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George H. Stevens, salary as city clerk, 1 year 1,600 00
William H. Johnson, salary as city mes- senger, 1 year . 900 00
William H. Welch, salary as city audi- tor, 17 3 4 months 415 62
Andrew J. Haynes, salary as assessor, 11 months 457 16
George J. L. Colby, salary as assessor, 11 months 457 16
Joseph L. Johnson, salary as assessor, 11 months 457 16
Ernest H. Noyes, salary as city physician, 13 months 379 09
N. N. Jones, salary as city solicitor, 14 months . 454 03
Thomas E. Cutter, salary as clerk of com- mon council, 1 year 100 00
$7,686 89
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DETAILED STATEMENT.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
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Appropriation .
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$22,000 00
CREDITS.
State School Fund,
$ 98 36
One year's interest of the Brown Fund, to March 4, 1890 675 00
W. P. Lunt, agent, from non-resident school children 156 00
W. P. Lunt, agent, sale of books
3 05
Town of Newbury, tuition for school chil- dren
8 00
Bill of Florence A. True, credited back
8 00
948 41
Total appropriation and income
$22,948 41
Amount overdrawn, transferred from inci- dentals to balance account 1,199 63
$24,148 04
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the School Committee.
Enoch C. Adams, services as teacher . $1,600 00
Oliver B. Merrill,
. 1,100 00
Sara A. Leonard,
650 00
Mary T. Spalding, 66 66 550 00 .
Emma H. Parker,
650 00
L. G. Smith,
66
1,000 00 ·
Abby Short,
66 400 00
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Amounts carried forward · . $5,950 00
$24,148 04
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
. $5,950 00
$24,148 04
Eva J. Smith, services as teacher
· 373 13
A. L. Whitmore,
368 24
H. A. P. Roth,
481 27
Mary Z. Kingman,
196 87
George W. Brown,
66
1,000 00
Rhoda Tilton,
400 00
Helen M. Currier,
375 00
Rebecca Perkins,
66
· 350 00
A. L. Coffin,
436 77
Emma M. Lander,
66
373 15
Frances J. Pearson,
375 00
Jennie P. Haskell,
344 82
Priscilla G. Craig,
450 00
Susie B. Lowell,
375 00
Cora B. Lougee,
6.
373 15
Abbie L. Frost,
66
350 00
Sarah B. Chute,
66
750 00
S. E. Whitmore,
66
397 50
Serena D. Toppan
316 87
Ellen Frothingham,
375 00
Alice T. Whittier,
66
66
400 00
Bertha M. Stiles,
66
225 36
Irving H. Johnson,
400 00
Mary E. Estes,
66
253 89
Clara J. Edgerly,
375 00
Susan I. Adams,
66
3/1 30
Elizabeth H. Cheever,
66
66
351 66
Enola E. Gowen
330 89
Frances L. Pettigrew,
66
375 00
Mary A. Roaf,
66
282 50
Sarah F. Badger,
66
215 52
Mara L. Pratt,
66
225 00
Helen M. Johnson,
66
· 150 00
Mary E. Bassett,
112 50
Olive L. Rogers,
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· 103 47
Amounts carried forward · $18,583 86
$24,148 04
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DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward
$18,583 86 $24,148 04
Mary W. Kimball, services as teacher
71 28
Kate B. Symonds,
71 50
Elizabeth A. W. Pearson, "
12 67
Jeanette Balch
7 38
Flora Pettigrew
66 66
241 55
Elizabeth A. Dodge,
62
Fannie R. Knight
62
Mrs. Albert Fernald
58
Mrs. J. C. Mann,
70 00
Mrs. N. C. Trickey, 66
58
Clara Bliss,
66
1 23
L. G. Smith, services as teacher at even- ing school
58 00
Elizabeth A. Dodge, services as teacher at evening school
29 00
Margaret H. Sargent, services as teacher at evening school
29 00
Sarah F. Badger, services as teacher at evening school · Harriet Colman, services as teacher at evening school
