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personal estate, May 1, 1887. 192,369 00
$1,054,407 00
Amount raised for :
Town debts and charges $4,000 00
Schools 4,000 00
Roads and bridges. 2,200 00
Graniteville school-house, for cementing cellar 130 00
Enforcement liquor law
100 00
County tax
641 70
State tax
1,372 50
Overlayings.
199 94
Total amount assessed. . $12,644 14
Tax on one hundred dollars, $1.10.
Number of polls. 518
dwelling houses 451
horses 324
cows. 659
neat cattle other than cows. 198
sheep.
5
swine 97
ASAPH B. CUTTER, ISAAC E. DAY, A. R. LEIGHTON,
Assessors of Westford.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN TREASURER.
J. B. Heald, salary as town treasurer, for the year ending March 1, 1887. $50 00
$50 00
TOWN CLERK.
Gilman J. Wright, salary as town clerk. $12 00
Going to Groton to count votes.
2 50
Copying for Town Report.
2 00
Dog license blanks.
1 00
Postage and express.
2 71
Two files for filing returns of marriages and deaths.
2 35
Moving safe
1 25
Stationery
22
Ballot-box crank.
25
Record book.
30
Recording and making returns to Sec. of Commonwealth of 43 births. 21 50
Recording and making returns to Sec. of Commonwealth of 22 marriages. 3 30
Recording and making returns to Sec. of Commonwealth of 59 deaths. 8 15
$57 53
SELECTMEN.
George T. Day, salary. $5 00
Making out monthly State aid book. . .
6 00
Making out 24 State aid returns, under
Chaps. 252 and 301, Acts 1879, Public Statutes 6 00
Making out town report. .
6 00
Making out return to fire insurance com- missioner . 1 00
Time looking after repairs on roads. 30 00
Extra time as selectman. 25 00
$79 00
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A. P. Richardson, salary .. $5 00
Time looking after repairs on roads 20 00
Extra time as selectman 24 00
$49 00
Isaac W. Carkin, salary .. $5 00
Time looking after repairs on roads. 20 00
Extra time as selectman . 15 00
$40 00
ASSESSORS.
A. B. Cutter, 194 days' time taking invoice and making taxes. $48 13
I. E. Day, 21 days' time taking invoice and making taxes .. . 52 50
A. R. Leighton, 18 days' time taking invoice and making taxes. 45 00
$145 63
TAX COLLECTOR.
Isaac E. Day, collecting $12,336.11, at 1 %, $123 38
collecting poll taxes. 5 00
$128 38
CONSTABLES.
Isaac E. Day, posting warrants for three town meetings
$12 00
Going to Lowell, to serve notice on Stony
Brook R. R. Co., for meeting of Select-
men laying out road at Graniteville .. . 1 50
$13 50
BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
- J. B. Heald, attending three meetings $4 50
preparing and posting voting lists. 3 50
W. O. Hawks, attending seven meetings 10 50
F. L. Fletcher, 66 66
10 50
Nelson L. Tuttle, four 6 00
Gilman J. Wright, “ seven 66 . . 10 50
Preparing and posting voting lists . 3 50
$49 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
J. S. Moulton, Supt. winter term, 1886-7 $50 00
Making school report. 10 00
Services as book agent. 8 00
Making return to State.
2 00
Two books.
1 75
Superintendent spring term, 1887. 50 00
Transporting books 75
$122 50
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ORDERS DRAWN BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR DURING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1888.
April, by order.
$133 60
April, by order.
355 48
June, by order.
145 85
July, by order.
71 12
August, by order .
142 52
October, by order 99 30
November, by order
179 14
December, by order
211 87
January, by order
128 14
February, by order
109 70
$1,576 72
EXPENSE OF THE TOWN LIBRARY, INCLUDING SER- VICES AS LIBRARIAN.
Paid Clara M. Wiley, for services as Librarian
from January, 1887, to April, 1887 .. $15 00
Clara M. Wiley, for services as Librarian from April, 1887, to January, 1888, 55 50 Clara M. Wiley, extra time moving books, cleaning Library, etc ... 5 00
Morning Mail Office, printing cards and 600 lists of books.
6 25
H. H. Wilder, repairs on stove pipe, etc.
2 50
Wright & Fletcher, paper for covering books
11 01
J. M. Fletcher, ledger, mucilage, ink, etc., Directors in May
2 37
150 00
Directors in October, from money re- ceived for dog licences 100 00
$347 63
TOWN HOUSE.
