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TOWN LIBRARY.
Carrie E. Read, services as librarian from
Feb. 1, 1894, to Feb. 1, 1895. $100 00
Carrie E. Read, for extra work. 8 25
George Drew, labor and stock for shelves .. . 6 50
Wright & Fletcher, ink, mucilage and chim-
neys . 1 75
$116 50
EXPENSE OF FIRST DISTRICT COURT AT AYER- OFFICERS' FEES.
George F. Stiles, services in the Sophronia Sumner case. $ 6 48
Eugene DeRoehn, services in the W. T. Reed case. . 11 74
H. C. Sherwin, services in the W. T. Reed case .
15 70
$33 92
GENERAL EXPENSES.
C. E. Whidden, express and telephone ..... $ 2 00
J. M. Fletcher, postage for mailing town reports, and for use of town officers .... 17 93
Amount carried forward. $ 19 93
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Amount brought forward. $ 19 93
B. S. Stephenson, M. D., return of two births, under Chap. 158, Acts of 1883 .. J. F. Smith, M. D., return of 40 births, 1893, under Chap. 158, Acts of 1883 ... D. G. Trembley, M. D., return of 21 births, under Chap. 158, Acts of 1883.
50
10 00
Heywood & Burbeck, lumber for horse stalls Wright & Fletcher, envelopes, paper lan- terns, blank books, stamps, etc ..
17 53
2 pairs handcuffs .
8 00
12 tin cases for safe ..
4 00
Paint for carts and sponges for hearse. . . 4 77 ... Shovels, stone forks, nails, scythe, etc., for Road Department .. 23 45
W. B. Glover, 1 branding iron.
1 00
J. H. Osborn, attending sick horse. 5 00
8 50
Geo. Tyler & Co., sections for road machine 1 record book for town clerk .
2 00
Casting for plow and road machine ..
10 66
1 rubber stamp and ink ...
1 00
C. H. Hanson & Co., difference on horse.
75 00
P. Blanchard, repair road machine
50
Drag planks. .
3 70
Freight on lumber.
1 15
29 87
Burnham & Davis, lumber for railing, etc ... E. H. Keyes, damage to carriage on high- way ..
8 00
9 07
50
N. L. Tuttle. making drag, etc., as per bill .. G. F. Millis, cementing well at Town House J. A. Healey, cleaning well at Town House. 7 00 G. H. Holt, repair of pump at Town House. 4 50 Abbot & Co., use of sewer pump at well at Town House . 4 00
Joseph Gould, hammer handles.
90
P. Savage, fence posts
70
A. Bunce, fence posts.
7 32
Target and rifle range for cavalry company ..
18 00
W. J. Gould, shoeing horses, sharpening tools, repair of carts and road scraper .. W. C. Robbins, use of horse ..
95 75
John Feeney, repair of harnesses, and arti- cles furnished . 20 60
J. A. Healey, damage to carriage on high- way ..
3 50
J. A. Walkden, 1 two-horse sled. 60 00
8 00
Amount carried forward. $484 33
5 25
4 68
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Amount brought forward.
$484 33
1 pair heavy horse blankets. . 11 55
Recording deed of Tax Collector.
1 50
Food for election officers. .
2 03
Wright & Fletcher, express, telephone, nails, etc., as per bill . . 13 00
Isaac I. Doane, copying evidence in Carville suit .. . 31 20
Wright & Fletcher, grain for horses 20 00
C. R. P. Decatur, straw for horses. 10 63
$574 24
EXPENSE OF TOWN COUNSEL.
Marshall, Hamblet & Burke, legal services, 1893.
$100 00
Marshall, Hamblet & Burke, services pre- paring Carville suit vs. Town of West- ford, 2d trial, and services trying the same, and argument before jury ..... ...
175 00
To motion for new trial and ex-
penses preparing exceptions. . .. . 75 00
$350 00
PRINTING.
Vox Populi Press, 650 copies Town Reports .. Extra copies of School Reports, list of books for Library, etc .. 26 60
$122 50
Morning Mail Co., ballots for March meet- ing.
10 00
F. A. Frost & Co., postal cards. .
1 50
Vox Populi Press, bill heads, letter heads, and seals.
8 75
1500 tax bills.
6 25
Morning Mail Co., collector's and voters' notices .
23 39
G. W. Southworth, book for Assessors. ..
3 47
$202 46
OLD RECORDS.
