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2 25
$1,265 55
Balance unexpended,
34 45
Total,
$1,300 00
POOR DEPARTMENT.
March 13, 1900, appropriations authorized,
$7,000 00
Nov. 26, 1900, additional appropriation, 3,000 00
Feb. 1, 1900, income as voted, .
3,195 77
Total,
$13,195 77
Expended as per report of Overseers of the Poor, ·
13,195 52
Balance unexpended, 25
$13,195 77
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.
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108
CEMETERY COMMITTEE EXPENSES.
Feb. 1, 1900, balance available from last year,
$200 00
Received from sale of hay,
42 00
Total,
$242 00
EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS :
Austin L. Bowman, plans as per award,
$100 00
M. P. Foster, advertising,
6 73
C. W. Eaton,
I 50
H. M. Dolbeare, " .
1 25
E. W. Eaton, services and expenses, .
10 00
Total,
$119 48
Balance unexpended,
122 52
$242 00
This committee have in their hands $29.25, which will be turned in to Treasury.
RENTAL OF HYDRANTS.
March 26, 1900, appropriation authorized, $4,340 00
Nov. 28, 1900, additional appropriation, 35 00
Total,
$4,375 00
EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS :
Wakefield Water Co., 124 hydrants one year to Dec. I, 1900, at $35 per hydrant, per year, $4,340 00
Wakefield Water Co., one hydrant three months to Dec. 1, 1900, at $35 per year, .
8 75
Total,
$4,348 75
Balance unexpended, 26 25
$4,375 00
REPAIRS ON PLEASANT STREET.
May 14, 1900, appropriation authorized, $250 00
EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS :
Labor as per pay rolls, $222 85
Dennis Greany, 200 loads gravel, at 10 cents, .
20 00
109
J. M. Perley, coal and wood, roller, $5 67
Dennis Greany, 41 loads gravel, at 10 cents,
4 10
$252 62
Overdrawn,
$2 62
$250 00
This overdraft was charged to general highway, as the town voted $250 from that account in addition to above, but only $2.52 was used.
NAHANT STREET REPAIRS.
Nov. 26, 1900, appropriation authorized, $1,300 00
Nov. 26, 1900, appropriation from street railway tax, . 700 00
Total,
.
$2,000 00
EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS :
Labor as per pay rolls, 886 34
F. E. Newhall, 180 feet covering stone, at 30 cents, 54 00
Caine F. Harper, 1,493 loads gravel, at 10 cents,
149 30
Wakefield Lumber Co., lumber, .
6 21
Geo. H. Taylor, drain pipe,
9 60
Jas. A. Bancroft, surveying,
12 75
Cutler Bros., 3 picks, 3 00
Estate W. A. Russell, 100 loads gravel, at 10 cents,
10 00
D. C. Wright, 200 loads gravel, at 10 cents,
20 00
Patrick Kenney, 130 loads gravel at 10 cents,
13 00
Sederquest & Wanamake, blacksmithing, 23 85
H. A. Sargent, 125 loads gravel, at 10 cents,
12 50
Total,
$1,200 55
Balance unexpended,
799 45
$2,000 00
This balance is available for next year on acct. street railway tax.
CONCRETE WORK.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized, $1,000 00
Feb. 1, 1901, received from abutters, 378 07
Total,
$1,378 07
110
EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS :
Labor as per pay roll, $724 60
Chapman & Soden, pitch, tar and asphalt, . 453 13
Ames Plow Co., furnace cauldron, dippers, etc., . 35 90
R. J. Philpot, 102 yards concrete, at 50 cents,
51 00
D. C. Wright, 273 loads sand, at 10 cents, .
27 30
Municipal Light Plant, coke,
2 00
C. Latimer, expressing,
80 15
Total, .
$1,374 08
Balance unexpended,
3 99
$1,378 07
HITCHING POSTS.
