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10.00
C. W. Vinton, care of Sodom,
10.00
$28.20
₹
SCHOOLS.
Salaries of teachers,
$3,564.48
Superintendent of schools,
300.29
Supplies, 635.40
Repairs, 296.65
Care of school houses,
155.07
Tuition at Wesleyan Academy,
485.00
Books and Stationery at Wesleyan Academy, 3.44
- $5,440.033
STATE ROAD.
Repairs,
$65.70
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RED BRIDGE.
Collins & Norton, Agents,
$1,100.00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
M. A. Lane, labor,
$304.85
E. C. Clark.
18.20
Homer Foot & Co., fence wire,
5.93
A. A. Phelps, labor,
123.93
J. H. Farr, labor,
128.15
B. B. Green, labor,
204 59
H H. Burbank, labor,
407.16
Andrew Anderson, labor,
.75
W. H. McGuire, labor, 187.80
Alden Brothers, plank for bridges,
54.19
C. P. Bolles, labor,
156.42
F. W. Green, labor,
2.50
Henry Clark, labor,
132.29
Alvin Chilson, labor,
142.71
M. A. Maynard, sewer pipe,
9.00
C. E. Peck, repairing scraper,
2.00
66 sharpening drills. .60
two warning boards, Red Bridge, 4.00
14.35
Jason Butler, labor,
8
C. E. Peck. gravel,
$21.60
Wesleyan Academy, gravel,
6.40
W. F. Morgan, labor, 5.85
H. C. Burr, lighting road near Red Bridge, · lanterns and oil,
10.50
2.24
A. J. Bennett, labor,
4.95
A. M. Seaver, "
2.10
Alvin Chilson, grading to Red Bridge,
65.54
$2,018.60
LIBRARY ACCOUNT.
C. B. Fiske & Co., catalogues, $ 4.00
E. E. Bell, librarian, 2.00
Minnie M. Morgan, librarian,
18.00
F. W. Green, exchanging books.
7.40
Henry R. Johnson, books,
167.10
$198.50
TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER.
F. A. Fuller,
$60.00
TAX COLLECTOR.
W. M. Green,
$90.00
F. E. Clark,
$ 5.00
MODERATOR.
F. E. Clark,
$ 5.00
SELECTMEN.
Jason Butler,
$92.19
Henry Clark,
67.00
F. W. Green,
58.05
$217.24
AUDITOR.
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ASSESSORS.
F. A. Gurney,
$37.50
C. P. Bolles,
31.75
G. L. Rindge,
42.50
$111.75
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Jason Butler,
$43.75
Ethelbert Bliss,
36.50
R. Watson Cooper,
32.50
$112.75
REGISTRARS.
F. A. Fuller,
$12.00
James Egan,
12.00
J. S. Morgan,
12.00
W. H. Day.
12.00
$48.00
TRUANT OFFICER.
Hiram Danks,
$ 3.25
STATE AID, CHAPTER 301, ACTS OF 1894.
William Butler,
$44.00
Francis M. Davis,
44.00
Honora Foley,
44.00
James C. Moody,
33.00
Cordelia Sheldon,
44.00
Charles D. Jones,
25.00
Wm. S. Tiffany,
44.00
Almira M. Crockett,
32.00
Sybil H. Hayes,
28.00
Albert F. Blodgett,
4.00
$342.00
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SUMMARY.
Street lights,
$ 181.56
Memorial Day,
75.00
Contingent account,
840.15
Paupers,
615.30
Care cemeteries,
28.20
Expenses for schools,
5,440.33
State road repairs,
65.70
Red Bridge,
1,100.00
Highways and bridges,
2,018.60
Library account,
198.50
Town officers,
652.99
State aid,
342.00
$11,558.33
RESOURCES.
Due from State of Massachusetts, state aid,
$ 367.00
Due from State of Massachusetts, pauper,
53.92
Uncollected taxes,
1,006.77
Cash in treasury,
1,647.93
$3,075.62
LIABILITIES.
Outstanding bills, estimated,
$150.00
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The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations :
Schools,
$3,400.00
Repairs,
200.00
Transportation of pupils,
25.00
Highways and bridges,
2,000.00
Paupers,
800.00
Contingent expenses and town officers,
1,500.00
Street lights,
200.00.
