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CHANGES IN CLASSIFICATION.
Reference was made above to "attendant changes." Several of the principal alcoves are now so filled that a new distribution has become imperative. We have an abundance of shelf room,- enough for fifty years to come, even at a much larger annual rate of increase than at present; but the books must be shelved by some method, and one that will require the least effort and the shortest time to get at them. It will be seen at once that by our system of notation and classification whenalarge number of books are removed from an alcove they must change their numbers, and without a corresponding change in the catalogue confusion will result. This further complicates the catalogue question. I would ask that a special committee be appointed to take the whole mat- ter into consideration.
PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS' CARDS.
A year ago, by your authority, I began issuing special cards to
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teachers in the public schools, by means of which five books on topics connected with the school studies could be drawn at one time. The plan proved a success from the start, and a large number of standard books, particularly on subjects connected with history and English literature, now go into the public schools, are recommended by the teachers to pupils, and are freely con- sulted. This system has for some years been in most successful operation in other cities, and is very promising of good results in this. I would now go a step further, in keeping with the plan, and recommend that a special card for pupils be issued, to pupils of the High school only at present, such cards to be given to any pupil presenting a written request signed by a teacher of the school, and on it to be issued only such book or books as are rec- ommended by the teacher.
CONCLUSION.
The change in the system of heating the library room, made under the direction of the president of the board, has resulted favorably, in that the heat now entering the alcoves is better con- trolled, and thereby better distributed.
Further information on library matters which it is the province of the librarian to impart will be found in the appendices.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN D. PARSONS, Librarian.
Newburyport, December 8, 1890,
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX A .- RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. ( Authorized by City Council.) CREDITS.
City appropriation
$1,200 00
From dog licenses
909 95
From town of Newbury .
150 00
$2,259 95
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries
$1,941 47
Printing and advertising
188 70
Binding books
135 60
Insurance .
90 00
Library supplies
37 88
Expressage
24 95
Repairing clocks
4 50
$2,423 10
Overdrawn
$163 15
( Miscellaneous. )
RECEIPTS.
Received from fines
$51 50
EXPENDITURES.
Postage
$9 54
Sundry supplies
9 83
Post office box rent .
2 00
Express and truckage
1 75
23 12
Balance unexpended
$30 38
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPENDIX B .- BUILDING FUND.
To the Directors of the Public Library :
It is well known that certain persons subscribed money for the pur- pose of presenting to the city of Newburyport a suitable building for the public library, and appointed a committee from their number with full powers to carry their wishes into effect. In pursuance thereof the pres- ent building was purchased and prepared, and a deed thereof with the grounds adjoining thereto, on certain conditions, given to the city, leav- ing, however, money in the hands of the committee unexpended, one of the conditions being that an annual report should be made to the direc- tors of the public library of their action in the premises. In conformity therewith, the treasurer desires to state to your body that the surplus, amounting originally to the sum of $5000, remains where it was origi- nally deposited in the Institution for Savings, from whence it can only be withdrawn by the action of the trustees of the fund.
Power was given the committee to expend in their discretion the income of the fund in keeping the library building in repair, and its gen- eral maintenance.
The sum reserved remains intact. During the 25 years or more it has been in the hands of the trustees, the interest has exceeded the original principal, which has been expended as designed, and thus benefited the city to that extent. At the present time $445.24 remains of the interest.
The account of the treasurer has from the first been regularly audited.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Treasurer.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, SAMUEL J. SPALDING, Trustees. DANIEL T. FISKE.
Newburyport, December S, 1890.
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APPENDIX C .- PEABODY FUND.
In accordance with the directions of Mr. George Peabody, in his gift of $15,000, to be used at the discretion of certain trustees whom he named with power to fill by their election any vacancy, that the income derived from the gift should be kept separately from that received from other sources, and further requested that an annual report of the condi- tion of the fund should be prepared and published, the present treasurer, who received that amount from the hands of Mr. Peabody many years ago, desires to give public notice that it is still in the Institution for Sav- ings, where it was originally deposited, from whence it can only be with- drawn on the written order of a majority of the trustees of the fund.
Since the last report, at which time $312 remained on hand, the income thereof has been $600, and the amount expended in the purchase of books $640.89, up to this date, leaving a balance of $271.11 as occasion arises.
It should be stated that the treasurer's accounts of receipts and expen- ditures have always been regularly audited.
The names of the trustees of the Peabody Fund are hereto subjoined.
