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$5,000, New Engine House, 82 50
$7,000, Main Street School, 66 92 $3,000, School Street School, 45 88 $6,000, Globe Village Engine House. 40 SO
$2,300, Fire Apparatus, 39 15
$1,600, Elm Street School, 34 20
$1,100, Storage Barn, 33 48
$3,700, Pleasant and School Sts. Schools, 32 00
$1,500, Police Station, 27 15
$1,000, Steamer No. 1, 15 00
$600, Bacon District School, 7 50
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$721 92
W. P. Plimpton- $7,500, Armory Building, 3 years $165 00
$5,000, Town Hall and con-
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REPORT OF AUDITORS.
tents, 56 90
$2,500, Contents New Engine House, 25 00
$246 90
Jos. E. Prue- $3,000, New Engine House, $45 00
Wm. McCleery --
Extension of Mechanics permit,
$35 50
$1,112 47
Account overdrawn March 1, 1901, $312 47 1
INTEREST.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, $6,300 00
Account sewer notes, 40 00
$6,340 00
EXPENDITURES.
Account overdrawn March 1, 1900, $362 17 Interest on sewer notes, Jan. 1, 1901, 1,200 00
Interest on Marcy street school house, Oct. 1, 1900, 960 00
Interest engine house notes, Nov. 1, 1900, 874 00
Interest on money borrowed in
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REPORT OF AUDITORS.
anticipation of taxes, 837 90
Interest on sewer notes, Oct. 1,
1900, and Dec. 2, 1900, 545 01
Interest on sewer notes, Nov. 1, 1900, 400 00
Interest on Marcy street school house note, Jan. 2, 1901, 340 00
Interest on armory note, Oct. 24, 1900, 280 00
Interest on sewer land note, Dec.
1,1900, 180 00
Interest on high school addition note, 176 00
Interest on armory note, April 24,1900, 20 00
$6,175 08
Balance to credit of account March
1,1901, $164 92
MAIN AND MARCY STREET SEWER.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account March 1, 1900, $30 00
EXPENDITURES.
Transferred to unappropriated funds,
$30 00
00 00
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REPORT OF AUDITORS.
MEMORIAL DAY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$100 00
EXPENDITURES ..
Malcolm Ammidown Post, No. 168, G. A. R., $100 00
0 00
MILITIA.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to creJit of account March
1, 1900,
$247 40
525 00
State treasurer, $772 40
EXPENDITURES.
Southbridge Gas and Electric Co., for lighting armory, $176 84
E. C. Ellis, coal for armory, 151 56
Monroe Reynolds, care of armory,
139 29
Ellen Bartholomew, for rent of rifle range, 60 00
G. C. Winter, labor and supplies on tower, 36 02
Southbridge Roofing Co., labor and
89
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
supplies,
35 67
Lareau, Lamoureux Bros., tables,
32 50
National Band for services at Sa- very's funeral,
25 00
Southbridge Water Supply Co. for water,
25 00
J. M. & L. D. Clemence, lumber,
19 68
Alexis Boyer, labor,
19 26
A. Farland, labor,
16 50
A. Daniels, wood,
13 75
Selectmen, for flag,
12 00
M. Egan & Son, labor and sup- plies, 10 70
Dwight Chamberlain, labor,
8 25
W. D. Morse, supplies, 4 00
J. Ouimette & Son, supplies,
2 20
J. Stone, labor,
75
$788 97
Account overdrawn March 1, 1901, $16 57
MILITARY AID.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account,
March 1, 1900, $231 00
From State Treasurer,
60 00
$291 00
90
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
EXPENDITURES.
Chas. L. Horton, aid, $120 00
Balance to credit of account, March 1, 1901, $171 00
MORRIS STREET WALK.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account
March 1, 1900, $145 88
EXPENDITURES.
Transferred to unappropriated funds, 145 88
000 00
POLICE DUTY.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account March 1,1900, $85 15
91
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
EXPENDITURES.
Joseph Lariviere,
$20 00
J. E. Hefner, 17 00
Fabien Cabana,
15 00
Luke Reilly, (Fourth of July duty,)
5 00
Patrick . Fitzpatrick,
1 50
$58 50
Balance to credit of account March 1, 1901. $26 65
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$3600 00
By uniforms, 242 86
$3842 86
EXPENDITURES.
