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13-To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors, as reported by the Selectmen, or act in relation to the same.
14-To raise money to repair Roads and Bridges, and direct by whom and in what manner the same shall be expended.
15-To see if the Town will raise money to defray the expense of Breaking Roads during the year, or act in relation to the same.
16-To choose all other Town Officers necessary to be chosen by hand vote, or act in relation to the same.
17-To see if the Town will vote to License the sale of Ardent Spirits, or act in relation to the same.
18-To see if the Town will raise a specified sum of money to be expended by the Selectmen, in enforcing the License Law, or aet in relation to the same.
19-To hear the Report of the Selectmen, on the Petition of Timothy Sullivan and others, for a Private Way in Graniteville, and act in relation to the same.
20-To hear the Report of the Selectmen, on the Petition of Edward Prescott and others, for a Private Way across land formerly owned by Jonathan Prescott, and now of Florence Sullivan, and aet in relation to the same.
21-To see what action the Town will take in regard to Abram Brown's claim for damages for injuries received by his wife on the road leading to Andrew Fletcher's.
22-To see what action the Town will take in regard to a new fence at the Town House.
23-To see if the Town will vote to dig a well at School House No. 3, so called, or act in relation to the same.
24-To see if the Town will vote to dig a well at School House No. 5, so called, or act in relation to the same.
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AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this warrant by post- ing up true and attested copies at the Town House and each Depot in said Westford, eight days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands and seals, this sixteenth d'ay of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-three.
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Westford.
Toron House-He's Ford
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD,
INCLUDING THOSE OF THE
SELECTMEN, TOWN CLERK, TOWN TREASURER, ASSESS- ORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND LIBRARY COMMITTEE,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 11, 1884.
ALSO,
TOWN WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING, TO BE HELD MARCHI 3, 1884.
LOWELL, MASS. MORNING MAIL PRINT: NO. 18 JACKSON STREET. 1884.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD,
1883.
TOWN CLERK. JOSEPH B. HEALD.
SELECTMEN.
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON.
ASSESSORS.
ASAPH B. CUTTER, HENRY CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. EDWARD PRESCOTT, DAVID REED, J. MURRAY CHAMBERLIN.
TOWN TREASURER. SHERMAN D. FLETCHER.
SCHOOL CONMITTEE.
J. HENRY READ, J. SIDNEY MOULTON, OLIVE ANN PRESCOTT, J. MURRAY CHAMBERLIN, HEZEKIAH CUMMINGS.
MOSES EDWARDS,
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES. ISAAC E. DAY.
CONSTABLES.
ISAAC E. DAY, C. R. P. DECATUR, WESLEY O. HAWKS,
FRANK O. DECATUR, WILLIAM M. LEE, WILLIAM C. EDWARDS.
FENCE VIEWERS.
WILLIAM KITTREDGE, GEORGE HUTCHINS, ALVIN G. POLLEY.
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT POOR FARM. ARTEMAS W. CUMMINGS, JOHN M. FLETCHER, THADDEUS A. BLODGETT.
LIBRARIAN. CLARA M. WILEY.
DIRECTORS OF TOWN LIBRARY. .
ABIEL J. ABBOT, ELIZA A. BABBITT, ARTHUR WRIGHT.
WEIGHERS OF HAY, COAL, ETC.
JOHN B. FLETCHER, SAMUEL A. HAMLIN,
JOHN M. FLETCHER, JACOB SMITH,
ARTHUR WRIGHT, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD,
ABIEL J. ABBOT, WILLIAM C. EDWARDS,
W. H. H. BURBECK, JOHN W. DAY,
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, J. E. L. HAZEN,
NAHUM H. WRIGHT, C. E. WHIDDEN,
EDWARD A. HAMLIN, JOHN A. HEALY.
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SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER, ETC.
