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Uncollected taxes of West section, 47 96
Uncollected taxes of
East section, 43 01
90 97
$16,840 15
ADJUSTMENT ON TAXES ASSESSED IN THE YEAR 1899.
Reimbursed to collector of West section, Colman Kelley, for certain taxes charged off to said collector (thought to be collect- able) when book was closed, $6 69
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VALUATION OF PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE, STATISTICS AND TAX BASIS.
Taxable value of real estate for
year 1901, $899,330 00
Taxable value of personal estate for year 1901, 222,553 00
Taxable value of real estate for
-$1,121,883 00 year 1902, 917,310 00
Taxable value of personal estate for year 1902, 210,220 00 Tax basis, -$1,127,530 00
TAX ESTIMATE.
State tax warrant, $645 00
County tax 1,979 60
State highway repair tax warrant, 101 64
2,726 24
655 polls at $2 each,
1,310 00
Town appropriations voted for at annual
and special town
meetings held Feb. 3 and 4 and March 31, 1902,
19,843 00
Less amt. to be taken
from Town Treas., 1,000 00
18,843 00
Overlays,
448 22
20,707 46
Credits to be applied,
4,358 27
$16,349 19
$1.416 24
$20,259 24
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Full amount of tax raised on personal and real estate. Total valuation $1,127,530 00;
rate 14 50 per thousand, $16,349 19 655
Number of polls assessed, 82
persons assessed, poll tax only, residents assessed on real and personal estate, 806
non-residents assessed on real estate, 432
all others assessed, including polls, 101
Total number assessed, 1339
Number of horses assessed,
327
cows assessed,
217
neat cattle, other than cows,
3
66 swine,
28
66 dwelling houses taxed and exempted, 917
66 acres of land taxed and exempted,
8658
fowls taxed,
300
$80
Value,
Respectfully submitted,
AMBROSE N. DOANE, JOSEPH K. ROBBINS, JOHN H. DRUM,
Assessors of Harwich.
Selectmen's Report.
To the citizens of Harwich the Board of Selectmen most respectfully submit a detailed report of the business trans- acted in this department during the year 1902.
Appropriations voted for at annual town meeting held Feb. 3 and 4, 1902, for the following purposes, viz. :
For support of poor in almshouse, $1,000 00
outside almshouse, 1,200 00
" bridges, railings,
100 00
Clearing snow,
200 00
Miscellaneous expenses,
750 00
Town officers and committees,
1,600 00
Election of officers and expenses,
40 00
Fire wards, 50 00
Repairs and painting public buildings,
400 00
Herring river improvement,
100 00
Round cove, 50 00
Broad Brooks library,
100 00
Cattle inspector,
30 00
Soldiers' memorial day,
50 00
Tree warden,
10 00
Board of Health,
50 00
Tax abatements,
300 00
Appropriation for schools, $5,100 00
School books and supplies, 350 00
Superintendent of schools, 125 00
School room incidentals, 200 00
Transportation of scholars,
200 00
5,975 00
Repairs on roads,
1,750 00
100 00
CORRECTIONS.
State Highway Loan, Note No. 1, Construction of year 1902, should read, $1,200.00
For Poor outside almshouse, should read, $1,200.00.
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For State aid, $1,650 00
Iron bridge note No. 6 and int., 560 00
State highway loan of the year 1900, note No. 2 and int., 550 00
State highway repair,
100 00
State highway loan note No. 1 for construction of year 1902, 1,200
Ann R. Bassett's lawsuit appropriation voted at special town meeting March 31, 1902,
1,878 00
Old home week,
50 00
Appropriation voted for at the special town meeting held in Aug., 1902, for extending macadam road at Harwich Centre, 800 00
($10,000 00 loan not included. ) $20,643 00
Appropriations recommended by the Selectmen for cur- rent expenses of the year 1903, is as follows :
For poor in almshouse, $1,000 00
outside almshouse,
12,000 00
Miscellaneous expenses,
750 00
Town officers and committees, salaries and commissions, 1,600 00
Repairs on public buildings,
150 00
Painting schoolhouses,
300 00
Tax abatements,
400 00
General repairs on roads,
1,500 00
bridges,
100 00
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66 railings,
100 00
200 00
Clearing snow, State aid,
1,665 00
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For General appropriation for schools, $5,500 00
School books and supplies, 350 00
School room incidentals, etc., 200 00
School superintendent,
125 00
Iron bridge note No. 7, State highway loan, year 1900, note No. 3, 500 00
500 00
66 1902, 1, 1,000 00
Fire ward, 30 00
Tree warden,
10 00
Board of Health,
50 00
Cattle Inspector, 30 00
Election officers,
40 00
Sealer of weights and measures,
20 00
Repairs on state highway,
130 00
Int. account, 400 00
50 00
Total amount recommended, $17,900 00
LIST OF JURORS
AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN FOR THE YEAR 1903.
