Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1901-1905, Part 6

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1901
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HELD APRIL 18, 1901.


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Luther Conant was chosen Moderator.


ART. 2. To choose two Assessors or act anything thereon. Chose E. Faulkner Conant and Chauncy B. Robbins.


ART. 3. To see if the town will choose a Board of Health, appropriate a sum of money or act thereon.


Voted, To choose a Board of Health.


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Town of Acton


Chose by ballot : Charles J. Williams for one year, Frank E. Tasker for two years, Frank J. Barker for three years.


Voted, To appropriate Fifty dollars.


ART. 4. To hear and act upon the report of any Committee.


Heard the report of the Committee chosen at a meeting held Aug. 21, 1900, to consider the improvement of the Isaac Davis Monument Grounds. The Committee presented a plan showing proposed changes of streets near the monument.


Voted, That Horace F. Tuttle be added to the Committee.


Voted, That the whole matter be left with the Committee to do as they deem expedient.


Voted, To appropriate Two Hundred dollars for the use of said Committee.


ART. 5. To determine whether the town will accept from Elbridge J. Robbins the gift of a piece of land adjoining Wood- lawn Cemetery and include it as a part of said cemetery, whether the town will purchase of said Robbins a piece of land adjoining said cemetery for burial purposes or whether it will take any other action in relation thereto.


Voted, To purchase of Elbridge J. Robbins for One Hun- dred dollars a piece of land containing about one and one-half acres, north of Woodlawn Cemetery, as recommended by the Cemetery Committee and that the Committee be authorized to give a deed to said Robbins of two burial lots included in this purchase.


Voted, To appropriate One Hundred dollars for said pur- chase.


Voted, To accept the minutes of the meeting.


Voted, To adjourn without day.


A true record, attest :


HORACE F. TUTTLE,


Town Clerk.


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Annual Reports


State Election.


PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS


HELD Nov. 5, 1901, IN PRECINCTS No. 1, 2 AND 3.


VOTES.


FOR GOVERNOR.


Precinct 1. Precinct 2. Precinct 3. Total


W. Murray Crane,


63


49


63


175


John B. Lewis, Jr.,


1


0


3


4


Josiah Quincy,


30


11


23


64


George H. Wrenn,


1


0


1


2


Blanks,


1


2


0


3


FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.


John L. Bates,


62


49


62


173


John W. Coughlin,


27


12


23


62


William H. Partridge,


2


0


3


5


Charles W. White,


1


0


0


1


Blanks,


4


1


2


7


FOR SECRETARY.


Frederick W. Clark,


1


0


3


4


Alonzo H. Dennett,


2


1


2


5


William M. Olin,


61


46


63


170


Willmore B. Stone,


28


10


19


57


Blanks,


4


5


3


12


FOR TREASURER.


George E. Batchelder,


1


0


2


3


Wendell P. Bosworth,


1


0


1


2


Edward S. Bradford,


59


45


61


165


Joseph L. Chalifoux, Blanks,


29


14


21


64


6


3


5


14


15


Town of Acton


AUDITOR.


James F. Dean,


28


11


19


58


John H. Smith,


3


0


2


5


Frank Thompson,


2


0


1


3


57


45


61


163


Henry E. Turner, Blanks,


6


6


7


19


ATTORNEY-GENERAL.


Allen Coffin,


2


0


3


5


Herbert Parker,


61


46


63


170


Arthur A. Putnam,


27


11


19


57


Clarence E. Spelman,


1


1


0


2


Blanks,


5


5


4


14


COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT.


Henry H. Benoit,


1


0


0


1


George M. Buttrick,


1


0


2


3


Francis L. Fletcher,


31


9


19


59


S. Herbert Howe,


55


48


61


164


Blanks,


8


5


8


21


SENATOR, SIXTH MIDDLESEX.


John P. Farley,


26


13


19


58


Herbert E. Fletcher,


62


45


65


172


Blanks,


8


4


6


18


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.


Edwin A. Phalen,


31


14


29


74


Webster C. Robbins,


51


41


57


149


Charles M. Kimball,


1


0


0


1


Blanks,


13


7


4


24


COUNTY COMMISSIONER.


Francis Bigelow,


67


50


67


184


Robert Lusk,


5


2


1


8


William F. Merrill,


3


0


4


7


Blanks,


21


10


18


49


16


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ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER.


