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THE EAST SCHOOL.
MISS SUSIE E. WETHERBEE, -
Teacher.
This school has had a full year of continuous peace and progress, in charge of the same experienced teacher, as re- ported in former years. Promptness, studiousness, showing gratifying interest in the studies, accommodation to the teacher's plan, order, vivacity, naturalness, are the features of the school which strike the eye whenever visited.
The public half day at the close of the winter term, was furnished with a programme, which was executed with won- derful celerity and satisfaction. The local committee man had been especially unfortunate in his arrangements for the weather, a stubborn cold northeast snow storm, the worst of the season, in full blast during the session. 6 There was com- fort, good cheer and pluck in doors all the same.
There was an encouraging attendance of ladies present, notwithstanding the storm. Nor were they silent witnesses of the scene, but added words of commendation, which fell graciously on the ears of the boys. They are mostly boys in this school.
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SOUTH EAST SCHOOL.
Spring Term.
MISS LAURA A. BROWN, - Teacher.
The characteristics of this school noticed in previous re- ports remained during the closing term of Miss Brown's teaching. She was devoted to the personal welfare of her charge, and ready to lend a helping hand when and where most needed. Good wishes of pupils, parents and committee will follow her in her future life. Not soon can her long continued and faithful exertions be forgotten.
Fall and Winter Terms.
MISS HATTIE E. TUTTLE, -
- Teacher.
Miss Tuttle was a graduate of the Acton High School, and without experience as a teacher took the school with a deter- mination to succeed, and the success which she resolved upon has happily come. She has shown aptitude to teach, force in discipline, and theroughness in methods, and the school has gone on prosperously under her charge.
" La-Grippe " came as an unwelcome intruder in the last part of the winter term, and Miss Tuttle was seriously ill for a few days, but will complete the thirteenth week of the winter term at the close of this week.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Grammar Department.
MISS CLARA A. JOHNSON, Teacher.
Miss Johnson is a graduate of the Farmington Normal School, Maine, has large and successful experience as a teacher, and came to her work with flattering testimonials.
The expectations which preceded the beginning of her work in Acton have been fully met. The school has been especially favored by her dignified, thorough, earnest devo- tion the duties of the school room. She has sought to modestly, yet zealously, and impartially, to reach substan-
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tial culture and lasting results. The scholars and the public have come to understand her methods and motives, and have joined with her in reaching the consumation of the year.
The large and gratified company present on the last public day were of one mind in the expression of approval.
PRIMARY SCHOOL. Spring and Fall Terms.
MISS VIOLA S. TUTTLE, - - Teacher.
The school was again favored with the efforts of Miss Tuttle during these two terms. They were marked with the same earnest, judicious, and experienced qualities which have been recorded heretofore. Though at times her strength has faltered, yet no physical faltering has lessened the ardor of her ideal for the future of the school.
But for circumstances beyond her control she would have remained at her post, repeating and improving upon herself.
WINTER TERM.
MISS HADESSA L. SHARP, - -
Teacher.
Miss Sharp had had large experience in teaching, and good Normal and High School training in preparation for her work. She came among us a stranger, and encountered many embarassments and discouragements at the beginning of her work.
These she met with good perseverance, and finally worked up to a grade of order and interest among the scholars and to a better understanding among the parents, which pre- pared the way for the pleasant surprise of all at the closing exercises.
These were especially meritorious and deserved the praise which was so cordially expressed. There was a wide-awake and intelligent command of body and mind on the part of the youthful competitors, which made us older ones to wish for a moment that we were young once more and could have, just for a day, the gush of the April morning.
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THE WEST SCHOOL. Grammar Department.
MISS NELLIE A. HANSON, -
Spring and Full Terms. - Teacher.
This school enjoyed the continued instructions during the Spring and Fall Terms, and the first week of the Winter Term of their former teacher, Miss Hanson.
Never were her methods or results more satisfactory, and great regret was expressed that the attractions beyond our control should lead her to part company with her Acton charge for that of any other locality ; but so it came to pass. Vale ! Vale ! But God speed just the same if better services and destinies betide her elsewhere. We will not be too selfish in these matters of vicissitude and disappointment.
WINTER TERM. - Teacher.
MISS ALICE J. HOAR,
Miss Hoar was a graduate of the Acton High School, and this was he first experience in teaching.
She has made a good beginning, in circumstances especially embarassing. She has scholarship traits of mind and heart, which with the co-operation of pupils and parents ought to com- mand satisfaction and success in the future. Let her have the full benefit of the chance, and time to work out results, to the gratification of all concerned.
