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Salt fish
2 38
Groceries
73 85
Shaving J. Sweetser
3 00
Cranberries
1 50
Labor .
20 50
Meat
7 65
November.
Labor
2 00
Rye .
1 50
Meat
1 35
Thread
98
Crackers
65
Labor .
2 00
Onions
3 00
Horse blankets
9 37
Labor .
2 00
Plank (repairs)
8 30
Ice .
16 00
One heifer
15 00
Labor .
1 00
Turkeys
8 75
Beef
11 90
Labor .
19 00
Manure
6 75
December.
Labor .
1 75
Groceries
40 41
Provisions
1 11
Hay
9 69
Labor
1 00
Groceries
8 32
Labor .
1 75
Lumber
1 96
Medicine
3 35
Amount carried forward,
$3,125 75
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Amount brought forward,
$3,125 75
Medicine
7 80
Dentist
50
Killing hogs
3 00
Expenses to Boston
85
Labor .
25 00
Clothing
66 34
Labor
1 00
One turkey
3 40
Eggs
70
Fish
5 10
Grain
148 70
Labor
6 75
Paper
24
Beef
5 05
J. R. Hughes, sundries
55 14
Groceries
51 04
Grass seed
20 95
Lard and hams
19 50
Groceries
38 76
Horseshoeing
40 45
Repairing boots
1 15
Harness repairs .
6 51
Keeper's salary
450 00
$4,083 68
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
SUMMARY OF SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
State Aid
$921 00
Sinking Fund
1,590 00
Highways and Bridges
5,132 12
Salem Turnpike
1,049 10
Salaries
978 00
Street Lighting
1,205 54
Abatements
861 67
Free Public Library
140 73
New Water Supply
6,386 40
Hose and Hose Carriages, etc.
2,882 86
Widening Bridge, East Saugus
539 93
Schools
8,302 70
School House, Essex Street
3,310 48
Memorial Day
100 00
Curtain for Stage in Hall
112 00
Liquor Law 98 55
Incidental Expenses
5,240 62
Total orders by Selectmen $38,851 70
TOWN OF SAUGUS IN ACCOUNT WITH B. F. CALLEY, COLLECTOR.
1879. Amount of uncollected Taxes Dec. 31, 1887 .
$193 05 Collected and paid Treasurer $39 63
Amount abated, to balance 153 42
$193 05
1880. Amount of uncollected Taxes Dec. 31, 1887 . $111 34
Collected and paid Treasurer 11 50
Balance $99 84
To Collecting Taxes, 1883 to 1888
$18 72
At 14 per cent. for 1879 ; 1 per cent. for 1880.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
The Commissioners of the Town Debt Sinking Fund respectfully submit the following report : -
Value of Fund January 1, 1888 . . $24,440 00
Investments January 1, 1888 . $23,500 00
Interest collected to May 1, 1888 1,410 00
Appropriation for 1888 1,590 00
$26,500 00
Invested as follows :
Town of Saugus Notes . $26,500 00
VALUE OF SINKING FUND, JAN. 1, 1889.
Investments $26,500 00
Accrued Interest to Jan. 1, 1889 1,060 00
Value of Fund, Jan. 1, 1889 $27,560 00
The appropriation required for the present year will be Fourteen Hundred and Ten Dollars.
HERBERT B. NEWHALL, SAMUEL HAWKES, HERBERT O. PRATT, Town Debt Sinking Fund Commissioners.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
JOSEPH WHITEHEAD, TREASURER, IN
DR.
To cash in Treasury $9,336 50
City of Boston, Poor Department 76 57
State Treasurer, School Fund 184 94
B. F. Calley, tax 1879
193 05
B. F. Calley, tax 1880
11 50
W. P. Copp, tax 1885
1,900 00
W. P. Copp, tax 1886
3,400 00
W. P. Copp, tax 1887 .
5,074 59
E. O. Copp, tax 1888
25,800 00
Essex County, Dog License
224 50
Essex County, on account Salem Turnpike .
821 40
State Treasurer, on account Corporation Tax .
145 19
State Treasurer, on account National Bank Tax .
