Town annual report of Rutland 1900-13, Part 37

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 970


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1911 EPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF


UTLAND


FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1911


NDED


FEB. 23, 17/3


HOME OF RUFUS PUTNAM . 1781-1788


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WORCESTER : PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP 377 MAIN STREET


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF RUTLAND


FOR THE


Year Ending March 1, 1911


NDED FEB. 23, 17/3


ETTS.


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HOME OF RUFUS PUTNAM 1781-1788


WORCESTER : PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP 377 MAIN STREET


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TOWN OFFICERS


For the Year Ending March 1. 1911


TOWN CLERK


LOUIS M. HANFF


Term expires 1913


SELECTMEN


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE J. WARREN MOULTON THOMAS P. O'HERRON


Term expires 1911 Term expires 1913


Term expires 1912


ASSESSORS


Term expires 1911


DENNIS A. SMITH JOSEPH E. WARE CHARLES J. CAMPBELL


Term expires 1913 Term expires 1912


DAVID F. SMITH JOHN W. MUNROE JOSEPH E. WARE


Term expires 1913 Term expires 1912


TREASURER, EDWIN H. CROSBY COLLECTOR, JOHN W. MUNROE TREASURER, PRO TEM., H. EDWARD WHEELER


WATER COMMISSIONERS


EDWARD VINER GEORGE H. MILES CHARLES J. CAMPBELL


Term expires 1912 Term expires 1913 Term expires 1911


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


DENNIS A. SMITH LOUIS M. HANFF WILLIAM C. TEMPLE


Term expires 1911 Term expires 1913 Term expires 1912


WILLIAM E. CHAMBERLAIN DAVID P. BUTLER


WALTER A. WHEELER


LIBRARY TRUSTEES


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE


MRS. MARY E. CONVERSE


MRS. SARA B. DRURY


Term expires 1913 Term expires 1911 Term expires 1912


HIGHWAY SURVEYOR, FRANK D. FORBUSH AUDITOR, CLIFFORD J. GRAY TREE WARDEN, FRANK D. FORBUSH


CONSTABLES


LOUIS M. HANFF J. WARREN MOULTON fANDREW S. CHARTER *PETER S. O'CONNOR *GEORGE E. SHARPE


* Resigned


*Did not qualify


OVERSEERS OF POOR


Term expires 1911


BOARD OF HEALTH


Term expires 1913 Term expires 1911 Term expires 1912


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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK AND SURVEYORS OF LUMBER JOSEPH E. WARE


MILES E. GRIFFIN ARTHUR E. CODDING


FIELD DRIVERS JOSEPH E. WARE


HOMER B. LOVERIN HORACE E. SMITH


POUND KEEPER, PETER S. O'CONNOR


CATTLE INSPECTOR, GEORGE S. PUTNAM


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, LOUIS M. HANFF


FENCE VIEWERS


EMORY LAWRENCE


WESTON R. UPHAM MATTHEW DELEHANTY


SOLDIERS BURIAL AGENT, ROLAND C. PRESCOTT


DOG OFFICER, DENNIS A. SMITH


MOTH INSPECTOR, H. EDWARD WHEELER


SPECIAL POLICE


GEORGE H. MILES WALTER C. BROWN


GEORGE S. PUTNAM DENNIS A. SMITH


GEORGE C. ERSKINE


JOHN W. McGANN


WILLARD J. TURNER


FRED J. TUCKER


PUBLIC WEIGHERS WALTER C. BROWN


WILLARD J. TURNER FRANK B. BACON


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WARRANT


FOR


Town Meeting, March 27, 1911


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


To EITHER of the Constables of the Town of Rntland in the County of Worcester.


Worcester, ss.


Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, you are directed 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 the twenty-seventh day of March inst., at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :


ARTICLE 1 To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


ART. 2 To hear the annual reports of the town officers, and act thereon.


ART. 3 To bring in and deposit their ballots for one Selectman for three years, for one Assessor for three years, for one Overseer of Poor for three years,


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for a Treasurer for one year, for a Collector of Taxes for one year, for one Water Commissioner for threc years, for one School Committee for three years, for one member of Board of Health for three years, for one Library Trustee for three years, for Highway Surveyor for one year, for Auditor for one year, for a Tree Warden for one year, for five Constables for one year, and to vote "Yes" or " No" on the question "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? "


All the above to be voted for on one ballot, each to specify the person to be voted for by placing a cross (X) after his name:


The polls will be open at ten o'clock A. M., and may close at two o'clock P. M.