11 00
Lucy Low, services as teacher at evening school
20 00
E. A. W. Pearson, services as teacher at evening school
24 00
Fannie R. Knight, services as teacher at evening school
20 00
Lizzie C. Ireland, services as teacher at evening school
10 00
Florence A. True, services as pupil teacher at training school 32 00
Eleanor J. Towle, services as pupil teacher at training school 80 00
Lillian W. Greenleaf, services as pupil teacher at training school 80 00
Amounts carried forward $19,489 12
$24,148 04
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124
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $19,489 12 $24,148 04
Sarah L. Ross, services as pupil teacher at training school 74 00
Judith A. Plummer, services as pupil teacher at training school 71 00
Annie M. Pike, services as pupil teacher at training school 44 00
Jennie L. Smith, services as pupil teacher at training school 63 50
Ida M. Blaisdell, services as pupil teacher at training school
8 00
William P. Lunt, agent of school board, and sundries 1,100 25
Robert G. Allen, services as truant officer,
300 00
Harriet Colman, services as teacher 2 62
Fred P. Hinckley, janitor
300 00
T. B. Robbins, 66
90 00
Joseph G. Stevens, 66 115 00
Albert O. Colby.
125 00
James Kimball,
58 50
S. R. Fox,
66
90 00
J. C. Lunt,
.6
181 00
Maurice Corcoran, . .
44 50
Oliver C. Philbrick, 6.
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48 80
F. M. Ambrose, books
8 00
Boston School Supply Co., school books and supplies
67 78
Harper & Bros., school books .
105 80
Leach, Sherwell & Sanborn, school books and sundries
148 25
Karl Castelhun, sundries .
2 45
Elmer & Amend, chemical supplies .
66 10
William H. Huse & Co., advertising
5 50
D. T. Reed, repairing school organs 5 00
Henry A. Wilson, sundries 6 56
Prang Educational Co., brick clay
75
Amounts carried forward $22,621 48 $24,148 04
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DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward $22,621 48 $24,148 05
Mary 3. Perkins, use of well 4 00
News Publishing Co., printing and adver- tising 74 60
D. Appleton & Co., school books 9 70
G. F. King & Merrill, pens and pencils 25 05
Thompson, Brown & Co., Messervey's bookkeeping book 21 43
Edward Osgood, 6 dusters and 12 brooms, 4 00
B. G. Gerrish, 6 mats
5 40
Lovett's Express, expressage . .
3 75
Jackson & Co.'s Express, expressage ·
3 05
Putnam Free School, 1 year's rent of school building 500 00
William Ware & Co , school books . ·
19 80
Lee & Shepard, .
6 39
Harrison Hume, .
29 76
Ginn & Co., 6 09
A. S. Barnes & Co., school books and pens 14 22
E. L. Kellogg & Co., school books .
12 25
D. C. Heath & Co., 20 63
Newburyport Herald Co., printing and ad- vertising 35 50
Charles Scribner's Sons, books
3 34
Thorp & Adams Manufacturing Co., ink . 10 25
N. T. Joy, ink
2 50
A. Lovell & Co., sundries
1 70
P. H. Blumpey, oil and matches 1 92
M. R. Warren, cyclostyle paper and ink, etc. 10 00
C. R. Fogg's Express, expressage
90
E. C. Adams, one-half expense of High School graduation . 14 32
J. B. Lippincot Co., school books, etc. 92 74
Amounts carried forward $23,554 77 $24,148 04
126
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward · $23,554 77 $24,148 04
Educational Publishing Co., 150 arithme- tics . 24 00
H. A. Brooks, school books 19 25
Thomas Mutch, services as janitor 12 00
Newburyport Despatch Express, express- age . 1 70
Silver, Burdett & Co., school books .
