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A Marsh Island. Sarah O. Jewett.
2638
A New Graft. Pansy.
2697
A Mortal Antipathy. O. W. Holmes.
2741
A Second Life. Mrs. Alexander.
2645
A Superior Woman. No Name Series.
2656
A Wheel of Fire. Arlo Bates.
2693
Adventures of Timias Terrystone. C. C. Bunce.
2631
Adventures of Harry Marline. Admiral Porter.
2682
After His Kind. John Coventry.
2739
Allen Dare and Robert Le Diable. Admiral Porter.
2625
Annals of a Sportsman. I. Turgenieff.
2648
Anna, the Professor's Daughter. Marie Daal.
2665
Andree De Taverday. A. Dumas.
2703
Andromeda. George Fleming.
2710
An Endless Chain. Pansy.
2723
An Old Maid's Paradise. E. Stuart Phelps.
2684
An Original Belle. E. P. Roe.
2707
As We Went Marching On. G. W. Hosmer, M. D.
2740
At Bay. Mrs. Alexander.
2675
At Love's Extreme. Maurice Thompson.
2649
At the Red Glove.
2674
Aulnay Tower, Blanche W. Howard.
2662
Barbara Heathcote's Trial. Rosa N. Carey.
2666
Bessie's Fortune. Mary J. Holmes.
2705
Birchwood. Jak.
2694
Bonny Borough. A. D. T. Whitney.
2759
By Shore and Sedge. Bret Harte.
2652
220
Carriston's Gift. Hugh Conway. Chautauqua Girls at Home. Pansy.
2659 2687 2720
Christie's Christmas.
Daisy. Susan B. Warner. 2680
Daisy Plains. Susan B. Warner.
Divers Women. Pansy.
Dovis and Theodora. Margaret Vandegrift.
Driven Back to Eden. E. P. Roe.
Echoing aud Re-echoing. Pansy.
Ester Reid. Pansy.
Ester Reid Yet Speaking. Pansy.
Evolution of Dodd. Wm. H. Smith.
Four Girls at Chataqua. Pansy.
From Different Standpoints. Pansy and Faye Huntington.
Healy. Jessie Fothergill.
Helen Ethenger. Elsie L. Whittlesey.
High Lights.
Household Puzzles. Pansy.
Huckleberry Finn. Samuel L. Clemens.
Indian Summer. W. D. Howells.
In Peril and Privation.
2743
Fish and Men in the Maine Islands.
In War Time. S. Weir Mitchell. Jan Vedder's Wife. Amelia E. Barr.
2733 2629
Jill. E. A. Dilwyn.
2627 2691
Julia Reid. Pansy.
Love or a Name. Julian Hawthorne.
2692 2664 2702
Matilda. Princess of England. Mme. Sophie Cottin.
2673
Miss Luddington's Sister. Edward Bellamy.
2677 2642
Mr. Oidmixon. Wm. Hammond.
Mrs. Gainsborough's Diamonds. Julian Hawthorne. 2685 2628
Never Again. W. S. Mayo.
One Commonplace Day. Pansy.
2668 2634
One of the Duanes. Alice R. Hamilton.
Paddy Finn. W. H. G. Kingston. 2757 2714
Pere Goriot. H. De Balzac.
Phyllis. The Duchess.
2681 2635
Pilot Fortune. M. C. D. Reeves & E. Read.
Pine Cones. Willis B. Allen. 2671
Poverty Corner. G. Manville Fenn.
2651
Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains. Chas. E. Craddock. 2715
Robert Ord's Atonement. Rosa N. Carey. 2646
2762 2716 2623 2708 2724 2690 2700 2639 2688 2718 2764 2725 2750 2722
2636 2760
Madame de Pressnel. E. F. Poynter.
Maruja. Bret Harte.
221
Ruth Erskine's Crosses. Pansy.
2689
Serapis. George Ebers.
2640
Six Years Later. A. Dumas.
2679
Social Silhouettes. Edgar Fawcett.
2711
Stanley Grahame. Gordon Staples, M. D.
2695
Story of Margaret Kent. Henry Hayes.
2747
Story of Mary.
2643
Tales from Many Sources. 4 Vols.
2647
Tell Your Wife.
2737
Tender Dolores. The Duchess.
2657
The Cardinal's Daughter. Mrs. C. A. Warfield.
