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Five lost children have been cared for and returned to their homes.
267 tramps have been sent to the Almshouse for lodging ; males 257, females 10, and 29 have been lodged at the station.
EUGENE MEAD, Chief of Police.
Fire Department.
The Chief Engineer's and Treasurer's Reports will furnish the details of this department.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES A. BAILEY, Selectmen
GEORGE D. TUFTS, of
GEORGE D. MOORE, Arlington.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
Highways and Bridges.
Paid George W. Austin,
lahor,
$810 00
David Allen,
238 40
Jacob Bassing,
66
7 87
Francis A. Baxter,
48 56
W. N. Bean,
66
10 49
Daniel Benham,
66
262 00
William Bradley,
268 56
Thomas Brady, Jr.,
15 74
Patrick Breen,
62 50
Henry Burns,
99 27
Margaret Burns,
" horses, 611 45
Michael Burns,
66
205 13
William Burns,
41 12
John Canniff,
1 75
Timothy Canniff,
203 85
John F. Casey,
221 36
George Cavanagh,
66
12 24
John A. Christie,
12 24
Nodiah Covert,
66
103 35
Jeremiah Crowley,
305 76
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Amount carried forward,
$3,541 64
19
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$3,541 64
Paid John Curtin,
labor,
105 53
John J. Curtin,
63 86
James Donahue,
7 00
John Donahue,
66
119 42
Timothy Donovan,
19 23
John H. Farrell,
66
259 40
Eli Fletcher,
66
91 86
James Hehir,
66
539 50
John Henderson,
66
10 50
James Higgins,
7 43
John Hodge,
28 43
Patrick Hourty,
66
274 13
Daniel Hurley,
45 49
Patrick H. Hurley,
93 62
Isaac Keniston,
539 50
Edward Lacy,
415 22
F. W. Lewis,
66
108 91
Patrick Maloney,
11 37
John McCaffery,
66
22 30
Bernard McGowan,
1 57
Enos McMullen,
87
John Morrow,
66
131 23
James Noon,
539 50
James O'Brien,
66
63 87
Dennis Reardon,
66
308 41
Isaac Robinson,
66
172 84
Timothy Ryan,
66
11 36
Patrick Slattery,
66
320 62
Daniel Sullivan,
66
418 65
Daniel J. Sullivan, 2d,
40 37
Amount carried forward,
$8,313 63
20
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$8,313 63
Paid Patrick Sullivan, labor,
346 13
Michael Toomey,
66
38 93
James Twohig,
3 50
J. P. Warren,
10 00
Richard Welch,
66
2 18
George W. White,
174 10
George Wilson,
66
2 62
Total labor,
$8,891 09
George F. Chapman, hay,
86 21
Henry Swan, hay and straw, 122 99
Warren A. Peirce, hay, straw, grain, cement, lime, coal, and
wood for crusher, teaming and labor, 1,382 42
Welch & Hall, 1 black mare,
300 00
W. L. Clark & Co., harness and repairs, 57 89
Abel Lawrence, harness and repairs, 43 85
Thomas Higgins, shoeing horses, fence posts, repairing tools and cart, etc., 163 20
Charles Gott, 1 double cart, $225 00
Charles Gott, blacksmith
and wheelwright work,
shoeing horses and
sharpening tools,
288 20
-
513 20
Amount carried forward,
$11,560 85
21
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $11,560 85
Paid Thomas H. King, sharpening tools, etc., 38 90
James Liddell, sharpening tools, 8 00
W. O. Menchin, repairs, 4 00
H. L. Alderman, medical attend- ance on horses, 90 00
Parker & Wood, one street roller, 250 00
Parker & Wood, tools, barrows and lanterns. 59 33
S. C. Nightingale & Childs, jaw · plate for crusher,
19 12
Leonard & Ellis, 5 gals. machine oil,
3 75
Fiske, Coleman & Co., drain pipe,
22 28
W. O. Barbour & Co., water grates,
21 38
Geo. Tyler & Co., repairs of road machine,
8 75
Morss & Whyte, I sand screen,
8 00
Sumner & Goodwin, valves for stand pipes,
8 96
Nichols & Abbott, for stone, gravel and wood, 97 72
Anton Weber, for stone,
6 81
Ira L. Russell, " ; "
65 39
Warren Cutter, for sand,
12 80
Henry Swan, for gravel,
206 40
Dennis Reardon, for stone,
20 46
John T. White, for stone,
12 00
