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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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