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The board of engineers recommend to all persons to make the necessary inquiry to enable them in case of fire either to get the key and pull the box or direct others to do so. You will find the board of engineers ready at all times to give you infor- mation.
HALE FUND.
This fund for injured firemen amounts to $6, 156.61.
The firemen have been very fortunate this year in regard to accidents, none having occurred.
SICK BENEFIT FUND.
The sick benefit fund amounts to $1,022.67. This fund is a great help to its members.
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CHIEF ENGINEER.
Amount paid out this year, $189.50.
This fund has received this year a donation of $130 from John T. Brown Esquire.
We have also added $121, the receipts of its annual ball.
RUNNING TIME.
The running time of the department has been changed to cor- respond with the change submitted by the insurance under- writers.
The rules and regulations of the department are the same as last year.
APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation
$9,800 00
Credits. 103 60
$9,903 60
Expenditures.
9,302 14
Undrawn
$601 46
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Schedule of all the Fires Which Occurred in the City of Newburyport During the Year Ending December 31, 1896.
Class Bldg. How Occupied
Name of Owner
Ins.
Loss
Jan. 12
Brick Dry & Fancy Goods
E. Griffin
$43,300 $17,748 42
Mar. 26 Wood Confectionery Mfy.
John Carter
500
465 00
tApril 4
April 15 Brick
Dwelling
Atkinson Estate
9,500
484 55
April 19 Wood
Stable
1,800
682 58
April 23
16
Barn
Mrs. L. T. Hussey
300
131 50
April 26
66
Dwelling
Mrs. Cooper
2.800
569 80
May I
Potato Manufactory Stickney & Patten
No
15 00
May 2
Dwelling
J. G. Plummer
1,200
91 00
May 5
Jacob Chase
500
24 00
*Aug. I
66
Coal Sheds
Varina Estate
Aug. 10
Dwelling
Johnson & Stanley
1 ,700
81 00
Sept. 2
Photograph Rooms Nathan Poor Est.
20,000
1,874 54
Sept. 25
Shed
Mrs. Ashby
200
14 35
Oct. 16
Fish Market
William Woods
1,000
45 00
Nov. 4
66
Dwelling
J. Kingston
1,500
168 52
*Nov.25
6
Grocery Store
$84,300 $22,395 26
40 still alarms in addition to the above have been attended by the board of engineers and permanent man.
No loss.
t Out of the city.
Date
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CHIEF ENGINEER.
Committee on Fire Department of City Council.
1896.
ALDERMEN :
Henry J. Noyes. Residence, 68 Bromfield street
Moody Kimball . Residence, Fair street
William C. Coffin . Residence, 272 High street
COUNCILMEN :
Abram Crabtree. . Residence, 35 Winter street C. H. Shackford. Residence, 29 Bromfield street
Chas. W. Goodwin . Residence, 108 State street
Jeremiah Healey Residence, 16 Dove street
Board of Engineers.
Chief Engineer. Hiram H. Landford, 2312 Purchase street First Assistant . John N. Carter. . . 24 Olive street Second “ . Elmer H. Whitmore. . 276 Merrimac st
Third . « . John P. Atkinson. . 18 Fair street
Clerk of Board-John P. Atkinson.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm-Hiram H. Landford.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
STEAMER AND HOSE I.
-
Name Age
Captain G. L. Richardson. . 40
Lieut. S. L. Truesdale. . 29
Clerk W. H. Chase. 37
Treasurer A. F. Young. 42
Steward E. P. Allen . 42
Engineer C. W. Adams. .. 38 Ass't " J. E. Lawrence . 42
Hoseman G. A. Young. .. .37
66 G. N. Ellery . .38
66 G. A. Banks. 29
66 A. J. Hussey. 24
R. E. Hart. .24
E. P. Chase. 42
J. O. Evans. .24
Shoecutter,
Tyng street.
E. Hussey . 28
Occupation
Residence
Mill operative, Fair street.
Shoemaker,
Merrimac st.
Ashland st.
Allen street.
Permanent man S. Pond st.
Machinist,
Pond street.
Shoemaker,
Liberty street.
Charter street.
School street.
Oakland st.
Market street.
Shoecutter,
Middle street.
Madison street.
Engineer,
Shoemaker,
Pond street.
Teamster,
Machinist,
Motorman,
Silversmith,
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CHIEF ENGINEER
STEAMER AND HOSE 2.
