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GEORGE F. WOODMAN, JOHN J. KELLEHER, GEORGE H. WELCH.
Newburyport, December 31, 1903.
FOLLANSBEE FUND.
TO THE HON. MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN, TRUSTEES OF THE FOLLANSBEE FUND :
GENTLEMEN : In accordance with the regulations estab- lished for the government of this fund, I herewith pre- sent the thirtieth annual report, showing the condition
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of the fund, the income derived therefrom, and a state- ment of disbursement per order of members of the board of aldermen.
FUND INVESTED AS FOLLOWS :
Note of city of Newburyport, $3,000, at 4 per cent
interest, payable semi-annually, March and Sep- tember .
$3,000 00
Deposit in Five Cents Savings Bank 120 00
Deposit in Institution for Savings 30 00
$3,150 00
INCOME ACCOUNT.
Unexpended balance from last year $ 2 23
Interest on note payable in March 60 00
Interest on note payable in September 60 00
$122 23
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Paid Atkinson Coal Co., on orders of aldermen . $80 50
Unexpended balance to new account $41 73
Amount of coal paid for, 63/4 tons ; 15/8 cords of hard wood and 25/s cords of pine wood, and in nearly every case the wood sawed and split.
There were 19 orders issued, in amounts from $2.50 to $5.38, to 13 different families or individuals. Ten of these received but one order, two received two orders, and one received five orders.
The distribution of fuel, by wards, is as follows :
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Ward One, 2 orders $ 8 76
" Two, 5 "
21 90
Three, 2 66 9 41
" Four, 7 6. 26 29
Five, 1 4 38
Six, 2 9 76
-
19 $80 50
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. STEVENS,
Treasurer.
SIMPSON FUND.
TU HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT :
GENTLEMEN : I herewith respectfully submit a report of the condition of the Simpson fund at the close of the financial year ending December 19, 1903, in accordance with city ordinances :
Total funds, December 20, 1902 . $20,000 00
Interest on investments, 1903 900 00
$20,900 00
Paid city of Newburyport for watering streets during the year 1903 . 900 00
Total funds, December 19, 1903 . $20,000 00
INVESTED AS FOLLOWS :
City of Newburyport note, at 4} per cent $20,000 00
J. V. FELKER, Treasurer.
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TOPPAN FUND.
-
TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN :
GENTLEMEN : The standing committee of the board of aldermen on the Toppan fund, held in trust by the board of aldermen for the purpose hereinafter stated, present the annual report on the condition of the fund and disposal of the income therefrom.
INVESTMENT.
City note, at 4 per cent interest, payable annually . . . $250 00
The income for the year 1903, amounting to the sum of $10, has been paid, by the order of the committee, to the board of school committee, to be by them awarded to the member of the senior class of the high school showing the greatest proficiency in the science of gov- ernment, in accordance with the suggestion of the donor, Robert N. Toppan, Esq., in a communication addressed to the principal of the high school, dated Cambridge, Mass., February 17, 1887.
ANDREW R. CURTIS, CHARLES W. AYERS, BENJAMIN P. IRELAND, Committee.
Newburyport, December 31, 1903.
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WHEELWRIGHT SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL FUND.
The following items are taken from the triennial report of the treasurer of the fund for the three years ending October 31, 1903, on file at the office of the city clerk.
Receipts and payments for the three years amounted to $97,617.33.
PAYMENTS.
For 33 students at Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology ; for tuition, allowance for railroad tickets
or board, books, and supplies $20,132 45
Expense of treasurer, secretary, safe deposit vaults, rent, postage, and stationery 3,510 11
New investments 72,090 50
Interest accrued on bonds purchased 511 11
Cash balance in New England Trust Company 1,373 16
$197,617 33
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES.
Mortgages on real estate $153,000 00 Gibraltar building, Kansas City, and land adjoin-
ing 88,750 00
Trust certificates, real estate 100,825 00
Railroad stocks and bonds
44,464 25
Miscellaneous bonds .
City and town bonds . 35,801 25
21,000 00
Cash deposited with New England Trust Company 1,373 16
Total amount of fund
$445,213 66
Increase of fund in the three years . $25,527 23
GEORGE H. STEVENS, City Clerk.
