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CITY DOCUMENT NO. 13
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR CITY GOVERNMENT OF 1902
TOGETHER WITH THE
= Annual Reports =
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
City of Quincy
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR 1901
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1902 ADVERTISER STEAM JOB PRINT No. 10 Chestnut Street. QUINCY
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City Government 1902.
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MAYOR,
CHARLES M. BRYANT.
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DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
Commissioner of Public Works, CHARLES F. KNOWLTON.
City Treasurer, H. WALTER GRAY.
City Clerk, JAMES F. HARLOW.
City Auditor, GEORGE A. SIDELINGER.
Chief Engineer of Fire Department, PETER J. WILLIAMS.
Chief of Police, JOSEPH W. HAYDEN.
City Solicitor, PAUL R. BLACKMUR.
Overseer of Poor. JAMES H. CUNNINGHAM,
Collector of Taxes, EDGAR G. CLEAVES.
City Physician. JOHN F. WELCH.
City Messenger, HARRY W. TIRRELL.
City Engineer, HAMILTON FLOOD.
Inspector of Plumbing. JEREMIAH J. KENILEY.
Inspector of Milk, FREDERIC J. PEIRCE.
Inspector of Meats and Provisions FREDERICK E. GOSS.
Inspector of Animals, EDWIN P. HENDERSON.
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Administrative Boards.
Board of Assessors.
Meets every Thursday at 9 A. M.
JAMES THOMPSON, Chairman . Term expires first Monday in Feb. 1904 CHARLES H. JOHNSON 66 66
66 66 1903
WILLIAM B. GLOVER
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66 1905
Board of Sewer Commissioners.
Meets every Monday at 7 P. M.
FRANK E. BADGER, (1903) Chairman. A. F. SCHENKELBERGER, (1905), Secretary. WILLIAM T. ISAAC (1904) Engineer,-E. W. BRANCH.
Park Commissioners.
GEORGE E.ZPFAFFMANN, Chairman.
FRED B. RICE, Secretary,
LUTHER W. GLOVER.
Managers of Public Burial Places.
Meets first Tuesday of each month at 8 P. M.
CEPHAS DREW, Chairman, THOMAS J. LAMB, JOHN Q. CUDWORTH, WILLIAM T. SPARGO, JOHN L. JOHNSON, GEORGE T. MAGEE, Clerk. Superintendent-JAMES NICOL.
Board of Health.
JOHN S. GAY, Chairman, THOMAS J. DION, Clerk,
WILLIAM E. BADGER. Inspector,-EDWARD LENNON.
Board of Examiners of Plumbers.
JOHN S. GAY, (Chairman,)
WARREN S. PARKER
WILLIAM A. BRADFORD.
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Trustees of Thomas Crane Public Library.
Meet last Wednesday of Month at 7.30 P. M. ELLERY C. BUTLER, Chairman, HARRISON A. KEITH, Secretary. GEORGE W. MORTON, Treasurer. HENRY MCGRATH, CHARLES R. SAFFORD
HARRY L. RICE,
Managers of Adams Academy
WILLIAM EVERETT, WALTER S. PINKHAM,
JOHN A. BERNHARD,
LUTHER S. ANDERSON, GEORGE B. DEWSON, JOSEPH M. SHEAHAN.
Managers of Woodward Fund and Property
CHARLES M. BRYANT, Mayor. H. WALTER GRAY, City Treasurer, JAMES F. HARLOW, City Clerk, GEORGE A. SIDELINGER, City Auditor, HENRY G. FAY, Elected by Council.
Registrars of Voters
EDWARD J. MCKEON.
Term expires May 1, 1904
DANIEL McLENNAN,
66 66 May 1, 1905
MICHAEL B. GEARY,
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66 May 1, 1903 JAMES F. HARLOW, City Clsrk.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Permanent Police
MARK E. HANSON, JOHN HALLORAN, DAVID J. BARRY, THOMAS F. FERGUSON,
JAMES W. MURRAY, DANIEL R. MCKAY, PATRICK H. BRADLEY, JOHN T. LARKIN.
