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3,906 00
66 66
(Military aid, chap. 279)
2,580 00
66
(Armory rent)
Bromfield Fund
357 05
Liquor licenses (25 per cent. of receipts to State)
4,538 62
Fuel
7,090 51
Salaries
7,686 89
Board of Health
1,021 00
Printing
1,798 84
Sinking fund commissioners
4,400 00 833 75
Water supply
8,005 00
State tax
7,980 00
County tax
8,771 16
Non-resident bank tax
6,296 37
City bonds, 6 per cent.
110,000 00
Widening Prospect street
350 00
Simpson Fund
900 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Sewerage
17,155 00
Paving State street
2,997 08
538 21
Parks or public grounds
Balance December 20, 1890, to new account
5, 033 37
$439,742 37
.
900 00
Ashes and rubbish
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Receipts and Expenditures DECEMBER 20, 1890.
with JAMES V. FELKER, Treasurer. CR.
By cash on hand December 21, 1889
By cash received and credited as follows :
Poor
4,205 99
Schools
948 41
Fire
50 25
Highways
184 72
Incidentals
88 50
Public property .
316 80
Sidewalks and edgestones .
765 55
Ashes and rubbish
150 35
Day and night police
1,845 96
Lighting streets and public buildings
8 50
Fuel
13 40
Public library
1,059 95
Printing
108 00
Bromfield Fund
400 00
Commissioners of Atkinson Common
23 00
State of Massachusetts (State aid, chap. 301) .
3,582 00
(Military aid, chap. 279)
1,331 00
66 (Burial of soldiers)
City Hall
757 00
Burial lots
288 00
Non-resident bank tax
7,234 91
Sinking fund commissioners, to pay bonds
21,000 00
Notes payable
199,927 13
Interest on overdue taxes City Railroad dividends ..
2.411 50
bank deposit
302 18
4,120 06
Tax of 1887
$ 3 00
1888
6,486 25
66 1889
20,805 49
66
1890
112,897 16
140,191 90
Liquor licenses
18,154 50
Income account, corporation taxes
$13,658 45
foreign shipping
4,095 39
17,753 84
Culverts
41 35
Simpson Fund
900 00
Widening Prospect street .
500 00
Paving State street
60 00
$439,742 37
66
(Armory rents)
350 00
16 88
.
· $13,363 92
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES V. FELKER, Treasurer. Newburyport, Dec. 20, 1890.
$1,406 38
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Annual Statement of
DR. CITY OF NEWBURYPORT, in account current
To uncollected taxes of 1887
$2,297 00
66 1888
9,980 00
1889
31,281 63
To supplementary commitment tax of 1889 .
To tax of 1890 committed by assessors, city tax warrant
159,506 26
To amount deducted by assessors 27,000 00
$132,506 26
To State tax
7,980 00
To county tax
8,771 16
To overlay
1.098 75
To supplementary commitment
1,542 00
- $151,898 17
To non-resident bank tax of 1890
4,104 47
$199,718 55
.
$43,558 63 157 28
47
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
the Collector of Taxes.
with JAMES V. FELKER, Collector.
CR.
By taxes of 1887 collected and paid to treasurer . $ 300 00
66 1888 66
6,486 25
66
1889
20,805 49
66
1890
.
-- $140.191 90
By non-resident bank tax By abatement of taxes of 1887
2,294 00
66
1888
1,748 35
1889
1,460 01
66
1890
2,552 02
$8,054 38
By uncollected taxes of 1888 to new account . $ 1,745 40
1889
66
· 9,173 41
·
36,448 99
$47,367 80
$199,718 55
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES V. FELKER, Collector.
Newburyport, December 20, 1890.
66
1890
66
.
66
112,897 16
4,104 47
48
ANNUAL REPORTS.
STATEMENT OF CITY DEBT. December 20, 1890.
Due.
Interest.
Rate.
Amount.