The Selectmen found upon investigation that the Town did not have a complete set of Town Reports. The Trustees of the Public Library had gathered together an incomplete set, but the earlier years from 1840, the first years they were printed, were missing, and many of those on hand so mutilated that they were unfit for binding. Believing the Town should have a complete set, as they
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would be of great value for reference, the Trustees placed in our charge what copies they had, and by the liberality of a few indi- viduals, who had procured a full set, in loaning us the missing years we were enabled to have copies of them printed, and have com- pleted a set up to the present time. A few extra copies of the years printed were made, and any one desirous of purchasing a copy to complete a set can do so at the cost of printing.
The following expense occurred :
Vox Populi Press, printing old Town Reports $95 93 $95 93
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Paid by order May, 1894 .. $718 04
August, 1894 611 15
November, 1894 773 44
February, 1895. 835 45 $2938 08
Appropriation, $3,000. Unexpended balance, $61.92.
TOWN HOUSE.
EXPENSE OF HEATING, LIGHTING, ETC., AND CARE OF SAME.
J. H. Wilson, services as janitor, from Feb- ruary, 1894,' to February 1, 1895. ..
$100 00
12 doz. hand fire extinguishers. 23 00
Wright & Fletcher, oil, brooms, wax, chim- neys, etc
25 15
George Drew, labor on chandelier and table, etc. .
7 33
C. E. Whidden, 510 lbs. coal.
1 72
3 cords hard wood. 15 00
R. Hollings, repair of chandelier
20 00
J. A. Healey, 10,293 lbs. coal.
29 32
1 clock for Town Hall.
15 00
H. H. Wilder & Co., repair of furnace and pipes .
24 11
J. M. Fletcher, oil
2 70
$263 33
INCOME OF TOWN HOUSE.
Rent of Armory from State.
$175 00
Received from rent of building. 90 25
$265 25
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NEW FLOOR IN TOWN HALL.
W. C. Edwards, laying floor as per contract, $160 00
E. A. Hamlin, oiling floor .. 4 00
Wright & Fletcher, oil for floor 1 20
$165 20
Appropriation, $185. Unexpended balance, $19.80.
GUIDE POSTS AND GUIDE BOARDS.
We submit the following report on guide posts and guide boards. New guide boards have been put up at corner of roads opposite Miller's blacksmith shop at Chamberlain's corner. The rest of the guide posts and guide boards are in good condition. The following amount has been expended :
James A. Walkden, for two guide boards ... $1 50
E. A. Hamlin, pianting guide boards. . . 3 00
$4 50
SCHOOLHOUSE REPAIRS.
EXPENDED BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE BY VOTE OF THE TOWN.
Paid by order, see School Committee Report $458 30 $458 30 Appropriation, $500. Unexpended balance, $41.70.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid by order, see Board of Health Report .. $44 08 $44 08
PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS.
Paid by order, see Commissioners' Report. . $238 15 $238 15 Appropriation, $300. Unexpended balance, $61.85.
INSURANCE.
Arthur Fenner, insurance on Library, $2500 for 5 years . .. $75 00 E. H. Shaw, insurance on Town Farm build- ings, $1,225 for 3 years. 17 31
H. C. Church & Son, insurance on Town House, $3,000 for 3 years. 44 00
Arthur Fenner, insurance on Town House, $2,500 for 5 years. 75 00
$211 31
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid by order to Veteran Association ... Appropriation $50.
$50 00 $50 00
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LAND FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING.
In accordance with the vote of the Town passed Nov. 6, 1894, to take the land of the Mary Bancroft and Edward E. Wright estates for the purpose of erecting a Public Library Building as authorized under Chapter 27, Section 41, of the Public Statutes, as amended by Chapter 145, Acts of 1894, the Selectmen awarded the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) for the land, which was accepted by the administrators of the estates, and the following expense has occurred :
Thomas E. Symmes, surveying land and making plan . .
$ 2 75
James Spinner, labor, 25
Recording description of land
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George T. Day, administrator estate of
Edward E. Wright for 10,920 ft. of land
300 00
Samuel Kneeland, administrator estate of Mary Bancroft, for 15,350 feet of land. 300 00
$603 50
FIRES.
The following fires have occurred during the year and estimated damage :
No. of Acres Estimated.
Damage.
April 30. Forest fire near Graniteville, own- ers of land, William Reed, 'Jeptha Wright, and others ....
50
$4(0 00
April 30 and May 1. Forest fire near Forge Village, owners of land :
Olive A. Prescott
100
700 00
Joseph Prescott.
