Town annual reports of the selectmen, overseers of the poor, town clerk, and school committee of West Bridgewater for the year ending 1910-1914, Part 19

Author: West Bridgewater (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Town Officers and Committees
Number of Pages: 752


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Packard, Moses A. 7.21


Brooks, Charles E. 3.84


Packard, Emma & Abbie 18.24


Packard, Sarah H. .96


Packard, Robert H. .77


Cleveland, Walter F.


5.76


Levi, Susan .20


Copeland, Davis


109.64


Clark, Annie


2.41


City of Brockton


32.64


Preston, Charles N.


3.84


Dolan, Johanna


9 32


Satucket Athletic Ass'n


28.80


Degnon, James J.


34.56


Shaw, Frank E. 23.81


Eaton, I. F.


.20


Shields, James 2.98


Eaton, B. Ellis


1.92


French, Fred R. 1.16


Grady, Dennis W. .39


Hayward, Zina, heirs or devisees 1 92


Howard, Willard 2.12


Howard, Willard, chil- dren of 2.41


Ingalls, Lucy B. et. al 28,80


Kingman, Parker 2.88


Woods, Edith G.


87.94


Woods, Frederick M. 2.00


Woodworth, William L. 13.72


Woodworth, Adelia 72.30


Woodworth, William B. 2.00


Young, James R. 48.08


Young, Cora C.


82.56


NON-RESIDENTS.


BROCKTON


Almquist, Rufus


2.41


Ames, David, et. al. 1.35


Brockton Gas Light Co. 69.65


Conley, Maurice


13.44


Porter, Emmons C. 59.62


Powers, George F. 4 80


Snow Joseph et. al. 5 29


1.45


Worthington, Charles E. 24.08


Wood Eben T.


25


Southworth, Marcus


3.84


Merritt, Robert 46.08


Thayer, Alton


1.45


Merritt, Ethel 6.72


Thomson, M. Emily


60.48


Merritt, Susie 3.84


Thomson, Clarence


49.83


Murphy, William 5.29


Tribou, Grace G.


2.31


Waugh, Brice H.


14.40


Willis, Alonzo


1.45


Reardon, John


7.68


Shaw, Harlan .P., trustee


Brooks Farm B'lg.


Asso. 139.20


Shaw, Harlan P. 539.52


Sinnott, Charles P. 196.80


Stanley Iron Co. 19.20


Stevenson, William


2.41


Flagg, Loren A


.26


Lindskog, Olof 3 26


Morse, Joseph H heirs or devisees 3.84


Rice, Kate B. 47.04


BRIDGEWATER


Alger, Stillman


49.45


Andrews, Thomas chil- dren of 3.84


Bassett, J. Gardner


1.92


Blinn, John L.


5 76


Bradford, Peleg


1.92


Cass, Rosetta, heirs or devisees .77


Churbuck, Albert T.


3.84


Hallisey, John


2.69


Keith, Benjamin


6.72


Hanna, Walter W.


3.84


Hall, E. Milton


.20


Hall, Elbert C. 1.22


Hall, Lysander, heirs or devisees .96


Hall, Otis 1.73


Hall, Clifford 2.41


Cushman, Edgar E. 3.84


Callahan, Mary E. 13 44


Hoxie, William


1 73


Keith, Mrs. Stillman O. .08


Keith, Edward E 1.54


Leonard, Mrs. J. H., et. al.


9.13


Leonard, Nahum .16


McAnaugh, Rosanna


.49


Thayer, Annie C., trustee Minnie L. Merritt 211.20


Wentworth, John .58


· Williams, Alec 3.37


Wilber, Fred T. 1.92


Short, Almira .49


Simmons, Mrs. Nathan W. 1.92


Leach, Philo .30


RAYNHAM.


Burt, George B. 1.45


Chase, Herbert H. .96


Cushman, N. T., heirs or devisees .43


Dean, David G. 1.35


Evans, William H. 2.88


Elms, Lazel, heirs or devisees .49


Hayes, Michael 17.28


Keith, Sylvanus, heirs or devisees 1 35


LeBaron, Minnie K .49


Leonard, J. Herbert


14.40


Hanlon, Mabel 1.45


Johnson, John P. 4.80


Lincoln, Russell, heirs or devisees 3.84


Lincoln, Amasa, heirs


or devisees 1.73


Winter, Sanford, heirs 01 devisees 67.20


Wood, Vesta


4.71


EAST BRIDGEWATER.


