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44, Paid Geo. H. Miles, breaking roads, 7 48
45, Paid F. R. Foster, state aid for Woodis $30.00, and for Bemis $11.14, 41 14
31 00
32, Paid Era C. Dudley, breaking roads,
12
June 7, Order No. 46, Paid Geo. W. Cowden, for one ton of Bradley's Phosphate for town farm, $ 39 00
47, Paid Moses B. Allen, breaking roads, 26 15
48, Paid Moses B. Allen, highway serveyor, 309 22
July 5, Order No. 49, Paid Daniel Spooner, breaking roads, $8.00, and putting up railing, etc. $1.75, ) 75
50, Paid Daniel Spooner, breaking roads,
5 50
51, Paid Moses B. Allen, highway surveyor,
501 00
52, Alice M. Pratt, teaching school No. 8, 72 00
53, Paid Era C. Dudley, for carrying scholars, 30 00
54, Jennie I. Lovewell, teaching school No. 9, 72 00
55. Sarah O. Moulton, teaching school No. 7, 72 00
56. L. T. Hadley, for janitor in school No. 7, and repairing black board in No. 5, 3 40
57, Paid Mary L. Wells for teaching school and paying janitor in school No. 1, 74 00
58, Paid Belle A. Demond, teaching school No. 2, 72 00
59, Paid Alice E. Cowden, teaching school No. 5, 72 00
60, Paid Maria P. Hill, teaching centre school and numericrl frame, crayons, etc., 121 31
61, Paid Michael Loughman, breaking roads, S 55
62, Paid F. R. Foster, state aid for Willard Wood- is, 25.00, R. Bemis, 10.00, 35 00
63, Paid Geo. W. Cowden and F. G. Bartlett, for labor on highway, 11 70
64, Paid Geo. S. Putnam, as sexton, 10 25
65, Paid Elijah Goulding, breaking roads, 9 50
Aug. 2, Order No. 66, Paid Geo. T. Browning, for cutting wood for school No. 7. 3 50
67. Paid Simeon D. Taylor for care of Center school house. 2 00
68, Paid Ella Woodis care of school House No. 9,
1 50
69, Paid Jennie Hammond care of school house No. 2, 2 00
70, Paid Wm. H. Earle, 1 plow for town farm, 14 40
71, Paid Worcester Hospital, for care of Wm. O. Smith, 42 25
72, Paid State Aid, W. Woodis, 25 00, R. Bemis, 10 00, 35 00
73, Paid F. R. Foster, care of Public Library for six months, 26 00
74, Paid Fred S. Hunt, for assessor, 35 25
75, Paid Moses B. Allen, highway surveyor, 83 25
76, Paid James G. Shannon, by order of assessors, 48 00
77, Paid John H. Griffin, use of horse two weeks, on Town Farm, 7 00
78, Paid State Aid, to Woodis, 25.00. and Roswell Bemis, 10 00, 35 00
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Aug. 2, Order No. 79, Paid Walter C. Boyce, breaking roads, $ 14 25
80, Paid Walter C. Boyce, school books bought of Sandford & Co., Worcester, 168 01
Sept. 6, Order No. 81, Paid Moses B. Allen, highway surveyor, 176 00
82, Paid Geo. W. Cowden, for two posts for guide boards, 1 25
83, Paid Worcester City Hospital, for board and treatment of Joseph Newcomb, 14 00
Oct. 4, Order No. S4, Paid E. H. Tripp, for printing Assessor's reports, 25 00
85, Paid Henry B. Davis, for cutting five cords of wood for Center school, 5 00