Special Police
FRANK E. BURRELL, SAMUEL D. DEFOREST, MICHAEL DONOVAN,
HENRY O. DAWSON,
JOHN P. REDDINGTON, MALCOLM C. STEWART, PATRICK A. MILFORD, ALFRED W. GOODHUE,
TIMOTHY J. GOLDEN,
EDWARD J. CURTIN,
DAVID L. GORDON,
CALVIN T. DYER, WILLIAM S. LYONS,
TIMOTHY J. MCCARTHY,
JOHN A. O'BRIEN, EDWARD J. SANDBERG, JAMES M. CONWAY,
JOHN F. DONOVAN, EDWARD JOHNSON, GEORGE A. CAHILL, JEREMIAH HINCHON.
Sealer of Weights and Measures
GEORGE WESTON.
Weighers of Coal
HERBERT D. ADAMS, E. FRANK MITCIIELL, FRANK S, PATCH, FRANK W. CRANE, WILLIE E. FRENCH,
WILLIAM W. CUSHING, GEORGE P. MEAD, EBEN W. SHEPPARD. GEORGE B. PRAY, HERBERT A. NEWTON, GEORGE B. WENDELL.
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Inspector of Bundled Hay and Straw.
FRED P. LOUD.
Measurers of Grain.
FRANK W. CRANE, WILLIAM Q. BENT,
FRED P. LOUD, WILLIAM C. HART.
Undertakers.
JOHN HALL, WILLIAM E. BROWN,
ALBERT W. FAY, EDWARD L. BEAN.
Pound Keeper
FRANKLIN JACOBS.
Members of Board of Trustees of Quincy City Hospital Chosen by the Council.
ARTHUR W. NEWCOMB,
THOMAS W. SMITH
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CITY COUNCIL.
Regular meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7.35 P. M. CHARLES ALDEN, .
President .
CHRISTOPHER A. SPEAR. .
Clerk
Councilmen=at-Large.
CHARLES ALDEN, ARTHUR CRAIG. NATHAN G. NICKERSON,
ARTHUR W. NEWCOMB,
ANDREW STEWART.
Councilmen from Wards.
Ward One
LEWIS BASS, JR.,
HENRY M. FAXON,
ANDREW A. MEYER,
WILLIAM P. HUGHES. Ward Five.
Ward Two.
GEORGE E. ADAMS,
RICHARD R. FREEMAN,
ALEXANDER W. THOMPSON,
WALTER F. NICHOLS,
JOSEPH L. WHITON, JR.
Ward Three.
HERBERT J. POLK. Ward Six. WILLIAM G. GASSETT,
ALFRED O. DIACK,
WALTER E. PIPER,
CHARLES A. HADLOCK, LOUIS F. R. LANGELIER.
City Council Committees.
Finance, Accounts, Claims, Contracts and Salaries-FREEMAN, NEWCOMB, ELCOCK, FAXON, GASSETT, SMITH, NICKERSON.
Streets, Ways, Sidewalks, Bridges and Lights-NEWCOMB, NICHOLS, GAS- SETT, HUGHES, THOMPSON, MEYER, PIPER.
Fire Department and Police-ELCOCK, HADLOCK, SMITH, WHITON, MEYER.
Sewers and Drains and Water Supply-ADAMS, LANGELIER, BASS, POLK, DIACK, FALLON, STEWART.
Public Buildingsand Grounds-LANGELIER, THOMPSON, HADLOCK, BASS, POLK.
Ordinances, Licenses, Printing, Rules, and Orders-CRAIG, HUGHES STEWART.
Legislative Matters, Elections and Returns-NICHOLS, WHITON, NICKER- SON.
