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$366.87
No appropriation made for drains. This account is properly chargeable to highways.
Due from Bracey Curtis, one-half of cost of Short Street reservoir and drain (in part), . 84.18
Balance chargeable to highway account, $282.69
SEWER. (See report in detail by Superintendent of Streets.)
Paid C. A. Hicks, plans and surveys, $147.85
J. H. Brigham, tending sewer, February and March, 1893, . 2.00
G. W. Kingsbury, account of labor, 1,181.91
$1,331.76
Appropriation at special town meeting, June
3, 1893, . $1,500.00
(No provision made for raising this amount by tax.)
Due from J. M. Dix, for gravel and loam, . 7.35
Calvin Fuller, for gravel and loam, 40.00
M. L. Sweeney, for gravel and loam, 80.00
H. M. Parker, for gravel and loam, 34.00
1,661.35
Balance available for further work
$329.59
TAXES.
Paid State tax,
1893
$1,375.00
County tax, .
66
1, 176.65
-
Town of Walpole tax,
1.74
Town of Millis tax,
66
7.28
Carried forward, .
$2,560.67
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Brought forward,
$2,560.67
Abatement of taxes, 1891 : -
Geo. W. Babcock,
$2.00
Horace Cushman,
2.00
Wm. Dugan, Jr., .
2.00
L. A. Farnsworth,
2.00
Isaac E. Guild,
2.00
Joseph Shea,
2.00
12.00
Abatement of taxes, 1892 :-
George W. Babcock,
$2.00
Edward F. Carpenter,
2.00
Matthias Carter,
2.00
Llewelyn Clark, ·
2.00
Wm. Dugan, Jr.,
2.00
Allison B. Dyer,
2.00
Thomas Dwyer,
2.00
Frederick Eastman,
2.00
Isaac E. Guild,
2.12
F. W. Heustis, .
6.1I
Wm. Joyce, .
2.00
Isaac Kelley,
2.00
Maria Newell, .
4.15
Henry Nyland,
2.00
Mary M. Phelps, estate,
3.00
Perley Proctor,
2.00
Warren Shuman,
2.00
Frank Tibbetts,
2.00
David Wright, .
2.00
Joseph H. Wyeth,
2.35
W. P. Clark, trustee,
.60
Abatement of taxes, 1893 :-
George H. Wright,
$6.00
M. L. Cheney, .
1.00
.
48.33
7.00
$2,628.00
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INTEREST.
Paid Hamlet Wight, guardian Daisy E. Curtis, 5% interest on note, $105.00 Trustees of School Fund, 6% interest on Trust Funds, 150.6I
Sarah G. Shumway, 5% interest on note, 50.00
Medway Savings Bank, 4% interest on notes, . 80.00
Searle, Dailey & Co., 5% interest on temporary loans,
20.82
$406.43
Appropriation raised by tax,
400.00
Exceeded, .
$6.43
For expenditures for support of poor in and out of Almshouse, repairs of Almshouse, care of in- sane in hospitals, and charges at School of Feeble-minded, see detailed report of Over- seers of the Poor.
INSURANCE REPORT.
Insurance on Town House. Expires
American Insurance Company, .
Hartford Insurance Company, . . North British and Mercantile Co., . Westchester Insurance Company, .
July 13, 1894, $5,000.00
July 13, 1894, 5,000.00
Aug. 14, 1894, 5,000.00
Oct. 4, 1894, 5,000.00
$20,000.00
Insurance on Centre School House.
Norfolk Mutual Company, . Home Insurance Company, . American Insurance Company, Westchester Insurance Company, . Hartford Insurance Company, .
Sept. 1, 1895, $1,300.00
Aug. 25, 1897, 2,500.00
Oct. 26, 1897,
1,500.00
Oct. 26, 1897, 1,500.00
Dec. 7, 1897, 2,500.00
$9,300.00
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Insurance on Almshouse Property. Norfolk Mutual Company, $2,000 on house, $600 on barn and outbuildings, .
June 13, 1894, $2,600.00
Insurance on Personal Property at Almshouse.