15
50 00
Edward Prescott.
45
450 00
Allan Cameron.
10
30 00
Frank C. Hildreth
5
30 00
Town of Westford.
15
150 00
Owner unknown
10
50 00
April 30.
Forest fire in south part of town, owners of land, John Riley and others.
10
40 00
June 22. Forest fire near Daniel Sherman's, owner of land, Dan. Sherman,
15 00
Aug. 22. Forest fire in south part of town, owner of land, Augustus Wood,
3
80 00
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$1,995 00
In the Fall a slight fire occurred on land of Rose Guertin, but the damage was small.
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Feb. 10, 1895. Two-story double house and two barns attached, near Minot's Corner, owners, Bertram Bedell and Augus- tus Flint. Estimated loss ........ $2,000 00
Cause of fire supposed from waste ashes in wooden barrels.
Feb. 17. Barn owned by Rose Guertin, at Minot's Cor- ner, one end used as a paint shop, leased by Eli T. Burbeck. Fire caught on roof from sparks from chimney ; estimated loss, $15 00
$2,015 00
The numerous fires in the woods last Spring, caused either by carelessness or design, entailed a good deal of loss to the owners of the land by destroying and injuring the young trees, and depreciat- ing the value of marketable wood. Notices of the law in regard to setting fires on woodland have been posted for a number of years about town, with the penalty for violating the law. In some excep- tionable cases it has had a good effect. One of the worst things to contend with is the carelessness of sportsmen in discharging fire- arms, and people burning brush in the early Spring, before vegeta- tion starts. Parties burning brush should notify the adjoining land owners, and have help enough at hand to control any fire that they may kindle. The expense of subduing these fires has been paid under the approval of the Fire Wardens and Forest Fire Wards as follows :
Paid expense of fires on Snake Meadow, Town Farm, and Clay Pit Hills, as ap- proved by W. E. Parsons, John A. Healey, Fire Wardens, and Edward Prescott. Forest Fire Ward .. .. $145 88 Paid expense of fires as approved by Geo. W. Heywood, Forest Fire Ward .. 6 50
Paid expense of fires as approved by Edward Prescott, Forest Fire Ward .. 2 40
Paid expense of fires as approved by S. H. Fletcher, Fire Warden. 6 00
$160 78
REED MANSLAUGHTER CASE.
W. J. Sleeper, M. D., medical attendance. . $5 00
Eugene DeRoehn, services as officer at Reed house. , 4 00
Amount carried forward $9 00
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Amount brought forward. $9 00
J. Everett Wood, services at Reed house ... 1 00
S. H. Fletcher, time and expense at Reed house, and team conveying prisoner to Ayer 5 00
$15 00
BURIAL OF DECEASED SOLDIERS.
As authorized by Chap. 395, Acts of 1889, and approved by Geo. T. Day, Agent.
Albert P. Richardson, expense of burial of John A. York $35 00 $35 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
As authorized by Chap. 447, Acts of 1890.
James A. Graham, September.
$10 00
66
October.
10 00
November 10 00
66
،، December 10 00
$40 00
MILITARY AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS.
As authorized by Chap. 279, Acts of 1894.
January
$39 00
February.
35 00
March.
35 00
April
35 00
May
20 00
June
20 00
July. .
20 00
August
20 00
September
20 00
October
16 00
November
16 00
December
. 16 00
$292 00
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STATE AID TO SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' FAMILIES
As authorized by Chap. 301, Acts of 1894.
January
$ 98 50
February
98 50
March.
98 50
April .
102 50
May
98 50
June
101 50
July ..
101 50
August
101 50
September
101 50
October.
101 50
November
101 50
December
101 50
$1,207 00
ROAD DEPARTMENT.
With an increase of appropriation we have made a number of permanent improvements outside of the ordinary repairs, such as putting up posts and railings, and renewing old ones where needed, laying over and widening culverts, widening roads by blasting away ledges, and extending the width of roads by filling in at the sides. Posts and railings have been put up at the following places :
Iron Posts.
Chestnut Feet of Posts.
Railing.
Poor Farm Bridge.
...
80
Forge Village Road .
.
...
100
Forge Village and Graniteville Road.
9
. ..
176
J. V. Fletcher Bridge.
.
2
16
Near Graniteville Station, S. B. R. R
. .
32
W. H. Decatur's Road.
4
32
W. J. Merritt's Road.
1
144
Brows Hill.