Health, Poor, State aud Military Aid-FAXON, ADAMS, CRAIG.
Committee Meetings
Finance, Accounts, etc.,
Monday Evenings Ordinances, Licenses, etc., .
Tuesday Evenings Fire Department and Police,
Sewers, Drains and Water Supply,
Wednesday Evenings
Thursday Evenings Streets, Ways, etc.,
Friday Evenings
Meetings of the Committee on Health aud Poor, State and Military Aid, Legis- lative Matters, Elections and Returns. Public Buildings and Grounds, Special and Joint Committees will be held at the call of the Chairman, or at such times as may be desig nated by the Council.
THOMAS W. SMITH,
Ward Four. JAMES H. ELCOCK, PETER T. FALLON,
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Office : No. 1 Faxon Block, Hancock Street. Regular meetings on the last Tuesday of each month at 8 P. M.
CHARLES H. PORTER,
SUPT. FRANK E. PARLIN,
At Large-JAMES H. CHURCHILL,
Term expires 1902
66 HENRY C. HALLOWELL, .
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1903
66 NATHANIEL S. HUNTING, .
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1903
Ward 2-FREDERICK H. SMITH,
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66
1904
Ward 3-MABEL E. ADAMS,
66
1904
Ward 4-THOMAS J. DION,
1902
Ward 5-WELLINGTON RECORD,
66
1903
Ward 6-FREDERIC J. PEIRCE, .
66 1902
66
1904
Ward 1-CHARLES H. PORTER,
Chairman Secretary
Truant Officer,-CHARLES H. JOHNSON.
MAYOR'S ADDRESS.
QUINCY, MASS.
January 6, 1902.
CHARLES M. BRYANT.
Mayor's Inaugural Address.
Gentlemen of the Council :
In pursuance of the provisions of the city charter, we assemble at this time to take upon ourselves the responsibility of the government of our city for the current year. To many of you, this responsibility is not an entirely new one. I do not intend at this time to speak of the many measures in the nature of public improvements which you may be called upon to con- sider during the coming year, preferring to call your attention to them later, at which time it will be more convenient and satisfactory to present such matters in a concise and business- like form.
Having been a member of your body for a number of years and associated with many of you in the performance of the duties of the legislative branch, and having had as a councilman your support on all matters pertaining to the welfare of the city, I sincerely trust that the same good feeling may continue between us, now that our position is changed. While the duties of the legislative and the executive branches of the gov- ernment are distinct, I believe that but one feeling and idea will govern both during the present year, and that is to work together for every improvement and advantage which can pos- sibly be obtained for our city.
I do not deem it necessary, as some previous mayors have done, to urge upon you to consider carefully all matters which will be brought before you, for my association with past coun-
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cils has taught me that the members have always endeavored to perform faithfully the duties imposed upon them and have in almost all cases given exceptionally of their time in the further- ance of the business of the city. I believe, as you well know from the position which I have heretofore taken on all matters- of public improvement, that the interests of the city can best be served by the liberal expenditure of money for needed and public improvements, at the same time bearing in mind, how- ever, the limitations of our income and the distribution of the debt incurred by these improvements that the burden of taxa- tion may not become a hardship upon the taxpayers.
All of us who are interested in the welfare of the city, and are called upon to take up the question of taxation, realize the fact that we can best protect the property that we own from deterioration, and perhaps advance its value, by bringing the city up to a high standard and on a par with other cities and towns in our immediate neighborhood. We must maintain the present high standard of our schools for the education of the children, extend, as fast as our income will allow, the perma- nent improvements of our streets and sidewalks. While some hive criticised the action of your body in preceding years on the appropriations made for this purpose, I feel sure, now the changes have been made, that the people realize the benefits our city will derive from the progress made in this way, and that no one will regret what has been spent in the past or will be spent in the future in this respect.
