Town of Westford annual report 1886-1895, Part 9

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


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Jan. 17 ..


Edwards, Carl Franklin-son of F. and Annie C. (Hoyt).


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Aug. 8 ..


Edwards. Moses-son of William and Sarah (Green).


69


10


13


Feb. 16 ..


Feeney, Jeanette (Carmichael)-wife of John


29


4


27


Apr. 30 ..


Fletcher, Helen (Tower)-wife of Francis L.


44


9


Apr. 8 .. Hamlin, Cyrus-son of Asia and Susan (Read).


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14


June 18 .. Herrick, Eliza Jane-dau. Henry and Elizabeth (Prescott)


72


9


2


Nov. 11 ..


Hildreth, Amos-son of Levi and Rebecca (Hildreth).


82


8


10


Dec. 13 ..


Kaufman, Werner-resident of Boston ..


69


6


8


June 11 ..


Litchfield, Rebecca (Simonds)-wid. of Roland.


84


0


11


Feb. 14 ..


Moran, Leonie Lulu-dau. of David and Julia (Murphy) .... Nesmith. Charles C .- resident of Lowell.


36


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Oct. 28 ..


Newell, Mary (Richardson)-resident of Boston ..


90


4


26


Nov. 16 ..


O'Brien, Cornelius-son of Cornelius and Harriet (Donovan) Palmer. Benj. F .- son of Joshua and Hannah (Buckman) .. Reed, Merrick-son of Roswell and Sybel (Gilson).


67


1


22


May


Sherburne, Betsey (Spaulding)-wid. of Thomas J.


79


4


8


Mar. 18 ..


Thacher, Lucy M. (Bancroft) resident of Harvard.


90


2


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Nov. 7 ..


Trull, John Davis-son of Levi and Nancy (Peacock). Trull, Levi- son of Levi and Anna ...


84


8


6


July 14 ..


Unknown man-found drowned ..


60


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Feb. 10 ..


Wheeler, Donnatello R .- resident of Westborough.


5


8


5


Mar. 17 ..


Wiley, Mary Ella-dau. of Samuel and Maria (Hamblin ;.


27


11


25


Aug. 29 .. Wright, Frank W .- resident of Boston .. .


22


4


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Nov. 11 ..


Wright, Harriet A. (Reed)-wife of Josepl: E,


64


8


13


Nov. 29 ..


Wright, Walter-son of Frank C. and M. Aurilla (Decatur)


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7


21


Males. Females. Total.


Whole number recorded.


20


18


38


Whole number of deaths in town.


16


13


29


Residents of Westford.


14


13


27


Non-residents brought to town for interment ..


3


5


8


Number of interments in town.


13


13


26


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May 5. Gower, Mary Jane (Jones)-wife of William.


77


8


Apr. 29 ..


Foster, Nancy C. (White)-Widow of John N.


28


5


11


Jan. 19 .. Hutchins, Lois (Dadmum)-widow of John


84


9


11


Aug. 4 .. Irish Ella Jane (Bemis)-wife of George F.


35


0


3


Jan. 27 .. McClenna, Wm. H .- son of Alvin A. & Lillian P. (Spauld'g) Jan. 11 .. Merriam, Sarah-resident of Boston ..


11


11


24


93


4


12


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5


2


Sept. 5 ..


28


10


15


May 19 ..


73


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20


Jan. 22 ..


50


4


18


Mar. 28 ..


70


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May 26 ..


Jan. 6 .. Crabb, Samuel Hoyt-(son of Charles and Susan M.).


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4


Yrs.


Mos.


Dys.


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TOWN CLERK'S RERORT ON DOGS.


No. of dogs licensed prior to date of last return; Nov. 29, 1889 : 159 males at $2.00 $318 00


2 females at $5.00 10 00


Total $328 00


Deduct Clerk's fees, 161 licenses at 20 cents each 32 20


Balance paid into county treasury .. $295 80


For which I hold the receipts of the County Treasurer.


Of the foregoing licenses 9 (males) were for the year ending April 30, 1889.