Thomas W. Baker,
Cranberry Grower
Edgar D. Kelley, Carpenter
Anthony P. Doane,
Samuel A. Ellis,
Cranberry Grower Merchant Salesman
. Freeman E. Berry, Retired Captain
Edmund C. Lee,
Carpenter
Franklin D. Underwood,
Cranberry Grower Baker
Carrol F. Doane, Wm. P. Rogers,
Cranberry Grower Farmer
James H. Eldredge,
Cranberry Grower Merchant
Thomas R. Eldredge,
Daniel B. Thomas,
Gideon H. Freeman,
Clerk Carpenter
Insurance account,
Henry B. Snow,
Aaron E. Baker,
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John T. Wood, John E. Ryder, Edwin B. Rogers, Joseph B. Atkins, Sears L. Moore, Freeman W. Cahoon, Warren E. Nickerson, Jabez Crowell, Marshall E. Chase, Gustavus V. Crowell, Wm. A. Eldredge, John A. Baker, Martin L. Robbins, Levi Snow, Everett W. Eldredge, Wm. Phillips, Joshua D. Allen, Wm. F. Crapo,
' Ensign L. Jerauld,
Elisha Mayo,
: James M. Nickerson, Everett B. Mecarta,
1 Joshua H. Paine, Ambrose E. Freeman, Samuel J. Smith, Sherman F. Bassett,
Plumber Miller Merchant Cranberry Grower Cranberry Grower Cranberry Grower Merchant Farmer Cranberry Grower Retired Captain Painter Poultry Dealer Carpenter Merchant Painter Cranberry Grower Laborer Cranberry Grower Cranberry Grower Merchant Cranberry Grower Merchant Cranberry Grower Carpenter Merchant Carpenter
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Rent of Chapel, Harwich Centre :
Special town meeting, Aug., 1902, $4 00
Republican caucus, Sept., 1902, 4 00
Rent of Social Hall : Democratic caucus, 1902, 4 00
Rent of Exchange Building : Annual town meeting, Feb. 3 and 4, 1902, 70 00
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Harwich High school graduation,
July, 1902, $35 00
For annual election, Nov. 19th, 1902, 35 00
$152 00
A. P. Goss, ad. town business and printed
office supplies :
Ad. Registrars' notice, 1 50
" Town meeting warrant, Feb. 3, etc., 1902, 7 00
" Printed office supplies, 5 75
6. Special town meeting warrant, 3 50
66 Proposals for macadam road building, 1 00
Dog license notice, 2 00
66 Assessors' notice, 4 00
C. Kelley's collector notice, 75
Printing macadam road estimate blanks, 2 00
Printing notice of sealer of weights and measures, 1 00
Ad. notice to road contractors,
1 25
notice H. C. road,
25
Nov. election warrant, 1902,
3 50
66 Printing,
2 00
Proposals for macadam road from H. P. to Chatham, 1 00
Printing labels for sealer of weights and measures, 1 25
Printing town order books, 4 75
Tax collector books and records, 5 50
Ad. H. C. road closed, 5 75
Warrant special town meeting, 2 75
Registrars' notice, twice, 1 00
Printing 1000 tax receipts for Cole- man Kelley, collector, 2 50
Printing annual state election war- rant, Nov., 1902, 3 50
Printing sundries, 1 50
65 00
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Standard Job Print :
Printing annual town report, 1901, $105 61
66 Poll tax list, 11 00
Tax receipts, etc., for A. S. M., collector, 4 25
$120 86
Special Police Service :
E. H. Bearse, at Spiritual Camp Ground, 5 00
