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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.
AG
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
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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
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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
26
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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