Annual Report OF THE

Officers OF THE

Town of Northfield Vermont FOR THE YEAR ENDING

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February 2nd, 1918

Grand List of Town, $17,995.06

Annual Report OF THE

Officers OF THE

Town of Northfield Vermont FOR THE YEAR ENDING

February 2nd, 1918

Grand List of Town, $17,995.06

Northfield Publishing Company, Incorporated

TOWN OFFICERS 1917 Moderator C. D. Edgerton

G. R. Andrews Termexoires 1918

Town Clerk Claude L. Morse Selectmen F. A. Jones Term expires 1919

O. F. Preston Term expires 1920

Town Treasurer Claude L. Morse

Constable and Collector J. M. Donahue

F. J. Houston Term expires 1918

Listers W. H. Dillingham Term expires 1919

W. E. Dunsmoor Term expires 1920

VVra. H. Hardin Term expires 1918

Auditors F. M. Dearing Term expires 1919

E. L. Field Term expires 1920

Trustee of Public Money C. D. Edgerton

J. L. Moseley

Town Agent C. A. Plumley Town Grand Jurors E. O. Freeman

D. B. Adams

Road Commissioner E. L. Kelty F. J. Monarty Term expires 1918 J. L. Moseley Term expires 1921 James B. Sargent Term expires 1918 Heber C. Cady Term expires 1921

Trustees of Public Library H. R. Roberts Term expires 1919

A. E. Denny Term expires 1920 Frank Plumley Term expires 1922

Cemetery Commissioners Robert A. Silver Term expires 1919

Chas. M. Davis Term expires 1920 Fred A. Jones Term expires 1922

OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN Inspector of Wood, Shingles and Lumber Horace W. Davis W. H. Dillingham

Fence Viewers S. P. Staples

M. W. Ryan

SELECTMEN'S ORDERS DRAWN FOR THE YEAR 1917-18.

1917 Feb. 28 Mar. 7

No. 1 J. P. Johnston, annuity for February 2 J. M. Donahue, services as constable 3 E. L. Field, services as auditor 4 F. H. Rumrill, winter roads 5 A. L. Clark, water for cemetery 6 Wallace E. Jondro, winter roads 8 7 E. L. Field, postage on reports 8 Probate Court, fees Bianchi case 9 C. M. Goodrich, electric supplies 10 G. R. Andrews, services as selectman 11 O. F. Preston, services as selectman 12 A. H. Bailey, services in Bianchi case 13 Vermont Hospital, Bianchi case 14 Fred A. Jones, services as selectman 15 Hutchins & Marshall, winter roads 16 H. D. Erskine, repairing snoiv roller 17 F. M. Dearing, services as auditor 18 F. G. Fisher, services as overseer of poor 19 W. H. Wasson, services in Bianchi case 20 Claude L. Morse, services as town treasurer 10 21 E. L. Kerr, wood for Clayton LaBelle 22 W. E. Kingston, land rent to May 1, 1917 23 Northfield Pub. Co., printing and supplies 24 C. L. Pervier, services as ballot clerk, 2 years 25 George F. Foss, winter roads 26 H. S. Glidden & Son, winter roads 16 27 Brown Library, part of appropriation 17 28 Frank Santor, winter roads' 29 E. L. Kelty, winter roads 20 30 W. H. Dillingham, board of Civil Authority 21 31 Frank Santor, winter roads 23 32 W. J. Fisk, winter roads 33 O. F. Preston, Board of Civil Authority 34 Andrew S. Arthur, Board of Civil Authority 24 35 Fred A. Jones, Board of Civil Authority 36 H. M. Howe, rent of armory for Town meeting 37 Tuttle Company, supplies 38 M. L. Thompson, winter roads 26 39 N. Wells, winter roads 31 40 D. A. Boardman, wihter roads

$30.00 10.61 13.50 13.50 2.00 11.25 15.00 5.25 2.07 44.00 75.00 3.57 15.00 91.00 73.00 4.00 10.00 115.95 2.00 30.00 3.75 7.50 114.50 4.00 11.00 19.91 400.00 5.40 37.05 5.00 4.20 37.00 4.00 5.00 5.00 16.00 1.85 9.60 24.00 36.38

41 J. P. Johnston, annuity 42 S. L. Stevens, winter roads 30.00 43 Frank Santor, winter roads 28.90 3.40 44 J. B. Hedges, winter roads 7.00 45 Roy E. Lawton, winter roads 14.50 46 W. H. Dillingham, military census 21.50 47 W. E. Dunsraoor, military census 48 24.00 „ S. H. Kent, services as health officer to Apr. 1, 1917 48.81 Apr. 4 49 49 C. H. Beecher, M. D., Gilpin case 10.00 SO Montpelier House, board witnesses, Gilpin case 51 G. R. Andrews, attending Gilpin case 34.00 9.00 52 Murdock A. Campbell, services Gilpin case 2.24 53 O. F. Preston, services in Gilpin case 24.00 54 Fred A. Jones, services Gilpin case 55 Fuller & McGlaflin, transportation Gilpin case 26.00 56 W. E. Dunsmoor, winter roads 6.00 57 A. E. Austin, winter roads 7.00 58 George W. Dole, winter roads 51.00 59 George W. Dole, cutting bushes 10.60 2.00 60 F. W. Sears, M; D., services Gilpin case 61 F. J. Houston, services military census 54.39 27.00 62 Dynes Gilpin, winter roads 9 63 35.11 Mrs. Peter Macy, board for quarantined patient 64 Leon Fisk, winter roads 30.00 65 W. J. Fisk, winter roads 8.00 10 66 A. Jarvis, land damage for road 38.50 67 Jerry Menard, winter roads 5.00 68 R. J. Clark, wintr roads 23.60 11 69 Henry Abbott, winter roads 2.31 70 W. A. Wheeler, winter roads 10.42 13 71 George C. Sanborn, supplies and drugs 23.30 14 72 Syril Virge, winter roads 32.19 8.61 73 P. D. Lee, winter roads 74 Will Duprey, winter roads 5.94 75 Overseer of Poor account 30.50 76 Mrs. Ray S. Hazelton, relief soldiers' family 300.00 77 W. E. Jandro, winter roads 6.00 78 S. F. Thompson, snowing 4 bridges 18.25 21 79 F. J. Houston, services as lister 13.50 80 J. M. Donahue, expenses in Knapp case 40.00 81 E. L. Kelty, winter roads 10.25 82 Halsey W. Clark, winter roads 26.50 83 T. E. O'Grady, winter roads 48.65

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May

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105

1 106 4 107 108 109 5 110 7 111 112 113 114 12 115 116 117 118 16 119 120 121 17 122 19 123 124 22 125

Geo. F. Foss, winter roads Leon S. Brewer, winter roads John P. Kingston, winter roads John Kingston, winter roads John Thurn, winter roads O. F. Ray, winter roads E. H. Bancroft, winter roads J. P. Johnston, annuity for April Fred Pombarh, winter roads John Grace, winter roads M. J. Thompson, winter roads Rex. Cofrin, winter roads O. F. Preston, winter roads C. S. Carleton, surveying. Joseph Elie, winter roads G. R. Andrews, lumber for guard rails J. B. Stewart, winter roads M. H. Glidden, winter roads C. H. Chamberlin, winter roads Not used Rabidou Lumber Co., shingles for bridges H. A. Whitney, M. D., attending patient at police station Henry Lashua, winter roads A. E. Plastridge, 1-2 of insurance on Village Hall Hutchins & Marshall, winter roads Overseer of Poor account William Stevens, winter roads Moses King, winter roads F. G. Celley, winter roads Fred Blaine, winter roads W. R. Goodcourage, winter roads A. M. Bissonnette, winter roads • Numan Smead, winter roads Rabidou Lumber Co., lumber for bridges A. M. Cutler & Co., hardware for bridges W. H. Dillingham, services as lister F. J. Houston, balance for services as lister W. E. Dunsmoor, services as lister Claude L. Morse, services with listers C. E. Wescott, services as ballot clerk S. F. Thompson, shingling bridge . R. W. Howes, winter roads

11.00 10.88 6.82 38.99 4.86 6.00 12. JO 30.00 13.11 6.10 12.60 2.50 13.50 1.50 26.18 30.10 6.50 29.78 99.61 106.40 2.00 14.25 60.80 27.70 500.00 21.37 12.46 4.00 10.15 7.05 2.42 3.19 5.94 6.70 83.15 43.50 82.00 36.00 2.00 35.00 10.56

126 C. A. Preston, winter roads 4.00 127 F. S. Dyke, care of town clock 21.50 29 128 Herbert A. Bray, winter roads 6.79 129 J. P. Johnston, annuity for May 30.00 June 2 130 R. F. Britain, wiring and supplies for clock 1.86 131 W. W. Holden, Memorial Day appropriation 50.00 4 132 E. G. Glidden, plank for bridge 12.40 133 E. A. Glidden, board of Bertha Merrill 8.00 134 Not used 135 Not used 9 136 Overseer of Poor account 400.00 137 Claude L. Morse, making grand list 30.00 138 Fred A. Jones, postage 3.20 139 O. F. Preston, work on bridges 19.50 12 140 Rabidou Lumber Co., timber for bridges 63.20 13 141 W. L. Wasson, sheriff's fees Kennedy case 142 Burroughs Adding Machine Co., repairs adding mach- 1.00 ~ ^.v-ii'lx-vl^

