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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01881 6048
GC 974.102 SO47A, 1916
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE
Town of Solon
FOR THE
Year Ending February 15, 1916
Allen County Public Library
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE
TOWN OF SOLON
FOR THE
Year Ending February 15, 1916
Press of The Independent-Reporter Company Skowhegan, Maine
Town Officers, 1915-16
Moderator : T. J. YOUNG
Town Clerk : P. S. LONGLEY
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor:
I. L. BROWN M. P. POLLARD
A. C. ADAMS
Treasurer : L. L. PATTERSON
School Committee :
P. E. PRIEST
G. H. RANDLETT MRS. FRED COOLIDGE
Superintendent of Schools:
H. W. WOOD
Collector : F. A. VITTUM
Road Commissioner :
W. A. R. HEALD
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Selectmen's Report
Amount Raised by Vote of Town March 1, 1915
Common Schools
$1,000.00
School Books
300.00
High School
1,000.00
Domestic Science and Manual Training.
150.00
Repair of Schoolhouses
200.00
Highways and Bridges
2,000.00
Snow Roads, 1915-16
800.00
Support of Poor
500.00
State Aid Road
533.00
State Highways
100.00
Town charges, debt and interest
4,000.00
Electric Lights
400.00
Public Library
150.00
Compensation of Fire Wards
10.00
For use of Fire Wards
50.00
Investigation of water supply
100.00
L. P. Cates (Dray)
5.00
Williams Hill, so called
25.00
Memorial Day
10.00
Curtis Hill
300.00
$11,633.00
State tax
$2,277.89
County tax
637.04
Overlay
584.56
$3,499.49
Real estate, resident
$277,655.00
Personal estate, resident
109,314.00
Real estate, non-resident
43,805
Personal estate, non-resident
1,150.00
$431,924.00
Tax on $431,924 @ .033
$14,253.49
Tax on 293 polls
879.00
Supplementary tax
163.83
.
$15,296.32
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TOWN CHARGES
$4,000.00
Appropriation
D. S. York, payment of note $100.00
F. A. Coolidge, part payment of note 500.00
First National Bank, payment of bonds Nos. 3 and 4 1,000.00
First National Bank, Int. on 24 coupons ..
240.00
Independent-Reporter, 350 town reports .. 36.00
W. H. Soper, supplies for town 11.50
Bert W. Paul, Int. on temporary loan .... 15.00
Fred Adams, watching fire at Sam Libby's 2.00
F. A. Coolidge, Int. on order
40.00
First National Bank, Int. on 6 coupons
60.00
M. M. Spear, 500 town orders
1.80
First National Bank, Int. on 3 coupons . . Turner Buswell, Ins. on School building for $6000 168.00
30.00
French & Longley, Ins. on school building for $6000 168.00
W. A. R. Heald, services as R. C.
100.00
First National Bank, Int. on 3 coupons 30.00
220.00
First National Bank, Int. on 22 coupons .. Joel McIntire, use of watering tub for 1915 C. T. Durham, use of watering tub for 1915 L. P. Cates, one dray by vote of town .... Albert Adams, use of watering tub for 1915 John Tuscan, special police July 3
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
2.00
Henry Redmond, making and printing four auto signs 7.00
Will Stuart, 1/4 cd. stove wood for lockup 1.38 The First National Bank, Int. on tem- porary loan 124.16
W. P. Rowell, use of watering tub for 1914 5.00
J. L. Foss, one lamb killed by dogs 6.00
Amos Chapman, one sheep killed by dogs 7.50
J. L. Foss, special police July 3 3.00
Baker & Priest, rent of lockup 1.00
Thomas W. Burr, 250 Brown Tail Moth
notices 3.75
H. W. Wood, salary from Feb. 1 to Dec ... 88.54
