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In the matter of raising money for next year, we have asked for an increase, as will be seen in the table of estimates, and the tax- payers must decide this question at the annual meeting. We believe we have stated the case fairly, and the money expended during the year has been done judiciously and economically. All these improvements must be necessarily slow, but what is worth doing at all is worth doing well, and the result will be lasting and of much benefit to the town. Herewith we give detailed statement.
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APRIL.
S. B. Wright, hay
$15 96
George O'Brien, labor.
1 80
J. C. Osterhout, labor. 10 69
B. F. Day, Supt.
45 00
Team .
41 25
Board of help.
15 75
Julian Wilkerson, labor
16 50
H. A. Hildreth, hay
26 05
Wright & Fletcher, grain
16 20
William Read & Co., labor
24 25
W. W. Johnson, labor.
8 60
Charles O'Dell, labor
5 25
James Fraser, labor.
22 00
.
$249 30
MAY.
John W. O'Brien, team and labor $ 8 60
Noah Prescott, labor.
50
Julian Wilkerson, labor
36 75
Charles O'Dell, labor
33 75
Anthony Healey, labor
25 50
F. L. Amisson, labor
18 90
James Fraser, labor
27 00
B. F. Day, Supt.
45 00
Team .
58 75
Board of help.
19 20
Elisha Case, labor
33 75
G. F. Grant, labor .
4 50
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
17 07
Geo. W. Heywood, hay and grain ...
11 18
$340 45
JUNE.
Sears Bros., labor.
$ 4 50
Samuel L. Taylor, gravel
7 45
Anthony Healey, labor
16 50
Charles O'Dell, labor
24 00
B. F. Day, Supt.
45 00
Team .
56 25
Board of help.
19 00
G. F. Grant, labor .
30 75
Ichabod Grant. labor
10 63
Elisha Case, labor
33 75
F. L. Amisson, labor
31 05
Julian Wilkerson, labor
33 75
G. W. Heywood, hay and grain
18 49
Amount carried forward. $331 12
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Amount brought forward $331 12
William Reed & Co., labor.
4 00
C. R. P. Decatur
11 00
James Fraser
25 00
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
7 80
Dualin and fuse
31 00
$409 92
JULY.
Wright & Fletcher, grain
$ 8 60
F. L. Amisson, labor. .
33 75
Julian Wilkerson, labor
37 50
Ichabod Grant, labor.
30 00
B. F. Day, Supt.
45 00
Team.
62 50
Board of help ..
19 93
G. F. Grant, labor
37 50
Elisha Case, labor.
36 00
R. C. Whidden, labor
1 00
James Fraser, labor.
26 00
W. H. H. Burbeck and others, labor
24 50
Geo. W. Heywood, hay and grain
24 72
$387 00
AUGUST.
Drain pipe, powder and fuse, as per bill. . .
$91 46
Julian Wilkerson, labor
30 75
Joseph Perkins, labor
11 50
James Fraser, labor
22 50
Ichabod Grant, labor
23 75
G. F. Grant, labor .
30 75
F. L. Amisson, labor.
29 70
H. Hoyt, labor.
23 50
Elisha Case, labor
36 00
Fred DeRoehn, labor
6 00
H. E. Fletcher & Co., labor
101 10
B. F. Day, Supt.
38 00
Team .
57 50
Board of help.
15 43
W. H. H. Burbeck, labor
16.00
Geo. W Heywood, grain
17 84
SEPTEMBER.
James Fraser, labor. .
$10 00
Julian Wilkerson, labor
15 00
Joseph Perkins, labor
12 00
G. F. Grant, labor.
12 00
Amount carried forward. $49 00
$551 78
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Amount brought forward $ 49 00
F. L. Amisson, labor.
6 75
H. Hoyt, labor ..
15 00
Ichabod Grant, labor.
11 25
Wright & Fletcher, grain and drain pipe.
