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for the brick walk in the town house yard, that for fitting up the Se- lectmen's rooms in the new police station, and that for the use of Ed- wards' hall for the Teacher's Institute. These suggestions are made for the consideration of the people of the town ; but it is not within the province of the Auditors to arrest the payment of such expendi- tures when lawfully contracted by the proper authorities, and thus the town becomes liable therefor.
For the past year, the expenditures have been large, and the taxes, of course, have been heavy, but, so far as is known, no one has suf- fered by reason of the payment of his tax bill. It may be wise for the town to make liberal provision for the support of the public schools and for all desirable public improvements, as well as for its ordinary necessary expenses, but the question may be raised whether it is not time for the town to act with a view to a more strict economy in the management of its affairs.
Respectfully submitted,
S. M. LANE, MANNING LEONARD, Auditors. F. P. PRATT,
SOUTHBRIDGE, Feb. 1, 1873.
Case 61
THE
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE AUDITORS
OF
SOUTHBRIDGE,
FOR THE
Fiscal Year ending Jan. 31, 1874.
SOUTHBRIDGE : JOURNAL STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINT. 1874.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS, 1873.
CLERK : SAMUEL S. PERRY.
TREASURER : FRANCIS L. CHAPIN.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR :
C. A. PAIGE, JOHN O. MCKINSTRY, P. T. LITCHFIELD.
ASSESSORS : JOHN O. MCKINSTRY, LUCIAN MARCY, G. K. DRESSER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
E. M. PHILLIPS, 3 years, A. J. BARTHOLOMEW, 1 year, GEO. H. HARTWELL, 3 years, REV. H. H. RHEES, 1 year.
AUDITORS :
S. C. HARTWELL, FRED CROSBY, EDGAR D. MORSE.
LIBRARY COMMITTEE :
SAMUEL HARTWELL, REV. F. C. FLINT, S. C. HARTWELL,
S. M. LANE, EDWIN EMERY, E. A. GLEASON,
M. LEONARD, A.J.BARTHOLOMEW, W. A. H. GRANT.
CONSTABLES : P. M. CLARK, E. L. SPENCER, FRANK RYAN.
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR : VERNEY FISKE.
REPORT.
The Auditors of Southbridge present the annual report of the finan- cial transactions of the town for the year ending January 31, 1874.
The account of the Town Treasurer, as presented by him, is here - with submitted, having been examined and found correct.
F. L. CHAPIN, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Southbridge, for the year ending January 31, 1874.
Receipts.
Cash in Treasury, January 31, 1873,
$6,269 36
Due from E. L. Spencer, collector,
737 83
Daniel Walker, collector,
600 00
Lorenzo Morton, collector,
359 70
Tax bill of 1873, as follows :
State tax,
$4,162 50
County tax,
3,040 10
Common schools,
6,000 00
Payment of debts,
5,000 00
Discount on taxes,
4,800 00
Highways,
3,500 00
Contingent expenses,
2,000 00
High school,
1,650 00
Support of poor,
1,500 00
Public library,
1,500 00
Salaries,
1,300 00
Sidewalks,
1,250 00
Engine men,
1,100 00
Street lights,
1,000 00
Interest,
1,000 00
Outside poor,
800 00
Contingent account of schools, &c.,
800 00
Mill street, damage and grading,
700 00
Hose,
600 00
Abatement of taxes,
500 00
Everett street grading,
500 00
Insurance,
400 00
Bridges,
300 00
Printing,
300 00
Lamps,
300 00
Railing highways,
100 00
Overlayings on taxes,
393 76
Bank tax,
1,702 75
Center watch district, tax and overlayings,
840 71
$47,039 82
Amount carried forward,
$55,006 71
Amount brought forward, State Treasurer, corporation tax,
$55,006 71
$830 14
66
state aid,
565 00
bank tax,
558 71
66
school fund,
302 19
66 pauper account,
229 68
Center watch district,
1,008 00
Sidewalk assessments,
993 54
Produce sold from farm,
418 88
County treasurer, dog fund,
352 29
Samuel Eastman account,
177 47
Board of John Carey,
110 09
Public library,
95 07
Town of Oxford, account of Mahar family,
78 00
Labor of highway help and oxen,
76 06
Bridge lumber sold,
64 11
Dividend Bay State Fire Insurance Co.,
53 41
Cemetery lots sold,
48 50
H. Fiske, towards the support of Lydia Fiske,
39 00
Selectmen, for licenses,
27 00
Use of town hall,
19 10
High school tuition,
18 00
Broken lamp post,
17 00
Police station fees,
14 25
Wheelbarrow and hay sold,
13 77
Old junk sold,
10 00
Book case sold,
10 00
Hitch post sold,
8 50
Town of Hanson, account of M. Donelly,
8 00
Old iron sold,
7 30
Stove pipe and book sold,
6 19
Stone bounds sold,
5 00
Town of Warren, account of Sarah Flagg,
4 00
Gravel sold,
1 20
Railroad ties sold,
50
$6,169 95
$61,176 66
Money borrowed in anticipation of taxes, $17,800 00
for specific purposes, per votes, 5,900 00
$23,700 00
$84,876 66
Expenditures.
