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John A. Greeley & Co., stock and labor on sidewalks 26 02
Benjamin F. Peach, jr., overpayment on sidewalk account 2 33
Thomas P. Thomas, concreting
5,556 76
Edward S. Hidden, laying brick sidewalk 251 61
Thomas F. Henry, cutting stone
40 98
Effie B. Moody, wharfage on edgestone .
133 50
George D. Thurlow, laying brick sidewalk
550 46
Edwin Currier,
356 05
Joseph H. Currier, 66
454 75
Capt. E. J. Wooster, freight on edge- stone
240 42
Amounts carried forward .
. $11,791 67 $18,943 06
191
DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward . . $11,791 67 $18,943 06 Capt. Redman W. Grant, freight on edge- stone 756 76
John Ronan, use of teams
153 56
Eben A. Young, laying brick sidewalk .
244 87
R. G. Adams, stock, labor and teaming
18 29
Eben Smith, bricks
638 94
Frank H. Plumer, use of teams
117 45
Robert Piper, laying bricks and resetting edgestone 17 60
Joseph Cherry, bricks
96 00
J. C. Colman, use of teams, cement, etc. Arthur A. Currier, laying brick sidewalk
16 40
C. H. Meader
115 68
C. H. Kelleher, use of team .
50 00
Capt. O. P. Bragdon, freight on edge- stone
401 36
T. M. Blaisdell, edgestone
1,218 78
Alonzo Abbott,
502 20
L. M. Hatch & Sons, use of team, stock and labor 159 45
W. C. Toppan, resetting edgestones and relaying sidewalk . 212 70
E. Perkins & Son, stock, labor and team- ing 18 09
H. B. Trask, cash paid for laying brick sidewalk
6 85
J. H. Noyes, laying brick sidewalk 9 70
George W. Bollman, labor on edgestone.
18 00
John E. Bailey, stock, labor and teaming 27 25
Gilbert H. Leighton, freight on edgestone 84 05
Frederick McDonald, labor
12 00
Thomas Marshall, 66
3 00
Samuel Scrivens, 66
44 80
Thomas Hale,
66
107 40
Cornelius Lynch,
18 00
.
Amounts carried forward . $16,999 66 $18,943 06
138 81
192
ANNUAL REPORTS.
.
Amounts brought forward
$16,999 66 $18,943 06
Charles M. Pritchard, labor
6 00
Daniel Quill,
17 40
Daniel Hallisey,
66
14 80
Thomas Ryan,
66
6 00
John Leary, 66
37 40
C. W. Thurlow,
27 00
Frank Buckley,
66
5 20
Philip Crimmins,
6 60
Abraham Pray,
66
1 80
Dennis Lynch,
66
1 60
Michael Dunn.
1 80
John D. Foley,
66
13 40
Patrick Murphy,
4 60
Edward Powers,
44 00
Edmund Ryan,
291 50
Jere Sheehan.
309 50
J. Q. A. Morrison,
66
2 00
James Leonard,
5 80
Daniel Cronan,
66
153 50
Dennis Kelleher,
66
87 60
Charles E. Allen,
66
153 80
Michael Kelley,
122 20
Daniel Kelleher,
6:
2 00
Andrew C. Hall,
· 66
45 80
Timothy Davis,
66
2 00
John McDade,
66
1 80
Charles Bashaw,
197 40
Daniel Duggan,
66
66 40
Samuel Martin,
263 80
Dennis Lynch,
3 60
Dennis Toomey,
31 60
John Wayland,
2 00
John Healey,
2 00
Jere Haley,
66
4 50
George E. Pearson,
66
3 00
Amounts carried forward
$18,939 06 $18,943 06
193
DETAILED STATEMENT.
Amounts brought forward .
$18,939 06 $18,943 06
John Murphy, labor
2 00
Cornelius Kelleher, labor
2 00
$18,943 06
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-ARMORY RENT ACCOUNT.
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CREDITS.
Received from the State for rent for 1893
$350 00
DEBIT.
Paid E. P. Dodge Manufacturing Co., 1 year's rent for arınory . . .
700 00
Amount overdrawn transferred from in- cidentals to balance account . 1
350 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
CREDITS.
Cash received from sundry persons for
board at insane asylum .
316 47
Total appropriation and income
$1,816 47
Amount carried forward
· $1,816 47
194
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $1,816 47
Amount overdrawn transferred from in-
cidentals to balance account . 412 77
$2,229 24
EXPENDITURES. Authorized by Soldiers' Relief Committee.