EDWARD S. MOSELEY, Treasurer. EDWARD S. MOSELEY, E. F. STONE, WILLIAM H. SWASEY, DANIEL T. FISKE, J. J. CURRIER. j .
1 Trustees.
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APPENDIX D .- RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF TRUST FUNDS.
SAWYER FUND.
1889. Receipts.
Nov. 26. Balance from 1889, $26.42
1890.
Jan. 2. Income 112 50
Balance to new account
41 47
July 1. 112 50
Oct. 30. Cash (book lost) 2 00
$253 42
$253 42
BRADBURY FUND.
1889
Nov. 26. Balance from 1889, $18 00 1890.
Bills paid for books
$58 50
April 30. Income · 20 00
Oct. 28. 20 00
Nov. 25. Trans. from Green
Fund
50
$58 50
$58 50
FROTHINGHAM FUND.
1889.
Nov. 26. Balance from 1889, $ 75
Bills paid for books
·
$30 49
1890.
March 1. Income 40 00
Balance to new account
·
10 26
$40 75
$40 75
GREEN FUND.
1889.
Nov. 26. Balance from 1889, $24 94 1890.
Bills paid for books
.
$35 81
·
Balance to new account
69 13
March 1. Income · 40 00
Oct. 28.
40 00
$104 94
$104 94
WILLIAMS FUND.
1889.
Nov. 26. Balance from 1889, $ 2 07
Bills paid for books
.
.
$30 68
1890.
March 1. Income
40 00
Balance to new account,
·
11 39
$42 07
842 07
Expenditures.
Bills paid for books .
·
$211 95
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
APPENDIX E .- STATEMENT OF LIBRARY INCREASE, WITH THE CLASSIFICATION.
Number of books in library per report of 1889
25,604 Added by purchase in 1890 :
From income of Peabody Fund
307
Sawyer 66
162
Todd 66
67
66
Frothingham ‘
39
Williams
33
66
Green
13
Bradbury
6
627
Added by donation
145
26,376
Books worn out and withdrawn .
43
Replaced from purchases, included above
27
70
Present number of books in library
26,306
Net increase from last year
702
The additions for the year may be classified as follows : General works, including magazines, periodicals and reviews, 108; philosophy, 2; theology and religious works, 26; social and political science, 40; philology, 6; natural science, 16; useful arts, 18; fine arts, 13; adult fiction, 107; miscellaneous literature, 95; juvenile, 49; biography, 80; history, 75; travels and descriptive, 75; unclassified (government publi- cations), 87. Total, 772.
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APPENDIX F .- STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 25, 1890.
During the past year there have been withdrawn from the library for home use 31,727 books. The circulation by months was as follows : Last week November, 543; December, 2792; January, 3088; February, 2941; March. 3534; April, 3070; May, 2811; June, 2302; July, 2011 ; August (eight days), 575; September, 2453; October, 3081; November (to 25th), 2640. Largest daily circulation, Saturday, October 25, 267; largest weekly circulation, week ending March 2, 898; largest monthly circulation, March, 3534. The classification of the books drawn was as follows : 1
Number.
Per cent.
Adult fiction
17,349
54.7
Juvenile literature
4.634
14.6
Travels, description and adventure
2.507
7.9
Miscellaneous literature (poetry, essays, etc.),
2,094
6.6
History
1,808
5.7
Biography and genealogy
1,317
4.1
Natural science, useful and fine arts
934
2 9
Magazines, reviews
402
1.3
Philosophy and social science
343
1.1
Theology and religion
339
1.1
Total
31,727
100.0
.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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APPENDIX G .- DONATIONS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1890.
Name and location.
Books. Pamph.
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
1 .
American Humane Association, Boston, Mass.
1
Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.
. .
3
Avery, W. H., Tacoma, W.
1
.
1 . .
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
2
. .
Bunker Hill Monument Association, Boston
2
. .
Central Pacific Railroad Company .
..
1
Citizens Association, Boston
. .
Coffin, E. F., Newburyport
2
Couch, Miss Mary E., Newburyport
2
. .
Currier, E. H., New York
1
Dalton, J. G., Boston
1
. .
Eddy, Mrs. M. B G., Boston .
1
Frothingham, Robert I , Brooklyn
*200
Gale, George H., New York
. .
1
Griffis, Rey. William Elliot, Boston
1
. .
Haskell, L., Newburyport
*122
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1
. .
Herald Publishing Co., Newburyport
3
. .
