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5.801 53
Increase,
$8,081 62
Aggregate financial operations of the year, by Treasurer's account,
$82,607 83
Last year,
68,317 20
Increase.
$14,290 63
Highways.
$6,740 99
We herewith append a detailed account of receipts and expenditures in the several departments.
ACCOUNT WITH HIGH SCHOOL.
Balance in Treasury, Jan. 31, 1871. Appropriation for 1871.
$361 31 1,550 00
$1.911 31
Paid Edwin Emery. teacher.
$1,144 50
" assistant teachers,
213 00
" for fuel, care of room, &c ..
131 61
$1,626 61
Balance unexpended,
$284 70
COMMON SCHOOLS.
Balance of account, Jan. 31, 1871.
$1,782 93
Appropriation for 1871,
5,600 00
$7.385 93
Paid salaries of teachers,
$4,917 30
·· for fuel. care of school rooms, &c.,
654 85
$5,572 15
Balance unexpended.
$1.813 78
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL HOUSES.
In Treasury, Jan. 31, 1871.
Appropriation for 1871.
$417 78 750 00
$1,167 78
Paid W. B. Morse, for 600 school reports,
$39 00
" for repairs, furniture, &c., (Sumner school- house.)
225 65
" seats, painting, &c .. (South schoolhouse at Globe Village.)
592 68
" repairs. stoves, &c., other schoolhouses.
312 72
$1,169 05
Account overdrawn.
$1.27
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Balance in Treasury, Jan. 31, 1871.
$667 07
Appropriation, 1871.
1.500 00
Dog fund,
391 50
Catalogues, fines. de ..
103 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,661 57
4
162661 1499 11
13750
Amount brought forward, 82.266 57
Paid bills for books. express charges &c .. $1.884 33
" Morse & Whitaker, bills, printing cata- logues. &c .. 188 75
" D). Whitford, rent of library room. 87 50
" G. L. Winter, stoves. pipe, &c .. for both rooms. 63 56
.. W. C. Barnes, record book, &c .. 2 56
" P. M. Clarke, painting settees. 7 50
7 06
" L. Cutler, work in old library room.
" E. Emery, and others, services cataloguing books. fuel. moving. &c .. 227 42
$2.468 68
Balance unexpended, 8192 89
FOR REPAIRING BRIDGES.
Balance. Jan. 31, 1871. Appropriation. 1871,
$157 15
500 00
$657 15
Paid bills for Westville bridge, $52 07
·· bills for repairs. other bridges.
181 78
233 83
Balance.
$423 90
RAILING HIGHWAYS.
Balance Jan. 31. 1871, Appropriation for 1871.
$96 93
200 00
$296 98
Paid Liberty A. Lyon, bill of 1870,
882125
"' HI. Hobbs, bill railing front of J. Marcy.
57 70
.. E. S. Ellis. bill of painting do .. 15 00
·· F. C. Litchfield. bill on do .. 9 16
$164 11
Balance unexpended.
$132 82
HIGHWAYS.
Bilance of account, Jan. 31. 1871, $3 95
Appropriation by tax, 1,600 00
Unappropriated funds by vote March 7. 1871. 1,785 00
Appropriation. Marcy hill, 100 00
Borrowed, by vote of the town,
1,500 00
Amount carried forward. 4,988 95
9
Amount brought forward,
$4,988 95
Paid H. W. Bacon, breaking roads,
$13 00
" Overseers of poor, work in 1862,
124 50
" Hirain Morse, gravel, 1870,
5 00
Wm. Comstock, work, " 66 66 66 1871,
12 84
Geo. A. Dresser, “ 1870,
9 00
66 H. Walker, work on Westville road,
37 46
66 66 1870,
19 80
66 66 "
1871,
487 82
Lyman Chamberlain, 60 loads gravel,
6 00
Nathan Mckinstry, bills,
99 70
Andrew Plimpton, do.,
3 30
Liberty A. Lyon,
15 50
" Daniel Whitford, bill, 1869, 42 76
66 66 1871,
2,426 54
" E. S. Ellis, building wall in front J. Marcy, 266 00
66
66 other bills,
1,271 63
$4,988 60
Balance,
35
SOUTH SCHOOLHOUSE, GLOBE VILLLAGE.