Christian Beck,


10


7


24


Louis Eisner,


7


4


8


19


David T. Strange,


51


34


38


123


Edward E. Thompson,


48


39


47


134


Samuel H. Warren,


3


0


6


9


Blanks,


73


40


74


187


DISTRICT ATTORNEY.


Thomas Rooney,


8


4


5


17


George A. Sanderson,


73


50


71


194


Blanks,


15


8


14


37


CLERK OF COURTS.


Theodore C. Hurd,


66


46


66


178


George F. Ritchie,


6


2


2


10


Henry A. Smith,


5


0


3


8


Blanks,


19


14


19


52


SHERIFF.


John R. Fairbairn,


6S


46


62


176


Francis P. Finegan,


7


4


3


14


Roscoe G. Watson,


3


0


4


7


Blanks,


18


12


21


51


Vote of the 23d Middlesex District for Representative in General Court.


Acton Ayer Littl'n Shirley W'stf'd Total


74


74


21


20


49


238


Webster C. Robbins of Acton,


149


156


83


73


170


631


Charles M. Kimball of Acton, John M. Maloney of Ayer, Blanks,


1


1


1


1


24


21


10


25


S7


248


252


114


100


244


958


Edwin A. Phalen of Acton,


17


.


Town of Acton


Town Clerk's Report.


BIRTHS.


Whole number recorded, 34


Born in Acton, 33


Males,


17 Females, 17


Native parentage,


20 Foreign parentage, 7


Mixed parentage,


7 One parent born in Acton, 12


Both parents born in Acton,


0


MARRIAGES.


Whole number recorded,


15


Residents of Acton,


16


Residents of other places,


14


Oldest groom, 64 Oldest bride, 31


Youngest groom, 21


Youngest bride, 18


DEATHS.


Whole number recorded, 36


Residents of Acton, 32


Residents of other places, 4


Average age, 56+ years.


NOTE. - To make the registration as complete as possible, the Town Clerk requests information of any omission or error in the lists of births, marriages and deaths.


NOTE .- In accordance with Section 8, Chap. 32, of the Pub- lic Statutes, the Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is pre- pared to furnish to all physicians, midwives and persons applying therefor, blanks for the return of births.


HORACE F. TUTTLE,


Town Clerk.


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Annual Reports


Births Registered in 1901.


NO.


DATE


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS


1901


1 2


יו


9


Hope Kimball


3 4


16


George Albert McAllister


Mar. 7 Theresa Amelia Lundberg


66


18


Marion Morse Davis


27


George Berg


April 2 Ruth Esther Clark


10 Edgar Henry Hall, Jr.


May 2 Gladys Lorena Warren


15 Jonathan Walter Teele


30 Sidney Charles Smith


June 4 James Oscar Brodeur


11 Harold Patrick Powers


15


Orland Elwood Spinney


July


3 Eugene Philip Lowden


6 Marion Hayes


16 Ruth Bell Levy


Aug. 66


3 George Douglas Smith


13 Clarence Hill


15


Ruth Choate Harlow


66


21 Vira Lillis Stone


25


Florence Amanda Wheeler


66


31


Clara Lillian Smith


Sept. 8


13


Margaret Hall


Oct.


10


Klara Cornelia Lee


66


16


Stephen Roger Townsend


66


29


18 Harry Clifford Barteaux Mary Ruth Brazier


Nov. 28


Dec. 9


Joseph Howard Kellogg Dorothy Zoe Dusseault


33


30


Ernest Cooper Greenough Edith Sophia Tuttle


George W. and Ella J. (Hartt) Charles M. and Carrie E. (Jones) Geo. O. and Mary V. (McIntyre) Axel G. and Amanda(Lofoendahl) Fred W. and Lizzie (Morse)


George O. and Margaret (Hayes) HarryA,and CatherineF.(Keegan) Edgar H. and Angeline(Hutchins) George C. and Hattie K. (Smith) ErnestR. and MarthaR.(Shattuck) Henry and Annie B. (Gray) Chas. E. and Annie L. (Woodard) Edward and Mary Ellen (Powers) Everett and Lillian M. (Wolf) Arthur S. and Bertha M.(Newton) Mich'lG.and Kath'ineA(McNerny) Amos E. and Lena S. (Baird)' John D. and Louisa A. (Frazer) James and Mary J. (McArthur) Ellis B. and Lillian A. (Downing) Peter G. and Rose M. (McGuire) Elbr'dgeL. and FlorenceI.(Noyes) Robert J. and Hattie L. (Hawes) Chas. W. and Edna A.(Knowlton) Eugene L. and Isabella H. (Bent) John and Kristine (Kolseth)


