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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
Carried forward.
$6,000 00 .
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CITY AUDITOR
Brought forward.
$6,000 00
Movable property in school houses, consisting of desks and chairs for pupils, books and miscellaneous supplies, viz:
Johnson school 450 00
Bromfield street school
546 00
Purchase street school 60 00
Jackman school.
632 00
Temple street school
138 00
Kelley 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
Three second-class Amoskeag steamers, five hose wagons, one supply wagon, two hose reels, two hook and lad- der trucks, 9000 feet leading hose, 60 feet suction hose, 2 1-2 inch, three Siamese couplings, seven hand ex- tinguishers, four double harnesses, six single har- nesses and small supplies. In care of the chief engi- neer of the fire department .
One ten ton road roller, one road machine, nine horses, three double carts, three single carts, three double sleighs, three single sleighs, one stone jigger, three double harnesses, three single harnesses, three single sleigh harnesses, nine horse blankets, nine canvas coverings, one hokey pokey cart, two road ploughs, four gravel screens, four snow ploughs, one single horse shovel, one paving widder block iron, six pav- ing widders wooden, two spirit levels, four wooden signs for road roller, eight iron signs for road roller, 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 kero- sene oil cans, four wheelbarrrows, thirteen steel bars, four tamping bars, twelve chains, one brush cutter, two pendants for snow ploughs, two rakes, twelve lan-
Carried forward.
6,484 00
25,000 00
$37,484 00
48
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward. $37,484 00
terns, four stone chisels, six brush brooms, four stone hammers, two mauls, two sledges, staple implements. In care of the surveyor of highways .. 4,287 65
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 express wagons, two dump carts, one hay wagon, one light wagon, two sets double harnesses, three sets single harnesses, two ploughs, two cultivators, one 4-ton 8x 14 wagon scale, and other tools and appurtenances usu- ally found on a farm. In care of the superintendent of city farm
3,027 00
Standard weights and measures.
300 00
Fire alarm 5,000 00
Making a total of .
$50,098 65
RECAPITULATION
Real estate .
$152,400 00
School houses
92,800 00
Engine houses .
13,500 00
Lands
36,459 00
Personal property
50,098 65
Total
$345,257 65
Treasurer's Report
OF THE
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
7
TREASURER'S REPORT
OF THE
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
City of Newburyport, Treasurer's Office, December 16, 1899.
Total funds $58,047.70, divided as follows :
SEWERAGE SINKING FUND
Loan $107,500; due September 1, 1919.
Total funds December 17, 1898. $ 17,619 00
City appropriation for 1899. 2,150 00
Interest on investments in 1899. 731 00 $20,500 00
INVESTMENTS
Newburyport 4 per cent sewer bonds $ 20,000 00
Quincy 4 per cent water bonds 500 00
$20,500 00
4
SINKING FUNDS
51
SINKING FUND
Loan $90,000 ; due July 1, 19II.
Total funds December 17, 1898. $ 27,009 00
City appropriation for 1899. 2,900 00
Interests on investments in 1899
1,061 00
$30,970 00
INVESTMENTS
Malden 4 per cent sewer bonds $ 15,000 00
Medford 4 per cent sewer bonds 5,000 00
Haverhill 4 per cent water bonds 6,000 00
Melrose 4 per cent water bonds
3,000 00
Haverhill 4 per cent bonds
1,000 00
Deposit Five Cents Savings Bank, city
970 00
$30,970 00
SINKING FUND
Loan $25,000; due April 1, 1913.
Total funds December 17, 1898
$ 5,280 00
City appropriation for 1899. 800 00
Interests on investments in 1899. 180 00
- $6,260 00
INVESTMENTS
Lynn 4 per cent sewer bonds
$ 5,000 00
Haverhill 4 per cent bonds 1,000 00
Deposit Five Cents Savings Bank.
260 00
$6,260 00
SINKING FUND
Loan $65,000 ; due July 1, 1908.
