Town of Westford annual report 1886-1895, Part 16

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 896


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Dec. 23 ....


Howe, Helen W


Hollis, N. H.


Westford. Dunstable .


Sept. 16.


Rivers, Edward Elmer Hughes, Clara.


22


Westford


England.


.June 28.


Sevignie, Desire. Robichaud, Alsi ..


21


Lowell


Canada.


June 28 ..


Sevignie, Napoleon .. Robichaud, Athenais.


24


Lowell .


Westford .


Sept. 20.


Spaulding William Warren Johnson, Elizabeth A.


20


Port Henry, N. Y.


May 30 ...


Whittemore, Ernest Berry, Emily


22


.


Windham, N. H. Bradford, Eng.


Jan. 14 ..


Wilson, Silas W. Moore, Annie E


18


Fredericton, N. B.


Sept. 29 ....


Woodward, George W. Whitney, Eva L ...


30


Marlborough


Marlborough.


Dec. 3


Woodward, Henry D.


34


Marlborough


Whitney, Carrie .. 19


Westford


Marlborough. Westford.


66


Westford.


Boston


Lowell.


23 20 25


Brewster, Louisa


England.


Jones, Steenson


21


Nov. 15. . .


Lacourse; Joseph Milot, Odina ..


20


Westford .


Leighton, Amos Richmond. 32 24 23 Ayer


21


Westford


19 22


Westford.


20


...


21


...


Ft. Covingt'n, N. Y.


21 Westford ..


Littleton.


Number of marriages recorded. .24 Number solemnized in Westford. .12 Westford grooms .. 12 Westford brides .. .18 Between Americans. .12


American groom and foreign bride. 4 American bride and foreign groom. 1 Second marriage of groom. 2 Second marriage of bride .. 1 Solemnized by Westford clergymen .11 Between foreigners. 7


43 Westford


Washington, N. H. Kiddermin'r, Eng. Groton.


Walker, Minnie B.


19


Flynn, Mary Ann


23 Lowell .


Camden, N. J.


Ward, Mabelle E.


23


Woodstock, N. B.


20 34 33 21


25 30 21


Vermont.


Weaver, Mary Ann


Westford


Carver, Mary E. (Kittredge) ..


DEATHS


Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford A. D. 1891.


Date.


NAMES, ETC.


AGE.


Yrs.


Mos.


Dys.


April 14 ...


Abbot, Catharine (Abbot)-widow of John W. P.


83


26


June 24. ... Boufford, Blanche M .- d. of Raphael and Rosalie (Bellerose).


..


5


1.2


Jan. 25 .. .. . Burbeck. Samuel N .- son of Josephine and Ann (Ryan) ...


86


4


16


Sept. 26. ·


Butterfield, Reuben J .- son of Benj. and Eliza (Coburn) ....


71


11


12


Sept. 29 .... Butterworth, Eliza J .- dau. of John T. and Katie E. (Gannon) Nov. 24. Caldwell, Francis ...


78


5


15


Sept. 1.


April 27 ... Clark, Paul Francis-resident of Shirley ..


46


9


15


April 28 ... Comey, William S .- son of Susan and Charlotte (Skinner). July 5. . . .. Cummings, Clarissa (Reed)-wife of Walter H ..


62


10


22


Feb. 27 ....


Drew, Dorothy-dau. of John F. and Ida B. (Morrill)


3


11


..


Dec. 19. ...


Driscoll, Catherine (Sullivan)-wife of Patrick.


6.2


. .


June 2. ... .


Driscoll, John - son of Timothy and Mary (O'Brien)


30


5


..


March I ...


Farmer, Martha (Procter)-resident of Boxborough.


89


5


5


April 20 ...


Fletcher, Mary E .- dau. of Seth and Sally (Proctor).


76


..


23


May 28 .. ... Flint, Levi-son sf Moses and Elizabeth (Spaulding).


84


2


June 3.


Flint, Sally S. (Shedd)-wife of Levi ...


80


5


12


Aug. 3.


Fraser, John Wess-son of James and Nancy D. (Decatur). Frederick, George S .- son of George and Sarah (Sumner).


71


9


2


Aug. 19.


