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Term expires January, 1914-Frederick H. Thompson, Ezra S. Stearns, Alvah Crocker, Thomas F. Gallagher.
Term expires January, 1913-Henry A. Willis, Henry A. Goodrich, Herbert I. Wallace, Rev. J. J. Donnelly.
Librarian-George E. Nutting. Assistants-Helen B. Bangs. Margaret W. Fosdick. Leon S. Field. In Children's Room-Blanche R. Boyd.
Art Gallery, Sundays-George C. Sturtevant.
Pages-Parke A. Barnard.
Elmer J. Dacey.
Janitor-Joseph H. Liversage.
COMMITTEES.
BOOK COMMITTEE. Messrs. Willis, Gallagher, Nolen, Stearns and Wallace. LIBRARY COMMITTEE. Messrs. Goodrich, Donnelly, Faxon and Rice. ART COMMITTEE. Messrs. Thompson, Crocker and Wallace.
FINANCE COMMITTEE. Messrs. Kellogg, Faxon and Rice.
THIRTY-NINTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CITY TREASURER
OF THE
CITY OF FITCHBURG
MASSACHUSETTS
1911
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+ A TOWN, FEB
Y, MAR. 8.1872.
, FEB.3,1764.
A CITY,
FITCHBURG : H. M. DOWNS PRINTING CO. 1912
REPORT OF TREASURER
To the City Council : -
GENTLEMEN : - I herewith submit the report of the City Treasurer for the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1911.
Cash on hand Nov. 30, 1910, $39,346 78
Receipts during year,
1,634,853 78
$1,674,200 56
Disbursements during the year,
1,640,072 97
Balance on hand Nov. 30, 1911, $34,127 59
The amounts received and credited and the payments made and charged to the several accounts on the books of this de- partment appear in the following statement :
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
DECEMBER 1, 1910, TO DECEMBER 1, 1911.
Credit to sundry accounts as follows :
Abolition of grade crossing, Rollstone
street,
$38,274 70
Abolition of grade crossing, Rollstone street, state assessment,
43 35
Betterment assessments,
668 60
Bills payable, 670,000 00
Board of Health,
666 64
Cemeteries,
6,100 29
City bonds, municipal loan Nov. 1, 1910, 37,500 00 Collector's fees, 96 15
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
49,352 80
Debts receivable, 5,780 95
Fire dept., horse and rubber goods, 278 00
House, West Fitchburg, 70 62
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Improved sewer system,
$523 59
Incidentals,
2,970 65
Interest account, funded debt,
1,203 75
Interest account, delinquent taxes,
5,671 61
Interest account, water debt,
545 70
Liquor licenses,
49,524 00
Macadam construction,
65 65
Macadam maintenance,
1,955 92
Military aid, unclaimed,
10 00
Paving construction,
213 58
Paving maintenance,
293 85
Police department,
3,015 85
Printing,
320 00
Public library,
2,287 14
Public parks,
243 20
Repair and care,
1,402 25
School books and supplies,
136 52
School department, tuitions,
719 50
School teaching, refunded,
8 00
Sewer assessments,
2,512 50
Sewer assessments apportioned,
391 40
Sewer construction,
924 83
Sewer maintenance,
151 86
Sidewalk assessments,
981 30
Sidewalk assessments apportioned,
64 48
Sidewalk construction,
386 09
Sidewalk maintenance,
211 33
Soldiers' relief, unclaimed,
88 00
State aid, unclaimed,
22 00
Street construction,
3 44
Street maintenance, St. Ry. taxes,
7,316 87
Street maintenance, sundries,
276 28
Street watering,
61 51
Support of poor, outside,
1,412 84
Support of poor, almshouse,
963 69
Tax of 1907,
58 48
Tax of 1908,
2,285 09
Tax of 1909,
4,928 68
Tax of 1910,
135,283 85
Tax of 1911,
484,710 13
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REPORT OF CITY TREASURER
Trust fund, Jonas Marshall income, $65 00
Trust fund, endowed cemetery lots
paid during 1911, 2,100 00
Water maintenance, 1 00
Water rates,
81,396 81
Water dept., received for service pipe connections,
11,321 46
Water bonds,
17,000 00
Cash on hand Nov. 30, 1910,
$1,634,861 78 39,346 78
$1,674,208 56
STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS.
