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CITY DOCUMENT NO. 14
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR CITY GOVERNMENT OF 1903
TOGETHER WITH THE
Annual Reports
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
City of Quincy
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR 1902
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MANET
QUINCY
1903 ADVERTISER STEAM JOB PRINT No. 10 Chestnut Street QUINCY
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City Government 1903
MAYOR, CHARLES M. BRYANT.
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
Commissioner of Public Works, CHARLES F. KNOWLTON.
City Treasurer, H. WALTER GRAY.
City Auditor, GEORGE A. SIDELINGER.
Chief Engineer of Fire Department, PETER J. WILLIAMS
City Solicitor, PAUL R. BLACKMUR.
Overseer of Poor, JAMES H. CUNNINGHAM.
City Physician, JOHN F. WELCH.
City Messenger, HARRY W. TIRRELL.
Inspector of Milk, FREDERIC J. PEIRCE.
City Clerk, JAMES F. HARLOW.
Chief of Police, JOSEPH W. HAYDEN.
Collector of Taxes, EDGAR G. CLEAVES.
City Engineer, HAMILTON FLOOD.
Inspector of Plumbing, JEREMIAH J. KENILEY.
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. 1304
WILLIAM B. GLOVER,
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CHARLES H. JOHNSON, .
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Board of Sewer Commissioners
Meets every Monday at 7 P. M.
A. F. SCHENKELBERGER, (1905) Chairman. WILLIAM T. ISAAC, (1904) Secretary.
THOMAS J. LAMB, (1906} Engineer,-E. W. H. BRANCH.
Park Commissioners
GEORGE E. PFAFFMANN, 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, ALBERT W. FAY,
JOHN Q. CUDWORTH, WILLIAM T. SPARGO, GEORGE T. MAGEE, Clerk.
JOHN L. JOHNSON,
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.)
WILLIAM A. BRADFORD. WARREN S. PARKER
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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. HARRY L. RICE, HENRY MCGRATH, CHARLES R. SAFFORD
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. RICHARD R. FREEMAN, Elected by Council.
Registrars of Voters
Term expires May 1, 1903
MICHAEL B. GEARY
.. May 1, 1904
EDWARD J. MCKEON
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DANIEL McLENNAN
JAMES F. HARLOW, City Clerk.
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PERMANENT POLICE.
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Permanent Police
MARK E. HANSON, JOHN HALLORAN, DAVID J. BARRY, JOHN BOWTON JR., TIMOTHY J. GOLDEN,
GEORGE A. CAHILL, FRANK E. BURRELL, PATRICK A. MILFORD,
JAMES W. MURRAY, DANIEL R. MCKAY, PATRICK H. BRADLEY, JOHN T. LARKIN, ALFRED W. GOODHUE, JEREMIAH HINCHON, JOHN P. REDDINGTON, WILLIAM S. LYONS, EDWARD JOHNSON.
Special Police
SAMUEL DEFOREST, MICHAEL DONOVAN, DAVID L. GORDON, JOHN A. O'BRIEN, EDWARD J. SANDBERG, CLAES A. BROBERG, JAMES P. LANDERS,
MALCOLM C. STEWART, EDWARD J. CURTIN, CALVIN T. DYER,
HENRY F. CORBETT,
JOHN F. DONOVAN,
PATRICK J. KELLIHER, JAMES P. DENWARD,
CHARLES T. CROOKER.
Sealer of Weights and Measures and Weigher of Vessels
GEORGE WESTON.
Weighers of Coal
HERBERT D. ADAMS, E. FRANK MITCHELL, FRANK S. PATCH, FRANK W. CRANE, WILLIE E. FRENCH, GEORGE B. WENDELL. EDWARD W. HALL,
WILLIAM W. CUSHING, GEORGE P. MEAD, EBEN W. SHEPPARD, GEORGE B. PRAY, HERBERT A. NEWTON, WILLIAM H. HILDRETH, JOHN J. CONNOR.
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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. RROWN,
ALBERT W. FAY, EDWARD L. BEAN.
