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$1,763 05 $11,304 04
Paid Sylvester Stickney, basket, dish and burner, 2 10
J. M. Chase, repairs, 6 25
George D. Tufts, painting and glazing, 28 82
Matthew Patterson, expressing, 4 46
W. N. Winn, 66
1 75
A. Needham, 66
2 05
C. D. Warner, 66
50
A. F. Brooks, 66
35
R. H. Rose, 1} doz.
Grenade
fire extinguishers, 16 70
O. J. Derby, repairing clocks, 2 00
Water Commissioners, 18 cords of standing wood, 18 00
J. D. Austin, cutting 10 cords of wood, 15 00
W. W. Rawson, two pigs, 8 00
Joseph Teel, killing 2 hogs, 3 00
$1,872 03
Less, amount received from Town of Belmont, for support of pau- per, $38 97
amount received of
Edward Lacy for
board and tobacco, 298 40
Amounts carried forward, $337 37 $1,872 03 $11,304 04
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $337 37 $1,872 03 $11,304 04
Less, amount received of J. J. Lund for board, 36 00
amount received for sales of manure, pork, vegetables and calf, 45 61
418 98 1,453 05
Poor out of Almshouse. ·
Paid Worcester Lunatic Hospital, viz :
board of Margaret Lyons, daughter of Daniel Lyons, board of George V. Hill,
$191 36
63 28
" Jane H. Locke, 170 02
" " George Klingler, 177 06
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board. of Ellen Mehan, 88 37
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
for board in Taunton Lunatic
Hospital, of Olive S. Hill,
18 57
of Geo. H. Kelly,
44 58
State Workhouse, board of Michael Butler, 63 75
Massachusetts school for the fee-
ble minded, board of Evelina Wilson, 126 74
City of Cambridge,
aid to G. E. Muller, 3 50
" " Wm. H. Rhodes, 2 01
5 51
Amounts carried forward, $949 24 $12,757 09
TREASURER'S REPORT. 33
Amounts brought forward, $949 24 $12,757 09
Paid City of Boston,
aid to Geo. H. Kelley, $9 17 " " Mrs. M. F. Thomas, 12 95 " " James Claffey, 46 00 -- 68 12
City of Somerville, aid to Ellen Quirk, 58 75
Town of Burlington,
aid to Chas. P. Bradley, $48 05
" " A. C. Nichols, 12 00
-- -
60 05
J. Henry Hartwell, for burial
of Geo. V. Hill, $9 08
Chas. T. Bradley, 24 00
Colleen Ferguson, 22 00
James Beevens,
37 50
Less, amount paid by
Rev. T. H. Shahan, 10 00
27 50
Elizabeth S. Jones,
30 10
Wm. Morrow, 28 00
Frank Gleason, 11 00
151 68
J. P. Cleary & Co., burial of Jas. Claffey, 25 00
Geo. Skelton, digging grave, for C. P. Bradley, 2 50
Mrs. L. A. Jost, care of Eliza- beth S. Jones, 25 00
Dr. R. L. Hodgdon, medical
attendance for one year, 50 00
Amounts carried forward,
$1,390 34 $12,757 09
3
34
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,390 34 $12,757 09
Paid John Carroll, allowance of $3 a week, on account of an injury sustained by him while at work for the town, 80 50
Calvin Andrews, for conveying Dennis Hurley to the hospital, 5 00
Elijah Cutter, rent for Mrs. Wm. Farrell, 48 00
Ellen Ferguson, rent for Mrs. Mary Lacey, 33 00
Richard Lyons, rent for Mrs. Dennis Dunn, 36 00
John J. Scannell, rent for
Mrs. Mary Mccarthy, 18 00
Mrs. Ellen E. White, rent for Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, 18 00
C. F. Oakman, rent for Mrs. E. B. Moore, 48 00
Patrick Hourty, rent for Mrs. John O'Brien, 48 00