CHARLES L. FLETCHER,
WESLEY O. HAWKS,
GILMER STONE,
CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
JACOB SMITH,
FRANK O. DECATUR,
THOMAS DREW,
GARDNER A. PERHAM,
GEORGE H. PRESCOTT,
ALBERT S. REED,
EPHRAIM A. STEVENS,
WILLIAM C. EDWARDS,
SMITH RANDLETT,
JOHN M. FLETCHER,
JOHN B. FLETCHER,
JOHN A. HEALY.
JANITOR OF TOWN HOUSE. JOSEPH H. WILSON.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. TRUE A. BEAN.
FIELD DRIVERS.
C. R. P. DECATUR, FRANK L. FLETCHER,
CYRUS HAMLIN, JAMES SPINNER,
HENRY A. HILDRETH, C. E. EDWARDS, BENJAMIN PALMER.
CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES. ALLEN R. PERHAM.
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MARRIAGES,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1883.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE.
Jan. 4
David F. Merrill.
23
Westford.
Hattie E. Whittemore.
17
Jan. 23
Henry R. Lewis
30
66
Emily Fuller
19
Apr. 21
Amos G. Naylor.
24
66
England.
Apr. 26
Patrick Mooney. May McGlinchy
26
E.Somerville Westford.
Vermont.
May
9
Thomas McCarty
30
Chelmsford.
Hannah Shugrue
23
Lawrence.
Aug. 1
John C. Murphy
25
Westford.
Nellie Dailey
24
Reading.
Aug. 19
Louis Schworer. Elnora Prescott
21
Dorchester.
Oct. 17
William R. Jones.
35
Stockton, N. Y.
Abbie A. Sargent ..
32
Lowell.
Nov. 8
Augustine W. Carkin. Susie Bell.
22
Nov. 29
Charles H. Copp
55
Littleton. 66
Boston.
Mrs. Abbie C. Waters ..
33
Townsend.
Nov. 29
Charles F. Shugrue.
24
Westford.
Lawrence.
Rosanna Rushworth.
20
England.
Goffstown, N. H. Londonderry, N.H. New York.
Canada.
Jennie L. Mason.
22
22
24
Boston.
Newton. Westford. Brookline. Westford. 66
25
Westford. Moore's, N. Y.
7
BIRTHS,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1883.
DATE.
NAMES.
PARENTS' NAMES.
Jan. 7
Searles.
Samuel A. and Etta M. Searle.
66
9 Mabel Lizzie Blood.
Charles W. and Flora B. Blood.
66
10 Archie A. Hartford.
George H. and Lizzie J. Hartford.
17 FredRockwood Blodgett Josiah W. and Louise S. Blodgett.
66
22 Prescott.
Eben and Josephine A. Prescott.
66
25 Summerfield.
Henry and - Summerfield.
Feb. 3 Frances C. Bannister. Anna E. Castell
Frank W. and Margaret H. Bannister.
66
9 Anna J. Harrington
66
18 Edward E. Decatur.
Stephen H. and Harriet A. Castell. Patrick and Mary F. Harrington. Clarence R. P. and Addie Decatur. Florence and Maggie Donohue.
Mar. 21 Ellen A. Donohue.
66
24 Harriet E. Symmes.
Thomas E. and Nancy A. Symmes. Nelson L. and Lizzie M. Tuttle. Samuel L. and Alta M. Taylor. James A. and Lydia Walkden. Andrew and Catherine A. Sanderson.
Apr.
27 Ruth Perham Tuttle. S John Adams Taylor. 15 Jessie Agnes Walkden .. 23 Benj. F. B. Sanderson .. 29 Otis Edwin White
William and Clara F. White.
May 5 Mary E. Constantine. 5 James T. Turner.
Nelson and Mary Constantine.
66 25 Charles Royal Church .. 27 Lewis.
29 Perron
William M. and Salina M. Lewis. Louis and Clare Perron. Jacob and Leah Smith.
June 3 Dora Smith.