Stephen F. and Jessie H. (Jones) Harry P.and Minnie M.(Littlefield) Andrew B. and Mary M. (Lucier) Geo. A. and Carrie I. (Campbell) George A. and Mildred F. (Mills) George E. and Sarah A.(Edwards) Luke H. and Hattie Lee (Miles)


Jan. 2


Gladys Arvilla Colby


5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32


27


Charles Oliver Brown


Town of Acton


19


Marriages Registered in 1901.


NO.


DATE PLACE


NAMES


RESIDENCES


1


Jan. 16,


George W. Worster


Acton Acton


2


April 7,


Arthur Drew


Acton


Acton


Alla Blanche Hesselton


Acton


3


April 24,


Acton


Wilhelmina West


Westford


4


April 30,


. Acton


Bertha L. Gardner


Acton


5 May 14,


Acton


Josie Champagne


Maynard


6


June 5,


Alice M. Maines


Acton


7


June 12, Acton


Mabelle Caroline McLane


Littleton Acton


8


July 3,


William F. Hale


Lilla Keniston


Acton


9


July 28,


Harry G. Robbins


Acton


10


July 31,


Acton


Acton


Marion Wood


Acton


11


Oct. 9,


John C. King


Maynard


12


Oct. 15,


Herbert L. Sawyer


Clinton


Acton 1


Grace A. Hayward


Acton


13


Nov. 11, Acton


Lottie Inez Elmes


Concord


14


Nov. 15,


Emery W. Clark


Acton


15


Dec. 24,


John Edward Kane


Acton


Acton


Sophia May Beckwith


Acton


Acton


Grace E. Tuttle


Howard B. Barnard


Concord


Rufus H. Hall


Everett


Arthur Reginald Croft


Concord


Frank L. Stiles


Concord


Acton


Arthur H. Parsons


Watertown


Bolton


Isabelle B. Whitcomb


Hudson


Sheldon E Littlefield


Acton


Carrie A. Littlefield


Acton


Waldo Proctor Lapham


Concord


Acton


Marion H. Hapgood


Hanson


Boston


20


Annual Reports


Deaths Registered in 1901.


AGES


NO.


DATE


NAMES


YR. MO. DS


1


January


18


Catherine Hurley


80


8


0


2


February


7 Mary Angeline Handley


93


3


19


3 February 10 Samuel Jones


88


5


16


4


February 16 Mary Dorsey


79


0


0


5


February 24


Ann Donahue


(about)


40


6


March


2


Isabella B. Withington


82


8


15


7


March


8


Edith A. Flagg


25


11


28


8 March


22


Mary Katherine Richardson


45


2


15


9


April


3


George William Livermore


62


8


7


10


Aprill


6


Eliza Alberta Nichols


28


7 9


11


April


28


Hannah E. Tuttle


54


9


19


12


May


4


Mary Foster Leach


44


8


18


13


June


4


John Davis


64


9


0


14


June


8


Oliver H. Houghton


77


2


3


15


June


12


Obadiah Kendall Patch


76


8


2


16


June


15


Brooks Deyarmond Wheeler


7


3


.


3


17


June


25


Benjamin Henry Patch


79


4


15


18


June


29


Ruth Alma Evans


8


4


29


19


July


8


Hannah D. Moulton


69


3


15


20


July


27


Sarah Selma Harris


47


9 0


21


August


18


Luke Blanchard


75


7


1


22


August


28


Homer J. Stone


4


4


0


23


August


28


Lillis A. McGuire


27


0


0


24


September 1


Charlotte Hapgood Ames


90


9


7


25


September 14


Michael Foley


40


0


0


26


September 17


Warren Houghton


77


10


9


27


September 29


Albert Moulton


75


10


15


28


October


12


Katherine Elizabeth Varney


62


9


0


29


October 17


Abigail Billings Smith


66


9


23


30


November 2


Jennie M, Stevenson


14


9


0


31


November


5 John M, Tapley


58


7


20


32


November


6 Harriet D. Harris


86


10


11


33


November 28


Calvin Harris


92


11 9


34


December 22


Alexander McIntyre


44


3


15


35


December 23


Fredson P. Brooks


41


9


20


21


Town of Acton


Non-Resident Burials in 1901.


