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Repairs to lighting and mantles
35.69
Rent of basement
15.00
Bedding and towels
21.43
Plumber and stock
27.33
Cleaning paint
4.00
Ash cans
8.00
Hardware and rope
7.88
Teaming rubbish and removing ice and snow
2.32
Janitor's supplies
22.85
Labor and stock on conductors
7.33
Storing and overhauling awnings
1.50
Labor and stock of mason
19.95
Flags, poles and setting
43.15
Rugs
6.75
Street sprinkling
8.98
$ 718.22
FIRE DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous Expenses.
Appropriation
.$ 200.00
PAYMENTS.
Washing towels and bedding
$ 13.00
Services of time clock
11.00
Telephone rental
154.02
Matches and other supplies
9.80
Office supplies
5.50
Janitor's supplies
2.83
Blankets and bedding
3.10
199.25
Balance to general treasury
$ .75
New Hose.
Balance
$ 500.00
Appropriation
500.00
Discount on new hose
9.60
$ 1,009.60
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CITY AUDITOR
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued.
PAYMENTS.
New Hose
$ 960.00
Traveling expenses
5.48
Transfer
44.12
-$
1,009.60
FIRE ALARM AND WIRES.
Supervision.
Appropriation
$ 300.00
PAYMENTS.
Salary of Superintendent
$ 300.00
Miscellaneous.
Appropriation
$ 300.00
Transfer
75.00
From general treasury to balance
59.69
PAYMENTS.
Telephone rental
$ 15.21
Repairs on gong and bells
32.89
Hardware
4.27
Labor and stock of mason
4.61
Labor and stock of electrician
26.55
Battery supplies
122.06
Labor on wires
116.84
Use of team
59.50
Stationery and postage
6.75
Printing and advertising
10.00
Express and freight
2.84
Fire tapper
8.00
Wires and cross arms
24.07
Glass and labor for alarm boxes
1.10
·
-$ 434.69
INSPECTION OF PLUMBING AND BUILDINGS.
Appropriation
$ 200.00
PAYMENTS.
Inspection of Plumber $ 87.00
Printing and advertising
2.50
Telephone for Inspector of Buildings
15.46
Traveling expenses
3.50
.
$ 434.69
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ANNUAL REPORT
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued.
Services of inspector
6.00
Postage
1.50
Transfer
. . 50.00
165.96
Balance to general treasury
.$
.... 34.04
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Appropriation
.$ 800.00
Fees collected
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT. $ 191.40
PAYMENTS.
Salary of Sealer
$
700.00
Use of teams
28.50
New weights and balances
36.32
Express
.32
Stationery and office supplies
26.27
791.41
Balance to general treasury
.$ 8.59
MOTH EXTERMINATION.
Appropriation
$ 1,800.00
Commitment for 1917
645.48
Sale of lead and services rendered
171.99
PAYMENTS.
Salary of Superintendent
$ 800.00
Labor on pump and spraying machine
58.43
Writing tree protection books
50.00
Telephone
1.75
Rent of basement
15.00
Stationery and postage
3.10
Poles, pruners, paint and brushes
7.46
Horse hire
81.00
Tools and equipment
4.87
Repairing tools and equipment
3.25
Arsenate lead
464.50
Maintenance of team, bal. charged warden
220.12
Oil, gasoline and creosote
15.60
. .
. .
. .
. .
$ 2,617.47
53
CITY AUDITOR
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued.
Express and freight
8.84
Veterinary supplies
19.50
Hardware and miscellaneous expenses
26.55
Jigger
35.00
Labor as per payrolls
695.47
Spray
44.25
Printing and advertising
11.70
Traveling expenses
3.98
2,570.37
Balance to general treasury $ 47.10
FORESTRY. Tree Warden and Care of Trees.
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Income from Bromfield Fund
212.50
Services of department and sale of materials
16.00
Use of telephone
.35
From general treasury to balance
17.56
$ 746.41
PAYMENTS.