PRIMARY SCHOOL. Spring und Fall Terms.
MISS C. LETTIE, NEWTON, - - Teacher.
She kept on doing just as she had been doing for so many years, in charge of these primaries, pleasing all, improving steadily as the years wore on, when suddenly the scene changed and she was among the absent worthies of the past in the Acton roll of teachers.
The good work she has done cannot be undone, even though she has taken her departure. The primaries have sub-
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mitted to the change with good grace, and are trying to go on in the line of progress. They wish for her success in her new efforts elsewhere, not forgetting the good start which her labors have given to themselves here.
WINTER TERM. MRS. HARRIET H. GARDNER, - Teacher.
Mrs. Gardner began her care of this school in the latter part of the Fall Term, and continued through the Winter Term.
She had taught school in town with success in previous years, and a return to the teacher's position, under the cir- cumstances, was quite congenial to her tastes.
She has order, kindness, originality and enthusiasm in the school room, which promise the best results among the youthful company. The West Primaries catch the first dawn of light in the morning, and guage the weather bulletin at a glance, and they ore fortunate, so they think if they can- not have Miss Newton they can have Mrs. Gardner, and so go on their way with tripping step.
Respectfully submitted after adoption by Committee,
JAMES FLETCHER, Superintendent.
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TABULAR STATEMENT FOR 1889-'90.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
|Length of schools.
WholeNo.scholars
Av. membership.
Av. attendance.
Per ct. attendance.
Under 5 years.
Over 5 years.
Over 15 years.
Between 8 and 14.
Acton High A. W. Armstrong,
Center
Viola S. Tuttle,
36.20
18.5 16.93 91.57
020 119
Center
Blanche E. Henshaw Alice Mackintosh,
36 23 16.45 13.98
85.
0 23 0 7
Primary,
Sarah E. Hammond,
S.Grammar Clara A. Johnson,
36 34 26.25
23.8 90.88
0|34
1 21
S. Primary,
Viola S. Tuttle,
36 43 38.75 33.07 85.30
0 43
018
West
Hadessa L. Sharp, Nellie A. Hanson, Alice J. Hoar,
36 34 31.96 30.78 96.30
0 34
233
West
Lettie C. Newton,
36 46 43.44
39.
90
1 45
0 24
Primary,
Harriet H. Gardner,
North,
Jessie F. Jones,
36 27 22.22 20.18 90.82
0 27
0 20
East,
Susan E. Wetherbee, 36 25
23 20.21
88.
0|25
115
Southeast,
Laura A. Brown,
36 15
15
13.8
29.
015
113
36 34 30.83 28.16 91.24 0 34 21 13
Fannie L. Perry,
Grammar,
Ida I. Bishop,
Grammar,
Hattie L. Tuttle,
Number between 5 and 15 years, as reported by the Assessors for the year 1889, 267.
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TOWN WARRANT. !
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MIDDLESEX SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton in the County of Middlesex,
Greeting :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Acton qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the seventh day of April, A. D. 1890, at one o'clock in the after- noon, then and there to act upon the following articles as they may think proper, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To fill all vacancies in the list of Town officers and committees.
ART. 3. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of schools, and for school supplies for the present year, and do or act anything thereon.
ART. 4. To see what amount of money the Town will raise to repair the roads the present year, and do or act any- thing thereon.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate six hundred dollars, to be divided equally between the Centre, South and West villages, to be expended under the direction
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of the Selectmen in building cement sidewalks in said vil- lages during the months of June or July next, or do or act anything thereon.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will re-shingle the school house at South Acton.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will purchase camp-chairs for the Town hall.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the dedication of the Memorial hall and Library building, or do or act anything thereon.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance of the Memorial hall and Library, or do or act anything thereon.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate one hun- dred and fifty dollars for the due observance of Memorial day, or do or act anything thereon.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to have the As- sessors' valuation for the current year printed, or do or act anything thereon.
ART. 12. To see what amount the Town will raise to de- fray Town charges for the present year, or do or act any- thing thereon.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will choose a Superintend- ent of Burials.
ART. 14. To vote by ballot, "Yes or No," in answer to the question : "Shall license be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this Town the present year ?"
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ART. 15. To consider and act upon the acceptance of the Jury List, as revised by the Selectmen.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will accept the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee and other Town officers.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipation of the taxes for the cur- rent year.