E. H. Bearse, Old Home Week, 5 00
Rob. Katenhorn, at Camp Ground, 2 50 W. C. Paine, night of July 3, 1902, 2 00
John T. Wood, W. Harwich, July 3, 1902, 2 00
Roland F. Smith, W. Harwich, July 3, 1902, 2 00
Roland F. Smith, special police, Old Home Week, 2 days, 5 00
H. H. Murphy, special police, night of July 3, 1902, 2 00
Geo. T. Bassett, special police, night of July 3, 1902, 2 00
John T. Wood, 3 days' service, Old Home Week, 7 50
35 00
Fish Wards : Freeman E. Chase, for year 1901, H.R., 5 00 Laban Snow, for Wychmere Harbor, year 1902, 5 00
Thomas L. Snow, for H. River, year 1902, 5 00
Freeman E. Chase, for H. River, year 1902, 5 00
20 00
Serving Town Warrants : E. H. Bearse, for. T. M. Warrant, Feb. 3, 1902, 4 45
E. H. Bearse, for special meeting, March, 1902, 4 45
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E. H. Bearse, for special meeting, Aug., 1902, $3 75
John T. Wood, for Nov. election, 1902, 3 25
$15 90
Office Supplies : 24
Geo. T. Bassett, for postage, for pauper record books, 6 50
for telephone messages, 2 05
J. K. Robbins, for stamps, postage and office supplies, 4 74
A. N. Doane, for stamps furnished, etc., 2 00
A. S. Megathlin, for stamps furnished, 3 20
18 73
General traveling expenses and horse hire of Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, for 1902, A. L. Jones, for 33 trips with hearse, 41 25 Levi Long, for 11 13 75
103 60
55 00
Nathan C. Underwood :
Recording 6 deaths, at 50c. each, 3 00
49 “. 20 9 80
66 25 births, 4. 50 12 50
18 marriages," 20 3 60
28 90
Roland F. Smith :
Serving dog warrant for year 1901, 6 00
Service of year 1902, '7 00
H. H. Murphy, repairs on hearse, 2 75
A. Howes, supplies for office, 2 50
Nathan Walker, looking up taxable property, 6 00
Coleman Kelley, looking up taxable property, 6 00
Part of hearing, expense P. Bay Harbor of Refuge, 10 00
13 00
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Darius M. Nickerson, moderator at
town meeting, 1902, $10 00
Committee for settling with town treasurer, 6 25
H. M. Dolbeare, assessors' canvass- ing books, 3 60
A. F. Sherman, abstract of deeds, 15 00
Roland F. Smith, constable service, 10 00 Wm. E. Olin, copy of the revised laws, 6 00
Nathan C. Underwood, expense as sealer of weights and measures, 20 75
B. S. Fessenden, 1 trip with hearse, 1 25
Order drawn for the following items in settlement with Ex-Town
Treasurer Joshua H. Paine, viz. : Town treasurer services with auditor, 3 00
District court fees paid by treasurer, 2 69
Stationery, 60
Recording 2 births, 1 00
Standard Job Print, printing for treasurer's office, 10 00
Recording 1 death, 50
4 births from physician, 1 00
Preparing tally sheets, 3 00
Expressage and postage, 75
Justice fees, 50
23 04
Total, $751 13 Credit received on account of sealer of weights and measures, $22 66.
$100 10
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TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
SALARIES AND COMMISSIONS PAID THEM FOR THE YEAR 1902. Appropriation, $1,600 00.