Gage, Eliza-resident of Lowell.


88


July 15.


Garbett, Sarah Ellen-dau. of Thomas and Louisa (Bates).


13


10


.


March 19 ..


Gilson, Sarah N. (Wright)-widow of Asa.


75


. .


..


Aug. 5 .. .


Hamlin, Dinah Ann (Cartelyou)-widow of Cyrus


70


9


16


Jan. 26.


Healy, Mary Ann (Callahan)-wife of John A.


30


3


27


Nov. 10.


Heath, Fred A .- son of T. P.


31


.


22


Ang. 31 ....


Hill, James Frederick-son of Geo. C. and Jennie C. (Dow).


..


3


5


Nov. S .. ...


Holmes, James William-son of Wm. and Annie (Kearı.s) ..


40


3


23


May 5 ..


Ireland, Geo. Henry-son of Jas. and Mary A. ( Fillebrown). Larkin, Mary (Higgins)-widow of Patrick


80


..


..


March 31 ..


Longley. Charles O .- died in Chicago, Il1.


59


. .


·


Sept. 26 ....


McAdam, Mary A. (Campbell)-wife of Hugh.


33


6


..


June 11 . . . .


Merrill, Samuel-son of Robert and Sarah (Fletcher).


85


5


30


July 10 ... .


O'Brien, Sarah-dau. of James H. and Annie (Dunn).


1


5


23


April 1 ....


Orange, Hilda Adelaide-dau. of Abram and Ruth ( Bennett) Paille, Frederica-dau. of Joseph and Adele (Milleaux) .... Pike, Mary C. (Huff)-wife of Benjamin F.


36


9


20


Jan. 15 ..


Plaisted, Rufus L .- died in Tyngsborough.


65


10


. .


Feb. 11 ....


Raymond, Joseph-son of Anthony and Catherine.


73


10


. .


Sept. 12


Shaw, Caroline L. (Flanders)-widow of Adrian ..


76


1


26


Aug. 27 ..


Spaulding, Asa-son of Stephen and Betsey (Fletcher)


79


10


2.2


June 9. .


Spaulding. Mary Jane (Harris)-wife of Calvin W


50


..


93


. .


11


1


..


6


May 31 .. ...


Watson, Hannah W. (Abbot)-resident of Lowell ...


73


00


..


May 11 .....


Woodbury, Sabin-son of William and Sarah (Mann) ..


77


2


.


Dec. 5 ..


... Wright, Edw. E .- son of Jacob A. and Harriet A. (Leighton)


49


11


19


Feb. 1 .... .


Wright, Erastus-son of Abijah and Mary ( Fletcher)


84


11


15


Males.


Females. Total.


Whole number recorded ..


25


27


52


Number of deaths in town.


17


23


40


Residents of Westford.


20


20


40


Non-residents brought to town for interment.


5


4


9


Number of interments in town.


17


15


32


..


Dec. 21 .... Abbot, Julian-resident of Lowell ..


S5


?


15


5


20


July 12. ... Cameron, Alexander F .- son of Allan and Eleanor (Flint) .. Chalmerson, Jorum-resident of Lowell.


28


3


32


.


70


6


28


Nov. 10 ....


Hildreth, Eveline (Reed)-resident of Nashua, N. H.


85


9


Jan. 6.


Hosley, George Reed-died in Philadelphia, Pa ....


56


..


26


May 25. . ..


3


14


Aug. 12 .. ..


..


3


26


May 20 ....


April 28 ... Stone, Mary Ann (Fletcher)-died in Watertown ..


April 15 ... Turner, William-son of Thomas.


66


9


14


Feb. 23 .... Vicirest, Nazaræ- Nicola and Salina (Pratt) ..


. .


5


19


.


June 16.


Causes of death : Pneumonia, 8; consumption, 3; dementia, cancer, measles, apoplexy, bronchitis, cystitis, old age, heart disease, kidney disease, convulsions, meningitis, paralysis, 2 each; intestinal obstruction, chronic diarrhea, acute tuberculosis, la grippe, accidental drowning, cholera infantum, marasmus, typhoid pneumonia, uræmia, typhoid dysentery, accidental burning, Bright's disease, 1 each.


TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.


Number of dogs licensed during the year ending Nov. 27, 1891 : 172 males at $2.00. $344 00


4 females at $5.00. 20 00


Total $364 00


Deduct Clerk's fees, 176 licenses at 20 cents each 35 20


Balance paid into county treasury $328 80


For which I hold the receipts of the County Treasurer.


Of the foregoing licenses 13 (males) were for the year ending April 30, 1891.


Number licensed since last return, Nov. 27, 1891, 2 (males).


Number licensed for the year ending April 30, 1892: Males, 161; females, 4; total, 165.


Number returned by Assessors, males, 137; females, 6; total, 143.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


OWNERS AND KEEPERS OF DOGS WHO HAVE PRO- CURED LICENSES SINCE LAST REPORT.


The licenses are for the year ending April 30, 1892, unless otherwise specified.


Adams, Charles L. Blaisdell, Alvin J.


Agnew, Alice N. Blodgett, Josiah W.


Agnew, Janette (1891) Andrews, Charles Banister, Charles H.


Blodgett, Luther W. (2) Blood, Napoleon B. Bolan, Belle (fem.)


Barnard, J. H.


Bean, Mary A.


Bemis, Henry S. Berry, James (2)


Boynton. James M. Brown, John H. Buckminster, E. F. Butterworth, W. L.


Cann, George Carkin, George F.


Carkin, Issac W. Carkin, Perley A. (2) Carmichael, David Carmichael, James H. Carr, Michael


Carrick, William Casey, Daniel


10


Catchpole,.Henry Coburn, Hannah Collier, James Comey, Arthur H. (2) Cron, Peter


Cummings, Alvin N.


Daley, Hugh


Dane, Hiram


Hutchins, John


Hutchins, Stephen E.


Davis, Charles A.


Ingalls, George W.


Ireland, Nellie B.


King, Albert


Decatur, C. R. P.


Mann, Mrs. E. L.


Decatur, John H.


Martin, Frederick


Sullivan, James


Defoe, Edward


Matthews, Albert J.


De Roehn, Eugene


McCarty, Joseph F.


Desmond, Jerry


McDonald, Angus McGlincha, John


Sweetser, George N. Sweetser, Judson F.


Drew, Frank C.


Miller, Frank E.


Thomas, James


Drew, Mrs. Greenlief


Monahan, John


Voren, Octave


Eston, Ward W.


Edwards, Wm. C.


Moore, Thomas E.


Wall, Christina


Feeney, John Fillebrown, H. F.


Murphy, George E.


Ward, John M.


Fletcher, Benj. M.


Nesmith, George W.


Wayne, John


Fletcher, Harry N. (4)


Nutting, B. F.


Weaver, William


Fletcher, Henry A.


Fletcher, J. W.


Fletcher, Mary K.


O'Brien, James (2)


Whitney, Hiram


Floyd, Samuel


O'Brien, James H. O'Brien, James, 3d


Whitney, Julian


Frederick, Eliza A.


Orange, Abram


Whitney, Wm. M.


Gardner, Robert


Palmer, Louis P.


Willis, Wm. T.


George, Ransom N. Gordon, Hiram


Pike, Benj. F. (fem.)


Wilson, John Wing, Thomas


Gould, Horace


Polley, Alvin G.


Worcester, Philinda E.


Greig, David L. (2)


Putney, Samuel F.


Wright, Everett E.


Wright, Walter C.


Wright, Willie M.


Wright,Mrs. W.O.(fem.)


Harrington. Henry Hartford, George H. Hawkes, Wesley O. Healy, Mrs. James


Reed, Charles W.


Reed, Ephraim


Reed, William (2)


Riddick, Lincoln Roby, Ossian Ruiter, Henry (1891) Sargent, Allan C. Sargent, Fred G. (2) Sheahan, Andrew Shugrue, Charles F. Spinner, James (1891-2) Splaine, Patrick Stephan, Reinhold Stevens, Ephraim A.


Holt, Arthur


Horan, Thomas Humiston, Samuel G.


Davis, Alfred S. (2)


Day, George T. (1891-2) Day, Isaac E.