Peter Cormier, police duty, $570 00
Charles Curtin, police duty, 570 00
William J. Douty, police duty, 570 00
Andrew M. Higgins, police duty, 570 00
Z. N. Leclair, police duty, 570 60
William F. Lee, police duty, 560 00
92
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Johnson, Colburn, Co., 242 86
$3652 86
Balance to credit of account March 1' 1901, $190 00
POLICE STATION.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account March
1,1900, $51 92
Appropriation, 200 00
$251 92
EXPENDITURES.
J. E. Proulx, care of station, $154 18
Southbridge Gas & Electric Co., lighting jail, 75 21
E. C. Ellis, coal, 29 60
A. Daniels, coal,
28 00
Selectmen paid for repairs on jail,
14 85
Southbridge Water Co., for water supply, 13 00
W. H. Clarke, for sundries, 10 27
Lareau, Lamoureux Bros., for
chairs and curtains, 9 70
Southbridge Roofing Co., repairing roof of jail, 5 46
93
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Alexis Boyer, labor repairing sta- tion, 4 95
S. Willliams, table, 4 50
Initial Clean Towel Co., for towel supply, 4 00
J. M. & L. D. Clemence, kindling wood, 3 25
G. C. Winter, supplies, 2 97
Razee Laundry, dusting carpets, 1 75
Bay State Market, soap, 20
$361 89
Ac:xint overdrawn, March 1, 1901, $109 97
PRINTING.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Account overdrawn March 1, 1900, $199 67 Southbridge Press, printing town reports, school and library reports, town warrants, reg- istrars notices, blanks for board of health, posters, labels, specimen and regu- lar ballots, town clerk's cer- tificates, license notices,
94
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
police rules, tax receipts, $832 88 Southbridge Journal, printing as- sessors report, town war- rants and registrars notices, 258 73 Robinson & Dougherty, printing assessors and registrars no- tices, license and assessors blanks, town warrants, pos- ters, tally sheets, tax books, posters, cards for tax col- lector and poll tax list, 213 04
Southbridge post office, envelopes and cards for tax collector, 35 19
Account overdrawn March 1, 1901, $39 51
$1,539 51
RAILINGS
RECEIPTS.
$300 00
Appropriation,
EXPENDITURES.
Account overdrawn March 1, 1900, $22 09 J. M. & L. D. Clemence, lumber, 94 60
Alexis Boyer, labor and material, 43 23
W. H. Clarke, supplies, 34 51
95
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
M. Egan, labor and material, 27 54
J. Ouimette & Son, labor and ma- terial, 15 20
J. J. Bowlen, labor of men, 4 41
G. C. Winter, supplies,
40
$241 98
Balance to credit of account,
March 1, 1901, $58 02
SALARIES.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account
March 1, 1900, $97 40
Appropriation, 3,000 00
$3,097 40
EXPENDITURES.
Board of Selectmen-
J. Ouimette, Jr., J. M. Olney, $300 00
Herman S. Cheney,
Overseers of the Poor- Felix Gatineau, L. Wesley Curtis, $450 00
Antoine Farland.
96
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Board of Registrars-
E. M. Phillips, $91 00
G. W. Corey, 26 40
Moses Gagnon, 23 20
James K. Egan,
16 00
C. A Tetrault, 9 60
$166 20
Board of Assessors-
V. W. Lamoureux, Jan.
1,1900 to April 1, I900, $92 50
April 1, 1900 to Aug. 1,1900, 168 75
Aug. 1, 1900 to Oct.
1, 1900, 127 50
Oct. 1, 1900 to Feb.
1,1901, 82 50
Team, 19 00
Assistance, 9 00
$499 25
Franklin Jacobs, Oct. 1,
1899 to Mar. 31, 1900, $77 50
May 1, 1900 to Oct. 1, 1900. 190 00
$267 50
S. K. Edwards, Sept. 15, 1899, to Aug. 1, 1900, $255 00
$1021 75
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REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Board of Auditors-
Wilfrid J. Lamoureux,
C. F. Hill, for March, 1900, $133 50
Alex. P. Taylor,
Board of Auditors- Alexis Boyer, Jr.