No. licensed since last return, November 29, 1889, 12 (males). Total No. licensed for the year ending April 30, 1890 : Males, 162; Females, 2; total, 164. No. returned by Assessors : Males, 160; Females, 2; total, 162.


OWNERS AND KEEPERS OF DOGS WHO HAVE PROCURED LICENSES SINCE LAST REPORT.


The Licenses are for the Year Ending April 30, 1890, unless otherwise specified.


Abbot, A. J. Abbot, J. W.


Carmichael, D. (1889-'90.) Day, Geo. T.


Carmichael, J.


Day, I. E.


Aloe, Henry Andrews, Chas.


Carrick, Wm.


Decatur, J. H.


Balch, W. F.


Carver, Wm. R.


DeRoehn, Eugene


Bannister, C. H.


Casey, Daniel


Desmond, J. (1889)


Bean, Mary A.


Catchpole, H. E.


Dow, C. F. (Female)


Blaisdell, A. J.


Clement, Peter


Drew, Frank C.


Blodgett, A. T. (1889)


Coburn, John


Dunn, Thomas


Blodgett, J. W.


Collier, Mary


Dupee, Annie E.


Blodgett, L. W.


Comey, Wm. S. (2) Craven, E.


Feeney, John Felch, J. K. Fillebrown, HI. F.


Blood, N. B. Buckminster, E. F.


Daley, Hugh


Dane, Iliram


Flagg, E. H.


Burke, Dennis Carkin, Geo. F. Carkin, I. W.


Davis, A. S. (?)


Davis, W'm.


Fletcher. B. M. Fletcher, E. E.


Carnock, Geo.


Decatur, C. R. P.


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Fletcher, H. N. (3)


Leighton, Amos


Reed, Wm. (2)


Fletcher, J. W.


Lewis, F. H.


Sargent, A. C. Sargent, F. G.


Floyd, Samuel


Luddington, Geo.


Forbush, Frank


Mann, E. L., Mrs. (Female)Searles, C. J.


Foster, Isaac


Mannahan, J. (1889)


Sheehan, A.


Gardner, Robert


Marshall, J.


Spinner, J.


George, R. N.


Martin, Fred


Splaine, P.


Gould, Geo. E.


Martin, John


Stephan, R.


Gould, Horace E.


MaCarty, C. J.


Stevens, E. A.


Griffin, C. M.


McGlincha, James


Stiles, F. O.


Gurney, H. A.


McGlincha, John


Sullivan, J.


Hall, J. H.


Moore, E. A.


Sullivan, Mary


Hamlin, S. A. (2)


Moore, J. W.


Sweatt, Fred A.


Harrington, H.


Moore, Thos.


Sweetser, G. N.


Hartford, Geo.


Morse, F. M.


Sweetser, J. F.


Hawkes, W. O.


Moss, A. E.


Taylor, J. P.


Healy, James, Mrs.


Moss, J. W.


Voran, Octave


Healy, John


Mountain, Geo.


Vose, Wm. M.


Healy, John A.


Murphy, Henry


Wall, Christina


Heywood, A. W.


Nesmith, G. W.


Ward, Daniel


Hildreth, H. V.


Nesmith, G. W., Mrs.


Weaver, Wm.


Horan, John H.


Nutting, B. Frank


Whigham, Wm.


Horne, H. G.


Nutting, Willie


White, Wm.


Humiston, S. G.


O'Brien, J. H.


Whitney, J. H.


Hutchins, John


O'Brien, J. M.


Whitney, Julian (2)


Hutchins, M. F.


O'Brien, Wm. (3)


Whitney, Wm. M.


Hutchins, S. E.


Orange, Abram


Willis, Wm. T.


Ingalls, G. W.


Perham, G. A.


Wilson, J. H.


Ireland, G. H. (1889.'90) Irish, George


Polley, A. G.


Wilson, John


Polley, R. W.


Wing, Thos.


Johnson, A.


Prescott, J. F.


Worcester, I. S.


Johnson, W. W.


Provost, Fred


Wright, A. S.


Keenan, Wm. (1889)


Putney, S. F.


Wright, C. A.


