Town annual reports of the officers of Southbridge for the year ending 1913-1916, Part 23

Author: Southbridge (Mass.)
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1264


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45 15


Sidewalk repairs, credits,


70 43


Sealing weights and measures :- Fees, 185 77


State aid,


1,186 00


Street paving. Worcester Con- solidated St. Ry., 4,156 70


Street railway tax,


1,028 63


Sundry licenses, 408 21


17


RFPORT OF AUDITORS


Support of poor, credits,


574 37


Tax, refund,


4 69


Town hall contingent, rents,


343 00


Withdrawal Mynott fund,


76 18


Interest on mortgage,


7 91


Revenue account,


6,971 93


$366,656 33


CR. BY EXPENDITURES.


Anticipation of taxes, notes,


$55,000 00


Auto fire truck,


5,878 85


Board of Health,


1,876 22


Bridges,


2,000 97


Care of soldiers' graves,


98 90


Camp Ponce,


50 00


Cemetery fund :-


Gardner Savings Bank, 7 50


Leominster Savings Bank, 25 00


Millbury Savings Bank, 55 00


Southbridge Savings Bank,


187 50


Cemetery improvements,


1,203 78


Contingent,


8,533 96


County tax, 7,413 00


Dedication soldiers' monument, 1,022 57


District court fees,


472 68


Electrician, 150 00


Enginemen,


5,468 16


Fire alarm,


800 00


Fire department,


4,382 97


Highways,


10,881 97


Eastford road repairs,


3,060 46


18


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Chapin street macadam,


1,901 03


Crane street repairs,


436 39


Curtis street grading,


498 63


Hamilton street wall,


409 02


Main street paving,


25,092 83


Main and Hamilton street clean- ing, 998 54


Mill street relocation,


600 00


North Woodstock road repairs,


4,908 09


Plimpton street extension,


18 24


South street macadam,


2,946 36


High school lot,


10 70


Insurance,


2,107 05


Interest,


9,578 34


Land purchase, cor. Crane and


River streets, 900 00


Law suits, Lavallee, Sullivan & O'Connell,


2,204 00


Liquor licenses, 14 to state,


4,626 75


Memorial Day,


150 00


Military aid.


340 00


Mynott fund,


71 88


National bank tax,


1,983 37


Notes payable,


21,600 00


Outside poor,


10,204 18


Playgrounds,


1,807 93


Police department,


10,224 24


Police station,


1,052 83


Printing,


2,161 38


Public band concerts,


250 00


Public library,


3,128 71


19


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Railings, highways,


412 75


Repairing farm buildings,


841 84


Refund,


16 05


Salaries,


8,179 65


Schools :-


Apparatus,


287 17


Common,


23,372 62


Contingent,


4,803 43


Evening,


975 34


High,


5,892 04


Sewers :-


Chapin street,


8 81


Charlton street and Fair- lawn avenue,


1,557 13


Cliff street,


2,586 40


Contingent,


999 05


Curtis street,


354 11


Dresser street,


53 50


Eastford road,


835 89


Fiske street,


653 94


Hartwell street,


579 69


Pleasant street,


54 14


School and Winter streets,


74 82


South street and Oakes ave ..


214 45


Wardwell court,


64 94


West Main street,


25 21


Sidewalks :-


Chapin street,


820 68


Charlton street,


1,818 17


Crystal street,


174 80


East Main street,


1,957 65


20


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Mechanic street.


2,737 52


Repairs,


2,101 96


School street,


1,912 72


River street,


947 59


Worcester street,


221 34


Sinking Fund :-


Ware Savings Bank,


750 00


Webster Five Cent Savings


Bank,


640 00


Soldiers' monument,


9,000 00


Soldiers' relief,


1,969 33


State aid,


988 00


State tax,


16,100 00


State highway tax,


88 22


Street lights,


13,272 51


Support of poor.