Dedham Mutual Company, . . Nov. 1, 1894, $1,475.00
Insurance on North School House.
Norfolk Mutual Company, .
Oct. 1, 1895, $2,000.00
Insurance on South School House. Norfolk Mutual Company, . . . Nov. 1, 1894, $1,400.00
Insurance on Public Library.
Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Apr. 26, 1894, $1,500.00
Ætna Insurance Company, . . Mar. 8, 1895, 1,000.00
$2,500.00
Insurance on Weights and Measures.
Dorchester Mutual Insurance Co., Sept. 7, 1895,
$400.00
RESOURCES.
* Town House,
$25,000.00
* Town Farm, . 4,500.00
* School-houses, . 12,000.00
* Cemetery, 3,000.00
* Public Library, .
2,000.00
* Fire apparatus, .
2,000.00
* Trust Funds,
5,400.00
Road-scraper, .
250.00
Hearse, .
500.00
Property in Millis (assessed value),
500.00
Property in Walpole (assessed value),
125.00
¡ Due from Collector :
Uncollected taxes, 1891, $32.77
1892,
293.38
1893,
2,238.62 2,564.77
Carried forward, .
$57,839.77
* As per report of Assessors to Tax Commissioner of the Commonwealth.
t See report of Collector.
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Brought forward, . · $57,839.77 Amount due from Sarah E. Carr, account of support of
the late John E. Bullard, . 194.6I Amount due from town of Brewster for aid furnished Mrs. L. A. F. Small, 30.00 Amount due from town of Andover for aid furnished Mrs. Shattuck, 4.00
Amount due from Bracey Curtis, account Short Street drain, 84.18
Amount due from Martin Sweeney for gravel and loam, 80.00
Amount due from J. M. Dix, gravel and loam, 7.35
Amount due from Calvin Fuller, gravel and loam,
40.00
Amount due from H. M. Parker, gravel and loam,
34.00
Amount due from Overseers for sundry items, account Poor Farm, 151.39
Cash on hand, Feb. 1, 1894,
1,648.72
$60, 114.02
LIABILITIES.
Note of Treasurer to Medway Savings Bank, . $2,000.00
Note of Treasurer to Trustees School Fund, 2,510.20
Note of Treasurer to Hamlet Wight, guardian Daisy E. Curtis, 2,100.00
Note of Treasurer to Sarah G. Shumway,
1,000.00
Notes of Treasurer to Harwood Brothers, ten notes of $150 each, .
1,500.00
The George Cummings Trust Fund,
1,000.00
The George M. Smith Trust Fund,
500.00
Legacies for care of lots in cemetery : -
The Mary T. Derby, $100.00
George M. Smith,
100.00
Mary F. Ellis,
100.00
Nancy Curtis,
50.00
Mary M. Phelps,
50.00
400.00
Unpaid warrant, No. 229, favor Wilbert H. Clark, . . 6.59
$11,016.79
Resources as per statement, $60, 114.02
Liabilities as per statement, 11,016.79
Present worth,
$49,097.23
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QUICK ASSETS. (See Resources.)
Cash balance, Feb. 1, 1894, $1,648.72
Due from Collector,
2,564.77
Sarah E. Carr, .
194.61
Town of Brewster,
30.00
Town of Andover,
4.00
Bracey Curtis, .
84.18
Martin Sweeney,
80.00
Overseers,
151.39
J. M. Dix,
7.35
Calvin Fuller,
40.00
H. M. Parker,
34.00
$4,839.02
LIABILITIES.
As per statement,
$11,016.79
Floating debt,
$6,177.77
In behalf of the citizens of Medfield, we extend a vote of thanks to Hon. E. V. Mitchell for his gift of additional voting booths, thus facilitating the voting at elections, especially during the noon hour when the polls are open.
We also desire to thank Mr. J. B. Hale for his generous gift of the ornamental lamp and post located at the junction of Main and South Streets, also to Hon. E. V. Mitchell for oil, and Mr. Thomas E. Schools for care of the same.
Guide-boards are maintained at places requiring them.
