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30 and 40, .
11
7
40 and 50, .
4
0
50 and 60, .
2
0
60 and 70, .
1
0
69
69
Deaths registered in 1888,
103
Males, . ·
54
Females, .
49
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103
Average age, 37 years, 6 months, 19 days.
Number under 5 years of age, .
23
between 5 and 10,
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6
20 and 30,
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9
30 and 40,
2
40 and 50,
14
50 and 60,
7
60 and 70,
14
70 and 80,
9
80 and 90,
7
90 and 100, .
2
Still-born,
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8
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2
10 and 20.
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.
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103
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48
Nativity.
Born in Wakefield, 40
United States,
47
Ireland,
12
Provinces, .
1
Denmark, .
.
1
Unknown, . .
2
103
DOG LICENSES,
Number of dogs licensed in 1888,
328
Males,
288
Females, . .
40
328
Tax on 288 Males, at $2,
$576 00
66 40 Females, at $5,
200 00
$776 00
Deduct Clerk's fees,
65 60
$710 40
Cash paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer, $710 40
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
.
49
AUDITORS' REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1888-9.
Interest on Town Debt, . $3,400 00 .
Payment of " 66. . 4,000 00
Support of Schools, . . 17,000 00 .
School Contingent Fund, . 1,300 00
66 Text-books and Supplies,
·
1,400 00
Poor Department,
5,000 00 .
Fire ·
2,000 00
Town House Expenses, .
1,850 00
Street Lamps, .
2.100 00
66 (special for new) $47 voted Nov. 6, 122 00
3,025 00 Salaries of Town Officers, (inc. $500 for police) Night Watch, . 1,500 00 · ·
Miscellaneous, ($1500 voted Nov. 6) 4,500 00 ·
Highways and Bridges, ($600 voted Nov. 6) 6,600 00
Concrete Sidewalks, 1,000 00 ·
Rental of Hydrants, 3,800 00
Memorial Day, 200 00
Beebe Town Library, (dog tax 1887, $588.24) · 300 00
Public Reading Room, 175 00
Common and Park Commissioners, . 400 00
Town House Repairs, ($100 voted Nov. 6)
250 00
Enforcement of Liquor Law,
500 00
New Road, Cowdrey's Hill, .
1,400 00
Wave Avenue,
150 00
Aborn 66
150 00
Walnut 6 50 00
Summer and Spring Streets, 150 00
Sidewalks and Gutters, East Ward, . 200 00
400 00 Drain near E. Wiley's,
" on the Common (voted Nov. 6) 300 00
.
50
Culvert under Water Street,
$50 00
Johnson Pumps,
75 00
Tower Fire Alarm Striker,
325 00
Salary, « " Supt., . 50 00
Clerk of School Committee,
100 00
Survey of Town Farm, 25 00
Insurance, 300 00
Land Damage, Railroad Street, (voted Nov. 6). 2,675 00
Stone Crusher, .
do. ·
2,500 00
Bounty for Mrs. Mary J. Taylor,
do. ·
100 00
Total,
. $69,422 00
$7,822 voted Nov. 6th.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
April 2d, Appropriation authorized, . $17,000 00
Tuition fees, .
. 220 00
State Educational Fund, . ·
41 52
$17,261 52
Expended as follows :
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
E. D. Russell, Principal High School, $727 00
C. T. C. Whitcomb, “
1,003 00
Miss H. J. Williams, Ass't
800 00
" I. H. Howe, 66 600 00 · ·
" Grace J. Barker, " 66
574 00
Mrs. M. E. Wentworth, Advanced Grammar,
750 00
Miss Kate Nash, Ass't
147 60
" C. P. Riggs, " 66 77 40 .
". M. J. Kelley, First Grammar, 225 50
" Mattie Bruce, 459 00
" Annie M. Warren, “
Hamilton, 600 00
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51
Miss C. E. Emerson, Second Grammar, Hamilton, $500 00
" F. E. Carter, Intermediate 400 00
" E. E. Howlett, Primary 479 50
" M. F. Mclaughlin. Second Gram., Centre. 550 00
" L. F. Ingram, Third 184 50
Mrs. A. D. Risteen,
166 50
Miss S. E. Wilkins,
410 75
" Ella L. Prime, First Intermediate 164 00
" H. E. Charles, " L. E. Evans, Second 66
236 00
" M. A. Kalaher, Ass't "
113 00
" L. J. Mansfield, Third 400 00
" E. F. Emerson,
First Primary. 427 30
" Annie E. Tucker, Second “ 425 02
" Mabel P. Sperry, Ass't .'
