Town of Newton annual report 1872, Part 1

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Publication date: 1872
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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.


21


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


66


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


24


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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