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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Gc 974.202 L22 1902-1905 Lancaster (N.H. )
Annual report of the town officers to the citizens of Lancaster, N. H.
all town of Lancaster
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Annual Report
of the
Officers
of the
Town of Lancaster
State of
NEW HAMPSHIRE
for the
Year Ending Feb. 15
1902
Printed at the Gazette Office
ANNUAL REPORT .
OF THE
OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LANCASTER, N. H.,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15,
1902.
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PRINTED AT THE GAZETTE OFFICE.
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Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
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State of New Hampshire.
To the inhabitants of the Town of Lancaster qualified to vote in town affairs :
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said town on the second Tuesday of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects :
1. To choose a town clerk for the ensuing year.
2. To choose three selectmen, a treasurer, and other necessary officers for the ensuing year.
3. To see what sums of money the town will vote to raise for the following purposes :
First. To meet current expenses of the town and apply on the principal and interest of the town debt.
Second. For building and repairing highways and bridges.
Third. For building and repairing sidewalks.
Fourth. For breaking rock and building macadam roads and streets.
Fifth. For lighting streets.
Sixth. For observance of Memorial Day.
Seventh. For school books and supplies.
Eighth. For the support of the reading room.
Ninth. For the extension of sewers.
4. To direct how the sums raised for any of the above purposes shall be expended.
5. To direct how the school money shall be divided.
6. To see if the town will vote to instruct the select- men to appoint a special police officer for night service in Lancaster village, for the ensuing year.
7. To see if the town will vote to adopt Chapter 78, Ballot Laws of 1897, so far jas they are applicable to town elections.
8. To see if the town will vote to exempt from taxes all moneys hired by the town at a rate of interest not exceeding four per cent.
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9. To see if the town will vote to raise any ad- ditional money for the completion of the new Town Hall, and if so, what sum.
10. To see if the town will vote to buy a burying ground for dead animals, and raise the money therefor.
11. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to move or dispose of, the old house in rear of the Library building, or if not so voted, to see if the town will vote to make necessary repairs and raise the money therefor.
12. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal, this 22nd day of February, 1902.
I. W. QUIMBY, T. T. BAKER,
) Selectmen of
F. B. SPAULDING, J Lancaster
Selectmen's Report.
A town report is of considerable interest to taxpay- ers, naturally, and of course this one is no exception. The business of the town this year. with the exception of the building of the Connecticut river bridge. has been of an uneventful character. No extraordinary expenses have had to be met. Our usual snow storm of the win- ter did not occur in 1901, so that there was but a small cost for breaking roads. We also escaped the heavy rains during the summer and the roads have been better, at less expense, than usual. On the whole every- thing seems to have moved along quite smoothly and possibly fairly satisfactorily. As far as we know there are no outstanding bills against the town.
VALUATION.
As last year, we give below the valuation table of the two last years, 1900-1901, for comparison. The decrease of 1901, was caused by the reapprisal of real estate, in the fall of 1900, and the falling off in the mon- ev-at-interest and stock-in-trade.
1900 1901
1900
1901
NO.
NO.
VALUE.
VALUE.
Polls
921
900
92,100 00 1,102,677 00 30.300 00 150 00 28.771 00 10,335 00
90,000 00 1,095,129 00
Horses
732
778
Oxen
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35,100 00 350 00 29,411 00
Cows
1402
1456
Other cattle
595
728
11,641 00
Sheep
786 21
593
2.117 00 114.00 2,955 00
1,798 00 22 00
Carriages
Bank stock and money at int. 111,826 00 Stock-in-trade 113,612 00
101,422 00
118,325 00
Mills, aqueducts and bridges, 47,600 00
47.075 00
$1,542,557 00 $1.532,983 00
Hogs
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2,710 00
Real estate
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TAXES ASSESSED.
