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We have spent much time on this work, having investigated by committees all the cases where aid is being rendered, both within the town and in other places, and have carefully considered their necessities.
While we are aware that our poor business is not conducted with such rigid economy as is apparent in the management of some towns and cities, and also aware that there have been individual cases where charity has been to some extent misplaced, we do not see, upon the whole, how any material difference could have been made in the showing of this department.
Dr's. W. A. Drake and E. N. Mayberry, have been reappointed as Town Physicians on the same terms as for last year, viz .- Dr. Drake to serve in Wards 1, 2 and 3, for $175.00 and Dr. Mayberry in Wards 4 and 5 for $75.00.
The detailed expenditures of this department will be found else- where.
Respectfully submitted, GORDON WILLIS. BRADFORD HAWES. NELSON W. GARDNER. C. E. BICKNELL. GEORGE L. NEWTON.
Overseers of the Poor.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 1, 1896.
137
ALMSHOUSE SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES, 1895.
Inventory of 1894 $4,820 37
Paid Thomas South, blacksmith work 50 58
Lot Lohnes, blacksmith work 19 80
Thayer & Lohnes, blacksmith work
34 10
Charles Blackwell, carpenter work .
14 85
Haskell and Adams, goods
19 98
J. B. Rhines, lumber 4 33
Baker Hardware Co., hardware
18 13
C. F. Vaughan, goods .
13 81
Reuben Loud & Sons, sawdust
4 00
L. J. Hart, boots, shoes, etc. Schlegel & Fottler, seeds
36 69
B. F. Paine, clothing .
9 40
A. K. Bates, bill .
9 75
S. W. Pratt, goods
17 81
A. F. Litchfield, fish
19 14
A. Tracy, fish
51 86
Mrs. Moran, labor in house .
147 00
Catherine Moran, labor in house
260 00
Dora Wren, labor in house
39 00
Mrs. McNair, labor in house .
31 81
P. Cohen, labor on Farm
10 00
Z. C. Gurney, labor on farm .
240 00
Mrs. Burns, cleaning house
2 80
Joseph Poulin, blacksmith work
44 75
O. Q. Ball, oil
36 68
W. T. Burrell, painting
10 05
Granville Thompson, repairing clocks
7 50
W. G. Nash, groceries .
17 64
Victor Carlson, cutting wood .
232 16
Jeremiah Sullivan, cutting wood
12 00
Owen Daly, cutting wood
4 69
Humphrey Coakley, cutting wood
3 20
John O'Meara, cutting wood .
8 75
A. J. Richards & Son, coal .
295 84
3 68
F. E. Hobart & Co., dry goods
4 80
138
Paid Daniel Russell, repairs . $6 80
John H. Stetson, treasurer, water rent
67 50
Bradford Hawes, on wood account . 3 00
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber .
16 67
John F. Nickerson & Co., supplies.
275 57
Stephen Cain, repairs
100 75
Gilman B. Loud, surveying wood
4 50
F. Putnam & Co., potatoes
18 50
Gordon Willis, potatoes. 14 00
4 50
John H. Stetson, W. W. W., material and labor Ambler & Hobart, grain
842 27
Baker Hardware Co., tools, etc.
18 24
C. T. Bailey, supplies .
1 00
Haskell & Adams, supplies
56 19
J. A. Torrey, soup
29 28
Wilson Larrabee & Co., dry goods . 58 48
25 00
W. G. Nash, merchandise
65 47
Josiah Martin, meat
401 23
S. B. Totman, crackers .
76 64
A. M. Bachelder, medicines, etc.
52 72
J. M. Walsh, harness and repairs 48 95 Ford Furniture Co., merchandise 10 75
42 36
Weymouth Gazette
2 00
S. Ford, bill .
3 90
C. Ahlf, repairs
31 95
A. W. Baker, expressing 22 80
Gilbert & Grey, plough . 11 00
Z. L. Bicknell, dry goods, etc.
8 03
W. E. Cunningham, paper bill
6 35
J. W. Gillion, shaving .
7 00
Walter Gilliver, shaving
23 00
Jesse Pierce, haircutting and shaving
13 75
Henry Loud, clothing
3 25
Michael Delory, mowing salt hay
5 00
Geo. P. Hardwick, trimming trees .
6 70
Walter H. Pierce, potatoes
81 79
·
Geo. F. Maynard, 1 cow
Weymouth Clothing Co., clothing
139
Paid Cornelius Green, gravel
$1 86
- Rich, shoe kit . 0 75
George Ford, splitting blocks.