EXPENSE OF HEATING, LIGHTING AND CARE OF SAME.
Paid J. H. Wilson, services as janitor from February, 1887, to April, 1887 .. .. . 8 00
J. H. Wilson, services as janitor from April, 1887, to February, 1888. ... 50 00
J. H. Wilson, extra work on furnace ... 1 00
J. H. Wilson, for sawing five cords wood 7 50
E. H. Fletcher, for two cords wood. . . .
10 00
W. W. Johnson, for three cords wood ... 15 75
W. W. Johnson, for 24,340 lbs. broken coal, at $6 per ton 73 02
Amount carried forward. $165 27
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Amount brought forward. $165 72
Paid George Drew, for repairs . . 1 25
Wright & Fletcher, for 98 gallons oil .. . . 11 76
Wright & Fletcher, for chimneys, burners, wicks, matches, etc .. 9 57
Wright & Fletcher, for brooms, coal shovel, etc. . 3 20
J. M. Fletcher, for 30 gallons oil. 3 60
J. M. Fletcher, for burners. 64
$195 29
INCOME FROM TOWN HOUSE.
Rent of armory received from the State. $175 00
Received for rent of Hall .. 59 00
$234 00
PRINTING.
Paid F. A. Frost, votes on license.
$1 50
Morning Mail Office, 600 Town Reports, 76 20
Morning Mail Office, circulars, etc ...... 2 25
Morning Mail Office, paper and posters ..
5 85
Vox Populi Office, 500 School Reports ..
38 40
$124 20
INCIDENTAL EXPESES.
Paid A. P. Richardson, attending twenty-six funerals with hearse . ..
$52 00
N. H. Wright, auditor for Town Treas- urer and Overseers of the Poor, 1886, Marshall & Hamblett, for legal services .. A. W. Cummings, appraising property at Town Farm, 1887
4 00
100 00
A. W. Cummings, copying reports of appraisal . 50
Nathaniel Sweetser, damage to sleigh and harness from defect in road near
4 00
5 42
14 85
15 25
9 32
S. M. Hutchins, for resetting head stones at East Cemetery. 5 85
Amount carried forward
$213 19
the house of Alfred Woodbury ..... postage, stationery, etc., for Town officers freight and express charges as per bill. . Geo. Tyler, for castings for road machine S. M. Hutchins, for mowing grass, and work at East Cemetery.
2 00
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Amount brought forward . $213 19
Paid S. H. Nutting, mowing grass in North Cemetery 5 00
J. T. Colburn, mowing grass in West Cemetery 6 50
W. M. Whitney, appraising property at Town Farm, 1887 . 2 00
Jeptha Wright, for use of land for target practice for cavalry 3 00
for postage and stationery . 6 55
H. McIntire, M. D., for returning four births. 1 00
J. F. Smith, M. D., for viewing body of boy drowned in Sought-for pond ... 1 50
J. F. Smith, M. D., for sanitary inspec- tion at Forge Village. 2 00
Estate of George Hutchins, for one stone lifter 13 50
Estate of George Hutchins, for eighteen lbs. steel drills 2 25
Geo. F. Brownell, for silver fringe re- pairing hearse.
1 65
for one telephone message to Boston . . . . 30 W. W. Johnson, for drawing cement pipe from Lowell 2 00
T. E. Symmes, for surveying road at Graniteville and drawing plan. 9 00
W. J. Sleeper, M. D., for returning 31 births to town clerk, 1886-'87, under Chapter 158, Statutes of 1883. 7 75
for repairs on safe key, key for Select- men's Room, express, etc. 1 00
I. W. Carkin, for furnishing and setting five stone bounds on road surveyed by T. E. Symmes 1 50
E. Prescott, Fire Warden, for furnishing three men one day guarding fire near Poor Farm Hill.
6 00
E. Prescott, for brick and cement for furnace.
3 12
H. H. Wilder, for furnace and labor at Town House. .
140 76
H. H. Wilder, for cook stove and pipe for Town House Kitchen. 7 80
Wright & Fletcher, as per bill, sundries for town officers, roads, etc .. 8 31
$445 68
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REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES AND ARTICLES FUR- NISHED SCHOOLS.
CENTRE SCHOOL HOUSE .- TWO SCHOOLS.