Salary of Warden
$ 150.00
Telephone rental
17.00
Maintenance of team
2.25
Repairing of equipment
4.07
Hardware and miscellaneous supplies
23.20
Taxi service
2.00
Trees
10.15
Horse hire
33.50
Bird houses
14.40
Traveling expenses
2.00
Labor as per payrolls
427.84
Rent of barns
60.00
$
746.41
HARBOR MASTER.
Appropriation
$ 125.00
PAYMENTS.
Salary of Harbor Master
.$ 100.00
Balance to general treasury
$ 25.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Supervision
Appropriation .$ 500.00
PAYMENTS.
Salary of Clerk
.$ 500.00
VITAL STATISTICS
Appropriation
.
$ 200.00
PAYMENTS.
Birth returns
$ 93.45
Death returns
48.50
Stationery and books
22.12
Transfer
35.00
199.07
Balance to general treasury $ .93
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS $ 2,800.00
State, account tuberculosis $ 337.15
76.64
Use of phone 4.43
418.22
3,218.22 $
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Undertakers' licenses $ 4.50
Manicurists' and Massage licenses
2.50
Slaughter house licenses
3.00
Garbage, sausage and butterine licenses
23.40
$ 33.40
Quarantine and Contagious
Diseases
Patients in hospitals
$ 24.29
Medicinal supplies
40.46
Fuel
10.70
Relief by other cities
45.00
Board and attendance
174.50
Telephone and traveling expenses
1.41
Fumigators and disinfectants
12.50
Groceries and provisions
39.30
Milk
4.14
$ 352.30
From State, account contagious diseases
55
CITY AUDITOR
HEALTH AND SANITATION-Continued Tuberculosis
Patients in hospitals
$ 380.67
Stationery, postage and office supplies
5.90
Groceries and provisions
187.52
Destroying bedding
1.50
Relief by other cities and towns
288.07
Disinfectants
11.64
Traveling expenses
2.00
877.30
Other Expenses
Salary of Bacteriologist
$ 600.00
Cash payments
4.73
Repairs to Bacteriologist's equipment
13.26
Stationery, postage and office supplies
24.32
Post Office box rent
3.00
Burying animals
16.50
Stenographer
1.25
Traveling expenses
1.00
Telephone rental
43.85
Use of teams
2.00
Printing and advertising
48.35
Aluminum and cutting
12.78
Printing and lettering signs
17.25
788.29
2,017.89
Balance to general treasury $ 1,200.33
INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Appropriation
.$ 300.00
PAYMENTS.
Salary of Inspector
$ 300.00
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
Appropriation
$ 300.00
PAYMENTS.
Salary of Inspector
$ 300.00
INSPECTION OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS
Appropriations
.$ 500.00
Salary of Inspector
PAYMENTS. $ 500.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
HEALTH AND SANITATION-Continued
INSPECTION OF MILK AND VINEGAR
Appropriation
$ 750.00
From general treasury to balance 2.28
$ . 752.28
1 REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Milk licenses, fees .$ 36.00
PAYMENTS.
Salary of Inspector $ 400.00
Salary of Collector
300.00
Gas and electricity
35.70
Inspector's supplies
16.58
$ 752.28
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$ 400.00
Services cleaning sewers
69.87
From general treasury to balance
29.06
$ 498.93
PAYMENTS.
Teaming
$ 9.20
Rope, pipe and cement
.60
Washing hose
6.00
New hose
5.00
Expense of steam fire engine
10.00
Tools and equipment
22.08
Services of city teams
79.60
Flash lights
4.75
Labor as per pay rolls
361.70
-$ 498.93
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Balance, Dec. 16, 1916
$ 510.78
Sale of pipe
261.15
Amounts collected for connections
529.95
$ 1,301.88
PAYMENTS.
