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GENEALOGY 974.102 F197 1889
ANNUAL REPORT
7.
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS a
OF THE
Town of Falmouth,
FOR THE
Fiscal Year Ending February Thirteenth,
1889,
WEST FALMOUTH : A. S. NOYES, PRINTER. 1889.
Domicimento if
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Falmouth,
FOR THE
Fiscal Year Ending February Thirteenth,
1889
WEST FALMOUTH : A. S. NOYES, PRINTER. 1889.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
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To Joseph W. Merrill, a Constable of the Town of Falmouth, in the County of Cumberland,
GREETING :
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said Town of Fal- mouth, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town House, in said town, on the fourth day of March, 1889, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following articles, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Second. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
Third. To hear and act upon the reports of the Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, and School Committee.
Fourth. To choose all the other necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Fifth. To see if the town will grant and raise such sums of money as may be necessary for the maintenance and support of schools, and the poor, and repairs of roads and bridges, and to defray all other necessary town charges for the ensuing year.
Sixth. To see what action the town will take in regard to the pay of Town Officers.
Seventh. To see what method the town will adopt to repair the highways for the ensuing year.
Eighth. To see what the town will allow per hour for the labor of men, horses, and oxen on the highways.
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Ninth. To see if the town will vote to make a discount of one per cent, or more, on all taxes paid within a stated time and raise money for the same.
Tenth. To see if the town will vote to abolish the school districts therein, in conformity to the provisions of Section 3, Chapter 11, of the Revised Statutes of the State of Maine.
Eleventh. To see if the town will vote to grade the hill in the highway near Harlan P. Merrill's and raise money for the same.
Twelfth. To see what action the town will take to protect its clamming interests and make regulations for the same.
Thirteenth. To see if the town will vote to exempt from taxation the wharf of the Falmouth Cottage Company.
Fourteenth. To see if the town will accept the road, as widened by the Selectmen, on petition of D. F. Palmer and others, leading from the mill of the West Falmouth Manufac- . turing Company to road near F. F. Hall's.
Fifteenth. To see if the town will vote to abate the taxes and costs incurred of Arthur Walker, Charles H. Blanchard, Theodore B. Purinton and Reuben S. Morrill for 1886.
Sixteenth. To see what action the town will take for the proper protection of the north abutment of the Iron Bridge.
Seventeenth. To see if the town will vote to tax dogs.
Eighteenth. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors, as selected by the municipal officers.
Nineteenth. To see if the town will vote to charge interest on all taxes not paid within nine months from time of commit- ment.
Twentieth. To see what instruction the town will give the Treasurer in relation to the settlement of tax deeds held by the town.
Twenty-first. To see if the town will vote to discontinue, with gate or bars, the road leading from house occupied by Joseph W. Huston to road running past the house of Robert H. Whitney.
Twenty-second. To see if the town will vote to sell the wood lot purchased of Samuel Hicks in 1839.
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Twenty-third. To see what action the town will take in regard to paying outstanding notes.
Twenty-fourth. To see if the town will vote to exempt from taxation the real estate now taxed to heirs of Stephen Gerrish.
Twenty-fifth. To see if the town will vote to abate a part of the taxes assessed on real estate of T. M. Lewis in 1886, 1887 and 1888.
The Selectmen give notice that they will be in session for the purpose of correcting the list of voters in said town, and hear- ing and deciding upon the application of persons claiming to have their names entered upon said lists, at the town office, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, on the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands this thirteenth day of February, A. D. 1889.
WM. E. WINSLOW, Selectmen W. K. SWETT, of
D. O. MOULTON, Falmouth.
REPORT OF
Assessors, Selectmen Overseers of Poor.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Falmouth :
We herewith submit for your consideration a statement of the Assessments, Receipts and Expenditures of the Town for the fiscal year ending March 1st, 1889.
VALUATION 1888.
Real Estate, Resident,
$518,310
Personal Estate, Resident,
209,350
Real Estate, Non-Resident,
107,855
Personal Estate, Non-Resident,
11,265
Supplementary,
3,080
Total Valuation,
$849,860
Number of Polls,
391
Supplementary Polls,
11
Poll Tax,
$3 00
Rate of Taxation, $1.03 on $100.
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ASSESSMENTS 1888.
For State Tax, County Tax,
$2,119 86 597 29
$2,717 15
Schools,
$2,000 00
Poor,
500 00
Out Poor,
400 00
Bridges,
400 00
Town Officers,
600 00
Snow Bills,
1,200 00
Contingencies,
1,050 00
Road Machine,
250 00
Culvert near Smith Barber's,
100 00
Discount,
400 00
Deficient Highway, 1887,
364 22
Overlay,
277 69
$7,541 91
Supplementary Tax,
65 97
Total amount committed to Collector,
10,325 03
HIGHWAY TAXES ASSESSED.
