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LIQUOR LICENSES.
The law regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Commonwealth provides that the selectmen of towns, and the mayor and aldermen of cities, may at
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their discretion, and under proper restrictions and conditions, grant licenses to suitable persons applying for the same. I consider it wise and prudent for this administration to avail itself of the privilege thus conferred. Earnest efforts have been made the past year, to substantially limit, if not absolutely prohibit, the sale of liquors in this community, but the result has not proved successful. In the opinion of those best qualified to judge, the attempt to stop the illegal traffic in ardent spirits has failed, not for lack of res- olution, or neglect of duty, on the part of those hav- ing control of this question, but because of the prac- tical difficulties that stand in the way of a strict en- forcement of the principles of prohibition. I frankly admit that those who have attempted to carry out these ideas have been actuated by a sincere desire for the public good; but in my judgment the principles themselves are unsound and impracticable when con- sidered as questions of public policy.
That the evils resulting from intemperance are many and serious, all good men acknowledge; but the wise and good differ in regard to the best method of treatment, as well as the proper agencies to be em- ployed for their suppression and ultimate cure. The Right Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone, in a celebrated speech to his constituents at Greenwich, England, said-"in my mind they are not your friends but your enemies who teach you to look to the legislature for the re- moval of the evils which afflict human life. It is the
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state has imposed, and punishing offenders to the full extent of the law.
Many exaggerated statements are current in re- gard to the number of habitual drunkards in the city of Newburyport. In a total of 311 arrests the past year for this cause, 119 individual cases were resi- dents of this city, and of these 50 were of American and 69 of foreign birth. Of the remainder, 115 were transient visitors from neighboring towns and cities, and the balance were the re-arrests of old of- fenders for second and third offences. In compari- son with other cities of the same population, I think It may be confidently asserted that the tendency to over-indulgence in the use of stimulants is at least no greater here than elsewhere.
As a community we have our vicious and criminal class, but in all the civilized world there is no city or town without them. Poverty, too, dwells within our borders, and compassionately begs for bread, but the poor are also found in lands where intoxicating liquors are unknown. The idle, the sick, the impru- dent, the unfortunate in every age and clime, and un- der every form of government, will always lean upon the more prosperous for sustenance and support. Though drunkenness were annihilated, crime and poverty would still exist. Individual effort, and a high moral culture, can alone remove these dark stains from the surface of modern civilization.
The rules and regulations that govern and control
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individual man, the individual conscience, and the in- dividual character on which much of human happi- ness and human misery depends. The social prob- lems that confront us are many and formidable. Let the government labor to its utmost, let the legislature spend days and nights is your service, but after the very most has been achieved, the question whether the English father is to be the father of a happy fam- ily and the centre of a united house, is a question that must depend mainly on himself."
Firm in the conviction that these remarks apply with equal force to the inhabitants of New England, I believe that other influences than those of law must be evoked, if drunkenness and poverty are to be banished from the land. The enactments of the leg- islature and the ordinances of the city government, cannot make men constant and faithful in the dis- charge of their religious duties, nor temperate in the exercise of the faculties and appetites of the mind and body. To regulate and restrain within reasona- ble limits the evil influences that prevail in society is the most that the law can hope to accomplish. In itself it is neither a sin nor a crime to buy or sell ale, wine, or other fermented liquors, but it is, rather, the abuse of these privileges of which complaint is just- ly made. In my judgment a fair and just enforce- ment of the license system will best promote the cause of temperance and sobriety ; protecting only those who faithfully comply with the conditions the
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the police department of this city are modified so frequently to meet the exigencies of the occasion that a simple comparison of the number arrested an- nually for drunkenness cannot be taken as conclusive evidence of the increase or abatement of the evils of intemperance among us. But the figures recently given to the public through the agency of the State Bureau of Statistics of Labor, based on returns from 320 cities and towns in this commonwealth, indicate with a reasonable degree of certainty, that under the prohibitory law in 1874, there were 8366 more arrests in these cities and towns for drunkenness than under the license law, in 1877; a fact which goes far to prove that in practical operation the license system in the state of Massachusetts is more restrictive in its effects than prohibition.
