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32 00
Thomas L. Whiton, for driving to fires,
5 50
H. M. Stimson, for printing,
3 00
Harris's Express, for hauling engine,
6 45
Hurd & Wilson, for repairs on reservoirs,
8 40
Hubbard & Burr, for painting ladder-house, 4 60
Foster & Bishop, for ladder,
28 45
Amount carried forward, $358 05
40
Amount brought forward, $358 05
3 00
Luther Paul, for stationery, S. A. Walker, for lock, 1 00
James Mellen, for moving Empire engine-house,
25 00
American Consolidated Fire Extinguisher Co., for nine extinguishers,
463 50
$850 55
RECAPITULATION.
Steamer No. 1,
$2,527 81
No. 1, Cataract,
510 27
No. 2, Monitor,
1,171 95
No. 3, Triton,
207 32
No. 4, Mechanic,
654 34
No. 5, Nonantum and Empire,
112 03
No. 6, Eagle,
928 38
Pay of engineers and firemen,
3,681 67
General expenses,
850 55
$10,644 32
ALMSHOUSE.
DR.
B. F. Houghton, for groceries,
$269 33
J. W. Howe,
66
4 94
S. S. Sleeper,
124 14
H. W. Fanning & Son,
17 41
F. & G. Robinson,
12 00
Dimond & Weatherbee,“
8 77
G. W. Bacon & Co., for dry-goods,
142 86
W. H. Colburn, 66
66
7 50
C. H. Boynton, for clothing,
35 50
Horace Bacon, for meat,
532 19
W. H. Brackett,
4 46
Trowbridge & Barker,
9 35
Geo. T. Denton, 66
4 09
B. Paine, for fish,
30 88
Knowles & Young, 66
15 89
Amount carried forward,
$1,219 31
.
41
Amount brought forward,
$1,219 31
W. E. Norris, for fish,
42 54
J. E. Gammons, for shoes, 9 00
Loring Wheeler, 66
1 75
George Robbins, 66
11 87
J. G. Latta, 66
17 35
Orrin Whipple, for grain,
561 59
Brackett Lord, for flour and grain, 66 " for hay,
67 90
G. O. Kingsbury, “
E. T. Wiswall,
for manure, 66
48 37
H. C. Hoyt,
39 00
L. Gassett, 66
82 50
W. Clatworthy, 66
60 00
Andrew Peters, 66
15 00
E. F. Thayer, 6
52 50
Wm. B. Locke, for labor,
21 63
H. C. Hoyt, for warning town meetings,
39 50
Charles E. Hogan, for labor,
40 00
John Kneeland, 66
16 00
George Pierce, 66
64 25
Francis Percy, 66
145 62
Mary Reeves, 66
156 00
Thomas Belger, for blacksmith's work,
21 01
J. F. Webster, for medicine,
18 50
J. J. Noble, 66
17 73
Isaac H. Snow, “
7 40
D. C. Sanger, for 25,1 tons of coal,
238 45
J. A. Munster, for bread,
23 68
Luther Paul, for ice, 17 00
Parker & Gannett, for tools and grass-seed,
12 83
J. Breck & Son, for grass-seed,
12 00
J. W. Pierce, for four coffins and shrouds,
51 50
Newton Cemetery, 8 50
Asa Cook, for undertaker's service,
4 00
First Methodist-Episcopal Society, for pew-rent,
30 36
J. F. C. Hyde, auctioneer, for sundries,
30 39
66 " wood,
212 25
66 66
" hay,
58 20
Wm. Stanley, for exchange of horse,
125 00
D. C. Sanger, for plaster,
2 50
Amount carried forward, 6
$4,567 57
911 64
52 95
42
Amount brought forward, Sundries,
99 20
Leonard Hurd, for pasturing,
30 00
W. Marcy, 66
9 54
J. Jenison, barrel soap,
5 00
S. F. Cate, for use of hearse,
8 00
Elijah Jenison, for grain chest,
13 50
S. M. Jackson, for salt hay,
29 47
C. Cady, for tin ware, repairing furnace, &c.,
29 40
T. P. Robinson, for medical attendance,
129 00
F. D. Lord,
16 50
J. H. Grant,
16 00
Charles Ellis, for grinding grain,
7 00
I. H. Gould, 66
3 96
Wm. Flagg, for repairing shoes,
8 98
Highway teams,
220 00
Warden's salary,
350 00
$5,543 12
Interest and insurance on farm,
1,000 00
Bills due almshouse, Feb. 12, 1870,
78 25
Value of stock, hay, grain, provisions, fuel, and all other personal property belonging to the farm, except household furniture, Feb. 12, 1870.
