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ARTICLE 6 .- To act on the list of Jurors as reported by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 7 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money, in anticipation of taxes, to pay charges against the town.
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ARTICLE 8 .- To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray the Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations of the same.
ARTICLE 9 .- To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to sell the South Primary School-house.
ARTICLE 10 .- To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to elect a superintendent of schools.
ARTICLE 11 .- To see if the Town will raise one hundred dollars ($100) for public lectures.
ARTICLE 12 .- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for memorial services on Memorial Day. [By Request. ]
ARTICLE 13 .- To bring in their votes, "Yes," or "No," on the following question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
ARTICLE 14 .- To transact any business that may legally come before the meeting.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant according to the vote of said town, seven days, at least, before. the time appointed for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town, at or before the time appointed for the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands, at said West Bridgewater, this twenty-first day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.
HENRY COPELAND, HORACE W. HOWARD, JOSEPH A. SHORES,
Selectmen of
West Bridgewater.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
AND
COMMITTEES
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1889.
BROCKTON : G. A. GOODALL, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. 1889.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. HENRY COPELAND,
HORACE W. HOWARD, JOSEPH A. SHORES. Toun Clerk. BENJAMIN B. HOWARD. Collector and Treasurer. CHARLES E. TISDALE. School Committee.
MRS. M. K. CROSBY. CHAS. T. HOWARD, MRS. H. J. LELACHEUR. J. A. SHORES. BENJAMIN PERKINS.
FRANK TISDALE,
Trustees of Public Library.
CHARLES R. PACKARD, MRS. HENRY COPELAND, WILLIAM BROWN, MISS ELIZABETH KINGMAN, MISS EDITH F. HOWARD, J. A. SHORES.
HORACE BARTLETT, EDWARD TISDALE,
Surveyors of Highways. JOHN CASHMAN, GEO. W. HOWARD.
WARREN R. KEITH,
J. Q. HARTWELL,
WM. F. RYDER. Constables.
THOS. MARMION, J. A. PERKINS, ELLIS R. HOLBROOK.
Field Drivers.
JONAS HARTWELL,
CYRUS E. ALGER.
Fence Viewers.
S. N. HOWARD, JAMES HOWARD, R. C. BENNETT, CHAS. BACON.
Measurers of Lumber.
C. W. PACKARD,
CURTIS EDDY, S. L. RYDER, CHAS. DUNBAR,
DAVIS COPELAND, P. K. BACON.
·Sealer of Weights and Measures. THOMAS MARMION.
Measurers of Wood and Bark. WILLARD HOWARD,
L. A. FLAGG.
JAMES A. FORBES,
Registrars. LUCIUS DUNBAR. F. E. HOWARD. Auditors.
CHAS. R. PACKARD,
FRANK COPELAND, JAMES HOWARD.
Annual Report of the Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
The following report of the financial condition of the town Feb. 1. 1889, is respectfully submitted :
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
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VALUATION. As Assessed May 1, 1888.
Value of real estate, Value of personal estate,
$811,779 00
157,810 00
Total,
$969,589 00
ASSESSMENTS.
State tax, County tax,
$1,237 50 1,107 01
$2,344 51
Town grant, Overlay,
$12,370 00
290 59
12,660 59
Total tax,
$15,005 10
4
Rate of tax, $14.50 per $1,000. Poll tax, - males, $2.00; females, 50c.
Number of polls, 469
females,
4
acres of land,
9,822
dwelling houses,
382
horses,
355
cows,
613
sheep,
35
swine, 85
young stock,
136
APPROPRIATIONS.
For support of schools,
$3,500 00
school supplies and repairs,
450 00
repairs of highways,
2,000 00
support of poor,
1.400 00
town officers,
700 00
incidentals,
700 00
public lectures,
100 00
Matfield road,
500 00
Swamp road,
300 00
repairs at almshouse,
150 00
memorial services,
50 00
interest on town debt,
320 00
paying town debt,
2,000 00
Crescent Street, 200 00
$12,370 00
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TOWN PROPERTY.
Valuation of town farm,
$4,100 00
personal property,
1,740 95
ten school-houses,
13,000 00
town library,
2,500 00
derrick,
100 00
road scraper,
150 00
HENRY COPELAND, HORACE W. HOWARD, JOS. A. SHORES,
Assessors.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF POOR.
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INVENTORY AT ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 1, 1889.
