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The working plant of the Street Department is in fair condition. It consists of :-
1 Steam Roller. 60 Drills, Plug.
1 Steam Engine and Boiler. 6 Drill Hammers.
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1 Stone Crusher and Belt. 15 Picks.
1 House for Engine.
6 Hoes.
1 Iron Sect Roller.
3 Rakes.
1 Water Cart.
20 Shovels.
5 Single Carts.
10 Shovels, Snow.
1 Sled.
6 Mattocks.
2 Road Scrapers.
1 Pair Gray Horses.
2 Hammers.
2 Bay Horses.
1 Square.
2 Brown Horses.
1 Drawing Knife.
1 Derrick and Chain Fall.
5 Paving Hammers.
1 Edgestone Knife.
1 Wood Saw.
6 Wheelbarrows.
1 Set of Lead Chains.
3 Tool Boxes.
1 Babcock H. P. Plow.
2 Monkey Wrenches.
1 Express Wagon and Cover.
1 Wooden Rammer.
1 Barn Derrick.
1 Large Fall.
6 Crow Bars.
3 Small Falls.
1 Iron Spoon.
1 Trowel Mason.
1 Iron Post Hole Rammer.
1 Hammer, Brick.
30 Drills.
1 Spirit Level.
6 Crow Bars.
1 Express Wagon and Harness.
A contract was made with Randall & Keith to build a shed and tool house for the sum of $382.86, at the City Farm, for the better accommodation of the Steam Roller, Water Cart, etc.
1 Scoop.
2 Iron Ploughs.
13 Snow Ploughs.
2 Sets of Double Harness.
5 Single Harness.
1 Bill Hook.
1 Stone Drag.
2 Pipe Wrenches.
1 Steel Rammer.
4 Saws.
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GENERAL REPAIRS.
Amount appropriated for general repairs, $24,500. It is exhausted.
Contract was made with Cyrus Patch & Son, August 10th, 1889, to furnish coal for the City Hall and other public buildings. The best quality of W. A. Broken at $5.35 ; W. A. Egg at $5.50; W. A. Stove at $6.00; Cumberland at $5.00; Shamokin Egg at $6.25.
BOSTON WATER WORKS.
In the month of April, 1888 permission was given to the Boston Water Board to lay pipes through Hancock, Atlantic and Squantum Streets. The said water board constructed seven hydrants and gave the city of Quincy the free use of them for fire purposes, and they agreeing to leave the streets in good condition and to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Public Works, which they have done. There has been laid in the public streets 11,231 feet of 6 in. pipe, 10,223 feet has been laid through private lands making 21,454 feet in all. One of the hydrants has been located near Mr. Titus' house, Squantum.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Health Dept. is debtor to Streets $37 44
ENGINEERING.
Cost of engineering
$159 20
CITY CLOCK.
C. F. Pettingill, taking care of clock . $37 50
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ELECTION.
Money expended on elections
$599 32
ADDITION TO WOLLASTON SCHOOL HOUSE.
Appropriation
Payments made to George E. Thomas, $3,200 00
Lawrence White, laying drain 83 95
Edward Russell, drain pipe 50 00
Boston Herald Co., advertising 6 38
H. T. Whitman, engineering 18 00
George A. Avery, architect
321 00
$11,000 00
The building is now ready for plastering.
WILLARD SCHOOL HOUSE.
On the 13th day of December, 1889, a contract was made with Isaac H. Cushing and Elijah H. Cushing to build the Willard school house for the sum of $66,127 00
On the 18th day of December, 1889, a contract was made with Smead Warming and
Ventilating Co., to heat the building with system of dry closets for the sum of ·
5,000 00
Sturgis & Cabot, architects' commission 1,778 17
The work is progressing under the favorable weather we are having. The cellar has been excavated and the trench wall is nearly in.
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Chemical No. 2.
Mason work
$14 92
Painting, etc.
12 00
Paint and oil
5 42
Glass and putty
1 93
Carpenter work
30 25
Painting
19 58
$84 10
Steamer House.
Laying floor
$150 00
Papering and painting
60 50
Carpenter work
4 54
Mason work
26 85
Paper, glass, etc.