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me 3.20 143 F. Blake road machine supplies 11.00 144 O. F. Hazelton, milk for D.e George quarantine 4.00 145 F. L. Tracy, snowing 3 bridges 5.00 16 146 J. D. Adams & Co., road machine 370.00 20 147 C. F. Lowe, County Treas., County tax 177.68 148 C. W. Eastman, work on bridges 15.00 149 E. S. McGlaflin, winter roads 20.00 150 N. D. Jones, winter roads 4.55 151 S. F. Thompson, shingling bridge 15.00 23 152 O. F. Preston, work on bridges 55.25 25 153 W. B. Mayo, six months rent of town clerk's office 78.00 154 F. B. Hutchins, provisions for DeGeorge 19.00 26 155 Overseer of Poor account 400.00 156 Brown Library, balance of appropairtion 400.00 28 157 S. F. Thompson, shingling bridge 20.64 July 2 . 158 Boyles & Holton, supplies for Pliny LaForest 6.05 3 159 Dyer Supply Co., road machine repairs 2.07 160 Earl Bean, transporting Mrs. LaForest to sanitorium 8.00 5 161 J. P. Johnston, annuity for June 30.00 162 O. F. Preston, work on bridges 36.75 163 C. W. Eastman, work on bridges 8.75 7 164 Rabidou Lumber Co., road drag 4.50 165 Cross Bros. Co., trasnportation 2.40 10 166 Reynolds & Son, drill repairs 32.70

8.00 167 Curtis C. Field, winter roads 13.00 168 M. I. Bishop, winter roads 18 169 Claude L. Morse, making tax bills and sending 35.00 notices 29.00 19 170 W. H. Douglass, bonds for town officers 233.65 171 S. H. Kent, services as health officer to July 5 27.15 172 G. C. Sanborn, supplies for health dept. 5.10 173 Northfield Pub. Co., supplies 20 174 Alfred Duprey, milk for Mrs. Davisdon, quarantine 3.78 300.00 23 175 Overseer of Poor account ' 112.50 176 Northfield National Bank, interest 11.90 24 177 William D. Plastridge, lumber for bridges 5.00 178 R. A. Silver, board of Civil Authority 30.00 Aug. 1 179 J. P. Johnston, annuity for August 146.29 7 180 Rabidou Lumber Co., lumber for bridges 38.25 181 0. F. Preston, work on bridges 8.60 182 Claude L. Morse, reporting vital statistics 299.14 15 183 Northfield Savings Bank, interest 400.00 184 Overseer of Poor account 5.00 16 185 Henry J. Miller, work on bridges 4.75 186 Will Martin, work on bridges 5.15 187 F. A. Rich, winter roads 8.00 188 M. I. Bishop, work on bridges 10.00 189 Willard Green, 100 posts for guard rails 10.00 190 C. W. Eastman, work on bridges 21.50 191 O. F. Preston, work on bridges 2.66 17 192 G. C. Sanborn, witness fee in Kennedy case 1.00 193 J. M. Donahue, services in Kennedy case 2.66 194 John Kennedy, witness fee Kennedy case 12.50 195 Frank Plumley, services in Kennedy case 196 O. F. Preston, services and cash paid out Kennedy 11.00 case 2.00 197 Evelyn Friend, witness fee Kennedy case 2.66 198 Ned C. Ray, witness fee Kennedy case 199 Not used 7.66 200 Wm. B. Mayo, M. D., professional services 2.66 201 W. H. Dillingham, witness fee in Kennedy case 3.00 202 Charles Pervier, transportation Kennedy case 29.45 203 Northfield Pub. Co., printing 2.50 24 204 F. J. Bissonnette, cutting bushes 205 F. B. Hutchins, supplies, Mrs. Davidson, quaran28.08 tine 12.88 206 Rabidou Lumber Co., timber for bridges

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207 D. A. Horner, land damage 100.00 208 J. M. Donahue, services on dog warrant 10.00 29 209 O. F. Preston, work on bridges 32.50 31 210 J. P. Johnston, annuity for August Sept. 1 211 Henry J. Miller, work on bridges 30.00 13.75 212 C. S. Field, timber for bridges 37.88 213 A. M. Cutler & Co., hardware, for bridges 16.16 214 E. A. Shaw, board of Civil Authority 5.00 215 Overseer of Poor Account 400.00 6 216 William Smead, cutt'ing bushes 3.00 8 217 William Wheeler, cutting bushes 3.00 218 Andrew Grace, mowing cemetery 14 219 Louis Hallstrom, cutting bushes 1.00 3.00 3.00 220 Boyles & Holton, goods for Mrs. Laforest & Davidson 4.32 221 Not used 222 Northfield Publishing Co., printing and supplies 4.60 223 Northfield National Bank, interest on bridge loan 140.00 17 224 M. J. Corliss, Sec., farm Bureau, Agricultural extension 22 225 G. F. Hubbell, postage on tax notices 77.86 19.85 226 W. D. Plastridge, plank for bridges 26 227 Northfield Cornet Band, appropriation 19.13 29 228 C. W. Eastman, work on bridges 150.00 6.25 229 O. F. Preston, work on bridges Oct . 1 230 10.50 Walter F. Scott, State Treas., State school tax 231 Walter F. Scott, State Treas., State Highway Tax 1776.76 888.38 232 E. P. Fisk, work on bridges 5.00 233 J. P. Johnston, annuity for September 30.00 4 234 Dr. W. B. Mayo, rent of town clerk's office to Oct. 39.00 6 235 Overseer of Poor account 500.00 236 A. E. Smith, Board of Civil Authority 6.00 237 A. E. Austin, mowing Aldrich cemetery 2 years 4.00 238 Plumley & Plumley, legal services 8 239 Northfield Savings Bank, borrowed money 555.70 13 240 D. A. Boardman, plank for bridges 8085.97 33.37 241 W. C. White, services to town grand juror 6.00 242 W. D. Plastridge, timber for bridges 20 243 W. A. Plastridge, work on bridges 12.40 5.00 244 O. F. Preston, work on bridges 32.50 245 W. H. Hurley, M. D., professional services 14.00 246 William Duprey, mowing cemetery 23 247 Northfield Sav. Bk., borrowed money 2.00 701.36 248 E. L. Cross, goods for Mrs. Sanders 23.75

26 249 C. S. Carleton, surveying at Center Village 3.60 27 250 J. P. Johnston, October annuity 30.00 251 Claude L. Morse, collecting taxes 207.81 252 F. L. Howe, transportation Sullivan case 5.00 30 253 James Cook, land damage* 3.00 Nov. 1 254 Walter F. Scott, State Treas., State tax 3599,02 3 255 O. F. Preston, work on b -idges 9.50 10 256 Cross Bros., Co., transportation 2.15 257 Not used 258 A. E. Austin, lumber for bridges 24.85 259 C. W. Eastman, work on bridges 5.00 260 O. F. Preston, work on bridges 28.00 14 261 Hannah McCarty, for fuel 5.00 17 262 Hannah McCarty, supplies 5.00 263 Northfield Coal Co., coal for Alden 1.20 24 264 George W. Cady, pipe for water tub 6.20 265 W. J. McGlaflin, rent of store house S.OO 266 C. W. Eastman, work on bridges 2.50 267 Samuel Kingston, work on bridges 2.50 268 O. F. Preston, work on bridges 23.70 28 269 J. P. Johnston, November annuity 30.00 Pec, 1 270 Elizabeth Kelty, services as nurse Barry case 56.16 3 271 Overseer of Poor account 300.00 8 272 A. M. Cutler & Co., hardware for bridges 7.59 273 Chas. D. Stevens, board for Miss Barry and nurse 32.80 274 Rabidou Lumber Co., lumber for Clury bridge 131.00 275 Northfield Pub. Co., supplies • 12.OS 15 276 D. A. Boardman, work on bridges 7.50 277 C. Garcia, land damage 3.00 278 Geo. C. Sanborn, supplies 14.20 279 S. H. Kent, services as health officer 92.16 18 280 T. L. Frazer, winter roads 25.00 281 O. F. Ray, winter roads 1.00 282 Frank C. Clark, winter roads 8.00 283 George F. Foss, winter roads 15.00 284 E. L. Kelty, winter roads 41.25 20 285 E. E. Stevens, winter roads 15.00 22 286 William A. Wheeler, maintaining water tub 3.00 287 C. L. Holton, maintaining water tub 3.00 288 Coburn & Knowles, maintaining water tub 3.00 289 H. B. Porter, maintaining water tub 1.00 26 290 E. P. Fisk, winter roads 11.00 28 291 J. P. Johnston, annuity for December 30.00

30 292 H. B. Porter, winter roads 1918 Jan.

5 293 294 295 296 297 298 7 299 8 300 10 301 11 302 303 , 15 304 •305 17 306 19 307 308 309 310 311 21 312 23 313 314 315 26 316 317 318 319 320 321

323 324 325 326 28 327 29 328 329 330 331

Joseph Garney, winter roads Northfield Publishing Co., printing D. H. Sployd, 'wood for Mrs. Davidson Clark & Devine, fuel M. W. Ryan, services as ballot clerk C. E. McNamara, Board of Civil Authority Houston & Denny, winter roads Hutchins & Marshall, winter roads Roy E. Lawton, winter roads W. H . Stneacl, winter roads Northfield Telephone Co., telephone service 1917 Frank Clark, winter roads Overseer of Poor account William B. MajO, rent of town clerk's office to Jan A. E. Austin, winter roads S. W. Winch, ironing water tubs Village Elec. Dept., lights L. C. Moody, County Clerk, printing Gilpin case Nellie Laird, services in Gilpin case J. P. Johnston, annuity for January E. P. Fisk, winter roads Malverd A. Howe, land damage Harry Abbott, winter roads Roy E. Lawton, winter roads Overseer of Poor account T. L. Frazer, winter roads E. L. Kelty, winter roads George F. Foss, winter roads Not used J. M. Donahue, services as constable Luman George case R. W. Howes, winter roads Joseph B. Stewart, reimbursement taxes act. error Matthias Cannon, Jr., reimbursement taxes act. error Claude L. Morse, postage and express Northfield Savings Bank, interest Northfield National Bank, interest Erwin M. Harvey, services Gilpin case H. B. Porter, winter roads Frank Clark, winter roads

18.60 9.00 6. 25 2.50 9.63 2.00 6 . 00 6.20 24.15 6.00 1 . 00 27.23 7.25 600.00 1 39.00 16.00 5 . 60 53.00 52.00 8.87 30.00 9.41 5.00 9.88 10.00 700.00 31.00 37.50 12.50 2.20 9.33 5. 19 1 . 19 18.73 180.49 265.00 207.60 24.00 7.25

