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LEVI FLANDERS, HORACE W. DALRYMPLE, WM. E. CADE,
Engineers.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield :
Your Board of selectmen herewith respectfully submit the following report :
One of the first duties of public officials in every depart- ment of municipal government is to see that public funds, if any be in their charge, shall be so expended as to secure the best public welfare and confer the most happiness either near or remote upon the community whose servants they are and who have confided in them by placing them for a brief period in official position to fitly represent them, and it therefore becomes a duty second to none, to see that the full value of every dollar appropriated is obtained for the community imposing such trust, and this, while calling for our best business capacity, and no small amount of time, your board of Selectmen have conscienciously endeavored to do.
The business of the fiscal year last past presents a sharp contrast to the predecessor, by reason of its lesser volume and variety.
We are glad to offer our congratulations upon the con- tinued sense of quiet and security, absence of crime, and marked sobriety that has prevailed during the year, all of which emphasizes the prevailing good sense of our communi- ty, and is not only a complete standing advertisement of the desirability of our town for capital and settlement, but also encourages an unbounded faith in our continued municipal growth and prosperity.
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT BONDS.
In the latter part of March the bonds remaining unsold and amounting to $82,000 were advertised for sale. In joint convention with the town treasurer the bids were opened, and it was voted to sell them to E. H. Gay & Co., the highest bidder, their bid being $102.18.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Owing to the resignation of Capt. S. F. Littlefield as a member of the Board of Health, the Board of Selectmen and Board of Health (after due notice being given) met in joint convention and elected Mr. William H. McCausland to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. Mr. McCausland ac- cepted the office and proceeded to the execution of its duties, in which he has shown marked ability.
HYDRANT SERVICE.
On the first day of April last past, the board in accord- ance with the vote of the town executed a contract in its be- half with the Wakefield Water Company for hydrant service for a period of five years and two months from the first day of April, 1895, at the rate of thirty-five dollars per hydrant, per annum, payable the first two months on the first day of June, 1895, and thereafter on the first days of December and June of each year.
There are now installed 123 hydrants for which the town pays annually $4305.
The new hydrants upon Oak, Melvin and Water streets and in Wakefield Park, voted by the town, after location by the Fire Engineers have been installed by the Wakefield Water Company and are ready for service when required.
This settles the vexed question of prices for at least five years,
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SWEETSER LECTURE COURSE.
The resignation of Mr. W. L. Coon as a member of the committee upon the Sweetser lectures will render it advisa- ble for the town to choose a member of that committee at the next annual meeting, and an article will be placed in the annual warrant relating thereto.
METROPOLITAN PARK COMMISSION.
In April, 1894, the town was served with notice to appear at a hearing to be given by the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth, relative to the appointment of Commis- sioners to fix the apportionment and assessment on certain cities and towns of an annual State tax (not to exceed in any one year an excess of a sum equal to one-half mill on the dollar of the valuation thereof), to be levied upon the twelve cities and twenty-five towns embraced in the Metro- politan Park Act.
The board of last year deeming the matter of a tax rate, with benefits unknown, to be imposed upon our town, an important factor in our municipal future, authorized George H. Towle, Esq., to appear in the town's behalf and secure the appointment of proper commissioners and the lowest possible tax rate, and asking Mr. Towle to suggest among other things to the commissioners fixing the rate, that our town could not afford to be heavily assessed for such a pur- pose by reason of the fact that we are at the extreme end of the park system and therefore least benefitted ; that we are clearly a manufacturing community and apparently destined so to remain, and consequently our people would be likely to have less time to enjoy a public park system outside of town limits ; that nature had so lavishly adorned Wakefield and its environs that we needed less the assistance of art ; that the purchase of electric and gas plant and contemplated purchase of water works, and creation of a system of sewer- age, made us thereby a community unable to sustain any in-
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crease of taxation ; and finally, that a long period of time must elapse before substantial benefits would accrue.
All the cities and towns were represented by counsel at various hearings covering a period of time extending from April, 1894, to July, 1895.
The question involved was not whether the town should pay any money or not, but how much and in what propor- tion it should pay.
The commissioners were appointed and award finally made by them and filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, and also at the same time they filed a motion to have said award confirmed by said court, with a hearing to be had on the sixth day of September last past.
It then became a question before your board of selectmen what course to pursue ; as to whether Wakefield as a whole would be a gainer in any respect by objecting to the confir- mation of the report of the commissioners, or by appealing from it, involving litigation.