John Carroll, rent for Mrs. Nathaniel White, 60 00
Mrs. Mary Price,
rent for
Wm. Morrow, 18 00
R. L. Sawin, rent for Diehl family, 48 00
David Richards, for fuel delivered
the following persons, viz : Mrs. Marg't Sullivan, $9 00
" Ellen McGrath, 9 25
Amounts carried forward, $18 25 $1,850 84 $12,757 09
35
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $18 25 $1,850 84 $12,757 09
Paid for Mrs. E. B. Moore, 14 25
Henry Burns, 7 51
66 Mary Mccarthy, 3 26
66 Culinane, 9 51
66 Dennis Dunn, 6 25
66 Geare, 8 14
66 Hood, 1 63
Patrick Linskey, 4 50
John Reagan, 10 38
Robert Jost, 4 25
87 93
Paid Warren A. Peirce, for fuel delivered the following per- sons, viz. :
James Beevens, $30 77
Corn. McAuliffe, 1 56
John Morrow, 3 13
Robert Jost, 12 13
Mrs. Marg't Sullivan, 13 01
" Nath'l White, 4 88
John O'Brien, 19 52
66 Wm. Farrell, 5 38
66 Mary Mccarthy, 8 13
66 Ellen McGrath, 8 25
66 Mary Lacy, 7 75
66 E. B. Moore, 10 63
66 Dennis Dunn, 9 05
Geo. Klingler, 34 78
Geare, 8 25
Amounts carried forward,
$177 22 $1,938 77 $12,757 09
.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $177 22 $1,938 77 $12,757 09
Paid for Mrs. Culinane, 6 00
Hood, 5 75
" Ahern, 5 00
Paid George Clark, for groceries de- livered the following persons, viz. :
Mrs Mary McDonald,$1 68
J. H. Mandluff, 1 05
Henry Burns, 1 86
Hood, 2 52
John Reagan, 1 93
Patrick Linskey, 3 10
Matthew Rowe, for groceries de- livered the following persons, viz. :
Corn. McAuliffe, $84 00
Wm. Morrow, 4 28
Charles Griffin, 10. 27
Robert Jost,
6 56
James Beevens,
62 52
Mrs. Marg't Sullivan, 24 47
William Farrell, 9 05
" John O'Brien, 19 21
Mrs. M. Waugh, for groceries furnished the following per- sons, viz. : John Reagan, $3 78
193 97
12 14
220 36
Amounts carried forward,
$3 78 $2,365 24 $12,757 09
TREASURER'S REPORT. 37
Amounts brought forward, $3 78 $2,365 24 $12,757 09
Paid for Mrs. Mary Mccarthy, 7 00
" Hood, 2 05
" Geare, 6 47
19 30
Paid T. H. Russell, for groceries de- livered the following persons, viz. :
John Nolan, $9 80
Mrs. Henry Burns, 1 61
". Mary Mccarthy, 1 51
" John Reagan, 1 93
« Hood, 2 31
James Higgins, for groceries de- livered the following persons, viz. :
Mrs. Mary Mccarthy,$4 44
" Geare, 2 43
E. E. Upham, provisions fur- nished the following persons, viz. :
Mrs. Mary McDonald,$1 22
Henry Burns,
2 60
Patrick Linskey, 63
4 45
Ellen Hines, allowance,
24 00
Davies Dodge, medicine fur- nished sundry persons, 12 88
Amounts carried forward, $2,449 90 $12,757 09
17 16
6 87
38
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $2,449 90 $12,757 09
Paid O.W. Whittemore, medicine fur- nished Jas. Beevens, $13 35 furnished C. McAuliffe, 1 20
14 55
$2,464 45
Credit. Amount received of Town of Medford for aid to Patrick Linskey in Jan., 5 81
2,458 64
Counsel Fees.
Paid Hardy, Elder & Proctor, ser- vices in Gunsenheiser and Johnson nuisance cases, $40 00
also, in matter of By-Laws and Gunsenheiser case, 11 00
J. H. Hardy, services before the Legislature on Mystic sewer matter, 125 00
W. H. H. Tuttle, legal services,
5 00
Estate of I. O. Carter, legal services, 39 00
220 00
Cemeteries.
