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GEORGE H. RICH. EDWARD LYMAN. LOWELL M. BRECK. ALFRED WASIIBURN.
INDEX.
Almshouse Account.
PAGE
31
Almshouse Buildings, Repairs of. 37 Assets of the Town 14
Bridges.
42
Burial Grounds
48
By-Laws, etc. 134
Delinquent Tax-Payers. 124
Estimated Value of Property owned by the Town 15
Fire Department Account.
27
Fire Department, Report of Chief Engineer 63
Highways ..
37
Highway Teams. 41
Incidental Expenses
44
Insurance
43
Interest
15
Kenrick Fund. 49
Liabilities of the Town 14
Lighting Streets
49
Loan Account 12
Police Account
44
Poor out of Almshouse
35
Printing
44
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PAGE
Registrar's Report. 65 Removing Snow. 42
Rules and Regulations for Town Meetings 133
Salaries.
46
Schools, Appropriations for, and Accounts
16
Schools, Incidentals for 20
School-houses, New
25
Selectmen's Report and Estimate.
50
State Aid Account
47
Streets
126
Tax-List.
69
Treasurer's Account
11
Town Officers for 1867-8.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors. THOMAS RICE, JR.
DAVID C. SANGER. FREDERICK A. COLLINS.
ORRIN WHIPPLE. JAMES F. C. HYDE.
Town Clerk. MARSHALL S. RICE.
Treasurer and Collector. EDWARD J. COLLINS
Assessors. ISAAC HAGAR.
HENRY FULLER. AMOS L. HALE.
Auditors. ISAAC HAGAR. GEORGE E. ALLEN. OTIS PETTEE.
School-Committee.
* O. S. STEARNS, Chairman, .
Term Expires March, 1870.
JOHN B. GOODRICH, Secretary,
66 1868.
SOLOMON ADAMS,
66 1868.
NOAH S. KING, .
66 1868.
JOHN A. GOULD, 66 1869.
HORATIO F. ALLEN, .
66
1869.
ISAAC HAGAR,
66 1869.
GEORGE E. ALLEN,
66 1870.
+P. H. STEENSTRA,
66 1870.
¿ EDWARD J. YOUNG.
* Resigned. Place to be filled at the annual Town meeting.
¡ Resigned. Place to be permanently filled at the annual Town meeting.
Į Elected in convention by the Selectmen and School-Committee, in place of P. H. Steenstra.
2
10
Constables.
JOHN M. FISK. ALLEN JORDAN.
CHARLES COLE.
LUTHER BAILEY. JOHN A. PECK. E. H. KAHARL. .DANIEL STEARNS.
Truant Officers.
JOHN M. FISK. CHARLES COLE. JOHN A. PECK.
Superintendent of Highways. JOHN J. WARE.
Fence-Viewers.
COLBURN W. FREEMAN. MARCUS T. HEYWOOD).
Field-Drivers.
WILLIAM STEARNS. LEONARD HURD.
FRANK HANDY. THOMAS KERRIVAN. CHARLES COLE.
Pound-Keeper. JOSEPH WHITE.
Engineers of the Fire Department. GEORGE PETTEE, Chief Engineer. LUTHER PAUL, Clerk. ALLEN JORDAN. RUFUS MOULTON.
JAMES W. BAILEY. GEORGE DANIELS.
RODNEY M. LUCAS. STEPHEN F. CATE.
HENRY W. FANNING.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
BALANCE in the Treasury, February 13, 1867, $22,958 80 Amount received during the year, 255,259 72
Making a total of $278,218 52
This sum was received from the following sources, viz. :
From the State School-Fund, $628 80
From the State Treasurer, Corporation Tax, in
part, for 1866 and 1867, 15,094 53
From the State Treasurer, for aid furnished Soldiers prior to Feb. 1, 1867, 4,000 00
From State Treasurer, for State Paupers,
6 00
From Quincy Fire Insurance Co., dividend, 80 00
Loan of City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
80,000 00
Loan of Hannah Colder,
4,000 00
Loan of S. G. Phipps, executor,
6,000 00
Loan of John J. Ware,
200 00
From Taxes of 1865,
689 71
66
1866,
2,234 80
66 66 1867,
142,325 88
255,259 72
Balance in Treasurer's hands, Feb. 13, 1867, 22,958 80
$278,218 52
12
The amount paid by the Treasurer during the year is as follows, viz. :
Interest,
School Appropriation,
$10,770 16 40,970 05 6,566,98
Incidentals for Schools,
New School-houses,
57,567 98
Fire Department,
9,593 28
Almshouse,
2,530 95 .
