Annual report of the municipal officers of the town of Hartford, Maine, 1907-1914, Part 1

Author: Hartford (Me.)
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Hartford, Me. : The Town
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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01828 5020


TOWN REPORT


GC 974.102 H25AR, 1907-1914


HARTFORD


1 9 0 7


Annual Report


OF THE


Municipal Officers


OF THE


TOWN OF HARTFORD


FOR THE


Dear Ending February 18,


1 1907


NORWAY, ME .: ADVERTISER BOOK PRINT 1907


Allen County Public Library


Town Officers. 1906


Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor:


J. W. LIBBY H. H. ALLEN GEO. E. CORLISS


Clerk and Treasurer: T. B. W. STETSON


Superintendent of Schools: W. L. LIBBY


G. W. BROWN


School Committee: T. B. W. STETSON


J. E. IRISH


Collector and Constable: W. P. HAYFORD


Truant Officer: W. P. HAYFORD


Trustees, Minsterial and School Fund:


T. B. W. STETSON O. IRISH


C. E. MENDALL


A. H. ALLEY


J. W. LIBBY


Board of Health: O. IRISH J. W. DUNN


T. B. W. STETSON


Report of Selectmen


The selectmen make the following report for the year ending Feb. 16th, 1907.


VALUATION, APRIL 1, 1906.


Resident real estate


$152,995 00


Non-resident real estate.


50,255 00


Total real estate.


$203,250 00


Resident personal estate. $78,334 00


Non-resident personal estate


25 00


Total personal estate. . $78,359 00


Total amount real and personal estate


$281,609 00


Town farm property taken out


2,368 00


Valuation assessed on


. $279,241 00


APPROPRIATED AND ASSESSED.


Schools $ 900 00


Roads and bridges. 1,500 00


Cutting bushes 100 00


Winter road work 600 00


Poor.


200 00


Town charges


450 00


Repairs of school-houses 200 00


Text books. 60 00


Repair of house on town farm 75 00


Free high school 200 00


Text books, high school 50 00


To pay for derrick 25 00


4


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


State tax $ 659 99


County tax


489 63


Overlay.


274 34


Total


$5,783 96


With a supplementary tax


10 04


Total tax $5,794 00


No. of polls, 206. Poll tax $3 00. Rate per cent., .0185 on one dollar.


HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.


WINTER ROAD WORK.


Amount appropriated by town


$600 00


Overdrawn 1905 444 40


Amount available $155 60


Orders Drawn.


Frank S. Gammon $ 4 25


J. F. Andrews 4 05


S. F. Henry 3 11


D. A. Fletcher 8 47


M. Shehan


2 55


F. Chamberlain


4 76


Eben Andrews 13 65


C. C. Russell 7 20


8 40


J. F. Davenport


1 35


Ed Thorn.


J. C. F. Doten 6 21


. 00


H. R. Berry 14 00


Aben Robinson 18 00


Moses Young 3 75


L. C. Stetson 13 45


B. F. Glover 7 35


J. B. DeCoster 3 00


G. E. Corliss 3 52


J. W. & W. L. Libby 15 54


D. C. Gurney 10 50


O. E. Turner 5 50


Geo. T. Goding 9 30


A. N. Leavitt 1 08


J. C. Marston 2 80


A. R. Tobin


4 05


W. E. Russell


5


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT.


