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ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN OF NEWTON 1873.
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AUDITORS'
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE FINANCES OF THE
TOWN OF NEWTON,
SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATE, REGISTRAR'S REPORT, AND ENGINEER'S REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 3, 1873.
TAX-LIST FOR 1872.
ERTY AND UNION
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BOSTON : PRINTED BY RAND, AVERY, & CO. 1873.
R352 NY8P C.2 (1872) NEWTON COLLECTION,
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Almshouse Account. 44
Auditors' Report 13
Assets of the Town 21
By-Laws, &c. 180
Concrete Sidewalks 58
Delinquent Tax-Payers. 169
Fire Department Account. 38
Fire Department, Report of Chief Engineer 79
Highways
49
Insurance
60
Interest 23
Liabilities of the Town
21
Lighting Streets
55
Loan Account.
19
Military Account. . 63
Miscellaneous Expenses. 64
Police Account.
58
Poor out of Almshouse 47
Printing . 60
Registrar's Report. 83
Rules and Regulations for Town Meetings. 179
· Salaries. 66
Schools, Appropriations for, and Accounts.
24
Schools, Incidentals for.
91
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4
Soldiers' Monument.
6
Selectmen's Report and Estimate. 69
Small Pox Account. 46
State Aid Account 63
Streets.
171
Tax-List.
87
Tax on Bank Shares. 143
Town Hall
62
Town Officers
9
Value of Property owned by the Town.
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PRO PATRIA MORTUISUNTI
JOHN ANDBEIL
HYDE DEL
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
Erected July 23, 1864.
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
AT a town-meeting of the inhabitants of Newton, held on the seventh day of August, A.D. 1863, a committee was chosen with authority to erect a monu- ment to the soldiers of Newton who had fallen in the war of the Rebellion.
In order that all might share in this grateful tribute, a donation of one dol- lar was solicited from each inhabitant; and nearly twelve hundred dollars were received from this source. More than eleven hundred children of the public schools contributed each one dime; and the remainder necessary to construct the monument, to grade and surround the lot with a suitable curbstone, to- gether with the erection of an appropriate entablature, has been cheerfully con- tributed by the generous friends of the soldiers in the town.
The monument itself, with the entablature, cost, $3,975 50 The curbstone and posts 1,245 00
The work has been completed at an expense of, $5,220 50
It stands in the cemetery, upon a lot of land given by the Town. The trustees of the cemetery corporation are to keep the grounds in good order and condition. The monument is an octagonal shaft of Quincy granite, resting upon a die and plinths of the same material, and is twenty-eight feet in height. Upon the front of the die are inscribed the words, "In Memoriam Perpetuam." Near the monument is the entablature, on which is carved the motto, “Pro patria mortui sunt," bearing the names of fifty-seven brave men of Newton, who offered up their lives in the cause of freedom and the Union.
In the erection of this monument, our patriotic citizens have gracefully per- formed a grateful public duty ; and the work will stand as a perpetual honor to the brave heroes who have fallen, and to the noble spirit of our people.
LIST OF THE NAMES
ON THE
SOLDIERS' TABLET.
LIEUT. EBEN WHITE. ORESTUS J. ADAMS. JOHN ALLEN.
WILLIAM L. PARKER.
LEOPOLD H. HAWKES.
PATRICK HAGGERTY.
GEORGE BAKER.
THOMAS L. JACKSON.
GEORGE H. BAXTER.
ALBERT A. KENDALL, M.D.
GEORGE W. BELCHER.
JEFFERSON LARKIN.
WILLIAM R. BENSON.
CHARLES A. LEAVITT.
GEORGE S. BOYD.
MICHAEL MARTIN.
THEODORE L. BRACKETT.
DANIEL H. MILLER.
LEROY S. BRIDGEMAN.
STEPHEN L. NICHOLS.
EBEN R. BUCK.
ALBERT F. POTTER.
REUBEN L. BUTLER.
JOSEPH R. PRATT.
THOMAS W. CLIFFORD.
WILLIAM H. RICE.
GILBERT A. CHENEY.
WILLIAM RAND, JUN.
FREDERICK CHAMPION.
EDWARD H. TOMBS.
SETH COUSENS, JUN.