John Brassil, for sand,
4 05
Amount carried forward, $12,528 95
22
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $12,528 95
Paid Edward Fitzgerald, for stone, 20 80
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., brimstone, 88
Franck Shute & Co., bolts, 3 26
Geo. H. Sampson, forcite powder, fuse and caps, 11 80
A. P. Sampson, 50 cedar posts, 12 50
J. O. Goodwin, surveying streets, 94 00
F. E. Foster & Co., lumber, 99 74
Boston Woven Hose Co., hose for water cart, 1.70
E. B. Bailey, for 32 railroad ties, 2 56
Russell & Cotton, bricks, cement and labor, 28 80
R. W. Shattuck, tools. etc., 40 95
Sylvester Stickney, copper wire, etc., for crusher, 85
A. A. Tilden & Co., medicine for horses, 3 00
O. W. Whittemore, horse medicine, 6 50
C. M. Hall, salt, 2 60
Geo. D. Tufts, painting signs, fences, etc., 49 15
T. H. Russell, powder and fuse, 3 10
D. J. Sullivan, repairing saws, 50
Water Commissioners, water for crusher, 7 50
Water Comm'rs, labor of T. Roden at stone crusher, and half cost of moving stand pipe, 54 75
Fire Department, for use of horse, 105 62
Amount carried forward, $13,079 51
23
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $13,079 51
Paid D. G. Drew, repairs of fence, 3 85
J. E. Shirley, repairs of crusher building, fences, etc., 94 49
Edward Storer, stock and labor,
6 99
A. Needham, expressing, 5 65
Winn's Express, 66
4 88
Matt. Patterson, 66
2 90
A. F. Brooks, 66
25
E. J. Sweeney, 66 15
S. L. Holt & Co., labor of machin-
ist at crusher,
45 25
K. Farmer, painting steps, 1 50
Winn & Pierce, 2 bu. salt,
1 20
Matt. Rowe, oil,
08
C. S. Parker, printing,
2 00
D. F. Tripp, concreting crossings, sidewalks and gutters, 1,154 27
-- $14,402 97
Credits.
Received of Jeremiah Colman, for con- creting, $29 58
of A. J. Tillson and others, for concreting, 38 02
of C. M. Hall, for concreting, 18 82
of Margaret Burns, for one stone drag, 5 50
of Dennis Reardon, for one
stone drag, 5 50
Amounts carried forward,
$97 42$14,402 97
24
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $97 .42 $14,402 97
Received of Jesse Bacon, for cesspool stones, 17 89
of Eli Fletcher, for one cart and 40 perch of stone, 53 00
of W. A. Peirce, for material from ledge at "old brick school-house," 100 00
of the following persons for
gravel, street scrapings,
loam, elm blocks, and labor :
W. P. Schwamb, 3 60
Lydia M. Tappan, 6 50
L. H. Dupee, 5 25
Isaac Robinson,
4 00
E. Storer, 1 75
L. C. Tyler and others,
107 25
R. W. Hopkins,
75
J. E. Shirley,
12 00
Mrs. John Schouler,
5 00
B. F. Wilder,
2 50
John Curtin,
60
O. J. Derby,
45
Joseph Payne,
18 05
D. F. Jones,
1 50
C. P. Wyman,
75
R. B. Conant,
1 80
Mrs. John Redman,
75
Geo. D. Moore,
1 00
W. A. Peirce,
2 28
W. G. Peck,
75
Amounts carried forward,
$444 84$14,402 97
25
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $444 84$14,402 97
Received of J. Q. A. Brackett, 125 25
. Ammi Hall, 75
J. A. Bailey, 1 50
Geo. T. Freeman,
2 50
C. D. Warner,
6 00
W. H. Richardson,
1 35
J. F. Bitzer,
6 40
Charles Hill,
2 10
Estate of A. P. Wyman,
15 00
S. Stickney,
7 50
F. E. Fowle,
6 25
F. H. Peabody,
2 50
Patrick Slattery,
10 00
Water Commissioners,
17 50
from town house appropria-
" tion for removing rub- bish,
2 75
from almshouse appropriation for, labor, 2 19
from Trustees of public library for removing ashes, 1 75
from Atlantic Telegraph Co., for removing brush, 3 00
amount of subscriptions for watering the streets, 673 50
amount from appropriation on
"ledge at old brick school house," charged to that ac- count, 581 60
1,914 23
Amount carried forward,
$12,488 74
26
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $12,488 74
Ledge at Old Brick School House.