DECEMBER 1, 1910, to DECEMBER 1, 1911.
Charged to Sundry Accounts as follows :
Abatement of taxes, $51 99
Abolition of grade crossings : Rollstone street,
37,278 98
Assessors' assistants,
360 80
Bemis Road bridge alterations,
2,711 73
Bills payable,
549,500 00
Board of Health,
13,989 39
Burbank Hospital maintenance, 16,000 00
Cemeteries,
9,654 01
City Bonds :
Municipal loan 1909 and 1910,
15,000 00
Ladder truck loan, 244 50
Ashburnham Street school house loan, 1,500 00
East Street school house loan,
2,500 00
Fairmount street fire station equip- ment loan, 800 00
Fire alarm extension loan,
300 00
Grade crossing loan,
3,000 00
High School loan,
150 00
Salem and School street schools loan, 2,650 00
State assessment,
4,795 68
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South Fitchburg school loan,
$900 00
High Street Grammar school loan,
1,300 00
Public park loan,
300 00
Sewer loan,
5,145 00
Sidewalk loan,
3,725 00
Street paving loan,
7,125 00
Street construction loan,
31,800 00
Water loan,
5,000 00
Oak Hill bridge loan,
700 00
Lowe playground loan,
300 00
Hosmer school loan,
4,400 00
Old High school permanent im- provements loan,
2,000 00
Goodrich street school permanent improvements loan,
1,000 00
Depot street bridge loan,
2,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
6,065 66
County tax,
28,313 00
Diphtheria epidemic,
2,884 64
Engineering,
4.558 21
Fifth street bridge,
5,730 09
Fire department,
51,736 93
Gypsy moth,
3,812 98
House offal,
3,025 86
Improved sewer system,
84,988 92
Incidentals,
14,655 85
Assessors' incidentals,
784 71
City Auditor's incidentals,
434 41
City Clerk's incidentals,
1,565 75
City Treasurer's incidentals,
1,457 56
Sealer of Weights and Measures incidentals,
242 08
Interest account :
Funded debt,
36,838 50
Temporary loans,
9,815 86
Water debt,
20,825 00
Laurel street, retaining wall,
1,161 05
Liquor licenses, one-quarter amount to state, 12,381 00
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Macadam construction,
$4,907 39
Macadam maintenance,
14,810 18
Military aid,
594 00
Normal school playground,
927 01
Paving construction,
16,617 06
Paving maintenance,
9,275 64
Police department,
42,969 77
Printing,
2,666 61
Public library,
9,213 60
Public parks,
12,714 88
Public playgrounds,
8,099 70
Repair and care public buildings,
37,558 78
Salaries,
22,731 91
School books and supplies,
6,471 10
School incidentals,
6,562 05
School teaching,
111,672 87
Sewer construction,
10,303 29
Sewer maintenance,
5,428 64
Sidewalk construction,
17,491 12
Sidewalk maintenance,
3,801 56
Sinking fund payments :
General debt,
2,500 00
Normal school loan,
800 00
School loan,
4,500 00
Sewer loan,
1,500 00
Water loan,
16,000 00
Soldiers' relief,
8,467 70
State aid,
4,321 00
State highway tax,
206 00
State tax,
43,835 00
Street construction,
15,100 68
Street lighting,
35,371 75
Street maintenance,
43,579 37
Street watering,
9,144 70
Support of poor, outside,
8,544 90
Support of poor, almshouse,
8,856 02
Tin bridge, widening,
2,285 44
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Trust Funds :
Boutelle-Robinson, fuel,
$17 40
Marshall income, 65 00
Whitcomb fund,
266 18
E. G. Poole fund,
172 63
Ellen E. Armes fund,
17 50
Water maintenance, 67,832 19
Water Works :
Land around Meeting-house pond,
682 75
Land around Wachusett lake,
3,737 27
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$1,640,080 97
Cash on hand Dec. 1, 1911,
34,127 59
$1,674,208 56
STATEMENT OF DEBT.