Dec. 3, 1900, appropriation authorized, $50 00
EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS :
Geo. T. Mclaughlin Co., 25 hitching posts, at $1.50, $37 50
Balance unexpended, 12 50
$50 00
This balance is available for next year on unfinished contract.
SUPPRESSION OF ENGLISH SPARROWS.
Dec. 3, 1900, appropriation authorized, $50 00
Paid Rufus Kendrick, bill of bounties on 1,200 dead
sparrows, $50 00
RELOCATION FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
April 2, 1900, appropriation authorized, $300 00
Expended as per report of Light Board, 298 75
Balance unexpended, I 25
$300 00
PAINTING ARMORY.
'Nov. 19, 1900, appropriation authorized, $300 00
EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS :
. H. M. Dolbeare, advertising proposals, .
2 25
C. W. Eaton, 4 00
111
Fairbanks & Mckenzie, painting as per contract,
$135 00
Feindel & Brockbank, carpenter repairs, 29 93
J. H. Keough, labor and grading,
13 50
Total,
$184 68
Balance unexpended,
115 32
$300 00
PUBLIC EVENING SCHOOL.
Nov. 19, 1900, appropriation authorized,
$800 00
Paid on teachers' salaries, .
352 25
Balance unexpended,
447 75
$800 00
This balance is available for next year on account of contract with teachers.
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING ADDITION.
May 14, 1900, notes authorized, $15,000 00
EXPENDED TO FEBRUARY I, 1900, AS FOLLOWS :
Feindel & Brock bank, as per contract, 10,210 22
66 shelving, . . 5 04
669 00
Aaron A. Butler, as per mason contract, 66 extras, 4 00
H. A. Perkins, services as architect, 610 00
H. M. Dolbeare, advertising proposals, 9 00
C. W. Eaton,
5 00
Fuller & Warren Heating and Ventilating Co., as per contract, 1,000 00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight on furniture, 14 3I
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, premium on builders' risk, 36 00
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., 21 chairs, 22 50
Smith Premium Typewriter Co., 6 typewriters, at $35, 210 00 I table, 4 00
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, typewriter and cover, ·
70 00
R. J. Lawder, electrical work, 37 00
C. H. McKenney & Co., gas fixtures, ·
82 00
J. A. Glass & Co., window shades, .
.
40 40
D. W. Hunt, teaming, 9 33
112
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, 5 oak tables, $20 00
Knott Apparatus Co., 2 physic tables,
45 80
Office, Bank and Library Co., partition and office counter, . 137 75
David Taggart, plumbing, .
397 19
J. B. Hunter Co., hardware, doors and windows, 124 66
Chandler Chair and Desk Co., chairs, desks and tables,
925 20
A. B. Comins, expressing, .
2 19
Geo. F. King & Co., 3 doz. ink-stands,
18 00
Hugh Morgan, mason work,
57 25
E. A. Carlisle, Pope & Co., 2 windows,
.
4 50
David Taggart, piping and labor,
9 00
Total,
$14,779 34
Balance unexpended,
220 66
$15,000 00
This balance is available for next year on unpaid contracts.
SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
March 13, 1900, appropriation authorized, . $2,500 00
Feb. 1, 1901, from state children tuition, 145 69
Total, . $2,645 69
EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS :
Geo. F. King & Co., crayons and paper, $215 78
Rand, McNally Co., text books,
68 10
Suffolk Ink Co., 10 gals. ink,
5 50
George E. Gray, 35 number charts,
I 40
E. E. Babb & Co., text books and stationery, 399 71
J. L. Hammett & Co., text books and stationery, 355 57
Ginn & Co., text books, 433 37
Jos. Gillott & Sons, 25 gross pens,
9 75
T. H. Castor & Co., text books,
2 88
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., chemical and physical ap- paratus, . 4 45
Eagle Pencil Co., pens and pencils,
103 36
Bunkio Matsuki, text books, etc., 5 60 .
American Book Co., text books, etc., .
127 09
113
·Silver, Burdett & Co,, text books, etc., $502 11
White Smith Publishing Co., music books, 12 60
George H. Taylor, battery, .
