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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01841 0354
GC 974.102 F197, 1907
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of almouth
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FOR THE
Fiscal Year ending Feb. 16
1907.
WEST FALMOUTH, ME : NOYES PRINTING CO., PRINTERS 1907.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
OUR
of almouth
FOR THE
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Fiscal Year ending Feb. 16
1907.
WEST FALMOUTH, ME : NOYES PRINTING CO., PRINTERS 1907.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1906.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor. FRANK B. BLANCHARD, ALGERNON BOWIE ROLAND S. YORK.
Town Clerk. ARTHUR S. NOYES.
Treasurer. ARTHUR S. NOYES.
School Committee. ERNEST W. WINSLOW, STEPHEN G. HUSTON FRANK B. BLANCHARD.
Superintendent of Schools. CLARENCE W. PIERCE.
Board of Health. DANIEL W. LUNT, ALFRED H. HASKELL ALBERT F. MINOTT.
Collector of Taxes. JOHN F. WILLIAMS.
Road Commissioners. SEWELL P. WINSLOW, WILLIAM E. WINSLOW JOHN H. LUNT.
Auditor. GEORGE D. YORK.
Constable. JOHN F. WILLIAMS.
Warrant for Town Meeting.
To JOHN F. WILLIAMS, a Constable in the Town of Falmouth,
GREETING :
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby requir- ed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said Town of Falmouth, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the town house in said town, on the fourth day of March, 1907, 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 Clerk for the ensuing year.
Third. To hear and act upon the reports of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer and Super- intendent of Schools.
Fourth. To choose all 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 sup- port of schools and the poor and the 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 if the town will vote to charge interest, and how much per cent, on all taxes not paid within a stated time from the time of commitment.
Eighth. To see if the town will vote to abate the tax of A. P. Andersen for the year 1906.
Ninth. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, on a written order from the Selectmen, to hire on the credit of the town, such sums of money, as in their opinion, may be necessary to meet the liabilities and current expenses of the town, or act anything relative thereto.
Tenth. To see what sum of money the town will raise for improvement of the State Road.
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Eleventh. To see if the town will vote to change the travel part of the easterly end of the Underwitted Road, at the point now within the limits of Maine Central Railroad, northerly about 25 feet, and raise money for the same.
Twelfth. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money, and how much, for the destruction of the brown tail moth.
Thirteenth. To see what action the town will take in closing up for the winter the road leading from the Gray road to Cumberland line known as the Lincoln Abbott road.
Fourteenth. To see what action the town will take in cut- ting down what is called Abbott's Hill on Old Gray road, and raise money for the same.
Fifteenth. To see what action the town will take in mak- ing substantial repairs on the wharf at Town Landing, and raise money for the same.
Sixteenth. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Superintending School Committee to unite with other towns in employing a Superintendent of Schools, provided satis- factory arrangements can be made for such a union.
Seventeenth. Upon application of Alexander Skillin and others, to see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to locate the public drinking fountain on the Foreside road, at the junction of said road with the road leading to Fal- mouth Corner.
Eighteenth. To see if the town will vote and raise the sum of five hundred dollars, ($500.) for part payment of town note.
The Selectmen give notice that they will be in session for the purpose of correcting the list of voters in said town, and hearing 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 twenty-first day of February, A. D. 1907.
FRANK B. BLANCHARD, ) Selectmen ALGERNON BOWIE, of
ROLAND S. YORK, ) Falmouth.
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REPORT OF
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor.
To the Inhabitants of Falmouth:
We, the undersigned, Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor, herewith submit our report for the municipal year ending Feb. 16, 1907.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN FOR YEAR 1906
AT FAIR CASH VALUE.
Real estate, resident,
$603,075 00
Real estate, non-resident, 401,435 00
Total real estate, $1,004,510 00
Personal estate, resident, $223,870 00
Personal estate, non-resident, 24,525 00
Total personal estate, 248,195 00
Total value estates,
$1,252,705 00
Rate of taxation, $11. on $1,000. Number of polls 398. Poll tax, $2.00.
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ASSESSMENTS FOR 1906.
