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Daniel Lucy
66
5 60
William Tatterfield
I 00
Joseph Woods
66
I 50
Albert F. Hodgdon
2 50
George F. Carter
4 50
Edward J. Lunt
5 10
Charles H. Dickerson
I IO
Clarence B. Noyes
2 00
Timothy Coffey
4 00
Thomas E. Whalen 66
2 00
Edmund Ryan
I 80
Charles Sullivan
66
2 80
Henry Chauncey
16
2 00
Christopher Morey
60
2 00
William Poole
66
2 00
$6,897 55
.
128
ANNUAL REPORTS
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS
Appropriation $9,325 00 Amount overdrawn transferred from incidentals to balance account 21 09
$9,346 09
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the City Council
Andrew R. Curtis, one month's salary as mayor to January 1, 1898 $ 100 00
George H. Plumer, eleven months' salary as mayor to December 1, 1898 1, 100 00
George H. Stevens, one year's salary as city clerk to December 1, 1898. 1,450 00
Henry W. Little, one year's salary as assistant city clerk to December 1, 1898. 600 00
James V. Felker, one year's salary as treasurer and collector to December 1, 1898. 1,600 00
James V. Felker, one year's salary for clerk hire (office of treasurer and collector) to December 1, 1898 333 33
William H. Welch, one year's salary as city audi- tor to Deceniber 1, 1898 400 00
Frank H. Rundlett, one year's salary as city messenger to December 1, 1898 900 00 Amos H. Geary, one year's salary as assessor to December 1, 1898 500 00
Joseph I. Johnson, one year's salary as assessor to December 1, 1898 500 00
J. Otis Winkley, one month's salary as assessor to January 1, 1898 41 66
William H. Huse, eleven months' salary as assess- or to December 1, 1898 458 34
George W. Knight, onė year's salary as inspector of animals to December 1, 1898. 500 00
Thomas E. Cutter, one year's salary as clerk of council to October 1, 1898 . 150 00
Robert E. Burke, two months' salary as city solici- tor to January 28, 1898 62 76
Horace I. Bartlett, nine months' salary as city solicitor to October 28, 1898 300 00
Carried forward . . $8,996 09
$9,346 09
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DETAILED STATEMENT
Brought forward $8,996 09
$9,346 09
James V. Felker, one year's salary as treasurer of sinking funds to December 1, 1898. 50 00
Nathanel Greely, one year's salary as registrar of voters to December 1, 1898. 75 00
Luther Carter, one year's salary as registrar of voters to December 1, 1898 75
Benjamin G. Davis, one year's salary as registrar of voters to December 1, 1898. 75 00
George H. Stevens, one year's salary as registrar of voters to December 1, 1898 75 00
$9,346 09
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$31,000 00
CREDITS
One year's interest Brown fund to March 4, 1898 . . . . $675 00
William P. Lunt, superintendent, from non-resident school children . 236 00
Town of Newbury, tuition for non-resident school children 14 00
Willard O. Downs, tuition for non-resident children 24 00
William P. Lunt, sale of books. 3 50
$952 50
$31,952 50
Amount undrawn transferred to incidentals to balance account. 248 87
$31,703 63
EXPENDITURES Authorized by the School Committee
George A. Dickey, salary as teacher $1,600 00
Arthur H. Berry 66 1,030 00
Mary T. Spalding
446 33
Carried forward . . $3,076 33
$31,703 63
I 30
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward
$3,076 33
$31,703 63
Elizabeth Goldsmith, salary as teacher
180 00
Bertha J. Atwater
630 00
Inez Cohen
66 66
220 00
Nellie G. Prescott
16
151 25
Rutlı A. Panl 6.
165 00
Mary E. Smith
630 00
Sara A. Leonard
66
600 00
Irving H. Johnson
66
66
1,000 00
Nellie G. Stone
450 00
Anna L. Whitmore
6.
6.
398 67
Alice W. Hopkinson
398 66
Clara J. Edgerly
66
66
399 33
Frances W. Richards
1,000 00
George W. Brown
66
.6
66
1,300 00
Anna M. Lamprey
66
66
.6
1 30 50
Dorothy Packer
6
210 00
Josie W. Kimball
66
.
