Town of Arlington annual report 1874-1877, Part 8

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Eastern Avenue Extension.


Appropriation .


$2,500 00


Estimated cost to date .


1,801 02


$698 98


The length of this avenue to Highland Avenue is about twenty-four hundred feet. The length of days and late- ness of the season when the work was commenced have materially added to the cost of the road. It is still incom- plete, though the work is well advanced. We have no doubt but that the road will be completed at a cost within the appropriation.


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Town Bonds.


The selectmen were authorized to dispose of Arlington Water Scrip to the amount of $6,000, by vote of the town, at meeting held April 27, 1874. Sufficient funds being in the town treasury, no sale of scrip was made at the time ; the town thus saving the interest which would have accrued, as also the discount, the market price at that time being less than the par value. At a town meeting held Sept. 20, 1875, we were authorized to dispose of scrip to the amount of $25,000, in whole or part, as required by the Water Commis- sioners. We have sold during the year $31,000 of bonds. The method adopted in their disposal was to solicit from the leading bankers and brokers bids, to be forwarded to the Selectmen, under seal, on or before a given date. Under this arrangement, the first award of $15,000 in bonds was made Oct. 20, to Messrs. Brewster, Basset, & Co., at $103.52, they being the highest bidder. The second award of $16,000 was made Dec. 29, to Chas. A. Sweet & Co., at $104.58. The following data may be of interest, as exhibiting the amount of authorized bonded debt, number of bonds issued, amount of premiums, &c. : -


Amount of scrip authorized, issued,


$200,000 00


186,000 00


Balance unsold,


$14,000 00


Bonds sold present year,


31,000 00


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Oct. 20, 1875, Brewster, Basset, & Co., $15,000 at $103.52, $15,528 00


Dec. 29, 1875, Charles A. Sweet &


Co., $16,000 at $104.58, 16,732 80


- $32,260 80


Premiums received on $31,000 bonds sold, $1,260 80


Cemeteries.


At the annual March meeting, the care of the old and new cemeteries, hitherto devolving upon a special committee yearly appointed, was intrusted to the Selectmen. Early in


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the season, arrangements were entered into with Mr. Hart- well for a general supervision of both cemeteries, at an expense of $200 for the year. Complaints had been fre- quently made by the lot-owners, of acts of vandalism com- mitted within the grounds, by unknown parties ; and it was thought advisable to place the entire grounds, the whole time, under the charge of one person, than to hire work done from time to time as wanted, thus leaving the grounds at times without special oversight. Mr. Hartwell stipulated in his agreement, to keep the walks clean and free from weeds, grass edges neatly trimmed, and trees watered; and, so far as his work has come under our observation, we have no criticism to make. In view of the trial thus made, we are of the opinion that the care of the grounds by a com- petent person will prove at once the most economical and satisfactory method of caring for them. The walks have been top-dressed with blue gravel, using that removed from that portion of the avenue macadamized this season. Gates have been erected at the main entrance, thus completing the enclosure. With the cemeteries in their present improved condition, we see no reason why the appropriation for the coming season cannot be curtailed at least one half, and still maintain the walks and grounds in a creditable manner.


Licenses.


Amount received from licenses, $700


Paid State of Massachusetts, 175


$525


Under the enactment of the last legislature entitled, " An Act to Regulate the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors," the Select- men were empowered to grant licenses for the sale of liquors, which licenses were enumerated under five separate classes ; and, with certain limitations, we were authorized to fix the price to be charged for licenses so granted. In some of the towns, petitions from the citizens, remonstrating against the issue of any license under either class mentioned in the Act,


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were made to the Selectmen, or expressions of opinion given, or votes passed in town meeting ; thus relieving the Board of Selectmen from all responsibility of action in the matter.


our Board received from the citizens no petition, in any form, relative to the granting or withholding of licenses under this Act ; nor did the town by discussion or vote indicate its wish in this matter. After reasonable delay, the Board be- lieving the law to have been enacted for the public good, and only to be judged as to its merits or demerits by a fair trial, voted to issue licenses under the Act.


Licenses of the first and third classes only were issued, with fees as follows: first class, $125; third, $50. Num- ber of licenses issued, eight. Our only data for estimating the ill effects or benefits of the law over the old act of pro- hibition rests in a great measure with the statements fur- nished by the chief of police. From his report, it will be seen that the number of arrests for 1875 exceed those of 1874 by ten, while the number of cases of drunkenness the present year is eighteen against eleven during 1874.