Support of common schools,
$6,506 49
Repairing highways, Discount on taxes,
4,478 60
State tax of 1872,
4,162 50
Amount carried forward,
$19,859 82
C
4,712 23
€
5 :
Amount brought forward,
$19,859 82
3,040 10
County tax of 1873, River street and bridge, Sidewalks,
2,858 65
2,659 30
High school,
2,071 09
Sandersdale bridge,
2,051 63
Salaries,
1,954 08
Public library,
1,846 99
Centre watch district,
1,769 97
Bank tax,
1,690 11
Contingent expenses,
1,610 92
Bridges,
1,537 27
Interest on notes,
1,361 87
Support of poor,
1,256 47
Outside poor,
1,092 65
Engine men,
1,050 00
Street lights,
1,030 55
For lamps and posts,
888 56
Mill street,
699 44
Contingent account of schools,
684 05
Lyon bridge,
600 00
Engine hose,
562 75
Foster street land,
500 00
State aid,
492 00
Abatement of taxes,
441 14
Insurance,
403 97
Grading of Everett street,
359 20
School committee,
325 06
West street,
300 00
Printing,
187 00
Railing highways,
158 25
Water works investigation,
112 39
Melville engine co.,
77 05
Personal property,
37 50
Town house yard,
20 00
Note to W. A. Marcy, June 15, 1872,
5,000 00
Money borrowed in anticipation of taxes,
17,800 00
$78,389 83
Due from E. L. Spencer, collector,
$694 64
66 66 D. Walker,
490 63
" L. Morton, 66
29 00
66
S. Thayer,
395 04
Cash on hand,
4,867 52
$6,486 83
$84,876 66
6
BALANCES OF ACCOUNTS, FEB. 2, 1874.
School houses,
$14,600 00'Town property, $34,993 39
Town house,
5,0 00 00 Notes payable, 14.000 00
Engine houses,
4,000 00 Common schoo's, 2,086 91
Farm,
3,400 00 Unappropria ed funds,
1,645 98
Lamp posts,
2.500 00 River street,
1,371 35
Personal property,
1.730 64 tate · id,
474 44
Fire engines,
1,¿ 00 00 ('ontingent account of schools, 434 09
422 71
School furniture,
1,000 0.)'Abatement ot taxes,
383 91
General appropriations,
16,441 61 Public library,
378 72
Cash,
4,8%7 32 Support of poor, 694 6+ High school.
275 27
1). Walker collector,
490 63 Centre watch district, 29 00 School committee,
214 29
S. Thayer, collector,
395 04 South school house,
186 50
Sidewalks,
345 85 Outside poor,
168 12
Interest,
129 84 Everett street,
140 80
Water works,
62 39 Highways,
126 00
Discount on taxes,
60 95 Printing,
113 00
Bridges,
111 52
Melvi.le Engine co.,
72 95
Street lights,
55 28
Engine men,
54 00
Insurance,
49 44
Salaries,
38 92
Hose,
37 25
Lamps,
36 94
Railing highways,
30 59
Sandersdale bridge,
4 48
Mill street,
56
$58,520 86
$58,520 86
NOTES OUTSTANDING JANUARY 31, 1874.