387 33
Lillian Hamilton
66
66
385 00
Anna L. Coffin
496 67
Emma M. Lander
389 33
Jennie P. Haskell
66
375 00
Grace E. Bartlett
350 00
Eleano Robinson
60
350 00
Priscilla G. Craig
550 00
Abbie L. Frost
400 00
Lillian Greenleaf
372 50
Mary T. Colby
66
66
357 50
Mary A. Roaf
350 00
Lillian Goodwin
66
361 88
Elizabeth Cheever
299 42
Mary Whitmore
6.
66
66
60 00
Sarah L. Ross
16
348 83
Gertrude E. Lewis
350 00
Anna P. Toppan
66
..
350 00
Sarah B. Chute
66
66
66
750 00
Adelena W. Sargent
382 50
Sarah E. Whitmore
66
350 00
Ellen Frothingham
66
60
1 20 00
Ina Walton
66
66
120 00
Frances L. Pettigrew
375 00
Sarah F. Badger
349 42
Charlotte Dickins
350 00
Carried forward
$20,550 12
$31,703 63
.
66
66
66
66
66
66
280 00
Cassine Brown
66
66
I3I
DETAILED STATEMENT
Brought forward
$20,550 12
$31,703 63
Julia J. Hubbard, salary as teacher
348 25
Helen S. Merrill
66
405 00
Flora Pettigrew 66
357 50
Georgie Bartlett
66
350 00
Sadie May Morse 66 66 of drawing 600 00
Grant Drake 66 66 66 of music. . 487 50
Elizabeth H. Little
66 66 of cooking 121 28
Maria Cogger, training
school and substitute teacher
80 43
Florence Ingalls, training school and substitute teacher
36 81
Katherine Nutting, training school and substitute teacher 80 38
Emma Woodwell, training school and substitute teacher
84 79
Ina Walton, training school and substitute teach- er 40 52
Emily Upton, training school and substitute teach- er
76 67
Jennie Lowell, training school and substitute teach- er
81 67
Charlotte Noyes, training school teacher
27 58
Dorothy Packer
36 00
Mary Whitmore 66 6 ..
79 00
Carrie Merrill 66
79 00
Annie Richardson
66
24 00 Sarah Holmes 66
19 50
Ethel Brown, salary for teacher as substitute 2 50
Frances Hallier, salary for teacher as substitute . IO 26
Agnes Davenport, salary for teacher as substitute Florence George ..
I 75
Harriet Colman, salary as teacher at evening school Flora Pettigrew 66 .6 2 00
25 00
Lizzie C. Ireland, salary as teacher at evening school and substitute 33 33
Margaret Sargent, salary as teacher at evening school 6 00
William P. Lunt, salary as teacher at evening school . 36 00
Amelia Whittier, salary as teacher at evening school 2 00
Charles H. Lewis, salary as janitor 490 70
Albert Hodgdon 140 92
Carried forward. . $24,724 63 $31,703 63
8 17
132
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward $24,724 63
$31,703 63
Albert O. Colby, salary as janitor. 313 78
James Kimball ٠٠ ٠٠ 86 00
Fred H. South .. 99 96
Stephen Gale 6. 66
362 50
Frank Nicols
66
20 00
Mrs. John Murphy " 66
48 03
Charles L. G. Bushee, salary as janitor .
40 00
William P. Lunt, salary as superintendent and cash paid 1,314 10
Robert G. Allen, salary as truant officer 500 CO
A. F. Nason, 1,630 bushels of charcoal 163.00
Estate N. Varina, 227 tons 7 cwt. coal 1,292 74
Matthew Barrett, labor on coal 4 60
Eliot C. Hadley, cash paid for board of child 12 00
Jere M. Haley, teaming . 1 00
Daniel Lucy, labor on charcoal 50
Joseph Woods, 2420 1bs. coal
6 63
John Collins, 79,990 lbs. coal
210 75
Trustees Putnam Free School, one year's rent of school building 500 00
Horace Brooks, binding books
15 50
Charles W. Bailey, books and supplies. . . 214 98
News Publishing Co., printing and advertising 31 76
Henry A. Wilson, water pails
5 25
Jackson Express Co., express
11 70
Edward E. Babb & Co., books, etc
75 68
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies.