86, Paid L. T. Hadley, for labor and material to repair desks in Center school, 90
87, Paid E. H. Tripp, for printing 2,000 book labels, 2 50
SS, Paid State Aid to W. S. Woodis, 25 00, and Roswell Bemis, 10 00, 35 00
89, Paid Stillman J. Fletcher, labor on repairing guide boards, 4 25
90, Paid Moses B. Allen, highway surveyor, 67 70
91, Paid Geo. S. Putnam, as sexton, 12 00, and shoveling snow, 1 50, 13 50
92, Paid Worcester Hospital for care of Wm. O. Smith, 45 31
93, Paid S. Nellie Boyce, teaching in school No. 6 21 00
94, Paid Alfred Hatstatt, wood for school No. 1, 13 50
95, Paid Herman N. Bemis, for shoveling snow, 58
96, Paid Henry D. Rice, breaking roads, 10 50
Dec. 6, Order No. 97, Paid L. T. Hadley, books bought for schools, 3 57
98, Paid James M. Taylor, breaking roads, 13 50
99, Paid Lawton S, Brigham, breaking roads, 7 90
100, Paid Aden H. Miles, breaking roads, 1 67
101, Paid Walter C. Boyce, school committee, 32 00, and paid J. Hammond, 50, Mucil- age, 20, 32 70
102, Paid Dennis O. Herron, breaking roads, 11 83
103, Paid Clifton Parkhurst, as part pay for salary, 55 00
104, Paid S. Nellie Boyce, for teaching school No. 6, 35 00
105, Paid Elbridge Acker, breaking roads, 37
106, Paid Benjamin Allen, breaking roads, 1 50
107, Paid Geo. R. N. Sargent, wood for school No. 5, 10 13
108. Paid Geo. W. Hudson, for labor and mater- ials repairing school houses, 5 00
109, Paid Richard Cody, breaking roads, 18 73
110, Paid Peter O'Connor, breaking roads and la- bor on town bell, 4 50
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Dec. 6, Order No. 111, Paid James Sherwood, breaking roads, $ 2 25
112, Paid Asa F. Brooks, 231 feet bridge plank, 4 15
113, Paid Orrin Peirce, breaking roads, 1 50
114, Paid Wm. H. Campbell, breaking roads, 1 83
115, Paid Abel Baker, ringing bell, six months, 25 00
116, Paid Joel Stone, breaking roads, 1 32
117, Paid Henry D. Rice, breaking roads, 14 66
118, Paid J. T. Lawless, labor on town farm, 75 00
119, Paid Bates & Glazier, keeping stock for over- seers, 16 10
120, Paid Richardson Manufacturing Company for mowing machine for town farm, 65 00
121, Paid J. N. Darling, for teaching high school, 180 00
122, Paid James Hunter, for breaking roads, 17 00
123, Paid Alonzo Davis, assessor, eight days at 24 00, and stationery, Etc., 2 00, 26 00
124, Paid Henry W. Miller, for stove for Center school, 14 00
125, Paid Daniel R. Wheeler, breaking roads, 92
126, Paid Wm. H. Barr, breaking roads,
3 84
127, Paid G. A. Putnam, for services as registrar of voters and trip to Worcester, 10 40, and committee on water supply, 2 00, 12 40
128, Paid State Aid, two months to W. Woodis, 50 00, and R. Bemis, 20 00, 70 00
129, Paid Edwin J. Miles, breaking roads, 1 50
130, Paid Walter C. Boyce, for school books, 53 50
1885.