12
1
150
Tadmuck Swamp
122
976
Brows Bridge.
6
64
North Road ...
.
10
544
Morrison's Bridge.
N
64
Keyes' Bridge ...
...
32
Simpson's Bridge.
6
48
C. O'Brien's Road .
9
64
Jerry Sullivan's Road.
7
2
125
John Martin's Bridge.
28
165
2727
. .
. .
. ..
80
Considerable expense was incurred in widening the road by the land of Charles L. Hildreth, by blasting away the ledge and repairing the road from the hill near F. C. Wright's to Hamlin's
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mill. Among the ordinary repairs the following roads have been repaired, and in many parts widened and graveled, viz. :
The road from Littleton to Chelmsford has been graveled and widened from Cutter's hill, through the Willows, past the East Lit- tleton Station, to the house of Angus McDonald.
The road through Tadmuck Swamp graveled and widened, and stones removed from the hill west of the swamp.
The road from Acton to Chelmsford repaired and partly graveled.
The road from Carlisle line to the foot of Bear hill repaired.
Gravel put on the road through Parkerville.
Considerable expenditure was made on the O'Tool road by rea- son of the sale of the O'Tool property.
The road by Melburne F. Hutchins' and Flagg road repaired.
The road from Town Farm to Forge Village repaired.
The road from Forge Village past the Acton Railroad to the foot of Cooledge's hill, widened and partly graveled. Stone chips were teamed from Graniteville and put on the causeway at the foot of the hill, and covered with gravel, which has made a most excel- lent, hard and dry road.
The road from Forge Village past Beaver brook to Littleton line, repaired the entire length.
The road by J. H. Whitney's house raised, piped and graveled.
The road leading toward Reed's stone quarry repaired, and other roads in and about Graniteville.
The road from Groton line to foot of hill near W. W. Wyman's repaired.
The road from Graniteville to the centre of the town repaired.
The road toward South Chelmsford, below E. E. Heywood's, partly graveled.
The road by F. C. Drew's house widened, graveled and graded.
Gravel was put on a part of Main Street, in the centre of the town, but on account of snow work had to be suspended. Other streets in the centre of the town need a coating of gravel, which ought to be done another year. During the summer cobblestones were raked out of the roads numerous times. Besides scattering repairs in different parts of the town brush was cut on a number of roads.
Culverts have been taken up in the following places, relaid and widened :
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One on road leading to stone quarry of Wm. Reed & Co.
One near East Littleton station.
One near the house of William Davis.
One (new) on the Flagg road.
Three on road from Graniteville to the centre of the town. Three on road from J. W. Day's to Acton Railroad.
Two near land of Chas. L. Hildreth's.
One near mill of D. Sheehan.
One on road leading to stone quarry of H. E. Fletcher & Co.
The road leading to the stone quarry of H. E. Fletcher & Co. involves considerable expense each year on account of the heavily loaded stone teams. Arrangements were made with that firm to keep it in repair, and the sum of $174.47 has been expended to keep the road passable.
We are confident that the expense of keeping the road in repair ought to be light in the future, as the firm is building and grading a railroad from the quarry to Brookside for conveying granite, which will probably be in operation another year. We are well aware that people get impatient and complain because work is not done in different parts of the town when needed, but if they will stop and consider that we have nearly 100 miles of road to care for, necessa- rily some parts of the town are neglected.
By confining the work to the use of the road scraper, more miles of road could be covered than under the present system, but, com- posed as our soil is of so much clay and loam, the road-bed would be of more use for agricultural purposes than for a highway. The road scraper can be used for certain purposes, such as widening and shap- ing the road, but it is unfit to make a hard and dry road, unless the material by the roadside is suitable for that purpose. The cost of hauling good gravel is expensive, but we believe it pays in the long run, and yet we are satisfied that there is material scattered along by the roadside that some day will be used for road purposes, and give us as good roads, equal to the more fortunate towns in the vicinity of Boston, and that is these countless small stones that lie upon our fields and roadsides, that could be crushed by a stone crusher and used for a macadam for the roadbed. But the expense is what prevents its adoption by our country towns, unless aid is furnished by the Commonwealth. The recent law enacted by the Legislature establishing a Board of Highway Commissioners to assume charge of highways as state roads, has been taken advan- tage of by many towns throughout the Commonwealth.