332 Wallace Jandro, winter roads 31 333 Albert Coburn, winter roads 334 John Kingston, winter roads 335 D. A. Macy, winter roads 336 T. E. O'Grady, winter roads 337 J. B. Hedges, winter roads 338 Northfield Pharmacy, supplies for health officer 339 S. L. Stevens, winter roads Feb. 1 340 H. W. Clark, winter roads 341 C. H. Reed, winter roads 342 T. H. Judkins, attending McKeefe child 343 M. Cannon Jr., Board of Civil Authority 344 Levi A. Wheeler, winter roads 345 A. Jarvis, winter roads 346 Fred A. Jones, Board of Civil Authority and postage 347 S. H. Kent, services Sullivan case 2 348 P. R. Clark, winter roads 349 Da.niel Johnson, professional services 350 J. Sullivan, land damage 351 K. R. B. Flint, Boani of Civil Authority 352 G. R. Andrews, services as selectman 353 C. A. Preston, winter roads 354 Northfield Pub. Co., supplies 355 O. F. Preston, Board of Civil Authority and bridges 356 William Duprey, winter roads 357 J. E. Plunkett, cleaning bridges 358 Duke & Harrigan, supplies for town home 359 Earl A. Rice, winter roads 360 W. A. Garvey, winter roads , 361 S. P. Staples, winter roads . 362 Fred Fuller, livery and driving hearse 363 Fred A. Jones, services as health officer .364 W. J. Kingston, services as ballot clerk 365 W. E. Kingston, land damage 366 George W. Dole, winter roads 367 Jerry Menard, winter roads 368 Frank Clark, winter roads 369 William Stevens, winter roads 370 W. E. Dunsmoor, winter roads 371 Rufus Covey, winter roads 372 J. E. Plunkett, digging out pitch holes 373 Claude L. Morse, Board of Civil Authority, reporting births deaths and marriages 11

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24.25 10.17 10.36 5.00 36.64 6.20 5.00 74.34 46.70 14.24 1.00 5.00 46.87 2.25 6.56 1.00 47.50 4.00 5.00 4.00 22.90 6.25 3.65 10.00 5.00 9.90 4.51 9.00 7.16 5.25 26.25 8.64 2.00 10.00 3.00 . 13.69 4.43 20.19 7.00 4.25 6.96 34.30

374 Wm. B. Mayo, M. D., professional services and reporting 32 births and 13 deaths 66.50 375 J. H. Judkins, M. D., reporting 3 deaths, 8 births 2.75 376 W. H. Hurley, M. D., reporting 12 deaths, 7 births 4.75 377 H. A. Whitney, M. D., reporting 3 births, 3 deaths 1.50 378 C. A. Shaw, M. D., reporting 1 death, 2 births .75 379 Walter H. Sisson, M. D., reporting 1 birth, 1 death .50 380 D. Johnson M. D., reporting 4 deaths 1.00 381 S. H. Kent, reporting 1 death .25 382 Claude L. Morse, legal services for town grand juror 15.00 383 Permanent Road Fund, appropriation 750.00 384 J. M. Donahue, collector, taxes abated 148.95 385 J. H. Judkins, attending Mrs. Barry 14.00 386 Dynes Gilpin, settlement of suit against town 3500.00 387 Permanent road fund interest 29.41 $54,421.17

Classification of Selectmen's Orders Officers services and elections Interest Driving Hearse Winter Roads Abatements Returns for births and deaths Highways Bridges Transferred to Overseer's account Appropriations Health department and quarantine Collecting taxes Expense on account transients and poor Taxes, State highway $888.38, County $177.68, State School $1,766.17, Farm Bureau $77.86, State $3,599.02 Lighting bridges, streets and town clerk's office Printing Rent Telephone Supplies, repairs, express and postage Town Clock Borrowed money Legal services, miscellaneous Gilpin case, settlement $3,500.00. Legal services $586.94, other expense $226.50 Insurance J. P. Johnston, annuity Road machine Military census Miscellaneous

1.55 1,113.87 26:25 2,030.91 148.95 31.35 218.50 1,090.09 4,800.00 1,750.00 462.80 207.81 470.65 6519.70 53.00 175.60 172.00 27.23 117.55 23.36 8,700.00 191.36 4,313.44 60.80 360.00 370.00 72.50 31.90

$34,421.17

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Claude L. Morse, Treasurer , in account with the town of Northfield, General Fund

Apr.

Dr.

To cash last report To tax receipts

Highway Department Orders Drawn by E. L. Kelty, Road Commissioner

§290.49 1914 Names 1915 Names 1916 Names

$ 46.60 1.50 117.26 3.05 241.85 3.85

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To money borrowed $13,650.00 To money from State, Kennedy ly case 24.96 To money from State, reimbursement for money paid for support of soldier's family 6.00 To cash of J. P. Rabidou 9.36 To cash from Dog fimd i 162.55 To fines and costs 88.50 To Aldrich Cemetery bank book 12.88 To cash for town histories sold 3.00 To 1917 tax-bill 21,594.07 To names 7.30

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$36,263.22

Cr. By orders paid highway patrolman in accordance with agreement between selectmen and State Highway commissioner 165.00 By selectmen's outstanding orders paid 205.69 By selectmen's current orders paid 33,363.36 By costs paid 72.22 By tax receipts 1915 $110.85 Names 3.05 1916 89.76 Names 2.30 1917 289.68 Names 3.50 499.14 By four per cent, discount to taxpayers 835,46 1,122.35 By cash

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No. 1 W. J. Fiske, man and team 30 hrs. labor 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 -38 39 40

Leon Fiske, 31 hrs. labor Earl A. Rice, 7 hrs. labor W. J. Fiske, man and team, 27 hrs. labor Leon Fiske, 27 hrs. labor Charles Mills, 8 hrs. labor E. L. Kelty, services as Road com. 9 days Eugene Carpenter, labor and kerosine W. J. Fiske, man and team 4 hrs. labor Leon Fiske, 4 1-2 h. labor A. M. Cutler & Co., 2 stone hook's, 2 steel rakes Wm. Dunsmoor, 8 hs. labor Carl Coburn, sharpening drills E. L. Kelty, 6 ds. services as Road Com. W. J. Fiske, man and team 4 ds. labor Daniel McCarty, man and team 3 ds. labor Howard Austin, 4 ds. labor W. J. Fiske, man and team 6 ds. labor Daniel McCarty, man and team 3 ds. labor Howard Austin, 6 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, services as road comm., 6 ds. W. J. Fiske, man and team 2 1-2 ds. labor Daniel McCarty, man and team 1 1-2 ds labor Howard Austin, 2 1-2 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, 4 ds. services as Road Comm. W. J. Fiske, man and team 3 ds. labor Daniel McCarty, man and team 2 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, 5 ds. services as road comm. Howard Austin, 4 ds. labor V. H. Whitney, man and team, 7 hs. labor E. L. Cross, cleaning ditches at the Falls Howard Austin, 4 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, 6 ds. services as road comm. W. J. Fiske, man and team 4 ds. labor Not used W. J. Snow, 2 ds. labor Daniel McCarty, man and team 41 1-2 hs. labor John Legier, man and team, 2 ds. labor Charles Miller, 1 ds. labor Thomas Cooper, 1 ds. labor

$36,263.22 14

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$15 .00 6.90 1.54 13.50 6.00 1. 78 22 .50 1.37 2.00 1.00 3.50 1.75 1.00 15 .00 20.00 15.00 8.-00 30.00 15 .00 12.00 15 .00 12 .50 7.50 5 .00 10.00 15.00 10.00 12.50 8.00 3.90 2.50 8.00 15 .00 20.00 4.00 23.00 10.00 2.00 2.00

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41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 81 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81

Penn. Metal Co., 146 ft. sluice pipe N. D. Jones, 40 ft. sluice plank and labor A. M. Cutler & Co., 4 bags cement and supplies E. L. Kelty, 6 ds. services as road comm. W. J. Fiske, man and team 5 ds. labor Daniel McCarty, man and team 3 ds. labor Howard Austin, 4 ds. labor W. J. Snow, 4 ds. labor Charles Miller, 4 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, 6 ds. services as road comm. W. J. Fiske, man and team 6 ds. Daniel McCarty, man and team 6 ds. Howard Austin, 6 ds. labor W. J. Snow, 6 ds. labor Charles Miller, 5 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, team 3 ds. W. J. Fiske, man and team 5 1-2 d. Daniel McCarty, man and team 4 ds. E. L. Kelty, 5 ds. services as road comm. Howard Austin, 5 ds. labor E. L. Kelty team 5 ds.' W. J. Snow, 5 ds. labor Charles Miller, 5 1-2 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, carrying tools and help 8 weeks at $2.00 per week, with car to July 1st W. J. Fiske, man and team 6 ds. Daniel McCarty, man and team 6ds. E. L. Kelty, team 5 ds. E. L. Kelty, 5 1-2 ds., services as road comm. T. L. Frazer, man and team I d . Charles Miller, 6 ds. labor A. M. Cutler & Co., 5 Ibs., grease, 1 fork A. E. Austin, man and team I d . Howard Austin, 5 ds. labor W. J. Snow, 5 ds. labor Hutchips & Marshall, plank, man and team labor on sluices Howard Austin, 4 1-2 ds. labor Charles Miller, 4 1-2 ds. labor Louis Hallstrom, 26 hs. labor E. L. Kelty, 5 ds. services as road comm. E. L. Kelty, team 5 ds. Henry Abbott, 1 ds. labor

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237.00 3.77 3.45 15.00 25.00 15.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 15.00 30.00 30.00 12.00 12.00 10.00 9.00 27.50 20.00 12.50 10.00 15.00 10.00 11.00 16.00 30.00 30.00 15.00 13.75 5.00 12.00 2.25 5.00 Id.00 10.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 5.78 12.50 15.00 2.00

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82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

97 98 99 100 11 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 17 109 18 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 21 119 25 120 121 122 123