Borrowed, by vote of town,
$1,500 00
L. W. Curtis, lumber sold,
20 85
$1,520 85
Paid L. W. Curtis, grading around house,
$228 00
" B. W. Dean, moving house,
240 00
" Wm. C. Stedman, work and materials,
455 80
" George Whitford, mason work,
312 15
.. L. W. Curtis, more grading,
236 88
" George L. Winter, ventilator,
5 52
$1,478 35
Balance,
$42 50
MAIN AND HAMILTON STREET IMPROVEMENT.
Borrowed, by vote of town,
$2,825 00
Paid, orders of the selectmen, to D. Whitford,
2,812 96
Balance,
$12 04
PINE STREET.
Appropriation, Paid Daniel Whitford, bills, labor, &c.,
$500 00
499 87
Balance,
13
2
147 75
66
10
STATE AID.
Balance account, Jan. 31, 1871,
$258 34
Received from State Treasurer,
735 10
$993 44
Paid Thomas Welch, $96 00
Paid Sarah M. Sears, $48 00
" Margaret Brown, 96 00
" Ellen Carroll, 48 00
" Martin Maher, 84 00
" Catharine Hannon, 48 00
" Francis McGuire, 72 00
" James Lee, guardian, 24 00
.. Julia Seymour, 48 00
$564 00
Balance, $429 44
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Balance, Jan. 31, 1871, 45
From Sturbridge, part expenses for surveying town lines, 16 70
Appropriation, 1871,
2,000 00
Borrowed, by vote of town,
500 00
$2,517 15
Expenditures.
Paid Gas company, for pipe and fixtures for town hall, $39 10
" Gas company, gas, selectmen's room and town hall, 11 78
" H. W. Bacon, horse hire, 9 50
" Davis Farnham, hitching posts, 16 00
" Lyman Chamberlain, supplies for pest house. 20 07
36 00
" F. C. Litchfield, expenses to Providence, 7 83
" Jerome Morris, breaking out roads, 1869,
5 00
" Little, Brown & Co., Herrick's town officer,
2 50
". Win. C. Stedman, box for town tools,
19 45
" T. Potter, for four shovels,
6 60
" Geo. S. Stone, blacksmithing bills,
35 00
" Henry Wilkins,
11 70
" L. W. Curtis, vaccinating in May, 1870,
49 00
" Wm. C. Stedman, damage to F. L. Chapin's house by blasting, 21 25
6 58
66 M. K. Olney, wood for selectmen's room, 66 wood for engine houses, 42 00
66
E. M. Phillips, insurance, engine houses,
41 00
6 H. Hunneman, repairing Melville engine,
38 75
66 Hamilton Woolen Co., work on do.,
2 50
" E. P. Lewis, do., do.,
1 00
" Hiram Purdy, do., do., 12 27
Amount carried forward,
$134 88
·· S. Dresser, rent selectmen's room,
11
Amount brought forward, $
Paid Paul Whalan, care of Melville engine and $434 88
wood, 29 38
" Cummings & Williams, kerosene oil for Tiger engine company, 6 25
" Munroe Reynolds, care of do., and supplies, 25 17
" Central Mills Co., repairing Tiger engine, 8 00
" Columbian Co., stove and pipe for engine house, 14. 00
" P. M. Clarke, painting Tiger engine, 69 93
setting glass in town hall, &c., 13 77
" J. Booth, setting glass, 1 25
" Cummings & Williams, tools, nails, &c., 21 58
" D. Whitford, tools, bars, &c., 32 19
" J. W. Marble, care of town clock, 30 00
66 care of town hall, 5 00
66 66 returning deaths, 6 00
Jerry Callahan, do. do.,
80
" Rev. M. J. LeBreton, do ..
