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$2,019 28
REPAIRS ON ALMSHOUSE BUILDINGS.
J. H. Cushman, for mason work, $27 50
C. S. Phillips, for painting, 59 63
Highway department, for labor on cistern, 26 00
Crosby, Morse & Foss, for caster,
13 50
C. Rice, Jr., for lime,
1 85
Loring Wheeler, for paper-hanging,
3 88
D. C. Sanger, for cement, lime, and laths,
16 00
Eaton, Moulton & Co., for repairing pump,
3 03
Martin Hunting, for mason work, 17 20
Allen Jordan, for lumber and labor,
185 18
Collin Cady, for repairing pumps and furnaces,
17 03
J. J. Ware, cash paid for sundries,
1 30
$372 10
HIGHWAYS.
SELECTMEN, SURVEYORS. JOHN J. WARE, Superintendent.
John J. Ware, for services as Superintendent, $850 00
Sam'l M. Jackson, men, teams and personal service, 865 90
Amount carried forward, $1,715 90
6
42
Amount brought forward,
$1,715 90 Wm. W. McIntosh, men, teams, and per. serv., 194 66
Henry Jenison, for men and team,
9 25
Peter Martin, 66
45 00
Patrick Brennan,
66
390 25
John Hackett, 66 66
52 00
Michael Lyster, 66 66
44 00
James O'Donnell, 66
44 00
H. C. Hoyt, 66 66
31 00
Patrick Shea, 66
66
42 00
George E. Wales,
66 66
161 47
Thomas Quinn,
66
66
24 00
Charles Esty,
66 66
26 25
J. W. Kingsbury,
66
5 00
N. S. King, 66
66
4 25
G. W. Stone,
66
7 87
David Stone,
66
22 37
Eben Stone,
66
66
46 14
Wales Brothers,
66
66
37 53
John Linn,
500 86
John Stearns,
66
66
38 30
Luther Paul,
66
66
41 95
Charles Francis, 66
66
7 00
Henry Paul,
66
66
47 95
Wm. Stearns, 66
66
34 13
Joshua Bartlett,
66
60 82
J. D. & Wm. Dix, 66
66
144 00
Jeremiah Shea,
66
60 95
J. C. Gipson, 66
66
9 00
Almshouse Dep't.,
66
66
293 10
John McGrath, for labor,
506 62
Michael Corcoran,
451 50
George Mills,
66
433 55
Hugh Bryson,
66
476 85
William E. Fuller, 66
686 24
Thos. L. Whiton, 66
702 75
Cornelius Darcy, 66
628 50
Miles Tenny, 66
502 27
J. McCormick,
66
373 64
Joseph Neil, 66
156 63
Timothy Sullivan,
509 21
William Furdon,
66
515 41
Amount carried forward,
$10,048 20
43
Amount brought forward,
$10,084 20
George Mc Williams, for labor, John Kiley, 66
419 09
Patrick McGrath, 66
497 86
Peter Leonard, 66
453 61
John McAllister, 66
499 61
J. Tahan, 66
476 00
James Mills, 66
479 93
Timothy Galvin, 66
77 87
J. Duggan, 66
625 00
John Carroll,
66
630 00
Robert Harrison,
66
10 50
Clark Cook, 66
379 74
John Meyer, 66
86 13
Farrell McGovern, 66
315 00
Charles Knowlton, 66
28 35
Lewis Balders, 66
259 76
Frederick Feltman, 66
22 75
Michael Hahn, 66
199 92
George P. Hammell, 66
152 00
Timothy Connelly, 66
116 81
George Bourn, 66
58 19
Jeremiah Bartlett, 66
11 81
Jerry Coffee, 66
379 62
John McCarty, 66
10 99
J. Cotter, & Co., 66
1,145 75
George Ross, 66
8 75
Jacob Marron, 66
114 43
Timothy Carney, 66
3 50
A. H. Ward, for building culvert on River Street,
60 00
Allen Jordan, for building railing,
70 95
Jeremiah Johnston, for building street leading from Beacon to Hammond Street, 3,750 00
Michael McDonald, for building Saratoga Street,
1,490 00
66 66 covering stone, 40 00
25 00
Horace Cousens, for grading Station Street,
Jeremiah Johnston, for building culverts on Vernon and Church Streets, 475 00