11 34
Carpenter work
21 48
Carpenter work
23 01
Window and labor
2 50
Carpenter work
14 76
Two iron mangers
3 50
$318 48
Hose House.
Sheathing stalls
$60 50
Rope
3 50
Paint, etc.
5 50
$69 50
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Hose No. 3.
Carpenter work
$3 94
Mason work
16 05
$19 99
Hose No. 4.
Mason work
$14 95
Almshouse.
Shingling
$56 15
NEPONSET BRIDGE.
Appropriation
$20,000 00
The contract was made with Benj. Young
in May, 1889, for the sum of $20,267 00
Plans and specification . 100 00
Geo. Whiting, Inspector
·
330 00
Boston Herald Co. · .
7 12
Boston Daily Advertiser
· 6 50
S. M. Maloney
26 75
.
Rogers Granite Co.
· 10 00
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Money received from old lumber $234 00
This bridge was built without one cent extra expense above the contract and it is said to be, by competent bridge builders, one of the best pile structures in the State.
FURNITURE.
Appropriation
· $1,000 00
Oliver Hall & Sons
$1,023 70
Derby Kilmer Desk Co.
. 163 60
John H. Perry & Sons · . 322 05
$1,509 35
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HANCOCK STREET.
Amount appropriated
$8,000 00
66 expended
8,000 00
Number of feet constructed, 2,550.
ELM AND CANAL STREETS.
Amount appropriated
$5,500 00
expended
4,819 83
Balance .
$680 17
COMMON STREET.
Amount appropriated
$4,000 00
expended
2,900 60
Balance
$1,099 40
WHITWELL STREET.
Amount appropriated
$2,250 00
66 expended
298 66
Balance
$1,951 34
NEW STREETS.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred to Whitwell Street
750 00
Liberty Street .
250 00
General appropriation for streets
$24,500 00
SPECIFIC APPROPRIATIONS TAKEN FROM SAME.
Hancock Street
$4,500 00
Expended
4,500 00
. . ·
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Lines of Elm Street
$15 00
Hancock Street crossing
$40 00
Expended
40 00
Hancock Street culvert
$300 00
Expended
226 50
Balance .
$73 50
Water and Phipps Streets
$25 00
Quincy Avenue ledge
$75 00
Repairing South Street
$100 00
Expended
100 00
Repairing Howard Street
$500 00
Expended
449 80
Balance
$50 20
Repairing Squantum Street
$300 00
Expended
292 98
Balance
$7 02
Mrs. Gregory's sidewalk
$50 00
Expended
50 00
Doble's sidewalk
$75 00
Expended
41 95
Balance
$33 05
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SNOW ACCOUNT.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Amount expended
146 07
Balance
$853 93
HYDRANTS.
Appropriation
$3,400 00
Amount expended
3,368 75
Balance
$31 25
One new hydrant constructed at the corner of Botolph and Clive Streets.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN P. PRICHARD,
Com. of Public Works.
December 31st, 1889.
THOMAS CRANE LIBRARY REPORT.
The Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library submit herewith their annual report, being the nineteenth of the series since the library was opened :
The number of books purchased during the past year is 412. The number of books given to the library in the same time is 439. There have been 499 books rebound, and 207 books that were worn out have been replaced by new copies. Fifty pamphlets have been added to those already in the pos- session of the library. The number of names on the Librarian's register is 9,183, and of this number 574 were added during the past year. The library was open to the public 303 days in 1889.
The division of the reading matter in the use of the bor- rowers from the library is set forth in the following table : -
PUBLIC.
SCHOOLS.
TOTAL.
PER CENT.
Fiction
24,269
349
24,618
40
Juvenile Fiction
12,358
716
13,074
21
Periodicals
9,747
100
9,847
16
History
2,961
536
3,497
5.6
General Literature
2,400
33
2,433
3.9
Travels
1,950
282
2,232
3.6
Biography
1,700
207
1,907
3
Arts and Sciences
.
1,800
91
1,891
3
Poetry
1,340
33
1,373
2
Religion
338
338
·5
Educational
220
220
.3
59,083
2,347
6,1430
.