District
Name of Surveyor.
1888 Amount.
1887 Delinquents Assessed.
No.
1
Leander N. Swett,
$ 404 36
$ 44 90
2
Walter W. Look,
544 23
17 34
3
Joseph T. Richards,
124 83
19 62
4 Broda Hinck,
41 57
5 Henry J. Merrill,
124 59
23 28.
6 Curtis Colley,
91 86
38.79
7
Nathan D. Eustis,
78 77
11 23
8
Joshua L. Whitehouse,
118 48
25 71
9
Solomon M. Blanchard,
133 28
4 48
10 Albert Winslow,
54 09
11 Joseph W. Huston,
66 89
10 55
12
Eben R. Woodbury,
201 24
18 98
13 Wilbur Libby,
90 75
20 71
14 F. O. J. Pride,
101 36
29 90
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15 Nathaniel Packard,
97 52
12 41
16 Thaddeus M. Lewis,
70 72
2 53
17 A. Osgood Field,
92 15
1 82
18 Lorenzo S. Washburn,
130 86
19 Levi W. Hadlock,
20 30
20 Alexander G. Marston,
73 61
21 George A. Pride,
41 44
9 54
22
Christian J. Fries,
79 31
4 48
23 J. A. P. Merrill,
52 27
24 John P. Jensen,
93 70
36 70
25 Ferdinand I. Noyes,
135 32
31 25
Amount assessed.
$3,063 50
$364 22
Amount raised,
3,000 00
Overlay,
$63 50
Valuation, $841,780.
Rate of Taxation, 32 cents on $100.
Poll Tax, 95 cents.
No highway tax assessed on Mackey's Island.
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ACCOUNT OF EXPENDITURES. TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation,
$600 00
James E. Merrill, Selectman, etc.,
$98 00
Frank Moulton,
71 00
Wm. E. Winslow,
64 25
D. F. Small, Treasurer,
30 00
66 Town Clerk.
13 62
H. J. Merrill, S. S. Committee,
38 00
F. B. Blanchard, S. S. Committee,
30 00
H. B. Mountfort, S. S. Committee,
27 50
J. E. Merrill, Moderator, 1887,
3 00
F. B. Blanchard, Auditor, 1886, 2 00
8
J. W. Merrill, Constable, 1887, 5 00
Collector for 1886, in full, 72 06
66
1888, in part, 58 00
D. F. Small, Board of Health, 6 30
Hawley Folsom, Board of Health, 5 00
George L. Hall, Auditor, 1887, 2 00
$525 73
Balance in favor appropriation, $74 27
BRIDGES.
Appropriation, Received for old bridge timber and plank, 3 00
$400 00
$403 00
WEST FALMOUTH M'F'G CO'S. BRIDGE.
Geo. M. Stanwood & Co., iron rods, etc., $ 6 45
W. H. Winslow, labor, 11 00
Fenwick Merrill, “ 3 00
Wm. E. Winslow, “ 2 25
LeGrow Bros., south'n pine
timber,
60 14
$82 84
IRON BRIDGE.
Burgess, Fobes & Co., paint,
$13 75
Maine Cent'l R. R. freight on paint, 25
S. L. Farwell, painting,
13 00
$27 00
SOULE BRIDGE.
Burgess, Fobes & Co., paint, $5 00
Elmer A. Marston, painting, 1 60
A. G. Marston, labor, 2 00
$8 60
L. N. Swett bridge, Johnson road,
1 50
$119 94
Balance in favor appropriation,
$283 06.
9 +
Plank used during the year on
bridges and culverts, 3,030 feet. 2,100 feet.
Plank on hand,
SNOW BILLS.
Appropriation,
$1,200
L. N. Swett,
No. 1,
$140 55
Samuel H. Anderson,
" 2,
182 50
J. T. Richards,
3,
48 50
B. A. Hinck,
4,
34 30
C. H. Richards,
5,
89 05
Curtis Colley,
6,
55 50
N. D. Eustis,
7,
46 30
J. L. Whitehouse,
8,
$92 40
D. F. Small,
"
' 8,
2 30
$94 70
Stephen Huston, Jr.
