Town of Westford annual report 1886-1895, Part 22

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


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The Moderator appointed the following persons tellers, in addition to those already appointed : W. H. H. Burbeck, William E. Frost, E. G. Boynton, C. M. Griffin, A. R. Leighton, J. C. Decatur, L. E. Wilkins, S. L. Taylor, John Lanktree, J. M. Fletcher; and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.


At the close of the polls the register stood on 250.


No. of names checked on voting list, 247.


No. of names checked on ballot Clerk's list, 248.


Whole number of ballots cast (by count) 247.


One voter who passed the Ballot Clerks, failed to vote, the time for the closing of the polls having arrived before he reached the ballot box.


6th. Voted, to take up the 4th Article.


7th. Voted, to accept the report of the Selectmen as printed.


8th. Voted, to accept the Report of the Overseers of the Poor as printed.


9th. Voted, to accept the Report of the School Committee as printed.


10th. Voted, to accept the Report of the Trustees of the Town Library as printed.


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11th. Voted, to adopt the Report of the Trustees of the Town Library as printed. The report recommends the raising and appro- priating of one hundred and fifty dollars for the purchase of books.


12th. Voted, to accept the report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards, as printed.


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


14th. Voted, to excuse George T. Day, Samuel G. Humiston and Wayland F. Balch from serving as Jurors and add Fred O. Stiles to the list.


15th. Voted, to accept the list of Jurors presented by the Selectmen, as amended, which consists of the following names : Hammett D. Wright, William M. Lee, Isaac W. Carkin, Augustus Bunce, George H. Hartford, George W. Bussey, Horace E. Gould, Theodore H. Hamblet, Frank H. Hildreth, Charles M. Griffin, Lewis C. Dane, Melbourne F. Hutchins, Alvin G. Polley, Francis L. Fletcher, Hiram Whitney, George F. Carkin, James H. O'Brien, Elbert H. Flagg, Frank W. Banister, Wilbert E. Parsons, J. Everett Woods, Fred O. Stiles.


16th. Voted, to raise and appropriate three thousand dollars ($3,000.) for the Repair of Roads and Bridges.


17th. Voted, to raise and appropriate forty-eight hundred dol- lars ($4,800.) for the support of Public Schools.


18th. Voted, to raise and appropriate two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the support of the Poor.


19th. Voted, to raise and appropriate fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.) to defray Town Debts and Charges.


20th. In regard to Article 15, which was "To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the writen direction of 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 choose all other officers necessary to be chosen, by hand vote.


22d. Chose the following persons Field Drivers: Wilbert E. Parsons, John Feeney, Henry O. Keyes, Mark M. Morrison.


23d. Chose the following persons Fence Viewers: Alvin G. Polley, Almon S. Vose, Lewis C. Dane.


24th. Chose the following persons Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber : Charles L. Fletcher, Gilmer Stone, Jacob Smith, Thomas E. Symmes, Charles E. Whidden, G. A. Perham, Thomas Drew, George H. Prescott, W. W. Johnson, Wm. C. Edwards, Hammett D. Wright, John A. Healy, W. W. Wyman, W. E. Parsons, Wm. M. Vose, W. O. Hawkes, Horace E. Gould.


25th. Voted, to adopt the provisions of Chap. 264, Acts of 1890, in regard to electing Commissioners of Public Cemeteries.


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26th. Voted, to raise and appropriate twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.) to repair, paint, and furnish lamps and furniture for the inside of the Town House.


27th. Voted, to leave the matter of insuring the public buildings with the Selectmen.


28th. Voted, to dismiss the 20th. Article, in relation to the Evening School at Graniteville.


29th. Voted, that the Selectmen report, at a future meeting, the expense of fire apparatus for the Town as proposed by the 21st. Article.


30th. Voted, to dismiss the 22d. Article, in relation to the heat- ing and ventilating apparatus at the Forge Village School House.


31st. Voted, to dismiss the 23d. Article, in relation to the com- pensation of the Town Treasurer.