6,736 78
$13,358 15
CR.
J. Duggan, for wood,
$4 00
H. Bryson 66
9 00
P. McGrath
22 50
Clark Cook 66
12 50
George Mills 66
7 00
John Mehan
9 00
S. M. Jackson
7 00
John Carroll 66
4 50
John Green 66
11 00
P. Dolan 66
3 50
John McGrath 66
18 25
Mrs. M. J. Jones, for pork and eggs,
54 37
E. C. Dudley, for posts,
8 00
Amount carried forward,
$170 62
$4,567 57
43
Amount brought forward,
$170 62
A. Allen, for barley, 8 30
R. Jermain, for board of his son,
81 00
Vegetables,
81 67
Sundry bills received,
31 01
B. F. Houghton, for eggs,
5 83
H. Bacon, for a calf,
13 00
School department, for wood,
8 00
Board of highway horses,
2,800 00
112 00
Highway department, for chestnut-posts, 66 labor,
209 75
For warning town-meetings,
95 00
$3,616 18
Bills due almshouse,
50 00
Board and medical attendance for 444 transient persons, 500 00
Refreshments furnished town officers, 100 00
Value of stock, hay, grain, provisions, fuel, and all other property belonging to the farm, except household furniture, Feb. 13, 1871, 6,396 34
Expense of almshouse for the year ending Feb. 13, 1871, 2,695 63
$13,358 15
Average number of poor supported in the alms- house during the year, 16 8+
Number of inmates, Feb. 13, 1871, 14
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
D. C. Sanger, wood and coal delivered Mrs. Water- house, Gibbons, Turner, O'Brien, Sullivan, and Mr. Rorke, $126 61
Charles Rice, jun., for coal delivered Mrs. Marston, 5 50 G. L. & C. B. Bourne, for coal delivered Mrs. Pratt, 42 50 A. H. Jones & Co., for coal delivered Mrs. Marston and Weston, 24 37
Amount carried forward, $198 98
*
44
Amount brought forward, $198 98
Charles Cole, cash for goods for Mrs. Turner and Gibbons, 29 82
Charles Cole, refreshments for sundry persons, 11 75
Mary Grover, for support of Mrs. N. Williams, 52 00 Albert Plummer, for groceries delivered Mrs. Pratt, 110 85 State Industrial School, for board of Margaret,
Annie, and Elizabeth Riley, and Rose Farrell, 170 50 State Reform School, for board of J. McMann, John
Corning, and James McGow,
State Lunatic Hospital, Northampton, board of Philip Walsh, 142 53
43 14
State Lunatic Hospital, Worcester, for board of William R. Babcock, 75 30
State Lunatic Hospital, Worcester, for board of Frank E. Hawkes, 49 00
State Lunatic Hospital, Taunton, for board of William Leggate, 157 21
State Lunatic Hospital, Taunton, for board of F. H. Austen, 195 34
State Lunatic Hospital, Taunton, for board of C. F. Allen, 240 43
State Nautical School, board of J. Kelley and E. W. Nutting, 30 13
H. M. Field, medical attendance to W. Dwyer and E. Fisher, 18 00
T. P. Robinson, medical attendance to F. Hawkes,
5 00
J. H. Grant, medical attendance to A. A. Storker and F. Hawkes, 10 00
L. B. Morse, medical attendance to E. Fisher, 8 00