Transferred from highway account,
viz .: labor, . $744 60
Sharpening tools,
20 00
$764 60
Less, for material sold, $108 00
for stone to the crusher, 75 00
183 00
581 60
Almshouse and Support of Poor.
Paid Winn & Pierce, provisions, $74 80
Frank P. Winn,
130 41
E. E. Upham, 66
180 76
Kimball Brothers, 66
42 80
Geo. H. Dunning,
14 47
C. E. Moody & Co., groceries.
31 20
E. O. & F. H. Merrill, 66
and oil, 67 79
C. W. Bastine, 66
25 95
Bastine & Gates, 66
24 59
Thos. H. Russell,
31 68
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa,
66
90 55
C. M. Hall,
66
33 78
George Clark,
39 58
Matthew Rowe, 66
34 23
P. C. Page, butter and cheese,
49 21
Lamson & Co., «
66
41 78
Geo. A. Law, fish,
20 51
Amounts carried forward,
$934 09 $13,070 34
27
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $934 09 $13,070 34
Paid Edward Taylor, fish
6 10
R. W. Hilliard,
8 38
W. H. Webber & Son, "
34 81
Goodrich Bros., soap,
14 12
I. E. Robinson & Co., dry goods,
55 27
T. L. Russell, crackers,
22 20
C. W. Lockhart, 132 qts. milk, 7 92
C. W. Ilsley, 16,400 lbs. ice, 41 00
Geo. P. Winn, making 147 gals. cider, 3 67
H. A. Hartley & Co., 25 yds. carpet, 18 75
O. W. Whittemore, medicine, 14 90
Estate of D. Dodge,
2 70
A. Needham, expressing, 2 15
Winn's Express, 4 65
Matt. Patterson, 66
2 20
Chas. D. Warner,
3 10
A. F. Brooks,
75
E. J. Sweeney,
45
Coolidge & Son, one red and white cow, 65 00
Nichols & Abbott, 5 cords of wood, 15 00 J. D. Austin, 5 £ 27 00 66
J. E. Shirley, repairing building, 20 85
Jesse Bacon, repairing, labor and stock, 31 40
W. W. Rawson, 2 pigs, 7 00
D. J. Sullivan, repairing saws, 50
L. C. Tyler, boots, shoes and clothing, 31 50
Amounts carried forward, $1,375 46 $13,070 34
28
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, 4
$1,375 46 $13,070 34
Paid P. T. Hendrick, shoes, 2 15
Geo. W. Austin, expenses on ac- count of Wm. and Geo. T. Thornton, 1 25
L. A. Austin, 15 weeks labor, 60 00
Tina Christie, 20 weeks labor,
60 00
L. Blanchard, labor,
2 00
Andrew King, 66
1 50
Daniel Butler, .
66
3 00
Arthur M. Curtin, " 2 50
John Curtin, man and horse plough- ing, 8 75
Ellen Mills, 9} weeks labor, 28 50
Margaret Haas, 25§ weeks labor,
38 78
Mattie Goedey, 23-54 weeks labor, Warren A. Peirce, viz. : for grain,
59 22
feed and hay, $86 93
9 tons, 1100 lbs. coal, 60 69
25 tons, 1885 lbs. coal @ $5.15, wg. $2.50, 136 03
283 65
R. W. Shattuck, repairs of fur- nace, lining water trough, etc. 101 34
James M. Chase, repairs, labor and stock, 10 18
Augustus Nichols, shirts for A. Locke, 4 75
Parker & Wood, seeds, 10 70
F. A. Greenleaf & Co., paper hangings, 6 82
Amounts carried forward, $2,060 55 $13,070 34
29
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $2,060 55 $13,070 34
Paid B L. Howard, hanging paper, 4 95
T. K. Hutchinson, cleaning vault, 5 00
S. Stickney, repairs and sundries, 15 82
O. J. Derby, spectacles for A. Locke, 75
Abel Lawrence, leather for A. Locke, 1 85
Thomas H. King, repairs A. Locke's shoes, 75
Dr. Wm. A Winn, medical attend- ance, 25 00
Darwin A. Proctor, ser-
1 vices as superintendent
of Almshouse from
April 12, 1887, to Dec.
