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$600:00
FIRE ALARM AND WIRES
Miscellaneous Payments
Appropriation.
$1,500.00
From general treasury to balance 704.16
$2,204.16
Payments
Supervision and labor on fire alarm boxes
$536.59
Labor and supplies on poles and wires. . .
212.29
Labor and supplies on batteries.
19.54
Labor and stock moving fire alarm.
266.58
Sirens and installing.
582.96
Tapper.
57.20
Fuel at Warner Mills for Fire Alarm
425.67
Extra teams hired . .
8.00
Electrician and stock
6.50
Stationery and office supplies.
18.00
Services of physician.
25.00
Freight and express
18.32
Printing and advertising.
1.35
Telephone rental
23 79
Hardware.
2.37
$2,204.16
INSPECTION OF PLUMBING AND BUILDINGS Appropriation. $150.00
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Payments
Payments to inspector of plumbing $54.00
Telephone rental. 14.04
$68.04
Balance to general treasury $81.96
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation.
$850.00
From general treasury to balance.
3.70
Revenue credited to income, fees .. . . $126.05
Payments
Salary of sealer.
$800.00
New weights and equipment.
50.59
Stationery and office supplies.
3.11
$853.70
TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT
Appropriation.
$2,500.00
Services of department.
116.75
Income from Bromfield Fund.
250.00
$2,866.75
Payments
Salary of Tree Warden.
$500.00
Labor as per payrolls.
1,364.50
Telephone rental.
22.51
Trees and shrubs.
73.35
Hardware and equipment.
90.70
Labor on trees for abuttors.
30.20
Teaming and trucking.
202.00
Hay and grain .
134.17
Travelling expenses.
12.40
Wood
2.21
Freight and express
1.53
Rent of barn.
55.00
Oil.
6.00
$2,494.57
Balance to general treasury .
$372.18
$853.70
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CITY AUDITOR
MOTH EXTERMINATION
Appropriation.
$2,100.00
Sale of lead and services of department.
417.44
Commitment for 1924.
886.63
Re-assessments.
18.00
$3,422.07
Payments
Salary of Superintendent
$1,200.00
Labor as per payrolls.
1,052.38
Hay and grain .
36.05
Equipments and repairs on same
49.22
Stationery and office supplies.
2.55
Printing and advertising. .
2.70
Repairs to harnessess and hostler's sup- plies
40.05
Oil. .
38.11
Arsenate of lead.
433.85
Sprayer
192.05
Freight and express
3.73
Trucking .
241.00
Abatements
21.05
$3,312.74
Balance to general treasury .
$109.33
HARBOR MASTER
Appropriation. .
$125.00
Paymenis
Salary of Harbor Master
$125.00
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Supervision
Appropriation.
$700.00
Payments
Salary of clerk
$700.00
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation.
$4,100.00
From State on account of contagious diseases 1,255.70
Tolls ..
.40
From general treasury to balance
1,117.08
$6,473.18
Revenue Credited to Income Account
Manicurists and massage licenses. $4.50
Undertakers' licenses. 3.50
Sausage and butterine licenses.
14.50
Carbonated beverages.
20.00
Slaughterhouse licenses.
4.00
Wood alcohol licenses .
17.00
$63.50
Payments TUBERCULOSIS
Patients in Anna Jaques Hospital.
$3,746.48
Patients in State Hospitals.
1,597.69
Groceries and provisions.
40.00
$5,384.17
OTHER EXPENSES
Salary of bacteriologist.
$600.00
Cash payments of bacteriologist 27.51
Printing and advertising.
22.45
Telephone rental.
43.41
Typewriting.
20.40
Stationery and office supplies.
14.15
Freight and express. .40
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CITY AUDITOR
Post Office box rent.
$3.00
Postage
10.00
Directory
5.00
Groceries and provisions.
105.79
Patients in hospitals
54.86
Nursing and medicinal supplies.
100.91
Wood.
5.00
Sheets.
6.16
Disinfectant.
5.50
Removing and burning mattresses
2.75
Oil. .
5.12
Transportation of patients
35.00
Material for Schick Test.
12.62
Labor and material on building walk to toilet.
3.98
Repairs to chairs and lock .
5.00
$1,089.01
$6,473.18
VITAL STATISTICS
Appropriation.
$200.00
Payments
Birth returns. .
$114.25
Death returns.
