Town of Arlington annual report 1876-1880, Part 15

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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


done as heretofore ; but by an arrangement with the Police, having the work done by them, we have been enabled to keep within the appropriation.


Appropriation,


$1,500 00


Expended, 1,464 19


Balance,


$35 81


Coal.


Adopting the usage of your former Board we have, acting with the School Committee, issued letters inviting proposals from a number of the prominent dealers for our usual sup- ply. The lowest bid of $4.95 per ton being received from Mr. J. W. Peirce, the contract was therefore given to him and has been satisfactorily complied with.


Cemeteries.


As for several years past the care of the cemeteries has been under the charge of Mr. J. B. Hartwell. Following the plan adopted by the former Board, we have caused foli- age plants and flowers to be set out in the grounds of the new cemetery to a limited extent.


Police.


Mr. John H. Hartwell was re-appointed Chief of Police, and Garrett Barry and P. J. Shean were appointed as assist- ants. The report of the Chief to the Selectmen shows the following items of interest.


The following table shows the number of arrests during the past year.


Whole number, 77


Decrease from last year, 39


Males, 68


Females, 9


- 77


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Drunkenness,


16


Vagrants,


3


Assault and battery,


18


Liquor nuisances,


6


Rape,


2


Disturbing the peace,


11


Assault on officer,


3


Malicious mischief,


2


Trespass,


5


Larceny,


2


Breaking and entering,


1


Other arrests,


8


Total,


77


In addition, five children have been found and returned to their homes, three to Cambridge and two to Boston, and one body drowned in Mystic Lake has been recovered.


Licenses.


The town not having given the Board any instructions in the matter, they thought it best to grant no licenses, feel- ing that this was all they had a legal right to do, leaving the matter where the law leaves it, in the hands and power of the citizens. The following is an extract of the law : " If two persons, of full age, and competent to testify," " make complaint under oath before a justice of the peace," " that they have reason to believe, and do believe, that any " " spirituous or intoxicating liquor is kept or deposited by a " " person named in the complaint, in a store, shop, ware-" " house, building, vehicle, or place, and intended for sale " " contrary to law, such justice, upon its appearing that" " there is probable cause to believe said complaint to be" " true, shall issue a warrant of search to any sheriff, chief "


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" of police, or constable, commanding him to search the " " premises in which it is alleged such liquor is deposited," " and to seize such liquor, with the vessels in which it is" " contained."


And we would here say that the police have been in- structed, and they have at all times been ready to prosecute all illegal sales of intoxicating liquors in town, when they have been furnished with the proof of such sales by reliable evidence.


Outside Poor.


Your Overseers have tried to distribute the funds at their disposal, in as economical, yet liberal a manner as the circum- stances of each applicant demanded, trying to discriminate between the honest and deserving, and those whom we feared were not so. The following figures will show the result :


Appropriation in March,


$1,600 00


66 " Sept., 500 00


Credited from income poor widows' fund, 200 00


$2,300 00


Expended,


2,242 01


Balance,


$57 99


Lawsuits.


During the summer we have been called upon to defend the town in a suit brought for damage caused by a collision with the old elm tree near the Cambridge line, the tree having since been removed, the accident having occurred in November of last year. There have been no suits com- menced against the town, and to our knowledge, but one threatened during our administration, and that one amicably adjusted, excepting suits connected with the water-works.


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Fire Department.


For information regarding this department, we refer you to the report of the Chief Engineer.


Water Scrip.


At the request of the Water Commissioners, Arlington Water Scrip has been issued to furnish funds to enable them to settle damages, &c., according to votes of the town. The same course has been pursued in disposing of the bonds as heretofore, that is, proposals have been issued to the leading bankers and brokers soliciting bids.


Total amount of Scrip sold, $85,000 00


Jan. 24, Brewster, Basset & Co., $5,000, 6 per cent. Scrip at 110.03, $5,501 50


July 18, Charles A. Sweet & Co., $68,000, 5 per cent. Scrip at 101.57, 69,067 60


Aug. 3, Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, $5,000, 5 per cent. Scrip at 101.57, 5,078 50


Dec. 2, Brewster, Basset & Co., $7,000, 5 per cent. Scrip at 102.65, 7,185 50


$86,833 10


Amount of premiums received on sales, $1,833 10


Conclusion.


