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George Smith Dodge
67
6
6
23 November 14
George Peabody
83
24
November 16
Mary Elizabeth Robbins
80
10
25 November 18
Susan Conant Fletcher
76
3 10
26
December 2
Nettie Ellsworth Holton
41
13
19
Town of Acton.
Non-Resident Burials in 1902.
AGES
DATE OF
NO. DEATH 1901
NAME OF PERSON
RESIDENCE
YR. MO. DS
1 Dec. 29
Alfred E. Trebel
Marlboro
35
3 20
1902
2
Jan. 1
Amelia Parks
Malden
60
9
25
3 Jan. 21 Susan S. Fletcher
Newton
63
4
26
4 March 12 Carrie J. Leathe
Medford
39
11 7
5 April 19 Elizabeth Standish
Lowell
79
6 April 24 Lorenzo A. Pratt
Concord
65
10
15
7 June
2 Nathan T. Hapgood
Ashby
77
1
8
Aug. 17
Walter Herbert Hanks,
Sudbury
4
11
9 Aug. 29 Elma Lucian Robbins
Somerville
5
10
Sept.
7 Sarah Elizabeth Handley
Concord
58
2
1
12 Nov. 25 Charles L. Jones
Boston
48
13
Dec. 9 Anna A. Holbrook
Boston
19
8
14 Dec. 18 Warren W. Wade
Waltham
66
9
14
15 Dec. 31 Abigail Payne Joyce
Concord
74
10
15
1878
16 Jan. 6 William J. Bussell
Boston
3
5
16
17
1872 Sept.
19
Emily C. Jennings
Boston
53
7
19
1871
18
Aug. 8 Chester C. Noyes
Boston
23
7
24
11 Sept. 9 Ambrose Heald
Carlisle
86
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Persons Having Dogs Licensed in 1902.
J. Sterling Morse, $2 00
Charles S. Moulton,
$2 00
Murthon H. Biathrow, 2 00
Moses A. Thompson, 2 00
Charles H. Morris, 2 00
Constance O'Neil, 2 00
Frank W. Bulette,
2 00 Smith Finney, (2)
10 00
Albert H. Perkins, 2 00
Abel Farrar,
2 00
Charles J. Williams,' 2 00
Timothy A. Thompson,
2 00
Lester N. Fletcher, (2)
4 00
John Maynes,
2 00
Daniel C. Lincoln,
2 00
Michael G. Hayes,
2 00
Everett Spinney,
5 00
Henry J. Stooss, 2 00
C. H. Fairbanks,
2 00
Robert Deschler, (2)
7 00
C. S. Simonds,
2 00
A. Risso,
2 00
Luke Tuttle,
2 00
O. A. Knowlton, 2 00
William F. Stevens,
2 00
George Worster, 2 00
Luther Conant,
2 00
F. J. Barker, (2)
7 00
David C. Harris,
2 00
George F. Lawrie,
5 00
Nathaniel G. Brown,
2 00
W. S. Warren, 2 00
W. B. Holt,
2 00
Elnathan Jones, 2 00
Amasa E. Lincoln,
2 00
Francis Pratt, 2 00
Catherine Green,
2 00
Edwin Johnson,
2 00
William F. Kelley, .
2 00
Willard Randolph, 2 00
J. Linwood Richardson,
5 00
Murray Brown, 2 00
John Downey,
2 00
W. C. Robbins,
2 00
Cyrus G. Dole, (2)
4 00
C. C. Taylor, 5 00
Mary E. Davis,
2 00
E. C. Shapley,
2 00
Ed. Willis, 2 00
W. H. Hill, 2 00
James P. Brown,
2 00
Charles Wheeler, 2 00
Herbert W. Kingman,
2 00
Robert G. Reed, 2 00
Moses Taylor,
2 00
C. A. Sawyer,
5 00
Roy L. Duren, (2)
10 00
C. M. Kimball, 2 00
W. H. Lawrence,
2 00
Henry M. Smith, 2 00
Wilford P. Hooper,
2 00
John McCarthy, 2 00
Charles T. Calder,
5 00
A. J. Morse, 2 00
Daniel H. Farrar,
2 00
W. Watkins, 2 00
J. E. Durkee,
2 00
J. H. Watkins, (2) 4 00
Michael O'Connell,
2 00 L. C. Carberg, 2 00
P. F. Maguire,
2 00
Fred Stiles, 2 00
Charles L. Ford, (2)
10 00
F. J. Holden,
2 00
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Town of Acton.