Alex. P. Taylor, April 1, 1900 to November 14, 1900, $117 00 C. F. Hill,
Sewer Commissioners- J. Ouimette, Jr., Wm. C. Callahan, 300 00
H. C. Cady,
Town Treasurer-
J. A. Hall, 500 00
Board of Health 1899-
Dr. J. A. Genereux,
H. C. Moynihan, 150 00
Dr. C. C. Bradford,
Board of Health 1900-
Dr. J. A. Genereux, H. C. Moynihan, 150 00
Dr. C. C. Bradford.
Tax Collector --
J. M. Olney, Tax Collector for 1898, 350 00
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REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Care of Town Clock --
H. M. Caffrey, 25 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures- A. J. Morris, 10 00
$3,673 45
Account overdrawn March 1, 1901,
$576 05
SEWERS
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, $20,000 00
Sewer assessments,
167 37
J. J. Prindiville, rebate for con- necting new engine house with Main street sewer, 161 20
A. E. Weld, pipe,
75 82
Southbridge Printing Co., gravel,
38 90
Gravel used in highways,
20 00
-$20,463 29
EXPENDITURES.
Account overdrawn March 1, 1900, $16 00
On all contracts
13,282 62
Judson & Baker, extras on Crane,
Hamilton and River streets, 3,111 25
99
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
J. A. Whittaker, services
self and assistants, $942 74
Assessment plans, rec- ords and estimates, 194 78
1,137 52
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight on pipe, $802 13
Land damage and de- murrage, 242 00
1,044 13
Bernard Silk & Co., damage to building by blasting, 150 00
Robert F. Gough, land dam-
age, $30 00
Joe. Joliceour, land dam- age, 20 00
Henry Lepain, land dam- age, 17 50
Louis Peloquin, land dam- age, 12 60
Z. Dupuis, land damage, 10 50 Jos. LeClair, land damage, 10 00 Felix Lavallee, land dam- age, 5 00
105 60
C. F. Mignault, balance of con- tract on filter beds, 100 00
Joseph Ouimette, supplies, 83 15 A. C. Moore, inspection of filter beds, 60 00 G. C. Winter, supplies, 38 11
John M. Cochran, legal advice, 25 00
Keefe Bros., lumber, 13 45
100
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Jos. Reno, damage to garden truck, 10 00
Waldo Bros., pipe, 9 72
Antoine Farland, labor and supplies, 3 40
J. M. & L. D. Clemence, lumber, 1 00
$21,244 40
Account overdrawn March 1, 1900,
$781 11
SEWER CONTINGENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
A. Dupuis, men and teams on fil- ter beds, $229 84
Frank C. Callahan, men and teams, 88 00
S. K. Edwards, teams, 30 00
Patrick O'Connell, labor. 16 63
Martin Keveny, labor, 16 63
J. M. & L. D. Clemence, lumber, 14 39
W. H. Clarke, plough, 11 00
Alexis Boyer, railing, 9 70
Remi Surprenant, labor, 8 50
F. Clutier, labor, 5 25
Henry Fairbanks, watchman,
5 00
Wm. C. Callahan, men, $1 51
101
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
teams, 2 00
3 51
$438 45
Balance to credit of account March 1, 1900, $61 55
SEWER COMMITTEE PLANS
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account March
1,1200, $103 86
SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
RECEIPTS.
Balance March 1, 1900,
$212 59
Appropriation,
1,500 00
Labor,
166 70
Pine Street Walk, tar,
120 00
Crane Street walk, pitch, tar, etc.,
117 25
Edwards Street Walk, tar, etc,, 95 75
Central Street Walk, pitch,
76 85
Tar barrels sold, 75 70
Overpaid order,
10 00
$2,374 84
102
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
EXPENDITURES.