65
D. C. Heath & Co., text books,
31 19
E. P. Gerould & Co., stationery, .
7 55
Maynard, Merrill & Co., text books, 17 40
Boston School Supply Co., text books and stationery, . 16 70
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., drawing paints,
22 40
J. W. Poland & Co., sewing materials,
10 65
Oliver Ditson & Co., music,
I 74
Allyn & Bacon, text books,
15 00
W. S. Greenough & Co., stationery,
8 27
F. J. Barnard & Co., text books,
36 15
C. A. Waters, I doz. pitch pipes,
6 00
A. G. Alley, Treas., 16 gals. ink,
8 25
Educational Publishing Co., text books,
8 17
Doubleday & McClure Co.,
4 15
H. C. Busch Mfg. Co., 400 hole cards,
5 60
Atkinson & Mentzer, text books,
104 00
A. T. Locke, lumber, manual training,
45 72
Chandler & Barbour, tools, manual training,
24 19
A. H. Thayer, crayons, etc.,
7 60
Wakefield Lumber Co., lumber, manual training,
5 25
S. S. Packard, text books, .
94
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., text books,
85
A. H. Thayer, text books, .
10 00
Total,
$2,645 69
NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING.
Feb. 1, 1900, balance available from last year, $15,000 00
Nov. 19, 1900, additional appropriation, 2,200 00
Total,
$17,200 00
Expended as follows :
Aaron H. Gould, services as architect, paid by old com- mittee,
$454 37
H. M. Dolbeare, advertising for proposals, 2 62
Roger Howard, contract for building, . 14,554 00 ·
114
Wakefield Water Co , service, pipe and labor, $5 00
M. P. Foster, advertising for proposals, 3 00
G. M. Kelley, 198 iron bars at 6c., II 88
Municipal Light Plant, service pipe and labor, 5 28
Lynn Stall Co., 94 ft. iron track at 50c., 47 25
Aaron H. Gould, services as architect, new committee, 472 33
Stewart & Pownall, electric switch,
20 00
Lynn Stall Co., stall fittings contract,
200 00
E. R. & E. H. Tarbell, gas and electric fixtures con- tract, 106 00
C. W. Trainer Mfg. Co., steam pipe covering, 30 00
G. M. Stevens, electric door opener, 15 00
Cobb, Eastman Co., 31 tint shades,
18 60
J. A. Bancroft, surveys and levels, 12 50
J. W. Poland & Co., towels and bedding, ·
42 48
Municipal Light Plant, meter and connections, 3 37 66 65 incandescent lamps, 13 00
Derby Desk Co., desk and table,
30 00
Heywood Bros. and Wakefield Co., mat,
I 50
66 chairs,
45 82
Chandler & Farquhar, sash chain,
7 52
W. E. Cade, labor, car fares, telephone, postage, etc., for committee, 50 00
E. I. Purrington, machine labor and fittings, .
61 26
John Flanley, furniture and bedding, 86 32
Manchester Locomotive works, heater, valves and joints Roger Howard, cementing cellar and concrete,
15 00
299 50
galvanized iron on stall doors,
75 00
extra on foundation,
113 00
66 extra on hardware,
70 00
extra on contract for building,
297 53
Total,
$17,197 58
Balance unexpended, 2 42
$17,200 00
This balance is available for next year.
28 45
F. Hanwright, labor covering pipes,
115
TOWN HOUSE EXPENSES.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized,
$1,800 00
Feb. 1, 1901, income for year as voted, 504 50
Total,
$2,304 50
Expended as follows :
Municipal Light Plant, 231,500 ft. gas at $1.80, $416 70
66 44,820 hours electric at IC., .
