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Receipts
Appropriation
$1,300.00
Payments
Carpenter and stock
$322.79
Electrician and stock
48.24
Plumber and stock
114.03
Paint and setting glass
19.36
Hardware
148.61
Towels and bedding
163.54
Furniture and furnishings
25.27
Repairs to heater
7.50
Repairs to roof
44.08
Boiler inspection
10.00
Snow removal
12.00
.. .
915.42
Balance to general treasury
$384.58
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CITY AUDITOR NEW MOTOR DRIVEN FIRE APPARATUS
Receipts
Transfer from Departmental Equip. Loan and appropriation $13,000.00
Payments
New motor driven fire apparatus $13,000.00
PENSION FOR EBEN ALLEN
Receipts
Appropriation
$650.00
Payments
Pension for Eben Allen
$650.00
NEW HOSE
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Payments
Advertising
$2.70
Transfer to Fire Salaries
1,140.00
Transfer to Tree Department
357.30
$1,500.00
FIRE ALARM AND WIRES, SUPERVISION
Receipts
Appropriation $800.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Salary of superintendent $800.00
FIRE ALARM AND WIRES, MISCELLANEOUS
Receipts
Appropriation ; 1.10
$1,500.00
Telephone tolls
$1,501.10
Payments
Labor and supplies, poles and wires
$898.25
Labor and supplies for batteries
39.59
Repairs on fire alarm
99.58
Hardware
18.37
Telephone rental
66.24
Freight and express
2.30
Postage
1.00
Printing and advertising
16.80
1,142.13
Balance to general treasury
$358.97
NEW FIRE ALARM
Receipts
Transfer from Departmental Equip. loan and appropriation $15,000.00
Freight paid by Gamewell Co. 34.19
$15,034.19
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CITY AUDITOR
Payments
Carpenter and stock
$173.41
Electrician and supplies
484.68
Hardware
31.61
Labor on alarm
320.35
Wire
16.20
City Teams (hauling freight)
13.50
Freight and express
34.91
1,074.66
Balance forward, Dec. 15, 1928
$13,959.53
NEW FIRE ALARM AND NEW FIRE APPARATUS
Receipts
From balance account, 1927
$14,110.15
Payments
Transfers to Police Signal and New Fire Alarm
$5,000.00
Education Salaries
6,000.00
City Hall
1,000.00
Police Salaries
1,650.00
Central Park and Playgrounds
460.15
$14,110.15
INSPECTION OF PLUMBING AND BUILDINGS
Receipts
Appropriation
$150.00
Telephone tolls
.60
$150.60
Payments
Telephone rental
43.56
Balance to general treasury $107.04
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ANNUAL REPORT
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Receipts
Appropriation
$850.00
From general treasury to balance
66.19
$916.19
Revenue credited to income, fees $274.49
Payments
Salary of Sealer of Weights and Measures
$800.00
New weights and equipment
59.02
Trucking
50.00
Express and freight
7.17
$916.19
TREE DEPARTMENT
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,700.00
Transfers
707.30
Services of department
273.65
Income from Bromfield Fund
250.00
$2,930.95
Payments
Salary of Superintendent
$444.00
Labor as per payrolls
1,531.35
Equipment and supplies
48.00
City teams and trucks
3.00
Extra teams hired
4.00
Telephone
.70
Stationery and office supplies
1.75
Printing and advertising
3.00
Cash payments to Enoch Lunt
249.39
Physician's bills on account ci Mr. Lunt
120.00
Claim paid J. E. Lyons
120.00
Repairs to fence broken by fall of tree
13.95
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CITY AUDITOR
Trees purchased
98.00
Gas and supplies for motor truck
261.43
2,898.57
Balance to general treasury $32.38
MOTH EXTERMINATION
Receipts
Appropriation
$3,000.00
From State
9.00
Sale of material
1.80
. .
