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$1,525.12
Income and credits for year.
$1,931.40
Expenditures for year ..
2,369.88
Payments exceeded receipts.
$438.48
Balance December 31, 1935.
$1,086.64
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Recreation
City Parks
Receipts
Appropriation.
$940.00
Income from Balch fund, transfer
164.94
By balance account.
105.95
$1,210.89
Payments
Labor as per payrolls .
$1,044.00
Equipment and repairs.
68.91
Lumber
27.98
Truck hire.
60.00
Plants
10.00
$1,210.89
Atkinson Common
Receipts
Appropriation.
$995.00
Income from Gorwaiz Fund.
3.02
Income from Knight Fund.
12.09
$1,010.11
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$994.93
Hardware
3.05
Pipe
3.25
$1,001.23
To balance account.
$8.88
Central Park and Playground
Receipts
Appropriation.
$900.00
By balance account. 22.19
$922.19
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Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$789.00
Pipe .
11.40
Tools and equipment
15.52
Gasoline.
77.41
Lumber
5.53
Paint and hardware.
23.33
$922.19
Moseley Woods
Receipts
Balance forward.
$1,385.22
Appropriation.
500.00
Income from New England Trust Company .
757.08
Refund.
6.00
$2,648.30
Payments
Caretaker .
$858.00
Lawn roller.
17.10
Filing saws
.80
Lumber
40.59
Insurance .
17.50
Storage
5.00
Express
44.50
Gravel and stone
21.05
Paint and hardware.
106.19
Transfer.
24.00
$1,134.73
Balance forward.
$1,513.57
Bartlett Mall
Receipts
From: City Improvement Society.
$6.25
Newburyport Civic League
150.00
Income of Balch Fund
150.00
Income of A. Gertrude Cutter Fund
1,767.22
$2,073.47
Payments
Labor as per payrolls . $221.00
Services of caretaker. 440.00
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Truck hire.
$208.50
Services of landscape architect.
121.28
Loam.
40.00
Shrubs and trees
262.78
Railing.
151.00
Repairs to fountain.
2.50
Sharpening tools
12.00
Paint
12.05
Tools and equipment
33.99
Pipe
3.63
Cement
7.00
Lumber
109.60
Gas and oil.
12.48
$1,637.81
To balance forward.
$435.66
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Public Service Enterprises
Clam Plant Maintenance
Receipts
Appropriation
$9,376.24
Note issue.
4,000.00
$13,376.24
Payments
Salary of warden
$1,960.00
Assistants
6,600.00
Telephone
56.40
Electric lighting.
359.03
Electricity for power.
587.86
Office supplies.
163.53
Electrician and stock
7.27
Fuel
371.08
Paint and hardware.
140.19
Laboratory supplies.
224.02
Range oil.
18.40
Chemicals and gas.
117.29
Lumber
18.55
Freight and express.
22.65
Platform scales.
18.00
Wooden tank .
31.50
Extension ladder
11.00
Valves
34.94
Electric lamps
3.00
First aid supplies.
1.89
Clearing ruins after fire
9.50
Trucking clams
2,291.27
Repairs on heater
1.86
. .
$13,049.23
Project B4-67. Reconstruction and Equipment Clam Plan
Receipts
Appropriation.
$3,500.00
Note issue.
3,000.00
$6,500.00
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Payments
Labor as per payrolls.
$377.00
Paint and hardware.
739.10
Clam boxes.
165.43
Trucking.
12.75
Incubator
240.00
Pumps and compressor.
1,111.73
Electrical supplies
197.69
Transformer
20.00
Brick
10.00
Travelling expenses
4.31
Telephone
11.00
Stationery and office supplies .
7.82
Lavatory supplies
278.14
Plumber and stock
246.29
Lumber and mill work .
2,134.04
Delco gas compressor and equipment
633.50
Refrigerator .
189.50
Tools and equipment.
26.64
Plans for building
25.00
Fire hose.
37.75
Cement
3.40
Foamite extinguisher.
12.00
Furniture.
7.25
Express
9.09
$6,499.42
Transferred to P. W. A. projects. $.58
Project B4-71. Loading Platform and Clam Plant
Receipts
Transferred from Project Account.
$484.10
Payments
Transferred to W. P. A. Projects
$484.10
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Unclassified
Memorial Day, G. A. R.
Receipts
Appropriation.
