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66
66
66
13183
35.59
11.82
66
66
66 5110 66
13.79
66
66
66 5545
14.97
E. Jones & Co., 1335 lbs. coal,
3.88
66
1187
3.44
Tuttle & Newton, 1 axe,
.83
66 polish,
.10
66
1 pail,
.30
66
dust pan,
.20
66
66 4185
66
66 brush,
$1,167.83
26
ANNUAL REPORTS
Tuttle & Newton, 1 basin,
$ .35
66
1 brush,
.42
oil,
.08
polish,
.10
powder,
.20
66
soap,
.05
66
66
1 thermometer,
.15
1 brush,
2.00
66
66 1
1.62
.15
.63
Elnathan Jones, 4 dusters,
3.78
Marion Brown, musical instruction,
6.67
George Greenough, wood,
3.00
$1,286.69
WEST SCHOOL.
Paid Mary R. Burke, teacher grammar, 25 weeks,
$250.00
May A. F. Randall, " 11 66
110.00
Florence Moran,
" intermediate, 12
120.00
Catherine E. Sweeney,“
24 66
240.00
Harriet Gardner,
" primary, 36
360.00
Sarah Wood,
66
6.00
Thomas Scanlon, janitor,
105.00
66 cleaning rooms,
18.00
8.01
66
preparing wood,
2.00
A. W. Wetherbee, wood,
8.00
E. C. Parker & Co., 2860 lbs. coal,
7.58
E. C. Parker & Co., 26770 lbs. coal,
70.94
H. A. Littlefield, 1 floor brush,
2.90
2 dusters,
4.00
1 broom,
.33
1 pail,
.25
incidentals,
2.16
Marion Brown, musical instruction,
6.66
$1,321.83
66
1 handle,
66
1 brush,
›
furnishing water,
27
TOWN OF ACTON.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid W. A. Charles, principal 12 weeks,
$333.33
W. D. De Vault, " 26 66
650.00
M. Florence Fletcher, asst. teacher 37 weeks,
475.00
C. L. Bradford, janitor,
97.50
F. J. Hastings & Co., 5543 lbs. coal,
16.08
13183 66
35.60
66
66 5110 66
13.80
66
66 66
5545 66
14.97
E. Jones & Co., 1187 66
3.46
66
1335
3.86
C. L. Bradford, cleaning rooms,
8.50
J. L. Hammett & Co., 3 doz. diplomas and engrossing, 13.20
15.00
Eluathan Jones, 1 duster,
.37
6 yds. ribbon,
1.32
George Greenough, wood,
3.00
$1,684.99
SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
Paid Ziegler Electric Co.,
$61.75
De Wolfe Fisk & Co., 13.06
J. L. Hammett & Co., 10.50
11.00
C. J. Williams, for express,
1.80
$98.11
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Paid D. C. Heath & Co.,
$30.09
Silver Burdett & Co.,
45.07
J. L. Hammett Co.,
253.79
Ginn & Co.,
47.40
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
6.75
American Book Co.,
64.51
E. E. Babb & Co.,
8.25
-
N. A. Bellville, orchestra,
D. C. Heath & Co.,
28
ANNUAL REPORTS
DeWolfe Fiske & Co., Thorpe & Martin, C. J. Williams, 66 66 for express,
$ 2.50
1.50
2.65
7.81
A. L. Noyes,
16.03
C. L. Bradford, 66
.15
$486.50
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS.
Paid J. Mikkelsen, (East),
$380.00
WW. S. Jones, (South, East),
255.00
George Greenough, (North) 2 terms,
210.60
Frank A. Pratt, 1 scholar,
5.00
$850.60
MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
Books and Magazines.
Paid DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books,
$326.99
W. A. Wilde & Co.,
10.00
Henry D. Noyes & Co., magazines,
34.45
Wm. D. Tuttle, books,
2.35
$373.79
RUNNING EXPENSES.