Name Age
Captain W. W. Hutchins ... 50
Lieut. T. E. Colman. .38 Clerk C. S. Blake. .44 Steward G. N. Black .59
Engineer F. W. Landford. .38
Ass't " C. S. Blake. 44
Hoseman C. W. Turner. ... 50
J. C. M. Blaisdell, 50 G.H.D. Leighton 42
George Parker. ... 32
G. W. Langdon. . 34Civil engineer, F. E. Thurlow .. . 36 Shoecutter,
Occupation
Shoemaker, Engineer, Painter, 66 Engineer,
Painter,
Planer, Shoecutter, 66
Residence
School street. Lime street. Liberty street. Bromfield st.
Federal street. Liberty street. School street. Temple street. Bromfield st.
Parsons street.
Park street.
Chestnut st.
J. A. Bean . . .. 60 Mill operative, Fair street.
66 J. L. Thurlow . ... 39
Shoecutter,
Marlboro st. Chestnut st.
E. C. Langland · · 37 Clerk,
C. H. M. Bartlett . 47
Carpenter,
Prospect st.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
STEAMER AND HOSE 3.
Name Age
Captain John White .30
Lieut. J. H. Page. .32
Clerk J. W. Frost. .30
Steward W. Bradbury 37
Treasurer C. W. Brown. .30
Engineer F. E. Davis 49
Ass't " George Ross .30
Hoseman A. P. Lewis. .52
E. Hardy . 35
66 J. H. Morrison .35
C. W. White. .21
J. Brock 27
66 S. Chase. 27
F. Marston 28
Silversmith,
Oakland street.
A. Roaf 29
Occupation
Silversmith,
Hatter,
Shoecutter,
Silversmith,
Engineer,
Machinist,
Newsdealer,
Shoecutter,
Shoemaker,
Shoecutter,
Merrimac st. Merrimac st. Warren street. Olive street.
Painter,
Shoecutter,
Residence
Merrimac st.
Griffin court. Collins court. Olive street. Lime street. Broad street. Congress st. Carter street. Merrimac st.
Johnson street.
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CHIEF ENGINEER.
HOOK AND LADDER I.
Name Age
Captain E. C. Tyler. .35
Lieut. H. M. Lord.
.30
Clerk W. P. Phillips. ,33 Treas. W. P. Phillips 33
Steward A. C. Hall. .35
Ladderman E. C. Reed. ·35
66 W. B. Frost. .. 31
066
Geo. Osborn. . . . 29
66
L. G. Bradbury . 37
66 E. C. Lang. . . . . 29
G. P. Peckham. . 26
Shoecutter,
Fisherman, Clerk,
Water street.
Federal street.
66 J. B. Butler. .. .. 29
Conductor,
Temple street.
H. Currier . .... 33
Laster,
Temple street.
66
T. W. Devine. .. 22
Occupation
Shoecutter,
Clerk, 66 Conductor,
Laundry,
Planer, Shoemaker,
Temple street.
Shoecutter,
Federal street.
Laster,
Munroe street. Bromfield st.
J. A. Wilson .... 28
J. F. Sullivan. .. 28
Shoemaker,
Merrimac st.
Residence Washington st. State street.
Temple street. Temple street. Water street. Orange street. Federal street.
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HOSE 7.
Name Age
Captain T. W. Mitchell. .39
Lieut. J. R. Lewis. 37
Clerk F. W. Merrill. 28 Treas. W. G. Somerby. ... 34
Steward Edw. Jackman. .27
Hoseman E. E. Towne. .... 35
F. Huntington .
43
Carriage trim.
Shoemaker,
Middle st.
Merrimac st.
.66
F. R. Ives .41 Hatter,
Occupation
Shoemaker,
Shoecutter,
Stockfitter,
Shoemaker,
Ins. Agent,
Residence Ashland street.
Jackson street. Walnut street. Forrester st.
Ashland street.
Merrimac st.
Chas. Green 33
L. R. Ives 28
Merrimac st.
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CHIEF ENGINEER.
HOSE 8.
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Name
Age
Occupation
Teamster,
Lunt street.
Oak street.
Neptune st. Purchase st.
Marlboro st.
