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Respectfully submitted,
January 26, 1907.
HARRIET A. ELLIS.
ANNIE CORMACK.
Report of the Supervisor of Music.
HE past school year has been an uneventful one. There have been no epidemics of disease among the children, the weather has been unusually favorable for good attendance, and six of the twelve teachers who were with us a year ago are with us still, although two are not teaching in the RAYMOND A. BARTLETT, Grade IX. rooms they occupied last year. These con- ditions favor progress along all lines, and music has prospered as well as other branches of study.
Our schools are all carefully graded and the course outlined in music is practically the same for each grade. Each room, how- ever, has its own peculiar conditions, and while all show more or less satisfactory results it is not by comparing results so much as by considering under what circumstances they were accomplished that we realize the real work that has been done. A short outline of existing conditions in the different schoolrooms of our town will be allowable in this annual report.
School Number One has six grades and a large proportion of children who attend school for a comparatively short time, then leave to have their places taken by others whose stay is likewise short. These pupils usually come to us with little or no previous musical training and it is surprising to see what they gain in school. It takes time and patience, but much has been done for them.
School Number Two Primary is composed almost entirely of children unable to speak our language, Italians and Poles as a rule. These children are naturally musical and, although the words are broken, sing their little songs very sweetly and with great pleasure. The advanced grades in this building consist of a large fourth grade and a few pupils in advanced grades, the latter being far ahead of
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the former musically as well as otherwise. The problem here is to continue the training of the older children and at the same time refrain from pushing the fourth grade too rapidly. The teacher is solving it well.
School Number Three has an unusual proportion of pupils who need special drill in tone perception. It is encouraging to see the improvement in this direction. This is a thing that cannot be hurried, but steady, persevering effort is bound to be successful in the end.
School Number Four Primary has conditions somewhat similar to District Number One in that a number of the pupils have non- resident parents. Every seat is filled and there are five grades, so much credit is due the teacher for the results obtained. Number Four Advanced has a good chorus which is singing from the New Educational Music Course Third Reader and Number 7 Weaver Individual S. S. Slips, and the music here is in the best condition it has been since the present building has been occupied. The majority of these children have had training in music during most of their school life. The inspiration of numbers is lacking in District Number Five, but there are some promising voices and a good chance for individual oversight.
School Number Six has a number of lower grade children who are deficient in pitch, but they are improving, and the upper grades are working well. During part of last year school Number Seven had more grades than any other school in town, and a family of children who could speak no English when they first entered ; but the gain in music has been marked, and the highest of the Weaver S. S. Series, No. 10, is being used by one of the scholars.
School Number Eight Primary contains a number of bright little people who enjoy singing their songs. The Intermediate room in this building is well filled and has gained much during the past year. There are a number of good voices among these children. Number Eight Advanced lost some of the best singers in the room when the ninth grade graduated, and the class entering this year did not bring voices to fill their places. Good work is being done however, and some of the pupils here read music remarkably well. The New Educational Music Course Third Reader and Weaver S. S. Series No. 7 are used.
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There is certainly a steady forward movement in all our schools and we have reason to be proud of what has been achieved by our teachers and scholars.
Last June the music for the graduating exercises of the ninth grade was furnished by pupils from Number Four and Number Eight advanced rooms and school Number Seven. The music consisted of two three part choruses, one without accompaniment, and a three part unaccompanied song by selected girls' voices.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY ELIZABETH HOWARD,
Supervisor of Music.
Wilbraham, February, 1908.
ETHEL HAY, Grade IX.
Town Warrant.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, School Committee and other town officers.
ART. 3. To fix the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for 7 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, one Select- man for three years, who shall be Overseer of the Poor, one Assessor for three years, 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, one Tree Warden for the ensuing year, all on one ballot ; also all other town officers. To decide by ballot, which shall be Yes, or No, the ques- tion, " Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town."
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ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for defraying the expenses of the town for the ensuing year, and appropriate the same, and vote how the same shall be raised.
ART. 7. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
ART. 8. 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 the taxes.
ART. 9. . To see if the town will instruct their Selectmen to prosecute any person or persons selling or transporting intoxicating
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liquors in this town contrary to the laws of the Commonwealth, or take any action in regard to the same.
ART. 10. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund of 1907.
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ART. 11. To see if the town will grant money for the proper observance of Memorial Day.