$400.00
Post 49, G. A. R. Payments
$400.00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
Receipts
Appropriation.
$75.00
Payments
Fire Department, Memorial Committee
$75.00
Memorial Day for Spanish War Veterans
Receipts
Appropriation.
$25.00
Payments
Spanish War Veterans.
$25.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Memorial Day
Receipts
Appropriation.
$25.00
Payments
Veterans of Foreign Wars
$25.00
American Legion
Receipts
Appropriation
Payments
Fuel
$75.00
City Clocks
$75.00
Receipts
Appropriation $108.34
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Payments
Caretaker of City Clocks
$100.00
To balance account.
$8.34
Water for Public Buildings
Receipts
Appropriation.
$1,500.00
Payments
Newburyport Water Works.
$1,500.00
Other City Properties
Receipts
Appropriation.
$450.00
Payments
Labor on account of Frog Pond System .
$21.25
Equipment account of Frog Pond System .
33.75
Boiler Insurance.
30.99
Repairs to heater, quarters for Spanish War
Veterans.
12.00
$97.99
To balance account ..
$352.01
Damages to Persons and Property
Receipts
Appropriation.
$1,167.00
Note issue.
3,800.00
Transfer.
1,300.00
Transfer from interest.
1,260.00
By balance account.
724.62
$8,251.62
Payments
Damages to persons. .
$7,623.32
Damages to property
628.30
$8,251.62
Bronze Tablets for War Veterans
Receipts
Balance forward. $28.09
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Appropriation. .
$200.00
By balance account ..
28.57
$256.66
Payments
Lighting.
$256.66
Judgment Account
Receipts
From Balance Account ..
$139.45
Payments
Maryland Casualty Co ..
$139.45
Real Estate Owned
Cr.
Sale Plum Island Real Estate.
$200.00
Recording deeds.
$2.06
Balance forward.
$197.94
Cemeteries
Receipts
Appropriation.
$200.00
By balance account.
68.53
$268.53
Payments
Labor as per payrolls .
$108.75
Printing and advertising.
5.10
Repairs, equipment and supplies
55.86
Water
14.25
Gravel
11.00
Fencing
17.24
Pipe .
16.33
Rent of driveway.
40.00
$268.53
Project B1-55. Gravelling Streets
Appropriation.
Receipts $1,984.00
Dr.
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Payments
City Trucks
$1,414.00
Extra truck hire.
72.00
Gravel
432.55
Lanterns
12.50
Oil
4.25
Lumber
21.80
$1,957.10
Transferred to W. P. A. Projects
$26.90
Project B1-60. Gravel for Walks and Trucking
Receipts
Appropriation.
$964.00
Payments
City trucks
$540.00
Gravel .
157.25
Road oil.
224.03
Range oil.
3.75
$925.03
Transferred to W. P. A. Projects
$38.97
Project B1-51. Cement Walks
Receipts
Appropriation.
$663.50
Payments
City trucks
$238.00
Sand.
25.10
Cement .
31.70
Lumber
138.19
Tools and equipment.
165.30
Hardware .
4.85
Office supplies.
1.95
Express .
3.25
Blue prints .
1.53
Water hose
31.50
Flag signals.
7.50
Rent of typewriter.
10.00
$658.87
Transferred to W. P. A. Projects
$4.63
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Project B1-54. Park at Three Roads, Curbing Receipts
Appropriation.
$120.00
Payments
Transferred to W. P. A. Projects.
$120.00
Project B1-85. Cement Sidewalks
Receipts
Transferred from W. P. A. appropriation
$1,943.50
Transferred from material for E. R. A.
2,100.00
Transferred from W. P. A. Projects.
650.00
Transferred from W. P. A. Projects.
57.96
$4,751.46
Payments
Labor as per payrolls
$75.00
City trucks.
1,846.00
Tools and equipment
577.14
Lumber
289.00
Cement
561 04
Road oil
318.51
Express
2.65
Repairs to tools
67.80
Catch basins.
16.13
Hardware
125.45
Truck hire.
15.00
Coal
21.44
Typewriter rental
10.00
Range oil. .
25.88
Stone, stone dust and gravel.
800.42
$4,751.46
Project B2-82. Re-laying Brick Sidewalks
Receipts
Transferred from Project account.
$134.40
Transferred from E. R. A. Balance
27.38
$161.78
Payments
Blue prints
$4.22
City trucks
60.00
Truck hire
8.00
Salt hay
12.00
Cement.