238 64
A. P. Marden, tuning pianos
3 50
Ginn & Co., books. 144 21
Thompson, Brown & Co., books 31 27
D. C. Heath & Co., books.
93 39
Newburyport Herald Co., printing and advertising 26 12 American Book Co., books. 417 98
William McKay yacht agency, pennant, halyards and reeving I 50
Eagle Pencil Co., pencils . 37 35
Leach, Shewell & Co., 20 copies Iliad . 5 84
L. W. Piper, filling out diplomas 13 30
Lothrop Publishing Co., books 4 00
Houghton, Miflin & Co., books
20 73
Frost & Adams Co., artists' materials
16 50
William A. Davis Co., ink, etc 6 00
Mineral Tablet Ink Co., ink tablets
10 00
Carried forward . $31, 126 42 $31,703 63
I33
DETAILED STATEMENT
Brought forward $31, 126 42 $31,703 63
William Ware & Co., books. 4 80
George H. Pearson, paper and envelopes 5 00
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., water color brushes 6 94
Rust-Richardson Drug Co., chemical supplies ...
7 09
Franklin Educational Co., supplies for laboratory Fisher & Co., 3 flags
47 72
9 75
University Publishing Co., books
23 66
Hunt Publishing Co., 1,000 school reports and census table 38 24
Daniel P. Thurlow, cleaning and repairing organ 2 50
Greenwood Co., dusters, mats and brushes. 14 98
Taylor & Co., drawing paper
3 00
George F. King & Co., sundries
43 00
Dennison Mfg. Co., paper.
2 00
Charles W. Poor, groceries for cooking school
8 59
The Morse Co., Morse speller
29 97
A. P. Soule, 12 pitch pipes
4 32
Werner School Book Co., books 18 00
Silver, Burdett & Co., books 30 00
Boston School Supply Co., books 31 85
Joseph Gillott & Son, pens 39 00
Thorp & Martin Co., supplies 20 28
M. H Fowler, groceries for cooking school 3 14
M. A. Swift's Sons, paper 6 68
M. R. Warren Co., paper 3 00
Squire & Swan, printing 15 00
George S. Perry & Co., 1-2 dozen floor brushes
9 00
Burton G. Philbrick, cash paid for sundries 19 95
F. S. Blanchard Co., I copy Mass. year book I 50
H. E. Hooper, one Century Atlas
19 00
Prang Educational Co., books
14 40
W. A. Davis & Son, one flag
3 25
Edward A. Hale, 60 boxes
2 00
George T. Barker, 4 flags
13 00
Cornelius Lynch, labor
II 90
Thomas Ryan, labor
6 70
Cornelius Sullivan, labor
8 60
George E. Pearson
9 50
Charles E. Allen
9 70
Charles W. Davis
7 40
William H. Merritt
8 70
John Hadden
80
Daniel Lucy
50
Carried forward $31,690,83
$31,703 63
134
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward
$31,690 83
$31,703 63
Edgar B. Davis, labor
2 00
William D. Williams "
2 60
Daniel Quill
1 00
Charles Sullivan 6
I 80
Albert Hodgdon
3 00
Michael Crowley
I 60
John McDade
80
Total
$31,703 63
SEWERAGE (CONSTRUCTION)
Balance due the city December 18, 1897
$347 25
CREDITS
From highway department, for pipe $ 6 40
66 culvert department, for pipe 39 65
66 M. Cashman & Bro., for pipe I 80
Pearl S. Bradford, for pipe 80
-
$48 65
Balance due the city December 17, 1898 $298 60
SEWERS (MAINTENANCE)
Appropriation $700 00
Amount overdrawn transferred from incidentals to balance
account 12 21
Carried forward $712 21
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DETAILED STATEMENT
Brought forward $712 21
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by Committee on Sewerage
Francis Curtis, one year's salary as superintendent, $525 00 Francis Curtis, for engineering labor, surveying and
constructing 3 volumes of sewer maps and sketches of premises drained, as per agreement 72 00 Francis Curtis, cash paid 60 05
Toppan & Wilson, one stillsen wrench 2 00
C. R. Sargent, labor
I 25
News Publishing Co., printing 200 sewer notices 2 25
J. C. Colman, cement 36
C. H. Meader, stock and labor resetting man holes 16 70
Charles S. Barth, labor 8 60
William B. Porter, flushing sewers 24 00 --
$712 21
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
Appropriation
$1,000 00
CREDITS
From Daniel Cashman, for edgestones $ 18 66
" J. A. Greely & Co., for edgestones 13 05
A. P. Sawyer, for edgestones 6 55
Thomas P. Thomas, for edgestones I So
66 Howard Mayo, shortage on cargo stone 60
6. Betterment account transfer 1322 OI
$1,362 67
Total appropriation and income.