The taxes assessed for all purposes, was somewhat less than the year before, so that the rate per cent. was reduced to $2.23 in the village and $1.97 in the town district. Of course this was agreeable to tax payers. We could have made a still better rate if it had not been for the county tax, which was $7,485 68, against $5,- 988 55 for 1900. The following are the amounts for 1900-1901, to show the difference: '
1900
1901
State tax
$2,996 25
$2,996 25
County tax
6,586 34
7,485 68
Interest on notes and bonds
1,500 00
1,225 00
Support of poor
700 00
500.00
Support of schools
4,400 00
4,400 00
Town bonds 1902
2.000 00
Town officers
2,100 00
2,000 00
Fire department
1.000 00
1,000 00
Miscellaneous
1,200 00
1,200 00
Town bonds 1900-1901
4,000 00
$24,482 59
$22,806 99
Amt. to berec'd from state
4,500 00
4,104 00
Amt. raised for current exp
$19,982 59
$18,702 93
Highways and bridges
4,500 00
4,500 00
Sidewalks
1,000 00
700 00
Memorial day
100 00
100 00
Lighting streets
1,375 00
1.375 00
School books and supplies
900 00
900 00
Sewers
500 00
60 00
Macadam streets
500 00
600 00
Reading room and library
650 00
600 00
Repairing bridge
500 00
Total amt. town tax
$30,007 59
$26,937 93
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Precinct tax.
1,500 00
1,000 00
Union district tax
3,700 00
3,700 00
Town district tax
725 00
700 00
Total tax assessed
$35,932 59 1900
$32,337 93 1901
Inventory of town
$1,542,557 00
$1,532,993 00
Inventory of precinct
1,103,972 00
1,122,972 00
Inventory of union dist
1,091,426 00
1,107,853 00
Inventory of town dist
441,131 00
425,130 00
Rate of town tax on $100
2 00
1 80
Rate of precinct tax on $100
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Rate of town district tax on $100
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Rate of union district tax on $100
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SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATE.
According to custom we give below an estimate of the various sums of money that will be needed to carry on the town affairs for the ensuing year. To make it plain we compare it with the amounts raised in 1901.
1901
1902.
Fire department
$1,000 00
$1,000 00
For state tax
2,996 25
2,996 25
County tax
7,485 68
6,654 00
Interest on notes and bonds
1,225 00
1,709 00
Town bonds due Jan 1 1902
2,000 00
Town bonds due Jan 1 1903
2,000 00
Support of poor
500 00
700 00
Support of schools
4.400 00
4.400 00
Library and reading room
600 00
600 00
Town officers
2,000 00
2,000 00
Miscellaneous
1.200 00
1,200 00
$22,806 93
$23.259 25
Less amt estimated to be
received from state
4.104.00
4,104 00
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For current expenses
$18.702 93
$19.155 25
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Highways and bridges
4,500 00
5,000 00
Sidewalks
700 00
500 00
Memorial day
100 00
100 00
Lighting streets
1,375 00
1,375 00
School books and supplies
900 00
900 00
Night police if voted
600 00
Sewers
60 00
$26,937 93
$27,630 25
AVAILABLE ASSETS FEB. 15, 1902.
It is very handy to have a few really available assets to carry on the town's business with until the new tax begins to come in. We leave the following legacy to our successors :
Due on Police Court fines
$400 00
Rebate from State tuition, about
42 00
State on glanders' horse killed
5 00
Taxes bid off by town
319 41
Liquors, fixtures, etc
602 22
Amt. due from county
83 50
Amt. in hands of overseer
16 45
Rent due on school lots,
138 00
Due from C E McIntire, coll. '97-'98
18 86
Due from F F Kellum, coll. '99-'00
119 19
Cash in hands of treasurer
6,434 88
Due from Geo H Colby
18 00
Due from Chas Hill, contribution on Conn. bridge pier
25 00
Due from Jett L Bass, coll. 1901
517 74
Due from "
sewers
105 00
$8,845 25
From the above footing should be deducted the balance due on the Town Hall loan 1,459 75
$7,885 50
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INDEBTEDNESS.
Below we give the actual indebtedness of the town, outside of the Town Hall and Connecticut River Bridge amounts, to show what the natural condition of affairs would be. The following is the summary of the liabili- ties and assets:
Bonds $24,000 00
Notes
7,500 00 209 25
Outstanding orders
1,000 00
Shoe shop liability Total liabilities
-$32,709 25
Less available assets
7,885 50
Net debt
$25,323 75
Debt 1901
$28.652 41 25.323 75
Debt 1902
Decrease -$3,328 66
We have succeeded in hiring all the money we need- ed this year at three per cent. per annum. All the notes are on five years' time, so that the town can meet its bonds, which have a four per cent. rate, and not be bur- dened with the notes for a few years. To show the full indebtedness we give the several items separately, as follows:
Natural debt, as taken from foregoing summary
$ 25,323 75
Town Hall notes 14,509 75
6,290 25
Conn. River Bridge notes Total
-$46,123 75
PROPERTY OWNED BY TOWN.
