Town annual reports of the selectmen, overseers of the poor, town clerk, and school committee of West Bridgewater for the year ending 1915-1919, Part 15

Author: West Bridgewater (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Town Officers and Committees
Number of Pages: 810


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2.00


Peterson, Gustaf A.


253.84


2.00


37


Peterson, Gustaf F.


2.00


Read, Christopher,


34.05


Peterson, James P.


86.53


Read, Christopher, Jr. 2.00


Peterson, John


104.29


Read, Walter,


2.00


Peterson, John G. S.


2.00


Redman, Fannie R.


12


Peterson, P. Percy


33.85


Redman, Frank H.


76.97


Peura, John


41.62


Reed, Charles M., et. al.


2.70


Peura, Matti


2.00


Reed, Helen J.


4.90


Philbrick, Winthrop F.


29.81


Regan, John D.


54.19


Phillips, Hulda S.


29.40


Regan, John D., et. al.


29.40


Pierce, Effie G.


28.18


Reid, John


2.00


Pike, Robert C.


46.96


Reid, Wesley R.


12.54


Pillsbury, Alphonso J.


129.16


Revere, Paul


46.96


Pillsbury, Fred N.


3.23


Reynolds, Frank H.


91.43


Pimentl, John


2.00


Reynolds, Lester N.


2.00


Pivar, Edmund


98


Rhoades, John T.


2.00


Piva, Joseph


5.06


Rhoades & Tracey,


7.35


Piva, Manuel B.


2.00


Rice, Ernest O.


62.35


Pivar, Manuel C.


31.40


Richards, Hannah


2.45


Pivar, Peter


51.74


Richards, Harriet E.


6.13


Pivar, Peter, Jr.


2.00


Richards, Howard M.


115.19


Polus, George


2.00


Richards, John M.


90.20


Poole, John W. .


30.18


Richards, Ward


6.29


Ponte, Manuel


2.00


Ridgeway, Warren V.


2.00


Pope, A. Allen


2.00


Ridgeway, Elizabeth B.


58.80


Pope, Bessie M.


44.10


Rigo, Francisco F.


2.00


Pope, Maria E., et. al.


49.00


Ring, Mary


46.67


Pratt, Arthur W., et. al.


31.36


Ripley, Chester


4.45


Pratt, E. Juliet


45.80


Ripley, Harrie A.


2.00


Pratt, Edwin L.


60.75


Ripley, Lester P.


59.58


Pratt, Herbert J.


2.00


Ripley, Clara J.


19.60


Pratt, Ira A.


30.18


Roberts, Alice O.


117.60


Pratt, Warren A.


46.10


Roberts, Edward


2.00


Presby, George P.


63.23


Roberts, E. Marian


16.70


Puffer, Clarence C.


79.63


Roberts, Joel


3.23


Provost, Peter,


2.00


Roberts, John T.


39.98


Roberts, Joseph V.


28.47


Quadros, Manuel A.


9.35


Rogers, Henry


2.00


Quail, John M.


107.35


Roostedt, Frank E.


10.58


Quist, Emelia,


79.63


Roscoe, Anna C.


235.20


Roscoe, Gesner H.


9.35


Raya, Alex


2.00


Rosen, John


100.00


Raya, Alstead


2.00


Rosovsky, Louis


2.00


Raya, Elias Joseph


2.00


Ross, George A.


7.46


Raya, Joseph


8.37


Ross, Maud F.


50.23


Raya, Joseph, et. al. .


95.55


Rydell, John


34.30


38


Ryder, Arthur E.


2.49


Silveria, John


2.00


Ryder, Carrie E., et. al.


53.90


Silvia, Arthur


2.00


Ryder, George F.


24.57


Simmons, Charles H.


2.00


Ryder, Joseph E.


68.15


Simmons, George L.


2.00


Ryder, Mary


72.28


Simmons, Martha A.


83.67


Ryder, Mary, et. al.


1.23


Simono, Charles


77.95


Ryder, Ralph D.


3.23


Simono, Frank W.


43.65


Ryder, M. Josephine, et. al.


1.84


Simpson, John


2.27


Ryder, William F.


275.52


Simino, Jos. L.


4.90


Ryder, William F., et. al.


1.23


Sisson, Charles G. Smith, Adelbert


2.00


Sadoian, Gabriel J.


2.94


Smith, Alice D.


44.22


Sadoian, Gabriel J., et. al.


56.96


Smith, Fred E.


287.55


Sagarin, Abraham


13.13


Smith, George S.


