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$2,000 00
Expended,
1,644 26
Balance unexpended,
$355 74
To your Overseers of the Poor no more difficult problem has presented itself than the wise and economic distribution of the funds placed at our disposal for the partial mainten. ance of the deserving poor. The labors attendant on the general care and management of the town's affairs are as nothing compared with the time required, both in the collec- tion of facts relative to the pressing needs of the applicant
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and the bestowal of aid with a liberal and at the same time judicious hand. The men employed on the highways, so far as circumstances and the character of the work will permit, have been those with families in needy condition. The pay during most of the season was $1.50 for the day men. At the close of the year this was reduced to $1.00 per diem. It has been intimated to us frequently that the wages thus allowed were in excess of those paid elsewhere, and that the town could readily employ men without number at $1.25, or even at $1.00, per diem. We have by no means been insensible to these suggestions on the part of our citi- zens, and in defence of our action in the matter, would avail ourselves of this opportunity to say that the subject has repeatedly and again been introduced and discussed at the sessions of the Board; and the conclusion arrived at was this : That in view of the continued wide-spread depression in all industrial interests, we found ourselves in this di- lemma,-to either grant aid outright to certain resident families, or, by offering work at a fair compensation, these families, with extreme prudence, would become self- sustaining and not be a direct charge on the town. So that the whole subject in a nutshell is this : Shall we or shall we not, so far as possible, receive a return in labor for money expended for the resident poor ? It will be remembered, also, that the force employed by the town are, for the most part, day men and that they are frequently cut short from their pay by severity of the weather. For the ten months ending Nov. 1, 1877, the average pay received per man was $215, or $21.50 per month, an amount not more than suffi- cient for the proper maintenance of themselves and families. It is a noticeable fact in the distribution of the funds in this department that, as a rule, the first requirement for aid from a public source touches to the quick the pride and feelings of the applicant, while for the second and third time the solic- iting party becomes more emboldened, until finally, in some cases, the previous modest request degenerates into unwar-
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rantable demands and effrontery. When to give and when to withhold are the serious and perplexing questions ; when to throw wide open the doors of your Almshouse and when to render just sufficient aid to tide the applicant over a dull working-season, preserve his self-respect and enable him to maintain his family without the notoriety which shadows a pauper's home, is the problem of too frequent recurrence.
Street Lamps.
Appropriation,
$1,500 00
Expended,
1,442 82
Balance unexpended, $57 18
Town House.
Appropriation,
$400 00
Received from rents, 712 50
$1,112 50
Expended,
760 25
Balance unexpended, $352 25
Almshouse.
Appropriation,
$1,600 00
Expended,
1,472 14
Balance unexpended, $127 86
Counsel Fees.
Appropriation,
$500 00
Appropriation, Nov. 10, 300 00
$800 00
Expended,
733 40
Balance unexpended, $66 60
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The Town Treasurer was authorized to borrow $300, the amount of the second appropriation, on town note ; but the funds at his command arising from unexpended balances were amply sufficient to liquidate all bills under this head, and the same have been paid and the amounts charged to excess and deficiency account.
Fire Department.
Appropriation,
$3,800 00
Expended,
3,792 59
.
Balance unexpended,
$7 41
The report of the Chief Engineer, herewith submitted, affords a detailed account of the condition of this Depart- ment, to which reference may be had.
Incidentals.
Appropriation,
$1,600 00
Auctioneer and billiard licenses, and court fees, 15 60
$1,615 60
Expended,
1,276 71
Balance unexpended,
$338 89
State Aid.
Appropriation,
$500 00
Expended,
308 00
Balance unexpended,
$192 00
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Insurance.
Appropriation,
$300 00
Expended,
192 50
Balance unexpended,
$107 50
Public Library.
Appropriation, old balance,
$431 49
Dog tax,
395 58
Interest on $100 note,
6 00
Pratt Fund income,
599 95
$1,433 02
Expended,
988 39
Balance unexpended,
$444 63
Repair of Hearse.
Appropriation,
$150 00
Expended,
123 00
Balance unexpended,
$27 00
Salaries of Town Officers.
Appropriation,
$4,100 00
Expended,
4,100 00
Monuments.
Appropriation,
$500 00
Not used.
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Interest on Water Debt.
Appropriation,
$7,000 00
Expended, 7,000 00
Town Documents.
The Board have caused a cabinet to be placed in the Clerk's room, for the reception of the public documents and reports yearly received. The books are protected by glass sliding-doors, and easy of access to those desiring them for reading or reference.
