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Sealer of Weights and Measures.
W. H. H. Burbeck, services $25 00
SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS AND ARTICLES FURNISHED.
Centre School-Two Schools.
Aaron Tuttle, labor and supplies $35 89
Hugh Ferguson, labor and stock 64 30
Brownell & Mason, furnace and labor setting 320 00
A. H. Sutherland, shingles 3 15
H. H. Wilder & Co. as per bill
14 26
Adams & Co., 1 basket
90
Hiram Dane, glass and setting same. 2 82
Wright & Fletcher as per bill
9 73
$451 05
Stony Brook School.
Hugh A. Ferguson, labor and stock
$12 90
Joe Wall, labor and stock 42 80
Wright & Fletcher as per bill 68
$56 38
Forge Village School.
Chamberlain & Co., labor and stock $31 80.
H. R. Barker Mfg. Co. as per bill 13 83
J. A. Healy, cleaning vault 5 00
Wright & Fletcher as per bill 1 00
$51 63
Nashoba School.
H. A. Ferguson, labor $5 80
E. H. Flagg, labor 1 50
Wright & Fletcher as per bill 35
$7 65
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Parkerville School-House.
C. E. Osgood, labor $2 10
Wright & Fletcher as per bill 1 30
$3 40
Minot's Corner School-House.
J. E. Knight, glass and setting same . . $2 25
Wright & Fletcher as per bill 35
$2 60
Nabnassett School-House.
C. R. P. Decatur, labor $3 00
George H. Holt, repairing pump 2 00
$5 00
Graniteville School-House.
Grant Jewelry Co., repairing 4 clocks. .. . $6 00
P. Henry Harrington, labor and supplies 13 45
P. Henry Harrington, labor and stock (on account of fire) 223 81
Henry J. Healy, labor and team
13 44
Joe Wall, labor 60 00
Frank Loftus, labor 5 40
Frank L. Fletcher as per bill
85
Henry S. Bemis as per bill
61
J. A. Healy, cleaning vault, repairing and grading 23 65
Walter C. Wright as per bill 2 15
33 21
John Callaghan, castings, etc.
$382 57
Eighth Grade School.
Hugh A. Ferguson, labor
$2 50
Wright & Fletcher as per bill 15
$2 65
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TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED SCHOOLS.
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$375 40
J. L. Hammett & Co.
69 81
American Book Co. 47 12
Ginn & Co.
68 20
Longmans, Green & Co.
13 15
Ed. Publishing Co.
8 67
Eagle Pencil Co.
7 50
Milton Bradley Co.
7 36
Public School Publishing Co.
4 65
Boston Music Co.
4 16
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
3 40
Blanche L. Samuels
2 50
Rumford Supply Co.
2 30
B. M. Weaver
2 10
Birchard & Co.
1 50
School Music Monthly
71
J. & I. E. Moore
7 80
H. M. Seavey
$633 73
LIBRARY.
The Snead & Co. Iron Works, 2 steel stacks
$396 00 Appropriation, $396.00.
J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY.
Mary P. Bunce, librarian, Feb. 1, 1904, to Feb. 1, 1905 $235 00 Mary P. Bunce, cash paid for freight and express, extra work, etc. ...... 40 79 Ai Bicknell, janitor from Feb. 1, 1904, to Feb. 1, 1905 100 00
Amount carried forward. $375 79
7 40
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Amount brought forward $375 79
Ai Bicknell, cutting wood and extra work 7 50
Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co. as per bill .. 51 61
Thomas Lawler as per bill 3 10
Sherman H. Fletcher, 500 stamped envel- opes 10 60
Wright & Fletcher, 41,880 1bs. coal 137 41
N. J. Decatur, sawing wood
4 00
F. A. Frost & Co., printing 4 60
C. H. Miner, labor 50
WV. E. MacBride, painting 48 60
A. H. Sutherland, labor and stock 7 45
C. F. Hatch, trays . 3 00
O. R. Spalding, wood
14 50
Wright & Fletcher, lawn mower, lawn
dressing. etc.
19 55
$688 21
DELIVERING LIBRARY BOOKS.
W. H. H. Burbeck, delivering and col- lecting books $75 00
PRINTING.
