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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01826 7770
TOWN T
OFFICERS
GC 974.202 C42, 1905
OF
CHESTERFIELD, N. H.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
FEBRUARY 15, 1905.
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KEENE, N. H. SENTINEL PRINTING COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1905.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
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CHESTERFIELD, N. H.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
FEBRUARY 15, 1905.
KEENE, N. H. SENTINEL PRINTING COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1905.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
INVENTORY.
The selectmen of the town of Chesterfield herewith sub- mit the following report relative to the financial affairs of the town for the fiscal year ending February 15, 1905.
The valuation of the town as appraised April 1, 1904: $330,023 00
Real estate resident,
Real estate non-resident,
192,645 00
231 polls,
23,100 00 7,755 00
Mill property,
Stock in trade,
12,475 00
Ferries,
100 00
Bank stock,
800 00
Money,
18,217 77
347 horses,
22,715 00
33 oxen,
2,175 00
731 cows,
19,332 00
252 neat stock,
4,910 00
125 sheep,
341 00
4 hogs,
140 00
Fowls,
100 00
9 goats,
45 00
Vehicles,
1,100 00
$635,973 77
The following is the amount to be raised by law and by vote of the town on the second Tuesday of March, 1904, and at the annual school meeting: Schools by taxation, $2,226 96 Highways, 2,300 00
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Town charges,
$2,500 00
Library,
100 00
Support of poor,
250 00
Gatehouse road, County tax,
50 00
1,178 49
State tax,
687 00
Overlay,
247 15
Total,
$9,539 60
Amount of tax on $100, $1.50.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Schools, raised by taxation,
$2,226 96
Literary fund,
107 38
Dog license money,
212 72
Railroad tax,
32
Balance in school treasury Feb. 15, 1904,
52 62
Total,
$2,600 00
Drawn,
$2,600 00
Library,
$100 00
Drawn,
$100 00
Gatehouse road,
$50 00
Expended,
$50 00
Highways,
$2,300 00
Expended by H. H. Spaulding, agent, $638 39
Expended by A. M. Spring, agent,
726 78
Expended by L. Burnham, agent,
1,071 47
Expended by O. F. Butler, breaking roads in
February and March, 1904, 31 90
Expended by A. M. Brown, breaking roads in February and March, 1904, 49 80
Expended by W. B. Brown, breaking roads in February and March, 1904, 30 20
Total expended on highways, $2,548 54
Total expended above appropriations, $248 54
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EXPENDITURES.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Services of selectmen,
$200 00
Services of school board,
95 00
Services of town clerk,
45 00
Services of town treasurer,
50 00
Services of town and precinct tax collector,
65 00
Services of supervisors,
30 00
Services of school treasurer,
10 00
Services of board of health,
44 87
Services of overseers of poor,
40 00
Services of hearse driver, 10 trips,
30 00
Services of ballot clerks,
6 00
Services of janitor town hall,
10 00
Services of constables,
10 00
Services of moderator,
4 00
Services of truant officer,
13 60
$653 47
TOWN PAUPERS.
Ervin Hubbard,
$75 00
Wm. Nash,
70 46
Florence Bartlett and child,
207 47
Augustus Streeter,
1 50
Keeping tramps,
11 75
$366 1S
COUNTY PAUPERS.
Frank St. John,
$41 79
Urial Howland,
5 70
$47 49
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DEPENDENT SOLDIERS.
A. M. Grover, $2 50
ABATEMENTS, OVER-ASSESSMENTS AND DISCOUNTS.
Abatements on 1902 tax book:
Charles Andrews,
$2 17
Clyde H. Butler,
30
Leroy Bushee,
1 50
Ernest Lemay,
1 50
Elmer Lawson,
1 50
Frank McCloskey,
1 50
Edward Fergerson,
1 50
Fred Prouty,
1 50
Barney Ryan,
1 50
Augustus Streeter,
3 00
John Scovinchee,
1 50
Henry W. Smith,
1 50
William Worrel,
1 50
Due Feb. 15, 1905, on 1902 tax book,
$16 09
Abatements on 1903 tax book:
D. O. Perry,
$4 96
Frank Bell,
2 33
Leon O. Bardwell,
10 85
George Bardwell,
1 55
James Graves,
1 55
Due Feb. 15, 1905, on 1903 tax book,
78 49
6 per cent discount on taxes collected Oct. 1, 1904, $395 69
4 per cent discount on taxes collected Dec. 1, 1904, 65 82
Due Feb. 15, 1905, on 1904 tax book, 810 34
Fire precinct :
Due on 1903 fire precinct book, $7 88
Due on 1904 fire precinct book, 26 99
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LIABILITIES.
