Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1901-1905, Part 22

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1901
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Art. 20. To see if the town will accept the road from the house of D. J. Hennessy to the old road from Acton Center to South Acton as widened and relocated by the Road Commissioners.


Voted, To accept the road as widened and relocated by the Road Commissioners.


Art. 21. To see if the town will present a certain sign to the Davis Guards of Marlboro.


A motion to present the sign, formerly belonging to the Acton Davis Guards, to the Marlboro Davis Guards, did not pass.


Voted, That the town reimburse Mr. Luke J. Robbins for any expense incurred by him in repairing the sign formerly placed in the armory of the Acton Davis Guards.


Art. 22. To see if the town will take any action in regard to Old Home Week.


Voted, To pass over the article.


Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to raise a suitable amount of money to purchase a banner or flag to be presented to Co. F, 6th Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M., of Marlborough, Mass., or act anything thereon.


Voted, The following Resolutions :


Resolved, That we, Citizens of Acton, tender to Co. F., 6th Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M., an expression of our appreciation of the fact, that in the choice of a name for their organization, they have chosen that of Capt. Isaac Davis, the commander of Acton's company of Minute Men at the Old North Bridge in Con-


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cord on the 19th of April, 1775, and who, while leading his men at the right of the line in this, the first organized armed resistance to King George III, was the first commissioned officer to fall, in that war that made us a nation and gave political being to the United States of America.


Resolved, That as Acton is no longer represented in the State Militia as she was for many years successively by the Davis Blues, and by the Davis Guards, that we tender our hearty and sincere thanks to Co. F., 6th Regiment, M. V. M., for adopting his name and for thus tending to pass it on, that it may carry with it a similar patriotic inspiration in the future to that which it has carried with it in the past.


Art. 24. To see if the town will build an addition to the town hall, or act anything thereon.


Voted, That the matter be referred to the Selectmen with authority to procure plans and estimate of cost, to report at a future meeting.


Art. 25. To see what amount of money the town will raise to maintain the Fire Department.


Voted, To appropriate three hundred and fifty dollars for expenses of the Fire Department.


Art. 26. To see if the town will pay for burials as heretofore or act anything thereon.


Voted, To pass over the article.


Art. 27. To see if the town will purchase the lot of land near the West gate of Woodlawn Cemetery, now used as a public dump.


Voted, That the matter be left with the Selectmen with power to act.


Art. 28. To see if the town will purchase a snow roller or scraper.


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Voted, That the Selectmen and Road Commissioners be, au- thorized to purchase a snow roller or scraper.


Voted, To dissolve the meeting.


A true record, Attest :


Horace F. Tuttle, Town Clerk.


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State Election.


Proceedings of Meetings Held Nov. 8 in Precincts 1, 2 and 3.


Votes.


For Electors of President and Vice Pres.


Precinct Precinct Precinct


1


2


3


Total


Corregan and Cox, Electors, Socialist Labor,


0


0


0


0


Debs and Hanford, Electors, Socialist,


0


0


0


0


Parker and Davis, Electors, Democratic,


31


25


20


76


Roosevelt and Fairbanks, Electors, Republican, 94


95


93


282


Swallow and Carroll, Electors, Prohibition,


0


2


3


5


Watson and Tibbels, Electors, Peoples,


0


0)


0


0


Blanks,


5


5


11


21


Governor.


John Quincy Adams, Socialist,


0


0


0


£ 0


John L. Bates, Republican,


81


82


78


241


Michael T. Berry, Socialist Labor,


0


0


0


()


Oliver W. Cobb, Prohibition,


0


0


2


2


William L. Douglas, Democratic,


43


39


42


124


Blanks,


6


6


17


Lieutenant Governor.


Olof Bokelund, Soc.,


0


0


0


0


John C. Crosby, Dem.,


36


29


30


95


Frank P. Dyer, Prohib.,


0


0


2


2


Curtis Guild Jr., Rep.,


79


85


83


247


Moritz E. Ruther, Soc. Labor,


0


0


0


0


Blanks,


15


13


12


40


I4


Secretary.


James A. Bresnahan, Soc. Labor,


0


1


0


1


Fannie J. Clary, Prohib. ,


0


0


2


2


Charles C. Hitchcock, Soc.,


0


0


0


0


Henry B. Little, Dem. ,


27


19


26


72


82


88


83


253


William M. Olin, Rep., Blanks,


21


19


16


56


Treasurer.