13.03


Sagarin, Hyman


2.00


Smith, George W.


85.30


Sagarin, Isaac


24.69


Smith, Irving R.


2.00


Sagarin, Isaac, et. al.


159.37


Smith, John I.


11.43


Salvador, Mediero Antonio


2.49


Snell, Arthur C.


20.13


Sanborn, Ernest L.


2.00


Snell, Elmer C.


2.00


Sanborn, Myrtie E.


4.90


Snell, Ephriam T.


166.50


Sandberg, Claus H.


2.00


Snell, Horace R.


4.45


Samuels, John M.


49.90


Snell, T. Prescott


274.52


Sands, John W.


2.22


Snell, Warren P.


54.43


Schramm, Theodore


2.00


Snow, Albert C.


41.20


Seaberg, Josephine W.


12.99


Snow, Gustava


49.49


Sellstone, Carl I.


2.00


Soper, Frank E.


2.00


Sellstone, Ivar


36.75


Soucy, Hermel


2.00


Sabeans, Bernard S.


2.00


Soule, Basil M.


2.00


Shaw, Austin A.


9.84


Sousa, Antoine


2.37


Shaw, Bessie L.


80.85


Sousa, Antoine


2.00


Shaw, George T.


6.13


Sousa, Antone


2.00


Shaw, Charles H., et. al.


29.40


Sousa, Benjamin


2.00


Shaw, Nathaniel G.


24.56


Sousa, Frauk


2.00


Shecket, Benjamin


2.00


Sousa, Joseph


2.00


Sheehan, James D.


42.43


Sousa, Joseph M.


2.00


Shipman, Mary F.


49


Sousa, Manuel J.


11.19


Shipman, Mary F,, et. al.


75.95


Sousa, Peter Manuel


2.00


Shipman, William F.


51.25


Souza, Bernaidino


2.00


Shipman, William N.


48.97


Sparrow, Edward N.


2.00


Silva, John


2.00


Spencer, Arthur B.


2.00


Silva, John A.


2.49


Spencer, Bertha B.


61.25


Silva, Joseph F.


2.00


Spillane, Stephen F.


42.91


Silva, Michael,


50.39


Squires, Harry


63.95


Silva, Theresa,


41.65


Sroczynski, Laura


61.86


Silveria, Antoine J.


40.59


Staples, Edward F.


35.08


35.08


39


Staples, Everett C.


2.00


Thayer, Henry F.


155.52


Staples, Jennie F.


47.78


Thayer, Joseph E.


84.08


Staples, William E.


3.18


Thompson, Mary H. 25.73


Starrett, Jane H.


180.33


Thompson, Mary S. 86.71


Stewart, Charles E., et. ux.


58.80


Thompson, George W. H.


2.00


Stiles, Florence E.


44.10


Tibbetts, Grace M.


73.50


Stiles, Luther


55.13


Tingley, Samuel I.


2.00


Stone, George H.


2.00


Tisdale, Marion K.


53.90


Stone, Johanna


20.83


Titus, George B.


2.00


Stone, John A.


2.00


Tobey, Arthur W.


74.28


Stover, Elizabeth


6.13


Todd, William G.


18.76


Straffin & Nelson


31.85


Todd, Mary T.


62.48


Straffin, A. Franklin, et. al.


61.25


Tower, Alice B.


4.90


Sturgis, Richard


2.00


Tower, Harry L.


39.20


Sturgis Charles


2.00


Tower, Lorenzo A.


3.65


Sudjian, Mihran


2.00


Tower, Mary S.


49.00


Sudjian, Harry, et. al.


53.90


. Tracy, John F.


2.00


Sudjian, Harry


2.00


Tracy, John F., Jr.


2.00


Sudjian Bros.


1.72


Tracy, Leon C.


27.73


Sullivan, Charles E.


61.54


Trustees of M. E. Society


26.95


Sullivan, Daniel T.


2.00


Truskin, Caprice


2.00


Sullivan, Iva N., et. al.


1.23


Tucker, George G.


8.86


Sullivan, John L.


39.98


Tucker, George G., et. al.


90.16


Sullivan, Patrick


2.00


Tufts, John H.


2.00


Sullivan, Philip


48.43


Tufts, Ray S.


2.00


Swanson, Oscar


2.00


Tufts, Robert S.


65.73


Swanson, Gustus W.


2.00


Tupper, Katherine W.


.45


Swanson, Louise M.


66.76


Turner, Bertha S.


390.41


Swanson, Ellen J.


