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4 Old Age. Old Age and Paralsysis.
82 6
25 Heart Failure.
$211 00
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ROADS
As Superintendent of the Highways of the Town of Rutland, I have expended the following amount for which I have received orders on the Treasurer.
Amount worked out in the following months :
WORKED.
ORDERS.
AMOUNT.
March,
April 4,
$5 25
April,
May 2,
172 00
May,
June 6,
482 58
June,
June 27,
347 85
July.
Aug. 1,
178 69
August,
September 5,
238 25
September,
October 3,
78 35
October,
November 7,
66 92
November,
December 5,
49 80
December,
January 2,
27 77
January,
February 6,
27 07
$1.674 53
Repairing bridges,
$23 25
NUMBER OF TOOLS ON HAND.
1 Plow,
3 Picks,
2 Hand Scrapers,
2 Hoes,
2 Bush Scrapers,
1 Hook,
3 Spades,
1 Bush Seythe,
3 Shovels,
1 Steel Bar,
1 Fork,
1 Cleaver,
2 Rakes,
1 Wrench,
2 Road Machines.
H. A. KENNEN, Supt. of Roads.
Rutland, Feb. 13, 1892.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
On account of the limited appropriation of the town for this year, your Trustees have made no purchases of books, preferring to combine the small balance with the appropriation for another year.
The sum of ten dollars will be expended in rebinding books, after which all will be in good condition. No book has been lost during the year.
The number of books taken from the Library by readers is 2618; nearly 200 more than the previous report.
Donations of the following books have been made during the year :
1406 Supplement to the Revised Statutes.
1407 The Chocolate Plant,
By W. Baker
1408 Report of Board of Education, '89-'90.
1409 New England Nun,
Mary E. Wilkins
1410 Thoughts on Religion and Morality, James Eddy
1411 Twenty Years Around the World, J. G. Vassar
1412 Illustrated Biography of Connecticut, J. A. Spaulding
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RESOURCES.
Balance of last year, $7 99
Appropriation, (Dog Fund,)
65 42
Fines,
4 19
Sale of Catalogues,
1 70
$79 30
EXPENDITURES.
Salary of Librarian,
$52 00
Express on books and incidentals,
3 32
$55 32
Balance,
$23 98
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. WHEELER, for Trustees.
W. A. WHEELER, Trustees of MRS. SARAH MUNROE, Rutland
MRS. H. R. SPAULDING, Free Library.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Rutland,
For the Year Ending Feb'y 15,
1893.
WORCESTER :
PRINTED BY
£ EDWARD H . TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, ROOM II.
A
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Rutland,
For the Year Ending Feb'y 15,
1893.
WORCESTER :
PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, ROOM II.
TOWN OFFICERS.
MODERATOR, CHARLES R. BARTLETT.
TOWN CLERK, GEORGE A. PUTNAM.
M. R. MOULTON,
SELECTMEN, F. G. BARTLETT, T. S. HEALD.
DAVID F. SMITH,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, HENRY A. KENNEN, F. R. FOSTER.
ASSESSORS,
GEO. S. PUTNAM,
CHESTER W. DODGE. IRA G. DUDLEY.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
WALTER A. WHEELER, WALTER A. HUNTER,
WILLIAM C. TEMPLE,
CHARLES R. BARTLETT.
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR, CHESTER W. DODGE.
ROAD COMMISSIONER, HENRY A. KENNEN.
CONSTABLES,
GEO. S. PUTNAM, JOSEPH M. MOULTON, FRED B. STEARNS, WALTER A. HUNTER, J. WARREN MOULTON.
SEXTON, ROLAND C. PRESCOTT.
LIBRARIAN, MRS. FREEMAN R. FOSTER.
LIBRARY COMMITTEE.
W. A. WHEELER, MRS. G. B. MUNROE. MRS. L. Q. SPAULDING.
MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK AND LUMBER. J. W. BIGELOW, GEO. A. PUTNAM, ' J. W. O'HERRON,
J. W. MOULTON, ADDISON CHILDS.
GEO. A. PUTNAM,
FENCE VIEWERS, DANIEL DEMOND, A. B. FISHER.