Unfortunately the Mayor coming into office has not the power to fix the tax rate. The rate is fixed entirely by the debt created by you or your predecessors. We can raise for pur- poses of municipal expense, according to law, $12.00 on the average valuation of the three preceding years. The valuation for
1899 was
$19,549,301 00
1900 was 20,153,883 00
1901 was 21,161,038 00
Total, $60,864,222 00
Average Valuation, 20,288,000 74
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$12.00 per thousand on this average allows us to raise, the present year, $243,456.88, which is only about $7,000 more than we could raise last year.
I wish to impress upon you that in preparing the budget for your consideration. the economy that will have to be used in every department, not to exceed our income, is liable, in many cases, to be detrimental to their usefulness.
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
You have from year to year been obliged to face the fact that our needs in every direction are rapidly increasing with the growth of the city, and that our income does not show pro- portional increase, so that you have been obliged each year to run the various departments with the most rigid economy, and the present year, in this respect, is no different from the others. On Dec. 31, 1900 our debt was . $1,518,605 61
On Dec. 31, 1901 our debt was . 1,566,635 64
Showing increase of the year of 48,030 03
shown by the following statement :
DEBT STATEMENT.
Municipal Debt Jan. 1, 1901
$330,905 61
Paid during the year
62,605 61
Leaving
$312,300 00
Added during the year
130,435 64
Debt Dec. 31, 1901
$142,735 64
Water debt Jan. 1, 1901
$720,500 00
Paid during the year
31,500 00
Leaving
$689,000 00
Added during the year
30,000 00
Debt Dec. 31, 1901
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$719.000 00
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Sewer debt Jan. 1, 1901
$374,200 00
Paid during the year
11,300 00
Debt Dec. 31, 1901
$362,900 00
Park debt Jan. 1, 1901
$43,000 00
Paid during the year
1,000 00
Debt Dec. 31, 1901
42,000 00
Total debt Jan. 1, 1901
81,518,605 61
Paid during the year
112,405 61
Leaving
$1,406,200 00
Added during the year
160,435 64
$1,566,635 64
DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Municipal,
. 8442,735 64
Water ·
719,000 00
Sewer
. 362,900 00
Playground
12,000 00
Total debt, $1,566,635 64
$48,030 03 Increase for the year .
Our municipal debt on the first of January, 1901, which would fall due in 1902, was only $40,250.00, and it was hoped at the time, as this amount was exceedingly small (some $28,- 000 less than the debt falling due in 1901), that it would ma- terially assist in lowering the tax rate when this present year was reached, but owing to emergencies arising last year,- claims against the city for which it was not legal to borrow money longer than the period of one year,-it became necessary to add to that debt, falling due the following year, $26,435.64.
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Therefore the municipal debt falling due in 1902 is $66,685.64 It will have to be paid out of the tax levy this year and falls. due as follows :
January, .
$1,250 00
February, .
March,
6,900 00
April,
2,400 00
May, .
2,500 00
June,
1,000 00
July,
27,000 00
August,
12,650 00
September,
8,785 64
October,
1,000 00
November,
2,200 00
December,
1,000 00
$66,685 64
The tax rate of $17.60 per one thousand for 1901 is divided as follows :
Budget ·
. $296,408 00
10 75
Maturing debt,
101,105 61
3 68
Interest, .
22,288 34
81
State tax,
15,034 31 56
County tax,
14,462 92
54
Met. water assessment,
22,004 38
80
Met. sewer
12,453 97
46
$483,757 53
$17 60
The municipal tax of $10.75 is divided as follows :
Board of Assessors,
$ 08
Board of Health, .
15
Board of Burial Places,
18
Pay City Officers,
67
Fire Department,
1 13
16
G. A. R. and City Hospital,
14
City Engineer,
09
Bridges,
15
Removal snow,
09
Street Lighting,
71
Advertising, Printing and Stationery, .