Allen, James S. heirs or devisees


.49


Pierce, Marcus 6.15


Ransden, Annie L. 1.92


26


Pratt, Sherman, heirs or devisees 1.54


Robinson, Charles F.


1.45


Shaw, Nathan W., heirs or devisees 1.16


Wilbur, Lyman, heirs or devisees


4.04


EASTON.


Alger, Frank W.


6.25


Alger, Horace H.


3.84


Alger, Nathan J.


49.16


SOUTH EASTON. Brophy, Michael, heirs or devisees .96


Dahl, John 2.18


Dean, John O., heirs


27.37


Donahue, Hannah


3.65


Erickson, Edward A. 2 60


Farrar, Brooks 8.36


Gifford, D. Maria 1.92


Morse, Alfred, et. al. 24.96


Peters, Henrietta K. 5.75


Wilson, Arthur G. 5.76


Goward, Edwin T., heirs or devisees 17.28


Howard, William C.,


heirs or devisees 11.72


Howard, Rolinda A 19.20


NORTH EASTON.


Easton Investment Co.


246.15


EASTONDALE.


Howard, Flora M 36.48


Howard, James E. 13.35


Fenderson, Walter D. 4 04


Orcutt, James A. .49


Porter, Francis E. 5.48


Simpson, H. Ellsworth


.39


White, William H. 10.37


Williams, Frank 1 45


Willis, Martin H. 3.84


BOSTON Bay State Street Ry. Co. 10.47


Gray, Sarah L. 3.84 Molito, James 5.76


N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. 214.66


N. E. Tel & Tel. Co. 338.67


Western Union Tel. Co. 20.48


Senna, Charles E. 1.45


Stewart, Lillian G. .96


Willis, Clement, heirs or devisees 7.68


NORWICH, CONN. True, Elizabeth C. 23.04


SEGREGANSET.


Standish, Edith


1.35


LOS ANGELES, CAL.


Seiler, Andrew


1.45


SHIRLEY.


Sanderson, George S


1.92


PROVIDENCE, R. I. Platt, Ethel L. 1.35


MALDEN.


Oliver, Emma W.


64.32


.BRIGHTON. Meshcowsky, Dominie .96


CANTON, OHIO.


McCombs, F. M.


1.92


EAST DOUGLAS.


Marshall, Mrs R. A.


4.42


FITCHBURG. Hayward, John P. 1.92


SALEM.


Hayward, William P.


1.26


27


NEWTON. Hall, John H. .96


BANGOR, ME. Grindell, Walter J. 3.84


HINKLEY, ME.


Godfrey, Charles H. 2.22


Hunt, Helen F.


28.80


WHITMAN.


Everson, Wilmot V. 1.45


LITCHFIELD CORNERS, ME. White, David Seymour 3 84


HAMLIN, N Y.


Drummond, Clara N.


26.88


Foye, Wilbur G. 2.00


Parry, H. Arthur 2.00


Chamberlain, Ernest R. 2.00


Swartz, John 2.00


Chaves, Joseph 2.00


Fratas, John 2.00


Woods, Herbert M. 2.00


Anderson, Hilda E.


62.40


AKRON, OHIO. Scott, Robert T.


46.08


Amoral, Frank


2.00


SOUTH LINCOLN. Wright, Arabella


1.92


Brown, Early M.


2.00


Park, Charles M. 1.45


Townsend, Julia A. 65.90


Craig, Irving R.


.58


Howard, Horace W.


.49 heirs or devisees 1920.00


GEORGE F. LOGUE, ALBERT MANLEY, CLINTON P HOWARD,


Assessors.


CAMBRIDGE. Hale, Edwin B. 49 92


E. CAMBRIDGE. Gloves, Joseph .96


Pimento, John


2.00


Thayer, Annie C. trustee


48.00


Palmer, Henry J.


2.00


Alger, Roland, heirs or devisees


.58


Ames, William N.


2.00


Ames, Charles T


SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENTS.


FOXBORO.


Report of Selectmen,


For Year ending Dec. 31, 1913.


The Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treas- urer for the amounts hereafter given under the several ap- propriations made by the town:


LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.


