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By the amount of note No. 628, issued to the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, dated June 12, 1902, pay- able in four months, with interest at the rate of three and 74-100 per cent per annum (temporary loan) .
By the amount of note No. 629, issued to the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, dated June 12, 1902, pay- able in four months, with interest at the rate of three and 74-100 per cent per annum (temporary loan) .
By the amount of note No. 630, issued to the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, dated June 12, 1902, pay- able in four months, with interest at the rate of three and 74-100 per cent per annum (temporary loan) .
13,500 00
25,000 00
20,000 00
15,000 00
15,000 00
Carried forward
$429,239 86
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Brought forward . $429,239 86 .
By the amount of note No. 631, issued to the order of W. F. Houston, cashier, dated .July 1, 1902, payable in one month, with interest at the rate of four per cent per annum ( temporary loan)
By the amount of note No. 632, issued to the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, dated September 12. 1902, payable in twelve months, with interest at the rate of three per cent per annum (temporary loan) .
By the amount of note No. 633, issued to the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, dated November 15,1902, payable in three months, with inter- est at the rate of three and 50-100 per cent per annum (temporary loan)
By the amount of . city bonds, high school loan, principal payable July 1, 1922, interest payable semi- annually, Jan. 1 and July 1, at the rate of three and 50-100 per cent per annum. Thirty-five of the de- nomination of $1,000 each, Nos. 1 to 35, inclusive
Making a total of
There has been paid on account of the city debt, during the year 1902, notes as follows :
Carried forward .
3,500 00
4,000 00
12,000 00
35,000 00
$483,739 86
· $483,739 86
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Brought forward . $483,739 86 To the order of the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank, note No. 554, dated Nov. 18, 1896, which matured Sept. 1, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent per annum (armory loan) . $ 1,200 00
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note No. 594, dated Nov. 24, 1899, which matured Nov. 24, 1900, and was paid Dec. 26, 1901, bearing interest at the rate of three per cent per annum ( temporary loan)
To the order of W. F. Houston, trustee under the will of R. W. Drown, note 614, dated Feb. 16, 1901, which matured Feb. 16, 1902, bearing in- terest at the rate of three per cent per annum (temporary loan) .
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note 618, dated Nov. 15, 1901, which matured May 15, 1902, and paid Sept. 12, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of three per cent per annum (temporary loan)
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note No. 619, dated Nov. 25, 1901, which matured Jan. 25, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of three per cent per annum (tempor- ary loan) .
Carried forward .
1,000 00
1,467 73
2,000 00
11,000 00
$16,667 73 $483.739 86
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward . $16,667 73 $483,739 86
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note No. 620, dated Nov. 25, 1901, which matured Feb. 25, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of three per cent per annum (tempor- ary loan)
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note No. 621, dated Nov. 25, 1901, which matured Feb. 25, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of three per cent per annum (tempor- ary loan)
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note No. 623, dated Feb. 15, 1902, which matured Nov. 15, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of three per cent per annum (tempor- ary loan) .
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note No. 625, dated Feb. 25, 1902, which matured Nov. 25, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of three per cent per annum (tempor- ary loan) .
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note No. 626, dated Feb. 25, 1902, which matured Nov. 25, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of three per cent per annum (tem- porary loan)
9,000 00
13,500 00
12,000 00
9,000 00
13,500 00
Carried forward .
$73,667 73 $483,739 86
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Brought forward .
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note No. 628, dated June 12, 1902, which matured Oct. 13, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of three and · 74-100 per cent per annum (temporary loan)
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note No. 629, dated June 12, 1902, which matured Oct. 13, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of three and 74-100 per cent per annum (temporary loan)
To the order of J. V. Felker, city treasurer, note No. 630, dated June 12, 1902, which matured Oct. 13, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of three and 74-100 per cent per an- num (temporary loan)
To the order of W. F. Houston, cash- ier, note No. 631, dated July 1, 1902, which matured Aug. 1, 1902, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent per annum (temporary loan)
Sinking funds and other available assets, Dec. 20, 1902, in excess of amount Dec. 21, 1901, viz :
1902 (see schedule) . . $277,524 94 1901 (see schedule) . . 242,684 79
Difference 34,840 15
Carried forward .
