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Express
1 15
Printing Certificates
5 50
Stamps and stamped envelopes
1 93
Stationery and books
30 84 $ 170 52
Balance to general treasury
$ 29 48
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$ 4,000 00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
State for transportation
$ 1 20
Use of telephone
25
State, account contagious diseases
339 29
Aid rendered for cities, towns and persons
55 88 $ 396 62
$ 4,396 62
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Undertakers' licenses
$ 4 00
Manicurists' and Massage licenses
2 50
Slaughter house licenses
4 00
$ 10 50
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases
Patients in hospitals
$ 34 29
Nurses and medicine
24 93
Groceries and provisions
117 43
Quarantined persons
127 50
Fuel
6 58
Relief by other cities
38 57
Board and attendance
202 41
Milk
9 36
Fumigators and disinfectants
28 80
Physician
22 50
-
- $ 612 37
$ 500 00
Salary of Clerk
$ 200 00
51
CITY AUDITOR
HEALTH AND SANITATION-Continued Tuberculosis
Patients at sanatoriums $ 521 89
Board and attendance
430 44
Groceries and provisions
286 90
Ambulance
10 00
Relief by other cities and towns
260 02
Disinfectants
12 25
- $ 1,521 50
Other Expenses
Salary of Bacteriologist
$ 600 00
Express and teaming
5 72
Stationery and office supplies
28 90
Burying animals
24 00
Traveling expenses
8 20
Telephone rental
35 83
Attendance at hearing
2 60
Printing and advertising
8 00
$
713 25
$ 2,847 12
Balance to general treasury
$ 1,549 50
INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Appropriation
PAYMENTS
Salary of Inspector
$ 300 00
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
Appropriation
$ 300 00
PAYMENTS
Salary of Inspector
$ 300 00
INSPECTION OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS
Appropriation
$ 500 00
Salary of Inspector
.
$ 500 00
INSPECTION OF MILK AND VINEGAR
Appropriation
$ 750 00
From general treasury to balance
15 85
$ 765 85
PAYMENTS
$ 300 00
52
ANNUAL REPORTS
HEALTH AND SANITATION-Continued REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT Milk license fees $ 61 50
PAYMENTS
Salary of Inspector $ 400 00
Salary of Collector 300 00
Gas and electricity
40 31
Inspector's supplies
24 49
Telephone toll
1 05
- $ 765 85
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Services cleaning sewers
$ 125 73
Transferred from Highway Repairs
$
225 73
PAYMENTS
Repairs at Oakland Street
$ 9 75
Rope, pipe, cement
17 76
Oil, lumber and hardware
22
Repairing sewer irons and picks
15 10
Hose
22 50
Services city teams
75 50
Labor as per payrolls
296 61
$ 444 44
Balance to general treasury
$ 31 29
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Balance Dec. 19, 1914
$ 130 02
Sale of pipe
2 00
Amounts collected for connections
1,058 19
$ 1,190 21
PAYMENTS
Pipe
$ 117 64
Hardware
5 58
Freight
99
Oil
55
Sharpening picks, drills and points
3 40
Cement
49 55
Services of city teams
16 00
Labor as per payrolls
321 56
$ 515 27
Undrawn balance carried forward
$ 674 94
$ 250 00
100 00
$ 475 73
53
CITY AUDITOR
HEALTH AND SANITATION-Continued ASHES AND RUBBISH
Appropriation
$ 2,500 00
Sale of old paper and books
$ 257 79
$ 2,757 79
PAYMENTS
Weighing paper
$ 1 25
Advertising
7 75
Services of city teams
844 63
Hardware
75
Labor as per payrolls
1,711 83
Wire
22 80
English Oil
30
$ 2,589 31
Balance to general treasury
$ 168 48
STREET CLEANING
Appropriation
$ 3,000 00
Sale of broom
60
Transferred from Street Sprinkling
150 00
From general treasury to balance
60 69
$ 3,211 29
PAYMENTS
Refilling street broom and repairs $ 38 75
Brooms, brushes and hoes
39 00
Services of city teams
656 00
Labor as per payroll
2,468 35
Express
25
Hardware
1 14
Shovels and hoes
7 80
$ 3,211 29
CARE OF CONVENIENCE STATIONS
Appropriation
$ 100 00
PAYMENTS
Labor as per payrolls
$ 92 75
Balance to general treasury
$ 7 25
RECEIPTS
54
ANNUAL REPORTS
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Supervision
Appropriation
$ 1,600 00
Use of telephone
1 40
$ 1,601 40
PAYMENTS
Salary· of Superintendent
$ 1,500 00
Telephone rental
27 25
Stamps and postcards
4 00
Typewriting annual report
2 00
Traveling expenses
28 34
Stationery and supplies
5 89
Keys and repairing tape
2 30
Batteries
35
$ 1,570 13
Balance to general treasury
$
31 27
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
Paid state for maintenance of state highway
.