It is our opinion that the public affairs of the town should be conducted upon the same business principles as the affairs of successful firms and corporations. With all due respect to the gentlemen who have served you in public office in former years, we beg to call your attention to the general policy which seems to have been adopted in the management of your public affairs, and also to the somewhat careless methods adopted by you in your public meetings.
In past years you have readily appropriated money for specific purposes ; and the policy pursued has been to spend or "work out " every cent of such appropriations - whether necessary or
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not- and in most cases the expenditures have exceeded the appropriations. This is wrong, and should be remedied. Your present Board of Selectmen beg to confess a certain amount of allegiance to this mistaken policy. We call your attention to it, that the incoming Board may profit by the experience of the past, and direct their energy to a correction of the evil. But a word of caution to you in your public meetings. You are generous, and ready to respond to any call in behalf of the public welfare ; but, when you appropriate specified amounts for certain purposes and provide for the payment of the same, do not forget to provide for the raising of the amount. You should remember that the only substantial source of income is by direct taxation. If you appro- priate more than you raise, you must of course create or increase a debt. In other words, "live within your income." If such a policy had been pursued, your present indebtedness would not have been incurred.
SEWER.
At your special town meeting held May 27 and adjourned to June 3, 1893, you authorized an appropriation of $1,500 to extend the sewage system; and the committee appointed to investigate the subject reported that, in their opinion, the sewer should be extended through North Street from Vine Brook to Main Street, and thence along Main to South Street. Your Board held a dif- ferent opinion, and adhered to the original plan of starting at Main Street and running through Janes Avenue to North Street, and thence to the present sewer. No work was done upon either line, as the public health, fortunately, did not imperatively de- mand it. Therefore, this part of the work was left for the more careful consideration of the citizens.
The question of removing the unsatisfactory conditions existing at the Sewer Distributing Beds has received proper attention, and the evil has been abated. Upon examination we found the original construction to have been wrong. The beds, to perform the work required of them, should be of gravel. Upon the old beds we found a surface of from six to eight inches of gravel, then a strata of hard loam from six to twelve inches thick, through which it was impossible for the sewage to percolate or even pene- trate. We caused the removal of the entire lot of this surface gravel and loam, and filled in with new gravel. In doing this, we
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increased the size of the beds, so that now the distributing surface is at least one-third larger than before, and is in condition to absorb a much larger quantity of sewage. No further work upon these beds will be necessary, other than their regular care. By referring to the financial statement, it will be seen that about one thousand dollars was expended upon this work, leaving about five hundred dollars of the appropriation still available for the exten- sion of the sewer pipes in the centre of the town.
The funds in the treasury were used to defray the expenses incurred ; and the fifteen hundred dollar ten-year loan has not yet been negotiated, as authorized. We recommend the completion of the work the coming season.
PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS.
The present condition and disposition of the Trust Funds are unbusiness-like and antagonistic to the true meaning of the will of the testators. Aside from the School Trust Funds, the legacies received by the town have been paid to the Treasurer, who has used them with the general funds in payment of general bills, thus making them at the same time both a resource and a liability. The only record of these Trust Funds is upon the Treasurer's cash book. We recommend a Board of Trustees for the purpose of managing the Trust Funds in a business-like manner, and report- ing in detail each year to the town.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
To keep pace with modern improvements, we recommend the establishment of an electric lighting plant, to be owned by the town. To consummate this idea,- that our citizens may have the benefit of this improvement both in the streets and in their houses,- we favor the bonding of the town for such an amount as may be necessary for the installing of such a plant.
LOCKUP.
We recommend the improvement of our lockup by putting in steel cages in the room now used by the Superintendent of Streets for storing tools for highway use. Any plan that may be adopted, however, would be preferable to the inhuman one we now possess.
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BRIDGES.
An appropriation of five hundred dollars was made at our last annual meeting for a new bridge on Foundry Street ; but your Board decided that it would be unwise to expend that amount at present in building a new bridge, when a few repairs would main- tain the old bridge in a safe condition for some time.