66 Edwin A. Gould
66 15 John Jay Hardy
18 Lackin
John and Mary Ann Lackin.
66
22 Lamott.
Levi and Rosa Lamott.
66 30 Frank R. Shattuck.
David H. and Ada F. Shattuck.
66 30 Mary Etta Kecy 26 Hattie Bell Harriss.
David C. and Betsey J. Harriss.
William H. H. and Hannah Thomas.
7 Annie Ethel Casey
Daniel and Annie M. Casey.
22 Lillian E. Merrill.
David F. and Hattie E. Merrill.
66 25 Clara Nellie Cummings.
Irving G. and Jenny D. Cummings.
Sept.
31 William H. Wayne 3 Cora Lord ..
17|John William Driscoll. . John and Mary Ann Driscoll.
Oct. 8 Alvin A. McClenna ..
Alvin and Lillian McClenna,
17 Nellie Etta Felch.
John P. and Ann Maria Felch.
66 19 Ward Willis Eaton.
66 31 Ella Townsend
Samuel N. and Johanna Eaton. William C. and Annie M. Townsend.
Nov. 8 Earnest Arthur Lewis. 29 Noyes. 66 29 McDonald
29 John W. F. Hook.
John and Esther R. Hook.
Dec. 2 Emily Annie Lewis.
66 11 Nathaniel R. Whitney
Julian and Sarah Whitney.
16 Ralph H. Hewett.
Charles J. and Lucy M. Hewett.
Whole number recorded, 50-Males, 25; Females, 25.
July
Aug. 66
1 Thomas.
Amos P. and Jennie Turner. John and Salina Gibson.
66 19 Marie L. Gibson ..
Henry W. and Carrie E. Church.
Horace E. and Flora J. Gould.
Henry and Etta L. Hardy.
Joseph H. and Emmeline S. Kecy.
29 Mary S. Allen.
Frank and Haleen Allen. John and Maggie Wayne. Peter and Sophronia Lord ..
Frederick A. and Linnie Lewis. Charles L. and Georgianna Noyes.
Angus and Margaret E. McDonald.
Henry R. and Emily Lewis.
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DEATHS,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1883.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
YEARS.
MOS.
DAYS.
Jan.
1
Permelia Hildreth
83
1
4
60
4
Calvin Howard
90
3
10
Luke L. Fletcher
50
2
9
66
17
Joseph Provost, Jr.
24
9
-
29
Betsey Hildreth
72
10
10
Feb.
7
Lucy M. Parker
71
11
20
..
19
Betsey Livingston
86
10
11
Mar.
6
Ann Welch
54
4
16
66
21
Julia M. Carkin.
43
7
10
Apr. 9 Sarah Prescott.
80
66
17
Bridget Kenney
75
3
9
66
25
Warren Hunt.
82
2
8
May
3
James T. Turner
7
10
4
20
Mary A. Flynn.
-
-
June
5
Thomas Curry .
67
11
19
66
30
Edith E. Hamlin
21
6
July
2
Allen Fiske.
76
1
-
3
Abigail Huse. .
65
4
3
25
Eunice J. Hildreth.
68
9
7
66
27
Robert Walworth.
12
-
Aug. 3
9
Sarah M. Parkhurst.
47
3
66
25
John Craig
74
10
24
Sep. 4
Lena Vallandry
-
3
7
Oct
11
Edward L. Flint
36
3
2
-
15
Clara Hughes
52
6
4
Nov. 6
Mary E. Keyser.
22
10
13
Minnie A. A. Hollon
20
1
18
66
26
Maria N. Brown.
52
66
29
Noyes.
-
Dec.
6
Ellen A. Donohoe.
S
12
Martha Whidden.
76
4
15
66
16
Sarah E. Sherman
18
28
66
20
James Schofield.
73
9
-
Number who died in Westford.
.40
Number brought to Westford for burial
5
Total number recorded
45
-
19
Sarah S. Dane.
76
22
Martin Wright
76
5
4
Sadie C. Howard.
