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Repairs on fire alarm
104.56
Telephone rental
21.34
Hardware
27.61
Freight and express
13.86
Printing and advertising
6.00
Repairs on clock at Central Church
4.25
$1,550.14
New Hook and Ladder Motor Truck
Dr.
Transfer from Reserve Fund $8,000.00
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Cr.
For new truck
$8,000.00
INSPECTIONS
Inspection of Plumbing and Buildings
Receipts
Appropriation
$150.00
Telephone tolls
.35
$150.35
Payments
Inspection of plumbing
$82.50
Telephone rental
18.19
100.69
Balance to general treasury
$49.66
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Receipts
Appropriation
$850.00
From general treasury to balance
31.60
Revenue credited to income, fees $251.01
Payments
Salary of Sealer
$800.00
New weights and equipment
30.60
Teaming
46.00
Directory
5.00
$881.60
$881.60
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CITY AUDITOR
Tree Department
Receipts
Appropriation
$70,0.00
Income from Bromfield Fund
250.00
Services of department
274.02
From general treasury to balance
648.54
$1,872.56
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,290.93
Extra men and teams hired
85.50
Hardware and equipment
181.30
Trees
202.50
Stationery and office supplies
4.52
Gas and supplies for motor truck
35.31
Shoeing horse
13.75
Claim awarded
58.75
1,872.56
Moth Extermination
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Sale of lead
18.05
From State
25.36
Commitment for 1927
798.77
From general treasury to balance
220.39
$2,062.57
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,629.24
Extra men and teams hired
159.50
Hardware and equipment
49.34
Repairs on sprayer
92.19
Gas and supplies, truck
18.55
Stationery and office supplies
1.50
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Printing and advertising
14.88
Insurance
84.17
Abatements
13.20
$2,062.57
Harbor Master
Receipts
Appropriation
$125.00
Payments
Salary of Harbor Master $125.00
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Supervision
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments
Salary of Agent and Clerk
$1,000.00
Miscellaneous
Receipts
Appropriation
$6,000.00
From State
179.40
City of Haverhill
50.25
Refund
86.00
$6,315.65
Revenue Credited to Income Account
Manicure and massage licenses
$16.00
Wood alcohol licenses
21.50
Carbonated beverages
20.00
Manufacture of ice cream
4.00
Slaughtering licenses
4.00
Butterine and sausage licenses
10.00
Undertaker's licenses
3.50
$79.00
Payments
Tuberculosis
Patients in State Hospitals
$858.00
Patients in Essex Sanatorium
3,116.10
Taxi and ambulance service
106.00
$4,080.10
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Other Contagious Diseases
Physicians and medicinal supplies
$269.20
Groceries, provisions and clothing
211.08
Destroying bedding
5.00
Nursing
160.43
Fuel
82.90
Aid by other cities and towns
204.28
Salary of bacteriologist
$270.00
Cash payments of bacteriologist
12.90
Telephone rental
60.45
Typewriting
34.20
Stationary and office supplies
35.67
Postage
14.54
P. O. Box rent
3.00
Printing and advertising
36.50
Care of Oak Street Dump
20.00
Freight and express
1.92
Removal of dead animals
105.50
$594.68
5,607.67
Balance to general treasury
$707.98
Vital Statistics
Receipts
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
Birth returns
$90.65
Death returns
38.00
Books and cards
57.04
185.69
Balance to general treasury 14.31
$932.89
CITY AUDITOR
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Inspection of School Children
Receipts
Appropriation
$700.00
Payments
Salary of Medical Inspector of School Children
$700.00
Inspector of Animals
Receipts
Appropriation
$350.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$350.00
Inspector of Meats and Provisions
Receipts
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$500.00
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar
Receipts
Appropriation
$750.00
Milk License fees $62.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$350.00
Equipment, supplies and repairs
184.60
Teaming
64.50
Stationery and office supplies
7.50
606.60