Total funds December 17, 1898. $ 8,740 51
City appropriation for 1899. 6,450 00
Interest on investments in 1899 127 19
$15,317 70
Paid to City Treasurer of Newburyport to meet note ten years 4 per cent loan maturing March 1, 1899 15,000 00
$317 70
INVESTMENT
Deposit Five Cents Savings Bank, city . $317 70
52
ANNUAL REPORTS
SUMMARY
City of Newburyport 4 per cent sewer bonds $ 20,000 00
City of Malden 4 per cent sewer bonds 15,000 00
City of Haverhill 4 per cent water bonds 6,000 00
City of Haverhill 4 per cent bonds 2,000 00
City of Medford 4 per cent sewer bonds 5,000 00
City of Lynn 4 per cent sewer bends.
5,000 00
City of Quincy 4 per cent water bonds 500 00
Town of Melrose 4 per cent water bonds 3,000 00
Deposit Five Cents Savings Bank, city
1,547 70
$58, 047 70
Held in trust by the Commissioners under order of the City Council passed June 5, 1899, $3,000.00 which has been placed on de- posit at the First National Bank, Newburyport.
Respectfully submitted, J. V. FELKER, Treasurer.
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Forty-ninth Annual Report
OF THE
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
54
ANNUAL REPORTS
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE For the Year ending
DR.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT in Account Current
To amount paid Mayor's orders, and charged as follows :
Poor $23,525 58
Schools
32,083 91
Fire. .
12,073 64
Highways
17,795 53
Incidentals
7,267 25
Public property
5,715 07
Police
11,144 45
Lighting
12,931 05
Interest
20,700 20
Public library
3,149 45
Public library ( special ).
631 04
Sidewalks and edgestones.
3,795 8I
Newburyport bridge.
2,814 IO
Essex Merrimac bridge.
379 37
Culverts.
897 30
Notes payable.
284,913 99
State of Massachusetts, State aid, (chap. 301)
8,477 50
(chap. 561).
620 00
66 66
Military aid, (chap. 279)
1,002 46
66
Burial expense .
350 00
66
60
State
5,760 00
County of Essex, County tax.
8,330 50
Liquor licenses (25 per cent to state and sundries)
6,498 75
Fuel
47I 24
Salaries
9,395 83
Board of health.
707 32
Printing
756 06
Sinking fund commissioners
12,300 00
Ashes and rubbish
1,233 70
Memorial Day
150 00
Sewers (maintenance ).
630 24
Sewerage (construction)
2,019 57
Parks (regular) .
55I 4I
Parks (Atkinson Common) .
547 50
Parks (Cushing)
I20 OI
Soldiers' relief.
3,309 70
County of Essex ( seals)
135 00
Watering streets for 1899 .
4,990 65
Income, State of Massachusetts, corporation tax 1898, $4.57 Natl. Bank tax 1898, 81.61
86 18
Police station repairs.
3,000 00
Sub-draining State street.
83 81
Fire alarm improvements
1,074 52
Bromfield fund .
347 61
Water account. 103 00
Balance, cash on hand December 16, 1899
65,723 39
$583,547 47
66
Non-resident bank tax ...
4,953 78
.55
CITY TREASURER
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES December 16, 1899.
with JAMES V. FELKER, City Treasurer
CR.
By cash on hand December 17, 1898.
$35,636 36
By cash received and credited as follows :
Poor .
4,528 38
Schools
I,IOI 65
Fire .
176 02
Highways.
1,005 59
Incidentals
456 30
Public property .
446 25
Police .
1,175 78
Lighting
81 92
Interest on overdue taxes
$2,439 4I
dividends Boston & Maine stock . 616 50
1,060 03
Public library
Sidewalks and edgestones
29 73
Notes payable.
232,629 36
State of Massachusetts State aid (chap. 301)
66 66 (chap. 561)
140 00
66
66 Military aid (chap. 279)
430 73
66
Armory rents
400 00
Bromfield fund.
400 CO
Liquor licenses.
24,174 00 56 60
Non-resident bank tax, city banks. 6
$3,384 16
State of Massachusetts 1,854 87
Income, corporation tax 1898, State of Mass .. 66 66 66
$ 146 66
1899,
12,389 22
66 foreign shipping,
139 60
Soldiers' relief
357 88
County of Essex (seals) 66 (bridge account).