448 20
22 incandescent lamps, 5 98
E. I. Purrington, hardware and repairs, 21 61
Rufus F. Draper, salary as janitor, year to Feb. 1, 1901, 600 00 66 washing towels, . 3 40
R. J. Lawder, wiring 3rd floor, 56 65
Braman, Dow & Co., tube brush, germicide, 2 50
D. W. Hunt, removing rubbish, 6 30
Geo. H. Taylor, hardware and repairs,
83 73
R. J. Lawder, electrical work, 44 06 .
Standard Chemical Co., 179 lbs. soap at 6c.
IO 74
Feindel & Brockbank, carpenter work,
1 00
H. G. Brockbank, 66
I 30
F. W. Pierce, expressing,
65
John Flanley, curtains and repairs, 17 60
E. I. Purrington, carpenter work,
7 14
D. P. Rolfe, painting and glazing,
27 00
Morrill & Atwood, ice,
5 00
D. Geany, repairing ceiling,
8 00
Wakefield Water Co., service 1 year,
60 00
H. F. Miller Sons Piano Co., piano repairs, Dana Dudley, door key and chair seat,
75
C. Latimer, expressing,
15
H. L. Badger, repairing chairs, II IO
H. M. Dolbeare, hall record, I 50
W. O. Evans, labor, 32 00
Stoughton Rubber Co., rubber matting,
117 80
Red Cross Chemical Co., disinfectant,
2 85
John Toomey, 55 tons egg coal at $5.00,
275 00
Estate C. C. Bridge, glazing,
I 00
E. B. Nye, care of piano 1 year,
10 00
2 70
116
J. B. Wiley, mason work on boiler, $3 50
American Chemical Co., 50 lbs. powder, 4 50
Cutler Bros., mops, sponges, soap, etc.,
2 65
Wm. G. Strong, removing rubbish,
5 00
C. Latimer, expressing,
I
75
Total,
$2,299,81
Balance unexpended,
4 69
$2,304 50
INSURANCE PREMIUMS.
April 2, 1900, appropriation authorized, .
$975 00
Nov. 19, 1900, additional appropriation, 480 00
Total,
$1,455 00
EXPENDED AS FOLLOWS :
Albert R. Perkins, premium on policy of $7,000, town hall, 5 years to April 18, 1905, 189 00
Walter G. Hunt, premium on policy of $4,000, Hamil- ton school, 5 years to April 21, 1905, 60 00
Walter G. Hunt, premium on policy of $3,000, town hall, 5 years to April 21, 1905, 81 00
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, premium on policy of $2,500, steamer Lucius Beebe, I year to May 7, 1901, . 40 00 P. H. Southworth, premium on treasurer's bond, 1 yr., Geo. O. Carpenter & Son, premium on policy of $10,000, high school, 5 years to April 20, 1905, 225 00
100 00
P. H. Southworth, premium on policy of $3,000, library and contents, 3 years to May 1, 1903, 39 60
P. H. Southworth, premium on tax collector's bond. I year, 60 00
G. H. S. Driver, premium on policy of $3,000, high school, 5 years to Oct. 20, 1905, 67 50
G. H. S. Driver, premium on policy of $3 000, high school contents, 3 years to Oct. 20, 1905, 30 00
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, premium on policy of $3,000, high school, 5 years to Oct. 24, 1905, 67 50 · · W. G. Hunt, premium on policy of $3,000, high school, 5 years to Oct. 19, 1905, 67 50
117
P. H. Southworth, premium on policy of $3,000, new engine house, 5 years to Oct. 19, 1905, . $45 00 A. R. Perkins, premium on policy of $3,000, new en- gine house, 5 years to Oct. 18, 1905, 45 00
Geo. O. Carpenter & Son, premium on policy of $3,000, new engine house, 5 years to Oct. 20, 1905, ·
45 00
A. H. Thayer, premium on policy of $3,000, new en- gine house, 5 years to Oct. 20, 1905, 45 00
P. H. Southworth, premium on policy of $5,000, on Lincoln school, 3 years to Dec. 15, 1903, 50 00
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, premium on policy of $2,500. armory, 5 years to Dec. 5, 1905, 62 50
C. F. Hartshorne & Son, premium on policy of $2,500, armory, 5 years to Dec. 13, 1905, . .
62 50
. Butler Bros., premium on policy $3,000, high school, 5 years to Oct. 19, 1905, 67 50
Total,
$1,449 60
Balance unexpended, 5 40
$1,455 00
SEWERAGE SYSTEM EXPENSES.