3.20
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Oil
$15.38
Repairs tools and equipment.
43.49
Lumber
6.75
$153.04
Transferred to W. P. A. Project.
$8.74
Project B2-83. Re-grading Railroad and Auburn Streets
Receipts
Transferred from Project account.
$499.50
Payments
City trucks.
$80.00
Repairs on road roller.
45.00
Use of electric shovel.
150.00
Cutting curbings
8.00
Trucks hired.
16.00
Road oil. .
189.98
Catch basin covers
5.98
Blue prints
2.75
$497.71
Transferred to W. P. A. Projects. $1.79
Project B4-12C. Repairing Fire Alarm
Receipts
Appropriation.
$125.00
Payments
Wire.
$61.45
Lumber and mill work .
6.79
Hardware.
15.01
Cross arms and braces .
12.17
$95.42
Transferred to W. P. A. projects
$29.58
Project B4-56. Welfare Office and City Stable
Receipts
Appropriation
$332.28
Appropriation. 125.00
$457.28
77
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Payments
Plumber and stock.
$151.47
Brick.
8.00
Sheet rock.
20.23
Lumber and mill work
121.85
Cement .
9.40
Electrical supplies
17.88
Paint and hardware
31.17
Furniture and furnishings.
88.63
$448.63
Transferred to W. P. A. Projects
$8.65
Project B4-66. Painting Police Station
Receipts
Appropriation.
$219.25
Payments
Paint and hardware.
$197.97
Soap.
6.25
$204.22
Transferred to W. P. A. Projects
$15.03
B4-72. Alterations in Highway Quarters
Receipts
Appropriation.
$600.00
Transferred from Project account.
92.55
Transferred from Material for Projects account .
300.00
$992.55
Payments
City trucks.
$28.00
Lime and cement.
122.25
Lumber
292.47
Pipe
91.65
Glass
65.80
Welding.
21.75
Plumber and stock .
99.69
Roofing
102.50
Hardware
167.67
$991.78
Transferred from W. P. A. Projects.
$.77
78
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B4-72A. Quarters for Highway Department
Receipts
Transferred from Material for Projects ..
$84.00
Payments
Lumber
$82.63
Transferred to W. P. A. Projects.
$1.37
B4-74. Repairing Outside of City Hall
Receipts
Transferred from Project Account.
$453.76
Payments
Copper.
$141.54
Lumber
37.10
Use of staging.
56.50
Galvanized pipe.
47.00
Lead ..
52.33
Paint and hardware.
101.20
$435.67
Transferred to project account.
$18.09
Project B4-68. Fire-Proof Room at Public Library
Receipts
Appropriation.
$250.00
Transferred from Project account ..
112.16
Transferred from material for projects account
274.75
$636.91
Payments
Lime and cement.
$55.20
Trucking .
8.50
Electrical supplies .
64.30
Hauling rubbish.
28.50
Fire door.
35.00
Paint and hardware.
91.78
Lumber
113.05
Brick .
32.00
$428.33
Balance forward.
$208.58
APORT
CITY AUDITOR
B4-75. Repairs at Police Station
Receipts
Transferred from Project Account.
$125.36
Transferred from W. P. A. balance .
65.66
$191.02
Payments
Lumber and hardware.
$92.05
Pipe and fittings
98.70
$190.75
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account. $.27
B7-79. Hale Street and Common Pasture Drainage
Receipts
Transferred from Project account.
$100.00
Transferred from Material for Projects.
50.00
Transferred from Materiał for Projects.
13.43
$163.42
Payments
City trucks.
$88.00
Tools and equipment.
34.62
Lumber
16.80
Cement.
24.00
$163.42
B11-13 E. Toboggan Slide
Receipts
Appropriation.
$124.25
Payments
Cement .
$20.00
Paint and hardware.
3.05
Lumber and mill work
80.64
Calcium chloride
2.90
$106.59
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account.
$17.66
80
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B11-64. Simmons Beach
Receipts
Appropriation.
$203.00
Transferred from Material for Projects.
50.00
Sale of material
54.00
$307.00
Payments
Lumber and hardware
$126.66
Trucking
18.00
City trucks.
124.00
Repairs to pier.
5.00
Signs .
3.00
Photo.
10.00
Beach umbrellas.
12.50
$299.16
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account .
