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Little Classics, 16th Vol.,
Lord Byron, and Other Sketches,
4606 Love Afloat,
M.
4607 Macready's Reminiscences,
Madame Recamier and her Friends,
4758 4849 MacMadden, Mohammed and Mohammedanism,
4587 4529 Maid of Killeena and Other Tales, 4466 Malacca, Indo-China and China, 4662 Manfred, 4759 Marguerite's Journal, 4502 Marjorie Daw and Other People, 4533 Maria Monk's Daughter, 4704 Marriage of Moira Fergus, 4748 Masque of Pandora, 4518 Medora Leigh, 4784 Melinda, the Caboceer, 4487 Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, 4659 Gen. Wm. T. Sherman,
Rev. Edward N. Kirk. Rev. Charles Kingsley. Cora Kennedy Aitken. R. W. Emerson. Earl Russell. S. I. Prime. William C. Gannett. P. Lanfrey. 2 Vols. Gen. G. A. Custar, U. S. A. Herman Krusi. J. W. Shuckers. J. S. C. Abbott. A Memorial of Charles March.
Maj. Evan R. Jones. C. C. Bombaugh. Rev. S. B. Halliday. R. Johnson. R. Johnson. R. Johnson. R. Johnson. R. Johnson. R. Johnson. John Gardner, M. D. Emilio Castelar. W. M. Thackeray. F. Il. Sheppard.
Sir Fred'k Pollok.
French of Madame Lenormant. Mary Murdock Mason. R. Bosworth Smith. Wm. Black. J. Thomson. From the Italian of Guerrazzi. Augusta Evans Wilson. T. B. Aldrich.
Mrs. L. St. John Eckel. William Black. H. W. Longfellow. Edited by Chas. Mackay. J. A. Skertchly. 4 Vols. C. F. Adams. 2 Vols. by Himself.
104
4780 Memories, a Story of German Love.
4804 Memoirs of Celebrated Women,
4847 Memorial of Chas. Stoddard,
4868 66 Chas. G. Finney,
Memoirs of Dr. Eliphalet Nott,
4897 4914 Mental Philosophy,
4766 Mice at Play,
4873 Micheline,
4611 Mills of the Gods, The
4802
Miller of Silcott Mills, The
4628 Miriam Montfort,
4486 Mistress Judith,
4702 Miss Angel,
4504 Mischief's Thanksgiving,
4736
Modern Don Quixote, The
4482 Morality of Prohibitory Liquor Laws,
4603 Mr. Vaughan's Heir,
4625 Mr. Smith.
4639 Mr. and Mrs: Falconbridge,
Hamilton Aide.
4880 Mrs. Limber's Raffle.
4883 Mrs. Hitchcock's Wedding Dress.
Musical Composers and their Works,
Sarah Tytler. G. W. Griffin.
4595 My Danish Days,
4687
Heroine.
4779 Mysterious Island, The
4869 My Young Alcides, N.
Jules Verne. Miss Yonge.
4537
Nathaniel Vaughan,
4764 Nine Little Goslings,
4722 Norine's Revenge,
4918 Norman Conquest, The. 4 Vols.
4604 Notes on Paris,
4797 Note Book of the Bertram Family,
4910 Notes on the Parables,
0.
4548 Oakridge, an Old-time Story,
4635 Ocean-Born,
4762 Odd One, The
4677 Odd Trump, The
4895 O'er Moor and Fen,
4469
Old Myddleton's Money,
4484 House on Briar Hill, The
4776 66 Showman and Old London Fairs,
4915
66 Dramatists, The
4916 Poets, The
4892' On Dangerous Ground.
G. P. R. James. by His Daughter. by Himself. C. Van Santvoord. William B. Carpenter. Neil Forest. Madame Eugene Bersier. Mrs. J. H. Twells. Mrs. Darrington Deslende. Mrs. C. A. Warfield. C. C. Frazer-Tytler. Miss Thackeray. Susan Coolidge. Alphonse Daudet. W. B. Weeden. Frank Lee Benedict.
Frederick Macdonald. Susan Coolidge. May Agnes Fleming. E. A. Frceman. H. Taine. Mrs. Charles. Richard Chevenix French.
J. Emerson Smithi. Oliver Optic. A. W. Mitchell Payne.
Charlotte Walsingham. Mary Cecil Hay. Isabella G. Meredith. Thomas Frost.