$ 338 28
CITY TEAMS AND SALARIES OF DRIVERS DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Services of teams for:
Sewer Construction
$ 16 00
Sewer Maintenance
75 50
Ashes and Rubbish
844 63
Street Cleaning
656 00
Highway Repairs
415 00
Culverts
46 00
Street Sprinkling
484 00
Sidewalks and Curbing
186 00
Snow Removal
155 00
Education, School Buildings
5 00
Education, Fuel
2 00
Sale of straw
14 67
Refund
1 10
Balance of expenses charged to Fire Dept. Horses
4,358 25
Other City Property, Janvrin's Landing
5 00
New Police Station
4 00
Miscellaneous, Public Library
4 00
.
$ 7,272 15
55
CITY AUDITOR
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-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
221 13
Express
35
Veterinary services and medicine
71 55
Hay, grain and straw
1,894 18
Shoeing horses and repairing harnesses
227 73
Paint, oil, etc
10 75
Blankets and hostlers supplies
84 95
Hardware
1 25
New Horse
350 00
Repairing carts and sleds
265 53
Cushion
2 25
Horse hire
42 00
Traveling expenses purchasing horses
5 48
- $ 7,272 15
REPAIRING
Appropriation
$ 4,000 00
Transfer from Street Sprinkling
200 00
From general treasury to balance
6 11
$ 4,206 11
RECEIPTS
Sale of material
$ 28 50
Services of department
84 13
112 63
$ 4,318 74
PAYMENTS
Repairs on road roller
$ 109 41
Fuel for road roller
14 71
Crushed stone
370 53
Tarvia
376 25
Gravel
59 20
Hose and couplings
32 34
Hanging cans
25 00
Weighing
24 11
Cement
90
Wicks and oil
6 58
Carpenter and stock
7 43
Express and freight
55 90
56
ANNUAL REPORTS
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued
Iron and hardware
91 74
Insurance on road roller boiler
5 57
Extra teams hired
144 95
Repairing picks, drills, etc
20 95
Services of city teams
415 00
Labor as per payrolls
2,449 17
Transfer to Sewer Maintenance
100 00
$ 4,318 74
CULVERTS
Appropriation
$ 800 00
Services of departments
55 07
$ 855 07
PAYMENTS
Grates
$ 31 21
Cement
7 97
Pipe
83 92
Lumber for bridge
60 99
Freight and express
4 05
Tools, implements and hardware
36 44
Services of city teams
46 00
Labor as per payrolls
502 12
$ 772 70
Balance to general treasury
$ 82 37
BRIDGES
Appropriation
$ 650 00
Refund from county
1 00
$ 651 00
PAYMENTS
Essex-Merrimac Chain Bridge $ 281 21
Plum Island Bridge
183 48 - $ 464 69
Balance to general treasury
$ 186 31
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$16,600 00
From general treasury to balance 3 13
$16,603 13
57
CITY AUDITOR
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued PAYMENTS
Newburyport Gas and Electric Co
$16,559 63
Setting poles and changing lights
35 00
Taxi service
$16,603 13
STREET SPRINKLING
Appropriation
$ 2,400 00
Income from Simpson fund
900 00
Commitment for 1915
3,845 91
Additional Commitment for 1914
158 47
Refund for repairs to sprinkling cart
10 75
Services of department
5 00
From general treasury to balance
28 06
$ 7,348 19
PAYMENTS
Connections for heater
$ 20 84
Fuel for heater
24 51
Teams hired
46 50
Writing commitment
100 00
Water for street sprinkling
35 81
Telephone
60
Cost of sprinkler cart
90 00
Oil
2,148 48
Services of city teams
484 00
Labor as per payrolls
734 59
Commitment abatements
32 76
Commitment transfer
195 65