J. & J. Woodman, for repairing culverts, 40 37
Moses Crafts, for 265 loads of gravel, 26 50
Orrin Whipple, for building railing on Mt. Ida, 162 70
Miles Tenny, for 181 loads gravel,
18 10
Amount carried forward,
$24,044 42
338 63
44
Amount brought forward, $24,044 42 Patrick Brennan, for building and repairing culverts
on Watertown Street, 54 00
Patrick Brennan, for wid'ng Waltham and Crafts Sts., 400 00 13 75
Robert Curry, for wheelwright work,
Almshouse department, for board 9 horses 52 weeks, 2,340 00 Parker, Gannet & Co., for shovels, rakes, chains, etc., 84 19
Joseph Stone, for pick handles, 6 00
Mrs. M. J. Jones, for granite posts,
13 62
J. E. Woodbridge, for gravel, 13 50
95 00
Otis Pettee & Co., for sewer covers and patterns, 66 iron posts for railings, 72 32
69 63
E. D. Green, for tool chest, 8 85
Thomas Williams, for two horses, 600 00
A. Henthorn & Co., for stones, and laying culvert, 201 19
L. G. Pratt, for repairing Highland Street, 20 00 John Pulcifer, for wheelwright and blacksmith work, 103 83 E. M. Mosher, for blacksmith work, 105 27
9 40
Alfred Howes, for nails and spikes, 66 drain pipe,
348 06
Thomas Belger, for blacksmith work,
44 88
Andrew Peters, for blacksmith work,
146 00
D. C. Sanger, for cement, 66 66 drain boxes, 4 50
3 00
66 66 culvert stones, 215 00
E. F. Thayer, for veterinary service, and medicine,
43 50
Charles Rice, Jr., for lumber,
8 75
Whitney and Bridges, for coal screens and pick handles, 31 00
B. F. Glennan, for harness work, 24 72
R. Gilkey & Co., for lumber, 92 57
Timothy Stewart, for stones,
99 75
George Fuller, for harness work,
57 04
Johonnot & Saunders, for powder, 45 61
Dennis Rooney, for blacksmith work, 9 06
Thos. Rice, Jr., for removing obstruction in highway, 31 00 Wm. S. Ware, 66 12 75
Allen Jordan, for rebuilding bridge on Concord St.,. 423 88 66 66 building railing, 18 57
13 93
Samuel M. Jackson, for shovels, 66 66 stones,
5 00
Amount carried forward, $29,933 54
J. C. Farrar, for blacksmith work,
45
Amount brought forward, $29,933 54
John Pulcifer, for two snow plows, 114 lbs. drills,
and 200 lbs. wheel tire, 85 72
Whitten Bros. & Co., for 20 lbs. manilla, 4 60
C. D. Bartlett, for building railing, 18 41
G. W. Keyes, for repairing railing, 5 25
George Daniels, for iron bar, use of stone drag, chains, etc., 26 30
Stephen Holmes, for plank for culvert, and repairs on cottage, 6 25
Michael Corcoran, for stones,
10 00
Sundry bills,
102 40
Orrin Whipple, for build'g railing, repair'g cot- tage and barn, 108 62
Geo. Sherman, for building road on Cottage Hill, 200 00
Cost for land to widen Station Street, 358 68
Benj. Fewkes, for land to widen Linwood Avenue, 90 00
O. S. Sanford, for land to extend Linwood Avenue, 296 88 Rawson & Hittinger, for stone crusher and engine, 2,700 00 Geo. K. & John Ward, for rubble stone for stone crusher, 450 00
Seth Davis, relaying culvert on Margin Street, 26 00
George Tainter, laying street crossing, W. Newton, 29 50
66 66 N. Corner, 40 00
J. Johnston, building road to stone crusher, 56 00
G. C. Dooley, build'g plank sidewalk, Auburndale, 44 01
$34,592 16
CR.
