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$4,852 71
182
ANNUAL REPORTS
WATERING STREETS FOR YEAR 1903.
Total amount assessed to abutters for the year 1903,
124,988 feet at 3 cents $3,749 64
City appropriation for 1903 . 800 00
Income from Simpson fund 900 00
$5,449 64
Amount undrawn, transferred to incidentals to bal-
ance account 2 40
$5,447 24
EXPENDITURES.
[Authorized by the Board of Aldermen. ]
Cashman Brothers, for use of carts and men for
watering 62,284 feet at 72 cents per foot $4,671 30
Cashman Brothers, 7} days use of sprinkling carts . 137 50 Newburyport water works, for furnishing water for 62,284 feet at $50 per mile 589 79
Newburyport water works, stock and labor for stand- pipe on Greenleaf street 28 49
Item Publishing Co., advertising 4 00
Herald Co.,
4 00
News Publishing Co.,
4 00
Supplementary assessment transferred
8 16
$5,447 24
183
DETAILED STATEMENT
MISCELLANEOUS.
INCOME ACCOUNT.
CREDITS.
From state of Massachusetts, corporation tax for year 1903 $12,046 08
From state of Massachusetts, balance of corporation tax for 1902 95 47
From state of Massachusetts, non-resident bank tax for year 1903 . 2,215 39
From city of Newburyport, three-fourths of liquor licenses for year 1903 18,693 70
$33,050 64
DEBITS.
Amount deducted by assessors . . $28,000 00 State of Massachusetts, account of na- tional bank tax for 1902 162 62
28,162 62
Transferred to incidentals
$4,888 02
184
ANNUAL REPORTS NON-RESIDENT BANK TAX.
CREDITS.
Collected from city banks $2,465 17
Credited on state account 3,377 51
$5,842 68
DEBITS.
Charged on state account .
$3,554 88
Paid for assessing and collecting bank
taxes 72 41
3,627 29
Balance transferred to income account
$2,215 39
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Appropriated and paid for state tax $9,262 70
Appropriated and paid for county tax 11,540 15
$20,802 85
185
DETAILED STATEMENT
RECEIPTS OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS.
Taxes of 1899
$ 228 30
66 1900 389 85
66 1901 22,184 76
66
1902
31,239 53
1903 . 125,749 66
$179,792 10
Non-resident bank tax
2,465 17
Watering streets for 1901
290 88
1902
542 69
66
1903
2,778 82
Betterment assessments 845 17
$186,714 83
DOG LICENSES.
Received from county of Essex
$426 98
Transferred to public library account 426 98
ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL.
City appropriation . $600 00 Paid H. B. Little, treasurer 600 00
I86
ANNUAL REPORTS
SINKING FUND FOR RETIRING TRUST FUNDS.
City appropriation . $1,000 00
Transferred to public property account
1,000 00
SOUTH END READING ROOM.
City appropriation . $250 00
Paid Anna L. Coffin, treasurer 250 00
PEST HOUSE ADDITION.
City appropriation . $1,400 00
Transferred to public property account
1,400 00
SINKING FUND -WARD SIX ENGINE HOUSE.
City appropriation . . $1,000 00
Amount unexpended and left to the credit of the ac-
count at close of the year . 1,000 00
187
DETAILED STATEMENT
COUNTY OF ESSEX.
CREDITS.
Received from county treasurer for seals killed .. $15 00
DEBITS.
Paid Merle L. Beckman $3 00
" C. L. Caswell 3 00
" John Poor 3 00
" John D. Kilborn 6 00
15 00
INCOME FROM CITY BUILDINGS AND LANDS.
Received from county of Essex, rent of police court rooms, one year to January 1, 1904 $250 00
Received from town of Newbury, use of public library, one year to January 1, 1903 . 150 00
Received from rental of city hall for year 1903 . 1,599 50
Received from sale of burial lots during year 1903 299 50
$2,299 00
COPYING RECORDS OF OLD NEWBURY.
City appropriation $100.00
Paid William H. Bayley for services 100 00
188
ANNUAL REPORTS
FOOT BRIDGE OVER CITY RAILROAD.
City appropriation $275 00
Paid L. M. Hatch & Sons 321 13
Overdrawn, transferred to incidentals . .
$46 13
PRESERVATION OF SHADE TREES.
City appropriation $1,000 00
CREDIT.
Transfer from Bromfield fund account 142 31
Total appropriation and income
$1,142 31
Amount overdrawn, transferred from incidentals to
balance account . 356 70
$1,499 01
EXPENDITURES. [Authorized by Special Committee.]