69.50
Printing and advertising.
4.00
Books and cards. .
8.50
Freight and express
.40
$196.65
Balance to general treasury
$3.35
INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Appropriation.
$350.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$350.00
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
Appropriation.
$350.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$350.00
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INSPECTION OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS
Appropriation.
$500.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$500.00
INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR
Appropriation.
$750.00
Milk License Fees
$51.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$700.00
Teaming. .
44.00
Supplies
2.65
$746.65
Balance to general treasury
$3.35
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Amounts collected for sewer connections
$1,242.95
From general treasury to balance.
90.99
$1,333.94
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$853.35
City Teams.
52.50
Equipment and repairs.
10.40
Manhole covers
74.94
Pipe.
235.28
Plumber and stock.
11.38
Lime and cement.
71.44
Services of surveyor.
15.00
Glass and setting
5.65
Services of physician.
4.00
$1,333.94
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Appropriation.
$400.00
Services of department.
112.68
$512.68
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Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$343.00
City Teams ..
112.30
$455.30
Balance to general treasury $57.38
ASHES AND RUBBISH
Balance forward.
$1,156.25
Appropriation. .
7,000.00
From general treasury to balance
562.90
$8,719.15
Payments
Collection of ashes as per contract.
$8,567.07
Extra barrels collected over contract.
148.70
Printing and advertising.
3.38
$8,719.15
STREET CLEANING
Appropriation. .
$4,000.00
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$2,644.75
City Teams ..
681.20
Repairs to equipment
77.75
Printing and advertising.
2.70
$3,40€.40
Balance to general treasury
$593.60
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Appropriation.
$4,000.00
Transfer.
300.00
Sale of garbage.
86.10
Sale of chickens
130.00
Sale of eggs
29.23
Sale of pigs
1,124.52
Refund.
21.87
From general treasury to balance
311.14
$6,002.86
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Payments
Collection of garbage
$2,126.13
Services of veterinary
28.95
Shoeing horses . 178.33
Repairs to harnesses and hostlers supplies
83.05
Repairs to wagons and sleds.
182.45
Dressing hogs
143.00
Hog serum.
73.90
Carpenter and stock .
557.42
Supplies for hens and chickens
83.04
Brooder and incubator
90.50
Setting eggs.
116.35
Chickens .
69.00
Pigs.
233.75
Insurance on incubator.
19.20
Payments to Poor Department for board of horses and men
1,956.99
Hardware ..
1.60
Printing and advertising.
4.00
Services of physician
22.00
Oil. .
9.60
Repairs to windows
23.60
$6,002.86
DISTRICT NURSE
Appropriation.
$100.00
Payments
Paid to Newburyport Health Center
$100.00
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CITY AUDITOR
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
SUPERVISION
Appropriation. .
$2,450.00
From general treasury to balance
13.84
$2,463.84
Payments
Salary of superintendent.
$2,400.00
Telephone rental
32.24
Gasolene
4.85
Postage
3.00
Stationery and office supplies.
23.75
$3,463.84
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
Paid State for maintenance of State Highway . $1,299.35
CITY TEAMS, AND SALARIES OF DRIVERS
Departmental Receipts
Sewer Maintenance
$112.30
Sewer Construction
52.50
Street Cleaning.
681.20
Highway Repairs.
2,296.90
Culverts. .
126.00
Street Sprinkling.
472.00
Ice and Snow Removal. .
541.40
Highways Miscellaneous
55.20
Sidewalks and Edgestones.
68.20
Reconstruction Merrimac Street.
8.00
Recon. and widening Merrimac Street .. .
36.80
Sale of sleds.
96.00
Bal. of expense charged to fire department horses
$4,546.50
6,301.14
$10,847.64
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Payments
Driver of No. 1 double team
$1,320.00
Driver of No. 2 double team
1,590.00
Driver of No. 3 double team.
1,590.00
Driver of No. 2 single team.
1,590.00
Driver of No. 3 single team.
1,590.00
Substitute drivers.
693.50
Hay, grain and straw
1,438.58
Shoeing horses.
598.36
Repairs to wagons and sleds .
195.75
Repairs to hostlers supplies .
178.65
Labor on hay as per payrolls.
17.50
Veterinary and supplies.
27.30
Teaming and extra horses.
18.00
$10,847.64
Repairing
Appropriation. .
