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CITY DOCUMENT, No. 6.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR AND THE
CITY GOVERNMENT OF 1895,
TOGETHER WITH THE
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
CITY OF QUINCY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
FOR THE YEAR 1894.
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City Government, 1895.
MAYOR,
WILLIAM A. HODGES.
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.
Commissioner of Public Works, WILLIAM N. EATON.
City Treasurer. CLARENCE BURGIN.
City Clerk, HARRISON A. KEITH.
Collector of Taxes, WATSON H. BRASEE.
Chief of Police, City Solicitor,
PAUL R. BLACKMUR.
JOSEPH W. HAYDEN.
Chief Engineer of Fire Department, PETER J. WILLIAMS.
City Auditor, JOHN O. HALL.
City Messenger, HARRY W. TIRRELL.
Overseer of the Poor. ZENAS S. ARNOLD.
City Physician, DR. JOHN F. WELCH.
Inspector of Milk, DR. HENRY C. HALLOWELL.
Inspector of Animals, JAMES M. CUTTING.
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ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDS ..
Assessors.
Principal Assessor,-JOHN FEDERHEN, 3d .. Assistant Assessor, Ward 1 .- WALTER R. FEGAN. Assistant Assessor, Ward 2 .- THOMAS F. DRAKE." Assistant Assessor, Ward 3 .- JOHN CURTIS, 2nd: Assistant Assessor, Ward 4 .- JAMES A. WHITE. Assistant Assessor, Ward 5 .- WILLIAM B. ORCUTT. Assistant Assessor, Ward 6 .- HORATIO N. HOLBROOK.
Board of Water Commissioners.
JOHN T. CAVANAGH,-1897. JAMES H. STETSON,-1896_ WILLIAM G. A. PATTEE,-1898.
Board of Park Commissioners.
WILLIAM B. RICE. JOHN A. MCDONNELL_ FREDERICK H. SMITH.
Board of Health.
BENJAMIN F. CURTIS,
DR. JOHN H. ASH.
TIMOTHY F. FORD.
Board of Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library.
ELLERY C. BUTLER, HARRISON A. KEITH, GEORGE W. MORTON.
WILLIAM H. PRICE, HENRY MCGRATH CHARLES T. BAKER.
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Board of Managers of Adams Academy.
CHARLES A. HOWLAND, JOHN O. HALL, JAMES L. EDWARDS. MERTON S. KEITH.
II. WALTER GRAY.
RUPERT F. CLAFLIN.
Board of Managers of Public Burial Places.
JOHN HALL, JAMES E. MAXIM, FRED F. GREEN,
JOSEPH HI. VOGEL. ELIJAH G. HALL, GEORGE H. WILSON.
Managers of Woodward Fund and Property.
WILLIAM A. HODGES, Mayor, ('LARENCE BURGIN, Treasurer, HARRISON A. KEITH, City Clerk. JOHN O. HALL, City Auditor, CHRISTOPHER A. SPEAR, elected by Council.
Registrars of Voters, .
LESTER M. PRATT Term expires May 1, 1895
EDWARD B. MARSH,
.. .. 1897
CORNELIUS MOYNIHAN ..
. . .. 1896
HARRISON A. KEITH, ex-officio.
Assistant Engineers of Fire Department.
Ward 1 .- FRANK C. PACKARD.
Ward 2 .- JOHN A. MAHONEY. Ward 3 .- WELCOME J. BLAKE. Ward 4 .- JAMES A. WHITE.
Ward 5 .- MARCENA R. SPARROW. Ward 6 .- STEPHEN H. EDWARDS.
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CITY COUNCIL.
E. W. HENRY BASS
President
CHRISTOPHER A. SPEAR
Clerk
Councilmen=at-large.
CHARLES F. ADAMS, 2nd, CHARLES H. JOHNSON, JONAS SHACKLEY,
JOHN P. BIGELOW,
EUGENE H. SPRAGUE.
Councilmen from Wards.
Ward One.
E. W. HENRY BASS,
FRED B. RICE,
THOMAS J. LAMB, JOHN M. O'BRIEN,
Ward Tico.
Ward Fire.
EDGAR F. HAYDEN,
CHARLES M. BRYANT,
HIRAM W. PHILLIPS,
NATHAN G. NICKERSON.
GEORGE A. SIDELINGER.
WALTER S. PINKHAM.
Ward Three.
Ward Six. HERBERT S. BARKER,
ALBION I. DIXON,
CHARLES H. GRINDELL,
JOHN RUSSELL,
THEODORE PARKER, LOUIS RINN.
