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68 00
Insurance on Town property
.
314 16
Sinking Fund
1,460 00 .
Memorial Day
150,00
Searching records and plans for assessors,
39 92
Salaries .
2,589 86 21,810 48 .
Total Selectmen's Department . .
$57,341 28
-
OVERSEERS' DEPARTMENT
Appropriation .
$4,000 00
Outside Supplies.
Danvers Lunatic Hospital :
Board of Helen M. Newhall
$169 47
Board of Mary E. Pearson .
·
169 46
Medfield Insane Asylum :
Board of John McGilley
146 00
Board of Horace E. Vinton
146 00
Board of Eliza J. Kidder
146 00
Taunton Lunatic Hospital :
Board of Richard Andrews
169 46
Westboro Insane Hospital :
Board of Sarah E. Burbank
169 46
Worcester Insane Asylum :
Board of John H. Newhouse
169 46
Worcester Lunatic Hospital : Board of John O. Rhodes
169 46
Commonwealth :
Board of Mary J. Fawcett
97 50
City of Boston :
Aid to Bridget Haney
38 00
Aid to E. A. Barton
78 00
City of Haverhill :
Aid to C. W. Sweetzer
29 00
City of Malden :
Aid to Mrs. Laura Jackson
96 00
Aid to D. D. Pinkham .
7 50
Aid to E. A. Butler .
15 00
1,815 77
Amount carried forward,
$1,815 77
.
119
I 20
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$1,815 77
Ward Five Conference Associated Charities of Cambridge :
Aid to Mrs. Julia Sweetser . $104 00
N. F. Mayo :
Fuel to Peter Kelley
3 15
Fuel to A. G. Hastings
6 25
Fuel to Catharine Bruce
15 30
Fuel to E. H. Davis
3 15
Fuel to Robert Greenwood
14 75
Fuel to Shepard Pierce
9 00
Fuel to P. Cashan
3 00
Fuel to P. Lyons .
3 00
D. L Veasey :
Aid to Peter Kelley
16 00
C. I. Hitchings :
Fuel to J. Managhan
5 75
Fuel to Wallace Hobbs
3 00
Mrs. Maudant :
Aid to Mary Rowe
13 50
Allen M. Stocker :
Fuel to P. Lyons .
6 30
Fuel to Shepard Pierce
II 70
Fuel to Catharine Bruce
7 50
Fuel to Mrs. Bellmore .
3 15
H. O. Pratt :
Fuel to Catharine Bruce
10 80
Fuel to Mrs. Bellmore .
2 15
Fuel to Mrs. Marshall .
2 80
Fuel to A. G. Hastings
I 20
Fuel to Shepard Pierce
7 80
Fuel to Edward Henry A. H. Raddin :
.
5 55
Aid to P. Lyons .
14 87
Aid to Mrs. Bellmore
12 93
Aid to A. G. Hastings .
65 00
Aid to Mrs. Burdett
I 50
353 10
.
Amount carried forward,
$2,168 87
121
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$2,168 87
J W. Darcy :
Burial of unknown woman
15 00
Norris Ames :
Aid to Warren Coates
104 00
Joseph Whitehead :
Aid to Mrs. Marshall
13 46
Aid to Henry Hurd
38 17
Aid to Robert Greenwood
29 04
Massachusetts School for Feeble Minded :
Lottie Litton II 14
G. W. Gale, M. D. :
Medical aid to J. Aiken
II 25
Medical aid to Ida Baxendale 4 00
Medical aid to Clara Fairfield
21 00
Medical aid to Wallace Hobbs
10 00
Medical aid to Mrs. A. W. Johnson
4 00
Medicine to Wallace Hobbs
I 25
Medicine to Mrs. Johnson
50
Medicine to Almshouse
3 00
P. B. Magrane :
Aid to Mrs. Marshall
3 00
Geo. E. Rowe :
Aid to Mrs. Mary Rowe
61 50
Mrs. A. A. Pearce :
Board of R. M. Biggs .
50 29
Board of A. M. Biggs .
50 29
Mrs. T. R. Merrithew :
Board of R. M. Biggs .
30 00
Board of A. M. Biggs .
30 00
Pranker & Parsons, heirs : Aid to Peter Kelley
24 00
L. P. Hawkes :
Aid to Mrs. Marshall
3 99
Dr. G. C. Parcher :
Medical aid to A. G. Hastings
3 00
Medical aid to M. Cliff
.