Pipe, cement and tools $ 262.07
Services of surveyor
7.42
Surveying instrument
30.00
Sharpening picks and irons
6.55
57
CITY AUDITOR
HEALTH AND SANITATION-Continued
Plumber and stock, connecting sewers
37.02
Services of city teams
12.70
Extra teams
1.50
Labor as per payrolls
425.76
783.02
Undrawn balance carried forward $ 518.86
ASHES AND RUBBISH
Appropriation
$ 3,000.00
Sale of old paper and books
105.79
Transfer
1,000.00
$ 4,105.79
PAYMENTS.
Advertising and printing $ 14.50
Services of city teams
1,298.00
Tools and equipment
2.85
Labor as per payrolls
2,762.36
Wire
10.73
Extra labor and horses
14.44
4,102.88
Balance to general treasury
$ 2.91
STREET CLEANING
Appropriation
$ 2,750.00
Transferred from Highway Repairs
750.00
From general treasury to balance
452.01
$ 3,952.01
PAYMENTS.
Equipment and supplies
$ 64.71
Services of city teams
966.90
Labor as per payrolls
2,917.40
Extra teams
3.00
$
3,952.01
CARE OF CONVENIENCE STATIONS
Appropriation
$ 100.00
PAYMENTS.
Labor as per payrolls $ 34.25
Transferred
65.75
-$ 100.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Supervision
Appropriation
$ 1600.00
Use of telephone
1.85
From general treasury to balance
. . . . . . . . . 37.02
$ 1,638.87
PAYMENTS.
Salary of superintendent
$ 1,500.00
Telephone rental
28.31
Reward for lost book
1.50
Traveling expenses
10.71
Stationery and supplies
15.05
Allowance for automobile
83.30
-
$
1,638.87
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
Paid state for maintenance of state highway .$ 519.90
CITY TEAMS AND SALARIES OF DRIVERS
Department Receipts
Services of teams for:
Sewer Construction
$ 12.70
Sewer Maintenance
79.60
Ashes and Rubbish
1,298.00
Street Cleaning
966.90
Highway Repairs
433.40
Culverts
57.60
Street Sprinkling
875.50
Sidewalks and Curbings
24.10
Snow Removal
257.75
Miscellaneous
1.00
Reconstruction of Pleasant Street
24.00
Education, School Buildings
12.00
Balance of expenses charged to Fire Department Horses ..
3,094.07
Refunds
67.50
Sale of straw
21.64
-
$ 7,225.76
59
CITY AUDITOR
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued
PAYMENTS.
Driver of No. 1 Double Team $ 911.93
Driver of No. 2 Double Team
906.93
Driver of No. 3 Double Team
911.93
Driver of No. 2 Single Team
911.93
Driver of No. 3 Single Team
819.22
Sub. drivers for vacation and sickness
383.65
Veterinary services and medicine
9.55
Hay, grain and straw
1,503.88
Shoeing horses
259.58
Painting and repairing wagons
364.41
Repairing harnesses
135.70
Rebuilding No. 3's single cart
80.00
Labor as per payroll on hay
3.20
Extra horses hired
23.85
$ 7,225.76
RECONSTRUCTION OF PLEASANT STREET
Appropriation
$ 5,000.00
Mass. N. E. Street Railway Co.
600.00
Refunds
36.30
Trustees Est. E. P. Dodge
43.46
From general treasury to balance
68.14
$ 5,747.90
PAYMENTS.
Labor as per payroll
$ 254.25
Services of city teams
24.00
Advertising
3.75
Contract for re-laying
4,269.66
Washing and rolling hose
2.00
Granolithic walk
592.24
Extra labor on paving
2.00
Transfer
600.00
-$ 5,747.90
RECONSTRUCTION OF STATE STREET
Appropriation
$ 3,000.00
From general treasury to balance
16.00
$ 3,016.00
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ANNUAL REPORT HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued
PAYMENTS.
