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S. H. Thurlow, hardware
3 20
A. F. Young, teaming 2 00
M. A. Stevens, sundries
14 00
W. H. Hardy, labor
5 00
Edward Donahoe, ironwork 2 30
W. E. Kingston, labor 50
$481 90
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES.
Appropriation
$1.000 00
CREDITS.
From J. W. Clarke, on account of edgestones $ 1 36
" John T. Brown, 30} feet edgestones . 11 44
.. sewer construction, transfer 31 27
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought over $1,000 00
From James C. Colman, 1400 brick $16 10
From N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., labor 11 23
From trustees estate of J. D. W. Joy, labor on sidewalk 17 60
89 00
Total appropriation and income
$1,089 00
Amount overdrawn, transferred from incident-
als to balance account 1,168 94
$2,257 94
EXPENDITURES.
[Authorized by the Committee on Highways. ]
Charles Allen, labor $ 132 42
Thomas Hale, 66 9 91
Jeremiah Hartnett, labor
14 40
Daniel Lucy,
7 43
Cornelius Lynch, 66
3 49
John Pollard, 66
2 25
Edmund Ryan, 66
128 14
Daniel Casey,
19 13
Cornelius Lucy,
22 50
Jeremiah Sheehan,
107 67
Daniel O'Connell, 66
2 70
Cornelius Sullivan, 66
54 34
John Whalen, 66
23 07
Timothy Coffey, 66
3 60
Dennis Kelleher,
19 47
Frederick Rand, 66
6 30
Thomas Ryan, 66
11 59
Daniel Quill.
7 99
Jere Toomey,
66
4 50
Patrick Keefe, 66
1 80
Willard A. Hatch, 111 yards concrete on Olive street 27 75
J. C. Colman, buck, double team, and jigger 17 90
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DETAILED STATEMENT
Charles P. Chesley, 8,000 paving blocks $ 70 40
John A. Pugelson, cargo of edgestones 190 00
Boston & Maine Railroad Co., freight 13 60
H. Taylor, 1820 lineal feet curbing 538 00
Thomas P. Thomas, concreting 524 50
George W. Bollman, stonework
28 40
E. Perkins Lumber Co., lumber 1 40
E. B. Luddington, wharfage 15 20
Odd Fellows Association, piece of land on Merrimac street 200 00
Cashman Brothers, 1 double team
4 00
C. W. A. Davis, 25 yards cement sidewalk, 70 Mid- dle street 6 25
Betterments, allowance on sidewalk, Mrs. Henry Wil- kinson, Purchase street . 3 35
J. Littlefield & Son, stonework 4 40
C. E. Brown & Son, 1,000 paving brick 14 00
J. B. Lunt, stock and labor 11 00
A. J. Brooks, 5 09
$2,257 94
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS - ARMORY RENT ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
From state of Massachusetts, armory rent, three months to April 1, 1902
DEBIT. $100 00
Public property, three months' rental of armory . 100 00
172
ANNUAL REPORTS
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-MILITARY AID ACCOUNT.
Balance due from state, December 21, 1901 $282 23 Payments of aid in 1902 469 46
$751 69
CREDITS.
City appropriation for 1902 $275 00
From state of Massachusetts, for one-half
payments made in 1902 296 73
571 73
Incidental account, amount undrawn, transferred to balance account . 40 27
$179 96
Balance due from state, December 20, 1902 $220 23
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$3,350 00
CREDITS.
Cash received from sundry persons for board, etc. 529 46
Total appropriation and income $3.879 46
Amount overdrawn, transferred from incidentals to balance account . 932 14
$4,811 60
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DETAILED STATEMENT
EXPENDITURES.
[Authorized by Soldiers' Relief Committee. ]
Amount paid in cash to sundry persons for aid dur- ing the year $2,771 50
Amount paid for board in hospitals and medical at- tendance of sundry persons during the year 402 77 Amount allowed for groceries, clothing, and fuel, to sundry persons during the year 1,437 33
Amount paid for services of clerk of state aid, military aid, and soldiers' relief committee, one year to December 1, 1902 . 200 00
$4,811 60
WATERING STREETS FOR YEAR 1902.