ART. 4 To choose all necessary town officers and committees.


ART. 5 To see what interest shall be paid on taxes not paid in a specified time.


ART 6 To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the town, in anticipation of taxes, under the approval of the Selectmen.


ART. 7 To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the public schools, for repairs on highways and bridges, for sup-


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port of poor, for salaries of town officers, for use on Memorial Day, for contingent expenses, for paying debts and interest, for employment of school physician, for use of public library, for enforcement of the liquor laws.


ART. 8 To see if the town will uote to make an appropriation to the water department on account of hydrant service.


ART. 9 To see it the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for maintenance of street lights, or take any action in relation to street lighting, or appoint any committee thereon.


ART. 10 To see if the towu will vote to appro- priate money to pay the corporate surety on the bonds of its bonded officials, as provided by Acts of 1897, or act anything thereon.


ART. 11 To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for repairs on the public building.


ART. 12 To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes and Treasurer.


ART. 13 To see if the town will vote to appro- priate money to pay for use of teams for fires and forest fires.


ART. 14 To see if the town will vote to appro- priate any unexpended balances of appropriations there may be, the coming year, also any unappropriated money received by the treasurer.


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ART. 15 To see if the town will vote to appro- priate money to pay for work done in exterminating the gypsy and brown tail moth.


ART. 16 To see if the town will vote to build a fire proof vault for the safe keeping of the town records, as required to do by the commissioner of public records, and appropriate money to pay for the same.


ART. 17 To see if the town will vote to build an addition to the Public Building, to be used for school room and town officers rooms, and authorize the Treas- urer to borrow a sum of money, under the approval of the Selectmen, for the same, or act anything relative thereto.


ART. 18 To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to take the necessary steps to make the private way on lands owned by Eldula Edson, in Rut- land Center, a public highway.


And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof agreeable to vote of the town. One at each post-office, one at store at North Rutland and one at the public building in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


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Hereof, fail not and make due return of this war- rant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands this ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, Selectmen J. WARREN MOULTON, of Rutland


THOMAS P. O'HERRON,


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


The following table shows the census of the Town of Rutland from the year 1765 to 1910:


1765 Provincial Census, 1,090


1776


66


1,006


1860


66


66


66


1,024


1800


66


1,202


1880


1890


6. 66


980


1820


66


66


1,262


1900


66


66 1,334


1830


66


66


1,276


1905 Massachusetts Census, 1,713


1840


66


66


1,260


1910 United States Census, 1,743


BIRTHS


The following Births, Marriages and Deaths are recorded for the year 1910


NAMES


PARENTS DATE


1909


Frank Gilbert


Fred. W. and Emma G. (Goldthwait) Hatstat April 5


Ford Kenneth


Henry M. and Kathryne (Bogle) Harris Sept. 9


1910


Gertrude Agnes


John E. and Margaret K. (Quinn) Kinsella Jan. 5


Albert Irving


George M. and Julia (Blanchard) Davis April 21


IN WORCESTER Frederick Montague


Clarence V. and Ruth (Montague) Murphy


April 22


IN BOSTON


Robert W. and Annie (Harris) Dill


June 3


James Francis


Paul and Anna (Quinn) Paris


July 13


Stillborn Male


July 18


Morris Howard


Charles E. and Mary A. (Demond) Viner Michael and Mary E. (Carlson) McGann


July 30


Ellen


Aug. 9


Anna Josephine


Joseph and Katherine E. (O'Loughlin) Cabana Aug. 24 George A. and Margaret (()'Donnell) Graton Sept. 22


Margaret Iola


George H. and Mary E. (McDonald) Miles Sept. 2 Sept. 25


Stillborn Male


Beatrice Adeline


Kathryne Sarah


1850 United States Census, 1,223


.6 1,076


1790 United States Census, 1,072


1870


1,059


1810


1,231


66


Robert Ivan


Patrick and Beatrice M, (Saunier) Myers Oct. 18 Patrick and Kathryne J. ( Hickey) Fitzpatrick Oct. 19