Paid Viola S. Tuttle, librarian,
$104.00
Viola S. Tuttle, for ribbon,
.30
O. D. Wood, janitor,
100.00
Ethel M. Cutler, transportation of books,
51.00
J. R. Wales, binding magazines,
26.25
George E. Greenough, 6775 lbs. coal,
20.33
66 66 2580
8.00
66 66 6165
18.50
Morning Mail Co., printing catalogue supplements,
11.00
Mass. Reformatory, 500 cards,
2.00
29
TOWN OF ACTON.
Elnathan Jones, 1 mat, Wm. D. Tuttle, expenses, M. E. Taylor & Co., oil,
$ 7.75
7.86
17.44
66
chimneys,
.90
66
broom,
.30
66
66 incidentals,
2.23
A. Hosmer, printing,
3.60
$381.46
STATE AND MILITARY AID.
Paid W. B. Ball, Military Aid,
$182.50
Henry E. Forbush, Military Aid,
40.00
Emma F. Blood, State Aid,
48.00
Ephraim B. Forbush,
20.00
Aaron S. Fletcher,
36.00
George Handley,
48.00
Lydia Handley,
66
48.00
Maria Kingsley, 66
48.00
George Macomber, 66
20.00
Joanna Macomber,
20.00
Bridget Mawn,
66
48.00
Mary A. Parlin,
8.00
Sarah J. Rodway,
66
48.00
Eliza J. Shattuck, 66
48.00
Luke Smith, 66
36.00
Mary Smith,
66
48.00
Allen G. Smith,
48.00
Rebecca C. Wright,
66
48.00
Phebe F. Wood, 66
48.00
Addison B. Wheeler,
66
48.00
$938.50
STREET LAMPS.
Paid East Acton Street Lighting Association, 77.00
West
66
253.75
Acton Center Improvement Society,
80.50
·
30
ANNUAL REPORTS
George T. Ames,
$1.75
Henry Barker,
7.00
E. J. Banks,
3.50
G. Clark,
3.50
S. A. Christie,
3.50
L. V. Clough,
7.00
Harry Clough,
3.50
W. F. Dussault,
3.50 .
I. F. Duren,
3.50
J. P. Fletcher,
7.00
A. J. Fletcher,
3.50
Abel Farrar,
3.50
Victor Fowler,
3.50
May Griswold,
7.00
H. A. Gray,
3.50
· D. C. Harris,
3.50
H. J. Hapgood,
3.50
Francis Hosmer,
3.50
L. S. Hosmer,
3.50
C. A. Hunter,
3.50
L. A. Hesselton,
3.50
F. J. Hastings,
7.00
F. W. Hoit,
3.50
A. H. Jones,
3.50
E. Jones,
7.00
C. M. Kimball,
3.50
George R. Keyes,
3.50
Mrs. M. E. Lathrope,
3.50
Samuel Mentzer,
1.75
J. D. Moulton,
3.50
Albert Moulton,
3.50
Frank Merriam,
3.50
A. C. Piper,
3.50
C. S. Simonds,
3.50
Edwin Tarbell,
3.50
Mrs. Charlotte Tolman,
3.50
C. G. Turner,
3.50
F. Z. Taylor,
3.50
31
TOWN OF ACTON.
Tuttle & Newton,
$3.50
Universalist Society, George Worster, W. S. Warren,
3.50
7.00
3.50
$579.25
LOANS AND INTEREST.
Paid First Nat. Bank of Ayer, (notes),
$5,000.00
" " (int. on notes), 70.00
Nettie A. Bowen, 1 yr. int. on $1,000 note, 50.00
F. H. Jones, int. on $700 note from June 15, 1898 to March 15, 1900, 61.25
F. H. Jones, int. on $600 note from April 27, 1898 to Feb. 27, 1900,
55.00
$5,236.25
SUPPORT OF POOR ON FARM.