SEALING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Your Board called upon Mr. R. A. Battelle, Sealer of Weights and Measures, for his report. He informs us that he posted notice according to law, but during the year no application had been made by any merchant or dealer for testing or sealing their weights or measures.
SALARIES.
There is no established rate of compensation for town officers. With few exceptions the town officers fix their own salary. This system is wrong, and we recommend that the matter be adjusted at your next town meeting.
APPROPRIATIONS.
For the purpose of meeting the running expenses of the town for the current year, we recommend the following appropriations to be raised by tax : -
Teaching schools,
$2,500.00
Fuel, care, and supplies,
1,000.00
Highways, . 2,000.00
Bridges, . 150.00
Sidewalks, 100.00
Concreting sidewalks (abuttors to pay one-half), 300.00
Removing snow, .
500.00
Fire Department,
600.00
General expenses,
600.00
Insurance, . 750.00
Town officers, 1,650.00
Support of poor at Almshouse, 700.00
Support of poor out of Almshouse,
200.00
Carried forward,
$11,050.00
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Brought forward, . . $11,050.00 Insane in hospitals and charges in School of Feeble- minded,
500.00
Interest,
500.00
Public Library,
100.00
Cemetery, .
300.00
Memorial Day,
50.00
Soldiers' relief,
180.00
State tax,
1,375.00
County tax,
1,176.65
Town tax, .
10.00
Note due Dec. 1, 1894,
150.00
$15,391.65
ALMSHOUSE.
Upon the Almshouse we have no comment to make. The re- port of the Overseers speaks for itself.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY M. PARKER, Selectmen B. F. SHUMWAY, of
WILMOT W. MITCHELL, Medfield.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS AND TAX-PAYERS OF MEDFIELD :
As town auditor for the financial year ending Jan. 31, 1894, I beg leave to submit the following report : -
I have carefully examined all bills presented to your town for payment, both extensions and footings, and have compared those bills with the orders drawn by the Selectmen on your Treasurer for their liquidation. I certify to the correctness of the same, as they appear in the Selectmen's report for the financial year.
I have examined the account of your Town Treasurer, both debit and credit, and certify that they are correct.
I will add that I heartily indorse the recommendation of the Selectmen regarding the disposition of all Trust Funds, some of which appear to me to be improperly provided for. I also in- dorse the recommendation that the affairs of your town be con- ducted on a more business-like, economic basis, with a view of reducing the town's indebtedness.
P. H. LEAHY, Auditor.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Trustees of the library submit the following report : --
The financial condition of the library will be found in the Se- lectmen's and Treasurer's reports. During the past year about one hundred books have been added to the library. As we are about to purchase a number of new books, it has been thought best to delay the issue of the annual Supplement to the Catalogue until this addition has been made.
The usual appropriation will be amply sufficient for all the needs of the library for the ensuing year.
After a trial of two years the Trustees are reluctantly compelled to admit that the maintaining of a reading-room has not been a success. With all the added conveniences and the valuable list of periodicals that have been placed at the disposal of the public, we find that the number who avail themselves of the use of the room has been so small that we do not feel warranted in keeping it open except on library nights.
The issue of magazines outside of the room has met with much favor ; and we shall continue to let them out, on seven-day time, as heretofore.
The following-named magazines have been subscribed for the present year, and can be obtained the same as other books upon application to the librarian : Cosmopolitan, Scribner's Monthly, Harper's Monthly, Harper's Weekly, Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Les- lie's Monthly, Century, Scientific American, St. Nicholas, Current Literature, and Review of Reviews.
The reading - room will be kept open Tuesday and Saturday evenings until nine o'clock. Non-residents and visitors are cor- dially invited to avail themselves of its use.
JOHN H. RICHARDSON, } STILLMAN J. SPEAR, E. V. MITCHELL, BRACEY CURTIS, W. P. HEWINS, 2d, GEORGE H. SMITH,
Trustees.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1893.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
PARENTS.
Jan. 3.
Helena Mitchell.
Edwin V. and Blanche E. Mitchell.
Jan. 19.
