Town of Newton annual report 1875 Vol. 2, Part 1

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Publication date: 1875
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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


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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


1


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.


AUDITOR'S REPORT. xix


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


"


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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