Analyzing the question it became apparent, First. That the assessment under the Boulevard Act ($50.06), was too small to warrant objection. Second. As to the assessment under the Park Act, it was apparent that the assessment of the City of Boston being fixed at 50 per cent., the balance of course must be divided among the other cities and towns, the amount so to be paid being based by the commissioners upon valuation, taxation and special benefit, and it resulted in the fact that, out of thirty-seven cities and towns, twenty- seven pay more in proportion than does our own town and ten pay less.
Acting under our counsel's advice, the board voted to ac- cept the result, believing the town would be better off to abide the result than to further contend.
The amount assessed against Wakefield is approximately fifty-five and seventy-four hundredths per cent. of an aver-
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age between an assessment based entirely on valuation, and an assessment based entirely on population.
The city of Lynn, whose assessment is very heavy, has gone to the Supreme Court in an endeavor to set aside the entire findings of the commissioners.
Your board is still of the opinion that any assessment which might be made could not be more favorable to this town, whatever the result in the case of the city of Lynn.
The scrip was issued by the state sometime in 1894. By inquiry at the office of the commissioners in Boston, we are informed that our town's proportion of tax and interest under both acts for the first five years would call for the yearly payment of the sum of $635.74. No demand for any part of it by the State Treasurer has yet been received by your board.
TOWN HALL LIGHTING.
The electric apparatus for this purpose installed by Messrs. Wetherbee and Whitney for lighting the gas by electricity in the town hall, has proved eminently successful and very convenient, effecting a saving in gas that will probably cancel the cost of the apparatus in about two years. It was necessary, however, to exceed the appropri- ation by a small sum to obtain the best results, and was deemed advisable by your board.
PERAMBULATION.
The town lines between Wakefield and Lynnfield were perambulated by the selectmen of both municipalities and bounds found to be in good condition.
INSURANCE.
The following policies of insurance will expire during the year, viz. :
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Municipal light plant, four policies, premium, ; $520 00
Lincoln school building, three 'policies, premium, 200 00
Town hall building, eleven policies, premiums, 1,083 00 Town farm building and one boiler, two policies, premium,
78 50
West Ward school building, one policy, premium, 24 00
Total,
$1,905 50
These policies must be renewed as they severally expire, and premiums provided for at the next annual meeting.
TOWN HALL REPAIRS.
The money raised and appropriated for this purpose was expended mainly in furnishing increased heating surface in the library and in replacing the old plumbing work with new and modern open plumbing, following closely the new statutory requirements relating thereto, which, although more expensive, are much safer to human life.
The condition of the old work was worse than anticipated, and fully accounted for the escape of the foul and dangerous sewer gas which at times rendered the building almost un- tenantable and was a continual menace to health and even life of occupants of the building.
The work was entrusted to Major George H. Taylor who executed it in a thorough and workmanlike manner, and Wakefield can now boast of satisfactory sanitary appliances of latest approved design, and workmanship second to none.
Your Board of Selectman when in possession of the facts through the blessings of a free press as speedily as possible acquainted the town with the unsafe condition of our beauti- ful town hall building together with suggested remedies, and a repetition of documentary evidence and the mandatory order of the Inspection Department of the State are for ob- vious reasons omitted in the report.
They are upon file in the selectmen's office open to public inspection upon demand.
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The situation is a grave one, calling for prompt action at our annual meeting, upon whose threshold we now almost stand.
We doubt not that Wakefield's energy as in the past will be then and there displayed to successfully grapple with the present new adverse conditions.
We have this to suggest. Two old maxims are just now very worthy of remembrance : "A thing worth doing at all is worth doing well," and "A thing right in its first construc- tion is right forever."
The town has tried the policy of "two bites at a cherry," and are now in the possession of a legacy of regret at the mis- conceptions of the past.
Let us put intelligence at the helm and sail our municipal ship in such a way that those who succeed us will not then have to struggle with the same problem bequeathed to us, bearing also in mind that men and municipalities build to- day, that upon which they stand to-morrow. This town is growing fast; sewer, water, street and light departments are separate departments, requiring separate. space under the roof-tree of one municipal housing, and any scheme that looks to the absorption of the space of the present armory (so-called) upon the third story of the building by an additional system of trusses, thereby rendering it unfit for future municipal uses, would, in our judgment be a course not parallel with future needs. The near future will demand all the present space in the town hall building for municipal use, inclusive of that now occupied exclusive- ly by library and reading room.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE TOWN.