Wm. D. Plastridge, plank and sluice logs Arthur Smith, 2 men and team 3 hs. Charles Miller, 5 1-2 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, team 6 ds. George McCarty, 1-2 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, 5 ds., services as road comm. Wm. Wheeler, 9 ds. labor Wm. Smead., 15 hs. labor Charles Miller, 6 ds. labor W. J. Fiske, man and team 5 ds. Howard Austin, 6 ds. labor L. Wrisley, 2 ds. labor ." ' E. L. Kelty, 6 ds. services as road comm. E. L. Kelty, team 6 ds. H. Campbell, repair work and sharpening road machine knives A. M. Cutler & Co., supplies W. H. Douglas, 25 Ibs. dynamite C. S. Field, 3038 ft. plank M. I. Bishop, man and team 2 ds., man 1 d. Wm. Wheeler, 5 ds. labor Wm. Smead, 5 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, 6 ds. services as road comm. Charles Miller, 5 1-2 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, 5 1-2 ds. team Howard Austin, 5 1-2 ds. labor C. B. Dearborn, man and team 3 ds. W. J. Fiske, man and team 6 ds. A. H, Lawton, labor on Lawton and DeCosta roads E. L. Kelty, 6 ds. services as road com'm. E. L. Kelty, team 6 ds. J. Elie, tending light and 3 men 1 d. on washout Wm. Wheeler, 5 ds. labor Wm. Smead, 5 ds. labor W. J. Fiske, man and team 5 1-2 ds. C. B. Dearborn, man and team 4 1-2 ds. Howard Austin, 6 ds. labor Charles Miller, 6 ds. labor Hutchins & Marshall, man and team 3 ds. W. J. Fiske, man and team 5 ds. Howard Austin, 5 ds. labor Wm. Wheeler, 5 ds. labor Not used 17

6.43 2.33 11.00 18.00 1.00 12.50 18.00 3.33 12.00 25.00 12.00 4.00 15.00 18.00 15.80 2.85 10.00 51.64 12.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 11.00 16.50 11.00 15.00 30.00 8.00 15.00 18.00 6.25 10.00 10.00 27.50 22.50 12.00 12.00 15.00 25.00 10.00 10,00

, 124 125 126 127 128 Sept. 1 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 ^138 139 6 140 8 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 8 151 152 153 15 154 155 15 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 17 164 21 165 22 166

Wm. Smeade, 5 ds. labor Charles Miller, 5 ds. labor Louis Hallstrom, 1 1-2 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, 3 ds. services as road comm. E. L. Kelty, team 3 ds. W. J. Fiske, man and team 4 1-2 ds. Howard Austin, 4 1-2 ds. labor ' Wm. Wheeler, 38 hr. labor Wm. Smead , 2 1-2 ds. labor Louis Hallstrom 2 1-2 ds. labor Henry Abbott, 20 hs. labor Charles Miller, 4 1-2 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, 6 ds. services as road comm. E. L. Kelty, team 4 1-2 ds. W. R. Kelty, 3 1-2 ds. labor Anson Eastman, man and team 1 1-2 ds. M. I. Bishop, man and team 3 ds. W. J. Fiske, 46 1-2 hs. man and team Anson Eastman, 3 ds. man and team, man 2 ds. labor C. S. Kimball, man a tean 1 1-2 ds. Dynes Gilpin, man and team 24 hs. W. A. Plastridge, man and team 22 hs. E. L. Kelty, team 5 ds. and 6 hs. Howard-Austin, 5 ds. and 6 hs. labor W. R. Kelty, 33 hs. labor E. L. Kelty, 5 ds. services as road comm. Charles Miller, 42 hs. labor A. E. Austin, man and team I d . O. F. Preston, man and team 17 hs. Henry Abbott, 1 ds. labor W. J. Fisk, man and team 6 ds. W. A. Plastridge, man and team 3 ds. Dynes Gilpin, man and team 2 ds. A. E. Austin, man and team 2 ds. man 1 d. Howard Austin, 4 ds. labor W. R. Kelty, 2 ds. labor Charles Miller, 5 ds. labor O. F. Preston, man and team I d . E. L. Kelty, team 5 ds. E. L. Kelty, 5 ds. services as road comm. C. S. Field, 485 ft. hemlock plank J. Carney, man and team 13 1-2 hs. man 2 ds. T. E. O'Grady, labor on Turkey Hill road 18

10.00 10.00 3.00 7.50 9.00 22.50 9.00 8.48 7.00 5.00 4.45 9.00 15.00 13.50 7.00 7.50 15.00 25.84 19.00 7.50 13.34 12.22 17.00 11.33 7.33 12.50 '9.33 5.00 9.44 2.00 30.00 15.00 10.00 12.00 8.00 4.00 10.00 5.00 15.00 12.50 8.25 11.50 23.00

24

29

Oct.

3

6

8

167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209'

Charles Miller, 4 1-2 ds. labor W. J. Fiske, man and team 5 ds. E. L. Kelty, 6 ds. services as road comm. E. L. Kelty, team 5 ds. W. A. Plastridge, 2 men and team 2 1-2 ds. labor Howard Austin, 3 ds. labor George Perham, 4 1-2 ds. labor Eldred Preston, 4 1-2 ds. labor O. F. Preston, man and team 1 1-2 ds. , man 2 1-2 ds. J. J. Stockdon, 84 hs. labor W. Dunsmoor, 2 ds. labor Capital Hardware Co., 1 scraper M. A. Nelson, 2 scrapers E. L. Kelty, 6 ds. services as road comm. E. L. Kelty, team 5 1-2 ds. A. E. Austin, man and team 1-2 d. Howard Austin, 5 1-2 ds. labor W. J. Fiske, man and team 4 1-2 ds. Eldred Preston, 5 1-2 ds. labor Charles Miller, 5 1-2 ds. labor Henry Abbott, 4 ds. labor W. R. Kelty, 1 ds. labor W. A. Plastridge, man and team 5 ds. J. Garney, man and team 1 d. man 1-2 d. O. F. Preston, man and team 21-2 ds., man 2 d. John Legier, man and team 12 hs. George Legier, 8 hs. labor Henry Lashua, 63 loads gravel at 5 c. per load F. A. Pixley, 11 hs. labor John Ross, labor on hi:s road for 2 yrs. E. H. Bancroft, picking stone on his road W. J. Fiske, man and team, 4 1-2 ds. W. A. Plastridge, man and team 3 1-2 ds. Howard Austin, 38 hs. labor Charles Miller, 4 1-2 ds. labor A. E. Austin, plow Eldred Preston, 3 ds. labor W. R. Kelty, 4 1-2 ds. labor Henry Abbott, 5 1-2 ds. labor E. L. Kelty, team 4 1-2 ds. E. L. Kelty, services as road comm. , 6 ds. H. B. Porter, 5 ds. labor Wm. Green, labor 19

9.00 25.00 15.00 15.00 17.50 6.00 9.00 9.00 12.50 18.66 4.00 4.50 21.50 15.00 16.50 2.50 11.00 22.50 11.00 11.00 8.00 2.00 25.00 6.00 16.50 6.67 1.78 3.15 2.44 15.00 2.00 22.50 17.50 8.44 9.00 3.00 6.00 9.00 11.00 13.50 15.00 10.00 2.00

210 13 211 212 213 214 215 216 17 217 218 219 220 221 20 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 23 229 24 230 25 231 27 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 Nov. 3 241 242 243 244 245 246 5 247 248 249

E. L. Kelty, 3 mos. use of car carrying tools and help 18.00 E. L. Kelty, team 3 1-2 ds. 10.50 W. J. Fiske, man and team 2ds., man 1 1-2 ds. 13.00 Howard Austin, 4 1-2 ds. labor 9.00 Henry Abbott, 2 1-2 ds. labor 5.00 E. L. Kelty, services as road comm. 15.00 Charles Miller, 1 1-2 ds. labor 3.00 C. S. Field, 88 pieces 2 x6, 94 cedar posts 34.66 W. A. Plastridge, man and team I d . 5.00 Rabidou Lumber Co., labor and lumber for Road Drag, 104 ft. boards 4.72 O. F. Ray, 2 1-2 ds. labor 5.00 D. W. Cooley, cement work on culvert at Falls 170.00 W. J. Fiske, man and team 4 ds., man 2 ds. labor 24.01) Howard Austin, 5 1-2 ds. labor 11.00 E. L. Kelty, services as road comm., 6 ds. 15.00 E. L. Kelty, team 4 ds. 12.00 Charles Miller, 6 ds. labor 12.00 Henry Abbott, 6 ds. labor 12.00 Frank Thresher, man and team 1-2 d., man l-2ds. labor 3.50 G. H. Tracy, drawing gravel and turning water on Bull Run road 2.00 C. A. Ordway, cleaning ditches and turning water 2.50 Charles Eastman, 3 ds. labor 6.00 W. J. Fiske, man and team 4 ds. man 1-2 d. resurfacing 21.00 Frank Clark, 2 ds. labor resurfacing 4.00 Frank Thresher, man and team 3 ds. resurfacing 15.00 Peck Bros. Co., 12 ft. of 12 in tile 3.24 Henry Abbott, 5 ds. labor 10.00 Charles Miller, 6 ds. labor 12.00 Howard Austin, 5 1-2 ds. labor 11.00 E. L. Kelty, services as road comm., 5 1-2 ds. 13.75 E. L. Kelty, team, 6 ds. 18.00 W. J. Fiske, man and team 3 ds. 15.00 R. W. Bowman, man and team d. 5.00 R. E. Lawton, 2 1-2 hs. labor .55 Charles Miller, 4 ds. labor 8.00 Henry Abbott, 4 ds. labor 8.00 Howard Austin, 4 ds. labor 8.00 E. L. Kelty, services as road comm., 4 ds. 10.00 E. L. Kelty, team 4 ds. 12.00 Howard Austin, 2 1-2 ds. labor 5.00 20

7 250 251 8 252 253 10 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 12 261 262 13 263 16 264 265 17 266 267 268 22 269 23 270 271 272 273 274 28 275