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PUTNAM FUND.
TO THE HONORABLE THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDER- MEN OF THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT :
GENTLEMEN: Below follows a schedule of the invest- ments of the trustees of the Putnam Free School.
Bills receivable, secured by mortgage :
H. W. Bridges $562 82
J. J. Chase .
175 00
Daniel Rand 400 00
A. C. Kelleher
700 00
$1,837 32
133 shares Merchants National Bank . $2,660 00 3,000 bonds Superior Water, Light, and
Power Co. 4's . 2,000 00
1,000
Green Island Water Co. . 10 00
1,500
Rockport-Holly Water Co. .
1,000 00
2,000 bonds Clyde Water Co. 5's 1,000 00
4,000
N. E. T. & T. Co. 6's 4,000 00
5,000
Michigan T. & T. Co. 5's . 4,962 50
4,000
Cleveland, Lorraine & Wheel- ing 5's 4,000 00
3,000
3,000 00
1,000
1,000 00
1,000
St. Louis Terminals, 5's . . Utica Elec. Lt. & P. Co. 5's Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Co. 4's 950 00
1,000
Chicago & Alton railroad 3g's 825 00
2,000
Tampa Electric Co. 6's 2,000 00
1,000
Mexico Central 4's . 812 50
2,000
Edison Elec. Ill. Co., Brock- ton, 5's . 2,000 00
2,000
American Telephone Co. 4's 2,000 00
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1,050
Nevada 6's .
$1,050 00
2,000 Western T. & T. Co. 5's 2,000 00
4,000
No. Pacific & Gt. Northern joint 4's 3,840 00
2,000
San Diego, Cal., 4}'s . 2,000 00
2,000
Maine Water Co.
2,000 00
2,000 Lowell & Suburban 5's
2,000 00
1,000 United Electric Securities, 5's 1,000 00
$46,110 00
Institution for Savings .
3 32
Five Cents Savings Bank
145 66
Real estate, Harden
10 00
Schoenerman .
10 00
Carter
1,900 00
1,920 00
Cash
1,252 27
$51,269 07
Respectfully submitted,
N. N. JONES, Treasurer.
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TRUST FUNDS OF THE NEWBURYPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
[December 19, 1903.]
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDER- MEN OF THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT, TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY :
GENTLEMEN : I herewith respectfully submit a report of the various funds, at this date, it being the close of the financial year, viz .:
W. C. TODD FUND.
Total funds $15,000 00
INVESTED.
Newburyport note, 4 per cent . $10,000 00
Deposit, Institution for Savings, city 5,000 00 15,000 00
SAWYER FUND.
Total fund $5,000 00
INVESTED.
City of Newburyport note, 42 per cent 5,000 00
FROTHINGHAM FUND
Total fund
$1,000 00
INVESTED.
City of Newburyport note, 4 per cent 1,000 00
GREEN FUND.
Total fund
$2,000 00
INVESTED.
City of Newburyport note, 4 per cent
2,000 00
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WILLIAMS FUND.
Total fund
$1,000 00
INVESTED.
City of Newburyport note, 4 per cent 1,000 00
W. O. MOSELEY FUND.
Total fund $10,000 00
INVESTED.
City of Newburyport note, 4 per cent . 10,000 00
J. R. SPRING FUND.
Total fund
$20,000 00
INVESTED.
Deposit, Institution for Savings, city,
book number 48,087 . . $10,000 00
Deposit, Five Cents Savings Bank, city, book number 11,701 . 10,000 00
20,000 00
BRADBURY FUND.
Total fund
$1,000 00
INVESTED.
Deposit, Institution for Savings, city, book number 34,120
1,000 00
A. E. CUTTER FUND.
Total fund .
$4,000 00
Paid premium and accrued interest on
Newburyport bonds .
188 55
INVESTED. $3,811 45
City of Newburyport 32 per cent sewer bonds, numbers 24, 25, 26 $3,000 00
Deposit, Five Cents Savings bank, city, book number 12,178 . 811 45 3,811 45
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S. W. MARSTON FUND.
Total fund . $5,000 00
Paid premium and accrued interest on
Newburyport bonds .
