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3,289 99 .
Selectmen's Orders outstanding January 31, 1893 736 01
New Almshouse . 12,278 43
Cemetery Commissioners 500 00
66
Cemetery (Village) . 421 10
66
West Dedham 150 00
66
Public Library . 2,250 00
Memorial Hall .
4,187 39
66
Miscellaneous. (Classified by Select- men) .
3,373 05
66
Fire Department. Addition to build- ings, etc. .
7,445 74
66
66
Highways, Sidewalks, bridges, new streets, etc. 34,304 23
66
Lighting. Streets, etc .. 8,519 39
Lock-up
660 05
66
Police .
3.874 41
66
Poor and insane
10,226 14
66 Salaries . 4,114 80
Schools 38,085 83
66
66 Removing Snow
2,405.56
State and Military Aid
1,407 00
Water .
5,270 00
139,473 12"
$196,067 12.
Cash in the Treasury January 31, 1894 . 7,342 44
$203,409 56-
EDWIN A. BROOKS, Town Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
SHUTTLEWORTH FUND, INVESTED IN THE FOLLOWING SECURITIES.
. 52 shares Boston & Albany R. R., par value, $5,200 00 50 shares Dedham National Bank, par value .... 5,000 00 6 shares Washington National Bank, par value 600 00
3 $500 4 per cent. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. bonds 1,500 00
Market value of above is about. $17,131 00
Deposited in Dedham Institution for Savings ..
1,686 25
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Mortgages on real estate 11,450 00
13,136 25
Par value
$25,436 25
Market value
$30,267 25
INCOME ACCOUNT.
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1893. $776 52
Income for the year on above investments 1,458 94
2,235 46
Payment to the Committee on orders
1,670 16
Balance on hand January 31, 1894.
$565 30
EDWIN A. BROOKS,
Town Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
DEDHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Permanent Fund invested.
$5,625 00
INCOME ACCOUNT.
Balance of income on hand Feb. 1, 1893 86
Income for the year ending Jan. 31, 1894 $274 50
275 36
Paid on Trustees' orders, Book Account.
55 19
Balance on hand Jan. 31, 1894. $220 17
GENERAL ACCOUNT.
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1893.
$998 90
Received from Librarian, Fines and Catalogues 27 30
66 Town appropriation 2,250 00
$3,276 20
Paid on Trustees' Orders :
For salaries, lighting, and coal
$1,626 85
For books. 701 08
For paper and printing 20 44
To Jas. M. Ellis (West Dedham). 262 07
For repairs, land rent, gravel, express, etc.
95 08
$2,705 52
Balance on hand Jan. 31, 1894, General Account $570 68
" 31, 1894, Library
$790 85
EDWIN A. BROOKS, Town Treasurer ..
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT FOR SIDEWALKS.
Assessment of 1892, as made up by the Select- men, Dec., 1892
$1,920 71
Amount paid to Treasurer in 1892-93. $1,301 34
" Collector in 1893 and Jan., '94, 619 37
$1,920 71
Assessment of 1893, as made up by the Select- men, Dec., 1893.
$1,906 95
Amount paid to Treasurer in Dec., 1893, and Jan, 1894. 405 06
Amount due on assessment of 1893 $1,501 89
EDWIN A. BROOKS,
Town Treasurer.
TOWN DEBT, FEBRUARY 1, 1894.
Dedham Institution for Savings-Treasurer's Notes.
High School Loan at 4 per cent., due Nov. 1, 1894 ....
$3,000 00
New Almshouse
66
60
6. Nov. 1, 1895. . . 2,000 00
6€
66
66
66
6 . Nov. 1, 1897. . . 2,000 00
66
66
60
Nov. 1, 1898. . 2,000 00
66
66
Nov. 1, 1899 .: 2,000 00
. 4
66
Nov. 1, 1900. 2,000 00
Total indebtedness $17,000 00
EDWIN A. BROOKS,
Town Treasurer.
