USA > Massachusetts > Norfolk County > Weymouth > Town annual report of Weymouth 1897 > Part 8
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17
156
Payments made on account shall not be considered an approval or acceptance of the service, and said payments may be recovered as liquidated damages should the above test report a deficiency.
THIRD. The party of the first part may employ a competent electrical engineer from time to time at its own expense to make tests as specified above, of not less than ten per cent. (10 %) of the number of each class of lights installed. The lamps tested to be selected by fixing upon one lamp at random as a starting point and then testing every tenth lamp found to be burning in the cir- cuits ; and should the engineer employed by the Town find that the terms of this contract are not being fulfilled by the party of the second part, a notification of said non-fulfillment shall be given to the party of the second part by the party of the first part, and thereupon the party of the second part shall remedy the defect, and when the defect has been corrected give a notice in writing to the party of the first part.
The time beginning with the delivery of the first notice from - the party of the first part to the party of the second part of the defect, and ending with the delivery of the notice from the party of the second part to the party of the first part of the correction, shall mark the period for which the Town will receive a rebate as specified hereafter. Provided, however, that the test by the en- gineer employed by the party of the first part upon the supposed corrected service, will report that the contract is being fulfilled. Otherwise the rebate shall continue pro rata, for improvement or extra impairment, or' as the case may be. And the time of the test upon the supposed corrected service shall not be more than fifteen days after the delivery of the notice from the party. of the second part to the party of the first part of the said correction.
For each night that the lamps tested are shown to be deficient as above provided, a part of the price of all of the street lights proportionate to double the average deficiency in the lamps tested shall be deducted from the sum to be paid by the party of the first part ; and in case any lights shall be out for a period of one hour or more after notice to the party of the second part by the party of the first part there shall be deducted from the sum to be paid by the party of the first part the sum of five (5) cents per night for each incandescent light so out, and the sum of twenty (20) cents
157
per night for each are light so out, provided that no deduction shall be made for any temporary extinction of lights which may be caused by fire or other causes not attributable to the negligence of the party of the second part.
FOURTH. This contract shall remain in force for one year from May 1, 1897, and thereafter untl terminated by thirty days notice in-writing by either party to the other.
FIFTH. It is further agreed, provided that this agreement shall be renewed or extended at the next Annual March Town Meeting for a term of five years from May 1, 1898, that at any time within four years after May 1, 1898, the party of the second part will, from time to time, upon the written request of the Selectmen of said Town, substitute five incandescent lights for one arc light, said incandescent lights to be at the same rate and upon the same terms and conditions as other incandescent lights hereunder, and from time to time will put in such additional lights, to be within reasonable distance of existing lines, as may be requested by said Selectmen, in writing, said new lights to be at the same price and upon the same terms and conditions as lights of the same kind respectively hereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the party of the second part has caused its name and corporate seal to be hereto affixed and the party of the first part has caused its name to be hereto set by its Board of Selectmen the day and year first above written.
TUFTS FUND.
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE FUND WAS DONATED BY THE LATE QUINCY . TUFTS, DECEASED.
LECTURE FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life In- surance Co., $5,000 at 4 % interest. ·
Balance January, 1897 . $2,195 95
Jan., 1898. Received from income 200 00
Jan., 1898. Received from Savings Bank interest . 95 44
$2,491 39
Jan. 4, 1898. Paid Prof. Roberson $100 00
Jan. 11, 1898. Paid Roland D. Grant 100 00
200 00
January 12, 1898, balance
$2,291 39
READING ROOM FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life In- surance Co., $2,500 at 4 % interest. Balance, January, 1897 $ 42
Jan., 1898. Received from income . 100 00
$100 42
Paid Reading Room bill
99 05
Balance
$1 37
159
CEMETERY FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life In- surance Co., $500 at 4 % interest. Jan., 1898. Received from income $20 00
· Paid Treasurer North Weymouth Cemetery As- sociation 20 00
LIBRARY FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life In- surance Co., $2,500 at 4 % interest.