King, Jesse


Quinn, John


Wright, Erastus


Larkin, John (1889)


Raymond, J.


Wright, W. C.


Larkin. John (1890) (2)


Records, J. F.


Wright, W. M.


Lee, Frank A.


Reed, C. W.


Wyman, W. W.


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


WESTFORD, Feb. 17, 1890.


ASSESSORS' REPORT.


The Assessors of town of Westford submit the following report :


Value of buildings exclusive of land, May 1, 1889


$490,689 00


Value of land exclusive of buildings, May 1, 1889 371,401 00


Personal estate, May 1, 1889. 209,660 00


$1,071,750 00


Amount raised for :


Town debts and charges


$4,400 00


Schools ..


4,800 00


Roads and bridges


2,800 00


Town library .. .


150 00


Town library catalogue


150 00


State tax.


1,160 00


County tax.


899 30


Overlayings


273 45


$14,632 75


Number of polls.


528


houses


455


horses


371


COWS


705


neat cattle other than cows


226


. sheep


13


swine


118


Tax on one hundred dollars, $1.26.


Gain on personal property, $8,758.


ASAPH B. CUTTER, ISAAC E. DAY, FRANK C. DREW, Assessors of Westford.


AUDITOR'S REPORT.


WESTFORD, February 24, 1890. To the Selectmen of Westford :


GENTLEMEN - I have examined the accounts of Nahum H. Wright, Town Treasurer, for the year ending at date, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.


The receipts and payments made by him during the year are as follows :


RECEIPTS.


To balance cash on hand, February 25, 1889. $2,019 21


To cash borrowed. 4,000 00


From state corporation tax, 1888, balance 12 14


state corporation tax, 1889.


1,990 30


bank tax, 1889. 728 98


soldiers' families, 1888 714 00


indigent soldiers, 1888 263 00


school fund, 1888-9


165 37


armory rent, 1889.


175 00


county treasurer, dog tax


281 01


J. HI. Wilson, janitor Town House


100 00


A. Fisher, auctioneer license.


2 00


J. S. Moulton, books sold and broken glass


10 10


I. E. Day, collector, 1887, in full


1,507 42


66 66 1888


747 54


66


1889, before October 6. 10,582 86


66 December 6. 755 27


state treasurer, for cattle killed 71 20


library committee, unexpended balance. 2 40


dividends on library fund. 39 00


2 00


M. A. H. Evans, rent of Keyes pond, 1888


1 00


66 1889


20 00


Carrie E. Read, library books sold 11 95


$24,201 75


66


William Jolly, license


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PAYMENTS.


By cash for notes and interest


$4,071 17


state tax, 1889


1,160 00


county tax, 1889. 899 30


overseers of the poor


2,300 50


orders for incidental expenses.


7,097 66


on account of schools, 1888, balance


1,521 83


66 66


1889


4,840 71


on account of library . 327 15


on hand. 1,983 43


$24,201 75


J. HENRY READ, Auditor.


SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.


TOWN TREASURER.


Nahum H. Wright, salary as town treasurer


for the year ending March 1st, 1889 .....


$50 00


Nahum H. Wright, time and expense making four trips to Lowell insuring town prop- erty 6 00


$56 00


TOWN CLERK.


Gilman J. Wright, salary


$12 00


Going to Boston about returns.


3 00


Going to Groton to meeting of Town Clerks.


2 50


Copying for Town Report


2 00


Express .


2 60


Stationery, etc.


1 53


Dog license blanks


1 00


Tally sheets


1 00


One key


15


Recording and making returns to Sec. of the Commonwealth of 41 births ....


20 50


Recording and making returns to Sec. of the Commonwealth of 26 marriages .. Recording and making returns to Sec. of the Commonwealth of 38 deaths. ...


3 90


5 80


SELECTMEN.


G. T. Day, salary .


5 00


Making out monthly state aid book.


6 00


Making out 24 State aid returns under Chapts. 279 and 301, Acts of 1889. . Making out Town Report.


6 00


6 00


Time spent on account of roads.


5 00


Extra time as Selectman .


35 00


Car fare while attending to town business,


10 00


A. P. Richardson, salary .


5 00


Extra time as Selectman.


