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Deposited in First National Bank, Boston. 5,750 88
Deposited in safe in treasurer's office 463 23
Making a total of. ... $148,161 84
Total net debt Dec. 18, 1897
$399,844 02
The city ownes 411 shares of Boston & Maine Railroad Com- pany common stock, which has a market value Dec. 18, 1897, of $69,048. This has not been figured as an asset in making up the net debt of the city.
CITY AUDITOR. 57
SINKING FUNDS.
DEC. 18, 1897.
Total funds Dec. 19, 1896. $68,947 48
Appropriation for the year 1897. .... 12,000 00
Income from investments during the year 1897. . 2,526 35
Making a total of $83,473 83 Less amount paid to the city treas- urer, to meet the payment of thirty-eight bonds of the denomi- nation of $1000 each, Nos. I to 38 inclusive, falling due Aug. I, 1897, (general loan) . .
38,000 00
Total amount of sinking funds Dec. 18, 1897. $45,473 83
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS.
City of Newburyport 4% coupon sewer bonds.
Principal payable Sept. 1, 1819. Interest payable semi-annually, March I and Sept. I of each year. Fifteen of the denomination of $1000 each, Nos. 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65. . City of Malden, 4% coupon sewerage loan bonds. Principal payable May 2, 1924. Interest payable semi-annually May 2 and Nov. 2 of each year. Fifteen of the denomination of $1000 each, Nos. 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265 . ..
City of Haverhill 4% coupon, water loan bonds. Principal payable June 1, 1922. Interest payable semi-annually June 1 and Dec. I of each year. Six of the denomination of $1000 each, Nos. 18, 19, 20, 80, Sr, 82.
City of Haverhill 4% coupon bonds. Principal payable Oct. 1, 1900. Interest payable semi- annually April I and Oct. I of each year. Two of the denomination of $1000 each, Nos. 61 and 62.
City of Bangor 7% coupon bond loan to and the construction of the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad Company. Principal payable April 1, 1899. Interest payable semi-annually April 1 and Oct. I of each year, No. 167 .. ..... City of Newburyport 4% sewer bond. Registered in the name of the sinking fund commission- ers, Newburyport. Principal payable Nov. 1, 1919. Interest payable semi-annually May I and Nov. I of each year, No. 2. . . . . Amount carried forward.
$15,000 00
15,000 00
6,000 00
2,000 00 .
1,000 00
5,000 00
$44,000 00
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CITY AUDITOR.
Amount brought forward. $44,000 00 Deposited in the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank at 4% interest. Book No. 10,244 .... 578 83 City of Newburyport, note dated Dec. 6, 1897, payable on demand, with interest at the rate of 3% per annum 895 00
Making a total of.
$45,473 83
MEMORANDUM OF OVERDRAWN ACCOUNTS.
Charged to Incidentals Dec. 18, 1897.
Highway department.
$1,064 27
Ashes and rubbish .
19 90
Lighting streets and public buildings
224 69
Incidentals
3,245 14
Parks. . .
7 47
School department.
809 69
Sidewalks and edgestones
53 07
Bridges and culverts.
630 66
Public property
867 92
Salaries. . .
1 20 09
Public library.
419 68
Board of health
133 54
Abatements tax of 1894
335 31
66 1 896
44 25
Interest .
783 31
Making a total of
$8,758 99
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
MEMORANDUM OF UNEXPENDED BAL- ANCES.
Transferred to Incidentals Dec. 18, 1897.
Poor department.
$ 131 02
Abatements tax of 1895 66 66 1897
64 79
1,528 08
Printing.
11 15
Sewer maintenance
77 23
Fire department.
2 44
Water supply .
664 50
Public library (special) .
164 30
Military aid.
3 77
Soldiers' relief
300 10
Police department.
245 72
Making a total of.
$3,193 10
The difference $5,565.89 is the overdraft for the year 1897.
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CITY AUDITOR.
LEDGER BALANCES, Dec. 18, 1897. DR.
Cash
$ 463 23
First National Bank, Newburyport.
15,031 II
First National Bank, Boston
5,750 88
State of Massachusetts, State aid.
6,934 00
Military aid
372 23
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Burial .
157 75
Corporation tax 1897 2,554 21
Sinking fund commissioners .
45,473 83
City of Newburyport ..