46 69
J. C. Meacom, Liquor License
1 00
Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank
39,500 00
City of Lynn
36 06
City of Lynn .
361 91
City of Lynn .
256 55
H. C. Seymoure, house rent
11 00
Robert Harrison, house rent
41 70
Mathew Burns, rent of land 26 00
87 40
Burial Service
14 50
Franklin Park Trotting Association
12 00
Town of Dedham
23 85
Town Farm, for wood .
160 00
State Treasurer, rent of marsh 25 00
State Treasurer, Corporation Tax
571 90
State Treasurer, National Bank Tax
595 05
State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 252, Acts 1879
90 00
State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1879
626 00
Proceeds of Sinking Fund Note . 3,000 00
F. F. DeLaite, tuition one term
5 00
Rent of Hall .
144 00
Interest on deposits . 112 61
Hannah Barnes, tax 1887
54 00
$92,970 46
W. H. Twiss .
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF SAUGUS.
CR.
Paid Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank
$36,500 00
Seven Coupon Notes
3,500 00
Commonwealth State Tax
.1,935 00
Interest on Notes .
3,585 92
Interest on Coupon Notes
2,502 50
Interest on Sinking Fund Notes
1.410 00
Selectmen's Orders
38,851 70
Overseers' Orders .
3,956 57
Cash in Treasury
728 77
$92,970 46
5
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
E. O. COPP, COLLECTOR, IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF SAUGUS.
DR.
To amount of Tax List committed for 1888 . . $45,436 78
CR.
By amount cash paid Treasurer to Jan. 1, 1889 $25,800 00
By amount paid County 1,663 71
By amount abatements to Jan. 1 708 25
By amount discounts to Jan. 1 567 47
Amount of uncollected taxes Jan. 1, 1888 15,492 40
Amount supposed to be in Collector's hands Jan. 1, 1889 1,204 95
-$45,436 78
J. R. HUGHES, F. C. NEWHALL, Auditors.
The Auditors would criticise the custom of giving the Tax Collector an order on the Treasurer for the amount of the abate- ments and discounts, as this enables the Collector to show the Treasurer's receipts for cash for the whole amount, whereas he has paid the Treasurer in cash the amount less abatements and dis- counts. For instance, the Collector shows one receipt for $2,000, apparently all cash, when he only paid $1,291.75 in cash. Again, he holds a receipt for $1,500, cash, when he only paid in cash $932.53. We think that as the abatements show on Selectmen's and Collector's accounts, this is enough, and it only confuses the accounts to pay them into the Treasurer as cash. We consider it unnecessary for the Collector to hold as much as $1,200 back. and would also recommend that he keep a cash account.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
ON November 14, 1888, the Auditors were requested by the Selectmen to examine the books and papers of Tax Collector W. P. Copp, to see if there was stili a shortage in his accounts. The following is the result of that examination :
TAX OF 1885.
Total amount of Tax . $26.371 84
Amount paid Treasurer in 1885 $6.500 00
Amount paid Treasurer in 1886 8,600 00
Amount paid Treasurer in 1887 . 4,900 00
Amount paid Treasurer in 1888 . 1,900 00
Paid County Tax 1,552 94
Amount abated . 93 23
Amount uncollected Nov. 16. 1888 1,017 74
Amount supposed in hands of W. P. Copp 1,807 93 - $26,371 84
TAX OF 1886.
Total amount committed . $28,378 78
Amount paid Treasurer in 1886 . $6.000 00
Amount paid Treasurer in 1887 8.900 00
Amount paid Treasurer in 1888 2.700 00
Paid County Tax 1,663 71
Abated 230 94
Amount uncollected Nov. 16, 1888 1.811 78
Amount supposed in hands of W. P. Copp 7,072 35
$28.378 78
TAX OF 1887.
Total amount committed . $30.372 38
Amount paid Treasurer in 1887 .
$6.000 00
Amount paid Treasurer in 1888 . 5.774 59
Paid County Tax
1,663 71
Abatements 322 62
Amount uncollected Nov. 16, 1888 4,393 67
Amount supposed in hands of W. P. Copp 12,217 79
- -$30,372 38
Amount short on 1885 Tax . $1,807 93
Amount short on 1886 Tax .
