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Stephen H. Nutting, work at north burying ground
5.00
C. M. Lawrence, for part of pump. 5.00
Express on two machine plates from Keene, N. H .. .
1.50
Samuel M. Hutchins, work at east burying ground. 2.70
For 23 dozen rings for keys for Town House. 1.00
Repairs on locks.
.30
Dramatic Club, for 250 feet spruce boards for floor in Town House attic, to chandelier 2.50
First parish, for use of bell. 7.50
F. P. Coggeshall, for book files. 1.80
1.00
Town of Littleton, for use of hearse, for seven funerals
10.00
For making new copy of register of voters. . .
3.00
Fielding & Co., 1 gross hooks, for Town House Hall Express . .
1.90
C. W. Blood, labor on furnace, zinc, &c., at Town House. 6.75
C. W. Blood, for one lantern .
.50
T. A. Bean, sealing scales at Forge Village. 2.50
keys for Town House .45
H. P. Lyman, for cleaning Town House clock. 1.00
1.43
Fiske & Spalding, glass for Town House. For expense on settees.
.50
E. A. Stevens, for sheathing, hinges, nails, &c., and putting doors and laying floor in hearse house. .
19.37
C. W. Blood, repairs on furnace at Town House ... Marshall & Hamblett, for legal services .. 65.00
6.08
W. W. Johnson, teaming lumber to hearse house. . .50 John S. D'Evelyn, for auditing overseers' accounts from 1865 to 1879. 21.00
Wright & Fletcher, as per bill.
20.55
Ames Plow Co., 1 dozen road rakes
10.50
66
¿ dozen shovels
8.52
66
66 66 2 horse rake seats. .
6.00
Amount carried forward
$369.10
Daniel Falls, express.
1.00
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Amount brought forward. $369.10
Paid Express. .40
For ¿ dozen license blanks and bonds. 1.25
Five express charges on proof of town report.
.75
Express on two bundles town reports. .40
66 " books
.25
Humphrey Machine Co., for two knives, for road machine 12.00
A. L. Brooks, for lumber for storage room in Town House cellar 16.15
Marshall & Crosby, for case for Town Treasurer, for books and papers
6.30
Vinal & Reeve, for chain
3.70
Express on same.
.25
E. A.Stevens, fitting door and springs at Town House
.95
George Hartford, parade ground for cavalry inspec- tion.
9.00
Howes & Burnham, lumber for hearse house floor and doors. 4.92
Chamberlin & Read, blacksmithing
6.87
F. O. Decatur, as per bill. 26.22
Wright & Fletcher, for road picks 4.37
66 66 66 as per bill 45.62
$508.42
REPAIRS ON HEARSE.
Upon a report made to the Town by the Selectmen, November 4, 1879, of the proposed expense of repairs on the Hearse, the Town by vote authorized them to incur the following expense :
For re-setting tires. $ 2.00
Relining with black broadcloth, new trimmings, re-
painting, varnishing, &c. 148.00
Difference in exchange of runners fitted to draw out of centre. "
28.50
Putting new irons in " goose neck
6.90
New spokes.
7.00
Whiffle-tree and spring blocks
4.00
Alteration to full platform springs
12.00
New door with lock and handles.
5.50
Re-covering top of hearse.
14.50
Replating metal mountings.
24.50
Black walnut mound with improved coffin fastener. .
54.00
$306.90
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EXPENSE OF INSURANCE ON TOWN BUILDINGS.
Paid George W. Coburn & Son, premium on School House No. 6 ..
$ 18.75
George E. Underwood, premium on School House No. 1 .. 43.75
George W. Coburn & Son, premium on library ....
20.00
Traders and Mechanics Insurance Co., for renewal of policy on School House No. 10. 15.00
Traders and Mechanics Insurance Co., for premium on additional risk to Town House.
15.00
H. C. Church, for four months' permit on alterations of Town House. 9.00
George W. Coburn & Son, premium on new school house No. 5.
18.75
For builders' risk on addition to Town House .. 6.00
Premium on School House No. 9. 17.50
Premium on Town House.
35.00
George E. Underwood, premium on School House No. 4 ..
18.00
$216.75
REPAIRS ON TOWN HOUSE.