Lethadell Morrill.
George W. and Mary E. Morrill.
Jan. 23.
Carlton Winsor Kingsbury.
Allan A. and Lillian P. Kingsbury.
Mar. 18.
Alphies Blake Hanks.
Warren S. Blake and Aphia L. Hanks. John and Anna M. Rodowsky.
June 2.
Martha McLanen Mollison.
Alexander and Jennie Mollison.
July 21.
Carl Vinton Luther.
Charles W. S. and Fannie C. Luther.
July
2I.
Willard Hartshorn Blood.
Lester W. and Carrie L. Blood.
July
24.
Norah Theresa Toner.
Michael and Mary Toner.
July
27.
Vina Inez Dix.
Joseph M. and Ada C. Dix.
July
30.
Olive May Kingsbury.
Albert D. and Annie H. Kingsbury.
Aug. 15.
Lina Isabell Kingsbury.
Waldo E. and Chilla M. Kingsbury.
Sept. 10.
Alice May Hopkins.
Sept. 15.
Gladys Dawson.
James H. and Abbie D. Dawson.
Oct.
7.
Mae Hollis Gleason
Harry L. and Frances S. Gleason.
Nov. 6.
Clyde Munroe Shattuck.
Charles M. and Emma J. Shattuck.
Nov. 9.
Porter Lamb Schools.
John H. and Minnie E. Schools.
Dec. 18.
Leah Armstrong Stevens.
William S. and Amelia J. Stevens.
Dec. 20.
Helen Alexander.
Jonathan M. and Sarah E. Alexander.
Total, 20. Males, 7. Females, 13.
N.B .- Parents are reminded that they are required by law to give notice, within ten days thereafter, of all births occurring in their families. Blanks for this purpose will be furnished on application to the Town Clerk.
It is of vital importance that the birth of every child should be registered. In questions of law, succession of property, pension claims, and in many other cases, the want of this evidence may be of incalculable injury to the child.
Arthur Mitchell Hopkins.
Everett D. and Minnie E. Hopkins.
May
14.
Grace Helena Rodowsky.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1893
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE. BY WHOM MARRIED AND WHERE.
Feb. II. - Preston H. Clark, Eva C. Plummer,
Medfield, Millis, Mass.,
Brockton, Mass.,
Feb. 25.
Hannah B. St. John,
Medfield,
George F. Marden,
Shelburne, Mass., Shelburne, Mass.,
April 6. Rhoda R. Rice, April 12. George Byron Fountain, Effie Watts Davis,
Medfield,
Medfield,
April 17.
Harriet L. Richards,
Medfield,
May
6.
Annie W. Giles,
Medfield,
May 16.
Lewis L. Adams, Caty Delvar Leonard,
Medfield, Medfield,
In Medfield, by J. B. Hale, Justice of the Peace. In S. Natick, by Rev. J. A. Donnelly.
June 26.
Abbie L. Fitzgerald,
Medfield,
Albert C. Lovering,
Franklin, Mass.,
June 27.
Allice A. Walton,
Medfield,
June 28.
Herbert J. Cook,
Medfield,
In Norwood, by Rev. George Hill. In Chelsea, by Rev. R. P. Bush.
July 31.
Louisa A. Collins,
Medfield,
Albert H. Stinson,
Cambridge, Mass.,
Aug. 24.
Hamar N. Twitchell,
Sherborn, Mass., Dover, Mass.,
Sept. 9.
Margaret M. Webster, Eugene A. Rankins,
Walpole, Mass.,
Sept. 19.
Vonie E. Stain, Seth L. Grant,
Taunton, Mass., Medfield,
Sept. 20.
Arlettie Smith,
E. Bradford, Me., Medfield, Medfield,
Oct. 3.
Mabel J. Mason,
N. Clarendon, Vt., Medfield,
Nov. 16.
Albert J. Babcock,
Millis, Mass.,
Nov. 16.
Moses F. Clark,
Medfield,
Dec. 6.
Cassandra Mann,
Medfield,
S Alfred H. Daniels,
Boston, Mass.,
Dec. 25.