.
15 00
536 88
Amount carried forward,
$2,705 75
122
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$2,705 75
B. S. Hone :
Aid to Mrs. Marshall
$7 50
City of Lynn :
Aid to Elbridge Landerkin .
9 00
Wm. M. Newhall & Son :
Fuel to J. W. White
12 25
Fuel to Ellen Scanlon .
18 25
Fuel to J. Monaghan
6 00
Fuel to E. Parks .
6 00
Mugridge & Coombs :
Aid to A. Wormstead .
48 00
Aid to Ellen Scanlon
52 00
Aid to Shepard Peirce
12 00
Aid to J. White .
53 00
Aid to Wallace Hobbs
104 00
Aid to J. F. Towle
48 00
Aid to Mrs. Farrar
6 00
C. D. Fisk :
Aid to Shepard Peirce
36 00
Aid to Mrs. Bram
8 00
Aid to Edward Henry
18 00
Dr. E. A. L. Francois :
Medical aid to Mrs. A. W. Johnson 15 00
Mrs. Charles Ames : Aid to Mrs. A. W. Johnson
58 00
E. J. Caverly & Co. :
Aid to J. Monaghan
18 00
Aid to P. Cashan
23 00
Aid to P. Kelley .
29 00
Aid to E. Parks
4 00
C. A. Fordham :
Aid to Mrs. Bram
2 00
J. S. Meacom :
Medicine to Clara Fairfield . · 2 25
595 25
Amount carried forward,
$3,301 00
OVERSEERS' REPORT. 123
Amount brought forward,
$3,301 00
Rowe & Hitchings :
Fuel to Edward Henry
$1 85
Fuel to Mrs. Farrar
3 00
Fuel to Wallace Hobbs
3 00
W. H. Stocker :
Aid to Peter Kelley
21 53
29 38
Total outside supplies .
$3.330 38
D
Account Town Farm and Incidentals.
J. B. Wiggin . · Geo. W. Caswell, plumbing
$303 35
A. F. Jenkins, insurance
26 40
R. Y. Russell
I 50
Overseers' Incidentals
12 95
Dr. G. W. Gale, salary
25 00
Total outside supplies
$373 20 3,330 38
Total overseers' orders
·
$3,703 58
Less cash received by treasurer
.
III 66
$3,591 92
Unexpended balance
408 08
Support of In-Door Poor.
DR.
Rent of Farm .
$350 00
Cash from treasurer
·
·
.
303 35
$653 35
4 00
124
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
CR.
Increase in personal property . $264 37 Board of nine inmates 402 weeks
388 98
$653 35
HERBERT O. PRATT, GEORGE FAULKNER, CHARLES FLORENCE.
Town Farm Account.
DR.
1898 To Cash Paid :
January 7 H. F. Center for fish $2 53
S. Putney, meat 2 72
S F. S. Mitchell, meat 8 46
Jos. Whitehead, groceries
49 63
S. H. Bosworth, repairing boots . 2 25
II Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Gray,
labor
33 00
[2 Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Gray, labor . ·
IO 62
John Newell, one bull
25 00
J. S. Henry, one cow 48 00 ·
B. F. Robinson
5 00
Expenses to Brighton
50
18 J. & W. W. Butman, grain 40 S2
F. Birdsey, killing hogs 4 00
42 67
20 Cutler Bros., grain Cutler Bros., groceries 2 68
21 John F. Parkins, barbering 2 95
22 E. E. Mills, exchange cows
30 00
28 Expenses to Boston
25
Amount carried forward,
$311 08
125
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$311 08
January 28 Greenwood & Co., brooms . 2 50
Morris Murch & Butler, iron beds .
II 70
Pool Bros., lard 1 54
F. J. Fleming, medicine 1 00
$327 82
February 3 F. S. Mitchell, meat $10 00
H. F. Center, fish . 4 42
J. & W. W. Butman, grain
25 24
5 C. A. Blakeley, repairs on cart, etc. 46 50
II M. J. Curley, grain
8 50
15 Cutler Bros., grain 57 68
19 Gerald Budd and wife, labor .
30 00
24 Jones & Wells, tea and coffee .
6 65
25 Greenwood & Co., wooden ware . 1 20
Dexter Bros., alcohol
I 65
Ellis Bros., butter . . .
