Town of Arlington annual report 1857-1870, Part 17

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Woodbridge, J. M.


5 00


Whitney, Phineas


2 00


Whittemore, Charles


39 50


Warren, Joseph P. 2 00


Wright, Nancy, Mrs. 10 00 Wright, Stephen E. 2 00 Whittemore, Henry C ._ 45 75 Whittemore, Eliza A , Mrs. 43 75


Whittemore, Henry, Est. 39 62 Whittemore, Henry, Est. 45 62 Whittemore, Rebecca, Mrs. 72 19


Wyman, Samuel, Heirs, 59 57 Wilson, Sally, Mrs. 9 38 Wells, Sarah, Mrs. 16 62


Whittemore, Jonathan,


Estate,


227 69


Whittemore, E. L. Mrs. 11 25 Whittemore, Elbridge, Estate, 10 94


Wyman, Abner P.


278 81


Wyman, Abner P.


5 00


Wyman, Abner P.


3 75


38


TAXES,


Wellington,


Timothy,


Estate, 236 00


Winn, Sarah, Estate, .._ 7 88


Whittemore, Philip, Mrs. 62 50


Whittemore, William H. 65 81


Wyman, James


15 17


Whittemore, Rebecca, Mrs., and Russell, W. A., Heirs, 100 00


Wyman, Samuel, Heirs,


Improv. by Pierce and Hall, 31 25


Wyman, Mary, Mrs. 25 00 Wellington & Swain, . ... 25 50 Winn, Russell & Schou- ler, 25 88


Wright, Joshua, Estate, 22 50


Waitt, Cynthia, Mrs. 76 88 Wilson, William 14 51


Y.


Yore, Michael


2 00


Yeates, Joseph


2 00


NON-RESIDENTS.


Haskins, Philip 14 83


Supply, Barney 1 88


Rymill, William H. 1 88


Parks, Joseph H. 6 00


Dempsey, Peter 2 37


Singleton, Hannah L. 1 88


Pollard, J. H. 2 47


Peterson, Charles 1 88


Robey, Franklin 3 75


Kimball, Daniel


2 10


Welch, John 1 25


Ayre, Daniel 6 40


Sleeper, Oliver 6 54


Russell, Levi


7 50


Tewksbury, William 3 75


Jennings, F. M., Estate, Reed, Joseph H.


6 51


Fisher, Josiah


2 12


Thorpe, Daniel H. 1 88


Wright, Joel A. 4 71


Abbott, Jacob 1 88


Teulon, Edward 14 23


Farwell, J. S. 2 60


Kendall, William B. 3 88


McMurray, Felix 1 55


Kelley, Michael 1 88


Alewood, Richard 1 60


Collins, Mr. 2 10


Carroll, James 2 19


Rooney, Patrick 2 50


Dougherty, James 3 95


Farwell, J. S. 2 60


Haynes, William T. 3 47


Leach, Jacob H. 12 .50


Kendall, William B. 11 45


Anderson, Charles E. 3 64


Commere, Joseph 1 88


Kelley, Thomas


3 14


Flagg, Hiram


7 50


Haley, William 2 96


Holt, Samuel 3 13


Dearing, Thomas 4 50


Draper, Daniel 108 98


Draper, Daniel 80 44


Brighton, Bank of, 66 25


Jones, Thatcher L. 37 50


Russell, Wm. A. Heirs, 52 50 Snelling, Charlotte, Est. 31 50 Whittemore, Gershom, Estate, 21 00


Frost, Varnum 60 00


Cutler, George D. 12 50


Allen, B. F. 17 81


Locke, Frank 4 06


Russell, Levi 27 50


Patch, Daniel A. 51. 88


Pratt, John 90 38


Usher, Daniel 11 25


Hill, David 30 00


Gleason, Thomas 2 56


Fahay, Martin 3 81


Taplin, George 5 63


33 12


Packard, Nahum Parker, Benjamin 3 08


15 00


Russell, Levi, and Heirs


of Wm, A. Russell, .. 22 81


Reardon, Patrick 2 45


Westwood, John 4 50


40


TAXES.


