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Yes (one hundred six) 106
No (ninety)
90
Blanks (seventy-four)
74
On the question, "Shall the act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, providing for the abolition of party enrolment at primary elections, be ac- cepted?" the vote was
Yes (one hundred seventeen) 117
No (thirty-seven)
37
Blanks (one hundred sixteen)
116
A true copy. Attest :
STILLMAN J. SPEAR,
Town Clerk.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
W. F. ABELL, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Dr.
Cr.
1912.
1912.
To uncollected taxes
$319.28
By cash paid Treasurer
$274.62
To interest collected
23.94
By uncollected taxes
39.80
By abatement
28.80
$343.22
$343.22
1913.
1913.
To uncollected taxes
$1,771.64
By cash paid Treasurer
$1,336.73
To interest collected
79.16
By uncollected taxes
498.99
By abatement
15.08
$1,850.80
$1,850.80
W. F. ABELL, Tax Collector. -
Examined and found correct. T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
To JAN. 1, 1915.
W. F. ABELL, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Dr.
To commitment for 1914 $30,969.05
. By cash paid Treasurer $26,167.15
To Gypsy-Moth assess- ment
257.88
By abatement 1,719.63
To excise tax 34.60
$31,708.93
Cr.
By uncollected tax 3,822.15
To December assessment ±47.40
$31,708.93
W. F. ABELL, Tax Collector. Examined and found correct. T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
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DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS.
1912. .
Burns, Grace K. 33.94
Cassavant, Marcel
21.90
Celli, John .
43.96
Chapman, John
73.98
Swanton, Susan B., bal. .
3.48
Christopher, Maud
72.54
Thrasher, George C. . ·
1.93
Clark, Alanson H.
84.09
Clark, Charles A.
28.84
Fire Department .
26.00
Connors, Patrick J.
105.16
Conrick, Richard E.
4.63
Brown, Frances M. Wood
$59.89
Dickens, Charles
1.61
Field, John Q. A. .
4.41
Fitzgerald, Myrtie M.
51.01
Ellis, George H. et al .
117.92
Jewell, Edward
21.32
Everett, Joel, heirs of, bal.
32.51
Kearns, Catherine A. .
38.96
Freeman, Lucy .S.
144.77
Murray, George H.
10.06
Garfield, Howard M. .
11.95
Murray, Aurie
29.40
Garfield, William H.
25.34
Swanton, Susan B.
30.34
Grace, Katherine M. .
89.15
Thrasher, George C.
1.68
Hamant, Francis D., estate
271.60
Hanson, Nathan C.
44.95
Hatch, Melissa C., bal.
15.27
Hosely, Ai .
15.42
Houdlette, Fred A.
13.12
Houdlette, Ethel B.
132.97
Hudson, Herbert W.
89.78
Inches, (Mrs.) Charles
8.13
Inches, Henderson
29.25
Johnson, Ed.
2.12
Kingsbury, W. Edgar
121.40
McCaw, Alex
2.00
Keigwin, Harold
2.19
Osborne, Frank L.
2.00
Lonergan, Joseph E.
238.39
Wilkinson, Charles A.
2.00
Monks, Olive B.
249.35
Gellerman, Jacot .
2.00
Jewell, Edward
23.90
Abbott, Lucy M., bal .
11.00
Munson, John .
2.12
Allen, Alphonso L., bal. Bravo, Frank .
2.12
Murray, Aurie
37.26
Brennan, Mary et al .
18.02
Ord, Elizabeth, bal.
37.44
Bridges, Mary H., bal.
8.47
Palumbo, Antoinette
19.20
Boylan, Bernard
34.95
Pierce, Catherine B.
21.06
Brown, Helen S., bal.
24.76
Plimpton, Charles P.
4.05
McCarthy, Jeremiah
$2.00
Fitzgerald, Myrtie M., bal.
30.91
Christopher, George
11.25
Weiker, Reynold, bal.
1.48
1913.
Dexter, Jane M.