In concluding our report we refer you to the Treasurer's Report for a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures, and beg leave to say that we think we have tried according to the best of our ability to administer the affairs of the


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town in as judicious yet liberal a manner as under all the circumstances we were able to do, and keep within the ap- propriation in all departments. We leave our fellow citi- zens to judge whether or not we have been right in our endeavors.


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY MOTT,


Selectmen


JAMES DURGIN, of WILLIAM H. ALLEN, Arlington.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


EXPENDITURES.


Highways and Bridges.


Paid David Allen,


labor,


$31 50


George W. Austin,


296 24


James Beevens,


137 66


Daniel Benham,


66


94 94


William Bradley,


66


74 30


John Brady,


2 00


John Burns,


231 73


Michael Burns,


66


4 00


William Burns,


8 00


John F. Butler,


66


2 00


Patrick Clifford,


66


18 50


Michael Collins,


66


15 00


Patrick Collins,


66


1 00


Peter Connolly,


82 48


Peter Connors,


146 62


Michael Coursey,


11 00


Jeremiah Crowley,


121 59


John Curtin,


66


145 40


George Doherty,


66


2 00


Dennis Donahue,


2 00


James Donahue,


3 00


Amount carried forward, $1,430 96


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Amount brought forward,


$1,430 96


Paid John Donahue,


labor,


1 50


Thomas Donnelly,


66


23 00


Eber Dickey,


66


2 00


Michael Fermoyle,


88 81


Patrick Fermoyle,


66


105 47


John C. Fisher,


1 50


Thomas Fitzgerald,


66


1 00


Thomas Flynn,


66


3 75


James Galvin,


6 00


John Gee,


6 87


Michael Harrington,


6 50


Eber Hill,


47 93


Patrick Hourty,


111 35


Daniel Hurley,


66


41 86


Patrick Hurley,


2 00


Patrick Kelly,


12 00


Ira Kenniston,


66


1 50


S. E. Kimball,


293 31


Abraham King,


9 50


Andrew King,


66


73 49


Edward Lacy,


293 78


Richard Lyons,


3 00


Cornelius Mahoney,


66


1 00


Jeremiah Maloney,


5 00


Cornelius McAuliffe,


121 79


Bernard McGowan,


9 67


Andrew McManus,


11 75


William Morrow,


93 54


Franklin Motree,


5 00


G. C. Muller,


66


23 81


Timothy Murphy,


66


2 00


John Murray,


66


1 00


James Noon,


66


469 44


Amount carried forward,


$3,311 08


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Amount brought forward,


$3,311 08


Paid John O'Brien,


labor,


140 85


Patrick O'Neal,


66


20 00


Terrence Owens,


66


2 00


J. W. Peirce,


60


24 00


John Reagan,


66


75 43


Dennis Reardon,


. 66


131 24


Morris Roach,


4 00


John Roden,


66


436 19


Cornelius Ryan,


29.57


.


