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Theophilus Bradbury, 3 « 1 7 25 ..
Charles Tappan, 1 evening's services as patrol. 1 75
Alexander Griffin, 4 evenings' and 1 days' services as patrol, 9 00
Mark W. Foye, 2 66 66
1 5 50
Thomas Robbins. 2 6. 66 6.
1 5 50
E. S. Clark, books and stationery, 24 75
Charles Morse, 1 pair of blankets, 4 00
William Moore, 2 evenings' and 1 days' services as patrol, 5 50
George W. Snow, professional services rendered E. E. Taylor, 27 00
Total, 2,188 74
LIGHTING.
A. J. Leighton, use of horse and wagon, 50
W. A. Currier, labor painting street lanterns, 15 00
Globe Gas Light Co., on account of contract, 809 13
Wm. D. Tenney, labor, 1 00
538 01
Newburyport Gas Company, gas,
1 75
N. A. Robbins, stock and labor,
T. B. Robbins, 32 hours' labor at 25 cents per hour; 8 00
Total, 1,373 39
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INTEREST.
Coupons on city bonds, 8,337 50
B. H. Smith, 6 months on 1,000, 65 00
Richardson, Hill & Co., discount on 15,500, 155 00
On note 182, 6 mos. interest on 5,000, 143 75
Jacob B. Brown, 6 mos. " 1,500,
51 76
Treasurer sinking fund, 6 mos. interest on 14,204 01, 426 12
H. A. Tenney, librarian, 6 6. 5.000, 150 00
J. M. Carter, 6 mos, interest on 3,000, 97 50
48 75
.J. A. Balch, 6 mos, interest on 1,500, William A. Cheney, 6 mos. interest on 1,000,
26 87
A. W. Greenleaf, trustee, 1 year's interest on 10,500, 630 00
S. O. Johnson, 6 mos. interest on 5,670, 175 28
E. S. Rayne, 6 mos. interest on 5,000. 162 50
Levi Jones, 1 year's interest on 10,000, 650 00
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Total, 11,120 03
FUEL.
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co., coal, 1,157 05
Fred S. Morse, wood, 5 90
Daniel Wadleigh, charcoal, 100 00
Total, 1,262 955
SALARIES.
Geo. H. Stevens, 3 mos. services as city clerk, 249 99
Joseph M. Tappan, 5 mos. services as janitor, 225 00
George W. Piper, 3 mos. services as treasurer and collector, 349 99
16
Thos. E. Cutter, 3 mos. services as clerk of common council, 25 00
C. J. Brockway, salary as assessor, 70 00.
Nathaniel Greeley, salary as assessor,
250 00
Total,. 1,169 98;
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
H. A. Tenney, 3 mos. services as librarian and extras,
267 63:
H. T. Crofoot, binding, &c. 25 95
Gillett & Co. expressing, 6 20
E. S. Clark, stationery, 2 84
Total, 302 62
NOTES PAYABLE.
No. 184, Jacob B. Brown. Mrs. Anna A. Brown,
$10,000 00
500 00
1,000 00
Maverick National Bank,
3,000 00
Total,
$14,500 00
17
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Estate of S. W. Marston, 3 months' rent of hall,
$75 00 Owners of Phenix Building, 3 " 66 .
.
75 00
Total,
$150 00
NEWBURYPORT BRIDGE.
John W. Dole, 3 mos. services as draw tender, $125 00
A. D. Woods, stock and labor, 15 00
Henry Page, 5 days' labor at $2.50 per day, 12 50
J. C. Stanley, hardware, 8 17
George H. Stevens, cash paid, 12 00
Wm. E. McQuillen, 13,361 feet hard pine and 24 wedges, 376 39
W. & M. O'Connell, stock and labor, 7 30
Total. $556 36
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES.
Sumner and Stevens, 83 7-9 yds. brick paving at 45 cts. a yd. 37 70
Albert Currier, 188 7-9 84 95
F. E. Currier, labor on edgestones and gutters, 43 00
R. Morrison, 66
66 22 12 66
Wm. H. Toppan, "
66
16 96
Total,
204 73
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REPAIRS OF NEWBURYPORT BRIDGE.