27 15
218 99
March I F. S. Mitchell, for meat Thorndike Market, meat
$10 39
4
H. F. Center, fish . 3 82
M. J. Curley, grain
21 70
7 H. O. Pratt, flour . 30 25
150 00
9 J. S. Henry, three cows Expenses to Brighton 55
17 C. A. Wheeler, stationery
57
18 J. & W. W. Butman, grain
17 61
19 Gerald Budd and wife, labor 30 00
22 Cutler Bros., grain 49 52
23 Mugridge & Coombs, molasses, 13 13
26 Jones & Wells, coffee I 60
332 72
$879 53
Amount carried forward,
3 58
I26
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $879 53
April 4 A. Sawtell & Co., groceries $45 13
Ellis Bros., butter . 2 50
C. A. Blakeley, blacksmithing, 12 75
R. Kiley, manure .
32 00
S Wellman Osborne, boots 3 90
P. B. Magrane, dry goods ·
3 22
9 F. S. Mitchell, meat II 86
Thorndike Market, meat
4 42
H. F. Center, fish .
1 80
1 2 C. E. Doyle labor .
34 50
E. Stevens, whitewashing
4 00
W. J. B. Burton, harness and repairs II 30
Cutler Bros., grain .
35 97
15 M. J. Curley, grain
40 00
R. F. Rich, Jr., papering
3 11
16 A. M. Stocker, coal
22 98
E. E. Mills, two cows ·
100 00
A. G. Waldron, labor 3 00
19 W. F. Wallace, one cow Expenses to Brighton ·
35 00
50
2I F. Butman & Co., potatoes 20 50
Morris, Murch & Butler, mat . 2 50
Pool Bros., ham and lard
3 17
Greenwood & Co., pails and brushes 2 25
Jones & Wells, coffee
I 60
22 John E. Nelson, labor
20 00
Annie M. Willard, labor
12 00
25 J. & W. W. Butman, grain H. O. Pratt, oats
15 40
80
May 4 Expenses to Brighton
$ 50
J. F. Mollon, one cow
.
40 00
Thorndike Market, meat . .
7 88
486 16
Amounts carried forward,
$48 38 $1,365 69
127
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$48 38 $1,365 69
May
5 F. S. Mitchell, meat
II 37
H. F. Center, fish
2 02
J. H. Potter, syrup
I 70
R. Connors, one bull
28 00
II J. S. Henry, three cows . 130 00
6 00
13 F. Putnam & Co., potatoes Ellis Bros., butter · ·
5 28
19 Newhall & Colcord, seeds 6 63
24 Cutler Bros., grain . 50 00
289 38
June 2 John Nelson, labor $26 93
IO M. J. Curley, grain 16 50
Corliss & Fairbanks, butter W. I. Leach, labor
20 00
H. F. Center, fish
2 37
I2 A. Lerman, labor
3 25
Merrill & Durgin, chairs
5 40
B. & M. R. R., railroad ties
60
14 J. & W. W. Butman, grain
38 55
20 J. S. Hopkins, clothing . 7 75
22 12 00 Harry Stone, labor Annie M. Willard, labor 27 00
23 F. S. Mitchell, meat
12 67
27 C. Drury, manure . 5 00
W. I. Leach, labor
22 00
28 Morris Murch & Butler, iron bed, etc. 8 60
B. S. Snow, fish
2 40
Thorndike Market, meat
12 04
Pool Bros., lard
2 36
29 Cutler Bros., grain
50 00
July B. & M. R. R., freight . I
$ 25
5 Jos. Whitehead, phosphate 31 00
9 M. Monteith, labor
12 00
·
281 12
Amounts carried forward,
$43 25 $1,936 19
5 70
12S
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $43 25 $1,936 19
July I 2 F. S. Mitchell, meat 24 36
13 A. Williamson, two cows
95 00
Expenses to Brighton
50
Chas. Greeley, labor
8 00
19 J. & W. W. Butman, grain 20 80
20 Jones & Wells, coffee 5 72
2 37 W. H. Hutchinson, hardware, R. A. Spaulding & Co., dry goods . 6 97
H. H. Guinan & Co., clothing, 15 23
Davis & Young, drugs
3 00
H. F. Center, fish .
I 61
23 J. H. Potter, butter
2 70
25 J. S. Meacom, drugs
7 45
26 Revere Water Co., water tax,
30 00
P. B. Magrane, dry goods .
17 49
27 J. S. Henry, one cow 40 00 .
28 W. I. Leach, labor ·
.