Regular meetings on the first and third Monday of each month at 7.35 P. M.
Committees of City Council, 1895.
Finance, Accounts. Claims, Contracts and Salaries,-ADAMS, SPEAR, RICE, BIGELOW, BRYANT.
Streets, Ways, Sidewalks, Bridges and Lights,-BRYANT, SPEAR. JOHNSON, HAYDEN, LAMB, DIXON, RINN.
Public Buildings and Grounds,-SHACKLEY, NICKERSON, SPRAGUE.
Sewers and Drains, Water Supply,-RICE,. PHILLIPS, O'BRIEN, GEARY, SHACKLEY, PINKHAM, . PARKER.
Fire Department and Police,-JOHNSON, SPRAGUE, GRIN- DELL, O'BRIEN, RINN.
Ordinances, Licenses, Printing, Rules and Orders,-LAMB, SIDE- LINGER, BARKER.
Legislative Matters, Elections and Returns,-BIGELOW, DIXON, PINKHAM.
Health. Poor, State and Military Aid,-GRINDELL, HAYDEN. GEARY, PARKER, RUSSELL ..
Ward Four. MICHAEL B. GEARY,
HORACE F. SPEAR,
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
EMERY L. CRANE
SUPERINTENDENT LULL
Chairman. Secretary.
Term Expires.
At Large, DR. HENRY C. HALLOWELL
1898
At Large, DR. JOSEPH M. SHEAHAN
1896
At Large, FRANK A. PAGE
1896
Ward 1, CHARLES H. PORTER
1898
Ward 2, JAMES F. HARLOW
1896
Ward 3, EMERY L. CRANE .
1896
Ward 4, WILLIAM D. BURNS
1897
Ward 5, DR. WELLINGTON RECORD
1898
Ward 6, THOMAS GURNEY
1897
Regular meetings on the last Tuesday of each month at 8 P. M.
Permanent Police.
CHARLES G. NICOL.
THOMAS F. FERGUSON,
MARK E. HANSON,
JOHN HALLORAN, JOHN J. CONNELLY,
MICHEAL J. CANAVAN, DANIEL R. MCKAY, PATRICK H BRADLEY.
Special Police.
NAHUM A. THAYER,
MARTIN H. GARRITY, JAMES BEHAN.
WILLIAM C. SEELYE,
SAMUEL B. TURNER,
EDWARD A. SPEAR,
EDWARD J. SANDBERG,
SAMUEL D. DEFORREST,
CALVIN T. DYER,
JOHN MCALOON,
JAMES C. WHITE,
JOHN BISSET,
BERNARD M. O'NEIL,
DAVID L. GORDON,
ALBERT J. SHACKLEY, TIMOTHY J. GOLDEN, CHARLES N. HUNT,
HENRY O. DAWSON.
ALZAMAN H. MAXWELL.
Constables to Serve Civil Process.
JOSEPH T. FRENCH. WATSON H. BRASEE, ALBERT G. OLNEY.
NAPOLEON B. FURNALD. JOSEPH W. HAYDEN, DAVID J. BARRY.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures. FRANCIS A. SPEAR.
Weighers of Coal.
HERBERT D. ADAMS, WILLIAM W. CUSHING, E. FRANK MITCHELL, GEORGE P. MEAD.
FRANK S. PATCH, EBEN W. SHEPPARD, FRANK W. CRANE. GEORGE B. PRAY.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
FRANK S. PATCH,
THOMAS J. FOLEY,
EBEN W. SHEPPARD,
HERBERT D. ADAMS,
GEORGE P. MEAD,
FRANK W. CRANE,
LYSANDER W. NASH, BRADFORD E. BOYDEN, HARRY H. SAFFORD, FRANK N. BENSON.
EVERETT CRANE.
Measurers of Grain.
FRANK W. CRANE. CHARLES H. HERSEY.
Fence Viewers.
Ward 1 .- CHARLES S. FRENCH, Ward 4 .- JOHN R. O'NEIL,
Ward 2 .- GEORGE CRANE, Ward 5 .- QUINCY A. FAUNCE,
Ward 3 .- JAMES NIGHTINGALE, Ward 6 .- THOS. H. KINGSTON.
Field Drivers.
WILLIAM FAXON, PATRICK CONNORS, SAMUEL D. DEFORREST,
JAMES BERRY, GEORGE CRANE. WILLIAM V. WEST.
ALLEN T. WILLIAMS.
Undertakers.
