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66 fourth 66
.
51 00
fifth
.
Deficit
Total,
. $126 33
The above amount is now in the Treasury awaiting the action of the Selectmen for its disposal, in accordance with the terms of the bequest. The attention of each Board of Selectmen for the past four years has been called to this matter, but thus far they have taken no action.
.
2 10
96
NOTES GIVEN AND PAID DURING THE YEAR.
NOTES ISSUED.
Date.
Amount.
Rate.
Time.
Account:
To whom sold.
Mch. 6,90.
82.323 344 per et. 4ys. 7 ms, Pleasant Street.
Wakefield Sav. Bank.
.. .. ..
1,337 50
Apr. 17, ..
5.000 00 4
6.
Sys. 7 ms. 5 mos.
renewal. Highw'y. ren'w'l. Temporary loan.
66
May 15. "
3.000 00 4
. .
..
T. J. Skinner. Trustee.
June 5. .. . 12.
4.000 00 4
..
4
.
. .
.
Dec. 18. 4 :
5.000 00 5
. .
9
..
..
/T. Winship. Cashier.
Jan. 29. 91
5.000 00 5
. .
..
4 .
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NOTES PAID.
When Pd. 1890.
Date of Note.
Amount.
Rate.
Account.
To whem paid.
Sept. 13. June 12. 90,
$5.000
4 per ct. Temporary loan.
..
Wakefield Sav. Bank. T. J. Skinner, Trustee.
66
17
Apr. 17, 90,
5.000
..
.. ..
Wakefield Say. Bank. Southbridge Sav. Bank. Wakefield Sav. Bank.
. .
. .
..
5.000
4
Oct. 1. une 1. 87.
4.000
1
Funded loan. .
.. 4. June 5. 90.
4.000
. .
Temporary loan.
Nov. 12. Nov. 13. 83.
1.500
HamiltonSchool.
Dec. 22. Dec. 22. 88.
1.337 50 4
. .
Highways.
T. J. Skinner, Trustee. Cambridg'port Sav. Bank. T. J. Skinner, Trustee. Lynn Instit'n for Savings. T. Winship. Cashier.
Total.
$34,837 50
. .
1
Park loan.
26
Dee. 26. '89.
5.000
Temporary loan.
15. May 15. 90.
3.000
13
. .
.
Wakefield Sav. Bank.
5.000 004
..
Total.
$30.660 84
19. July 7. '84.
1.000
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LOAN ACCOUNT.
Amount of Loan Feb. 8, 1890
. $57,837 50
Since hired by· Treasurer, .
. . 30,660 84
$88,498 34
Amount paid since Feb. 8, 1890,
34,837 50
Outstanding loans,
. $53,660 84 .
Distributed as follows :
Thomas Winship, Cashier, due Sept. 18, 1891, $5,000 00
Southbridge Savings Bank, due Sept. 20, 1891,
. 1,000 00 Thomas Winship, Cashier, due Sept. 29, 1891, . 5,000 00 Cambridgeport Savings Bank, due Oct. 1, 1891, 4,000 00
Lynn Institution for Savings, due Nov. 13, 1891, 1,500 00
Southbridge Savings Bank, due Sept. 20, 1892, 1,000 00
Wakefield Savings Bank, due Oct. 1, 1892, 1,500 00
Cambridgeport Savings Bank, due Oct. 1, 1892, 4,000 00
Lynn Institution for Savings, due Nov. 13, 1892, 1,500 00 ·
Southbridge Savings Bank, due Sept. 20, 1893, 1,000 00
Wakefield Savings Bank, due Oct. 1, 1893, 1,000 00
Lynn Institution for Savings due Nov. 13, 1893, 1,500 00 5 Coupon Notes to bearer, $1000 each, due Dec. 1, 1893, 5,000 00 5 Coupon Notes to bearer $1000 each, due Dec. 1, 1894, 5,000 00 Wakefield Savings Bank, due Oct. 6, 1894, 2,323 34
Wakefield Savings Bank, due Oct. 6, 1895, 1,337 50
4 Coupon Notes to bearer $1000 each, due Dec, 1, 1895, 4,000 00 4 Coupon Notes to bearer $1000 each, due Dec. 1, 1896, 4,000 00 3 Coupon Notes to bearer $1000 each, due Dec. 1, 1897, 3,000 00 2 Coupon Notes to bearer $500 each, due Dec. 1, 1897, 1,000 00
Total, 9
$53,660 84
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TOWN DEBT.