20 00
Edwin Ham, labor
20 00
M. M. Leighton, labor
17 50
Expenses to Brighton 50
382 45
August 2
Cutler Bros., grain .
$49 84
IO Holder & White, provisions 3 II
John F. Mullory, one cow 35 00 C. M. Grover, driving cows 7 00
II F. S. Mitchell, meat
24 85
A. Sawtell & Co., groceries
25 23
Morris, Murch & Butler, bed .
5 85
Dexter Bros., alcohol
I 35
Greenwood & Co., wooden ware
2 50
Ellis Bros., butter .
12 63
13
W. H. Foss, saw filing
1 00
15 M. M. Leighton, labor
9 50
Amounts carried forward,
$177 86 $2,318 64
OVERSEERS' REPORT. I29
Amounts brought forward, $177 86 $2,318 64
Aug. 16 F. C. Small & Co., tea 14 72
Cutter Bros., grain . .
79 27
18 C. Drury, manure . .
5 00
22 J. & W. W. Butman, grain 18 60
23 C. A. Wells, horse shoeing
I 75
25 Guilford, Atherton & Co., lum- ber 17 32
Twombly Bros. 10 00
Harry C. Davis, plumbing II 45
26 M. J. Curley, grain 29 10
27 W. I. Leach, labor . ·
20 00
30 C. F. White, bread, etc. . .
I 76
386 83
Sept. I
H. O. Pratt, flour .
$27 65
2 J. F. Parkins, barbering
3 50
H. F. Center, fish . I 67
Hatton Bros, coffee
40
6 E. Evans, meat
9 92
F. S. Mitchell, mat 9 08
7 P. F. Litchfield, one cow
43 00
9 B. S. Snow, fish
2 48
Morris, Murch & Butler, bed-
stead, etc.
8 35
Ellis Bros., butter
9 24
F. N. Miller, globes and chim-
neys I
65
Pool Bros., lard
2 10
Greenwood & Co., mats . I 80
13 E. Horn, labor 20 00
14 Cutler Bros., grain . .
40 23
16 M. J. Curley, grain 17 00
J. & W. W. Butman, grain 16 75
21 C. A. Blakely, one cart . 65 00
22 Newhall & Colcord, mowing machine 45 75
Amounts carried forward,
$325 57 $2,705 47
130
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $325 57 $2,705 47
Sept. 24 Hatton Bros., tea and coffee 6 o8
27 W. I. Leach, labor 20 00
Edwin Horn, labor
20 00
Wellman Osborne, shoes 49 J. B. Wiggin . 50 00
422 14
October I F. S. Mitchell for milk $15 81
3 C. F. White for provisions I 15
4 Minnie Coveny, labor 19 50
18 New Eng. Soap Co.
5 23
20 John Willis, two cows P. F. Litchfield
19 50
2I O. R. Howe, hose
8 00
25 C. G. Hogan, apples and
squash S 18
162 37
Nov. 10 C. A. Blakeley, blacksmithing, $27 45
E. E. Mills, one cow and 20 pullets 62 00
Libby Bros., one cow
40 00
Expenses to Brighton
55
II
M. J. Curley, grain
12 00
12 Cutler Bros., grain
72 04
14 S. V. Edmands, ice
22 00
A. A. French, stove
15 00
E. Evans, Jr., meat
14 20
15 W. I. Leach, chickens
5 84
W. I. Leach, labor J. & W. W. Butman, grain
20 00
17 60
50 00
17 A. Williamson, one cow Hatton Bros. & Johnson, coffee, A. G. Sheldon, exchanging COWS .
2 32
65 00
Expenses to Brighton
58
HI. F. Center, fish .
1 29
26 Hudson Oil Co., oil
I 50
Amounts carried forward,
$429 37 $3,289 98
.
85 00
131
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$429 37 $3,289 98
Nov. 28 A. G. Waldron, labor
10 00
30 H. F. Center
I 99
A. S. Twiss, seed .
I 75
W. I. Leach .
20 00
463 II
Dec.
3 F. S. Mitchell for meat .
$15 93
C. F. White, provisions
.
