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Real estate $6,449,865 Personal estate, including resident bank tax 2,846,370
An increase over last year of · $563,890
The value of vessels engaged in the foreign trade and exempt by law, amounting to $310,411.95, is not included in the above ; but the income of such vessels, amounting to $23,119.22, is included. It will be noticed that there has been a very large increase in the in- come from foreign shipping, which is highly gratifying and en- couraging to owners of property in this important department of this, our city's industry.
The rate of taxation for 1889 was $14.80 on each $1000 assessed. The poll tax, $2. Whole number of polls, 3,985.
Tax on $9,296,235 $137,584 27
Tax on polls 7,970 00
$145,554 27
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
For the following purposes :
City expenses
$147,165 36
Less a portion of city income 23,000 00
$124,165 36
State tax
9,120 00
County tax.
8,771 16
Overlay or surplus tax.
3,497 75
$145,554 27
Number of dwelling houses, 2,292; horses, 677; cows, 272; oxen, 20. Total number of tax payers, 5,007. Number taxed for property, 2,267. Number taxed for polls, 2,740.
Valuation of exempted property :
Religious societies-real estate. $255,500
Invested funds 33,100
Beneficent and charitable real estate 35,000
Invested funds 205,800
Literary institutions-real estate.
90,000
Invested funds 91,000
Total amount of exempted property
$710,400
The above figures justify our confidence in the policy we have adopted, of continuing a moderately higher valuation with the in - crease of the estate, and a lower rate of taxation, as an easier and better mode of meeting the annual expenses of the city. So grad- ually the rate of taxation has been reduced in four years from $18 to $14.80 per thousand, till we are among the lowest taxed cities in the commonwealth; and we see no reason why this course may not be repeated, or continued, in the future, without an excessive valuation. The present year, 1889, has been the most prosperous Newburyport has seen in more than a half-century. It excels any part of that period in the quicker, higher, varied and multiplied demand for real estate, the large additions to personal property, and in the increase of profitable business of every variety.
In 1888 there was a deficiency in the appropriations of some $13,000, which sum, overdrawn, was expended at the new alms-
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
house, on the bridge, the school house, and the widening of Water street at the foot of Fair, for which no appropriations had been made. This year, 1889, not only have these overdrawings been balanced and the annual expenses met, but $50,000 sewerage bonds issued, with an increase of the public indebtedness by only $19,508. This, without the bonds named, would have allowed of a reduction of the city debt by $30,492, which was beyond all anticipation, and is greatly to the credit of the city government. The city debt now stands nominally at $403,985, but in that is included trust funds, never to be paid, and the interest of which goes to the city treasury, amounting to $56,750; and it also includes $74,000 in bonds of the City Railroad, which is dividend paying, and being deducted actually reduces the city debt to $273,235, against which is public property at a low valuation of $378,000. If there was any object in showing the public debt at its lowest possible point we might enumerate other funds-for education, Public Library, free reading rooms, and devoted to public uses, which otherwise might be burdensome upon the pub- lic. In fact, the city debt is such a trifle that it should not be a cause for murmuring. A portion of this debt, $111,000, falling due in a few months, is in 6 per cent. bonds, which can be re- funded in 4 per cent. at a premium. While thus the liabilities of the city and the causes of taxation are diminished, we have before us its rapid growth, the increased value of real and personal prop- erty, and the flourishing condition of our industries. Not the present generation of citizens, nor their fathers before them, ever saw the outlook of Newburyport so brilliant as before us today.
ANDREW J. HAYNES, GEORGE J. L. COLBY, Assessors.
JOSEPH L. JOHNSON.
REPORTS OF TRUST FUNDS.
REPORTS.
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THE SIMPSON FUND.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, Dec. 21, 1889.
To Ilis Honor the Mayor and the City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith respectfully submit a report of the condition of the Simpson Fund at the close of the financial year, ending at date, in accordance with city ordinance :
Total funds December 15, 1888.
$20,000 00
Interest on investments in 1889.