$7.84
B12-78. Improvements at Central Park
Receipts
Transferred from Project Account.
$650.00
Payments
Wire.
$16.00
Lumber and mill work
208.79
Paint and hardware.
14.72
Cement .
24.90
Truck and driver.
76.50
Shovels
8.64
Transfer to Project B15-93
122.30
$471.85
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account .
$178.15
B12-92. Improvements at Central Park
Receipts
Transferred from appropriation for Material
$457.00
Payments
Truck and driver.
$387.25
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account. $69.75
81
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B15-24C. Old Cemetery Wall Receipts
Appropriation.
$20.00
Appropriation.
270.00
$290.00
Payments
Hardware
$3.85
Gasoline.
9.59
Trucking
265.75
C'ement .
6.80
$285.99
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account. . $4.01
B15-38. Cemetery Road
Receipts
Appropriation.
$10.00
Appropriation.
490.00
$500.00
Payments
Labor as per payrolls .
$485.75
Gasoline. .
4.63
$490.38
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account. $9.62
B15-40
Receipts
Appropriation.
$20.00
Payments
Hardware and equipment.
$9.49
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account .
$10.51
B15-41A. Cleaning Up Brush
Receipts
Appropriation.
$120.00
Payments
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account. $120.00
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B15-49. Highland Cemetery Fence
Receipts
Appropriation
$60.00
Payments
Lumber
$4.66
Hardware .
4.25
$8.91
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account.
$51.09
B15-63. Cemetery Wire Fence
Receipts
Appropriation.
$50.00
Payments
Wire fence.
$43.12
Blue prints
1.80
$44.92
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account
$5.08
B15-89. Painting Wire Fence, Highland Cemetery
Receipts
Transferred from appropriation for material .
$35.50
Transferred from W. P. A. Project account.
. 45
Transferred from W. P. A. Project account.
19.25
$55.20
Payments
Paint and brushes
$55.20
B15-93. Draining Police Station Yard
Receipts
Transferred from W. P. A. Project account.
$122.30
Payments
City trucks. $15.00
Cement. 64.25
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Pipe.
$11.78
Catch basin and cover. . 30.69
$121.72
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account. . .. $.58
B20-17C. Cemetery Headstones
Receipts
Appropriation.
$18.50
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account.
$18.50
D3-53. Wood for Welfare
Receipts
Appropriation.
$442.50
Payments
City trucks.
$77.00
Extra truck hire.
336.00
$413.00
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account. $29.50
D3-53A. Wood for Welfare and Trucking
Receipts
Appropriation.
$405.00
Payments
Wood.
$200.00
Truck hire.
54.00
$254.00
Transferred to W. P. A. Project account.
$151.00
C4-18 B. Fire Ruins
Receipts
Note issue.
$1,110.80
Payments
Tearing down chimney and removing debris. $1,110.80
Payments
84
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B11-80. Excavating and Filling City Gravel Pit
Receipts
Transferred from Project Account.
$400.00
Payments
City trucks
$64.00
Lumber.
32.29
Tools and equipment.
193.37
$289.66
Balance forward.
$110.34
B20-73. Traffic and Police Signals
Receipts
Transferred from Project Account.
$464.50
Transferred from material for Projects.
43.27
$507.77
Payments
Freight and express.
$7.30
Wire, cable and junction boxes.
113.66
Cross arms, braces and hardware.
254.24
Lumber
5.22
Batteries and supplies.
49.58
Tools .
3.83
Electrician.
.90
Gasoline.
61.89
$496.62
Balance forward.
$11.15
F7-U4A. Library Book Repairs
Receipts
Appropriation.
$50.00
Payments
Stationary and office supplies
$24.39
Hardware.
3.04
$27.43
Balance forward.
$22.57
85
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Project No. 4287. Dentistry Clinic
Receipts
Transferred from material for W. P. A. Projects.
$300.00
Payments
Balance forward December 31, 1935.
$300.00
Project 4956. Hale Street Widening
Receipts
Transferred from E. R. A. appropriation
$200.00
Payments
Gravel
$18.70
City Trucks.
63.00
Tools and Equipment.
$1.70
$163.40
Balance forward. $36.60
B4-61. Old Currier School Building
Receipts
Appropriation.
$421.65
Transferred from W.P. A. Project account.
527.90
Transferred from Material for Projects account.
100.00
$1,049.55
Payments
Metal ceiling.
