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PAYMENTS
Salary of inspector $ 300.00
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
Appropriation
$
300.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of inspector
$
300.00
52
ANNUAL REPORTS HEALTH AND SANITATION-Continued INSPECTION OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS
Appropriation
$ 500.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of inspector
$ 500.00
INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR
Appropriation
$ 800.00 REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Milk license fees
$ 62.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of inspector
$400.00
Salary of collector
300.00
Gas and electricity
43.88
Inspector's supplies
15.15
$ 759.03
Balance to general treasury
$ 40.97
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
..
$ 300.00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Services cleaning sewers
$ 43.99 $ 43.99
$ 343.99
PAYMENTS
Repairing sewer irons and picks
$ 6.00
Hose
20.00
Services city teams
36.00
Labor as pay rolls
208.07
$ 270.07
$ 73.92
Balance to general treasury
53
CITY AUDITOR HEALTH AND SANITATION-Continued SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Balance Dec. 20, 1913
$ 230.00
Sale of pipe
7.64
Amounts collected for connections
568.50
$ 806.14
PAYMENTS
Pipe
$ 79.18
Hardware
71.01
Freight
2.37
Lanterns and oil
1.02
Shovels, hammers, and implements
8.65
Services of mason, and brick
27.00
Manholes
9.00
Cement
18.69
Services of city teams
28.50
Labor as per pay rolls
430.70
$ 676.12
Undrawn balance carried forward
$ 130.02
New Sewer Construction
Lincoln, Lafayette Streets, and Storey Avenue RECEIPTS.
Note No. 81 due April 2, 1915
$ 1,655.08
PAYMENTS
Hardware
$ 14.70
Freight
.50
Brick
178.20
Oil
1.10
Repairing implements
8.80
Cement
164.54
Pipe
197.64
Manholes
27.00
Mason
23.67
City teams
68.00
Labor as per pay rolls
970.93
$ 1,655.08
54
ANNUAL REPORTS HEALTH AND SANITATION-Continued ASHES AND RUBBISH
Appropriation
RECEIPTS. $ 2,500.00
Sale of old paper and books
$ 87.66
Labor of department
1.00
From general treasury to balance
11.44
$ 100.10
$ 2,600.10
PAYMENTS
Services of extra man
$ 2.25
Advertising
3.50
Services of city teams
831.00
Hardware
6.50
Labor as per payrolls
1,756.85
$ 2,600.10
STREET CLEANING
Appropriation
$ 3,200.00
Use of sweeper
3.00
Refund
3.37
From general treasury to balance
39.66
PAYMENTS
Refilling street broom and repairs
$ 60.94
Brooms, brushes, and hoes
5.00
Services of city teams
649.00
Labor as per pay rolls
2,531.09
$ 3,246.03
CARE OF CONVENIENCE STATIONS
Appropriation
...
$ 100.00
PAYMENTS
$ 8.13
Labor of plumber
91.00
Labor as per pay rolls
$ 99.13
$ .87
Balance to general treasury
$ 3,246.03
55
CITY AUDITOR
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Supervision
Appropriation
$
1,600.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of superintendent
$1,500.00
Telephone rental
24.92
Stamps and envelopes
2.00
Typewriting annual report
2.00
Traveling expenses
9.20
$ 1,538.12
Balance to general treasury
$ 61.88
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
Paid state for maintenance of state highway . .