63.11
Dentino, D.
2.47
Duhamel Bros.
21.07
Ellis, Henry A.
2.12
Grace, Katherine M.
56.69
Ellis, Edwin H.
44.28
Kingsbury, W. Edgar
137.57
Fitzgerald, Myrtie M.
54.50
Logan, James W.
2.00
Weiker, Reynold
13.77
Cox, George D.
2.00
McCarthy, Jeremiah
2.00
Celli, John
36.28
1914.
Babcock, George W ..
$2.00
Babcock, Herbert W. .
2.00
Clark, Lewis A.
2.00
Murray, George HI.
11.42
32.96
of
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Plimpton, Melvin G. .
49.41
Norris, Thomas A.
60.26
Powell, Robert
64.59
Page, C. H.
31.41
Rafter, Alex
116.96
Frankis, Susan
7.37
Richter, Otto
130.57
Battelle, George
1.40
Ricker, Emma ]
37.00
Crowley, Annie, estate of
27.57
Smith, Lydia A.
4.77
Ashley, John C.
3.69
Swanton, Susan B.
30.29
Parmenter, Freeman A.
2.99
Tuttle, John H.
2,35
Daniels, Albert R.
.35
Tufts, Joseph D., bal
17.99
Thrasher, George C.
1.99
Washburn, George
4.63
Purbrick, Jennie R.
7.02
Allen, J. A. & N. T.
112.45
Jewett, Asa C.
9.01
Weiker, Reynold
14.27
Day, Abbie F. .
8.25
Wood, Henry W.
48.14
Day, Preston W.
.18
Kelley, Joseph
32.67
NON-RESIDENTS.
Scultz, Charles M.
2.93
Willard, H. Marianna
81.36
Calder, F. A.
$12.03
Field, John Q. A.
3.51
Bacigalupo, John J.
.88
Daniels, D. W.
.35
Boston Drop Black Co.
15.44
Marrs, Andrew F.
8.42
Brown, Frances M. Wood
94.09
Morey, George P., heirs of
1.76
Feeley, Michael J.
9.62
Killion, Michael
1.23
Mason, Fannie P.
27.02
McIlroy, Fred A. .
.88
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
ACCOUNT WHERE THE MONEY WAS SPENT ON HIGHWAYS.
Graveling Farm Street .
$125.00
Rebuilding section of High Street.
800.00
Scraping roads
400.00
Cleaning gravel pits
25.00
Graveling Pleasant Street
68.00
Graveling Pound Street
105.00
Graveling Park Street
175.00
Screening gravel
10.00
Patching with Tarvia
175.00
Repairing State Road
50.00
Spreading Tarvia
150.00
Patching Spring Street
22.00
Building fence . )
100.00
Graveling North Street .
100.00
Mowing bushes
90.00
Graveling back of Town House
50.00
Putting in gutter pipe .
85.00
Graveling Spring Street
120.00
Cleaning streets, gutters, etc.
350.00
Raking new gravel
15.00
Leveling public dump
15.00
Patching different streets
45.00
Repairing culverts
25.00
Graveling Dale Street
25.00
Work for Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. 76.49
Gravel for highways
186.90
Miscellaneous (see items) 282.83
Doing small jobs on different streets
144.49
$3,815.71
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Double teams have been paid . $5.00 per day (9 hours) Laborers have been paid . 2.00 per day (9 hours)
SNOW DEPARTMENT EXPENSES.
W. E. Kingsbury, Superintendent . $51.00
Teams
183.14
Labor
55.35
E. P. Tinker, painting plows
7.50
F. W. Cutter, repairing plows
3.75
Mrs. S. E. Ware, storing plows .
10.00
$310.74
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT EXPENSES.
W. E. Kingsbury, Superintendent .
$389.70
Teams
1,669.29
Labor
1,286.99
1808 loads of gravel .
