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~ THE YEAR 1883 ~ Source of information - 222 nd Annual Report of the Selectman of Marlborough
Note: Some of these items are shown in chart for;
In the original report they are not in chart form;
I have done this for ease of reading*****The Tax Rate for the Year 1883 - $21.00 per thousand evaluation*****
STATISTICTS
| Population of Marlborough May 1882 | 10,040 |
| Number of children between 5 and 15 | 2,167 |
| Total enrollment in Public Schools | 2,365 |
| Number attending school over 15 years | 82 |
| Number attending school under 5 years | 5 |
| Number of schools | 41 |
| number of teachers required | 45 |
| Number of teachers employed during the year | 59 |
| Appropriation for schools | $25,500.00 |
| Expendidturesof Appropriation | $21,625.89 |
| Balance unexpended | $3,874.11 |
| Costper pupil (tuition, fuel, janitors ) | $8.25 |
| Gatesfund (Town Note) | $2,000.00 |
| FarmSchool Fund (Town Note) | $660.00 |
| Balance of fund unexpended | $368.15 |
STATE AID State Aid has been paid for the following named persons, in monthly installments, the aggregate amounts indicated. The whole amount will reimbursed by the State
ThomasAhern IsabellaG. Barnes Wm.Baker Win.Barnes JosephW. Barnes HannahCarter MattliewDuaan CharlotteM. Exley OwenEagan RuthB. Goodnow ElizaHenry JohnHarrinaton CharlesKurtz Wm.C. Hemenway MelindaC. Howe JohnKelleher M.J . Lynch SmithJ. Lee DennisMcCarty EllenMcDermott ToniMclNfahone JamesO'Donnell NevinsonStone AnrelineW. Smith Wm.A. Shute MargaretSheehan MichaelWard EbenS. Winn CarolineMitchell ElizaHaley W.S. Dunn A.S. Smith AdolphusPorter Jos.P. Richardson Wm.Hayes TimothyQuinn AbigailFrench Total $1,397.00 MILITARY AID MILITARY AID, Paid by the Selectmen; monthly, to the following named persons, one-half of which will be refunded by the State
DanielMoynihan JeremiahSullivan RichardMurphy JohnJordon MichaelHarris JohnFeeley JohnMcSweeney WilliamCunningham EdwardGoggin TimothyO'Callaghan MichaelReardon PatrickO'Brien ThomasB. Brigham JohnG. Hodgdon JohnDonovan ThomasMahoney JohnCollins GeorgeCharon MichaelGately JohnGallagher JedediahMorse FrankPaul GeorgeG Brigham JamesMadden Nelson.S. Crocker ThomasBeach DennisLinnehan MichaelTobin Total $1,354.00 SIDEWALKS
By authority given under articles 21 . and 40 of theTown Warrant at the April meeting, the Selectmen havebuilt ,gravel sidewalks
On west side of Broad Street, extending from Main to Lincoln Street, at a cost of $204.00
And on the east side of Florence Street, from Main to Florence Court, at a cost of $65.00
We have laid 761 1/3 yards of concrete at .60 cents per yard, amounting to $456.80
And re-covered 285 yards at .40 cents per yard, amounting to $114.00
Also re-covered 125 yards at .30 cents per yard, amounting to $37.50The Town Treasurer has received from abutters, where concrete walks were put in, $359.52
Repairs have been made on the gravel walks on Main, Prospect, Liberty, South, East Main and Elm Streets.
The amounts paid for labor and material on Side-walks are ,W. A. Walker, foreman, $537.28
John Lynch, for stone, $6.40
Joseph Smith, grading and concreting, $378.60
Charles O'Grady, grading and concreting, $231.7 0
Wm. G. Ellis, foreman, $115.86
Wm. Bevan, labor on iron work, $7.04
S. P. Litchfield, for stone, $21.10
O. P. Walker, labor and material, $40.15
Ephraim Howe, labor, $1 5.00Total expenditures, $1,343.13
PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE TOWN
PROPERTY OWNED BY TIME TOWN
AND ESTIMATED VALUETown Hall building, $70,000; land, 6,000 (on Main St.)