251 40
$4,748 60
Interest received on money deposited six months 99 93
INVESTED. $4,848 53
City of Newburyport, 32 per cent sewer
bonds, numbers 20, 21, 22, 23 $4,000 00
Deposit, Five Cents Savings Bank, city, book number 12,179 848 53
4,848 53
E. S. MOSELEY FNND.
Total fund .
$5,000 00
Paid premium and accrued interest on
Newburyport bonds 251 40
INVESTED. $4,748 60
City of Newburyport 32 per cent sewer
bonds, numbers 16, 17, 18, 19 . . $4,000 00
Deposit, Five Cents Savings bank, city, book number 12,177 748 60
4,748 60
E. H. STICKNEY FUND.
Total fund
$5,000 00
INVESTED.
Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock Yards Company 5 per cent bonds, numbers 3053, 3054, 3076, 3082, 3083, due in 1915, interest payable January and July 5,000 00
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W. H. P. DODGE MEMORIAL FUND.
Total fund INVESTED.
$2,500 00
First National Bank, city 2,500 00
SUMMARY.
W. C. Todd fund . · $15,000 00
Sawyer
5,000 00
Frothingham 1,000 00
Green 2,000 00
W. O. Moseley “ 10,000 00 J. R. Spring 20,000 00 1,000 00
Bradbury 66
A. E. Cutter
3,811 45
S. W. Marston “ 4,848 53
E. S. Moseley “ 4,748 60
E. H. Stickney “
5,000 00
A. Williams 1,000 00
W. H. P. Dodge fund 2,500 00
$75,908 58
The securities of the above-named funds are on special deposit at the Five Cents Savings Bank, Newburyport. The income of the investments is payable when due up- on order of the directors of said library.
Respectfully, J. V. FELKER, Treasurer.
Annual Reports
OF THE
Inspector of Milk, of Animals and Provisions
AND OF THE
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MILK.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT :
GENTLEMEN : Following is the report of the inspector of milk for the year ending December 31, 1903.
The number of persons licensed to sell milk from wagons and vehicles 61
Registered to sell from stores and dwellings 58
Registered to sell oleomargerine 1
Total
120
Cash received from licenses
$32 50
Cash received, salary $25 00
Cash paid city treasurer 7 50 - 32 50
Numerous tests of milk have been made the past year with results unusually good.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. KNIGHT,
Inspector.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
GENTLEMEN : I herewith enclose the report of the in- spector of animals and provisions for the year ending December 31, 1903.
Animals slaughtered - Neat cattle . 511
Calves . . 1637
Lambs
56
Swine
286
Total
2490
Carcases condemned as unfit for food . 114
Horses killed 92
(Included in above 8 were killed affected with glanders.)
Permits issued to bring cattle from other states 18
Stamps used (times) .
9172
Carts and stores inspected (times)
83
In June last an inspection was ordered of all cattle in this district in regard to the foot and mouth disease,
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then prevalent in various sections of the state. Mr. D. E. Salmon, chief of bureau, Massachusetts state board of agriculture, detailed Deputy-inspector R. J. Lawton to assist me in that duty. We made a thorough inspection of every ward and nothing could be found of any trace of the disease. Mr. Lawton's report says it is the clean- est city in the state, and the herds in excellent condi- tion.
Orders from the chief of the cattle bureau, Dr. Anson Peters, state board, to inspect the city before November 15, 1903, was completed by me on that date, the result being as follows :
NEAT CATTLE
SWINE
Ward 1
29
89
" 2.
10
6
66 3
22
18
66 4
22
44
5
75
35
66
6
. 307
311
465
503
Which, with one goat in ward three, makes a total of 969.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. KNIGHT,
Inspector.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
GENTLEMEN : I herewith submit the report of this de- partment for the year ending December 20, 1903.
Glass jars sealed (no fee) 16,172
Glass jars condemned 476
Measures sealed for sale of nilk, etc. 375
Measures condemned for sale of milk, etc. 46
Yardsticks sealed
9
Scales sealed at office (no fee).
32
Measures sealed at office (no fee) 62
Scales sealed at places of business
310
Scales condemned at places of business
27
Weights sealed at places of business
1,210
Weights adjusted at office . 176
Measures sealed at places of business 144
Notices sent 63
Complaints investigated
51
New scales ordered
21
New measures recommended . 77
Money turned into city treasury to date $124.00
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This department will also receive a credit due, not collected, of $31.76.