4 00
C. A. Rice, dry goods .
0 75
George Richards, labor .
2 00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight
2 55
Geo. Pinckney, shovelling snow
4 00
W. Pratt, shoveling snow
2 50
cash, Samuel White
0 70
cash, William Dean
1 50
D. W. Pratt, labor on buildings
11 62
Wm. Dowse, cutting salt hay.
12 75
Geo. H. Bicknell, shoes, etc. .
3 64
Stephen Cain, labor on buildings
3 05
Dr. Greely, extracting teeth
0 50
E. Bourk, expressing
0 25
T. Morris, labor
2 00
for P. O. box rent.
1 00
S. Lovell, ice
17 31
F. A. Sulis, dry goods
146 57
E. W. Hunt, groceries
139 58
on 1894 wood account
22 00
for weighing hay
30
for clams
1 20
for disinfectants
12 75
for berries
5 00
for doctoring cows
9 00
for paint
50
for expenses to Boston .
7 30
for repairing mowing-machine
3 00
for cows
222 00
for cabbage plants
1 00
for billheads and stationery
2 00
for shaving implements .
50
for turkeys, Thanksgiving
8 64
for baskets
4 50
for saws
3 00
for Mrs. Spear, medicine
1 00
140
Paid for moving Alfred Loud
$2 00
for care of Ida Davis and child
8 00
for Jerry Doran, shoes .
1 40
for W. Nash, clothing
2 00
for Ida Davis, clothing .
3 00
Alexander Cummings, services
850 00
town for rent of farm
300 00
town for wood from lot .
260 00
Total
£
$11,112 81
Or
By J. H. Stetson, treasurer, cash refunded on wood-cutting account
$3 00
$11,109 81
.
141
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS- HOUSE, JANUARY 1, 1896.
3 horses . $350 00
6 cows, at $45 270 00
27 hogs and pigs 170 00
2 sleds . 40 00
1 2-horse cart 35 00
2 coal wagons .
200 00
1 farm wagon 50 00
2 horse carts 60 00
1 covered wagon 50 00
1 pung . 15 00
3 wheelbarrows 3 00
1 roller 5 00
1 wheel drag 10 00
1 mowing machine 30 00
5 ploughs
30 00
1 cultivator 5 00
9 hoes . 2 25
4 iron bars 3 00
forks and poles .
2 50
hay cutter . 3 00
rope and block 1 00
grindstone . 8 00
70 vine protectors . 5 00
6 spades and shov- els 2 00
6 manure forks 2 00
1 horse hoe . 1 00
1 buckling harrow, 5 00
2 2-horse harrows . 25 00
and nozzle 100 00
2 1-horse harrows . 3 00
75 feet rubber hose, 5 00
4 double harness .
60 00
2-horse harrow .
30 00
1 single harness 5 00
drag . ·
3 00
2 cart harnesses .. 20 00
snow plough .
10 00
robes $10 00
blankets 13 00
axes .
6 00
saws and horses .
10 00
beetle and wedges 2 00
hatchet 50
11 stake chains
5 00
8 wrenches 4 00
measures and bas-
kets 5 00
4 hogsheads . 3 00
40 barrels 4 00
5 vinegar barrels 6 25
2 kerosene barrels, 3 00
85 Fowl
40 00
Scythes. snaths and ropes 6 00
2 pick axes .
2 50
1 brush hook 50
1 corn sheller 2 00
meal chest and
trough 2 00 ·
shave horse 1 00
cross-cut saw 1 50
seed sower 7 00
water sprinkler .
50
300 feet cotton hose
2 ox yokes . 1 00
142
1 carriage jack $1 00
8 whippletree and 16 chains
15 00
hames 2 00
halters
3 00
4 tons of coal 20 00
3 barrels of pork 38 00
19 00
1 barrel of molasses 14 00
sugar 4 50
jars and preserves
40 00
chest of tools 12 00
2 stone hammers 1 00
beans 1 50
stone tools 3 00
15 75 spices . butter 24 96
4 ladders 12 00
6 hog hooks . 1 00
kerosene oil 4 00
blocks and ropes,
1 50
2 dozen brooms 5 00
balances .
