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PRECINCT 5.
Warden, Lawrence A. Blanchard ; Deputy Warden, Henry Rockwood; Clerk, John F. Welch; Deputy Clerk, Leonard V. Tirrell; Inspectors, Ellis J. Pitcher, J. Clifford Ford, Matthew O'Dowd, M. Sanford Orcutt; Deputy Inspectors, Clarence H. Sumner, George H. Shaw ; Ballot Box Constable, Michael Allen ; Constable, Charles C. Tinkham.
PRECINCT 6.
Warden, Clayton B. Merchant; Deputy Warden, Joseph A. Cushing ; Clerk, Dennis J. Slattery ; Deputy Clerk, Bartholomew J. Smith ; Inspectors, Edward F. Cullen, Arthur M. Hawes, Arthur L. Blanchard, Thomas F. Hyland ; Deputy Inspectors,
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Charles J. Scott, Thomas H. Lynch ; Ballot Box Constable, N. B. Peare ; Constable, Patrick Butler.
BRADFORD HAWES,
Secretary.
WARRANT FOR THE STATE ELECTION.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit :- In precinct numbered one, in the hall of the Fire Engine House on Athens street in that precinct; in precinct numbered two, in the Odd Fellows Opera House ; in precincts numbered three, five and six, in the halls of the Fire Engine Houses located in those precincts respectively ; in precinct numbered four, in the Hose House at Nash's Corner ; on Tuesday, the fourth day of November next, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the war- dens of their respective precincts their votes on one ballot for the following named public officers, to wit :-
For Governor of the Commonwealth.
For Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth.
For Secretary of the Commonwealth.
For Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Commonwealth.
For Auditor of the Commonwealth.
For Attorney-General of the Commonwealth.
For Councillor for the Second District.
For Representative in Congress for the Twelfth District.
For Senator for the First Norfolk District.
For two Representatives in the General Court for the Sixth Norfolk District.
For one County Commissioner in and for the County of Norfolk.
The polls will be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock in the afternoon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting copies thereof attested by you in writing, in two public places in each
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voting precinct in said town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said town, three days at least before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and two.
GEORGE L. NEWTON, BRADFORD HAWES, ROBERT MCINTOSH, EDWARD W. HUNT, WALTER L. BATES, Selectmen of Weymouth.
WEYMOUTH, October 25, 1902.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, to meet at the respective places and time, and for the purpose set forth in said warrant, by posting true and attested copies in two and more public places in each precinct in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting, as within directed.
ASA B. PRATT,
Constable of Weymouth.
SELECTMEN'S OFFICE.
WEYMOUTH, MASS., Nov. 5, 1902.
A meeting of the Selectmen and Town Clerk was held this day at the above office for the purpose of examining the copies of records of votes cast in the several precincts of the town, at the election held on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1902, in accordance with the foregoing warrant, and to make an aggregate of the same, the result being as follows :
GOVERNOR.
Precinct
1
5
3
4
5
6 Total.
John L. Bates of Boston
149
143
187
148
186
124 937
Michael T. Berry of Haverhill
.
4
2
10
0
2
5
23
John C. Chase of Haverhill
39
70
57
24
33
70
293
William A. Gaston of Boston
70
86
173
95
108
173
705
William H. Partridge of Newton
3
10
3
7
26
Blanks
4
10
8
3 7
0 10
18
57
Total
269
321
438
277
339
397
2041
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total.
John Quincy Adams of Amesbury .
46
74
67
33
44
76 340
Thomas F. Brennan of Salem
2
6
12
1
6
8 35
Oliver W. Cobb of Easthampton
5
12
5
4
4
9 39
Curtis Guild, Jr. of Boston
142
138
184
150
178
123
915
Herbert C. Joyner of Gt. Barrington Blanks
6
18
24
11
19
28
106
Total
269
321
438
277
339
397
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SECRETARY.
Edward A. Buckland of Holyoke ' .
41
74
58
28
38
76
315
Herbert B. Griffin of Winthrop
3
9
3
2
0
10
27 .
Jeremiah O'Fihelly of Abington
2
3
12
2
6
14
39
William M. Olin of Boston
146
145
196
154
188
119
948
Willmore B. Stone of Springfield .
64
68
142
69
81
143
567
Scattering
1
Blanks
13
27
22
26
35
144
Total
269
321
438
277
339
397
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TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL.