At the March Meeting of 1880 the following Article was put in the Warrant :
"To see if the Town will authorize the employment of a com- petent person to examine the Town House and ascertain in what manner it can best be repaired and improved, with an estimate of the expense, the whole information so obtained to be reported at the next Town Meeting." In accordance with the above it was voted to authorize the Selectmen to employ some competent person to ex- amine the Town House with reference to repairs and alterations in the same, and report to the Town as soon as convenient. In compli- ance with the vote the Selectmen consulted with Charles T. Emer- ron, architect, of Lawrence, and reported with plans and estimates at a meeting called for that purpose on the 24th day of March, when the following vote was passed: "Voted, to accept and adopt the report of the Selectmen presenting a plan for repairing and im- proving the Town House, being plan No. 1, which plan contem- plates the erection of a front elevation with a straight roof and an addition of fifteen feet to the rear of the building. And that the Selectmen shall be a Committee to carry out the intention of the Town as expressed in the above vote." The Selectmen accordingly
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invited proposals from different builders and the contract was awarded to Wm. C. Edwards, one of our townsmen, his proposal being the lowest. The work was done under the general super- vision of the architect, C. T. Emerson. The original contract con- templated the shingling of the roof, but by the urgent solicitations of many of the citizens, the Committee were induced, as a matter of economy, to have it slated, which increased the expenditure three hundred dollars. The relaying of the tops of the chimneys was not anticipated, but on examination they were found in such condition it was necessary to do so.
Paid C. T. Emerson, Architect, for drawing plan and specifications, and superintending work on Town House. $135.00
Expense of preparing Foundation for Tower.
Paid G. T. Day, one day's work with oxen and man. 5.00
Eben Prescott, work on stone 1.50
Timothy Fletcher, work on stone 3.00
George Yapp, work on stone. 2.00
W. M. Wright and others, digging trench. 3.00
$14.00
Expense of preparing Foundation for addition to rear of Building.
Paid W. W. Johnson, drawing 8 perch of stone $10.00
George F. Millis, laying wall 12.00
George Yapp, laying wall. 10.00
Edward E. Wright, digging trench and cellar 9.75
G. T. Day, for man and oxen hauling stone .. 1.50
A. P. Richardson, assisting in moving old wall. 3.00
Timothy Fletcher, laying driveway wall. 1.72
G. T. Day, hauling two loads sand
2.00
$49.97
Paid W. C. Edwards, for repairs of Town House, as by contract. . $2750.00
Additional expense for slating roof. 300.00
The following charges not covered by original contract :
Building stairs to attic. 35.00
Enlarging two doors to admit piano.
2.00
Building partition in cellar for Cavalry, stock and labor. 3.00
Amount carried forward $3,090.00
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Amount brought forward .. $3,090.00
Stock and labor for plastering in hall. 13.00
Railing in front of platform in lower hall. 7.50
One pair brackets under arch in upper hall. 8.00
Labor fixing cellar doors. .
2.00
Four circles on posts in lower hall
1.50
Putting truss rods in roof. 7.00
$3,129.00
Expense of relaying chimneys.
Paid G. T. Day, hauling water and preparing for mason . 66 " one load of sand. 1.00
1.50
J. O. Kidder, relaying chimneys. 5.50
Edward E. Wright, tending mason. 3.75
W. C. Edwards, building staging for mason
5.00
$16.75
Expense of frescoing upper hall and tinting walls of whole building.
Paid H. W. Keppelmann $180.00
W. C. Edwards, building stage for frescoing .. 12.00
Expense of assistance in putting up and taking down stage. 2.25
$194.25
Expense of painting and varnishing wood work inside building, not included in W. C. Edwards' contract.
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for oil, lead and varnish $16.49
J. C. Butterfield, for labor .. 30.00
C. N. Larkin, lettering doors, &c. 10.75
$57.24
Expense of shelves, d.c., in kitchen.
Paid W. C. Edwards, for lumber as per bill . $14.08
W. Wyman, for labor. 7.50
$21.58
Paid A. P. Richardson, for grading as per bill.
$7.00
For two cellar windows and frames. 2.35
Lime and cement for wall and chimneys.