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Nov. 1, 1894 .. . . 2,000 00
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Nov. 1, 1896. . . 2,000 00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
The undersigned Auditors of the Town of Dedham, in compliance with the Statutes, have examined the Accounts of the Selectmen, School Committee, Collector of Taxes, Overseers of the Poor, and Town Treasurer, for the year ending January 31, 1894, and hereby certify that the accounts, as reported in detail, are correctly kept, all pay- ments properly vouched for, and the securities held by the Town Treasurer as stated by him, and that the total amount of tax commitment was collected and paid into the treasury by the Collector of Taxes.
DANIEL A. LYNCH, - FRANK M. BAILEY, Auditors. EDWARD C. PAUL,
Dedham, Feb. 14th, 1894.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN : The Board of Engineers respectfully submit the following report of the condition and operations - of the Fire Department, for the year ending January 31, 1894.
FIRES.
The department has responded to 39 alarms during the past year. Of these 12 were for fires in buildings, and 27 for wood fires and haystacks. The total loss by fire, as nearly as can be ascertained, was $10,755. Insurance $16,950. In -- surance paid $8,305.
EXPENSES.
The cost of maintaining the department was $4,703.94.
Salaries and pay rolls, .
$3,564.82
Horse hire,
341.50
Supplies,
324.88
Repairs,
276.16
Telephone,
196.58
$4,703.94
Expended in Dedham Village,
$2,543.97
" West Dedham, .
1,303.70
" East Dedham, .
856.27
$4,703.94
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HOSE.
There is now in service 5,500 feet of hose :
3,500 feet Cotton Hose in good condition.
600
fair
800 66 66 “ unreliable
600 Old Rubber Hose unreliable.
Six hundred and fifty feet of unreliable old leather hose has been exchanged during the year for 150 feet of new cotton hose and two Holloway Chemical Fire Extinguishers. 1,000 feet of new hose is needed for the Steamer Co., Hose 2, and West Dedham.
APPARATUS.
No new apparatus has been added during the year, and what we have is in a good condition. Franklin Engine No. 8 is being thoroughly overhauled, and when completed will be as good as new. Hose No. 3, the Ladder Truck and the Supply Wagon have been equipped with Chemical Fire Ex- tinguishers.
HOUSES.
The engine houses are all in a fairly good condition. The new stable at the steamer house has been completed and gives general satisfaction. Some method of heating the building should be provided before the water works are put in, and the Board recommend that some system of steam heating be adopted. This house has been wired for electric lights, and also the house of Engine No. 8, at West Dedham.
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FORCE.
The Department as now constituted consists of 114 men, a chief engineer, four assistant engineers, one engineer and one fireman for the steamer, and 107 men. There have been but few changes in the force. Mr. John Bestwick, after 16 years of faithful and efficient service as engineer 'of the steamer, has resigned, and Mr. Everett J. Winn has
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been appointed in his place. Several other members of this company have resigned during the year, and it has been reorganized.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The engineers feel that where so many things are needed to put the fire department on an efficient basis, that it would be wise for the town to adopt some general plan for so doing, and do something each year in harmony therewith. Some system of electric fire alarm is needed more than anything else. The old method of ringing the bells and dragging the apparatus to the scene of action, has become too antiquated for a town like Dedham. Every citizen knows that the first few minutes at a fire are when the firemen are most needed, and can do the most effective work, and yet under our present system, in a town made up almost wholly of wooden buildings, some of them veritable tinder boxes, it is often ten or fifteen minutes after the discovery of a fire before the alarm can be given (as in the Federal Hill and Oakdale districts ) and as many more before the firemen arrive. With such a start, it is almost impossible to quell a fire in a wooden building without the use of a large amount of water and the consequent damage therefrom. With a proper fire alarm system all parts of Dedham Village and East Dedham would be well protected, and the Fire Department could then be held to a stricter account in case of its failure to properly handle a fire. In West Dedham the pressing need is a proper water supply. The four reservoirs on High street furnish the only water supply for that district. To furnish some protection here at once, the Board recommends the purchase of a chemical engine, to be located at Engine No. 8's house. The house can be altered for its occupancy at a small ex- pense. About a third of our appropriation is spent in this district, and with the addition of this engine a much better return can be had for the money expended, as it can be easily handled by three men, and could hold a large fire in check until the hand engine, which requires thirty men to
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inanage, could arrive and get at work, while at all ordinary or small fires the chemical would be sufficient. At East Dedham the Board advocates the building of a new engine house in a central location for the use of Hose Company 3 and a new chemical engine. With fire alarm boxes at Stone Haven and Oakdale, this section would be well protected, and this would be preferable to forming a new company, and building a new house at Oakdale, as has been suggested.