23 96
B. F. Day, Supt.
17 00
Team
25 00
Board of help.
.
8 90
W. W. Johnson, team
16 00
John W O'Brien, labor
2 10
Elisha Case, labor.
38 25
Fred DeRoehn, labor
36 00
W. H. H. Burbeck, labor. 7 83
E. H. Keyes, men and teams. 173 31
$430 35
OCTOBER.
J. A. Healey, labor and team
$15 00
B. F. Day, Supt.
45 00
Team .
61 25
Board of help.
19 95
James Fraser, labor
26 00
F. L. Amisson, labor.
33 75
Elisha Case, labor
34 88
G. F. Grant, labor
34 88
Joseph Perkins, labor.
35 25
Julian Wilkerson, labor
33 00
Wright & Fletcher, grain
31 95
$370 91
NOVEMBER.
C. F. Shugrue, gravel.
$ 2 25
Drain pipe . ... .
15 45
J. A. Healey, labor and team
10 88
B. F. Day, Supt.
45 00
Team
53 75
W. E. Symmes, labor.
5 00
F. L. Amisson, labor.
25 00
G. F. Grant, labor.
27 50
Julian Wilkerson, labor
10 63
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
21 45
Joseph Perkins, labor
27 50
Elisha Case, labor .
27 50
..
$271 91
DECEMBER.
G. F. Carkin, labor
$ 1 00
Joseph Perkins, labor 28 13
Amount carried forward. $29 13
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Amount brought forward $29 13
F. L. Amisson, labor
25 00
B. F. Day, Supt
33 75
Team . 41 00
C. R. P. Decatur, gravel.
3 15
C. F. Keyes, gravel ..
50
Wright & Fletcher, grain
23 34
W. H. H. Burbeck, labor.
5 00
$160 87
JANUARY.
F. L. Amisson, labor.
$25 00
Joseph Perkins, labor
28 13
B. F. Day, superintendent
30 75
Team .
41 00
$124 88
$3,297 37
Appropriation.
$3,000 00
Overdrawn
297 37
Amount received for use of team and hay sold, 22 50
Net expense
3,274 87
Schedule of property belonging to the Town for use of road de- partment : 2 horses, 1 set heavy harnesses, 2 carts, 5 whiffletrees and chains, 1 evener and spreader, 1 spare horse collar, 4 blankets, 2 surcingles, 1 stone drag, 2 yokes, 1 road scraper, 3 wrenches, 1 wagon jack, 3 chains, 1 stone lifter, straps to lead harness, and hand splice to lead reins, 12 road rakes, 12 shovels, I manure fork, 1 hay fork, 2 plows, 11 blasting drills, 4 plug drills, lot of shims and wedges, 2 bush scythes, 1 bush snath, 4 axes, 1 trimming saw, 1 tree trimmer, 4 nose bags, 2 halters, 2 lanterns, 1 oil can, 1 tool box, 1 large hoe, 2 picks, 4 iron bars, 1 hand hammer, 2 striking ham- mers, 1 stone hammer, 2 drill spoons, 1 curry comb, 2 horse brushes, 10 lbs. dualin, 1 gravel screen.
WIDENING AND STRAIGHTENING GRANITEVILLE ROAD.
Appropriation, $400. Unexpended balance, $16.97.
Paid Thomas E. Symmes, surveying and making plans ... $ 3 50
Thomas E. Symmes, land damage 25 00
Julian Wilkerson, labor 27 75
Joseph Perkins, labor. 29 75
Amount carried forward $86 00
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Amount brought forward . $86 00
James Fraser, labor
20 50
Ichabod Grant, labor
20 63
G. F. Grant, labor
27 75
F. L. Amisson, labor
27 00
H. Hoyt, labor.
28 25
Wright & Fletcher, grain
13 25
B. F. Day, Supt .
35 00
B. F. Day, team
50 00
Board of help
14 90
Dualin, powder, etc.
