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No. of acres estimated.
Damage.
Oct. 2. Forest fire on land of Wm. Bur- nett and others, near Forge Village ; owners of land : Wm. Burnett
4 $5 00
J. T. Colburn.
1 00
Fence belonging to Henry A. Gurney
1 00
Oct. 24. Forest fire near Graniteville ; owner of land : Nashua, Acton & Boston R. R.
4
5 00
84
$12 00
EXPENSES.
W. H. Decatur, 1896
$ 1 00
J. T. Colburn .
2 00
Edward Prescott, services Forest Fire Ward
10 00
George W. Heywood, " 66 5 00
$18 00
GENERAL EXPENSES.
John M. Fletcher, postage for town report .. $ 24 00
John M. Fletcher, postage and administer- ing oath to town officers.
7 17
1 37
John K. Felch, damage to wagon on highway American Express Co., for express on town reports .
2 85
William M. Vose, tax refunded 1895.
1 19
William M. Vose, tax refunded 1896
4.5
G. H. Sampson, 100 lbs. forcite powder ...
30 00
Amount carried forward.
$68 03
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Amount brought forward. $68 03
T. E. Symmes, surveying and establishing bounds on road from Town Farm to Forge Village. 3 50
Good Roads Machine Co., one Champion road machine. . 200 00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight on road machine ..
2 03
B. H. Brow, one plough.
Waldo Brothers, drain pipe ..
178 67
Edward Murphy, damage to person, horse and carriage on highway .... George Tyler & Co., castings, sections, scraper blades, for road machine ..
33 75
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, use of telephone for town officers . . 15 50
Shovels, rakes, post hole digger, post spoon, steel tape, etc., for roads.
16 95
One branding iron. . 1 50
Food for election officers, April. . 2 38
1 60
One wrench. .
75
65 00
C. Rogers, damage to person on highway .. Wright & Fletcher, express, blank books, stamped envelopes, postage, etc., as per bill.
35 93
Boston & Maine R. R., freight ...
2 63
Frank Haley, shoeing horses, repairing carts, repairing road scraper, sharpening tools, irons, etc., as per bill. ... Frank L. Fletcher, postage.
66 85
Nelson L. Tuttle, repair of road scraper ...
6 25
R. Bell, damage to person on highway ....
25 00
Abbot & Co., repair of lawn mower ...... 3 25 Burnham & Davis, lumber for railings .... 17 14 P. S. Ward, damage to cover to wagon on highway .. 6 80
Fred L. Fletcher, repair of cavalry target. 5 00
W. W. Johnson, use of team.
4 25
G. E. Humiston, damage to wagon and harness on highway. 2 65
Food for election officers, Nov ..
2 46
G. W. Heywood, one barrel cement.
1 00
W. J. Gould, repairs of carts, 1896.
27 00
W. J. Gould, repairs of road scraper, 1896.
30 25
W. J. Gould, shoeing horses, sharpening tools, irons, etc., 1896. 62 79
$977 91
1 00
Two straw collars
3 00
85 00
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RETURN OF BIRTHS. As authorized by Chap. 444, Acts of 1897.
W. J. Sleeper, M. D., 22 births. $5 50
W. H. Bennett, M. D., 26 births 6 50
F. E. Varney, M. D., 6 births 1 50
G. A. Harlow, M. D., 4 births 1 00
$14 50
CLAIM AGAINST THE STATE FOR THE BOARD AND EQUIPMENT OF MEN IN COMPANY C, 16TH REG., MASS. VOLS., WHILE AT GROTON JUNCTION FROM APRIL 22 TO JULY 2, 1861.
In looking over our old records we found a bill paid the town of Groton, to the amount of $491.97, for board, bedding and uni- forms furnished 23 men that enlisted under Capt. L. G. King, at Groton Junction, on April 22, 1861. These men enlisted under the first call for troops in 1861, Capt. King receiving permission from Gov. Andrew to raise this company. At the time of enlistment the men supposed they had enlisted for three months, but they were not assigned to any regiment. Capt. King was advised by the Governor to hold these men in readiness. The towns of Groton and Westford paid their board, etc., from April 22 to July 2, 1861, when they were transferred to Camp Cameron, North Cambridge, and mustered into the 16th Reg. as Company C for three years. The bill for board, etc., amounted to $1,047.19. Westford paid its proportion for 23 men, amounting to $491.97. On August 17, 1861, at the time Westford paid this amount to the town of Groton, the Selectmen and committee of that town gave the town of West- ford the following agreement : "And the said Selectmen of the town of Groton, for and on behalf of said town of Groton. hereby promise and agree that in case any portion or any part of the above sum total shall be repaid or refunded to the said town of Groton, the said town of Groton will pay to said town of Westford the pro- portional part of the above bill as paid them by said town of West- ford."