For State tax,
$2,950 76
County tax,
1,004 97
Schools,
2,500 00
High School Tuition,
900 00
Highways,
3,000 00
Out Poor and Insane,
500 00
Town Officers,
900 00
Bridges and Culverts,
400 00
Snow,
100 00
Interest,
120 00
Town Note,
900 00
Text Books,
130 00
School Supplies,
25 00
Repairs of School-houses,
300 00
State Road,
200 00
Hillside Avenue Culvert,
100 00
Burial Grounds,
200 00
Grading Hills,
300 00
Overlay,
45 30
Supplementary,
18 80
Total amount committed to collector,
$14,594 83
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Account of Expenditures.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Balance last report, $ 45 30
Appropriation, 900 00
Due from State for Supt. of Schools,
150 00
F. B. Blanchard, Selectman, etc., 125 00
Algernon Bowie,
112 00
Roland S. York, 105 15
Arthur S. Noyes, Town Clerk, 27 00
C. W. Pierce, Supt. Schools, 1905-6, 425 00
Arthur S. Noyes, Treasurer, 75 00
Arthur S. Noyes, Collector, in part,
50 00
Ernest W. Winslow, S. S. Committee,
11 00
Ernest W. Winslow, Election Clerk, 2 00
Geo. M. Whitney, . ( 2 00
John F. Williams, Constable 1905-6, 52 44
D. W. Lunt, Board of Health, 6.50
A. F. Minott, 4 00
A. H. Haskell, “ 3 50
George D. York, Auditor, 2 00
F. B. Blanchard, Moderator, 2 00
C. W. Pierce, expense of S. S. Com., 1 55
Balance in favor appropriation, 89 16
$1,095 30 $1,095 30
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HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation, Expended, $3,045 69
$3,000 00
From overlay and contingencies
45 69
$3,045 69
$3,045 69
JOHN H. LUNT, Commissioner.
Appropriation,
$1,000 00
John H. Lunt,
$126 75
Dow & Hodsdon,
1 40
J. B. Lord,
38 07
D. W. Hodsdon,
88
Ola Andersen,
4 82
W. C. Waite,
59 52
Andrew Iversen,
71 75
Martin Iversen,
162 00
Iver Iversen,
169 38
Ferdinand Ebbesen,
43 32
Silas O. Skillin,
22 75
Fred Hincks,
62 00
John P. Jensen,
66 32
Ferdinand Ebbesen, gravel,
13 80
Grand Trunk Railway, freight,
25
John Jensen,
16 62
Alberta Pettingill, gravel,
28 80
Ola Petersen, gravel,
5 40
J. R. Wescott, smithwork,
50
Wm. Hornden,
1 75
C. E. Uelmer, blasting,
15 00
Goods Roads Machine Co.,
3 70
John A. Ricker,
39 38
Martin Iversen, plow,
2 00
J. M. Brown, gravel,
42 00
B. L. Jones, 4 00
Balance against appropriation,
2 16
$1,002 16 $1,002 16
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WILLIAM E. WINSLOW, Commissioner.
Appropriation,
$1,000 00
William E. Winslow,
$205 85
Edward E. Winslow,
80
F. M. Winslow,
21 05
Lewis C. Smith,
77 65
Deering, Winslow & Co.,
15 25
King & Dexter,
2 15
W. H. Winslow, plank, etc.,
1 50
Kendall & Whitney, plow point,
50
Hans Petersen,
124 90
W. L. Mountfort,
13 35
H. D. Winn, 20 00
B. U. Swett,
9 85
Lemuel Rolfe, gravel,
18 35
A. H. Haskell, labor and gravel, 34 95
Leon M. Winslow, 49 75
Harry E. Merrill,
47 45
Levi W. Huston,
60 00
Elmer J. Leighton,
41 15
Perley Leighton,
1 50
Henry Brink,
7 50
Frank Thurlow,
34 70
N. S. Clifford,
12 00
F. O. Whitehouse,
40 25
L. A. Goudy,
4 00
Amos Marston,
6 00
Geo. H. Huston,
4 00
F. B. Blanchard, gravel, 7 50
Eugene R. Leighton,
6 60
F. M. Swett, 23 75
F. P. Marston, 22 00
F. P. Marston, gravel, 9 30
E. H. Ingalls, labor, gravel and clay, 15 80
Edgar B. Leighton, 33 35
William J. Thurlow, 21 25
10
L. W. Hadlock, 1 28
King & Dexter, shovel,
85
Percy R. Winslow,
25
Warren G. Lunt
6 75
Good Roads Machine Co.,
3 70
W. H. Pearson,
38
F. W. Merrill, clay,
1 20
William Hornden, gravel,
1 50
Hollis F. Leighton,
2 00
W. Scott Pride, smithwork,
7 23
Balance against appropriation,
19 14
$1,019 14 $1,019 14
SEWELL P. WINSLOW, Commissioner.