32d. The votes for town officers were sorted and counted, and the following persons were found to have a plurality of votes, and were declared to be elected :


TOWN CLERK~Gilman J. Wright, sworn by the Moderator.


SELECTMEN-For one year, George W. Heywood ; for two years, J. Henry Read ; for three years, Sherman H. Fletcher. They were all sworn by the Town Clerk.


ASSESSORS-For one year, Frank C. Drew; for two years, Melbourne F. Hutchins; for three years, George H. Hartford. Messrs. Drew and Hartford took the oath prescribed by law, admin- istered by the Moderator.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-For one year, Alvin G. Polley; for two years, Hammett D. Wright; for three years, Wayland F. Balch.


TOWN TREASURER-Nahum H. Wright.


CONSTABLES-Isaac E. Day, John A. Healy.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES-Isaac E. Day.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE-For one year, Alfred Woodbury ; for three years, Albert R .. Choate, Augustus A. Bickford.


AUDITOR-George W. Goode.


TRUSTEE OF TOWN LIBRARY-Kate S. Hamlin.


The votes on the question of licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors were sorted and counted, and the result declared to be as follows :


Yes-Seventy-two (72).


No-One hundred and thirty-seven (137).


33d. Voted, to accept the minutes of the meeting.


34th. Voted, that the meeting be dissolved.


J. HENRY READ, Moderator.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 23, 1892.


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, April 23, 1892, the following business was transacted :


1st. Chose J. Henry Read, Moderator.


2d. The Selectmen appointed W. H. H. Burbeck and Samuel L. Taylor, Ballot Clerks, and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk, and received the ballots from that officer, and gave their receipt therefor.


3d. The Moderator appointed George W. Heywood and Sherman H. Fletcher, Tellers, and they were sworn by the Town Clerk, and took charge of the ballot box and check list repectively. The Mod- erator then declared the polls to be opened, and the voting for town officers commenced. Polls closed at, 12 M. The Moderator appointed as additional Tellers, Albert P. Richardson, George H. Hartford, John Wilson, John M. Fletcher, and Joseph H. Wilson; and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk. The Moderator reported the whole number of ballots cast, as 119, which agreed with the number of names checked on each check list. The ballots were sorted and counted, and the following persons were found to have a plurality of votes, and were declared to be elected :


ASSESSOR-A. Richmond Leighton, in place of Melbourne F. Hutchins, declined.


COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS-For one year, Allan Cameron; for two years, George W. Heywood; for three years, William E. Frost.


4th. Voted, to accept and adopt the Report of the Selectmen in regard to Fire Apparatus. The Report recommends the raising and appropriating of four hundred dollars ($400).


5th. Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to act as Agents in any suit or suits which may arise during the ensuing year.


6th. Voted, to take up the 9th Article.


7th. Voted, to raise and appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) to make changes in the Town House stage.


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8th. Voted, that the Report of the Auditor, on the Collectors' accounts, be printed.


9th. Voted, to accept the Report of the Auditor, on Collectors' accounts.


10th. Voted, to appropriate fifty dollars ($50) to keep in repair the headstones of deceased soldiers and sailors, and one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) for the improvement of public burial grounds.


11th. Voted, to authorize the Collector to charge interest at the rate of six per cent. on all taxes uncollected on or after January first.


12th. Voted, to chose a Committee of three to examine and report in regard to the uncollected taxes of 1888 and 1889. Chose Arthur Wright, John Lanktree, and A. Richmond Leighton as that Committee.


13th. Voted, to accept the minutes of the meeting.


14th. Voted, to dissolve the meeting.


J. HENRY READ, Moderator.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JULY 16, 1892.


At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, quali- fied by law to vote in town affairs, held in the Town House, July 16, 1892, the following business was transacted :


1st. Chose J. Henry Read Moderator by acclamation.


2d. Voted, to refer the Auditor's Report to the Selectmen.


3d. Voted, that the Report of the Committee chosen at the meeting April 23d be laid on the table, and that they be discharged from further service.