M. P. Pollard, services as selectman 100.00
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H. W. Wood, salary for Dec. and Jan. . 18.74 The Acme Print Shop, 500 town orders .. 1.75 Mrs. J. M. Brown, Int. on order No. 660 dated Feb. 20, 1915 2.00
Luther Hunnewell, use of watering tub for 1915 and 1916 5.00
Thos. McCarty, use of watering tub for part of year 1915. 3.00
L. L. Patterson, postage, express, etc for
1 town 2.66
L. L. Patterson, services as Treasurer. . 25.00
F. A. Vittum, copying and posting town warrants Mar. 3 and Aug. 28 6.00
P. S. Longley, recording births, deaths and marriage certificates 7.80
W. H. Soper, 1 order book for R. C .. .30
S. F. Greene, returning birth and death certificates 4.50
W. A. R. Heald, part payment for services as Road Commissioner 14.00
A. C. Adams, services as selectman 70.00
F. A. Vittum, commission for collecting taxes 305.93
M. P. Pollard, postage, telephone and
car fare 6.27
L. C. Jewett, use of watering tub for
1915 and 1916 5.00
J. O. Piper, M. D. fumigating John McCarty house 5.00
I. L. Brown, services as selectman 75.00
Eliphalet Cooley, repairing fence on
school house lot 4.00
Geo. Henderson use of watering tub for 1915 5.00
Thomas Young, office rent 12.00
J. O. Piper, returning birth and death
death certificates
3.00
D. C. Baker, use of watering tub for year, 1915 5.00
C. R. Dealing, bolting guide boards. .50
The First National Bank, interest on tem- porary loan 53.89
Turner Buswell, professional services. 10.00
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F. A. Coolidge, interest on note 30.17
F. A. Coolidge, payment of order No. 588 dated Feb. 9, 1914 750.00
Bert W. Paul, Int. on order No. 36 dated April 5, 1915 19.24
L. W. McIntire, supplies for fumigating John McCarty's house 6.25
Llewellyn Eaton, Int. on order No. 651 by renewal of order No. 488 dated Feb. 17, 1906 8.00
$4,556.63
Overdrawn
$556.63
SUMMER ROAD, 1914
F. M. Vittum, investigating pier $ 3.00
F. M. Vittum, labor 10.00
Tom Perkins, labor
5.00
Herbert Adams, labor on State Road
1.00
$19.00
SNOW ROAD, 1914
Oliver French, labor
$15.20
S. C. Lawrence, labor
5.00
R. E. Sidell, labor
1.95
Willard Later, labor
. 4.95
Wm. Roberts, labor
3.20
L. C. Jewett, labor
2.00
L. F. Boardman, labor
11.80
James McClintick, labor
1.40
Abbott Lawrence, labor
4.60
L. P. Cates, labor 3.20
Zina Norton, labor
2.60
Fred W. Hastings, labor 6.20
W. B. Longley, labor 4.00
J. G. Spaulding, labor
3.60
$69.70
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Road Commissioner's Report
SUMMER ROAD, 1915
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Grover Knights, labor
$ 8.00
Llewellyn Maguire, labor 2.00
Obed Moody, labor 24.00
C. M. Conant, cutting edge for R. M. 8.50
Roscoe Sidell, dragging road
4.00
Frank Adams, labor
6.00
Willard Later, cutting bushes
2.00
Ira Adams, labor
13.50
Almon Collins, labor
2.00
Elmer French, labor
9.00
The Berger Mfg. Co. for culverts
56.45
Percy Jackson, labor
11.00
Thomas Young Jr., labor
4.00
G. L. Lake, labor
7.00
Percy Jackson, labor
4.00
Solon Lumber Co., plank
2.54
Thomas Mahoney, labor
19.60
James McClintick, labor
20.00
Almon Collins, labor 9.00
Solon Lumber Co., plank
30.52
Frank Adams, labor
6.30
Llewellyn Maguire, labor
2.50
Solon Lumber Co., plank
39.75
James McClintick, labor
4.50
Horace Manson, labor
9.30
Icone Jackson, labor
1.00
Willie Tuscan, labor