The opponents of the license law, in making use of these statistics as against the law, would at the same time do well to remember that a year of general depression in business, and hence consequent idleness, like the past, would naturally increase, in itself, the number of arrests for inebriety over those of a year of general industry and thrift.


Tramps.


At the time of issuing our last report, the subject of tramps and what to do with them, was receiving from the public and public prints more than a passing notice. Their increased and increasing numbers, together with the repeated depreda- tions and crimes of which they were charged, caused an act to be passed at the last session of the legislature to remedy this growing evil. The overseers of the poor, or superinten- dent of the almshouse under their direction, were author- ized to require any non-resident applying for food or lodging to labor a stated number of hours on the highway or else-


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where, not detaining any applicant beyond eleven o'clock of the day succeeding his application. So far as our own town is concerned, this act has had a salutary effect. Early in the year, the Board instructed the superintendent of the alms- house to enforce this law, granting, however, discretionary power, in cases of enfeebled old age, extreme youth, or mani- fest physical inability. While the law thus enforces work from all vagrants six days in the week, it makes no provision for the Saturday night applicants. The tramps fully com- prehend this loop-hole in the act, and often more permits are granted Saturday than the whole five days previous.


The following table exhibits the number of tramps cared for at the Almshouse, from April 1, 1875, to Dec. 31, 1875. From this it will be seen that the number rapidly decreased until the fall months, the number received during July and August being far below former years ; and yet during those two months the publie prints frequently asserted that the towns in the western part of the State swarmed with vagrants. The increased number cared for, during November and December, was doubtless the legitimate result of the stagnant condition of our industrial interests, coupled with the fact that it had become known to the entire tramp army, that no work could be enforced from Saturday night applicants.


Tramps Lodged at Almshouse.


April


224


May


.


59


June .


34


July .


6


August


7


September


16


October


43


November


.


111


December .


115


At the very outset of the enforcement of this law, applicants were distinctly given to understand that labor would be required of all presenting their permits. Some, ascertaining


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the cost of food and lodging thus furnished, would refuse at once the permit; while others, though nominally accepting them, would tramp to some other sister town, whose vagrant discipline was less rigidly enforced.


Perambulation.


The Statutes of the Commonwealth require the Selectmen, once in five years, to perambulate the town lines, and see to it that the marks of division are maintained in good condi- tion. In compliance with this law, and in conjunction with the Selectmen of the towns adjoining us, we have this year run the lines, and placed a certificate of our doings on file with the town clerk.


Coal Proposals.


In accordance with vote of the town at the annual meeting, proposals were issued to coal-dealers doing business in this vicinity, soliciting estimates for furnishing coal used for town purposes for the year. The usual conditions, as to the coal being well screened and of first quality, were required ; and the right of weighing on town scales, as well as rejecting any and all bids, reserved. The award was made to Horatio Wellington & Co., of East Cambridge.


Estimate of coal required : -


Furnace


143 tons


Egg


· . ·


·


·


32


Stove


. .


.


6


181 tons.


Award : -


Furnace coal


$7 48


Egg


.


.


7 55


Stove .


7 55


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Sprinkling Streets.


No definite action was taken by the town in regard to watering any of the highways the current year. As work


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progressed on the avenue, it was evident that the portion regraded should be sprinkled until the new road-bed hard- ened and became more compact from travel. With the idea of testing, in a measure, the efficacy of sprinkling the streets, and in order that the town should not bear the entire expense, a subscription paper was circulated among the residents fronting on the line of the proposed watering; and, of the whole cost, two hundred and thirty-three dollars was raised by private subscription. The Selectmen purchased a water- ing-cart, and entered into an agreement with Charles E. Beard to furnish two horses and perform the labor necessary for the work; with the understanding that, those days when the watering-cart should not be in use, his own services, and those of his team, would be required on the highway. We believe that the water thus sprinkled upon the streets is a legitimate and economical expenditure of the town's money. The pro- tection thus afforded to the road-bed is less costly than the freqent top-dressing of gravel which it would otherwise require, leaving out of view the comfort and convenience derived from it.


Town Debt.