$73,667 73 $483,739 86
20,000 00
15,000 00
15,000 00
3,500 00
$162,007 88 $483,789 86
50
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Brought forward . $162,007 88 $483,739 86 Sundry debts due from the city, Dec.
20. 1902, less than amount due Dec. 21,1901, viz :
1901. Bromfield fund . . . $35 71
1902. Bromfield fund . 29 12
Difference 6 59
Making a total of
162,014 47
Net debt, December 20, 1902
$321,725 39
Net debt, December 21, 1901 317,272 13
Increase of net debt during year 1902 $4,453 26
CITY DEBT AND ASSETS.
DECEMBER 20, 1902.
DEBT.
City bonds (general loan), 4 per cent, due 1908 . $ 65,000 00
City bonds (new schoolhouse loan of
1900), 33 per cent, due 1910 . 27,500 00 City bonds (general loan), 4 per cent, due 1911 90,000 00
City bonds (general loan), 4 per cent, due 1913 25,000 00
City bonds ( sewerage loan), 4 per cent, due 1919 107,500 00
Carried forward . $315,000 00
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Brought forward . $315,000 00 City bonds (high school loan), 3} per cent, due 1922 . 35,000 00
City bonds (sewerage loan), 3} per cent, due 1931 . 46,000 00
Notes payable (committee on Sawyer fund), 4} per cent, due on demand, trust fund 5,000 00
Notes payable (committee on Brown fund), 4} per cent, due on demand, trust fund
15,000 00
Notes payable (committee on Froth- ingham fund), 4 per cent, due on demand, trust fund .
1,000 00
Notes payable (committee on Green · fund), 4 per cent, due on demand, trust fund
2,000 00
Notes payable (committee on Toppan fund), 4 per cent, due on demand, trust fund 250 00
Notes payable (committee on A. Wil- liams fund), 4 per cent, due on de- mand, trust fund .
1,000 00
Notes payable (committee on Todd fund), 4 per cent, due on demand, trust fund
10,000 00
Notes payable (committee on William O. Moseley fund), 4 per cent, due on demand, trust fund
10,000 00
Notes payable (trustees of Margaret Atwood fund), 43 per cent, due on demand, trust fund . 10,500 00
Notes payable (trustees of Simpson fund), 43 per cent, due on demand, trust fund 20,000 00
Carried forward . $470,750 00
52
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward . $470,750 00
Notes payable (trustees of Follansbee
fund), 4 per cent, payable on de- mand, trust fund . 3,000 00
Notes payable (overseers of the poor), 4₺ per cent, due on demand, Dexter fund . 2,000 00
Notes payable (temporary loan), 3 per cent, due 1903 . 123,467 73
Due commissioners of Atkinson Com- mon 3 48
Due Bromfield fund
29 12
Gross city debt, Dec. 20, 1902 .
$599,250 33
ASSETS.
Taxes, 1899
$ 252 50
1900
1,935 15
1901 24,447 23
1902 58,106 89
Betterments
1,597 45
Watering streets, 1901
312 09
66 1902 900 49
State of Massachusetts, state aid . 9,924 00
66 66 military aid . 220 23
66 burial expense 175 00
Deposited in First National Bank, Newburyport 60,841 25
Deposited in First National Bank, Boston 7,182 25
Deposited in safe in treasurer's office 543 10
Sinking funds 111,087 31
Making a total of 277,524 94
Total net debt, Dec. 20, 1902
$321,725 39
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CITY AUDITOR
SINKING FUNDS.
DECEMBER 20, 1902.
Total amount of funds, Dec. 21, 1901 $89,306 15
Appropriation for the year 1902 £ 16,000 00
Income from investments during the year 1902 . 3,379 14
Making a total of
$108,685 29
Paid premium and accrued interest on city of Newburyport 3} per cents ( high school bonds) 597 98
Making a total of $108,087 31
"The sinking fund commissioners hold in trust, under order of the city council passed June 5, 1899, which is placed on deposit in the First National Bank, Newburyport . . . Income for the years 1900, 1901, 1902 195 95
$3,000 00
Making a total $3,195 95
SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS.