T. S. Keith, medical attendance to T. O'Brien, 6 00
Lincoln R. Stone, medical attendance to W. Leggate, 5 00
Thomas Rice, jun., cash paid assistance to Mrs. Gib- bons and Mrs. John Taffe and family, 83 00 Otis Pettee, cash paid assistance to sundry persons, 8 50
A. L. Hale, for coal delivered Mrs. O'Neil and Foster, 24 50
W. H. Phillips, funeral-expense of two persons, 35 00
J. B. Lovett, for groceries delivered Mrs. Sullivan, 11 53
Eliza J. Fuller, for care of Mrs. Pratt, 36 00 M. T. Heywood, cash paid assistance to Mrs. Marden, 19 00 M. T. Heywood, cash paid funeral-expense of Mrs. Marden's child, 12 50
Amount carried forward, $1,789 01
45
Amount brought forward, $1,789 01
M. T. Heywood cash paid assistance to Mrs. Hop- kins and others, 19 50
Barber & Waters for groceries delivered Mrs. Wa-
terhouse, Turner, Gibbons, Taffe, and O'Brien, 42 13
L. P. Stone, for goods delivered Mrs. Waterhouse, 5 97
B. F. Tyler, for goods delivered Mrs. O'Neil, 10 00
John M. Fisk, cash paid on account of E. Fisher, 4 15
I. F. Kingsbury, cash paid assistance to G. Folling, 16 97 Henry Ross, for support of Esther Cook, 40 00
O. C. Gibbs, cash paid funeral-expense of N. Riley's child, 12 00
D. W. Jones, for medical attendance, 7 00
B. F. Houghton, for goods delivered Mrs. O'Brien and Gibbons, 12 30
G. W. Bacon & Co., for goods delivered Mrs. Duffy, 7 29 George E. Bridges, for assistance rendered sundry persons, 36 00
Thomas Rice, jun., for assistance rendered sundry persons, 19 50
J. B. Lovett for goods delivered Hallam, Burton, and Sears, . 8 83
H. A. Sherman, for goods delivered Mrs. O'Neil and Bitner, 21 75
E. P. Scales, for medical attendance,
5 00
City of Boston, for board of Salome Park and Lydia A. Jenness, 127 88
Trowbridge and Hill, for coal furnished,' 7 13
A. W. Whitney, for medical attendance, 5 00
$2,197 41
CR.
Cash received for board of C. F. Allen, $194 00
Cash received for board of W. K. Giles's son, 42 15
236 15
Expense of poor out of the almshouse, $1,961 26
46
HIGHWAYS.
SELECTMEN, SURVEYORS. JOHN J. WARE, Superintendent.
John J. Ware, for service as superintendent, $850 00
William E. Fuller, for team and personal service, 929 20 J. Johnston, for men, teams, and personal service, 1,994 75
E. D. Brooks, for team and personal service, 385 50 S. M. Jackson, for men, teams, and personal service, 171 01 Trowbridge & Hill, for men and teams, 77 00
Parker & Colton,
28 00
Wm. W. McIntosh, 66
66
306 95
Eben Stone, 66 66
31 53
Patrick Mullen, 66 66
46 12
J. Shea, 66
66
17 50
J. C. Gipson,
66
66
7 86
C. Decker, 66
66
13 15
H. B. Richardson, 66
22 75
I. F. Kingsbury, 66
66
31 85
Wales Brothers,
66
66
15 45
John Stearns,
66
66
96 25
Thomas McGue,
66
66
10 00
A. L. Hale,
66
66
21 50
David Hall, jun.,
66
66
168 43
Henry Ross,
66
15 00
Stillman Sanderson,.