30 00


I. W. Carkin, salary .


5 00


Extra time as Selectman .


15 00


55 98


73 00


35 00


20 00


.


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ASSESSORS.


I. E. Day, 272 days' time taking invoice and making taxes. $68 75


A. B. Cutter, 26 days' time taking invoice and making taxes. 65 00


A. B. Cutter, 3 days' time copying lists for registrars in 1888. 7 50


Frank C. Drew, 23 days' time taking invoice and making taxes. 57 50


$198 75


TAX COLLECTOR.


I. E. Day, collecting $14,692.61 at 1 per cent. Collecting poll taxes


$146 92


5 00


151 92


CONSTABLES.


I. E. Day, posting warrants for three town meetings $12 00


Collecting dog tax 10 00


22 00


BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


F. L. Fletcher, attending nine meetings. . . ... $18 00


Gilman J. Wright, attending nine meetings. . 18 00 Clerk of board. 7 00


W. O. Hawks, attending nine meetings in 1889 and one in 1888. 20 00


Nelson L. Tuttle, attending nine meetings .... 18 00


81 00


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


J. S. Moulton, Supt. winter term, 1888-'89. . $50 00


Supt. spring term, 1889


50 00


Supt. fall term, 1889.


50 00


Making school report ..


10 00


Services as book and supply agent


8 00


Making returns to the state


2 00


170 00


ORDERS DRAWN BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR DURING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1890.


April, by order $564 23


July, by order 428 95


October, by order 341 47


November, by order 125 68


December, by order. 488 -70


February, by order 351 47


$2,300 50


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EXPENSE OF THE TOWN LIBRARY, INCLUDING SER- VICES OF LIBRARIAN.


Paid Carrie E. Read, services as librarian from February 1, 1889, to February 1,1890


$75 00


Extra. .


4 00


W. H. Spalding, 4 shades and fixtures ..


6 34


Rice & Co., window screens, door and labor.


12 60


Express on window shades


35


Door knob, etc.


60


Morning Mail Co., printing list of books,


5 25


Wright & Fletcher, for paper, etc. 7 86


For one Rochester lamp. 4 50


Morning Mail Co., printing 84 library cards


2 75


$119 25


EXPENSE OF NEW CATALOGUE FOR LIBRARY.


Paid Carrie E. Read, for 273 hours' labor pre-


paring catalogue for printer .. $54 60


Rev. A. Woods, prepairing catalogue for printer. . 52 30


Morning Mail Co., printing 500 copies of Catalogue . 198 92


Binding in cloth 50 copies of catalogue. . 15 00


$320 82


TOWN HOUSE.


EXPENSE OF HEATING, LIGHTING AND CARE OF SAME.


Paid J. H. Wilson, services as janitor from February 1, 1889, to February 1, 1890, For sawing 3 cords wood .


4 50


George E. Gould, for one cord wood .... 5 25


5 90


C. W. Widden, for 9130 lbs. broken coal, at $6.60 per ton 30 12


One barrel stove coal.


1 00


Wright & Fletcher, for 141 gallons kero- sene oil.


16 92


Chimneys, burners, wicks, etc.


11 63


Soap, brooms, etc.


4 31


George Drew, for 15 panes glass


2 64


Lock, knobs, putty, etc


90


Labor


11 25


$169 42


$75 00


S. B. Wright, for nine feet wood.


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INCOME FROM TOWN HOUSE.


Rent of armory, received from the State. $175 00


Received for rent of building. 100 00


$275 00


PRINTING.


Paid to Morning Mail Co :


Six hundred School Reports $24 95


Six hundred Town Reports 70 60


One hundred check lists 11 50


Six order books. 6 15


One thousand tax bills, 1889 4 25


One hundred notices to voters. 1 75


One thousand note sheets, printed head- ing, for town officers . 2 50


$121 70


INSURANCE.