There are now in my possession, belonging to the - city of Newburyport :
One set of copper measures, from one gallon to one-half pint. One set brass weights, from 4 pounds to one-sixteenth ounce. One five-pound weight.
One ten-pound weight.
Twenty fifty-pound weights.
One try balance.
One yard stick.
One drilling machine.
One set drills.
One stamp for marking wooden measures.
One stamp for marking wet measures.
The law in regard to sale of all berries has been complied with, in all cases, by dealers.
The milk and cream jars have increased in number this year from 11,955, in the year 1902, to 16,172, in the year 1903, and I can safely say that the public is receiving the standard measure.
If a fee of three cents could be charged for each jar as in years past, the revenue derived from the same would amount to $485.16, thereby putting a large amount of work, at the office, upon the sealer.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD DONAHOE, JR., City Sealer.
Annual Report
OF THE
Directors of the Public Library.
IO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
NEWBURYPORT, December 28, 1903.
Voted, That the annual report of the public librarian, with accompanying papers, be incorporated with the directors' report ; that the secretary be authorized to sign the names of the members to the same, and that they be forwarded to the city council.
JOHN D. PARSONS, Secretary.
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TRUSTEES OF THE LIBRARY - 1903.
MAYOR - JAMES F. CARENS.
ALDERMEN : ROBERT G. DODGE,
GEORGE F. WOODMAN, CHARLES W. AYERS,
MOODY B. NOYES,
ANDREW R. CURTIS,
BENJAMIN P. IRELAND, JOHN M. CHASE.
DIRECTORS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
JAMES F. CARENS, mayor. ex officio ROBERT G. DODGE, president of board of aldermen
TIMOTHY S. HERLIHY, president of common council .. 66
LAWRENCE B. CUSHING, trustee of building fund 66
FRED. S. MOSELEY, 6. 66
CHARLES W. MOSELEY,
66
66
GEORGE W. BROWN, term expires
. 1903
ARTHUR P. BROWN,
1904
ETHEL PARTON, 66
1905
WILLIAM C. COFFIN,
1906
JOSIAH R. HALE, 66
1907
FRANK F. MORRILL,
66
1908
WILLIAM R. JOHNSON,
1909
TRUSTEES OF THE PEABODY FUND.
JOHN J. CURRIER, SAMUEL C. BEANE,
LAWRENCE B. CUSHING, THOMAS C. SIMPSON,
CHARLES W. MOSELEY.
LIBRARIAN JOHN D. PARSONS EFFIE A. TENNEY.
ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS. ELIZABETH S. THURSTON. CHARLES I. SOMERBY.
SPECIAL ASSISTANT
HELEN E. TILTON.
SUPERINTENDENT OF READING ROOM
MARTHA P. LUNT
JANITOR .
DEXTER W. NUTTING.
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ORGANIZATION
OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR 1903.
President .
. JAMES F. CARENS.
Secretary .
. JOHN D. PARSONS.
Treasurer . JAMES V. FELKER.
Committee on Books.
George W. Brown, Ethel Parton, Josiah R. Hale, William R. Johnson.
Frank F. Morrill,
Building and Grounds.
Lawrence B. Cushing, Fred. S. Moseley, Charles W. Moseley.
Reading Room.
William C. Coffin, Arthur P. Brown, Robert G. Dodge.
Finance.
The President,
G. W. Brown, W. R. Johnson.
Librarian.
Robert G. Dodge,
F. S. Moseley, C. W. Moseley.
DIRECTORS' REPORT.
NEWBURYPORT, December 28, 1903.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL :
The directors of the public library are pleased to report that our library is still increasing in efficiency and usefulness. The ever growing patronage and many additions of books from year to year show that the value of the library cannot be overestimated.
The fact that the circulation of books is equal to more than three times our population proves that our people are a reading public and that the library is a public necessity.
Though the fiction list is large, as in all other places, yet it is the best fiction, and means in many cases, particularly the young, a step towards more solid reading.