Cash rec'd sundry bills for labor, etc., $600 79 Cash received from Boston & Albany
Railroad, for half the expense of
raising the bridge on Nonantum St., 229 75 830 54
Net expense on account of highways, $33,761 62
The above amount was expended for the following pur- poses, viz. : -
For building Saratoga Street, $1,717 70
. Melrose & Seaverns Sts., 600 00
66 street on Cottage Hill, 200 00
Amount carried forward, $2,517 70
46
Amounts brought forward, $2,517 70 $33,761 62 For building street near U. Falls school-
house, 517 55
66 street leading from Beacon to Hammond Street, 3,750 00
66
Hillside Avenue, 959 00
widening Hammond Street, 175 00
66
Winchester Street,
399 50
66 66 Station Street,
100 00
66 66 Waltham & Crafts Streets,
400 00
grading Saratoga Street,
189 00
Cedar Street,
300 00
Pelham Street,
422 92
66 66 Pearl Street,
500 00
66
66 Washington St., near engine- house, L. Falls, 238 00
" blasting rocks on Elliot and Chestnut Streets, 181 75
" railing on new streets, 100 00
" drainage, 3,810 00
" highway teams,
600 00
66 stone crusher and engine,
2,700 00
66 rubble stone, 450 00
" removing snow, 150 00
" ordinary repairs of highways, 15,301 20
--- $33,761 62
INSURANCE.
People's Fire Ins. Co., for 5 years, on Town Hall, $4500, $157 50
Traders & Mechanics Mutual Fire Ins. Co., on Town Hall, $4,000, 127 50
Hartford Fire Ins. Co., on Bigelow school-house, $5,000, 150 00
Bay State Fire Ins. Co., on Bigelow school-house, 4,000, 120 00
Shoe & Leather Dealers' Fire Ins. Co., on Bige- low school-house, $1,750, 52 50
People's Fire Ins. Co., on Oak Hill school-house, $1,500, 46 00
Amount carried forward, $653 50
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Amount carried forward, $653 50
Quincy Mut. Fire Ins. Co., on Oak Hill school- house, $450, 9 67
Atlantic Fire & Marine Ins. Co., R. I., on Prim.
school-house, Upper Falls, $400, 14 00
Atlantic Fire & Marine Ins. Co., on Grammar school-house, U. Falls, $1,000, 35 00
Home Fire Ins. Co., N. Y., on Grammar school- house, U. Falls, $4,000, 121 00
Home Fire Ins. Co., New Haven, Conn., on Grammar school-house, Newtonville, $3,000, 91 00
Hartford Fire Ins. Co., on Grammar school-house, Newtonville, $5,250, 184 75
Hartford Fire Ins. Co., on school-house, Lower Falls, $450, 16 75
Hartford Fire Ins. Co., on school-house, North Village, $1,800, 64 00
Hartford Fire Ins. Co., on furniture in Grammar school-house, West Newton, $1,500, 52 50
Peoples' Fire Ins. Co., on school furniture, Newton Centre, $500 for one year,
6 00
Hanover Fire Ins. Co., on school-house at Au- burndale, $4,600, 138 00
Home Fire Ins. Co., New Haven, Conn., on Davis school-house, $4,000, 127 00
Atlantic Fire and Marine Ins. Co., R. I., on Grammar school-house, W Newton, $4,000, 120 00
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins.Co., on Almshouse buildings, $1,750 53 50
People's Fire Ins. Co., on eight horses, $2,400,
60 00 .