15 35
Town team.
44 40
$383 03
BREAKING ROADS.
Owing to the severe snow storms in the months of February and March a large expense was incurred in breaking out the roads throughout the town, and made a heavy drain on the treasury. The town was divided into ten districts, and each district placed in charge of a superintendent. Under their direction the following amounts have been paid :
District No. 1.
Paid Henry Chamberlain and others, as per bills
$170 55
District No. 2.
Wallace W. Johnson and others, as per bills
200 85
District No. 3.
Samuel H. Balch and others, as per bills, 40 36
District No. 4.
Benjamin F. Day and others, as per bills,
District No. 5. 152 15
James D. Wilson and others, as per bills,
101 63
District No. 6.
Ephraim A. Stevens and others, as per bills
65 24
District No. 7.
Wm. C. Edwards and others, as per bills, 169 97
District No. 8.
Matthew F. Downs and others, as per bills
170 02
District No. 9.
Edwin Gould and others, as per bills ... 71 20
District No. 10.
William Reed and others, as per bills ... 35 65
$1,177 62
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ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Barber, Frank, 1890.
$2 00
Barlow, James, 1890. 3 12
Blodgett & McNorton, 1890
56
Garcaux, Telisfor, 1890
2 00
Heald, Susan A., 1890
1 96
Henry, John, 1890
2 00
Hood, Gilman A., 1890
2 00
Hoyt, Hezekiah, 1890
2 00
Hughes, James, 1890
2 00
Hughes, Thomas, 1890
2 00
Keenan, William, 1890
2 28
Marshall, John, 1890.
2 00
McDonald, Angus, 2d, 1890
2 00
Olive, Henry, 1890
2 00
Orange, Reuben, 1890
2 00
O'Toole, Patrick, 1890.
1 01
Perham, G. A., 1890
2 28
Philatro, Eyedan, 1890
2 00
Reed, Thomas C., 1890
2 00
Sherwood, Alexander, 1890
2 56
Smith, J. M., 1890
2 00
Whitney, Joseph, 1890
2 34
Worrell, William, 1890
2 00
York, John, 1890.
2 00
$48 11
Allard, Joseph, 1891
$2 00
Barnes, Samuel, 1891
2 00
Bennett, William, 1891
2 02
Bradford, Francis I., 1891
2 00
Brown, John H., 1891
2 00
Carrick, Thomas, 1891
2 00
Catchpole, Henry, 1891
2 00
Davis, Charles, 1891.
2 00
Davis, Charles A., 1891.
2 03
Degan, Robert, 1891
2 00
Draper, Alonzo, 1891 .
2 00
Dufort, Ernest, 1891.
2 00
Dufort, Solomon, 1891.
2 00
Espensier, Fredrick, 1891
2 00
Finch, Thomas, 1891
2 00
Finch, Perley K., 1891
2 00
Foster, Aaron W., 1891
2 00
Gordon, Charles, 1891
2 00
Gower, William, 1891.
2 00
Guago, Joseph, 1891 .
2 00
Hashman, Alexander, 1891
2 00
Amount carried forward $42 05
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Amount brought forward . $42 05
Healey, James, 1891
2 00
Henry, John, 1891. 2 00
Herbert, Jules, 1891
2 00
Hood, Gilman A., 1891
2 00
Houler, John, 1891.
2 00
Hughes, James, 1891. 2 00
Jackson, P. F., 1891
2 00
Johnson, Claus, 1891
2 00
Johnson, Peter, 1891
2 00
Jones, Theophilus, 1891
2 00
Jones, William, 1891.
2 00
Keenan, William, 1891.
2 00
Leathead, Alvin, 1891
2 00
Leland, Henry, 1891.
2 00
Leland, Hiram, 1891
2 00
Litchfield, James, 1891
2 00
McMerriman, Frank, 1891.
2 00
McSuner, Arthur, 1891.
