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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.vv
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 . $36,459.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
PUBLIC PROPERTY
Furniture in city hall building, engine houses, police station and court room.
$ 6,000.00
Movable property in schoolhouses, consisting of desks and chairs for pupils, books and miscellaneous supplies, viz:
Johnson school $ 450.00
Bromfield street school
546.00
Purchase street school
60.00
Jackman school
632.00
Temple street school
138.00
Kelley school
1,192.00
Congress street school
311.00
Congress street ward room 66.00
Forester street school.
610.00
Ahsland street school in temporary quarters
142.00
Ashland street ward room
38.00
Moultonville school
149.00
Plains school
100.00
High school
1,550.00
Committee room, city hall.
500.00
Three second-class Amoskeag steamers, one Nott steamer, five hose wagons, one supply wagon, two hose reels, two hook and ladder trucks, 9000 feet leading hose, 60 feet suction hose (21/2-inch), three siamese couplings, seven hand extinguishers, four double harness, six single harness, and small supplies. In care of the chief of the fire department .
One 10-ton road roller, one road machine, nine horses, three double carts, three single carts, three double sleighs, three single sleighs, one stone jigger, three double harness, three single harness, three single sleigh harness, nine horse blankets, nine canvas coverings, one hokey- pokey cart, two road plows, four gravel screens, four snow plows, one single horse shovel, one
6,484.00
25,000.00
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CITY AUDITOR
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, 18 pickaxes, six hoes, 12 scoop shovels, six grubs, two paving hammers, 12 water pails, one water can, two kerosene oil cans, four wheelbarrows, 13 steel bars, four tamping bars, 12 chains, one brush cutter, two pendants for snow plows, two rakes, 12 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, 13 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 harness, three sets single harness, two plows, two cultivators, one four-ton 8x14 wagon scale, other tools and appurtenances usually found on a farm. In care of the superintendent of the city farm
$ 4,287.65
3,027.00
Standard weights and measures.
300.00
Fire alarm
5,000. - -
Making a total of .$50,098.95
RECAPITULATION
Real estate
$138,200.00
Schoolhouses
196,300.00
Engine houses
13,500.00
Lands
36,459.00
Personal property
50,098.65
Total
$434,557.65
Fifty-Eighth Annual Report OF THE
Collector of Taxes
60
ANNUAL REPORTS
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
DR. CITY OF NEWBURYPORT in account current
To uncollected taxes of 1904, December 21, 1907 2,781.00
To uncollected taxes of 1905, December 21, 1907 4,248.41
To uncollected taxes of 1906, December 21, 1907 24,575.83
To uncolected taxes of 1907, December 21, 1907 62,061.49
$ 93,666.73
To uncollected betterments, December
21,1907 2,375.89
2,375.89
To uncollected watering streets, 1905, December 21, 1907 15.32
To uncollected watering streets, 1906, December. 21, 1907. 491.78
To uncollected watering streets, 1907, December 21, 1907.
1,223.62
1,730.72
To tax of 1908, city appropriation 230,065.90
Less estimated income 17,000.00
213,065.90
To state tax
18,897.70
To county tax
15,289.61
To overlay
4,155.29
To supplementary commitment
657.70
To supplementary commitment, 1906, 1907
1,454.06
263,520.26
To non-resident bank tax, 1908
3,160.86
To watering streets, 1908. 5,094.74
To betterments, 1908 87.53
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
, with H. F. W HITON, Collector of Taxes CR.
Tox of 1904 collected. $ 48.40
Tax of 1905 collected.
1,215.18
Tax of 1906 collected.
20,313.16
Tax of 1907 collected.
35,398.06
Tax of 1908 collected.
178,819.12
235,793.92
$235,793.92
Betterments collected
870.91
Non-resident bank tax collected .
3,160.86
4,031.77
Watering streets collected, 1905.
15.32
Watering streets collected, 1906.
432.82
Watering streets collected, 1907.
753.31
Watering streets collected, 1908. .
3,814.05
Preservation of trees collected, 1907. ..