82 00
" A. G. Haskell,
93 00
" Helena Horton,
9 00
" C. S. Russell, Grammar, Franklin, 234 00
" M. E. Kelly,
Intermediate
380 00
" M. A. Brown, Primary 360 00
" A. C. Dickerman, North Ward, 400 00
" N. F. Emerson, East 380 00
". M. P. Whitman, South Int. 221 00
" N. H. Thayer,
Primary,
400 00
" Blanche I. Cooper, West 66 Int., 391 80
" C. M. Murdock,
Primary, 360 00
" E. R. Sanborn, Woodville, 397 80 ·
Geo. F. Wilson, Music Teacher,
·
622 26
Total,
. $15,150 93
JANITORS' SERVICES.
Wm. Hy. Wiley, High School, $225 00
H. P. Hill, Franklin & Hamilton, 250 00
Geo. E. Gamage, Centre, .
225 00
W. W. Bessey, West, .
.
80 00
66 400 00
52
Jacob Remmel, East,
.
$16 50
Charles D. Drury, East, . 23 50 ·
B. F. Shedd, North,
40 00
Frank M. Murphy, Woodville,
39 00
Total,
$899 00
FUEL ACCOUNT.
Albert A. Mansfield, 110 tons furnace, at $5.72,
$629 20
66 " egg coal, $5.95,
392 70
5 1-2 cords pine, $5.60, 30 80
66
1-2 cord oak, at $7.00,
3 50
4,300 lbs. coal, at $6.50,
13 98
66 4,200 66 $6.75,
14 18
Geo. W. Aborn, 5 tons coal,
35 50
Wakefield Coal Co., 2 tons coal, .
14 00
Jacob Remmel, sawing & splitting 1-2 cord,
75
Hiram P. Hill,
66 66 1-2
1 25
Suel Winn,
1-2
·
1 50
Wm. Hy. Wiley,
1
66
.
3 00
Geo. E. Gamage,
66
1
66
.
3 50
Moses G. Hobson,
21-2
6 52
66
66
1-2
oak, 2 82
Total,
. $1,153 20
MILITARY EXPENSES.
Philip J. Flanders, Drill Master, .
$8 00
Sylvester Burditt, Janitor, .
29 25 .
Total,
$37 25
Recapitulation.
Teachers' Salaries, .
$15,150 93
Janitors' Services, . 899 00 . .
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53
Fuel Account,
. $1,153 20
Military Expenses, .
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.
37 25
Total, ·
$17,240 38
Balance unexpended,
21 14
$17,261 52
SCHOOL CONTINGENT FUND.
April 2. Appropriation authorized, . $1,300 00
Expended as follows :
Geo. H. Teague, carpenter work & repairs,
Franklin, . $28.17
Hamilton, . 41.46
Little World, 5.20
High, .
161.64
gun-rack. . 25.00
2 umbrella stands, 9.00
270 47
E. I. Purrington, carpenter repairs, Ctr., .
116 92
Russell Seaver, fence, Greenwood, . ·
23 27
Sidney Merchant, setting glass, . 15 65 .
S. F. Littlefield & Co., hardware, plumb., rep'rs, 183 84
Geo. H. Taylor, stove repairs,
59 03
B. F. Anthony, piping, castings & labor, . ·
13 18
W. K. Perkins, mason work, . . ·
4 00
M. L. Cate & Co., lumber, · ·
92 51
Morss & Whyte, wire netting & iron guards, ·
56 03
Keeler & Co., 6 cane seat chairs, 25 00
Hartman Steel Co., wire mats,
49 19
John Flanley, curtain fixtures, .
14 18
Wm. Reed & Sons, 9 Springfield rifles,
27 00
W. E. Burtt, repairing clocks,
7 00
Geo. F. Lucas, ·
.
.
1 00
A. A. Stubbs, whitoning, .
.
4. 50
.
·
.
54
Geo. F. Wilson, tuning pianos,
$4 00
E. B. Nye, ،، 5 00 ·
E. H. Palmer, use of
20 00
G. W. Cunningham, moving piano, .
Am. Bank Note Co., 18 diplomas,
2 00
9 00
M. J. Hill, filling out 7 50
E. D. Russell, ribbon for 66 1 80 .
sundries, .
.
3 54
H. C. Hall, decorating hall, graduation,
6 00
Geo. E. Dunbar, printing for -8 50
500 cert. of admission,
.
