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GC 974.202 N78AR, 1908
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Northfield
New Hampshire FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1908.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND TREASURER
OF THE
TOWN OF NORTHFIELD
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE
Road Agents, School Board,
AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE TOWN AND SCHOOL DISTRICT
For the Year Ending February 15, 1908.
H. A. MORSE PRINT, TILTON, N. H.
TOWN OFFICERS
Moderator, Otis C. Wyatt. Representative, Joseph W. Hunkins. Town Clerk, Harry W Muzzey. Tax Collector,
Joseph W. Hunkins. Treasurer, Charles P. Herrick. Selectmen,
Gawn E. Gorrell,
George F. Chase, Elmer R. Gale.
Highway Agents,
John W. French, .
Clyde A. Gile. Auditors, Edwin J. Sleeper,
C. W. Whicher,
Charles L. Barnard.
Supervisors,
Otis C. Wyatt,
John W. Glines.
Herbert A. Dolley.
TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS
Moderator. Gawn E. Gorrell. Clerk, Fred E. Scribner. School Board,
Alden B. Winslow, Gawn E. Gorrell,
Charles L. Barnard. Treasurer, Gawn E. Gorrell.
$
Fred B. Lord,
The State of New Hampshire
{L.S.}
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Northfield, in the Coun- ty of Merrimack in said State, qualified to vote in Town Affairs.
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town House in said town on Tuesday, the tenth day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following sub- jects:
I. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
2. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priation of the same.
3. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary for the repairs of roads and bridges, the ensuing year.
4. To see if the Town will vote to accept State aid for highways and appropriate money for the same.
5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of tuition of scholars for the ensuing year.
6. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of the town debt.
7. To see if the town will vote to accept and adopt the reports of the Town Officers as printed.
8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to secure flowage and drainage rights on the brook crossing Park Street, and construct a dam on said brook for the purpose of storing water to flush the Park Street sewer, and appropriate money therefor.
9. To see if the Town will vote to repair the stone crusher
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or exchange it for a new one and appropriate money for the same.
IO. To see if the Town will vote to repair the macadam road leading from the upper iron bridge to Summer Street, and appropriate money for the same.
II. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a new road machine, and appropriate money for the same.
12. To see if the Town will vote to allow the Union Church Society to enlarge the vestry of the Union Church at Northfield Depot, or to build a vestry in the basement of the church. By request.
13. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a standard of width for the maintenance of the highways in said town. By request.
14. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Health to prosecute all parties dumping any filth and waste in said Town. By request.
Given under our hands and seal this twenty-second day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eight.
GAWN E. GORRELL, Selectmen GEORGE F. CHASE, of
ELMER R. GALE, Northfield.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF NORTHFIELD