68.50
Preservation of trees collected, 1908 ...
491.99
5,575.99
9,607.76
Abatement tax of 1904.
725.90
Abatement tax of 1905.
616.98
Abatement tax of 1906.
273.12
Abatement tax of 1907.
587.74
Abatement tax of 1908
4,412.46
6,616.20
6,616.20
Abatement watering streets, 1906.
39.20
Abatement watering streets, 1908
13.64
52.84
52.84
Uncollected tax 1904, Dec.19, 1908 ....
2,006.7J
Uncollected tax 1905, Dec. 19, 1908. ...
2,416.25
Uncollected tax 1906, Dec. 19, 1908 ....
4,042.51
62
ANNUAL REPORTS
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
DR. CITY OF NEWBURYPORT in account current
To preservation of trees, 1908, commit-
ment $ 803.12
Preservation of trees, 1907, balance ... 179.45
$
9,325.70
$370,619.30
€3
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
with H. F. WHITON, Collector of Taxes CR.
Uncollected tax 1907, Dec. 19, 1908. . .$ 26,476.79
Uncollected tax 1908, Dec. 19, 1908 .. 79,834.62
114,776.87
114,776.87
Uncollected watering streets 19v6 ..
19.76
Uncollected watering streets 1907.
470.31
Uncollected watering streets 1908.
1,267.05
1,757.12
1,757.12
Uncollected betterments.
1,592.51
1,592.51
Uncollected preservation of trees, 1907
110.95
Uncollected preservation of trees, 1908
311.13
422.08
422.08
$270.619.30
Detailed Statement OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
-
1904
Allowed on assessors' orders. $725.90
Transferred from contingent account to balance. 725.90
1905
Allowed on assessors' orders. $616.98
Transferred from contingent account to balance. 616.98
1906
Allowed on assessors' orders. $273.12
Re-assessments
52.96
Transferred from contingent account to balance 220.16
$273.12
1907
Allowed on assessors' orders. $587.74
Re-assessments
401.10
Transferred from contingent account to balance 186.64
$587.74
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68
ANNUAL REPORTS
1908
Allowed on assessors' orders $ 4,412.46
Transferred from contingent account to balance. 11,400.53
$15,812.99
Re-assessments
11,657.70
Overlay
4,155.29
$15,812.99
WATERING STREETS, 1906
Allowed on assessors' orders.
$39.20
Transferred from contingent account to balance 39.20
WATERING STREETS, 1908
Allowed on assessors' orders. $13.64
Re-assessments
5.62
Transferred from contingent account to balance 8.02
$13.64
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DETAILED STATEMENT ASHES AND RUBBISH.
Appropriation
.$1,500.00
EXPENDITURES Authorized by the Committee on Highways
Cashman Brothers, labor.
9.20
Labor, as per pay rolls. 1,454.89
1,464.09
Transferred to contingent account to balance
35.91
$1,500.00
ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL
Appropriation .$600.00
Paid H. B. Little, treasurer Anna Jaques hospital. 600.00
70
ANNUAL REPORTS
AI.DERMEN AND COUNCIL.
Appropriation
. $1,200.VV
CREDITS
By cash payments for advertising. $ 5.55
By premium on saels of water bonds. 150.00
Transferred from contingent account to balance 47.00
$1,402.55
EXPENDITURES
Authorized b ythe Committee on Municipal Department
J. Hermann Carver, 12 months' services as clerk of com- mittees and common council. $ 500.00
Swan, the printer, printing. 399.70
F. L. Atkinson, box rent and stamps. 8.70
Five Cents Savings bank, rent of deposit box. 20.00
News Publishing Company, advertising and printing ... 29.75
Wolfe Tavern, lunch served committee on counties and county commissioners, mayor and aldermen. 24.00
Gould & Adams, rubber stamps. .35
American Express Company, expressing. 2.25
Clarence Lowell, labor. 1.00
Telephone Comapny, rental of telephone.