Poor out of Almshouse,
1,268 08
Repairs of Almshouse buildings,
669 09
Highways,
16,091 27
Bridges,
262 03
Removing Snow,
347 06
Highway Teams,
3,046 72
Insurance,
1,024 38
Burial Grounds,
50 50
Printing,
1,381 37
Lighting Streets,
1,358 55
Incidental Expenses,
1,768 92
Salaries,
5,448 54
State Aid,
2,475 80
Special Police,
1,062 85
Loans,
27,000 00
County Tax,
8,344 25
State Tax, .
46,850 00
$246,448 81
Balance in the Treasury, Feb. 13, 1868,
$31,769 71
$278,218 52
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LOANS. Dr.
Amount as per audit, February 13, 1867, $182,100 00
April 1, 1867, John J. Ware, 200 00
June 1, 1867, Hannah Colder, 4,000 00
S. G. Phipps, executor, 6,000 00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell, Oct. 3, 1867, 80,000 00
$272,300 00
13
LOANS. Cr.
A
June 1, 1867, paid S. G. Phipps, executor,
$10,000 00
" 4, " " James M. Sherman 1,000 00
Oct. 3, " City Institutionfor Savings,
Lowell
16,000 00
Amount of unpaid Loans
245,300 00
$272,300 00
LIST OF LOANS.
RATE.
PAYABLE.
AMOUNT.
Institution for Savings in the Town of Newton,
6 per cent.
On demand.
$1,000 00
Henry Smith,
6
66
5,000 00
S. G. Phipps, executor,
6
66
June 1, 1870.
6,000 00
Mrs. Helen Woodward,
5
66
March 2, 1871.
6,000 00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
5元
66
March 8, 1873.
14,000 00
66
66
66
53
66
May 1, 1874.
20,000 00
66
66
66
5₺
May 1, 1875.
15,000 00
66
66
66
66
66
May 1, 1876.
15,000 00
66
66
66 66
6
66
Oct. 2, 1884.
20,000 00
66
66
6
66
Oct. 2, 1885.
20,000 00
66
Oct. 2, 1886.
20,000 00
66
.6
66
66
6
66
Oct. 2, 1887.
20,000 00
5
66
Sept. 1, 1869.
6,000 00
5
March 9, 1875. On demand.
2,600 00
Nathan S. Lunt,
6
66
66
1,800 00
66
66
6
66
66
1,200 00
Elizabeth N. Clark,
5
66
2,700 00
James M. Sherman,
6
66
66
3,000 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank,
6
66
Aug. 24, 1879.
30,000 00
Mrs. Hannah Colder,
6
66
June 1, 1870.
4,000 00
$245,300 00
TAXES OF 1865.
Balance, Feb. 13, 1867,
$931 91
Abatements,
$157 80
Amount paid into the Treasury,
689 71 847 51
Balance, Feb. 13, 1868,
$84 40
66
66
66
6
Thos. D. Wright, guardian, Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,
32,000 00
John J. Ware,
6
66
14
TAXES OF 1866.
Balance, Feb. 13, 1867,
$2,711 90
Abatements,
$177 00
Amount paid into the Treasury,
2,234 80 2,411 80
Balance, Feb. 13, 1868,
$300 10
TAXES OF 1867.