T. P. Mackinney. hardware,
2 89
A. D. Woods, labor, 17 05
Marston & Morse, labor and stock,
5 86
Watson Manufacturing Co. labor,
174 12
Canning Brothers, labor,
4 00
J. B. Pritchard, use of block and falls,
1 00
H. B. Lamprey, spiles,
210 00
Total, 414 92
CULVERTS.
Gideon Woodwell, stock and labor,
6 80
Canning Brothers, 1 ton of stone,
1 25
Moody Lunt, stock and labor,
8 50
David Smith, bricks,
7 00
Total, 23 55
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CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
DETAILED STATEMENT A
OF THE
EXPENDITURES
1
OF THE
THREE MONTHS ENDING DEC. 16, 1876.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
TERRA
MARIQUE
MDCCCLI
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL-
NEWBURYPORT : WILLIAM H. HUSE & CO., PRINTERS, 42 STATE STREET. 1877.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
Ordered, The Mayor and Aldermen concurring, that the City Treasurer, under the direction of the committee on printing, cause to be published quar- terly a detailed statement of the expenditures of the city, and that the four statements so published form a part of the annual book of expenditures. Accepted in concurrence. [Approved by the Mayor, January 23, 1876.
EXPENDITURES.
Poor Department. .
$5,142 22
$3,178 30
$4,223 98
$3,515 67
$16,060 17
School Department.
7.333 06
6,946 68
6,813 03
8,034 06
29,126 83
Fire Department ..
1,120 23
3,393 03
1,091 32
1,962 26
7,566 84
Highway Department.
446 30
1,013 84
1,459 92
983 38
3,903 44
Lighting Streets & Public Build'gs
1,644 82
1,588 99
1,373 39
1,477 60
6,084 80
. Police Department. .
2,094 60
2,198 36
2,188 74
1,957 10
8,438 80
Interest. .
8,287 06
6,371 98
11,120 06
5,257 49
31,036 56
Incidentals. .
1,114 67
899 57
644 86
462 16
3,121 26
Public Property .
1.692 68
3,579 36
1,307 82
1,869 64
8,449 50
Salaries .
850 00
880 00
1,169 98
1,899 99
4,799 97
Fuel ..
2,676 70
2,769 99
1,262 95
1,955 10
8,664 74
Public Library .
436 27
256 66
302 62
267 96
2,263 51
State of Massachusetts
150°00
150 00
150 00
150 00
600 00
Newburyport Bridge.
160 24
289 28
556 36
722 22
1,728 10
Bromfield Fund. .
15 45
190 50
88 05
293 25
587 25
Culverts
82 79
54 30
23 55
117 13
277 77
Repairs of Newburyport Bridge ... 10,936 20
2,069 49
414 92
100 00
13,520 61
Sidewalks and Edgestone. .
.
15 30
204 73
398 28
618 31
Essex Merrimac Bridge. .
1 75
12 00
30 00
43 75
Costs on Taxes . .
25 21
25 21
Non-Resident Bank Tax. .
56 29
56 29
Abatement of Taxes 1874-5-76
2,479 14
2,479 14
Sinking Fund ..
...... 7 ...
4,000 00
4,000 00
$44,183 29
$5,847 38
$34,408 25
$38,013 93
$152,452 85
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EXPENDITURES.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
H. A. Wilson, groceries,
$356 32
M. M. Ross, groceries, 73 52
L. M. Tappan, boots and shoes 7 74
George W. Bartlett, boots and shoes,
32 40
J. Chamberlin, stock and labor, 6 40
John Q. Adams, provisions, 38 73
Karl Castelhun, medicines, 7 35
12 98
F. C. Cook, labor,
15 75
B. F. Poor, pork and provisions, 203 50
Abram Pray, 3 months' salary as keeper of Almshouse, 124 98
Ariel Pearson jr. 3 months' services as cook at Almshouse, 60 00
Charles Landford, 3 months' services as teamster, 120 00
George W. Hunt, provisions, 17 94
John Teel, 3 months' services as clerk of overseers of poor,
125 00
John Teel, clerk, supplies to sundry persons,
389 93
Insane Hospital, Worcester, board of sundry persons,
122 25
66 66 Taunton,
47 15
66
Northampton " 60 40
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, beard of sundry persons, 231 96
Town of Groton, aid to Mary A. Randall, 21 00
John Pearson jr, crackers, 29 41
John G. Plummer, fish, .