Care of cemeteries,
25.00
Library.
25.00
Tuition,
500.00
JASON BUTLER, Selectmen HENRY CLARK, of
F. W. GREEN, . Wilbraham.
.
.
Report of the Board of Assessors
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1899.
APPROPRIATIONS MADE APRIL 4, 1898, FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
For support of schools,
$3,100.00
Repair of school houses,
200.00
Transportation of pupils,
10.00
Support of paupers,
1,000.00
Contingent expenses,
1,500.00
Tuition Wesleyan Academy,
500.00
Care public library,
25.00
Care cemeteries,
25.00
Care street lights,
225.00
Memorial Day,
75.00
Care and winding town clock,
25.00
Music in schools,
150.00
Drawing in schools,
150.00
$6,985.00
For highways and bridges, appropriated from money in treasury, the sum of $2,000.
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Town tax,
$6.985.00
State tax,
450.00
County tax,
904.40
Overlayings,
140.82
$8,480.22
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Number of polls at $2 each, 376.
Total tax on polls,
$752
Value of personal estate,
$157,297.00
Value of real estate,
615,525.00
Total valuation, May 1, 1898, $772,822.00
Rate per cent of total tax, $10 per $1,000.
FRANK A. GURNEY, Assessors
C. P. BOLLES, of
G. L. RINDGE, Wilbraham.
Treasurer's Report of the Town of Wilbraham.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 24, 1899. RECEIPTS.
Cash in treasury March 19, 1898, $2,114.98
Cash from W. M. Green, collector, 1897, 1,154.92
Town of Monson, tuition refunded, 80.40
Town of Sturbridge, account of Amasa Blanchard, 57.52
State Treasurer, highway loan
fund,
64.95
State Treasurer, income Mass. School Fund, 425.12
State Treasurer, balance corpora-
tion and bank tax, 1,059.85
(State tax $450 taken out
by State Treasurer. )
State Treasurer, inspection of animals, 24.30
State Treasurer, temporary sup- port of paupers, 7.45
State Treasurer, school fund, 459.24
Dog fund, 1897,
165.14
Dog fund, 1898,
167.21
Charles Merrick, town history,
2.00
W. F. Adams, 6 6 66 2.00
Mrs. Geo. W. Moore, town history, 2.00
Mrs. Jacob Knows, 2.00
Leroy Bishop estate, ¿ burial lot, 4.50
Emma W. Vinton, ¿ burial lot,
No. 64, East Wilbraham cemetery, 4.50
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Cash from Erastus Davis, ¿ burial lot, No.
64, East Wilbraham cemetery, $ 4.50 E. P. Chapin, burial lot for Mrs. A. C. Williams, 10.00
A. D. Tufts, burial lot, 10.00
Charles A. Hammer, grass in cemetery, 15.00
State, on account Supt. of schools, 285.91
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., two-months' loan, 1,000.00
Interest, Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund, 18.33
Public Library, fines, etc., 10.73
J. M. Perry, town loan committee, interest on town loan, 78.50
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., interest on deposits, 29.53
H. M. Bliss, auctioneer's license,
2.00
Jason Butler, administrator account Betsey Webster estate, 350.00
Jason Butler, administrator Betsey Webster estate, 100.00
A. A. Phelps, grass on Webster place, 15.00
Jason Butler, plank, 1.90
W. M. Green, collector 1898, 7,435.95
$15,165.43
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid, Selectmen's orders, $11,216.33
State aid, 342.00
Assessors' abatements, 1897, 48.11
County tax, M. Wells Bridge, treas- urer, 904.40
Discount Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., two-months' note, 6.66
Note paid Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 1,000.00
Cash in treasury February 24, 1899,
1,647.93
-
$15,165 43
F. A. FULLER, Treasurer.
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The amount of Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund is $300, deposited in Springfield Institution for Savings, book No. 136,333.
F. A. FULLER, Treasurer. Wilbraham, Mass , February 24, 1899.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen of the Town of Wilbraham for the year ending Feb. 23, 1899, and am satisfied that they are correct as reported, and I find the proper vouchers for every item of their expenditures.