1 75
1,000 no school signal slips,
2 75
I. B. Grant, 200 postals and printing,
3 00
C. W. Eaton, 1,000 cert. of scholarship, . 4 00
375 exmn. papers,
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66 2,000 cert. of promotion,
5 00
66 1,000 orders for books,
·
5 00
1,000 letter heads,
3 75
٠٠ 100 rules for janitors,
2 50
advertising fuel proposals, .
3 12
F. W. Young, 60
2 50
Linda P. Daland, copying exmn. papers,. 3 00
N. Martin Eaton, cleaning well, West, 5 00
G. W. Killorin, cellar, Hamilton, 5 60
M. O'Connell, removing ashes,
6 60
Wm. Hy. Wiley, “ " High,
4 00
soap, ammonia, shovel, 1 32
Hiram P. Hill, setting glass, and repairs, . B. F. Shedd, repairs, ·
6 50
1 00
Geo. E. Gamage, repairs & setting glass, . 1 00
6 70
keys,
6 curtains,
4 75
curtain, cord & book shelves, 4 25
Adamanta Mfg. Co., 1-2 gal. acid proof lining, 1 00
J. F. Woodward & Son, rep'g wrench, 60
W. W. Bessey, taking census children, 5 to 15. 30 00
7 00
55
Citizens' Gas Light Co., 7,500 ft. gas., at $3, . $22 50
60 3,000 ft. gas, at $2.25 to Feb 1, '89, .
7 20
Wakefield Water Co., 20 faucets 1 boiler, 6 mos, 55 00
40 to June
1,'89,
60 00
Barstow's Express, · .
. .
15
Total ·
. $1,296 65
Balance unexpended, 3 35
$1,300 00
SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
April 2. Appropriation authorized, . $1,400 00 Expended as follows :
Ginn & Co., text books, .
146 55
Wm. Ware & Co., text books,
126 74
Ivison, Blakeman & Co., text books. 97 94
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 100 Colburn's Arith., 29 75
16 Modern classics, 5 44
16 Riverside literature, 2 24
D. Appleton & Co., text books, ·
33 97
Cowperthwait & Co., 24 60 .
A. S. Barnes & Co., 25 histories, U. S., .
20 84
W. B. Clarke & Co., 3 "autocrats,". .
4 00
7 books of poems, . 8 85
66 History of Greece, 5 vols. 6 67
Carl Schoenhof, 10 French grammars, 11 40
66 19 novels, .
4 40
Willard Small, 11 vols., history, 10 50
Allyn & Bacon, text books,
12 70
Sheldon & Co., 66
8 50
Harper & Bro's. 8 Swinton's studies,
.
7 20
Clark & Maynard, text books, .
4 80
.
·
56
Roberts Bros., 4 "How to write,"
$1 60 Boston School Supply Co., text books & sup., 203 23 Greenough, Hopkins & Cushing, 48 rms. paper, 74 40
66 66 1200 p. book &c, 7 40
66 10 gr's lead pen., 32 50
Geo. S. Perry, 5 galls ink, 4 50
18 75
66
1000 comp. books, 30 00
66 66 1 case slates, 5 80
Silver, Rogers & Co., 36 blocks plant description, 7 30
66 2 mps.anc. Greece & Rome, 22 00
B. A. Fowler & Co., Yaggy's Anatomical Study, 35 00
Thompson Brown & Co., 22 setts blanks, .
14 67
Thorpe & Adams Mfg. Co., teachers' acct. book, 66 2 requisition books, E. D. Russell, chemical supplies, etc.,
4 32
Lucas & Lee, stationery,
66
A. W. Brownell, stamped envelopes,
14 64
Horace A. Brooks, reb'd'ng & rep'g school books,
202 68
W. W. Bessey, del'g. sup. 1 yr. to Mch. '1, '89, Barstow's Express, .
4 00
John W. Locke, expressage,
13 10
Total
. $1,374 22
Balance unexpended, 25 78
$1,400 00
POOR DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
April 2. Appropriation authorized, . $5,000 00 Cash received by Overseers,
From Almshouse sales, . 1,308 09
" refunded by Geo. H. Taylor, . 5 36
15 gross pencils, ·
68
4 40
.105 50
57
From towns and cities, .
$19 75
" individuals,
.
961 78
Total,
. $7,294 98
CASH PAID BY OVERSEERS.
Expense of poor at Almshouse, . $2,859 19
permanent improvements, & fixtures, 398 96
non-residents, settlement here, 747 92 ·
residents, settlement elsewhere,
134 50
home outside relief, .