FIELD DRIVERS,
FRANK H. REED, D. O'HERRON, J. E. LEARY.
POUND KEEPER, GEORGE W. HUDSON.
AUDITOR. L. Q. SPAULDING.
WARRANT
FOR
TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6TH, 1893.
WORCESTER, SS. TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF RUTLAND :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are di- rected to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Rutland, on Monday, the sixth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, to wit :
1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
3. To see if the Town will accept the Reports of the Town Officers for the past year, or act thereon.
4. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees for the ensuing year.
5. To determine the compensation of Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
6. To see what sums of money the Town will raise for the sup- port of the Public schools; for repairs on the Highways; for the support of the Poor; for lighting Street Lamps; for use Memorial Day ; for Contingent Expenses and Paying Debts ; and appropriate the same.
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7. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors, as present- ed by the Selectmen.
8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the Town, under the direction of the Select- men.
9. To see if the Town will instruct their Assessors to abate any taxes in the hands of their Collector.
10. To see what interest shall be paid on taxes not paid in a specified time.
11. To vote by ballot, Yes or No, to the question, Shall License be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town.
12. To see if the Towu will vote to support their Poor on the co-operative plan, with any or all of the Towns of Hubbardston, Holden, Oakham, Princeton, Paxton or Westminster in some place with said Towns; and choose a Committee with authority to form an association according to provisions of Law, or do, or act any- thing relating thereto.
13. To see if the Town will vote to rent their Town Farm for a term of years ; or sell, or act thereon.
14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to a claim against the Town, brought by B. F. Browning, for damages caused by drainage of the Highway ; also claim of L. Q. Spaulding, Auditor.
15. To see what method the Town will adopt for digging and filling Graves and attending funerals with the Hearse, the ensuing year
16. To see if the Town will anthorize the School Committee to provide transportation for children of school age to and from school- houses remote from their homes, and make appropriations to carry the same into effect, or act thereon.
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17. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 431 of the Acts of 1888, relating to the employment of a superin- tendent of schools, and appropriate money therefor.
18. To determine the manner of warning future meetings.
And you are directed to serve tbis Warrant, by posting attested copies thereof, agreeable to the vote of said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this sixteenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
M. R MOULTON, F. G. BARTLETT, of Rutland.
Selectmen
T. SIBLEY HEALD,
REPORT OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Schedule of Property, as Appraised by the Overseers,
FEBRUARY 13, 1893.
Real Estate
$2,640 00
Farming tools and household furniture,
825 00
2 horses,
200 00
13 cows,
455 00
2 yearlings,
30 00
2 hogs and 6 pigs,
64 00
21 tons English hay,
378 00
2 tons meadow hay,
12 00
44 fowls,
30 00
8 bushels seed corn,
8 00
4 bushels sweet corn,
8 00
Grain,
30 00
Beans,
11 00
Cider and vinegar,
50 00
51 bushels potatoes,
51 00
Garden vegetables,
5 00
Salt pork,
10 00
Hams,
10 00
Beef and pork,
10 00
Butter and lard,
10 30
Tallow and candles,
5 00
7
Pickles and sauce,
$10 00
Soap,
5 00
Flour and crackers,
10 00
Apples,
12 00
Spices,
2 00
Eggs,
70
Wire,
4 00
Lime and coal,
35 00
Sausages and meat,
5 00
Phosphate,
3 60
Lumber,
$25 00
$4,954 60
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Interest on real and personal estate appraised
February 13, 1892, at 6% on $4,987.00, $299 22 Decrease in appraisal of property, 32 40
Salary of Warden for year ending April 1, 1893,
375 00
Bought Flour and grain,
174 22
Groceries,
261 20
Meat and fish,
54 11
Cloth, yarn and thread,
15 51
Tobacco,
6 55
Tin and iron ware,
30 50
Blacksmithing,
17 25
Farming tools and repairs,
51 03
Grass and other seeds,
18 37
Labor,
294 08
Stock and use of same,
69 00
Hay,
160 00
Phosphate and coal,
101 75
Medicine,
3 10
Funeral expenses of Asa Lakin,
17 00
$1,980 29
Income of farm,
1,090 19
Net expenses at farm,
$890 10
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SUMMARY OF INCOME AT ALMSHOUSE.