8 tons English hay,
$152 00
50 00
5 tons meadow hay, oat and rye fodder,
14 00
corn fodder,
5 00
shorts and meal,
9 00
109 baskets corn,
38 15
2 bushels beans,
4 00
10 cows,
350 00
1 horse,
100 00
6 swine,
48 00
80 fowls,
60 00
5 ducks,
5 00
128 bushels potatoes,
89 60
40 bushels small potatoes,
10 00
25 bushels beets,
8 00
27 bushels turnips,
8 00
160 pounds pork,
14 40
80 pounds ham,
8 00
28 pounds lard, 2 80
1 50
5 dozen eggs,
1 00
flour,
5 pounds butter,
6 00
Amount carried forward, $984 45
Amount brought forward,
$984 45
groceries, 4 pork barrels,
1 50
8 stoves,
50 00
household furniture,
60 00
tin ware,
10 00
crockery ware,
30 00
3 churns,
8 00
wooden ware,
12 00
beds and bedding,
85 00
table linen and towels,
12 00
hay wagon,
35 00
covered wagon,
80 00
2 tip carts,
60 00
pung,
15 00
cart harness,
8 00
2 harnesses,
11 00
4 ox yokes,
12 00
robes and blankets,
9 00
mowing machine and rake,
55 00
farming tools,
80 00
sled and wheelbarrow,
9 00
hay cutter,
4 00
scraps,
2 00
coal,
2 00
manure,
100 00
$1,740 95
6 00
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1888,
$41 64 806 98
Milk sold,
Stock sold,
316 40
Vegetables sold,
5 00
Onions sold,
69 91
Potatoes sold,
106 90
Poultry sold,
96 20
Eggs sold,
99 27
Labor off farm,
22 50
Pork sold,
78 54
Beans sold,
3 51
Wood sold,
12 50
Pigs,
20 00
Lumber,
16 50
Apples,
5 00
Flour,
2 64
Calves,
5 00
Board from Wrentham,
28 85
Drawn from treasury to pay warden's salary,
391 67
Drawn from treasury to balance almshouse account,
7 42
$2,136 43
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for flour,
$48 65
meat,
64 92
fish,
21 13
Amount carried forward,
$134 70
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Amount brought forward,
$134 70
Paid for boots and shoes,
8 75
hardware,
4 03
grass and garden seeds,
15 41
seed potatoes,
7 60
blacksmithing,
10 00
butchering,
6 00
clothing,
29 83
soap,
8 40
medicine,
2 74
snuff and tobacco,
8 19
salt,
5 56
repairs,
20 90
seed barley,
4 50
use of stock,
6 00
fertilizer,
39 80
labor on farm and in house,
196 00
doctor's bill,
5 75
eggs,
1 69
stock,
438 00
groceries,
151 21
grain,
540 41
coal,
6 75
house furnishings,
11 09
farming tools,
18 87
car fare and horse keeping,
8 11
oil,
6 54
wheat and shells for hens,
22 60
Amount carried forward,
$1,719 43
10
Amount brought forward,
$1,719 43
Paid for veterinary,
3 00
sundries, casket and robe for Cecil Morse, warden's salary,
7 83
14 50
391 67
$2,136 43
COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Drawn from treasury to balance account,
$7 42
Drawn from treasury for warden's salary,
391 67
Depreciation in inventory from Feb. 1, 1888, to Feb. 1, 1889,
324 75
$723 84
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Michael Ryan,
Age 40
52 weeks.
Albert Staples,
" 46
52
Mary Rogers,
5. 33
4
66
Ann Flynn,
6. 79
52
Abby Fadden,
“. 60
27
66
Conn Sullivan,
“. 54
9
George Randall,
" 62
4
Wm. B. Smith,
2
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The warden with the hearse has attended seven funerals. The warden during the year has lodged and fed 51 tramps.
