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Bingham Land Co.
150
150
Bray, Clara
200
500
700
Boynton, Frank A.
200
1,200
1,400
Bean, Gardiner
125
900
1,025
Bower, J. W.
200
200
Cummings, John
350
1,350
1,700
Cummings, Harry
300
1,100
1,400
Curtis, Frank
900
800
1,700
Curtis, Frank
100
100
Curtis, Frank
100
100
Curtis, Frank
100
100
Curtis, Lucy
150
900
1,050
Curtis, Lucy
150
150
Chase, H. O.
300
1,250
1,550
Clark, A. N. & Son
1,000
1,000
2,000
Clark, A. N. & Son
200
350
550
Corson, G. A.
200
200
400
Cooley, Henry
400
600
1,000
29
Cooley, Henry
200
200
Colby, Charles
350
1,150
1,500
Colby, Julia
300
1,350
1,650
Colby, Mary and Carrie
450
2,700
3,150
Colby, Mary and Carrie
450
450
Clark, Carroll
200
600
800
Carl, Mrs. C. F.
350
750
1,100
Cates, Carl
300
500
800
Cates, Carl
100
100
Cates, Carl
300
300
Carney, Maria
225
700
925
Carl, W. J.
250
1,100
1,350
Carl, W .J.
225
225
Carl, Alton B.
300
2,100
2,400
Cassidy, John
250
250
500
Cassidy, John
50
50
Cassidy, Patrick
300
200
500
Cassidy, Patrick
225
100
325
Collins, Thomas
250
600
850
Collins, Thomas
300
300
Colby, Carrie B.
350
350
Connor, Henry
250
250
500
Curtis, Elbie
350
1,150
1,500
Curtis, Elbie
300
600
900
Curtis, Elbie
150
150
Cahill & Savage
400
300
700
Chase, Frank
250.
250
500
Cahill, Thomas
100
200
300
Cahill, Georgia M.
500
700
1,200
Dinsmore, M. A.
350
1,650
2,000
Dinsmore, A. C.
450
1,200
1,650
Dinsmore, A. C.
200
200
Dinsmore, A. C.
150
800
950
Dinsmore, A. C.
50
50
Dinsmore, A. A.
200
1,800
2,000
Dunton, Lillie M.
200
500
700
Donigan, A. F.
400
2,800
3,200
Donigan, A. F
150
1,500
1,650
Donigan, A. F.
200
200
Donigan, A. F.
100
600
700
Donigan, A. F.
125
350
475
Donigan, A. F.
350
1,650
2,000
30
Donigan, A. F.
100
100
Dutton, Addie
150
400
550
Davis, Robert
500
500
1,000
Dunton, Jerome
125
450
575
Emerton, Elizabeth
250
950
1,200
Ellis, Calvin N.
300
1,200
1,500
Foss, T. H.
200
1,100
1,300
Flanders, Daniel
200
400
600
Flanders, Arthur
300
300
Flanders, Arthur
100
100
Fletcher, Zenas
250
250
500
Frith, Charles
200
1,000
1,200
Foss, Charles
200
1,100
1,300
Farley, Peter
100
600
700
Foss, John L.
1,000
1,000
2,000
Foss, John L.
350
350
Goodrich, Sarah
150
250
400
Goodrich & Milliken
350
1,550
1,900
Goodrich, Granville
1,000
600
1,600
Goodrich, W. B.
250
1,250
1,500
Goodrich, W. B.
350
1,350
1,700
Goodrich, S. T.
800
1,300
2,100
Goodrich, S. T.
75
75
Goodrich, Malinda
100
100
200
Givens, C. H.
500
1,200
1,700
Givens, C. H.
150
150
Givens, C. H.
200
200
Givens, C. H.
400
100 .
500
Givens, C. H.
200
100
300
Grant, Coney
1,000
600
1,600
Grant, Coney
350
350
Grant Coney
450
450
Grant, Coney
300
150
450
Gilman, C. B.
400
500
900
Gilman, C. B.
500
100
600
Gilman, C. B.
100
100
Gilman, G. G.
400
400
800
Gilman, G. G.
150
150
300
Gilman, G. G.
450
50
500
Gilman, G. G.
50
50
Gilman, C. B.
50
50
Gordon, Orison
1,400
1,600
3,000
31
Gehrkie, A. F.
100
200
300
Goodrich, Eddie
100
100
200
Horn, Melphene
250
200
450
Holway, Isaac
900
900
1,800
Holway, Isaac
150
150
Holt, Daniel
200
350
550
Hilton, R. B.