Transferred to Highway Repairs $ 2,500.00
Transferred to Snow Removal 500.00
Bricks
16.00
$ 3,016.00
REPAIRING
By balance account of contracts made
$ 200.00
Appropriation
3,000.00
Transfer from Reconstruction of State street.
2,500.00
Sale of material
.60
Services of department
16.64
From general treasury to balance
87.21
$ 5,804.45
PAYMENTS.
Repairs on road roller
$ 23.60
Fuel for road roller
95.62
Crushed stone
589.82
Tarvia
547.96
Gravel
72.50
Pipe and bends
14.70
Brooms, hoes and shovels
4.69
Oil
10.89
Cement
1.30
Lanterns, globes and oil
4.85
Carpenter and stock on bridge
18.26
Carpenter and stock on road roller
9.90
Express and freight
88.27
Traveling expenses
9.82
Salt
2.20
Printing and advertising
3.00
Road binder
190.35
Rope and hardware
58.70
Labor of stone cutters and mason
8.80
Extra teams hired
444.94
Repairing picks, drills, etc
8.00
Services of city teams
433.40
Labor as per payrolls
1,497.75
Transfer to Snow Removal
300.00
Transfer to Street Cleaning
1,365.13
$ 5,804.45
61
CITY AUDITOR
CULVERTS
Appropriation
$ 750.00
Services of Department
402.60
From general treasury to balance
226.89
$ 1,379.49
PAYMENTS.
Grates and repairing same
$ 43.98
Tile pipe
374.89
Freight and express
21.86
Bricks
12.00
Labor and stock of mason
97.80
Tools and equipment
3.54
Services of city teams
57.60
Labor as per payrolls
767.82
-$ 1,379.49
BRIDGES
Appropriation
$ 1,488.00 .
PAYMENTS.
Essex-Merrimac Chain. Bridge
$ 266.06
Plum Island Bridge
233.28
499.34
Balance to general treasury $ 988.66
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$ 16,600.00
City Parks
220.00
$ 16,820.00
PAYMENTS.
Newburyport Gas & Electric Co.
16,543.68
Balance to general treasury
.$
276.32
STREET SPRINKLING
Appropriation
$ 2,300.00
Income from Simpson fund
900.00
Commitment for 1916
3,882.29
Additional commitment
3.30
$ 7,085.59
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ANNUAL REPORT
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued
PAYMENTS.
Allowance for damage to house $ 12.00
Teams hired
182.45
Writing commitment
100.00
Water
50.00
Fuel for road oiler
24.95
Road Oil
3,277.95
Services of city teams
875.50
Labor as per payrolls
1,546.22
Repairs to watering cart
31.15
Repairs to oiler
22.90
Tools and equipment
23.48
Sprinkling cross streets
195.65
Abatement error in commitment
4.29
6,346.54
Balance to general treasury
$ 739.05
SIDEWALKS AND CURBING
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
Betterments
658.46
Income from Bromfield Fund
212.50
Services of department
247.63
Refunds
19.00
Transfer
200.00
$ 2,837.59
PAYMENTS.
New granolithic walks
$ 1,030.56
Lumber
1.43
Advertising
2.00
Freight
19.00
Utensils and equipment
15.55
Granite curbing
148.33
Services of city teams
24.10
Labor as per payrolls
486.42
Repairing concrete
822.65
Cinder sidewalks
1.00
2,551.04
Balance to general treasury $ 286.55
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Transferred from Highway Repairing
300.00
7
63
CITY AUDITOR
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Continued
Transferred from Reconstruction of State street
500.00
Services of department
56.71
From general treasury to balance
175.07
$ 2,531.78
PAYMENTS.
Services of cars and sand
$ 57.75
Men and teams hired
510.18
Repairing fence
13.00
Supplies and repairing equipment
33.93
Services of city teams
257.75
Labor as per pay rolls
1,359.17
Transfer
300.00
$ 2,531.78
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$ 375.00
Damage to street sign
5.00
Transfer
250.00
$ 630.00
PAYMENTS.