City of Newburyport 4 per cent sewer bond. Registered in the name of the sinking fund commissioners, Newburyport. Principal payable Nov. 1, 1919. Interest payable semi-annually, May 1 and Nov. 1 of each year. No. 2 . $5,000 00
City of Newburyport 4 per cent cou- pon sewer bonds. Principal payable
Carried forward . $5,000 00
54
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward . $5,000 00 Sept. 1, 1919. Interest payable semi-annually, March 1 and Sept. 1 of each year. Fifteen of the denom- ination of $1,000 each. Nos. 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 15,000 00
City of Newburyport 33 per cent sewer bonds. Registered in the name of the sinking fund commissioners, Newburyport. Principal payable Sept. 1, 1931. Interest payable semi-annually, March 1 and Sept. 1 of each year. Twenty of the denom- ination of $1,000, Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 . . City of Newburyport 3} per cent schoolhouse loan of 1900. Bonds registered in name of sinking fund commissioners, Newburyport. Prin- cipal payable June 1, 1910. Inter- est payable semi-annually, June 1 and Dec. 1 of each year. Five of the denomination of $5,000 each ; one of the denomination of $2,500. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 27,500 00
20,000 00
City of Newburyport 32 per cent high- school loan of 1902. Principal pay- able July 1, 1922. Interest payable semi-annually, Jan. 1 and July 1 of each year. Seventeen of the denom- ination of $1,000 each, Nos. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 17,000 00
Carried forward .
$84,500 00
55
CITY AUDITOR
Brought forward . $84,500 00 City of Malden 4 per cent coupon sewerage loan bonds. Principal payable May 2, 1924. Interest pay- able semi-annually, May 2 and Nov. 2 of each year. Fifteen of the de- nomination of $1,000 each, Nos. 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265
City of Haverhill 4 per cent coupon water loan bonds. Principal paya- ble June 1, 1922. Interest payable semi-annually, June 1 and Dec. 1 of each year. Five of the denomin- ation of $1,000 each, Nos. 19, 20, 80, 81,82
15,000 00
5,000 00
City of Quincy 4 per cent coupon pub- lic water supply loan bond. Prin- cipal payable May 1. 1912. Inter- est payable semi-annually, May 1 and Nov. 1 of each year. No. 77 . 500 00
Deposited in the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank, book No. 10,244 1,347 06
Deposited in the First National Bank, Newburyport 1,740.25
Making a total of $108,087 31
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ANNUAL REPORTS
LEDGER BALANCES. DECEMBER 20, 1902.
DR.
Cash . $543 10
First National Bank, Newburyport
60,841 23
First National Bank, Boston .
7,182 25
State of Massachusetts, state aid . 9,924 00
:% military aid 220 23
6.
burial expense 175 00
Sinking fund commissioners
111,087 31
Water account
56,284 19
City of Newburyport
390,041 85
Tax of 1899
252 50
1900
1,935 15
: 1901
24,447 23
1902
58,106 89
Betterment assessments
1,597 45
Watering streets, 1901
312 09
1902
900 40
Incidentals
1,276 98
Making a total of
$725,127 96
CR.
Notes payable .
$203,217 73
City bonds
396,000 00
Sinking funds .
108,087 31
Sinking funds (in trust)
3,000 00
Commissioners of Atkinson common .
3 48
Bromfield fund
29 12
Sewers (construction)
4,510 64
High schoolhouse
10,279 68
Making a total of $725,127 96
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CITY AUDITOR
STATEMENT OF DEFICIT BALANCES.
[Charged to Incidentals, December 20, 1902.]
Poor .
$300 00
Schools
4,277 37
Fire
110 54
Highways
2,811 76
Sidewalks and edgestones
1,168 94
Ashes and rubbish
210 66
Bridges and culverts
413 64
Lighting
552 86
Salaries
599 70
Public library
335 12
Board of health
6,134 00
Soldiers' relief .