A new hook and ladder truck, to be drawn by horses, will be needed in the near future. The present truck can be either sold or located in some other section of the town.
If the town would adopt some such plan as the above, doing something each year, it would be but a short time before the Fire Department of Dedham would compare most favorably with those of our neighboring cities and towns.
We recommend an appropriation of $4,500 for expenses for the ensuing year.
We desire to extend our thanks to the members of the police department, and to all citizens who have assisted us during the past year.
WILLIAM C. WILLIAMS,
JAMES R. FINN, Board of
W. W. BAKER, CHARLES B. TREFREY, Engineers.
HENRY A. PHIPPS,
Dedham, February 10, 1894.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
1893.
Mar. 28-5.50 a. m. Dedham Village. Bettighoffer's bakery. .
Mar. 28-East Dedham. Woodland.
April 5-East Dedham. Woodland.
April 9-East Dedham. Woodland.
April 9-5.10 p. m. Dedham. Mrs. Clarke's barn. April 10-East Dedham. Woodland.
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April 11-East Dedham. Woodland. April 29-East Dedham. Woodland.
April 30 -- 2.45 p. m: East Dedham. Woodland.
April 30-5 p. m. West Dedham. Woodland.
May 6-2 p. m. East Dedham. Woodland.
May 9-1.55 a. m. East Dedham. Mullen.
Dwelling house of Michael
May 12-West Dedham. Woodland.
May 21-12 m." East Dedham. Woodland.
May 23-12.45 p. 'm. West Dedham. Barn of Isaac H. Carter.
May 23-1.30 p. m. West Dedham. Woodland.
June 15-Dedham Village. Polo house.
Aug. 15-1.15 a. m. Dedham Village. Barn and carriage house of Mrs. Maria E. Bacon.
Aug. 15 -- 2.25.p. m. Dedham Village. Unoccupied house owned by Joseph Guild.
Aug. 25-9.15 p. m. Dedham Village. Barn of Charles Walley. Sept. 15-2.45 a. m. West Dedham. Frain.
Dwelling house of Peter
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Sept. 19-1.30 a. m. West Dedham. Union school-house. Oct. 1-8:30 p. m. West Dedham. Unoccupied house owned
by Dexter Baker.
Oct. 9-Dedham. Woodland.
Oct. 11-Dedham. Woodland.
Oct. 12-Dedham. Woodland and haystack.
Oct. 13-Dedham. Woodland.
Oct. 15-West Dedham. Woodland.
Oct. 18-8.50 a. m. West Dedham. Woodland.
Oct. 18-West Dedham. Woodland.
Oct. 19-6.15 p. m. West Dedham. Woodland.
Oct. 19-8.30 p. m. West Dedham. Woodland.
Oct. 21-12.40 p. m. East Dedham. Woodland.
Oct. 30 -- 5.45 p. m. Dedham Village. Leaves.
Nov. 1-10.30 a. m. West Dedham. Woodland.
Nov. 18-5 p. m. Dedham. Woodland. ,
Nov. 24-5.30 p. m. East Dedham. Woodland.
Nov. 27-5 p. m. West Dedham. Woodland. 1894.
Jan. 3-2.30 a. m. West Dedham. Blacksmith shop owned by Mrs. George W. Adams.
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EXPENSES OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Steamer and Hose Company, No. I.
John Bestwick, for 6 months' service to May 1, '93, $50 00
E. J. Winn, 2 .6 July 1, '93, .. 16 67
4 Nov. 1, '93, 66 68
J. H. Walley, " 1 year's 66 Nov. 1, '93, 57 50
22 00
J. A. Kennedy, for repairs,
1 75
H. E. Marden,
3 87
Pay roll, for six months, to May 1, 1893, 290 00
92 50
Charles Russell, for supplies, .
