00
Total amount of cash paid out
. $3,121 78
CR.
By cash from sale of lots
for labor on lots
$350 00
1887
152 25
1886
21 00
1885
3 00
60
1884
1 50
" hay sold
35 00
" single graves sold
15 00
" non-resident assessments
38 00
" income of Repair Fund
201 25
2,422 00
$699 78
Appropriation
. $1,000 00
Expenses
699 78
Expenses less than appropriation . $300 22
Further information in regard to the above account may be obtained by consulting the statement of the Board of Man- agers.
OLD CEMETERY.
Paid James R. Wild, building fence
$97 00
James Kelly, labor
10 00
Total amount of cash paid out
$107 00
Expenses
$107 00
Appropriation
100 00
Expenses more than appropriation, $7 00
·
. 1,605 00
55
TOWN HALL.
DR.
Paid Citizens' Gas Light Company, gas $221 05
James E. Maxim, janitor 100 00
James E. Maxim, labor at free meetings 90 00
C. Patch & Son, coal
56 92
Almhouse, wood .
8 00
P. H. Gavin, labor and material
147 29
Citizens' Gas Light Company, labor and ma- terial 122 57 .
Quincy Water Company, labor
23 00
Quincy Water Company, water
18 75
P. J. Williams & Co., labor and material
10 40
G. S. Bennett, labor
2 25
Randall & Keith, repairing settees, etc. .
26 64
F. F. Crane, lighting hall
6 50
J. W. Lombard, chairs 3 00
Whitney & Nash, dusters, etc.
4 65
John W. Nash,
4 52
F. F. Crane, repairing mirror, etc.
8 25
C. S. Hubbard, towels, etc. . 1 00
Jane Grady, cleaning
14 00
Total amount of cash paid out
$868 79
CR
By cash received for rent of rooms $400 00
Cash received for use of hall . 166 00
566 00
$302 79
Expenses
$302 79
Appropriation
200 00
Expenses more than appropriation, $102 79
.
.
56
POLICE STATION.
DR.
Paid James E. Maxim, keeper $137 50
James E. Maxim, meals for lodgers
84 70
James E. Maxim, “ " prisoners 57 00
Citizens' Gas Light Company, gas .
26 27
C. Patch & Son, coal
20 58
L. M. Ham & Co., repairing lock . P. J. Williams & Co., laying floor Jane Grady, washing
8 00
Whitney & Nash, duster, etc.
2 78
H. O. Souther, setting lock .
2 00
E. E. Fellows, repairing stove
15 00
N. B. Furnald, keys, etc.
3 00
George A. Collier, glazing
50
Total amount of cash paid out
$376 63
CR.
By cash for use of cells, as follows : -
From Joseph W. Hayden
$11 50
Robert J. Williams
4 00
Peter J. Williams
3 50
Thomas F. Ferguson
50
David Barry
50
20 00
$356. 63
Appropriation
$400 00
Expenses
376 63
Expenses less than appropriation . $23 37
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Alfred Mudge & Son, printing town report William O'Brien, distributing town report 5 00
$522 12
Thomas O'Brien,
10 00
Hosea B. Ellis,
25 00
H. A. Keith, preparing
66
100 00
.
.
Amount carried forward . $662 12
9 50
9 80
57
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. - Continued.
Amount brought forward $662 12
Paid W. G. Spear, use of Opera House 60 00
F. Hardwick & Son, land damages, Quarry St. 125 00
C. K. Darling & Co., stationery
26 00
L. P. Lovell Arms Co., handcuffs .
7 13
Thomas Groom & Co., blank books
5 85
M. R. Warren, blank books .
1 00
W. F. Richardson & Co., directories
2 00
E. E. Fellows, copying polls
18 75
E. Robinson, atlas
15 00
E. L. Burdakin, list of deeds
25 00
F. F. Green, printing and advertising
434 13
Green & Prescott, printing and advertising 608 40
Lucy T. Thurber, damages on highway .
1,962 32
Mary O'Neil, damages on highway
25 00
James Downer, damages on highway
125 00
Joseph M. Sheahan, expert testimony
60 00
John H. Gilbert, expert testimony, etc.
100 00
W. G. A. Pattee, professional services .
166 98
E. C. Bumpus, professional services
50 00
C. F. Randall, care of court room .
34 00
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas .
5 03
E. E. Fellows, stamp
2 90
Quincy Tirrell, postage, etc. .
4 19
B. N. Adams, postage as collector and deputy, O. C. R. R., fares
5 60
H. T. Whitman, surveys, etc.
44 00
Charles R. Sherman, tax refunded .