Amount paid in cash to sundry persons for aid during year $1,005 00
Amount allowed for groceries and fuel to sundry persons during year 285 05
Amount paid for board in hospitals and asylums, and medical attendance of sundry persons during year 939 19
$2,229 24
WATER SUPPLY.
Appropriation
$8,100 00
Amount undrawn transferred to inciden-
tals to balance account 35 00
$8,065 00
EXPENDITURES.
Authorized by Committee on Water Supply.
Newburyport Water Co., one year's use of
water for fire purposes · · $6,960 00 Newburyport Water Co., one year's use of water for public buildings 1,105 00
$8,065 00
195
DETAILED STATEMENT.
MISCELLANEOUS.
INCOME ACCOUNT.
CREDITS.
From City of Newburyport, liquor licenses $16,722 94
" State of Massachusetts, balance of corporation tax for year 1892 . 1,681 18 From State of Massachusetts, corporation
tax for year 1893 . 27,399 47
From State of Massachusetts, account of
foreign shipping · 2,280 56 From State of Massachusetts, non-resident
bank tax for year 1893 1,257 39
$49,341 54
DEBITS.
Amount deducted by Assessors and State of Massa- chusetts account 32,016 53
Amount undrawn transferred to incidentals to balance account .
$17,325 01
SIMPSON FUND.
CREDITS.
Income for year 1893
$900 00
Amount carried forward
$900 00
196
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $900 00
DEBITS.
Paid Jere Cashman, for watering streets $300 00
" John J. Currier, treasurer, for water- ing High street 600 00
$900 00
DOG LICENSES.
Received from County of Essex $806 78 Transferred to Public Library account 806 78
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Appropriated and paid for State tax of 1893 $11,700 00 Appropriated and paid for County tax of 1893 11,113 70
$22,813 70
197
DETAILED STATEMENT.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
Received for licenses granted for year 1893, viz : 11 of 1st and 4th class common victualers,. at $1,800.00 $19,800 00
1 of 4th class grocers, at $1,000.00 1,000 00
1 of 1st class inn-holders, at $1,500.00 1,500 00
10 of 6th class druggists, at $1.00 . ·
10 00
$22,310 00
Received for advertising licenses
68 00
$22,378 00
DEBITS.
Rockwell & Churchill, printing $ 6 75
News Publishing Co., advertising 34 00
Newburyport Herald Co., advertising
34 00
Joseph M. Greenough, carriage hire
6 00
State of Massachusetts, 25 per cent of re- ceipts
5,574 31
5,655 06
Balance transferred to income account
$16,722 94
RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF TAXES.
Tax of 1890
$ 25
" 1891
5,505 47
“ 1892
. 22,199 95
. “ 1893
. 124,206 75
$151,912 42
198
ANNUAL REPORTS.
NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX.
Collected from city banks
. $4,235 92
Credited on State account
. 3,214 35
$7,450 27
Charged on State account
6,192 88
Balance transferred to income account
$1,257 39
COUNTY OF ESSEX.
CREDITS.
Received from county treasurer for seals killed . $69 00
DEBITS.
Paid Chas. W. Fernald, killing seals $ 3 00
" Royal L. Wales,
3 00
" Chas. F. Newell, 66 6 00
" Joseph F. Whitmore, killing seals . ·
3 00
" Henry L. Godfrey,
24 00
" Chas. L. Wales, 66
3 00
" Samuel L. Truesdale 66
15 00
" Amos G. Dow,
3 00
" Walter H. Blaisdell,
3 00
" Chas. G. Thomas,
66
3 00
" Geo. E. Stone, jr., 66
3 00
.
.
.
.
$69 00
199
DETAILED STATEMENT.
INCOME FROM CITY BUILDINGS AND LANDS.
Received from County of Essex, rent of police court room, one year to Jan. 1, 1893 $ 250 00 Received from R. S. Hewlett, rent of Winter street landing, one year to Jan. 1, 1894 . 5 00
Received from rent of City Hall . sale of burial lots, New Hill . .
. 907 00 .
· 220 00
Transferred to public property account
$1,382 00
200
ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1893.
Poor, (including fuel, insane and city physician's salary) $19,000 00 School, (including fuel, and rent of Putnam school) . 26,000 00 Fire, (including fuel) . 8,000 00
Highways
. 16,000 00
Sidewalks and edgestones .
· 9,000 00
Ashes and rubbish
700 00
Bridges and culverts
4,000 00
Water supply, (for all purposes)
· 8,100 00
Incidentals
6,400 00 195 62
Public property
5,000 00
Police
. 12,000 00
Lighting streets and public buildings
· 10,500 00
Salaries
8,000 00
Fuel
· 1,000 00
Public Library .
