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Playgrounds Kefund
$4.80
Total from Recreation
$4.80
$4.80
Unclassified
Other city properties Sale of real estate Rent of Ward 5 ward room land, Hill street
$60.00
5.00
From bondsman of former treasurer
2,000.00
Uncalled-for claims
3.29
Building permits
88.00
Total from Unclassified
$153.00
$2,873.29
$3,026.29
Public Service Enterprises
Water works, income from sale of water
$56,273.04
miscellaneous receipts
701.58
Total from Public Service Enterprises
$56,974.62
$56,974.62
Cemeteries
Sale of lots
$142.00
Total from Cemeteries
$142.00
$142.00
Interest
Water Commissioners
$11,151.50
Trust funds, for street sprinkling, trees,
sidewalks
1,325.00
Trust funds for Schools
754.00
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.. Library
3,149.04
Parks
323.00
Accrued on Water Bonds
137.50
On deposits
1,483.32
On deferred taxes and assessments
3,370.05
Total from Interest
$21,693.41
$21 693.41
Total forward
$338,348.75
$3,909.18
$342 257.93
$ 870.00
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CITY AUDITOR
PAYMENTS
OBJECTS OF PAYMENTS
Expenses
Outlays
Total
Total forward
$213,057.69
$3,765.40
$216,823.09
Recreation
City Parks
Salaries and wages
$337.80
Other expenses
289.23
Atkinson Common
Salaries and wages
370.04
Other expenses
123.01
Playgrounds
Salaries and wages
389.83
Other expenses
198.77
Celebrations
Memorial Day
300.00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
75.00
Total for Recreation
$2,083.68
$2,083.68
Unclassified
City Clocks
$ 75.00
Water for Public Building
1,500.00
Cther City Properties
303.85
Payments on account of defalcation
55.47
Final Judgments paid
164.24
Building Permits to Inspector
78.00
Total for Unclassified
$2,176.56
$2,176.56
Public Service Enterprises
Water works, Maintenance and operation Construction
$15,406.89
$39,197.70
City for bonds and interest
27,151.50
Total for Public Service Enterprises
$42,558.39
$39,197.70
$81,756.09
Cemeteries
Maintenance
$390.34
Total for Cemeteries
$390.34
$390.34
Interest
On temporary loans
$ 3,860.62
On loans for general purposes
12,322.50
On refunding loans
4,645.62
On loans for public service enterprises
11,625.00
Total for Interest
$32,453.74
$32,453.74
Total forward
$292,720.40
$42,963.10
$335,683.50
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ANNUAL REPORTS
RECEIPTS
SOURCE OF RECEIPTS
Revenue for Expenses
Offsets to Outlays
Total
Total forward
$338,348.75
$3,909.18
$342,257.93
Municipal Indebtedness
Loans in anticipation of taxes
$210,000.00
Water Bonds issued
From Water Commissioners
55,000.00 16,000.00 627.00
Premium on Water Bonds
Loan for new sewers.
1,655.08
Total from Indebtedness
$283,282.08
$283,282.08
Sinking Funds
Agency Transactions
$26,425.00
Non-Resident Bank
3,981.46
State Highway Tax
277.63
County
16,573.67
County for dogs
21.00
Total from Agency Transactions
$47,278.76
$47,278.76
Refunds
Transfers City teams, etc., from miscellaneous departments Street sprinkling, commitment from City Hall
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Police Station
3.88
Fire en. bldgs.
6.45
4
Highways
194.15
School bldgs.
29.32
Pub. library
6.55
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4 4
City Parks
79.75
Total from Transfers
$6,541.45
$6,541.45
Total receipts for the year
$338,348.75
$341,011.47
$679,360.22
Cash Balances
General Treasury
$24,604.59
Library Funds
478.67
Water Commissioners
298.53
Total Cash on Hand Beginning of Year
$25,381.79
$25,381.79
GRAND TOTAL RECEIPTS AND CASH CN HAND
$704,742.01
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$6,215.25
6.10
Taxes, State
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CITY AUDITOR
PAYMENTS
OBJECTS OF PAYMENTS
Expenses
Outlays
Total
Total forward
$292,720.40
$42,963.10
$335,683.50
Municipal Indebtedness
Loans in anticipation of taxes
Bonds, Water from earnings
$16,000.00
Bridge from taxation
7,000
Overdraft “
2,000
Trust Funds
8,000.00
School House
4,000.00
Police Station
3,000.00
Pleasant Street Extension
2,000.00
Total for Indebtedness
$42,000.00
$210,000.00
$252,000.00
Sinking Funds
To Commissioners for requirements 66 for undrawn balance of appro.