Sold Cream, milk and butter,
$578 69
Calves,
27 75
Eggs and poultry,
34 36
Vegetables,
68 14
Labor,
82 50
Cider and vinegar,
7 10
Hay,
53 02
Pork,
45 50
Board,
10 00
Stoves, etc.,
16 30
Due for hay,
79 16
Due from Warden,
87 67
$1,090 19
The following persons have been supported at the almshouse the past year, ending Febuary 13, 1893 :
Lucy Sawyer, age 81
52 weeks.
Moses Clark, 82 52
Mrs. Wm. O. Smith,
65
52
Asa Lakin,
92 died June 10. 16 weeks, 3 days.
John Kelley,
13 weeks, 2 days.
Tramps, 59,
8 weeks, 3 days.
Whole number of weeks board,
194
Cost per week. $4.59.
TOWN ORDERS.
1892
Febru'y N. W. Rutier, for salary, $30 00
City of Waltham, for Austin Preston 16 11
March N. W. Rutier, for salary, 75 00
Lewis H. Marsh, for Mrs. Mundell,
5 86
F. A. Nichols, goods for Wm. Cummings, 9 00
3 38
West Brookfield, for Albert Roper,
N. W. Rutier, for salary, (balance)
147 78
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F. A. Nichols, goods for Eliza Clark, $ 2 62
Town of Oakham for Mrs. Daniel Martin, 25 00
June E. C. Dudley, for phosphate, 36 00
R. C. Prescott, coffin and robe for Asa Lakin, 17 00
R. C. Prescott, coffin for Joseph Paquin, 10 00
Dr. Palmer, for Mrs. Mundell, 15 30
July Sept Commonwealth, for Wm. O. Smith, 36 40
Warden & Phelps, for Hay, 160 00
F. R. Foster, for G. F. Putney, 10 00
137 51
Oct
F. A. Nichols, for goods, Dr. Chamberlin, for Mary Reidy, 4 50
Joseph Paquin, 1 50
66 Eliza Clark, 14 00
H. B. Ruiter, for salary, 185 00
Patrick Delehanty, for cow and calf, 24 50
Nov. R. C. Prescott, casket for G. F. Putney, 10 00
City of Worcester, for E. M. Rice, 13 87
Dec. Commonwealth, for Wm. O. Smith, 36 80
Peter O'Connor, team for funeral of Joseph Paquin, (state pauper). 5 00
1893.
Jan. A. Hatstatt, for C. B. Bowers, 14 00
Dr. Palmer. for Mrs. Adolphus Clark, 4 75
Dr. Palmer, for Edmund Clark, 11 00
Feb. Fred Stearns, for goods, 36 41
R. C Prescott, for burial expenses of Alice Chiekering, 17 00
Geo. S Putnam, for burial expenses of Mrs. Rufus Sawyer, in 1891, 15 00
A. Hatstatt, for C. B. Bowers, 12 00
H. Converse, for groceries, 42 12
Samuel Whiting, rent for Bowers, 5 00
J. A. Pierce, coal and phosphate,
58 32
$1,284 13
April May Commonwealth, for Wm. O. Smith, 36 40
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EXPENSE OF SUPPORTING PAUPERS OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
PAID. Commonwealth, for Wm. O. Smith, $109 60 City of Waltham, for Austiu Preston, 16 11
Mar., Lewis H. Marsh, for Mrs. Mundell, West Brookfield, for Albert Roper, 3 38
5 86
April, Wm. Cummings, for Alice Chickering's child,
4 00
Mar., Wm. Cummings, for Alice Chickering,
5 00
May, Town of Oakham, for Mrs. Daniel Martin, 25 00
June, R. C. Prescott, coffin and robe for Alice Chickering, 17 00 R. C. Prescott, coffin for Joseph Paquin, 10 00
July, Dr. Palmer, for Mrs. Mundell, 15 90 F. A. Nichols, goods for Alice Chickering, 9 00
F. A Nichols, goods for Eliza Clark, 2 62
Sept., F. R. Foster, for G. F. Putney,
10 00
Oct., Dr. Chamberlin, for Mary Reidy,
4 50
Joseph Paquin, 1 50
Eliza Clark,
14 00
Nov. R. G. Prescott, casket for G. F. Putney, City of Worcester, for E. M. Rice, 13 87
Dec. Peter O'Connor, team for funeral of Joseph Paquin, 5 00 Dr. Palmer, for Eliza Clark, 4 75
66 Edmund Clark, 11 00
1893.