Amount of money furnished Chas. P. Herrick, Treasurer. Balance Feb. 15, 1907 $ 576.29
From state treasurer, R. R. tax
333.40
66
savings bank tax
1,272.79
. . literary fund
61.00
County reimbursements
244.00
Sewer fees
52.00
Rent of town hall
40.00
Town histories sold
16.75
Show license
3.00
Estate of Gust A. Copp
5.00
Grange, one half lights and water
10.65
Fines
20.00
Scales book
.75
H. W. Muzzey, dog license money
192.60
State highway appropriation
367.06
One half hay from hospital farm
12.50
Joseph W. Hunkins, collector
10,140.37
$13,348.16
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CREDIT ACCOUNT
Orders have been given to pay bills as follows:
State tax
$1,380.00
County tax
1,754.74
Current expenses
1,227.61
Miscellaneous bill
215.04
County poor
246.00
Town poor
24.50
Tuition of scholars
508.47
School money
2,305.80
220.00
Town district repairs and treasurer's salary officers
60.00
Interest on town notes
126.00
Notes paid
911.86
Bills by order of board of health
79.09
Forest fires
82.21
Sewers
46.54
Brown tail moths
115.27
Gale Aventie
243.50
Macadam road
1,523.52
Highway bills by selectmen
449.15
Road agents
1,195.72
$12,715.02
CURRENT EXPENSES
Chas. L. Barnard, auditor
$ 3.00
C. W. Whicher, 3.00
E. J. Sleeper, 3.00
C. C. Sampson, library appropriations in part 100.00
Edson C. Eastman, tax book and warrants 2.50
Adam S. Ballantyne, library appropriation in part 100.00
C. C. Sampson, יי 100.00
in full
Otis C. Wyatt, services as supervisor 7.00
Memorial appropriation 50.00
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7
W. J. Caverly, taxes on hospital farnı 3.51
H. A. Morse, printing town reports for 1906 50.40
Herbert A. Dolley, services as supervisor 7.00
Water rates 41.75
M. L. Courtney, watering tub
3.00
John W. Glines, supervisor
7.00
Water rates 41.75
Tilton Electric Light Co., town hall
11.30
Harry Muzzey, services as town clerk
40.00
66
births, marriages, deaths
9.15
completing same
5.50
postage and stationery 4.00
A. S. Ballantyne, library appropriation 50.00
5.00
Walter Heath, watering tub
3.00
Sam'l T. Holmes, constable
15.00
W. B. Fellows, legal services
15.00
Town of Tilton, use of lobby
15.00
J. W. Hunkins, collector 165.00
Chas. L. Barnard, water tub
3.00
W. H. Bosworth, special police
6.25
Gawn E. Gorrell, services and expense as selectmen 95.00
Geo. F. Chase,
90.00
Elmer R. Gale
1 15.00
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expenses and cash paid out
7.50
C. P. Herrick, services as treasurer
25.00
Frank E. Trow, police 20.00
66 dog constable 5.00
$1,227.61
Solon A. Carter, treasurer, state tax
1380.00
P. C. Clough, treasurer, county tax 1,754.74
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS
Phelps & Dolley, lunch March meeting $ 3.15
Sam'l T. Holmes, care of town hall
8
Warren S. Nudd, sawing wood and etc. 1.15
Geo. W. Tibbetts, road machine, edge and bolts 8.50
8.50
W. B. Fellows, insurance on church 26.00
E. C. Eastman, blanks .26
Tilton Hardware Co., paper for crusher building 11.55
Cadue & Marden, repairing road machine 45.07
George Fogg, mowing cemetery 4.00
Nelson Minor, sawing wood, etc. 1.00
Jerry Belair, damage 2.50
E. M. Drake, repairing building at crusher 11.95
J. Sarah Barney, M. D., returning birth .25
W. B. Fellows, insurance on town histories 2.13
Ray H. Perking & Co., insurance on town house
12.75
C. L. True, housing snow roller
2.50
J. E. Smith, one cord wood 7.00
rent of land for crusher plant 15.00
J. B. Erskine, M. D., returning births and deaths
4.25
T. H. Huckins, M. D.,
2.75