Selectmen, pay roll of men and
teams, $1,088 17
Worcester Gas Light Co., tar and concrete 441 50
M. N. Cartier, asphalt and concrete, 115 45
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R, freight, 83 90
A. Deslauriers, tar, pitch, etc., 68 80
J. M. Olney, gravel, 62 70
Chas H. Pellett, repairing sidewalk, 56 67
J. Ouimette, labor and supplies, 51 68
J. A. Whittaker, estimates
and plans for Pine
and Edwards .Sts, $11 75
Estimates and plans
for Crane, Central,
Main and Charlton
Streets, 21 50
Estimates on Me-
chanic street walk,
6 00
39 25
J. J. Bowlen, pay roll,
men and teams, $26 07
Crushed stone, 11 08
37 15
Julius Dresser, sand,
26 25
G. C. Winter, labor and supplies, 17 10
J. B. Reno, wood,
9 38
Gilbert Theriault, wood,
7 50
T. Hughes, wood, 6 75
Augustus Daniels, wood, 6 50
103
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Maxime Ducharme, labor, 4 50
J. M. & L. D. Clemence, lumber, 4 00
Felix Gatineau, supplies,
1 76
P. Langevin, oil, 36
$2,128 65
Balance to credit of account, March 1, 1901, $246 19
STATE AID.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account,
March 1, 1900,
$835 31
From State Treasurer,
901 00
Appropriation,
100 00
$1,836 31
EXPENDITURES.
Samuel Young,
$96 00
Wm. E. Horton,
72 00
Fred Kind,
72 00
Albert Sanders,
66 00
Darius Moon,
63 00
Fred Holmes,
60 00
J. R. Boniface,
60 00
104
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Edward Armes,
52 00
Lucian Bates,
52 00
H. N. Newell,
48 00
Lewis Rivers,
48 00
Annie Kind,
48 00
C. A. Wesson,
48 00
John Stone,
48 00
C. L. Newhall,
48 00
Harriet Armes,
48 00
Edward Egan,
48 00
Thomas Welch,
32 00
Martin Welch,
16 00
Abbie Stone,
4 00
$1,029 00
Balance to credit of account
$807 31 March 1, 1901,
STRRET LIGHTS.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account March
1,1901, $46 51
Appropriation,
6,500 00
Arc light, Central street,
80 00
Arc light, Coombs street, 78 00
Arc light, Worcester street, 78 00
Arc light, Charlton street,
78 00
105
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Arc light, Goddard court, 76 00
$6,936 51
EXPENDITURES.
Southbridge Gas and Electric Co.,
for electric lights, $6,708 10
William J. Douty, care of foun- tain light, 8 00
$6,716 10
Balance to credit of account March 1,1901, : 220 41
SOUTH STREET CULVERT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, $150 00 EXPENDITURES.
J. J. Bowlen, self, men and teams, $122 92
Balance to credit of account March 1,1901, $27 08
STATE AID, SPANISH WAR.
RECEIPTS.
Account overdrawn, March 1, 1900, $44 00
106
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
EXPENDITURES.
Expenditures, 00 00
Account overdrawn March 1, 1901, $44 00
TOWN HALL COMTINGENT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account March
1, 1900,
$92 48
Appropriation, 700 00
High school account, janitor and heating, 575 00
Rentals,
105 50 -
$1,472 48
EXPENDITURES.
Peter Caplette, janitor, extra labor
and supplies, · $704 25
A. Daniels, coal, 369 50
Southbridge Gas and Electric Co., lighting hall, 214 70
Southbridge Water Supply Co., water for town hall and high school, 80 00
G. C. Winter, supplies, 23 88
Harry Albee, painting flag pole,
12 00
M. Egan & Sons, labor and supplies, 8 28
T. Jerome Harrington, flowers, 8 00
107
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Southbridge Roofing Co., labor,
5 81
G. W. Green, brushes,
5 00
Calvin Claflin, labor,
3 63
C. Martel, roping flag pole,
2 50
J. M. & L. D. Clemence, lumber,
1 60
Wm. H. Clarke, supplies, 1 59
Edward Theriault, supplies,
1 20
$1,441 94 .
Balance to credit of account, March 1, 1901, $31 01
TOWN POUND
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account March 1, 1900, $50 00
EXPENDITURES.
Expenditures, 00 00
Balance ts credit of account, March 1, 1901, $50 00
WAR RELIEF.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account
108
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
March 1, 1900,
$949 88
Appropriation, 300 00
Town of Warren care of O. B. Rumrill, 150 00
$1,399 88
EXPENDITURES.
Aid to O. B. Rumrill, $180 00
David Fairfield,
120 00
Abbie Barrett,
144 00
Fabien Lescarbeau,
96 00
Marcus L. Dillaber, Sr.,
72 00
Ellen Gallaway,
60 00
Mary J. Sayles,
48 00
George H. Smith aid to Fred L.