Town Notes.
At the annual meeting it was voted to borrow on town notes, the sum of eight thousand dollars, being one-half of the town debt maturing the present year. At a subsequent meeting the town voted to borrow in addition to the above, the sum of eight thousand dollars, the proceeds to be used for the erection of a school-house on Park Avenue. It will be seen by a glance at the schedule of town indebtedness, in the annual report, that all demands against the town, payable at a future date, and not on demand, with a single exception, are drawing interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum. It would have been a fortunate occur- rence for the town, had this entire seven per cent. debt matured within the last two years; the case of the money market having been such that our whole indebtedness could have been funded at a rate of interest not exceeding five per centum per annum. This one item of reduced interest would effect an annual saving of more than twenty-four hundred dollars. Your Board availing themselves of the low rate of interest, caused to be printed town notes with sufficient coupons attached to effect a time loan for twenty
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years, with blank spaces for writing in the amounts, thus enabling the Treasurer to borrow any sum for any length of time, not exceeding twenty years, and at any agreed rate of interest. These coupons are made payable at a Boston bank, the same as the water scrip issued by the
town. Attached to cach note is the attestation of the Town Clerk, giving the date of issue of the town warrant, the time of holding the meeting, a copy of the article in the warrant, together with the special vote of the town, author- izing the loan. These notes are more desirable to investors than the old way of giving a written note, which requires the holder to reproduce the same semi-annually for indorse- ment of interest; while they are strictly town notes they possess all the merits of a town or municipal bond, affording the holder the same facility for collection of interest through any bank. Bids were solicited the latter part of April, from the leading bankers and brokers, for the purchase of eight thousand dollars of these notes, of one thousand dol- lars cach, dated May 1, 1877, and payable in twenty years from date with interest semi-annually, at the rate of five per centum per annum. At the same time were also offered five thousand dollars of water scrip, bearing interest at six per cent. The highest bid received was from Messrs. Charles A. Sweet & Co., and to that firm were awarded the notes and bonds at prices as follows :
$8,000 00 town notes May 1, 1877, twenty years, five per cent. $101 65 $5,000 00 town bonds (water), six per cent, 108 25
The loan for building Park Avenue school-house, was offered the latter part of October, at a time when five per cent. loans were looked upon with less favor by capital- ists, and the outlook of the market seemed tending towards a higher rate of interest. The time of these notes was cut
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down to fifteen years from Nov. 1, 1877, and bids solicited as before. To Messrs. Brewster, Basset & Co., the notes were awarded at the following rate :
$8,000 00 town notes Nov. 1, 1877, 15 years, five per cent. interest, $100 67
Town Debt.
The floating debt of the town is the same as last year. Of the sixteen thousand two hundred dollars which matured the present year, eight thousand two hundred dollars were raised by taxation, and the balance borrowed, as before stated, on town notes, for a term of years. The eight thou- sand dollars borrowed for Park Avenue school-house was offset by the amount liquidated this year, so that in round numbers our floating debt is the same. During the coming year one note of five thousand dollars matures, which we recommend the town to make provision for, in the annual appropriation.
Lawsuits.
Excepting the suits instituted by the mill owners and others, arising from the introduction of water, which by express vote of the town, are under the management of the Water Commissioners, there are no lawsuits pending against the town. During the summer, a suit was brought to recover $290, by the City of Cambridge, for the support of one Harrington, a pauper, alleged to have her residence in Arlington. The Board offered to settle the case - without recourse to the Courts -by the payment of $100, which Cambridge refused. The case was argued by counsel for both parties, on an agreed statement of facts, and to Cambridge was awarded the sum of $34.62. Whether
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this case will be carried to the Supreme Court, for final set- tlement, remains with the officials of that city.
Conclusion.
With this report, our official administration of the affairs of the town virtually ceases. The remaining two months prior to the election of our successors, cover a portion of the year in which our labors as Surveyors of Highways are necessarily light, nor can our other duties, excepting as Overseers of the Poor, be very arduous. Four years ago, we received at your hands our election as Selectmen of the town, and for four successive years our ranks have remained unbroken, by the re-election of all its members. We as- sumed our responsibilities at a time when ill-feeling had been engendered among the citizens, from grievances both fancied and real, lawsuits had been commenced, and were in process of litigation, and your town fast acquiring an unenviable notoriety in the courts. To-day, in this our last official report as a Board, we relinquish the burdens of office, with the record of a single pauper suit for the year, with no new suits commenced or threatened, and with a financial sheet showing no expenditure during the year in excess of your appropriations.