Dec. 7 276 277 278 14 279 19 280 24 281 282 283 284 285 286 28 287 29 288

Adolph Roux, 2 ds. labor 4.00 A. M. Cutler & Co., supplies 10.23 Northfield Savings Bank, borrowed money and int. 2,526.18 C. L. Morse, collecting taxes 19.15 E. L. Kelty, services as road comm, 6 ds. 15 .00 E. L. Kelty, team 4 ds. 12.00 Henry Abbott, 4 ds. labor 8.00 W. J. Fisk, man and team 1-2 d. man 3 ds. labor 8.50 Charles Miller, 4 l-2ds. labor 9.00 M. L. Thompson, labor on his road 9.30 Peck Bros. Co., 12 ft. of 12 in. tile 3.24 Joseph Baker, labor at Center 2.20 Not used Rabidou Lumber Co., guard rails and log on washout on Bull Run road 6.75 P. D. Lee, man and team labor 4.28 Trow & Holden Co., 61 Ibs. drill steel 10.98 Charles Miller, 6 ds. labor 12.00 W. J. Fiske, 5 ds. labor 10.00 Henry Abbott, 5 ds. labor 10.00 A. Jarvis, 2 men and team 5 1-2 hs. labor 4.40 E. L. Kelty, services as road comm., 5 ds. 12.50 E. L. Kelty, team 3ds. 9.00 R. W. Bowman, man and team 2 ds. man 10 hs. 12 .22 C. A. Bowman, stone for bank wall 2.00 D. M. Locklin, 1 ds. labor 2.00 Irvin Glidden, 4 sluice logs, and dirt for grading 8.00 Carl Coburn, man and team, 2 hrs. man 30 hrs. labor, stone for bank wall 9.77 W. R. Goodcourage, 1 1-2 ds. labor on road to Tilden farm 3.00 E. G. Legier, 1 ds. labor 2.00 H. M. Dole, labor on his road and Dole Hill 10.00 Northfield Savings Bank, borrowed money and inc. 301.43 Geo. Crawford, gravel and sluice logs 12.00 Charles Eastman, gravel 4.00 Roy Creed, sharpening d-ills 1.50 Geo. Selina, gravel 4.00 G. H. Maxfield, splitting plank and planing guard rails ' 4.47 A. M. Cutler & Co., handles, plow point and bolts 2.2J Wm. Smead, 1-2 ds. labor 1.00 Frank Thresher, gravel 5.00 21

!<

289 Wm. Boynton, 200 ft. covering stone

•(

5.00

1918 Jan.

2 290 H. E. Roberts, care of his road, summer and winter 1917 5.25 291 Northfield Pub. Co., 3 order books 3..80 5 292 Hutchins & Marshall, sluice logs 3..00 7 293 Roy E. Lavvton. cleaning ditches and tu.-ning water 1..25 294 C. E. Johnson, care of his road for 1916 and 1917 6..00 295 H. A. Campbell, repair work 11..85 16 296 North East Metal Culvert Co., 2 culverts 72.34 26 297 R. W. Howes, 16 hs. labor 3.55 28 298 J. B. Hedges, repairing his road 2.00 Feb. 2 299 Northfield Pub. Co., 1 order book 1.25 300 S. W. Winch, sharpening bars and picks .90 301 C. S. Richmond & Son, spikes, oil can and oiler 6.93 302 D. P. LeFebevre 4.00 303 Geo. W. Dole, labor raking stone 1.25 304 Dynes Gilpin, team , 1 day 3.00 305 Albert Bannister, labor at South Village 5.00 306 E. L. Kelty, freight on culverts, from North East Metal Culvert Co., $2.86. Postage and making out report 12. OJ 307 C. M. Goodrich, toll calls 4.35 308 Northfield Savings Bank, borrowed money and int 100.22 309 J. M. Donahue, taxes abated 7.80 $6,581.98 Of the above orders No. 252, 280 and 308 were drawn for borrowed money and interest 2,927.83 Expended on highways

3,654.15

Claude L. Morse, Treasurer, in account with Town of Northfield, Highway Department Dr.

To cash last report To tax receipts

To To To To

$520.17

$ 4.20 16.21 24.60

1914 1915 1916

money borrowed cash (subscription Legier Hill road) money from Village (1-4 highway tax collected) money from State Highway auto maintenance Resurfacing Unselected high ways

45.01 2,900.00 47.00 774.38 $200.00 78.00 294.00 572.00 2,067.31

To 1917 tax bill

$6,925.87

Cr. By By By By

outstanding orders paid current orders paid auto money transferred to village tax receipts 1915 1916 1917

By 4 per cent, discount to taxpayers By cash

$18.75 6,555.30 50.00 $13.16 10.91 27.82 $51.89 79.80 170.13 6,925.87

22

23

PERMANENT ROAD 1917 June

9 21 23

30

July

Aug.

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

11 29 30 31 15 32 33 34 35 36 37 24 38 39

A. J. Donley, 10 days, 1 hour painting $30.37 A. J. Donley, 32 hours painting and trucking 13.50 A. N. Kurd, 4 days and boy 2 days 10.00 Joe Boardman, 3 days labor 6.00 Roger Drough, 4 days labor • 8.00 A. Banister, 3 days labor 6.00 J. Boardman, 5 days labor 10.00 A. Kurd 5 days labor 10.00 Roger Drough, 5 days labor 10.00 A. Bannister, 5 days labor 10.00 F. Fisher, 5 days labor 10.00 Rob Duprey, 5 days labor 10.00 Myron Maloney, 4 days labor 8.00 Richard Maloney, 4 days labor 8.00 F. Maloney, 4 days labor 8.00 C. Derban, 4 days man and team 20.00 Stillman Stevens, 4 days man and team 20.00 Geo. C. Sanborn, paint and oil 85.65 A. Hurd, 2 days, 7 hours, labor 5.56 Roger Drough, 5 days labor 10.00 A. Banister, 5 days labor 10.00 Rob Duprey, 5 days labor 10.00 Myron Maloney, 5 days labor 10.00 Richard Maloney, 4 days labor 8.00 Floyd Maloney, 5 days labor 10.00 Stillman Stevens, 5 days man and team 25.00 E. S. McGlaflin, 15 1-2 days labor 46.33 E. S. McGlaflin, 13 days man and horse team, 9 days man and ox team 110.00 Roger Drough 5.75 John Jones, 1 1-2 days labor 3.37 E. S. McGlaflin, 3 days man and team, self 3 days 24.00 Fred Rumrill, 14 hours, man and team 7.78 Elmer Stevens, 14 hours man and team 7.78 A. Bannister, 32 hours labor 8.00 John Jones, 32 hours labor 8.00 Roger Droughs, 32 hours labor 8.00 George Foss, 23 hours labor 6.75 John'Jones, 5 days labor 11.25 A. Miles, 3 days labor 15.00 24

Sept.

1

8

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82

R. R. Farnsworth A Shappy, 3 days on drills R. Wiley, 5 days labor A. Banister, 6 days labor R. Drough, 6 days labor Gro. Foss, 5 3-9 days labor F. A. Lewis, 6 days labor M. Maloney, 2 days , 5 hours labor F. Fisher, 3 days labor F. Maloney, 2 days, 5 hours labor R. Maloney, 2 days, 5 hours labor Sam. Kingston, 4 days labor Fred Rumrill, 6 days man and team S. L. Stevens, man and team 1 day A. Miles, 6 days with steam drill Roy Farnsworth, 6 days as blacksmith A. Shappy, 6 days with drill gang Roger Drough, 42 hours labor A. F. Bannister, 45 hours labor J. A. Lewis, 54 hours labor F. Fisher, 6 days labor Sam Kingston, 6 days labor R. Willey, 4 days labor G. Foss, 3 days labor George Kingston, 3 days labor John Kennedy, 45 hours labor S. L. Stevens, 35 hours man and team Fred Rumrill, 3 days man and team A. Miles, 3 days steam drill R. R. Farnsworth, 3 days labor Tom Farnsworth, 3 days labor R. Drough, 47 hours labor A. F. Bannister, 52 hours labor F. A. Lewis, 43 hours labor F. Fisher, 18 hours labor John Kennedy, 27 hours labor R. Willey, 25 hours labor George Foss, 18 hours labor Eugene Kingston, 52 hours labor L. Cady, 27 hours labor S. L. Stevens, 27 hours man and team labor Fred Rumrill, man and team 25 hours labor R. Drough, 6 days labor 25

9.48 7.50 11.25 13.50 13.50 12.00 13.50 5.75 6.75 5.75 5.75 9.00 30.00 5.00 30.00 18.96 15.00 10.50 11.25 13.50 13.50 13.50 9.00 6.75 6.75 15.75 19.44 15.00 15.00 9.48 7.50 11.75 13.00 10. 75 4.50 9.45 6.25 4.50 13.00 6.75 15.00 13.89 13.50

Oct.

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 4 97 6 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 13 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 110J

mi Oct. 27 112| 113J 114 115 1-16 117 118 119 120

A. F. Banister, 3 days labor 6.75 F. A. Lewis, 5 days labor , . 11.25 F. Fisher, 6 days labor 13.50 R. Willey, 1 day labor : 2.25 G. Foss, 2 days labor 4.50 E. Kingston, 5 days labor 11.25 Leon Cady, 6 days labor 13.50 Fred Rumrill, 6 days man and team 30.00 P. Bennett, 5 days labor 11.25 Glenn Tracy, 5 days man and team 25.00 Will Stevens, self, man and team 2 1-2 days 14.50 E. S. McGlaflin, 27 days and 5 hours supt. 82.67 E. S. McGlaflin, 22 days, 8 hours man and team 114.44 Peck Brothers, dynamite, etc. 82.25 B. A. Denny, 116 load gravel 5.80 Smith and Somerville, dynamite 81.50 Glenn Tracy, 9 hours man and team labor 5 .00 P. Bennett, 9 hours labor 2.25 Fred Fisher, 4 days labor 9.00 F. Lewis, 3 days labor 6.75 Will Stevens, self, man and team 18 hours labor 14.50 Duke & Harrigan, per bill 15.96 C. O. Osha, valve for boiler 2.35 F. A. Lewis, 6 days labor 13.50 F. Fisher, 6 days labor 13.50 A. Banister, 6 days labor 13.50 L. Cady, 5 days labor 11-25 Geo. Foss, 4 days labor, self and team 5 hours 11.78 Will Stevens, self, man and team 3 days 21.75 R. Drough, 3 days labor 6.75 Fred Rumrill, 4 days man and team and 1-2 cd. wood 25.00 E. S. McGlaflin, 10 days 1 hour, self, man and team 9 days 75.34 E. E. Howes, plank 3.00 A. F. Banister, labor 23.50 F. Fisher, 10 days, 3 hours labor 23.25 R. Drough, 10 day? labor 22.50 W. K. Wheatley, 5 days labor 11.25 L. Cady, 3 days labor ' 6.75 Glenn Tracy, self, man and team 2 days 14.50 Fred Rumrill, man and team 10 days, 5 hours 52. 78 Barney Marble Co., dynamite, etc. 50.75 W. D. Plastridge, guard rail 141.85

26

Nov.