6 32
P. H. Davis,
2 00
Martin Cook,
3 16
J. J. Kemp,
84
Jeremiah Sullivan,
84
Rogers Bros.,
8 35
Charles Crane, tax title refunded
19 14
Austin & Winslow, expressing
9 25
Joseph T. French, use of team
17 00
James Bisson,
3 75
Thomas Magee,
4 00
S. Penniman,
55
Amount carried forward . $4,721 78
8 76
S. H. Spear, postage, etc.
62 42
·
58
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. - Coutinued.
Amount brought forward . $4,721 78
Paid John H. Gilbert, returning births 12 00
C. M. Marstin, 66
9 50
S. M. Donovan,
21 75
W. Record,
4 50
Joseph M. Sheahan, “ 30 75
W. E. Brown, returning deaths
48 75
John Hall, 66 49 50
Jacob Flint, ringing bell 12 00
B. N. Adams, services as auctioneer 14 50
James E. Maxim, labor at town meetings 37 00
C. F. Pettengill, care of town clock 50 00
N. B. Furnald, services as harbor master 59 00
Geo. H. Locke, services as probation officer . 75 00 William A. Hodges, travelling expenses, etc. 3 65
William N. Eaton, 15 50
E. B. Souther, stationery, etc.
George L. Gill, recording births, etc.
20 00
transcribing votes, etc.
15 00
cash for postage, clerk, etc. . 25 00
registration of marriages 22 50 deaths 34 40
Charles L. Bly, setting poles, etc. .
75 03
Colin Chisholm, desk and platform
9 00
P. J. Williams & Co., fitting up ward room list boards, etc. . 9 50
14 50
C. E. Woodbury, use of store 15 00
Dennis Buckley, janitor
3 00
Albert Keating, repairing ward room 2 00
J. H. Lord, carting box
1 00
J. C. White, expressing
2 00
J. W. Lombard, desk and chairs
66 00
Walter H. Ripley, warden
5 00
Walter M. Packard, “ ·
5 00
A. L. Litchfield, 66
5 00
Edmund Pope, ·
5 00
W. H. Teasdale, deputy warden
5 00
John J. Byron,
5 00
Daniel F. Driscoll, " 66
.
5 00
Amount carried forward .
. $5,539 48
35
H. A. Keith, paper fasteners
25 02
59
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. - Continued.
Amount brought forward . $5,539 48
Paid F. C. Pope, deputy warden 5 00
L. D. Gurney,
5 00
A. W. Newcomb,
5 00
Christopher A. Spear, clerk .
5 00
Michael F. O'Brien, 66
·
5 00
Edwin W. Marsh,
5 00
Michael T. Sullivan, 66
5 00
E. H. Sprague,
5 00
Thomas J. Foley, deputy clerk
5 00
Emery L. Crane,
5 00
Cephas Drew,
5 00
E. G. Pratt,
5 00
A. G. Olney, inspector
5 00
Henry W. Tirrell, inspector
5 00
Albert Keating,
5 00
W. H. Sampson, Jr., "
5 00
F. F. Green,
5 00
Charles L. Orne,
5 00
William D. Burns,
5 00
George H. Field,
5 00
H. N. Holbrook,
5 00
A. E. Baxter, deputy inspector
5 00
John H. Rooney, "
5 00
D. C. Nelson,
5 00
Franklin Curtis, "
.
Total amount of cash paid out
. $5,669 48
Expenses
. $5,639 48 ·
Appropriation
2,500 00 .
Expenses more than appropriation . $3,169 48
PAY OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor.
Paid William A. Hodges, to March 1889, $800 00
William N. Eaton, 800 00
Walter H. Ripley,
800 00
Amount carried forward .
$2,400 00
5 00
Francis A. Spear,
5 00
·
60
PAY OF TOWN OFFICERS. - Continued. Amount brought forward . $2,400 00
Clerical Assistance.
Paid H. A. Keith 400 00
Town Clerk.
Paid George L. Gill
50 00
Town Treasurer.
Paid Horace B. Spear, to March 1889 .
400 00
Road Commissioners.
Paid Gordon Mckenzie
$200 00
John A. Duggan ·
200 00
Patrick W. Driscoll .
200 00
600 00
Collectors of Taxes.
Paid Quincy Tirrell, for tax of 1886 $50 00
Bryant N. Adams, on tax of 1888 . 400 00
Bryant N. Adams, on tax of 1888 (polls) 202 10
652 10
Town Physician.
Paid Samuel M. Donovan
300 00
Registrars of Voters.
Paid Edwin W. Marsh $100 00
George L. Gill
·
.
100 00
E. Emery Fellows
100 00
Michael F. O'Brien
100 00
400 00
Constables and Police Officers.
.
Paid J. Warren Hayden
$387 50
Robert J. Williams
.
