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William Morrow, "1
93 54
Franklin Motree,
66
5 00
G. C. Muller,
66
23 81
Timothy Murphy,
66
2 00
John Murray,
1 00
James Noon,
469 44
Amount carried forward,
$3,311 08
25
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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,
66
24 00
John Reagan,
66
131 24
Dennis Reardon,
66
4 00
Morris Roach,
436 19
John Roden,
66
29 57
Cornelius Ryan,
66
14 00
Dennis Ryan,
66
278 00
E. T. Sargent,
66
4 00
Valentine Sargent,
66
2 50
Joseph Shepard,
66
86 99
Patrick Slattery,
66
261 54
John Splann,
66
1 00
Daniel Sullivan,
66
40 50
Daniel Sullivan, 2d,
66
1 00
John Sullivan,
66
27 50
Lawrence Sullivan,
66
157 53
Patrick Sullivan,
66
56 22
William Sullivan,
66
2 50
William Taylor,
66
14 00
Patrick Terry,
66
4 00
Richard Welch,
363 95
William Prentiss, hay,
131 23
Arlington Heights Land Co.,
Hay,
$63 70
Road tools,
13 00
76 70
66
75 43
William W. Scanlan,
9 00
Timothy Sullivan,
13 00
Samuel A. Fowle, grain,
Amount carried forward,
$5,719 52
26
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $5,719 52
Paid Patrick Slattery, hay, 23 57
Thomas Higgins, « 67 23
Abel Simonds, 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
27
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, stones, 50 00
cesspool
E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber,
49 31
F. E. Foster & Co., 66 20 24
Geo. H. Sampson, powder,
3 55
Amount carried forward, $7,980 32
28
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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
29
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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
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
30
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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
31
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$7,457 40
Almshouse and Support of Poor.
Paid E. E. Upham, provisions, $121 06
J. H. Peabody, 72 57
J. A. Goodwin,
145 88
John W. Marsh, 66
16 21
S. A. Fowle, grain,
75 43
Matthew Rowe, groceries, 132 48
C. W. Bastine,
105 76
T. H. Russell,
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
200 00
R. W. Shattuck, furnace,
R. W. Shattuck, repairs and sundries, 65 66
Sylvester Stickney, repairs and sundries, 4 16
Amounts carried forward,
$1,419 23
$7,457 40
32
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,419 23 $7,457 40
Paid J. A. Merrifield, repairs and sundries, 5 15
1
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
33
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
T. H. Russell, groceries for sundry poor, 33 26
Amounts carried forward,
$515 09
$8,950 09
3
34
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
35
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,511 86 $8,950709
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
36
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
TREASURER'S REPORT. 37
Amounts brought forward, $263 75 $11,401 15
Paid Sylvester Stickney, repairs and tools, 267 63 3 88
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
38
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, 10 00
Hill & Gott, cleaning out
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
39
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
Win. 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
40
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, George A. Stearns, whip, rec- ord book, bit, leather, waste and wash leather,
16 22
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
R. W. Shattuck, 2 snow shovels, 71 55
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
41
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.
25 00
Foster, services as Auditors, 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
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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- 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
TREASURER'S REPORT. 43
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, Insurance Co., of No. America, of Phila., April 1, 1878, 4,000
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, Less dividend, 52 50
60 00
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
46
TREASURER'S REPORT.
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, 970 00
O. A. Taft, 420 00
One year's interest on $16,000
coupon notes, at 5 per cent., 800 00
Commissioners of Sinking Fund, on loan, 100 03
Water Commissioners, on loan,
67 50
Faneuil Hall National Bank, $372 27
Less int. on deposits, 79 10
293 17
Trustees of Public Library,
6 00
" Wm. Cutter School
Fund,
321 24
Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, 36 79
Amounts carried forward,
$10,154 73
$20,420 01
47
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $10,154 73 $20,420 01
Paid Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund, 20 99
$10,175 72
Credit.
Interest received on taxes, 466 16
9,709 56
Interest on Water Debt.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation to pay inter- est on Water Scrip, 5,000 00
Public Library.
Paid L. J. Newton, salary as Libra- rian, $450 00
W. B. Clarke, books, 5 00
Frank Rivers,
10 00
Lee & Shepard, "
324 56
W. T. Coggeshall, books,
4 00
Lydia Meyers,
3 50
G. Twing, rebinding books,
4 50
Benjamin Adams, rebinding books, 25 50
J. F. Sampson & Co., covering paper, 8 00
D. F. Jones & Co., printing supplements, 13 50
Charles S. Parker, printing, 8 50
R. W. Shattuck, library steps, 3 75
Amounts carried forward,
$860 81
$35,129 57
48
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $860 81 $35,129 57
Paid Sylvester Stickney, altering gas fixtures, 10 71
Brooks, Rushton & Co., ex- pressing, 1 90
Winn's Express, expressing, 15
$873 57
Credit.
Amount received for fines, 60 00
813 57
Police.
Paid John H. Hartwell, $466 68
Garrett Barry, 536 00
Patrick J. Shean, 560 00
John Nolan, special police July 4th, 6 75
Michael Welch, special police July 4th, 6 75
C. F. Hartwell, special police July 4th, 6 75
1,582 93
Salaries of Town Officers.