Dog licenses
504 06
City hall
1,445 CO
Burial lots
174 00
Board of health
II 00
Sewerage (construction )
24 63
Betterment assessments
1,646 70
Watering streets for 1897
223 90
66 66 1898
584 74
66
66 1899
$ 138 82
66
1897
13,452 14
66
1899 III,507 17
154,523 62
Sinking Fund Commissioners Newburyport bridge.
15,000 00
Essex Merrimac bridge
29 06
Culverts .
13 25
Boston & Maine railroad stock.
71,094 78
$583,547 47
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES V. FELKER, Treasurer.
-
3,192 37
Taxes of 1896
1898
29,425 49
5,239 03 .
12,675 48
135 00
733 86
Ashes and rubbish
7,963 50 666 00
Burial expense ..
4,115 94
150 00
bank deposit
175 00
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TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE Appropriations, Expenditures and Balances, Year ending Dec. 16, 1899.
Department.
Appropriation.
Income and Transfers.
Total Credits.
Expenditures and Transfers
Undrawn.
Overdrawn.
Poor
$ 19,000
$ 4,528 38
$ 23,528 38
$ 23,525 58
$ 2 80
$
Schools
.
.
31,000
I,IOI 65
32, 10I 65
32,083 91
17 74
Fire
11,000
176 02
11,176 02
12,073 64
897 62
Highways
12,500
1,005 59
13,505 59
17,795 53
4,289 94
Sidewalks and Edgestones
600
2,534 86
3,134 86
3,821 06
686 20
Ashes and Rubbish
1,150
56 60
1,206 60
1,233 70
27 IO
Bridges and Culverts
2,500
555 79
3,055 79
4,090 77
1,034 98
Watering streets for 1899
1,000
4,147 85
5,147 85
4,993 65
154 20
Incidentals
2,000
5,076 95
7,076 95
8,352 69
1,275 74
(overdraft 1898)
731 68
731 68
731 68
Public Property
4,400
2,465 25
6,865 25
5,715 07
1,150 18
Police
10,500
1,175 78
11,675 78
11,144 45
531 33
Lighting
13,000
81 92
13,081 92
12,931 05
150 87
Salaries
9,325
9,325 00
9,395 83
70 83
Fuel
500
500
47I 24
28 76
Public Library
2,000
654 06
2,654 06
3,149 45
800
800
631 04
168 96
Printing
1,050
1,050
756 06
293 94
Board of Health
700
II
7II
707 32
3 68
Military Aid
450
450
486 23
36 23
Parks (regular)
450
450
551 41
IOI 4I
(Akinson Common)
500
500
547 50
47 50
(Cushing)
100
100
120 OI
20 OI
Memorial Day
150
150
150
Sewer (maintenance )
700
700
630 24
69 76
ANNUAL REPORTS
495 39
(special)
.
Soldiers' Relief
3,000
357 88
3,357 88 1,700
3,309 70 2,013 49
48 18
Abatements Tax of 1896
.
1897
1898
500
6 4,492 03
4,592 03
3,324 50
1,267 53
Interest ·
18,000
4,115 94
22, 115 94
20,700 20
1,415 74
Notes payable
3,500
3,500
3,500
Sinking Funds
12,300
12,300
12,300
Boston & Maine R. R. Co
766 85
766 85
766 85
Police Station Repairs .
3,000
3,000
3,000
Mercantile Affairs
250
250
250
Sub-Draining State street
1,500
1,500
83 81
1,416 19
Fire Alarm Improvement
1,000
1,000
1,074 52
74 52
$7,091. 42
$9,765 97
Balance overdrawn for the year
^2,674 55
$9,765 97
$9,765 97
.
700
700 506
578 44
121 56
: 90I OI
395 OI
1899
.
.
.
.
·
·
CITY TREASURER
co
$172,423 53 .
$ 32,543 55
.$204,967 08
$207,641 63
.
·
.
.
57
2
.
1,700
313 49
100
58
ANNUAL REPORTS STATEMENT OF CITY DEBT.
December 16, 1899.
DUE INTEREST RATE
AMOUNT
City bonds refunding loan
1908
$2,600
4
$65,000
19II
3,600
4
90,000
1913
1,000
4
25,000
sewerage loan ·
1919
4,300
4
107,500
Notes payable, No. 530, armory loan
1900
70
31/2
2,000
66
531,
· 1901
IO5
31/2
3,000
554,
552, school loan .