JOHN HALL, WILLIAM E. BROWN. A. W. FAY.
Pound Keeper.
FRANKLIN JACOBS.
Inaugural Address
1895.
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Hon. WILLIAM A. HODGES, Mayor.
Mayor's Address.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY COUNCIL :
The opening of the new municipal year brings to us more vividly than at any other time a realizing sense of the respon- sibilities imposed upon us by our fellow-citizens. Profiting by the experience of the six years during which Quincy has been a city, we must strive to reach a plane of intelligent, high-minded and unselfish administration of the city's affairs that will not only meet the approval of the men of to-day, but will merit the commendation of the men of succeeding years. If, after mature and conscientious reflection, we are agreed that a certain line of policy, whether of expenditure or of retrenchment, is best and for the city's best interest, it should be adopted even though for the time being we are subjected to criticism.
THE CITY'S FINANCES.
During the year last passed Quincy has had a new experi- enee in its financial affairs. The executive and legislative branches of the City Government have agreed with the mass of citizens that economy must be practised as well as preached. During the first five years as a city the debt increased year by year from nothing to a sum equal to almost ninety per cent. of the debt limit allowed by law. It became perfectly plain that we were not cutting our garment to suit our cloth. We real- ized that we were yielding too willingly to the wishes of men who always had schemes for spending but never had plans for saving.
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How the debt ran up is shown by the following table of figures taken from the annual reports of the City Auditor :-
Dec. 31, 1889,
$168,811.79
Dec. 31, 1890,
Dec. 31, 1891,
Dec. 31, 1892. § General $288,542.36
Water 35,000.00
General $339,730.00
Dec. 31, 1893 Water 714,000.00
Play Gr'nds 50,000.00
1,103,730.00 , Inc. Total, 241 %
Dec. General 9 %
Dec. 1, 1894, Water 705,000.00
Play Gr'nds 49,000.00
1,065,091.00 ( Dec. Total 33 %
The taking on of the Water Plant in 1893 made a tremen- dous increase in the total indebtedness of the city. The above table shows the increase of the general debt, excluding the water debt, and of the total debt year by year until 1894; also the decrease of the general and total debt in 1894. The increase by years was : In 1890, 13% ; in 1891, 37% ; in 1892, general, 9%, total 23% ; in 1893, general, 17%, total 241%. The decrease in 1894 was, general 9%, total 3}%.
The debt of the city on January 1st, 1895 stated under three heads, General Debt, Water Debt and Play Grounds Debt is as follows :
GENERAL DEBT.
Total. $6,000.
Falling due this Year.
Washington Street,
$2,000.
Jan. 1.
Stone Crushing Plant,
4,400.
1,100.
Feb. 15.
Water Street Land Damage,
1,271.
1,271. Apr. 16.
Hancock Street,
24,000.
4,000.
May 1.
Common Street,
7,200.
1,200.
June 1.
Hancock Street,
9,000.
1,000.
June 1.
High School Furniture,
1,500.
Canal Street Culvert,
900.
Water Carts,
820.
Atlantic Avenue,
500.
Ward 2 Hose House,
4,500.
Squantum Causeway,
5,000.
Ward 4 Hose House,
6,500.
Increase 13 %
191,200.39 262,386.89 Increase 37 %
Inc. General 9 %
323,452.36 ( Inc. Total 23 % Inc. General 17 %
General $311,091.00
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Neponset Bridge,
10,000.
2,000.
July
1.
Wollaston School,
5,000.
1,000.
July
1.
Willard School,
2,000.
2.000.
Aug. 1.
Hose and Ladder,
700.
Small Pox House,
300.
300.
Aug. 24.
Land Willard School,
7,900.
1,580.
Sept. 1.
Adams Street,
6,000.
1,000.
Oct. 2,
Willard School,
38,500.
7.700.
Nov. 1.
High School Furniture,
2,500.
Liberty Street,
3.500.
Willard Street Wall,
400.
Hot Water Heater, Library,
800.
New Engine House,
18,000.
3,000.
Dec.
1.
Water Carts and Hydrants,
2,000.
2,000.
Dec.
1.
Plans High School,
1,000.
1,000.
Dec. 1.
Water Street,
25,000.
Lincoln School,
20,000.
5,000.
Dec.
1.
Land and Plans Engine House,
5,000.
2,000.
Dec.
1.
High School Lot,
15,000.
New High School,
55,000.
7,000.
Dec.
1.
Widening Streets,
8,000.
2,000.
Dec. 15.