Hubert C. Bartlett, Soc.,


0


0


0


0


Arthur B. Chapin, Rep.,


82


87


81


250


Edmund D. Codman, Dem.,


29


22


26


77


Andrew Mortensen, Soo. Labor,


0


0


0


0


Willard O. Wylie, Prohib.,


0


1


3


4


Blanks,


19


17


17


53


Auditor.


Charles E. Burnham, Prohib.,


1


0


2


3


Walter J. Hoar, Soc. Labor,


0


0


0


0


Charles Stevens, Soc.,


0


0


0


0


Francis X. Tetrault, Dem.,


28


21


24


73


Henry E. Turner, Rep.,


81


89


83


253


Blanks,


20


17


18


55


Attorney General.


Henry M. Dean, Prohib.,


0


2


2


4


John P. Leahy, Dem.,


25


20


23


68


Herbert Parker, Rep.,


86


90


84


260


John Weaver Sherman, Soc.,


1


0


0


1


Thomas Stevenson, Soc. Labor,


0


0


0


0


Blanks,


18


15


18


51


Representative in Congress. Fourth District.


Marcus A. Coolidge, Dem. ,


30


20


28


78


John F. Mullen, Soc.,


0


0


0


0


Charles Q. Tirrell, Rep. ,


84


92


85


261


Blanks,


16


15


14


45


15


Councillor, Sixth District.


John E. Brennan, Soc.,


0


0


0


0


John F. O'Brien, Dem.,


26


18


23


67


Walter Scott Watson, Rep.,


80


87


83


250


Blanks,


24


22


21


67


Senator, Sixth Middlesex District.


Chester W. Clark, Rep.,


79


84


82


245


Peter B. Murphy, Dem.,


26


20


23


69


Blanks,


25


23


22


70


Representative in General Court, 23d Middlesex.


M. Henry Chrystal, Dei.,


28


20


25


73


Waldo E. Conant, Rep. ,


80


86


81


247


Blanks,


22


21


21


64


County Commissioner.


Francis Bigelow, Rep.,


80


88


83


251


Charles F. Drury, Soc.,


0


1


0


1


James E. Kelley, Dem.,


28


19


22


69


Blanks,


22


19


22


63


Associate Commissioners.


Laughlin Cameron, Soc.,


2


3


1


6


Embert E. Hopkins, Soc.,


2


3


2


7


David T. Strange, Rep.,


68


74


68


210


Edward Everett Thompson, Rep.,


61


64


58


183


Blanks,


127


110


125


362


District Attorney, Northern Dist.


John J. Devine, Dem.


24


18


20


62


Squire E. Putney, Soc.,


0


0


0


0


George A. Sanderson, Rep.,


82


87


92


261


Blanks,


24


22


15


61


16


Sheriff.


Frederick Bancroft, Dem. ,


28


18


23


69


John R. Fairbairn, Rep.,


81


88


87


256


John J. Mulholland, Soc.,


0


1


0


1


Blanks,


21


20


17


58


Total number of ballots cast,


130


127


127


384


VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVE. 23d MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.


Acton Ayer Littl'n Shirley West'd Total


M. Henry Chrystal of Ayer, D.,


73


190


29


58


87


437


Waldo E. Conant of Littleton, R., 247


234 152


115


224


972


Blanks,


64


64


22


54


76


280


384 488


203


227


387 1689


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Town Clerk's Report


BIRTHS.


Whole number recorded,


31 Mixed parentage, 7


Males,


14


Foreign parentage, 11


Females,


17 Born in Acton, 31


Native parentage,


13 One parent born in Acton, 6


Both parents born in Acton, 3


MARRIAGES.


Whole number recorded,


18


Residents of Acton,


22


Residents of other places,


14


DEATHS.


Whole number recorded,


37


Residents of Acton,


36


Residents of other places,


1


Occuring in Acton,


34


Occurring in other places,


3


Average age, 65


NOTE-The Town Clerk requests information of any omission or error in the lists of births, marriages and deaths. The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births and deaths.


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Births Registered in 1904.


| No.