4th. Voted, to dismiss the 4th Article.


5th. Voted, to accept the minutes of the meeting.


6th. Voted, to dissolve the meeting.


J. HENRY READ, Moderator.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk. .


NOTE-The 4th Article, referred to above, is as follows: "To see what action, if any, the Town will take in regard to the taxes of 1892 and the collection of the same. "


G. J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


ERRORS IN LAST YEAR'S REPORT OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING -In the record of the vote on the license question, for "was sorted " read, were sorted. See page 12. In the 16th item, for " accept, " read, adopt.


NATIONAL AND STATE ELECTION, NOV. 8, 1892.


Abstract of the record of the vote of the Town of Westford. Whole number of ballots cast. 412


PERSIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT :


Bidwell and Canfill, (Prohibition). 9


Cleveland and Stevenson, (Democratic) 145


Harrison and Reid, (Republican) 241


Blanks 17


GOVERNOR :


William H. Haile, of Springfield. 228


Wolcott Hamlin, of Amherst . 8


William E. Russell, of Cambridge. 141


Blanks


35


LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR :


James B. Carroll, of Springfield. 125


Edward Kendall, of Cambridge. 9


Roger Wolcott, of Boston 218


Blanks 60


SECRETARY :


Charles S. Hamlin, of Brookline 130


William M. Olin, of Boston. . 217


Samuel B. Shapleigh, of Boston 8 Blanks. 57


TREASURER :


Wilbert D. Farnham, Jr., of Somerville 10


James S. Grinnell, of Greenfield 123


George A. Marden, of Lowell . 223


Blanks 56


2


18


AUDITOR :


Alfred H. Evans, of Ashburnham 14


John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg. 223


Irving B. Sayles, of Millbury. 121


Blanks


54


ATTORNEY-GENERAL :


Charles S. Lilley, of Lowell. 122


Albert E. Pillsbury, of Boston. 226


Robert F. Raymond, of New Bedford 10


Blanks.


54


REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS :


Lewis Dewart Apsley, of Hudson. 227


Frederic S. Coolidge, of Ashburham 126


Frank M. Forbush, of Natick 10


Blanks.


49


COUNCILLOR :


James H. Carmichael, of Lowell. 122


Luman T. Jefts, of Hudson 232


Blanks .


58


DISTRICT ATTORNEY :


William N. Osgood, of Malden. 127


Gilbert A. A. Pevey, of Cambridge 9


Fred N. Wier, of Lowell. 224


Blanks


52


SHERIFF :


Henry G. Cushing, of Lowell . 257


Blanks 155


COUNTY COMMISSIONER :


Francis Bigelow, of Natick. 223


Frederick W. Trowbridge, 2d, of Hudson 125


Blanks .


64


SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS :


Lyman Dike, of Stoneham. 216


William H. Hastings, of Framingham. 105


Stephen B. Puffer, of Lowell . 107


Edward Everett Thompson, of Woburn 188


Blanks 208


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COMMISSIONERS OF INSOLVENCY :


George J. Burns, of Ayer. 218


John Haskell Butler, of Somerville 198


Jeremiah Crowley, of Lowell. 118


Frederic T. Greenhalge, of Lowell 202 Joseph P. Lyons, of Watertown. . 105


Richard McKelligett, of Cambridge 98


Blanks . 297


REGISTER OF PROBATE :


Samuel H. Folsom, of Winchester 256


Blanks . 156


SENATOR :


George F. Clark, of Acton. 10


John W. Johnson, of Woburn. 119


Elisha H. Shaw, of Chelmsford. 236


Blanks.


47


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT :


Frank Lawrence Blood, of Groton


131


Phineas G. Collins, of Westford


14


Frank Leighton, of Pepperell 222


Blanks . 45


CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT :


Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution, abolishing the property qualification for the office Governor, be approved and ratified ? Yes, 95; No, 79; blanks, 238.


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


Dunsta- Groton. Pepper- West- Total.


ble.


ell.


ford.