AGES


DATE OF NO. DEATH


NAME OF PERSON


RESIDENCE


YR. MO. DS


1


Jan. 28


Franklin J. Wood


Boston


76


9


2 Feb. 1 Rebecca H. Knight


Royalston


72 5


3 Feb. 15 Eliza M. Parker


Worcester


94 6 29


4 March 18


Jessie W. Robbins


Boscawan, N.H. 26


3


5 April 18 George A Conant


Concord


44


6


13


6


May 12 Samuel Despeaux


Somerville


72


11


26


7 June 6 Emma R. Flint


Clinton


19


5


4


9 July 16 John R. Houghton


Toledo, Ohio 71


9


25


10


July 17 Percy Henry Austin


Maynard


6


11 Aug.


18 George H. Robbins


Warren


38


12 Aug.


23 Granville Whitcomb


Fitchburg


83


9


13 Sept. 2 Simon Hartwell


Boxboro


83


3 27


14 Sept. 13 Mary C. Wood


Boston


87


15


Sept. 24 David Shapley


Leominster


42


10


7


16


Nov. 10 James G. Goodnow


Boston


71


1


21


17 Nov. 13 Albert Palmer


Lowell


81


18


Nov. .26 Henry Levi Willard


Boxboro


64


2


24


19 Dec. 10 Mary C. Pickens


Boston


68


11


14


20


Dec. 20 James Temple


Concord


62


8


29


21 Dec. 22 Augusta H. Hartwell


Concord


53


5 15


22


Dec. 29 Sarah A. Dole


Cambridge


88


4 25


10


28


8 June 22 Isaac B. Spinney


Lowell 54


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Annual Reports


Persons Having Dogs Licensed in 1901.