$6,000.00
1,213.77
Sale of real estate
870.00
Total for Sinking Funds
$7,213.77
$870.00
$8,083.77
Agency Transactions
Taxes, State
$26,425.00
Non-Resident Bank
7,577.77
County
16,573.67
County for killing dogs
23.00
Total for Agency Transactions
$50,599.44
$50,599.44
Refunds
Taxes
$275.64
Total for Refunds
$275.64
$275.64
Transfers Sewer Construction to city teams and salaries of drivers
$ 96.50
Sewer Maintenance to teams & sal's of drivers
36.00
Ashes and Rubbish to
843.00
Street Cleaning to
649.00
Highways Repairing to
427.00
Culverts to
78.00
Street Sprinkling to
40.00
Sidewalks and Curbing to "
338.00
Snow Removal to
243.00
School Buildings to
3.00
City Parks to
3.00
Fire Dep't Horses to
3,458.75
Various dep'ts to street sprinkling commitment
326.20
Total from Transfers
$6,541.45
$6,541.45
Total Payments for the Year
$341,934.17
$311,249.63
$653,183.80
Cash Balances
General Treasury
$20,055.19
Library Funds
437.96 31,065.06
Water Commissioners
Total Cash on Hand at End of Year
$51,558.21
$51,558.21
GRAND TOTAL PAYMENTS AND CASH CN HAND
$704,742.01
$210,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REVENUE ACCOUNTS
TAXES
TAX OF 1914. DR.
For City Purposes
$148,610.00
Debt Requirements
66,000.00
State Tax
26,425.00
State Highway Tax
277.63
. County Tax
16,573.67
Judgments
1,005.50
Overlay
5,934.74
Omitted Assessments
467.00
Reassessments
165.15
Total Levy
$265,458.69
CR.
Tax collected for City
$149,744.97
Tax collected for State
26,702.63
Tax collected for County
16,573.67
Tax abated during year
4,718.10
197,739.37
Uncollected
$ 67,719.32
TAX OF 1913. DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year
$ 72,683.08
Omitted assessments
3.90
Reassessments
138.45
Refunded
25.35
$ 72,850.78
CR.
Tax collected during year
$36,847.44
Tax abated during year
2,970.34
39,817.78
Uncollected
$ 33.033.00
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CITY AUDITOR TAXES-Continued TAX OF 1912. DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year $ 29,431.58
Reassessed refund 143.85
$ 29,575.43
CR.
Tax collected during year
$21,495.69 381.98
Tax abated during year
21,877.67
Uncollected
$ 7,697.76
TAX OF 1911. DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year . .
$ 6,508.39 1
CR.
Tax collected during year. $ 331.45
2,254.98
2,586.43
Uncollected
$.
3,921.96
e )_
Uncollected from pervious year
$
6,580.00
5.50
Tax Reassessed
$ 6,585.50
CR.
Tax collected during year
$5.50
Tax abated during year 0.00
5.50
Uncollected
$
6,580.00
TAX OF 1909.
DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year $ .6,780.00
CR.
Tax collected during year $0.00
Tax abated during year 0.00
Uncollected $ 6,780.00
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TAX OF 1910. ĐR.
Tax abated during year
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TAXES-Continued TAX OF 1908. DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year $7,971.20
CR.
Tax abated during year
$3,731.20
$
4,240.00
Uncollected
STREET RAILWAY EXCISE TAX
RECEIPTS.
Northeastern Street Railway Co. $1,281.51
Bay State Street Railway Co. 534.98
Total to income account $ 1,816.49
CORPORATION TAX RECEIPTS.
Street Railways from State
$1,168.30
Public Service from State
4,738.88
All others from State
7,195.83
$ 13,103.01
PAYMENTS.
To the State
$
244.16
Balance to Income Account
$ 12,858.85
NATIONAL BANK TAX
RECEIPTS.