Paid Moses Thompson, labor,
$325.00
66
fish bought,
3.93
66
tapping shoes,
.60
68
66
horseradish bought,
.10
corn 66
.20
66
66
cider
66
.23
66
66
pr. rubber gloves bought,
1.25
66
repairing harness,
.25
66
66
J. E. Durkee,
1.00
Jas. McDermott,
labor,
3.50
Jas. Shannon,
13.20
Graham Greenough, “
10.00
Frank Hyde,
8.50
McGrath,
66
1.00
Daniel Reardon,
5.00
A. Skebetzy,
66
103.93
A. W. Foster,
28.87
T. Welch,
11.66
32
ANNUAL REPORTS
J. W. Livermore, work of horse,
$4.00
F. J. Hastings & Co., grain,
139.98
E. C. Parker & Co., 235.33
George C. Durkee, cow,
55.00
O. H. Forbush,
52.50
F. J. Barker, medical attendance on Eben Jones,
.8.50
" Sarah Hunt, 1.00
66 66 66
" Thos. Morey,
2.75
C. W. Livingston, soft soap,
6,00
W. H. Livingston, barrels,
18.75
I. F. Duren, casket for Eben Jones,
15.00
I. F. Duren, " " Thos. Morey,
15.00
E. Jones & Co., coal,
18.56
M. E. Taylor & Co., goods,
408.66
Tuttle & Newton,
55.83
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, goods,
17.42
W. E. Whitcomb, meat,
50.06
Harrod & Harlow, “
39.78
Elnathan Jones, bed and bedding,
13.23
Clarence E. Switzer, blacksmith,
15.00
J. E. Rice, repairing pump,
1.50
J. Sterling Moore, meat,
20.31
$1,712.38
OUTSIDE POOR.
Paid Worcester Insane Hospital, support of Anna Parlin, $169.46
66 Asylum, 66 " Clara Wheeler, 169.46
Westboro Insane Hospital, " F. H. Harris, 52.93
Town of Clinton, aid for Daniel Reddy,
9.00
W. F. Stevens, expenses to Natick and Westboro, 5.83
F. E. Tasker, medical attendance on H. Edson, 15.00
W. A. Flint, care of H. Edson, 28.25
J. A. Hayward, “
14.00
J. E. Richardson, " 5.00
H. T. Clark, burial expenses of H. Edson, -
35.00
F. J. Barker, medical attendance on Patrick Sherry, 12.50
33
TOWN OF ACTON.