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EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Aid to Frank Fadden's children,
$165 00
Fred Leonard, 114 00
Anson Cobbet's family, 66 32
George Randall,
7 00
Esrom Morse (clothing), 15 00
Paid Easton burial Samuel Packard,
6 50
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board Frank Fadden,
134 63
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board Thomas Clancy, 198 25
Aid to Nathaniel Pratt, 123 50
Wm. Foye's family,
9 25
C. H. Hall,
43 20
Horton family,
16 38
Callahan family,
4 00
Burial Geo. Young,
13 50
$916 53
Due from Plympton,
$123 50
Rehoboth,
16 38
State,
9 25
Middleboro,
13 50
Plymouth,
43 20
Dedham,
4 00
209 83
Total expense of poor out of the house,
$706 70
Total expense of poor in and out of house,
1,430 54
Due from Middleboro, bill for 1887,
2 00
Due from State, bill for 1887,
4 00
HENRY COPELAND, HORACE W. HOWARD, JOS. A. SHORES,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
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INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation,
$700 00
C. E. Tisdale, printing and postage, $3 00
S. D. Simpson & Son, bridge irons and nails, 3 85
F. W. Howard, care of cemetery, 3 00
L. A. Flagg, gravel screen, 7 50
A. A. Packard, fighting fire,
2 25
C. P. Howard, rent town hall,
75 00
E. B. Wilber, gravel,
5 60
Lucius Hayward, gravel,
50 00
Thomas Hennessey, gravel,
5 00
E. H. Lothrop, gravel,
2 75
James O. Alger, cinders,
20 83
Daniel Perkins, office rent,
18 00
C. P. Howard, repairing Pine Hill Bridge,
2 25
C. P. Howard, cedar poles, 3 75
E. B. Wilber, repairs for road scraper,
34 70
J. E. Carr, tile, 11 90
James Howard, surveying, 1 50
E. B. Hayward, surveying, 15 00
R. O. Harris, counsel, 20 00
Chas. R. Packard, administering oaths, and postage, 2 37
Amounts carried forward, $288 25 $700 00
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Amounts brought forward, $288 25 $700 00
Thomas Grover & Co., assessors' and col-
lectors' books, 3 00
Wm. L. Puffer, printing postal cards and tax receipts, 8 25
1
D. W. Gardner, horse hire, 4 50
George Hunt, return of births, 1 75
McCann Bros., return of deaths,
2 00
Howard & Clark, return of deaths, 3 25
Wm. H. Tobey, return of deaths, 1 75
Alger & Co.'s express, 4 60
G. R. Drake, care of monument and grounds, 5 00
G. A. Goodall, printing, 123 50
Wm. H. Jennings, making out State aid papers, 2 50
J. E. Ryder, gravel, 16 40
H. W. Howard, cash expense, wood and use of team, 8 77
J. A. Shores, cash expense and use of team, 10 75
Henry Copeland, cash expense and use of team, 24 00 -
- $508 27
Balance,
$191 73
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
District No. 1. Appropriation,
$300 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by Horace Bartlett, surveyor :
To Horace Bartlett, $121 42
John Copeland,
2 25
Charles Howard,
29 85
Clinton P. Howard,
8 00
F. J. Hambley
3 00
E. B. Wilber,
11 25
John Shipman,
6 00
Edgar Billings,
14 10
J. C. Howard,
66 03
Elihu Leonard,
19 40
$281 30
Paid to E. B. Wilber, bill for 1887,
2 70
$284 00
Balance,
$16 00
District No. 2. Appropriation,
$300 00
Appropriation for Crescent Street, 200 00
$500 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by Edward Tisdale, surveyor :
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To Edward Tisdale,
$101 31
John Fallon,
95 55
William Penpraise,
91 65
Nathan F. Dunbar,
89 50
William Bismore,
43 80
James Shaw,
38 25
George H. Fletcher,
28 50
E. A. Cole,
25 95
John L. Pittsley,
19 50
James Washburn,
14 00
John Callahan,
12 00
Phillip Fay,
7 50
Wm. H. Crockett,
9 00
L. A. Flagg,
28 85
Cyrus Alger,
21 00
H. W. Howard,
35 10
Wm. E. Cole,
6 12
Oren W. Cobbett.