DATE


NAME OF CHILD


NAMES OF PARENTS


1 Jan.


7 Walter Ernest Brodeur


Charles E. and Annie L. (Woodward) Daniel J. and Hannah (Lynde)


3 Jan.


23 Dorothy Lowden


Arthur S. and Bertha M. (Newton)


4 Feb.


2 Sheldon Ellsworth Littlefield


Sheldon E. and Marion (Wood) Clarence C. and Pearl Frances


6 Feb.


17 Theodore William Hart


William D. and Harriet E. (Mason) Ole and Matilda (Anderson)


7 March


21 Olgar Jennie Granberg


8 March


21 Ormal Seth Robert Laffin


Sidney O. and Ruby A. (Dill)


9 April


6 Clara Josephine Tobin


Michael J. and Mary (Quinlan)


10 April 10 Mary Theresa Heath


Charles B. and Mary A. (Cahill)


11 May


15 Salvatore Palma


Sam and Virgelia (Palma)


12 May


16 Marion Desire Barteaux


Harry P. and Minnie M. (Littlefield) James and Bridget (Neyland)


14 June


21 Daniel Joseph Hurley 2 Erwin Melvin Beach


John E. and Lizzie Annie (Robertson)


15 June


21 Sherman Foote McGreen


James and Estella A. (Foote)


16 July


1 Samuel Conway Ineson 22 Elsie Florence Shaw


Arthur D. and Mary (Maitland) Francis S. and L. Emily (Noyes)


19 August


7 Marion Etta Biathron


20 Sept.


1 Walter Henry Stiles


Murton H. and Lizzie F: (Wetherbee) James Frederick and Anna L. (Clark) Frank B. and Dora Jane (Welch) J. William and Pearl (Rikeman) John and Mary (Tobin) A. Scott and Lucinda (Savage)


24 Oct.


3 Violet Evelyn Specht


25 Oct.


13 Dorothy Hope Drew


26 Nov. 7 Harriet Adeline Fogg


27 Nov.


11 Margaret JennieChristaffersen


28 Nov.


15 Alfred Olsen


29 Dec.


9 Bertha Whittemore Merriam


30 Dec.


11 Elizabeth Roxanna Hall


John and Marta (Lee) William T. and Lizzie (Whittemore) Bertram D. and Grace N. (Houghton)


18 July


26 Charlotte Lauretta Davis


21 Sept.


22 Evelyn Maud Farrar


22 Sept.


23 Norman Edward Livermore


23 Oct.


2 William Francis Cahill


Arthur and Alla B. (Hesselton) John J. and Emma A. (Priest) Anders and Annie (Anderson)


2 Jan.


12 Lena Frances Hennessey


5 Feb.


8 Horace Edwin Shattuck


(Chaplin)


13 May


Samuel B. and Katharine (Conway)


17 July


19


Marriages Registered in 1904.


¡No.


DATE


PLACE


NAMES


RESIDENCES


1


Jan. 13


Clarence Leighton Crosby


Littleton


Acton }


Salomona Letitia Barteaux


Littleton


2


Providence, R. I. )


Pearl Rikeman


Revere


3


April 21


George Edwin Murphy


Westford


4


May 12


Acton ?


Mabel Ella Burroughs


West Acton


5


May 18


Hingham


Carrie L. Turner


Norwell


6


May 29


Maynard §


Mary Mawn


Maynard


7


June 2


Acton (


Charles E. Smith Mary Edwards John J. Fogg


Acton


8


June 11


Maynard )


Emma A. Priest


South Acton


9


June 22


Concord l


Louisa N. Pratt


Acton


10


June 22


James Nelson Cook


South Acton


11


June 30


Archer L. Faxon


South Acton


12


July 5


Acton


Legurtha Mae Sweet


South Acton


13


Sept. 1


Acton.


Bessie F. Pratt


Acton


14


Sept. 3


Acton


Anna M. Mathisen


Concord


15


Sept. 22


David C. Harris


North Acton


16


Nov. 3


Maynard


Mary Ann Tobin


Acton


17


Nov. 24


Acton


Alice May Hanson


Acton


18


Dec. 27


Acton


Acton


John Arthur Raymond Lizzie May Streeter


Acton


1


Oliver D. Wood


Acton


Bartlett, N. H.


Bertha Mae Stevens


Bartlett, N. H.


Medford


Katharine W. Hall Orson A. Balch


Hudson


George S. Braman


Boxboro


Ole Johansen


Concord


Acton


Katharine M. Howes


Boston Acton


John Downey


John William Burgess


Boston


George A. Libbey


South Acton


Maynard 1


Hannora Gertrude Mannion Charles Edgar Beach


West Acton


Arnold V. Beach


West Acton


April 5


J. William Livermore


Acton


Acton


Acton


South Acton


Boston


20


Deaths Registered in 1904.