10
2S
Perron.
28
Lot Esty
75
-
2
Lydia A. Colburn
44
6
Patrick Haley
22
Oliver Provost.
23
-
26
May Clark.
1
14
19
Alvin A. McClenna.
-
11
1 1
-
15
Elmira F. Hartwell.
82
-
9
Daniel Casey
63
--
28
14
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.
MIDDLESEX SS., Dec. 18, 1883.
Joseph B. Heald, Clerk of the Town of Westford, has paid into the Treasury of said Middlesex County, Two Hundred Fifty-eight 1% Dollars for dog licenses, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as per his account of 15th instant.
$258.60
AMOS STONE, County Treasurer.
OWNERS OR KEEPERS OF DOGS LICENSED, 1883.
Abbot Worsted Co.
Day, J. W. 1882.
Nutting, E.
Abbot, A. J.
Evans, M. H. A. 1882-3 Norrie, John
Agnew, W. 1882-3.
Frederick, G. S.
Nesmith, G. W. (2)
Andrews, E. 1882-3.
Fletcher, Harry
()'Brien, C.
Allen, Frank
Fletcher, Andrew
Prescott, E. J.
Blodgett, L. W.
Fletcher, L. T.
Polley, A. G. Prescott, P. B.
Blodgett, T. A.
Ford, M. B. 1882-3 (2)
Prescott, Nathan
Burke, D. 1882-3.
Fisher, Alvan
Reed, William, 1st (2) Reed, William, 2d
Burnham, C. F. 1882.
Fletcher, B. M.
Raymond, J.
Blaisdell, A. J. 1882-3. Gould, G. E.
Robbinson, F.
Butterfield, L. J.
Gardner, R. Greig, John
Reed, C. W. Searles, Charles
Carkin, Charles II. Carkin, I. W. Callahan, John
Harrup, Thomas
Sullivan, F.
Hawkes, W. O.
Shugrue, P. 1882-3
Church, H. W.
Horn, George
Sargent, Allan 1882-3
Carmichael, David
Hill, George C.
Swett, F. A.
Conly, Mrs. John.
Herbert, George
Smith, Mary A. Sweetzer, Judson Shehan, Andrew
Chamberlin, Henry
Comey, W. S.
Horan, Thomas
Constantino, Nelson
Hurd, P. H. Holsworth, D.
Worcester, I. S. Wright, E. (2) Ward, D.
Downs, Mathew (2) Dunn, J. J.
Hamlin, Cyrus Ireland, G. H. 1882-3.
Woods, I. P. Wright & Bemis Wall, Patrick Whitney, E. J.
Davis, A. S.
Loftus, John
Dailey. P. Day, I. E.
Lewis, F. H. 1882-3.
Day, G. T.
Leighton, Amos Mc Elligott, P. Mountain, Edward
Drew, F. C.
Donohue, Florence 1882. Moore, E. A.
Decatur, F. O.
Decatur, J. H. 1882.
Martin, John Murphy, John
Cummings, E. M. Carrol, Thomas Caldwell, Otis
Hall, James Hutchins, John Hutchins, Geo. Hutchins, M.
1882-3 Sherman, D. W. Vose, W. M. Webster, C.
Dane, Hiram
Hamlin, S. A.
Drew, Thomas
Decatur, C. R. P. 1882-3 Keecy, Joseph
Whitney, Julian Whitney, Hiram Whitney, W. M.
Wilson, J. H. 1882-3. Whiting, Mrs. S. S. (2) York, John
2
Blodgett, J. W.
Fletcher, S. D.
Buckminster, E. T.
Feeney, John
COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, WESTFORD, February 11, 1884.
The committee appointed by the Selectmen to ex- amine and audit the accounts of Sherman D. Fletcher, Town Treasurer, for the year ending at date, submit the following report :
The Treasurer has received from all sources, including the bal- ance in the Treasury at the last settlement, the following sums :
RECEIPTS.