296,541 85
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
71,861 63
Betterment assessments
3,897 61
Watering streets 1897.
823 70
Tax of 1895
2,193 13
1896
16,295 21
1897.
48,208 95
Armory . ..
10,200 00
Water account.
54,014 49
Curtis school house
6,786 74
Sewerage.
347 25
County of Essex seals 6 00
Incidentals
5,565 89
Making a total of.
$593,479 69
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Notes payable
$260,474 36
City bonds.
287,500 00
Sinking funds
45,473 83
Commissioners of Atkinson Common
3 48
Bromfield fund
28 02
Making a total of.
$593,479 69
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
The resources have been as follows :
Appropriation . . $18,500 00
Received in reimbursements, from in- dividuals, state and other cities and towns .. 3,659 33
Received from sale of produce, hay,
ice and barrels 480 61
Soldiers' relief 847 69
Total appropriation and income .... Deduct soldiers' relief 847 69
$23.487 63
Making a total of.
$22,639 94
The expenses as approved by the overseers of the poor have been as follows :
Almshouse
$3,090 07
Insane hospital bills.
6,973 82
Aid to Newburyport poor in other cities and towns. 1,204 36
· Fuel, groceries, clothing, house rent, etc., (out-door relief) 7,341 54
Cash allowance
1,354 40
Dr. C. C. Day, allowed for medicine 350 00
Almshouse improvements
180 00
Salaries
2,862 42
Making a total of.
$23,356 61
Deduct soldiers' relief
847 69
$22,508 92
Amount undrawn and transferred to
incidentals to balance account ..
131 02
Making a total of
$22,639 94
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CITY AUDITOR.
CITY CLERK'S ACCOUNT December 18, 1897.
RECEIPTS.
City Hall $1,007 00
Issuing and recording 114 marriage certificates at 50
cents each.
57 00
Recording mortgages and sundry papers 42 00
Advertising liquor licenses . 62 00
Parks. 26 00
Sale of lanterns and posts.
10 50
A. D. Ordway (rent of land)
10 00
A. Gurney . .
2 50
Telephone service.
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Issuing and recording miscellaneous licenses,
viz :
Billiards. $ 4 00
Pool. .
22 00
Auctioneers 10 00
.
Junk
10 00
Pawn
4 00
Circus
50 00
$100 00
From sale of burial lots, viz :
No. 238.
$5 00
" 362. 15 00
" 329. 15 00
41 117.
12 00
" 361.
15 00
32.
12 00
" 321 .
15 00
Amounts carried forward. $89 00 $1,317 10
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$89 00 $1,317 10
No. 340
15 00
" 337
15 00
4 324 .
15 00
" 343.
15 00
" 352.
10 00
(No number, old part) .
10 00
$169 00
Making a total of.
$1,486 10
EXPENDITURES.
Paid J. V. Felker, city treasurer, miscel-
laneous fees, etc.
$1,486 10
CITY AUDITOR. 65
STATISTICS OF TAXATION, 1897.
Value of buildings $4,876,800 00
Value of lands. 2,289,400 00
Total valuation of real estate $7,166,200 00
Value of resident bank shares 389,174 00
Total valuation of personal estate 2, 108,700 00
Total valuation of assessed estate May 1, 1897. . . $9,664,074 00 Value of supplementary assessments . 18,900 00
Total valuation of assessed estate, Dec. 18, 1897. . $9,682,974 00
Rate of taxation $15.40 per $1000, raised as fol-
lows, viz :
Real estate $ 110,561 22
Personal estate
32,563 30
Bank stock. 5,993 28
Polls-3868 at $2 each. 7,736 00
Supplementary assessments including 47 polls at $2 each. 94 00
Making a total of. $156,947 80
Divided as follows, viz :
City tax
$ 136,500 00
County tax
10,495 73
State tax
7,857 50
Supplementary assessments 387 06
Overlay.
1,707 51
Making a total of .$ 156,947 80
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY-REAL AND PERSONAL. Dec. 19, 1897.
City Hall building and land, Pleasant street, [brick ] . $50,000 00
Police station, court house, engine house and land, Market Square, [brick ] .
20,000 00
City farm buildings and 30 acres of land, North Atkinson street, [brick ] ..