AGES


No.


DATE


NAMES


Yrs. Ms. Ds.


1


January


23


Catherine Coones


64


1


15


February


1


Francis Jones


-


28


3


February


18


Betsey Jane Harris


18


4


February


Candace Maria Parlin


-5


16


5


February


Anna Weeks


30


6


February


George W'. Loomer


51


-


-


S


March


4


James Downey


9


March


Daniel J. Gallagher


10


March


13


Hannah D. Robbins


11


3


13


April


14


Caroline Matilda Handley


11


-


14


April


14


Sarah Hunt


:1


0


15


May


9


Percy Eveleth Tuttle


Sarah Eliza Wheeler


6


1.


May


20


Nancy A. Allen


5


18


June


15


Mary Ella Reed


50


220


June


Emerline Elizabeth Tuttle


15


4


223


August


Edwin Tarbel!


6


11


1.


24


August


Ralph Browning Stillman


14


4


14


Lyman Mead


.9


3


1.


30


November


11


Phebe Foster Wood


93


4


11


31


November


16


William F. B. Whitney


S


24


32


November


18


Elnathan Jones


33


December


1


Nahum Cole Reed


66


34


December


21


Mary Long


..


35


December


Austin Allen Richardson


60


5


36


December


30


Emeline Hall


21


July


3


Lydia Parker Hoar


6


15


:25


September


4


Luther Robbins Forbush


George Liscomb Barker


49


11


25


October


William J. Hayes


44


3


3


October


19


John Clark Paige


5


16


16


May


1


Alfred Weeks


5


19


11


March


Varnum Tuttle


April


10


Henry Merrill


1


16


Mary Mahoney


19


June


3


July


18


Isabella W'ells Pelton


September


September


18


3


11


March


2I


Non=Resident Burials in 1904.


AGES


No.


DATE OF DEATH


NAME OF PERSON


RESIDENCE


Yrs. Ms. Ds.


1904


1


January


11 Ann M. Green


Watertown


63


9


14


2


January


20 Thomas Earl Smith


Littleton


1


5


20


3


February


4 Joseph Warren Hayward


Boxboro


55


10


1


4


February


7 Lydia Harris


Malden


95


10


16


5


February


21 Anna Barbara Pinkham


Boston


80


4


20


6


February


25 Lydia F. Pratt


Boston


62


9


17


8


May


5 Gertrude Frances Deffly 4 Emma C. Hunt


Brockton


53


10


19


9


May


28 Nancy M. Hayward


Fitchburg


84


3


28


10


July


9 Sarah J. Briggs


Mt. Vernon, N. Y.


18


2


2


11


August


7 Henry Orville Lothrop


Framingham


80


10


21


12


August


15 Myrick Putnam Brown


Concord


17


11


21


14


August


21 Minnie Ann Blodgett


Concord


47


2


5


15


September


21 Mary M. Perkins


Boston


75


8


28


16


October


25 Clara Blanchard


Boxboro


49


4


10


17


November


26 Minnie May Smith


Littleton


27


23


18


November


30 Maud V. Tapley


Leominster


22


10


3


19


December


8 Newell Knight


South Royalston


81


'2


16


20


December


13 Harriet White


Wayland


85


10


21


December


24 Catherine Burns


North Andover


73


3


27


April


Providence, R. I.


13


August


19 Joseph R. Bassett


Salt Lake City, Utah


1


22


Persons Having Dogs Licensed in 1904.