2 00
Mitchel, Jutra, 1891
2 00
Moran, Joseph, 1891 .
2 00
Niberg, Frederick, 1891
2 00
Noy, George, 1891.
2 00
Page Joseph, 1891.
2 00
Palmer, Neil, 1891.
2 00
Perham, Gardner A., 1891
40
Peterson, Albert, 1891
2 00
Polley, George W., 1891
2 00
Reed, Thomas C., 1891.
2 00
Robinson, Geoffrey, 1891 .
2 00
Rogers, Curtis, 1891 .
2 00
Shaw, Alvarado, 1891.
2 00
Sherwood, Alexander, 1891
2 16
Shneider, William, 1891 .
2 00
Sim, James A., 1891.
2 00
Spaulding, John F., 1891
2 00
Spaulding, William W., 1891
2 00
Swett & Gould, error, 1891
3 72
Tuttle, Harry, 1891.
2 00
Varrar, Eben, 1891 .
2 00
Warner, Sammel, 1881
2 00
Whitney, Joseph, 1891
2 19
Degan, Robert, 1892
$2 00
Hill, William, 1892.
2 00
Jackson, P. F., 1892.
2 00
Johnson, Peter, 1892
2 00
Amount carried forward $8 00
$124 52
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Amount brought forward $8 00
Johnson, Claus, 1892
2 00
Kelley, Perry, 1892.
2 00
Kincede, Albert, 1892.
2 00
Lacouse, Joseph, 1892.
2 00
Laferriere, Charles, 1892.
2 00
Larkin, Patrick, 1892.
2 00
Leland, George A., 1892.
2 00
Leland, Henry, 1892
2 00
Leland, Hiram, 1892.
2 00
Lincoln, John H., 1892
2 00
Lowther, Francis, 1892
2 00
Lovely, Joseph, 1892.
2 00
Magloise, Brodear, 1892
2 00
Martin, John H., 1892
2 00
McAdam, Hugh, 1892.
2 00
McAuley, Peter, 1892.
2 00
McLaughlin, Arthur, 1892
2 00
McMerrriman, Frank, 1892
2 00
McNeil, William, 1892
2 00
Milean, Joseph, 1892 ..
2 00
Moran, Joseph, 1892.
2 00
Mudgett, George S., 1892.
2 00
Nashua, Acton & Boston R. R., 1892.
7 00
Neil, Nelson, 1892 ..
2 00
O'Brien, James, 1st, 1892.
2 00
Oleary, John, 1892. .
2 00
Orange, Abraham, 1892
2 00
Palmer, Nelson, 1892
2 00
Palmer, Neil, 1892. .
2 00
Parker, Samuel L., 1892
2 00
Pike, J. R., 1892.
2 00
Price, Charles, 1892.
2 00
Prudent, Peter, 1892.
2 00
Reed, Williard T., 1892.
2 00
Robichand, Zephirin, 1892
2 00
Robichand, Jeffrey, 1892.
2 00
Rogers, Curtis, 1892
2 00
$87 00
Anderson, A., error, 1893
$2 00
Merrill, George, error, 1893
2 00
Mudgett, George S., error, 1893
2 00
Nashua, Acton & Boston R. R., abated, 1893,
8 31
Perham, Gardner A., error
2 00
$16 31
$275 94
Number of orders drawn on Town Treasurer 334. Total amount of orders $14,271.35.
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ESTIMATES FOR YEAR 1894-1895.
Town debts and charges
$2,500 00
Highways . .
3,800 00
Support of Schools
4,800 00
Support of Poor
2,500 00
Library.
150 00
Public Burial Grounds
300 00
Text-books for Schools ...
350 00
$14,400 00
J. HENRY READ, SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, Selectmen of Westford.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON RE- PAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
At a Town Meeting held March 20th, 1893, $500 was appropri- ated to be expended for repairs on different Schoolhouses, and has been expended for that purpose.