ART. 18. To hear the reports of any committees chosen to report at this meeting, and do or act anything thereon.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will instruct the School Committee to appoint a Superintendent of Schools.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to remove the obstructions from the sidewalk adjoining the store belonging to Luke Blanchard in West Acton.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to widen the roadbed eight feet on the turnpike leading from West Acton to Con- cord, from a point on said road near the cigar factory of F. R. Knowlton to a bend in said road near the gravel bank of said Knowlton's, and widen the bridge and sluices six feet, the total distance being 1,934 feet, or take any action thereon.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will pay George M. Pike one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a suitable amount of money to provide and place a tablet commem- o ating the services of the Isaac Davis Guards during the late war, on the monument at Acton Centre, or in any pub- lic building within the Town.
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And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up copies, attested by you, in the following places : One at the Post Office in the centre of the Town, one at the store of Tuttle, Jones & Wetherbee, one at the store of C. H. Mead & Co., one at the Nagog house, and one in each of the railroad stations in the Town, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doing thereon, to the Selectmen or Town Clerk, on or before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands, in Acton, this the twenty-fifth day cf March in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
HOWARD B. WHITE, WILLIAM F. STEVENS, GEORGE R. KEYES,
Selectmen of Acton.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1890.
Town Clerk, WILLIAM D. TUTTLE.
Selectmen,
HOWARD B. WHITE, WM. F. STEVENS, GEORGE R. KEYES. Assessors,
PHINEAS WITHERBEE, CHAUNCY B. ROBBINS, JOHN WHITE, AARON C. HANDLEY, THOMAS F. NOYES. Overseers of Poor,
ELISHA H. CUTLER, LYMAN C. TAYLOR, AARON C. HANDLEY. Town Treasurer, JONA. K. W. WETHERBEE. Auditors,
HIRAM J. HAPGOOD, D. JAMES WETHERBEE.
School Committee,
CHARLES J. WILLIAMS, DAVID C. HARRIS, 3 years
ALPHONSO A. WYMAN, WILLIAM S. JONES,
· 2 years
CHARLES L. BRADFORD, Rev. JAMES FLETCHER, . 1 year
Cemetery Committee,
JOHN FLETCHER, WM. W. DAVIS, LEVI W. STEVENS.
Fence Viewers,
NAHUM C. REED, OLIVER W. MEAD, FRANK HOSMER. Surveyors of Lumber,
WM. B. DAVIS, WM. S. WARREN, LEVI W. STEVENS, ED. F. RICHARDSON, GEORGE H. HARRIS, CHAS. A. BROOKS, HERBERT T. CLARK. Surveyors of Wood.
WM. B. DAVIS, GEO. H. HARRIS, HENRY D. PARLIN, SOLOMON L. DUTTON, CHARLES H. TAYLOR, JOHN F. DAVIS, HERBERT T. CLARK.
Surveyor of Hoops and Staves, AUGUSTUS FLETCHER. Fish Committee for 1889,
LUTHER CONANT, ELNATHAN JONES, JOHN FLETCHER, FRANK H. WHITCOMB, CHARLES J. WILLIAMS.
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE-
TOWN OFFICERS
-OF THE- -
TOWN OF ACTON,
-FROM
February 26, 1890 to February 26,
1891.
HUDSON: THE ENTERPRISE PRINTING COMPANY, 1891.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Town of Acton in Account with J. K. W. Wetherbee, Treasurer.
1890.
Dr.
Feb. 26. To cash paid State tax, $1,172 50
County tax, 1,078 85
66 on Selectmens or- ders, 16,903 37
Outstanding orders,
1,117 24
balance due the Town, 1,296 46
$21,568 42
1890.
Cr.