. 1900
60
4 1,500
553,
.. . . 1901
60
4 1,500
578, temporary loan · 1900
30
3
1,000
586,
· 1900
1,475
2.95 50,000
592,
demand 1,250
318 40,000
593,
. 1900
44 03 3
1,467 73
594,
. 1900
30
3
1,000
596,
· 1900
. 315
312
9,000
66
597,
· 1900
315
31/2
9,000
598,
· 1900
292 50 374
9,000
599,
. 1900
243 75 314
7,500
Com. on Sawyer fund, demand
225
412
5,000
Brown
675
41/2
15,000
" Frothingham“
40
4
1,000
Green
80
4
2,000
" Toppan
" A. Williams 66
40
4
1,000
" Todd
400
4
10,000
" W. O. Mosley fund
400
4
10,000
Overseers of poor,
Dexter fund
90
41/2
2,000
66
Trustees of will of Mar- garet Atwood .
472 50 472
10,500
Trustees of Simpson fund,
900
4/2
20,000
66
Follansbee fund "
120
4
3,000
$19,290 78
$504,417 73
Due sundry accounts.
64 63
Carried forward.
$504,482 36
1902
48
4 1,200
IO
4
250
59
CITY TREASURER
Brought forward. $504,482 36
Less sinking funds and other assets as per schedule 214,915 89
Net debt December 16, 1899
289,566 47
17, 1898. 378,286 48
Decrease of debt in year 1899
$ 88,720 0I
The decrease of debt in 1899 is explained as follows :
Appropriated to sinking funds in 1899. $ 12,300
Transferred to sinking funds (in trust). 3,000
Appropriated to notes payable in 1899 3,500
Net income of sinking funds in 1899. 2,099 19
From sale of Boston & Maine stock. 71,094 78
Appropriation for deficiency B. & M. stock .. 766 85
Credit for the year
$ 92,760 82
Overdraft in 1899
2,674 55
1898.
731 68
Increase of overdraft in 1899.
1,942 87
Expenditures on sewerage in 1899.
1,994 94
Expenditures on Water in 1899.
103
Debit for the year .
4,040 81
Decrease of debt (as above stated ) ....
$88,720 OI
60
ANNUAL REPORTS
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPEN- DITURES
Showing balance December 16, 1899.
Assessed for city purposes. $145,423 53
6
re-assessments 923 10
overlay. 3,568 93
66
state tax
5,760 00
county tax 8,330 50
$164,006 06
Income allowed by assessors
27,000 00 *
credited the several departments.
27,045 52
from Bromfield fund in 1899 400 00
Balance due Atkinson Common account December 17, 1898
3 48
Bronifield fund December 17, 1898. 8 76
Supplementary commitment tax of 1898. 6 00
$218,469 82
Payments on the several departments $180,933 41
Abatements of tax of 1896
66 66 1897
66
66 1898
901 OI
66 66
1899
3,324 50
60 watering streets 1897 25 97
66 66 1898.
13 35
66
66
1899 51 46
Paid state tax
5,760
" county tax .
8,330 50
Expenditures on Bromfield fund.
347 61 1
Paid sinking fund commissioners, city appro- priation for 1899. 12,300 00
Paid sinking fund commissioners appropria- tion for Police station repairs to be held in trust.
3,000 00
Paid notes payable account city appropria- tion for 1899
3,500 00
221,079 74
$2,609 92
Credit balance of Bromfleld fund account De- cember 16, 1899 . Credit balance of Atkinson Common account December 16, 1899.
$61 15
3 48
64 63
Balance overdrawn for year 1899
$2,674 55
2,013 49
578 44
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CITY TREASURER
DEBTS DUE THE CITY AND OTHER ASSETS
December 16, 1899 ...
Taxes of 1897
$ 2,397. 48
1898 21,263 53
1899 49,174 39
3,354 54
Betterment assessments.
Watering streets for 1897
II 61
66
1898
255 13
66 1899.
904 02
State of Massachusetts, State aid, chap. 301 .. 7,803 50
492
66 66 Military aid, chap. 279
486 23
66 66 Burial, chap. 279 .... 350
6 Corporation tax 1899. 1,326 49
61,047 70
County of Essex (bridge account).