J. Sterling Moore Paid $ 2 00 Luther Conant


Paid $ 2 00


F. J. Williams


5 00


John Downey 2 00


Smith Finney


17 00


Cyrus Dole 2 00


Charles M. Kimball


7 00


*Wm. B. Holt 2 00


Elnathan Jones


2 00


Mary E. Davis 2 00


Ellsworth Houghton


2 00 Wm. F. Kelley


2 00


Charles H. Morris


2 00


J. Linwood Richardson


5 00


Charles L. Ford


12 00


Michael O'Connell


2 00


Charles J. Williams


2 00


Fredson P. Brooks


2 00


M. E. Taylor


2 00


Arthur Tuttle


2 00


Albert H. Perkins


2 00


C. H. Fairbanks


2 00


H. A. Gray


5 00 Frank W. Bulette 2 00


George F. Simonds


2 00


Moses Taylor


2 00


James P. Brown


2 00


A. L. Lawrence 4 00


John Temple


2 00


J. E. Durkee 2 00


Luke Tuttle


2 00


Daniel H. Farrar 2 00


Wm. H. Lawrence


2 00


N. J. Cole 12 00


Solon Robbins


2 00


Robert Deschler 9 00


Herbert Hale


2 00


Eva C. Shapley 2 00


Charles E. Dow


2 00


Charles A. Taylor 2 00


Wm. F. Stevens


2 00


Hiram B. Livermore ·


2 00


Amasa E. Lincoln


2 00


Charles Wheeler


2 00


John Connors


5 00


George H. Brooks


2 00


Clara L. Stone


2 00


Chester Harris


2 00


Francis S. Davis


5 00


Constantine O'Neil


2 00


George W. Worster


2 00 Frank A. Pratt


2 00


Wm. F. Dusseault


2 00


George A. DeLord


2 00


Fred E. Howland


4 00


George A. Barker


2 00


Warren H. Jones 2 00 Fred S. Whitcomb


2 00


Lester N. Fletcher 4 00


Frank E. Harris


2 00


Joseph Reynolds


2 00 Frank R. Knowlton 2 00


Michael G. Hayes


4 00 O. A. Knowlton 2 00


Chauncy B. Robbins


2 00 Murray J. Brown


2 00


23


Town of Acton


David C. Harris


2 00


Wm. H. Hill 2 00


Wm. J. Moore


2 00


Charles S. Moulton 2 00


Webster C. Robbins


4 00 John McCarty


2 00


John H. Watkins


4 00 Tuttle & Newton


2 00


Hiram E. Gates 2 00


W. S. Warren


2 00


Herman A. Gould


2 00


Henry Hanson 2 00


George T. Knowlton


2 00


Francis Pratt


2 00


Willard H. Rudolph


2 00


H. H. Young


2 00


A. Risso


2 00


Samuel B. Ineson 2 00


L. Willis Mead


2 00


Benjamin Pope


5 00


S. H. Taylor


2 00


Wilbur Fiske


2 00


O. W. Penniman


2 00


Henry M. Smith


2 00


Fred W. Green


2 00


Fred M. Dempsey


2 00


Ora A. Willis


5 00


Alfred Morse


2 00


Frank J. Barker


7 00


Abel Cole


2 00


Wm. J. Hayes


2 00


Whole number licensed, 114.


Number of males, 97, at $2.00 each,


$194 00


Number of females, 17, at $5.00 each,


85 00


$279 00


Deduct Clerk's fees, 114 licenses at 20 cents each,


22 80


Amount paid to County Treasurer,


$256 20


HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.


24


Annual Reports


Selectmen's Report.


Centre School.


Paid Sara G. Small, teaching Grammar School, 12 weeks, $120 00


Sadie A. Collier, Grammar School, 25 weeks, 250 00


Ella L. Miller, Intermediate School, 37 weeks, 395 00


Cora F. Warren, Primary School, 37 weeks,


370 00


Cyrus Hale, cleaning rooms,


3 30


Julian Tuttle, janitor, cleaning rooms, 14 70


125 00


So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., 28,835 lbs. coal, 104 76


George E. Greenough, 8,995 lbs. coal, 26 95


Luther Davis, 13 ft. wood, 8 12


M. E. Taylor & Co., incidentals, 7 57


$1,425 40


South School.


Paid Roberta Dwyer, teaching So. Grammar


School, 9 weeks, $90 00


Gertrude A. Williams, teaching So.


Grammar School, 25 weeks, 250 00


Edith A. Kalloch, So. Intermediate School, 1 week, 10 00


Nellie M. Reed, So. Intermediate School, 9 weeks, 90 00


25


Town of Acton


Paid Edith H. Vinal, So. Intermediate


School, 25 weeks, $250 00


Annie M. Chase, So. Primary School, 10 1-5 weeks, 102 00


Mary A. Adams, So. Primary School, 25 weeks, 250 00


George C. Turner, janitor, 108 00


cleaning rooms, 17 20


66


fuel, 12 00


So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., 31,300 lbs. coal,


97 99


H. E. Tolman, janitor, 19 00


66 cleaning room, 6 00


E. Jones, incidentals, 3 53


Tuttle & Newton, incidentals,


6 03


J. L. Hammett Co., 5 85


$1,317 60


West School.


Paid Grace H. Trefethen, teaching West


Grammar School, 24 weeks, $240 00


Catherine E. Sweeney, West Interme- mediate School, 12 weeks, 120 00


Grace E. Webber, West Grammar School, 13 weeks, 130 00


Jean Cragin, West Intermediate School, 25 weeks, 250 00


Harriet H. Gardner, West Primary School, 37 weeks,


444 00


Thomas Scanlon, janitor,


105 00


66 cleaning rooms,


24 00


incidentals,


2 39


fuel, 1 25


66 sawing wood, 3 50


Hall Bros., fuel,


2 50


A. W. Davis, fuel,


8 00


E. C. Parker & Co., 27,500 lbs. coal, 82 56


$1,413 20


26


Annual Reports


High School.


Paid A. L. Faxon, Principal, 40 weeks, $1,000 00


Bertha A. Merrill, assistant teacher, 13


weeks, 162 50


Katherine W. Hall, assistant teacher, 27 weeks, 337 50


George C. Turner, janitor, 105 00


66 cleaning rooms, 17 20


66 fuel, 12 00


So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., 23,225 lbs. coal,


69 74


E. Jones, incidentals, 3 42


$1,707 36


Musical Instruction in Schools.


Paid Marion M. Brown, $69 00


$69 00


Transportation Public School Scholars.


Paid Jens Mekkleson, East District, $370 00


George E. Greenough, North District, 370 00


William S. Jones, Southeast District, 235 00


$975 00


School Supplies.