Paid Bernard McGowan, for labor, $372 50
Timothy A. Thompson, for fifty maple trees, 20 00
Jacob W. Manning, trees and shrubs, 15 76
Amounts carried forward, $408 26 $15,435 73
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $408 26 $15,435 73
Paid Wm. A. Callaghan, for manure, 17 75
S. G. Damon, for sods, trees, seed, labor and lock, 12 21
Parker & Wood, for lawn mower and grass seed, 16 50
W. A. Peirce, for team, 8 75
Thomas Bailey, labor with horse,
15 75
Highway Department, viz. : labor underpinning hearse house, 8 25 .
labor of men and horses in
April, 28 00
102} days' labor at $1.75 per day, 179 37
206 loads of gravel, 20 60
J. B. Hartwell, care of "Rob- bins lots," 17 00
Sylvester Stickney, labor on
water pipes, and sundries, 15 32
Arlington Water Commission- ers, for water, 50 00
James Baston, work on hearse house, 11 00
W. N. Winn, expressing trees,
1 50
U. S. & Canada Express, ex- pressing, 55
C. S. Parker, printing notices, 1 00
Amounts carried forward,
$811 81 $15,435 73
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $811 81.$15,435 73
Less, received of B. McGowan, for one load of loam, 50
received of R. L. Hodg-
don, for trees, 7 00
received of S. G. Damon, for leaves, 1 50
- 9 00
802 81
Cemetery Wall.
Paid J. P. Woods, for 200 feet of capping stone, $58 00
Boston & Lowell Railroad Co., freight on 6₺ perch of granite, 9 75
Sullivan, Harris & Prescott, for 200 feet of capping stone, 79 20
Jesse Bacon, for laying capping stone, 43 95
$190 90
Less, amount received of Jesse Ba- con, for 200 feet of capstone, 55 00
135 90
Decoration Day.
Paid Francis Gould Post 36, G. A. R., amount of appropriation for this account, 125 00
Drinking Fountains.
Paid Water Commissioners for water, 200 00
Amount carried forward, $16,699 44
TREASURER'S REPORT. 41
Amount brought forward, $16,699 44
Discounts and Abatements.
Six per cent. discount allowed on taxes of 1885, paid on or before August 1st, $4,312 84
Abatements allowed by the Board
of Assessors, as follows :
on taxes of 1885, 229 67
on taxes of 1884,
53 58
on taxes of 1883, 15 25
4,611 34
Fire Department.
Paid Highland Hose Co., services, $469 96
Menotomy Hook and Ladder Co., services, 411 75
Wm Penn Hose Co., services,
451 35
Charles Gott, Chief Engineer,
75 00
Matthew Rowe, first assistant engineer, 60 00
George Hill, jr., second assis- tant engineer and clerk, 70 00
C. S. Jacobs, jr., board of horse, · 240 00
Arlington Gaslight Co., as follows :
gas for Broadway hose house, 18 60
gas for Highland hose house, 12 90
. Water Commissioners, water
for Broadway hose house, 25 00
Amounts carried forward,
$1,834 56 $21,310 78
1
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,834 56 $21,310 78
Paid Water Commissioners, water for Highland hose house, 10 00
H. L. Alderman, medical at- tendance on horse, 2 00
Geo. L. Newhall, care of lame horse, 2 00
A. B. Moulton, labor and stock on Highland hose house, 5 00
B. Frank Locke, for mowing . grass around Highland hose house, 1 00
A. Needham, use of horse at fires, 60 00
expressing, 1 83
61 83
E. J. Sweeney, expressing lan- tern, 30
S. C. Buckman, use of horse in 1883, 10 00
George D. Moore, for repair- ing his carriage, 6 00
Michael Hines, repairing slating on Broadway hose house, 5 33
J. H. Fermoyle, for hauling Highland hose carriage, 5 00
Abel Lawrence, repairing har- ness, etc., 5 45
W. L. Clark & Co., repairing harness, etc., 4 75
Matthew Rowe, 2d, viz. :
for grading around Highland
hose house, 38 50
labor on sign, 3 00 41 50
Amounts carried forward,
$1,994 72 $21,310 78
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,994 72 $21,310 78
Paid Geo. D. Tufts, work on High- land hose house sign, etc., 15 90
Thos. H. King, repairing hose carriage, etc., 8 75
Chas. Gott, shoeing horse, etc., 15 13
R. W. Shattuck, sundries, 3 00
Sylvester Stickney, sundries,
15 95
Matthew Rowe, matches and
soap, 1 88
W. A. Peirce, as follows : coal and wood for Broadway hose house, 40 75
5 tons coal for Highland hose house, 24 50
$2,120 58
Less credit for work done by the fire department horse on the
highways, 56 87
2,063 71
Incidentals.