Pound Keeper
GEORGE W. WILSON.
Members of Board of Trustees of Quincy City Hospital Chosen by the Council
NATHAN G. NICKERSON,
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 W. LOUD,
GEORGE E. ADAMS, WALTER F. NICHOLS, THOMAS W. SMITH.
Councilmen From Wards
Ward One. LEWIS BASS, JR.,
Ward Four. WILLIAM P. HUGHES,
ANDREW A. MEYER,
CHARLES H. HARDWICK.
RICHARD H. WALSH, JOHN J. REARDON.
Ward Two. ALEX. W. THOMPSON, JUBEPH L. WHITON, JR.,
Ward Five.
HERBERT J. POLK.
NATHAN G. NICKERSON,
JAMES F. CLEVERLY.
CHARLES A. MCFARLAND.
Ward Three.
Ward Six. WILLIAM G. GASSETT,
ALFRED O. DIACK, WALTER E. PIPER,
JULIUS JOHNSON.
CHARLES A. HADLOCK, LOUIS F. R. LANGELIER.
City Council Committees
Finance, Accounts, Claims. Contracts and Salaries-NICKERSON, GASSETT, BASS, SMITH, HUGHES, WHITON, CLEVERLY.
Streets, Ways, Sidewalks, Bridges and Lights-NICHOLS, THOMPSON, MEYER, GASSEIT, PIPER, WALSH, MCFARLAND.
Fire Department and Police-SMITH, HADLOCK, JOHNSON, REARDON, LOUD.
Sewers and Drains and Water Supply-ADAMS, POLK, HARDWICK, LANGELIER, DIACK, CLEVERLY, REARDON.
Public Buildings and Grounds-LANGELIER, THOMPSON, HADLOCK, POLK. DIACK.
Ordinances, Licenses, Printing, Rules and Orders-HUGHES, MEYER, Mc- FARLAND.
Legislative Matters, Elections and Returns-BASS, HARDWICK, WALSH. Health, Poor, State and Military Aid-PIPER, ADAMS, JOHNSON.
Committee Meetings
Finance, Accounts, etc.
Monday Evenings
Ordinances, Licenses, etc.
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Tuesday Evening's
Fire Department and Police
Wednesday Evenings
Sewers, Drains and Water Supply
Thursday Evenings Streets, Ways, etc.
Friday Evening's
Meetings of the Committees on Health and Poor, State and Military Aid, Leg- islative 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 designated by the Council.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Office : No. 8 Washington Street. Regular Meetings on the last Tuesday of each month at 8 P. M.
CHARLES H. PORTER,
Chairman Secretary
SUPT. FRANK PARLIN,
Term expires 1903
At Large-HENRY C. HALLOWELL 66 NATHANIEL S. HUNTING
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66 JAMES H. CHURCHILL
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Ward 1-CHARLES H. PORTER
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Ward 2-FREDERICK H. SMITH
1904
Ward 3-MABEL E. ADAMS .
1905
Ward 4-WILLIAM J. FOLEY
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Ward 5-WELLINGTON J. RECORD
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Ward 6-FREDERIC J. PEIRCE
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Truant Officer-CHARLES H. JOHNSON.
MAYOR'S ADDRESS
QUINCY, MASS
January 5, 1903
CHARLES M. BRYANT
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Inaugural Address.
Gentlemen of the Council :
It is customary on this occasion, when the newly elected mayor and councilmen are inaugurated into office, for the mayor to express his views on such matters as in his judgment should receive the early attention of the legislative branch of the city government.
The city, like any other corporation, before embarking upon any improvement, must first consider its resources and its liabil- ities. It is therefore my duty to first call your attention to what is usually regarded as the most uninteresting part of the mayor's inaugural,-the figures pertaining to the city's financial condition. These, however, are of the first importance for your careful consideration, and in my opinion you should as com- pletely master the story which they tell as you should thoroughly understand the provisions of our city charter before entering upon our duties for this year.