H. A. Morse, printing and stationery
6.09
C. R. Gould, M. D., returning births and deaths
2.50
E. F. Houghton, M.D., " 6.00
B. F. Kimball, interest on Cofran fund 7.00
E. C. Eastman, record book 2.69
F. B. Lord, sawdust for town hall 1.50
C. W. Whicher, housing snow roll 4.00
Francis Stevens, damage 15.00
$215.04
COUNTY POOR
S. T. Holmes, taking Perkins boy to county farm $ 5.10
Byron Dow, house rent for Loranger family 10.00
Moses Miller aid to 4.86
Phelps & Dolley, aid to
27.34
9
Plummer & Lawrence aid to Loranger family Elmer R. Gale, J. E. Smith, aid to
1.50
8.95
3.00
W. P. Lang, burial of Smith child
2.00
C. R. Gould, medical attendance Mrs. Jeremiah Dow 26.00 66 Alexander Paquette 38.00
66 66
Harry Davis 30.00
66
Mrs. Jeremiah Dow 8.00
J. B. Erskine,
66 66 E. Ledger family 20.50
Phelps & Dolley for Will Davis 3.30
6.00
Elmer R. Gale, for Ernest Perkins
1.95
C. R. Gould, medical attendance for Will Davis
16.50
66
for Mrs. Jerem'h Dow 18.00
66
66 66 רי Iva Davis 4.00
66
66 66
" Eva McMurphy 11.00
$246.00
TOWN POOR
T. H. Huckins for Ralph Dockam $ 9.50
C. H. Thomas, 15.00
$24.50
TUITION OF SCHOLARS
D. C. Knowles, Tilton Seminary, spring term $170.08
St. Mary's School, Concord 20.00
Franklin High School 10.00
Tilton Seminary, fall term 146.74
Cynthia E. Powers, tuition of G. F. Blood 13.34
W. H. Slayton, “ Franklin High School 15.00
Tilton Seminary, winter term 133.31
$508.47
Sam'1 T. Holmes for Minnie Stuart
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SCHOOL MONEY
Elmer R. Gale, treasurer Union District
$1,198.22
dog license money 99.42
$1,297.64
Gawn E. Gorrell, treasurer town school district
$871.78
dog license money 75.38
66 66 66 literary fund 61.00
$1,008.16
TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS
Chas. L. Barnard, school board
$16.67
Alden B. Winslow,
16.67
Gawn E. Gorrell, 66
16.66
O. T. Lovejoy, truant officer
10.00
$60.00
TOWN DISTRICT
Repairs on school building
$200.00
Salary of treasurer, 1906-07
20.00
$220.00
Dog license money due the schools, 1908
$192.60
INTEREST PAID
Town's notes, Feb. 15, 1908:
Laura P. Clough
$35.00
W. S. Hill
35.00
C. W. Whicher
17.50
Mrs. Abbie L. Thompson
17.50
Daniel L. Thompson
3.50
Francis Stevens
17.50
126.00
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· NOTES PAID
Gawn E. Gorrell, endorsement on note
$ 50.00
note and interest in full
361.36
Laura P. Clough,
‹
500.50
$911.86
TOWN NOTES, FEB. 15, 1908
C. W. Whicher
$ 500.00
Francis Stevens
500.00
W. S. Hill, two notes $500 each
1,000.00
Mrs. Abbie L. Thompson
500.00
Daniel L. Thompson
100.00
Mrs. Laura P. Clough
500.00
$3,100.00
BILLS PAID BY ORDER OF BOARD OF HEALTH
A. J. Roy, services $ 9.00
French & Roy, medicines
8.60
H. W. Muzzey, services and cash paid out
31.97
Bayley & Rogers for Chas. Dockham
IO.27
Fifield Bros.
2.47
Geo. S. Morrison, services
10.00
Plummer & Lawrence, teams
5.00
Smith & Smith, sundries
1.78
$79.09
SEWER FEES COLLECTED
W. B. Moulton
$15.00
O. G. Morrison
15.00
Mabel A. Fogg
22.00
$52.00
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SEWER ACCOUNT
A. L. York, labor
$ 1.95
Joseph A. Smith,
3.75
Theodore M. Sanborn, 66
3.00
J. B. Smith, drying hose
.50
Greenwood & Crockett
12.09
M. G. Keasor, repairing flush tank
7.75
E. R. Gale, labor
10.00
M. G. Keasor, labor
7.50
$46.54
FOREST FIRES
R. Henry Towns, services and damages
$11.00
James F. Burns,
6 hours labor
1.50
Geo. Nudd,
1.50
Theodore M. Sanborn,
1.50
John W. Henry,
1.50
Ray H. Perkins, services and cash paid out
4.25
Roscoe E. Prescott,
6 hours labor
1.50
Earl E. Stanyan.