1. Moderator. $25 00


Appropriation, Orders drawn:


$15 00


Howard B. Wilbur. Unexpended,


10 00


$25 00


EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.


1. Selectmen.


Appropriation, $400 00


Receipts, Edison Co. locating poles, 24 00


$424 00


Orders drawn:


Salaries and Wages.


Ellis S. LeLacheur, services as selectman and expenses, (1912-1913) $226 45


Harold S. Lyon, services as selectman and expenses, 116 25


29


Orvis F. Kinney, services as selectman and


expenses, 117 00


Ellis S. LeLacheur, E. E. I. Co. locating poles, 8 00


Harold S. Lyon, E. E. I. Co. locating poles, 8 00


Orvis F. Kinney, E. E. I. Co. locating poles,


8 00


E. H. Crocker, serving notices,


3 25


E. H. Crocker, writing, telephone, hearing notices, 2 50


$489 45


Other Expenses.


W. L. Woodworth, posting warrants, $15 00


Arthur H. Willis, printing town warrants,


10 00


Arthur H. Willis, printing election warrants,


3 50


Burton F. Packard, stamps and stamped envelopes. 11 91


Arthur H. Willis, printing lists of jurors, 1 50


A. J. Williamson & Co., lock for door, 1 50


Southboro Print Shop, printing moth notices,


3 00


George F. Howard, addressing moth notices, 8 05


Dorr's Print Shop, printing notices,


1 25


$55 71


Total expenses, $545.16


Amount overdrawn, $121.16


FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.


1. Auditor, wages and expenses.


$20 00


Appropriation, Orders drawn:


Carroll W. Pearl,


$10 00


Harry L. Tower,


10 00


$20 00


80


2. Treasurer and Collector.


Appropriation, $500 00


Orders drawn: Salaries.


Frank L. Howard, services,


$462 03


Other expenses.


So. Mass. Tel. Co., telephone, 7 66


N. E. Tel. Co., telephone, 21 06


W. B. Mason Co., stamps,


1 60


Keystone Job Print, summons,


2 00


Keystone Job Print. tax bills,


9 00


Keystone Job Print, envelopes,


1 75


Keystone Job Print, demands,


1 50


W. B. Mason Co., stamps and pad,


50


Home Nat. Bank, check book,


2 00


G. F. Logue, stamps,


1 75


B. F. Packard, envelopes,


21 24


Frank L. Howard, miscellaneous expenses,


14 19


Loring W. Puffer, bond,


35 00


Amount overdrawn, $81.28


3. Assessors.


Appropriation, $500 00


Orders drawn: Salaries.


Mary L. Copeland, clerical work, $12 00


Ellis S. LeLacheur, services as assessor, 12 00


George F. Logue, services as assessor,


213 90


Albert Manley, services as assessor,


129 40


C. P. Howard, services as assessor,


93 00


$581 28


$460 30


81


Other, expenses.


Andrews Electric Co., one desk lamp,


3 00


Library bureau, card system, 54 02


Adams Express, expressage,


64


John B. Washburn, transfers and cards,


22 25


E. B. & C. L. Hayward, 15 prints,


11 25


Hobbs & Warren, taxes commit.,


5 00


Hobbs & Warren, Collection cash book,


2 89


Arthur H. Willis, lists poll tax payers,


15 00


Albert Manley, team,


20 00


$134 05


Total expenses, $594.35


Amount overdrawn $94 35


OTHER FINANCIAL OFFICES AND ACCOUNTS.


Appropriation,


$15 00


Orders drawn:


Director of Bureau of Statistics, certifying notes,


$9 00


Amount unexpended


6 00


$15 00


OTHER GENERAL DEPARTMENTS.


1. Town Clerk.


Appropriation, $150 00


Special appropriation for vital records, 25 00


175 00


Orders drawn:


Salary and wages.


E. H. Crocker, salary, $43 80


E. H. Crocker, recording fees,


83 80


$127 60


32


Other Expenses.