Paid Arthur Fenner, reinsuring Nashoba school house for $1000 for 5 years. . Reinsuring town house for $2,500 for 5 years. 75 00


$22 50


Reinsuring town house for $2,500 for 3 years, less dividend . 27 00


Insuring town library for 5 years for $1,500. 45 00


Reinsuring Nabnasset school house for $1,200 for 5 years. 27 00


Reinsuring Centre school house for $2,500 for 5 years .. 56 25


George W. Coburn & Son, reinsuring Minot's Corner school house for $1,200 for 5 years, less dividend .... 12 00 Traders & Mechanics Ins. Co., reinsuring old school house at Graniteville. 20 00


284 75


INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.


Paid for auditing accounts of Overseers of the Poor and master of the Almshouse, 1888-'89 . . $4 00


A. P. Richardson, attending 33 funerals with hearse 66 00


Amount carried forward . $70 00


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Amount brought forward. $70 00


Paid R. E. Redding, furnishing and putting up guard lights at break in road at Sar- gent's mill pond, 45 nights. 11 25


Wm. M. Whitney, appraising property at Town Farm, 1889. 2 00


Frank C. Drew, appraising property at Town Farm, 1889, and making schudule of same .. 2 50


100 00


Marshall & Hamblett, for legal services .. M. R. Histen, repairing and varnishing hearse 23 40


Wm. E. Livingston, cement, etc .. 3 60


N. J. Weir, tin boxes for filing papers. .. 1 80


For rubber bands for filing papers. . Wm. C. Edwards, repairing Town Hall. . 3 75


3 25


John M. Fletcher, postage, paper, etc., furnished town officers. 4 60


J. T. Colburn, work at West Cemetery .. 6 50


B. F. Nutting, for work at the North Cemetery 5 00


A. P. Richardson, mowing East Ceme- tery 8 00


French & Puffer, for feather duster .....


2 75


W. C. Edwards, for work of slaters and material furnished in repairing Town House roof. 7 09


Adams & Co., for matting for Selectmen's room .. 35 82


Levi T. Fletcher, for 240 loads of gravel in 1888 12 00


C. E. Adams, articles furnished for road repairs in 1888, plough points, etc. .. Staples Bros., for 80 feet Akron drain pipe for culverts. 13 20


4 00


George Tyler & Co., one large road plough, 22 50 Scraper plates, etc .. . 12 50


C. E. Whidden, for spring broken from defect in road. 4 25


H. H. Wilder, for one sheet iron ash barrel for Town House. 3 00


Bartlett & Dow, for inside fastening for Town House door. 2 87


Rev. A. Woods, for distributing votes on Constitutional Amendment, ap- pointed by the selectmen, in accord- ance with the State law 2 00


Amount carried forward


$367 63


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Amount brought forward. $367 63


Paid I. E. Day, for distributing votes on Con- stitutional Amendment, appointed by the selectmen, in accordance with the State law 2 00


J. B. Goodwin & Co., for voting benches, For one set of shelves for Town House safe 8 50


10 50


Wright & Fletcher, for tools furnished for road work. 7 70


For stamps, envelopes, paper, etc., fur- nished town officers 11 75


For sundries as per bill .


9 40


W. J. Sleeper, M. D., returning 23 births, 1888-'89, under Chapt. 158, Statutes of 1883. 5 75


John Feeney, for chamois skin and sponges . 2 50


I. W. Carkin, appraising property at Town Farm, 1889. 2 00


J. F. Smith, M. D., returning 23 births, 1889, under Chapt. 158, Stat. of 1883, 5 75


$433 48


EXPENSE OF FIRE INQUEST,


Held by the First District Court, in Regard to the Burning of Buildings Owned by Philinda E. Worcester, Jan. 8, 1890.


Paid H. C. Sherwin, officer's fees . $6 50


I. E. Day, officer's fees and expense going for witness, by order of court. 5 85


John W. Parker, witness fees. 90


Philinda E. Worcester, witness fees. 2 60


HI. Cummings, witness fees.