Paid Wm. Beals, for draping town hall at the time of Gen. Grant's death, $50 00
R. M. Yale & Co., for repairing flag, 7 80
W. J. Sweeney, labor on flag- staff, 50
E. A. Gleason, painting flag- staff, 22 50
Amounts carried forward,
$80 80 $23,374 49
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $80 80 $23,374 49
Paid R. K. Carpenter, for boun- dary stone for Winches- ter line, $6 00
J. O. Goodwin, surveying Winchester town line, 5 00
Highway Department, for hauling and setting stone bound, 3 50
14 50
Less,
received
from town of Winchester, 7 25
7 25
J. O. Hayden & Co., advertis-
ing hearing in matter of Ale- wife Brook nuisance, 3 75
Middlesex Townsman for print- ing 1000 annual reports, 246 77
Eugene Mead, services as jani-
tor of the town-house, etc., 429 65
Eugene O'Keefe, services as registrar of voters, 10 00
Wm. H. Pattee, services as reg- istrar of voters, 10 00
Walter . Crosby, services as
registrar of voters, 10 00
B. D. Locke, clerk of regis- trars of voters, 20 00
Thomas E. Thorpe, for care of town clock one year,. 20 00
Howard Watch & Clock Co., for repairing town clock, 5 20
Amounts carried forward,
$843 42 $23,374 49
45
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $843 42 $23,374 49
Paid Clerk of Courts, for entry of record of By-Law, 3 40
Geo. F. Morgan, for abstract of records for assessors, 24 05
David P. Green, services as auditor, 7 50
A. W. Damon, services as auditor, 7 50
B. L. Brooks, services as ac- countant, 22 00
James Baston, for repairing hay scales, 3 90
Frank Litchfield, ringing bell July 4, 3 00
C. F. Oakman, ringing bell July 4, 3 00
T. E. Thorpe, ringing bell July 4, 3 00
W. O. Menchin, ringing bell July 4, 3 00
B. D. Locke, for obtaining, re- cording, indexing and return- ing births, marriages and deaths, according to statute, 41 35 Charles S. Parker, printing and advertising notices, 111 20
C. B. Stevens, registrar for reg- istering deed, 1 50
E. Bucknam, for services copy- ing, etc., 6 60
Amounts carried forward,
$1,084 42 $23,374 49
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,084 42 $23,374 49
Paid Doane & Greenough, for record books, paper, envelopes, and stationery, 37 34
F. Doane & Co., stationery, 5 83
C. S. Jacobs, jr., for lunch for town officers at March and November meetings, 5 00
F. E. Fowle, postmaster, for stamps, envelopes, cards, etc., for all departments, 35 05
Calvin Andrews, for teams, for all departments, -
23 00
U. S. & Canada Express, ex- pressing, 1 45
W. N. Winn, expressing, 1 45
A. Needham, expressing, 85
$1,194 39
Credit, amount received of Geo. W. Austin, for auctioneer's license, 2 00
1,192 39
Insurance.
Paid George Y. Wellington, agent, premiums on policies, as fol- lows, viz. :
North British and Mercantile In- surance Company of London, for 5 years from March 9, 1885, at 3 per cent. :
Amount carried forward, $24,566 88
47
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$24,566 88
$300 on furniture and musical instruments in Locke School- house, $300 on furniture and musical instruments in Crosby School- house,
$200 on philosophical and chem- ical apparatus in Cotting High School-house,
$24 00
Franklin Fire Insurance Co., of Philadelphia, for one year from
July 1, 1885, at 1} per cent. : $300, on stone crusher building, $400, on stone crusher,
22 50
$800, on engine, boiler, etc., The Fire Association of Phila- delphia, 5 years from Nov. 26, 1885, $1800 at 3 per cent., The Traders and Mechanics In- surance Co., of Lowell, $1800, premium, $56 62.
54 00
less dividend, 13 17
43 45
On property as follows, viz : $1,500, on Almshouse barn, 1,200, on 6 horses, 150, on harnesses, 650, on road and farm tools, 100, on hay and grain,
$3,600
Amounts carried forward,
$143 95 $24,566 88
48
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $143 95 $24,566 88
Paid Rochester German Insurance Co., of Rochester, New York, for one year from Nov. 4, 1885, on school text-books, as fol- lows :
$800, in Russell School-house, at 3-4 per cent., $400, in Cutter School-house, at 1 per cent., $350, in High School-house, at 1 per cent., 13 50
157 45
Interest on Town Debt.