3 121 A. J. Donley, 3 days painting 9.00 122 E. S. McGlaflin, self 14 days, 5 hours labor man and team 12 days, 5 hours labor 106.45 123 A. F. Banister, 9 days labor 20.25 124 F. Fisher, 11 days, labor 24.75 125 R. Drough, 8 days. 8 hours, labor 20.00 126 W. K. Wheatley, 11 days: labor, glass and repairing windows and cash E. Shaw 26.25 127 G. Foss, 7 1-2 days labor 16.67 128 F. Rumrill, 10 days man and team 50.00 129 Glenn Tracy, 4 day^ man and team 20.00 130 Will Stevens, 7 days man and team 35.00 17 131 F. Fisher, 6 days, labor 13.50 132 W. Wheatley, 6 days labor ' 13.50 133 L. Cady, 2 days labor 4.20 134 A. F. Banister, 6 days labor 13.50 135 R. Drough, 6 days labor 13.50 136 G. Foss, 5 days labor 11.25 137 A. J. Donley, 2 days labor 6.00 138 F. Rumrill, 1 day self and team 5.00 139 W. H. Douglass", dynamite, etc. 10.00 24 140 Glenn Tracy, man 6 day;- self and team 7 days, and 5 hours labor 51.28 Dec. 1 141 Duke & Harrigan, spikes 2.40 142 G. C. Sanborn, paint • 31.70 143 S. W. Winch, as per bill 11.10 144 C. S. Field, 300 cedar post,60.00 145 W. D. Plastridge, plank 18.76 8 146 G. Bailey, 223 loads gravel 11.15 147 E. N. Rock, 90 loads gravel 4.50 148 R. Drough, 1 day labor 2.25 13 149 Peck Bros., dynamite, fuses, etc. 37.50 150 Cross Bros,., oil 1.70 151 Fred Fuller, team 3.89 18 152 H. W. Orser, coal 64.87 153 G. R. Andrewt, wire 2.00 154 Reynolds and Son, steam drill 11.36 155 Town Waterbury, use of steam drill 10.29 156 E. S. McGlaflin, 15 days labor, man and team 2 days labor 55.00 27

13.08

157 E. S. McGlaflin, supplies

$3,056.41 Regular maintenance of miles at $10 per mile Claude L. Morse, Treasurer, in account with town of Northfield, Permanent Road Fund Dr. $ 61.38 3,100.00

To cash last report To money borrowed To money from State:—• 5 per cent. Highway tax State aid Special State aid

$701.83 750.00 839.71

200.00

200.00 556.89

165.00

721.89

Unselected highways, "Legier Hill" 294.00

+654.00

948.00

Patrolling 5 miles

5 per cent.

82.56

State Aid

250.00

Balance of expense 2,291.54 750.00 22.24 29.41

To money from town to secure State aid To cash for supplies sold To money from general fund (interest)

20

$6,254.57

Oiling State highway in Village limits 150.00

250.00 91.70

674.26

219.66

369.66

$3902.99 $1608.00 $561.36 $6072.35 *Over $200.00 of this amount, in cash and labor, has been contributed by citizens.

Cr.

By By By By

$ 2.19 3,043.33 3,147.97 61.08

outstanding order paid current orders paid • notes and interest paid ca&h

$6,254.57

Orders Drawn by Overseer of Poor 1917—1918 1917

No.

Mar.

8 1 2 12 3 4 5

Table showing money expended for and on Permanent or State Highways in the Town of Northfield during the year 1917 with comparative amounts contributed 5 per cent, money State Aid Special Aid Resurfacing

State $701.83 750.00 839.71 78.00 28

Town

Village

Total

$750.00 39.00

$3,041.54 117.00

21 6

Apr.

27 4 9 11

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

! 3 15

Mrs. Hiram Sanders Mary McKeefe Mary Con way Bridget Doyle Hannah McCarty Joseph Madden Overseer of Poor, Essex Vt. Mary McKeefe F. G. Fisher H. A. Whitney, M. D. E. L. Kerr Mrs. Hiram Sanders Mrs. Carl R. Fernau C. P. Hatch Mrs. Plinny LaForest 29

$25.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.40 6.00 85.00 30.00 23.99 25.00 10.00 39.00 3.00

20

16 17 18 23 19 20 23 21 22 23 24 28 25 30 26 27 28 May 1 29 5 30 31 32 33 7 34 35 9 36 10 37 38 11 39 40 14|f41 17 42 43 44 22 45 29 46 47 48 49 50 31 51 52 June 1 53 4 54 55 6 56 9 57 58

J. H. Judkins, M. D. C. P. Hatch Whitney & Co. Northfield Coal Co. Hannah McCarty Bridget Doyle Mary Conway Mrs. Frank Relation Dominic Falzarano W. H. Dillingham John B. Houston Clarence Cameron A. H. Cook B. A. Denny W. H. Moriarty Mary McKeefe Northfield Coal Co. Clark & Devine Mrs. P. M. Cleveland Lizzie M. Kerr Mrs. C. R. Fernau Charles Predix G. W. Cady Leland Wrisley Guy Coburn GjElamfBailey Mary Rowe H. W. Davis T. B. Cannon Mrs. Hiram Sanders Eliza Holland Evelyn M. Friend Not ui,ed Northfield Coal Co. W. H. Dillingham B. A. Denny W. O. Pride C. L. Pervier Mrs. Mary Rowe Mary McKeefe Mrs. Hiram Sanders Mrs. Lewisf.Pochetti Maria Boufelli 30

17.00 12.00

11

62.00

11.50 10.00 10.00 10.00 .75 2.50

13 18

40.00

5.00 1.75 19.26 11.70 83.46

20 23 29 30 July 2

6.00 13.30 7.50 42.75 30.00

3 9

10.00 3.00 3.82 2.50 3.95 6.00 5.00 3.00 2.00

10 12 13 14 16 21 25

35.00 20.00

9.50

m

10.46 43.33

8.04 10.00 3.50 1.00 6.00 25.00 35.00

6.65

Aug.

26 3 4

6

59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Wo 101

Overseer of Poor, Montpelier Duke & Harrigan E. L. Kerr Ned C. Ray W. J. Kingston Hannah McCarty Bridget Doyle Mary Conway Fanny Allen Hospital Mrs. H. L. Cheney Mary Rowe A. Daneluzzi Mrs. Lewis Pochetti C. L. Pervier Mrs. George Foss Mary McKeefe Mary Fletcher hospital J. H. Judkins, M. D. H. A. Whitney M. D. C. P. Lambert George Jerry George W. Dillingham Rabidou Lumber Co. Mrs. W. H. Dillingham George FOS.S B. A. Denny A. H. Cook P. D. Lee Whitney & Co. Gertrude Jeffrey Overseer of Poor, Chelsea Mary Rowe John Houston B. A. Denny George W. Cady Mary McKeefe Mrs. W. H. Dillingham E. L. Kerr Boyles & Holton Northfield Coal Co. F. B. Hutchins A. M. Cutler W. W. Hartwell

31

147.50 140.58 10.21 6.30 96.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 29.00 1.05 5.00 74.00 10.00 2.00 8.53 10.00 22.22 22.77 26.00 7.98 1.25 31.40 1.75 41.66 1.70 10.50 44.46 31.17 48.22 1.00 51.01 00 00 12.72 15 00 41.66 9.08 3.22 10.45

76.03 8.85 13.71

9 10 21 23 27 28 Sept. 4 5 7 19 26 Oct.

2 3

5

10 16 16 19

102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 14J 141 142 143 144

H. A. Whitney, M. D. C. A. Ordway Duke & Harrigin F. L. Stevens George C. Sanborn Northfield Fruit store Ned C. Ray & Co. Mrs.. Lewis Pochetti \V. H. Moriarty Boyles & Holton Mary Conway Hannah McCarty Bridget Doyle Northfield Coal Co. Whitney & Co. John Houston B'. A. Denny Mrs. Lewis Pochetti A. H. Cook Mary McKeefe J. M. Donahue E, H. Bancroft E. H. Bancroft Mrs. Lewis Pochetti B. A. Denny Dr. Welch Mrs. Lewis Pochetti Mrs. George Foss E. L. Kerr George W. Cady W. H. Dillingham D. H. Sployd John Houston Mrs. W. S. Humphrey Mary McKeefe Mary Conway Bridget Doyle Hannah McCarty Duke & Harrigan H. A. Whitney M. D. Mrs. Lewis Pochetti W. H. Hurley M. D. W. G. Huntley 32

18.00

4.00 40.03 12.55 43.17 1.40 8.27 10.00 72.31 12.70 10.00 10.00 10.00 244.05 6.19 5.00 5.34 40.00 41.04 5.00 33.80 60,00 8.55 10.00 8.46 2.00

10.00 14.66 6.85 3.25 83.33 118.00 5.00 1.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 57.74 19.00 10.00 30.50 8.50

