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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
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Feb. 16 ..
Feeney, Jeanette (Carmichael)-wife of John
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Apr. 30 ..
Fletcher, Helen (Tower)-wife of Francis L.
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Apr. 8 .. Hamlin, Cyrus-son of Asia and Susan (Read).
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June 18 .. Herrick, Eliza Jane-dau. Henry and Elizabeth (Prescott)
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Nov. 11 ..
Hildreth, Amos-son of Levi and Rebecca (Hildreth).
82
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10
Dec. 13 ..
Kaufman, Werner-resident of Boston ..
69
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8
June 11 ..
Litchfield, Rebecca (Simonds)-wid. of Roland.
84
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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
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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).
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1
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May
Sherburne, Betsey (Spaulding)-wid. of Thomas J.
79
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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.
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Mar. 17 ..
Wiley, Mary Ella-dau. of Samuel and Maria (Hamblin ;.
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Aug. 29 .. Wright, Frank W .- resident of Boston .. .
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Nov. 11 ..
Wright, Harriet A. (Reed)-wife of Josepl: E,
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Nov. 29 ..
Wright, Walter-son of Frank C. and M. Aurilla (Decatur)
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Males. Females. Total.
Whole number recorded.
20
18
38
Whole number of deaths in town.
16
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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
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11
Jan. 19 .. Hutchins, Lois (Dadmum)-widow of John
84
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11
Aug. 4 .. Irish Ella Jane (Bemis)-wife of George F.
35
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3
Jan. 27 .. McClenna, Wm. H .- son of Alvin A. & Lillian P. (Spauld'g) Jan. 11 .. Merriam, Sarah-resident of Boston ..
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Sept. 5 ..
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May 19 ..
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Jan. 22 ..
50
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Mar. 28 ..
70
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May 26 ..
Jan. 6 .. Crabb, Samuel Hoyt-(son of Charles and Susan M.).
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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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