200
1,000
1,200
Hilton, Frank
200
1,200
1,400
Hannon, Michael
250
150
400
Hunnewell, Joseph
600
400
1,000
Hussey, L. R.
350
150
500
Hamilton, Leonard
200
550
750
Hall, Frank
150
150
Hall, Nancy
325
1,175
1,500
Huff, Burt
400
1,100
1,500
Hunnewell, Carrie
200
900
1,100
Hunnewell, Carrie
200
200
Hunnewell, F. S.
500
2,300
2,800
Hunnewell, F. S.
200
1,500
1,700
Hunnewell, F. S.
100
1,000
1,100
Hunnewell, F. S.
200
200
Hunnewell, F. S.
200
800
1,000
Hunnewell, F. S.
350
1,200
1,550
Hunnewell, F. S.
100
100
Hunnewell, F. S.
100
100
Holt, Etta
350
1,650
2,000
Hardy, John
200
350
550
Hunnewell, Manley
200
800
1,000
Hilton, Charles
150
100
250
Haley, Edward
200
1,475
1,675
Howes, Robie
200
1,500
1,700
Hogdon, Clarence
50
50
100
Jackson, Narvinia
200
750
950
Jordon, Cora
300
1,400
1,700
Jones, George
125
500
625
Kiger, William J.
200
300
500
Kelley, John
300
300
600
King, Edgar J.
50
500
550
Lander, J. J.
400
400
Lander, J. J.
500
500
Lander, J. J.
300
750
1,050
Lander, J. J.
1,000
1,000
32
Lander, J. J.
600
600
Lander, Florence
700
4,500
5,200
Lander, Rose
250
700
950
Lapoint, Eli
400
400
Lapoint, Michael
100
400
500
Lander & Moore
100
250
350
Lander & Moore
200
400
600
Libbey, Lester R.
150
150
300
Lane, Maurice
100
650
750
Mahoney, Peter
300
300
600
Mahoney, Phillip
100
350
450
Miller, Thomas
75
450
525
Miller, Thomas
100
250
350
Miller, E. W.
400
500
900
Miller, E. W.
400
400
Merrill, Melvin Est.
500
400
900
Moore, E. W.
350
2,200
2,550
Moore, E. W.
350
1,250
1,600
Moore, E. W.
250
250
Moore, A. N.
150
450
600
Moore, F. M.
200
950
1,150
Murry, A. P.
500
1,400
1,900
Murry, A. P.
700
700
Murry, A. P.
125
800
925
Murry, A. P.
125
800
925
Murry, A. P.
200
700
900
Murry, A. P.
150
400
550
Murry, A. P.
400
400
Murphy, Patrick
250
650
900
Miller, Alfred
400
350
750
Moore, A. C.
200
800
1,000
Miller, John T.
50
500
550
Millett, C. E.
150
950
1,100
Moore, Howard
175
700
875
Meservey, J. R.
100
500
600
McClintick, Edgar
200
100
300
McClintick, Arlie
500
500
1,000
Nottage, S. J. & Son
400
350
750
Nottage, S. J. & Son
50
50
Nottage, S. J. & Son
100
100
Nottage, S. J. & Son
200
200
400
Newton, Philander, Jr.
300
1,100
1,400
33
Newton, Philander
50
250
300
Owens, John Est.
1,500
1,200
2,700
Osgood, Carrie
150
550
700
Oharo, James
2,200
400
2.600
Piper, Fannie
200
1,300
1.500
Preble, B. F.
300
150
450
Preble, Susan
250
600
850
Preble, F. H.
200
2,200
2,400
Preble & Robinson
600
300
900
Preble & Robinson
100
100
Preble, F. W.
150
600
750
Preble, Lepha
300
1.800
2,100
Preble, Lepha
150
150
Padham, Ida
300
300
600
Pierce, I. C.
1,700
1,600
3,300
Pierce, Charles E.
100
400
500
Patience, Daniel
600
600
1,200
Powell, David E.
100
400
500
Pooler, William
200
800
1,000
Redmond, John
450
400
850
Reynolds, Thomas
100
250
350
Reynolds, Cora
200
1,200
1,400
Reynolds, Albert
200
400
600
Robinson, W. E.
250
2,300
2,550
Rollins, C. A.
250
1,250
1.500
Rollins, Elizabeth
50
400
450
Rollins, Lizzie
300
1,000
1,300
Robinson, W. S.
400
1,150
1,550
Russell, Howard
400
2,100
2,500
Robinson, Ellen W.