325 88
Cash on hand December 16, 1899. 65,723 39
$214,915 89
Sinking funds.
66 State aid, chap. 561 ..
62
ANNUAL REPORTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
IN ACCOUNT WITH
THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
Balance due from State December 17, 1898 .... $ 8,623 87
State aid paid in 1899, chap. 301 acts of 1894 .. 8,477 50
Military aid paid in 1899, chap. 279 acts of 1894 1,002 46
Burial expense in 1899, chap. 279 acts of 1896 350 00
Armory rent charged in 1899. 400 00
Corporation taxes for year 1899 13,715 71
State aid paid in 1899, chap. 561 acts of 1898 ..
620 00
Foreign shipping account. 139 60
Street railway tax, chap. 578 acts of 1898 ..... 317 70
$33,646 84
RECEIVED
For account State aid, chap. 301 $ 7,963 50
For account military aid, chap. 279. 430 73
For account State aid, chap. 561 . 666 00
For account armory rents . 400
For account corporation tax 1898 (bal) 146 66
For account corporation tax 1899 12,389 22
City appropriation for one half payments made in 1899, chap. 279 450
From incidentals corporation tax of 1898, not allowed by state . 108 98
From incidentals deficiency of city appropria- tion for one-half payments of military aid in 1899.
36 23
For account foreign shipping
139 60
For account burial expense chap. 279
140 00
For account street railway tax, chap. 578 ... . .
317 70
23, 188 62
Balance due city of Newburyport
$10,458 22
DUE FROM THE STATE DECEMBER 16, 1899.
For State aid, chap. 301, acts of 1894 $7,803 50
For State aid, chap. 561, acts of 1898. 492 00
For Military aid, chap. 279 acts of 1894 . 486 23
For burial expense, chap. 279, acts of 1896 350 00
For corporation taxes of 1899. 1,326 49
$10,458 22
63
CITY TREASURER
TRIAL BALANCE
December 16, 1899.
Dr.
Cr.
Cash
$ 925 43
City bonds. 287,500
Sinking funds 61,047 70
First National bank, Boston
769 92
commissioners ... 3 48
State of Mass. State aid (301)
7,803 50
State of Mass. State aid (561).
492
State of Mass. mili- tary aid (279).
486 23
State of Mass. burial account 350
State of Mass corpo- ration tax for 1899
1,326 49
County of Essex (bridge account) Sinking fund Com- missioners
325 88
61,047 70
Sewer (construction)
2,293 54
Armory account.
6,200
Curtis school house. .
3,786 74
Water account.
54,117 49
City of Newburyport Tax of 1897 .
2,397 48
1898.
21,263 53
1899
49,174 39
Betterment assessm'ts Watering streets for 1897
II 61
Watering streets fo
1898
255 13
Watering streets for 1899.
904 02
Incidentals(overdraft 1899)
2,674 55
$565,530 06
Notes payable $216,917 73
First National bank, city
64,028 04
Bromfield fund. 61 15
Atkinson Common
$565,530 06
281,541 85
3,354 54
64
ANNUAL REPORTS
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
DR.
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT in Account Current
To uncollected taxes of 1896, Deceniber 17, 1898
$ 2,152 31
66 66 1897,
16,428 06
1898, 66
51,584 03
$70,164 40
To uncollected betterments December 17, 1898
3,521 36
sprinkling for 1897 66
261 48
66
1898
850 88
To supplementary commitment tax of 1898.
sprinkling 1898.
2 34
To tax of 1899 committed by assessors, city warrant. 172,423 53
Less income .
27,000 00
145,423 53
To State tax
5,760 00
To County tax
8,330 50
To overlay
3,568 93
To supplementary commitment
923 10
164,006 06
To non-resident bank tax of 1899
3,384 16
To betterment assessments levied in 1899 . . . . 1,505 13
To watering street assessments levied in 1899
3,247 85
172,143 20
$246,949 66
74,798 12 6 .
1
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
CR. with J. V. FELKER, Collector of Taxes
By taxes of 1896 collected and paid to treasurer $ 138 82
60
1897 66 66 66
13,452 14
66
66
29,425 49
66
1899
66
66
66
111,507 17
154,523 62
1,671 95
3.384 16
223 90
584 74
66
66
1899
66
. . .