I have also carefully examined and cast the accounts of the Town Treasurer and find the books correctly cast, all the receipts and payments as reported, with a balance of cash deposited in the Springfield Deposit and Trust Co. to the credit of the town of $1,647.93.
F. E. CLARK, Auditor. Wilbraham, Mass., Feb. 27, 1899.
Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library.
Number of volumes in library, last report,
1,067
Number of volumes added, 179
Number of volumes in library Feb. 21, 1899, 1,246
RESOURCES FOR PAST YEAR.
Appropriation by town,
$ 25.00
Dog fund,
167.21
Income Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund,
6.11
Fines and cards,
10.73
Balance on hand, March 16, 1898, .97
$210.02
EXPENDITURES.
Henry R. Johnson, books,
$167.10
Miss Minnie M. Morgan, librarian to Jan. 1,
18.00
Miss Eunice E. Bell, librarian,
6.00
F. W. Green, transportation of books,
7.40
Balance in treasury February 21, 1899,
11.52
$210.02
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK A. GURNEY, ~ Trustees MRS. W. L. COLLINS, & Free Public H. W. CUTLER, Library.
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Truant Officer's Report.
I have been called to look after ten truants ; also have notified three families.
HIRAM DANKS, Truant Officer. Wilbraham, Mass., Feb. 20, 1899.
Chloe Bliss Stebbins Fund.
ESTABLISHED 1897.
This is a contribution of three hundred dollars, made by Solomon Bliss Stebbins, of Boston, from money given to him by Chloe Bliss Stebbins of Wilbraham, said sum to be held by the town as a memorial of her regard for its association with her long life dwelt therein, and in which she died Feb. 20, 1897. The income of the fund is to be paid annually, one-third to the overseers of the poor for the relief of the poor of the town ; one-third to the managers of the town library to aid in its support, and one-third to secure perpetual good care of the graves in the town burial ground of Eber and Elizabeth Bliss Stebbins, and their children, buried in the same range.
Report of School Committee.
The School Committee respectfully submit their annual report.
The revenues of the current year have been as follows : Appropriation for school purposes, $3,100.00
Appropriation for repairs,
200.00
Appropriation for transportation,
10.00
Appropriation for tuition, high school,
500.00
From State school fund, 459.24
From State on account superintendent of schools, 285.91 Interest on town loan, 78.50
Town of Monson, tuition 1898-'9,
51.27
Town of Palmer, tuition 1898 -- '9, 34.18
Amount due from State for superintendent of schools to April 1, 218.16
Amount due from State for state children, to
February 24,
356.50
From State for state children,
425.12
$5,718.88
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers,
$3,265.48
Teacher, special music,
150.00
Teacher, special drawing,
150.00
Books and supplies,
363.59
Repairs, fuel, care and incidentals,
730.93
Tuition, high school pupils,
488.44
Salary superintendent of schools and expenses to January 1, 3.00.29
Value of books and supplies on hand March, 1898, Paid for books and supplies,
-
-$
5,448.73
$450.00
363.59
$813.59
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Value of books and supplies on hand February, 1899, $455.00
Value of books and supplies in schools, esti-
mated, 625.00
$1,080.00
HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.
The town having voted to pay the tuition at the Wesleyan Acad- emy for high school instruction of such children as are duly qualified, the following regulations have been adopted :
1. Examinations shall be given by the Wesleyan Academy to those candidates only who are recommended by the Superintendent of Schools.
2. No candidate shall be recommended by the superintendent for examination unless he has satisfactorily completed in course or by examination the studies of the ' Course of Study " for the public schools of Wilbraham.
3. Examinations shall be given by the Wesleyan Academy in Arithmetic, English, Grammar, Geography, United States History, and Spelling.
4. All who shall pass these examinations shall receive from the Superintendent of Schools a certificate which shall entitle the person named therein to tuition at the expense of the Town of Wilbraham, in the Wesleyan Academy in the Academic, Classical, Industrial Science, or Latin Scientific Courses.
5. All students educated at the expense of the Town of Wilbra- ham in the Wesleyan Academy shall be under the rules and regulations of that institution.
JASON BUTLER, ETHELBERT BLISS, School Committee.
R. WATSON COOPER,
TABLE NO. 1.
NAMES OF TEACHERS.
No. of School.