Balance
$ 3,000.00
Stock held. locally in banks outside city
2,415.25
Stocks of local banks held by non-residents
3,981.46
$ 9,396.71
PAYMENTS.
Paid to state for non-resident stock $7,577.77
To income account 1,818.94 $ 9,396.71
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CITY AUDITOR
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS STREET SPRINKLING FOR 1914.
DR.
Assessment on abutters
$ 3,539.55
CR.
Amount collected during year
$2,626.18
Amount abated during year
2.13
$2,628.31
Uncollected
$ 911.24
STREET SPRINKLING FOR 1913.
DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year
$ 805.17
CR.
Amount collected during year
$ 403.85
Uncollected
$ 401.32
STREET SPRINKLING FOR 1912.
Uncollected balance from pervious year
DR.
$ 307.79
CR.
Amount collected during year
$293.49
9.50
Amount abated during year
$ 302.99
Uncollected
$ 4.80
STREET SPRINKLING FOR 1911.
DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year
$ .38
Amount collected during year $ .38
ASSESSMENT FOR MOTH EXTERMINATION, 1914.
DR.
Assessment for work done $ 1,442.92
CR
Amount collected during year
$ 1,080.16
Uncollected
$ 362.76
CR.
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ANNUAL REPORTS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS-Continued ASSESSMENT FOR MOTH EXTERMINATION, 1913. DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year $ 380.54
CR.
Amount collected during year
$ 167.88
Uncollected
$ 212.66
ASSESSMENT FOR MOTH EXTERMINATION, 1912. DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year
$ 248.14
CR.
Amount collected during year $217.46
28.84
Amount abated during year
$ 246.30
Uncollected
$ 1.84 ASSESSMENT FOR MOTH EXTERMINATION, 1911. DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year
$ 3.00
CR.
Amount collected during year
$ 3.00
BETTERMENTS. DR.
Uncollected balance from previous year $ 1,289.63
Assessments made by Board of Aldermen 374.41
Refund
1.00
CR $ 1,665.04
Amount collected during year
$148.49
Amount abated during year
0.00
$ 148.49
Uncollected
$ 1,516.55
OVERLAY ACCOUNT. CR
Balance of previous year
$ 15,134.35
Reassessed for year ' 1910
5.50
DR.
$ 15,139.85
Abatements of tax, 1912
$ 242.11
Abatements of tax, 1911
2,254.98 $ 2,497.09
Balance
$ 12,642.76
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CITY AUDITOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS-Continued OVERLAY ACCOUNT, 1913 LEVY. CR.
Balance of previous year
Omitted Assessments
$ 10,447.53 3.90
DR.
$ 10,451.43
Abatements of tax, 1913
$ 2,831.89
Balance
$ 7,619.54
OVERLAY ACCOUNT, 1914 LEVY.
CR.
Overlay 1914 Levy
$ 5,934.74
Omitted assessments
467.00
DR.
Abatements of tax, 1914
$ 4,554.10
Balance
$ 1,847.64
$ 6,401.74
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ANNUAL REPORTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ALDERMEN AND COUNCIL.
Appropriation
$ 1,600.00
From general treasury to balance
441.16
DEPARTMENT PAYMENTS.
Salary of clerk of common council
$500.00
Pocket Manuals
65.00
Use of tables and chairs
5.00
Communications to legislature
6.50
Expenses attending land court
4.80
Stationery and office supplies
75.37
Expenses attending hearings
20.75
Mandamus case
480.59
Express
.45
Posting civil service notices
22.00
Postage stamps
3.50
Post office box rent
3.00
Ringing church bells
30.00
Printing Annual Report
532.20
Advertising
42.00
Transferred to fire engine and school houses
250.00
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$ 2,041.16
MAYOR'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$ 1,250.00
Refund, Bender bill
6.00
$ 1,256.00
PAYMENTS.