Balance to general treasury
$143.40
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ANNUAL REPORT Sewer Construction Receipts
Balance forward
$322.23 879.26
Services of department
Note issue
2,000.00
$3,201.49
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,148.95
City Teams
5.60
Extra men and teams hired
8.50
Pipe, bricks and cement
633.79
Equipment and repairs
131.97
Laying man hole covers
50.94
Rewriting and correcting sewer books
195.00
Survey and plans
25.00
Advertising and printing
3.71
Freight and express
8.50
2.211.96
Balance forward
$989.53
Sewer Maintenance
Receipts
Appropriation
$400.00
Services of Department
171.14
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$409.35
City Teams
8.00
Extra men and teams hired
15.75
Man hole covers
27.30
Equipment and repairs
52.49
512.89
Balance to general treasury
58.25
$571.14
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CITY AUDITOR
Ashes and Rubbish
Receipts
Appropriation
Balance forward
$9,000.00 1,899.03
$10,899.03
Payments
Ash collection, as per contract
$9,000.00
Printing and advertising
4.25
9,004.25
Balance forward
$1,894.78
Street Cleaning
Receipts
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Services of department
20.00
From general treasury to balance
950.80
$4,470.80
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$2,956.15
City teams
1,413.10
Extra teams hired
6.00
Equipment and repairs
92.05
Freight and express
3.50
$4,470.80
Garbage Disposal
Receipts
Balance forward
$3,617.06
Appropriation
5,500.00
$9,117.06
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Payments
Collection of garbage as per contract
5,300.00
Balance forward $3,817.06
District Nurse
Receipts
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments
Newburyport Health Centre
$100.00
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
Receipts
Appropriation for 1926 maintenance
$3,418.38
Payments
Maintenance charge for 1926 $3,418.38
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CITY AUDITOR
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Supervision
Receipts
Appropriation
$2,450.00
Tolls
.30
$2,450.30
Payments
Salary of Superintendent
$2,400.00
Telephone rental
23.30
Clerical services
5.00
2,428.30
Balance to general treasury
$22.00
State Highway Tax
Paid State for Maintenance of State Highways $1,529.64
City Teams and Trucks
Departmental Receipts:
Sewer Maintenance
$8.00
Sewer Construction
5.60
Street Cleaning
1,413.10
Highway repairs
594.20
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Culverts
190.60
Sidewalks and Edgestones
344.80
Ice and Snow Removal
362.10
Tree Department
2.40
Education, Miscellaneous
38.75
Central Park and Playground
56.80
Public Library, Miscellaneous
6.40
City Hall
14.80
Police Department, gasoline and oil
96.11
Balance of expense charged to Fire Dept. Horses
7,380.15
$10,513.81
Payments
Driver of No. 2 Double Team
$1,560.00
Driver of No. 3 Double Team
1,560.00
Driver of No. 2 Single Team
1,560.00
Driver of No. 3 Single Team
1,560.00
Substitute drivers
878.53
Hay, grain and straw
1,289.71
Shoeing horses
744.00
Repairs to hostlers supplies
163.35
Repairs to wagons and sleds
192.44
Repairs and supplies for truck
825.58
Hardware
1.65
Repairs on tools
34.05
Labor storing hay
3.25
Veterinary and supplies
21.25
Storage of city property
120.00
$10,513.81
Highway Repairs
Receipts
Appropriation
$16,000.00
Services of department
1,381.70
Sale of material
15.14
Refund
8.60
From general treasury to balance
1,044.72
$18,450.16
$3,133.66
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CITY AUDITOR
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$6,401.78
City Teams
594.20
Extra men and teams hired
2,174.34
Telephone
1.95
Tools, equipment and repairs
247.34
Catch basin
28.93
Road oil, cold patch and binders
4,725.09
Crushed stone and stone dust
1,094.55
Gravel
1,138.70
Gasolene and oil
386.69
Repairs to road roller
175.98
Fuel for road roller
94.52
Repairs and supplies motor truck
294.15
Freight and express
67.05
Surveying
10.00
Printing and advertising
4.25
Cement
3.90
Use of electric compressor
6.00
Weed killer