Appropriation,
$1,000 00
S. P. Winslow,
$196 25
King & Dexter, tools, etc.,
15 01
J. Gundersen,
78 25
E. A. Marston,
114 41
U. R. Pride,
6 00
W. Shaw,
19 96
R. W. E. Winslow,
34 58
H. S. Pride,
40 00
Peter P. Aaskov,
12 00
Lemuel Rolfe, gravel,
12 00
W. P. Knight,
4 50
Howard Olmstead,
15 00
H. Hicks,
14 25
L. W. Hicks,
1 00
A. H. Haskell, gravel,
12 70
A. Haskell,
13 50
L. A. Goudy,
63 55
C. E. Minott,
8 25
R. S. Barbrick,
16 50
11
C. Spearin,
7 50
Percy F. West,
28 00
F. M. Blake, 19 55
J. Hammond,
4 00
A. E. Tibbetts,
35 90
O. G. Blake,
11 55
E. Leighton,
1 26
J. M. Leighton,
4 00
W. W. Libby, gravel,
41 20
Clarence Harmon,
43 80
Milton Huston,
11 55
R. C. Dyer,
5 83
Geo. V. Olmstead, 7 08
Roy Winslow,
3 00
F. S. Huston, gravel,
7 20
T. J. Pearson,
4 50
George Latham,
1 50
Lewis C. Smith,
3 75
F. O. Whitehouse, 3 75
Mrs. Hale Leighton, gravel,
3 20
Good Roads Machine Co.,
3 70
E. Huston, gravel,
3 00
P. N. Packard,
6 00
Geo. P. Dearborn,
46 50
C. E. Wilson,
16 00
David Spearin,
9 00
Edgar B. Leighton, scraper,
3 00
W. H. Pearson, tools,
2 40
George Meloon,
1 50
L. W. Hadlock,
5 31
W. Scott Pride, smithwork,
2 15
Balance against appropriation,
24 39
$1,024 39 $1,024 39
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SNOW.
Balance last report,
$ 3'44
Appropriation,
100 00
W. E. Winslow,
$ 5 25
W. F. Dearborn,
3 10
Lewis E. Dearborn,
2 20
A. H. Haskell,
8 95
E. L. Huston,
3 75
L. L. Huston,
1 00
F. H. Winslow,
2 00
David Spearin,
2 40
Frank Newell,
2 00
W. H. Pearson,
3 00
Clinton Dearborn,
2 00
Elmer J. Leighton,
65
E. E. Winslow,
2 50
F. M. Winslow,
50
A. C. Warburg,
1 70
J. H. Warburg,
2 55
F. P. Marston,
3 65
C. H. Aaskov,
1 70
E. P. Aaskov,
2 55
Neils Hansen,
2 55
A. P. Thim,
1 70
N. P. Thim,
2 55
Wilson Nevins,
2 40
D. G. Colley,
2 33
Robert Colley,
2 33
C. F. Colley,
5 20
N. C. Johnsen,
2 00
Harry Johnsen,
3 00
L. F. Pride,
14 90
J. Gundersen,
25 50
S. P. Winslow,
7 50
Howard Read,
40
Augustus Hansen,
3 00
13
Fred Marston,
1 00
J. M. Leighton,
2 90
E. J. Leighton,
2 80
Ralph Winslow,
1 40
W. W. Libby,
2 50
B. W. Shaw,
7 60
John Stewart,
7'50
John Hansen,
3 40
Neils Miller,
1 70
Hans Petersen,
6 90
E. L. Morrison,
85
John Johassen,
2 30
Neils Garsoe,
2 80
F. O. Dupee,
1 50
Reuben Merrill,
1 90
H. H. & H. G. Brink,
2 05
C. Lawsen,
2 60
J. H. Lunt,
11 60
Andrew Iversen,
12 00
F. Ebbesen,
5 00
Silas O. Skillin,
4 80
W. E. Dow,
3 40
Philip Hodsdon,
80
Arthur Ulricksen,
2 80
H. J. Poland,
2 40
Herbert Farr,
1 80