2626
The Golden Spike. Edward King.
2738
The Hall in the Grove. Pansy.
2699
The Iron Mask. A. Dumas.
2679
The King's Daughters. Pansy.
2721
The Lady with the Rubies. Mrs. Wistar.
2667
The Old Daughter. John Vance Cheney.
2683
The Open Door & The Portrait. Mrs. Oliphant. The Priest and the Man.
2744
The Randolphs. Pansy.
2698
The Rise of Silas Lapham. W. D. Howells.
2669
The Wane of an Ideal. La Marchesa Colombi.
2641
The Will, 2 vols. Eckstein.
2672
Three People. Pansy.
2717
Trajan. Henry F. Keenan.
2633
Transformed. Faye Huntington.
2745
Troubled Waters. Beverly E. Warner.
2660
Two College Girls. Helen D. Brown.
2749
Two Sides of the Shield. Charlatte M. Young.
2661
Upon a Cast. Charlotte Dunning.
2650
Wakulla. Kirk Monroe.
2761
What's Mine's Mine. Geo. Macdonald.
2752
Wise and Otherwise. Pansy & Faye Huntington.
2719
Within the Capes. Howard Pyle.
2637
Without Blemish. Mrs. J. H. Walworth.
2753
Zeph. Helen Hunt Jackson. 2742
Zoroaster. F. Marion Crawford.
2655
2632
222
JUVENILE STORIES.
Boy Life in the U. S. Navy. H. H. Clarke, U. S. N. 2653
Boy Travellers in South America. Thos. W. Knox. 2732
Camp Fire and Wigwam. Edward S. Ellis. 2713
Deep Down. R. M. Ballantyne. 2728
Dog Cruso. . .
2727
Down the Ravine. Chas. E. Craddock.
Elsie at Nantucket. Martha Finley.
Grandmother Elsie. 66
2644 2676 2704
Hector's Inheritance. Horatio Alger.
2706
Historic Boys. E. S. Brooks.
2701
In the Land of the Moose, Bear and Beaver. Achilles Daunt. 2731 2709
Lewey and I. W. H. Thomes.
Lost Trail. Edward S. Ellis.
2624 2751
Raising the "Pearl". James Otis.
2730
Sidney Martin's Christmas. Pansy.
2736
Ten Boys. Jane Andrews.
2755
The Boy's Percy. Sidney Lanier.
2756
The Two Elsies. Martha Finley.
2670
The "What To Do" Club. Helen Campbell.
2746
Those Boys. Faye Huntington.
2734
Tip Lewis. Pansy.
2735
Up the Ladder Club. Edward A. Rand.
2686
Winter Fun. Wm. O. Stoddard.
2696
Young Outlaw. Horatio Alger.
2692
Young Wild Fowlers. Harry Castlemon.
2712
Salt Water. W. H. G. Kingston.
223
PARK COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
Rec'd. from Park Fund,
. $5995 47
66 " Sale of Grass,
14 00
$6009 47 -
Paid for labor & teams per pay roll, 1885,
May, $106 35
66
66
66
June, 71 12
66
66
July, 370 53
66
66
66 66
Aug. 63 60
66
66
Sept. 45 35
66
66 Nov. 77 64
$734 59
ROCKERY.
Paid Wakefield Water Co., Water, 1884, $25 00 Freight on plants, 2 00
Teaming 50
C. M. Clapp & Co., Hose Reel, . 2 00
C. S. Knowles, rubber hose, 14 06
E. W. Bowditch, plants and labor, 146 88 H. A. Lewis, 2 Terra Cotta vases, 80 00
Wakefield Water Co., water for Season 1885, . · 100 00
Cunningham's Express, express on vases, 3 50
J. B. Wiley, cementing basins, . 10 50
Amounts carried forward, . $384 44
$734 59
224
Amounts brought forward, $384 44 $734 59
E. M. Doyle, sod, 7 47
Geo. H. Teague, covering vases, 6 00
N. H. Dow, Jabor and stone, 14 50
G. W. Aborn, soil etc. 14 85
$427 26
COMMON.