Dec. 1, 1859, Grace Mixter, $1,000 00, Demand, 52 per cent.
June 16, 1870, T. N. Hard'y,g'd'n, 300 00,
66
6
July 5, 66
66 66
1,000 00,
66
66
Apr. 1, 1872, W. A. Marcy,
1,000 00,
66
Aug. 10, " So. Mu. Fire Ins. Co. 800 00,
Nov. 27, " Jedidiah Marcy, 1.000 00,
Jan. 1, 1873, Rebekah Ammidown,2,000 00,
Aug. 6, 1873, 'T. N. Harding g'd'n, 500 00,
66
Nov. 1, 1873, John Ma:cy,
5,400 00,
66
66
66
$14,000 00
Errors excepted. Southbridge, Feb. 2, 1874.
1,000 00,
6
..
Nov. 4, 1871,
66
66
66
378 37
E. L. Spencer, col ector,
235 08
L. Morton, col ector,
New cemetery,
1,262 75 Contingent expenses,
F. L. CHAPIN, Treasurer.
7 SUPPORT OF COMMON SCHOOLS. Receipts.
Balance.
Appropriation,
$1,693 40 6,000 00
Transferred from School Com., amount being accumulation of State School Fund, 900 00
$8,593 40
Expenditures.
M. K. Olney, bills for wool for schools,
$170 20
Henry Robinson, sawing do., Dennison school, 7 00
Charles Hyde, load of kindlings,
2 50
Daniel Whitford, 65} cords of wood,
394 15
O iver Mason, 3 cords of wood,
16 00
M. Morse, 10} 66 Ammidown and Bacon, 64 83
Lucian Lyon, 22 "
Center,
8 75
(. Brown, 3} 66 Hooker,
26 25
Southbridge Brick Co., 1 cord wood, Hooker.
7 00
'T. Chamberlain, sawing and packing 3 cords, 7 50
$704 18
James Gleason, crayons, brooms, &c.,
$8 62
W. J. Keith, crayons and school books,
8 57
.6
4 39
J. A. King,
66
6 04
Wm. C. Barnes, .6 66
12 71
Cummings & Williams, pails, dusters, &c., different schools, 2 orders,
20 11
Wm. C. Barnes, books, crayons, erasers, &c.,
14 57
Geo. L. Winter, pails and cups,
80
E. M. Turner, board of teacher,
1 50
Morse Brothers, broom,
50
$77 81
Eddie Morse, care Bacon school house 2 terms, $6 00
Byron Sprague,
1
3 00
V. Williams, care of Ammidown school, 3 terms, 11 00
C. P. Lawson,
66
1
3 00
E. P. Walker,
Hooker
2
66
8 00
Albert Clark, 66
66
1
66
4 00
L. O. Thompson"
Center 66
3
54 00
J. McCarty,
3 rooms at Globe,
15 00
Susan Bartlett, 66
North Intermediate, 1 year, 66
15 00
Willie Bartlett, 66
12 00
O. F. Chamberlain, care of Dennison school house 2 terms, and cleaning same, 10 00 do., winter term, 5 00
S. Freeman, care of Globe Grammar school, 3 terms75 00 E. M. Phillips, New Village school house, 2 terms, 18 00 Lizzie Chamberlain, New Village Primary, 1 term, 4 00
Amount carried forward, $1,024 99
8
Amount brought forward, $1,024 99 Universalist Society, rent of vestry, 1 term, 15 00
$1,039 99
Miss E. M. Redding, 24 weeks teaching,
$288 00
Miss Lottie Sherer, 33 weeks and care of room,
273 50
Mrs. E. M. Robinson, 11 weeks,
110 00
Miss Nellie J. Hall, 11 weeks,
88 00
Miss Sarah E. Gay, 13 weeks,
117 00
Mrs. Susie M. Knight, 33 weeks,
297 00
Miss H. S. Smith, 33 weeks,
264 00
Miss A. R. Rowley, 33 weeks,
264 00
Miss R. S. Gladwin, 24 weeks,
228 00
Miss L. S. White, 12 weeks,
108 00
Miss Carrie Green, 12 weeks,
144 00
Miss Jennie T. Litchfield, 22 weeks,
198 00
Miss Julia V. Harwood, 24 weeks,
288 00
Miss M. E. Silverthorn, 11 weeks,
77 00
Miss M. L. Crawford. 25 weeks,
225 00
Miss M. A. Perrin, 24 weeks,
192 00
Miss L. S. Wood, 22 weeks,
176 00
Miss Helen F. Litchfield, 22 weeks,
176 00
Miss Ida M. Douty, 11 weeks,
88 00