450
1,100
1,550
Robinson, Daniel
300
2,400
2,700
Robinson, Daniel
500
500
1,000
Russell, Benjamin
200
1,300
1,500
Redmond, Mary
50
300
350
Sands, Henry
100
1,100
1,200
Sands, Henry
200
1,150
1,350
Sands, Henry
30
30
Smith, Fannie
150
600
700
Smith, Rose
900
800
1,700
Smith, Rose
40
40
Smith, Eddie
200
200
Smith, Eddie
200
200
34
Smith, Alfred
150
500
650
Savage & Webster
1,400
100
1,500
Savage, J. H.
1,000
1,000
2,000
Savage, J. H.
400
300
700
Savage, J. H.
150
1,200
1,350
Savage, J. H.
100
100
Savage, J. H.
100
100
Savage, J. H.
150
150
Smith, S. A.
1,100
1,600
3.000
Steward, W. S.
100
575
675
Steward, W. S.
200
1,200
1,400
Steward, W. S.
200
200
Steward, W. S.
200
200
Steward, W. S
100
100
Savage, Roy M.
200
200
Savage, Caroline
300
2,200
2,500
Savage, Marita H.
350
3,200
3,550
Smith, B. F.
200
1,200
1,400
Stoddard, W. W.
250
2,100
2,350
Smith, W. F.
50
50
Steward, Christopher
200
1,200
1,400
Tozier, W. S.
250
50
300
Taylor, Austin
200
150
350
Town, Mrs. Thomas
100
250
350
Town & Donigan
50
100
150
Taylor Brothers
2,500
3,500
6,000
Taylor Brothers
100
100
Vining, Willis
700
1,300
2,000
Vittum, E. E.
150
800
950
Whipple, H. B.
1,600
1,600
3,200
Whipple, H. B.
400
400
Whipple, H. B.
300
300
Whitney, T. S.
50
75
125
Whitney T. S. & Son
200
1,800
2,000
Whitney, J. P.
300
1,250
1,550
Williams, F. G.
350
1,800
2,150
Williams, F. G.
500
500
Williams Brothers
600
500
1,100
Williams Brothers
200
200
Williams Brothers
100
100
Williams, Guy
50
50
Webster, A. F.
450
1,750
2,200
35
Wharff, John
350
350
700
Whitney, S. J.
350
2,300
2,650
Whitney, S. J.
75
75
Whitney, S. J.
100
100
Whitney, S. J.
250
250
Whitney, S. J.
50
500
550
Washburn, Lillian J.
200
1,100
1,300
Washburn, Lillian J.
200
200
Washburn, Lillian J.
500
500
Washburn, Lillian J.
50
50
Washburn, Lillian J.
100
100
Washburn, Lillian J.
75
75
Washburn ,Lillian J
225
600
825
Woods, Robert
250
1,500
1,750
Webster & Merry
450
450
Witham, John
800
6,700
7,500
Witham, Alvah
200
1,300
1,700
Wood, Philip A.
350
1,400
1,750
NON-RESIDENT.
American Realty Co.
300
300
Baker, J. T.
75
75
Beard, William
450
50
500
Brown, Elihu Est.
50
50
Brown, Fred
75
75
Brack, William
100
100
Baker, Danvers
150
150
Butler, Ernest C.
100
100
Cross, Ruby
250
250
Corson, David
50
75
125
Cook, Everett
400
450
850
Cook, Everett
100
100
Cahill, Pat Est.
200
200.
Cooledge & Bodwell heirs
800
800
Cooledge, Edmund Est.
400
600
1,000
Cooledge, Edmond Est.
150
150
Central Maine Power Company
200
200
Cooledge, Edmund Est.
100
100
Cooledge, Edmund Est.
300
300
Cooledge, Edmund Est.
50
50
Cooledge, Fred
300
300
Cooledge, Fred
300
50
350
36
Chase, A .B., estate
500
50 550
Drury, Fred
160
160
Dufore, Archie
150
150
Durgin, William
300
1,300
1,600
Cooley, Charles W., Est.
250
250
Cooley, Charles W., Est.
50
50
Cooley, Charles W., Est.
100
100
Cooley, Charles W., Est.
40
40
Cooley, Charles W., Est.
25
25
Cooley, Charles W., Est
50
50
Cooley, Charles W., Est.
250
50
300
Cooley, Charles W., Est.
250
50
300
Cooley, Charles W., Est.
100
100
Cooley, Charles W., Est.