Charles M. Maguire, horse hire
$ 2 50
H. L. Frost & Co., spraying trees and supplies 806 60
Newburyport Herald Co., advertising 19 13
News Publishing Co., 13 50
Item Publishing Co., printing and advertising
20 50
Thomas T. Upton, to planting and protecting trees and cash paid children for collecting brown-tail moths 170 00
189
DETAILED STATEMENT
George Ray Sargent, services in notifying household-
ers of presence of brown-tail moths in trees $75 00
Edward Donahoe, bands for trees and teaming 72 75
William Holker, hardware 53 40
Isaac Martell, labor 10 00
James Lyons, 66
41 00
James E. Lyons,'
20 10
John Golden, 66
1 25
J. Quill,
90
Michael Toomey, labor
90
Daniel Casey,
33 42
John Hartnett,
5 07
Edward Haley,
7 50
Seth Buckley,
59 39
Henry Upton, 66
78 10
Charles. G. Thomas, "
2 00
William Fox,
6 00
$1,499 01
NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
Credit balance, December 20, 1902 $10,279 68
Received from sale of city bonds, high school loan, 3g per cents 50,000 00
Received from Chandler Adjustable Chair and Desk Works, rebate on freight 63 13
$60,342 81
Amount undrawn, transferred to incidentals to bal- ance account 57 40
$60,285 41
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190
ANNUAL REPORTS
EXPENDITURES.
[Authorized by the Committee on Public Property. ]
Herbert D. Hale, architect $ 515 70
Dearborn Brothers, on account of contract . 8,921 68
Boston & Maine Railroad Co., mileage and freight 63 13
Frank E. Davis, stock and labor . 122 36
Benjamin P. Ireland, expenses to Boston and New Bedford 22 00
J. C. Colman, stock and labor 24 33
James Dickens, electric clocks and bells, etc. 235 62
Cashman Brothers, hauling granite from high school to bridge . 35 00
The Merrill Co., on account plumbing end heating 2,650 00
Brewster Brothers, insurance 93 77
Hermon Staples, labor 25 77
F. A. Wendall Co., plumbing
956 00
Blodgett Brothers, electric clocks 262 00
William Holker, 10 ash barrels, extra heavy, and hardware . 123 49
C. C. Blanchard, taking up seats, etc. 53 79
Fred D. Bruce, labor 204 50
T. P. B. Houghton, labor 189 07
J. G. McDonald, 66
30 25
W. J. Woods, 66
30 25
F. H. Davis, 66
154 12
Hiram T. Balch, janitor's service
55 00
James Toomey, labor
4 00
Timothy Coffey,
90
Myles Mahaney,
6 30
Thomas Ryan, 66 90
Thomas Hale, 66
5 40
Charles Allen, 66 5 40
William Nealon, 66 5 40
James Kelleher,
5 40
191
DETAILED STATEMENT
Cornelius Sullivan, labor $5 40
John Whalen, 66 5 40
Jere Sheehan, 66 5 40
Cornelius Kelleher, 66 1 80
James Kiley,
66
5 40
R. Bradshaw,
11 00
Jeremiah Coffey, 66 25 00
Burdett & Williams Co., supplies 347 50
T. H. McCarthy, stock and labor 11 00
Edward Donahoe, boiler and labor 6 35
T. F. O'Neil, 40 tons stone 50 00
Timothy Moynihan, labor . 8 36
R. J. Foley, stock and labor 107 85
Thomas P. Thomas, concreting 5 00
J. J. & H. J. Chase, 10 keys 1 00
C. O. Teel & Son, stock and labor 12 64
Newburyport water works, use of water by Dearborn Brothers 39 68
B. G. Gerrish, window shades . 109 00
McGlew Brothers, stock and labor 122 90
C. C. Stockman, furnishings
469 41
H. E. Carlisle, steel mats 28 43
Patrick Tobin, teaming .
3 25
Rufus Adams, stock and labor
20 62
F. E. Cutter & Son, "
82 39
A. Russell & Sons, . . 100 00
H. D. Allen, 66
242 44
E. Perkins Lumber Co., stock and labor 161 62
W. C. Langley Furniture Co., furnishings 30 00
Atkinson Coal Co., coal 193 37
Edwin L. Toppan, stock and labor 19 30
Chandler Adjustable Desk and Chair Works, desks and settees 1,070 35 James F. Carens, cash paid for freight and express on furnishings 8 65
192
ANNUAL REPORTS
John E. Bailey, stock and labor $30 96
S. H. Thurlow, hardware 9 86
J. M. Haley, teaming 15 00
John Cheney, labor 4 50
Olive White & Co., supplies 21 50
L. M. Hatch & Son, stock and labor
592 80
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., supplies 16 18
Arthur W. Hall Scientific Co., chemical and electrical supplies . 375 56
Butman & Stone, book of honds 50 00
Creeden Brothers, furnishing gas fixtures 172 00
N. N. Jones, treasurer, full payment for judgment 40,885 01
$60,285 41
WATER ACCOUNT.