Rent of sheds
$ 240.00
Fee for filing petition
3.00
Silent policemen maintenance
156.56
Oil for lanterns
10.54
Signs and painting
48.78
Labor on Pleasant street, etc.
8.66
Surveying supplies
30.45
Rebuilding fence
15.00
Printing and advertising
21.50
Photographs
5.00
Allowance for personal injury
25.00
Making cast
10.00
Labor as per pay roll
19.84
Salt
1.10
City Teams
1.00
Branding irons
1.50
597.93
Balance to general treasury
$ 32.07
64
ANNUAL REPORT
CHARITIES
Appropriation
$ 13,000.00
From general treasury to balance
1,811.61
.$ 14,811.61
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
State
$ 907.47
West Bridgewater
368.74
Fall River
94.54
Haverhill
64.84
Amesbury
450.18
Chicopee
4.93
Salem
.53
Salisbury
55.45
Returned Aid
201.63
Sale of Produce
171.77
Sale of Barrels
40.30
Sale of live stock
187,47
Sale of hay
161.91
From individual for hospital
2.00
Refunds
10.00
2,721.76
$ 17,533.37
PAYMENTS. General Administration
Salary of Clerk
$ 850.00
Postage and office supplies
1.90
Telephone rental
116.34
Printing and advertising
4.75
Post Office box rent
3.00
Traveling expenses
5.77
Repairing locks on safe
6.00
-- $
987.76
Almshouse, or Poor Farm
Salary of superintendent and matron $ 720.00
Wages of farm hands
443.00
Wages of Cook
380.00
Wages of Domestic
280.00
Groceries and provisions at wholesale
1,461.40
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CITY AUDITOR
CHARITIES-Continued
Groceries and provisions at retail
88.88
Wages of firemen
100.00
Repairs to plumbing
.70
Oranges
3.50
Shortening and lard
43.10
Tobacco and pipes at wholesale
101.73
Coffee and tea at wholesale
64.61
Washing powder and soap
52.75
Onions
2.00
Meal, corn, rye and straw
733.85
Live stock
18.00
Candy
9.30
Fish and Clams
279.23
Salt
21.20
Farming implements
72.80
Repairing equipment
25.47
Medicine and malted milk
5.48
Dressing hogs and curing hams
11.55
Dry goods
105.77
Ice and labor on same
5.00
Clothing
116.53
Toilet paper
6.50
Repairing shoes and sole leather
85.65
Plants and seeds
29.45
Harness and wagon repairs
29.45
Shoeing horses
31.20
Lime, cement and hardware
16.56
Electric lighting
36.66
Brooms
19.46
Veterinary and supplies
6.97
Freight and express
22.05
Lumber and shavings
25.00
Arsenate of lead
18.00
Fertilizer and hog feed
108.52
Barber
52.00
Disinfectant
20.00
Coal
1,911.30
Kitchen utensils and repairing heater
126.21
Oil, gasoline and repairs to engine
2.50
7,693.33
Out-of-Door Relief
Fuel
$ 100.50
Flour at wholesale
110.00
Beans at wholesale
280.41
66
ANNUAL REPORT
CHARITIES-Continued
Crackers at wholesale
201.18
Pork at wholesale
186.75
Sugar at wholesale
439.73
Coffee and tea at wholesale
182.10
Soap at wholesale
81.25
Aid rendered for travel
20.83
Provisions and groceries at retail
1,670.85
Shoes and rubbers
121.66
Relief by other cities and towns
872.27
State hospitals
1,090.01
Salary of Physician
450.00
Medicine
300.00
Burials
87.50
Rent, and board
1,422.50
Coal baskets
13.50
Cash disbursements by overseers
712.00
Ambulance and teams
32.00
Express
9.80
Twine and paper bags
26.02
Milk
123.49
State Infirmary
187.17
Clothing
25.40
Rice at wholesale
52.36
Relief in hospitals
53.00
$8,852.28
$ 17,533.37
ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL
Appropriation
$ 600.00
PAYMENTS.