ART. 12. To see if the town will appropriate money for the care and winding of the tower clock on the M. E. church.
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ART. 13. To see if the town will instruct their Assessors to publish valuation lists.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum twenty-five dollars for medical inspection in the public schools in town.
800
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ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to enlarge the sewer from the canal bridge to the railroad bridge on Cottage street in North Wilbraham, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 17. To see if the town will furnish transportation from one end of the town to the other on all election days and town meetings.
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ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money for the suppression of fast automobile driving and the illegal selling or transporting of intoxicating liquors in town.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, ASSESSORS, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 20, 1909.
PALMER, MASS. : PRESS OF C. B. FISKE AND COMPANY. 1909.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, ASSESSORS, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 20, 1909.
PALMER, MASS. : PRESS OF C. B. FISKE AND COMPANY. 1909.
Report of Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
George W. Taylor, work on safe lock, $ 3.50
A. H. Bartlett, printing ballots, 6.75
Charles D. Reese, dog tags, 5.00
C. G. Robbins, posting warrants,
6.00
C. G. Robbins, services at polls, 2.00
J. W. Rice, 66
3.00
J. S. Morgan, 66 66
3.00
Jas. Egan,
3.00
D. H. Eaton,
2.00
H. W. Burbank,
3.00
C. G. Robbins, notifying town officers, 5.10
A. H. Bartlett, office supplies, .50
Treasurer Wilbraham Grange,
26.00
J. W. Baldwin, envelopes, Palmer Journal, printing reports,
54.05
Carter Ink Co., ink,
.38
Cone & Sherwood, treasurer's bond,
15.00
Cecil Bagnall, dog license book,
1.57
H. M. Green, wood for office,
3.00
J. W. Baldwin, postal cards,
1.00
W. & L. E. Curley, sealer's supplies,
.42
A. W. Brownell, assessors' supplies,
3.25
Johnson's Book Store, assessors' supplies, 2.80
Johnson's Book Store, tax collector's supplies, 1.85
Cone & Sherwood, schoolhouse insurance, 192.00
W. G. McKechnie, attorney, 7.00
11.85
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E. C. Clark, officer's fees unlicensed dogs, $ 19.38
A. H. Bartlett, assessors' and collector's supplies, 3.15
E. C. Clark, care unlicensed dog, 4.50
A. F. Friend, police duty, 2.00
W. S. Thurton, watching Ellen Downing, 2.50
Henry M. Weeks Pub. Co., office supplies, 1.63
Boston Nickel Plating Co., plating sealers' supplies, 6.35 Hobbs & Warren Co., office supplies, 1.57
F. D. Benton, work on town aqueduct, 4.00
Cecil G. Bagnall, office supplies, .90
F. A. Fuller, express on supplies, .90
Cone & Sherwood, collector's bond, 15.00
J. W. Baldwin, envelopes and cards, 11.62
F. D. Benton, work on town aqueduct,
1.50
J. O. Martin, services at polls,
3.00
D. H. Eaton, services at polls, 3.00
3.00
James Murphy, services at polls,
3.00
C. G. Robbins, services at polls,
2.00
C. G. Robbins, posting warrants, 6.00
Treas. Wilbraham Grange, rent of hall,
20.00
Springfield Union, printing notice,
1.08
Estate W. L. Collins, rent selectmen's rooms,
60.00
E. C. Clark, services at polls,
2.00
Cone & Sherwood, treasurer's bond,
5.00
Joseph Belanger, returning deaths, 1.25
.75
F. W. Green, undertaker,
76.00
F. W. Green, express on antitoxin,
1.25
J. M. Perry, interest on town loan,
78.50
Dr. A. L. Damon, returning births,
4.75
Rose Leandespi,
2.50
Dr. O. C. Gelineau, 66
2.25
Dr. M. B. Landers, 66
1.50
Dr. J. M. Foster, 66
.25
Dr. H. G. Webber, 66 6 6
.25
F. A. Fuller, oil, .12
Abner E. Bell, interest on Bell fund,
1.60
J. W. Rice, services at polls, Palmer Journal, printing tally sheets, 3.00
N. L. Byron, returning deaths,
5
E. W. Wall estate, office supplies and express, $ 4.99
Recording preambulation, .50
Care weights and measures, 5.00
Preparing tally sheets, 6.00
Election officer, 5.00
Meeting town clerks,
2.00
Recording pool license,
.25
Recording births,
24.50
Recording marriages,
4.65
Recording deaths,
5.70
W. H. McGuire Jr., care tower clock.
25.00
Recording births,
13.00
H. M. Green, wood for office, 3.00
$819.66
TOWN OFFICERS.