A. D. Howard $ 7 21


A. J. Oldham 8 02


A. F. Carter S 15


J. W. Dunn 2 62


J. F. Tyler 7 15


E. W. Turner. 5 40


J. H. Dearborn 5 40


J. V. Thurlow 7 90


E. E. Piper . 1 93


Edmond Bryant 9 05


H. S. Howard. 2 40


F. J. Bridgham 1 05


W. E. Poland 9 30


C. C. Russell .


2 00


W. F. Mitchell


5 40


Ezra Keene 6 65


J. E. Irish


90


T. E. Ryerson 1 20


Geo. W. Ricker 1 57


L. T. Monk 5 25


C. E. Mendall 5 50


P. C. Gammon 19 35


H. A. Thompson 13 20


J. Elmer Thompson 3 00


J. F. Child 5 00


J. M. Canwell


2 70


Sina Jones 1 50


H. M. Sampson 3 45


C. A. Merrill 7 00


P. C. Barker 3 00


H. B. Jacobs 3 97


L. A. DeCoster 2 70


G. W. Brown .. 7 90


B. S. Littlefield 3 50


G. A. Holmes


1 05


Charles H. Berry 2 75


E. P. Gilman ..


7 88


David Chamberlain


6 30


A. R. Bosworth. 19 95


F. L. Warren, 1904 and 1905. 5 00


Geo. V. Wood 10 50


H. B. Bartlett.


3 67


W. P. Hayford 3 00


T. B. W. Stetson 6 87


N. B. Burgess


4 50


6


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


E. L. Bragg . $ 9 40


C. W. Thompson 2 50


J. H. Billings, 1903 and 1904 13 60


Prescott . Bosworth 7 20


D. G. Tinkham 7 27


Pat Shehan 2 70


Walter Colby 1 00


Total expended $483 30


Overdrawn $327 70


BUSHI ACCOUNT.


Amount appropriated $100 00


Unexpended, 1905 41 64


Total bush money $141 64


Orders drawn:


L. A. Jones $4 95


F. W. Bryant 3 00


A. W. Jordan 6 00


A. D. Howard 5 85


E. W. Libby


3 00


F. M. Bisbee


6 00


H. A. Thompson


1 50


J. F. Child .


2 00


H. A. Bicknell


5 00


J. M. Canwell


60


E. W. Turner


3 00


C. F. Reed


5 23


L. A. DeCoster 1 50


G. A. Holmes 2 00


E. Thor 1 00


Felix Tibodua 4 28


L. W. Thompson 6 90


Town farm 1 50


C. T. Hobbs 2 00


J. C. F. Doten 1 20


Total expended $66 51


Unexpended $75 13


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


TOWN FARM ACCOUNT.


RECEIPTS.


Cream checks


$456 66


Corn


15 48


Apple


48 00


Pork sold.


161 66


Cow 66


30 00


Veal


55 19


Land rent


15 00


Digging grave


3 00


Cutting bushes


1 50


Eggs


sold


9 99


Dinners


40


Land


45 00


Hauling wood.


42 67


Balance unexpended, 1905


) 38


Total.


$1,064 03


EXPENDITURES.


O. Irish, groceries, etc., to June 11, 1906 $107 29


Cream tartar, soda and spices S 02


Canned goods, onions, etc 5 53


Rye meal, peas and beans 2 05


Umbrella


1 00


Cheese and raisins


3 71


Vinegar and kerosene oil.


6 79


Liniment, salve and Paris green


3 00


Brooms and stationery


75


Meat and fish


18 48


Freight and express


1 00


Cloth, clothing and footwear


38 9S


Salt, crackers and rice


11 00


Hardwear.


34 04


Sugar, molasses and syrup


28 27


Rolled oats and starch


3 S3


Lard.


6 95


Teas and coffee


6 98


Cutting ice


5 86


Ice bought.


70


Soap and matches


: 53


8


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


Pins, needles, tooth picks and comb 53


Medicines and lemons . 5 68


Grass seed and Hungarian 23 70


Flour 29 25


Use of bull. 10 00


Grain and feed bill 352 77


Pigs and shoats


78 50


Blacksmithing and repairs


30 38


Wagon wheels 21 00


Ralph Dunn, labor 3 25


H. McIntire, doctoring cow


1 00


A. Eastman, 66


2 00


T. E. Ryerson, haying


8 90


Two cows


00


Apple barrels and supplies


12 56


B. H. Bisbee, saw bill.


4 50


J. C. Marston, phosphate


48 80


J. E. Irish 66


27 00


Cloutier & Irish, lumber


9 54


A. B. Briggs, planting corn


5 00


B. Corey, saw filing and mending rope. 1 85


G. O. Leavitt, overseer's salary 84 86.


J. C. Hodge,


275 00


Total $1,396 83


Overdrawn


$331 90


INMATES OF ALMHOUSE.