14.00
James McClintick, labor
7.00
Geo. Chase, running road machine 378.00
George Chase, labor
52.80
Almon Collins, labor
4.00
Leon Cooley, labor
4.50
Wm. Roberts, labor
3.10
Charles G. French, labor
6.50
Harry Gardiner, labor
11.00
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James Lake, labor 5.00
Llewellyn Maguire, labor 2.00
Tom Perkins, labor 7.50
Elias Lake, labor 8.60
John Waugh, labor
23.90
Palmer French, labor
3.20
Obed Moody, labor
4.00
Chester Flanders, labor
15.60
A. B. C. Keene, labor
17.40
Clyde McIntire, labor
3.80
Jonas Jackson, labor
7.60
James McClintick, labor
3.00
Thomas McCarty, labor,
9.80
Ralph McCarty, labor
5.60
A. C. Heald, labor
24.00
Llewellyn Maguire, labor
3.00
Asher Davis, labor
20.00
James McClintick, labor
7.00
John Howland, labor 9.60
18.50
E. T. Tripp, labor
8.00
Bert Moody, labor
2.00
Frank Boynington, repairing road machine and sharping drills 1.70
Archie Adams, labor
4.60
W. S. Jones, labor
12.60
C. M. Conant, road machine repairs
.72
Geo. Chase, labor
17.00
Frank Vittum, labor
8.00
Geo. Henderson, labor
14.50
John Howland, labor
2.00
W. A. R. Heald, team work
33.00
Granville Tuscan, labor
4.00
Lamont Forbes, labor and cutting bushes
14.70
Joseph Drew, labor
18.00
D. S. Tozier, labor
12.00
J. L. Foss, labor
25.00
J. C. Pierce, labor
6.00
Harold Spaulding, labor
.70
James McClintick, labor 1.00
Sumner Shepley, cutting bushes
4.50
Andrew Fisher, labor
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O. H. French, labor 36.60
Ralph Corson, labor 10.00
N. Holmberg, labor 10.00
Alston Corson, labor 4.00
Albert Adams, labor
1.00
Nelson Curtis, road material 5.00
Myron Jewett, labor 8.00
L. C. Jewett, labor
10.05
E. C. Tuscan, labor
12.00
L. F. Boardman, lumber and labor
11.64
C. E. Rowell, road supplies
9.05
Tom Perkins, cutting bushes
4.00
Abbott Lawrence, labor
3.00
Fred Magoon, clay and labor
4.60
James McCollar, labor
19.00
Charles French, labor
37.00
E. C. Heald, labor 1.00
Chester Grant, labor
14.00
Oliver Irvine, labor
6.00
Harold Randlett, labor
5.00
John Tuscan, labor
4.50
Geo. Henderson, labor
4.00
Frank Thompson, labor
8.70
David Tozier, labor
6.00
Melvin . Clark, labor
13.27
Arthur Rowell, labor
2.00
Harold Randlett, labor 4.00
Alfred Eaton, labor 4.20
W. A. R. Heald, labor 4.60
6.00
Warren Rice, labor 19.40
Ernest Carl, labor
23.60
Mrs. J. H. Rowell, Atlas powder
14.30
Abel Stevens, labor
33.50
John T. Miller, labor
8.00
Fred Adams, labor
19.10
James McClintick, labor
3.00
Walter Williams, labor
2.00
Solon Lumber Co., lumber
15.42
Walter Williams, labor
6.00
M. P. Pollard, lumber and labor
25.53
Will Stuart, labor
10
M. L. French, labor 19.00
Nelson Cram, labor 6.80
Zina Norton, labor
17.10
G. R. Brown, labor
8.00
Jacob Goodwin, labor
4.90
Philip Lacasce, labor
4.00
J. T. Baker, labor
24.80
Charles G. French, labor 3.20
James McCollar, cutting bushes 5.00
Fred W. Hastings, labor 3.00
F. A. Thompson, labor
24.85
John Mahoney, labor
4.00
B. F. Williams, labor
2.65
J. E. Lawrence, labor
3.00
Chas. G. French, labor
2.00
W. B. Longley, labor
8.00
Bert W. Paul, labor
7.77
J. G. Spaulding, labor
2.00
Ralph Corson, labor
4.00
O. O. Vittum & Son, labor and gravel
18.50
Thomas McCarty, labor 1.50
5.80
Joseph Matson, labor
2.40
J. L. Foss, labor
18.00
L. L. Patterson, labor
5.50
Carl Adams, labor 7.00
12.00
A. C. B. Keene, labor
2.00
Geo. W. Cunningham, repairing r. m.