We herewith give a list of the property owned by the town, leaving off all values :
Library land and buildings.
Stone crusher plant.
Storehouse and land, Prospect street.
Four road machines.
Play grounds. Safe and office furniture.
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Drain tile and lumber on play ground.
Three snow rollers.
One hand stone roller.
One force pump.
Lot of miscellaneous tools.
Two snow plows.
About 500 feet % wire rope in storehouse.
Eighteen hundred and fifty Town Histories.
HIGHWAYS.
The streets and roads of the town have been, for the most part, in a very good condition throughout the year. As far as possible gravel and stone have been used in grading, and possibly the road machines have been used less. We believe this to be a move in the right direction, and if persisted in in the future will be con- ducive of better roads at greatly reduced expense. Road machines are a labor saver in many places, but we should discard the idea of using them for everything, as they are entirely out of place in drawing grade or pulling rocks. The use of plank in building culverts, however, still prevails, and we can but repeat our last year's statement, that it is the most expensive and dangerous way. We cannot suggest any remedy but to use stone, wherever it can be found, even if it costs a little more.
The cost of maintaining the roads this year in the three districts amounts to $4,070.86 as against $5,181.49 last year, a decrease of $1,110.63. No un- usual amount has had to be expended.
We recommend this year that $5,000 be appro- priated for highways and bridges, an increase of $500. This is not absolutely necessary, but "good roads " are the best investments that a town can make, and Lan- caster should be in the front rank.
The cost of each district is shown in the agents' re- ports. The following are the totals of each district :
Village district Bast ..
$1,426 89 1,222 15 1,421 82
South
$4,070 86
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NEW HIGHWAYS.
Several petitions were presented the selectmen dur- ing the summer for the widening and straightening of streets and new highways. After the hearings only two were considered as of public necessity, viz: one leading to the Lancaster Mills, so called, and the other to the Amadon brick vards. The first was laid out subject to gates and bars from Pleasant street across the land of W. H McCarten, to the land of said Mills. While the peti- tion called for a highway from Pleasant street to said Mills, a distance of about one mile, we did not consider that under the circumstances anything more was neces- sary than to enable the company to get on their own
· land. The other petition called for a road from Me- chanie street to the brick yards and while not consider- ing this an actual public affair, still in view of its future extention from the brick vards to an intersection with the North road near William Savage's, and thus serve the public, and also, considering the benefit and aid to an industry, we laid out the road as called for in the petition; had it graded and fenced so hat it is in a good passable condition. The cost:
W. H. McCarten land damage and grading $100 00
Drew and Van Dyke damage 125 00
J. I. Williams damage 60 00
Amadon & Smith grading 190 00
Amadon & Smith building fence 53 00
J. I. Williams surveying 6 25
$534 25
MACADAM ROAD.
The only piece of macadam laid this year was a new covering on Baker Hill. The old paving had become badly smashed and broken through, and we deemed it a saving to the town to repair it in a thorough manner. The work was done by the road agent. It cost : Baker & Hartley, rock $136 67 25 00
JD Cinmuings, agent
$161 67
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CONNECTICUT RIVER BRIDGE.
The vote of the town was in effect, for the selectmen to build either a wood or an iron bridge, as in their judgment they deemed best. After removing the old bridge in March, and finding it a good deal more rotten than was supposed, and practically worthless to be used in a new bridge, and investigating the relative merits and cost of the two kinds of bridges, it was decided to build an entire new hard pine bridge, with a new stone pier in the center of the river. This conclusion was reached only after receiving bids on both kinds. It is true that the selectmen were inclined towards a wood structure from the first, but we endeavored to act im- partially, and from the best information we can get, we are confident that our decision in favor of the wood bridge was a wise one. The contract for the super- structure was let to the Berlin Construction Co. of Ber- lin, Conn., and the stone work to Wm. C. Putnam of Lancaster. It was designed, at the outset, to have the entire work completed by Oct. 15th, but several vex- atous delays (to call them by a mild term) occurred, viz: the high water during the early part of the summer and the injunction by the Lumber Co., etc., so that it was cold weather and winter before the job was done, and there now remains the boarding up of the sides. the putting on of the roof and the laying of the top floor this spring to complete it. We have got a new bridge, and we feel safe in saying that it is a good one. While the cost is considerably in excess of the first estimates, viz: the pier costing $1,850 00 as against about $1,000- 00 estimated, the New Hampshire abutment $234 00, and the changing of the pier from where first located to its present site, about $500 00, still it is not so very bad. When completed and the total amount ascertain- ed, the town of Guildhall will have to pay for that part which is in Vermont. This part, as per an agreement entered into by the selectmen and a committee from Guildhall, is thirteen feet from the westerly end of the
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bridge. The contract with the bridge company was $4,055.00 and they charged $133.00 for changing the length of the spans, making $4,188.00, of which sum we have paid them $3,527.50. They also charged us $100 for delay, occasioned by the injunction, but we have not allowed the claim, and do not deem it a just one. There is, therefore, due the company, when the bridge is completed, about $600. The following are the amounts paid out up to date : $2,400 00
W C. Putnam, pier and abutment
Berlin Constuction Co., bridge
3,527 50
Removing old bridge, superintendence,
surveying, etc 362 75
$6,290 25
SIDEWALKS.