7.00
$16.35
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Expense of alterations in front door of Town House.
The Selectmen having received notice in July, from the State authorities, that the door was not according to law-and were also ordered to make it so-have incurred the following expense in making the alterations.
Paid W. C. Edwards, for labor and stock .. $5.60
Wright & Fletcher, for one pair spring hinges and T. handle bolt . . 19.75
HI. A. Fielding, for one lock 2.65
$28.00
Entire cost of alterations
$3,662.64
BUILDING OF SCHOOL HOUSE IN PARKERVILLE.
By vote of the Town, January 17, 1880, the Selectmen were authorized to procure a plan and specifications for the building of a School House in District No. 5, to replace the one burned. Esti- mates were received from six different builders, and the contract was given to Jonathan Larcom, of Chelmsford, his estimate being the lowest.
Paid Jonathan Larcom, as per contract for building
School House. $1,039.00
Alterations not included in contract. 3.00
Putting in the seats. 4.25
E. A. Stevens, for drawing plan, writing specifica- tions, &c .. 11.60
Wright & Fletcher, for paint and varnish, for work not included in contract.
5.73
W. F. Balch, for grading around school house 14.00
A. G. Whitcomb, for school furniture. 89.24
W. W. Johnson, for teaming the same 2.00
H. H. Wilder, stove pipe, &c 11.08
Fielding & Co., chain and hooks for stove pipe. 1.00
Express on stove pipe.
.40
Freight on school furniture.
2.30
George B. Hildreth, for painting inside of ell 2.00
G. T. Day, for varnishing seats.
1.50
For making five copies of specifications ..
3.50
G. T. Day, time and expense going to Boston to purchase furniture. 3.50
Amount carried forward,
$1,194.10
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Amount brought forward $1,194.10
Paid G. T. Day, time spent in going to Chelmsford and Lowell, making contract, and time looking after work on building. 6.00
A. P. Richardson, time spent in going to Chelms- ford and Lowell, making contract, and time looking after work on building. 6.00
J. O. Kidder, work in cellar, including cement and lime 9.37
$1,215.47
Received from Jonathan Larcom, for doors and windows saved from old school house .. 35.50
Making entire cost of building and furniture. $1,179.97
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL HOUSES AND EXPENSE OF BOOKS, &c., FURNISHED SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 1.
C. W. Blood, repairs on stove, &c .. . $ 4.62
Feb .- Box of crayons .. .25
April-Broom and ink. .70
May-Pail .25
E. A. Stevens, repairing seats, &c .. . 6.60
for bench ..
1.25
labor and material building coal bin
23.27
Oct .- Box crayons
.20
Ink. .35
Nov .- Broom .30
$37.79
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 2.
April-Books, crayons and ink.
$1.10
E. A. Stevens, setting glass, &c. 1.00
Sept .- Box crayons.
.20
Oct .- Ink.
.35
Nov .- Broom .
.30
Dec .- Box crayons and ink.
.55
Jan .- Dust-pan .
.15
Paid Boston Supply Co., slating for black board . .67
$4.32
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 3.
1880.
Setting glass and putting up new hooks.
$ .95
Amount carried forward .
$ .95
25
Amount brought forward. $ .95
New lock and repairing old ones .92
Cleaning school room. . .75
Slating for blackboard. 2.25
May-Books .. 1.45
E. A. Stevens, labor, &c.
1.55
C. W. Blood, zinc, labor, &c
5.77
Paid for repairs, books, &c.
1.35
S. G. Mack & Co., stove and pipe .. .
16.94
Boston Supply Co., for slating for blackboard .. .69
$32.62
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 4.
John Wilson, repairs. $1.40
April-Lock and books. .85
E. A. Stevens, labor, &c. 1.45
H. II. Wilder & Co., for stove and pipe, also chain and expense of purchasing and delivering stove
16.75
Sept .- Box crayons and ink.
.26
Dec .- Box crayons and ink. .20
.16
Jan .- Ink and paper .
$21.07
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 5.
Paid George H. Elliot, for use of room for school 11 weeks.
$33.00
John Wilson, work. 2.55
1.50
May-Broom, books and crayons
C. W. Blood, zinc, &c. 4.40 Labor, &c. 1.50
.20
Dec .- Box crayons.