" 9,
118 73
Edward K. Noyes,
" 10,
59 50
Joseph W. Huston,
" 11,
31 00
John Woodbury,
" 12,
$81 68
Fred M. Blake,
80
C. T. Young,
6
66
1 00
$83 48
Wilber Libby,
" 13,
$106 50
Geo. A. Pride,
19 20
125 70
George Mountfort,
" 14,
$62 60
F. O. J. Pride,
29 40
N. H. Leighton,
9 00
John E. Forbes,
10 40
Edwin P. Knight,
6 00
Arthur H. Bodkin,
90
Hale Leighton,
10 60
Grenville Hall,
10 00
138 90
Nathaniel Packard,
No. 15,
71 96
T. M. Lewis,
4 16,
98 33
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10
Adam F. Winslow, No. 17, $110 90
Elbridge B. Huston
4 20
- -$115 10
Daniel Wilson,
" 18,
72 35
Levi W. Hicks,
" 19
10 20
James L. West,
" 20,
47 50
George A. Pride,
" 21,
39 20
Christian J. Fries,
" 22,
47 02
J. A. P. Merrill,
" 23,
34 80
Joseph W. Merrill,
" 24,
51 65
E. M. Lunt,
" 25,
$63 70
W. G. W. Purington,
1 00
Geo. W. Cobb,
66
'86, 2 90
67 60
$1,904 42
Balance against appropriation $704 42
CONTINGENCIES.
Appropriation,
$1,050 00
HIGHWAYS.
Paid W. K. Swett. Dist. No. 2, $ 75
Kendall & Whitney, tile, " 1, 2 14 75 $ 15 50
J. T. Richards, labor, 3, 18 00
B. A. Hinck, 4,
4 60
H. J. Merrill, etc., 5, 35 05
N. E. Merrill,
5, 3 75 38 80
Curtis Colley,
6,
6 40
N. D. Eustis, 66 7, 2 20
B. F. Lunt, 66
7, 5 00
Geo. W. Allen, 66
7, 3 79
Niels Hanson, 66
7, 4 94 15 93
J. L. Whitehouse, “ " 8,
4 25
L. M. Winslow, “
" 10,
1 00
Wm. E. Winslow,“ " 11,
2 50
Elmer A. Marston, labor, " 11,
2 00 4 50
T. J. Pearson,
" 12, 4 00
11
W. P. Newman, whiffletree
road machine, No. 12, 50
Geo. W. Jordan, labor, " 12, 19 00
T. J. Pearson, " 12, 20 00
Chas. H. Pearson, " 12,
24 00
E. R. Woodbury, " etc., " 12,
84 15
F. F. Hall,
" 12, 2 00
153 65
Wilber Libby, 66
" 13,
20 84
F. O. J. Pride,
" 14,
10 20
Nathaniel Leighton, “ " 15,
5 05
Nathaniel Packard, “
.“ 15,
9 86
14 91
L. S. Washburn, " 18,
10 15
A. G. Marston,
" 20,
39 20
Geo. A. Pride,
" 21,
4 43
Christian J. Fries, “
" 22,
17 32
J. L Whitehouse,
" 23,
4 00
John P. Jensen,
" 24,
10 41
Azariah Mayberry, “
road machine, etc., " 24,
17 50
Niels Hanson, labor,
" 24,
8 70
J. L. Whitehouse, “
" 24,
16 00
Fenwick Merrill,
" 24,
4 00
Lemuel Huston, 66
" 24,
4 16
Wm. E. Winslow,
" 24,
6 00
J. W. Merrill, .
" 24,
5 90
72 67
E. M. Lunt, " 25,
24 04
Geo. W. Cobb, gravel, '86, " 25, 1 75
25 79
Winslow & Co., drain pipe,
30 44
F. F. Hall, gravel and pipe, 1888,
9 49
W. W. Libby, gravel,
10 00
J. W. Merrill, « 1887,
3 70
Christian J. Fries, " 1888,
5 00
Smith Barber,
8 46
D. F. Palmer, road machine,
2 25
$551 48
364 22
Less delinquent highway,
$187 26
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GUIDE BOARDS.
E. Corey & Co., iron, $ 40
LeGrow Bros., posts,
5 95
Wm. R. Brown, setting posts, 80
C. T. Young, smith work, 75
F. F. Hall, hauling posts, 85
King & Dexter, screws, 99
Wm. E. Winslow, setting posts and boards, 11 45
W. H. Winslow, 46 guide boards at $1.40, 64 40
$85 59
INTEREST.
H. J. Merrill, 2nd Parish, $24 00
E. A. Noyes, Treas. Portland Savings Bank, 71 39
E. A. Noyes, 50 00
Sumner Barber, Trustee School Dist. 5,
interest 1886-7, 40 00
$185 39
R. R. CROSSINGS.
J. L. Whitehouse, with petition to inhabitants of Windham, Gray, and Cumberland, 10 50
Wm. E. Winslow, with petition to inhabitants of Falmouth, 4 00
N. & H. B. Cleaves, services,
72 00
Witness fees paid by Treasurer, 45 36
$131 86
Rec'd from M. C. R. R. Co., on witness fees,
41 80
$90 06
TOWN FARM BUILDINGS.