L. S. Hilton. .58
W. S. Porter. . 38
W. H. H. Perkins.49
F. McBernie. .. .28
Shoemaker,
Silversmith,
Residence
Captain Wm. B. Porter. .. .. 57
Lieut. W. W. Woodman. . . 32
Clerk G. W. Stanwood ..... 41
Steward C. A. Caswell. .38
Hoseman A. Russell .32
Clerk,
Heel cutter,
Union street. Lunt street.
Teamster,
Fish dealer,
Union street. Union street.
Marlboro st.
D. W. Jackman. . . 37
Shoemaker,
Silversmith, Fisherman,
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
EXPENSE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1885.
Appropriation
Expenditures
Undrawn
Overdrawn
1885
$ 8,725 91
$ 8,089, 52
$636 39
1886
7,933 80
7,913 58
20 22
1887
7,054 90
7,268 43
$ 213 53
1888
7,677 40
8,857 42
1,180 02
1889.
6,766 0I
7,932 60
1,166 59
1890
6,550 25
6,712 09
161 84
1891.
7,000 00
8,592 30
1,592 30
1892.
10,205 44
11,704 02
1,498 58
1893.
8,023 93
9,864 71
1,840 78
1894
9,500 00
9,150 25
349 75
1895
9,090 00
9,261 89
171 89
1896.
9,903 60
9,302 14
601 46
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
I tender my thanks to His Honor the mayor and gentlemen of the city council of 1896 for courtesies and co-operation, and to the committee on fire department I am pleased to say that my association with you has been of the pleasantest.
I thank the city marshal and the members of the police force, my associate engineers and the officers and members of the de- partment for their promptness and efficiency in the discharge of their duties.
Respectfully submitted,
HIRAM H. LANDFORD, Chief Dept.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CITY SOLICITOR
OF THE
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1896.
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REPORT.
To the City Council of the City of Newburyport:
Your committee on claims which it has been, in part, my duty to assist, have during the year, con- sidered several claims against the city. A few of these are still pending, but in most cases the claim- ants have been given leave to withdraw and have not as yet brought suit. Under the ordinance defin- ing the scope of this report, and by reason of the unimportant character of the claims referred to, I deem it unnecessary to trouble you with a detailed statement of the nature of each and the action taken thereon.
There were upon the trial list at the last Octo- ber sitting of the Superior Court in this county six cases against the city of Newburyport ; there being no other case pending against the city with the ex- ception of the old suit of Mary Fenton of Lynn, Mass., which it is safe to assume has been abandoned by the plaintiff. Five of these cases were disposed of as follows : The case of Elizabeth H. Hunt was
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tried and the jury awarded the plaintiff three hundred dollars and costs, which have been paid.
The case of Mary B. Randall was tried and the jury awarded the plaintiff two hundred dollars and costs, which have been paid.
The case of Lottie N. Fowler was also tried and the jury awarded the plaintiff five hundred dollars and costs which have been paid.
The case of Margaret A. Chase was settled with- out a trial by payment of eleven hundred and fifty dollars without costs. In this case the personal in- juries were so serious and painful that the city was in danger of being compelled to pay very heavy damages by a verdict of a jury if the case went to trial. For that reason and for the additional reason that thorough investigation proved that there was no valid defence upon the question of the defendant's liability, I felt constrained to recommend that the matter be compromised upon the terms above stated.
The case of Malvina A. Smith was settled by payment of three hundred dollars without costs.
The case of Humphrey Coffey was not reached for trial and is still pending. This is a suit to recov- er damages for injuries to his horse sustained by reason of alleged defect in the City Bridge. It is my intention to contest this case unless plaintiff is willing
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to accept a sum less than the amount which it would cost to obtain a verdict for the defendant.
In each of these cases, with the exception of the latter, damages were alleged in the sum of four thousand dollars.
In the Randall and Fowler cases, the city has been reimbursed by the Haverhill and Amesbury Street Railway Company to the full amount of dam- ages and costs of plaintiff and defendant.
The total expense to the city for final settlement of these five cases by trial and compromise has been about sixteen hundred dollars. This amount is many times larger than the total sums paid upon claims against the city of every name and nature in the years 1893, 1894 and 1895, during which I have had the honor to serve the city in my present capacity; but I am happy to state that at present the city's court docket is practically cleared.
As the management and control of the litigation between the city and the Newburyport Water Com- pany are not in my hands officially as city solicitor, there may be some question as to the propriety of my making a statement concerning the case in this re- port. However I may be permitted to say that the complete report of the commissioners containing the questions of law which were saved by the parties is
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
ready to be submitted to the Supreme Court of this Commonwealth. The court will hear the parties, we trust, within a month or two, and take such action as it deems proper in the premises. And as I took oc- casion to say in my last annual report, "I have no reason to think that the result of this whole matter will be other than satisfactory to you."