10.00
A. H. Baker, labor 2.00
Lester Hilton, labor 4.00
C. R. Delling, sharpening drills
.60
$1,857.91
Undrawn
142.09
Respectfully submitted,
M. P. POLLARD
I. L. BROWN
A. C. ADAMS
Selectmen of Solon.
Sarah Pierce, gravel
John C. McCollar, labor
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SNOW ROADS 1915-1916
$800.00
Appropriation
Will Hunnewell, labor $4.00
G. R. Brown, labor 4.00
G. F. Rowell, labor 1.00
W. P. Rowell, labor
1.80
Tom Perkins, labor
2.80
Geo. Henderson, labor 8.00
B. W. Paul, labor 3.80
Walter C. Williams, labor
3.20
Orrison McClintick, labor 2.00
Fred W. Hastings, labor 2.60
Thomas Perkins, labor 4.00
Archie Adams, labor 17.50
Ira Adams, labor
8.40
J. M. Brown, labor
1.20
Chas. G. French, labor 8.80
A. P. Fisher, labor
5.00
Keno Tozier, labor
5.80
Thomas McCarty, labor
9.20
Joseph Matson, labor
3.50
Fred Drury, labor
4.00
Ernest Carl, labor
4.00
N. Holmberg, labor 3.60
Warren Rice, labor 3.20
J. L. Foss, labor
5.40
Chester Grant, labor 1.00
Fred Powers, labor 5.00
J. G. Spaulding, labor 3.80
John C. McCollar, labor 4.00
M. L. French, labor 5.00
Clyde McIntire, labor
3.80
Ernest Whipple, labor
1.20
A. C. B. Keene, labor
6.00
Archie Adams, labor
1.80
Oliver Irvine, labor
1.20
S. W. Jones, labor
3.00
Orrison Whipple, labor
7.60
A. Z. Rowell, labor 11.00
W. A. R. Heald, labor 3.00
A. C. Williams, labor 2.75
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L. C. Jewett, labor 5.90
Icone Jackson, labor
7.00
Willard Later, labor
.90
E. W. Merrill, labor
5.00
Chas. French, labor
3.00
Walter Williams, labor
1.20
John McCarty, labor
7.60
Lester Hilton, labor
3.50
W. B. Longley, labor
17.00
Alfred Eaton, labor
10.00
Undrawn
$561.95
STATE ROAD
Appropriation by State $533.00
Appropriation by town
533.00
Automobile fund
200.00
$1266.00
The Berger Mfg. Co. two culverts
$39.94
Geo. Chase, labor
8.00
Jonah Spaulding, labor
24.00
J. C. Pierce, labor
16.00
Owen McAllister
40.00
Albert Padham, labor
14.00
Almon Collins, labor
22.00
Owen McAllister, labor
26.00
Edgar Kelley, labor
15.00
J. C. Pierce, labor
25.00
Geo. Chase, labor
3.00
J. L. Foss, labor
12.00
Jonah Spaulding, labor
72.00
Albert Padham, labor
10.00
W. W. Jackman, labor
12.00
Frank Hawes, labor
71.00
Harold Randlett, labor 35.00
J. C. Pierce, labor 22.00
David Tozier, labor
57.00
$238.05
13
Baker & Priest, 21 bags cement @ 55c per bag 11.55
W. A. R. Heald, labor
96.00
Owen McAllister, labor 20.00
Edgar Kelley, labor
13.00
Carl Adams, labor
25.00
Albert Padham, labor
16.00
Owen McAllister, labor
28.00
Jonah Spaulding, labor 16.00
James McClintick, labor
61.00
Almon Collins, labor
49.00
Jonas Jackson, labor
124.00
Henry Bouchard, labor
78.00
Zina Norton, labor
80.00
Fred Adams, labor
12.00
Carl Adams, labor
30.00
Albert Padham, labor
19.00
The Berger Mfg. Co. bal. due on culverts .. 4.99
Inspection
17.25
$1224.73
Undrawn
$41.27
REPAIRING STATE ROAD
Balance from year 1914
$21.48
State's apportionment for 1915
80.21
Appropriation by town
100.00
$201.69
Thomas Mahoney, labor
$3.40
Icone Jackson, labor
1.00
James McClintick, labor
8.50
Chester Flanders, labor
1.40
Jonas Jackson, labor
10.60
J. C. Pierce, labor
1.00
Bernard Davis, labor
2.00
Willie Tuscan, labor
1.00
Geo. Chase, road machine labor
36.50
Geo. Henderson, labor
1.00
Henry Meader, labor
1.00
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Granville Tuscan, labor 1.00
