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U. Falls,
H. Hodges, for labor in school-yard at Centre, 57 00
A. Harris, expressing furniture to Upper Falls, F. Jones, .
20 00
66 66 66 27 98
Woolworth and Ainsworth, for school-books, 32 29
Eaton's Express, for express charges to Upper Falls, 22 55
T. Walker, repairs on Centre school-house, 2 00
J. C. Farrar, for repairing furnaces, etc., at Centre, 6 52
E. F. Hunting, for pump for school-house, U. Falls, 18 80 O. Pettee, & Co., music-stand, paint, etc., 6 75 66 Jos. M. White, for rep. stoves, new pipes, etc., Centre, 56 79
Amount carried forward,
$11,717 65
3 00
59 17
66 66 66 Centre,
12 35
66 Upper Falls, 54 06
24
Amount brought forward, $11,717 65
Clark & Fox, for chandeliers, brackets, and gas fixtures, high school, 154 34
J. O. Evans & Son, painting, resetting glass, etc., Corner, 24 07
F. O. Snow, for cornice mouldings, high school, 24 00
Geo. W. Bacon & Co., water pitchers and mugs, Corner, 1 67 Spaulding & Coffin, decorations for high school, 11 00 Moses B. Brown, for repairing well at North Village, 20 00 E. C. Dudley, for carting sand, at Centre, 1 50
$11,954 23
PIANOS.
Hallet, Davis & Co., for piano, stool, cover, & rack for Newton Centre schools, $313 50
Piano, stool, and cover for West New- ton schools, 306 50
.. Piano, stool, and cover for Lower Falls schools, 309 00
Piano, stool, and cover for Auburndale schools, 309 00
66 Piano, stool, and cover for Oak Hill schools, 309 00
Piano, stool, and cover for Upper Falls schools, 309 09
Exchange of piano for high school, 175 00
$2,031 00
NEW SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Balance of appropriation for Centre school-house, $4,840 76 66 66 " Upper Falls " 3,800 00
Additional 66 " Oak Hill 66 850 00
$9,490 76
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NEW SCHOOL-HOUSE AT LOWER FALLS.
ISAAC HAGAR,
THOMAS RICE, JR. Building Committee.
HENRY P. EATON,
Lemuel Crehore, for land, $2,500 00
Thomas Rice, Jr., for land, 1,000 00
J. F. C. Hyde, auctioneer, for selling old buildings, 24 50
J. D. Towle, for plans and specifications, 510 35
Orrin Whipple, for building school-house,
19,197 50
Henry Hyde, for excavation and stone-work, 1,588 67
John McKinney, for stone-work, 9 75
Colin Cady, for furnace, pipes, registers, etc., 456 75
S. J. Blodgett, for underpinning,
207 38
S. F. Carrier, for pump and pipe,
92 24
Allen Jordan, for building fence, putting down furniture, etc., 517 88
Joseph L. Sears, for painting fence, etc., 93 46
Wm. Devine, for North River stone, 49 50
F. C. Hamblin, for extra mason work,
87 32
V. Jones, for coal, and expressing furniture, etc.,
43 92
Whitney & Bridges, for bells, and hanging same,
41 08
Morse & Whyte, for wire netting,
24 35
Day & Collins, for drain pipe, 18 18
Driscoll & Flanegan, for extra work on slating, 26 50
Eaton, Moulton & Co., for turning fence-posts, etc., 11 50
E. Woodward, for surveying and making plans of land, 32 00 Insurance, mechanics' permits, 27 71
A. R. Rowe & Co., for repairing bell-wires,
4 50
John Pulcifer, for foot scrapers,
4 50
For one wheelbarrow,
3 35
Kern & Fitch, for examining title to land,
48 00
S. Cate & Son, for use of horse and carriage,
10 00
Patrick Brennan, for grading yard and paving street drain, 86 00
H. M. Stimson, for printing,
7 50
Recording deeds of land,
4 30
Ballou & Co., for one furnace, register and pipe,
146 00
Expense setting furnace,
10 00
Sundry bills on account of excavation, grading
637 65
George Hyde, for trees,
20 00
Michael Taffe, for mason work,
25 14
Amount carried forward,
yard and street, sodding banks, etc.,
$27,567 48
4
26
Amouut brought forward, $27,567 48
A. H. Jones, expressing sundries, 2 25
R. S. Bullard, express on furnace, 2 50
L. A. Gammons, for repairs on furnace pipe, etc., 19 76
Cash paid for sundries,
34 01
Wm. O. Haskell, for erasers,
9 50
$27,635 50
CR.