24.50


Turner, C. Frank


2.00


Sylvester, George A.


147.90


Turner, Charles N.


33.85


Sylvester, Mamie F.


372.40


Turner, E. Everett


2.00


Turner, Frank


36.75


Tavares, Antone


2.00


Twoomey, John


2.00


Tavares, Antone Rosa


2.00


Tavares, Frank


2.00


Vandyke, Donald J.


81.02


Venusta, Frabetti


2.00


Tavares, Manuel


2.00


Vosmus, Charles E.


69.83


Taylor, C. Henry


2.00


Vosmus, Charles E., et. al.


7.35


Taylor, Henry F.


51.00


Vosmus, Everett


55.65


Taylor, Julia M.


43.61


Vosmus, Hattie E.


78.40


Taylor, Walter E.


3.23


Vosmus, Fred J.


115.17


Tenney, George W.


2.00


Vosmus, Lillian M.


12.25


Terry, Ralph W.


48.55


Vosmus, Sarah


34.30


Thayer, Chester


62.15


Vosmus, Wallace


2.00


Thayer, Edwin H.


247.40


Tavares, Joseph B.


26.50


40


Wade, Evelyn B.


46.55


Wood, Ada M. 47.78


Wages, Mary, et. al.


13.48


Wood, Francis W.


101.99


Wages, Joseph


2.00


Woods, Edith G.


112.66


Wakeling, Charles


87.76


Woods, Edward


2.00


Walker, Howard N.


6.90


Woods, Harry L.


2.00


Walker, Nathan K.


54.92


Woods, Frederick M. 2.00


Wardwell, Malcolm


46.10


Woodworth, William B. 2.00


Washburn, Curtis W.


2.00


Woodworth, William L.


13.08


Washburn, George S.


50.12


Worcester, Edgar E.


2.00


Washburn, Nellie O., et. al.


38.10


Worthing, Laura W.


86.36


Washburn, William H.


2.00


Woodworth, William L., et. al. 94.69


Weatherbee, Charles E.


2.00


Webber, Arthur A.


2.00


Wright, Elmer S.


2.00


Webber, Percy


86.73


Weiner, Ida


59.61


Young, Cora C.


105.35


Young, James R.


71.83


Wentworth, Forrest A.


2.00


.Yuill, Blanche B.


39.20


Wentworth, Henry


2.84


Yuill, Hugh S.


2.00


West, Walter L.


2.00


Weston, Mary F. 64.31


Wetterberg, Algot A.


2.00


Wetterberg, David


2.00


Wheeler, Ada W.


60.52


Wheeler, George W.


75.95


Wheeler, Henry I.


2.49


White, Annie M.


52.68


White, Howard C.


22.70


White, Mary G ..


78.40


Whiting, Walter C.


14.30


Atwood, Ada H.


49.00


Whitman, Mary P.


56.96


Bacon, Pardon K.


5.27


Whittemore, James E. 2.00


Brooks, Charles E.


4.90


Wilbur, E. Bradford,


930.02


Brockton Gas Light Co.


980.56


Wilbur, Howard B.


159 05


City of Brockton


31.85


Wilbur, Nahum J.


46.60


Conley, Maurice


17.15


Wilcox, John G.


47.64


Copeland, Davis


136.27


Williams, Charlotte A.


35.78


Craig, Irving R.


.74


Williams, Richard L., et. al.


20.83


Creedon, John, et. al.


1.23


Winberg, Albert D.


2.00


Cunningham, Annie


2.45


Winberg, August


226.18


Dolan, Sarah T., et. al.


11.88


Winberg, Emil A.


2.00


Field, Fred F., et. al.


42.88


Winberg, George A.


47.94


Fortier, Ovide V.


7.35


Witherill, Harry W.


2.00


Fuller, Maude I.


6.13


Wood, Alexander


2.00


Grady, Dennis W.


.49


Wood, Alexander H. M.


205.47


Grant, Walter I.


4.90


Wood, Eben T.


2.05


Higginson, William H.


1.84


Worthing, Frederick H. 2.00


Zambonelli, Joseph 2.00


NON-RESIDENTS.


BROCKTON.


Almquist, Rufus 4.90


Ames, David, et. al.


1.23


Wedge, Joseph


2.00


41


Howard, Clarence, et. al.


3.06


BRIDGEWATER.


Andrews, Arvilla, et. al. 4.90


Howard, Fred L., et. al.


14.95


Howard, Sarah B.


4.90


Bassett, William H., et. al. 2.45


Jackson, Mary J.