$ 277.63
CITY TEAMS AND SALARIES OF DRIVERS
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Services of teams for :
New sewer construction
$ 68.00
Sewer construction
28.50
Sewer maintenance
36.00
Ashes and rubbish
843.00
Street cleaning
649.00
Highways repairs
427.00
Culverts
78.00
Street sprinkling
40.00
Sidewalks and curbing
338.00
Snow removal
243.00
Education, school buildings
3.00
City parks
3.00
Sale of straw
18.60
No. 2 horses, sale of
335.00
Balance of expenses charged to Fire Dept. horses
3,458.75
$ 6,568.85
56
ANNUAL REPORTS HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued CITY TEAMS AND SALARIES OF DRIVERS-Continued PAYMENTS
Driver No. 1 double team
$ 819.00
Driver No. 2 double team
819.00
Driver No. 3 double team
819.00
Driver No. 2 single team
819.00
Driver No. 3 single team
819.00
Substitute drivers for vacation and sickness
247.80
Express
.25
Veterinary services and medicine
46.25
Hay, grain, and straw
1,495.90
Shoeing horses and repairing harnesses
353.45
Freight on horses
8.50
New brooms and brushes
3.00
Advertising
9.00
Hardware
1.35
New tip cart
225.00
Repairing carts
34.35
Services of auctioneer
10.00
Horse hire
34.50
Traveling expenses purchasing horses
4.50
$ 6,568.85
REPAIRING
Appropriation
$ 5,000.00
From general treasury to balance
383.53
RECEIPTS.
$ 5,383.53
Sale of material
$ 33.95
Services of department
407.48
$ 441.43
PAYMENTS
$ 5,824.96
Fuel for road roller
$ 112.38
Repairs on road roller
18.00
Crushed stone
1,145.46
Asphalt
54.31
Tarvia
512.09
Gravel
10.00
Pine wood
.51
Duck and repairing
7.28
Road signs
42.48
57
CITY AUDITOR HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued REPAIRING-Continued
Express and freight
32.35
Repairs on tar kettle and sweeper
12.75
Iron and hardware
127.44
Insurance on road roller boiler
5.57
Extra teams hired
243.50
Repairing picks, drills, etc.
37.05
Services of city teams
427.00
Labor as per payrolls
2,536.79
Snow removal, transferred to
500.00
$ 5,824.96
CULVERTS
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Services of department
27.48
PAYMENTS
$ 1,027.48
Grates
$ 35.26
Mason and stock
49.80
Cement
5.85
Pipe
28.00
Oil
6.79
Freight
9.07
Repairing picks and drills
26.45
Tools, implements and hardware
29.75
Services of city teams
74.00
Labor as per pay rolls
525.99
$ 790.96
Balance to general treasury
$ 236.52
BRIDGES
Appropriation
$ 1,100.00
PAYMENTS
Essex-Merrimac chain bridge
$766.48
Plum Island bridge
182.70
$ 949.18
Balance to general treasury
$ 150.82
58
ANNUAL REPORTS HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$ 16,600.00
PAYMENTS
Newburyport Gas & Electric Co.
$ 16,481.19
Balance to general treasury
$ 118.81
STREET SPRINKLING
Appropriation
$
2,500.00
Income from Simpson fund
900.00
Commitment for 1914
3,539.55
A
$ 6,939.55
RECEIPTS.
Oiling and cleaning
$
30.48
$ 6,970.03
PAYMENTS
Writing commitment
$ 100.00
Water for street sprinkling
266.38
Street sprinkling contract
3,251.24
Telephone
.55
Advertising
5.00
Oiling streets
2,560.20
Services of city teams
40.00.
Labor as per pay rolls
147.39
Commitment abatements
11.63
Commitment transfer
194.15
$ 6,576.54
Balance to general treasury
$
393.49
SIDEWALKS AND CURBING
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
Income from Bromfield fund
212.50
Betterments assessed
374.41
Services of department
62.50
.
$ 2,149.41
59
CITY AUDITOR HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued SIDEWALKS AND CURBING-Continued Repairs
Lumber and milling
$ 67.12
Freight
2.21
Cement
342.37
Asphalt
23.22
Sand
4.80
Hoe
.65
Oil
.36
Roofing paper
8.39
Lanterns and globes
7.30
Services of city teams
338.00
Labor as per pay rolls
1,239.11
$ 2,033.53
Balance to general treasury
$ 115.88
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Services of department
240.90
Transferred from highway repairs
500.00
From general treasury to balance
62.44
.