Freight and express
27 80
Traveling expenses
7 00
Repairs to sprinkler
10 75
New road oiler
600 00
Rent of sprinkler
5 50
Waste
1 50
Gravel
1 75
Transfers
2,650 00
Pumping water for 1914
130 15
- $ 7,348 19
SIDEWALKS AND CURBING
Appropriation
$ 1,200 00
Income from Bromfield Fund
212 50
Betterments assessed
574 22
Services of department
18 51
From general treasury to balance
117 41
$ 2,122 64
8 50
5S
ANNUAL REPORTS
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued PAYMENTS
Lumber
$ 5 36
Lamp black
4 75
Cement and brieks
94 29
Asphalt
33 49
Segment patterns
1 25
Hardware
25
Oil
24
Carpenter and stock
3 39
Metal form
27 97
Services of city teams
186 00
Labor as per payrolls
984 35
Putting in and repairing concrete
781 30
$ 2,122 64
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
$ 1,000 00
Services of department
80 73
From general treasury to balance
145 34
$ 1,226 07
PAYMENTS
Men and teams hired
$ 203 50
Sand pails and hardware
10 35
Repairing plows
3 35
Services of city teams
155 00
Labor as per payrolls
853 87
$ 1,226 07
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$ 375 00
From general treasury to balance
100 30
$ 475 30
PAYMENTS
Rent of sheds $ 240 00
Sign boards
30 35
Claim for damage
-
204 95 $ 475 30
59
CITY AUDITOR
CHARITIES
Appropriation
$12,000 00
From general treasury to balance
1,144 74
$13,144 74
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
State
$ 435 16
West Bridgewater
334 10
Lynn
45 00
Chicopee
15 84
Springfield
34 25
Haverhill
129 50
Amesbury
678 49
Worcester
47 45
Newbury
50 50
Salem
232 50
Salisbury
108 20
Lowell
83 64
Ipswich
58 00
Returned aid
30 00
Sale of produce
156 46
Sale of barrels
14 40
Sale of live stock
237 00
Transferred from Street Sprinkling
1,500 00
Refund from J. Weston
3 71
$ 4,194 20
$17,338 94
PAYMENTS General Administration
Salary of clerk
$ 850 00
Stationery and office supplies 37 80
Telephone rental
95 46
Stamped envelopes and postage stamps
2 00
Postoffice box rent
3 00
Traveling and expenses of overseers
11 75
$ 1,000 01
Almshouse, or Poor Farm
Salary of superintendent and matron
$ 720 00
Wages of farm hands
412 14
Wages of cook
335 00
Wages of domestics
222 00
Butter at wholesale
18 75
Molasses at wholesale
19 34
Spices
17 85
60
ANNUAL REPORTS
CHARITIES-Continued
Pork 139 90
Shortening 15 38
Tobacco and pipes at wholesale 58 75
Prunes at wholesale
26 00
Coffee and tea at wholesale
62 94
Rice at wholesale
22 00
Washing powder and soap at wholesale
27 25
Apricots at wholesale
10 50
Meal
91 21
Live stock
12 00
Candy
9 00
Fish and clams
269 24
Salt
26 35
Pea beans
101 50
Hardware and farming implements
155 82
Meats and provisions
798 54
Repairing mowing machine
3 82
Medicine
9 95
Dressing hogs and curing hams
19 50
Hay and grain
338 60
Shoes and rubbers
87 55
Dry goods
112 87
Ice and labor on same
11 63
Insurance
304 80
Clothing
96 62
Lawn mower, keys and filing saws
4 10
Repairing shoes
6 30
Strawberry plants, clover and grass seed
47 02
Fitting glasses
4 50
Harness repairs and horse blankets
41 20
Shoeing horses
19 10
Boiler insurance
5 58
Lime, cement, plaster and brick
4 32
Electric lighting
17 29
Hostlers supplies
13 20
Sulphate copper
8 25
Hack hire
1 00
Veterinary