66
1.50
F. C. Robertson,
66
1.50
Herbert Johnson,
66
6
1.50
Charles Dutton,
.60
Albert Sager,
1.50
Geo. Gay,
66
66
66
1.50
William Hill,
1.50
Willie M. Simpson,
.75
Dawson Lee,
1.50
Zellie Tenney,
1.50
Arthur Staples,
66
1.50
Warren S. Nudd,
1.50
Henry Murphy,
66
1.50
Leon Leighton,
.60
John B. Marden,
.75
66
66
I3
Chas. E. Andrews,
6 hours labor
1.50
Bert Taylor,
1.50
Frank J. French,
66
1.50
Warren Bailey",
66
1.50
Orrin J. Merrill,
66
1.50
Vernie C. Smith,
66
1.50
Joseph Curry,
66
1.50
Fred Dolloff,
66
1.50
Wilbur Daigneault,
66
1.50
Frank Marden,
66
1.50
F. W. Ripley,
66
1.50
Earnest Plummer,
1.50
Joseph Cluett, labor and shovel
2.15
A. F. Cunningham, services as fire warden
12.II
Plummer & Lawrence, teams
8.00
$82.21
The legislature of '05 passed a law requiring the appoint- ment of a state Forest Fire Warden in every town and mak- ing towns liable for the pay of Warden's time when sum- moned and whatever help he may require. It was under this act that the above expense was incurred.
BROWN TAIL MOTHS
Moses C. Abbott
$ 9.60
Earl B. Robertson
1.40
Elmer R. Gale, cash paid
7.68
A. A. Cunningham
2.20
Raymond V. Sanborn
4.75
Moses C. Abbott
8.34
Harold H. Whicher
5.30
A. C. Plastridge
4.75
Elmer R. Gale,
cash paid
11.57
Gawn E. Gorrell,
10.26
Elmer R. Gale,
9.58
I4
Gawn E. Gorrell, cash paid 4.68
George F. Chase, 24.06
Elmer R. Gale, 3.69 66
Mrs. Charles Payson
1.77
H. A. Morse, printing moth notices 1.50
L: H. Morrill, envelopes for 3.39
O. T. Lovejoy, destroying moth nests Mrs. Glidden .75
$115.27
HIGHWAY BILLS PAID BY SELECTMEN
L. M. & H. L. Pike, concreting bridges
$110.00
J. E. Smith, bridge plank 12.00
George E. Knapp, lumber for bridge 11.65
7.00
Joseph Smith, labor 66 12.00
Frank Brace, cutting bushes
4.50
Albert D. Leavitt, stringers for bridge
4.00
Warren S. Nudd, labor
4.57
Willie L. Follott < (
3.00
Frank Brace,
5.25
Willie L. Follott, -66
.50
A. L. York,
6.30
Walter B. Hill,
4.38
Joseph Smith, 66
1.75
Frank Brace,
1.50
Chas. Pelkey,
1.75
Gawn E. Gorrell,
" and grade
5.00
J. F. Marden,
3.50
Frank Dow,
2.15
Northfield Grocery Co., spikes and shovels
4.65
James McGloughlin
9.60
Frank P. Lawrence, sidewalks and bridge 8.50
Arthur E. Keasor, drain pipe 80.75
W. B. Edmands, labor 12.15
15
Geo. F. Chase, tools, shovel and rake 66 labor and team
1.65
9.00
W. S. Hill, 66
8.00
Frank A. Gilman, brick and labor
50.58
Byron Dow, labor
3.00
Town of Tilton, plank, etc.
8.12
Frank Dow, labor
22.80
J. E. Smith, plank
16.50
Peter Sharon, pole for snow roll
6.50
E. H. Bryant, spikes and sundries
6.55
$449.15
MACADAM ROAD
Oscar D. York,
labor
$
6.50
Nelson Minor,
9.00
W. H. Greenleaf,
.35
Theodore M. Sanborn, for stone
14.36
Ernest C. Sanborn, labor
3.00
Joseph Breckney, for stone
6.61
Charles Collins, labor
10.50
Nelson Minor,
1.50
Theodore Sanborn, for stone
8.28
Joseph Liberty, labor
4.25
Joseph Smith,
3.59
Fred Sulloway,
1.50
Joseph Breckney, stone
4.16
Cadue & Marden, repairs on crusher
II.20
T. M. Sanborn, labor
10.20
Ernest C. Sanborn, labor
21.45
A. T. Cass, labor and stone
34.03
Victor Gilbert, labor
9.75
J. J. Prescott,
4.20
Nelson Minor,
6.33
George Bean,
37.24
16
Charles Collins, labor
6.33
Elm Mills Woolen Co., machine oil
.76
Tilton Hardware Co., oil, etc.