People's Fire Ins. Co., on High school-house, $2,000, 55 00
Quincy Mutual Fire Ins. Co., on High school- house, $2,000, 55 00
Home Fire Ins. Co., New Haven, Conn., on Primary school-house, Upper Falls, $1,000, 31 00
Merchants and Farmers, Ins. Co., on piano, New- ton Centre school, $225, 7 75
First National Ins. Co., Worcester, on Alms- house and furniture, $1,600, 31 00
People's Fire Ins. Co., on engine house, Lower Falls, $3,500, 122 50
Amount brought forward, $2,048 92
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Amount brought forward, $2,048 92
Niagara Fire Ins. Co., N. York, on engine, hose
carriage, house, etc., Lower Falls $1,700 60 50
People's Fire Ins. Co., on engine-house, Newton Centre, $1,000, 39 37
People's Fire Ins. Co., on engine, hose carriage,
hose, etc., Newton Centre, $1,000, 39 37
People's Fire Ins. Co., on engine-house, West Newton, $1,000, 39 38
People's Fire Ins. Co., on engine, hose carriage, hose, etc., West Newton, $1,000, 39 38
Bay State Fire Ins. Co., on steam fire-engine, hose carriage, hose, etc., $3,500 141 33
Bay State Fire Ins. Co., on 3 horses, 3 carts, ex- press wagon, harness, hay, and grain, in steam- er's barn, $1,050, 42 42
Home Fire Ins. Co., on Empire engine-house, for one year, $500, 7 50
Home Fire Ins. Co., on Empire engine, hose, etc., for one year, $1,000, 12 50
J. F. C. Hyde, cash paid for mechanics' risks on High school-house, 45 50
Seth Davis, cash paid for mechanics' risks on Town Hall, 15 00
Phoenix Ins. Co., on furniture in school-houses, on Pearl and Richardson Streets, 28 50
Home Ins. Co., New Haven, Conn., on furniture, in Town Hall, $1200, 42 00
$2,601 67
The aggregate amount of insurance upon the property of the Town, February, 1870, is $220,545 00, as follows, viz : -
Town Hall, on building,
$8,500
on furniture,
1,200
$9,700 00
High school-house, on building,
21,500
on furniture,
1,500
23,000 00
Bigelow school-house, on building,
21,000
on furniture, etc.,
1,750
22,750 00
Amount carried forward,
$55,450 00
49
Amount brought forward, School-house on Richardson Street, on building, on furniture,
$55,450 00
$2,800
500
3,300 00
School-house on Pearl street,
on building,
2,575
on furniture,
575
3,150 00
School-house, Oak Hill,
on building,
9,500
on furniture,
950
9,950 00
School-house, Lower Falls,
on building,
15,000
on furniture, piano, and books,
950
15,950 00
Grammar school-house, Newtonville,
on building,
18,000
on furniture, etc.,
1,750
19,750 00
School-house, North Village,
on building,
4,000
on furniture,
300
4,300 00
School-house, Newton Centre,
on building,
3,000
on furniture, etc.,
725
3,725 00
· Grammar school-house, Upper Falls,
on building,
17,000
on furniture, etc ,
1,120
18,120 00
Primary school-house, Upper Falls,
on building,
4,000
on furniture,
400
4,400 00
School-house, Auburndale,
on building,
15,400
on furniture, etc.,
800
16,200 00
Amount carried forward,
$154,295 00
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7
50
Amount brought forward, Davis school-house, on building, on furniture,
$154,295 00
6,000 1,000
7,000 00
Grammar school-house, W. Newton,
on building,
18,000
on furniture, etc.,
1,500
19,500 00
Almshouse, on buildings,
7,150
on furniture,
1,000
on horses, cows and swine,
3,000
on wagons, carts, harnesses, tools, hay, and grain, 700
11,850 00
Nonantum Engine, on building, 800
on engine, hose carriage, hose, etc., ' 800
1,600 00
Cataract Engine, on building,
$3,500
on engine, hose-carriage, hose, etc., 1,700
5,200 00
Triton Engine, on building,
1,000
on engine, hose-carriage, hose, etc.,
850
1,850 00
Mechanic Engine, on building,
1,000
on engine, hose-carriage, hose,
1,500
2,500 00
Eagle Engine, on building,
1,000
on engine, hose-carriage, hose, etc.,
1,000
2,000 00
Empire Engine, on building,
500
on engine, hose, etc.,
1,000
1,500 00
Steamer No. 1, on engine-house, stable, and cottage,
8,000
on engine, hose-carriage, hose, etc.,
3,500
on furniture in Hall
and Police Station,
250
Amounts carried forward,
$11,750$207,295 00
etc.,
51
Amounts brought forward,
$11,750 $207,295 00 900
Steamer No. 1, on three horses,
on three carts, express wagon, and harness, 500
on hay and grain, 100
13,250 00
Total amount of Insurance, Feb., 1870, $220,545 00
The following is a statement of the insurance account for the ten years ending February 1, 1870 : -
INSURANCE. DR.