The benefits coming from a rich and extended list of books and efficient methods of distribution have been constantly before us, and the great increase in the num- ber of borrowing cards, being nearly twenty-five per
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cent more than that used last year, proves the value of the steps taken.
We commend to your attention the appended report of the librarian, in which we heartily concur, wherein you may find a more detailed account of the condition of the library and the favorable results obtained.
JAMES F. CARENS,
ROBERT G. DODGE,
TIMOTHY S. HERLIHY,
LAWRENCE B. CUSHING,
FRED. S. MOSELEY,
CHARLES W. MOSELEY,
GEORGE W. BROWN,
Directors.
ARTHUR P. BROWN,
WILLIAM C. COFFIN,
ETHEL PARTON,
JOSIAH L. HALE,
FRANK F. MORRILL,
WILLIAM R. JOHNSON.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
TO THE BOOK COMMITTEE,
NEWBURYPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY :
Rule 9, defining the duties of the public librarian, says he shall annually "make and present to the com- mittee on books a detailed and circumstantial report of its [the library's] condition and increase during the year." In conformity with such provision, I beg leave to report as follows :
At the close of the library year, November 30, 1902, the number of volumes in stock was 38,232. Since that time, up to and including November 30, 1903, 1,254 new volumes were added, as more circumstantially set forth in the appendix to this report. During the year 134 volumes were canceled as beyond repair and unfit for use ; 14 were lost, stolen, or not returned by borrow- ers (all commonplace books); and 52 of this number have been restored by the purchase of new copies, leav- ing the present count as 39,390 volumes.
All this number are not on the shelves, however. During the year several thousand volumes have been
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removed and stored in the basement; in every case public documents or government publications which have been donated from time to time. This weeding out process has been done with circumspection, and only those volumes removed which experience has shown are not of the least service to a library of this kind or its patrons ; dry fiscal or detailed bureau reports which, in the very rare contingency of their ever being wanted, could readily be borrowed from a government depository library in Salem or Boston. In no instance has any work of an historical or practical scientific nature, of which the government publishes not a few, been removed. By doing this hundreds of linear feet of shelving has been made available for live literature. Of course, in an emergency, any of these volumes could be reached, and so they are still reckoned in as a part of the library stock.
The circulation of books for home use continues to show a gratifying increase, having risen from 43,315 in 1902 to 48,168 during the past year, an increase of little over 11 per cent. While it might be agreeable to announce that this increase was made up largely of the more substantial literature, the fact remains that it represents about the increased circulation in fiction, which stands this year at 79.28 per cent of the total. But our experience, however, is that of public libraries generally. In an interesting symposium on " What the American people are reading," published in the current number of The Outlook, the distinguished authority who writes from the librarian's experience and investigations
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puts the annual circulation of books from American libraries as 125,000,000, of which 100,000,000 are works of fiction. In other words, 80 per cent of the books withdrawn from our public libraries are novels. It should be borne in mind, however, that it is not a particularly difficult feat for the average novel reader to rush through eight books in his - or, to be more accur- ate, her-chosen course of reading while the serious student is poring over one of a more solid nature, so that, if we could procure statistics of a little different form, the aggregate number of hours, for instance, spent in reading by the two classes, the story might be a dif- ferent one than appears on the surface:
There are now 4,761 cards used by borrowers, of which 3,839 are cards calling for any class of books; 532 green cards (which do not draw fiction) are out, and 39 school teachers have 390 cards for books used in connection with their profession. Last year at this time the total was 3,665.
In this time 586 volumes have been sent to the bind- eries, either magazines from the reading room to be put into permanent form, or books for rebinding. No account is kept of the many hundreds which are repaired at the library.
The library has been kept open for the delivery of books 306 days, all except Sundays and legal holidays, and the average daily circulation has been 157 and a fraction, ranging from 47, the smallest, on a stormy winter day, to 324. This does not include the calls for use of books at the library, for reference or consultation,
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of which no figures are available, and which, of course, represent in no small degree the greatest value of the library to the community.
The library has received no donation of money during the current year to add to its vested funds, or of any article worthy of special mention, but the income of the Dodge memorial fund for the purchase of books relating to music has now become available by the interest on its temporary investment.