$3,010.80
Payments
Salary of Superintendent
$1,065.80
Labor as per payrolls
1,172.80
Equipment and repairs
33.40
Gas, supplies and repairs to truck
182.70
Trucks hired
153.00
Telephone
1.30
Stationery and office supplies
2.12
Arsenate of lead
205.88
Printing and advertising
2.70
Abatements
2.53
2,822.23
Balance to general treasury
$188.57
NEW EQUIPMENT
Receipts
Transfer from Departmental Equipment Loan and appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments
New Sprayer $1,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT HARBOR MASTER
Receipts
Appropriation
$125.00
Payments
Salary of Harbor Master
$125.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
SUPERVISION
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments
Salary of Agent and clerk
958.29
Balance to general treasury
$41.71
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation
$5,500.00
City of Lynn
10.00
Telephone tolls
.55
From general treasury to balance
835.48
$6,346.03
Revenue Credited to Income Account
Manicure and massage licenses
$16.00
Wood alcohol licenses
28.00
Carbonated beverages
20.00
Manufacture of ice cream
3.00
Slaughtering licenses
4.00
Oleomargerine and sausage licenses
10.50
Undertaker's licenses
3.50
$85.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Tuberculosis
Patients in State Hospitals
$1,301.30
Patients in Essex Sanatorium
3,209.80
Taxi and ambulance service
164.35
$4,675.45
Other Contagious Diseases
Physician and medicinal supplies . .
281.62
Nursing
52.00
Groceries
244.31
Fuel
36.25
Aid by other cities and towns
28.20
Salary of bacteriologist
300.00
Payments by bacteriologist
5.15
Assistant clerk
41.66
Inspector of slaughtering
424.98
Stationery and office supplies
85.17
Postage and box rent
39.07
Telephone rental
59.90
Travelling expenses
8.10
Typewriting
38.75
Printing and advertising
16.55
Freight and express
1.14
Repairs to milk laboratory equip.
7.83
1.028.30
$6,346.03
VITAL STATISTICS
Receipts
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
Birth returns
$101.00
Death returns 64.25
642.28
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CITY AUDITOR
Books and cards
8.50
Typewriting
8.40
Freight and express
1.25
183.40
Balance to general treasury $16.60
INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Receipts
Appropriation
$700.00
Payments
Salary of Medical Inspector of School Children
$700.00
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
Receipts
Appropriation
$350.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$350.00
INSPECTION OF MEATS AND PROVISION
Receipts
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
416.63
Balance to general treasury
$83.37
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ANNUAL REPORT
INSPECTION OF MILK
Receipts
Appropriation
$650.00
Transfer
50.00
From general treasury to balance
2.27
Milk licenses $65.00
Payments
Salary of Inspector
$600.00
Equipment and repairs
17.27
Teaming
85.00
.
$702.27
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Receipts
Balance forward
$989.53
Services of department
1,079.62
$2,069.15
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$837.90
City teams and trucks
31.50
Equipment and repairs
132.20
Extra labor and stock on sewers
123.19
Pipe and cement
227.94
Surveying
15.00
Printing and advertising
3.38
1,371.11
Balance forward Dec. 15, 1928
$698.04
$702.27
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CITY AUDITOR
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Receipts
Appropriation
$400.00
Transfer
2,900.00
Services of department
98.53
$3,398.53
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$543.75
City teams and trucks
112.60
Equipment and repairs
59.54
Summit Place sewer
2,519.79
3,235.68
Balance to general treasury
$162.85
ASHES AND RUBBISH
Receipts
Balance forward
$1,894.78
Appropriation
9,000.00
$10,894.78
Payments
Ash collection as per contract
8,999.64
Balance forward, Dec. 15, 1928
$1,895.14
STREET CLEANING
Receipts
Appropriation $3,500.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Labor as per payroll
$2,764.10
City Teams and Trucks
685.40
Equipment and repairs
13.75
3,463.25
Balance to general treasury $36.75
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Receipts
Balance forward
$3,817.06
Appropriation
5,500.00
$9,317.06
Payments
Collection of garbage as per contract
5,300.00
Balance forward, Dec. 15, 1928
$4,017.06
DISTRICT NURSE
Receipts
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments
Newburyport Health Center
$100.00
ESSEX COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL
Receipts
Appropriation
$3,473.39
Payments
Maintenance charge for 1927 $3,473.39
