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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Mayor's Inaugural Adress
Jan. 3, 1876 1875
Officers of the City Government (p. v. of Auditor's Report ) Auditor's Report 1875
Includes:
Tax List (as of May 1, 1875) p. 67-153
Overseers of the Poor, 1875 p. 155-157
Chief Engineer Fire Department, 1875 p. 159-163
Police Report, 1875
p. 165-167
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N 352 N48P 1875 v.2 C.1
AUDITOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FINANCES
OF THE
CITY OF NEWTON
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1875.
TOGETHER WITH
THE TAX-LIST AND OTHER CITY DOCUMENTS FOR 1875.
No. OXOVII.
EW
ERTY AND UNIO
FOUNDE
8
1630.INC
679.A CITY
NON
TUM.
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BOSTON: GEO. L. KEYES, PRINTER, 166 CONGRESS, COR. FRANKLIN STREET. 1876.
AUDITOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TON FREE NEWTONG
OF THE
CITY OF NEWTON
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1875.
TOGETHER WITH
THE TAX-LIST AND OTHER CITY DOCUMENTS FOR 1875.
No. CXOVII.
LIBERTY AND UNIO
FOUNDED 1630. INC
79.A CITY1873
NON
TTM
ORPORATE
BOSTON: GEO. L. KEYES, PRINTER, 166 CONGRESS, COR. FRANKLIN STREET. 1876.
FINANCES
MASS.
19352 N48+ C.I. (1875 Quelitor Sep) NEWTON COLLECTION
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CONTENTS.
Almshouse Expenses . 53-55, 155-157
Almshouse Buildings . .
53-55
Appropriations, Expenditures, &c., Summary Statement . xix-xxi
Auditor's Report, Introductory xiii Assets and Liabilities-Net Statement xvii-xix
Books, Printing, &c. 55 Burial Grounds 60
City Government, 1875 v-X
58
City Hall Building
City Hall Expenses 59
City Property, Valuation of 65
Contingent Expenses 62-64
Duties of the Auditor of Accounts
xi
Educational Department xxi, 1-12
Fire Department
xxi, 33-46, 159-164
Highway Department
xxi, 15-33 57
Insurance
61
Interest
Kenrick Fund 64
xxi, 47
Military Department .
60
61 Miscellaneous Payments
Net Liabilities, Summary Statements xvii
Permanent Debt of the City . . XV, xvii Police Department xxi, 47-49, 165-167
Poor out of Almshouse 50-52, 155-157
xxviii, 57, 65
Public Property .
66 City Hall . 58
66 City Stables 58
Lighting Streets
iv
CONTENTS.
Public Property, Gravel Lands 59
66 High School Building 11
Valuation of 65-66
Report of City Registrar xxix
Overseers of Poor 155
66 Chief Engineer, Fire Department 159
66 Acting Chief of Police . 165
Salaries 62
Schools, Appropriations for, and Accounts 2-12
Schools, Incidentals for 7-11
State Aid Account . 56
Statement of the City Debt
xiv-xvii
Taxes and Taxable Valuation xxiii
Tax List 67-153
Temporary Loan xvi, xvii
xxiv-xxviii
Treasury Department
Detailed Statement of Account .
XXV-xxviii
Unexpended Balances and Transfers . xxii
Valuation of City Property 65-66
Water Loan
XV, xvii
Water Commissioners' Expenditures
12-15
CITY GOVERNMENT OF NEWTON,
FOR THE YEAR 1875.
CITY COUNCIL.
Mayor. JAMES F. C. HYDE.
Aldermen.
FRANCIS G. BARNES.
WILLIAM W. KEITH.
LUCIUS G. PRATT.
J. WILLARD RICE.
OTIS PETTEE.
JAMES F. EDMANDS.
COMMON COUNCIL.
GEORGE E. ALLEN, President.
WARD ONE.
GORHAM D. GILMAN.
ALONZO S. WEED.