3,669 07


Town hall contingent,


3,133 21


Revenue account,


6,970 93


Watering troughs,


467 87


Water supply,


4,587 10


$345,951 62


Cash balance Dec. 31, 1914, 20,704 71


$366,656.33


Notes.


NOTES OUTSTANDING, 1914


PAID IN 1914


Mill and River street bridge, $10,000 00


$1,000 00


Main street bridge,


4,000 00


1,000 00


Hamilton street paving,


7,000 00


1,000 00


21


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Sewers :-


Filter beds, 1908-27,


21,000 00


1,500 00


Filter beds, 1908-17,


4,000 00


1,000 00


Outlet pipe, 1908-15,


4,000 00


1,000 00


Mechanic street, 1910-1915.


2,000 00


1,000 00


Soldiers' monument,


9,000 00


1,000 00


Hamilton street improve-


ments,


24,400 00


3,300 00


North Woodstock road,


4,000 00


1,000 00


High school lot,


11,250 00


1,250 00


Main street paving,


18,000 00


2,000 00


North Woodstock road,


4,000 00


1,000 00


Auto fire truck,


6,000 00


1,000 00


Cliff street sewer,


5,500 00


500 00


Eastford road repairs,


2,000 00


2,000 00


. High school lot,


5,500 00


550 00


Main street paving,


1,800 00


School street sidewalk,


1,900 00


Chapin street sidewalk,


850 00


Mechanic street sidewalk,


2,800 00


Stone crusher,


500 00


500 00


Main and Crystal streets side- walk,


1,900 00


Sewers, July, 1929,


30,000 00


May, 1930,


20,000 00


Anticipation of taxes,


100,000 00


55,000 00


$301,400 00 $76,600 00


Paid in 1914,


76,600 00


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1914, $224,800 00


22


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Obligations to be provided for in the Tax Levy of 1915.


Main street bridge,


$1,000 00


Mechanic street bridge, 1,000 00


Mill and River street bridge, 1,000 00


Hamilton street paving,


1,000 00


Hamilton street improvements,


3,300 00


Sewers :-


Filter beds,


1,500 00


Filter beds,


1,000 00


Outlet pipe,


1,000 00


Mechanic street,


1,000 00


Cliff street,


500 00


Soldiers' monument,


1,000 00


High school lot,


1,800 00


Main street paving,


2,000 00


North Woodstock road,


1,000 00


Eastford road,


2,000 00


Main street paving,


2,000 00


Auto fire truck,


1,000 00


$23,100 00


Invested Funds of the Town are Deposited as follows :-


CEMETERY FUND. Name of Bank


Book No.


6862 Amherst Savings Bank,


$1,000 00


30460


Athol Savings Bank,


1,000 00


24902


Dedham Institution for Savings, 1,000 00


14744


Gardner Savings Bank,


1,000 00


3481 Leicester Savings Bank,


1,000 00


22841 Leominster Savings Bank, 1,000 00


- 9849 Millbury Savings Bank,


1,000 00


32073


Natick Five Cent Savings Bank,


1,000 00


23


REPORT OF AUDITORS


40500


North Adams Savings Bank, 1,000 00


44746


Northampton Institution for Sav- ings.


1,000 00


1498


Salem Five Cent Savings Bank,


1,000 00


,8465


Southbridge Savings Bank,


2,576 33


153048


Springfield Institution for Savings,


1,000 00


3791 Ware Savings Bank,


1,000 00


11619


Webster Five Cent Savings Bank,


1,014 25


79028


Worcester County Institution for Savings,


1,000 00


54964


Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,000 00


47299


Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank, 1,000 00


55266


Worcester Peoples' Savings Bank, 1,000 00


SINKING FUND.


Book No.


Name of Bank


16257


Amherst Savings Bank, $ 830 04


34032


Clinton Savings Bank,


861 46


51856


Fitchburg Savings Bank, 757 26


4443


Leicester Savings Bank,


727 88


25862 Leominster Savings Bank,


1061 20


29970


Salem Five Cent Savings Bank, '861 46


21209


Southbridge Savings Bank,


· 1,853 63


42082


Ware Savings Bank,


750 00


21481


Webster Five Cent Savings Bank,


640 00


181879


Worcester County Institution for Savings, 652 80


130170


Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank, 765 00


73989 Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank, 706 56


50139 Worcester Peoples' Savings Bank, 932 08


City of Augusta Water Bonds, 16,000 00


MYNOTT FUND.