186.90
H. I. Dallman Co.
6.25
Blacksmith work
26.50
A. A. Kingsbury, sign boards
9.42
R. E. Kerr, repairs on railing
8.62
L. B. Fairbanks, supplies
4.30
R. E. Sherman, lumber .
51.98
Good Roads Machinery Co. .
58.20
W. E. Kingsbury, supplies
5.50
Blood Bros., supplies
14.25
E. M. Bent, drain pipe
30.74
T. E. Grey, supplies
1.00
W. A. Fitts, supplies
3.21
S. G. Guild, posts
47.10
J. E. Lonergan, storing scraper
12.00
Alex. Allen, insurance .
3.76
$3,815.71
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS.
B. H. Smith, gravel and labor $12.78 Carried forward . $12.78 .
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Brought forward
$12.78
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co.
76.49
R. M. Smalley, stone
. 15.00
Loam sold
6.00
$110.27
SIDEWALK DEPARTMENT EXPENSES.
W. E. Kingsbury, Superintendent .
$37.80
Teams
107.50
Labor
108.00
Tarvia
150.00
$403.30
SIDEWALK DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS.
C. W. Sawyer, gravel
$4.00
$4.00
SEWER DEPARTMENT EXPENSES.
W. E. Kingsbury, Supt.
$13.10
Teams
18.75
Labor
14.00
$45.85
TARVIA DEPARTMENT EXPENSES.
W. E. Kingsbury, Superintendent . Barrett Manuf. Co., tarvia 1,358.28
$24.30
N. Y., N. H., & H. R. R., freight Labor
172.85
126.00
Teams
176.25
$1,857.68
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TARVIA DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS.
C. Ambler
$1.00
R. N. Smalley
20.00
J. D. Smith .
20.00
A. C. Shumway
20.00
Mrs. C. M. Leoffler
30.00
A. L. Crawford
22.50
H. E. Young
11.25
Mrs. M. F. Clark
1.50
T. F. Kennedy
3.75
J. M. Johnson
1.50
H. L. Clark
2.50
G. G. Babcock
6.50
F. Codding
1.50
Barrett Co., bbls.
37.72
Sidewalk Department
150.00
$329.72
Bills due for Tarvia .
$41.75
BRIDGE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES.
W. E. Kingsbury, Superintendent .
$32.40
Teams
65.00
Labor
83.11
W. E. Kingsbury, supplies
2.00
H. A. Morse, lumber
65.96
E. M. Bent, cement
5.00
S. D. Guild, posts
9.80
$263.27
BRIDGE DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS.
Town of Millis, special work
.
$44.16
Respectfully submitted,
WALDO E. KINGSBURY, Superintendent of Streets.
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS FOR 1914.
Feb. 13, still alarm for chimney fire in A. L. Clark's resi- dence on Miller Street.
April 11, brush fire south and west of Medfield Junction Depot about 25 acres burned over.
April 14, brush and grass fire in rear of Harding P. O., nearly 40 acres burned over.
April 15, two still alarms, one near hennery and chimney fire at Geo. Mills residence.
April 19, brush fire at Bartlett's and Angeles land 10 or more acres burned over.
April 19, brush fire on Powells land west of Junction De- pot.
April 24, small building of Jewell Estate burned.
May 31, fire on the property of J. Duke Smith a very stub- born fire and much wood burned.
June 20, called to a fire in Rocky woods.
Sept. 29, woods afire at Noon Hill near D. Lynch.
Oct. 14, called to Medfield Inn, damage slight.
Nov. 3, brush fire near Childs Estate.
Nov. 5, fire in woods at Noon Hill.
Nov. 5, chimney fire in house occupied by Robert Dewar, damage slight.
Nov. 7, fire at Town Dump equiring attention for a good many hours.
Nov. 13, brush fire near Town Dump.
Nov. 27, called to Granville Mitchell's house on North St.
By having a small change made in the Partitions in the quarters occupied by the Fire Department we now have room to store the Hand Engine, the Hose Wagon and Gasolene Fire Engine in one room, thereby saving the amount formerly paid for storage.