Courier-Citizen Co., stamped envelopes $12 00
Courier-Citizen Co., 700 copies Town
Reports and 50 copies of School Reports 180 00
Courier-Citizen Co., 25 copies warrants
5 00
Courier-Citizen Co., 25 specimen ballots. 7 50
Courier-Citizen Co., 540 official ballots ..
4 50
Courier-Citizen Co., 60 official ballots, School Committee 1 75
F. A. Frost & Co., printing 2 00
The Wakefield Daily Item, printing 25 notices
1 00
Amount carried forward $213 75
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Amount brought forward $213 75
Edward Fisher, paid cash for stamped envelopes 10 60
S. H. Fletcher, stamped envelopes
31 80
C. A. Chamberlain, printing notices, let- ter heads, tax bills, tax lists, etc ... 59 50
Courier-Citizen Co., printing posters ...
2 25
$317 90
MEMORIAL DAY.
By order Veteran Association
$50 00
EXPENSE OF FIRST DISTRICT COURT AT AYER.
J. A. Healy, typewritten copy of evidence in Gardell case $5 00
J. A. Healy, Wade case 12 50
J. A. Healy, Reed case 11 07
J. A. Healy, Redick case 6 21
J. A. Healy, Monroe case 9 60
$44 38
Received from fines, $41.97.
INSURANCE.
Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co., $2,500, Centre School $75 00
TOWN HOUSE.
Ai Bicknell, janitor, from Feb. 1, 1904, to April 7, 1904 $18 50
Joseph Sears, janitor, from April 7, 1904, to Feb. 7, 1905 80 00
Joseph Sears, cleaning
25 00
H. H. Wilder & Co. as per bill 2 20
A. H. Sutherland, labor and stock 7 00
Amount carried forward $132 70
45
Amount brought forward $132 70
George W. Kenrick, 1 cord pine wood .. 4 00
Brownell & Mason, 1 grate bar 2 75
Pratt & Forest, lumber
3 25
M. J. Wood, sawing wood 2 00
J. H. Fletcher, oil, soap, etc.
10 78
O. R. Spalding, 2 cords sawed wood. 11 00
Wright & Fletcher as per bill
18 02
$184 50
INCOME FROM TOWN HOUSE.
Rent of armory
$175 00
Rent of building 97 00
$272 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
As authorized by Chapter 79, Revised Laws, as amended by Acts of 1904, Chapter 381.
James A. Graham, Feb. 1, 1904, to Feb.
1, 1905
$96 00
G. A. Hood, Feb. 1, 1904, to Feb. 1, 1905 48 00
$144 00
BURIAL DECEASED SOLDIERS.
George Gould, burial of Charles McClenna ··
$35 00
$35 to be refunded by State.
STATE AID.
To soldiers and sailors and families of same as authorized by Chapter 79, Revised Laws, as amended by Acts of 1904, Chapter 381.
From Jan. 1, 1904, to Jan. 1, 1905 $672 00
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PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS.
By order $200 00 See Commissioners' report.
GUIDE POSTS AND' GUIDE BOARDS.
As the guide posts and guide boards have been found to be in very good condition, no repairs have been made during the past year. A few new ones will be needed during the coming year.
EXPENSE OF REPAIRING BRIDGE AT BROOKSIDE.
This bill was contracted in 1901, at which time the bridge was found to be defective. George C. Moore was authorized by the Selectmen to repair the same. The bill represents the actual cost of the stone only, Mr. Moore making no charge for labor or services, for laying the stone, raising and grading the road.
To 344 cubic yards of stone at $6.00 per
cubic yard
$2,064 00
FOREST FIRES AND OTHER FIRES.
The following fires have occurred during the past year with estimated damage by the Forest Fire Wards.
1904. Name of Land Owners. No. of Acres.
April 24-N. B. Edwards' heirs
25
Damage $150 00
24-H. E. Fletcher & Co.
5
25 00
24-C. J. Willstad
8
40 00
24-Drake heirs
25
125 00
24-George Gray
12
60 00
24-Lahey
25
125 00
24-Charles Carkin
6
30 00
24-Charles Marinell
20
100 00
24-J. D. Cartwright
20
100 00
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1904. Name of Land Owners. No. of Acres.
Damage.
13-Julian A. Cameron
1-4
100 00
May
1-B. & M. R. R. 1-8
5 00
5-J. A. Healy 1-2
10 00
July 6-J. A. Healy
3
12 00
Sept. 10-Mrs. William Reade
1-2
5 00
April -T. O. Sullivan
5
50 00
FIRES-DWELLING HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS.