100
100
Eames, Elphonzo
400
200
600
Fentiman, Charles E.
100
50
150
Goodrich & Brown
250
250
Goodrich & Brown
250
250
Goodrich & Brown
100
100
Goodrich & Brown
50
50
Goodrich & Brown
75
75
Goodrich & Brown
150
150
Givens, Harvey
200
450
650
Gouyer, Fred
200
50
250
Hunnewell, Alanson
250
1,000
1,250
Hill, E. E.
200
200
Hamlet, Roy M.
100
100
Huff, Byron
50
50
Mahoney, Thomas
100
100
Mahoney, Thomas
150
150
Moulton, Oliver
75
75
Moulton, James
75
75
Moulton, O. H.
75
75
Moulton, Joseph
75
75
Moulton, W. S.
75
75
Curren, Catherine
75
75
McQuilken, Ed., Est.
125
125
Maynard, Henry Est.
40
40
Moody, Warren
275
275
Marshall, Columbus
60
60
Meader, Mrs. Helen A. S.
100
100
Mathers, V. & Son
75
75
37
Mathers, V. & Son
75
75
Merry, Henry
150
150
Meekel, T. U.
50
50
Moore, Fred
600
600
Kennebec, L. D. Co.
300
300
Kiger, Ernest
150
150
Kaul, Andrew, Jr.
200
200
Patterson, Malon
150
650
800
Pollard, Mark
50
50
Pollard, Mark
250
250
Paul, C. A. Est.
150
150
Paul, C. A. Est.
150
150
Plummer, Lilla
400
1,200
1,600
Russell, W. W.
25
25
Russell, W. W.
25
25
Russell, E. J.
150
150
Russell, E. J.
50
50
Smith, F. & C.
100
iv0
Smith, F. & C.
100
1
100
Smith, F. L.
400
1,700
2,100
Somerset Ry Co.
600
2,400
3,000
Somerset Ry. Co.
300
300
Somerset Ry. Co.
25
25
Somerset Ry. Co.
50
425
475
Solon Lumber Co.
50
50
Solon Lumber Co.
100
100
Solon Lumber Co.
100
100
Solon Lumber Co.
250
250
Solon Lumber Co.
25
25
50
Tozier, Geo.
150
75
225
Tozier, Geo.
25
25
50
Townsend, Moses
300
100
400
Taylor, Charles
500
100
600
Tuscan, Charles
100
100
Tuscan, Charles
75
75
Tucker, Lovel Co.
500
20,000
20,500
Whipple, Charles
300
300
Whipple, Charles
100
100
Whipple, Charles
100
100
Witham, Leon
50
150
200
Wyman, H. L.
50
50
Wyman, H. L.
650
650
38
Wyman, H. L.
150
150
Wyman, H. L.
50
50
Wyman, H. L.
100
100
Wyman, H. L.
100
100
York, James
100
100
York, James
100
100
York, James
125
125
Umbagog Paper Co.
150
150
Umbagog Paper Co.
200
200
Umbagog Paper Co.
100
100
Jewett, Flavilla Est.
700
1,000
1,700
Lawrence, E. J.
250
250
Ordway & Viles
200
200
Ordway & Viles
200
200
Ordway & Viles
700
100
800
Ordway & Viles
400
400
Ordway & Viles
500
500
Ordway & Thompson
200
200
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Financial Standing of Town, Feb. 17
LIABILITIES.
Outstanding Orders on interest
$20,380.64
RESOURCES.
Money in hands of Treasurer
$3,401.04
Due from State High School Stipend
333.33
Moscow, Tuition
110.00
Pleasant Ridge, Tuition
22.50
Concord, Tuition
10.00
Tuition, Common school
3.00
Due from State on State Pensions
57.00
R. H. Sands' tax bills of 1908
31.43
R. H. Sands' tax bill, 1909
143.06
Town of Moscow for support of Danville S. Pierce
19.05
$4,130.41
TOWN PROPERTY ..
Town Farm
$600.00
William J. Knight, land
100.00
Store House and Lot
800.00
New Fire station and outfit
3,000.00
Safe
50.00
Side walk outfit and tools
65.00.
Road machine and tools
150.00
4,765.00
$8,895.41
Liabilities above Resources
11,485.23
Town debt above available resources
$16,250.24
From the above it would appear that the town debt above available rescources ($16,250.24) is ($518.59) more than last year's report i. e. ($15,731.65) but taking into consideration that there was in the town treasury the sum of $781 which
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had been appropriated for state road, which was included in the statement of resources in last year's report (this amount having been expended on state road during this year) the actual fact is that the debt above available resources is $262.41 less than last year.