Herbert Hale,
$2 00 £ George A. DeLord,
$2 00
F. W. Hoit,
2 00
Warren H. Jones, 2 00
Tuttle & Newton,
2 00 James Cole, 2 00
John Temple,
2 00
Hiram E. Gates,
2 00
Chester H. Harris,
2 00
J. W. Livermore,
2 00
Fred S. Whitcomb,
2 00
Joseph R. Brown, (2)
4 00
Arthur Tuttle,
2 00
Com. of Mass.,
2 00
Solon Robbins,
2 00
Elizabeth Taylor, 2 00
George A. Barker,
2 00
A. F. Durkee,
2 00
A. Merriam,
2 00
F. W. Gray,
2 00
W. C. Tast,
2 00
Wilbur Fisk,
2 00
H. A. Gould,
2 00
T. C. Lothrop, (2)
10 00
Benjamin Pope, (5)
13 00
Frank Harris,
2 00
N. J. Cole, (2)
7 00
Fred D. Morrison,
2 00
M. E. Taylor,
2 00
Patrick O'Neil, 2 00
Henry Hanson, 2 00
C. B. Robbins, (2) 4 00
Francis S. Davis,
5 00
John J. Mekkelsen, 2 00
Charles A. Taylor,
2 00
George T. Knowlton, 2 00
Edmund Dow,
5 00
W. J. Moore, (2) 4 00
A. L. Lawrence, 2 00
Mrs. Fredson P. Brooks, 2 00
Frank A. Pratt, 2 00
Whole number licensed, 132. Mumber of males, 112, at $2.00 each,
$224 00
Number of females, 20, at 5.00 each,
100 00
$324 00
Deduct fees, 132 licenses at 20 cents each,
26 40
Amount paid to County Treasurer,
$297 60
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
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Selectmen's Report.
Financial.
The financial condition of the Town March 12, 1903.
Due from State for State and military aid, $654 00
State for burial of soldiers, 35 00
U. S. Government, pension, 36 00
66 City of Newburyport, 13 27
66 State, inspection of animals,
59 40
Treasurer,
1,867 68
Collector,
2,612 82
Interest on uncollected taxes, 47 15
$5,325 32
LIABILITIES.
Due E. Jones note, $2,000 00
66 interest to March 17, 1903, 66 75
Due Cemetery Fund, 1,975 00
$4,041 75
Balance in favor of Town, March 12, 1903, $1,283 57 WILLIAM F. STEVENS, E. FAULKNER CONANT, EDWIN A. PHALEN, Selectmen of Acton. ·
ACTON, March 12, 1903.
Centre School.
Paid Sadie A. Collier, Grammar School, $380 00
Ella A. Miller, Intermediate School, 418 00
Cora F. Warren, Primary School, 120 00
Martha F. Smith, Primary School, 260 00
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Town of Acton.
Paid South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
40,770 lbs. coal,
$147 19
Julian Tuttle, janitor,
41 00
cleaning rooms,
6 80
A. Parlin, janitor,
90 72
cleaning rooms, 11 58
M. E. Taylor & Co., incidentals, 7 60
A. Parlin, sawing wood, 75
$1,483 64
South School.
Paid Gertrude A. Williams, Grammar School, $120 00
Edith H. Vinal, Intermediate School, 120 00
Mary A. Adams, Primary School, 120 00
Nellie M. Reed, Intermediate School,
3 00
Jennie A. Willey, Grammar School, 260 00
Bertha M. Bridges, Intermediate School, 260 00
Eudora W. Gould, Primary School, 260 00
G. C. Turner, janitor, 138 70
cleaning rooms,
26 45
66
fuel,
26 40
teaming coal, 9 68
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., 28,970 lbs. coal, 80 08
E. Jones, incidentals, 8 82
Tuttle & Newton, incidentals, 3 75
J. L. Hammett Co., incidentals,
5 29
$1,442 17
West School.
