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Henry Lambert, sundries for schools, 2 75
Wm. O. Haskell, furniture 66
24 23
Amount carried forward, $1,218 20
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Amount brought forward, $1,218 20
Charles Scott, mason work on school-house, Upper Falls, 19 00
V. H. Deane, books, for High School, N. Centre, 5 37 Joseph M. Wightman, repairs on school apparatus, 8 38
E. B. Trowbridge, repairs on school-house, District No. 5, 6 55
Willard Marcy, settees and pails, school-house, Upper Falls, 15 50
A. A. Kendall, repairs on school-house, Lower Falls, 20 09
C. H. Jenison, mason work, W. Newton, 13 50
E. Parker, fence in yard of 66 L. Falls, 6 00
N. S. King, repairs on 66 Oak Hill,
4 87
Ware & Co.'s Express, furniture, &c.,
7 50
Alfred Howes, locks, crayons, &c., school-house, New- ton Corner, 9 64
John Farquhar, repairs, school-house, Newton Cor., 6 13
George O. & J. H. Sanborn, sundries, school-house, Newton Centre, 4 59
S. P. Clarke, repairs, school-house, Newton Centre, 5 54
W. A. Alcott, sundries, Auburndale, 2 13
R. S. Davis & Co., books for schools, 36 99
Wales & Mills, sundries, for schools, Lower Falls,
2 33 John O. Evans, repairs on school-house, Newtonville, 3 78
Timothy Fitzgerald, for work at new school-house at Oak Hill, 1 50
Margaret Twohig, cleaning school-house, W. N., 7 00
$1,404 59
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CATARACT, NO. 1.
L. A. Coolidge, for 3 galls. of alcohol and demijohn, $2 91
Vaughn Jones, coal and express, 4 37
Hunneman & Co., repairs on engine, 8 88
P. Frost, Jr., 66 66
11 00
Eaton & Moulton,
66
1 80
2 00
Shelton & Cheever, 2 galls. of alcohol, 66 ยท repairing hose,
4 75
Wales & Mills, 4 galls. oil,
4 53
$40 24
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WEST NEWTON, NO. 3.
C. Cole, repairs on engine, $23 25
11 75
George Fuller, repairs and oil, 66 66 straps, and painting fire-hook,
1 16
C. H. Jenison, repairs, 12 85
13 40
Thayer & Smith, oil,
2 87
John Mead, Jr., fluid, &c.,
1 60
J. C. Bixby, coal,
3 13
Almon & Hawkes, spirits of turpentine,
95
Ware & Co., express,
1 13
Newton and Watertown Gas Light Co.,
6 80
$83 75
MECHANIC, NO. 4.
George Pettee, gal. of alcohol, 66 66 repairs on engine, 3 00
$1.00
Willard Marcy, oil and sundries, 7 21
C. Cady, sundries and glass globe,
8 57
H. B. Wetherell, wicking and repairs,
35
Hunneman & Co., repairs on engine,
120 60
H: C. Hoyt, repairs and drawing engine to Roxbury, 17 00
E. C. Dudley's express, 3 15
$160 88
NONANTUM, NO. 5.
G. W. Bacon, for oil and wicking, $14 02
J. F. Boyd, repairs on house, 12 00
Charles F. Rogers, gall. of alcohol,
1 00
Hunneman & Co., repairs on engine,
10 25
J. Boyd & Sons, badges,
9 38
repairs on hose,
18 88
Silas Durgan, engine,
2 75
Mosher & Armstrong, "
66
2 13
John R. Farnum, spoons and dippers,
6 75
Henry Derby, 4 galls. of oil,
5 00
Albert Brackett, 1 ton coal,
6 75
$88 91
Hunneman & Co., 66 66
4 86
John Mead, oil, fluid, &c.,
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EAGLE, NO. 6.