That portion of the town debt, amounting to $11,629.20, falling due this year, has been paid. Two notes mature during the year 1876, amounting. to $6,000, provision for which should be made in the annual appropriations. While our floating debt has decreased nearly twelve thousand dollars since our last report, our bonded water debt has increased thirty-one thousand dollars. The claims brought by the mill-owners against the town, with a single exception, are still unadjusted ; and your entire expenditure on water account to date, instead of being ninety thousand dollars, as estimated at the outset of the undertaking, has already more than doubled that figure, and must be still further increased from the awards of those cases now in litigation. The increase of indebtedness from causes like the above cannot be avoided. We have taken the water, and must bear the pecuniary penalty of hasty action.


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The floating debt is, however, within our control, so that by diminishing the one the total debt may be kept within reasonable limits.


The entire indebtedness of the town is to-day more than five per cent of our valuation. Take now into consideration the past fluctuations in values, the high standard of assess- ment on all real estate in comparison with actual values, as tested by sales in the open market, and the percentage of our indebtedness would be materially in excess of that named. Lower prices, lower rents, retrenchment in all that enters into the cost of living, is the only solution of the difficulty. Yet our debt increases from year to year ; we vote for this or that expenditure without hesitation, but pay for it with grumbling. In the light of these truths, however unpal- atable, one course, and only one, remains for the town to adopt; namely, the yearly reduction in whole or part, as it matures, of our floating debt.


To stand, so to speak, in our very tracks, granting annu- ally sufficient funds to maintain the highways and public buildings in good repair, until our debt shall be so reduced, or the times so change, as to cause it to rest lightly upon us, means healthy progress.


From excessive taxation every class in our midst is to-day suffering ; and upon no class does this burden fall so heavily as on those working men, who by long years of untiring industry have provided homes for themselves and families, and whose purse feels most keenly the daily drafts necessary to tide them over this idle winter.


We pen these thoughts in no spirit of croaking or fault- finding, neither with any disbelief in the recuperative power of our towns and cities to rise above this financial cloud which hangs over them, but rather that the citizens may become conversant with the actual state of our finances, and be led to observe, by comparison of one year with another, how much easier a debt can be created than liquidated.


Adopting, then, this coming centennial year, as the initia- tive year of retrenchment and treasury reform, let us vote carefully and intelligently upon all appropriations looking


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towards increased debt, and hence increased taxation ; and, though seemingly we are at a "stand-still," time will prove that we have made haste slowly, and have husbanded in these years of rest those elements of economy and prosperity which give strength and character to a community like our own.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN SCHOULER, Selectmen,


JAMES DURGIN, Town of


WILLIAM G. PECK, Arlington.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


EXPENDITURES.


Highways and Bridges.


Paid John Ahern,


labor


$23 25


William Bradley,


271 50


William Burns,


66


391 20


Charles E. Beard,


883 50


Alfred Brooks,


80 00


David Allen,


66


10 50


John Burns,


66


411 19


James Beevens,


66


213 70


Michael Butler,


.


.


10 67


Daniel Benham,


303 57


Patrick Breen,


66


33 00


Michael Burns,


66


2 00


Timothy Caniff,


66


110 24


James Callahan,


157 82


Jeremiah Crowley,


31 50


Michael Cannon,


66


3 50


Daniel Callahan,


5 69


Patrick Carroll,


66


9 80


Henry Callahan,


66


88


Charles Cahill,


18 75


John Caravan,


66


2 62


Peter Conners,


66


34 12


Michael Cox,


.


15 75


John Collins,


66


.


19 42


Amount carried forward,


$3,044 17


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Amount brought forward,


$3,044 17


Paid James Caniff,


labor


21 00


John Curtin,


37 20


Patrick Collins,


18 75


James Donahue,


.. .


1 75


John Donahue,


66


305 38


Thomas Fitzgerald,


66


18 75


John Flaherty,


66


25 50


Michael Fermoyle,


66


355 20


Patrick Fermoyle,


66


56 18


John Galvin,


66


5 25


William Graham,


66


19 50


John Gee,


66


62 50


Patrick Hearty,


66


36 12


Michael Harrington,


66


28 50


Patrick Hurley,


66


19 50


Samuel Johnson,


66


24 75


Thomas Hill,


66


25 62


George Knight,


66


283 05


Eber Hill,


66


337 55


John Kelly,


16 06


Andrew King,


102 87


S. E. Kimball,


. 1,200 00


John Mahony,


1 75


Cornelius Linehan, jun.,“


10 50


Edward Lacy,


66


405 93


William Morrow,


.