Paid Grace E. Webber, Grammar School $120 00
. Jean Cragin, Intermediate School, 120 00
Harriet H. Gardner, Primary School, 456 00
Sarah J. Holland, Grammar School, 60 00
Helen M. Tilden, Intermediate School, 70 00
Blanche E. Clough, Grammar School, 196 00
Lena E. Sewall, Intermediate School, 190 00
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Paid T. Scanlon, janitor,
$135 23
cleaning rooms,
16 00
incidentals, 1 43
E. L. Parker & Co., 28,020 lbs coal,
95 74
G. S. Whitney, 4,000 lbs. coal,
18 00
F. R. Knowlton, fuel,
16 00
$1,494 40
High School.
Paid A. L. Faxon, Principal,
$1,000 00
Kate W. Hall, Assistant,
225 00
Helen M. Waterman, Assistant,
275 00
G. C. Turner, janıtor,
105 80
fuel,
22 90
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
17,440 lbs. coal,
65 82
G. C. Turner, cleaning rooms,
13 45
E. Jones, incidentals,
1 45
$1,709 42
School Supplies.
Paid American Book Co.,
$44 70
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
73 31
Silver-Burdett Co.,
42 33
J. L. Hammett Co.,
190 02
Educational Publishing Co.,
16 84
University Publishing Co.,
24 04
Ginn & Co.,
50 46
Maynard, Merrill & Co.,
1 70
D. C. Heath & Co.,
2 50
National Publishing Co.,
1 25
Allyn & Bacon,
10 00
E. E. Babb & Co.,
16 40
W. A. Raynor, express,
2 80
C. J. Williams, “
5 30
A. L. Noyes, transporting supplies,
13 60
$495 25
25
Town of Acton.
Apparatus for High School.
Paid Ziegler Electric Co., $5 26
A. W. Hall Scientific Co., 23 81
J. L. Hammett Co., 3 25
C. J. Williams, express,
1 95
American Book Co.,
4 32
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.,
11 93
$50 52
Transportation Public School Scholars
Paid G. E. Greenough, North,
$484 00
Jeno Meckleson, East, 484 00
Thomas S. Jones, Southeast, 253 75
$1,221 75
Transportation High School Scholars.
Paid F. H. Pratt,
$15 00
S. B. Ineson,
5 00
John Maines,
5 00
B. W. Reed,
5 00
$30 00
Musical Instruction in Schools.
Paid M. M. Brown, Instructor, $90 00
Town Officers.
Paid L. E. Reed, Constable, $ 9 50
C. J. Williams, School Committee, 80 20
H. E. Richardson, School Superinten- dent, 480 00
W. H. Kingsley, Constable, 2 50
James Kinsley,
2 50
C. B. Robbins, Assessor,
อ้อ 00
W. F. Kelley,
55 00
E. F. Conant, 66
89 00
W. F. Stevens, Collector for 1900- 1901, 300 00
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Paid H. E. Clough, Sealer Weights and Measures,
$6 00
M. A. Reed, Deputy Tree Warden, 3 00
M. A. Reed, Inspector Animals, 118 80
Spofford Robbins, Election Officer,
2 50
H. F. Tuttle, 66
2 50
A. W. Foster, 66 66
2 50
L. C. Taylor,
66
2 50
F. F. Newton,
66
2 50
Abram Tuttle, 66 66
2 50
H. J. Hapgood,
2 50
N. J. Cole, 66
2 50
D. H. Hall,
2 50
W. F. Kelley,
2 50
C. B. Stone,
6.
2 50
James Kinsley, 66
66
2 50
E. F. Conant, Selectman,
50 00
E. A. Phalen,
50 00
W. F. Stevens,
95 00
H. F. Tuttle, Town Clerk,
30 00
66 66 Registrar Voters,
15 00
J. McGreen, 66
12 00
S. A. Guilford,
66
12 00
D. T. Kinsley,
12 00
H. F. Tuttle, School Committee,
15 00
L. C. Taylor, Overseer of Poor,
50 00
W. F. Kelley,
20 00
F. W. Hoit, Auditor, 6 00
G. C. Turner, Truant Officer, 1 50
J. K. W. Wetherbee, Treasurer,
90 00
$1,690 00
State and Military Aid.
Paid Emma F. Blood, 12 orders, $48 00
John Clark, S orders, 40 00
Aaron S. Fletcher, 12 orders, 48 00
Ephraim B. Forbush, 12 orders, 48 00
Lydia Handley, 12 orders,
48 00
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Town of Acton.