Edward S. Bradford of Springfield
143
141
189
153
186
116
928
Joseph L. Chalifoux of Lowell
60
68
136
69
79
147
559
Frederick A. Nagler of Springfield
3
3
7
3
3
6
25
Daniel Parlin of Worcester
5
8
5
2
0
10
30
David Taylor of Boston Blanks
43
69
59
25
38
76
310
15
32
42
25
33
42
189
Total
269
321
438
277
339
397
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AUDITOR.
David Morrison of Fall River
4
8
5
3
1
11
32
S. Fremont Packard of Brockton .
45
76
61
28
38
80
328
Charles Stoeber of Adams
5
4
11
2
3
5
30
Thomas C. Thacher of Yarmouth
59
66
135
66
83
145
554
Henry E. Turner of Malden
138
134
186
149
179
115
901
Blanks
18
33
40
29
35
41
196
Total
269
321
438
277
339
397
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Allen Coffin of Nantucket
4
10
6
3
2
10
35
Charles E. Fenner of Worcester
42
73
59
28
40
76
318
John J. Flaherty of Gloucester
57
70
139
67
75
153
561
John A. Henley of Lynn
2
3
9
3
4
4
25
Herbert Parker of Lancaster Blanks
143
138
187
146
186
115
915
21
27
38
. 30
32
39
187
Total
269
321
438
277
339
397
2041
78
88
153
606
68
73
146
1 21
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REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS. Twelfth District.
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total.
J. Frank Hayward of Hyde Park
43
75
70
29
40
84
341
Napoleon B. Johnson of Milford
5
10
2
2
1
10
30
Samuel L. Powers of Newton
141
138
184
152
176
113
904
Frederic J. Stimson of Dedham
73
74
156
81
86
154
624
Blanks
7
24
26
13
36
36
142
Total
269
321
438
277
339
397
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COUNCILLOR. Second District.
Gustave B. Bates of Quincy
50
77
69
31
43
87
357
John T. Kennedy of Boston
60
75
132
69
77
147
560
Arthur A. Maxwell of Boston
139
132
185
143
168
121
888
Robert S. Maxwell of Boston
2
2
3
4
4
3
18
Blanks
18
35
49
30
47
39
218
Total
269
321
438
277
339
397
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SENATOR. First Norfolk District.
Albert A. Brackett of Milton
147
140
187
153
181
124
932
Edwin C. Jenney of Hyde Park
62
68
144
69
79
146
568
William M. Packard of Quincy
49
78
73
32
42
88
362
Blanks
11
35
34
23
37
39
179
Total
269
321
438
277
339
397
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REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT. Sixth Norfolk District.
Louis P. Barney of Weymouth
59
92
140
54
56
141
542
Horace R. Drinkwater of Braintree
103
149
207
115
142
241
957
Willie A. Shaw of Braintree .
119
110
159
127
142
103
760
Gordon Willis of Weymouth
136
121
189
161
221
105
933
Blanks
.
121
170
181
97
117
204
890
Total
538
642
876
554
678
794
4082
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Norfolk.
William E. Badger of Quincy
127
113
155
122
135
107
759
Daniel H. Coleman of Braintree
41
70
69
29
41
79
329
Marshall P. Wright of Quincy - Blanks
89
108
184
107
133
176
797
12
30
30
19
30
35
156
Total
·
269
321
438
277
339
397
2041
A true copy-Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
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CLERKS' DISTRICT MEETING.
The undersigned, Town Clerk of Weymouth, met the Town Clerk of Braintree, at Braintree, at twelve o'clock at noon, Fri- day, Nov. 14, 1902, the time and place appointed for the Clerks of. the Sixth Norfolk District to meet to examine the returns of votes cast in said district for Representatives to General Court, and found that Horace R. Drinkwater, of Braintree, and Gordon Willis, of Weymouth, having received the largest number of votes, were duly elected, and so certified according to law.
JOHN A. RAYMOND.
The following is the vote of the Town of Braintree for Repre- sentatives to General Court as certified to by the town officers :
Louis B. Barney of Weymouth
239
Horace R. Drinkwater of Braintree
.
623
Gordon Willis of Weymouth
.
- 343
Willie H. Shaw of Braintree
404
A true copy-Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk of Weymouth.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY.
The Board of Trustees respectfully submit their twenty-fourth annual report as follows : -
During the year 1902 the library was open for the delivery of books only 288 days. 48,184 volumes were loaned for home use, a daily average of 167. The largest number of books loaned in any one day was 384 on January 2, and the smallest number 36 on July 14.