Paid Ginn & Co., $121 91


Rand McNally & Co.,


11 94


D. C. Heath & Co.,


18 11


J. L. Hammett Co.,


206 88


Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,


39 62


American Book Co.,


34 00


Silver, Burdett & Co.,


19 61


F. J. Hastings & Co.,


1 22


C. J. Williams, express,


11 53


A. L. Noyes, transportation,


9 20


$474 02


27


Town of Acton


Books and Apparatus for High School.


Paid Zeigler & Co.,


$3 42


Ginn & Co., 1 19


De Wolf Fiske & Co.,


18 70


E. E. Babb & Co.,


99


Tuttle & Newton,


3 25


American Book Co.,


18 82


A. L. Faxon, express,


1 20


$47 57


Roads and Bridges.


$3,500 00


Appropriation,


Paid O. A. Knowlton, 275 loads gravel, $13 75


W. H. Kingsley, commissioner, 1.238 94


A. C. Piper, commissioner, 1,229 72


A. H. Perkins, commissioner. 1,124 91


66 394 loads gravel, 19 70


66


2 shovels, 1 50


freight, 76


D. C. Harris, stone for Powder Mill bridge, 149 50


D. C. Harris, covering stone, 11 70


South Acton C. & L. Co., cement, 21 47


66 lumber, 39 76


Tuttle & Newton, drain pipe, 7 02


66 supplies, 3 06


American Powder Mills, dynamite, fuse and caps, 33 28


W. F. Hale, repairs, 13 70


J. P. Brown, 8 45


S. S. Searles, 66


13 Số


S. A. Guilford,


15 90


George F. Tibbets " 8 50


W. S. Jones, 250 loads gravel, 12 50


C. A. Whitney, 324 66


16 20


F. J. Hastings & Co., tools,


10 20


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, 4 06


T. F. McCarty, stone, 5 00


$4,003 43


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Annual Reports


Appropriation, $3,500 00


Received from C. M. & H. Street Railway, 200 00


Augustine Conant, 161 00


$3,861 00


Special Highway Work.


Paid H. A. Gould, widening and straightening road past the house of G. S. Reed, West Acton, 1900, $173 46


A. C. Piper, cutting "Brown's hill" 300 00


Massachusetts Broken Stone Company, (Main street West Acton), 513 30


A. H. Perkins, Main street West Acton, 86 70


A. H. Perkins, re-building bridge near O. A. Knowlton's, West Acton, 89 49


$1,162 95


Snow Bills.


Paid F. S. Whitcomb, 1900-1


$19 51


W. A. Flint,


66


4 92


F. W. Bulette,


66


48 29


W. H. Kingsley,


66


47 20


W. S. Jones, .


66


55 00


A. H. Perkins,


66


50 94


T. F. McCarty,


66


62 40


E. Anderson.


66


14 95


A. C. Piper,


66


59 63


W. C. Robbins,


66


69 65


$432 49


Paid W. A. Flint,


1901-2,


$17 96


F. W. Bulette,


66


15 32


F. S. Whitcomb,


8 95


A. H. Perkins,


38 72


A. C. Piper,


66


25 02


W. M. French,


3 36


W. H. Kingsley,


19 10


T. F. McCarthy,


20 65


29


Town of Acton


Paid W. C. Robbins, 1901-2


$19 20


E. Anderson & Co.,


25 15


L. N. Fletcher & Co., "


6 82


Shirley Jones, 66


13 36


$213 61


$646 10


Support of Poor on Farm.


Paid F. J. Barker, M. D., medical attendance, $29 90


E. C. Parker & Co., grain, 400 26


F. J. Hastings & Co., grain, 29 89


harrow, 9 25


17 40


Tuttle & Newton, grain, 66 supplies,


18 88


M. E. Taylor & Co.,


388 58


C. H. Mead & Co., 66


43 82


H. A. Littlefield, 66


14 58


Moses Thompson, superintendent,


350 01


A. McArthur, labor, 202 56


W. C. Robbins, cow,


55 00


O. H. Forbush, 2 cows,


99 00


F. W. Bulette, horse,


135 00


C. H. Goldthwaite & Co., wheel chair, 20 25


G. S. Withington, harness, 15 00


60 00


B. & M. R. R., milk checks,


62 40


M. Thompson, for fertilizer,


6 00


peaches,


1 00


66 freight on chair,


70


6.


