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At the present time the town is in a better condition, so far as the sale of liquor and drunkenness is concerned, than it has been the past four or five years.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
SILAS W. NICKERSON.
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Annual Report of the Board of Health.
The Board organized at its first meeting on March 11, fol- lowing election, and adopted a code of rules and regulations as required by the public statutes. These rules and regula- tions were published from time to time in the Franklin Senti- nel. For the better accommodation of the public the Board authorized the Town Clerk to sign permits for the removal and burial of corpses. Messrs. R. L. McPherson, H. Bemis and J. B. Fitzpatrick were appointed undertakers.
During the spring and summer eight complaints of nui- sances, arising from neglected and exposed cesspools and privy vaults, were made to us. In all cases they were promptly abated after notice to the parties liable. Several other cases came under our own observation which were remedied in like manner.
There have been reported to us seventeen cases of scarlet fever, two of diphtheria and two of measles, in all of which due precautions were enjoined to prevent exposure. Nearly all the cases of scarlet fever have been of a mild type, which, con- sidering the number of cases and the various localities in which they occurred, plainly indicates-when taken in connection with the absence of other diseases frequently produced by local causes-that the general sanitary condition of the town has been good. But to maintain this desirable condition, espe- cially in localities where our increasing population are already becoming dense, it is plain to us, that some more effectual means must be provided for the disposal of house drainage. It is quite evident that the Legislature had in mind the method of obviating such a condition of things, when, in 1889, it made the following provisions :
"Any town may authorize its board of health to make and enforce in such town such regulations as said board may deem
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necessary for the safety and health of the people with reference to house drainage and its connection with public sewerage, where public sewerage abuts the estate to be drained."
From investigations made we find a large number of chil- . dren under six and seven years of age who have not been vac- cinated, much to the danger of the community from an inva- sion of small pox. In one primary school we found thirty- one scholars out of forty-two that had never been vaccinated, which leads us to think that over fifty per cent. of the children of the ages previously mentioned are in an unprotected condi- tion. We invite your careful attention to the following statu- tory provision in Pub. Stat., chap. 80, relating to the subject : "Parents and guardians shall cause their children and wards to be vaccinated before they attain the age of two years."
"For every year's neglect the party offending shall forfeit five dollars."
"The Selectmen shall require and enforce the vaccination of all the inhabitants."
"Towns shall furnish the means of vaccination to such of their inhabitants as are unable to pay for the same."
"The School Committee shall not allow a child who has not been duly vaccinated to be admitted to or connected with the public schools."
Respectfully submitted for the Board.
GEORGE KING.
GEORGE KING, WALTER M. FISHER, WM. E. NASON,
Board of Health.
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Assessors' Report.
Personal property,
$375,725 00
Real estate,
1,893,060 00
Resident bank stock,
123,640 00
Total,
$2,392,425 00
Number of polls assessed,
1312
Females,
2
Rate of tax per $1000,
$13 00
Tax on personal property,
$6,491 75
On real estate,
24,609 78
On resident bank stock,
1,607 32
Value of buildings taxed,
$1,183,218 00
66 land 66
709,842 00
Total value of real estate,
$1,893,060 00
State tax,
$2,030 00
County tax,
1,561 11
Town grants, less corporation tax,
28,368 66
Overlay,
1,766 76
Total, $33,726 53
ASA A. FLETCHER, WM. E. NASON, EUGENE N. THAIN,
Assessors.
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Report of Engineers of Fire Department.
Your board would submit the following report for the year ending January 31, 1891 :
Appropriated, $2800 00
Expended, 2283 87
Unexpended balance, $516 13
FIRES.
Feb. 27 .- Barn owned by A. J. McFadden ; loss, $1000 ; insurance, $600 ; cause, unknown.
March 27 .- Barn owned by Charles Abbe; loss, $1800 ; insurance, $1100.
May -.- House owned by Mrs. A. M. Waite ; damage, slight ; cause, unknown.
June 25 .- Box mill owned by Hunter & Greenwood ; loss, $4500 ; insurance, $1500; cause, unknown.
Aug. 16 .- Small fire at Rubber Works ; small loss.
Nov. 19 .- Fire on N. Y. & N. E. R. R. Car of leather partly destroyed ; loss about $6000.
Nov. 28 .- House owned by Henry B. Kimball ; loss, $2200 ; insurance, $1650 ; cause, unknown.