Paid James Cavinaro, painting posts,
seats etc., 26 20
James Cavinaro, painting fence, 18 96
M. D. Jones & Co. drinking fountain 100 00 Wakefield Water Co., water for
fountain, season 1885, 15 00
Wakefield Water Co., service pipe for fountain, .. 5 75
T. R. Newhall, granite base and setting, for fountain, 33 60
N. H. Dow, labor and stone,
13 00
S. Merchant, painting,
2 00
Geo. H. Teague, covering fountain, 2 00
H. W. Eustis, gravel, 10 00
N. H. Dow, setting 30 ft. curb stone 6 00
T. R. Newhall, 7 1-2 ft. fence 4 13
Chelmsford Foundry Co., grate, .
3 00
$239 64
NORTH PARK.
Paid H. W. Eustis, gravel and loam, 70 50
N. H. Dow, building as per contract a walk extending across Park, from foot of Lawrence St. to Lake Ave, and also a walk on . west side of Park, . 550 00
Amounts carried forward,
$620 50
$1,401 49
225
Amounts brought forward, $620 50 $1,401 49
E. I. Purrington, posts,
7 60
T. R. Newhall, 1007 1-2 ft. fence stone, 528 95
T. R. Newhall, 1000 ft curb stone
400 00
N. H. Dow, setting fence 201 60
Geo. P. Aborn, surveying,
6 00
E. A. Upton, loam, .
2 50
Town of Wakefield, concreting, .
190 67
$1,957 82
PAVILION.
Paid T. R. Newhall, granite, .
$295 00
66 circular curbing, 135 00
Page & Littlefield, carpenter's work and material as per
contract, Price: $815.00
Paid, , 700 00 700 00
Bal. due, 115 00
Daniel Cushing, galvanized iron
work,
187 00
N. H. Dow, stonework & grading
402 37
H. W. Eustis, gravel, 11 84
H. A. Lewis, 2 terra cotta vases 35 00
Cunningham's Ex., exp. on "
1 00
B. & M. R. R., freight on iron- · work from Lowell, . 75
Congregational Parish, gravel,
.
9 00
Total am't paid on Pavilion, $1,776 96 $1,776 96
Due Mills & Harper, painting, as per
contract,
$220 00
Due Page & Littlefield, on account, .
115 00
$2,111 96
Amount carried forward,
$5,136 27 .
226
Amount brought forward $5,136 27
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid J. L. Fairbanks & Co., time book, $ 35
Cutler Bros., grass seed and oil, 10 05
7 45
C. W. Eaton, adv. and notices, J. F. Woodward & Son, sharp- ening lawn mowers, 2 50
1 50
Parker & Wood, one horse lawn mower, & one hand lawn mower, . 101 00
Joseph Breck & Son, grass seed, 3 10
M. Foley, police duty, July 3 & 4 7 20
J. Meloney, 66
7 20
J. White, 66 66
7 20
E. N. Heath, one box envelopes,
30
B. & M. R. R., freight on lawn mowers, 25
R. H. Mitchell, work and stock for Band-stand, July 4, '85 15 00
S. F. Littlefield & Co., rakes, brooms, rope, scythe and labor, 14 30
D. W. Hunt, teaming, 1 25
E.W.Bowditch, plans, etc., 1884-5 244 88 Wakefield Rattan Co., sharpen- ing lawn mower, etc., 5 10
Gaston & Whitney, legal advice relating to purchase of land of Thos. Emerson and J. G. Aborn, . 35 00
C. W. Eaton, examination and abstract of same, 30 00
Amounts carried forward,
$493 63 $5,136 27
227
Amounts brought forward,
$493 63 $5,136 27
C. W. Eaton, advertisements and notices, . 2 75
D. W. Hunt, teaming, 1 25
Geo. M. Kelley, blacksmithing, 3 60 M. D. Jones & Co., grass signs, 9 38
Geo. F. Wilson, storage of lawn mower and tools, . 9 00
W. H. Twombly, advertisement, 1 00
J. H. Eaton, express, 66
1 56
66
12 65
Wakefield Rattan Co., carpenter- ing, sharpening and repairs on lawn mowers, .
6 20
$541 02
Total expenditure,
. $5,677 29
The above financial exhibit shows a total expenditure this year of $5677.29.
All bills have been paid except a balance due on the Pavilion to Page & Littlefield, carpenters, of $115 ; Mills & Harper, painters, $220. These amounts were withheld in accordance with the contract, until the completion of the work which the Commissioners thought best to postpone, the painting being the principal part remaining, which on account of the lateness of the season was not finished ..