New concrete sidewalks were put in this year, be- tween High street and the Methodist church, about 325 feet, and from Elm street down Water street 400 feet, and a stone and gravel walk between Stockwell's store and Geo. M. Amadon's house, at the Grange village. These walks are all substantially built, the one on Main . street being curbed with 18-inch granite, aud raised suf- ficiently above the street to be out of the water in the spring of the year. The cost of the several jobs follow; Grange walk $105 32 50 00
Less contributions
Net cost
55 32
Main street curbing and concreting
300 00
Water street filling and concreting
200 00
Patching old walks
65 46
Repairs on Cottage street
29 81
$650 59
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SEWERS.
The appropriation for sewers was $60 00, for the purpose of putting in the connection between Railroad and Cemetery streets on Summer street. We let the job to do this work for the appropriation. Three catch basins have also had to be put in-one on Main street, one on Burnside street, and one at the junction of Elm and Burnside streets.
J I Williams $60 00
Thompson Mfg. Co. castings 15 18
Amadon & Smith, brick 10 50
Frank Smith & Co., supplies 12 18
L. F. Moore, supplies 20 65
Lancaster Water Co., iron pipe and labor 41 45
Total $159 96
LIBRARY AND READING ROOM.
F D Hutchins, treasurer $600 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
I W Quimby, overseer $400 0.0
"STREET LIGHTING.
Lancaster & Jefferson Electric Co. $1,270 00
FIRE PRECINCT.
W H McCarten, treasurer
$2,000 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
D T Timberlake $100 00
SCHOOLS.
J E McIntire, treasurer town district $2,331 65
F C Cleaveland, treasurer union district 6,468 35
F C Cleaveland; 66 ·tuition town scholars 60 00
SCHOOL BOOKS, ETC.
Town district $198 61
Union district / TOWN HALL.
783 73
Building committee
,
$13,050 00
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NIGHT POLICE.
Patrick Judge $600 00
For the past two years the town has voted to em- ploy a night police, but did not make any appropriation to pay the bills. We have had to meet the expense out of other moneys. We should think it the better way to make an appropriation.
TOWN OFFICERS.
S W Cushing, treasurer 1900 $ 50 00
F F Kellum, collector 50 00
C A Cleveland, auditor 5 00
J W Flanders, ballot clerk 1900
5 00
I E Smith, supervisor
2 00
W H Shurtleff
18 00
C E Kimball 66
24 00 .
Burleigh Roberts, ballot clerk 1900
5 00
J W Flanders, enumerating scholars
10 00
F B Spaulding, services 1900
15 00
I W Quimby,
27 00
TT Baker, .:
8 00
Fred Rowe, special police
2 00
P .J Hurley,
4 00
W S Merrow, "
2 00
C L Hurley, auditor
5 00
F Spooner, board of health
35 00
H B Carpenter "
35 00
J I Williams, 66
25 00
J E McIntire, town school board
126 00
F. C Cleaveland Union district school board
50 00
C A Howe
30 00
Mrs W P Buckley, "
66
25 00
I W Quimby, Overseer of the Poor
100 00
J L Bass, collector of taxes
200 00
J T Amey, ballot clerk, 1900
5 00
M Shurtleff
66 66
5 00
Chas Carr, police
9 00
R J Brown, town clerk
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200 00
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F B Spaulding, selectman
187 00
T T Baker,
150 00
I W Quimby, 250 00
W H McCarten, town treasurer
50 00
W D Marshall, special police
2 00
J D Cummings, 2 00
F F Kellum, coll. 1900
35 00
$1,775 00
IN TRUST.