Jan. 3, Order No. 131, Paid F. C. Bigelow for three cords of wood for schools, 15 00
132, Paid Sarah O. Moulton, for teaching school No. 2, 72 00
133, Paid Lewis F. Forbush, for janitor at No. 2 school, 3 00
134, Paid Wm. H. Brooks, assessor, fourteen days' work,
35 00
· 135, Paid H. N. Powers, pump for town well,
13 90
136, Paid Marcia P. Hill, teaching Center school and one broom,
120 25
137, Paid S. Nellie Boyce, teacher in No. 6 school, 16 80
138, Paid J. T. Lawless, for labor on town farm, 15 00
139, Paid Walter C. Boyce, repairs and cleaning school house,
5 75
140, Paid Thomas Hennery for digging and ston- ing well on the common and putting in culvert 168 00
141, Paid Sumner H. Taylor. janitor for Center school, 2 25
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Jan. 3, Order No. 142, Paid Walter C. Boyce, for books for schools, $ 60 82 1533, Paid M. R. Moulton, for services as registarar of votes, three days' work, 6 00
144, Paid State Aid, Willard S. Woodis 25 00, and Roswell Bemis 10 00, and Albert Rogers 8 00, 43 00
145, Paid Ellen E. Dana, flour for Joseph New- comb 3 50, and rope for flag pole 40, 3 90
Feb. 7, Order No. 146, Paid Rufus B. Miles, breaking roads, 5 17
147, Paid Willis C. Brooks, janitor for No 8 school, 4 00
148, Paid Frank Baker, janitor for No. 3 school,
62
149, Paid Geo. A. Putnam, library committee,
48 00
150, Paid Walter A. Hunter, teaching in school No. 8. 90 00
151, Paid Alice Cowden, teaching in school No. 5, 84 00 152, Paid town of Westboro', for Mrs Rice by overseers, 42 45
153, Paid Worcester Hospital for care of Wm. O. Smith, 44 71
154, Paid state aid to W. S. Woodis, $25.00, and Roswell Bemis 10.00, Albert Rogers 4.00, 39 00
155, Paid Moses B. Allen, breaking roads, 12 51
156, Paid Ellen E. Dana, for school supplies by order school committee. 18 63
157, Paid Lawton T. Hadley, for books for schools; 109 75
Feb. 12, Order No. 158, Paid for a truss, for .. Joseph Newcomb, 5 00
159, Paid L. T. Hadley, janitor for No. 5 school, 3 50
16), Paid David F. Smith, for merchandise for town farm, 9 65
161, Paid Alice M. Pratt, for teaching in school No. 1, $84.00, and building fires etc. 3.00, 87 00
162, Paid Lawton T. Hadley, school committee, 27 00
163, Paid town of Grafton, for aid to Stratton family, 46 75
Feb. 13, Order No. 164, Paid Abel Baker, for ringing bell to Marclı 1st, 1885. 25 00
165, Paid Mrs. F. R. Foster, librarian 6 mo. pay, 26 00
166, Paid James S. Shannon, for professional services by order of overseers of poor, 34 00
167, Paid M. Myron Smith, for Lewis M. Smth, for teaching schooi No. 3, 26 00
Feb. 14, Order No. 168, Paid Geo. S. Putnam, for sexton, 11 75
169, Paid Walter C Boyce, school committee, 15 00
170, Paid M. R. Moulton, for closet for town house, 6 77
171, Paid J. S. Kennon, overseer and schools, 42 00
172, Paid C. P. Bullard, overseer, 15 50
173, Paid David F. Smith, overseer. 18 00
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Feb. 14, Order No. 174, Paid F. R. Foster, treasurer and collector, $75.00, and for constable 12.00, $ 87 00
175, Paid J. W. Munroe, breaking roads. 1 67
176, Paid M. R. Moulton, selectman, 25 00
177, Paid F. G. Bartlett, selectman, $21.00, and for registrar, 6.00. 27 00
178, Paid John W. Munroe, selectman, $21.00, and for registrar, 6.00, 27 00
179, Paid Moses B. Allen, to balance account, 10 00
180, Paid Walter Hunter, school committee, 35 00
181, Paid Geo. S Putnam, town clerk $27.90, and giving oaths to selectmen, writing for overseers and assessors, and timber for town house 5.50, 33 40
COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN.
Paid M. R. Moulton, $25 00
Francis G. Bartlett,
21 00
John W. Munroe, 21 00
TOWN CLERK.
Paid Geo. A. Putnam, 27 90
ASSESSORS.
Paid Alonzo Davis, 26 00
Fred. S. Hunt,
36 25
William H. Brooks,
35 00
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid David F. Smith, 18 00
Cyrus P. Bullard, 15 50
James S. Kennon, 10 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid Lawton T. Hadley, 27 00
Walter C. Boyce, 47 00
Walter A. Hunter, 35 00
COLLECTOR AND TREASURER.
Paid Freeman R. Foster, 75 00
CONSTABLE.
Paid F. R. Foster, 12 00
SEXTON.
Paid Geo. S. Putnam,
37 25
LIBRARIAN.
Paid Mrs. F. R. Foster, 52 00
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BOARD OF REGISTRARS.