TREASURER.
E. W. Wall,
$ 60.00
F. W. Green,
$ 69.85
G. L. Rindge,
31.75
Leon G."Bartlett,
34.00
$135.60
ASSESSORS.
A. A. Phelps,
$ 28.75
J. S. Morgan,
48.75
W. H. McGuire Jr.,
40.00
$117.50
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
H. E. Webber,
$51.00
Arthur J. Howe,
30.00
Evenore O. Beebe,
35.00
$116.00
TAX COLLECTOR.
J. S. Morgan,
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
G. L. Rindge,
$ 22.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
$150.00
J. O. Martin, $ 21.00
SELECTMEN.
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REGISTRARS.
Leon G. Bartlett,
$ 8.00
F. W. Green, 15.00
15.00
6.00
W. H. McGuire Jr.,
9.00
$ 53.00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.
J. L. Rice,
$ 80.90
Frank Baker,
$ 5.00
Henry I. Edson,
$ 75.98
FOREST WARDEN.
F. A. Bodurtha,
$29.65
H. M. Green, 21.50
10.38
W. A. Mowry,
4.48
George E. Knowlton,
10.25
$ 76.26
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
LAURETTA AND LILLEY BEARDSLEY.
Mrs. James Henry, care, $ 60.00
EMMA AND CATHERINE BEARDSLEY.
Mrs. J. P. Brown, care,
$ 60.00
GEORGE J. HAMEL.
State of Massachusetts, aid,
$107.60
MRS. MARY MILLS.
J. A. Bennett, care,
$183.00
A. L. Damon, medical attendance,
1.25
$184.25
ANNA PICKEEL, STATE CHARGE.
Duteau Bros., hack to hospital,
$ 5.00
Mercy Hospital, care, 11.00
$ 16.00
FRANK WENCE, STATE CHARGE. Joseph Ratell, burial, $ 15.00
G. L. Rindge, E. W. Wall,
AUDITOR.
TREE WARDEN.
Henry I. Edson,
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MARY E. BROOKS.
City of Springfield, aid, $ 26.63
MICHAEL DUDNENK, STATE CHARGE.
F. W. Green, to Mercy Hospital, $ 3.00
Mercy Hospital, care,
18.00
A. L. Damon, medical attendance, 3.00
$ 24.00
JOHN R. DEVEIN.
City of Springfield,
MRS. CHARLES BILSON.
Town of Attleboro, aid,
$259.10
CHARLES H. INMAN.
Town of Northbridge, aid,
$ 20.00
EMILIJU KUPIES.
Leon G. Bartlett, expense to Tewksbury, $ 10.30
ARTHUR C. ELDRIDGE.
Burial of child,
$ 10.00
Refunded by City of Chicopee.
KATIE WENCE AND CHILD, STATE CHARGE.
V. M. Frost, ambulance, $ 6.00
10.50
M. B. Landers, medical attendance, 10.00
Mercy Hospital, care,
90.00
$116.50
ELLEN DOWNING.
H. G. Webber, medical attendance, $ 2.00
J. M. Foster, medical attendance, 2.00
$ 4.00
CHARLES AND FLORENCE ST. GERMAIN. Charles B. Bennett, care, $ 75.00
ALFRED L. BLISS.
Town of Brookfield, aid, $ 61.86
HATTIE AMO.
Town of West Springfield, aid,
$ 22.68
MRS. NELLIE NORMON.
Ludlow Hospital Society, care,
$103.00
THOMAS BEACH.
The C. J. Roadstrond Co., casket, etc., $ 26.00
$ 67.05
Ludlow Hospital, care,
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STREET LIGHTS.
Lndlow Mfg. Association,
$129.60
Central Mass. Electric Co.,
630.00
$759.60
MEMORIAL DAY.
C. E. Peck, J. S. Morgan,
$ 50.00
25.00
$ 75.00
LIBRARY.
Care, rent and supplies,
$316.96
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SCHOOLS.