City bonds
1890
$ 60
6
$ 1,000 00
1893
1,600
4
40,000 00
66
1897
1,520
4
38,000 00
66
1908
2,600
4
65,000 00
66
city railroad loan .
1891
4,440
6
74,000 00
sewerage loan
1919
2,000
4
50,000 00
Notes payable-No. 5, water loan
1891
31-2
2.000 00
1892
70
3 1-2
2,000 00
66
7,
1893
70
31-2
2,000 00
1894
70
3 1-2
2,000 00
9,
66
1895
70
3 1-2
2,000 00
66
10,
66
1896
70
31-2
2,000 00
66
5, bridge loan
189
105
3 1-2
3,000 00
66
6,
1892
105
3 1-2
3,000 00
1893
105
31-2
3,000 00
66
66
8,
1894
105
3 1-2
3,000 00
66
66
9,
66
1896
105
3 1-2
3,000 00
..
" 400,
1891
37 50
3 3-4
1,000 00
..
"+ 406,
1891
400
1
10,000 00
06
“ 407,
1891
400
4
10,000 00
66
" 40S,
1891
680
4
17,000 00
66
" 409,
1891
112 50 3 3-4
3,000 00
" 410,
1891
1,875
3 3-4
50,000 00
37 50
3 3-4
1,000 00
66
" 415,
1891
300
6
10,000 00
600
4
15,000 00
" 414,
. demand
136
3 3-4
3,627 13
Committee on Sawyer fund .
225
4 1-2
5,000 00
Brown fund
675
4 1-2
15,000 00
66
Green fund
66
80
4
2,000 00
Toppan fund
66
10
4
250 00
66
A. Williams fund
40
4
1,000 00
Amounts carried forward
$19,079 75
$447,177 13
7,
399,
1891
161 25
3 3-4
4,300 00
1895
105
31-2
3,000 00
66
66
10,
" 396,
1899
40
1
1,000 00
Frothingham fund .
.
66
6,
S,
66
" 411,
1891
49
DEBT STATEMENT.
Due. Interest. Rate.
Amount.
Amounts brought forward . $19,079 75
$447.177 13
Overseers of the poor, Dexter fund, demand.
90
+ 1-2
2,000 00
Trustees will of Margaret Atwood ..
472 50
41.2
10,500 00
Trustees of Simpson fund
900
4 1-2
20.000 00
$20.542 25
$179.677 13
Due sundry accounts
288 59
$479.965 72
Less sinking fund and other assets as per schedule
65,902 17
Net debt Dec. 20, 1890
$414.063 55
21, 1889
403.985 84
Increase of debt for 1890 .
$10,077 71
The increase in the city debt for the year 189) is explained as follows :
Sewerage account
$17,155 00
Overdraft in 1890
. $13.768 97
Overdraft in 1889
. 10,066 26 3.702 71
820,857 71
Appropriated and paid to sinking fund
$4,400 00
Interest on investments of 6:
1.380 00
Appropriated and paid to notes payable
. 5,000 00
10,780 00
Increase of debt in 1890 (as above stated)
$10.077 71
(7)
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
Balance due from the State Dec. 21, 1889 $4,486 75
State aid paid in 1890, chap. 301, acts of 1889 . 3,904 00
Military aid paid in 1890, chap. 279, acts of 1889 2,556 00
Paid for rent of armories in 1890
900 00
$11.846 75
Received.
For account of armory rents . $ 350 00
. State aid, chap. 301 . 3,580 00
military aid, chap. 279 1,307 50
66 burial expenses, chap. 395 16 SS
City appropriation in 1890 for one-half payment made in 1890, under chap. 279 . 1.200 00
From incidental account for balance of one-half payment in 1890, under chap. 279 . 82 00
From incidental account for armory rent not allowed by the State . 550 00
From incidental account for one-half payment in 1889, under chap. 395 16 87
7,103 25
Balance due the City of Newburyport
$1,743 50
Due from the State December 20, 1890.
For State aid, chap. 301, acts of 1889 $3,582 50
Military aid, chap. 279, acts of 1889 1,161 00
4,743 50
51
DEBT STATEMENT.