Home, Mme. Dunglas
1 1
. .
Ingersoll, Edward, New York
. .
1
Johnstown Fund Commission, Johnstown, Pa.
. .
1
Library trustees' and librarians' reports, etc. :
American Library Association .
Boston, Public Library
. .
3
Chicago, Newberry Library
. .
1
Public Library ·
1
Concord, Mass., Free Library .
1
Georgetown, Mass., Peabody Library
. .
1
Hopedale, Mass., Public Library .
1
Lawrence, Mass., Free Public Library
. .
1
Lowell, Mass., City Library
1
Lynn, Mass., Public Library
. .
1
Massachusetts, State Library
1
Marlborough, Mass., Public Library
. .
1
Newton, Mass., Free Public Library
. .
Į
*Magazines.
. .
Hurd, Dr. E. P., Newburyport
.
Boston, city of .
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ANNUAL, REPORTS.
Name and location.
Books. Pamph.
Omaha, Neb., Public Library .
1
Peabody, Mass., Peabody Institute .
1
Portland, Me., Public Library .
4
Providence, R. I., Public Library
. .
1
St. Louis, Mo., Public Library
1
Salem, Mass., Public Library
. .
2
San Francisco, Cal., Mercantile Association
. .
1
Springfield, Mass., City Library Association
1
Taunton, Mass., Public Library
..
1
Worcester, Mass., Free Public Library
. .
1
Lowell, Mass., Old Residents' Association
. .
1
McKnight, D. A., New York
1
. .
Massachusetts Club, Boston
9
..
Moseley, Edward A., Washington, D. C. Edward S., Newburyport
1
. .
New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston
. .
1
New York city, department public works
. .
1
Newburyport, city of
1
Parsons, John D., Newburyport
1 . .
Peale, R. S. & Co., Chicago
1
Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia
1
..
Perkins Institute, Boston .
1
Poor, H. V. & H. W., New York
. .
1
Providence, R. I., Board of Trade
. .
1
Stone, E. F., Newburyport
70
·
Tappan, Eugene, Winchester, Mass.
1
. .
Todd, William C., Newburyport
1
3
Tribune, New York .
. .
3
Tuttle, est. M. L., by J. J. Currier, trustee
1
Unitarian Association, Boston .
1
. .
United States, Bureau of Education
1
8
Bureau of Pensions
1
Coast Survey
2
5
Department of Agriculture
1
14
Interior
1
2
66
the Navy
1
1
State .
2
15
the Treasury
3
23
66 War
6
. .
Fish Commission .
. .
1
Massachusetts, commonwealth of .
1
1
Woburn, Mass., Public Library
. .
. .
. .
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Name and location.
Books. Pamph.
Life Saving Service Bureau
1
. .
Mint
1
*Signal Service Bureau
4
Smithsonian Institute
7
5
Unknown sources
4
5
Washburn, W. T., New York .
1
. .
Washington Home, Boston
1
Winchester Home Corporation, Boston
1
Woodruff, W., Salt Lake City .
1
·
Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
..
1
*Also, daily weather maps from Washington and Boston, summaries, etc.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPENDIX H .- MAGAZINES, QUARTERLIES AND REVIEWS NEEDED TO COMPLETE SETS.
Harpers' Magazine (for duplicate sets)-January, March, April, May, 1853; February, 1856; vols. 16, 17, 18 and 19, from December, 1857, and including December, 1859; December, 1865; October, 1867 ; September, 1871; July, 1885; July, 1886, to date.
Scribner's and the Century (for duplicate sets)-Almost any. NOTE- Copies of the above magazines are always useful to take the place of worn-out copies.
Quarterly Review (London)-Vols. 3 and 4 (1809, '10), vol. 8 (1813), vol. 20 (index 1818), vols. 39, 40 (1828, '29), vols. 66-117 (1840-'65), vols. 159, '60 (1884).
United States Magazine and Democratic Review-Vols. 1-4 inclusive, (1837 and 1838), 7, 8, 9, (January, 1840, to January, 1844), 14, 15, (1844), 26-29 (1850-'51), and any thereafter.
North American Review-Vol. 3 (1816), Vol. 7 (1818).
Edinburgh Review-Vol. 40 (1824), Vols. 101-132 (1854-1870), Vols. 159, 160, (1884).
Old and New-Vol. 1 (1870), and later than May, 1875.
Galaxy-first nine volumes (1861-1869).