88 00
S. H. Thurlow, hardware, 6 29
· John Caldwell, 5 gallons rum a 1.60,
8 00
Lord Brothers, hardware,
6
W. A. Johnson, dry goods, H. N. Marshall, provisions,
5 88
38 70
Paul Titcomb, grain, 82 74
Sumner, Swasey & Currier, groceries,
247 27
Philip H. Blumpey, groceries,
13 20
Harris Pearson; crackers,
20 00
William C. Plummer, groceries,
159 30
T. P. Mackinney, hardware,
8 34
H. R. Weitzel, undertaker's services,
40 50
City of Gloucester, aid to sundry persons,
11 70
City of Salem,
83 19
E. P. Hurd, professional services,
10 00
S. H. Safford & Co, undertaking service,
180 00
John A. L. O'dde, groceries,
81 22
E. A. Williams, 1 dozen shirts 8.00, 1-2 dozen drawers 4.00, 12 00
11 02.
Albert S. Pettigrew, 165 lbs lamb at 6c
9 90
W. A. Davis & Son, 6 yards duck,
1 50
J. E. Piper & Co, 1 hat,
90
A. F. Ross & Co, 1 bbl coffee, 170 lbs. at 14c,
23 80
B. WV. Cole, crackers,
26 50
W. H. H. Perkins, fish and clams,
7 35
John Sumner, stock and labor,
27 75
George H. Plumer, dry goods, 49 52
13 00
Joseph Akerman, provisions,
3 60
Charles Peabody, boots and shoes,
4 55
S. March jr, groceries,
39 59
Charler E. Plummer, dry goods,
41 68
S. A. McConnell, medicines,
7 11
Francis Pearson, labor,
15 00
B. H. Jaques, soap,
6 00
Total, 3515 67
.
Estate of Jenness Brown, groceries,
J. N. Frost, ice, 25 85
B. Johnson, dry goods.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Charles C. Ash, 5 months' services as fireman and steward, $72 50
Hugh McGlew, stock and labor, 9 75
David C. Ash, 18 hours' labor on coal for steamer, 3 00
Edward R. Read, labor on steamers 3 and 1, 3 00
Charles R. Sargent, stock ånd labor,
41 65
R. Harrower, labor,
1 50
George H. Peavey, labor,
1 05
George H. Devine, 3 hours' labor at 30c,
90
George I. Blake, 5 hours' labor at 30c,
1 50
Charles H. Goodwin, cash paid,
60 15
J. G. Thurlow, 5 hours' labor at 30c,
1 50
· George P. Bishop, whip 2.00, sundries 1.00,
3 00
Thomas P. Mackinney, hardware,
1 51
George L. Jackman, labor,
20
B. W. Ordway & Co, fitting lock and keys, John Chamberlin, labor,
3 42
Charles C, Stockman, sundry articles,
1 80
Frank Hardy, services as fireman and extra,
29 16
James M. Woods, 1 cap wrench,
75
John Chamberlin, labor,
1 20
Charles C. Stockman, 1 towel roller,
25
John H. Curran, repairing gong on hose carriage, 2 00
William H. Toppan, stock and labor, 34 80
Charles H. Goodwin, et als, board of engineers, 6 mo. pay, 180 00 Joseph W. Daniels, 6 months' services as clerk of steamer 3, 5 00 R. C. Gould, 6 foreman 3, 5 00
John A. Currier, 6 months' services as ass't eng'r steamer 3, 12 50
W. H. P. Howard, 6 66 66 3, 117 50
Steamer Company No. 3, 6 mos. services for Company, 121 50
William E. Woodman, 6 66 clerk of steamer 2, 5 00
William McKay, 6 foreman steamer 2, 5 00
Frank Snow, 6 months' services as ass't eng'r steamer 2, 12 50
G. N. Black, 6 66 fireman and extra, stm'r 2, 77 50 George W. Stickney, 6 months' services engineer stm'r 2, 117 50 Steamer No. 2, 6 months' services 15 men, 130 50
Engine Co. 8 and officers, 6 mo's services 35 men, and extra, 252 00 Stephen H. Fowle, sundry articles, 9 18
William Groves, 6 mo's serv's steward Little Mac, and labor, 17 50 Little Mac Hose Co., 6 mo's services 12 men, and extra, 68 00