WARD TWO. WILLIAM J. TOWNE. EZRA S. FARNSWORTH.
WARD THREE.
WARD FOUR.
GEORGE E. ALLEN.
BENJAMIN BOURNE.
VERNON E. CARPENTER.
WILLIAM W. JACKSON.
WARD FIVE.
WARD SIX.
MOSES G. CRANE.
GEORGE PETTEE.
JOHN WARD. Z. ERASTUS COFFIN.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
On Finance and Salaries.
HIS HONOR THE MAYOR, ex officio ; THE PRESIDENT OF COMMON COUNCIL, ex officio ; Aldermen BARNES and KEITH ; and Councilmen CARPENTER, COFFIN and TOWNE.
Accounts.
Alderman PRATT ; Councilmen GILMAN and FARNSWORTH.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
Public Property and Burial Grounds.
Alderman RICE ; Councilmen CARPENTER and COFFIN.
State Aid, Soldiers' Relief, and Military Affairs. Alderman PETTEE ; Councilmen WARD and JACKSON.
Fuel and Street Lights. Alderman KEITH; Councilmen CRANE and BOURNE.
Fire Department. Aldermen BARNES and EDMANDS ; Councilmen PETTEE, JACKSON, and GILMAN.
Highways, Sidewalks, Drains, Culverts, Sewers, and Bridges. Aldermen EDMANDS and BARNES ; Councilmen CARPENTER, TOWNE and PETTEE.
Printing. Alderman KEITH ; Councilmen JACKSON and WEED.
Ordinances. Aldermen PRATT and EDMANDS ; Councilmen GILMAN, CRANE and FARNSWORTH.
Claims.
HIS HONOR THE MAYOR, ex officio ; THE PRESIDENT OF COMMON COUNCIL, ex officio ; Alderman PETTEE ; and Councilmen BOURNE and WARD.
Health.
Alderman RICE ; Councilmen WEED and PETTEE. .
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
On Police. Aldermen RICE and PETTEE.
Elections and Returns.
Aldermen EDMANDS and PETTEE.
Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions.
Aldermen PRATT and EDMANDS.
Licenses, Weights and Measures. Aldermen PRATT and KEITH.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
On Elections and Returns. Councilmen WARD, TOWNE and CRANE.
Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions. Councilmen WEED, COFFIN and BOURNE.
OFFICERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
City Clerk and Clerk of the Mayor and Aldermen. JULIUS L. CLARKE. OFFICE, CITY HALL.
Clerk of the Common Council. HOSEA HYDE.
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. EDWARD J. COLLINS. OFFICE, CITY HALL. 1
Deputy Collector of Taxes. EDWIN O. CHILDS. OFFICE, CITY HALL.
Auditor of Accounts. JULIUS L. CLARKE. OFFICE, CITY HALL.
City Solicitor. WILLIAM S. GARDNER.
Superintendent of Streets. A. R. CARTER. OFFICE, CITY HALL.
Assistant Superintendent of Streets. JOHN J. WARE.
City Engineer. FREDERIC SCHOFF. OFFICE, CITY HALL.
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CITY GOVERNMENT. -
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
Assessors. ISAAC HAGAR, Chairman, term expires January, 1877. HOWARD B. COFFIN, Secretary, term expires January, 1878. SAMUEL M. JACKSON, term expires January, 1879. OFFICE, CITY HALL.
Assistant Assessors. - Elected Annually.
WARD 1 .- ANDREW B. COBB. WARD 4 .- EDWARD F. MILLER.
2 .- HORATIO F. ALLEN. 5 .- BENJAMIN NEWELL.
66 3 .- GEORGE B. WILBUR. 66 6 .- JOSEPH M. WHITE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HON. J. F. C. HYDE, Mayor, Chairman, ex-officio. HON. GEORGE E. ALLEN, President of the Common Council, ex-officio. BRADFORD K. PIERCE, Chairman. H. M. WILLARD, Secretary. ISAAC HAGAR, Auditor.