26 38


John McCarthy,


66


13 12


Charles McGinnis, 66


40 00


William H. Mills,


5 25


Michael Mccarthy,


66


35 25


John Murray,


2 25


Thomas Mehan,


7 50


Daniel Lyons,


7 65


Amount carried forward,


$6,612 23


.


.


1 00


James Galvin,


10 50


Henry Hanson,


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Amount brought forward,


$6,612 23


Paid Asa Niles,


labor


3 50


James Noon,


300 04


Patrick O'Neal,


27 75


John O'Brien,


363 39


John Roden,


526 88


Thomas Roden,


66


280 67


Jeremiah Reagan,


32 12


John Reagan,


66


41 31


Dennis Reardon,


116 80


Cornelius Ryan,


20 25


E. T. Sargent,


113 75


Patrick Sullivan,


394 75


Eugene Sullivan,


66


70 33


1


William Sullivan,


77 18


Timothy Sullivan,


66


72 19


Daniel Sullivan, 66


15 00


Dennis Sullivan,


1 75


Lawrence Sullivan,


71 07


John Sullivan,


66


68 24


Patrick Slattery,


66


452 12


William W. Scanlan,


19 75


James G. Wyman,


48 30


James White, -


66


22 50


Samuel Wells, 1


6 50


George White,


66


7 25


Joseph Shepard,


60 37


$9,825 99


Credit amount of subscription for wa- tering streets,


$233 00


Credit 300 loads screened gravel, at 75 cts., delivered at cemetery, . ·


225 00


458 00


Amount carried forward,


$9,367 99


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Amount brought forward, $9,367 99


Paid Samuel A. Fowle, grain 598 48


Thomas Higgins, blacksmithing ·


139 76


Hill & Gott ·


272 68


Wm. T. Woods & Co. 59 83 .


Wm. H. Richardson 66


147 79


James M. Chase, fencing, &c.


44 37


Edward Storer,


77 21


+


F. E. Foster & Co., lumber 25 68


R. K. Carpenter, cesspool stones . 85 60


Taylor & Little, surveying


403 10


Day & Collins, drain pipe


. 1,638 96


Mass. Cement & Drain Pipe Co., drain pipe 54 00


Walter Bates, concrete gutters and crossings 431 82


A. H. Kimball, hay and straw 324 80


Albert Boynton, straw 19 60


A. Blanchard, hay 10 00


Patrick Slattery, hay 21 60 .


Patrick Slattery, tools 8 00


J. W. Peirce, water cart,


170 00


J. W. Peirce, hay, straw and labor ·


48 43


Rawson & Hittinger, repairs of stone crusher 164 77


E. H. Derby, hay 34 97


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries . 140 60


W. L. Clark & Co., repairs, har- nesses, &c. 194 33


Geo. D. Tufts, painting


9 63


John Lawrence, " crusher 8 01


H. J. Bacon, mason work drains


283 65


Winn's Express, expressing ·


4 15


Church's "


30


E. T. Russell, jun., pow- der, &c. . 40 93


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Amount carried forward, $14,831 04


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Amount brought forward,


$14,831 04


Paid Patrick Mead, gravel .


76 25


Abel Peirce,


69 83


Chas. G. Locke, “ ·


28 17


Joseph Shepard, stone for macad- amizing .


95 89


John Burns, stone for macadamizing 162 96


George McManus, " 66


6 39


Chas. D. Warner, “


66


119 87


John Galvin, 66


66


30 63


Dennis Reardon, “ 66


122 22


Conrad Moultree, "


23 77


Richard Kelly,


21 26


Elbridge Farmer, “


45 31


Andrew King,


·


57 20


Thomas Higgins, “


1 80


David Erwin,


19 35


William Burns,


66


5 00


C. E. Otis, 66


101 20


C. H. Cutter, 66


10 00


Thomas Flynn, laying stone


34 00


Edward Fitzgerald,“


.


21 25


Alfred Brooks,


43 63


Matthew Rowe, 2d, “


80- 25


W. Kimball, pung 55 00


M. Coleman & Co., wagon harness 27 50


Wm. O. Menchin, wheelwright 38 15


Jerome Peirce, brand .