900 00
$20,900 00
Paid to City of Newburyport for watering streets dur- ing year 1889. 900 00
Total funds December 21, 1889
$20,000 00
INVESTED AS FOLLOWS :
City of Newburyport note for $20,000, bearing interest at rate of 4 1-2 per cent. per annum.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES V. FELKER, Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
THE FOLLANSBEE FUND.
To His Honor the Mayor and Board of Aldermen :
GENTLEMEN :- In compliance with existing rules and regulations relating to the Follansbee Fund, as treasurer of said fund I have the honor to submit to you the sixteenth annual report, showing the condition of the fund, and what the income has enabled its trustees to accomplish for the year ending December 30, 1889, in carrying out the will of the donor.
FUND INVESTED AS FOLLOWS:
Three thousand dollars in City Railroad bonds at 7 per cent .... $2,850 00
Deposit in Five Cent Savings Bank 120 00
Deposit in Institution for Savings 30 00
$3,000 00
INCOME ACCOUNT.
Unexpended balance from 1888 $ 22 81
Coupons due in March
105 00
September. 105 00
Interest ou deposit withdrawn 25 00-$257 31
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Paid Messrs. B. F. & F. L. Atkinson
$136 46
113 97- 250 43
Balance on hand to new account $ 7 38
The distribution of fuel to individuals and families by wards as follows :
Distributed in ward one
$32 84
two
18 52
thrce 14 01
66
four 87 25
tive 8 25
66 six. 89 56
$250 43
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TRUST FUNDS.
The amount of stove coal distributed, 52,500 lbs., 264 tons ; pine wood, 67 cord feet, or 82 cords ; hard wood, 13 cord feet, or 1g cords. The wood in nearly every instance has been delivered sawed and split; long wood only delivered when the recipients were known to be physically able to perform such labor.
Total number of single orders issued, 49; varying in amounts from $1.75 to $8.25.
Eighteen individuals or families were supplied but once, six were supplied twice, two were supplied three times, two four times, and one five times.
The five persons or families supplied three times each or more disposed of $95.66, something more than one-third of the entire income for the year. It would, perhaps, be an improvement to spread so large an amount over a larger number, in three of these five only a single individual being benefited.
It is to be hoped that before many years some kindly disposed person will see how much comfort can be afforded from a small amount of money, and will donate other funds for a like purpose. The high rate of interest of the present investment, on its matur ity, cannot be repeated, and the benefactions from this fund must necessarily be reduced nearly one-half.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. STEVENS, Treasurer.
Newburyport, Jan. 24, 1890.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Newburyport :
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith respectfully submit to you my report for 1889.
Milk licenses issued by Mr. Huse. 20
.:
J. W. Gunnison 29
Dealers registered. 27
Average of samples of milk tested by Lactometer 18.56
66
Lactoscope 3.5
Oleomargarine license issued. 1
Samples of vinegar tested . 3
kerosene tested 0
Loads of charcoal measured 17
Scales tested and found correct 251
66
incorrect, and adjusted
41
Weights tested and found correct 724
66 66 incorrect and adjusted . 32
Measures sealed by Mr. Huse 66 J. W. Gunnison 80
1
Steel tape
1
Yardsticks
6
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES W. GUNNISON.
Sealer and Inspector.
Newburyport, Jan. 1, 1890.
REPORT OF THE CITY REGISTRAR.
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REPORT.
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REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, March, 1890.
The following statistics relating to births, marriages and deaths in the city of Newburyport, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1889, are compiled and presented in this form for purposes of comparison with former years, and may be interesting to some.
BIRTHS.
The number of children born alive during the year 1889, and re- corded in this office, is 281, fourteen less than the preceding year.
Of the births 161 were males and 120 females,-41 more boys than girls ; and reversing the condition of things of last year, when the girls were ahead to the number of 23. But one returned as illegitimate. There were five pair of twins, in two of which both were males, the other three male and female.
Births occurred by months and quarters as follows :
1st Quarter. 2d Quarter.