Nellie E. Brigham,
Medfield,
In Millis, by Rev. A. H. Wheelock.
Whole number of marriages recorded, 21. Married in town, II. Married out of town, 10. Non-resident couples married here, 4.
In Medfield, by Rev. A. M. Crane. In Bradford, Me , by Rev. S. T. Page. In Medfield, by Rev. A. M. Crane. In Rutland, Vt., by Rev. G. Braislin. In Millis, by Rev. A. H. Wheelock. In Medfield, by Rev. J. A. Savage. In Medfield, by Rev. N. T. Dwyer.
Sept. 20.
Sidney Apt, Ella Fuller, Herbert L. Mitchell,
Aspen, Col.,
In Medfield, by Rev. N. T. Dyer. In Medfield, by Rev. N. T. Dyer. In Medfield, by Rev. A. M. Crane.
Benjamin Kenrick,
Medfield,
Sarah B. Ivery, Walter J. Partridge,
Medfield,
In Millis, by Rev. E. O. Jameson. In Boston, by Rev. L. B. Bates. ¿ In Medfield, by Rev. A. M. Crane. In Medfield, by Rev. A. M. Crane. In Medfield, by Rev. J. A. Savage. In Walpole, by Rev. F. J. Marsh.
Frank Paige,
Sunapee, N II.,
Raymond W. Lord,
Canton, Mass.,
Patrick R. Boyle,
Medfield,
Eben A. Shedd,
Frances E. Fuller, Charles L. Davis, Medfield, Anna Josephine Stockwell, Medfield,
Medfield,
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DEATHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1893.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Yrs. Mos. Days.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Jan. 14.
Mary Morse.
82
6
Marasmus.
Jan.
14.
Sylvester L. Woods.
46
3
3
Chronic Dementia.
Jan.
31.
Catherine Hartshorn.
77
I
I7
Heart Failure.
Feb. 21.
John E. Bullard.
Old Age.
Mar.
I.
Matthew Speirs.
50
6
26
Fatty Degener. of Heart.
Mar.
IO.
Henry F. A. Richardson.
77
9
6
Pneumonia.
Mar.
I5.
Benjamin Cheney.
71
IO
4
Meningitis.
Mar. 17.
Edward Allen.
I
7
9
Meningitis.
Mar. 19.
Henrietta A. Reid.
56
I
20
Cancer.
April
9.
Mary B. Fowle.
61
I
2
Phthisis Pulmonaris.
June
6.
Mary F. Steere.
53
4
II
Mitral Regurgitation.
June
8.
Oliver H. Clifford.
84
4
21
Spinal Sclerosis.
June
30.
Lucy A. Lincoln.
55
25
Cancer.
July
22.
Fanny Allman.
66
2
22
Cancer.
Aug.
3.
Luther Pierce.
*73
8
9
Bright's Disease.
Aug. 21.
Daniel L. Garfield.
68
I
Fracture of Skull, accid't.
Aug.
24.
Charles M. Shattuck.
57
5
13
Gangrene.
Sept. 24.
Louisa M. Dodge.
69
6
16
Malaria.
Oct.
8.
Sarah A. Chickering.
78
I
Apoplexy.
Oct.
I8.
Joanna L. Boyden.
54
7
25
Bright's Disease.
Nov. 10.
Moses H. Johnson.
73
3
25
Sclerosis of Brain.
Dec. II.
Frank H. Taber.
34
4
5
Consumption.
Dec. II.
Caroline Kingsbury.
82
II
II
Paralysis.
Dec. I
Thomas R. Allman.
40
IO
23
Hemiplegia.
Dec. 28.
Mary C. Amesbury.
91
IO
Fractured Hip.
Dec. 30.
Ethel J. Parker.
7
I 28
Sarcoma.
Total number of deaths recorded, .
27
Male, .
I3
Female, .
14
Over 90 years of age,
I
Between the ages of 80 and 90 years,
3
Between the ages of 60 and 80 years,
II
Between the ages of 40 and 60 years,
9
Between the ages of 20 and 40 years,
I
Under 10 years of age, .