In conclusion I would say that cities and towns in this Commonwealth are to be congratulated upon the fact that they are no longer exposed to that un- just and vexatious kind of litigation known as snow and ice cases. At present "no city or town shall be liable for any injury or damage to person or property hereafter received or suffered in or upon any part of a highway, townway, causeway, or bridge by reason or in consequence of snow or ice thereon if the place at which the injury or damage was received or suf- fered was at the time of the accident otherwise reasonable safe and convenient for travellers." This is an act of the legislature of 1896, which was ap- proved and went into operation upon June 9th last.
Received from City Treasurer (during water hearing) $100 00 Disbursements during year ending December 31, 1896, 96 78
Balance paid City Treasurer $3 22
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT E. BURKE, City Solicitor.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Drawtender of the Newburyport Bridge
1896.
REPORT.
/
NEWBURYPORT, Dec. 28, 1896.
To the Committee on Bridges and Culverts :
GENLEMEN :- The total number of steamers, sail- ing vessels, and sailboats passing through the draw was 1774 against 1782 in 1895. The first opening was April 2, for tug Bronx, the last Dec. 17, tug Clara E. Uhler.
Steamer Merrimac 355
Tug Clara E. Uhler III
Tug Bronx. 471
Tug Hazel Dell 239
Steam Yacht Dora 58
Transient steamers IO
Vessels 218
Sailboats
.312
Total . 1774
Coal in vessels 19,637 tons
Stone 3,365 “
Fish
3,000 lbs.
31
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
I have consumed the following supplies, viz:
Kerosene oil. · 15 gal.
Sperm oil. 3
Machine oil 66
3
Coal. . 4500 lbs.
Matches 6 bxs.
Lumber
· 9000 ft.
Nails 250 lbs.
I would beg leave to again call the committee's attention to the condition of the draw, it still works very unsatisfactory.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM I. HUNT, Drawtender.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CITY MARSHAL
FOR THE YEAR 1896.
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REPORT.
To His Honor the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Newburyport.
GENTLEMEN :- The whole number of arrests during the year ending Dec. 31, 1896, for offences committed within the city of Newburyport is 638, of which 194 were of foreign birth, 444 were born within the limits of the United States; 31 were females, and 62 were minors.
ARRESTS WERE FOR FOLLOWING CAUSES :
Assault and battery
33
Assault.
3
Assault (felonious) .
6
Adultery .
2
Attempt to break and enter
I
Bastardy.
I
Breaking and entering and larceny
6
Breaking and entering .
4
Cruelty to dumb animals 3
Common night walkers. 6
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Capias I
Drunkenness 437
Disorderly house
I
Disturbing the peace
22
Evading fare.
I
Exposing person .
I
Escaped prisoners
3
Fornication
3
Non support.
I
Immoral entertainment.
I
Idle and disorderly
3
Interfering with an officer 2
Larceny .
33
Mutilating a tree.
I
Lewd and lascivious
I
Malicious mischief .
7
Obtaining goods under false pretences.
I
Neglected children
3
Runaway boys.
4
Trespass
I
Tramps
I2
Truancy
I
Vagrancy
4
Violation of city ordinances
22
Violation of the fish law
3
Violation of the Sunday law
I
Violation of the liquor law
3
Total .638
DISPOSED OF AS FOLLOWS, VIZ :
Appealed. . IO
Bound over to Superior Court 5
Cases continued. 14
Cases settled without trial . 2
Committed for non-payment of fine 130
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CITY MARSHAL.
Committed to state reform school. 3
Committed to Danvers Hospital
I
Discharged without complaint.
4
Discharged by court. 33
Fined and paid. 06
House of correction. 44
Newburyport workhouse
4
Ordered to pay costs
5
Put on probation
152
Placed on file
47
Suicide in cell I
Sent to jail .
55
Turned over to other officers
4
Truant school at Lawrence.
I
Concord Reformatory .
5
Sherburn Reformatory . .
I
Industrial school, Lancaster.
2
Bastardy (married)
I
Turned over to superior court, on capias.
I
State farm at Bridgewater .
