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$29,851 04
Less transfer from other Departments,
$7,850 79
$22,000 25
Permanent Sidewalks.
Balance Jan., 1898,
$103 16
EXPENDED, ACCOUNT 1898.
Charles Wilson,
$70 00
Pay roll, .
33 16
$103 16
Appropriation 1899,
$8,000 00
EXPENDED.
Simpson Bros.,
. $2,538 29
Pay roll,
1,181 42
John Fallon & Sons, .
700 46
O. T. Rogers Granite Co.,
343 40
John Anderson,
559 48
Johnson & Anderson,
970 75
J. W. Ward,
9 97
C. G. Kelley,
6 10
A. J. Richards & Son,
642 50
Hugh Kilmartin.
208 00
Walter H. Ripley,
45 80
B. Johnson,
4 35
J. P. McCarty,
9 72
C. M. Jenness,
3 82
H. T. Whitman,
35 31
Harkins Bros.,
215 01
J. W .* Baillie
97
E. J. Sandberg,
23 76
E. V. Trask,
32 16
C. A. Dutton,
36 80
101
H. Gore & Co.,
$72 00
Streets,
360 43
$8,000 00
Playgrounds.
Balance Jan. 1, 1899,
$2,722 46
Balance,
$2,722 46
Received from sale of Playground Ward 5,
$4,000 00
Balance,
$4,000 00
School Street Widening.
Appropriation, 1899,
$2,500 00
EXPENDED.
Mary T. Lawton,
. $1,500 00
Perry Lawton,
14 00
H. T. Whitman,
12 00
Pay roll,
438 98
John Wesson,
10 89
John Anderson,
175 00
J. W. Nash,
2 21
$2,153 08
Balance,
$346 92
Street Lighting. EXPENDED, ACCOUNT 1898.
Quincy Electric Light & Power Co., $69 69
Appropriation, 1899, $17,600 00
EXPENDED.
Wheeler Reflector Co., .
. $1,333 98
Gas Co.,
. 1,340 04
Quincy Electric Light & Power Co., . 14,787 15
Balance,
$138 83
Street Watering.
Appropriation, 1899, . $4,400 00
Appropriation from balances, 1898, .
.
400 00
- $17,461 17
$4,800 00
102
EXPENDED.
American Car Sprinkler Co., $3,300 00
H. T. Whitman,
33,12
Streets,
1,400 00
A. M. Nightingale,
35 00
$4,768 12
Balance,
$31 88
Removal of Snow. EXPENDED, ACCOUNT 1898.
John Cashman,
$75 00
J. Gearin,
15 20
M. A. Mitten,
42 00
Appropriation, 1899, . $9,500 00
Appropriation from Street Railway Tax, . 200 00
$9,700 00
EXPENDED.
Pay roll,
. $8,488 75
E. J. Sandberg,
141 50
Hugh Kilmartin,
256 50
James Ward,
24 00
John McCarty,
13 20
A. E. Nash,
7 50
Lawrence White,
14 40
Thomas Whalen,
33 85
E. J. Lane,
8 00
J. Falvey,
13 95
John C. Ballou,
90 75
John Gill,
4 50
O. T. Rogers Granite Co.,
32 40
A. Reinhalter,
17 00
C. L. Prescott,
23 50
T. Keenan,
32 00
E. Menhinick,
3 00
Henry Laval,
50 17
Loud & Tribou,
13 70
Boynton & Russell,
14 00
$132 20
103
M. Crowley,
$48 50
J. Gearin,
27 60
M. Cross,
9 00
Charles Herbert,
27 00
C. G. Fletcher,
51 00
J. Q. A. Field,
94 50
A. H. Lowe,
9 00
B. F. Hodgkinson,
21 01
Badger Bros ..
5 20
Huckins Farm,
54 30
$9,629 78
Balance,
$70 22
State and Military Aid. EXPENDED, ACCOUNT 1898.
Pay roll,
$10 00
Appropriation, 1899,
$6,732 00
EXPENDED, CHAPTER 301.
Pay roll,.
. $4,188 00
A. Merrill,
4 00
H. J. Hunt,
4 00
S. Gourley,
4 00
G. A. Bent,
3 00
$4,203 00
EXPENDED, CHAPTER 447.
J. F. Moran,
$270 00
George H. Nicholson,
8 00
Pay roll, .
1,418 00
C. F. Moran,
42 00
David Jordan,
10 00
M. E. Behan,
5 00 --
$1,753 00
EXPENDED, CHAPTER 279.
Pay roll, .
$562 00
J. F. Moran,
8 00
$570 00
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104
EXPENDED, CHAPTER 561.
Mary Logan,
$4 00
Pay roll, .
202 00
$206 00
Street Crossings.
Appropriation, 1899, $1,000 00
EXPENDED.
Pay roll,
$240 83
O. T. Rogers Granite Co.,
634 60
W. Shea & Son,
121 80
$997 23
Balance,
$2 77
Widening Hancock Street near Music Hall.
Balance, January 1, 1899, . $1,434 00
EXPENDED.
Pay roll, .
$299 95
H. H. Faxon,
406 25
$706 20
Balance,
$727 80
Draining Old Colony Street, Ward 6.
Balance, January 1, 1899, . $187 10
Balance,
$187 10
Widening Hancock and Granite Streets.
Balance, January 1, 1899, $1,000 00
Balance,
$1,000 00
Tafford Street, Rebuilding and Regrading.
Appropriation, 1899, $500 00
EXPENDED.
Pay roll, .
$475 37
H. T. Whitman,
21 60
105
J. W. Nash,
$2 33
$499 30
Balance,
$0 70
Willard Street Lines.