.74


Jackson, Martha P.


5.10


Blenn, John L.


7.35


Johnson, John P.


7.35


Brady, Mary.A.


2.45


Kelsea, John B.


8.58


Cass, Rosetta, heirs or devisees, 98


Keith, Edward H.


1.84


Callahan, Geo. F.


10.41


Keith, Edwin


3.68


Callahan, Mary E.


17.15


Keith, Horace A., et. al.


9.80


Hallisey, John


3.43


Keith, James C.


54.51


Hanna, Walter W.


4.90


Kingman, Parker


3.68


Hayes, Mary


22.05


Kingman, Lillian F.


4.90


Keith, Benjamin


8.58


Leonard, Edith M.


17.15


LeBaron, Minnie K.


61


Levi, Susan


.25


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


3.06


Manley, Henry


7.35


Leonard, J. Herbert, trustee,


18.38


Manley, Weston


1.62


McAnaugh, Mary, et, al.


61


McAdams, John F.


2.45


Murphy, William


6.74


Merritt, Minnie L.


74.73


Pierce, Marcus,


2.21


Murray, Anna, et. al.


2.45


Ransden, Annie L.


2.45


Newcomb, Lizzie M.


1.23


Sewall, Adelbert L.


9.80


Nilsson, Tristram J.


3.68


Shaw, Nannette M.


83.30


Packard, Abbie G.


3.68


Shaw, Harlan P.


254.19


Packard, Frederick W., et. al. 4.90


30.63


Sinnott, Charles P.


77.18


Packard, Robert H.


.98


Park, Charles M.


5.39


Plymouth Co. Trust Co.


18.13


Stevenson, William 3.06


Wilbur, Fred T. 2.45


EAST BRIDGEWATER.


Flagg, Loren A. .32


Laplant, Alma J. 24.50


Lindskog, Olaf 4.14


Shirley, Allan L.


2.45


Southworth, Marcus C. 4.90


Thayer, Alton 1.84


RAYNHAM.


Thomson, Clarence H.


20.83


Thomson, M. Emily


77.18


Tribou, Grace G. 2.94


Evans, William H. 3.68


2.75


Hall, Elbert


1.54


Hall, E. Milton


.. 25


Hall, Elbert, et. al.


1.23


Hall, Otis


4.41


Scott, George V., et. al.


82.08


Sewall, Austin M.


22.66


Shaw, Francis E.


49.00


Shields, James


1.84


Snow, Joseph, et. al.


6.74


Cunningham, Martin 1.23


Dean, David G. 1.72


Waugh, Brice H. 28.18


Hall, Clifford


Winter, Everett H., et. al. 73.50


Tinckham, Joseph E., et. al.


4.90


Shaw, Harlan P., trustee


229.08


Packard, Enna, et. al.


Sinnott, Jessie E. 66.15


Stanley Iron Co. 24.50


Porter, Emmons C.


188.17


Satucket Athletic Association, 73.50


Bert, Mrs. George 1.23


42


Hoxie, William


1.84


Lincoln, Russell, heirs or de- visees 4.90


Pratt, Sherman, heirs or de- visees, 1.96


Robinson, Charles F. 1.84


Shaw, Nathan W., heirs or devisees


1.47


Wilbur. Lyman, heirs or de- visees 5.15


EASTON.


Alger, Frank W. 26.71


Alger, Nathan J. 54.72


Blood, Eugene, et. al.


2.45


Brophy, Michael


1.23


Dahl, John 2.77


Donahue, Hannah, heirs or devisees 4.66


Easton Investment Co. 277.34


.


Farrar, Brocks 10.66


Fenderson, Walter D. 10.05


Goward, Maria H., et. al.


22.05


Hayward, Edw. B.


61.25


Howard, James E.


17.03


Howard, Rolinda A.


24.50


Howard, Mary R. 4.90


Howard, Flora M. 72.28


Morse, Alfred, et. al.


31.85


Lothrop, George H. 6.13


Orcutt, James A. .61


Peters, Henrietta K. 7.35


Porter, Francis E.


6.98


Sessine, Sophia


3.06


Simpson, H. Ellsworth .49


White, William H. 13.23


Williams, Frank 1.8


Willis, Martin H. 4.90


Wilson, Arthur G.


9.80


BOSTON.


Bay State Street Railway Co. 352.43


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 1,170.19


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 259.21


Old Colony R.R. Co. 7.35


Richardson, James P., et. al.


4.90


PROVIDENCE, R. I.