4 50
S. B. Corliss,
6 80
John Shipman,
9 75
W. C. Howard,
5 31
F. J. Vosmus,
1 65
W. A. Cole,
2 35
S. W. Hersey,
19 87
C. Wesley Packard,
4 68
J. H. Adams,
2 50
$724 99
Paid J. L. Pittsley's bill for 1887, approved by L. A. Flagg, 1 20
$726 19
Overdrawn,
$226 19
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$300 00
District No. 3. Appropriation,
There has been paid upon bills approved by
Wm. F. Ryder, serveyor :
To Wm. F. Ryder,
$86 62
Charles C. Thayer,
8 55
Horace Bartlett,
9 00
John L. Hayward,
24 94
John O'Hearn,
21 90
William O'Brien,
- 8 70
Owen King,
9 00
James McAnaugh,
35 60
E. B. Wilber,
56 85
Erland Thayer,
29 94
$291 10
Balance,
$8 90
District No. 4. Appropriation,
$250 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by Warren R. Keith, surveyor :
To W. R. Keith,
$173 85
H. S. Keith,
1 50
W. C. Kinney,
6 00
S. G. Copeland,
5 25
Prescott Snell,
3 60
Willard Howard,
30 00
J. C. Keith,
4 50
Henry Copeland,
24 25
248 95
Balance, $1 05
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District No. 5. Appropriation, $300 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by John Cashman, surveyor :
To John Cashman,
$163 20
Patrick Cashion,
20 70
Lawrence O'Leary,
6 00
Edward Madden, 2d,
2 25
Horace Bartlett,
6 75
E. B. Wilber,
6 75
Henry Withington,
2 25
J. F. Ames,
3 00
Hugh Gormley,
10 50
R. C. Bennett,
20 10
John Luddy,
8 40
Otis Pillsbury,
1 25
Edward Madden, 1st,
12 00
J. J. Cashman,
16 50
Mace Tisdale,
1 50
281 15
Balance,
$18 85
District No. 6. Appropriation,
$300 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by
Geo. W. Howard, surveyor :
To Geo. W. Howard,
$150 25
H. W. Howard,
40 28
Cyrus Alger,
42 30
A. L. Alger,
42 00
M. A. Packard,
6 30
W. H. Howard,
15 08
296 21
Balance, $3 79
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District No. 7. Appropriation, $250 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by J. Q. Hartwell, surveyor :
To J. Q. Hartwell, $50 00
Michael Egan,
25 50
L. E. Hayward,
15 55
L. E. & E. Copeland,
59 50
Timothy Carroll,
16 50
H. W. Howard,
30 00
C. S. Jackson,
38 25
W. H. Wilson,
12 75
$248 05
Paid L. E. & E. Copeland's bill of 1887,
7 65
255 70
Overdrawn, $5 70
Appropriation for Swamp Road,
$300 00
There has been paid upon bills approved by Warren R. Keith :
To Warren R. Keith,
$194 70
J. C. Keith,
22 50
Henry Copeland,
28 75
James Powers,
22 50
Willard Howard,
28 50
296 95
Balance, $3 05
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Matfield Road. Appropriation,
$500 00
Paid E. B. Wilber,
$103 50
James McAnaugh,
33 00
Michael Morrison,
6 00
Andrew Dailey,
11 25
Waldo Hayward,
13 50
L. H. Hayward,
9 00
Albert Bates,
4 50
Owen King,
21 00
John Callahan,
21 00
Michael McCarty,
21 00
John Perry,
16 50
Marron Morey,
16 50
Michael Jennings,
16 20
John Donahue,
16 20
Michael Swift,
13 50
E. P. Dunbar,
54. 00
W. F. Ryder,
74 27
S. D. Shaw, for four shovels,
2 80
George Tyler & Co., drain pipe,
40 80
J. A. Shores, drain pipe,
88.
Old Colony Railroad, freight,
3 60
E. P. Dunbar, printing,
1 00
$500 00
Appropriation for memorial services, $50 00
There has been paid upon bills rendered by C. T. Williams, 49 95
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Appropriation for repairs at Almshouse,
$150 00
Paid for lumber,
$66 13
17 95
hardware, labor,
43 22
127 30
Balance,
$22 70
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SCHOOLS.
Appropriation for 1888,
$3,500 00
State school fund,
363 42
Appropriation for school repairs and supplies,
450 00
$4,313 42
There has been drawn from the treasury
for the support of schools,
$3,785 55
For repairs, .
260 94
For supplies,
150 00
4,196 49
Balance,
$116 93
STATE AID.
Paid the following persons, under Chapter 1301, Acts 1879 :
James P. Gallagher,
$72 00
Charles T. Morse,
61 50
Patrick Dorgan,
72 00
Lucius Dunbar.
72 00
Amount carried forward, $277 50
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Amount brought forward,
$277 50
William A. Linehan,
72 00
Benj. F. Phillips,
36 00
Charles E. Churchill,
72 00
John A. Millet,
51 00
Ellis R. Holbrook,
36 00
William Crockett,
48 00
Andrew W. Perkins,
36 00
James H. Leonard,
72 00
Charles E. Miller,
48 00
William H. Jennings,
72 00
William T. Britton,
30 00
Geo. M. Blanchard,
25 50
Mary E. Howard,
48 00
Elizabeth O. Packard,
48 00
Lucinda S. Lothrop,
24 00
Mary J. Reeves,
48 00
Eliza F. Richardson,
48 00
Mary E. Alger,
48 00
$1,140 00
MILITARY AID. Under Chapter 252, Acts 1879.