62.75
Steam shovel
666.55
Compensation paid John F. Bryant
271.44
$18,450.16
Culverts
Receipts
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$626.40
City Teams
190.60
Equipment and repairs
22.68
Bricks
43.00
Metal culverts
268.15
Mason and stock
57.50
Claim awarded
25.00
1,233.33
Balance to general treasury $766.67
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ANNUAL REPORT
Bridges
Receipts
Appropriation
$5,972.00
Payments
Essex Merrimac Chain Bridge
$3,014.59
Plum Island Bridge
586.53
3,601.12
Balance to general treasury
$2,370.88
Street Lighting
Receipts
Appropriation
$20,975.00
From general treasury to balance
248.07
Payments
Haverhill Electric Company
$21,223.07
Street Sprinkling
Receipts
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Income from Simpson Fund
859.69
=
$6,859.69
Payments
Street oil applied
$4,741.67
Abatements
109.50
Equipment and repairs
80.00
4,931.17
Balance to general treasury $1,928.52
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CITY AUDITOR
Sidewalks and Edgestones Receipts
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Income from Bromfield Fund
250.00
Services of Department
1,333.75
From general treasury to balance
733.65
$4,817.40
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,664.49
City Teams
344.80
Supplies
19.00
Concrete sidewalks
1,752.34
Tar sidewalks
368.00
Tar and material for sidewalks
631.28
Freight and express
37.49
$4,817.40
Ice and Snow Removal
Receipts
Appropriation
$3,600.00
Refunds
16.89
Services of department
31.25
Transfer
3,000.00
From general treasury to balance
1,045.92
$7,694.06
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$3,997.60
City Teams
362.10
Extra men and teams hired
1,353.05
Equipment and repairs
109.88
Repairs to fence damaged by snow plow
12.00
Expense of tractor and plow
1,255.08
Transfer
604.35
$7,694.06
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ANNUAL REPORT Ice and Snow Removal Tractor, Truck and Equipment Receipts
Transfer
Transfer
$7,000.00 604.35
$7,604.35
Payments
Tractor and equipment and F. W. D. Truck
$7,604.35
Highways Miscellaneous
Receipts
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
Labor as per payroll
$3.80
Maintenance of silent police
98.00
Insurance
70.79
172.59
Balance to general treasury $27.41
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CITY AUDITOR
CHARITIES
Poor Department
Salaries and Wages
Receipts
Appropriation Refund
$4,700.00
16.60
$4,716.60
Payments
Salary of Clerk of Overseers
$1,200.00
Salary of City Physician
450.00
Salary of Supt. and Matron
1,200.00
Wages of Cook
420.00
Wages of kitchen help
647.16
Wages of farm help
664.42
Services of nurse
135.00
4,716.58
Balance to general treasury .02
Poor Department
Receipts
Appropriation
$15,500.00
Returned aid
376.97
Refund
7.00
State of Massachusetts
1,960.75
Town of Middleton
155.00
City of Lowell
165.29
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785.00
Town of Salisbury
337.67
From general treasury to balance
3,113.28
$22,405.96
Payments
General Administration
Telephone rental
$123.57
Post office box rent
3.00
Travelling expenses
5.03
Postage
13.04
Printing and advertising
3.72
Stationery and office supplies
25.65
$174.01
Out-of-Door Relief
Groceries and provisions
$4,087.60
Milk
74.34
Fuel
323.48
Rent, board and nursing
1,598.25
Medicine
300.00
Patients in State Hospitals
905.00
Relief by other cities and towns
2,235.59
Ambulance and taxi service
4.25
Gas
2.53
Glasses
5.00
Meals furnished
29.90
Burial expenses
275.00
Cash disbursements
3,337.00
$13,177.94
Almshouse or Poor Farm
Groceries retail
$622.47
Groceries wholesale
1,563.11
Fish
144.53
Carpenter and stock
538.20
Laundry
43.44
Barber
208.00
Kitchen help
16.60
Cloth and clothing
136.26
Shoes and rubbers
73.85
City of Haverhill
5.00
Sale of produce and livestock
53
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Household equipment and repairs
109.45
Fertilizer, plants and seeds
162.53
Paint and hardware
707.69
Farm equipment and repairs
420.24
Hay and grain
716.24
Shoeing horses
53.15
Veterinary
8.43
Coal
1,920.91
Electric lighting