Walker and Beal Streets,
3,000.
1.000.
Dec. 15.
Land Damage Water Street,
3,000.
3,000.
Dec. 28.
Copeland Street,
300.
300.
Dec. 18 ..
School House Lot, Norfolk Downs, 3,600.
School House Lot, West Quincy,
3,000.
$311,091.
$52,451.
WATER DEBT.
Originally.
600.000
Purchase Bonds,
$580,000.
$20.000.
Aug. 1.
30,000 Extension of Mains,
29,000.
1,000.
Sept.
1.
24,000 Extension of Mains,
23,000.
1,000.
Dec.
1.
45,000
Extension of Mains,
43,000.
2,000.
Dec. 1.
30,000
Extension of Mains,
30,000.
1,000.
Sept.
1.
$705,000.
$25,000.
PLAY GROUNDS DEBT.
Purchase Bonds
$49,000. $1,000.
Oct. 1.
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RECAPITULATION.
General Debt,
$311,091
Water Debt,
705,000
Play Grounds Debt,
49,000
$1,065,091
The City's valuation in the past three years is as follows :
Total Valuation.
Abatements.
Net Valuation.
1892,
$15,566,920
$164,628
$15,402,292
1893.
16,638,070
209,852
16,428,218
1894,
16,817,455
125,077 16,692,378
$48,522,888
Average Valuation for three years,
$16,174,296
The law allows us :
First,-To assess $12 per $1,000 after assessors' valuation for the preceding year less all abatements ; or
Second,-To assess $12 per $1,000 on the average of the assessors' valuation for the preceding three years.
We can raise in the year 1895 under the first scheme, $200,308; under the second scheme, $194,088.
Our limit for general municipal indebtedness is 22% on $16,174,296, viz .: $404,357.40.
THE ASSESSMENT OF TAXES.
It is to be regretted that the tax rate for the year 1894 could not be lower. A high tax rate clogs the prosperity of the city. But it could not have been avoided honestly or with regard for any proper system of municipal financiering. The running expenses must be provided for and the city debt must be met as it matures. The amount of property both personal and real removed from taxation was large. The land taken from Quincy for the Park Reservation, the play grounds, and the site for the High Schoolhouse made quite a large sum. Moreover, about $350,000 of personal property, was taken from the valuation of the previous year, by wealthy citizens removing from the city. These losses, with the large amount of debts falling due in 1894, made the high tax rate imperative.
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STREET LIGHTING.
The subject of street lighting should be looked into with a view of obtaining better service on a more economical basis, as no doubt more lights will be demanded. The Council of 1894 passed an order requesting the Mayor to petition the Legislature to authorize the city of Quincy to establish a plant to furnish its own lights. The request will be carried out at the proper time.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
The affairs of the Poor Department have been administered with such economy as has been consistent with the rendering of necessary aid to those who have been so unfortunate as to be compelled to apply for it.
As we all know, the number of those has been somewhat increased by the enforced idleness of many of our working men, but, with the wise co-operation of the other city departments employing labor, many men have been given an opportunity to support themselves and their families, when otherwise they would have become paupers.
The income of the Johnson fund was distributed as usual, at Thanksgiving, among the worthy poor. The increased number of applications, more than could be met leads me to suggest that the fund, which is now deposited in the Savings Bank might be safely invested so as to yield a somewhat larger income, and thus to a further extent comply with the intention of the donor.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
During the past year an extensive re-organization of the fire department took place. The result has justified the effort made to give a better service for the prevention and extinguish- ing of fires to the citizens, as attested by the very general approval by the community of the working of the department. New hose houses have been built at Quincy Point and in West Quincy, and answer the needs of the department in those sections of the city.
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
The water service of the city must be extended. An additional supply is requisite for the demands and needs of the citizens generally, and of the city for fire purposes. A care- fully matured plan for an additional supply has been prepared and has been submitted to and is now before the State Board of Health for its approval.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The police force of the city under its efficient Chief has done good work during the past year and has merited the commendation of the citizens.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Under the supervision of this department many important improvements, alterations and repairs have been made upon the streets and other property of the city coming under the care of this department. The work has been done as well and as economically as could be expected with the amount of money at the disposal of the department. I see no reason for changing the opinion expressed by me in my inaugural of last year in relation to having public work done by the day and not under contract. No new arguments need to be presented upon this point. A city of the size of Quincy is not so large but that all of its public work can be done under the immediate supervision and direction of its own public officers. I beg to call your attention to the two hose houses built in the city during the past year to substantiate the opinion above expressed.