1,331 65
66 persons in insane hospitals, 1,740 42
miscellaneous, ·
70 85
Total, . ·
. $7,283 49
Balance unexpended, 11 49
$7,294 98
Due from town of Wenham, $119 50
66 city of Boston, 5 00 .
66 city of Salem, 4 25
farm produce sold,
94 00
Unexpended balance,
11 49
$234 24
Wood delivered from town farm,
35 50
EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF TOWN ALMSHOUSE.
INSANE HOSPITAL EXPENSES.
Danvers Hospital, acct. of Maria A. Richardson, * $126 77
66 Hannah C. Flynn, 180 97
66
Hannah Lyons, ¡ 174 67
66 66 66 Chas. E. Lee, . 173 82
58
Danvers Hospital, acct. of Margaret Oglivie, ;
$131 40
Geo. W. Clark, 175 32
Otis Brown, § 170 32
66
66
Chas. H. Potter,
169 92
66 John E. Butler, y
94
Worcester
Nelson Sweetser,
169 92
66 Sarah Bachellor, TI 96 45
Taunton,
Mary E. Adams,* 169 92
Total,
. $1,740 42
* Died Sept. 26, burial expenses $1.85. + $84 repaid.
# Discharged Oct. 10 all repaid. § All repaid. | Discharged after 3 days.
T Removed to Tewksbury Almshouse. ** $425 repaid by est. of Jos. O. Dix.
Paid the state acct. of Sarah Bachellor, $68 40
John E. Butler, 83 57
Addie L. Murphy,* 44 57
66
66 Ellen McCarthy, 39 00
Paid city of Boston, acct. of Ellen McCarthy, 2 00
$237 54
* Repaid.
AID TO PERSONS RESIDING HERE WITH SETTLEMENT ELSEWHERE.
Geo. W. Babcock, Wenham, $119 50
Mrs. B. Manning, Somerset, ·
5 75
" Shaw, Boston, . 5 00
Wm. H. Batchelder, Salem,
4 25
$134 50
AID TO NON-RESIDENTS WITH SETTLEMENT HERE.
Mrs. Thos. Bacon, Lynn, $121 80
A. H. Danforth, Lynn, ·
33 50
Mrs. James W. Russell, Peabody, 120 00 .
Timothy Haggerty, Natick, 38 95
59
Alonzo Burchstead, Lowell Reform School,
$37 65
John T. Sullivan, Lyman School, 13 00
Albert L. Heath, Grafton, 74 91
Peter S. Froton, Reading, 37 25
H. Walter Brown, Reading, .
14 25
Mrs. H. H. Corey, Monson, 8 00
Geo. H. Sharpe, Boston, Deer Island, 10 days, 7 14
$506 50
OUTSIDE HOME RELIEF.
James Doyle, rent, coal, groceries and board, $170 87
Mrs. John Kirk, groceries, 163 88
Mrs. Patrick Farrington, alias Forbes, rent, coal, shoes and groceries, 146 90 ·
Samuel Emmons, rent, coal and groceries, 144 68
Mrs. Chas. Myers, " etc., . 124 34
" Hannah P. Stone, board, . .
122 00
" J. S. Teague, rent and coal, 90 25 ·
Samuel Conant,
.
72 00
Mrs. Porter Weston,“
60 00
" M. E. Burlington, children, board and med- ical, 34 00 .
Mrs. Daniel Murphy, groceries,
30 00
" Geo. E. Davis, children, board, 27 00
" Emily O. Stoddard, coal and groceries,
24 25
" Maria Welsh, 66
21 80
" Marg. Mertins, alias Kildery, coal and gro- ceries, · 16 65
Mrs. John Scully, coal, groceries and medical, 16 15
James Devlin, coal and medical, .
13 75
Mrs. John Donnelly, groceries, " Jane Kelly, and coal, ·
10 80
Chas. Bateman, 2d,
and nursing, 7 00
Peter Casey, 60 and coal, . 4 80
Barnard Derby, clothing,
4 60
Thos. Welsh, coal, .
.
.
3 30
.
11 86
60
John Burditt, groceries, .
$3 00
Joseph White, groceries, .
3 00
Mrs. Washburn, (stranger), medical bill, 2 50
" Courtney, coal,
2 25
Martin Donahoe, groceries,
.
2 00
John Anderson, coal,
·
1 90
Total,
$1,335 53
MISCELLANEOUS.
Geo. E. Dunbar, printing,
$2 25
Stamps and Stationery, 2 45
H. C. Hall, care of 189 tramps at 35 cts., 66 15
$70 85
Total outside expense,
. $4,025 34
Repaid by individuals, towns and cities,
981 53
Actual outside expense, . . $3.043 81
DETAILED ALMSHOUSE EXPENSE.