Dennis Ryan,


66


14 00


E. T. Sargent,


66


278 00


Valentine Sargent,


4 00


William W. Scanlan,


66


2 50


Joseph Shepard,


66


86 99


Patrick Slattery,


66


261 54


John Splann,


1 00


Daniel Sullivan,


66


40 50


Daniel Sullivan, 2d,


66


1 00


John Sullivan,


66


27 50


Lawrence Sullivan,


66


9 00


Patrick Sullivan,


157 53


Timothy Sullivan,


56 22


William Sullivan,


66


2 50


William Taylor,


14 00


Patrick Terry,


66


4 00


Richard Welch,


66


13 00


Samuel A. Fowle, grain,


363 95


William Prentiss, hay,


131 23


Arlington Heights Land Co.,


Hay,


$63 70


Road tools,


13 00


76 70


Amount carried forward,


$5,719 52


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1


Amount brought forward, $5,719 52


Paid Patrick Slattery, hay, 23 57


Thomas Higgins, « 67 23


Abel Simonds, 66


51 70


A. D. Hoitt, straw,


30 75


W. L. Clark & Co., repairing harness, &c., 43 80


Abel Lawrence, repairing har- ness, &c., 37 85


James Wyman, double harness, 20 00


E. J. Kraitzer, horse blankets, 14 00


E. Jobert, one sorrel mare, 312 50


Hill & Gott, shoeing horses and blacksmithing, 287 36


Thomas Higgins, blacksmithing, .155 69


William H. Richardson, “ 185 17


Wm. T. Wood & Co., steel wedges, 5 70


Samuel C. Buckman, handles,


4 00


Wm. O. Menchin, wheelwright repairs, 23 50


J. A. Merrifield, wheelbarrows, &c., 6 63


R. W. Shattuck, repairs and sundries, 100 95


Sylvester Stickney, repairs and sundries,


12 17


Charles Hatch, surveying and plans, 95 50


Chapman & Soden, tar and pitch, 63 45


Arlington Gas Light Co., coal tar, 1 23 75


W. W. Mudge, wood, 33 34


Amount carried forward, $7,418 13


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward, $7,418 13


Paid B. F. Blaisdell, wood, 9 81


G. W. Kendrick, “ 5 50


Kendall & Roberts, repairing stone crusher, 5 38


J. C. Hobbs & Son, repairing stone crusher, 36 29


D. P. Green & Co., castings for crusher, 17 56


J. A. Wellington & Co., coal for crusher, 7 83


Arlington Water Commission- ers, water for crusher, 7 50


· Joseph Shepard, stone for mac- adamizing, 60 00


Jeremiah Crowley, stone for macadamizing, 44 54


Andrew King, stone for mac- adamizing, 37 50


Patrick Mead, stone for mac- adamizing, 49 86


Peter Connors, stone for mac- adamizing, 3 10


Thomas Flynn, stone,


35 62


City of Cambridge, covering stone, 2 50


Abel Peirce, gravel, 90 50


Thomas Morton, " 22 60


Joseph Teel, sand, 3 00


R. K. Carpenter, cesspool


stones, 50 00


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber, 49 31


F. E. Foster & Co., 20 24


Geo. H. Sampson, powder, 3 55


Amount carried forward, $7,980 32


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Amount brought forward, $7,980 32


Paid T. H. Russell, powder, fuse, &c., 3 60


Morss & Whyte, gravel screen, 8 50


Geo. D. Tufts, painting street signs, &c., 45 30


James Baston, labor and ma- terials, 30 05


James M. Chase, labor and ma- terials, 35 96


Edward Storer, street signs,


6 25


David Clark, painting wagon, 12 00


Fire Department, work of horse, 64 25


W. C. Currier, horse hire, 63 00


D. F. Jones & Co., printing labor tickets, 3 25


John Newell, lighting old elm, 15 00


Lewis Putnam, attendance on horse,


7 50


Davies Dodge, horse medicine,


85


Jesse Bacon, mason work and stock,


26 07


J. W. Russell, setting stone and stock, 5 25


F. W. Hodgdon, work on plan, 2 00


C. B. Stevens, Reg., recording deed, 50


Journal Newspaper Co., adver- tising for superintendent, 3 75


R. M. Pulsifer & Co., adver- tising for superintendent, 4 00


Henry Mott, expenses to Bed- ford, 1 65


J. W. Peirce, gravel and posts, 7 20


Amount carried forward, $8,326 25


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Amount brought forward, $8,326 25


Paid Alfred Brooks, use of derrick, and axe hoe, 3 25


Matthew Patterson, express on


tar and screen,


5 90


Geo. H. Hutchinson, express on tar, 2 00


$8,337 40


V


Credits.


Received of Unitarian Society for gravel, $10 00


R. W. Hopkins, for gravel, 12 00


John D. Freeman, for gravel, 5 00


Geo. Swan, for gravel and concreting, 11 55


A. D.Hoitt, for gravel, 2 00


David Puffer, 66


10 00


Geo. D. Tufts,


1 50


E. W. Corey,


4 69


John Osborn, 66 3 12


Henry Mott, 66


2 00


Water Commissioners, for labor at Great


Meadows, 71 25


School Committee, for


filling and concre-


ting cellar of Locke School-house,


181 90


Henry Swan, for con- creting, 24 50


Amounts carried forward,


$339 51


$8,337 40


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Amounts brought forward, $339 51 $8,337 40