2 88
James Walley & Brother, for repairs, 66 step on hose carriage, 20 00
Amasa Alden, for repairs,
7 10
J. Lynas & Co., for repairs,
5 50
H. M. Darling & Co., for supplies, .
2 50
Snow Brothers, for supplies,
44
Benson & Redman, for coal,
17 50
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., for supplies,
5 52
Manchester Locomotive Works, for supplies, .
14 00
T. J. Baker & Son, for supplies,
1 40
United States Express Co.,
40
Leonard & Ellis, for supplies, .
10 75
Thomas Mitchell, for extra service at house,
14 50
John B. Fell, for repairs, .
6 50
.E. J. Winn, for repairs at house,
19 26
Pay roll, for six months, to Nov. 1, 1893,
296 75
John J. McLane, for horses to Nov. 1, 1893, George H. Hogan, for repairs at house,
70 00
1 43
M. Keelan & Son,
24 40
Pay roll of four retiring members, .
:00
William Hall & Co., for keys and locks,
3 92
Albert Payne, for installing one extra light,
2 50
$1,166 17
Hose Company, No. 2.
Pay roll, for six months, to May 1, 1893,
$98 75
66 Nov. 1, 1893,
188 25
E. S. Blodgett, for services as steward, Reuben Richards, for services as steward, Francis Turner, for repairs,
24 90
15 50
67 1
J. B. Baker & Son, for wood,
J. J. McLane, for horses to
30 95
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H. M. Darling & Co., for lock and keys, Scrannage Brothers, for repairing nozzle, 1 50
$335 88
Hose Company, No. 3.
Pay roll, for six months. to May 1, 1893, 66 to Nov. 1, 1893, 277 75
J. Lynas & Co., for repairs,
1 50
C. S. Churchill, for coal,
16 80
James R. Finn, for repairs,
10 00
A. Raymond, for use of horses,
77 00
Dedham and Hyde Park Gas Co., for gas,
11 00
Pipping Brothers, for repairs,
22 75
Fred Pipping, for services as steward,
53 25
Charles Russell, for supplies,
35
Fred J. Hogan, for service at house, 7 25
$632 90
Hook and Ladder Company, No. I.
Pay roll, 6 months to May 1, 1893,
$118 00
Pay roll, 6 months to Nov. 1. 1893.
250 50
T. C. Mitchell, for use of horses, 55 00
Benson & Redman, for coal,
14 83
Dedham and Hyde Park Gas and Electric Light Co.
16 00
James Walley & Bro., for repairs,
22 90
A. S. Jackson, for lanterns,
5 00
E. J. Winn, for repairs,
9 46
G. H. Hogan, for repairs,
6 28
J. Lyn s & Co., for repairs,
1 35
Joseph Breck & Sons, for supplies,
6 34
Thomas Tully, for repairs,
5 50
J. B. Baker, for wood,
5 00
Charles Russell, for supplies, .
1 02
J. H. Hogan, for service as steward six months,
17 00
F. J. Hogan, for service as steward six months, and extra service at house, . 43 75
$577 93
Lion Engine Company, No. 2.
Pay roll for six months to May 1, 1893, .
$86 00
Pay roll for six months to Nov. 1, 1893, . 119 50
B. F. White, for service as steward, : 00
E. J. Winn, for repairs, .
29 99
$238 49
$5 31
$154 25
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Norfolk Engine Company, No. 6.
Pay roll for six months to May 1, 1893, . $97 50
Pay roll for six months to Nov. 1, 1893, . 165 50
J. W. Howlett, for service as steward, 30 32
John Abel, for repairs, .
2 50
A. S. Jackson, for repairs,
10 94
E. J. Winn, for repairs, .
12 55
J. B. Baker, for drawing engine to fires, . 5 00
$324 31
Franklin Engine Company, No. 8.
Pay roll, for six months, to May 1, 1893, $175 50
" Nov. 1, 1893, 293 50
Fred Soule, for services as steward, 36 50
C. French & Son, for supplies and express,
1 00
E. J. Winn, for repairs on engine,
1 70
William Schlusemeyer, for work in house,
2 75
W. H. French, for supplies and express, 1 10
J. E. Brown, for drawing engine to fire in 1892, 2 00
3 00
F. E. Draper, "
Albert Payne, for wiring house for electric lights, 16 00
$533 05
Miscellaneous Expenses.