$ 1,803.34
PAYMENTS
Men and teams hired
$540.92
Pails
.36
Plowing and shoveling walks
48.44
Services of city teams
243.00
Labor as per pay rolls
970.62
$ 1,803.34
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$ 375.00
PAYMENTS
Rent of sheds
$240.00
Sign boards
13.68
Carpenter and stock
.55
$ 254.23
Balance to general treasury
$ 120.77
60
ANNUAL REPORTS
CHARITIES
Appropriation
$ 12,000.00
From general treasury to balance
1,281.58
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
$ 13,281.58
State
$177.00
West Bridgewater
209.58
Lynn
59.50
Lawrence
1.00
North Easton
24.00
Haverhill
181.75
Amesbury
342.16
Malden
2.50
Newbury
80.00
Salem
234.00
Boston
5.90
Lowell
65.50
Ipswich
232.50
Returned aid
238.63
Sale of produce
404.00
Sale of barrels
57.40
$ 2,315.42
$ 15,597.00
PAYMENTS General Administration
Salary of clerk
$850.00
Office assistance
10.50
Help in store
6.00
Stationery and office supplies
13.80
Telephone rental
92.16
Stamped envelopes and postage stamps
12.68
Postoffice box rent
5.25
Traveling and expenses of overseers
20.00
Directory
3.00
Express
.22
$1,013.61
Almshouse, or Poor Farm
Salary of superintendent and matron.
$720.00
Wages of farm hands
372.96
Wages of cook
300.83
Wages of domestics
177.23
Crackers at wholesale
45.61
Flour at wholesale
160.30
61
CITY AUDITOR CHARITIES-Continued
Lard at wholesale
12.08
Beans at wholesale
13.45
Brooms at wholesale
12.15
Coffee at wholesale
62.00
Sugar at wholesale
250.73
Tobacco and pipes at wholesale
128.15
Insect powder at wholesale
24.75
Prunes at wholesale
11.75
Tea at wholesale
55.57
Rice at wholesale
36.75
Canned squash at wholesale
30.00
Washing powder and soap at wholesale
34.56
Macaroni at wholesale
4.01
Rolled oats at wholesale
17.00
Baking powder at wholesale
26.65
Evaporated apples at wholesale
11.50
Apricots at wholesale
4.25
Canned salmon at wholesale
6.00
Cream of Tartar at wholesale
7.50
Matches at wholesale
7.00
Live stock
24.50
Candy and oranges
8.88
Fish and clams
242.01
Salt
17.25
Onions
9.60
Groceries
88.66
Meats at wholesale
512.87
Meats at retail
176.97
Medicine
4.70
Dressing hogs and curing hams
10.50
Grain and meal
538.44
Shoes
62.80
Clothing
111.60
Ice and labor on same
35.75
Insurance on almshouse
132.00
Dry goods 128.07
Lawn mower, keys, and filing saws
6.25
Repairing shoes
12.35
Corn seed and seed potatoes
71.84
Strawberry plants
3.00
Hay for bedding
43.50
Harness repairs and horse blankets
33.30
Shoeing horses, farming implements, etc.