Supervisor of music,
$ 216.00
High school tuition,
1,162.65
Common school tuition,
16.75
Physician,
100.00
Superintendent,
622.32
Supervisor of drawing,
246.00
Transportation,
20.40
Supplies,
1,159.02
Care schoolhouses,
624.90
Teachers' wages,
4,545.24
Repairs,
517.68
$9,230.96
ILLEGAL SELLING AND TRANSPORTING OF INTOXI- CATING LIQUORS.
E. C. Clark, time and expenses,
$26.10
Joseph Cotter, time and expenses,
5.00
W. G. McKechnie, attorney,
55.60
$ 86.70
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SEWER APPROPRIATION ($1,000.00.)
B. & A. R. R., freight on pipe,
$145.52
M. A. Maynard, sewer pipe, 285.47
H. W. Brainerd, building,
414.14
M. A. Maynard, sewer pipe,
4.50
Collins Mfg. Co. sewer pipe,
1.68
F. A. Fuller, express on pipe,
.50
H. W. Brainerd, plans and specifications, 20.00
E. Brown & Co., sewer pipe, 37.80
$909.61
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Theodore Gebo, repairing scraper,
$ 7.50
A. A. Phelps, labor, 548.23
Fred C. Phelps, labor,
100.00
L. L. Farr, labor and gravel,
107.52
W. H. McGuire, labor, 357.38
J. H. Farr, labor, 107.45
New England Metal Culvert Co.,
14.00
H. W. Green, plank,
4.55
F. W. Green, taking scraper to town farm,
1.00
Francis M. Angell, labor and gravel,
194.89
G. L. Rindge, labor,
363.35
Homer Foote & Co., supplies,
1.25
J. W. Baldwin, labor,
11.50
F. A. Gurney, gravel,
22.10
Leon G. Bartlett, gravel,
26.40
$1,867.12
CEMETERY ACCOUNT.
L. L. Farr, Glendale, repairs, $ 4.00
L. L. Farr, Glendale, care, 7.00
B. B. Green, East Wilbraham, care, 10.00
A. J. Bryant, Adams, care, 12.00
$ 33.00
CHLOE BLISS STEBBINS LOT.
A. J. Bryant, care, $ 5.00
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VETERAN BURIAL AGENT. C. E. Peck, burial of Ellen C. Weeks, $ 37.00
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The Emerson Laboratory, $ 25.90
City of Springfield, care H. S. Ackermon,
76.86
$102.76
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR GRAVEL ON SPRING- FIELD ROAD ($300.00).
A. A. Phelps, labor and gravel,
$296.85
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR GRAVEL ON MAIN STREET WILBRAHAM ($400.00).
A. A. Phelps, labor and gravel, $404.49
STATE AID CHAPTER 381 ACTS OF 1904.
William Butler,
$ 48.00
Francis M. Davis,
12.00
James C. Moody,
60.00
Addie S. Speigbt,
48.00
Ellen C. Weeks,
12.00
Francis M. Angell,
48.00
Henrietta Laird,
48.00
William H. Bigelow,
60.00
Louise J. Croxford,
32.00
$368.00
MILITARY AID CHAPTER 279 ACTS OF 1889. William H. Bigelow, $ 35.00
SUMMARY.
Contingent,
$ 819.66
Town Officers,
913.24
Paupers,
1,268.97
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Street Lights,
$ 759.60
Memorial Day,
75.00
Library,
316.96
Schools,
9,230.96
Illegal selling and transporting of intoxicating liquors,
86.70
Sewer,
909.61
Highways and bridges,
1,867.12
Cemeteries,
33.00
Chloe Bliss Stebbins lot,
5.00
Veteran burial agent, 37.00
Contagious diseases, 102.76
Special appropriation gravel on Springfield road, 296.85
Special appropriation gravel on Main street, Wilbraham,
404.49
State aid,
368.00
Military aid,
35.00
- $17,529.92
LIABILITIES.
None that we know of.
RESOURCES.
Due from State of Mass., state aid, $ 450.00
Military aid, 35.00
Inspection of animals, 17.50
Account paupers, 239.50
Due from town of Granby, account pauper, 15.00
Cash in treasury,
1.813.33
Uncollected taxes,
214.55
$2,774.88
The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations :
Highways and bridges,
$2,000.00
Paupers,
1,200.00
Contingent expense and town officers,
1,500.00
Street lights,
775.00
Cemeteries,
50.00
Library,
25.00
F. W. GREEN, ) Selectmen of G. L. RINDGE, § Wilbraham.
Report of Tree Warden.