David W. Tinkham,
$72 00
Isaac, H. Bates,
72 00
George B. Randall,
30 00
Linus E. Hayward,
96 00
James Jacobs,
18 00
288 00
Total amount paid for State and military aid, $1,428 00
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation,
$700 00 .
Edward Tisdale, auditor,
$1 00
Wm. F. Ryder, auditor, 1 00
Charles E. Tisdale, treasurer, 200 00
Wm. H. Jennings, moderator,
5 00
D. W. Gardner, constable,
8 00
Thos. J. Marmion, constable,
2 00
C. C. Thayer, committee,
1 00
J. A. Fobes, registrar,
4 00
Lucius Dunbar, registrar,
5 00
F. S. Tisdale, school committee, 4 00
Benjamin Perkins, school committee, 9 50
B. B. Howard, town clerk, 81 64
Martha K. Crosby, supt. of schools,
135 00
Ellis R. Holbrook, constable,
7 20
Henry Copeland, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, 173 00
Joseph A. Shores, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, 153 75
Horace W. Howard, selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor,
133 80
J. A. Perkins, constable,
2 00
926 89
Overdrawn, $226 89
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury February 1, 1888,
$2,417 32
E. B. Wilber, auctioneer's license, 2 00
Town of Rehoboth, 25 00
Borrowed from Brockton Savings Bank.
2,000 00
Balance of Corporation tax,
104 55
Town of Plympton,
122 50
George Silvia, pedler's license,
6 00
Borrowed of F. J. Vosmus,
1,000 00
Borrowed of Henry Copeland,
600 00
S. N. Howard, auctioneer's license,
2 00
Borrowed of Frank Dunbar,
1,000 00
Tax bills for 1888,
15,017 74
Corporation tax,
670 81
National Bank tax,
485 57
State aid, Chap. 1301,
999 00
Military, aid Chap. 252,
214 00
Dog fund,
300 71
Income of school fund,
209 24
Revenue of school fund, $154 22
$25,330 66
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EXPENDITURES OF TREASURY.
Six months' interest on loan,
$160 00
F. J. Vosmus, note and interest,
1,020 00
Henry Copeland, note and interest,
612 00
Six per cent. discount on taxes paid on or before October 15, 769 74
Frank Dunbar, note and interest,
1,010 00
Brockton Savings Bank, two notes and interest,
2,040 00
Six months' interest on loan,
120 00
County tax,
1,107 01
State tax,
1,237 50
Brockton Savings Bank, note and interest,
2,072 79
Town farm,
419 34
Town officers,
926 89
Schools,
3,785 55
School repairs,
260 94
School supplies,
150 00
Lectures,
100 00
Library,
270 58
Poor out of house,
916 53
Highways,
2,183 30
Incidentals,
508 27
Swamp Road,
296 95
Crescent Street appropriation,
200 00
Memorial service,
49 95
Matfield Road,
500 00
Abatement,
225 72
Almshouse repairs,
127 30
State aid,
1,140 00
Military aid,
288 00
Cash and uncollected taxes,
2,832 30
$25,330 66
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CONDITION OF THE TREASURY FEB. 1, 1889.
Cash on hand,
$800 54
Uncollected taxes, 1886,
50 23
66
1887, 411 85
66
1888, 1,569 68
$2,832 30
OUTSTANDING NOTES AGAINST THE TOWN.
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Loaned from Brockton Savings Bank, $2,000, payable Nov. 1, 1889.
Loaned from Brockton Savings Bank, $2,000, payable Nov. 1, 1890.
Loaned from Brockton Savings Bank, $2,000, payable Nov. 1, 1891.
We, the undersigned, have examined the accounts of the Treasurer of West Bridgewater for the year ending Feb. 1, 1889, and have found them properly cast and vouched for.
CHAS. R. PACKARD, FRANK COPELAND, Auditors.
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NAMES OF JURORS
For acceptance or revision by the town at its annual meeting :
Cyrus Alger,
Henry W. Leach,
Bradford Copeland.