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
The financial condition of the city of Quincy has always been good, and is even better today than it has been, but al- . though our resources this year are greater than they were last, you must bear in mind that the growth of the city in every direction brings with'it the inevitable increase of expenses in the cost of running the various departments.
This year we should practise the most rigid economy in making appropriations for the running of the different depart- ments. Our debt on December 31, 1901, was $1,566,635.64
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our debt on December 31, 1902, was $1,650,840.35, showing an increase of $88,204.71.
The increase in debt is entirely due to the necessity of last year's Council making appropriations for permanent improve- ments which could not longer be delayed, such as $55,000 for the new Washington schoolhouse ; $13,000 for remodeling City Hall; $6,000 for the Houghs Neck Fire Station, and also $60,000 for the extension of our sewerage system. It is obvious that if these improvements had not been made, a larger decrease in the debt would have resulted.
The following is a statement of the City's Debt :
DEBT STATEMENT.
Municipal Debt Jan. 1, 1902
. 8442,735 64
Paid during the year ·
66,685 64
Leaving
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$376,050 00
Added during the year
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101,690 35
Debt Dec. 31, 1902
. $477,740 35
Water Debt Jan. 1, 1902
$719,000 00
Paid during the year
32,500 00
Leaving
$686,500 00
Added during the year
34,000 00
Debt Dec. 31, 1902
· $720,500 00
Sewer Debt Jan. 1, 1902
· $362,900 00 .
Paid during the year
11,300 00
Leaving
351,600 00
Added during the year
60,000 00
Debt December 31, 1902
. $411,600 00
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Park Debt Jan. 1, 1902
$42,000 00
Paid during the year
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1,000 00
Debt December 31, 1902
. $41,000 00
Total debt Jan. 1, 1902
$1,566,635 64
Paid during the year
111,485 64
Leaving
$1,455,150 00
Added during the year
195,690. 35
Total Debt
$1,650,840 35
DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Municipal
$477,740 35
Water
720,500 00
Sewer
411,600 00
Playground
41,000 00
Total Debt Dec. 31, 1902 .
.$1,650,840 35
Increase for the year .
$84,204 71
The Municipal debt falling due in 1903 is as follows :
January .
$3,850 00
February
1,500 00
March
6,900 00
April
2,900 00
May
2,000 00
June
1,000 00
July
31,150 00
August
7,150 00
September
6,000 00
October .
3,800 00
November
2,050 00
December
2,240 35
$70,540 35
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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 1902 :
Budget .
$433,009 84
Water Dept. paid from Receipts 39,811 13
Sewer Dept. paid from Assessments 26,632 75
$499,453 72
Decrease for the year
82,569 48
LOANS ISSUED IN 1902.
Water Extension .
$34,000 00
Sewer Extension .
60,000 00
Houghs Neck Fire Station
6,000 00
Patrol Wagon Stable .
1,500 00
Lincoln School Sewer System
2,600 00
Sewer House Connections
6,000 00
Repair City Hall .
13,000 00
Schoolhouse Ward Two
55,000 00
Plumbing John Hancock Schoolhouse .
3,500 00
Willard School Lavatory
350 00
Watering Trough Ward Three
350 00
Small Pox Cases .
2,500 00
Almshouse Plumbing“
1,300 00
Purchase and Removal of French House
1,500 00
Plans and Surveys of City
1,000 00
Independence Avenue Drain
800 00
Hamilton Street .
500 00.
Newbury Avenue
1,000 00
Edison Street
200 00
Eaton Street
50 00
Brooks Avenue Sidewalk
300 00
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Fuel-Fire Department
300 00
Overseer Poor
940 35
Faxon Park Road
3,000 00
$195,690 35
LOANS ISSUED IN 1901.
Water Debt ·
$30,000 00
Municipal Debt
130,435 64
$160,435 64
Increase for year 1902 . $35,254 71
The municipal debt falling due in 1903 is not materially larger than what we were obliged to pay during the year of 1902. In 1902 the debt maturing was $66,685.64 ; in 1903 it is $70,540.35.