Amount of Assessments,
$153,990 88
Discount on Taxes paid prior to Oct. 1, 1867,
$5,076 73
Abatements,
891 33 5,968 06
$148,022 82
Amount paid into the Treasury,
142,325 88
Balance, Feb. 13, 1868, $5,696 94
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Amount of loans and interest to Feb. 13, 1868, $250,360 00
Balance due on appropriation for L. Falls School-house, 1,084 00
Balance due on appropriation for Newton
Centre School-house, 14,563 02
$266,007 02
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Amount in Treasurer's hands, Feb.
13, 1868, $31,769 71
Amount due from the Common-
wealth for "State Aid," furnished prior to Feb. 1868, 3,877 83
Amount due from the State on account of Corporation Tax, 3,500 00
Balance of Taxes for 1865, 84 40
Balance of Taxes for 1866, 300 10
Balance of Taxes for 1867,
5,696 94
$45,228 98
Debt of the Town, Feb. 13, 1868, 66
$220,778 04
1867,
150,935 24
Increase of Debt,
$69,842 80
4
15
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Almshouse land and buildings,
Personal property at Almshouse,
High-School building,
$15,500 00 7,000 00 15,000 00
Bigelow School-house and land, Newton Corner, 31,500 00 Davis' 66 66 West Newton, 10,000 00
New 66
66
Newtonville, 27,000 00
New 66 "
Auburndale, 24,000 00
New 66
Lower Falls,
27,000 00
Six School-houses, 66
31,000 00
Town and School-house 66 West Newton, 5,000 00
14,000 00
New School-house at Newton Centre,
31,500 00
Lyceum Hall and land, Newton Centre,
1,200 00
Lot of land on Pine Street, West Newton,
280 00
Two lots of land on Wash. St., West Newton, 988 00
Lot of land on Sumner Street, Newton Centre,
1,460 00
66 at Upper Falls, 450 00
66 on Jefferson Street, Newton Corner,
1,600 00
66 66 Walnut & Lowell Sts., Newtonville, 500 00
66 66 Parker Street, Oak Hill, 600 00
Beacon Street, Newton Centre,
448 00
66 for Steam Fire-Engine house, Newton Corner, 2,500 00
Steam Fire-Engine,
3,770 00
Grove Hall Cemetery land,
1,500 00
66 66 tomb,
800 00
Six Fire-Engines and fixtures, land and buildings, hooks, ladders, reservoirs, etc.,
15,500 00
Highway Teams, 5,000 00
$275,096 00
INTEREST.
State Treasurer,
$1,600 00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
5,228 66
S. G. Phipps, executor,
430 00
Hannah Colder, 120 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, 1,800 00
Inst. for Savings in the Town of Newton,
60 00
Henry Smith, 300 00
Amount carried forward ..
$9,538 66
1
New School-house at Oak Hill,
66
16
Amount brought forward, Mrs. Helen Woodward, Thomas D. Wright, guardian, John J. Ware, Mrs. Elizabeth N. Clark, James M. Sherman, N. S. Lunt,
$9,538 66
300 00
300 00
144 00
67 50
240 00 .
180 00
$10,770 16
SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.
Appropriation of March 4th, 1867,
to cover deficit in appropriation for the school-year ending Jan. 25th, 1867, $2,559 48
Appropriation of March 4th, 1867, for the school-year ending Jan. 24,1868, 41,500 00
$44,059 48
Rec'd from the State School-Fund,
628 80
$44,688 28
Amount expended in excess of ap- propriation for the year ending Jan. 25th, 1867, $2,559 48
Amount expended for the school-
year ending January 24th, 1868, 40,970 05
Balance unexpended Jan. 24th, 1868, 1,158 75
$44,688 28
HIGH-SCHOOL.
E. B. Hale, principal, $2,037 50
Miss A. Amy Breck, assistant,
1,200 00
" Carrie Spear, 66
700 00
" J. R. Goddard, 66
210 00
" C. T. Chaplin, drawing teacher,
148 75
167 03
Horace Cousens, 18,450 tons of coal, 2000 Albert Brackett, 42000 66 11 cords of wood,
50 77
13 50
97 00
Patrick Linnehan, care of house, 66 sawing wood, Mrs. Deery, sweeping school-rooms, Bright, 66 66
6 00
8 00
13 75
$4,652 30
17
CENTRE SCHOOLS.