The department consists of six engineers, two engine com- panies, two hose and one hook and ladder company. The department is in good condition.
Would recommend the putting in of more hydrants on Union, Washington and Arlington streets, beyond the rail- road crossing, also the purchase of more hose.
G. E. EMERSON, F. A. SHINER, L. J. KELLY, L. E. MORRISSY, THOMAS SPENCE, WM. BUCKLEY,
Engineers.
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Report of Overseers of Poor.
The Board of Overseers of the Poor present the following report for the year ending Jan. 31, 1891 :
Appropriated,
$3790 75
Expended, 3833 30
Overdrawn, $42 55
OUTSIDE POOR.
The total number of persons having applied for and received aid is 145; of these 35 have settlements in other towns, 15 were State paupers, the remaining 95 have settlements in this town.
Bills to the amount of $94.10 are due from the State.
It has been our aim to keep the outside expenses as low as possible, yet we have had large bills owing to an unusual amount of sickness and calls from large families.
ALMSHOUSE.
The management of the Town Farm, both indoors and out, has been satisfactory. We have a large quantity of hay still remaining in the barn unsold. We are keeping one horse and six cows.
We would call your special attention to the putting in of steam heat at almshouse, both for comfort and safety ; the in- mates are aged people and we think it dangerous with so many wood fires to look after.
Owing to the increase in calls for aid we would recommend that the town grant $4000 for the ensuing year.
G. E. EMERSON, W. H. BRIGHT, C. M. ALLEN,
Overseers of Poor.
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INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE.
AGE
WEEKS.
George Daniels,
48
52
Levi C. Fisher,
81
52
Orin Adams (died),
80
28
Daniel Greene,
85
52
J. W. McPherson,
77
52
Charles A. Clark,
77
52
Henry Grimes,
75
52
Lucy Kimball,
77
52
Wm. Nottage,
41
41
Martain Hunt,
-
1
Ellen Savage,
8
14
James Savage,
6
14
John Savage,
4
14
Cyntha Brown,
4
491
4a
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Report of Public Library.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN :
In May the library was removed to its new and larger quar- ters on Dean avenue. For this reason the books were called in and held during May, instead of August as heretofore.
Number of different persons who have taken out books in the year, 592 ; number of books drawn, 10,999-a gain of 500 over last year.
The librarian has collected fines to the amount of $17.95 ; for catalogues and cards, $12.60 ; total, $30.55.
Number of volumes covered, 636 ; cost of covering, $12.72.
Seven volumes were not accounted for on the examination of books after the removal of the library in May. This is a larger number of missing volumes than usual, but they may appear in the next examination as has often been the case in the past.
There have been added to the library, new volumes, 150.
The library has received by donation : Reports of Board of Education, 3 vols ; Journal of House of Representatives, 1890 ; Journal of Senate, 1890; Consular Reports, 4 vols ; Manual of Gen. Court of Mass .; Report of State Library ; Two Copies of " Tribune Extras"; Costa Rica; Dedham Register ; Education of Business Men ; also, "Marvels of the New West," and " Our Flag Half-Mast," from William M. Thayer.
Expense of taking charge of the library, $739 27
Expended for books,
219 75
Total, $959 02 JOSEPH G. RAY, GEORGE W. WIGGIN, WM. M. THAYER,
For the Directors.
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Police Report.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF FRANKLIN :
Since receiving my appointment as police officer last March I have arrested and prosecuted to a conviction 10 persons for intoxication, 2 persons for assault, and have cared for 42 tramps in the lockup.
Respectfully submitted,
ANTHONY CONNERS.
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Selectmen's Report.
The Selectmen submit the following report :
After the annual March meeting the Selectmen met and elected George W. Wiggin, chairman, and Charles Stewart, clerk.
After inspecting the various roads in town, the board de- cided to pursue the same general policy in repairs as had been adopted in the previous year, and present the following sum- mary of the work done by them and the surveyor of highways acting under their direction :
Length of Road Built, 200 feet,
Cubic Yards of Material Used.
Cost of Labor. $17 50
Wachusett Street,
Alpine Street extension,
279
100
50 00
Cottage Street,
854
66
800
320 00
Beaver Street,
2030
2640
425 34
Union Street,
2204
6744
1,640 13
Chestnut Street,
600
66
160
33 55
Thayer Street,
525
400
100 00
Pleasant Street,
11,455
7568
2,749 23
Washington Street,
1377
1020
255 00
Central Street,
2500
66
1150
379 51
Alpine Place,
495
119
59 37
Pond Street,
975
66
235
76 50
Pine Street,
500
66
100
51 00
Fisher Street,
600
66
563
112 67
Total, 21,594 feet.