Edson Baird, $2 00


Charles E. Boyce,


$2 00


J. Sterling Moore,


2 00


Charles J. Williams, 2 00


Charles Morris,


2 00


Frank Williams, 5 00


Wm. F. Merrill,


2 00


Roy L. Duren, 5 00


Henry J. Stoos,


2 00


George F. Simonds, 2 00


Warren Jones,


2 00


Michael Eneguess, 2 00


F. J. Barker, 5 00


Albert H. Perkins, 2 00


Frank W. Bulette,


2 00


Lilla Willis,


2 00


Levi W. Perkins,


2 00


John Downey,


2 00


Cyrus G. Dole, (2),


4 00


Charles T. Calder, (2),


4 00


Moses Taylor, 2 00


John M. Kelley,


2 00


Francis Pratt,


2 00


W. C. Taft,


2 00


Eugene L. White,


2 00


J. Linwood Richardson,


5 00


Henry Hanson,


2 00


John Watkins, (2),


4 00


Wm. F. Watkins,


5 00


Frank Coussans,


2 00


Daniel C. Lincoln, 2 00


F. D. Morrison, 2 00


L. H. Pinkham, 2 00


Benjamin Pope, (4), 14 00


Henry M. Smith,


2 00


Carl E. Moore, 2 00


George Weaver, (2),


4 00


Catherine Green, 2 00


W. J. Webster, 2 00


Win. F. Kelley, 2 00


Wm. B. Holt.


2 00


Michael O'Connell, 2 00


Lester N. Fletcher,


2 00


L. C. Carberg, (2), 4 00


F. W. Hoit,


2 00


Clarence B. Owens, 5 00


Wm. F. Stevens,


2 00


John M. Stevenson, 5 00


Carlton C. Taylor,


5 00


Arthur Tuttle,


2 00


A. W. Lawrence,


2 00


Charles M. Kimball,


2 00


Edmund Dow,


2 00


Margaret Coughlin, 2 00


Daniel Farrar,


2 00


Smith Finney, 2 00


J. E. Durkee,


2 00


George D. Loomer, 2 00


Eva C. Shapley,


2 00


Herman A. Gould, 2 00


N. J. Cole, (3),


9 00


Luke Tuttle, 2 00


Frank A. Pratt,


2 00


Solon A. Robbins, 2 00


W. W. Hern,


2 00


Fred A. Hallowell, 2 00


Roy J. Grady,


5 00


Timothy A. Thompson, 2 00


Edward Mckean, (2), 4 00


David C. Harris, 2 00


Dexter L. Spinney, 2 00 Charles Wheeler, 2 00


23


Luther Conant, $2 00


Samuel B. Ineson, $2 00


George F. Lawrey, 5 00


O. A. Knowlton, 2 00


George W. Worster,


2 00


James A. Grimes, 2 00


Joseph Reynolds,


2 00


George Laflamme, 2 00


John F. Coughlin, 2 00


Elnathan Jones, 2 00


Arthur S. Lanoue,


2 00


Abel Farrar, 2 00


Fred E. Clark,


2 00


George E. Murphy, 2 00


Charles L. Ford,


5 00


Edward Willis,


2 00


F. G. Smith,


2 00


C. A. Sawyer, 2 00


Elizabeth Taylor,


2 00


C. S. Moulton, 2 00


Fred S. Whitcomb,


2 00


Tuttle & Newton, 2 00


Harding Bent,


5 00


Hiram E. Gates, 5 00


James Cole,


5 00


William H. Hill,


5 00


Michael G. Hayes,


5 00


Webster C. Robbins, (2),


4 00


Patrick O'Neil,


2 00


Francis S. Davis, 5 00


C. F. Sproule, 2 00


Alfred J. Morse, 2 00


Wm. S. Warren,


2 00


T. C. Lothrop, (2),


7 00


John L. Lequin,


2 00


Ellery Wright, 2 00


John Kennedy,


2 00


George A. DeLord, 2 00


Wm. C. Coughlin,


2 00


George A. Barker, 2 00


Robert G. Reed,


2 00


Fred W. Gray, (2), 4 00


F. H. Willard,


5 00


Moses Thompson, 2 00


Wm. J. Moore, 2 00


John Palmer,


2 00


Joseph R. Brown, (2),


4 00


Charles H. Sohnair, 5 00


William Rawitzer, 2 00


Orenzo Penniman, 2 00


Wm. H. Teel, 2 00


F. D. Morse, 2 00


Whole number licensed,


139


120 at $2.00 each,


$240 00


19 at $5.00 each,


95 00


$335 00


Deduct fees, 139 licenses at 20 cents each,


27 80


Amount paid to County Treasurer. $307 20


HORACE F. TUTTLE,


Town Clerk.


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Selectmen's Report


HIGH SCHOOL.