.20
Jan .- Box crayons .
.20
SCHOOL HOUSE No. 6.
John Wilson, repairs $2.50
May-Pail, mug, &c .45
.20
Jan .- Broom .
.30
$3.15
SCHOOL HOUSE No. 8.
April-Books and crayons.
$ .43
May-Broom, paper and crayons
.70
Sept .- Two readers
1.40
Oct .- " 66
1.35
Dec .- Geography and reader
2.00
Arithmetic and crayons ..
.45
Hiram Dane, repairing windows ... $7.43
1.10
Oct .- Box crayons.
$43.55
Sept .- Box crayons.
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SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 9.
Hiram Dane, repairing windows . . $1.10
April-Books and crayons. 1.25
E. A. Stevens, blackboard . 2.50
Dec .- Box crayons. .20
Boston School Supply Co., slating for blackboard. .67
$5.72
SCHOOL HOUSE No. 10 and 11.
H. D. Pierce, man and team, grading $7.00
C. W. Blood, stone, doors, labor, &c. 3.66
Paid for cleaning clock. 1.00
Setting glass, &c .. 2.60
C. W. Blood, mica, &c .75
$15.01
By vote of Town passed March 24, 1880, the Selectmen were authorized to paint School House No. S, and the expense was as follows :-
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for lead, oil, &c .. .. $19.88
George B. Hildreth, painting school house 8.50
Whole cost. $28.38
STATE AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
As authorized by Chap. 252, Acts of 1879.
Paid January $40.00
66 February 40.00
66 March 40.00
.6 April 39.00
66 May 35.00
June 35.00
66
July. 35.00
66
August
27.00
66
September
29.00
66 October
29.00
66 November
30.00
66 December 35.00
66 January, 1881. 35.00
$449.00
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STATE AID TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' FAMILIES,
As authorized by Chap. 301, Acts of 1879.
Paid January. $31.50
66 February 33.00
66 March .. 33.00
66 April 33.00
66 May 33.00
66 June. 33.00
66 July . 33.00
66 August 33.00
66 September
33.00
66 October. 33.00
66 November.
33.00
66 December. 33.00
66 January, 1881. 33.00
$427.50
REPAIRS OF ROADS.
The town voted to raise the sum of $2000 for repairs of roads and bridges, and the selectmen have paid as follows :
James Hildreth, work done in 1879 $ 6.18
Win. Reed, three days in April, 1880
3.75
W. F. Balch, work in March. . 3.00
B. G. Brooks, work in May and June
24.46
Edwin E. Heywood, work in July 4.42
20.62
Nelson Constantine, work in April, May and June.
75.00
Charles Jean, work in May and June ..
17.50
Levi Lamot, work in April, May and June.
57.50
Joseph Allard, work in April, May and June.
42.50
A. P. Richardson, work in May and June. 6.03
Nelson Constantine, work in June and July .. 13.87
1.68
Edward Colburn, work in April, May and June
52.81
T. H. Hamblet and men, work in 1879.
8.07
George F. Millis, work in August, 1880
1.75
Luther W. Blodgett, work of men and horses in June and July . 44.50
Joseph Paul, work in August.
8.75
Henry Lamot, work in August.
15.31
Edward Colburn, work in mowing brush.
6.25
George Gerry, work in August.
22.18
George Gerry, work in June.
George Gerry, work in July.
Amount carried forward $436.13
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Amount brought forward
$436.13
Frederick Seifer, work in August ..
6.60
Joseph Paul, work in August and September 16.24
Arthur Wright, expense of labor in September, 2.00
Edwin E. Heywood, work in September. 13.00
George Gerry, work in September
16.87
George T. Day, work of man and team in April
3.00
Levi Lamot, work in October and November.
40.62
Timothy Fletcher, work in October and November
4.75
Dennis McCarty, work in October
5.00
George Gerry, work in October. 66
20.31
66 work in November
13.75
Joseph Paul, work in November.
1.25
Charles Fuller, work ..
1.25
Thomas Turner, work in November
10.00
H. D. Pierce, work of self, men and horses Joseph Allard, work in August and September
36.00
E. C. Coburn, work in August ..
3.00
Levi Lamot, work in November.