7,072 35
Amount short on 1887 Tax . 12,217 79
Total
$21,098 07
Approximate interest on Tax 1886, $1,485.84.
J. R. HUGHES, F. C. NEWHALL, Auditors.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
CONDITION AND LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Total Notes and Bonds outstanding . $139,600 00
Total Sinking Fund Notes 26,500 00
Total Accrued Interest 1.312 00
Due Danvers Lunatic Hospital
128 28
Due Worcester Lunatic Hospital
72 07
Due Worcester Insane Asylum
42 71
Due Town of Peabody 37 16
Due City of Lynn . 61 55
$167,753 77
Due on 1880 Tax .
$99 84
Due on 1885 Tax, as per Auditor's re-
port .
1.017 74
Due on 1886 Tax, as per examination
1,811 78
Due on 1887 Tax, as per examination
4.393 67
Due on 1888 Tax
16.697 35
Cash in Treasury
728 77
Due from County on Dog Licenses
153 70
Due from County on Salem Turnpike
786 83
Due from City of Lynn, Highways . .
130 28
Due from City of Lynn, Water Dept.
405 42
Due from Commonwealth, State Aid .
793 50
Due from Commonwealth, Corporation
Tax . 960 85
Due from Franklin Park Trotting As- sociation 16 00
Tax titles 1,122 68
Sinking Fund
26,500 00
$55.618 41
Deficiency $112,135 36
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT.
Salem Savings Bank (water loan, 4 per
cent)
$39,000 00
Coupon Notes 59,000 00
Sinking Fund Notes
26,500 00
Temporary Loans.
Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank, on demand, 5,000 00 Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank, 44 per cent. 29,000 00
Cyrus Cheever, 5 per cent 3,500 00.
Cyrus Cheever
4,100 00 - -$166,100 00
Coupon Notes and Water Loan payable as follows : -
6 Coupon Notes due May 1, 1889, 5 per ct.
3,000 00
3
May 1, 1890, 42 perct.
1,500 00
3 66
Nov. 1, 1890, 4} per ct.
1,500 00
4
May 1, 1891, 4} per ct.
2,000 00
2
66
Nov. 1, 1891, 4 per ct. 1,000 00
3
May 1, 1892, 4 per ct.
1,500 00
4
Nov. 1, 1892, 4 per ct.
2,000 00
3
May 1, 1893, 4 per ct.
1,500 00
4
Nov. 1, 1893, 4 per ct.
2,000 00
4
66
66 May 1, 1894, 4 per ct.
2,000 00
4
6. Nov. 1, 1894, 4 per ct.
2,000 00
4
May 1, 1895, 4 per ct.
2,000 00
4
66
66
Nov. 1, 1895, 4 per ct.
2,000 00
4
May 1, 1896, 4 per ct.
2,000 00
4
66
Nov. 1, 1896, 4 per ct.
2,000 00
4
66
May 1, 1897, 4 per ct.
2,000 00
5
66
Nov. 1, 1897, 4 per ct.
2,500 00
5
66
May 1, 1898, 4 per ct.
2,500 00
5
Nov. 1, 1898, 4 per ct.
2,500 00
5
May 1, 1899, 4 per ct.
2,500 00
5
Nov. 1, 1899, 4 per ct.
2,500 00
5
May 1, 1900, 4 per ct.
2,500 00
Amount carried forward,
$45,000 00
.
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Amount brought forward, $45,000 00
6 Coupon Notes due Nov. 1, 1900, 4 per ct.
3,000 00
6
May 1, 1901, 4 per ct.
3,000 00
6
$6 Nov. 1, 1901, 4 per ct.
3,000 00
6
May 1, 1902, 4 per ct. 3,000 00
4
Nov. 1, 1902, 4 per ct. 2,000 00
$59,000 00
THE PRINCIPAL OF WATER LOAN PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS.
December 1, 1889 . $1,000 00
1, 1890 . 1,000 00
1, 1891 1,000 00
1, 1892 1,000 00
1, 1893 1,500 00
1, 1894 . 1,500 00
1, 1895 1.500 00
1, 1896 .