8 Vols. 2 Vols.
105
4656 One Summer,
4505 Only Girls,
4470 Other People's Money,
4658
Our Detachment,
4855 Our Place Among Infinities,
4878 Over the River,
4801 Owen Gwynn's Great Work,
P.
4638 Paul Massie,
Justin McCarthy.
4588 Perfect Love Casteth Out Fear,
Katherine S. Washburn.
4622 Personal Reminiscences of Cornelia Knight and Thomas Raikes.
4622 Recollections of the Wreck of the Ville du Havre, N. Weiss.
4685 Personal Reminiscences of O'Keefe, Kelly and Taylor.
4734
" Lamb, Hazlitt and Others.
4909 Physiology and Pathology of the Mind,
4613 Piano and Song,
Henry Maudsley. Freidrich Wieck. G. S. Crosby.
4669 Platonic Love,
4823 Poets and Novelists,
George Barnett Smith. E. S. Phelps.
4812 Poetic Studies,
3942 Popular Science Monthly, Vols. 3, 4, 5, 6.
4778 Preston Fight,
William Harrison Ainsworth.
4814 Pretty Miss Bellew,
Theo. Gift.
4752 Proceedings of the Lexington Centennial.
4903 Protection of Majorities,
4648 Prohibition a Failure,
Q.
4649 Queen Mary,
Alfred Tennyson.
4842 Queen of Connaught, The.
R.
4626 Ralph Wilton's Weird,
4800 Ralph and Bruno,
4811 Rapids of Niagara,
4566 Recollections and Letters of Mendelssohn,
4472 Recollections and Suggestions. 1813-1873.
4906 Religion and Materialism,
James Martineau, LL.D. P. V. N. Myers.
4921 Remains of Lost Empires, The
4816 Reminiscences of Constable and Gillies.
4844 Reminiscences of Sumter and Moultrie,
4550 Rich Medway's Two Loves,
4773 Rivers of Ice,
4826 Roderick Hudson,
4788 Romance of Missions,
4889 Romances and Realities,
4660 Rome. Finely illustrated,
4781 Running the Blockade,
4893 Round iny House,
Josiah P. Quincy. Dio Lewis.
Mrs. Alexander. M. Bramston. Miss Warner: Edward Devrient. Earl Russell.
Abner Doubleday. Celia E. Gardner. R. M. Ballantyne. H. James, Jr. M. A. West. Mrs. Amelia E. Barr. Francis Wey. W. H. Thomas. P. G. Hamerton.
Blanche Howard. Virginia Townsend. Emile Gaborian. Katherine King.
R. A. Proctor. Rev. T. B. Thayer. Lady Augusta Noel.
106
S.
4877 Sabbath Evenings at Home,
4848 Sabbath of the Fields,
4479 Sanitary Arrangements for Dwellings,
4828 Saved from the Sea,
4824 Saxon Studies,
4541 Sceptres and Crowns,
4806 Schoolmaster's Trunk, The
4600 Secrets of the Convent and Confessional,
4850
Secret of the Island, The
4572 Self-Taught Men,
4489 Senses and the Intellect,
4846
Sermons to the Clergy,
4716 Sermons out of Church,
Sermons and Songs of the Christian Life,
4583 4739 Seven Oaks, 4761 Seven to Seventeen,
4539 Sex in Industry,
4881 Shakespeare and the Bible,
4627 She Spake of Him,
4754 Sherman's Historical Raid,
4667
Shiftless Folks,
4729
Ship in the Desert, The
4689 Silent Witness,
4840 Sketches, New and Old,
4760 Six to Sixteen,
4833
Songs of Three Centuries,
4520
So Runs the World Away,
4786 Southwestern Africa,
South Sea Whaler,
4718 4596 Spain and the Spaniards,
4684
Sparkles from Saratoga,
4480
Sports that Kill,
4796 4512 4515 St. Olaves,
St. George and St. Michael,
Stone Edge. A Tale.
Stories of the Conquests of Mexico and Peru,
4557 4665 Story of Valentine and His Brother,
4726 Stories of Bird Life,
4701 St. Simon's Niece,
4503 Sybil's Book,
4853 Story of the Hymns,
Eliza Tabor. Wm. Dalton. Mrs. Oliphant. Henry Berthoud. Frank Lee Benedict. Lady Barker. Hezekiah Butterworth.
T.