80
8
Hook & Ladder Co. and officers, 6 mo's serv's 20 men and ex, 207 50 Sam'l P. Boardman, 6 mo's serv's as ass't eng'r stm'r 1, 12 50 James Hardy, 6 66 1, 66 117 50 Steamer Co. 1 and officers, 6 mo's serv's 15 men, and extra, 140 50 James Boyd & Sons, 10 gallons hose oil, 10-gallon kez, 18 75
J. S. Greeley, hauling 600 feet of hose, 50
A. J, Leighton, hauling Hook & Ladder to fire, and extra, 5 30
1 90
Albert Russell & Sons, stock and labor,
Anthony Cogger, 1-2 day's labor shovelling coal,
1 00
B. H. Jaques, soap and grease,
3 09
A. Stanwood A Co, oil and tallow,
11 35
A. A. Wilson, 2 floor brushes,
2 50
J. J. Chase, 19 keys,
4 70
Cornelius O'Connell, 2 1-2 days' labor sawing wood, 3 75
Blake & Noyes, cash paid, 10 15
Total,
$1962 26
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
A. H. Thompson, three months' services as teacher,
475 05
O. B. Merrill,
66
356 25
Luther Dame,
66
66
66
356 25
P. H. Plumer,
66
162 51
A. A. Senter,
66
66
66
137 50
N. A. Moulton,
66
66
66
308 76
J. N. Balch,
66
66
66
99 99
E. W. Peabody,
66
66
66
99 99
Abby Short,
66
66
66
99 99
M. J. Bradley,
66
66
66
93 75
M. C. Thurston,
66
66
66
93 75
M. E. Jaques,
66
6.
66
93 75
E. H. & G. J. George, labor on steamer 1, 9 25
9
F. A. Winn, three months' serves as teacher,
87 51
P. D. Adams,
..
66
237 51
F. J. Pearson,
66
66
87 51
W. P. Lunt, 66
66
66
99 99
S. B. Chute,
66
142 50
E. Frothingham,
66
66
.6
99 99
A. L. Coffiu, 66
118 75
E. M. Lander,
66
66
60
99 99
E. A. Appleton,
66
66
118 75
S. J. Shackford, .
66
66
99 99
S. D. Toppan,
66
66
66
118 75
Rhoda Tilton,
66
66
99 99
Susie B. Lowell,
66
66
66
99 99
E. H. Adams,
66
66
93 75
L. A. Perkins,
99 99
P. G. Craig,
66
66
66
99 99
M. E. Estes,
66
66
66
87 48
H. H. Page,
66
66
66
93 75
H. M. Currier,
66
6.
.6
99 99
E. H. S. Pike,
..
66
66
93 75
Lois E. Lunt.
60
66
66
99 99
S. F. Badger,
6.
66
93 75
M. E. Hayes,
. 66
66
99 99
C. J. Edgerly,
66
66
90 00
M. L. Bartlett,
66
99 99
A. H. Purington, 66
66
66
87 48
M. A. Pearson,
66
66
93 75
A. A. Somerby,
66
66
87 48
Frances Pettigrew, 66
66
66
99 99
S. C. Currier, 66
99 99
A. H. Olmstead,
66
66
87 48
Walter Hoxie,
66
124 98
Albert F. Hunt, printing,
3 00
Bridget O'Neal, cleaning school houses,
15 00
John B. Porter, 3 mos. services as sweeper,
50 00
Ellen Creadon, cleaning school houses,
8 00
Mary Galvin, 6
6 00
J. H. Foss, Franklin readers furnished teachers,
15 75
66
308 76
Lucy Lowe,
93 75
Georgie Thurlow,
/
·
10
B. M. Chase, 3 mos. services as sweeper, 48 98
S. H. Fowle, books and stationery, 122 21
Thomas Pearson, 3 mos. services as janitor,
80 00
E. E. McConnell, 3 mos. services as teacher, 87 48
Wm. Henshaw, botany charts,
12 00
David C. Ash, building ffres,
16 80
Colby, Coombs & Co.,, printing and Advertising, 8 50
William Merrill, use of pump and water,
3 00
Jonathan Wells, building fires and extra, 7 00
John A. L. Odd'e, sundry articles, 55 00
W. H. Huse & Co., printing, 163 50
Trustees Putnam Free School, eighth annual payment, 1000 00
1 50
D. T. Reed, repairing organ.
8 25
N. Perkins jr., building fires,
8 33
Ellen S. Clark, books and stationery,
112 93
Board of Assessors, finding the number of children,
75 00
$8034 06
HIGHWAYS.