13
Public Buildings,
22
Streets,
91
Street Watering,
22
Edgestones,
07
Library,
23
Parks,
04
Miscellaneous City Expenses,
27
Overseer Poor,
51
Schools,
3 93
Clerical Services, etc., .
08
$10 75
The amount of money expended in 1901 is as follows ;
Budget,
$419,801 95
Water Dept. paid from Receipts, 53,155 50
Sewer Dept. paid from Assessments,
29,065 75
$502,023 20
For the year 1900 : . Budget, . · $393,806 93
Water Dept. paid from Receipts, .
37,907 50
Sewer Dept. paid from Assessments, 28,022 75
$459,737 18
$42,286 02
Police,
50
State Aid,
25
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LOANS ISSUED IN 1901.
Water Extension,
$30,000 00
Streets, Drains and Gutters,
34,750 00
Permanent Sidewalks,
16,700 00
Grading Cranch Schoolhouse Lot,
4,000 00
Hook and Ladder Truck Ward Five,
2,500 00
Washington Schoolhouse Lot,
6,500 00
Sewer House Connections,
6,000 00
Newcomb Claim,
3,350 00
Engineer's Surveys and Plans,
1,000 00
Assessors' Safes, etc.,
500 00
Warren Avenue Bridge,
2,650 00
Contagious Diseases,
3,800 00
Repair Public Buildings,
1,000 00
Brown Claim,
50 00
Copeland St. Claims,
300 00
Plumbing Wollaston and Coddington Schools,
550 00
Fire Alarm Boxes,
700 00
New Police Station,
4,500 00
Repair City Hall,
2,000 00
Sealer Weights and Measures,
450 00
Deficit Bills,
1,135 64
Mt. Wollaston Cemetery,
25,000 00
Police Signal Service,
7,500 00
Coddington St. Claim,
3,500 00
Hose House Heaters,
500 00
$160,435 64
LOANS ISSUED IN 1900.
Municipal Debt, .
$136,150 00
Street Improvement,
44,000 00
Water Debt,
30,000 00
Loans issued in 1901, .
160,435 64
$210,150 00
Decrease for year 1901,
. $49,714 36
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CITY HALL.
I am not in favor of the building of a new city hall at the- present time, as there are many ways in which borrowed money can be used that would be of much more benefit to the city than the expenditure of a large sum for this purpose. I do ask the council, however, to refer to the Committee upon Public Build- ings the question of remodelling somewhat the first floor of the present building and dividing the same into better accomoda- tions for the "Department of Public Works," "Water Depart- ment," "Tax Collector," "City Treasurer," and "City Clerk." In our present building there is a large amount of room wasted, which could be made into convenient offices for these depart- ments at a very slight expense, and I trust that the matter will be promptly referred and that the committee will take hold of the matter in earnest and thereby give these officials suitable accommodations so that they can properly conduct the rapidly increasing business of the various departments.
In my opinion, for the better service of the public and the greater convenience of all city officials, as well as persons hav- ing business to transact with them, the offices of the Treasurer, Tax Collector and Water Department, having much in common, should be near each other, and not as they are now located, the Treasurer's office in one part of the building and the Tax Col- lector's and Water Department in another and inaccessible part of the same.
I would also recommend that the portion of this building now occupied by the police station be fitted up for the office of the City Engineer and that proper fireproof vaults be con- structed for the preservation of the plans. The records of this department are exceedingly valuable and become more so every year, and it would be a great loss to the city should they be destroyed.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
The new department of City Engineer recently estab-
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lished is now showing its advantages. By the first of February,. the plans for the use of the assessors of Ward 2 will be prac- tically finished, and in my opinion, sufficient appropriation should be made as rapidly as possible to complete the plans for the whole city, as it will mean a great deal of labor saved in the proper assessment of property.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
This department, since the building of a new hose house in Ward 5 and placing in the same additional apparatus, gives our city the very best of fire protection with the exception of that section which is called Houghs Neck. Owing to the character of the buildings in that locality and the distance from the central fire station, the probability of a large and disastrous fire is at all times imminent, and it would seem that the expenditure of a reasonable sum of money for the building of a suitable fire station in that locality would be one of the urgent needs of your body to consider.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The present department consists of the chief and ten men. During the last year a new police station has been established and appropriation made for a patrol wagon and police signal, which will greatly improve the efficiency of this department. It will be necessary, owing to the establishment of a patrol wagon and signal system, to increase the department by three men, and as we have one man now doing permanent work as a special officer, I would suggest that the ordinance be changed, increasing the force to fourteen men.