31, 1887, at $300 per
$215 00
annum, for eggs and sundry ex- penses, 35 41
250 41
Highway Department for 12 days
labor, 2 19
$2,367 27
Less, amount received from Town of Belmont, for support of pauper, $38 97
amount received of Ed- ward Lacy, for board and tobacco, 284 08
Amounts carried forward,
$323 05$2,367 27 $13,070 34
30
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $323 05$2,367 27 $13,070 34
Less, amount received of E. D.
Brooks for board, 90 00
amount received of D. A.
Proctor, for fruit, veg- etables, etc., sold, 47 35
amount received for ma- nure, of Benj. Ran- dall, 25
of Mrs. G. Croome,
7 50
of W. A. Peirce,
36 00
amount received of Geo.
W. Austin, for pork
sold, 1 60
for two chairs,
3 00
for one cow, 32 50
541 25
$1,826 02
Poor Out of Almshouse.
Paid Worcester Lunatic Hospital, viz. : board of Margaret Lyons, daughter of Daniel Lyons, $179 88 board of Jane H. Locke, 169 48
66 6 George Klingler, 187 06
" George M. Morse,
170 43
66 Wm. J. Wilson, 50 15
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board
of Mary Waldron, 16 25
Westboro Insane Hospital, board
of Wm. J. Wilson, 173 48
Amounts carried forward, $946 73 $14,896 36
31
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$946 73 $14,896 36
Paid Massachusetts School for the Feeble-minded, board of Eve- lina Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson, 169 43
J. M. Fisk, master of House of Correction, support of Thos. Green, 16 86
City of Boston,
aid to John Ryan, $3 50
" " Ida Kelly, 20 80
for burial of Joseph Thornton, 10 00
34 30
Town of Templeton, aid to Mary J. Evans, 5 25
City of Somerville,
aid to Ellen Quirk, $31 30
" " C. G. Muller, 1 25
32 55
City of Cambridge, aid to John Reagan, 1 90
City of Haverhill, aid to Mrs. Jas. R. Willis, 17 81
City of Newton, aid to family of Patrick Donnelly, 22 50
City of Chelsea, aid to Thos. Fitz- gerald, 11 00
J. H. Hartwell, for burial of Wm. and Geo. T. Thornton, 68 00
Amounts carried forward, $1,326 33 $14,896 36
32
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,326 33$14,896 36
Paid Estate of Elijah Cutter, rent for Mrs. Wm. Farrell, 44 00
Ann Sweeney, rent for Mrs. Dennis Dunn, 36 00
Ellen E. White, rent for Margaret Sullivan, 24 00
C. F. Oakman, rent for Mrs. E. B. Moore, 48 00
John Kelly, rent for Mrs. John O'Brien, 16 00
John Carroll, rent for Mrs. Nath. White,
52 00
Patrick Keeney, rent for Mrs. David Dockerty, 2 mos.,
8 00
Cassius M. Hall, groceries de- livered the following persons, viz. :
F. W. Lewis, $16 24
Mrs. John O'Brien, 1 78
Mrs. John Roach, 72
18 74
George Clark, groceries delivered,
Mrs. Culinane, $1 84
John McCaferty, 5 06
Mrs. John Roach, 1 30
8 20
Matthew Rowe, groceries deliv-
ered,
Mrs. Jas. Beevens, $84 00
Robert Jost, 1 14
- 85 -14
Amounts carried forward,
$1,666 41 $14,896 36
TREASURER'S REPORT. 33
Amounts brought forward, $1,666 41 $14,896 36
Paid T. H. Russell, groceries delivered,
Margaret Sullivan, . $4 72
Mrs. John O'Brien, 3 00
7 72
Mrs. Mary Waugh, groceries de- livered,
Mrs. D. Dockerty, $112 66
John Reagan, 2 66
115 32
E. E. Upham, provisions deliv- ered,
Mrs. John Roach, $ 30
F. W. Lewis, 2 15
2 45
Warren A. Peirce, for fuel de- livered the following persons, viz. :
F. W. Lewis, $9 26
Margaret Sullivan, 29 27
Mrs. Culinane, 12 50
66 David Dockerty, 20 57
66 John O'Brien, 18 14
66 Geo. Klingler, 20 51
E. B. Moore, 16 52
66 Hood, 1 80
Jas. Beevens, 23 77
66 John Roach, 1 90
Wm. Farrell, 3 13
Robert Jost, 2 85
John McCafery, 3 13
Amounts carried forward, $163 35$1,791 90 $14,896 36
3
34
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $163 35$1,791 90$14,896 36
W. W. Scanlan, 8 38
John Reagan, 5 63
Mrs. Dennis Dunn, 6 13
183 49
Paid P. T. Hendrick, boots for Mrs. David Dockerty, 2 50
L. C. Tyler, clothing for Mrs. D. Dockerty's children, 17 60
O. W. Whittemore, medicine for Mrs. McBride, $5 35
Robert Jost, 1 40
6 75
A. A. Tilden & Co., medicine for Mrs. McBride, 4 45
Estate of D. Dodge, for medicine, 1 30
I. E. Robinson, dry goods for Mrs. D. Dockerty, 3 20
Dr. Wm. A. Winn, medical
attendance for one year, 50 00
C. F. Oakman, conveyance for Mrs. Flaherty, 3 75
$2,064 94
Credit. Amount of Daniel Lyons on account board of his daughter, 17 50
2,047 44
Counsel Fees.