Paid for services as Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor for 1902, viz. :
Paid Geo. T. Bassett for Jan., 1902, $31 25
Ambrose N. Doane, for 11 months ending Dec. 31, 1902, 228 75
Joseph K. Robbins, for 12 months'
service,
253 75
John H. Drum, for 12 mos.' service, 241 00
$754 75
School Committee service for year 1902 :
Paid George N. Munsell, 12 mos.' service, 35 00 Darius M. Nickerson, Jr., 12 mos.' service, 46 60
Thomas H. Nickerson, 45 00
126 60
Board of Registrars for services ending Oct., 1902 :
Paid Martin L. Chase and horse hire, 22 00
Joshua H. Paine, 21 25
Ensign L. Jerauld, 15 75
Nathan C. Underwood, clerk, 14 75
Levi Snow, 8 50
82 25
Town Treasurer :
Paid Joshua H. Paine, for services Jan. and part of Feb., 1902, 33 33
Nathan C. Underwood, for bal. of year, 166 67
200 00
Auditors and settling with Town Treasurer :
Paid James M. Moody, for services of 1902, 8 00
T. B. Baker, Jr., services of 1902, 8 00
16 00
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Tax Collectors : Paid Coleman Kelley, commission on collections, West Section, $233 11 Allen S. Megathlin, commission on collections, East Section, 225 47
- $458 58
Truant Officers :
Paid Roland F. Smith, for services of 1901, 3 00
E. H. Bearse, 1902, 9 00
12 00 .
Exceeded appropriation, $50 18. $1,650 18
ELECTION OFFICERS AND EXPENSES. Appropriation, $40 00.
Paid Roland F. Smith, teller service,
town meeting, Feb. 3, 1902, $2 50
Roland F. Smith, constable service, town meeting, Feb. 4, 2 50
Norton N. Steele, teller service, Feb. 4, 2 50
Benj. B. Phillips, teller service, town meeting, Feb. 4, 2 50
Miron W. Rogers, labor on booths, Nov. 1901 and Feb. 1902, 6 00
Osmyn Berry, teller service, Feb. 1902, 2 50
Willie L. Kelley, teller service, Feb. 1902, 2 50
David L. Small, teller service, Feb. 1902, 2 50
N. C. Underwood, service at spec. town meeting, March 31, 1902, 1 25
N. C. Underwood, service at spec. town meeting in Aug. 1902, 1 25 W. F. Crapo, services as teller, Feb. 1902, 2 50
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Paid E. Mayo, services as teller, Nov. 1902, $2 50
Nathan C. Underwood, preparing
tally sheets, Nov. 1902, 3 00
Nathan C. Underwood, services at election, Nov. 1902, 2 50
Meeting with Dist. Representative Committee, 2 50
Levi Snow, teller at Nov. election, 1902, 2 50
Miron W. Rogers, teller at Nov. election, 1902, 2 50
W. I. Paine, teller at Nov. election, 1902, 2 50
Freeman Berry, teller at Nov. elec- tion, 1902, 2 50
Exceeded appropriation, $9 00. $49 00
ANN R. BASSETT LAWSUIT.
Appropriated at special town meeting held at Harwich- port, March 31, 1902, it was voted to raise by taxation the sum of eight hundred seventy-eight dollars, and take from the town treasury the sum of one thousand dollars, to pay for expenses and the verdict awarded for damage alleged to have been received by Mrs. Bassett upon the public highway.
Sum voted to be appropriated by taxation, $878 00 Taken from town treasury, 1,000 00
$1,878 00
Paid H. P. Harriman, for services before the Supreme Court, $100 00
Thomas C. Day, bal. due for inci- dentals and legal service, 124 14
Raymond T. Hopkins, verdict
awarded in the Superior Court, 1,652 91
$1,877 05
Unexpended of this amount, 95
For other items of expense on this case, see town reports of 1890 and 1891. Total cost, $2,138 95.
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ROUND COVE IMPROVEMENT.
Appropriation,
$50 00
Paid for labor as follows :
W. S. Nickerson, during 4 tides,
$6 00
Thomas C. Nickerson, "
3 3 00
Carroll Doane,
7 66 7 00
Wm. H. Doane,
7 7 00 66
Ernest L. Nickerson, 5
5 00
Albert E. Nickerson, 66
3 66 3 00
Danforth Steele, 3
3 00
Chas. A. Eldredge, 66
2 66 2 00
Lloyd Nickerson,
3 66 3 00
W. J. Nickerson,
7
7 00
Use of boats,
2 00
Carting boards,
1 00
Total, $49 00
Unexpended, $1 00
HENRY C. BROOKS SCHOOL MEDAL FUND.