1,500 00
1, 1897 .
1,500 00
1, 1898 . 2,500 00
1, 1899 2,500 00
1, 1900 . 2,500 00
1, 1901 2,500 00
1, 1902 . 2,500 00
1, 1903
3,000 00
1, 1904 . 3,000 00
1, 1905 3,000 00
1, 1906 3,000 00
1, 1907 . 3,000 00
Amount of Water Loan - -$39,000 00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
The Auditors for 1887 make the following statements in order that the tax payers and others may understand their position in regard to the W. P. Copp defalcation.
1st. - That the Auditors did not have satisfactory evidence that W. P. Copp was short in his accounts until the middle of the month of February. Up to that time Mr. Copp claimed that the Auditors had not gone through his accounts correctly, and that he could show everything to be all right, but he put off meeting with the Auditors, from time to time, until they positively refused to wait any longer.
2d. - That Mr. Copp claimed, after a careful personal exami- nation of one year's tax, jointly with the Auditors, and his own ex- amination of the other years, that the entire shortage (about $4,500) was caused by items which he had overlooked, and said he would make good the amount immediately, stating he was good for every dollar, and would pay it before the annual Town Meeting, or directly after.
3d. - That immediately after the Auditors found Mr. Copp short in his accounts, they notified the Town Treasurer, who is also one of the bondsmen.
4th. - That the annual Town Report being then in the printer's hands, and almost completed, it was too late to incorporate it in that Report.
5th. - Mr. Copp having failed to pay over to the Treasurer the sum deficient, the Auditors notified the Selectmen at the close of the March Meeting of the exact state of affairs, and felt that they had then discharged their entire duty in the matter.
6th. - That, on the following day, one of the Selectmen carefully questioned one of the Auditors, and asked him if they were posi-
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tive of the facts as they had stated them about Mr. Copp, saying that one of the Selectmen regarded them only as clerical errors which could be explained by Mr. Copp; but he was informed that there could be no doubt of the fact, and that Mr. Copp had ac- knowledged it was so.
It is to be regretted that the Town, after having special atten- tion called to the matter by the several Boards of Auditors for years, still allowed the amount of uncollected taxes to increase to such an extent, and thus rendered possible so great a defalcation.
J. R. HUGHES, ALBERT H. SWEETSER,
Auditors for 1887.
THE position into which we have been thrust by the Auditors of 1887 in relation to our connection with the alleged defalcation of Ex-Tax-Collector Warren P. Copp, as set forth in a Chapter of Declarations over their signatures, justifies us in making public the following comments.
In their first statement it is declared that they did not have sufficient evidence that Mr. Copp was short up to the middle of February, which to us seems to be an admission on their part that they at least had some suspicion that all was not right previous to this time. That after the middle of February and prior to the time of our March meeting they must have been absolutely convinced that Mr. Copp was short to the extent of $4,500.00, or they certainly would not have considered the pos- sibility of entertaining his proposition to pay up before the annual Town meeting, or directly after.
They report that immediately after knowing the shortage, they reported to the Treasurer. In our minds there is some obscurity as to the time when the report was made, whether at the time their suspicions were at first aroused, on or about the date of settle- ment, or at the later date when they were satisfied he was short. It would seem that the fact of the Town Reports being in the printer's hands and almost completed would hardly be sufficient reason to withold from those interested such important informa- tion, which, no one doubts could have been given, had the Auditors displayed as much ingenuity then as they have since in attempting to shift the responsibility. If the Auditors failed to notify the Selectmen of the exact condition of affairs until the close of the March meeting, and according to their own admission, were suspicious from the day of settlement. January 12th. up to the middle of February, at which time they were satisfied he was a defaulter. and then suffered the Selectmen to be in ignorance of the fact up to March 5th, a period of nearly two months, and having previously, over their signatures, reported to the Town that they had examined the Books and vouchers of the several Boards of Officers and found them correct. We submit the question-did they do their duty ?