1 80
', E. Dakin, conducting funerals, 2 25
" D. D. Clemence, do. do.,
10 00
" Leonard Cheney, do. do.,
25 00
" Win. C. Barnes, stationery, books, &c.,
18 52
" S. S. Perry, expenses to Charlton, returning births, marriages, deaths, services, &c., 115 18
" Geo. A. Dresser, work on watering trough, near spectacle shop, 11 25
" F. Hamilton, do do., 50
" E. P. Lewis, lead pipe and work on watering troughs, 18 42
" George L. Winter, do.
do., 5 08
· Morse & Whitaker, bills printing, &c., 26 50
" Wm. B. Morse, do. 90 50
do., " Mrs. Vinton, damages for grading Elm street, 1,086 00 ". J. B. Cogswell, counsel fees, 85 00
". F. W. Botham, do. do., 20 00
" Solomon Thayer, witnesses, fees, &c., 12 18
" Butrick & Wheeler, surveying lots and town lines, 77 65
" J. O. Mckinstry, expenses paid, 35 13
" P. C. Bacon, for professional services, 12 50
" Shepard & Fairbank, corks for lamps, 50
" F. W. Botham, damage to clothes frame by blasting, 2 00
$2,417 76
Balance of account,
$99 39
SCHOOLHOUSE AT SANDERSDALE.
Borrowed, by vote of town, $2,500 00
Balance of old appropriation, 500 00
Amount carried forward, $3,000 00
66 66
66
12
Amount brought forward, $3,000 00
Paid Alfred Belford, materials and building house, $2,823 75
" James Sanders, for lot, 150 00
" Lewis Lonzway, grading road to house, 13 50
" L. W. Curtis, drawing wood, 4 14
$2,991 39
Balance, $8 61
SALARIES-TOWN OFFICERS.
Balance account, Jan. 31, 1871, $154 86
Appropriation, 1871,
1,000 00
Received, by vote of town, 300 00
$1,454 86
Paid Wm. C. Barnes, selectman, 1870, $165 00
" George A. Dresser,
58 75
" John O. Mckinstry, 66 101 00.
.3 75
" F. L. Chapin treasurer,
75 00
"' S. S. Perry, town clerk, recording births, deaths, road records, &c.,
102 80
" B. F. Bronson. school committee,
123 00
" F. C. Flint, do., do.,
106 00
" L. W. Curtis, do., do.,
78 50
" F. A. Warfield, do., do.,
56 00
" M. Leonard, do., do.,
39 50
auditor, 1869 and 1870,
25 00
" M. K. Olney, assessor, 1871,
105 00
J. W. Goodell, “
44 25
66 S. C. Hartwell, “ 66 auditor,
8 00
" S. L. Morse,
7 00
" P. H. Carpenter, "
5 00
" S. Thayer, overseer of poor,
19 75
" Daniel Whitford, "
23 50
" John Comins,
34 45
$1,284 48
Balance of account,
$170 38.
CENTRAL STREET BRIDGE.
Borrowed, by vote of town,
$1,500 00
E. S. Ellis, timber sold, 9 00
$1,509 00
Paid J. A. Potter, for timber and plank,
$608 83
Amount carried forward, $608 83
103 23
66 school committee,
13
Amount brought forward, $608 83
" B. H. and E. Railroad, freight of same, 80 29
". H. D. Edwards, carting, 1 00
" Wm. C. Stedman, labor on same, 268 75
". E. S. Ellis, do. do.,
442 01
· F. C. Litchfield, do. do.,
76 54
" Frank Ryan, bolts, &c., 19 45
" F. Hamilton, for lights, while bridge was up, 2 45
$1,499 32
Balance, $9 68
SIDEWALKS.
Balance account, JJan. 31, 1871, $153 95
Appropriation, 1871, 1,500 00
Borrowed, by vote of town,
700 00
Received from D. Whitford, reported last year,
14 87
.6 Mrs. G. A. Vinton, 47 41
.. Isaac Norcross, 71 78
C. A. Dresser, account of 1871, 236 22
$2,727 26
Paid S. M. Lane, overcharge, 1868, $1 91
" Alpheus Albee, drawing stone, 7 00
" Turner & Kidney, orders outstanding last year, 814 78
" Overseers of Poor, work in 1869, 111 12
" Geo. A. Dresser, balance account 1870, 11 80
·· S. Dresser, brick had in 1870, 124 34
" D. Whitford, Hamilton St., Globe Village, 59 18
" Wm. C. Stedinan, at Central Street Bridge, 110 00
" Daniel Whitford, work on sidewalks, 696 71
" E. S. Ellis, 73 36
" S. Dresser, bill for brick, 137 80
" D. Whitford, drawing stone,
140 00 - $2,618 00
Balance by treasurer's account, $109 26
Outstanding order given by Selectmen to F. C. Litchfield, No. 4, $3 00
Reported as Due from Abutters.