1904.
July 5-House, barn and shed of John Wayne at Westford. Cause of fire, defective chimney. Value of build- ings, $1,300.00. Insurance, $1,050.00. May 15-Abbot Worsted Co., house occupied by Edward D'efoe. Defective chimney burned out. No damage.
THE FOLLOWING EXPENSE HAS OCCURRED:
C. W. Carkin and others, expense on Oak Hill fire 5 00
John Marinel, expense on Oak Hill fire. . 17 60
T. O. Sullivan, expense on fire near Parkerville 3 00
H. V. Hildreth, expense on H. N. Flet- cher fire 2 00
J. A. Healy, Fire Warden, expense on several fires 18 30
O. R. Spalding, Fire Warden, expense . 3 00
$48 90
GENERAL EXPENSES.
S. H. Fletcher, postage for mailing Town Reports $21 60
F. E. Varney, M. D., return of 8 births for 1903 2 00
Amount carried forward $23 60
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Amount brought forward. $23 60
George E. Gould, repair of hearse 1 00
John O'Brian, serving dinner for town officers ' 2 00
C. E. Whidden, freight and express .
10 10
Joseph R. Draper, M. D., return of 12 births 3 00
J. A. Healy, 2 constable badges 2 50
Oren Cooledge estate, storing town tools 2 00
Henry B. Read, appraising property at Town Farm, 1904 2 00
C. H. Miner, blacksmithing 3 80
Charles A. Eveleth as per bill
2 00
M. F. Downes, cutting brush etc., 1903. . 266 45
E. A. Roberts as per bill 1 25
The Wakefield Daily Item, 1 abatement book 1 00
George W. Southworth, Assessors' can- vassing books 3 83
P. B. Murphy, 200 dog license blanks. . .
1 75
C. B. Coburn & Co., rope for flag 1 21
Hobbs & Warren, 1 Assessors' book, blanks and pens 4 28
Bartlett & Dow, tools
5 25
Thatcher & Ireland, powder, etc.
1 92
F. E. Miller, blacksmithing
12 16
S. E. Hanscome, box chalk
75
N. H. Wright, blank books, etc.
3 42
John M. Fletcher, appraising at Town Farm, 1904, and making out report. John Feeney, repair of harnesses, etc. ... W. J. Sleeper, M. D., return of 19 births C. H. Hanson & Co., commission selling horses
3 00
15 90
4 75
9 75
C. H. Hanson & Co., halter
25
J. A. Healy as per bill
10 75
Wright & Fletcher, drain pipe
196 95
Amount carried forward
$596 62
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Amount brought forward
$596 62
Staples Bros., drain pipe
12 96
Henry Bemis as per bill 1 35
Use of telephone for town officers
3 84
Wright & Fletcher as per bill
9 66
Wright & Fletcher, food for election officers 4 85
Wright & Fletcher, postage, etc. for town officers
4 94
Adams Hardware & Paint Co., tools 8 05
C. A. Chamberlain as per bill
1 05
J. A. Healy, blacksmithing
12 75
$656 07
REPORT OF SELECTMEN IN REGARD TO PURCHAS- ING A SNOW ROLLER.
After consulting both personally and by letter with Select- men of various towns having experience with snow rollers, they are unanimous in opinion that by using such rollers an excellent road is made, varying from 12 to 15 feet in width. To accom- plish this it requires six horses to draw the roller, and where deep drifts are encountered the snow has to be shoveled out the full width of the roller before passing. On this account it would seem to be an impractical method of breaking roads except on main highways and in villages.
ROAD DEPARTMENT.
The bills show what months they were paid, but not in all cases, the month the work or expense occurred.
APRIL.
B. F. Day, labor $7 50
Angus McDonald, Superintendent 34 64
Angus McDonald, team 54 00
Angus McDonald, 1 man 3 days 4 50
Amount carried forward $100 64
50
Amount brought forward $100 64
William Perkins, labor
12 75
Oscar Milot, labor
26 25
George H. Whitney, labor
16 50
Joseph Wilkerson, labor
20 25
Charles Reed, labor
3 75
Mrs. Mary Brigham, team
28 00
James Healy, labor
1 00
Joseph Tompson, teamster
22 50
Alex McDonald, labor
1 50
Alex McDonald, team
46 00
$279 14
MAY.