Received of S. A. Fowle, for con- creting, 43 20


S. D. Hicks, for con- creting, 19 80


Thomas Higgins, for concreting, 63 50


Geo. H. Lawrence, for concreting, 1 75


H. W. Huguley for concreting, 15 00


Patrick Mead, for


horse "Charlie," 50 00


Dennis Reardon, for horse cart, 37 00


John Curtin, on acc't,


horse cart and new shaft, 25 74


Amount of subscrip-


tions for watering streets, 247 00


Town of Medford, for coal tar, 3 00


Town of Burlington, for tar and labor, 6 75


Walter Bates, for coal tar, 12 50


S. E. Kimball, for coal tar, 6 25


W. H. Richardson, hauling stone, 9 00


880 00


Amount carried forward,


$7,457 40


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Amount brought forward, $7,457 40


Almshouse and Support of Poor.


Paid E. E. Upham, provisions, $121 06


J. H. Peabody, 66


72 57


J. A. Goodwin,


145 88


John W. Marsh,


16 21


S. A. Fowle, grain,


75 43


Matthew Rowe, groceries,


132 48


C. W. Bastine,


105 76


T. H. Russell, 66


103 79


Michael Waugh, 66


44 95


H. B. Mitchell, fish, 38 64


T. M. Hutchinson, «


13 07


James Fermoyle, oysters,


8 10


John H. Powers & Co., bread, &c., 33 05


W. H. Pattee, bread,


27 11


J. R. Currier, crackers,


7 89


C. W. Ilsley, ice,


31 87


Russell Cook, milk,


3 22


Crosby Brothers & Co., butter,


34 49


W. W. Rawson, 2 pigs,


7 50


Isaac Hoffmaster, service of bull,


1 00


F. A. Rolfe, dry goods,


25 28


A. P. Cutter, apples,


5 50


J. A. Wellington & Co., coal,


28 45


J. W. Peirce, coal,


66 11


R. W. Shattuck, furnace,


200 00


R. W. Shattuck, repairs and sundries, 65 66


Sylvester Stickney, repairs and sundries, 4 16


Amounts carried forward,


$1,419 23


$7,457 40


1


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Amounts brought forward, $1,419 23 $7,457 40


Paid J. A. Merrifield, repairs and sundries, 5 15


J. M. Eaton, soap, 1 00


D. J. Sullivan, sharpening saws, 2 50


Ammi Hall, carpenter work, labor and stock, 13 96


A. L. Teel, carpenter work, repairs, 3 50


James Baston, carpenter work, labor and stock, 17 07


James M. Chase, carpenter work, labor and stock, 18 28


Dr. R. L. Hodgdon, medical attendance, 12 00


Davis Dodge, medicine,


10 75


O. W. Whittemore, “


2 55


D. G. Currier, repairing clocks, &c., 6 75


L. C. Tyler, shoes for inmates, 13 05


George D. Tufts, painting and glazing, 7 55


John Lawrence, painting and glazing, 7 50


Geo. W. Simmons & Son, cloth- ing for G. W. Martin, 14 00


M. A. Richardson & Co., clothing for G. W. Martin, 3 85


W. L. Clark & Co., leather for A. Locke, 4 25


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber, 2 40


Worcester Brothers, furniture, carpet and repairs, 137 96


Mary J. Donovan, labor, 54 00


Amounts carried forward, $1,757 30


$7,457 40


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $1,757 30 $7,457 40


Paid S. E. Kimball, paid Emma Cor- thell for sewing, 16 00


John Cutter, 200 cabbage plants, 1 00


Abel Simonds, 125 tomato " 5 00


John B. Hartwell, burial of Simon Haas, 11 00


Winn's Express, expressing, 95


M. Patterson, 1 30


W. W. Mudge, 2 bbls. pump- kins, 1 00


$1,793 55


Less amount received of Town


of Belmont for sup- port of pauper, $38 97


Board of James Noon, 165 00


Board of Edward Lacy and tobacco, 49 60


Received for beans, pork, pigs and ap- ples sold, 47 29


300 86


- 1,492 69


Poor out of Almshouse.


Paid C. W. Bastine, groceries for sundry poor, $180 49


Michael Waugh, groceries for sundry poor, 301 34 a


T. H. Russell, groceries for sundry poor, 33 26


Amounts carried forward,


$515 09


-


$8,950 09


3 .