4 00
Skids
2 00
9 coal shovels 5 00
vinegar ·
6 00
ladder hook 1 00
soap . 2 00
1 hay knife . 1 00
2 spade forks 1 00
12 lbs. mince meat . 2 50
240 lbs. lard 24 00
3 lanterns .
1 00
100 bushels of pota- toes 45 00
scales
3 00
oil cans
1 00
1000 cabbages, at 8c. 80 00
8 pork barrels 4 00
4 stable brooms 1 00
16 hams 24 00
coffee .
2 75
lumber
7 00
tea .
.
.
17 00
cleaver
50
fish ·
2 40
hall lantern
2 00
dried apples .
2 00
wire line
3 00
step ladder .
80
barded wire
50
copper pump
3 00
Nails
5 50
salt . ·
75
safe .
30 00
crackers .
· 3 75
50 cords manure
250 00
Quaker oats .
60
25 tons of hay . $550 00
10 00
2 00
5 12
lead reins 3 00
cart body . 2 00
surcingles . 2 00
brushes, coombs
and cards 5 00
2 butter boxes 2 00
tobacco 10 00 sole leather 75
100 lbs. sausage meat 10 00
1 horse rake . 15 00
shoejack 3 00
4 feed baskets
3 00
.
·
1 ton bedding · stable pails . grain .
flour . ·
143
raisins
$2 50
standpipe and hose $60 00 69 cords prepared
wood · 414 00
34 cords wood · 170 00
rice 3 00
clothing
66 00
posts and rails
75 00
sage . 7 00
household furni-
Disinfectant
10 00
ture
700 00
chimneys .
· 1 50
$4,678 58
We, the undersigned, appraise the Town Farm 64
acres land
$6,400 00
Buildings on same
10,000 00
Woodland, 60 acres
300 00
$16,700 00
starch
1 20
pearline
3 75
prunes
3 00
tobacco cutter
1 00
crash 6 00
.
JOHN W. BATES. GEORGE E. REED.
144
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS FOR 1895.
Cash for board, Mary F. Rosey
$125 00
for board, Susan Leach . 117 00
for board, Patrick Lines 126 00
for board, James Sullivan
105 75
for board, Albert Davison
50 14
for board, William C. Nash
11 25
for board and clothing, Solomon W. Wright
156 00
for wood
521 50
for labor on highways
117 00
for removal of snow
74 00
for butter, W. G. Nash
17 64
for produce, E. W. Hunt
44 84
for butter, milk and produce
93 96
for pigs and cows .
123 00
for barrels
4 75
for wood and carting coal to poor
515 00
for wood and carting coal to schools
74 13
for wood and carting coal to engine houses,
lockups and town house
78 16
$2,355 12
Inventory January 1, 1896
4,678 58
Total
$7,033 70
SUMMARY OF ALMSHOUSE.
EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS FOR 1895.
Dr.
To Inventory of Jan. 1, 1895 $4,820 37
Supplies and expenses as per memorandum
4,879 44
Alexander Cummings and wife, services . 850 00
Town for rent of farm . 300 00
Town for wood from lot
260 00
$11,109.81
145
Cr.
By Receipts as per memorandum .
· $2,355 12
Inventory of Jan. 1, 1896
4,678 58
$7,033 70
Cost for the year .
$4,076 11
ASSISTANCE RENDERED TO POOR OUT OF ALMS- HOUSE.
WARD ONE. .
Paid Mrs. Cora Ruggles' children . $144 00
66 Abbie L. Joy and child. 78 20
Rachael A. Spear. 155 00
66 Lucy A. Packard .
72 00
Wallace Manuel .
176 00
Luther Beals' family
176 43
Mrs. Geo. F. Cleverly
10 40
$812 03
WARD Two.
Paid Mrs. Lavinia Bullard
$60 00
Ann Lynch .
184 70
Catherine Moran .
272 77
John Ryan .
84 50
Harriet M. Burrell.
91 20
Mrs. Charles Tormey
85 20
Geo. Cudworth
92 20
William Roberts
4 50
". Patrick Weathers .
31 00
Mary Mawn and child
40 00
Mrs. Jeremiah Haley
32 00
William Fogarty .
93 90
146
Paid Kennedy children .
$72 00
Matthew Lynch
8 00
Mrs. Thomas F. Smith
8 00
Frank Drayton
5 50
Mrs. James McGuire
5 00
Cornelius Lehan
10 00
Ann Crosby .
20 00
Mrs. Thompson
60 91
John Cronin .