Feb. 26. By cash in the Treasury, $830 85
Received for rent of Chapel rooms to April 1, 1890. 33 00
of John Redfearn, druggist's license, 1 00
H. T. Clark, for loam,
4 20
" C. B. Robbins, for old plank, 4 00
" Rev. J. Fletcher, balance due the Town on account of school supplies, 54 37
" Dr. I. Hutchins for drug- gist's license, 1 00
" John Redfearn for drug- gist's license, 1 00
Town of Concord, one-half
expenses of erecting bound near Dudley place, 3 15
M. A. Reed, for two tons of hay sold from Wood- lawn Cemetery, 14 00
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L. W. Steven, for lots sold in Mt. Hope Cemetery, 25 00
Town of Methuen, for aid furnished Byron Austin, 5 00
Amasa Knowlton, for old posts. 80
Town of Shutesbury for aid furnished Wm. F. Reed, 33 17
Bay State League, rent of schoolroom, 2 00
State Treasurer, Corporation tax, 716 51
State Treasurer, National Bank tax, 665 20
State Treasurer, Military aid, Chapter 279, Acts 1889, 54 00
State Treasurer, State aid, Chapter 301 Acts 1889, 252 00
" Nathan Johnson, for old flag rope, 50
District Court, of Central Middlesex, for fines, 130 65
" State Treasurer, income of Mass. School Fund, 164 87
.6 State Treasurer, for dog tax,
241 67
Rev. J. Fletcher, school supplies sold, 10 92
Julian Tuttle, rent of Town Hall and cellar, 42 00
" E. A. Phalen, for taxes for 1889,
1,431 56
E. F. Conant, for taxes for 1890, 12,886 00
" Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, borrowed money, 1,500 00 .
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, for borrowed money, 1,500 00
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, borrowed money, 600 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, borrowed money, 300 00
John Fletcher, for lots sold in Woodlawn Cemetery,
12 00
Interest on money in bank, 48 00
$21,568 42
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Treasurers Report of Money held for care of Lots in Cemeteries. Dr.
To Hepsibeth Piper Fund, $50 00
Interest on Hepsibeth Piper Fund, 2 00
Frederick Rouillard Fund, 100 00
Cash received from Town on account of interest on Frederick Rouillard Fund, 3 00
$155 00
Cr.
By cash paid N. Johnson for labor on lot of Hepsibeth Piper, $2 00
Cash paid N. Johnson, for labor on lot of Freder- ick Rouillard, 3 00
Cash in Treasury,
150 00
$155 00
J. K. WETHERBEE, Treasurer of the Town of Acton.
ACTON, Feb. 1891.
We have audited the accounts of the Treasurer of the Town® of Acton, and find them correct.
HIRAM J. HAPGOOD, Auditors of the DANIEL J. WETHERBEE, $ Town of Acton.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Center School.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher, for teachers,
$720 00
66
care of house, 65 00
66
66
fuel,
74 92
66
66 cleaning rooms, 6 00
66
66
incidentals, 2 41
$868 33
West School.
Paid A. A. Wyman, for teachers,
$720 00
66
66
care of house,
78 00
66
cleaning rooms,
2 63
66
fuel,
65 88
66
66
incidentals, 3 76
$870 27
South School,
Paid C. L. Bradford, for teachers,
$720 00
66
6. care of house,
90 00
66
cleaning rooms,
6 50
66
66
fuel,
42 62
66
66
incidentals,
7 63
$866 75
North School.
Paid D. C. Harris, teachers,
$360 00
66
66 care of house,
25 50
66
66
fuel,
39 75
66 -
66 incidentals,
2 50
$427 75
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East School.
Paid C. J. Williams, teachers,
$360 00
66
care of house,
27 00
cleaning rooms,
3 50
fuel,
46 86
66
66 incidentals,
3 00
South-east School.
Paid W. S. Jones, teachers,
$324 00
66
care of house.
15 00
66
cleaning rooms,
5 00
66
66
fuel,
21 00
66
incidentals,
4 65
$369 65
High School.
Paid A. W. Armstrong, for teaching,
$920 00
Janitors, care of rooms,
34 00
N. Johnson, moving furniture,
5 00
Geo. Gardner, rent of organ,
15 00
66
piano,
10 00
C. L. Bradford, cleaning room,
2 00
66
incidentals,
65
66
66 fuel,
19 32
$1,005 97
School Supplies.
Paid A. W. Armstrong, Rev. James Fletcher,
$8 11
410 56
$418 67
STATE AID.