Amount of appropriation, $26,000 00
Received for old school-house, 1,000 00
Received from sale of old buildings, furnaces, fence, etc., 635 50
$27,635 50
NEW SCHOOL-HOUSE AT NEWTON CENTRE.
CHARLES S. DAVIS,
HORACE COUSENS, Building Committee.
WILLIAM N. BARTHOLEMEW,
Paid on account of contract with Man-
ning & Neal, $23,900 00
" Manning & Neal for extra work, 470 00
66 66 66 lumber, 25 00
$24,395 00 4,050 30
66 for land,
George Ropes for plans, specifications, writ- ing contracts, and service as referee,
870 00
" R. Gilkey & Co., for lumber, 1,036 38
66 N. C. Sanger, for doors and blinds, 270 30
H. Cousens, for lumber, lime, cement, and labor, 81 00
66 A. T. Stearns, for mouldings, 72 93
S. H. L. Pierce, 66
25 55
66 Am. Tablet Co., for slating blackboards,
48 00
R. James, for gas fixtures, 80 27
W. F. Badger, for building stairs,
500 00
66 J. W. Norris, for building fence, 737 00
66 Charles E. Fifield, for painting fence, 203 00
66 for bricks, 113 00
Amount carried forward,
$32,482 73
27
Amount brought forward,
$32,482 73
Paid S. M. Neal, for furring Hall, 316 80 66 66 lumber, 68 50
66
D. & C. McMullen, for mason work, 867 29
66 66 66 F. E. Hamblin, 346 25
J. M. White, for hardware, furnace pipes, etc., 287 67
66 Wm. A. Rolfe, for painting, 175 75
66
M. C. Warren, for hardware,
104 72
66 J. C. Farrar, for blacksmith work,
42 82
66 Faucett & Hawkes, for furnace pipes, & registers,
84 00
66 S. Fuller, for bells, & hanging the same,
36 00
66 Alfred Howes, for nails,
11 00
66
W. H. Maine, for soapstone urinal,
28 00
66
Ballou & Co., for furnace,
226 80
66
sundry expenses on account for furnace, 16 02
66 Michael Taffe, for setting furnace, etc., 137 75
60 12
66 C. H. Pendergast, 66
14 00
66
Wm. Tatton, 66 66
311 25
66 Wm. Halliman, 66 66
141 91
66 N. S. Prince, 66 66
65 00
66 John S. Cole, 66 66
91 80
J. L. Dakin, 66 66
23 00
66 J. E. Cousens, 66 66
206 67
66
A. Featherston, 66
66
23 38
66
for window fasts,
16 40
66 for sheathing,
10 50
66 for wire netting,
8 40
66 C. S. Davis, sundry bills, paid,
35 27
66 O. Whipple, for lumber, and sawing,
4 35
66 Dudley's express,
2 50
66 J. F. C. Hyde, for trees, 12 00
66 C. S. Davis, 66
111 00
66 W. C. Strong, 66
22 50
66 George Hyde, 66
47 25
66
H. Cousens, for men and teams grading yard, 711 73
J. Johnston, 66 66 66 66
655 80
66 J. M. White, 66 66
66 66 114 50
66 Fitzgerald & McCarty, for work on cellar wall, 40 00
66 Joseph Taylor, for stone steps, 10 00
66 sundry bills for labor, grading yard, 493 42
66 Insurance, mechanics' permits, 56 00
Amount carried forward,
$38,520 85
66
66 M. Oulton, for labor on house,
66
28
Amount brought forward, $38,520 85 Paid Kern and Fitch, for examining title to land, 28 00
Cash balance,
$38,548 85
38 63
$38,587 48
CR.