166.96
Electrician and stock
105.85
New furniture and furnishings
179.75
Wood
265.00
Repairs on heater
45.66
Gas lighting
9.20
Medicinal supplies
52.73
Tobacco
121.76
Travelling expenses, fght. & express
14.77
Newspaper
6.00
Repairs on floor
110.84
Arsenate of lead
65.25
Ambulance service
5.00
Livestock
86.00
Cement and lime
49.20
Kitchen utensils
19.36
Bedding
303.58
Farm help
2.00
$9,054.01
$22,405.96
Mothers' Aid
Receipts
Appropriation
$3,000.00
From State
863.33
From general treasury to balance
1,091.59
$4,954.92
Payments
Cash payments Relief by other cities and towns
$4,834.00
120.92
$4,954.92
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ANNUAL REPORT Anna Jaques Hospital Receipts
Appropriation $1,000.00
Payments
Anna Jaques Hospital $1,000.00
Homeopathic Hospital
Receipts
Appropriation
$600.00
Payments
Homeopathic Hospital
$600.00
SOLDIERS BENEFITS
Soldiers Relief
Receipts
Appropriation
$4,900.00
Payments
Salary of Clerk
$400.00
Cash disbursements
2,572.00
Relief by other cities and towns
53.00
Rent, board and nursing
42.58
Services of physician and medicinal supplies
196.15
Coal and wood
1,315.08
Taxi service and travelling expense
8.05
Groceries and provisions
246.00
Printing and advertising
8.48
Postage
2.69
4,844.03
Balance to general treasury
$55.97
CITY AUDITOR
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State Aid
Receipts
Received from State amounts paid in 1926
$3,156.00
By balance due for amounts paid in 1927
2,514.00
,
$5,670.00
Payments
Cash paid beneficiaries
$2,640.00
Balance December 18, 1926
3,030.00
$5,670.00
Soldiers' Burial
Dr.
Balance due for payments in 1926
$85.25
Payments to burial agent in 1927
60.00
145.15
Cr.
Received from State
85.25
Balance forward
$60.00
Military Aid
Receipts
Appropriation
$200.00
From State
60.00
From general treasury to balance
40.00
Cash Disbursements
$300.00
Payments
Care of Soldiers' Graves
Receipts
Appropriation
$75.00
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Payments
Cash payments 38.25
Balance to general treasury $36.75
House for Spanish War Veterans
Receipts
From balance account
$150.00
Payments
Carpenter and Stock
$10.00
Hardware
3.92
Lighting, electric
58.65
Coal
57.10
129.67
Balance forward $20.33
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CITY AUDITOR
EDUCATION
Salaries
Receipts
Appropriation
$125,000.00
Putnam trustees
4,100.00
From general treasury to balance
159.70
$129,259.70
Payments
Superintendent
$3,999.96
Clerical assistance
2,057.10
Janitors
8,098.32
High School teachers
39,348.64
Elementary School teachers
67,102.93
Truant officer
1,100.00
Drawing teacher
1,250.00
School nurse
1,250.00
Music teacher
1,250.00
Cooking and sewing school teachers
2,500.00
Manual training teacher
450.00
Noon time caretaker of children
123.75
Physical instructor
675.00
Laboratory assistant
54.00
$129,259.70
Miscellaneous
Receipts
Appropriation
$9,000.00
Sale of books and supplies
93.37
Sale of tickets
81.61
Tools
64.38
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Junk
1.00
Sale of manual training articles
136.15
From general treasury to balance
43.32
$9,419.83
Revenue credited to Income Account
Tuition
$2,230.83
Tuition from State
273.31
Income from Brown Fund
746.57
From Putnam trustees
1,200.00
$4,450.71
Payments
Administration
Stationery and office supplies
$21.61
Printing and advertising
182.23
Travelling expenses
71.26
Postage and post office box rent
109.69
Printing annual report
65.80
Telephone rental
439.24
Repairs on adding machine
8.90
Neostyle
55.00
Text Books and Supplies
Text books
$3,077.78
Paper, cards, and supplies
3,031.55
Sewing and cooking supplies
281.06
Manual training supplies
332.97
Cooking school laundry
7.96
Laboratory supplies
155.73
Transportation
823.70
Support of truants
194.86
Freight and express
110.91
Rent of manual training rooms
35.00
Graduation expenses
228.08
Typewriters
140.00
City teams as per payrolls
38.75
Lavatory supplies
7.75
$953.73
$8,466.10
$9,419.83
CITY AUDITOR
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Fuel
Receipts
Appropriation
$6,200.00
Payments
Currier School:
Coal