Salary of Mayor
$1,200.00
Telephone rental
19.15
Traveling expenses
5.00
Advertising and book on law
16.95
$ 1,241.10
$ 14.90
Balance to general treasury
$ 2,041.16
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CITY AUDITOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT-Continued AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$ 1,050.00
Sale of paper
1.00
$ 1,051.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of auditor
$900.00
Telephone rental
22.29
Expenses to Boston auditing trust funds
5.00
Printing financial statements
16.50
Typewriter repairs
9.25
Stationery and office supplies
38.22
Express
.15
Postage stamps
5.50
$ 996.91
Balance to general treasury
$
54.09
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$ 2,600.00
Fees credited to income, $135.20
PAYMENTS
Salary of treasurer and collector
$1,700.00
Salary of treasurer's assistant
500.00
Telephone rental
20.04
Express
.77
Books, stationery, and office supplies
97.15
Premium on treasurer's bond
120.00
Distributing tax bills
50.00
Postage stamps
59.84
Printing
36.50
$ 2,584.30
Balance to general treasury $ 15.70
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ANNUAL REPORTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT-Continued ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
From general treasury to balance
$ 2,500.00 61.13
$ 2,561.13
PAYMENTS.
Salaries of three assessors
$2,100.00
Telephone rental
20.04
Interpreter
2.00
Examination of titles
145.10
Printing poll tax books
158.40
Postage stamps
1.00
Office supplies
36.60
Express
4.26
Expenses of assessors to Boston
17.50
Printing and advertising
54.03
Typewriting letters and tax warrants
22.20
$ 2,561.13
EXPENSE OF BOND AND NOTE ISSUE
Appropriation
$ 100.00
Premium on water bonds
627.00
$ 727.00
PAYMENTS
Auditor to Boston with tax notes and bonds $ 14.00
Certification of tax loan, 1914
64.00
Certification of water loan and printing bonds
210.00
Balance of premium to water commissioners
410.50
$ 698.50
Balance to general treasury
$ 28.50
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CITY AUDITOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT-Continued CITY CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
.$ 1,650.00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Sales to other departments $ 1.25
$ 1,651.25
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Licenses, amusements
$130.00
Licenses, auctioneers
12.00
Licenses, (business)
pawnbrokers
100.00
Licenses, (business) common victualer
35.00
Licenses, (business) bowling alley
5.00
Licenses, (business) job wagon
3.00
Licenses, (business) pedlars
30.00
Licenses, (business) express
2.00
Licenses, (business) clam
2.50
Licenses, junk
266.00
Licenses, pool
95.00
Permits, marriage
150.00
Sale of burial lots
142.00
Recording
54.75
Telephone
8.84
Miscellaneous
11.90
PAYMENTS $ 1,047.99
Salary of city clerk
$1,500.00
Premium on clerk's bond
12.00
Framing marriage law
1.30
Typewriter repairs
3.00
Printing and advertising
12.25
Stamped envelopes and postage stamps
21.24
Office supplies and stationery
22.54
Express
1.75
Telephone rental
22.04
$ 1,596.12
Balance to general treasury
$ 55.13
CITY MESSENGER
Appropriation
$ 900.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of city messenger
$ 900.00
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ANNUAL REPORTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT-Continued LAW DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
From general treasury to balance
$ 800.00 23.00
$ 823.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of city solicitor
$500.00
Allowance for expenses
200.00
Consultation and preparing medical testimony
100.00
Printing briefs
23.00
$ 823.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Appropriation
$ 2,300.00
PAYMENTS
Ward officers
$864.00
Salaries of board of registrars
500.00
Supper for registrars
5.80
Printing circulars and notices
32.25
Advertising
158.88
Janitors' services
17.02
Posting ballots and check lists
146.00
Ringing church bells
3.00
Postage
40.00
Express
.21
Labor at ward room
21.98
Repairing ward room
8.69
Tally sheets and signs
29.75
Repairing ballot boxes
1.15
Posting check lists
9.00