A petition signed by the Selectmen of Groton and Westford was presented to the Legislature for the payment of this amount and a hearing was held before the Military Committee of the Legisla- ture on Feb. 17, the Selectmen of Westford appearing before that committee with witnesses, advocating the payment by the State of this claim.
The following expense occurred :
Cash paid for witnesses, car fare, etc. . $7 90 $7 90
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ROAD DEPARTMENT.
During the past year the work on the roads has been carried on the same as in past years. With the amount of money appropri- ated, no new work has been undertaken, as the amount raised is needed for general repairs. Besides the general repairs, railings have been renewed, and a number of culverts relaid. As we have stated in previous reports, these old culverts are a source of danger to the travelling public, and an expense to the town. Many of them have become obsolete and obscure, the coverings are becoming loose, and in the spring time horses are liable to break through and injure themselves, as well as the occupants of the carriage. We have paid one damage case this year on this account. It is almost impossible to keep them in repair, except by taking them up and using sewer pipe.
Whether our system of repairing the roads is the best is a ques- tion of considerable criticism. If there should be a change in the future, before anything is done it should be looked into carefully, so as not to do anything until it is demonstrated that it is an improve- ment. Everybody wants good roads, but it must be understood that it takes money to build them, and more money means higher taxes. With the high-cost roads the State is building, it makes people dis- satisfied with ordinary country roads. Bicycle riders want smooth, hard roads, but the cost of such roads does not fall upon them, as a rule, as it does upon the farmers and business men of a town. We are lacking in material, and the expense is heavy in pro- curing it. One thousand dollars ($1,000) goes but a little ways when used in teaming gravel, and less if you use crushed stone. These things should be carefully considered before any experiments are made to increase our tax rate. As it is now, the Selectmen are held responsible for the care of our roads. It would be much better for them, personally, if the care of the roads were taken entirely out of their hands, and relieve them of this thankless duty. Whether it would be economy for the town is a question of considerable inquiry. If any one can devise any better system, and it will prove so, we ought to adopt it.
The road leading from near the Town Farm to Forge Village we have had surveyed and stone bounds established, and fences moved back to the line, so as to define the limits of the road for building purposes.
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We have also been obliged to purchase a new road machine at an expense of two bundred dollars ($200), as the old machine had been in use for eleven years, and was so worn out that it was useless to repair it.
Under a vote of the town at the last April meeting the Select- men were instructed to appoint a committee to confer with them, and report to the town at the co ning Town Meeting, on the advis- ability of discontinuing some of the unused roads. A committee was appointed from different parts of the town, consisting of the following persons : George T. Day, J. Henry Read, Gilman J. Wright, Alvin G. Polley, H. A. Gurney, Jeremiah Desmond, Alfred Woodbury, Augustus Bunce, William C. Edwards, Frank H. Hil- dreth, Hammett D. Wright, and Isaac W. Carkin. Two meetings were held, and their report will be made at the coming Town Meet- ing, as printed. This report only recommends the discontinuance of certain roads ; it will have to come before another meeting, in a more formal way, for any legal action.
The widening and straightening streets in the center of the town, as ordered by the County Commissioners, has not been fully completed, and an extension of time has been granted by the Com- missioners to Jan. 1, 1899.
In accordance with Chapter 98, Acts of 1889, Benjamin F. Day was appointed Superintendent of Streets. Under his super- vision the following amounts have been expended :
FEBRUARY.
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
$ 8 05
B. F. Day, superintendent
30 75
Team ..
23 00
Julian Wilkinson, labor
28 13
George Drew, labor
22 15
$112 08
MARCH.
Julian Wilkinson, labor
$30 00
B. F. Day, superintendent
37 50
Team .. .
20 00
H. H. Mills
9 00
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
12 55
109 05
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APRIL.
Wright & Fletcher, grain
$13 25
L. J. Eliason, labor.
2 10
George H. Whitney, labor
2 25
Peter Dolan, labor
37 14
B. F. Day, superintendent.
45 00
Team ..
60 00
C. H. Wright, 4,950 lbs. hay
49 80
Julian Wilkinson, labor H. H. Mills .
35 25
Charles Atwood
36 00
George E. Conrey
34 50
$349 79
MAY.