Jan., 1898. Received from income $100 00
Paid Frank H. Mason, Treasurer 100 00
>
SHADE TREE AND SIDEWALK FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life In- surance Co., $2,000 at 4 % interest. Jan. 1, 1897. Balance . $167 57
Jan., 1898. Received from income 80 00
$247 57
Paid labor on sidewalk
143 79
Balance . $103 78 'Vouchers for payments on account of the Tufts Fund are held by the chairman of the Selectmen, by whom payments were made.
GORDON WILLIS,
Chairman Selectmen of Weymouth.
THE REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Weymouth submit herewith their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1897, together with the Auditors' appraisal; of property at the alms- house, made Jan. 1, 1898 :-
ALMSHOUSE.
The almshouse and farm have been under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Rolfe, who entered upon their duties at the beginning of the year.
Mr. Rolfe, in assuming charge of the institution, had an idea that by making some outlay at the place it could be put upon a footing which would make it more nearly self-supporting, especi- ally in the way of deriving more profit to the farm from the pro- duction of milk. This plan contemplated some changes at the barn, an improvement of the herd, and some outlay on the farm by clearing the pastures of brush and by the purchase of fertilizers. The board sanctioned this plan, but in its execution a greater cost was involved than was at first contemplated ; which, together with an outlay of $250.00 for necessary permanent improvements and repairs, and added cost for help, owing to so much sickness, and the necessity of renewing practically all of the haying machinery, has brought the expense of the institution for the year to the un- usually large amount of $5,892.63, compared with the cost for 1896, which was $4,592.45. These improvements can hardly fail to help in bringing the cost for the year 1898 as low as, or lower than it has been at any time for the last ten years.
162
Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe close their labors here with the end of the year, and are succeeded by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Atkinson, who have filled a like position in Medfield Almshouse and other insti- tutions.
The number who have been inmates for the whole or a portion of the year, not including boarders, is 45, the same as for 1896.
There have been eight deaths at the house during the year, as follows :
Oliver Kimball, who died Jan. 7, aged 53 years; Sarah N. Pratt, who died Jan. 24, aged 56 years; Wm. Dean, who died March, 16, aged 37 years ; Thomas Condon, a State pauper, who died March 20, aged 25 years ; Albert Turner, a State pauper, who died April 16, aged 35 years ; Solomon Wright, a soldier boarder, who died April 30, aged 75 years ; Lucy J. Hollis, who died June 23, aged 44 years ; Hiram Blanchard, who died Aug. 14, aged 78 years.
The number of tramps who have been provided with food and lodgings has been 1,437, which is 890 less than last year.
ASSISTANCE RENDERED OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
The industrial conditions in town have improved materially. over those of the last two years, and some falling off in the calls for aid are noticed in this department ; but the calls do not come largely from the employes in the factories, and the reduction in the amount of aid rendered is not so marked as could be desired.
The number of families with settlements in this town, who have been aided, is 102, slightly less than the number in 1896, which was 112.
The cost of the town's poor, outside of the Almshouse, has been $7,332.98 ; that of the year 1896 was $8,249.94.
HOSPITALS,, ETC.
The cost at hospitals and other institutions has been $2,570.59, a slight decrease from that of last year, which was $2,632.19.
The number of these cases has been twenty-one, three less than in 1896.
163
TOWN PHYSICIANS.
The following physicians have been appointed to attend the town's poor.
Dr .. W. A. Drake for Ward 1 and Almshouse at a salary of $100 00
Dr. J. C. Fraser, for Ward 2 60 00
Dr. G. W. Tinkham, for Ward 3 50 00
Dr. K. H. Granger, for Ward 4 40 00
Dr. E. N. Mayberry, for Ward 5 . 50 00
The appropriations at the last annual meeting were $18,794.60 ; there has been expended $18,098.76, leaving an unexpended balance of $695.84.
GORDON WILLIS,
BRADFORD HAWES,
C. E. BICKNELL, GEO. L. NEWTON, NELSON W. GARDNER.
Overseers of the Poor.
Weymouth, Jan. 1, 1898.
REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF LUNACY AND CHARITY UPON THE WEYMOUTH ALMSHOUSE.
( Visited Feb. 10, 1897.)