Jan. A. Hatstatt, for C. B. Bowers, 14 00
Samuel Whiting, rent for C. B. Bowers, 5 00
A. Hatstatt, for C. B. Bowers, 12 00 Goo S. Putnam, burial expenses of Mrs. Rufus Sawyer in 1891, 15 00
$344 09
Expenses at almshouse,
890 10
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Overseers services, 52 50
$1,286 69
10 00
II
Amount brought forward, $1,286 69
Received from State for Joseph Paquin, $15 00
City of Woburn for Mary Reidy 4 50 Town of Bolton for C. B. Bowers 32 00 Harlow Chickering estate, 58 00
$109 50
Expenses of supporting town paupers at and outside of almshouse for the past year, $1,177 19
Respectfully submitted,
D. F. SMITH, Overseers H. A. KENNEN, of the F. R. FOSTER, Poor.
February 16, 1893.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
OF THE
Financial Condition of the Town for the year ending Feb. 15, 1893.
We have drawn upon the Town Treasurer, during the past year, 221 Orders, amounting to the sum of $7,439.86.
The appropriations of the Town were as follows :
State Tax,
$402 50
County Tax,
396 00
Town Grant,
8,575 00
Overlays,
208 60
$9,582 10
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Revere Bank Boston,
$13,000 00
Peoples Savings Bank,
4,000 00
J. W. Bigelow,
1,000 00
S. Prouty,
300 00
Geo. A Putnam,
400 00
Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank,
500 00
$19,200 00
RESOURCES OF THE TOWN.
Due for. State aid
$300 00
Town Hall janitor 8 00
H. Converse, trustee,
1,378 00
C. W. Dodge, Treasurer,
6,565 94
Town Farm, stock and tools,
4,954 60
$13,206 54
Balance against the Town,
$5,993 46
As against last year,
$7,565 22
5,993 46
Decrease of Town debt,
$1,571 76
13 COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN CLERK.
Paid George A Putnam, $46 95
SELECTMEN.
Paid M. R. Moulton, $35 50
34 00
F. G Bartlett, F. Sibley Heald,
34 00
$103 50
ASSESSORS.
Paid George S Putnam,
$41 25
Chester W. Dodge,
35 00
Ira G. Dudley,
37 50
$113 75
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Paid David F. Smith,
$23 50
Henry A. Kennen,
14 00
Freeman R. Foster,
15 00
$52 50
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid W. A. Wheeler,
$5 00
Chas. R. Bartlett,
7 50
Walter A. Hunter,
37 75
Wm. C. Temple,
47 50
$97 75
COLLECTOR AND TREASURER.
Paid Chester W. Dodge,
$150 00
CONSTABLES.
Paid George S. Pugnam,
$13 00
Joseph M. Moulton,
7 00
$20 00
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SEXTONS.
Paid Roland C. Prescott, Ebenezer Wellington, George S. Putnam, (old bill)
$43 25
11 00
6 00
$60 25
LIBRARIAN.
Paid Mrs. Freeman R. Foster,
$52 00
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Paid George S. Putnam,
$5 50
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid George A. Putnam,
$15 50
M. R. Moulton,
$6 00
F. G. Bartlett,
6 00
T. S. Heald,
6 00
$33 50
Total,
$735 70
SCHOOL EXPENSES.
1892.