4757 Tales of the Argonauts, etc., 4780 Tales Out of School,
Rev. H. C. Adams. Rev. Hugh Macmillan. Wm. Eassie. W. H. G. Kingston. Julian Hawthorne. Miss Warner. Mrs. A. M. Diaz.
Mrs. Julia McN. Wright. Jules Verne. Biographies for the Young. Alexander Baen. Gail Hamilton. Mrs. Craik. Rev. E. H. Sears. J. G. Holland. Veronica Gordon. Azel Ames, Jr. James Rees. Mrs. Grattan Guinness. H. V. Boynton. Julie P. Smith. Joaquin Miller. Edmund Yates. Mark Twain. Juliana Horatia Ewing. Edited by J. G. Whittier. Mrs. A. C. Steelc. C. J. Anderson. W. H. G. Kingston. N. L. Thieblen. Sophie Sparkle. T. De Witt Talmage. George Macdonald.
Bret Harte. Frank R. Stockton.
107
4570 Take a Peep,
4710 The Abode of Snow,
4644 The Better Self,
4741 Theodora, a Home Story,
4556 The Monsters of the Deep.
4554 Romance of an Honest Woman,
4913 4755
" Reign of Law,
Thirty Years in the Turkish Empire.
4638 Three Feathers,
4887 Through and Through the Tropics,
4872 Thrift,
4871 Throstlethwaite,
4790 4605
Toward the Straight Gate,
Transatlantic Sketches,
4737 Travesty. Treasure Trove Series. Vol. 2.
4874 True Order of Studies,
4615 Two by Tricks,
4478 Ten Years with Spiritual Mediums,
4473 The Law and the Lady,
4498 6 Perfect Life,
4503 Percys,
William Ellery Channing. Mrs. Prentiss.
4510 " Bush-Rangers, or Adventures in Australia.
U.
4535 Under the Southern Cross.
4714
" Storks' Nest,
German of Katsch.
4637 Unseen Universe, The.
4890
66 World and Other Essays,
John Fiske. Mrs. Prentiss.
4610 Urbane and His Friends,
V.
4621 Victor La Tourette,
4745 Victorian Poets,
4900 Victor and Vanquished,
4695 Volume 1st of Satchel Series.
4709 Volume 2d of Satchel Series.
W.
4907 Wagner's Chemical Technology.
4531 Washington Outside and Inside,
4688 Way We Live Now, The
4693 Ward or Wife.
4640 Walter's Word,
4536 We and Our Neighbors, 2 copies,
4817 West India Pickles,
4568 What Might Have Been Expected,
4668 What we saw in Australia,
4567 White Rose of Langley,
Paul Cobden. Andrew Wilson. J. H. Friswell. Phebe T. McKeen.
Victor Cherbuliez. Duke of Argyll. 0-
William Black. Frank Vincent. Samuel Smiles. Susan Morley. E. F. Burr. HI. James, Jr.
Thomas IIill. Edmund Yates. F. G. Fairfield. Wilkie Collins.
by a Broad Churchman. C. E. Stedman. Mary Cecil Hay.
G. A. Townsend. Anthony Trollope.
James Payne. . H. B. Stowe. W. P. Tallboys. Frank R. Stockton. Rosamund and Florence Hill. Emily Sarah Holt.
108
4592 Whip and Spur,
4888 White Conquest,
4686 White Ladies,
4742 Wild Hyacinth,
4559 With a Stout Heart,
4678 Within an Ace,
4727 Wonders of the Physical World.
4647 Wolf-Run,
Elijah Kellogg. Wilson Flagg.
4636 Woods and Seasons of New England,
4919 Works of Samuel Johnson, 2 Vols.
4616 Wreck of the Chancellor,
4646 Wyncote,
Jules Verne. Mrs. T. Erskine. John Burroughs.
4835 Winter Sunshine,
44.92 Wilson's Tales of the Borders of Scotland, 12 Vols.
4507 William Henry and His Friends,
Mrs. A. M. Diaz.
Y
4578
Yacht Club, The
4809 Years that are Told,
4580 Young Outlaws,
4769 Young Surveyor,
4920 Young's Night Thoughts.
George E. Waring. Hepworth Dixon. Mrs. Oliphant. Mrs. Randolph. Mrs. Sale Barker. Mrs. C. Jenkin.
Oliver Optic. Rose Porter. Paul Cobden.