Name of Bank


Book No. 9529 Southbridge Savings Bank, $997 04


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1


Selectmen


Abatement of Taxes.


1911 Account.


RECEIPTS.


Overlay,


$ 207 13


EXPENDITURES.


Abatement of taxes for 1911, 9 98


Balance to credit of account, Dec. 31, 1914, $197 15


1912 Account.


RECEIPTS.


Overlay,


$4,752 50


EXPENDITURES.


Abatement of taxes for 1912, 1196 36


Balance to credit of account Dec. 31, 1914, $3,556 14


1913 Account.


RECEIPTS.


Overlay,


$3,413 92


EXPENDITURES.


0,000 00


Balance to credit of account Dec. 31, 1914,


$3,413 92


28


REPORT OF AUDITORS


1914 Account.


RECEIPTS.


Overlay,


$1,567 87


EXPENDITURES.


Abatement of taxes for 1914, 553 57


Balance to credit of account Dec. 31, 1914,


$1,014 30


Camp Ponce.


RECEIPTS.


By appropriation, $50 0,0


EXPENDITURES.


Camp Ponce, Memorial Day, $50 00


Cemetery Fund.


RECEIPTS.


Corrected balance, $20,315 58


Received from L. W. Curtis


for sale of lots and per-


petual care,


475 00


-


$20,790 58


EXPENDITURES.


Balance to credit of account, Dec. 31, 1914. $20,790 58 .


Cemetery Improvement.


RECEIPTS.


Appropriation,


$ 800 00


29


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Interest, 754 92


Repair of three lots, 50 00


$1,604 92


EXPENDITURES.


Account overdrawn Jan. 1, 1914, $ 125 52


L. W. Curtis, men and teams, 1,056 93


A. H. Faxon, filling three urns, and plants, 26 50


Clemence Bros., thirteen loads


of loam, 26 00


Southbridge Water Supply Co., water,


21 00


Samuel Williams Est., plants,


16,30


T. A. Comberback, twenty-five loads of manure, 16 25


H. S. Freeman, plants, 9 00


Weld & Beck. supplies, 7 00


Ross Bros., seeds and shears,


6 05


G. C. Winter, supplies, 5 40


J. M. & L. D. Clemence, ten loads of loam, 5 00


Oldham & Ranahan Co., labor and supplies,


3 80


H. Lemmelin, repair of picks, 3 05


Aimee Langevin, use of pump, one day, 1 50 - $1,329 30


Balance to credit of account, Dec. 31, 1914, $275 62


30


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Contingent


RECEIPTS.


Balance to credit of


account, January


1. 1914,


$34 20


By appropriation


Mar. 11, 1914, 7,500 00


Nov. 3, transfered


from unappropria-


ted funds,


1,000 00


$8,534 20


EXPENDITURES,


1


- Brush fire,


Aimee Langevin, men


fighting brush fire,


$669 84


Teams, 273 75


Men destroying brown


· tail moths,


197 23


Teams,


27 00


Men searching for


body of drowned boy,


163 63


Teams,


62 50


Men grading River


and Crane streets,


84 50


Teams, 50 62


Plimpton street ex-


tension, men, 24 44


Teams, 18 00


31


RFPORT OF AUDITORS


Men setting stone


bounds,


37 19


Men repairing Foster street curbing,


47 90


Teams,


2 25


Clean-up week, men, Teams,


52 01


75 47


Men at Cady Brook, overflow,


30 63


Teams,


8 25


Men repairing Me-


chanic street


drinking fountain,


23 00


Teams,


3 06


Men moving curb


stones,


$ 6 00


Teams,


6 75


Men moving band


stand,


12 63


Teams,


13 06


Men laboring at No.