Shehan, Michael 3 38


Whiton, Royal


6 25 Locke, Asa, Heirs, 15 00


Dwight, Edmund 26 88


Collins, Michael 12 50


Reed, Reuben 41 50


Whittemore, Susan, Mrs. 55 00


Waite, James 15 00


Cutler, Silas 19 38


Bowman, Francis, Mrs. 12 50


Cutler, Silas


4 38


Brooks, John W. 5 63


Cutler, Silas


15 00


Munroe, William 9 38


Jones, Margaret, Mrs. ;


Porter, Mary Ann S.


Mrs., Russell, Susan-


White, Daniel 3 75


Fiske, Elbridge 26 25


Dodge, George 5 63


Fenno, George A. 13 75


Simonds, Marshall 30 00


Twiggs, Patrick


5 00


Whitney, Lydia, Mrs. 25 00


Morton, Thomas 13 13


Hagan, John R. 28 75


Frost, Henry 12 50


Carnes, Edward 52 50


Fletcher, J. V. 12 50


Frost, Jonathan


13 13


Shepard, Preston, Est. 31 25


Frost, Warren S.


10 31


Wells, Samuel 1 25


Bailey & Pitts, 80 00


Bailey & Pitts, 62 50


Sargent, Cyrus 4 89


Demmon, R. E. 28 12


Cook, Jonathan 72 50


Whittemore, Timothy .. 50 00


Cook, Jonathan 13 75


Cook, Jonathan 30 00


Bonney, George W.


20 00


Barbour, Lucius L. 42 18


Dickson, William and Frank, 38 13


Fessenden, Almira, Mrs. 19 13


Horton, L. B. 18 75


Mayo, Seth, Estate,


35 62


Cooley, Sarah, Mrs. 18 13


Harding, Hamblin R. 25 00


Brown, Jonathan 3 75


Brown, Jonathan 6 25


Hobbs, Lorenzo 9 00


Brown, Daniel S. 60 26


Woodbridge, S. F. 117 42


Woodbridge, S. F. 15 62


Woodbridge, S. F. 11 88


Woodbridge, S. F. 34 75


Wyman, Luke, Jr. 30 38


Frost, Isaac 8 75


Horne, William, Heirs, 1 57 Bacon, Edward 3 13


Perry, John


30 94


Water Commissioners of


the City of Charles- town,


23 75


White, W. & W. K. .. 2 50


Bullock, Mary, Estate, .. 27 81


Sullivan, John L., Heirs, 12 50


Hill, Henry Y., and Es- tate of Francis, 46 88


Hill, William 22 50


Frost, Newell C. 26 25


Hill, Amos 3 75


Sawyer, Timothy T. 32 50


Frost, Silas 56 25


Osgood, George 28 13


Adams, Samuel 6 25


Porter, Hannah C. 32 50


Safford, Nathaniel F. 7 50


| Locke, Micajah, Heirs, 39 50


Hanscomb, Jacob 9 38


Hutchinson, Thomas 75 63


Fessenden, James M. 6 56


Cutler, Benjamin, Dr. 6 25


Tufts, H. D. 7 50


nah C., Miss ; Rich, Adaline L., Mrs. 10 00


Winship, Oliver M. 17 75


Greene, Samuel 1 88


Frost, Artemas C. 13 13


Lawrence, Wm., Heirs, 9 38


41


TAXES.


AMOUNT OF TOWN VALUATION


FOR THE YEAR 1863.


Real Estate,


$1,721,536 00


Personal Estate,


973,250 00


$2,694,786 00


Rate of Taxation, $12.50 on the thousand dol- lars, gives


$33,684 82


665 Polls, at $2.00 each,


1,330 00


$35,014 82


Town Grant,


$25,000 00


State Tax,


6,408 00


County Tax,


1,974 83


Overlayings,


1,631 99


$35,014 82


This is a true and correct copy of a list of Town, State, and County Taxes, for the Town of West Cambridge, assessed upon the Polls and Estates of the inhabitants of said Town, and also the Non-Residents, according to a valuation taken by the sub- scribers, on the first day of May, A. D. 1863, and committed to ABEL R. PROCTOR, for collection, for the current year, with our Warrant, in due form of law.


WASHINGTON J. LANE, Assessors of the STEPHEN SYMMES, JR. Town of SAMUEL S. DAVIS, West Cambridge.


West Cambridge, June 1, 1863.


SCHOOL REPORT.


TO THE TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE -


The School Committee submit their Annual Report.


The Committee omit the usual detailed statement of the condition of the several Schools, except in the mention of such changes of Teachers as have taken place since last year.