2
A true copy.
Attest :
STILLMAN J. SPEAR,
Town Clerk.
Suicide.
Aug. 25.
Sarah E. Peirce.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
R. A. BATTELLE, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Dr.
Cr.
To uncollected tax of 1891,
$241.62
By cash paid Treasurer, .
$196.85
To interest on tax, . 103.12
Uncollected tax, .
32.77
Paid Treasurer interest on tax, 1891,
103.12
Abatements tax, 1891, 12.00
$344.74
$344.74
To uncollected tax, 1892, .
$2,300.00
By cash paid Treasurer, .
$1,958.29
To interest on tax, .
81.33
Uncollected tax, . 293.38
Paid Treasurer for interest, . 81.33
Abatements tax, 1892,
48.33
$2,381.33
$2,381.33
1893.
By cash paid Treasurer, .
$11,500.00
To commitment, .
$13,738.62
Uncollected tax, 1893, . 2,238.62
$13,738 62
$13,738.62
MEDFIELD, Feb. 1, 1894.
R. A. BATTELLE, Collector.
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
Gentlemen,- We beg leave to report our Fire Department in good condition.
The Engine and Hook and Ladder Companies are well officered and well manned, and are always ready and willing when duty calls.
The machines are well equipped and in good condition and ready for use.
We have had three fires this year : -
April 27, Mr. Joseph Curtis's barn. Incendiary.
July 22, Clark & Marshall's bonnet wire factory. Struck by lightning.
October 8, fire in Dedham woods.
WM. F. HARDING, Board H. G. CROSBY, S of
Engineers.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Medfield respectfully present the following report : -
Amount of the appraisal of the personal property at the Almshouse, Feb. 1, 1894, .
Receipts of the Farm : -
$1,664.52
Milk sold,
470.50
Eggs sold,
6.40
Calves, .
4.00
Pasturing horse, in part, 10.00
Cash from Philip Atwood,
14.85
$505.75
Bills due : -
From Philip Atwood, balance for pasturing horse, $11.06
E. Bullard, for 7 calves, . 71.74
E. Bullard, for 1 bushel peas, . 1.00
E. Bullard, for 30 dozen sweet corn, . 3.00
C. F. Bruce, for 264 lbs. pork, . 21.12
C. F. Bruce, for 2 bushels peas, 2.00
Wilber, for milk, 41.47
$151.39
Payments by the Treasurer of the expenses at the Almshouse : - Paid Philip Atwood, salary one year to Feb. 1, 1894, $550.00
Blood Brothers, for grain, 271.93
Geo. Battelle, for grain, . . 60.14
J. E. Lonergan, for grain, I.IO
S. F. Turner, damage to meadow by the Town Farm cows, 1892, 9.00
Carried forward, . $892.17
34
Brought forward, $892.17
Paid W. A. Lamb, meat, etc., 96.61
W. W. Preston, supplies, 24.24
T. L. Barney, supplies, 4.91
Codding & Schools, supplies, 229.35
Mrs. R. Crawford, care of Affie Hanks 2 weeks, .
20.00
Blood Brothers, 2 bushels Canada peas. . 2.70
Blood Brothers, 3 bushels sweet corn, 4.50
Blood Brothers, I bushel seed potatoes, 1.75
Blood Brothers, 1,200 lbs. phosphate, 14.50
Wilbert H. Clark, bread and crackers, 13.30
Dr. Arthur Mitchell, medical attendance on Mrs. Cheney, 19.00
Dr. Arthur Mitchell, medical attendance on Affie Hanks, 10.00
J. E. Lonergan, coal, 56.69
J. E. Lonergan, phosphate, 8.75
Blood Brothers, barb wire, 9.66
Blood Brothers, garden seeds, 1.30
Blood Brothers, seed beans, . 1.00
E. Bullard, meat, 72.32
C. F. Bruce, meat, etc., 34.74
W. F. Harding, fish and oysters, 67.30
A. A. Dean, shoeing and jobbing, 32.24
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