To Anna Jaques Hospital
$ 600.00
HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL
Appropriation
$ 300.00
To Homeopathic Hospital
MOTHERS' AID (Chap. 763, Acts. 1913)
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
Stoughton
186.68
State
1,262.69
PAYMENTS. $ 300.00
$ 2,949.37
67
CITY AUDITOR
CHARITIES-Continued
PAYMENTS.
Rent $ 36.00
Groceries
82.00
Fuel
18.60
Shoes
9.60
Cash disbursements by overseers
1,598.00
1,744.20
Balance to general treasury
$ 1,205.17
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
STATE AID
Received from State amounts paid in 1916 $ 8,958.00
Refund
6.00
By balance due for amounts paid in 1917
7,481.00
$ 16,445.00
PAYMENTS.
Cash paid beneficiaries
$ 8,218.00
Balance Dec. 16, 1916
8,227.00
$ 16,445.00
MILITARY AID
Appropriation
$ 100.00
Balance to general treasury .$ 100.00
SOLDIERS' BURIAL
Received from state amounts paid in 1916
$ 400.00
Balance due from state for amounts paid in 1917 ... 338.00
PAYMENTS. $ 738.00
Paid burial agent in 1917 $ 338.00
Balance due for previous payments
400.00 $ 738.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$ 6,200.00
From general treasury to balance
. 926.60
$ 7,126.60
PAYMENTS.
Clerk hire
$ 241.61
Stationery, stamps and office supplies
11.31
Traveling expenses
14.70
Justice of Peace Com.
5.00
Services of physicians
57.75
Telephone
20.63
Board and nursing
907.40
Groceries and provisions
43.14
Fuel
1,284.90
Cash disbursements
4,348.00
Medicine and medicinal supplies
189.53
Printing and advertising
2.63
·
7,126.60
CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES
Appropriation
$ 50.00
Balance to general treasury .$ 50,00
GERMAN WAR RELIEF (under Acts of 1917)
PAYMENTS.
Cash to beneficiaries $ 4,557.82 .
CREDIT
Refund
16.66
Balance
$ 4,541.16 .
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CITY AUDITOR
EDUCATION
Salaries.
Appropriation
$ 52,783.00
From Putnam Fund
83.00
From general treasury to balance
641.34
$ 53,507.34
PAYMENTS
Superintendent
$ 2,200.00
Clerical Assistant
517.92
Truant Officer
750.00
High School Teachers
13,833.59
Clerk at High School
20.00
Elementary School Teachers
26,258.41
Training School Teachers
1,661.00
Evening School Teachers
348.00
Sewing School Teachers
1,148.67
Music Teacher
600.00
Drawing Teacher
750.00
School Nurse
550.00
Janitor's Services
4,769.75
$ 53,507.34
Miscellaneous
Appropriation
$ 4,000.00
From general treasury to balance
1,670.81
$ 5,670.81
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Sale of old books and supplies $ 61.19
Refund
.30
Use of telephone
4.80
66.29
$ 5,737.10
70
ANNUAL REPORT
EDUCATION-Continued
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Tuition
$ 3,599.25
Putnam Trustees
1,200.00
Brown Fund
606.00
$ 5,405.25
PAYMENTS
Administration
Office supplies and stationery $ 132.77
Post Office box rent
2.25
Stamps and stamped envelopes
84.48
Telephone rental
148.91
Traveling expenses
10.58
Printing and advertising
77.15
$
456.14
Text Books and Supplies
Books and music
$ 2,043.51
Typewriter supplies
5.12
Drawing supplies
275.18
Pens, pencils and penholders
89.81
Pointers and erasers
13.28
Stationery, cards and supplies
983.67
Binding books
253.48
Sewing School supplies
72.72
Laboratory equipment and repairs
248.72
Cooking utensils and supplies
196.99
Pencil sharpeners and repairs
5.25
Training School supplies
15.54
Express, teaming and freight
118.25
School garden supplies
.10
4,321.62
Other Expenses
Diplomas, engrossing and ribbons
$ 114.86
Cooking school laundry
13.37
Janitor's supplies
114.19
Sweeping Compound
8.25
Paper towels, waste cans, etc.