Congregational Society, $176 31
Baptist Society, 41 75
James Bachellor, 55 00
Dwight Morse's Estate, 39 25 Charles V. Carpenter, 44 50
Ellis & Merritt, (since paid) 35 59
P. H. Carpenter, 29 87
Southbridge Mu. Gas Co., 11 00
Geo. H. Hartwell, 27 86
Holmes Ammidown,
257 61
Luther Ammidown, $76 51
Jedidiah Marcy, 15 87
J. J. Oakes, 12 68
F. C. Litchfield, 2 72
$856 55
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ENGINE MEN.
In treasury, Jan. 31, 1871, Appropriation,
$150 00 800 00
Paid Members of Tiger Engine Co., 66 Melville Engine Co.,
$318 00
450 00
$768 00
$182 00
Balance in treasury,
-
STREET LAMPS.
Balance account, Jan. 31, 1871, Appropriation,
$73 31
750 00
Paid Patrick Kelly, for posts and lamps,
$9 50
" J. W. Jordan, 3 dozen lamps,
24 00
" Davis Farnham, posts and lamps,
727 75
" H. D. Edwards, carting same,
7 45
" J. Booth, painting do.,
7 53
" B. H. & E. R. R., freight on do.,
1 87
" Cummings & Williams, ladder, can, &c., 6 97
" Carpenter, Irwin & Co., 2 oil cloth covers, 4 00
" Geo. A. Dresser, setting lamp posts, 34 21
$823 31
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation,
$700 00
Borrowed, by vote of town,
100 00
1
Paid S. M. Lane, bill freight on naptha,
2 05
" Geo. L. Winter, wicks,
6 00
" S. Walker, naptha,
78 97
". B. H. & E. R. R., freight,
4 44
·. H. D. Edwards, cartage,
1 25
" Gas Company, gas burned,
317 89
" W. P. Robbins, lighting and care of lamps. 47 30
·· Franklin Hamilton, do.,
99 91
" Marcus Dillaber, do.,
123 41
711 25
Balance,
$950 00
$823 31
$800 00
$88 75
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ACCOUNT OF SUPPORTING THE POOR, AND THE MAN- AGEMENT OF THE FARM.
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT OF ORDERS DRAWN.
Paid C. B. Brainard, for services of himself and wife from Jan. 1 to Dec. 1, 1871,
$275 00
Elias Lyon, for labor in haying,
30 00
" Daniel Walker, collector, taxes 1871,
61 02
" F. W. Botham, for postage and stationery, 1869,
4 98
" L. W. Curtis, services as physician, 1870, 27 60
8 80
60 George V. Allard, for yoke of oxen,
230 00
John W. Hamilton, for three heifers,
65 00
" H. W. Bacon, for new milch cow,
60 00
" Silas Plimpton, cow,
35 00
66 H. W. Bacon, 2 yearlings,
27 00
Jas. Gleason & Co., merchandise for farm,
47 19
" John O. Mckinstry,
do.,
29 67
Wm. E. Alden,
do. do.,
45 97
66 S. Thayer & Co.,
do. ‹lo.,
92 98
Cummings & Williams, (lo. do.,
24 93
" Comstock & Perry, do. do.,
35 42
" P. H. Carpenter & Co., do. do.,
77 31
Morse Brothers, do. do.,
76 49
J. W, Mckinstry,
51 89
Samuel Williams, for coffins,
64 75
" J. W. Marble, for services as sexton,
7 50
" Worcester Lnnatic Hospital, for support of Lydia Fiske and Chas. B. Cozzens,
365 23
" S. Thayer, services and expenses in case of Chas. Congdon, for pauper to Monson, register book, &c., 14 00
" City of Worcester, support of Peter Spencer, 34 00
" County of Worcester, board of N. B. Angel, 8 29
" Jas. Gleason & Co., groceries to Martin Grant, Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Maher and J. Farnsworth, 316 00