SPRING.
FALL.
WINTER.
Total paid
Repairs, Fuel,
Care and
Incidentals.
Total.
1
Lula Spiller . .
Alice Ferguson . . .
Alice Ferguson . . .
$276.00
$ 76.58
$352.58
2P
A. Lou Johnson . . ·
A. Lou Johnson . .
A. Lou Johnson . .
330.50
85.00
746.35
2A
Nellie J. Clifford ..
Nellie J. Clifford. . .
Nellie J. Clifford. . .. ..
330.85
3
Alice G. White. ..
. Ina C. Pratt. .....
Ina C. Pratt ..... ·
283.00
36.30
319.30
4P
Winifred B. Miller. .. ·
4A
Dora M. Merrick ... .
Winifred B. Miller . ... Dora M. Merrick. .
Winifred B. Miller . ...
282.38
211.15
779.93
5
E. Eva Cunningham. .. Stella M. Greene .
Stella M. Greene .... ·
252.35
37.75
290.10
6
Edith B. Boyd. . . . Edith B. Boyd. .
Edith B. Boyd .... ·
271.00
73.63
344.63
7
Evanore O. Beebe. .... Evanore O. Beebe. .
Evanore O. Beebe .. .
260.00
42.45
302.45
SP
Maria E. Bliss . . .... . Maria E. Bliss . ..
Maria E. Bliss . ......
306.00
168.07
861.07
8A
Mary F. Pomeroy ..... Mary F. Pomeroy ...
Mary F. Pomeroy . .. .
387.00
363.59
363.59
Books and Supplies for all the Schools ...
·
$3,265.48
$1,094.52
$4,360.00
.
.
Dora M. Merrick ....
286.40
·
.
Teachers.
TABLE NO. 2.
No. of School.
WHOLE NUMBER OF PUPILS.
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Year.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Year.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Year.
1
12
11
12
13.
11.14
10.52
9.23
10.30
10.80
10.11
8.32
9.74
36
2P
42
28
28
47.
38.83
24.41
25.00
29.41
35.08
22.68
22.08
26.61
36
2A
13
25
20
30.
10.83
16.80
18.83
15 49
9.33
15.27
16.60
13.73
36
3
28
30
31
34.
25.32
27.18
30.01
27.50
23.13
25.17
24.58
24.29
36
4P
21
19
20
29.
20.06
17.47
19.70
19.08
17.60
16.93
18.09
17.54
36
4A
10
16
19
21.
9.35
14.72
17.16
13.74
9.03
14.11
15.87
13.00
36
5
15
13
13
18.
9.97
11.23
11.1 .
10.77
9.33
10.4
9.93
9.88
36
6
22
22.
20
23.
19.1
18.3
18.6
18.66
17.26
15.5
15.77
16.84
36
7
19
17
14
20.
16.
13.66
13.66
14.44
14.77
13.11
12.30
13.39
36
8P
42
39
38
46.
29.6
37.33
29.43
32.12
25.9
34.9
25.5
28.8
36
8A
31
30
34
34.
28.3
27.59
29.22
28.37
24.01
23.95
22.66
23.54
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in Weeks.
Length of School
Roll of Honor.
PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY ONE TERM.
Ada Blodgett,
John Monehan,
Ray Gurney,
Lois Newhall,
Rea Webber,
Effie Wynn, Warren Weisheimer,
Sanford Foller,
Emma L. Coote,
Ruth P. Green,
Walter R. Green.
Julius Martin,
Harold M. Wade,
Frank J. Wynn,
Ida Vinton, Hazel Vinton,
Waldo Deady,
Clarence Edson,
Bertha Farr,
Louis Ginsberg,
Charlie Scofield,
Cleon Valdro,
Nancy Carney,
Eddie Carney,
Lizzie Clune,
Addie Scott,
Ina Scott,
Thomas Murphy,
Chester Bell, Dennis Wallace,
George Clune.
PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY TWO TERMS.
Donald Kallman,
Horace G. Tripp,
Charles O'Hara,
Hector Lussier,
Samuel Caroll, Minnie A. Coote, Nina J. Newhall, Albert Farr,
John Sullivan.
PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY ONE YEAR.