21,549
$6,269 80
66
66
50
From the foregoing table it therefore appears that six thou- sand two hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty cents of the town's appropriation has been expended in permanent repairs, and that over four miles of good road has been added to that which the town had at the beginning of the year.
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The rest of the money expended has been used in scraping the roads and in other general repairs.
We would respectfully recommend that the town continue the system of repairing the roads which has been in practice for the past two years, believing that if this system is contin- ued the town will have a yearly increasing mileage of first- class ways.
We have prepared the following estimates for the current expenses of the town for the next fiscal year, and respectfully submit the same :
For Support of schools, $9,000 00
Repairs of school houses,
2,500 00
Miscellaneous school expenses, 600 00
School books and school supplies, 700 00
$12,800 00
Repairs of roads, bridges and sidewalks,
8,000 00
Support of poor,
4,000 00
Fire department,
2,300 00
Water supply,
3,700 00
Street lights,
3,300 00
Abatement and collection of taxes,
1,000 00
Interest, 800 00
Town officers,
1,800 00
Printing and stationery,
300 00
Police and suppression of illegal liquor traffic,
1,500 00
Soldiers' aid, 800 00
Franklin Library Association,
750 00
Grand Army, Decoration Day, 100 00
Miscellaneous town expenses, 1,000 00
Total,
$42,150 00
Respectfully submitted. GEORGE W. WIGGIN, JEREMIAH J. MCCARTHY, CHARLES STEWART,
Selectmen.
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Henry R. Jenks, Treasurer, in Account
RECEIPTS.
Feb. Balance in Treasury February 1, 1890,
$3,939 21
March 15. Amount drawn from Treasury to date, 2,877 69
15. Balance in Treasury,
$1,061 52
William E. Nason, balance of taxes of 1888. 66 66 interest ou “ 66
118 50
66
66 on taxes of 1889,
6,300 00
Willian Rockwood, on taxes of 1890,
30,159 00
W. E. Nason, from Sawtelle estate sold for taxes, 167 06
38,959 82
Commonwealth of Mass., Corporation tax,
3,795 98
66 66
National bank tax,
251 81
66
66
Contagious diseases,
67 46
66
66 State paupers,
39 11
66
66
Burial of soldiers,
35 00
66
Income school fund,
203 73
66
66
State aid, chapter 301, acts of 1889,
534 50
66
66 Military aid, chapter
279, acts of 1889, 495 00
5,422 59
County Treasurer, for dog licenses, 66
548 90
66 Land damages, Pleasant street, 671 00
1,219 90
Produce sold from town farm,
627 18
Oxen 66 66
105 00
George Peck, for keeping horse,
45 00
Auctioneers' licenses,
2 00
Circus 66
5 00
Livery stable, 66
3 00
Billiard table
66
2 00
Oleomargarine
66
1 00
F. Endicott, setting bounds, Pleasant street,
36 00
Congregational Society, for gravel,
36 30
Town of Blackstone, on pauper account,
4 00
66 Hopkinton, 66
27 50
66
Wrentham,
68 81
Foxborough, 66
253 50
66
Milford,
23 50
66
Medway, 66
52 00
66
Oxford, 66
101 59
John Dolan, for support of son,
82 43
School Committee, tuition, City Mills, 34 50
B. F. S. Bank, rebate of interest, 31 63
interest on L. Pond fund,
40 40
Street lanterns sold,
23 50
Funeral expenses of Chas. H. Allen,
19 00
R. B. Stewart & Co., for stove,
2 00
On temporary notes, borrowed money,
22,200 00
22,351 03
$70,500 67
Charles Hood,
10 00
872 48
60
613 33
1890.
$2,215 26
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with the Town of Franklin.
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' salaries
to March 15, 66
$882 00
Care of school rooms,
24 00
66
37 50
Fuel for schools, School books and supplies,
66
43 45
Repairs of roads, bridges and walks,
66
235 64
Support of almshouse,
66
207 59
66 Fire department,
9 00
66
Street lights,
66
179 75
66 Police Officers,
66
78 12
Printing and stationery,
6.