D. S. Farnham, master, $1,700 00
Miss Mary E. Stevens, assistant Grammar teacher, 550 00
" F. Louisa Ripley, Intermediate teacher, 550 00
" Mary R. Goodridge, 288 75 66
Abbie Spear, Primary 66
550 00
Emma W. Young, Intermediate
237 50
H. Hodges, care of school-house,
147 00
66 66 sawing wood,
8 00
George Avery, 41 cords wood,
31 50
Horace Cousens, 14 tons coal,
131 50
66 1 cord wood, 7 00
$4,201 25
UPPER FALLS SCHOOLS.
Charles W. Hill, master, $1,700 00
Mrs. Caroline A. Nickelson, Intermediate teacher, 550 00
Miss Amelia B. Coe, 66 550 00
" Ellen D. Briggs, Primary teacher,
550 00
" Martha L. Perkins, 66
550 00
" Sybilanna Clarke, 66 66
110 00
Melvin W. Gould, care of Primary room, 31 25
John A. Gould, Jr., " sub-primary room,
12 00
Joseph Hall, care of house 30 00
45 50
George Avery, 161 feet of wood, 15 59
18 00
Vaughn Jones, 6,4 tons of coal,
68 20
Amos L. Hale, 10,49 0 tons of coal, 87 08
Richard Kellehar, care of house,
25 00
Otis Pette & Co., 114 tons coal,
103 30
$4,445 92
LOWER FALLS SCHOOLS.
L. E. Leland, master, $1,700 00
Miss Lucy Coe, Intermediate teacher, 550 00
" A. Henrietta Campbell, Primary teacher, 550 00
Isaac Hagar, cash paid care of school-house, 64 00 Vaughn Jones, 14& tons coal, 136 40
$3,000 40
3
John Kellehar 66
J. A. Gould, cash paid for sawing wood,
18
AUBURNDALE SCHOOLS.
Cephas Brigham, master, $1,700 00
Miss E. J. Spalding, Intermediate teacher, 550 00
" E. D. Joslin, Primary teacher, 165 00
350 00
" S. Martha Robinson, Primary teacher, Solomon Adams, cash paid for care of house, wood,
111 00
10 68
Vaughn Jones, 152 tons coal, 143 50
$3,030 18
WEST NEWTON SCHOOLS.
Leander Waterman, master, $1,700 00
Miss Ellen E. Miles, assistant Grammar teacher, 550 00
E. E. Simmons, Intermediate teacher, 550 00
Addie A. Baker, assistant
550 00
66 Sarah F. Jones, Primary 66
550 00
" Clara Abbott, 66 66
550 00
Dora Puffer, Sarah E. Foster, 66 66
74 25
George E. Allen, cash paid for care of school-house, 42 00
A. Williams, for care of school-house, 126 00
George E. Allen, cash paid for sawing and splitting wood, 10 75
431 36
$5,672 23
NEWTONVILLE AND NORTH VILLAGE SCHOOLS.
Silas H. Haskell, master, $1,700 00
Mrs. Annie M. Haskell, ass't Grammar teacher,
550 00
Miss M. A. Prescott, Intermediate 66 550 00
J. W. Butterfield, 66 66
550 00
Alma A. Leonard, Primary 66
550 00
Cornelia W. Jackson, Primary 66 66
165 00
Lydia B. Bird,
550 00
H. M. Nichols, 66
123 75
66 Julia A. Goodwin, 66
66
190 00
P. Linnehan, care of Grammar school-house sawing wood, etc., 16 00
Mrs. Deery, sweeping Grammar school-house,
16 00
Amount carried forward,
$5,050 75
66
501 87
D. C. Sanger, 451480 tons coal, 66 4 cords wood, sawing, etc., 36 00
90 00
1
19
Amount brought forward, $5,050 75
Michael Riley, care of North school-house,
19 00
Mrs. Kellday, care of schoool-house, 64 00
M. Riley, sawing and splitting wood,
2 00
Mrs. Bright, sweeping,
17 75
Albert Brackett, 38290% tons of coal, 66 66 21 cords of wood,
22 50
Horace Cousens, 2 tons of coal,
21 50
$5,565, 37
NEWTON CORNER SCHOOLS.