Parsons Ordway, 3 months' services as superintendent, $174 99
John Hale, 20 days' labor at $1.50 ; 42 1-2 days at $1.25, 82 81
G. Harris, 16 1-4
66 39 1-2 66
66
73 74
D. Creadon, 19
66 41 1-2 66 66
80 37
C. Lynch, 19 66
66
38
66 66
75 99
D. Lynch, 17 66
69 87
C. Sullivan, 4 1-2 66
66
2 16 3-4
66
66 26 93
A. Cogger, 1-2 66
22
6
66 28 24
J. Clifford, 10 1-2
66 15 3-4
66 35 43
Cornelius Buckley, 6 3-4 days' labor at $1.50 per day, 10 12
Patrick Sculley, 12 1.4 66
18 37
66 35 1-2 66
66
66
9 25
T. Lyons, 4
66
S. H. Rundlett, hauling 2 hhds water,
11
John Doyle,
3 days' labor at 1.50 per day,
4 50
Timothy Mahoney,
9
66
66
10 50
Frank Carey, 5
66
66
7 50
James Barrett,
6
66
66
66
9 00
Michael Donahoe,
4 1-2
66
6 75
John McCarty,
4 3-1
66
6.
66
7 12
Daniel Doyle,
3 1-4
66
.6
66
4 87
Daniel Sullivan,
1 8-10
66
66
2 70
Thomas Ryan, 5 3-4
66
66
, 66
8 62
T. P. Mackinney, hardware,
8 23
Ezra Trumbull, 5 days' labor at $2.00 per day,
10 00
John Hoey, 31-2
1.50
6 00
Thurston & Colman, lumber,
44 54
Timothy Harrington, 31-2 days' labor at $1.50 per day,
5 25
Daniel Cogger, jr.,
1
.75
"
75
J. McGunness,
1
66
1.25
66
1 50
C. O'Connell, 19
1.25
66
23 75
Warren Foye,
3 1-2
.
.75
66
2 62
Edmund C. Davis, 1 3-4
1.25
66
16 56
Thomas Carey,
11. 1-2
66
1.25
66
14 37
George Simpson, 5 1-2
1.25
66
6 87
Timothy Murphy, 2
1.50
66
3 00
Cyrus T. Goodwin, 9
66
3.00
66
27 00
Hugh McGlew, sharpening and reqairing picks,
1 25
Blake & Noyes, painting sign boards,
6 00
S. H. Thurlow, hardware,
5 42
David Smith, 5000 hand brick at $7.00,
35 00
W. & M. O'Connell, labor,
3 50
E. H. & G. J. Goorge, stock and labor,
15 05
Total,
$938 38
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
J. B. Varnum, repairing platform wagon, 4 00
James M. Woods, stock and labor, 23 48
Albert F. Young, stock and labor, 96
·
.
12
Lord Brothers, 28 window curtains and fixtures, 25 20
Daniel Young, estate of, 2 2-3 feet wire netting, 60
Murphy, Leavens & Co., 1 horse brush, 2 50
Charles H. Allen. setting glass,
31 76
J. Chamberlin, stock and labor,
58 23
Geo. L. Jackman, 1 dozen sailer pots,
2 40
T. P. Mackinney, hardware,
15 67
P. M. Lougee, repairing horse cart,
3 00
Foster, Howe & Cleary, repairing wheels,
12 00
Wm. T. Thompson, 3 mos. services as teamster,
120 00
N. W. Hurd, furniture,
36 25
Alfred O. Lowell, 3 mos. services as teamster,
150 00
George Peavey, 3 "