Respectfully submitted, S. A. SMITH, HENRY COOLEY, ORISON GORDON,
Selectmen of Bingham.
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Treasurer's Report
E. W. MOORE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF BINGHAM, ME., 1912.
DEBIT.
To cash on hand from last settlement $2,765.87
from State Treasurer, refunded on pensions .. 363.00
from State Treasurer, support of poor 393.41
from State Treasurer, refunded on dog tax
32.97
from State Treasurer, tuition for Carrying Place
20.00
from State Treasurer, State road construct- tion
1,200.00
from State Treasurer, Equalization Fund
105.95
from State Treasurer, Free High School
1,000.00
from State Treasurer, School & Mill Fund from State Treasurer, Common School Fund from Town of Moscow, High School tuition ..
1,106.26
822.13
from Town of Concord, High School tuition
25.00
from Town of Moscow, supplies for Danville Pierce
20.00
from Town of Solon, Common school tuition
9.45
from Guy Temple, Common school tuition ...
5.00
from Coney Robinson, Common school tuition 10.00 from Stephen Goodrich, Common school tuition 3.00
from Cinrose Goodrich, Common school tuition 8.00 from Lillian J. Washburn, old hook & ladder house 25.00
from W. B. Goodrich, dog licenses for 1912 28.00
from Earle Taylor, lumber and earth 12.85
from Orison Gordon, lumber from fire station
11.00
from Henry Cooley, use of town farm 30.00
from Bert Hunnewell, pool room license 3.33
from C. E. Ball, sale of school supplies
55.18
from Town of Concord, repairs on Bingham- Concord bridge 32.96
252.50
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To Cash from C. E. Ball, sale of school books 11.58
from hired by Town 4,692.00
from R. H. Sands, on tax of 1908
25.54
from R. H. Sands, on tax of 1909
117.66
from C. W. Dutton, on tax of 1912
14,677.34
$27,865.25
CREDIT
By cash paid for Town Orders
$21,500.26
State Tax
1,836.85
County Tax
871.10
Dog licenses 28.00
State Pensions
228.00
Balance in the Treasury
3,401.04
$27,865.25
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School Report
COMMON SCHOOLS. RESOURCES.
Appropriation, 1912
$1,200.00
School & Mill fund
1,106.26
Common School fund
822.13
Equalization fund
105.95
Interest on school note
63.00
Tuitions
36.45
Overdraft, 1913
67.90
$3,401.69
EXPENDITURES.
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Spring Term:
Edith Dinsmore, Grammar
$147.50
Mary I. Putnam, Intermediate 132.00
Esselle A. Jennings, Primary 120.00
Alice C. Smith, Sub primary 118.00
Vesta M. Carl, Webster 117.00
Belva C. Bush, Coburn 113.10
Floy E. Wilson, Blaine 90.00
Eva F. McDonough, Whittier
82.50
Fall Term:
Gladys B. Hisler, Grammar
$150.00
Mary I. Putnam, Intermediate 132.00
Mary L. Whittredge, Primary 132.00
May B. Tupper, Sub-primary
120.00
Belva C. Bush, Coburn 117.00
Eva F. McDonough, Webster 110.50
Ethel J. Gilman, Blaine
97.50
Winter Term:
Gladys B. Hisler, Grammar
$150.00
Mary I. Putnam, Intermediate 132.00
Mary L. Whittredge, Primary
127.60
May B. Tupper, Sub-primary
120.00
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Mary J. Pfister, Coburn
90.00
Eva F. McDonough, Webster 85.00
Ethel J. Gilman, Blaine 85.00
Ethel E. Cooley, Whittier
50.00
$2,618.70
CONVEYANCE
Geo. W. Badger
$ 4.00
Hattie Merrill
45.00
Albert F. Gehrke 65.50
Eugene B. Williams
28.00
John Redmond 49.00
Geo. G. Gilman
44.00
Mary J. Redmond
24.00
$259.50
JANITORS, WAGES
Gardiner L. Beane $276.00
Ethel J. Gilman
5.00
Ethel E. Cooley
5.00
Eva F. McDonough
5.00
L. G. Brown .
3.00
$294.00
FUEL
Guy F. Williams
$ 20.00
Preble & Robinson
118.75
Bingham Last Block Co.
2.50
G. L. Beane
1.00
Frank Curtis
13.00
George G. Gilman
18.00
L. G. Brown
11.25
$184.50
Overdraft, 1912
$44.99
$3,401.69
Tutition due and collectable
$3.00.