22 00
George S. Perry, school books and sun- dries
106 84
American Book Co., school books
43 93
J. L. Hammett, sundries .
128 13
Moses H. Sargent, sundries
139 82
Board of Assessors, census of school chil- dren · ·
90 00
L. W. Piper, filling out 16 diplomas 5 60
$24,148 04
SEWERAGE.
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Balance December 21, 1889
. 33,366 70
Balance December 20, 1890
13,788 30
$17,155 00
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Sewer Commissioners.
David Smith, brick . . $1,933 50
Jere Cashman, teaming
192 05
E. F. Manning, iron work
3 25
Amounts carried forward . 32,128 80
$17,155 00
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DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward . $2,128 80
$17,155 00
John A. Greeley, cement
802 96
J. C. Stanley, jute and sundries 21 16
Ernest W. Bowditch, professional services of self and assistants .
3,338 70
Fiske, Colman & Co., cement
214 33
H. A. Warner, sundries .
8 73 .
Boston & Maine Railroad, transportation, etc.
25 85
Jonathan W. Douglass. on account of con- tract
9,653 57
Joseph M. Tappan, services as special offi- cer, and sundrics
172 00
Frank H. Plumer, teaming
101 00
L. M. Hatch & Co., lumber, teaming, etc.
313 74
Joseph M. Greenough, use of horse and buggy
3 00
Edward Perkins, lumber .
3 75
News Publishing Co., printing and adver- tising 6 00
Newburyport Herald Co., printing and ad- vertising . 30 00
John Hastings, damages on fence 3 96
J. W. Cooper, hauling sand . 50
Paul A. Pathe, sundry sums disbursed
3 97
James C. Colman, lumber 1 00
Conolly Bros., work on out fall of sewers, 278 47
J. B. Creasey, painting and lettering sign, 2 15
J. A. Jackman, labor and sundries .
10 30
Frank Buckley, labor
5 25
Edward Powers,
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5 25
Thomas Ryan,
5 25
Daniel Hallisey, 66
4 73
John Murphy, 66
3 50
John Foley,
3 50
John Cashman,
2 98
$17,155 00
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128
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES.
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Appropriation . $1,000 00
CREDITS.
From E. Griffin $ 66
Estate of Frederic Moore
4 88
George W. Hunt
15 36
S. B. Carter .
91 19
C. M. Pritchard
19 04
Putnam Free School
82 25
William B. Morse .
17 69
Abby Hale
30 60
Lemuel Marquand .
22 10
Wilbur A. Stiles
17 50
Charles E. Atkinson
22 78
R. H. Pettingell 19 04
Charles C. Marsh
10 54
Mrs. Charles W. Piper
38 30
Isaac P. Noyes
17 00
William R. Johnson
48 54
C. E. Currier
22 10
Nathaniel Morse
2 00
H. H. Landford
8 67
Edward Wheelden
19 38
John W. Allen
15 47
Willard J. Hale
38 76
E. G. Woodwell
30 60
Pearl S. Bradford .
2 26
Alfred Horrocks
6 07
L. W. Coker
25 30
Eben A. Young
31 89
Amounts carried forward
$659 97
$1,000 00
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DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward
$659 97
$1,000 00
From J. J. Healey .
15 02
Henry Fenders
5 95
Gilman Pearson
15 30
Estate of J. B. Morse
38 76
Caroline A. Hunt .
10 15
George W. Stickney
. 20 40
765 55
Total appropriation and income
$1,765 55
Amount overdrawn, transferred from inci-
dentals to balance account
678 26
$2,443 81
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by Committee on Sidewalks and Edgestones.
Cornelius Keleher, labor
$ 4 20
Thomas Ryan,
66
13 51
Frank P. Titcomb,
70
Edward Powers, 66
6 14
Cornelius Lynch,
84 37
Jere Sheehan,
76 50
Daniel Quill,
67 76
Daniel Cronan,
23 29
Patrick Murphy,
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11 38
John D. Foley,
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13 31
John Hale,
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1 75
George E. Pearson,
66
5 43
Charles W. Thurlow, ..
