Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1916-1920, Part 2

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1916
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James G. Harris, R.


96


105


117


318


Blanks


28


37


50


115


Senator Seventh Middlesex District


Frederick W. Burke, D.


15


30


17


62


Charles A. Kimball, R.


101


105


132


338


Blanks


8


7


18


33


Representative in General Court


Walter Perham, R.


101


'112


126


339


J. T. McNiff


0


0


1


1


Blanks


23


30


40


93


County Commissioner


.


Erson B. Barlow, R.


96


108


116


320


Blanks


28


34


51


113


Associate Commissioners


Frederic P. Barnes, R.


81


94


113


288


H. Harding Hale, R.


71


83


75


229


Blanks


District Attorney Northern District


William R. Scharton, D.


14


25


18


56


Nathan A. Tufts, R.


100


109


125


334


Blanks


10


9


24


43


23


Clerk of Courts


William C. Dillingham, R. 90


106


115


311


Blanks


34


36


52


122


Register of Deeds


Thomas Leighton, Jr., R.


94


106


111


311


Blanks


30


36


56


122


Register of Probate and Insolvency


Frederick M. Esty, R.


91


97


111


299


Timothy E. Quinn, D.


12


20


14


46


Blanks


21


25


42


88


Shall there be a convention to revise, alter or amend the constitution of the Commonwealth ?


Yes


35


43


42


120


No


32


39


38


109


Blanks


57


60


87


204


Shall an act by the General Court in the year 1916, to make the first day of January, known as New Year's day, a legal holiday, be approved and become law?


Yes


40


69


63


172


No


38


43


54


135


Blanks


46


30


50


126


Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year 1916, entitled. "An act to prevent the voters of one political party from voting in the primaries of another political party" be approved and become law ?


Yes


46


48


65


169


No


21


30


32


83


Blanks


47


44


70


181


24


Vote for Representative in the Eleventh Middlesex District


Walter Perham of Chelmsford, R.


Acton


Bedford


Carlisle


Chelmsford


Littleton


Tyngsboro


Westford


Total


Walter Perham of


Chelmsford, R. 339


194


79


743


162


134


293 1944


Scattering


1


1


1


3


Blanks


93


89


34


245


64


35


143


703


433


284


113


988


227


169


436 2650


25


TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


Births


Whole number recorded 34


Born in Acton 28


Males 16


Females


18


Marriages


Whole number recorded 29


Residents of Acton 43


Residents of other places


15


Deaths


Whole number recorded 24


Residents of Acton 23


Residents of other places


1


Occurring in Acton


23


Occurring in other places


1


Average age, years 61 plus


Note. The town clerk requests information of any error or omission in the lists of births, marriages and deaths.


The town clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the returns of births and deaths.


HORACE F. TUTTLE,


Town Clerk.


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1916


No. Date 1915


Name of Child


Name of Parents


1. May 1916


22. . Chamberlin, Phineas Arthur .. Theodore and Martha C. (Clough)


2. Aug. 25. . Anderson, Robert Frank .. Frank H. and Marguerite D. (Osborn)


3. Aug. 17. Anderson, John Henry .John and Olga (Osberg)


4. July 31. Braman, Clarence Edward .James W. and Edith F. (Evans)


5. Aug. 4. Bunda, Luluka .Nicholas and Hopka (Ocherak)


6. Feb. 7. . Cann, Irene Elizabeth .George A. and Hazel M. (McCrady)


7. June


12. Culver, Carol .Roy R. and Evelyn B. (Dodge)


8. Oct. 21. . Charter, Wesley Davis . William W. and Mary E. (Davis)


9. Sept. 6. Conquest, John Francis


. James Edward and Lena May (Dubey)


10. June 24. Crowley, Margaret Elizabeth .Francis Joseph and Mary Ella (Baker)


11. Dec. 1. . Crosby, Carroll Leone . William C. and Vinnie (Olmsted)


12. Dec.


4. De Benedetto, Chiarina . William and Maria (Domenica)


13. July 5. De Fegueredo, Joseph Soares . Antonio and Rose Pacheo (Silva)


14. May 1. . Gates, Ester Elizabeth Emerick P. and Nellie E. (Porter)


15. March


4. . Graff, Gladys Olivia


. Gustav Magnus and Alice Josephine (Christian- sen)