2 00
$1,263 38
WARD THREE.
Paid Baxter Torrey
$96 00
Stephen White and wife.
157 45
Tracy children
72 00
Mrs. Ann Goodwin
111 45
Washington Merritt
96 00
Mrs. William H. Goodwin
117 70
Mrs. Mary Ahearn
56 20
Ebenezer F. Colson
3 73
Robert Burchard
5 20
Elizabeth Fox
6 00
John F. Smith
32 00
John Lyons .
72 39
Frank E. Morrison
18 70
Mrs. John Guertin
4 70
Mary Donovan
3 00
$1,202 52
WARD FOUR.
Paid Nellie Noyce
$120 00
Mrs. John Clavin and children .
131 00
Ira D. Noyce
.
123 66
Mary A. Doran
350 00
147
Paid Godfrey Ahlstedt .
$258 65
George W. Saunders
176 20
Jeremiah Leary
4 00
Mrs. Samuel Derusha
184 00
Francis J. Shechy children
57 00
John Hanley's family
68 35
$1,122 86
WARD FIVE.
Paid Mrs. John Moneghan
$53 55
Michael Crowley children
24 00
Ellen Spencer
2 00
Robert Corthell
4 00
Mrs. A. Belcher
5 75
Henry C. Bates
120 00
Geo. W. Hayden
132 50
Geo. W. Poole
111 45
Mrs. John T. Maddan
165 90
Mrs. Charles H. Phillips
281 50
Chas. E. Raymond
182 46
Mrs. Timothy J. Murray
122 25
George Davis
193 45
$1,398 81
Assistance rendered by Weymouth in other cities and towns :-
Paid Geo. A. Nash, Braintree
$10 00
Mrs. John Ryan and children, Brookline
192 00
Herman St. John Loud, Wrentham
30 00
Lizzie Deere, Hingham
10 00
Estella Lincoln and family, Hingham
195 00
George Orcutt, Hingham
84 15
Mrs. Charles R. Tirrell, Hingham
156 00
Lucy J. Hollis, Jamaica Plain .
136 36
148
Paid John A. Hickman and son, Boston
$148 00
James Dowling, Harwich
71 00
Mrs. Susan B. Rich and family, Lynn
96 00
$1,128 51
Assistance rendered by other cities and towns :-
Paid City of Boston, Lucy J. Hollis
$30 00
City of Boston, Harriet Stetson
.
60 00
City of Boston, Frank Rice
7 14
City of Malden, Mrs. Rachel A. Spear
154 29
City of Brockton, Timothy F. Healey's family
55 09
City of Brockton, Mrs. John Ryan
23 70
City of Brockton, John P. Gilligan's family
29 68
City of Brockton, James R. McFaun and family
132 73
Town of Canton, Jeremiah Lehan
74 75
Town of Cohasset, James Mullen and family
50 30
Town of Rockland, Mary A. Delory
120 00
Town of Rockland, Emily Sargent .
56 00
$793 68
Total amount out of almshouse
$7,721 79
TAUNTON LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
Paid for board, Elizabeth A. Fox .
$57 10
Margaret Lonnegan
169 46
Wilfred A. Blanchard
169 46
George F. Groves .
169 46
Julia Flynn .
169 46
Ellen A. Cudworth
36 39
Adeline Tirrell ·
169 46
Mary Donovan
127 21
$1,068 00
149
WORCESTER LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
Paid for board, Hannah Handley .
$154 04
Clarissa E. Richards .
.
169 46
$323 50
WORCESTER INSANE ASYLUM.
Paid for board, Jas. J. Brown $169 46
$169 46
WESTBOROUGH INSANE HOSPITAL
Paid for board, Mary E. Sargent . $204 76
$204 76
MASS. SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED.
Paid for board, Daniel E. Turner . $169 43
$169 43
STATE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for board, Patrick Lynch
$6 86
$6 86
STATE FARM.
Paid for board, James Hines .
$146 00
Franklin C. Pratt . . .
13 60
$159 60
150
NORFOLK, BRISTOL, AND PLYMOUTH UNION TRUANT SCHOOL.
Paid for board, Joseph E. Angier . $40 56
Royce C. Delano . . 40 56
$81 12
Total for hospitals, etc.
$2,182 73
TOWN PHYSICIANS.