THE WOODWARD SCHOOL.
During the past year the school established under the will of the late Ebenezer Woodward has been opened. A building has been constructed which meets fairly well the present requirements of the school in giving to such girls of Quincy as are entitled under the will to get their education at this school. It is to be hoped that for some time to come no attempt will be
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made to very greatly increase the capacity of the school build- ing at the expense of the fund. The wisest course is not to deplete the remaining fund by making any costly permanent improvements, but to use the income to give to so many girls as the present school can hold, thorough and complete education in order to carry out fully the intention of the founder of the school.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
No more serious question confronts us than a proper and wise management of our public schools. A large amount of the money appropriated by the city in the year is spent on public education, and in no one expenditure is so much interest taken by the citizens at large as in that for the benefit of the schools. Appropriations have been made during the past year for land for the building of two new schoolhouses : one site is at Norfolk Downs, and the other at West Quincy. The overflowing condition of the existing schools has necessitated the purchase of these lots and the immediate construction of schoolhouses thereon.
While I am prepared to approve, generally, our public schools and the conscientious conduct thereof by our school authorities, yet I am bound to call the attention of the citizens to one underlying cause of complaint, which, in the minds of many men, is a serious drawback to the efficiency of the schools. I refer to the general diffusedness which seems to prevail in the education of our public school children. They seem to scatter their energies in so many different directions that the net result, viz. : a solid, substantial, simple and well-grounded education, seems not to be attained. I am free to admit that our school authorities are by no means wholly to blame for this state of affairs. The legislation of the Commonwealth is such as to encourage to a most unnecessary extent the teaching of many subjects in the public schools. It will surprise most citizens to know that in the public schools of the grammar grade the law declares that eleven subjects must be taught, and that in addi- tion six other subjects may be taught at the discretion of the
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school committee. That, in addition to the seventeen subjects taught in the grammar schools ten other subjects must be taught in the high schools. Furthermore, that in addition to the twenty-seven subjects already cited, teachers in the high school must be competent to give instruction, in a city of the size of Quincy, in eight more subjects. It is not my purpose to suggest that the school committee should disregard the law, but it is my duty to call their attention to this condition of legislation and to urge upon them to concentrate to the greatest extent possible, the teaching of these various subjects so as to give our children the sound and fundamental education which our people expect.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
During the past year action has been begun against the bondsmen of the contractor who undertook the building of the Willard School. The breach of contract occurred something over three years ago, but until this year, no definite legal proceedings have been taken against the contractor or his bondsmen to recover the damages justly due to the city for the breach of contract.
SEWERAGE.
I referred to the subject of sewerage in my inaugural mes- sage of last year, and though at the time acknowledging its claims to our early consideration, I did not then advise action, because of the poor financial condition of the city. In that respect we are somewhat better off this year than last; yet it is apparent to us that even now the subject must be very carefully handled in order to avoid an unwieldy debt and an excessive tax rate.
It is my belief that the taxpayers and citizens of Quincy are ready and anxious that immediate steps be taken looking to the adoption of some system of sewerage which will give relief and benefit to all parts of the city. The free use of the public water supply by a large population, compels the adoption of a sewerage system. The one goes hand in glove with the other. Our population is estimated by the State Board of Health to be
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over twenty thousand, and a large proportion of our inhabi- tants,-the number constantly increasing,-are supplied with, and freely use, city water. After use, this water becomes tainted, and goes to greatly swell the bulk of our sewage matter. Even in the thickly settled districts of our city, no provision is made for the disposition of this large volume of objectionable matter, other than by turning it off into cesspools.
Though I do not attribute the recent prevalence of diph- theria to our lack of sewerage facilities, yet I believe that such a condition of affairs as exists here, has made the extermination of the disease by the doctors and Board of Health more difficult to accomplish. There is, however, a widespread public senti- ment, not only here, but everywhere, that the primary existence of infectious diseases, is largely occasioned by poor sewerage. Many persons who would otherwise make this city their home may be deterred from coming here to build because of the poor facilities afforded for the disposition of sewage.
I have given this subject careful consideration of late. Now is the time to go to work in earnest. A sewerage system for Quincy is no longer to be classed as a luxury, but as a necessity, and I strongly advise this Council to give the subject immediate attention.
The reports of the various departments of the city for the past year will be made to the Council in due time, and I refer to them to show in detail the work of each department.
City Treasurer's Report, December 31, 1894.
With Certificate of City Auditor Attached.