We leave behind no legacy of unfinished business, but a clean record for our successors in office, and invoke for them the same courtesy and kindly consideration which the citizens have ever accorded to us. If during the last four years, which cover a period of business depression, more trying to every industrial interest than any hitherto known, your town has made no rapid strides forward, may we not justly pride ourselves, that she has at least held her own and has suffered no detriment at our hands ?
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN SCHOULER, Selectmen
JAMES DURGIN, Town of
WILLIAM G. PECK, Arlington.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
Highways and Bridges.
Paid Daniel Benham,
labor,
$271 49
James Beevens,
246 81
Norman G. Barstow,
6 75
John Bradley,
66
75
William Bradley,
10 50
John Brady,
66
15 25
Patrick Breen,
9 00
John Burns,
66
379 21
William Burns,
8 25
Michael Burns,
66
63 75
James Canniff,
60
63 75
Peter Connors,
63 00
Peter Connolly,
9 00
Michael Collins,
79 40
Thomas Collins,
75
Patrick Clifford,
143 63
James Coursey,
2 25
Michael Coursey,
42 75
Daniel Crowley,
4 50
Jeremiah Crowley,
288 44
John Curtin,
66
172 13
Amount carried forward,
$1,881 36
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Amount brought forward,
$1,881 36
Paid Michael Dennen,
labor,
8 25
Thomas Donnelly,
6 37
John Donahue,
13 50
James Farrell,
7 50
Michael Fermoyle,
66
266 81
John J. Fermoyle,
21 00
John C. Fisher,
66
22 50
Thomas Flynn,
66
78 75
Michael Gearn,
60
2 25
John Gee,
31 00
James Gillespie,
22 50
Michael Harrington,
13 88
Thomas Hill,
8 25
Patrick Hourty,
66
280 80
Daniel Hurley,
66
28 50
Patrick Hurley,
66
9 00
Andrew King,
66
45 75
S. E. Kimball,
66
1,100 00
Michael Lane,
66
3 00
Edward Lacy,
330 37
Jeremiah Maloney,
66
14 50
John Mahoney,
66
42 75
Cornelius McAuliffe,
12 00
John McCue,
66
7 50
Peter McCue,
4 50
Bernard McGowan,
66
6 00
Thomas Mehan,
66
3 00
Franklin Motree,
66
3 75
Conrad Motrec,
3 00
William Morrow,
66
162 68
John Murray,
66
6 75
G. C. Muller,
66
42 75
Asa Niles,
66
9 00
Amount carried forward,
$4,499 52
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Amount brought forward,
$4,499 52
Paid James Noon,
labor,
468 38
John O'Brien,
278 69
Patrick O'Neil,
66
294 67
George Oliver,
66
1 50
J. W. Peirce,
110 65
J. A. P. Peirce,
50 00
John Reagan,
353 99
Jeremiah Reagan,
66
39 75
Dennis Reardon,
85 50
Morris Roach,
66
20 25
David Roden,
6 00
John Roden,
66
504 60
Cornelius Ryan,
27 00
Dennis Ryan,
6 00
E. T. Sargent,
278 50
Willian Shay,
75
Joseph Shepard,
66
344 61
John Stingel,
209 83
Daniel Sullivan,
307 13
Daniel Sullivan 2d,
66
7 50
Daniel J. Sullivan,
75
Lawrence Sullivan,
66
24 00
Patrick Sullivan,
66
285 69
Timothy Sullivan,
75
William Sullivan,
66
6 75
William Taylor,
66
6 00
Patrick Terry,
66
1 50
George White,
10 50
Richard Welch,
143 24
Samuel A. Fowle, grain,
350 85
A. P. Cutter, oats,
80 90
J. S. Pinkham, hay,
43 70
Amount carried forward,
$8,934 95
85 50
Patrick Slattery,
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Amount brought forward, $8,934 95
Paid I. L. Cragin, hay, 26 21
Wm. Prentiss, « 84 41
Ensign Kimball, straw,
33 08
W. L. Clark & Co., repairing harnesses, 63 85
A. Lawrence, repairing har- nesses,
15 75
Hill & Gott, blacksmithing, 149 64
Thomas Higgins,
172 15
S. C. Bucknam, wheelwright work,
8 50
Wm. O. Menchin, wheelwright work, 22 00
Parker & Gannett, road plow, grindstone, etc., 32 40
.