66
66
54 28
J. D. & W. Dix,
66
17 25
P. Brennan, 66
66
88 00
N. S. King,
66
66
15 00
Charles Esty,
66
66
15 50
S. F. Dix, 66
66
30 00
Thomas Rice, jun., 66
69 00
John Kiley, for labor,
86 62
Hugh Bryson, 66
484 75
Thomas L. Whiton, for labor,
182 25
C. Dacey, 66
603 00
Miles Tenny,
66
517 13
Timothy Sullivan, 66
446 25
Wm. Furdon, 6
499 63
George McWilliams,
301 00
. Daniel Furdon,
:6
22 75
Amount carried forward,
$8,672 21
47
Amount brought forward.
M. Quinlin, for labor,
628 00
James Duggan,
628 00
John McAllister, 66
510 12
Peter Leonard, 66
421 74
John McGrath,
496 12
Patrick McGrath, 66
491 75
George Mills, 66
455 88
Michael Corcoran, 66
455 88
Jerry Tahan, 66
503 11
Farrell McGovern, 66
340 37
James Mills, 66
524 12
Jerry Coffee, 66
491 75
Jerry Cotter & Co., 66
1,108 87
Clark Cook, 66
67 37
Edward Pendergast, 66
481 26
Henry Percy,
66
413 44
J. McCarty, 66
32 37
Thomas Coughlin, 66
94 50
Michael Riley,
66
77 00
Patrick Dolan,
66
389 37
John Green,
66
386 75
A. Muldoon,
134 68
Thomas Crooker, 66
70 50
John Crooker,
66
35 00
Thomas Keefe,
66
73 50
Wm. Marrar,
66
45 88
John Shea,
66
9 63
John Ford,
66
128 63
C. Mead,
66
85 75
E. Drinnan,
66
13 12
A. Henricus, 66
68 32
James Coleman, 66
84 88
James Mahoney, 66
66 50
David Craige, 66
77 87
P. Dwyer, 66
35 00
Carney,
66
9 63
M. Hefnor,
66
10 50
D. Lane,
66
38 50
P. Drennan,
17 49
Amount carried forward,
$19,164 49
481 25
John Kelly,
$8,672 21 7 88
John Carroll, 66
48
Amount brought forward,
$19,164 49
Martin Flanigan,
for labor,
12 25
J. Drinnin, 28 87 66
J. Myer,
27 38
T. J. Orange,
66
50 63
Casper Gichel, 66
7 50
Matthew Breen, 66
17 50
Wm. Morse, .“
6 13
Wm. Keefe,
66
45 50
T. Donovan,
28 00
C. Lane, 66
63 87
John Johnson, 66
52 50
Wm. Bell, 66
30 16
John Maley,
17 50
J. Maxwell, 66
48 75
J. Morisy,
25 63
John S. Fuller,
66
245 00
W. F. Dexter,
408 00
J. Finn, 66
14 87
J. Cronan, 66
7 00
O. J. Stetson,
9 63
J. G. Johnson,
6 00
J. Chapman, 66
13 25
John Paramore, 66
40 50
E. Cronan, 66
26 25
Michael Fanning,
42 88
Michael McCarty,
35 88
Patrick Tracy, 66
66 50
G. McLauthlin & Co., for hammers,
8 10
Parker & Gannett, for highway tools,
86 25
Otis Pettee & Co., for street-roller,
259 15
Otis Pettee & Co., for iron posts, and irons for stone-crusher, 21 74
J. F. C. Hyde, auctioneer, for horse-cart, 45 00
H. S. Brown, for one horse, 290 00
Stephen Ellis, for tool-chest, water-conductors, &c., for stone-crusher, 48 78
Whitney & Bridges, for bbl. oil,
23 10
66 for one-half doz. picks,
8 00
Timothy Stewart, for gravel,
41 60
David Hall, jun., 66
14 48
Thomas Riley, 66
8 00
Amount carried forward, $21,396 62
6.