150 00
John T. Porter, 3
66
150 00
John H. Newman, 1 lamb skin,
60
John Chamberlin, stock and labor,
53 52
J. B. Creasey, glazing and painting.
57 70
George P. Bishop, stock and labor, 15 50
Geo. L. Jackman, · 66
82 99
J. Chamberlin,
7 53
Paul Titcomb, grain,
62 60
Thurston & Colman, lumber,
29 95
W. S. Dodge, stock and labor,
70 86
M. H. Fowler, 32 lbs. nails,
1 60
Torrey & Jameson, stock and labor,
8 70
David C. Ash, labor,
2 50
M. P. Perley, 4 pairs blankets at 3.00,
12 00
Hugh McGlew, stock and labor,
50 53
T. Bradbury, one-half of bill of line fence,
12 21
Blake & Noyes, stock and labor,
50 57
Geo. A. Pike,
40 75
R. C. McConnell, trucking and repairing at Currier school, 2 50
Wm. L. Dodge, 2 1-4 days' labor at 2.75 per day, 7 56
S. H. Thurlow, hardware,
20 13.
T. H. Lunt, labor,
35 23
C. M. Cook, labor,
40 63
J. B. Knight, grain,
160 80
E. H. & G. J. George, labor,
58 58
Cornelius O'Connell, 1-2 day's labor moving coal at 1.25.
62
John Clifford, 1 day's 66 66
1 25
Cornelius Lynch, 1 1-2
1 87
13
W. & M. O'Connell, repairing carts, Gerrish & Goodwin, stock and labor, 50 04 John Sumner, stock and labor, 16 38
4 05
Charles R. Sargent, stock and labor,
15 60
Bayley & Perkins, lumber end planing,
25 06
Albert Russell & Sons, stock and labor, John Holker, stock and labor,
52 26
22 97
Moses Colman & Son, 1 pair blankets,
8 00
Total,
$1869.64
INCIDENTALS.
William A. Gould, services as engineer and surveyor, $25 00
William A. Gould, 5 00
.Colby, Coombs & Co., advertising, 52 25
Wm. H. Huse & Co., printing and advertising,
191 50
Jona. Smith, Treas .. bal. expended 4th of July celebration, 23 67
G. W. Piper expenses to Boston and Salem, 10 00
Adams & Noyes, moving fence on Poor estate, State street, 5 00 S. H. Fowle, Boston Advertiser from Dec. 1,'75 to Oct. 1,'76, 10 00 D. C. Ash, attending caucuses, 6 00
A. F. Hunt, printing, 8 75
U. S. Post Office, postage stamps $17.99, rent of box 1.00, 18 99
G. E. Donnells, ringing bells Feb. 29, 1876, 2 00
Enoch Goodwin, ringing bells $5, returning deaths 1.00,- 6 00
A. L. Jackson, ringing bells July 4, 1876, 3 50
Board of .Assessors, revising ward lines, 25 00.
John H. Worthen, services as fish warden,
25 00
John T. Robinson, .
inspector, 2 00
W. L. Jaques, 2 00
Geo. W. Piper, making up quarterly and annual reports, 49 00
Total,
$462 16
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DAY AND NIGHT POLICE.
J. P. Torrey, 91 even'gs at 1.75, 5 days at 2.00 as patrol, 169 25 35 75 4
M. P. Towne, 13 66 66
A. D. Hale, 91 66 66 71-2 66 174 25
E. E. Taylor, 91 66 66 3 1-2 66
66 166. 25
J. G. Gove, 91 66 66 2
66 169 25
Charles L. Ayers, 3 mos. services as Marshal and extra, 262 49
D. C. Batchelder, 32 evenings at 1.75, 60 days at 2.00, 186 00
S .. W. Tuck, 3 mos. services as assistant marshal, 187 50
J. W. Sargent, 84 eve'gs at 2.00, 11 days at 2.00, as patrol, 190 00 J. E. Kimball, 91 66 1.75, 4 " 66 167 25
J. Stanton, 91 4
66
66 167 25
M. M. Ross, groceries, 61 61
Geo. N. Black, 2 evening's patrol at 1.75, 3 50 .
E. S. Johnson, 1 66 66 1.75,
1 75
3 50 Alex. Griffin, 2 66 1.75,
Mrs. Jane Thompson, meals at station house, 11 90
60
B. H. Jaques, soap,
Total, 1957 10
LIGHTING.