Our tax rate last year was $17.40, and although this is the lowest that it has been for six years, I believe that if possible it ought not to be increased for the ensuing year. You will ob- serve that the maturing debt being slightly larger, it will be im- possible for us to keep our tax rate down or reduce the same unless we curtail our expenses in our appropriations in the budget for the running of the different departments of the city. I shall myself carefully scrutinize all the estimates of the city officers in their requests for their annual appropriation, and invite you to do the same when the annual budget is pre- sented to you for consideration.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
During the past year the Police Department has worked under different conditions than heretofore. The adoption of the signal system and the inauguration of the patrol wagon has in my opinion been of the utmost benefit to the department and has greatly increased its efficiency to say nothing of its having been a valuable aid to the physicians as an ambulance for the conveyance of injured persons to the hospital.
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In previous years officers making arrests both in the day and night time have hired carriages for the conveyance of prisoners to the police station, the cost of which has eventually come out of the city, that is to say, these charges have always been deducted from the fines imposed, which would otherwise be paid to the city. Furthermore, I believe that in many cases arrests have not been made by reason of the difficulty in getting prisoners to the police station from outlying districts. At the present time an officer can easily take his man to the box ar d send a signal for the patrol wagon.
A statement of the receipts paid to the city treasurer by the court for the last three years illustrates what I have said. In 1900 the receipts for fines were $376.29; in 1901 they were $667.71; and in 1902 they were $2,002.15. This shows an increase for one year of about $1400.
The department, however, is not yet where it should be, and this is largely due to the fact that we have not enough officers. The present force consists of fourteen men, and with this number we are unable at the present time to detail more than one man for day duty in the entire city. This is not as it should be. The city, as you know, is made up of many large villages, all of which are some distance from our centre and one man cannot properly protect them in the day time. I would therefore strongly recommend that the police ordinances be changed increasing the officers by at least two men, and I believe this would enable the department to do much better work.
CITY FORESTER.
Last year, in my inaugural, I called attention to the necessity of appointing a City Forester, who should combine the duties of his office with that of Inspector of Wires. During the last year, with good reason, there have been many protests entered because of the depredation to our shade trees by cor- porations erecting and stringing wires within our city limits .. In my opinion there should be established an office of City
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Forester and Inspector of Wires, and I should prefer to have him act under the direction and instruction of the Board of Park Commissioners. This board would be interested more than any other board in seeing that the city's shade trees were properly cared for. The Inspector's duty would be to super- vise personally the erection of all poles and wires located in the city.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The present ordinance and regulation governing the Board of Health were first passed when the city was not more than half its present size so far as its population is concerned, and the people have been educated during the last ten years on the subject of sanitary arrangements to a point where they rightly demand much more from the Board of Health than they prev- iously required.
During the last two years we have suffered an epidemic of small pox, which the present Board of Health has handled in a manner that is highly commendable to all its members, and at a cost very much less per patient than in many other cities and towns. I am sorry to say that some persons in our city appear not to have fully appreciated the good work which they have done in this respect.
There has been much criticism against the Board on the question of public dumps, but those criticising have not stopped to consider the conditions that here prevail in regard to this sewerage matter. It should be borne in mind that the geological formation of Quincy is such that it is difficult, if not wellnigh impossible, to obtain proper dumping ground for vault matter. The superstructure of Quincy is granite or rock, and any vault matter emptied upon the ground is very apt to remain on the surface and not percolate through the soil. Therefore, wherever public dumps are located in this city they are bound to be objectionable.
The first of the year we were confronted with this situa- tion. There had been two places found available for dumping, one on Valley street and the other located off Quincy avenue.
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The one on Valley street existed in pursuance of a private license given one of our citizens, and was located not far from the City Square. Various complaints had been made on ac- count of its existence at this place, and this year it was de- cided by the Board of Health not to grant a new license for its continuance.