Paid on note to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, $21,000, 6 months interest at 7 per cent., $735 00 John Peabody, 1 year's interest at 7 per cent. on notes $12,000, 840 00 Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 1 year's interest on note $1000 to John Peabody at 7 per cent., 70 00
One year's interest at four per cent, on $13,500 coupon notes One year's interest at five per cent. on $16,000 coupon notes, Faneuil Hall National Bank, on loans, 435 73
540 00
800 00
Water Commissioners, on loan, 13 89
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, .
197 18
Amounts carried forward,
$3,631 80 $24,724 33
TREASURER'S REPORT. 49
Amounts brought forward, $3,631 80 $24,724 33
Paid Trustees of Public Library, 6 00
Trustees of Wm. Cutter School Fund, 321 24
Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, 36 79
Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund, 20 99
$4,016 82
Credit.
Interest received on taxes, $529 05
Interest received of
Faneuil Hall Na-
tional Bank, on deposits, 146 49
675 54 - 3,341 28
Interest on Water Debt.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation for interest on Water Scrip, 10,000 00
Public Library.
Paid L. J. Newton, salary as libra- rian, $491 66
Marion B. Fessenden, services as assistant, 130 80
Amounts carried forward,
4
$622 46 $38,065 61
50
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $622 46 $38,065 61
Paid Emily Bucknam, services mak- ing card catalogue, 98 50
Myra Poland, services making card catalogue, 133 37
Jennie Scott, services, 54 60
Wm. L. Clark, jr., services,
45 65
George C. Clark, services,
5 48
M. L. Dupee, services,
16 00
Eugene Mead, janitor, 5} months,
81 50
Arlington Gaslight Co., gas,
84 00
Arlington Water Commission- ers, water, 10 50
J. H. H. McNamee, for rebind- ing books, 49 64
Swan Brothers, rent 1 year, 400 00
Less received for rooms let,
from Abby C. Nute, 29 19
" Dr. Julia Tolman, 10 00 -- -- 39 19
-- 360 81
D. Richards, 3 tons of coal, 18 00
W. A. Peirce, 17 3-4 tons coal, 88 15
Richard Welch, for removing ashes, 1 00
C. S. Parker, for advertising and printing, 8 00
Edmund W. Noyes, printing li- brary cards, 7 00
O. B. Marston, labor and stock, 13 10
Amounts carried forward, · $1,697 76 $38,065 61
51
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,697 76 $38,065 61
Paid George D. Tufts, for painting, 12 45
Sylvester Stickney, stove fun- nel and sundries, 59 35
Mrs. D. Benham, for cleaning, 13 75
A. F. Brooks, for expressing, 3 90
U. S. & Canada Express, 66
7 00
W. N. Winn, expressing,
6 55
less, received of Globe Gas-
light Co., for crate returned,
30
6 25
E. J. Sweeney, expressing,
20
Cleaves, Macdonald & Co., books, 438 22
E. M. Fuller, book, 3 50
S. E. Cassino & Co., books, 30 00
J. M. Stoddart & Co., books, 10 00
H. C. Nash, manager, book, 5 00
Lockwood, Brooks & Co., books, 22 85
Estes & Lauriat, books,
12 00
V. H. Hall & Co., cov'g paper,
10 20
F. D. White & Co., " 66
10 54
Fuller, Leonard & Small, rub- ber bands, 75
Library Bureau, supplies, 10 67
M. A. Richardson & Co., news-
papers, 27 20
$2,381 59
Less, amount received for fines col-
lected by the librarian, 78 50
2,303 09
Amount carried forward,
$40,368 70
52
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$40,368 70
Police.
Paid Eugene Mead, services as chief,
$700 00
Garret Barry, services,
765 00
Michael J. O'Brien, 66
766 00
William O. Austin, 66
579 00
Jacob Schuhmacher,
66
6 00
Henry Diehl,
66
6 00
Charles B. Boutelle,
66
6 00
Calvin Andrews, for use of teams,
19 50
J. P. Lovell's Sons, for twisters and whistles, 3 00
Sylvester Stickney, for 2 keys, 65
C. M. Hall, for soap and crackers,
62
2,851 77
Salaries of Town Officers.