1,500 00
Printing
1,500 00
Board of Health
500 00
Military aid
400 00
Abatements, tax of 1890
1,800 00
.
66
" 1891
1,000 00
6 6 1892
1,000 00
Parks
700 00
Memorial Day .
150 00
Sewers (maintenance)
200 00
Soldiers' relief .
1,500 00
Interest
17,000 00
Notes payable
5,000 00
Sinking funds .
. 11,000 00
$177,445 62
·
.
.
" 1893
300 00
(overdraft last year)
201
DETAILED STATEMENT.
CITY VALUATION FOR 1893.
Real estate
$6,980,200 00
Personal estate
2,219,000 00
Resident bank shares
506,328 00
Tax assessed on real estate
$118,663 40
personal estate
37,723 10
resident bank shares
8,607 58
66
polls
7,824 00
172,818 08
Appropriated for city expenses .
$177,445 62
Less income deducted by assessors 30,000 00
$147,445 62
City appropriation, State tax .
11,700 00
County tax .
11,113 70
Overlay and re-assessments
2,558 76
172,818 08
Number of polls, 3912; rate of taxation, $17 per $1000.
POPULATION.
1890 United States census
. 13,962 1894 estimated
15,500
.
$9,705,528 00
202
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS, 1893.
Mayor .
$ 800 00
City clerk, (no fees)
1,600 00
City clerk, (for clerk hire)
175 00
City treasurer and collector
1,600 00
City treasurer and collector (for clerk hire)
100 00
City solicitor (in full for all services
400 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
150 00
Clerk of overseers of the poor
900 00
Clerk of State aid committee .
200 00
Superintendent of fire alarm .
175 00
Agent of board of health
200 00
Clerk of board of health
50 00
Superintendent of sewers
500 00
Treasurer of sinking funds
50 00
Librarian of public library
1,000 00
Assistant librarian of public library
300 00
Superintendent of reading room
375 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
Foreman of companies, each
35 00
Engineers of steamers, each
175 00
Assistant engineers, each
35 00
Firemen of steamers, each
125 00
City auditor .
400 00
City physician
350 00
DETAILED STATEMENT.
203
Hosemen and Laddermen, each
$ 25 00
Three assessors, each
500 00
Four registrars, each
75 00
Captain of night watch .
900 00
Patrolmen, per week
15 75
Drivers of double teams, per week
12 00
Drivers of single teams, per week
12 00
TABULAR STATEMENT OF CITY, COUNTY AND STATE TAXES, Rate of Taxation per $1000, and Number of Polls, from 1851 to 1893 inclusive.
¿ Year
No. Polls
Valuation of Real state
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
3,447,500
6,608,100
60,521 79
2,346 00
9,369 85
72,237 74
10 40
1862
2462
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 9
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 3S
18 60
·
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
204
.
.
1877
.
3223
4,832,700 4,799,250
2,812,284 2,778,962 2,642,888
7,644,984 7,578,212 7,409,588
115,911 24 122,383 30 111,070 40 109,557 63
6,555 00 4,370 00 2,185 00
6,499 50 7,892 30
135,645 60
17 00
1879
3299
4,766,700
15 50
1880
3384
4,815,800
2,650,877
7,466,677
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
1891
3923
6,874,200
2,888,458
9,762,658
145,719 36
6,840 00
9,536 63
162,095 99
15 80
1892
3827
6,873,300
2,723,805
9,597,105
150,199 02
8,190 00
9,536 63
167,925 65
16 70
1893
.
3912
6,980,200
2,725,328
9,705.528
150,004 38
11,700 00
11,113 70
172,818 08
17 00
*The assessors' overlays are included in these amounts.
DETAILED STATEMENT.
205
128,965 74
16 00
1878
.
3408
7,135 54 120,390 94
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF 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 of its departments, would respect- fully submit their fifteenth annual report:
GENERAL STATEMENT.
The total cost of the poor department for the year ending November 30, 1893, has been $22,219.58. This includes the sum of $2,648.10 paid for coal and wood, and $350.00 paid to the city physician for his services.
The income received during the past year from various sources was $3,230.91, showing the actual amount expended by the over- seers of the poor for the year 1893 to have been $18,988.67.