189 85
Peter J. Williams
188 00
A. L. Litchfield
124 00
Michael J. Canavan
124 00
David Barry .
115 00
Thomas F. Ferguson
100 00
Amounts carried forward .
. $1,228 35 $5,202 10
61
PAY OF TOWN OFFICERS. - Continued.
Amounts brought forward .
. $1,228 35 $5,202 10
Paid Marcena R. Sparrow
96 00
John Vogel .
89 00
Nathan G. Glover
84 50
John Westland
78 00
Michael W. Gerry
65 00
Joseph H. Kelly .
64 00
Napoleon B. Furnald
47 50
Charles N. Hunt .
34 00
Edward A. Spear .
25 00
William C. Seelye
18 00
James E. Maxim .
17 00
George O. Langley
15 00
Edward H. Richardson .
13 00
John T. Hunt
13 00
George H. Osborne
10 00
George B. Pray
10 00
William B. Barry .
10 00
William I. Young
10 00
John S. Farrell
10 00
George H. Locke .
10 00
Thomas Kennon
10 00
John F. Berry
10 00
Edmund Griffiths .
8 00
Levi Stearns
8 00
William F. Powers
6 00
O. F. Lathrop
5 00
Daniel McGrath
5 00
William Faxon
5 00
J. P. Granahan
5 00
Mark E. Hanson
3 00
2,012 35
¡Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Paid Bryant N. Adams .
15 00
Total amount of cash paid out
· $7,229 45
Appropriation
. $7,500 00
Expenses · . . 7,229 45
Expenses less than appropriation . $270 55
62
STATE AID.
DR.
Due from State Feb. 1, 1888 .
. $2,135 04
Paid to Jan. 7, 1889
. 1,645 50
-
$3,780 54 -
CR.
By cash from State Treasurer . $1,856 50
Balance due from State Treasurer 1,924 04
$3,780 54
STATE AID UNDER ACT OF 1879.
DR.
Due from State, Feb. 1, 1888
$425 00
Paid to Jan 7, 1889
852 00
$1,277 00
CR.
By cash from State Treasurer
388 00
$889 00
Appropriation . .
$600 00
One half payments
426 00
Paid less than appropriation .
$174 00
ACCOUNT WITH STATE.
Due from State under Act of 1879, per
last report ·
$425 00
One half payments of past year 426 00
$851 00
Less cash from State Treasurer
388 00
Due on general State aid
$463 00 1,924 04
$2,387 04
63
REPAIRS OF TOWN BUILDINGS.
Town House.
Paid P. J. Williams & Co., repairing doors, etc. . $12 18
Almshouse.
Paid T. Gullicksen & Sons, painting $186 12
H. O. Souther, labor and material 20 08
206 20
Total amount of cash paid out $218 38
Appropriation
$700 00
Expenses
218 38
Expenses less than appropriation . $481 62 1
PARKS.
Paid Frank Gearin, teams and labor $90 75
C. B. Tilton, wire, etc.
4 61
Whitney & Nash, tools, etc. .
4 30
Green & Prescott, printing and advertising
4 25
John Curley sharpening tools
2 00
Michael Griffin, labor
68 25
Daniel Ford, labor
68 25
Peter E. Cahill, labor
17 50
Daniel McCarty,
34 19
James Dunnack,
55 44
James J. Dowd,
42 50
Thomas Shea,
12 50
Total amount of cash paid out
$404 54
Appropriation
$500 00
Expenses
404 54
Expenses less than appropriation $95 46
.
64
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid Green & Prescott, printing and advertising $63 88
J. W. Hayden, inspecting, etc. 297 45
A. Mudge & Son, printing 4 25
Dexter Faxon, burying dead animals 3 00
C. T. Dyer,
1 00
Paine's Furniture Co., furniture 32 00
P. H. Gavin, labor .
3 25
A. G. Durgin, disinfectants 1 65
Austin & Winslow, expressing
1 50
J. H. Gilbert, rent of room
100 00
disinfecting
6 00
John F. Welch, salary as secretary .
100 00
66 cash for stationery, etc. . 9 48
$623 46.
Appropriation
$800 00
Expenses
623 46
Expenses less than appropriation . $176 54
PAY OF FIRE WARDS.
Paid George O'Brien
$1 00
James A. White
1 00
James Kelly .
1 00
John O'Brien
1 00
William Lyons
1 00
Henry O'Brien
1 00
Total amount of cash paid
$6 00
Appropriation
$200 00
Expenses
6 00
·
·
Expenses less than appropriation . $194 00
65
FOUNTAINS AT WEST QUINCY.
Paid Swithin Bros., fountains
$600 00
Quincy Water Co., labor and material
31 71
J. J. Keniley, .
137 67
Michael McGovern, labor
18 00
Thomas J. Lamb, lanterns, etc.