Paid Allen G. Smith, Chap. 279; Acts 1889, $60 00
Wm. F. Wood,
66
36 00
Warren B. Ball, 66
40 00
Richard G. Dane, Chap. 301 ; Acts 1889,
60 00
Luke Smith,
66
48 00
Mary Smith, 66
66
48 00
Rebecca C.Wright, 66 66
48 00
Almira H. Loker, 66
48 00
Mary J. Brown,
66
66
24 00
Eliza J. Shattuck,
66
40 00
$440 36
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Mary A. Rand,
66
66
18 00
Susan B. Winn,
66
16 00
Achsa Hanscom,
66
4 00
$490 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid E. H. Cutler, deficiency on farm to March 1, 1890,
E. H. Cutler, aid of Mrs. Trainor,
36 00
66
66
Emily F. Towne,
66
Clara Wheeler,
169 93
66
66 66
Richard Temple,
169 56
66
66
66
W. F. B. Whitney,
31 75
66
66
66
Kinsley children,
193 50
66
66
66
Mrs. Marshal Jones 157 00
66
66
66
Ruth Pike,
54 00
66
66
66
Wm. F. Reed,
33 17
66
66
66
Byron Austin,
5 00
66
66
66
Hannah Stanton,
15 50
66
66
66
J. E. Harris,
104 01
66
66
66
W. B. Ball,
123 50
66
66
66 Martha E. Robbins, 22 14
91 34
66
Expenses to Portland, 9 30
66
66 Two journeys to Waltham, 4 00
66
66 Three journeys to Lowell, 4 50
-
$1,707 79
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
Paid N. Johnson, labor in Woodlawn and on monument grounds,
$52 48
John Fletcher, memorial signs,
66
trees,
7 75
66
freight on trees,
1 76
66
iron for signs,
25
66 posts, 50
E. Jones & Co., stock for seats in Woodlawn, 9 15
R. L. Reed, painting letters on tombstone, 1 50
Moses A. Reed, mowing Woodlawn, 40 95
L. W. Stevens, labor at Mt. Hope, 57 60
$175 44
66
. 6
Amos Brooks,
29 12
66
Julia A. Collins,
9 25
66
Mrs. J. Quinlan,
.
66 66 66
Albert L. Brooks,
8 36
$406 36
30 50
3 50
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TOWN OF ACTON.
PRINTING.
Paid A. Hosmer, 500 town orders, 1 65
66 300 envelopes, 1 05
notices, 1 20
Enterprise Printing Co., warrants, 10 25
notices, 3.00
66
66 600 town reports, 53 00
66
66 500 sheet reports, 10 00
A. C. Handley, Assessors' notices, 1 85
H. F. Glidden, poll tax lists, 6 50
66
800 copies of valuation, 38 40
$126 90
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid A. A. Wyman, services as ballot clerk to Nov. 1, 1890, $3 00
D. J. Wetherbee, services as ballot clerk, to Nov. 1, 1890, 3 00
Julian Tuttle, services as registrar of voters to May 1, 1890, 12 00
S. A. Guilford, services as registrar of voters to May 1, 1890, 12 00
C. W. Chadwick, services as registrar of voters to May 1, 1890, 12 00
William D. Tuttle, services as regis- trar of voters to May 1, 1890, 15 00
Rev. James Fletcher, Supt. of Schools, 125 00
Phineas Wetherbee, Assessor, 150 00
C. B. Robbins, 66
129 00
A. C. Handley, 66
45 00
John White, .66
105 00
T. F. Noyes, 66
100 00
L. U. Holt, sealer of weights and meas- ures, 1890, 10 00
William D. Tuttle, Town Clerk, 30 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, Town Treasurer, 50 00 William F. Stevens, Supt. of Roads, 25 00
George R. Keyes, Selectman,
45 00
Wm. F. Stevens, 45 00
Howard B. White, "
85 00
$1,001 00
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DEDICATION OF LIBRARY.
Paid John Fletcher, envelopes, stamps and
$21 95
express, F. A. Searle, posters,
3 00
Thomas Todd, printing,
36 50
H. W. Murch, committee badges,
7 60
N. Littlefield,
for team,
9 00
A. Bulette,
66
4 00
A. L. Tuttle,
66
4 00
Luke Tuttle,
66
5 00
N. Davidson,
3 00
J. E. Cutter,
10 00
James B. Tuttle,
66
3 00
George Livermore,
66
5 00
H. E. Bean,
66
3 00
George N. Noyes,
66
2 60
Horace Tuttle,
66
1 00
R. M. Yale & Co., tent,
45 26
A. H. Jones, teaming tent,
1 75
George L. Noyes,
1 50
Freight on tent,
1 40
G. L. Noyes, expenses of foreman for tent,
1 75
R. M. Yale & Co., flags for decorations,
1 00
Rev. James Fletcher, expenses of dec- orations,
23 24
Adelphi quartette,
18 00
Drum corps,
15 00
Hon. John D. Long,
20 00
Dr. C. B. Saunders, expenses of en- tertainment, 18 81
$278 36
LIBRARY EXPENSES.
Paid D. J. Wetherbee, for insurance by vote of town, $180 00
Bills Approved by Trustees.