80.95
Boiler insurance
5.58
Lime, cement, plaster, and brick
13.10
62
ANNUAL REPORTS CHARITIES-Continued
Lumber and shavings
84.68
Spraying trees and bug killer
17.50
Paint and hardware
127.61
Fertilizer and hog feed
151.50
Dentist and barber
1.75
Straw matting
14.00
Middlings
244.38
Repairs to heating plant and plumbing
103.32
Coal
606.20
Kitchen utensils
38.86
Barrel for stove
5.00
New shades
51.00
Oil, gasoline, and repairs to engine
49.09
Cash payments by superintendent
21.32
Cement lined pipe
32.55
Repairs on roof
91.28
Spray pump and hose
22.00
Separator
65.00
$6,634.29
Out-Door Relief
Fuel
$915.40
Flour at wholesale
370.95
Rice at wholesale
40.00
Beans at wholesale
198.27
Crackers at wholesale
234.83
Pork at wholesale
225.50
Sugar at wholesale
266.37
Prunes and apricots at wholesale
12.38
Soap at wholesale
67.50
Tea at wholesale
70.63
Aid rendered for travel
9.79
Groceries at retail
964.32
Shoes and rubbers
94.30
Relief from other cities and towns
898.57
State hospitals
850.48
Physicians
450.00
Medicine
300.00
Burials
140.50
Rent paid
816.57
Board in families
268.00
Cash disbursements by overseers
378.00
Ambulance and teams
45.25
Treatment at hospitals
19.00
Twine and paper bags
29.30
63
CITY AUDITOR
CHARITIES-Continued
Milk
46.56
Mattress
2.75
Meats and provisions
226.98
Dry goods
6.90
$7,949.10 $ 15,597.00
ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL
Appropriation
$
600.00
PAYMENTS
To Anna Jaques Hospital
$ 600.00
HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL
Appropriation
PAYMENTS $ 300.00
To Homeopathic Hospital $ 300.00
64
ANNUAL REPORTS
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS STATE AID
Received from state amounts paid in 1913 $8,156.00 By balance due for amounts paid in 1914 7,695.00
$ 15,851.00
PAYMENTS
Cash paid beneficiaries
$8,353.00
Balance Dec. 20, 1913
7,498.00
$ 15,851.00
MILITARY AID
Appropriation
$ 300.00
From state one-half amounts paid in 1913
48.00
Balance due for amounts paid in 1914
32.00
$ 380.00
PAYMENTS
Amounts paid beneficiaries in 1914
$ 72.00
Balance due from state Dec. 20, 1913
44.00
$ 116.00
Balance to general treasury $ 264.00
SOLDIERS' BURIAL
Received from state amounts paid in 1913 $ 370.00
Balance due from state for amounts paid 550.00
$ 920.00
PAYMENTS
Paid burial agent in 1914
$ 550.00
Balance due for previous payments
370.00
$ 920.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
$ 7,000.00
Appropriation
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Haverhill, relief given $ 141.75
68.25
Groveland, relief given
4.00
Refund
$ 214.00
$ 7,214.00
65
CITY AUDITOR SOLDIERS' BENEFITS-Continued SOLDIERS' RELIEF Continued PAYMENTS
Clerk hire
$
200.00
Stationery and office supplies
19.15
Traveling expenses
15.70
Clothing
3.94
Services of physician
274.45
Life insurance
4.00
Telephone
1.30
Board
855.00
Groceries
174.50
Fuel
1,052.80
Nursing
53.50
Patients at hospitals
60.00
Cash disbursements
3,836.00
$ 6,550.34
Balance to general treasury
$ 663.66
66
ANNUAL REPORTS
EDUCATION SALARIES
Appropriation
From general treasury to balance
$ 50,000.00 152.05
$ 50,152.05
PAYMENTS
Superintendent
$ 1,500.00
Clerical assistant
424.00
Truant officer
750.00
High school teachers
12,672.83
Elementary school teachers
25,269.86
Training school teachers
1,492.00
Evening school teachers
1,023.00
Sewing and cooking school teachers
1,143.00
Music teacher
580.00
Drawing teacher