Holmes,
50 00
Johnson, Colburn Co., goods to
Ed. Armes, $25 00
John Stone 10 50
Fred L. Holmes, 9 50
Albert Saunders, 7 23
$52 23
Dr. Gauthier, attendance Fred L. Holmes, 43 86
J. D. Blanchard goods to John Stone, $27 76
Mrs. Lamontagne, 6 00
33 76
Lafortune & Savaria, burial of Peter Savery, 25 00
F. H. Olin, attendance Harvey
109
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
Newell, 19 50
Wm. D. Morse, goods to
John Stone,
$6 50
Charles Horton,
6 00
Ed. Armes,
5 00
17 50
J. B. Plante, goods to
Albert Saunders, $9 00
Ed. Armes,
6 75
15 75
Peter Grant goods to
Lucian Bates,
$10 00
Mrs. Lamontagne, 5 00
15 00
H. T. Hyde, goods to Fred L.
Holmes, 13 25
Edwin Wallace, wood to Ed. Armes, 9 50
H. A. Morse, wood to John Stone, 9 50
P. H. Carpenter Co., goods to Mrs. Lamontage, 8 00
N. T. Hurlbut, goods to Charles Horton, 7 75
Selectmen, aid to Frank Seymour, 6 00
F. Gatineau, aid to Charles Horton, 5 00
Bay State, aid to Charles Horton, 3 00
A. Daniels, aid to Ed. Armes, 3 25
H. L. Bedard, shoes to Mrs. Lamon- tagne, 1 50
$1,038 35
Balance to credit of account March 1,1900, $341 53
110
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
WATER SUPPLY.
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account March
1,1900,
$20 62
Appropriation,
$2,000 00 -
$2,030 62
EXPENDITURES.
Southbridge Water Supply Co.,
rental of 73 hydrants from Oct. 1, 1900, to April 1, 1901, $1,095 00
Balance to credit of account March 1, 1901, $169 38
WORCESTER STREET WALK
Balance to credit of account March
1,1900, $234 67
EXPENDITURES.
Transferred to unappropriated funds, $234 67
000 00
WIDENING MAIN STREET.
RECEIPTS.
·Appropriation,
$1000 00
Correction, For Page 110.
WATER SUPPLY.
RECEIPTS.
alance to credit of account March
1, 1900, ppropriation,
$20 62
2,000 00
$2,020 62
EXPENDITURES.
uthbridge Water Supply Co.,
rental of 73 hydrants from April 1, 1900 to October 1, 1900, $1,095 00
uthbridge Water Supply Co.,
rental of 73 hydrants from
October 1, 1900, to April 1, 1901, 1,095 00
$2,190 00
Account overdrawn March 1, 1901, $169 38
111
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
EXPENDITURES.
J. J. Bowlen pay roll of men and teams, $877 43
Hecla Powder Co., electric battery and powder, 84 86
J. Ouimette & Son, sharpening tools, 57 75
J. J. Bowlen, use of steam drill, 39 00
A. Daniels, soft coal, 10 50
F. O. Letcher, dynamite, 4 44
$1078 98
Account overdrawn March 1, 1901, $78 98
AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE.
The undersigned, Auditors of the town of South- bridge, hereby certify that we have examined the books, accounts and vouchers of the Treasurer, and of each of the several boards of the town officers author- ized to draw orders upon the Town treasury, as re- quired by the By-Laws of the Town, and find that the several items contained in each of the accounts pre- sented in each of the foregoing reports of receipts and expenditures are correct and properly vouched for.
ALEXIS BOYER, JR., Chairman, ALEX. P. TAYLOR, Secretary, C. F. HILL.
ACCOUNTS.
Appropri- ationsand receipts.
Expendi- tures.
Unex- pended.
Appropria- Over- tions recom- drawn. mended.