The hard times and the scarcity of money among all classes has undoubtedly had a tendency to dimin- ish the sale of intoxicating liquors during the past two or three years; and an examination of the police report of the cities and towns in this immediate vi- cinity will reveal the fact that the total arrests for drunkenness are considerably less in 1878 than for several preceding years, although no special exer- tions have been made within their limits to close up the drinking saloons and tippling shops.
I yield to no man in the desire to reform and ele- vate the dissolute and degraded, and to limit, so far as may be, the evils that flow from intemperance, but
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I doubt the ability of this or any human government to place the sale of liquors beyond the reach of the confirmed inebriate. The law of demand and supply is inexorable and will prevail. Let us seek then to regulate our municipal affairs in accordance with this long established principle, and to recognize the fact that our efforts in the cause of temperance can be made effective only in the supervision and purification of the sources of supply.
CLOSING REMARKS.
In conclusion, gentlemen, let me press upon your attention the importance of hearty and united action in the labors and duties that devolve upon us. We have been elected not as partisans but as citizens to watch over and protect the interests of all classes, and it should be our earnest aim and effort to cast aside personal prejudices and party ties, and work together for the public good. If we take up the burdens and responsibilities which await us with the firm resolve that this shall be so, then there can be no doubt of ultimate success and the final approbation of our fellow citizens. In your efforts to bring about this happy result I pledge you my hearty co-opera- tion. With no other end or aim except to serve the public interests, I shall endeavor to deal conscien- tiously and impartially with the questions that come before me, without expectation of private gain or
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profit. Gratefully acknowledging the honor con- ferred on me by my fellow citizens, I accept the trust with many misgivings, but with a firm resolve to dis- charge the duties of my office faithfully and fear- lessly.
Finally, let me remind you, in the words of inspir- ation, that "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, December 26th, 1878. To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council :
GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to lay before you a report of the Receipts and Expenditures for the financial year ending December 21st, 1878; a state- ment of appropriations, expenditures and balances; a statement of the city debt, and condition of the sinking fund, and my report as collector of taxes, all of which are most respectfully submitted.
GEORGE W. PIPER, Treasurer and Collector.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
December 26th, 187S.
The Joint Standing Committee on Finance have examined the accompany- ing accounts current, together with the following schedule of receipts and ex- penditures, which they find to be correct and sustained by proper vouchers.
The balance in the hands of the treasurer December 21st, 1878 - fourteen thousand, nine hundred and sixty-seven and thirty-two one-hundredths dollars,
JONATHAN SMITHI, GEORGE E. CURRIER, ROBERT G. SARGENT, JOSEPH S. BAILEY,
Committee on Finance.
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Dr.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT in account current
To cash on hand December 15th, 1877 $15,706 77
To cash received and credited as follows :
Poor Department
2,090 93
School
1,510 27
Fire ...
164 24
Highways
32 S9
Incidentals
5,385 66
Public Property.
38 33
Police.
634 S5
Interest on overdue taxes $1,331 54
Discount on county tax 28 94-1,360 48
Public Library
474 36
Sidewalks and Edgestones
386 46
Notes Payable.
73,800 00
State of Massachusetts
4,449 10
Liquor Licenses
87 50
Bromfield Fund.
540 14
Non-Resident Bank Tax
1,118 59
Market House and Cellar.
525 00
City Hall 614 00
Burial Lots
70 00
Culverts
23 75
Commissioners of Atkinson Common.
42 00
Tax of 1873.
2 00
1874
1 00
1875
35 75
1876
5,669 02
1877.
11,609 16
1878.
108,801 42
126,118 35
$235,173 67
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with GEORGE W. PIPER, Treasurer, Cr.