$2,362 67
Amount overdrawn transferred from incidentals to balance account 628 44
$2,991 II
EXPENDITURES Authorized by Committee on Highways
Thomas P. Thomas, concreting $1,045 36
Charles H. Meader, stock and labor 36 65
Carried forward $1,082 0I
$2,991 II
136
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward $1,082 01
$2,991 II
P. H. Connors, 1000 bricks 10 00
F. H. Plumer, use of team 35 00
Effie B. Ludington, wharfage on edgestone 28 00
J. C. Colinan, 1000 bricks and use of team 45 00
T. Y. Cotton, labor 2 50
Howard Mayo, captain, freight on edgestones 269 89
John P. Titcomb, professional services 29 45
E. Perkins Lumber Co., lumber and labor
1 40
Hooper, Havey & Co., 3176 1-12 feet edgestone
729 74
J. Littlefield & Son, labor
So 09
Albert P. Sawyer, 141 yards brick.
42 30
Charles E. Allen, labor
138 00
George E. Pearson
3 80
Thomas Hale 66
18 00
Edmund Ryan
66
124 80
Daniel Quill
15 60
Jeremiah Sheehan
66
105 40
Matthew Barrett
18 20
John Pollard
14 00
John Ronan
16
7 00
Frank Goodwin
1 19
William E. Goodwin, labor
66 32
Jeremiah Toomey
2 00
Dennis Kelleher
،٠
5 90
Timothy Coffey
12 40
Daniel Lucy
S 60
Cornelius Kelleher 66
2 00
Cornelius Sullivan
5 60
William Tatterfield
45 20
Thomas Ryan
2 00
Michael Ryan
66
I 80
Charles Sullivan
1 80
Patrick Scully 66
1 80
William Reddy
13 40
Thomas E. Whalen
I 60
Horton C. Stevens, error in bill.
8 05
Elizabeth J. Currier, error in bill
3 77
Edward S. Stickney, allowance for old stone
2 00
J. A. Taylor, allowance for old stone 3 80
Coffin & Kimball, allowance for old stone
I 70
$2,991 II
66
I37
DETAILED STATEMENT
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-ARMORY RENT ACCOUNT
CREDIT
From State of Massachusetts, armory rent for year 1898 ... $400 00
DEBIT
Public property, rental of new armory for year 1898
$400 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-MILITARY AID ACCOUNT
Balance due from State December 18, 1897 .. $372 23 Payments of aid in 1898. 864 46
$1,236 69
CREDITS
City appropriation for 1898 $400 00 From State of Massachusetts, for one half payments made in year 1897 403 73
From incidental account, amount of appropriation
overdrawn for one-half payments in 1898
32 23
835 96
Balance due from State December 17, 1898.
$400 73
I 38
ANNUAL REPORTS
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$2,400 00
CREDITS
Cash received for board of sundry persons
370 86
Total appropriation and income $2,770 86
Amount undrawn transferred to incidentals to balance
account IO 82
$2,760 04
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by Soldiers' Relief Committee
Amount paid in cash to sundry persons, for aid during year $1,601 00
Amount paid for board in hospitals and asylums and medical attendance of sundry personsdur- ing the year 368 02
Amount allowed for groceries, clothing and fuel to sundry persons during the year. 591 02
Amount paid for salary of clerk of State aid, mili- tary aid and soldiers' relief committee one year to December 1, 1898 200 00
$2,760 04
139
DETAILED STATEMENT
WATERING STREETS FOR YEAR 1898
Total amount assessed to abutters for year 1898, 101,963 feet
at 3c.
$3,058 89
City appropriation for 1898. 1,300 00
Income from Simpson fund . 900 00
$5,258 89
Amount undrawn transferred to incidentals to balance
account
460 72
$4,798 17
EXPENDITURES Authorized by the Board of Aldermen
Cashman Bros., for use of carts and men for water-
ing 50,913 feet at 7c. $3,563 91
Newburyport Water Works, for furnishing water for 50,913 feet at $100 per mile 964 26
Henry W. Little, for services as clerk of watering
street department for years 1897 and 1898 ...