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward. $515 09 $8,950 09


Paid M. Rowe, groceries for sundry poor, 156 00


Geo. P. Stevens, groceries for sundry poor, 5 00


J. A. Goodwin, provisions for sundry poor, 16 65


J. W. Peirce, fuel for sundry poor, 310 40


L. C. Tyler, shoes for sundry poor, 35 25


F. A. Rolfe, dry goods for sun- dry poor, 11 34


Thomas McCue, assistance ren- dered him, 36 00


Michael Fermoyle, assistance rendered him, 40 00


City of Cambridge, settlement of Harrington pauper case, 53 29


J. H. Hardy, case of J. R. Willis, 9 60


Town of Swampscott, care, med- ical attendance and funeral of Jos. Kelley, 32 00


Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board of Jane H. Locke, widow of Joseph Locke. 137 50


Worcester Lunatic Hospital,


viz. : board of Endor Esta- brook, 204 73


Less amount received


of A. F. Estabrook, 50 99


153 74


Amounts carried forward,


$1,511 86


$8,950 09


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $1,511 86 $8,950 09


Paid Board of Margaret Lyons, daugh- ter of Daniel Lyons, 120 84


Board of John Haas, 199 94


C. J. Adams, support in House of Correction, of Stephen Woodbridge and W. H. Mar- tin, 17 43


Julia B. Mahoney, rent for Mrs. J. McCarthy, 48 00


T. F. O'Brien, rent for Marga- ret Sullivan, 24 00


Thomas Cahalin, rent for Diehl family, 28 00


Daniel J. Sullivan, rent for Diehl family, 27 00


James Price, rent for Mrs. Hig- gins, 26 75


Ellen Ferguson, rent for Pat- rick Rowe, 48 00


William Burns, rent for Mrs. White,


.


44 00


J. M. Locke, rent for Wm. Morrow, 5 00


J. M. Locke, rent for G. C. Muller, 8 00


R. L. Hodgdon, medical at- tendance, 63 00


J. B. Hartwell, funeral expenses of Jenny Campbell, $34 50 Less cash received on acc't, 8 00


26 50


J. H. Hartwell, expense paid out for tramps, 2 03


Amounts carried forward,


$2,200 35


$8,950 09


-


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $2,200 35 $8,950 09


Paid H. W. Hill, repairing boots for W. H. Martin, 1 25


R. W. Shattuck, repairs of stove for Michael Lane, 4 75


Davis Dodge, medicine for poor 34 88


O. W. Whittemore, medicine for poor, 1 10


M. A. Richardson & Co., cloth-


ing for poor, 22 18


2,264 51


Less amount received of A. C. Nichols on account assist- ance rendered, 22 50


2,242 01


Counsel Fees.


Paid John H. Hardy, legal services. 209 05


Cemeteries.


Paid John B. Hartwell, care of cem- eteries for 1878, $200 00


John B. Hartwell, 1 grindstone, 6 00


Arlington Water Commission- ers, water, 25 00


Rob't Dinsmore, bedding plants,


30 00


Hill & Gott, iron wrench and repairs of gate, 1 25


R. W. Shattuck, 1 axe, 1 50


Amounts carried forward, $263 75


$11,401 15


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $263 75 $11,401 15


Paid Sylvester Stickney, repairs and tools, 3 88 267 63


Discounts and Abatements.


Allowed on taxes, 3,916 42


Fire Department.


Paid Highland Hose Co., services, $417 86


William Penn Hose Co., ser- vices, 445 00


Menotomy Hook and Ladder Co., services, 262 53


C. S. Jacobs, Jr., board of horse, 296 43


Samuel C. Buckman, use of horse, 6 50


Dennis Reardon, use of horse, 1 50


A. Needham, use of horse and expressing hose, 21 20


Alfred Hobbs, Chief Engineer, 1877, 25 00


James Durgin, Assistant Engi- neer, 1877, 50 00


A. B. Moulton, Assistant Engi- neer, 1877, 25 00


Charles Gott, Assistant Engi-


neer, 1877. 25 00


Amounts carried forward,


$1,576 02


$15,585 20


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $1,576 02 $15,585 20


Paid George A. Stearns, Assistant


Engineer and Secretary, 1877, 30 00


Henry W. Schwamb, ringing school-house bell, 1877, 5 00


Engine No. 4, of Cambridge, services at fire Dec. 24, 1877, Hill & Gott, cleaning out