Stationery and supplies
20.33
$ 1,858.06
Balance to general treasury $ 441.94
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CITY AUDITOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT-Continued CITY HALL
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
Sale of old lanterns and door
5.00
$ 1,505.00
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Rent of city hall $413.00
PAYMENTS
Street sprinkling
$ 6.10
New vault fittings
350.00
Mason work and stock on vault
12.75
Fuel
365.00
Lights, mantels, and wiring
22.29
Carpenter and stock
193.37
Janitor's supplies
28.22
Decorating hall
20.00
Stage carpenter
42.06
Express
.30
Labor on vaults
6.71
Cleaning up basement
5.50
Keys
1.15
Repairing seats
7.67
Boiler insurance
5.58
Washing towels
2.45
Lighting, electric
108.55
Lighting, gas
211.89
$ 1,389.59
Balance to general treasury $ 115.41
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
Appropriation
$ 200.00
INCOME FROM LICENSES RECEIPTS
Common victualers
$220.00
EXPENSES
Salaries of license commissioners
$162.50
Printing and advertising
3.75
Horse hire
2.00
$ 168.25
Balance to general treasury
$ 31.75
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ANNUAL REPORTS
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT Supervision
Appropriation
$
1,300.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of city marshal
$1,200.00
Postoffice box rent
1.50
Books and stationery
11.97
Postage stamps
5.00
Printing
23.00
Telephone rental (balance charged to
miscellaneous expenses
57.94
$ 1,299.41
Balance to general treasury
$
.59
Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$ 13,000.00
PAYMENTS
$11,843.75
Salaries of regular men for extra duty
43.75
Salaries of reserve officers
446.25
Salaries of special officers
20.00
$ 12,353.75
Balance to general treasury
$ 646.25
Fuel
Appropriation
$ 350.00
Coal
$329.45
Wood
3.75
$ 333.20
Balance to general treasury
$ 16.80
Lighting
Appropriation
PAYMENTS
Gas
$ 4.85
Electricity
256.75
$ 261.60
Balance to general treasury
$ 38.40
Salaries of regular men
PAYMENTS
$ 300.00
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CITY AUDITOR PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued POLICE DEPARTMENT-Continued Maintenance of Buildings
Appropriation
$ 800.00
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Fines collected
$1,691.70
Rent of court room for 1914 to Nov. 1st. 1,400.00
$3,091.70
PAYMENTS
Salary of janitor
$596.67
Janitor's supplies
35.34
Grinding valves
2.00
Express and teaming
1.25
Mazda lamps
15.30
Painting screens
2.00
Repairing front door
4.89
Paint and glass
5.65
Insuring boiler
5.58
Looking glass
1.00
Carpenter and stock
3.30
Substitute for janitor
24.49
Street sprinkling
3.88
$ 701.35
Balance to general treasury
$ 98.65
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$ 500.00
PAYMENTS Equipment and Repairs
Batteries and lights
$ 61.70
Badges refinished
22.00
Buttons, cuffs, and coats
23.75
$107.45
Other Expenses
Washing towels
$ 12.25
Lodgings and lunches furnished
26.45
Janitor's supplies
10.94
Bond of marshal
5.00
Services of physician
4.75
Printing reports
3.50
Newspapers at station
11.20
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ANNUAL REPORTS PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued POLICE DEPARTMENT-Continued
Postoffice box rent
.75
Stationery
4.55
Use of ambulance
4.00
Use of teams
214.00
Telephone rental
18.39
Traveling expenses as per pay rolls
54.67
$370.45
$ 477.90
Balance to general treasury
$ 22.10
New Police Station and Court Room
Balance Dec. 20, 1913
$ 548.38
PAYMENTS
Steel case for vault
$168.50
$ 168.50
Undrawn balance carried forward
$ 379.88
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Supervision
Appropriation
$ 500.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of chief engineer
$ 500.00
Salaries
Appropriation
$ 9,500.00
Services of men, town of Newbury
115.75
PAYMENTS
Assistant engineers
$ 375.00
Clerk of board
15.00
Captains
60.00
Mechanical engineers
675.00
Assistant engineers
375.00
Stokers and stewards
920.00
Call men
5,000.00
Permanent men
1,525.30
$ 9,615.75
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CITY AUDITOR PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued FIRE DEPARTMENT-Continued