17 00
Freight and express
12 82
Extracting teeth
75
Lumber and shavings
17 26
Arsenate of lead
9 00
Fertilizer and hog feed
128 00
Barber
29 00
Cane for chairs
1 50
61
CITY AUDITOR
CHARITIES-Continued
Middlings
226 25
Repairs to plumbing
19 65
Coal
568 73
Kitchen utensils
22 43
New rocking chairs
32 00
Oil, gasoline and repairs to engine
21 10
-$ 5,834 15
Out-Door Relief
Fuel
$ 830 20
Flour at wholesale
886 40
Beans at wholesale
177 46
Crackers at wholesale
191 73
Pork at wholesale
181 61
Sugar at wholesale
368 59
Soap at wholesale
154 50
Coffee and tea at wholesale
80 00
Aid rendered for travel
13 29
Provisions and groceries
1,848 36
Shoes and rubbers
96 20
Relief from other cities and towns
1,757 55
State hospitals
419 13
Physicians
450 00
Medicine
300 00
Burials
43 50
Rent and board
1,732 54
Clothing
5 00
Cash disbursements by overseers
728 50
Ambulance and teams
18 50
Rolled oats
6 30
Twine and paper bags
24 50
Milk
128 96
Dry goods
61 96
-
$10,504 78
- -- $17,338 94
ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL
Appropriation
$ 600 00
PAYMENTS
To Anna Jaques Hospital
$ 600 00
62
ANNUAL REPORTS
CHARITIES-Continued HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL
Appropriation
. $
300 00
PAYMENTS
To Homeopathic Hospital $ 300 00
ALMSHOUSE ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND FIRE ESCAPES
$ 675 00 Appropriation
PAYMENTS
Installing lights $ 329 50
Installing fire escapes
258 00
Carpenter and stock
30 94
Advertising
3 00
Paint
1 90
Making and putting brace in place
4 84
Tinning elevator shaft and repairing boiler
30 00 $ 658 18
Balance to general treasury
$ 16 82
63
CITY AUDITOR
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
STATE AID
Received from state amounts paid in 1914 $ 8,443 00
By balance due for amounts paid in 1915 8,455 00
- $16,898 00
PAYMENTS
Cash paid beneficiaries $ 9,203 00 Balance Dec. 19, 1914 7,695 00
-- $16,898 00
MILITARY AID
Appropriation $ 100 00
From state one-half amounts paid in 1914. . 32 00
~ $ 132 00
PAYMENTS
Balance due from state Dec. 19, 1914 $ . 32 00
Balance to general treasury
$ 100 00
SOLDIERS' BURIAL
Received from state amounts paid in 1914 $ 550 00
Balance due from state for amounts paid 350 00 -$
- 900 00
PAYMENTS
Paid burial agent in 1915 $ 350 00
Balance due for previous payments
550 00 - $ 900 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$ 6,400 00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Groveland, relief given
$ 319 38
From Edward Bass for telephone
1 36
- $ 320 74
PAYMENTS
Clerk hire
$ 199 92
Stationery and office supplies
3 75
Traveling expenses
14 03
Clothing
2 36
Services of physician
132 00
Life insurance
12 50
Telephone
16 30
Board and nursing
998 69
$ 6,720 74
64
ANNUAL REPORTS
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS-Continued
Groceries
46 14
Fuel
1,106 67
Postage stamps
2 12
Patients at hospitals
6 00
Cash disbursements
3,867 00
Medicine and medicinal supplies
137 70
Use of ambulance
2 00
$ 6,547 18
Balance to general treasury
$
173 56
CARE OF SOLDIER'S GRAVES
Appropriation
$ 50 00
PAYMENTS
Resetting stones on soldier's graves
$
24 75
Balance to general treasury
$ 25 25
65
CITY AUDITOR
EDUCATION
Appropriation.