In this matter of examining accounts. the Auditors are superior to all other officers. and are not required to report to the Select- men, but to the Town. We ask, did they do their entire duty when they subscribed to the report that all accounts were correct, when they knew that Mr. Copp was a defaulter to the amount of $4,500.00? Did they do their duty when they suffered our March meeting to be dissolved and not make their statement to the proper tribunal, the people, for them to pass upon since it was choked out of the printed Town reports because so late? Of the two means of information furnished to the Selectmen concerning Mr. Copp's accounts, which was the stronger? Their official statement in which they declared his accounts were correct, or a verbal statement mentioned incidentally at the close of Town meeting, that Mr. Copp had not paid into the Treasury all the money his books showed to have been collected ; that they had no reason to charge dishonesty but believed he would shortly pay the amount thus witheld. in which opinion the members of the Board shared.
WM. W. LOWE, WM. F. HITCHINGS. 2 SELECTMEN
HORACE H. ATHERTON. )
OF SAUGUS.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
To the Auditors of the Town of Saugus :
In compliance with the By-Laws of the Town, we hereby submit an estimate for school expenses for the ensuing year. We recommend an appropriation of nine thousand dollars.
In making this estimate we have reckoned for forty weeks' schooling instead of thirty-eight ; this will add three hundred and fifty dollars. It also allows for an additional Intermediate School in Cliftondale, and for a small advance of the teachers' wages.
For the School Committee,
WILBUR F. NEWHALL, Chairman.
To the Auditors of the Town of Saugus :
There have been made a number of applications to the Water Commissioners for the extension of our water pipes, there- fore we would recommend an appropriation of fifteen hundred dollars for this purpose.
WILBUR F. NEWHALL, Chairman of Water Commissioners.
To the Auditors of the Town of Saugus :
In accordance with the requirements of the By-Laws of the Town, the Overseers of the Poor would recommend that the sum of four thousand dollars be appropriated for poor expenses the ensuing year.
JOHN ARMITAGE,
Chairman.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS.
Number of births registered in 1888 87
More than last year 9
Males 37
Females 50
MARRIAGES.
Number of intentions issued 36
Marriages registered
31
First marriage of 52
Second marriage of
10
DEATHS.
Number of deaths registered in 1888
39
AGES.
Under 5 years . 10 From 50 to 70 8
From 5 to 30
7
70 to 90
9
30 to 50
4
90 to 100 1
DOGS LICENSED.
Males
86
Females
8
Amount collected .
$212 00
Paid County Treasurer
$193 20
Fees, 20 cents each
18 80
ยท $212 00
POPULATION OF SAUGUS.
1820
748
1855 .
. 1,788
1875 . . 2,570
1830
960
1860
. 2,024
1880 . . 2,612
1840
1,098
1865 . 2,006
1885 . . 2,855
1850
. 1,552
1870
. 2,247
WILLIAM H. NEWHALL,
Town Clerk.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF SAUGUS.
YEARS
Real Estate
Personal Property
Total Valuation
Debt
Tax Rate per $1,000
1888
$2,037,192
$234,107
$2,271,299
8
$19 00
1887
1,906,061
202,835
2,148,896
94,785 07
13 50
1886
1,373,680
156,555
1,373,680
56,106 57
17 50
1885
1,289,982
184,378
1,474,360
55,699 40
16 80
1884
1,197,402
181,280
1,378,692
58,719 11
18 00
1883
1,200,590
145,780
1,346,370
66,231 25
18 20
1882
1,197,760
142,605
1,342,395
69,909 48
19 00
1881
1,205.210
223,752
1,425,962
70,345 49
17 60
1880
1,210,495
254,960
1,465,095
69,305 49
16 50
1879
1,202,054
260,890
1,462,944
69,901 28
17 00
1878
1,210,725
299,810
1,510,535
72,425 67
18 00
1877
1,326,529
355,460
1,681,980
74,541 62
16 00
1876
1,317,128
381,300
1,691,428
84,217 75
20 00
1875
1,289,433
448,825
1,738,258
52,676 73
19 00
1874
1,254,233
543,000
1,796,233
36,832 18
18 50
1873
1,165,475
541,710
1,707,184
36,142 44
13 50
1872
1,110,125
492,225
1,602,350
35,730 42
12 50
1871
1,048,908
451,937
1,500,845
37,709 40
18 00
1870
1,004,929
457,160
1,462,089
12,769 89
15 00
1869
973,342
469,629
1,442,971
14,900 87
13 33
1868
914,214
369,558
1,310,772
16,143 62
14 50
1867
906,464
385,429
1,291,893
18,103 84
18 00
1866
895,312
453,366
1,348,678
20,201 36
15 00
1865
904,544
444,973
1,349,517
22,749 58
17 00
1864
909,646
397,400
1,307,046
30,080 86
12 50
1863
880,314
324,490
1,204,804
30,235 16
13 33
1862
876,680
270,000
1,146.695
18,407 08
8 00
1861
889,693
286,189
1,175,882
16,580 17
7 86
1860
877,605
301,087
1,179,592
16,601 33
6 80
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
The Road Commissioners, in presenting their report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1888, would invite the attention of the people of Saugus to the fact that they have carried out the plan of the former Board of Commissioners in trying to improve and repair at the same time, by widening a little here and there as needed ; also by mowing the bushes at the side of the road, which was much needed, for if not properly attended to every year they will en- croach upon the road, making it very narrow.