49
Amount brought forward,
$21,396 62
Amos Esty, for gravel,
16 25
Michael Lane, 66 16 00
G. W. Butters, 66 66
16 00
Albert Jenison, 66 66
9 30
Martin Conner, 66
13 70
Thomas Kelliher, 66 66
5 00
A. Holbrook, 66 66
8 90
P. Coleman, 66 66
5 00
Wm. Sullivan, 66
8 87
Geo. E. Pike, for services as engineer at stone- crusher,
52 50
Geo. W. Keyes, for building railing, 126 84
66 66 for repairing bridges,
32 60
L. T. Cunningham, for blacksmith work, 2 25
Whittemore & Belcher, for iron rakes,
15 68
Esau Cooper, for one horse,
320 00
Wm. Stanley, for two horses,
675 00
S. M. Jackson, cash paid for repairs on stone- crusher, 12 75
R. M. Lucas, for building railing,
49 60
American Horse Collar Co., for six horse-collars,
48 10
E. M. Mosher, for blacksmith work,
216 96
Trowbridge & Hill, for wood and coal for stone- crusher, 151 60
George Fuller, for harness and repairs,
139 55
Ames Plow Co., for plough-points, &c.,
6 22
Thomas Belger, for blacksmith work,
52 07
Alfred Howes, for drain-pipe,
123 64
Royal Gilkey & Co., for lumber,
322 77
Dodge & Gilbert, for two paving-hammers,
·6 00
Hurd & Wilson, for building bridge on Harvard St. and removing fence on Bowers Street,
70 80
A. Peters, for blacksmith work,
194 65
331 59
J. Johnston, stones for culverts and walls, 66 66 for laying culvert,
100 00
Z. E. Coffin, for widening Station Street,
700 00
D. Rooney, for shovels and repairing tools,
7 68
John Pulcifer, for wheelwright work, 66 66 for one horse-cart,
150 00
Seth Davis, for building three culverts, one on each, Elm, Cherry, and Waltham Streets,
644 85
163 50
Amount carried forward, $26,212 84
7
50
Amount brought forward, $26,212 84 Wm. H. Mague, for widening Washington St., Lower Falls, 550 60
Wight & Higgins, for building railing, 129 80
Simon Mahan, for building culvert on Crafts St.,
240 00
Davis & Farnum. for iron pipe,
31 80
White & Knapp, for drain-pipe, 66 for cement, 12 25
P. Brennan, for building Linwood Avenue, 274 00
Allen Jordan, for repairing Lower Falls and Slack's bridges, and building railing on Concord, Grove and Washington Streets, 304 22
D. C. Sanger, stones for culverts, 140 85
Whitney & Bridges, for vise, and rubber packing, 15 17
J. H. Cameron, for wheelwright work, 30 55
N. S. King, for building wall on Brookline St., 25 00
G. B. Randall, for painting railing, 21 15
Jeremiah Johnston, for widening Cypress St.,
150 00 66 66 66
Waverly Avenue, 1,100 00
13 42
Wm. Welch, for harness work,
Felix Dolan, for building west section of Web- ster Street, 1,400 00
Boyd & Cate, for covering stones, 27 60
Boston & Albany R. R., freight on drain-pipe, 37 00
G. W. Cutter, for buffalo-robe and blankets, 38 00 Day & Collins, for drain-pipe, 1,219 25
D. C. Sanger, for cement,
3 00
Otis Pettee, for building wall, and blasting ledge on Pettee Street, 245 75
R. M. Lucas, for building railing, 20 90
Patrick Brennan, for widening Waltham Street, 550 00
Wm. E. Fuller, for exchange on horses,
37 50
Wm. E. Pentz, for grading done on Lexington St.,
75 00
Stephen Holmes, for repairs on Stable at Steamer Engine House, 104 66
F. E. Hamblin, for repairs on highway buildings, 30 39
106 00
D. F. Tripp & Co., for 106 yards street-crossings, John D. Towle, for building wall, and resetting gate-posts, on account of widening Homer St., 213 83 Warren Ellis, award for land-damage in widening Station Street, 300 .00
Amount carried forward,
$33,682 67
22 14
51
Amount brought forward, $33,682 67 Wm. H. Pettee, award for land-damage in laying
out town way east of school-house, Upper Falls, 500 00 Langdon Coffin, for removing and resetting trees on Newtonville Avenue, Mt. Ida, 12 00
Stephen Ellis, for land taken to widen Cypress and Parker Streets, 30 00
E. C. Dudley, for land taken to widen Cypress and Parker Streets, 50 00
Eben D. Dyer, for land-damage on Newtonville Avenue, Mt. Ida, 25 00
Silas Stevens, for land damage on Grant Avenue,
15 00
H. F. Allen, for lot of gravel land on Water- town Street, 1,500 00
Z. E. Coffin, for lot of gravel land at Newton Centre, 4,000 00
Almshouse department, for 560 weeks' board of horses, 2,800 00
Almshouse department, for use of teams, 209 75
Almshouse department, for 280 chestnut-posts, 112 00
Sundry bills, 185 60
$43,122 02
CR.