A. M. Davis, note, $1,000 00
Interest on Coolidge fund unexpended, 33 82
Interest on Hunt fund unexpended,
2 02
West Chesterfield cemetery fund, Literary fund due schools,
95 70
Dog license money, Railroad tax,
126 35 40
$1,508 68
ASSETS.
Balance in treasury,
$1,559 56
Due on 1902 tax book,
16 09
Due on 1903 tax book,
78 49
Due on 1904 tax book,
810 34
County claim,
41 79
Hedgehog bounty,
75
$2,507 02
Assets above liabilities,
$998 34
Balance in treasury February 15, 1904,
$796 92
Total receipts for 1904,
$12.404 41
Total expended for town orders, see treasurer's report, $11,641 77
Balance in town treasury,
$1,559 56
ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1905 and 1906.
$1,050 00
State tax, County tax, Schools,
1,200 00
2,500 00
Town charges,
2,000 00
Highways,
2,000 00
250 39
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Poor, Library,
$500 00 100 00
$9,350 00
Respectfully submitted, BURTON C. THATCHER, RICHARD T. COBB, PERLEY A. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Chesterfield.
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REPORT OF ROAD AGENTS.
H. H. SPAULDING, ROAD AGENT.
MARCH, 1904.
H. H. Spaulding, 321/2 hours, $6 50
B. C. Thatcher, 17 hours at 15c, 2 55
B. C. Thatcher with team 31/2 hours at 35c, 1 14
W. M. Brown, 6 hours at 35c,
2 10
A. D. Carpenter, 10 hours at 15c,
1 50
W. W. Smith, 5 hours, at 15c,
75
Guy Safford, 3 hours at 15c,
45
Amount paid in March,
$14 99
APRIL.
H. H. Spaulding, 383/4 hours at 20c, $7 75
W. H. Butler, with team 20 hours at 35c, 7 00
E. A. Safford, with team 20 hours at 35c, 7 00
W. K. Ware, with team 20 hours at 35c, 7 00
Ralph Royce, with team 10 hours at 35c,
3 50
W. M. Brown, with team 5 hours at 35c, 1 75
A. M. Grover, 20 hours at 15c, 3 00
E. E. Brown, 20 hours at 15c,
3 00
O. F. Butler, 10 hours at 20c,
2 00
Olin Butler, 10 hours at 15c,
1 50
Lorenzo Jefts, 10 hours at 15c,
1 50
Oliver Butler, 50 loads dirt at 10c,
5 00
Amount paid in April, $50 00
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MAY.
H. H. Spaulding, 170 hours at 20c, $34 00
L. W. Amidon, with team 70 hours at 35c, 24 50
W. G. Barrett, with team 70 hours at 35c, 24 50
C. H. Spaulding, with team 100 hours at 35c, 35 00
C. H. Spaulding, with man 131/2 hours at 15c,
2 03
E. E. Brown, 1131/2 hours at 15c,
17 03
Fred Porter, 112 hours at 15c,
16 80
A. M. Grover, 531/2 hours at 15c,
8 03
L. S. Higgins, 30 hours at 15c,
4 50
Will DeBell, 181/2 hours at 15c,
2 78
C. E. Boyce, 131/2 hours at 15c, 2 03
H. E. Chickering, with team 20 hours at 35c, 7 00
Olin Butler, 61/2 hours, at 15c,
98
1 plow beam and 2 points,
2 75
3 lbs. spikes at 4c, 12
Amount paid in May, $182 55
JUNE.