2 63
Daniel Hallisey,
11 56
Jere Toomey,
4 38
John Murphy, 66
7 71
Frank Buckley,
2 63
John Cashman,
6 6
88
Amounts carried forward
. $338 13
$2,443 81
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130
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$338 13
$2,443 81
John Clifford, labor
1 75
Edmund Ryan,
1 75
Patrick Lyons,
1 75
T. G. Davis,
1 75
Hazen Thompson,
1 75
Michael Scahill,
6 48
Moses J. Wood,
3 16
George E. Wood, 60
3 16
Blaisdell & Donnell, curb and corner stone, 393 40
F. E. Davis, 72 square yards brick paving 21 60
John J. Currier, 102 "
30 60
L. W. Coker, 441-2 ·· . 6
13 35
Effie B. Moody, wharfage on edgestone
14 00
W. H. Toppan, setting 195 feet of edge- stone
19 50
Thomas Ronan, 89 yards of brick paving,
26 70
Edwin Toppan, paving
10 63
William E. Goodwin, labor
5 85
A. A. Libby & Co., setting edgestone
477 40
W. O. Bunker, labor
3 20
Davis & Littlefield, labor on edgestones, etc. . ·
46 99
Owners of Plum Island, 152 tons of sand, 91 20
Edwin A. Littlefield, hauling edgestones, etc. .
58 57
J. D. Tilton, labor as mason
8 75
Frank H. Plumer, 1 1-2 days' use of jig- ger . 1 50
Estate of David Smith, brick
20 00
J. A. Greeley, brick paving and setting edgestones 108 92
P. Mulligan, repairing sidewalk 6 40
Calvin E. Currier, 2 cellar windows . 3 00
Thomas F. Henry, labor on edgestone 3 75
E. P. Shaw, 13 yards concrete walk .
3 25
Amounts carried forward . $1,728 24
$2,443 81
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DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward . $1,728 24
$2,443 81
Joseph H. Currier, setting edgestone 30 78
Boston & Maine Railroad Co., freight on edgestone
39 50
F. M. Pevy, edgestone
116 21
C. H. Meader, sundries .
56 71
S. B. Carter, 131 yards of concrete walk,
32 75
E. E. Paine, freight on edgestone
200 00
Rufus Morrison, setting edgestones, etc. .
87 01
W. A. Stiles, 70 yards of concrete walk .
17 50
Thomas Lahey, edgestone
58 11
J. B. Pritchard, use of geer, and teaming,
25 00
Mrs. Abby Hale, 100 yards of concrete walk
25 00
David Smith, brick .
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27 00
$2,443 81
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-ARMORY RENT ACCOUNT.
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CREDITS.
Received from the State for rent for year
$350 00 1890
DEBIT.
Paid E. P. Shaw for 1 year's rent, for year 1890
900 00
Amount overdrawn, charged to incidentals to balance account
$550 00
132
ANNUAL REPORTS.
WATER SUPPLY.
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Appropriation .
$7,500 00
Amount overdrawn, transferred from incidentals to
balance account
505 00
$8,005 00
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Committee on Water Supply.
Newburport Water Co., 1 year's use of
water for fire purposes ·
. $6,900 00
Newburyport Water Co., 1 year's use of
water in public buildings .
1,105 00
$8,005 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
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INCOME ACCOUNT.
CREDITS.
From city of Newburyport, liquor licenses . $13,615 88
State of Massachusetts, corporation tax 13,658 45
Amount carried forward
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$27,274 33
133
DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward $27,274 33
From State of Massachusetts, foreign ship-
ping . 4,095 39
State of Massachusetts, non-resident bank tax, 938 54
$32,308 26
DEBITS.
Amount deducted by assessors from appropriation for
the year 1890 .