January . . . . 24
April .... 26
February ... 20 May .30
March . . . .. 23 June . 21
December .. 22 -
67
77
3d Quarter. July .. . . ... 23 August . .25
4th Quarter.
October .. .. 25 November. . 26
September. . 16 -
64 73
260
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Fathers.
Mothers.
Born in the United States
190
176
66 Provinces
32
36
Ireland.
45
51
66
Other foreign countries .
14
18
281
281
Of 49 children born both parents were returned as natives of Newburyport. Of 94 the fathers are natives of this city, and 109 mothers natives of Newburyport.
MARRIAGES.
The number of intentions filed and certificates issued from this office for the year 1889 was 159, 24 more than the preceding year. All have been returned for record, the marriages having been solemnized in this city or elsewhere.
The number of marriages recorded on the books of the city is 169, 34 more than the preceding year. One hundred and forty- four were solemnized in this city, and 25 elsewhere.
Marriages iu each month and quarter were as follows:
1st Quarter. 2d Quarter. 3d Quarter.
4th Quarter.
January . . . . 20
April . . .. 16
July . . . . . . . 21
October .... 17
February .. 10 May S August. .14 November .17
March . . . . . 11 June . . . . 12 September .. 8 December .15
-
41
36
43 49
Marriages were solemnized by the following named clergymen and officials :
Congregational-Charles P. Mills 15
Willis A. Hadley 17 Samuel J. Spalding . 5 Daniel T. Fiske
10 Samuel A. Harlow
Unitarian-Samuel C. Beane. 5
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CITY REGISTRAR.
Methodist-F. K. Stratton 4
James F. Allen 8
E. A. Howard 5
Episcopal-J. H. VanBuren 12
Roman Catholic-Arthur J. Teeling
M. E. Twomey 15
William F. Riordan 4
Presbyterian-B. D. Sinclair
4
Baptist -- Louis A. Pope.
3
Advent-John Pearson .
1
Justice of the Peace-George H. Stevens
2
E. F. Bartlett. 2
Horace I. Bartlett 1
Non-resident clergymen 27
Average age of grooms, 27.53 years ; average age of brides, 23.40 years; united ages of the oldest couple, 134 years,-the second marriage of each. The united ages of the youngest couple 34 years,-groom 18, bride 16. There were fifteen grooms under 21 years of age,-one 17, two 18, five 19, and seven 20 years of age. There were eight brides under 18 years, four being 16 years and four 17 years of age.
First marriage of 155 grooms and 156 brides; second mar- riages, 12 grooms and 12 brides ; and the third marriage of 2 grooms and 1 bride. One couple, the third trial of each ; yet their united ages was but 79 years.
DEATHS.
Deaths occurring in the city of Newburyport for the year 1889 were 291 (not including 12 stillbirths), four less than the preced- ing year. The number recorded on the books of the city, 374 ; of this number 71 occurred in other places, and were brought to this city for interment.
The number of interments in this city exceeded the deaths by 25; the number brought here exceeded the number removed to other places. Of the number removed fourteen were interred in Newbury.
Deaths by months and quarters :
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
1st Quarter.
2d Quarter.
3d Quarter.
4th Quarter.
January . . .. 23
April ... 18
July .27 October .... 29
February ... 35
May ..... 34
August. 34 November . 14
March . . ... 21
June ... 20
September .. 19
December . 29
79
72
80 72
The largest number occurring in February, the shortest month, and the smallest number in November, one of the long months.
The number of deaths from the so-called zymotic diseases, 26- fourteen more than the preceding year ; the increase all accounted for in fatal cases of diphtheria.
Consumption still claims the largest number-43, five less than the preceding year; heart disease and pneumonia, 19 each ; old age, 18; paralysis, 14 ; appoplexy, 10 ; cholera infantum but 9.
Deaths from all causes under ten years, 104 ; fifty years old and upward, 129. Three were between ninety and one hundred, and one over one hundred years old.
Average age of deceased in this city for the year, not including stillbirths, 39.47 years.