932 14
Parks
42 82
(Cushing)
14 52
Abatements, tax of 1899
11 78
66
1900
328 79
1901
146 16
Making a total of
$18,390 80
STATEMENT OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES.
[Credited to Incidentals, December 20, 1902.]
Watering streets
$ 5 22
Incidentals
226 00
Public property
504 12
Police
226 25
Fuel
241 93
Printing
162 72
Carried forward . $1,366 24
58
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward $1,366 24
Military aid . .
40 27
Parks ( Atkinson common) 5 45
Sewers (maintenance)
168 10
Abatements, tax of 1902
472 40
Interest
1,428 65
Trustees Putnam Free School
2,000 00
Reduction of the city debt, including overdraft for 1901 ($6,567.29)
11,432 71
Memorial volume .
200 00
Making a total of $17,113 82
The overdraft for the year 1902 1,276 98
Making a total of
$18,390 80
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POOR DEPARTMENT.
The resources for the year ending December 20, 1902, have been as follows :
Appropriation $20,000 00
Received in reimbursements from indi- viduals, state, and other cities and towns
5,057 58
Received from sale of produce 205 50
Soldiers' relief . 402 77
Total appropriation and income
$25,665 85
Deduct soldiers' relief
402 77
Making a total of net receipts .
$25,263 08
59
CITY AUDITOR
The expenses as approved by the overseers of the poor for the year ending December 20, 1902, have been as follows :
Almshouse $2,392 09
Insane .
9,922 52
Aid to Newburyport poor in other cities and towns 1,278 76
Fuel, groceries, clothing, house rent, medicine, etc. (out-door relief ) . 8,834 69
Fence around almshouse
122 71
Engine for sawing wood .
340 00
Salaries
3,075 08
Total expenditures .
Deduct soldiers' relief
$25,965 85 402 77
Making a total of net expenses . .
$25,563 08
Amount overdrawn and charged to incidentals to balance account
300 00
Making a total of
$25,263 08
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
[For the Year Ending December 20, 1902.]
RECEIPTS.
Issuing and recording 134 marriage
licenses
Recording mortgages and sundry · $67 00
27 31
papers
$94 31
60
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward . $94 31
Issuing and recording miscellaneous
licenses, viz. :
Auctioneers'
$8 00
Pool
22 00
Pawn
100 00
Junk
42 00
Show
19 00
Shooting gallery .
2 00
Telephone
24
193 24
From sale of burial lots, viz .:
No. 283, 284
$15 00
No. 267
8 00
No. 272
15 00
No. 282
15 00
No. 281
15 00
No. 280
15 00
No. 186
4 00
No. 243
8 00
No. 278
15 00
No. 240
3 00
No. 256
15 00
No. 279
15 00
No. 79
20 00
No. 248
15 00
No. 276
15 00
No. 192
15 00
No. 208
15 00
No. 352
5 00
No. 268
15 00
No. 265
15 00
No. 249
15 00
No. 252
15 00
Mrs. F. C. Jones
15 00
303 00
Making a total of
$590 55
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CITY AUDITOR
EXPENDITURES.
1
Paid cash to redeem badge $1 00
Paid J. V. Felker, city treasurer
495 24
Retained by G. H. Stevens, city clerk 94 31
Making a total of . $590 55
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF F. H. RUNDLETT, CITY MESSENGER.
[As Agent for the Rental of City Hall, for the Year Ending December 20, 1902.]
RECEIPTS.
1901
December 25. Newburyport firemen's fair
$5 00
30. William A. Noyes . 20 00
66.
31. Gertrude Roberts Company 30 00
1902
January 22. Rev. W. H. Ryan 40 00
25. O. B. Steel . 10 00
66
27. William A. Noyes 25 00
25 00
29.
31 00
February 6.
66
26 00
10. Choral Union .
20 00
March
2.
Thomas N. Doughtney 66
5 00
3. 5 00
66
13. William A. Noyes .
20 00
17. Rev. W. H. Ryan 16 50
28.
13. Christ Scientists
15 00
Carried forward . $293 50
62
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward
$293 50
March 20. William A. Noyes
26 00
.. 21. Young Men's Christian Association 15 00
..