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
SUPERVISION
Receipts
Appropriation
$2,450.00
Payments
Salary of superintendent
$2,399.80
Telephone rental
30.81
Stationery and office supplies
8.25
2,438.86
Balance to general treasury $11.14
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
Paid State for Maintenance of State Highways
$1,256.34
CITY TEAMS AND TRUCKS
Receipts
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Transfer
870.00
Sale of Ford
25.00
Sale of gas and oil
20.55
Departmental receipts:
Election and Registration
6.75
Police Miscellaneous
2.40
Fire Salaries
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6.75
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Fire Horses c|o same
31.40
Fire Equipment and Repairs
27.60
New Fire Alarm
13.50
Tree Department
3.00
Sewer Maintenance
112.60
Sewer Construction
31.50
Street Cleaning
691.40
Highway Repairs
2,422.35
Culverts
326.45
Sidewalks and edgestones
88.35
Street Sprinkling
178.50
Ice and Snow Removal
202.00
Plumer Av. Extension
22.50
Clam Chlorination
4.50
Education Miscellaneous
21.60
Education Buildings
75.00
Moseley Woods
50.35
From general treasury to balance
882.08
$12,116.13
Payments
Driver of No. 2 Double
$1,560.00
Driver of No. 3 Double
1,560.00
Driver of No. 2 Single
990.00
Driver of No. 3 Single
1,170.00
Substitute drivers
810.06
Truck drivers
962.55
Hay, grain and straw
1,043.95
Shoeing horses
529.08
Repairs to hostlers supplies
7.25
Repairs to wagons and sleds
17.46
Repairs on tools
32.95
Hardware and supplies
24.59
Repairs and supplies on trucks
1,334.41
Veterinary supplies
10.50
Labor storing hay
40.70
Advertising and printing
2.03
Transfer to Fire Department Salaries
900.00
Rent of basement for storage
120.00
Chevrolet truck
862.00
Insurance
138.60
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$12,116.18
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CITY AUDITOR
HIGHWAY REPAIRS
Receipts
$16,000.00
Appropriation
257.00
Services of department Sale of material From general treasury to balance
44.34
795.33
$17,096.67
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$6,554.45
City Teams and trucks
2,422.35
Extra men and teams hired
399.40
Tools, equipment and repairs
950.22
Repairs to road roller
84.47
Engineer for road roller
68.00
Fuel for road roller
124.26
Dust and crushed stone
1,987.26
Road oil, cold patch and binders
2,713.04
Gravel
606.75
Freight and express
.90
Services of physician
34.00
Transfer to city teams and trucks
870.00
Compensation paid John T. Bryant
271.44
Printing and advertising
10.13
17,096.67
CULVERTS
Receipts
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Transfer
250.00
$1,750.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,006.00
City Teams and Trucks
326.45
Equipment and repairs
294.91
Claim for damages
100.00
.
1,727.36
Balance to general treasury
$22.64
BRIDGES
Receipts
Appropriation
$3,150.50
From general treasury to balance
1,802.93
$4,953.43
Payments
Essex-Merrimac Chain Bridge
$3,557.21
Plum Island River Bridge 1,396.22
$4,953.43
STREET LIGHTING
Receipts
Appropriation
$21,500.00
Payments
Haverhill Electric Company
20,981.76
Balance to general treasury $518.24
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CITY AUDITOR
STREET SPRINKLING
Receipts
Appropriation Income from Simpson Fund
$5,000.00 877.07
$5,877.07
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$478.20
City Teams and trucks
178.50
Street oil
2,654.58
Transfer
500.00
3,811.28
Balance to general treasury $2,065.79
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
Receipts
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Income from Bromfield Fund
250.00
Services of department
1,598.49
$4,348.49
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$784.00
City Teams and trucks
85.95
Concrete sidewalks
2,907.44
3,777.39
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Balance to general treasury
$571.10
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ANNUAL REPORT ICE AND SNOW REMOVAL
Receipts
Appropriation ..
. . $3,600.00
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,199.40
City Teams and trucks
202.00
Extra men and ploughs hired
199.56
Expense of tractor plough
432.47
Equipment
6.00
Freight and express
11.04
Printing and advertising
2.70
Transfers
1,150.00
3,203.17
Balance to general treasury
396.83
MISCELLANEOUS
Receipts
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments
Staking out Stanley Street
$12.00
Cesspool cover
10.50
Sheriff's fees
21.95
Expense of silent police
17.15
Hardware
. . .
.80
1
62.40
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Balance to general treasury ..