Bela Blanchard, hauling lumber, 7 20
King & Dexter, nails and screws, -8 53
A. S. Noyes, etc., 4 16
John A. Waburg, labor,
24 50
C. F. Rendall, ¥
29 00
Hans P. Anderson, "
29 00
J. W. Babbage, stone work,
2 00
13
N. D. Eustis, labor, 13 50
Gideon Skillin, “ 3 75
C. D. Skillin, “ 27 12
S. M. Latham, stone work and jacking,
11 25
Wm. E. Winslow, labor, etc., 12 60
Alfred L. Leighton, “ 8 00
Leon M. Winslow, hauling lumber, etc.,
9 50
Chas. R. Wescott, bolts, 30
C. M. & H. T. Plummer, jack-screws, 7 20
E. Corey & Co., bolt ends, 92
LeGrow Bros., lumber and shingles,
189 18
W. P. Newman, nails,
60
H. M. Stone, jack-screws, 1 80
J. W. Huston, hinges,
50
J. B. Fickett, paint, 3 00
C. T. Young, hasps, staples, etc., 85
Wm. P. Gurney, tile for drain, 3 12
Expended on barn alone, $357 00. - $397 58
MISCELLANEOUS CONTINGENCIES.
E. C. Blanchard, care of town house, $ 2 00
P. W. Sawyer, tax in Gray, 1887, 2 00
A. S. Noyes, printing reports, 18 00
A. S. Noyes, stationery, 3 63
McLellan, Mosher & Co., books, etc., for office, 13 40
Storer S. Knight, mortgage list, 2 50
W. K. Swett, express bill, 51
A. S. Noyes, postage and notices, 1 33
Mclellan, Mosher & Co., order book, 2 75
W. H. Winslow, ballot box, 1 25
Eastern Argus, adv. non-resident taxes, 12 00
C. T. Young, smith work, 1 25
Storer S. Knight, recording tax deeds (29), 14 50
O. A. Mountfort, setting monument Cum. line, 1 00
E. D. Merrill,
38
Wm. E. Winslow, " monuments town lines, 7 00
Stephen Staples, perambulating all " " 5 50
14
Nelson Tenney & Co., stove, town house, 10 25 N. & H. B. Cleaves, legal services, ($48 00,
1887,) 64 00
Wm. E. Winslow, postage and sundries, 1 87
7 37
172 49
A. S. Noyes, executing tax deeds,
$1118 37
Balance against appropriation and high- way delinquents, 68 37
Petitions to County Commissioner for gates or flagmen at M. C. R. R. crossing denied.
N. & H. B. Cleaves paid in full to Feb. 1, 1889, except matter of E. A. Noyes, which will be paid by the estate.
The road bills have been unusually large during the past year on account of the severe rains in summer and fall and drifting snow in winter, necessitating a great amount of labor to keep the roads in a suitable condition for public travel.
All of our town lines have been perambulated the past year, twenty new monuments set, and records of same properly made.
CULVERT NEAR SMITH BARBER'S.
Appropriation,
$100 00
S. M. Latham, labor, $20 00
J. l'. Jensen, 12 00
J. L. Whitehouse, hauling derrick,
3 00
Fenwick Merrill, labor,
2 00
Nathaniel Packard, hauling stone,
24 00
E. R. Woodbury, labor,
15 00
J. T. Richards, 66
12 00
C. T. Young, blacksmith work,
1 58
Win. E. Winslow, sundries and labor,
2 89 $ 92 47
Balance in favor of appropriation,
$ 7 53
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ROAD MACHINE.
Appropriation, Road machine of Chas Mitchell,
$250 00
Freight on same,
12 00
262 00
Balance against appropriation,
$12 00
LISTS OF ABATEMENTS MADE ON ASSESSMENTS OF THE YEAR 1887-8 WITH THE REASON THEREFOR.
Glendy Moody, heirs of, highway tax worked out, 1887, $1 12
Vernon S. Clark, left town,
66 3 00
Peter Ebbesen, deceased,
3 00
Peter Herrick, left town,
66 3 00
Peter Jenney,
66
3 00
George S. Latham, infirmity,
66 3 00
Nelson Loucraft, left town,
66 3 57
Charles Small, .
3 00
George H. Wallace, "
66
3 00
Andrew H. Winslow, not liable,
66
1 29
Reuben S. Morrill,
66
66
5 93
Frank N. Leighton, 66 66
16
3 00
Thomas E. Richards, left town,
3 00
George Q. Rose, infirmity,
3 00
Marcellus Leighton, paid tax in Hallowell,
66 3 00
Frank H. Mountfort, error in assessing,
1888, 1 00
Fred A. Clough, highway tax worked out,
3 32
$49 23
DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
Appropriation,
$400 00
Amount of taxes crossed out before
November 6, 1888, $6,805 01
Amount of discount allowed on same at 6 per cent, 408 30 40& 30
Amount of taxes collected before No- vember 6, 1888, $6,396 71
Balance against appropriation, $ 8 30
$250 00
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SUMS RECOMMENDED TO BE RAISED.