Olive E. Bryant, Chester Bryant, Freddie Fuller, Ethel M. Edson,
Ray F. Gurney, Fales Newhall, George Stephens, Goldie P. Edson.
Paul M. Blodgett, Olive Bryant, Hector Lussier. Constance Stephens,
Minnie Wynn, Helen Wade,
Marjorie Green,
Flora Vinton,
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We recommend the coming year an appropriation of $3,400 for school purposes, $200 for repairs, $25 for transportation of pupils, $500 for tuition high school pupils.
Respectfully submitted,
JASON BUTLER, ETHELBERT BLISS, Committee.
R. WATSON COOPER,
Articles in Town Warrant.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, School Committee and other town officers.
ART. 3. To fix the compensation of the Collector of taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To choose a Town Clerk and Treasurer, three Selectmen, who shall be Overseers of the Poor, one to be chosen for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, three Assessors, one to be chosen for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, five Constables, four Fence Viewers, one Auditor, one School Committee for three years, Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year, one Library Trustee for three years, all on one ballot ; also to choose all other necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To decide by ballot, which shall be " Yes " or " No," the question, " Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 7. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed neces- sary for defraying the expenses of the town for the ensuing year and appropriate the same, and vote how the same shall be raised.
ART. 8. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as may be sanctioned by the Selectmen, the same to be paid from taxes.
ART. 10. To see if the town will provide for the adequate lighting of the streets in town.
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ART. 11. To see if the town will instruct their Selectmen to prosecute any person or persons selling or transporting intoxicating liquors within this town, contrary to the laws of this commonwealth, or take any action in regard to the same.
ART. 12. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund of 1898.
ART. 13. To see if the town will grant money for the proper observance of Memorial day.
ART. 14. To see if the town will appropriate money for the care and winding of the town clock.
ART. 15. To see if the town will provide for special instruction in music, and raise money for the same.
ART. 16. To see if the town will provide for special instruction in drawing, and raise money for the same.
ART. 17. To see if the town will pay for the advanced tuition of its pupils in Wesleyan Academy, on conditions such as shall be satis- factory to the School Committee and to the Board of Instruction of said Academy, also to raise funds for the same.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to discontinue as a public highway, the road which runs from the Burley road to Hampden line.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to discontinue as a public highway, that portion of the mountain road between the lane leading to Andrew Anderson's house and the Monson road.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to discontinue as a public highway what is known as Federal Lane.
ART. 21. To see what action the town will take in regard to re- pairing or disposing of the Betsey Webster place.
ART. 22. To see what action the town will take in regard to exempting the Wilbraham Woolen Co., or their successors, from taxation, on the improvements of their privilege, provided they shall proceed to build upon or improve said privilege.
ART. 23. To transact any other business that may legally come before the town.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, ASSESSORS, SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 24, 1900.
PALMER, MASS .: PRESS OF C. B. FISKE & COMPANY. 1900.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, ASSESSORS, SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY,
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 24, 1900.
PALMER, MASS .: PRESS OF C. B. FISKE & COMPANY. 1900.
List of Jurors.
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN.