GEORGE H. STEVENS, Registrar.
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STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF DEATHS IN NEWBURYPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1889.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Males
Females .
Total
January . |
February
March ...
April ..
June.
July ...
August
...
October ..
November |
December
Under 1yr
1 to 2 yrs.
2 to 5 yrs. |
5 to 10 yrs. |
10 to 15 y . 1
15 to 20 y . |
20 to 30 y .
30 to 40 y . |
40 to 50 y . |
50 to 60 y . |
60 to 70 y . |
70 to so y . |
80 to 90 y . |
90 to 100 y |
100 & over |
CLASS I. Zymotic:
Croup ..
1
7
Diphtheria ..
10
6
16
Erysipelas ..
1
1
2
Scarlet fever ...
1
Typhoid fever ..
1
4
5
.
CLASS II. Constitutional :
Anæmia ..
24
19
43
Cancer ..
2
5
7
1
3
Marasmus.
. .
CLASS III. Local Diseases :
Adynemia ..
2
8
10
Alcoholism.
1
1
Asthma .. ..
.
1
1
Abscess, psoas.
1
1 1
1
Bronchitis ..
1
2
3
2
4
6
Brain disease.
2
2
.
.
1
1
2
Brain fever ..
. ...
.
1
.
1
1
.. 2
2
. . .....
Cholera infantum ...
3
6
9
. .. ....
3
Cirrhosis of liver ..
3
3
. .
2
.
3
3
.
1
1
2
.
Diarrhea.
.
1
Dysentery.
2
4
6
2
4
11
8
19
1
2
3
2
2
.
Inanition.
...
. .
.. .
...
1
. .
·
1
1
1
Hydrocephalus
. .
2
1
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
Bright's disease ..
..
.
.
Catarrh, gastro instertitial.
.. ...
1
Convulsions ..
Congestion of lungs. .. ...
1
..
Congestion of brain.
.
Cystitis ..
Diabetes ..
1
..
Enteritis.
Heart disease.
.....
....
Inflammation of bowels.
.... .
....
. ...
....
1
. 2
13
Sept
May.
. ..
..
15
Consumption.
. CI
Apoplexy . .
pelvic. . İumbar.
...
.
Cerebral hyperemia ...... ....
.
·
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Inflammation of lungs. Intestinal obstruction ..
. 1
1 1
..
..
1
..
1
. .
1
.
1
1
Meningitis, tubercular.
cerebral.
.
·
1
1
2
Neurosis of stomach ..
Nephritis .
Progressive muscular atrophy
Paralysis ...
5 8
11
19
1
Peretinitis.
.... ...... . .
...
2
3
5
Pupura hemorrhogica . Parisis .
.......
....
·
1
1
1
3
1
. .
1
3
Septicemia.
1
1
2
Thrush
1
1
Tumor.
..
.
1
1
Ulceration of stomach
1
1
CLASS IV. Developmental :
2
1
3
1
1
Old age ..
6
18
Teething ..
1
2 2
Non-developed
2
. .
CLASS V. Accidental :
Carriage accident, legs smashed Concussion of brain.
1
..
1
1
2
.
3
6 12
1 1
Still-born
7
Scalded .
1
1
Congenital debility .
1
6
7
1
1
..
1
1
Fracture spinal column
1
1
..
2
· · 1
1
.
145 158 1303
23 35
21
18. 34 20
4 19|29 14 29 69 7
16 12 21 6 27 17 18 27 31 45 22
3 1
.
...
.
1
3
4
2
1
·
1 9
14
2.
Pneumonia.
1
1
Rheumatism Scrofula .
...
. . 2
.
.
...
1
Senile gangrene.
.
....
... . .. .
...
.
1
1
Trismus ..
..
..
.
Cyanesis ... Bebility and fracture of arm
.
.
1
1
. .
1
Fall.
Protracted labor
.
.......
. ... ....
..... .... . . . .... .....
Fright .. Premature birth ....
1
..
. . . . . .. . .. . .