$50,000 00
Refund
7 99
$50,007 99
PAYMENTS
Superintendent
$ 1,800 00
Clerical Assistant 438 00
Truant Officer
750 00
High School Teachers
12,258 75
Elementary School Teachers
25,341 19
Training School Teachers
1,312 83
Evening School Teachers
1,110 00
Sewing and Cooking School Teachers
1,192 09
Music Teacher
600 00
Drawing Teacher
747 50
Summer School Teachers
100 20
Janitors' Services
4,212 49
$49,863 05
Balance to general treasury
$ 144 94
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$ 3,500 00
Transfer from School Fuel
350 00
From general treasury to balance
1,491 72
$ 5,341 72
* DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Sale of old books and supplies
$ 130 55
Sale of stock from domestic science
11 66
Use of telephone
2 75
Refund
7 52
$ 152 48
$ 5,494 20
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Tuition
$ 3,494 91
Atkinson fund
150 00
Putnam trustees
1,200 00
Brown fund
631 52
$ 5,476 43
66
ANNUAL REPORTS
EDUCATION-Continued MISCELLANEOUS-Continued PAYMENTS Administration
Office supplies and stationery $ 82 74
Postoffice box rent 3 00
Stamped envelopes and postage stamps
107 65
Telephone rental
128 38
Traveling expenses
38 20
Printing and advertising
103 63
School directories
12 00
- $ 475 60
Text Books and Supplies
Books and music $ 1,867 73
Typewriter supplies and new typewriters 219 16
Drawing supplies . 57 23
Pens, Pencils and Penholders
198 02
Stationery, Cards and supplies
568 65
Ink and ink fillers
39 50
Binding books
83 36
Training school supplies
30 53
Laboratory equipment and repairs
238 27
Cooking utensils and supplies
368 80
Rubber bands and paste
18 13
Erasers, clips, crayons and rulers
55 74
Pencil sharpeners and repairs
14 47
Express, teaming and freight
125 95
Stenographers supplies
7 20
Rubber tipped pointers
3.84
-
$ 3,896 58
Other Expenses
Diplomas, engrossing, and ribbons
$ 28 50
Flags and holders
15 36
Janitors' supplies
136 86
Extra help for janitors
6 00
Paper towels, waste cans and mops
80 50
Use of piano and tuning
13 00
Typewriting paper 58 20
Floor brushes 67 00
Lights, furnishings and fittings
15 83
Manilla boxes
11 00
Traveling expenses of truants
3 45
67
CITY AUDITOR
EDUCATION-Continued MISCELLANEOUS-Continued
Use of chairs
3 50
Support of truants
296 85
Transportation
175 83
-$ 1,122 02
- $ 5,494 20
FUEL
$ 3,500 00
Appropriation
PAYMENTS
High School
. coal
$ 568 37
wood
8 00
$ 576 37
Currier School
coal
$ 427 80
wood
100 87
$ 528 67
Jackman School
coal
$ 408 97
wood
19 00
- $ 427 97
Curtis School
coal
$ 222 43
wood
11 25
-$ 233 68
Hancock Street School
. coal
89 92
Bromfield Street School . coal
83 2
Temple Street School
coal
70 76
Moultonville School
coal
27 00
Davenport School
coal
$ 256 87
wood
4 00
- $
260 87
Kelley School
.coal
455 22
Purchase Street School
.coal
$ 39 29
wood
3 00
-$ 42 49
Old bill domestic science
55 63
Screening coal
2 00
Transfers
550 00
$ 3,403 62
Balance to general treasury
$ 96 38
LIGHTING
Appropriation
$ 350 00
Cash payments for light used
5 00
$ 355 00
-
210 14
Old Domestic Science Bills
68
ANNUAL REPORTS
EDUCATION-Continued LIGHTING-Continued PAYMENTS
High School
$ 149 12
Currier School
44 82
Jackman School
21 86
Kelley School
67 88
Temple Street School
1 86
Purchase Street School
43 09
$ 328 63
Balance to general treasury
$ 26 37
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Appropriation
$ 1,000 00
Transfers
300 00
From general treasury to balance
296 42
$ 1,596 42
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Use of High School hall