9.71
A. Labelle, stone 30.64
Tilton Optical Co., repairs
5.73
C. W. Whicher, team
48.06
E. M. Drake, labor and cash paid out
116.94
A. LaBelle, stone
3.62
Elmer R. Gale,
labor
65.40
Victor Gilbert,
4.37
T. M. Sanborn,
12.75
Nelson Minor,
20.13
George Bean, stone
9.82
C. L. Raith,
1.35
Ernest C. Sanborn, labor
11.50
J. E. Smith, stone 189.65
plank and wood at crusher
13.72
W. B. Hill, labor
7.50
Tilton Optical Co., repairs
1.62
C. P. Stevens, screen
4.00
Plummer & Lawrence, team
2.50
A. T. Cross, stone
10.55
F. B. Lord, labor and stone
15.01
City of Franklin, steam roller 17 days
204.00
F. E. Trow, stone
79.96
John S. York, oil
1.75
A. B. Black, repairs for crusher
5.50
Geo. F. Chase, labor
63.60
66 team and man
127.20
W. S. Hill, 66
117.25
Elm Mills Woolen Co., coal
77.92
Geo. E. Knapp, lumber
.2.24
Greenwood & Crockett, labor
3.41
Chas. Collins,
10.50
60
9.62
Charles Collins,
10.50
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Nelson Minor, labor
10.50
$1,523.52
Forty cents per ton was paid for stone delivered at the crusher and $4 per day for two horse teams with driver.
ROAD AGENTS
C. A. Gile, March and April
$ 19.62
June 253.77
66
July and August 67.80
66 September 23.75
66
Jan. I to Feb. 15, 1908 26.95
$391.89
F. B. Lord, March
$26.15
66 April
22.80
66 May
12.80
66 66 June
24.05
July
40.45
August
48.70
66 September, October and November 39.54
66
66 December, January to February, 1908 60.09
$274.58
John W. French, April
$ 51.40
May, June, July, August 341.10
60
Aug. 8, 1907 to Feb. 15, 1908 III.75
$504.25
J. E. Smith, Feb. 15 to March
$23.00
balance due
2.00
$25.00
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GALE AVENUE
A. L. York, labor $14.70
W. B. Hill,
19.25
J. Frank Marden,
15.36
Elmer R. Gale, 66
16.19
W. P. Lang, grade
61.00
George F. Chase, labor and team
60.00
W. S. Hill,
57.00
$243.50
INVENTORY APRIL 1, 1907
298 polls
$ 29,800.00
Real estate
464,995.00
250 horses
16,449.00
14 oxen
840.00
369 cows
7,729.00
144 neat stock
2,905.00
145 sheep
571.00
350 fowls
175.00
Carriages
1,425.00
Stock in banks
2,500.00
Money at interest
5,150.00
Stock in trade
27,500.00
Mills, machinery and aqueducts
85,300.00
$645,339.00
Exempt under state soldiers' law
9,508.00
Total invoice for assessment purposes
$635,831.00
TAXES AUTHORIZED IN 1907
State tax
$1,380.00
County tax
1,754.75
School money
2,070.00
Highway money
1,589.57
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Tuition of scholars
800.00
Town debt
500.00
Library appropriation
300.00
Memorial fund
50.00
Brown tail moths
100.00
Gale avenue
200.00
Extra highway money
500.00
Parsonage fund
22.00
State aid for highway
322.00
School fund
42.00
$9,630.32
5 per cent added
481.51
$10, 11I.83
$635,831×$1.59=
10,109.71
Margin
$2.12
TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Repairs on school buildings
$200.00
Treasurer's salary, 1906-07
20.00
$220.00
5 per cent added
II.OO
$231.00
$267,828 ×.08=
214.26
Margin
$16.74
STATEMENT OF JOSEPH W. HUNKINS, Collector
Amount committed
$10,323.97
Discount on taxes paid before June I
69.20
Abatements and errors
45.24
Ella H. Nelson, note
69.16
Paid town treasurer
10, 140.37
$10,323.97
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Amount of highway money raised in 1907 Set apart under state law
$1,589.57 644.00
Regular highway money
$945.57
Extra
500.00
Amount highway money for road agents $1,445.57
Balance permanent highway money from 1906 $322.92
Carried to macadam account 171.72
Balance on hand
$151.20
Respectfully submitted
GAWN E. GORRELL, - Selectmen GEORGE F. CHASE, of
ELMER R. GALE, Northfield.