James K. Butler,
James H. Farr,
Ethelbert Bliss,
Jerome Pease,
Charles S. Merrick,
Fred W. Green,
Albert A. Phelps,
Edward W. Jones,
James F. Phelps,
James Stephens,
William Kaullman,
Charles W. Vinton,
L. J. Potter,
W. M. Green,
C. E. Peck,
John W. Baldwin,
Clarence E. Pease,
Frank R. Rindge,
William H. Day,
Charles C. Beebe,
D. W. Mowry.
JASON BUTLER, Selectmen HENRY CLARK, of
F. W. GREEN, Wilbraham.
Report of the Selectmen and Over- seers of the Poor.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 24, 1900. CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
C. G. Robbins, posting town warrants, $ 6.00
C. G. Robbins, services at polls, 2.00
Charles L. Long, attorney, 22.75
C. B. Fiske & Co., 450 town reports,
23.75
C. B. Fiske & Co., 765 ballots,
6.50
C. G. Robbins, notifying town officers,
6.90
Collins Mfg. Co., lumber, 1.16
T. S. Buck, rubber stamp, 1.91
M. P. Wright, carpenter work, Selectmen's room, 1.00
John W. Baldwin, 500 stamped envelopes, 10.60
W. F. Morgan, services at polls,
2.00
A. W. Brownell, assessors' supplies, 4.36
Town of Ludlow, snowing and lighting bridge, 15.40
Grace Chapel parish, church for town meeting, 20.00
A. H. Bartlett, printing bicycle notices,
J. S. Morgan, repairing Betsey Webster house,
97.12
J. S. Morgan, services at polls,
3.00
C. W. Vinton,
3.00
F. R. Rindge, 2.00
6.30
Gertrude J. Weatherbee, copying records,
C. P. Bolles, tax book, 66 field book, 2.25
1.50
F. A. Fuller, express, postage and supplies, .96
Jason Butler, 13 hitching posts, 3.45
2.50
5
Jason Butler. rubber bands, $ .40
Collins and Norton, balance on Red Bridge, 87.50
A. H. Bartlett, printing blanks, 3.00
Erwin Cooley, constable service, 3.80
D. H. Eaton, .. 5.95
Dora M. Merrick, copying records, 1.80
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing list of poll taxpayers, 2.75
66 . printing 500 assessors' lists, 35.00
H. G. Webber, M. D., vaccination, 2.50
W. J. Eldred, binding town reports,
1.50
F. A. Fuller, express and telephone, 1.25
J. W. Baldwin, 1000 stamped envelopes, 21.20
C. G. Robbins, posting warrants, 12.00
services at polls,
2.00
D. H. Eaton, constable services,
2.00
services at polls, 3.00
J. W. Baldwin, 6.00
H. C. Butler, labor on Betsey Webster house, 1.50
10.40
A. H. Bartlett, printing voters' lists, printing notice to taxpayers, 1.00
Grace Chapel parish, church for election, 20.00
C. W. Vinton, services at polls, 3.00
Jas. Egan, 6.00
F. A. Gurney, express,
.85
telephone, .30
stationery and postage, .61
Dr. A. L. Damon, returning births, 3.25
C. G. Robbins, lease of land for tramp house, 1.00
D. H. Eaton, constable services, 5.36
A. F. Friend, services at polls,
2.00
W. L. Collins, undertaker,
41.50
66 rent of office,
36.00
Geo. A. Russell, care and winding town clock,
F. A. Fuller, meeting town clerks,
2.00
66 election officer,
5.00
66 66 care weights and measures, 5.00
66
preparing tally sheets, 6.00
.6 recording deaths, 4.50
births. 13.50
25.00
6
F. A. Fuller, recording marriages, $ 3.45
H. C. Burr, maintaining water tank, 5.00
F. A. Fuller, express, 1.05
C. C. Beebe, services at polls, 3.00
William Lincoln & Co., insurance on Library, 12.00
J. M. Perry, interest on town loan, 78.50
W. H. Day, services at polls, 1897 and 1898, 9.00
F. W. Green, repairing tramp house, .50
$744.33
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SCHOOLS.
Repairs,
$237.10
Care of schoolhouses,
190.86
Tuition at Wesleyan Academy,
430.00
Superintendent of schools,
387.58
Supplies,
733.32
Salaries of teachers,
3,821.14
$5,800.00
CARE OF SOLOMON BLISS STEBBINS LOT IN OLD CEMETERY.
Henry Clark, care,
$ 2.65
CARE OF CEMETERIES.
Robert Darrah, old cemetery,
$10.00
C. C. Day, Glendale,
7.00
C. W. Vinton, Sodom,
10.00
$27.00
CEMETERY WORK. SPECIAL APPROPRIATION, $75.00.
F. A. Fuller, lead, oil and supplies,
$28.56
C. W. Vinton, labor,
23.28
C. M. Calkins, "
6.90
Henry Clark,
2.80
$61.54
7
TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER.
F. A. Fuller, $60.00
TAX COLLECTOR.
W. M. Green,
$90.00
AUDITOR.
F. E. Clark,
$5.00
MODERATOR.
F. E. Clark,
$5.00
SELECTMEN.
Jason Butler,
$59.58
Henry Clark,
39.00
F. W. Green,
73.94
$172.52
ASSESSORS.