·
To value of unexpired policies, Feb. 1, 1860,
$598 68
To amount of premiums paid, from Feb. 1, 1860, to Feb. 1, 1870, 9,810 57
To interest on the above premiums, to Feb. 1, 1870, 1,376 86
$11,786 11
To balance carried to new account,
20,000 00
$31,786 11
CR.
Value of unexpired policies, Feb. 1, 1870, $4,430 73
Value of accrued dividends on policies,
in mutual Ins. offices to Feb. 1, 1870, 467 15
Amount of dividends and insurance received to Feb. 1, 1870, or am't
due Ins. on Centre school-house, 24,499 31
Amount due, insurance on Centre school-house, 2,000 00
Interest on am't received, to Feb. 1, 1870, 388 92
-- - $31,786 11
It is shown by the above account that the Town has, by paying the premiums for insurance upon its property instead of effecting its own insurance, made a saving of $20,000
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during the past ten years, which amount is sufficient to pay the premiums of insurance upon $240,000, for twenty-five years, viz : - on $215,000 at 3 per cent., and $25,000 at 32 per cent. for five years, as may be seen by the following analysis : -
Balance in favor of insurance account, Feb. 1, 1870, $20,000 00
Premium on $240,000 insurance, paid Feb. 1, 1870, for the 5 years ending Feb. 1, 1875, 7,325 00
12,675 00
Six per cent. compound interest on the $12,675, from Feb. 1, 1870, to Feb. 1, 1875, 4,287 00
Dividends on policies in mutual offices to Feb. 1, 1875, 1,080 00
Balance Feb. 1, 1875, $18,042 00
Premium on $240,000 insurance, Feb. 1, 1875,
for the 5 years ending Feb. 1, 1880, 7,325 00
10,717 00
Six per cent. compound interest on $10,717, from Feb. 1, 1875, to Feb. 1, 1880, 3,624 75
Dividends on policies in mutual offices to Feb. 1, 1880, 1,080 00
Balance Feb. 1, 1880, $15,421 75
Premium on $240,000 insurance, Feb. 1, 1880, for the 5 years ending Feb. 1, 1885,
7,325 00
8,096 75
Six per cent. compound interest on $8,096 75, from Feb. 1, 1880, to Feb. 1, 1885, 2,738 53
Dividends on policies in mutual offices to Feb. 1, 1885, 1,080 00
Balance Feb. 1, 1885, $11,915 28
Premium on $240,000 insurance, Feb. 1, 1885, for the 5 years ending Feb. 1, 1890, 7,325 00
4,590 28
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Six per cent. compound interest on $4,590 28, from Feb. 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1890, $1,552 55
Dividends on policies in mutual offices to Feb. 1, 1895, 1,080 00
Balance Feb. 1, 1890, $7,222 83
Dividends on policies in mutual offices to Feb. 1, 1895,
1,080 00
$8,302 83
Premium on $240,000, for 5 years,
ending Feb. 1, 1895, · $7,325 00
Interest on difference between bal-
ance Feb. 1, 1890, and amount
required to pay premium of $7,325, 34 83
7,359 83
Balance Feb. 1, 1895,
$943 00
POLICE.