27,000 00
Transferred to incidentals to balance account .
$5,308 26
SIMPSON FUND.
CREDITS.
Income for year 1890
$900 00
EXPENDITURES.
Jere Cashman, watering streets $300 00
John J. Currier, treasurer, watering streets 600 00
900 00
WIDENING PROSPECT STREET.
CREDITS.
Cash from J. W. Ballou .
$ 25 00
C. C. Toppan . .
25 00
E. P. Dodge .
25 00
George F. Avery
125 00
Amount carried forward
$200 00
134
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$200 00
Cash from Louis F. Barton
125 00
W. J. Hale
125 00
L. W. Piper
50 00
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
L. M. Hatch & Sons, stock and labor 350 00
Transferred to incidentals to balance account.
$150 00
LIQUOR LICENSES.
CREDITS.
Received for liquor licenses granted $18,161 00
DEBITS.
Rockwell & Churchill, printing · $ 6 50
State of Massachusetts, 25 per cent. of re-
ceipts
4,538 62
4,545 12
Balance transferred to income account . $13,615 88
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Appropriated and paid for State tax of 1890
$7,980 00
66 · county " 8,771 16
$16,751 16
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DETAILED STATEMENT.
NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX.
Collected from city banks
$4,104 47
Credited on State account
3,130 44
$7,234 91
Charged on State account
6,296 37
Balance transferred to income account
$938 54
RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF TAXES.
Tax of 1887
$ 3 00
1888
6,486 25
1889
20,805 49
1890
112,897 16
$140,191 90
INCOME FROM CITY BUILDINGS AND LANDS.
Received from A. J. Teeling, rent of school building
1 year, to October 1, 1890 $ 50 00
Received from county of Essex, rent of Market Hall 1 year, to January 1, 1890 250 00
Received from rent of City Hall
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757 00
Received from burial lots, New Hill . ·
288 00
Received from R. S. Hewlitt, rent of Winter street landing 1 year, to January 1, 1891
5 00
Transferred to public property account
$1,350 00
136
ANNUAL. REPORTS.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1890.
Poor
$15,000 00
School
22,000 00
Fire
6,500 00
Highways
11,500 00
Sidewalks and edgestones
1,000 00
Ashes and rubbish .
700 00
Bridges and culverts
2,000 00
Water supply (for all purposes)
7,500 00
Incidentals (overdraft for last year)
10,066 26
Incidentals
390 00
Public property
8,000 00
Police
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9,500 00
Lighting streets and public buildings Salaries
10,000 00
Fuel
5,500 00
Public library .
1,200 00
Printing
1,200 00
Board of health
700 00
Parks or public grounds .
500 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Military relief
1,200 00
Abatements, tax of 1887 .
1,800 00
1888 .
500 00
1889 .
500 00
Interest .
22,000 00
Notes payable
5,000 00
Sinking fund (general purposes)
3,000 00
Sinking fund (sewerage loan) .
1,400 00
Paving State street .
3,000 60
$159,506 26
7,700 00
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DETAILED STATEMENT.
CITY VALUATION FOR 1890.
Real estate .
. $6,805,197 00
Personal estate
2,392,400 00
Resident bank shares
539,173 00
$9,736,770 00
Tax assessed on real estate .
. $100,716 92
66
personal estate
35,407 52
66 resident bank shares
7,979 73
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66 polls .
7,794 00
$151,898 17
Appropriated for city expenses
$159,506 26
Less income, deducted by assessors 27,000 00
$132,506 26
City appropriation, State tax
7,980 00
county tax
8,771 16
Overlay and re-assessments .
2,640 75
$151,898 17
Number of polls, 3,897; rate of taxation, $14.80 per $1,000.
POPULATION.
1890, United States census
13,962
1891, estimated .
15,000
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS. 1890.