H. H. Spaulding, 180 hours at 20c, $36 00
W. K. Ware, with team 80 hours at 35c, 28 00
W. H. Butler, with team 10 hours at 35c, 3 50
L. W. Amidon, with team 11 hours at 35c, 3 85
L. W. Amidon, with man 26 hours at 15c, 3 90
C. H. Spaulding, with man 10 hours, at 15c, 1 50 .
C. H. Spaulding, with team 10 hours at 20c, 2 00
C. H. Spaulding, man and team 25 hours at 35c, 8 75
F. J. Harris, with team 10 hours at 35c, 3 50
F. J. Harris, with man 5 hours at 15c,
75
W. G. Barrett, with team, 5 hours at 35c, Will DeBell, 30 hours at 15c,
4 50
C. G. Hill, 28 hours at 15c,
4 20
E. E. Brown, 20 hours at 15c,
3 00
F. O. Day, 10 hours at 15c,
1 50
F. W. Barrett, 221/4 hours, 3 34
L. W. Jefts, 10 hours at 15c, . 1 50
1 75
11
O. H. Day, 5 hours at 15c,
$0 75
P. W. Brown, 4 hours at 15c,
60
Amount paid in June,
$112 89
JULY.
1000 chestnut plank at $18.00,
$18 00
Amount paid in July,
$18 00
AUGUST.
H. H. Spaulding, 75 hours at 20c, $15 00
C. H. Spaulding, with team, 33 hours at 35c, 11 55
W. G. Barrett, with team, 5 hours at 35c, 1 75
G. W. Webb, with team, 10 hours at 20c,
2 00
L. S. Higgins, 30 hours at 15c,
4 50
C. G. Hill, 17 hours at 15c,
2 55
Amount paid in August,
$37 35
SEPTEMBER.
H. H. Spaulding, 45 hours at 20c, $9 00
W. G. Barrett, with team, 20 hours at 35c, 7 00
C. H. Spaulding, with team, 20 hours at 35c, 7 00
L. S. Higgins, 18 hours at 15c.
2 70
C. E. Noyce, 101/2 hours at 15c,
1 58
Amount paid in September,
$27.28
OCTOBER.
H. H. Spaulding, 139 hours at 20c, $27 80
W. G. Barrett, 30 hours at 35c, 10 50
C. H. Spaulding, 44 hours at 35c,
15 40
C. H. Spaulding, with team, 20 hours at 20c,
4 00
F. O. Day, 40 hours at 15c,
6 00
Guy Safford,.10 hours at 15c,
1 50
Olin Butler, 5 hours at 15c,
75
W. K. Ware, 61 loads gravel at 10c,
6 10
Amount paid in October,
$72 05
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NOVEMBER.
H. H. Spaulding, 57 hours at 20c, $11 40
Wm. Holman, 20 hours at 35c, 7 00
Wm. Holman, with man, 20 hours at 15c, 3 00
R. J. Cook, 23 hours at 15c, 3 45
35
R. J. Cook, breaking roads, 1 hour at 35c,
W. K. Ware, breaking roads, 71/2 hours at 35c, 2 63
G. W. Webb, breaking roads, 6 hours at 35c, 2 10
Amount paid in November, $29 93
JANUARY, 1905.
H. H. Spaulding, breaking roads, 271/2 hours at 20c, $5 50
H. H. Spaulding, team breaking roads, 26 hours at 20c, 5 20
H. H. Spaulding, man and team, breaking roads, 17 hours at 35c, 5 95
C. L. Puffer, breaking roads, 17 hours at 35c, 5 95
W. G. Barrett, breaking roads, 17 hours at 35c, 5 95
W. G. Barrett, breaking roads, 17 hours at 15c, 2 55
F. M. Holman, breaking roads, 33 hours at 15c, 4 95
F. M. Holman, breaking roads, 11 hours at 35c, 3 85
G. W. Webb, breaking roads, 6 hours at 35c, 2 10
R. J. Cook, breaking roads, 7 hours at 35c, 2 45
R. J. Cook, breaking roads, 10 hours at 15c, 1 50 Lyman Howe, breaking roads, 9 hours at 15c, 1 35
C. G. Hill, breaking roads, 271/2 hours at 15c, 4 13
W. L. Ford, breaking roads, 13 hours at 15c, 1 95
Fred Rice, breaking roads, 7 hours at 15c,
1 05
Fred Porter, breaking roads, 12 hours at 15c,
1 80
W. W. Smith, breaking roads, 17 hours at 15c, 2 55
Laurence Butler, 12 hours at 15c, 1 80
L. W. Amidon, 6 hours at 15c,
90
L. W. Amidon, 2 hours at 35c, 70
C. H. Spaulding, 241/2 hours at 35c, 8 58
13
E. C. Johnson, 10 hours at 15c, $1 50
Samuel Winn, 3 hours at 15c, 45
Amount paid in January,
$72 71
FEBRUARY.