Schools,
$2,000 00
High ways,
3,000 00
Poor, 500 00
Out Poor,
400 00
Bridges, 400 00
Town Officers,
600 00
Snow Bills,
600 00
Contingencies,
700 00
Discount,
400 00
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
STATEMENT.
Paid G. T. Richards, balance of salary, 1887, $220 00
Merrill Bros., for meat, 1885-'86 17 60
$237 60
TOWN FARM IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN.
DR.
To W. P. Newman, supplies, $ 97 32
A. S. Noyes. 82 79
T. B. Richards & Co., “ 78 12
Joseph B. Mountfort, horse,
95 00
George L. Hall, harness,
25 00
B. F. Lunt, horse rake,
2 75
S. S. Rich & Son, coffin and robe, Almira B. Hobbs, 13 50
Goods bought and sundry bills paid, 68 39
Due G. T. Richards on salary, 300 00
$762 87
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CR.
By Appropriation,
$500 00
521 1/2 lbs. butter sold,
$136 15
222 doz. eggs
46 81
234 galls. milk“
31 96
122 " sour milk «
8 24
Calves 66
13 75
pastured,
7 00
Stove sold,
75
21 lbs. chickens
sold,
4 58
12 ". fowl
"
1 50
4 bush. beans
"
9 89
2
potatoes
1 20
4 tons hay
40 00
Bedding,
16
13 00
167 lbs pork
66
14 19
Fence stakes
66
1 68
$330 70
Labor performed off farm, 6 80
Hauling lumber and labor on buildings, 50 00
Horse, bought, 95 00
Harness
25 00
Horse rake,
2 75
$179 55
$1,010 25
Balance in favor appropriation,
$247 38
At the commencement of the year there were three inmates of the Almshouse, Robert Jones, Almira B. Hobbs and Lydia Allen. Robert Jones left March 17th and Almira B. Hobbs died Dec. 3d, leaving one inmate at present, who has been there more than fifty years. We believe the poor have received good care. The farm has furnished lodging and thirty-four meals for tramps the last year.
An inventory of stock, produce and groceries on farm, Jan. 31, 1889 : 4 cows, 1 horse, 2 swine, 18 hens, 812 tons hay, 7 bushels beans, 34 bbl. pork, 20 lbs. lard, 2 quarts molasses, 13 lbs. sugar, 1 lb. coffee, 14 1b. tea, 1 bbl. flour, 12 bushel peas,
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1/2 bushel turnips, 1 bushel beets, 1 bushel carrots, 11 bushels potatoes, 16 cabbages, 300 stakes, 38 rails, 140 ft. boards for fencing. A hen house 24x12 has been built by Mr. Richards for which he has received no credit in our account
List of farming tools and household furniture on file in office.
OUT POOR.
Appropriation,
$400 00
Received from town of Pownal,
21 50
7 45
Due from estate of E. A. Noyes,
86 93
$515 88
Insane Hospital, Chas F. Merrill, $163 63
Mary Leighton, 156 88
66 66 E. A. Noyes, $66 86
W. K. Swett, telegram E. A. Noyes, 57
Robert Huston, taking E. A. Noyes
to insane hospital, 1 50
I. E. Hobert, M. D., examination E. A. Noyes, 5 00
F. C. Dolley, M. D., examination E. A. Noyes, 5 00
Wm. E. Winslow on account E. A. Noyes, 4 00
W. K. Swett on acct. E A. Noyes, 4 00
- $86 93
C. T. Moulton, M. D., medical at- tendance Albert Gill, 7 00
City of Lewiston, supplies fur- nished Mary J. Hussey and family, $29 25
City of Lewiston, supplies fur- nished Mary J. Hussey and family, 32 00
W. E. Winslow car fare to Lew- iston, 1 60
$62 85
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Geo. D. Sargent, supplies to Geo. F. Libby, $21 50
Geo. D, Sargent, supplies to Geo. F. Libby, 5 45
T. B. Richards & Co., supplies to Geo. F. Libby, 2 00
$28 95
$506 24
Balance in favor appropriation,
$9 64
There has been no material change reported to us about our insane.
RECAPITULATION.
Assessed, Re- ceived and Due.
Paid and Allowed.