J. T. Trowbridge.
TOWN
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AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION.
The Auditors in fulfillment of their duties, herewith pre- sent to the Town the reports of the various Town Officers, and would certify that they have examined the accounts of such officers as have had charge of expenditures or collections of moneys, and find them correct and properly vouched for.
(Signed)
T. J. SKINNER, FREEMAN EMMONS, Auditors. E. E. EMERSON,
INDEX.
Page.
Appropriations, List of,
6
Appropriation Committee's Report,
58
Assessors' Report,
53
Auditors' Certificate of Examination,
109
Auditors' Report,
6
Barnes' Case vs. Town,
18
Births,
73
By-Laws,
60
Census,
66
Collectors' Statements,
38
County Tax (in Treasurer's Report),
41
Deaths,
76
Engineers' Report,
54
Fire Department Expenses,
12
Highways and Bridges, .
5
Library Finances,
41
Marriages,
18
New Books in Library,
32
Overseers of Poor Report,
57
Police Report,
15
Salaries of Town Officers,
15
School Committee's Report,
7
School Expenses,
9
School Contingent,
44
Selectmen's Report,
43
State Aid,
41
State Tax (in Treasurer's Report),
17
Street Lamps,
11 and 32
Support of Poor,
66
Town Clerk's Report,
42
Town Debt,
·
.
Treasurer's Report,
.
.
40
Trustees of Library Report,
.
.
22
Jurors' List,
17 and 96
Loan Account,
68
Miscellaneous Expenses,
.
98
Reservoirs,
81
Tax Deeds, List of,
67 and 79
3
Town Officers,
93
A
THE SIXTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1877,
CONTAINING REPORTS OF THE
AUDITORS, SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, COLLECTOR, FIRE ENGINEERS, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, AND LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
ALSO,
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD OF THE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, DURING THE YEAR 1876.
WAKEFIELD : W. H. TWOMBLY, PRINTER, WAKEFIELD'S BLOCK.
1877.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1876-7.
SELECTMEN. JAMES OLIVER, Chairman, R. L. MURKLAND, Secretary, B. B. BURBANK.
TOWN CLERK. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.
TOWN TREASURER. JAMES F. EMERSON.
ASSESSORS.
JAMES OLIVER, DAVID PERKINS, DAVID BATCHELDER.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CYRUS N. WHITE, B. W. OLIVER, IRA WILEY, JR.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CHARLES R. BLISS, Chairman, .
Term Expires 1879.
66 1879.
S. K. HAMILTON, Secretary and Treasurer, .
GEORGE W. ABORN,
66 66 1878.
HENRY D. SMITH,*
66 1878.
LUCIUS BEEBE,
66 1877.
CHAPLIN G. TYLER, t .
66
1877.
CHARLES KEYSER,
1877.
THEODORE E. BALCH,
66
1877.
* Died April 15, 1876. Charles Keyser chosen to fill vacancy.
+ Resigned. T. E. Balch chosen to fill vacancy.
T. J. SKINNER,
AUDITORS. W, S. GREENOUGHI, E. E. EMERSON. 1
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. RICHARD BRITTON.
DAVID PERKINS,
FENCE VIEWERS. R. L. MURKLAND, RICHARD BRITTON.
TRUSTEES OF THE BEEBE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
LUCIUS BEEBE, Chairman, S. O. RICHARDSON,
CIIESTER W. EATON, Treasurer, F. P. HURD,
THOMAS WINSHIP,
GEORGE L. KILGORE.
EDWARD MANSFIELD,
JOHN M. CATE,
THEODORE E. BALCH, Secretary,
AZEL AMES, JR.,
ELIZA A. WAKEFIELD, HARRIET N. FLINT,
HENRY D. SMITH.
4
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
JOHN H. PERKINS,
E. GOWING, .
L. B. EATON,
C. H. DERBY,
CYRUS KIMBALL,
JOSHUA PERHAM,
.
.
.
.
South
East
West
66
Woodville "
BOARD OF HEALTH, JOHN R. MANSFIELD, J. P. TUCKER.
S. O. RICHARDSON,
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
E. H. WALTON, Chief, C. N. WHITE, Secretary. H. L. DAY.
CONSTABLES.
DANIEL CAREY, C. H. DAVIS, O. WALTON, 2d.
POLICE OFFICERS.