Amount of Notes Outstanding, . $53,660. 84
Accrued interest to Feb. 1, 1891, . · 283 58
Balance of interest due J. Nichols Temp.
Fund, . 184 29
Balance of interest due C. Sweetser Burial Lot Fund, 273 67
Balance of profits C. Sweetser Lectures,
5 yrs., subject to order of Selectmen, 126 33
Amount due Fuller & Warren Co., acct.
of contract for heating and ventilation of school-house, 2,273 50 .
Unexpended balance Beebe Town Library, 125 75
Outstanding Town Orders, on Treasurer, 360 86
Total Debt, - 857,288 82
LESS AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Cash balance in Treasury, . $2,238 20
Due from State for State Aid, 1890,
· 1,720 50
66 " " Military Aid, 1890, 572 00
66 .. " State and Military Aid
for January, 1891, . 207 50
Uncollected taxes of 1890, warrant.
13,851 78
" 1889, . .
5,646 59
Total. .
-$24,236 57
Net debt. .
. .
$33,052 25
COMPARISON.
Net debt as reported Feb. 8, 1890, . . $36,927 63
6. 66 above, . 33,052 25
Decrease in net debt, $3,875 38
Total liabilities as reported Feb. 8, 1890, $59,624 75
.6 66 above, . 57,288 82
Decrease in total debt, . ·
$2,335 93
Loans outstanding as reported Feb. 8,1890, $57,837 50
66 ". " above, . . 53,660 84 Decrease in Loans, $4,176 66
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STATE AID.
The Treasurer has paid the following individuals State Aid by direction of the Selectmen. This amount is annually reimbursed by the State.
W. W. Bessey,
$48 00
Mary A. Hall,
$44 00
Mary B. Burditt,
16 00
N. C. Hunter,
24 00
Margaret E. Bladden.
48 00
Geo. H. Jackson, 60 00
Mary V. Brown,
36 00
Matilda L. Kidder,
36 00
Augusta M. Chandler,
48 00
Lucinda Locke,
48 00
Thomas W. Coombs,
36 00
Margaret Madden,
48 00
Peter Connell,
24 00
James Miller,
24 00
Lizzie S. Cutter,
44 00
Elizabeth Moses,
48 00
Adah E. Cowdrey,
40 00
Mary Newhall.
4 00
John Davis,
36 00
James Oliver,
54 00
Annette Davis,
36 00
Johanna Orpin,
48 00
James Dupar,
18 00
Dennis O'Connell, 40 00
Rodney Edmunds,
72 00
Wm. D. Parker,
48 00
Wm. O. Evans.
12 00
Flora W. Parker,
48 00
Mary Fay,
12 00
Emily O. Stoddard,
20 00
Juliett Faunce,
20 00
John P. Swain,
12 00
O. N. Gammons,
24 00
W. M. Ward,
72 00
Polly A. Gammons,
4 00
Lydia B. Ward,
48 00
Caroline Goodwin,
24 00
James Weary,
60 00
Micah Heath,
36 00
Maria Welch,
48 00
Sarah Heath,
36 00
Geo. II. Wiley,
48 00
Harriet E. Hewes,
48 00
Julia A. Wiley,
48 00
Walter Holden,
72 00
Justin Howard,
24 00
Total,
$1,744 00
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RECEIPTS FROM LICENSES.
Geo. H. Hathaway, Hack License, 1889,
$2 00
Geo. E. Ricker, for Circus License, 1889,
5 00
Selectmen, for Travelling Exhibition, . 2 00
C. F. Hartshorne, Auctioneer, 2 00
John Day, Auctioneer,
2 00
J. D. Mansfield, 6th class liquor,
1 00
J. Clarence Oxley,
1 00
S. E. Ryder,
1 00
S. E. Gordon, Victualler, .
2 00
Chas. F. Jackson, Innholder,
2 00
Mrs. Cassie Smith,
2 00
H. E. Nutting, Fireworks, . 1 00
Arthur Linnell,
1 00
Chas. S. Hawkes, .6 1 00
Aaron Butler, . . 1 00
Chas. A. Cheney, ·
1 00
Lucas & Lee, ٠٠
1 00
Cutler Bros., (two), .