Town Officers,
$ 600 00
$ 525 73
Bridges,
400 00
119 94
Snow Bills,
1,200 00
1,904 42
Contingencies,
1,050 00
1,160 17
Culvert near Smith Barber's,
100 00
92 47
Road Machine,
250 00
262 00
Poor,
500 00
632 08
Out Poor,
400 00
506 24
Discount,
400 00
408 30
Deficient Highway Tax,
364 22
364 22
Overlay,
277 69
Supplementary Tax,
65 97
· Received for old bridge timber and plank,
3 00
66 from M. C. R. R.,
41 80
66 Town Farm,
262 31
66 Pownal,
28 95
for license to auctioneer,
2 00
on tax deeds,
69 50
Due from estate of E. A. Noyes,
86 93
" for expense on tax deeds, Abatements,
33 87
49 23
Balance unexpended,
111 44
Total,
$6,136 24
$6,136 24
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SCHOOLS.
Amount raised by the Town for schools, $2,000 00 Amount rec'd from the State for schools, 847 50 Total,
$2,847 50
DISTRICT NO. 1, EDWARD NIXON, Agent.
DR. CR.
To balance from 1887,
$102 75
To appropriation,
241 50
By paid H. P. Kimball, incidentals,
$12 75
¥ Annie M. Winslow, teaching,
90 00
Michael Murray, repairs,
12 00
66 Nellie G. Dolley, teaching,
99 00
66 Ida S. Cowan, teaching,
108 00
66 Edward Nixon, fuel,
15 36
7 14
By balance unexpended, -
$344 25
$344 25
DISTRICT NO. 2, FRED E. SAWYER, Agent.
To balance from 1887,
$116 95
To appropriation,
299 25
By paid Julia M. Thompson, teaching,
$104 00
J. W. Stubbs, incidentals,
8 28
66 H. K. Norton, fuel,
2 00
66 Edith M. Sawyer, teaching,
56 00
66 A. P. Bibber, fuel,
15 00
66 Edith M. Sawyer, teaching,
96 00
66 W. A. Trecarten, repairs,
1 00
66 Fred E. Sawyer, repairs,
1 78
66 E. S. Ramsdell, teaching; incidentas 5 00
By balance unexpended, 127 14
$416 20
$416 20
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DISTRICT NO. 3, ALGERNON BOWIE, Agent.
To balance from 1887,
$204 74
To appropriation,
309 75
To tuition,
18 14
By paid D. O. Moulton, teaching,
187 50
D. O. Moulton, teaching,
63 00
D. O. Moulton, teaching,
88 00
Algernon Bowie, fuel, etc.,
25 50
By balance unexpended,
*
168 63
$532 63
$532 63
DISTRICT NO. 4, N. D. EUSTIS, Agent.
To balance from 1887,
$ 31
To apppropriation,
213 00
By paid Franc L. Otis, teaching,
$48 00
N. D. Eustis, fuel,
8 00
G. W. Allen, board and fuel,
27 50
Franc L. Otis, teaching,
127 00
By balance unexpended,
2 81
$213 31
$213 31
DISTRICT NO. 5, L. G. MILLIKEN, Agent.
To appropriation,
$262 50
By paid Clara I. Dyer, teaching,
$88 00
L. G. Milliken, fuel, etc.,
12 00
Clara I. Dyer, teaching,
88 00
L. G. Milliken, incidentals,
5 50
14 50
J. W. Merrill, fuel, Clara I. Dyer, teaching,
54 00
By balance unexpended,
50
$262 50
$262 50
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DISTRICT No. 6, C. E. WINSLOW, Agent,
To balance from 1887,
$5 79
To appropriation,
195 75.
By paid D. W. Lunt, teaching,
$60 00
C. E. Winslow, fuel and fires,
26 00
D. W. Lunt, teaching, 50 31
66
D. W. Lunt, teaching,
60 00
By balance unexpended,
5 23
$201 54
$201 54
DISTRICT NO. 7, ISAAC W. SHOLES, Agent.
To balance from 1887,
$150 57
To appropriation,
341 25
To tuition,
4 91
By paid S. Ellen Brackett, teaching,
$130 00
66 W. H. Winslow, fuel and fires,
20 57
Annie M. Winslow, teaching,
64 00
66 Joseph W. Huston, fuel,
6 00
66 F. F. Hull, fuel,
15 00
66 Isaac W. Sholes, repairs,
34 46
To balance unexpended,
226 70 ?
$496 73
$496 73
DISTRICT NO. 8, IRA WINN, Agent.
To appropriation,
$216 50
By paid H. J. Merrill, teaching,
$74 00
S. M. Blanchard, fuel,
13 00
66
H. J. Merrill, teaching,
70 00
66 H. J. Merrill,
54 00
By balance unexpended,
5 50
$216 50
$216 50
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DISTRICT No. 9, F. O. J. PRIDE, Agent.