Walter Lucas, age 57; Hannah Leighton, age, 83; Mercy A. Ellis, age 69.


STOCK, PROVISIONS, ETC. ON TOWN FARM.


1 horse, 12 cows, 6 hogs, 35 hens, 12 tons ensilage, 25 tons hay, 1 one-horse wagon, 1 dump cart, 1 wagon, 1 pung, 1 mowing machine, 1 horse rake, 2 harrows, 1 wheelbarrow, 1 double harness, 1 single harness, 2 plows, 3 ox yokes, 75 bushels potatoes, 175 pounds pork, 34 barrel flour,


9


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


PAUPER ACCOUNT OFF THE FARM.


Appropriated by town $200 00


. Unexpended, 1905


29 02


Total.


$229 02


For Support of Gladys Ford $ 75 50


Support of E E. Bragg


124 81


Casket for Mrs Reed .. 30 50


Support of E. Chamberlain. 7 50


Support of Mrs. C. D. Fogg


1 41


Support of Philix Collett .. 40 75


Support of Edward Thresh


62 50


Total $405 97


Overdrawn.


. $176 95


DECORATING SOLDIERS' GRAVES.


Amount unexpended, 1905 $7 00


Remaining unexpended 7 00


ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


BILLS OF 1903.


Edward Thresh, dead . .... $3 00


BILLS OF 1904.


V. E. Leavitt, paid in Turner $3 00


C. F. Reed, unable to pay . 4 46


Shubol Baker estate, 49


illegal


Francis D. Haggett estate, 66 1 27


Josiah Hodsdon estate,


2 44


G. T. Piper heirs 78


C. B. Ryerson, out of town 3 00


$15 44


BILLS OF 1905.


C. F. Reed, unable to pay $4 55


S. M. Higgins, poor. 3 00


Shubol Baker estate,


illegal 49


Francis D. Haggett, 1 24


Nelson Fordman, left town


3 00


John Miller,


3 00


Josiah Hodsdon estate, illegal. . 2 37


10


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


Adolphas Richards, in N. $4 16


G. T. Piper heirs, illegal 76


E. E. Bragg, insane 47


Frank Cbule, dead 3 00


$26 04


BILLS OF 1906.


Shubol Baker, estate illegal $ 19


Francis D. Haggett,


28


G. T. Piper, heirs, 66


74


Cobbett & Stetson, taxed to W. & E. York


4 85


H. A. Carver, paid in Andover


3 00


John Arnold, left town. 3 00


Will Farrington, paid in New Hampshire


3 00


$15 06


$59 54


Discount on taxes:


Unexpended . $79 80


Derrick Account:


Appropriated . $25 00


Expended


$25 00


Repairs on town farm buildings:


Appropriated


$75 00


Unexpended


$75 00


TOWN CHARGES.


Appropriated


$450 00


Unexpended 1905 65 88


Total $515 88 -


T. B. W. Stetson, clerk


$ 7 20


66 treasurer 40 50


J. W. Libby, selectman, etc 74 00


W. H. Allen,


6 6


38 25


Geo. E. Corliss, 66


49 50


W. L. Libby, superintendent 68 00


Loring. Short & Harmon, books and blanks 7 45


J. F. Child, care of hearse. 10 00


O. M. Richardson, insuring two school houses


27 00


L. A. Jones,


watering tub


3 00


G. A. Holmes,


3 00


D. A. Corliss, 66 3 00


11


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


O. E. Turner, ballot clerk $ 1 50


I. W. Thompson,


1 50


J. C. F. Doten, repairs on town hall


3 00


Dr. F. W. Morse, reporting births and deaths 2 00


J. C. Hodge, use of telephone


1 50


Dr. W. E. Gould, reporting births and deaths. 1 25


J. W. Libby, cash expenses in Ford case, 1905-6 .. 21 10 J. W. Libby, material for repairs on town hall .... 3 48 W. H. Eastman going to Hartford to take deposition 2 25 M. T. Monk, lodging George Rand. 50