FUNDED WATER DEBT.
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due
April 1, 1922, $300,000 00
Registered bonds, 312 per cent, due Dec. 1, 1922, 12,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due
July 1, 1923, 10,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due July 1, 1926, 45,000 00
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due Oct. 1, 1912-37, 68,000 00
. Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-29, 18,000 00
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1930-39,
5,000 00
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-14, 3,000 00
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1915-40, 13,000 00
Temporary loan, to be paid from pro- ceeds of bonds when sold, 10,000 00
$484,000 00
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FUNDED GENERAL DEBT. FIRE DEPARTMENT LOANS.
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Oct. 1, 1912-16, $1,222 50
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-15, 1,200 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due
Nov. 1, 1916, 200 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1917-18, 200 00
$2,822 50
GENERAL DEBT.
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due June 1, 1913, $200,000 00
$200,000 00
GRADE CROSSING LOAN.
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due
Oct. 1, 1912-13, $6,000 00
$6,000 00
DEPOT STREET BRIDGE LOAN.
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-16, $10,000 00
Registered bonds, 312 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1917, 1,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1918, 500 00
$11,500 00
.
SCHOOL LOAN.
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due May 1, 1923, $107,000 00
Coupon bonds, 4 per cent, due May · 1, 1923, 93,000 00
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due June 1, 1925, 50,000 00 Registered bonds, 312 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912, 2,650 00
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Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due May 1, 1912-15, $600 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-13, 5,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due June 1, 1912-14, 3,900 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due May 1, 1912-15, 6,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-16, 22,000 00
Registered bonds, 312 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-17, 6,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1918, 800 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-16, 10,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1917-18, 2,000 00
$308,950 00
PAVING LOANS.
Registered bonds, 312 per cent, due May 1, 1912-15, $1,600 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912, 650 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due June 1, 1912-13, 2,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-14, 1,950 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-16, 4,875 00
Registered bonds, 312 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-17, 2,100 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-16, 10,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1917, 1,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1918, 500 00
$24,675 00
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OAK HILL ROAD BRIDGE LOAN.
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-14, $2,100 00
$2,100 00
SEWER LOAN.
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912, $1,000 00
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due
Nov. 1, 1912, 35,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-13, 1,200 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-14, 2,250 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due May 1, 1912-15, 2,880 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-16, 1,625 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-17, 7,500 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-18, 1,400 00
$52,855 00
SIDEWALK LOANS.
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due May 1, 1912-15, $200 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912, 600 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-13, 1,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-14,
1,500 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-16, 4,375 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-17, 2,400 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-18, 3,500 00
$13,575 00
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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL LOAN.
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due June 1, 1914, $25,000 00
$25,000 00
PUBLIC PARK LOAN.
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due April 1, 1912-14, $900 00
$900 00
LOWE PLAYGROUND LOAN.
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due May 1, 1912-16, $1,500 00
$1,500 00
STREET CONSTRUCTION LOANS.
Registered bonds, 312 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912, $3,500 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-13, 11,000 00
Registered bonds, 312 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-14, 7,500 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due May 1, 1912-15, 21,200 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-16, 20,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-17, 21,000 00
Registered bonds, 31/2 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1912-17, 24,000 00
Registered bonds, 312 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1918, 2,000 00
$110,200 00
"FITCHBURG SEWER LOAN, ACT OF 1901."
Temporary loan, to be paid from pro- ceeds of bonds when sold, $100,000 00 $100,000 00
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MUNICIPAL LOAN, 1909.