H. H. Spaulding, breaking roads with team, 24 hours at 20c,
$4 80
C. L. Puffer, breaking roads, 6 hours at 35c, 2 10
L. W. Amidon, breaking roads, 61/2 hours at 35c, 2 28 L. W. Amidon, breaking roads, 61/2 hours at 15c, C. H. Spaulding, breaking roads, 7 hours at 35c,
98
2 45
Fred Porter, breaking roads, 24 hours at 15c,
3 60
Laurence Butler, breaking roads, 17 hours at 15c, 2 55
W. W. Smith, breaking roads, 81/2 hours at 15c, 1 28
Fred Rice, breaking roads, 4 hours at 15c,
60
Amount paid in February, $20 64
MONEY EXPENDED DURING THE YEAR COMMENCING MARCH, 1904.
March,
$14 99
April,
50 00
May,
182 55
June,
112 89
July,
18 00
August,
37 35
September,
27 28
October,
72 05
November,
29 93
1905.
January,
72 71
February,
20 64
Total expended,
$638 39
MONEY DRAWN FROM TOWN TREASURY.
1904.
March 30, $15 00
14
April 27,
$50 00
May 25,
200 00
June 29,
100 00
July 28,
18 00
August 31,
35 00
September 28,
25 00
October 26,
75 00
November 30,
30 00
1905.
January 30,
60 00
February 15,
30 39
Total received from town, $638 39
H. H. SPAULDING, Agent.
A. M. SPRING, ROAD AGENT.
APRIL, 1904.
A. M. Spring, 36 hours as agent, $7 20
A. M. Spring, man and team, 111/2 hours at 35c, 4 02
Perley A. Richardson, 8 hours at 15c, 1 20
Perley A. Richardson, man and team, 8 hours at 35c, 2 80
George Ware, 3 hours at 15c,
45
G. F. Burnham, 14 hours at 15c,
2 10
F. M. Davis with team, 4 hours at 35c,
1 40
Edgar Davenport, 4 hours at 15c,
60
Fred H. Streeter, 47 hours at 15c,
7 05
S. M. Spring, 8 hours at 15c,
1 20
Edward Welcome, with team, 6 hours at 35c,
2 10
Edward Welcome, man, 6 hours at 15c,
90
$31 02
MAY.
A. M. Spring, agent, 160 hours at 20c,
$32 00
F. H. Streeter, 83 hours at 15c, 12 45
15
L. S. Higgins, tending scraper, 85 hours at 20c, $17 00
G. F. Amidon, man and team, 10 hours at 35c, 3 50
Leon F. Stoddard, 10 hours at 15c, 1 50
F. M. Davis with team, 105 hours at 35c, 36 75
A. M. Spring, team, 165 hours at 20c, 33 00
C. S. Amidon with team, 75 hours at 35c, 26 25
S. M. Spring, 80 hours at 15c, 12 00
W. B. Allen, man 125 hours at 15c, 18 75
Israel Scott, 165 hours at 15c, 24 75
George P. Smith, 85 hours at 15c,
12 75
George Ware, 65 hours at 15c,
9 75
F. R. Davenport, 45 hours at 15c,
6 75
Holden & Martin, 8-in. tile,
1 40
$248 60
JUNE.
Frank M. Davis, team 40 hours at 35c, $14 00
G. F. Amidon, man 20 hours at 15c, 3 00
O. R. Farr, 1,937 feet chestnut bridge plank, at $17.00 per m, 32 92
O. R. Farr, 668 feet hem. plark, at $14.00 per m, 9 35
O. R. Farr, 16 posts at 12c, 1 92
L. H. Streeter, 70 hours at 15c,
10 50
Frank M. Holman, 1,400 feet chestnut plank, at $17.00, 23 80
W. H. Thomas, 32 hours at 15c, 4 80
W. H. Thomas, man and team, 15 hours at 35c, 5 25
Israel Scott, 100 hours at 15c,
15 00
W. B. Allen, 130 hours at 15c, 19 50
George P. Smith, 16 hours at 15c, 2 40
S. M. Spring, 10 hours at 15c, 1 50
A. M. Spring, team 90 hours at 20c, 18 00
A. M. Spring, agent, 100 hours at 20c, 20 00
J. S. Mellen, 3 sticks dynamite, caps and fuse, 89
Robbins & Cowles, 6 feet tile,
72
$183 55
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JULY.