All the work done thus far is of the most thorough and enduring character, and with proper care the Park will con- stantly increase in attractiveness. While twenty thousand dollars has been expended during the last two years (not a large sum for a Park ) nature has done more for us than money. We can therefore afford to be liberal in our appropriations for an improvement which benefits and gives pleasure to so large a number of people. The surface work was prosecuted during the season in accordance with the plans of Mr. Bowditch, and
228
has resulted in greatly enhancing the beauty of our Park. That our citizens have appreciated this is evidenced by the fact that hundreds during the last season enjoyed the cool shades of the "Common", or beautiful lawn of the North Park, which a year ago but few thought sufficiently attrac- tive to be worth even a single visit. The new drinking fountain at the north end of the Common has proved a great convenience to the public. A number of them, placed in various portions of the town, furnishing pure water to the thirsty people, would be of great moral, as well as physical, benefit, by often preventing the drinking of intoxicating liquors, as well as many vile concoctions that are sold under the specious name of "temperance beverages." We are assured that if the town or public spirited citizens will cause fountains of this character to be erected, the Water Company will furnish water for them free of expense.
The removal of the Engine House is greatly to be desired -an unsightly building in an inconvenient place. Wise economy dictates a more central location, and the interrup- tion of an almost perfect view confirms the wisdom of our recommending that the town take some early action regard- ing the removal of this structure.
BASE BALL GROUNDS.
Some location other than the Park should be provided for the young men and boys for base ball playing. That they have a right to be considered in this matter is unquestionable, but however careful they may be, that portion of the grass upon which they play, will be entirely ruined. If some field could be engaged at a nominal sum, would it not be better for the town, if it can legally do so, if not for the citi- zens who take pride in the improved appearance of the Park, to pay the sum required for such a purpose.
229
The majority of the Commissioners were of the opinion that the citizens desired an investigation as to the purchase of land of Thomas Emerson and John G. Aborn, and with this in view caused an exhaustive abstract of title to be made, and employed counsel, which resulted in an article being inserted in the November town meeting warrant, to see if the town would affirm or repudiate the purchase made by a majority of the former Board of Park Commissioners. The town voted to affirm, thereby disposing of the matter.
RECOMMENDATION.
A large amount of money can be wisely expended during the coming season, but the Commissioners have decided to recommend only an amount sufficient to keep the Park in good order, and prosecute what to us seems to be essential to the final completion of work that will give us one of the most beautiful pleasure grounds in the state. Trees should be set out and growing in the North Park, as well as a con- siderable amount of hardy shrubbery.
The land bought of Thos. Emerson and John G. Aborn, ought not to be left in its present condition, if it is to har- monize with other portions of the Park. Under-drainage filling etc., must be done, in order to put this land in a pas- sable condition. The granite curbing and concrete walk, should be extended along the east side of this property. A larger amount will therefore be needed this, than in future years. We recommend that the sum of three thousand dol- lars be raised and appropriated for Park improvement.
DAVID H. DARLING, R. POTE WAIT, Park
EDWIN SWEETSER,
Commissioners.
230
AUDITORS' FINAL STATEMENT.
During the past year, the Auditors have examined the bills paid by Selectmen's orders, numbering 910, andamount- ing to $57,674.02. At the close of the year they audited the accounts of the Road, and Park Commissioners, Trustees of Library and Reading Room, and Fish Committee, and find them correct, and the vouchers in proper form. The accounts of the Collector of Taxes have been examined, and we cer- tify that they are correct as reported on page 101. In the examination of the accounts of Thomas J. Skinner, Treasurer, we have verified the receipts, and find proper vouchers for the payment of all monies, and that he has a cash balance of $439.89 in the National Bank of South Reading, as shown by his report (page 91). The figures of the annual accounts as given on pages 60 to 87 have been prepared with as full details as we thought consistent with their clear and ready comprehension. If any voter desires further details, we shall be glad to furnish them. We recommend that in the future, no department (with the possible exception of High- ways and Bridges) be furnished with money to disburse and account for at the end of the year, but that the rule shall be uniform to have all bills paid by orders drawn by the Select- men. We trust that those who prepare the reports of the different departments, will see the need of making them con- cise, in order that this volume shall not grow so bulky as to discourage its thorough perusal and study by the voters, preparatory to the annual Town Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN M. CATE, WALDO E. COWDREY, Auditors. WILLIS S. MASON.