July 30, 1900, bonds authorized, · $225,000 00
EXPENDED TO FEB. 1, 1901, AS FOLLOWS :
Pay rolls, engineering staff, 1,739 50
H. M. Dolbeare, printing plans, specifications, etc., 98 80
W. B. Badger & Co., desk and table, 53 00
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., chairs,
12 75
D. W. Hunt, teaming,
2 5I
A. H. Thayer, stationery, etc.,
17 35
J. H. Clark, transit and level,
240 00
Kansas City & Atlantic R. R. Co., drafting tables,
8 00
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., drafting materials, . Frost & Adams Co., drafting and surveying tools,
98 75
O. K. Morgan, car fares and petty expenses, 20 24
T. Pierce, 300 stakes,
6 00
59 08
M. R. Warren Co., stationery and books, 8 60 .
Tobias & Wall, engineer's bag, 5 00 .
118
W. S. Greenough & Co., record and letter book, $6 75
C. W. Eaton, printing, 6 00
John Flanley, wooden stools, 5 20
S. F. Littlefield Co., tools and hardware 6 68
Geo. H. Taylor, axe and plumb bob, .
2 05
C. C. Hutchinson, repairing level,
12 80
E. A. Clark, pipe and borings,
449 85
S. B. Dearborn, P. M., stamps, .
2 00
B. F. Smith & Bro., testings and borings, 164 00
Spaulding Print and Paper Co., blue prints, 6 92
F. S. Hartshorne, typewriting, I 25
Lynn & Boston R. R. Co., special car Lynn city com- mittee, 10 00
C. H. Curtis,“banquet,
66 43 00
A. J. Perham, carriage hire,
I 50
T. M. Ward, expressing,
2 00
John Flanley, waste basket,
90
W. S. Greenough, printing bonds, 270 00
W. W. Bessey & Son, team hire, State Board of Health, 3 00
Total, .
$3,363 48
Balance unexpended, 221,636 52
$225,000 00
REGRADING ELM SQUARE.
Dec. 3, 1900, appropriation authorized, $200 00
Unexpended, .
200 00
PARTITIONING ROOMS THIRD STORY TOWN HALL
BUILDING.
Nov. 12, 1900, appropriation authorized,
$600 00
Unexpended, 600 00
PURCHASE OF HART'S HILL, FLINT ESTATE.
Feb. 1, 1900, balance available from last year, . $5,000 00 . Paid by town treasurer to metropolitan park com- mission, 5,000 00
119
TOWN WATERING CART.
May 14, 1900, appropriation authorized, £ $325 00 Paid J. L. and H. K. Potter, I Studebacker cart, 325 00
NEW FIRE HOSE.
Nov. 12, 1900, appropriation authorized, $1,800 00 Expended as follows :
C. Callahan Co., 1000 ft. 22-inch "Volunteer" hose, at 52C., 520 00
Stoughton Rubber Co., 1000 ft. 23-inch "Ætna" hose, at 52C., 520 00
Boston Belting Co., 1000 ft. 22-inch "Crescent" hose, at 52C., ·
520 00
Total,
$1,560 00
Balance unexpended,
240 00
$1,800 00 Above balance of $240 transferred to credit of Fire Depart- ment, by vote of the town.
COMMON AND PARK.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized,
$800 00
Expended as follows :
W. H. Murray, care of park and common, 300 00
loam and expressing,
I 50
Hewes, Mayo & Co., painting sign, · 10 00
A. W. Brownell, advertising proposals,
I 00
S. M. Seabury, painting flag pole and halyards, Harrington, King & Co., rope,
2 I3
Cutler Bros., tacks, zinc, etc.,
I 54
Chas. Stubbs, labor, .