Paid Huldah Moulton, 12 orders,
$48 00
Bridget Mawn, 12 orders, 48 00
Mary A. Parlin, 12 orders,
48 00
Mary Smith, 12 orders,
48 00
Rebecca C. Wright, 2 orders,
8 00
Phebe Wood, 12 orders,
48 00
Addison B. Wheeler, 12 orders,
48 00
Eben F. Wood, 12 orders,
48 00
Mary A. Whalen, S orders,
32 00
W. B. Ball,
92 00
$700 00
Amount to be returned by Common-
wealth, $654 00
Support of Poor on Farm.
Paid Moses Thompson, services as Super-
intendent,
350 00
J. B. Tuttle for cow, 48 00
M. Thompson, repairing shoes,
1 50
peaches, 60
John Wilson for labor,
1 20
M. Thompson, seed corn, 66 dynamite, 50
F. J. Livingston, soap, 4 00
M. Maginnis, labor,
10 20
L. C. Taylor, seed corn,
1 00
cultivator,
5 25
·
2 iron beds,
6 50
66 2 spring beds,
4 50
66 freight,
40
2 pigs,
7 00
paid for labor,
36 62
125 empty barrels,
37 50
E. C. Parker & Co., grain,
306 20
E. Jones, mattress,
2 50
Tuttle & Newton, supplies,
15 80
L. Purdy, labor,
60 00
C. O'Neil, 1¿ bushel of potatoes,
1 35
50
28
Annual Reports
Paid S. S. Searles, repairs, $19 13
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies,
519 05
E. A. Phalen, repairs, 2 00
L. McNeil, labor,
2 97
Whitcomb & Perkins, pasturing
young stock, 8 00
F. J. Hastings & Co., grain, 29 15
T. Harmon, labor, 25 20
W. H. Kingsley, dynamite, 4 09
W. F. Kelley, paid for pasturing cattle, 8 00
E. B. Harlow, supplies,
20 16
J. S. Moore, supplies, 76 49
J. B. Tuttle, repairs, 1 80
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber, 12 20
$1,639 36
Printing.
Paid E. F. Worcester Press, Town reports, $88 85
66 Town warrants, 7 25
66
automobile notices, 2 25
66 poll tax lists, 7 50
A. Hosmer, Board of Health notices, 1 00
66 caucus notices and ballots, 3 50
66 Board of Health ballots, 1 00
66 High school graduation programs, 3 30
66 stationery and printing, 9 55
school department, 4 50
sealer of weights and
measures labels, 75
Enterprise Co., street railway notices, 9 00
J. L. Hammett Co., filling diplomas, 1 00
Enterprise Co., tree warden notices, 1 25
H. S. Turner, school department, 1 40
E. F. Worcester Press, voting lists, 10 00
Enterprise Co., dog notice, 1 00
A. Hosmer, tree warden permits,
90
$154 00
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Town of Acton.
Roads and Bridges.
Paid Win. H. Kingsley, highway work, $1,117 50
A. H. Perkins, 66 1,091 14
A. C. Piper, 927 43
H. T. Clark, repairs, 2 00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., supplies, 42 22
F. J. Hastings & Co., supplies, 6 00
W. F. Hale, repairs, 5 80
Tuttle & Newton, supplies for stone crusher, 55 75
A. C. Piper, use of team, 34 00
George Tyler & Co., supplies for crusher, 4 50
S. S. Searles, repairs, 40
S. Jones, labor, 7 04
D. C. Harris, stone, 5 80
A. H. Perkins, 461 loads gravel, 23 05
66 dynamite and caps, 6 00
7 17
T. F. Parker, tar,
50
W. H. Kingsley, dynamite, 10 62
F. Z. Taylor, repairing railing,
50
American Powder Mills, dynamite,
2 74
Hall Bros., lumber,
2 46
S. S. Searles, catch basin grate, 2 50
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies,
3 63
$3,405 22
Appropriation, $3,500 00
Unexpended balance, 94 78
Special Road Work.
Paid A. C. Piper, near south railroad station, $66 23
F. J. Hastings & Co., drainpipe near south railroad station, 113 97
A. C. Piper, sluice near J. McGreen's, 12 46
41 97
6 shovels, 4 50
J. P. Brown, repairs,
S. H. Guilford, repairs,
30
Annual Reports
Paid F. J. Hastings & Co., drainpipe near
J. McGreen's,
$10 92
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., supplies near J. McGreen's, 13 05
$216 63
Stone Crushing Plant.