April. Paid S. Kendall & Co , supplies, $0 75
Walter A. Hunter,
40 00
E. Wellington,
5 00
D. Valley, janitor,
1 00
May.
Walter A. Wheeler,
35
W. A. Hunter, supplies,
4 60
Louise Somers, teacher,
26 00
Helen A. Moulton, teacher,
14 00
M. D. Potter, transit,
20 00
P. A. Scott, janitor,
3 00
C. A. Ware,
1 70
June.
Lucy Dodge, teacher,
32 50
Maria West, 49 00
W. A. Wheeler, teacher,
50 00
July
Mary A. Putnam,
$45 75
Marie West, teacher,
38 75
Louise Somers, teacher,
45 50
M. P. Hill, 66
98 25
Mrs. Geo. Baker,
1 50
Sarah Bemis,
2 50
E. O. Wilson,
2 75
M. D. Potter, transit,
24 00
Putnam & Sprague, supplies,
24 50
E. Whitney,
9 10
L. C. Dodge, teacher,
39 00
B. W. Putnam,
3 00
W. R. Upham, transit,
33 00
B. W. Putnam,
2 75
W. A. Wheeler,
70 00
Boston School Supply Co.,
18 03
American Book Co.,
15 81
Hattie O. Gile, teacher,
70 00
Wm. C. Temple,
20 00
Geo. H. Miles, transit,
27 50
Aug.
H. A. Moulton, teacher,
57 90
W. A. Wheeler, supplies,
1 50
Sept.
Mary McGann,
3 00
Warren G. Wales,
10 00
Oct.
Arthur A. Ileald, transit,
11 00
Willie O'Leary,
2 75
H. Converse,
25
Boston Supply Co.,
16 24
American Book Co.,
16 67
Levi H. Stearns,
1 25
HI. Heald, transit,
28 00
D. O'Leary, transit,
13 12
M. D. Potter, “
24 00
M. Frances Brown, teacher,
35 00
Nov.
Lilian Proctor, teacher,
28 00
Edward Whitney,
3 85
Dec.
Albion Paper Co.,
5 25
E. H. Crosby,
7 50
F. B. Whiting, teacher,
52 00
Lilian A. Proctor, teacher,
28 00
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Dec.
Il. L. Pierce, teacher, $110 00 H. C. Wilder, teacher; 60 00 M. F; Brown, teacher, 35 00 W. R. Upham, transit, 30 00 Sanford & Co., 1.4 35
1893.
Jan. Paid. Walter A. Hunter,
21 00
American Book Co.,
9 00
M. A. Leamy,
28 00
L. A. Proctor,
35 00
E. Whittier,
1 23
H. Heald, transit,
14 00
M. D. Potter, transit,
16 00
L. S. Putnam,
10 00
Feb.
N. L. Pierce,
94 00
M. P. Hill,
145 50
W. A. Hunter,
28 00
M. Francis Brown,
49 00
M. D. Potter, transit,
28 00
Lilian A. Proctor,
32 25
F. B. Whiting,
63 75
Dennis Leary, transit,
50 62
S. F. Bemis,
3 75
W. R. Upham, transit,
21 00
H. Heald, transit,
17 50
M. A. Leamy,
98 00
H. J. Davis,
8 27
R. C. Prescott,,
1 00
Stillman J. Fletcher,
1 50
W. C. Temple,
4 00
Mary A. Putnam,
26 00
Anna B. McGann,
4 25
Peter O'Connor, (school)
7 00
American Book Co.,
105 00
L. H. Stearns,
3 00
H. Converse,
1 40
Total,
$2,351 24
I7 OVERSEER'S ORDERS.
1892.
Apr. Paid. L. H. Marsh, $5 86
City of Waltham,
16 11
N. W. Ruiter,
252 78
Town of W. Brookfield,
3 38
S. Whiting,
5 00
Jesse Allen.
25 00
June.
Commonwealth Mass.,
36 40
July.
E. C. Dudley,
36 00
Aug.
H. O. Palmer, M. D.,
15 30
Commonwealth Mass.,
86 40
Sept.