... ...... $137.60
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CITY AUDITOR
PLUMMER AVENUE EXTENSION
Receipts
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments
Survey and plans
$40.00
Labor as per payrolls
40.00
City Teams and trucks
22.50
Land
139.50
242.00
Balance forward $258.00
NEW ROAD ROLLER
Receipts
Transfer from Departmental Equipment loan & appropriation $7,000.00
Payments
New road roller
5,140.00
Balance forward $1,860.00
CHARITIES
POOR DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
Receipts
Appropriation
$4,700.00
From general treasury to balance
25.01
$4,725.01
Payments
Salary of Clerk of Overseers
$1,200.00
Salary of City Physician
450.00
Salary of Superintendent and Matron
1,200.00
Wages of Cook
420.00
Wages of kitchen help
748.79
Wages of farm help
448.00
Services of nurse
258.22
4,725.01
POOR DEPARTMENT
Receipts
Appropriation
$15,500.00
Returned aid
701.48
State of Massachusetts
1,171.09
Town of Amesbury
79.59
City of Haverhill
806.00
City of Boston
37.00
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CITY AUDITOR
City of Lynn
253.36
Town of Walpole
164.00
226.21
Sale of livestock From general treasury to balance
6,063.45
$25,002.18
Payments
General Administration
Telephone rental
$125.07
Box rent and postage
3.20
Travelling expense
.. 60
Stationery and office supplies
27.51
Penalty for failure to make return
11.00
$167.38
OUT-OF-DOOR-RELIEF
Groceries and provisions
$5,770.08
Milk
352.12
Medicinal supplies
3.50
Clothing
14.40
Gas
10.76
Fuel
656.07
City Physician's allowance for medi- cine
275.00
Ambulance and taxi service
34.79
Rent, board and nursing
2,693.78
Burial expenses®
50.00
Patients in State Hospitals
907.44
Relief by other cities and towns
1,914.28
Cash disbursements
3,255.00
$15,937.22
Almshouse or Poor Farm
Groceries retail
$582.17
Groceries wholesale
2,606.50
Fish
141.82
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Carpenter and stock
190.64
Laundry
23.05
Barber
210.50
Extra help hired, farm hands
118.84
Cloth and clothing
380.97
Shoes and rubbers
39.84
Household equipment and repairs
61.98
Bedding
177.30
New furniture and furnishings
31.55
Fertilizer, plants and seeds
109.30
Paint and hardware
401.92
Farm equipment and repairs
166.99
Hay and grain
1,187.23
Shoeing horses
62.50
Fuel
1,609.49
Electric lighting
158.00
Electric lamps
.5.40
Repairs to roof
18.0.04
Repairs to heater
16.50
Medicinal supplies
88.24
Gas lighting
45.03
Tobacco
118.94
Travelling expenses
11.14
Newspapers
12.00
Plumber and stock
6.30
Ambulance service
3.00
Curing and smoking hams
6.00
Disinfectants
42.00
Insurance
92.40
Boiler insurance
10.00
$8,897.58
$25,002.18
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ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL
Receipts
Appropriation
6
$1,000.00
Payments
Anna Jaques Hospital $1,000.00
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CITY AUDITOR
HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL
Receipts
Appropriation
$600.00
Payments
Homeopathic Hospital
$600.00
MOTHERS' AID
Receipts
Appropriation
$3,000.00
From State . . . . . . . . .
2,269.99
$5,269.99
Payments
Cash payments
3,726.00
Balance to general treasury
$1,543.99
SOLDIERS BENEFITS
SOLDIERS RELIEF
Receipts
Appropriation
$4,900.00
City of Lynn
40.00
City of Boston
35.25
From general treasury to balance
900.46
$5,875.71
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ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Salary of clerk
$400.00
Cash disbursements
2,456.00
Rent, board and nursing
168.00
Services of physician and medical supplies
202.30
Coal and wood
1,343.30
Groceries and provisions
1,276.05
Shoes
7.63
Postage
2.88
Telephone and travelling expenses
19.55
$5,875.71
STATE AID
Receipts
Received from State amounts paid in 1927
$2,604.00
By balance due for amounts paid in 1928
2,132.00
$4,736.00
Payments
Cash paid beneficiaries
$2,222.00
Balance Dec. 17, 1927
2,514.00
$4,736.00
SOLDIERS' BURIAL
Dr.
$60.00
Balance due for payments in 1927
Cr.