$633.01
Wood
5.00
Curtis School:
Coal
318.55
Wood
36.00
Davenport School:
Coal
751.80
Wood
5.00
High School:
Coal
786.59
Jackman School:
Coal
1,336.44
Wood
5.00
Kelly School:
Coal
899.35
Wood
28.34
George Brown School:
Coal
849.18
Wood
9.00
Moultonville School:
Coal
96.00
Wood
8.90
$5,798.16
Balance to general treasury
$401.84
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Lighting
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,300.00
Payments
Currier School
$104.24
High School
609.17
Kelly School
88.28
Jackman School
84.69
Davenport School
10.17
Curtis School
44.85
George Brown School
186.68
Manual Training room
3.41
1,131.49
Balance to general treasury
$168.51
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CITY AUDITOR
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Receipts
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Payments
George Brown School
Carpenter and stock
$52.78
Electrician and stock
3.97
Plumber and stock
63.09
Hardware and Janitor's supples
24.48
Floor oil
21.25
Repairs to clock
22.37
Insurance
12.90
Furniture and furnishings
20.98
Flag
4.74
Electricity for power
32.30
Repairs sewing machine
4.35
Cleaning up grounds
8.00
Mason and stock
44.02
$315.23
Currier School
Carpenter and stock
$66.63
Electrician and stock
4.09
Plumber and stock
72.32
Mason and stock
97.80
Machinist and stock
2.75
Repairs on heater
11.70
Repairs sewing machine
2.00
Paint and setting glass
11.66
Cabinet
42.00
New shades
39.27
Tuning piano
2.50
Hardware
15.46
368.18
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Curtis School
Carpenter and stock
$131.31
Plumber and stock
36.97
Hardware
78.63
Repairs to roof
12.72
Repairs to heater
48.80
Chairs
47.94
Flag
4.65
361.02
Davenport School
Carpenter and stock
$184.52
Plumber and stock
171.10
Electrician and stock
2.75
Repairs on heater
3.65
Repairs sewing machine
3.45
Floor oil
12.10
Hardware
4.89
Flag
2.95
385.41
High School
Carpenter and stock
$132.62
Electrician and stock
27.54
Plumber and stock
21.14
Mason and stock
15.75
Hardware
23.47
Repairs on clock
17.82
Repairs to heater
582.58
Repairs to sewing machine
2.00
Furniture and furnishings
145.19
Paint and glass
16.05
Fireproofing stairways
140.00
Electricity for power
187.97
New doors
128.00
Flag
6.02
1,446.15
Jackman School
Carpenter and stock
$122.33
Plumber and stock
40.58
Electrician and stock
7.48
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Mason and stock
13.25
Paint and glass
9.12
Repairs on roof
34.13
Repairs to heater
26.90
Flag
4.74
Hardware
21.58
280.11
Kelly School
Carpenter and stock
$118.13
Electrician and stock
7.34
Plumber and stock
58.82
Hardware
22.19
Paint and glass
20.75
Repairs on roof
208.25
Repairs to clock
1.50
New shades
10.42
Flag
6.01
453.41
Moultonville School
Carpenter and stock
179.04
Hardware
23.51
Plumber and stock
8.05
Repairs to stove
4.50
Painting
89.16
Flag
2.95
Shades
4.00
311.21
Manual Training Rooms
Carpenter and stock
$122.38
Electrician and stock
195.32
Hardware
2.75
Rent
77.50
Electricity for power
6.00
Cleaning tables
3.75
Sharpening saw
7.00
Repairs to sewing machines
8.00
422.70
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All Schools
Hardware
$25.65
Lavatory supplies
200.64
Floor oils brushes and cleaners
176.33
Repairs to clock at sewing room
7.00
Rent of room at library
108.00
Survey and plans for new high
.school
30.00
$547.62
$4,891.04
Balance to general treasury $108.96
65
CITY AUDITOR
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Salaries
Receipts
Appropriation Income from Cole Fund
97.50
From general treasury to balance
85.02
$8,082.52
Revenue, Credited to Income Account
Town of Newbury, use of library
$200.00
Dog licenses
775.53
Income from Trust Funds:
J. M. Bradbury
$48.06
C. M. Bradstreet
50.63
A. E. Cutter
155.63
S. M. Donnell
142.50
S. W. Marston
190.63
E. A. Moseley
190.63
W. O. Moseley
444.51
E. H. Stickney
515.50
17 -8.10
$2,713.62
Payments
Salary of Librarian
$2,000.00
Salaries of assistants
4,893.52
Salary of janitor
1,144.00
Substitute for janitor
45.00
$7,900.00
$8,082.52
66
ANNUAL REPORT Books, Periodicals, Etc.