DANIEL CAREY, Chief,
MOSES STAPLES,
H. D. HOYT,
THOMAS GOULD,
THOMAS BARBER.
R. L. COOPER,
F. G. COKER, JOSEPH TUTTLE, JOHN DRUGAN.
ISAAC F. SHELDON,
WM. G. SKINNER, 2nd.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND MERCHANDISE. GEORGE W. ABORN, GEORGE M. HALL, A. A. MANSFIELD.
POUND KEEPER. JOHN B. ATWELL.
MEASURERS OF WOOD. RICHARD BRITTON, JOSHUA WALTON, A. J. HUTCHINSON, A. A. MANSFIELD, HENRY CLAY, B. F. ABBOTT, JOSEPH TUTTLE, M. C. EVANS.
HENRY CLAY,
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
GEORGE H. TEAGUE,
H. D. HOYT,
H. M. RIDEOUT,
HENRY L. HASKELL,
B. F. ABBOTT.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
WM. G. SKINNER, DANIEL CAREY.
THOMAS HICKS,
FIELD DRIVERS.
JOSHUA PERHAM,
WV. II. GOULD,
ISAAC E. GREEN.
.
Centre District.
North
5
List of Jurors
ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN, Nov. 7, 1876.
Abbott, Benj. F. Abbott, George Atwell, John Britton, Richard
Bickford, Chas. F.
Batchelder, David
O'Hea, Bartholomew
Burbank, B. B.
Perkins, David
Beebe, Cyrus G. Balch, T. E.
Philpot, Cyrus A. Perkins, Wm. K.
Burgess, E. B.
Bridger, Wm. J. Cooper, R. L.
Carey, Daniel
Currier, H. P.
Day, Hosea L.
Eaton, Levi B. Emmons, Dimon T. Gilman, Geo. K. Green, Thomas Gove, M. W.
Hogan, John Haskell, Henry L. Hartshorne, Chas. F.
Hartshorne, Wm. H. Kendrick, Rufus Killoran, James Mason, David P. Mansfield, J. J. Moran, John
McMahan, Thomas Nichols, Hero W. Niles, Chas. E. Newman, J. H. Oliver, James
Pitman, L. J. Putney, S. J. Parker, Sam'l, Jr. Pratt, B. C.
Reed, Washington
Sheldon, I. F. Skinner, Wm. G.
Sweetser, Jewett B.
Sweetser, E. F. Stout, Richard S. Tuttle, Jas. Teague, Geo. H. Walton, Oliver, 2d Walton, Solon Walton, J. C. W. Westgate, James Williams, Francis Woodward, J. F. Young, Wm. F. Upham, E. S.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1876-7.
For Support of Schools, .
. $12,000 00
School Contingent Fund, 1,000 00
Furnishing New Room in High School
Building, 700 00
Support of the Poor, Fire Department, ·
4,500 00
4,200 00
Highways and Bridges, 3,500 00 .
. Payment of Town Officers, 2,800 00
Expense of Street Lamps, 1,000 00
Miscellaneous Expenses,
5,200 00
S including dog tax 653 90
Support of Public Library 1875-6, $453.90
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves, 100 00
Publishing Valuation List, 400 00
Re-furnishing Yale Engine House, 100 00
Fourth of July Celebration,
600 00
Building Emerson Street,
.
250 00
66 Beacon 66
400 00
60 Charles 66
300 00
Water street Bridge (near J. Moran's), 50 00
Claim of James French, 300 00
Bird Houses, 30 00
Total Appropriations, Selectmen's Department, $38,083 90 For Payment of Town Debt, 5,000 00
66 66 " Interest on do. 9,500 00
Total Treasurer's Department, . $14,500 00
Total, $52,583 90
7
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Regular Appropriation,
. $12,000 00
Rec'd from Mass. State fund 1875,
298 90
66 66 60
66
66 1876, 255 56
66 Interest on same, 10 79
Tuition, . .
10 00
Total,
. $12,575 25
Expended as follows :
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Paid Melvin J. Hill, High School, . . $1,750 00
Eliza M. Greenwood, Asst. do.
637 50
M. E. Wentworth,
Advanced Grammar, 760 00
552 50
Ella M. Pinkham,
Second 66
247 00
Sara L. Thomas,
66 66
.
282 00
Lilla M. Means,
Third,
66 151 67 .