Total amount assessed to abutters for year 1902,-
122,107 feet at 3 cents $3,663 22
City appropriation for 1902 800 00
Income from Simpson fund 900 00
$5,363 22
EXPENDITURES. [Authorized by the Board of Aldermen. ]
Cashman Brothers, for use of carts and men for
watering 60,933 feet, at 7 cents $4,265 31
Cashman Brothers, for Sunday watering 300 00
Cashman Brothers, for two days' use of sprinkling carts and men 10 00
Newburyport Water Works, for furnishing water for 60,567 feet, at $50 per mile . 573 55
Henry W. Little, services as clerk 200 00
News Publishing Co., advertising 2 50
Newburyport Herald Co., " 2 50
Supplementary assessment transferred 4 14
$5,358 00
174
ANNUAL REPORTS
MISCELLANEOUS.
INCOME ACCOUNT.
CREDITS.
From state of Massachusetts, corporation tax for the year 1902 $12,092 57
From state of Massachusetts, non-resident bank tax
for the year 1902 1,772 64
$13,865 21
DEBITS.
Amount deducted by assessors . $10,000 00 State of Massachusetts, account of cor-
poration tax for 1901 2 71
State of Massachusetts, account of non-
resident bank tax for 1901 254 65
10,257 36
Transferred to incidentals
$3,607 85
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DETAILED STATEMENT
NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX.
CREDITS.
Collected from city banks . $2,971 79
Credited on state account . 3,305 31
$6,277 10
DEBITS.
Charged on state account .
$4,416 28
Paid for assessing and collecting bank
taxes
88 18
4,504 46
Balance transferred to income account
$1,772 64
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Appropriated and paid for state tax
$5,505 00
Appropriated and paid for county tax 9,924 53
$15,429 53
RECEIPTS OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS.
Taxes of 1899
$ 469 90
66 1900 . 17,937 90
1901 27,446 79
1902 137,632 54
$183,487 13
Non-resident bank tax
Watering streets for 1899
66
1900
263 37
60
66 1901
676 29
66 1902
2,757 17
Betterment assessments .
1.514 60
$191,690 39
2,971 79
20 04
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ANNUAL REPORTS
DOG LICENSES.
Received from county of Essex $ 437 04 Transferred to public library account 437 04
ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL.
City appropriation . $ 600 00
Paid E. P. Dodge, treasurer 600 00
COUNTY OF ESSEX.
CREDITS.
Received from county treasurer for seals killed . . $42 00
DEBITS.
Paid Granville J. Steele $ 3 00
" Charles A. Carroll 15 00
" Mitchell Wilby 6 00
" S. L. Truesdale 3 00
.. John D. Kilborn 9 00
.. William D. Southwell 3 00
". F. I. Hunt . 3 00
42 00
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DETAILED STATEMENT
NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
CREDITS.
From sale of city bonds, high school loan, 33 per cents $35,000 00
From premium on $35,000, city bonds, at $31.87 per $1,000 1,115 45
From Dr. J. J. Healey, for boiler
50 00
$36,165 45
Credit balance carried forward to year 1903 10,279 68
$25,885 77
EXPENDITURES.