Newburyport Gas Co., gas, $645 61
Thurston & Colman, lumber, 5 25
810 30
W. A. Currier, teaming and setting lamp posts,
2 00
· Blake & Noyes, painting lanterns and posts, N. A. Robbins, labor on posts,
1 50
C. R. Sargent, repairing pipe at Kelley school, 1 75
E. H. & G. J. George, repairing lanterns,
. 3 74
Total,
$1,477 60
Globe Gas Light Co., on account of contract,
7 45
15
INTEREST.
Richardson, Hill & Co., 10 days' interest on $6,700,
6 51
H. K. Johnson, 6 mos. interest on 1530, 49 72
J. A. Frothingham, 298 days' interest on 1000, 47 04
Adeline Brookings, 6 mos. " 1600,
52 00
Samuel O. Johnson, 4 "
66 1000,
10 84
E. S. Lesley, attorney, 6 mos. 2000,
60 00
P. H. Lunt, cashier, interest on 15,900, 113 91
W. A. Cheney, 2 mos. 18 days' interest on 1000,
12 45
T. P. Stickney, cashier, 6 " 9 77
17,000,
Coupons on City Bonds,
3,974 50
L. C. Tucker, 6 months' interest on 1600,
45 00
R. J. Morgan, 6
66
9000,
292 50
J. A. Maynard, treas. 6
66
5000,
150 00
Edmund S. Raynes, 6 66
5000,
150 00
J. A. Balch, .
6
6000,
195 00
H. J. Balch, 6
66
500,
16 25
John Harris, 6
1000,
32 50
B. H. Smith,
6
66
1000,
32 50
5,257 49
NOTES PAYABLE.
Note No. 183,
$1,000 00
66 189,
· 1,000 00
66
193,
8,000 00
195,
14,000 00
196,
5,000 00
" # 197,
1,000 00
198,
4,500 00
66 199,
11,000 00
66 200,
7,400 00
·
16:
Note No. 201,
7,500 00
«
203;
1,000 00
204,
6,700 00
66
205,
17,000 00*
66
190,
5,000 00
194,
9,000 00:
Total,
$99,100 00
FUEL ..
Fred B. Morse, 74 cords 11-16 feet hard wood at $5.45, $402 02
Anthony Cogger, 7 days' loading wood at 1.50, 10 50
Geo. H. Peavey, sawing 4 loads pine wood at $1.20, 4 80 Daniel Wadleigh, balance for charcoal, 100 51
Luke R. Jones, cording 150 cords of wood, 37 50
160 00
Frank A. Benson, 10 tons coal for steamer, Robert Wilson, 154 cords pine wood, H. M. Cross, coal, 572 44
667 33
Total,
$1,955 10
SALARIES.
George H. Stevens, 3 months' services as city clerk, 249 99 George W. Piper, 3 treas. and coll. 350 00
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Thomas E. Cutter, 3 mos. salary as clerk of com. council, 25 00
Joseph M. Tappan, 3 66 city messenger, 225 00
William Plumer, 1 year's salary as assessor, 400 00 Chas. J. Brockway, bal. of 1 year's salary as assessor,
1 66 300 00
Nath'l Greeley, 66
150 00
Eben F. Stone, 1 year's salary as city solicitor, 200 00
$1899 99
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
H. A. Tenney, 3 mos. services as librarian and extra, $252 86
H. T. Crofoot, binding books, 15 10
Total, 267 96
ESSEX BRIDGE.
Thurston & Colman, lumber, $30 00
SINKING FUND.
Paid Sinking Fund Commissioner's annual approprian $4000 00
18
NEWBURYPORT BRIDGE.
Thurston & Colman, lumber, $10 85
John W. Dole, 3 mos, services as draw tender, 124 99
Thomas P. Mackinney, hardware, 8 57
I. D. Mooney, chimneys, wicks, etc.
20 49
George E. Currier, 76 feet oak timber, 34 20
D. B. Jaques, teaming, 32 71
Sam'l T. Dole, 28 days' labor at 3.00, teaming 10.00,
94 00
Blake & Noyes, painting,
16 68
C. R. Sargent, stamping 6 brass plates on lanterns,
1 50
John Sumner, stock and labor,
36 72
J. H. Page, use of 6 jack screws on bridge at 25c, 1 50
Albert Russell & Sons, labor on bridge, 1 00
John T. Fillmore, lumber and teaming same, 211 00
F. E. Currior, labor, 126 00
W. & M. O'Connell, repairing tools,
2 01
Total, $722 22
NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX.