10.16
R. J. Mckinney, ringing St. Paul's church bell. 5.00
Herbert Currier, ringing Prespect street church bell ... 2.00
F. H. Rundlett, ringing Unitarian church bell. 5.00
J. L. M. Levesque, ringing French Catholic church bell 5.00
D. P. Thurlow, ringing Old South church bell. 10.00
S. F. Parsons, ringing Prospect street church bell. 3.00
R. S. Miller, ringing arris street church bell. 5.00
James P. Currier, ringing Belleville church bell. 3.00
John F. Corey, ringing Immaculate Conception church bell 5.00
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DETAILED STATEMENT
Osmond Hunt, typewriting 10 bonds, two copies annual reports $ 2.10
Jackson's Express Company, expressing. .15
City Trust Company, Boston, preparing water loan bonds
150.00
L. D. Philbrick, setting one headstone. 18.50
Terasurer's office, paid F. H. Rundlett for date book and post cards
.44
Carter's Ink Company, 12 quarts Massachusetts State Record ink 4.00
W. D. A. Clark, Mary A. Fenton suit. 48.40
Fowles' News Agency, Boston papers.
.52
Library Bureau, printed cards.
3.00
Irvin Besse, mileage to Boston, hearing at state house. .
9.50
Leader Publishing Company, printing and advertising ..
3.90
Herald Publishing Company, printing and advertising. .
8.00
Samuel Usher, printing notes with stubs
13.50
W. J. Hale, registrar of deeds. .65
Newburyport bridge, H., M. & A. St. Ry., power 100.98
$1,402.55
72
ANNUAL REPORTS
ASSESSORS
Appropriation $1,800.00
Overdrawn, transferred from contingent account to bal-
ance 99.00
$1,899.89
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Committee on Municipal Department
George P. Sargent, one year's salary $ 500.00
Eben C. Knight, one year's salary . 500.00
Charles L. Perkins, one year's salary . 500.00
Jackson's Express company, expressing .
.15
Telephone Company, rental of telephone.
8.40
George H. Pearson, supplies.
2.40
American Express Company, expressing.
1.75
Lila D. Stott, looking up deeds at Salem
83.01
Swan, the printer, 1000 letter heads.
4.00
Wright & Potter, 200 tax blanks.
4.50
Banker & Tradesman, one year's subscription
5.00
Library Bureau, cards printed and ruled.
7.02
C. L. Perkins, stamps.
1.00
Wolfe Tavern, one dinner, deputy tax commissioner. . ..
.75
Board of Assessors, expenses to Lawrence and Amesbury
2.94
Horace J. Stevens, Author and Publisher, The Copper Handbook 37.50
Leader Publishing Company, advertising and printing ..
22.05
Herald Publishing Company, advertising and printing ..
173.60
F. L. Atkinson, postmaster, stamped envelopes and stamps 15.22
News Publishing Company, printing and advertising .. 16.25
Osmond D. Hunt, typewriting.
.35
Hill's Livery, horse and carriage hire.
6.00
Sampson & Murdock, Newburyport directory 2.00
A. W. Parsons, horse and carriage hire. 6.00
$1,899.89
73
DETAILED STATEMENT
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS
Newburyport Bridge
Appropriation $1,200.00
Overdrawn, transferred from contingent account to bal-
ance 951.71
$2,151.71
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Committee on Bridges
County of Essex, 30 percent of maintenance of bridge. . . $1,784.78
Transferred to Plum Island bridge. 366.93
$2,151.71
Plum Island Bridge
Transferred from Newburyport bridge. $366.93
Overdrawn, transferred from contingent account to bal-
ance 310.16
$677.09
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Committee on Bridges
County of Essex, 25 percent of maintenance of bridge. .. . $677.09
Chain Bridge
Appropriation $100.00
Overdrawn, transferred from contingent account to bal-
ance 45.28
$145.28
74
ANNUAL REPORTS
EXPENDITURES Authorized by the Committee on Bridges
A Hoyt & Son, stock and labor $ 2.79
W. C. Morse, stoc and labor 38.88
J. Roy, stock and labor 17.00
R. G. Adams, stock and labor 33.54
County of Essex, 60 percent of maintenance of bridge. 52.47
$145.28
Culverts
Appropriation $500.00
Amount refunded from A. Russell & Sons.