Miss Julia E. Killam, 11 weeks,
88 00
Miss C. H. Pratt, 11 weeks,
88 00
Miss E. M. Edwards, 22 weeks,
176 00
Mrs. Horace Carpenter, teaching music 2 terms,
15 00
Miss E. J. Messenger, 11 weeks,
110 00
Miss A. G. Lawson, 11 weeks,
88 00
Miss J. L. Chamberlain, 35 weeks,
280 00
Miss Iola Converse, 35 weeks,
326 00
Miss M. E. Sheddon, 33 weeks,
264 00
Miss Emma Bradford, 23 weeks,
254 00
Miss N. S. Robinson, 11 weeks,
88 00
Miss L. A. Hammond, 11 weeks,
88 00
$5,466 50
Total expenditures,
$6,506 49
Balance to credit of this acc't, Feb. 1, 1874,
2,086 91
$8,593 40
HIGH SCHOOL.
Receipts.
Bal. to Cr. of this account Feb. 1, 1873,
678 36
Appropriations for current year,
1650 00
Received for tuition, L. S. Morse, 3 terms,
18 00
$2346 36
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Expenditures.
Edwin Emery, 13 months salary to Feb. 1,1874, $1,417 50 Miss Ella Cole, teaching 5 weeks, 50 00
M. N. Weed, teaching 40 weeks, 434 00
$1901 50
Lewis O. Thompson, care of rooms,
36 00
Daniel Whitford, 12g cords wood,
75 77
M. K. Olney, 6} cords wood,
47 75
W. P. Plimpton, 1 load shavings,
1 00
$124 52
Wm. C. Barnes, use of piano and stationery,
6 65
Carpenter & Irwin, 1 piece ribbon,
1 00
$7 65
One order outstanding Feb. 1, 1873,
1 42
Total payments, Bal. to Cr. this acct.,
$2,071 09
275 27
$2,346 36
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL HOUSES.
Receipts.
Bal. to Cr. of this acct., Feb. 1, 1873,
$318 14
Appropriations, 800 00
Total resources, $1,118 14
Expenditures.
Alden Potter, for mason work and materials, $88 07
W. C. Barnes, thermometers, dusters, &c., 5 09
Leonard Cutler, carpenter work and lumber for diff- erent jobs, 229 99
P. M. Clarke, painting two houses, 60 00, and paint- ing and glazing at school houses, 36 41, 96 41
Geo. L. Winter, hardware and repairing stoves, 15 47
for 5 new stoves and labor, 82 33
Hartwell Hobbs, labor and material, 25 24
4 22
E. P. Lewis, bolts, locks &c., 3 31
2 00
Cummings & Williams, hardware,
Daniel Morse, cleaning Bacon school house, Amount carried forward,
$552 13
10
Amount brought forward,
Ephraim Dakin, labor at school house, 1 $2
Geo. S. Stone, repairing stove, 1 50
Lewis O. Thompson, cleaning houses and labor about same, 3 orders, 30 20
Samuel Williams, furniture and repairing,
7 86
J. J. Oakes, curtains, fixtures, and labor, Sanders- dale school house, 12 75
Bugbee & Wheeler, do., at Globe, 3 26
D). W. Williams, framing school regulations, 9 75
G. H. Hartwell, cash paid bills of books and express charges, 28 24
chloride lime, 50
Jacob Booth, setting glass at Globe, 5 75
Mrs. H. & L. Walker, cleaning Hooker school, 2 30
James A. King, books and stationery,
4 28
F. A. Warfield, horse hire, 1 00
F. C. Flint, do., 1 50
J. M. & L. D. Clemence, lumber Globe North school, 1 74 Jacob Booth, painting and glazing at Globe, 9 87
C. P. Lawson, work at Sandersdale school house, 3 00
I. N. Goodell, setting glass Dennison school house, 1 50
Two orders outstanding, Feb. 1, 1873, 5 00
$684 05
Balance to credit of this acc't, Feb. 1, 1874,
434 09
$1,118 14
One order outstanding, $36 12.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Receipts.