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Within the past three months the Trustees have taken a step which seems to them of sufficient importance to be chron- icled in this report. Noticing the large and active demand for the magazines and periodicals which the library has on its list, the Trustees decided to materially increase the number of those taken by the library. Under the present rules these magazines and periodicals may be taken from the library by borrowers in the same way that books can be taken, with the exception that the time in which the new numbers of the magazines may be out is limited to three days. Of all the more important mag- azines or reviews one copy is retained in the library for the use of people who come to the library for purposes of study or general reading. The Trustees are of the opinion that the lit- erature comprised in the best American and the best English magazines and reviews is of a very superior quality ; that it is, indeed, as fine a body of literature for most of the purposes of the general reader as the people can possibly now obtain. Every resource known to the book-making art is employed by the publishers of these magazines to render them attractive to the literary, the artistic, and the thoughtful taste of the day, with the result that a pitch of excellence is reached never be- fore known in this department of letters.
The Trustees deem it proper again to call attention to the imperative need that exists for a thorough reconstruction of the walks leading to the library building. The concrete originally laid down is in a very imperfect and unsatisfactory condition. A plank walk has been provided as a make-shift during the present winter, at a comparatively moderate expense, which, however, would amount to a considerable sum if many times
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repeated. A judicious spirit of economy, therefore, as well as other considerations, powerfully urge the propriety of putting down a pavement in the approaches to the library that shall be in keeping with the beautiful library building and the grounds about it, and that shall be so constructed, and of such materials as to be permanent, thus disposing of the whole matter, once for all, and in the best way.
In the month of July last, Mr. Henry Barker, who had been one of the library Trustees from the time of its foundation in 1871, passed away. A special meeting of the Board was at once called, at which remarks were made by the members expressive of their sense of the loss which the library had sus- tained. It was also voted that the library should be closed during the day of his obsequies, and that the Trustees should attend the funeral as a body.
The following resolutions were adopted : -
WHEREAS, In the providence of God, our beloved friend and asso- ciate, Henry Barker, has been removed from us by death, be it
Resolved, That we shall cherish his memory as that of one who was faithful to every trust reposed in him; who lived the life of a true man, just in all his dealings, sincere in his utterances, and of unswerv- ing devotion to those principles he deemed to be right ; and be it further
Resolved, That as a Trustee of the Quincy Public Library from its foundation in 1871 until the time of his death, and also as its first and only Treasurer, he rendered services that were alike honorable to himself and valuable to the Library ; and be it futher
Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon the records of the Library, and published in the Quincy Patriot, and that a copy of them be transmitted to the family of the deceased.
It seems fitting that mention should here be made of the death of B. Franklin Crane, one of the family to whose generosity the City of Quincy owes its fine library building. Mr. Crane died at Stamford, Conn., the 12th of October, 1889. He was the second son of the late
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Thomas Crane, in whose memory the public library building was erected. Funeral services were held at Stamford, October 16th, the interment taking place at Greenwood Cemetery, N. Y.
The Trustees submit below a statement showing the cost of maintaining the library during the past year.
EXPENSES.
Salaries and assistance
$1,885 31
Books, printing, etc. .
1,428 29
Lighting
151 08
Fuel
172 46
Sundries
187 20
Care of grounds
173 12
Expressing
79 60
$4,077 06
CHARLES F. ADAMS, F. A. CLAFLIN, WILLIAM H. PRICE,
EMERY L. CRANE,
GEORGE I. ALDRICH, H. A. KEITH,
Trustees.
TREASURER'S REPORTS.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in treasury, January 7, 1889,
$1,805 54
Repairs streets 579 50
County Treasurer
1,459 04
Sinking Fund
10,000 00
State Treasurer, National Bank tax,
1,915 63
66 Corporation tax .
6,669 52
income Massachu-
setts School Fund ·
100 08
State Treasurer, burial State paupers,
10 00
279, Acts 1889 . ·
443 50
State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1889 ·
1,812 00
Public Library, Catalogue Fund
487 81
City Clerk, fees and licenses .