2,292 37
By abatements taxes of 1896
2,013 49
66
1897
578 44
66
1898.
90I OI
66
66
66
1899
3,324 50
6,817 44
By abatements watering streets for 1897
25 97
66 66
1898.
13 35
1899
51 46
By uncollected taxes of 1897, Dec. 16, 1899. . .
2,397 48
66
1898
66
. . .
21,263 53
66
66
1899
66
...
49, 174 39
72,835 40
By uncollected betterments Dec. 16, 1899
3,354 54
watering streets 1897
II 61
66
1898 6
. . 255 13
66
66
1899
. ... 904 C2
77,360 70
$246,949 66
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES V. FELKER, Collector.
9
1898
By betterments collected and paid to treasurer By non-resident bank tax paid to treasurer .. . By watering streets for 1897 66 .. . 66 66 66 1898 .. .
162,680 74
6,908 22
1
Detailed Statement
OF THE Receipts and Expenditures
68
ANNUAL REPORTS ABATEMENT OF TAXES
1896
City appropriation
$ 1,700 00
Allowed on assessors' orders
2,0)3 49
Overdrawn transferred from incidentals
313 49
1897
City appropriation .
$ 700 00
Allowed on assessors' orders
578 44
Undrawn transferred to incidentals
121 56
I898
$ 500 00
Supplementary assessments
6 00
506 00
Allowed on assessors' orders
90I OI
Overdrawn transferred from incidentals
395 OI
1899
$ 100 00
Supplementary assessments
923 10
Overlay
3,568 93
4,592 03
Allowed on assessors' orders
3,324 50
Undrawn transferred to incidentals
1,267 53
WATERING STREETS 1897
Allowed on assessors' orders
$ 25 97
Transferred from incidentals
25 97
WATERING STREETS 1898
$ 13 35
Supplementary assessment
2 34
Transferred from. incidentals
WATERING STREETS 1899
Allowed on assessors' orders
$ 51 46
Supplementary assessment.
3 00
48 46 .
Transferred from incidentals
48 46
Allowed on assessors' orders
II OI
II OI
City appropriation .
City appropriation
69
DETAILED STATEMENT
ASHES AND RUBBISH
1
Appropriation
$ 1,150 00
CREDITS
From Joseph Williams, ashes
$ 9 90
Benjamin H. Hussey, ashes 3 55
Dr. J. P. Kelley, ashes. 2 85
Towle Manufacturing Company, ashes 15 30
E. Perkins Lumber Company, ashes- 25. 00 :
56 60
Total appropriation and income
1,206 60
": Amount overdrawn transferred from incidentals to bal- ance account. 27 IO
$1,233 70
EXPENDITURES Authorized by Committee on Highways.
J. C. Colman, use of team . $ 3 50
Thomas Hale, labor
58 40
Jeremiah Sheehan, labor
66 40
Daniel Quill
76 40
Timothy Coffey 66
94 40
Daniel Lucy
66
80 40
Dennis Kelleher
66
13 00
William Tatterfield
96 40
John Pollard 66
98 40
Cornelius Sullivan
96 40
Patrick Scully
14 60
George E. Pearson
98 40
Matthew Barrett
66
96 40
John Hale, Jr.
66
I 80
John J. Hale
2 00
Charles E. Allen
66
II 80
David F. Dow
12 00
Thomas Connihan
32 00
Thomas Ryan
66
4 00
Edwin Powers
66
68 00
Jeremiah Coffey
40 00
John Whalen
79 60
Cornelius Kelleher
10 00
Jeremiah Toomey
2 00
Cornelius Lyons
66
14 00
Carried forward.
$1,170 30
$1,233 70
66
70
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward.
$1,170 30
$1,233 70
Cornelius P. Kelleher, labor
2 00
Daniel Cronan
28 00
Cornelius Lynch
2 00
John Hale
4 00
Louis Boutin
66
12 00
Philip Crimmins
66
2 00
Charles Bashaw
5 40
Charles G. Bashaw
66
6 00
George E. Dixon
66
2 00
$1,233 70
BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation
$ 700 00
CREDITS
Cash from plumbers' licenses
II 00
Total appropriation and income
711 00
Amount undrawn transferred to incidentals to balance account .