Stiles, Fred G. (1891)


Stiles, Geo. F. (fem.)


Sullivan, Jeremiah Sweatt, Fred A.


Downs, M. F.


Moore, Edward A.


Vose, William M.


Morse, French M.


Ward, Daniel


Whigham, William


Nutting, Willie O'Brien, Honora


Whitney, George W.


Whitney, J. H. (1891-2)


Forbush, Frank L.


Pitman, Edward M.


Griffin, Charles M. Hall, John


Quinn, Gilbert Records, J. F. Reed, Charles


Wyman, Walter W.


Healy, John A. (2)


Heywood, A. W. Hildreth, Herbert V.


Hill, George W.


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, 1891.


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, held in the Town House, March 16, 1891, the following business was transacted:


1st. George T. Day and Albert P. Richardson were appointed tellers by the Town Clerk, to serve during the election of Modera- tor, and they were duly sworn by said Clerk. J. Henry Read was unanimously elected Moderator.


2d. The selectmen appointed William E. Frost and W. H. H. Burbeck as ballot clerks, and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.


3d. Voted, to take up Article 8.


4th. Voted, to reconsider the last vote passed, and take up the 19th Article.


5th. Voted, that the compensation of the Collector be one per cent.


6th. Voted, to take up Article 8.


7th. Voted, to keep the polls open until 1.30 o'clock, .P . M


8th. The Moderator appointed, George T. Day, Albert P. Rich- ardson and William L. Kittredge, tellers to act during the balloting for town officers, and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.


9th. The meeting proceeded to ballot for town officers, and also on the following question: " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"


Before the commencement of voting, the ballot box was opened and found to be empty, the register standing on zero (000). 6 bal- lots failed to go in with the turn of the crank.


At the close of the polls the register stood on 317.


No. of names checked on voting list, 313.


Whole number of ballots cast (by count) 313.


The votes for town officers were sorted and counted, and the fol- lowing persons were found to have plurality of votes and were de- clared to be elected:


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TOWN CLERK-Gilman J. Wright; sworn by the Moderator.


SELECTMEN-George W. Heywood, J. Henry Read, Sherman H. Fletcher. Messrs. Read and Fletcher were sworn by the Town Clerk.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-Wayland F. Balch, Edward Prescott, Hammett D. Wright. Messrs. Prescott and Balch were sworn by the Moderator.


ASSESSORS-Asaph B. Cutter, Charles L. Fletcher, George H. Hartford. Messrs. Fletcher and Hartford were sworn by the Mod- erator.


TOWN TREASURER-Nahum H. Wright ..


SCHOOL CMOMITTEE-Abiel J. Abbot, George Drew.


TRUSTEE OF TOWN LIBRARY-Nettie M. Stevens.


CONSTABLES-Wayland F. Balch, Albert R. Choate, JohnA. Hea- ly, Isaac E. Day, George H. Hartford, William M. Lee.


AUDITOR-Alexander F. Cameron.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES-Alec Fisher.


The votes on the license question was sorted and counted, and the result was declared to be as follows:


Yes-One hundred and twenty-two (122).


No-One hundred and fifty-one (151).


10th. After counting the whole number of ballots it was voted to act on the remaining articles of the warrant while the sorting and counting of the votes was being completed.


11th. Voted, to accept the Report of the Selectmen as printed.


12th. Voted, to accept the Report of the Auditor as printed.


13th. Voted, to accept the Report of the Overseers of the Poor as printed.


14th. Voted, to accept the Report of the School Committee as printed.


15th. Voted, to accept the Report of the Trustees of the Town Library as printed.


16th. Voted, to accept the Report of the Trustees of the Town Library, and appropriate the sum recommended in said Report, from the Town Treasury. The Report recommends the appropria- tion of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150).


17th. Voted, to accept the Report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards.


18th. Voted, to appropripate from the Town Treasury three thousand dollars ($3000) to defray Town Debts and charges.


19th. Voted, to raise forty-five hundred dollars ($4500) for Read- ing and Writing Schools.


20th. In regard to Article 11, which was "To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the written direction of


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the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time to meet the demands on the Treasury, or act in relation to the same," the Town voted to give such authority to the Town Treasurer.