Paid Ida A. Hale, services at library to June 14th, 1890, $44 88
Hattie E. Tuttle, services at library to June 14th, 1890, 30 25
12 00
George Worster,
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Susie E. Conant, services at library to June 14th, 1890, 9 79
For chimneys, 60
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee,record book, 3 75 66 66 lawn mower, 13 75
Rev. J. Fletcher, ink,
35
100 postal cards,
1 00
Window screens,
16 85
Fitting screens,
1 50
Rev. James Fletcher, repairing door,
1 75
Francis Conant, mason work,
1 50
J. E. Cutter, 25,695 lbs. coal,
80 30
D. A. Cutler, carrying books, 20 00
Ida A. Hale, services as librarian to Mar. 1st, 1891, 75 00
Julian Tuttle, services as janitor,
66 70
L. Barta & Co., 10,000 library slips, 9 25
A. Hosmer, printing 100 notices on pos- . tal cards, 1 60
A. Hosmer, printing 250 acknowledg- ments, 1 50
A. Hosmer, printing 100 letter heads, 40
A. Hosmer, printing 100 envelopes, 30
L. U. Holt, repairs,
9 12
$390 14
EXPENSES ON ROADS ORDERED BY COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS.
Paid J. W. Hayward, award of damages, . $ 10 00
W. Kinsley, moving wall of J. W. Hayward, 10 50
E. C. Parker, moving wall,
58 50
Estate of Chas. Parker, removing fence, 10 00
Wm. H. Kingsley. building bridge,
400 00
N. Littlefield, labor on Leland Stevens road, 367 16
N. Littlefield, irons for bridge on Le- land Stevens road, 7 85
Wm. H. Kingsley, labor on Leland Stevens road, 7 25
H. T. Clark, labor on railings on Le- land Stevens road, 4 00
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T. McCarthy, 50 bound stones for turnpike, 17 50
Chas. Wheeler, 50 bound stones for turnpike, 17 50
Chas. Wheeler, labor setting bounds on turnpike, 8 50
N. Littlefield, labor setting bounds on turnpike, 23 17
Wm. D. Tuttle, surveying, 8 00
W. F. Stevens, 4 casks cement, 6 40
$956 33
EXPENDED ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid Chas. Wheeler, highway work, $698 45
Nahum Littlefield, 66
763 19
Francis Pratt, 66
724 69
Henry Warden, 66 66
2 50
J. Kinsley, use of road for Hurley, 8 00
H. W. Clapp & Co., grating for sluice, 2 34
Chas. Wheeler, 3 covering stone, 1 56
Chas. Wheeler, covering stone, 5 30
E. Jones, covering stone, 1 60
Francis Conant, labor on sluice, South Acton, 3 80
Wm. H. Kingsley, labor on sluice, West Acton, 36 80
Francis Pratt, labor on sluice at Fletcher corner, 2 00
N. Littlefield, labor on sluice, Box- boro line, 35 80
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, drain pipe, 34 46
F. R. R. Co., freight on drain pipe, 1 58
E. Jones & Co., lumber for railings, 14 61
E. Hall & Sons, posts for railings, 5 40
N. E. Bean, nails and irons for rail- ings, 33
S. Jones, Jr., labor at powder mill bridge, 7 11
Francis Pratt, teaming plank at pow- der mill bridge, 9 00
E. Jones & Co., 5170 feet plank for powder mill bridge, 160 27
13
TOWN OF ACTON.
E. Jones & Co., keg spikes for powder mill bridge, 2 62
American Powder Mills, repairs upon bridge,
1 50
J. P. Brown, blacksmith bill,
6 10
N. Littlefield, blacksmith bill,
12 07
D. H. Farrar, blacksmith bill,
3 01
Francis Pratt, powder and fuse,
1 25
Chas. Brooks, repairs upon scraper.
2 75
A. H. Jones, repairing washout,
50
N. Littlefield, breaking out roads,
1 90
plow beam,
2 25
powder and fuse,
6 80
66 rakes and hooks,
2 85
F. R. Knowlton, 367 loads gravel,
18 35
Silas Conant, Jr., 318 66
15 90
L. Rouilliard, 181 66
9 05
N. A. Davidson, 65 66
3 25
F. H. Whitcomb, 246
66
12 30
Isaac Reed, 134 66
6 70
Abram Tuttle, 36 66
1 80
Ai Robbins, 113
5 65
W. D. Tuttle, surveying on great road,
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