To balance from 1887.
$
7 36
To appropriation,
213 00
$ 66 00
By paid Hattie B. Pride, teaching, Virgil L. Leighton,
105 00
66 F. O. J. Pride, fuel, etc.,
13 18
By balance unexpended,
36 18
$220 36
$220 36
DISTRICT No. 10, LORENZO LEIGHTON, Agent.
To balance from 1887,
$ 48 81
To appropriation,
180 00
By paid Inez C. Page, teaching,
$ 35 00
66 Lorenzo Leighton, repairs,
20 00
66 Inez C. Page, teaching,
48 00
66 Lorenzo Leighton, fuel,
11 70
Inez C. Page, teaching.
63 00
By balance unexpended,
51 11
$228 81
$228 81
DISTRICT No. 11, EDWARD LIBBY, Agent,
To balance from 1887,
$ 61 50
. To appropriation,
190 00
By paid T. M. Lewis, incidentals,
$ 6 50
66 G. A. Phelan, teaching,
25 00
66 Edward Libby, repairs, 25 00
66 G. R. Morrill, board,
16 00
Miss A. A. Stephens, teaching,
40 00
L. M. Ingersoll, fuel,
12 00
66 Edith Parker, teaching,
45 00
G. R. Morrill, board,
18 00
Edward Libby, fires,
5 00
By balance unexpended,
59 00
$251 50
$251 50
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DISTRICT No. 12, C. C. LEIGHTON, Agent.
To balance from 1887,
$ 2 00
To appropriation,
185 00
By paid Cora B. Leighton, teaching, $56 00
Cora B. Leighton, teaching, 56 00
¥ Cora B. Leighton, teaching, 64 00
C. C. Leighton, fuel and repairs,
10 85
By balance unexpended,
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$187 00
$187 00
Total amount now due school districts,
$690 09
*Order not drawn for Winter term.
WM. E. WINSLOW,
Selectmen, Assesors and
W. K. SWETT,
D. O. MOULTON,
Overseers of Poor, Falmouth.
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J. W. MERRILL, COLLECTOR, 1887,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN. DR.
Balance due, per past report,
$4,913 57
CR.
Cash per Treasurer's receipts,
$4,010 50
Non-resident Tax returned,
253 01
Resident Taxes sold,
162 36
4,425 87
Amount due Town,
$487 70
J. W. MERRILL, COLLECTOR, 1888,
IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN.
DR.
Total commitment,
$10,325 03
State Tax paid,
$2,119 86
County Tax paid,
597 29
Paid into Treasury,
3,800 71
Discount allowed,
408 30
6,926 16
· Amount due Town,
$3,398 87
J. W. MERRILL, COL. SCHOOL DIST. NO. 11,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN.
DR.
$185 72
Total commitment,
CR.
157 46
Amount due,
$28 26
We hereby certify that we have examined, several times dur- ing the year, the accounts of J. W. Merrill, and at our last ex- amination, February 13, 1889, we found them very satisfactory.
WM. E. WINSLOW, Assessors W. K. SWETT, of Falmouth.
D. O. MOULTON,
Paid into Treasury,
CR.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
From D. F. Small, per last report, $1,023 19
J. W. Merrill, 1887 taxes, 4,010 50
J. W. Merrill, 1888 taxes, 3,800 71
G. T. Richards, Acct. Farm,
262 31
Non-Resident Taxes,
226 34
J. W. Merrill, School Dist. No. 11 assessed, 157 46
Tax Deeds canceled, 69 50
Town of Pownal, Out Poor.
28 95
Maine Central R. R., witness fees,
41 80
School Dist. No. 7, tuition,
4 91
66 No. 7, assessing tax, 9 00
66 No. 3, tuition, 18 14
Oliver Hardy, auctioneers license,
2 00
Merrill, Winslow & Sholes, old plank, etc., 3 00
A. H. Bodkin, delin. highway tax, 90
$9.658 71
EXPENDITURES.
Town Orders paid,
$8,532 41
Cash on hand,
1,126 30
$9,658 71
ARTHUR S. NOYES, Treasurer.
FALMOUTH, Feb. 13, 1889.
I hereby certify that I have this day examined the accounts of A. S. Noyes, Treasurer for the year 1888, and find them cor- rect and properly vouched, and find in his hands, $1,126.30. GEO. L. HALL, Auditor.
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF TOWN.
-
ASSETS.
Due from J. W. Merrill, on 1888 taxes, $3,398 87
66 J. W. Merrill, on 1887 taxes, 487 70
Guardian E. A. Noyes, 86 93
66 State, school fund,
847 50
Tax Deeds in Treasurer's hands, Cash « .