Paid A. L. Faxon, principal,


$1,100 00


Ruby M. Atwood, assistant, 500 00


Geo. C. Turner, janitor, ‘ 85 00


E. L. Wheeler, janitor, 15 00


So. Acton Coal and Lumber Co., coal, 84 40


Geo. C. Turner, wood,


11 38


Poor Farm Dept. , wood, 9 75


Geo. C. Turner, cleaning,


13 60


$1,819 13


Tuttle & Newton, incidentals,


2 56


J. L. Hammett & Co., incidentals, 2 04


Musical instruction, 46 00


$1,869 73


SOUTH SCHOOL.


Paid Inez G. Kilton, salary primary, $406 00


Martha Fagerstrom, salary intermediate, 380 00


Catherine Feeley, salary grammar, 380 00


Geo. C. Turner, janitor,


85 00


E. L. Wheeler, janitor,


15 00


So. Acton Coal and Lumber Co., coal,


84 41


Geo. C. Turner, wood, 11 37


Poor Farm, wood, 9 75


Geo. C. Turner, cleaning, 13 60


E. L. Wheeler, labor,


1 00


25


Paid Geo. C. Turner, janitor grammar school, $41 25


E. L. Wheeler, janitor grammar school, 6 25 So. Acton Coal and Lumber Co., coal grammar school, 19 73


G. C. Turner, cleaning grammar school, 8 75


G. C. Turner, wood grammar school, 8 25


$1,470 36


Tuttle & Newton, incidentals, 2 57


J. L. Hammett & Co., incidentals, 2 04


Musical instruction, 45 66


$1,520 63


CENTER SCHOOL.


Paid Nancy Bucknam, salary grammar, $120 00


Angie F. J. Main, salary grammar, 286 00


Martha F. Smith, salary primary, 444 00


Ella Miller, salary intermediate,


418 00


So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal,


22 76


D. J. Wetherbee, coal,


191 14


A. Parlin, janitor,


132 54


A. Parlin, cleaning,


25 25


A. Parlin, sawing wood,


1 00


Geo. E. Greenough, teaming coal,


31 00


Poor Farm Dept., wood,


12 00


M. E. Taylor & Co., incidentals, J. L. Hammett & Co., incidentals, Musical instruction,


$1,683 69


3 84


2 50


45 67


$1,735 70


26


WEST SCHOOL.


Paid Jennie V. Sargent, grammar salary, $120 00


Agnes C. Develin, intermediate salary, 120 00


Emma Foster, intermediate salary, 260 00


Elizabeth Sheehan, grammar salary,


260 00


Harriet Gardiner, primary salary, 456 00


Thos. Scanlon, janitor, 124 98


Thos. Scanlon, cleaning,


24 00


Thos. Scanlon, carrying water,


8 00


Thos. Scanlon, labor on wood, 1 00


E. C. Parker & Co., coal,


105 63


Hall Bros. , wood,


2 50


Poor Farm Dept. , wood,


24 00


$1,506 11


C. H. Mead & Co., incidentals,


2 29


J. L. Hammett & Co., incidentals, 2 50


Musical instruction,


45 67


$1,556 57


SCHOOL SUPPLIES.


Paid J. L. Hammett & Co.,


$195 74


Ginn & Co.,


75 37


Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,


114 83


Silver Burdette & Co.,


37 20


D. C. Heath & Co.,


6 42


American Book Co.,


15 21


Rand, McNally & Co.,


32 06


University Publishing Co.,


10 75


Lothrop Publishing Co.,


10 80


Educational Publishing Co.,


11 35


E. E. Babb & Co ,


9 12


Glynn & Bacon,


8 34


Lee & Sheppard,


6 20


Thompson, Brown & Co.,


2 57


Bessie M. Weaver,


1 50


$537 46


27


EXPRESS ON SUPPLIES.


A. W. Raynor,


$11 70


A. L. Faxon, 2 60


A. L. Noyes, 14 55


$28 85


$566 31


SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.


Paid Jens. Mikkleson, $532 00


Wm. S. Jones, 237 50


Geo. E. Greenough, 570 00


$1,339 50


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Paid West Acton Fire Dept., allowance, $117 00