Mayor $ 800 00
City clerk (including clerk hire, no fees),
1,600 00
City treasurer and collector (including clerk hire)
1,600 00
City auditor
300 00
City solicitor (in full for all services)
400 00
City physician
350 00
City messenger
900 00
City marshal .
1,000 00
Assistant city marshal
900 00
Surveyor of highways (to furnish his own team) ·
1,200 00
Superintendent of schools
1,000 00
Clerk of common council
100 00
Clerk of overseers of the poor
900 00
Superintendent of fire alarm
250 00
Agent of board of health
200 00
Clerk of board of health .
50 00
Librarian of public library
1,000 00
Assistant librarian of public library
300 00
Superintendent of reading room
350 00
Superintendent of almshouse
400 00
Matron of almshouse
200 00
Drawtender of Newburyport Bridge
600 00
Chief engineer of fire department
300 00
Four assistant engineers, each
50 00 °
Clerk of board of engineers
15 00
Foremen of companies, each
35 00
Engineers of steamers, each
200 00
Assistant engineers, each
35 00
Firemen of steamers, each
125 00
Hosemen and laddermen, each
25 00
Three assessors, each
500 00
Four registrars, each
75 00
Captain of night watch
900 00
Patrolmen
$ 2 00 per diem.
Drivers of double teams, each .
12 00 per week.
single 66
12 00 per week,
TABULAR STATEMENT OF CITY, COUNTY AND STATE TAXES, Rate of Taxation per $1000, and Number of Polls, from 1851 to 1890 inclusive.
Year
No. Polls
Valuation of Real Estate
Valuation of Personal Estate
Total Valuation
*Amount of City Tax
Amount of State Tax
Amount of County Tax
Total Tax
Taxation per $1000
1851
2517
$2,596,400
$2,880,200
$5,476,600
$33,597 98
$5,227 76
$38,825 74
$6 40
1852
2827
2,764,800
2,796,700
5,561,600
43,504 74
5,227 76
48,732 50
8 00
1853
2997
2,902,100
2,931,500
5,833,600
40,232 74
$2,787 00
5,227 76
48,257 59
7 50
1854
2770
3,302,500
3,483,000
6,785,500
41,434 50
2,787 00
7.432 00
51,653 50
7 00
1855
2977
3,449,100
3,554,000
7,003.100
48,877 80
4,180 50
7,432 00
60,590 30
8 00
1856
2972
3,453,500
3,762,700
7,216,200
50,931 70
5,574 00
9,290 00
65,795 70
8 50
1857
2705
3,424,200
3,603,600
7,027,800
49,656 70
8,361 00
9.290 00
67,307 80
9 00
1858
2708
3,287,100
3,529,300
6,816,400
48,582 63
3,344 00
7,560 21
59,486 84
8 00
1859
2529
3,212,700
3,630,000
6,842,700
58,741 88
2.790 00
8,505 24
70,037 12
9 60
1860
2412
3,200,800
3,544,800
6,745,600
61,654 80
2,327 00
8,694 24
72,674 04
10 20
1861
2430
3,150,600 3,056,000
3,163,450
6,219,450
62,648 67
14,076 00
7.808 29
84,532 96
12 80
1863
2348
3,048,700
3,395,000
6,443,700
68,337 11
18,768 00
7,808 29
94,913 40
14 00
1864
2528
3,268,700
3,425,000
6,693,700
72,193 84
18,768 00
7,805 96
98,767 80
14 00
1865
3000
3,349,200
4,032,800
7,382,000
90,336 05
36,660 00
8,188 95
135,195 00
17 50
1866
3126
3,373,700
3,834,500
7,214,200
129,768 35
23,400 00
8,188 95
161,357 30
21 50
1867
2893
3,906,600
4,054,100
7,960,700
116,173 30
39,000 00
9,826 70
165,000 00
20 00
1868
3388
3,743,800
3,479,800
7,223,600
110,160 78
15,600 00
9,417 30
135,195 08
17 80
1869
3242
3,858,000
3,569,700
7,427,700
119,502 67
19,500 00
8,188 95
144,639 22
18 60
1870
2907
4,018,701
3,682,545
7,701,246
127,431 72
19,500 00
9,826 70
156,758 42
19 60
1871
3218
4,057,500
3,034,257
7,091,757
104,051 74
19,500 00
9,826 70
133,378 44
17 90
1872
3292
4,243,950
3,068,700
7,312,650
123,154 65
11,960 00
8,215 90
143,330 55
18 70
1873
3190
4,515,400
3,057,140
7,572,540
139,188 92
13,455 00
8,215 90
160,859 82
20 40
1874
3208
4,763,700
3,120,407
7,884,107
136,038 13
11,960 00
8,215 90
156,214 03
19 00
1875
3383
4,904,075
3,140,838
7,404,913
139,443 45
11,960 00
8,215 90
159,619 35
19 00
1876
3356
4,788,450
2,937 167
7,725,617
136,042 87
7,866 00
6,499 50
150,408 38
8 60
140
ANNUAL REPORTS.