1,126 30
$6,371 15
LIABILITIES
Portland Savings Bank Note, $2,044 44
School Dist. No. 5 Note, 411 08
Trustees Second Cong'l Church Note,
424 00
W. E. Winslow, Selectman, Assessor, &c.,
111 65
W. K. Swett, ¥
90 50
D. O. Moulton, 66
80 25
J. W. Merrill, collecting 1887 tax,
108 69
J. W. Merrill, collecting 1888 tax,
86 55
J. W. Merrill, Constable, 29 04
33 50
H. B. Mountfort, 6
31 00
H. J. Merrill,
66
35 00
G. T. Richards, Supt. Town Farm,
300 00
A. S. Noyes, Treasurer and Clerk,
45 50
Geo. L. Hall, Auditor,
2 00
Outstanding Orders,
58 00
Schools, 690 09
$4,581 29
Balance in favor of Town,
$1,789 86
ARTHUR S. NOYES, Treasurer.
423 85
F. B. Blanchard, School Committee,
Numb. of District
Name of Teacher.
Term.
Whole No f Schol'rs in Di trict
Whole Attend- ance.
Average Attend- ance.
Length in Days.
Wages per Month.
Remarks.
1
Nettie G Dolley
Summer
46
29
26
55
36
Ida Cowan
Winter
Summer
57
28
22
35
32
2
Edith Sawyer do
Fall
29
18
60
32
Lack of government.
John Gage
Winter
27
22
50
40
3
D O. Moulton
Summer
59
32
25
35
36
Fall
29
25
44
40
Good work.
do do
Winter
39
34
64
50
4
Franc L. Otis
Summer
35
21
19
40
36
Money well expended.
do
Winter
22
20
65
40
5
Clara I. Dyer
Summer
50
40
31
55
32
do
Fall
39
29
55
32
do
Winter
39
30
40
32
6
*D. W. Lunt
Summer
27
18
17
35
28 75
do do
Winter
65
30
26
40
32
do
Winter
38
35
40
8
H. J. Merrill do
Summer
36
25
22
37
10
Fall
25
24
38
10
do
Winter
17
15
30
40
9
Hattie B. Pride
Summer
35
14
11
55
24
Virgil L Leighton
Winter
16
13
60
35
10
Inez C. Page
Summer
21
10
9
35
20
*
do
Winter
11
Gertrude A. Phelan
Summer
24
11
10
25
20
Fall
15
13
40
28
Edith Parker
Winter
14
11
45
28
12
Cora B. Leighton
Summer
23
14
12
10
28
do
Fall
15
12
40
28
do
Winter
14
13
40
32
*No returns
Good degree of interest.
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Much interest manifested by teach- er and scholars.
*
Annie M. Winslow
Very successful. Promising. Still in session.
Very profitable year.
A good beginning. Thorough work.
Faithful work.
Too short for profit. .
Good discipline.
Addie A Stevens
Very satisfactory.
Some good work.
A good degree of interest. Hardly up to standard in discipline.
Very satisfactory. Hardly what we desired.
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29
23
60
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.
Fall
Summer
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SCHOOL REPORT.
To the Citizens of Falmouth :
We are glad to be able to report the usual degree of success in most of our schools for the past year. It would be more pleasing to report a decided improvement in them all.
We cannot but feel that our schools are not what we desire to see them. That the pupils of Falmouth are not receiving the benefit they ought from the liberal amount of money raised an- nually for school purposes.
Your Committees and Supervisors in years past have pointed out defects and proposed remedies, but to effect the desired . change has not been within their power. It is generally ad- mitted, we think, that much which disturbs the harmonious action, and often the success of our schools is a want of proper support on the part of parents. And is it not too often the case that trivial matters, wholly outside of school work, are al- lowed to destroy the harmony that is so essential to their pros- perity ?
We are glad to note a change in some of our school buildings during the year. The house in No. 7 has been thoroughly re- modeled and greatly improved. Repairs have also been made upon the house in No. 11, and instead of the cold and unsightly place it has been, we find a very comfortable and convenient schoolroom.
Please bear in mind that our common schools are open to all. Frequent visits are encouraging to both pupils and teacher. Parents and teachers should be co-laborers.
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In conclusion we would add, " The world to-day needs edu- cated men and women in all the walks of life, but none the less loudly does it call for honesty and integrity. While the mind is being educated, the morals must not be neglected. Place the standard high, and let all those who are interested in the educa- tion of the young, in the future prosperity and honor of our country, or in the progress of right, give their encouragement, their example, and their influence, toward making our common schools instrumental in the promotion both of educational in- terests and moral worth."
F. B. BLANCHARD, Commitee H. B. MOUNTFORT, of
HENRY J. MERRILL, Falmouth.
FALMOUTH, February 13, 1889.
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