Welch & Griffiths, tools, 6 40
Wm. L. Watson, pick handles, 2 50
Dodge, Gilbert & Co., pick handles, 3 50
Franck, Shute & Co., hammers,
4 88
D. J. Sullivan, sharpening saws,
75
J. A. Merrifield, shovels, etc.,
19 00
C. G. Locke, repairing plow, 5 00
McQuade & Harrington, bungs for tar barrels, 1 40
Arlington Gas Co, coal tar, 183 75
Chapman & Soden, tar and pitch, 102 60
Boston, Lowell & Nashua Rail-
road, freight on tar, 1 53
Thomas Parks, tar barrels, 48 45
J. M. Bailey, tar kettle, etc., 6 00
Amount carried forward, $9,928 70
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Amount brought forward, $9,928 70
Paid D. W. Bailey, Agt., concret-
ing, 35 85
A. Needham, freight on tar, 8 00
Kendall & Roberts, tar kettle, 27 50
Kendall & Roberts, repairs of crusher, 71 99
D. P. Green & Co., repairs of crusher, 13 77
J. C. Hobbs & Son, repairs of crusher, 6 10
H. Wellington & Co., coal for crusher, 71 31
J. A. Wellington & Co., coal for crusher, 40 37
Robert Jost, putting in coal at crusher, 1 43
Arlington Water Commission- ers, water for crusher, 7 50
George H. Sampson, powder and fuse, 38 30
T. H. Russell, powder and fuse, 1 15
R. K. Carpenter, roller, cess- pool stones, etc., 62 60
Andrew King, stone for mac- adamizing, 18 85
Joseph Shepard, stone for mac- adamizing, 14 36
Peter Connors, stone for mac- adamizing, 7 15
Henry Burns, stone for mac- adamizing, 11 53
John Curtin, stone for macad- amizing, 13 47
Amount carried forward, $10,379 93
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $10,379 93
Paid Conrad Motree, stone for mac- adamizing, 25 92
Dennis Reardon, stone for mac- adamizing, 10 50
Thomas Flynn, stone for mac- adamizing, 2 50
City of Cambridge, stone for macadamizing, 1 00
Albert Winn, stone and gravel, 4 80
Wilson W. Fay, gravel, 25 00
Fire Department, work of horse, 177 75
Davies Dodge, horse medicine, 1 48
O. W. Whittemore, horse medicine, 2 06
G. P. Stevens, oatmeal, 1 76
C. W. Bastine, soap, 20
Jesse Bacon, laying sidewalk,
110 50
J. W. Russell, mason work, 231 06
James M. Chase, labor and materials, 38 51
A. L. Teel, labor and materials, 8 15
James Baston, labor and
materials, 38 79
F. E. Foster & Co., lumber, 25 64
Josiah Crosby, plank, 13 06
E. & F. King & Co., oil,
1 50
M. F. Whiton & Co., cod line, 62
C. H. Taylor, surveying,
49 75
Charles Hatch, 1
41 00
J. W. Peirce, hay, cement,
wood, sand and gravel, 83 95
Amount carried forward,
$11,275 43
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Amount brought forward, $11,275 43
Paid R. W. Shattuck, labor and
materials, 82 21
Sylvester Stickney, labor and materials, 17 32
Winn's Express, expressing, 11 08
Brooks, Rushton & Co., ex- pressing, 6 50
George H. Hutchinson, ex-
pressing, 55
Andrew McManus, damage to horse, 25 00
Wm. H. Richardson, damages on Dudley Street, 75 00
Mrs. S. A. Smith, damages on Academy Street, 45 00
Loring & Kellett, protectors for old elms, 25 00
$11,563 09
Credits.
Received of Lucius Kimball for con- creting, $9 90
A. L. Teel, for con- creting, 9 25
Myron Taylor, for con- creting, 3 00
George D. Tufts, for concreting, 23 70
A. J. Tillson, for con- concreting, 52 80
Edward D. Brooks, and others, for concret- ing, 8 60
Amounts carried forward,
$107 25
$11,563 06
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $107 25 $11,563 09
Received of Joseph Warren, for
concreting, 1 00
Mrs. E. A. Winship, for concreting, 39 97
Orthodox Society, for concreting, 38 50
A. Needham, for con- creting, 28 22
D. C. Rood, for con- creting, 65 95
Geo. C. Russell, for concreting, 63 60
Henry Swan, for con- creting, 53 00
William A. Clark, for concreting, 17 10
Mrs. John Field, for concreting, 12 00
J. M. Chase, for con- creting, 15 90
Estate of John Fowle, for concreting, 90 33
A. R. Proctor, for con- creting and gravel, 40 60
Geo. Russell, for con- creting, 9 50
Mrs. Rebecca Whitte-
more for concreting, moving fence, etc., 45 83
Jacob Bassing, for
loam, 22 00
John Curtin, for ma- nure, 30 00
Amounts carried forward, $680 75
$11,563 09
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $680 75 $11,563 09
Received of John Burns, for hay, 27 31
Charles Hill, for loam, 2 00
S. R. Smith, for labor at brook, 23 00
R. J. Hardy, for gravel and labor, 44 80
A. D. Hoitt, for gravel, 4 00
H. & H. Swan, for sidewalk, 65 38
Fire Department, for concreting at Wm.