Platt, Ethel L. 1.72


Ames, Charles T. 61


FALL RIVER.


Delamator, Anna,


4.90


HAMLIN, N. Y. Drummond, Clar N. 34.30


WHITMAN.


Everson, Wilmot V.


1.84


STAFFORD CORNER, N. H.


Felker, Albert B.


2.45


NEWBURYPORT.


Fisher, Belle H.


6.13


BELMONT ..


Gibb, Thomas R. P.


2.45


EAST CAMBRIDGE.


Gloves, Joseph


1.23


BROOKLINE.


Gray, Sarah L.


4.90


Howard, Kate J. B.


83.30


FALMOUTH.


Hall, Henry W:


49


SALEM.


Hayward, William P.


1.59


MIDDLEBORO.


Hathaway, Edward S.


8.58


,


STOUGHTON.


Lyon, Hattie E. 91.88


Willis, Alonzo L.


1.84


43


WOLLASTON.


Merritt, Louis A. 2.45


ROUSES POINT, N. Y.


McCombs, F. M. 2.45


WATERVILLE, ME. Nye, John R.


1.23


SHIRLEY.


Sanderson, George S.


2.45


LOS ANGELES, CAL. . Seiler, Andrew S. ' 1.84


NORWICH, CONN. True, Elizabeth C. 29.40


LITCHFIELD CORNERS, ME. White, David Seymour 7.35


NEW YORK CITY.


Western Union Telegraph Co. 43.29


SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENT.


Tower, Harry L. 2.00


Freitas, Joseph 2.00


Cummings, Michael J. 2.00


Asach, Thomas Gabriel 3.68


Hall, John 1.23


Vosmus, Charles E., et. al. 7.35


Shaw, Harlan P. 12.86


ALBERT MANLEY, CLINTON P. HOWARD, EDWIN H. THAYER,


Assessors.


Report of Selectmen.


For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1917.


The Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treas- urer for the amounts hereafter given under the several appropriations made by the town, and have received sched- ules of the following receipts from the Town Treasurer.


GENERAL REVENUE. RECEIPTS.


1. TAXES.


Current year,


$35,298 67


Previous years,


10,529 05


Corporation tax,


470 30


Bank tax,


399 66


Income tax,


3,408 42


$50,106.10


2. LICENSES AND PERMITS.


Ben. Fine, junk license,


$45 00


Phillip Cohen, junk license,


20 00


Alec Pepper, junk license,


20 00


A. Zimmerman, junk license,


45 00


Max Smith, junk license,


25 00


45


Max Hurvitz, junk license, 25 00


Channing F. Dunbar, slaughter license, 1 00


David Daley, slaughter license, 1 00


Charles E. Vosmus, slaughter license,


1 00


N. J. Wilbur, slaughter license, 1 00


E. P. Dunbar, slaughter license, 1 00


Fred Vosmus, slaughter license,


1 00


$186 00


3. FINES AND FORFEITS.


Court fines,


$125 00


Francis Hannigan,


15 00


$140 00


4. GRANTS AND GIFTS.


From State, Mass. school fund, $1,241 89


State, tuition of children, 133 00


State, union superintendency, 625 00


State, Inspector of Animals,


50 00


County, dog license, for Library,


493 08


$2,542 97


MAINTENANCE.


I. DEPARTMENTAL .- GENERAL GOVERNMENT.


A. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.


1. Moderator.


Appropriation, $25 00 No orders drawn.


46


B. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.


1. Selectmen.


Appropriation, $700 00


Orders drawn: Salaries and Wages.


E. S. LeLacheur, services and ex- penses(bal. 1916), $130 00


Harold S. Lyon, services and expenses, 38 00


Orvis F. Kinney, services and expenses,


235 00


Arthur C. Peckham, services and expenses,


227 83


E. H. Crocker, clerical work,


2 00


$632 83


Other Expenses.


William E. Gibson, stamps,


$2 50


Arthur H. Willis, printing warrants, list of jurors, etc.,


42 25


Brockton Enterprise, adv.


3 00


E. B. & C. L. Hayward, survey of Ellis Av.,


5 00


$52 75


Total drawn,


$685 58


Unexpended,


14 42


$700 00


C. FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.


1.


Auditors.


Appropriation, $100 00


Orders drawn: Salaries.


J. Alton Paine,


$50 00


Arthur E. Ryder,


45 00


$95 00


47


Total drawn,


$95 00


Unexpended,


5 00


$100 00


2. Treasurer and Collector.


Appropriation,


$750 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund,


100 87


$850 87


Orders drawn:


Salary.