Received from State $60.00
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CITY AUDITOR MILITARY AID
Receipts
Appropriation From State
$400.00 137.50
$537.50
Payments
Cash disbursements
$440.00
Balance to general treasury
$97.50
CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES
Receipts
Appropriation
$75.00
Payments
Cash payments
53.60
Balance to general treasury
$21.40
HOUSE FOR SPANISH WAR VETERANS
Receipts
Appropriation
$150.00
Balance forward, Dec. 17, 1927
20.33
From general treasury to balance
43.79
$214.12
Payments
Electric lighting
$52.80
Gas lighting
14.85
Repairs to room
55.97
Fuel
90.50
$214.12
EDUCATION
SALARIES
Receipts
Appropriation
$125,000.00
From Putnam Trustees
3,700.00
Transfer
6,000.00
$134,700.00
Payments
Superintendent
$3,999.96
Clerical assistance
2,190.50
Janitors
8,046.13
High School teachers
40,382.50
Elementary School teachers
70,014.00
Truant officer
1,390.11
Drawing teacher
1,325.00
School nurse
1,325.00
Music teacher
1,325.00
Cooking and sewing teachers
2,462.50
Manual training teacher
450.00
Physical instructor
1,301.90
Laboratory assistant
42.00
Noon time caretaker of children
128.63
134,383.23
Balance to general treasury
$316.7'7
MISCELLANEOUS
Receipts
Appropriation Sale of supplies and equipment
$9,000.00
78.97
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CITY AUDITOR
Telephone tolls Sale of tickets
10.65
82.27
Sale of manual training articles
103.00
Rent
3.00
$9,277.89
Revenue credited to income account
Tuition
$2,092.55
Tuition from State
238.05
Income from Brown Fund
759.38
From Putnam Trustees
1,200.00
$4,289.98
Payments
Administration
Stationery and office supplies
$31.71
Printing and advertising
199.48
Travelling expenses
19.03
Postage and box rent
61.35
Printing annual report
57.20
Telephone rental
493.72
Repairs on adding machine
4.45
Text Books and Supplies
Text books
$2,912.66
Paper, cards and supplies
2,655.17
Sewing and cooking school supplies
211.77
Manual training supplies
238.86
Laboratory supplies
164.46
Medical supplies
13.40
Typewriter
47.50
Rent of manual training rooms
37.50
Cooking school laundry
4.54
Brushes
6.51
Transportation
1,031.00
Freight and express
63.64
City teams and trucks
21.60
$866.94
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ANNUAL REPORT
Support of truants
197.42
Tuition at Beverly Industrial School
380.40
Graduation expenses
209.67
$8,196.10
9,063.04
Balance to general treasury
$214.85
FUEL
Receipts
Appropriation
$6,200.00
Payments
Currier School, Coal
$747.14
Curtis School,
Coal
294.00
Wood
60.00
Davenport School, Coal
510.28
High School, Coal
909.63
Jackman School, Coal
2,027.01
Kelly School, Coal
675.69
George Brown School,
Coal
758.49
Wood
9.00
Moultonville School,
Coal
150.00
Wood
5.00
Balance to general treasury
$53.76
LIGHTING
Receipts
Appropriation $1,300.00
6,146.24
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CITY AUDITOR
Payments
Currier School
$119.72
Curtis School
22.48
George Brown School
249.48
Davenport School
14.08
High School
585.22
Jackman School
90.12
Kelly School
48.14
1,225.22
Balance to general treasury $74.78
BUILDINGS
Receipts
Appropriation
$5,000.00
From general treasury to balance
1,069.75
$6,069.75
Payments
George Brown School
Hardware
$32.38
Electrician and stock
41.56
Mason and stock
35.95
Plumber and stock
220.97
Machinist and stock
23.98
Paint and glass
15.00
Repairing roof and ventillators
205.86
Repairs to heater
42.41
Express
1.26
Gravel and labor spreading
114.00
City teams and trucks
46.50
Insurance
12.90
Electricity for power
27.73
Repairs to clock
15.80
Currier School
Carpenter and stock
$94.20
Electrician and stock
12.77
Plumber and stock
68.30
Hardware
6.78
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$836.30
67
CITY AUDITOR
Repairing heater
20.75
Repairs to furniture
260.00
Repairs to sewing machine
5.00
New desks
64.25
New flag
5.93
Repairs on and tuning piano
2.50
Curtis School
Carpenter and stock
$2.00
Plumber and stock
98.77
Electrician and stock
7.70
Repairs on heater
58.24
Hardware
7.16
Repairs to roof
11.02
Teaming gravel
8.00
Freight and express
2.00
New flag
4.70
.