LUCIUS F. TROWBRIDGE.
FREDERICK A. CUTTER.
MICHAEL VAUGHN.
WILLIAM FELL.
CHARLES WARD.
CHARLES E. FIFIELD.
GRAFTON H. WARD.
SAMUEL F. WOODWARD.
JOHN FORSYTH, JUN. WILLIAM L. GILMAN.
DANIEL SANGER.
ROGER S. KINGSBURY.
WILLIAM B. NEFF.
MAJOR HENRY T. LAWSON.
MATTHEW T. H. ROFFE.
HARVEY L. VINTON.
THOMAS DURAN.
LEMUEL F. BASSETT.
GEORGE H. RICH.
EDWARD LYMAN.
GEORGE H. NICHOLS.
JOHN B. ROGERS. LIEUT. JOSEPH B. BRECK.
LOWELL M. BRECK.
ALFRED WASHBURN.
WILLIAM N. FREEMAN.
THOMAS C. NORCROSS.
WILLIAM L. HARRIS. JOHN MYER, JUN. JOHN McQUADE.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1872-1873.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors. THOMAS RICE, JUN.
LUCIUS G. PRATT. CHARLES E. RANLETT.
ISAAC F. KINGSBURY. MARCUS T. HEYWOOD. OTIS PETTEE. JOEL M. HOLDEN.
Office at Town Hall.
Town Clerk. MARSHALL S. RICE. Office at residence.
Treasurer and Collector. EDWARD J. COLLINS. Office at Town Hall.
Assessors. ISAAC HAGAR.
.
GEORGE HYDE. GEORGE PETTEE. Office at Town Hall.
Auditors. ISAAC HAGAR.
JULIUS L. CLARK. ANDREW B. COBB. Office at Town Hall.
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School Committee.
ADIN B. UNDERWOOD, Chairman
Term expires. March, 1874.
EZRA P. GOULD, Secretary
66 1873.
JOHN A. GOULD
66 1875.
ISAAC HAGAR
66
1875.
JOHN WORCESTER
66
1875.
INCREASE N. TARBOX
1875.
* AMELIA F. WATERS
66 1875.
NOAH S. KING
66 1874.
CEPHAS BRIGHAM
1874.
MARY E. ROBERTS
66 1874.
SAMUEL E. LOWRY
66
1874.
JAMES F. C. HYDE
66
1873.
CHARLOTTE WHEELER
66
1873.
EDWARD P. BOND
66
1873.
ERASTUS BLAKESLEE
60
1873.
Office at High-School Building.
Constables and Truant Officers.
JOHN M. FISK.
REVILLO L. HINDS.
HOSEA C. HOYT.
CHARLES COLE.
JOHN A. PECK.
GEORGE H. FISK.
CHARLES L. WILSON.
JOSEPH HUESTIS.
OTIS ATHERTON.
RODNEY M. LUCAS.
Night Police.
JOHN M. FISK.
CHARLES COLE.
REVILLO L. HINDS.
CHARLES L. WILSON.
JOHN B. ANNETTE.
JOHN A. PECK. T. D. A. BRIGGS.
Engineers of the Fire Department. RODNEY M. LUCAS, Chief Engineer. WILLIAM L. FROTHINGHAM, Clerk.
WILLIAM P. LEAVITT. GEORGE L. BOURNE.
JAMES W. BAILEY. WILLIAM W. JACKSON.
HENRY P. EATON.
GEORGE PETTEE.
LUTHER PAUL. JOSEPH E. COUSENS.
CHARLES H. JENISON.
SAMUEL H. POTTER.
* Elected in convention by the Selectmen and School Committee to fill the vacancy occasioned by the declination of Emily J. Trowbridge. Vacancy to be permanently filled at the Annual Town Meeting.
t Elected in place of George E. Allen, resigned.
# Elected in place of Alfred B. Ely, deceased.
OTIS ATHERTON.
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Superintendent of Highways. JOHN J. WARE.
Pound Keeper. JOHN J. WARE.