Edward Stickney, master,
$1,700 00
Miss S. M. Duncklee, ass't Grammar teacher, 550 00
H. F. Cole, 66 66
66
550 00
66
£ E. J. Claflin, 66 66 66
550 00
66 L. P. Maynard, " 66 60
453 75
66 Martha Verry 66 66
66
96 25
66 Margaret Bamford, Intermediate 66 550 00
66
M. C. Harriss, 66 66
550 00
66 Annie C. Grant, Primary 66
550 00
66 Kate A. Howard, "
66 550 00
66 F. A. Valentine, 66
550 00
Wm. F. Wood, care of South school-house,
101 00
F. F. Brown, care of Bigelow 66
124 00
Patrick Sweeney, care of North 66
80 50
66 66 sawing wood,
16 00
Henry Ross, 4 cords wood, 32 00
Albert Brackett, 491924 tons coal,
449 65
$7,453 15
OAK HILL SCHOOL.
Albert E. Winship, master, $1,350 00
Miss Georgiana Decker, assistant teacher,
400 00
Charles E. Sanderson, care of school-house,
20 00
N. S. King, cash paid 66
66
15 50
66
66 for wood,
5 00
Horace Cousens, 11 tons of coal,
108 75
$1,899 25
VOCAL MUSIC.
A. R. Trowbridge, teacher, $1,050 00
367 87
20
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Cyrus G. Cooke, for ink, Lower Falls, $1 00
66 drawing books, ink, call bell, High-School, 17 97
66 books and ink, Newtonville, 5 99
66
books, slates, and ink, West Newton, 11 57
S. Adams, for cash paid for 3 timepieces, A'dale, 39 00
66 work at school-house, Auburndale, 23 21
Patrick Sweeney, for cleaning windows and labor in school-house yard, Newton Corner,
148 50
W. G. Shattuck, for desks, chairs, ink wells, Auburndale,
66 49
W. G. Shattuck, for settees, desks, etc., A'dale, 221 42
" desks, settees, Newtonville, 45 45
" desks, Newton Corner,
471 60
" ink wells, teacher's table, etc., Upper Falls, 14 50
" desks, High-School, 42 00
66
settees, Grammar and High- Schools, Newtonville, 100 00
Waterman & Paine, for repairs on High-School building, 6 70
66 for repairs on school-house, Newtonville, 27 15
J. L. Sears, for resetting glass, Lower Falls, 9 00
Wm. F. Wood, removing seats, Newton Corner,
1 25
Elbridge Gerry, repairs on school-house, Newton Corner, 1 75
Noah S. King, for repairs on school-house, books for teachers' desks, Oak Hill, 23 60
Thomas Hurd, for repairs on school-house, and weather strips, Newtonville, 130 20
Thomas Hurd, for repairs on H. School building, 26 20 Isaac Hagar, for cash paid for school-books and sundries, Lower Falls, 11 16
O. S. Stearns, for cash paid for ink wells, bell, and books, Centre 12 10
O. S. Stearns, for cash paid for repairs, diplomas, printing questions, 41 78
Amount carried forward, $1,499 49
21
Amount brought forward, $1,499 49 H. F. Allen, for cash paid for moving seats, clean- ing yards, repairs, Newtonville, 98 20
H. F. Allen, for cash paid for books, cleaning house and yard, and repairing fence, H. School, H. F. Allen, for moving settees, rev. stamps, etc.,
73 06
9 70
26 00 Richard Hills & Brother, for 2 timepieces, N'ville, " 2 66 U. Falls, 28 00 Geo. E. Allen, for cash paid for books, ink, cart- ing gravel, stove, West Newton, 38 94