Assessors and collector, assessing and collecting, $56 29
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Est. of S. W. Marston, 3 mos. rent of hall, Cushing Guard, $75 00 Owner of Phenix Hall building, City Cadets, 75 00 Total, 150 00
19
COSTS ON TAXES.
Josoph M. Tappan, services as constable coll'g taxes, 25 21
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES.
Lanesville Granite Co., granite,
$300 04
T. H. Lunt, labor on edgestones, 21 00
J. A. Greeley, setting stones and paving gutters, 36 37
Wm. H. Brewster, 81 1-2 yards brick paving at 45c pr yd, 36 67
J. T. Brown, cash paid for repaving sidewaving sidewalk, 4 20
$398 28
CULVERTS.
T. P. Mackinney, hardware,
$4 46
Thurston & Colman, lumber,
15 82
Wm. H. Toppan, stock and labor,
56 60
Anthony Cogger,
3 days' labor at 1.25 per day,
3 75
George Harris,
5
1.50
66
7 50
Daniel Creadon,
3
66
1.50
4 50
John Hale, 3
1,50
66
4 50
Cornelius O'Connell, 2
1.50
66
3 00
Cornelius Lynch,
5
66
1.50
7 50
John Clifford,
3
1.50
4 50
David Lynch,
3
. 66
1.50°
4 50
D. B. Jaques, teaming stone,
50
Total,
$117 13
20
BROMFIELD FUND.
James Fogg, trimming trees, $64 17 J. A. Greeley, 191 yds brick paving at $1, rep'g paving, &c. 197 00
T. H. Lunt, labor on edgestones, 20 38
B. C. Currier, 25 yds brick paving at 45c per yard, 11 70
Total, $293 25
REPAIRS OF NEWBURYPORT BRIDGE.
Edward S. Philbrick, services in construction of bridge, $100 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES --- 1874-75-76,
To sundry persons, $2479 14
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT,
FOR THE YEAR
1876
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
TERRA MARIQUÉ MDCCCLI
NEWBURYPORT : WILLIAM H. HUSE & CO., PRINTERS, 42 STATE STREET. 1877.
REPORT.
A GREAT QUESTION.
The Bible in schools is a topic which has been pub- licly discussed, and has excited a lively interest, not only in our own Commonwealth but throughout the country. It has been a popular theme in the pulpit and in the newspapers for several years. It has divid- ed even those who maintain the old New England faith, the true successors of those who established our school system, and who made the Bible the foundation of all public instruction. The question of reading the Bible in the public schools is, however, but part of a larger question which has received the thoughtful at- tention of the best minds in the civilized world, but which has not been made so popular by newspapers, clergymen and school reports. Yet it is a question which is discussed by the thoughtful among us more than the topics which ordinarily form the staple of es- says on education. This question is, "What shall be taught in schools supported by taxation of all the peo- ple?" Here in Massachusetts there are two theories on which the schools are conducted: one for the coun- try and one for the large towns and cities. In the
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country towns the free public schools teach the ele- ments of book learning,-reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, and some grammar,-and the Bible is read in all the schools by requirement of the State. In the country prayers are offered if the teacher wishes, or thinks it expedient, otherwise the reading of Scripture is the only devotional exercise. In the cities and larg- er towns prayers are required by regulation of the school boards, and by law and custom the teaching of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, drawing, Latin, Greek, French, history, physiology, music, book-keep- ing, astronomy, chemistry, and in fact a smattering of all kinds of knowledge.
In Massachusetts the public school system has been a natural growth, a development of that first estab- lished, as wealth and culture increased, the original idea developing and adapting itself to the changed conditions. The career of an intellectual man in the first days of the Commonwealth was that of a clergy- man, the best minds being absorbed by the profession, which, although not paying largely in money reward, gave social position and an influence in public and private concerns possessed by no other class. Thus in the poorer towns the rudiments only were taught, and in those which could sustain the expense, young men-not young women-were taught Latin and Greek and fitted for the college, which was itself a training-school for the study of theology with some learned minister. The object was to train young men for the most important profession if they had the tal- ent and ability, and to give the rest of the communi- ty knowledge enough that they might rightly under- stand what the Scripture taught and the explanation of it by their teacher. The intention was, first, to
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