Paid W. A. Drake, services . $207 00
E. N. Mayberry, services 89 06
$296 06
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid H. L. Thayer, carriage hire in insane cases ·
$3 00
Thorp & Martin Co., for blank book ·
9 50
G. W. Young, for hacks for removal of Rachael A. Spear from Malden Hospital and from Quincy 15 00
Ford & McCormick, for burial of child of Mrs. Samuel Derusha. 10 00
Ford & McCormick, for burial of Mrs. Patrick Weathers 20 00
J. H. Stetson, treasurer, for water rent, J. B. Pratt house 6 00
$63 50
ASSISTANCE RENDERED THOSE HAVING A SETTLE- MENT IN OTHER PLACES.
Philomene Germaine, Boston. $61 20
Ann Sherlock, Taunton. 30 00
Mrs. P. F. McGuire, Stoughton
39 00
Ella Winslow, Rockland
129 00
151
Walter B. Stetson children, Marshfield .
$72 00
Leander C. T. Hersey, Hingham .
20 00
Lawrence Prince, Hingham .
10 05
George Aldrich, Wareham .
47 00
Daniel W. Taylor children, Scituate
13 50
Nelson T. Bailey, Marshfield.
30 00
Joseph Silvia, Cohassett
56 25
Minerva Spear, Boston.
32 78
Mrs. Philip Doherty, Woburn
9 78
Family of James Lynch, State
2 00
Daniel O'Meara “
11 91
" Margaret Raleigh "
21 90
Edward Murray "
10 00
$596 37
JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer,
Dr.
To cash refunded for which orders have been drawn :
Hospital bills from sundry per-
sons
$1,134 47
Aid refunded
167 69
$1,302 16
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES ON ACCOUNT OF POOR FOR THE YEAR 1895.
Cost at Almshouse .
$4,076 11
out of Almshouse
·
7,721 79
at hospitals, etc.
2,182 73
miscellaneous expenses 63 50
salary of town physicians .
296 06
Cost of the town poor for the year $14,340 19
152
Paid for the state, cities and towns $596 37
Sundries refunded
1,302 16
$16,238 72
APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance from 1894 .
$1,119 50
Appropriated March
4,1895 15,000 00
$16,119 50
Expended in excess .
$119 22
INVENTORY.
Dr.
To inventory of 1894
$4,820 37
Cr.
By inventory of 1895
$4,678 58
Balance
$141 79
TOWN.
For rent of farm
.
$300 00
wood from lot
.
260 00
$560 00
JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer.
Cr.
By 318 orders drawn in 1895 . $15,536 93
153
TRIAL BALANCE, Dec. 31, 1895.
Dr
Cr.
Almshouse
$4,076 11
Aid rendered out of Almshouse
7,721. 79
Hospitals, etc.
2,182 73
Miscellaneous expenses
63 50
Town physicians
296 06
State, cities and towns
596 37
Town treasurer, sundries refunded
1,302 16
Inventory
$141 79
Town, rent of farm and wood from lot J. H. Stetson, treasurer, orders drawn
560 00
15,536 93
$16,238 72
$16,238 72
154
PAUPERS IN THE ALMSHOUSE, JAN. 1, 1896.
Date Admitted.
NAME.
Age.
Remarks.
Weeks
Days.
1895.
Jan.
1
Elizabeth Tirrell,
76
52
.6
1
Elizabeth C. Tirrell,.
40
52
66
1
Alonzo Tirrell,
55
52
1
Leroy Tirrell,
54
52
1
Lucius Tirrell,
51
52
66
1
Charles E. Tirrell,
48
52
66
1
Samuel V. White,
82
52
66
1
John W. Gillion.
92
52
Hiram Blanchard,
77
52
66
Reed Blanchard,
86
52
1
William Dean.
36
52
66
1
Ida Davis.
35
52
66
1
Mary F. Rosey,
60
boarder (sol-
52
56
1
Susan Leach,
73
boarder (sol- dier's widow),
52
66
1
Solomon W. Wright,
74
boarder (sol- dier),
52
66
1
Patrick Lines.
72
boarder (sol- dier),
52
66
1
Albert Davison,
63
boarder
(sol-
22
2
66
1
Josiah Thayer,
77
dier), left June 6. boarder, died April 30,
17
66
1
Daniel Griffin,
58
52
66
1
Henry Carr,
72
52
66
1
Sarah N. Pratt,
55
52
66
1
Mary A. Buckley,
31
52
66
1
Annie Buckley,
3
52
66
1
Harriet N. Maxim,
70
52
66
1
Patrick Weathers,
62
52
66
1
Michael Anderson,
67
'52
66
1
Michael Dailey,
43
left April 21,
15
5
66
1
Leavitt B. Torrey,
42
52
66
1
Walter Gilliver,
39
left Dec. 14,
49
4
66
21
Lawrence Prince, 5
Settlement in
1
2
Feb.