The report for 1901 stated "It is gratifying to note an in- crease in the circulation of books during the year," and had it not been for the fear of a small-pox epidemic, which necessitated the closing of the library for four weeks, by order of the Board of Health, in the most busy season, from February 17 until March 10, doubtless an increase in the circulation could have been reported for the present year. The decrease in circulation began when the first case was reported in town, and many bor- rowers did not begin again to take books until several months after the library was reopened.
The circulation of books through the agencies was as follows :-
Precinct 1, Bartlett's store 5,043
Precinct 1, Holden and Sladen's store
2,310
Precincts 2 and 6, Salisbury's store 7,976
Precincts 2 and 6, Bates and Humphrey's store 2,264
Precinct 4, Pratt's store 931
Precinct 4, Nash's store 2,220
Precinct 5, Fogg Memorial Library
1,632
The High School 320
22,696
The teachers have borrowed 2,953 volumes on their special cards.
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CLASSIFICATION OF CIRCULATION.
Arts, .018; Biography, .022; Fiction, including Juvenile, .738; History, .032; Natural Science, .018; Literature, .017; Poetry, .008; Social Science, .010; Theology, .004; Travels, .028; Periodicals, .010.
The changes in the classification of the books borrowed from year to year are slight. A small increase from the previous year is noticeable in the percentage of books loaned from the classes of Biography, History, Social Science, Theology and Periodicals, and a corresponding decrease in the classes of Arts, Fiction, Literature, Natural Science and Poetry.
BOOKS REPAIRED.
During the year more than 4,000 volumes have been repaired at the library, besides 105 volumes which it was necessary to have rebound.
REGISTRATION OF BORROWERS.
Three hundred and fifty-five borrowers have registered during the year, making a total of 4,405; 199 were given special non- fiction cards.
ACCESSIONS.
There have been 651 volumes added during the year; 124 volumes replace worn out books, and 56 volumes, including pub- lic documents, have been received as gifts ; 42 periodicals have been bound and placed on the shelves. Extra copies of the Cen- tury, Cosmopolitan, Harper's New England, Review of Reviews and Scribner's Magazines have been subscribed for which are cir- culated as books. Other magazines are loaned when taken from the reading room. A list of the periodicals is given in Appendix B.
More books have been suggested for purchase during the year than heretofore. These have been procured with the exception of a few expensive books which it has not been deemed wise to buy at present.
The patrons of the library have availed themselves more of the Inter-Library Loans than in any previous year, but the librarian wishes the attention of students to be called again to this plan
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whereby the resources of the larger libraries are made accessible to all at the slight expense of expressage.
The following are some of the more valuable books added to the library in 1902, exclusive of the books for the Reference Room : Jackson's James Martineau (917.14) ; Powell's Historic Towns Southern States (224.183) ; Western States (224,184) ; Baedeker's Great Britain (232.107) ; Baedeker's London and its Environs (232.108) ; Mackinder's Britain and the British Seas (232.110) ; Huntington's Studies of Trees in Winter (735.117) ; Barnes' Two Thousand Years before Carey (834.53) ; Caffin's Photogra- phy as a Fine Art (724.143) ; Scudder's James Russell Lowell, 2 v. (214.89) ; Larned's Multitude of Counsellors (315.121) ; Riis' Making of an American (917.41) ; Barber's Anglo-Ameri- can Pottery (722.130) ; Sir Walter Besant's Autobiography (917.16) ; Ashley's American Federal State (314.96) ; Hen- derson's Education and the Larger Life (315.134) ; Wilson's Washington, the Capital City, 2 v. (224.181) ; Smyth's Through Science to Faith (836.69) ; King's American Mural Painting (722.137) ; Book of 100 Houses (727.141) ; Brandes' Main Currents of 19th Cent. Literature, 2 v. (117.36) ; Maclay's His- tory of the U. S. Navy, v. 3 (617.58) ; Langmead's English Constitutional History (622.61) ; Colquhoun's Mastery of the Pacific (236.73) ; James' Varieties in Religious Experience (831.26) ; Watson's Napoleon (916.22) ; Paulsen's System of Ethics (317.75) ; Roosevelt's Deer Family (725.119) ; Corey's History of Malden (617.40) ; Carnegie's Empire of Business (317.76) ; Gillespie's Book of Remembrance (213.101) ; Barth- olomew's International Students' Atlas (231.10) ; Russell's On- looker's Note-book (232.109) ; Goodwin's Improved Book-keep- ing (734.127) ; James' Indian Basketry (723.181) ; Jackson's Electricity and Magnetism (723.153) ; Burgess' Civil War and the Constitution, 2 v. (614.99) ; Smith's Colonial Days and Ways (612.142) ; Griggs' New Humanism (315.128).