6 00
Total amount of cash paid out $793 38
Expenses
$793 38
Appropriation
600 00
Expenses more than appropriation . $193 38
COMMITTEE ON SEWER.
Paid Lawrence Bradford, work on experiments $94 58
G. H. Thurbur, labor and use of boats . 15 00
H. T. Whitman, cash for sundry expenses
22 00
Total amount of cash paid out $131 58
Appropriation
$300 00
Expenses
131 58
Expenses less than appropriation $168 42
COMMITTEE ON NEPONSET BRIDGE.
Paid George S. Morrill, examination and report $30 00
H. T. Whitman, cash for use of boat, etc. 8 00
Total amount of cash paid out $38 00
Appropriation
$200 00
Expenses
38 00
Expenses less than appropriation $162 00
5
66
COMMITTEE ON WATER WORKS.
Paid William Jackson, professional services . $175 00 H. T. Whitman, time and expenses 50 00
Total amount of cash paid out $225 00
Appropriation
$300 00
Expenses
·
225 00
Expenses less than appropriation
$75 00
1
THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Henry Barker, treasurer, appropriation ·
$2,700 00
Henry Barker, treasurer, dog tax . 1,416 00 ·
$4,116 00
FOUNTAIN, WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK STREETS.
Paid Village Improvement Society
$600 00
·
Appropriation
$600 00 ·
PURCHASE OF LAND.
Paid E. A. C. Hardwick, land $500 00
Appropriation
.
$500 00
.
HINGHAM AND QUINCY BRIDGES
Paid Geo. A. Cushing, treasurer, assessments $337 50
Expenses $337 50
Appropriation
300 00
.
Expenses more than appropriation .
$37 50
67
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Post 88, G. A. R. $200 00 . .
Appropriation
$200 00
REAL ESTATE BOUGHT IN FOR TAXES.
DR.
To balance per last annual report .
$823 77
CR.
By cash from C. Breck, for estate of J. Field 9 68
$814 09
TAXES (1882). GEORGE H. LOCKE, Collector.
DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1, 1888 $89 20
CR.
By abatements . ·
$84 00
Cash paid Town Treasurer . .
5 20
$89 20
TAXES (1883). GEORGE H. LOCKE, Collector.
DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1. 1888 $139 93
CR.
By abatements $98 31 Cash paid Town Treasurer 41 62
$139 93
68
TAXES (1884). GEORGE H. LOCKE, Collector.
DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1, 1888 $287 37
CR.
By abatements
$253 62
Cash paid Town Treasurer
33 75
·
$287 37
TAXES (1885).
GEORGE H. LOCKE, Collector.
DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1, 1888 $930 52
CR.
By abatements
$886 36
Cash paid Town Treasurer
44 16
$930 52
TAXES (1886).
QUINCY TIRRELL, Collector.
DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1, 1888 . $4,595 74
CR.
By abatements
$41 73
Cash paid Town Treasurer
1,551 18
·
Balance unpaid Jan. 7, 1889
3,002 83
$4,595 74
69
TAXES (1887). BRYANT N. ADAMS, Collector. DR.
To amount of taxes unpaid Feb. 1, 1888 . $14,278 65
CR.
By abatements
$46 29
Cash paid Town Treasurer . . 8,928 92
Balance unpaid Jan. 7, 1889
5,303 44
$14,278 65
TAXES (1888). BRYANT N. ADAMS, Collector.
DR.
To Town tax
$154,026 96
County tax
.
5,525 36
State tax
·
10,777 50
Overlayings
1,247 07
Non-residents' bank tax
2,893 94
CR.
$1,174 58
Cash paid Town Treasurer .
151,240 40
Balance unpaid Jan. 7, 1889, 22,055 85
$174,470 83
Abatements on tax of 1882
$84 00
1883
98 31
66 1884
253 62
..
1885
886 36
41 73
1887
46 29
1888
. - 1,174 58
Abatements
. $2,584 89
Appropriation .
2,500 00
Abatements more than appropria-
tion
. $84 89
·
$174,470 83
By abatements
1886
$2,584 89
70
SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS DUE THE TOWN.
State of Massachusetts, support of poor
· $46 00
City of Lawrence,
66
.
85 45
" Cambridge,
104 45
Boston,
3 00
Town of Hyde Park, 66
208 00
: Braintree, . 6
53 16
Randolph,
12 15
Scituate, 66
108 02
For support of C. V. Saville .
127 21
Real estate bought in for taxes
.
.
814 09
State aid due Jan. 7, 1889
.
2,387 04
$3,948 57
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1888.
Fire Department.
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