DEBTS DUE THE CITY AND OTHER ASSETS. December 20, 1890.
Taxes of 1888
· $ 1,745 40
66 1889
9,173 41
66 1890
. 36,448 99
Due from the State for State aid, under chap. 301 . 66
3,582 50
66 military aid, under chap. 279 1,161 00
Sinking funds
8,757 50
Cash on hand December 20, 1890
5,033 37
$65,902 17
COMMISSIONERS OF ATKINSON COMMON IN ACCOUNT WITH THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
Balance due from the city December 21, 1889
$135 94
Received from Eliphalet Griffin for sale of grass . 23 00
Amount due from the city December 20, 1890
$158 94
52
ANNUAL REPORTS.
REPORT OF THE SINKING FUND COMMIS- SIONERS.
-
TREASURER'S OFFICE, December 20, 1890. To the Committee on Finance :
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith submit a report of the condition of the sink- ing funds at this date, it being the close of the financial year.
GENERAL SINKING FUND.
Total funds December 21, 1889 . $23,478 76
Interest on investments in 1890 . 1,380 00
City appropriation for 1890 3,000 00
Premium on city of Newburyport bonds held by sinking fund commissioners, maturing in 1890 498 74
$28,357 50
Paid to city of Newburyport to meet bonds maturing during
the year
21,000 00
Total funds December 20, 1890 . . $ 7,357 50
INVESTMENTS.
Deposit in Powow River National Bank, Amesbury . . $7,357 50
SEWERAGE SINKING FUND.
RECEIPTS.
City appropriation for 1890
INVESTMENTS. . $1,400 00
Deposit in Powow River National Bank, Amesbury
$1,400 00
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES V. FELKER, Treasurer.
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TRIAL BALANCE.
TRIAL BALANCE.
-
DR.
DECEMBER 20, 1890. CR.
Incidentals .
. $ 13,768 97 Bromfield fund
$ 129 65
State of Mass., State aid
3,582 50
Commissioners of At-
Military aid
1,161 00 kinson Common . 158 94
Cash .
84 15
Sinking fund . 8,757 50
First Nat'l Bank, city
4.825 84
City bonds · 144,000 00
First Nat'l Bank, Boston
123 38
City R. R. loan 74,000 00
Sinking fund commis's City of Newburyport .
8,757 50
66 sewer loan · 50,000 00
Notes payable . 211,677 13
City Railroad
74,200 00
Essex Merrimac Bridge
17,885 23
Water for fire purposes Sewerage
13,788 30
Tax of 1888
1,745 40
1889
9.173 41
6. 1890
36,448 99
$488,723 22
$188,723 22
.
292,041 85
11,136 70
DETAILED STATEMENT OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
1887.
Credit city appropriation .
$1,800 00
Allowed on assessors' orders 2,294 00
Overdrawn, transferred from incidentals
$ 494 00
1888.
Credit city appropriation
$ 500 00
Allowed on assessors' orders
1,748 35
Overdrawn, transferred from incidentals . $1,248 35
1889.
Credit city appropriation
$ 500 00
Supplementary assessments
157 28
$ 657 28
Allowed on assessors' orders
1,460 01
Overdrawn. transferred from incidentals
$ 802 73
1890.
Overlay of taxes
$1,098 75
Supplementary assessments
1,542 00
$2,640 75
Allowed on assessors' orders
2,552 02
Undrawn, transferred to incidentals .
$ 88 73
55
DETAILED STATEMENT.
ASHES AND RUBBISH.
Appropriation .
$700 00
CREDITS.
From Jere Kelliher, ashes, etc.
$ 5 00
Estate N. Varina
12 20
B. N. Hussey 66
4 15
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 6.
6 35
Edward Perkins
56 05
Alexander Jackson
60
Towle Mfg. Co.