The town holds in trust for the care of cemetery lots the following amounts, the interest on which at six per cent. is to be used :
William F Smith heirs
$50 00
Samnel H Legro
50 00
Benjamin F Whidden heirs
50 00
Hattie Bothell
50 00
A P Allen
50 00
David Beattie
50 00.
John Leavitt
50 00
$ 350 00
This year there has been expended, under the direc- tion of the Cemetery Committee, the following amount : Henry Young $11 50
TOWN HISTORIES.
R. J. Brown, town clerk, has had 20 histories and makes return of 14 sold, leaving now on hand six.
Mrs. Williams, librarian, had 19 and has sold four with 15 on hand.
MISCELLANEOUS.
C W King, abatement poll tax 1901 $ 2 17
F D Peabody, repairs ou snow plow 2 25
CE Kimball, labor Scotts cemetery 2 50
J D Bridge, printing town report 98 50
J L Bass, abatement precinct tax C Castonyer 45
F A Shute, water tub 1899-1900 3 00
L H Parker, handcuffs, etc 6 00
G M Stevens & Son, insurance on library building, 3 00
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W C Putnam, Baker Hill wall 65 00
J H Moore, court house for town meeting 8 50
W C Putnam. Baker Hill wall 16 30
B & M R R., freight on road machine 11 40
I W Quimby, paid recording deeds and telegrams 2 32
G W Tibbetts, road machine 175 00
Nourse & Kent, insurance on town histories 18 75
J W Pratt, abatement poll tax 1 97
F B Spaulding, freight on repairs
2 70
M Dodwell, moving tool house
10 00
A F Rowell, printing
15 75
M Dodwell, moving tool house
16 50
. F Spooner, board of health, disinfectants
16 65
I W Quimby, paid for binding town reports
1. 80
(' P Richardson, inspecting dam 2 50
10 00
J D Bridge, printing
3 75
J S Woodward, moving hearse
50
L S Hartford, water tub
3 00
W C Spaulding, sheep killed by dogs
3 25
Baker & Hartley, crusher repairs
7 25
W G Baker, rent crusher land
20 00
Geo Cummings, drawing sand
1. 00
CE Kimball, labor Scotts cemetery
6 00
Patrick Brown, labor at tool house
75
J H Moore, court house town meeting 2 00 Bachellor & Mitchell, legal advice 56 52 F Smith & Co., fence wire 14 80
F Smith & Co , plank for tool house
2 06
LF Moore, fence wire, cement, etc
36 94
L F Moore, acet. J Parks road agent 1898
1 55
L F Moore, " Eugene Sullivan " 1900
4 60
LF Moore, " E A Woodward .
8 14
Drew, Jordan & Buckley, regular services and Lancaster Mills case 100 00
W R Stockwell, water tub
3 00
W H Hartley, abatement
5 57
J I Williams, surveying, etc
14 25
E A Stickney, sheep killed by dog's
18
J E McIntire, printing enumeration blanks 2 50
G M Amadon, water tub 3 00
T T Baker, granite Baker hill 5 00
J I Williams, rent selectmen's room
40 00
Chase T Rowell, water tub
3 00
E D Ewen, 3 00
Mrs E J Morton, in account with board of health 8 00
F D Peaboby, repairs on hearse 2 00
Sullivan & Cleaveland, law services
13 30
J W. Weeks, sheep killed by dog's
8 00
F Spooner, return of births and deaths
4 00
J L Bass, neck yoke straps
2 50
J L Bass, taxes bid off by town
146 81
R E Wilder, return births and deaths John Flanders, tramps and drunks 17 00
1 25
C H Emerson, labor on his road
7 00
G H Colby & Co., stationery, etc Lancaster Water Co., work on sewers
179 71
Cemetery committee, care Wilder cemetery
29 48
J C Hunter, labor on sewers
2 50
I W Quimby, postage and stationery
4 00
E Mitchell, births and deaths
5 75
E F Stockwell, "
15 75
W H Leith, 66
6 50
H B Carpenter, "
5 00
H N Fling, killing glandered horse
5 00
$1,314 49
Respectfully submitted,
I. W. QUIMBY, T. T. BAKER, of
Selectmen
F. B. SPAULDING, J Lancaster.
Feb. 22, 1902.