Balance in Treasury at last settlement. $3,468 76 Cash borrowed. 5,000 00 From State-balance Corporation tax, 1882, in full. . 47 12 66 66 National Bank tax, 1882, in full. 103 29
66 66 aid to soldiers' families, 1882.
66 66 aid to indigent soldiers, 1882
66 66 corporation tax, 1883, in part.
66 66 826 36
66 66 school fund for 1882-3.
192 49
66 66 rent of armory, 1883. 175 00
66
County Treasurer-dog tax, 1882. 136 15
66
discount on county tax, for advance payment .. 7 79
66
I. W. Sprague, license, 1883 100 00
66
George Hubbard, license, 1883. 100 00
66
Russell S. Stoddard, license, 1883.
100 00
66
M. F. Downs, license, 1883.
100 00
66
John Feeney, Janitor Town Hall, from Feb. 10 to Apr. 1, 1883. 22 50
66 Joseph H. Wilson, Janitor Town Hall to Feb. 11, 1884 . 34 50
66 Frederick Ripley, rent of Town Hall. 7 50
John Lanktree, old fence at Town House 4 75
66 F. O. Decatur, old fence at Town House 3 25
Amount carried forward.
$12,100 29
330 00
244 00
1,086 83
national bank tax, 1883, in full
1
11
Amount brought forward.
$12,100 29
From A. & E. G. Spalding, old fence at Town House ... 5 75
66 F. O. Decatur, apples from school house lot No. 1 .. 5 25
66 Dawson Pollard, scholars sent to school No. 7 .... 7 75
66 Town of Groton, scholars sent to school No. 3 ....
28 25
66 Charles A. Harris, damages to school house No. 1.
1 00
66 Alvan Fisher, Auctioneer's license.
2 00
66 Overseers of the Poor.
5 01
66 I. E. Day, Collector, 1881, in part
133 50
66 66 66 66 1882, .6
1,495 89
66 66 66
66
1883, before Oct. 6. 8,515 72
66 66 66 66 1883, before Dec. 6.
1,189 10
66
66
66 66 1883, after Dec. 6.
998 34
66
66 66
66 1881-2 interest on taxes. 50 00
$24,527 85
The Treasurer has made payments, for which proper vouchers have been exhibited, as follows :
PAYMENTS.
Notes and interest
$7,495 51
State tax, 1883 . 975 00
County tax, 1883 584 16
State Treasurer, 25 per cent. on licenses.
100 00
Overseers of the poor, by orders.
2,058 68
Orders for incidental and other expenses 6,368 48
On account of schools. 3,611 70
Cash balance in hands of Treasurer
3,334 32
$24,527 85
The Committee respectfully report that the following is the financial condition of the town at date :
LIABILITIES.
Notes held by Worcester County Institution for Savings, $6,000 00 Accrued interest on above notes . 57 00
Balance of appropriation for schools unexpended. 1,396 95
$7,453 95
RESOURCES.
Due from State-aid to soldiers' families, 1883, $ 393 00 66 66 aid to indigent soldiers, 1883 233 50
Amounts carried forward.
$626 50 $7,453 95
12
Amounts brought forward.
$626 50 $7,453 95
Due from State-balance of corporation tax, 1883. 11 24 66 I. E. Day, Colleetor, 1881 353 79
1882 616 80
66
66 1883
1,914 51
Balance cash in hands of Treasurer. 3,334 32
$6,857 16
Net indebtedness of the town, Feb. 11, 1884
$ 596 79
66 66
66 10, 1883 2,519 70
Decrease of liabilities
$1,922 91
J. HENRY READ, WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE,
Committee. SHERMAN D. FLETCHER, Treasurer.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors of the Town of Westford submit the following report :
Value of real estate May 1, 1883. $847,911 00
Value of personal property May 1, 1883 154,370 00
$1,002,281 00
Amount raised for town debts and charges $5,000 00
66 66 " schools . . 3,500 00 66 66 66 roads and bridges. 2,000 00 66 66 66 breaking roads . 600 00
66
66 66 books for library 150 00
66
66 66 enforcing the license law 100 00
State tax
975 00
County tax
584 16
Overlayings
334 49
Tax on one hundred dollars.