M. Annie Warren,
66 66
348 00
Elenora Hutchinson,
Training School, 690 63
Alice Alexander, 66
145 50
Susie D. Turnbull,
66
66
40 50
Nellie A. Miller,
34 50
Susan E. Barker,
66
66
33 50
Clara E. Bancroft,
60
6 00
C. Eveline Sweetser,
Ctr. Intermediate, 132 25
Francella M. Evans,
First Primary,
218 50
Myra A. Stearns,
66
235 00
C. Eveline Sweetser, Second 66
356 20
M. I. Hersey,
66
115 00
M. Annie Warren,
Franklin Int.
155 25
Susie D. Turnbull,
66
290 00
Alice M. Wiley,
Primary,
63 00
Myra A. Stearns,
66
181 00
Emma L. Upham,
66
235 00
Sara L. Thomas,
North District,
241 50
Francella M. Evans,
66 270 26
Amount carried forward, ·
.
.
$8,172 26
Abbie S. Perkins,
First 66
.
66
.
.
S
Amount brought forward, . . $8,172 26
Paid Frannie L. Hartshorne, South District,
441 25
Sophie F. Hamblin, West Int., 477 25
Ella M. Dager,
Primary, 233 50
L. J. Mansfield,
246 75
Annic R. Killoran,
East District. 436 75
Emma L. Upham, 66 114 00
L. J. Mansfield, Woodville. 210 00
235 00
Alice M. Wiley,
West Dist. 1 week, . 11 50
Centre " 1-2 " ·
5 00
George F. Wilson,
Music Teacher, 281 75
Total Salaries, $10,865 01
JANITORS' SERVICES.
Paid Wm. H. Wiley,
High School Building, $231 67
A. F. Hutchinson,
Centre District, 201 03
James E. Buckley,
Franklin Street, 82 00
Henry Phelps,
North District, 39 00
Isaac F. Sheldon,
South 51 00 .
Jonas Cowdrey,
West .
82 00
George H. Wiley, East 59 20
E. Butterfield, Woodville, 36 25
Total,
$782 15
FUEL ACCOUNT.
Paid Geo. W. Aborn for fuel as follows, viz. :
30 tons Furnace Coal at $6.99, $209 70
10 " Egg 66 7.50, ·
75 00
1 " Coal 66 8.50, .
8 50
1
66 9.00, 9 00
Basketing do., .
.
7 50
42 cords Oak Wood at $7.94,
333 48
15 66 Pine " 5.90,
88 50
4
66 Wood " 10.00,
40 00
1
66 " 8.50,
8 50
Amount carried forward,
$780 18
Nellie A. Miller,
Hattie E. Perkins,
9
Amount brought forward, .
$780 18
3 6-8 cords of Wood,
29 75
Sawing and Housing,
9 44
Measuring,
24
Total for fuel,
$819 61
PREPARING FUEL.
Paid Asaph Evans,
$38 99
Moses G. Hobson,
12 66
Michael Madden,
21 00
James E. Buckley,
2 50
Isaac F. Sheldon,
.
2 00
Wm. H. Wiley,
3 33
Total for preparing,
80 48
$900 09
INCIDENTAL EXPENSE.
Paid Wm. Ricker, Rent of School Room,
$28 00
Recapitulation.
Appropriation brought forward, $12,575 25
Expended :
Teachers' Salaries, $10,865 01
Janitors' Services, 782 15
Fuel Account, 900 09
Incidental,
28 00
-$12, 575 25
.
.
·
10
SCHOOL CONTINGENT FUND.
Appropriation authorized,
. $1,000 00
Expended as follows :
Paid W. H. Twombly,
printing, &c. .
$58 87
S. B. Dearborn,
66 14 75
C. P. Foster,
books and stationery,
62 87
R. L. Murkland,
62 58
S. K. Hamilton, Sec'y, 66
7 71
Amer. Baptist Pub. Soc'y,
. (
8 89
Doane & Greenough, ink,
15 00
H. M. Rideout,
taking census,
40 00
M. J. Hill, decorations and chemicals,
4 30
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
maps,
3 60
Citizens' Gas Light Co.,
gas,
5 85
J. G. McLeod,
repairs,
222 94
W. A. Hamblin,
66
16 75
Staples & Teague,
13 82
Bacon & Sweetser,
66
41 31
M. C. Taylor,
33 00
John Purington,
60 12
Wm. H. Shea,
13 20
John Wiley, 2d,
66
2 00
J. McKnight,
66
9 00
G. N. Littlefield & Co.,
66
37 97
Z. F. Fairbanks,
9 08
Geo. W. Aborn,
labor,
5 00
I. F. Sheldon,
66
4 55
Charles Hart,
10 20
HIero W. Nichols,
75
Jonas Cowdrey,
1 50
Mrs. E. Gihon,
cleaning,
6 00
Mrs. Freeby,
66
6 50
Geo. H. Teague,
repairing gong, .