$20,000.00
Services of department .
1,295.08
Refund.
8.00
From general treasury to balance.
712.25
$22,015.33
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$7,340.45
City Teams. .
2,296.90
Compensation paid John F. Bryant.
276.66
Road oil, cold patch and binder .
9,163.27
Crushed stone.
1,011.12
Trucking stone.
94.31
Ford ton truck
606.00
Repairs and supplies
39.03
Kerosene.
3.40
Labor and supplies repairing Curzon Mill Bridge.
308.50
Printing and advertising.
9.08
Freight and express
30.51
Repairs on road roller
40.30
Fuel for road roller
127.11
Repairs to street sprinkler
20.50
Tools, equipment and repairs on same. . .
329.51
Gravel.
67.75
Cement.
137.65
Manhole and catch basin covers.
59.28
Services of physician
30.00
Witness fees
24.00
$22,015.33
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CITY AUDITOR CULVERTS
Appropriation.
$2,500.00
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$946.70
City Teams.
126.00
Pipe
347.64
Freight and express
49.58
Cement .
21.34
Advertising and printing.
2.70
Transfer.
600.00
$2,093.96
Balance to general treasury
$406.04
BRIDGES
Appropriation .
$1,500.00
Payments
Essex-Merrimac Chain Bridge.
$466.29
Plum Island Bridge.
293.91
$760.20
Balance to general treasury
$739.80
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$17,650.00
Payments
Newburyport Gas & Electric Co.
$17,617.64
Balance to general treasury
$32.36
STREET SPRINKLING
Appropriation.
$2,000.00
Simpson Fund Income
900.00
Commitment for 1924.
6,443.94
Services of department
63.00
Error in 1923 commitment.
1.65
$9,408.59
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Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$1,257.00
City Teams ..
472.00
Street oil applied
4,465.88
$6,194.88
Balance to general treasury $3,213.71
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
Appropriation ..
$4,000.00
Income from Bromfield Fund.
250.00
Services of department.
2,748.25
From general treasury to balance account
6.01
$7,004.26
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$863.75
City Teams ..
68.20
Concrete sidewalks.
6,055.41
Equipment and repairs
8.20
Printing and advertising.
2.70
Services of surveyor.
6.00
$7,004.26
ICE AND SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation ..
$3,000.00
Services of department.
149.00
$3,149.00
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$1,119.75
City Teams.
541.40
Extra teams and labor
117.50
Equipment and repairs
35.82
Transfer
800.00
$2,614.47
Balance to general treasury
$534.53
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CITY AUDITOR
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation.
$500.00
Balance forward.
800.00
Refund.
13.56
$1,313.56
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$84.00
City Teams. .
55.20
Three beacons.
720.00
Maintenance of silent police
79.61
New signs
6.55
Surveying .
25.00
Printing and advertising.
15.45
Carpenter and stock.
36.60
Freight and express
6.81
$1,029.22
Balance to general treasury
$284.34
WIDENING AND RECONSTRUCTION MERRIMAC STREET
Bond Issue
$50,000.00
Balance forward. .
35,438.86
Sale of old material.
10.00
County of Essex award.
400.00
Sidewalk assessments
246.39
$86,095.25
Payments
Labor and stock, restoration of buildings
$20,906.60
Electrician and stock.
362.38
Payments to engineer .
303.90
Payments to contractor
7,369.65
Payments to building mover
22,606.45
Labor as per payrolls.
220.50
City Teams.
36.80
Services of appraisers .
2,400.00
Printing and advertising.
17.65
Certification of bonds.
117.50
Extra legal services, city solicitor
106.92
Photos.
3.00
Allowance for real estate:
William P. Lowell
$3,570.00
J. A. McBride.
105.00
Ellen Barrett.
1,700.00
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Gertrude Cashman. $1,000.00
George Castle. 323.00
Margaret Kerkorian 937.00
George Rosenfield .
650.00
Abraham Krafofsky.
390.00
Nicholas Pahakis.
1,625.00
Eliza Townes.
405.00
J. G. Muldoon
351.00
Sam and A. Trebach
523.00
H. H. Landford
2,900.00
Ella Cummings.
550.00
Carey Heirs.
323.00
Geo. A. Learned.
997.50
Geo. Geogakapoulous et als.
2,312.50
George Mosesian .
420.00
Harry Gobstoob.