Field Drivers. CHARLES W. ROSS. SAMUEL A. WALKER GEORGE MERRIAM.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. SETH DAVIS.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
IT is the right of every citizen to be fully informed in regard to the system of finance which has received the legitimate sanction of the Town. The opinion is very commonly entertained, that its Board of Auditors has by law the general supervision of financial interests, which is vested in auditors appointed under judicial authority ; but such is not the case. Under the statutes of the Common- wealth, the Town is required to elect certain officers, whose duties are therein prescribed. It may also choose such other officers as may be necessary, and define their duties, including among these an auditor, or a board of auditors. The financial affairs of States and Cities are placed under the supervision of auditors, who are charged with the service of scrutinizing and auditing all bills and accounts prior to payment. In the town municipalities of this Commonwealth, no such authority is delegated to auditors ; their duties and responsibilities being merely clerical in character, and ex post facto in relation and requirement.
Such is the service assigned to the Board of Auditors of Newton ; the examination of bills and accounts after pay- ment, and their tabulation in classified form for publication, constituting its prescribed limit. All such vouchers for expenses incurred in behalf of the Town, or under its authority, are rendered by the committees, boards, or other officials charged therewith, to the Board of Selectmen for approval and payment, the latter Board carefully examin- ing the same, and determining the propriety and legality
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of their allowance. As no moneys are paid from the treas- ury of the town without the proper warrant therefor, granted by the Board of Selectmen on vouchers thus rendered and examined, every citizen will at once com- prehend the safeguards provided under the existing finan- cial régime.
In view of the present and prospective growth of New- ton, and its consequently increasing expenditures, as well as other important interests involved, the Auditors have deemed it proper to submit these suggestions simply, and only for the purpose of communicating desired information, especially to citizens of comparatively recent settlement in the town.
In her rapidly increasing population and wealth, and in the development of her industrial and business enter- prises, requiring constantly larger and larger outlay for municipal maintenance and improvement, the Town of Newton will ever find her prudential interests guaranteed in the purity and integrity of a progressive administration. It is a pleasure to know, that, in this respect, she has been thus far highly favored. What results shall be sought, and what methods adopted, in view of present and probable contingencies, wisdom and experience must determine.
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
THE following is a summary statement of the receipts and payments for the year, the details of which appear in subsequent pages : -
Balance in the Treasury, Feb. 13, 1872, $38,920 92
Amount received during the year, 452,428 89
Total, $491,349 81
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
The sums received during the year were from the fol- lowing sources : -
From Taxes of 1872, $293,076 80
From Taxes of 1871, 8,989 49
From Taxes of 1870, 456 86
From Taxes of 1869, 234 87
From Taxes of 1868, and previous years, 446 08
From State Treasurer : -
Corporation Tax, in part, for 1871, 1872, 19,928 90
National Bank Tax for 1871, 263 10
" State Aid" furnished sundry persons, 1,700 00
Armory Rent; 1871 and 1872, 600 00
Militia Bounty, 752 50
Income from " School Fund," 570 46
From County Treasurer, "Dog Tax," 620 26
Loan from New-England Trust Co., 75,000 00
Loan from Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, 40,000 00
Loan from Helen Woodward, 6,000 00
Sundry persons, concreting sidewalks, in part of amount due February, 1872, 903 03
Sale of Engine House, Newton Village, 55 00
George B. McFarlin, rent of house, Newton Village, 363 68 Quincy Mutual Ins. Co., ret. prem., 45 00
C. E. Ranlett, for sidewalk, 8 00
J. A. Peck, for use of hearse,
18 00
Amount carried forward,
$450,032 03
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Amount brought forward,
$450,032 03
Thomas Hall, for loam, 3 60
City of Boston, support of Wm. Leggett, 246 20
City of Boston, board of Charles Brooks, 16 00
Sidney Allen, support of son at Hospital, 211 00
Newton National Bank, interest on deposits,
1,671 51
M. Taffe, from contract on reservoirs at Au- burndale, 121 50
Boston & Albany Railroad, for concrete, 27 30
Edward Upham, filling sidewalk, 12 00
Dorchester Mutual Ins. Co., ret. prem.,
72 00
Traders' & Mechanics' Mut. Ins. Co., ret. prem.,
15 75
$452,428 89
Balance as above,
38,920 92
Total,
$491,349 81
PAYMENTS.