$114.07
Plumbers' supplies
203.11
Making and installing fire escape.
175.00
Electrician and stock .
12.99
Lumber
283.35
Paint and hardware
123.09
$911.61
Balance forward.
$137.94
D3-59. Wood for Welfare
Receipts
Appropriation. $2,250.00
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Payments
Fuel
$19.45
Wood.
187.45
Truck hire
96.00
$302.90
Balance forward.
$1,947.10
B1-101. Hoyt's Lane
Receipts
Transferred from W. P. A. Project account.
$947.50
Payments
City trucks
$296.00
Pipe
51.60
Gravel
73.75
Salt hay.
8.00
Cement
24.75
Lumber
12.17
Tools and equipment
67.77
$534.04
Balance forward
$413.46
D5-34E. Sewing Project
Receipts
Appropriations.
$932.00
Transferred from W. P. A. Project account.
650.00
Transferred from W. P. A. Project account.
2,956.00
$4,538.00
Payments
Material for sewing.
$181.48
Repairs on sewing machines
199.47
Telephone.
13.17
Electrician and stock .
41.14
Electric lamps.
4.50
Rent of building.
225.00
Plumber and stock
69.16
Lumber
57.70
Chairs.
52.00
Water.
39.67
Light and power
297.59
Gas and oil.
7.26
Trucking.
16.45
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Steel smoke stack
$154.00
Hardware.
126.42
Fuel
721.09
$2,206.10
Balance forward.
$2,331.90
Project No. 1959. Farm to Market Road
Receipts
Transferred from W. P. A. Project account
$1,600.00
Payments
City trucks.
$81.00
Tools and equipment
74.95
Gravel.
82.85
Stationary and office supplies .
3.40
$242.20
Balance forward. $1,357.80
Project No. 4958. High School Grading and Athletic Field
Receipts
Transferred from W. P. A. Project account.
$5,320.00
Payments
Tools and equipment
$73.40
Rent of bulldozer
560.83
$634.23
Balance forward.
$4,685.77
Project No. 4957. Stone Wall at New High School
Receipts
Transferred from W. P. A. Project account .
$700.00
Payments
Hardware and equipment.
$9.20
Building.
8.00
Lumber
2.24
Salt hay.
10.00
$29.44
Balance forward.
$670.56
88
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B18-90. Apple Pest, Cutting Bushes
Receipts
Transferred from W. P. A. Project account.
$144.00
Payments
Hardware and tools.
$15.16
Balance forward.
$128.84
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· CITY AUDITOR
Report of the Water Commissioners
January 31, 1936.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council,
City of Newburyport, Mass.
Gentlemen:
We present, herewith, the Annual Report of the Newburyport Water Works for the year 1935.
Respectfully submitted,
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS, Gertrude C. Gorwaiz, Clerk.
Financial Report 1935
Balance, December 17, 1934
$7,782.08
Receipts-
Meter Rates
$8,670.33
Sundry Water Receipts.
794.33
Water Rates.
57,659.51
Fire and Public Buildings
5,000.00
Total Receipts $72.124.17
$72,124.17
$79,906.25
Expenditures-
Maintenance-
Artichoke Station
$5,769.15
Filter Bed
1,013.52
Gate.
362.53
General
5,491.16
Hydrant
761.39
Mains.
7,412.50
Meter
403.98
Main Pumping Station.
18,139.86
Service Pipe .
3,927.25
Truck.
398.09
Total Maintenance $43,679.43
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ANNUAL REPORT
Construction-
Filter
$3,982.41
Gate ..
268.82
Hydrant
329.97
New Mains and Extensions.
1,490.97
New Mains (Newbury).
131.73
New Meters.
76.95
New Building (Pumping Station).
2.40
Service Pipe .
680.68
Service Pipe (Newbury).
24.42
Total Construction
$6,988.35
Bonds Retired .
$12,000.00
Interest
3,095.00
$15,095.00
$15,095.00
Boiler Replacement.
10,740.74
Total Payments.
$76,503.52
Balance December 31, 1935.