125.00
Lucy J. Henry
350.00
J. and R. Canepa.
2,150 00
J. and Ellen Nevins.
750.00
J. and B. Kelleher
50.00
Payment to L. J. Henry, on acct. of rent
60.00
.
$77,018 35
Balance forward.
$9,076.90
RECONSTRUCTION OF MERRIMAC AND WATER STREET
Balance forward. $2,157.19
Sale of material.
144.50
$2,301.69
Payments
Cement
$655.43
Extra men and teams hired.
557.26
Lumber and milling.
11.11
Glass and setting.
3.00
Catch basins.
31.98
Changing electric wires
29.75
$1,288.53
Balance forward.
$1,013.16
WIDENING HALE'S COURT
Balance forward Dec. 15, 1923. $224.60
Balance forward Dec. 20, 1924. $224.60
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CITY AUDITOR
CHARITIES
Salaries and Wages
Appropriation.
$4,500.00
From general treasury to balance
227.08
$4.727.08
Payments
Salary of Clerk ..
$1,000.00
Salary of City Physician.
450.00
Salary of Superintendent and Matron.
1,200.00
Wages of cook.
565.96
Wages of domestics
481.30
Wages of farmhands .
287.82
Wages of fireman.
150.00
Wages of washwoman.
52.00
$4,727.08
POOR DEPARTMENT
Appropriation.
$13,000.00
State of Massachusetts.
3,841.92
Returned aid.
594.81
City of Lawrence.
180.00
City of Lynn.
115.00
City of Haverhill
224.25
Refund.
2.34
Sale of produce.
660.83
Board of horses and men, Garbage Disposal.
1,956.99
Sale of live stock .
9.00
From general treasury to balance.
5,430.55
$26,015.69
Payments GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Telephone rental.
$94.55
Stationery and office supplies.
4.60
Post office box rent.
3.00
Printing and advertising.
11.00
Directory.
5.00
Postage
13.05
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Travelling expenses .
$10.00
$141.20
Out-of-Door Relief
Groceries and provisions.
$4,811.62
Milk.
141.93
Cash disbursements of overseers
1,856.00
Fuel
699.43
Relief by other cities and towns
3,660.83
Medicine and services of physician.
311.34
Shoes and rubbers.
16.44
Ambulance and taxi service
34.00
Burial expenses.
246.00
Rent, board and nursing
2,136.00
$13,913.59
Almshouse or Poor Farm
Groceries and provisions, retail.
$197.70
Groceries and provisions, wholesale.
1,952.52
Fish . .
371.08
Carpenter and stock .
635.89
Mason and stock .
385.33
Lumber and stock ..
77.78
Carpenter and stock on porch
247.61
Farm equipment and repairs
618.86
Hay and grain.
1,360.99
Extra teams and farm hands
181.00
Sawdust.
16.00
Shoeing horses
88.63
Repairs to harnesses and hostler supplies
26.45
Fertilizer, plants and seeds.
157.45
Services of veterinary
12.00
Services of dentist
4.00
Services of trained nurse.
6.75
Medicinal supplies
39 85
Paint and hardware.
235.03
Repairs to heater
38.83
Coal
3,005.45
Wood.
650.00
Electric lighting
228.01
Electric lamps.
7.99
Roofing paper.
66.76
Washwoman .
158.00
Barber
204.00
Tobacco.
142.08
Cider .
7.65
Arsenate of lead
15.00
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Pasturing heifers.
$27.00
Household equipment and utensils.
53.81
Cloth and clothing. 293.77
Shoes and rubbers
64.90
Furniture and repairs
32.75
Eggs for setting
46.00
Insurance.
208.00
Disinfectant
11.25
Newspapers.
6.00
Preservation of trees commitment .
20.75
Street Sprinkling commitment ..
39.00
Travelling expenses, freight and express. .
18.98
$11,960.90
$26,015.69
ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL
Appropriation.
$1,000.00
Payments
To Anna Jaques Hospital.
$1,000.00
HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL
Appropriation.
$600.00
Payments
To Homeopathic Hospital
$600.00
MOTHER'S AID
Appropriation.
$3,000.00
From State
2,163.33
From City of Brockton
312.00
$5,475.33
Payments
Cash payments by overseers.
$5,194.00
Balance to general treasury
$281.33
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SOLDIERS BENEFITS
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation.