Paid George Drew, for glass and labor. $2 50
George Drew, for repairing lock .. 25
George Drew, for material and labor ... 5 27
J. M. Fletcher, for crayons and ink . . . J. M. Fletcher, for table, brooms, coal- 1 30 hod, etc. 1 95
Wright & Fletcher, for broom, dust- pan, etc. 1 15
T. A. Bean, for repairing funnel . 50
C. W. Blood, for repairing stove and funnel. 5 70
$18 62
STONY BROOK SCHOOL.
Paid J. M. Fletcher, for crayons .. $0 40
George Drew, for material and labor 40 90
George Drew, for glass and labor. 7 12
for repairs of stove. .
50
Wright & Fletcher, for coal-seive and shovel 1 95
$50 87
FORGE VILLAGE SCHOOL HOUSE .- TWO SCHOOLS.
Paid J. M. Fletcher, for crayons. $0 20
George Drew, for repairing fence. 2 75
$2 95
NASHOBA SCHOOL.
Paid J. M. Fletcher, for crayons .. $0 40
F. W. Mills, for cleaning clock 2 00
George Drew, for material and labor 44 57
George Drew, for lock and glass 6 67
Wright & Fletcher, for broom.
30
$53 94
PARKERVILLE SCHOOL.
Paid George H. Holt, for repairing pump, 1886 $2 50
J. M. Fletcher, for crayons .. 40
J. M. Fletcher, for brooms and dust-brush 1 07
Wright & Fletcher, for broom 30
$4 27
MINOT'S CORNER SCHOOL.
Paid J. M. Fletcher, for crayons. $0 20
George Drew, for glass and labor 3 10
Wright & Fletcher, for broom, etc. . . 1 27
$4 57
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NABNASSET SCHOOL.
Paid Geo. H. Holt, for Centennial pump, 1886 $13 50
Geo. H. Holt, for cleaning out well, 1886 4 00
Geo. H. Holt, for cementing well, 1886 .. 2 75
J. M. Fletcher, for crayons. .
20
Geo. Drew, for material and labor.
4 75
Geo. Drew, for glass and labor.
1 50
$26 70
LONG-SOUGHT-FOR SCHOOL.
Paid Geo. H. Holt, for Centennial pump, 1886 $12 00
Geo. H. Holt, for lumber and labor on platform
4 00
J. M. Fletcher, for crayons and ink.
90
Hiram Dane, for repairs. . 3 45
Wright & Fletcher, for broom, &c. ..
72
$21 07
LYON SCHOOL.
Paid Wright & Eletcher, dust-pan
$0 12
$0 12
GRANITEVILLE SCHOOL HOUSE .- TRHEE SCHOOLS.
Paid Wright & Bemis, for crayons, books, &c, 1886 ..
$4 15
Wright & Bemis, for brooms, dusters, ivorine, &c., 1886 5 91
Wright & Bemis, for furnace door, snow shovel, wood saw, axe, &c., 1886 ....
4 85
Geo. H. Holt, for Centennial pump, 1887
14 90
Wright & Bemis, for crayons, 1887 .. ...
1 91
Wright & Bemis, for repairs on furnace ..
6 00
Wright & Bemis, for brooms, mops, &c.
2 30
Wright & Bemis, for slates, ink, &c ....
1 54
Wright & Bemis, for coal seive, shovel ...
1 65
Wright & Bemis, for lantern and basket.
2 75
Wright & Bemis, for oil-cloth, hinges, screws, &c. 2 52
$48 48
EXPENSE OF CEMENTING CELLAR AT GRANITEVILLE SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Paid Waldo Brothers, for cement. $39 00
B. & L. R. R. Co., for freight on cement
6 70
J. O. Kidder, for labor. 19 70
Julian Whitney, for labor.
8 31
Myron J. Woods, for labor
12 61
F. H. Lewis, teaming gravel, cement, &c., and other expenses . 14 00
$100 32
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BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED SCHOOLS.
Paid for books purchased of Boston School Supply Co., Ginn & Co., Harrison Hume and others before Mar., 1887 .. $42 05 J. S. Moulton, express on books .. . 1 70
Boston School Supply Co., for books, slates, &c .. 78 83
D. Appleton & Co., books, &c
19 88
King & Merrill, for slates, ink, pens, &c. 13 05
Ginn & Co., for books, &c ..
16 50
Cowperthwaite &c Co., for books, &c ...
21 20
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., for books, &c. .
5 10
Carrol W. Clarke, for report cards ... . .