Received of fire department, for use of horses, $428 00
66 for labor of men and teams on reservoirs, 210 50
of D. C. Sanger, one-fourth
of the cost of building the extension of Webster St., 350 00
220 00
66
· from almshouse department, for labor of men and teams, of Charles T. Hubbard, in part of the expense for railing on Slack's Bridge,
25 00
" of County Treasurer, on ac- count, for widening Wash- ington St., Lower Falls, 160 00
for land sold J. E. Cousens, 602 80
for sundry bills for labor, &c., 292 90 2,289 20
Net expense on account of highways, $40,832 82
52
The above amount was expended for the following pur- poses ; viz., -
For building Central Street $258 25
Walcott Street (in part), 78 00
Grant Avenue (in part), 119 00
66 Crescent Street, 88 25
66 66
Chase Street,
55 00
Glen Helen Street, 77 50
Willow Street,
174 00
66
Webster St. (extension), 1,050 00
66 Linwood Avenue, 374 00
Pettee Street (in part),
510 75
" widening High Street, 137 75
66
Chestnut Street, 75 50
66 66
Boylston Street, 40 00
66 :6
Cypress Street,
200 00
66 66
Washington St., L. Falls,
434 61
Sumner Street,
137 00
Centre Street,
93 00
66 Waltham Street,
550 00
" grading Station Street,
700 00
" highway teams,
1,700 00
" drainage,
5,615 35
" land damage on Station, Pettee, Parker, and Cypress Streets, 932 00
" gravel banks,
4,897 20
" removing snow, 360 00
" ordinary repairs, 20,861 83
$40,832 82
Appropriation for the purchase of gravel. land, $5,000 00
Amount paid for gravel land, less am't received from the sale of land, 4,897 20
Balance unexpended, $102 80
Appropriation for highways, culverts, bridges, railings, and teams, 36,000 00
Amount expended, 35,935 62
Balance unexpended, 64 38
Total balance unexpended, $167 18
Waverly Avenue,
1,100 00
" grading Homer Street,
213 83
53
RECAPITULATION.
Amount expended for new streets,
$2,784 75
66 66
widening streets,
3,681 69
66
drainage,
5,615 35
66
gravel land,
4,897 20
66
66
removing snow,
360 00
66
66
teams,
1,700 00
66
land damage,
932 00
66
66
ordinary repairs,
20,861 83
$40,832 82
Amount expended on account of highways for the six years ending Feb. 1, 1871 : -
For new streets and widening streets,
$24,376 53
drainage,
14,953 57
bridges,
1,365 50
gravel land,
8,090 08
stone-crusher,
2,700 00
teams,
9,973 62
ordinary repairs,
78,406 83
$139,866 13
INSURANCE.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co. of London.
$1,200 on furniture and fixtures in Town Hall, for five years, $42 00
4,000 Grammar school-house, Upper Falls, for five years, 120 00
5,000 Grammar school-house, West New- ton, for five years, 150 00
3,000 66 steamer engine-house, and stable, for five years, 105 00
5,000 66 Newton Centre school-house, for five years, 150 00
People's Fire Insurance Co., Worcester.