Arthur H. Willis, printing, $2 00


P. B. Murphy, printing, 4 50


Postmaster, stamps,


2 50


A. S. Lyon, library case,


5 95


Hobbs & Warren, printing,


60


Library Bureau, file for vital statistics,


24 70


A. W. Brownell, printing,


1 00


E. H. Crocker, stationery,


5 89


47 14


Total expenses, $174.74


Amount unexpended $0 26


2. Law. $75 00


Appropriation,


Orders drawn:


Harold S. Lyon, professional services,


$67 00


Amount unexpended,


8 00


$75 00


3. Election and Registration.


Appropriation, $175 00


Orders drawn: Salary and Wages.


Harold S. Lyon, election officer,


$ 4 50


Orvis F. Kinney, election officer,


4 50


W. A. Hambly, election officer,


15 30


Albert C. Snow, election officer,


10 50


A. E. Ryder, election officer,


10 50


W. C. Dunbar, election officer,


8 10


Daniel T. Sullivan, election officer,


10 50


W. F. Langley, election officer,


3 60


Charles Egan, election officer,


10 50


Ellis S. LeLacheur, election officer,


11 40


Warren C. Kinney, election officer,


1 80


33


William E. Gibson, election officer,


6 90


E. H. Thayer, election officer, 9 60


W. L. Woodworth, election officer, 5 60


C. P. Dunbar, registrar,


15 00


Christopher Reed, registrar,


12 60


John L. Sullivan, registrar, 7 60


E. H. Crocker, election officer and registrar, 39 60


Arthur H. Willis, caucus notice, 1 25


M. Logue, election dinners and suppers,


23 97


Arthur H. Willis, notices and ballots, 13 25


E. P. Dunbar, distributing caucus ballots,


3 00


Hunter Stationery Co., stationery,


1 55


P. B. Murphy, printing,


1 25


Arthur H. Willis, printing,


3 75


Arthur H. Willis, voting lists,


12 00


Amount overdrawn, $73.12


$248 12


MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS.


Town Hall and Town Offices.


Appropriation,


$300 00


Receipts:


Howard Lodge K. P.,


200 00


Grange,


100 00


Other receipts,


78 00


Insurance premium,


47 40


Insurance adjustment,


300 00


$1025 40


Orders drawn:


Salary and Wages.


S. B. Hetherington, janitor, $208 00


84


Other Expenses.


Edison El. Light Co., lighting, 36 84


C. F. Dahlborg, plumbing, 43 13


A. S. Lyon, repairing, 4 20


Andrews El. Co., desk lamp,


80


West Bridgewater Water Dep.,


21 00


Horace Bartlett, one cord wood, 7 00


W. P. Laughton, plumbing, 1 00


Andrew Grant Co., tuning piano,


5 00


A. S. Lyon, carpenter work, (ordered by State Police, fire protection. ) 39 77


G. S. Drake, coal,


95 50


Bay State St. Ry. Co., express,


15


Loring & Howard, curtains,


15 90


S. Hetherington. glass and exit signs,


3 57


George W. Brown, fixing chimneys,


18 00


J. S. Conroy, lettering doors,


6 44


W. P. Laughton, covering leaks,


1 00


A. S. Lyon, repairs,


31 35


Albert Manley, wood,


7 50


Andrews El. Co., repairs,


42 00


.


Lewis G. Lowe, insurance,


4 96


G. S. Drake, roll paper and nails,


1 00


S. B. Hetherington, janitor supplies,


3 23


Badger Fire Extinguisher,


20 25


$617 59


Amount unexpended, $407 81


PROTECTION OF LIFE AND, PROPERTY.


1. Constables.


Appropriation,


$150 00


Police court fines,


108,00


W. H. Ricker,


7 48


$265 48


86


Orders drawn,


Octave Belmore, services and fees,


$172 09


W. L. Woodworth, services and fees,


19 35


H. O. Davenport, services and fées, 126 59


William E. Gibson, services and fees,


24 45


John A. Chase, services,


6 00


Ellis S. LeLacheur, examination,


2 00


Ellis S. LeLacheur, aid to constable,


10 75


H. E. Sampson, services,


7 83


Charles Hanson, team hire.