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due
Nov. 1, 1912-15, $44,000 00
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1916-19, 42,000 00
$86,000 00
MUNICIPAL LOAN, 1910.
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due
Nov. 1, 1912-15, $16,000 00
Registered bonds, 4 per cent, due Nov. 1, 1916-20, 17,500 00
$33,500 00
MUNICIPAL LOAN, 1911.
Temporary loan, to be paid from pro-
ceeds of bonds when sold, $90,000 00
$90,000 00 .
Total funded debt,
$1,553,577 50
Total amount of sinking funds :
General loan sinking fund, $185,472 05
School loan sinking fund, 120,146 61
Sewer loan sinking fund, 34,183 59
State Normal school loan sink- ing fund, 19,908 06
Water loan sinking fund, „
87,702 89
$447,413 20
Total net funded debt of the city Nov. 30, 1911, $1,106,164 30 Total net funded debt of the city Nov. 30, 1910, 1,039,141 44
Increase in net funded debt, $67,022 86
Included in the general funded debt are the school loans of $250,000.00, which by the acts of the legislature authorizing same, are exempt in the calculation of the debt limit of the city.
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REPORT OF CITY TREASURER
TEMPORARY LOANS IN ANTICIPATION OF TAXES.
City note, No. 35,
$10,000 00
City note, No. 36,
10,000 00
City note, No. 37,
15,000 00
City note, No. 38,
15,000 00
City note, No. 41,
25,000 00
City note, No. 42,
25,000 00
City note, No. 43,
10,000 00
City note, No. 44,
5,000 00
City note, No. 45,
5,000 00
City note, No. 46,
5,000 00
$125,000 00
The following loans were authorized during the year : Water loan,
$10,000 00
Municipal loans of $90,000.00 for the following purposes :
Street construction,
$15,155 60
Sidewalk construction,
13,145 40
Sewer construction,
9,163 32
Paving construction,
14,802 84
Macadam construction,
4,854 36
Public play grounds,
8,099 70
Rollstone street grade crossing,
9,154 58
Fifth street bridge,
5,731 34
Bemis road bridge alterations,
3,094 37
State Normal school play grounds, 5,000 00
Widening Tin bridge,
1,798 49
$90,000 00
$100,000 00
Loans paid during the year from sinking funds : Water loan, due May 1, 1911,
$100,000 00
Loans paid during the year by appropriation :
Lowe play ground loan, $300 00
Fire department loans,
1,344 50
Paving loans, 7,125 00
Schoolhouse loans,
16,400 00
Sewer loans,
5,145 00
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Street construction loan,
$31,800 00
Sidewalk loans,
3,725 00
Grade crossing loan,
3,000 00
Public park loan,
300 00
Oak Hill road bridge loan,
700 00
Depot Street bridge loan,
2,000 00
Municipal loan, 1909,
11,000 00
Municipal loan, 1910,
4,000 00
Water loans,
5,000 00
$91,839 50
TRUST FUNDS.
The following sums upon the lots hereinafter named have been paid in during 1911, upon which interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum is allowed, which income is to be used for the perpetual care of cemetery lots, as follows :
Mrs. F. E. Spooner, Dec. 23, 1910, Laurel Hill,
$50 00
Mrs. Thomas N. Wilson, Jan. 10,
1911, Forest Hill, 100 00
Elizabeth Ferguson, Feb. 13, 1911, Forest Hill, 50 00
Elmus E. Walter, March 2, 1911,
Forest Hill, 50 00
Harriet A. Davis, March 17, 1911, Laurel Hill, 50 00
Mrs. Nellie A. Cushing, March 23, 1911, Laurel Hill, 50 00
Stillman K. Kent, April 4, 1911, Forest Hill, 50 00
Estate Elmer Pierce, April 14, 1911, Laurel Hill, 100 00
J. H. Patten, April 17, 1911, Forest Hill, 100 00
George F. Fay, April 29, 1911, Laurel Hill, 200 00
Samuel M. Adams, May 1, 1911, Forest Hill, 100 00
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Jennie M. Grinnell, May 8, 1911, .