At the Centre Schoolhouse, the chimney was found to be in such an unsafe condition it was thought best to entirely rebuild it, and add additional flues for ventilation. The plaster, which was in bad con- dition, has been repaired and whitened. An expenditure of $25.80 was made in preparing for subsequently putting in a furnace, which is much needed, and if this is done the building will not need to be disturbed above the cellar. Window shades were put in the upper ro. m. The fence was rebuilt, and sundry other minor repairs made.
The expense was as follows:
Paid A. L. Brooks & Co., for lumber ... 29 86
Rollins & Sargent, for mason work . 36 91
W. E. Livingston, for brick, cement, and lime .
16 36
W. A. Mack & Co., for furnace flues
25 80
Noah Prescott, for stone work
2 00
W. E. Frost, for brick.
3 25
For calcimining
4 43
For nails
2 58
For lead .
1 35
For freight on materials used.
1 92
For teaming on materials used
7 84
For register and ash door.
2 00
For blackboard paint ..
50
For plank and iron work
30
For window shades.
4 67
For setting glass.
1 25
George Drew, for labor.
144 46
$285 48
CR.
By materials sold.
3 50
$281 98
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The Nashoba Schoolhouse has been shingled. The expense was as follows :
Paid A. L. Brooks & Co., for lumber $60 94
For freight and teaming on materials. 4 70
For nails 2 00
For zinc
1 31
For lead.
32
For paint.
25
George Drew, for labor
32 25
$101 77
At the Lyon Schoolhouse a new fence was built around the prem- ises, the room was whitened, and new window shades provided. The expense was as follows :
Paid A. L. Brooks & Co., for lumber. $41 98
For freight on lumber and a keg of nails, 1 54
For teaming 3 25
For nails.
1 70
For calcimining
3 02
For window shades ·
6 58
For labor.
43 62
$101 69
CR.
By materials sold 2 75
$98 94
At the Nabnasset School there has been much complaint that the well is dry much of the time, and when there is water it is often bad and unfit for use. It was thought best to sink a new well in a different location and two attempts were made. The ledge was struck and as it appeared the work would be much more expensive than was anticipated, the work was abandoned and the holes filled up. The expense was as follows :
Paid J. A. Healey, for digging .
$34 00
Total expended. $516 69
ABIEL J. ABBOT, GEORGE DREW, Members of School Committee.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The board of health organized April 1 with J. Henry Read, Chairman; Sherman H. Fletcher, secretary. Julian A. Cameron was appointed Agent for diseases and sanitary condition of the town. Geo. T. Day, Agent for suppression of contagious diseases among domestic animals. Gilman J. Wright, Agent to issue burial per- mits. Albert P. Richardson was licensed as Undertaker. On May 1, regulations made by the board were issued and a copy sent to each resident of the town as far as known.
In the early spring a slight epidemic of measles occurred, but not of a very serious nature. Late in the fall and winter scarlet fever appeared in the center of the town and vicinity, but of a mild char- acter. The board ordered its Agent to at once quarantine the in- fected houses, and after the recovery of the patient a thorough fumi- gation of the premises was given. During the year three deaths occurred from measles, all children. There was one fatal case of typhoid fever at Forge Village. Its source of origin could not be found, as the wells and drainage were found in good condition. Possibly it may have arisen from causes outside of our jurisdiction. One fatal case of membraneous croup occurred at Graniteville. The physicians were prompt in notifying the Board of all infectious or contagious diseases, and where quarantine was established we allowed it to remain until the physician in charge of the case notified us that it was unnecessary. Disagreeable as it was to be shut off from their usual freedom, members of the families where these infectious diseases prevailed readily complied with the regulations, and did much to prevent the spread of the disease. Householders do not seem to understand that the law requires them as well as physicians to notify the Board of Health if they are knowing of infectious or contagious disease within their family or house. The law is very plain and a heavy penalty is provided for noncompliance with it.