10 00


cellar, 75


Repairs on hose truck, 3 10


Shoeing horse, 11 75


2 cranks to ladder, 2 50


2 horse pungs,


250 00


268 10


John F. Butler, watchman at Steinkrauss fire, 1 50


John Murray, watchman at


Steinkrauss fire, 1 50


Daniel Benham, watchman at Steinkrauss fire, 1 50


Major Bacon, watchman at Steinkrauss fire, 2 00


J. W. Russell, watchman at Steinkrauss fire, 2 00


Warren A. Peirce, watchman at Steinkrauss fire, 2 00


John Mahoney, watchman at Steinkrauss fire, 2 00


Daniel Sullivan, watchman at Steinkrauss fire, 2 00


Joshua T. Armstrong, watchman at Steinkrauss fire, 2 00


Matthew Rowe, 2d, labor on hydrants, 1 50


' Amounts carried forward, $1,907 12


$15,585 20


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $1,907 12


$15,585 20


Paid Major Bacon, labor on hydrants, 3 00


J. W. Ronco, labor on hydrants, 2 00


G. P. Peirce, labor on hydrants, 2 00


C. F. Hartwell, labor on hy- drants,


2 00


Charles Gott, Chief Engineer, 6 months, 25 00


A. B. Moulton, Ass't Engineer, 6 months,


25 00


George A. Stearns, Ass't Engi- neer and Secretary, 6 months, 30 00 James Durgin, Ass't Engineer, 6 months, 25 00


Wm. S. Gibson, Ass't Engineer, 3 months, 12 50


Arlington Water Commission- ers, water for William Penn hose house, 25 00


Arlington Water Commission- ers, water for Highland hose house,


10 00


Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for William Penn hose house, 36 00 Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for Highland hose house, 18 00


H. A. Winship, 1 hat and front, and repairs of hats, 8 50


George H. Taylor, repairs of " Eureka " Engine, 30 00


M. Patterson, expressing " Eu- reka " Engine, 4 00


George D. Tufts, painting and setting glass, 17 50


Amounts carried forward, $2,182 62


$15,585 20


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $2,182 62 $15,585 20


Paid Wm. L. Clark & Co., painting and varnishing hose carriage and 11 fire hats, and repairs, 16 22 George A. Stearns, whip, rec- ord book, bit, leather, waste and wash leather, 12 08


C. W. Bastine, 1 qt. of oil and matches, 80


J. W. Peirce, fuel for William Penn hose house, $29 50


Highland hose house, 11 70


41 20


Warren A. Peirce, rotten stone and oil, 1 00


J. C. Hobbs & Son, repairs on Hose 2, 2 00


C. S. Parker, printing for High- land Hose Co., 7 00


A. B. Moulton, services of men at Reardon fire, 3 00


Sylvester Stickney, stoves and sundries for Highland Hose Co., 60 50


Sundries for William


Penn Hose Co., 11 05


71 55


R. W. Shattuck, 2 snow shovels, 1 wrench, oil and sundries, 13 34


2,350 ,81


Less credit for work done by the fire department horse on the high- ways, 64 25


2,286 56


Amount carried forward,


$17,871 76


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$17,871 76


Incidentals.


Paid D. G. Currier, care of town clock, and repairing clock, $36 50


Franklin Litchfield, ringing bell 4th of July, 3 00


C. F. Hartwell, ringing bell 4th of July, 3 00


Orin N. West, ringing bell 4th of July, 3 00


Isaac Wood, ringing bell 4th of July, 3 00


Abel R. Proctor, and Wm. T.


Foster, services as Auditors, 25 00


Forbes Lithograph Manuf'g Co., 100 sheets of Water Bonds, 27 00


L. Stephenson & Co., repairing hay scales, 45 00


Edward Storer, repairing hay scales, 49 63


Alfred Brooks, repairing hay scales, 8 25


D. F. Jones & Co., printing reports, &c., 287 36


Charles S. Parker, printing, 102 95


Sampson, Davenport & Co., di- rectory, 5 00


J. B. Hartwell, undertaker, re- turning deaths, 15 50


J. H. Hartwell, services as jan- itor, &c., 452 35


F. E. Fowle, stamps, envelopes, telegrams, &c., 25 25


Amounts carried forward,


$1,091 79


$17,871 76


42


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Amounts brought forward, $1,091 79 $17,871 76