Frank Lawrence Blood, of Groton


39


156


193


131


519


Phineas G. Collins, of Westford. .


4


5


14


23


Frank Leighton, of Pepperell ....


56


220


438


222


936


Total.


95


380


636


367


1478


Leighton's plurality, 417.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


FIRES IN 1892.


April 19. Forest fire near Graniteville. One hundred acres burned over. Damage $1,000. Caused by boys setting a fire care- lessly and allowing it to get beyond their control. Owners, Mrs. Geo. Reed, Patten heirs, G. F. Stiles, Nashua, Acton & Boston R. R., Edward Prescott, Oren Coolidge.


April 26. Forest fire. Twenty acres burned over. Estimated loss, $200. Cause unknown. Owners, John O'Brien and Ephraim A. Stevens.


May 1. Forest fire. Forty acres burned over. Estimated loss, $500. Cause unknown. Owned by Noah Prescott.


May 17. Forest fire. Five acres burned over. Damage $100. Cause unknown. Owned by Charles A. Hamlin.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


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ASSESSORS' REPORT.


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


Value of buildings, exclusive of land, May 1, 1892. .. $529,610 00


Value of land, exclusive of buildings, May 1, 1892. . . 388,485 00


Value of personal estate, May 1, 1892. 224,490 00


$1,142,585 00


Amount raised for :


Purchase of books for Town Library .$ 150 00


Repair of roads and bridges. 3,000 00


Support of Public Schools 4,800 00


Support of Poor. 2,000 00


Town debts and charges 1,500 00


Repairing and furnishing Town House. .. 1,200 00


Purchase of Fire Apparatus. 400 00


Changes in Town House Stage


150 00


$13,200 00


State tax


1,015 00


County tax.


1,133 27


Overlayings.


707 58


Additional taxes


19 50


$16,075 37


Number of polls 615


houses.


459


horses


401


cows.


788


sheep.


37


Cattle other than cows


200


Swine.


50


Fowls.


5,927 .


Tax on one hundred dollars, $1.00.


GEORGE H. HARTFORD, A. R. LEIGHTON, FRANK C. DREW,


Asssssors of Westford.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


WESTFORD, MASS., February.


The treasurer of Westford submits the following report :


RECEIPTS.


To cash on hand Feb. 26, 1892. $2,833 80


To cash borrowed. . 9,000 00


From State corporation tax, 1891. 10 83


State corporation tax, 1892


2,871 84


bank tax, 1892.


650 51


soldiers' families, 1891 .


897 00


indigent soldiers, 1891


171 00


school fund, 1891-92


324 41


armory rent, 1892.


175 00


county treasurer, 1892, dog tax


269 38


J. H. Wilson, janitor Town Hall.


85 00


A. Fisher, auctioneer's license .


2 00


I. E. Day, collector, 1888. 133 56


I. E. Day, collector, 1889.


1,823 19


I. E. Day, collector, before Oct. 1, 1892.


9,135 72


I. E. Day, collector, before Dec. 1, 1892.


704 02


I. E. Day, after Dec. 1, 1892


1,002 78


I E. Day, interest on taxes 69 09


Alec Fisher, collector, 1890


244 01


Alec Fisher collector, 1891


440 49


Alec Fisher, collector, interest on taxes, 1890


20 42


Alec Fisher, interest on taxes, 1891 14 26


Alec Fisher, postage received.


3 30


M. F. Downs, balance on note. 11 50


income from library funds . 108 00


M. H. A. Evans, rent of Keyes' pond. 20 00


W. C. Robbins, for horse . 25 00


Carrie E. Read, catalogue sold.


50


Carrie E. Read, library fines


10 00


Amount carried forward. $31,058 61


2 00


Frank Wright, two doors


23


Amount brought forward $31,058 61


From Carrie E. Read, book rack 1 00


gift to library . . 5 00


First district court fines .


35 19


City of Lowell, on account of paupers 30 25


State of Mass., on account of paupers .