Amount of appropriation, $38,500 00
Lumber and old fence sold,
87 48
$38,587 48
GRAMMAR SCHOOL-HOUSE, WEST NEWTON.
DAVID C. SANGER,
H. B. BRAMAN,
JOHN S. FARLOW, ISAAC HAGAR,
GEO. E. ALLEN, - Building Committee.
DR.
Paid for land, Warren estate, $5,100 00
66 M. & O. F. Lucas, for building house, as per contract, 19,845 00
66 66 66 extra work on house, 410 72
66
66 building fence, 670 69
66 Mears, Gill, & Co., for granite underpinning, 500 00
66 J. D. Towle & Son, for plans and specifications,
66 Patrick Brennan, for stone-work and grading, 1,860 18
66 James H. Cushman, for brick-work, 484 63
66 Henry Woods & Son, for brick,
217 00
66 Moses Pond & Co., for ventilators,
262 00
66 Charles Cole, for iron-work, 31 50
66 N. P. Jaques, for 2 furnaces,
1,000 00
66
66 gas-piping, 100 35
66 Newton & Watertown Gas-Light Co., for service-pipe, 17 60
66 J. F. C. Hyde, Auc'r, for selling old buildings, 20 89
Insurance, mechanics' permits, 23 37
66 sundry bills for surveying and grading yard, 42 26
$31,038 00
451 81
29
CR.
Amount of appropriation,
$30,000 00
D. C. Sanger, for land and building fence, 133 00
M. Lucas, for old building (Warren house), 890 00
Bricks sold,
15 00
$31,038 00
RECAPITULATION.
Amount paid for teachers' salaries, fuel, and care of school buildings.
High school,
$6,274 45
Schools at Newton Centre,
5,784 07
Upper Falls,
5,336 27
66 Lower Falls,
3,880 20
66 Auburndale,
3,713 75
66 West Newton,
6,566 00
66 Newtonville,
6,662 21
66 Newton Corner,
9,098 93
66 Oak Hill,
2,263 04
Instruction in vocal music,
1,302 42
$50,881 34
Furniture, repairs, and incidentals for schools, Pianos for schools,
$11,954 23
Printing for schools,
347 50
Services of School Committee,.
1,372 00
Services of Building Committees for new school- houses, 1,585 00
New school-house at Newton Centre, balance of appropriation, 4,840 76
New school-house at Upper Falls, balance of appro- priation, 3,800 00
New school-house at Oak Hill, additional appro- priation, 850 00
Total amount paid during the year, $77,661 83
Total value of school property, $281,500 00
2,031 00
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TOWN HALL.
Milo Lucas, for altering and enlarging Town Hall, $4,670 76 J. D. Towle & Son, for plans and specifications, 125 00 Michael Taffe, for 261 feet of cornice, 391 50
Chas. S. Phillips, for painting brick-work, 50 00
Humphrey & Almon, for two furnaces, complete, 450 00 66 66 gas pipe, burners, and putting up same, 98 01
66 66
conductor pipe, etc., 18 35
Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., for service pipe,
55 85
R. Hollings & Co., for 4 chandeliers and shades, 136 40 " 66 12 sets brackets and shades, 144 00
Daniel Pratt & Sons, for 1 marble clock,
50 00
Wm. O. Haskell & Son, for 896 feet of settees, 672 00
P. F. Packard & Sons, for tables, chairs, and mirrors, 90 25
Abram French, for spittoons and dusters, 8 50
C. H. Jenison, for expressing furniture,
3 9 20
$6,999 82
Appropriation,
7,000 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CATARACT, NO. 1.