In the North-east Grammar School, Mr. BRADFORD L. FULLERTON taught for the first Term, and at its close, resigned. Mr. J. D. MARSTON was then appointed, and the School is in able hands.


Miss FESSENDEN, teacher in the North-west Primary School, resigned last Autumn, after several years of faithful service, and was succeeded by Miss LIZZIE D. SCHOULER.


Miss L. M. CROSBY, Assistant in the East School, on the division of the School, was appointed teacher of the Primary department.


The Committee do not offer extended comment on the Schools. The Town has so generously complied with the suggestions of the Committee, that most of the disadvantages indicated in former Reports, have been remedied, and under a better arrangement, the Schools are, in the main, in successful operation. The Committee prefer, at this time, to submit in a brief Report, the results of the improvements of the last few years, and thus exhibit to the Town its present means for the education of the young.


SCHOOL HOUSES.


As will appear by the Report of the Building Committee, the School House ordered at the last annual Town Meeting to be built in the North- west District, has been completed. A convenient site was purchased, and the School-House placed eligibly and conspicuously, so as to fulfil every purpose of use, convenience or ornament. £ The School-House is nearly a


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REPORT OF THE


duplicate of the Russell School-House, differing in a few particulars of in- ternal arrangement, where experience had suggested improvement. The principal alteration is in the second story, or Grammar room, which is equally divided by a partial partition with sliding doors ; by opening these, the entire story becomes a single, spacious hall. The house is faith- fully and substantially built, and will be ready for occupancy at the begin- ning of the next term.


The Joint Building Committee have advised that the new edifice shall bear the name of the CUTTER SCHOOL-HOUSE. They have followed the example set in designating the Russell School-House, that of selecting a family name, localized in the Town, identified with its history, progress, and interests, and made worthy of respect by those who have borne it. Although it is the collective, and not the individual name, that is applied, we may yet well be mindful, that in our Town, it has long been associated with noble bequests for education and charity, which render this use of it a fitting and grateful tribute.


The Russell and Cutter School-Houses, as the Town is aware, are each arranged for three Schools. In the lower stories are the Intermediate and Primary Schools in separate rooms. In the second stories are the Grammar Schools, with rooms for the younger or Sub-Grammar portion of the pupils. Each house has a large basement, well cemented, affording a shelter to children at recess-time, in inclement weather.


The East School-House has now two excellent rooms, the Primary School occupying the lower, and the Intermediate the upper room.


All the School-Houses are in admirable condition, provided with out-of- door conveniences, furnished with seats and desks of modern and approved style, and are altogether well suited to the ends for which they were built. They are a speaking proof of the liberality and intelligence of the Town.


GRADING OF THE SCHOOLS.


In the Report of the School Committee, in 1858, may be found a plan of organizing our Schools, which has been closely followed in all recent changes, whether in the division of Schools or the construction of School- Houses. The Schools at that time were of two grades only, and were en- titled, without any special propriety, Grammar and Primary Schools. These Schools were large in the number of pupils, comprehensive in the variety of studies, and conflicting in the demands upon the labor and at- tention of the teachers. To any one acquainted with the machinery of Schools, it was obvious that in every group of Grammar and Primary


45


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Schools, instead of two, there were four, and perhaps five Schools, strug- gling to be set free, and to be placed in their natural and proper arrange- ment. The size and character of the School-Houses rendered a sub-di- vision impossible. The first attempt to separate Schools was made in the Primary School in the North-west District, the younger scholars being plac- ed in a room by themselves, and the assistant set over them as their teacher. The accommodations were too limited for a complete experiment, but the success was sufficiently marked to satisfy the Committee of the correct- ness of the system. Consequently, in the plan of the Russell School-House, the sub-division and grading of Schools were prominently borne in mind, and upon occupying the building, the Schools were separated into their proper departments. The experience of more than three years in the Russell School, has confirmed the excellence of their classification; and the three School buildings are now arranged to conform to a uniform sys- tem of gradation. This is still new, for it has only been completed the present year - and there are many details to be methodized before there can be entire harmony of action_ Substantially the system is this. The child at five years of age enters the Primary School. This comprises three classes. It is the first School, and in it are taught the simplest ru- diments, and in proper freedom, the first lessons of restraint and govern- ment. He remains in this School three years, and then passes into the Intermediate School. This also comprises three classes, and here the child continues for three years. He then goes into the under department of the Grammar School, in charge of a female assistant, and passes from class to class until he is placed under the instruction of the male teacher, and thus completes his school life. As the Committee have said, the sys- tem is not yet reduced to its thorough working. Much remains to be done in the classification of pupils, and of studies. But with the means at hand, the residue of the work is of easy accomplishment, and the com- ing year may suffice to bring the system into perfect action. The Town has now two Grammar, three Intermediate, and three Primary Schools.