1 20
Number of polls .
527
66 dwelling houses
445
66
horses.
333
66
cows.
588
.
66
sheep
26
ASAPH. B. CUTTER, HENRY CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE,
Assessors of Westford.
Westford, Feb. 11, 1884.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN TREASURER.
S. D. Fletcher, salary as town treasurer for year ending March 1st, 1883. $50 00
February, entertainment furnished committee to reckon and settle with treasurer. ...
3 50
$53 50
TOWN CLERK.
Joseph B. Heald, salary as town clerk
$12 00
Going to Groton to count votes
2 50
Copying for town report.
2 00
Recording fifty-four births.
27 00
Recording forty-five deaths.
8 50
Recording twelve marriages
1 80
Postage, express and stationery
.
$58 02
SELECTMEN.
George T. Day, salary $5 00
Making out monthly State aid returns under Chapters 252 and 301, Acts 1879 6 00
6 00
Making out monthly State aid book.
Making out town report. 6 00
Making out dog warrant
1 00
Making out return to insurance commissioner
50
Paid for copying register of voters as revised,
3 00
Perambulating town lines. 2 00
20 00
Extra time as selectman 20 00
$69 50
Albert P. Richardson, salary
$5 00
Time looking after roads
20 00
Extra time as selectman.
15 00
Perambulating town lines
2 00
$42 00
Time spent in looking after repairs on roads. .
4 22
15
Arthur Wright, salary . $5 00
Perambulating town lines 2 00
Time looking after roads 8 00
Extra time as selectman . 15 00
$30 00
ASSESSORS.
Henry Chamberlin, twenty-three days' work tak- ing invoice and making taxes .. $57 50
Three days' extra time on duplicate copy ... 7 50
$65 00
Asaph B. Cutter, twenty-two and a half days' work taking invoice and making taxes. . $56 25
$56 25
Wm. L. Kittredge, twenty-three and a half days' work taking invoice and making taxes. . Paid for printing 1 75
$58 75
Paid for express
90
$61 40
TAX COLLECTOR.
Isaac E. Day, collecting $12,684.03 at 9 mills on the dollar. $114 15
Collecting dog tax 10 00
$124 15
CONSTABLES,
Isaac E. Day, posting warrants for three town meetings. . . $12 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
J. S. Moulton, services as superintendent for third term of 1882 and 1883 $50 00
Making out school report. 10 00
Making out school returns. 1 50
Express on school books.
1 00
Services as superintendent for spring term of 1883 50 00
$112 50
THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR HAVE DRAWN FROM THE TREASURY, DURING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1884, THE FOLLOWING SUMS :
1883.
April.
By order $673 21
74 69
66
66
356 00
July. 66
66
66
156 28
Amount carried forward. $1,260 18
16
Amount brought forward .. $1,260 18
August. By order
154 82
October. .6
184 44
66 66
144 81
1884.
January. 66
161 69
66 66
45 21
February. 66
107 53
-$2,058 68
EXPENSE OF THE TOWN LIBRARY, INCLUDING SERVICES OF LIBRARIAN.
Paid Clara M. Wiley, for services as librarian from Feb. 1, 1883, to Jan. 1, 1884. .
$66 00
March, 1883, Paid directors of library balance of appropriation for 1882
19 50
May, 1883, paid directors
100 00
Sept. "
66
120 00
Jan. 1884, 66 66 66 66 Wright & Fletcher, for paper. 7 53
$414 68
TOWN HOUSE.
EXPENSE OF HEATING, LIGHTING AND CARE OF SAME.