Balance,
$1,137 16
Income of State school fund,
302 19
$1,439 35
Expenditures.
Wm. J. Keith, bill for stationery, 2 30
J. W. Schermerhorn & Co., globes and express charges, 165 68
Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 8 setts Guyot's school maps and express charges, 135 83
Wm. C. Barnes, magnetic globes and school apparatus, 21 25
$325 06
Amount transferred to account for support of common schools, 900 00
$1,225 06
214 29
$1,439 35
Balance, Feb. 1, 1874,
$552 13
11 PUBLIC LIBRARY. Receipts.
$278 35
1,500 00
352 29
9 60
$1,861 89
Librarian for fines,
$55 03
Catalogues,
20 40
Cards, boxes, waste paper,
9 44
One book lost,
60
$85 47
Total resources,
$2,225 71
Expenditures.
Lec & Shepard, books purchased,
$730 63
F. C. Flint, do.,
9 00
L. Scott publishing co., magazines,
2 60
W. H. Piper, book,
2 00
Harper & Brothers, papers,
1 00
C. E. Keach, book,
70
$745 93
Jackson Dale & Co., binding and express,
$109 51
Morse & Whitaker, printing reports and catalogues, 104 90
$214 41
Mutual Gas Co., gas,
$179 70
66 gas fixtures,
13 74
$193 44
M. K. Olney, coal,
96 00
L. Phelps, clock,
27 50
Cummings & Williams, stove, &c.,
$15 97
L. Cutler, moving railing and bulletin board,
14 04
Samuel Williams, table and bench,
9 25
S. C. Hartwell, bills paid for cleaning,
9 01
S. M. Lane, 66 freight,
8 83
Geo. S. Stone, repairing iron blind,
3 00
Knowlton & Bacon, paper,
17 16
Edwin Emery, labor on catalogue,
30 00
Miss A. J. Comins, salary to Dec. 31, 1873, Miss A. J. Comins, express and freight,
13 .18
66 postage stamps, stationery, &c., 10 64
brooms, baskets, &c., ₲ 1G
3 60
16
P. M. Clark, glazing, 3 50
cleaning windows and stairs, 3 47
66
charcoal, 1 50
$42 05
$1,826 59
₹
Total,
wax tapers,
$107 26
400 00
Balance,
Appropriations, Dog fund, Paper sold,
12
Amount brought forward,
$1,826 59 Add two orders paid by treasurer which were outstanding, January 31, 1873,
20 40
Balance, partly appropriated, but not drawn,
378 72
$2,225 71
CONTINGENT EXPENSES. Receipts.
Balance,
$23 84
Appropriation,
2,000 00
Geo. Brackett, gas used in Town Hall,
3 60
G. L. Winter, stove pipe from lock up,
5 04
C. A. Paige, one blank book,
1 15
$2,033 63
Expenditures.