504 72
Repair Fund of lots in Mt. Wollas- ton Cemetery
150 00
Burial places
2,526 50
Amount carried forward $29,072 40
4a
State Aid, Chap.
H. Barker, Treasurer,
608 56
62
Amount brought forward $29,072 40
Peddlers licenses . · 64 00
Land sold for taxes .. 16 80
Fines from District Court ·
10 00
Neponset Bridge (new)
431 13
B. N. Adams, Collector, account tax, 1887 2,859 15
B. N. Adams, Collector, account tax, 1888 12,800 00
B. N. Adams, Collector, account tax. 1889 .
119,247 83
Quincy Tirrell, Collector, account tax, 1886
789 89
Notes payable
309,759 29
Parks .
226 60
Almshouse
230 67
Poor out of almshouse
1,244 02
Repairs, bridges City Hall
18 98
35 00
Rents
71 50
Sidewalks
636 47
Willard School (special )
70.05
Interest of Quincy Tirrell, Collec- tor
110 65
Interest of B. N. Adams, Collector,
821 13
on deposits in bank .
108 20
Premiums and accrued interest on loans .
3,472 00
Amount carried forward
$482,095 76
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Amount brought forward $482,095 76
PAYMENTS.
General repairs streets . $17,533 25
Care City Hall
771 78
Evening schools .
1,198 91
Pay Fire Department, 1889
5,232 38 ·
66 66 1888 . .
2,706 76
Police .
1,588 73 ·
Miscellaneous school expenses
3,967 43
School Teachers' salaries and care of rooms . . 43,872 08
Books and stationery (schools) · 2,299 26
Transportation of scholars
947 20
Evening drawing schools
829 91
Repairs school houses .
1,995. 07 .
Miscellaneous fire expenses
·
2,607 44
66 city expenses 3,466 56
Parks 551 35
Pay City Officers .
9,541 46
Almshouse
3,564 62 ·
Poor out of almshouse
4,922 30
Lighting streets
8,839 25
Repairs of bridges
382 04
State Aid, Chap. 279, Acts 1889
1,114 00
301, Acts 1889
1,635 00
Removal of snow
146 07
Police Station
384 42
Hydrants
3,368 75
Amounts carried forward, $123,466 02 $482,095 76
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Amounts brought forward, $123,466 02 $482,095 76
Fountains
182 56
Books, Public Library
1,428 29
.
Expressing, Public Library
79 60
Salaries,
1,885 31
Care of grounds,
173 12
Miscellaneous, . .
187 20
County Tax
6,193 80
State Tax
9,780 00
Horse keeping
836 51
Board of Health
844 76
Sidewalks
1,697 49
Advertising, printing and stationery, 2,125 76 Repairs, steamer house . 229 36
engine houses
112 34
hook and ladder house 2 50
public buildings .
1,763 21
Burial places 3,358 95
Law Department
114 76
Horse shoeing
105 00
Board of Assessors 521 24
Fuel and lights, Public Library 323 54
Memorial Day
300 00
Elections
599 32
Collection of garbage
613 55
New hose . 300 00
New supply wagon
225 00
Heating City Hall
780 19
Amounts carried forward, $158,229 38 $482,095 76
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Amounts brought forward, $158,229 38 $482,095 76
Steam whistle
325 00
Sewer survey
930 28
Ellen McGue claim
410 00
Whelan & Hurley claim
50 00
G. T. Laing
1,000 00
Payment of debt
. 28,380 00
Notes payable, temporary loan,
156,600 00
Interest on notes
3,173 05
Interest on Repair Fund of lots in Mt. Wollaston cemetery
· 238 75
Copeland Street
925 65
Elm
2,995 67
Canal
.
1,824 16
Howard
449 80
Common
2,900 60
Whitwell
298 66
Hancock
8,000 00
Squantum
292 98
Sachem Brook
1,385 72
Hancock Street crossing
40 00
Culvert, Teal Pond
226 50
Quincy Avenue
75 00
South Street
100 00
Neponset Bridge (new) 20,747 75
Deepening and widening brooks 910 87
Lawyer's Lane and field
100 00
Willard School (special)
5,395 59
Amounts carried forward,
$396,005 41 $482,095 76
5
.