6 00
J. A. Swascy,
blackboards,
200 60
J. L. Hammett,
sundries,
3 65
Amount carried forward
$992 36
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.
.
.
4 00
G. C. Mckenzie,
11
Amount brought forward Paid L. F. Linnell, expressing,
$992 36
1 70
Total expenditures,
$994 06
Balance unexpended,
5 94
$1000 00
NEW SCHOOL ROOM IN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
Appropriation authorized, Expended as follows : Paid J. A. Swasey,
blackboards, .
$55 00
A. G. Whitcomb,
furniture, ·
326 80
Franklin Foundry Co.,
stove and repairs, 157 83
Fryc, Phipps & Co.,
fixtures,
1 34
G. C. Mckenzie,
clock,
8 00
F. S. Shaw,
shades and fixtures,
19 87
D. P. Mason,
labor,
3 00
M. C. Taylor,
66
97 50
J. B. Wiley,
66
3 75
Geo. W. Aborn,
teaming,
2 25
J. H. Eaton,
expressing,
65
Geo. H. Teague,
labor,
16 85
Total Expenditures,
$692 84
Balance unexpended, 7 16
$700 00
$700 00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation authorized. . $4,200 00 Expended as follows :
YALE ENGINE COMPANY, NO. 1.
Paid Fireman's Services to May 1st, 1876,
$1,250 00
David Flanders, Steward's services, . 37 72
Geo. H, Sweetser, 66
66 37 25
J. F. Emerson,
Record Book, 4 25
F. G. Coker, Treas.,
side ropes, 3 75
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas,
56 25
Geo. W. Aborn,
fuel,
4 75
A. W. Mitchell,
badges,
56 25
Andrew Young,
use of horses,
5 00
H. N. Winslow,
teaming,
11 00
Hunneman & Co.,
repairs,
62 00
J. & S. Winship,
6 50
G. N. Littlefield & Co.,
69 55
Chas. L. Jones,
66
2 00
Israel A. Parsons,
1 55
A. J. Hutchinson,
labor and sundries,
11 85
Andrew Goodwin,
66 66
8 00
F. S. Shaw,
fixtures,
4 72
C. E. Wiggin,
mugs and spoons, 11 00
Total,
$1,643 39
C. WAKEFIELD ENGINE COMPANY, NO. 2.
Paid Firemen's Services to May 1st, 1876, $997 91
Lewis Fogg, Steward's services, 23 50
Geo. I. Oliver,
8 75
J. J. Mansfield, use of horses, ·
10 00
For rent of land,
5 00
G. N. Littlefield & Co., sundries, 1 25 .
Holmes & Sanford, 66
3 88
Total,
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.
$1,050 29
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CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY, NO. 1.
Paid Firemen's Services to May 1st, 1876,
$300 00
Oscar Hutchinson,
rent, ·
37 50
J. J. Mansfield,
fuel, . 4 12
E. H. Brabrook,
table and chairs, .
7 60
B. F. Brown,
painting,
20 00
B. F. Abbott,
chemicals, 3 00
G. W. Kendall,
springs, 11 00
H. N. Winslow,
teaming,
10 50
J. J. Mansfield,
4 00
G. N. Littlefield & Co., sundries,
3 25
Moses Staples, labor, 4 78
Total,
$405 75
WASHINGTON HOOK & LADDER COMPANY, NO. 1.
Paid Firemen's Services to May 1st, 1876, $562 44
John.M. Cate,
rent, . 165 00
A. W. Mitchell, badges, 22 50
Citizens' Gas Light Co., gas, · 10 80
Doane & Greenough,
Record Book,
2 50
H. N. Winslow,
teaming,
75
John H. Perkins,
use of horses,
11 00
Andrew Goodwin,
labor and sundries,
7 41
Israel A. Parsons,
labor, .