Clinton P. Howard,
Frank Copeland,
George H. Knapp,
Horace Bartlett,
Henry Copeland,
Edward H. Keith,
E. B. Wilber, F. E. Howard,
Myron Packard,
Prescott T. Snell,
Japhet Packard,
William F. Ryder,
Herbert A. Millet,
Jonas Hartwell, .
Curtis Eddy,
Abial Washburn, L. A. Flagg,
Ira Pratt,
William Shipman,
Fred. H. Washburn,
Horace W. Howard,
Davis Copeland,
Charles C. Thayer,
Julius Hayward,
Charles R. Packard,
Almond Rounds,
George R. Drake, M. A. Ripley,
George W. Howard,
Geo. C. Howard,
Seba H. Marshall,
Wm. H. Jennings,
Chas. T. Williams.
Henry J. Le Lacheur.
NAMES OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1888.
James A. Fobes, L. A. Tower,
Joseph Vosmus, Frank M. Hayward, Chas. E. Tisdale.
John A. Millet,
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WE RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE :
For support of poor,
$1,500 00
support of schools,
3,500 00
school repairs and supplies, ·
450 00
highway repairs,
2,000 00
town officers,
800 00
incidentals,
700 00
public lectures,
100 00
building road at Matfield as laid out by County
Commissioners, 500 00
paying town debt,
2,000 00
interest on town debt, 240 00
The next annual town meeting will be held on Monday, the 4th day of March, 1889.
HENRY COPELAND,
HORACE W. HOWARD, JOS. A. SHORES,
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
In obedience to the instructions of the town, the undersigned have examined the accounts of all town officers for the year ending Jan. 31, 1889.
We find all orders drawn by the selectmen properly vouched by receipted bills, with the following exceptions : Orders 617 to 634 inclusive, amounting to $754.20 have been drawn, given
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to the treasurer, and appear on his book as having been paid, while in reality the money is still in his possession, and is being held to pay the salaries of school teachers and janitors to the end of the school year.
In the highway department we find that in all the districts, except No. 2, the bills of persons employed on the roads have been approved by the surveyors and payments made directly to the men who did the work. In district No. 2, the whole amount due has been drawn by the surveyor, and by him paid out to the parties doing the work.
The special appropriation of $200 for Crescent Street, to be expended under the direction of the selectmen, we find has been overdrawn, $227.59.
CHAS. R. PACKARD, FRANK COPELAND,
Auditing Committee.
Report of the School Committee.
At the beginning of the school year of 1888-89 the following were members of the committee :
F. S. TISDALE and C. T. HOWARD, for three years.
MRS. A. S. LELACHEUR and B. PERKINS, for two years.
J. A. SHORES and MRS. M. K. CROSBY, for one year.
The organization for the year was as follows :
J. A. SHORES, Chairman. M. K. CROSBY, Secretary.
F. S. TISDALE and B. PERKINS, Committee on Repairs.
B. PERKINS and C. T. HOWARD, Truant Officers.
The schools were assigned as follows :
North and North Centre to Mr. Perkins.
Cochesett to Mr. Tisdale.
Centre to Mrs. LeLacheur.
South to Mr. Shores.
East and Matfield to Mrs. Crosby. Jerusalem to Mr. Howard.
There were no changes in the teachers of the previous year, except those occasioned by the transfer of Miss Ellis to the Centre Primary school, and the appointment of Miss Keith at the North school.
There are no outstanding school bills.
The teachers' account contains one month properly belonging to the year of 1887-8, as the delay in opening the new school brought the close of the winter term into this year.
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The janitors' department includes two bills unpaid in 1887-8, and the fuel bills for the East and Matfield schools are for two years.
FINANCIAL REPORT. TEACHERS' DEPARTMENT.
Paid Miss S. L. Waldron, 11 weeks,
$99 00
Miss L. W. Copeland, 24 weeks,
210 30
Miss I. S. Wood, 35 weeks,
315 00
Miss M. A. Tisdale, 35 weeks,
350 00
Miss C. F. Ellis, 1 week,
9 00
Miss C. C. Brown, 35 weeks,
309 50
Miss A. K. Littlefield, 12 weeks,
120 00
Miss M. F. Hanscom, 23 weeks,
230 00
Miss W. A. Holmes, 35 weeks,
315 00
Miss M. A. Dewyre, 39 weeks,
390 00
Miss A. A. Frawley, 35 weeks,
350 00
Miss M. C. Keith, 16 weeks,
144 00
Miss I. C. Wyman, 19 weeks,
171 00
Mrs. Toothaker, 35 weeks,
350 00
$3,362 80
JANITORS' DEPARTMENT.