TREES PLANTED.
41, Springfield street.
3, Maple street.
2, Main street.
4, Cottage street.
26, Glendale, Monson and Hampden roads.
76 trees cost,
$42.10
Setting trees,
12.74
$54.84
Trimming trees, Faculty and Maple,
$1.74
North Wilbraham to Glendale, 4.60
Main street, below Green, 2.50
Monson road,
1.40
$10.24
Tree struck by lightning, Glendale,
.75
Trees broken by wind, Maple street,
1.40
Cutting dead maple by F. A. Fuller's residence,
3.25
Cutting dead butternut and walnut, Glendale,
2.46
Ice storm,
.96
Hearings,
1.70
Tar and shellac for wounds,
1.55
Wire for protectors,
.48
1 hand saw,
1.85
$14.40
Received of Town Treasurer,
$75.98
Refunded on posters,
$ .75
Hand saw,
1.85
Shellac, tar, iron rods,
.90
$ 3.50
$79.48
$79.48
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It is a fact, and rightly so, that the average person sets either a rock maple or an elm. With the idea of adding to the variety of our trees, the tree warden ventured to plant a somewhat unusual selection. The poplars were planted as fillers with the slow-growing oaks, and will be removed later.
The Forestry Association suggests the setting of some streets with every other tree an evergreen. It also says that roadside shrubs, as osiers, black alder, mountain-cranberry, bittersweet, etc., must be controlled by the tree warden. The tree warden would suggest the leaving of groups of these, and also small trees of desirable kinds, when cutting brush.
The elm beetles did much damage ; and I regret that through a misunderstanding, they were not scalded when at the foot of the trees as I intended.
List of Jurors.
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN.
John A. Calkins,
Clarence P. Bolles,
Charles W. Vinton,
James M. Pease,
Walter M. Green,
Fred C. Phelps,
Edgar H. Keith,
Clarence E. Pease,
J. Wilbur Rice,
Benjamin B. Brewer,
Raymond J. Pease,
Robert A. Green,
Andrew J. Cleland,
James Egan,
Henry Clark,
James M. Pickens,
Edwin M. Nichols,
John W. Powers.
Henry I. Edson,
Marshall C. Wade.
Treasurer's Report. FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY, 1909.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury Feb. 22, 1908,
$1,263.95
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 3.02
Support sick paupers, 136.04
High school tuition,
17.50
Inspection of animals,
17.50
Account supt. schools,
454.54
Corporation tax,
471.69
National bank tax, 161.82
State aid, 524.00
Burial of soldiers,
30.00
Burial of pauper, 10.00
Street railway tax,
2,665.64
Income Mass. school fund,
1,108.40
Transportation of paupers, 2.10
Springfield Safe Deposit and
Trust Co., 3 mos. note, 2,000.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., interest on deposit,
33.02
County Treasurer, dog tax,
229.18
Cutler Co., 3 mos. note,
500.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 3 mos. note, 1,000.00
M. Ecker, peddler's license, 6.00
Max Elpert, slaughter house license, 1.00
Patrick Fitzgerald, pool license,
2.00
E. P. Clark, master, fines,
11.00
Town of Ludlow, sewer pipe,
12.00
Town of Hampden, tuition,
1.20
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Howard White, sewer pipe,
$ 4.00
Burial lots,
12.00
Old books,
1.40
Street lamps,
2.00
Fred Ley, rent of house,
3.00
George Patrick, grass Town Farm,
10.00
A. I. Howe, car tickets,
10.00
Springfield Street Railway Co., excise tax,
228.22
H. F. Greene, sewer pipe,
2.00
District Court, fines,
61.13
H. F. Greene, taxes, 1906,
95.95
H. F. Greene, taxes, 1907,
2,113.66
J. S. Morgan, taxes, 1908,
12,777.74
J. M. Perry, town loan,
78.50
Public Library, interest, Henry Cutler's legacy,
109.47
Hiram Danks, cemetery lot fund, interest,
4.04
Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund, interest,
12.12
Abner E. Bell fund, interest,
1.60
City of Chicopee, burial of pauper,
10.00
Library fines,
15.66
J. O. Martin, sealer,
19.40
$26,233.49
Of the cash in the treasury $38.03 is due the Free Public Library.