1 Engine house,


17 72


Teams,


2 00


Watering troughs,


Men,


5 34


Teams,


4 00


Hamilton street wall, Men,


6 00


1


Grading lot of land


at corner of River


and Union streets, 16 00


32


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Teams, 1 00


Men abutting tree, 2 00 Teams, 2 25


$1,957 52


Selectmen :-


Election officers, $701 50


Expenses entertain-


ing Legislative


Committee on


Good Roads and Bridges,


21 50


Payroll of officers, July 4th, 140 75


Sundry expenses,


60 45


Payroll of railroad crossings, 19 50


Office supplies,


54 52


$ 998 23


Whittaker Engineer- ing Co .:- Survey plans, trac- ing blue prints, expenses on grade crossing, services on mod- el, new tracing, blue prints, Lines and grades for Worcester Consolidated Ry. Co., 64 50


261 46


33


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Survey to deter- mine S. N. E. R. R. layout of Mill street,


$58 70


Relocation of Mill street,


17 50


Survey and plans of Charles street, 19 50


Plans and profile of Curtis street, Plans and exten- sion of survey, Eastford road, 33 34


31 57


Plans and tracing blue prints, North Wood- stock road,


18 50


Giving lines and grades for libra- ry building, 24 00


Batter boards, and inspection of soldiers' monu- ments, 10 00


Conference of New Haven and Bos- ton with engi- neers of N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., carfare and expenses, 50 00


34


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Looking up records preparatory to · survey of police station, $ 4 60


Setting bounds at angle, point of new location of Crane and Riv- er streets,


16 00


Setting stone bounds, 15 00


Survey, plans, giv-


ing lines, laying curbing at Crane, River and Union streets.


13 50


Changes in Me-


chanic street, 7 00


Setting bounds


and giving lines on Elm street, 12 61


Looking up deed, sketches and car- fare, 5 60


Survey of land, corner of Mill and River Sts., 12 50 Survey, carfare and stakes for Fort Sumter road, 33 90


35


.


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Survey of Cross street,


$ 7 75


Survey, plans, levels and de-


scription of Snow street extension,


11 50


Estimate for town warrant, 19 50


Survey at Pleasant street, 27 00


Survey at Dresser


street extension, 20 50


Survey of Henry street,


19 50


Survey, levels,


plans and blue


prints of defect- ive sidewalk, 5 50


Changes in grade


crossing, San - dersdale. 63 00


Estimate for Ham-


ilton street wall, 1 00


Giving street line, private party, 1 00


Levels, survey and plans establish-


ing grade at Morris street, 46 80


Blue prints of fire district, 7 00


36


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Getting Central street lines and partial survey, $21 00


$ 960 83


G. C. Winter, repair of extinguishers, labor and supplies, 4 55


Newextinguishers, demi-john and sulphuric acid, 150 70


Supplies for brush fire, 3 27


Valves and supplies for roller, 31 98


$ 190 50


Hotel Newman, din- ners, forelection, officiers and re- gistrars, meals at primaries,


$ 213 00


Alfred Mckinstry,


Ice at Mechanic street fountain, 51 90


Ice at Globe foun- tain, 53 92


$ 105 82


Charles Hellner, la- bor and material at ambulance room, 20 79


37


REPORT OF AUDITORS


A. Girard, labor and


material at am- bulance room,


25 00


.


Andrew M. Higgins, serving town warrant and at- tending town meeting, 40 00


Joseph A. Allard, la- bor and materi- al at ambulance room, 80 92


Labor and materi-


alat engine house, 35 39


Installing gasoline tank, 9 25


$125 56


Adelard Girard, la-


bor and material, 10 65


Harold L. Bond Co.,


repairing electric batteries, 6 75


Morris C. Smith,


date stamp for


auditors, and


ink pads,


6 58


Daniel Kent, regis-


ter, 26 70


Saul Donais, teams at Cady brook, 6 25


38


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Joseph Savage, la- bor removing stump, $ 9 00


N. E. Tel. & Tel.


Co., rental tolls, 81 66


Geo. Webster, M.