I 50
6 J. S. Hopkins, clothing
4 10
IO Chas. Deary, manure
13 00
I2 Pool Bros., lard
2 10
Ellis Bros., beans ·
3 39
Ellis Bros., butter .
7 So
A. Sawtell & Co., groceries
64 18
13 Cutler Bros., grain
61 29
M. J. Curley, grain
31 03
Hatton Bros. & Johnson,
coffee .
I 92
19 R. Kiley, manure
20 00
23 E. E. Mills, one cow
50 00
29 J. & W. W. Butman, grain
5 50
30 Johnson Bros., manure .
2 50
Lux & Green, feathers . 5 20
8 00
3I Mrs. J. H. Kingsbury, manure, W. J. Burton, repairing har- ness
9 15
C. A. Blakeley, blacksmithing, 25 25
Mugridge & Coombs, provis- ions ·
II 29
A. S. Edmands, manure
7 50
H. H. Guinan, clothing 15 00
Guilford, Atherton & Co., lum- ber
IS 72
W. H. Hutchinson, hardware,
6 16
J. T. Parkins, barbering ·
I 70
J. S. Meacom, medicine
2 20
Amounts carried forward,
$394 41
3,753 09
.
132
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$394 41 $3,753 09
Dec. 31 H. F. Center, fish . 4 08
Minnie Coveney, labor
39 00
J. Whitehead, groceries
25 00
W. I. Leach, labor
20 00
Allen M. Stocker, coal
56 24
J. B. Wiggin, salary
575 00
1,113 73
Total expenditure
$4,866 82
CREDITOR.
By Cash Received :
January 4 F. F. Merrill for milk $61 95
Oscar Edmands, milk
So
5 Use of stock
1 00
7 F. T. Merrill, milk
59 50
IO J. Gould, cow and bull
72 50
I3 F. T. Merrill, milk E. E. Mills, calf
62 30
16 Use of stock
1 00
20 Use of stock
I 00
F. T. Merrill, milk
63 70
2I George Cross, board of N.
B. Cross . ·
25 00
24 George Cross, board of N. B. Cross .
25 00
28 Use of stock
1 00
Oscar Edmands, milk
5 60
Oscar Edmands, milk
2 45
F. T. Merrill, milk
62 65
Cabbages 35
$447 80
Amount carried forward,
$447 So
1
2 00
I33
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$447 80
February 5 Use of stock
$1 00
7 F. T. Merrill for milk
63 70
Oscar Edmands, milk
4 90
14 Oscar Edmands, milk
2 50
G. W. Coombs, milk
40
G. W. Coombs, milk
75
F. T. Merrill, milk
61 60
Use of stock
1 00
22 Oscar Edmands, milk R. Kiley, use of stock F. T. Merrill, milk
59 15
24
Oscar Edmands, hay
13 88
28 Oscar Edmands, milk
2 75
215 08
March 2 F. T. Merrill, milk
$60 55
7 Oscar Edmands, milk
I 40
8 F. T. Merrill, milk
63 00
9 J. Gould, three cows
95 00
II M. Stocker, milk
40
Use of stock
1 00
16 Oscar Edmands, milk Two and one-half doz. eggs
3 15
45
17 F. T. Merrill, milk
62 65
23 F. T. Merrill, milk
64 40
Oscar Edmands, milk
3 50
Two and one-half doz. eggs
45
25 Use of stock
1 00
Milk
38
Hens
9 60
26 Setting hen
75
27 Milk
I 05
29 Oscar Edmands, milk
3 50
372 23
Amount carried forward,
$1,035 II
.
2 45
1 00
I34
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$1,035 II
April I F. T. Merrill, for milk
$64 05
4 Oscar Edmands, milk 4 25
H. H. Schrow, milk P. Kiley, use of cart
8 75
50
6 Use of stock 1 00
7 F. T. Merrill, milk
63 00
9 Use of stock 1 00
I2 F. T. Merrill, milk
63 70
H. H. Schrow, milk
15 30
Oscar Edmands, milk
3 00
Geo. Cross, board of N. B. Cross .