We have 2800 feet of hose in 1st class condition.
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Our Hose Wagon and Gasolene Fire Engine is in good order.
We have a Hose Coupling-tool and are able to make repairs where formerly it was sent away.
The Hook and Ladder Truck is in rather poor condition and we are of the opinion that it is not economical to pay re- pair bills every time it is used.
Considering the expense of horses and teams with repair bills we can readily recommend a motor truck to take the place of both.
In behalf of the Town of Medfield we wish to thank the E. V. Mitchell Co., for the use of their whistle for fire alarms.
Each company has its full complement of men who are al- ways ready to respond to the calls.
A decision handed down by the Supreme Court last year makes Property holders liable for the expense of extinguish- ing fires caused by negligence or carelessness. We request the people of Medfield to remove or report such a condition.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. KINGSBURY, M. HOWARD BLOOD, HIRAM KIMBALL.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO JAN. 1.
Salaries of firemen
$591.00
Wages of firemen
387.41
Teams at fires
153.35
Repairs and supplies
721.31
Reservoir service
47.68
Other expenses
14.67
Total
$1,915.42
Appropriations
$1,900.00
Due from town of Dover .
210.00
$2,110.00
1,915.42
Unexpended balance .
$194.58
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor. 1
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REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT AND TREE WARDEN.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
I hereby submit my annual report of the work of the Moth and Tree Warden departments.
Our work the past year has prevented the moths from doing any damage outside of the woodland and probably not much damage was done there. We in common with all the towns in this section have more gypsy moth eggs than usual on our shade trees. There is probably some increase in the number in the orchards.
The Gypsy moths are scattered through most of the wood- land although there may still be found woodlots that are not infested. It is impossible to suppress these infestations on account of the expense and they are a serious problem. They are not only an injury to the woodland but the moths spread from them to other parts of the town. They did not do as much stripping in the woodland in 1914 as in 1913. This was probably due to the work of the parasites.
Our work this winter consists of scouting the town, creosot- ing all egg clusters in apple and shade trees. In June it will be necessary to spray all these trees. In woodland bordering the highways we are not doing much creosoting but are locat- ing the infestations and will spray them later. In woodland back from the highways it will be necessary to leave the moths for the parasites and wilt disease to suppress, unless the owners are willing to stand the entire expense.
The past year the State loaned us a large sprayer for three days. This was used on both public and private work. It will be necessary for us to have a large sprayer for a week or more the coming season for use in the woodland along our highways, and for private work in woodland where the owners wish to stand the expense.
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Every apple tree in town should be sprayed right after blossoming with arsenate of lead in the proportion of five gallons lead to fifty of water. The town sprayer will not be able to do all this work in the short space of time when spraying is effective and apple tree owners are asked to co- operate and see that their trees are sprayed by some one. The gypsy caterpillar is hard to kill and the spraying should be early and thorough. The improvement in the quality of the apples will more than pay for the spraying.
I find an increase in the interest taken by the land owners every year. More owners than usual are destroying the moth eggs on their premises this year.
Last year we had a heavy infestation of brown-tail moths causing much expense. This year we have very few.
The apple tree tent caterpillar were very numerous last year and there are many of their eggs at present on the wild cherry. If they are plenty the coming season the trees should be sprayed early, just before the apple trees blossom. Many apple trees and many bushels of apples were injured by them last year. Under a law passed last winter the town has authority to go onto private property and destroy the tent caterpillar and charge the expense to the owner. The favor- ite food of this caterpillar is the wild cherry and they are the breeding places of this and other insects. If they were cut down it would help in reducing this pest. The town has cut all the wild cherry along the highways and property owners will find it cheaper to cut them on their property than to have them sprayed later.
The past two years the town has been infested to some ex- tent with the forest tent caterpillar. Some shade trees and some woodlands were half stripped by them last summer. Their parasites attacked them last summer while in the pupal state and probably they will not be plenty another year.