Paid Geo. W. Tibbetts, platform wagon, $100 00
Acme Road Mach'y Co., 4 Ton roller, 300 00
Good Roads Mach. Co., stone crusher and engine, 1,507 00
O. D. Wood, labor on crusher, 23 08
E. A. Phalen, 66 26 9S
Blanchard & Gould, lumber,
9 36
So. Acton C. & L. Co., lumber,
104 67
W. H. Kingsley, labor, 66 express,
2 70
So. Acton C. & L. Co., lumber,
10 94
T. F. Parker, supplies,
4 73
66
sewer pump,
56 75
J. P. Brown, supplies,
15 36
Geo. Tyler, 66
13 78
S. S. Searles, 66
4 75
$2,245 44
Appropriation,
$1,500 00
Received of A. M. Lothrop,
1,000 00
Snow Bills.
Paid A. H. Perkins, $9 80
Repairs-State Highway.
Paid State Treasurer, $53 60
Support of Outside Poor.
Paid Worcester Insane Hospital, board
J. A. McLane, $169 46
Worcester Insane Hospital, board Anna H. Parlin, 169 46
65 34
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Town of Acton.
Paid Worcester Insane Asylum, board Clara Wheeler, $169 46
City of Marlboro, aid A. Rickaby, 35 84
City of Fitchburg, aid Mrs. Thomas Randall, 15 00
F. E. Tasker, med. attendance, Etta Phinney, 30 00
F. G. Barker, med. attendance, Hugh Patterson, 6 50
F. G. Barker, med. attendance, Wm. Roach, 11 75
L. C. Taylor, expenses to Tewksbury, 1 50
Town of Littleton, aid Daniel Daily family in 1900, 43 45
$652 42
Soldiers' Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers.
Paid F. E. Tasker, M. D., med. attendance, J. H. Wood, $43 00
F. J. Barker, M. D., med. attendance, R. C. Wright, 12 00
C. F. Wright, board of Phoebe Wood, 227 42
L. C. Taylor, transport. 66
1 50
O. E. Houghton, “ 66
1 50
Town of Acton, board 66 9 00
Charlotte Thompson, care of Phoebe Wood, 9 00
Tuttle & Newton, aid Mary A. Whalen, 4 00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., aid Mary A. Whalen, 6 77
Town of Winchendon, aid Mary Cram, 9 89
H. T. Clark, Burial Agent, 35 00
James Adams, aid Mary A. Whalen, 2 50
F. E. Tasker, M. D., med. attendance, Phoebe Wood, 17 00
E. A. Phalen, expense, Phoebe Wood pension, 2 50
$381 08
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Due from Commonwealth, $35 00
City of Newburyport, 13 27
Received from pension and State Aid ac- count Phoebe Wood,
120 00
Due from pension, account Phoebe Wood,
36 00
Memorial Library-Books.
Paid DeWolf, Fiske & Co.,
$184 16
Little, Brown & Co., 2 20
W. A. Wilde Co.,
8 67
W. B. Clark Co.,
134 49
National Subscription Agency,
32 95
W. D. Tuttle, periodicals,
3 24
$365 71
Memorial Library Expenses.
Paid E. M. Cutler, transporting books, $52 00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., 5,310 lbs. coal,
54 74
D. J. Wetherbee, insurance,
80 50
W. W. Oliver, repairing clock,
5 00
A. F. Davis, librarian,
80 50
Flora B. Reed, librarian,
10 00
Viola S. Tuttle, librarian,
14 00
O. D. Wood, janitor, -
100 00
Library Bureau, index cards, 2 00
Mass. Reformatory, printing,
5 00
Dennison Mfg. Co., supplies,
50
G. E. Greenough, 1 cord wood,
6 00
drawing wood,
1 50
L. Conant, 2 cords wood,
8 00
G. W. Lincoln, sawing wood,
2 00
A. F. Davis, cataloging,
5 00
A. G. Smith, fuel, 3 50
M. E. Taylor & Co., incidentals, 22 27
E. F. Worcester Press, binding, 8 30
J. R. Wales, binding, 35 50
W. D. Tuttle, express and expenses, 10 95
$507 26
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Town of Acton.