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MARRIAGES


DATE


1910


NAME


PLACE OF MARRIAGE


RESIDENCE


January 27


Patrick Conley


Laura Nelson


Rutland


Gloucester


Gloucester


June 1


William E. Chamberlain


Bertha (Falconer) Sanborn


Boston


Rutland Lexington


June 11


Charles H. McLeod Annie M. N. Clough


Worcester


Rutland


Rutland


June 29


John J. Murphy J. Helena Murphy


North Brookfield


Rutland


North Brookfield


Sept. 23 Timothy F. McCarthy Caroline F. Larabee


New York City


Rutland New York City


Nov. 23 Chester L. Bruce


Holden


Hudson


Mary G. Burridge


Rutland


Dec. 17 William J. Blair Ethel C. Williams'


Nantucket


Nantucket


Rutland


DEATHS


DATE


NAME DISEASE AGE


RESIDENCE


1909


y. m. d.


Nov. 13 Walter Pyne


40


South wick


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


May 14 Stillborn Male


Rutland,


1910


29 1 26 Beverly


Jan. 6


Lewis M. Bell


Tubercular Meningitis


Jan. S Henry V. Tyler Pulmonary Tuberculosis


29 - - Lynn


Jan. 10 Daniel McCarthy Paralysis


75 -


- Rutland


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DATE NAME DISEASE


AGE


RESIDENCE


1910


y. m. d. 18 - - Auburn, Maine


Jan. 13 Annie R. Miller Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Jan. 15 Ella B. McFeely Pulmonary Tuberculosis


17 2 18 Beverly


Jan. 23 Dennis F. Ranger Pulmonary Tuberculosis


38


- Holyoke


27 Alice D. Maynard Pulmonary Tuberculosis


34 11 7 Whitman


Jan. 27 Premo J. Ferrie Pulmonary Tuberculosis


23


-


Everett


Jan. 29 Robert Gleason - -


3 Rutland


Hemorrhage from Stomach


Jan. 30 Frank W. Sanderson Pulmonary Tuberculosis


30 8 23 Somerville


Feb. 5 Etta M. Randlett


40 - - Quincy Nephritis and shock from Surgical Operation


Feb. 11 John F. Torpey Pulmonary Tuberculosis


26 - 20 Lowell


Feb. 14 Joseph Vincent Pulmonary Tuberculosis


19


- Provincetown


Feb. 17 Margaret A. Taylor Pulmonary Tuberculosis


17


- Fall River


Feb. 16 Chole E. Wesson Chronic Bronchitis


88 3 25


Rutland


Feb. 20 Minnie M. Gates Peritonitis


36 S


20 Rutland


Feb. 25 John J. Tyler


32 -


- Rutland


Consumption (at Greenfield)


20


4 19


Douglas


Mar. 11 Frederick J. Ives 22 - - Middletown, Conn.


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Mar. 13 Mary F. Coffey Pulmonary Tuberculosis


30 2 15 Quincy


Mar 16


Arthur L. Barlow


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


26


- Burlington, Vt.


-


-


Mar. 7 Edward A. Carpenter Pulmonary Tuberculosis


12


DATE NAME DISEASE


AGE


RESIDENCE


1910


y. m. d. 61 7 24 Malden


Mar. 24 James English Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Mar. 24 James Williams Pulmonary Tuberculosis


22 - - Cambridge


Mar. 29 Peter Callaghan Pulmonary Tuberculosis


35 -


- Manchester, N. H.


Mar. 29 Elizabeth R. Stone Pulmonary Tuberculosis


45 1 11 Lynn


April 1 Walter F. Adams Pulmonary Tuberculosis


36 10


19 Waltham


Mar. 7 Hilary Grose Pulmonary Tuberculosis


18 - - Cambridge


Mar. 11 Harry Staine Pulmonary Tuberculosis


27


- Boston


April 13 Chester H. Moulton Pulmonary Tuberculosis


29


6 22


Boston


April 16 Ethel L. Lyndon


26


5 2S Boston


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


April 16 Walter F. Allen Heart Disease


54


2


30 Kutland


April 21 Florence E. Ralph Hydro Pnemus Throax


19 1 18 Hope, R. I.