HIGH SCHOOL.


The Grammar Schools, still, however, contain pupils who require advanc- ed studies, not ordinarily, nor properly pursued in Schools of that grade. The pupils of this class have, from year to year, become fewer in number from the fact, that being out of place both as it regards themselves and their studies, they have either resorted to private instruction, or abandoned school altogether. Old pupils do not mate well with young ones, and the


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REPORT OF THE


higher studies in a numerous School must overshadow the common ones, or else be superseded by them, if all come within the province of a single teacher. There is but one remedy, and that is the separation of the older pupils into a High School. This would complete our system of Schools.


The Committee have, from year to year, presented the importance of this matter to the Town. In this respect they have exhausted their duty. The subject is well understood, and is now being considered by the Town. The Committee are clear, in their opinion, upon the value and necessity of a High School ; the question of the time and expediency of its establish- ment, they leave to their fellow-citizens.


WM. E. PARMENTER, DANIEL R. CADY, JOSIAH CROSBY, SAMUEL A. SMITH, HENRY SWAN, WM. E. GIBBS,


School Committee®


West Cambridge, April 4, 1864.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Number of Pupils.


Number of Pupils.


Number of Pupils.


Per cent. of


Attendance.


Salaries.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


Spring.


Fall.


Winter.


N. W. Grammar,


( B. M. Fullerton, J. D. Marston, . A. Frances Russell, Ass't, Eliza A. Simmons, . .


$800


28


32


60


31


29


60


42


28


70


71.5 84.3 88.6


N. W. Intermediate,


300


27


39


66


23


37


60


23


35


58


71.1 79.8 81.9


N. W. Primary,


. Francena R. Fessenden, l Lizzie D. Schouler,


233


44


29


73


43


35


78


41


34


75


83.1 77.4 79.5


800


39


46


85


30


43


73


34


43


77


77.8 81.2 84.4


Russell Grammar,


Lizzie S. Morse, Ass't, . . Caroline C. Turner, ....


300


24


34


58


20


28


48


21


31


52


83.5|


90.0


86.1


Russell Primary, ...


233


21


33


54


25


38


63


23


35


58


81.2 77.7 84.5


East Intermediate, .


300


43


33


76


20


16


36


21


20


41


79.2


83.8


83.9


233


25


18


43


22


19


41


88.9


82.3


East Primary, .....


L. Maria Crosby, .


...


$3,707 226


246


472


217


244


461


227


245


472


.


-


47


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


SPRING TERM.


FALL TERM.


WINTER TERM.


208


Alanson Palmer, .


300


Russell Intermediate,


Ellen Cutter, .


Mary S. Cady, .


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


Coton of Walest Cambridge,


FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1865;


LIST OF TOWN, COUNTY AND STATE TAXES,


ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1864,


AND THE


LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS,


FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. ALSO, THE.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.


BOSTON: W. & E. HOWE, PRINTERS, 39 MERCHANTS ROW. 1865.


כי


RECEIPTS.


Balance in Treasury, April- 1, 1864, $356 38


Rec'd for Old Bridge Lumber, sold, 1 00


" Use of Plough, by Cyrus Wood, 1 00


66


" Auctioneer's License of B. Poland,


2 00


66 " Interest on Poor Widows' Fund,


12 00


66


" Sidewalk Repairs, 15 00


66 " Interest on School House, Notes & Taxes, 23 30


66


Rent of Town Lands, 60 00


Sundries in Old School Houses, 76 55


66


66 Hay Scales, 71 47


66


Old School Furniture, sold,


78 00


" Cow, sold,


85 00


" High School Donation, from Cyrus H. Cutter, 87 00


66 Earnings of Town Teams, 128 00


from State School Fund, 118 91


for William Carnes' Board, 156 00


66 from J. S. Potter, balance of Recruiting Money, 191 00


66 Town of Belmont, for Paupers, 241 88


66 State, for Recruiting Expenses, .. 295 00


66 for Interest on William Cutter School Fund, .. 298 66


66 " Recruiting, withdrawn from State Treasury, 375 00


66 from Town Liquor Agency, 500 35


66 for Rents of Town House, 1,104 50


Amount carried forward, $4,278 00


4


RECEIPTS.