Geo. E. Allen, for cash paid for globes, cleaning house and yard, shovels, 39 70
M. & O. F. Lucas, for repairs on school-house, West Newton,
58 57
John Thompson, for repairing furnace, W. Newton, C. B. Leavitt, repairing stoves and pipes, new furnace, Newtonville,
350 05
C. B. Leavitt, for furnaces and pipes, High-School, 66 for dust pans, Auburndale,
1 10
Bridgman & Peabody, for door mats, dusters, Auburndale, 19 87
66
66
for erasers, wire cloth,
dusters, brooms, Upper Falls, 20 28
66
66
for brushes, brooms, and
dusters, W. Newton, 10 50
66
66
for mats, shovel, brooms, dusters, N. Corner,
101 51
.6
66
for brushes, mats, brooms, basket, Newtonville, 41 49
66
66
for ink, dusters, erasers,
bell, brooms, Oak Hill, 6 25
66
66
for dusters, N. Centre, 13 05
66
66 for door mats, H. School, 7 20
66
66 for brooms, dusters, and mats, Lower Falls, 16 48
E. A. Smallwood, for walnut blocks, High-School, 5 00
Asa T. Ring, for repairs on school-house, N'ville, 24 15
M. Keefe, labor in school-house yard, N. Corner, 94 00 Pat. McCarty, labor in school-house yard, N. Cor., 10 00
John Joice, 66 66 66 66
123 37
Pat. Kelley 66 66 66 66 20 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,780 59
29 64
14 99
22
Amount brought forward, $2,780 59
Byrne & Thomas, for repairs on school-house, Oak Hill, 6 47
P. H. Steenstra, for cash paid for postage, station- ery, etc. 1 54
Isaac Smith, repairs on school-house, Upper Falls, 43 76
D. & C. McMullen, for mason work on H. School building, 48 50
S. M. Duncklee, for cash paid for books, teachers' desks, Newton Corner, 4 42
H. B. & W. O. Chamberlain, for chemicals, High- School, 9 10
Howe Spring-Bed Co., case of shelves and wash- stand, Auburndale, 9 75
Howe Spring-Bed Co., wash-stand, Newtonville, 1 75
A. Phipps, for repairing clocks, 2 50
66 66 66 66 High-School, 1 00
J. M. White, for stove and pipe, and repairing pump, N. Centre, 39 41
M. T. Heywood, for setting glass and painting, Newtonville, 23 00
M. T. Heywood, for setting glass and painting, High-School, 382 34
Cyrus Carpenter & Co., for furnace, Newtonville,
200 00
Homer, Caldwell & Co., for wash-basins and mugs, Newtonville, 1 70
Homer, Caldwell & Co., for wash-basins and mugs, Auburndale, 4 20
John O. Evans, for painting and setting glass, N. Corner, 58 05
A. Trowbridge, for mats, brooms, dusters, ink, etc., N. Centre,
10 69
O. Whipple, for repairs on buildings, N. Corner, building fence, 66
217 11
Brewer & Tileston, for school-books,
116 05
A. B. Crane, for gong-bell and fixtures, N'ville,
10 00
A. Prentiss, for 9 copies of Johnson's Atlas,
144 00
Galraith & Baker, for digging well and putting in pump, Newtonville, 52 00
A. G. Barrett, for expressing furniture and books, Newtonville, 11 75
Woodman & Hammatt, for pointers, erasers, ink, Newtonville, 11 13
Amount carried forward,
$4,350 81
160 00
23
Amount brought forward, $4,350 81 Woodman & Hammatt, for books, charts, N'ville, 45 56
66 66 ink and crayons, Oak Hill, 2 30
Woodman & Hammatt, for books, ink, Upper Falls, 2 25