The claim of Albert W. Merrow for injuries received on Broadway was compromised by the board by the payment
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to Mr. Merrow of the sum of one hundred dollars and his release to the town obtained.
The claim of Jeremiah J. Hanglin, who suffered very severe injuries while engaged near the stone crusher, claim- ing that it was through the negligence of servants of the town and that the town was liable, was tried in the Middle- sex superior court and it resulted in a verdict for the town.
The claim of Philip H. Eager for injuries received on Lake street is still pending in said superior court.
The claim of Mary E. Rice, of Stoneham, who brought an action against the town for injuries which she claims to have suffered on Gould street is still pending.
The claim of Hattie M. Chamberlain, of Stoneham, who brought an action against the town for injuries claimed to have been suffered by her on Gould street, is still pending in said court.
The claim of Edward B. Kelly for injuries alleged to have been suffered on Valley street is still pending in said court.
The claim of Albert W. Hunt for injuries claimed to have been suffered by him on Church street is still pending in the same court.
The claim of Mrs. Arlon S. Atherton for injuries claimed to have been suffered by her by reason of a defect on Albion street is still pending in said court.
GUARDIANSHIP.
For the first time in its history, the town, through its board of selectmen, was called upon to apply, as an act of necessity, for the appointment of guardians.
The cases were two in number. In that of Miss Lois B. B. Emerson the guardian was appointed. In that of
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Miss Clarissa Gould the matter at this writing is still pending.
OTIS V. WATERMAN, CHARLES E. WALTON, EDWARD A. UPTON, DANIEL EVANS, HOYT B. PARKER, Selectmen of Wakefield.
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REPORT OF APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE.
The Appropriation Committee met. Feb. 4, 1896, and by adjournment to Feb. 6 and 8. Notices were sent to the several departments charged with the expenditure of ap- propriations, to submit estimates of the amounts required for the next financial year, and upon the presentation of such estimates, and proper inquiry as to the reasonable needs of each department, the committee recommend the fol- lowing appropriations :
Support of Schools,
$27,000 00
School Contingent,
1,500 00
School Supplies, .
2,000 00
Poor Department, income from farm and
6,500 00
Fire Department,
. 3,200 00
Municipal Light Board, income from plant and
. 2,000 00
Town House Expenses, 1,500 00 ·
Highways and Bridges,
9,000 00
Concrete Sidewalks (where abuttors pay half),
500 00
Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Crossings,
500 00
Salaries of Town officers,
3,730 00
Police Department,
1,200 00
Night Watch,
1,800 00
Miscellaneous Expenses,
8,000 00
Town Library, dog tax and
300 00
Public Reading Room,
175 00
Common and Park,
500 00
Memorial Day,
200 00
Forest Fire Wards
500 00
Edgestones, where abuttors pay one half,
500 00
Interest on town debt, .
.
13,000 00
To meet maturity notes,
12,000 00
.
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The recommendations of salaries for town officers is made upon the following basis of division :
Town Clerk
200 00
Treasurer,
.
400 00
Selectmen,
600 00
Assessors,
600 00
Overseers of Poor,
300 00
Collector of Taxes,
500 00
Road Commissioner,
250 00
Board of Health,
50 00
Registrars of Voters.
215 00
Auditors,
215 00
Fire Engineers,
75 00
Fire Wardens, ·
75 00
Municipal Light Board,
250 00
$3,730 00
T. E. Balch, deceased, Richard Britton and Fred S. Harts- horne were not present to authorize the signing of this report.
EVERETT HART, Chairman.
WM. K. PERKINS,
WM. F. YOUNG,
WM. G. STRONG,
RICHARD CUFF,
MICHAEL LOW,
GEO. K. WALTON,
PETER S. ROBERTS,
CHARLES F. WOODWARD,
EVERETT W. EATON,
SILAS W. FLINT,
WM. N. TYLER, Secretary.
WAKEFIELD, February 8, 1896.
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COLLECTOR'S STATEMENT.
TAX OF 1893.
Uncollected balance, Jan. 31, 1895, $11,021 99
Re-assessed by Assessors, .
31 16
Received as interest,
952 96
Paid town Treasurer, .
$11,147 75
Abated by Assessors, .
$12,006 11
TAX OF 1894,
Uncollected balance, Jan. 31, 1895, $28,877 31
Re-assessed by Assessors,
57 00
Received as interest,
559 69
$29,494 00
Paid Town Treasurer,
$16,388 83
Abated by Assessors,
$17,209 53
Balance uncollected,
$12,284 47
TAX OF 1895.