Hunneman & Co., for new engine and fixtures, $2,000 00
66 66 anti-freezing compound, 15 00
Eaton, Moulton & Co., fire hooks, spanners, and repairs on house and fixtures,
76 95
S. G. Cheever, 450 ft. hose, 66 rep. hose, hose belts, etc.,
30 50
A. Wheeler, 4 galls. neat's-foot oil,
7 00
C. M. Clapp, rubber boots and caps,
15 50
E. T. & F. W. Rice, lantern, oil, chimneys, and pail, 5 08
Pickford & Hollis, door lock and keys,
2 19
Mt. Washington Glass Works, lanterns,
15 00
J. S. Sumner, pails, pans, &c.,
2 55
L. A. Gammons, dippers, spoons, water pot, etc., 22 75
Wm. Costello, labor on engine house and yard,
26 15
Amount carried forward,
$2,916 17
697 50
31
Amount brought forward, $2,916 17
H. P. Eaton, moving fixtures to new house, etc., 11 60
William Blake & Co., bell and hangings, 346 40
N. & W. Gas-Light Co., service pipes and fixtures, 19 49
A. H. Jones, 21 tons of coal, 26 15
E. C. Jenkins, hose straps, etc.,
3 75
W. S. Ware, fuel and cutting,
2 50
C. H. Hyde & Co., soap, oil, chimneys, etc.,
5 14
Moses Pond & Co., stoves and sinks,
80 00
C. H. Bruce, window shades and fixtures,
55 25
W. O. Haskell & Son, settees and chairs,
80 80
Henry A. Hall, spittoons,
15 30
Clark & Fox, gas fixtures, brackets, etc.,
114 19
$3,676 74
TRITON, NO. 3.
S. G. Cheever, for 200 feet hose, $310 00
66 66 repairing hose, 6 00
B. F. Houghton, chimneys and oil, 5 00
C. O. Park, setting window glass,
3 00
Hunneman & Co., repairing hose,
3 00
F. & G. Robinson, oil, lamp, chimneys, etc.,
2 95
R. M. Lucas, cash paid for coats, lanterns, furniture, and repairs, 50 40
G. Maynard, for milk, 4 20
George Fuller, for belts, sockets, and painting,
8 35
S. F. Cate, wash leather, etc.,
4 00
Humphrey & Almon, for sundry repairs,
9 20
I. H. Snow, for alcohol,
2 75
D. C. Sanger, for fuel,
13 70
C. H. Jenison, for express charges,
2 50
$425 05
MECHANIC, NO. 4.
S. G. Cheever, for 250 feet hose, $387 50
H. W. Fanning & Son, for kerosene and chimneys, 75
A. Billings, for pails, oil, soap, etc., 2 33
J. E. Trowbridge, lanterns, wicking, mat, and repairs, 12 26
J. Nickelson, for wicking and wash-leather, 2 25
O. Pettee & Co., spanners and oil,
3 25
A. Harris, for express charges,
9 05
Amount carried forward, $417 39
32
Amount brought forward, $417 39
G. W. Keyes, for repairs on engine house, etc., 16 62
F. Jones, for neat's-foot oil, 9 00
Whitney & Bridges, oil, mops, etc.,
23 00
$466 01
NONANTUM AND EMPIRE ENGINES.
Geo. H. Wentworth, for cleaning engines and house, $25 00 S. G. Cheever, for repairing hose, 4 25
Dow & Stevens, for soap, matches, polish, etc., 2 67
R. Langtrey, painting on engine,
7 75
W. P. Leavitt, slating engine house, 135 07
J. N. Bacon, rent of engine-house lot, 34 years, 130 00
$304 74
EAGLE, NO. 6.
S. G. Cheever, for 100 ft. hose, $155 00
S. A. Walker, shingling engine-house, etc., 110 04
J. M. White, oil, brooms, sponge, lamps, etc., 13 51
L. Paul, cash paid for oil, & can, & expressing, etc.,
12 50
Wm. Welch, belts, spanners, sockets, etc.,
9 75
W. A. Rolfe, for setting glass & painting, 6 50
Trowbridge & Hill, for fuel, 3 00
$310 30
STEAM FIRE-ENGINE.