4 50
G. N. Littlefield & Co., repairs,
50
A. J. Hutchinson,
burners, ·
.
50
Total,
$787 90
OTHER EXPENSES IN THE DEPARTMENT.
Paid A. J. Hutchinson, labor on Reservoirs, $8 00
A. C. Perkins, 5 50 .
Bernard Smith,
75
W. G. Skinner,
posting bills, .
1 50
W. H. Twombly, printing, advertising, &c.,
5 00
Amount carried forward
$20 75
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14
Amount brought forward . ringing fire alarms,. 7 00
$20 75
Paid Andrew Goodwin, 66
labor and sundries,. 19 05
Ezra Gowing,
removing gravel, . 15 00
C. N. White,
labor and sundries, 17 55
Belt & Leather Stuffing Co., oil for hose, .
66 75
John Linscott,
oil clothing, ·
10 50
Isaac S. Morse,
legal advice,
10 00
C. H. Robertson,
straps,
2 50
L. F. Linnell,
express, 66
3 25
R. L. Cooper,
sundries, 1 85
Total,
$175 05
Recapitulation.
Yale Engine Co. No. 1, . $1,643 39
C. Wakefield Co. No. 2, 1,050 29
Chemical Co. No. 1,
405 75
Washington Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1,
787 90
Sundry other Expenses,
175 05
Total,
.
.
$4,062 38
Balance unexpended,
137 62
$4,200 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Appropriation authorized, $4,500 00
Paid Cyrus N. White, Chairman of Overseers, as per receipts, 4,950 00
Balance overdrawn, $450 00
For details of expenditures, see Report of Overseers of the Poor.
By vote of the Town, Feb'y 21st, 1877, the Selectmen were authorized to draw orders on the Treasurer for this De- partment to the amount of $600, in excess of appropriation, if necessary.
.
85
John H. Eaton,
.
15
EXPENSE OF STREET LAMPS.
Appropriation authorized, Expended as follows :
. $1,000 00
Paid Citizens' Gas Light Co.,
gas,
558 25
A. W. Cate,
for lighting, 229 00
I. F. Sheldon,
2 yrs., 171 10
Sterry Smith & Co.,
lamp posts,
10 00
B. P. Bowman,
lanterns,
7 00
Joseph Cartwright, repairing do.,
1 75
Z. F. Fairbanks,
66
5 25
D. P. Mason,
repairs, .
4 50
J. N. Eames,
75
Descalzo & Boulger, 66
7 55
R. L. Murkland,
1 50
C. R. Tuttle, oil and lighting,
2 07
Total,
$998 72
Balance unexpended, ·
1 28
$1,000 00
SUPPORT OF BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY.
Regular appropriation,
$200 00
Dog Tax 1875-6, 453 90
$653 90
Paid C. W. Eaton, Treasurer of Trustees,
$653 90
For details of expenditure, see Trustees' Report.
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PAYMENT OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation authorized,
. $2,800 00
Expended as follows :
Paid Board of Auditors,
1875-6, $100 00
Selectmen, 1876-7, 400 00
Assessors, 66
400 00
" Overseers of Poor, " 150 00
Engineers of Fire Department, 100 00
C. F. Hartshorne, Town Clerk, 100 00
Recording Births, Mar- riages and Deaths, 1875, 86 40
C. F. Hartshorne, sealer of weights & measures, 15 00 Richard Britton, Collector, on acc't, 375 00
. O. V. Waterman, . 150 00
John F. Alexander, Janitor, 2 months,
50 00
F. G. Coker,
10 “ 240 00
W. G. Skinner, 66
Return of Deaths, 2 75
O. Walton, 2d, 66
.
13 0
John Malony, 1 00 ·
Chas. R. Bliss, School Com. to Apr., 1876,
56 67
S. K. Hamilton, 6 . .
33 33
Daniel Carey, Truant Officer, 25 00
Daniel Carey, Constable and Police, 128 20
C. H. Davis, 66 38 64
Oliver Walton, 2d, Constable,
6 00
F. G. Coker,
Police, .
101 30
H. D. Hoyt,
63 60
Isaac F. Sheldon,
20 00
Issacher Stowell,
18 50
John Drugan,
10 50
Moses Staples,
25 55
J. F. Alexander, 66
8 00
Joseph Tuttle,
7 00
Thomas Barber,
.
12 00
Total,
·
$2,772 44
Balance unexpended,
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