The sums disbursed during the year were on the follow- ing account : -
General appropriation for Schools, $63,083 19
Incidentals for Schools,
15,738 46
Drawing Schools, 1,546 99
Evening Schools, 705 52
Salary of Superintendent,
3,000 00
Pay of School Committee,
1,250 00
School-houses and land,
44,050 25
For Educational Department,
$129,374 41
Highways,
73,595 68
Lighting Streets,
22,048 03
Concreting Sidewalks and Crossings,
10,553 45
Drainage,
8,358 48
Reservoirs,
1,519 46
Street Pumps,
609 88
Water,
196 59
Fire Department,
12,214 54
Hook and Ladder Carriage, Newtonville,
1,004 62
Engine-house, Steamer No. 2,
9,797 00
Amount carried forward,
$269,272 14
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Amount brought forward,
$269,272 14
Police Department,
8,142 52
Lock-up, North Village,
4,052 50
Military Department,
3,414 58
Support of Poor out of Almshouse,
2,884 79
Almshouse Expenses,
621 03
Almshouse Buildings,
517 49
State Aid,
1,668 00
Printing,
2,354 78
Insurance,
4,352 61
Town Hall,
1,021 84
Small Pox Account,
856 21
Decoration Day,
500 00
Newton Cemetery,
536 00
Interest on Town Debt,
26,530 45
State Tax, .
$23,540 00
County Tax,
13,650 12
37,190 12
Town Loans,
75,000 00
Salaries,
9,964 41
Miscellaneous Accounts,
3,694 38
Total payments for the year ending Feb. 3, 1873,
$452,573 85
Balance in the Treasurer's hands Feb. 3, 1873,
38,775 96
$491,349 81
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
The aggregate amount granted for the expenses of the Town, at its March and May meetings, was $291,050; and the sums appropriated amounted to $367,250. Adding to the latter the unexpended appropriations previously au- thorized for educational purposes, and $6,000 previously appropriated for the school-house and land at Newton Village, and the amount is increased to $377,945.63. It will be seen, therefore, that the appropriations for 1872 exceeded by $86,895.63 the amount granted; while the expenses already incurred under those appropriations have
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also exceeded by $41,329.96 the amount granted. As no unexpended balances from 1871, except for educational purposes, remained to be transferred, this excess of expen- diture has been paid from the proceeds of temporary and other loans, and from the Corporation Tax, and moneys remaining in the Treasury.
The annexed tabulation exhibits the aggregate under this classification : -
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
APPROPRI- ATION.
EXPENDED.
School Appropriation,
$59,000 00
66
66
income, School Fund,
570 46
66 Dog Tax,
620 26
$64,886 35
$63,083 19
Incidentals for Schools.
15,000 00
15,738 46
Industrial Drawing - Appropriation,
1,000 00
2,258 28
1,546 99
Evening Schools - Appropriation,
1,000 00
1,673 25
705 52
Pay and Expenses of School Committee,
1,250 00
1,250 00
School-house and land, Newton Village,
*24,000 00 )
66
Watertown Street,
18,000 00
Newton Highlands,
18,000 00
Land for Pearl-street School-house,
5,000 00
Hall in Claflin School-house,
800 00
Total for educational purposes,
153,867 88
129,374 41
Highways, ordinary repairs,
30,000 00
New Roads and PermanentImprovements,
45.000 00
73,595 68
Drainage at Newton Village, .6 Newton Village,
10,000 00
8,358 48
Concreting Sidewalks and Crossings,
10,000 00
10,553 45
Lighting Streets,
15.000 00
22.048 03
Reservoirs,
2,500 00
1,519 46
Street Pumps, &c.,
500 00
609 88
Fire Department,
12,000 00
12,214 54
15,000 00
9,797 00
Steam Fire Engine and house, Newton Centre,
25,000 00
Police Department,
7,000 00
8,142 52
Police Station,
4,000 00
4,052 50
Support of Poor out of Almshouse,
3,000 00
2,884 79
Almshouse Expenses,
1,500 00
621 03
Repairs,
500 00
517 49
Memorial Day,
500 00
500 00
Water Commissioners,
200 00
196 59
Printing,
2.500 00
2,354 78
Insurance,
1,500 00
4,352 61
Salaries,
10,000 00
9,964 41
Miscellaneous Expenses,
1.500 00
3,694 38
Interest on Town Debt,
24,500 00
26,530 45
$381,067 88
$332,379 96
Unexpended Balance,
673 25
Salary of Superintendent,
3,000 00
3,000 00
Unexpended Balance,
1,258 28
balances from 1871,
4,695 63
* Including $6,000 previously appropriated.