.6
33 85
Jere Cashman
31 95
E. P. Hurd
20
150 35
Total appropriation and income
$850 35
Amount undrawn, transferred from inci-
dentals to balance account
$ 16 60
$833 75
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Committee on Highways.
Daniel Cronan, labor
$78 14
Patrick Murphy,
·
50 47
Patrick Lyons,
32 67
John Hale,
66
45 39
Jere Sheehan,
19 99
Edward Powers, 66
61 35
John D. Foley, 66
77 29
Frank Buckley,
53 47
Cornelius Kelleher, "
78 30
John Murphy, 66
42 77
John Clifford, 66
79 00
Amounts carried forward
$618 84
$833 75
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$618 84
Chas. W. Thurlow, labor .
Daniel Quill,
66
36 46
Jere Toomey,
46 86
Peter Young,
2 28
John McDade,
66
6 04
Thomas Ryan,
33 38
Timothy Hartnett,
11 40
Daniel Hallisey,
19 29
John W. Berry
1 40
Moses C. Dow
2 10
Geo. E. Pearson
13 32
Alfonso Hemmingway, labor .
1 40
Newburyport Herald Co., advertising
5 50
$833 75
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Appropriation
$100 00
Amount overdrawn. transferred from inci-
dentals to balance account 321 00
$1,021 00
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Board of Health.
Francis V. Pike, services as metereological observer, and sundries $ 94 00
D. C. Batchelder, services as agent, and sundries 193 40
News Publishing Co., printing and adver- tising
77 75
Amount carried forward - $365 15 1,021 00
$833 75
35 48
57
DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward
$365 15 $1,021 00
Newburyport Herald Co., printing and advertising 239 62
Charles W. Davenport, services as clerk of board, etc. .
45 83
George W. Woodwell, fumigating and dis- infecting
12 00
A. J. Leighton, carting bedding
1 00
Edwin F. Hunt, fumigating and sundries
31 45
Ernest H. Noyes, cash paid for sundries
19 00
Charles M. Lunt, removal house offal, one year
300 00
Moses H. Sargent, sundries
.
2 20
T. J. Mannix, teaming
1 00
John J. H. Pike, destroying condemned bedding .
2 00
Charles L. Davis, alcohol and corrosive sublimate 1 75
$1,021 00
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Appropriation .
$2,000 00 ·
CREDITS.
Town of West Newbury, one-half expense
repairing Artichoke River Bridge 41 35
Total appropriation and income
$2,041 35
Amount overdrawn transferred from inci- dentals to balance account 774 25
$2,815 60
(8)
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $2,815 60
EXPENDITURES.
Authorized by Committee on Bridges and Culverts.
Newburyport Bridge . $1,003 72
Essex Merrimac Bridge
1,408 66
Culverts
403 22
$2,815 60
EXPENDITURES ON NEWBURYPORT BRIDGE.
William I. Hunt, services as draw tender and two months pay of assistant $662 00
Newburyport Gas and Electric Co., light- ing bridge
80 04
J. C. Stanley, copper, waste and spikes
4 25
H. I. Bartlett, services before committee on bridges, Boston 11 52
N. C. Moody, labor on draw
17 00
News Publishing Co., printing 13 75
T. P. Mackinney, sundries
27
Potter & Fillmore, labor on bridge
34 75
Calvin E. Currier, stock and labor
6 00
Albert Russell & Sons, 5 gals. of oil 2 70
Charles J. Parker, painting bridge 149 50
J. C. Colman, lumber
2 29
L. M. Hatch & Sons, stock and labor
14 51
Edward Perkins, 42 ft. pine and teaming 2 14
J. B. Pritchard, use of rope 3 00
$1,003 72
ESSEX MERRIMAC BRIDGE.
John Hale, labor
35
Daniel Quill, .6
35
Daniel Cronan,
35
Patrick Murphy, "
35
Amounts carried forward
$1 40
$1,003 72
59
DETAILED, STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward $1 40 $1,003 72
Potter & Fillmore, repairing bridge as per contract . $1,138 54
J. C. Stanley, sundries 6 75
Jonathan Kennison, leather
18 82
McGlew Bros., stock and labor
10 50
George E. Currier, lumber
24 43
Oliver O. Jones, expenses and time re- pairing bridge .