Total amount assessed,
$120,605 35
Received as interest, ·
·
55 25
$120,660 60
Paid Town Treasurer,
$85,934 80
Discounts allowed,
. 1,559 30
Abated by Assessors,
.
$88,477 39
Balance uncollected,
$32,183 21
CHAS. F. WOODWARD, Collector.
January 31, 1896.
$12,006 11
858 36
.
820 70
983 29
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REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The Road Commissioners of the town of Wakefield herewith re- spectfully present their report for the year ending February 1, 1896.
The work on the highway has been under the supervision of the commissioners, who received for their services $2.50 per day while on duty. The chairman has had general control of the work.
Laborers were paid $2.00 per day, with the exception of the engineer at the crusher, who received $2.50, aud three stone masons, who received $3.00 per day.
Two dollars per day was allowed for horse and cart, and $4.00 for two horse-cart, the latter being used but rarely.
The severe rains of this season damaged the streets to a great extent, necessitating a large amount of patching, the expense be- ing lumped under the head of washouts.
The guide boards are in very poor condition, many new ones being needed. We have reset some of the more important ones.
We would again recommend that the crusher be removed to the street level, as in its present location an economical running of . the plant cannot be secured.
GENERAL HIGHWAY.
March 5, 1895, Appropriation, ·
August 26, 1895,
$11,000 00 1,500 00
From Wakefield and Stoneham Street Railway Co., . .
389 82
From Wakefield and Stoneham
Street Railway Co., sale of crushed stone, . .
33 80
$12,923 62
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Expended : Labor, as per pay rolls,
$10,018 79
Sundry bills, . 2,903 51
Balance unexpended, 1 32
$12,923 62
MAIN STREET, LAKESIDE, SPECIAL.
March 5, 1895, Appropriation,
$1,000 00
Expended :
Labor, as per pay rolls, $916 13
Sundry bills, 83 87
$1,000 00
PROSPECT SREET SPECIAL.
November 14, 1895, Appropriation,
$800 00
Expended :
Labor, as per pay rolls,
$684 32
Sundry bills,
115 03
Balance unexpended, 65
$800 00
Pay roll is as follows :
LABOR ON HIGHWAY AS PER PAY ROLL.
* Alden, Zenas P.,
$26 76
Cloudman, Charles, $12 00
Archibald, Ralph E.,
12 00
Cronan, William, 96 50
Arthur, John,
53 00
Curran, Henry, 1 00
Batchelder, Jerry S.,
38 33
Deveau, John, 54 50
Bolton, Richard,
88 23
Deveau, Reuben, 6 00
Brennan, Dennis,
391 00
Devine, Lawrence,
268 06
*Brennan, Dennis,
2 00
*Devine, Lawrence, Dolan, Joseph,
42 75
Butler, William E.,
41 00
5 00
Campbell, H.,
2 59
Doucette, Joseph,
147 78
*Campbell, John,
12 38
Dowd, Patrick,
. 90 33
Carter, Daniel F.,
180 00
*Doyle, Charles,
23 80
Carter, Edwin,
8 00
Drugan, Dennis, 159 22
Classen, Charles,
20 00
Drugan, John,
40 89
.