Amount on deposit in the Cape Cod
National Bank, $1,075 70
One year's interest added, 37 29
$1,112 99 -
Amount paid for school medals in year
1902,
37 50
(Not drawn by town order).
Balance on deposit,
$1,075 49
BROAD BROOKS LIBRARY.
Appropriation, Paid A. L. Weekes, Treasurer of Library Association, $100 00
$100 00
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CATTLE INSPECTOR.
Appropriation, Paid John A. Baker, for year's services ending March 31, 1902, Part to be refunded by state.
$30 00
50 00
SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation, $50 00
Paid Nathan C. Underwood, on account of F. D. Hammond Post, 50 00
TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation, $10 00
Paid Wm. E. Chase, for trimming trees, etc., 11 87
Exceeded appropriation, $1 87
IRON BRIDGE.
Appropriation, $560 00
Note No. 6, paid by Town Treasurer, $500.00 Interest on same, paid by Town Treasurer, 60.00
$560 00
See Treasurer's report.
FIRE WARDS.
Appropriation, $50 00 Paid F. W. Cahoon for services during 1901, $5 00
. C. H. Cahoon, labor at fire at P. L. 1902, 45
D. L. Small and others, fire near Stevens, 2 55
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Paid Edwin B. Rogers, extinguishing R. R. fire, North Harwich, $4 00 Edwin B. Rogers, extinguishing fire at North Harwich, 1 20
Chas. H. Cahoon, services at fire, P. Lake, 1 26
Austin E. Eldredge, fire at W. H. 1 55
I. D. Ellis, 66 1 65
John T. Wood, 90
F. W. Cahoon, for services for year 1902, 4 75
$23 31 Road, $ 4 00
To be refunded from R.
Unexpended, 26 69
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$30 69
REPAIRS AND PAINTING PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Appropriated for repairs, $100 00
for painting, 300 00
$400 00
Expended as follows : Paid for carpenter labor in town office, $ 5 00 Plastering schoolhouse, (H. C. H. School), 27 57
Lumber and repairs on H. Port S. House, 14 19
$46 76
For paint, freight and labor for painting schoolhouses at W. Harwich, Harwichport and Har- wich Centre, 252 62
Total amount expended, $299 38
$100 62 Unexpended,
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HERRING RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
Appropriation, $100 00
Expense paid by A. N. Doane, attend-
ing hearing in Boston before mem- bers of legislative committee, $11 95
Expense and mileage paid by J. K. Robbins and others on account of hearing in Boston, 22 26
Paid Darius M. Nickerson, Jr., travel- ling expense and other inci- dentals to Boston, on account of hearings, 9 35
Darius M. Nickerson, Jr., ser- vices, expenses, etc., at various hearings pertaining to the fish- ing boundary question at the mouth of Herring River, 39 95
Also Legislative hearings on the Herring River improvement matter, telephone expense, 46
For entertainment of legislative committee at West Harwich, W. B. Brooks, 9 00
Other travelling expense to Darius M. Nickerson, Jr., 18 55
Total expenditure, $111 52
Exceeded appropriation, $11 52
INSURANCE ACCOUNT. No Appropriation.
Paid A. L. Weeks, insurance on 3 school houses, $49 64
A. L. Weeks, insurance on 3 school houses, 37 50
A. L. Weeks, insurance on H. C. H. S. building, 7 50
$94 64
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OLD HOME WEEK. Appropriation, $50 00.
By vote of town taken at special town meeting held March 31, 1902.
Paid Osmyn Berry, Treas. of Old Home Week Committee, $50 00
COUNTY TAX. No Appropriation. Order drawn for Town Treasurer to pay, $1,979 60
STATE AID.
Paid per orders drawn under provisions of Chap- ter 301, Acts of 1894, to beneficiaries, To be refunded from State.