March, Paid J. H. Wilson, work at town house .. $ 1 00
April, John Feeney, for services as janitor, for Jan., Feb .; and March ...... 21 00
66
66
John M. Fletcher, for 15 gals. oil. ... 2 55
66 John M. Fletcher, chimneys and nails,
46
66
66 Whithead & Co., for 10,210 lbs., broken coal . 37 01
Paid for cartage of Coal.
4 59
July, J. H. Wilson, for services as janitor, for April, May and June. ... Aug., Paid Wright & Fletcher, for 32 gals. oil. . 66
18 75
66 66 66 matches and wicks,
1 24
66 66 lamps and burners,
78
66
66 for 4 doz., large and small chimneys .. 5 00
Paid John M. Fletcher, for two cords of wood . 12 00
Sept., Paid J. H. Wilson, for services as janitor, for July and August. 12 50 Dec., Paid J. H. Wilson, for services as janitor, for Sept., Oct. and Nov .. 18 75
Paid J. H. Wilson, sawing 2 cords of wood, 3 00
Amount carried forward.
$143 83
101 65
5 20
17
Amount brought forward .. $143 83
Dec., Paid J. H. Wilson, for moving coal. 50
Feb., Wright & Fletcher, lamps, chimneys and wicks. 3 35
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for 25 gals. oil, 4 80
66 66 for one gallon can, 35
66
J. H. Wilson, for services as Janitor, for Dec. and Jan 12 50
$165 33
INCOME FROM TOWN HOUSE.
Received from State for armory rent. $175 00
66 66 John Feeney, janitor. 22 50
66 66 Joseph H. Wilson, janitor 34 50
66 66 F. K. Ripley 7 50
$239 50
COST OF NEW FURNACE AT TOWN HOUSE.
Paid W. E. Livingston, for 1000 hard brick. $12 00
W. E. Livingston, for three barrels cement. . 6 00
George F. Millis, for labor putting in founda- tion for furnace. 4 80
for fifty-six feet of lumber 1 68
for teaming brick and cement from depot ... 1 70
John W. Day, drawing furnace from Lowell, 3 50
J. H. Wilson, labor cleaning out cellar 50
Smith Randlett, for labor and lumber 8 63
H. H. Wilder, for furnace, labor, etc. 155 13
$193 94
EXPENSE OF NEW FENCE AT TOWN HOUSE, ALSO POSTS FOR HORSE TIES.
Paid George P. Wright, for twenty posts $3 00
J. H. Wilson, for peeling posts. 1 00
Chas. A. Wright, for 25 chestnut posts 3 75
Robert Fletcher, for 13 posts. 3 25
Freeman Howe, for labor digging post holes, 1 80
John W. Day, for teaming from depot. 1 25
G. W. Hill, for labor digging post holes 3 75
T. A. Bean, for labor on fence.
22 80
John M. Fletcher, for 15 posts
3 75
C. W. Blood and man, for labor putting up iron pipe. 8 25
Amount carried forward. $52 60
3
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Amount brought forward. $52 60
Paid G. T. Day, time and expense procuring lumber. 1 50
G. T. Day, three hours' work digging post holes 60
Fletcher Bros., drawing lumber from Lowell, 5 00
A. & E. G. Spaulding, for 40 posts
George Drew, for building fence. 8 00
24 37
Howe Bros., for fence rails 27 62
Howe Bros., for capping
10 60
Howe Bros., for pickets
50 55
C. E. Adams, for paint for pipe 3 50
Wright & Fletcher, for nails, etc. 9 02
$193 36
PRINTING.
Paid Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, for printing school report. $23 33
Printing town reports. 73 10
Printing and binding state aid book. 7 25
Printing bill heads. 4 67
Rebinding record book. 1 50
Printing 500 lists of books for Library ...
6 75
Printing one blank book.
1 00
Printing 1,500 tax bills.