April 25 Charles H. Ashworth Pulmonary Tuberculosis


54


- - Mendon


May 3 Elsie P. Hatch Pulmonary Tuberculosis


19 1 23


Portsmouth, N. H.


May 4 David E. Flynn Pulmonary Tuberculosis


May 17 Miles Holden 59 9


7 Rutland


Diabetis and Heart Disease


47 -


Boston


May 29 Patrick Smithwick Pulmonary Tuberculosis


37 2 26


Somerville


May 31 Ovila C. Cote


23 3 16 Haverhill


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


45


24 Concord, N. H. 1


May 18 John F. Atkins Pulmonary Tuberculosis


-


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DATE NAME DISEASE


AGE


RESIDENCE


1910


y. m. d.


June 22 James P. Finnegan Pulmonary Tuberculosis


37 9 - Boston


June 22 Charles A. Henry Pulmonary Tuberculosis


46


4 15


Boston


June 24 Carrie Goble Pulmonary Tuberculosis


46 -


4 Boston


June 25 Irving C. Shea Laryngeal Tuberculosis


31


2


20


Winthrop


July 24 Isador Hoeing Odoema of Lungs


20


2


24


Summit, N. J.


July 25 William E. Holt Hemorrage of Lungs


23


14


Boston


July 28 Robert Burns Pulmonary Tuberculosis


19 -


Boston


Aug. 1 James White (in Worcester) Myocarditis


77 - -


Rutland


Aug. 19 Mary A. McPherson Pulmonary Tuberculosis


30 - -


Newton


Aug. 30 Frank J. O'Neil Pulmonary Tuberculosis


21


6 21


Boston


Aug. 30 Edward A. Shields Pulmonary Tuberculosis


19 7 18 Worcester


Aug. 30 Kate S. Brown Hyperthropy of Heart


62


5 3 New York City


Sept. 3 John Begman Pulmonary Tuberculosis


48 -


- Somerville


Sept, 6 Mary F. Breen Pulmonary Tuberculosis


33 11 - Boston


Sept. 6 George H. Brier Pulmonary Tuburculosis


26 4 - Boston


Sept. 11 Thomas A. Smith Pneumonia


47 - - Everett


Cambridge


Sept. 25 Stillborn Male Oct. 12 Joseph Smith Pulmonary Tuberculosis


41


8 13 Barrington, R. I.


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DATE NAME DISEASE


AGE


RESIDENCE


1910


m. d. y.


Oct. 14 David P. Butler


Endocarditis


36 4 6 Rutland


Oct. 25 Fannie L. Shelton Pulmonary Tuberculosis


36 S 4 Watertown


Oct. 31 Emory E. Lawrence


Hyperthropy of Heart


51 -


11 Rutland


· Nov. 15 Patrick Henry Pulmonary Tubeaculosis


43 11 20 Boston


Nov. 22 James P. McCarthy Pulmonary Tuberculosis


32 2 29 North Brookfield


Nov. 25 Joseph A. Whalen


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


32 10 12 Boston


Dec. 1 ( harles Blackmore


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


38


4


6 Lynn


Dec. 2 Carl F. Haffmer


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


20 9 26 Bostsn


Dec. 7 Charles E. Lucas


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


30 - - Salem


Dec. 19 James McKay


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


70 - - Boston


Dec. 19 Llewellyn W. Maher Pulmonary Tuberculosis


40 6


12 Lowell


Dec. 20 William Canane 21 2 17 Worcester


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Deo. 22 Ernest Guertin 43 S 27


Brockton


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Dec. 22 Mae E. Lynch


20 3 23 Lynn


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Dec. 25 Thomas F. Mullen 18 6 9 Brockton


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Dec. 30 Adelard Dussault Pulmonary Tuberculosis


18


9


27 Taunton


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DOGS LICENSED DURING THE YEAR 1910 :


Cash received for 103 Male Dogs @ $2.00


$206 00


Cash received for 12 Female Dogs @ $5.00


60 00


Total $266 00


Less 115 fees @ 20g


23 00


Paid County Treasurer


$243 00


During the year 1910 there were 87 Resident Hunters Certificates issued.