35 50
James W. Gunnison, repairing lock .
75
L. M. Hatch & Sons, inspecting bridge and sundries
7 64
Calvin E. Currier, sundries
5 75
James C. Colman, lumber and teaming
10 31
News Publishing Co., printing and adver- tising
29 00
Newburyport Herald Co, printing and advertising
10 25
Charles J. Parker, painting bridge
55 00
Morse & Bartlett, lumber
43 02
E. P. Lunt, work on bridge
2 00
J. M. Greenough, use of carriage
6 00
Israel A. Morse, services rendered
3 00
1,408 66
CULVERTS.
Daniel Cronan, labor
$12 09
Frank Buckley,
22 59
John D. Foley,
17 51
Patrick Lyons,
1 75
Jere Sheehan,
4 90
Jere Toomey,
66
3 33
Patrick Murphy,
..
5 96
' Daniel Quill,
6 48
John Hale,
4 20
Amounts carried forward
$ 78 81
$2,412 38
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$ 78 81
$2,212 38
Charles Davis, labor
1 58
John Clifford,
1 58
John Murphy,
3 68
Cornelius Lynch
7 36
Cornelius Kelleher, “
5 43
Thomas Ryan,
9 63
Chas. W. Thurlow, "
35
Edward Powers,
66
7 18
Daniel Hallisey,
4 55
George E. Wood, “
1 40
Moses J. Wood,
1 40
Timothy Hartnett, "
1 05
Edward S. Hidden, stock and labor .
52 56
James C. Colman, cement, lumber and teaming 109 14
H. M. Briggs, use of horse and carryall 3 00
L. M. Hatch & Sons, 2 casks cement
3 30
L. W. Coker, spikes, nails, etc.
2 14
Joseph H. Currier, setting drain pipes
10 80
C. R. Sargent, sundries
61 20
David Smith, brick
5 90
Oliver O. Jones, services rendered
6 00
Israel A. Morse, . "
13 25
Moses P. Towne, 14 hours' labor on Arti- choke Bridge .
3 50
S. H. Thurlow, spikes and nails . 2 43
Davis & Littlefield, stock and labor
6 00
403 22
$2,815 60
.
.
·
.
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DETAILED STATEMENT.
BROMFIELD FUND
CREDITS.
Balance on hand December 21, 1889 $ 86 70
Income for 1890 . 400 00
$486 70
EXPENDITURES.
Authorized by the Committee on Bromfield Fund.
Nathaniel Morse, trimming trees
$ 63 00
William H. Bayley, 32 maple trees .
64 00
Blaisdell & Donnell, edgestones
200 00
Frank Buckley, labor
2 10
John D. Foley,
.
35
John Hale,
35
Daniel Quill,
35
Thomas Ryan,
70
John Clifford,
66
53
Edward Powers,
1 05
Moses C. Dow,
3 50
Hazen Thompson,
9 46
James Welch,
88
Chas. W. Thurlow,
1 05
Jere Collins,
70
James Fogg, trimming trees
5 00
George E. Pearson, labor
1 75
John Murphy,
2 28
$357 05
Balance on hand December 20, 1890
129 65
.
$486 70
.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CITY BONDS.
-
Amount outstanding December 21, 1889, . $378,000 00 Bonds paid during year 1890 as follows, viz. :
110 bonds of $1000 each bearing 6 per cent. inter- est, numbered 1 to 111, inclusive, (except No. 57), expired July 1st. 110,000 00
Amount outstanding December 20, 1890 .
. $268,000 00
Due as follows :
1890 at 6 per cent.