16 25
14 F. T. Merrill, for milk
55 15
E. Stevens, old harrow
1 00
18 H. H. Schrow, milk 18 30
19 F. T. Merrill, milk
50 10
22 F. T. Merrill, milk
51 60
Mrs. Francis Newhall, board of N. B. Cross
16 25
27 H. H. Schrow
18 00
28 Use of stock
1 00
29 F. T. Merrill, milk
52 80
H. H. Schrow, milk Use of stock .
18 90
1 00
May
7 Use of stock
$3 00
H. H. Schrow, for milk
18 30
9 Oscar Edmands, milk W. M. Stocker, milk T. W. Jennings, milk
1 50
30
IO F. T. Merrill, milk J. Gould, cow and bull
55 00
I2 T. W. Jennings, milk W. M. Stocker, milk E. E. Mills, one cow
25 20
60
33 00
Amounts carried forward,
$242 50 $1,560 01
·
524 90
60 00
45 60
I35
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$242 50 $1,560 0I
May I2 E. E. Mills, one calf
2 00
I4 W. M. Stocker, milk
30
16 Oscar Edmands, milk
3 60
18 W. M. Stocker, milk W. M. Stocker, use of roller Use of stock
I 50
50
I 00
2I H. O. Pratt, use of plow
15
30 Oscar Edmands, milk
4 So
W. M. Stocker, milk Frank Fisk
I 20
June
I
Use of stock
$1 00
3 Oscar Edmands, milk W. M. Stocker, milk J. S. Griffin, milk . Thos. Gilgun, milk
30
30
78
90
9 G. W. Black, guinea fowls E. E. Mills, two calves
6 00
IO Fred Tarbox, milk W. M. Stocker, milk
143 50
30
17 Oscar Edmands, milk Kiley
8 40
18 Oscar Edmands, rye Use of stock
I 00
20 A. F. Williams & Co., milk . 65 52
24 H. G. Wilson, cabbage plants, 50
69 94
27 A. F. Williams & Co., milk . C. Drury, milk I 50
315 74
July
4 A. F. Williams, for milk
$68 12
II Fred Tarbox, for milk 88 50
I2 A. F. Williams, for milk
66 56
15 Use of rake and cultivator Use of stock .
60
Cabbage plants and milk
50
Amounts carried forward,
$225 28 $2,135 70
.
2 40
259 95
I 50
4 30
10 00
I 00
136
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$225 28 $2,135 70
18 A. F. Williams & Co., milk .
64 22
2I Cabbage plants 50
22 Cabbage plants
20
23 H. L. Sheldon, one cow
33 00
25 Use of stock
I 00
Cabbage plants Potatoes
20
I 00
27 Potatoes
II 25
28 Potatoes
17 65
Oscar Edmands, hay
23 00
Use of stock I 00
26 A. F. Williams & Co., milk 64 22
442 52
August 2
Potatoes
$18 00
3 Potatoes 6 35
A. F. Williams, for milk
67 34
6 Potatoes
2 40
Use of stock I 00
9 A. F. Williams, milk
66 82
Use of hay tedder
50
15 Potatoes, corn and cabbage
22 40
17 Potatoes and corn
II 45
N. Stocker
I. 50
18 Potatoes and corn
8 25
Use of stock
I O.O
Corn
70
Corn
I 26
20 Potatoes, corn and cabbage
12 64
16 A. F. Williams & Co., milk 65 26
23 A. F. Williams & Co., milk 64 22
Corn and potatoes .
2 02
24 Corn and potatoes
6 35
25 Potatoes .
I 50
26 Potatoes .
1 50
28 Corn and potatoes
9 80
Amounts carried forward,
$372 26 $2,578 22
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
I37
Amounts brought forward,
$372 26 $2,578 22
Aug. 30 Use of hay wagon
25
Horse baiting .
25
Corn
30
F. Fisk, green fodder
8 00
A. F. Williams & Co., milk
61 62
Mrs. Winchester, milk
IS
Corn
5 10
Corn
35
Sept.
3 Corn $6 30
5 Corn
7 00
6 Corn
7 60
7 A. F. Williams & Co., milk .
59 28
G. Cross, board of N. B. Cross, 26 25
Corn
35
Corn
6 00
F. Fisk, hay and fodder
30 00
I2 Use of tedder and rake
30
J. Gould, one cow .
14 00
Cabbage and corn .
.