2 00
Chas. Lee Circus Company,
2 00
$32 00
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Appropriation authorized,
$3,000 00 .
Paid Coupon interest,
$880 00
Cambridgeport Savings Bank,. 454 67
Wakefield Savings Bank, . 289 33
Lynn Institution for Savings,
.
232 00
Thomas Winship, Cashier,
399 33
Southbridge Savings Bank, 148 89 .
Thomas J. Skinner, Trustee,
115 67
Flint Memorial Fund, 60 00
J. Nichols' Temperance Fund, . 49 01
C. Sweetser Burial Lot Fund, .
9 09
Total,
. $2,637 99
Less accrued int. on Notes sold,
2 67
- $ 2,635 32
Balance unexpended,
$364 68
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LIST OF TAX DEEDS HELD BY TREASURER FOR NON-PAY- PAYMENT OF TAXES.
No.
To whom Taxed.
Tax of
Date of Deed.
Am't.
100
Owners unknown. Land on Oak St.
1883.
July 6, 1885.
$7 78
104
Aurelius L. Brown,
1885.
13, 1887.
8 95
106
Henry S. Adams,
1886.
66
23, 1888.
41 55
107
M. S. Southworth.
1886.
66
23, 1888.
21 40
108
Henry S. Adams,
1887.
13, 1889.
43 90
109
Sarah W. Stevens,
1887.
66
13, 1889.
37 33
110
M. S. Southworth,
1887.
66
13, 1889.
: 53
111
M. S. Southworth.
1888.
Aug. 11, 1890.
: 16
112
Charles Toppan,
1888.
Aug. 11, 1890.
69 36
113
John D. Young.
1888.
Aug. 11, 1890.
6 27
114
Isaac Evans,
1888.
Aug. 11, 1890.
6 27
Total.
$288 50
The Treasurer would recommend that the town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $3000 for interest upon the Town Debt.
Should the town vote to build a new School Building upon Academy Hill, as proposed, an additional sum for this purpose would be necessary.
It will be necessary also to provide for the payment of twenty- five hundred dollars of the principal of the town debt, for the same reason as stated in my last report, viz : the rescinding of cer- tain votes relative to the raising of money for the payments of loans made for the Hamilton School Building ($1500) and Park purposes ($1000) and I would recommend that the sum of $2500 be raised and appropriated for the payment of the Town Debt.
Respectfully submitted
THOMAS J. SKINNER,
Treasurer.
WAKEFIELD, MASS., FEB. 14th, 1891
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COLLECTOR'S STATEMENT.
TAX OF 1888.
Balance uncollected, Jan. 31, 1890,
$5,670 80
Re-assessed by Assessors, . 3 20
Received as interest,
489 15
Paid Town Treasurer,
$5,815 59
Abated by Assessors,
347 56
6,163 15
TAX OF 1889.
Balance uncollected, Jan. 31, 1890,
$12,866 55
Re-assessed by Assessors, .
48 00
Received as interest, .
191 31
$13,105 86
Paid Town Treasurer,
$7,126 02 .
Abated by Assessors,
333 25
7,459 27
Balance uncollected,
$5,646 59
TAX OF 1890.
Total amount assessed,
. $78,568 00
Received as interest, .
. .
6 26
Paid Town Treasurer,
. $61,676 93
Discount allowed,
2,384 79 .
Abated by Assessors,
.
660 76
64,722 48
Balance uncollected,
$13,851 78
CHAS. F. WOODWARD, Collector.
JAN. 31, 1891.
$6,163 15
.
$78,574 26
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
To the Citizens of Wakefield :
At the close of the present municipal year, the common duty presents itself, of submitting for your inspection a general re- sume of the business transacted, and the work accomplished, and to offer such suggestions and recommendations as the experience of the past and our knowledge of existing affairs may be deemed to be for the interest of all. The year has been a prosperous one for Wakefield. The large increase of taxable property in various sections of the town, the guarantee of early spring developements of which initial action has already taken place, the changes and developements of business, mark the year as one of reasonable and satisfactory progress. Undertakings which a year ago seemed clouded with somewhat of uncertainty, have been accomplished with certainty of benefit to the town. That part of Wakefield known as Boyntonville has made commendable progress and has added to the material prosperity of the town in the erection of a number of substantial dwelling houses, and by the laying out and extending new streets. Greenwood Park, which was looked upon with a degree of distrust by some, has grown in- to prominence, and has added largely to the wealth and beauty of the town. In the West part of the town, the skill of the artist, the hand of the artisan and the sagacity of man has seized upon the superior natural advantages of that section, and without doubt the coming season will witness the beginning of what promises to be the most attractive locality within many miles of Boston, which the larger Boston may covet. Noticeable improvements ap- pear on every side, and the town should be quick to welcome the advance, and heartily encourage the capital invested and energy exhibited by a liberal, well directed and comprehensive plan of co-operation in public measures calculated to promote, foster and advance the common weal.