Eugene S. Ramsdell,
3 60
Arthur Stubbs,
2 40
O. D. Bucknam,
40
J. B. Lord,
2 80
B. L. Jones,
6 00
Fred Hinck, 7 20
Arthur Hinck, 3 60
· Lawrence Hinck,
4 20
M. Barry, 3 00
D. W. Hodsdon,
2 40
14
Charles Clark,
3 00
Martin Iversen, 4 80
Neils Jensen, 1 00
Alfred Jensen,
1 00
C. K. Richards, 2 00
Iver Iversen, 4 00
John Jensen,
1 00
R. S. Bowie,
1 00
P. A. Bowie,
1 00
Iver Iversen,
1 00
John Lund,
1 00
George Goudy,
60
D. W. Lunt, 2 00
R. M. Leighton,
2 30
A. F. Minott, 7 60
H. D. Winn,
7 20
G. S. Latham,
3 80
E. H. Marston,
2 40
L. W. Hadlock,
2 20
H. J. Poland,
60
P. P. Aaskov,
3 20
W. I. Thurlow,
6 00
R. C. Dyer,
2 20
R. A. McLean,
3 60
E. W. Winslow,
12 40
John McDonald,
1 80
R. H. B. Bailey & Son,
6 40
Fred S. Huston, 7 00
C. E. Wilson,
8 40
Stephen O'Brion,
2 40
G. F. Young,
3 80
A. H. Wilson,
1 20
E. A. Marston,
4 30
H. F. Leighton,
1 40
C. S. Blake, 6 00
F. A. Sylvester, 3 30
15
Earl Wilson,
3 00
Geo. V. Olmstead,
1 60
From contingencies,
282 77
$386 21 $386 21
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Appropriation,
$400 00
King & Dexter,
$ 5 45
W. H. Pearson, 1 23
Wm. E. Winslow,
37 50
Deering, Winslow & Co.,
67 91
Hans Petersen,
39 95
Leon M. Winslow,
3 90
John H. Lunt, labor and material,
34 70
Dow & Hodsdon,
6 14
S. H. Anderson,
1 00
F. P. Marston,
4 00
Lewis C. Smith,
17 65
Harry Merrill,
7 00
F. O. Whitehouse,
2 60
W. H. Field,
3 00
F. M. Winslow,
10 85
John A. Ricker,
87
F. Ebbesen,
87
W. C. Waite,
13 12
Iver Iversen,
14 00
B. L. Jones, plank,
5 25
Jerome Rumery & Co.,
13 04
Warren G. Lunt,
6 50
Edgar B. Leighton,
6 70
W. H. Field, stone,
6 75
Martin Iversen,
23 00
A. Madisen,
5 25
Ola Andersen,
5 69
S. P. Winslow,
30 50
16
E. A. Marston,
41 13
J. Gundersen,
13 50
C. E. Minott,
1 50
Lemuel Rolfe, stone,
50
L. A. Goudy, trucking,
2 00
John P. Jensen,
3 50
J. R. Wescott, smithwork,
1 30
W. E. Howell, stone,
2 00
J. F. Williams,
50
David Spearin,
3 00
W. Scott Pride, smithwork,
1 16
From contingencies, 44 51
$444 51 $444 51
HILLSIDE AVENUE CULVERT.
WIDENING ROADWAY.
Appropriation,
$100 00
S. P. Winslow,
$19 37
E. A. Marston,
29 83
L. A. Goudy,
19 60
J. Gundersen,
11 00
David Spearin,
6 50
George L. Hall, care of lights,
1 00
Geo. A. Carter,
1 00
Fred Marston, clay,
10 00
W. H. Winslow,
70
R. B. Low,
7 36
Balance from contingencies,
6 36
$106 36 $106 36
REBUILDING CULVERT.
From contingencies, S. P. Winslow, as per contract,
$75 00
$75 00
$75 00
$75 00
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STATE ROAD.