With this increase, after the completion of the signal system and with the adoption of stricter rules for maintaining proper discipline by the Chief in the department, which I shall insist upon being rigidly enforced, I am convinced we shall then have a police department which will give the citizens much better service, and thereby avoid many of the criticisms of this department which have been made with justice.
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PARKS.
Under the supervision of the Park Commissioners, the bathhouse in Ward 2 was put into operation the past year and has proved, by the large number of people availing them- selves of its advantages, that the erection of another bathhouse in the north part of the city is desirable, and I trust the proper committee of the council will cooperate with the Park Com- missioners in the early establishment of a building of this kind, so that its facilities can be available for use the present year.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
The receipts from this department are increasing yearly, and the expenditure of money for the extension of mains has been a wise one. It is really the only department where money is spent that an actual income is derived from, and I suggest the same policy be adopted the present year as in the past, and a sufficient amount of money be appropriated to extend the mains wherever the income from so doing will increase the profit of the department.
INSPECTOR OF WIRES.
With the rapidly increased demand for electric lights, telephone, police and fire signals, there exists a great danger, and I believe that the time has now arrived that an office of Inspector of Wires be created ; and also, owing to the fact that in the stringing of these wires great depredations have been done to the shade trees of our city by the corporations which had authority to erect poles and place wires thereon, I believe that when this office is created, it should be combined with that of City Forester, and the erection of all poles and the stringing of wires should be under his direct supervision. A great benefit would be derived from this as it would prevent not only the careless running of wires, but also prevent the
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wanton mutilation and destruction of our shade trees which has occurred in the past by ignorant or careless workmen who have been employed by these corporations.
In conclusion, let me say once more to the members of this council, old and new, that it is my desire to help you everyone, individually and collectively, in all your efforts to better the condition of our city and in all your efforts to properly assist your constituents. It is our common desire to protect and benefit this community, so far as we may, by proper legislation and the efficient carrying out of the same, and when information upon any subject before this council is within my knowledge, or when, by reason of my past experi- ence, my knowledge or opinion will be of any assistance to you as councilmen, individually or collectively, I earnestly hope that you will not hesitate to call upon me for the same, and I promise you that I will not hesitate to comply or fail to exert myself when that time comes.
Annual Reports For the Dear 1901, City of Quincy.
Treasurer's Report.
CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE, January 1, 1902. 5
To His Honor, the Mayor :-
Herewith I submit the annual statement of the City Treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1901.
Receipts.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1901
$13,058 05
Board of Health-Garbage
501 00
Burial Places
4,981 80
Copeland Street Sidewalk
68 64
Edgestones .
439 23
Hancock Street Widening
15 47
Interest
12,678 99
Massachusetts, State of
Bank Tax
2,541 27
Corporation Tax .
11,257 89
Military Aid, Chapter 377
280 00
State Aid, Chapter 374 .
4,287 00
Burial Indigent Soldiers and Sailors 70 00
Sewer Pumping Station, etc.
97,984 46
Street Railway Excise Tax .
5,383 05.
Water Receipts, Water Loan Fund
703 23
Miscellaneous City Receipts,
Dog License Fees 156 00
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Dog Licenses
1,523 31
Plumbers' Licenses
17 00
Pedlers' Licenses .