16. May


16. Hittinger, Virginia Matilda . . Harry A. and Florence A. (McNiff)


17. Nov.


11. Hopps, Lewis Herbert


John E. and Elizabeth (LeClair)


18. Oct. 1. . Ineson, Mildred Benjamin J. and Mildred J. (Battles)


19. May 2. , Kimball, June Benjamin Milton and Lena H. (Loker)


20. June 11. . Lawrey, Donald


.George F. and Elizabeth G. (Daley)


21. July


22 .. Lundblad, Elizabeth


.Emil O. and Mary E. (Jordan)


22. Sept. 15. . Mauro, Carmenilla


Frank and Mary (Palma)


23. Oct. 8. . Mauro, Joseph


.Joseph and Pasqualina (Padula)


24. Oct.


16. McNiff, Mary Elizabeth ..


.John T. and Elizabeth F. (Cotter)


25. Nov.


9. Medeiros, Elinor Isabelle .Antonio F. and Maybelle (Tape)


26. March 2. . Mitchell, William Theodore . . William M. and Margaret F. (O'Brion)


27. July 4. Perkins, LaForrest Wood


.Levi W. and Alice M. (Rice)


28. July


3. . Rothberg, Albert


.Max and Freida (Bravin)


29. Feb.


20. . Sluyski, Dorothea


Michael and Elizabeth (Senoski)


30. Oct. 18. Thatcher, Robert Henry .John Henry and Mary Angeline (Bayeur)


31. Aug.


18. . Taylor, Charles Parkhurst .. Walter I. and Harriet F. (Butterfield)


32. March


24. . West, Annie May .Hugh E. and Myrtle May (Rudolph)


33. Aug.


4. . Willis, Ruby Amanda .Carl Edward and Margaret E. (Boulder)


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1916


No.


Date


Names


Residences


1916


Place


.Clemence, Richard Haskell


.Cleveland, Ohio


Wood, Helen Atherton


. Acton


Acton . Chisholm, William Roderick .,Concord


Haniford, Helen Gertrude . West Acton


3. July


8 .. Acton


. Cutoi, Frank .


. West Acton


4. Nov.


1 ..


Belmont


. Davis, Charles E. Acton


Turner, Estelle B. . Acton


5. Oct. 1 .. Maynard . Dintino, Donato


De Benedetto, Maria


South Acton


6. June 10 .. Acton


Dillon, Stephen North .Dorchester


Harris, Rilla Lester . Acton


7. Nov. 15 .. West Acton


. Gallagher, Thomas Charles


. Waltham


Callan, Catherine Josephine . South Acton


. Gallagher, Frank A. Acton


. Newton


9. Sept. 20 .. Concord


Griffin, Franklin E. . Burlington, Vt.


Daniels, Isabella Barker . Acton


10. May 29 .. West Acton


. Hayward, Earl F .. . South Acton


Davis, Ethelyn M. . . South Acton


11. Jan. 28 .. Dorset, Vt. . Heath, Lawrence E. . West Acton


Andrews, Louise E. . Dorset, Vt.


1. Dec. 23. . Acton


2. June


14. .


Menza, Angelina


. West Acton


.South Acton


8. Oct. 22 .. Newton


Boardman, Sarah


.


12. March 22 .. Maynard Hittinger, Harry Albert . . West Acton


McNiff, Florence A. . West Acton


13. July 8 .. Concord Lane, Harry Hector . Auburndale


Fullonton, Maude Lena


. South Acton


14. March 4. . Lowell Lawrey, George F. . East Acton


Daley, Elizabeth G. . East Acton


15. Sept. 10 .. Concord


. Lindsay, Leon B. . Acton


Lee, Emma . . Concord


16. July 3 .. Maynard . Lysko, Gregory . Maynard


Sawicky, Tatinna


. South Acton


17. Oct. 14. . South Acton . Merriam, Harold Asaph . South Acton


Hodgen, Gladys Miriam . South Acton


18. Oct. 17 .. Concord Marion, Gardner S. ,Brookline


Pope, Margaret W.