There has been no change worthy of note at this almshouse since the last report. There are a large number of inmates, and great overcrowding exists. The house should be enlarged, and some structural provision made for the separation of the sexes, both by day and by night. It is expected that the new manage- ment will be able to enforce proper discipline among a class of in- mates unusually difficult to control.
There are twenty-six inmates, of whom ten are insane or of feeble mind. The warden and matron are to receive a salary of $800.
164
ALMSHOUSE SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES, 1897.
Inventory of January 1, 1897. $4,023 31
Paid Elmer Phillips, cutting wood and posts 62 65
W. E. Cunningham, daily paper 9 00
Walter P. White, cutting wood and posts 149 08
John F. Nickerson Company, supplies 332 29
A. W. Baker, expressing supplies . 8 95
J. H. Stetson, Treasurer, water rent 65 00
C. T. Bailey, powder and fuse
11 33
C. E. Bicknell, wood-cutting account
47 44
John Leary, hauling wood 59 22
Eldridge, Baker & Bain, supplies . 51 00
James Moore, wood .
96 80
Josiah Martin, meat
30 50
Charles R. Greeley, extracting teeth
6 50
Joseph Breck and Sons, machinery, seed, etc. 224 67
John H. Thompson, fertilizer 68 25
J. B. Rhines & Company, lumber etc. 141 20
George M. Davis, meat and provisions ·
67 84
French & Merchant dry goods
96 73
Heirs of John Dizer, wood. .
234 20
A. J. Richards & Sons, coal .
281 38
J. H. Stetson, Treasurer, stand-pipe and hy- drant .
14 00
Ford Furniture Company, furniture, bedding, etc. 73 30
Baker Hardware Company, merchandise. ·
75 69
Ambler & Hobart, grain
577 22
Waldo Turner, repairs .
40 00
W. F. Sanborn & Company, cement and brick.
54 31
J. A. Torrey, soap
28 83
Daniel Russell, repairing heating apparatus $66 44
W. G. Nash, supplies 96 41 .
Hill & Hill, harness 62 00 . .
W. C. Robbins, 6 cows . .
365 00
George W. Young, manure .
.
.
32 50
Bradley Fertilizer Company, fertilizer, etc.
51 00
165
Pain S. Cain, repairs . $74 18
E. J. Rourke, pine wood
140 00
E. W. Hunt, supplies 185 47
Thayer & Lohnes, smith work 16 40
C. F. Vaughan, supplies
14 49
J. F. & W. H. Cushing, manure and carting .
63 25
J. M. Walsh, sponges, brushes, etc.
9 40
H. A. Bass, ice
18 83
I. W. Bass, fish, etc.
21 98
C. Ahlf, 1 bar and 1 rocker
3 00
Weymouth Clothing Co., clothing 88 20
People's Shoe Store, shoes, etc. 32 50
Thomas South, Jr., smith work
7 45
Boston Branch Grocery, oil
12.75
S. B. Totman, supplies :
71 92
F. A. Sulis, dry goods . 30 66
72 40
F. Burrell, hay
24 00
F. Burrell, labor on farm
281 16
Thayer & Lohnes, smith work
13 60
C. C. Jordan, supplies
8 00
Baker's Express .
14 65
D. W. Pratt, carpentering
27 75
Charles E. Tirrell, repairing shoes
1 35
Thomas South, smith work
20 73
Joseph Poulin, smith work
2 25
- S. L. Mott, fish
22 03
W. Bass, fish
13 50
A. Custance, smith work
1 50
F. B. Reed, repairing clock
1 00
S. Pratt, repairs
25
W. Hefferman, repairing harness
85
Granville Thompson, repairing clock Baker Hardware Co., merchandise .
27 97
Geo. Davis, meat and provisions
259 95
Holden & Sladen, groceries
8 07
S. W. Pratt, bill . .
.
.
2 43
O. Q. Ball, oil .
4 80
J. E. Connell, medicines, etc.
1 25
166
Paid Merrill, Dexter & Co., paints
$16 45
E. Hunt, merchandise . 9 50
S. A. R. Pratt, bill
7 75
Small & Jones, bill
85 19
Joseph Breck & Sons, tools, etc.
22 00
· Drew, expressing .