Wakefield, March 24th, 1886.
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INDEX.
PAGE
Appropriation Committee's Report,
149
Appropriations, List of
. 60
Assessors' Report,
. 128
Auditors' Report,
60 to 87
Auditors' Final Statement,
230
Births,
· 42
Board of Health, Expenses and Report of
. 75 and 134
Collector's Statement,
101
Concrete Sidewalks and Crossings,
. 80 and 127
Common and Park Improvement,
223
Deaths,
.
53
Engineers' Report,
141
Fire Department Expenses,
67 to 70
Fish Committee's Expenses and Report,
. 76 and 137
Highway Department,
78 to
80
Hydrants, Rental of
74
Jurors, List of
6
Lake Street Grading,
81
Librarian, Report of
212
Loan Account, (Treasurer's Report),
96
Marriages,
46
Memorial Day,
76
Military Aid,
. 83
Miscellaneous Expenses,
82 to 87
Night Watch Report,
133
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
106 to 124
Park Commissioners, Report of
223
Police Report, .
132
Road Commissioners, Report of
. 125
Reading Room,
211
Salaries of Town Officers, .
71
School Committee's Report,
155 to 202
School Expenses, Contingent Fund & Text Books,
.
61 to 67
.
232
Selectmen, Report of
102
State Aid,
99
Street Lamps,
73 and 74
Tax Deeds, .
98
Town Clerk's Report and Statistics,
42 to 59
Town Debt,
97
Town House Expenses,
. 72 and 73
Town Meetings, Records of
7 to 40
Town Officers, List of
3
Treasurer's Report,
90
Trustees of Library, Report of
204
Trust Funds, (Treasurer's Report),
92
Valuation List,
77
West Chestnut Street Sidewalk,
82
1944 144
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THE SEVENTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE TOWN OFFICERS 1 OF WAKEFIELD, MASS.,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB'Y 28, 1887.
AI.SO,
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
OF THE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
DURING THE YEAR 1886.
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WAKEFIELD : CITIZEN AND BANNER PRESS. 1887.
,
TOWN OFFICERS, 1886-87.
SELECTMEN.
JOHN W. LOCKE, Chairman, GEORGE E. RICKER, JOHN S. EATON, Secretary .* TOWN CLERK-CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE. TREASURER-THOMAS J. SKINNER.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
HIRAM EATON, Chairman, HORACE GOWING, JOHN S. EATON, Secretary .* *Resigned.
ASSESSORS. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE, CHARLES F. WOODWARD, DAVID PERKINS.
AUDITORS. JOHN M. CATE, WALDO E. COWDREY, WILLIS S. MASON.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
THOMAS HICKEY, Term expires 1887.
NATH'L H. DOW, .
66 1888.
HENRY N. OLIVER, .
66 66 1889.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-CHARLES F. WOODWARD.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HORACE W. DALRYMPLE, Chief, OWEN CORCORAN, ALONZO S. COBB, Secretary.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WILLIAM N. TYLER, Term expires 1889.
ASHTON H. THAYER,
66 1889.
EDWARD A. UPTON, Chairman,
.
66 1888.
PRESTON SHELDON, .
66 1888.
MELVIN J. HILL, Sec'y and Treas., .
66 1887.
SELIM S. WHITE,
66
66 1887.
.
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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
OTIS V. WATERMAN,
REUBEN H. MITCHELL,
THOMAS WINSHIP,
J. M. SKULLY,
C. W. EATON,
T. L. WHELAN,*
JUNIUS BEEBE,
GEORGE H. TEAGUE,
S. K. HAMILTON,
C. A. DEAN,
S. O. RICHARDSON,
CYRUS WAKEFIELD,
WM. N. TYLER,
ROLAND D. GRANT,
JOHN R. MANSFIELD, *Resigned.
CHARLES A. PLACE.
FISH COMMITTEE.
SAMUEL PARKER, JR., CHARLES H. DAVIS, WM. HARRINGTON WILEY.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
JOHN M. CATE, WINFIELD C. JORDAN.
FENCE VIEWERS-THE SELECTMEN.