.
.
Railroad accident.
.
Unknown.
.
. .
1
·
.
..
. .
..
.
1
1
1
2
.
1
1
1
...
...
..
.. .
1
22
STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF DEATHS.
265
1
.
1
Insanity ... Innutrition. Jaundice . . Metritis ..
.
.
.
.....
12 1
..
1
...
.
·
1
MALL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
REPORT.
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To the Honorable the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Newbury- port :
GENTLEMEN :- In behalf of the Mall Improvement Association, a body of your citizens voluntarily associated together for the pur- pose of beautifying and improving the Bartlet Mall, with the pond and grounds adjoining, we, the undersigned, respectfully beg leave to present the following memorial of the money raised and expended and the work done by our Association, under the pow- ers granted to us by the joint resolution of the city council of September 4th, 1888, and accepted by us September 13th, 1888.
The whole amount of money raised by us was $3,541.05, from 204 contributors, whose names and the amounts given by each appear in the following list.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FUNDS OF THE MALL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, 1887-1889.
S. W. Marston S 200 00
Mrs. G. H. Corliss and Miss Corliss 200 00
A. Caldwell. 100 00
G. J. Caldwell 100 00
Lemuel Coffin 100 00
E. P. Dodge 100 00
A. B. Jaques 100 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
H. B. Little 100 00
C. W. Moseley
100 00
E. S. Moseley 100 00
F. S. Moseley
100 00
W. O. Moseley
100 00
E. F. Stone
100 00
A. J. Teeling
100 00
A. C. Titcomb.
100 00
S. A. Caldwell
60 00
J. W. Dodge
50 00
M. E. Hale
50 00
Mrs. Mary A. Shaw 50 00
Eben Sumner 50 00
W. H. Swasey 50 00
Charles Thurlow 50 00
G. W. A. Williams 50 00
Fourth of July Committee 33 13
32 39
P. H. Blumpey.
25 00
T. H. Boardman
25 00
S. B. Carter
25 00
J. W. Coffin 25 00
Misses Cole
25 00
J. B. Creasey and Miss Creasey
25 00
Joshua Hale and Mrs. A. L. March 25 00
J. M. Hills 25 00
Samuel March 25 00
Mrs. J. M. Moseley 25 00
James Parton 25 00
J. Pearson & Son 25 00
Miss H. M. Rounds 25 00
E. P. Shaw 25 00
T. G. Todd 25 00
R. N. Toppan 25 00 Mrs. B. T. Tredick 25 00
W. D. Wheelwright 25 00
F. A. Howe. 20 00
W. R. Johnson and Miss Johnson 20 00
Executive Committee, to supply deficit
271
MALL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
H. H. Coker 15 00
John Homer
15 00
L. F. Barton 10 00
W. H. Bent. 10 00
George Butler 10 00
John Caldwell 10 00
John Coombs 10 00
J. V. Felker 10 00
J. A. Greeley
10 00
Stephen Greene 10 00
Mrs. E. C. Grenville 10 00
Benjamin Hale 10 00
W. J. Hale 10 00
P. K. Hills
10 00
Mrs. J. R. Ireland
10 00
J. R. Ireland, Ji
10 00
Samson Levy
10 00
Miss Susie Morss 10 00
Newburyport Herald 10 00
C. Noyes, Jr
10 00
W. H. Noyes & Bro. 10 00
T. O'Connell. 10 00
J. N. Pike 10 00
R. B. Robertson 10 00
C. H. Sargent . 10 00
Mrs. S. A. Simpson 10 00
G. H. Stevens 10 00
W. C. Stone
10 00
A. W. Thompson 10 00
A. H. Wells. 10 00
F. L. Wilder 10 00
J. O. Winkley . 10 00
Miss J. R. Wood
2 00
E. P. Russell
5 61
H. F. Adams 5 00
G. F. Avery . 5 00
G. E. Balch 5 00
J. O. Knapp. 10 00
272
ANNUAL REPORTS.