" S. Thayer, merchandise to Martin Maher, M. Nolan, Mrs. S. Maher, J. Farnsworth, and Pat Lochnan,
319 06
" P. H. Carpenter & Co., groceries to A. Laroche and Peter Garrow, 9 50
" L. W. Curtis, milk to Pat Lochnan, 3 94
66 Otis N. Upham, milk to Mrs. Thos. Maher,
14 54
" S. Thayer, groceries to Martin Maher, Peter Garrow, Frank Gillespie, and Mrs. Donelly,
126 35
" P. H. Carpenter & Co., goods for Peter Garrow, Mary Garcia, and Joseph Archioque, 86 00
" P. H. Carpenter & Co., goods for Peter Garcia, Phebe Garcia, and Peter Garrow, 99 00
" Wm. Green, for support of Daniel Smith, 5 14
Amount carried forward,
$2,804 55
do do.,
25 00
" F. J. Lanonette, blacksmithing and repairs,
". J. M. and L. D. Clemence, plank for farm buildings,
16
Amount brought forward, $2,804 55
Paid Shepard & Fairbank, for truss for Wheelock, 3 00
" Palmer Harding, for wood for Abigail Clark, 4 00
". L. P. Tower, for wood for Amasa Allard, 1 50
.. W. P. Plimpton, for wood to Wm. Rogers, 2 50
" M. K. Olney, for wood for Wm. Rogers and Abigail Clark, 12 25
$2.827 80
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
Appropriations for support of Poor, $2,800 00
Received from other sources, as per Treasurer's
account, 1,623 40
" for produce sold at farm, peraccount rendered, 121 46
$4,544 86
Balance due treasury, Jan. 31, 1872,
320 24
$4,865 10
Balance due treasury, Jan. 31, 1871,
$1,353 27
Total amount of orders drawn, 2,827 80
Interest on farm,
204 00
Expended at farm, per account rendered, 121 46
Loss on inventory of personal property,
358 57
$4,865 10
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT OF OUTSTANDING CLAIMS.
CLAIMS DUE THE TOWN.
From T. Potter & Co., for produce from farm, $23 32
S. Thayer & Co., do. do., 33 57
Town of Oxford, for support of M. Maher, 33 43
State of Mass., for support of state paupers, 259 08
Daniel Whitford, for produce from farm, 1869, 35 97
L. P. Tower, for old sleigh, 3 00
H. W. Jackson, for veal, 9 35
.. C. B. Brainard, for produce sold, 5 54
$403 26
CLAIMS OUTSTANDING AGAINST THE TOWN.
Due to J. Gleason & Co., for merchandise for farm, $47 43 Wm. E. Alden, do. do., 71 57
Cummings & Williams, do. do., 19 68
66 S. Thayer & Co., do.
do., 111 16
יי T. Potter & Co., do. do., 103 27
Daniel Morse, blacksmithing, 15 16
Amount carried forward,
$368 27
17
i
Amount brought forward, $368 27
Due to Hiram Morse, for pig, 26 00
Comstock & Perry, merchandise for farm, 18 82
C. B. Brainard, for services to Feb. 1, 1872, 50 00
S. Thayer & Co., supplies to Mrs. D. W. Bartlett, 70 00
66 S. Thayer & Co., supplies to John Farnsworth, 126 00
66 do. do., Martin Maher. 74 50
do do., Mrs. Thomas Maher, 76 27
do. do., Augustus Penio, 9 00
do. do., Moses Busha, 5 50
do do., clothing Peter Mayo's child, 7 26
do do., provisions to Bridget Doug- las, 3 88
do do., expenses sending Tynan children to Rhode Island. 6 15 Jas. Gleason & Co., for goods delivered to Martin Grant and Mrs. Kelly, 256 50
P. H. Carpenter & Co., goods delivered to Peter Garrow and Mary Garcia, 36 00
$1.134 15 403 26
Deduct claims due town.