F. A. Nichols,
11 62
Oct.
Warden & Phelps,
160 00
W. E. Chamberlin, M. D.,
20 00
Nov.
F. A. Nichols,
137 51
Patrick Delahanty,
24 50
F. R. Foster,
10 00
H. D. Ruiter,
185 00
A. Hatstatt,
14 00
R. C. Prescott,
10 00
Dec.
Commonwealth Mass.,
36 80
Peter O'Connor,
5 00
F. B. Stearns,
36 41
A. Hatstatt,
12 00
R. C. Prescott,
17 00
1893.
Feb. H. O. Palmer, M. D., 15 75
City of Worcester,
13 87
Geo. S. Putnam,
15 00
H. Converse,
42 12
Funeral expenses of Asa Lakin,
27 00
J. A. Pierce,
58 32
Total,
$1,284 13
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HIGHWAY BILLS.
1892.
Apr, Paid. H. A. Kennen,
$13 50
May. H. A. Kennen,
380 55
June. H. A. Kennen,
387 86
July. H. A. Kennen,
572 83
Aug. H. A. Kennen,
79 65
Sep. H. A. Kennen,
196 49
Oct. C. H. Butler,
12 00
E. Wellington,
6 75
H. A. Kennen,
185 00
T. S. Heald,
2 10
Nov.
L. S. Brigham,
10 70
Dec.
H. A. Kennen,
30 30
1893.
Jan. Paid. Warren Wales,
6 00
Total,
$1,883 73
BREAKING ROADS.
1892.
Apr. Paid Walter A. Hunter,
$1 53
Stephen Broderic,
3 25
J. Hammond,
12 67
T. S. Heald,
5 33
H. A. Kennen,
11 40
May.
Daniel Leary,
20 72
Walter H. Prescott,
13 49
June.
Ivory Wales,
6 82
J. M. Taylor,
11 16
Clarence Dodge,
1 35
R. C. Prescott,
3 93
July.
Edward Mellen,
8 33
M. Leary,
12 50
Geo. P. Woodis,
50
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Aug. Paid. D. P. Avery,
$1 75
Geo. H. Miles,
6 41
A. B. Pratt, 1 17
Oct.
C. H. Butler,
2 82
Nov. E. F. Prescott,
3 00
Levi H. Stearns,
2 67
Geo. W. Cowden,
2 17
Dec.
Thomas Lough,
1 44
Geo. P. Calhoun,
2 00
Geo. H. Rice,
5 10
1893.
Feb. H. J. Davis,
1 42
T. S. Heald,
3 83
H. A. Kennen,
4 90
Wm. H. Hammond,
3 15
H. C. Bliss,
3 00
John Welsh,
6 90
James Hunter,
1 01
M. Leary,
2 00
T. S. Heald,
1 05
C. R. Bartlett,
1 16
Total,
$169 93
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
1892.
Apr. Paid. Abbie Hunter, abatement of tax, $35 00
E. H. Tripp, printing, 51 25
S. Prouty, insurance,
39 00
June. Memorial Day, expense,
25 00
July. M. R. Moulton, watering place 3 years,
15 00
Aug. C. F. Lawrence, printing and stationery,
10 00
Sept. J. S. Wesby & Sons, library,
11 50
Oct. F. F. Phelps, stone, (old bill)
5 00
Nov. C. W. Dodge, tax book and incidentals,
4 50
E. H. Tripp, printing, 31 50
Henry Moore, gravel bank, 20 00
A. W. Macomber, Court expense, 13 00
Dec. American Express Co., 30
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1893.
Jan. Paid. J. M. Newton, costs Court,
$14 40
Feb. C. W. Dodge, Treasurer, 5 78
S. B. Bray, railing highway, 20 00
George E. Allen, supplies, 34 20
Americau Powder Co., supplies,
9 80
H. A. Kennen, bridges,
36 54
Charles Baker & Co., bridge lumber,
40 68
J. Henderson, labor on bridges,
11 25
Amos Strong, highway tools,
7 50
Waldo Wilson, bridge plank,
38 92
H. A. Kennen, bridge labor, 8 00
M. Loughman, road-tools repairing,
15 05
Amos Strong, 9 20
R. C. Prescott, Columbus day,
2 50
F. A. Nichols, highway supplies, 5 26
1 00
Total, $521 13
STATE AND MILITARY AID.