$6,000.00
Refunds
24.77
$6,024.77
Payments
Salary of clerk.
$400.00
Cash disbursements.
2,816.00
Board and nursing.
356.50
Groceries and provisions.
24.00
Services of physician and medicinal sup- plies .
240.91
Relief furnished by other cities and towns
225.34
Coal and wood
18,806.95
Travelling expense.
6.37
Printing and advertising.
.25
Postage
3.64
Tolls.
.20
$5,880.16
Balance to general treasury . $144.61
GERMAN WAR RELIEF
Balance Dec. 15, 1924. $45.00
STATE AID
Received from State amounts paid in 1923.
$4,506.00
By balance due for amounts paid in 1924. 3,686.00
$8,192.00
·Payments
Cash paid beneficiaries.
$3,994.00
Balance Dec. 20, 1923. 4,198.00
$8,192.00
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CITY AUDITOR
SOLDIERS' BURIAL
Dr.
Balance due for payments made in 1923
$293.50
Payments to burial agent in 1924.
60.00
$353.50
Cr.
Received from State.
293.50
Balance forward.
$60.00
MILITARY AID
Appropriation.
$200.00
From State.
157.50
$357.50
Payments
$245.00
Balance to general treasury
$112.50
CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES
Appropriation.
$50.00
Payments
Cash payments.
$29.25
Balance to general treasury
$20.75
Cash disbursements.
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EDUCATION
SALARIES
Appropriation.
$114,000.00
Refund.
7.50
$114,007.50
Payments
Superintendent.
$4,000.00
Clerical Assistants.
2,064.25
Salaries of Janitors.
7,837.54
High School Teachers
30,455.53
Elementary School Teachers.
60,085.92
Truant Officer.
1,100.00
Drawing Teacher
1,221.60
School Nurse
1,250.00
Music Teacher
1,250.00
Cooking and Sewing School Teachers
2,284.37
Manual Training Instructor.
450.00
Physical Instructor
655.00
Laboratory Assistants. .
54.00
Noon Time Caretaker of Children.
129.75
$112,837.86
Balance to general treasury
$1,169.64
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation.
$9,000.00
Sale of old books and supplies
411.60
From general treasury to balance
1,381.78
$10,793.38
Revenue Credited to Income Account
Tuition.
$3,381.94
Putnam Trustees
1,200.00
Brown Fund.
708.12
From State, tuition
232.51
$5,522.57
CITY AUDITOR
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Payments Administration
Stationery and office supplies.
$119.26
Printing and advertising.
285.25
Printing school reports.
112.00
Travelling expenses .
129.75
Post office box rent and postage
93.65
Telephone rental.
333.48
Directory
10.00
$1,083.39
Text Books and Supplies
Text Books.
$2,783.31
Stationery, cards and supplies.
1,911.34
Manual Training supplies.
642.53
Cooking and sewing school supplies
380.33
Laboratory supplies.
350.37
Drawing supplies
803.47
Typewriter supplies and repairs
51.64
Repairs to mimeograph.
7.79
Flags and repairs
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Books rebound .
552.63
Transportation .
992.10
Freight and express
247.66
Support of truants.
112.86
Janitors' supplies.
93.98
Lavatory supplies.
190.07
Diplomas and graduation expenses.
168.27
Piano hire and tuning.
17.50
Photograph of George Brown School.
30.00
Cooking School laundry
10.38
New Typewriters
335.25
$9,709.99
$10,793.38
FUEL
Appropriation.
$8,500.00
Payments
Bromfield School
Wood
$7.00
Currier School
Coal.
450.77
Wood.
36.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Curtis
Coal.
$247.90
Wood
54.00
Davenport
Coal
1,041.58
Wood.
43.00
Hancock
Wood.
10.00
High School
Coal
891.32
Jackman
Coal
1,964.58
Wood.
61.00
Kelly
Coal
1,011.18
Wood
24.00
Moultonville
Coal
264.22
Wood
10.00
Purchase St.
Coal
117.35
Wood.
2.00
Temple
Coal.
48.28
George Brown Sch. Coal
1,378.89
Wood.
4.50
$7,667.57
Balance to general treasury
$832.43
LIGHTING
Appropriation.
$775.00
From general treasury to balance.
234.48
$1,009.48
Payments
Currier School.
$108.69
High School.
631.28
Jackman School.