40,000 00
Ward room, Congress street, [wood ] Library building and land State street, [brick ]
25,000 00
Ward room and land, Ashland street, [wood].
400 00
Hearse house, gun house and pounds, Pond street [wood] 200 00
Right of Ferryway.
100 00
Old Hill burial ground .
1,000 00
New Hill burial ground .
1,000 00
Armory building, Merrimac street, [wood].
14,000 00
Pest house [wood] 100 00
Ward room, Purchase street, [wood]
,200 00
Total
$152,400 00
SCHOOL HOUSES.
Johnson school house and land, Han-
cock-street, [brick ] $ 5,000 00
Bromfield street school house and land, [brick] 7,000 00
Jackman school house and land,
School street, [brick ] . ..
10,000 00
Amount carried forward ... $22,000 00
400 00
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CITY AUDITOR.
Amount brought forward ... $22,000 00 Temple street school house and land, [brick ] . 3,500 00 Kelley school house and land, High street, [brick] 35,000 00
Congress street school house and land, [brick . 6,000 00
Wesley street school house and land, [brick ] .
3,000 00
Forrester street school house and land, [brick ]
8,000 00
Purchase street school house and land, [wood].
3,000 00
Curtis school house and land, Ash- land street, [wood]
10,000 00
Moultonville school house and land, [wood].
1,500 00
Monroe street school house and land, [wood].
800 00
$92,800 00
ENGINE HOUSES.
Engine house and land on Federal street, [brick] $5.000 00
Engine house and land on Purchase street, [brick]
2,500 00
Engine house and land on Congress street, [brick] . 5,000 00
Engine house and land on Merrimac street, [brick ] 1,000 00
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$13,500 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
LANDS.
Washington park, High, Pond and
Greenleaf streets ..
$12,000 00
Common, Washington, Kent, Congress and Buck streets.
9,000 00
Atkinson Common, High street.
3,500 00
Land, High and Wesley streets
50 00
Triangular lot, Three Roads.
200 00
Coffin lot, Hill street.
1,200 00
Powder house lot, Low street
1,200 00
Pasture, Crow lane.
700 00
Gravel pit, Coffin's court
300 00
Gravel pit, Greenleaf street.
1,500 00
Gravel pit, North Atkinson street.
800 00
Kent street landing
1,500 00
Green street landing
2,000 00
Winter street landing .
400 00
Jefferson street landing.
300 00
Bromfield street landing
300 00
Goodwin landing
150 00
Gas house landing
50 00
Pettengill landing
50 00
Marlboro street landing
100 00
Janvrin landing
1,059 00
Coombs landing
100 00
Total.
$36,459 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Furniture in City Hall building, engine
houses, police station and court room .
6,000 00
Amount carried forward ... $6,000 00
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CITY AUDITOR.
Amount brought forward. .... Movable property in school houses, con- sisting of desks and chairs for pu- pils, books and miscellaneous sup- plies, viz :
Johnson school 450 00
Bromfield street school 546 00
Purchase street school. 60 00
Jackman school 632 00
Temple street school
138 00
Kelly school
1,192 00
Congress street school.
311 00
Congress street ward room
66 00
Forrester street school.
610 00
Ashland street school in temporary
quarters
142 00
Ashland street ward room
38 00
Moultonville school
149 00
Plains school
100 00
High school.
1,550 00
Committee room, City Hall .
500 00
$6,484 00
Three second class Amoskeag steamers, five hose wagons, one supply wag- on, two hose reels, two hook and ladder trucks, 9000 feet leading hose 60 feet suction hose 21/2 inch, three Siamese couplings, seven hand ex- tinguishers, four double harnesses, six single harnesses and small sup- plies. In care of the chief engi- neer of the fire department. 25,000 00
One ten ton road roller, one road ma- chine, nine horses, three double carts, three single carts, three dou-
Amount carried forward .....