CATALOGS.
During the past year Class List No. 3 has been prepared, con- taining titles of the books in General Works, Philosophy, Re- ligion, Sociology, Natural Science, Useful Arts, Fine Arts, Lan- guage, and Literature.
The books as printed in the list are grouped according to the
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main classes of the Dewey Decimal Classification, but the num- bers remain unchanged, with the exception of Periodicals and French and German Literature. The list contains an author and subject index, which adds greatly to its value.
At the close of the year 1903 a bulletin will probably be issued listing books purchased during the year, besides those added in the different classes since printing Class Lists No. 1 and No. 2.
The trustees feel that at a comparatively small expense they have made the library vastly more valuable to the citizens of Weymouth by means of these Class Lists, which are sold at the nominal price of 10 cents.
READING AND REFERENCE ROOM.
No statistics of this department can be given, but good work has been done. On the shelves, free of access, are books of ref- erence.
The final volumes of Bailey's Cyclopaedia of American Horti- culture and Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible, Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism, v. 3-5 ; Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History, 10 vols. ; Universal Cyclopaedia and Atlas, 12 vols. ; A. L. A. Index to General Literature, Champlin's Young Folks' Cyclopaedia of Literature and Art and Rand - McNally's New Standard Atlas of the World, have been added during the year, thereby materially increasing the value of this department. Most of these books have been purchased from the income of the Susannah Hunt Stetson fund.
The magazines, Music and The Musician, have been furnished by Mrs. T. H. Tyndale and Mr. J. H. Gutterson.
ART EXHIBITIONS.
A number of exhibitions of photographs, loaned by the Library Art Club, have been held in the Reading Room. The most interesting was Rome, No. 2 (Raphael in the Vatican) ; the others were the City of York, England; Egypt No. 1; Assisi ; and Albrecht Dürer.
GIFTS.
The trustees beg to acknowledge the gift of a portrait of the late Zechariah L. Bicknell from his daughters, Mrs. Samuel C. Denton, Mrs. Chas. Harrington and Mrs. Geo. A. Miles; also a portrait of the late Francis Ambler from his daughter, Mrs. John F. Welch. These gentlemen were members of the Board of Trus-
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tees for many years. They were always deeply interested in the welfare of the library and did everything in their power for its advancement. It is, therefore, highly appropriate that their portraits should adorn its walls.
There is no money appropriated by the town from which every one can or does receive a greater benefit than that appropriated for your Public Library. As a result you have a library which for its size is second to none in the Commonwealth. In the ex- penditure of the appropriation for library purposes your trustees consider the wants and needs of the student and scholar as well as the general reader, and while there are many books on special subjects that we would like to buy, yet on account of the expense we do not feel that we can do so.
If some of the good citizens in their generosity would make the library a gift of money, the income from which to be expended for just such a purpose, could they be doing any greater good, for what is there that has a greater uplifting influence for the general good than the Free Public Library ?
APPENDIX A .- DONATIONS.
Books.
Pam.
Corey, D. P.
·
1
Christian Scientists of Weymouth
.
1
Columbia University, N. Y.
1
Commissioner of Patents
1
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
7
Cowing, Francis
1
Gutterson, J. H. .
12
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1
Hunt, E. W.
1
Illinois, University of
1
Jennings, Abraham G. .
1
Lawson, T. W.
1
Lovell, Mrs. B. S.
1
Lovering, W. C.
8 65
Mass. Insti. Tech.
1
Mass. Pub. Doc.
10
1
New York State, University of
6
Newton, Herbert L.
1
Nonotuck Silk Co. .
.
1
/
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Books. Pam.
Pennsylvania, University of
1
Philadelphia, City Institute
1
Smithsonian Institute
7
15
Smyth, G. H.
1
Sweven, Godfred
1
Thayer, Mrs. Wm.
12
Tyndale, Mrs. T. H.