Appropriation, Due from State,
$200 00 200 00
J. H. Lunt,
$53 33
W. C. Waite,
37 63
F. Ebbesen,
28 00
John Andersen,
8 75
Iver Iversen,
92 00
J. A. Ricker,
34 13
Ola Andersen,
27 13
B. L. Jones,
32 38
J. F. Williams,
16 50
John P. Jensen,
14 88
Portland Stone Ware Co., tile,
16 44
T. S. Sears, making drills,
1 75
E. Corey & Co., steel,
5 21
Emery, Waterhouse Co.,
2 35
T. B. Davis, dynamite,
9 73
J. R. Wescott, smithwork,
2 70
Dow & Hodsdon,
1 49
S. Starling,
1 50
C. K. Richards, oak,
4 00
Martin Iversen, drag,
4 00
Iver Iversen, scoop,
5 00
Balance in favor appropriation,
1 10
$400 00 $400 00
CONTINGENCIES.
Balance last repoet, $504 59
State, dog licenses refunded,
132 65
State, railroad and telegraph tax,
132 69
Telephone tolls,
1 78
Silas Skillin, auctioneer's license,
2 00
Boston Bargain Store, cuspidors, $1 50
Maine Central R. R., freight, 25
18
B. W. Shaw, subduing fire 1905, 1 12
Noyes Printing Co., town reports, 49 02
W. H. Pearson, office supplies, 81
Geo. D. Loring, 66 19 73
N. & H. B. Cleaves & S. C. Perry, le- gal advice, 62 14
A. Bowie, index,
70
Gustave Rhode, brown tail moth, 60
65
Raymond M. Blake,
29
C. H. Leighton,
1 48
Mabel Goodenow,
3 55
Howard Ramsdell,
66 66
1 30
J. Harvey Stubbs,
66
1 64
Arthur Jordan, 66 66
2 74
Arthur V. Lunt, 66 66 66
45
Charles Sommers,
60
1 80
W. G. Goodenow,
66
1 00
Frank Rowe,
1 10
Eugene S. Ramsdell, removing dead horse from beach, 2 00
H. M. Moulton, M. D., certificate of births and deaths,
3 75
Noyes Printing Co., stationary,
1 50
Nathaniel Leighton, hen damage,
6 00
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., tolls,
1 93
Fred Hinck, fuel town house,
6 75
A. S. Noyes, tax sale and postage stamps, 66 04
Ray C. Eaton, recording deed, 50
Carried to aect. Highway,
39
Snow,
282 77
Bridges and culverts, 44 51
66 66 Hillside Ave., 6 36
66
66 Hillside Ave., culvert,
75 00
66 Interest,
52 13
66
Out Poor,
28 05
Balance in favor appropriation,
42 35
$773 71 $773 71
60
66
2 51
Ralph Doughty,
19
ALMS HOUSE REPAIRS.
Balance from last report,
$67 96
E. L. Huston, saw bill,
2 88
Balance in favor appropriation,
65 08
$67 96
$67 96
CEMETERIES.
Appropriation,
$200 00
W. E. Winslow, labor,
$ 6 50
Lewis C. Smith,
5 02
Edgar B. Leighton,
5 80
Leon M. Winslow,
3 60
A. C. Hinck,
6 00
Herbert St. Clair,
8 00
C. F. Colley, carting and labor,
13 25
W. H. Pearson, paint and nails,
5 10
McDonald Manf'g Co., planing,
50
W. W. Riggs & Co., lumber,
7 30
F. M. Brown, paint,
3 10
S. W. Hamilton, nails,
20
Balance in favor appropriation,
135 63
$200 00 $200 00
INTEREST.
Appropriation, Interest on deposits, 57 65
$120 00
Columbus Knight, $229 78
52 13
Balance from contingencies,
$229 78 $229 78
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TOWN NOTE.
Appropriation, From real estate sales, per vote of town,
$ 900 00
Columbus Knight,
$2,000 00
$2,000 00
$2,000 00
GRADING HILLS.
Appropriation, Unexpended,
$300 00
$300 00
$300 00
$300 00
SCHOOLS.