21st. Voted to excuse Napoleon B. Blood, Charles A. Hamlin, Wesley O. Hawkes, and Frank C. Drew from serving as Jurors.


22d. Voted, to add the name of John Healy to the list of Ju- rors.


23d. Voted, to accept the list of Jurors presented by the Se- lectmen, as amended, which consists of the following names : Ham- mett D. Wright, Daniel Atwood, Henry Chamberlin, Isaac W .Car- kin, Samuel L. Taylor, George W. Bussey, Horace E. Gould, Chas. E. Whidden. Quincy W. Day. Albert S. Reed, Frank L. Fletcher, Oscar R. Spaulding, Hugh Dailey, James H. O'Brien, Elbert E. Flagg, Isaac E. Day, Alvan Fisher, Wilbert E. Parsons, Charles M. Griffin, John Healy.


24th. Voted, to raise one thousand dollars ($1000) and appro- pripate two thousand dollars ($2000) for the repair of Roads and Bridges.


25th. Chose Wilbert E. Parsons, Alexander F. Cameron, John Feeney, Henry O. Keyes, Mark M. Morrison, Field Drivers.


26th. Chose Alvin G. Polley, Almon S. Vose, Lewis C. Dane, Fence Viewers.


27th. Chose the following persons Weighers of Hay, Coal, etc .: John M. Fletcher, Arthur Wright, Abiel J. Abbot, W. W. Johnson, Nahum H. Wright, John A. Healy, Edward A. Hamlin, Henry J. Healy, Daniel E. Atwood, Samuel A. Hamlin, Jacob Smith, George W. Heywood, Willlam C. Edwards, John W. Day, Charles E. Whidden, Alexander F. Cameron, Wilbert E. Parsons, Elbert H. Flagg.


28th. Chose Wilbert E. Parsons, Culler of Hoops and Staves.


29th. Chose the following persons Surveyors of Wood, Lumber, etc .: Charles L. Fletcher, Gilmer Stone, Jacob Smith, Thomas E. Symmes, Charles E. Whidden, Gardner A. Perham, Thomas Drew, George H. Prescott, Edward A. Hamlin, W. W. Johnson, Albert S. Reed, William C. Edwards, Hammett D. Wright, John A. Healy, Walter W. Wyman, Wilbert E. Parsons, William M. Vose, Wesley O. Hawkes, Horace E. Gould.


30th. Voted, to dismiss the 15th Article.


31st. Voted, to dismiss the 16th Article.


32d. Voted, to adopt the provisions of Section 29 of Chapter 36 of the Public Statutes.


33d. Voted, that the compensation of the Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors of Elections be fixed by the Selectmen.


34th. Voted, that the Selectmen hereafter appoint three Ap- praisers annually to appraise the property at the Almshouse at the close of the fiscal year.


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35th. Voted, that the number of Constables to be annually elec- ted be hereafter limited to two.


36th. Voted, to accept the provisions of Sections 64 to 73 inclu- sive of Chapter 27 of the Public Statutes.


37th. Voted, to accept of the sum of one hundred dollars as a fund, and allow interest on the same, the income to be expended in the care of the burial lots in the North Burying Ground, so called, which are inclosed by a granite curbing, and in which the Smith family are buried.


38th. Voted, to reconsider the vote by which the 15th Article was dismissed,


39th. Voted, to raise one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) for an evening school at Graniteville.


40th. Voted, to accept the minutes of the meeting.


41st. Voted to dissolve the meeting.


J. HENRY READ, Moderator.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT; Town Clerk.


A true copy.


Attest: GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, held at the Town House, April 25, 1891, the following business was transacted:


1st. Voted, to chose a Moderator by ballot.


2d. Voted, to dispense with the use of the check list during the election of Moderator.


3d. Chose Albert P. Richardson, Moderator.


4th. Mr. Richardson not being present, J. H. Read was chosen Moderator.


5th. Voted, to accept and adopt the Report of the Selectmen in regard to laying out a town way near Westford Station on Nashua and Acton Railroad, on petition of George T. Day and others.