ELECTIVE MEMBERS. BRADFORD K. PIERCE
HENRY C. HARDON
WINFIELD S. SLOCUM
HENRY C. HAYDEN
PRESENT TERM OF OFFICE. Expires January, 1877. Expires January, 1877. Expires January, 1877. . Expires January, 1877. Expires January, 1878. . Expires January, 1878. Expires January, 1878.
JOHN A. GOULD WALTER ALLEN ALDEN SPEARE* JAMES S. NEWELL
JULIUS L. CLARKE
ELIJAH W. WOOD ISAAC HAGAR
Expires January, 1878. Expires January, 1879. . Expires January, 1879. Expires January, 1879.
J. E. LATIMER
Expires January, 1879. .
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Board of Overseers .- Elected Annually.
HIS HONOR THE MAYOR, ex-officio, Chairman. WARD 1 .- ANDREW B. COBB. WARD 4 .- GEORGE L. BOURNE.
66 2 .- M. T. HEYWOOD. 5 .- EUGENE FANNING.
60 3 .- DANIEL C. SANGER. 6 .- JOSEPH M. WHITE. JOHN J. WARE, Warden of the Almshouse. ANDREW B. COBB, Clerk of the Board. OFFICE, CITY HALL.
* Resigned December, 1875.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ORRIN WHIPPLE, Chief Engineer.
Assistant Engineers.
WARD 1 .- H. N. HYDE, JR. WARD 4 .- JOHN EXLEY.
2 .- W. L. FROTHINGHAM.
5 .- BENJ. HOPKINS.
66 3 .- HENRY L. BIXBY. 66 6 .- I. R. STEVENS. EDWIN O. CHILDS, Clerk.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Regular Police Force .*
REVILLO L. HINDS, Acting Deputy Chief of Police.
JOHN B. ANNETTS.
CHARLES KENNEDY.
GEORGE V. CHICK.
OTIS ATHERTON.
J. D. HENTHORN. C. P. HUESTIS.
GEORGE W. RIGBY. CHARLES HINKLEY.
C. O. DAVIS.
F. E. TUCKER.
EDWARD MYRER.
ENOCH HUSTON.
DANIEL HURLEY. H. C. HOYT.
T. D. A. BRIGGS. G. H. MARSH.
R. H. MOULTON. C. H. ROBERTS.
FRANK E. HINDS.
Special Policemen .*
CHARLES W. ROSS.
A. H. TOWNE.
CHARLES WASHBURN. P. LOVELY.
WILLARD RAND.
W. C. EMERSON.
ROBERT J. ARDRIE. J. F. MAKEE.
G. E. F. BAKER.
Constables .*
JOHN M. FISK.
CHARLES L. WILSON.
RODNEY M. LUCAS. CHARLES COLE.
JOSEPH HEUSTIS. J. FRANK MAKEE.
JOHN B. ANNETTS.t
. Officers promoted from Special Policemen and Constables to the Regular Police, are omitted in the two latter lists.
t For Inquests.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
WARD OFFICERS.
WARD ONE.
Warden, ANDREW B. COBB ; Clerk, EDWIN O. CHILDS ; Inspectors, EDWIN HOLMAN, SAMUEL E. DECKER, JOHN M. FISK.
WARD TWO.
Warden, AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS ; Clerk, J. B. TURNER ; Inspectors, F. G. RICHARDSON, D. S. PARKER, GEORGE EASTMAN.
WARD THREE.
Warden, BENJAMIN F. OTIS ; Clerk, DAVID W. CHILD ; Inspectors, J. W. ROBINSON, SAMUEL H. LEONARD, ARTHUR CARROLL.
WARD FOUR.
Warden, WILLIAM I. GOODRICH ; Clerk, J. E. ABBOTT ; Inspectors, JOSEPH F. WIGHT, J. R. MANN, RUFUS MOULTON.
WARD FIVE.