.63
Cash from sale of old material from superintendent of highways 37.69
Transferred from ice and snow account. 280.00
$818.32
EXPENDITURES Authorized by the Committee on Bridges and Culverts
Labor, as per pay rolls. $597.81
A. Hoyt & Son, stock and labor 2.00
Atkinson Coal Company, cement. 7.48
A. J. Brooks, stock and labor 2.00
R. G. Adams, stock and labor 6.81
William Green, labor. 2.00
C. J. Sweeney, labor and gravel
10.00
McGlew Brothers, hangers.
9.00
T. H. McCarthy, labor
24.50
F. W. Marshall, labor.
17.01
W. C. Morse, stock and labor
1.80
A. Russell & Sons, castings, etc.
39.28
E. Perkins Lumber Company, stock
.38
S. H. Thurlow, hammer and wire. .62
William Holker, bolts and pipe
1.70
Hatch Brothers, stock and labor 81.91
Undrawn, transferred to contingent account to balance .. 13.93
$818.32
75
DETAILED STATEMENT
BROMFIELD FUND
Income for 1908
$412.50
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Committee on Bromfield Fund
Transferred to sidewalks and edgestones . $206.25
Transferred to preservation of trees
206.25
$412.50
BOARD OF HEALTH
(Miscellaneous)
Appropriation
.$2,000.00 ...
CREDITS
By cash from other cities and towns, for aid rendered. 231.03
By cash from William Thurston for undertaker's license 4.00
Transferred from contingent account to balance 199.00
$2,434.03
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Board of Health
J. B. Goodrich, milk. $ 1.96
Henry N. Harris, being quarantined. 36.00
James Fitzgerald, being quarantined. 76.00
76
ANNUAL REPORTS
Catherine O'Connor, nursing .. $ 36.00
Mrs. William Donahoe, board and nursing. 16.00
Brown, Lent & Pett, one record book. 4.50
Birmingham Pen Company, one gross pens 1.25
Frank J. Boyles, being quarantined. 45.00
William J. Cook, groceries 105.40
Mrs. Mary Barry, nursing.
40.00
John Glover, being quarantined.
21.00
N. B. Greenwood, groceries
45.41
Jessie C. Junkins, being quarantined .
12.75
Frank W. Landford, being quarantined.
30.00
George F. Little, milk.
1.26
Amos Lane, nursing.
20.00
F. O. Morse, M. D., care of Silas O'Neil
10.00
Patrick Moynahan, being quarantined
22.50
Anastatia Murphy, nursing
50.00
John A. Newhall, milk.
6.74
News Publishing Company, advertising.
15.25
James Noyes, milk.
3.55
Osgood & Goodwin, supplies.
4.79
A. D. Ordway, horse for ambulance.
8.00
George H. Pearson, supplies.
2.10
Hill's Livery, horse hire.
70.00
R. D. Hamilton, services as bacteriologist .
343.97
Newburyport Herald Company, advertising.
13.50
Jere Healey, fuel.
42.88
Telephone Company, rental of telephone.
39.24
Richard Brothers, groceries
43.48
City of Fall River, Everett Bray case
.40
City Hall Market, provisions.
39.64
Swan, the Printer, printing.
21.75
Elmer Pike, being quarantined.
10.50
Thomas B. Hughes, being quarantined.
24.00
Joseph L. Turpin, being quarantined.
33.00
Charles C. Torrey, being quarantined .
76.00
O. E. Buzzell, nursing.
10.00
John M. Wilson, being quarantined.
13.50
Orrin Dorris, housekeeping
3.00
Patrick J. Duggan, nursing.
24.00
Patrick J. Duggan, being quarantined
28.00
77
DETAILED STATEMENT
Thurston S. Chase, milk. $ 7.14
2.50
Thomas F. Carey, druggists' supplies.
39.00
Joseph W. Crooks, being quarantined.