EXPENDITURES.
State Treasurer, state tax,
$1,705.00
Repairs on highway state, 240.80
County Treasurer, county tax,
1,110.15
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co. note,
1,000.00
The Cutler Co., note,
500.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., note,
2,000.00
State aid,
403.00
Selectmen's orders,
17,126.92
Spfld. S. D. and T. Co. interest 3 mos. note, 12.75
Interest 3 mos. note,
25.56
The Cutler Co. interest 3 mos. note,
6.39
Assessors' Abatements, 1906,
52.28
66
1907,
131.30
66
1908,
106.31
Balance,
1,813.03
$26,233.49:
W. H. McGUIRE JR, Assistant Treasurer. .
Trust Funds.
ABNER E. BELL FUND.
NORTH WILBRAHAM, MASS., DEC. 3, 1901.
Received from the town of Wilbraham the sum of forty dollars, the same being in full for land damage awarded by the County Com- missioners, June 25, 1901. by reason of relocation of highway in North Wilbraham in their decree dated April 3, 1901. The amount to be deposited in some savings bank in trust for the town of Wilbra- ham and Abner E. Bell, the interest to be paid annually to said Abner E. Bell during his life by reason of his life tenancy in that portion of the late Henry Cutler's estate. At his decease the principal to revert to the town of Wilbraham for the use of the Public Library, according to the terms of the will of the late Henry Cutler.
W. H. McGUIRE JR., Trustee of the Town of Wilbraham and Abner E. Bell.
The sum of forty dollars is deposited in the Springfield Institu- tion for Savings in the City of Springfield, Book No. 158,877.
W. H. McGUIRE JR.
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. 27, 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.
THE HIRAM DANKS CEMETERY LOT FUND - ESTABLISHED 1903.
This is a fund of one hundred dollars, left by the will of Hiram. Danks, the income only of which to be paid to the treasurer of the Town of Wilbraham for the perpetual care of the Hiram Danks burial lot in the Wilbraham cemetery.
Report of the Board of Assessors. FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB., 1909.
Appropriations.
Highways and bridges,
$1,800.00
Paupers,
1,200.00
Contingent expenses and town officers,
1,500.00
Street lights,
760.00
Care of cemeteries,
50.00
Free public library,
200.00
Schools,
4,500.00
School repairs,
400.00
High school tuition,
900.00
Music in public schools,
200.00
Supervisor of drawing in public schools,
200.00
Medical inspection,
100.00
Permanent improvements on highway from Gurney's store westward,
300.00
Tree warden,
100.00
Sewer, Cottage street,
1,000.00
Suppression for fast automobile driving,
300.00
Transportation and illegal selling of intoxicat- ing liquors, 300.00
Gravel, lower Main street, Wilbraham,
400.00
Winding tower clock,
25.00
Memorial day,
75.00
$14,310.00
State tax,
$1,705.00
County tax,
1,110.15
Road tax,
240.80
--- $17,365.95
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Number of polls at $2.00 each,
528
Number of polls at .50 each,
2
Total tax on polls,
1,057.00
Value of real estate May 1st,
$787,999.12
Value of personal property May 1st,
295,808.80
Total valuation,
$1,083,807.92
'Tax on assessed personal estate,
$3,253.90
Tax on assessed real estate,
8,667.96
Total raised,
$12,978.86
Excise tax,
$228.22
Rate per cent total tax $11.00 per $1000.
Number of horses assessed,
255
Cows assessed,
536
Neat cattle other than cows,
154
Swine assessed,
74
Fowls assessed,
1425
Acres of land assessed,
12,992}
Houses assessed,
335
J. S. MORGAN,
Assessors
A. A. PHELPS,
of
W. H. McGUIRE JR., S Wilbraham.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
North Wilbraham, Mass., Feb. 24, 1909.
I have examined the books of the Town of Wilbraham and find them correct.
FRANK BOSLER, Auditor.
Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library.
Number of volumes in library, last report, 2388 Number of volumes added, 158
Number of volumes in library, February, 1909,
2546
Number of books loaned from library during past year,
5104
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation by the town,
$200.00
Income from Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund,
4.04
Income from Henry Cutler legacy,
109.47
Fines and cards.
15.66
Balance on hand Feb. 22, 1909,
25.82
$354.99
EXPENDITURES.
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