4
United States Public Documents
11
159
Willis, Gordon
1
The following libraries have sent their publications : Abbott, Marblehead, Mass .; Bancroft, Me .; Beverly, Mass. ; Bridge- water, Mass .; Boston, Mass .; Bowdoin. College, Me .; Brock- ton, Mass. ; Brookline, Mass. : Brooklyn, N. Y .; Cambridge, Mass. ; Carnegie, Atlanta, Ga .; Cleveland, O .; Concord, N. H .; Enoch Pratt, Baltimore, Md .; Fall River, Mass. ; Fitchburg, Mass. ; Forbes, Northampton, Mass. ; Hartford, Conn. ; Haver- hill, Mass .; Hyde Park, Mass .; Los Angeles, Cal. ; Library of Congress ; Lynn, Mass. ; Malden, Mass. ; Milford, N. H. ; Millicent, Fairhaven, Mass .; Minneapolis, Minn .; Morse Insti- tute, Natick, Mass .; Newton, Mass .; North Adams, Mass. ; Omaha, Neb .; Osterhout, Wilkesbarre, Penn .; Philadelphia, Penn. ; Providence, R. I .; St. Louis Mercantile Library Asso- ciation ; Salem, Mass. ; Shute, Everett, Mass. ; Silas Bronson, Waterbury, Conn .; Somerville, Mass .; Syracuse, N. Y .; Thomas Crane, Quincy, Mass. ; Waltham, Mass. ; Watertown, Mass. ; Winthrop, Mass.
APPENDIX B-PERIODICALS FOR 1903.
MONTHLIES, SEMI-MONTHLIES, AND QUARTERLIES.
American Historical Review. Arena.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Art Amateur.
Library Journal. Lippincott's Magazine.
Atlantic Monthly.
Literary News. Literary World.
Birds and Nature. Juv.
McClure's Magazine.
Bulletin of Biography ( Gift). Catholic World.
Masters in Art.
Century Magazine.
Munsey's Magazine.
Christian Science Journal ( Gift ). Musician ( Gift ).
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Cosmopolitan. Country Life. Critic.
Cumulative Index.
Current History. Current Literature. Dial.
Education.
Popular Science Monthly.
Political Science Quarterly. Protectionist ( Gift ).
Public Libraries.
Review of Reviews.
St. Nicholas. Juv.
Scribner's Magazine.
Success.
World's Work.
WEEKLIES.
Christian Science Sentinel ( Gift ). Official Gazette ( Gift).
Electrical World. Outlook.
Great Round World.
Public Opinion.
Harper's Weekly.
Scientific American.
Illustrated London News. Scientific American Supplement.
South Weymouth Sun ( Gift).
Journal of Education. Leslie's Weekly. Weymouth Gazette ( Gift ).
Living Age. Woman's Journal ( Gift).
Nation, Newspaper.
Youth's Companion. Juv.
APPENDIX C-BOOKS PURCHASED FROM THE SUSANNAH HUNT STETSON FUND.
Bailey, ed. Cyclopædia of American Horticulture. v. 4. Moulton. Library of Literary Criticism. vs. 3-5.
Harper's Encyclopædia of U. S. History. 10 v. Hasting. Dictionary of the Bible. v. 4.
Brandes. Main Currents XIX Century Literature. 2 v.
A. L. A. Index of General Literature, 1901. FRANK H. MASON, By order and in behalf of the Trustees.
Harper's Bazar.
Harper's Monthly.
National Magazine.
New England Magazine. North American Review. Outing. Overland Monthly. Pearson's.
Photo Era.
Photo-Miniature.
Engineering Magazine.
Farm Journal. Five Points House of Industry (Gift ).
Forum.
Good Housekeeping.
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TREASURER'S REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR 1902.
RECEIPTS.
Fines collected by Librarian
$117 79
Rents
600 00
Income from Tufts Fund
100 00
Income from Susannah Hunt Stetson
Fund
100 00
Balance town appropriation for 1901 750 00
Dog License money for 1902
515 25
On account town appropriation for 1902
1,500 00
Class Lists sold by Librarian
3 00
$3,686 04
Cash on hand January 1, 1902
206 20
$3,892 24
EXPENDITURES.
For books :
W. B. Clark Co.
$272 38
Cash .
20
W. H. Moore
47 85
L. S. Richards
1 13
The MacMillan Co.
20 00
Publishers Weekly
7 00
Moulton Publishing Co.
20 00
R. H. White Co.
4 83
F. E. Ormsby & Co.
75
Am. Library Ass.
- 2 00
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.
68 33
Prang Educational Co.
8 65
New England News Co.
72 79
E. H. Haines & Co.
1 00
Essex Publishing Co. .