39.58
Kelly School
84.14
Temple St. School.
5.55
Purchase St. School.
55.61
Curtis School.
22.79
Davenport School.
2.48
George Brown School
59.36
$1,009.48
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Appropriation. $5,000.00
Rent of Currier Hall 5.00
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Sale of junk ..
$2.80
From general treasury to balance
499.12
$5,506.92
Payments Bromfield St. School
Carpenter and stock.
$7.20
Plumber and stock.
3.60
Hardware.
.25
$11.05
Currier School
Carpenter and stock .
$79.67
Plumber and stock.
110.12
Electrician and stock.
9.14
Floor oil.
34.25
Repairs to door check .
4.50
Repairs to heater.
146.70
Hardware.
16.42
Steel mat.
7.03
$407.83
Curtis School
Hardware.
$22.33
Plumber and stock.
55.87
Carpenter and stock.
35.85
Electrician and stock.
3.00
Repairs on heater.
155.41
Repairs to gutters
19.50
Repairs to doors.
38.00
$329.96
Davenport School
Carpenter and stock .
$232.02
Plumber and stock.
13.50
Repairs on roof.
49.18
Repairs on heater.
8.68
Hardware.
40.64
Electrician and stock.
71.00
New shades.
110.00
Scales
6.25
$531.27
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Hancock St. School
Carpenter and stock
$3.50
Plumber and stock ..
14.90
$18.40
High School
Carpenter and stock.
$143.98
Electrician and stock.
106.89
Plumber and stock.
45.69
Mason and stock.
68.75
Repairs to heater
131.83
New shades.
13.90
New seats.
23.30
Paint and glass.
3.19
Tuning piano
22.00
Floor oil.
15.75
Wall phones.
16.98
Repairs on sewing machine. .
3.50
Repairs on manual training equipment.
21.22
Repairs to clock .
12.80
Street Sprinkling commitment
8.10
Hardware.
119.37
$757.25
Jackman School
Carpenter and stock .
$76.01
Concrete walk.
39.60
Hardware.
16.15
Gas mantles
6.85
Plumber and stock.
31.17
Scales.
6.25
Repairs to heater
3.70
Street Sprinkling commitment
10.38
$190.11
Kelly School
Carpenter and stock
$328.82
Plumber and stock.
170.70
Hardware.
55.19
Repairs to heater
46.45
Repairs to roof
116.00
Electrician and stock.
20.11
New shades
21.00
Floor oil.
50.00
$808.27
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Moultonville School
Carpenter and stock
$46.35
Plumber and stock.
8.85
Gravel
5.00
Hardware
2.25
Cleaning cesspool.
26.88
$89.33
Purchase St. School
Plumber and stock.
$21.42
Carpenter and stock .
5.44
Street Sprinkling commitment
4.08
$30.94
Temple St. School
Carpenter and stock
$12.26
Plumber and stock.
6.50
Repairs to heater
53.30
Hardware.
4.09
$76.15
George Brown School
Carpenter and stock
$36.87
Electrician and stock. .
22.32
Plumber and stock.
9.89
Scale.
31.68
Floor oil.
34.25
Hardware.
102.75
Electricity for power
33.04
270.80
All Schools
Fire Extinguishers
$180.00
Floor Sprayer
8.16
Carpenter and stock.
167.40
Shovelling snow
118.00
Rent and light of room at Pub- lic Library
152.00
Insurance.
1,360.00
1,985.56
$5,506.92
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ANNUAL REPORT
Neu Primary School Building
Balance forward. $53,695.58
Payments
Payments to contractor. $48,322.00
Payments to architect .. 1,159.72
Real estate purchased of F. Sielicki. 50.00
Real estate purchased of Mel- kom Avedisian
200.00
Labor on grounds. 63.60
Fence.
1,324.66
Concrete walk.
1,236.04
Furnishings
113.87
$52,469.89
Balance forward. $1,225.69
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CITY AUDITOR
PUBLIC LIBRARY
SALARIES AND WAGES
Appropriation.
$6,418.00
From Cole Fund.
95.55
From general treasury to balance
472.29
$6,985.84
Revenue, Credited to Income Account
Town of Newbury, use of library for two
years.
$400.00
Dog licenses .