Paid M. R. Moulton,
6 00
F. G. Bartlett,
6 00
6 00
J. W. Munroe, Geo. A. Putnam,
6 00
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid John B. Wells, $8 54
Paid Daniel Spooner,
5 50
M. B. Allen,
46 85
M. Loughman,
8 54
John W. Munroe,
8 29
Elijah Goulding,
9 50
Edwin J. Miles,
26 62
Walter C. Boyce,
14 25
John N. Sargent,
36 13
G. S. Putnam,
1 50
Richard Cody,
10 00
Herman N. Bemis,
58
Joseph Davis,
24 00
Henry D. Rice,
10 50
Alfred Hatstat,
1 82
James M. Taylor,
13 50
Edwin J. Miles,
10 20
Lawson S. Brigham,
7 00
Henry Moore,
6 00
Adin II. Miles,
1 67
J. Edmund Clark,
3 58
Dennis O'Herron,
11 83
Cyrus P. Bullard,
19 24
Elbridge Acker,
1 37
Michael Gleason,
3 00
Benjamin Allen,
1 50
George P. Woodis,
3 08
Richard Cody,
18 73
Elijah Goulding,
20 95
Peter O'Conner,
2 50
Ivory Wales,
23 66
James Sherwood,
2 25
Michael Leary,
11 83
Orrin Pierce,
1 50
William D. Hatch,
2 50
Wm. H. Campbell,
1 83
Era C. Dudley,
31 00
Joel Stone,
1 32
John D. Clair,
24 34
Henry D. Rice,
14 66
S. D. & M. Chickering, 3 75
James Hunter,
17 00
J. W. Munroe,
5 58
D. R. Wheeler,
5 92
M. B. Allen. 29 89
Wm. H. Barr,
3 84
George W. Leadbetter,
3 00
E. J. Miles,
1 50
George H. Miles,
7 48
R. B. Miles,
5 17
M. B. Allen,
26 15
M. B. Allen,
12 51
Daniel Spooner,
8 00
J. W. Munroe,
4 67
$586 12
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Paid M. B Allen .
$250 00
M. B. Allen,
99 33
M. B. Allen,
309 22
M B. Allen,
501 10
George W. Cowden,
6 69
F. G. Bartlett,
5 01
M. B. Allen,
83 25
M. B. Allen,
176 00
M. B. Allen,
67 70-1498 20
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STATE AID.
Paid Willard S. Woodis, $302 40 Roswell Bemis, 119 14 Albert Rogers, 12 00 - 433 54
One half of the above is reimbursed by the State.
CONTINGENT.
Paid M. B. Allen, repairs and freight on two scrapers, $18 25
E. H. Tripp, Town Reports and tax blanks, 27 75
George Tyler, road machine, 210 00
F. R. Foster, for insurance on town farm buildings and stock, &c , and expense of changing R. R. stock, Daniel Spooner, for poles, putting up the same, and drawing plank, 1 75
28 45
Geo. W. Cowden, two guide posts,
1 25
E. H. Tripp, for 300 Valuation reports,
25 00
S. J. Fletcher, repairing and painting guide boards, Peter O'Conner, labor on bell,
2 00
Asa F. Brooks. 231 feet bridge plank, at $18 per M.
4 15
Abel Baker, ringing bell six months,
25 00
Geo. A. Putnam, trip to Worcester for ballot box, services on water committee, fixing ballot box, and stationery, &c. 6 40
H. N. Powers, pump for town well, 13 90
Thomas Hennessey, digging and stoning well, and building culvert, 168 00
E. E. Dana, rope,
40
Abel Baker, ringing bell six months,
25 00
M. R. Moulton, making closet,
6 77
E. C. Allen, for M. B. Allen, sundries for highway department, 10 00
G. A. Putnam, timber, &c.,
5 50
$583 82
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Geo. Putnam, for books for library, $48 00
4 25
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RECAPITULATION.