16 00


Town of Tyngsboro', on account of paupers


31 50


Town of Orleans, support of Isaac L. Gould


7 81


Town of Ayer, on account of paupers 31 25


J. W. Abbot, use of town team 1 63


60


Henry Chamberlin, bating horse 25


60


C. E. Whidden, use of town team.


11 00


J. H. Read, board of John Green


108 00


John Feeney, for lamps.


1 50


W. E. Frost, for plank ..


1 83


A. R. Leighton, for plank


3 20


J. H. Brown, for lamps.


1 00


J. H. Moulton, broken glass


1 25


J. H. Wilson, old iron sold.


2 80


S. M. Peasley, on account of schools, by A. G. Polley 9 00


Town of Groton, scholar's tuition


16 25


$31,375 52


PAYMENTS


By cash, notes, and interest


$ 6,199 22


State tax, 1892.


1,015 00


county tax, 1892 1,133 27


Overseers of the poor


2,455 16


orders for incidental expenses


10,359 26


on account of schools, 1892


3,848 67


on account of library . 543 12


cash on hand . 5,821 82


$31,375 52


NAHUM H. WRIGHT, Treasurer.


Henry Chamberlin, teaming coal.


J. A. Downs, teaming coal.


SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.


TOWN TREASURER.


Nahum H. Wright, salary year ending March 1st, 1892. $50 00


. Time and expense going to Lowell six times on town business 9 00


$59 00


TOWN CLERK.


Gilman J. Wright, salary.


$ 12 00


Recording and making returns to secre- tary of the Commonwealth of births, marriages, and deaths, for the year 1891, as follows :


38 births. 19 00


24 marriages


3 60


20 deaths 4 00


32 deaths


3 20


Extra services, before March meeting, 1892. 4 00


Extra services, before April meeting, 1892 . . 3 00


Extra services before Nov.


1892 meeting,


2 00


Time and expense of Town Clerk at Groton. .


3 00


Making report to town .


3 00


Express charges .. 3 80


Stationery and postage 1 50


Telephone.


75


Dog license blanks and notices. 2 25


Two Record books. 2 00


One Index book. 25


Paid Justice for administering oath . . . .


$25


$67 60


25


SELECTMEN.


J. Henry Read, salary . $ 5 00


Time and expense on highways


10 00


Extra time as Selectman . 20 00


Paid for recording deed of Town Com- mon 75


$35 75


Sherman H. Fletcher, salary


$ 5 00


Making out monthly state aid book ...


6 00


Making out 24 State aid and indigent sol- diers' returns, under Chaps. 279 and 301, Acts of 1889. 6 00


Making out town report ..


10 00


Time and expense on highways


25 00


Extra time as Selectman


25 00


$77 00


George W. Heywood, salary .


$ 5 00


Time and expense on highways


20 00


Extra time as Selectman .


20 00


$45 00


AUDITOR.


George W. Goode, auditing accounts of town officers . .


$ 26 00


Clarence W. Whidden, accountant, audi- ting Tax Collector's books for 11 years, at $10.00 per year.


110 00


$136 00


ASSESSORS.


George H. Hartford, 35 days taking invoice, making taxes, and making duplicate copy . . Amos R. Leighton, 17 days taking in- $ 87 50 voice and making taxes 42 50


Frank C. Drew, 33 days taking invoice, making taxes, and making duplicate ัะพั€ัƒ.


82 50


$212 50


TAX COLLECTOR.


Isaac E. Day, collecting $1,956.75, at one per cent, 1888-89. $ 19 56


Collecting $10,842.42, at one per cent. 1892. 108 42


$127 98


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CONSTABLES.


Isaac E. Day, posting warrants for four town meetings


$16 00


Expense of notifying and collecting dog licenses.