Forest Hill, $50 00
Harrison Bailey, administrator, May
9, 1911, Forest Hill, 50 00
Harrison Bailey, administrator, May
9, 1911, Laurel Hill, 50 00
Lillian Legeyt, May 19, 1911, Forest Hill, 100 00
E. P. Rich, June 8, 1911, Forest Hill, 50 00
Arabella T. F. Wright, exc., June 8, 1911, Forest Hill, 100 00
Arabella T. F. Wright, exc., June 8, 1911, Laurel Hill, 100 00
Edward D. Page, June 14, 1911, Forest Hill, 50 00
J. M. Farnsworth, June 19, 1911, Forest Hill, 50 00
H. L. Gere, admr., July 7, 1911, Laurel Hill, 50 00
Eliza J. Atherton, July 21, 1911, Laurel Hill, 50 00
Emma B. Peabody, July 28, 1911, Forest Hill, 50 00
Benjamin G. Parshley, July 1, 1911, Laurel Hill, 50 00
Erma C. Cobleigh, August 7, 1911, Laurel Hill, 50 00
A. B. Peck, August 18, 1911, Forest Hill, 50 00
Frank H. Sibley, admr., Nov. 17, 1911, Forest Hill, 50 00
Laura A. Bacon, Nov. 23, 1911, Laurel Hill, 100 00
William Cairns, admr., Nov. 29, 1911, Forest Hill, 50 00
-Charlotte L. Raymond, Nov. 29, 1911, Laurel Hill, 50 00
Dr. W. D. Ball, Nov. 29, 1911, Laurel Hill, 50 00
$2,100 00
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Amount deposited previous to Dec. 1, 1910,
$34,269 00
$36,369 00
Income from the following trust funds, paid to the Over- seers of the Poor :
Nathan Whitcomb fund,
$7,948 06
Nathan Whitcomb real estate, (appraised value), 5,000 00
Elizabeth M. Boutelle-Robinson fund,
1,000 00
Edward G. Poole fund, 0 4,932 38
Jonas Marshall income fund, 13 shares Fitchburg R. R. (market value), 1,703 00
Ellen E. Armes fund, 500 00
By vote of the City Council passed Oct. 20, 1908, a demand note of the City of Fitchburg, dated Dec. 2, 1908, drawing in- terest at the rate of 41/2 per cent per annum, was issued for $10,000.00 and turned over to the Library Trustees to represent the value of the Wallace fund of $8,000, the Vose fund of $1,000 and the Harndon fund of $1,000.
RESOURCES.
Taxes uncollected,
$140,958 15
Debts receivable,
7,011 38
Sewer assessments,
6,015 56
Sewer assessments apportioned,
7,030 36
Sidewalk assessments,
5,065 02
Sidewalk assessments apportioned, 718 57
Due for service pipe,
3,683 90
Due for water rates,
7,928 04 .
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
3,176 21
Cash on hand,
34,127 59
$215,714 78
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INTEREST ACCOUNT.
APPROPRIATIONS AND RECEIPTS.
Appropriations, general debt,
$36,838 50
Appropriations, water debt,
20,825 00
Appropriations, temporary loans,
9,000 00
Assessments apportioned,
575 62
Overdue taxes,
5,671 61
$72,910 73
PAYMENTS.