F. H. Streeter, 5 hours at 15c, $0 75
F. J. Harris, 7 bridge stringers, 3 50
Perley Richardson, 10 hours at 15c, 1 50
Perley Richardson, man and team, 10 hours at 35c, 3 50
W. B. Allen, 35 hours at 15c, 5 25
William Holman, 747 ft. chestnut bridge plank, at $17.00 per m, 12 69
M. H. Chickering, 5 hours at 15c,
75
Israel Scott, 55 hours at 15c, 8 25
S. M. Spring, 11 hours at 15c,
1 65
A. M. Spring, team, 55 hours at 20c, 11 00
A. M. Spring, agent, 84 hours at 20c, 16 80
$65 64
AUGUST.
Fred H. Streeter, 84 hours at 15c, $12 60
Perley A. Richardson, 10 hours at 15c, 1 50
Perley A. Richardson, man and team, 5 hours at 35c, 1 75
A. M. Spring, agent, 110 hours at 20c, 22 00
O. R. Farr, man and team 8 hours at 35c, 2 80
O. R. Farr, 1,734 ft. chestnut plank, $17 per M., 29 47
S. M. Spring, 77 hours at 15c, 11 55
S. M. Spring, with team 40 hours at 35c, 14 00
L. M. Davis, spikes, 1 51
Holden & Martin, 23 lengths 10 in. tile, 46 ft. at 30c, 13 80
$110 98.
SEPTEMBER.
George Ware, 4 hours at 15c, $0 60
S. M. Spring, with team 61/2 hours at 35c, 2 28
S. M. Spring, painting bridge 30 hours at 15c, 4 50
Wm. Chamberlain, poles for railing,
50
W. B. Allen, man 30 hours at 15c, 4 50
A. M. Spring, agent, 69 hours at 20c, 13 80
F. M. Davis, paint, brushes and oil, 1 08
17
W. F. Forbush, painting bridge 51/2 hours at 15c, $0 83
Fred H. Streeter, 13 hours at 15c, 1 95
$30 04
DECEMBER.
M. H. Chickering, man and team, 10 hours at 35c, $3 50
M. H. Chickering, man, 10 hours at 15c, 1 50
Amos F. Thomas, 131/3 hours at 15c, 2 00
A. M. Spring, agent, 17 hours,
3 40
$10 40
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1905.
Edward Welcome, 7 hours breaking roads at 15c, $1 05
Edward Welcome, with team 10 hours breaking roads at 35c, 3 50
Ransom C. Farr, 6 hours breaking roads at 15c, 90
F. O. Day, 7 hours breaking roads at 15c, 1 05
Leroy N. Colburn, 10 hours breaking roads at 15c, 1 50
F. M. Davis, 36 hours with team breaking roads at 35c, 12 60
M. H. Chickering, man 7 hours breaking roads at 15c, 1 05
M. H. Chickering, man and team 5 hours break- ing roads at 35c, 1 75
F. J. Harris, 162/3 hours breaking roads at 15c, 2 50
Orrin J. Farr, 3 hours breaking roads at 15c, 45
Orrin J. Farr, with team 3 hours breaking roads at 35c, 1 05
G. L. Amidon, 25 hours breaking roads at 15c, 3 75
W. E. Davis, 6 hours with team breaking roads at 35c, 2 10
A. M. Spring, agent, 53 hours 20c, 10 60
Perley A. Richardson, 6 hours with team breaking road, 2 10
S. M. Spring, 4 hours breaking roads at 15c, 60
$46 55
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Total receipts from town, Expended,
$726 78 $726 78 A. M. SPRING, Agent.
EXPENSE ON SUSPENSION BRIDGE FOR 1904.
5,818 feet plank at $17.00, $98 91
51 hours work, team, at 35c, 17 85
34 hours work, man, at 15c,
5 10
18 hours work, man, at 20c, 3 60
30 lbs. spikes at 3c,
90
$126 36
One half expense received from town of Bratleboro,
63 18
$63 19 A. M. SPRING,
Agent.
L. BURNHAM, ROAD AGENT.
- Work done on the highway :
MARCH.