1 00
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, for spelling blanks 1 50
Clarke & Maynard, for grade lessons .. ..
3 60
Interstate Pub. Co., language lessons, &c. 16 17
Prang Educational Co., drawing blank, &c.
12 00
D. C. Heath & Co., maps, books, &c .. ..
8 00
Express and freight on books, &c 3 00
F. M. Ambrose, for books. 14 00
Educational Pub. Co., for readers, &c .. .
1 50
Harrison Hume, for books, &c. .
16 02
Sower, Potts & Co., for books, &c
2 25
Wm. Ware & (`o., for books, &c.
17 48
C. H. Whiting, for books, &c.
5 96
$300 79
STATE AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
As Authorized by Chap. 252, Acts of 1879.
Paid-January .
$36 00
February
36 00
March.
36 00
April
36 00
May.
36 00
June
36 00
July .
36 00
August.
36 00
September.
36 00
October
36 00
November
36 00
December
48 00
$444 00
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STATE AID TO SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' FAMILIES
As Authorized by Chap. 301, Acts of 1879.
Paid-January . 60 50
February
60 50
March 60 50
April
60 50
May
60 50
June .
60 50
July .
60 50
August.
59 50
September.
59 50
October
59 50
November
59 50
December
59 50
$721 00
Expense of looking up settlement of appli-
cants for State aid, 1887-8. $12 00
$12 00
REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Of the amount raised for repairs of roads and bridges and breaking roads, the sum of $1,649.60 has been paid to H. D. Pierce, Master of Town Farm, for work of self, men and horses; work of all others, $756.16.
After the roads had been repaired during the spring and early summer, an unusual fall of rain, in a thunder storm, caused bad washouts in a number of places. Many of the roads were rendered impassable, and before these washouts had been fully repaired, a second heavy fall of rain caused as much damage as the first, and left the roads in worse condition than in the spring, before any- thing had been done to them, consequently the road ex- pense was unavoidably increased.
Paid Alexander Berry, for cutting brush, 1886, $11 10
Wright & Bemis, for powder and fuse. . 5 65
W. F. Balch.
1 50
C. R. P. Decatur 3 00
Amount carried forward
$21 25
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Amount brought forward. $21 25
Paid James Hildreth . 2 40
James H. O'Brien and others, for cutting brush . 9 20
Julian Hildreth.
5 00
Charles G. Wright, 1886.
4 20
John O'Brien, for repairing bridge .....
5 50
Estate of B. Emerson, for gravel in 1886 for Makepeace road .. 15 00
Julian Wilkerson, April and May
46 87
Henry Ruiter, April and May
45 37
W. H. Brown, for repairs on Beaver Brook Bridge . 4 00
George F. Carkin, for self and horse
2 70
Julian Wilkerson, for June and July . ..
42 73
Henry Ruiter, for June.
33 00
Francis Caldwell
1 80
Julian Wilkerson, for August
30 00
John A. Haley, for building railing at Graniteville
5 50
John A. Haley, for building 37 feet bank wall 10 00
John A. Haley, for building bridge across town road at Graniteville.
119 00
Charles Crabb, August. .
31 50
Samuel L. Taylor, for 20 loads gravel, and 6 hours work.
2 50
W. S. Fifield .
1 50
Julian Wilkerson, September
37 85
Charles Crabb, September.
36 37
C. R. Flanders, for cutting brush
5 00
Mary A. Smith, for 100 loads gravel, for hardening road .
5 00
G. S. Frederick, for cutting brush.
2 32
Julian Wilkerson, October and Novem- ber .
48 15
Charles Crabb, October and November ..
45 00
James O'Brien, for work of self and horse .
12 00
P. G. Collins
1 50
Edwin Gould ..
10 63
Hammet D. Wright, for covering-stone
35 44
James Boynton, for gravel, in 1886.
10 00
James McGlincha
3 00
John O'Brien.
6 00
E. H. Flagg. 4 05
1 50
C. F. Dodge.
Amount carried forward $702 83
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Amount brought forward. $702 83
G. T. Day, for cleaning sluices and cut- ting brush . 4 50
Angus McDonald 3 00
A. P. Richardson, for gravel, in 1886-'7.
25 00
A. P. Richardson, for work. 1 80
Wm. Reed, for covering-stone furnished in 1884. 5 60
Wm. Reed, for covering-stone furnished in 1885. 6 76
Wm. Reed, for covering-stone furnished in 1886 .. 10 50
Henry A. Fletcher, for 6 days' work haul- ing gravel and stone chips on road to Brookside. 20 00
Heirs of Rufus Palten, for material used on roads in 1886-'7 . 15 00
J. H. Kavenaugh 5 50
Wm. Gorman, for work on Makepeace road .. 7 50
John A. Haley, work on extension of Palmer bridge. 33 00
H. D. Pierce, for work of self, men and teams
1,618 60
$2,459 59
BREAKING ROADS.