F. R. Dyer, professional services in Fogg case 12 14


Mrs. D. A. Corliss, interest on Brown fund 5 00


J. O. Widbur, work on voting booths 2 00


. Arthur W. Jordan, watering tub 3 00


J. F. Davenport, 3 00


James E. York, " 1906-7 6 00


Wm. L. Richardson, sheep killed by dogs 10 00 Geo. A. Holmes, 6 00


J. W. Libby, use of team and expense Fogg case .. 8 00


W. H. Allen, cash expense in Fogg case. 4 .85


Dr. E. J. Marston, returning births and deaths ... 1 50


. T. B. W. Stetson, recording births and deaths


4 05


T. B. W. Stetsou, record book


1 75


Selectmen's cash expenses


7 58


T. B. W. Stetson, interest.


21 94


T. B. W. Stetson, cash expenses


2 25


Total $468 04


Unexpended $47 84


TOWN OFFICERS' BILLS.


J. W. Libby, selectman, etc. $78 25


W. H. Allen, . 55 90


Geo. E. Corliss, 66 44 00


T. B. W. Stetson, clerk 6 00


T. B. W. Stetson, treasurer 44 50


W. L. Libby, Supt. of schools 71 20


W. P. Hayford, collector 87 00


G. W. Brown, school board 3 00


T. B. W. Stetson,


66


1 50


J. E. Irish, 66 3 00


$394 35


12


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


STANDING OF THE TOWN.


RESOURCES.


Cash in treasury $ 44 19


Due from W. P. Hayford, collector, 1904. 50 00


W. P. Hayford,


1905 100 00


W. P. Hayford, 1906 1,983 77


City of Auburn, for support of E. E. Bragg. 124 81


State of Maine, for support of Philix


Collett. 40 75


Oxford or unknown, for support of E. Thresh.


62 50


Buckfield for tuition


29 67


Turner


11 08


Sumner 66


19 80


Total


$2,466 57


LIABILITIES.


Outstanding orders bearing interest. $656 61


Outstanding orders not bearing interest. 896 36


Interest due, estimated . 25 00


Outstanding bills, estimated 50 00


Deposit from Betsey Brown est 100 00


Town officers, bills


394 35


Total


$2,122 32


Balance in favor of town $344 25


J. W. LIBBY, W. H. ALLEN, of >


Selectmen


GEO. E. CORLISS, Hartford.


Treasurer's Report


T. B. W. Stetson, treasurer, in account with the town of Hartford for the year ending Feb. 20th, 1907.


DR ..


To Cash in treasury last report 3 08


Balance due from C. W. Thompson, collector 1903 89 20


Balance due from W. P. Hayford, collector 1904 50 00 Balance due from W. P. Hayford, collector 1905 2,594 02 Commitment 1906, W. P. Hayford, collector 5,784 25 Cream checks from town farm 486 66


- Land rent from town farm 65 00


Land sold from town farm 45 00


Pork sold from town farm


161 66


Apples sold from town farm


48 00


Veal sold from town farm


55 19


Cow sold from town farm. 30 00


School fund and mill tax from State 544 98


Cash for dog licenses. 93 00


Dog licenses refunded by State. 73 52


From State, damage to sheep by dogs. 9 00


From State, on account free high school 100 50


Town school fund. 20 50


Cash from Hebron, support of Jennie L. Benson


42 40


Cash from H. B. Bartlett for brick 1 22


Corn check from town farm 15 48


Supplementary tax. 10 04


$10,322 70


14


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


CR.


By Town orders paid $6,902 12


State tax paid 659 99


County tax paid.


489 63


Dog licenses paid State treasurer.


93 00


Balance due from W. P. Hayford, collector, 1904


50 00


66


1905. 100 00


66


66


66


1906


1,983 77


Cash in treasury


44 19


$10,322 70


Respectfully submitted,


T. B. W. STETSON, Treasurer.


Road Commissioners' Report


SUMMER ROAD WORK, M. B. PACKARD, COMMISSIONER.


Appropriated


$1,500 00


Overdrawn 1905 S3 06


Amount available. $1,416 94


Orders drawn:


M. B. Packard. $410 98


28 13


D. R. Stewart


Dan. Stewart.