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The Board of Selectmen believed this town was entitled to its share of this excellent law, and have petitioned the State Highway Commissioners to lay out and take possession of the road leading from the centre of the town to Carlisle line as a State Highway. Under the law, none of the expense falls upon the town individ- ually, except the first survey and profile of the road. This we have had done and filed with the petition, and during the coming year we are expecting a favorable action. By the state assuming charge of the road, the town is relieved of the care, and with the thorough and scientific construction with which the Highway Com- missioners have constructed highways thus far, it will be of immense benefit to our farmers in conveying produce to the Bos- ton market, as well as to enhance the value of property in town. Our farmers labor under a disadvantage in conveying their produce to market on account of the long haul, and any improvement in the roadbed will reduce the cost of transportation. The public neces- sity and convenience calls for its construction. Another thing that would help keep our dirt roads in better condition would be the adoption of wide-tired wheels for heavily loaded wagons.
The subject is treated in very good shape in " The Gospel of Good Roads, " written by Isaac B. Potter in a letter to the Ameri- can Farmer. We quote as follows : " Next to water, nothing is so destructive of a good road surface as a heavy vehicle running on narrow wheels. It has been proven over and over again that wheels with 42-inch tires cause only one-half the wear on a road that results from the use of wheels with 2}-inch tires. It used to be the rule in England to make the tire 1 inch wide for every 500 pounds of load or vehicle; that is, if the vehicle and load weighed 2 tons, 4-inch tires would be used ; but it was not found profitable to increase the width much beyond 43 inches, except in cases where wagons were used without springs, when they were sometimes made as wide as 6 inches. You ought to treat this mat- ter of wheel tires as you do other things in which you are inter- ested, and give it the same sensible consideration that you apply to the things about your home. When you built your house you commenced by putting down a 16-inch stone foundation, and on that you built the framework of the superstructure. You made the foundation broad to prevent the settling of a load which was intended to remain unmoved as long as it should last, and yet you should know that the weight per inch upon that foundation is less one-quarter the weight per inch upon your narrow wheel tires, when
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you go to market with a heavy load, to say nothing of the fact that your wagon carries a moving load, and is, therefore, much more likely to disturb the foundation than though it remained quiet. Your wheel tire is designed to touch the ground at one point only, and when it is pressed into the earth so as to increase this point of contact, the power required to move a wagon and its load increases very rapidly. You should use wide wheel tires, and should encourage your neighbor to use them also." In many foreign coun- tries, where the government constructs the roads, stringent laws are passed compelling the use of wide-tire wheels on heavy wagons. Attempts have been made in our own Legislature to regulate the width of tires on wheels for heavily loaded wagons, but the law has failed to be enacted on account of the opposition of those living in the large municipalities, who have the benefit of paved and macad- amized streets, much to the detriment of our country roads.
In accordance with Chap. 98, Acts of 1889, Benjamin F. Day was appointed Superintendent of Streets. Under his supervision the following amounts have been expended :
FEBRUARY, 1894.
B. F. Day, Superintendent. $20 40
Team.
24 50
Hay.
47 50
Gravel. .
14 50
John Sheehan, gravel .
5 00
F. L. Amission, labor ..
25 00
Joseph Perkins. ·
11 25
Wright & Fletcher, grain. . .
18 40
$166 55
MARCH.
M. A. Clough, gravel.
920 00
William White, labor.
2 45
B. F. Day, Superintendent. 27 75
Team.
37 00
F. L. Amission, labor.
25 00
Joseph Perkins, labor
20 00
G. F. Grant. labor ..
6 25
Julian Wilkinson, labor . .
25
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
27 10
$171 80
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APRIL.
Elisha Case, labor.
$30 37
G. F. Grant, labor.
32 25
Julian Wilkinson, labor.
32 63
F. L. Amission, labor.
35 00
Leroy Richardson, labor
10 00
Joseph Perkins, labor.
31 88
B. F. Day, Superintendent
45 00
Team ...
55 00
Board of help ..
9 00
Charles Henderson, labor.
5 50
Dualin .
27 00
Drain pipe. .
66 42
Wright & Fletcher, grain
22 50
$402 55
MAY.
A. J. Blaisdell, labor and gravel
$10 00
B. F. Day, Superintendent.
45 00
Team .. .
50 75
Board of help.
19 95.
Leroy Richardson, labor.
. .
17 36
George E. Murphy, labor.
50
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
33 50
F. L. Amission, labor
22 30
Elisha Case, labor.
32 25
Joseph Perkins, labor. . .
33 00
G. F. Grant, labor ..
32 25
Julian Wilkinson, labor
33 00
$329 86
JUNE.