$6,000 00
$37,484 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Amount brought forward. ... . ble sleighs, three single sleighs, one stone jigger, three double harnesses, three single harnesses, three single sleigh harnesses, nine horse blan- kets, nine canvas coverings, one ho- key pokey cart, two road ploughs, four gravel screens, four snow ploughs, one single horse shovel, one paving widder block iron, six paving widders wooden, two spirit levels, four wooden signs for road roller, eight iron signs for road roll- er, two tool boxes, four wooden horses, eighteen pickaxes, six hoes, twelve scoop shovels, six grubs, two paving hammers, twelve water pails, one water can, two kerosene oil cans, four wheelbarrows, thir- teen steel bars, four tamping bars, twelve chains, one brush cutter, two pendants for snow ploughs, two rakes, twelve lanterns, four stone chisels, six brush brooms, four stone hammers, two mauls, two sledges, stable implements. In care of the surveyor of highways. . Furniture in almshouse, other property in or about city farm buildings, viz : Five cows, thirteen swine, three horses, one mowing machine, one horse rake, one hay tedder, two sets hay forks and blocks, two ex- press wagons, two dump carts, one hay wagon, one light wagon, Amount carried forward .....
$37,484 00
4,287 65
$41,771 65
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CITY AUDITOR.
Amount brought forward .... two sets double harnesses, three sets single harnesses, two ploughs, two cultivators, one 4-ton Sx14 wagon scale, and other tools and appurtenances usually found on a farm. In care of the superintend- ent of city farm.
$41.771 65
Standard weights and measures Fire alarm.
300 00
5,000 00
Four hundred and eleven shares Boston
& Maine Railroad Company com- mon stock at market value Dec. 18, 1897. Certificates fifty shares each viz : Number B 3911 to B 3918 in- clusive. Certificate eleven shares, viz : No. B, 11,237 .
69,048 co
Making a total of
$119,146 65
RECAPITULATION.
Real estate
$152,400 00
School houses
92,800 00
Engine houses.
13,500 00
Lands.
36,459 00
Personal property
119,146 65
Total.
$414,305 65
.
3,027 00
TREASURER'S REPORT
OF THE
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT,
FOR THE YEAR 1897.
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REPORT.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT, TREASURER'S OFFICE, December 18, 1897.
To the Committee on Finance :
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith submit a report of the condition of the Sinking Funds at this date, it being the close of the financial year.
Total funds, $45,473.83 ; divided as follows :
SEWERAGE SINKING FUND. Loan, $107,500 ; due Sept. 1, 1919.
Total funds Dec. 19, 1896. . $12,391 78
City appropriation for 1897. 2,150 00
Interest on investments in 1897 . . 535 64
$15,077 42
INVESTMENTS.
Newburyport 4% sewer bonds. . $15,000 00 Deposit Five Cents Savings Bank, city. 77 42
$15,077 42
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
SINKING FUND. Loan, $90,000 ; due July 1, 1911.
Total funds Dec. 19, 1896. . . $19,773 00
City appropriation for 1897. 2,900 00
Interest on investments in 1897 847 00
$23,520 00
INVESTMENTS.
Newburyport 4% sewer bonds $ 5,000 00
Malden 4% sewer bonds. 15,000 00
Haverhill 4% water bonds. 3,500 00
Deposit Five Cents Savings Bank, city .
20 00
$23,520 00
SINKING FUND. Loan, $25,000; due April 1, 1913.
Total funds Dec. 19, 1896. $ 3,420 00
City appropriation for 1897 800 00
Interest on investments in 1897 153 00
$4,373 00
INVESTMENTS.
Haverhill 4% water bonds $ 2,500 00 Haverhill 4% bonds. 1,500 00
Deposit Five Cents Savings Bank, city. 373 00
$4,373 00
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SINKING FUND.
SINKING FUND. Loan $15,000; due March 1, 1899. Loan $65,000 ; due July 1, 1908. Total funds Dec. 19, 1896 .$33,362 70
City appropriation for 1897. 6,150 00
Interest on investments in 1897. . . 990 71
$40,503 41
Paid to City Treasurer of Newburyport to meet payment of city bonds fall - ing due Aug. 1, 1897. $38,000 00
$2,503 41
INVESTMENTS.
Haverhill 4% bonds. $ 500 00
Bangor 7% bond.
1,000 00
Deposit Five Cents Savings Bank, city. . 108 41
City of Newburyport, note 31/2 % on de- mand.
895 00
$2,503 41
SUMMARY.
City of Newburyport 4% sewer bonds · $20,000 00
City of Malden 4% sewer bonds 15,000 00
City of Haverhill 4% water bonds 6,000 00
City of Bangor 7% railroad bonds
1.000 00
City of Haverhill 4% bonds 2,000 00
Deposit Five Cents Savings Bank. city 578 83
City of Newburyport 3% note.