1892.
April. Paid for the month of February and March, $90 00
May. Paid for the month of April, 45 00
June. Paid for the month of May, 45 00
July. Paid for the month of June, 41 00
August. Paid for the month of July, 39 00
September. Paid for the month of August,
39 00
October. Paid for the month of September,
39 00
November. Paid for the month of October, 39 00
December. Paid for the month of November,
39 00
1893.
January. Paid for the month of December, Februaro. Paid for the month of January,
39 00
39 00
Total, $494 00
H. Converse,
2I
RECAPITULATION.
Paid.
Town Clerk,
$46 95
Selectmen,
103 50
Assessors,
113 75
Overseers of Poor,
52 50
School Committee,
97 75
Collector and Treasurer,
150 00
Constables,
20 00
Sextons,
60 25
Librarian,
52 00
Truant Officers,
5 50
Registrar of Voters,
33 50
Incidentals,
521 13
Overseers orders,
1284 13
Snow bills,
169 93
State aid,
494 00
Highways,
1883 73
Schools,
2351 24
Total,
$$7,439 86
A LIST OF NAMES PRESENTED FOR JURORS, 1893.
IRA G. DUDLEY,
DENNIS A. SMITH,
LORENZO Q. SPAULDING.
JOHN W. ADAMS,
EDWARD F. PRESTON,
MICHAEL LOUGHMAN,
ARTHUR F. BROWN,
JOHN W. MUNROE,
H. EDWARD WHEELER,
JOSEPH O. HERRON,
FRANK D. FORBUSH,
J. WARREN MOULTON,
PAUL WHEELER,
FRED B. STEARNS,
ERA C. DUDLEY.
GUIDE POSTS.
In obedience to the laws of the Commonwealth, we report in re- gard to Guide Posts, that they are erected in the following places :
One near E. C. Dudleys'. Two at the junction of the roads lead- ing from Barre to Paxton. One near Miles Holden's. Two near F. A. Nichol's store. One near the Muschopogue House. Two on
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Pound Hill. One near Walter H. Bartlett's. One near Benjamin Allen's, Two near Alfred Hatstat's. One near No. 1 School-house. One near the J. C. Greenleaf place. One near D. R. Wheeler's. Two near M. M. Smith's One near the New Boston Mills. Two near Erastus Dean place. One near Charles E. Reid's. One near Daniel Nyhin's. One near Addison Child's. One near Charles R. Bartlett's place. Two near T. Sibley Heald's
Respectfully submitted,
M. R. MOULTON, F. G. BARTLETT, of T. SIBLEY HEALD, Rutland.
Selectmen
Rutland, Feb. 15, 1893.
REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR AND TREASURER.
Town of Rutland in account with C. W. DODGE, Collector and Treasurer.
1892.
Cr.,
March 8, Amount brought forward,
$5,804 86
April 1, Rec'd of F. R. Foster, treasurer, 1890, cash,
100 00
19, Daniel Demond, auctioneer's license,
2 00
May 5,
F. R. Foster, treasurer, 1890. cash,
2 00 00
13,
66 66 50 00
50 00
June 4,
Peoples' Savings Bank,
1,000 00
July 2,
F. R .Foster, treasurer, 1890, cash,
45 00
5,
Worcester Five cent Savings Bank,
500 00
Aug.
11,
Balance due from state,
15 00
17,
F. R. Foster, treasurer, 1890, Cash,
105 00
Sept. 8, .
Peoples Savings Bank,
2,000 00
15,
Peoples Savings Bank,
500 00
24, F. R. Foster, treasurer, 1890, interest on taxes,
124 00
30,
David F Smith, guardian for Wm. O. Smith,
89 22
Oct.