15.00
B. G. Brooks, work in July and August
12.00
W. F. Balch, work in July ...
3.00
W. C. Edwards, work in September
4.00
$1504.19
COST OF WIDENING AND STRAIGHTENING ROAD AT GRANITEVILLE.
Paid H. D. Pierce for teams and men.
$112.00
Gerry, Lamot, Allard and others, for shovelling. .. 58.88
$170.88
BREAKING ROADS, 1879-1880-1881.
Wm. Reed, 1880.
$ .75
John Wayne, 1880
3.25
G. S. Frederick and others, 1880
6.75
James Hildreth
3.00
Edwin E. Heywood and others, 1881
32.74
W. M. Wright, 1881.
1.95
Henry Chamberlin, 1881
5.87
W. W. Johnson and team, 1881
11.55
George F. Millis, 1881
1.25
T. C. Reed, 1881.
3.75
$70.86
840.42
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ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
1876, Peter Anderson.
$2.26
66 Ozro Brinkerhoff
2.00
66 Enos Brunell. 2.00
66 John Burns.
2.00
Henry Couillard.
3.33
Joseph Couillard.
2.00
Philip Couillard.
2.00
66 A. F. Cally .
2.00
66 Dennis Couland.
2.00
C. R. P. Decatur.
2.00
66 George F. Dailey.
2.00
John Dailey, 2d.
2.00
66 John Dinsmore.
2.00
66 Robert Dyer.
2.00
66 Jacob Forrest.
2.00
66 John P. Felch.
2.00
Fred. Floral. .
2.00
66
Solomon S. Gilson
2.00 2.00
66 David Harris
2.00
66 H. Harper. .
2.00
66 William Hues.
2.00
66 Thomas Hardy
2.00
66 Lewis Lawrence.
2.00
66 William Logue ..
2.00
66 Napoleon Lavisce.
2.00
66 James Morgan .
2.00
66 John B. Palmer.
2.00
66 Theodore Peartt ..
2.00
66 Thomas Quinn, 2d.
2.00
66 Ormond Shaw
2.00
66 John Shorrow.
2.00
William Seamey.
2.00
66 Reuben Townsend.
2.00
L. C. Webster.
2.00
66 Joseph Moran.
2.00
66 Emerson E. Hutchins
2.51
1877, Charles Dane
2.00
66 Joseph Dane ..
2.00
66 Joseph Duren.
2.24
Solomon S. Gilson
2.00
Henry Hislop.
2.00
66 Alonzo Hosley
2.00
66 George Hardy
2.00
66 James Kelley . 2.00
66 Hudson Lackey .72
Amount carried forward
$93 06
66 James A. Hosley
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Amount brought forward. $93.06
1877, Nelson Lucia
2.00
66 Patrick Morgan. .
2.00
66 Michael McCarty.
2.00
James O'Brien .
2.00
Theodore Peartt.
2.00
66 Fletcher Symmes.
2.00
Ormond Shaw.
2.00
John Tower
2.00
66 James Simpson. .
2.00
George E. Chamberlain.
.60
S. A. Waters ..
3.60
1878, Stony Brook Water Power Company.
27.00
1879, Charles A. Wheeler.
3.00
L. W. Blodgett
3.54
1880, Estate of James M. Wright
7.80
66 John Craig.
5.07
66 W. F. Wheeler
2.00
65 Error in tax book. 68.19
$231.86
SUMMARY.
1880.
1879. 1878.
1877. 1876.
1875.
1874.
1873.
1872.
1871.
1870.
Town Officers,
$436 81 $380 16 $345 32 375 97
$412 79 $351 02 8442 80 5426 90
Tax Collector and Constables,
178 40
141 55
147 98
152 34
116 28
150 00
161 74
160 00
107 00
93 34
122 99
School Committee,
168 25
164 75
170 00
183 40
254 50
197 00
190 00
105 00
100 00
110 00
Public Library, .
319 20
340 05
299 49
336 28
243 21
277 58
328 00
262 27
287 54
291 42
149 80
Town House, .