Frank L. Howard, services,


$600 00


Grace L. Alger, clerical work,


15 30


$615 30


Other Expenses.


Loring W. Puffer & Son, official bond,


$77 00


Hobbs & Warren, 1 doz. pencils,


50


Home National Bank, 2 check books,


13 00


William E. Gibson, stamps,


33 20


Hunter Stationery Co., stationery,


1 55


W. B. Mason Co., stationery,


80


A. Byron Mausback, check book,


2 25


Frank L. Howard, postage and car fares,


26 96


Arthur H. Willis, printing,


14 05


Keystone Job Print, printing,


39 25


Hobbs & Warren, cash book,


2 83


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., phone,


25 18


$850 87


3. Assessors.


Appropriation, $550 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund, 63 52


$613 52


48


Orders drawn:


Salaries and Wages.


Albert Manley, services,


$194 00


E. H. Thayer, services,


107 50


Clinton P. Howard, services,


156 00


Grace L. Alger, clerical work,


54 00


$511 50


Other Expenses.


Hobbs & Warren, commitment book,


$8 65


Hobbs & Warren, stationary,


20 12


A. W. Brownell, notices,


1 50


Arthur H. Willis, printing notices and tax lists,


17 75


Albert Manley, use of auto,


28 00


E. Wentworth Prescott, information, ,


1 00


Plymouth County Reg. of Deeds, returns,


25 00


$613 52


D. OTHER FINANCIAL OFFICES AND ACCOUNTS.


Appropriation,


$10 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund, 2 00


$12 00


Orders drawn:


Bureau of Statistics, certifying notes, $12 00


D. OTHER GENERAL DEPARTMENTS.


1. Town Clerk.


Appropriation, $225 00


49


Orders drawn: Salaries and Wages. E. H. Crocker, services and administering oaths,


$206 75


Other Expenses.


William E. Gibson, stamps,


$2 50


Arthur H. Willis, printing,


9 00


Brockton Enterprise, advertising,


3 60


P. B. Murphy, printing,


2 40


Library Bureau, stationary,


75


$225 00


2. Law.


Appropriation, $75 00


No orders drawn.


3. Election and Registration.


Appropriation, $400 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund, 32 09


1


$432 09


Orders drawn:


Salaries and Wages.


Registrars:


C. F. Dunbar, services, $31 10


John L. Sullivan. services, 15 00


Christopher Read, services,


23 20


E. H. Crocker, services and clerical work, 44 68


$113 98


Election Officers:


Chester Thayer, services, $14 40


Charles H. Eagan, services, 20 80


·


50


A. C. Snow, services, 20 80


Daniel T. Sullivan, services,


16 80


Thomas Luddy, services, 21 20


Fred A. Perkins, services,


15 00


William A. Hambly, services,


10 80


E. S. LeLacheur, services,


18 60


A. C. Peckham, services,


15 20


Orvis F. Kinney, services,


2 00


E. H. Crocker, services,


43 12


Arthur E. Ryder, services,


2 80


William E. May, services,


4 80


206 32


Other Expenses.


E. H. Crocker, clerical work, $27 56


Arthur H. Willis, printing, 38 50


E. H. Crocker, advertisement,


1 88


Albert Snow, election dinners,


37 99


Snow Bros., wiring booths,


5 86


1[1 79


$432 09


E. MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS.


Town Hall and Town Offices.


Appropriation,


$300 00


Appropriation for dishes, etc., 200 00 ·


Appropriation for fittings for vault, 250 00


$750 00


Receipts:


Baptist Society, use of hall, $6 00


51


Baptist Society, Ladies' Aux., use of hall, 6 00


G. A. Sylvester, use of hall, 4 00


J. F. F. Club, use of hall, 7 00


W. B. Grange, use of hall,


50 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund,


227 83


1


$1,050 83


Orders drawn: Salaries and Wages.


Janitor:


S. B. Hetherington, Arthur C. Peckham,


$194 00


66 66


$260 66


Other Expenses.