Lippincott's-Any number, but especially first five volumes, (January 1868-July, 1870).
Nineteenth Century-Any previous to July, 1884.
Our Young Folks-Any numbers.
Popular Science Review (English)-Any.
Every Saturday-Previous to 1872 (first series).
British Quarterly Review-First 52 volumes (previous to 1871).
Contemporary Review-First 34 volumes (previous to April, 1879)
Appleton's Journal-Vols. 1, 2, 3.
Fortnightly Review-Any previous to 1884.
Punch-Any previous to 1870, from 1873 to 1882.
English Illustrated Magazine-Previous to 1883.
Andover Review-First three volumes, (1884-5).
Christian Examiner-Vols. 16-25, (1834-1839).
Unitarian Review-First fourteen volumes, (1874-1881).
Temple Bar-First 65 volumes, (previous to 1882).
MacMillan's Magazine-First 44 volumes, (prior to 1881), Vol. 52, (April to November, 1885).
New Englander-First 32 volumes, (previous to 1874).
Littell's Living Age-Vols. 67-99, (1861-1868).
Chamber's Journal-Previous to 1864, (1870-1884).
Good Words-Prior to 1860, 1869, 1872.
Nature-Vol. 5, October, 1871-May, 1872.
Bibliotheca Sacra-Vol. 42, (1885).
International Review-Vol. 1, (1874,) later than 1882.
Westminster Review-Prior to 1871.
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APPENDIX I .- THE TODD FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from last year .
$286 83
From William C. Todd .
400 00
$686 83
EXPENDITURES.
Periodicals and newspapers .
$398 10
Post office box ·
3 00
401 10
Balance to new year
$285 73
The great need of more books for ready reference in connection with the reading room still remains. But notwithstanding this deficiency, the room continues in great prosperity and usefulness.
S. J. SPALDING, Treasurer.
228
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Donations to the Reading Room-1890.
The Newburyport Daily News . ·
News Publishing Co.
The Saturday Night
· Publishers.
Unitarian Review
Christian Register
Congressional Record .
Home Missionary
Liberal Free Mason
Joseph B. Lincoln. .
New York Observer
Hon. John N. Pike.
Congressional Directory
E. S. Moseley.
Good Health
Publishers. Gen. A. W. Greeley.
Signal Service Weather Maps Official Gazette
Patent Office.
Signs of the Times
Publishers.
The Manifesto
· Publishers.
The Student's Journal
Publishers.
Tacoma Illustrated
Wm. H. Avery.
· Am. Unitarian Ass'n. do. . Hon. Wm. Cogswell. .
E. S. Moseley. .
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PUBLICATIONS IN THE NEWBURYPORT FREE READING ROOM.
DAILIES.
Newburyport Morning Herald, News (evening), Standard (morning),
Boston Advertiser (morning),
Herald 66
Post
Globe (evening),
Journal
Transcript
Traveller
Portland, Me., Advertiser(evening) Providence, R.I.,Journal(morning)
Chicago, Ill., Times 66
New York Herald, (morning),
Journal of Commerce
Star
Sun
Times
Tribune
World 66
Mail and Express (evening), Post
Albany, N. Y., Argus (morning), Philadelphia, Pa., North American (morning), Congressional Record, Washington.
SEMI-WEEKLY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PUBLICATIONS.
Alta California, San Francisco, Bradstreet's, New York, Christian Register, Boston, Chronicle, San Francisco, Commercial Bulletin, Boston, Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.,
Dispatch, Richmond, Va.,
Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Financial and Commercial Chroni- cle, N. Y. Forest and Stream, N. Y.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Paper, N. Y.
Gazette, Montreal, Canada,
Gazette, Salem, Mass.
Graphic, London, England,
Harpers' Bazar, N. Y., Weekly, N. Y., Young People, N. Y.,
Herald, Rutland, Vt., Independent, N. Y., Journal of Education, Boston, Journal, Kansas City, Mo.,
Machinist, N. Y., Mirror and Farmer, Manchester, N. H.
Nation, N. Y.
Nature, London, England,
News, Charleston, S. C.,
Observer, N. Y.,
Picayune, New Orleans, La.,
Pioneer-Press, St. Paul, Minn.,
Punch, London, England,
Register, Mobile, Ala.,
Republican, Springfield, Mass.,
Rocky Mountain Weekly, Denver, Col.
Scientific American, New York, Builders' Edition, Supplement, ..