Paid W. F. Balch $0 83
Geo. E. Gould and men, 52 hours. . 7 80
James Hildreth, men and horses, 56 hrs.
11 20
E. H. Fletcher, men and horses, 11 hrs ...
8 80
G. A. Perham, clearing road after ice storm .
3 30
S. E. Hutchins and men, 31 hours.
4 65
L. O. Butterfield.
4 05
Dennis Burke and men, 16 hours.
2 40
C. M. Griffin .
2 48
S. M. Hutchins
60
G. S. Frederick.
1 20
E. A. Stevens
4 00
James O'Brien. 1 20
F. W. Bannister. 4 65
W. W. Johnson, men and horses 15 00
H. D. Pierce, men and horses. 31 00
Julian Wilkerson, and others. 8 60
1 86
Francis Caldwell, 12} hours
$113 62
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TAXES ORDERED AS ERRORS.
1884, Jerry Murphy
$2 00
1885, Patrick Aloe
2 00
John Butler. 2 00
Hiram Brownell. 2 00
John Driscoll
2 00
John Howard
2 00
Wm. M. Lee.
2 00
Joseph Lee
2 00
Martin Wood
2 00
1887, Abbott & Co.
47 30
$65 30
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
1884, J. M. Dow $2 00
Edwin Gilson
2 00
John York. 2 00
1885, Charles Burns.
2 00
Nelson Constantino
2 00
Daniel Cahill
2 00
George Cuming
2 00
Henry Dilbery
2 00
Edmund Dow
2 44
James Daley
2 00
George F. Daley
2 00
James Dillings
1 31
James Hennisy
2 00
Christopher Holmes
2 33
George C. Hill.
2 00
W. T. Johns
2 00
L. B. Leland
2 00
Paul Lord. .
2 00
George Moriarty
2 00
Jeremiah Murphy
2 00
John Merrill .
2 00
James M. Dow
2 00
Charles Devlin
2 00
Henry H. Ford.
2 00
Samuel Fournier
2 00
F. E. Parker.
2 60
George N. Reed.
2 00
Thomas Rickerds.
2 00
Charles Reed . .
2 00
Jerome Smythe .
2 00
Gideon J. Sylvester
2 00
James Stercome
2 00
W. W. Styles.
2 00
Ames Turner
2 00
Daniel Welch
2 00
Clarence Webster . .
2 00
$72 68
SUMMARY.
1887.
1886.
1885.
1884.
1883.
1882.
1881.
1880.
1879.
1878.
1877.
Town Officers .. .
$421.16
$473 21
$718 80
$408 27
$435 67
$380 67
$439 47
$436 81
$380 16
$345 32
$375 97
Tax Collector and Constables ..
141 88
165 98
161 50
194 87
136 15
147 80
143 39
178 40
141 55
147 98
152 34
School Committee ..
122 50
171 75
167 85
211 50
112 50
172 50
166 33
168 25
164 75
170 00
183 40
Town Library.
347 63
380 30
360 69
380 97
414 68
377 11
536 38
319 20
340 05
299 49
336 28
Town House.
195 29
174 13
194 83
169 09
165 33
196 73
175 84
183 45
171 12
166 47
236 25
Printing
124 20
215 35
140 75
129 15
138 47
153 97
142 95
126 90
119 75
110 68
179 85
Insurance
365 00
285 00
30 00
97 75
183 00
216 75
118 50
School Houses.
331 91
148 79
416 10
271 46
112 64
65 92
190 55
170 96
164 91
118 35
189 36
Incidental Expenses
445 68
619 08
519 62
591 08
774 84
493 46
508 27
500 42
460 07
870 71
897 11
State Aid ..
444 00
612 00
590 00
455 70
393 00
338 00
363 00
427 50
360 00
533 50
414 00
721 00
509 00
534 00
461 00
467 00
514 00
387 40
449 00
229 70
374 40
Roads and Bridges.