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, for service to March 31, 1894, $196 58 19 00
John V. Fell, for reservoir covers and repairs,
Charles Russell, for supplies, 5 13
T. C. Mitchell, for use of horse,
23 00
David Neal, for' supplies,
3 15
Tracy's Express,
1 25
Henry W. Weeks, for six months' services as chief engineer, 50 00
William C. Williams, for six months' services as en- gineer and clerk,
35 00
Charles Trefrey, for six months' services as engineer, James R. Finn, 66 66
25 00
W. W. Baker. 66
3 00
Henry W. Weeks, for car-fare for men at Boston fire, W. C. Williams, for cash paid for repairs, 1 00
4 50
Eustis Baker, for ringing bell for fires, 1890-'91-'92, Patrick Fox, for work on hydrants and reservoirs, F. J. Hogan, " 66
4 50
13 50
Howard Colburn, for cash paid men at fire, Oct. 12.'92, 17 25 66 66 66 15,'92, 55 00
25 00
25 00
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W. W. Baker, for cash paid men at fire, May 23,'93, . $17 00 Boston Belting Co., for twenty-four rubber coats, 48 00
66 Woven Hose & Rubber Co., for supplies, .
34 50
Parker's Express, 8 50
A. W. Mitchell Manufacturing Co., for eight badges,
5 10
Charles Hawkins, for repairs, .
3 00
Chemical Fire Extinguisher Company, for supplies, T. P. Murray, for supplies,
14 40
Union Extin puisher Company, for supplies,
3 00
Thomas l'ully, for use of horse,
1 00
2 10 W. W. Baker, for cash for express and supplies," for use of horse, 13 00
William C. Williams, for six months' service as chief engineer, .
75 00
H. A. Phipps, for six months' services as engineer, 37 50
C. B. Trefrey,
37 50
Jas. R. Finn,
37 50
W. W. Baker, for six months' services as engineer and clerk,
50 00
$895 21
TOTAL.
Steamer and Hose Company, No. 1, $1,166 17
Hose Company, No. 2, 335 88
Hose Company, No. 3, 632 90
Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, . 577 93
Lion Engine Company, No. 2, .
238 49
Norfolk Engine Company, No. 6, 324 31
Franklin Engine Company, No. 8, 533 05
Miscellaneous, .
895 21
$4,703 94
Special appropriation for hose, $650 00 Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co. 550 feet, $325 00
Boston Belting Co., 500 feet, 325 00
$650 00
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Selectmen :-
GENTLEMEN :- In this, my Third Annual Report as Superintendent of Streets, submitted in compliance with your regulations, I shall call your attention to the work done in this department on the streets, bridges, culverts, etc., for the year ending Jan. 31, 1894, and the amount expended.
Payments have been made the following persons for labor : <
F. W. Weatherbee, .
$19 25
Felix Dowd, . 430 40
Patrick Horrigan,
317 72
Henry Libby,
441 00
Jerry Sweeney,
557 25
James J. Kelly,
334 00
John McKeon,
267 89
John Bell,
139 06
Leo Phillips,
121 22
John Cahill,
112 67
John E. Kelly,
131 00
Michael Mulkern,
299 00
Michael O'Neil,
135 22
Patrick McGlone,
247 17
Atchison Kilpatrick,
194 22
Michael Butler,
134 56
William Keegan,
122 56
Peter Conway,
117 50
John D. Hartnett,
111 00
Terrence Rogers,
108 72
William Murray,
95 63
Thomas McEntee,
111 00
Thomas Barrett,
80 00
John Brennan,
62 00
John Fogarty, .
79 67
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Dennis Sheehan,
$63 11
Maurice Lyons,
13 78
David Sullivan,
142 88
Patrick Galvin,
115 33
William Connors,
16 89 .
Jerry Sullivan,
55 00.
Charles L. Fell,
23 00
Charles W. Fell,
26 00
J. Sullivan,
1 00
Patrick Riley, .
35 67
William Chadwick, .