L. Burnham, agent, 5812 hours at 20c, $11 70
L. Burnham, man and team, 131/2 hours at 35c, 4 72
W. B. Brown, 20 hours at 171/2c, 3 50
Renny Jefts, 8 hours at 15c,
1 20
Ben Grover, 8 hours at 15c,
1 20
Arthur Grover, 7 hours at 15c,
1 05
L. Burnham, team, 5 hours at 20c, 1 00 Total, $24 37
APRIL.
L. Burnham, agent, 112 hours at 20c, $22 40
L. Burnham, man and team, 66 hours at 35c, 23 10
L. Burnham, team, 15 hours at 20c, 3 00
W. B. Brown, 105 hours at 171/2c, 18 38
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Will Hannum and team, 20 hours at 35c, Fred Holman, 20 hours at 15c, 3 00
$7 00
-Johnson, 20 hours at 15c, 3 00
Arthur Bates, 10 hours at 15c, 1 50
L. Burnham, man and team, 25 hours at 35c, 8 75
90 13
L. Burnham, 10 hours at 20c, 2 00
L. Burnham, man and team, 5 hours at 35c,
1 75
W. B. Brown, 10 hours at 171/2c, 1 75
$95 63
MAY.
L. Burnham, 164 hours at 20c, $32 80
L. Burnham, man and team, 142 hours at 35c, 49 70
L. Burnham, horse, 10 hours at 10c, 1 00
W. B. Brown, holding scraper, 99 hours at 20c, W. B. Brown, 68 hours at 171/2c,
11 90
Don Jefts, 104 hours at 15c, 15 60
Lorenzo Jefts, 99 hours with team, at 35c,
34 65
Ralph Royce and team, 99 hours at 35c,
34 65
Nelson Thomas, 47 hours at 15c,
7 05
A. E. Brown, 21/2 hours at 15c,
38
Bridge timber from A. E. Brown, 50 15 pounds nails, 60
25
Spofford Mfg. Co., plank and stringers for high- way, 43 84
$252 72
JUNE.
L. Burnham, 65 hours at 20c,
$13 .00
L. Burnham, man and team, 135 hours at 35c, 47 25
13 12
W. B. Brown, 75 hours at 171/2c, Nelson Thomas, 70 hours at 15c, Joe LaBounty, 40 hours at 15c,
10 50
Benj. Grover, 20 hours at 15c,
3 00
Fred Farwell, 10 hours at 15c,
1 50
19 80
Box of grease,
6 00
20
Ona Buxton, 18 hours at 15c, C. Tuttle and team, 10 hours at 35c, 3 50
$2 70
$100 57
JULY.
L. Burnham, 15 hours at 20c,
$3 00 .
Joe LaBounty, 10 hours at 15c, 1 50
Benj. Grover, 5 hours at 15c,
75
L. Burnham, man and team 5 hours at 35c,
1 75
W. B. Brown, 5 hours at 171/2c,
87
Fred Holman, 5 hours at 15c,
75
Total,
$8 62
AUGUST.
L. Burnham, 1231/2 hours at 20c,
$24 70
L. Burnham, man and team, 121 hours at 35c,
42 35
W. B. Brown, 1331/2 hours at 171/2c, Joe LaBounty, 481/2 hours at 15c,
23 34
7 28
Bridge timber from George Tuttle,
4 00
Covering stone from Nathan Puffer,
2 00
Railing from Cheshire Fencing Co.,
17 70
$121 37
SEPTEMBER.
L. Burnham, 35 hours at 20c,
$7 00
L. Burnham, man and team, 22 hours at 35c, 7 70
W. B. Brown and team, 20 hours at 35c,
7 00
Frank Fish, 27 hours at 15c,
4 05
Total,
$25 75
OCTOBER.
L. Burnham, 32 hours at 20c,
$6 40
L. Burnham, man and team, 22 hours at 35c,
7 70
Frank Fish, 10 hours at 15c,
1- 50
Total, $15 60
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NOVEMBER.
L. Burnham, 68 hours at 20c, $13 60
L. Burnham, man and team 50 hours at 35c, 17 50
L. Burnham, one horse 28 hours at 10c, 2 80
W. B. Brown, 30 hours at 171/2c, 5 25
Joe LaBounty, 10 hours at 15c, 1 50
Oscar Palmer, 15 hours at 15c,
2 25
Fred Graves, 10 hours at 15c,
1 50
George Robbins, 6 hours at 15c, Whittemore, 6 hours at 15c,
90
Vincent Wilbur, 9 hours at 15c,
1 35
Sharpening tools,
1 00
Gravel from W. K. Ware,
1 00
Gravel from Mrs. Slade,
1 25
Total,
$50 80
DECEMBER.