750.00
Manual training teacher
300.00
Janitors' services
4,247.36
$ 50,152.05
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$
3,500.00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Sale of old books and supplies
$ 53.51
Sale of stock from domestic science
22.90
$ 76.41
$ 3,576.41
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Tuition
$1,829.75
Atkinson fund
150.00
Putnam trustees
1,200.00
Brown fund
604.00
$3,783.75
67
CITY AUDITOR EDUCATION-Continued MISCELLANEOUS-Continued PAYMENTS Administration
Office supplies and stationery
$90.25
Postoffice box rent
3.00
Stamped envelopes and postage stamps
54.08
Telephone rental
95.33
Traveling expenses
33.65
Printing and advertising
73.27
School directories
15.60
Directory
3.00
$ 368.18
Text Books and Supplies
Books and music
$1,268.51
Typewriter supplies
26.10
Drawing supplies
. 102.99
Pens and pencils
86.42
Stationery, cards, and supplies
206.16
Ink
11.70
Binding books
109.04
Manual training supplies
4.48
Laboratory equipment and repairs
303.64
Cooking utensils and supplies
202.11
Sewing supplies
71.81
Erasers
12.00
Pencil sharpeners and repairs
20.07
Express and teaming
54.86
$2,479.89
Other Expenses
Diplomas, engrossing, and ribbons
$ 70.56
Flags
19.09
Janitors' supplies
69.16
Extra help for janitors
9.00
Keys and repairing locks
3.40
Paper towels
9.20
Use of piano at graduation
8.00
Tuning piano
3.00
Floor brushes
30.59
Hardware and miscellaneous supplies
2.90
Furniture for cooking school
25.00
Graduation programs
10.00
Repairing clock
1.25
Disinfectant
12.50
Dustbane
8.75
68
ANNUAL REPORTS
EDUCATION-Continued MISCELLANEOUS-Continued
Lumber and labor
10.25
Lighting fixtures
4.69
Tubing
6.25
Use of chairs at graduation
4.00
Support of truants
186.14
Transportation
229.00
Service of sheriff
4.15
Balance to general treasury
.$
1.46
FUEL
Appropriation
$ 3,500.00
PAYMENTS
High school
coal
$ 595.67
Currier school
coal
$519.52
wood
88.50
608.02
Jackman school
.coal
609.06
Curtis school
coal
273.58
wood
36.25
309.83
Hancock Street school
.coal
161.45
wood
2.00
163.45
Bromfield Street school
coal
131.40
wood
4.00
135.40
Temple Street school
.coal
85.84
wood
4.00
89.84
Moultonville school
coal
43.90
Davenport school
coal
339.80
wood
3.00
342.80
Kelley school
.coal
451.46
charcoal
11.99
463.45
Purchase Street school
.. coal
76.91
wood
4.00
80.91
$ 3,442.33
Balance to general treasury
$ 57.67
$ 726.88 $ 3,574.95
69
CITY AUDITOR EDUCATION-Continued LIGHTING
Appropriation
$ 350.00
Cash payments for light used
3.56
PAYMENTS $ 353.56
High school
$143.22
Currier school
44.76
Jackman school
30.26
Kelley school
67.24
Temple Street school
.87
Purchase Street school
24.99.
$ 311.34
Balance to general treasury
$ 42.22
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Transferred from aldermen and council
175.00
From general treasury to balance
178.77
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS $ 1,353.77
Use of high school hall
$ 5.00
One half cost installing lanterns
10.00
Refund
11.60
$ 26.60
PAYMENTS High School
Repairs to heating apparatus
$ 57.60
Clocks and repairing
5.80
Repairs on seats
4.25
Repairs to plumbing
11.42
Carpenter work and stock
45.24
Setting glass and painting
6.60
Sharpening lawn mower
1.25
Electrical supplies
54.73
Repairs in laboratory
5.00
Janitors' supplies
.35
Repairs on roof and mason work
57.11
Teaming and express
3.13
Hardware
13.67
New chairs
46.75
.