The past year has been a very bad one, causing a great amount of extra labor in the Highway Department. Our streets were left in a very bad condition by the Water Commissioners. It has also been a very wet season, which has caused extra outlay in repair- ing washouts and culverts, especially on the Herring road, which has been a great source of trouble in years past. It has now been put in such good repair that no future trouble is anticipated.
The bridge at Pranker's mills, which was in a very decayed and unsafe condition, has been replaced by a new one, wider and straighter, having hard pine stringers, instead of spruce, thus making a substantial bridge.
The sum of $50 was appropriated by the Town for the purpose of removing the ledge in the sidewalk in front of the residence of Dr. Sawyer, on Summer Street. While a few dollars extra were necessary to complete the work, the result was satisfactory, mak- ing what was a dangerous place an ornament to the Town.
The extra sum appropriated for Jasper Street has been ex- pended, making the much needed repairs thereon.
A vote was passed in 1887, at the annual March Meeting, au- thorizing the Commissioners to make arrangements to drain the water off Lincoln Avenue, on the row. A fifteen-inch pipe has been laid across the Avenue to carry off the surface water, which has caused much inconvenience to the residents of that vicinity.
While the Commissioners have excedeed their appropriation by
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a few hundred dollars, they feel it has been spent for the benefit of the Town, as the results will show.
In accordance with the action of the Town, accepting the streets on the so called Homes, Cliftondale, we would recommend the ap- propriation of $3,500 for the ensuing year.
ANTHONY HATCH, SOLON V. EDMANDS, W. A. TREFETHEN,
Road Commissioners.
A new street has been made from Forest Street to the Turnpike.
Appropriation
$400 00
Extra money from Selectmen 37 65
$437 65
A. R. Blethen, granite bound-posts . $6 00
Teaming the same
1 50
Walter C. Stevens, setting bound-posts
5 00
Blacksmith work
3 05
Removing stumps
2 50
Repairs on stone drag
3 00
Gourley & Whitten, blasting, etc.
49 20
Atlas powder, four rolls extra 1 30
Labor
366 10
$437 65
Removing ledge on Summer Street.
Appropriation
$50 00
Extra money from Selectmen
24 54
$74 54
26} days' labor, at $1.75 per day . $46 37
H. A. Nowell, building wall, etc. 24 94
Joseph Whitehead, powder, etc. 2 73
B. F. Robinson, stone .
50
$74 54
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Repairs on Jasper and Cross Streets.
Appropriation
$200 00
Extra money from Selectmen . 10 47
Credit by 60 loads of loam at 40 cents 24 00
$234 47
1293 days' labor at $1.75 per day . . $227 07
74 loads of gravel at 10 cents 7 40
$234 47
Ward 1. - North Saugus.
Labor .
$374 65
Gravel
72 84
Blacksmith work
4 06
Tools .
12 48
Newhall's Express
40
S. A. Guilford, lumber
3 36
W. F. Paul, labor
3 98
Total, Ward 1
$471 77
Ward 2. - Saugus Centre.