D., 20 birth re- turns, 5 00


Michael Vangel, ser- vice as interpreter for tax collector, 4 00


John Coggans, care of fountain lamp,


16 00


Geo. W. Tully, M.


D., professional services at police station, 2 00


Lucy Reed, M. D., 39 birth reports,


9 75


W. C. Lewis, sup- plies for Cliff St. wall, 1 44 ·


Brush fire, lunch


boxes, hoes, etc., 9 75


$11 19


O. J. Paquette & Co., Printing collectors' forms and flyers, 5 15 T. P. Wixted, care of watering trough, 6 00


39


RFPORT OF AUDITORS


Armand Lizotte, Labor and material, wiring band stand, $37 82


Charlton street gar- age, autoservices for grade cross- ing, 10 00


Dani and Soldani,


Labor, making model,


46 40


Repairs and mate- rial on case, 2 00


$48 40


A. Lavallee, team for transporting boat, 1 85


William Brouillette, signs, warning to to auto drivers, Mederic Duhamel, labor, 5 00


17 50


Giroux Bros., labor and material, 2 50


Quality Shop, rubber boots and coats, 25 00 E. F. Dakin, type- writer ribbon, 75


Sampson & Murdock, Copy of New England Direct- ory, 6 00


40


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Southbridge Water Supply Co.,


Water supply, making connec-


tion to watering troughs, water Goddard street,


Main street re- pairs of sanitary fountains, 32 16


Blanchard Bros., Granite Co., 48 bound posts, 36 00


W. H. Wesson,


meals for men at brush fire, 16 20


L. Nadeau, half ex-


penses replacing Akron pipe, 9 25


Jos. Metras, envel- opes, 169 92


Charles Simpson, M.


D., 46 birth re- ports, 11 50


J. E. Donais, M. D., 7 birth reports, 1 75


W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies for seal- er, 7 05


C. A. Tetrault, M. D., 12 birth re- ports, 3 00


... . . ...


41


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Geo. W. Laughnane, expenses to New York, 23 00


A. J. McCrea, M. D.,


birth reports, 3 25


Marcus L. Dillaber, serving notices,


26 00


4 00


Winifred V. Tully, Typewriting arti- cles for warrant, Typewriting no- tices, Mill and Elm Sts., East- ford and North Woodstock roads, and for location of new Curtis street, 6 00


Typewriting re- port considering purchase of Southbridge Water Supply Co. property,


Adams & Ruxton Construction Co., removing hitching posts on Main street,


75


$ 10 75


9 25


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42


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Central Supply Co., brooms and safe- ty valves, $ 9 00


Worcester County Abstract Co., as- sessors' abstracts and deeds, $36 60


Probates and mailing, 7 70


$44 30


A. Carriere, team at drinking foun- - - tain, 1 25


Southbridge Coal Co., Coal for steam rol- ler, $21 25


Wood for town barn, 1 00


$22 25


Helmer R. Hatha- way, services as engineer, setting bounds on Elm street, Eastford road, Curtis and Mill streets, and No. Wood- stock road, 20 00


J. C. Gabree, arsen- ate of lead, 80 98


43


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Auto List Publish- ing Co., list of auto owners, $ 5 00


Hector Peloquin, care of traffic, West Main St., 6 00 . Mrs. L. D. Clem- ence, lease of land for drain pipe, 5 00