[Authorized by Committee on Public Property. ]
Herbert D. Hale, architect $1,437 62
Dearborn Brothers, on account contract . 18,289 53
News Publishing Co., printing and advertising 14 25
Newburyport Herald Co., " 15 81
William Balch, expenses of committee to Boston and New Bedford 22 67
Moses Brown, mileage and expenses of committee 53 16
Boston Herald Co., advertising 10 74
Boston & Maine Railroad Co., mileage 10 00
Boston Globe, advertising 11 75
Charles W. Cook, services as appraiser 100 00
E. B. Bishop, 66 100 00
Joseph A. Peterson, 100 00
Albert Currier, .. 150 00
C. J. Fogg, expenses to Boston and New Bedford 22 50
Frank E. Davis, stock and labor 57 50
J. C. M. Bayley, legal services 8 25
Benjamin P. Ireland, expenses to New Bedford 34 00
J. C. Colman, stock and labor 26 19
S. C. Reed, photography 15 50
178
ANNUAL REPORTS
James Dickens, electric clocks and bells $ 34 20 63
Estate of N. Varina, weighing granite
Cashman Brothers, hauling granite from high school to bridge . 10 63
Gas & Electric Co., lighting 27 85
The Merrill Co., on account of plumbing and heating 3,500 00
Brewster Brothers, insurance
168 12
Densimore Le Clair, plans and specifications for heat- ing, etc. . 200 00
Edgar R. Champlin, legal services 250 94
Fred L. Butman, printed bonds 55 00
Boston Advertiser, advertising
15 20
Mary H. Tattersall, cleaning 16 32
Charles S. Lovejoy, stock and labor 20 13
Hermon Staples, labor 7 28
F. A. Wendall Co., plumbing 1,000 00
Henry Wardwell, professional services 100 00
$25,885 77
SOUTH END READING ROOM.
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
[Authorized by the City Council. ]
Treasurer of reading room, support and maintenance . $200 00
TRUSTEES OF PUTNAM FREE SCHOOL.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Amount unexpended, transferred to incidentals to
balance account $2,000 00
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DETAILED STATEMENT
COPYING RECORDS OF OLD NEWBURY.
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid William H. Bayley for services $100 00
GRADING NEW STREET, WARD SIX.
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid John Ronan for labor
$300 00
MEMORIAL VOLUME.
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid N. N. Withington for services
50 00
$200 00
Amount undrawn, transferred to incidentals to bal-
ance account $200 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REDUCTION OF CITY DEBT.
Appropriation
$18,900 00
DEBIT.
Overdraft for the year 1901 . 6,567 29
$11,432 71
Amount transferred to incidentals, to be applied towards meeting city debt caused by overdrafts for the year 1902 $11,432 71
INCOME FROM CITY BUILDINGS AND LANDS.
Received from county of Essex, rent of police court room, one year to January 1, 1903 . $250 00
Received from town of Newbury, use of public library, one year to January 1, 1902 150 00
Received from state of Massachusetts, rent of armory, three months to April 1, 1902 . 100 00
Received from rental of city hall for the year 1902 1,655 00
Received from sale of burial lots, new hill, during the year 1902 303 00
Received from R. S. Hewlett, rent of Winter street landing to January 1, 1902 10 00
Received from H. E. Carlisle, rent of land, one monthi to April 1, 1902 2 92
$2,470 92
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DETAILED STATEMENT
CITY VALUATION FOR 1902.
Real estate
· $7,416,500 00
Personal estate 2,621,100 00
Resident bank shares
321,215 00
$10,358,815 00
Tax assessed on real estate . $134,980 30
66 66 personal estate . 47,704 02
66 66 resident bank shares 5,846 11
66
66 polls 8,942 00
$197,472 43
Appropriated for city expenses $189,800 00
Income deducted 10,000 00
$179,800 00
Appropriation for state tax . 5,592 50 66 county tax 9,924 53
Overlay .
1,795 86
Supplementary assessments
359 54
$197,472 43
Number of polls, 4,471. Rate of taxation, $18.20 per $1,000.
POPULATION.
1900, census 14,478 1902, estimated 15,000
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ANNUAL REPORTS
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1902.
Poor (includes fuel and insane) $20.000 00
Schools (includes fuel) . 32,000 00
Fire (includes fuel) 11,000 00
Highways 13,000 00
Sidewalks and edgestones 1,000 00
Ashes and rubbish
1,250 00
Bridges and culverts .
2,500 00
Watering streets
800 00
Incidentals .
