City Officers and the Annual Reports to the City Council of Newburyport 1899, Part 3

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Publication date: 1899
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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 .


47


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.


-


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


56


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


61


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


65


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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