Paid B. D. Locke, obtaining, recor- ding, indexing and returning births, marriages and deaths, 41 65


Brooks, Rushton & Co., ex- pressing, scales, &c., 6 80


A. Needham, expressing, 1 60


Doane & Greenough, books and stationery, 21 75


Edward Storer, repairing pest- house, 2 50


O. W. Whittemore, 16


W. C. Currier, horse hire, 25 50


J. H. Hardy, paid witness fees in case Fallon vs. Arlington, 8 00


J. H. Hartwell, constable, wit- ness fees in Fallon case, 2 00


$1,201 75


Credit.


Received of S. B. Tappan for


auctioneer's li- 6


cense, $2 00


E. P. Henderson,


for auctioneer's


license,


2 00


C. S. Jacobs, Jr.,


for billiard li-


cense,


2 00


Wm. L. Sweatt, for billiard li-


cense,


2 00


8 00


1,193 75


Amount carried forward,


$19,065 51


43


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$19,065 51


Insurance.


Paid George Y. Welling- ton, agent, premi- ums on Policies, as follows, viz. : On Russell School- house, $35 000


On heating apparatus, furniture and fix- tures, 5 000


Divided as follows, viz. : Connecticut Fire In- surance Co. of Hart- ford, Conn., April 1, 1878, 4,000


No. British & Mercan- tile Insurance Co., of London, April 1, 1878, 4,000


Franklin Fire Insur- ance Co., of Phila., April 1, 1878, 4,000


Insurance Co., of No. America, of Phila., April 1, 1878, 4,000


Fire Association of Phila., July 14, 1878, 4,000 St. Paul Fire & Ma- rine Insurance Co., Minn., July 14, 1878, 4,000


Amounts carried forward,


$24,000


$19,065 51


44


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $24,000


$19,065 51


Royal Insurance Co., of Liverpool, Sept. 15, 1878, 4,000


Springfield Fire & Ma- rine Insurance Co., Mass., Sept. 15, 1878, 4,000


Home Insurance Co., of New York, Sept. 15, 1878, 4,000


Queen Insurance Co., of Liverpool and London, Sept. 15, 1878, 4,000


$40,000 Insured for five years, at 2 per cent. 800 00


On Town House, $12,000


On Library, 3,000


Divided as follows, viz. :


Fire Association of Philadelphia, March 7,1878, $3,750


Connecticut Fire In-


surance Co., of


Hartford, Conn., March 9, 1878, 3,750


Insurance Co. of North America, of Phila.,


Feb. 20, 1878, 3,750


Amounts carried forward, $11,250 $800 00 $19,065 51


45


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $11,250 $800 00 $19,065 51


Traders & Mechanics Insurance Co., Low- ell, Feb. 21, 1878, 3,750


$15,000 Insured for five years, at 2 per cent., 300 00


,


On Crosby School-house. Traders & Mechan- ics Insurance Co. of Lowell, Feb. 15, 1878, insured for five years, $3,000, at 2 per cent, 60 00 Less dividend, 52 50


7 50


On Cotting High School-house. Traders & Mechanics Insurance Co., of Lowell, Nov. 1, 1878, insured for five years, $2,500, at 2 per cent, 50 00


On William Penn hose


house, $7,000


On hose, furniture and fixtures, 1,500


Divided as follows, viz. : Connecticut Fire In-


surance


Co., of


Hartford,


Conn.,


April 1, 1878,


$4,250


Amounts carried forward, $4,250 $1,157 50 $19,065 51


1


46


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Amounts brought forward, $4,250 $1,157 50 $19,065 51


Fire Association of Philadelphia, Feb. 11, 1878, 4,250


8,500


Insured for 5 years at 2 per cent.,


170 00


On Stone Crusher, building and machinery, $1,800 Franklin Fire Insurance Co., of Phila., insured for 1 year, ending July 1, 1879, at 1 1-2 per cent., 27 00


1,354 50


Interest on Town Debt.


Paid Plymouth Savings Bank,


$2,100 00


Commonwealth of Massachu-


setts, 3,640 00


Estate of George Holden, 1,400 00


John Peabody,




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