L. Burnham, 14 hours at 15c, $2 10
L. Burnham, 1 horse, 14 hours at 10c, 1 40
Total,
$3 50
JANUARY, 1905.
L. Burnham, 20 hours at 20c, $4 00
W. Odiorne, 5 hours at 15c,
75
George Robbins, 8 hours at 15c,
1 20
L. Burnham, man and team, 80 hours at 35c,
28 00
L. Burnham, 35 hours at 20c,
7 00
L. Burnham, man and team, 20 hours at 35c,
7 00
L. Burnham, team, 25 hours at 20c, 5 00
W. Odiorne, 10 hours at 15c, 1 50
Oscar Palmer, 10 hours at 15c,
1 50
George Robbins, 9 hours at 15c,
1 35
George Grover, 9 hours at 15c,
1 35
Austin O. Foster, 25 hours at 15c,
3 75
Total, $62 40
90
22
FEBRUARY. L. Burnham, 21 hours at 20c, $4 20
L. Burnham, team 20 hours at 20c, 4 00
Clarence Post, 5 hours at 15c,
75
Austin O. Foster, 5 hours at 15c,
75
Total, $9 70
Total expended,
$1,071 47
L. BURNHAM, Road Agent.
EXPENDITURES ON KEENE HILL ROAD.
L. Burnham, 5 hours at 20c, $1 00
L. Burnham, 20 hours at 20c, 4 00
L. Burnham, 50 hours at 20c,
10 00
L. Burnham, man and team, 5 hours at 35c,
1 75
L. Burnham, man and team, 20 hours at 35c,
7 00
L. Burnham, man and team, 50 hours at 35c,
17 50
W. B. Brown, 5 hours at 171/2c,
87
W. B. Brown, man and team, 20 hours at 35c,
7 00
W. B. Brown and team, 30 hours at 35c, 10 50
E. Ball, 10 hours at 15c,
1 50
Frank Fish, 10 hours at 15c,
1 50
Frank Fish, 50 hours at 15c,
7 50
Benj. Grover, 30 hours at 15c,
4 50
40 loads of gravel of Pattridge at 5c per load, 2 00
3 00°
60 loads of gravel of Harry Pierce at 5c per load, Nails, 40
$80 02
L. Burnham, 145 hours at 20c, $29 00
L. Burnham, man and team, 145 hours at 35c,
50 75
W. B. Brown, 145 hours at 171/2c,
25 37
Curtis Beal, man and team, 120 hours at 35c, W. Fuller, 60 hours at 15c, Fred Farwell, 50 hours at 15c,
42 00
9 00
7 50
Nelson Thomas, 120 hours at 15c,
18 00
23
Joe LaBounty, 110 hours at 15c,
16 50
Gravel from Pattridge, 342 loads at 5c, 17 10
Gravel from Harry Pierce, 50 loads at 5c, For sharpening tools, Dynamite, fuse and caps,
2 50
2 20
50
Total expended,
$220 42
$300 44
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury, Feb. 15, 1904, $796 92
W. H. Butler, 1903 taxes, 331 26
W. H. Butler, interest on 1903 taxes,
6 69
Geo. Robbins, Wm. Nash goods,
12 29
County of Cheshire, dependent soldiers' claim,
29 41
Wm. Nash, headstone fund,
25 00
Interest on Coolidge fund,
7 50
Interest on Chamberlain fund,
30 69
Interest on Merriam fund,
1 36
W. H. Butler, 1902 taxes,
7 27
W. H. Butler, 1903 taxes,
172 84
Interest on Hunt fund,
5 02
Citizens National Bank, money borrowed,
2,000 00
Ginn & Co., old school books,
19 03
E. A. Safford, dog licenses,
177 05
W. H. Butler, 1903 taxes,
98 00
W. H. Butler, 1902 taxes,
5 67
W. H. Butler, 1903 taxes,
53 62
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
30 29
E. A. Safford, dog licenses,
7 50
E. A. Safford, dog license,
1 80
T. Frank Turner, bowling alley license, State treasurer, bounty on hedgehogs,
15 25
W. H. Butler, 1903 taxes,
36 44
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
768 25
State License Commissioners,
358 38
J. H. Stearns, license,
16 00
8 00
25
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
$493 38
W. H. Butler, 1903 taxes,
19 00
W. H. Butler, 1902 taxes, 3 50
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
1,010 53
W. H. Butler, 1903 taxes,
9 37
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
1,877 00