215 55
Abatement of taxes,
66
3 00
Military aid, under chap. 279, acts of 1889,
66
78 00
State aid, 66
301, 66
66
66
65 00
Miscellaneous town expenses,
66
90 27
By balance from treasury, Feb. 1, 1890,
2,877 69
Teachers' salaries,
$7525 30
Care of school rooms,
550 45
Fuel for schools,
596 37
School books and supplies,
643 62
Repairs school buildings,
388 08
Miscellaneous school expenses,
521 02
Repairs roads, bridges and walks,
4,383 48
Support of almshouse,
1,674 12
Outside poor,
3,266 67
66
Fire department,
2,274 87
66 Street lights,
2,762 44
Town officers,
1,518 75
Police officers,
582 75
Printing and stationery,
118 79
Interest account,
672 42
Temporary notes,
22,200 00
Abatement and collection of taxes,
938 69
Military aid, under chap. 279, acts of 1889,
724 00
State 66 66 66
771 00
Special appropriations,
176 00
Franklin Library Association,
550 00
State, County and Bank Taxes,
4,959 03
Water supply for hydrants,
3,620 00
Miscellaneous town expenses,
402 83
Suppression illegal liquor traffic,
610 00
Construction of Union street,
1,169 87
Pleasant street,
2,476 66
Land damages, 66 66
635 00
$66,712 21
Balance in treasury, Feb. 1, 1891,
3,788 46
$70,500 67 HENRY R. JENKS, Treasurer.
February 1, 1891.
85 97
Miscellaneous school expenses,
66
82 19
66 Outside poor,
66
560 66
Payment Town Officers,
$2,877 69
Feb., 1890.
66 30I,
Expenditures.
EDUCATIONAL.
Payments to Teachers.
Paid C. R. Adams,
26 4-5 weeks,
$227 80
Emilie Albee,
35
350 00
Carrie L. Blake,
12
66
144 00
Mary H. Blaisdell,
36 66
343 00
C. A. Brodeur,
21
66
577 50
M. J. Burr,
38
66
304 00
Clara A. Carpenter,
4
66
42 00
Nellie J. Cleary,
35
315 00
Clara M. Craig,
2
66
16 00
George B. Chandler,
19
66
522 50
Ella G. Daniels,
36
360 00
Ella B. Daniels,
7
66
63 00
Rebecca Dunning,
35
66
315 00
Lydia A. Gould,
19
171 00
Hattie M. Gay,
36
297 50
Florence. E. Holt,
9
66
108 00
L. T. Hosmer,
39 1-2
317 50
L. A. Harris,
36
66
324 00
Frances E. King,
40
66
480 00
Alma A. Knowlton,
31
279 00
Adeline McDonald,
36
66
324 00
Louisa A. Metcalf,
37
66
333 00
Isabelle M. Reilly,
35
66
350 00
Mary O. Sawyer,
34
66
374 00
Julia G. Stockbridge,
17
153 00
33
Paid Sylvia Sawyer,
29
weeks
$232 00
Grace C. Whiting,
45
6 6
497 50
Annie A. Williams,
7
66
56 00
M. B. Whitney,
19
..
171 00
Susie E. Young,
36
360 00
Total,
$8,407 30
Payments for Text Books and Supplies.
Paid Dean Academy, books,
$2 70
Warren P. Adams, books,
65 82
American Book Co., supplies,
2 43
J. L. Hammett,
52 85
E. H. Baker & Co.,
209 28
Boston School Supply Co.,
130 32
C. A. Brodeur,
16 05
L. T. Hosmer, pitch pipe,
1 75
J. B. Lippincott & Co.,
8 00
A. C. Dana,
12 84
Harper Bros.,
39 20
Harrison & Hume,
8 50
Ginn & Co.,
10 02
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
7 65
Lee & Shepard,
12 00
Putnam & Davis,
90
Ivison, Blakeman & Co.,
32 67
Thomas Reilly,
13 44
Silver & Burdett,
73 54
Carl Schonhof,
5 28
Razee & Chilson, express,
12 25
Wm. Ware & Co.,
10 00
J. F. Ray, supplies,
2 10
Total,
$729 59
5a
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Repair of School Buildings.