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Amounts brought forward, $396,005 41 $482,095 76
Willard School house (new) 182 62
Willard School land .. . 15,800 00
Wollaston School-house extension 3,679 33
Wollaston School land 562 50
Franklin Street crossing 16 00
J. H. Gilbert and J. L. Eldridge 550 00
State Treasurer National Bank tax 1,918 70
corporation tax 674 14
D. F. French claim
1,283 74
420,672 44
Balance in treasury 61,423 32
HORACE B. SPEAR,
City Treasurer.
SINKING FUND.
CASH ACCOUNT.
Dr.
To balance January 7, 1889 ·
$25 71
notes secured by mortgage paid, 9,451 80
interest on same ·
763 56
City of Quincy, for note 10,000 00
interest on same 51 67
Amount carried forward
. $20,292 74
67
Amount brought forward .
$20,292 74
To interest on deposit in Savings
Bank ·
40 70
City of Quincy, for note of State Treasurer 10,000 00
$30,333 44
Cr.
By loan to City of Quincy
$10,000 00
State Treasurer, for note
10,000 00
deposit in Quincy Savings Bank,
40 70
City of Quincy
10,000 00
balance
292 74
$30,333 44
GENERAL ACCOUNT. Amount of Fund, invested as follows :
Deposit in Quincy Savings Bank . $1,048 62
Cash on hand deposited in bank 292 74
$1,341 36
HORACE B. SPEAR, Treasurer.
WOODWARD FUND.
CASH ACCOUNT. Dr.
To' balance in treasury, January, 1889 $7,548 49
interest on City of Lynn bonds 180 00
Amount carried forward $7,728 49
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Amount brought forward . .
$7,728 49
To interest on City of Boston bonds
200 00
Cambridge bonds
90 00
. .
66 Toledo .
.
150 00
. .
66 Cleveland .
200 00
. .
66 Minneapolis .
325 00
Pawtucket .
250 00
Sheboygan 66
112 50
. . Town of Weymouth bonds . 280 00
Old Colony Railroad .
120 00
Eastern .
300 00
.6 Philadelphia, Wilmington & Bal- timore Railroad bonds
200 00
66
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad bonds . ·
500 00
Vermont & Massachusetts Rail- road bonds · Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad bonds . ·
200 00
.6 New York & New England
300 00
66 Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg &
New Bedford Railroad
bonds 125 00
66 Union Pacific Railroad bonds 150 00
.. Boston & Lowell Railroad bonds . 175 00
Consolidated Railroad of Ver- mont bonds 270 00
Amount carried forward
$11,735 99
.
60 00
Railroad bonds . ·
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Amount brought forward $11,735 99
To interest on Fitchburg Railroad bonds . 315 00
Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad bonds 175 00
Union Pacific, Lincoln & Colo- rado Railroad bonds 125 00
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad bonds ·
183 19
Southern Kansas Railroad bonds,
400 00
dividend Boston & Albany Railroad
176 00
Old Colony Railroad
518 00
National Mount Wollaston Bank
175 00
interest on loans secured by mortgage ·
1,229 37
to City of Quincy .
856 74
rents from sundry persons .
1,268 16
grass sold .
38 00
loans secured by mortgage
2,200 00
City of Quincy, for loans .
49,180 00
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad bonds (called in) ·
1,010 00
$69,585 45
Cr.
By loans to City of Quincy
$43,875 55
loans secured by mortgage .
1,500 00
accrued interest on same .
10 00
5 bonds City of Minneapolis, 4 per cent,
$1,000 each
5,125 00
accrued interest on same .
10 56
Amount carried forward
$50,521 11
.
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Amount brought forward . $50.521 11 By 5 bonds City of Sheboygan, 4 1-2 per cent. $1,000 each 5.200 00
accrued interest on same .