$3,402.73
Street Work 1935
During the year 1935 mains were replaced in the following streets:
Temple Street 621'-6" 6" cast iron cement lined pipe
Graham and Withington 1840' 8" cast iron cement lined pipe
Oak Street 1122' 8" cast iron cement lined pipe
Union Place
50'-11" 11/2" wrought iron cement lined
Mains Extended-
Green Street, Newbury 144'
6" cast iron cement lined pipe
Rawson Avenue 224' 6" cast iron cement lined pipe
Storey Avenue 464' 8" cast iron cement lined pipe
Madison 190' 2" wrought iron cement lined
Merrimac Court 60'-4"
Guild and Withington 374'
11/2" wrought iron cement lined 2" wrought iron cement lined
Service-Hydrants-Mains
There were twenty-nine leaks in Services, and seven leaks in mains which were repaired.
Twenty new services were laid requiring 1022'-5" of cement lined pipe. Sixty-eight services were renewed.
Six new hydrants were set, one being placed in Newbury. Two hydrants were replaced.
Service laid for the News Publishing Co., Inn Street for a Sprinkler System.
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CITY AUDITOR
Main Pumping Station
Boilers
Two old boilers at the Main Pumping Station, Spring Lane were removed and replaced by two Hodge 66" Horizontal tubular boilers.
A new 9512' chimney was built, the old one being removed.
Pumping Records for Year 1935
Total Gallons Pumped, Main and Artichoke.
956,088,400
Daily Average, Main and Artichoke.
2,619,420
Greatest Amount to Service in One Day.
1,821,700
Greatest Amount to Service in One Week .
11,654.900
Monthly Pumpage
Service
Booster
Artichoke
January.
43,073,200
20,400,300
22,672,900
February.
37,280,250
17,976,750
19,303,500
March
38,608,500
23,629,800
14,978,700
April
36,834,000
24,779,300
12,054,700
May
40,475,200
21,452,200
19,023,000
June.
39,151,100
22,950,100
16,201,000
July.
42,796,500
20,461,900
22,334,600
August.
45,029,250
19,250,450
25,778,800
September
38,267,250
18,603,350
19,663,900
October
38,787,000
18,211,900
20,575,100
November.
37,028,200
17,923,600
19,104,600
December
40,713,750
17,483,250
23,230,500
478,044,200
243,122,900
234,921,300
Station Statistics
Main Station
Daily Average
1,975,800
Total Coal Used-lbs
1,158,180
Daily Average Coal Used-lbs.
3,173
Gallons Pumped per lb. of Coal
622
Artichoke Station
Daily Average.
643,610
Total K. W. H. Used
154,490
Daily Average K. W. H. Used
423
Gallons Pumped per K. W. H.
1,526
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ANNUAL REPORT
Interest
Cr.
Credit balance
$7,594.34
Appropriation.
26,500.00
Accrued on loans
781.75
$34,876.09
Dr.
Revenue loans.
$2,536.67
Water loans
3,007.50
Central Park loan
320.00
Relief loans.
2,860.00
County Hospital loan
474.38
Clam Plant loan.
60.00
Sewer loan
900.00
Plum Island Bridge loan .
436.68
Financial Year adjustment loan
600.00
Primary School loan
3,147.50
Street Construction loan
2,725.00
Tax Title loan .
226.27
High School loan
187.50
Transfers.
1,810.00
To balance account.
3,500.00
$22,791.50
Balance forward.
$12,084.59
Municipal Indebtedness
Gross city debt December 15, 1934
$615,734.91
Debts Incurred During 1935
Revenue loans.
$500,000.00
Municipal Relief loan
56,000.00
High School loans
360,000.00
Tax Title loan
38,985.80
Clam Plant loan.
3,000.00
$957,985.80
Debts Paid During Year
Primary School Building loan
$9,000.00
Water bonds.
12,000.00
Plum Island Bridge loan .
1,500.00
Central Park and Playground.
1,000.00
Revenue loans
500,000.00
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CITY AUDITOR
County Tuberculosis Hospital.
$1,000.00
Sewer Bonds.
2,000.00
Street Construction 1931
15,000.00
Street Construction 1932
8,000.00
Municipal Relief loans
25,000.00
Tax Title Loan. .
7,460.00
Financial year adjustment loan.
6.000.00
$587,960.00
Increase in debt during year .
$370,025.80
Gross city debt December 16, 1935
$985,760.71
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ANNUAL REPORT
Temporary Accounts
Uncalled for Claims
Cr.
Balance previous year. ... $430.22
Soldiers' Burial
Dr.
Paid to State of Massachusetts.
$100.00
County of Essex Dog Licenses
Cr.
Licenses collected.
$971.00
Cr.