Examined and found correct with proper vouchers.
C. L. HURLEY, 1 C. A. CLEVELAND, S Auditors.
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Treasurer's Report.
S. W. Cushing, treasurer, in account with the town of Lancaster:
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Feb. 23. 1901 $3,184 27
High school tax of 1896, rebate not called for 15 55
J S Ingerson & Son, 1900 tax . 15 63
David Parks,
66
44 81
F A Shute, 66 66
80 07
Sale of town histories 58 00
J S Woodward, 1900 tax 54 73
Conn. River Lumber Co., repairs on bridge 569 35
D T Timberlake, collector 80 67
$4,103 08
DISBURSEMENTS.
By paid orders issued by selectmen
$816 55
By cash paid W H McCarten, new treasurer
3,286 53
$4,103 08
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Respectfully submitted,
S. W. CUSHING, Treasurer.
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March 25, 1901.
Examined and found correct with proper vouchers.
C. L. HURLEY,
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C. A. CLEVELAND, fAuditors.
W. H. McCarten, Treasurer, in account with the town of Lancaster, N. H. :
Cash rec'd from S W Cushing former Treas $ 3,286 53 Geo H Colby for town histories 82 00 M A Monahan rent school lot 7 50
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D T Timberlake collector 331 05
Susan Morse taxes for 1899
12 00
Avails of town notes for new bridge and new hall 20,800 00
R S Fiske taxes for 1900 9 85
Joseph Donahue taxes for 1898, 99 and 1900
23 96
License Walter L Main circus 15 00
License Sockalixis Medicine Co 12 00
C H Allen taxes 28 56
C B Jordan, Aaron Simpson taxes
16 14
Rosa Lassone taxes
11 40
John Robinson for grass on play ground
12 00
Drain pipe sold
1 30
Avails of note to Lanc Nat] Bank
990 00
Solon A Carter state treas, insurance tax
66 75
Solon A Carter 66
66 railroad
366 38
Solon A Carter " savings bank "
3,350 37
Solon A Carter
literary fund 334 05
J M Monahan sewer tax
15 00
P J Hurley
15 00
Frank Smith & Co lumber
10 50
J G Derby Jr., bowling alley license
10 00
W' C Putnam taxes
30 76
James Robinson part of taxes
10 00
W H Shurtleff police court
150 00
John Parks taxes
65 34
Grange sidewalks assessment
50 00
W C Putnam lumber and wire rope
50 00
Rebate of tuition from Union School district
13 50
R J Brown for town histories sold " dog license
21 00
192 00
Patrick Plume for house rent
45 00
Geo V Moulton liquor agent 2 26
Town building committee loan made last year 250 00
CE MeIntire, Coll 13 89
Jett L Bass, Coll 32,442 81
$63,143 90
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Paid state tax for 1901 $ 2,996 25
" County tax for 1901 7,485 68
" bonds and interest due Jan 1, 1902 2,040 00
" note to Lancaster Nat'l Bank 1,000 00
" orders drawn by the selectmen 43,142 09
" interest on notes 45 00
Cash on hand 6,434 88
$63.143 90
Respectfully submitted, W H MCCARTEN, Town Treasurer.
February 27, 1902
Examined and found correct with proper vouchers, CHAS L HURLEY, - Auditors.
C A CLEVELAND, -
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Report of Road Agents.
VILLAGE DISTRICT.
Bills contracted for by the selectmen :
J C Hunter 1900 $ 1 50
Geo W Aldrich, scraping sidewalks 1900. 50 00
W C Putnam, filling at Indian brook. 52 50
Joseph Donahue, labor on highway 5 00
W S Matthews, painting Main street bridge. 35 00
James Conner, breaking roads. 7 00
Frank Smith & Co., paint for Main street bridge 24 45
$175 45
J D Cummings, Road Agent, in account with town of Lancaster :
To town order $100 00
Paid G Cummings.
$10 00
F Spaulding, Cummings' order
17 95
F Spaulding, Roberts' order 10 00
W Buzzel
1 50
Steve Martin
50
W Buzzel
50
G Cummings
1 05
F Holton
16 00
J D Cummings
13 00
W Buzzel
10 00
W Buzzel
16 40
E Gillespie
3'00
M Long
4 50
N Martin
22 20
Seth Washburn
11 00
23
Frank Lucas
18 90
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