250 00
Fred L. Butman, sprinkling book for years 1898 and 1899 8 00
Newburyport Herald Co., advertising 7 50
News Publishing Co., advertising 4 50
$4,798 17
140
ANNUAL REPORTS
MISCELLANEOUS
INCOME ACCOUNT
CREDITS
From city of Newburyport, 3-4 of liquor licenses for year 1898 $17,531 18
From State of Massachusetts, corporation tax for year 1898 10,685 91
From State of Massachusetts account, balance of corporation tax for year 1898 (remaining un- paid December 17, 1898, credited ) 255 64
From State Massachusetts, foreign shipping ac- count for year 1898. 834 18
From State of Massachusetts, non-resident bank tax for year 1898 1,235 98
$30,542 89
DEBITS
Amount deducted by assessors $27,000 00 State of Massachusetts, account deficiency of cor-
poration tax of 1897, of amount charged De- cember 18, 1897 29 28
State of Massachusetts, corporation tax of 1897, and National Bank tax of 1897 disallowed . 59 05
27,088 33
Transferred to incidentals
3,454 56
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DETAILED STATEMENT
NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX
CREDITS
Collected from city banks. $3,498 69
Credited on State account. 2,810 00
$6,308 69
DEBITS
Charged on State account. $4,975 07
Paid for assessing and collecting bank taxes 97 64
$5,072 71
Balance transferred to income account .
$1,235 98
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES
Appropriated and paid for State tax of 1898 $5,760 00
66 county tax of 1898 8,647 90
$14,407 90
RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS
Tax of 1895
$ 126 00
1896
13,477 12
66 1897
31,500 81
1898 111,597 59
$156,701 52
Betterment assessments
1,698 26
Watering streets for 1897
558 41
1898 2,203 90
$161,162 09
142
ANNUAL REPORTS
DOG LICENSES
Received from county of Essex $700 12
Transferred to public library account 700 12
LIQUOR LICENSES
CREDITS
Received from licenses granted for year 1898, viz :
Twelve of first and fourth class common victualler
at $1800 each $21,600 00
One of first class innholders 1,500 00
One of fourth class grocer. 1,000 00
Eleven of sixth class druggists at $1.00 11 00
Total 25 licenses 24, III 00
Received for advertising licenses 58 00
$24,169 00
DEBITS
News Publishing Co., advertising $ 45 00
Newburyport Herald Co., advertising 102 95
George H. Pearson, pamphlet file. 50
Hunt Publishing & Engraving Co., 1000 envelopes 3 50
George P. Sargent, 6 months' salary as license com- missioner to June 1, 1898 . 100 02
Arthur C. Richardson, 6 months' salary as license commissioner to December 1, 1898 100 00
Jacob T. Rowe, one year's salary as license commis- sioner to December 1, 1898. 200 00
Moses Brown, one year's salary as license commis- sioner and cash paid to December 1, 1898 238 44
State of Massachusetts, 25 per cent of receipts 5,847 41
$6,637 82
Transferred to income account
$17,531 18
143
DETAILED STATEMENT
COUNTY OF ESSEX
CREDITS
Received from county treasurer for seals killed .... $156 00
Balance due from county December 18, 1897 . 6 00
$150 00
DEBITS
Paid Samuel L. Truesdale, killing seals $51 00
" John D. Kilborn, killing seals 30 00
Jason E. Lawrence, killing seals. 21 00
Henry L. Godfrey 66
21 00
Sylvester Eaton 21 00
" G. B. Perry .6 66
3 00
" T. F. Sheridan
66
3 00
.
INCOME FROM CITY BUILDINGS AND LANDS
Received from county of Essex, rent of police court room one year to January 1, 1898. $250 00
Received from town of Newbury, use of public li- brary one year to January 1, 1898 1 50 00 Received from State of Massachusetts, rent of armo- ry one year to January 1, 1898 400 00 Received from rental of City hall during year 1898 1, 264 00 Received from sale of burial lots New Hill during year 1898. 155 00
Received from A. D. Ordway, rent of Winter street landing from June 20, 1898, to January 1, 1899. 5 28
Received from Samuel Butterfield, rent of Winter street landing one year to January 1, 1899 10 00 Received from George H. Lang, rent of Winter street landing one year to January 1, 1899. . . . . 10 00
Credited to public property and public library accounts $2,244 28
-
1 50 00
.
144
ANNUAL REPORTS
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1898
Poor (including fuel, insane and city physician's salary) . $19,000 00 School (including fuel, and rent of Putnam school building) 31,000 00
Fire (including fuel)
11,200 00
Highways
17,000 00
Sidewalks and edgestones
1,000 00
Ashes and rubbish
1,150 00
Bridges and culverts.