E. L. Spencer, teams and serving warrants,
$25 50
arresting thief who stole A. H. Morse's team,
25 00
Samuel Hagar, labor lock-up, James A. King, ¿ ream paper,
5 14
bottle Ward's ink,
75
blank book,
1 00
paper for selectmen's office,
3 75
Hamilton Woolen Co., 3 gals. N. F. oil, 4 50
men and team to fire in woods, 11 50
Wm. C. Barnes, stationery, 11 20
100 ft. wire cord for town clock, 10 50
9 75
P. M. Clarke, glass and serving warrant, painting 66
12 51
at town hall and station,
64 20
serving 5 warrants,
10 00
various jobs painting and setting glass in street lights,
3 91
J. Gleason & Sons, supplies Melville engine co.,
10 88
E. P. Lewis, repairing pump lanterns and globes for engine co.'s, 14 00 lead pipe and work on water trough, 9 27
10 00
Marvin Cheney, conducting 10 funerals,
Sumner Marsh,
4
4 00
Ephraim Dakin, 2 60 66
1 50
Leonard Cheney, 66 19
19 00
Oliver Mason,
1 funeral,
1 00
David Wight, surveying and removing lines,
5 85
3 35
S. M. Lane, record book and stationery, Amount carried forward, $283 23
3 17
house,
2 00
$1,846 99
13
Amount brought forward,
$283 23
Joshua Vinton, labor, various jobs, 4 00
John A. Marcy, labor at lock-up,
65
Nelson Morris, wood for 4 06
R. Boardman, 66 66
12 81
Paige & Crosby,
36 28
Southbridge Brick Co., team } day drawing gravel, 2 50
3 48
L. R. Bigelow, sawing wood for lock-up, care of lock-up, 3 43
S. S. Perry, books, recording roads, 6 34
recording births, deaths and marriages, 78 15
C. A. Paige, use of team and sundry expenses, 70 76
J. O. Mckinstry, cash paid for 9 61
L. W. Curtis, examining small pox cases, 7 00
S. R. Hathorn, repairing engine house roof, 3 50
P. T. Litchfield, use of team, 8 50
J. W. Marble, care of town hall, 1 year to April, '73, 8 00 sealing weights and measures, “ 10 00
care town clock, 1 year to May, '73, 30 00 returning 111 deaths to town clerk, 27 75
J. M. Cochran, professional services, 32 80
A. J. Bartholomew, Nov. 10, 1870
165 48
P. H. Carpenter & Co., water pitcher for police station, 35
16 pails for fire department, 3 67
Moses Bashaw, labor in school and town house yards, 1 40 Cummings & Williams, basket, cup and keys for lock-up), 1 15
ladder and lampwick trimmer,2 30 hardware for station, and oil for Tiger engine co., 2 76
mdse. for
9 85
lead pipe and labor on water trough, 3 00
mdse for police station,
1 75
L. Phelps, pens and penholders,
1 00
M. Reynolds, care Tiger engine and supplies,
21 70
F. Hamilton, posting by-laws, care of lock-up, 19 00
1 20
M. Dillaber, posting by-laws,
1 20
F. Faulkner, labor, various jobs, 5 90 painting town yard fence, 2 00
3 00
H. A. Streeter & Co., 5 pillows for cells in lock-up,
table for selectmen's office,
1 75
Geo. S. Stone, repairing lamp posts,
labor on Tiger engine, hinges and bolts for gate back of town hall, 5 30
4 14
sawing wood for lock-up, 4 38
1 50
Amount carried forward, $906 63
to Sept. 18, 1873,
14
Amount brought forward,
$906 63
J. M. Ammidown, 1 bottle nozle for Melville engine
company, 20 00
Southbridge post office, postage stamps, 2 00
E. D. Morse, hand stamp for auditors, . 5 25
Peter Dupree, damage by falling of red bridge, 50 00
V. A. Clement,M. D.,medical attendance, P. Dupree, 10 00 Samuel Banet, labor town house yard, 1 20
Thomas Hayes, " laying out Water street, 1 50
" various jobs, 5 86
Spencer & Bowen, team for various jobs for town, 21 25