By amount paid Mayor's order and charged as follows, viz:
Poor Department $17,090 84
School 66
28,173 40
Fire
9,756 31
Highways
4,059 44
Incidentals.
7,528 19
Public Property .
5,526 93
Police.
8,033 71
Lighting Streets and Public Buildings
5,510 20
Interest ..
31,311 29
Public Library
1,501 15
Sidewalks and Edgestones.
1,370 81
Newburyport Bridge
632 44
Essex Merrimac Bridge.
34 26
Culverts.
315 11
Notes Payable
67,300 00
State of Massachusetts-State Aid and Armories
4,457 30
66
Poor Soldiers and Sailors 3,129 15
Bromfield Fund
576 36
Liquor Licenses.
21 88
Market House and Cellar
50 00
Sinking Fund
1,885 15
Fuel .
5,421 83
State Tax
4,370 00
County Tax
7,892 30
Salaries.
4,258 30
Cash on hand, December 21st, 1878.
14,967 32
$235,173 67
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. PIPER, Treasurer.
Newburyport, December 21, 1878.
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CITY EXPENDITURES.
CREDITS.
From S. Sibley, Manager, for 1940 lbs. old hose 38 80
A. Russell & Son, for two old engines. 125 00
D. T. Batchelder for castor oil. 30
C. P. Davis for oil. 14
10,114 24
Expenditures
9,756 31
Undrawn . 357 93
To Incidentals to balance
357 93
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation . $3,000 00
CREDITS.
From M. M. Ross, 2 loads of sand 2 00
A. Little, 10 loads of gravel. 1 00
A. Russell & Son, 405 lbs. old pipe 2 53
S. H. Rundlett, sundry bills
14 56
Geo. Lucy, 8 loads of gravel 80
G. A. Randall, lot of gutter dirt. 8 00
Error in allowance to M. Crowley, Dec. pay roll .. . 4 00
3,032 89
Expenditures
4,058 44
Overdrawn 1,026 55
From Incidentals to balance 1,026 55
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Appropriation $3,500 00
CREDITS.
From City Clerk, rent of Market Hall. 9 00
City Clerk, rent of land, March's Hill 4 00
J. A. L. Odd'e, 300 feet of turf. 3 00
Ireland & Trefethen, error in bill. 12 00
D. T. Rowe, 4 loads of loam 2 00
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CITY EXPENDITURES.
From county for repairs on Court House fence 8 33
City Hall. 614 00
Market House and cellar 475 00
Burial lots. 70 00
4,697 33
Expenditures
5,526 93
Overdrawn
829 60
From Incidentals to balance
829 60
SALARIES.
$4,500 00
Expenditures 4,258 30
241 70
241 70
To Incidentals to balance
FUEL.
Appropriation $6,000 00
Expenditures 5,421 83
Undrawn
578 17
To Incidentals to balance.
578 17
The above expenses may be charged as follows, viz :
Poor Department.
Wood and labor
$1,034 03
1,071,614 lbs. coal.
2,819 15
3,853 18
School Department.
Hancock St. School house, 22,450 lbs. coal. 56 62
Bromfield 66
27,635 66
69 69
Purchase
20,670
52 12
School 66
28,005
70 63
Temple 66
9,280 66
23 40
School house on Mall,
10,010
25 25
Kelley School house,
66,840
66 167 10
Buck St. School house,
4,940
66
12 45
.
Appropriation .
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CITY EXPENDITURES.
NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX.
Collected from City Banks. $5,314 85
Credited in State Account. 3,282 96
8,597 81
Charged in State Account.
7,479 22
1,118 59
To Incidentals 1,118 59
SINKING FUND.
Excess of income over expenditures for 1878. $1,885 15 Paid Sinking Commissioners 1,885 15
ABATEMETS OF TAXES OF 1875.
Credit from Incidentals. $13 30
Allowed on Assessors' orders 13 30
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES.