Thos. H. Peto, for hose carriage & trail rope,
$591 00
S. G. Cheever, 504 ft. hose, hats, and repairs, 830 95
Wm. Blake & Co., bell and hangings, 272 43
Juckett, and Freeman, for repairs on engine, 214 13
C. M. Clapp, for rubber coats, caps, and leggins,
114 50
Whitney & Bridges, for lanterns, hatchets, valves,
oil, files, pump, pipe-tongs, etc., 130 80
Mrs. L. T. Whitten, for washing and ironing,
30 00
A. Brackett, for coal,
260 62
N. & W. Gas-Light Co., gas,
100 58
John Clark, linen hose and couplings,
90 00
Clark and Fox, alterations & gas fittings,
4 50
Thos. L. Whitten, for driving, and care of horses, at fires, 18 00
Pickford & Hollis, for door keys,
2 00
Amount carried forward, $2,659 51
33
Amount brought forward, $2,659 51
E. W. Pear, window shades and fixtures, 38 38
S. F. Carrier, for repairing pump, 3 00
G. W. Bacon & Co., for bed blankets and pillows, 22 25
W. P. Leavitt, for stock, and labor hanging bell, 27 36
Silver Lake Mfg. Co., for curtain cord, 2 67
Bliss & Perkins, chandeliers, brackets, and pendants, 133 67 F. O. Snow, for weather strips and mouldings, 8 50
R. Curry, for repairing hose carriage, 23 75
E. M. Mosher, repairs on engine, 18 50
68 00
Highway department, for use of horses,
Henry N. Stone, hose, couplings, and pipe, 13 40
B. S. Wetherbee, for window curtains and fixtures, 37 25
$3,056 24
PAY OF ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN.
Geo. Pettee, services as Engineer, to May 1st, '69, $100 00
J. W. Bailey,
66
66 100 00
R. M. Lucas,
66
66
100 00
W. P. Leavitt, « 66
100 00
H. W. Fanning, "
66 66
75 00
Luther Paul, 66
66
66
75 00
R. Moulton, 66
66 75 00
J. E. Cousens,
66
66 75 00
66 75 00
Geo. H. Wentworth, serv. as Engineer of steamer,
780 00
G. D. Farnum,
Steward, No. 6,
30 00
John Kerrivan,
66
4,
30 00
Merriam & Welch,
66
3,
30 0
E. C. Jenkins,
66
1,
15 00
J. W. Whitten,
66
1, 15 00
Wm. Warrick,
Foreman of steamer,
25 00
E. A. Boyd,
66
Hose Co., 15 00
H. N. Hyde, Jr.,
Clerk
66
66
15 00
13 members of Steamer Hose Co.,
162 50
37 " Company No. 1, to May 1st, 1869,
185 00
45
66 66
66
3,
225 00
45
66 66 66
4,
66
66 225 00
J. P. Houghton, "
66
$2,527 50
5
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GENERAL EXPENSES.
R. M. Lucas, for drawing engine to fire, cash paid for watching fires, repairing fence, etc., $$12 17
J. W. Bailey, cash paid for tallow, expressing, and cleaning house, 14 80
S. S. Gleason, for refreshments at two fires,
23 25
F. Jones, for expressing and drawing engines for Roxbury, 13 75
L. Paul, cash paid for stationery and postage,
3 00
R. S. Bullard, drawing engine from Roxbury, and ex- pressing, 31 83
A. Billings, for refreshments, No. 4, and wagon to Needham, 73 93
H. W. Fanning & Son, refreshments, fire at Upper Falls, 15 99
F. & G. Robinson, refreshments for firemen, 33 00
S. G. Cheever, for engineers' badges, 17 50
Thos. Hurd, for weather strips on engine-house, 4 75
Tainter & Childs, for express charges,
21 60
H. R. Bishop, for ladders, 18 00
Stevens & Kelsey, for refreshments,
4 74
B. F. Houghton, for refreshments, 2 fires, 42 50
W. F. Stone, for refreshments, Lucas fire, 6 53
Henry N. Stone, for 1 No. 1 fountain engine, 49 40
Dow & Stevens, for refreshments,
30 87
M. N. Boyden, storing engine at L. Falls,
25 00
C. H. Dolan for drawing engines from fire, W.N., 8 00
Dudley & Co., use of horses to give fire-alarm, Centre school-house, 14 00
J. M. White, refreshments, fire, Centre school-house, 14 98
C. H. Hyde & Co., refreshments, sundry fires, 29 28
S. Cate, refreshments, sundry fires, 15 00
Dimond & Weatherbee, refreshments, sundry fires, and storing engine, 18 84
J. Kerrivan, cash paid for milk,
80
$543 51
NEW ENGINE-HOUSE, LOWER FALLS.