J. E. & Seth Cousens, Jr., repairs on house,
1 75
Hunneman & Co., 66 engine, 4 37
L. T. Cunningham,
3 17
C. D. Bartlett, repairs and spirits of turpentine,
1 37
S. M. Jackson, repairs and oil,
14 81
G. O. & J. H. Sanborn, repairs, oil, &c.,
1 03
Reuben Stone, express,
38
$26 88
PAY OF ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN.
Stephen Cate, for services as engineer,
$5 00
Stephen Ellis,
8 00
Aaron Marden, 66
66
10 00
Willard Marcy,
66
66
10 00
Isaac Hagar,
66
66
11 00
C. H. Jenison, 66
66
11 00
George Pettee, 66
66
11 00
H. L. Vinton,
66
66
11 00
S. M. Jackson,
66
66
10 00
E. C. Jenkins,
66
steward for No. 1,
30 00
David Almon, 66
66
3,
30 00
H. B. Wetherell,
66
66
4,
30 00
J. F. Houghton,
66
66
5,
30 00
C. D. Bartlett,
66
66
66
6,
30 00
Twenty-four members of Company 1,
120 00
Forty-five 66
3,
225 00
Thirty-five
66
66
4,
175 00
Thirty-nine
66
5,
195 00
Twenty-eight
66
66
6,
140 00
$1,092 00
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Stephen Ellis, drawing engine to three fires,
$5 00
two 4 00
C. H. Jenison, 66 66 2 gallons of milk, 48
George Pettee, stationery, postage, &c.,
2 00
J. E. & Seth Cousens, Jr., drawing engine to fires,
8 00
Amount carried forward, $19 48
15
Amount brought forward,
$19 48
Willard Marcy, can of milk, 42
John Mead, Jr., refreshments,
14 53
Thayer & Smith, horse to Watertown,
1 00
J. F. Boyd, drawing engine to fire,
1 00
E. C. Dudley, 66 66
3 50
E. B. Trowbridge, hook and ladder box, Newtonville, 25 62 2 00
S. G. Williams, drawing engine to fire,
Reuben Stone, 66 and from fires, 3 00
66 66
10 00
Stephen Ellis, refreshments,
1 10
B. F. Houghton, 66
3 00
John Mead, 66
7 70
G. W. Bacon,
38 52
Brown & Goulding, 66
5 00
E. D. Pattee, 66
4 50
Thomas Stanley, watching fire at Newtonville, 2 00
T. A. & J. G. H. Ward, 66 Norcross's barn, 4 00 Stephens & Pratt, fire-hook and ladders for Newton- ville, 58 40
$204 77
RECAPITULATION.
No. 1,
$40 24
" 3,
83 75
" 4,
160 88
" 5,
88 91
" 6,
26 88
Pay of engineers and firemen,
1,092 00
General expenses, -
204 77
$1,697 43
The firemen have done duty the past year, as follows, namely :
Company No. 1 .- Worked their engine at two fires. Turned out at three alarms of fire.
Company No. 3 .- Worked their engine at five fires. Turned out at four alarms of fire.
Company No. 4 .- Worked their engine at two fires. Turned out at two alarms of fire.
F. A. Cutter, 66 66
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Company No. 5 .- Worked their engine at seven fires. Turned out at eleven alarms of fire.
Company No. 6 .- Worked their engine at four fires. Turned out at eight alarms of fire.
The Engine Companies have held monthly meetings, dur- ing the year, for drill and business.
POOR IN ALMSHOUSE.
Dr.
J. F. Ferdinand, shoes, $13 13
Alexander Wood, "
50
D. N. Stoddard, meal,
29 78
Otis Munroe, 66
7 68
W. G. Lincoln,
44 35
W. P. Balch, Jr., "
3 66
B. F. Danforth,
3 80
Otis Atherton, 66
6 00
B. F. Houghton, meal and groceries,
534 60
Charles Rice, Jr., meal and grinding,
175 05
C. E. Snow, medicine,
1 31
William R. Wright,
1 00
Sundry Items,
6 22
Sundry travelling expenses, tolls and measuring manure,
11 45
J. Trowbridge, box of prunes,
72
W. C. Hubbard, glass,
22
D. Divine, manure,
3 00
Royal Gilkey, "
47 25
J. Breck & Sons, seeds and plow point, 66 shovel,
1 00
A. Jackson, repairing waggon,
45
Otis Pettee & Co. repairing tools, &c.