Amount brought forward,


$4,278 00


Rec'd from Sale of North West School House, ..


1,750 00


66 " Centre 66 66 1,900 00


Corporation Tax from State Treasurer, .


1,916 65


66 State Aid, 66 66 2,800 00


66 of Abel R. Proctor, Uncollected Taxes of 1863, in full, 59 23


Abel R. Proctor, Tax of 1864, including Abatements and Discounts,


36,539 07


Borrowed of William Cutter School Fund, 500 00 66


" Moses C. Trask,


1,000 00


66


" Warren Rawson,


2,200 00


66 " John Fillebrown,


3,300 00


66 " Faneuil Hall Bank, 4,000 00


$60,242 95


EXPENDITURES.


INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES. Bills Approved by Selectmen and School Committee.


CUTTER SCHOOL.


Paid T. C. Tingley, Jr., for Repairing Clocks, $2 50


66 Solon Hardy, for Lock, 25


John Lawrence, for Setting Glass, ..... ....


75


66 D. K. Wellington, for Carpenter Work, 2 75


66 Fred'k Schwamb, for Turning Posts, .. 3 00


66 A. Mudge & Son, for Printing Pro- gramme, 6 75


66 Henry Swan, for Bell Rope, &c., 7 75


66 Walter Fletcher, for Cedar Posts, 8 00


Dan'l Mahoney, for Building Fires, &c., in 1863-4, 9 00


" Theodore Schwamb, for Building Fires, &c., in 1863-4, . 9 00


Wm. Gibson, for Building Fires, &c., in 1863-4, 36 00


Jacob Schwamb, for Building Fires, &c., 18 00


66 R. W. Shattuck & Co., for Repairing Fence, &c., 6 25


66 Francis Gould, for Plan and Surveys, 8 00


66 John D. Marston, for Books, &c., 14 87


Charles Dudley, for Mats, 19 33


Amount carried forward, $152 20


6


EXPENDITURES.


1 Amount brought forward, $152 20


Paid J. L. Ross, for School Furniture, $31 00


C. Kingman, for Pump, 31 87


Alfred Brooks, for Digging Well, &c.,


121 85


E. Storer, for Building Fence, &c., 68 80


Jonas Woodard, for Charcoal, 24 80


Abijah Frost, for Care and Building Fires, 102 66


Jesse Bacon & Co., for Mason Work, 9 25


J. Winslow Peirce, for Fuel, 316 50 *


66 Josiah Crosby, for Mats, Bells, &c., .. 37 42


896 35


NOTE. - $269.52 of the above could, with propriety, be charg- ed to Construction Account of Cutter School House, it being for Well, Fences, &c.


RUSSELL SCHOOL HOUSE.


Paid Alfred Brooks, for Repairing Posts, .. 75


James M. Chase, for Carpenter Work, 3 03


A. Mudge & Son, for Printing Pro- grammes, 6 75


J. L. Ross, for School Furniture, 16 00


D. H. Tufts & Co., for Painting, 20 25


E. Storer, for Carpenter Work,


29 26


66 Jesse Bacon & Co., for Mason Work, 55 45 Josiah Crosby, for Care of School House, Building Fires, &c., .......... 133 09


R. W. Shattuck & Co., for New Fur- nace, &c., 233 07


J. Winslow Pierce, for Fuel, 364 31


861 96


Amount carried forward, $1,758 31


7


EXPENDITURES.


Amount brought forward, $1,758 31


HIGH SCHOOL.


Paid R. W. Shattuck & Co., for Repair on


Stove, &c., $4 75


T. C. Tingley, Jr., for Repairing Clocks, 1 75


" Josiah Crosby, for Care of House, &c., 21 25


J. Winslow Peirce, for Fuel, 77 50


66 John Lawrence, for Painting, &c., .... 7 29


112 54


EAST SCHOOL.


Paid R. W. Shattuck & Co., for Repairs of Furnace, &c., ..... 8 31


E. Storer & Co., for Carpenter Work, 12 78


66 . Josiah Crosby, for Care of House, &c., 47 92


J. Winslow Pierce, for Fuel, ......... 140 66


209 67


2,080 52


TEACHERS' SALARIES.