72,237 74
10 40
1862
2462
3,447,500
6,608,100
60,521 79
2,346 00
9,369 85
1877 | 3223
4,832,700
2,812,284
7,644,984
115.911 24
6,555 00
6,499 50
128.965 74
16 00
1878
3408
4,799.250
2,778,962
7,578,212
122,383 30
4,370 00
7,892 30
135,645 60
17 00
1879
3299
4,766,700
2,642,888
7,409,588
111,070 40
2,185 00
7,135 54
120,390 94
15 50
1880
3384
4,815,800
2,650,877
7,466,677
109,557 63
6,555 00
7,135 54
123,248 17
15 60
1881
3456
4,849,050
2,686,406
7,535,456
123,809 80
6,555 00
7,135 54
136,499 84
17 20
1882
3343
5,002,550
2,415,148
7,417.698
128,779 64
8,740 00
7,135 54
144,655 18
18 60
1883
3462
5,074,850
2,443,258
7,518,108
119,580 59
7,080 00
9,442 86
136,103 45
17 20
1884
3467
5,162.750
2,385,771
7,548,521
125,336 22
9,440 00
9,442 86
144.219 08
18 20
1885
3427
5,214,050
2,336,755
7,550,805
126,229 63
7,080 00
9,442 86
142,752 49
18 00
1886
3380
5,267,350
2,319,988
7,587,338
122,220 32
6,855 00
8,919 62
137,994 94
17 30
1887
3801
5,730,400
2,344,337
8,074,737
122,440 33
10,282 50
8,919 62
141.642 45
16 60
1888
3964
6.088,890
2,643,455
8,732,345
128.443 40
10.282 50
8,919 62
147.645 52
16 00
1889
3985
6,449,865
2,846,370
9,296,235
127,663 11
9,120 00
8,771 16
145,554 27
14 80
1890
3897
6,805,197
2,931,573
9,736,770
135,147 01
7,980 00
8,771 16
151,898 17
14 80
*The assessors' overlays are included in these amounts.
TABULAR STATEMENT.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
REPORT.
-
To the City Council of the City of Newburyport :
GENTLEMEN :- The overseers of the poor, to whom is committed a general oversight and care of the poor in all its departments, would respectfully submit their twelfth annual report :
GENERAL STATEMENT.
The total cost of the poor department for the year ending Nov. 30, 1890, has been $19,203.47, which is $243.90 more than last year. .
The income received during the past year from various sources was $4,203.99, thus reducing the expense to $14,997.43, leaving $2.52 of the appropriation of $15,000.00 undrawn. The follow- ing table will show the sources from which the income has been re- ceived :
For aid given to poor, whose settlement is in Salem
$194 50
..
Waltham
182 96
..
. .
..
Lowell
24 75
..
..
Malden
33 00
..
6.
06
Haverhill
86 85
. .
.6
West Newbury,
93 70
6.