A. L. Desaulniers, reimbursement of cash paid for telephone, 15 75


W. B. Douglass, for- esters' pumps, 34 00


E. E. Gabree, office supplies, 1 85


Ada Louise Brown Eccleston, M. D., 8 birth re- ports, 2 00


Commonwealth of Mass., Marsh- field cans, 5 50


Hilaire Cournoyer, 6 loads of ma- nure, 6 00


James H. Mason,


damage to crop, and building fence, 24 20


44


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Albert R. Webster,


Sprinkling for 1913, $40 00


Teams for assessors, 29 50


Teams for select- men 12 50


$82 00


H. A. Morse, ice for Main St. foun-


tain,


57 10


S. E. Blanchard, of-


fice supplies, 17 77


J. G. E. Page, M. D., birth reports,


14 00


Wm. C. Callahan,


death returns, 10 50


Hobbs & Warren, supplies, 6 65


Pierre Benoit, tree


warden -- cutting


trees, self, men and teams,


$178 93


Spraying trees, self,


men and teams, 424 18


Expenses to Am- herst, 15 50


Expenses to Wor-


cester, 3 60


Building wall on


Pleasant street, 87 75


$709 96


45


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Alexis Boyer, labor at ambulance room,


$ 75 88


Southbridge Press,


Binding books for assessors,


$16 00


Notices of street repairing, 3 00


Corner cards on


envelopes, 3 50


Notices for Regis-


trars,


6 50


Postals and Print-


ing same, 8 00


New names on vot-


ing list,


10 50


Tally sheets, 18 00


Publishing notices to voters,


25 00


Publishing warrant, 10 50


Publishing state primaries, 13 50


$114 50


Wm. H. McGilpin,


expenses to Bos-


ton, 6 00


Freight and cart-


age, 73


$6 73


46


REPORT OF AUDITORS


J. A. Whittaker, Eastford road and Elm street survey and plans, $ 58 22 J: M. & L. D. Clem- ence, lumber for - ambulance room, $123 78 Lumber for signs, 2 50 -


-


$126 28


Ovila Caplette, team for sealer, 28 75


The Hassam Paving Co., labor at Crane street, $ 16 00


Resurfacing South street, 154 03


$170 03


The C. S. Binner Co., one cash book,


17 50


F. E. Northrup, team hire, 5 80


Board of Auditors, expense for town reports, 4 00


G. N. Crane, 1 pane of glass, West property, 1 25


Geo. Lamothe, dyna- mite and explod-


ers to raise body of drowned boy, $199 14


47


RFPORT OF AUDITORS


Dynamite and .ex- ploders, Cady brook, $ 18 25


Crushed stone, loam, gravel and manure, 101 00


$318 39


F. O. Letcher, dyna- mite, fuse and exploders for drowned boy,


19 30


Joseph F. Lariviere, boots, 8 00


Samuel Williams Estate, death returns,


8 00


W. W. Buckley, re- cording 370 birth returns,


$185 00


Recording 132 mar- riages, 26 40


Recording 188 deaths, 37 60


Attending meet-


ings, copying records,. 160 80


Sundry expenses, 5 46


A. W. Brownell, supplies for as- sessors, $ 3 50


$415 26


48


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Notices for treas-


urer,


11 30


$14 80


M. Egan & Son, la- bor and material, 1 75


John F. Nichols and Alfred Norman,


removing ledge


on Eastford road, 50 00


Jos. Lafleche, sundry


expenses, $ 1 60


Extra labor, 3 00


$4 60


Gabree Bros., sup-


plies, 10 10


Chas. Proulx. labor and material, $83 07


Teams for select- men, 2 50


Gravel and sand, 6 00


$91 57


Louis O. Rieutord,


sundry expenses, 37 11 E. D. Stone, supplies, 7 75 Louis Lamothe & Co., labor and material, 74 66


Napoleon Giroux,


men, searching


for drowned boy, 44 00


49


RFPORT OF AUDITORS


M. P. O'Shaughnes- sy, services as moderator, $50 00


Southbridge Electric- al Contracting Co., 500 ft., No. 18 cord used for blasting with caps and batter- ies, $12 50