4 00
Sundry school books,
99
John Jennings, for grinding grain,
4 51
Frank E. Stanley, bread,
10 00
William Cooper, ashes,
7 48
Parker, White & Gannett, plow, tools and seeds,
32 87
W. A. Wingate, lime,
3 37
James W. Fish, seed potatoes,
2 25
Amount carried forward, $958 50
1 86
17
Amount brought forward,
$958 50
F. E. Bradshaw, flour, 5 87
Samuel M. Jackson, meat, 66 cow and calf, 40 00
331 18
John Mead, groceries, dry goods, &c., 66 rent of pasture,
50 00
M. R. Stevens, bread,
5 05
E. D. Pattee, 66
25 53
Isaac M. Bassett, millinery,
2 53
Ware & Co.'s express,
2 00
Cash paid, powder,
1 00
J. Federhen, spectacles,
1 00
Nourse, Mason & Co., tools, &c.,
3 00
Charles Cole, blacksmith work,
68 51
George Fuller, repairing harnesses and waggon,
6 65
E. D. Everett, woollen yarn,
1 00
Jacob Cole, labor on Town Farm,
91 20
E. F. Thayer, visits and medicine,
14 50
Barzellai Paine, fish,
13 25
J. Edes, 66
15 03
Edwin Jenison, labor,
4 00
P. Keegan, wheelwright work,
54 50
Asa Cook,
2 65
66 attending funeral of Mary Hall,
3 50
Cash paid, stationery and sundry articles furnished Almshouse, 25 86
5 75
Cash paid, " Massachusetts Ploughman," for 1858, bush scythe and snath,
1 12
R. Forbush, scraps,
12 26
Vaughn Jones, coal,
46 67
J. Perkins, shoeing horse,
2 63
Cash paid, expense for Mr. Norton, to Springfield,
4 32
A. Bickford, labor and supplies,
12 10
Almon & Hawkes, painting pung,
3 00
J. S. Winchester, fixtures for coal stove,
2 50
Asa Pratt, coffin and shroud for Mrs. Mary Hall,
7 25
Cash paid, sundry expenses for funeral,
4 36
J. F. C. Hyde, 10 cords of wood,
30 00
Cash paid, tax on dog, for 1858, 66 potatoes,
22 72
G. W. Bacon, dry goods,
207 50
Mrs. Jonathan Stone, rent of pasture,
10 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,351 12
J. D. Dix, Jr., 66 4 50
J. M. Blanchard for furniture for Almshouse,
2 00
1 00
3
245 13
18
Amount brought forward,
$2,351 12
William Gunn & Co., rent of pasture,
40 00
John Mead, Jr., horse,
140 00
F. A. Cutter, wood,
28 75
Isaac Hagar, bill for boots and shoes,
22 21
Samuel Seaverns, use of bull,
2 50
Allen & Barker, meat,
9 40
I. H. Snow, medicine,
7 55
Luther Paul, ice,
6 50
R. Gilkey & Co., manure,
38 50
John F. Farnum,
45 90
Peter Wheelock, 66
47 27
Methodist Society, rent of pew,
12 00
J. H. Brown, medical attendance,
124 00
Thomas Rice, Jr., fowls,
3 20
Moses Crafts, blacksmith work,
19 90
Expense at Cattle Show,
4 59
$2,903 39
Warden's salary,
325 00
Interest and insurance on farm,
765 00
Due Almshouse, Feb. 13, 1858,
86 90
$4,080 29
Cr.