250 00
Public property
4,000 00
Police
11,500 00
Lighting
13,200 00
Salaries
9,550 00
Fuel
400 00
Public library (includes fuel and insurance )
2.000 00
Printing :
800 00
Board of health
750 00
Military aid
275 00
Soldiers' relief
3,350 00
Parks
450 00
·' (Atkinson common)
500 00
" (Cushing)
75 00
Memorial day .
200 00
Sewer (maintenance)
650 00
Anna Jaques hospital
600 00
Abatements, tax of 1899
1,200 00
1900
600 00
1901
400 00
1902
50 00
Interest
19,400 00
Notes payable
1,200 00
Sinking funds
16,000 00
Trustees of Putnam Free School
2,000 00
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DETAILED STATEMENT
Reduction of city debt (includes overdraft, 1901,
$6,567.29) . $18,000 00
South end reading room 200 00
Copying records of Old Newbury 100 00
Grading new street, ward six 300 00
Memorial volume 250 00
$189,800 00
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS FOR 1902.
Mayor .
$1,200 00
City clerk (no fees) 1,450 00
Assistant city clerk 700 00
City treasurer and collector
1,600 00
City auditor
400 00
City solicitor (in full for all services)
600 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
150 00
Clerk of overseers of the poor
850 00
Clerk of state aid committee . 200 00
Superintendent of fire alarm 200 00
Agent 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
(for clerk hire) 400 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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 of fire department 300 00
Three assistant chiefs, 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
Three assessors, each
500 00
Four registrars, each . 75 00
Sealer of weights and measures
400 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
14 00
Drivers of single teams, per week 14 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 1902 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
8
1853
2997
2,902, 100
2,931,500
5,833,600
40,232 74
$2,787
5,227 76
48,257 59
7 50
1854
·
2770
3,302,500
3.483,000
6,785,500
41,434 50
2,787
7,432
51,653 50
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
67,397 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 94
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
1 866
·
3126
3,373.700
3,834,500
7,214,200
129,768 35
23.400
S.188 95
161,357 3º
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
4,018,701
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
139,188 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
3356
4,788,450
2,937,167
7.725,617
136,042 87
7,866
6.499 5º
150,408 38
18 60
·
.
.
1855
2977
3.449, 100
3,554,000
7,003, 100
48,877 80
4.180 50
7,432
60,590 30
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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1877 1878
· 3223
4,832,700 4,799,250
2,812,284 2,778,962
7,644,984 7,578,212 7,409,588 7,466,677
115,91I 24 6,555 4,370 2,185 6,555
6,499 50 7,892 30 7,135 54 7,135 54
120,390 94
15 50 15 60
188 I
3456
4,849,050
2,686,406
7,535,456
123,809 80
6,555
7,135 54
136,499 84
17 20
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
17 20
1884
3467
5,162,750
2,385,77I
7,548,521
125,336 22
9,440
9,442 86
144,219 08
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
16 60
I 888
3964
6,088,890
2,643,455
8,732,345
128,443 40
10,282 50
8,919 62
147,645 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
14 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
2,725,328
9,705,528
150,004 38
11,700
11,113 70
172,818 08
17
1894
3888
7,055,400
2,700,677
9,756,077
140,473 58
9,360
11, 112 83
160,946 41
15 70
1895
3945
7,129,050
2,620,450
9,749,500
151,013 2I
6,735
11,008 53
168,756 74
16 50
1896
3993
7,137,500
2,630,040)
9,767,540
151,243 79
7,857 50
10,049 12
169,150 41
16 50
1897
3915
7,179,300
2,503,674
9,682,974
1 38,594 57
7,857 50
10,495 73
156,947 80
15 40
1898
3813
7,210,800
2,529,590
9,740,390
150,038 38
5,760
8,647 90
164,446 28
16 10
1899
3979
7,292,400
2,775,217
10,067,617
149,915 56
5,760
8,330 50
164,006 06
15 50
1 900
4348
7,286,000
2,863,033
10, 149,033
151,518 84
5,760
8,727 17
166,036 or
15 50
1901
4430
7,382,400
3,100,050
10,482,450
159,020 42
6,422 50
9,039 79
174,482 71
15 80
1 902
.