Paid MM. J. Burr, repairs, $0 45
J. T. Daniels,
40
F. P. Guigon,
11 13
James Follensbee,
108 90
W. H. Keach, blackboards,
39 28
Marvin Jones,
50
John K. Meek,
8 00
P. McDonald,
1 00
R. L. McPherson, curtains,
36 31
Gurney Hot Water Heater Co., pipes,
17 50
Hosie & Huntoon, 43 41
E. A. Mason,
5 65
J. F. Ray,
55
O. A. Stanley,
115 00
Total,
$388 08
Fuel for Schools.
Paid Fred Blake, shavings,
$0 25
Warren H. Bright, wood,
13 50
John Dunning, cutting wood,
10 51
Jeremiah Desmond, wood,
37 90
R. H. Davison, cutting wood,
4 25
T. J. Daniels, wood,
28 00
George E. Daniels,
1 25
James Finneran, cutting wood,
2 25
Timothy Finneran, 66
7 50
S. E. Gay,
5 70
J. W. Heaton, coal,
393 76
Olive A. Howard,
6 00
Charles Johnson, storing wood,
1 50
T. Kane, cutting wood, 3 75
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Paid Daniel Lamont, cutting wood,
$11 50
M. Mahoney,
3 75
A. Miller,
10 50
A. J. Newell, wood,
26 00
J. W. Richardson, wood,
21 75
Jason Tower,
12 50
John Saward, sawing,
3 50
D. Sullivan, wood,
5 00
J. D. Whiting, wood,
23 25
Total,
$633 87
Care of School Rooms.
Paid R. H. Davison,
54
weeks,
$246 00
James Finneran,
24
66
12 00
George Wiley,
11
66
8 25
Fred McDonald,
21
66
10 50
Bessie Dunning,
11
66
5 50
Peter Lamont,
21
10 50
Marvin Jones,
26
66
13 25
S. E. Gay,
21
66
63 00
Waldo Everett,
21
66
10 50
M. E. Johnson,
31
66
15 50
James Daniels,
21
10 50
Hattie M. Gay,
36
66
18 00
Herbert Blackington,
14
7 00
Dan'l Lamont, cleaning,
2 50
James Desper,
14
10 50
John Dunning,
10
66
12 50
Olive White, cleaning,
1 70
Carrie Demerritt,
10
5 00
A. M. Richardson,
10
66
5 00
Helen Blackington,
10
66
5 00
Ernest Murphy,
6
66
3 00
36
Paid L. A. Harris,
12
weeks,
$6 00
A. M. Knowlton,
4
66
2 00
J. Murphy,
15
45 00
John Lamont,
15
66
15 00
Arthur Bennett,
15
6 6
7 50
M. J. Burr,
15
9 25
Mrs. McMann,
14
66
14 00
Total,
$574 45
Miscellaneous School Expenses.
Paid H. R. Jenks, insurance,
$41 25
Sentinel Pub. Co., printing,
2 00
George Wyley, cleaning,
2 20
I. M. Reilly, reports, etc.,
2 05
E. Trowbridge, rent of organs,
28 75
F. P. Guigon,
2 90
D. A. Sawyer,
1 00
Julia W. Stark, cleaning,
30
O. M. Stanley, fence,
124 00
Frank Lundy, grading,
88
S. C. Taft, surveying,
4 50
Wm. Bonsall, labor,
5 00
A. Connor, truant officer,
18 62
A. W. Newell, “
3 25
W. L. Hickoff, diplomas,
4 25
Hosie & Huntoon, supplies,
10 65
Opera House, rent at graduation,
15 00
D. C. Cotton, supplies,
48 12
L. W. Milliken, “
51
S. W. Squire, school census,
30 00
C. L. Graves, ladders,
3 50
L. H. Marsh, labor,
3 33
George King, miscellaneous,
44 50
37
Paid R. H. Davison, cleaning,
$17 70
M:s. Davison, 66
6 15
Mary Quinn, 66
7 33
Mrs. Johnson, 66
5 00
Margaret Welsh,
3 00
W. H. Bright, posts,
7 20
Ellen Croston, cleaning,
14 50
J. Desmond, 66
9 00
C. L. Fales & Co., supplies,
1 20
Patrick Reynolds, labor,
6 00
W. Woodman,
70
G. W. Wells, 66
4 10
John Lamont,
5 50
O. F. Metcalf & Sons, lumber,
56 17
G. H. Willoby, repairing clocks,
5 50
T. M. Turner & Co.,
50
Norfolk Pub. Co., notices,
2 00
J. F. Ray, matches, 25
C. E. Griffin, care of books and express,
16 11
Total, $564 47
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Roads, Bridges and Walks.