. Acton


19. July 8. . Acton


. Mauro, Toni . South Acton


20. June 28. . West Acton


21. June


27 ..


Maynard


Oelschlegel, Fritz W. . West Acton Jackson, Elizabeth . Maynard


22. Oct. 4. . West Acton


Park, Wisner Irving . Concord


MacGregor, Gladys Marie


. West Acton


23. Sept. 18 .. West Acton .Reed, Joseph Hosmer .. . West Acton


Benjamin, Cora Evelyn


. West Acton


24. June


29 .. West Acton


. Smith, Horace Benjamin


. West Acton


Feltus, Myrtle Adams . .


. West Acton


Mauariello, Mackelina


. South Acton


. MacDougall, Dan Norman


. West Acton


Perkins, Eva Louise


. West Acton


25. May 10 .. West Acton . Stevens, Edwin W. . West Acton


Hosmer, Myra E. R. . West Acton 26. July 15 .. West Acton . Sweet, Charles Craig .. South Acton


27. Feb.


17. .


Tewksbury


Smith, Eva Miles


.South Acton


. Tuttle, Howard Knowlton


.South Acton


Manley, Louise Genevieve


.Tewksbury


28. June


17 ..


Acton


White, Leonard Dupee


Acton


Holden, Una Lucille


.. Acton


29. April


14. .


Brattleboro, Vt. ...


. Whitney, Harold T.


. West Acton


Jenkins, Dorothy B.


.Greenfield


DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1916


Names


No.


Date


Yrs.


Age Mos.


Da.


1.


Aug. 24. ... ·


Armstrong, Martha Page


92


0


7


2.


April 16. . ·


Baird, Sarah A.


55


0


26


3. March 9. . .. . .


Barker, Emma E.


78


10


19


4. Feb. 12.


Barrow, Amy W.


31


5


12


5. Sept. 17.


·


Brooks, Chester C.


23


6


2


7.


Aug.


6 ... ·


Briggs, Lucy A.


24


9


17


8. Aug.


16. . ·


Bresth, Sarah . .


55


11


24


10.


July 10 ..


Crowley, Bridget Josephine


66


11.


July 21 .. ·


Cuttell, Ann


80


5


28


12. Nov. 16 ..


· ·


Gilmore, Emaline A.


73


9


4


13.


June


28 .... . .


Grimes, Mary E. ..


74


7


19


14.


March 7. . ...


Hosmer, Augustine


78


2


19


15. Jan. 5 .. . .


Keyes, George R.


66


16.


Dec. 7 .... .


Pierce, Charles H.


82


2


1


17.


Sept. 29 .. . .


Stevens, Myra E. R.


66


10


9


18. Oct. 12. .


Tarbell, Amelia D.


79


6


17


19.


Feb. 7 ... ·


Taylor, Clara Tuttle


62


6


7


20. Jan. 1 .... . .


Tuttle, Daniel


73


10


8


21. March 28. . .


Tuttle, Henry Waldo


68


5


8


22. May 26.


Tuosfsky, Peter


1


6


0


23.


May 20 ....


White, John .


84


7


19


·


Billings, Martha A.


85


5


30


6. Nov. 19 .... .


9. Oct. 20 .... ·


Charter, Elizabeth R.


·


NON-RESIDENT BURIALS IN 1916


Name


No. Date of Death


1. April 17 ..


Armstrong, Arthur W. ·


62


7


9


Springfield


2. April 13. . Brown, William Curtis


3


3


6 Belmont


3. Dec. 11. . Carlisle, Eleanor .


82


10


1


Medford


4. Feb. 16 ..


Dow, Edmund


86


4


20


Concord


Woodlawn


5. Aug. 3 ..


Folger, Zenas


85


9


3


Boston


Mt. Hope


6. Jan. 9 .. Hersey, Ellen M. (Hayward)


66


4


27


Hopedale


Mt. Hope


7. June 3 .. Hayward, Margaret A. V. .


62


3


20


Boxboro


Mt. Hope


8. April 16 ..


Little, Ann Eliza


84


29


Watertown


Mt. Hope


9. April 26 .. Mason, Etta T.


52


8


17


Lynn . .