John M. Fisk, for services,
$987 63
Charles Cole, 66
816 99
J. A. Peck, 66
17 00
Geo. H. Fisk,
9 00
John Kerrivan, 66
6 00
Richard B. Daly, 66
41 00
G. H. Wentworth,
66
6 00
R. Newcomb, 66
6 00
Benjamin B. Clark «
5 00
Dexter B. Brown, 66
5 00
Thos. J. Towne, 66
3 00
Chas, L. Wilson 66
3 00
Newton & Watertown Gas-Light Co., for gas,
84 92
Dow & Stevens, refreshments, furnished,
5 91
Albert Brackett, for coal,
56 81
$2,052 63
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PRINTING.
H. M. Stimson, for printing school regulations, programmes, questions, etc., H. M. Stimson, for printing School Report,
$95 50
66 66 66
Engineers' regulations, 3 50
66 66 66
Assessors' books, Voters' lists, etc.,
95 00
Town Warrants, Jurors' Lists, advertising in Newton Journal, etc., 333 04
Samuel Chism, for printing Auditors' Report,
800 00
66
cards and course of study for schools, 94 50
Rand, Avery, & Frye, for printing billets, 7 00
$1,680 54
LIGHTING STREETS.
J. S. Sherburn, for care of lamps, Corner, 220 65
John Cummings, 66
Newtonville, 108 75
R. Carrington, 66
West Newton, 273 66
M. Dunleary, "
L. Falls, 101 99
John Chambers, 66
Auburndale,
157 50
Lewis Brummell,
66
Corner,
85 65
Jer'y Johnson, 66
Centre,
603 45
Henry Brackett, 66
Corner,
90 04
H. W. Fanning,
66
and oil, U. Falls,
23 00
Patrick Thomas,
66 Corner, 64 00
Josbua Washburn, 66 Auburndale, 25 00
66
and oil, U. Falls, 43 75
J. E. Trowbridge,
66
66 66
5 72
4,164 97
N. & W. Gas-Light Co., for gas, 66
repairing lanterns, etc., 122 54
J. J. Ware, cash paid for repairing lamps, 1 54
$6,092 21
Amos L. Hale,
252 00
66 66
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SALARIES.
M. S. Rice, services as Town Clerk to March 1, 1869, $200 00
Geo. E. Allen, D. C. Sanger, H. B. Braman, and I. Hagar, services as Building Committee on West Newton school-house, 600 00
W. Marcy, Wm. E. Clarke, and F. A. Collins, for plans, specifications, and services as Building Committee on Upper Falls school-house, 900 00
E. J. Collins, for service as Treasurer for year ending March 1, 1868, 250 00
E. J. Collins, for services as Treasurer for year ending March 1, 1869,
250 00
S. M. Jackson, for services as Assessor for 1869, A. B. Cobb,
375 00
Isaac Hagar, 66 66 66
66 66
800 00
Isaac Hagar, services as Auditor to Feb. 13, 1869,
159 50
Geo. L. Whitney, serv. as Auditor to Feb. 13, 1869, 60 00
Otis Pettee, 66 66 66
66 60 00
E. J. Young, services as School-Committee, 30 00
J. B. Goodrich, 66 66
200 00
Geo. E. Allen, 66 66 66
200 00
R. R. Bishop, 66 66 66
175 00
H. F. Allen, 66 66 66
150 00
Calvin Cutler, 66 66 66
150 00
J. Tucker, Jr., 66 66 66
150 00
N. S. King, 66 66 66
92 00
Isaac Hagar, 66 66 66
140 00
J: A. Gould, 66
66
66
85 00
C. S. Davis, services as Building Committee on the Centre school-house, 425 00
H. Cousens, services as Building Committee on the Centre school-house, 300 00
Wm. W. McIntosh, services as Building Commit- tee on Oak Hill school-house, - balance,
85 00
J. F. C. Hyde, Building Committee on Town Hall, D. C. Sanger, 66 66 66
50 00
Jos. Walker, 66 66 66
25 00
J. F. C. Hyde, services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, 400 00
50 00
Amount carried forward,
$7,030 50
669 00
56
Amount brought forward, 7,030 50
Geo. E. Bridges, services as Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, 300 00
D. C. Sanger, services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, 300 00
Willard Marcy, services as Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, 300 00
Wm. B. Fowle, services as Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, 250 00