$ 1,380.37
$ 312.90
70
ANNUAL REPORTS EDUCATION-Continued SCHOOL BUILDINGS-Continued Currier School
Repairs to plumbing
$ 23.25
Hardware
24.51
Setting glass and painting
48.84
Electrical fixtures and labor
3.55
Carpenter work and stock
54.59
Substitute for janitor
4.00
$
158.74
Jackman School
Carpenter work and stock
$ 5.00
Services of mason and stock
19.50
Repairs to heater
49.49
Electrical supplies
4.15
Repairing shades
4.50
Janitors' supplies
2.00
Plumber and stock
12.52
Hardware
10.59
Oil
.55
$
108.30
Curtis School
Repairs on heating plant
$194.35
Lock and repairs
6.80
Repairs to plumbing
2.20
Carpenter work and stock
12.33
Paint, turpentine, and glass
28.55
$ 244.23
Davenport School
Making crane
$ 13.00
Hardware
10.80
Repairs to plumbing
23.18
Repairs to heating apparatus
6.94
Setting glass and painting
4.45
Carpenter work and stock
18.23
Repairing seats
2.35
Repairing clocks
2.00
$ 80.95
Purchase Street School
Repairs to heater
$ 12.43
Repairs to plumbing
4.30
Mason and stock
6.63
$ 23.36
Kelley School
Repairing clock
$ 1.00
Carpenter work and stock
8.09
Setting glass and painting
5.80
71
CITY AUDITOR EDUCATION-Continued
SCHOOL BUILDINGS-Continued
Repairs to heating apparatus
12.30
Lights and mantels
10.56
Repairs to plumbing
4.80
Brushes
.25
Turfing bank
8.00
Installing stereopticon
25.00
$ 75.80
Hancock Street School
Carpenter work and stock
$ 34.51
Repairs on furnace
1.00
Hardware
.60
Setting glass
.80
Repairs to plumbing
14.60
$
51.51
Bromfield Street School
Carpenter work and stock
$ 10.23
Repairs to heating apparatus
2.25
Hardware
3.79
Repairs to plumbing
11.10
Temple Street School $ 27.37
Plumbing repairs and supplies
$ 7.45
Carpenter work and stock
5.95
$ 13.40
Moultonville School
Carpenter, stock, and repairs
$ 3.60
Repairs to plumbing
16.35
Hose
6.00
$ 25.95
Manual Training School
Rent and power
$120.00
Moving materials
16.25
$ 136.25
All Schools
Insurance on boilers
$ 56.80
Carpenter and stock
16.39
Street watering
29.32
Setting glass
8,80
Labor as per pay rolls
7.30
Services of city teams
3.00
$ 121.61
$ 1,380.37
72
ANNUAL REPORTS
PUBLIC LIBRARY SALARIES AND WAGES
Appropriation
From general treasury to balance
$ 4,285.00 10.44
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Use of library
$ 200.00
Dog licenses
486.11
Income from trust funds :
A. E. Cutter
145.40
S. W. Marston 180.40
E. S. Moseley
180.40
W. O. Moseley
411.76
E. H. Stickney, net 235.00
J. M. Bradbury
40.00
C. W. Bradstreet
40.40
$1,919.47
PAYMENTS
Salary of librarian
$1,600.00
Salaries of assistants
2,193.64
Salary of janitor
501.80
$ 4,295.44
BOOKS, PERIODICALS, ETC.
Balance from 1913
$ 478.67
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Interest on deposit
$ 13.62
Income from trust funds :
W. H. P. Dodge
95.80
J. A. Frothingham
45.00
S. A. Green
80.00
Geo. Haskell
37.88
M. P. Sawyer
200.00
J. R. Spring
800.00
W. C. Todd
617.00
A. Williams
40.00
PAYMENTS
$ 2,407.97
Books
$1,180.84
Papers
573.00
Binding
213.97
Postage
2.20
$ 1,970.01
Balance Dec. 19, 1914
$ 437.96
$ 4,295.44
$ 1,929.30
73
CITY AUDITOR PUBLIC LIBRARY-Continued 1
FUEL
Appropriation
$ 350.00
PAYMENTS
Coal and wood
$ 276.22
Balance to general treasury
$
73.78
LIGHTING
Appropriation
PAYMENTS
$
233.87
Balance to general treasury
$ 66.13
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
.
$ 300.00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Fines
$ 8.25
Sale of old paper
8.42
$ 16.67
PAYMENTS
$ 316.67
Telephone
$21.71
Postoffice box rent and postage
6.50
Office supplies
71.81
Binding and labels
24.50
Street sprinkling
6.55
Insurance
11.16
Cards and call slips
13.50
Lighting equipment
37.35
Janitors' supplies
11.25
Dog checks and blanks
7.50
$ 211.83
Balance to general treasury
$ 104.84
$ 300.00
Newburyport Gas & Electric Co.