6
James Sullivan,
64
66
21
William C. Nash,
52
boarder (sol-
dier), left Mar. 14,
3
1
Michael McCarty,
56
52
1
Patrick Cohen.
53
52
1 Henry H. Rosey,
42
52
1
Oliver Kimball,
52
52
Hingham, left Jan. 31. boarder (sol- dier),
47
1
1
dier's widow),
155
PAUPERS IN THE ALMSHOUSE, JAN. 1, 1896-Continued.
Date Admitted.
NAME
Age
Remarks.
Weeks
Days.
1895.
Apr.
2
Lucy Hollis,
44
left April
26,
3
May
4
Jeremiah Doran.
33
left May
22.
2
4
66
7
Eben Colson,
61
died June
6,
4
2
June 28
Rachael Spear,
69
left July 26,
4
July
12
James Nolan,
14
left Aug. 10,
4
2
Sept.
3
George Dyer,
72
left Sept. 13,
1
3
Sept.
7
Jeremiah Doran,
33
left Sept. 23, re-
13
4
Nov.
29
Alfred Loud,
23
4
5
Dec.
4
Michael Dailey,
43
3
6
66
15
George A. Nash,
28
2
2
..
17
James Lawrence,
27
left Dec.
30.
1
6
20
Antoine Henness,
left Dec.
24,
4
Edward Loud,
18
6
66
26
Michael Daley,
48
5
1854 tramps, 1 day each,
264
6
Total weeks,
2004
6
Deduct for boarders,
299
2
1704
4
Cost of Town's poor
per week, $2.38 plus.
12
Frances Davis,
6 mo.
24
4
18
William C. Nash.
52
turned Oct. 14,
2
25
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The undersigned assessors of the town of Weymouth, herewith present a statement of their work for the year ending December 31, 1895.
We have assessed upon the polls and estates of all persons and corporations liable to taxation in this town, the sum of $122,- 362.73, and have committed the same to George C. Torrey Esq., the duly elected collector of taxes, with a warrant in due form of law for collection and payment in accordance with the vote of the town, viz.
Town grant, $108,494.72; state tax, $4,095.00; county tax, $6,533.05 ; overlayings, $136.24; non-resident bank tax, $3,103.72.
VALUATION AND POLLS.
WARD ONE.
Number of polls assessed, 468.
Valuation of personal estate assessed $133,218
Valuation of real estate assessed . 1,029,146
Total valuation of property assessed 1,162,364
Value of property exempt from taxation 14,115
1,176,479 Total valuation
Amount of abatements and remittances made, $54.45.
WARD Two.
Number of polls assessed, 1076.
Valuation of personal estate assessed . $407,380
Valuation of real estate assessed . .
1,413,250
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Total valuation of property assessed $1,820,630 Valuation of property exempt from taxation 39,050
Total valuation 1,859,680
Amount of abatements and remittances made, $285.19.
WARD THREE.
Number of polls assessed, 688.
Valuation of personal estate assessed $241,812
Valuation of real estate assessed . 1,145,144
Total valuation of property assessed 1,386,956
Valuation of property exempt from taxation 19,525 .
Total valuation
1,406,481
Amount of abatements and remittances made, $123.11.
WARD FOUR.
Number of polls assessed, 410.
Valuation of personal estate assessed $106,302
Valuation of real estate assessed . 487,938
Total valuation of property assessed 594,240
Valuation of property exempt from taxation ·
19,715
Total valuation
613,955
Amount of abatements and remittances made, $147.45
WARD FIVE.
Number of polls assessed, 558.
Valuation of personal estate assessed $207,537
Valuation of real estate assessed . 1,068,110
Total valuation of property assessed 1,275,647
Valuation of property exempt from taxation . 20,492
Total valuation
1,296,139
Amount of abatements and remittances made, $115.76. Total number of polls assessed, 3,200.
Number assessed for poll only 1,753
Value of resident bank shares assessed . · $209,144
Total valuation of property assessed 6,448,981
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Total amount of exemptions
$112,897
Total valuation of the town .