On water loan, 1
$20,825 00
On funded loan,
36,838 50
On temporary loan,
9,815 86
On trust funds,
2,717 80
$70,197 16
Debit balance Dec. 1, 1910,
$4.752 53
Credit balance Dec. 1, 1911,
2,713 57
$2,038 96
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
The Collector received from the Assessors warrants for the collection of taxes for the year 1911, as follows :
City tax,
$520,871 38
County tax,
28,313 00
Overlayings,
5,186 65
Sewer and sidewalk,
3,064 06
State highway repair tax,
206 00
State tax,
43,835 00
Street watering,
7,958 77
Betterments,
16 00
Brown tail moth,
1,840 14
Special warrant, No. 1,
270 40
$611,561 40
Non-resident bank tax,
5,656 21
$617,217 61
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Collected in August,
$568 18
Collected in September,
296,818 55
Collected in October,
165,187 88
Collected in November,
22,135 52
Abatements,
1,165 17
$485,875 30
Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1911,
131,342 31
$617,217 61
Divided as follows :
Due on real estate,
$105,874 55
Due on personal property,
17,081 76
Due on single polls,
6,838 00
Due on polls with property,
1,548 00
$131,342 31
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OLD TAXES.
Outstanding as follows ;
Bal. Nov. 30, '10 Abated
Collected
Bal. Nov. 30, '11
Tax of 1907, $153 62
$6 00
$58 48
$87 14
Tax of 1908, 4,155 71
109 20
2,285 09
1,761 42
Tax of 1909, 7,161 37
150 32
4,928 68
2,147 57
Tax of 1910, 139,044 61
1,323 84
135,283 85
5,619 71
Old taxes uncollected,
$9,615 84
Tax of 1911 uncollected,
131,342 31
$140,958 15
At the tax sale on August 16, 1911, twenty-one estates were sold and tax deeds were given for seventeen of them.
VALUATION.
May 1, 1909,
April 1, 1910,
April 1, 1911,
$28,534,435 90 30,260,357 00 32,078,117 00
$90,872,909 90
Average for three years,
$30,290,969 97
Number of polls April 1, 1910, 10,552
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT G. MORSE, Treasurer and Collector.
Fitchburg, Mass., Nov. 30, 1911.
THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF CITY DEBT
OF THE
CITY OF FITCHBURG
MASSACHUSETTS 1911
R
OW
CITY. MAR. 8.1877
EB.3, 1764.
FITCHBURG: H. M. DOWNS PRINTING CO. 1911
SINKING FUND REPORT
To the City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- The Committee on the Reduction of the City Debt, respectfully presents its report for the last fiscal year :
GENERAL SINKING FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Nov. 30, 1910, $7,262 54
City of Fitchburg bonds paid, 27,700 00
City of Fitchburg notes paid, 145,000 00
Appropriation,
2,500 00
Income,
6,234 51
$188,697 05
PAYMENTS
City of Fitchburg notes purchased, $150,000 00
City of Fitchburg bonds purchased, 34,400 00
Cash in bank, 4,297 05
$188,697 05
Amount of fund Nov. 30, 1910,
$176,737 54
Gain for year, 8,734 51
Total amount of fund Nov. 30, 1911, $185,472 05
Invested in City of Fitchburg Securities as follows :
Bonds due June 1, 1913,
$2,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912,
1,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912,
650 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912,
600 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-16,
22,000 00
Bonds due April 1, 1922,
3,000 00
Bonds due June 1, 1913,
5,000 00
Bonds due April 1, 1912-14,
900 00
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Bonds due June 1, 1913,
$5,000 00
Bonds due June 1, 1914,
2,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912,
1,000 00
Bonds due June 1, 1912-13,
2,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1916,
875 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912,
4,000 00
Bonds due Oct. 1, 1912-17,
18,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1915-16,
1,950 00
Bonds due May 1, 1912-15,
6,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-17,
24,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1913-15,
900 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1916,
200 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1918,
100 00
Demand notes,
80,000 00
Cash in bank drawing interest,
4,297 05
$185,472 05
SCHOOL LOAN SINKING FUND.
RECEIPTS. *
Cash on hand Nov. 30, 1910,
$12,268 24
City of Fitchburg bonds paid, 6,550 00
City of Fitchburg notes paid,
18,500 00
Appropriation,
4,500 00
Income,
4,053 37
$45,871 61
PAYMENTS.