. $1,000 00
1893 6 4
. 40,000 00
1897 4 66
. 38,000 00
1908 4
· 65,000 00
1891 66
6 City Railroad loan 66
. 74,000 00
1919 4 66 sewerage loan
. 50,000 00
Total as above
. $268,000 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
CREDITS. $6,500 00
C. Callahan & Co., supplies $15 25
Town of Newbury, attending fire 35 00
50 25
Total appropriation and income
$6,550 25
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DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward . $6,550 25
Amount overdrawn, transferred from incidentals to balance account 161 84
$6,712 09
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by Fire Department.
Board of Engineers, services of board 1 year
$165 00
Steamer Co. No. 1, services of company
and extras 1 year 429 00
Steamer Co. No. 2, 1 year's services of company and extras . 450 00 · Steamer Co. No. 3, 1 year's services of company and extras . 465 10
Young America Hook and Ladder Co., 1 year's services of company and extras, 530 00 John S. Frost Hose Co. No. 4, 1 year's services of company and extras 352 50
Neptune Hose Co. No. 8, 1 year's ser- vices of company and extras 355 00
Torrent Hose Co. No. 7, 1 year's ser- vices of company and extras · Willis H. Young, engineer steamer No. 1 and superintendent of fire alarm 407 01
364 00
Ralph S. Bayley, assistant engineer steamer No. 1 . 10 00
J. Plummer Noyes, steward and fireman steamer No. 1 . 149 00
P. H. Bollman, engineer steamer No. 2 .
175 00
F. W. Landford, assistant engineer steam- er No. 2 . 10 00
George N. Black, steward steamer No. 2
155 00
Amounts carried forward . $4,316 61
$6,712 09
64
ANNUAL REPORTS. .
Amouuts brought forward . $4,316 61 $6,712 09
Charles L. Kidder, captain steamer No. 2 and extras 13 00
Amos H. Adams, clerk steamer No. 2 10 00
Charles S. Post, captain steamer No. 3 10 00
William H. P. Howard, clerk and engin- eer steamer No. 3 184 98
(. W. Adams, assistant engineer steamer No. 3 10 00
Walter R. Bradbury, steward and fireman steamer No. 3 . 150 00
Edgar C. Tyler, services rendered 10 00
Charles W. Gardner, 6 months' services steward Hose 4 17 50
William W. Hutchins, attendance at en- gine house July 4th . 3 00
Charles L. Blake, attendance at engine house July 4th . 3 00
Frank H. Dole, attendance at engine house July 4th . 3 00
Eben S. Dole, expenses at Boston fire 10 00
Albert Russell, watching at fire 1 00
S. C. Reed, cash paid for team 3 40
George D. Thurlow, work on reservoirs 4 30
L. S. Hilton, watching at fire . 1 00
David A. Anthony, teaming 5 00
Charles E. Berry, repairing hangers ·
1 75
Edward Osgood, 2 dusters, 6 chimneys and 2 lanterns . 6 70
Alex L. Jackson, work on reservoir
36 00
L. Mannix, 12 bbls. shavings and sun- dries 3 50
Cairnes & Brothers, 4 white helmets 19 25 ·
P. A. Merrill, sundries 20 51
Western Union Telegraph Co., telegrams, 93
H. M. Richards & Co., badges 93 00
Amounts carried forward , $4,937 43
$6,712 09
65
DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward . $4,937 43
$6,712 09
Jackson & Co.'s Express, expressage
1 40
Lovett's 6 6 7 75
American
1 95
M. H. Chase, whips, ring, straps and cov- ering chain 1 60
George E. Ross, expense of committee to
Bangor
29 85
Oliver Downing, axle grease 3 50
Newburyport Despatch Express, express- age . 15
Boston Dyewood and Chemical Co., vitriol 18 61
T. E. Colman, services rendered 1 00
Newburyport Water Company, 1 hydrant, freight and setting 24 25
L. H. Noyes & Co., sundries .
4 75
Jere Creeden, services rendered
101 00
M. W. Littlefield, 1 whip
2 00
W. A. Davis & Son, sundries .
1 60
McGlew Brothers, stock and labor
23 50
P. M. Lougee & Son, repairing and sun- dries 6 75
Orrin G. Davis, hauling Hose ? to fires 118 29
E. Rogers and W. E. Decraw, electrical supplies for fire alarm 399 31
George E. Bamford, care of reservoirs, labor, etc. 98 40
Levy & Co., stock .