Warden, WILLIAM E. CLARKE; Clerk, F. N. WOODWARD; Inspectors, EUGENE FANNING, J. P. BROWN.
WARD SIX.
Warden, WILLIAM E. WEBSTER ; Clerk, EDWARD H. MASON ; In- spectors, GEORGE O. SANBORN, JOSEPH M. WHITE, BENJAMIN F. TYLER.
DUTIES OF THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.
The following are the important provisions of the new Ordi- nance establishing the office of Auditor of Accounts :-
The Auditor shall receive all accounts and claims against the City, after the same shall have been certified by the Committee, or the proper certifying officers authorized on behalf of the City to make the contract, or cause the expenditure to be made. He shall carefully examine all such accounts and claims, see that they are correctly cast and duly authorized by the City Council or its order, and having certified to the same shall present them properly filed and labeled to the Committee on Accounts.
· The Auditor, on or before the first day of February, annually, shall report to the City Council the receipts and expenditures of the past financial year, giving the details under their appropriate heads, the names of the persons to whom payments were made, and the purposes for which such expenditures were incurred, furnishing also a schedule of all property belonging to the City, a schedule of all leases of public property, with the rates of rent, names of tenants, and date and determination of leases; and an exhibit of the loans or debts bearing interest due from the City, the rates of interest and the times when payable; the whole to conform as near as practicable to the accounts of the City Treas- urer.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS, CITY HALL, January 31, 1876.
TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL :
The following Report exhibits the financial trans- actions of the City for the last fiscal year, classified and analyzed in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance of 1875, establishing the office of Auditor of Accounts. As explained elsewhere, the compara- tive results of the year cannot be so fully presented as in the last Report, the amount of floating liability in the form of unsettled accounts, so essential to a complete statement, being unknown at so early a date in the year as January.
An experience of two years under a City adminis- tration has developed unexpected and pressing de- mands for public conveniences and improvements. Had these demands received from the City Councils the full and favorable response so urgently claimed by the citizens of the several Wards, the expenditure of money might have been easily doubled. It is fortunate, however, that the strictly ordinary ex- penses of the City, though large in some of the de- partments, have not been, in the aggregate, exces- sive, and that the increase of outstanding liability,
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other than for " Water Supply," has been compara- tively small.
But the entire temporary loan which represents the increase referred to, is less than the aggregate amount paid for purposes outside the limit of ordi- nary expenditure; while for its cancellation the pro- ductive or cash assets of the City are practically sufficient.
For this increase of temporary debt, the City has gained a greater amount in the value of property partly secured thereby, exclusive of its reduction of liability transferred from the Town, and its large ex- penditure under the orders of the County Commis- sioners. The City Hall property remodeled and relieved from encumbrance, the enlarged and im- proved High School building, the new City Stables in Ward Two, the Steamer House No. 3, and other estate acquired at the expense of the City, are a satisactory representation of the gain thus made, as well as of some of the chief causes of increased lia- bility.
With no immediate demand for additional public buildings, and with the means practically in hand for the liquidation of its existing temporary loan, and the limitation of expenditure to actual and ordi- nary necessities, the financial wants of the City, and the reduction of its present outstanding debt, except on water account, may be easily provided for.
STATEMENT OF THE CITY DEBT.
The debt of the City December 31, 1875, as rep- resented by outstanding notes and bonds, is classi-
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fied under three heads, viz: the Permanent or Town Debt, the Water Loan, and the Temporary Loan, the whole amounting to $877,717.04.
The Permanent Debt.
This debt, originally represented by Town notes alone, is so classified because of the intention of the City Council to provide for its maturing instalments by extension or by funding. When assumed by the City this debt amounted to $407,000, but was re- duced $20,000 in 1874, and $200 in 1875, and now stands at $386,800.
During the past year, $47,000 became due and was extended for a term of twenty years, at an an- nual interest of six per cent, which differs but a fraction from the average interest at which the en- tire debt is being carried. Another instalment of $15,000 will mature the present year (1876), and $30,000 in 1879, while $18,800 is payable on de- mand. Possibly these, with some other amounts, may be advantageously funded under the concurrent order of the City Council already passed.