Woodman & Hammatt, for pointers, ink, and books, Auburndale,
5 42
Woodman & Hammatt, books, crayons, erasers, etc., W. Newton, 81 29
Woodman & Hammatt, for ink, crayons, etc.,
11 52
66 for bible, bell, and cray- ons, L. Falls, 5 38
Samuel F. Nichols, for school-books, L. Falls, 5 50
66 66 W. Newton, 25 00
66
Newtonville, 26 50
66 66 Upper Falls, 17 50
66 66 Auburndale, 11 00
66 66 Oak Hill,
2 75
66 66 66 N. Corner, 25 00
Patrick Keefe, for work in school-house yard, Upper Falls, 24 50
Dennis Kelly, for work in school-house yard, Upper Falls, 5 25
James Kenefick, for work in school-house yard, Upper Falls, 14 00
James M. Sherman, for work in school-house yard, Upper Falls, 20 25
N. P. Jaques, for 2 furnaces and repairs and stove, W. Newton, 518 16
J. H. Cushman, for mason work setting furnaces, W. Newton, 134 49
J. B. Goodrich, for cash paid for ink, pails, and sink, N. Corner, 10 15
Timothy Walker, for repairs on school-house, Newton Centre, 11.12
American Tablet Co., for repairing blackboards, Newtonville, 37 50
T. Stuart, for carting gravel, N. Corner,
13 00
Elliot Hall Proprietors, rent of school-room, Upper Falls, 125 00
A. J. Macomber, for 2 chocks and repairs, N. C., 52 50
$5,606 70 Amount carried forward,
24
Amount brought forward, $5,606 70
A. J. Macomber, for repairing clocks, etc., 23 00
Otis Pettee & Co., for making blackboard, Upper Falls, 7 50
John L. Shorey, for school-books, N. Centre, 14 24
Collin Cady, for stove and pipe and repairs, Upper Falls, 31 87
W. O. Haskell & Son, for Primary chairs, Upper Falls, 12 60
J. A. Gould, cash paid for cleaning school-house, Upper Falls, 10 27
J. A. Gould, cash paid for carting furnace, Upper Falls, 1 50
G. Chilson, for 1 cone furnace, Upper Falls, 193 50
M. Hunting, for setting furnace, Upper Falls,
28 90
B. S. Wetherbee, for curtains, fixtures, and re- pairs, N. Corner,
30 75
E. T. Billings, for chemicals furnished High-School,
3 00
66 for school-books, N. Centre, 7 66
66
66 L. Falls,
13 31
66
66 Auburndale, 6 88
66
66 W. Newton, 39 20
66 66
66 N. Corner, 13 20
3 79
J. N. Bacon, for gravel, N. Corner, 53 17
12 00
Jas. Freeman, estate, for repairs on furnace, ' 8 50
D. Dow, for expressing and moving settees, "
14 35
J. J. Ware, for removing stones in yard U. Falls, 3 25 D. Almon, for setting glass, repairing, and paint- ing, W. Newton, 35 86
Henry Stone, for tuning piano, N. Corner, 66
2 00
High-School, 2 25
E. M. Mosher, for repairs on school-house, New- ton Corner, 3 32
V. Jones estate, for express on sundries, L. Falls,
2 37
F. E. Hamblin, repairs on school-house, Newton- ville, 90 00
F. E. Hamblin, repairs on school-house, N. Corner, 36 00
$6,566 98
J. Warner, for sundries furnished, N. Corner,
E. P. Dutton, for 1 sett Colton's, maps, N. Corner, Freeman & Co., for furnace and repairs, 66
279 04
25
NEW SCHOOL-HOUSES. NEW SCHOOL-HOUSE, ASH STREET, AUBURNDALE.
SOLOMON ADAMS, ISAAC HAGAR, JOHN D. TOWLE,
Building Committee.