D. C. Harris, expenses,
$5.52
W. F. Stevens, 6.48
Jeremiah McCarthy, care of Patrick Sherry, 21 days, 42.00
$570.43
Worcester Insane Hospital, support of Elizabeth Bergendahl, $85.42
$655.85
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
Paid Julian Tuttle, for labor,
$149.85
Wilfred Wheeler, for plants,
15.63
Shady Hill Nursery, for shrubbery,
46.00
M. D. Jones & Co., 4 garden borders,
2.40
John Fletcher, freight on shrubbery,
1.77
F. W. Green, for labor,
74.50
N. Littlefield,
79.34
A. E. Lawrence, “
10.35
F. E. Harris,
and stock,
4.37
Albert Batley, for plants,
16.90
Albert Perkens, for labor,
4.50
J. E. Rice, for pump and repairing,
8.00
George G. Keith, for repairing pump,
3.35
2 watering pots,
2.75
1 pail,
.50
H. T. Clark, use of roller,
2.00
$422.21
REPAIRS ON TOWN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
Paid Frank E. Harris, repairs on West school house,
$15.34
66
" Centre
426.75
66
" library,
5.10
60
66 66 " town farm,
4.68
George G. Keith, 66
" Centre school pump,
3.50
66
on Centre school house,
12.75
8.20
66
at Library, 33.36
34
ANNUAL REPORTS
Traverse E. Schumaker, repairs at library,
$165.00
Thomas Scanlon, work on West school grounds, 8.00
R. H. Nichols, work on town pump,
14.11
66
repairs on West school house,
52.90
66
66 Centre 66
2.05
J. E. Rice
66 66 66
25.05
66 66 at town farm,
112.25
T. F. McGam, for library,
E. Houghton, work at library,
Francis Jones, repairs at library,
7.00
66 and school house,
3.70
West school house,
30.69
66 66 66 Centre 65.18
66
66 66 South 66
38.56
J. L. Hammet Co.,
Julian Tuttle, work on Centre school house and
· grounds,
18.55
Wm. B. Davis, repairs at town farm,
18.47
" " library, 1.25
1.40
H. T. Clark, repairs on West school house.
33.29
Albert Moulton, labor on South school grounds,
7.50
E. Jones & Co., lumber for farm,
39.35
E. Jones & Co., lumber for library,
9.40
. J. L. Hammett Co., repairs on school houses,
38.30
E. Jones & Co., lumber,
26.06
Samuel Jones, Jr., repairs of South school house,
119.88
W. H. Kingsley, work on Centre school grounds, 14.50
C. E. Brodeur, repairs on town hall, 107.06
Moses A. Reed, work on Centre school grounds,
5.50
Robert Wayne, work at town farm, 15.75
C. J. Williams, for repairs on Centre school house,
4.10
W. P. Lapham, repairs on library,
1.50
W. P. Lapham, repairs on Centre school house,
5.80
John S. Hoar, repairs on West school house, 3.00
Fred S. Whitcomb, work on West school grounds,
3,60
'Tuttle & Newton, paint stock for town hall, 16.00
W. S. Kelly, repairs on West school house,
1.00
66
" " Centre school house,
1.05
13.50
3.30
35
TOWN OF ACTON.
Estate Isaiah Hutchins, West school house, $8.05
E. Z. Taylor, repairs on South school house, 1.75
H. F. Tuttle, repairs on Centre school house, .35
O. D. Wood, repairs on library,
6.90
M. E. Taylor, repairs on Centre school house,
2.32
E. Jones, for repairs at farm,
3.48
$1,566.13
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Horace F. Tuttle, clerk, $30.00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, treasurer,
85.00
E. Faulkner Conant, selectman,
95.00
Wm. F. Stevens,
50.00
David C. Harris,
50.00
James B. Tuttle, assessor,
50.00
Wm. F. Stevens,
30.00
D. James Wetherbee, assessor,
30.00
David C. Harris, overseer of poor,
50.00
E. Faulkner Conant, overseer of poor,
25.00
Wm. F. Stevens, overseer of poor,
15.00
Horace F. Tuttle, school committee,
15.00
Horace F. Tuttle, registrar of voters,
15.00
Samuel A. Guilford, registrar of voters,
12.00
Julian 'Tuttle,
12.00
James McGreen, 66 66
12.00
C. J. Williams, school committee,
76.55
T. F. Newton, election officer,
2.50
H. J. Hapgood,
2.50
L. E. Reed,
2.50
N. J. Cole, 66
2.50
H. F. Tuttle,
2.50
L. C. Taylor,
2.50
E. A. Phalen,
2.50.
A. W. Foster,
66
2.50
W. F. Kelly,
66
2.50
James Kinsley, 66 66
2.50
36
ANNUAL REPORTS
D. H. Hall, election officer, $2.50
C. B. Stone,
2.50
E. A. Phalen, sealer of weights and measures,
6.00
Moses A. Reed, constable,
13.25
Lorenzo E. Reed, constable,
40.00
Andrew S. Thompson, superintendent of schools,
450.00
Wm. F. Stevens, collector of taxes,
150.00
Moses A. Reed, inspector of animals,
47.50
Wm. F. Stevens, constable,
2.00
F. W. Hoit, auditor,
6.00
$1,397.30
PRINTING.
Paid Enterprise Co.,
$88.25
· A. Hosmer, Wright and Potter,
20.25
1.50
$110.00
REPAIRS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid N. Littlefield,
$1,494.43
Wm. Kingsley,
1,233.96
A. C. Piper,
618.71
Francis Pratt,
54.75
H. A. Gould,
5.60
Samuel Jones, Jr.,
16.20
T. Scanlon,
1.00
Tuttle and Newton, incidentals,
1.26
E. Jones & Co., lumber,
47.52
F. J. Hastings & Co., pipe,
17.50
C. E. Switzer, blacksmith,
5.55
W. F. Hale, 66
10.40
Samuel Guilford, “
11.01
Mrs. H. M. Brown, gravel,
17.80
Mrs. George W. Clark,
23.65
F. H. Whitcomb, 66
1.60
George C. Durkee, 66
1.85
37
TOWN OF ACTON.