$1,669 00
SCHOOLS. Appropriation, $5,975 00.
Orders drawn in payment for schools, books, supplies, incidentals, superintendent's salary and transportation of scholars from Pleasant Lake to Harwich Centre, $7,932 15
Town appropriations for the same are :
For Schools, $5,100 00
School Books and supplies, 350 00
Superintendent's salary, 125 00
School room incidentals, 200 00
Transportation of pupils, 200 00
$5,975 00
Deficiency made up from other items of credit available for school purposes, for which see School Committee's Report.
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LAND DAMAGE.
Paid A. E. Bassett, damage to land from high- way flowage, per vote of town March 31, 1902, $35 00
STATE HIGHWAY LOAN FOR YEAR 1900.
Amount, $2,000 00.
Paid by Town Treasurer, Note No. 2, $500 00
By Town Treasurer, int. on same, 52 50
$552 50
Amount appropriated for which tax was levied, $560 00. Now owing on above loan, $1,000 00.
GENERAL REPAIRS ON STATE HIGHWAY, Under supervision of the Mass. Highway Commission. Appropriation, $100 00.
Paid for repairs in Town Treasurer's settlement
with State, $101 64
About 22 miles of macadam road now to be cared for under control of Commission.
REPORT OF MACADAM ROAD CONSTRUCTION FOR THE YEAR 1902.
The town of Harwich at its annual meeting on February 4, 1902, voted : That the Town Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow the sum of $10,000, or such part thereof as shall to the Selectmen seem advisable, to be used by them in making a deal with the State Highway Commissioners to extend the State Highway from Harwichport to, or near, the Chatham line; and the balance thereof to be used by the Selectmen in macadamizing
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the road leading from Harwichport to Harwich depot, after a sufficient part of the said balance is used in macadamizing 500 feet of the road at Pleasant Lake, between the house lots of John H. Atkins and the late Eben Eldredge.
Agreeable to the above vote the Selectmen conferred with the State Highway Commissioners and made the following agreement :
The State Highway Commissioners agreed, on their part, to complete the State Highway from Harwichport to the Chatham line, building two miles during the year of 1902, and to complete the remainder of said macadam road to Chatham line during the year of 1903. And they further agreed to furnish, free of cost to the town of Harwich, an engineer to have charge of all macadam roads that should be built in said town during the years of 1902 and 1903. Also to furnish, free of cost to the town, (except for transpor- tation) a steam roller to be used in the construction of the macadam roads at Harwich Center and Pleasant Lake, and to survey the road from Harwichport to Chatham line, and the roads at Harwich Center and Pleasant Lake ; provided the town of Harwich would contribute the sum of $3600.
The Selectmen having agreed to the above propositions from the State Highway Commissioners, invited proposals for the construction of the Pleasant Lake and Harwich Center roads. Several bids were received, and as the bids of Uriel D. Phillips, Charles H. Taylor and David A. Eldredge were the lowest, the contract for constructing the above roads was awarded to them. After completing the 500 feet of inacadam road at Pleasant Lake, and construct- ing the macadam road from Harwich depot to the residence of Chester Snow, it was found that the amount of money appropriated at the annual town meeting had been exhausted. The selectmen, desiring to obtain the wish of the town in
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relation to continuing the road to its present terminus, called a special town meeting, for the purpose of the town's making an additional appropriation to complete said road. The meeting, after listening to the report of the selectmen, voted an additional sum of $800, making the total cost of the Pleasant Lake and Harwich Center macadam roads $7,377 24.
Cost of construction is as follows :
CONTRACT WORK ON PLEASANT LAKE CONSTRUCTION.
U. D. Phillips, Chas. H. Taylor and David A. Eldredge Contractors.
Paid for 60 cubic yards excavation at 25 cents per cubic yard, $15 00
For 20 cubic yards borrowed, at 50 cents per cubic yard, 10 00
For 833 square yards shaping, at
2 1-2 cents square yard, 20 82
For 219 tons broken stone, at $2 50 per ton, 547 50
$593 32
CONTRACT WORK ON HARWICH CENTRE CONSTRUCTION.