J. Henry Read, gravel . $ 8 75
W. W. Johnson, team 8 00
H. E. Fletcher & Co., labor and teams.
56 85
F. L. Amission, labor. 27 30
B. F. Day, Superintendent 45 00
Team .. 65 00
Joseph Perkins, labor. 39 00
Elisha Case, labor.
39 00
G. F. Grant, labor.
39 00
Julian Wilkinson, labor 39 00 .
Wright & Fletcher, grain. ...
23 75
$390 65
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JULY.
Joseph Perkins, labor.
$36 00
G. F. Grant, labor.
36 00
Julian Wilkinson, labor
33 00
Elisha Case, labor.
36 00
John Liston, labor
18 00
E. C. Wood, labor
11 12
F. L. Amission, labor
10 50
B. F. Day, Superintendent
45 00
Team. .
60 00
Gravel
8 00
Hav
42 84
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
27 73
$364 19
AUGUST.
Mrs. Burnham Smith, gravel.
$11 70
B. F. Day, Superintendent.
45 00
Team . .
67 50
Joseph Perkins, labor.
39 75
G. F. Grant, labor.
39 75
Julian Wilkinson, labor
40 50
John Liston, labor
40 50
I. W. Grant, labor.
7 50
E. C. Wood, labor.
36 00
Thomas Mccarthy, labor.
6 00
Elisha Case, labor ..
40 50
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
30 65
H. E. Fletcher & Co., labor and teams. ....
84 70
$490 05
SEPTEMBER.
E. C. Wood, labor
$36 00
John Liston, labor.
34 50
John Carmichael. labor
15 00
Elisha Case, labor
29 25
Thomas Mccarthy, labor.
33 00
B. F. Day, Superintendent
45 00
Team
61 25
Gravel
21 85
Leon Lemont, labor
8 75
Reuben Salls, labor.
18 00
Julian Wilkinson, labor
36 00
G. F. Grant, labor
13 50
Powder, dualin and fuse
45 60
Joseph Perkins. .
13 50
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
31 95
$443 15
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OCTOBER.
B. F. Day, Superintendent. $45 00
Team. .
62 50
C. H. Wright, team
24 00
Elisha Case, labor.
37 50
John Carmichael, labor
. .
36 75
E. C. Wood, labor
27 69
Hay.
37 80
Thomas Mccarthy, labor
35 25
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
26 80
John Liston, labor.
31 50
Drain pipe. .
50 11
J. B. Mason, gravel ..
11 60
Julian Wilkinson, labor.
37 50
H. E. Fletcher & Co., labor and team
7 50
$471 50
NOVEMBER.
Mary Crossland, gravel.
$15 90
John Carmichael, labor.
30 75
Thomas Mccarthy. labor
32 25
Julian Wilkinson, labor
32 25
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
24 25
E. C. Wood, labor.
36 00
B. F. Day, Superintendent.
45 00
Team .. .
58 75
Elisha Case, labor.
32 25
James D. Wilson, labor.
30 46
C. C. Smith, labor.
6 00
W. F. Seifer, labor.
32 03
A. E. Wilson, labor and team.
83 00
M. M. Morrison, gravel.
5 65
H. L. Park, gravel .
3 45
$467 99
DECEMBER.
W. H. H. Burbeck, labor. .
$45 09
HI. E. Fletcher & Co., labor and teams 25 42
Elisha Case, labor ... 15 00
B. F. Day, Superintendent.
27 00
Team . .
22 00
E. C. Wood, labor.
26 00
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
19 35
$179 77
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JANUARY, 1895.
John A. Healey, labor and team $ 4 40
C. C. Smith, labor 10 95
H. T. Adams, labor and team 41 60
C. L. Adams. labor. 5 55
I. E. Day, Board of Surveyors on State Highway .... 22 08
Mrs. John Wilson, Board of Surveyors on State Highway 26 33
$110 91
$3,988 97
Appropriation, $4,000. Unexpended balance, $11.03.
Schedule of property belonging to the Town for use of road department : 2 horses, 1 set of 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, 1 manure fork, 1 hay fork, 2 plows, 11 blasting drills, 4 plug drills, lot of shims and wedges, 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, 3 picks, 4 iron bars, 1 hand hammer, 2 striking hammers, 1 stone hammer, 1 drill spoon, 1 curry comb, 2 horse brushes, 20 lbs. dualin, 1 gravel screen.
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