5 00


William H. Ricker,


15 46


W. P. Laughton aid to constables,


3 00


John A. Norling, lock-up fees,


14 00


Edward H. Crocker, aid,


3 0,0


Earl P. Blake, services,


3 14


$412 66


Amount overdrawn, $147.18


2. Sealer of Weights and Measures.


Appropriation,


$30 00


Orders drawn:


Joseph C. Howard, services,


$20 00


Joseph C. Howard, stationery,


35


A. W. Brownell, printing,


2 00


Amount unexpended, $7.65


3. Forestry.


(a) Gyspy and Brown Tail Moth Extermination. Appropriation, $613 84


Received from State Treasurer,


82 78


$22 35


$696 62


36


Orders drawn:


Octave Belmore, payroll,


Octave Belmore, gasolene,


$1,652 14 21 60


$1,673 74 Due from State Treasurer and property owners liability, $977.12


(b) Care of Trees.


(1) Tree Warden.


Appropriation, $225 00


Receipts, Edison Co., damage to trees, 50 00


Other receipts, 5 00


$280 00


Orders drawn:


Octave Belmore, labor,


$56 20


Frank Turner, labor,


16 63


Warren P. Laughton, labor,


18 85


Warren P. Laughton, equipment,


25


Charles E. Kinney, labor and team,


27 50


Charles E. Kinney, freight,


56


Alfred Silva, labor,


1 75


Terrance Keenan,


6 75


Bowker Insecticide Co., lime and sulphur,


7 04 .


Octave Belmore, material,


84 00 .


J. S. Sargent, 1 gal. tar,


75


George S. Drake, 1 saw,


1 50


F. P. Hatch, 4 50


$226 28


Amount unexpended, $53 72


37


(2) Forest Fire Warden.


Appropriation,


$150 00


Orders drawn:


Fighting Fire:


Raymond W. Higgins,


$18 70


William E. Cobbett,


1 75


A. Wood,


5 95


William S. Irwin,


2 80


W. J. Cairns,


2 45


C. H. Fuller,


2 10


E. H. Crocker,


70


E. P. Dunbar,


5 60


Charles H. Doyle,


3 33


Herbert W. Conant,


1 05


David Daley,


2 10


Alfred G. Lawson,


2 45


Henry Weston,


1 05


F. Albert Robinson,


1 05


Framus Depuis,


6 95


Levi Nute,


4 55


George C. Nute,


1 75


Herbert Nute,


1 05


Walter West,


3 15


Asa P. Cole,


4 03


Peter Corriveau,


1 05


Walter Reed,


1 92


Carl W. Maglathlin,


1 58


Nils Nelson,


2 10


William Beal,


1 57


Everett Turner,


2 80


Presson West,


9 90


William Pitts,


1 57


Frank Crosby,


2 80


Warren P. Laughton,


22 08


38


Henry C. Kinney,


1 05


W. K. Chisholm, 2 45


E. L. Bourne, 1 40


Harvey S. Hatch, 4 38


William E. Gibson,


7 70


James Peterson, fighting fire and team, 24 03


F. P. Hatch, fighting fire and use of auto, 17 41


Henry K. Barnes, one keg soda, 3 08


Express, expressage, 1 17


Jenny Monson, wagon, 20 00


H. K. Barnes & Co., equipment and supplies, 17 35


N. E. Tel. Co., telephone,


4 74


N. E. Tel. Co., telephone, 5 31


G. S. Drake three shovels,


2 50


Amount overdrawn, $82.40


4.


HEALTH AND SANITATION.


(a) Board of Health, salaries and expenses. Appropriation, $25 00 Receipts, 2 00


$27 00


Orders drawn:


Harold S. Lyon, services,


$8 00


Ellis S. LeLacheur, services,


7 10


Brockton Enterprise, advertising,


3 92


Amount unexpended, $7.98


$19 02


(b) Quarantine, Vital Statistics, etc. Appropriation, $65 00


$232 40


39


Orders drawn:


George F. Bowling, examination cultures,


$11 00


Frank S. Howard, return of deaths, 4 50


W. S. Hallet, return of birth, 25


Charles M. Hickey, return of death,


50


Ellis S. LeLacheur, M. D., return of births, 9 25


Ellis S. LeLacheur, M. D., fumigation,


36 00


S. W. Cornish, M. D., return of births,


-50


M. C. King, M. D., return of birth,


25


W. C. Whiting, M. D., fumigation,


17 50


Ellis S. LeLacheur, M. D., consultation 3 cases, 4 50


J. E. Bacon, M. D., return of birth, 25


Amount overdrawn, $19.50 $84 50


(c) Inspection of Animals.