Appropriation .. $500 00
CREDITS.
From J. W. Butler: 10 75
S. B. Noyes, 4 ft. crossing stone 1 40
John McCusker. 28 23
C. M. Townsend. 13 08
Green street Baptist society, balance 17 84
John H. Page.
26 16
Mrs. Hannah Pike 18 86
Willard Otis.
9 48
Hiram Canney 50 64
John Chamberlain 46 66
George Tilton .
2 07
Edw. Perkins
13 20
Edw. Kimball 33 12
21 06
R. M. Perley .
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CITY EXPENDITURES.
From D. J. Merrill 34 92
John Caldwell. 23 92 .
E. Griffin . 3 80
J. B. Pritchard 2 91
R. Bonner, on acoount. 4 00
Rufus Sargent. 24 36
886 46
Expenditures.
1,370 81
Overdrawn 484 35
From Incidentals to balance 484 35
ABATEMENTS OF TAXES 1876.
Credit balance Dec. 15th, 1877
$15 75
Credit from Incidents.
1,549 22
Credit from re-assessment of taxes 40 92
1,605 89
Allowed on Assessor's orders. 1,605 89
ABATEMENTS OF TAXES OF 1877.
Credit balance Dec. 15th, 1877
$1,970 04
Allowed on Assessors' orders 449 00
Balance Dec. 21st, 1878, to new acount. 1,521 04
ABATEMENTS OF TAXES OF 1878.
Appropriation . $1,000 00
Overlay of Taxes. 2,833 30
Supplementary Committal and re-assessment. 74 80
3,908 10
Allowed on Assessors' orders
1,323 10
Balanc Dec. 21st, 1878, to new account. 2,585 00
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CITY EXPEFDITURES.
NOTES PAYABLE.
City notes paid as follows, viz :
No. 222, A. W. Greenleaf, trustee $500 00
223, Jacob A. Balch . 1,300 00
224, Samuel O. Johnson 1,400 00
225, Blake Bros. & Co 4,000 00
226, Newbaryport City R. R. Co 2,000 00
227, John Pickering & Moseley 6,000 00
228, Joseph A. Frothingham 1,500 00
229, Samuel O. Johnson
500 00
230, John Pickering & Moseley .10,000 00
231, Benj. H. Smith
2,500 00
232, Samuel O. Johnson 600 00
233, Edw. Burril, Agt. Brown estate 1,500 00
234, John Pickering & Moseley 10,000 00
235, 66 66 5,000 00
237, Merchants National Bank. 20,500 00
67,300 00
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation $4,000 00
CREDITS.
From Geo. H. Stevens, City Clerk. 59 00
State of Massachusetts, account corporation tax, 1877. 516 04
1875 pay rolls, amounts refunded.
2 25
State of Massachusests, for account of armory rent disallowed in previous years 227 40
January, 1878, pay roll, amount refunded. 25 00
Commonwealth on account of corporation tax, 1878 4,401 97
State of Massachusetts account. 154 00
Non-resident Bank Tax. 1,118 59
Liquor Licenses 65 62
10,569 87
Transferred from Fire Department. $357 93
Lighting streets, &c 289 80
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CITY EXPENDITURES.
Transferred from Interest
549 19
66 Salaries 241 70
6 Public Library. 173 21
66
66
Fuel.
578 17
66
66
Reduction of City Debt.
5,000 00 7,190 00
17,759 87
Expenditures $7,551 74
Transferred to Poor Department ..
1,999 91
School Department.
1,663 13
66
Highways
1,026 55
66
Police
698 86
66 Public Property .
829 60
66 Sidewalks and Edgestones 484 35
66 Bridges and Culverts 58 06
66
Abatements of Taxes of 1875 ..
13 30
66
Abatements of Taxes of 1876 ..
1,549 22-15,874 62
Undrawn.