Paid John H. Hardy, in McCarty case, $15 00
Amounts carried forward,
$15 00 $16,943 80
35
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward,
$15 00 $16,943 80
Paid Shattuck & Munroe, in suit of Ar- lington vs. W. W. Rawson, 112 26
Chas. D. Elliot, on the same, 8 00
Wm. H. H. Tuttle, services for one year to Dec. 31, 1887, as town counsel, per agreement, 150 00
W. H. H. Tuttle, cash paid ex- pense, 2 25
287 51
Cemeteries.
Paid John H. Hartwell, for services 7 months, per agreement, $350 00
John H. Hartwell, as follows : for expense on Rob- bins Lots, $76 00
for expense on Brown Lot, 5 00
for painting gates and fence, 16 00
for 7 loads of loam, 7 00
104 00
Frederic Lemme, for bedding
plants, 30 00
Boston Belting Co., for 300 ft. ¿ hose and couplings, 38 25
Conant Rubber Co., 100 ft. ¿ hose and couplings, 10 51
R. K. Carpenter, expense on Rob- bins Lot. 39 00
Amounts carried forward, $571 76 $17,231 31
36
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $571 76 $17,231 31
Paid Norman McDonald & Co., resetting
curbing around Robbins Lot, 20 00
Water Commissioners, for water, 50 00
Sylvester Stickney, tools, and re- pairing pipe, 14 22
R. W. Shuttuck, tools, etc. 15 12
A. Needham, expressing, 1 30
W. N. Winn, ' 25
James Baston, repairing fence, 1 41
Parker & Wood, repairing lawn mower, 3 10
J. P. Warren, removing 2 trees in old cemetery, 4 00
James Donahue, 5 days digging ditch, 8 75
Wm. Burns, 5 days digging ditch, 8 75
698 66
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
Discounts and Abatements.
Six per cent. discount allowed on taxes of 1887, paid on or before August 1, $3,931 61
Amounts carried forward, $3,931 61 $18,254 97
TREASURER'S REPORT. 37
Amounts brought forward, $3,931 61 $18,254 97
Abatements allowed by the Board of Assessors, 193 62
4,125 30
Fire Department.
Paid Win. Penn Hose Co., services, $442 06
Highland Hose Co., services, 450 00 .