J. C. Pierce, labor 4.00
Geo. Chase, labor 3.00
Jonah Spaulding, labor 4.00
W. A. R. Heald, labor 8.00
Harold Randlette, labor
6.00
Albert Padham, labor
2.00
M. P. Pollard, labor
6.00
D. S. Tozier, labor 8.00
Fred Drury, labor
2.00
Almon Collins, labor
4.00
Henry Bouchard, labor 4.00
James McClintick, labor
9.00
Baker & Priest, 9 bags cement 4.95
Carl Adams, labor
4.10
Jacob Goodwin, labor
5.10
Charles G. French, labor
1.00
Thomas Young, jr. labor
3.60
$147.15
Undrawn $54.54
State's apportionment undrawn
$28.11
Town's appropriation undrawn
26.43
$54.54
CURTIS HILL-SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
Appropriation town
$300.00 300.00
Appropriation State
The Berger Mfg. Co., culverts
$29.40
James McClintick, labor
18.40
Llewellyn Maguire, labor
4.40
Willie Tuscan, labor
32.80
Tilden Davis, labor
9.00
J. C. Pierce, labor
9.00
Llewellyn Maguire, labor
1.00
Granville Tuscan, labor
10.00
James McClintick, labor
24.00
Willie Tuscan, labor 39.00
Geo. Chase, labor
72.00
Geo. Henderson, labor
31.40
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Fred Brown, labor
16.40
Luther Albee, labor
4.00
Fred Drury, labor
26.00
Harry Meader, labor
39.40
Granville Tuscan, labor 27.40
Chester Flanders, labor
33.40
Joseph Drew, labor
19.40
Walter Drew, labor
27.40
E. C. Heald, labor
2.00
W. A. R. Heald, labor
57.00
W. A. R. Heald, team work
9.00
Baker & Priest, 11 bags cement 6.05
Charles Holway, labor
2.00
Fred Adams, labor
2.00
Charles G. French, labor
36.40
Inspection
14.25
$602.50
Overdrawn
$2.50
REPAIRS ON SOLON AND EMBDEN BRIDGE
M. P. Pollard, cash paid for freight on 200 lbs. ship spikes $ .38
C. E. Rowell, supplies
11.32
Geo. Chase, 21/2 days with team @ $4.00
10.00
Nathaniel Lombard, 5 days @ $2.50 12.50
10.00
David Tozier, 3 days @ $2.50
7.50
James McClintick, 4 days @ $2.50 10.00
George Moulton, 9 days @ $2.50
22.50
Harold Randlett, 10 days @ $2.50
25.00
Baker & Priest, 216 bags cement @ .55
118.80
M. P. Pollard, labor with man and team as per bill 50.00
S. D. Crockett, diver with outfit 57.50
M. P. Pollard, cash paid for express on div- er's outfit from and to Oldtown 12.27
Henry Currier, 17 days @ $4.00 and car fare from Milo 72.10
Frank Clukey, 17 days @ $3.00 and car fare
Harry Meader, 4 days @ $2.50
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from Milo
55.10
W. H. Soper, lumber
8.98
Hiram Rice, labor and gravel 5.50
Alvano Felker, 2 days @ $2.50
5.00
Solon Lumber Co., lumber 120.06
Frank Boyington, supplies 5.47
Fred Powers, 3 days' labor with team @
$4.00 per day repropping pier 12.00
Geo. Moulton, 110 yds. rocks @ 10 cents . 11.00
W. A. R. Heald, 4 days' labor with team @ $4.00 per day repropping pier 16.00
M. L. French, 4 days' labor with team @
$4.00 per day, repropping pier 16.00
Nathaniel Lombard, 4 days' @ $2.00 8.00
Geo. Cross, 4 days @ .$2.00 8.00
Geo. Stevens, 4 days @ $2.00 8.00
J. H. Gray, hotel bill on account of divers . .
4.50
A. W. Starbird, lumber 8.91
M. P. Pollard, 4 days' labor repropping pier 8.00
N. H. Bragg & Son, 200 lbs. ship spikes ... 5.20
$725.59
WILLIAMS HILL
Appropriation
$25.00
Icone Jackson $6.00
Jonas Jackson
16.00
Carl Adams
6.00
$28.00
Overdrawn