Paid by School Committee's Orders.


1


Paid Alanson Palmer,


$967 50


John D. Marston, 967 50


66 Charles O. Thompson, 386 67


66 Miss C. C. Turner,


403 12


66


66 Mary S. Cady, 376 25


66 Eliza Simmons, 376 25


Amount carried forward, $3,477 29


8


EXPENDITURES.


Amount brought forward, $3,477 29


Paid Miss Ellen Williams,


352 25


Lizzie D. Schouler, : 322 50


66


L. Maria Crosby,


322 50


66 Ellen Cutter,


271 75


Mary E. Warfield,


219 92


66


Abby F. Russell,


143 56


66 Addie Blanchard,


72 33


66


Emma Greene,


11 50


66 Mrs. Carleton,


90 00


$5,283 60


ALMSHOUSE AND POOR EXPENSES.


AT THE ALMSHOUSE. > See Note under Highway Expenses.


Paid Moses G. Flanders, his Salary, and


for Female Help, $500 00


Moses G. Flanders, for Cash paid for Sundries, 5 98


J. Winslow Peirce, for Fuel, Grain, Meal, &c., 382 15


Thomas H. Russell, for Groceries, .. 146 29


66 Solon Hardy, ..


167 97


“ John A. Pattee, 66 373 71 ..


John Peabody, for, Meat, 47 50


66 Henry Locke, for Meat & Provisions, 236 04


66 H. B. Mitchell, for Fresh Fish, 31 92


Carter & Converse, for Bread, 10 86


66 T. A. Thornton, for Repairing Shoes, 1 75


Amount carried forward, $1,904 17


9


EXPENDITURES.


Amount brought forward, $1,904 17


Paid Childs, Crosby & Lane, for Carpeting,


76 87


Davies Dodge, for Medicines, 43 33


James Durgin, for Ice, 21 00


R. W. Shattuck & Co., for Washing Machine, &c., 70 24


66 Elbridge Farmer, for Pigs,


16 00


66 D. C. Robbins, for Pigs, 50 40


66 Winn, Ricker & Co., for Apples,


1 75


66 Walter Fletcher, for Rent of Spring,


10 00


66 William Wilson, for Cow, 60 00


66 J. B. Hartwell, for Funeral Expenses of T. R. Cushing, Mary A. Locke, and Susan Perry, 69 00


Prescott, Proctor & Fowle, for Dry Goods, 127 29


Dr. Hodgdon, for Medical Attendance, 20 00


Jesse Bacon & Co., for Mason Work in House, 13 37


66 John Lawrence, for Painting in House, 14 75


E. Storer, for Carpenter Work, in “ 9 90


.


-


2,508 07


POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.


Paid State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester, for Support of Aaron Locke, Alan- son Blanchard, James E. Jenkins, and Jerome Peirce, 571 78


66 Solon Hardy, for Groceries and Pro- visions, for A. Kenny's Family, . ...


228 28


66 Jas. Gibson, for House for A. Kenny, Dr. Harris, for Medical Attendance of A. Kenny, 10 50


44 00


Amounts carried forward, $854 56 $2,508 07


10


EXPENDITURES.


Amounts brought forward, $854 56 $2,508 07


Paid J. B. Hartwell, for Funeral Expenses of A. Kenny, 18 00


.6 W. C. Currier, for Carriage for Funeral of A. Kenny, 4 00


Thos. H. Russell, for Groceries, for O'Brien, 1 62


Dr. Harris, for Medical Attendance on O'Brien, 20 00


6 S. Hardy, for Groceries, for Patrick Bannon, 7 00


for Fares of P. Bannon's Family to Canada West, 39 50


.


S. S. Davis, for Expenses for Mrs. Andrew Kenny, 2d, 44 67


Overseers of Ashburnham, for Sup- port of Ann F. Hodge, 46 50


S. Hardy, for Relief to T. Donahue, 5 00


66 66 66


66 " T. Edges, .. 5 00


City of Boston, for Relief to L. Ste- vens, 10 00


" J. Winslow Peirce, for Coal for Mrs. Hagan and Fitzpatrick, 18 51


" J. B. Hartwell, for Funeral Expenses of Mary A. Stingel, 11 00


1,085 36


$3,593 43


The actual expense of the Almshouse and Poor, is shown by de ducting the following items from the foregoing account, viz :


Board of the Men on the Highways, .. $400 00 Received of the Town of Belmont, 241 88


Amount carried forward, $641 88


11


EXPENDITURES.