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But two householders have complied with the law the past year. The number of deaths that occurred in 1893 will be found in the Town Clerk's report.
As his report is for the calendar year, not the financial year, the statistics given below are for the same period.
Number of infectious or contagious diseases as reported by the physicians is twenty-six as follows :
Diphtheria 1
Deaths, 0) 66
Scarlet Fever 8
0
Measles 15
66
3
Membraneous Croup
1
66 1
Typhoid Fever 1
1
26
5
The following expense has occurred :
Paid J. A. Downs, labor.
1 00
Vox Populi Press, printing regulations, signs, etc.
23 30
1 Record Book.
2 00
500 stamps for mailing regulations .. .
5 00
Ellingwood & Co., ¿ doz. Sulphur Can- dles
1 25
Wright & Fletcher, 2 doz. Sulphur Candles, C. of Lime, Copperas, etc., as per bill 5 45
W. J. Sleeper, M. D., services and dis- infectants. 3 00
$40 00
J. HENRY READ, SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, Board of Health.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit their annual report for the year ending Feb. 1, 1894.
AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE BY APPRAISAL OF THE COMMITTEE.
Feb. 1, 1893
$3,060 25
Feb. 1, 1894.
3,100 53
Gain on personal property
$40 28
RECEIPTS.
Received. for milk .
$748 24
potatoes
140 30
hay
106 63
eggs
41 82
use of tools.
12 20
labor
6 80
breaking roads
40 36
fowls.
2 20
cider
4 00
pork
3 19
calves
8 75
vegetables
33 47
COWS
41 00
bull
34 50
sleds
15 00
gravel.
1 00
cranberries
13 10
11 00
On account of Wilkinson boy
For J. Green's board
108 00
For Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Howe's board.
95 50
Due from Lowell on account of Mr. and Mrs. Howe
31 00
Received from Orleans on account of I. Gould
11 50
Received for indigent soldiers
200 00
$446 00
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$1,709 56
$1,263 56
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PAYMENTS.
Paid for labor
$458 83
grain .
463 75
groceries
382 15
meat
102 93
S. H. Balch's salary.
400 00
fish
17 12
blacksmith's work.
16 10
phosphate
20 90
grass and garden seed.
15 42
shoveling snow
9 75
bed and bedding
8 55
bull
18 00
seedsower
7 50
soap .
3 90
fruit trees
14 00
grass
25 00
Lowell Journal
1 50
harness and wheelwright work.
1 95
hardware
5 53
clothing for inmates
4 25
box rent
40
coal .
24 00
pulley blocks.
3 95
suction pump ..
1 50
ladder and wagon jack.
2 40
apples
3 00
sundries
6 82
sawdust
1 50
lamps and dinner bell
3 50
dry goods.
4 00
liquor for medical purposes
4 10
tin ware
1 92
COWS
182 00
1 35
Expense on account of Wilkinson boy.
$2,225 20
REPAIRS ON BUILDINGS.
Paid for lumber
$228 85
blinds
27 08
fixtures
8 02
wall paper
3 74
freight.
7 33
painting
14 10
carpenter's work
40 00
express
7 63
Amount carried forward $329 12
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Amount brought forward $329 12
Paid for mason's work .. 3 50
lime and cement .. 5 95
paint, lead, oil, and brushes
90 51
nails, glass, and putty
18 02
drain pipes 7 25
$454 35
$2,679 55
Deduct, income from farm
$1,263 56
gain on personal property 40 28
expense of tramps ...
112 00
cash in S. H. Balch's hands 114 50
$1,530 34
Cost of supporting the poor inside the Alms- house.
$1,149 21
INMATES AT TOWN FARM, FEB. 1, 1894.
John Green.
Age 75 .
James McManus
66 51
George O. Wright.
F. W. Howe.
66
82
Abby J. Howe.
66
67
Patrick O'Toole
87
Catherine O'Toole.