Balance last report,
$ 10 66
Appropriation,
2,5000 00
State Mill and Bank tax,
1,289 16
Rent of houses,
3 00
Dora A. Libby, teaching, 1905,
$ 36 00
Elmer Ingalls, janitor 1905,
3 50
L. F. Adams, 66 66
2 25
Philip K. Merrill,
2 25
Stevie Pratt,
66
2 25
Ralph Doughty,
2 25
James Tocher,
66
1 25
B. W. Shaw, hauling and storing fuel, 1905, 1 40
Anna C. Colley,
teaching, 1906, 363 00
Ethel N. Colley,
231 00
Mildred B. Rolfe,
66
93 50
D. W. Lunt,
66
363 00
Alice E. Leighton,
66 66 99 00
1,100 00
7
21
Addie G. Barber,
teaching 1906,
247 50
Dora A. Libby,
66
99 00
Edith F. Huston,
66
71 50
Grace L. Graham,
247 50
Lottie M. Morrison,
66
66
275 00
Minnie E. Bohnson,
88 00
Anna T. Pratt,
66
99 00
Lizzie M. Copp,
66
57 00
Bessie G. Blanchard,
66
105 00
Carrie H. Winslow,
66
99 00
Sadie A. Sylvester, 66
66
189 00
Frances S. Blanchard,
66
81 00
Georgia M. Sawyer,
66
108 00
Josephine Pullen,
67 50
Lilias M. Brooks, 66
66
11 20
Emma Ingersoll, conveying scholars,
185 00
C. S. Varney,
14 00
Cumberland Lumber Co., fuel,
27 50
Levi W. Hadlock,
14 00
Ernest W. Winslow,
66
52 30
S. W. Hamilton, 66
77 00
E. L. Huston, 66
10 63
F. M. Blake, hauling fuel, 6 00
N. P. Olsen, sawing fuel, 2 00
F. B. Blanchard, fuel, sawing-storing,
13 50
Winslow Bros., fitting and storing fuel, 5 50
75
H. A. Olmstead, storing fuel, Loring Jones, janitor, storing fuel,
5 00
Arthur V. Lunt,
janitor,
2 75
Grace L. Graham,
5 25
Ralph Doughty,
66
5 50
Willie Field, 66
2 75
Christian Haskett, 66
2 75
Minnie E. Bohnson,
2 75
Rossie Pratt,
5 75
Charles B. Leighton,
3 00
Philip K. Merrill,
6 00
22
James Tocher, janitor, 5 50
Thaddeus Young,
66
3 00
George Mountfort,
2 50
Willis Rendall,
2 75
Vernon Wilson, janitor, fitting and storing fuel, 8 75
J. Gundersen, sawing and storing fuel,
2 00
Balance due schools,
282 79
$3,802 82 $3,802 82
TEXT BOOKS.
Balance last report,
$ 12 37
Appropriation, 130 00
Ginn & Company,
$54 15
C. W. Pierce, express, 1 25
E. W. Winslow, books, paper and express,
13 38
Loring, Short & Harmon,
10 80
Silver, Burdette & Co., 10 80
6 25
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
7 02
Balance in favor appropriation,
38 72
$142 37 $142 37
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
$25 00
Appropriation,
Dow & Hodsdon, $ 45
LorIng, Short & Harmon,
1 50
C. W. Pierce,
1 46
W. H. Pearson,
2 45
Leavenworth & Co.,
10 00
H. W. Shaylor,
23
S. W. Hamilton,
2 60 .
Newell White,
1 50
Balance in favor appropriation,
5 04
$25 00
$25 00
SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS.
Appropriation,
$300 00
L. L. Ramsdell, 1905,
$13 48
Oren Hooper's Sons,
13 78
Flaherety Bros., 66
48 00
W. H. Pearson,
3 04
L. A. Doughty,
19 72
Geo. W. Barbour,
1 00
Fannie L. Leighton, cleaning,
6 20
Eva Havener,
4 00
D. W. Lunt,
66
5 00
C. W. Pierce, blackboard,
21 42
W. H. Barker, No. 5 house,
98 15
Kendall & Whitney, step ladders,
5 60
Ernest W. Winslow,
14 95
Leavenworth & Co., desks,
22 50
Grand Trunk Railroad, freight,
2 41
F. B. Blanchard,
2 25
W. Scott Pride, smithwork,
75
Balance in favor appropriation,
17 75
$300 00 $300 00
153 14
3.01
6/2
15 5 3
2 27. 4
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HIGH SCHOOL TUITION.