repairing harness, 25


dynamite caps, 22


66 repairing shoes,


90


66 use of bull,


2 00


T. Harmon, labor,


J. W. Livermore, use of planter,


25


drag plank,


2 25


Edward Adams, use of pump,


2 00


S. S. Searles, repairs, 15 60


3 00


C. B. Robbins, cow,


30


Annual Reports


Paid E. B. Harlow, supplies, $39 59


J. S. Moore, 66 80 66


W. E. Hayward, repairing harness, 2 50


F. C. Livingstone, barrel soap, 4 00


D. C. Harris, democrat wagon, 40 00


South Acton, C. & L. Co., 5,130 lbs. coal, 16 66 J. E. Rice, repairs, 1 75


Whitcomb & Perkins, pasturing 2 heifers, 8 00


J. B. Tuttle, pasturing 2 heifers, 13 21


66 M. machine repairs, 3 89


I. F. Duren, burial expenses, Patch Bros., 42 00


C. E. Switzer, repairs, 3 70


O. H. Forbush, 3,655 lbs. hay, 31 98


$2,273 89


Support of Outside Poor.


Paid Mrs. J. H. Wood, for aid F. J. Wood family, $ 10 00


Worcester Insane Asylum, for board Clara Wheeler, 169 46


Worcester Insane Hospital, for board Anna H. Parlin, 169 46


State Treasurer, for board J. A. McLane, 68 25


Worcester Insane Hospital, for board J. A. McLane, 42 71


C. H. Mead & Co., for aid J. Hurley family, 25 33


O. A. Knowlton, for aid J. Hurley family, 8 00


Hall Bros., wood for J. Hurley, 1 25


F. E. Tasker, M. D., med. attendance on J. Hurley, 5 00


F. J. Baker, M.D., med. attendance on family W. J. Moore, 39 50


F. J. Barker, M.D., med. attendance on family J. Hill, 6 00


M. E. Taylor, aid J. Hill, 1 64


I. F. Duren, burial expenses 2 children Elbridge L. Wheeler, 23 00


$569 60


31


Town of Acton


Soldiers' Relief.


Paid F. J. Barker, M.D., for med. attendance on A. B. Wheeler, $27 25


F. J. Barker, M.D., for med. attendance on Rebecca C. Wright, 8 25


City of Marlboro, for aid W. F. B. Whitney, 16 00


H. T. Clark, for burial Albert Moulton, 35 00


H. T. Clark, for burial J. Henry Wood, 35 00


$121 50


Due from Commonwealth, 70 00


Cemetery Expenses.


Paid Julian Tuttle, for labor in Woodlawn, $148 84 Julian Tuttle, for perpetual care of lots in Woodlawn, 42 75


Julian Tuttle, for plants for Nancy K. Handley lot, 3 00


Wm. W. Davis lot,


1 00


H. O. Lothrop lot,


70


H. T. Clark, for labor in Mt. Hope, 37 75


F. W. Green, labor, Mt. Hope, 32 90


Unexpended balance, 1900 contribu- tions, 11 30


A. A. Richardson, labor, Mt. Hope, 6 75


J. Hannaford, 66


7 50


J. H. Whitcomb, 66


6 90


C. H. Schnair, 83


A. H. Perkins,


220 88


H. T. Robbins,


20 75


H. T. Clark, for perpetual care lots, Mt. Hope, 7 00


Hall Bros., lumber for Mt. Hope, 7 14


C. H. Mead & Co., supplies for Mt. Hope, 76


S. A. Guilford, repairs, Mt. Hope, 98


Waldo Bros., cement for Mt. Hope, 12 50


Wilfred Wheeler, plants for Mt. Hope, 20 00


$590 23


32


Annual Reports


Appropriation,


$500 00


Income Cemetery Fund,


54 45


Unexpended bal., 1900,


11 30


$565 75


Overdrawn, $24 48


Repairs-Town Buildings and Grounds.