Balance against the town.
$730 89
Respectfully submitted.
MANNING LEONARD, S. C. HARTWELL. Auditors.
P. H. CARPENTER.
SOUTHBRIDGE, Feb. 1, 1872.
ABSTRACT OF INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Amount Jan. 31, 1872. Amount Jan. 31, 1871.
Class 1, Live Stock, $709 50
$908 00
2, Hay and Grain, 569 00
532 50
66 3, Tools and Farming Implements, 407 85
467 05
66 4, Household Furniture, 148 07
131 13
5, Beds and Bedding,
82 00
84 00
.. 6, Family Supplies,
240 00
392 31
$2,156 42 $2,514 99
Depreciation in 1872 charged to department, $358 57
JOHN COMINS, SOLOMON THAYER, Appraisers.
LUCIAN MARCY,
Southbridge, Feb. 1, 1872.
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NAMES OF PERSONS SUPPORTED AT FARM.
Obediah Sabin and wife, John Clark, John Ronan, Mary Ronan, Charles Ronan, John Mack, Charles Congdon, Lucian Green, Samuel Eastman, Catharine Tynan.
DEPARTMENT OF TAXES .- REPORT OF ASSESSORS FOR 1871.
Whole valuation of Real and Personal Property, Increase over 1870, 144,812 00
$2,383,180 00
Total amount of taxes for all purposes, $38,724 33
Total amount of taxes in 1870, 40,288 54
Taxes diminished in 1871,
1,564 21
Rate of taxation for $1000 of valuation,
15 20
S. C. HARTWELL, Assessors M. K. OLNEY, of
JOHN W. GOODELL, ) Southbridge.
Case 61
THE
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE AUDITORS
OF
SOUTHBRIDGE,
FOR THE
Fiscal Year ending Jan. 31, 1873.
SOUTHBRIDGE : JOURNAL OFFICE, PRINTED BY MORSE & WHITAKER. 1873.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS, 1872. -
CLERK : SAMUEL S. PERRY.
TREASURER : FRANCIS L. CHAPIN.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR : P. T. LITCHFIELD, CALVIN A. PAIGE, J. O. MCKINSTRY.
ASSESSORS :
JOHN O. MCKINSTRY, M. K. OLNEY, LUCIAN MARCY.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
F. C. FLINT,
A. J. BARTHOLOMEW,
F. A. WARFIELD,
E. M. PHILLIPS, .W. A. H. GRANT. One vacancy.
AUDITORS :
S. M. LANE, M. LEONARD, F. P. PRATT.
CONSTABLES :
E. L. SPENCER,
FRANK RYAN,
P. M. CLARKE.
LIBRARY . COMMITTEE :
SAMUEL HARTWELL, B. F. BRONSON, EDWIN EMERY, S. M. I ANE. F. C. FLINT, EDWIN A. GLEASON,
M. LEONARD, A. J. BARTHOLOMEW, W. A. II. GRANT.
.. ....
REPORT.
The Auditors of Southbridge herewith submit their annual report for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1873.
The account of the Town Treasurer, as prepared by him, is as follows : F. L. CHAPIN, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Southbridge for the Year ending January 31, 1873.
RECEIPT3.