1,885 15
To Sinking Fund to balance 1,885 15
RENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND LANDS.
RECEIVED.
From C. E. Adams & Co., two stalls in Market House. . .. $125 00 W. T. Colman, one stall in Market House 100 00
County of Essex, rent of Market Hall 300 00
525 00
Paid E. F. Bartlett, clerk, amount allowed by county to January 1st, 1878. 50 00
475 00
To Public Property to balance 475 00
RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF TAXES.
Tax of 1874, from Collector $ 1 00
" 1875, 35 75 " 1876, 5,669 02
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CITY EXPENDITURES.
Tax of 1877, from Collector
11,609 16
1878, 66
108,801 42
126,116 35
TRIAL BALANCE. DECEMBER 21st, 1878.
Mechanicks Nat'l Bank . . $
3,980 00 City Bonds.
$270,900 00
Merchants 66 66
· 2,940 23
R. R. Loan 74,000 00
First
2,902 77
School House. 23,000 00
Ocean
66
..
4,195 57
Horse R. R. 25,000 00
Boston First 66
66
722 75
Notes Payable Commissioners of Atkin-
130,928 87
Revere " 66
..
son Common. 42 00
City of Newburyport.
340,996 85
City Railroad 74,200 00
State of Massachusetts.
7,143 45
New School House
30,000 00
Horse Railroad.
25,000 00
Tax of 1873.
11 48
1873
271 90
1875
214 70
1876.
969 01
1877
8,606 32
1878
25,595 88
527,976 91
527,976 91
..
74 22
Cash.
151 78
Abatements of Taxes, 1877 1,521 04
Abatements of Taxes, 1878 2,585 00
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CITY OF NEWBURYPORT, TREASURER'S OFFICE, December 21st, 1878. 5 To the Committee on Finance :
GENTLEMEN: I herewith submit a report of the condition of the Sinking Fund of the city, on this date, it being the close of the financial year.
Total funds, Dec. 15th, 1877. $64,040 58
City appropriation, excess of income over expenditures for the year 1878.
1,885 15
Interest on investments
3,783 72
69,709 45
Invested as follows :
$20,000 Newburyport 6s.
$19,501 26
7,000 Newburyport 5s. 6,333 88
Newburyport Notes.
41,728 87
Cash on hand .
2,145 44
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. W. PIPER, Treasurer.
DEBTS DUE THE CITY DEC. 21, 1878.
Tax of 1873
$ 11 48
1874.
271 90
1875
214 70
1876.
961 01
1877
8,606 32
1878.
25,595 88-35,669 29
Due from the State-State aid.
3,234 93 Armory rent. 779 37
For amount paid to poor soldiers and sailors .. 3,129 15
Add Sinking Fund at par 70,874 31
Cash on hand. 14,967 32
$128 654 37
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69,709 45
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CITY EXPENDITURES.
CITY DEBT, DEC. 21, 1878,
Due.
An. Int.
Rate.
Amount.
City Bonds
1883
2,375 90
5
47,500 00
1884
75 00
5
1,500 00
66
1885
264 00
6
4,400 00
1886
240 00
6
4,000 00
66
1887
3,330 00
55,500 00
66
1888
4,500 00
6
75,000 00
66
1889
1,200 00
6 20,000 00
66
1890
3,780 00
6
$3,000 00
66
School house loan
. 1890
1,380 00
6 23,000 00
66
Horse railroad loan
1890
1,500 00
6
25,000 00
66
City railroad loan
1891
4,440 00
6 74,000 00
Edmund S. Raynes
1879
325 00
612
5,000 00
Rebecca J. Morgan
1879
585 00
612
9,000 00
Lydia C. Tucker
1879
104 00
61%
1,600 00
Hulda J. Balch
1879
32 50
612
500 00
John Harris
.1879
65 00
612
1,000 00
Benjamin H. Smith.
1879
65 00
612
1,000 00
Jacob A. Balch.