Thomas Rice, Jr., for land, $1,200 00
Milo Lucas, for building engine-house, 4,457 75
Amount carried forward, $5,657 75
35
Amount brought forward, $5,657 75
Whitney & Bridges, for copper boiler, soap-
stone, galvanized rings, etc., 108 41
Thomas Maguire, for stone work and grading, 251 00
Eaton, Moulton & Co., for stock and labor on house, and hanging bell, etc., 277 38
Wm. P. Leavitt, for plans and superintending, 75 00
Michael Taffe, for mason-work, setting boilers, etc.,
65 92
J. L. Sears, for painting, etc.,
53 28
Pickford & Hollis, for night latch and keys, 6 00
L. A. Gammons, stove-pipe, etc., 131 79
$6,626 53
RECAPITULATION.
No. 1, Cataract,
$3,676 74
No. 3, Triton,
425 05
No. 4, Mechanic,
466 01
No. 5, Nonantum and Empire,
304 74
No. 6, Eagle,
310 30
Steamer No. 1,
3,056 24
Pay of engineers and firemen,
2,527 50
General expenses,
543 51
New engine-house, Lower Falls,
6,626 53
$17,936 62
ALMSHOUSE.
DR.
S. S. Sleeper & Co., for groceries,
$229 31
J. W. Howe, 66
14 28
B. F. Houghton, 66
263 37
Albert Plummer, 66
7 20
H. W. Fanning & Son, 66
31 00
E. T & F. W. Rice,
10 06
John Mead, for dry goods,
4 76
Geo. W. Bacon & Co., for dry goods,
133 53
C. H. Berry, for fish,
2 20
B. Paine & Son, 66
23 25
Amount carried forward, $718 96
36
Amount brought forward,
$718 96
E. Smith, for fish,
9 15
Knowles & Young, for fish,
29 81
Horace Bacon, for meat,
614 88
Wm. H. Brackett, 66
11 84
Wm. H. Colburn, for dry goods,
10 00
C. H. Boynton, for clothing,
39 00
Loring Wheeler, for shoes,
7 05
J. G. Latta, 66
2 00
J. E. Gammons, 66
21 80
George Robbins, 65
20 77
J. Wallace, 66
6 00
Orrin Whipple, for grain,
371 00
Brackett Lord,
1,062 35
John Linn, for hay,
9 40
J. R. Atwood, for hay,
40 00
Francis Mills, for manure,
36 35
William Clatworthy, for manure,
50 10
John Carroll, 66
12 50
Elisha F. Thayer, 66
60 00
Leonard Hurd, for pasturing,
30 00
Robert Mckay, for labor,
8 65
Eliza Lyons, 66
62 00
Michael Carroll, 66
83 00
Clark Cook, 66
2 50
J. Rockwell, 66
180 00
John Carroll, 66
3 00
Ann Kelly, 66
64 00
Wm. B. Locke, 66
19 00
C. E. Hogan, 66
42 20
Mary Reeves, 66
27 00
Parker, Gannett & Co., for tools,
16 37
Ames Plough Co., for Am. hay tedder,
85 50
H. L. Bishop, for 2 ladders,
3 75
J. W. Pierce, for coffins and shrouds,
28 90
George Fuller, for harness work,
65 36
John Pulcifer, for wheelwright work,
46 19
Thomas Belger, for blacksmith work,
28 52
W. S. Ware, for pasturing cows,
10 00
Luther Paul, for ice,
14 00
Boston Rice Mill, for rice meal,
11 14
J. A. Munster, for bread,
16 31
Amount carried forward,
$3,980 35
1
37
Amount brought forward,
$3,980 35
D. C. Sanger, for 25 tons of coal, 237 50
M. E. Society, Upper Falls, for pew rent,
30 36
J. F. C. Hyde, auctioneer, for sundries, 66 66 wood,