Angus McDonald, Superintendent
$50 00
Angus McDonald, team
94 00
Fred H. Murray, labor
3 75
John May, labor
27 00
Julian Wilkerson, labor
34 50
Charles Whitcomb, labor
34 40
Joseph Tompson, teamster
45 00
Charles Reed, labor
34 50
Oscar Milot, labor
36 00
Alex McDonald, team
16 00
F. H. Hildreth, labor
1 90
$377 05
JUNE.
Angus McDonald, Superintendent
$50 00
Angus McDonald, team
98 00 ·
Angus McDonald, 1 man 2 days
3 20
Mrs. Mary Brigham, team
6 00
Anthony Healy, labor
13 60
Charles Reed, labor
35 60
Oscar Milot, labor
25 60
Charles Whitcomb, labor
38 80
Amount carried forward
$270 80
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Amount brought forward $270 80
Julian Wilkerson, labor 35 60
Alex Nahant, labor 16 80
Joseph Tompson, teamster
45 00
Alex McDonald, team
55 20
W. H. H. Burbeck, labor on railing . .
12 25
$435 65
JULY.
Angus McDonald, Superintendent $50 00
Angus McDonald, team 96 00
Joseph Tompson, teamster 45 00
Julian Wilkerson, labor
34 40
Charle Whitcomb, labor 36 00
Oscar Milot, labor
38 40
Charles Reed, labor
38 40
Arthur Martin, labor
26 40
Alex Martin, labor 37 60
David Desmond, team 16 00
F. E. Miller, blacksmithing 6 80
Pratt & Forest, lumber for railing
24 64
$449 64
AUGUST.
Angus McDonald, Superintendent $50 00
Angus McDonald, team 110 00
Joseph Tompson, teamster 45 00
Oscar Milot, labor
40 80
Julian Wilkerson, labor 40 80
Charles Reed, labor
41 20
Arthur Martin, labor
40 80
Charles Whitcomb, labor
39 60
Alex Martin, labor 39 20
Frank Murphy, team 10 00
$457 40
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SEPTEMBER.
Angus McDonald, Superintendent
$50 00
Angus McDonald, team 94 00
Julian Wilkerson, labor 37 60
Oscar Milot, labor
37 60
Charles Reed, labor
37 60
Joseph Tompson, teamster
41 76
Alex Martin, labor
37 20
Arthur Martin, labor
34 80
Charles Whitcomb, labor
34 40
F. E. Miller, blacksmithing
8 81
Alec Fisher, 1 horse 3 days
3 00
Alec Fisher, team
8 00
Isaac Hall, labor
9 00
Isaac Hall, labor
9 00
$442 77
OCTOBER.
Angus McDonald, Superintendent $50 00
Angus McDonald, team 102 00
Joseph Tompson, teamster
17 30
Charles Reed, labor
16 00
Charles Whitcomb, labor
38 00
Oscar Milot, labor
39 60
John Hazel, labor
11 20
C. H. Miner, blacksmithing
1 50
Joseph Toophlat, labor
20 00
Charles Reed, teamster 27 68
J. A. Healy, furnishing stone, building wall, grading and laying drain pipe near C. G. Sargent's estate .. 256 00
$579 28
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NOVEMBER.
Angus McDonald, Superintendent
$50 00
Angus McDonald, team
80 00
Charles Reed, teamster 45 00
John Hazel, labor
30 40
Charles Whitcomb, labor
27 20
Alex McDonald, team
48 00
Oscar Milot, labor
40 00
Ephraim Reed, labor
4 80
John Yorden, labor
22 40
H. E. Gould, team
4 00
Joseph Toophlat, labor
17 60
Julian Wilkerson, labor
18 00
Angus McDonald, 1 man 1-2 day
80
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$388 20
DECEMBER.
Angus McDonald, Superintendent
$19 50
Angus McDonald, team
40 00
Angus McDonald, labor
5 25
Charles Reed, labor
17 40
Oscar Milot, labor
16 00
Ephraim Reed, labor
12 80
Charles Whitcomb, labor
16 00
Alex McDonald, team
16 00
George Whitney, labor
3 00
John Labrache, labor
2 40
William Perkins, labor
3 00
John Hazel, labor
9 60
C. A. & F. R. Blodgett, labor and posts. . 1 95
4 25
C. H. Miner, blacksmithing
3 55
J. A. Healy, blacksmithing
$170 70
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JANUARY.