38 60
Chas. E. Lauriat & Co.
8 47
Harper & Brothers
27 90
J. B. Holland ·
27 25
Amount carried forward
$629 13
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Amount brought forward .. $629 13
Library Art Club
5 00
Chas. Scribner's Sons
5 70
Henry Malkan
6 00
Cumulative Index Co. .
5 00
W. E. Shaw
1 50
The Palmer Co. .
2 70
A. L. A. Publishing Co.
50
For librarian and assistants :
Miss C. A. Blanchard · $700 00
Miss C. A. Blanchard, for ex- penses 2 80
Miss L. C. Richards .
399 96
Miss M. L. Foye
·
199 76
Miss Alice Bates Blanchard
69 55
For janitor :
Frank D. Sherman
$275 00
For cleaning :
Mrs. McEvoy
$17 15
Mrs. E. Walmsley
4 90
$22 05
For light :
Weymouth Light and Power Co. .
$139 16
For wood and coal :
A. J. Richards & Son .
$277 66
T. H. Emerson .
45 00
$322 66
For supplies :
Post Office supplies · .
$11 21
Blank books, cards, paper, ammo- nia, candles, matches 4 20
J. W. Rand .
87
J. I. Bates
1 25
Gazette Publishing Co.
39 75
Library Bureau
15 39
General Electric Co.
38 95
A. L. Hobart
4 25
Amounts carried forward . $115 87
$2,786. 47
.
$655 53
·
$1,372 07
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Amounts brought forward . $115 87
$2,786 47
Lamp sockets
50
Wick and kettle .
48
Adams, Cushing & Foster
21 00
A. L. A. Publishing Board .
28
Baker Hardware.Co.
3 65
King & Pack
31 43
Carter, Rice & Co.
14 85
Ingalls & Kendricken
28 00
Geo. Briggs
1 00
A. D. Wilbur
1 50
Weymouth Pharmacy .
.
.
1 55
J. G. Worster
3 78
Paste, brushes and labels
40
For water;
Town of Weymouth
$23 00
For street sprinkling :
John F. Dwyer
$10 00
For insurance :
A. S. Jordan & Co.
$20 80
For transportation and distribution of books :
Bates & Humphrey
$26 00
W. G. Nash
25 00
J. W. Bartlett & Co.
52 00
Holden & Sladen ·
43 00
W. W. Pratt
47 50
John F. Dwyer
77 00
O. Cushing
50 00
J. P. Salisbury
26 00
For binding books :
F. J. Barnard & Co.
$113 91
For repairs :
Ingalls & Kendricken . $8 45
Fred Rondeau
·
12 50
J. B. Rhines & Co. ·
. 4 44
Amounts carried forward . $25 39
$3,526 97
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$346 50
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$226 29
227
Amounts brought forward
$25 39
$3,526 97
L. F. Bates ·
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1 50
A. K. Bates
.
4 00
Hayward Bros.
·
38 96
F. O. Whitmarsh
3 80
$73 65
For expressing
$16 70
For removing ashes :
James Fitzgerald
$4 15
John Fogarty
35
$4 50
For messenger and telephone
$ 70
For moving safe from Town Clerk's office, John F.
Dwyer ·
$20 00
For printing Class List No. 2, Gazette Publishing Co.
$175 50
$3,818 02
Cash on hand, January 1, 1903 ·
74 22
$3,892 24
FRANK H. MASON, Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN : - I hereby submit my report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1902.
The town appropriated at the last annual town meeting $7,000 for general repairs of highways, bridges, culverts, drains, and removal of snow. This, with excise tax from Old Colony Street Railway Company of $6,847.52, makes a total appropriation of $13,847.52. From this amount must be deducted an old snow bill, repairs on steam roller, and moneys previously expended, leaving an available appropriation of $13,055 to be expended on highways, bridges, culverts, drains, and removal of snow. When it is considered that it must be. expended on over 100 miles of streets, or about $130 per mile, it can be readily seen that this is barely enough for maintenance, and makes impossible perma- nent, up-to-date construction. From the last report of the Mas- sachusetts Highway Commissioners it costs the state $100 per mile to maintain their roads, and this does not include care of sidewalks or removal of snow, and these are well built, well drained roads, all being built within the last eight years. If the citizens demand good roads they must expect to pay for them, and not expect new macadam roads, which cost the state on an average of $8,200 per mile, to build on an appropriation which will hardly pick the stones and clean the gutters from their gravel roads.
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