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TEXT BOOKS
RESOURCES
Appropriation, 1912
$250.00
Books sold
11.85
Overdraft, 1913
7.05
$268.90
EXPENDITURES
Overdraft, 1912
$ 821
Macmillan Co.
19.53
H. L. Palmer
118.84
Allyn & Bacon
21.81
Chas. Merrill & Co.
2.65
E. H. Caswell
7.70
D. H. Knowlton & Co.
7.50
C. E. Ball
65
Chas. Colby
7.27
E. E. Babb & Co.
30.65
A. N. Palmer Co.
.50
D. Appleton Co.
16.67
H. Holt & Co.
20.47
E. W. Moore
6.45
$268.90
FREE HIGH SCHOOL RESOURCES
Appropriation, 1912
$ 650.00
State Stipends, 1911-1912
1,000.00
Tuition from Moscow
192.50
Tuition from Concord
25.00
Tuition from State
20.00
$1,887.50
EXPENDITURES
Overdraft, 1912
$360.09
Beatrice M. Smith, teacher, $566.68
Ethel J. Davis, teacher
200.00
Adah Snowdeal, teacher
48.00
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Earl Merrill, teacher
122.22
Marian Hazeltine, teacher
150.00
1,086.90
S. J. Whitney, fuel
$194.38
Preble & Robinson, fuel
26.32
Chas. Colby, fuel
2.50
223.20
Gardiner L. Beane, janitor
$23.22
Wm. D. Lander, janitor
8.00
31.22
Unexpended
$176.09
$1,887.50
Due from State
$333.33
Moscow
110.00
Pleasant Ridge
22.50
Concord
10.00
$475.83
REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES
RESOURCES
Appropriation, 1912
$350.00
Supplies sold
55.18
High School account
75.58
Overdraft, 1913
304.81
$785.57
EXPENDITURES
J. J. Lander
$47.00
J. McCollar
7.00
W. E. Robinson
35.00
Vesta M. Carl
2.00
Joseph Hunnewell
2.00
Dorris Andrews
7.00
F. W. Martin
9.00
Preble & Robinson
11.39
W. B. Goodrich
3.54
G. L. Beane
36.0,0
H. L. Palmer
80.26
A. F. Donigan
14.80
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J. P. Hardy
4.88
Central Me. Power Co.
4.97
Geo. G. Gilman
5.00
M. M. Chase
16.85
J. J. Lander
$47.00
E. W. Moore
8.65
Chas. Colby
6.07
S. J. Whitney
138.28
Capron & Co.
1.00
Chas. E. Ball
14.00
Brackett & Andrews
68.08
Howard Moore
2.75
Chas. F. Baker
12.50
C. M. Andrews
5.00
Evander Andrews
2.50
Enoch Osgood
2.50
J. A. Jordan
6.75
Eliza Thompson
2.00
E. E. Babb & Co.
31.00
Overdraft, 1912
163.04
$785.57
MISCELLANEOUS
Number of Schools in town 10
Common schools 9
Rural schools
5
Village schools 5
Length of school year in weeks 36
Total number of weeks of common schools 309
Number of scholars in town, Apr. 1, 1912 303
Different pupils registered in common schools 231
Average attendance 225
Different pupils registered in High School
59
Average attendance
41
Number of tuition pupils in High School
15
Number of different teachers employed in common schools 15
Number of experienced teachers 13
Average wages $8.48
The Hamlin and Russell schools have not been reopened dur- ing the past year and the Whittier school was discontinued during the fall term and the pupils conveyed to the Blaine school but,
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owing to an increase of pupils, was reopened for the winter. This school failed to maintain the legal average of attendance and we recommend that your Superintending School Committee be authorized to continue it during the coming year if found necessary.
The laying of the sewer in the main street of the village has made the plumbing of the two grade school buildings possi- ble. £ The present water closets are wholly inadequate for the use of 112 children. They are too small and exceedingly unsanitary. The two primary school rooms are overcrowded making it impossible to properly ventilate either room. The wall of the larger building is in bad condition and should be repaired at once. Therefore we recommend that provision be made for the plumbing of both buildings, the enlargement of the smaller one, and such other repair of both as shall be found necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER E. ROBINSON, INGRAM C. PIERCE, GEO. G. GILMAN; Superintending School Committee.
CHAS. E. BALL,
Superintendent of Schools.