Fuel:


G. S. Drake, coal,


$114 98


Albert Manley, wood,


16 50


Light:


Edison Electric Ill. Co.,


$75 64


Janitor's Supplies :


S. B. Hetherington,


$4 40


Repairs:


S. B. Hetherington, screen, paint, etc., $2 10


C. E. Godfrey, carpentry, 2 32


C. F. Jordan, repairs on furnaces,


15 12


G. S. Drake, glass, putty, etc.,


1 29


C. A. Noyes Co., hardware,


3 08


L. Richmond & Co., glass and putty,.


2 00


$25 91


1


$131 48


52


Water:


W. B. Water Department, water rates, $26 25


Outlays:


Bank and Office Equipment Co., vault fittings, $215 10


Adams Express Co., expressage, 37


N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. Co., freight on fittings, 2 00


Taunton Lumber Co., lumber,


38 12


Snow Bros., wiring vault, 14 00


Isaac Howard, cartage, 2 63


H. F. Johnson, cutting window in vauit,


38 20


F. P. Hatch, smith work on vault window, 5 19


A. S. Lyon, making bulletin board, 5 00


W. B. Grange, dishes and furniture,


150 00


$470 61


All other:


Lewis G. Lowe & Son, insurance,


$51 00


James F. Belcher, tuning piano,


3 00


E. H. Crocker, adv. for bids for janitor, 1 88


55 88


Total of Orders Drawn,


$1,050 83


2. Protection of Life and Property.


(a.) Police.


Appropriation,


$400 00


Court fines, 125 00


Francis Hannigan,


15 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund,


246 48


$786 48


53


Orders drawn:


Warren P. Laughton, services and fees,


$193 28


Octave Belmore, services and fees, 306 65


Henry O. Davenport, services and fees, 163 86


William L. Woodworth, services and fees,


43 80


John A. Chase, services and fees, 15 20


George T. Shaw, services July 4th,


2 80


William N. Shipman, services July 4th, etc. 8 70


N. J. Wilbur, services,


3 20


John Buckley, services, 77


$738 26


All Other.


G. S. Drake, 1 lantern, oil and care of lights on dummy,


$39 47


John Norling, lockup fees,


4 00


Allen, Doan & Co., special badges,


3 00


F. P. Hatch, repairs on dummy,


1 75


$786 48


(b.) Fire Department.


Appropriation, including equipment, $850 00


W. P. Laughton, sale of material, 3 00


$853 00


Orders drawn:


Salaries and Wages.


Warren P. Laughton, chief, services, labor, etc. $81 85


Henry Irving, fighting fire, 13 62


J. W. Sands, fighting fire, 27 85


Cecil T. Andrews, fighting fire, 8 40


Henry M. Howard, fighting fire, etc.


33 03


54


Chester Thayer, fighting fire, 1 40


Walter L. Currier, fighting fire, 35


Percy Peterson, fighting fire,


1 05


Warren P. Laughton, fighting fire, 6 80


Joseph Chaves, fighting fire,


29 30


George W. Gaskill, fighting fire,


9 66


Edward L. Bourne, fighting fire, etc.


35 15


John L. Heffler, fighting fire,


2 28


Ernest A. Newcomb, fighting fire,


18 65


William O. Chatfield, fighting fire,


2 40


Dwight L. Copeland, fighting fire,


70


F. A. Beer, fighting fire, etc.


43 73


William E. Gibson, fighting fire, etc.


28 86


$345 08


Other Expenses.


Orders drawn:


Car Fares.


M. J. Braga,


$5 00


Equipment:


Stewart, Howland Co., bells,


$7 60


Outher Fire Equipment Co., hand search light, etc.


12 97


Henry K. Barnes Co., acid pump, etc.


16 50


M. J. Braga, equipment,


7 00


Nathan E. Packard, sprayer,


1 25


Maxim Motor Co., 1 tire tube,


19 70


Tom Cann, 1 34 x 4 Fisk casing,


26 00


Maxim Motor Co., 1 38 x 7 tube,


19 70


$110 72


Repairs:


Henry K. Barnes Co., repairs, $9 00


Wm. H. Bassett Co., repairs, 9 87


1


55


M. J. Braga, repairs on truck, 97 03


Ernest A. Newcomb, repairs (carpentry), 3 00


Snow Bros., repairs (electrical), 80


F. N. Pillsbury, painting old truck,


5 00


F. W. Robinson, auto parts,


12 00


Boston Federal Truck Co., clutch leather,


3 84


$140 54


Supplies:


F. P. Hatch, gas, oil, etc.


$16 71


Snow Bros., batteries, etc. . 5 90


G. S. Drake, rope, alcohol,


6 89


M. J. Braga, gas, supplies,


18 15


Henry K. Barnes Co., soda,


5 60


$53 25


Expressage:


Adams Express Co., expressage,


$ 89


N. Y., N. H. & H. Ry. Co., freight,


25


$1 14


Telephone:


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.,


$55 38


All other:


Globe Mfg. Co., badges,


$13 36


Lewis G. Lowe & Son, insurance,


28 00


G. S. Drake, rent of barn,


18 75


Mrs. E. W. Lothrop, housing truck,


15 00


Total drawn,


$786 22


Unexpended,


66 78


$853 00


56


Water for Hydrants:


Appropriation,


$1,000 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund, 100 00


$1,100 00


Orders drawn:


West Bridgewater Water Department, $1,100 00


New Fire Station.