6,561,878
Total amount of abatements and remittances made, $725.96
Number of houses
2,397
Number of acres of land
9,417
Number of horses
1,080
Number of cows
562
Number of neat cattle other than cows
31
Number of swine
244
Number of fowl
1,680
Respectfully submitted,
WILMOT CLEVERLY,
F. D. THAYER,
FRANCIS H. COWING,
Assessors.
BRADFORD HAWES,
GORDON WILLIS,
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
To the Board of Selectmen :
In accordance with the Public Statutes I hereby submit, as Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, my first annual report and the seventeenth of the present organization, for the year ending December 31, 1895.
At present the organization of the Department is as follows :
Five Engineers, as follows :- Otis Cushing, Chief ; W. O. Col- lyer, Clerk ; Edward Fahey, Francis M. Drown, Marshall P. Sprague and one hundred and sixty-eight men consisting of seven Hose Companies, four Hook and Ladder Companies, and three men detailed for each Steamer, and five for the Chemical.
The apparatus consists of five hose wagons, two hose carriages, four ladder trucks, two steam fire engines, one chemical engine, which are in good repair, with the exception of ladder truck num- ber two, which is now in a condition extremely dangerous to the lives of the firemen in going to and from fires, and in our judg- ment should be replaced by a new one, with one ladder at least. sixty feet long. There has been added this year as by vote of the Town at its last annual meeting, a new Hose Wagon at Wey mouth Heights, to take place of the old reel; and Ladder Truck at South Weymouth to take place of old truck which was nearly useless.
We have about ninety-five hundred feet of hose.
FIRE ALARM.
5 boxes (one in each ward) have been added; and in locating them, about 5 miles of new wire had to be run.
We have also placed a bell in one of the firemen's houses at Lovells Corner and one at Weymouth Heights, which adds a great deal to the efficiency of the two companies.
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Most of the trouble has been caused by the location of the wires. They should be on top of the poles instead of under and in some places between wires carrying a heavy current. Which wires are liable, in severe storms, to break and come down, or swing against the fire-alarm wire and burn out a great number of boxes.
We would recommend placing a box on Union street, at Mays corner. This would add about a mile of wire to the circuit, which has already about 13 miles, and in case of any trouble, making it very hard to locate it.
What ought to be done is, to divide the East and South Wey- mouth circuits, so that in case of trouble in East Weymouth, South Weymouth could be in working order and the reverse. As it is now, trouble in either ward 2, 4 or 5, causes the three to be with- out an alarm, and cuts out both whistles.
We would also recommend the purchase of a 4 circuit repeater to make the system complete. As it is now, it is all in one cir- cuit, and a ground on the line in two places at the same time, is liable to cause some of the machines to skip blows or not strike at all. And as all of our boxes are not non-interfering, when two of them are pulled at the same time, it mixes the blows and no alarm is given. The repeater takes care of that; the box pulled first coming in all right.
We have a good system now as far as it goes, but with these additions, it would be almost perfect.
I trust the appropriation committee will give this matter due consideration, and thus add more value and better protection to this part of the service.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
To meet the expenses of the department for the ensuing year, we would recommend the following appropriation. Salaries of Fire- men, Stewards and Engineers, $2400 ; Fires and Supplies for En- gine Houses, $1500 ; Fire Alarm, as report under that head, $1600; Hose, $500; Total $6,000. This amount with the small unex- pended balance of last year will in our estimation, if judiciously expended meet the wants of the Fire Department.
We would also recommend the purchase of a new Hook and
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Ladder Truck for Ward Two. To the members of the Fire De- partment I wish to extend my sincere thanks for the manner in which they have performed their duties at fires and also for the many social gatherings at which I have met with them, also, to the other members of the Board of Engineers, for their co-opera- tion in all matters of business, and also for the courteous manner in which they have always greeted me. To the Superintendent of Fire Alarm, Henry L. Humphrey, for his attendance at all meet- ings of the Board the last year, and for the able manner in which he has explained the workings of the alarm, also to your Honor- able Board for the courtesy extended to me and members of the Board, whenever we have had occasion to meet with you.
Respectfully submitted,
OTIS CUSHING, Chief.
FIRES.
Number of alarms for the year, 37, of which 5 were false. Of this number, East Weymouth has had 20, one of which was of a serious nature, that of the store and stable of Z. L. Bicknell & Co.
As near as can be estimated, the following is the value of the property :
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