Same Contractors
Paid for 765 cubic yards excavation,
at 30 cents per cubic yard, $229 50
For 109 cubic yards borrowed M., at 75 cents per cubic yard, 81 75
For 8811 square yards shaping,
at 2 1-2 cents per square yard, 220 28
For 2788 tons broken stone, at $2 10 per ton, 5,854 80
For 54 feet drain pipe (12 inch),
at 60 cents a foot, 32 40
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Paid for 84 1-2 feet drain pipe
(8 inch), at 60 cents a foot, $50 70
For 2 catch basins, at $20 each, 40 00
For 4 leach basins, at $20 each, 80 00
For furnishing and relaying 4 feet drain pipe, 3 60
Amount of contract work on H. Centre section, $6,593 03
Town furnished 8 castings for leach and catch basins at $9 per set, $72 00
Paid freight on steam roller and castings, 44 78
Paid expense unloading engine,
6 00
Paid transportation of engine to Orleans, 20 00
Paid for 10 tons broken stone, extra for approaches, 17 50
Total amount expended at H. Centre, $6 753 31
EXPENSE PERTAINING TO BOTH CONTRACTS, VIZ. :
Paid Board for surveyors of roads and layout thereof, $19 50
For making and material for grade stakes, 6 37
A. N. Doane, 1 trip to Boston,
etc., 4 74
$30 61
Total amount expended on both sections, $7,377 24
Credit on Harwich Centre con- struction by sale of 2 sets leach castings, $19 20
Amount appropriated from the money to be raised by loan, $6,400 00
Appropriation made at special town meeting held Aug. 27, 1902, 800 00
Total, $7,200 00
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Exceeded that amount on this contract, $177 24 Less credit of, 17-50
1920
Exceeded allotment, $159 74
158.04
MASSACHUSETTS STATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
FROM HARWICHPORT TO CHATHAM. Allotment, $3,600 00.
In relation to the construction of macadam road by the State at Harwichport, the State Highway Commissioners have failed to comply with the agreement as made to the Selectmen, having built less than one mile of road during the year of 1902.
The Selectmen have therefore only paid to the State the sum of $1,800, reserving the balance of the $3,600 to be paid at the completion of the road to the Chatham line, which has again been assured will be done during the year 1903.
Summary of macadam road construction of the present year under the provisions of the vote adopted in the annual town meeting of Feb. 3 and 4, 1902, is as follows :
Sum to be expended, $10,000 00 Additional sum voted at special town meet-
ing, Aug., 1902, 800 00
Amount of appropriations,
$10,800 00
Harwich Centre and P. Lake Con- struction,
$7,377 24
Massachusetts H. W. Construction at H. Port,
1,800 00
Total amount expended to date, 9,177 24
Balance, 1,622 76
-$10,800 00 Due on H. Port allotment, $1,800 00.
Amount of money loaned, up to the present time, for this work, $7,000 00.
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Summary of expenditures in the various road and bridge departments, for the year 1902 :
Expended for general repairs on roads, $2,049 55
Expended for repairing bridges, 55 28
.6 railings, 130 52
iron bridge, Note 6, 560 00
For State highway loan of 1900, Note 2, 552 50
For repairs on State high- way, 101 64
Cost of new macadam road con- struction of 1902, $9,177 24
Total expenditure,
-- $12,626 73
Report of Board of Health.
Appropriation $50.
Feb. 5, 1902.
Organized as a Board of Health as follows :
Ambrose N. Doane, Chairman ; Joseph K. Robbins, Clerk.
During the year Slaughter House licenses have been issued to the following named persons living in Harwich Centre : Fred W. & Watson B. Baker, Everett L. Ellis, Nathan B. Walker.
For the killing of horses, etc., under provisions of chapter 124, Acts of 1901, licenses were granted to the following named persons : Freeman W. Cahoon, Harwich Centre ; George W. Ellis, Harwich Centre; Nathan B. Walker, Harwich Centre; Albert G. Parker, North Harwich.
Appointment was made of John A. Baker to serve as Inspector of Animals and Provisions under the usual conditions.
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