Last Spring we set out 274 shade trees mostly Norway maple with a few red oaks and elms which were contributed by abutters. Counting those trees set out by the town and those by citizens along the highways there were 285 trees alive and doing well last Fall.
The elm trees were sprayed as usual during the spraying
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season. The beetles were not plenty and the trees went through the season in good condition.
It has been necessary to remove a few trees that were dead or dying. The dead limbs have been trimmed from others, and the low limbs that interfere, or will interfere with travel, or that make the streets dark, taken off. Some trees that were inclined to split have been bolted or braced with heavy wire cable. Cavities have been cleaned out and filled with cement.
The moth department will have a busy season from now on. While the brown-tails work will not require as much money as last year the gypsy work will require more.
I recommend that $900.00 be appropriated in addition to. the unexpended balance of the moth account.
In the tree warden department there will be trimming, cementing, cleaning of cavities, and spraying, and the setting out of more trees. I recommend for this purpose $650.00 in addition to the balance.
The following contributed to our shade tree fund last spring :
Mr. Richard M. Smalley, Mr. Davenport Brown, Mr. Benjamin Kimball, Mrs. E. V. R. Thayer, Miss Emma Rhodes, Mr. Frank E. Day, Dr. Henry L. Morse, Mr. Harri- son H. Childs, pupils and teachers of the High School, Han- nah Adams Club.
FINANCIAL REPORT.
MOTH ACCOUNT.
Paid Geo. L. L. Allen, Supt.
$181.92
For labor
565.22
Supplies and repairs
49.29
Envelopes and postage
4.41
Creosote
9.16
Arsenate of lead
173.25
Freight and express
3.77
Printing
1.40
Telephone
.40
Teams
163.71
$1,152.53
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Appropriation
$800.00
Assessed upon property owners
257.88
Received for supplies and work
191.08
$1,248.96
U'nexpended
$96.43
Bills due the department for work
16.00
TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT.
Paid Geo. L. L. Allen, Warden
$113.76
Labor
263.58
Trees
212.15
Supplies and repairs
77.93
Freight and express
7.32
Printing
2.50
Teams
98.66
Telephone
.40
$776.30
Appropriation
$700.00
Contributed to the setting out of
trees
110.50
Received for labor and supplies
16.55
$827.05
Unexpended
$50.75
Bills due the department for work
5.68
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN, Superintendent Moth Work and Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
I hereby submit to you the following report of my work as Inspector of Animals for the past year.
January 1, 1914, orders were received from the Commis- sioner of Animal Industry to make a complete inspection of all neat cattle, swine, sheep and goats, this inspection had to be made between Jan. 15 and March 1, 1914 about two weeks earlier than usual.
During this inspection 64 stables were visited and 528 cattle, 356 swine, 3 sheep and 3 goats were examined, these animals were found free from all contagious diseases under a physical examination and no animals were quarantined, but some premises and cattle were not kept clean enough to be up to the requirements of the law.
March 11, 1914 I received orders again to make a second examination of premises and cattle which were not kept satis- factorily and some had cleaned up but some had not and had to be examined by an agent of the Department of Animal In- dustry in September, this agent got a number of promises and was supposed to make another inspection in November but on account of Foot and Mouth disease breaking out in some sec- tions of Massachusetts, he has been engaged other ways.
November 5, 1914, Inspectors of Animals from this section of Massachusetts were ordered in to the office of the Depart- ment of Animal Industry to attend a meeting and while at this meeting a message arrived stating we had Foot and Mouth disease in this state.
November 7, 1914, a blanket quarantine was placed on all cattle at one place in town as these cattle had been exposed, they were closely watched by an agent of the Department of Animal Industry but did not happen to have the dreaded dis- ease.
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November 7, 1914, all cattle, sheep, goats, swine and fowl were forbidden to be moved in any form.
December 3, 1914, livestock was allowed to be moved in a vehicle for immediate slaughter.