1 50


Parker & Gannett, hay cutter and pick handles . 25 55


F. Maguire & Co., oil for crusher 6 50


J. C. Hobbs & Son, repairs on crusher 11 75


Nathan Simonds, wood for crusher


7 00


Atlas Insurance Co., premium in- surance on crusher 27 00


M. A. Pearson, medicine for horses 3 45


Amount carried forward, $16,210 67


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Amount brought forward, $16,210 67


Paid R. Whittemore, cedar poles 5 00


S. E. Kimball, sundries 4 25


T. H. Russell, 2 35


W. H. Mills, watchman 2 50


Wm. Read & Sons, powder and fuse


18 63


Bigelow, Kennard, & Co., street signs 10 00


Matthew Rowe, sundries 2 58


Welch & Griffiths, sharpening saws


2 00


Heirs Wm. A. Russell, land dam- ages, Warren St. 48 00


Levi B. Gay, land damages on Warren St.


224 40


Frank Day, land damages on War- ren St.


17 50


David Puffer, land damages on


Winter St. · .


29 21


Cyrus Cutter, land damages on


Bacon St.


110 00


-- $16,687 09


Credits.


Received of T. R. Teel, for loam $2 60


B. F. Woods, " .


2 00


B. F. Locke, " 66 2 00


Wm. A. Bock, for loam,


15 00


Jacob Bassing, 66


2 80


Geo. Phillips,


2 00


J. A. Bailey,


2 00


A. J. Tillson,


66


14 60


W. H. Richardson,


4 00


J. A. E. Bailey,


1 50


M. R. Fletcher, for ma-


nure .


50 00


J. P. Wyman, for use of horses 23 00


$121 50


Amount carried forward,


$16,565 59


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Amount brought forward,


$16,565 59


Almshouse and Support of Poor.


Paid Upham Brothers, provisions . $138 92


Lowe Brothers, .


131 70


George E. Parker, .


15 39


J. H. Peabody, 66


.


37 40


James Peabody,


16 80


H. B. Mitchell, fish


58.93


Matthew Rowe, groceries


76 44


Michael Waugh,


115 03


Grenville P. Peirce, "


159 47


T. H. Russell,


37 84


C. W. Bastine, agent, "


12 80


L. D. Bradley,


67 30


Samuel A. Fowle, grain


64 00


A. E. Kimball, butter


36 63


Waverley Butter Co., butter


5 31


S. E. Kimball,


11 60


Asa Durgin, ice .


21 90


Emma Corthell, labor . 208 00 .


Michael Sheehan, pigs 13 00


John Galvin, feed for pigs 17 75


Edward Russell, butchering


2 00


F. Bryant & Co., dry goods 40 64


Davies Dodge, medicine, &c. 4 25


M. A. Pearson, 66


6 60


C. H. Osborne & Co., medicine


5 65


L. C. Tyler & Co., shoes


7 40


W. H. Pattee, bread .


33 91


J. H. Hartwell, food for tramps ·


15 00


Dr. J. C. Harris, medical attendance 75 00


Robert Renwick, repairing clocks 4 00


Horatio Wellington & Co., coal 75 15


T. Callahan, putting in coal 3 00


S. Lawrence, care of cow 2 00


Samuel Wells, hay for cow .


25 75


Amounts carried forward, $1,546 56 $16,565 59


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Amounts brought forward, $1,546 56 $16,565 59


Paid C. T. Dunn & Co., apples . 10 00


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries 61 11


E. T. Russell, jun., expressing 2 05


H. J. Bacon, mason work 24 25


J. M. Chase, carpenter work


41 40


John Lawrence, paint . 5 00


Welch & Griffiths, saws


3 80


$1,694 17


Less amount of Town of Belmont for


support of paupers 65 19


$1,628 98


Poor out of Almshouse.


Paid J. W. Peirce, fuel for sundry poor Michael Waugh, groceries for sun- dry poor 43 48


136 00


Matthew Rowe, groceries for sun- dry poor


31 23


L. D. Bradley, groceries for sun- dry poor 20 00


James Price, rent for Mrs. Mullen 20 00 Commonwealth of Mass., board of Endor Estabrook 117 50


Worcester Lunatic Asylum, board of Endor Estabrook 166 18


City of New Bedford, assistance to Wm. Lynch's family 41 56


City of Haverhill, assistance to J. R. Willis 84 83


Boston Tea Store, groceries for poor 10 00 1


Dr. C. A. Libby, attendance on Miller 6 00


M. A. Pearson, medicine for poor 6 30


J. Schouler, clothing for E. T. Sargent's son 10 85


Amounts carried forward,


$693 93 $18,194 57


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Amounts brought forward,


$693 93 $18,194 57


Paid John McCarthy, assistance . 27 50


Julia B. Mahoney, rent for J. Mc- .Carthy . 16 50


George Knight, assistance


20 00


Mary Shean, 66


.