2,459 59
2,537 12
2,217 47
1,654 84
1,934 77
1,477 41
1,552 07
1,504 19
1,454 98
1,871 81
1,808 13
Breaking Roads.
113 62
44 68
196 36
11 92
620 86
420 G3
70 86
239 22
140 26
Overseers of Poor.
1,576 72
1,994 50
2,185 24
1,954 40
2,058 68
2,029 76
2,147 94
1,680 66
1,913 32
1,561 39
2,331 00
Abatement of Taxes
72 68
75 54
90 54
90 56
140 00
10 21
266 54
231 86
216 45
151 45
224 28
Errors in Taxes ...
65 30
96 35
6 59
174 17
Schools, Books, etc.
300 79
476 69
687 96
76 08
Registration Board.
49 00
35 50
33 00
94 70
Guide Boards ....
50 00
State Aid Expenses ..
12 00
67 50
$7,945 15
$9,114 74
$11,035 73
$13,863 09
$8,427 16
$8,319 56
GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN, Selectmen of Westford.
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State Aid to Indigent Soldiers
No. 8 School House, etc ..
1,631 11
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following re- port for the year ending February 11, 1888 :
AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE, INCLUDING FARMING TOOLS, BY APPRAISAL BY THE COMMITTEE.
February 11, 1888.
$3,344 32
February 12, 1887 3,392 07
Loss on personal property
$47 75
RECEIPTS.
Income from the Farm, as by H. D. Pierce's books.
Received for one horse
$155 00
stove ..
3 07
milk cans
10 00
mowing
3 00
use of corn cutter ..
2 50.
use of corn planter
3 00
pumpkins.
1 40
pickles
1 60
hide
2 70
calves
44 50
hens
10 20
cider
42 29
onions.
6 60
milk
904 97
turnips .
30
beans .
1 60
rye .
14 67
COWS
175 05
board
28 00
squashes
2 76
beef.
12 55
beets ..
2 40
wood furnished out-side poor.
14 00
Amount carried forward.
$1,442 16
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Amount brought forward.
$1,442 16
Received for work on roads
1,649 60
cranberries.
79 00
pork.
6 72
carrots
1 75
eggs. .
15
potatoes .
17 30
indigent soldiers.
288 00
peas and beets.
4 71
pig.
2 50
sundries
70
straw
20 52
$3,513 11
PAYMENTS.
Paid for groceries.
$503 29
grain.
732 52
bay.
119 83
labor.
1270 83
turkeys.
3 54
filing saw.
60
weighing straw
30
milk measure.
25
leading ring.
30
coffee pot ..
65
Thomas Carney
5 50
John P. Green
8 75
horse .
155 00
digging grave for Mrs. Eunice Fletcher
2 50
pump. .
33 15
Charles H. Rowley, attending funeral of Mrs. Eunice Fletcher
2 00
wheelwright work
6 49
soap
7 25
coal.
17 46
harness work.
35 10
stove.
7 00
fish .
8 44
tea and coffee.
8 80
tin ware.
3 07
clothing
14 50
meat ..
190 64
crackers
24 75
medicine
7 65
cows ..
205 50
blacksmith work.
88 96
hardware
11 39
Amount carried forward.
$3,476 01
( 28 )
Amount brought forward .. $3,476 01
Paid for repairing boots and shoes
2 35
drain pipe . 18 46
house paper
1 75
kettle. .
55
boiler .
6 50
H. D. Pierce, one year's salary
550 00
window curtains
2 25
freight ..
1 10
milk books.
1 00
stationery, &c.
25
repairing road machine
1 50
fertilizer.
33 40
garget cure.
3 00
weighing hay
76
tin pail.
1 20
brooms.
30
tool marker .
1 25
mowing machine sections
2 00
apples
7 65
pasturing cows
21 27
berries
50
cement ..
1 45
repairing ensilage cutter
6 75
machine links.
1 02
collar pad
1 00
stove back ..
75
raking cranberries
16 50
saw and clearer
2 00
laths
35
butter
20 88
cutting corn
58 75
wrench
1 00
milk cooler
3 50
milk cans .
10 00
pigs .
10 00
lumber
9 98
butchering
2 00
tools.
2 90
1 60
express ..
expenses for Wm. Bateman.
5 40
Wm. Reed for sharpening tools.
6 76
Loss on personal property.
47 75
$4,343 39
Deduct income from the farm.
$3,513 11
Cash in H. D. Pierce's hands ..