The following Jury List was selected by the Selectmen in June 1910, and returned to the Town Clerk :


William H. Maynard


Howard S. Davis


Walter H. Bartlett


James Hammond


Frank D. Forbush


Homer B. Loverin


Thomas P. O'Herron


Arthur E. Coodding


George M. Taylor


Joseph M. Moulton


Matthew Cullen


Miles E. Griffin


Clarence T. Oliver


Lewis R. Bigelow


Matthew Delehanty


Joseph E. Ware


Arthur E. Sargent


SPECIAL NOTICE .- As there are many omissions in the Town Records of Births from 1800 to 1860, the Town Clerk would appreciate any information from private records in the possession of Rutland citizens, especially records in Old Family Bibles.


Any person having such records please notify the Town Clerk that copies of such may be made by him.


Respectfully submitted,


LOUIS M. HANFF,


Rutland, March 1, 1911.


Town Clerk


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT


Of the Financial Condition of the Town for the Year ending March 1, 1911


The report of the Selectmen for the year ending March 1, 1911, is herewith submitted.


We have drawn orders on the Town. Treasurer. amounting to $29,661.19, as follows :


SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS


$1000 00


Appropriation


Received from State one-half compensation


Inspection of animals 44 50


Total amount available


$1044 50


TOWN CLERK


Louis M. Hanff


$38 75


$38 75


SELECTMEN


William C. Temple


$70 00


J. Warren Moulton


65 00


Thomas P. O'Herron


65 00


$200 00


ASSESSORS


Dennis A. Smith


$70 00


Joseph E. Ware


65 25


Charles J. Campbell


69 75


$206 00


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OVERSEERS OF POOR


$15 00


12 00


26 00


WATER COMMISSIONERS


George H. Miles


$10 00


Charles J. Campbell


10 00


Edward Viner


10 00


$30 00


COLLECTOR


John W. Munroe. taxes


$ 25 25


water rates


150 00


$175 25


TREASURER


Edwin H. Crosby


$83 33


$83 33


AUDITOR


Clifford J. Gray


$26 65


$26 65


REGISTRARS


Louis M. Hanff


$10 00


William C. Temple


8 00


J. Warren Moulton


8 00


Thomas P. O'Herron


8 00


$34 00


ELECTION OFFICERS


Arthur E. Codding


$4 00


George S. Putnam


4 00


Matthew Delehanty


4 00


Matthew J. Cullen


2 00


Joseph E. Ware


4 00


$18 00


David F. Smith John W. Munroe Joseph E. Ware


$53 00


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INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


George S. Putnam $89 00 $89 00


CONSTABLES


Peter S. O'Connor


$9 30


Louis M. Hanff


6 50


$15 80


DOG OFFICER


Dennis A. Smith $5 00


$5 00


Amount expended for town officers salaries


$974 78


Unexpended


69 72


PUBLIC SCHOOLS


Appropriation


$4200 00


Receipts from all other sources


1925 10


Total


$6125 10


Orders drawn


6310 63


Overdrawn


185 53


(See report of School Committee)


POOR .


Appropriation


$500 00


Received from other sources


6 50


Total


$506 50


Orders drawn


691 06


Overdrawn


184 56


(See report of Overseers)


HIGHWAYS


Appropriation


$1600 00


Orders drawn


1609 18


Overdrawn


$9 18


(See report of Highway Surveyor)


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MEMORIAL DAY


Appropriation


$50 00


Order drawn


50 00


PUBLIC LIBRARY


Appropriation (dog fund)


$233 22


Orders drawn


216 20


Balance unexpended $17 02


SCHOOL PHYSICIAN


Appropriated


$25 00


Balance unexpended $25 00


PUBLIC BUILDING ACCOUNT


Paid George H. Miles, janitor


$460 00


supplies


7 30


R. K. Pratt, coal 351 23


Boston & Maine R. R., freight


71 45


H. W. Calkins, drawing coal


27 78


wood 25 09


James Hammond, wood


8 17


Benj. Connor, labor 1 75


J. H. Bousquet, labor


10 50


L. M. Hanff 49 08


Rutland Grocery Co., oil and supplies


29 78


E. G. Higgins Co., window shades


11 78


Stone Underhill Heating Co., repairs


6 00


H. D. Bray, labor 2 00


Brewer & Co., supplies


4 81


$1066 72


Of the foregoing account two-thirds or $711 15


is charged to school account and one-third or 355 57


is charged to public building.