1 00
M. P. Foster, advertising proposals, .
I 25
S. F. Littlefield & Co., repairs on fountain,
3 00
Wakefield Water Co., services drinking fountain,
15 00
R. J. Farquhar Co., plants, bulbs, seeds, etc. 72 40
Municipal Light Plant, I barrel tar,
3 00
10 00
120
E. Caldwell, I doz. chairs, $ 6 00
John Minniken, wagon and mower repairs, 5 35
G. W. Killorin, stone gutters and sand catchers,
146 65
W. H. Murray, labor and material on trees, 25 00
C. W. Eaton, examination of titles, Flint estate,
25 00
Total,
$629 82
Balance unexpended,
170 18
$800 00
STATE AID.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized, .
$2,700 00
Expended as follows :
State aid pay rolls, paid by town treasurer,
3,028 00
Lillian M. Parker, paid by selectmen, Spanish war aid,
112 00
Total,
$3,140 00
Overdrawn,
440 00
$2,700 00
This expenditure is refunded by the State of Mass. so overdraft does not affect the town.
MILITARY AID.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized,
$875 00
Expended as follows :
Wm. Beattie,
120 00
Chas. L. Harmus,
144 00
Frank W. Hayden,
120 00
Chas. H. Shepard,
216 00
Alexander A. Stubbs,
72 00
Jeremiah Whitehead,
96 00
Total,
$768 00
Balance unexpended,
107 00
Total,
$875 00
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121
STONE STREET CROSSINGS.
March 13, 1900, appropriation authorized, Expended as follows :
$300 00
F. E. Newhall, 500 ft. paving blocks at 6c., 30 00
66 laying 70 yds. paving at 30C., .
21 00
1,200 ft. paving blocks at 6c.,
72 00
66
relaying 33 ft. 6 in. paving, at 30c., 3 35
66 283 ft. 8 in. flag stone at 6oc.,
170 20
Total,
$296 55
Balance unexpended, 3 45
$300 00
EASTMAN FIRE NOZZLE SET.
July 30, 1900, appropriation authorized,
$215 00
Expended as follows :
Samuel Eastman & Co., I complete deluge set of noz- zles,
$215 00
EXPENSES OF TREE WARDEN.
Dec. 3, 1900, appropriation authorized. $75 00
Expended as follows :
C. W. Eaton, printing and advertising hearings, 66
$6 69
H. M. Dolbeare, " 3 25
Rufus Kendrick, bill of expense for wiring, fencing,
labor, etc., on shade trees,
65 06
Total, $75 00
An unpaid balance is due Mr. Kendrick on account of his bill as above.
LAND DAMAGES NAHANT STREET.
Nov. 19, 1900, appropriation authorized, . $260 00 Expended as follows :
Mary F. Aborn, damages as awarded,
$50 00
Estate Daniel G. Walton, damages as awarded, 60 00
“ A. W. Russell, " 150 00
Total,
$260 00
122
SALARIES TOWN OFFICIALS.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized, $5,405 00
April 9, 1900, additional appropriation, 60 00
Total,
$5,465 00
Expended as follows :
Board of Health, to Feb. 1, 1900 $100 00
6. Auditors, to Feb. 1, 1900 215 00 .
66 Registrars to Feb. 1, 1900 215 00
66 Assessors, to Feb. 1, 1901 900 00
Overseers, to Feb. 1, 1901 300 00
66 Fire Engineers, to Feb. 1, 1901 160 00
Forest Fire Wards, to Feb. 1, 1900 75 00
66 Light Commissioners, to Feb. 1, 1901 250 00
Town Treasurer, to Feb. 1, 1901
400 00
Town Clerk, to Feb. 1, 1901
200 00
Highway Surveyor, to March 1, 1901
900 00
Inspector of Milk, to Feb. 1, 1901
100 00
Board of Selectmen, to Feb. 1, 1901 .