Miscellaneous.
Paid James Hill, care Town hall and clock, $10 37
C. C. Taylor, care Town hall, 20 25
Harwood Bros., gold watch, 150 00
F. C. Harwood, engraving watch, 3 50
C. H. Persons, tuning piano Centre school, 2 50
Isaac Davis Post, Memorial Day, 50 00
C. J. Williams, postage and telephone, 9 09
H. T. Clark, driving cows from ceme- tery, 50
A. V. Hawley, music for High school graduation, 28 00
C. J. Williams paid W. S. Gray, speaker at High school graduation, 15 00
E. Jones, Town order book, 2 50
H. E. Richardson, supt., stationery and postage, 10 65
Tuttle & Newton, repairs for Town flag, 1 00
T. Scanlon, water for West school, 2 67
Acton Cadet Band, 100 00
A. Parlin, repairing flag, 75
E. F. Conant, 3 assessors books, 3 75
W. F. Stevens, abatement of taxes, 78 35
A. H. Perkins, work of State High- way Commissioners, 98 05
A. L. Noyes, entertainment grade crossing, 11 00
C. H. Persons, rent of piano for High school graduation, 6 00
R. S. Robson, precinct seal, 2 25
J. L. Hammett Co., school department, 2 92
H. E. Richardson, supt., car fares, 1 58
T. Scanlon, opening rooms for regis- tration of voters and election, 2 00
F. E. Tasker, examining Phoebe Wood, 1 00
J. S. Hoar, plans and specifications for engine house, 12 00
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Paid E. A. Phalen, fuel for Town hall, $2 00
material and labor, post- automobile notices, 2 80
F. W. Bateman, services as engineer in grade crossing hearing, 11 98
Julian Tuttle, care Town clock, 11 60
Joslin & Mendum, legal services, 150 00
F. E. Tasker, M. D., returning births, 2 75
F. U. Rich, M. D., 66
1 25
F. J. Barker, M. D., 2 75 66
E. F. Conant, expenses of witnesses in grade crossing matter, 18 80
G. W. Worster, transportation acct. grade crossing, 5 00
Waldo Chaplin, transportation acct. grade crossing, 4 00
W. H. Kingsley, removing tree near
J. F. Coughlin, 3 80
W. H. Kingsley, bolting shade tree, 1 75
W. F. Stevens, expenses, street rail- way matters, 12 11
W. F. Stevens, telephone, 95
B. & M. R. R., freight, 1 02
W. F. Stevens, grade crossing expenses, 5 09
B. & M. R. R., rent of land, 1 00
Recording deed of Jones land, 65
Hobbs-Warren Co., blanks. 23
Resetting Town bound, 1 50
Commonwealth, revised laws, 6 00
W. F. Stevens, postage, 9 08
National Express Co., 55
Transporting election returns, 1 00
IV. F. Stevens, fire station expenses, 40
E. F. Conant, car fares, postage, tele- phone and express, 9 50
H. F. Tuttle, collecting and recording 30 births, 15 00
H. F. Tuttle, recording 12 marriages, 2 40
27 deaths, 5 40
35
Town of Acton.
Paid H. F. Tuttle, transmitting 2 certifi- cates of deaths, 50
attending Town Clerk's meeting,
2 50
66 copying records for
Town report, 3 00
66
express charges, 2 40
‹: postage,
2 51
66 dog license blanks and notices, 1 75
66 stationery,
1 00
66
supplies for State elec- tion, 40
66 making plan and attend-
ing Court in South Acton on grade crossing case, 7 50
E. A. Phalen, care Town clock, 5 00
66 care Town hall, 2 00
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies for Town hall,
7 56
C. C. Taylor, care flag, 3 50 66 care pump and trough, 3 50
James Kinsley, use of Hurley road,
8 00
D. F. Wetherbee, school census, 66 collector's cash book,
15 00
2 00
I. F. Duren, 18 burials, 54 00
20 returns of death, 5 00
WV. F. Stevens, stationery,
33
J. K. Wetherbee, postage, 66 stationery, 2 25
$1,057 30
Enforcement of Liquor Law.
Paid H. Sullivan, securing evidence,
$36 18
W. F. Stevens, expenses,
12 94
Appropriation, Received from Court fines,
$500 00
163 84
$49 12
11 56
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Board of Health.