The following will show the sources from which the income has been received :
For aid given to poor whose settlement is in Cambridge $ 6 00
:6
66
Haverhill
268 30
66
66
Taunton 36 75
66
66
66
Salem
177 12
66
66
Lowell 72 25
66
66
66
Fall River 74 10
Amount carried forward
$ 634 52
210
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$ 634 52
For aid given to poor whose settlement is in Truro
30 00
66
Beverly
90 55
66
West Newbury
44 00
Cobasset
10 25
Georgetown
134 50
66
Salisbury
336 50
66
Fairhaven
50 00
66
66
66
Hamilton
40 75
66
Pembroke
9 00
60
66
Amesbury
170 75
From W. H. Bayley, clerk, returned aid
294 00
Board of sundry persons
Sale of hay
66
" pigs
66
66 " old iron .
5 00
66
66 " empty barrels .
32 78
66
66 " potatoes
22 00
66 Error in bill
75
State of Massachusetts
44 45
66 Appropriation
$19,000 00
$22,230 91
DETAILED STATEMENT.
There has been expended for the poor residing in the
almshouse
$ 5,747 22
Salaries
1,801 92
Insane
6,064 93
Poor, residing here, having settlement in other places
1,595 27
Poor, residing in other places, having settlement here 2,017 59
Poor, residing here, settlement here 2,344 55
Fuel, for outside poor
2,648 10
$22,219 58
Less income received .
3,230 91
Net cost of the support of the poor
$18,988 67
1,060 94
129 57
75 00
" onions
15 60
211
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
ALMSHOUSE.
The almshouse, during the past year, has been under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Nelson, one or more of the board of overseers visiting it every few days.
An average of 45 persons have resided in the almshouse during the year, at an average cost of $2.45 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 $6,064.93, which is $731.52 more than last year, the largest amount ever paid in any year since we became a city, and is continually on the increase, as will be seen by the following table :
1851
$1,371.99
1866
$1,756.16
1880
$2,280.63
1852
1,293.48
1867
1,625.94
1881
3,027.14
1853
557.77
1868
1,517.71
1882
2,496.78
1854
374.68
1869
1,570.60
1883
2.464.24
1855
414.90
1870
1,784.35
1884
3,229.97
1856
810.83
1871
1,562.26
1885
3,245.86
1857
598.39
1872
1,445.16
1886
4,127.41
1858
437.85
1873
2,057.83
1887
3,848.01
1859
315.44
1874
2,016.19
1888
4,375.29
1860
1,165.86
1875
2,182.56
1889
4,649.73
1861
628.16
1876
2.230.89
1890
.
5,000.00
1862
1,113.20
1877
2,258.16
1891
5,298.80
1863
1,386.86
1878
2,659.65
1892
5,333.41
1864
1,388.68
1879
3,981.65
1893
6,064.93
1865
1,820.30
There are now at Danvers asylum, 28 persons ; at Westbor- ough, 4 persons ; at Worcester, 1 person ; at Foxboro, 1 person, making 34 insane whose board is paid by the city.
OUTSIDE RELIEF.
Outside relief which, last year, was granted to 507 persons at an expense of $5,054.21, this year has been granted to 620 per- sons, at an expense of $6,587.92, and are classed as follows : 501 having a settlement in Newburyport, 70 having a settlement in other places, 39 persons having no settlement in the State, 10 having
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been sent out of the city, making a total of 620 persons assisted in the city outside of the almshouse.
CITY PHYSICIAN'S REPORT.
To the Overseers of the Poor.
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith submit the report of the city physi- cian for the year 1893 :
I have made at the home of the patients 800 visits and have received at my office 259 visits, making a total of 1,059 patients seen during the year.
There have been 25 deaths during the year, including 5 at the almshouse, from the following causes :
Apoplexy
1
Cancer of stomach
1
Cholera infantum
1
Bronchitis
2
Epithelioma
1
Heart disease
1
La grippe .
3
Marasmus
2
Old age
1
Paralysis .
3
Phthisis
3
Pneumonia
2
Still born .
1
Softening of brain
1
Tuberculosis
1
Unknown .
1
There have been 8 births, including 2 at the almshouse, all boys.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST H. NOYES, M. D., City Physician.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
PRODUCT OF CITY FARM.
The products of the city farm during the past year were 40 tons hay, 175 bushels corn, 50 bushels onions, 1,000 cabbages, 400 bushels potatoes, 5 bushels dry beans, 25 bushels turnips, 1 ton squash, 25 bushels oats, 2 tons oat straw, 75 bushels beets, 25 bushels carrots, with green corn, green peas, string beans and tomatoes, enough to supply the almshouse with all the vegetables they needed. 1050 pounds of butter have been made and 3,000 pounds of hogs have been dressed.
All the labor upon the farm has been performed by the in- mates of the almshouse, under the direction of Mr. Lyman W. Lord, who has for many years had charge of the farm.