12 85
C. T. Bailey, groceries .
75
W. Sylvester, repairs
10 70
S. H. Atkinson, bill
5 05
Hollis, bill .
7 00
Mrs. Frank Burrell, bill
4 00
Everett Loud, groceries
1 45
Michael Shechy, leather and sand .
12 75
Ed. Kiernon, cow .
50 00
John J. Kerrigan, cows
92 50
Jeremiah Moran, cow .
65 00
Weymouth Clothing Co., clothing
70 25
Stephen Cain, repairs
9 00
R. Loud & Sons shavings
2 50
W. H. Spencer, hardware
125 66
S. Thompson, slaughtering, etc.
16 10
Circuit Provision Co., butter .
11 55
L. Wood, dry goods
13 00
Brewster, bill
5 00
M. Crehan, hardware
2 62
Douce, bill .
2 00
B. F. Paine, clothing
11 35
C. W. Lerned, bill
30 90
E. H. Pray, groceries
68
Jennie Melville, labor in house
9 00
Sadie Fergueson, labor in house
161 35
Georgie Finnity, labor in house
7 50
Mary Ross, labor in house
59 50
Ida Davis, labor in house
50
Mrs. Mathewson, labor in house
4 00.
Josephine , labor in house
4 50
Eva Griffin, labor in house
17.50
Nellie Collins, labor in house .
72 00
167
Paid Callie Moran, labor in house .
$177 00
Mary Miles, labor in house
15 50
labor in house 2 50
Mrs. Lively, nurse for Mrs. Spear .
20 65
Annie Hunter, nurse for Mrs. Spear
131 75
Mrs. McNaughton, nurse for Mrs. Spear
94 75
Annie Cummings, nurse for Mrs. Spear
2 00
Geo. W. Pratt, carpenter work
60 50
Walter Gilliver, shaving inmates
10 50
Charles E. Tirrell, shaving inmates.
39 40
Webster Pratt, labor on farm
31 00
Thomas Condon, nursing
4 00
Henry Lovell, nursing Mr. Corthell
74 00
Henry Lovell, labor on farm .
10 00
Jerry Sullivan, labor on farm.
9 00
John Smith, labor on farm
4 82
Michael Corridan, labor on farm Morris Cleary, labor on farm.
83 00
John Connell, labor on farm .
3 10
Michael Delory labor on salt hay
8 00
Michael Connors, labor on farm
64 00
Edward Connors, labor on farm James Field, labor on farm
1 00
Patrick Cohen, labor on farm.
3 00
Seth Blackwell, labor on farm
1 00
Alonzo Tirrell, labor on farm.
1 00
John Garland, labor on farm.
1 00
Solomon Wright
1 50
Patrick Cohen
50
Patrick Weathers
2 25
George Dyer.
3 00
for travelling expenses
22 65
for supplies .
282 27
for postage stamps
1 00
for filing saws
6 45
for pigs
27 00
for fertilizer.
3 00
for sand
7 60
81 25
18 00
168
Paid for sawdust . 50
for post office box rent .
1 00
J. H. Stetson, Treasurer, cash refunded. 4 40
town for rent of farm
300 00
George B. Rolfe, services
800 00
Total
$12,658 25
SYNOPSIS OF INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE ALMSHOUSE OF THE TOWN. OF WEYMOUTH AS APPRAISED JAN. 1, 1898.
Live stock
$820 00
Hay
525 00
Grain and seed
52 00
Fuel .
20 00
Provisions and groceries
266 81
Vegetables .
297 50
Carriages and harnesses
145 00
Farm wagons
340 00
Farm machinery and tools.
257 00
Fertilizers
66 00
Household furniture
700 00
Office furniture
25 00
Clothing
60 00
Cedar posts .
110 00
Wood .
472 00
Miscellaneous
287 55
$4,443 86
We, the undersigned, appraise the town farm, 64
acres land
$6,400 00
Buildings on same
10,000 00
$16,400 00 GEORGE E. REED, CHARLES P. HUNT,
Auditors.
169
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF ALMSHOUSE FOR 1897.