GROCERIES.
Cutler Bros.,
$139 36
Ira Atkinson, .
·
37 48
A. S. Atherton,
27 28
A. J. Hutchinson,
25 65
Everett W. Eaton,
23 50
M. A. Chesley,
20 33
Kelly Bros.,
20 23
Hy. L. Cassidy, tea and coffee, 17 05
Geo. W. Eaton, 15 68
Block & Cate, . .
15 53
Cushing & Currier, butter,
9 05
C. H. Curtis, crackers,
2 65
$353 79
61
GRAIN AND FEED.
Cutler Bros., .
$201 29
A. S. Atherton,
.
.
85 03
City of Lynn, swill, .
69 31
Curley Bros., .
39 80
Kelly Bros., ·
39 18
M. A. Chesley,
33 95
A. J. Hutchinson,
31 74
Everett W. Eaton,
26 41
Block & Cate, .
21 80
$548 51
MEAT, FISH AND PROVISIONS.
Wm. Dexter Deadman,.
$95 66
J. W. Jenkins,
86 09
Warren V. Taylor, .
50 30
S. J. Wiggin & Son,
5 10
Warren H. Godfrey,
4 73
Epes Butler, .
3 06
$244 94
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES.
Hugh Connel!, .
$29 10
J. W. Poland & Co.,
19 11
Bowser & Co.,
18 53
E. G. Daland, .
8 45
Richard Britton,
1 50
$76 69
FARM LABOR.
Wm. H. Gould,
$198 17
Seth Knowles,
.
39 88
B. W. Oliver, .
. .
3 00 $241 05
.
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.
·
62
HOUSEHOLD LABOR.
Ella Mahoney,
$74 00
Minnie E. Pond, ·
32 00
$106 00
FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS.
Cutler Bros.,
$42 63
MEDICAL EXPENSES.
J. D. Mansfield, drugs, $7 00
J. W. Heath, M. D., 3 75
FUEL. $10 75
Denis Greany, 20 tons coal at $6.25,
$125 00
STOCK EXPENSES.
D. B. Fiske, 2 cows, $125 00
Wm. Scollans, Holstein bull, 23 50
H. C. Perry, V. S., .
1
9 25
SALARY. $157 75
Geo. E. Donald, Supt. 1 year, .
$537 50
WAGON, HARNESS AND TOOL REPAIRS.
Geo. M. Kelly, $77 13
Thos. McCoubrey,
.
21 00
J. E. Maxwell,
·
5 25
Jos. Breck & Sons,
5 29
$108 67
BLACKSMITH WORK.
J. R. Munroe, .
$68 26
HARDWARE AND REPAIRS.
S. F. Littlefield & Co., $5 58
Geo. H. Taylor,
*19 84
$5.36 refunded. $25 42
63
FIXTURES, HOUSE AND FARM.
E. I. Purrington, swing light, 75
Morss & Whyte, 2 iron ash barrels, 4 50
G. C. Dunklee & Co., stove, . 23 04
Joel Goldthwait & Co., carpeting, 39 52
A. M. Bates, 1 Democrat wagon, 75 00
J. Breck & Sons, one tedder, . 40 00
Ames Plow Co., spring tooth harrow, 20 00
J. Laybolt, grindstone,axe, plane &c., 7 65
$210 46
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.
John Hodsdon, whitening,
$2 00
A. W. Hastings & Co., 9 outside win- dows, . 11 40
M. L. Cate & Co., lumber,
37 35
Daniel Evans, water pipes, house and barn, .
30 00
Wakefield Water Co., pipes,
107 75
$188 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cutler Bros., fertilizers, .
14 10
Joshua Eames, manure, .
41 25
John Kelly,
·
24 38
James Johnson, .
20 00
Jere. O'Connell,
16 50
C. W. Jenkins,
15 00
Wm. G. Skinner, "
.
10 93
W. W. Bessey, 66
.
10 29
$152 45
Wakefield Water Co. rates,
20 00
J. G. Morrill, ice, .
17 13
Geo. B. James, Am. Cultivator, 9 50
64
John W. Locke, expressage, . $7 45
Town of Saugus, tax of 1888, 5 70
$212 23
Total expense at Almshouse, .
$3,258 15
Less receipts from 66
. 1,313 45
Actual inside expense, . $1,944 70
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DETAILED ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS.
From sale of milk, .