$3.00
STATE PAUPERS
On acct. Charlotte and Freeman Young: L. L. Patterson, groceries from Feb. 10, 1915 to Jan 1. 1916 $176.13
S. F. Greene, medicine and attendance from Feb: 10, 1915 to Jan 1. 1916 105.00
F. A. Coolidge, rent of house from Jan 1, 1915 to Jan. 1, 1916 . 48.00
F. C. Clark & Co., for bedding and clothing 12.86
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J. O. Piper, medicine and attendance from
July 1 to Jan. 1, 1916 17.50
Azel Jones, 1 pair shoes 2.00
Will Steward, 1/2 cord wood @ $5.50 2.75
J. M. Lawrence, 1 cord stove wood 6.50
Thomas McCarty, 1/2 cord stove wood 3.25
J. M. Brown, 1 cord 4 foot wood
5.00
Granville Tuscan, 1/2 cord stove wood
3.00
Mrs. Geo. Corson, caring for Mrs. Young 8 days and nights @ $1.50 12.00
Mrs. Lovonia Hughes, caring for Mrs. Young 5 days @ $1.00 per day 5.00
J. M. Brown, 1 cord 4 foot wood 5.00
J. O. Piper, medical attendance from Jan. 10 to Feb. 14 9.50
L. L. Patterson, groceries furnished Char- lotte and F. F. Young from Jan. 1st to Feb.15, 1916 28.62
$442.11
On acct. Amos Adams:
S. F. Greene, medicine and attendance from
Feb. 15 to Jan 1, 1916 $48.00
Mark Hobart, rent of farm from Jan 1,
1915'to Jan. 1, 1916 40.80
$88.80
TOWN PAUPERS
Appropriation $500.00
Roger Chase:
F. M. Vittum, board from Feb. 15 to Mar. 8 $10.50
M. H. Andrews, 1 pr. pants, shirt, overalls, straw hat 3.75
Azel Jones, 1 pr. shoes
2.75
Roscoe Safford, board for 11 weeks @ $3.50 per week 38.50
F. F. Young, repairing shoes .90
Archie Adams, board for 5 days 2.00
Mrs. Nora Hodgkins, board for 8 weeks @ $1.50 per week 12.00
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Mrs. Nora Hodgkins, board from Dec. 14 to Jan. 25 15.00
M. P. Pollard, board for Roger Chase 1 week 2.50
Mrs. Nora Hodgkins, board from Jan. 25 to Feb. 15 7.50
$95.40
Lester Corson:
Carrie C. Pierce, nursing
$33.75
S. F. Greene, operating 66.25
$100.00
Lexington Plantation:
To supplies furnished Archie Longley and
family $31.47
$31.47
Town of Cambridge:
To supplies furnished Arthur Corson chil- dren $5.50
$5.50
Columbus Chase:
H. W. Cooley, board from Feb. 15 to March 2nd, 1915 @ $2.00 per day $28.00
S. M. Boyington, caring for C. Chase, 8
nights @ $2.00 per night 16.00
J. C. Pierce, caring for C. Chase 11/2 days @ $2.00 per day 3.00
H. W. Cooley, board from Mar. 2 to June 16 61.00 Arthur Flanders, board from June 16 to Aug. 16 29.15
Mrs. Nora Hodgkins, board for C. Chase and Roger Chase, one week 7.00
Mrs. Nora Hodgkins, board for C. Chase from Aug. 23 to Dec. 14, 1915 56.00
Mrs. Nora Hodgkins, board for C. Chase from Dec. 14 to Jan. 25, 1916 15.00
M. H. Andrews, 1 pr. pants and frock 2.50
Azel Jones, 1 pair shoes 2.00
J. O. Piper, medical attendance 4.75
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M. H. Andrews, two shirts and straw hat .. 1.25
M. H. Andrews, supplies for Columbus
and Roger Chase last year 8.75
Roscoe Safford, caring for C. Chase 6 days last year 12.00
M. H. Andrews, 1 pr. pants 2.50
Azel Jones 1 pr. shoes 2.00
L. L. Patterson, 23 cuts of tobacco for Co- lumbus Chase 2.30
S. F. Greene, medical attendance for Co- lumbus Chase 17.00
Mrs. Nora Hodgkins, board from Jan. 25 to Feb. 15 7.50