Paid Town Clerk,
$27 90
Selectmen,
67 00
Assessors,
97 25
Overseers of Poor,
43 50
School Committee,
109 00
Collecter and Treasurer,
75 00
Constable,
12 00
Sexton,
37 25
Librarian,
52 00
Board of Registrars,
24 00
Breaking Roads,
586 12
Repairing Roads,
1,498 20
State Aid.
433 54
School and School Contingent,
1,990 23
Overseers Orders,
1,136 55
Contingent expenses,
578 32
Public Library,
48 00
$6,821 36
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 at the junction of the road leading from Barre to Paxton, at West Rutland ; one near Era C. Dudley's ; one near Miles Holden's ; one near Centre Post Office ; one near the new Hotel; one near D. W. Fletcher's ; one near Walter H. Bartlett's ; one near Benj. Al- len's ; one near Alfred Hatstatt's ; one near No. 1 School house ; one near John C. Greenleaf's ; one near D. R. Wheeler's ; one near the Moses B. Smith place; one near the New Boston mill ; one near Erastus Dean's ; one near Charles E. Ried's ; one near Daniel Ni- hin's ; and one near Charles R. Bartlett's.
Respectfully submitted,
M. R. MOULTON, Selectmen
F. G. BARTLETT,
of
J. W. MUNROE, Rutland.
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REPORT OF THE
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF RUTLAND :
The voters of the Town, at their last March meeting, voted quite unanimously, to take a " new departure " in the management of their Highways, viz, to dispense with the old system, of district- ing the Town into some thirty divisions, and put the whole matter into the hands of one man. Their choice, as expressed at the polls, fell upon me. For this confidence in my ability thus expressed, and honor shown me, I desire to tender here and now my thanks.
In the management, I have had bnt one motive, to discharge the duties without fear, or favor, and impartially. How far, or well I have succeeded, you must decide. I will only say for myself, and the new system, that (as we are judged by our fruits) the condition of the Roads last Spring, and their present condition, is a fair crite- rion to decide by. I intended at the commencement, to make no new apportionment, but to expend on the old "limits," that have been made in years heretofore, as near as I could, an equal division of the appropriation ; but I soon found that some "limits," where much use was made of them, absolutely demanded a much larger outlay. You will find, in a detailed statement below, where addi- tional outlays were made, and where taken correspondingly from others. From this, I am led to make the following suggestion : that whenever you decide fully to adopt the new system, that the office of Road Commissioner should be continuous, for two or three years. This would enable him to take up the work where left off from year to year, thereby dealing a more even justice to all parts of the town.
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I have in my mind one or two other suggestions to make, hoping that the mention of the subjects will lead the people to take some action in regard to them, in the near future. One is, that it would seem to be very desirable for the Town Officials to know just what rights the town has in the "limits" assigned to the highways. It would seem, that in a not very remote period of time, many have had the idea, that the town had no rights in those limits which indi- viduals were bound to respect, and so have made the limits a recep- tacle for ahnost every thing that was not wanted on their own prem- ises ; stones from the adjacent fields have been dumped by the hun- dred cart loads, and in many cases put where it would be very de- sirable to have a ditch to drain the road bed; wood and lumber have often been laid so that dams would be made that would turn the water into the road, greatly to its injury. So serious has this become in some localities, that if continued in, you will soon have to decide (in order to repair the road) the question, which will be the cheapest way, -- to remove the incumbrances or the highway
I find in making a tour of the Town, some pieces of road that hardly any thing has been done for a long time, and seem to have hardly any use From the neglect you suffer them to remain in. liability to accidents increase, and it seems to me that it would be well for the town to examine quite closely, and see if there were any portions of road that might be dispensed with without any very great inconvenience to private individuals, or serious hindrance to the public.
In regard to the amount of your appropriation, I beg leave to say a word. Do not make it smaller, but larger-if you can afford. It has been said by a member of one of the largest commission houses in the State, devoted to the buying and selling of real estate, that one of the first questions asked by people desirous of buying real estate in the country towns, was, What is the condition of the Roads leading to its villages and markets ?