74
ANNUAL REPORTS
RECREATION CITY PARKS
Appropriation
$ 300.00
From Balch fund
323.00
From general treasury to balance
4.03
.
PAYMENTS
$ 627.03
Salaries and wages
$337.80
Carpenter work and stock
3.07
Repairing drinking fountain
7.50
Hardware
9.68
Care of flowers and trees
65.00
Gardener's implements
2.50
Teaming dirt and rubbish
40.25
Street sprinkling
73.75
Lighting
87.48
$ 627.03
ATKINSON COMMON
Appropriation
$ 500.00
PAYMENTS
Salaries and wages
$370.04
Mason and stock
15.05
Carpenter work and stock
6.11
Care of flowers and trees
19.20
Gardener's implements
6.15
Fertilizer
63.00
Street sprinkling
6.00
Teaming
7.50
$ 493.05
Balance to general treasury
$
6.95
PLAYGROUNDS
Appropriation
$ 650.00
Refund
4.80
$ 654.80
75
CITY AUDITOR RECREATION-Continued PLAYGROUNDS-Continued PAYMENTS
Supervision of grounds
$389.83
Carpenter work and stock
19.99
Sporting goods
5.85
Sewing supplies
12.13
Hardware
4.71
Stationery
.94
Bandages
1.15
Rent of land
152.50
Hauling sand
1.50
$ 588.60
Balance to general treasury
$ 66.20
76
ANNUAL REPORTS CELEBRATIONS
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
PAYMENTS $ 300.00
Quartermaster Post 49, G. A. R. $ 300.00
FIREMEN'S MEMORIAL SUNDAY
Appropriation
PAYMENTS $ 75.00
L. G. Bradbury, Treas. for Memorial Sunday $ 75.00
77
CITY AUDITOR
UNCLASSIFIED CITY CLOCKS
Appropriation PAYMENTS $ 75.00
Salary of superintendent of clocks
$
75.00
WATER FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
$ 1,500.00
Newburyport Water Works
$
1,500.00
OTHER CITY PROPERTIES
Appropriation
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS $ 500.00
Monroe Street school house
$ 870.00
Rent of Ward 5 ward room
60.00
Rent land on Hill street
5.00
PAYMENTS $ 1,435.00
Insurance on almshouse
$264.00
Carpenter work and stock at almshouse
23.09
Repairing North Church striker
5.35
Foundry work on fountain
11.41
Sinking fund commissioners for sale of city property 870.00
Transfer to cemeteries
100.00
$ 1,273.85
Balance to general treasury
$ 161.15
TEMPORARY ACCOUNTS Embezzlement Account
Balance Dec. 20, 1913 PAYMENTS $ 207.78
Defendant's costs in suits against First National Bank
$ 55.47
Balance Dec. 19, 1914
$ 152.31
J. V. F. Surety Account
Balance Dec. 20, 1913
$ 1,000.00
Received from W. Herbert Noyes
2,000.00
Balance Dec. 19, 1914 $ 3,000.00
Appropriation PAYMENTS
78
ANNUAL REPORTS UNCLASSIFIED-Continued UNCALLED FOR CLAIMS
Amount of same Dec. 20, 1913 $ 58.56 3.29
Uncalled for claims 1914
$ 61.85
JUDGMENT ACCOUNT PAYMENTS
Balance Dec. 20, 1913
$ 841.26
Geo. E. & Francis A. Poor vs. city
164.24
$ 1,005.50
Credit from tax levy 1914
$ 1,005.50
BUILDING PERMITS
RECEIPTS.
Permits issued by city clerk .
$ 88.00
PAYMENTS
To inspector of buildings
$ 78.00
Balance
$ 10.00
SCHOOL TEACHERS' PENSIONS RECEIPTS.
From teachers PAYMENTS $ 459.75
To teachers' retirement association
$ 306.50
Balance Dec. 19, 1914 $ 153.25
1
79
CITY AUDITOR UNCLASSIFIED -- Continued COUNTY OF ESSEX (Dog Account) PAYMENTS
Dog officer for killing dogs $ 23.00
RECEIPTS.