Receipts
Balance from 1926
Refunds
Interest on Trust Funds:
Lucy G. B. Colby
$35.00
John J. Currier
50.00
Nathan D. Dodge
42.50
W. H. P. Dodge
125.63
Daniel Foster
12.50
J. A. Frothingham
50.00
S. A. Green
96.00
George Haskell
50.92
M. P. Sawyer
250.00
J. R. Spring
975.00
Benjamin G. Sweetser
237.50
W. C. Todd
677.68
A. Williams
48.00
2,650.73
$4,066.16
Payments
Books
$1,397.51
Music books
70.28
Papers and magazines
592.61
Binding
484.06
Office supplies
4.00
Freight and express
6.91
2,555.37
Balance Dec. 17, 1927 in general treasury
$1,510.79
Fuel
Receipts
Appropriation
.
$500.00
Payments
Coal
274.35
Balance to general treasury
$225.65
$1,404.90 10.53
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Lighting
Receipts
Appropriation
$375.00
Payments
Electricity
323.23
Balance to general treasury
$51.77
Miscellaneous
Receipts
Appropriation
$400.00
Sale of old books and paper
25.00
Receipts from fines
242.90
Refund
1.00
From school department, for rent, heat and light of room for sewing
108.00
From general treasury to balance
139.53
$916.43
Payments
Telephone rental
$36.08
Stationery and office supplies
54.65
Printing and advertising
69.08
Hardware
22.73
Janitor's supplies
44.38
Electrician and stock
29.62
Repairing stools and chairs
28.60
Lavatory supplies
7.50
Postage and box rent
8.36
Express
.53
Insurance
598.40
Removing ashes
4.00
City Teams
6.40
Repairs to heater
6.10
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$916.43
68
ANNUAL REPORT Children's Reading Room
Receipts
From Newburyport Woman's Club
$500.00
Payments
Salary
34.50
Balance forward $465.50
69
CITY AUDITOR
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RECREATIONS
City Parks
Receipts
Appropriation from Cutter Fund
$500.00
Income from Balch Fund
493.44
Balance forward
265.64
From general treasury to balance
108.56
$1,367.64
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,282.41
Hardware
12.09
Equipment and repairs
73.14
$1,367.64
Atkinson Common
Receipts
Balance forward
$45.47
Appropriation from Cutter Fund
1,000.00
Income from Gorwaiz Fund
5.05
Income from Knight Fund
20.25
$1,070.77
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$770.00
Equipment and repairs
21.45
Stone dust
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32.97
Surveying
35.00
70
ANNUAL REPORT
Carpenter and stock Concrete in ponds Plumber and stock
28.51
162.72
10.72
1,061.37
Balance forward $9.40
Riverside Park
Receipts
Balance forward
$106.05
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
16.00
Balance forward
$90.05
Painting Bleachers at Central Park
Receipts
Gift from Newburyport Twilight League
$200 00
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$44.15
Supplies
73.16
117.31
Balance forward $82.69
Central Park and Playgrounds
Receipts
Balance forward
$149.40
Appropriation from Cutter Fund
1,000.00
$1,149.40
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CITY AUDITOR
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$868.00
City Teams
56.80
Extra teams hired
3.20
Land claims
116.79
Insurance
40.00
1,084.79
Balance forward $64.61
Care of Moseley Woods 1
Receipts
Balance forward
$583.14
Appropriation from Cutter Fund
500.00
Income from New England Trust Co.