John A. Healy, labor.
$15 00
H. V. Hildreth, labor and stone furnished .. 23 85
B. F. Day, superintendent. 45 00
Team. ..
65 00
Peter Dolan, labor.
37 71
George E. Conrey, labor
31 50
Julian Wilkinson, labor. 33 00
George A. Leland, labor
18 25
H. H. Mills, labor
28 50
Charles Atwood, labor
32 25
J. H. Sears, labor.
1 50
Wright & Fletcher, grain .
11 15
F. C. Hildreth, 4,390 lbs. hay
39 76
382 47
JUNE.
Julian Wilkinson, labor.
$33 75
G. H. Whitney, labor.
4 50
Charles Atwood, labor.
33 75
B. F. Day, superintendent.
45 00
Team ..
56 25
Peter Dolan, labor.
37 14
George E. Conrey, labor
30 75
George A. Leland, labor
33 75
H. H. Mills, labor.
27 75
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
10 25
312 89
JULY.
H. H. Mills, labor.
$32 25
George E. Conrey, labor 37 30
Charles Atwood, labor 33 75
Amount carried forward.
$103 30
34 50
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Amount brought forward. $103 30
Julian Wilkinson, labor.
17 25
George A. Leland, labor.
12 75
Peter Dolan, labor.
2 31
B. F. Day, superintendent.
45 00
Team ..
55 75
Wright & Fletcher, grain
14 75
R. E. Redding, men and team ..
21 00
$272 11
AUGUST.
H. II. Mills, labor
$ 1 50
James F. O'Brien, labor.
22 50
Julian Wilkinson, labor.
9 00
Charles Atwood, labor.
36 00
George E. Conrey, labor
34 16
B. F. Day, superintendent.
45 00
Team.
60 00
Wright & Fletcher, grain
13 20
George A. Leland, labor.
35 25
256 61
SEPTEMBER.
Alphonzo Collins, labor.
$29 60
Charles Atwood, labor
33 (0
Joseph Riney, labor.
36 57
James F. O'Brien, labor
34 50
H. W. Tarbell, labor.
15 00
George Burke, labor
2 43
J. H. Wilson, labor.
2 70
George A. Leland, labor
34 50
B. F. Day, superintendent
45 00
Team.
57 50
Wright & Fletcher, grain
17 80
308 60
OCTOBER.
C. R. P. Decatur, labor.
$53 00
M. F. Downs, labor.
40 65
Charles Atwood, labor.
39 00
James F. O'Brien, labor
39 00
Joseph Riney, labor.
37 14
Julian Wilkinson, labor
36 00
George A. Leland, labor.
39 00
Hiram Leland, labor.
8 87
B. F. Day, superintendent.
45 00
Team.
65 00
Wright & Fletcher, grain
14 70
417 36
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NOVEMBER.
James F. O'Brien, labor
$33 00
Joseph Riney, labor.
37 14
Eben Prescott, labor. 2 00
I. G. Hall, labor.
10 75
B. F. Day, superintendent. 45 00
Team .. 55 00
364 loads gravel ..
18 20
1} tons hay. .
22 50
N J. Decatur, 1,620 lbs. bedding
6 47
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
13 80
$243 86
DECEMBER.
B. F. Day, superintendent. $36 00
Team .....
20 00
Wright & Fletcher, grain.
12 30
Joseph Riney, labor
27 71
H. H. Mills, labor.
75
James F. O'Brien, labor.
28 75
Julian Wilkinson, labor
12 00
E. G. Boynton, labor.
3 50
141 01
JANUARY.
F. C. Hildreth, 6,010 lbs. hay.
$54 49
S. P. Lawrence, gravel .
3 00
Augusta Butterfield, gravel.
9 80
A. P. Richardson, gravel .
5 35
F. W. Banister, gravel ..
5 95
Augustus Bunce, gravel .
1 25
John O'Brien, gravel ..
2 90
Wright & Fletcher, grain
11 20
$93 94
$2,999 77
Appropriation, $3,000 ; balance unexpended, 23 cents.