Joseph Walker, services as Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, 275 00
Thos. Rice, Jr., services as Selectman and Over- seer of the Poor, 300 00
E. J. Collins, in full, for commissions collecting taxes for 1868, 982 00
E. J. Collins, in part, for commissions collecting taxes for 1869, 950 00
E. J. Collins, attending meetings of Selectmen, 44 00
$10,731 50
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
M. S. Rice, for services as Civil Engineer, $201 00
66 cash paid for stationery, postage, etc., 21 15
66 for services as Registrar in recording and returning 295 births, 88 50
66 for services as Registrar in recording and returning 112 marriages, 19 60
for services as Registrar in recording and returning 135 deaths, 15 50
Samuel Ward & Co., for stationery and printing, 116 58
J. L. Fairbanks, for stationery and pauper register, 6 45
E. C. Jenkins, for returning 5 certificates of deaths, R. S. Bullard, for express charges, 3 35
50
M. N. Boyden, for use of Hall, Coroner's inquest, 6 00
H. F. Allen, cash paid for postage, stationery, and travelling expenses for assessors, 1868, 13 39
G. Maynard, cash paid for damages to wagon, on account of obstruction in the highway,
25 00
Amount carried forward, $517 02
57
Amount brought forward, $517 02
David Almon, for injuries at fire in Lower Falls, as per vote of the Town, 1,000 00
A. H. Learned, for repairing pump at cottage, 5 00 O. Whipple, for stock and labor on guide-boards, etc., 186 55 D. C. Sanger, fuel for Town Hall, 78 40
J. V. B. Kern, and A. B. Shedd, for making
returns of changes in real estate to assessors, 114 00
Kern & Fitch, for examining title to gravel lot, 13 00
J. E. Cousens, for labor at Centre school-house, 16 50
Scates & Ricker, for use of horse and wagon, etc., 47 50
J. F. C. Hyde, cash paid in procuring the adop- tion of a child, 15 50
J. O. Evans, for painting guide-boards, etc., 101 15
D. H. Mason, Esq., for professional services, 250 00
N. & W. Gas Light Go., gas for Police station, 87 00
J. E. Gammons, for returning 23 certificates of deaths, 2 30
E. M. Mosher, for irons for lock-up at Corner, 4 81
Stephen Smith, for office furniture, 59 00
Bridgman & Peabody, buckets, brooms, etc., lock-up, 9 24
I. Hagar, cash paid State Tax Commissioner, and for ascertaining pauper settlements, correcting voters' list, arranging guide-boards, etc.,
73 25
T. C. Scates, for injuries sustained by obstruction in highway, 100 00
Chas. Cole, for care of Town Hall and Lock-up, 82 01
John A. Peck, for warning Town officers, etc., 36 00
A. B. Cobb, use of horse, car fares for assessors, 27 85
S. M. Jackson, use of horse for assessors, 50 00
E. Woodward, services as civil engineer, 14 00
Seth Davis, services in defining street boundaries,
10 50
E. J. Collins, return of tax-payers to Selectmen, 19 75
E. J. Collins, postage and revenue stamps, and ex- pense, collecting Insurance,
12 84
E. J. Collins, cash paid for refreshments for Town officers, 9 00
J. F. C. Hyde, auction sales, advertising, revenue stamps, etc., 132 66 W. H. Phillips, for returning 98 deaths to Town Clerk, 9 80 J. J. Ware, for warning Town meetings, 101 00
S. J. Blodgett, for boundary stones, Brighton and Newton, 37 00
Amount carried forward, $3,185 63
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Amount brought forward, $3,185 63
M. Taffe, repairing Town Hall, 28 25
Isaac Hagar, cash paid for postage, car fares, etc., for assessors, 66 08
John J. Ware, putting up guide-boards, 43 55
Thomas Mague, for grading Town Hall yard,
11 00
C. S. Phillips, for resetting glass, painting Town Hall and Lock-up,
24 50
$3,396 01
STATE AID.