Mt. Hope


10. Sept. 28 ..


Marshall, Frank


60


10


13


Brookline


Woodlawn


11. April 7. . Whitney, Marion


1


3


5 Winchendon


Mt. Hope


(1907)


Age Yrs. Mos.


Da.


Place of Death


Place of Burial


Mt. Hope Woodlawn Mt. Hope


·


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PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1916


1


Amadon, L. Q. $2.00


Greenleaf Kennels, 2


females ; 1 male . 12.00


Brown, James A. 2.00


Bradford, Fred W. R. 2.00


Gilmore, A. H. 2.00


Green, Fred W. 2.00


Bragan, Thomas B. . . .


2.00


Brown, Murray


2.00


Hazel, Mary D. 2.00


Bursaw, H. W. 2.00


Hoit, F. W.


2.00


Baker, Ralph G. 2.00


Harris, Hattie B. 5.00


Brill, Fred E. 2.00


Holden, F. H.


2.00


Bradbury, Rolfe 2.00


Jones, Warren H.


2.00


Barteaux, Arthur 5.00


Jones, Ralph T. 2.00


Bacon, Frederic C. 2.00


2.00


Kimball, Elnathan J., 2.00


Kimball, B. Milton .. 2.00


Coughlin, John 2.00


Kennedy. Duncan S. . 5.00


Culver, Roy C. 5.00


Lewis, Herbert W. .. .


2.00


Conrad, William 2.00


Crosby, William C. . .


2.00


Laffin, Sidney


2.00


Charter, William W. .


2.00


Libby, George A


5.00


Cole, Thomas W.


2.00


Lucier, Joseph


2.00


Crosby, Clarence L. . .


2.00


Marsh, A. W. 2.00


Daniels, G. E.


2.00


Moore, J. Sterling 2.00


McGregor, Stuart 2.00


Maynard. F. B. 5.00


Dole, Cyrus G. 2.00


Mekkelsen, Jens


2.00


Densmore, J. A. 2.00


2.00


Morrison, F. D. 2.00


Enneguess, Michael . 2.00


Nealey, Edward F. 5.00


Edney, Charles F. 2.00


Newsham, Thomas 5.00


Ford, Isaac S. 2.00


Osborn, Edgar W.


2.00


Farrand, W. H. 2.00


O'Connell, Michael 2.00


Farrar, Daniel H.


2.00


Olsen, Simon 2.00


Fletcher, Lester N. (2)


7.00


Palma, John 2.00


Foster. S. J.


2.00


Priest, H. L. 5.00


Flagg, Alden


2.00


Perkins, Levi


2.00


Baird, Edson 2.00


Hayward, George 2.00


Hunt, Roy W. 2.00


Capelle, C. H. 2.00


Livermore, William J. 2.00


Daniels, Isabella B. .. 2.00 De Fegueredo, Antonio 2.00


Davis, Charles E. 2.00


4.00


Manson, H. and G. (2) 7.00


Davis, Minnie


2:00


Mekkelsen, Soren .. 2.00


Moore, William J. 2.00


Dean. William H.


Millan, Albion L. (2) 4.00


Davis. Wendell F. (2)


Knowlton, Helen A. . 2.00


Clapp, George E.


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Perkins, A. H. 2.00


Tuttle, Arthur (3) .. 6.00


Pope, Benjamin (5) .. 10.00


Tucker, George S. ... 2.00


Page, E. C. . 2.00 Turnbull, George . . . .