500 00
4.7 48
Armory for Claflin Guards,
House and land for Steamer No. 2,
5,000 00
44,050 25
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STATEMENT OF LOANS.
Outstanding Loans Feb. 13, 1872, Loans in 1872 : -
$371,000 00
From James H. Little,*
$1,000 00
66 Helen Woodward, March 6, 6,000 00
66 Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, April 1, 40,000 00
New England Trust Company, June 4, 75,000 00
-$125,000 00
Total,
$496,000 00
Loans paid in 1872 : -
New England Trust Co., Oct. 4,
75,000 00
Unpaid Loans, Feb. 3, 1873,
$421,000 00
PRESENT OUTSTANDING LOANS.
RATE.
PAYABLE.
AMOUNT.
Nathan S. Lunt,
6 per cent.
On Demand.
3,000 00
James M. Sherman,
6
66
1,000 00
Hosea C. Hoyt,
6
1,000 00
Mrs. Hannah Colder,
6
June 1, 1873.
4,000 00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell
51
66
March 8, 1873.
14,000 00
6
.6
66
66
51
May 1, 1875.
15,000 00
66
66
66
66
Oct. 2, 1884.
20,000 00
66
6
Oct. 2, 1885.
20,000 00
66
6
Oct. 2, 1886.
20,000 00
6
6
Oct. 2, 1887.
20,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
5
March 9, 1875.
32.000 00
66
66
6
April 1, 1886.
60,000 0 0
66
7
66
April 22, 1890.
20,000 00
66
66
63
66
April 21, 1888.
46,000 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank,
6
66
Aug. 24, 1879.
30,000 00
63
66
April 1, 1883.
40,000 00
Helen Woodward,
6
66
6,000 00
James H. Little,*
7
4,000 00
53
66
May 1, 1874.
20,000 00
66
66
53
May 1, 1876,
15,000 00
66
7
66
April 22, 1892.
30,000 00
66
6
66
66
66
Total, 421,000 00
* Mortgage note on purchased Vernon-street estate.
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STATEMENT OF TAXES.
TAXES OF 1869.
Balance, Feb. 13, 1872,
$1,156 87
Amount since paid, 234 87
Balance, Feb. 3, 1873,
$922 00
TAXES OF 1870.
Balance, Feb. 13, 1872,
$2,075 53
Amount since paid, 456 86
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Balance, Feb. 3, 1873, 1,618 67
TAXES OF 1871.
Balance, Feb. 13, 1872, $13,630 33
Amount since paid, $8,989 49
Abatements,
193 96
9,183 45
Balance, Feb. 3, 1873, 4,446 88
TAXES OF 1872.
Amount of Assessments, $334,314 87
Discount on Taxes paid
prior to Oct. 1, 1872, $10,620 65
Abatements, 3,592 19 14,212 84
$320,102 03
Amount paid into the Treasury,
293,076 80
Balance, Feb. 3, 1873, 27,025 23
Whole amount of Taxes remaining unpaid, $34,012 78
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ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
The following statement exhibits the aggregate liabili- ties of the Town, Feb. 13, 1873, and the assets applicable to their liquidation : -
LIABILITIES.
Amount of outstanding Loans, $421,000 00
Interest accrued thereon, 7,632 54
Total,
$428,632 54
ASSETS.