$ 10 00
Refund
11 60
$ 21 60
$ 1,618 02
PAYMENTS High School
Repairing clock
$ 6 80
Tubing and labor
5 76
Repairs to plumbing and heater
63 00
Carpenter work and stock
18 30
Setting glass and painting
25 12
Repairing lawn mower
85
Electrical supplies and labor
71 15
Keys
95
Janitors' supplies
88
Repairs on roof and mason work
16 24
Teaming and express
52
Hardware
16 28
Insurance
291 20
Oiler and floor oil
13 66
Fire extinguishers
16 00
546 71
69
CITY AUDITOR
EDUCATION-Continued SCHOOL BUILDINGS-Continued Currier School
Repairs to plumbing
$ 14 61
Hardware
10 00
Setting glass and painting
13 28
Lock and key
1 40
Carpenter work and stock
20 44
Substitute for janitor
2 00
-
- $
61 73
$ 608 44
Jackman School
Carpenter work and stock
$ 22 11
Services of mason and stock
1 19
Repairing lawn mower, lock and clock
5 75
Roofer and stock
12 49
Repairing shades
4 95
Paint and glass
8 50
Plumber and stock
43 55
Hardware
1 45
Oil
45
Railing around boiler pit
14 00
$
114 44
Curtis School
Repairs on heating plant
$ 28 00
Mason and stock
12 32
Repairs to plumbing
51 15
Carpenter work and stock
5 94
Paint, turpentine and glass
1 23
Time clocks
5 80
Electrician and stock
1 40
$ 105 84
Davenport School
Repairing shades
$ 4 60
Hardware
7 66
Repairs to plumbing
46 23
Repairs to heating apparatus
7 90
Setting glass and painting
11 46
Carpenter work and stock
21 57
Repairing clocks
3 00
$
102 42
Purchase Street School
Painter and stock
$ 26 56
Repairs to plumbing
22 10
Carpenter and stock
43 12
Electrician and stock
1 80
93 58
-
70
ANNUAL REPORTS
EDUCATION-Continued SCHOOL BUILDINGS-Continued Kelley School
Repairing flag and lawn mower $ 1 25
Carpenter work and stock
11 88
Setting glass and painting
65
Repairs to heating apparatus
6 41
Lights and mantels
15 10
Repairs to plumbing
21 69
Shades and labor
5 20
Hardware
11 09
Removing out house
33 05
$ 125 32
Hancock Street School
Carpenter work and stock
$ 13 69
Repairs on furnace
29 85
Paint
50
Repairs to plumbing
21 48
- $
65 52
Bromfield Street School
Carpenter work and stock $ 13 12
Repairs to heating apparatus
8 15
Repairs to fire escapes
8 50
Repairs to plumbing
12 15
Keys, roller and glass
2 11
Advertising
2 00
46 03
Temple Street School
Mason and stock
$ 28 68
Plumbing repairs and supplies
7 64
Paint and painting
10 23
Carpenter work and stock
27 16
Repairs to heater
11 00
Hardware
12 26
Flags and shades
5 75
102 72
Moultonville School
Carpenter, stock and repairs
$ 17 26
Repairs to plumbing 8 00
Teaming desks 1 60
26 86
71
CITY AUDITOR
EDUCATION-Continued SCHOOL BUILDINGS-Continued All Schools
Insurance on boilers
$ 56 80
Mason and stock
11 25
Street Sprinkling
34 42
Setting glass and painting
15 28
Labor as per payrolls
4 40
Flags
13 50
Floor oil
9 00
Repairing clock
1 00
Insurance on school building
43 20
$
188 85
Balance forward for contract
38 00
- - $ 1,618 02
72
ANNUAL REPORTS
PUBLIC LIBRARY SALARIES AND WAGES
Appropriation $ 4,300 00
Income from Cole fund
60 20
$
4,360 20
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Use of library $ 200 00
Dog licenses
594 11
Income from trust funds:
A. E. Cutter 145 40
S. W. Marston 180 40
E. S. Moseley 180 40
W. O. Moseley
411 92
E. H. Stickney, net
235 00
J. M. Bradbury
40 40
C. W. Bradstreet
40 40
Other Income
4 50
$ 2,032 53
PAYMENTS
Salary of librarian
$ 1,600 00
Salaries of Assistants
2,196 47
Salary of Janitor
501 80
$ 4,298 27
Balance to general treasury
$ 61 93
BOOKS, PERIODICALS, ETC.