Hildreth street school house, 10,000; land, 1,500 (new - was on Hildreth St.)*
Bigclow school house 10,000; land, 2,200 (new - was on corner of Mt. Pleasant/West Main)*
High School House, 6,000; common, 4,000 (new - was on the corner of Rawlins/Main)*
Washington street school house, 5,000; land 1,500 (new - was on the corner of Washington and Bolton)*
Pleasant street school house, 6,000; land, 2,500 (new - was #2 was on the corner of Pleasant/Elm now a parking lot)*
Farm District school house and land, 1,000 (old #9 - was on Farm Rd. on now Trombetta Florist property)
Goodale District school house and land, 1,000 (old #10 - corner of Concord/West Main, now a parking lot)*
Cork street District school house and land, 2,500 (new - was on Greenwood St.)
South District school house and land, 3,500 (unknown)
Williams District school house and land, 1,000 (old #3 - was on Williams/Forrest)
Rice District school house and land, 1,000 (old #4 - was on the corner of Glen/Rt. 20)*
Warren District school house and land, 1,000 (unknown)
Robin Hill District school house and land, 1,000 (old #6 - on Robin Hill just past Berlin intersection now I-290)
Elm street school building, 1,000 (old #5 - corner of Elm/Bigelow)
Town Farm buildings and land, 8,000 (in now Hudson on Rt. 62 recently called the Hudson Poor Farm)
Town Farm live stock and personal estate, 1,000
No. 1 Engine house and land, 1,200
No. 2 Engine house and land, 1,200
Union Hook & Ladder house and land, 3,000
Chemical house and land, 1,200
Fire Engines and attachments, 6,800Total estimated value. ............ $160,100
Respectfully Submitted,
D. W. HITCHCOCK,
JAMES T. MURPHY,
JOHN O'CONNELL,Selectman of Marlborough
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS
Whole number registered 324 Number of males 158 Number of females 164 Children of foreign parentage 152 Children of native parentage 115 Children of mixed parentage 51 Children of unknown parentage 6 White 323 Colored 1 Total 324 Number of instances of twins 8 Illegitimate 4 Number of children whose father was born in Marlborough 71 Number of children whose mother was born in Marlborough 56 Number of children whose father and mother were born in Marlboro l Number of children born in January 23 Number of children born in February 27 Number of children born in March 17 Number of children born in April 34 Number of children born in May 28 Number of children born in June 24 Number of children born in July 38 Number of children born in August 39 Number of children born in Septetember 28 Number of children born in October 24 Number of children born in November 21 Number of children born December 21 Number of children born Total 324 MARRIAGES.
Intentions issued 96 Marriages recorded 96 Number solemnized in town 84 Elsewhere in Mass. 12 First marriage grooms 80
brides 86Second marriage grooms 15
brides 8Born in Marlborough grooms 17
brides 27Born in Ireland grooms 6
brides 8Born in Canada grooms 22
brides 14Born in other places grooms51
brides 47Average age of groom 26 Average age of bride 22 Oldest groom 56 Oldest bride 42 Youngest groom 19 Youngest bride 13 Grooms whose ages exceed
brides77 Brides whose ages exceed
grooms15 Same age in years 4 Occupations Shoemakers 63 Clerks 3 Farmers 2 Agents 2 Carpenters 2 Engineers 2 No occupation -
Musician, Teamster, Operative, Ice Dealer,
Baker, Tailor, Trader, Mason, Box Maker,
Painter, Hostler, Stenographer, School Teacher,
Last Maker, Druggist, Laborer, Manufacturer,
Printer, Butcher, Hotel Keeper1 each
22SCHOOLS IN MARLBOROUGH
NAME and COST to RUN
High School $ 2,684.02 Pleasant St. School $ 4,941.00 Washington St. School $ 4,307.51 Bigelow School $ 1,479.81 Hildreth School $ 2,271.66 South St. School Cork St. School Robin Hill School Rice School Williams School Warren School Farm School