895 00
$45-473 83
Respectfully submitted,
J. V. FELKER, Treasurer.
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
OF THE
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
FOR
THE
Year Ending December 18, 1897.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DR. CITY OF NEWBURYPORT in Account current with
To amount paid Mayor's orders, and charged as follows :
Poor ..
$ 22,508 92
Schools
30 520 19
Fire .
9,596 88
Highways.
19,112 37
Incidentals .
4,158 47
Public property
9,760 22
Police . .
12,834 91
Lighting.
12,745 69
Interest.
23,424 65
Public library .
3,611 16
Public library (special) .
835 70
Sidewalks and edgestones
3,415 82
Newburyport bridge.
1,143 61
Newburyport bridge (repairs )
176 15
Essex Merrimac bridge.
1,615 46
Curson Mill bridge .
1 50
Culverts . .
690 82
Notes payable
191,629 36
State of Massachusetts, (State aid, chap. 301). . 6
(Military aid, chap. 279)
792 46
Bromfield fund
393 89
Liquor licenses (25 per cent. to state and sundries)
6,084 77
Fuel .
833 17
Salaries
9,820 09
Board of health .
1,144 54
Printing
1,038 85
Sinking fund commissioners
12,000 00
Ashes and rubbish
1,123 20
Water supply
635 50
State tax.
7,857 50
County tax
10,495 73
Non-resident bank tax
5,077 31
Memorial Day
150 00
Sewerage (construction)
484 94
Sewers (maintenance).
622 77
Parks or public grounds
483 47
Soldiers' relief. .
2,453 66
County of Essex (seals) .
225 00
Commissioners of Atkinson Common .
419 05
Water account.
21,120 56
Ashland street school house
5,051 60
City bonds, 4 per cent.
38,000 00
Watering streets for 1897
4 755 41
Janvrin's landing .
1,059 00
Balance, cash on hand Dec. 18, 1897 .
21,245 22
$508,849 32
7,542 00
(Burial expense).
157 75
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CITY TREASURER.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. DECEMBER 18, 1897.
JAMES V. FELKER, City Treasurer.
Cr.
By cash on hand, Dec. 19, 1896 ....
$ 26,602 88 By cash received and credited as follows :
Poor ..
4,139 94
Schools
1,010 50
Highways
548 10
Incidentals.
225 60
Public property
316 30
Police .
580 63
Lighting .
21 00
Interest on overdue taxes. $ 2,340 10
dividends Boston & Maine stock. 2,466 00
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bank deposit 835 24
5,641 34
Public library .
152 52
Sidewalks and edgestones. 106 23
Notes payable.
218,524 36
State or Massachusetts (State aid, chap 301) ..
7,167 50
66
(Burial expense)
70 00
66
66
(Armory rents)
400 00
Bromfield fund.
400 00
Liquor licenses
23.872 00
Ashes and rubbish .
3 30
Non-resident bank tax, city banks.
3.523 92
state of Massachusetts . 2,671 61
6,195 53
Income, corporation tax 1896, state of Mass
2.381 33
66 Foreign shipping 928 32
15.528 02
Parks or public grounds
26 00
Soldiers' relief. ..
353 76
County of Essex (seals) .
219 00
Dog licenses
788 96
City Hall
1,007 00
Burial lots . .
169 00
Sinking fund commissioners
38,000 00
Board of health
11 00
Betterment assessments
2,034 25
Watering streets for 1897
2,968 89
Tax of 1893
34 00
.. 1894.
448 35
1895 .
İI 206 60
66 1896
31.381 26
66 1897 .
108,072 36
151,142 57
Sewerage (construction) .
38 98
Newburyport bridge repairs
96 88
Commissioners of Atkinson Common
15 00
$508,849 32
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES V. FELKER, Treasurer.
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Fire. 99 32
.
(Military aid, chap. 279).
372 96
1897 12.218 37
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TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE
Appropriations, Expenditures and Balances for the Year Ending Dec. 18, 1897.
Department.
Appropriation.
Income and Transfers.
Total Credits.
Expenditures and Transfers.
Undrawn.
Overdrawn.
Poor
$ 18,500 00
$ 4,139 94
$ 22,639 94
$ 22,508 92
$ 131 02
Schools
28,700 00
1,010 50
29.710 50
30,520 19
$ 809 69
Fire
.