2,000 00
Watering streets for 1898
1,300 00
Incidentals
200 00
Incidentals (overdraft of 1897)
5,565 89
Public property
4,000 00
Police
12,500 00
Lighting
13,000 00
Salaries
9,325 00
Fuel
660 00
Public library
2,000 00
Public library (special
850 00
Printing
1,050 00
Board of health
1,000 00
Military aid
400 00
Parks (regular)
450 00
6 (Atkinson common)
500 00
(Kent Street Common)
200 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Sewer (maintenance)
700 00
Soldiers' relief
2,400 00
Abatements tax of 1895
1,700 00
66
1896
700 00
66
1897
500 00
66
1888
100 00
Interest
18,000 00
Sinking funds
12,000 00
Notes payable
3,500 00
$175,100 89
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DETAILED STATEMENT
CITY VALUATION FOR 1898
Real estate
$7,210,800 00
Personal estate
2, 140,400 00
Resident bank shares
389, 190 00
-- $9,740,390 00
Tax assessed on real estate
$116,093 88
personal estate
34,460 44
" resident bank shares
6,265 96
66
" polls
7,626 00
$164,446 28
Appropriated for city expenses
$175,100 89
Income deducted
27,000 00
$148,100 89
Appropriation for State tax
5,760 00
66 county tax
8,647 90
Overlay
1,062 15
Supplementary assessments
875 34
164,446 28
Number of polls 3813; rate of taxation $16.10 per $1000.
POPULATION
1895 State census . 14,554 1899 estimated 14,800
1.46
ANNUAL REPORTS
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS FOR 1898
Mayor $1,200 00
City clerk (no fees)
1,450 00
Assistant city clerk 600 00
City treasurer and collector
1,600 00
City treasurer and collector (for clerk hire)
350 00
City auditor
400 00
City solicitor (in full for all services)
400 00
City physician
400 00
City messenger
900 00
City marshal
1,000 00
Surveyor of highways (to furnish own team)
1, 200 00
Superintendent of schools
1,200 00
Clerk of Common Council
1 50 00
Clerk of overseers of the poor
850 00
Clerk of State aid committee
200 00
Superintendent of fire alarm
200 00
Ageut of board of health
200 00
Clerk of board of health
50 00
Superintendent of sewers
525 00
Treasurer of sinking funds 50 00
Librarian of public library 1,200 00
Assistant librarian of public library 400 00
Superintendent of reading room 450 00
Superintendent of almshouse 480 00
Matron of almshouse 240 00
Drawtender of Newburyport bridge
600 00
Inspector of animals and provisions
500 00
Harbor master . 100 00
Chief engineer of fire department 300 00
Three assistant engineers, each 50 00
Clerk of board of engineers 15 00
Engineers of steamers, each 160 00
Assistant engineers, each. 20 00
Firemen of steamers, each 125 00
Hosemen and laddermen, each 45 00
147
DETAILED STATEMENT
Three assessors, each
$500 00
Four registrars, each
75 00
Two liquor license commissioners, each
200 00
Chairman liquor license commission
225 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
Permanent fireman, per week
14 00
TABULAR STATEMENT OF CITY, COUNTY AND STATE TAXES
Rate of Taxation per $1000, and Number of Polls, from 1851 to 1898 inclusive
Year
No. Polls
Valuation of Real Estate
Valuation of Personal Estate
Total Valuation
*Amount of City Tax
Amount of State Tax
Amount of County Tax
Total Tax
Taxation per $1000
1851
2517
$2,596,400
$2,880,200
$5,476.600
$33,597 98
$5,227 76
$38.825 74
$6 40
1852
.
2827
2,764,800
2,796,700
5,561,500
43.504 74
5.227 76
48.732 50
1853
.
2997
2,902, 100
2,931,500
5,833,600
40.232 74
$2,787
5,227 76
48.257 59
4 50
1854
.
2770
3,302,500
3.483,000
6,785,500
41,434 50
2.787
7,432
51.653 5º
1855
.
2977
3.449, 100
3,554,000
7,003,100
48.877 80
4.180 50
7.432
60.590 30
S
1856
·
2972
3,453,500
3,762.700
7.216, 200
50,931 70
5.574
9,290
65.795 79
8 50
1857
.