Cash in the Treasurer's hands, $38,775 96
Balance of Taxes for 1869, 922 00
Balance of Taxes for 1870,
1,618 67
Balance of Taxes for 1871, 4,446 88
Balance of Taxes for 1872,
27,025 23
Amount due from State on account of Corporation Tax, 3,567 60
Amount due from State for " State Aid," furnished prior to Jan. 1, 1873,
1,668 00
Due from sundry persons for con- creting sidewalks, 1871, 531 93
Due from State for pay of Claflin Guards, for service at " Boston Fire,"
1,514 60 80,070 87
Debt of the Town, Feb. 3, 1873,
$348,561 67
Debt of the Town, Feb. 13, 1872,
315,978 91
Increase of Debt,
$32,582 76
VALUE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Almshouse land and buildings, $17,000 00
Personal property at almshouse, 7,000 00
High School buildings, furniture, and land, 32,000 00
Amount carried forward, $56,000 00
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Amount brought forward, $56,000 00
Bigelow school-house, furniture, and land, 32,000 00
Davis school-house, furniture, and land, 13,000 00
Grammar school-house, furniture, and land, West Newton, 32,000 00
Grammar school-house, furniture, and land, Upper Falls, 32,000 00 Grammar and Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Newtonville, 33,000 00 Grammar and Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Auburndale, 28,500 00
Grammar and Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Lower Falls, 30,000 00
Grammar and Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Oak Hill,
15,000 00
Grammar and Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Newton Centre,
50,000 00
Old school-house lot, Newton Centre,
2,500 00
Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Upper falls, 7,500 00
Primary school-house, furniture, and land, Richardson Street, 8,000 00
Primary school-house, furniture, and land,
Pearl Street, 6,500 00
Primary school-house, furniture, and land, River Street, 15,500 00 School-house, furniture, and land, North Vil- lage, 16,000 00
School-house unfinished, and lot, corner Crafts and Watertown Streets, 18,000 00 17,000 00
Town Hall, furniture, and land,
No. 1 Steam fire-engine-house, engine and apparatus, furniture, lock-up, dwelling- house, barn, and land, 25,000 00
No. 2 Steam fire-engine and apparatus, five hand fire-engines and apparatus, buildings, land, hooks, and ladders,
24,000 00
Fire-engine-house, engine and apparatus, and land, Auburndale, 6,000 00
Fire-engine-house, engine and apparatus, and land, Newtonville, 8,000 00
Reservoirs,
10,500 00
Lot of land on Pine Street,
600 00
Amount carried forward,
$486,600 00
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Amount brought forward, Lot of land on Pine Street (Ryan), 1,760 00
$486,600 00
66 Washington Street, W. Newton, 1,000 00
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66 Sumner Street, Newton Centre, 5,000 00
66 Upper Falls,
1,400 00
66 66
Parker Street, Oak Hill,
600 00
66 Beacon Street, Newton Centre, 400 00 66
66 66 Crafts Street, Newtonville,
1,200 00
66 66 Watertown Street, Newtonville,
2,250 00
66
66
Rutterville,
875 00
66
66
North Village,
1,113 00
Estate on Vernon Street,
Land in Newton Cemetery,
Tomb 66
800 00
Highway teams, tools, and stone-crusher,
13,200 00
School-house, furniture, and land, Newton Highlands,
20,000 00
Unfinished Steam fire-engine-house and land, West Newton, 9,797 00
Lock-up, North Village, 4,000 00
Hook and Ladder Carriage, &c., Newtonville,
1,000 00
Land on Pearl Street,
2,102 00
Total value of Town Property,
$565,173 00
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
The following are the amounts of interest paid during the year on Town Loans : -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on $188,000, $11,690 00 City Institution for Savings, Lowell, on $144,000, 8,320 00 Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, on $70,000, 3,641 66 New England Trust Co., on $75,000, 1,665 63 James M. Sherman, on $3,000, 85 00
Hannah Colder, on $4,000,
240 00
Helen Woodward, on $6,000,
390 00
Nathan S. Lunt, on $3,000,
180 00
Hosea C. Hoyt, on $1,000,
60 00
James H. Little, on $1,000,
231 91
Sundry interest, 26 25
Amount carried forward,
$26,530 45
66
66
66
576 00
9,500 00
2,000 00
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Amount brought forward, $26,530 45
Amount received from the Newton National Bank for interest on monthly balances for
the year ending Jan. 31, 1873, 1,671 51
Net balance, $24,858 94
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.