Samuel Convers, for land, $413 00
Kern & Fitch, for examining title to land,
10 00
E. Woodward, for surveying and making plan of land, 6 00
Expense to Lowell to purchase land, recording plan, etc., 18 13
M. & O. F. Lucas, for building house, as per contract,
14,315 00
M. & O. F. Lucas, for extra work on house 66 " scraping and varnishing
desks, 34 33
J. H. Wight, for building privy,
506 72
66
66 66 fence,
379 99
66 for repairing and setting up furni- ture, etc. 83 96
J. H. Cushman, for mason work, 68 87
G. Chilson, for furnace,
661 95
Williams & Page, for two bells,
9 75
A. B. Crane, for hanging bells, work on ventila- tors, etc., 40 15
B. Bourne, for man and team, carting gravel, 25 00
J. Washburn, for man and team, " £ 6 00
John Hargaden, for 5 days' work on yard, 10 00
V. Jones, for man and team grading yard, 40 50
John Noonan, for 241 days' work, grading yard, 49 00
Thomas Dexter, for work grading yard, 30 63
John Priest, for 4 days' work, grading yard, 8 00
Edward Farrell, for 12 days' work, grading yard, 24 00
M. Hagerty, for labor on yard, 3 00
F. Donelly, for deepening old cellar, 16 50
17 25
J. Cunningham, for lengthening piers in old cellar, 66 for moving furniture, 2 00
Charles Cole, for gate hinges and scrapers,
10 00
S. H. L. Pierce, for extra work on stairs,
10 00
Orville Tyler, for trees, 7 00
C. H. Jenison, for expressing furniture,
18 70
Amount carried forward, $17,468 33
1
642 90
26
Amount brought forward, $17,468 33
Express on furnace, ventilators, etc., 16 75
T. C. Hubbard, for painting fence, 85 00
J. D. Towle, for architect's fees, 800 00
Sundry incidentals, 21 80
Sundry bills for grading yard, cleaning house, etc., 222 52
American Tablet Company, for blackboards 44 60
$18,659 00
Cr.
Cash received from sale of old fence, stoves, etc., $134 00
Cash received from sale of land to
B. Bourne, 25 00
159 00
$18,500 00
Amount paid from the Treasury,
prior to Feb. 13, 1867, $17,650 00
Amount paid the past year, 850 00
$18,500 00
Amount paid for the new school-house, L. Falls, in part, $24,916 00
Amount paid for the new school-house, Newton Centre, in part, 16,936 98 Amount paid for the new school-house, Oak Hill, 14,000 00
J. D. Towle, for original plans for Centre and Upper Falls school-houses, 850 00
George W. Keyes, expense on plans for Upper Falls school-house, 15 00
The new school-houses at Lower Falls, Newton Centre, and Oak Hill, not being completed, a detailed statement of cost will appear in the next Annual Report.
RECAPITULATION.
High School, $4,652 30
Schools at Newton Centre, 4,201 25
66 Upper Falls, 4,445 92
66 Lower Falls, 3,000 40
Amount carried forward,
$16,299 87
27
Amount brought forward, Schools at Auburndale,
$16,299 87
3,030 18
66 West Newton, 5,672 23
66
Newtonville,
5,565 37
66
Newton Corner,
7,453 15
66 Oak Hill,
1,899 25
Instruction in Vocal Music,
1,050 00
Total amount paid for teachers' salaries, fuel, and care of school buildings,
$40,970 05
Incidentals for Schools,
6,566 98
Printing,
270 00
Services of School-Committee,
1,134 19
Services of Building Committee, Auburndale school-house, 400 00
New school-house, Auburndale (balance),
850 00
New school-house, Lower Falls, in part of appro- priation, 24,916 00
New school-house, Newton Centre, in part of appropriation, 16,936 98
New school-house, Oak Hill,
14,000 00
J. D. Towle, for original plans for N. Centre and U. Falls School-houses, 850 00
Geo. W. Keyes, expense on plans for U. Falls School-house, 15 00
$106,909 20
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CATARACT, NO. 1.
Allen Jordan, for platform to engine-house, 6,50
H. R. Bishop, 5 ladders, 31 20
Eaton, Moulton & Co., for repairs on engine and house, 50 59
J. Pulsifer, for repairs on engine, 6 90
Shelton & Cheever, 8 00
repairing hose,
66 66 100 feet of hose,
195 00
S. G. Cheever, for oil clothing, shovel, hammer, etc. 29 55
Hunneman & Co., for repairing engine, 55 75
$383 49
28
TRITON, NO 3.
F. & G. Robinson, for oil, brooms, and stove polish, $5 53 John Welch, labor and stock, repairing engine-house, 3 61
R. M. Lucas, for doorsteps at engine-house, 1 50
Charles Cole, for repairing engine, 3 00
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