Cash of Thomas Rice, Jr., for vegetables, $17 89
Sundry persons, 66
57 09
W. P. Houghton, vegetables,
1 19
B. F. Houghton,
and hay,
20 58
E. J. Collins, labor,
12 50
Peregrine Bartlett, 66
2 57
Peter Leonard,
2 25
Caleb Pratt, 66
4 00
J. S. Watson,
6 00
Mr. Kinmonth,
66
and potatoes,
6 00
J. F. C. Hyde, 66
13 00
I. Osgood, Warden, 66
on Beacon Street, 117 70
Stephen Cate, 66
17 00
Lemuel Crehore,
5 62
M. R. Stevens, hay,
22 00
E. D. Pattee, 66
21 20
S. M. Jackson, yoke of oxen,
163 00
Amount carried forward,
$489 59
66
19
Amount carried forward, $489 59
Cash of S. M. Jackson, 2 calves and hide, 23 05
Allen & Barker, 6 bbls. onions, 10 50
Allen & Barker, use of team,
1 75
Eben Stone, 66 66
1 50
Edwin Jenison, 66 66
3 00
Leonard Hurd, 66 66
10 75
J. D. Dix, Jr., 66 66
3 50
J. McCarthy, 66 66
14 96
Sundry persons, use of boar, 3 50
2 50
F. A. Collins, board of man, 8 weeks, 24 00
117 00
A. Hyde, board,
104 00
Jacob Bassing, board, &c., of wife, 5 46
A. Bickford, 66 66
17 weeks, 25 50
A. Bickford, 66 of self, 10 30 00
3 00
A. Bickford, hay, 7 05
13 08
A. Bickford, pasturing horses, 26 weeks,
26 00
Sundry persons, labor, and use of winnowing mill, 4 72
Peter Wheelock, 1950 lbs. of straw, 14 62
7 20
I. Osgood, premiums at cattle show, 7 37
J. H. Fellows, pasturing cows,
16 25
For assistance rendered poor out of Alms- house, 33 00
For warning town meetings,
28 50
$1,031 35
Inventory more than last year,
122 53
Refreshments for town officers,
70 00
Due for board of two persons,
45 75
Board of 343 transient persons,
171 50
28 17
Due from sundry persons, for labor, &c., " to 66 on account, Feb. 13, 1858, which has been paid this year,
230 00
Improvements on farm, 80 00
$1,779 30
Expense of poor,
2,300 99
$4,080 29
F. A. Collins, use of winnowing mill, &c.,
R. Jermain, 66 son,
A. Bickford, use of team,
A. Bickford, vegetables,
J. H. Brown, 900 66
20
Number of weeks' board of poor, 1219, which is a frac- tion more than $1.88 per week for each. Less the interest on farm it is a fraction more than $1.26 per week for each person.
Amount drawn from Treasury, 1858, $2,126 61
66 66 1857, 1,485 00
Excess over 1857, $641 61
The above excess drawn from the Treasury, during 1858, may be acounted for as follows, viz .:
Paid sundry accounts, due Feb. 13, 1858, $230 00
Cash in Warden's hands more than at last audit, 79 57
$309 57
Cost for board of transient persons, during the past year, over that for the previous year, 71 50
Cost for 288 more weeks' board of Town's poor, than in 1857,
288 00
Inventory more than last year,
122 53
$791 60
From the above deduct the difference of the amount due the Warden, Feb. 13, 1858, and the present time, 150 00
$641 60
Excess as stated above,
641 61
Value of stock, hay, waggons, and all other per- sonal property, on the farm, exclusive of bedding and household furniture, $2,173 97
The amount of sickness in the house the past year, has exceeded that of the previous year more than 200 per cent., which has made the expense greater than it would otherwise have been.
The result of the financial affairs of the Almshouse the past year, shows that the interest of the Town has been well cared for.