The location off Quincy avenue was in the woods in an outlying part of the city, and had existed there for some years, but by reason of the nature of the soil, as I have stated before, it was at times objectionable to the people nearby, although in my opinion it was not a menace at any time to the public. health. I therefore took the matter up with the Board of Health and the Sewerage Commissioners, and it was decided to build two dumping places for sewerage of the character men- tioned to connect with the public sewer, one in South Quincy, and one near Wollaston. By this system a tank is provided into which the sewerage matter is discharged, and after being subjected to disintegration by streams of water is carried away through pipes to the main sewer.
It is proposed during the present year to erect one other building in another portion of the city, and I believe that this- new arrangement will do away with the objectionable features of the old system which have annoyed the people residing in the localities complained of.
Previous Councils have from time to time received peti- tions for the removal of ashes, and I believe that if the Coun- cil will purchase the necessary horses and appliances to be used in the collection of ashes as well as the collection of cesspool and vault matter, all to be done under the supervision of the Board of Health, the ashes can be removed without any cost to the citizens, and the vault and cesspool matter can be taken care of at less expense to the householders than under the pres- ent contract system, and I therefore ask you to provide the necessary appropriation for a system which will eventually be; self-supporting.
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FUEL FOR THE CITY.
The distress of our people at the present time occasioned by their inability to procure fuel, except occasionally at pro- hibitive prices, has led me to investigate the question as to whether or not it will be advisable for the city to make pro- vision to purchase its own coal and wood in large quantities in the future. We already own property at Quincy Adams, for- merly used by the Water Department, upon which there is a sid- ing connecting with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and there is situated on the property a building in which. a certain amount of coal can be stored.
The city uses about 2,000 tons of coal per year. This in- cludes the amount consumed at the schoolhouses, public build- ings, hose houses, and that distributed by the Poor Department. If the duty of purchasing coal for all of these departments were imposed upon one officer of the city government, it would en- able us to buy in large quantities at a considerable saving in cost.
Heretofore the School Department has advertised each year in the Quincy papers for coal, which has brought bids from none but Quincy dealers. Of course, that department did not have the facilities for the transporting of coal or storing it, but if the city government undertook to deal with the supply of fuel for the entire city on a systematic basis, I believe it would have no difficulty in purchasing its coal outside the state at a considerable saving, and could distribute same with the city teams. It may be necessary for you to make a small ap- propriation to carry out certain plans, which I shall later sub- mit to you, in reference to enabling us to receive coal at tide water.
I would also call your attention to the fact that there will probably be something done in the way of securing legislation to enable cities and towns to borrow money for the establish- ment of municipal coal-yards. It may be that it will take several years to secure such legislation, but in the meantime if we equip ourselves with the means of furnishing coal for the
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various departments, we shall be in a position temporarily to supply our inhabitants in cases of emergency such as we are now facing.
Finally, members of the Council, it is obvious that not only the best but the only way of achieving a successful ad- ministration of the city's affairs is by intelligent cooperation ; not alone the executive with the legislative, but each member of your body with the others. It is in my political experience (which has been fairly long and continuous) an almost un- known thing that a member of the Council supports a measure from a selfish or mean motive, although in the heat of argu- ment it is not uncommon to have this alleged. I would urge to each a wider tolerance of the opinion of the other as the best attitude of accomplishing a harmony of results.
Personally, I invite each member of this body, whether in or out of session, to confer with me unreservedly about any measure contemplated or in progress of enactment, believing that the frank, mutual discussion of position is the surest guar- antee against misunderstanding.
In the coming year let us unite in our common purpose of accomplishing the solution of all municipal problems as they occur, with confidence in each other, and to this purpose I pledge my most earnest endeavor.
Annual Reports For the Dear 1902 City of Quincy
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Treasurer's IReport
CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE, January, 1, 1903.
To His Honor, the Mayor :-
Herewith I submit the annual statement of the City Treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1902.
Receipts
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1902 .
$23,869 88
Board of Health-Garbage .
483 81
Abating Nuisances and Contagious Diseases .