Paid to County of Essex
$967.40
Balance due County
$3.60
Dog Officer
Dr.
Balance due from County
$415.00
Paid from disposal of animals.
104.00
$519.00
Cr.
Due from County
$519.00
Surplus War Bonus Funds
Balance Dec. 31, 1935.
$7,662.42
Building Permits
Balance previous year.
$9.00
Teacher's Retirement
Cr.
Pensions received.
$5,943.00
Dr.
Paid State Board.
$5,943.00
Cr.
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Trust Funds
Atwood Fund
Cr.
Balance Dec. 15, 1934.
$794.90
From trustees of trust funds
205.19
Returned aid .
1.75
$1,001.84
Dr.
Cash payments to beneficiaries.
$579.95
Fuel .
318.67
Groceries.
7.00
Shoes
4.10
Medicinal supplies.
5.00
$914.72
Balance December 31, 1935.
$87.12
Balch Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$314.94
Dr.
City Parks (transfer).
$164.94
Bartlett Mall (transfer)
150.00
$314.94
Bromfield Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$300.00
Dr.
Sidewalks and Edgestones (transfer)
$150.00
Tree Department (transfer).
150.00
$300.00
1
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ANNUAL REPORT
Brown Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds $466.07
To income of Education (transfer). Dr.
$466.07
Cole Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds
$62.50
To Public Library Salaries (transfer)
Dr.
$62.50
A. Gertrude Cutter Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$1.767.22
Dr.
Transferred to Revenue for Parks
$1,767.22
Dexter Fund
Cr.
$1,021.95
Income.
70.02
$1,091.97
Dr.
Cash payments to beneficiaries.
$292.25
Balance December 31, 1935. .
$799.72
Follansbee Fund
Cr.
$52.79
From trustees of trust funds
114.51
Dr.
Fuel for beneficiaries.
$157.60
Balance December 31, 1935. $9.70
Balance December 15, 1934.
$167.30
Balance December 15, 1935. .
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Gorwaiz Fund Cr.
From trustees of trust funds $3.02
Dr.
Atkinson Common (transfer).
$3.02
Knight Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$12.09
Dr.
Atkinson Common (transfer).
$12.09
Paul A. Merrill Fund
Cr.
Balance December 15, 1934.
$107.50
From trustees of trust funds
30.00
Balance December 31, 1935.
$137.50
Simpson Fund
Cr.
From trustees of trust funds.
$864.95
Street Sprinkling (transfer)
$864.95
R. M. Toppan Fund
Cr.
Balance Dec. 15, 1934.
$95.67
From trustees of trust funds
8.13
$103.80
Dr.
School Department (Prize) .
$7.50
Balance December 31, 1935.
$96.30
Dr.
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TRUST FUNDS HELD BY TRUSTEES-SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS And Purpose for Which Income is Used
Name of Fund
Investment
Date Due
Amount
Income
Purpose
Emma L. Andrews.
. Five Cents Savings Bank, City.
. Demand
$1,000.00
$30.00
So. E. Reading Room
Margaret Atwood .
Institution for Savings, City . .
Demand
5,500.00
180.19
Poor and Religious
Five Cents Savings Bank, City.
. Demand
5,500.00
165.00
Poor and Religious
Balch.
. Institution for Savings, City.
Demand
5,000.00
163.81
Bartlett Mall
Five Cents Savings Bank, City.
Demand
5,000.00
151.13
Bartlett Mall
J. M. Bradbury
. Institution for Savings, City
. Demand
1,000.00
32.76
Gen'l Use of Library
W. N. Bradstreet.
Five Cents Savings Bank, City.
. Demand
1,000.00
30.23
Gen'l Use of Library
John Bromfield. .
. Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co .. .
. Demand
10,000.00
300.00
Sidewalks and Trees
Moses Brown .
. Institution for Savings, City .
. Demand
5,000.00
163.81
Schools
Five Cents Savings Bank, City .. .
. . Demand
5,000.00
151.13
Schools
Provident Inst. for Sav., Amesbury .. . Demand
5,000.00
151.13
Schools
*Class of 1917, N. H. S. Five Cents Savings Bank, City .. ....
Demand
215:12
6.29
Memorial
*Class of 1918, N. H. S. Five Cents Savings Bank, City.
207.13
6.08
Athletic Field
Lucy G. B, Colby . .
. Five Cents Savings Bank, City.
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