٤٠
Ipswich
6 00
٤٠
66
Salisbury .
164 83
Amount carried forward
$786 59
(19)
146
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
786 59
For aid given to poor whose settlement is in Amesbury
480 64
66
66
Cohassett
145 50
٤٠
Chicopee .
16 50
..
..
..
Georgetown
128 25
..
..
..
Middleborough .
12 15
66
..
. .
Danvers
63 00
From sundry persons for board in insane asylums and alms-
house ·
1,778 40
From sale of hay from the farm
272 92
6. rebate on freight of flour .
23 40
soldiers' relief, act of 1889
321 00
State of Massachusetts, State poor
177 64
$4,205 99
DETAILED STATEMENT.
There has been expended for the poor residing in the alms-
$3,779 32
Salaries
2,455 83
Insane .
4,392 77
Idiot School at South Boston Orphan Asylum at Salem .
231 00
Poor residing in other towns, settlement in Newburyport 1,289 76
Out-door relief to Newburyport poor
5,075 09
Out-door relief to poor, settlement in other places .
1,810 27
$19,203 47
ALMSHOUSE.
The almshouse has been under the care and management of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lunt during the past year, and they have given good satisfaction to the board. An average of 45 persons have resided in the almshouse during the year, at an average cost of $1.61 per week.
INSANE.
The cost to the city for the care of its insane and of children in the School for Feeble Minded has consumed about $5000, or one-
house
169 43
147
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
third of the appropriation granted by the city. There are now at Danvers Asylum 25 persons, and at Westborough two persons ; an increase of five during the year.
The items of expense for the care and maintenance of the in- sane poor, whose legal settlement is in Newburyport, has increased to an alarming extent, as will be shown by a careful examination of the following table :
COST OF THE INSANE.
1851
·
$1,372 99
1865
$1,820 30
1878
.
$2,659 65
1852
1,293 48
1866
1,756 16
1879
3,981 65
1853
557 77
1867
1,625 94
1880
2,280 63
1854
374 68
1868
1,517 71
1881
3,025 14
1855
414 90
1869
1,570 60
1882
2,496 78
1856
810 83
1870
1,784 35
1883
2.464 24
1857
598 39
1871
1.562 26
1884
3,229 97
1858
437 85
1872
1,445 16
1885
3,245 86
1859
375 44
1873
2,057 83
1886
4,127 41
1860
1,165 86
1874
2,016 19
1887
3,848 01
1861
628 16
1875
2,182 56
1888
4,375 29
1862
·
1,113 20
1876
2,230 89
1889
4,649 73
1863
.
1,336 86
1877
2,258 16
1890
5,000 00
1864
.
1,388 68
This increase is not confined to Newburyport, as will be seen by the table annexed, which is taken from the State report. In the insane asylums, under the care of the State, there were being cared for in
1878
2,836 persons
1879
3,010
.6
1880
3,168
66
1881
1882
1883
1884
3,715
1885
3,856
1886
4,042
1887
4,276
1888
.
4,540
The gain in the population has increased in the State, during
.
.
3,287
66
.
3,465
3,657
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
this same period, 25 per cent , while the increase in insanity has been 60 per cent. It has been found necessary to build another asylum, which will be ready in the spring for occupancy.
OUT-DOOR RELIEF.
The subject of granting out-door relief, and the best way to control it, has been under consideration by every board of over- seers of the poor throughout the commonwealth for some years past. Different means have been tried, but no definite results have been obtained. It has been suggested that the names of all the recipi- ents of aid from the poor department be published in the daily press. This suggestion does not meet with a hearty approval by the overseers of the poor for several reasons. First, after the public became aware of those receiving aid it would be too late to remedy the matter; and as the board of overseers do not grant assistance to any one whom they deem unworthy, they consider it to be unkind to parade before the public the poverty and dis- tress which exists in some families in our city, and who at one period of life were in better circumstances.
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