Paid Geo. G. Keith, repairs Meml. Library, $ 2 50


C. O'Grady, repairing walk Library, 70 00


Geo. G. Keith, repairs South School, 105 76


66 Centre School, 15 95


66 West School, 9 81


furnace for West School, 342 00


J. E. Rice, repairs West School, 7 31


Hall Bros.,


7 92


T. Scanlon, 66


14 41


C. H. Mead & Co., repairs West School, 10


S. A. Guilford


66


66


66


70


R. Wayne,


66


3 50


G. C. Turner, repairs South School, 24 71


South Acton C. & L. Co., repairs South School, 23 69


South Acton C. & L. Co., repairs West School, 12 22


F. E. Harris, repairs South School, 2 50


S. Jones,


22 42


F. Z. Taylor, 66 66


5 60


C. J. Williams, repairs school build- ings, 2 23


Chandler Desk Co., repairs, 55 19


J. L. Hammett Co., tables and chairs, 28 38


66 school repairs, 7 49


W. S. Kelley, painting West School house, 169 69


C. J. Williams, repairs C. School, 1 00


Julian Tuttle, 66 1 90


75 G. W. Daniels, repairs West School, 66 South School, 2 25


Julian Tuttle, repairs C. house cistern, 1 60


33


Town of Acton


Paid W. H. Kingsley, repairs library grounds, $10 65 6 Mon. 12 05


66 teaming cannon, 7 00


J. E. Rice, repairs Town Farm, 7 25


A. L. Noyes, cutting grass C. School, 2 00


D. C. Harris, 2 bases for cannon. 46 00


Julian Tuttle, labor on foundation, 16 30


W. H. Kingsley, labor on Mon. grounds, 138 55 Julian Tuttle, 66 35 15


South Acton C. & L. Co., cement for Mon. grounds, 3 00


$1.219 53


Miscellaneous Expenses.


Paid M. D. Jones & Co., markers for sold- iers, 1812, $18 00


C. E. Brodeur, painting road scraper, 16 43


W. F. Stevens, collector abatements for 1899, 39 25


W. F. Stevens, collector abatements for 1900, 135 19


W. F. Stevens, collector abatements for 1901, 100 39


Isaac Davis Post G. A. R., 50 00


C. H. Persons, tuning piano, 2 50


4 11


B. & M. R. R., freight, 66 on cannon,


53 63


Horace Partridge, flags,


4 80


J. Hill, care of Town Hall, clock, flag, pump and heater, 77 40


H. T. Clark, repairing fence, 1 25


E. Jones, 11 doz. flags, 3 08


T. Scanlon, water for West schools, 8 00


Hobbs Warren Co., collector's books, 3 00


Parker & Bateman, survey and plans, E. Acton R. R. crossing, 68 32


A. H. Perkins, labor on State Road, order Highway Com., 70 86


Geo. G. King, legal services, Dwyer case, 10 00


34


Annual Reports


Paid Geo. H. Holt, pump and fixtures for So. Acton, $43 79


66 66 expenses, W. Acton, 10 00


So. Acton C. & L. Co., supplies for So. well, . 3 25


T. Scanlon, opening room for Selectmen and Registers, $3 50


Universalist Society, So. Acton, for use of vestry election day, 3 00


C. J. Williams, expenses S. Com., 5 43 66 postage, 2 58


H. E. Richardson, supt., expenses hiring teachers, 11 01


H. E. Richardson, supt., postage and stationery, 10 00


W. F. Stevens, postage, stationery, tel- ephone and express, 23 18


W. F. Stevens, expenses to Boston and Hudson, sundry cases, 6 33


W. F. Stevens, State Aid inspection, 4 00


C. H. Persons, justice peace,


25


A. S. Rowe, speaker H. S. graduation, 15 00


A. Tuttle, music for "


30 00


Julian Tuttle, labor in Town Hall, 30


stamp for beef, 1 90


Joslin & Mendum, for legal services, Acton v. Maynard, 48 20


Joslin & Mendum, for legal services East Acton grade crossing, 72 14


Joslin & Mendum, for legal services, St. Ry. franchise, 10 00


Joslin & Mendum, for legal services, So. Acton reservoir, 5 65


F. E. Tasker, M.D., reporting 15 birthis, 3 75


I. L. Packard, “ 1


25


F. J. Barker, “ 66


10 6!


2 50


H. H. Braley, “ 2


50


F. U. Rich, 66


2


50


F. P. Flagg, 66 66


2


50


-


35


Town of Acton


Paid James Kinsley, use of road, $8 00


H. F. Tuttle, binding Town reports,


75


66 ink, 25


66 stationery, 2 42


66 exp. postage and tele. 3 27


66 survey and plan Mon.


grounds, 5 00


H. F. Tuttle, survey and plan E. J. · Robbins' land, 4 00




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