Substitutes for permanent men
261.50
Extra services at fires
116.00
Extra services at engine houses
16.85
Washing and rolling hose
37.51
$ 9,377.16
Balance to general treasury
$ 238.59
Horses and Care of Same
Appropriation
$ 6,000.00
Services of horses, town of Newbury
127.35
PAYMENTS
$ 6,127.35
Horses hired for hook and ladder
$1,336.00
Horses and men hired for supply wagon
111.00
Repairs to harnesses and new equipment
103.90
Extra men and horses at engine houses and fires
264.00
Shoeing horse for hose No. 1
21.00
Extra teams hired
16.00
Chief engineer, allowance for horse hire
99.96
Hauling hose and hose carriages
414.78
Portion of maintenance of city teams
3,458.75
$ 5,825.39
Balance to general treasury
$ 301.96
Fuel
Appropriation
$ 650.00
PAYMENTS
Central fire station
coal
$278.27
charcoal
11.77
wood
3.51
$293.55
Engine House No. 2
coal
87.60
Engine House No. 3
coal
87.60
Hose House No. 8
coal
58.40
Hose House No. 7
coal
58.40
$ 585.55
Balance to general treasury
$ 64.45
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ANNUAL REPORTS PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued FIRE DEPARTMENT-Continued Lighting
Appropriation
PAYMENTS $ 350.00
Central fire station
$124.10
Engine House No. 2
66.42
Engine House No. 3
49.17
Hose House No. 7
31.17
House House No. 8
10.11
$ 280.97
Balance to general treasury
$ 69.03
Hydrant and Service Water
Appropriation
$ 3,550.00
PAYMENTS
Water for fire purposes
$3,500.00
Removing snow and ice as per pay rolls
12.93
Salt
2.00
Drilling cover
1.00
$ 3,515.93
Balance to general treasury
$ 34.07
Equipment and Repairs
Appropriation
$ 900.00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Sale of old hose and brass
$ 25.30
Town of Newbury, aid at fires
140.92
$ 166.22
PAYMENTS
$ 1,066.22
Repairs on steamers
$176.22
Repairs on hose wagons
101.50
Repairs on hook and ladder
4.32
Repairs on hose
10.41
Repairs on harness
14.79
Axe handles and cord
1.30
Express on equipment
5.17
Brooms, brushes and dusters
6.90
Lanterns, globes, and wicks, and repairs
29.90
Hardware
10.93
Oil and grease
36.45
45
CITY AUDITOR PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued FIRE DEPARTMENT-Continued
Suction and couplings
15.05
Electrical supplies and labor
7.42
Carpenter and stock
9.43
Insurance, liability, and boilers
53.37
Engine lighter and heater
38.25
Soda and bottles
4.56
Hose ropes and spanners
6.00
Tin and labor
7.90
Soap and matches
5.10
Fuel for steamers
42.60
Metal polish
12.00
Paint and varnish
5.00
Advertising
9.00
Expenses to Boston
7.50
Fire extinguisher cover
2.50
Cotton waste
5.17
Moving fire alarm tower
293.00
Side ladder
30.78
$ 952.52
Balance to general treasury
$ 113.70
New Hose
Appropriation
$ 350.00
PAYMENTS
$
350.00
Repairs on Buildings
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Transfer from aldermen and council
75.00
From general treasury to balance
52.54
.
PAYMENTS $ 627.54
Repairs to heating and piping
$ 98.08
Labor on floor
44.82
Carpenter work and stock
256.34
Setting glass and painting supplies
21.70
Repairs to lighting and mantles
31.37
Rent of basement
15.00
Bedding and towels
41.28
Labor of plumber
13.15
Repairs to tank
.75
Rods
18.29
New hose
46
ANNUAL REPORTS
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued FIRE DEPARTMENT-Continued
Hardware
33.48
Automatic air valve
1.50
Storing and overhauling awnings
1.35
Repairing clock
3.00
Insurance on boilers
15.73
Labor and stock on stalls
25.25
Street sprinkling
6.45
$ 627.54
Miscellaneous Expenses
Appropriation
$ 200.00
PAYMENTS
Washing towels and bedding
$ 12.00
Services of time clock
15.00
Telephone rental
145.29
Matches and other supplies
5.95
Luncheons furnished firemen
2.15
Papers
7.00
$ 187.39
Balance to general treasury
$ 12.61
Hose 7 Fire House
Appropriations
$ 300.00
Sale of old material
43.25
PAYMENTS
$ 343.25
Carpenter and stock
$ 49.06
Labor and stock of plumber
134.19
Labor and stock of mason
132.95
$ 316.20
Balance to general treasury
$ 27.05
FIRE ALARM AND WIRES
Supervision
$ 300.00
Appropriation
PAYMENTS
$ 300.00
Salary of superintendent
Miscellaneous Expenses
$ 300.00
Appropriation
111.23
From general treasury to balance
$ 411.23
.