Balance last report,
$ 97 28
Due from State, Appropriation,
280 00
900 00
Freda M. Hamilton,
Portland,
$30 00
Weston M. Hicks,
7 50
Huldah M. Kimball,
66
30 00
Leslie A. Libby,
7 50
Isabelle P. Mann,
60
30 00
Mabel E. Norton,
66
30 00
Marion L. Richards,
7 50
Helen V. Robinson,
66
7 50
Edward L. Robinson,
6 6
7 50
Blanche E. Wells,
7 50
Paul S. Harmon,
Deering,
30 00
May G. Knight,
30 00
Geo. H. Meloon.
66
30 00
Albert H. Wilson,
30 00
Susie Chenery.
66
22 50
Evelyn Lawsen,
22 50
Lorene Merrill,
22 50
Edna Libby,
22 50
Dolly Webber,
66
22 50
Earle Bailey,
Westbrook,
14 44
Frances S. Blanchard, Westbrook Sem.
10 00
Ella M. Mountfort,
30 00
Lena H. Mountfort,
66
30 00
L. Edith Hall,
30 00
Ina M. Huston,
30 00
Floy G. Pearson,
30 00
Florence M. Tocher,
66
10 00
Edwin E. Howell,
10 00
Ralph S. Bowie,
66 30 00
Warren G. Lunt,
30 00
Fenwick M. Winslow,
60
66 10 00
.
30 00
Helen C. G. Sargent,
25
Clarence E. Harmon, Westbrook Sem. 10 00
Willie A. Field,
20 00 S. Morris Blanchard, Greeley Institute, 24 00 Everett Libby,
24 00
Everett Wilson,
24 00
Hertha Lund,
16 00
Inez O'Brion,
66
16 00
Lois G. Winslow,
N. Y. Academy, 9 50
Hugh B. Poland,
66
28 50
Edith M. Goudy,
17 00
Gladys M. Lunt,
66
17 00
Bertha L. Winslow,
66
17 00
Robert Colley,
66
17 00
Arthur V. Lunt, .
60
17 00
Howard P. Ramsdell,
17 00
Rose Starling,
Yarmouth, 18 00
Balance in favor of appropriation,
293 34
$1,277 28 $1,277 28
TOWN FARM ACCOUNT.
STATEMENT.
Received from R. Rasmussen, last report,
$40 60
TOWN FARM IN ACCT. WITH TOWN.
Balance from last report, $543 01
M. C. R. R., fire damage, 3 00
84 40
Cash from R. Rasmussen, rental, Due from R. Rasmussen,
21 60
R. Rasmussen, care of tramps, 1905-6, $ 8 00
Balance in favor of farm, 644 01
$652 01 $652 01
Stock on the farm, 1 horse, 3 cows, also 125 hens.
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OUT POOR.
Appropriation, $500 00
Rec., from state, on account of pauper, 295 50
Lizzie E. Blanchard, for board of Alvin and Emma Chase, $242 25
S. S. Rich & Son, Ambulance and
funeral expenses C. Wilhelma, 50 00
Maine Insane Hospital, E. B. Hill, 141 33
E. F Robinson, M. D., medical attendance C. Wilhelma, 13 50
Maine Gen Hospital, care C. Wilhelma, 228 00
Pine Grove Cemetery, burial lot C. Wilhelma, 9 00
Idella M. Marston, dressmaking for Emma Chase, 2 00
A. A. Lane, shoes and rubbers Alvin and Emma Chase, 4 13
W. H. Pearson, shoes, etc., for Alvin and Emma Chase,
2 38
Rines Bros., clothing Emma Chase, 2 25
L. A. Gould, 1 98
Ira F. Clark, 2 29
W. M. Bean, clothing Alvin Chase,
4 32
F. B. Blanchard, clothing for Chase children, 3 25
A. H. Wilson, sawing and storing fuel for Ellen Huston, 7 87
S. W. Hamilton, fuel, Ellen Huston, .5 50
Fred Hinck, fuel, 15 00 66
City of Portland, for Jennie Sommers, 18 00
City of Portland, for Elbridge Tolman, 53 00
C. R. Woodman, for 12 00
F. B. Blanchard, service and expense to Augusta, case E. B. Hill, 2 50
Rev. B. Fickett, attending funeral
C. Wlihelma, 3 00
Balance from contingencies, 28 05
$823 55
$823 55
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TAXES ABATED.