65.00
Use of piano, and tuning
17.75
Neostyle supplies
1.82
Building repairs and furnishings
11.49
71
CITY AUDITOR
EDUCATION-Continued
| Cleaning and oiling floors
24.90
Disinfectant
7.50
Support of truants
104.86
Use of chairs
12.50
Transportation
461.85
959.34
1
-$ 5,737.10
FUEL
Appropriation
$ 3,750.00
Rent of High School Hall
2.00
Transfer
100.00
From general treasury to balance
127.83
$ 3,979.83
PAYMENTS
High School
coal
$ 901.02
wood
14.25
$
915.27
Currier School
.coal
$ 441.38
wood
176.68
618.06
Jackman School
coal
$ 444.09
wood
13.00
457.09
Curtis School
coal
$ 240.00
·
wood
41.00
281.00
Hancock Street School
.coal
$ 165.06
wood
2.00
167.06
Bromfield Street School
coal
$ 181.67
wood
2.00
183.67
Temple Street School
coal
$ 145.23
wood
8.75
153.98
Moultonville School
coal
34.15
Davenport School
. coal.
.. $ 312.47
wood
13.00
325.47
Kelly School
.coal
$ 782.57
wood
22.00
804.57
72
ANNUAL REPORT
EDUCATION-Continued
Purchase Street School coal $ 35.71
wood
2.00
37.71
Teaming coal
1.80
3,979.83
LIGHTING
Appropriation
$ 350.00
Cash payments for light used
6.50
From general treasury to balance
21.27
$ 377.77
PAYMENTS
High School
$ 191.88
Currier School
54.97
Jackman School
16.01
Kelly School
67.22
Temple Street School
1.51
Purchase Street School
46.18
377.77
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Appropriation
$ 2,500.00
Broken lights
.75
Use of High School Hall,
9.25
Sale of engine at High School
15.00
Refund
3.75
From general treasury to balance
184.01
$ 2,712.76
PAYMENTS High School
Repairing clock
$ 14.14
Curtains and labor
2.40
Repairs to plumbing and heater
62.11
Carpenter work and stock
235.73
Setting glass and painting . .
91.96
Clearing snow from roof
1.35
Electrical supplies and labor
95.13
New chairs
28.00
Janitor's supplies and repairs
7.46
73
CITY AUDITOR
EDUCATION-Continued
Repairs on roof
55.98
Furniture and furnishings
18.40
Hardware
17.19
Express
.57
Oiler and floor oil
8.60
Repairs on plastering and pipe railing
13.78
Flag
12.08
Electric power
109.32
764.20
Currier School
Repairs to heater
$ 3.31
Plumber and stock
49.21
Setting glass and painting
24.00
Electrician and stock
7.50
Carpenter work and stock
94.83
Curtains and repairing same
14.90
Floor oil
7.20
Hardware
14.70
Janitor's supplies
.93
Flag
5.10
Inspecting roof
1.50
Express
3.75
226.93
Jackman School
Clover and grass seed
$ 1.70
Carpenter work and stock
10.14
Repairing seats and chairs
18.15
New shades and hangings
3.25
Janitor's supplies
1.55
Paint and glass
12.96
Plumber and stock
121.05
Hardware
3.45
Repairing heater
20.86
Mason and stock
15.42
Floor oil
2.10
210.63
Curtis School
Labor and stock on heater $ 6.25
Mason and stock
10.75
Plumber and stock
1.70
Carpenter work and stock
103.72
Paint and glass
4.11
74
ANNUAL REPORT
EDUCATION-Continued
Wheelbarrow
4.50
Flag
4.09
Floor oil
2.20
Hardware
1.32
Repairing clocks
1.25
Davenport School
Repairs to desks
$ .65
Repairs to plumbing
12.31
Mason and stock
2.50
Repairs to heating apparatus
10.70
Setting glass and painting
1.85
Carpenter work and stock
28.50
New shades
35.60
Repairing clocks
1.00
Janitor's supplies
.85
Cleaning gutters
4.90
Flag
4.15
Purchase Street School
Painting and setting glass
$ 3.80
Repairs to plumbing
2.55
Carpenter and stock
7.38
Repairs to heater .