Menotomy Hook and Ladder Co., services, 379 72
Eagle Hose Co., services at Fowle's Mill fire, 10 00
Daniel Webster Engine Co., of
Cambridge, for services at
Fowle's Mill fire, 10 00
Medford Engine Co., No. 1, for ser-
vices at Fowle's Mill fire, 10 00
Charles Gott, chief engineer, 75 00
Geo. Hill, Jr., assistant engineer and clerk, 70 00
John E. Shirley, assistant engineer, 60 00 Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for Broadway hose house, 19 50
Arlington Gas Light Co., gas for Highland hose house, 11 10
Water Commissioners, viz. :
Water for Broadway hose house, 25 00
Water for Highland hose house, 16 00
Charles S. Jacobs, Jr., board of horse 12 months, 240 00
J. W. Moore, use of horse, 13 00
Amounts carried forward, $1,831 38 $22,380 27
38
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $1,831 38 $22,380 27
Paid A. Needham, use of horse for 7 months, $70 00
A. Needham, expressing, 2 65
72 65
J. E. Shirley, as follows :
Use of horse, 7 mos., $58 34
Labor at Eagle hose house, 2 00
Repairs at Highland house, 20 25
Repairs at Wm. Penn house, 2 50
83 09
W. L. Clark & Co., repairing har- ness, etc., 23 43
Daly & Bryan, 12 hats for Hose 3, 54 00
Hollis R. Gray, for table and chairs, 13 42
A. A. Tilden & Co., record book for Hook and Ladder Co., 1 00
A. W. Mitchell, 1 badge, 1 25
Charles Gott, horse-shoeing and repairs, 22 13
Sylvester Stickney, repairs, etc., 17 43
R. W. Shattuck, stove, lamps, repairs, etc., 34 53
A. Lawrence, repairs of harness, 6 10
Winn's Express, expressing, 2 00
Geo. D. Tufts, repairing glass,
80
Matt. Rowe, oil and matches, 80
C. M. Hall, matches, 18
Amounts carried forward,
$2,164 19$22,380 27
TREASURER'S REPORT. 39
Amounts brought forward, $2,164 19 $22,380 27
Paid Jesse Bacon, repairs Wm. Penn house, 12 00
The American Fire Hose Mfg. Co., viz. :
For repairing hose, etc., 31 40
For 300 feet of hose, 243 00
Warren A. Peirce, viz. :
Half cord of wood at
Broadway hose house, $3 00
3 tons coal at Broad- way house, 18 00
Wood at Highland house, 4 25
1 ton coal at Eagle house, 7 50
5 tons coal at William Penn house, 25 75
5 tons coal at Highland house, 25 75
Weighing coal, 1 10
2 feet of wood, 2 50
87 85
$2,538 44
Less credit for work done on the highways by the fire department horse, 105 62
2,432 82
Amount carried forward, $24,813 09
40
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$24,813 09
Incidentals.
Paid Murdock McLeod, ringing bell July 4, $3 00
W. O. Menchin, ringing bell July 4, 3 00
C. F. Oakman, 66 3 00
Thomas E. Thorpe, " " 3 00
Thomas E. Thorpe, care of clock 6 mos., to April 1, 1887, 10 00
Fred. Alford, for 1 gavel, 1 75
W. H. H. Tuttle, examination and transcript of records of real es- tate, 20 25
Tellers at town meeting, March 7th, viz. :
S. H. Smith, 3 00
Eugene D. Callahan, 3 00
S. P. Prentiss, 3 00
C. S. Jacobs, Jr., for lunch for
officers at town meetings, 9 00
M. Russell, for repairing flag, 4 00
M. F. Whiton & Co., halyards for flag, 2 15
H. C. Dimond & Co., for stamp, 2 00
R. M. Yale & Co., for awning,
6 00
Chas. Gott, repairing bell,
4 25
Samuel W. Tucker, dep. sheriff, fees on horse-railroad case, 6 00
R. M. Pulsifer & Co., publishing horse-railroad hearing,
4 75
Amounts carried forward,
$91 15 $24,813 09
41
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $91 15 $24,813 09
Paid Little, Brown & Co., 1 law book, 6 50
B. D. Locke, for obtaining, record- ing, indexing and returning births, marriages and deaths, as required by statute, 45 85
Eugene Mead, services as janitor of the town house, etc., 432 65
Forbes Lithograph Mfg. Co., for printing and binding, 10 00
W. W. Tufts, M. D., fees for re- porting births, 75
R. L. Hodgdon, M. D., fees for reporting births, 3 75
Calvin Andrews, for use of teams in 1886, 31 50
J. H. Hartwell, for making returns of deaths, 13 50
A. W. Damon, services as auditor, 7 50
D. P. Green, services as auditor, 7 50
F. E. Fowle, postmaster, for stamped envelopes, stamps, postal cards, for all departments,
68 74
A. F. Brooks, expressing,
1 50
A. Needham, 66
1 45
M. R. Warren, blank books,
4 40
B. L. Brooks, services as account- ant and copyist, 31 50
Walter Crosby, services as registrar of voters, 10 00
Amounts carried forward, $768 24 $24,813 09
42
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, 4
$768 24 $24,813 09
Paid Wm. H. Pattee, services as regis- trar of voters, 10 00
Jacob F. Hobbs, services as regis- trar of voters, 10 00
B. D. Locke, clerk of registrars of voters, 20 00
Chas. S. Parker, for printing,
50 55
F. Doane & Co., for stationery and blank books, 30 80
E. C. Litchfield, for photograph for Motree suit, 4 00
D. F. Jones & Co., for printing 1100 copies of annual reports, etc., 248 72
$1,142 31 .