2.00


Ring, Mrs. John E. .. 5.00 Taylor, Charles A. (2) 7.00


Rivers, Edward E. (2) 7.00


Taylor, Moses E. 2.00


Reed, Howard 5.00


Weeks, Elinor F. 2.00


Robbins, Solon 2.00


Wood, Fred W. 2.00


Russell, John H. 2.00


West, Mrs. I. C. 2.00


Richardson, George A. 5.00


Willis, Ora A. 2.00


Sanborn, Everett R. . 2.00


Worden, Martin H. . 2.00


Stearns, Clifton S. .. 2.00 Whitcomb, Fred S. .. 2.00


Schofield, Harris C.(2) 4.00


Watkins, J. H. 2.00


Smith, Albert 2.00


Wheeler, Charles H.


Smith, Eva M.


2.00


(2) 7.00


Smith, John D.


2.00


Williams, William 2.00


Townsend, P. C.


2.00


Weaver, George T. (2) 10.00


103 licenses @ $2.00 $206.00


21 licenses @ $5.00


105.00


$311.00


Deduct fees, 124 licenses at 20c each


24.80


$286.20


Paid to county treasurer


$280.80


Due county treasurer 5.40


$286.20


35


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN


To the Citizens of the Town :


Your board has carried out the wishes and instructions" of the town, as far as possible, considering the adverse con- ditions existing the past year. As a result of the thaw of January of 1916, we found both stone and gravel roads in very bad shape, and, this, coupled with heavy and continuous rains through spring and early summer, with scarcity and increased cost of labor detained us from doing as much as we wished on repairs. We believed that the town should con- serve as far as possible, the stone roads already built, and towards that end, as soon as weather would permit, we re- surfaced and repaired such as needed it most; notably be- tween West and South, and the hill near "Wheeler's Corner," at the Center. For this purpose (with the excep- tion of one car of "Pea" stone which we purchased for patching) we crushed and laid some 800 tons of stone in these repairs. We also continued the rebuilding of the "Lowell Road" so far as the appropriation of the town, and the contributions of the state and county would permit. We would recommend that the town expend a like amount to continue the work this year.


Finding that the price of road oil had advanced about seventy-five percent, we decided to oil the stone roads only ; using for this purpose one carload of oil.


Of the one thousand dollars of the "Pope Road" money, some $758.00 was expended, weather conditions stopping the work. The interior of the town hall will tell you that the appropriation for re-decorating was well spent.


We have not at this writing found a suitable location for"


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the old stone trough at the Center, but hope to make some arrangement soon, whereby it will continue the usefulness designed by its giver. We recommend that the sum of $5,000 be raised and appropriated for the repair of roads and bridges this year. We append a brief statement of principal disbursements of road moneys :


Crushing and laying stone $1,202.12


Scraping and cleaning up roads


1,040.22


Graveling roads


327.00


Patching with oil


347.90


Miscellaneous


870.03


Fencing


63.07


Gravel


48.45


Snow expense


350.14


Oiling (labor)


304.70


Culverts


47.13


Pope road


758.00


Lowell road


2,839.62


CHARLES J. HOLTON,


WILLIAM H. KINGSLEY.


WARREN H. JONES,


Selectmen of Acton.


37


TREE WARDEN'S REPORT


To the Citizens of Acton :


I submit my report as tree warden.


The town raised for this department $400.00. Expended as follows :


Paid James O'Neil, labor, team ex- penses


$145.78


Martin Brown, labor 76.50


Pat Pickett 22.50


W. H. Kingsley, team 19.25


John Murphy, labor 6.00


State, arsenate of lead


92.25


Received for private trimming


$362.28


23.00


$339.28


I would recommend the raising of $400.00 for this department. 1


JAMES O'NEIL,


January 22, 1917.


Tree Warden.


-


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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH


The board of health submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1916:


Burial permits issued in Acton 22


Burial permits issued in other places 1


List of contagious diseases reported by the board of health, January 1, 1916. 10 December 31. 1916:


Anterior poliomyelitis


1


Chicken-pox


5


German measles


3


Measles


1


Scarlet fever


2


Tuberculosis pulmonary


2


Whooping cough


32


Deaths from contagious diseases


1


Meat Inspected for the Town


Inspected Condemned


Cattle


1074


8


Veals


815


27


Hogs


333


9


Lambs or Sheep


41


0


Your board would recommend the appropriation of $1,500.00 for our use the present year.