H. D. Balch 5 00
J. H. Balch 5 00
Lewis Balch 5 00
Miss A. P. Bassett 5 00
S. C. Beane 5 00
C. A. Bliss 5 00
C. H. Bliss
5 00
J. H. Bradbury
5 00
Cash
5 00
S. Brookings, Jr
5 00
K. Castelhun
5 00
W. E. Chase
5 00
L. D. Cole 5 00
J. C. Colman 5 00
C. H. Conway 5 00
P. H. Creasey 5 00
W. J. Creasey 5 00
W. C. Cuseck
5 00
T. E. Cutter.
5 00
C. H. Danforth
5 00
W. A. Davis & Son
5 00
C. W. Dodge
5 00
H. D. Dodge
5 00
W. A. Eastman 5 00
O. L. Farley 5 00
J. G. Faxon 5 00
D. T. Fiske 5 00
Mrs. E. F. Fitch 5 00
David Foss 5 00
Friend 5 00
Cash 5 00
Mrs. W. Graves 5 00
E. A. Hale 5 00
L. M. Hatch & Sons 5 00
W. F. Houston . 5 00
A. L. Huse 5 00
W. B. Ingalls 5 00
Mrs. Ingraham 5 00
273
MALL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
R. Jacoby . 5 00
N. N. Jones
G. P. Knapp. 5 00
5 00
T. B. Lawson
5 00
W. U. Lawson 5 00
B. J. Legate
5 00
W. A. Little
5 00
W. P. Lowell .
5 00
P. H. Lunt.
5 00
T. P. Mackinney
5 00
D. J. Merrill . 5 00
C. P. Mills 5 00
W. Moulton 5 00
W. T. Nelson 5 00
J. H. Newman 5 00
Amos Noyes .. 5 00
D. F. Noyes . 5 00
News Publishing Co. 5 00
G. H. Pearson 5 00
5 00
M. P. Perley
5 00
Mrs. E. A. Pike
5 00
F. V. Pike
5 00
L. W. Piper
5 00
G. H. Plumer 5 00
H. C. Plummer
5 00
Edward Reddy.
5 00
A. G. Reynolds.
5 00
G. W. Richardson
5 00
Safford & Lunt
5 00
C. F. Smith
5 00
C. T. Smith 5 00
G. W. Snow 5 00
Moses Stevens 5 00
C. W. Stiles 5 00
F. G. Stone 5 00
F. E. Taft. 5 00
M. S. Thompson . 5 00
(18)
Edward Perkins
274
ANNUAL REPORTS.
S. H. Thurlow 5 00
D. D. Tilton 5 00
Paul Titcomb.
J. H. VanBuren 5 00
5 00
E. E. Varina
5 00
S. K. Whipple
5 00
Mrs. C. Wills
5 00
H. LeB. Wills 5 00
N. N. Withington 5 00
H. A. Wilson
5 00
F. O. Woods
5 00
J. J. & W. Woods 5 00
G. W. Worcester 5 00
J. Yerxa & Co. 5 00
J. F. Young · 5 00
3 42
C. L. Ayers
3 00
J. M. Brown.
3 00
Herman Castelhun
3 00
G. F. Drew
3 00
D. M. Felch.
3 00
John Graham
3 00
A. W. Greenleaf
3 00
G. M. Roaf
3 00
R. P. Williams
3 00
O. D. Pillsbury
2 50
David Magowan
2 00
Noyes Bros.
2 00
Cash. 1 00
W. B. Blake 1 00
C. W. Cook 1 00
1 00
Cash . 1 00
F. W. Greene, Jr. 1 00
W. B. Hopkinson 1 00
M. B. Little 1 00
Alfred Osgood 1 00
J. D. Parsons 1 00
S. H. Fowle
Rufus Morrison
275
MALL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
Miss M. C. Pearson. 1 00
M. D. Randall
1 00
C. C. Toppan 1 00
E. F. Welch.
1 00
W. J. Minchin
1 00
Cash
50
C. W. Page
50
$3,541.05
This entire amount has been expended as follows :
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Luther Dame, for surveys $ 12 62
Charles Eliot, for plans and designs 88 00
A. F. Hunt, for printing . 4 00
W. H. Huse & Co., for printing 14 00
News Publishing Co., for printing 33 00
E. Perkins, for stakes 7 00
Jere Kelleher, contractor, for grading, etc .. ..