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
1,718 05
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
301 68
Wm. Nash, headstone fund and interest,
25 31
Cheshire county, pauper claim,
5 70
Wm. Nash, estate,
13 38
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
831 61
State treasurer, railroad tax,
40
State treasurer, savings bank tax,
173 86
State treasurer, literary fund,
95 70
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
747 85
State treasurer, bounty on hedgehogs,
58 50
Wm. Nash estate,
100 00
E. A. Safford, 1904 dog tax,
1 80
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
390 83
A. A. Byard, old bridge plank,
2 00
C. C. Carlson, old bolts,
1 00
W. H. Butler, 1903 taxes,
50 43
W. H. Butler, interest on 1903 taxes,
16 50
W. H. Butler, interest on 1902 taxes,
1 40
W. H. Butler, 1904 taxes,
97 84
Town of Brattleboro, one-half expense on bridge,
63 18
J. Bartlett, support of Florence Bartlett,
30 00
B. C. Thatcher, use of town hall,
10 00
Interest on Chamberlain fund,
20 00
W. H. Butler, grass on Wm. Nash place,
10 00
$13,201 33
EXPENDITURES.
MARCH.
T. N. Robertson, auditor, $3 00
C 4
26
A. M. Spring, board of health, $3 00
Oliver F. Butler, breaking roads, 31 90
A. M. Brown, breaking roads, 4.0 00
Wm. Davis, delivering wood for Augustus Streeter, W. B. Brown, breaking roads,
1 50
Dr. J. F. Butler, medical attendance Wm. Nash, 1 00
Geo. Robbins, support Wm. Nash, 10 21
R. T. Cobb, bounty on hedgehogs, 2 50
S. L. Stowell, interest on Chamberlain trust fund town note, 1902 and 1903, 19 39
S. L. Stowell, interest on Chamberlain fund, 6 30
E. A. Safford, goods for A. M. Grover, dependent soldier, 2 50
Wayne Holman, sawing wood for town hall, 1 00
Cain & Benton, retaining fee,
6 00
Geo. Robbins, support Wm. Nash,
12 29
Wm. Holman, cord of wood for town hall,
4 00
H. H. Spaulding, labor on highway, 15 00
H. H. Spaulding, keeping one tramp,
1 00
$190 79
APRIL.
Sentinel Printing Co., printing reports, $45 00
John Corkery, keeping three tramps, 3 00
L. Burnham, labor on highway,
65 00
Wm. Nash Headstone fund, deposited in Keene Savings Bank, 25 00
Elbridge Hubbard, support of Ervin Hubbard,
25 00
A. M. Spring, labor on highway,
27 92
R. T. Cobb, supplies for E. M. Howland,
5 70
R. T. Cobb, 1 guide board,
1 00
H. H. Spaulding, labor on highway, 50 00
H. H. Spaulding, keeping one tramp, 1 00
P. A. Richardson, bounty on hedgehogs,
1 00
P. A. Richardson, telephoning and nails,
50
W. H. Spalter, 1 invoice book, 1903,
15 00
Climax Road Machine Co., knives for scraper,
15 00
30 20
27
B. C. Thatcher, telephoning and freight,
$1 75
L. Burnham, labor on highway, 68 00
$349 87
MAY.
L. Burnham, labor on highway, $75 00
A. A. Whitman, H. B. Grover burial fund,
21 00
The United Construction Co., bridge,
350 00
Geo. Robbins, support Wm. Nash, 10 00 Geo. Robbins, support Wm. Nash, 10 00
R. T. Cobb, affadavit,
50
H. H. Spaulding, labor on highway, 200 00
B. C. Thatcher, bounty on hedgehogs, 2 75
A. M. Spring, labor on highway,
248 60
A. M. Spring, labor on new bridge,
11 65
P. A. Richardson, labor on new bridge,
36 45
P. A. Richardson, bounty on hedgehogs,
50
P. A. Richardson, telephoning,
40
Ginn & Co, school books,
122 80
$1,089 65
JUNE.
O. R. Farr, bridge plank, $26 50
L. Burnham, labor on channel road, 17 90
L. Burnham, labor on highway,
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