PAID.
Feb'y. Various persons, 17 1-2 cents per hour, labor, $46 75
H. M. Stowers, 60 00
E. Hartshorn, gravel, 11 04
J. G. Cunningham, team labor, 21 00
March.
Charles Rand,
$42 00
F. A. Rogers, blacksmithing, 6 00
R. B. Stewart & Co., repairs,
33 25
H. S. Wilkes, horse medicine,
1 00
Franklin Iron Foundry, castings,
5 60
Geo. H. Heywood, filing saws,
1 05
Bennett Bros., repairing harness,
2 20
A. H. Morse, gravel, 15 00
H. M. Stowers, 60 00
166 10
April.
Various persons, 17 1-2c h., labor, 653 97 66 66 15c hour, 66 114 37
J. G. Cunningham, team labor, 83 80
M. J. Hart, 66 81 00
McCarthy Bros., 6.
40 50
T. Kane,
22 50
John Stewart,
45 00
W. A. Pond, 66
78 05
S. B. Thain,
66
79 75
Owen Shields, 66 20 25
C. H. Badger, 66
16 65
M. Croston, labor, 11 25
E. A. Mason, blacksmithing, 11 85
O. F. Metcalf & Sons, lumber, 45 64
D. C. Cotton, drain pipe and tools, 32 27 J. McParland, mending harness, 1 50
A. P. Smith, painting cart, 7 50
Geo. Tyler, scraper repairs, 8 50
H. M. Stowers, 30 00
$138 79
1,384 35
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May. Various persons, 17 1-2 h., labor, $106 91
Lewis F. Williams, land, 100 00
T. Kane, team labor, 18 00
W. A. Pond, “ 22 50
J. G. Cunningham, team labor, 54 00
W. Pierce, labor, 2 00
J. W. Clark & Son, repairs, 8 67
S. C. Taft, surveying,
20 35
J. W. Heaton, grain, 34 38
F. A. Rogers, blacksmithing, 20 75
E. A. Mason, 66
14 00
H. M. Stowers, 15 00
$416 56
June.
As per roll on time book, 385 17
Bennett Bros., repairs of harness, 1 65
Barry, Beals & Co., caps, 1 00
Newell Willett, stones, 20 00
R. B. Bailey, blasting stones, 10 75
W. A. Pond, use of cart, 7 50
M. J. Hart, team labor, 9 00
435 07
July.
As per roll on time book, 199 00
Hosie & Huntoon, supplies, 23 94
D. C. Cotton,
8 73
E. A. Mason, blacksmithing,
5 60
F. A. Rogers, 66
6 90
A. H. Morse, rent of barn,
18 00
James Hood. split stone,
24 75
Bennett Bros., fly nets, etc.,
7 50
294 42
August. As per roll on time book, 350 03
F. M. Ballou & Co., concreting, 176 50
Charles Ackley, gravel, 12 05
S. C. Taft, surveying, 2 50
541 08
Sept. As per roll on time book, 161 92
Jason Tower, timber, 22 50
40
Sept. F. A. Rogers, blacksmithing, $5 30
J. G. Cunningham, horse hire, 10 00
N. Y. & N. E. R. R., freight bill, 1 44
W. H. Bright, posts, 18 20
D. Thayer, Jr., gravel, 50 00
B. D. Aldrich, drain pipe, 25 00
F. P. Guigon, axle grease, 75
W. E. Pond, stone posts, 13 00
Franklin Iron Foundry, grate, 5 60
313 71
October. As per roll on time book, 232 64
S. H. Jordan, labor, 10 00
E. A. Mason, blacksmithing, 7 65
250 29
Nov.
As per roll on time book, 237 90
F. A. Rogers, blacksmithing, 4 75
Geo. W. Haywood, filing saws, 5 55
James McParland, mending harness, 1 60
Dec.
As per roll on time book, 143 12
Heaton Bros., grain, 146 21
Bennett Bros., repairing harness, 1 50
E. A. Mason, blacksmithing, 11 65
302 48
January. As per roll on time book, 80 87
Wm. Mann, hay, 21 65
A. P. Smith, lettering, 3 00
Hosie & Huntoon, hardware, 4 00
Bennett Bros., repairing harness, 3 60
M. J. Hart, use of horse, 1 50
E. A. Mason, blacksmithing, 9 10
James McParland, repairing harness, 2 75
126 47
Total,
$4,619 12
249 80
41
Payments for Union, Pleasant and Cross Streets.