10 50


Express


25


$ 26 75


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


Frank L. Fletcher, attending four registrars' meetings $ 8 00


Wesley O. Hawkes, attending four registrars' meetings. 8 00


Nelson L. Tuttle, attending eleven registrars' meetings 22 00


Quincy W. Day, attending six registrars' meetings. 12 00


Oscar R. Spalding, attending seven registrars' meetings 14 00


Samuel L. Taylor, attending one regis-


trars' meeting 2 00


Gilman J. Wright, attending eleven regis- trars' meetings


22 00


Gilman J. Wright, services as clerk of board. 7 00 Blank book for registrars. 1 25


$96 25


INSPECTORS OF ELECTIONS AND TELLERS.


W. H. H. Burbeck, inspector, 1891-92. $10 50


William E. Frost, inspector, 1892. 5 00


H. V. Hildreth, teller, Nov., 1891-92. 2 00


W. F. Balch, teller Nov., 1891 1 00


J. R. Pike, teller Nov., 1891 . 1 00


O. R. Spalding, teller Nov., 1891 1 00


G. H. Hartford, teller, 1891-92. 2 00


L. E. Wilkins, teller Nov., 1891, March, 1892,


2 00


J. D. Wilson, services at ballot box and teller, March and Nov., 1892. 6 00


L. C. Dane, services at ballot box and teller, March and Nov., 1892. 6 00


John Lanktree, teller, March, 1892. 1 00


A. R. Leighton, teller, March and Nov., 1892,.


2 00


J. M. Fletcher, teller, April and Nov., 1892, 1 50 John Wilson, teller, April, 1892. 50


Samnel L Taylor, teller, April, 1892 50


$42 00 1


27


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


J. S. Moulton, salary, winter term, 1891-92. .


$50 00


Making out school report 10 00


Services as supply agent 8 00


Making return to State. 2 00


Team transporting books 1 50


A. A. Bickford, salary, summer term 50 00


A. A. Bickford, salary, fall term 50 00


$171 50


UNDERTAKER.


Albert P. Richardson, attending 39 funerals with hearse. $78 00


$78 00


TRUANT OFFICERS.


W. E. Parsons, services for 1891. $3 50


Eugene DeRoehn, services Sept., 1891, to Dec., 1892 6 00


$9 50


APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT TOWN FARM.


Alvan Fisher, year ending March 1, 1892 ... $2 00


W. H. H. Burbeck, year ending March 1, 1893 . 2 00


Samuel L. Taylor, year ending March 1,


1892-93 .. 4 00


Isaac E. Day, year ending March 1, 1893, and making schedule 2 50


$10 50


REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES AND ARTICLES FUR- NISHED SCHOOLS.


CENTER SCHOOLHOUSE-TWO SCHOOLS.


Paid Geo. H. Holt, for casting and pump handle. $ 1 00


for coal hod and broom. 80


Moss Bros., stove pipe and labor. 5 40


for locks, bolts, shovel, etc., as per bill. .


5 82


J. M. Fletcher, 1 dust Brush.


65


George Drew, labor and supplies fur- nished .. 43 97


$57 64


Amount carried forward


$57 64


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Amount brought forward. $57 64


STONY BROOK SCHOOLHOUSE.


Paid for axe, brooms, etc., as per bill. $1 90


George Drew, labor and supplies. 4 75


$6 65


FORGE VILLAGE SCHOOLHOUSE-TWO SCHOOLS.


Paid Wright & Bemis, brooms, axe, etc .. $ 2 74


Middlesex Machine Co., for heating and ventilating apparatus 450 00


George Drew, labor. 75


$453 49


NASHOBA SCHOOLHOUSE.


Paid for broom, pail, etc., as per bill. $ 83


George Drew, labor and supplies ..


6 80


$7 63


PARKERVILLE SCHOOLHOUSE.


Paid for broom, dust brush, etc., as per bill. $2 77


George Drew, labor and supplies. 6 00


$8 77


MINOTT'S CORNER SCHOOLHOUSE.


Paid for basin, as per bill $ 50


George Drew, labor and supplies .. 3 40


$3 90


NABNASSETT SCHOOLHOUSE.


Paid for broom and pail, as per bill


$1 15


George Drew, labor and supplies ... 1 50


$2 65


LONG-SOUGHT-FOR SCHOOLHOUSE.