20 00
5 bonds Lincoln & Colorado Railroad. 5 per cent, $1,000 each 5,000 00
accrued interest on same . 43 06
5 bonds Detroit. Lansing & Northern Rail- road, 7 per cent, $1,000 each. accrued interest on same . · Sanborn & Damon, repairs . ·
5.875 00
152 64
4 89
coupon on Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (called bond ) 25 00
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co .. rent of safe 25 00
one-third tax on Faneuil Hall Square est. ·
163 40
City of Quincy, tax of 1889
474 12
C. A. Spear, services as Secretary .
10 00
H. B. Spear, services as Treasurer 200 00
Balance
1,871 23
$75.424 99
STATEMENT OF THE FUND. JANUARY 1. 1890.
Personal property received from estate of Dr.
Woodward $30,089 83
Received from sale of land
45,215 16
" pews 120 00
Amount carried forward .
$75,424 99
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Amount brought forward . $75,424 99
Personal property received from executors of the will of Mrs. Mary A. W. Woodward Income account
51,556 78
100.171 26 .
$227,153 03
Less profit and loss account .
3,657 50
$223,495 53
Invested as follows :
.
10,800 Consolidated Railroad of Vermont
bonds, 5 per cent $9,460 00
4 bonds City of Boston, 5 per cent, $1,000 each . 4,430 00
3 " Cambridge, 6 per cent, $1,000 each · 3,330 00
3
" Lynn, 6 per cent, $1,000 cach 3,285 00
3
Toledo, 5 · 5
3,067 50
" Minneapolis, 4 1-2 per cent, $1,000 each . ·
5,187 50
5
66 66 Cleveland, 4 per cent, $1,000 each · ·
5,262 50
10
Pawtucket, 5 per cent, $500 each ·
5,325 00
7 " Town of Weymouth, 4 per cent, $1,000 each ·
7,542 50
2
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Rail- road, 6 per cent, $1,000 each ·
2,000 00
$48,890 00 Amount carried forward .
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Amount brought forward . $48,890 00
2 bonds Old Colony Railroad. 6 per cent, $1000 each 2.047 50
Boston & Lowell Railroad, 5 per cent.
$1,000 each 7.295 00
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad. 5 per cent, $1,000 each 4.200 00
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. 5 per cent, $1,000 each 10,762. 50
5 Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg & New Bed- .. ford Railroad, 5 per cent, $1.000 each 5.125 00
5 .. Eastern Railroad, 6 per cent. $1.000 each 5,546 25 10 .. New York & New England Railroad, 6 per cent. $1,000 each 10.103 75
4 . Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad, 5 per cent, $1,000 each 4,440 00
.. Union Pacific Railroad, 6 per cent. $1,000 each
5.593 75
Receipt for 3 bonds Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, 5 per cent. $1,000 each . 3.055 00
Receipt of 8 bonds Southern Kansas Railroad. 5 per cent, $1,000 each 8,120 00
5 bonds City of Minneapolis, 4 per cent, $1,000 each 5.125 00
$120.303 75 Amount carried forward .
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Amount brought forward . $120,303 75
5 bonds City of Sheboygan, 4 per cent, $1,000 each .
5,200 00
5 " Lincoln & Colorado Railroad, 5 per
cent, $1,000 each 5,000 00
5 " Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad, 7 per cent, $1,000 each 5,875 00
148 shares Old Colony Railroad
26,640 00
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66 Fitchburg ·
7,260 00
22
Boston & Albany Railroad
4,400 00
10 " Consolidated Railroad of Vermont 500 00
25 National Mount Wollaston Bank
3,695 00
7 bonds Fitchburg Railroad, 4 1-2 per cent, $1,000 each 7,000 00
Loans secured by mortgage
22,675 00
to City of Quincy
13,075 55
Cash in treasury
1,871 23
$223,495 53
HORACE B. SPEAR, Treasurer.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
To H. O. FAIRBANKS, ESQ., PRESIDENT, AND THE HONOR- ABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL :
Gentlemen .- I herewith submit my annual report of the finances of the city for the year ending December 31st. 1889. showing cash in hand. a statement of the appropriations, expenditures and balances on hand, the statement of the debt. and the debt falling due this year.
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, and find vouchers for all payments. The balance of cash as shown by his report has been paid over to Mr. B. N. Adams, Treasurer.
Respectfully. JNO. O. HALL. Auditor.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
BRYANT N. ADAMS, Collector. IN ACCOUNT CITY OF QUINCY. TAX 1887.