2 60


C. M. Cummings, witness fees. 2 60


W. II. Annis, witness fees. 1 50


Lucretia J. Reed, witness fees. 2 60


W. T. Reed, witness fees. 2 60


Charles Reed, witness fees. 2 60


Walter W. Wyman, witness fees 2 60


Horace E. Gould, witness fees. 2 60


Everett E. Wright, witness fees 2 60


J. W. Blodgett, witness fees. 1 30


Zina L. Mitchell, witness fees


2 60


I. E. Day, witness fees.


1 30


D. Chester Parsons, reporting and trans- cribing evidence. . 15 00


Alma A. Cummings, witness fees .


2 60


$60 95


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RERAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES AND ARTICLES FURNISHED SCHOOLS.


CENTRE SCHOOL HOUSE-TWO SCHOOLS.


Paid A. G. Whitcomb, for 13 primary desks, $24 10


For desk and stand. 1 20


B. & L. Railroad, freight on above desks, 60


J. M. Fletcher, ink and mucilage


1 15


For brooms and crayons . 1 61


Geo. Drew, labor and material for repairs,


18 25


L. W. Wheeler, for labor


50


George Drew, glass, labor, etc.


3 85


Wright & Fletcher, broom, etc.


45


$51 71


STONY BROOK SCHOOL.


Paid N. J. Weir & Co., for stove pipe .. $0 63


A. B. Chapman, painting school house in 1888 . .


33 75


George Drew, glass and labor


1 55


Wright & Fletcher, brooms


60


36 53


FORGE VILLAGE SCHOOL HOUSE-TWO SCHOOLS. No bills rendered to date.


NASHOBA SCHOOL.


Paid Geo. Drew, labor and material for repairs, $3 30


A. B. Chapman, labor painting school house in 1888. 33 75


Wright & Fletcher, broom, basin, etc .... 1 10


38 15


PARKERVILLE SCHOOL.


Paid Geo. Drew, labor and material for repairs, $6 70


A. B. Chapmam, labor painting school house in 1888. 33 75


Wright & Fletcher, broom, pail, etc .... 1 05


41 50


MINOT'S CORNER SCHOOL.


Paid J. M. Fletcher, crayons and ink.


$ 65


J. M. Fletcher, slates, pencils, etc. 1 09


J. M. Fletcher, broom.


25


Geo. Drew, labor and material for repairs,


3 42


A. B. Chapman, labor painting school house in 1888. 33 75


Wright & Fletcher, broom 30


-


39 46


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NABNASSET SCHOOL.


Paid George Drew, labor and material for re- pairs


$6 38


A. G. Polley, cleaning well 1 50


$7 88


LONG-SOUGHT-FOR SCHOOL.


Paid J. Willard Fletcher, stove door, grate and lining.


$4 65


J. Willard Fletcher, curtain rolls 75


John M. Fletcher, pencils. 20


Wright & Fletcher, broom


30


5 90


LYON SCHOOL.


Paid J. Willard Fletcher, for new stove. $10 00


10 00


GRANITEVILLE SCHOOL HOUSE-FOUR SCHOOLS.


Paid W. A. Mack, repairs on furnace.


$44 47


Eugene De Roehn, setting glass. 1 00


For repairing pump.


1 25


Wright & Bemis, brooms, crayons, etc. .


2 85


George Drew, 12 outside windows. .. . .


35 00


George Drew, material and labor


..


8 16


Eugene De Roehn, setting up desks, etc.,


7 88


Wright & Bemis, glass, etc.


4 16


George Drew, six curtains.


9 25


George Drew, resetting seats, fitting win- dows ..


39 37


H. Dane, painting window sashes.


8 70


George Drew, glass and door knobs ..


3 55


Wright & Bemis, glass, putty, etc. . .


1 85


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED) SCHOOLS.


Paid Harper and Brothers, grammars, readers, etc ..


$22 77


D. C. Heath, books and maps .. 17 80


Houghton, Mifflin & Co, Riverside series,


1 66


Ginn & Co., arithmetics.


5 54


George F. King & Merrill, ink ..


3 00


Interstate Publishing Co., readers.


10 10


Harrison Hume, readers and arithmetics,


10 68


George S. Perry, books, paper, pencils, etc. 57 71


Amount carried forward


$129 26


167 49


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Amount brought forward. $729 26


Paid John E. Potter, geographies.