Paid Henry Mott, services as se- lectman, etc., one year to March 3, 1879, $250 00
James Durgin, services as select- man, etc., one year to March 3, 1879, 200 00
William H. Allen, services as selectman, etc., one year to March 3, 1879, 150 00
Amounts carried forward, $600 00
$37,526 07
49
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $600 00 $37,526 07
Paid Dr. R. L. Hodgdon, services as water commissioner, one year to March 3, 1879, 150 00
John Fillebrown, services as water commissioner, one year to March 3, 1879, 100 00
Warren Rawson, services as water commissioner, from April 16, 1878, to March 3, 1879, 88 33
George Hill, services as water commissioner, from March 4, 1878, to April 16, 1878, 11 67
Henry Mott, services as asses- sor, one year to March 3, 1879,
125 00
Thomas P. Peirce, services as assessor, one year to March 3,1879, 125 00
B. Delmont Locke, services as assessor, one year to March 3, 1879, 200 00
B. Delmont Locke, services as treasurer, collector of taxes, town clerk, water registrar, clerk of selectmen and water commissioners, etc.,
2 months to March 1, 1878, at $2,000 per annum, $333 33 10 months to January 1,1879, at $1,600 per annum, 1,333 34
1,666 67
3,066 67
Amount carried forward,
$40,592 74
4
50
TREASURER'S RERORT.
Amount brought forward, $40,592 74
Street Hydrants.
Paid Water Commissioners for use of hydrants for the year 1878, 1,000 00
Street Lamps.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for 51 lamps, $1,052 64
T. K. Hutchinson, lighting and care of lamps for 4 months, 154 00
Bishop Brothers, 3 ladders, 7 50
Patrick J. Shean, lighting and care of lamps for 8 months, 60 00
Garrett Barry, lighting and care of lamps for seven months, 54 75
Wm. Sweeney, lighting and
care of lamps for 1 month, 7 50
John H. Hartwell, labor on lamps, 4 00
Globe Gas Light Co.,
for furnishing light
in November for 38 lamps, at $1.50, 3 m., $19 00
In December, for 40
lamps, at $1.50, 60 00
79 00
Tufts Brothers, burners,
5 50
George D. Tufts, repairing lan- terns, 24 50
Amounts carried forward;
$1,449 39
$41,592 74
51
TREASURER'S REPORT.
1
Amounts brought forward, $1,449 39
$41,592 74
Paid R. W. Shattuck, repairing lan- terns, burners and gas cocks, 14 50
Winn's Express, expressing burners, 30
-
1,464 19
State Aid.
Paid Ellen Ferguson,
$48 00
Alice M. Scanlan,
48 00
Susan Moore, 48 00
Hannah C. Murphy,
48 00
Ann Campbell,
48 00
Eveline C. Henry,
48 00
288 00
State Aid, Act of 1878.
Paid Francis Henson,
$25 50
Cornelius Ryan,
3 00
John Nolan, 2d,
12 00
Robert Jost,
12 00
Charles Cunningham,
9 00
A. C. Nichols,
22 50
84 00
Town House.
Paid Arlington Gas Light Co., gas, $491 20 Arlington Water Commission- ers, water, 30 00
Amounts carried forward,
$521 20
$43,428 93
52
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $521 20
$43,428 93
Paid J. W. Peirce, 18 tons of coal, 93 60
Aiken & Woodard, 18 bushels charcoal, 5 25
Edward Storer, stock for ante- room, 10 08
C. F. Hartwell, labor on ante- room, etc.,
10 27
F. A. Fessenden, window shades, 4 58
Murphy, Leavens & Co., duster,
2 75
O. W. Whittemore, carbolic acid,
1 15
George D. Tufts, setting glass, 4 25
R. W. Shattuck, repairs of fur- nace, etc., 26 32
T. H. Russell, brushes and soap, 1 35
Ann Benham, cleaning,
9 80
John Lawrence, painting,
22 14
Sylvester Stickney, kerosene oil, 25
712 99
Town Debt.
Paid Note to estate of George Hol- den, December 15, 1873, pay- able in five years, 5,000 00
Sinking Fund.
Paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount of appropri- ation, 5,497 97
Amount carried forward, $54,639 89
53
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $54,639 89
Monuments.
Paid R. K. Carpenter for five granite memorial tablets, $360 50 F. N. & O. G. Leman, painting letters on tablets, 10 00
Jesse Bacon, stock and labor on foundations for five tablets, 48 20
418 70
Locke School-house.
Paid John T. White, 15,608 sq. feet of land, at 5 cents, $780 40
Moses Fairbanks, Treasurer of Arlington Land Co., 7,200 sq. feet of land, at 5 cents, 360 00
Kern & Fitch, examining titles, &c., 48 50
Whitman & Breck, surveying, 38 00
D. F. Jones & Co., printing 20 copies of specifications, 18 50
H. B. Dennison, architect, 250 00
David Allen, building cellar, 130 00
Henry F. Ross, contractor, . 5,270 52 Jesse Bacon, 3 extra steps and mason work, 49 75
Jesse Bacon, stock and labor on furnace and vault, 22 44
McCormick & Haley, slating, 75 00
J. A. Swasey, blackboard sur- face, 33 90
Amounts carried forward,
$7,077 01
$55,058 59
54
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $7,077 01 $55,058 59
Paid Lawrence Leary, 12 days' labor,
grading, sodding, etc., 18 00
Patrick Collins, 10₺ days' labor, 15 75
J. W. Peirce, teams, 51 75
Joseph Breck & Sons, grass seed, 9 30
Highway Department, grading around school-house, 696 80
Highway Department, filling
and concreting cellar, on ac- count, 131 39
$8,000 00
Deduct amount expended during the year 1877, 5,172 20
2,827 80
Damages at Elm Tree.
Paid Execution of Michael Fallon vs. Town of Arlington, dam- ages and costs of suit in con- sequence of the upsetting of a carriage at old elm tree, near Alewife Brook, $672 23 Frank A. Johnson in settlement of a claim for damages caused by upsetting of a carryall at old elm tree, 40 00
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