Schedule of property belonging to town for use of road department : 2 horses, 1 set of heavy harnesses, 1 set old harnesses, 2 carts, 5 whiffletrees and chains, 1 evener and spreader, 1 spare horse collar, 2 blankets, 2 surcingles, 1 stone drag, 2 yokes, 1 road scraper, 2 wrenches, 1 wagon jack, 2 chains, 1 stone lifter, reins and hand splices, 6 rakes, 6 shovels, 1 manure fork, 1 hay fork, 2 plows, 11 blasting drills, 12 plug drills, lot of shims and wedges, 1 bush snath, 2 bush scythes, 2 axes, 1 trimming saw, 2 halters, 2 lanterns, 1 oil can, 1 tool box, 1 large hoe, 2 picks, 4 iron bars, 1 hand ham- mer, 2 striking hammers, 1 stone hammer, 1 curry comb, 2 horse
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brushes, 2 gravel screens, 1 drill spoon, 2 stone forks, 2 mattocks, 1 two-horse sled, 2 pails, 1 old scraper (useless), 1 post rammer, 1 post spoon, 1 post-hole digger, 1 steel tape, small amount of dualin, caps, and a small lot of sewer pipe, 2} tons of hay.
BREAKING OUT ROADS ON ACCOUNT OF SNOW.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
R. E. Redding and others
$22 80
DISTRICT NO. 2.
S. L. Taylor and others
30 00
DISTRICT NO. 3.
S. H. Balch and others
4 80
DISTRICT NO. 4.
S. B. Wright and others
16 88
DISTRICT NO. 5.
H. L. Nesmith and others
7 50
DISTRICT NO. 7.
Felch Brothers and others 22 15
DISTRICT NO. 8.
M. F. Downs and others 10 40
DISTRICT NO. 9.
H. E. Gould and others
17 94
DISTRICT NO. 10.
H. V. Hildreth and others.
12 75
$145 22
The expense of the snow storm February 1st does not appear in the above account.
Expense of widening and relocating streets in the center of the town, by order of the County Commissioners :
Ai Bicknell, land damage $ 50 00
Estate of C. A. Hamlin, land damage 100 00
Frank C. Drew, land damage. 75 00
John Feeney, land damage 25 00
T. A. Bean, land damage . 5 00
Geo. E. Gould, land damage .
15 00
Heirs of L. A. Waller, land damage
15 00
Alvan Fisher, land damage . .
5 00
Leonard Luce heirs, land damage.
20 00
Osgood heirs, land damage . 100 00
Mrs. E. A. Fletcher, land damage . 75 00
$485 00
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George H. Whitney, labor $ 12 75
F. A. Shaw, labor. . 15 00
John A. Healy, building retaining wall, as per contract .. 274 00
John A. Healy, relaying face wall ..
27 25
Polley Brothers, irons for railings
8 80 Chas. Coture and others, labor blasting ledge 52 00 George L. Bennett, labor moving wall. ....
105 10
R. C. Whidden, labor and team 57 05
W. W. Johnson, labor and team 93 25
Julian A. Cameron, allowance for work as per agreement . 75 00
C. E. Whidden, labor with team. 9 63
W. W. Parker, labor moving wall 33 35
Abiel J. Abbot, allowance for work as per agreement 375 00
G. A. Brigham, team .
7 00
H. W. Tarbell, labor as per contract
300 00
W. H. H. Burbeck, labor .
5 26
S. H. Fletcher, time and expense. .
15 00
G. W. Heywood, time and expense. .
20 00
$1,488 44
Appropriation, $1,500.
The amount of land damage awarded on the Graniteville road was given to the town by the abutters for the purpose of paving the gutter and making the sidewalk, amounting to $135.00, as follows :
Abiel J. Abbot. $100 00
Julian A. Cameron. 30 00
5 00
$135,00
ESTIMATES FOR YEAR 1898-99.
In making up the estimates for the amount of money asked for to be raised at the annual meeting, we have placed under the head of each department the amount that is asked for by that department.
SELECTMEN.
Highways. .
$3,000 00
Town debts and charges 3,500 00
$6,500 00
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Support of poor
$2,500 00
2,500 00
Amount carried forward
$9,000 00
Charles H. Fletcher
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Amount brought forward. $9,000 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Support of schools. $6,000 00
Tuition of High School scholars. 1,400 00
Text books and supplies for schools
700 00
$8,100 00
TRUSTEES OF J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY.
Books
$200 00
$200 00
COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS.
Public Burial Grounds
$250 00 $250 00
$17,550 00
Number of orders, 376. Total amount of orders, $15,169.23.
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, WESLEY O. HAWKES,
Selectmen of Westford.
See next Your 16 - Q1- 35 . NL:
Report of Committee on Discontinuance of Old Roads.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of West- ford, held April 5, 1897, the following votes were passed :
Voted, to adopt the 32d article, which is "To see if the Town will vote to elect a committee, consisting of one person from each School District, so called, to act with the Selectmen to investigate and report at the next annual meeting for the election of Town Officers, in regard to discontinuing any road or roads in said Town as public ways, and act in relation to the same."
Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to appoint a committee of one from each School District, and as many more as they see fit, to carry out the provisions of the preceding vote.
Pursuant to the foregoing votes, the Selectmen appointed the following persons to act with themselves, as a committee, to carry out the provisions of said votes : Geo. T. Day, J. Henry Read, Gilman J. Wright, Alvin G. Polley, Henry A. Gurney, Jeremiah Desmond, Alfred Woodbury, Augustus Bunce, Wm. C. Edwards, Frank H. Hildreth, Hammett D. Wright, Isaac W. Carkin.
The committee as thus constituted met and organized by the choice of Sherman H. Fletcher as Chairman and Gilman J. Wright as Secretary, who were authorized to sign the report in behalf of said committee.
The committee, after due deliberation, decided to report the following recommendations for consideration by the town :
Ist. That the road leading from the Trueworthy Keves Story house to the road leading from Chamberlin's Corner to Brookside, be discontinued as a public road.
2d. That the road leading from near the junction of the Lowell and Littleton road with the road leading to the house of Jacob Smith, to the Jedediah Robbins place, so, called, be discon- tinued as a public road.
3d. That the road leading from the old Temple place, on the Texas road, so called, to the Acton line, be discontinued as a public road.
4th. That the road leading from the house of A. J. Blaisdell to the corner of the roads near the house of John O'Brien, at the Cook place, formerly so called, be discontinued as a public road.
in present (1950)
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5th. That the road leading from opposite the house of Ham- mett D. Wright to the former location of the Tidd house, so called, be discontinued.
6th. That the old road leading from the house of John Greig, by the house of Mrs. Arthur Murray on to the road leading to the house of Hammett D. Wright, be discontinued as a public road.
7th. That the road starting near the house of Thomas E. Symmes, known as the Boutwell Brook road, be discontinued as a public road as far as its junction with the road leading from Gran- iteville to Pine Ridge Station.
8th. That the road, about twenty-five rods in length, leading from the Boutwell Brook road to the road leading from Graniteville to Pine Ridge Station, be discontinued.
9th. That the road leading from the road from Westford Cen- ter to Forge Village, to the road leading from Pine Ridge Station to Westford Depot, over the land of Spalding and Coolidge, be dis- continued as a public way.
10th. That so much of the old Cowdrey Hill road as was superseded by the road laid out by the Selectmen, on petition of Jesse Wright and others, and accepted by the town, Nov. 11, 1850, be discontinued as a public road.
All of which is respectfully submitted. In behalf of the committee.
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, Chairman. GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Secretary.
Westford, Feb. 26, 1898.
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LIST OF JURORS, 1898.
The following names will be reported at the Annual Meeting in April, to be placed in the jury box, subject to revision by the Town :
NAMES.
OCCUPATIONS.
Augustus Bunce,
Farmer.
Quincy W. Day,
Farmer.
Jeremiah Desmond,
Farmer.
Frank C. Drew,
Farmer.
Elbert H. Flagg,
Farmer.
George M. Fletcher,
Farmer.
John M. Fletcher,
Grocer.
Thomas F. Fisher,
Machinist.
Charles H. Follans bee,
Clerk.
Austin H. Foss,
Farmer.
Henry A. Gurney,
Farmer.
Edwin E. Heywood,
Farmer.
Frank H. Hildreth,
Farmer.
Edward H. Holt.
Laborer.
Samuel M. Hutchins,
Farmer.
French M. Morse,
Machinist.
Elmer E. Nutting,
Machinist.
Wilbert E. Parsons,
Teamster.
George H. Prescott,
Machinist.
Richard D. Prescott,
Farmer.
Nathan Prescott,
Painter.
J. Henry Read,
Manufacturer.
Reuben E. Redding,
Stable Keeper.
Charles N. Richardson,
Farmer.
Ossian V. Robey, Frank B. Tulis,
Carpenter.
Painter.
Leonard W. Wheeler,
Farmer.
T. Arthur E. Wilson, Walter C. Wright,
Farmer.
Clerk.
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, WESLEY O. HAWKES,
Selectmen of Westford
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Selectmen, as in years past, have acted under the law as the Board of Health.
The Board appointed Wesley O. Hawkes and W. H. H. Bur- beck agents for diseases and sanitary condition of the town. Albert P. Richardson and John A. Healy were licensed as undertakers.