Paid Julian Tuttle, Agent and expenses, $59 57
A. Parlin, use of team, 9 55
A. Hosmer, printing, 5 90
School Committee, duplicators, 5 23
State Board of Health, culture tubes,
2 00
L. E. Reed, Constable in abatement of nuisances in South Acton, 5 00
$87 25
Repairs-Town Buildings and Grounds.
Paid F. R. Knowlton, paint stock for West School in 1901, $115 53
F. E. Harris, repairs, West School, 4 90
G. W. Daniel, 2 50
T. Scanlon, .. . .
66
23 35
So. Acton C. & L. Co., repairs, West School, 12 12
T. Scanlon, repairs, West School, 2 97
So. Acton C. & L. Co., repairs, South School, 54 89
G. W. Daniels, repairs, South School, 1 00
S. S. Searles, Town clock, 1 50
66 shade trees, 3 25
G. C. Turner, .. South School, 38 80
.6
66 moving ashes, South
School, 1' 00
G. C. Turner, repairing clocks, South School, 4 00
G. C. Turner, express,
70
Mrs. A. Parlin, repairing flag,
75
Julian Tuttle, labor on Mon. grounds,
17 72
A. Parlin, .. 66 3 17
Julian Tuttle, care Center School, 4 60
A. Parlin; repairs,
1 75
IV. B. Davis,
6: 6
1 85
John Temple, 66 South 66 13 00
W. S. Kelley,
66 66 210 25
37
Town of Acton.
Paid Chandler Desk Co., repairs, South School, $9 60
A. C. Piper, repairs, South School grounds, 83 70
J. P. Brown, repairs, South School grounds, 4 00
Tuttle & Newton, repairs, South School, 7 69
F. R. Knowlton, paint stock, South School, 137 59
S. Jones, repairs, South School, 58 47
F. Z. Taylor, 66 3 05
J L. Hammett Co., repairs, school buildings, 47 19
W. B. Davis, repairs, Memorial Li- brary, 11 64
O. D. Wood, repairs, Memorial Li- brary, 60
D. J. Wetherbee, repairs, Memorial Library, 7 50
W. P. Lapham, repairs, Monument, 54 17
C. W. H. Moulton, flag staff for Men- ument, 13 35
C. Edwards, teaming lumber for Monument, 2 00
E. A. Phelan, labor on Monument, 7 50
66 express, 66
15
O. D. Wood, labor on 66
13 00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber for Monument, 35 80
Geo. G. Keith, repairs on school buildings, 31 62
N. H. Tenny, material and labor on cannon, 89 73
N. H. Tenney, repairing heater, 6 00
C. J. Williams, express, 50
C. Edwards, mowing Common, 3 80
Tuttle & Newton, repairing pump, 23
M. A. Reed, cleaning vaults, Center School, 3 75
38
Annual Reports
Paid G. C.Turner, repairs, South School,
$1 75
E. A. Phalen,
Center 66
5 75
A. L. Noyes, 66 66 66
grounds, 2 50
. $1,162 23
Street Lighting.
Paid F. W. Green,
care of lamps,
$207 90
B. I. Ineson,
66 66
16 00
C. S. Richardson,
66
92 25
Wm. Edwards,
66 66
16 00
L. W. Brodeur,
66 66
17 00
M. G Hayes,
66 66
65 00
H. R. Phalen,
66 66
56 00
E. F. Conant,
66 66
7 00
H. V. Simonds,
66
19 02
H. W. Kingman,
66
6!
19 02
R. L. Hastings,
66
66
19 02
E. Jones, supplies,
15 12
Tuttle & Newton,
94 14
Globe Gas Light Co., 66
13 70
W. S. Kelley, repairs,
104 55
J. W. Rice,
21 70
National Express Co.,
25
C. H. Mead & Co., supplies,
86 04
M. E. Taylor & Co., 66 for E. Acton, 23 56
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies for Center, 38 06
S. L. Richardson, 1 lamp,
4 00
D. C. Harris,
4 00
J. D. Moulton, 66
4 00
I. F. Duren, 66
4 00
A. Faviar, 66
4 00
S. A. Christie, 66
4 00
L. C. Taylor, 66
4 00
M. Tobin,
4 00
$963 33
39
Town of Acton.
Cemetery Expenses.