William C. Caswell, being quarantined. 18.00
W. H. Chase, being quarantined . 21.00
Mrs. Ellen Sheehan, board, nursing and medicine.
9.75
Elizabeth Sheehan, nursing. .
42.00
Benjamin Sargent & Son, burying dog fish at Plum Island
11.00
Tristiam L. Souther, being quarantined.
30.00
Sadie Shaw, nursing
13.00
C. C. Stonemitz, being quarantined.
22.00
Anna Jaques Hospital, care Martell case
27.15
Daniel E. Tilton, groceries.
5.58
Rufus H. Parker, provisions.
5.05
The Tarpon, fish
.61
John E. Weare, groceries.
5.63
A. P. Wilson, disenfectant.
21.65
Joseph Woods, fuel.
21.70
Edward W. Eaton, supplies.
13.70
DePree Chemical Company formaldhyde fumigator
57.60
F. J. Donahoe, groceries.
15.88
Charles L. Davis, sundries
12.25
Green Davis, painting signs
8.50
John Casey, groceries
33.23
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, state hospital
84.80
J. I. Collins, sundries
20.03
John Collins, fuel
4.63
K. Castelhun, sundries
1.40
D. F. Noyes, house furnishings
3.59
William E. Aubin, groceries.
17.36
Star Grocery, groceries
57.70
C. C. Stockman, house furnishings.
66.31
F. W. Field, groceries
2.42
J. J. Kohlhaas
15.00
H. A. Knapp, milk.
5.18
William Thurston, sundries
28.62
A. K. Silloway
11.50
Frank Hoyt, supplies
112.60
Job Weston, provisions
17.07
Mary Sabourine, being quarantined
71.58
78
ANNUAL REPORTS
C. F. Silloway $ 18.00
$2,434.03
BOARD OF HEALH
(Supervision and Labor)
Appropriation
$500.00
EXPENDITURES
William Thurston, salary as agent from December 1,
1907, to December 1, 1908. $500.00
CITY HALL
-
Appropriation $2,000.00
By rent of hall 1,090.50
By cash from J. M. Little, part payment of lanterns
10.00
$3,100.50
EXPENDITURES Authorized by the Committee on Public Property
Western Union Telegraph Company, telegram to Chica-
go $ 3.59
Edward Hardy, services as stage carpenter 134.74
A. Hoyt & Son, labor and stock. 40.94
Hub Plumbing and Heating Company, labor 1.80
James Dickens, electrical supplies. . ... 11.25
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DETAILED STATEMENT
A. Russell & Sons Company, labor and material. $ 33.43
Newburyport Gas and Electric Company, lighting. 370.61
W. P. French, charcoal 11.00
P. S. Bradford, labor 1.00
T. P. Thomas, labor and material.
14.78
B. F. Gerrish, curtains 3.66
W. E. Morse, electrical supplies. 1.35
W. B. Porter, teaming .50
Estate Hermon Staples, painting and setting glass 15.26
S. H. Thurlow & Company, rope and bolts. . .35
F. E. Cutter & Son, painting and setting glass. 2.85
William Holker, supplies 2.30
Fred E. Hunt, labor 1.90
Carter, Rice Company, one case toilet paper.
6.75
C. C. Stockman, clock and feather duster 9.85
Yerxa & Company, ammonia
.70
Henry Buskek, inspection of boilers 2.00
Jere Healey, fuel 335.06
E. Perkins Lumber Company, repairing chair 10.93
A. C. Currier, stock and labor 3.48
A. P. Wilson, supplies. .98
Victor Manufacturing Company, pulleys. 4.00
C. R. Sargent, labor and material. 18.45
E. J. Huse, reseating chair . 1.00
F. A. Perkins, framing steam boiler certificate. .50
Eagle Chemical Company, cleaning materials. 23.60
Green Davis, setting glass .
2.55
D. F. Noyes, labor and stock. 14.90
O .W. Richardson, stage carpet. 32.23
A. J. Casey, use of hall 5.00
$3,100.50
80
ANNUAL REPORTS
CITY AUDITOR
Appropriation
.$650.00
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Committee on Municipal Department
William Balch, one year's salary $600.00
William Balch, expenses to Boston on bond issue and issue of Newburyport notes 7.50
Telephone Company, charges in regard to above. . .85
608.35
Undrawn, transferred to contingent account to balance ..