Paid Belcher, George W. $54 00
Dailey, John,
28 00
Dennis, Samuel,
48 00
Dinnean, Thomas,
54 00
Disney, Thomas W.,
42 00
Dolan, Thomas,
54 00
Duran, Thomas B.,
48 00
Fell, William,
24 00
Foster, John,
48 00
Gorse, Joseph,
48 00
Gunnison, Frank H.,
48 00
Hutchinson, George,
54 00
Jackson, Thomas L.,
48 00
Kelley, John,
48 00
Kingsbury, Roger S.,
72 00
Littlefield, Elliott,
96 00
Morgan, E. M.,
32 00
Pratt, Joseph R.,
96 00
Ramsdell, Joshua V.,
72 00
Richardson, Samuel C.,
8 00
Sanger, Daniel,
96 00
Smith, Charles H.,
96 00
Spaulding, S. C.,
54 00
Tibbetts, W. D.,
54 00
Tombs, Edward H.,
48 00
Tucker, C. J.,
32 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,402 00
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Amount brought forward, Paid Walch, Patrick, Withington, James S.,
$1,402 00
48 00
40 00
$1,490 00
KENRICK FUND.
Balance in Treasurer's hands, January 1, 1869,
$39 01
Interest received since January 1, 1869, 200 00
$239 01
Amount distributed to the " Industrious Poor of
Newton," as per direction of the donor,
200 00
Cash in Treasurer's hands, January 1, 1870, $39 01
Amount of investments, January, 1, 1870,
4,000 00
$4,039 01
The accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer are correct, and properly vouched.
Respectfully submitted,
ISAAC HAGAR,
OTIS PETTEE, Auditors. GEORGE GOULD,
NEWTON, Feb. 12, 1870.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES.
Interest
$19,000 00
Schools
54,000 00
Incidentals for Schools . 12,000 00
Fire Department .
10,000 00
Almshouse Expenses
2,500 00
Poor out of Almshouse 2,300 00
Repairs on Almshouse . 1,000 00
Highways, Culverts, Bridges, and Railings
36,000 00 .
Salaries
10,500 00
Printing
2,000 00
Insurance
1,700 00
Miscellaneous Expenses
3,000 00
Police
3,000 00
Lighting Streets
8,000 00
$165,000 00
INTEREST.
The Town is paying a large amount of interest money, as will be seen, yet we believe it is a wise policy to do so, rather than to tax the people to pay all the debt at present. The rate paid by the Town is less than six per centum, while the money is worth to every business man seven or more. The
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debt of the Town has been increased the past year $18,060.81, and is now $295,435.12. The cause of the increase of the debt instead of its reduction ($14,700), as voted at the last March meeting, may be seen by reference to the Auditors' Report, page 14. The debt of the Town is quite small, considering the large amount of real and personal property subject to taxation to pay the same. The whole could be paid in three or four years, if considered desirable, without distressing our tax-payers.
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