Paid George D. Tufts, services as selectman, etc., year ending March, 1886,
$250 00
James A. Marden, services as selectman, etc., year ending March, 1886,
175 00
Charles T. Scannell, services as selectman, etc., year ending March, 1886,
175 00
Warren A. Peirce, services as water commissioner, year end- ing March, 1886,
100 00
Amounts carried forward,
$700 00 $43,220 47
53
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $700 00 $43,220 47
Paid Alfred D. Hoitt, services as water commissioner, year end- ing March, 1886, 100 00
Apollos J. Tillson, services as water commissioner, year ending March, 1886, 100 00
Alfred D. Hoitt, services as as- sessor, year ending March, 1886, 140 00
Jacob Baird, services as asses- sor, year ending March, 1886, 140 00 B. Delmont Locke, services as assessor and clerk of assessors, year ending March, 1886, 220 00
B. Delmont Locke, services as treasurer, collector of taxes, town clerk, water registrar, and clerk of the boards of selectmen, water commission- ers, comm'rs of sinking fund, and trustees of Pratt fund, one year to January 1, 1886,
1,600 00 - 3,000 00
Sinking Fund.
Paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount of appropria- tion, 16,151 95
Amount carried forward, $62,372 42
54
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $62,372 42
Soldiers' Monument.
Paid Van Brunt & Howe, services as architect, on account,
175 00
Street Hydrants.
Paid Water Commissioners for use of hydrants for the year 1885,
1,000 00
Street Lamps.
Paid Arlington Gaslight Co., gas for 12 months, 85 lamps, $1,266 30 Globe Gaslight Co., for fur- nishing light for 117 lamps, Nov. 1, 1884, to May 1, 1885, 6 mos., at $12 per lamp per year, 684 10
Wheeler Reflector Co., for fur- nishing light for 122 lamps from May 1, 1885, to Jan. 1, 1886, 8 mos., at $11.50 per lamp per year of 240 nights, 986 48 Wheeler Reflector Co., glass for repairs before contract, 4 50
also, for one wooden post, 2 00
F. E. Garland, 2 gas torches, 7 00
Amounts carried forward,
$2,950 38 $63,547 42
TREASURER'S REPORT. 55
1
Amounts brought forward, $2,950 38 $63,547 42
Paid Geo. D. Tufts, repairing lamps, 38 50
James H. Fermoyle, lighting and care of gas lamps, for 12 months, 365 44
R. W. Shattuck, repairing lan- terns, 22 48
T. H. King, repairing, 2 80
Charles Gott, 66
2 00
Nathaniel Tufts, 4 governors,
4 50
Davies Dodge, alcohol for thaw- ing lamps, 4 09
3,390 19
State Aid, Chapter 301.
Paid Ellen Ferguson, $48 00
Alice M. Scanlan, 48 00
Hannah C. Murphy, 48 00
Ann Campbell, 48 00
Eveline C. Henry, 48 00
Eliza W. Locke, 48 00
Augusta C. Carpenter, 36 00
$324 00
Chapter 252.
Paid Eber Hill, $80 00
Arthur B. Moulton, 16 00
William H. Barnes, 120 00
Charles F. Hill, 36 00
Amounts carried forward, $252 00 $324 00 $66,937 61
56
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $252 00 $324 00 $66,937 61
Paid Robert Jost, 22 00
Edward P. Hildreth, 8 00
282 00
606 00
Town Debt.
Paid note to Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts, dated April 9, 1873, and payable April 9, 1885, with interest at 7 per cent., 21,000 00
Town House.
Paid Arlington Gaslight Co., for gas, $154 20 Water Commissioners, for water 30 00
Warren A. Peirce, 22 tons of coal, 111 10
Robert Fawcett, 30 baskets of charcoal, 9 00
Mrs. D. Benham, cleaning hall, 1 70
10 55
Mrs. Ellen T. Farrell, cleaning, C. M. Hall, for soap and matches, 1 93 G. W. Bent, remaking 8 cushions, 14 00 Edward Storer, labor and stock on fence and shelves, 5 47
Sylvester Stickney, repairing furnace, brushes, etc.,
12 73
R. W. Shattuck, sundry supplies,
2 01
Amounts carried forward,
$352 69 $88,543 61
57
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $352 69 $88,543 61
Paid O. W. Whittemore, carbolic acid, etc. 90
J. M. Chase & Co., repairs, 1 30
T. F. O'Brien, repairing shade, 35
355 24
Town Scales.