Jerry McCarthy, gravel, $6.30
Estate of John Fletcher,
2.95
O. A. Knowlton, 66
3.60
$3,575.64
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid C. W. Smith, medical attendance on W. F. B. Whit-
ney, $45.50
City of Marlborough, aid for W. F. B. Whitney, 80.40
F. J. Barker, medical attendance on A. B. Wheeler, 20.00
66 66 " Mrs. R.C.Wright, 8.00
Estate of Isaiah Hutchins, medical attendance on Mrs. R. C. Wright, 4.25
Estate of Isaiah Hutchins, medical attendance on A.
B. Wheeler, 7.00
H. T. Clark, burial expenses of Chas. A. Brooke, 35.00
$200.15
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, overpaid on Cor- poration Tax, 10.01
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, overpaid on Nation- al Bank Tax, 9.88
F. C. Nash, services 1898, 25.00
Francis Pratt, breaking out roads,
1.00
George Greenough, 3180 lbs. coal for hall,
9.86
C. L. Bradford, attending Registrar's meeting,
2.25
W. S. Kelly, painting sand table,
.75
A. S. Thompson, cards for Reports,
1.00
L. E. Reed, Court fees, 39.02
George Decoster, repairing clock,
1.00
R. H. Nichols, work on pump,
4.70
W. W. Cain & Co., 1 table,
7.00
J. Breck & Sons, repairing lawn mower,
1.80
Thos. Grooms & Son, 3 books,
3.75
38
ANNUAL REPORTS
D. J. Wetherbee, insurance on library, $72.50
S. A. Christie, cleaning and painting clock, 2.00
George Greenough, use of team at fire, 2.00
Isaac Davis Post,
50.00
Chandler's Chair and Desk Co., desks for south and west primary schools,
24.98
C. H. Persons, tuning piano,
2.00
cover for piano, 2.00
1.30
J. L. Hammett Co., ink wells,
66 1 oak desk,
10.50
George G. Keith, repairs on stoves,
4.85
Oak Hall Clothing Co., flags,
1.50
Horace Partridge,
3.89
W. H. Kingsley, work on Cash road,
69.00
Elnathan Jones, land for 6 6
60.00
Thomas Scanlon, attending Registrar's meetings and election,
2.50
Boston Herald, advertising,
Globe
4.88
Paine Furniture Co.,
6.25
J. B. Tuttle, for poll tax list, 66 making poll tax list, 5.00
2.75
W. F. Stevens, 2 books, -
3.25
66
1.30
James Hill, care of hall,
91.50
George Tyler & Co., 2 sections for scraper,
8.00
Elnathan Jones, 1 book,
2.25
Moses A. Reed, moving N. A. school furniture,
10.35
I. F. Duren, burial expenses of unknown man,
10.00
J. L. Hammett Co., desk and shoes,
16.50
F. J. Barker, medical attendance on unknown man,
5.00
E. Jones & Co., 511 ft. lumber Cash road, 66 " 3 posts, 2.25
H. T. Clark, burial expenses of Chas. A. Brooke,
35.00
F. D. Weld, 54 ft. ladders for No. Acton, 6.75
Daniel Beach, digging well at So. Acton,
90.07
Herbert Hale 66 66
19.40
4.45
6.00
66 expenses,
9.20
39
TOWN OF ACTON.