105
* Dudley, Burton E., $1 00
Logan, John, $0 50
Fitzgerald, Thomas J., 164 72
Logan, Michael, 200 83
Flynn, John, 200 90
*Logan, Michael, 18 00
*Flynn, John,
13 13
Lunt, Francis, 5 00
Flynn, Thomas,
79 50
Lyons, John, 2 00
Greenough, Arthur,
206 74
Macullar, Stephen,
2 00
*Greenough, Arthur,
46 25
Maloney, Richard,
65 44
Grey, W. H., 67
Mansfield, Austin L.,
22 00
Griffin, Michael,
64 39
* Mansfield, Austin L., Mansfield, James,
5 00
Glynn, Martin,
155 72
Mears, George,
10 00
*Glynn, Martin,
10 25
McDonald, Andrew,
5 00
Hale, Horace G.,
135 83
*McMasters, Jonathan, 50
Haley, George P.,
24 50
McNalley, John,
10 00
Hart, Howard,
257 26
Merrill, Moses,
6 25
*Hart, Howard,
9 00
Moore, William, 57 00
Hartshorne, Fred S.,
4 00
Mooney, James J.,
74 77
Hathaway, G. H.,
53 28
Murphy, Thomas,
203 60
*Hathaway, G. H.,
13 69
Muse, Simon,
24 00
Henry, John, 327 51
Neiss, Fred,
153 89
* Henry, John,
20 88
Neiss, John,
232 05
Hooper, L. P.,
54 00
*Neiss, John,
60 63
Hoyt, Frank P.,
235 06
Nelson, Nels,
9 57
* Hoyt, Frank P.,
17 13
Nestor, Patrick, 66 00
Hubbard, Joseph,
37 50
*O'Connell, Michael, 12 06
Hunt, Daniel F.,
64 00
O'Connell, Timothy, 66 33
*Hunt, Daniel F.,
1 75
Oliver, Henry, 193 72
Kane, John,
19 56
O'Neil, John,
112 89
Keefe, Patrick,
79 00
O'Neil, Michael,
149 00
Kelly, Frank,
34 00
*O'Neil, Michael,
2 00
Killorin, G. W.,
129 33
O'Neil, William,
8 00
*Killorin, G. W.,
77 50
Perkins, John,
3 78
Killorin, James W.,
3 00
Regan, James,
124 83
Lakin, W. F.,
3 00
Rounds, F. L.,
2 00
Landers, William,
281 73
Shanahan, Daniel,
195 84
* Landers, William,
14 75
*Shanahan, Daniel, 2 00
Lee, William J.,
19 00
*Smith, George E.,
1 50
* Indicates snow work.
24 88
Grinnell, E. L.,
35 00
106
Smith, Joseph,
$28 00
*Ward, W. M.,
$82 01
Strong, Wm. G.,
41 83'
Welch, Patrick, 86 00
Surrette, Joseph,
17 50
Welch, Thomas, 6 00
Tainter, Lincoln,
1 00
White, John,
365 39
Toomey, John,
85 50
*White, John,
75
Tyzzer, William,
4 00
White, William,
6 00
Vail, C. H.,
1 00
Whiting, John F., 39 33
Walton, George K.,
1 00
Wright, D. C., 22 00
*Walton, H. W.,
75
Young, Andrew,
75 33
Walton, Solon,
440 59
*Young, Andrew,
13 88
*Walton, Solon,
14 75
Ward, W. M.,
347 72
$8,530 25
TEAMS ON HIGHWAY, AS PER PAY ROLL.
Butler, William E.,
$25 00
*Killorin, G. W., $73 00
Cloudman, Charles,
24 00
Lee, Wm., J., 24 66
Dean, C. A.,
87 67
Mansfield, Austin L., 26 00
*Doyle, Charles,
23 83
*Mansfield, Austin L., 22 25
Flynn, John,
195 89
Mansfield, James, 5 00
*Flynn, John,
12 37
Mears, George, 16 00
Griffin, W. L.,
27 00
*McMasters, Jonathan,
50
Grey, W. H.,
67
*O'Connell, Michael,
13 74
Greenough, Arthur,
500 22
Oliver, Henry, 188 94
*Greenough, Arthur,
44 50
Strong, Wm. G.,
41 83
Grinnell, E. L.,
35 00
Toomey, John,
85 50
Haley, G. P.,
24 50
Walton, Solon,
275 72
Hathaway, G. H.,
60 95
*Walton, Solon, 9 88
*Hathaway, G. H.,
16 43
Ward, W. M.,
312 84
Hoyt, F. P.,
198 39
*Ward, W. M.,
115 50
*Hoyt, F. P.,
16 75
Wright, Dexter C.,
44 67
Hooper, L. P.,
41 00
Young, Andrew, 162 45
Hunt, D. W.,
68 00
*Young, Andrew,
17 25
*Hunt, D. W,,
1 75
Killorin. G. W.,
249 34
$3,088 99
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PROSPECT STREET.
BLASTING LEDGE AND GRADING STREET.
Nov. 14, 1895. Appropriation,
$800 00
Expended as follows :
Labor as per pay rolls,
684 32
Geo. H. Taylor, drain pipe,
32 50
Geo. H. Sampson, powder, fuse, &c.,
22 64
Sederquest & Wanamake, repairing tools,
17 59
John Miniken, repairing tools,
39 00
F. W. Pierce, express and powder,
3 30
$799 35
Balance unexpended,
65
$800 00
MAIN STREET, LAKESIDE. WALL, SIDEWALK AND STREET.
March 7, 1895. Appropriation, Expended as follows :
. $1,000 00
Labor as per pay rolls, .