6th. Voted, to leave thematter of widening, straightening, and re- pairing of the road leading from the house of N. B. Blood, by house of E. H. Flagg to Littleton line, as petitioned for by C. L. Howard and others, with the Selectmen, and that three hundred dollars be raised to defray the expense of said repairs, widenings, and straight- enings.


7th. Voted, to authorize the Selectmen to repair and paint the Town House, at an expense not exceeding one thousand dollars, and that that sum be appropriated for that purpose.


8th. Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to build a wire fence around the Nashoba (No. 4) School-house lot.


9th. Voted, to authorize the Selectmen to shingle School Houses Nos. three and seven.


10th. Voted, to leave the cementing of the cellar of School House No. 1 to the Selectmen.


11th. Voted, to accept the minutes of the meeting.


12th. Voted, to dissolve the meeting.


J. HENRY READ, Moderator. GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


A true copy.


Attest: GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


STATE ELECTION, NOV. 3, 1891.


Abstract of the record of the vote of the Town of Westford. Whole number of ballots cast 398


GOVERNOR :


Charles H. Allen, of Lowell. 226


Charles E. Kimball, of Lynn. 12


William E. Russell, of Cambridge. 140


Henry Winn, of Malden 1


Blank votes .


19


Whole number of votes for this office 379


LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR :


John W. Corcoran, of Clinton. 132


William H. Haile, of Springfield. 222


George R. Peare, of Lynn. 1


William J. Shields, of Boston 2


Augustus R. Smith, of Lee. 11


30


Blank votes


Whole number of votes for this office 368


SECRETARY :


Elbridge Cushman, of Lakeville 133


Wiliiam M. Olin, of Boston 216


Alfred W. Richardson, of Springfield 14


Blank votes. 35


Whole number of votes for this office 363


TREASURER :


Charles Friede, of Boston. 2


James S. Grinnell, of Greenfield 129


George A. Marden, of Lowell. 216


Samuel B. Shapleigh, of Boston 13


Blank votes. 38


Whole number of votes for this office 360


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AUDITOR :


William O. Armstrong, of Boston 13


John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg . 217


Squire E. Putney, of Somerville . 1


William D. T. Trefry, of Marblehead 132


Blank votes.


35


Whole number of votes for this office 363


ATTORNEY-GENERAL :


Wolcott Hamlin, of Amherst 14


Albert E. Pillsbury, of Boston. . 214


George M. Stearns, of Chicopee 127


2


James Waldock, of Boston


41


Blank votes. Whole number of votes for this office. 357


COUNCILLOR :


William B. De Las Casas, of Malden 131


Charles F. Loring, of Melrose. 217


George Pillsbury, of Tewksbury 11


Blank votes


39


Whole number of votes for this office 359


CLERK OF THE COURTS:


Theodore C. Hurd, of Winchester 204


Blank votes.


194


Whole number of votes for this office 204


COUNTY COMMISSIONER :


Stephen B. Puffer, of Lowell . 143


William B. Savage, of Somerville 14


Samuel O. Upham, of Waltham 206


Blank votes.


35


Whole number of votes for this office. 363


COUNTY TREASURER :


Joseph G. Ball, of Cambridge. 10


Joseph O. Hayden, of Somerville. 210


Alfred D. Hoitt, of Arlington . 127


Blank votes. 51


Whole number of votes for this office. 347


REGISTER OF DEEDS :


Joseph P. Thompson, of Lowell. 250


Blank votes. 148


Whole number of votes for this office 250


2


18


SENATOR :


James L. Harriman, of Hudson 132


Hiram Whitford, of Woburn 16


Edwin F. Wyer, of Woburn 200


Blank votes .. 50


Whole number of votes for this office 348


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT :


Hiram Dane, of Westford.


5


Wesley O. Hawkes, of Westford. 193


Joseph B. Heald, of Pepperell. 184


Blank votes. 16


Whole number of votes for this office 382


CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS :


Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution relative to the qualification of voters for Governor, Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, Senators, and Representatives be approved and rati- fied: Yes, 156; No, 63.


Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution making a majority of members a quorum in each branch of the General Court be approved and ratified: Yes, 187; No, 26.


Return of votes for Representative in General Court for Middlesex District, No. 31 :


Dunsta- ble.


Groton.