9,500 00
99 32
9,599 32
9,596 88
2 44
Highways
17,000 00
1,048 10
18,048 10
19,112 37
1,064 27
Sidewalks and edgestones
1,000 00
2,370 17
3,370 17
3,423 24
53 07
Ashes and rubbish
1,100 00
30
1,103 30
1,123 20
19 90
Bridges and culverts
2,000 00
996 88
2,996 88
3,627 54
630 66
Incidentals .
750 00
2,866 50
3,616 50
6,861 64
3,245 14
Public property
7,500 00
1,892 30
9,392 30
10,260 22
867 92
Police .
12,500 00
580 63
13,080 63
12,834 91
245 72
Lighting
12,500 00
21 00.
12,521 00
12,745 69
224 69
Salaries
9,700 00
9,700 00
9,820 09
120 09
Fuel
550 00
283 17
833 17
833 17
Public library
2,250 00
941 48
3,191 48
3,611 16
419 68
Public library (special)
1,000 00
1,000 00
835 70
164 30
Printing
1,050 00
1,050 00
1,038 85
II 15
Board of health
.
.
1,000 00
11 00
1,011 00
1,144 54
133 54
Military aid
400 00
400 00
396 23
3 77
Abatements, tax of IS94
1,700 00
1,700 00
2,035 3'
335 31
700 00
2 00
702 00
637 21
64 79
500 00
59 75
559 75
604 00
44 25
. 6
.
100 00
2,094 57
2,194 57
666 49
1.528 o8
.
.
.
·
·
.
1,300 00
1.300 00
635 50
664 50
Water supply
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
·
1895
.
1896
.
1897
·
.
.
Parks
850 00
26 00
876 00 150 00
883 47 150 00
7 47
Memorial Day
150 00
Sewer (maintenance)
700 00
700 00
622 77
77 23 300 10
Soldiers' relief
2.400 00
353 76 5,641 34
2,753 76
2,453 66
Interest
17,000 00
22,641 34
23.424 65
783 31
Notes payable
3.500 00
3,500 00
3,500 00
Sinking funds
.
12,000 00
12,000 00
12,000 00
Janvrin's landing
600 00
459 00
1,059 00
1,059 00
$168,500 00
$24,900 71
$193,400 71
$198,966 60
$3,193 10
$8,758 99
Balance overdrawn for the year
5,565 89
$8,758 99
$8,758 99
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CITY TREASURER.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
STATEMENT OF CITY DEBT December 18, 1897.
DUE.
INT.
RATE.
AMT.
City bonds, refunding loan
1908
1911
3,600 00
4 90,000 00
6
66
. 1913
1,000 00 4 25,000 00
66
sewerage
. 1919
4,300 00 4 107,500 00
Notes payable, No. 396, ten year loan
1 899
600 00
4
15,000 00 3₺ 2,000 00
66 528, armory loan
66
1899
70 00
3₺
2,000 00
66
..
531,
.6
· · · 1901
105 00
35
3,000 00
66
66
554,
. . . 1902
48 00
4
1,200 00
60
66
550, school loan
1898
60 00
4 1,500 00
66
551
..
66
.. 1899
1898
160 00
4 4,000 00
.
558,
559,
66
66
1898
360 00
4 9,000 00
.6
560,
66
66
1898
300 00
4 7,500 00
66
561,
66
66
1898
40 00
4
1,000 00
66
562,
563,
58 70
4
I 467 73
66
60
564,
66
66
1898
150 00
3
20,000 00
66
66
568,
66 1898
115 60
2} 16,000 00
66
565. Railroad loan . . . 1898
2,508 15
32
71,661 63
66
" 569, temporary loan demand
26 85
3
Note, committee on Sawyer fund ....
225 00
4}
5,000 00
Brown .. . .. .
66
675 00
4}
15,000 00
" Frothingham fund. "
40 00
4
1,000 00
66
66
66
Green fund. . ...
66
80 00
4 2,000 00
Toppan fund ...
66
10 00
4 250 00
66
66 A. Williams fund
66
40 00
4
1,000 00
Todd fund. .. . 6.
400 00
4
10,000 00
.6
" W. O. Moseley fund "
400 00
4
10,000 00
Amount carried forward.