Appropriation,


$25 00


Receipts, State Treasurer,


25 00


$50 00


Orders drawn:


W. L. Woodworth, Amount overdrawn, $75 00


$125 00


(d) Inspection of Slaughtering.


Appropriation, $200 00


Orders drawn:


W. L. Woodworth, inspector,


$258 62


State Board of Health, one branding outfit,


2 65


$261 27


Amount overdrawn, $61.27


40


HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.


1. Road Commissioner, salary and expenses.


Appropriation,


$2,000 00


Excise tax, 1,137 95


Street Railway tax, 1,444 59


$4,582 54


Orders drawn, as per report Road Com'r., $3,990 82


Amount unexpended, $591.72


CHARITIES.


1. Overseers of Poor, salaries and expenses. Appropriation, $50 00


Orders drawn:


Orvis F. Kinney, services,


$26 00


Ellis S. LeLacheur, services and expenses, (1912-1913.) 32 70


16 00


Harold S. Lyon, services,


$74 70


Amount overdrawn, $24.70


2. Almshouse.


Appropriation, $800 00


Receipts as per report of overseers, 2858 65


$3658 65


Orders drawn, as per report of overseers, $1131 23


Amount unexpended, $2527.42


POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.


Appropriation, $600 00


Receipts,


301 00


$901 00


41


Orders drawn, as per report of Board of Overseers,


$1394 00


Amount overdrawn, $493.00


4. Soldiers' Benefits. (a) State Aid.


Appropriation, Orders drawn:


None


Frank L, Howard, Treasurer,


$1336 00


To be reimbursed by State.


(b) Soldiers' Relief.


Appropriation,


$400 00


Receipts,


37 00


$437 00


Orders drawn:


$428 00


Amount unexpended, $9.00


EDUCATION.


Appropriation,


$11,450 00


Mass. School Fund,


952 55


Other receipts,


702 14


Bal. Mass. School fund from 1912,


56 97


$13,161 66


Orders drawn: as per report of School Committee, $13,328 95 Amount of town grant overdrawn, $167.35 Bal. of school fund unexpended, .06


LIBRARY.


Appropriation,


$100 00


Dog tax,


444 39


$544 39


42


Orders drawn:


L. A. Tower, treasurer (dog tax, ) $444 39


G. S. Drake, coal, 30 00


F. H. Redman, repairs,


2 74


L. A. Tower, treasurer, bal. of appropriation, 67 26


$544 39


MEMORIAL DAY.


Appropriation, $135 00


Orders drawn:


E. H. Crocker, Treasurer Memorial Day Committee, $135 00


PUBLIC LECTURES.


Appropriation $110 00


Orders drawn:


Ellis S. LeLacheur, Amount unexpended, $35 00


$75 00


MONUMENT GROUNDS.


Appropriation, $13 00


Orders drawn:


Wm. E. Cobbett, care of Monument grounds, $13 00


W. P. Laughton, labor, 8 00


Harrington King & Co., rope,


1 80


Adams Express Co., expressage,


20


$23 00


Amount overdrawn, $10 00


43


UNCLASSIFIED.


Appropriation,


$550 00


Receipts:


Junk licenses, 75 00


Other licenses, 5 00


Grass on dump, (two years), 10 00


Use of sprayer,


90 00


$730 00


Orders drawn:


Bernard Saxton, stationery,


$2 10


Carter's Ink Co., record ink, 1 08


Lester L. Hall, damages (water pipe ditch), 50 00


N. E. Tel Co., telephone, 9 83


Arthur H. Willis, printing Town Reports,


158 40


Roland C. Bennett, distributing Town Reports, 8 00


Arthur H. Willis, printing Town By-Laws,


10 00


Adams Express, expressage,


25


Postmaster 500 stamped envelopes,


10 62


Hobbs & Warren, license blanks,


54


Keystone Job Print, printing receipts and bill heads, 7 25


David B. Tuholski, damages to auto (water pipe ditch, 25 00


Brockton Fire Department, aid at fires, 50 00


$333 07


Amount unexpended, $396.93


CEMETERIES.