Angus McDonald, labor, team, etc. . .. $12 39
Oscar R. Spalding, railing and posts 54 67
F. E. Miller, blacksmithing 4 00
W. F. Prescott, labor 1 00
Charles Whitcomb, labor 8 00
H. E. Gould, team, 18 00
John Payne, labor
1 50
J. H. Fletcher, pail, etc.
70
George Burke, labor
2 25
J. A. Healy, labor and posts
3 70
Thomas Longbottom, freight
8 10
$114 31
GRAVEL.
Angus McDonald, 532 loads
$26 60
J. E. Woods, 27 loads 1 35
Charles Fish, 56 loads 2 80
B. F. Day, 124 loads
6 20
Frank Bannister, 141 loads
7 05
Walter J. Merritt, 19 loads
95
Mrs. M. J. Butterfield, 84 loads
4 20
Mrs S. P. Lawrence, 63 loads 3 15
George Drew, 233 loads 11 65
John H. Decatur, 303 loads
15 15
Waldo F. Prescott, 49 loads
2 45
Charles Walker, 38 loads
1 90
Charles Shugrue, 33 loads
1 65
Harry Fletcher, 81 loads
4 05
Michael McGlinchey, 251 loads
12 55
Isaac Hall, 18 loads at 10 cents
1 80
David Greig, 6 loads
30
Samuel Cossland, 13 loads
65
C. M. Cummings, 177 loads
8 85
Hammett D. Wright, 217 loads
10 85
$124 15
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HAY AND GRAIN.
B. F. Day, grain $1 30
Conant & Co., grain
18 85
George C. Moore, grain
133 05
Alex McDonald, 1,200 lbs. hay
9 75
George Drew, 7,600 lbs. hay
60 80
J. A. Healy, hay and grain
24 20
Thacher & Ireland, hay and grain
7 02
Charles Shugrue, hay, etc.
5 00
$259 97
$4,078 26
Appropriation
$4,000 00
Received from State for setting 33
bound stones
49 50
Freight
8 10
Loam, etc., sold
9 90
$4,067 50
Overdrawn, $10.76.
Schedule of property belonging to the town for use of Road Department: 1 set of heavy harness, 2 carts, 1 sled, 4 whiffle- trees and chains, 2 spread chains, 4 horse collars, 1 wrench, 1 wagon jack, 2 heavy chains, 1 stone lifter, 1 pair hand splices, 6 rakes, 6 shovels, 1 manure fork, 6 stone forks, 3 plows, 10 blast- ing drills, 1 drill spoon, 6 plug drills, lot of shims and wedges, 4 bush snaths, 4 bush scythes, 1 axe, 5 lanterns, 1 oil can, 1 tool box, 3 large hoes, 6 picks, 6 iron bars, 1 pinch bar, 1 hand ham- mer, 2 striking hammers, 2 stone hammers, 2 brushes, 2 stable blankets, 2 street blankets, 3 stone drags, 2 yokes, 1 road scraper, 1 gravel screen, 2 mattocks, 1 pail, 1 post spoon, 1 post hole digger, 2 feed bags, 1 trowel, 1 paving hammer, 2 pick han- dles, lot of sewer pipe, 1-2 barrel Portland cement, 1 set of heavy harness reins.
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BREAKING ROADS. 1903-1904.