Less, amount received for
2 licenses to sell oleo- margarine, $1 00
of P. J. Dale, for license to keep a sippio table, 2 00
of G. W. Austin, for auctioneer's license, 2 00
5 00
1,137 31
Insurance.
Paid George Y. Wellington, agent, premium on policies, as follows,. viz. :
Amount carried forward,
$25,950 40
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Amount brought forward,
$25,950 40
The American Insurance Co. of Newark, N. J., for one year, . from July 1, 1887, at 12 per cent. :
$300 on stone crusher building,
$400 on stone crusher,
$800 on engine, boiler, etc.,
$22 50
The Phoenix Assurance Co., of London, for 5 years, from Nov. 19, 1887, $2000, at 24 per cent., 45 00
Rochester German Insurance Co., of Rochester, N. Y., for 5 years from Nov. 19, 1887, $2000 at 2} per cent., 45 00
i. e., $4000 on Locke school- house.
Rochester German Insurance Co. for 5 years, from Nov. 4, 1887, on school text-books, as follows :
$1100 in Russell school-house, at 24 per cent., $300 in Cutter school-house at 3 per cent.,
$450 in Cotting High school- house, at 3 per cent., $300 in Locke school-house at 3 per cent., $50 in Crosby school-house at 3 per cent., 57 75
Amounts carried forward,
$170 25 $25,950 40
44
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, 1
$170 25 $25,950 40
American Insurance Co. of New- ark, N. J., for 5 years, from May 1, 1887, $2000 at 2} per cent.,
The Washington Fire and Marine Insurance Co. of Bos- ton, for 5 years, from May 1, 1887, $2000 at 24 per cent., Connecticut Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn., for 5 years from May 1, 1887, $2000 at 2} per cent., 135 00
i. e., $6000 on Cutter school- house.
American Insurance Co. of Newark, N. J., for 5 years from May 1, 1887, $1000 at 3 per cent., 1
30 00
i. e., $500 on turret clock contained in Unitarian Church edifice,
$500 on library of books and cases in Cotting High school-house.
Amounts carried forward,
$335 25 $25,950 40
TREASURER'S REPORT. 45
Amounts brought forward, $335 25 $25,950 40
The Phoenix Assurance Co. of London, for 5 years, from August 6, 1887, $2000 at 21 and 3 per cent.,
52 50
i. e., $1000 on Cutter school-house, $500 on furniture in same,
$150 on bell in same,
$200 on pianoforte in same, $150 on furnace and pipes. For Mechanics' permit on Town Hall, 30 00
417 75
Interest on Town Debt.
Paid 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 4 per cent. on $8500 coupon notes, . 340 00
One year's interest at 5 per cent. on $16,000 coupon notes, 800 00
Faneuil Hall National Bank, on loans, 99 91
Water Commissioners, on loan, 31 67
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, 610 49
Amounts carried forward, $2,792 07 $26,368 15
46
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, 4
$2,792 07 $26,368 15
Paid Trustees of Public Library, one year's interest on note, $100, 6 00
Trustees of William Cutter School Fund, one year's interest on note, $5354, 321 24
Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, one year's interest on notes, $613.11, 36 79
Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund, one year's interest on note, $349.85 20 99
$3,177 09
Credit.
Interest received on taxes, $496 80 Interest received of Faneuil Hall National Bank on deposits, :337 11
833 91
2,343 18
Interest on Water Debt.
Paid Water Commissioners, amount of appropriation for interest on Water Scrip, 7,000 00
Amount carried forward, $35,711 33
TREASURER'S REPORT. 47
Amount brought forward, $35,711 33
Public Library.
Paid Lizzie J. Newton, salary as li- brarian, $500 00
Marion B. Fessenden, services as assistant, 169 17
Emily Bucknam, services,
52 80
Myra Poland, services,
90 38
M. L. Dupee, services,
124 26
B. L. Brooks, services,
56 29
Jennie Scott, services,
8 10
Wm. L. Clark, Jr., services as janitor, etc., 108 43
Charles A. Clark, services,
8 94
Nellie C. Marston, services,
14 56
Arlington Gas Light Co., gas,
175 50
Water Commissioners, water,
8 00
Swan Brothers, rent 1
year, $400 00
Less rent received for
rooms from Julia Tol- man, 80 00
320 00
J. H. H. McNamee, for rebinding books, 74 18
Library Bureau, binders and slips, 17 10
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