Signs of the Times, ،،
Star, Washington, D. C.,
Times, Philadelphia, Pa., Times, London, England, Tribune, Chicago, Ill.,
-
Weekly News, Galveston, Texas, Official Gazette, U. S. Patent Office.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
MAGAZINES AND QUARTERLIES.
DOMESTIC.
Agriculturist, N. Y.,
Andover Review, Boston,
Atlantic Monthly, 66
Ballou's Magazine Bibliotheca Sacra, Oberlin, O., Century, N. Y., Current Literature, N. Y.,
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, N. Y.,
Forum, N. Y., Godey's Ladies' Book, Philadelphia, Harpers' Magazine, N. Y.,
Household Magazine, Brattleboro', Vt., Home Missionary, Boston,
Journal of Chemistry, Boston, Ladies' Home Journal, Philadelphia Liberal Free Mason, Lippincott's Magazine, Philadelphia Littell's Living Age, Boston, Naturalist, Philadelphia, New England Magazine, New Englander, New Haven, Conn. North American, N. Y.,
Peterson's Magazine, Philadelphia, Political Science Quarterly, N. Y., Popular Science Monthly, N. Y., St. Nicholas, N. Y.,
Unitarian Review, Boston,
FOREIGN.
Art Journal, London,
Blackwood's, Edinburgh,
Cassell's Magazine, London, Contemporary Review, London, Edinburgh Review, Edinburgh,
English Illustrated Magazine, Lon- don,
Fortnightly Review, London, Good Words, London, London Quarterly Review, London Macmillan's Magazine, London, Nineteenth Century, London,
Temple Bar, London,
-
Westminster Review, London,
BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
Chamber's Encyclopædia, 15 vols. Brande's Encyclopædia, 2 vols., Lippincott's Biograph. Dictionary, Lippincott's Gazeteer, Anthon Classical Dictionary, American Newspaper Annual, Worcester's Dictionary, Boston Directory, Massachusetts Business Directory, Newburyport Directory, Revised Statutes of Massachusetts, Poor's Manual of Railroads,
-
History of Woman Suffrage, Shipping Record,
Catalogue of Public Library,
Bradley's Atlas of the World,
Map of the United States, Map of Rockingham Co., N. Y., Map of Essex County, Mass., Johnson's Atlas of the World, New Eng. Business Directory, The Pathfinder and Railway Guide, Congressional Directory, Quain's Directory of Medicine, United States Dispensatory, Clinical Therapeutics, Diseases of the Stomach, Diseases of the Liver, Diseases of the Heart, Diseases of the Kidney,
Diseases of the Nervous System,
On the Morphine Habit,
Supplement to the Statutes of Massachusetts.
REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
REPORT.
-
To His Honor the Mayor and Gentlemen comprising the Highway Committee for the year now brought to a close :
DEAR SIRS :- The following tabular account of the labor per- formed during the year, together with the inauguration of the new manner of road building will hereafter be looked upon as the pro- gressive year. The paving on State street, 556 in length by 36 in width, from Market square to Charles street, with the continuance from there of the Macadam road to the upper side of High street, 949 by 28 in width ; also, the triangular piece from the head of State street to the Washington monument, together with that of High street to the upper side of Market street, 1366 in length by 30 in width, the whole amount of which would be one mile in length with a width of fourteen feet-not a bad showing, consid- ering the lateness of the season. The road roller was put to work the 23d of September and housed the 26th of November, being idle but three days.
The opening spring will probably show the true merits of the road. During the year much has been done in the outlying dis- tricts, more, probably, than during the last twenty years, if we can place reliance on those who give the information. North Atkinson street has been graded, Collins Court, and a commence- ment on Summit Place, together with the grading of Magnolia, Payson and Dexter streets, Willow Avenue, Spofford and Maple streets, grading of Merrimac street from North Bridge street to Ashland street, and the repairs on Hale street or Turkey Hill
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
road, Plumer Spring road, Sawyer's Hill, also Oak street, together with the distribution of gravel taken from High street, and State from the Newbury line to Parker street, also Greenleaf street to Guinea Bridge, and Auburn street, will add to the amount of work performed during the year, and will attest its part in the city's expenditures, in which you are the factors.
Thanking you all for your expressions of kind feeling while we have been together, trusting that in the year to come you may be able to look with pride at the result of your labors in behalf of the city,
Yours with respect,
CHARLES M. PRITCHARD,
Surveyor of Highways.