26 99
William Holker & Co., stock and labor
5 75
Thomas Ronan, 66 66
6 75
Edward Donahoe, repairing iron work
3 75
William B. Porter, hauling to fires, team- ing, etc. . 239 75
Karl Castelhun, chemicals 30
S. H. Thurlow, 200 ft. wire and one pad- lock 1 50
Amounts carried forward . . $5,976 88
$6,712 09
(9)
66
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $5,976 88 $6,712 09
Safford & Lunt, repairing clock 75
Jere Cashman, hauling to fires, teaming, etc. . 420 00
Telephone Company, use of telephone 45 05
J. E. S. Hart, use of teams 39 50
C. R. Sargent, stock and labor 19 00
D. F. Noyes, repairing lantern
25
C. Callahan & Co., 1 gong and 1 dozen hose patches 15 25
F. E. Davis, stock and labor 113 60
B. G. Gerrish, sundries
10 13
J. C. Stanley, sundries 18 72
J. D. Morrison, packing leather 25
Barboro & Dondero Brothers, use of team to fire 1 00
C. H. Stanwood, care of reservoir .
10 00
Samuel Cook, 26 00
Stoughton Rubber Co., 3 sq. ft. matting,
1 08
John L. Lewis, watching at fire 50
Newburyport Herald Co., printing and ad- vertising . 9 20
T. P. Mackinney, sundries 4 93
$6,712 09
67
DETAILED STATEMENT.
FUEL DEPARTMENT.
-
Appropriation .
$5,500 00 ·
CREDITS.
Joseph M. Toppan, 50 bush. charcoal . $5 00
William H. Bayley, 54
· 5 40
William H. Johnson, 30 . . 3 00 .
$13 40
$5,513 40
Amount overdrawn, transferred from inci-
dentals to balance account 1,577 11 .
$7,090 51
EXPENDITURES.
Authorized by Committee on Fuel.
A. F. Nason, charcoal $312 15
Hervey Kimball, measuring charcoal
63
Estate N. Varina, coal 12 00
B. F. & F. L. Atkinson, coal . 89 77
George J. Warner, measuring wood
33 75
Orrin G. Davis, 250 cords of pine wood . 1,125 00 James W. Gunnison, measuring charcoal, etc. . 4 13
J. C. Colman and E. P. Shaw, rent of coal shed 144 00
George W. Creasey, city fuel per contract, etc. . ·
4,759 91
L. W. Coker, weighing coal, etc. ·
41 45
News Publishing Co., advertising .
10 50
Newburyport Herald Co., 20 00
Willard O. Downs, 125 cords pine wood. 531 25
Jere Toomey, labor . 35
Amounts carried forward . $7,084 89
$7,090 51
68
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
. $7,084 89
$7,090 51
Edward Powers, labor .
1 40
John Hale,
18
Daniel Quill,
18
Daniel Cronan,
1 93
Patrick Murphy,
18
John Cashman,
1 75
$7,090 51
Expended for the following purposes :
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
No. 2 engine house, 10 tons, 12 cwt. egg and broken coal ·
$ 59 98
No. 3 engine house, 17 tons, 13 cwt. egg and broken coal
101 72
No. 7 engine house, 6 tons, 13 cwt. stove coal .
39 15
No. 8 engine house, 7 tons, 4 cwt. stove coal .