Waldo Bros., pipe for wells, $32.86
Fitchburg R. R. Co., freight on pipe,
5.78
N. Littlefield, extra bridge work on Leland & Ste- vens' road, 44.06
N. Littlefield, stone for bridge on Leland & Stevens' road, 27.60
J. W. Henderson, pump and pipe for So. Acton well, 25.85
Daniel Beach, lowering well on Common,
132.63
Bert. Johnson, 66 4.50
J. I. Hammett Co., flag for school house, 5.10
20.00
Michael E. Sheehan, for damages on powder mill road, Tuttle & Newton, 24 fire pails for No. Acton,
6.00
W. F. Hale, sharpening tools,
2.40
D. C. Harris, stone bounds for Cash road,
3.00
J. Breck & Sons, plow for road work,
31.50
Universalist Society, So. Acton, use of vestry for elec- tion, 3.00
1.70 N. Littlefield, for tools, 66 66 powder, fuse and caps, 3.06
C. J. Holton, photographs of unknown man, 3.00
J. R. Wales, rebinding assessor's books, 9.00
E. Jones & Co., lumber, cement and brick for wells, 8.99
James Kinsley, use of road,
8.00
Samuel Guilford, 54 posts for cash road
17.00
66 66 sharpening tools for Cash road, 1.64
66
66 1 drill, 2.80
H. T. Clark, for 1 lamp registrar's room, W. Acton, 4.00
W. F. Stevens, postage and express, 2.30
C. F. Watts, care engine house, E. Acton, 3.50
66 repairing ladders, 1.50
1.65
Estate Isaiah Hutchins, expenses school committee, Samuel Jones, Jr.,
1.95
R. H. Nichols, pump and pipe for Centre well, 28.70
W. S. Greenough & Co., files for town records, 10.25
Daniel Goodnow, reporting 4 births,
1.00
F. E. Tasker, 11 2.75
F. J. Barker, 66 14 66
3.50
F. U. Rich, 66 4 66
1.00
40
ANNUAL REPORTS
J. L. Pickard, 1
$ .25
Robert S. Robson, seal and press,
9.00
C. H. Goldthwaithe & Co., 1 formaldehyde lamp,
25.00
66 2} qts.
4.80
F. W. Green, care of engine house,
2.00
attending fire,
1.00
C. L. Bradford, express on powder,
.40
J. F. Duren, return of 29 deaths, 66 28 burials,
84.00
Paid Charles Edwards, mowing Common,
$1.25
A. S. Thompson, stationery and expenses,
13.65
George Greenough, 2480 lbs. coal for hall,
7.44
George Greenough, attending fire,
2.00
C. J. Williams for repairing clock,
.75
66 . "
" postage,
6.46
" expenses,
5.50
66
" telephone
1.75
" express,
.50
3.59
2.50
H. F. Tuttle, extra Registrar meetings,
5.00
copying records for Town Reports,
2.00
collecting and recording 34 births,
17.00
66 recording 33 deaths,
6.60
15 marriages,
3.00
66
transmitting certificate of death,
.25
66
attending town clerk meeting at Ayer,
1.50
ink for ballot box,
.75
election supplies,
.20
66
time and expenses to Boston,
2.50
repairs on registration box,
.35
blanks,
.80
postage,
1,30
express,
2.30
surveying lots in cemetery and making
5.00
deeds,
M. E. Taylor & Co., oil for hall,
6.25
watering pot for hall, .60
" freight,
Enterprise Co., advertising,
7.25
41
TOWN OF ACTON.
M. E. Taylor & Co., chimneys, for hall, $1.00
66 66 brush, 66
.20
66 66 incidentals, 66 66
1.84
F. S. Blanchard & Co., 1 book,
3.00
J. F. Fuller & Co., 25 lbs. disinfectant powder,
1.75
D. J. Wetherbee, taking school census,
15.00
Elanthan Jones, curtains for schoolhouse,
5.59
1 chair, South school,
1.00
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" 2 chairs, South school, 2.74
4 screens, 1.12
J. T. & R. E. Joslin, for legal advice, 39.30
Ella F. Hosmer, rent of Central hall, 6 months, 62.50
Town of Maynard for lodging and feeding prisoner, 2.25
J. R. Wales, rebinding assessors' books,
19.00
W. F. Stevens, abatement on taxes,
81.75
J. K. W. Wetherbee, for stationery and postage, 7.49
14.46
E. F. Conant, expenses, 16.59
11.85
W. H. Kingsley, 2.25
$1,752.93
RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance due from Treasurer, March 12,