TREASURER'S REPORT
The treasurer of Northfield, N. H., submits the following report of receipts and expenditures for the year ending Feb. 15, 1908.
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1907
$ 576.29
J. W. Hunkins, collector
10, 140.37
State Treas., R. R. tax
333.40
savings bank tax
1,272.79
literary fund
61.00
Sale of town histories
16.75
H. W. Muzzey, dog tax
192.60
Reimbursement county poor
244.00
State highway
367.06
Rent of town hall
40.00
Travelling show privilege
3.00
Sewer fees
52.00
Grange, 1-2 lights and water
10.65
Police court
20.00
Scale book
.75
Copp estate
5.00
Hay on hospital farm
12.50
$13,348.16
EXPENDITURES
State tax
$1,380.00
County tax
1,754.74
Notes and interest
1,037.86
Orders of selectmen
8,542.42
Cash on hand in Citizens bank
633.14
$13,348.16
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Respectfully submitted,
C. P. HERRICK, Treasurer.
HIGHWAY AGENTS' REPORT
Received orders from selectmen $504.25
FEBRUARY
Ira Durgin, 38 hours work $ 5.70
J. W. French, 22 hours work 4.40
rolling roads I 3-4 days 7.00
Geo. Bean, 7.00
E. J. Sleeper, man and team 20 I-4 hours 8.10
Geo. Bean with team
4.80
MARCH AND APRIL
Ira Durgin, 37 hours
5.55
E. J. Sleeper, 12 1-2 hours
1.85
J. W. French, 2 days with team 8.00
Ed. Cross, work on road
1.00
M. G. Keasor, 16 feet pipe
4.00
Albert Cross, 4 days work
6.00
MAY AND JUNE
Ira Durgin, 9 days work
13.50
J. W. French, 4 days work 8.00
A. LaBelle, 16 days work
64.00
J. W. French, man and team 16 days 64.00
Fred Whicher and team 16 days
64.00
J. W. French, 16 days
32.00
Jerry Dow, 16 days
32.00
Albert Cross, 16 days
24.00
Nelson Minor, 16 days
24.00
M. G. Keasor, dynamite and fuse
1.35
Ben. Morrill, work on road I 1-2 days
2.25
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AUGUST
Ira Durgin, 15 hours 2.25
SEPTEMBER
J. W. French, man and team 1 1-2 days 6.00
Albert Cross, 2 days 3.00
OCTOBER
Ira Durgin, 7 days 10.50
NOVEMBER
J. W. French, 3 days work
6.00
Ray Craft, 6 days work
9.00
James Morrisey, 7 days work
10.50
A. R. York, 5 days work 7.50
DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
J. W. French, 4 1-2 days rolling roads 18.00
E. J. Sleeper, 4 1-2 days
18.00
Geo. Bean,
18.00
A. Plummer, work on road
2.00
John Yeaton, "
1.00
$504.25
JOHN W. FRENCH, Road Agent.