Paid Peter McMahon, labor and teams,
$20 00
Dennis Sullivan,
14 06
Owen Shield, 29 37
Patrick Higgins,
16 00
M. J. Hart,
64 12
McCarthy Bros.,
241 94
J. J. McCarthy,
48 12
T. Kane,
4 50
T. Martin,
7 50
M. Croston,
54 37
M. Shield,
7 00
P. Haley,
20 20
R. B. Bailey,
25 50
J. W. Clark & Sons, repairs,
28 87
Various persons, labor, 15 cents per hour,
457 32
As per time book, labor, 132 00
Total, $1,169 87
Payments for Pleasant Street.
Paid various persons, 15 cents per hour,
$520 82
66 17 1-2 cents per hour, 382 41
McCarthy Bros., team labor,
148 05
M. Hart, Jr.,
60 82
S. B. Thain,
66 60
R. B. Bailey, labor,
3 00
John Stewart,
70 30
M. Croston,
28 62
H. M. Stowers,
30 00
W. A. Pond, team labor,
52 30
J. G. Cunningham, team labor, 23 40
A. Bouchee, labor, 10 30
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42
Paid Frank Murphy and A. Commisky, gravel, $15 00
E. A. Mason, sharpening picks, 31 85
F. A. Rogers, 23 30
As per roll on time book,
1,009 89
Total,
$2,476 66
Payments for Almshouse.
Paid Geo. B. Peck, salary, $500 00
exchange of horses, 60 00
J. C. Galiison, medical attendance, 14 50
Howard W. Spurr & Co., groceries,
213 28
M. L. Cheney, cows,
58 00
M. B. Wood, labor,
127 50
O. F. Metcalf & Sons, supplies,
146 81
Seth Blake, painting,
27 00
E. E. Harrington, potatoes,
15 75
R. B. Stewart & Co., repairs,
20 45
J. W. Heaton, grain, etc.,
231 29
T. Harmon, manure,
27 63
J. D. Hosmer, oxen,
85 00
N. Y. & N. E. R. R., freight,
15 91
J. F. Lesure, boots and shoes,
17 75
W. H. Bright, fertilizer,
24 50
D. C. Cotton, tools and supplies,
16 83
Hawley, Folson & Co.,
7 99
Bardon & Keep, groceries,
44 80
Hosie & Huntoon, supplies,
16 18
John Stewart, carting corn,
22 50
A. Thayer, repairing shoes,
1 45
Byrnes Bros., crackers,
21 00
Henry Bemis, burial of O. Adams,
5 00
43
Paid O. B. Carter, clothing, $7 00
E. A. Mason, blacksmithing.
19 15
G. W. Miller, fish, 1 64
A. C. Dana, medicine,
7 40
Total,
$1,756 31
Poor Out of Almshouse.
Paid Mrs. Handy, aid for Mrs. L. Weeks, $18 00
M. Doughty, aid, 60 00
Peter George, aid for daughter, 51 00
Patrick Feeley, 66 Murphy children.
126 00
M. Dugan,
Mrs. Tobin,
91 44
C. T. Nye, C. Brown, 69 07
Mrs. L. Weeks, aid, 84 00
J. C. Gallison, medical attendance, N. Ryan, 30 00
66
Mrs. Belland, 2 50
66 6 6 Maggie Hall, 2 50
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Mrs. Gillaney, 2 50
Mrs. Carr, 19 50
. 6
.. Watkins boy, 27 50
A. C. Dana, medicine for M. Savage, 1 50
Town of Shrewsbury, for Kate Newell, 36 00
W. H. Bright, wood for M. Parren, 7 50
Harrison, 4 75
H. S. Wilkes, medicine, M. Savage, 66 66 7 88
10 85
A. F. Staples. groceries, J. Lundy, 2 00 .. J. Sexton, 68 34
.. Mrs. Cody, 29 82
A. M. Smith, rent, Mrs. Carr, 36 00
J. W. Richardson, wood, Mrs. Carr, 15 00
C. L. Fales & Co., groceries, M. Savage, 125 29
44
Paid R. L. McPherson, burial of C .. H. Allen, $14 00
Orin Adams, 21 00
Mrs. Pierson, 18 00
Thompson & Clark, groceries for Mrs. Carr, 56 12
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