Penn Hose House, 16 67
School Committee for
concreting around
Russell school-house, 437 55
Concreting around Cut- ter school-house, 87 75
Labor and materials for
grading, gravelling
and concreting at Cut- ter school-house, 163 50
Water Commissioners,
for labor at Fiske Avenue, 115 00
Water Commissioners,
for labor at Lake St., 96 75
Water Commissioners, for labor at Water Works, 312 50
School Committee, for
work on the new
school-house at the Heights, 696 80
Amounts carried forward,
$2,773 76
$11,563 09
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $2,773 76 $11,563 09
Received Amount of subscrip- tions for watering streets, 202 00
C. H. Wharton, for 2 bbls. coal tar, 3 00
Arlington Gas Light Co., for pitch and labor, 5 70
A. P. Wyman, for coal tar and asphalt, 3 75
W. G. Peck, for 17 1-2 bbls. coal tar, 21 87
John D. Freeman, for laying drain pipe, 4 00
James A. Bailey, for gravel, 25 88
3,039 96
$8,523 13
Almshouse and Support of Poor.
Paid Upham Brothers, provisions, $111 10
J. H. Peabody,
66
93 50
J. A. Goodwin,
100 90
George E. Parker, . 66
4 63 .
John W. Marsh, 66
34 72
H. B. Mitchell, fish,
81 20
S. A. Fowle, grain,
78 60
Grenville P. Peirce, groceries,
32 52
George P. Stevens, 60
30 85
T. H. Russell,
66
69 04
C. W. Bastine,
66
113 21
Amounts carried forward,
$750 27
$8,523 13
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $750 27 $8,523 13
Paid Michael Waugh, groceries, 82 79
Matthew Rowe, 66
111 43
Waverley Butter Co., butter,
10 28
A. B. Taber,
22 70
Taber & Warner, apples,
4 00
C. Kimball & Co., 40 bushels potatoes, 26 00
Mary J. Donovan, labor, 208 00
W. H. Pattee, bread, 62 03
Asa Durgin, ice, 16 00
Wm. G. Hartwell, wood, 10 56
J. W. Peirce,
4 00
David Irwin, 33 02
F. Bryant & Co., dry goods, 4 53
F. A. Rolfe,
39 76
L. C. Tyler, shoes, 12 95
E. J. Ober, furniture and re- pairs, 18 56
F. A. Fessenden, curtains, 2 45
Davies Dodge, medicine,
8 06
O. W. Whittemore, medicine,
14 20
R. W. Shattuck, sundries,
68 38
Sylvester Stickney, sundries, 1 43
Winn's Express, expressing, 8 48
Dr. J. C. Harris, medical attendance, 75 00
Patrick Slattery, 2 pigs, 13 00
James Fermoyle, oysters, 5 55
George D. Tufts, painting,
51 20
S. B. Moore, carriage hire, 1 50
Daniel J. Sullivan, repairing saws, 1 25
Amounts carried forward, $1,667 38
$8,523 13
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,667 38
$8,523 13
Paid Alanson Blanchard, lamp chim- neys, 1 00
J. W. Russell, mason work, 2 00
Jesse Bacon, 66 3 75
J. A. Wellington & Co., coal, 37 97
Robert Jost, housing coal, 2 81
George Russell, killing hogs, 3 00
R. W. Walker, repairing clock, 1 00
J. A. Merrifield, sundries, 3 10
1
$1,722 01
Less amount received of Town of Belmont for sup- port of pauper, $38 97
Received for 12 bbls. of apples, 18 90
Board of James Noon, 192 00
249 87
1,472 14
Poor out of Almshouse.