13 56
G. Brooks,
3 00
J. Batchelder,
11 00
Michael Mulverhill,
4 67
Dennis Mulverhill,
3 89
William Breen,
4 33
Edward Drake,
4 00
Patrick Kennedy,
4 50
George Bowran,
8 00
Dennis Haley,
74 50
David O. Sullivan,
89 00
Peter Finn,
85 67
William Cahill,
36 67
M. D. Smith,
7 00
Michael McCaffrey,
16 67
Benjamin Weatherbee,
56
Patrick Gorman,
23 50
Thomas Coleman,
00
David Cowhig,
5 67
Frank Haley, .
37 50
Herbert Ward,
3 00
William Schlusemeyer,
4 00
Percy Wisewell,
11 20
F. E. Robbins,
15 60
Albert Thompson,
5 40
William Thompson,
18 00
Lewis Thompson,
3 80
Fred Thompson,
17 78
George Thompson,
.
16 00
George Gauderer,
14 22
Eustis Gauderer,
7 32
C. A. Maier,
22 32
Fred R. Baker,
8 80
S. Loomer,
2 66
Loomer Brothers,
5 66
William Kennedy,
8 67
Terence O'Hara,
8 67
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C. Sullivan,
$26 25
Martin Brennan,
4 67
Patrick Gaffney,
9 50
Charles Lyons,
6 67
Daniel Doyle, .
15 00
William Brennan,
4 00
Patrick Connors,
17 00
John J. Kelley,
4 00
Isaac H. Carter,
31 25
William Delaney,
14 00
John Lehane, .
16 00
Oliver Smith, .
2 00
John Colbert, .
19 00
Frank Deery, .
4 00
Owen McDermott,
36 00
Daniel Sweeney,
127 33
Henry Carroll,
2 00
John Greer,
11 00
James Glancy,
8 00
Richard Hall, .
15 00 -
Luke Farrell, .
16 50
Lawrence O'Neil,
6 00
John Wardle, .
6 00
James Murdy, .
6 00
Thomas Mitchell,
6 00
James Dervan,
6 00
Philip Carlon,
6 00
Thomas Delaney.
12 00
Thomas Denihy,
20 63
John Cannon,
10 00
James Kelley, .
7 78
Thomas Carney,
45 00
Patrick Cannon,
8 00
John Haley, .
24 00 .
John Murphy, .
3 33
Anthony Mahern,
22 00
John George,
42 50
Fred Dowd,
20 00
E. W. Bonnemort, and team,
172 36
Joseph F. Haley,
66
393 13
Fred Lipps,
66
254 31
William Heffernan,
66
141 36
S. C. French,
66
66
201 76
Mat. McGuinness,
366 63
Peter Gaffney,
66
315 01
Patrick Tracy,
66
292 11
John Sullivan,
66
66
.
403 76
60
P. P. Collins,
and team,
$456 57
J. J. McLane,
66
449 93
Charles Walley,
422 45
John F. Shine,
549 46
M. J. Walker,
29 75
N. Smith,
66 66
21 00
James Shine,
66 66
25 00
G. M. French,
66
39 38
Robert Kennedy,
66
80 50
Maurice Spillane,
62 81
Patrick Starr,
66
7 39
Hugo Lipps,
27 22
Michael Tierney,
6 00
James Lowden, gravel,
18 80
Henry S. Draper,
66
13 68
F. F. Clark,
50 00
Peter McGuinness,
16 40
S. R. Sumner,
22 36
Robert Kennedy,
56 00
C. Walley,
125 40
E. P. Morse,
11 20
J. J. Clark,
1 90
H. H. McQuillen,
12 00
E. Greenhood,
14 00
Francis Draper,
2 46
Cornelius Sullivan, posts,
14 00
Michael Mulkern, stone posts,
3 00
C. Howe,
13 00
Michael Mulverhill, stone,
2 00
Mrs. M. Richardson,
2 00
Mrs. A. Gay,
2 00
C. C. Sanderson, paving stone,
10 00
C. M. Ellis, sand,
50
A. S. Gay, powder, etc., .
2 80
$11,819 12
Expenditures in streets, sidewalks, culverts and bridges for the year ending January 31, 1894 :-
Permanent improvement of sidewalks, special app. .
$804 92
New street, off Sprague street, 301 00
Alpine street, .