37 13


E. W. Libby


87 25


A. R. Bosworth 24 00


L. Berry 35 38


G. A. Holmes 3 45


B: S. Littlefield 51 69


F. W. Bryant 1 50


William Farrington


19 25


H. B. Keene


15 00


H. A. Thompson


16 12


O. E. Hardy


228 00


C. M. Gurney


58 75


A. Packard


6 75


W. C. Bisbee


10 50


H. B. Jacobs 8 00


L. A. Jones, 1905 2 40


E. E. Piper 75


Ezra Keene 16 75


F. J. Bridgbam 1 20


A. T. Barrell 31 25


F. S. Gammon 50 50


Will Robinson 26 63


B. Spaulding & Sons, supplies 10 07


B. Brooks. 3 75


G. W. Tibbetts, supplies 12 00


Geo. E. Corliss, repairs 3 50


W. H. Allen, labor. 15 25


J. W. Libby, logs for culvert 1 00


H. R. Berry, labor 2 00


16


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


E. L. Andrews, bridge plank. $ 6 50


E. F. Bryant, logs for culvert 3 27


J. G. Fogg, labor 3 00


A. W. Jordan, labor 1 75


$1,233 45


ABEN ROBINSON, COMMISSIONER.


Arthur Jacobs $ 3 50


Alton Jacobs 3 00


H. B. Jacobs 10 50


Isaac Farnham 30 00


Ed McEarchean 2 62


Fred Farnham


1 50


Lewis Michand. 1 50


Levique & St. Heliere 3 00


H. Simpson 75


J. Carey 1 50


K. Woodman 1 50


C. O. Bartlett. 37 50


Phil Cloudman 16 50


Wesley Poland


6 00


Walter Poland


6 00


C. C. Russell


3 00


C. S. Mitchell 104 75


Arthur Allen 52 00


J. H. Billings


2 25


B. Spaulding & Sons, dynamite and supplies. 26 97


E C. Irish.


3 20


E. S. Brown & Co., bridge plank.


39 07


David Andrews,


13 19


J. F. Davenport. 12 00


W. H. Allen


6 72


L. A. Keene. 3 00


Geo. E. Corliss, labor and repairs. 16 50


J. Elmer Thompson 1 00


Aben Robinson 349 19


Sampson & Brown, labor 4 00


T. B. W. Stetson, labor and plank 8 20


$770 41


Total expended. $2.003 86 Overdrawn $586 92


School IReport


COMMON SCHOOL ACCOUNT.


RECEIPTS.


Appropriated by town $900 00


Received from State 544 98


Due for tuition from Buckfield 29 67


66 Turner 11 08


66 66 660 Sumner 19 81


Received from school fund


20 50


Total receipts . $1,526 04


ORDERS DRAWN ON COMMON SCHOOL ACCOUNT.


J. O. Widbur,


2 cords wood $10 00


J. C. Marston,


66 9 00


W. L. Libby, 3 66 13 50


Grace Ladd,


teaching 48 00


Ethel Stetson,


48 00


Dora Williams,


48. 00


Bessie Luce,


52 00


Ina Russell,


52 00


Lucie Morse,


66


54 00


Mabel DeShon,


66


48 00


H. M. Sampson, Chas. Gurney,


66 16 00


H. M. Sampson,


8 25


Grace Ladd,


teaching 58 50


.6


Bessie Luce, 58 50


58 50


Emma Littlefield,


56 25


Ina Russell,


63 00


Virgie Knox,


66


60 75


Lucie Morse,


60 75


Chas. Gurney,


conveying pupils 16 00


H, M. Sampson,


13 50


Dora Williams,


conveying pupils 1905-6 10 00


18


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


Lucie Morse, teaching $42 00


Ina Russell,


63 00


Harold DeCoster,


building fires 2 00


2 00


Elmer Libby,


2 00


Harold Bragg,


60


2 00


Leon Poland,


2 00


James Reed, 66 66


1 35


Clara Bragg,


teaching


3 50


Emma Littlefield,


58 50


Leora Berry,


60 75


Wilma Irish,


66 63 00


J. F. Henry,


conveying pupils, 1905 12 75


J. F. Davenport,


11 25


George Records,


66


20 90


Ezra Keene, wood 4 00


Town of Sumner, tuition 50 40


Due Union school, now in progress 60 50


T. B. W. Stetson, wood. 16 00


J. F. Henry, conveying pupils


12 50


Total


$1,407 90


Unexpended


.$118 14


.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS.