3 68
$707 32
EXPENDITURES Authorized by the Board of Health
George W. Knight, salary as agent to December I,
1899, and cash paid. $214 15
News Publishing Co., printing and advertising . 45 37
Estate N. Varina, 1,900 lbs. coal. 6 20
Jeremiah Sheehan, milk. 6 60
George O. Kent, license revoked 2 00
W. C. O'Connell, provisions
34 15
C. M. Lunt & Son, removal of house offal 7 00
D. N. Richardson, provisions. 15 21
George I. Gooch, expenses to Boston
4 35
William E. Adams, expenses to Boston
3 60
Ernest H. Noyes, 71 vaccinations and 57 points .. 41 20
Samuel W. Tuck, service of notice I 50
Moses H. Fowler, groceries. 7 57
Carried forward. $388 90
$707 32
71
DETAILED STATEMENT
Brought forward .. $388 90 $707 32
F. J. Donahoe, groceries 26 71
J. Walter Akerman, provisions 4 14
Jere Healey, pine wood 2 00
H. K. Mulford & Co., one Formaldehyde regenera- tor and 5 1bs. Formaldehyde . 27 25
H. J. Haley, groceries 19 97
James H. Noyes, groceries 18 28
Newburyport Herald Co., printing and advertising
27 60
Charles W. Page, 6 months service as clerk and cash paid . 34 72
Joseph Knight, milk 4 68
Hunt Printing and Engraving Co., printing and advertising 35 50
William H. Lawrence, services as inspector of
plumbing 109 00
Charles L. Davis, sulpho napthol and express 1 52
American Express Co., express I 05
Western Union Tel. and Tel. Co., telegrani 25
Fuller Chemical Co., disinfecting powder and fluid s 5 75
$707 32
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS
Appropriation
$2,500 00
CREDITS
From county of Essex 50 per cent of repairing on Newburyport bridge (credited) . . .. . $325 88
From H. & A. Street Railway Co., 12 expense for sheathing 175 00
From J. C. Colman, bill credited back. 13 25
From J. H. Balch, Jr., sale of old lumber .. 2 00
From N. & A. Street Railway Co., on account of planking on Essex Bridge 27 06
From county of Essex for repairs on Newbury- port bridge 12 60
555 79
Total appropriation and income 3,055 79
Amount overdrawn transferred from incidentals to balance account. 1,034 98
$4,090 77
72
ANNUAL REPORTS
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by Committee on Bridges and Culverts
Newburyport bridge $2,814 10
Essex Merrimac Bridge 379 37
Culverts.
897 30
$4,090 77
NEWBURYPORT BRIDGE
William I. Hunt, services as drawtender and cash
paid for helper, etc. $718 60
Newburyport Gas and Electric Co., lighting bridge 73 44
William McKay, yacht agent, stock and labor. I 50
Arthur J. Brooks, planking piers 56 70
A. Russell & Son, labor and castings 160 91
Edward Osgood, chimneys 60
County of Essex, one half amount paid on account of Newburyport bridge. 30 II
James H. Noyes, oil, matches, etc. 6 70
Thomas F. O'Neil, 1,750 1bs. crushed stone 87
W. A. Davis & Son, 2712 1bs. part worn duck. 4 00
J. C. Colman, lumber and carting . 22 II
Timothy Y. Cotton, stock and labor
20 74
E. Perkins Lumber Co., stock, labor and teaming 55 II Newburyport Herald Co., advertising 18 00
News Publishing Co., advertising 13 00
Stephen P. Bray, 2 tons, 60 1bs. W. A., stove coal . II 86
William Holker, oil and nails. 9 10
Frank A. Smith, for making report of diver 10 00
George W. Townsend, services of diver, with as- sistants making survey and examination of bridge piers and foundation 110 00
L. M. Hatch & Son, stock and labor. 1,467 85
John E. Bailey, for making specifications for
planking 2 00
D. N. Richardson, 112 bushels salt .. 90
Hunt Printing and Engraving Co., advertising .. 5 00
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