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DEBTS AND INTEREST


Appropriation


$5000 00


Paid State of Mass., on water loan $1000 00


66 on building loan 1000 00


66 on refund loan 5000 00


Peoples Savings Bank, on refund loan 2000 00


$4500 00


Peoples Savings Bank, temporary loan $2000 00


Wor. County Institution, temporary loan 7000 00


$9000 00


INTEREST


Paid State of Massachusetts $1039 37


Peoples Savings Bank 478 20


Worcester County Institution 634 14


Hersom Brothers 35 00


$2186 71


Total of orders drawn for notes and interest


$15686 71


From this amount should be deducted the temporary loans paid of $9000 00


The interest on the water loan assumed by the Water Department 715 63


The Collector has received from interest on taxes 574 73


Total $10290 36


Which amount deducted from the orders, leaves Appropriation


$5396 35


5000 00


Balance overdrawn $396 35


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REPAIRS ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS


Appropriation


$300 00


Paid George W. Hudson, labor $2 00


William H. Maynard, labor 17 86


W. H. Sawyer Co., lumber 21 85


B F. Marsh, cement 20 90


C. T. Oliver, labor


31 30


P. S. O'Connor, teaming


9 95


George H. Miles, plumbing


260 78


E. Viner, gravel 25


2 14


American Express Co., express


45


Brewer & Co., painting material


6 50


$373 98


Credit by brick and old iron, etc., sold


32 30


Total


$341 68


Overdrawn


$41 68


SNOW AND INCIDENTALS


By vote of the town all unexpended balances together with all unappropriated money received by the Treasurer, are added to in- cidental appropriations.


Appropriation by town $1500 00


School Physician, unexpended balance


25 00


Town Officers, unexpended balance 69 72


Rentals from Hall 232 30


Received from State for loss of taxes on land


266 46


Unappropriated money received by Treasurer


131 13


Total amount available $2224 61


Boston & Maine R. R., freight


22


SNOW


Paid Charles Parker $5 00


Frank Parker 5 00


P. W. Meader 6 60


James Hammond 11 00


Ralph W. Hammond


2 70


George E. Scott 10 90


F. D. Forbush


11 00


William Morasky


3 80


J. E. Fiske


5 20


H. R. Fiske


5 20


J. J. Welch


23 55


R. E. Matthews 3 60


Edward Viner 80


W. R. Upham 60


George M. Taylor 33 25


George H. Willis


33 81


Dennis O'Herron


45 00


ITorace Davis


3 70


H. W. Calkins


2 81


B. W. Potter


19 85


A. E. Codding


1 08


Ralph A. Gardner


60


Deller Laton


2 40


Hector Laton


1 80


Meddy Maynard


1 80


Dennis A. Smith & Son


7 60


W. H. Maynard


6 70


Warren G. Wales


5 60


Total $260 95


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INCIDENTALS


Paid E. H. Tripp, printing town reports $71 25


.. printing ballots 19 25


Wakefield Daily Item, dog blanks 2 75


John Shea, land damage 5 00


Louis M. Hanff, Treas. and Collectors bond 32 00 court expenses 46 99


E. H. Tripp, printing town officers supplies


32 00


Braman, Dow & Co., repairs on Library heating system 53 26


H. A. Hoit, M. D., birth return 25


H. Edward Wheeler, repairing walk 2 50


R. C. Prescott, death returns and burials


22 25


Rutland Grocery Co., tools and supplies 4 40


C. J. Gray, Auditor's postage 3 10


D. A. Smith, attending tax hearing 5 00


Hobbs Title Co., examining titles 5 00


W. H. Sawyer, lumber for bridge 7 88


Boston & Maine R. R., freight 25


John F. Graton, repairing fence 14 45


Wakefield Daily Item, moth notices 1 50


Wor. County Abstract Co., examining titles 10 45 Geo. E Stimpson, Board of Health supplies 4 15 C. T. Oliver, repairing hose house 16 87