Abatement of taxes, -
$500 00
$365 10
$134 90
$568 67
$500 00 850 00
Cemetery fund, -
11,439 25
·
·
5 03
1,800 00
Central street walk, -
750 00
567 55
182 45
Cohasse street,
150 00
149 78
22
Common schools,
17,241 76
16,221 55
1,020 21
817 66
3,000 00
Contingent schools,
4,396 56
4,391 72
4 84
3,500 00
Crane street, walk,
1,000 00
998 59
1 41
100 00
Eastford road bridge,
300 00
292 48
7 52
224 28
Edwards street walk,
€50 00
605 34
44 66
Electrician,
150 00
150 00
655 84
Engine house,
7,037 70
7,008 io
29 60
72 89
2,000 00
Evening schools, -
681 39
652 55
28 84
650 00
Everett street culvert,
200 00
75 98
124 02
Fire department, -
2,000 00
1,961 28
38 72
2,000 00
Fourth of July celebration,
3 15
3 15
Grammar school building,
12 71
12 71
Headstones of Rev. soldiers,
2 50
High school, -
5,173 13
4,421 25
751 88
7,000 00
Insurance,
312 47
1,312 47
Interest, -
6,340 00
6,175 08
164 92
6,000 00
Military aid, -
291 00
120 00
171 00
100 00
Militia, -
772 40
788 97
Main and Marcy St. sewer,
30 00
30 00
Morris street walk,
145 88
145 88
Mynott fund, -
1,046 55
5 00
1,041 55
1,379 03
6,000 00
Pine street walk, -
950 00
905 16
44 84
4,720 00
Police duty.
85 15
58 50
26 65
500 00
Printing,
1,500 00
1,539 51
39 51
1,500 00
Public library,
2,732 47
2,817 85
Railing highways,
300 00
241 98
58 02
·
500 00
Special repairs on farm b'd'g Salaries, -
3,097 40
3,673 45
576 05
4,000 00
School apparatus,
250 76
171 66
79 10
781 11
Sewer committee plans,
103 88
Sewer contingent,
500 00
438 45
61 55
Sidewalk repairs,
2,374 84
2,128 65
246 19
1,500 00
South street culvert,
150 00
122 92
27 08
State aid.
1,836 31
1.029 00
807 31
Street lights, -
6,936 51
6,715 70
220 81
6,750 00
Support poor,
3,671 55
2,079 08
1,592 47
700 00
Town pound,
50 00
50 00
750 00
Water supply,
2,020 62
2.190 00
169 38
2,883 25
Worcester street walk,
234 67
234 67
Widening Main street,
1,000 00
1,078 98
78 98
Unappropriated funds,
1,573 47
Outstanding obligations re-
ported by town, treasurer as in 1901, -
10,495 00
Totals,
$140,132 30
$125,295 73 $21,642 84 $5,232 80
$93,635 72
Bridges. .
982 15
1,550 82
11,439 25
Cemetery improvements, -
2,483 36
2,483 33
Contingent account,
2,500 00
3,317 66
District court fees,
568 73
536 85
31 88
Eastford road ledge, -
300 00
524 28
150 00
Enforcement of liquor law,
655 84
Engine men, -
1,910 00
1,982 89
2 50
4,575 00
Highways,
7,327 33
7,022 82
304 51
800 00
1,112 47
Memorial Day,
100 00
100 00
16 57
200 00
Outside poor,
6,907 82
8,286 95
Police department,
3,842 86
3,652 86
190 00
Police station,
251 92
361 89
109 97
200 00
Repairs of farm buildings,
44 45
45 30
85
8 55
8 55
250 00
Sewers, -
20,463 29
21,244 40
103 88
500 00
Town hall contingent,
1,472 98
1,441 94
31 04
War relief,
1.399 88
1,058 35
341 53
85 38 D.F. 2,000 00
300 00
16,350 00
ANNUAL REPORT
. ... OF THE. ...
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
OFFICE OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, SOUTHBRIDGE, MARCH 7, 1901.
The Chairman and Superintendent presented the annual report for the school year ending March 2, 1901.
Voted to accept the reports and adopt them as the report of the Committee.
J. T. CLARKE, Secretary.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1900-1901.
SILVANUS HAYWARD, - Term Expires 1901
GEORGE M. LOVELL,
. Term Expires 1901
F. X. TETRAULT, -
- Term Expires 1902
HENRY WHITTAKER, Term Expires 1902
GEORGE GRANT, - Term Expires 1903
J. ANATOLE CARON,
Term Expires 190 ;
OFFICERS OF SCHOOL BOARD.