Payments refunded by county
21.00
Balance
$ 2.00
WATER COMMISSIONERS (Bond Account) RECEIPTS.
Proceeds of bond issue sold at 101.14
Accrued interest on bonds
$ 55,627.00 137.50
$ 55,764.50
PAYMENTS
Expense of certifications and delivery of bonds
$ 216.50
Water commissioners
55,548.00
$ 55,764.50
80
ANNUAL REPORTS
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES WATER WORKS
Balance Dec. 20, 1913
$ 298.53
RECEIPTS.
Water rates
$40,589.28
Meter rates
10,225.68
Sundry water receipts
458.08
Water for public buildings
1,500.00
Water for fire service
3,500.00
Miscellaneous construction receipts
248.80
Miscellaneous maintenance receipts
95.36
Interest
357.42
Total income
$56,974.62
PAYMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE
Pumping station
$ 6,645.28
Pumping station Artichoke
2,794.47
General maintenance
3,553.94
Hydrant maintenance
290.15
Gate maintenance
24.02
Reservoir maintenance
81.31
Meter maintenance
62.64
Frog pond system
7.80
Street standpipe maintenance
16.60
Service pipe maintenance
1,069.06
Main pipe maintenance
164.43
Filter beds maintenance
207.58
Common Pasture
.
489.61
Total maintenance
$15,406.89
Net earnings
$41,567.73
PAYMENTS FOR DEBT
Bonds retired
$16,000.00
Interest on bonds
11,151.50
$27,151.50
Net income $14,416.23
New Construction Paid from Earnings
Extension of mains
$ 1,694.02
Service pipe construction
483.80
New meters
146.53
$ 2,324.35
Surplus for the year
$ 12,091.88
1
81
CITY AUDITOR PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES-Continued WATER WORKS-Continued NEW SUPPLY ACCOUNT RECEIPTS
Proceeds of $55,000 bond issue $55,548.00
PAYMENTS
New construction at Artichoke
$ 36,873.35
Balance $ 18,674.65
Cash balance Dec. 19, 1914
$ 31,065.06
82
ANNUAL REPORTS
CEMETERIES SALARIES AND WAGES
Appropriation
$ 250.00
PAYMENTS
Salary of superintendent $ 250.00
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS
Appropriation
$ 50.00
Transferred from other city properties
100.00
PAYMENTS $ 150.00
Rent of land for driveway
$20.00
Carpenter and stock
25.52
Painting fence and sign
20.85
Use of water
15.00
Hardware
29.62
Cement
1.35
Repairing water pipe
5.20
Stone
8.33
Cutting grass
1.00
Glass
4.17
Printing
2.00
Labor on roads
7.30 $ 140.34
Balance to general treasury $ 9.66
83
CITY AUDITOR
INTEREST
Appropriation
$ 34,000.00
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Interest on overdue taxes and assessments
$ 3,370.05
Interest from water commissioners
11,151.50
On bank deposits
1,469.85
Accrued on bond issues
137.50
$16,128.90
Refund
.15
$16,128.75
PAYMENTS
Interest on tax notes
$ 3,563.25
Interest on bonds, high school
3,342.50
Interest on bonds, Currier school
960.00
Interest on bonds, water
11,625.00
Interest on bonds, refunding J. V. F.
2,500.00
Interest on bonds, sewer
5,910.00
Interest on bonds, bridge
490.00
Interest on bonds, refunding trust notes
1,865.62
Interest on bonds, overdraft
280.00
Interest on bonds, new police station
1,140.00
Interest on bonds, Pleasant street extension
480.00
Interest refunded to water commissioners
137.50
Interest to water commissioners on $55,000
278.25
Interest on sewer construction note
19.12
$ 32,591.24
Balance to general treasury
$ 1,408.76
84
ANNUAL REPORTS
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS BROMFIELD FUND CR.
From trustees of trust funds $ 425.00
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