199.59
Davenport School
Carpenter and stock
$96.04
Plumber and stock
5.95
Electrician and stock
.60
Hardware
3.74
Boiler inspection
5.00
Painting and repairing
wall and
ceilings
259.55
New flag
3.00
373.88
High School
Carpenter and stock
$145.86
Electrician and stock
69.26
Plumber and stock
112.38
Hardware
37.44
Paint and glass
150.55
Mason and stock
15.50
Repairs to heater
383.93
Repairs to fire door
4.75
Electricity for power
166.80
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540.48
ANNUAL REPORT
Repairs to roof and conductors
67.29
Repairs to clock
5.00
Furniture and furnishings
25.06
Freight and express
2.05
Tuning piano
22.00
Insurance
251.40
$1,459.27
Jackman School
Carpenter and stock
$130.68
Electrician and stock
2.03
Plumber and stock
22.01
Mason and stock
37.45
Hardware
43.61
Repairs to roof
149.20
Repairs to heater
13.00
Tuning piano
3.50
New file
40.21
Furniture and furnishings
47.91
New flag
4.70
Kelly School
Carpenter and stock
$37.47
Plumber and stock
168.22
Electrician and stock
3.60
Paint and glass
4.50
Hardware
164.01
Repairs to roof
30.00
Tuning piano
5.00
New flag
5.95
One half cost of fence
18.73
Moultonville School
i
Carpenter and stock
$30.78
Plumber and stock
7.40
Electrician and stock
2.70
Cess pool cover
2.75
Cleaning vault
4
25.00
1
$494.30
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$437.48
CITY AUDITOR
Cutting grass
2.00
Repairs on chimney . 14.32
$84.95
Manual Training Rooms
Electrician and stock
$2.50
Electricity for power
54.00
Rent
... 412.50
$469.00
All Schools
Lavatory supplies
$143.70
Floor oil, brushes and cleaners
261.38
Paint and hardware
16.57
Boiler inspections
70.00
Repairs to sewing machines
10.00
Sno wRemoval
82.25
Ash removal
40.00
City teams and trucks
28.50
Road roller on ball grounds
37.10
Transfer
485.00
$1,174.50
$6,069.75
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HEATING PLANT AT DAVENPORT SCHOOL
Receipts
From balance account, 1927
$2,000.00
Transfer from School Buildings
485.00
$2,485.00
Payments
Heating Plant
$2,485,00
PUBLIC LIBRARY
SALARIES
Receipts
Appropriation
$8,400.00
Income of Cole Fund
100.00
$8,500.00
Revenue, Credited to Income Account
Town of Newbury, use of library
$200.00
Dog licenses
742.95
Income from Trust Funds:
J. M. Bradbury
50.62
C. M. Bradstreet
50.63
A. E. Cutter
189.74
' S. M. Donnell
150.00
S. W. Marston
255.63
E. S. Moseley
255.63
W. O. Moseley
423.05
E. H. Stickney
529.65
$2,847.90 942
Payments
Salary of librarian
$2,000.00
Salary of Assistants
5,057.83
Salary of Janitor
1,144.00
Substitute for Janitor
51.00
8,252.83
Balance to general treasury
$247.17
71
CITY AUDITOR
BOOKS, PERIODICALS, ETC.
Receipts
Balance from 1927
$1,510,79
Interest on Trust Funds:
Lucy G. B. Colby
$35.00
John J. Currier
50.00
Nathan D. Dodge
42.50
W. H. P. Dodge
132.24
Daniel Foster
12.50
J. A. Frothingham
50.00
S. A. Green
96.00
George Haskell
53.60
M. P. Sawyer
250.00
J. R. Spring
1,000.00
B. G. Sweetser
250.00
1 Wm. C. Todd
691.24
A. Williams
48.00
2,711.08
$4,221.87
Payments
Books
$1,204.47
Music books
44.39
Papers and magazines
695.24
Binding books
939.69
Stationery and office supplies
53.40
Freight and express
7.65
Hardware
1.05
2,945.89
Balance Dec. 15, 1928 in general treasury
$1,275.98
FUEL
Receipts
Appropriation
$400,00
72
ANNUAL REPORT
Payments
Coal
58.72
Balance forward, Dec. 15, 1928
$341.28
CHILDREN'S READING ROOM
Receipts
Balance
$465.50
Gifts:
Rotary Club
1,200.00
Friends
61.50
J. F. Brown
50.00
K. P. Moseley
100.00
Unitarian Alliance
25.00
Margaret Cushing
3.00
Belleville Parent Teachers Association
10.00
Newburyport Young Men's Club
97.50
Study Class
25.00
$2,037.50
Payments
Salary of Supervision
$800.00
Books
389.21
Stationery and office supplies
45.24
Hardware
2.35
Advertising and printing
3.75
Express
.72
Chairs and table
383.60
Desk
380.00
Card cabinet
24.00
Bulletin board
8.00
. . .