2,888 48
S. M. Gerrish, stock and labor on steps 103 60
J. P. Titcomb, engineering 116 80
G. O. Stevens, labor 17 50
E. Jaques, collecting subscriptions
5 00
L. H. Noyes & Co., labor painting steps . .
4 00
Sundry men, labor by the day after Sept. 7th. .
110 81
J. C. Stanley, lawn grass seed, wire, etc. 32 00
Paul Titcomb, hay seed . 3 00
J. C. Colman, ploughing and rolling. 32 80
Sundry minor expenses
8 44
$3,541 05
We desire publicly to acknowledge our gratitude to all the above contributors, through whose generosity we have been ena- bled to succeed in the accomplishment of so large a proportion of our projected work. Our thanks are also due to the city govern- ment of 1889 for its hearty co operation in many departments, es-
276
ANNUAL REPORTS.
pecially the highway and fire departments, the former for supplies of gravel and turf, resetting edgestones, use of roller, etc., and the latter for valuable services rendered and hose furnished in connection with the removal of the water of the pond and refilling the same.
Grateful acknowledgement is also made for materials furnished and labor performed gratuitously by the following parties :
Newburyport Water Co., supply of water for twice refilling the pond.
G. W. Hunt, C. W. Dodge and A. J. Teeling, gravel and loam. Jere Kelleher, John Foley and Tim Maroney, labor.
David Smith, use of ox-team for ploughing.
C. R. Sargent, use of force pump and repairs on same.
L. H. Noyes & Co., paint stock for steps.
F. E. Davis, repairs on lawn mower.
Newburyport Herald and Daily News, printing.
Miss G. E. Page, type writing.
Luther Dame, surveying.
T. Ronan, mason work.
The improvements which have resulted from the money ex. pended are such, we think, as will be appreciated during the com- ing years by our citizens, and will be of great benefit to our city. The work accomplished may be briefly outlined as follows :
BARTLET MALL.
This was ploughed up, and the entire surface removed, to a depth of from two to twelve inches. It was then filled up to the desired level, with a fine quality of gravel in the center, and with loam along the sides. This was then carefully graded, making a slight inclination of the slope toward High street, and a gravel walk was laid out near the centre, thirty feet wide and running the entire length, and grass plats along the edge, eleven feet wide
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on the side toward the pond and fifteen feet wide on the High street side, with frequent openings on each side. The borders of the grass plats were turfed, and the interior sown with first qual- ity lawn grass seed.
The embankment of the Mall was entirely reconstructed. The old surface was broken down, a new grade and slope established, and the bank was then built up anew with loam, and turfed throughout its whole length.
At the east end of the Park the whole surface was ploughed up and graded and laid out in large grass lawns, with gravel paths of eight and ten feet width intersecting it in various directions, where the necessities of travel seemed to demand.
EAST VALLEY.
The half-constructed embankment around the east end of the pond, which had been allowed to remain unimproved for a number of years, a hideous eye sore to all, was wholly broken down and an entirely new construction adopted. This was in the form of a gradually sloping valley, from the upper level, about 150 feet in length, to the shore of the pond. In the centre of this valley a gravel walk sixteen feet wide was laid out, with grass lawns on each side sloping very slightly from the foot of the steep embank- ment toward the path. On each side of the path a gutter was built, two feet in width, and paved with cobbles. This valley opens a very pretty view of the pond and the interior of the park from the east end, and from the vicinity of the statue, and fur- nishes one of the two gradual approaches to the pond shore.
POND STREET LAWN.
The large area on Pond street, from Greenleaf street eastward, occupied until within a few years by private residences and gar-
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