REV. SILVANUS HAYWARD, chairman. GEORGE M. LOVELL, Vice Secretary. Regular monthly meeting first Tuesday evening at S o'clock. J. T. CLARKE, Superintendent of Schools and Secretary of the Board. Office, Town Hall. Office Hours: School days, 3.30 to 4.45 p. m .; 7 to 7.30 Tuesday, and 6.30 to 7.30 Saturday evenings.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTHBRIDGE :
Since our last annual report, one century has end- ed and another begun. Ephemeral literature and the rippling currents of daily talk have kept the world agog with expectation. Amid hecatombs of applause and blazing censers of adulation, we, nevertheless, passed the wonderful nineteen hundredth milestone of the Christian era without jolt or confusion. The steeds of Time took no fright, and the car of progress was not overturned, nor even jostled out of the smooth path. But we find the Twentieth Century here, bearing in its hands the boasted treasures gone, and holding out the shining hope of greater and better gifts of its own.
The practical application of all which is that the more numerous and valuable are these gifts,the greater becomes our obligation, and the heavier our responsi- bility to use them for the best advantage to ourselves
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and to our children. As has been often said, there are no responsibilities so great and important as those you have committed to our trust in the public schools. To us, citizens, the education of children and youth is paramount to every other interest. And the coming of a new century should certainly incite us to greater zeal and self-sacrifice in their behalf. We might as well be put back a century as to neglect to use the real knowledge which that century has acquired. ·Life cannot stand still. It grows or it dies. So in schools there must be progress, increasing activity and expenditures, or there will be death. That there has been great advance in education during the last cen- tury is a bald truism. Nobody questions it. It is also true that in eager grasping after the new ideas, which each passing decade brings to hand, we are always liable to drop by the way, some valuable things, amid the discarded rubbish of the past. In school manage- ment there needs therefore constant guard against two opposing currents of influence. On the one hand we find a hide-bound, stupid conservatism, that clings to whatever is old, and resists every change, however important or beneficial; and on the other hand a noisy, shallow conceit, that clutches at every fleeting fad, as a divine revelation to help the present age to abandon every custom of the fathers, simply because it is something of the past. It is often difficult to hold the balance level between these two influences, and to approve or reject every proposition solely on its own merits, without even raising the question, "Is it new or old?" In the management of the important trust you
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have committed to our hands, it has been our constant endeavor to avoid extremes, keeping abreast of the best thought of the present, while not letting go the valuable treasures of the past. We believe that, through the faithful work of our Superintendent, we have to a good degree carried out this purpose, and that our schools, as a whole, are not noticeably inferior to those of other towns of corresponding opportunities. Nothing is perfect. Nor do we think it necessary to specify the excellencies or defects which characterize the present condition of our schools. Those who de- sire to know can easily discern them by making the effort. This suggests the practical point so often brought to your attention. Probably no one thing could do so much for the rapid and permanent im- provement of the schools, as that the parents should take an active, an intelligent interest in their manage- ment. Not by listening to gossip, or peddling "hear- says" from house to house; not by nagging school officers, or teachers, or pupils; but by frequent visits to the school room, kindly consultations with the teachers, and wise words of advice and encouragement to the pupils, enforced with a reason- able degree of parental authority. If the parents of Southbridge will celebrate the dawn of the Twentieth Century in this way, and follow it up, more good will be accomplished for the schools than could be done by . all the Professors of Pedagogy in the whole land.
With now more than ten thousand inhabitants every intelligent person will see at once the necessity for more schools, more teachers, and therefore more
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school houses. It has been almost impossible to get along with present accommodations for the last six months. Some eighty dwellings built the past year, and the prospect of as many more for the coming season indicates a rapid increase in school population for whom room must be provided. We ask your special attention to the statement of the Superinten- dent in reference to this matter, from which none can fail to see there is immediate and imperative necessity for a new school house. There is no doubt that, with reasonable, wise and prudent management, a creditable house sufficient to meet the needs for some time to come can be located and built within the limits of Fifteen Thousand Dollars. Prosperity and growth necessarily bring expense. The present need is so imperative that the Committee earnestly hope that as parents and citizens you will be ready to carry out the plan without any delay. The following Financial Statement will show how the money has been used for the past year. It has not been squandered, but more might have been used to greater advantage. Surely no investment brings better returns than what is spent for schools.
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