Balance, December 20, 1902 $56,284 19
EXPENDITURES.
[Authorized by the City Council. ]
James F. Carens, expenses in Boston . $ 7 80
Boston Transcript, advertising bonds 55 20
Boston Herald Co., ·
77 00
The Bond Buyer, 66 .
13 50
New England Statist,
.
30 00
Boston Advertiser, 66
47 25
Boston Bank Note Co., engraving bonds
117 00
Arthur Withington, expenses
1 25
Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Thayer,
professional advice regarding issue of bonds 300 00
649 00
Balance, December 19, 1903
$56,933 19
193
DETAILED STATEMENT
CITY VALUATION FOR 1903.
Real estate $7,429,000 00
Personal estate
2,983,100 00
Resident bank shares 294,829 00
-$10,706,929 00
Tax assessed on real estate . . $120,349 80
66
personal estate 48,326 22
66 resident bank shares 4,776 21
polls (4496)
8,992 00
$182,444 25
Appropriated for city expenses . . . $186,906 98
Income deducted 28,000 00
158,906 98
Appropriation for state tax
9,262 70
66
county tax
11,540 15
Overlay ..
2,320 52
Supplementary assessments
413 90
$182,444 25
Number of polls, 4,496.
Rate of taxation, $16.20 per $1,000.
POPULATION.
1900, census 14,478
1903, estimated 15,000
7
194
ANNUAL REPORTS
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1903.
Poor (including fuel and insane). $21,000 00
Schools (including fuel) 34,000 00
Fire (including fuel) . 11,000 00
" (for repairs on No. 1 steamer) 1,780 00
Highways 16,000 00
Sidewalks and edgestones
300 00
Ashes and rubbish .
1,300 00
Bridges and culverts
2,500 00
Watering streets
800 00
Public property
3,800 00
Incidentals
2,500 00
Police
11,500 00
Lighting streets and public buildings
13,500 00
Salaries
10,550 00
Fuel .
700 00
Public library
2,200 00
Printing
700 00
Board of health
800 00
Military aid
250 00
Soldiers' relief
4,000 00
Parks .
450 00
" (Atkinson common)
500 00
66 (Cushing)
75 00
Memorial day . 200 00
Sewer (maintenance) .
650 00
Anna Jaques hospital
600 00
Abatements, tax of 1900
1,200 00
6 6 1901
600 00
66 1902
400 00
לי
1903 50 00
Interest
19,500 00
Sinking funds .
17,200 00
Sinking fund for retiring trust funds
1,000 00
195
DETAILED STATEMENT
South end reading room $250 00
Copying Newbury records 100 00
Foot bridge over City railroad . 275 00
Sinking fund for ward six engine house
1,000 00
Preservation of shade trees
1,000 00
Incidentals (overdraft, 1902) 1,276 98
Pest house addition 1,400 00
$186,906 98
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS FOR 1903.
Mayor .
$1,200 00
City clerk (no fees) 1,450 00
Assistant city clerk (includes clerk of the sprinkling committee ) 900 00
City treasurer and collector (includes clerk of state aid committee and treasurer of sinking funds) 1,850 00
City treasurer and collector, for clerk hire 400 00
City auditor 400 00
City solicitor (in full for all services) 500 00
City physician 400 00
City messenger
900 00
City marshal (to furnish own team) 1,200 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
Superintendent of fire alarm . 200 00
Agent of board of health 200 00
196
ANNUAL REPORTS
Clerk of board of health $ 50 00
Superintendent of sewers 525 00
Librarian of public library 1,200 00
Assistant librarian of public library
400 00
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
75 00
Clerk of board of engineers 15 00
160 00
Assistant engineers, each .
20 00
Firemen of steamers, each
120 00
Hosemen and laddermen, each .
60 00
Three assessors, each
500 00
Four registrars, each
75 00
Sealer of weights and measures
300 00
Two liquor license commissioners, each
200 00
Chairman liquor license commission 225 00
Captain of night watch . 900 00
Patrolmen, per week, 6 months $15.75 ; 6 months 17 50
Drivers of double teams, per week 14 00
Drivers of single teams, per week 14 00
Permanent fireman, per week
14 00
Engineers of steamers, each .