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It must be gratifying to the Town to know that while in- dustry, which cannot be dispensed with, has been required of those able to perform any amount of labor, all have been well provided for.
Those in charge of the house deserve much credit for the interest which they have taken in the future as well as the present welfare of the inmates of the house, particularly the children.
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Otis Pettee, support of Childs' family, $13 29
J. H. Grant, medical attendance for Mary Coyle, 15 00
J. H. Grant, 66 66 " M. Waesman, 5 00
J. H. Grant,
66
66
" Jane Bee,
6 00
M. B. Turner, care of Mrs. H. Haynes, and convey- ing her to the Hospital at Worcester, 20 10
W. A. Wingate, coal furnished James Dolon, 6 00
B. F. Houghton, supplies "
66 66
31 75
B. F. Houghton, 66 66 Mrs. Condren, 44 31
J. F. Webster, services rendered M. Waesman, 1. 00 Isaac Howe, funeral expenses of H. Childs & Son, 9 25
Asa Cook,
" John A. Pierce, 12 00
A. D. Dearbon, medical attendance for 66
1 00
C. H. & G. W. Dewing, support of Childs' family, 12 00
Town of Wrentham, support of B. Jones and family, H. S. Joselyn, 66 Eunice Hyde, 66 26 00
18 00
City of Cambridge, " Irene J. Thompson, 19 50
Henry Ross, 66 Esther Cook, 15 00
J. S. Watson, conveying Mrs. Bassing to Almshouse, J. S. Watson, conveying boy
5 00
66 3 25
Isaac Osgood, Warden, assistance rendered poor out of Almshouse, 33 00
Isaac Osgood, on account of assistance rendered poor out of Almshouse, 62 28
John B. H. Fuller, assistance rendered travellers at sundry times, 8 50
Thomas Rice, Jr., assistance rendered travellers at sundry times, 5 50
Samuel F. Dix, assistance rendered Wm. Jelly, 3 88
$387 61
Asa Cook, 66 66 " Russell Robinson, 11 00
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REPAIRS ON ALMSHOUSE.
R. M. Lucas, repairs, $2 00
J. E. & Seth Cousens, Jr., repairs, 9 50
J. R. Farnum, repairs of Pump, &c., 11 53
Isaac Osgood, cash paid for sundry bills,
71 84
Henry Fuller, lumber and labor at Almshouse,
76 33
$171 20
HIGHWAYS.
Repairs on Highways,
$3,968 47
Incidentals on Highways,
777 06
New Roads,
1,903 93
Bridges,
115 10
Total expenditure on Roads and Bridges,
$6,764 56
LOWER FALLS WARD.
EPHRAIM PARKER, Surveyor.
Amount of Appropriation, $500 00
Expended,
498 02
$1 98
WEST NEWTON WARD. SAMUEL J. HYDE, Surveyor.
Amount of Appropriation, $500 00
Expended, 500 00
NEWTONVILLE WARD. NATHAN CRAFTS, Surveyor.
Amount of Appropriation, 66 Expended,
$462 50 462 50
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NEWTON CORNER WARD. O. W. TURNER, Surveyor.
Amount of Appropriation, 66 Expended, 462 50
$462 50
EAST NEWTON WARD. GEORGE K. WARD, Surveyor.
Amount of Appropriation, 66 Expended,
$475 00
447 61
$27 39
OAK HILL WARD.
ARTEMAS WISWALL, Surveyor.
Amount of Appropriation, 66 Expended, 500 00
$500 00
UPPER FALLS WARD. STEPHEN W. STONE, Surveyor.
Amount of Appropriation, 66 Expended, 462 50
$462 50
NEWTON CENTRE WARD.
HENRY PAUL, Surveyor.
$462 50
Amount of Appropriation, 66 Expended,
460 55
$1 95
NORTH CENTRE WARD. LYMAN MORSE, Surveyor.
Amount of Appropriation, 66 Expended,
$175 00
174 79
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INCIDENTALS FOR HIGHWAYS.