Paid C. W. Bastine, groceries for sundry poor, $221 73
Michael Waugh, groceries for sundry poor, 159 88
Grenville P. Peirce, groceries for sundry poor, 182 37
George P. Stevens, groceries for sundry poor, 15 00
T. H. Russell, groceries for sundry poor, 42 60
Amounts carried forward,
$621 58
$9,995 27
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $621 58 $9,995 27
Paid Matthew Rowe, groceries for sundry poor, 75 54
J. A. Goodwin, provisions for sundry poor, 30 91
J. H. Peabody, provisions for sundry poor, 8 80
J. W. Peirce, fuel for sundry poor, 281 12
L. C. Tyler, shoes, 18 70
Julia B. Mahoney, rent for Mrs. J. McCarthy, 61 50
Thomas Cahalin, rent for Diehl family, 60 00
Daniel J. Sullivan, rent for Diehl family, 12 00
T. F. O'Brien, rent for Marga- ret Sullivan, 5 25
Worcester Lunatic Hospital víz :
Board of Endor Esta- brook, $203 33
Less amount received of A. F.
Estabrook, 50 84
- 152 49
Board of Margaret Lyons,$75 72
Less amount received of Daniel
Lyons, 37.86
37 86
Board of John Haas,
13 00
Wm. Burns, rent for Mrs. White, 4 00
J. B. Hartwell, burial of J. McCarthy and Mrs. Cam- eron, 85 50
Amounts carried forward,
$1,468 25
$9,995 27
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,468 25 $9,995 27
Paid E. J. Ober, furniture for J. Reagan, 20 30
Thomas McCue, assistance ren- dered him, 43 00
O. W. Whittemore, medicine for poor, 6 85
Davies Dodge, medicine for poor, 14 50
John Redman, assistance ren- dered him, 10 00
G. H. Ulstrom, assistance ren- dered him, 20 00
City of New Bedford, assist- ance to Bridget Lynch, 101 00
John Schouler, expenses to New Bedford and Haverhill, concerning paupers, 8 25
Dr. Wm. A. Winn, attendance on insane person, 2 00
Dr. R. L. Hodgdon, attend- ance on insane persons, 8 00
Mrs. Falls, assistance rendered 14 50
D. F. Jones & Co., printing tramp tickets, 2 75
H. W. Hill, shoes for poor person, 3 25
J. E. Dodge, services investi- gating pauper case, 5 00
Dustin Ripley, coal for poor person, 1 81
Mrs. Ahern, assistance ren- dered her, 5 35
R. W. Shattuck, repairs stove for Mrs. Ahern, 6 50
Amounts carried forward, $1,741 31
$9,995 27
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Amounts brought forward, $1,741 31 $9,995 27
Paid John Reagan, assistance ren- dered him, 1 00
Gage & Bent, furniture for J. Reagan, 9 50
James Durgin, assistance ren- dered poor persons, 30 00
$1781 81
Less amount received of Es-
tate of Mrs. Henry W.
Whittemore, on ac- count of assistance ren- dered, $184 05
Deduct bill paid to E.
E. Williams, nurse, 47 50
136 55
Less amount received of John Gee, 1 00
- 137 55
1,644 26
Counsel Fees.
Paid H. J. Wells, legal services, $100 00
A. A. Ranney, “ 66 615 40
John H. Hardy, " 66 18 00
733 40
Cemeteries.
Paid John B. Hartwell, care of ceme- teries for 1877, $250 00
Amounts carried forward,
$250 00
$12,372 93
43
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $250 00 $12,372 93
Paid John B. Hartwell, repairing old grave stone, 6 75
John B. Hartwell, painting gates and labor, 38 00
C. F. Hartwell, sign boards, 2 16
Robert Dinsmore, bedding plants, 32 00
Arlington Water Commis- sioners, water, 25 00
J. W. Russell, repairing tomb, 3 50
R. W. Shattuck, repairs and tools, 3 90
Sylvester Stickney, repairs, 3 38
Hill & Gott, blacksmith work, 1 25
365 94
Discounts and Abatements.
Allowed on taxes, 4,693 16
Fire Department.
Paid Highland Hose Co., services, $482 85 William Penn Hose Co., « 417 92
Menotomy Hook & Ladder Co., services, 241 83
C. S. Jacobs, Jr., board of horse, 277 50
A. Needham, use of horse and expressing, 94 55
Alfred Hobbs, Chief Engineer, 1876, 80 00
Amounts carried forward,
$1,594 65
$17,432 03
44
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,594 65 $17,432 03
Paid Alfred Hobbs, on account, Chief Engineer, 1877, 25 00
James Durgin, Asst. Engineer, 1876, 40 00
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