20 145 W. K. Wheatley 26 146 J. George Duffany 147 Eliza M. Holland 31 148 A. E. Plastridge Nov. 2 149 Rabidou Lumber Co. 3 150 Mrs. Lewis Pochetti 151 Mrs. John Yacovoni 5 152 E. L. Kerr 153 Northfield Publishing Co. 9 154 Mary McKeefe 10 155 Halsey W. Clark 12 156 Ambrose Larowe 157 T. B. Cannon 158 Mrs. Lewis Pochetti 159 C. P. Hatch 15 160 Mrs. John Yacovoni 161 Whitney & Co. 19 162 H. W. Davis 163 Joseph Madden 164 Warren S. Clark 165 W. H. Jones 166 C. S. Richmond & Son 24 167 Mrs. John Yacovoni 27 168 Mrs. A. Donaluzzi 169 Mrs. Lewis Pochetti Dec. 3 170 Mrs. John Yacovoni 171 Mary McKeefe 172 Mrs. W. H. Dillingham 173 Mary Conway 174 Bridget Doyle 7 175 F. B. Hutchins 13 176 Mrs. John Yacovoni 177 Mrs. Lewis Pochetti 178 Mary Rowe 18 179 Mrs. John Yacovoni 180 Mrs. Lewis Pochetti 19 181 O. C. Williams 21 182 W. H. Moriarty 183 H. A. Whitney M. D. 24 184 Mrs. John Yacovoni 26 185 W. H. Dillingham 186 E. A. Austin 28 187 Mrs. Lewis Pochetti 33

4.25 1.50 25.00 29.16 2.64 10.00 10.00 6.26 1.25 5.00 10.00 10.20 10.00 10.00 41.75 10.00 48.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 8.25 10.00 33.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 83.34 5.00 5.00 71.12 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 12.00 12.00 97.12 17.00 12.00 20.95 5.00 10.00

1918 Jan.

2 188 189 3 190 7 191 8 192 193 9 194 195 196 12 197 198 199 14 200 201 22 202 203 204 205 206 25 207 26 208 209 28 210 211 212 213 214 29 215 216 30 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 31 226 227 228 229

Mrs. John Yacovoni J. C. McCarty E. L. Kerr Mrs. George Foss Mary McKeefe Whitney & Co. Clark & Devine A. M. Cutler & Co. Overseer of poor, Chelsea Mrs. John Yacovoni Mrs. Lewis Pochetti Dora M. Clifford Boyles & Holton W. H. Dillingham Mrs. Lewis Pochetti Mrs. John Yacovoni Dora M. Clifford Mary Conway Bridget Doyle D. H. Sployd Duke & Harrigan W. R. Goodcourage D. Johnson M. D. The Heaton hospital E. L. Cross F. E. Reed W. H. Dillingham W. H. Dillingham Guy S. Coburn W. H. Moriarty J. A. McMann E. L. Kerr F. B. Hiitchins Northfield Coal Co. Northfield Publishing Co. Boyles & Holton Clough & Howes A. H. Cook Northfield Pharmacy C. S. Richmond & Son Mrs. George Fogs H. A. Whitney M. D. 34

10.00 16.00 4.47 20.95 5.00 21.00 11.75 3.90 91.61 10.00 10.00 6.00 58.50 41.66 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 16.00 67.46 10.00 61.25 67.50

9.65 10.88 41.67 37.23 5.00 56.20 8.97 2.00 1.92 24.55 2.00 8.9Q 47.7o 41.65 19.3s 35.74 7.?8 18.25

Feb.

230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 23.8 239 2 240 241 242 243 244 245

13.25 6.65 57.53 16.75 24.75 7.90 3.02 10.00 5.00 5.00 78.15 4.00 3.00 8.00 28.90 5.00

J. H. Judkins M. D. M. E. Chase A. E. Bryant E. S. Devine W. H. Hurley, M. D. C. P. Hatch W. J. Fraser Mrs. Jphn Yacovoni Mary McKeefe Mrs,. Lewis Pochetti W. B. Mayo M. D. Fred Fuller Fred M. Shepherd J. C. McCarty Heaton hospital Mrt. Lewis Pochetti Amount of orders drawn

,100.61

Expended for Relief of Poor at the Town Home Provision:., stock and feed Fuel Furnishings and repairs Labor Professional services and drugs Funeral services Insurance Telephone Northfield News ;i Veterinary

$1,015.50 419.66 113.80 516.80 120.05 42.00 29.16 12.00 1.25 2.00 $2,272.25

Stock and produce sold from the home Received from former Overseer

$134.81 7.59 142.40

Net expended at the home

$2,129.85

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Expended for the Relief of the Poor Outside the Home FrankjAbbott William Moran Hiram Sanders Mary Conway Bridget Doyle Hannah McCarty McCarty baby Frank McCarty Peter Boardman Peter Bush Frank Friend Lewis' Shontell Godfrey Milo James. Lackey Horace Bliss Bertha Merrill John B. Houston Mary Rowe Mrs. William Davidson Guy Colburn Ella Berry J. A. Williams John Kennedy Mrs. Harry Fowler Mrs. Carl Fernau Mrs. Louis Pochetti Albert Perry A. J. Boardman (Chelsea) Lena Kennedy Lewis Swan Mrs. John Yacovoni Galagher Boy Pliny LaForest Joseph Madden Harry McKeefe Fred Shepard Helen Sullivan Frank Blodgett David Gonyou Appointing guardian Anna Knapp Dora and Helen Clifford

169.00 96.25 34.65 60.00 60.00 45.00 34.00 10.40 203.48 49.20 11.02 8.25 311.68 12.25 152.25 45.15 256.50 20.35 141.00 7.75 44.51 65.25 99.20 66.50 20.00 258.95 41.24 142.62 10.90 2.25 195.47 3.84 25.95 7.75 2.00 3.00 33.80 68.55 67.50 20.95 19.95

Total expended outside the home 36

$2,828.36

Cash received from the McCarty case John Houston William Milo Joseph Yatter Frank Blodgett Albert Perry

$41.40 29.69 56.06 56.06 60.00 4.88 $248.09

Net total expended for relief of the poor

$2,580.27 $4,710.12

Claude L. Morse, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Northfield, Poor Department

Dr. To cash last report To cash from general fund To cash from Overseer of Poor

$148.54 4,800.00 390.49 $5,339.03

Cr. By outstanding orders paid By current orders paid By cash

$ 85.96 4,925.31 327.76 $5,339.03

Claude L. Morse, Treasurer in account with Ministerial Fund Dr.

To cash last report To cash from land rent collected

$

.04 38.46

$38.50 By cash By cash By cas>h By cash

Cr. paid Saint Mary's Church paid Saint John's Church paid Methodist Church paid Congregational Church 37

$7.70 7.70 7.70 7.70

7.70

By caah paid Universalist Church

C. S. Kimball O. F. Preston Fred A. Jones Numan Smead

1.50

Claude L. Morse, Treasurer in account with Grammar School Fund

5.00 2.40 2.00 12.50

By cash retained for licensing 167 dogs at 15c By cash paid into general fund

26.90 25.05 162.55

Dr. $6( .85

To land rent collected

$214.50

Cr, $60.85

By cath paid Graded School District

Orders Drawn By James B. Sargent, Secretary

Claude L. Morse, Treasurer in account with School Fund Dr. To cash received from land rent collected

§117 , 78

Cr. By cash paid Graded School Dir-trict By cash paid Town School District

MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS

$50.48 67.30 $117.78

Claude L. Morse, Town Clerk and Treas. in account with Dog Fund

1917 Feb. 15 Apr. 2 27 July 19 Aug. 29 Oct. 15 23 Nov. 9 21 Dec. 8 24

$157.00

15.00 18.00 8.00 4.00 12.50

$ 7.50 5.00 61.60 43.19 35.25 25.00 50. 80 4.00 11.80 3.50 30.25

1918 Jan. 21

Dr. To cash for licensing 157 dogt, at $1 To cash for licensing 5 dogt at 3 To cash for licensing 3 dogs at 6 To cash for licensing 1 dog at 8 To cash fo- licencing 1 dog at 4 To cash from F. L. Tracy for sheep killed by dog

No. 1 C. A. Ordway, labor 2 Northfield Publishing Co., order book 3 James B. Sargent, shrubs, freight and cartage 4 Northfield National Bank, interest 5 J. P. Thornton, labor 6 F. L. Howe, balance on wall 7 Northfield National Bank, payment with interest 8 Northfield Publishing Co., 300 deeds 9 C. A. Ordway, labor 10 Center Village Water Co., water rent 11 C. A. Ordway, labor

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12 13 14 15 16 17

Northfield National Bank, interest Northfield National Bank, payment with interest C. A. Ordway, labor C. A. Ordway, labor Northfield National Bank, payment with interest A. L. Clark, breaking roads 18 James B. Sargent, postage, etc.

37.50 30.34 16.75 10.95 25.12 4.00 2.82 $405.37

$214.50 Indebtedness has been reduced $100.

Cr. By orders paid Fred Sears

$5.00 38

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Claude L. Morse, Treasurer in account with Center Cemetery Fund Dr. 1917 To cash last report To cash from cemetery commissioners for lots sold, Alex Garland Donald Coletti F. E. Morrill William Garland Ella L. Eddy Flora Clark George P. Sanders P. W. Davi; Charles P. Milne Fred and Edward Pombar Arthur E. Bryant

$66.79 $5.00 12.00 20.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 15.00 35.00 35.00 50.00 50.00 $282,00 20,00 1,50 45.00

To cash for land rented To cash for shrubs sold To cash for granite curbing sold

$415.29 Cr. By current order' paid By cash

$362.48 52.81 $415.29

Following is a statement of the condition of the funds in the hands of the Town Treasurer, the income of which is to be used for the perpetual care of cemetery lots.