1899, $1,570.89
66 from Collector, March 12, 1899,
2,288.81
Appropriations for high school,
1,600.00
For common schools,
3,400.00
School supplies,
475.00
School apparatus and books of reference, 100.00
Memorial Library,
600.00
Town charges,
5,000.00
Overlayings,
538.57
Road and bridges,
3,000.00
Transportation of East scholars,
360.00
" South " 270.00
E. F. Conant, express and telephone,
W. H. Kingsley. tools for roads,
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Transportation of North scholars, $240.00
" South and West Gram-
mar scholars, 240.00
Salary Superintendent of Schools, 450.00
Received from First Nat. Bank of Ayer,
5,000.00
State Treasurer, Corporation tax,
66
Nat. Bank tax,
222.54
66
Military aid,
91.25
66 66 State aid,
612.00
Fund, Income Mass., School
294.38
Treasurer for inspection of animals, 46.57
County Treasurer, dog tax,
241.53
66 Supervision of schools, 375.00
From Band of Little Helpers, for use of hall, 5.00
C. H. Fairbanks, for road, 100.00
Town of Littleton for stone bounds,
4.00
E. Gruber, pedlar's license, 6.00
6.00
Middlesex Central District Court, for fines, 17.75
Income on Wilde Memorial Fund, 186.35
J. P. Brown, fire engine, 15.00
D. C. Harris, for engine hose, 10.00
Town of Westford for desks,
11.25
Town of Boxboro, tuition high school,
30.00
John Fletcher, lot sold in Woodlawn Cemetery,
40.00
H. F. Tuttle, lot sold in Woodlawn Cemetery,
12.00
D. C. Harris, milk sold from farm,
859.74
66
66 apples,
700.10
66
66
potatoes,
21.70
66
66
calves,
15.35
66
66 poultry,
7.62
12.82
eggs,
5 cows,
94.58
Max Saxenopsky, pedlar's license,
4,031.78
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A. F. Blanchard, license to slaughter, $1.00
J. E. Durkee, 66
1.00
Library catalagues, sold,
3.50
Library fines,
16.50
Rent of Town Hall and cellar,
63.75
W. H. Kingsley, road cleanings, 9.50
C. J. Williams, for school supplies sold,
3.29
Appropriation for State tax,
870.00
" County tax,
1,572.03
Rec'd of William F. Stevens, interest on taxes for 1898, 87.73
William F. Stevens, interest on taxes for 1899,
12.61
Interest on money in bank,
63.50
$35,907.99
EXPENDITURES.
For support of Centre school,
$1,167.83
" North
1 term,
132.00
" South
1,286.69
66
" West
1,321.83
" High 66
1,684.99
Scientific apparatus,
98.11
School supplies,
486.50
Transportation of scholars,
850.60
Memorial library,
755.25
State and military,
938.50
Street Lamps,
579.25
Loans and interest,
5,236.25
Support of poor on farm,
1,712.38
" outside poor,
655.85
Cemetery expenses,
422.21
Repairs on buildings and grounds,
1,566.13
Town officers,
1,397.30
Printing,
110.00
Roads and bridges,
3,575.64
Soldier's relief,
200.15
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Miscellaneous expenses,
1,752.93
State tax,
870.00
County tax,
1,572.03
Balance due from Treasurer,
4,697.88
66
Collector,
2,837.69
- $35,907.99
FINANCIAL STANDING OF TOWN MARCH 12, 1900.
Nettie A. Bowen, note,
$1,000.00
Int. from Dec. 6, 1899 to March 12, 1900,
13.33
F. H. Jones, note,
700.00
F. H. Jones, note,
600.00
Int. on $600, from Feb. 27 to March 12,
1.00
$2,314.33
Amount due from Treasurer,
$4,697.88
" " Collector,
2,837.69
Int. due on unpaid taxes,
59.59
$7,595.16
Less notes payable,
$2,314.33
$5,280.83
Less amount due Memorial Library,
50.38
Balance in favor of town,
$5,230.45
E. FAULKNER CONANT, WILLIAM F. STEVENS, DAVID C. HARRIS,
Selectmen of Acton.
Examined and approved,
FRANK W. HOIT,
Auditor. .
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TOWN OF ACTON.
LIST OF JURORS.