J. F. C. Hyde, cash paid for work in Newton Cen- tre ward, $102 94
J. F. C. Hyde, cash paid for referees, in the case of D. N. B. Coffin, Jr., vs. Town of New- ton, 10 00
John Pulsifer, cash paid for road scraper, 5 00
A. T. Kempley, cash paid for ironing scraper, 11 62
Stephen Hurd, work done in 1857, 9 75
Stephen Hurd, railing on road near Ellis Mills,
157 89
Seth Davis, grading road, on account of Boston and Worcester Railroad at Newtonville, 77 00
Seth Davis, setting stone monuments on road, from Upper Falls to West Newton, 7 25
Seth Davis, building culvert near I. Lombard's, 30 50
Walker & Ellis, railing on Walnut street, 14 10
S. H. Gooch, widening Chestnut street, near Bixby place, 50 00
A. H. Randall, painting railing near Ellis Mills, 10 00
Hart & Hurley, repairing of culvert at Newton Centre, 3 75
John Ayers, damage sustained by defect in high- way at West Newton, 9 25
Allen & Barker, gravel for Lower Falls and West Newton highway wards, 28 20
Ephraim Parker, straightening road near Town Farm, 60 00
O. W. Turner, special appropriation for Newton Corner ward,
30 56
D. N. B. Coffin, Jr., damage for changing grade, opposite his house, 100 00
George Fuller, lettering guide boards, 3 00
Nathan Crafts, special appropriation, 5 54
George Daniels, culvert on Vernon street, 30 00
Mosher & Armstrong, repairing highway tools, 6 31
Nathan Crafts, removing snow from highways at Newtonville, 9 00
Samuel J. Hyde, removing snow from highways at West Newton, 5 40
$777 06
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NEW ROADS.
F. A. Cutter, for stone and carting, for wall near vinegar factory, $3 00
J. B. H. Fuller, work on new road, near Nonantum House, 12 00
O. W. Turner, making new road, 254 10
Isaac Osgood, cash paid work done on Beacon street, 242 43
Isaac Osgood, cash paid Kane Mahoney, on Beacon street, 8 00
P. Keegan, stone, cart and drag for work on Bea- con street, 19 12
C. Cole, sharpening drills, picks, &c., 6 34
Walker & Ellis, railing and labor on Beacon street, 208 85
E. Woodward, surveying and laying out Willow Lane, 22 72
S. W. Stone, taking levels, &c., on Willow Lane, 30 00
Nathan Crafts, gravel for 66 66
35 00
Ephraim Parker, building culverts, and grading, Willow Lane, 910 00
Cordelia Fuller, land damage on Willow Lane, 25 00
Isaac Osgood, cash paid for powder and black- smith's bill, for Beacon Street, 7 77
Isaac Osgood, labor, posts, &c., for Beacon Street 117 70
Moses Crafts, repairing tools, 66 66
1 90
$1,903 93
BRIDGES.
G. W. Keyes, repairs on bridge near Ellis Mills, $16 85 J. E. & Seth Cousens, Jr., repairs on two bridges, 14 00
Estate of Otis Pettee, removing gravel, in river, under bridge, Newton Upper Falls, 17 75
R. Boynton, building foot bridge, near Eliot Mills, 51 78
A. H. Randall, painting railing on do., 12 22
Ephraim Parker, repairs on bridge at Lower Falls, 2 50
$115 10
INSURANCE.
Loring Wheeler, insurance on school-house, Upper Falls, $74 25
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PRINTING.