Joel Simons, fund Mary H. and Van Ness Spaulding fund Francis D. Henry, fund Alonzo Leonard, fund Nichols-Willey, fund 0. I. Whittaker, fund Caroline Keyes, fund 1. W. Brown, fund J. A. S. White, fund Gold-Wiley, fund Warren Briggs, fund Fannie Adams, fund Samuel Dodge, fund Ira Williams, fund Alice P. Miller, fund Patrick Brown, fund F- C. & J. p. Dyke, fund

$50.00 75.00 25.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 40

$60.94 83.18 25.12 120.94 150.20 125.09 55.72 56.07

189.19 118.05 51.06 100.35 50.00 50.00 19.79 384.73 193.57 100.00 57.69 115.88 25.12 52.65 52.65 51.14 103.33

Report of S. H. Kent, Health Officer, for the Town of Northfield There has; been reported to me during the year 1917, 35 deaths, the lowest number for 18 years. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES There has been reported to the Health Officer the following cases: Measles, 361 cases; scarlet fever 6, chicken pox 11, German measles 2, whooping cough 15, diptheria 1, small pox 3. SLAUGHTER HOUSE On inspection found in good condition. SCHOOL BUILDINGS On inspection found to be in good condition. Respectfully submitted:

Original Amt. Now on hand James Collins, fund Lucius Edson, fund George S. Edson, fund Kemp-Maxham, fund William Hunt fund A. A. Preston, fund Lavanna Eggleston, fund A. H. Darling, fund

150.00 100.00 50.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 15.00 300.00 150.00 100.00 50.00 100.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 100.00

S. H. KENT, Health Officer. Claims of Town Officers Claude L. Morse, treasurer G. R. Andrews, selectman 41

$30.00 25.00

84.25 60.00 118.00

Fred A. JoneS:, selectman O. F. Preston; selectman Wm. H. Dillingham, overseer of poor Wm. H. Hardin, auditor Fj M. Bearing, auditor EJ L. Field, auditor

Feb. 20 Nov. 14 Nov. 29 Jan. 11 Jan. 15 Jan. 26 Feb.

10.00 10.00 12.00

1916 1916 1916 1918 1918 1918 1918

600.00 750.00 2,000.00 3,500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 150.00

$349.25

$28,225.70 Summary Liabilities Selectmen's orders outstanding

1908

• •it\ y i j 1917

Assets

$

.25 .75 1057'. 81

$1058.81 Road Commissioners orders outstanding 1911 1917

$ 2.62 26.68

Overseer's orders outstanding Cemetery orders outstanding Permanent Road orders outstanding 1916 1917

$48.00 13.08

Witness fees unpaid' Town officers claims Notes held by the Northfield National Bank Cemetery note Oct. 30, 1915 Sept. 15 1917 • U. S. Deport Aug. 3 1917 Concrete Bridge, May. 4, 1915 Concrete Bridge, May 4 1915 Notes Savings Bank ,es held neiu by u.y the m^ Northfield *. -i Fund T?...,^ Jan. Tor, 13 13 1906 Town General 1906 July 25 1915 Dec. 6, 1915 Dec. 18 1916 Jan. 22 1916 Jan. 26

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29.30 175.30 42.89

61.08 14.67 349.12 $125.00 1500.00 1625.00 5,000.00 2,000.00 5,000.00

Cash in hands of Treasurer General fund Highway Department Poor Department Cemetery fund Permanent Road Inventory of Town Home 229 Town histories

$1,122.35 170.13 327.76 52.81 61.08 $3,745.30 114.50 Snow plow, wheel scraper, new road machine, 2 old road machines, derrick, 3 new road rollers and 5 old rollers 710.00 Hearse 200.00 Bridge plank 50.00 Steam drill and extras 135.00 Bridge timber and guard raik50.00 2 second hand iron bridges ''• 300.00 Tax receipts, general fund $499.14 Highway department 51.89 • 551.03 20,635.74

Liabilities in excess of assets

$28,225.70 1,500.00 269.53 500.00 500.00 500.00 600.00

Net debt 1918 Net debt 1917

$20,635.74 16,546.23

Increase

.51 43

AUDITORS' REPORT The undersigned auditors for the town of Northfield, have this day completed their work and would respectfully report that they believe the foregoing to be a correct statement of the financial condition of the several departments of the town, the same having been obtained after a careful examination of the books , accounts and vouchers kept by the officers of the Town of Northfield F. M. BEARING, E. L. FIELD, W. H. HARDIN, Auditors. Dated at Northfield, Vt., February 13, 1918

Brown Public Library Report for 1917 Circulation of books. 12,330 Largest weekly circulation 297 Books added 367 Of these, 107 volumes were presented by the family of Col. I.ra L. Reeves and 17 were gifts from other sources'. The Reading Room has been supplied with periodicals by gifts from Mr. G. W. Brown and the Ladies' Reading Circle. The Library it used constantly by the young people of the town, The boys and girls of the High and Graded schools come in large numbers to the library and reading room and the teachers look to the library for material for their work in the class room. Early in the school year "Library Day" wae observed by Grade 6, 7 and 8. And all of the English classes of the H. S. were taken to the Library to listen to talkc on the use of the library, thus increasing the desired spirit of cooperation between the library and the publis schools. Brown Public Library

Feb.

REIMBURSEMENT $40.65 5 By cash on hand Town appropriation 800.00 Received from fines 45.00 Received from Ladies Reading Circle for binding Harpers 2.00 Received from Ellen L. Brown for books 1.58

EXPENDITURES Feb. 13 To paid Geo. C. Sanborn Mar. 19 To paid Geo. C. Sanborn 27 To paid Bobbs Morrill Co. 27 To paid C. M. Goodrich 29 To paid H. R. Huntting Co. 31 To paid Northfield Pub. Co. Apr. 3 To paid R. F. Britain 9 To paid The Outlook Co. 14 To paid H. R. Huntting Co. May 1 To paid Ellen L. Brown 14 To paid John L. Moseley 16 To paid D. Falazarano 18 To paid Village Elec. Lgt. 19 To paid Vt. Bookbinding Co. 19 To paid McDevitt Wilsons Inc. June 20 To paid Nfld. Coal Co. To paid Winthrop Packard 25 To paid E. S. Devine July 1 TS paid John L. Moseley To paid A. R. Womrath Inc. To paid G. P. Putnam Sons Aug. 11 To paid F. N. Carpenter, supt. 17 To paid Village Elec. Dept. 22 To paid H. R. Huntting Co. 23 To paid Ray Hazelton 25 To paid John L. Moseley Sept. 1 To paid Ellen L. Brown 10 To paid A. M. Cutler Oct. 10 To paid John L. Moseley 19 To paid F. N. Carpenter, supt. Nov. 1 To paid John L. Moseley 2 To paid Geo. W. Cady 19 To paid W. J. McGlaflin 27 To paid Village Elec. Dept. 27 To paid John L. Moseley 27 To paid Library Bureau 1918 Jan. 2 To paid Ellen L. Brown 10 To paid W. J. McGlaflin, acct. Mrs. Brewer To paid W. J. McGlaflin, acct. Mr. Brewer 11 To paid Gaylord Bros.

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$40.00 17.00 1.86 7 .23 3 .41 2 .00 1..01 3. 35 3.26 51.40 60.00 1.50 12.14 19.50 4.01 96.85 1.50 96.47 15.00 34.35 7.50 6.76 5.98 1.20 1.00 30.00 52.80 .35 15.00 7.38 15.00 4.25 2.00 8.80 15.00 3.61 52.80 3.35 1.50 2.15

To paid Chas. H. Brewer, work on furnace To paid F. N. Carpenter, supt. To paid Chas. H. Brewer, work on furnace To paid postage To paid H. R. Huntting Co. To paid A. R. Wamrath Inc. 8 To paid E. A. Merriam 9 To paid Cha3'. H. Brewer, work on furnace 12 To paid Village Elec. Dept. To paid cash on hand

12 16 22 Feb. 1

25.00 3.38 25.00 .48 26.53 19-55 43.10 25.15 - 12.50 .27 .23

F. J. MORI ARTY, Treat.

Estimated Expense and Tax Rate for 1918 As per vote in Town Meeting last year, the Selectmen would respectfully submit to the voters in the Town of Northfield an estimate of the expenses for the ensuing year: Officers services and elections Interest Driving Hearse Winter roads Vital statistics Forest fires Highways Bridges Printing Rent Repairs of Town Home Town clock Health department Relief of the Poor Legal services Taxee State State highway State School County Farm Bureau

$1,200.00 1,300.00 30.00 2,000.00 30.00 50.00 500.00 3,500.00 225.00 200.00 1,000.00 25.00 500.00 6,000.00 300.00 $3600.00 900.00 1,800.00 180.00 80.00

Johnson Annuity Lighting bridge and Town Clerk's office Appropriations Memorial Day Band Brown Library State Aid

6560.00 360.00 30.00 $50.00 150.00 800.00 750.00 1750.00 150.00 50.00 240.00

Postage, supplies and repairs Telephone and transportation Miscellaneous

$26,000.00 The grapd list will be approximately $18,000.00. A tax of $1.50 on the dollar will raise ($27,000.00 less 5 per cent, for discount to taxpayers and collecting) $25,600.00 A tax rate of $1.50, at least, will be necessary to provide for the general expenses of the town, without making any provisions for paying indebtedness 46

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1918-WARNING The inhabitants of the town of Northfield, who are legal voters in Town Meetings, are hereby notified and warned to meet in Armory Hall, in the Village of Northfield, on Tuesday, March 5 , A. D. 1918, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to hear and act on the following matters, to wit: Art.

1. To hear and act on the several reports of town officers.

Art. 2. Shall the selectmen be empowered and authorized to appoint one or two road commissioners? Art.

3. To elect all requisite town officers.

Art. 4. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a. sum of money for Brown Library, and if so, how much? Art. 5. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money for highway purposes in addition to the amount required by law to take advantage of the State Aid Law, and if so, how much? Art. 6. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for expenses of Memorial Day, and if so, how much Art. 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the Northfield Cornet Band for public concerts, and if so, how much? Art. 8. To raise money to defray the current expenses of the town and pay its indebtedness; also for State, County, State School and State Highway Taxes. Art. 9. Shall Washington County establish a tuberculosis hospital and issue its bonds therefor in accordance with the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of 1917, entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of County Hospitals for tuberculosis? Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to authorize its selectmen to borrow money to defray the expenses of the town in anticipation of the revenue to be provided by taxation. Art. 11. To vote upon the. folio wing questions: Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquor? Shall license of the fifth class be granted in this town? Art. 12. To do any other business proper to be done when met. O. F. PRESTON, G. R. ANDREWS, FRED A. TONES, Northfield, Vermont, February 18, A. D. 1918.

Selectmen.