Appropriation, $30 00


Orders drawn:


Wm. E. Cobbett, labor in South St. Cemetery, $14 15


Wm. E. Cobbett, labor in Matfield St. Ceme- tery, 15 00


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Wm. E. Cobbett, labor in town lots, Pine Hill Cemetery,


15 00


Albert Manley, labor,


2 00


Amount overdrawn, $16.15


INTEREST.


Appropriation,


$800 00


Receipts,


260 12


$1,060 12


Orders drawn:


Adams & Co., interest on school bond,


$180 00


People's Savings Bank, interest on Town Hall bonds, 273 00


Wildey Savings Bank, discount on note,


260 00


People's Savings Bank interest on Sunset Ave. School bond, 140 00


Home National Bank, Discount on notes,


144 47


$997 47


Amount unexpended, $62.65


TEMPORARY LOANS.


Orders drawn:


Home Nat. Bank, anticipation of tax note, $11,000 00


Wildey Savings Bank, anticipation of tax


note, 10,000 00


$21,000 00


HYDRANTS AND WATER.


Appropriation, $600 00


Orders drawn:


West Bridgewater Water Department, $575 00


Amount unexpended, $25.00


$46 15


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BONDS PAID FROM REVENUE.


Orders drawn:


Adams & Co., Center Grammar School bond, $2,000 00


People's Savings Bank, Town Hall loan, 1,000 00


People's Savings Bank, Sunset Ave. School, 2,000 00


$4,000 00


AGENCY .- TAXES.


Orders drawn:


State Treasurer, State Tax, $3,040 00


County Treasurer, County Tax,


2,265 95


State Treasurer,


158 00


$5,463 95


STREET LIGHTS.


Appropriation, $227 50


Orders drawn:


Edison El. Ill. Co., street lighting to Dec. 1st, ·$130 64


Amount unexpended, $96.86


SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLISHING TOWN BY-LAWS.


Appropriation, $75 00


Orders drawn:


Arthur H. Willis, copies of Town By-Laws and


publishing same, Amount unexpended, $38.00


$37 00


SUMMARY.


Total unexpended, $4,274 00


Total overdrawn, 1,466 46


Total balance unexpended, $2,807 54


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The selectmen have granted the following licenses: 1 Auctioneer, 1 Pool table, 3 Slaughter, 3 Junk, 2 Victualers, 5 Transportation of liquor.


Laid out Emerson Ave and Merritt St.


Allowed the following claims against the town:


Lester S. Hall,


$50 00


David B. Tuholski, 25 00


Paid for Town Hall Repairs:


Repairing steps,


$ 4 20


Plumbing, 1 00


Window Shades, 15 90


Retopping chimneys,


18 00


Carpentry repairs, damage by lightning, 31 35


Electrical repair, damage by lightning,


42 00


APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.


We recommend as follows:


Legislative Department.


1. Moderator, $25 00


Executive Department.


1. Selectmen, 500 00


Financial Department,


1. Auditor, 20 00


2. Treasurer and Collector, 500 00


3. Assessors, 550 00


4. Other financial offices and accounts,


15 00


Other General Departments.


1. Town Clerk, 150 00


2. Law, 75 00


3. Election and Registration, 225 00


Municipal Buildings.


1. Town Hall, 300 00


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Protection of Life and Property.


1. Constables, 200 00


2. Sealer of Weights and Measures, 30 00


3. Forestry,


(a) Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth extermi- nation, 621 62


(b) Care of Trees,


(1) Tree Warden, 225 00


(2) Forest Warden, 200 00


Health and Sanitation.


1. Board of Health and Quarantine, 100 00


2. Inspection of Animals, 50 00


250 00


3. Inspection of Slaughtering, Highways and Bridges.


Road Commissioner,


1,800 00


Charities.


1. Overseers of Poor,


75 00


2. Poor Out of Almshouse,


1,200 00


3. Soldiers' Benefits,


400 00


Library,


100 00


Monument Grounds,


10 00


Memorial Day,


100 00


Public Lectures,


135 00


Unclassified,


250 00


Cemeteries,


30 00


Interest,


800 00


Street Lights,


227 50


Contingent Fund,


1,000 00


Hydrants,


700 00


ELLIS S. LELACHEUR, HAROLD S. LYON, ORVIS F. KINNEY,


Selectmen.


List of Jurors.


AS PRESENTED BY THE SELECTMEN.