The Commissioner of Animal Industry has been modifying the quarantine as fast as safety would permit and now stock can be moved the same as usual except in thirty-two cities and towns where cases of Foot and Mouth disease was located. A few cases of "Cholera" in swine have been reported in the past year.
Respectfully yours,
GEORGE S. CHENEY, Inspector of Animals.
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
Name of Fund
Original Fund
Interest for 1914
Balance from 1913
Expended on lot
Amount to Credit of Fund
In Dedham Savings Bank
Geo. H. Shumway
$200.00
$8.00
$208.00
$16.00
$200.00
Martha M. Mason .
100.00
4.00
105.00
7.00
102.00
Jeremiah B. Hale
100.00
4.00
103.00
5.00
102.00
Walter Janes
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
James Griffin
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
Grant-Newell
100.00
4.00
104.00
4.00
104.00
Langley lot .
200.00
8.00
200.00
8.00
200.00
Geo. F. Miller
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
Geo. M. Smith
100.00
4.00
102.50
3.50
103.00
Mary T. Derby
100.00
4.00
105.00
4.00
105.00
Mary F. Ellis
100.00
4.00
100.00
4.00
100.00
Moses Ellis
200.00
8.00
223.25
5.25
226.00
Joseph Breck
100.00
4.00
105.00
4.00
105.00
Wm. S. Tilden
200.00
8.00
200.00
6.00
202.00
Sabin Smith
100.00
4.00
100.00
4.00
100.00
Caleb Ellis
100.00
4.00
100.00
4.00
100.00
In Home Savings Bank
Nancy H. Curtis
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
Mary M. Phelps
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
Eliza E. Williams
475.00
19.00
475.00
19.00
475.00
Geo. C. Davis
100.00
4.00
101.00
5.00
100.00
Daniel D. Curtis
500.00
20.00
551.00
21.00
550.00
Joseph Clark
100.00
4.00
111.00
115.00
Ellenwood lot
300.00
12.00
315.00
5.00
322.00
In North End Sav-
ings Bank
Francis S. Wight
100.00
4.00
107.00
4.00
107.00
Henry J. Dunn
100.00
4.00
103.00
5.00
102.00
Soldiers' lot .
200.00
8.00
200.00
8.00
200.00
John Sullivan
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
Francis E. Mason
200.00
8.00
212.00
5.00
215.00
Moses Bullard
200.00
8.00
214.00
20.00
202.00
Frank E. Donlan
50.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
50.00
Samuel Ellis
100.00
4.00
100.00
3.00
101.00
Orion Wight
200.00
8.00
207.00
5.00
210.00
Moses F. Clark .
100.00
4.00
102.00
6.00
100.00
Noah Allen
100.00
100.00
William Crane
50.00
50.00
James T. Allen .
100.00
100.00
Geo. H. Wight
100.00
100.00
Wm. Salisbury
100.00
100.00
John Balch
100.00
100.00
$5,275.00
$189.00
$4,903.75
$194.75
$5,448.00
On deposit in Dedham Savings Bank
$1,901.87
On deposit in Home Savings Bank, Boston
1,665.11
On deposit in North End Savings Bank, Boston
1,878.12
$5,445.10
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Town Treasurer.
and where invested
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Appropriation
$800.00
Interest on Trust Funds
211.75
Hewins Fund
8.00
Care of lots
90.00
$1,109.75
Paid F. L. Osborn, labor
$125.43
Alex. Beckwith
223.32
J. McKenna
71.56
A. B. Parker
118.51
Vinjane Pitruge
60.89
W. A. Newell
88.17
F. Anglello
42.23
Tony Pigai
13.89
Frank Brei
31.78
Sam Bogeine
2.00
Frank Weiker
2.00
Redmond Brennan
26.89
John Keane
89.32
Frank Ryan
19.89
J. A. Roberts
7.33
Owens
6.22
John Laven
9.36
Leon Ashley
5.00
Jesse Hicks
10.11
George Sims
2.50
A. A. Dean Jr., repr. lawn mowers
16.65
L. B. Fairbank, supplies
3.80
Blood Bros., supplies
11.96
D. Hamant, resetting and cleaning stones
30.00
A. H. Clark, fertilizer 22.50
L. E. Kennett, loam 1
11.00
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J. H. Lonergan, teaming
$14.20
E. E. Adams, gravel
4.40
J. E. Allen, sod . 4.70
$1,075.61
Unexpended
34.14
$1,109.75
Received for lots sold
$175.00
Paid Treasurer
175.00
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
In the past year, the Committee outside of maintaining the cemetery in good condition and attending to routine work, we have done considerable new graveling and have made some repairs on fences substituting wire for lumber in cases where boards were decayed.