RECEIPTS.


Appropriated by town $900 00


Received From state 544 98


For tuition


60 56


From school fund


20 50


Total receipts


.$1,526 04


EXPENDITURES.


Overdrawn last year $ 8 85


Paid teachers


1,170 50


Tuition


50 40


Janitors


13 35


Conveying pupils


121 15


Fuel


52 50


Total


.$1,416 75


Unexpended


$109 29


Howard Irish,


19


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


TEXT BOOK ACCOUNT.


Appropriated


EXPENDITURES.


Overdrawn last year $ 5 14


American Book Co. 5 00


Ginn & Co. 41 43


D. C. Heath & Co. 4 50


A. M. Chase 2 75


Smith & Sale


1 24


J. R. Spaulding . 1 50


American Express Co. 4 10


Total $65 66


Unexpended $44 34


REPAIR OF SCHOOLHOUSES.


Appropriated


$200 00


EXPENDITURES.


Over-expended last year


$128 95


I. W. Shaw, paint .. 14 15


C. C. Young, painting Glover house 6 00


W. L. Libby, .6 5 00


J. E. Irish, repairs and cleaning Line house. 5 84


Mrs. A. Carter, cleaning two houses


4 00


J. O. Widbur, repairing Center house


6 23


O. Irish, supplies


1 80


I. W. Shaw, supplies. 2 10


B. Spaulding & Sons, supplies. 2 25


Chas. Hobbs, cleaning Mountain house 2 00


L. T. Monk, cleaning Whiting house 2 00


Mrs. Austin, cleaning Union house 2 00


Total. $197 13


Unexpended.


$2 87


HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT.


Appropriated $200 00


Due from State.


120 00


Total receipts.


$320 00


EXPENDITURES.


C. H. Grant, teaching .


$240 00


Unexpended


$80 00


00


G. W. Brown, repairing, cleaning Center house .. 14 81


20


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT OF HIGH SCHOOL.


Vermont School Seat Co., desks $60 40 G. W. Brown, express, freight, labor and 1 cd. wood 30 81


J. O. Widbur, labor on desks 4 75


W. L. Libby, cleaning and repairing 2 25


G. W. Brown, 2 cds. wood, paper and papering 16 89


J. W. Libby, curtains and labor 4 40


Total


$119 50


TABULAR SCHOOL STATEMENT.


Name of School.


Name of Teachers.


No. of weeks.


Average attendance for year.


SUMMER TERM


Center.


Lucie Morse


Tyler's Corner ..


Ina Russell.


Union ,


Bessie Luce


8


Mountain


Grace Ladd.


8


Whiting


Mabel DeShone


8


Line.


Ethel Stetson .


8


Glover


Dora Williams


8


FALL TERM


Center


Lucie Morse


9


Tyler's Corner ..


Ina Russell.


9


Union.


Dora Williams


9


Mountain


Bessie Luce.


9


Whiting


Emma Littlefield


9


Line.


Virgie Knox


9


Glover


Grace Ladd.


9


WINTER TERM


Center.


Lucie Morse.


6


11


Tyler's Corner ..


Ina Russell.


9


19


Union.


Dora Williams *.


Mountain


Emma Littlefield.


9


9


Whiting.


Løora Berry


9


10


Line


Wilma Irish


9


9


Glover


Clara Bragg.


9


8


* Unfinished.


Ministerial and School Fund


SCHOOL FUND.


Notes and securities


.$350 00


....


MINISTERIAL FUND.


Notes and securities


$647. 46


Received interest on school fund.