2,036.87
Balance forward, Dec. 15, 1928
$.63
CITY AUDITOR
PUBLIC LIBRARY HEATING PLANT
Receipts
Note issue
$4,000.00
From balance account, 1927
3,450.00
From trustees of Building Fund
500.00
$7,950.00
Payments
New heating plant
$5,150.00
New plumbing
310.00
Installing lavatory
37.84
Gas heater
63.50
Furnace men
1,310.00
Weather stripping for windows
334.80
Engineer
330.00
Grading grounds
216.80
Hardware
5.70
Electrician and stock
13.32
Metal ceiling
150.00
Moving coal
15.00
Printing and advertising
2.70
7,939.66
Balance to general treasury $10.34
SOUTH END READING ROOM
Receipts
Received from Treasurer of Reading Room Association
$144.68
Interest (income from)
1.05
Rent
20.00
$165.73
Payments
Haverhill Electric Co., lighting
.99
Balance forward, Dec. 15, 1928 $164.74
74
ANNUAL REPORT
PUBLIC LIBRARY MISCELLANEOUS
Receipts
Appropriation
$550.00
Sale of books
30.00
Sale of paper
18.40
Fines
257.77
Transfer
150.00
$1006.17
Payments
Telephone rental
$46.63
Stationery and office supplies
187.26
Printing and advertising
36.73
Ventillators
12.00
Lavatory supplies
9.00
Typewriter
59.75
Postage and box rent
14.98
Electrician and stock
43.02
Electric lamps
11.64
Hardware
16.65
Electric heater
7.50
Plumber and stock
46.25
Janitor's supplies
20.40
Cleaning
28.70
Express
4.14
Insurance
293.60
Boiler inspection
10.00
Ash removal and cleaning up grounds
58.25
Men and teams hired
24.00
Loam
8.00
-
938.50
Balance to general treasury
$67.67
Lighting
Receipts
Appropriation
$375.00
62.32
From general treasury to balance
437.32
75
CITY AUDITOR
Payments
Electricity
$399.19
Gas
38.13
$437.32
RECREATIONS
CITY PARKS
Receipts
Appropriation from Cutter Fund
$1,000.00
Transfer from Snow Removal
150.00
Income from Balch Fund
506.25
$1,656.25
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,041.10
Extra men and teams hired
17.60
Equipment and repairs
115.72
Care of swans
38.24
Cleaning statutes
267.70
Plants
2.00
-. .
4
$1,482.36
Balance forward, Dec. 15, 1928
23.89
Balance to general treasury
150.00
. . .
$1,656.25
ATKINSON COMMON
Receipts
Balance forward Dec. 17, 1928
$9.40
Appropriation from Cutter Fund
1,500.00
Income from Gorwaiz Fund
5.05
Income from Knight Fund
20.25
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.
: . .
. ..
$1,584.70
.
77
CITY AUDITOR
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$941.25
Equipment and repairs
4.70
Plumber and stock
21.12
Mason and stock
10.40
Carpenter and stock
18.26
Cleaning stones
50.00
Concrete walks
457.50
$1,503.23
Balance forward, Dec. 15, 1928
$31.47
RIVERSIDE PARK
Receipts
Balance forward, Dec. 17, 1927
$90.05
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
18.25
Balance forward, Dec. 15, 1928
$71.80
CENTRAL PARK AND PLAYGROUNDS
Receipts
Balance forward, Dec. 17, 1927 .
$64.61
Appropriation from Cutter Fund
2,000.00
Transfer
460.15
From general treasury to balance
1,117.10
$3,641.86
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$1,535.50
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