Cash in Treasury January 31, 1872,
$1880 86
Due from E. L. Spencer, Collector,
1021 83
Due from Daniel Walker, Collector, Tax Bill of 1872, as follows :
800 00
State tax,
$3,700 00
County tax,
2,432 08
Common schools,
6,000 00
Payment of debts,
5,000 00
Discount on taxes,
4,000 00
Highways,
3,500 00
Support of poor,
3,000 00
Police station,
2,500 00
Mechanics street,
2,000 00
Contingent expenses,
2,000 00
High school,
1,650 00
Sidewalks,
1,500 00
Mill street bridge,
1,100 00
Public library,
1,000 00
Salaries,
1,000 00
Contingent account of schools, &c.,
1,000 00
Street lights,
800 00
Hook and ladder apparatus,
800 00
Engine men,
600 00
Interest,
500 00
Abatement of taxes,
500 00
Town house yard,
500 00
Contingent highways,
500 00
Reservoir (Globe Village),
500 00
Lamps,
250 00
South school-house,
200 00
Overlayings on taxes,
690 13
Bank tax,
567 53
Center watch district, and overlayings,
839 28
$48,629 02
Amount carried forward,
$52,331 71
4
Amount brought forward,
$52,331 71
Received of State Treasurer, corporation tax,
680 23
state aid,
500 00
school fund,
333 30
discount on bank tax,
56 75
gain on bank tax,
21 67
66 collecting and assessing bank tax, 20 00 66 state pauper account, 12 00
66 sidewalk assessments,
1,040 60)
center watch district,
1,007 00
produce sold from farm,
427 15
county treasurer, dog fund,
347 34
oxen and yoke sold,
213 50
cattle sold from farm,
207 70
town of Oxford, account Maher family,
137 43
public library, catalogues, fines, &c.,
100 32
high school tuition,
96 00
labor of highway, help and team,
95 18
66 selectmen, for licenses,
51 00
rent of pasture,
50 00
cemetery lots sold,
45 75
66
hitch posts and stone bounds sold,
41 05
Henry Fiske, towards support of Lydia Fiske,
39 00
D. Whitford, account of 1869,
35 97
Sturbridge, account of A. and E. Clarke, stones, &c., sold,
15 33
Sturbridge, account of Westville bridge,
15 00
book case sold from high school room,
10 00
scrapings and gravel sold,
9 50
66
labor of farm, help and teams,
9 00
old iron sold from farm,
7 72
chain and tree sold,
6 50
wood sold from high school room,
6 00
use of town hall,
3 00
hay sold,
2 00
money borrowed in anticipation of taxes,
17,400 00
66
66 for specific purposes, as per votes, 8,000 00
$83,398 97
EXPENDITURES.
Paid support common schools,
~ $6,120 38
" discount on taxes,
4,678 90
" state tax of 1872,
3,700 00
" repairing highways,
3,651 63
" support of poor,
3,399 48
" River street and bridge,
2,770 0 )
" police station,
2,671 52
" sidewalks,
2,595 65
" county tax of 1872,
2,432 08
Amount carried forward,
$32,019 64
66
66
24 27
66
5
Amount brought forward,
$32,019 64
Paid contingent expenses,
2,366 60
" Mechanics street,
2,000 00
" center watch district,
1,779 74
" Mill street bridge,
1,406 57
" high school,
1,368 34 ·
" public library,
1,362 20
" salaries,
1,314 45
" hose,
909 50
" town house yard improvement,
861 06
" interest on notes,
859 91
" hook and ladder apparatus,
831 05
" eng'ne men,
828 00
" street lights,
802 92
" contingent account of schools and schoolhouses,
680 59.
" bank tax,
567 53
" state aid,
528 00
" abatement of taxes,
423 75
· " reservoir (Globe),
252 00
" contingent highways,
340 18
" bridges,
282 51
" personal property,
279 75
" for lamps,
246 10
" interest on farm debt,
204 00
" Mill street,
161 85
" West street,
65 00
" south school-house,
56 00
" new schoolhouse, Sandersdale,
44 52
" school committee,
41 34
" railing highways,
43 98
" Central street bridge,
5 00
" note to Southbridge Savings Bank, dated Dec. 7, 1871, 5,000 00
" money borrowed in anticipation of taxes, 17,400 00
$75,432 08
Due from E. L. Spencer, collector,
$737 83
" Daniel Walker, collector,
600 00
" L. Morton, collector,
359 70
Cash on hand, 6,269 36
$7,966 89
$83,398 97
6
BALANCES OF ACCOUNTS, FEB. 1, 1873,
$33.018 97
Town house,
5.000 00
Notes payable,
13.100 00
Engine houses,
4.000 00
River street and bridge,
4.230 ())
Farını,
3.400 00
Common schools,
1.693 40
Personal property,
2.207 72
School committee,
1.137 16
Fire engines,
1,500 00
High school,
678 36
Now cemetery,
1,311 25
Unappropriated funds,
[25 50
School furniture,
1.000 00
Abatement of taxes,
519 18
General appropriations,
16.067 19
State aid,
401 44
Cash,
6,269 36
Contingent of schools,
318 14
E. L. Spencer, collector,
737 83
West street,
300 00
D). Walker, collector,
600 00
Public library,
27S 35
Discount on taxes,
572 05
Highways,
255 40
1 .. Morton, collector,
359 70
Support of poor,
242 07
South school house,
186 50
Center watch district,
156 34
Bridges,
140 79
Railing highways,
88 84
Street lights,
85 83
Salaries,
75 93
Contingent highways,
73 32
Sidewiks,
63 71
Interest.