Cash for board of Patrick Lines
$156 43
James Sullivan
66 86
Albert Davison
152 14
Mary F. Rosey
156 43
Susan Leach
9 43
Solomon Wright
17 14
Cash for wood and carting coal to poor
395 10
Wood and carting coal to lock-ups, town house and engine houses
57 00
Wood
605 13
1 ton coal
5 00
Milk and butter
266 76
Pigs
17 00
Produce .
56 11
Cedar Posts
87 15
Wagon hire
3 00
Washing
2 60
Ploughing
1 50
Board, John Garland
5 00
Work on snow
55 00
$2,321 76
Inventory, Jan. 1, 1898
.
4,443 86
Total
$6,765 62
SUMMARY OF ALMSHOUSE.
EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS OF 1897. Dr.
To inventory of January 1, 1897 . $4,023 31
supplies and expenses as per memorandum 7,534 94
Geo. B. Rolfe, services .
800 00
Town for rent of farm
300 00
$12,658 25
Cows
165 00
Fowl
41 98
170
Cr
By receipts on account of Almshouse
$2,321 76
inventory of January 1, 1898 .
4,443 86
$6,765 62
Cost for the year
.
$5,892 63
ASSISTANCE RENDERED TO POOR OUT OF ALMS- HOUSE.
WARD ONE.
Paid Cora Ruggles' children .
110 00
Wallace Manuel
192 00
Abbie L. Joy and child .
79 00
Stephen A. Bicknell
76 50
Plummer Hardwick
10 91
Elizabeth A. Loud
27 38
$495 79
WARD Two.
Paid Ann Lynch .
$177 05
Catherine Moran
169 61
Harriet M. Burrell
91 85
William Fogarty .
101 50
Mrs. George Cudworth .
30 00
Mrs. Charles Tormey
108 50
Ann Crosby .
48 00
Mrs. James Bullard
66 25
Kennedy children .
72 00
Mary Mawn .
96 49
Lucy A. Packard .
72 00
Mrs. James McGuire
48 00
Margaret Canary .
254 75
Mrs. William E. Roberts and children
139 11
Michael Roche
25 00
171
Paid Catherine Lane
$12 00
Julia Lane .
12 00
John Hanley, 2nd
14 07
Michael Lane
5 00
Michael Nugent
186 25
G. W. Bates.
7 00
Mrs. William Healey
21 83
Owen F. Smith
43 63
W. H. Pratt, 2nd.
18 13
William Looney
10 00
Margaret Donahue
103 00
Michael Carroll
1 45
Robert Tormey
28 00
John P. Kennedy .
8 00
Thomas Smith
12 50
Martin Flynn
6 00 '
Edward Dwyer
1 00
Joseph Bagley ·
12 85
Mrs. John J. Gagion, 1896
95
$2,003 77
WARD THREE.
Paid Baxter Torrey
$96 00
Tracy children
72 00
Mrs. Stephen White
119 26
Robert V. Barnes and wife
100 00
Silas Ross
28 00
Robert Saunders
57 25
Washington Merritt
40 00
Frank E. Morrison
38 91
Mary Ahearn
70 26
Mrs. Cornelius Connell .
17 30
Harvey Barnes
6 00
John H. Leduc
5 81
Mrs. Paul Dowd
14 00
George Guertin
3 50
Ann D. Worster
13 00
172
Paid John Dailey
$3 00
Mrs. Fox, 1895
.
.
72
$685 01
WARD FOUR.
Paid Godfrey Ahlstedt .
$224 38
Mary Derusha
292 38
Ira D. Noyes
232 51
Charles E. Tirrell .
32 00
Mrs. John Clavin .
30 00
Charlie N. Cudworth
32 50
Henry C. Perry
74 68
Seymour B. S. Howe
24 98
Henry Shaw .
12 00
Mrs. David White
6 00
$961 43
WARD FIVE.
Paid Henry C. Bates
$120 00
George W. Hayden
135 00
Mrs. John T. Madden
155 25
Mrs. Timothy J. Murray
79 00
George W. Saunders
24 00
Michael Crowley children
10 25
Mrs. Charles E. Raymond
170 60
James Page .