Arthur H. Alger, Loring M. Bates, Edward L. Bourne, Edward E. Browne,


William B. Call, Lester J. Charnock, Everett Clark, Samuel G. Copeland, Edward H. Crocker, William F. Curtis, John W. Darling, Lars Eklund, Lester M. Fairbanks, John Fallon, Ralph D. Forbes, Farnham Gillespie, Louis P. Hayden, George H. Holmes,


Clinton P. Howard, Frank L. Howard, John J. Kent, George H. Knapp, Charles H. Leonard, Edwin H. Lothrop, Albert Manley,


Manufacturer Postal Clerk Shoeworker Clerk Shoeworker Salesman Farmer Farmer Town Clerk Office Clerk Teamster Farmer Shoeworker Shoeworker Stationary Engineer Merchant Advertising Agent Clerk Farmer Farmer Telephone Foreman Merchant Shoeworker Retired Farmer


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Clifford E. Merry, Arthur C. Peckham, Robert C. Pike, Edwin L. Pratt, Ward Richards, Nathaniel G. Shaw, Chester Thayer, Joseph E. Thayer,


William G. Todd, George G. Tucker, Eben T. Wood,


Shoeworker Farmer Foreman Shoeworker Farmer Foreman Carpenter Machinist Farmer


Farmer Shoeworker


JURORS DRAWN IN 1913.


Herbert Holmes


Carroll W. Pearl


Albert C. Snow


John W. Darling


Frank L. Howard,


Daniel J. Lothrop


William H. Washburn


Edward E. Browne


Farnham Gillespie


Eben T. Wood


Report of Overseers of Poor.


RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.


Reimbursement for support of inmate, $ 84 00


Milk, 452 24


Produce, 68 45


Auction sale,


2,003 94


Rent,


250 02


$2,858 65


EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.


Paid Charles D. Felch, salary, $149 98


Duncan McLean, wages,


99 00


A. E. Cobbett, labor, 12 50


H. W. Conant, labor,


16 00


G. S. Drake, grain,


248 74


G. S. Drake. coal,


47 25


G. F. Logue, groceries, 103 36


J. Elmer Adams, blacksmith work,


41 75


J. E. Howard, hardware,


6 98


J. E. Howard, grindstone,


5 55


E. J. Murphy, meat,


133 33


C. A. Noyes, lantern globes,


1 20


Frank S. Howard, undertaking,


25 00


W. H. King, fish, 12 80


Arthur J. Keefe, tea and coffee,


5 90


A. S. Lyon, bal. due on carpentry work on barn, 23 12


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A. M. Mills, services, 9 00


Robert Cook & Sons Co., dry goods, 1 83


Hall & Lyon Co., medicine, 1 17


Horace Bartlett, plank,


3 72


George L. Baker, opening grave, 4 00


E. P. Dunbar, killing 2 pigs,


3 50


C. M. Howard, plumbing,


27 77


Ellis S. LeLacheur, M. D., medical services;


18 00


Brockton Times, advertising,


60


Brockton Enterprise, advertising,


72


Abram Giddon, auctioneer,


25 00


Boston Globe, advertising,


3 63


Frank S. Howard, undertaking bill,


25 00


Brockton Enterprise, advertising auction,


3 00


Charles G. Ohlson, carriage hire,


1 00


Albert Manley, sawing wood,


6 75


Brockton Times, advertising auction,


8 00


Keystone Job Print, auction bills,


4 50


John O. Dean, grinding ,


90


Edward H. Crocker, services at auction,


6 00


M. H. Conley, 1 box tomatoes,


1 05


A. S. Lyon, shingling shed,


43 63


$1,131 23


SUMMARY (ALMSHOUSE.)


Receipts from auction,


$2,003 94


Expenses of auction,


46 50


Balance (receipts from auction.)


$1957 44


Other expenses.


$1084 75


Other receipts,


854 73


Balance (other expenses,)


$ 230 02


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Appropriation,


Balance receipts from auction,


$ 800 00 1957 44


Total, $2757 44


Less balance other expenses,


230 02


Total unexpended including balance of receipts from auction sale, $2527 42


Less balance of receipts from auction sale,


1957 44


Total unexpended not including balance of receipts from auction sale. $ 569 98


POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.


The following aid has been rendered to persons residing in West Bridgewater and having a settle- ment therein: $529 46




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