II 55
6 60
14 Cabbage and corn . A. F. Williams & Co., milk
55 90
16 Oscar Edmands, hay
12 46
Cabbages
I 20
Use of hay tedder
15
Use of stock
1 00
19 F. Fisk, grass and fodder 40 00
Corn and Cabbages 3 40
E. E. Mills, one cow
25 00
22
A. F. Williams & Co., milk
61 SS
24 Holden, milk . Fisk, milk 60
12 30
25 J. Gould, one bull .
31 00
Merrithew, cabbages
75
30 F. Fisk, milk .
2 10
422 97
Amount carried forward,
$3,449 50
448 31
138
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$3,449 50
Oct.
3 Use of stock
$2 00
4 Lodging man and team 2 00
A. F. Williams, for milk
45 50
7 Chas. Ames, for milk
19 14
II A. F. Williams, for milk Cabbages
35
18 Cabbages
87
Use of roller
50
24 Cabbages
I 05
27 Mr. Mitchell, one cow
24 00
144 81
Nov.
3 Cabbages
$ 90
C. L. Davis, for sods
I 53
H. O. Pratt, use of roller
25
Use of stock
1 00
4 Use of cart
75
5 Cabbages
9 75
Use of stock
1 00
9 Overseers' order Cabbages
7 00
IO Fred Tarbox, milk
305 10
12 Use of stock
2 00
I4 Cabbages
12 00
Cabbages and potatoes Old iron
5 31
50
15 Turnips . .
55
19 Cabbages ·
50
Use of hay wagon
25
26 Use of stock .
1 00
Town of Melrose, one cow
35 00
29 J. Gould, two cows
68 00
30 W. I. Leach, cabbages
4 00
556 39
Amount carried forward,
$4,150 70
.
49 40
.
100 00
139
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$4,150 70
Dec. 3 F. S. Mitchell, for cabbages
$2 88
9 Use of stock I 00
I2 F. A. Tarbox, milk
315 30
20 R. Kiley, standing grass and ploughing 20 00
Use of stock I 00
3I
A. S. Edmands, green fodder, Mrs. F. H. Newhall, board of N. B. Cross ·
57 50
48 75
Mugridge & Coombs, vege- tables . ·
14 34
Allen M. Stocker, grass and D. plank
52 00
Overseers' order
203 35
716 12
Total cash received .
$4,866 82
TREASURER'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1898.
DR.
To balance from IS97 . $2,314 62
E. H. Gay & Co., loans . · 75,000 00
L. J. Austin, tax 1895 .
191 50
L. J. Austin, tax 1896
16,418 28 ·
L. J. Austin, tax IS97 .
. 12,525 37
L. J. Austin, tax 1898 . 46,149 08
L. J. Austin, interest of 1895 500 00
L. J. Austin, interest of 1896 547 67
L. J. Austin, interest of 1897 615 00
A. Dudley Johnson, tax 1891 2 50
A. Dudley Johnson, tax 1893 57 46
A. Dudley Johnson, interest 1894 50 64
A. Dudley Johnson, interest 1893 S 28
Rent of Town Hall .
95 00
Allyn and Bacon, refunded schools 4 20
Joseph Newhall, sale of lots in cemetery, 542 50
City of Lynn, water rebate
5,155 79
Getchell, tax title .
42 30
Hawkers license, Russo Bennardeno
10 00
Essex County, dog tax .
328 49
A. M. Ferguson, druggist's license for I897 . 1 00
Essex County, Salem turnpike
715 32
Henry Fisk, tax title
59 00
Amount carried forward, $161,334 00
140
141
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$161,334 00
Corporation tax from State
858 73
T. F. Miller, tax title 17 30
Interest on Lynn bank account .
So 95
Interest on Boston bank account
8 48
C. O. Thompson, carriage licenses 3 00
Stackpole, tax title 52 20
Stackpole, tax title
83 77
J. L. Edmands, highways
18 50
L. & B. R. R .. removing snow 282 09
H. G. Engerman, tax title
591 80
Lynn tax on flooded land for '95, '96, '97,
1,100 35
Westerman, tax title
285 00
Judge Amerige, court fines
305 50 .
Town of Revere, school department
24 00
North British Mercantile Insurance Co., IO2 90 Agricultural Insurance Co. -154 35
Revere Water Co.
123 00
J. A. Farnham, rebate on Fire Depart- ment gas bill I 04
Alice J. Raddin, tax title 71 06
Blaine, tax title
113 40
Mark Sanborn, druggist's liquor license.