Paid A. H. Perkins, labor, Mt. Hope, $ 44 77
F. W. Green, 36 94
Shady Hill Nursery, shrubs, Mt. Hope, 89 70
A. Batley, plants,
8 00
H. T. Clark, labor,
16
28 68
66 66 trees, 66
3 25
Whitcomb & Morse, labor,
12 78
Joel Whitcomb,
5 78
T. Scanlon, 66
66
2 75
A. B. McNeil, 66 66
3 40
B. & M. R. R., freight,
66
90
Josiah Withington, 2} cords manure Mt. Hope, 16 78
Julian Tuttle, labor, Woodlawn, 77 55
66 66 North,' 1 50
A. Parlin, 66 Woodlawn, 45 24
66
66
North,
1 50
66
66 freight, 25
Arthur Tuttle, labor, Woodlawn, 21 00
N. G. Brown, 66
4 38
Shady Hill Nursery, shrubs, Woodlawn 11 10
Geo. G. Keith, repairing pump, Wood- lawn, 1 00
F. E. Harris, lettering Mrs. Almon Wright's stone, 6 50
Julian Tuttle, for perpetual care of lots, 59 17
H. T. Clark, 66 66
5 50
C. H. Mead & Co., fertilizer and grass seed, 5 43
Hall Bros., lumber for Mt. Hope, 10 00
Appropriation for care of cemeteries, $400 00
$503 85 Interest on Cemetery Trust funds, 64 67
$464 67
40
Annual Reports
Fire Department-Special Appropriation.
Paid So. Acton C. & L. Co., supplies for So. Acton engine house, $295 84
So. Acton Fire Dept., engine house, 150 00
A. C. Piper, grading, 37 16
James Cole, sand, 2 00
B. Anderson, labor, 15 00
S. Jones, 66
225 07
A. J. Owens, 66
7 00
C. B. Owens, 3 00
J. W. Bradley, “
5 25
John Temple,
12 95
H. F. Robbins, «
4 00
Tuttle & Newton, paint stock, 46 58
C. E. Brodeur, painting engine house, 55 00
E. Jones, furnishings for
35 35
F. C. Hayward, land for West Acton engine house, 200 00
$1,094 20
Unexpended balance,
$405 80
Fire Department.
Paid Tuttle & Newton, supplies for So. Ac- ton engine company, $14 40
G. C. Turner, labor, So. Acton engine house, 50
Fellows & Co., extension ladder for West Acton, 45 00
W. E. Haywood, repairs, West Acton, 1 75
S. A. Guilford, 66 66
40
J. P. Brown, supplies, So. Acton, 1 98
F. W. Green, care H. and L. house, W. Acton, 3 00
F. W. Green, moving chemical engine, 75
D. H. Farrar, care E. Acton H. & L. house, 2 00
Chas. Leach, care So. Acton engine house and engine, 3 42
41
Town of Acton.
Paid F. Jones, repairs, So. Acton engine house, $1 20
Tuttle & Newton, supplies for E. Acton, 50
C. H. Mead & Co., 66 W.Acton, 1 50
$76 40
Loans and Interest.
Paid E. Jones, interest on note for $2000 to May 17, 1902, $80 00
F. C. Hayward, interest on $500, cem- etery fund, 17 50
Ayer National Bank, money borrowed in anticipation of taxes, 4,000 00
Ayer National Bank, interest for 4 months, 53 33
Ayer National Bank, money borrowed in anticipation of taxes, 4,000 00
Ayer National Bank, interest for 6 months, 80 00
$8,230 83
Rents.
Paid Ella F. Hosmer, rent Central hall, $125 00
A. L. Noyes, rent store-room for school department, 10 00
South Acton Universalist Society for vestry, 3 00
$138 00
Small Pox Expenses.
Paid E. L. Reed, constable, $ 75 00
Arthur Tuttle, services, 101 25
C. H. Mead & Co., supplies for J. A. Goding, 7 27
O. D. Wood, constructing telephone line, 6 75
R. L. Duren, material for telephone line, 16 08
42
Annual Reports
Paid F. L. Whitcomb, material for tele- phone line, $9 00
F. E. Tasker, material for telephone line, 2 52
E. Jones, furniture for detention hospital, 105 33
E. Jones, furniture for A. I. Goding, 36 15
" J. A. Goding, 35 20
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