Treasurer's Report.
CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE, January 25, 1895.
To His Honor, The Mayor :-
I have the honor to submit the following report of the re- ceipts and expenditures of the City of Quincy for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1894.
RECEIPTS.
The amounts received from various sources and credited. sundry accounts are as follows :
Cash on hand January 1, 1894,
$120,691 79
Adams street,
$110 00
Almshouse account,
612 12
Outside Poor,
869 18
Board of Health, advertising, print- ing and sundries,
15 00
Brick sidewalks,
540 64
Bridges, culverts and drains,
23 90
Burial places, .
3,479 08
Canal street culvert,
87 15
Garbage account,
324 90
High schoolhouse, .
27 70
Interest sundries,
15 00
Accrued on bonds,
151 97
Amounts carried forward, . $6,256 64 $120,691 79
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Amounts brought forward, .
$6,256 64 $120,691 79
National Granite bank, . National Mt. Wollaston bank, .
730 89
360 37
Premium on City bonds, . ·
576 75
Premium on water bonds,
2,893 50
Taxes,
2,468 40
H. A. Keith, city clerk,
582 90
Christopher A. Spear, city clerk
20 00
County Treas., dog licenses,
1,791 67
Massachusetts burial of indigent sol-
diers, . 17 50
Burial of state pauper,
15 00
Corporation tax,
9,515 06
National bank tax,
1,526 83
State aid, chap. 279,
548 00
State aid, chap. 301,
2,702 00
Temporary support state pauper
20 36
Miscellaneous city expenses,
·
32 00
Miscellaneous city receipts,
10 61
Miscellaneous highways,
186 00
Milk licenses, .
13 00
Notes payable, city debt,
36,091 00
Temporary loan,
200,000 00
Water debt,
75,000 00
Parks, sundry rents,
111 50
Perpetual care fund, Mt. Wollaston cemetery,
1,400 00
Pedlers' licenses,
154 00
Plumbers' licenses, .
4 00
Police, chap. 440,
929 41
Special,
129 00
Station,
50 20
Removal of snow,
7 63
Repair of public buildings,
10 00
Sidewalks,
561 03
Amounts carried forward, . $344,715 25 $120,691 79
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Amounts brought forward, . $344,715 25 $120,691 79 Street sprinkling, 516 29
Tax of 1886, Quincy A. Tirrell, col- lector, .
12 32
Tax of 1887, B. N. Adams, collector,
12 64
Tax of 1888, B. N. Adams, collector,
13 36
Tax of 1889, B. N. Adams, collector,
132 23
Tax of 1890, B. N. Adams, collector,
71 65
Tax of 1891, B. N. Adams, collector,
162 52
Tax of 1892, B. N. Adams, collector,
1,403 40
Tax of 1893, B. N. Adams, collector, 78,672 86
Tax of 1894, W. II. Brasee, collector, 194,627 49
Ward 2 hose house lot, 420 00
Water supply, cash refunded, .
6 48
Water supply and service, 1892-93 .
3,579 74
Water supply and service, 1894,
40,943 05
Total receipts,
$665,289 28
$785,981 07
EXPENDITURES.
The amounts disbursed and charged to sundry accounts, ex- pended under appropriations of 1893 and 1894 are as follows :-
1893. 1894.
Adams street,
$1,207 46
Advertising, printing and stationery,
29 81 $1,797 69
Almshouse account,
26 10 1,562 19
Almshouse outside poor,
62 80 4,509 96
Assessors, books, etc.
298 17
Clerical services,
599 00
Miscellaneous, .
125 00
Transfer from register,
114 50
Atlantic avenue,
498 62
Beale street walk,
907 51
Amounts carried forward, . $2,233 68
$9,505 13
26
Amounts brought forward, .
$2,233 68
$9,505 13 282 81
Board of health, abating nuisances, Advertising, printing and sun- dries, .
199 23
Draining swamp, Wollaston,
150 00
Extra appropriation,
99 52
Inspection,
500 00
Bridges, culverts and drains,
1,511 96
Burial places, .
19 80
4,374 57
Canal street culvert,
983 35
City officers, pay of .
1,014 86
12,116 65
Cleaning brooks,
582 50
Clerk, Commissioner Public Works,
600 00
Contingent fund,
4 00
71 50
Cross street,
896 31
Elections,
1,346 79
Enforcement of liquor law,
308 00
Engineering, .
290 39
Fire department, fire alarm,
39 29
519 19
Fire alarm boxes,
573 95
Fuel,
118 69
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