Respectfully submitted,


ACTON BOARD OF HEALTH,


By E. C. Page, Secy.


January 1, 1917.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


I herewith submit the following report for the year end- ing December 31st, 1916 :


Number of milch cows 502


Number of dry cows 125


Number of young cattle 175


Number of bulls 25


Number of swine 142


Number of sheep


14


Stables inspected 105


Condemned in the year with tuberculosis 17


FRED S. WHITCOMB,


Inspector.


40


REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Acton. Mass. :


Gentlemen-I herewith submit my report for the year 1916 :


General Government


Appropriation $1,800.00


Appropriation collector's and treas-


urer's bonds 150.00


Received from sealer of weights and


measures 52.06


Transferred from reserve fund 63.15


$2.065.21


Selectmen's Department


Paid :


C. J. Holton, salary $100.00


W. H. Jones, salary 50.00


W. H. Kingsley, salary 50.00


E. Z. Stanley. postage, 1915 3.62


W. H. Jones, postage 1.20


C. J. Holton, postage, telephones. etc. 10.71


Auditing and Accounting Department Paid :


Howard L. Jones, salary balance 1915 $52.80


Howard L. Jones, salary 1916 138.00


Howard L. Jones, postage and station-


ery 1.11


$215.53


$191.91


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Treasurer's Department


Paid :


Frank W. Hoit, salary $200.00


American Surety Company, bond 50.00


Frank W. Hoit, postage, telephones .. 27.64


Frank W. Hoit, certifying notes ... 10.00


$287.64


Collector's Department


Paid :


William F. Stevens, salary $71.17


William F. Stevens, expenses .66


A. M. Whitcomb, salary 368.98


A. M. Whitcomb, books, postage, rub- ber stamps, stationery 18.06


American Surety Company, bonds


115.00


$573.87


Assessors' Department


Paid :


James B. Tuttle, salary $75.00


A. M. Whitcomb, salary 60.00


William B. Franklin, salary 55.00


A. M. Whitcomb, copying valuation book 15.00


A. M. Whitcomb, book, express, sta- tionery, etc. 9.70


E. W. Prescott, services in regard to stockholders in various foreign corporations


24.00


$238.70


Town Clerk's Department


Paid :


Horace F. Tuttle, salary


$45.00


42


Horace F. Tuttle, postage, telephones, etc. 14.50


Horace F. Tuttle, attending meeting at Chelmsford 3.00


Horace F. Tuttle, collecting and re- cording births 16.50


Horace F. Tuttle, recording deaths .. 4.80


Horace F. Tuttle, recording marriages 5.80


A. H. Bartlett Company, birth pads .. .50


Dura Binding Company, 2 town reports


1.90


$92.00


Overseers of Poor Department


Paid :


William H. Kingsley, salary $50.00


Warren H. Jones, salary 20.00


Charles J. Holton, salary 20.00


William H. Kingsley, postage and tele-


phone


2.31


$92.31


Town Physician


Paid :


Hall Staples, salary


$25.00


$25.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Paid :


L. H. Cram, salary $60.00


L. H. Cram, livery expenses


10.00


$70.00


Cattle Inspector


Paid :


Fred S. Whitcomb, salary


$100.00


$100.00


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Election and Registration


Paid :


Horace F. Tuttle, registrar $25.00


Lewis T. Willard, registrar 20.00


G. E. Holton, registrar 20.00


H. F. Robbins, election officer


2.50


I. S. Ford, election officer


2.50


R. W. Porter, election officer 2.50


C. D. Cram, election officer 2.50


.J. O'Neil, election officer 5.00


F. S. Whitcomb, election officer 7.50


W. H. Kingsley, election officer 2.50


L. A. Hesselton. election officer 7.50


L. C. Hastings, election officer 7.50


L. E. Reed, election officer 7.50


C. O'Neil, election officer 7.50


C. J. Holton, election officer 5.00


J. T. McNiff, election officer 5.00


H. F. Tuttle, election officer


5.00


R. W. Porter, placing booths


2.50


L. C. Hastings, placing booths 3.75


L. C. Hastings, repairing ballot box . .


1.00


F. S. Glines, opening schoolhouse


2.00


Universalist society, rent of vestry . .