10 00


Abby Grant, .


·


15 00


B. L., & N. R. R. Co., tickets


1 50


John B. Hartwell, burial of Thomas Delaney . 29 00


$813 43


Less amount received of est. of J.


Leary, am't paid nurse $40 00


received of State for burial of Thomas Miller . . 10 00 °


received of J. Rea- gan, on account as- sistance rendered. 10 00 60 00


$753 43


Counsel Fees.


Paid Shattuck, Holmes, & Munroe, legal services in 1874 80 61


John H. Hardy, legal services in 1872, 1874, 1875 336 00


John H. Hardy, legal services 131 00


John H. Hardy,


84 28


Witness fees in suits vs. the Town 63 90


$695 79


Less received of J. H. Hardy, am't of execution vs. Cyrus Cutter . $154 07


$541 72


Amount carried forward,


$19,489 72


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Amount brought forward,


$19,489 72


Cemeteries.


Paid Boston Belting Co., hose 78 00


J. S. Potter, roller


10 00


Bubier & Co., iron gates 87 50


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries


6 86


W. N. Winn, express .


1 85


R. K. Carpenter, gate posts and stone work 210 65


Hill & Gott, repairs, &c. 23 00


Alfred Brooks, stone work 15 62 .


300 loads screened gravel


225 00


J. Schouler, paid for painting gates 7 75


Arlington Water Com'rs, water 1875


25 00


John Hartwell, per contract, care of cemeteries for 1875 . 210 50


$901 73


Discounts and Abatements.


Allowed on taxes


$4,641 31


Fire Department.


Paid Highland Hose Co., services 470 38


Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for Highland Hose House . 17 28


Arlington Water Comm'rs., water


for Highland Hose House 20 00


B. F. Blaisdell, wood for do. 4 00


A. B. Moulton, labor and stock for do. 2 50


H. Wellington & Co., coal for do. 7 55 Neilson Brothers, painting for do. 6 00 William Penn Hose Co., services 410 23 Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for Wm. Penn Hose House 35 48


Arlington Water Comm'rs., water for Wm. Penn Hose House 25 00


Amounts carried forward,


$998 42 $25,032 76


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Amounts brought forward,


$998 42 $25,032 76


Paid B. F. Blaisdell, wood for do. 4 00


H. Wellington & Co., coal for do. 37 40


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries for Wm. Penn Hose House . 13 05


Geo. D. Tufts, setting glass at do. 7 25


Hook and Ladder Co., services 339 62


W. L. Clark & Co., harness and repairs 27 40


Hill & Gott, blacksmith work 21 80


R. W. Shattuck & Co, sundries 25 51 James Baston, carpenter work 25. 56


S. C. Bucknam, use of horse 20 00


R. D. Blinn, one black mare 300 00


James Reardon, use of horse 1 50


H. A. Winship & Co., fire hats and blanket 91 00


Rice & Hooper, 2 ladder dogs 3 00


Wm. T. Wood & Co., fire-hooks, &c. 15 00


Geo. D. Tufts, lettering H. & L. truck 2 50 Arlington Press Asso., printing .. 6 24


Chas. Cutter, storing hose carriages Belt and Leather Stuffing Co., oil 87 05 T. H. Russell, oil 63


8 25


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., 2 hammers


2 40


Walter Russell, Asst. Engineer, 1873 40 00


Jos. Sinclair, bal'ce, Asst. Engi- neer, 1874 16 66


James Durgin, Asst. Engineer, 1874 40 00


Alfred Hobbs, Chief 100 00


Matthew Rowe, 2d, work on hy- drants, . 2 00


T. E. Rowe, work on hydrants, 2 00


Daniel Benham, washing hose 2 00


Matthew Rowe, sundries 3 04


Amounts carried forward,


$2,243 28 $25,032 76




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