93
Margaret O'Brine
60
Edward E. Holt.
80
Caroline A. Perham
66 70
Average number supported in Almshouse 7
Number receiving two meals and lodging. 447
Number receiving assistance outside Almshouse . . 35
EXPENSE OF THE POOR OUTSIDE OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Dr. J. F. Smith for medical attendance on family of R. Beauford $20 00
Caroline Payes 15 00
Joseph Cassidy 6 00
Sarah J. Ingalls 32 00
Mrs. Arthur Lanpron
30 00
G. A. Perham . ... .
2 00
105 00
Amount carried forward
$105 00
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53
Amount brought forward
$105 00
Paid Dr. W. J. Sleeper for medical atten- dance on J. Wilkinson's family. .
$40 40
W. Piper's family
18 50
Mary Wright
32 25
Mrs. Vinal
39 65
P. O'Toole .
24 00
Mrs. Thomas Hughes
40 45
Isaac Gould .
14 50
F. Newell.
43 25
Mrs. Newell
25 00
J. D. Wilkinson
24 00
Mrs. Collier.
6 00
Margaret O'Brine 50
308 50
Paid Town of Groton for E. Holt and wife. .
173 38
Paid City of Lowell on account of Mrs. Casey, City of Lowell on account of James Carrigan
12 86
36 86
Paid D. J. Gallagher for wood for O'Toole family.
$4 38
Wright & Fletcher for groceries
36 73
W. F. Balch for necessaries furnished O'Toole family .
33 01
74 12
Paid Mrs. J. Wilkinson
$ 4 00
J. W. Fletcher for milk
7 10
For dry goods
2 64
W. E. Parsons for meat .
2 80
G. F. Carkin for wood.
10 50
Wright & Fletcher for groceries
34 34
61 38
Paid W. W. Johnson for coal for Mrs. Per- ham.
$ 3 38
J. F. Chandler for wood
5 00
For care of Mrs. Perham
3 50
Dr. Harlow for medical attendance.
4 50
Hammett Wright for groceries furnished,
36 34
52 72
Paid J. A. Healey for wood furnished I. Gould,
$3 15
F. C. Hildreth for milk
2 30
Wright & Bemis for groceries.
8 49
13 94
Amount carried forward.
$825 90
$24 00
$623 74
54
Amount brought forward.
$825 90
Paid Ai Bicknell for board of Mrs. Vinal .... $32 28 Rev. A. A. Bickford for attending fun- eral 2 00
Mr. Sawyer for digging grave. A. P. Richardson for funeral expenses . . 17 00
5 00
56 28
$882 18
Paid Hospital bills for A. H. Woodward, J. W. Raymond, Rufus Keyes, Eliza- beth Lord, Lettice Reed, Mary Quinn, and Everett Wayne.
1,144 27
Paid Marshall & Hall for groceries and rent for Mrs. J. G. Peterson. J. J. Dunn for milk .
$9 11
2 28
Paid Edmund Barton for care of J. D. Wil- kinson
8 00
Paid H. B. Rinter for board of T. Carney ... T. Carney .
1 00
13 00
Paid for services as Overseers of the Poor:
H. D. Wright
$10 00
A. G. Polley
10 00
W. F. Balch .
10 00
30 00
Paid W. F. Balch for making out report to State. .
$ 5 00
For making out report to Town
5 00
For extra time as Overseer
17 00
For stationery .
55
27 55
Received from State Treasurer on account of Mrs. Seams ...
$44 00
on account of Mrs. Payez and R. Beauford . . .
35 00
From Thomas Quinn
42 50
From Mrs. Frost on account of Mrs. Vinal. .
4 50
From town of Tyngsboro' on ac- count of S. J. Ingalls
32 00
From Orleans on account of I. Gould,
39 94
For goods of Mrs. Perham
7 05
Amount carried forward.