41.65
$650.00
CITY CLERK
Appropriation
$1,800.00
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Committee on Municipal Departments
H. W. Little, one year's salary . $1,450.00
S. O. Pilling, birth returns 1.65
F. L. Atkinson, postmaster, 1000 stamped envelopes. . 21.24
Clarence C. Day, birth returns. 5.25
Mrs. Mary Souther, birth returns .50
John F. Young, birth returns.
3.25
W. W. Pillsbury, birth returns. 3.75
Joshua L. Chase, birth returns. 9.00
81
DETAILED STATEMENT
City Treasurer's Office, 50 post cards. $ .50
Brewster Brothers Company, Massachusetts Bond In- surance Company . 87.00
A. C. Nason, birth returns. 3.75
J. J. Connor, death returns. 13.00
Frederick O. Morse, birth returns.
.50
Moses Young, death returns
6.50
J. C. Lunt & Company, death returns.
11.75
A. R. Andrews, rubber bands. 2.50
Sampson, Murdock Company, one Newburyport direc-
tory 2.00
F. W. Snow, birth returns. 11.00
Abby Noyes Little, birth returns. 6.50
Ernest H. Noyes, birth returns.
2.25
W. H. Safford, repairing clock. 1.00
T. Harrington, death returns.
20.75
R. C. Hurd, birth returns.
6.50
R. J. Mckinney, death returns. 22.75
F. S. Webster, typewriter erasers. .25
H. M. Meek Publishing Company, birth return book. 3.00
Telephone Company, rental of telephone. 20.82
American Express Company, expressing
1.10
Library Bureau, cards, etc 84.74
1,722.60
Undrawn, transferred to contingent account to balance 77.20
$1,800.00
82
ANNUAL REPORTS
CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
Appropriation
$2,300.00
CREDITS
By income from other departments. 4.16
By overdrawn, transferred from contingent account to balance 282.24
$2,586.40
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the Committee on Municipal Departments
H. F. Whiton, one year's salary as treasurer of sinking
funds and city treasurer. $1,700.08
M. K. Pettingell, six months salary as lerk. 259.63
A. F. Currier, six months' salary as clerk. 240.37
F. H. Rundlett, distributing tax bills 50.00
Gould & Adams, rubber stamp
2.25
Ernest Foss, tax deed
8.63
F. L. Atkinson, envelopes and stamps
67.86
A. P. Wilson, supplies .90
Brewster Brothers, treasurer's bond .
100.00
Sampson, Murdock, Company one directory
2.00
Carter, Rice & Company, envelopes.
6.60
Butman & Stone Company, cash book and check book ...
20.75
School, miscellaneous, one box pens.
.40
Hills' Livery, horse hire
2.00
George H. Pearson, supplies.
11.56
Newburyport Herald Company, printing
3.60
Jackson's Express Company, expressing.
.25
Telephone Company, rental of telephone
19.57
Swan, the Printer, printing.
25.50
American Express Company, expressing. .80
J. J. & H. J. Chase, sharpening ink eraser .20
83
DETAILED STATEMENT
Fowle's News Agncy, Boston paper $ 6.00
Newburyport News, printing and advertising. 45.50 Brown, Lent & Pett, tax book. 11.75
City of Newburyport, stamps sent in payment of taxes and used by treasurer .20
$2,586.40
CITY MESSENGER
Appropriation .$900.00
EXPENDITURES
Paid F. H. Rundlett, salary as city messenger. .$900.00
CITY CLOCKS
Appropriation
.$75.00
EXPENDITURES
Paid P. H. Kimball, salary and expenses. .$75.00
84
ANNUAL REPORTS CEMETERIES
(Improvements)
Appripriation
.$50.00
..