1,
Wm. Hudson, janitor for Hall,
9 00
4,
Mathuen Walker, Trial Justice,
5 04
29,
F. R. Foster, treasurer, 1890, cash due on Taxes,
26 00
Nov.
17,
City of Woburn,
4 50
Dec. 12,
State treasurer,
361 83
30,
County treasurer, dog tax,
163 72
1893.
Jan. 2,
F. R. Foster, treasurer, 1890, interest on taxes, 50 00
20,
Estate of Harlow S. Chickering, 58 00
26,
State treasurer, school fund, 387 20
26,
Town of Bolton, help given C. P. Bowers, .32 00
Feb. 14.
L. M. Hanff, collector, 1888, taxes and interest,
45 48
14,
Tax bills for 1892,
9582 10
14, Interest on 1891 taxes,
102 62
14,
Interest on 1892 taxes,
20 36
$21,481 93
16,
66 66
66
50 00
24,
24
1892.
Dr.
March 8, Paid order on abatement of taxes, 66
$44 17
S,
S, Interest on note to Peoples Savings Bank, 50 00
14,
State treasurers' note,
1,000 00
14,
State treasurer's interest on notes,
280 00
14.
Mrs. Abbie Hunter, abatement of taxes,
16 49
April 13,
J. Warren Bigelow, note and interest, Geo. A. Putnam, note and interest
156 00
19,
157 95
May 5, F. R. Foster, collector, 1890, abatement on taxes,
15 40
13, Rural Cemetery Association, note and interest,
114 92
June 6,
Peoples Savings Bank, interest,
21 25
June
16,
Peoples Savings Bank, interest,
21 25
16,
J. Warren Bigelow, six months interest on $1,000 Schuyler Prouty, interest on note.
18 00
July ɔ̄,
Worcester Five cent Savings Bank, note and int.,
512 50
Aug. 17,
F. R. Foster, collector, 13)), abatement of taxes, 2 00
2,000 00
S,
Peoples Savings Bank, interest,
50 00
15,
State treasurer, six months interest on $13,000,
.260 00
30,
County treasurer, county tax,
198 00
Nov. 9,
Geo. A. Putnam, interest on note,
32 00
Dec. 2,
Peoples Savings Bank, interest,
21 25
6,
County treasurer, county tax.
198 00
9,
State treasurer, state tax,
402 50
19,
J. Warren Bigelow, interest,
30 00
28,
Peoples Savings Bank. interest, 21 25
1893.
Jan. 2,
F. R. Foster, abatement on 1890 tax,
9 00
12.
Worcester Five cent Savings Bank, interest. 12 50
19,
Peoples Savings Bank, note, 66 interest on note,
7 74
19,
note,
1,000 00
19,
interest on note,
22 89
Feb.
15,
L. M. Hanff, collector, 1888,
2 00
15,
Order of abatement, 1892 tax, 16 66 1891 tax,
22 00
15,
221 Town orders,
7,439 86
$14,915 99
15, Tax bills unpaid, 1891,
$483 91
15, Tax bills unpaid, 1892, 3,586 64
2,495 39
. 15, Cash on hand,
Balance in treasury Feb. 15, 1893,
$6,565 94
$21,481 93
Respectfully submitted,
C. W DODGE, Treasurer.
30 00
30,
Sept. 8,
Peoples Savings Bank note,
500 00
19,
66
3 87
15,
on C. R. Bartlett, 203 20
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT:
The following Births, Marriages and Deaths are recorded for 1892 :
BIRTHS.
NAMES.
PARENTS. DATE OF BIRTH. 1889
Albert Frank Helmar Ploetz,
Robert and Anna (Widemann) Ploetz
Aug. 29
Emma Mary Carrie Ploetz, Josephine LaCross,
66 66 66 Feb. 4
Joseph and Mary (Kirby) LaCross, Dec. 3 1892
Walter A. and Jennie Frances (Davis) Hunter, Jan. 22
Charles Eugene Taylor,
George M. and Anna (Hammond) Taylor, Feb. 29
Belle Augusta Fay,
George A. and S. Maud (Demond) Fay, Apr. 1
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