$205 09 $2,116 39
11 39
$12 00
$2,116 39
55
Amount brought forward $205 09 $2,116 39
Due from State Treasury on account of Mrs.
Peterson ....
11 36
on account of Mrs. Newell. 25 00
Mrs. Lanpron
30 00
J. Cassidy .
6 00
F. Newell . .
43 25
320 60
Expense of outside poor
$1,795 79
STATEMENT.
Cash received from Town Treasurer
$3,415 17
Received from other sources
279 96
$3,695 13
Paid for outside poor.
$2,116 39
Payments at Farm. 2,679 55
$4,795 94
Receipts at Farm.
$1,263 56
In hands of Supt. of Almshouse
42 56
$1,306 12
3,489 82
$205 31
Cash in hands of Supt. of Almshouse
$114 50
Cash in hands of Overseers.
90 81
$205 31
W. F. BALCH, H: D. WRIGHT, A. G. POLLEY, Overseers of the Poor.
APPRAISAL OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY
AT ALMSHOUSE IN WESTFORD, MASS., JAN. 27, 1894.
13 cows
$520 00
2 horses
225 00
1 bull.
18 00
45 fowls
22 50
202 tons English hay
369 00
42 tons stock hay.
56 00
3 tons oat fodder
50 00
15 tons ensilage
75 00
Grain
20 00
6 harnesses
40 00
4 plows
25 00
Whiffletrees, neck yokes, and evener
11 50
Mowing machine
15 00
1 express wagon
15 00
1 milk wagon
10 00
1 hay wagon.
35 00
1 farm wagon
30 00
1 sleigh .
10 00
1 horse rake
15 00
1 wheel harrow
20 00
2 dump carts
70 00
1 ensilage cutter
35 00
1 2-horse sled
40 00
$1,727 00
Balance of personal property in barn and out buildings. 482 40
$2,209 40
IN HOUSE.
110 bushels potatoes.
$82 50
Turnips, beets, and cabbage
52 00
80 gallons old cider
16 00
2 bbl. cranberries.
8 00
Amount carried forward $158 50
$2,209 40
57
Amount carried forward.
$158 50 $2,209 40
6 bbl. onions
15 50
50 lbs. butter . 13 62
175 lbs. salt pork .
22 75
700 lbs. fresh pork.
46 00
1 bbl. kerosene and barrel.
4 50
200 lbs. sugar
9 50
18 bbl. flour .
8 75
30 lbs. lard
3 60
Fresh beef
14 00
$296 72
Balance of personal property in house
594 41
$891 13
Total
$3,100 53
W. H. H. BURBECK, NOAH PRESCOTT, SAMUEL L. TAYLOR, Appraisers of Property
REPORT ON CEMETERIES.
The Commissioners of Public Cemeteries have proceeded in the work of improving burial grounds on the lines laid down in the last annual report. Further repairs of walls and fences have been made, and much labor has been spent in resetting headstones. The foun- dations of the hearse-house in the East Cemetery have been rebuilt, and the house and the fence, and gates near it, have been painted. The work on the Willard Hall lot has been completed, and the out- er walls of a tomb in the West Cemetery have been relaid. A por- tion of the easterly corner of the East Cemetery has been laid out in burial lots, and avenues have been located. Other repairs and improvements are sufficiently indicated in the statement of expenses appended to this report.
The work thus far done must be considered as preliminary to the greater and more conspicuous improvements yet to be made.
During the ensuing year much labor should be expended on the walks and avenues; the older parts of the grounds, now rough and unsightly, should be ploughed, fertilized, and sown to grass. The planting of shade trees and ornamental shrubs should be com- menced as soon as the avenues are graded and the ground prepared. The bank wall of the East Cemetery needs to be pointed; and the tomb, now leaky on account of defective masonry, must be thor- oughly repaired.
The Commissioners will employ competent men to take care of lots if desired by owners to do so, and will expend as directed any sums of money paid to them for this purpose.
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