447I
7,416,500
2,942,315
10,358,815
181,955 40
5,592 50
9,924 53
197,472 43
18 20
·
3408
135,645 60
17
1879
·
3299 3384
4,766,700
2,642,888
2,650,877
122,383 30 III,070 40 109,557 63
1880
·
*The assessors' overlays are included in these amounts.
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DETAILED STATEMENT
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4,815,800
123,248 17
128,965 74
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Department Reports
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Reports of City Officers.
1
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
To the City Council of City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN,- The overseers of the poor, to whom is committed a general oversight and care of the poor, in all of its departments, would respectfully submit their twenty-fourth annual report.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
The total cost of the poor department for the year ending November 30, 1902, has been $25,965.85. This includes $9,922.52 paid for the support of the insane, $896.23 for fuel, and $450 for city physician's salary.
RECEIPTS.
For aid given to poor, settlement in Salem
$458 62
Somersett
40 25
66
. .
Mansfield
222 75
89 29
Amesbury
515 50
66
.6
Haverhill
434 13
66
66
66
Chelsea
234 00
66
Truro
37 00
Carried forward
$2,031 54
66
66
Lowell
192
ANNUAL REPORTS
Brought over .
$2,031 54
For aid given to poor, settlement in Groton
18 00
..
6.
66
Lynn .
33 25
6. 6 6
Malden
18 00
66
6.
Melrose
12 00
Gloucester 6 50
66
Boston
11 00
6 6
North Adams 62 85
Taunton 52 84
State of Massachusetts, pauper account .
1,292 50
Sale of produce
205 50
Soldiers' relief
402 77
W. H. Bayley, clerk, returned aid
1,414 35
Appropriation
20,000 00
$25,665 85
Amount overdrawn
300 00
$25,965 85
DETAILED STATEMENT.
Expended for care of the poor in the almshouse $2,392 09
66 salaries 3,075 08
insane . 9,922 52
outdoor relief 7,938 46
Paid other towns
1,278 76
Paid for medicine
300 00
fuel 596 23
.. fence around almshouse grounds 122 71
engine and table for sawing wood 340 00
$25,965 85
Less income received
25,665 85
Overdrawn $300 00
66 66
66
Salisbury
104 75
193
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
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ALMSHOUSE.
The almshouse, during the past year, has continued under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Nelson, one or more of the overseers visiting the farm every week.
An average of 37 persons have resided in the alms- house during the year, at an average cost of $2.35 each per week.
January 1, 1903, 37 inmates resided in the alms- house, 19 males and 18 females, the average age of the males being 56, and that of the females 60 years; 27 American born and 10 foreign born.
INSANE.
The cost to the city for the support of its insane dur- ing the past year has been $9,922.52, which is $54.91 less than last year. January 1, 1904, the state will assume the expense of caring for all the insane without regard to their place of settlement.
There are now at Danvers asylum 33 persons, Med- field asylum 9 persons, Westborough 2, Taunton 1, Northampton 1, Palmer 3, Worcester 5, Massachusetts school for feeble minded 1, Foxboro 1, making 56 insane in the asylums, on January 1, 1903, who are supported wholly or in part by the city.
OUTSIDE RELIEF.
Outside relief, which last year was granted to 320 persons, this year has been granted to 350 persons, and they are classed as follows : 210 having a settlement in Newburyport, 75 having a settlement in other places, and 65 having no settlement in the state, making a total of 350 persons who have been assisted during the past year. 7
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ANNUAL REPORTS
CITY PHYSICIAN'S REPORT.
To the Overseers of the Poor:
GENTLEMEN : I herewith submit the annual report of the city physician for the year ending December 31, 1902.
There were made, at the homes of the patients, 1,053 visits ; at the city farm, 20 visits; at the police station, 9 visits. There were also seen, at the office, 351 patients ; making a total of 1,433 patients seen. This number is over nine hundred less than last year. This falling off was for two reasons; first, my absence from duty three months in the spring and one in the summer, and the patients' calling on other physicians rather than my substitute ; second, no epidemic of intestinal disorder as in the year previous. There were 17 births during the year, nine males and eight females.