1889. Jan. 1. Balance due city Dec. 31. Interest on tax . Mar. 9. Cash to H. B. Spear,
$5,303 44 .
250 17
Treasurer $500 00
July 15.
Cash to H. B. Spear,
Treasurer 1,100 00
Sept. 11.
Cash to H. B. Spear,
Treasurer 700 00
Nov. 8.
Cash to H. B. Spear, Treasurer 569 15
" 31.
Cash to H. B. Spear,
Treasurer, interest; 250 17
Balance due city Jan-
uary 1, 1890 ·
2,281 35
Rebates
152 94
$5,553 61
$5,553 61
Balance due city, Jan- uary 1, 1890
$2,281 35
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TAX 1888.
1889.
Jan. 1. Balance due city
$22,055 86
Dec. 31. Interest
405 52
Dec. 31. Cash at sundry times
to H. B. Spear,
Treasurer . $12,800 00
Cash (interest)
405 52
Rebates
309 09
Balance
8,946 77
$22,461 38
$22,461 38
Balance due city, Jan.
1,1890
$8,946 77
TAX 1889.
Tax 1889, as committed
$143,537 29
Omitted
500 95
Interest
155 44
Dec. 31. .. Cash paid H. B. Spear,
Treasurer . $119,247 83
Cash paid H. B. Spear,
Treasurer, interest 155 44
Rebates
1,200 08
Balance tax due
23,590 33
$144,193 68
$144.193 68
Balance due city Jan.
1,1890
$23,590 33
77
DEBT STATEMENT.
State of Mass. note due June 1, 1889 $10,000 00
" " January 27, 1890. · 10,000 00
Woodward Fund, note due on demand 10,000 00
2,100 00
2,300 00
66
1,130 00
2,850 00
Interest accrued on notes 640 05
Repair Fund, for lots in cemetery
4,925 00
Rock Island Fund 727 50
Neponset Bridge Loan (10 year)
·
20,000 00
Willard School Loan (10 year)
15,800 00
Wollaston School Loan (10 year)
11,000 00
Wm. B. Rice, four notes due Sept. 1st, in 1891- 92-93-94 4,000 00
Wm. B. Rice, note due Sept. 1st, 1890, garbage, D. F. French ·
1,000 00
1,283 74
Willard School House Loan (10 years) 77,000 00
Note due Dec. 30, 1890, Geo. T. Laing, Admr., Hurley & Whalen 50 00
1,000 00
Sept. 11, 1890, sewer survey
930 28
Dec. 16, 1890, steam whistle
325 00
Nov. 1, 1890, streets, hydrants, etc.,
4,888 58
Oct. 1, 1891, Whitwell Street 1,000 00
Oct. 1, 1892, .
1,250 00
Amount carried forward
. $184,200 15
66
·
78
Amount brought forward . $184,200 15
Note due July 15, 1890, land Woll. School 562 50
heating City Hall 780 19
Nov. 1, 1890, additional for mis. fire., 1,200 00
Oct. 1, 1890, bills of J. L. Eldridge, 500 00
J. H. Gilbert, 50 00
Oct. 28, 1890, claim of Ellen McGue,
410 00
Dec. 1, 1890, land damage, Copeland Street 129 00
Dec. 26, 1890, care City Hall 500 00
Hancock Street 3,500 00.
Common Street
4,000 00
6 6 award to Mr. Tigue
200 00
Lawyer's Lane and land of Geo. H. Field, 450 00
repairs of public bld'gs., 850 00
Additional "appropriation for advertising, printing and stationery 500 00
$197,831 84
Less paid in 1889
29,020 05
$168,811 79
STATEMENT OF DEBT FALLING DUE
IN 1890.
Note due Jan. 27th
$10,000 00
Two bonds Willard School land .
1,580 00
Amount carried forward . $11,580 00
79
Amount brought forward $11,580 00
Two bonds Wollaston School Loan . 1,100 00
Note due Sept. 1st, Garbage Loan . 1,000 00
award D. F. French 1,283 74
Fourteen bonds Willard School Loan 7,700 00
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