Received orders from selectmen $274.58
1907
MARCH
F. B. Lord, 7 days and 7 hours
$15.40
Team and man,
I5
4.50
Daniel Curran, 18
3.45
Nerry Seren,
8
1.30
Frank Dow,
IO
1.50
. $26.15
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APRIL
F. B. Lord,
3 days and 5 hours
$ 7.00
Team and man, 4 "
4
13.20
Bernie Cushing, 8
1.30
Daniel Curran,
8
66
1.30
$22.80
MAY
F. B. Lord,
I day and 2 hours
$2.40
C. Smith, 8
1.30
Team and man, 3 days and 1-4 hour
9.10
JUNE
F. B. Lord, I day and 8 hours
$ 3.60
Team and man, 3 days and 3-4 hour
18.20
Fred Pickering, 18 hours
2.25
JULY
F. B. Lord, 3 days and 5 1-2 hours
$ 7.10
Daniel Curran, I day
1.50
Fred Pickering, I day and 4 hours
2.35
W. H. Sanborn, 2 days
3.50
F. B. Lorden,
2.00
Louis Dorhan, I day
1.50
Team and man, 7 1-2 days
22.50
$40.45
AUGUST
F. B. Lord, 4 days and 8 1-2 hours
$ 9.70
Nerry Seren, 5 days and 9 hours 8.70
16.80
Team and man 5 days and 6 hours
John French, team and man I day A. LaBelle,
5.50
4.00
$12.80
$24.05
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25
Plummer & Lawrence
4.00
$48.70
OCTOBER
F. B. Lord, I day
$2.00
Team, 2 days and 6 hours
7.80
Ben. Leavitt
.40
Philip La Belle, 5 hours
.88
Albert Cross
1.00
$12.08
NOVEMBER
F. B. Lord, 3 1-2 days
$7.00
Team, 5 days and 4 hours
16.20
Philip La Belle, 2 days and 3 hours
3.51
Will Woodson, 5 hours
.75
$27.46
DECEMBER
F. B. Lord, 22 hours, sidewalk
1908
JANUARY
F. B. Lord
$2.00
Team
.90
Philip La Belle
.54
$3.44
FEBRUARY
F. B. Lord
$ 2.00
Will Woodson
1.50
Team
16.50
W. C. Sargent, snow roll
29.90
$49.90
FRED B. LORD, Road Agent.
$6.75
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Received orders from selectmen $25.00
Frank Trow, sidewalk
$12.00
Will Sargent, running roll 12.00 J. E. Smith, labor 1.00
$25.00
J. E. SMITH, Road Agent.
Received orders from selectmen $391.89
FEBRUARY 15 TO APRIL 12
C. A. Gile, 2 days
$4.00
Horses I day
2.50
Man, I day
1.50
F. C. Robertson, 13 hours 66 12 1-2 hours 1.87
1.95
C. A. Gile, 23 hours
2.60
" horses I day
2.50
C. W. Whicher, labor
2.70
$19.62
APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY
Labor
$ 5.20
F. J. French and team
5.50
C. A. Gile, 12 1-2 days
25.00
Man, I day
1.50
Oil
.25
John French and horses, 14 days
56.00
Fred Whicher
56.00
A. La Belle
13 1-2 days
54.00
J. Dow, 13 1-2 days
27.00
Leon Rand, 14 days
21.00
F. C. Robertson, labor
2.32
$253.77
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AUGUST
C. A. Gile, 2 1-2 days
$ 5.00
Man, I 7-10 days
2.55
Team, 2 1-2 days
6.00
Walter Streeter, 17 hours
4.25
Geo. A. Phelps, bridge plank
50.00
$67.80
SEPTEMBER
C. A. Gile, 3 1-2 days
$7.00
Team, 2 7-10 days
6.75
Man, 5 days F. J. French, labor
7.50
2.50
$23.75
JANUARY I TO FEB. 15, 1908
C. A. Gile, 3 7-10 days
$7.40
Horses, 2 3-10 days
5.75
A. B. Haggett, I 1-2 days
2.25
4 horses 1 1-2 days
7.50
W. C. Hill, labor
4.05
$26.95
CLYDE A. GILE, Road Agent.
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AUDITORS' REPORT
The subscribers having examined the accounts of the selectmen, town treasurer and road agents for the year end- ing Feb. 15, 1908, respectfully submit that we find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
The following is a statement of the financial condition of the town.