5 00


Carroll W. Clarke, report cards. 1 00


A. S. Barnes & Co, language tablets, etc., Lee & Shepard, books.


8 25


7 67


A. C. Stockin, readers ..


7 26


Cowperthwait & Co., books


39 49


Charles H. Kilburn, books.


2 50


Boston School Supply Co., books


1 25


Teachers' Pub. Co., books.


96


Locke, Shewell & Sanborn, books


1 34


Wright & Fletcher, pencils


28


Express on books. .


8 15


Wm. Ware & Co., arithmetics


1 75


$214 16


MILITARY AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


As authorized by Chapt. 279, Acts of 1889.


Paid January


$42 00


February


42 00


March.


42 00


April


42 00


May


42 00


June


42 00


July


42 00


August


42 00


September


42 00


October


42 00


November


67 00


December


87 00


$574 00


STATE AID TO SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' FAMILIES.


As authorized by Chapt. 301, Acts of 1889.


Paid January .


$59 50


February


59 50


March.


59 50


April


59 50


May


59 50


June


62 50


July .


62 50


August.


62 50


September


62 50


October


62 50


November


62 50


December


62 50


. .


$735 00


( 23 )


REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.


In accordance with Chapt. 98, Acts of 1889, the Selectmen appointed Edward Prescott, superintendent of roads, and under his direction the following expenditures have been made :


Paid Thomas Moore, for 1524 days' work. $228 37


A. Haley, for 422 days' work ..


64 12


A. Sherwood, for 772 days' work. 116 62


T. E. Moore, for 19 days' work.


28 50


John Griffin, for 12 days' work.


2 25


Samuel Aiken, for 292 days' work. 44 62


Henry Lewis, for 1534 days' work, -


George A. Austin, for 1562 days' work,


857 50


H. B. Ruiter, for 143 days' work,


Work of horses, equal to 356 days' work for one pair . . 712 00


J. Wilkerson, for 1372 days' work.


206 62


E. E. Fletcher, furnishing and drawing 150 loads gravel .. 60 00


E. E. Fletcher, work of men and horses in April and May .. 22 75


Hiram Whitney, work on roads.


20 00


F. E. Miller, for grate.


1 25


F. H. Lewis, for use of cart ..


20 00


John W. Day & Son, work on roads.


7 00


J. Wilkerson, work in March, 1889.


3 50


Town teams, drawing gravel to centre of town 24 00


E. A. Stevens, cutting brush.


3 00


John Wilson, for work near his house ...


1 00


Edward Prescott, looking after repairs on roads .. 65 00


G. T. Day, for work of man in March,


April and May 5 65


1 07


For plough points.


$2,504 81


In addition to the above, the Selectmen have paid the following bills for repairs of roads and bridges :


Paid J. H. Horan, relaying and cleaning culvert . . $1 50


W. F. Balch, labor, 1888-'89. . 1 50


W. F. Balch, repairing road near Car- lisle station . 2 00


Amount carried forward $5 00


( 24 )


Amount brought forward. $5 00


Paid Wm. Hague, cutting brush and repairing bridge on Acton road . 6 00


J. Desmond, furnishing lumber and re- pairing bridge 13 25


Henry Allen, labor.


4 50


John A. York, relaying bank wall at Graniteville, at Sargent's Mill Pond, C. G. Sargent's Sons, furnishing and re- pairing fence rail near Mill Pond. ... W. H. Decatur, labor .


75 00


6 67


1 00


E. II. Flagg, repairing road near his house, in March, 1888.


2 03


C. M. Griffin, repairing bridge. 1 00


Charles H. Wright, furnishing, drawing and leveling 132 loads of gravel near his house 39 60


W. H. Brown, repairing Beaver Brook road . 1 25


L. O. Butterfield, labor, 1888 4 50


B. F. Day, for 68 loads gravel put on road near East Littleton station . . ..


3 40


$163 20


TAXES ORDERED AS ERRORS.


1887. George W. Cummings $8 80


66 Augustus Flynn. 24


Cornelius O'Brien 2 00


1888. Thomas Donnell 2 00


2 00


66 Patrick O'Toole.


2 00


66 William Leahey


2 00


· 1889. Edward Barton.