48 00
Robert Corthell
41 63
Mrs. Chas. H. Phillips
221 00
Geo. W. Poole
119 25
Mrs. Alfred Belcher
16 78
John Gilligan
38 28
George Davis
134 05
Family of J. Frank Hollis
32 00
$1,345 09
173
ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY WEYMOUTH IN OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS.
Paid Mrs. Charles R. Tirrell, Hingham . $156 00
Estelle Lincoln, Hingham
156 00
Mrs. Luther B. Beals and children, Hingham . 180 51
Win. Deere, Hingham .
16 63
Susan B. Rich and children, Lynn .
8 00
John A. Hickman, Boston
148 00
Bridget Ryan, Brookline
192 00
Lucy J. Hollis, Jamaica Plain
61 34
Mary E. Sargent, Chelsea
169 46
Elizabeth McFaun, Brockton .
4 00
James Ronan, Randolph
19 00
-
$1,110 94
ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY OTHER CITIES TOWNS.
AND
Paid City of Boston, John Joyce . $100 00
City of Boston, Harriet Stetson
61 00
City of Boston, Rosa Ready .
48 00
City of Boston, Mrs. John Roach
65
City of Brockton, James R. McFaun family
and
66 32
City of Brockton, Elizabeth McFaun,
54 45
City of Brockton, Dennis Collins and family 67 91
City of Brockton, Michael J. Fox and family .
50 04
City of Brockton, Jeremiah Haley and family .
4 64
City of Brockton, John E. Kelley . 2 00
Town of Rockland, Mary A. Delorey
110 00
Town of Rockland, Emily Sargent 56 13 .
Town of Canton, Jeremiah Lehan . 31 50
Town of Hanover, Albert Spear .
65 00
Town of Hingham, George Litchfield
13 31
$730 95
Total amount out of Almshouse
$7,332 98
174
TAUNTON LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
Paid for board, Margaret Lonnegan
$169 46
Charles B. McFaun
64 07
Frank W. Wrightington
169 46
Wilfred A. Blanchard
169 46
George F. Groves
79 86
William S. Harrington .
135 63
Adeline Tirrell
169 46
Martha J. White . ·
169 46
$1,126 86
WORCESTER LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
Paid for board, Clarissa E. Richards $169 46
WORCESTER INSANE ASYLUM.
Paid for board, James J. Brown $169 46
WESTBOROUGH LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
Paid for board, Patrick H. Conlin $112 35
NORTHAMPTON INSANE HOSPITAL.
Paid for board, Sadie F. Peterson $83 10
MEDFIELD INSANE ASYLUM.
Paid for board, George F. Groves $77 20
DANVERS LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
Paid for board, Nathan H. Pratt .
$238 65
175
MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE-MINDED. Paid for board, Daniel E. Turner . $126 72
HOSPITAL FOR DIPSOMANIACS.
Paid for board, Eugene Thayer $65 00
STATE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for board, John Garland $51 99
John H. Leduc 88 00
$139 99
STATE FARM.
Paid for board James Hines .
$146 00
NORFOLK, BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH UNION TRUANT SCHOOL.
Paid for board, Joseph E. Angier .
$63 77
Royce C. Delano . 52 03
$115 80
Total for hospitals, etc.
$2,570 59
TOWN PHYSICIANS.
Paid W. A. Drake, services .
$100 00
J. C. Fraser, services .
60 00
G. D. Bullock, services.
50 00
K. H. Granger, services
20 00
E. N. Mayberry, services
50 00
·
.
.
$280 00
176
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Weymouth & Braintree Publishing Company, for report . $10 80
J. H. Stetson, Treasurer, water rent for Frank Drayton, tenement 6 00
Highland Cemetery Association, opening grave of Reed Blanchard 5 00
William T. Rice, burial of Oliver C. Kimball . 20 00
William T. Rice, burial of William Dean 20 00
William T. Rice, burial of Sarah M. Pratt
20 00
William T. Rice, burial of Hiram Blanchard
20 00
William T. Rice, burial of Maurice Connell
$10 00
George M. Hoyt, telephone message
30
$112 10
ASSISTANCE RENDERED THOSE HAVING A SETTLE- MENT IN OTHER PLACES.
Paid Ella Winslow, Rockland
$156 00
George A. Willis, Rockland .