team to Worcester for county com- missioners, 5 00
teams to fire in woods, 13 00
.6 teams to draw engine to fires, 7 50
teams for county commissioners
and drawing engine, 10 30
Leonard Cutler, labor on engine house and police station,
7 19
G. L. Winter, mdse. for police station, 8 19
6 6 rope for Tiger engine co., 2 13
66 66 mdse. and labor for town, 5 65
lining lock-up stove, 2 00
15 00
Henry Walker, land, building wall and grading Hooker school lot. 50 00
Dwight Vinton, damages falling old red bridge,
200 00
Frank Link, care Melville engine house and engine 1 year to May 1, 1873, 20 00
Theo. Frost, labor on gate town house yard, 3 50
T. L. Nelson, written opinion as to tax discount, 10 00
J. T. Mckinstry, painting Melville engine and house, and setting glass, 7 99
H. D. Edwards, trucking for town, 2 75
L. O. Thompson, labor, various jobs, 16 40 66 care lock-up 2 mos., 10 00
Barnard Casey, sawing wood for lock-up, 3 00
Lewis Longway, covering man-hole for reservoir, 1 50
3 58
Franklin Cady, supplies for Tiger engine co., labor on house,
8 00
F. O. Letcher, team and labor, 5 50
Samuel Williams, table for selectmen's office and boards for voting list, 8 50
Leo Coburn, labor on water-trough wall, 1 75
Thomas Welch, sawing limbs off trees, 1 75
Lucian Marcy, cash paid for assessor's books, 3 50
Geo. K. Dresser, wood and coal for engine houses, 48 70
Morse Bros., oil and broom for lock up, and oil for Tiger engine co., 2 44
J. M. & L. D. Clemence, lumber and labor, 19 70
Amount carried forward,
$1,528 21
Joseph Clarke, highway damages,
15
Amount brought forward,
$1,528 21
Jacob Booth, varnishing sleigh-hearse, 7 00
9 60
.6 66 lock-up and engine house, 15 00
7 08
S. O. Bowen, arresting horse-thief No. 2 who stole A. H. Morse's team, 25 00
B. H. & E. R. R. Co., freight on fire extinguishers, 78
E. M. Cole, paying men for watching fires, 16 00
J. M. Marble, 1 gal. oil for Tiger engine co., 2 25
Bal. on band,
$1,610 92 $422 71
HIGHWAYS.
Receipts.
Bal. on hand,
255 40
Appropriations,
3,500 00
D. Whitford, for use of highway teams,
10 00
G. Wells, for sand,
1 50
C. A. Paige, Blair's work ¿ day.
88
E. Dakin for work &c.,
23 50
Appropriation,
700 00
28 18
C. A. Paige, for work of Hayes and Clarke Appropriation,
300 00
Thos. Hayes, for 1 old wheelbarrow,
1 00
C. A. Paige, for Thos. Hayes work 7 3-10 days,
12 77
Gas Co., for Thompson and Hayes' work,
5 00
$4,838 23
Expenditures.
Nelson Vinton for breaking out roads,
5 60
Vernon Chamberlain “
66
2 20
Jacob Dermott
60
2 00
Chas. Gerrold, for shoveling snow,
14 20
George L. Clemence, "
4 50
Nathan Mckinstry,
26 10
Prevostus Mckinstry, "
8 50
Wm. Hodgson,
2 00
L. R. Bigelow,
5 23
Albert Mckinstry,
12 50
Joseph Williams,
2 30
Nelson Vinton,
6 40
Amasa Haskell,
19 00
Judson Phillips,
6 00
Fred Stead,
66
40
F. J. Clarke,
66
2 50
Amount carried forward,
$119 43
Mut. Gas Co., gas for town hall, 66
Nathan Thayer, sawing wood at lock-up,
16
Amount brought forward,
$119 43
John Q. Goodell, 66
5 70
F Hamilton, work on highways, 1 05
Judson Phillips, shoveling snow,
1 10
Nelson Vinton, 66
1 10
Andrew B. Smith,
70
C. A. Paige, cash paid for team and use of horse and carriage for highways,
43 31
Stephen Scarboro, shoveling snow,
6 30
Chas. Scarboro,
6 40
Truman Chamberlain,
6 50
Wm. Hodgson,
2 00
J. O. Mckinstry,
12 10