So. Acton Fire Dept., allowance, 117 00


Fred W. Green, cleaning and filling chemicals, 4 25


So. Acton Woolen Co., acid,


2 67


Fitchburg Fire Dept., expense of call Littlefield fire, 4 00


Boston Coupling Co., two hydrant valves, 15 00


C. A. Durkee, repairing hose, 1 20


C. H. Mead & Co., supplies 1903, 8 02


E. A. Phalen, repairing hook, 1 00


D. H. Farrar, care of house and at- tending 2 fires, 4 00


E. W. Quimby, watching fire at Noyes, 2 00


Will Charter, labor, 60


C. W. Leach, expenses and labor Littlefield fire, 2 50


Hall Bros., 8 doz. pails, 10 80


J. L. Richardson, Littlefield fire, 10 75


28


Pasd Ernest Morse, Littlefield fire, $10 75


Frank Williams, Littlefield fire, 8 50


John Campbell, Littlefield fire, 2 50


Chas. Boyce, Littlefield fire, 2 50


Lewis Leveronia, Littlefield fire, 2 50


William Coolidge, Littlefield fire, 1 25


J. D. Christie, Littlefield fire, 50


E. S. Morse, Littlefield fire, 50


G. W. Colby, Littlefield fire, 50


C. E. Smith, Littlefield fire,


50


Wm. D. Hart, Littlefield fire, 50


A. H. Smith, Littlefield fire, 50


50


E. L. Wheeler, Littlefield fire,


Geo. E. Greenough, team, Littlefield fire, 2 00


E. Jones Est., team, Littlefield fire, 2 00


$336 29


STREET LIGHTING.


Paid Fred Green, lighting, $188 40


Harold Phalen, lighting, 82 00


Karl Jones, lighting, 53 40


Harold Simonds, lighting,


53 40


Ralph Hastings, lighting,


16 02


Earl Hayward, lighting,


37 38


D. H. Farrar, lighting,


70 00


C. H. Mead & Co,. supplies,


12 19


Tuttle & Newton, supplies, South,


89 39


Tuttle & Newton, supplies, Center,


2 24


Tuttle & Newton, supplies, West, 7 51


C. J. Holton, repairs, 1 80


Globe Gas Light Co. , repairs,


2 50


F. W. Hoit, repairs, 1 05


Automatic Incandescent Light Co., 2 lamps complete, 64 45


So. Acton Lamp, complete, 32 50


So. Acton Coal and Lumber Co., rope, Center, 83


29


C. H. Mead & Co., supplies, 1903, $53 45


D. H. Farrar, repairing and express, 2 65


Fred Green, founts, 3 60


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, Center, 34 22


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, East, 21 63


D. C. Harris, care 1 lamp, 4 00


J. D. Moulton, care 1 lamp, 4 00


S. L. Richardson, care 1 lamp, 4 00


W. J. Webster, care 1 lamp,


4 00


Abel Farrar, care 1 lamp,


4 00


Lyman C. Taylor, care 1 lamp, 4 00


Chas. Wheeler, care 1 lamp, 4 00


H. W. B. Proctor, care 1 lamp, 4 00


I. F. Duren, care 1 lamp, 4 00


M. Tobin, care 1 lamp, 4 00


$870 61


CEMETERY EXPENSES.


Paid Julian Tuttle, labor, Woodlawn, $96 53


N. G. Brown, labor, Woodlawn, 81 37


A. Parlin, labor, Woodlawn, 32 64


Arthur Tuttle, labor, Woodlawn, 8 92


J. J. Vanderveer & Co., repairing pump, Woodlawn, 5 10


Julian Tuttle, plants, Woodlawn, 1 25


L. H. Pinkham, painting, Woodlawn,


6


25


M. E. Taylor, & Co., paint, cement, etc., Woodlawn, 7 82


A. Vanderhoof, repairing pump, Woodlawn, 50


E. A. Phalen, 1 gate, Woodlawn,


3 50


A. H. Perkins, labor, Mt. Hope,


83 73


Fred Green, labor and fertilizer, Mt. Hope, 23 11 Shady Hill Nursery, Mt. Hope, 25 75


A. Batley & Son, Mt. Hope, 16 93


H. T. Clark, labor, Mt. Hope,


44 05


Shady Hill Nursery, 800 plants, Mt. Hope, 64 00


30


Paid A. Parlin, labor, North, $1 50


N. G. Brown, labor, North, 1 00


Julian Tuttle, labor, North, 1 00


H. T. Clark, perpetual care lots, Mt. Hope, 29 50 Julian Tuttle, perpetual care lots, 103 70


Julian Tuttle, perpetual care lots, plants and flowers, 17 12


J. R. Wales, binding records, 75


$656 02


ROADS AND BRIDGES.