9.00


J. T. McNiff, posting warrants and re- turning ballots to town clerk 20.00


A. F. Davis, election officer 5.00


$178.25


Total general government ·


$2,065.21


Due from state for cattle inspection .. $100.00


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Buildings and Grounds


Appropriation $200.00


Appropriation decorating and painting hall 300.00


Appropriation gilding clock 35.00


Received from rent 98.00


Received old pump 7.50


$640.50


Paid :


R. W. Porter, janitor and labor on grounds $92.55


American Woolen Company, lighting, 41.06


West & South Water Supply District . 18.00


J. W. Livermore, work on common ..


8.45


L. T. Fullonton, painting 285.00


L. T. Fullonton, gilding clock 24.00


L. T. Fullonton, setting glass 3.00


South Acton Coal & Lumber Company, coal 32.08


Dexter Spinney, wood 6.00


William H. Kingsley, repairs 2.50


Town farm, wood 5.00


O. D. Wood, repairs 7.00


Davis, King Company, wiring


7.50


E. P. Gates, repairs


2.80


M. E. Taylor & Company, supplies 14.20


R. W. Porter, care of clock 25.00


Unexpended


$574.14


66.36


$640.50


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Protection Persons and Property


Police


Appropriation $150.00


Received for court fees


24.32


Received D. D. Tinnio, private work . 3.00


Transferred from reserve fund


22.13


$199.45.


Paid :


C. A. Taylor, duty $35.35


C. A. Taylor, court fees 6.45


J. T. McNiff, duty 24.00


J. T. McNiff, court fees 33.65


H. E. Gates, special duty 2.50


P. Callan, special duty


5.00


Edson Baird, special duty


5.00


J. N. Berry, special duty


13.00


L. Kempton, special duty


20.00


O. D. Wood, duty 21.50


C. J. Holton, use of auto 8.00


J. Shaughnessy, prosecuting case


against dance hall disturbers . . 25.00


$199.45


Enforcement of Liquor Law


Appropriation


$830.30


Unexpended 830.30


Fire Department


Appropriations $800.00


Paid :


West & South Water Supply District, $30.00


C. E. Smith, watching fire 2.00


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"South Acton Department, lighting ... 11.14


South Acton Department, janitor .... 31.50


C. H. Mead & Company, supplies .... 14.54


American Woolen Company, lighting, 4.53


Gutta Percha Rubber Manufacturing Company, hose 315.00


F. Oelschlegal, belts 13.60


William H. Kingsley, labor at fire


4.50


J. T. McNiff, labor and supplies


4.50


J. P. Brown, repairs


15.60


E. C. Page, cleaning


6.98


Carl Jones, cleaning


1.50


James J. Cole, cleaning


4.02


South Acton Coal & Lumber Company, coal 7.51


West Acton Department


25.25


West Acton Department, salaries


95.00


N. J. Cole, lighting


5.58


N. J. Cole, hanging door


1.14


N. J. Cole (3) engineers


15.00


South Acton Department, pay roll 12.00


W. H. Kingsley, engineer 5.00


· E. P. Gates, engineer 5.00


A. F. Harris, engineer 5.00


Total maintenance fire depart-


ment


$635.89


Unexpended


164.11


$800.00


Hydrant Service


Appropriation


$2,700.00


Paid :


West and South Water Supply Dis-


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trict, hydrant rental $2,500.00


Town of Concord, hydrant rental


184.00


$2,684.00


Unexpended 16.00


$2,700.00


Appropriation of $125.00 made at special town meeting for hydrants on Littleton road, unexpended.