1879
390 00
612
6,000 00
Benjamin H. Smith, note S. H. L.
1879
130 00
612
2,000 00
Treasurer's order, note S. H. L
1879
325 00
612
5,000 00
Adeline Brookings
1879
104 00
612
1,600 00
Treasurer's order
1879
325 00
612
5,000 00
John M. Carter, 3 notes.
1879
195 00
612
3,000 00
Samuel O. Johnson
1879
91 00
612
1,400 00
Hannah K. Johnson
1879
299 00
612
4,600 00
Levi Jones
1879
650 00
612
10,000 00
Trustees of M. Sawyer
300 00
6
5,000 00
Overseers of Poor, Trust Fund
120 00
6
2,000 00
M. Atwood, exr.
630 00
6
10,500 00
Committee on Brown "
66
900 00
6
15,000 00
Sinking Fund Commissioner's note. .. demand
414 84
6 6,913 86
437 40
6
7,290 15
72 06
G
1,201 12
1,082 72
6
18,045 24
106 71
6
1,778 50
66
66
66
240 00
6
4,000 00
66
.. .
. . .
150 00
6
2,500 00
Due sundry accounts.
4,148 04
31,223 23
527,976 91
Gross debt ..
527,976 91
Less Sinking Fund and other assets, per schedule.
128,654 37
Net debt Dec. 21st, 1878.
399,322 54
Net debt Dec. 15th, 1877.
404,991 41
Decrease of debt in 1878
5,668 87
. .
66
. .
66
...
66
...
...
523,828 87
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APPROPRIATIONS AND BALANCES.
DECEMBER 21, 1878.
· Appropriation.
Income.
Total Credits.
Expenditures.
Undrawn.
Overdrawn.
Poor Department ....
13,000 00
2,090 93
15,090 93
17,090 84
1,999 91
School Department ..
25,000 00
1,510 27
26,510 27
28,173 40
1,663 13
Fire Department ..
6,500 00
164 24
6,664 24
6,306 31
357 93
Special ..
3,450 00
3,450 00
3,450 00
Highways ..
3,000 00
32 89
3,032 89
4,059 44
1,026 55
Incidentals.
4,000 00
6,569 87
10,569 87
7,551 74
3,018 13
Public Property .
3,500 00
1,197 33
4,697 33
5,526 93
Police ..
6,700 00
634 85
7,334 85
8,033 71
698 86
Lighting streets, &c
5,800 00
5,800 00
5,510 20
289 80
Interest.
30,500 00
1,360 48
31,860 48
31,311 29
549 19
Salaries.
. 4,500
00
4,500 00
4,258 30
241 70
Fuel.
. 6,000 00
6,000 00
5,421 83
578 17
Public Library.
1,200 00
474 36
1,674 36
1,501 15
173 21
Sidewalks and Edgestones ...
500 00
386 46
886 46
1,370 81
484 35
Bridges and Culverts.
900 00
23 75
923 75
981 81
58 06
Reduction of the City Debt ...
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
Abatements of Taxes of 1875 ...
13 30
13 30
1876. .. .
40 92
56 67
1,605 89
1,549 22
1877 ....
1,970 04
449 00
1,521 04
1878. . .. . 1,000 00
2,908 10
3,908 10
1,323 10
2,585 00
120,550 00
17,394 45
139,930 24
133,939 05
14,314 17
8,322 98
Credit balance of Abatements of Taxes of 1877
1,521 04
1878.
2,585 00
Amount carried to Sinking Fund . .
1,885 15
14,314 17
14,314 17
·
..
829 60
CITY EXPENDITURES.
.
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CITY EXPENDITURES.
1878.
Appropriation for City purposes $120,550 00
State tax .
4,370 00
County tax. 7,892 30
Overlay and re-assessment
2,908 10
Income
15,099 45
Credit balance Bromfield Fund. . 12 67
150,832 52
Payments on Sundry Dep'ts $131,172 45
Debit balance of abatements of 1875 and
1876 Taxes
1,562 52
State tax.