807.33
Sale of wood
10.00
$1,900.47
Payments
Salary of caretaker
$759.00
Hardware
10.57
Trucking
6.00
Freight and express
6.50
1,000 white pines and planting
38.00
820.07
Balance forward
$1,080.40
Playgrounds
Receipts
Appropriation $900.00
72
ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Salary supervisor
$353.34
Salaries assistants
333.34
Supplies
7.52
Carpenter and stock
20.30
Rent of land
50.00
764.50
Balance to general treasury $135.50
73
CITY AUDITOR
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$400.00
Payments
Post 49, G. A. R. $400.00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
Appropriation
$75.00
Payments
Fire Department, Memorial Committee
$75.00
Memorial Day for Spanish War Veterans
Appropriation
$25.00
Payments
Spanish War Veterans
$25.00
City Clocks
Appropriation
$150.00
Payments
Caretaker of city clocks $150.00
74
ANNUAL REPORT Water for Public Buildings
Appropriation $1,500.00
Payments
Newburyport Water Works $1,500.00
Zoning the City
Balance forward from Dec. 19, 1925 $200.00
Other City Properties
Receipts
Appropriation
$500.00
Rent of Plains Schoolhouse
82.50
Rent of Ward Room
70.00
$652.50
Payments
Repairing rail at foot of Harrison Street
13.36
Balance to general treasury
$639.14
Judgement Account
Tax Levy, 1927
$732.50
Balance forward
2,500.00
$3,232.50
Payments
Balance payments in 1926
$582.50
George Weare
150.00
George W. S. Page
2,000.00
Mary A. Nevens
500.00
3,232.50
75
CITY AUDITOR
Bronze Tablets for World War Veterans .
Balance forward Dec. 17, 1927
$2,297.73
Cemeteries
Appropriation
$750.00
From general treasury to balance
85.50
$835.50
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$800.50
Water
15.00
Rent of driveway
20.00
$835.50
Temporary Accounts
Building Permits
Permits issued by City Clerk
$204.00
Payments
To Inspector of Buildings
$199.00
Balance forward
$5.00
Teachers Retirement Association
From Teachers $4,659.15
Payments
To Teachers Retirement Association $4,659.15
76
ANNUAL REPORT Uncalled For Claims
Balance forward Dec. 17, 1927
$375.10
Sale of Real Estate
Receipts
From Carl Knight, second hand lumber $21.00
Balance forward, Dec. 17, 1927 $21.00
Tax Title
Cr.
Sale of property No. 7 Centre St. in name of Geo. O. Horsch $85.28
Sale of property at Plum Island in name of John W. Sherlock 45.49
$130.77
Dr.
Tax 1925 on 7 Center St. property
$26.60
Tax 1925 on Plum Island property
11.76
Interest
4.99
Tax 1926 on 7 Center St. property
33.20
Tax 1926 on Plum Island property
11.62
Interest
2.70
Advertising, demands and expenses
39.90
$130.77
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CITY AUDITOR
Public Service Enterprises
WATER WORKS
Balance Dec. 18, 1926 $665.97
Maintenance Accounts
Receipts
Water rates
$56,311.56
Meter rates
12,910.74
Sundry water receipts
419.00
City for fire service and buildings
5,000.00
Miscellaneous maintenance receipts
908.45
Interest on deposits
42.44
$75,592.19
Payments for Maintenance
Pumping station
$15,523.07
Pumping station, Artichoke
5,936.38
General maintenance
6,299.89
Hydrant maintenance
1,144.79
Gate maintenance
131.04
Reservoir maintenance
497.02
Meter maintenance
110.97
Service pipe maintenance
2,424.12
Main pipe maintenance
9,313.63
Filter bed maintenance
807.93
Artichoke River maintenance
132.60
Frog pond system
43.10
Total maintenance 42,364.54
Net earnings $33,227.65
78
ANNUAL REPORT
Payments for Debt
Bonds retired
Interest on bonds
$21,000.00 6,097.50
27,097.50
Excess after debt requirements $6,130.15
Excess in maintenance balance
$6,796.12
New Construction Accounts
Receipts
Service pipe construction
$624.90
Extension of mains
628.93
$1,253.83
Payments
Extension of mains
$2,175.87
Hydrant construction
589.35
Service pipe construction
2,730.16
Meters
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