5 25
Printing 1,000 book labels 1 75
Printing 400 revised report of Overseers of Poor. 7 00
Printing 800 yes and no votes on license .. 3 25
Other charges as per bill. 3 62
$138 47 -
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Marshal & Hamblet, for legal services for the year 1882 $100 00
A. P. Richardson, attending twenty-three funerals with hearse.
34 50
Daniel Falls, express charges, etc.
3 50
George T. Day, time and expense going to Lowell three times, on account of town report . 3 00
Three express charges on proof of town report .. . 45
Express charges for Town Library as by C. E. Whidden's bill. 75
J. S. D'Evelyn, auditing Overseer's account. 3 00
Amount carried forward. $145 20
19
Amount brought forward. $145 20 Paid Howes & Burnham, lumber for repairing common fence. 5 21
F. P. Coggeshall, for blank book. 1 00
C. Boyd, cleaning two clocks in Town House,
2 00
Express on record book, etc. 2 15
For one bottle mucilage. 1 00
For two pails for Town House.
80
George H. Holt, for use of pumps and re-
pairs on same when digging Town House well. . 12 00
Express on machine knife from Keene, N. H. H. A. Davis, State Inspector of Weights and Measures. 8 60
75
Fairbanks, Brown & Co., for new set of weights and measures. 16 40
J. T. Colburn, for work at W. burying ground. 6 50
Thomas S. Hittinger, amount of execution in the case of abatement of taxes of T. S. Hittinger and town of Westford. 230 02
Wright & Fletcher, as per bill for sundries. . 12 43
Kimball & Brothers, for road machine .. 15 00
S. H. Nutting, work on north burying ground 6 00
Humphrey Machine Co., for steel blade. . . .. 6 00 F. Peekens, for mowing grass at east burying ground. 4 00
31 60
Clerk of Courts, for printing in Hittinger case, S. M. Hutchins, work at east burying ground, 1 50 John Bradley, for damage to furniture in pas- sing under R. R. Bridge at Graniteville. 1 50 John M. Fletcher, appraising property at Town Farm, Feb. 1883. 2 00
John M. Fletcher, making out report of ap- praisal of property in 1882 and 1883. . . N. J. Weir for stove for Library 14 25
4 00
Express charges. .. 95
E. J. Smith, of Boston, for coming to Forge Village to see about driving well at School House 5 00
Express charges on check lists and register of voters 50
Thomas Symmes, laying out lots at east bury- ing ground. 6 00
For planks, posts, labor, etc., for repairing bridge across dam at C. G. Sargent's mill 66 17
Amount carried forward.
$608 53
20
Amount brought forward .. $608 53
Paid C. W. Blood, for stove pipe and labor on stove for library. . 2 30
C. B. Coburn, for feather dusters for Town House . 3 00
For one hammer for Town House. 85
John W. Day, for teaming for Town House. 1 00
For one new register book for voters. 1 00
Win. Reed, 1st, for stone watering trough for Town House well. . 50 00
Wm. Reed, 1st, flag stones, etc., for fixing water course on Main St., Graniteville. . C. E. Adams, for Hardware for Town House, John A. Haley, for damage to sleigh in 1882, For one box rubber bands.
21 09
2 88
8 00
1 00
Coggeshall & Co., for one letter file.
87
C. E. Whidden, for one telephone message to Ayer
35
F. O. Decatur, blacksmithing as per bill. . . 40 71 Wright & Fletcher. as per bill. 26 25
2 00
Daniel Falls, as per bill for express charges. . Dr. J. B. Heald, for returning 18 births from May 1st, 1883 to Jan. 1st, 1884, as re- quired by Sec. 1, Chap. 158, Laws and Resolves of 1883. 4 50
Wright & Bemis, for powder and fuse.
51
$774 84
INSURANCE.
Paid E. M. Tucke, renewal of policy on school house No. 10 $22 00
G. W. Coburn, renewal of policy on school house No. 7. 18 00
E. M. Tucke, renewal of policy on town farm buildings. 57 75
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