Paid for broom, etc., as per bill


45


Moss Bros., repair of stove. 17 00


George Drew, labor and supplies 9 40


$26 85


LYON SCHOOLHOUSE.


Paid Geo. H. Holt, repairs of pump and well. Gilmer Stone, labor.


$4 00


3 00


for brooms, pail, etc., as per bill .


1 50


H. A. Chandler, cleaning well.


2 00


George Drew, labor and supplies ..


2 50


$13 00


Amaunt carried forward ..


$580 58


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Amount brought forward. $580 58


GRANITEVILLE SCHOOLHOUSE-FOUR SCHOOLS.


Paid Geo. H. Holt, repair of pump and plat- form . $ 6 50


Wright & Bemis, for brooms, axe, glass, coal hod, etc


9 81


W. A. Mack & Co., repair of furnace. 82 56


George Drew, labor and supplies . .


2 00


$100 87


$681 45


SCHOOLHOUSE FENCES.


We found that many of the schoolhouse fences would have to be rebuilt the coming year, many of the old boards on the fences could be used again, but the posts were badly decayed and would have to be replaced by new ones. An opportunity occurred whereby we could purchase chestnut posts and have them well seasoned before using. We believed it was economy for the town to do so, and have incurred the following expense.


Paid E. G. and O. R. Spalding, for 300 Chest- nut posts . $48 00


Heywood & Burbeck, sawing posts .


6 00


W. W. Johnson, teaming posts 60


$54 60


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED SCHOOLS.


Paid D. C. Heath & Co., books. $ 34 61


Ginn & Co., books ..


12 42


Boston School Supply Co., books 84 95


American Book Co., books 66 96


William Ware & Co., books 1 46


J. L. Hammett, books 133 96


Lee & Shepard, books. 5 42


University Publishing Co., books 67 11


George S. Perry & Co., books 22 14


F. W. Park, books. 11 50


75


Wright & Fletcher, pencils, ink, etc. ..


A. A. Bickford, express and freight on books and supplies .


5 75


C. E. Whidden, express on books 4 90


$451 39


30


EXPENSE OF TOWN COUNSEL.


Paid Marshall, Hamblet & Burke, legal ser- vices and expenses, 1891 . Marshall, Hamblet & Burke, legal ser- vices on account of Overseers of the Poor. Commonwealth vs. Town of Westford, argument before Superior Court and argument on exceptions before Supreme Judical Court, full bench .


$117 00


273 97


$390 97


GENERAL EXPENSES.


Paid C. E. Whidden, freight and express .. .. $ 3 20


H. Chamberlain, care of horses, February and March. 18 00


John R. Pike, dinner for election officers, March meeting 5 00


C. W. Decatur, guarding fire at Wright's house, Dec., 1891 . . 1 50


George Farrar, guarding fire at Wright's house, Dec., 1891. 1 50


Gilmer Stone, guarding fire at Wright's house, Dec., 1891 1 50


Wright & Fletcher, for stamps, envel- opes, nails etc., as per bill. 21 69


B. F. Nutting, mowing grass and brush at North burial ground, 1891. . . 7 00 For shovels, picks, bars, rakes, tin cases, etc., as per bill . 27 07


For postage, for mailing Town Reports, 1892.


15 00


For 6 police badges


6 00


J. A. Healy, damage to sled on highway. Mrs. Berry, damage to wagon, on high way W. W. Johnson, teaming.


1 75


2 50


For cash book, for tax collector


1 75


Geo. Tyler & Co., 2 sections for road scraper.


8 00


For 2,453 feet lumber, for rails.


33 70


C. & M. R. R., freight .


52


W. C. Robbins, for one pair of horses. .


275 00


Greenough, Adams & Cushing, for 6 Col- lectors' books ..


11 50


For feed bags, etc., as per bill. 2 20


N. L. Tuttle, repairing road scraper


1 00


Amount carried forward. $451 69


6 31


31


Amount brought forward. $451 69


Paid N. L. Tuttle, repairing cart body . 5 75




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