10 00
Lucy Thompson, Rockland
25 83
Walter B. Stetson children, Marshfield
72 00
Nelson T. Bailey, Marshfield, 1896
2 00
Daniel J. McGeever, Woburn
117 08
Mrs. Philip Doherty, Woburn
3 00
Mrs. P. F. McGuire, Stoughton
52 00
Edward Margett, Hingham
10 00
Charles L. Atwood, Hanson, 1896 .
20 00
Maurice Dowd, Braintree
43 78
Louis A Haskell, Middleboro
36 30
George Haslen, Quincy .
108 14
Robert Welch child, Quincy .
10 00
Mrs. William E. McCarty, Boston
26 00
Frederick S. Bates family, Boston .
42 70
Thomas Condon, State .
.
14 00
Joseph Tooher child, State .
.
1 50
177
Paid Etta Milbury, State
$66 62
Margaret Raleigh, State ·
14 50
Albert Turner, State
23 50
$854 95
JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer.
Dr
To cash received as follows :- -
Hospital bills refunded
$1,004 36
Aid refunded
46 75
Refunded on Almshouse account .
4 40
Received on Almshouse account, for board of sol-
diers and soldiers' widows 558 43
For wood and carting coal to engine houses, lock-
ups and Town House .
57 00
For wood and carting coal to outside poor
395 10
$2,066 04
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES ON ACCOUNT OF POOR FOR THE YEAR 1897.
Cost at almshouse
$5,892 63
out of almshouse
7,332 98
at hospitals, etc.
2,570 59
salaries of town physicians
280 00
miscellaneous expenses .
112 10
Cost of town poor for the year
$16,188 30
Paid for the State, cities and towns
.
854 95
Sundries refunded
1,055 51
$18,098 76
Appropriations March 1, 1897
18,794 60
Unexpended balance .
$695 84
178
INVENTORY.
Dr.
To inventory of 1897
.
$4,443 86
Cr.
By inventory of 1896
$4,023 31
Balance
$420 55
TOWN.
For rent of farm .
$300 00
JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer. Čr.
By 433 orders drawn in 1897
$19,229 84 ·
TRIAL BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1897.
Dr.
Cr.
Almshouse
$5,892 63
Aid rendered out of Almshouse
7,332 98
Hospitals, etc.
2,570 59
Town Physicians
280 00
Miscellaneous expenses ·
112 10
Paid for the state, cities and towns ..
854 95
J. H. Stetson, Treas., sundries re- · funded
1,055 51
received on Almshouse account
for board of soldiers and widows of soldiers, etc.
1,010 53
Inventory
420 55
Town, for rent of farm $300 00 19,229 84
J. H. Stetson, Treas., orders drawn .
$19,529 84
$19,529 84
179
PAUPERS IN THE ALMSHOUSE DURING THE YEAR 1897.
Date ad- mitted.
NAME
Age.
Remarks.
Weeks.
| Days.
1897.
Jan.
1
Elizabeth Tirrell.
78
Continues.
52
1
66
1 Elizabeth C. Tirrell
42 Continues.
52
1
1 Alonzo Tirrell
57 Continues.
52
1
1 Leroy Tirrell.
56 Continues
52
1
1 Lucius Tirrell .
53 Continues
52
1
66
1 Charles E. Tirrell
50
Left May 1
17
2
66
1 Hiram Blanchard.
79 Died Aug. 14.
32
2
60
28 William Deane.
38
Died Mar. 16.
6
6 1
66
Michael McCarty
58 Continues. .
52
1
66
1 Daniel Griffin
60 Continues
52
1
Henry Carr.
74
Continues
52 1
1 Patrick Cohen
55
Continues.
52
1
66
1 Harriet N. Maxim
72 Continues
3 52
1 1
66
Oliver Kimball.
54
Died Jan. 7
1
1. Leavitt B. Torrey
44
Continues.
52 1
66
1 George A. Nash
30
Support ceased Oct. 19. .
41
3
66
1 |George Dyer.
73 Left Feb 8;returned Apr 8
43
6
.6
11 Michael Dailey
45
Absent 3 weeks, 3 days.
48 5 13 5
60
27 Frank Bates
5 Left April 13.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.