Excepting in the early spring of 1897, when there was an epi- demic of measles in Graniteville, the town has been very free from contagious diseases of a dangerous character.
The Board has made a decided improvement in the use of a disinfectant by doing away with the use of sulphur in fumigating dwellings, and using wood alcohol in generating formaldehyde gas, a much more effective and less dangerous agent.
The Inspectors of Cattle and Provisions make the following report :
WESTFORD, March 1, 1898.
To the Chairman of the Board of Health :
From March 1, 1897, to March 1, 1898, I have inspected, at time of slaughter, the following number of cattle and calves :
Neat cattle. 158 Condemned. . Calves. 717
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ALBERT P. RICHARDSON,
Inspector.
To the Board of Health, Town of Westford, Mass. :
Gentlemen : I herewith submit report as Inspector of Cattle from March 1st, 1897, to March 1st, 1898 :
The whole number of neat cattle examined, under the order of the Cattle Commissioners for general inspection, was 861 head.
I have since then examined, by request of owners and by orders from the Board of Health, 62 head ; 51 head have been quar- antined ; 9 have been released by order of the Cattle Commis- sioners, and 42 were condemned and killed. With the exception of two, all showed the discase of tuberculosis well developed, and in most cases the animals were badly diseased.
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On the 10th of January last the Cattle Commissioners issued a general order suspending the work of quarantine of all neat cattle suspected of having tuberculosis until the Legislature had made appropriation for carrying on the work the present year, unless it was "absolutely imperative that it should be done." If any one entered a complaint in writing to the Board of Health that they considered they had a diseased animal, and the Inspector considered it diseased, it could be quarantined ; but the Commissioners wished "no work done" if it was "possible to avoid it."
GEORGE T. DAY, Inspector.
The following table is for the calendar year 1897, and not the financial year, to conform with the report of the State Board of Healtlı.
The number of deaths in 1897 will be found in the Town Clerk's report.
Number of infectious or contagious cases reported in 1897 is 221.
Measles .
203
Scarlet fever
13
Diphtheria
4
Typhoid fever
1
221
The following expense has occurred :
Ellingwood & Co., antitoxin . $ 5 00
Refunded by the City of Lowell, see Treas- urer's report. 5 00
John A. Healy, services as agent, 1896 ... F. C. Robinson, one formaldehyde generator Greenough, Adams & Cushing, 3 record books Sulphur candles, wood alcohol, and express W. H. H. Burbeck, services as agent, 1897. C. E. Whidden, express .
35 00
7 50
12 00
15 25
10 00
85
S. H. Fletcher, services and time .
10 00
W. O. Hawkes, services as agent, 1897
10 00
$100 60
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, WESLEY O. HAWKES,
Board of Health.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
For the year ending Feb. 1, 1898.
AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE, BY APPRAISAL.
Feb. 1, 1897
$3.130 79
Feb. 1, 1898. 3,097 95
Loss on personal property. $32 84
RECEIPTS.
Received for Milk
$854 16
Hay
162 74
Cows
90 00
T. Carney's board 76 50
Pork.
48 90
Calves .
24 25
J. Wilkinson's rent
12 00
Cranberries
14 15
Sundries
19 50
Cart .
15 00
Wagon.
9 00
Use of bull
5 00
From county on account of Mrs. Whitcomb
6 78
For keeping prisoners
5 50
Eggs .
4 16
Use of tools
2 45
Well pipe.
2 45
Breaking out roads.
4 05 $1,356 59
Received for board of John Green to Jan. 1st, 1898 108 00
108 00
$1,464 59
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PAYMENTS.
Paid for Grain , $351 95
Groceries
397 75
Supt. salary
450 00
For cows.
261 50
Labor
342 34
Meat
132 73
Farm wagon
55 00
Tubing for J. Wilkinson's well
15 75
Labor on well 28 50
Phosphate .
16 90
Medical supplies
15 23
Tobacco
21 16
Crockery ware
10 48
Tin ware
6 75
Pung
25 00
Pigs
22 00
Fish
20 37
Coal.
21 59
Grass, corn, potato and garden seed
17 92
Blacksmith work.
10 70
Hardware
8 07
Horse street blankets
8 00
Dry goods.
.
9 73
Clothing for inmates
.
7 15
Ice
3 70
Freight
2 15
Bedding
9 50
Lowell Journal, two years
·
3 00
Saturday Mail
1 00
Soft soap
6 00
Wall paper
2 76
Wheelwright work
1 25
Harness work 2 25
6 79
.
$2,296 12
Loss on property
32 84
$2,328 96
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