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DRAINAGE OF LAKE STREET DISTRICT.
By a vote of the town the matter of the drainage of the Lake street district so called, was referred to the Selectmen. A long delay occurred, caused by an inability to make satisfactory ar- rangements with the Boston and Maine Railroad concerning their part in the roadbed excavations and the course to follow. This de- lay carried the work along to late in the season, and the results obtained, although satisfactory in the main, hindered the com- pletion of the work, and practically leaves it for the coming sum- mer to make the conditions favorable to its further continuance. In connection and intimately associated with this matter is the petition of citizens in the Lake street district for the rebuilding of the bridge on Lake street, which is a part of the relief sought from the flooding of land in that locality, and in order that we may reap the full benefit of what has already been accomplished, we recommend that a reasonable appropriation be made to complete the work already undertaken.
Various articles referred to the Selectmen by vote of the town relative to the location of street lights have received attention, and such lights established as directed by the town.
Hydrants have been located, and contracts made with the Wake- field Water Company as the town have by vote ordered.
The suits of Rebecca C. Arrington and Frank McGlory against the town have not as yet been brought to trial.
The suit of Hattie D. M. Clark against the town has been settled by the payment of the award and costs of suit, as ordered by vote of the town.
Mr. H. Irving Eaton has presented to the Board a claim for injuries sustained on the highway, for which nominal damages are claimed, and which will be the subject of an article in the town warrant for the consideration of the town.
In view of the fact that no action has ever been taken to estab- lish a uniform certificate of commendation as provided for in the Jonathan Nichols temperance and tobacco pledge, this Board, deeming thé matter one of importance, prepared a certificate and submitted the same to Mr. Nichols, who heartily approved the plan of having a plate engraving executed, and voluntarily offered to bear the expense made necessary by its adoption. The certificate
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has been carefully executed under the competent direction of Col. W. S. Greenough, and is now issued to persons entitled thereto.
The matter referred to the Selectmen relative to furnishing additional accommodations for prisoners has received attention and two new cells have been constructed, and a separate apart- ment for night lodgers built in the lockup. In this connection we recommend that an additional room or cell be constructed for the use of female prisoners. It is commonly asserted, and we believe with reason, that insanity obtains to a greater degree than at any time heretofore. Certain it is that in the past, women suffering with acute mania have been held for safe keeping until the neces- sary papers could be had for their commitment. It is probably certain that women will in the future from that cause or some other be required to occupy safe quarters. Whether of mania or criminal offence, no woman should be required to submit to con- finement in the same quarters with men, especially if such con- finement compels an indecent and disgusting association. We call attention to the report of the Chief of Police.
Various matters referred to this Board have been made the sub- ject of reports to the town in town meeting.
During the year the perambulation of the town line between Wakefield and Lynnfield has been made, as has also the new line between Wakefield and Stoneham, and the necessary bounds on the last-named line established.
For a detailed account of the doings of the several departments, and the expenditures made, we refer the town to the several re- ports herewith submitted, and the financial exhibit therein made by the treasurer.
RAILROAD PROTECTION.
Upon the petition of citizens, the Board made request of the Boston and Maine Railroad Company to establish and maintain flagmen at the Bennett street and Richardson street crossings for the better protection of the travelling public, which request was complied with under the statute, and these two thoroughfares are now properly protected.
INSUFFICIENCY OF APPROPRIATION.
It is impossible always to foresee the needs which may arise, or the action which may be required to meet the demands of future
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events, but when such issue presents itself, provision must be made for its adjustment and settlement. Expenditures unlooked for, but legitimate and necessary, have been made in several instances, and which will be more fully explained by the Auditors' itemized account herewith submitted, and which were not provided for by appropriation, causing a demand in excess of the ordinary sum appropriated.