Appropriation,


$1,500 00


Orders drawn:


John Courtney, labor,


$2 50


A. M. Gambao, iron work,


2 50


Andrew Gale, moving building,


100 00


H. F. Johnson, cement work,


525 00


Snow Bros., electric wiring,


5 60


N. W. Bradford, painting,


11 33


F. P. Hatch, smith work,


10 20


Taunton Lumber Co., lumber,


214 14


John Rosen, hardware,


13 52


John Rosen, carpentry,


211 80


$1,096 59


Unexpended,


403 41


$1,500 00


(d.) Inspection. Sealer of Weights and Measures.


Appropriation, $30 00


Orders drawn:


Jos. C. Howard, services and use of team,


$18 00


Unexpended,


12 00


$30 00


57


(e.) Forestry.


1. Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Extermination.


Receipts:


Town liability,


$803 76


Allowed by State, 551 72


From property owners,


21 00


Property owners' liability,


309 06


Transferred from Reserve Fund,


114 63


$1,800 17


Orders drawn:


Octave Belmore, pay roll and use of


team, etc.,


$1,671 18


Lewis G. Lowe & Son, liability insurance,


83 32


Octave Belmore, gasoline and supplies, 45 67


$1,800 17


2. Tree Warden.


Appropriation, $400 00


Edison Electric Ill. Co., damage to


trees, 15 00


$415 00


Orders drawn:


Salaries and Wages.


Octave Belmore,


$115 20


Frank Crosby,


45 94


$161 14


All Other.


C. A. Noyes, tools, $11 00


Charles Brown, trees,


65 15


58


Octave Belmore, gasoline, etc.,


92 95


N. Y., N. H. & H. Ry. Co., freight, 2 35


Jos. C. Howard, use of team,


1 50


$334 09


Unexpended,


81 91


$415 00


3. Health and Sanitation.


(a.) Board of Health, Quarantine, Vital Statistics, and Other Expenses.


Appropriation, $375 00


C. F. Dunbar, slaughter license, 1 00


David Daley, slaughter license, 1 00


Chas. E. Vosmus, slaughter license,


1 00


N. J. Wilbur, slaughter license, 1 00


E. P. Dunbar, slaughter license, 1 00


Fred Vosmus, slaughter license, 1 00


$381 00


Orders drawn: Salaries and Wages.


E. S. LeLacheur, services and expenses (1916), $24 50


E. S. LeLacheur, services and expenses (1917), 15 00


$39 50


Orders drawn: Quarantine, Vital Statistics and Other Expenses.


Cushing Bros., auto to Boston Hospital, (Keenan), $11 75


E. H. Crocker, vital statistics (recording), 53 65


E. S. LeLacheur, M. D., return of births, 2 75


W. E. Hunt, M. D., return of births, 1 75


E. S. LeLacheur, M. D., fumigating,


29 50


59


W. C. Whiting, M. D., fumigating, 5 74


George Bolling, making cultures,


8 00


$152 64


Inspections :- (c.) Animals.


Appropriation,


$50 00


State Treasurer,


50 00


$100 00


Orders drawn:


William L. Woodworth, inspection,


$100 00


Inspection :- (d.) Slaughtering.


Appropriation,


$300 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund. 119 42


$419 42


Orders drawn:


William L. Woodworth, inspection,


$395 80


New England Tel. and Tel. Co., phone,


28 69


$424 49


(f.) Drainage.


Appropriation,


$300 00


Transferred from Reserve Fund, 94 60


$394 60


Orders drawn:


Waldo Bros., tools,


$6 00


Isam Mitchell, furring,


1 53


E. H. Lothrop, pay rolls, 333 41


60


R. Loring Hayward, services as surveyor, 31 13 Clinton P. Howard, hay for trenches, 4 00 Florence Shipman, stone, 1 50


C. F. Dahlborg & Sons, covers (man hole), 15 25


G. A. Sylvester, 3 bags cement, 1 80


$394 62


4. Highways and Bridges.


Appropriation,


$2,000 00


Transferred from Reserve Funds, 2,258 30




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