F. A. Gurney,
$33.13
C. P. Bolles,
25.00
G. L. Rindge,
20.00
$78.13
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
$45.00
Jason Butler,
12.50
R. Watson Cooper, H. G. Webber, Ethelbert Bliss,
10.00
37.50
$105.00
REGISTRARS.
J. W. Baldwin,
$ 3.00
J. S. Morgan,
12.00
F. A. Fuller,
12.00
James Egan,
9.00
W. H. Day,
12.00
$48.00
CATTLE INSPECTOR.
L. A. Fiske, J. L. Rice,
$ 3.10
42.00
$45.10
8
TRUANT OFFICERS.
C. G. Robbins,
$3.75
Hiram Danks,
2.00
$5.75
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Selvey Wyckoff Co., rail for Red Bridge, $ 5.55
H. H. Burbank, labor, 375.65
Henry M. Green, “ . 398.93
James Long, 7.80
M. A. Lane,
201.30
C. P. Bolles,
66
73.03
A. A. Phelps,
108.85
J. H. Farr,
106.92
G. L. Rindge,
76.68
W. H. McGuire,
154.24
The Metalic Guide Board Co., 2 guide boards,
1.00
Albert Blodgett, plank,
60.61
C. E Peck, 4 warning boards,
2.00
M. A. Maynard, tile pipe,
39.00
Alden Bros., plank,
25.12
Alvin Chilson, labor, 225.86
B. & A. R. R., freight on tile pipe,
.88
F. A. Fuller, spikes,
2.13
Henry Clark, labor,
258.79
L. J. Potter, gravel,
30.20
Homer Foote & Co., nails,
.68
Collins & Norton, steel bridge,
83.00
B. & A. R. R., freight on bridge,
2.00
E. W. Jones, gravel,
7.84
Thomas Powers, labor,
10.00
P. H. Potter, lumber,
1.70
Jason Butler, labor,
1.65
A. M. Seaver, sand,
2.00
$2,263.41
9
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
John B. Moulton and wife,
$ 8.00
Maybell Downes,
32.50
C. G. Robbins, 13 tramps,
6.50
Alfred Garceau, state pauper,
38.70
Francis M. Angell,
19.50
C. W. Stone, state pauper,
3.25
Mrs. Joseph Stone,
21.00
F. A. Lincoln,
7.61
Josephine Smith,
1.00
John R. Devine,
31.65
James M. Moulton and wife,
35.29
Pricillo Amo,
18.00
Marshall M. Moulton,
71.63
Mary B. Clarke,
252.10
Louisa Webster,
71.03
Mary and Catherine Murphy, refunded,
168.32
Michael Martin, state pauper,
39.12
Catherine Lynch,
7.93
Herbert C. Jones,
1.50
Hattie Amo,
35.00
Herbert Morrison, state pauper,
7.33
$876.96
LIBRARY ACCOUNT.
A. H. Bartlett, printing 1000 labels, $ 1.00
Minnie M. Morgan, librarian,
28.00
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing catalogues,
4.25
Henry R. Johnson, books,
23.17
F. W. Green, exchanging books,
10.30
$66.72
STREET LIGHTS.
C. F. Fuller, care,
$60.00
C. F. Fuller, repairs,
.15
F. A. Fuller, supplies,
29.69
James Stephens, care, supplies and repairs,
101.08
$190.92
10
STATE ROAD (Refunded).
Jason Butler, labor,
$23.10
Thomas Marshall, labor,
4.05
Leroy Lord, labor,
4.05
Albert H. Butler, labor,
4.05
B. C. Butler, labor,
8.70
H. C. Butler, “
14.85
H. M. Green, “
8.00
$66.80
MEMORIAL DAY.
James S. Morgan,
$25.00
C. E. Peck,
50.00
$75.00
STATE AID, CHAPTER 374, ACTS OF 1899.
Wm. Butler,
$48.00
Francis M. Davis,
48.00
Honora Foley,
36.00
J. C. Moody,
52.00
Cordelia Sheldon,
48.00
William S. Tiffany,
48.00
Almira M. Crockett,
48.00
Sybel H. Hayes,
24.00
$352.00
SUMMARY.
Contingent,
$744.33
Expenses for schools,
5,800.00
Care Solomon Bliss Stebbins lot,
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