Paid S. S. Searles, blacksmithing, $2 00


John Sheehan, blacksmithing, 20 89


S. A. Guilford, blacksmithing, 7 64


J. P. Brown, blacksmithing, 8 03


F. J. Hastings & Co., tools, 4 75


So. Acton Coal and Lumber Co., lum- ber, pipe, etc., 101 62


T. F. Parker, tools, 8 03


Good Roads Machine Co., repairs, 83 25


N. H. Tenney, repairs, 10 48


American Powder Mills, powder, 1 15


Tuttle & Newton, gasoline and supplies, 167 97


O. A. Knowlton, closing up dry bridge, 15 00


Hall Bros., lumber and posts, 5 63


E. H. Whitney, 60 loads gravel,


6 00


H. F. Tuttle, locating line at West Acton,


3 00


Anson C. Piper, expenses and labor,


1,345 08


Wm. H. Kingsley, expenses and labor,


1,187 65


A. H. Perkins, expenses and labor, 1,271 52


A. H. Perkins, 259 loads gravel, 12 95


A. H. Perkins, sundries and repairs, 17 73


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, 9 09


$4,289 46


31


Rec'd from J. B. Tuttle for crushed stone, $15 00


J. B. Tuttle, for removing wall, 15 00


E. A. Phalen, crushed stone, 6 75


For road dust,


14 50


Use of pump,


4 00


$55 25


MEMORIAL LIBRARY EXPENSES.


Paid S. Hammond Taylor, janitor,


$75 00


Wm. D. Tuttle, expenses, 10 71


Arthur Davis, librarian,


104 00


Arthur Davis, extra cataloging,


10 00


Chas. Twitchell, carrying books,


52 00


Mass. Reformatory, printing, 5 00


D. J. Wetherbee, coal and del'd, 57 18


So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal, 7 55


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies,


26 56


J. R. Wales, binding,


32 15


W. W. Oliver, repairing clock,


5 00


D. J. Wetherbee, insurance,


22 50


S. H. Taylor, 1 lamp extinguisher,


50


E. A. Phalen, 1 step ladder,


1 50


Luther Conant, wood, 5 50


Horace F. Tuttle, expenses and express, 10 57


$425 72


MEMORIAL LIBRARY BOOKS.


Paid Wm. D. Tuttle, magazines, $3 69


W. B. Clark & Co., 283 81


W. J. Bartlett, 17 18


W. A. Wilde Co., 8 03


Philadelphia book store, 14 35


National Subscription Agency, magazines, 40 80


Horace F. Tuttle, magazine, 1 50


$369 36


32


ENFORCEMENT LIQUOR LAWS.


Paid Edwin F. Knight, bill 1902,


$415 59


J. Connors, 5 00


A. S. Bradley, expenses, 33 88


Frank W. Hoit, expenses,


8 00


$462 47


Received for fines,


$54 72


STATE AID.


Paid Ephraim B. Forbush, 12 months, $48 00


Lydia Handley, 12 months, 48 00


Mary A. Parlin, 12 months,


48 00


Mary Smith, 12 months,


48 00


Addison B. Wheeler, 12 months,


48 00


Mary A. Whalen, 12 months,


48 00


John Clark, 12 months,


60 00


Aaron S. Fletcher, 12 months,


48 00


Emma Blood, 12 months,


48 00


Susan A. Clough, 12 months,


48 00


Huldah Moulton, 9 months,


36 00


Edwin Tarbell, 5 months,


20 00


Pheobe Wood, 7 months,


28 00


Mary A. Wood, 7 months,


28 00


Amelia Tarbell, 6 months,


24 00


Wm. F. B. Whitney, 1 month,


6 00


Mary A. Richardson, 2 months,


8 00


$642 00


Amt. returned from state,


RENT ACCOUNT.


Paid Mrs. Ella L. Hosmer, central hall, $125 00


Universalist Society, vestry for election, 3 00


A. L. Noyes, rent of room for supplies, 10 00


$138 00


33


SNOW ROLLER.


Paid Geo. W. Tibbitts, $100 00


B. & M. R. R., freight, 6 25


$106 25


SUPPORT OF POOR ON FARM.


Paid Moses Thompson, salary, $350 04


J. S. Moore, meat, 85 58


W. E. Whitcomb, meat, 12 38


Tuttle & Newton, groceries and supplies, 104 02


M. E. Taylor & Co., groceries and supplies, 318 44




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