183 45
171 12
166 47
Printing,
126 90
119 75
110 68
179 85
110 45
204 00
135 00
83 00
150 00
80 00
School Houses,
170 96
164 91
118 35
189 36
204 42
584 00
90 00
6377 70
3233 021
6020 00
Incidental Expenses,
500 42
460 07
870 71
897 11
531 03
1315 61
966 07
2424 67
1441 97
1949 59
1404 49
State Aid,
427 50
360 00
533 50
414 00
472 00
492 00|
620 00
696 00
612 00
714 00
656 00
Aid to Soldiers and Sailors,
4449 00
229 70
374 40
Roads and Bridges, .
1504 19
1454 98 1871 82
1808 13
22-14 85
1957 54 2426 93 2320 12 2192 14 1768 13, 2643 53
Improvement on Roads,
170 88
69 00
99 47
Breaking Roads, .
70 86
239 22
140 26
Overseers of Poor,
1680 66
1913 321
1561 39
2331 00| 3418 00
1907 50 2142 00
2000 00: 2777 00
1535 00 1858 93
Abatement of Taxes,
231 86
216 45
151 45
224 28
98 47
883 42
444 03
197 60
112 18
81 22
68 31
Painting School House,
28 38
189 10
Repairs on Hearse,
306 90
Insurance, .
216 75
Repairs on Town House,
3662 64
Building School House No. 5,
1179 97
.
$12021 98 86614.13
$427 44
$944 24|
$456 87
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Westford.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the year ending February 12, 1881 :
AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE, INCLUDING FARMING TOOLS, BY APPRAISAL OF THE COMMITTEE.
February 11, 1881
$2,965.68
February 6, 1880 2,161.12
Gain on personal property.
$804.56
RECEIPTS.
Income from the Farm, as by H. D. Pierce's Book's.
Received for milk
$349.42
for eggs
2.55
for soap grease .
2.00
for onions.
26.65
for turkeys
23.41
for cider .
16.27
for cranberries.
18.25
for apples.
63.50
for cabbage
.50
for chickens
5.62
for pop corn.
.10
for two pigs.
10.00
for one horse.
10.00
for drawing stone.
1.00
for harslet ..
.25
for mowing
1.25
for use of bull
1.00
for cheese.
12.28
for one horse. .
25.00
for keeping pedler
7.60
for use of cart.
3.75
for one pair of spectacles.
1.00
for beef. .
6.05
for pickles
1.15
Amount carried forward.
$588.60
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Amount brought forward.
$588.60
Received for keeping one man one night.
.50
for boarding Mrs. Leland.
5.00
for calves.
64.25
for butter.
.92
for potatoes
3.95
for peas ..
12.11
for one stove.
3.00
for ashes. .
2.60
for work on roads.
961.10
for corn .
.80
for beets.
2.80
for tomatoes
.60
for turnips.
.15
for straw for beds.
1.25
for one cow.
33.00
for pork.
43.01
for indigent soldiers
212.00
for sundries
7.20
$1942.84
PAYMENTS.
Paid for grain ..
415.23
for blacksmith's work.
71.76
for grinding corn
5.40
for repairing pump
.20
for matches .
.55
for one axe ..
.85
for medicine
9.44
for shorts.
4.30
for butter
3.73
for soap
9.10
for thread ..
1.00
for clothes line.
.75
for curry comb.
.35
for sleigh bells.
1.40
for crackers
14.72
for lumber .
30.10
for dry goods.
4.83
for strainer.
.50
for cattle cards.
.16
for use of cart.
2.75
for bolts for sled.
2.08
for fish .
2.88
for labor
463.68
Amount carried forward $1,045.76
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Amount brought forward
$1,045.76
Paid for repairing harness
8.83
for curtains .
.70
for making cider.
17.93
for apples ..
1.00
for tin and glassware
4.00
for three horse collars.
8.00
for turkeys
3.00
for one horse.
16.00
for sowing onion seed.
.75
for one calf
1.75
for scythe and stone
1.00
for window screens
5.00
for express
2.00
for sponge.
.15
for repairing mowing machine.
1.25
for straw
.40
for paper ..
.37
for two apple dryers
1.00
for harness oil .
1.45
for halters .
1.60
for two bedsteads.