28 03
Engine men,
4 00
Contingent expenses,
23 84
$57,625 10 |
$57,625 10
NOTES OUTSTANDING JANUARY 31, 1873.
Dec. 1, 1859, Grace Mixter,
$1,000 00, Demand, 52 per cent.
June 16, 1870, T. N. Hard'g,g'd'n, 300 00,
July 5, 66
66 1,000 00,
66 66
Nov. 4, 1871, 66 66 1,000 00,
Apr. 1, 1872, W. A. Marcy,
1,000 00,
66
66
June. 15, " 66
5,000 00,
Aug. 10, " So. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 800 00,
66
Jan. 1, 1873, Rebekah Ammidown,2,000 00,
$13,100 00.
Errors excepted.
Southbridge, Feb. 1, 1873.
F. L. CHAPIN, Treasurer.
The foregoing account and statements of the Treasurer have been examined and found to be correct. The account includes all money's and claims which have come into his hands, and for which he is responsible, amounting in the aggregate to $83,398.97, the details of which we do not deem necessary to repeat in this report.
THE EXPENDITURES
Of the town in the several departments, and under the various appro- priations, during the year, are presented in detail, as follows :
. 66 06 66
Nov. 21, " Jedediah Marcy, 1,000 00,
66
6 66
School houses,
$14.600 00 Town property,
7
FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Edwin Emery, services as Principal to Dec. 27,
$1,093 00
Herbert F. Plimpton, services as Assistant 13 weeks, 65 00
Emma Bradford,
11
84 26
F. J. Clarke, care of room
13
26 00
Arthur S. Plimpton, care of room
14 “
20 00
L. O. Thompson,
to Nov. 15,
12 00
F. & J. M. Vinton, 2 cords wood in Dec. 1871,
13 50
M. K. Olney, 6 66
46 43
WV. P. Plimpton, 1 load shavings,
75
J. M. & L. D. Clemence, 1 load kindlings,
1 00
L. O. Thompson, cleaning room and piling wood,
1 40
Morse & Whitaker, 200 copies of programme,
5 00
Mrs. A. Clemence, ribbon for diplomas,
1 42
Deduct an order outstanding,
1 42
Total payments,
$1,368 34
FOR THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
Carrie Green, Teacher, 33 weeks,
$396 00
Emma Bradford,
2
24 00
M. E. Amidon,
11
110 00
Lizzie S. White, 66
24 66
216 00
Susie M. Knight,
32
288 00
Fannie C. Mason, .6 66 additional on two terms,
Helen Litchfield, .. 11
77 00
Sarah E. Gay,
66 34 66
294 00
Julia V. Harwood,
37
444 00
R. S. Gladwin,
35
315 00
Iola M. Converse,
35
315 00
Fannie J. Hall,
21
66
158 00
A. Rebecca Rowley, "
31
248 00
Eliza Mckinstry, 66 21
66
168 00
Mary E. Sheddon,
11
88 CO
L. A. Clemence, 66
32
256 00
Mary J. Stedman, . “
10
80 00
J. Lizzie Chamberlain, 10
66
80 00
Helen Lyon,
16 2-5 “
131 20
Mary E. Sheddon, 66
10
80 00
Luella S. Wood. 66 22
176 00
Lottie Sherer,
33
264 00
Mary E. White,
11
110 00
Hattie Sheddon,
11
99 00
M. L. Crawford,
11 66
99 00
M. A. Perrin,
11
77 00
Amount carried forward,
$4,771 20
21
66
158 00
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