$4,000 on Bigelow school-house, for five years, 120 00
Amount carried forward, $687 00
54
Amount brought forward, $687 00 3,000 " Grammar school-house, Newtonville, for five years, 90 00
5,000 " Newton Centre school-house, for five years, 150 00
Home Insurance Co., New York.
$4,000 on Bigelow school-house, for five years, Phenix Insurance Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
120 00
$4,000 on Bigelow school-house, for five years, 120 00
4,500 " High school-house, for five years, 135 00
1,000 " Primary school-house, Upper Falls, for five years, 30 00
4,000 " Davis school-house, West Newton, for five years, 120 00
1,500 " Empire engine-house and engine, for one year, 20 00
5,000 " Newton Centre schoolhouse, for five years, 150 00
North American Fire Insurance Co., Boston.
$2,500 on Grammar school-house, Newtonville, for five years, 75 00
Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
$3,000 on Grammar school-house, Newtonville, for five years, 90 00
3,000 " Newton Centre school-house, for five years, 90 00
Mechanics permit, Davis' school-house,
4 50
Home Ins. Co., New Haven, Conn.
$1,500 on Empire engine-house and engine, for one year, 20 00
Traders' and Mechanics' Ins. Co., Lowell.
$2,500 on Grammar school-house, Newtonville, for five years, 75 00
2,000 " North Village school-house, 62 00
Hartford Fire Ins. Co., Conn.
$500 on Grammar school-house, Newtonville, for five years, 15 00
4,000 " No. Village schoolhouse, for five years, 123 00
4,000 " Newton Centre school-house, " 66
120 00
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
$3,000 on Newton Centre school-house, for five years, 90 00
Amount carried forward, $2,386 50
55
Amount brought forward, $2,386 50 Niagara Fire Ins. Co., New York.
$5,000 on Newton Centre school-house, for five years, 150 00 1,800 " Town Hall, for five years, 59 00
Excelsior Fire Ins. Co., New York. $3,000 on Newton Centre school furniture, bell, and clock, for five years, 90 00
$2,685 50
Deduct dividend from Quincy Mutual Ins. Co.
45 00
$2,640 50
PRINTING.
Sam'l Chism, for printing, Auditors' Report, $1,016 00
66 66 66 Voter's lists, 75 00
66 66
blanks, envelopes, &c., for selectmen, 36 50
66 66
assessors' books, 42 50
66
66
66
cards, course of study, &c., for the schools, 127 00
H. M. Stimson, for printing town warrants, jurors' lists, assessors' notices, tax-bills, advertising in " The Newton Journal," &c., 301 25
66
66
66
66
printing School Report, 275 00 66 programmes for High- school concert, school regula- tions, questions, certificates, &c., printing engineers' regulations, 6 50
99 50
Rand, Avery, & Frye, for printing blank receipts, orders, &c., for selectmen, 15 75
$1,995 00
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POLICE.
John M. Fisk, for police service,
$1,000 00
Charles Cole, 66 66
952 63
Charles L. Wilson, “
170 83
John A. Peck, 66
294 00
R. L. Hinds, 66
66
313 19
Chas. S. Morse, 66
12 00
Joseph Storey,
66
3 00
Luther Bailey, 66
27 00
Geo. W. Fisk, 66
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76 66
Geo. H. Wentworth, for police service,
6 00
John Dearborn, 66 66
15 00
D. S. Nichols, and others,
69 00
A. L. Hale,
66
2 00
Otis Atherton,
12 00
Charles G. Estes,
66
21 00
Wm. J. Fisk, 66
6 00
H. C. Hoyt,
300 00
M. T. Heywood, cash paid,
27 00
N. & W. Gas-Light Co., for gas,
104 58
Wm. H. Kelsey, refreshments for police office,
9 39
Albert Brackett, for coal,
105 56
Field & Hammond, for blankets,
5 00
Scates & Ricker, for use of carriages,
6 00
Mrs. D. Jager, for washing,
6 00
$3,543 84
LIGHTING STREETS.