$20 50


66 " ministerial fund. 73 12


Total interest received $93 62


Paid T. B. W. Stetson, town treasurer, int. on


school fund . $20 50


Paid the several societies their proportional part of interest of the ministerial fund:


Universalist society 25 30


Methodist 16 82


Congregational 5 23


Free Baptist 11 55


Baptist. 9 77


Advent


4 45


-- $93 62


J. W. LIBBY, Treasurer of Ministerial and School Fund.


Vital Statistics.


MARRIAGES.


1906.


Feb. 22, Israel F. Gammon and Mary E. Crockett, both of Hartford. Mar. 7, William L. Roberts of Canton and Edith M. Parsons of Hartford.


Mar. 19, Leon M. Berry of Hartford and Leora DeShon of Canton. Mar. 19, Charles H. Berry, Jr., and Crystal C. Bonney both of Hart- ford.


Mar. 21, Naaman B. Burgess of Hartford and Agnes May Hazelton of Sumner.


April 16, Melzar E. Beard, Jr., and Jennie E. Morse, both of Hart- ford.


May 5, Joseph F. King and Lizzie M. Coffren, both of Hartford.


June 6, Abner D. Howard of Hartford and Valray G. Jordan of Buckfield.


July 18, Edwin W. Libby of Hartford and May Palmer of Liver- more.


Oct. 22, Frank Wilbur Briggs and Emma West, both of Hartford.


Dec. 9, Donald R. Stewart and Georgie E. Stewart, both of Hart- ford.


BIRTHS.


1906.


Jan. 3, To Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Merrill, a son.


31, To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chamberlain, a daughter.


March 6, To Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Bryant, a daughter.


28, To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lemieux, a son.


April 2, To Mr. and Mrs. John O. Widbur, a daughter.


June 6, To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gurney, a daughter.


12, To Mr. and Mrs. Leland J. Andrews, a son.


Oct. 30, To Mr. and Mrs. Leon M. Berry, a son.


Dec. 18, To Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Lucas, a son.


23


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


DEATHS.


1906.


Jan. 3, Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Merrill.


13, Mary Alice Warren, age 14 years.


Feb. 1, Mary Russell, age 81 years, 10 months.


Mar. 18, Frank Chule, age 27 years.


29, Mary J. Reed, age 87 years.


31 Mary M. Keene, age 76 years, 4 months, 26 days.


Apr. 2, Sylvanus E. Bryant, age 57 years, 19 days.


June 1, Elizabeth A. Merrill, age 91 years, 1 month, 11 days.


6, Martha A. Marston, age 55 years, 8 months.


9, Infant child of Mr. and Mrs Charles Gurney.


Aug. 5, Susie A. McPherson, age 18 years, 2 months.


Sept. 4, Harriet M. Whitman, age 85 years, 11 months, 2 days.


Oct. 10. James H. W. Billings, age 8 years, 3 months, 29 days.


12, Florida Girividin, age 8 months, 28 days.


21, Christopher C. Fletcher, age 62 years, 4 months, 5 days.


Nov. 14, Lydia J. Mitchell, age 60 years, 4 months, 4 days.


1907.


Jan. 9, Edward Thresh, age 46 years, 7 months, 5 days.


Warrant for Town Meeting


State of Maine.


Oxford ss.


To W. P. Hayford, Constable of the town of Hartford, County of Oxford, Greeting:


In the name of the state of Maine you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town of Hartford qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the town hall in said town on Monday, the 4th day of March A. D. 1907 at 10 o'clock in the fore. noon, to act on the following articles, to wit:


Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


Art. 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the several town officers.


Art. 3. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.


Art. 4. To see if the town will grant and raise such sums of money as may be necessary for the maintenance and support of schools, the poor, repairs of roads and bridges and to defray all other town charges for the ensuing year.


Art. 5. To see if the town will vote to maintain a school in the Line schoolhouse for the ensuing year.


Art. 6 To see if the town will vote to authorize the school com- mittee to unite with any of the adjoining towns in the election of Superintendent of Schools, and to raise money for the same.


Art. 7. To see what the town will do about preparing to fight the brown-tail moths ..


Art. 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to lay- ing out a town road from the corner near A. N. Merrill's to the L. W. Thompson house as asked for in Petition of A. N. Merrill and others.