Respectfully submitted,
L. W. SARGENT, J. C. STEVENS, Overseers of the poor.
L. W. BROWN,
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DEXTER AND ATWOOD FUNDS.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council.
GENTLEMEN :- The board of overseers of the poor, to whom is intrusted the distribution of the income accruing from these funds, would respectfully report that the income from the Dexter fund for the year ending December 31, 1893, amounting to $90.00, has been divided among the three overseers, $30.00 to each.
The income from the Atwood fund, $202.50 has been divided in a similar manner, giving $97.50 to each overseer, and has been distributed according to the will of the donors, in the following manner :
In wards one and two, the $30.00 of the Dexter fund, nothing remaining over from last year, has been distributed among 7 per- sons, in sums from $2.00 to $5.00 each, leaving nothing on hand of this fund at the close of the year.
In wards three and four, the income from the Dexter fund, $30.00, nothing remaining over from last year, has been distributed among 8 persons, in sums from $2.00 to $5.00 each, leaving nothing on hand of this fund at the close of the year.
In wards five and six, the $30.00 received from the Dexter fund, with 75 cents remaining over from last year, has been dis- tributed among 15 persons, in sums from 75 cents to $2.00 each, leaving nothing on hand of this fund at the close of the year.
ATWOOD FUND.
In wards one and two, the income from the Atwood fund, $97.50, with $32.73 remaining on hand at the close of the last year, $130.23, has been distributed among 27 persons, in sums from $1.00 to $5.00 each, leaving $20.73 of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
In wards three and four, the income from the Atwood fund, $97.50, with $16.22 remaining on hand at the close of last year, $113.72, has been distributed among 31 persons, in sums from $1.00 to $3.00 each, leaving $30.42 of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
In wards five and six, the income from the Atwood fund, $97.50, with $54.00 remaining on hand at the close of last year,
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$151.50, has been distributed among 32 persons in sums from 50 cents to $5.00 each, leaving $56.25 of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
At the close of the year 1893, there remained in the hands of the overseers :
Wards one and two, Atwood fund . $20 73
three and four, Atwood fund . 30 42
66 five and six, 66 56 25
The individual names of those who have received a portion of these funds during the past year, are on file in the office of the overseers, subject to inspection.
L. W. SARGENT, JOHN C. STEVENS, LAWRENCE M. BROWN, Overseers of the poor.
Newburyport, January 1, 1894.
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
REPORT.
NEWBURYPORT, December 30, 1893.
To His Honor the Mayor, and the City Council.
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor to submit for your consideration, the following report of the New- buryport fire department, its doings of the past year, its manual force, condition of fire alarm, and other matters of interest connected with it:
MANUAL FORCE.
The force of the department consists of a chief, assistant chief, and five district chiefs, three steamer and hose companies of fifteen men each, one hook and ladder company of fifteen men, two hose companies of ten men each, and one man for hose 4, acting as driver and steward (the company for hose 4 having been disbanded May 1, 1893), making a total of eighty-eight members, not includ- ing the drivers of steamer and hose 1, 2 and 3, who are not at pres- ent members of the department.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus of the department is in excellent condition, with the exception of a few minor repairs, and if no unforeseen
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accidents occur, which, of course, with the best of care is liable, I do not see as the city will be called upon to expend any great amount for repairs the coming year.
HOSE.
The amount of hose in the department at the present time is 11,350 feet, 4,300 feet of which have been purchased within the last five years, the balance being all the way from six to twelve years old, its reliability can only be ascertained by actual service. I would make the same recommendation in regard to it that I made last year, that enough be purchased the present year to make the quantity 12,000 feet. By purchasing a small quantity each year, the city would avoid having to purchase a large quantity at any one time.
HOUSES.
The department houses are in as good condition as last year, all in good order, with the exception of hose 7, which ought to have extensive repairs if they are to remain in their present locality.
WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply remains the same as last year. Some of the hydrants are in bad locations and should be changed. One at the foot of Federal street should be raised or moved to some other locality, also one at the foot of Kent street.
FIRE ALARM.
The fire alarm has been greatly improved the past year. False blows, grounds and other irregularities are things of the past. The removal of the batteries, repeater and switch-board to the central station is a marked improvement upon its former loca- tion. One new box, 132, has been added the past year, and there is no doubt if the system is properly looked out for (and I have every reason to believe it will be under the management of Super- intendent Welch), the citizens can congratulate themselves upon having as good a fire alarm as any other city. The working of
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the alarm, of course, depends upon the correct pulling of the hook or lever in the box. A box is pulled every Saturday, so all citizens can have an opportunity of familiarizing themselves with the proper way of pulling in an alarm.
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