Paid G. Winburg,
$10 00
M. Olson,
11 00
L. Adams,
5 00
J. Penpraese,
17 00
C. Connor,
24 00
W. A. Holmes,
12 00
G. J. Kingman,
12 00
T. Clifford,
10 00
Matfield janitors,
9 00
North janitors,
11 00
North Centre janitors,
12 00
· $133 00
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FUEL DEPARTMENT.
Paid L. E. Howard, labor on wood, $3 75
F. Gillespie, 4 cords hard wood, 66 1 cord pine wood, 4 00
20 00
C. T. Howard, 1 cord hard wood,
5 00
1-2 cord pine wood, 2 25 labor on fuel, 2 00
W. Penpraese, labor on wood, 10 00
E. T. Snell, 6 3-4 cords oak wood, 33 75
2 3-4 cords pine wood, 11 00
O. King, labor on wood, 28 50
H. W. Howard, 1 cord maple wood, 4 50
L. A. Flagg, 1 cord maple wood, 6 00
57 50
J. E. Ryder, 11 1-2 cords hard wood, 2 cords pine wood,
8 00
W. F. Ryder, 1 cord hard wood,
5 00
M. K. Crosby, 2 cords pine wood,
8 00
F. W. Kingman, labor on wood, 16 50
L. E. & E. Copeland, 1 cord hard wood, and labor, 6 50
Willard Howard, 3 cords oak wood, and labor, 21 00
Davis Copeland, 3 cords hard wood, 1 1-4 cords pine wood, and labor, 29 75
$283 00
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' wages,
$3,362 80
Fuel,
283 00
Janitors,
133 00
Balance,
84 62
$3,863 42
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RECEIPTS.
Town grant,
$3,500 00
Income of Mass. school fund,
209 20
66 revenue,
154 22
$3,863 42
DEPARTMENT OF REPAIRS. Jerusalem.
Paid William H. Tobey, bureau,
$4 00
Gurney Bros., repairs on clock,
1 00
C. P. Hilstrum, stock and labor, for cleaning house,
2 05
5 00
Cochesett.
Paid Wm. A. Cole, labor and stock,
$7 97
for cleaning building,
6 00
for repairs and furnishings,
85
L. A. Flagg, repairs on pump,
2 00
John A. Penpraese, labor on lot,
1 75
Centre.
Paid William H. Tobey, bureau,
$4 00
William A. Cole, labor on fence and buildings, stock and materials,
56 99
for labor in yard,
1 00
for cleaning buildings,
6 77
for small repairs and furnishings,
7 56
$123 62
$12 05
$18 57
47 30
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South.
Paid for labor and materials,
· $6 69
4 35
2 00
1 25
$14 29
East.
Paid C. Eddy, labor and stock,
$5 73
1 10
for small furnishings, for cleaning house,
2 50
$9 33
Matfield.
Paid C. Keene, labor on lot,
$2 25
for small furnishings,
1 95
for cleaning building,
3 00
J. H. Fairbanks, chimney top,
4 40
labor,
2 00
mason for stock and labor,
1 75
J. A. Shores, for labor,
1 50
$16 85
North Centre.
Paid Wm. A. Cole, labor and stock,
$2 70
C. P. Hilstrum, labor,
1 25
for cleaning building,
2 00
$5 95
E. B. Wilber, sand and carting, for cleaning house, for steps,
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North.
Paid James C. Keith, moving shed,
$8 00
B. H. Waugh, labor and stock, 1 50
$9 50
IN GENERAL.
Paid C. P. Hilstrum, labor,
$16 80
stock,
17 30
Albert Copeland, labor,
9 50
materials,
10 93
E. M. Linfield, printing bills,
3 00
$57 53
Whole amount of repairs,
$267 69
Balance,
32 31
Town grant,
$300 00
The number of children [in town between five and fifteen years of age on May first, was two hundred and forty-nine. Of this number there were two hundred and eighteen in com- mon schools ; in the Howard school, nine (six of these over fourteen years) at work, two in parochial schools, four sick, five young and not yet entered, and nine out from various causes, most the result of change of residence.
The statistics given in the table appended to the report. could not be made out for the full winter term, on account of the time when the schools closed.
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