J. B. Chisholm, printing blanks for school bills, $7 50
Stacy & Richardson, printing Auditors' report for 1857, 178 57
Stacy & Richardson, printing School Report, and Rules and Regulations, 68 00
Stacy & Richardson, printing, 100 50
$354 57
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
LeGrand Lucas, care of Town Hall, $10 75
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery, use of Selectmen, 2 50
Jonathan Avery, cash paid for right of equity in old school-house lot, at Oak Hill,
20 00
Obed Porter, setting glass in Town Hall,
1 50
J. S. Watson, notifying town officers,
15 84
J. S. Watson, sundries furnished lockup,
42
J. S. Watson, services at Town meeting,
2 00
E. J. Collins, cash paid postage and railroad fares,
7 39
Lee & Giles, guide boards, 5 75
Walker & Ellis, guide posts and setting,
7 50
E. C. Jenkins, returning list of deaths,
50
E. A. Smallwood, table for Selectmen's office, Isaac Osgood, by vote of Town, Nov. 2, 1858,
119 00
Asa Cook, returning list of deaths, 2 10
D. H. Mason, professional services,
26 00
Isaac Osgood, warning Town meetings, and posting jury lists, 28 50
B. P. Bingham, recording 22 deaths, 2 20
1 80
J. F. C. Hyde, recording deed,
60
Jeremiah Allen, 2d, services at Town meeting and notifying Representatives, 4 00
$278 35
BURIAL GROUNDS.
C. Cole, repairing tombs and hearse at W. Newton, $16 20 H. Fuller, " hearse house at East burial grounds, 8 70
$24 90
Thomas Rice, Jr., postage, stationery, &c.,
20 00
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SALARIES.
Orrin Whipple, services as Selectman, 1857, $4 00 Otis Pettee, 66 66 4 00
Thomas Rice, Jr., services as Selectman, for year ending Feb. 2, 1859, 94 00
Samuel F. Dix, services as Selectman, for year ending Feb. 2, 1859, 65 00
J. F. C. Hyde, services as Selectman, for year ending Feb. 2, 1859, 80 00
S. R. Wattles, services as Selectman for year end- ing Feb. 2, 1859, 66 00
J. B. H. Fuller, services as Selectman for year ending Feb. 1, 1859,
79 00
J. B. H. Fuller, services as Assessor, year ending 1857, 43 75
Isaac Hagar, services as Assessor, year ending 1857, 161 34
F. A. Collins,
66 1858, 70 00
Dustin Lancey,
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66
66
66
92 00
Loring Wheeler, services as Auditor, Feb. 1858,
26 00
Seth Davis, 66 66 27 00
Andrew H. Ward, " 66 66
66 22 00
Lyman Gilbert, services as School Committee, 1858, 39 00
Artemas Wiswall, 66 66 1857, 16 30
Henry Lambert,
66
66
61 86
Henry Bigelow, 66 66
101 00
J. W. Alvord,
66
66
66 47 00
J. A. Gould, Jr.,
66
66
66 32 00
Thomas Rice, Jr., 66 66 66
66 30 00
M. S. Rice, services as Town Clerk, 1857, 100 00
B. F. Houghton, salary as Liquor Agent, 50 00
E. J. Collins, services as Treasurer, 50 00
E. J. Collins, attending meetings of the Selectmen, 21 50
E. J. Collins, com. collecting taxes, in part for 1858, 350 00
H. N. Hyde, 66
60 122 56
$1,855 31
LIQUOR AGENCY.
Dr.
Value of liquor on hand, Feb. 13, 1858, $63 27
Cash in hand of Agent, 30 00
66 paid for salary of Agent, to Jan. 1, 1859, 50 00
$143 27
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Cr.
By value of liquor on hand, Jan. 1, 1859, $58 69
cash paid by Agent into the Treasury, 62 41
" amount due Agent, Feb. 13, 1858, (since paid,) 10 42
$131 52
Loss,
11 75
$143 27
KENRICK FUND.