41 64
No. 1 engine house, 2 ft. pine wood
2 00
No. 2 66
6 6 00
No. 7 66 1 1 13
No. 2
6 bush. charcoal 1 00
252 62
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Moulton street school, 3 tons, 11 cwt. stove and egg coal $20 85
Ashland street school, 4 tons, 16 cwt. stove coal . 27 45
Kelley school, 46 tons, 10 cwt. stove and broken coal 263 41
Bromfield street school, 26 tons, 15 cwt. egg coal . 156 74
Amounts carried forward $468 45
$252 62
69
DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward
$468 45
$252 62
Hancock street school, 8 tons, 16 cwt. egg coal . Purchase street school, 6 tons, 16 cwt. egg coal · School street school, 11 tons, 12 cwt. egg coal .
49 86
35 81
65 18
Temple street school, 7 tons, 11 cwt. egg coal
42 61
Congress street school, 12 tons, 4 cwt. egg coal · Forrester street school, 27 tons, 2 cwt. egg coal .
69 08
153 19
Wesley street school, 5 tons, 6 cwt. egg coal .
29 61
Ashland street school, 1 ft. pine wood . 1 00
914 79
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Colman's wharf, 411 tons, 2 cwt. stove coal · $2,405 10
Almshouse, 102 tons, 6 cwt. stove and
broken coal 582 56
375 cords pine wood
1,656 25
Measuring wood 33 75
Labor on coal
5 97
4,683 63
MISCELLANEOUS.
Market Hall, 30 tons, 3 cwt. broken and egg coal . . $170 62
Cushing Guard, 34 tons, 8 cwt. stove and egg coal . 185 30
City Hall, 31 tons, 15 cwt. broken coal 179 41
Amounts carried forward $535 33
$5,851 04
70
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts carried forward
$535 33
$5,851 04
Newburyport Bridge, 2 tons, 2 cwt. stove coal
12 22
150 02
Public library, 26 tons, 12 cwt. broken coal E. F. Bartlett's office, 1 ton, 4 cwt. stove coal
7 04
3,121 1-2 bush. charcoal .
312 15
Rent of coal shed
144 00
Weighing
41 45
Surveying charcoal .
4 76
2 ft. pine wood, Market Hall, .
2 00
Advertising
30 50
1,239 47
$7,090 51
Prices paid for fuel during the year :
stove coal
$5 80 per 2,240 lbs
Egg coal
5 65
Broken coal
5 65
66
Pine wood (average)
4 42 per cord.
Charcoal 66
10 per bushel.
There were 842 tons, 13 cwt. of coal delivered in the city dur- ing the year.
There were 376 1-2 cords of wood delivered in the city during the year.
There were 1880 bushels of charcoal delivered in the city during the year.
(1,241 1-2 bushels of charcoal paid for in 1890 were delivered in 1889.)
71
DETAILED STATEMENT.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
-
Appropriation .
. $11,500 00
CREDITS.
Jere Kelleher, gravel
$ 1 40
William B. Porter,
47
George W. Hunt, old stone
10 00
John W. White, dirt
3 00
New England Telephone Company, repair- ing streets
10 00
Newburyport Gas and Electric Company, repairing streets
9 60
Newburyport Water Company, repairing streets ·
8 00
Joseph H. Currier, bill credited back
10 00
Jere Kelleher,
30 00
Jere Cashman, dirt and stone
23 30
Edward Perkins, dirt
4 90
John Crowley, gravel
4 50
Towle Manufacturing Company, dirt
1 50
William R. Johnson,
1 00
Orrin J. Gurney, fine stone
6 50
James C. Colman, “
13 00
Michael Healey, dirt
70
Joseph Woods,
1 00
Dodge Bros.
2 65
Jere Healey, gravel
40
J. B. Frost, dirt
1 30
George P. Tilton, "
1 50
Mrs. Charles Wills, for extending macad-
amizing on Pond street
40 00
184 72
Total appropriation and income
$11,684 72
72
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $11,684 72
Amount overdrawn, transferred from incidentals to balance account . 703 00
$12,387 72
EXPENDITURES.
Authorized by the Committee on Highways.
Charles M. Pritchard, services as supt. . $1,200 00
Daniel Cronan, labor
215 28
Patrick Murphy,
268 38
Daniel Quill,
. 235 39
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