There are now more improvements of the same kind much needed and to carry on this, together with our regular work we would respectfully recommend an appropriation of $800 to be used in the cemetery this year.
A. B. PARKER, DANIELS HAMANT, JOSEPH R. ROBERTS, Cemetery Committee.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The following report is respectfully submitted.
The Board of Trustees remain as last year. Stillman J. Spear, Chairman; Laprellette Wheeler, Lewis K. Conant, Albert L. Clark, Dr. Frank H. Clough and Nellie T. Keyou. Miss Lucretia Johnson, librarian.
The library and reading-room have been open as usual from 6 to 9 p. m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and from 3 to 4 p. m. on Saturday afternoons, except during the month of August.
There has been added during the year 122 books, including seven volumes relating to Christian Science, presented by Trustees of Mary Baker Eddy fund.
Number of books in library Jan. 1, 1915 5,672
Total circulation for year 8,229
The following periodicals are for circulation after remain- ing upon the tables of the reading-room for one month.
Harper's Monthly, Atlantic, Scribner's, Century, Ainslie, Munsey, Good Housekeeping, Lippincott, National Geo- graphic, Popular Mechanics, Popular Electricity, Technical World, Review of Reviews, Outlook, Scientific American, St. Nicholas, Saturday Evening Post, Bay View, Smiths, Worlds Work, McClures, Dedham Transcript.
The financial standing of the Library will be found in the Selectmen's Report.
NELLIE T. KEYOU, Secretary.
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STATEMENT OF MEDFIELD WATER CO.
JAN. 1, 1914 TO JAN. 1, 1915.
Capital stock $50,000.00
CASH RECEIPTS.
Water rates, etc.
$2,686.14
DISBURSEMENTS.
Taxes and other expenses
$2,052.54
ASSETS.
Pipe, real estate, machinery, and water rights . $24,396.54
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1915
1,084.50
Unpaid water bills
750.00
$26,231.92
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock issued .
$24,000.00
Notes payable
250.00
Accounts payable
157.45
Profit and loss
1,824.47
$26,231.92
EDWIN S. MITCHELL, Treasurer.
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LIST OF JURORS AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.
William F. Weiker Harvey D. Eames
Expressman
Main Street
Grocer
Adams Street
Edward M. Bent
Coal Dealer
North Street
Allison H. Clark Albert C. Shumway Edmund Bullard
Carpenter
Farm Street
Butcher
North Street
Herbert S. Pember
Carpenter
Main Street
George W. Mills
Box Maker
Park Street
William E. Bell
Clerk
Oak Street
George G. Babcock Thomas F. Barney
Painter
South Street South Street
Albert D. Kingsbury
Carpenter
Spring Street
Carpenter
Pleasant Street
Herbert W. Wight Lester C. Bullard Wm. H. Everett
Carpenter
Miller Street
Main Street
Walter E. Morris
Main Street
John H. Richardson
Straw Worker Real Estate Merchant
North Street
Elmer E. Walton
Straw Worker
Green Street
Farmer
South Street
Retired
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REPORT OF AN AUDIT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF
THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD
FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 1, 1913 TO AUGUST 31, 1914.
Made in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 598, Acts of 1910, and a Vote of the Town in Town Meeting March 2, 1914.
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