2705
3,424,200
3,603,600
7.027,800
49.656 70
8,361
9,290
67,307 80
9
1858
·
2708
3.287,100
3,529,300
6,816.400
48.582 63
3,344
7.560 21
59,486 84
8
1859
·
2529
3,212,700
3,630,000
6,842.700
58,741 88
2.790
8,505 24
70.037 12
9 60
1860
2412
3.200,800
3,544,800
6.745.600
61.654 80
2.327
8,694 24
72.674 04
10 20
1861
2430
3,150,600
3.447.500
6.608.100
60,521 79
2.346
9.369 85
72.237 74
10 40
1862
2462
3.056.000
3,163.450
6.219,450
62.648 67
14.076
7,808 29
84.532 96
12 80
1863
·
2348
3,048.700
3,395,000
6.443.700
68.337 II
18.768
7,808 29
94,913 40
14
1864
2528
3.268,700
3,425.000
6.693.700
72. 193 84
18,768
7.805 96
98.767 80
14
1865
·
3000
3,349.200
4.032.800
7.382.000
90.336 05
36,660
8.188 95
135.195
17 50
1866
.
3126
3,373.700
3,834,500
7,214.200
129.768 35
23.400
8.188 95
161.357 30
21 50
1867
.
2893
3,906.600
4.054.100
7.960.700
116,173 30
39,000
9.826 70
165.000
20
1868
3388
3,743.800
3,479,800
7,223,600
110.160 78
15,600
9.417 30
135.195 08
17 80
1869
.
3242
3,858,000
3.569.700
7.427.700
119,502 67
19,500
8,188 95
144.639 22
18 60
1870
2907
4,018,70I
3,682,545
7,701.246
127.431 72
19,500
9.826 70
156.758 42
19 60
1871
3218
4.057.500
3,034,257
7,091.757
104.051 74
19.500
9.826 70
133.378 44
17 90
1872
.
3292
4,243,950
3.068,700
7,312.650
123.154 65
11.960
8.215 90
143.33º 55
18 70
1873
.
3190
4,515,400
3.057,140
7.572.540
1 39. 188 92
13.455
8.215 90
160.859 82
20 40
1874
.
3208
4,763,700
3,120.407
7,884, 107
136.038 13
11.960
8.215 90
156,214 03
19
1875
.
3383
4,904,075
3,140,838
8,044.913
139.443 45
11.960
8.215 90
159.619 35
19
1876 .
13356
4,788,450
2.937.167
7.725.617
136,042 87
7,866
6.499 50
150.408 38
18 60
·
.
ANNUAL REPORTS
14S
.
·
1877 1878 .
. 3223 4,832,700
2,812,284
7,644,984
6,555 4,370
6,499 50 7,892 30 7,135 54
135,645 60
17
1879
.
3299
4,766.700
2,642,888
7,578,212 7:409,588 7,466,677
109,557 63
2,185 6,555
7,135 54
123,248 17
15 60
1881 .
3456
4,849,050
2,686,406
7,535,456
123,809 80
6,555
7,135 54
136,499 84
I7 2)
1882
3343
5,002,550
2,415, 148
7,417,698
128,779 64
8,740
7,135 54
144,655 18
18 60
1883
3462
5,074,850
2,443,258
7,518, 108
119,580 59
7,080
9,442 86
136,103 45
I7 20
1884
.
3467
5,162,750
2,385,77I
7,548,521
125,336 22
9,440
9,442 86
144,219 OS
18 20
1885
3427
5,214,050
2,336,755
7,550,805
126,229 63
7,080
9,442 86
142,752 49
18
1886
.
3380
5,267,350
2,319,988
7,587,338
122,220 32
6,855
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
166)
1888
.
3964
6,088,890
2,643,455
8,732,345
1 28,443 40
10,282 50
8,919 62
I 47,645 52
16
1889
.
3985
6,449,865
2,846,370
9,296,235
127,663 II
9,120
8,771 16
145,554 27
14 80
1890
·
3897
6,805, 197
2,931,573
9,736,770
135,147 OI
7,980
8,771 16
151,898 17
11 80
1891
·
3923
6,874,200
2,888,458
9,762,658
145,719 36
6,840
9,536 63
162,095 99
15 80
1892
.
3827
6,873,300
2,723,805
9,597,105
150,199 02
8, 190
9,536 63
167,925 65
16 70
1893 .
3912
6,980,200
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