Brush Fires


Appropriation


$200.00


Paid :


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, sup-


plies


$33.58


Badger Fire Extinguisher Company,


(10) extinguishers


85.00


A. F. Harris


2.80


Allen Frost


.75


A. B. Parker


.70


E. T. Rice


1.70


W. J. Costello


.70


William Stevenson


.75


0. Spinney


.75


B. Littlefield


.50


S. McGregor


.50


R. Davis


.50


R. Griffin


.50


F. Oelschelegal


.50


J. Young


.50


W. Davis


.50


D. Spinney 3.00


E. C. Page 5.60


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A. F. Blanchard 4.50


Henry Thatcher 1.25


Unexpended


$144.58 55.42


$200.00


Health and Sanitation


Appropriation $500.00


Received for inspection


12.55


Transferred from reserve fund


121.16


$633.71


Paid :


Carter, Carter and Meigs, form $6.18


Concord public library, book .84


C. A. Dudley, inspection 412.61


E. C. Page, fumigating, etc. 71.50


F. K. Shaw, school physician 50.00


H. S. Turner, printing 6.58


Asa Parlin, opening Center school and removing sealing paper 2.00


Boston Consumptives hospital 78.00


W. A. Flint, rent of land for dump .. 6.00


$633.71


Due from Edward Murphy, inspection $63.00


Moth Department


Appropriation $1,005.76


Received state treasurer, gypsy moth, 180.59


Received state treasurer, state high- way 25.63


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Received state treasurer, state high-


way . 109.50


Received tree warden, account lead .. 92.25


Private work 146.50


Lead sold


440.22


$2,000.45


Paid :


James O'Neil, labor $1,745.48


James O'Neil, labor, state highway work


66.88


Maynard & Acton Oil Company, gaso- line 25.00


Balance due from state, January 1st, 1916 351.38


$2,188.74


$188.29


Less work on state highway


66.88


Balance due from state, January 1st, 1917 $121.41


*Note. By error the accountant in his last report made amount due from the state on January 1st, 1916. $517.18; the amount should have been $351.38.


Tree Warden


Appropriation


$400.00


Received private work


23.00


$423.00


Paid :


James O'Neil, labor


$270.03


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Moth department, lead 92.25


Unexpended


$362.28 60.72


$423.00


Highways and Bridges


Appropriation $4,000.00


Appropriation Lowell road 1,000.00


Appropriation oiling roads 693.61


1.000.00


Appropriation Pope road Received :


Town of Westford, use of roller 20.00


Street dust 1.75


Town of Sudbury, use of sprinkler . . 6.75


Concord, Maynard & H. St. R. R. Co.,


4.00


South Acton Improvement Society, oiling 5.00


State treasurer, account Lowell road, 800.00


County treasurer. account Lowell road 900.00


$8,431.11


Paid :


A. H. Perkins, pay rolls $2,519.96


W. H. Kingsley, pay rolls 208.14


W. B. Franklin, labor, teams 103.25


South Acton Coal & Lumber Com- pany, supplies 159.94


Edson Baird, labor


4.00


B. F. Townsend. pipe


1.92


J. T. McNiff, repairs


9.40


J. Mekkelson, teaming


5.00


.J. Baker, Jr., liquid asphalt


101.65


Massachusetts Broken Stone Com-


panv. stone 37.00


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Dyar Supply Company, signs 11.50


Lunt, Moss Company, supplies 37.74


Standard Oil Company, gasoline . . Buffalo Steam Roller Company, repairs 15.14


75.25


George H. Reed, coal 1.60


W. H. Jones, teaming and labor


114.50


Davis, King Company, batteries and gasoline 5.55


E. T. Rice, supplies


2,60


Barbour, Stockwell Company, grate,


14.50


C. H. Mead & Company, supplies


62.96


M. E. Taylor & Company, supplies ..


36.54


J. P. Brown, jobbing 6.72


E. P. Gates, jobbing


14.15


$3,549.01


Oiling


Paid :


Alden Speares Company, oil $490.56




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