2.80
for sage.
.60
for plough .
3.15
for making sled.
4.00
for use of bull.
4.50
for mending boots
.80
for mending stove
1.25
for chairs. .
.60
for three horses and two harnesses.
515.00
for two carts
45.00
for doctoring horses.
5.00
for pasturing horse ..
8.00
for wheelwright work.
22.90
for one sled.
25.00
for hay.
192.45
for groceries
464.70
J. B. Heald, M. D., for medical attendance
11.50
H. D. Pierce, for balance of salary due April 1st, 1880, John P. Green
17.00
for harness and work.
11.53
for two turkeys.
3.75
for labor
7.34
Day & Read, for making cider
15.35
for meat
68.49
$2,852.65
Amount carried forward. $2,852.65
300.00
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Amount brought forward. $2,852.65
Deduct proceeds sold from the farm.
1,942.84
The expense of keeping one hundred and eighty-four tramps. 46.00
Gain on personal property.
665.56
Due for board of Nellie McCaffrey 62.50
Labor off the farm unpaid ..
108.11
Cash in H. D. Pierce's hands
2.40
$2,827.41
Leaves as the cost of supporting the poor inside of the Almshouse 25.24
COST OF SUPPORTING POOR
Outside of the Almshouse.
Paid E. C. Atwood, M. D., for medical attendance on C. J. Searles. . $ 43.00
E. C. Atwood, M. D., for medical attendance on Simon Nutting
80.25
City of Boston, for aid rendered Catherine Callahan, in 1879.
2.00
for the relief of Mary Howe.
83.40
Expense of carrying Nellie McCaffrey to State Almshouse. 4.00
for wood for J. Moran .
2.50
for the relief of Charlotte Bishop
4.13
Lunatic Asylum. at Worcester, for A. Woodward, R. Keyes and T. W. Dupee. 551.46
34.46
for the relief of C. H. Spaulding . 104.00
for postage stamps and stationery 4.00
232.15
Alvan Fisher, for services as Overseer of Poor. 10.00
for time spent in buying horses for the Almshouse .. 5.00
10.00
David Reed, for services as Overseer of Poor . for time spent in buying horses for the Almshouse .. for the relief of Simpson family.
5.00
Edward Prescott, for services as Overseer. 10.00
5.00
for making out report to Board of State Charities. . 2.50
for the relief of Jane A. L. Patch. .
2.00
for time spent in going to see about Jacob Reed's family
2.00
Amount carried forward $1,206.85
for the relief of Mrs. W. O. Wright.
for the relief of Jacob Reed's family
10.00
for making out report to town.
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Amount brought forward. $1,206.85
Received from the town of Townsend
$ 43.00 66 66 66 Bedford. 22.13
66
66
66
Ayer
80.25
Due from the town of Bridgewater
96.16
66 66 State. 232.15
$473.69
Expense of poor outside of Almshouse $733.16
STATEMENT
Of the Expenses of the Poor above the Income of the Farm.
Cash drawn from the Town Treasurer
$1,680.66
Cash paid by the Overseers. 293.02
Received from Townsend, Bedford and Ayer. 145.38
$2,119.06
Due from the town of Bridgewater $ 96.16
66 66 " State.
232.15
Gain on personal property .
665.56
Labor off the farm unpaid
108.11
For board ..
62.50
Cash in H. D. Pierce's hands
2.40
$1,166.88
COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR, exclusive of interest on the Farm
$952.18
Number receiving two meals and lodging 184
66 supported in the Almshouse. 9
Average number.
519 26
Number aided out of the Almshouse
20
EDWARD PRESCOTT, ALVAN FISHER, DAVID REED,
Overseers of the Poor.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
LOWELL, MASS., February 19, 1881.
GENTLEMEN - I have examined the books of the Overseers of the Poor including the accounts kept by the Master of the almshouse, for the year 1880-'81, and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
I would further state that I have examined the books of the Overseers of the Poor for the year 1879-'80, and find them correctly cast. The error in the printed report for this year (1879-'80) of $100 in the footings of the payments, is simply a clerical one, and does not exist on the books. I proved the accounts in a thorough manner and found them to have been systematically and honestly kept in every particular.
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