$916 13
A. E. Mellett, gravel, · ·
.
43 57
F. E. Newhall, 62 cap-stones,
40 30
$1,000 00
MAIN STREET.
MACADAMIZING.
Labor as per pay rolls, .
$597 69
American Plow Co., 1 plow point,
3 15
G. H. Hathaway, water,
42 00
Mass. Broken Stone Co., steam roller,
175 00
60 66 stone,
170 17
243 tons stone, at $1.11 per ton,
269 73
935 at $1.06
991 10
$2,248 84
Paid by W. & S. St. Ry. Co., .
389 82
$1,859 02
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MAIN STREET (JUNCTION). GRADING STREET AND MAKING GUTTER.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$474 70
Arthur Harper, gravel,
8 25
R. E. Archibald, “
26 52
A. E. Mellett, stone,
90
R. E. Archibald, “
3 75
Geo. W. Killorin, pitch, &c.,
55 05
$569 17
MAIN STREET, GREENWOOD. GRADING STREET.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$34 00
L. B. Eaton, gravel,
1 00
Saml. Kimball, «
14 60
$49 60
MAIN STREET (IRON FENCE).
G. H. Taylor, contract, $445 06 ·
MAIN STREET (LAKESIDE). WALL, SIDEWALK AND STREET.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$159 68
A. E. Mellett, gravel,
.
·
8 88
$168 56
CRUSHER ACCOUNT.
Labor as per pay rolls, .
$791 75
C. H. Spencer, lumber, 4 30
Ingersoll, Sargeant Drill Co., repairing steam drill, 35 50
gland and oiler, 5 00
Wakefield Coal Co., wood and coal, 64 89
G. P. Haley, wood and coal, 13 97
Sederquest & Wanamake, repairing tools,
45 75
S. C. Nightingale & Childs, jaws and plates, 55 99
repairs,
32 68
B. & M. R. R., freight on castings,
2 73
Am. Express Co., expressing,
40
Braman, Dow & Co., plug,
45
109
S. F. Littlefield & Co., pipe and labor,
$5 03
Cutler Bros., supplies, . · 13 24
G. H. Sampson, powder, fuse, &c.,
20 28
$1,091 96
SCRAPING STREETS AND CLEANING GUTTERS. Labor as per pay rolls, . $1,003 08
ALBION STREET.
SIDEWALK, CROSSING AND GRADING STREET.
Labor as per pay roll,
$136 36
Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone,
33 61
" steam roller, 5 00
W. A. Carleton, gravel,
15 00
George W. Killorin, gravel,
7 00
$196 97
ELM STREET. SIDEWALK, GRADING AND FENCE.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$56 08
C. H. Spencer, lumber, ·
.
.
6 30
$62 38
SALEM STREET.
GRADING.
Labor as per pay rolls, .
$127 25
H. L. Goldsmith, gravel,
11 00
$138 25
SALEM AND NEW SALEM STREETS.
FENCE.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$21 00
Jos. Connell estate, cedar posts,
7 99
C. H. Spencer, lumber, .
.
7 75
$36 74
110
WATER STREET. GRADING.
Labor as per pay rolls, .
$70 75
Jas. B. Murray, gravel, .
.
.
13 10
C. Wakefield, gravel,
·
,
.
4 13
$87 98
NEW SALEM STREET.
GRADING.
Labor as per pay rolls, ·
$70 25
John Flanley, gravel,
.
·
10 00
$80 25
BARTLEY STREET.
GRADING.
Labor as per pay rolls,
$115 13
Edw. Butler, gravel,
2 59
G. W. Killorin, “
·
·
4 04
Elizabeth Stack, “
2 45
$124 21
FRANKLIN STREET.
GRADING.
Labor as per pay rolls, .
$23 00
Edw. Sweetser, gravel, .
.
.
2 73
VALLEY STREET.
BANK WALL, SIDEWALK AND GRADING.
Labor as per pay rolls, . $148 57
I. Longfellow, cedar posts, ·
·
5 50
W. M. Ward, stone, .
·
·
49 50
$203 57
$25 73
111
FENCING.
W. and L. D. Darling, Main street,
$103 80
Church street, 9 60
Forest street, 9 40
Vernon street,
4 90
Miscellaneous,
1 75
Francis Lunt, Lawrence street,
15.70
$145 15
CEDAR STREET. SIDEWALK AND CULVERT.
Labor as per pay rolls,
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