I have received from fines, 1903 $36 16
Paid for freight and teaming $9 36
Postage 8 25
Post office boxes 6 00
Miscellaneous supplies 1 85
J. V. Felker, city treasurer, balance 10 70 $36 16
The reading room is now supplied with a larger num- ber of publications than ever before this year. Daily newspapers fully covering the great news centers, weekly papers from twenty states, embracing every section of the country in thought and interest, besides England, Scotland, France, and Canada, are equal to almost any demand, whether from resident or the stranger temporarily with us. All the trades, arts, and professions connected with the city, so far as there have ever been calls or requests for such, are represented by their own technical publications, and a generous supply of magazine literature is furnished. By count, there are today exposed in the reading room 40 daily papers,
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42 weekly or semi-weekly newspapers, 38 weekly papers of a special or technical character, 74 domestic maga- zines, and 26 of foreign publication, a total of 220 pieces.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN D. PARSONS, Librarian.
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX A-RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation . $2,200 00
CREDITS.
Town of Newbury, use of library for the year 1902 $150 00
From J. D. Parsons, librarian, for fines . 4 20
From dog licenses 426 98
From treasurer of the public library, as per vote of the trustees :
S. W. Marston fund income 169 68
E. S. Moseley 66 166 18
A. E. Cutter 66 133 38
E. H. Stickney 66 247 37
W. O. Moseley
400 00
1,697 79
Total appropriation and income
$3,897 79
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Total appropriation and income $3,897 79
Amount overdrawn, transferred from incidentals to
balance account . 233 20
Expenditures $4,130 99
EXPENDITURES.
[Authorized by the City Council. ]
John D. Parsons, services as librarian and sundries . $1,208 75 Martha P. Lunt, services as superintendent of read- ing room . 522 17
EffieA. Tenney, services as assistant librarian 399 96
E. S. Thurston, 66 349 92
Helen E. Tilton, 66 64 75
Charles I. Somerby, 66 135 00
Dexter W. Nutting, services as janitor 401 85
A. F. Nason, 104 bushels charcoal . 11 44
J. J. & H. J. Chase, repairing lawn mower 50
Jackson Express Co., express
5 70
Gaylord Brothers, adhesive cloth and paper
4 90
J. J. Merrill, agent, mantles, chimneys, etc. 8 05
W. T. Humphreys, insurance 28 13
Boston Book Binding Co., binding books 95 80
James Dickens, mantles, chimneys, etc. . 11 62
F. J. Barnard Co., binding books 215 70
Milwaukee Dustless Brush Co., dustless brush 3 75
J. V. Felker, one year's salary as treasurer 50 00
Estate of P. H. Blumpey, sundries 7 94
Library Bureau,
37 19
Herald Co., advertising and printing
88 95
Brewster Brothers, insurance
95 00
University of New York, express
30
H. C. Stevens, sundries 70
S. H. Thurlow, hardware 30
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Charles W. Dow, 1 Washington portfolio $25 00
Item Publishing Co., printing and advertising 18 00
F. H. Plumer, teaming . 1 00
Mrs. Hannah Leary, cleaning library 20 00
F. Dillingham & Co., 1 ream library paper 9 00
George H. Jaques, sundries . 4 29
The Colonial Advertising Co., advertising 1 00
Watering streets department, sprinkling for 1903 . 7 86
John Collins, fuel, 91,600 pounds egg"coal 296 47
$4,130 99
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APPENDIX B- TREASURER'S REPORT.
NEWBURYPORT, MASS., December 19, 1903.
TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT :
GENTLEMEN : I herewith respectfully submit a report of the condition of the income of the various funds of which I am treasurer, for the year ending date.
S. A. GREEN FUND.
CR.
Balance, cash on hand, December 20, 1902 $25 52
12 months' interest, note $2,000, to August 9, 1903 . 80 00
$105 52
Payment of bills on file . DR.
74 50
Balance unexpended
$31 02
J. A. FROTHINGHAM FUND.
CR.
12 months' interest, note $1,000 to January 29, 1903 . $40 00
DR.
Payment of bills on file . 40 00
305
PUBLIC LIBRARY
A. WILLIAMS FUND.
CR.
12 months' interest, note $1,000, to March 1, 1903 . $40 00
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