15.95
Labor on gas piping
1.50
Stillson
1.00
Wood
2.00
Kelley School
Ash barrels
$ 15.00
Man and teaming
2.00
Flag
8.32
Carpenter work and stock
47.40
Setting glass and painting
213.59
Repairs to heater
11.30
Lights and mantles
9.90
Repairs to plumbing
21.89
New chairs
23.60
Repairs to roof
17.63
Hardware
2.78
Janitor's supplies
11.35
Repairing clock and lawn mower
2.50
139.89
103.01
34.18
*75
CITY AUDITOR
EDUCATION-Continued
Repairing plastering
98.90
Floor oil
11.50
Lumber
2.05
499.71
Hancock Street School
Carpenter work and stock
$ 29.53
Repairs on heater
4.74
Repairs to curtains
5.75
Paint and setting glass
6.88
Repairs to plumbing
8.50
Flag
3.92
Janitor's supplies
.65
Masón and stock
4.15
Wood
2.00
66.12
Bromfield Street School
Building fence
$ 46.33
Cement and lime
.50
Repairs to heating apparatus
2.50
Repairing conductors
16.83
Repairs to roof
43.33
Curtains
7.05
Painting and setting glass
11.88
Janitor's supplies
.65
Floor oil
6.40
Wood
2.00
Temple Street School
Carpenter and stock
$ 26.07
T'aint and glass
10.53
Repairs to roof
21.22
Mason and stock
46.80
New shades
2.46
Floor oil
2.00
Janitor's supplies
.40
.
109.48
Moultonville School
Carpenter and stock $ 57.18
Paint and glass
2.15
Repairs to heater 1.35
137.47
76
ANNUAL REPORT
EDUCATION --- Continued.
One half cost of repairing fence
17.24
Straw
10.50
Ash barrel and sieve
8.00
96.42
All Schools
City teams and labor removing ashes $ 37.60
Shoveling snow
44.80
Street sprinkling
34.42
Painting contract
85.00
Flags
29.50
Electric lamps
22.50
Brooms and brushes
3.75
Changing boilers as ordered by inspector.
67.15
324.72
$ 2,712.76
77
CITY AUDITOR
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Salaries and Wages
$
4,475.00
Income from Cole fund
80.80
$ 4,555.80
REVENUE, CREDITED TO INCOME ACCOUNT
Use of Library, Newbury $ 200.00
Dog Licenses 574.05
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
543.60
J. M. Bradbury
40.40
C. W. Bradstreet
40.40
$ 2,316.57
PAYMENTS
Salary of Librarian $ 1,620.51
Salaries of assistants 2,243.29
Salary of janitor
638.10
4,501.90
Balance to general treasury $ . 53.90
BOOKS, PERIODICALS, ETC.
Balance from 1916
. .$ 810.34
DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Interest on deposit $ 24.99
Income from trust funds:
John J. Currier 40.00
W. H. P. Dodge 95.80
J. A. Frothingham
45.00
Appropriation
78.9
ANNUAL REPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY-Continued
S. A. Green
80.00
George Haskell
37.88
M. P. Sawyer
200.00
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