262 60
Burial Places
5,123 70
Edgestones
802 09
Interest
14,745 82
Massachusetts, State of-Contagious Diseases 483 47
Military Aid
199 50
State Aid
$4,315 00
Burial Soldies and Sailors
175 00
Water Loan Sinking Fund
358 78
Corporation Tax
13,105 89
Bank Tax
2,614 04
Street Ry. Tax
4,709 15
Miscellaneous City Receipts-Dog License Fees . 392 80
1,787 80 Dog Licenses
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Plumbers' Licenses
19 50
Peddlers' Licenses
75 00
Milk Licenses
24 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures
88. 10
Tax Collector-Costs
1,808 89
City Clerk-Sundry Licenses
653 75
Police Station
43 45
Miscellaneous
69 63
Notes Payable-City Debt 101,690 35
Notes Payable-Sewer Debt
60,000 00
Notes Payable-Water Debt
34,000 00
Notes Payable-Temporary Loans
300,000 00
Overseer of the Poor-Outside Aid
961 75
Almshouse
2 50
Police-Chapter 416
1,752 15
Parks . ·
100 00
Permanent Sidewalks
3,949 77
Perpetual Care Fund of Public Burial Places
650 00
Quincy Avenue State Road .
5,951 23
Schools, B. S. and S.
89 00
Streets
1,911 80
Street Sprinkling
3,034 76
Sewer, Assessments
29,397 72
House Connections
5,807 66
Street Railway Excise Tax
2,971 08
Tax of 1896
48 20
Tax of 1897
202 10
Tax of 1898
369 65
Tax of 1899
781 97
Tax of 1900
62,717 48
Tax of 1901
84,526 00
Tax of 1902
225,819 65
Water Construction
11,726 89
Water Maintenance 1901
4,443 36
Water Maintenance 1902
73,650 12
Water Service Deposits
2,690 00
$1,095,457 34
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Expenditures.
1901
1902
Advertising, Printing and Sta- tionery
$2 00
$1,204 99
Advertising, Printing and Station- ery, Council
987 30
Advertising, Printing and Station- ery, City Clerk
1,002 89
Advertising, Printing and Station- ery, Tax Collector
1,234 34
Assessors-Books, Postage, etc.
13 00
Clerical Services, Miscellaneous .
5 00
1,595 00
Almshouse Plumbing
978 93
Arthur street .
285 37
Atlantic Street
76 50
Board of Health- Abating Nuisances
and Contagious Diseases
195 26
5,787 66
Garbage
2,956 15
Inspection
600 00
Miscellaneous .
15 00
316 19
Bridges, Culverts and Drains .
228 26
3,988 59
Burial Places .
4,594 04
Beal Street Sidewalk
107 18
Bigelow Street
13 33
Brooks Avenue Sidewalk
88 80
Clerk-City Clerk .
520 00
Commissioner of Public Works
780 00
Tax Collector .
18 50
875 00
City Treasurer
624 00
City Hospital .
3,500 00
Contingent Fund
99 00
City Officers .
4 75
19,877 14
Chestnut Street Sidewalk
54 08
Cranch Schoolhouse Lot, Grading
707 48
Clark Street
239 24
30
693 65
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Copeland Street Claims .
300 00
Copeland Street Widening
415 50
Chubbuck Street
5,075 60
Clark Street Sidewalk
8 34
Edgestones and Sidewalks
1,000 00
Engineering
77 40
2,465 41
Plans and Surveys
578 98
406 88
Election Expenses .
293 56
Eaton Street .
48 57
Fire-Fire Alarm
329 37
1,584 05
Fire Alarm Boxes
2 05
Fireman's Clothing
87 50
162 00 .
Fuel
267 11
357 19
Horse Shoeing and Keeping
577 01
2,653 15
Horses and Harness
465 00
Keeping Chief's Horse
156 05
292 36
Miscellaneous
847 88
2,662 03
Pay of Men
2 40
714 90
Purchase of Hose
1,462 50
Faxon Park Road
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