198
TABULAR STATEMENT OF CITY, COUNTY AND STATE TAXES
Rate of Taxation per $1000, and Number of Polls, from 1851 to 1903 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 5º
7
1855
·
2977
3,449,100
3,554,000
7,003, 100
48,877 80
4, 180 50
7.432
60,590 30
8
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
8,36I
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 04
IO 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
1866
3126
3,373.700
3,834,500
7,214,200
129,768 35
23.400
8.188 95
161,357 30
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
I 869
·
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
4,018,70I
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
II,960
8,215 90
159,619 35
19
1876 .
13356|
4,788,450
2,937, 167
7,725,617
136,042 87
7,866
6,499 5º
150,408 38
18 60
ANNUAL REPORTS
·
·
·
·
.
.
1877 1878
·
3223 3408
4,832,700 4,799,250
2,778,962
7,644,984 7,578,212 7,409,588 7,466,677
115,91I 24 122,383 30 III,070 40
2,185
7,135 54
120,390 94
15 50
1880
·
3384
4,815,800
2,650,877
2,686,406
7,535,456
123,809 80
6,555
7,135 54
136,499 84
17 20
1881
3456
4,849,050 5,002,550
2,415, 148
7,417,698
128,779 64
8,740
7,135 54
144,655 18
18 60
1882
·
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
2,385,771
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
1888
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
I35,147 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 4I
15 70
1895
3945
7,129,050
2,620,450
9,749,500
151,013 21
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
138,594 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
I 900
4348
7,286,000
2,863,033
10, 149,033
151,518 84
5,760
8,727 17
166,036 OI
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
I 902
·
4471
7,416,500
2,942,315
10,358,815
181,955 40
5,592 50
9,924 53
197,472 43
18 20
1903
4496
7,429,000
3,277,929
10,706,929
161,641 40
9,262 70
11,540 15
182,444 25
16 20
*The assessors' overlays are included in these amounts.
1
16
17
1879
·
3299
4,766,700
2,642,888
109,557 63
6,555
7,135 54
123,248 17
15 60
·
3343
·
·
·
.
·
·
·
DETAILED STATEMENT
2,812,284
128,965 74
6,555 4,370
6,499 50 7,892 30
135,645 60
·
.
·
199
Department Reports AND
Reports of City Officers.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 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-fifth annual report.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
The total cost of the poor department for the year ending Nov. 30, 1903, has been $26,972.94. This in- cludes $9,658.71 paid for the support of the insane, $3,547.56 for fuel, and $450 for city physician's salary.
RECEIPTS.
For aid given to poor, settlement in Brockton .
$194 30
66
66
66
Boston .
11 00
60
Haverhill
471 69
66
66 66
Chelsea
234 00
66
Lynn
21 50
66 66
Salem
32 50
204
ANNUAL REPORTS
For aid given to poor, settlement in Fall River
$ 74 29
66
Lowell .
360 10
Gloucester
14 50
66
Lawrence
44 50
66
66
66
Malden
34 00
66
66
Dedham
30 00
66
60
Salisbury .
228 25
66
66
66
Somersett
57 94
66
66
Amesbury
714 46
66
66
66
Rowley
41 43
66
66
Weymouth
40 05
66
66
Ashland
82 85
66
Melrose
18 79
66
Stoneham
45 00
Monson
150 00
66
66
66
West Newbury
35 00
State of Massachusetts, pauper account
Sale of produce
388 23
empty barrels
12 50
W. H. Bayley, clerk, returned aid
925 55
Soldiers' relief
624 33
Appropriation
21,000 00
$26,890 02
Amount overdrawn
82 92
$26,972 94
DETAILED STATEMENT.
Expended for care of poor in almshouse
$2,643 35
66 salaries 3,075 08
insane . 9,658 71
60 outdoor relief .
6,428 43
Paid other towns
1,319 81
Newbury
3 13
66
Ipswich
145 25
854 88
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Paid for medicine $ 300 00
" " fuel 3,547 56
$26,972 94
Less income received .
26,890 02
Overdrawn
$82 92
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 35 persons have resided in the alms- house during the year, at an average cost of $2.40 each per week.
January 1, 1904, 38 inmates resided in the alms- house, 20 males and 18 females, the average age of the males being 561/2 years, and that of the females 6312 years. American born, 24; foreign born, 14.
INSANE.
The cost to the city for the support of its insane department during the past year has been $9,658.71, which is $263.81 less than last year.
The state having assumed the care and cost of all the insane, from January 1, 1904, the necessary appropria- tion for this expense will be largely reduced; more so in 1905, as the last quarter of the year 1903, amounting to $2,559.28, has been paid from the appropriation of 1904.