Lester Prescott, carting ashes on sidewalk 3 00


E. H. Tripp, printing Valuation Reports 47 50


Arthur Sandersen, labor on sidewalks 1 25


Brewer & Co., bridge paint 6 00


Frank A. Smith & Son, insurance


14 40


Louis M. Hanff, insurance 36 00


dinner for election officers 6 00


H. Edward Wheeler, moth work


75 92


E. A. Graton, moth work


56 00


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D. A. Smith, Assessors, postage and express $2 50 Bureau of Statistics, certifying note 3 00


J. E. Ware, maintaining watering trough 7 86 E. H. Crosby, Treas., postage and stationery 7 86 A. W. Brownell, Assessors supplies 4 85


W. C. Temple, three trips to Boston and Worcester attending hearing and ar- ranging about notes 13 00


1 .. M. Hanff. sealer weights and measures


3 50


.6 66 transmitting returns 46 50


66 66 Agent Board of Health 10 00


66 66 administering oaths to town officers 4 00


6.


66


express and postage


9 50


Geo. H. Miles, care of public grounds 20 00


For Soldiers Relief 20 00


Henry Converse, appropriation for common 25 00


and others, forest fires 110 37


Town of Hubbardston, forest fires 36 50


A. E. Codding, 66 4 60


Lewis R. Bigelow,


יר


66


9 60


Total incidentals $950 40


Snow bills 260 95


Total


$1211 35


Amount not drawn 1013 36


25


To the Incidental balance of $1013 26


can be added the tax overlayings 545 81


Additional assessments


36 76


The balance in favor of Water Department for twelve months


1275 32


Total $2871 15


Deducted from this amount should be over-


drawn appropriations as follows :


Schools


$185 53


Poor


184 56


Highway


9 18


Debts and interest


396 35


Repairs of public building


41 68


Maintenance of public building not provided for 355 57


Tax abatements, 1910


75 72


$1248 59


Which leaves a balance in favor of the town, in its running expense the past year


$1622 56


RECAPITULATION


Town officers


$974 78


Schools, including two-thirds public building


6310 63


Poor


691 06


Highways


1609 18


State aid


312 00


Memorial Day


50 00


Water Department


1869 73


Public Library


216 20


Šnow


260 95


Incidentals


950 40


Public Building, one-third account


355 57


Debts and interest


15686 71


Repairs on Public Buildings


373 98


$29661 19


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT LIABILITIES


State Treasurer, water loan


$16000 00


66 66


2000 00


Hersom Bros.,


66


1000 00


State Treasurer building loan


8000 00


refund loan


1000 00


Peoples Savings Bank, two-year loan


6000 00


66 temporary loan


5000 00


Wor. County Institution, refund loan


10000 00


$49000 00


RESOURCES


Due from State aid


$ 312 00


Unpaid water rents


424 47


Uncollected taxes in Collector's hands


10066 83


Cash in Treasurer's hands


6 10


$10809 40


Net debt of town


$38190 60


APPROPRIATIONS


For 1910


Town Officers


$1000 00


Recommended For 1911 $1100 00


Public Schools


4200 00


4300 00


Support of poor


500 00


600 00


Highways


1600 00


1600 00


Memorial Day


50 00


50 00


Public Library


Dog Fund


Dog Fnnd


Snow and Incidentals


1500 00


1500 00


Debts and Interest


5000 00


5000 00


Repairs on building


300 00


100 00


Fires


100 00


100 00


Common


25 00


25 00


School Physician


25 00


25 00


Soldiers Relief


100 00


Respectfully submitted,


Selectmen of


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, J. WARREN MOULTON, THOMAS P. O'HERRON, Rutland


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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1911


PAID


Worcester City Hospital, for Mary Aldrich $21 57 City of Worcester, for Byron Sprague, from Jan. 1, to April 1, 1910 45 00


66


66 Rosa Rone, from Jan. 1, to April 1, 1910 45 00


Charlton Ass. aid for Byron Sprague, from


April 1, 1910 to Mar. 1, 1911 168 50


66 aid for Rosa Rone, from April 1, 1910, to Mar. 1, 1911 168 51


Warren Moulton, for aid for James White


27 00


Town of Greenfield, for burial expenses of John Tyler 35 00


66 professional services for John Tyler 4 50


St. Vincent Hospital, for James White 51 78


Transporting James White to Hospital 10 00


R. C. Prescott, for burial of James White 20 00




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