Balance from 1914
$ 437 96
Interest on deposit
17 15
Income from trust funds:
John J. Currier 20 00
95 80
J. A. Frothingham
45 00
S. A. Green
80 00
George Haskell
37 88
M. P. Sawyer
200 00
J. R. Spring
800 00
Benjamin G. Sweetser
112 32
W. C. Todd
617 00
A. Williams
40 00
- $ 2,065 15
$ 2,503 11
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS $
W. H. P. Dodge
73
CITY AUDITOR
PUBLIC LIBRARY-Continued BOOKS, PERIODICALS; ETC .- Continued PAYMENTS
Books
$ 990 65
Papers
360 40
Binding
208 60
Postage
$ 1,561 67
Balance Dec. 18, 1915
$
941 44
FUEL
Appropriation
PAYMENTS
Coal
$ 294 36
Balance to general treasury
$
30 64
LIGHTING
Appropriation
PAYMENTS
Newburyport Gas & Electric Co.
218 14
Balance to general treasury
$
56 86
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Fines
$ 20 25
Sale of old paper and books
36 55
$
56 80
PAYMENTS
Telephone
$ 20 29
Postoffice box rent and postage
10 00
Office supplies
30 80
Printing and Advertising
89 00
Street Sprinkling
6 55
Insurance
95 16
Repairing lights
17 75
Lighting equipment
4 05
Labor removing ashes
60
Dog checks and blanks
10 15
Repairing typewriter
1 20
Teaming
4 50
$ 296 05
Balance to general treasury
$ 60 75
2 02
$ 325 00
$ 275 00
$ 300 00
$ 356 80
74
ANNUAL REPORTS
RECREATION CITY PARKS
Appropriation
$ 300 00
From Balch fund
404 00
$ 704 00
PAYMENTS
Salaries and wages
$ 320 00
Teams from Collins
11 75
Hardware
16 15
Grass seed
63
New flags and repairing pole
6 50
Teaming dirt and rubbish
14 25
Street Sprinkling
73 75
Lighting
87 48
Repairing flag pole at Mall
2 50
Repairing and sharpening lawn mower
5 50
$ 538 51
Balance to general treasury
$ 165 49
ATKINSON COMMON
Appropriation
$ 500 00
PAYMENTS
Salaries and wages
$ 315 83
Hardware
15 58
Carpenter work and stock
63 72
Care of flowers and trees
19 10
Phosphate
34 00
Sharpening shears and lawn mowers
5 15
Street Sprinkling
6 00
Teaming
75
Lumber and teaming same
39 87
$ 500 00
PLAYGROUNDS
Appropriation
$ 500 00
From general treasury to balance 232 87
$ 732 87
75
CITY AUDITOR
RECREATION-Continued PLAYGROUNDS-Continued PAYMENTS
Supervision of grounds
$ 200 00
Salary of Assistants
100 00
Carpenter work and stock
31 97
Sporting goods
14 75
Dry goods
2 50
Hardware
11 40
Plumber and stock
2 00
Paint and glass
25
Rent of land and glass broken
305 60
Labor as per payroll
38 40
Teams from Collins
17 00
$ 732 87
76
ANNUAL REPORTS
CELEBRATIONS
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation PAYMENTS
$ 300 00
Quartermaster Post 49, G. A. R. $ 300 00
FIREMEN'S MEMORIAL SUNDAY
Appropriation
. 75 00
L. G. Bradbury, Treas., for Memorial Sunday
PAYMENTS $