$736 66
66 pigs,
·
289 00
pork,
60 00
hay,
51 55
board,
44 50
COW,
39 00
66 calves, .
10 00
66
66 potatoes,
18 00
66
66 wood, .
32 50
cedar posts, .
26 88
Refunded by Geo. H. Taylor, .
5 36
$1,313 45
ALMSHOUSE INVENTORY, MARCH 1, 1889.
LIVE STOCK.
One Morgan mare,
$250 00
Eight cows and one bull,
590 00
Thirty hens, . ·
.
23 00
Twenty-five swine, . · . 250 00
$1,113 00
65
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED.
Twelve tons English hay,
$264 00
Oats, corn, meal and shorts, 45 00
Forty-one cords manure,
$246 00
Sixty-five cords wood,
325 00
Wood del'd by order Overseers,
35 50
Carriages and harnesses,
$575 00
Farm tools, ·
340 00
Household goods,
575 00
Twelve tons coal,
75 00
Provisions,
130 00
$1,695 00
Total, ·
. $3,723 50
An increase from last year of
·
$267 40
ALMSHOUSE INMATES, MARCH 1, 1889.
Sarah Nichols,
. 90 years.
Patrick Devine,
. 76
Annette Mayo,
. . 38 66
Walter Mayo, .
. 28
Mrs. Chas. Myers admitted Sept. 10. . 34
Willie Myers,
66
4 66
Delia Myers,
66 3
Clara Myers, 66
1
FOLLOWING WERE INMATES A PORTION OF THE YEAR.
Mrs. Jos. White, admitted Sept. 2, left Sept. 19, 30 years. Katie White, 26, 8
Rosie 6 66
66 26, 7 66
Mary "
66 66
26, 3
$309 00
$606 56.
66
WOOD DELIVERED FROM FARM TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS.
Barnard Derby, 2 cords, .
$14 00
Jane Kelly, 1 . 5 00
Mrs. Farrington, 6 ft.,
3 75
Maria Welch, 4 "
2 75
Marg. Mertins, 4 “
2 50
James Devlin 4
2 50
Mrs. Chas. Myers,4
2 50
James Doyle, 2
1 25
James Dwyer,
2 “
1 25
$35 50
GENERAL COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
YEARS 1887 AND 1888.
1887.
1888. $5,000 00
Town Appropriation, .
$5,000 00
Overseers' Cash Receipts,
From Almshouse Sales, etc.,.
1,244 48
1,313 45
" Outside Sources,
·
597 14
981 53
Totals,
$6,841 62
$7,294 98
Paid by Overseers
Expense of Almshouse Poor,
$2,862 44
$2,859 19
66 Fixtures, .
224 74
398 96
Home Relief,
1,105 77
1,335 53
66
those with settlement here
331 64
506 50
66
elsewhere, 112 80
134 50
66
" in hospitals, .
2,065 68
1,977 96
Tramps, .
·
65 45
66 15
Miscellaneous, .
1 25
4 70
$6,769 77
$7,283 49
Balance unexpended,
$71 85
$11 49
.
67
To which add,
Amount due from town of Wenham, $119 50
City of Boston, 5 00
Salem, 4 25
produce sold, but unpaid, 94 00
Surplus this year, , . $234 24
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
April 2. Appropriation authorized, . $2,000 00 Expended as follows :
STEAMER LUCIUS BEEBE.
Wm. B. Daniel, Ist Engineer, to Nov. 1, '88, . $93 75
E. I. Purrington, 2d 56 75 00
David Graham, Steward, 56 25
Members as per pay roll, to Feb. 1, 1889,
167 75
Geo. H. Hathaway, horses,
63 00
F. E. Parker,
6 00
D. W. Hunt,
4 00
A. A. Mansfield, 4 1-2 tons coal,
30 84
66 1-2 cord wood,
3 75
Cutler Bros., supplies, ·
7 28
J. & S. Winship, repairs,
7 00
E. I. Purrington, stock and repairs, .
.
9 42
Silsby Mfg. Co., repairs, .
5 40
bushing,
2 63
Crosby Valve Co., repairs,
.
1 5D
Wm. B. Daniel, labor, ·
3 58
A. L. Heath,
3 50
Barstow's Express, , »
.
·
2 40
Geo. H. Taylor, plumbing,
.
7 80
*
68
Wakefield Water Co., piping, . $40 62 66 rates to June 1, '89, 5 00
Citizens' Gas Light Co., 11,100 ft. gas to Feb. 1, 1889, . 28 57
$625 04
WASHINGTON HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.