703.11
Income from Trust Funds:
J. M. Bradbury
48.05
C. M. Bradstreet.
48.05
A. E. Cutter
153.05
S. M. Donnell.
142.50
S. W. Marston
188.05
E. S. Moseley
188.05
W. O. Moseley
425.69
W. O. Moseley, 1923 income
22.50
E. H. Stickney
475.16
$2,794.21
Payments
Salary of Librarian
$2,000.CO
Salaries of Assistants. .
3,844.34
Salary of janitor ..
1,139.50
· Substitute for janitor.
2.00
$6,985.84
BOOKS, PERIODICALS, ETC.
Balance from 1923.
$1,620.60
Refund.
.60
Interest on Trust Fund Income
32.17
Interest on Trust Funds :
Daniel Foster
12.01
John J. Currier. .
47.50
W. H. P. Dodge.
125.63
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Nathan D. Dodge
$42.50
J. A. Frothingham.
50.00
S. A. Green.
90.00
George Haskell.
50.92
M. P. Sawyer
225.00
J. R. Spring.
950.00
Benjamin G. Sweetser.
237.50
W. C. Todd.
657.68
A. Williams
45.00
$4,187.11
Payments
Books.
$1,400.87
Music books.
86.90
Papers and magazines.
903.20
Binding.
473.67
Freight and express
13.09
Janitor's supplies
62.25
$2,939.98
Balance Dec. 20, 1924.
$1,247.13
FUEL
Appropriation.
$900.00
Payments
Coal
$636.96
Balance to general treasury
$263.01
LIGHTING
Appropriation.
Payments
$300.44
Balance to general treasury
$74.56
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation ..
$400.00
From school department, for rent, heat and light.
152.00
Tolls. .75
$375.00
Electricity
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Receipts from sale of paper and books.
$22.64
Receipts from fines
206.30
Rent.
12.00
$793.69
Payments
Telephone rental
$35.80
Stationery and office supplies.
96.28
Printing and advertising.
29.00
Janitor's supplies .
10.20
Post Office rent box.
6.00
Electric lamps.
13.50
Caneing chairs.
19.00
Repairs on clock.
7.50
Hardware.
39.27
Street sprinkling commitment.
6.36
$262.91
Balance to general treasury
$520.78
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ANNUAL REPORT
RECREATIONS
CITY PARKS
Appropriation.
$500.00
From Balch Fund, Income.
480.60
From general treasury to balance
1.24
$981.84
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$787.00
Equipment and repairs
52.56
Street sprinkling commitment
75.72
Plants and bulbs
31.50
Teaming .
9.00
Hardware
14.06
Flag
12.00
$981.84
ATKINSON COMMON
Appropriation.
$500.00
Income from A. Gertrude Cutter Fund.
500.00
Income from Knight fund .
19.23
Income from Gorwaiz fund
4.80
$1,024.03
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$816.25
Carpenter and stock.
106.74
Hardware.
6.14
Teaming.
35.50
Street sprinkling commitment.
30.00
Preservation of Trees, commitment.
13.85
$1,008.48
Balance to general treasury . $15.55
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CITY AUDITOR
RIVERSIDE PARK
Appropriation.
$100.00
Services of department.
30.00
$130.00
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$106.50
Street sprinkling commitment.
2.70
$109.20
Balance to general treasury $20.80
CENTRAL PARK AND PLAYGROUNDS
Balance forward.
$1,052.17
Appropriation.
1,000.00
Transfer.
200.00
$2,252.17
Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$780.25
Moving buildings.
250.00
Legal services.
24.00
Extra men and teams hired
169.00
Tools.
7.10
Mason and stock .
18.80
Carpenter and stock.
7.50
Pipe for sewer.
69.98
Payments on account of real estate:
Bartholomew Creeden.
300.00
John Lynch.
230.00
Alfred D. Merrill.
212.50
$2,069.13
Balance forward.
$183.04
CARE OF MOSELEY WOODS
Balance forward.
$434.07
Appropriation.
500.00
Income from New England Trust Co.
802.40
Sale of wood
25.00
Sale of hay
10.00
$1,771.47
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Payments
Salary of caretaker
$580.00
Pipe and labor
146.19
Teaming.
7.00
Equipment for playground and fountain.
872.25
Carpenter and stock
62.50
Trees and shrubs
18.00
Hardware.
24.50
$1,710.44
Balance forward.
$61.03
PLAYGROUNDS
Appropriation.
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