$277.70
J. O. Piper, medical attendance for Eva
Perkins $12.00
$12.00
F. A. Vittum, caring, furnishing food and oil for 64 tramps $45.00
$45.00 $567.07
Overdrawn $67.07
Mrs. Frank Washburn:
J. O. Piper, medical attendance $54.00
Carrie C. Pierce, nursing 150.00
Mary Hilton, nursing 7 days 7.00
Alice Lombard, nursing 7 days 7.00
Mary Hilton, nursing 38 days 38.00
S. F. Greene, operating and supplies
102.00
$358.00 $358.00
Received from Caratunk
Support of Frances Judkins:
Carrie C. Pierce, nursing $81.75
J. O. Piper, assisting in operation 10.00
M. P. Pollard, expenses to Aroostook as per bill 21.52
W. P. Hamilton, services rendered in rela- tion to Frances Judkins 5.00
$118.27
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CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY
Appropriation
$400.00
Electric Current for:
Feb.
$34.34
Mar.
34.34
April
34.34
May
38.32
June
38.32
July
38.32
Aug.
38.32
Sept.
38.32
Oct.
38.32
Nov.
38.32
Dec.
40.32
Jan.
37.00
$448.58
Overdrawn
$48.58
Respectfully submitted,
M. P. POLLARD
I. L. BROWN
A. C. ADAMS Selectmen of Solon.
FIREMEN
$50.00
Appropriation
John A Tuscan, labor on ladder house and hardware
$16.64
Baker & Priest, roofing
12.00
F. A. Vittum, labor with man and team, May 7, cleaning up 4.00
F. A. Vittum, labor with man and team May 19 and 20, cleaning up 6.00
J. L. Foss, labor with man and team, May 19 and 20, cleaning up 6.00
$47.64
Undrawn $5.36
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SERVICES FOR FIRE WARDS.
Appropriation J. L. Foss for services
$10,00
$3.00
Undrawn $7.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation $10.00
O. O. Vittum, flags and supplies for deco- rating graves $11.25
O. O. Vittum, cash paid J. L.
Foss
for
use of autos on Decoration Day
2.00
$13.25
Overdrawn $3.25
ABATEMENTS OF TAXES
Fred A. Vittum by tax for H. L. Wyman 1914, paid in Brighton $28.97
H. L. Wyman, reimbursement for taxes paid in 1913, paid in Brighton 36.39
F. A. Vittum, Alton Clark, Mason Ray under age, Malon Hewett paid in Lex- ington; C. A. Moore, whereabouts un- known 12.00
Solon Lumber Co., abatement on Steam Saw Mill by vote of town 33.00
F. A. Vittum. Dis. on $11,000, collected on or before Dec. 1st @ 3 per cent. 330.00
Geo. Cunningham, poll tax on account ill health 3.00
Frank Adams, abatement on account over valuation 1.65
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Financial Standing
LIABILITIES
Outstanding orders on interest $1,250.00
Solon School House bonds 15,500.00
Interest due on bonds March 1st, 1916. 310.00
$17,060.00
ASSETS
Cash on hand
$975.58
Due from State on account of poor
43.12
Due from State on account of State Road 1915
41.27
Due from State on account State Aid
maintenance
28.11
Due from State on account State Road 1914
33.64
Due for tuition
230.00
Due from some town in Aroostook Co., on account of Frances Judkins 118.27
$1,469.99
$15,590.01
Net liabilities as reported last year $18,118.99
Last year's bills paid this year 88.70
Actual liabilities last year $18,207.69
Net liabilities this year 15.590.01
Decrease in liabilities $2,617.68
Paid this year twelve hundred and fifty dollars on interest bearing orders.