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Report of Board of Engineers of Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Bingham: Gentlemen:
The Board of Engineers of the Bingham Fire Department hereby submit the following report for the year last past:
The object of this report is to acquaint your Honorable Board and the people of Bingham with the organization, equip- ment and activities of the fire department, together with recom- mendations for the betterment of the service of the department and the consequent better protection of the lives and property of our town.
ORGANIZATION
The Bingham Fire Department is organized as follows: The department is in charge of a board of engineers consisting of a Chief, 1st Assistant Chief and 2nd Assistant Chief. We have a very efficient hose company of fifteen men, and a very efficient ladder company of fifteen men; each company being in command of a captain and a lieutenant. Each company also has a clerk whose. duty it is to keep a record of all fires and meet- ings, and of the attendance of the men at both, and all the doings of their respective companies.
EQUIPMENT
The department is very well equipped as hereinafter appears. Fire Station and lot on Murray Street, valued at $1,400.00 Hose Cart and Ladder Truck, valued at 150.00
1500 feet of rubber lined hose, valued at 911.00 320 feet of ladders, valued at 65.00
Fire Alarm System, valued at
225.00
Rubber coats and hats, valued at
167.00
Small tools, lanterns, &c, valued at 75.00
$2,993.00
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NUMBER OF ALARMS
We are pleased to report that there have been no real serious fires during the past year. The department has responded to eight alarms during the past year, three of these being false alarms due to the carelessness of those residing or being em- ployed near the wires of the alarm system. There have been two quite bad fires, one at the residence of Dr. P. A. Wood, on August 19, and the other at the Miller Grain Store on Decem- ber 1. The other three alarms were for fire at boarding house of Hub Mill, which was small and of no damage, on April 8, and for chimney fire at residence of John Miller, and chimney fire at residence of Carroll Clark on January 12, 1913. In addition to the above there were two still alarms for chimney fire at house of John Savage, on Mill Street, occupied by Austin McDonough, on January 21 and for chimney fire at house of A. P. Murray, on Baker Street, occupied by John P. Witham on February 1st. The 2nd Assistant Chief, with one fireman, answered these two still alarms and extinguished the fires with chemicals, no damage resulting.
RECOMMENDATIONS
We would recommend to your Honorable Board, and to the town the following:
That the old chemical engine be sold, as it is of no use to the department at this time, and is taking valuable space in the fire station.
That the members of the fire department be paid the sum of forty cents per hour for the time actually employed in fighting fire, no call to be considered less than one hour. While the mem- bers of the department take a great deal of interest in the department and in their work, we believe that it would have a tendency to increase the efficiency of the department if this consideration should be shown the men by the town.
That the town purchase not less than 300 feet of rubber lined hose this year. With what equipment we now have we are able to cover and protect the greater part of the village, but should a bad fire get started in the lumber yard of Bingham Lumber Company, which is adjacent to the High School building; we would not have enough hose to handle it properly. It is the belief of the engineers that it would be much better and
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easier for the town to purchase a small amount of hose every year than to wait until what we now have, or a large part of it, becomes worthless, and it becomes necessary to purchase a large amount at one time. By adopting this plan the de- partment would, at all times, have a sufficient amount of suit- able hose for fire fighting purposes.
That the town purchase some hand chemical extinguishers. These would not be very expensive, and would be of great con- venience in extinguishing chimney fires, and for inside work.
We wish to express our gratitude to those who have con- tributed to the expense of putting in the concrete floor in the fire station, and for the rubber coats and hats, which were so badly needed; and for the support and consideration shown the department by your Honorable Board and other citizens. Bingham, Maine, Feb. 15, 1913.
Respectfully submitted,
P. C. FOSS, Chief, 1 W. J. ESTABROOK, 1st Assistant Chief,
HAROLD I. GOSS, 2nd Assistant Chief,
Board of Engineers ,Bingham Fire Department.
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
SOMERSET, ss.
STATE OF MAINE
To Clarence W. Dutton, Constable of the Town of Bingham, in said county. GREETING
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town of Bingham, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at Kennebec Hall, in said town of Bingham, on Monday, the third day of March, A. D. 1913, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit:
Art. 1 To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2 To choose a town clerk for the ensuing year.
Art. 3 To choose selectmen, assessors and overseers of the poor for the ensuing year.
Art. 4 To choose a treasurer for the ensuing year.
Art. 5 To choose a collector of taxes for the ensuing year and pass all votes necessary respecting the same.
Art. 6 To choose one or more members of the superintend- ing school committee.
Art. 7 To choose all other necessary town officers.