The Water Loan.
This loan is represented by bonds denominated "Newton Water Scrip," in accordance with the pro- visions of section 5 of chapter 344 of the acts of 1872, which limited the issue to $600,000. The scrip has been issued in pieces of $1,000 each, re- deemable in thirty years from date, and bearing in- terest at six per cent per annum. The sum of $400,000 was negotiated in 1875 on terms most
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favorable to the City, the premium realized averag- ing nearly three and one-half per cent. Of this amount, $128,000 had been registered at the close of the year.
Pending the publication of this Report, the re- maining $200,000 has been placed upon the market at an increased premium, realizing a fraction over six per cent-a very flattering evidence of the finan- cial credit of the City.
In order to meet the present estimated cost of an adequate supply of water for City use, an additional issue of $250,000 of Water Scrip has been author- ized by the Legislature, which, when negotiated, will increase the Water Loan to $850,000.
The Temporary Loan.
The only loan of this class outstanding at the close of 1875, represented an amount borrowed from the " Water Loan Fund," and used for the payment of ordinary expenses. All receipts from sales of Water Scrip, including principal, premium, accrued interest and interest on deposits having been classified as such fund, the amount drawn therefrom to meet ex- penditure in other departments is accordingly treat- ed as a temporary loan. The amount so used was stated in the Mayor's inaugural address as being $88,252.80. Adding the interest on deposits, ($2,- 664.24), and the temporary loan December 31, as thus classified, would be $90,917.04.
The following is a descriptive list of the several loans referred to :
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Permanent Debt. - Descriptive List.
RATE.
PAYABLE.
AMOUNT.
City Institution for Savings, Lowell,
51/2 per cent.
May 1, 1876.
$15,000 00
66
66
6
66
Oct. 2, 1884.
20,000 00
6
66
Oct. 2, 1885.
20,000 00
66
6
66
Oct. 2, 1886.
20,000 00
66
6
66
Oct. 2, 1887.
20,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
6
66
April 1, 1886.
60,000 00
66
6
66
April 21, 1888.
46,000 00
66
6
66
April 22, 1890.
20,000 00
66
6
66
April, 22, 1892.
30,000 00
6
6
66
March 9, 1895.
47,000 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, 66 "
61/2
April 1, 1883.
40,000 00
Mrs. Hannah Colder,
6
On Demand.
4,000 00
Nathan S. Lunt's Estate,
6
66
3,000 00
James M. Sherman,
6
166
800 00
Hosea C. Hoyt,
6
66
1,000 00
Helen Woodward,
6
66
66
6,000 00
James H. Little, *
7
4,000 00
Total,
$386,800 00
Water Loan.
Newton Water Scrip; rate 6 per cent; payable July 1, 1905; amount, $400,000.
Temporary Loan.
Water Loan Fund; rate same as received on deposits in Bank ; payable on demand; amount, $90,917.04.
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES-NET STATEMENT.
The following exhibit of assets and liabilities in- cludes only such of the latter as are represented by outstanding loans, no reckoning being made of un- settled accounts already accrued and coming over for payment in 1876.
Both classes of indebtedness, including accrued interest, were treated of in the results given in the last Auditor's Report, but as the brief time allowed by the new Ordinance for the compilation of the present Report would permit only an estimate of the probable amount of floating liability, no attempt has
* Mortgage note on purchased Vernon street estate.
66
April 24, 1879.
30,000 00
6
66
.
66
66
66
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been made to give what at best would have been an estimated aggregate. A complete statement upon the basis of the last Report might have shown by classification the full expenditure incurred or author- ized in 1875, in comparison with that of previous years.
Present Liabilities.