Paid Fairbanks, Brown & Co., for one Hay and Coal Scale, ca- pacity 20,000 pounds, $165 00
Warren A. Peirce, for cement and sand, 2 05
Highway Department, for labor on foundation, 23 00
- 190 05
Telephones.
Paid N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., for telephone service, at Town House, $50 30
at Almshouse, 36 40
86 70
Water Works, for Pipe on Gray Street.
Paid Water Commissioners, on ac- count of this appropriation, 172 75
Amount carried forward, $89,348 35
58
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $89,348 35
Water Works, for Pipe on Jason Street.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation for this ac- count, 600 00
Water Works, for laying Main Pipes.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount appropriated for this account, 800 00
Amount carried to page 67, $90,748 35
59
TREASURER'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS,
Teachers' Salaries.
Paid A. Gardiner Fisher,
$1,800 00
Horace A. Freeman,
1,540 00
Nathan T. Soule,
1,300 00
Leonard B. Marshall,
750 00
Eliza A. Simmons,
600 00
Laura M. Ball,
650 00
Olive M. Hobart,
500 00
Caroline C. Turner,
500 00
Anna Pillsbury, 500 00
Addie E. Flanders,
500 00
Georgie M. Tupper,
500 00
Louisa R. Warren,
500 00
Elizabeth B. Blake,
440 00
Elizabeth J. D. Kennard,
500 00
Mabel E. Blake,
470 00
Cora B. Ambrose,
300 00
Mary L. Peirce,
500 00
Lizzie De Blois,
500 00
Amount carried forward, $12,350 00
60
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $12,350 00
Paid Millie B. Farrington,
500 00
Mary F. Scanlan,
500 00
Annie C. Snelling,
500 00
Clara A. Farwell,
420 00
Lizzie A. Day,
370 00
Mary M. Brady,
370.00
Elizabeth L. Geer,
420 00
Jennie E. Chaplin,
180 00
$15,610 00
INCIDENTALS.
Russell School.
Paid James Thaxter, janitor, $700 00
Water Commissioners, water,
100 00
Aiken & Woodard, 10 baskets of charcoal, 3 50
Robert Fawcett, 50 baskets of charcoal, 15 00
Warren A. Peirce, 2 tons coal, 11 60
70 tons Lehigh coal at
$5.40, 378 00
389 60
Parker & Wood, baskets,
1 50
Oscar F. Howe, baskets,
4 50
M. E. Blake, cards and card- board, 2 08
Amounts carried forward,
$1,216 18 $15,610 00
61
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,216 18 $15,610 00
Paid F. A. Walker & Co., mats and dusters, 24 50
R. W. Shattuck, brushes, cop-
per wire and sundries 22 36
Geo. D. Tufts, setting
glass,
12 50
coating 2,686 feet of
blackboard,
80 58
93 08
Sylvester Stickney, cord, butts, etc., 1 36
Davies Dodge, carbolic powder, 1 70
U. S. & Canada Express, ex- pressing, 30
1,359 48
Cutter School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor, $250-00
Water Commissioners, water, 25 00
W. A. Peirce, 25 tons of coal 1 at $4.90, 122 50
James White, labor on walk,
3 00
H. E. Shepard, tuning piano,
1 75
J. P. Beddeos, painting,
83 85
Edward Storer, repairs,
18 04
R. W. Shattuck, one bell,
75
Sylvester Stickney, repairs of
furnace, pipe, brush, etc., 26 55
Amounts carried forward,
$531 44 $16,969 48
62
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $531 44 $16,969 48
Paid U. S. & Canada Express, ex- pressing, 40
531 84
Crosby School.
Paid Daniel Sweeney, janitor, $132 00
D. Richards, 1 ton of coal, 6 00
W. A. Peirce, 15 tons coal at $4.90, 73 50
D. F. Tripp, concreting, 6 45
James Baston, repairs,
40 10
R. W. Shattuck, repairs of fur- nace, etc., 1 90
259 95
Locke School.
Paid Kimball Farmer, janitor,
$150 00
W. A. Pierce, 5 tons .coal, 30 00 20 tons coal at $4.90, 98 00
128 00
Robert Fawcett, 25 baskets charcoal, 7 50
James White, cleaning well, 2 00
Nathaniel Jenkins, 1 pump,
13 50
J. P. Beddeos, painting,
8 33
Edward Storer, repairs,
20 00
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