Art. 8 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for building and repairing highways and culverts in town for the ensuing year, and pass all votes necessary respecting the same.
Art. 9 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for building and repairing bridges in town for the ensu- ing year, and pass all votes necessary respecting the same.
Art. 10 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for breaking snow roads for the ensuing year.
Art. 11 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise if any, for the purpose of cutting bushes within the limits of the public streets and highways as per Section 11 of Chapter 15 of the Public Laws of 1907.
Art. 12 To see if the town will vote "yes" or "no" upon the adoption of the provisions of Chapter 112 of the Public Laws of Maine, for the year 1907, as amended by Chapter 69 Public Laws 1909, also Chapter 21 Public Laws 1911, and Chapter
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183 Public Laws 1911, relating to the appropriation of money ne- cessary to entitle the town to State aid for highways for the year 1913.
Art. 13 To see if the town will raise and appropriate in addition to the amounts regularly raised and appropriated for the care of ways, highways and bridges, the sum of $400. being the maximum amount which the town is allowed to raise under the provisions of Chapter 112 of the Public Laws of Maine for the year 1907 as amended by Chapter 69 Public Laws of 1909, also Chapter 21 Public Laws 1911 and Chapter 183 Public Laws 1911.
Art. 14 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the support of common schools for the ensuing year, and pass all necessary votes respecting the same.
Art. 15 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the purchase of text books for the ensuing year.
Art. 16 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to support a free high school in Bingham Village for the ensuing year.
Art. 17 To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money to defray the cost of plumbing and of toilet rooms in the gram- mar and primary school buildings in the village, of enlarging the primary building, and of improving the underpinning and furnace of the grammar building, and to pass all necessary votes relating to the same.
Art. 18 To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money for the repair of school houses, for school supplies, and for other incidental school expenses.
Art. 19 To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money to grade a portion of the high school lot and to build a walk from the street to the building.
Art. 20 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the support of the town poor for the ensuing year.
Art. 21 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for miscellaneous expenses and liabilities of the town for the ensuing year, including hydrant rental, and pass all necessary votes respecting the same.
Art. 22 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for Street lights for the ensuing year.
Art. 23 To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for police protection for the ensuing year.
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Art. 24 To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer on Main street from its present terminus to the head of Preble street, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the same; said sewer to be constructed and one half the cost thereof to be raised, by assessment of the abutting owners, in accordance with the provision of Chapter 20, of the Revised Statutes.
Art. 25 To see if the town will vote to build a sidewalk oll Owens street, and to see how much money the town will vote to raise for the same.
Art. 26 To see if the town will vote to pay the members of the Bingham Fire Department the sum of forty cents per hour for time actually employed in fighting fire, no one call or answer to an alarm to be considered less than one hour.
Art. 27 To see if the town will vote to purchase three hundred feet of rubber lined hose for fire department purposes.
Art. 28 To see of the town will vote to raise the sum of $400. for Fire Department purposes.
Art. 29 To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $50.00 to be used for the purpose of taking care of Bingham Village Cemetery.
Art. 30 To see if the town will vote to build a concrete sidewalk on River street the ensuing year, and to see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the same.
Art. 31 To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money for Memorial Day.
Art. 32 To see if the town will vote to elect one or more Truant Officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 33 To see if the town will vote to authorize the Super- intending School Committee to maintain schools the ensuing year, that failed to maintain an average attendance of eight pupils during last year.
Art. 34 To see if the town will vote to accept the list of names selected by the Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Selectmen to revise the Jury box.
Art. 35 To see what action the town will vote to take in regard to purchasing an outfit for sealing weights and measures and pass all votes necessary respecting the same.
Art. 36 To see if the town will vote authorizing and instruct- ing its Selectmen to make temporary loans of money throughout the incoming year, when required for the payments of bills.
Art. 37 To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money to pay the balance due on material furnished Frank L. Smith
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by J. J. Lander & Co., and Brackett & Andrews for the high school building in Bingham Village, and pass all votes necessary respecting the same.
Art. 38 To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting, including the passing of any and all votes that may be considered necessary to carry into effect any and all votes passed under this warrant.
The Selectmen give notice that they will be in session for the purpose of revising and correcting the list of voters, at nine o'clock in the forenoon of the day of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and have you there this warrant with your doings thereon.
Given under our hands this 22nd day of February, A. D. 1913.
S. A. SMITH, HENRY COOLEY, ORISON GORDON,
Selectmen of Bingham, Maine. A true Copy. Attest. C. W. DUTTON, A Constable of Bingham
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