Permanent Debt, Water Loan,
$386,800 00
Temporary Loan,
400,000 00 90,917 04
Total Loans, $877,717 04
Productive Assets .*
Balance of Taxes for 1874,
$4,077 00
Balance of Taxes for 1875, 63,020 83
Due from Commonwealth, viz. :
Balance of Corporation Tax for 1875, 212 09
State Aid furnished in 1875 and pre- vious years, 2,216 50
Armory rent for 1875,
500 00
Support of Poor in 1875 and previous years, 3,675 00
Due from County Treasurer :
"Dog Tax " for 1875, 975 17
Due from miscellaneous sources :
For curbing-stone and setting, 2,157 45
Support of Poor for Cities, Towns, etc., 1,020 00
Town of Needham road, and bridge acct., 261 36
78,115 40
Net Liabilities represented by Loans, Dec. 31, 1875, $799,601 64
Water Loan, excepted, 400,000 00
Net Permanent and Temporary Debt,
$399,601 64
Amount carried forward, $399,601 64
* Several of the amounts enumerated in the schedule of assets have been paid into the City Treasury, in full or in part, pending the publication of this Report.
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Amount brought forward,
$399.601 64
Outstanding Loans, per Treasurer's previous Report, Less Productive Assets,
$416,911 99
63,791 42
Net balance, 353,120 57
Net increase of Loan Liabilities in 1875, $46,481 07
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
The whole amount appropriated for 1875, includ- ing the regular, additional, special, and water appro- priations, was $844,706.05, classified as follows :
Regular Appropriations for the year, $385,300 00
Water Appropriations,
Additional and Special Appropriations,
400,000 00 59,406 05
Total, Net amount expended
$844,706 05
546,879 44
Aggregate net balance unexpended, $297,826 61
Of the net amount expended, the sum of $112,- 445.51 was on water account, and $434,433.93 for other purposes. Adding to the latter the State and County taxes, and the total net expenditure in that connection, in 1875, was $474,395.65.
Of the aggregate unexpended balance of appro- priations, other than for water supply, there remained at the close of the year, $8,272.12, after making the necessary transfers to meet payments under ap- propriations overdrawn.
The unexpended balance of the appropriation for water supply was $287,554.49, after charging to that account the preliminary expenses, ($1,993.46), for which an appropriation of $2,000 was made in advance, the City Auditor being required by con- current order of the City Council to transfer this item to the general account as originally intended.
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The expenditures incurred under the several ap- propriations, as far as paid within the year, are fully stated in the summary tabulation presented here- with, and in the detailed analyses contained in sub- sequent pages. The following is the summary exhibit :
Appropriations for 1875.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
AMOUNT.
EXPENDED.
General appropriation for Schools,
$80,000 00
Received from " Dog Tax,"
1,185 60
Unexpended balance from 1874,
2,036 06
Received from Non-resident Pupils,
96 00
$83,317 66
$81,566 47
Industrial or Mechanical Drawing,
$1,500 00
Unexpended balance from 1874,
388 31
1,888 31
932 68
School Incidentals,
13,000 00
13,350 08 800 00
Total for support of Schools, Enlargement of High School Building,
$99,205 97 25,000 00
$96,649 23 24,880 19
Total for educational purposes,
$124,205 97 400,000 00 2,000 00
$121,529 42 110,452 05
Water Supply, general account, contingent account,
Highway Department, regular appropriation, $100,000 00
25,000 00
66
Needham Street, etc., appropriation,
10,000 00
66
special appropriations, 3,349 00
138,349 00
141,702 93*
Fire Department, regular appropriation, 66 special appropriations,
1,110 00
31,110 00
32,772 45*
Lighting Streets,
26,000 00
25,952 97 *
Police Department,
14,000 00
14,161 89*
Poor out of Almshouse,
5,000 00
5,553 79
Almshouse Expenses and Repairs,
1,700 00
4,241 23 *
Books, Printing, Stationery, etc.,
4,000 00
2,515 59
State Aid,
1,400 00
416 50 *
Insurance,
2,500 00
3,505 09*
City Hall, Fuel, Light, etc.,
3,000 00
2,568 06*
1,150 40
1,150 40
6,226 21
6,226 21
City Stables, Ward Two, first appropriation, 66 second
4,500 00
66
Heating Apparatus, 1,000 00
13,500 00
13,628 48
Gravel Lands,
Armory Rent and Expenses,
1,200 00
1,182 67 *
Burial Grounds,
500 00
193 35
Memorial Day, regular appropriation, 66 special
100 00
400 00
375 40
Newton Free Library,
5,000 00
5,000 00
Athenæum,
1,250 00
1,250 00
Interest on Loans,
35,100 00
29,043 00 *
Salaries,
14,300 00
11,725 00
Miscellaneous Accounts, regular appropriation, $5,550 00
66
special appropriations, 2,264 47
7,814 47
5,749 50
Totals,
$844,706 05
$546,879 44
Conveyance of Pupils,
1,000 00
1,993 46
additional
$30,000 00
$8,000 00
Building and Fence, Furnishing,
5,000 00
3,990 00
$300 00
* Net.