200 00
Needham street bridge,
66
102 50
E. W. Bonnemort, 66
47 40
73 30
B. J. McCaffrey,
15 96
Howard Colburn,
52 50
Charles Parsons,
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Court street drain, special app.
$264 44
High street drain, .
1,043 90
Culverts and drains,
240 50
Rebuilding 50 feet of retaining wall on Gay street, 40 00
Filling in
66 66
44 00
High street,
148 75
Walnut
134 56
Hartford
111 25
Bridge
124 50
Pine 66
87 63
Summer 66
92 50
Whiting avenue,
99 00
Westfield street,
61 00
East
66
80 00
Elm
66
45 00
Bussey
66
25 00
Curve
148 02
Gay
110 98
Colburn
150 75
Lyons 66
203 00
Clapboardtree
158 25
Williams street, widening and grading,
552 00
Needham street,
368 00
Harvard
78 00
Nahatan 66
21 00
Cedar
156 00
Sanderson avenue,
40 00
Sprague
street,
199 00-
School
39 00
Washington 66
779 26
Common 66
25 00
Needham avenue,
10 00
Richards street,
39 00
Milk
10 00
River
66
150 13
Mill lane,
25 00
Mt. Vernon
street,
25 00
Cemetery
יו
15 00
Milton
66
312 50
Maverick
50 00
General repairs on sidewalks,
469 58
Spring scraping and leveling, Fall scraping and leveling,
270 00~
Setting fountain and grading at Upper Common,
80 00
Labor at engine house, .
50 75.
Labor for Electric Railway Co.,
75 00
Labor at dump,
94 00%
1
496 80
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Repairs on fences, .
$12 50
Miscelaneous repairs,
200 00
Street patrol hand cart,
117 01
Gravel, etc., ,
530 16
Gathering stones, cutting bushes and grass,
230 25
Clearing gutters, basins, etc.,
363 49
Removing snow, sanding walks, etc.,
1,114 24
$11,819 12
RECAPITULATION.
Permanent improvement of sidewalks, special app.
$804 92
New street off Sprague street,
301 00
Alpine street,
200 00
Needham street bridge,
102 50
Court street drain,
66
66
264 44
« General repairs on sidewalks, .
469 58
High street drain,
1043 90
Culverts and drains,
240 50
Labor for Electric Railway Co.,
75 00
Labor at engine house,
50 75
General repairs on highways, .
7152 29
Removing snow, sanding walks, etc,
1114 24
66
66
66
.
$11,819 12
PHILIP PUTNAM, Superintendent of Streets.
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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS.
The Cemetery Commissioners herewith submit their annual report for the financial year 1893-94.
BROOKDALE CEMETERY.
Besides the general care and maintenance of the Cem- etery, the work of improvement has been continued during the past year.
In the southwesterly section, a large tract, formerly a sand hole, has been filled and graded. In the westerly sec- tion four hundred feet of paths have been graded and gravelled, and in the easterly section two hundred feet of a new avenue have been laid out and forty maple trees planted.
There has been a considerable increase in the income from the usual sources, as compared with that of last year, which was, however, much less than that of the previous year, as stated in our last annual report. It is perhaps unnec- essary to repeat what has been said in previous annual reports, that the usual annual appropriation by the town for this Cem- etery will be needed, as a guaranty that necessary work of improvements and the general care and maintenance, shall not be hindered or suspended.
In the opinion of the Commissioners a special appropri- ation of an additional sum of five hundred dollars will also be needed the coming year, in order to rebuild the fence on the easterly boundary line, or that portion which it belongs to the town to maintain, and which has fallen into decay ; to repaint the fence and building on the westerly side, and to lay about twelve hundred feet of iron pipe for carrying the town water through avenues in order to reach lots in the easterly portion of the improved section.
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The Commissioners therefore recommend that the town raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars for the use of this Cemetery during the ensuing year.
STATISTICS.
Number of whole lots sold, . 4
" half lots sold, 11
" single graves, 31
" interments, 79
" interments in public lot, 3
" bodies removed from other cemeteries, 5
" bodies in receiving tomb, . 8
OLD PARISH CEMETERY.
No work except that of general care and maintenance has been undertaken in this cemetery during the past year.
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