The work by months, as follows :
VISITS VISITS AT VISITS AT
AT OFFICE.
ALMS- HOUSE.
POLICE STATION.
TOTAL. BIRTHS
January .
. 173
74
247
1
February .
60
19
.
2
81
1
March
100
7
1
108
April
72
.
.
May .
97
57
5
5
164
2
June
34
22
1
57
1
July .
47
16
63
1
August
75
36
·
·
111
1
September
77
41
3
121
2
October
93
26
·
8
1
164
1
December
. 90
24
3
126
2
Total
. 1,053
351
20
9
1,433
17
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST H. NOYES, City Physician.
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.
119
5
November
. 126
29
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.
72
VISITS AT HOMES.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
PRODUCTS OF CITY FARM.
The products of the city farm during the past year were 36 tons hay, 200 bushels corn, 300 bushels onions, 300 bushels potatoes, 30 bushels carrots, 30 bushels beets, 20 bushels parsnips, 20 bushels turnips, 5 bushels beans, 40 barrels apples, 25 tons corn fodder, 2 tons squash, 2 tons cabbages, with green corn, string beans, and tomatoes enough to supply the almshouse with all that was needed.
Nine hundred pounds of butter has been made, and 3,190 pounds of hogs has been dressed, with 2,000 pounds of lard.
All the labor on the farm has been performed by the inmates, under the direction of the superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
L. W. SARGENT, B. F. HATHAWAY, - Overseers of the Poor.
W. F. HOUSTON,
REPORT OF ATWOOD AND DEXTER FUND.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN : The board of overseers of the poor, to whom is entrusted the income accruing from these funds, would respectfully report that the income from the Dexter fund, for the year ending December 31, 1902, amounting to $90, has been divided among the three overseers, $30 to each.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
The income from the Atwood fund, $307.50, has been divided in a similar manner, giving $102.50 to each overseer, and has been distributed according to the will of the donors in the following manner.
DEXTER FUND.
In wards one and two, the $30 of the Dexter fund, nothing remaining over from last year, has been distrib- uted among 13 persons, in sums from $2 to $4 each, leaving nothing of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
In wards three and four, the $30 of the Dexter fund, nothing remaining from last year, has been distributed among 18 persons, in sums from $1 to $3 each, leaving nothing of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
In wards five and six, the $30 of the Dexter fund, nothing remaining over from last year, has been distrib- uted among 14 persons, in sums from $1 to $3 each, leaving $1 of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
ATWOOD FUND.
In wards one and two, the income from the Atwood fund, $102.50, with $73.54, remaining on hand at the close of last year, $176.04, has been distributed among 40 persons, in various small amounts from $1 to $5 each, leaving $76.71 on hand of this fund at the close of the year.
In wards three and four, the income from the Atwood fund, $102.50, with $54.03, remaining on hand at the close of last year, $156.58, has been distributed among 49 persons, in sums from $1 to $5 each, leaving $49.74 on hand of this fund at the close of the year.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
In wards five and six, the income from the Atwood fund, 102.50, with $98.16, remaining on hand at the close of last year, $200.66, has been distributed among 41 persons, in sums from $1 to $5 each, leaving $93.66 on hand at the close of the year.
At the close of the year, December 31, 1902, there remained in the hands of the overseers :
Wards one and two, Atwood fund . $76 71
Wards three and four,
49 74
Wards five and six, 66 60 93 66
Wards five and six, Dexter fund
1 00
Respectfully submitted,
L. W. SARGENT, B. F. HATHAWAY, W. F. HOUSTON,
Overseers of the Poor.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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To His Honor the Mayor and City Council of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN : The following report of the condition of the fire department, a list of members, and such other matters as pertain to the department, is hereby sub- mitted for your consideration.
MANUAL FORCE.
The force of the department consists of a chief, three assistant chiefs, and eighty call men, divided as follows :
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