75 00
77
CITY AUDITOR
UNCLASSIFIED CLEAN UP WEEK CREDITS
City Improvement Society $ 25 00
C. W. Moseley
10 00
PAYMENTS
Cutting grass and painting $ 14 95
Lumber
5 07
Labor as per payrolls
11 00
$ 31 02
Balance to general treasury
$
3 98
CITY CLOCKS
$ 75 00
Salary of Superintendent of Clocks
... . . 75 00
. $
WATER FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Appropriation
PAYMENTS
Newburyport Water Works
$ 1,500 00
OTHER CITY PROPERTIES
Appropriation
$ 500 00
Rent of Ward 5 Ward Room
$ 60 00
$ 560 00
PAYMENTS
Almshouse, paint and glass $ 9 24
Plumber and stock
61 60
Repairs to heater
3 55
Repairing Janvrin's Landing
5 32
Repairing Central Church striker
10 50
Labor as per payrolls
12 38
City teams, etc.
5 00
Reconstructing City Hall lamps
55 00
Cleaning Brown Square statue
10 00
$ 172 59
Balance to general treasury
$ 387 41
Appropriation
PAYMENTS
$ 1,500 00
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
$ 35 00
78
ANNUAL REPORTS
UNCLASSIFIED-Continued TEMPORARY ACCOUNTS EMBEZZLEMENT ACCOUNT
Balance Dee. 19, 1914 PAYMENTS $ 152 31
Entry of writs, City vs. Felker Bondsmen $ 12 00
Deputy Sheriff for service of writs 29 80
Stenographer on declarations 6 50
$ 48 30
Balance Dec. 18, 1915
$ 104 01
J. V. F. SURETY ACCOUNT
Balance Dec. 18, 1915
$ 3,000 00
UNCALLED FOR CLAIMS
Amount of same Dec. 18, 1915 $ . ... . 61 85
JUDGMENT ACCOUNT PAYMENTS
W. F. Woodbury vs. City
$ 444 67
E. L. Willard vs. City
182 66
McKinney Bros. vs. City
747 73
A. C. Murphy vs. City
171 59
Wm. Holker Co. vs. City
64 10
$ 1,610 75
Credit from tax levy 1915
1,375 06
$ 235 69
BUILDING PERMITS RECEIPTS
Balance Dec. 19, 1914
$ 10 00
Permits issued by City Clerk
. 158 00
PAYMENTS
To Inspector of Buildings
$ 148 00
Balance
$ 168 00
$ 20 00
79
CITY AUDITOR
UNCLASSIFIED-Continued SCHOOL TEACHERS' PENSIONS RECEIPTS
Balance Dec. 19, 1914 $ 153 25
From teachers
1,570 00
$ 1,723 25
PAYMENTS
To teachers' retirement association
$ 1,723 25
COUNTY OF ESSEX (Dog Account)
PAYMENTS
Balance Dec. 19, 1914 $ : 00
Dog officer for killing dogs
22 00
RECEIPTS
$ 24 00
Payments refunded by County
$ 21 00
Balance
$ 3 00
. 80
ANNUAL REPORTS
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
WATER WORKS
Balance of Maintenance Acoount, Dec. 19, 1914
$12,390 41
RECEIPTS
Water rates
$45,252 37
Meter rates
9,931 24
Sundry water receipts
259 16
City for fire service and buildings
5,000 00
Miscellaneous maintenance receipts
119 97
Interest on deposit
259 62
Total income
$60,822 36
PAYMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE
Pumping station
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