The following is a list of persons to serve as jurors for the ensuing year, as revised by the Selectmen of Acton, to be submitted to said town at their March meeting, 1900 :
A. P. Bean,
Mechanic. Farmer.
Walter M. French,
David T. Kinsley, .
Railroad employee.
E. L. Hayward,
Mechanic.
Edgar H. Hall,
Manufacturer.
Lowell A. Jones,
Farmer.
John C. Keyes,
Hanson A. Littlefield,
Merchant.
F. P. Morse,
Farmer.
Chas. H. Mead,
Merchant.
John D. Moulton,
Farmer.
S. L. Richardson, Moses A. Reed, E. F. Richardson,
66
Wm. F. Stevens,
Henry M. Smith,
S. Hammond Taylor, 66
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Horace F. Tuttle, Jas. B. Tuttle, Willis L. Mead,
Railroad employee. Retired.
H. J. Hapgood, Constantine O'Neil, Herbert T. Clark, Julian Tuttle,
Farmer. Wheelwright. Farmer.
E. FAULKNER CONANT, WM. F. STEVENS, DAVID C. HARRIS, Selectmen of Acton.
ACTON, March 12, 1900.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Report of Road Commissioners.
It seems to us proper and a necessity that the Road Commission- ers should have a report to show the citizens what has been done, the expense of different pieces of work, and to recommend the needs of this department, for it is one of the most important branches of town business.
We submit the following report : The amount expended for 1899 is $3,575.64, which exceeds the appropriation, caused by the heavy rains which did a great deal of damage to the roads and bridges.
The cost of scraping the roads, and picking the cobbles at the time of scraping, for 1899 is $495.35.
There has been some good work done in different parts of the town. In the West district the work was done mostly on the back roads.
On the gravel pit road 64 rods were ploughed out and filled with stone, then covered with 6 inches of gravel, 52 rods were covered with 6 to 8 inches of gravel. Two new sluices were made and some repaired. The expense was $291.97.
On the Littleton road seven days graveling was done. The cost was $110.25 ; $81 was expended on Town Farm hills and $50 on the South Acton road.
In the southern part of the town the job on the center road is worthy of notice. The total amount laid out while doing this piece of work was $600. The road was lowered from twelve to eigh- teen inches, twenty-two feet wide, this material was used on different pieces of road, we think to the value of $150, at least, to the town. Mr. Fairbanks voluntarily gave $100 for the repairing of this road. The material used in building this piece of road was 6 to 8 inches of coarse stone, two inches of fine stone and 6 inches of
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gravel, the gravel was drawn 14 miles. The cost to the town after deducting the value of material and the gift was $350. Amount of material used was 300 loads of stone and 300 loads of gravel. Number of rods in length, 54.
Another bad place was fixed near the house of Mrs. H. Haynes on the Concord road. Two feet of the hill were brought into the hollow and covered with six inches of gravel. This cost $179.50.
Three hundred and seventy-four loads of gravel were used on the Concord road, and three large sluices were built in this district.
The road was repaired near Faulkner Mills. One hundred loads of gravel were used, 104 feet of 8-inch drain pipe, and catch basin was made. Cost was $140.17.
There has been $75 to $80 expended for railing bridges and care- less places the past year. Also brush has been cut in many places, which is a great improvement to the roads. Not enough attention is given to the cleaning of the roadside.
'Thirty-five rods of thorough work was done on road north of center, requiring a fill of one to four feet, costing $270.
Twenty-three rods near Mr. Kingsley's house were filled with 6 inches of stone covered with 6 inches of gravel, cost $100.
One hundred and fifty loads of gravel were put on the road from the center to cemetery, 100 loads in North Acton also. Several smaller jobs have been done in this part of the town.
As the roads have been washed badly by the excessive rains this winter, we think that $500 will hardly put them in as good a con- dition as before. We recommend that $3,500 be raised for the repair of roads for 1900.
The stone bridge at the Powder Mills has been damaged by the freshets so that the estimated cost of repairing it would be $300. Offers to build a new one two feet higher, giving more water space, and two feet wider, have been made for $600. The condition the bridge is now in we think it economy for the town to build a new one.
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