3
Turned over to overseers of poor at Hamilton, Mass 3
I
Total .638
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount of property reported lost. $1,292 75
Amount of property recovered . $1,121 80 Amount of imprisonment imposed. .. 53 years, 8 months, 2 days Accidents reported . 38
Assisted other officers 4
Buildings found open and secured. 152
Complaints investigated . 1,170
Defective places in streets reported . III
Dogs killed. 2
Disturbances suppressed without arrest. 200
Bailed on call
248
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Escorts furnished processions 4
Fire alarms given. . .. 3
Fires extinguished without alarm IO
Jujured persons assisted .
19
Intoxicated persons helped home.
72
Lights furnished for dangerous places
41
Lost children restored to parents .
33
Meals furnished lodgers and prisoners
2615
Nuisances investigated .
9
Officers for extra duty at church
3
Officers for extra duty at city hall .
72
Persons provided with lodgings.
1,981
Search warrant for liquor served .
3
Street obstructions removed.
164
Stray teams put up.
II
Workhouse .
2
Money taken from and returned to prisoners . $552 29
Insane persons taken to Danvers 5
Notified to shovel snow 168
Street lights reported out. I20
Officers for extra duty 41
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. GARDINER,
City Marshal.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
OF THE
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1896.
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REPORT.
NEWBURYPORT, DEC. 22, 1896. To His Honor the Mayor and City Council:
GENTLEMEN :- The board of assessors respectfully report the following statement of taxes for State, County and City purposes for the current year.
Assessed value of real estate. . . .. $7, 137,500 00 Assessed value of personal propery 2,215,300 00
Resident bank shares 414,740 00
$9,767,540 00
The rate of taxation for the year 1896 was $16.50 on each $1000 assessed, the poll tax $2. Whole number of polls asses- sed, 3,993.
The tax on real estate $7, 137,500 at $16.50 is . .. $117,768 75 The tax on personal estate $2,215,- 300 at $16.50 is. 36,552 45 ... The tax on bank shares $414,740 at $16.50 is. 6,843 21 The tax on 3,993 polls at $2 .... 7,986 00
$169,150 41
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
The sums required by the State, County and City are as follows :
From Edward P. Shaw, state
treasurer $ 7,857 50
From E. Kendall Jenkins, county treasurer . 10,049 12
From George H.
Stevens, city
clerk, under a
resolve from
the city council $181,919 12
Less this sum not
otherwise ap-
propriated. . .. 32,000 00
$149,919 12
The amount of overlay being ... 1,134 17
The amount of additional assess- ments 190 50
$169,150 41
The value of vessels engaged in the foreign trade exempt by law, amounting to $64,942 85, is not included in the valuation of personal property first mentioned. The net income amounting to $1,528 40 is included, showing a gain in the amount of said income as compared with that of last year of $1,200.90.
The number of vessels engaged in the foreign carrying trade May 1, 1896, and parts owned in this city, consisted of 3 ships and 5 barks.
The value of exempted property is as follows :
Religious societies, real estate. $299,500 00 Literary institutions, real estate . $125,300 00 Literary institutions, invested funds. . 91,756 39
$217,056 39
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
Benefit and charitable institutions, real
estate . $33,300 00
Benefit and charitable institutions, in- vested funds . 328,737 78
$362,037 78
$878,594 17
Number of dwelling houses assessed, 2,673; number of acres of land assessed, 4,576; number of residents assessed on prop- erty, 1707; number non-residents assessed on property, 192; all others, 326 ; total number assessed on property, 2225 ; total num- ber assessed for poll tax, only, 2710 ; total number of tax payers, 4,935 ; value of buildings assessed excluding land, $4,847,900 ; value of land excluding buildings, $2,287,200; number of horses assessed, 6SI ; cows, 285; oxen, 4.
AMOS H. GEARY, J. OTIS WINKLEY, Assessors.
JOSEPH L. JOHNSON, S
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TRUST FUNDS
1896.
REPORT
SIMPSON FUND.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, December 19, 1896.
To His Honor the Mayor and City Council of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith respectfully submit a report of the condition of the Simpson fund at the close of the financial year ending at date, in accord- ance with city ordinance.
Total funds, December 21, 1895. .... $20,000 00
Interest on investment in 1894 . ...
900 00
$20,900 00
Paid to City of Newburyport for water- ing streets during year 1896. . ...
900 00
Total funds December 19, 1896.
$20,000 00
Invested as follows : City of Newbury- port note at 47/2 per cent.