The selectmen charge the treasurer with having
received $13,348.16
Of this amount the treasurer has paid as follows:
State tax
$1,380.00
County tax
1,754.74
Tuition of scholars
508.47
County poor
246.00
Town poor
24.50
School money
2,305.80
Repairs and treasurer's salary, town district
220.00
Road agents
1,195.72
Highway bills paid by selectmen
449.15
Interest on town notes
126.00
Town school district officers
60.00
Bills by order of board of health
79.09
Macadam road
1,523.52
Notes paid
911.86
Current expenses
1,227.61
Miscellaneous expenses
215.04
Forest fires
82.21
Sewers
46.54
Brown tail moths
II5.27
Gale Avenue
243.50
$12,715.02
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AVAILABLE MEANS
Cash in hands of treasurer
$633.14
Ella H. Nelson, note
69.16
W. C. Sargent, sewer fees
30.00
$732.30
LIABILITIES
Balance library appropriation for 1907 $
150.00
Dog license money for 1907 192.60
Cemetery fund of 1900
33.50
Fannie Cofran fund
100.00
Balance highway money of 1906
151.20
Town notes
3,100.00
Outstanding bills
25.00
$3,752.30
Available means
732.30
Present debt
$3,020.00
Debt Feb. 15, 1907
$4,258.93
Present debt
3,020.00
Reduction of debt
$1,238.93
Respectfully submitted, EDWIN J. SLEEPER, - C. W. WHICHER, Auditors.
CHAS. L. BARNARD,
FIRE PRECINCT REPORT.
TO THE VOTERS AND TAXPAYERS OF THE FIRE DISTRICT:
The board of firewards submit the following report for the year ending Feb. 15, 1908.
Following is a list of fires and alarms for the year; 1 907
Feb. 26, 6.30 p. m., still alarm for chimney fire at Smith Wadleigh's, Arch St., one extinguisher used, no damage.
Mar. 24, 10.45 a. m., still alarm, chimney fire at Mrs. Muzzey's on Chestnut St., two extinguishers used, no dam. age.
Mar. 31, 6.15 p. m., chimney fire at Pillsbury's farm, no damage.
May 9, 6.20 a. m., still alarm, chimney fire at Guy Til- ton's on School St., one extinguisher used, no damage.
May 14, 11.50 a. m., house alarm for brush fire on J. E. Smith's land. 9 p. m., still alarm for supposed chimney fire at Thompson Block.
Oct. 18, 11.53 a. m., still alarm for chimney fire at house on Pleasant St., owned by Seminary, one extinguisher used, no damage.
Oct. 24, 1.40 p. m., call for fire on Tilton Island, used one extinguisher.
Nov. 1, 10.50 a. m., alarm from box 42, fire in attic chamber at Phelps house on School St. Much credit is given A. E. Barnes, a Seminary student, for cool head and quick work in using an extinguisher, of which all the Seminary buildings are equipped with. Slight damage to building and furniture.
Nov. 11, 7.45 a. m., still alarm for chimney fire at Mr. Fogg's on Summer St., one extinguisher used, no damage.
Dec. 1, 6.50 p. m., still alarm, chimney fire at Mrs. Thorpe's house, one extinguisher used, no damage.
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Dec. 4, 6.15 p. m., still alarm, chimney fire at Brown's tenement house on Park St., three extinguishers used, no damage.
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Dec. 18, 1.25 p. m., still alarm, chimney fire at house of Mrs. Chamberlain on Chestnut St., one extinguisher used, no damage.
1908
Jan 16, 6.15, p. m., still alarm, chimney fire at Frank Davis' on Vine St., one extinguisher used, no damage.
Jan. 16, 9 p. m., still alarm, chimney fire in house on Pleasant St., owned by Seminary, five extinguishers used, no damage.
Jan. 18, 6.30 p. m., still alarm, chimney fire at Mr. Plimpton's house on Pleasant St., used seven extinguishers, no damage.
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