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OUTSIDE RELIEF.
Outside relief, which last year was granted to 350 persons, this year has been granted to 330 persons, who are classed as follows: 204 having a settlement in New- buryport, 80 having a settlement in other places, and 46 having no settlement in the state, making a total of 330 persons who have been assisted during the year.
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 30, 1903.
There were made, at the home of the patient, ten hundred and eighty-one visits (1,081); at the alms- house, forty-one visits (41); at the police station, seven- teen visits (17); at the office of the city physician, four hundred and forty-six visits (446); making a total of fifteen hundred and eighty-five patients seen during the year.
There were 16 births during the year, 11 females and 5 males.
Owing to the warm autumn and sunny November, there was much less sickness among the poor during the last three months of the year than usual.
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WORK MONTHLY.
VISITS AT HOUSE.
CALLS AT OFFICE.
VISITS AT VISITS AT
ALMS- HOUSE.
POLICE STATION.
TOTAL.
NUMBER OF BIRTHS
January .
. 143
67
1
0
211
1
February . . 109
40
2
3
154
4
March
98
37
2
1
138
3
April
96
36
7
1
140
1
May .
61
32
13
1
107
2
June .
77
46
6
2
131
4
July .
95
39
2
1
137
1
August .
89
38
1
2
130
0
September
94
31
1
1
127
0
October
110
27
1
0
138
0
November
. 58
23
2
1
84
0
December .
51
30
3
4
88
0
Total
. 1,081
446
41
17
1,585
16
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Respectfully submitted, ERNEST H. NOYES, City Physician.
PRODUCTS OF CITY FARM.
The products of the city farm during the past year were 35 tons hay, 100 bushels corn, 50 bushels onions, 250 bushels potatoes, 50 bushels carrots, 25 bushels beets, 20 bushels parsnips, 25 bushels turnips, 5 bushels beans, 15 barrels apples, 25 tons corn fodder, one-half ton squash, 300 cabbages, with green corn, string beans, and tomatoes enough to supply the almshouse with all that was needed.
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Nine hundred pounds of butter has been made, and 5,000 pounds of hogs has been dressed, with 500 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, W. F. HOUSTON, Overseers of the Poor.
REPORT OF ATWOOD AND DEXTER FUNDS.
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, 1903, amounting to $90, has been divided among the three overseers, $30 to each.
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 :
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DEXTER FUND.
In wards one and two, the $30 of the Dexter fund, nothing remaining over from last year, has been dis- tributed among 12 persons, in sumns from $2 to $4 each, leaving nothing on hand at the end of the year.
In wards three and four, the $30 of the Dexter fund, nothing remaining over from last year, has been dis- tributed among 18 persons, in sums from $1 to $3 each, leaving nothing on hand at the close of the year.
In wards five aud six, the $30 of the Dexter fund, with $1 balance from last year, $31, has been distributed among 15 persons, in sums from $1 to $3 each, leaving nothing 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 $76.71, amounting to $179.21, has been distributed among 71 persons, to the amount of $114.79, in sums from $1 to $5 each, leaving $64.42 of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
In wards three and four, the income from the Atwood fund, $102.50, with $49.74 remaining on hand at the close of last year, $162.24, has been distributed among 25 families, in sums of money, fuel, and clothing, to the amount of $105.05, leaving $57.19 of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
In wards five and six, the income from the Atwood fund, $102.50, with $93.66 remaining on hand from last year, $196.16, has been distributed among 34 fam-
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ilies, in sums from $1 to $5 each, to the amount of $84.61, leaving $111.55 of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
At the close of the year, December 31, 1903, there remained in the hands of the overseers :
Wards one and two, Atwood fund . $64 42
Wards three and four, 57 19
Wards five and six, 111 55
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.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEWBURYPORT :
GENTLEMEN : In accordance with the rules governing the fire department, I have the honor to herewith sub- mit the annual report of this department for the year ending December 31, 1903
FORCE OF DEPARTMENT.
The force of the department consists of a chief, three assistant chiefs, eighty call men, and one permanent man at the central fire station.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus consists of three second class Amoskeag fire engines, five hose wagons, two ladder trucks (one in reserve), three pungs, and one set of runners for ladder truck for winter service, one supply wagon, one four- wheel hose carriage (in reserve), and one exercise
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wagon. The exercise wagon is loaded at all times, and stands ready to respond to an alarm when needed.
The apparatus has been thoroughly overhauled the past year, necessitating no outlay in that direction ex- cept ladder 1, which is badly in need of paint, which I would recommend.
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