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Of the $121,529.42 expended for educational pur- poses, there was paid for compensation of teachers, janitors, etc., $74,839 ; for fuel, $7,457.47 ; for contin- gent expenses, including books, stationery, printing, conveyance of pupils, etc., $14,352.76 ; and for the enlargement of the High School building, $24,880.19.
Of the net expenditure for highway repairs and improvements, there was paid for superintendence, $8,006.50; engineering, including incidental ex- penses, $4,521.91; horses and carts, $6,684.35; concrete work, $8,778.02; improvements on certain streets authorized by special orders of the City Council, including half the cost of the Needham bridge at Upper Falls, $28,978.47 ;* labor of men and teams on other streets, $51,971.05; and for all other repairs, improvements, horse-keeping and con- tingent expenses, $32,762.63.
A classification of net expenditure in the Fire Department shows $12,194.05 disbursed for pay of members ; $1,870.88 on account of the fire-alarm telegraph; and $18,707.52 for all other purposes, the latter including new hose and hose carriage costing nearly $4,000, as estimated in the schedule of public property.
In the Police Department the pay of officers was $13,180.25, and the net contingent expenses were $981.64. The net expenditure for lighting streets was $25,952.97, of which $21,767.48 was paid for light, and $4,185.49 for lamp-posts, lamps and con- tingent expenses. Similar analyses of other expen- ditures will be readily made by reference to the de- tailed statements.
· See page 33.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
UNEXPENDED BALANCES AND TRANS- FERS.
Eight of the appropriations for 1875 were exceed- ed by the expenditures incurred in the departments for which they were intended to provide. But the excess was covered by concurrent order of the City Council, authorizing a transfer of unexpended bal- ances for that purpose. These balances and the trans- fers made therefrom are shown in the annexed tabu- lation .*
Balances.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
UNEX- PENDED.
AGGRE- GATE.
Support of Schools,
$1,751 19
Industrial or Mechanical Drawing,
955 63
Conveyance of Pupils,
200 00
Enlargement of High School Building,
119 81
Lighting Streets,
47 03
Books, Printing and Stationery,
1,484 41
State Aid,
983 50
City Hall,
431 94
Gravel Lands,
1,010 00
Armory Rent, &c.,
17 33
Burial Grounds,
306 65
Memorial Day,
24 60
Interest on Loans,
6,057 00
Salaries,
2,575 00
Miscellaneous Accounts,
2,064 97
Aggregate unexpended balance,
TRANSFERS.
AMOUNT.
To appropriation for School Incidentals, -
66
Fire Department,
1,662 45
Police Department,
161 89
Poor out of Almshouse,
553 79
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66
Insurance,
1,005 09
66
City Stables,
128 48
Total amount transferred,
9,756 94
Net balance remaining unexpended,*
$8,272 12
The unexpended balances of the special appropria- tions for the widening and improvement of sundry streets, and the unexpended balance of the appropri-
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