4,370 00
County tax
7,892 30
Abatements of 1878 taxes
1,323 10
146,320 37
Unexpended
4,512 15
Credit balance of Abatements of 1878 taxes. ...
2,585 00
1,927 15
Credit to Commissioners of Atkinson Common
42 00
1,885 15
Amount carried to Sinking Fund to balance.
1,885 15
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
NEWBURYPORT, Dec. 12, 1878.
To His Honor the Mayor, and the City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- In compliance with section six of the rules and regulations governing the fire department, I hereby submit my an- nual report of the present condition of the department of Newbury- port. The membership, their ages, occupation and residence; de- partment apparatus; the number of fires and alarms; amount of loss and insurance, &c.
MEMBERSHIP.
The department embraces a membership of one hundred and sixty-two men, divided as follows : one chief and six assistant engineers, three steam fire engine companies of fifteen men each, two hand engine companies of forty- five men each, and one hook and ladder company of twenty men.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus in service consists of three second class steam fire engines, built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, one second class Jeffers' hand engine, one first class Button hand engine, two four-wheeled hose car- riages, three two-wheeled hose carriages, and one Button & Blake hook and ladder truck fully equipped. In connection with the above we have hand en- gine No. 6, with hose carriage attached, and steamer Eon, which can be used in case of emergency; also two old hose carriages, formerly attached to steamers one and two. All of the apparatus in service is in good condition.
HOSE.
There are at present belonging to the department 2000 feet of American rubber-lined jacket hose that is reliable, 2000 feet, more or less, of old rubber and rubber-lined hose, nearly worthless, and 7650 feet of leather hose, a greater part of which is poor and requires extensive repairs after its use at
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fires of long duration, and I trust that any call for a more serviceable hose will be generously entertained.
The condition of the suction hose of the steamers is such that soon new ones will be needed.
Appropriation. . $6,500 00
Income. 164 24
6,664 24
Paid for service of members.
$4,288 92
new hose carriage No. 2 ..
550 00
repairing hose carriage No. 1 125 00
department supplies and repairs 1,342 39-6,306 31
Balance Undrawn 357 93
Appropriation for engine and hose carriage No. 8 and 2000 feet of
hose ..
3,450 00
Expended for the same. 3,450 00
Roll of Members and Schedule of Property.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
Rank.
Name. Age. Occupation.
Residence.
Chief. Chas. H. Goodwin,
43 House Carpenter,
1st Asst. Geo. B. Hicken,
44 Ship Carpenter,
2nd “ Edmund S. Johnson,
31 Shoemaker,
3d Daniel W. Cate,
45 Conductor,
4th " Selwyn C. Reed,
23 Photographer,
5th “ John H. Curran,
28 Blacksmith,
6th
Wm. Holker,
33 Stove dealer,
7 Beck street.
ENGINEERS' EQUIPMENTS.
Seven rubber coats, seven belts, seven fire hats, seven trumpets, seven ladges.
Property in Engineer's Room, Pleasant street-4850 feet leather hose, 250 feet rubber lined hose, 50 feet stocking hose, lot spanners and spanner belts, lot hose patches, hose bench, 1 two-wheeled hose carriage, formerly attached to steamer No. 2, 1 hydrant wrench, 2 increasing couplings, lot hose ropes, 13 chairs, 6 settees, 1 desk, 2 stoves and funnel, coal hod and two long ropes.
H. P. MACINTOSH STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY, No. 1.
Foreman, A. C. Pearson, age 35, saloon keeper, Unicorn street; Assistant Foreman, J. W. Sargent, age 33, policeman, Lime street; Clerk, E. P. Allen
64 Federal street. Willow Avenue. 38 Temple street. 7 Carter street. 18 Fair street. 39 Prospect st.
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