Members as per pay roll to Feb. 1, 1889, . $249 00
Hy. C. Peck, steward, to Jan. 1, '89, 24 75
Chas. Dunn, rent 9 mos., to Oct. 1, '88, 90 00
D. W. Hunt, horses, .
12 00
G. H. Hathaway, horses, 6 00
Roger Howard, repairs,
·
5 20
Citizens' Gas Light Co., 2,100 ft. gas to Feb. 1, 1889,
5 69
$392 64
CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPAMY.
Members as per pay roll to Feb. 1, '89, $170 00
Chas. Drury, steward, to April 1, '88 19 00
A. A. Mansfield, 2 1-2 tons coal, 16 87
Abram Gould, rent of land 1 yr. to Oct. 1, '88, 12 00
F. E. Parker, 1 keg soda, .
5 60
J. R. Reid, 5 gals. oil, «
60
J. W. Locke, expressing, .
50
$224 57
J. H. CARTER HOSE COMPANY.
Members as per pay roll to Feb. 1, '89, $166 00
Joshua Eames, rent, 1 yr. to Jan. 1, '88, . 50 00
66 5 mos. to June L, 20 85
55 00
Connell & Curley, rent, " 66 W. H. Godfrey, rent 6 mos. to Dec. 1, ·
50 00
F. J. McAvoy, steward 1 yr. to Feb. 1, '88, 9 25
John H. Kane, ( '89, · 15 00
David Grahanı, cleaning hose, . .
.
4 00
.
65
Roger Howard, fitting up ne'v house,
$20 90 A. Stubbs, whitening 1 25
A. A. Mansfield, coal and wood, ·
7 50
66 horses, ·
·
1 50
G. H. Hathaway, 's 2 00
S. F. Littlefield & Co., hardware and repairs, .
8 44
Kelly Bros., oil, chimneys and burners, 1 05
F. E. Parker, soap and brush, . 63
$413 37
MISCELLANEOUS.
A. S. Jackson, 57 ft. extension ladder,
$141 08
Empire jumping net, . 100 00
66 exchange of hose, 7 79
for supplies, 3 90
Geo. M. Stevens, fire alarm box 37, and insulators, 41 00
60 supplies for battery,,
34 73
66
12 jars, 1 doz. insulators, ·
5 56
66 labor and repairs, . .
7 00
66 test clock “ ·
4 50
60
66 connection posts, . ·
1 00
A. S. Richardson, 6 key boxes, ·
4 50
F. E. Parker, labor on wires, . 1 50 .
Barstow's Fxpress, . .
4 25
Cunningham's "
1 00
Rust Bros. & Bird, sal ammoniac,
75
J. D. Mansfield,
66
25
Roger Howard, one reservoir cover, .
1 00
H. H. Savage, vise, strap and spurs, · Cutler Bros., supplies, 1 02 .
D. W. Hunt, use of horse and teaming,
10 00
F. W. Young, advertising,
1 00
C. W. Eaton,
1 OD
G. E. Dunbar, printing certificates, .
2 50
.
.
·
.
4 50
.
.
$379 83
.
70
RECAPITULATION.
Steamer Lucius Beebe, $625 04 . Washington Hook & Ladder Co., 392 64
Chemical Engine Co.,
224 57
J. H. Carter Hose Co., · ·
.
413 37
Fire Alarm and other expenses,
379 83
$2,035 45
Balance overdrawn,
35 45
$2,000 00
NOTE. By vote of the town $150 of this appropriation was devoted to payment of services with Johnson Pumps, etc., of persons not members of the Fire Department.
TOWN HOUSE EXPENSES.
April 2d, Appropriation authorized, . $1,850 00
Expended as follows :
H. C. Hall, janitor 1 yr. to Mch. 1, 1889, . $626 00
washing lock-up blankets, 3 50 .
packing steam valves, ·
3 00
work on Selectmen's room, ·
4 00
66 shovelling snow to Mch. 1, '89, 9 85
162 00
Citizens' Gas Light Co., 54,000 ft. gas at $3, " 139,800 " " " $2.25,
to Feb. 1, '89, . 314 55
Denis Greany, 40 tons furnace coal at $5.80, .