$20,000 00
JAMES V. FELKER, L
Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
FOLLANSBEE FUND.
To the Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Trus- tees of the Follansbee Fund:
GENTLEMEN :- It becomes my duty to present the twenty-third annual report of the Follansbee fund, showing condition of fund, income therefrom and a statement of its distribution, for the year 1896.
Fund invested as follows:
City Note at 4 per cent, payable semi-
annually . . $3,000 00
Deposit in Five Cents Savings Bank. . 120 00
Deposit in Institution for Savings .... 30 00
$3150 00
INCOME ACCOUNT.
Unexpended balance from last year. .. $ 9 57
Interest on note payable in March .... 60 00
Interest on note payable in Sept ..... 60 00
$129 57
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Paid Atkinson Coal Co. on aldermen
orders.
$38 25
Paid Atkinson Coal Co. on aldermen orders 73 00
$III 25
Unexpended balance to new account. $18 32 Distributed by wards as follows :
Ward one. $26 00
two 19 75
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TRUST FUNDS.
Ward three.
$ 12 00
four
17 50
five
12 50
66
six.
23 50
ȘIII 25
The amount of coal distributed 28,000 lbs., (14 tons, ) 48 cords of pine wood; sawed and split, 6 cords.
Total number of orders issued 26, to 18 different families or individuals, varying in amount from $2.25 to $6.50.
Eleven persons or families supplied once, six supplied two times each and one family three times.
This small fund for the twenty-three years it has been dis- tributed among the worthy poor outside the almshouse, has been the means of furnishing about 450 tons of coal and 200 cords of wood.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. STEVENS, Treasurer.
ATKINSON SCHOOL FUND.
To His Honor the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN :- The standing committee of the board of aldermen on the Atkinson School fund would respectfully report that it appears from the
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
annual statement presented by the treasurer of the board of trustees of said fund, Hon. Benjamin Hale, for the year 1896, that the fund is invested as follows :
INVESTMENT.
20 shares Merchants National Bank ... $400 00 7 shares Ocean National Bank. . .. 350 00
334 rights in Common pasture. .. IO acres salt marsh, more or less, in Salisbury.
Deposit in Institution for Savings. ... 2,085 88
It appears from said statement that an evening school was maintained in ward six from the income of said fund for forty evenings, taught by two com- petent teachers, at an expense of $88.59.
To meet this expenditure it was necessary to use · but $14.58 of the income of deposit in the Institution for savings.
Hence the fund will be increased the present year by the difference between $14.58 and the amount of dividends declared on the deposit in the Institution for Savings for the year 1896.
HENRY J. NOYES, PHILIP H. BLUMPEY, JR., CHARLES W. JOHNSON. Committee.
Newburyport, December 31, 1896.
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TRUST FUNDS.
BROMFIELD FUND.
To the Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Newburyport :
GENTLEMEN :- The standing committee of the board of aldermen on Bromfield Fund respectfully submit the following report on the condition of the fund and the disposition made from the income therefrom for the year ending December 31, 1896.
INVESTMENT OF THE FUND.
$10,000 in Hospital Life Insurance Company, Boston at 4 per cent. per annum, payable annually.
INCOME.
Balance unexpended last year .$ 62 21 Interest 4 per cent., January . 400 00
$462 21
EXPENDITURES.
John Ronan, furnishing trees and planting . . $106 00 R. G. Adams, ironing and bolting tree 6 99 . Thomas Marshall, cutting, etc. S3 30 Sundry persons, trimming, rooting, etc ..... 59 78 City of Newburyport, for sidewalk and edge- stone assessments. 1 84 23
Balance to new account for trees 6 14
$440 30
Balance to new account for sidewalks 15 77
$21 91
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
In accordance with the terms of the bequest, one-half of the income to be expended on shade trees on the public streets of the city and one-half expended in improving sidewalks.
Fifty-six rock maples were furnished and planted as desired by abutting owners, nearly all in the two upper wards of the city ; more attention than usual has been given to trimming to get better service from the street lights.
It has been deemed wise in a number of instances to order the removal of several large shade trees, some old and decayed and some had encroached upon the sidewalks to such an extent their removal was considered a public convenience.
Many of the petitions for removal are not called for public convenience or necessary for private improvements and should be dealt with accordingly. A judicious trimming or thinning out is all that should be allowed. The symetrical appearance of the shade tree on our public streets should be considered.
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