N. & W. Gas Light Co., for gas, repairing lan- terns, &c.
$5,281 10
Robert Carrington, for care of lamps,
269 64
M. Hanney,
138 00
Thomas L. Whiton,
299 25
Jesse Sherburn,
145 43
Patrick Sweeny, 66
134 00
Lewis Brummel,
9 00
Joshua Loring,
66
29 00
Amount carried forward,
$6,305 42
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Amount brought forward,
Michael Dunleary, for care of lamps, L. Falls,
$6,305 42 100 00
John Cummins, Newtonville, 163 67
John Chambers, 66 66 45 00
Jeremiah Johnston, care of lamps and oil fur- nished, Centre, 524 69
J. E. Trowbridge, care of lamps and oil fur- nished, Upper Falls, 181 83
A. L. Hale, care of lamps and oil furnished, U. Falls,
380 87
Henry Washburn, for furnishing and care of one lamp,
25 00
Joshua Washburn, for furnishing and care of one lamp, 25 00
Wm. Lowe, for furnishing and care of one lamp, 31 25
E. C. Hutchins, for furnishing and care of one lamp,
25 00
John Renton, for furnishing and care of one lamp, 25 00
James Ford, for repairing lanterns, 6 00
M. T. Heywood, cash paid for ladder, &c., 4 50
R. Curry, repairing lamp-fixtures,
6 00
C. S. Phillips, repairing lanterns,
13 80
J. O. Evans & Son, repairing lanterns,
11 50
$7,874 53
SALARIES.
M. S. Rice, services as Town Clerk, to March 1, 1870, $200 00
E. J. Collins, services as Treasurer, to March 1, 1870, 250 00
Thomas Rice, jun., services as Selectman, Over- seer of the Poor, and Highway Surveyor, 450 00
George E. Bridges, services as Selectman, Over- seer of the Poor, and Highway Surveyor, 350 00
Wm. B. Fowle, services as Selectman, Over- seer of the Poor, and Highway Surveyor, 350 00
Otis Pettee, services as Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and Highway Surveyor,
350 00
Amount carried forward, 1,950 00
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Amount brought forward, $1,950 00
Isaac F. Kingsbury, services as Selectman,
350 00
Overseer of the Poor, and Highway Surveyor, M. T. Heywood, services as Selectman, Over- seer of the Poor, and Highway Surveyor, 375 00
Thomas Rice, jun., services as Chairman of
Building Committee, Newton Centre school- house, 300 00
Geo. E. Bridges, services as Building Commit- tee, Newton Centre school-house, 100 00
Isaac F. Kingsbury, services as Building Com- mittee, Newton Centre school-house, 100 00
John B. Goodrich, services as School Com- mittee, 200 00
Ezra P. Gould, services as School Committee, 200 00
George E. Allen, services as School Committee,
200 00
John A. Gould, services as School Committee,
65 00
N. S. King, services as School Committee,
75 00
Horatio F. Allen, services as School Committee, 200 00
Isaac Hagar, services as School Committee, 200 00
Jireh Tucker, jun., services as School Commit- tee, 100 00
A. B. Underwood, services as School Commit- tee, 40 00
Calvin Cutler, services as School Committee,
150 00
Horatio F. Allen, services as Building Com- mittee, North Village school-house, 125 00
Isaac Hagar, services as Building Committee, North Village school-house,
125 00
Seth Davis, services as Sealer of Weights and Measures, 75 00
Henry P. Eaton, services as Building Commit- tee, Engine House at Lower Falls, 75 00
Isaac Hagar, services as Auditor, to Feb. 12, 1870, 188 00
Otis Pettee, services as Auditor, to Feb. 12, 1870, 75 00
George Gould, services as Auditor, to Feb. 12, 1870, 30 00
Isaac Hagar, services as Assessor for 1870, 800 00
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