On list of Wm. E. Winslow, 1903,
$17 75
James E. Merrill, 1904,
46 69
Arthur S. Noyes, 1905, 67 75
60 John F. Williams, 1906, 29 75
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF TOWN.
ASSETS.
Due from J. E. Merrill, Coll. 1904, $ 10 05
A. S. Noyes, Coll. 1905, 99 07
J. F. Williams, Coll. '06, 6,360 34
Tax deeds, 74 53
State, dog licenses, estimated, 135 00
State, for State road, 200 00
State, for High School Tuition, 280 00
State, for Supt. of Schools, 150 00
Cash in Treasury, 1,107 29
$8,416 28
LIABILITIES.
F. B. Blanchard, Selectman, etc., $ 136 40
Algernon Bowie,
126 50
Roland S. York,
112 00
A. S. Noyes, Treasurer, 75 00
A. S. Noyes, Town Clerk and postage
26 35
A. S. Noyes, Collector,
125 00
J. F. Williams, "
175 00
C. W. Pierce, Supt. of Schools,
125 00
Due to Schools,
282 79
Bills out-standing, estimated,
125 00
Out-standing Note,
2,000 00
$3,309. 04
Assets over liabilities,
$5,107 24
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OVERLAY ACCOUNT.
Overlay 1906,
$45 30
Carried to Highway account,
$45 30
$45 30
$45 30
SUMS RECOMMENDED TO BE RAISED.
Highways, $3,000 00
Out Poor and Insane,
600 00
Town Officers,
900 00
Bridges and Culverts, 400 00
Snow, 1,000 00
Interest,
80 00
Contingencies,
200 00
Schools, by
S. S. Committee, 2,500 00
High School Tuition,
800 00
Text Books, 66
175 00
School Supplies,
25 00
Repairs of School-houses,
250 00
FRANK B. BLANCHARD, ) Selectmen, Assessors
ALGERNON BOWIE, and Overseers of Poor of Falmouth.
ROLAND S. YORK,
FALMOUTH, MAINE, FEB. 19, 1907. I hereby certify that I have examined the above accounts of the Selectmen and Overseers of Poor for the year 1906, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
GEO. D. YORK, AUDITOR.
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COLLECTORS' ACCOUNT.
WILLIAM E. WINSLOW, 1903. DR.
Balance last report,
$33 67
CR.
Cash,
$15 92
Abatements,
17 75
$33 67
$33 67
JAMES E. MERRILL, 1904.
DR.
Balance last report,
$65 79
Cash,
$ 9 05
Abatements,
46 69
$55 74
$10 05
ARTHUR S. NOYES, 1905.
DR.
Balance last report,
$5,765 82
Supplemented,
4 00
CR.
Cash,
$5,603 00 67 75
Abatements,
$5,670 75
$99 07
JOHN F. WILLIAMS, 1906. · DR.
Total commitment,
$14,598 83
Cash, Abatements,
CR.
$8,208 70 29 79
$8,238 49
$6,360 34
CR.
$5,769 82
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
ARTHUR S. NOYES, Treas., in acct. with the TOWN OF FALMOUTH.
RECEIPTS.
Balance as per last report,
$ 3,025 29
From W. E. Winslow,
Collector 1903, 15 92
J. E. Merrill, 1904,
9 05
A. S. Noyes, 1905, 5,603 00
John F. Williams, 66 1906,
8,208 70
State Treas., school and mill tax,
1,289 16
State Treas., railroad and tel. tax,
132 69
State Treas., dog tax refunded,
132 65
State Treas., State pauper,
295 50
State Treas., State pensions refunded,
6 00
Rent of town farm,
125 00
Town Clerk, dog licenses,
175 00
Interest on deposits,
57 65
Auctioneer's license,
2 00
Rent school-house,
3 00
Maine Central Railroad,
3 00
Telephone tolls,
1 78
$19,085 39
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DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid Town orders,
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