POLICE. CHARLES H. DAVIS, Chief,
JOHN F. WHITING,
JOHN MORAN,
JOHN F. ALEXANDER,
R. L. COOPER,
JOHN DAY,
HENRY L. HASKELL,
CHAS. A. COLEMAN,
ISRAEL A. PARSONS,
CHAS. SULLIVAN,
REUBEN H. MITCHELL.
CONSTABLES.
CHAS. H. DAVIS,
MOSES STAPLES, JOHN A. MELONEY.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
WESLEY T. HARRIS, Term expires 1889.
CORNELIUS DONOVAN, . ·
66
1888.
EDWD. H. WALTON,
66 66 1887.
CHAS. F. HARTSHORNE, (ex-officio).
POUND KEEPER-WM. M. ARRINGTON.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
GEORGE H. MADDOCK, . JUNIUS BEEBE,
R. H. MITCHELL.
For list of other. Town Officers, not chosen by ballot, see report of Annual Meeting.
LIST OF JURORS.
ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN NOV. 2D, 1886.
Abbott, Henry F. Aborn, George W. Atwell, William H.
Atherton, James E.
Atherton, Wm. S.
Barker, Edward
Burditt, Michael B.
Burrill, Alonzo P. Cate, John M. Coleman, Daniel. Connell, Joseph Crocker, Luther
Daland, Everett G. Daland, George A. Dennett, John F.
Drugan, John Eaton, David M.
Emerson, Charles S.
Emerson, James E.
Gordon, S. W. Godfrey, W. H. Grace, James W. Haskell, Henry L. Hartshorne, Chas. F. Hart, George E. Hall, Alonzo Hickey, Thomas Hickey, James A. Hill, Hiram P. Hurd, Joseph L. Jenkins, John W.
Kendrick, Rufus Kernan, Thomas Kingman, Wm. W. Knight, Willis H.
Lamont, George T. Lufkin, Stephen W. Mansfield, Albert A. Mansfield, James F. -
Merchant, Sydney
Nichols, Jefferson J. Parker, Samuel Jr. Parsons, Israel A.
Perkins, Wm. K.
Phipps, John W.
Poland, J. Warren Pope, J. Henry
Prentiss, Joshua Richardson, Jos. H. Rolfe, Daniel P. Sanborn, John A. Seaver, George A. Sherman, Marcus M. Southworth Ezra M. Stearns, Charles H.
Stimpson, John F. Teague, George H. Walton, Chas. E. Walton, Solon Whiting, George N. Wiley, Wm. Henry
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RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS
1
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1887.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 5, 1886,
ARTICLE 1. To choose, by ballot, a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Whole number of ballots cast, 54
John M. Cate had 10 Sam'l K. Hamilton had 44 and Sam'l K. Hamilton was declared elected Mod- erator. Prayer was offered by Rev. W. H. Brod- head.
ART. 2. To consider and act upon the acceptance of the reports of Town Officers, as printed under the direction of the Town Auditors, either separately or otherwise, as a majority of the voters present and voting may determine.
VOTED. To accept the Reports.
ART. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the Committee on Appropriations.
VOTED. To accept the report of the Committee.
ART. 4. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Tax Collector, Park Commissioners, Board of Health, Constables, Fence Viewers, Fish Committee, and one Road Commissioner for the term of three years.
Upon a separate ballot to bring in their votes for School Committee, two members of said Committee each for a term of three years.
7
To bring in their yotes, also upon a separate ballot, in answer to the question-"Shalt licenses be granted for the sale of. intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Form of ballots : " Yes " or " No " in answer to that ques- tion. All these ballots will be received at the same time and in the same box.
The Moderator appointed Waldo E. Cowdrey, Wm. N. Tyler, M. W. Gove, R. L. Cooper and Thos. Hickey to assist in checking names on the voting list.
They were sworn to faithfully discharge their duties by the Town Clerk.
The polls were then declared open.
VOTED. That the polls be kept open until sunset.
The Moderator appointed Melvin J. Hill, George H. Teague and R. H. Mitchell as counters.
At 10.40 P. M. the result of the ballot was declared in open meeting as follows :
TOWN CLERK.
Charles F. Hartshorne,
(Elected). 876
Scattering, .
8
TOWN TREASURER.
Thomas J. Skinner,!
(Elected). 878
Scattering, .