25 00
Milk Licenses
33 00
Bounty on Seals
6 00
Sealer Weights and Measures, Fees 120 02:
A. L. Baker, Coll., Tax Title Releases 1,008 68
A. L. Baker, Coll., Costs
2,060 22
E. G. Cleaves, City Clerk
648 55
Sale Hose House Ward 5
150 00
Sale Hose House Lot, Ward 5
510 00
Sale Hersey House,
250 00
Old Colony Street Railway, Willard Street Paving 307 80
Miscellaneous
76 00
Notes Payable, City Debt
130,435 64
Water Debt .
30,000 00
Tempoaary Loans .
300,000 00
Overseer of the Poor-Almshouse Outside Aid .
1,205 89
Police, Chapter 416
667 71
Parks .
100 00
Perpetual Care Fund of Public Burial Places
1,575 00
Permanent Sidewalks .
5,477 26
Schools-Books, Supplies and Sundries
94 50
Streets .
923 74
Street Sprinkling .
3,075 41
Sewer Assessments
11,125 06
Construction .
588 05
House Connections
4,538 43
Street Railway Excise Tax
5,018 83
Tax of 1894 .
7 28
Tax of 1896 . .
368 16
Tax of 1897 . 113 96
Tax of 1898 .
1,657 88
Tax of 1899 .
60,805 92
Tax of 1900 .
94,884 48
18 00
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Tax of 1901 .
. 229,015 40
Water Supply-Construction
11,050 97
Water Supply-Maintenance, 1900
5,393 01
Water Supply-Maintenance, 1901
63,938 23
Water Service Deposits
2,275 00
$1,125,495 47
Expenditures.
1900.
1901.
Advertising, Printing and Station- ery,
$296 63 $3,496 63
Assessors-Books, Postage, etc.
27 60
Clerical Services
1,523 18
Miscellaneous
423 49
Transfers .
125 00
Assistants
450 00
Arthur Street .
38 81
Atlantic Street
1,323 50
Albertina Street
300 00
Board of Health-Abating Nuis-
ances and Contagious Dis- eases
3,604 74
Garbage
2 00
2,989 65
Inspection
600 00
Miscellaneous
41 75
499 27
Bridges, Culverts and Drains
3,728 99
Burial Places .
5,640 40
Beale Street Macadamizing
2,000 00
Beale Street Sidewalk
56 23
1,592 82
Billings Road Sidewalk .
26 41
Brown Claim (Emeline) .
50 00
Bath House, Ward 2
60 80
Bigelow Street Sidewalk
986 67
Beach Street Sidewalk
1,500 00
Clerk-City Clerk .
120 00
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Clerk-Commissioner Public Works
150 00
780 00
Clerk-Tax Collector
651 50
Clerk-City Treasurer
520 00
City Hospital .
3,500 00
Contingent Fund
82 50
City Hospital Building
235 00
City Officers
18,441 20
Chestnut Street Sidewalk,
1,145 92
Cranch Schoolhouse Lot
3,263 01
Cranch Schoolhouse
11,575 44
Copeland Street Claims
500 00
185 00
Copeland Street Widening
5,994 62
Clark Street
60 76
Central Avenue
800 00
Clarke Street Sidewalk
491 66
Coddington Street Claims
3,500 00
Dimmock Street
998 16
Edgestones and Sidewalks
30 00
1,698 86
Engineering
1 70
2,421 90
Plans and Surveys
421 02
Fire Department-Fire Alarm
54 00
948 30
Fire Alam Boxes
497 00
Firemen's Clothing .
90 00
108 00
Fuel
54 00
417 85
Horse Shoeing and Keeping
424 86
2,259 83
Horses and Harnesses
1,152 25
Keeping Chief's Horse
200 00
Lighting Engine Houses .
119 01
222 06
Miscellaneous .
231 90
3,127 34
Pay of Men
16 00
16,990 19
Repairs and Fixtures
44 75
902 96
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