Pepper- ell.


West- Total. ford.


Hiram Dane, of Westford


3


7


6


5


21


Wesley O. Hawkes, of Westford. .


54


138


216


193


601


Joseph B. Heald of Pepperell .


42


143


246


184


615


Total


99


288


468


382


1237


Heald's plurality, 14.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


LAYING OUT OF ROAD ON PETITION OF GEORGE T. DAY AND OTHERS.


Upon the aforesaid petition, due notice having been given to all persons interested to meet at the Depot on the Nashua & Acton Railroad, to be heard relative to the subject matter, we, the Select- men of said Westford, having heard all parties interested in the foregoing petition, and having viewed the location of the proposed road, have laid out a town way hereafter described, as follows :


Beginning at a stone bound on the highway leading from West- ford Centre to Forge Village, near Railroad Bridge over Nashua & Acton Railroad, thence south 202°, west 321} feet, to a point 14 feet from Nashua & Acton Railroad station; thence south 15°, west 642 feet, to the old highway from Westford Centre to Forge Village, sa shown on plan of Thomas E. Symmes, accompanying this Report. No land damages are claimed or awarded by the reason of the laying out of said town way.


Estimated cost of building said town way, three hundred (300) dollars.


Said town way is reported to the town for their approval and acceptance.


Dated at Westford, Mass., this 17th day of April, A. D. 1891.


J. HENRY READ, SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEY WOOD, Selectmen of Westford.


The foregoing report was accepted and adopted at a legal town meeting, held April 25, 1891.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


I hereby certify that according to the plan accompanying the foregoing report, the proposed town way mentioned on said plan, and in said report, is laid out forty feet wide, on the easterly side of the lines described on said plan, and in said report.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


FIRES IN 1891.


April 8. Wooden dwelling house near Forge Village; owned by Jennie Reed ; occupied by Ephraim Reed and family. Value, $100. Totally destroyed. No insurance. Value of contents unknown; partially burned. Caused by spark from chimney dropping on roof.


May 10. Forest fire near Cold Spring. Twelve to fifteen acres burned over. Damage, $200. Caught from the embers of a fire left by persons from Lowell, that had been built for the purpose of cooking fish that they had taken from Stony Brook during the night before. Owners, George W. Heywood and Charles H. Fletcher.


Aug. 21. Thirty acres of sprout land belonging to the estate of Josiah G. Abbot, situated in the north part of the town, burned over. Damage estimated at $100. Supposed to have been set by persons picking berries.


Dec. 5. Wooden dwelling house near Unitarian meeting house. Owned by Edward E. Wright and Bancroft heirs. Occupied by Edward E. Wright, who perished in the flames. Value, $500; totally consumed; insurance, $450. Contents totally consumed ; value, $100; no insurance. Cause of fire, accidental, from the best information.


ASSESSORS' REPORT.


The Assessors of the Town of Westford submit the following report :


Value of buildings, exclusive of land, May 1, 1891 ... $513,265 00


Value of land, exclusive of buildings, May 1, 1891. . . 387,205 00


Value of personal estate, May 1, 1891. 217,094 00


$1,117,564 00


Amount raised for :


Schools ..


$4,500 00


Evening School.


150 00


Roads and bridges


1,300 00


$5,950 00


State tax .


870 00


County tax


933 89


Overlayings


313 47


$8,067 36


Number of polls


568


houses


458


horses


379


cows .


817


sheep


25


Cattle other than cows


188


Swine


74


Fowls.


5,240


Tax on one hundred dollars, 62 cents.


ASAPH B. CUTTER, GEORGE H. HARTFORD, Assessors of Westford.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


WESTFORD, MASS., March 1, 1892.


The treasurer of Westford submits the following report :


RECEIPTS.


To balance cash on hand, Feb. 24, 1891 $4,222 98


To cash borrowed. .


4,000 00


From State corporation tax, 1890, balance 11 71


State corporation tax, 1891


2,733 18


bank tax, 1891 .


701 43


soldiers' families, 1890


776 00


indigent soldiers, 1890


292 00


school fund, 1890-91


212 73


armory rent, 1891 .


175 00


county treasurer, 1891, dog tax




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