City of Fitchburg notes purchased, $40,000 00
City of Fitchburg bonds purchased, 2,000 00
Cash in bank, 3,371 61
$45,371 61
Amount of fund Nov. 30, 1910,
$111,593 24
Gain for the year, 8,553 37
Total amount of fund Nov. 30, 1911, $120,146 61
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Invested in City of Fitchburg securities as follows :
Bonds due June 1, 1914,
$1,000 00
Bonds due May 1, 1923,
1,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912,
500 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-13,
1,950 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-16,
1,625 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1913-16,
16,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-17,
7,500 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1917,
3,500 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1913-17,
2,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-16,
10,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1917,
1,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1918,
500 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1918,
2,000 00
Bonds due April 1, 1922,
5,000 00
Bonds due May 1, 1923,
8,000 00
Bonds due Oct. 1, 1913,
3,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-13,
1,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-13,
1,200 00
Bonds due July 1, 1923,
10,000 00
Demand notes,
40,000 00
Cash in bank drawing interest,
3,371 61
$120,146 61
SEWER LOAN SINKING FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Nov. 30, 1910, $8,784 16
City of Fitchburg bonds paid, 2,375 00
City of Fitchburg notes paid,
7,000 00
Appropriation,
1,500 00
Income,
1,049 43
$20,708 59
, PAYMENTS.
City of Fitchburg notes purchased, $15,000 00
Cash in bank, 5,708 59
$20,708 59
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Amount of fund Nov. 30. 1910, $31,634 16
Gain for the year, 2,549 43
Total amount of fund Nov. 30, 1911,
$34,183 59
Invested in City of Fitchburg securities as follows :
Bonds due Oct. 1, 1912,
$3,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-15,
3,500 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1914,
975 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-17,
6,000 00
Demand note,
15,000 00
Cash in bank drawing interest,
5,708 59
$34,183 59
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL LOAN SINKING FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Nov. 30, 1910, $4,425 26
City of Fitchburg bonds paid,
1,694 50
City of Fitchburg notes paid,
4,000 00
Appropriation,
800 00
Income,
615 80
$11,535 56
PAYMENTS.
City of Fitchburg notes purchased, $10,000 00
Cash in bank, 1,535 56
Amount of fund Nov. 30, 1910, $18,492 26
$11,535 56
Gain for the year, 1,415 80
Total amount of fund Nov. 30, 1911, $19,908 06
Invested in City of Fitchburg securities as follows :
Bonds due Oct. 1, 1912-16,
$1,222 50
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-14,
1,050 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912, 400 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-18, 1,400 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-18,
3,500 00
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Bonds due Nov. 1, 1918,
$800 00
Demand note,
10,000 00
Cash in bank drawing interest,
1,535 56
$19,908 06
WATER LOAN SINKING FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Nov. 30, 1910,
$968 36
City of Fitchburg bonds paid, 35,900 00
City of Fitchburg notes paid,
75,000 00
Appropriation,
16,000 00
Income,
3,884 53
$131,752 89
PAYMENTS.
City of Fitchburg notes purchased,
$30,000 00
City of Fitchburg bonds purchased, 1,000 00
City of Fitchburg bonds paid,
100,000 00
Cash in bank,
752 89
$131,752 89
Amount of fund Nov. 30, 1910,
$167,818 36
Gain for year account of income,
19,884 53
$187,702 89
Bonds paid May 1, 1911,
100,000 00
Total amount of fund Nov. 30, 1911, $87,702 89
Invested in City of Fitchburg securities as follows :
Bonds due May 1, 1912-16,
$1,500 00
Bonds due Dec. 1, 1922,
12,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-16,
17,500 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1915-17,
1,050 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-16,
10,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1917,
1,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1918,
500 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912-16,
10,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1917,
1,000 00
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Bonds due Nov. 1, 1918,
$1,000 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1912, 300 00
Bonds due Nov. 1, 1917,
100 00
Bonds due June 1, 1913,
1,000 00
Demand notes,
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