If then, the value of your property depends thus, then, I am sure you will agree with me in saying, Bring up as soon as possible to a high degree of excellence our roads leading to our own villages, our own churches, our own stores and markets, so that their condition will make it a delight rather than a burden to ride over them to those same stores and markets, and do our buying and selling in town, especially if we can do better than we can by riding twenty miles to a city, (and I doubt not but what you can,) to attend our
own churches rather than our neighbors', especially if our own spires point higher up, (and I doubt not but what they do.) Following this course, some benefits will arise and diffuse to all.
Below you will find statement in detail showing when, where, and by whom your appropriation has been expended.
WHEN EXPENDED.
In the month of April, $111 25
May, 309 75
June, 496 00
July, 95 26
August,
276 00
September,
95 00
October, 53 50
November, 19 50
It may be proper to state here that the amount expended in August would have been laid out in the month of June to a large extent had it not been for drought continuing, making the roads so dry and hard as to make it imposible to make use of the Road Scrapers.
WHERE EXPENDED.
Special appropriations upon the "Old Limits" as assigned To Joseph Mills, $75 00 To E. Bigelow,
64 50
Hunter,
61 25
J. Davis, 10 00
E. J. Miles,
33 50
Henry Moore,
13 50
C. R. Bartlett,
37 50 J. D. Wells,
64 45
M. B. Allen,
50 00
J. Bond,
89 25
Stephen Allen,
35 00
Kennan,
41 75
D. Spooner,
44 00
J. M. Taylor,
47 50
D. O'Hearn,
73 25
HI. Rice,
36 75
F. Hunt,
56 00
E Dudley,
48 50
M. Loughman,
47 50
M. B. Allen,
86 90
W. Boyce,
58 50
R. B. Miles,
29 50
I. Wales,
67 50
L. Brigham,
5 00
$1,176 10
285 66
General expenditure upon all of the Districts.
1,461 76
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BY WHOM EXPENDED.
Paid S. Allen and team, $176 00 Paid Orrin Peirce, $29 25
E. Allen and team, 358 00
Rufus Sawyer, 21 50
E. J. Miles, 128 00 C. Jordan and team, 39 00 Hatstat and team, 4 00 Elbridge Lane, 1 50
E.Goulding and team, 12 00
C. Lane, 1 50
T. Valley, 15 00
D. Murphy, 2 25
J. Savall, . 80 75
Cowden & Bartlett, 11 62
J. Welsh, 83 00
E. Valley, 13 50
Frank Forbush, 22 25
J. Wells, 1 50
John Metcalf, 4 50
T. S. Heald,
135 00
Charles Allen, 18 50
Sundries, including repairs, freight etc. 40 95
Total amount expended, $1,514 75
Total amount Received from Treasurer, 1,514 75
Deducted for freight, etc. 16 55
Amount Expended on Highway, $1,498 20
I have allowed for men's labor 15c. per hour, or $1.50 per day. This price is not quite as much as the town has allowed heretofore, but yet has proved satisfactory to the men employed, and on the whole was as remunerative as though they had been employed in other business. The Town officers have been prompt in paying for the labor each month, as per agreement at the start. For teams I have allowed for man and pair of horses, four dollars per day. This price made at the first of the work, I regard as favorable to the Town. For the rapid accomplishment of the work, some two or three teams should be hired each year for the season.
For keeping open the roads in winter, I have divided the town into districts, and appointed the following men to act as agents.
E. Chamberlin,
F. S. Hunt,
L. S. Brigham, Dennis O. Herron,
Parker Forbush,
Edward Wheeler,
Adin Miles,
J. M. Taylor,
Alfred Hatstat,
R. B. Miles,
George Bigelow,
George B. Munroe,
C. W. Dodge, D. R. Wheeler,
Myron Smith, II. A. Kennon,
J. Davis, 2 25
M. B. Allen, & sundry bills of labor, 329 93
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J. B. Wells,
C. W. Upham,
I. Wales,
S. Prouty,
E. Goulding,
C. W. Boyce,
H. D. Rice, John N. Sargent.
The following snow bills have been paid for breaking roads in months of March and April, 1884.