EXPENDITURES
S. H. Thurlow & Company, supplies $ 6.03
Hatch Brothers, stock and labor 12.08
G. A. Noyes, stock and labor 2.69
P. S. Bradford, supplies 1.03
Newburyport Water Company, water. 15.00
Undrawn, transferred to contingent account to balance. 13.00
$50.00
CEMETERIES
(Supervision)
Appropriation
.$250.00
EXPENDITURES
Alfred Gurney, salary as superintendent.
.$250.00
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DETAILED STATEMENT
CITY BONDS
Amount outstanding December 21, 1907. . $827,000.00
Bonds retired during year 1908 as follows:
Twelve ( 12) bonds of water loan of 1904, due June 1, 1908 .. .$12,000.00
Six (6) bonds of bridge loan of 1905, due September 1, 1908. 6,000.00
Two (2) bonds of overdraft loan, due June 1, 1908 .. 2,000.00
Sixty-five (65) bonds of refunding loan, due July 1, 1908 65,000.00
85,000.00
Issued in 1908: seventy-five (75) serials of $1,000 each, payable $3000 in 1909, $2000 in 1910, al- ternations to 1938, for improvement of water ser- vice
75,000.00
Forty (40) serials of $1000 each, registered payable each year to 1918 - $4000 -for retiring trust notes
40,000.00
$857,000.00
Due as follows:
Schoolhouse
31/2 percent
1910
$ 27,500.00
Refunding
4 percent
1911
90,000.00
Refunding 4 percent
1913 25,000.00
Sewer
4 percent
1919 107,500.00
High school
3 1/2 percent
1922
35,000.00
High school
3 1/2 percent
1923
50,000.00
Sewer
31/2 percent
1931.
46,000.00
Water, serial 3 1/2 percent
1909-1934.
295,000.00
Water, serial
4 percent
1909-1938 ...
75,000.00
Bridge, serial
31/2 percent
1909-1915 ..
48,000.00
Overdraft, serial
4 percent
1909-1917. . .. 18,000.00
Refunding trust
notes, serial
3 3/4 percent
1909-1918. 40,000.00
$857,000.00
742,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
ELECTIONS
Appropriation . $1,575.00
Refunded by Albert O. Colby, overpaid. 6.00
Overdrawn, transferred from contingent account to bal-
ance 79.04
$1,660.04
EXPENDITURES
Authorized by the City Council
Herald Company, printing and advertising. $ 118.35
F. H. Rundlett, putting up and taking down booths. . 14.15
Swan, the Printer, printing. 93.25
Leader Publishing Company, advertising. 6.30
News Publishing Company, printing and advertising ... 58.00
Item Publishing Company, printing and advertising. . .
65.50
A. C. Currier, stock and labor at ward room. 7.45
Thomas Groom & Company, one dozen file indexes.
5.50
A. W. Thompson, suppers for board of registrars.
5.65
Jackson Express Company, expressing.
.55
J. J. & H. J. Chase, repairing ballot boxes.
1.35
D. P. Thurlow, ringing bell .
1.00
James P. Currier, ringing bell.
1.00
American Express Company, expressing.
1.00
F. A. Perkins, thumb tacks.
.55
Estate of Hermon Staples, pasting election boards.
.75
Treasurer and Collector's Office, envelopes.
.50
John Collins, fuel
4.63
George H. Pearson, supplies.
4.55
A. Hoyt & Son, stock and labor at ward room.
30.47
H. M. Meek Publishing Company, book.
8.00
R. L. Gay, four copies Massachusetts Caucus Laws. . .
1.40
Newburyport Gas and Electric Company, lighting. 1.26
W. M. Tibbetts, dinners and lunches for ward officers. 50.50
W. B. Porter, delivery and collecting ballot boxes. 16.79
School Department, one gross pencils. 1.80
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DETAILED STATEMENT
Casper Kahlhaas, services at ward room. $ 11.15
A. O. Colby, care of ward room. 26.75
S. W. Gale, care of ward room. 8.00
Stevens Grocery Company, supplies. .89
Albert Hodgdon, services at ward room 8.50
C. H. Lunt, ringing bell and opening up ward room. . .
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