Labor .
$738 06
Moving snow
69 14
E. C. Parker, labor
5 00
Gravel
78 70
Blacksmith work
19 20
Repairs on snow plough
1 50
Drain pipe
7 65
Tools .
7 02
Extra labor on bridge at Pranker's Mills.
Labor ..
57 71
S. A. Guilford 134 96
H. A. Nowell, stone work
10 00
Foster & Woodbury, stone .
4 25
Pranker Manufacturing Co., nails .
2 00
Total, Ward 2
$1,135 19
47
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Ward 3. - Cliftondale.
Labor $900 70
Gravel 96 05
Tools 3 62
Blacksmith work
28 90
A. B. Smith, gutter plough 7 50
J. W. Parsons, lumber 2 26
Total, Ward 3
$1,039 03
Ward 4. - East Saugus.
Labor
$1,009 10
Gravel
77 40
Snow 114 62
Tools 23 20
Blacksmith work
13 23
Snow plough .
25 00
Lumber and labor on new street 32 80
Extra labor on culvert .
30 52
Drain pipe for the same
41 25
Total, Ward 4
$1,367 12
Ward 5. - Oaklandvale.
Labor .
$305 59
Blacksmith work
3 70
Tools
4 20
Newhall's Express
30
S. A. Guilford, lumber
2 13
Removing snow and repairs on snow plough, etc.
13 25
Labor .
10 50
Total, Ward 5
$339 67
Total expenditure on the highways for the year 1888 $4,352 78
Balance due Fred Stocker in 1887 28 80
Amount carried forward, $4,381 58
48
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $4,381 58
John Taylor, making nine sign boards at 50 cents each . 4 50
Wm. G. Ferris, painting and lettering the same 21 70
Posting and distributing signs
1 50
Total $4,409 28
Appropriation . $3,500 00
UNCOLLECTED TAXES. 1888 LIST.
RESIDENTS.
Abbott, Ruth, heirs $9 85
Brown. Harry
2 00
Ames, Lorenzo 2 00
Bryer, L. R.
2 00
Amerige, Frank W. . 2 00
Burrill, Edw. H ..
22 90
Andrews, Franklin E. 2 00
Burleigh, Chas. H. . 72 30
Andrews, Gustavus F. 2 00 Bird. John M. 9 20
Andrews, John L. 24 46
Bennett. Martin
2 00
Atherton, Sarah A.
.
21 38
Bent, Howard E.
2 00
Atherton, Simon A. 2 00
Barstow, Archie
2 00
Atherton, Horace H. . 112 93
Belarence. Chas. E.
2 00
Bently, Fred A.
2 00
Averill, Chas. S. 2 00
Batcheller. Francis
4 47
Amerige, Chas. W. . . 347 80
Burmeister, Henry
2 00
Amerige & Price . 96 90
Carnes, Martin 9 59
Beckett, Rebecca 10 00
Calley, B. F.
85 60
Biffin, James 63 56
Caswell, Geo. W.
33 83
Blodgett, John W.
233 42
Chase, Benj. F. 2 00
Bostwick. E. W. 8 16
Cheever, Jas. 57 98
Bruce, A. W.
2 00
Cheever, Lott
6 35
Cheever. Fred C.
5 80
Cheever, Orrin
2 00
Bosworth, Chas. M.
2 00
Clark. Chas. F. 21 00
Briody, Francis E. 10 45
Clarage, Mrs. John R.
20 90
Brackett, Henry L.
46 65
Coombs, Lincoln A.
5 33
Burrill, Persis M. . 41 80
Coombs. Walter 2 00
Brown, Geo. H. 2 00
Cox. Geo. I.
45 70
Brown, Pliny C .. 2 00
Coates, Arthur B.
8 65
Brown, S. Edward 2 00
Copp, Warren P.
. 175 38
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Axdell, Edward 2 00
Armstrong, Daniel 2 00
Birdsey. Frank
12 45
Brown. O. P. 36 20
Boardman, Sewell
25 65
50
UNCOLLECTED TAXES.
Cross, Harriet
34 20
Dixon, Wm. J. 2 00
Cross, N. K.
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