2 00


66 Augustus Bunce


38


66 A. E. French.


2 00


John Maguire.


2 00


66 W. E. Parsons. . 2 40


66 Frederick Seifer 2 00


Wm. Turner .. 2 00


66 Mrs. Arthur Wright 14 97


$46 79


John Spellman.


( 25


ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


1884. David L. Polly $2 00


Thomas C. Reed . 2 00


1885. Alvin McClenna. 2 00


66 Patrick Savage.


2 00


66 Otis Adams


55


1886. Harry Blodgett.


2 00


Henry Blodgett


2 00


Alvin McClenna. 2 00


John York.


2 00


1887. Fred J. Blodgett.


2 00


66 Samuel Boothroid


2 00


Mark Boynton


2 00


Abram Brown


3 65


Melvin Brooks.


2 00


66 Thomas Billings.


2 00


66


Patrick Daley.


2 00


66 Heirs of Lot M. Esty.


2 86


Charles Eager.


2 00


John Flynn


2 00


Patrick Flynn.


2 00


George E. Forbush


2 00


George Foster .


2 00


Michael Gallagher


2 00


66 Francis Harker


2 00


Charles E. Ingliss. 2 00


Samuel Judge.


2 00


Michael Jubras. .


2 00


Reuben Kingston


2 00


Peter Lord . .


2 00


Francis Lowther


2 00


William Moore.


2 00


David Merrill.


2 00


66 Parker Mott.


2 00


66


J. C. Murphy .


2 00


Willard T. Reed.


2 00


Thomas C. Reed


2 00


66


John Ray ..


2 00


66


Albert Simpson


2 00


Edward St. Louis


2 00


Daniel Sullivan.


2 00


:6 John Torrence.


2 00


66 Charles Winchester


2 00


Fred S. Wayne . . .


2 00


$87 06


SUMMARY.


4


1889.


1888.


1887.


1886.


1885.


1884.


1883.


1882.


1881.


1880.


Town Officers


$438 73


$452 12


$421 16


$473 21


$718 80


$408 27


$435 67


$380 67


$439 47 $463 81


Tax Collector and Constables


173 92


155 53


141 88


165 98


161 50


194 87


136 15


147 80


143 39


178 40


School Committee ..


170 00


223 00


122 50


171 75


167 85


211 50


112 50


172 50


166 33


168 25


Town Library.


440 07


314 90


347 63


380 30


360 69


380 97


414 68


377 11


536 38


319 20


Town House ..


169 42


184 91


195 29


174 13


194 83


169 09


165 33


196 73


175 84


183 45


Printing .


121 70


148 35


124 20


215 35


140 75


129 15


138 47


153 97


142 95


126 90


Insurance.


284 75


220 43


365 00


285 00


30 00


97 75


183 00


216 75


School Houses.


398 62


264 47


331 91


148 79


416 10


271 46


112 64


65 92


190 55


170 96


Incidental Expenses.


433 48


617 84


445 68


619 08


519 62


591 08


774 84


493 46


508 27


500 42


State Aid


735 00


714 00


444 00


612 00


590 00


455 70


393 00


338 00


363 00


427 50


State Aid to Indig'nt Soldiers Roads and Bridges.


574 00


526 00


721 00


509 00


534 00


461 00


467 00


514 00


387 40


449 00


Breaking Roads. .


752 38


113 62


44 68


196 36


11 92


620 86


420 63


70 86


Overseers of Poor ....


2,300 50


1,783 49


1,576 72


1,994 50


2,185 24


1,954 40


2,058 68


2,029 76


2147 94


1680 66


Abatement of Taxes ...


87 06


75 25


72 68


75 54


90 54


90 56


140 00


10 21


266 54


231 86


Errors in Taxes. .


46 79


42 63


65 30


96 35


6 59


174 17


School Books, etc ..


214 16


263 06


300 79


476 69


687 96


76 08


No. S School House, etc.


1,631 11


Registration Board.


81 00


47 50


49 00


35 50




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