9 00
April
..
..
4.
..
15 00
.. 8. William A. Noyes .
20 00
..
14.
Choral Union .
20 00
. 6 29. William A. Noyes 20 00
May
1. Miss Waters 10 00
24. James A. Lyons . 36 00
September 15.
William A. Noyes
25 00
6 6
31 00
..
17.
66
31 00
66
18.
31 00
6.
19.
31 00
20.
31 00
..
22.
D. P. Page .
26 50
29.
William A. Noyes 25 00
31 00
October
31 00
66
66 2. 31 00
66
3.
66
31 00
..
4.
31 00
6.
O. B. Curtis
31 50
66
7.
31 50
8.
$1 50
66 9. 66
31 50
10. . 6
31 50
٠،
11.
66
37 50
13.
William A. Noyes
26 50
66
14
26 50
15. 32 50
·
Carried forward
1,161 50
31. 1. 15 00 ٠٠ 3. .. 15 00
16.
30. 1.
66
63
CITY AUDITOR
Brought forward
$1,161 50
October 16. William A. Noyes
26 50
17.
32 50
66 18.
66
32 50
66 22. 66
32 50
November 3.
21 50
4.
21 50
5. 27 50 66
6.
21 50
66
7.
66
21 50
8. 66
27 50
10.
.6
26 50
66
11.
26 50
66
12.
32 50
66
24.
St. Mark's lodge, A. F. & A. M.
16 50
25.
66 66
22 50
..
27.
66 66 22 50
December 5. Young Men's Christian Association
15 00
8. Choral Union . 25 00
..
9. William A. Noyes 25 00
Making a total of
$1,655 00
26.
66
16 50
EXPENDITURES.
Paid J. V. Felker, city treasurer $1,655 00
64
ANNUAL REPORTS
STATISTICS OF TAXATION.
Value of buildings $5,149,800 00
Value of land 2,255,400 00
Total value of real estate . $7,405,200 00
Total valuation of personal estate 2,617,700 00
Value of resident bank shares 321,215 00
Total valuation of assessed estate, May 1, 1902 . $10,344,115 00 Value of supplementary assessments, viz .:
Real estate $11,300 00
Personal estate
3,400 00
14,700 00
Total valuation of assessed estate, Dec. 20, 1902 . $10,358,815 00
Rate of taxation, $18.20 per $1,000, raised as follows, viz .:
Real estate
$134.774 64
Personal estate
47,642 14
Bank stock
5,846 11
Polls, 4,425 at $2 each
8,850 00
Supplementary assessments, including 46 polls at $2 each
359 54
Making a total of
$197,472 43
Divided as follows, viz .:
City tax
$179,800 00
County tax
9,924 53
State tax
5,592 50
Supplementary assessments
359 54
Overlay
1,795 86
Making a total of
$197,472 43
65
CITY AUDITOR
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY -- REAL AND PERSONAL.
DECEMBER 20, 1902.
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 At- kinson street (brick) 40,000 00
Ward room, Congress street (wood) 400 00
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
High School building (brick)
25,800 00
Total
$178,200 00
SCHOOL HOUSES.
Johnson school house and land, Hancock street (brick) . $5,000 00
Bromfield street school house and land (brick) 7,000 00
Jackman school house and land, School street (brick) 28,500 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
Storey avenue school house and land (brick)
3,000 00
Forester street school house and land (brick)
8,000 00.
Purchase street school house and land (wood)
3,000 00
Curtis school house and land, Ashland street (wood) 10,000 00
Moultonville school house and land (wood) 1,500 00
Monroe street school house and land (wood) . 800 00
Total
$111,300 00
3
66
ANNUAL, REPORTS
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
Total
$13,500 00
LANDS.