Auto services to


secure boats, 5 00


Supplies, 5 05


Auto service for brush fire, 26 88


Auto service at


grade crossing hearing,


4 75 -


$54 18


American Optical Co., lumber, $ 2 50


Replacing glass and labor, 60 00


$62 50


F. A. Sansouci, death returns for 1913,


21 00


Antoine Farland, use of boats and damage on same, 3 50


50


REPORT OF AUDITORS


N. Y., N. H . & H. R. R. Co., freight, $11 11 Drain pipe at sta- tion, 1 00


$12 11


J. D. Blanchard & Co., Auditors' Journal and sup- plies for reports,


2 55


Frost Stamp Co., supplies. 25


Ernest Collette, labor,


3 00


Southbridge Brass Band, music, July 4th., 65 00


Ulderic


Fontaine,


care of traffic at


West Main St.,


6 25


W. P. Gendreau, oil,


55


$8,533 96


Balance to credit of account


Dec. 31, 1914. 24


Common Schools


RECEIPTS.


Balance to 'credit of account


Jan. 1, 1914, $771 98


Transferred from unappropriated funds, 22,500 00


51


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Tuition, Car tickets sold,


$57 00 48 00


$23,375 98


EXPENDITURES.


Teachers' payroll, $17,637 60


Janitors' payroll,


2,029 75


E. C. Ellis, coal,


916 15


A. D. Bouchard, transportation.


720 00


Southbridge Coal Co.,


572 34


A. R. Webster, transportation,


544 00


F. E. Corbin, services, July and August, 375 00


Worcester Consolidated St. Ry. Co., car tickets, 275 00


A. D. Cornell, coal and wood, 129 75


Mary Meagher, vacation school,


40 00


Andrew J. Clarke, repairing, cleaning, sawing wood, kind- ling and wood, 35 75


Annie S. Marcy, teaching, 23 13


Town of Dudley, tuition, 19 50


Town of Sturbridge, tuition.


18 00


Gedeon Pinsonneault, Jr., wood,


12 00


David Cloutier, labor, 8 00


Joseph P. Trainor, cleaning San- dersdale school, 5 00


Thomas Hughes, wood, 4 00


Frank A. Bouvier, wood, 3 50


52


REPORT OF AUDITORS


E. G. Walker, wood, $ 2 25


Peter Hebert, sawing wood. 1 90


$23.372 62


Balance to credit of account, Dec. 31, 1914. 3 36


Contingent Schools


RECEIPTS.


Balance to credit of account


Jan. 1, 1914,


17 67


Transferred from unappropriated funds, 4,700 00


Desks sold,


60 00


Organ sold,


3 75


Junk sold,


5 00


Books sold,


4 91


Ventilator sold.


10 00


Books sold,


3 20


$4,804 53


EXPENDITURES.


P. H. Carpenter Co., supplies, 3 89


West Disinfecting Co., coro- noleum, 6 25


Alexis Boyer, labor, 10 50


Hyde Mfg. Co., supplies,


1 40


The Britain Printing Co., books,


6 20


E. L. Gay Machine Co., laboron counter shaft, 7 20


53


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Southbridge Herald, print-


ing, $4 00


Business card in Herald


for a year, 5 00


Printing envelopes, 24 50


$33 50


McGilpin Express Co .. freight and cartage, 26 87


A. J. Wilkinson, labor and ma- terial, 4 17


Edward E. Babb & Co., books, 1,204 80


Charles F. Hellner, labor and material, 28 58


W. J. Claflin, labor and ma- terial, 42 75


Egan & Brousseau, labor and material.


20 25


American Book Co., books, 85 62


Margaret Butler, phonograph records, $ 3 75


Services as attend-


ance officer, 145 50


Sundry expenses, 2 60


Truants census, 7 75


Carfare, 4 60


$164 20


Ginn & Co., books,


83 56


W. A. Hall, supplies, 5 71


J. M. & L. D. Clemence, lum- ber, 182 77


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54


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Southbridge Water Supply Co., water supply, 313 15


Dennie Langevin, men and teams, $ 4 75 .