$512.474 36
66
530,
66
. . . 1900
· 1900
60 00
4 1,500 00
553
66
1901
60 00
4
1,500 00
06
539, temporary loan . 1898
40 00
4 1,000 00
556,
1898
360 00
4 9.000 00
66
1898
280 00
4
7,000 00
66
1898
37 50
3₫
1,000 00
66
567
..
1898
60 00
4 1,500 00
552
$2,600 00 4
$ 65,000 00
66
66
529,
.1898
70 00
70 00
32 2,000 00
66
895 00
66
85
CITY TREASURER.
Amount brought forward.
$512,474 36
Note, overseers of poor, Dexter fund
90 00 4₺ 2,000 00 " trustees will Margaret Atwood. 66
472 50
42 10,500 00
66 Simpson fund. 6.
900 00
4₺ 20,000 00
66 Follansbee fund.
120 00 4 3,000 00
$20.592 30 $547.974 36
Due sundry accounts . 31 50
$548,005 86
Less sinking funds and other assets as per schedule. 148,161 84
Net debt Dec. 18, 1897 $399,844 02
Net debt Dec 19, 1896.
385,686 36
Increase of debt in year 1897 $ 14.157 66 The increase of debt in 1897 is explained as follows :
Overdraft in 1897
·$ 5.565 89
Expenditures on sewerage in 1897 . 44.5 96
66 ،، water . 6 21,120 56
66
' school house in 1897 5,051 60
Debit for the year .
$32,184 0I
Appropriated to sinking funds in 1897 . $12.000 00
66 notes payable in 1897 3,500 00
Net income of sinking funds 66
2,526 35
Credit for the year . $18,026 35
Increase of debt (as above stated)
$14.157 66
MEMORANDUM.
The city holds 411 shares Boston & Maine Railroad common stock. The market value of the stock at close of the books today is quoted at $168.00 per share. At the price quoted the atock would be worth $69,048.00, which if sold at said price would reduce the net debt of the city that amount.
86
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Statement of Income and Expenditures Showing Balance Dec. 18, 1897.
Assessed for city purposes $136,500 00
66 re-assessments 387 06
overlay. 1,707 51
state tax.
7,857 50
66 county tax 10,495 73
$156,947 80
Income allowed by assessors. 32,000 00
66 credited the several departments 22,806 14
66 from Bromfield fund in 1897 . 400 00
Balance due Atkinson Common acct. Dec. 19, 1896 7 53
66 " Bromfield fund account Dec. 19, 1896. . 21 91
Income from Atkinson Common account in 1897. . 415 00
$212,598 38
Payments on the several departments. . $179,462 59 Abatements of tax of 1893 . 61 00
1894
2,035 31
66 66 1895 637 21
66
1896 604 00
66
66 1897 666 49
Paid state tax
7,857 50
" county tax
10,495 73
Expenditures on Bromfield fund . ... 393 89
66 " Atkinson Common. .
419 05
Paid sinking fund commissioners city appropriation for 1897.
12,000 00
Amounts carried forward. . .. . . $214,632 77 $212,598 38
S7
CITY TREASURER.
Amounts brought forward. . . $214,632 77 $212.598 38 Paid notes payable city appropriation for 1897 . 3,500 00
$218,132 77
$5,534 39 Credit balance of Atkinson Common ac-
count Dec. 18, 1897. ...... $3 48
Credit balance Bromfield fund account Dec. 18, 1897.
28 02
$31 50
Balance overdrawn for year 1897 . $5,565 89
DEBTS DUE THE CITY AND OTHER ASSETS
December 18, 1897.
Taxes of 1895 . $ 2,193 13
1896 16,295 21
.. “ 1897
48,208 95
Betterment assessments. 3.897 61
Watering streets for 1897 823 70 6,934 00
State of Massachusetts, state aid.
military aid ...
372 23
66 burial . . .
157 75
66 66 corporation tax
1897. 2,554 21 Sinking funds .
45,473 83
Cash on hand Dec. 18, 1897. 21,245 22
County of Essex (seals) ..
6 00
$148,161 84
SS
ANNUAL REPORTS.
COMMISSIONERS OF ATKINSON COMMON
IN ACCOUNT WITH CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
Balance due from the city Dec. 19, 1896. $ 7 53
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