Net balance unexpended, Feb. 1, 1872, $3,195 63 Balance on appropriation for super- intendent's salary, Feb. 1, 1872, 1,500 00
Appropriation March 4, 1872, for the financial school year, ending Jan. 31, 1873, 59,000 00
Appropriation for salary of superin- tendent, 3,000 00
Received from income of State
School Fund, 570 46
Received on account of " Dog Tax," 620 26
$67,886 35
Amount expended for the financial
school year, ending Jan, 31, 1873, 66,083 19
Balance unexpended, $1,803 16 Appropriation for industrial drawing, $1,000 00
Balance unexpended, Feb. 1, 1872, 1,258 28
$2,258 28
Amount expended,
1,546 99
Balance unexpended, 711 29
Appropriation for evening schools, $1,000 00
Balance unexpended, Feb. 1, 1872,
673 25
$1,673 25
Amount expended,
705 52
Amount carried forward, $2,514 45
25
Amount brought forward, Balance unexpended,
$2,514 45 967 73
$3,482 18
Appropriation for pay and expenses of School Committee, $1,250 00
Amount expended, 1,250 00
Appropriat'n for incidental exp. rebuild- ing North Village school-house, and alterations in Claflin schoolhouse, $15,800 00
Amount expended, 17,614 34
Amount exp. in exc. of appropriat'n, 1,814 34
Net balance unexpended, $1,667 84
EXPENDITURE OF SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.
The following analyses exhibit in detail the general and special purposes for which the various school appropria- tions have been disbursed, under the direction of the School Committee of the Town : -
School Committee,
$1,250 00
Thomas Emerson, Superintendent of Schools, 3,000 00
HIGH SCHOOL.
Francis A. Waterhouse, principal, $2,750 00
Ezra W. Sampson, sub-master, 2,000 00
C. Augusta Gile, first assistant, 600 00
Lydia C. Dodge, assistant, 800 00
Carrie Spear, 66
800 00
A. E. A. Godefrin, special instructor in French, 172 00
G. A. Schmidt, spec. inst. in German, 18 00
Hulda Geist, spec. inst. in German, 40 00
Patrick Linehan, janitor, 189 00 66 66 cutting wood, 2 00
Alfred B. Hooker, janitor, 78 00
Albert Brackett, 9.610 2000 tons coal,
102 70
66 40 90 66 66
2000
306 34
D. C. Sanger & Co., 1 cord wood, and cutting, 14 00
$7,872 04
Amount carried forward,
$12,122 04
26
Amount brought forward, $12,122 04
TRAINING SCHOOL.
M. Isabel Hanson, principal, $500 00
Annie C. Grant, assistant, 400 00
$900 00
MUSIC.
Wm. S. Tilden, instructor, $1,500 00
DRAWING AND WRITING.
O. H. Bowler, instructor, $1,720 00
DISTRICT NO. 1. - NEWTON CENTRE.
D. S. Farnham, master, $1,900 00
Maria L. Adams, first assistant, 645 00
Emma W. Young, assistant, 650 00
C. E. Dewing, 66 300 00
Isabel C. Patten, 66
650 00
Julia Perrin, Primary, 575 00
Charlotte McDaniels, Primary, 575 00
Henry Hodges, janitor,
288 00
John Palmer,
32 00
Parker & Colton, 101950 tons of coal,
120 12
66 66 wood, 10 00
Albert Brackett, 47.100 tons of coal, 359 93
$6,105 05
DISTRICT NO. 2. - UPPER FALLS.
Levi C. Wade, master, $1,900 00
Emma E. Farnum, first assistant, 350 00
Martha L. Perkins, “ 66 675 00
Fanny M. King, assistant,
575 00
Hattie L. Macreading, "
650 00
Sybilanna Clarke, Primary,
650 00
R. O. Young, 66
300 00
Otis Alden, janitor, 66 cutting wood,
10 00
Trowbridge & Hill, 15.830 tons of coal, 146 08
Albert Brackett, 43.45 % tons of coal,
334 50
H. B. Richardson, 2 cords wood, 14 00
$5,904 58
$28,251 67
Amount carried forward,
300 00
27
Amount brought forward, $28,251 67
DISTRICT NO. 3. - LOWER FALLS.
Luther E. Leland, master, $2,000 00
Ellen M. Gifford, first assistant, 700 00
Anna G. Swain, assistant, 575 00
Lucy L. Drown, Primary, 585 00
William Leonard, janitor, 160 00
cutting wood, 9 00
Charles Rice, jun., 2 cords wood,
18 50
Albert Brackett, 26 tons of coal, 198 90
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