Liability insurance, 55


- $ 5 30


Adams Express Co., express,


34 18


J. A. King, supplies,


2 90


W. L. Ferry, teams,


82 00


Joseph Metras, 1000 stamped


envelopes, 21 24


Chas. A. Tetrault, M. D., school physician, 142 50


C. B. Dodge Co., paper towels, School Committee, expenses in- specting high school build- ing, $67 48


12 00


Expenses to Keene,


N. H., 18 22


$ 85 70


Pierre Caplette, tru-


ants,


$45 75


Labor, 13 50


$ 59 25


Michaelson Bros., binding books,


15 31


M. L. Dillaber, truants,


14 25


A. Flanagan & Co., music sup- plies, 8 93


Southbridge Press, printing,


48 25


Jarvis & Jarvis, repairing chair and setting pane of glass, 3 95


55


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Eusebe Laliberte, labor and ma- terial, 7 20


Fred A. Waters, typewriting, 1 25


M. D. Morrill & Son, labor and material, 18 95


Wald & Dowd, attendance of- ficer's badge, 2 50


W. J. Nolin, carting ashes, 3 50


M. Steinert & Sons, records, 1 25


John Keenan, cleaning ashes,


3 00


A. R. Webster, teams, 19 00


Joseph Trainor, labor, 2 00


W. J. Lamoureux & Co., re- pair of chairs and supplies. 3 98


May O. Simpson, garden seeds, 1 80


Library Bureau, oak card case and supplies, 11 50


Red Heart Chemical Co., Cre- O-Lane, 5 00


Mederic Duhamel, one load of sand and labor, 7 75


Marcy Bartholomew, rent of


school garden, 5 00


Henry Walker, labor for self and team, 2 25


S. J. Fry Co., electro-cored car- bon, 1 95


New England Telephone & Tel. Co., rental and tolls, 41 03


F. E. Corbin, sundry expenses, 85 17


56


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Albany Supply & Chemical Co., supplies, 5 00


H. S. Freeman, labor and ma- terial,


64 04


Wixted Bros., repairing chairs,


9 75


Oldham & Ranahan, labor and material, 462 68


Jenning Pub. Co., books, 5 00


Gabree Bros., supplies,


7 75


Samuel Williams Est., supplies,


66 30


Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies, 27 74


W. C. Lewis, supplies, 32 82


Silver, Burdett & Co., books and supplies, 102 01


Somerville Brush Co., supplies,


34 48


G. C. Winter, supplies,


358 27


J. L. Hammett, supplies,


15 39


Webster & Southbridge Gas


& Electric Co., electric power, 57 73


Orville Brewer Pub. Co., sup- plies, 6 88


Whittaker Engineering Co., making surveys of sight of proposed High School, tak- ing levels and locating trees and houses, drafting plans and blue prints, 49 39


Southbridge Roofing Co., labor and material, 103 13


57


RFPORT OF AUDITORS


Charles Broadway Rouss, sup- plies, $ 29 20


G. A. Webster, M. D., labor as school physician, 75 00


Small & Vinton, repair of clock, 4 02


J. D. Blanchard & Co., mdse., 19 61


International Text Book Co., books,


9 00


J. A. Brightman, repair of clock,


2 00


E. D. Stone, supplies, 3 25


Jules Theriault, truants,


33 50


Edwards Co., mdse.,


15 79


Hektograph Mfg. & Duplicate Co., supplies, 9 40


The Holden Patent Book Cover


Co., book covers, 61 29


Cordley & Hayes, waste paper baskets, 3 50


J. M. & L. D. Clemence Ass.,


glass and setting, $ 6 50


Labor and material, 30 39


$36 89


Arthur Sutcliffe, labor,


2 50


H. E. Carpenter, labor, 7 50


Joseph Mandeville, sawing wood.


2 40


Thomas Comberbach, labor,


2 50


J. C. Gabree, supplies, 5 65


A. S. B. Lothrup Mfg. Co., sweeping compound, 8 00


58


REPORT OF AUDITORS


Joseph E. Benoit, supplies, $ 1 66


Globe Wernicke Co., supplies, 16 50


Milton Bradley Co., books on expression, cards, 44 70




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