INSURANCE.
The insurance on the Town Hall expires this year as follows : $37,500, March 13, 1891; $2,500, March 20, 1891; and $5,000, Dec. 1, 1891 ; being a total of $45,000. Other insurance expires as follows : North School House $1000, May 9, 1891; Academy Building, $1500, May 10, 1891 ; South Building, Academy Hill, $2000, May 10, 1891; West School House, $1000, May 10, 1891. Total $6,500. Public Library, $2000, May 1, 1891 ; Almshouse and Barn, $3000, July 24, 1891. On the twelfth day of April, 1886, a committee appointed for that purpose recommended "that the Selectmen be instructed to insure as follows, when the existing policies expire :" Town Hall, $40,000; school build- ings and Almshouse the same as herein stated. That report was accepted and adopted, and the town will be called upon to take action as they may deem necessary in renewing such policies and making appropriations therefor.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
For a number of years the people of the town, in general terms, have desired the introduction of electricity for the purpose of lighting, both for commercial and public uses. It has several times been made the subject of town action. Committees have been appointed, and the report inexpedient, or delay for improve- ments, operated to hold in abeyance for a time, a matter which apparently held the attention of the people. So long as the de- sire was general, and no one appeared to actively strive for in- dividual or special rights of control or direction, just so long dis- passionate and conservative discussion prevailed ; a feeling also very strongly prevailed in the later stages, that with the great and rapid improvements made in that line, hasty, or even carefully considered action, would not operate to the advantage of the town.
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Finally, as will be seen by the report of the Selectmen for 1889 and 1890, the matter assumed definite shape by the application of several companies to the Selectmen for authority to engage in such lighting, and to erect poles and string wires for that purpose. Hearings were granted the various companies by the State Board of Gas Commissioners and the Selectmen, but no definite action was taken until Jan. 30, 1890, when a conditional right was granted the People's Company to engage in such business, and final action thereon deferred for one week; at the next meeting of the Board one of the members was absent sick, and it was considered unwise to take action upon so important a matter by the remain- ing members in his absence, and before final action could be had by the full Board, an injunction, restraining the Board from further action thereon, was served on each member. Upon the refusal of the Selectmen to grant the right to the Citizens' Gas Company to do electric light business, that company appealed to the State Board of Gas Commissioners, which left no opportunity for further action by the Selectmen. In the meantime no de- termination in definite form could be reached with either of the electric light companies to assume the responsibility of contest- ing the rights of parties in Court, and the Selectmen declined to assume the responsibility of contesting for such rights for a private corporation at the expense of the public. On the decision of the Board of Gas Commissioners being made public, granting the right to the Citizens' Gas Company to engage in such business, the Selectmen deemed it best to acquiesce in such decision. The matter has now been placed in the hands of a competent and pains- taking committee, authorized to investigate and report to the town their conclusions.
POLICE.
Consequent upon the action of the Board of Selectmen two years ago, the present system of police supervision was established and the wisdom of such action has been fully demonstrated by in- creased efficiency and a more general attention to the needs and demands of the public in matters pertaining to police work. The enforcement of the laws relating to the sale of intoxicating liquor has resulted in closing up all known places of such traffic, while the many calls for police duty have been intelligently and
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efficiently performed. The Court business is but a small fraction of police duty ; careful investigation and action where the rights of the community are concerned, make or unmake the character of police efficiency ; these duties are numerous and oftentimes ex- acting, and the present system meets the just and reasonable ex- pectations of the Selectmen, and, we believe, the cordial approval of all law-abiding citizens ; the amount appropriated last year for this service is insufficient for the payment of the officer and the ordinary expenses incident to the office, and we recommend a liberal and reasonable increase.
HENRY H. SAVAGE, WILLIAM N. TYLER, J. WALLACE GRACE,
Selectmen of Wakefield.
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OVERSEERS' REPORT.