232 00
1 cord of wood, prepared, . 7 00
setting boiler grate, ·
4 25
N. E. Roller Grate Co., new roller grate, 65 00
B. & M. R. R. Co., freight, 87
Geò. M. Kelley, 22 lbs. iron grating and labor,. 2 51
Geo. H. Taylor, moving and blacking stoves, 9 25
. footlight reflectors, . 3 00 ·
71
Geo. H. Taylor, hardware and labor, $8 43
plumbing and supplies, 21 85
A. J. Wilkinson, Yale padlock, 6 keys, 2 93
Maynard & Duncan, 6 keys, 1 59
G. S. Coffin, 6 keys, ·
1 20
Wakefield Water Co., rates 1 yr. to June '89, . 65 00
S. F. Littlefield & Co., castors, screws & shaker, 43
rake and lamp, 95
E. I. Purington, repairing book-case, 12 25
Chas. S. Knowles,
doors and locks, 4 83
60 66 gate and rail, Clerk's office, 7 50
D. P. Rolfe, setting 5 lights glass, . 6 70 .
Cutler Bros., janitor's supplies, 1 yr.,
19 71
J. W. Poland & Co., 6 towels and cheese cloth, 1 30
C. A. Janes & Co., silesia, cheese cloth, flan- nels, etc., 3 13
L. Descalzo & Co., 16 rolls toilet paper, .
2 00
T. F. & W. W. Taff, 2 galls. alcohol, 5 05
Geo. B. Eager, 25 bars Clover soap,
1 00
A. Stubbs, whitening lock-up, . ·
4 00
Hy. Davis, removing ashes,
5 50
Mrs. Thos. Hanley, cleaning wood work,
9 00
G. W. Cunningham, moving piano, .
2 00
H. F. Miller's Sons, tuning 2 5(
G. E. Dunbar, 200 rent bills and ink,
1 75
C. A. Cheney, diary for janitor, 65
R. Britton, blacking,
35
W. F. Root, standard thermometer, . 2 50
J. F. Woodward & Son, repairing seat, Geo. F. Lucas, repairing library clock, Ira Atkinson, 2 brooms, pail and soap, J. G. Morrill, ice, season of 1888,
90
50
1 70
9 00
$1,652 98
Balance unexpended,
197 02
$1,850 00
:
72
TOWN HOUSE REPAIRS.
April 2d, Appropriation authorized,
$150 00
Nov. 6th, 60
.
100 00
$250 00
Expended as follows :
Sullivan Bros., painting roof, . $25 00
W. N. Gray, slater, repairing roof, . 10 41
Denis Greany, plastering 3 south rooms, 55 00
M. A. Feelcy, painting .. " 100 00
Thos. E. Dwyer, plumbing water closet,
59 59
$250 00
STREET LAMPS.
April 2. Appropriation authorized,
$2,100 .00
יי special, . 75 00
Nov. 6,
66
· 47 00
$2,222 00
Expended as follows :
Citizens' Gas Light Co., 23,125 ft. gas Feb. '88,
at $2.75, less 10 per cent., ·
$57 23
Citizens' Gas Light Co., 80,000 ft. gas at $2,75, 219 99 66 60 257,864 < < "$2.25, to March 1, 1889, . 580 15
Wm. Leavis, lighting, Mch. and April, 110 00
James Low, 66 10 mos. to Mch. 1, '89, . 520 00
3 00
66 66 repairs, .
setting glass, .
26 58
Geo. P. Cutter,
·
·
.
85
Geo. H. Teague, "
2 25
.
Cutler Bros., glass, . ·
9 91
73
S. F. Littlefield & Co., glass, . $ 97 66 gas burners, . 2 65 ·
G. T. Lamont, lighting 1 yr. to Feb. 1, '89, 20 00
Eben T. Newhall, " 6 mos. " " 20, '89, 12 50
I. F. Sheldon, " 1 yr. to Mch. 1, '89, 137 50
repairs, · 1 50
Maverick Oil Co., 15 bbls. kerosene,
71 14
Cutler Bros., oil and naptha, " " supplies, .
23 11
Kelly Bros.,
20 15
F. E. Parker, 6 chimneys,
60
Geo. H. Taylor, repairing, '87,
5 25
L. Descalzo & Co. 6 lantern cocks,
2 40
Peter Gray, 3 doz. copper lamps,
9 00
Alex. Mills, & Co., 2 doz. copper lamps, .
6 00
،،
1 gross wicks,
75
66
17 doz.chim., 9 1-2 doz. burn.
24 85
51 00
66 11 posts and frames, 97 90
.
10 00
John W. Locke, freight and expressage,
23 85
Barstow's Express, .
35
$2,060 58
Unexpended balance,
161 42
$2,222 00
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
April 2. Appropriation authorized, $3,025 00
Expended as follows :
Board of Auditors, for 1887-8,
$100 00
Registrars, ·
100 00
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