TOWN PROPERTY :- Lot on School St., Tar Kettle, Road Machine, Two Stone Rollers, Wheelbarrows, Sledges, Bars, Road Drags, Snow Roller, Lockup, Storehouse, Plow and other tools Tar on hand not reckoned as an asset. $74.00
Respectfully submitted,
M. P. POLLARD,
I. L. BROWN
A. C. ADAMS,
Selectmen of Solon.
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Treasurer's Report
L. L. Patterson, Treasurer in account with Town of Solon, Me. for year 1915.
Cash on hand, Feb. 15, 1915 $1,510.03
from F. A. Vittum, Collector for Taxes 1915 15,296.32
from State Treasurer,
account dog
licenses 1914 29.30
from State Treasurer, account com- mon school fund 793.20
from State Treasurer, account school and mill fund 922.38
from State Treasurer, account free high school 500.00
from State Treasurer, account State poor 698.71
from State Treasurer, account State
roads 515.75
from State Treasurer, account high- way department 73.58
from State Treasurer, account roads, town of Solon 285.75
from State Treasurer, account R. R.
& Telegraph Tax 285.01
from State Treasurer, account regis- tration of Autos 158.73
from State Treasurer, account dam-
age to domestic animals 13.50
from State Treasurer, account State Pensions 36.00
from tuition from out of town scholars 270.00
from Caratunk Plantation, account
Mrs. Frank Washbourn 358.00
from 1st Nat'l Bank, Skowhegan, temporary loans 5,998.80
from 1st. Nat'l. Bank, Skowhegan,
account dividends 63.00
.
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from 1st. Nat'l. Bank, Skowhegan, account dividends on daily bal- ance 8.34
from P. E. Priest, account sale of
grass 10.50
from M. P. Pollard, account sale of lumber 2.50
from M. P. Pollard, account sale of one axe
1.00
from P. S. Longley, account dog li- cense, 1914 9.00
from P. S. Longley, account dog li- cense, 1915
39.00
Cash paid County Treas. account County tax
637.04
paid State Treas., account State tax
2,277.89
paid State Treas. account dog li-
cense, 1914 9.00
paid State Treas. account dog li-
cense, 1915 39.00
paid Christiana Chase, account State pension
36.00
paid on Selectmen's orders
23,903.89
paid to balance Feb. 19, 1916
975.58
$27,878.40 $27,878.40
Respectfully submitted,
L. L. PATTERSON, Treas.
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Auditor's Report
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1916
Expended as follows:
Debt and interest
$3,222.46
Salaries
807.21
Insurance on school buildings
336.00
Miscellaneous
190.96
Last year's bills paid this year
88.70
Summer roads
1,857.91
Snow roads
238.05
State roads
606.57
Curtis hill
302.50
Solon and Embden bridge
725.59
Williams hill
28.00
Town paupers
567.07
Out of town pauper
118.27
Central Maine Power Company
448.58
Fire protection
50.64
Memorial Day
13.25
Common schools
3,174.73
School repairs, books and supplies
595.72
High school
1,462.51
$14,834.72
You will find details of the several items in the reports of the town officers, which have been examined and found to be correct.
Deducting the amounts coming to the town from the State and town school funds, the net expense to the town for schools was:
Common schools
ยท $1,364.15
High school
857.51
$2,221.66
Repairs, books and supplies
595.72
$2,817.38
TURNER BUSWELL, Auditor.
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REPORT OF SOLON PUBLIC LIBRARY
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