·
.
·
10
SELECTMEN.
John W. Locke,
(Elected). 814
John S. Eaton,
.
.
66
474
Wm. F. Young,
403
John Middleton,
·
245
Issac F. Eaton,
27
Solon Walton,
19
Scattering, .
.
13
.
.
.
66
628
George E. Ricker,
8
ASSESSORS.
Charles F. Hartshorne,
(Elected). 869
Charles F. Woodward,
869
David Perkins,
409
George H. Teague,
.
220
Waldo E. Cowdrey,
178
Solon Walton,
30
Scattering,
23
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
John S. Eaton,
(Elected). 576
Hiram Eaton,
.
.
.
:6
509
Wm. G. Strong,
223
Michael Low,
218
James F. Garraty,
214
John G. Morrill,
155
Charles H. Stearns,
·
16
Scattering,
20
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Charles F. Woodward,
(Elected).
867
Scattering, ·
13
PARK COMMISSIONERS. -
Robert Pote Wait,
(Elected). 520
David H. Darling,
.
.
.
66 505
Rufus Kendrick,
323
Nathan Page, Jr.,
224
Robert Blyth,
222
Denis Daily,
216
George W. Killorin,
212
George D. Emerson,
32
Cyrus Wakefield,
32
Solon O. Richardson, George H. Towle,
26
Charles A. Coleman,
26
Wm. S. Greenough,
21
18
Jacob C. Hartshorne, Scattering,
.
16
.
66
66
544
Horace Gowing,
·
.
.
.
31
.
9
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Winfield C. Jordan,
John M. Cate,
.
(Elected). - 556 330 66
Charles A. Place,
66
310
Albert Winn,
268
Joseph W. Heath,
267
John R. Mansfield,
248
Joseph Emerson,
244
Denis W. McCarthy,
213
Edward P. Colby,
29
Charles A. Coleman,
26
Preston Sheldon,
.
.
17
Scattering,
CONSTABLES.
(Elected). 710
Charles H. Davis,
607
Moses Staples,
543
Israel A. Parsons,
272
Charles A. Coleman,
267
Oliver Walton,
34
Leroy E. Howlett,
17
Scattering,
FENCE VIEWERS.
George H. Teague,
(Elected). 836
Charles H. Stearns,
822
Reuben H. Mitchell,
·
·
617
Wesley Young,
127
Scattering,
FISH COMMITTEE.
Wm. Harrington Wiley,
(Elected). 562
Samuel Parker, Jr. .
.
66
375
Erastus D. Weston
.
.
293
Thomas L. Whelan,
244
Joseph S. Cooper,
216
George H. Clothey,
205
Reuben L. Cooper,
33
Robert Blyth,
27
Jas. H. Carter,
15
Scattering, .
+
6
66
530
Charles H. Davis,
.
.
.
.
17
.
12
-
John A. Meloney,
66
.
.
.
66
.
.
19
.
·
10
ROAD COMMISSIONER.
3 YEARS.
Henry N. Oliver,
.
(Elected). 433
Thomas Kirby,
.
·
431
Charles H. Stearns,
·
.
.
. 10
Scattering,
.
·
·
3
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
3 YEARS.
Ashton H. Thayer,
(Elected). . 482
Wm. N. Tyler,
321
Calista A. Winship,
263
Joseph M. Skully,
252
Wm. E. Rogers,
139
Scattering, .
LICENSES.
Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?
Yes,
265
No,
502
VOTED. To take up the town business at 1 P. M., articles to be considered in their order in the warrant unless otherwise voted.
ART. 5. To choose all other needed town officers.
VOTED. That the Moderator appoint a Committee of three who shall nominate a Committee of thirteen, three from the Centre and two from each of the outer Wards, to nominate a list of officers not chosen by ballot. Messrs. John M. Cate, R. H. Mitchell and John H. Haywood, were appointed, and they reported the following Committee of thirteen.
Centre Ward-Waldo E. Cowdrey, John M. Cate, J. Wallace Grace.
North Wm. F. Young, Edwin Sweetser.
South H. H. Savage, Wm. G. Strong.
·
.
·
11
East Ward-John O. Blanchard, F. E. Noyes.
West
George H. Teague, Thos. Hickey.
Woodville Charles A. Dean, Henry N. Oliver.
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