E. J. Miles,
$10 20
Stephen Allen,
$ 4 16
E. Acker.
11 75
M. B. Allen,
15 41
E. Goulding,
9 50
J. B. Wells,
2 21
C. P. Bullard,
11 67
Benj. Allen,
1 49
J. P. Forbush,
8 59
Jos. Davis,
7 08
H. A. Kennon, ¿
T. F. Campbell,
2 50
J. S. Kennon.
12 32
A. A. Reed,
1 75
F. S. Hunt,
1 91
W. D. Hatch,
1 33
F. G. Bartlett,
1 00
Michael Leary,
4 00
S. Prouty,
4 90
J. D. Clair,
6 00
Richard Cody,
8 09
M. Gleason,
1 91
J. M. Foster,
12 16
Leadbetter & Locke, 1 42
Respectfully submitted,
MOSES B. ALLEN, Road Commissioner.
GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN:
This report has been made from suggestions and dictations from Mr. Allen, during his fatal illness. It would be more complete in detail but for the sad ending. Enough is given to show you and the citizens that he was very faith- ful to the trust committed to him. For this fidelity and other qualities, we know him to be possessed of, I think we may all unite in saying, as was said, in days long ago. "O Lord, for a long time keep his memory green."
Yours truly,
T. S. H.
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REPORT OF THE Committee of the Free Public Library,
OF RUTLAND.
For the Year Ending, February 15, 1885.
GENTLEMEN :
By your generosity last march, your committee has been able to add to the Library during the past year by purchase, forty-four books, and there has been added by gift, four books, namely : The Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Currency, by Hon. H. W. Cannon; The Leicester Academy Centenary, 1884, by the Trustees; The Manual for the General Court 1884, by the Secretary of State; and The Tragedy of Hamlet, from Harper Brothers; making the whole number of books now in the Library 1307. The number of books taken out the past year is 1640.
LIBRARY ACCOUNT FOR THE PAST YEAR.
Resources.
The Town voted to add seventy dollars to the balance due
the Library from former appropriations, making
$100 00
Balance of fines last spring,
3 10
Fines collected for the past year,
3 30
Making, $106 40
There is now due the Library for uncollected fines,
EXPENSES OF THE LIBRARY.
Paid Librarian, $52 00
Paid for making shelves, 3 00
44 new books, . 40 58
express and postage, 1 25
binding 38 old books,
9 80
$4 36
$106 63
Balance due, 23
Three books were bought to replace worn out ones, and the follow- ing is a list of the new books :- The Cousins, The Heart of the White Mountains, Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles, Froissarts Chronicles, Urda, Hypatia, Jane Eyre, John Inglesant, European Breezes, Catachism of Common Things, Bird Bolts, A Modern Instance, Paul
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Dreyfus, Tunis The Land and The People, Saxe's Poems, Drake's Indians of North America, Odd or Even, Mother Goose for Grown Folks, Lorna Doone, Dr. Sevier, Pansies, Grandissime, Cape Cod Folks, Some Other Folks, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Mary Anerley, Figs and Thistles, The Making of a Man, Valentine Box, Sylvester Sound, Pillar of Five, Young Girl's Wooing, Guenn a Wave on The Breton Coast, Drifting Round The World, Boston Town, 98 and-48, Puddleford Papers, Brought to the Front, Towhead, The Mysterious Island, Daniel Deronda.
Your committee wish to say a few words in regard to a few things about the Library. First, in regard to fines, we find that a few are offended if they are charged for overtime, and some will deny themselves the privilege of reading the books in the Library rather than pay. We think that if they would reason with them- selves a little, they would do different. All must see that if there was not such a regulation, it would not be a long time before a good many books would be out all the time, unless the Librarian was at the expense and trouble of getting them back, and beside our time allowed is about twice the time of most Libraries, and any one can get a book renewed by seeing the Librarian about it, and also all fines go to help the Library.
Second, in regard to using the books roughly. some of the books appear as if they were held by the bottom of the book, placing the thumb inside and fingers outside, thus tearing and wearing the book badly. The book should be placed on a table or something, or held flat on the hand, so as not to strain the leaves from the binding, we also find many of the books get very dirty.
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