255 27
Expense of keeping 354 tramps .
88 50
$3,856 88
Leaves the cost of supporting the poor inside almhouse. $486 51
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COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR OUTSIDE OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for care and board of Emily Lew $127 00
hospital bills for the insane .. 537 22
wood, etc. for Jane A. L. Patch. 18 65
funeral expenses of Ruth E Young
26 15
J. B. Heald, M. D., for medical attendance on Mrs. Flynn's child. 4 50
J. F. Smith, M. D., for medical attendance on Mrs Harrington's family. 62 00
aid rendered Sarah G. Ingalls.
43 50
W. J. Sleeper, M. D., for medical attendance on W. Haley ..
4 00
W. J. Sleeper, medical attendance on S. L. Prescott,
38 50
W. J. Sleeper, for medical attendance on W. H. Piper's family.
19 25
W. J. Sleeper, for medical attendance on Wm. Bateman .
1 50
Wright & Bemis, goods furnished Julian Wilkerson, 8 00
Wright & Bemis, for goods furnished Mrs. Davie. .
52 00
Wright & Bemis, for goods furnished S. L. Prescott one truss for Mrs. Holt
5 00
goods for Mrs. Harrington.
22 68
goods for Mrs. W. O. Wright.
6 00
City of Cambridge, for Varnum Fletcher
2 00
Town of Lancaster, for J. F. Banister
51 75
J. F. Smith, M.D., for medical attendance on Annie Brown 3 00
W. J. Sleeper, M. D., for medical attendance on Daniel Harper .. . 8 00
12 50
10 00
City of Lowell, aid rendered Margaret Casey's family, City of Lowell, for aid rendered Joseph T. Whitcomb, E. Prescott, for making out reports to State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity .
5 00
E. Prescott, for making out report to the Town . ..
5 00
E. Prescott, for time and expense in looking up the settlement of Catherine Callahan 8 00
E. Prescott, for services as Overseer of the Poor. . 10 00
E. Prescott, for postage and stationery .. 2 00
10 00
I. W. Carkin, for services as Overseer of the Poor. Geo. Gould, for services as Overseer of the Poor. . . Aid, for Nellie Flynn.
10 00
Aid, for George Daily
W. J. Sleeper, M. D., for medical attendance on Mary E. Brown . . .
10 00
J. F. Smith, M. D., for medical attendance on Nellie Levis 6 00
9 00
2 50
$1,244 70
104 00
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Received from the City of Lowell on account of Emily Lew .. $266 92
Received from the City of Gloucester on account of Ruth E. Young. 31 25
Received from Town of Tyngsboro on account of Sarah G. Ingalls 43 50
Received from Town of Groton on account of Mary Whittemore 48 00
Due from the Town of Acton on account of W. H. Piper 19 25
Due from the State on account of Nellie Levis . 6 00
Due from City of Boston on account of Mary E. and Annie Brown 13 00
Due from the City of Lawrence on account of William Bateman 7 90
$435 82
Expenses of the poor outside of the almshouse. $808 88
STATEMENT.
Cash in Overseers' hands at last settlement $126 35
in hands of Master of Almshouse at last settlement, drawn from the Town Treasurer. 1,576 72
194 52
Loss on personal property 47 75
$1,945 34
Cash in H. D. Pierce's hands
$255 27
Cash in Overseers' hands. .
71 79
Due from the town of Acton on account of of W. H. Piper.
19 25
Due from the State on account of Nellie Levis
6 00
Due from the city of Boston on account of Mary E. and Annie Brown.
13 00
Due from the city of Lawrence on account of Wm. Bateman . 7 90
$373 21
Cost of supporting the poor exclusive of interest on farm $1,572 13
Number receiving two meals and lodging .354
Number supported in the almshouse .. 4 Average number .. 4
Number receiving assistance outside of almshouse .. . 39
EDWARD PRESCOTT, ISAAC W. CARKIN, GEORGE E. GOULD. Overseers of the Poor.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
WESTFORD, MASS., Feb. 27, 1888.
GENTLEMEN,-I have examined the books of the Overseers of the Poor, including the accounts kept by the Master of the Almshouse, for the year ending Feb- ruary 11, 1888, and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
Respectfully yours, NAHUM H. WRIGHT, Auditor.
TO MESSRS. GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN, Selectmen of Westford.
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
AT THE ALMSHOUSE IN WESTFORD, MASS., FEB. 11, 1888.
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