Henry B. Read
$44 10
George A. Kimball
11 23
A. S. Vose
45 40
Edward Houle
6 00
J. F. Shaw
7 50
C. H. Bicknell 7 21
Harry Blodgett
5 33
George Demeri
2 25
George H. Whitney
5 25
J. H. Cornell
6 00
E. H. Flagg
36 27
C. M. Griffin
13 80
Edward Murphy
75 60
Henry J. Murphy
7 80
F. H. Hildreth
1 45
C. A. & F. R. Blodgett
13 10
A. H. Burnham
41 63
Aaron Tuttle 83
A. E. Jenne
3 30
C. F. Shugrue
3 15
M. F. Downs
42 15
S. H. Hutchins
5 32
S. H. Balch
14 77
George J. Sherburn
5 00
Leroy C. Hartford
18 00
M. J. Wood
4 50
W. W. Johnson
36 00
A. O. Davis 7 35
George H. Whitney 13 50
David Sherman
5 25
W. A. Whitney
6 45
W. H. Compton
3 25
Ralph Bridgford
6 75
C. R. P. Decatur
25 43
W. H. Johnson
8 17
Amount carried forward $539 09
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Amount brought forward $539 09
Edward Houle
5 25
W. T. Reed
3 60
I. G. Hall
10 95
A. R. Leighton
8 25
J. M. O'Brien 36 00
John Quinn
2 25
John Payne
5 40
Matthew Elliott
3 00
J. A. Healy 56 28
Alex McDonald
48 43
Seth E. Blanchard
4 65
Samuel L. Taylor
10 50
Hiram Dane 10 00
G. H. Whitney
16 50
T. F. Flynn
3 00
Henry Kabele
5 85
H. E. Gould
48 97
Ralph Bridgford
4 50
James Morrison
6 00
John Flynn
9 15
Harry Hartford
12 00
William A. Whitney
4 73
D. H. Waller
14 10
Edward Houle
12 00
W. W. Johnson
5 50
Samuel L. Taylor
85 50
David Sherman
1 87
Edward Houle
10 50
John Haley
2 40
Charles E. Whitcomb
8 25
H. T. Paige
1 50
B. F. Day
27 16
James H. O'Brien
12 70
S. B. Wright
89 85
C. H. Bicknell
6 00
M. J. Wood
1 50
John W. O'Brien
16 95
Amount carried forward $1,150 13
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Amount brought forward. $1,150 13
C. H. Eastman
10 65
John M. O'Brien 31 50
August Gardell
2 63
Paul Jasmin
7 65
Arthur Blodgett
1 83
H. V. Hildreth
4 30
William C. Edwards
30 20
1905.
W. F. Prescott
$3 75
Oscar Milot 3 75
W. W. Johnson
31 50
Albert W. Heywood
3 00
M. J. Wood
1 50
C. A. & F. R. Blodgett
24 80
Harry N. Fletcher
30 16
$1,337 35
ESTIMATES FOR 1905-1906.
In making these estimates for the amount of money asked for, to be raised or appropriated at the annual meeting, we have placed under the head of each department the amount that is asked for by that department.
SELECTMEN.
Highways
$4,000 00
Town debts and charges
$3,000 00
$7,000 00
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Support of poor $1,000 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Support of schools $6,500 00
For High School purposes
2,100 00
Text books and supplies for schools
600 00
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TRUSTEES J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY.
Books
$150 00
Printing list of new books
50 00
$200 00
COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS.
Public burial grounds $200 00
Total number of orders, 465. Total amount of orders, $16,466.70.
OSCAR R. SPALDING, WESLEY O. HAWKES, ALEC FISHER,
Selectmen of Westford.
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LIST OF JURORS.
The following names will be reported at the annual meet- ing in March to be placed in the jury box subject to revision and acceptance by the town.
Name.
Occupation.
Arthur J. Charlton Machinist
Charles D. Colburn Farmer
Hugh Daly Wool Sorter
Quincy W. Day
. Farmer
Asa B. M. Eastman
Farmer
Charles Edwards
. Farmer
Elbert H. Flagg .Farmer
John M. Fletcher
Merchant
Frank L. Furbush . Carpenter
Frank Healy Teamster
Edwin E. Heywood Farmer
Frank H. Hildreth
Farmer
George A. Kimball
Farmer
Elmer E. Nutting
Machinist
Charles E. Osgood
Carpenter
Nathan Prescott
Painter
Nelson L. Prescott
Farmer
Richard D. Prescott
Farmer
Henry E. Shorey
Farmer
Charles M. Trull
. Clerk
Joseph Wall Painter
Leonard W. Wheeler Farmer
Walter A. Whidden Farmer
John Wilson Farmer
J. Everett Woods
Farmer
Alfred Woodbury
Farmer
OSCAR R. SPAULDING, WESLEY O. HAWKES, ALEC FISHER, Selectmen of Westford.
Westford, Mass., Feb. 15, 1905.
Board of Health.
The Selectmen, acting under the laws as the Board of Health, appointed W. H. H. Burbeck and Wesley O. Hawkes as Agents.
George E. Gould and John A. Healy licensed as under- takers.
The general health of the town was good, excepting a number of cases of Typhoid Fever. One proved fatal.