· An extended review of the work of the past year, covering the giving of town aid to the poor and the management of the Town Farm is not needed, as the figures which have been care- fully made up and furnished the Auditors will answer all in- quiries in general and in detail. But there are some matters which deserve especial mention. The town voted an increased appropriation of $500 for the use of this Board the past year. Bills of the previous year for more than this amount have been paid, and practically all bills up to the close of this year are paid, while we have kept within the limits of our appropriation. We have been able to close up the accounts of the year in this satis- factory manner, largely by reason of the vote of the town to pur- chase at wholesale prices and deliver from the Almshouse all goods for the relief of the outside poor. While this has thrown an increased burden of work upon this Board and especially upon the Superintendent at the Almshouse, it has been attended by the best results, and we heartily recommend the continuance of the system.
It has given the recipients an increased amount of aid for the money expended, and has given it to them in staple articles (not luxuries) of living, which has been no less a benefit to them, and in both respects is a boon to the taxpayers. These facts, coupled with our recommendations of an appropriation of $5,000 for the coming year, sufficiently sum up this matter.
In accordance with our report of its absolute necessity last year, the town voted to appropriate $500 for the painting and shingling of the Almshouse buildings. This money has, we believe, been well expended, we having bought the materials for painting, and con- tracting for all the work with the lowest bidders. The buildings
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are now in thorough repair inside and out, and will need no further expenditure for a term of years. The chimneys were repaired, a new hard pine floor laid in the kitchen and hot-water tank and connections put in for the kitchens and bath room.
As will be seen by the inventory the weather conditions for the first time in some years have allowed the getting out of a quantity of meadow muck, which will reduce considerably the item of expense for purchasing manure the coming .year. The usual amount of meadow land along Saugus River has been reclaimed, thus adding to the town farm an increased acreage of good mow- ing land. The condition of the farm steadily improves under the present management, and, we think, must be viewed by the citizens of the town with as much satisfaction as it is by ourselves. We have engaged Mr. Donald as Superintendent for the coming year. . Respectfully submitted, SILAS W. FLINT, HIRAM EATON, THOMAS KERNAN,
Overseers of the Poor.
WAKEFIELD, Feb. 19, 1891.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1890-91.
Payment of Town Debt,
$3,837 50
Interest on 66 66
3,000 00
Support of Schools,
17,800 00
School Contingent Fund,
1,800 00
Text-books and Supplies,
1,200 00
Poor Department,
Fire
2,300 00
Forest Fire Ward Bills,
200 00
Town House Expenses,
1,600 00
Street Lights, .
2,100 00
New Street Lights,
40 00
Salaries of Town Officers,
2,725 00
Police Department,
1,000 00
Night Watch,
1,800 00
Miscellaneous ($1,500 and $500 voted Aug. 4 and
Jan. 6),
5,000 00
Concrete Sidewalks (new work),
500 00
66 66 (repairs),
500 00
Highways and Bridges,
8,000 00
Rental of Hydrants,
4,040 00
Memorial Day, .
200 00
Beebe Town Library (dog tax 1889, $764.75),
400 00
Public Reading Room,
175 00
Common and Park Commissioners,
750 00
Fish Committee (the receipts),
81 00
Almshouse Repairs,
500 00
New Hose for Fire Department, .
300 00
Overcoats for Firemen ($125 voted Jan. 6), .
250 00
Shore Protection (Quannapowitt), 100 00 ·
Printing Valuation List,
. 400 00
5,500 00
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Fitting up Historical Society Room,
$25 00
Clerk of School Committee,
. 100 00
Bridge, Water Street, .
300 00
Vernon Street Repairs,
700 00
Broadway, Repairs,
1,000 00
Main Street Improvements,
1,500 00
Heating and Ventilating High School-house (voted Aug. 4), 4,547 00
Heating and Ventilating Franklin Street School-
house (voted Aug. 4), .
875 .00
Clark Case Judgment (voted Nov. 4), .
1,400 00
Total, . $76,545 50
$8,947 voted since Annual Meeting,
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
March 3d, Appropriation authorized, . $17,800 00
State School Fund $70.04, Tuition Fees $65.00, . 135 04
$17,935 04
Expended as follows :
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Pay rolls one year to February 1, $16,296 75
JANITORS' SERVICES.
Geo. E. Gamage, Centre, to Feb. 1, $225 00
Noah M. Eaton, West and Hamilton, to Jan. 1, 209 00
Wm. H. Wiley, High School, to Jan. 1, 206 25
Mrs. Lucy A. Hill, Franklin, 66
.
90 00
B. F. Shedd, North, to Feb. 1,
40 00
I. F. Sheldon, South, to July 1, . · 40 00
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