Art. 9. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.


The Selectmen will be in session for the purpose of revising the list of voters at the town hall at 9 o'clock in the forenoon of the day of said meeting.


Given under our hands at Hartford, this 18th day of February, A. D. 1907.


J. W. LIBBY, W. H. ALLEN,


Selectmen of


GEO. E. CORLISS, Hartford.


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TOWN R EPORT


HARTFORD


- FOR THE YEAR 1908


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Municipal Officers


OF THE


TOWN OF HARTFORD


FOR THE


Year Ending February 14,


1908


NORWAY, ME .: ADVERTISER BOOK PRINT 190S


Town Officers


Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor:


B. F. GLOVER EZRA KEENE S. B. WOODMAN


Clerk and Treasurer: T. B. W. STETSON


Superintendent of Schools: JAMES E. IRISH


T. B. W. STETSON


School Committee: J. W. LIBBY ORLANDO IRISH


Collector and Constable: W. P. HAYFORD


Truant Officer: W. P. HAYFORD


Trustees of Ministerial and School Fund:


T. B. W. STETSON O. IRISH C. E. MENDALL


A. H. ALLEY J. W. LIBBY


Board of Health: J. W. DUNN T. B. W. STETSON O. IRISH


:


IReport of Selectmen


The selectmen make the following report for the year ending Feb. 14th, 1908.


VALUATION, APRIL 1, 1907.


Resident real estate.


$158,320 00


Non-resident real estate. 45,445 00


Total real estate $203,765 00


Resident personal estate


$76,894 00


Non-resident personal estate


277 00


Total personal estate


$77,171 00


Total amount real and personal estate


$280,936 00


Town farm property taken out 2,353 00


Valuation assessed on


. $278,583 00


APPROPRIATED AND ASSESSED.


Common schools 900 00


Repairs of roads and bridges 1 500 00


Overdrawn on roads and bridges, 1906.


586 92


Cutting bushes. 30 00


Winter road work


2,000 00


Support of poor


300 00


Town charges.


500 00


Repair of schoolhouses 50 00


Text books 75 00


Free high school.


250 00


Repair of high school building


150 00


State tax.


872 95


4


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


County tax. $ 499 31


To fight brown-tail and gypsy Moths 140 00


Overlay 281 69


Total tax


$8,135 87


No. of polls, 203. Poll tax, $3.00. Rate per cent., .027 on one dollar.


HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.


WINTER ROAD WORK.


Amount appropriated by town $2,000 00


Overdrawn in 1906. 327 70


Amount available $1,672 30


Orders drawn, 1907:


C. H. Berry, 2d $ 8 22


C. H. Berry, 2d, 1906 work 97


C. M. Gurney 1 20


Dexter C. Gurney 22 10


Leon M. Berry . 2 18


Arthur W. Jordan 27 90


John V. Thurlow


19 45


L. A. DeCoster


11 85


C. A. Austin


11 77


B. F. Glover


26 95


E. G. Bisbee 3 60


6 75


F. S. Gammon 6 15


E. W. Turner 24 25


Geo. P. Austin 5 80


Geo. P. Austin, 1906 work. 6 90


R. B. Keene. 3 22


Jobn C. F. Doten 5 78


B. S. Littlefield ..


11 25


Edward F. Bryant


20 20


Percy C. Gammon.


57 87


A. N. Merrill 39 40


W. L. Libby 27 82


H. A. Thompson


Moses Young. 27 90


Charles A. Merrill. 45 00


Lester A. DeCoster 97


Augustus Tobin.


7 35


29 52


J. W. Libby


5


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


Horace B. Bartlett $14 17


C. C. Russell 18 75


C. H. Berry, 2nd 1 84


James E. Irish 4 35


D. A. Goding


11 25


J. W. Dunn 7 50


C. E Hutchinson 15 45


D. L. Barker, 1905 work 10 80


Oscar E. Turner 17 55


S. B. Woodman


3 00


Abner D. Howard


14 44


E. L. Andrews 28 05


H. R. Reynolds




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