Amasa Haskell,
10 82
P. T. Litchfield, 66
3 00
Joseph Girard,
1 25
J. Lamoureaux,
1 25
Wm. Comstock,
1 00
Oliver ason,
3 80
Dwight Vinton, 1 one-horse cart,
65 00
D. T. Marsh, shoveling snow,
1 50
L. R. Bigelow, .6
92
Nathan Mckinstry,
66
15 40
Vernon Chamberlain,
2 00
A. L. Pelton,
1 20
Lewis Morse,
66
11 90
Cyprian Whiting,
5 00
L. M. Dean, 1 horse-cart harness,
22 00
John Mack, work on highways,
13 42
Nelson Vinton, shoveling snow,
90
Byron Harwood,
1 00
Cummings & Williams, plow castings, &c.,
6 80
John Etna, work on highways in April,
3 00
Festus Falkner, “
66
6 00
Chauncey Brown, shoveling snow,
11 10
Horace Walker, 66
11 00
Albert Mckinstry,
66
12 50
Henry Walker,
19 30
Geo. S. Stone, repairing highway tools,
14 13
Verney Fiske, shoveling snow,
2 00
C. A. Paige, April pay roll for highway work,
1,475 13
P. Welsh, work on highways, 1 75
15 00
S. Scarboro, shoveling snow,
1 20
Southbridge Brick Co., shoveling snow,
23 90
Barnard Casey, work on highways,
2 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,988 23
66 66 highway tools, &c.,
16 37
Hamilton Woolen Co., work on culvert,
17
Amount brought forward,
$1,988 23
Nelson Blair, work on highways,
4 00
C A. Paige, pay roll highway help, May, 1,317 84
P. H. Carpenter & Co., powder and fuse for highway work,
17 60
L. A. Lyon, shoveling snow,
19 00
Paul Dragon, work on highways,
3 50
F. Falkner,
May,
8 00
Geo. S. Stone, repairing highway tools,
17 45
Litchfield & Co., 112 loads of gravel for highway,
11 20
P. Welch, work on highways,
1 75
Joseph Reno, work on highways,
3 00
P. T. Litchfield, use of horse on highway,
8 50
Nelson Blair, work on highways,
8 75
P. Bounty,
1 75
John Mack, 66
3 45
Amasa Haskell, 66
23 15
M. Bashaw, 66
3 00
L. A. Lyon,
4 62
Andrew Plimpton, breaking out roads,
24 00
C. A. Paige, to pay highway help,
147 06
M. K. Olney & Co., 1 bag meal for highway oxen,
1 60
Cummings & Williams, highway tools,
5 63
Louis Roberts, work on highways,
12 25
C. A. Paige, for paying highway help,
15 19
D. Whitford, work on highways,
1 75
Edward Reno, "
8 75
Michael Timlin,“
3 50
John Mack,
17 25
Thos. Clarks, "
66
22 22
Barnard Casey,“ 66
3 00
Henry Walker,“ .6
87 75
Chauncey Brown,
65 00
Horace Walker,
66
30 37
Nathan Mckinstry,“
47 50
Asa Morse,
66
10 00
Ruggles Morse,
10 00
John Mack,
66
21 75
Lucian Lyon, 66
75
Thos. Hayes,
60
17 50
Thos. Welch,
1 75
Nathan Mckinstry, work on culvert,
68 12
John Mack, work on highways,
3 00
Thos. Hayes,
66
35 87
Thos. Hayes,
48 12
A. M. Cheney, " 66
37 50
L. P. Tower, 66
7 25
Law. Hughes, "
4 00
Amount carried forward,
$4,203 22
.
18
Amount brought forward,
$4,203 22
Thos. Welch, work on highways,
52 50
Festus Falkne!, 66 6 00
N. McKinstry, 66
5 50
Cum nings & Williams, mdse. for highways, 4 07
John B. Plimpton, shoveling snow in Feb. & March, 4 60
Hamilton Woolen Co., work on highways,
126 50
Thos. Hayes, 66
20 12
Richard Peck, 66 60
17 32
Thos. Welch,
66 66
11 20
Jno. Peck, 66 66
91 25
Philip Lebounty, 66 66 66
57 13
Lewis Roberts, 66
66
8 85
S. Dresser, gravel for highways,
4 00
T. S. Wheelock, work on highways
3 20
Wm. Gallagher,
23 60
Lucian Marcy,
66
2 50
Peter Martin, 66
66
3 00
Cummings & Williams, tools for highways,
4 06
Chas. Gerald, shoveling snow,
2 20
Henry Walker, work on highways,
18 25
Verney Fiske, 66
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