600 00
Tax Collector, bal. 1899, $50 ; on acct., 1899, $50 ; on acct., 1900, $400 500 00
S. K. Hamilton, town counsel, to Feb. 1, 1900 .
500 00
H. A. Simonds, collector of milk samples, 50 00
Total, $5,465 00
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized, . .
$1,650 00
Expended as follows :
Edgar A. Hallett, salary as chief of police, Jan. 1, 1900,
to Jan. 1, 1901, 887 50
Edgar A. Hallett, expenses at court, fees, traveling, etc. 55 92 W. W. Bessey & Son, team hire, . 14 50
A. W. Brownell, printing, .
5 50
A. J. Perham, team hire,
2 00
July 4th, pay roll, services, 77 70
Pay roll, July 21 fire, services,
32 40
123
Cutler Bros., 19 lbs. rope, at 20 cents,
$3 80
H. M. Meek, directory,
2 00
H. M. Dolbeare, printing, .
3 00
J. L. Woodburn, burying dog,
1 00
O. H. Fessenden, services at Millikin drowning acci- dent,
7 00
George H. Potter, services as officer,
53 70
Chas. S. Merrill,
66
65 95
C. E. Townley,
66
39 25
Henry DeRoche,
66
178 63
Edwin McDuffee, 66
66
22 10
J. J. Kennedy, 66
66
80 40
C. H. R. Dunn,
66
19 00
A. H. Gould,
66
66
66 00
E. P. McDonald,
66
27 90
Total,
$1,650 00
PRINTING, ADVERTISING AND STATIONERY.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized, . $1,200 00
Expended as follows :
M. P. Foster, printing town reports, . 547 80
66 advertising warrants and printing various boards, 184 00 ·
A. W. Brownell, printing and stationery,
.
19 37
Daily Item, advertising,
70 25
S. B. Dearborn, P. M., envelopes,
31 80
A. H. Thayer, stationery, .
7 0I
W. S. Greenough, stationery, 9 50
books and printing bonds, 114 50 H. M. Dolbeare, printing and advertising warrants, etc., 134 71 C. W. Eaton, printing and advertising warrants, etc., . 80 06
C. E. Walton, ink, I 00
Total,
$1,200 00
A. G. Anderson,
4 75
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NIGHT WATCH.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized, . $1,800 00
Expended as follows :
James A. McFadden, salary for year to Feb. 1, 1901, .. 900 00
Edwin F. Poland, 66 900 00
Total,
$1,800 00
FISH COMMITTEE EXPENSES.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized, . $25 00
Expended as follows :
M. P. Foster, advertising notice,
2 00
Samuel Parker, trout fry and labor, .
23 00
Total,
$25 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized, . $250 00
Paid quartermaster Post 12, G. A. R., $250 00
CLERK FINANCE COMMITTEE.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized, .
$50 00
Paid Albert R. Perkins, clerk finance committee, $50 00
NEW TOWN DUMP CART.
March 26, 1900, appropriation authorized, .
$145 00
Expended as follows :
Ames Plow Co., I four-wheel Boston cart, .
136 43
Boston & Maine R. R., freight, .
3 57
Total,
140 00
Balance unexpended,
5 00
$145 00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT PUNGS.
Feb. 1, 1900, balance available from last year, $219 00 Expended as follows :
Sederquest & Wanamake, 3 pungs as per contract, $219 00
REPAIRS ON STEAM FIRE ENGINE.
Feb. 1, 1900, balance available from last year, · $2,275 00 Expended as follows :
American Fire Engine Co., repairs as per contract, . $2.275 00
NEW NORTH WARD SCHOOL HOUSE.
Feb. 1, 1900, balance available from last year, $296 18 Expended as follows :
J. A. Bancroft, surveying levels and grades, $8 00
Hartwell, Richardson & Driver, bal. architect fees, 119 02
Geo. T. McLaughlin, 114 ft. iron fence at 1.30 148 20
leveling 18 stone posts at 50c. . 9 00
Total,
$284 22
Balance unexpended, II 96
$296 18
SEWAGE COMMITTEE EXPENSES.