141 00
Asa Cook, for undertaker's service, 11 00 H. C. Hoyt, for warning town meetings, 50 00
16 00
F. & G. Robinson, for grass seed,
12 25
Charles Ellis, for grinding grain,
12 76
Medicine,
9 75
Highway department, for labor of men and teams, T. P. Robinson, for medical attendance, Warden's service,
350 00
Sundries,
64 72
Knowles & Young, for fish,
12 72
Newton Cemetery,
3 00
Wm. B. Locke, for sundries and labor,
11 60
J. H. Snow, for medicine,
30 51
S. C. Spaulding, for caps,
5 67
G. Beck, auctioneer for dry goods,
77 90
Wm. Flagg, for repairing shoes,
11 74
Collin Cady, for tin-ware, repairing stoves, etc.,
22 06
$5,379 04
Interest, and insurance, on farm,
1,000 00
Bills due Almshouse, Feb. 13, 1869,
99 25
Value of stock, hay, grain, provisions, fuel, and all other personal property belonging to the farm, except household furniture, Feb. 13, 1869, 6,664 43
$13,142 72
ALMSHOUSE.
CR.
B. F. Brown, for wood,
$9 00
S. M. Jackson, 66
19 00
H. C. Hoyt,
4 00
Rufus Tidd,
7 00
J. Duggan, 66
7 00
Timothy Sullivan,
13 25
Amount carried forward, $59 25
21 15
Jeremiah Cotter, for laying stone wall,
204 00
133 00
.38
Amount brought forward,
$59 25
M. Corcoran, for wood,
9 75
Clark Cook,
3 50
J. M. McGrath, 66
9 00
John Carroll, 66
10 50
Farrell McGovern, "
6 25
H. Bryson, 66
4 50
Jerry Tahan, 66
5 50
P. McGrath, 66
4 50
Francis Winship, for pigs,
5 00
J. Duggan,
10 00
J. McAllister, 66
10 00
M. Corcoran, 66
5 00
J. McGrath, 66
4 00
John Kilay, 66
5 00
Timo. Sullivan, 66
8 50
William B. Locke, for labor,
34 62
Leonard Hurd, 66
15 00
George Lane, for one bull,
30 00
R. Jermain, for board of his son,
117 00
P. Leonard,
20 62
Vegetables,
95 05
E. J. Collins, for eggs, etc.,
7 75
Highway department, for labor of man and team, 66 66 " board 9 horses, 52 wks.,
2,340 00
Warning Town meetings,
101 00
Conveying paupers to Tewksbury,
8 50
Horace Bacon, for pork and calf,
93 70
Putting up guide-boards, 20 00
$3,412 84
Bills due Almshouse, 78 25
Board of 455 transient persons,
455 00
Refreshments furnished Town officers,
100 00
Medical attendance and care of transient paupers,
100 00
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
Expense of Almshouse for year ending Feb. 12, '70, 2,259 85
$13,142 72
Sundry bills received,
76 25
293 10
39
Number of weeks' board, $1,030
Cost per week for each person, for board, clothing,
medical attendance, etc., $2 19
Cost per week for each person, less interest and in- surance on the establishment, 1 22
Average number of poor supported in the Almshouse during the year, 19 42
200
Number of inmates Feb. 12, 1870, 19
The Almshouse establishment has been managed in the same very efficient and kindly manner as in former years.