Washington park : High, Pond, and Greenleaf streets
$12,000 00
Cushing park : Washington, Kent. Congress, and Buck streets
9,000 00
Atkinson common ; High street
3,500 00
Land ; High street and Storey avenue
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
Pettingell landing
50 00
Marlboro street landing
100 00
Janvrin landing 1,059 00
Coombs landing 100 00
Total
836,459 00
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CITY AUDITOR
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Furniture in City Hall building, engine houses, police station, and court room $6,000 00
Movable property in school houses, consisting of desks and chairs for pupils, books, and miscella- neous 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
Forester 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 wagon, two hose reels, two hook and ladder trucks, 9,000 feet leading hose, 60 feet suction hose (22-inch), three siamese couplings, seven hand extinguishers, four double harnesses, six single harnesses, and small sup- plies. In care of the chief engineer of the fire department 25,000 00
One ten-ton road roller, one road machine, nine horses, three double carts, three single carts, three
Carried forward
$37,484 00
6S
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought forward .
double sleighs, three single sleighs, one stone jigger, three double harnesses, three single har- nesses, three single sleigh harnesses, nine horse blankets, nine canvas coverings, one hokey-pokey cart, two road plows, four gravel screens, four snow plows, one single-horse shovel, one iron paving widder block, six wooden paving widders, 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 ham- mers, twelve water pails, one water can, two ker- osene oil cans, four wheelbarrows, thirteen steel bars, four tamping bars, twelve chains, one brush cutter, two pendants for snow plows, two rakes, twelve lanterns, four stone chisels, six brush brooms, four stone hammers, two mauls, two sledges, stable implements. In care of the sur- veyor 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 express wagons, two dump carts, one hay wagon, one light wagon, two sets double harnesses, three sets single harnesses, two plows, two cultivators, one four-ton 8 by 14 wagon scale, and other tools and appurtenances usually found on a farm. In care of the superintendent of the city farm
Standard weights and measures
300 00
Fire alarm 5,000 00
Making a total of
$37,484 00
4,287 65
3,027 00
$50,098 65
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CITY AUDITOR
RECAPITULATION.
Real estate
$178,200 00
School houses
111,300 00
Engine houses
13,500 00
Lands
36,459 00
Personal property
50,098 65
Total
$389,557 65
Treasurer's Report OF THE
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
TREASURER'S REPORT
OF THE
Sinking Fund Commissioners
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT, TREASURER'S OFFICE. December 20, 1902.
To the Committee on Finance:
GENTLEMEN, - I herewith submit a report of the con- dition of the sinking funds at this date, it being the close of the financial year.
Total funds, $108,087.31; divided as follows :
SEWERAGE SINKING FUND. Loan, $107,500; due September 1, 1919.
Total funds, December 21, 1901 . $26,400 00
City appropriation for 1902 . 2,350 00
Interest on investments in 1902 785 00
$29,535 00
INVESTMENTS.
Newburyport 4 per cent sewer bonds . $20,000 00 Quincy 4 per cent water bonds 500 00 Newburyport 32 per cent school bonds 2,500 00 Newburyport 32 per cent sewer bonds 3,000 00 Newburyport 32 per cent high school bonds . 3,000 00
Deposit in Five Cents Savings Bank, city . 535 00
$29,535 00
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SINKING FUNDS
SINKING FUND. Loan, $90,000; due July 1, 1913.
Total funds, December 21, 1901 . $39,100 00
City appropriation for 1902 2,900 00
Interest on investments in 1902
1,105 00
$43,105 00
INVESTMENTS.
Malden 4 per cent sewer bonds $15,000 00
Haverhill 4 per cent water bonds 5,000 00
Newburyport 3} per cent school bonds 15,000 00 Newburyport 33 per cent sewer bonds 4,000 00
Newburyport 3} per cent high school
bonds . 4,000 00
Deposit in Five Cents Savings Bank,
city . 105 00
$43,105 00
SINKING FUND. Loan, $25,000; due April 1, 1913.
Total funds, December 21. 1901 . $8,265 00
City appropriation for 1902 . 800 00
Interest on investments in 1902 220 00
INVESTMENTS.
Newburyport 3₺ per cent school bonds $5,000 00
Newburyport 32 per cent sewer bonds 3,000 00
Newburyport 3} per cent high school bonds . 1,000 00
Deposit in Five Cents Savings Bank, city 285 00
$9,285 00
$9,285 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
SINKING FUND.
Loan. 865,000: due July 1, 1908.
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