47
CITY AUDITOR PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued FIRE ALARM AND WIRES-Continued PAYMENTS
Telephone rental
$ 14.37
Repairs on gong and bells
121.05
Carpenter and stock
57.22
Paint and hardware
15.63
Electrical supplies
39.94
Labor on wires
108.19
Use of team
48.20
Printing and postage
5.00
Express
.. .63
-
$ 411.23
INSPECTION OF PLUMBING
Appropriation
$ 200.00
Inspections
$
169.50
Balance to general treasury
$
30.50
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation
$ 750.00
Refund
1.78
From general treasury to balance
19.86
$ 771.64
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Fees collected
$222.56
PAYMENTS
Salary of sealer
$700.00
Teaming
46.50
Advertising and printing
12.50
Seals and tags
1.78
Rubber stamps
6.25
Weights
.56
Express
.55
Traveling expenses
3.50
..
$ 771.64
PAYMENTS
48
ANNUAL REPORTS PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued FORESTRY Moth Extermination
Appropriation
$ 2,000.00
Commitment for 1914
1,442.92
From general treasury to balance
51.20
$ 3,494.12
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Services rendered by department
$ 38.00
Sale of arsenate lead
36.38
Sale of spurs
2.75
$ 77.13
PAYMENTS
$ 3,571.25
Salary of superintendent
$ 800.00
Labor on pump and spraying machine
13.40
Writing tree protection books
50.00
Stamped envelopes
28.10
Stationery
4.00
Telephone rental (balance charged to tree warden and care of trees)
3.05
Horse hire
306.88
Medicine
1.75
Arsenate lead
424.41
Hose
83.36
Advertising and printing
8.20
Tree oil and gasoline
14.36
Express and freight
13.01
Hardware and miscellaneous supplies
48.16
Labor as per pay rolls
1,493.73
Abatements
28.84
Transferred to tree warden and care of trees
250.00
$ 3,571.25
Tree Warden and Care of Trees
Appropriation
$ 300.00
Income from Bromfield fund
212.50
Services of department
3.95
Transferred from moth department
250.00
From general treasury to balance
22.32
.
$ 788.77
49
CITY AUDITOR PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued FORESTRY-Continued PAYMENTS
Salary of warden
$150.00
Telephone rental
15.70
Rent of basement
15.00
Stationery and supplies for warden
2.05
Glass
.65
Hardware and miscellaneous supplies
28.13
Traveling expenses
3.50
Trees and tree irons
14.00
Horse hire
126.50
Labor as per pay rolls
433.24
$ 788.77
HARBOR MASTER
Appropriation
$ 100.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of harbor master
$ 100.00
50
ANNUAL REPORTS
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Supervision
Appropriation
$ 500.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of clerk
$ 500.00
VITAL STATISTICS
Appropriation
$ 200.00
PAYMENTS
Birth returns
$ 83.15
Death returns
61.00
Express
.22
Advertising
5.75
Postage stamps and cards
2.20
$ 152.32
Balance to general treasury
$ 47.68
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$ 4,000.00
From general treasury to balance
239.61
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Sale of candles and fumigators $ 6.50
Use of telephone
.30
State account contagious diseases
403.85
Aid rendered for cities, towns, and persons
205.27 $ 615.92
$ 4,855.53
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Undertakers' licenses
$ 3.00
Manicurists' and massage licenses
5.00
Slaughter house licenses
4.00
$ 12.00
$ 4,239.61
51
CITY AUDITOR HEALTH AND SANITATION-Continued Quarantine and Contagious Diseases
Patients at hospitals
$ 689.93
Nurses and medicine
216.65
Groceries and provisions
148.08
Quarantined persons
97.50
Fuel
8.16
Hardware
1.24
House rent
9.25
Milk
1.20
Fumigators and disinfectants
70.10
Destroying bedding
1.75
Wooden boxes
15.00
Replacing clothing destroyed
1.25
Cleaning room
.60
Ambulance
8.00
Express
4.48
$1,273.19
Tuberculosis
Patients at sanatoriums
$1,894.24
Board and attendance
221.20
Groceries and provisions
672.17
Rent
45.50
Milk
28.64
Rubber boots
5.00
$2,866.75
Other Expenses
Salary of bacteriologist
$ 600.00
Express
.80
Stationery and office supplies
29.68
Burying animals
42.00
Traveling expenses
5.45
Telephone rental
37.66
$ 715.59
$ 4,855.53
INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Appropriation
$
300.00
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