1 00
A. M. Ferguson, druggist's liquor li- cense I 00
J. S. Meacom, druggist's liquor license. I OO
Hose No. 3 pool license 2 00
J. T. Parkins, pool license 2 00
Nanepashemet club, pool license . 2 00
Nanepashemet Club, bowling license
2 00
Mr. Turner, bowling license
2 00
Cunningham & Stokes, pool license
2 00
Harry A. Turner, pool license
2 00
C. L. Davis, carriage license
1 00
City of Cambridge, Poor Dept.
12 00
State education of State children
203 00
Amount carried forward,
$165,844 42
.
142
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $165,844 42
Overseers on acct. of Wessel
7 90
City of Lowell, Poor Dept. 15 00
Rent of hall and police service 14 00
Kennebunk Framing Co., tax title
II IO
B. F. Sanborn, sale of gravel 7 10
Town of Maynard, Poor Dept.
23 00
Town of Wakefield, Poor Dept. 19 26
J. O. Townsend, returned from Fire Dept. 12 00
State National Bank Tax
500 95
State Military Aid
14 00
State Aid
1,462 00
Lynn Poor Dept. ·
34 50
Carl F. Cook, slaughter license 1 00
City of Lynn (water main) . 79 80
Water Commissioners returned funds .
55 49
C. H. Holbrook, rent of Hathaway
place for one quarter in advance from Dec. Ist ·
40 00
Proceeds of sinking fund
5,000 00 ·
$173, 141 52
.
.
143
TREASURER'S REPORT.
CREDITOR.
By interest on Town notes . $7,559 44
Interest on sinking fund
3,540 00
Lynn Institution for Savings, notes
. 10,000 00
State of Massachusetts, notes
50,000 00 .
Recording deeds . 1 70
Town of Saugus, coupon notes . 5,000 00
State of Massachusetts, on account of liquor license 75
New England Trust Co., notes ·
. 20,000 00
Essex County Tax
2,726 94
Principal on water loan
3,500 00 ·
Principal on school loan
2,150 00
State tax
1,830 00
Selectmen's orders
. 57,341 28
Overseers' orders
3,703 58 ·
Balance
·
5,787 83
$173,141 52
BALANCE CONSISTS OF
Lynn deposits
. $1,340 72
Boston deposits
305 79
Cash and checks on hand
·
4,141 32
$5,787 83
JOSEPH S. MEACOM, Treasurer.
144
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Condition of Town.
ASSETS.
Cash in treasury
. $5,787 83
Sinking fund
. 66,560 00
Balance uncollected tax, 1892 24 70
Balance uncollected tax, 1893
92 32
Balance uncollected tax, 1894 ·
27 42
Balance uncollected tax, 1895
1,408 78
Balance uncollected tax, 1896 . 5,033 75
Balance uncollected-tax, 1897
. 22,278 69
Balance uncollected tax, 1898
27,982 14
Interest on uncollected taxes .
3,607 38
Due from State on account of State and Military Aid 1,783 00
Due from Essex County, account Salem Turnpike ·
148 41
Due from Essex County, account dog tax,
286 95
Due from State, account corporation tax, Due from cemetery lots
45 40
Tax titles at cost
778 70
Due from Lynn & Boston R. R. 212 62
Due from City of Lynn, water rebate
1,797 06
Due from City of Lynn, tax on land taken for water supply . 422 50
Interest on taxes paid treasurer and in col- lector's hands
I, IOS 20 .
Deficiency
. 94,112 75
$233,553 85
.
35 25
145
TREASURER'S REPORT.
LIABILITIES.
Coupon notes .
$21,500 00
Water loan
. 62,000 00
School-house loan
. 11.200 00
School-house loan, new
· 36,000 00
Temporary loans
· 30,000 00
Sinking fund notes
. 64,000 00
Hathaway, bond
4.000 00
Accrued interest
3,393 04
On account of highways
689 62
Balance due L. J. Austin
205 49
Elmer B. Newhall .
77 80
Sundry bills
123 25
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co.
188 70
G. W. Caswell
40 92
Wesley Paul
135 03
$233,553 85
Statement of the Town Debt.
Coupon notes
$21,500 00
Water loans
. 62,000 00
School-house loan
. 11,200 00
School-house loan, new
. 36,000 00
Sinking fund notes .
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