Amount brought forward, $641 88


Received for Wm. Carnes' Board, ..... 156 00


66


" Cow sold, 85 00


$882 88


Which leaves a balance of $2,710.55, as the actual expense of the Almshouse and Poor, for the year. A great part of the Superintendent's time is devoted to the Highways, and a large part of his Salary should be considered as Highway Expenses.


HIGHWAYS, TOWNWAYS AND BRIDGES.


Paid Patrick Bannon, for Labor,


$3 00


Richard Barry,


2 00


John Sullivan, 66 66


10 50


John D. Coursey, " 66


12 00


O. McNuff, 66


18 54


66 Daniel Sullivan, 66


35 00


Phineas Whiting, 66


65 99


Daniel Kelly, 66 66


66 50


66 Edward Lacy, 66 66


167 60


66 Hiram Garrison,


66


177 31


66 Thomas Cutter,


66


198 00


66 James Mahony,


333 77


66


Dennis Mahony, . "


66


333 77


66 Frederick Dickson, for Hay,


21 97


66


J. H. Mayo,


66


21 96


Patrick Mead,


66


66


22 11


66 R. T. Bryant,


66 66


22 14


William Kimball,


66


66


51 35


66 Walter Fletcher, 66


66


90 55


66 J. M. Jones, 6:


66


90 78


Lewis Spaulding, 66


66


116 72


Amount carried forward, $1,861 56


12


EXPENDITURES.


Amount brought forward, $1,861 56


Paid J. Winslow Peirce, for Grain,


598 61


City of Cambridge, for Stone, 116 60


Alfred Brooks, for Stone Work,


133 94


" Wm. H. Richardson, 66 66 97 72


66 R. A. Knights, for Wheelwright's 66 121 70


66 A. L. Dickson, “ 66 66


21 18


Estate of Samuel Lewis, for Gravel, 66


42 30


Harrison Hill, 66 66


8 40


66 William Stowe, 6: 66


20 00


66 Joseph Teel, 66 66


2 00


66 D. K. Wellington, for Stock and Labor, 44 87


66 Edward Storer, 66


66 66


127 50


Frank Gould, for Survey and Plan, 18 00


66 Wm .. L. Clark & Co., for Harness Work, 48 79


66 John Lawrence. for Painting Carts,


8 30


66 Andrews Howe, for Shovels,


2 75


" R. W. Shattuck & Co., for Shovels, &c.,


9 33


66 J. M. Chase, for Guide Board,


75


66 Wm. T. Wood, for Tools, &c.,


3 00


6 M. G. Flanders, for Cash paid for Weighing Hay, 1 12


66 J. Willard Russell, for Whiplash,


1 00


James Stearns, for Damage done by defect in Highway, 100 00


$3,569 03


NOTE ..... The actual expense of the Highways is shown, by deducting from the above amount $145.00, received for work done by the Town Team, Side- walk Tax, &c., and adding the Board of the men employed on the Highways at Almshouse, estimated at $400.00. A large proportion of the Salary of the Superintendent of the Almshouse is chargeable to the Highways, as most of his time is employed thereon.


Joshua Caldwell & Co., for Blacksmith Work, 179 61


13


EXPENDITURES.


HIGH SCHOOL-HOUSE.


Paid Trustees of Cotting Academy, for their Estate, $6,250 00


66 James M. Chase, for Shingling Roof, &c., 267 47


Edward Storer, for Carpenter Work, 12 35


Jesse Bacon & Co., for Mason 17 25


66 R. W. Shattuck & Co., for Zinc, &c., 175 50


J. L. Ross, for Furniture, 104 80


$6,827 37 1250


57737


TOWN HOUSE.


Paid Michael Cashman, for Work in Cellar, $2 00


66 John Lawrence, for Glazing, 2 25


R. W. Shattuck, for Stove, &c., 6 00


Jonas Woodard, for Charcoal,


9 00


66 R. B. Hall, for Repairing Roof, 16 00


66 West Cambridge Gas Light Co., for Gas, 49 60


66 J. Winslow Peirce, for Fuel, 83 98




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