Newburyport, December 29, 1890.
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SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
PROPERTY OF THE CITY
In Care of Surveyor of Highways, Dec. 16, 1890.
1 10-ton road roller . $3,400 00
4 snow ploughs, at $10 each
40 00
1 gravel screen 66
20 00
.
5 00
1 double horse stone roller
25 00
1 double horse shovel
6 50
1 paving widder
5 00
2 paving widders, at $1 each
2 00
2 spirit levels, at $1 each
2 00
4 wooden horses for sign road roller
9 52
8 irons for sign road roller
8 00
4 signs
10 00
2 tool boxes, at $1.50 each
9 00
11 pickaxes, at $1.50 each
16 50
2 rakes, at 50 cents each .
1 00
6 snow scoop shovels, at 80 cents each
4 80
6 snow grubs, at 50 cents each
3 00
2 paving hammers, at $1 each
2 00
2 axes, at 75 cents each
1 50
12 rolls for stone
1 00
12 water pails for sand
1 50
1 water can
1 40
9 lanterns
4 50
1 kerosene can
30
3 wheelbarrows, at $1 each
3 00
3 gutter brooms, at 50 cents each
1 50
7 steel bars for stone work, at 75 cents each
5 25
2 tamping bars for stone work, at $1 each
2 00
6 chains for stone work, at $1.50 each
9 00
4 chains for small use, at 40 cents each
1 60
1 brush cutter .
1 25
2 pendants for snow ploughs
6 00
4 stone chisels, at 25 cents each
1 00
2 baskets, at 50 cents each
1 00
$3,624 62
.
10 00
7 hoes, at 50 cents each 3 50
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Bought the present year :
2 tool boxes
$ 9 00
12 pickaxes
18 00
4 signs
10 00
8 irons for signs
8 00
4 horses
9 52
4 chains
6 00
8 lanterns .
4 00
12 water pails
1 50
1 can .
1 40
2 wheelbarrows
2 00
2 axes
1 50
2 paving hammers
2 00
$72 92
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SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
ROAD ROLLER AND ITS EXPENSES.
From September 23, 1890 to November 26, 1890.
Fred Taylor, engineer, at $2.50 per day, services of 3 days $7 50
George L. Paul, engineer, at $2.50 per day, ser- vices 9 weeks and 3 days . 142 50
$150 00
B. F. & F. L. Atkinson, coal and wood . 70 22
John C. Stanley, 1 shovel
70
66 oil and waste 5 62
Chas. R. Sargent, machinist, fixing hose, oil tubes 2 05
John J. Mcflew, making pin for road roller . 2 50
I .. W. Haskell, blacksmith, fixing scrapers 3 00
Albert Russell & Sons, machinists, to labor putting new wheel and furnishing of pipe . 3 95
L. H. Noyes & Co., setting glass, white lead, tallow
1 07
Wm. Holker & Co., ash pan for use at road roller house 7 75
Wm. Holker & Co., sprinkler furnished for use smoke-stack on building .
20 94
15 65
S. H. Thurlow, axe
75
John E. Bailey, making horses for guards 9 52
L. H. Noyes & Co., painting signs 10 00
Edgar Ross, irons for signs
8 00
$311 72
Expenses of Mr. Penn of Bridgeport, Conn., in- structor in macadam roads, plans for building the road, etc. 56 76
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
MACADAMIZING ROAD.
From Sept. 23 to Nov. 26, 1890.
Bought 2060 tons of stone from the Massachusetts
Stone Co., Salem, at $1.35 per ton
·
. $2,781 00
Used 1904 tons, at $1.35 . $2,568 40 Credits-Sold 16 tons at $1.35 . 21 60
140 1-7 tons on city pit, unused 191 00-2,781 00
The work on High street covered in length 1366 yards, and in width 30, 4553 1-3 yards ; the triangular piece near the monument, 700 yards ; on State street, 949 yards in length and 28 in width, 2952 yards,-a total of 8205 yards.
Whole amount paid for stone used . . $2,56S 40 Whole amount paid for labor, including city teams and outside teams, expense of road roller charged for all time at rate of $5 per day 2,117 32
$4,685 72
8205 yards at 57 cents per yard.
There is carried to the credit of this department, from Mrs. Mattie F. Wills, $40. Another credit not subtracted was the dis. tribution of gravel taken during the excavation and placed in other parts of the city, which would bring the cost of what was done in this department under 50 cents per yard.
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