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Trowbridge & Hill, for coal delivered Mrs. O'Neil, $41 50
Asa Cook, for funeral expenses of J. Harper, 6 00
L. A. Gammons, for repairing stove and pipe for Mrs. Marston, 8 32
D. C. Sanger, for wood and coal delivered Mrs. Waterhouse, Sullivan, Cook, Turner, Dowl- ing, Hargedon, and T. Rourke and O'Brine, 129 35
Chas. Cole, for meals furnished lodgers in lock-up, State Lunatic Hospital, Worcester, for board of
56 75
Wm. R. Babcock, 47 00
66
66
Ebenezer Billson,
36 50
66 66
Philip Walsh,
152 50
66 66 Taunton, for board of
Fred. H. Austin, 200 65
66 66
Chas. L. Allen, 45 50
State Nautical School, for board of John Kelly and Edwin W. Nutting,
52 00
State Reform School, for board of George Jones, A. K. Giles, Walter C. White, Jas. McMann, and John Corning,
120 64
Mary A. Grover, for board of Mrs. Newell Wil- liams,
52 00
Alpheus Trowbridge, for goods del. Mrs. O'Neil,
14 50
Tyler & Knapp,
66
66
66
17 00
Stevens & Kelsey, for refreshments furnished lodgers in lock-up, 1 66
Amount carried forward, $981 87
40
Amount brought forward, $981 87
Town of Easton, for support of Sarah and Nath'l Hersey, 187 36
Henry Ross, for board of Esther Cook, 40 00
Town of Somerville, for support of Ebenezer Billson, 32 00
George T. Perkins, for med. attendance to Mary A. Lannan, 10 00
George Wentworth, for meals furnished lodgers in lock-up, 5 25
A. W. Whitney, for med. attendance to Michael Manning, Mary Kinnard, James Freeman, and Hannah Grimes, 31 00
A. W. Whitney, for examination and certificate for W. R. Babcock, 5 00
James H. Grant, for medical attendance to Mrs. O'Neil's family, 12 00
F. N. Palmer, for examination and certificate for Philip Walsh, 2 00
E. P. Scales, for examination and certificate for Philip Walsh, 2 00
John W. How, for goods delivered John Harper, 10 00
A. L. Hale, for coal delivered John Harper, 5 00
15 00
J. F. C. Hyde, cash paid for support of E. Billson, 66
Geo. Folling, 20 00
Richard B. Dailey, time and expense conveying Mary Ryan to Lunatic Hospital, Worcester,
12 10
Thos. P. Haviland, cash paid for clothing, med- icine, and for board of Mary Coady, 60 00
A. W. Whitney, medical attendance to Mary Coady, 76 00
L. P. Stone, for goods delivered sundry paupers 7 00
45 50
9 00
43 00
66 66 Lydia A. Jenness, 30 27
F. & G. Robinson, goods delivered Kate Harge- don and Mr. O'Brien, 68 98
B. F. Houghton, goods deliv'd Mrs. Waterhouse, 12 15
Albert Plummer, " E. P. Pratt, 28 03
John J. Ware, conveying paupers to Tewksbury,
35 02
66 cash paid for medicine for sundry persons, 4 26
Amount carried forward,
$1,822 69
66 66 66
John Ware, for board of Isaac Wentworth, Wm. H. Sanders, medical attendance to pauper, City of Boston, support of John Briston, 66 66 Salome Park,
32 90
41
Amount brought forward, $1,822 69
Cousens Brothers, coal delivered George Folling, 11 00
John Warner, for goods delivered Mrs. Whalan and Farmer, 17 24
Charles Rice, Jr., coal delivered Mrs. Marston, Weston, and Mr. G. Houghton, 18 20
Willard Marcy, cash paid on acc. sundry paupers, 11 60
George W. Bacon & Co., goods del. Mrs. Duffy, 8 00
Albert Brackett, coal deliv'd Mrs. Trowbridge, Hennesy, and Mr. Sherburne, 14 85
Wm. H. Phillips, funeral expense of Thos. Sarey,
12 00
T. P. Robinson, for medical attendance Bridget Connor and others, 25 00
G. L. & C. B. Bourne, coal del. Mrs. E. P. Pratt, 9 00
Thos. Rice, Jr., aid furnished sundry persons, 39 75
D. C. Sanger, coal delivered Gibbons and Rourke, 6 20 Geo. E. Bridges, aid furnished sundry persons, 23 75
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