Feb 1, 1900, balance available from last year, .
$867 15
Expended as follows :
Rice & Evans, acct. contract,
600 00
extra plan,
7 00
Nina G. Stearns, typewriting,
3 20
Geo. H. Hathaway, use of barge,
8 00
C. H. Curtis, meals, legislative committee,
25 00
Total,
$643 20
Balance unexpended,
223 95
$867 15
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HIGH SCHOOL COMMERCIAL COURSE.
March 13, 1900, appropriation authorized, .
$700 00
Expended as follows :
S. S. Packard, text books, .
$59 20
Parke Schoch, text books, .
18 00
Williams & Rogers, text books,
170 12
Salaries of teachers,
452 68
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
March 20, 1900, appropriation authorized,
$3,100 00
Received from city of Lynn refund on account John
Aiken,
96 13
Total,
$3,196 13
Expended as follows :
John W. Adams,
72 00
Augustus G. Baxter,
100 00
James F. Burchstead,
180 00
Edwin Carter,
96 00
Mary Connell,
72 00
Lizzie S. Cutler,
120 00
Angelina Davis,
72 00
Annette Davis,
72 00
Elizabeth M. Douglass,
24 00
Eliza A. Eaton,
96 00
Mary A. Hall,
120 00
Margaret Hamilton,
72 00
Chas. L. Harmus,
72 00
Theodosia C. Hicks,
144 00
Hannah Kalaher,
120 00
Sarah C. Keough,
120 00
Matilda L. Kidder,
120 00
Henry L. Haskell,
48 00
Jacob H. Pope,
48 00
Laura E. Richardson,
144 00
Florence A. B. Ryder,
96 00
Elizabeth Shannahan,
92 00
Fanny L. Stoddard,
144 00
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$700 00
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Alexander A. Stubbs,
$96 00
Wm. Sweeney,
72 00
Hannah M. Wheeler,
72 00
Jeremiah Whitehead,
48 00
Elvira S. William,
72 00
Vasti Woodis,
96 00
Mary F. Whitten,
72 00
Ira Atkinson, grocer,
John T. Aiken,
12 49
A. L. Mansfield, wood and coal, “
4 35
Jordan's drug store, medicine,
50
J. A. O'Leary, M. D., pro. services, "
33 75
Poor department, board C. Doyle,
202 7I
John Toomey, coal and wood, Mrs. Davis,
7 75
Cutler Bros., groceries, Mrs. J. H. Blair,
3 73
John Toomey, coal,
7 00
W. A. Cutler, groceries,
8 44
E. J. Gihon, car fares to west, "
22 50
Honora Evans,
108 00
Harriet W. Hart,
12 91
Total,
$3,196 13 For further payments under Soldiers' Relief see miscellaneous ac- count, there being $103.09 shortage on above appropriation.
The expenditure for Mrs. Blair is to be refunded by the city of Everett.
SCHOOL GENERAL EXPENSES.
March 13, 1900, appropriation authorized,
· $36,000 00
Received for tuition last year and not credited, . 66 1900, .
.
37 50
992 00
66
from state, tuition,
674 62
Total,
$37,704 12
Expended as follows :
SALARIES.
Teachers, as per pay rolls, .
29,537 08
Janitors, as per pay rolls, .
2,531 45
H. A. Simonds, school census,
40 00
Superintendent of schools, one year, .
1,800 00
$33,908 53
paid by him,
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MILITARY EXPENSES.
J. H. Keough, opening armory 27 times at 75c., $20 25
C. E. Walton, salary as drill master, . 100 00
$120 25
TUITION.
City of Melrose, 22 children from Boyntonville,
$560 00
FUEL EXPENSES.
C. A. Cheney, coal,
$21 25
J. M. Perley,
245 82
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