The disease seemed to be most prevalent at the Centre. The Board of Health, with the assistance of Dr. Walter J. Sleep- er, have tried to locate the origin of these cases. Samples of well water that is used for domestic purposes have been sent to the State Board of Health for analysis, and the reports show but few fit for domestic use. Again the question of a water supply confronts us, and needs a careful and prompt investi- gation.
Contagious and infectious diseases for the year 1904 ..
Number.
Deaths.
Measles
2
0
Typhoid Fever
5
1
General expenses:
Formaldehyde
$2 30
W. H. H. Burbeck, Agent
10 00
Wesley O. Hawkes, Agent
30 00
$42 30
OSCAR R. SPAULDING, WESLEY O. HAWKES, ALEC FISHER, Board of Health.
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TRUSTEES J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY.
The Trustees of the J. V. Fletcher Library respectfully sub- mit the following report :-
The past year has been one of mingled good and ill. There have been many encouragements, but the shadow cast over the community by the loss of two of the Board of Trustees within the space of a month has not yet passed away.
Joseph Rutter Draper, M. D., who succumbed to typhoid fever after a five weeks' illness on October 30, 1904, had served as a Trustee of the Library for two and one-half years, and his death was a heavy loss to this community, and to the Library, to the service of which he brought the best powers of his mind, and the enthusiasm of his heart. He took a genuine pride in it, and rejoiced in every opportunity to make it of wider useful- ness, and to its interests he gave faithful and painstaking service to the very end of his life.
And then, before the Board had been able to adjust itself to the new condition, there came the sudden, almost instan- taneous death, on November 30, of Prof. William E. Frost, who for fifteen successive years had served this town as a Trustee of the Library, much of the time as Chairman of the Board. Those most intimately acquainted with him best appreciate what his loss meant to this Library. To his high conception of what a Library may mean to the life of a town and to his persevering and untiring labors to perfect it in every way, is due in large measure its present serviceability and high standard of excel- lence. He gave to its interests the faithful service of a noble and generous citizen, and his fellow townsmen must recall, with grateful hearts, his long and beneficient work in this office of trust.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the J. V. Fletcher Library, the following resolutions were adopted :-
Whereas, The Angel of Death has touched two of the niem- bers of the Board, to wit .:- Joseph R. Draper, M. D., who, since March, 1902, has given to the work of the Board his active, wise and faithful service; and William E. Frost, who, for fifteen years has been a careful and untiring member of this Board, serving for the greater part of that time as its Chair-
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man, and always giving to the work thus committed to him the generous and unsparing labor of a deeply interested and unusu- ally able mind. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That in being deprived of the services of these two faithful and painstaking men, the Library has sustained a most grievous loss.
That we express our sense of profound appreciation of their work, and of their invaluable service to this Library in planning for its enlarged and enlarging efficiency, in bringing it to its pres- ent high degree of serviceability.
That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the families of Dr. Draper and Mr. Frost, and spread upon the record of the Board.
Weare happy tobe able to report that a very life-like and most excellent portrait of Professor Frost has been given to the Li- brary by Mrs. Frost, and is already in position on its walls, where its presence has been most highly appreciated by a host of his friends. We record our thankful appreciation to the donor of this choice gift for this lasting memorial.
Another noteworthy gift this year is that made by Miss Harriet M. Hodgman, of Brookline, Mass. It is a fine and striking portrait of her father, the Rev. Edwin Ruthven Hodg- man, who was for many years pastor of the Union Congrega- tional Church in this town, and who served the community nobly in many public positions.
The new stacks, for which appropriation was made last year, have been put in place and are now filled with books, greatly adding to the order and utility of the library.
A change was made this year in the date of the annual closing of the Library. Hitherto, owing to difficulties of cata- loguing, it has seemed necessary to close early in the year, but conditions now favoring a change, it was decided, after consul- tation with the Superintendent of Schools, to close during the time of the spring vacation, thus avoiding interference with the work of teachers and students who use the Library in the prose- cution of their work.
The old-fashioned hand-loom given to the Library a few years ago by Mrs. Reuben Butterfield was set up last year in the basement by Mr. Joseph E. Knight, who generously donated his services for that purpose. Mr. Knight purposes this year to add
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to his contribution and set up a warp, and it will soon be pos- sible for us to see just how the weaving was done in ye good old days of our fathers, before factories and mills were known.
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