Amount of Fund, after distribution of the interest,
as per direction of the donor, to the " industri-
ous poor of Newton," January 1, 1858, $4,051 39
Interest mceived since January 1, 1858, 181 08
$4,232 47
Permanent amount of Fund, which is secured by
mortgages from nine individuals, at 5 pr. ct., 4,000 00
$232 47
Amount distributed the last year to 25 persons, 200 00
Leaving a balance of interest, $32 47
The above sum of $4,000 accumulated from the amount given by the generous donor, the late John Kenrick, Esq., and is to be kept as a permanent fund; " the interest of which, at 5 per cent. per annum, is to be appropriated to assist the needy and industrious poor of Newton, who are not supported by said Town."
In submitting the foregoing Report to the Town, the Au- ditors deem it but just to say, that they have found vouchers for all the accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer, and their books correctly and neatly kept.
ISAAC HAGAR, EBEN'R WOODWARD, Auditors. JAMES F. C. HYDE,
Newton, February 10, 1859.
SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATE.
IN accordance with the vote of the Town, the Board of Selectmen respectfully present the following estimate of the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.
Interest, - $3,000 00
New Roads, -
:1,000 00
Highways, Culverts, and Railing,
4,500 00
Bridges, 300 00
Fire Department,
2,000 00
Schools,
- 12,000 00
Repairs on School-houses, &c., 1,000 00
Almshouse Expenses, 2,000 00
Repairs on Almshouse,
100 00
Paupers out of Almshouse, 500 00
Incidental Expenses,
-
600 00
Salaries, 1,900 00
Printing,
350 00
Burial Grounds,
50 00
Insurance,
100 00
Reduction of Town Debt,
5,600 00
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Total,
$35,000 00
In submitting the above estimate to the Town, the Board would simply remark, that the several appropriations recom- mended, are based upon a careful examination of the actual wants of each department. While some appropriations have been increased from last year's estimate, others have been diminished, so that the aggregate does not exceed the amount
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voted last year. The Board are unanimous and confident in the belief, that with prudent management the sum recom- mended will be sufficient to meet the wants of the Town for the year ensuing. They are equally well assured from their past experience, that the increasingly important interests of the Town cannot be properly sustained with any less appro- priation of money.
It is well known to the Town, that by an error in the Auditors' report of last year, the Town debt appeared to have been considerably reduced during the preceding year, whereas it was really increased some $3,000. We are now happy to state, that with the same appropriations for the past year, the current expenses of the Town have been met, and the debt actually reduced some $4,000.
In conclusion, the Selectmen most gladly avail themselves of this opportunity to bear their united testimony to the ability, fidelity and economy with which the affairs of the several departments of the Town have been conducted, by those entrusted with their management during the year now closed.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS RICE, JR. SAMUEL F. DIX, - Selectmen of Newton.
JOHN B. H. FULLER, JAMES F. C. HYDE, LUTHER R. WATTLES.
Newton, February 10th, 1859.
Registrar's Report for 1858.
The following statistics of Births, Intentions of Marriage, Marriages and Deaths, in Newton, prepared by the Registrar, are for the year 1858.
BIRTHS.
Whole number for the year,
225
In Newton Corner, 48
Males, 109
66 West Newton,
46
Females, 116
Upper Falls, 34
Newton Centre, 28
225
Newtonville,
26
Of Irish Parents,
100
" Lower Falls,
16
Of American Parents,
92
Auburndale,
15
Of others, (Foreigners,)
33
66 East Newton,
5
66 Oak Hill,
4
225
Not enumerated above,
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One more than last year. 225
There was one case of Twins; and one case of Triplets, in which the parents belonged to Newton, but were in Boston at the time of birth.
Thirty nine others were recorded, a part of whom were born in previous years ; and a part were born in other towns, the families having removed to Newton previous to January, the month for recording ; these last would lose their record if not recorded in Newton.
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE ENTERED.
Whole number of couples,
49
Where both parties belonged to Newton, 31
Where but one party belonged to Newton, 18-49
One couple more than in 1857, which is a little improvement on a few years past ; for although our population has increased about three hundred per year, yet for three years previous to the last, Marriages have decreased in a greater ratio. Certificates were issued as follows, viz :
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