Appropriation, 1899,
$1,500 00
Pay roll,
. $1,062 23
Daniel O'Connor,
300 94
R. J. Teasdale,
2 00
Berry Bros.,
21 00
John Vogel,
19 85
J. W. Nash,
3 02
B. Johnson,
40 40
H. T. Whitman
28 83
Daniel Copp,
18 75
$1,497 02
Balance,
$2 98
Willard Street Wall.
Appropriation, 1899,
$200 00
Balance,
$200 00
Water Supply-Maintenance. EXPENDED, ACCOUNT 1898.
E. B. Souther,
$2 68
William Westland,
80
Sanborn & Damon,
2 30
Daniel Russell, .
2 50
E. Packard & Co.,
1 05
J. W. Nash,
2 69
C. M. Jenness,
2 34
Charles Miller, .
2 55
Town of Braintree, tax of 1897,
49 82
Town of Braintree, tax of 1898,
48 23
EXPENDED.
$114 96
106
Appropriation, 1899,
$9,000 00
EXPENDED.
Pay roll, . . $4,755 59
W. W. Ewell,
490 00
C. L. Hammond,
176 80
Ashcroft Manufacturing Co ..
10 00
C. A. Claflin & Co.,
7 98
Gas Co.,
38 91
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.,
1 00
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., 145 00
New York & Boston Despatch Express, 17 95
Old Colony Boot & Shoe Co., 2 40
11 60
Water supply, . 4 50
A. J. Richards & Son,
154 24
E. B. Souther,
3 61
J. F. Sheppard & Son,
146 55
Estate of C. P. Tirrell,
336 00
H. T. Whitman,
12 00
J. R. Wild,
5 55
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.,
56 16
George W. Jones,
12 00
S. Hobbs & Co.,
7 25
F. F. Green,
33 50
Tirrell & Sons, .
333 87
F. Abele, .
2 00
F. H. Crane & Sons,
36 26
B. Johnson,
125 68
Geo. W. Prescott & Son,
23 00
Talbot & Emerson,
138 28
J. W. Nash,
83 57
A. B. Packard, .
1 70
Quincy & Boston Street Railway Co.,
80 00
George Ames, .
75
Winslow & Gallagher Co.,
25 77
Willam Westland,
19 00
Coffin Valve Co.,
4 08
C. F. Carlson, .
7 50
Quincy Electric Light & Power Co.,
107
Charles Miller,
$27 15
J. F. Hourihan,
95 60
C. W. Hudson Oil Co.,
1 50
Thomas Hoey,
117 28
A. Mudge & Son,
33 00
E. B. Brown,
128 00
Billings, King & Co.,
8 05
A. C. Harvey Co.
35 78
C. Patch & Son,
11 40
Robt. W. Niff,
19 80
S. Scammell,
2 00
Fire and water,
3 00
C. F. Pettengill,
2 95
E. S. Beckford,
2 55
P. Buckley,
25 00
Lynn Electric Nov. Co.,
6 00
J. P. O'Brien,
4 30
Chapman Valve Co.,
6 02
Streets,
780 00
G. F. Wilson,
60
Wyckoff Leaman & Benedict,
2 80
William Hayden,
11 38
Pinel Bros.,
19 65
Edward Ferguson,
3 50
Sumner & Goodwin,
30 00
J. E. Keniley,
1 00
Granite Shoe store,
4 00
J. F. Kemp,
4 24
Cavanagh Bros.,
200 00
Balance,
$103 40
Water Supply-Extensions.
Appropriation, 1899,
$30,00000
Receipts,
5,894 54
-- $35,894 54
EXPENDED.
Pay roll, .
.$11,735 37
$8,896 60
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108
N. Y. & B. Despatch Express, . $11 25
Sumner & Goodwin,
242 12
Streets,
20 15
J. F. Sheppard & Son, 8 00
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co.,
5,659 71
Boston Lead Manufacturing Co.,
573 65
Thomas Hoey,
91 41
A. C. Harvey Co.,
153 55
B. Johnson, 70 98
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
401 09
A. B. Packard
174 54
M. F. Brennan, . 193 61
Harrington, King & Co.,
34 86
Wollaston Foundry Co.,
75 40
Callahan Supply Co.,
2,373 02
Boston Bank Note Co.,
35 00
Peter Haverly,
15 00
David Roach,
15 00
Coffin Valve Co.,
2,899 00
J. F. Kemp, .
3 60
Harrington Valve Manufacturing Co.,
53 00
Charles Miller, .
13 35
Cornell and Underhill,
10,253 37
Star Pipe Janster Co.,
40 00
E. J. Sandberg,
3 00
R. J. Teasdale, .
35 06
W. H. Sampson, Jr.,
33 75
Chapman Valve Co.
12 92
Builders Iron Foundry,
93 60
Granite Shoe store,
24 00
C. M. Jenness,
5 58
Thomas Cotton,
10 50
Mike Crowley,
82 78
John Funningham,
1 36
George Rodman,
4 86
J. T. Havahan,
159 00
$35,612 44
Balance,
$282 10
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Interest-City Debt.
Appropriation,
$10,231 20
EXPENDED.
Liberty, Penn and Quincy streets, $150 00
School house lot, Norfolk Downs,
144 00
School house lot, West Quincy, 120 00
School house loan,
2,400 00
Neponset bridge,
80 00
Copeland street,
640 00
Wollaston school house,
40 00
Hancock street,
375 00
City stable,
175 00
East Elm avenue,
267 75
Walker street,
78 22
New engine house, .
280 00
Hancock and Granite streets,
181 44
Permanent sidewalks,
610 00
Harris claim,
116 76
Miller Stile road,
76 00
Squantum street,
10 00
Sea street, 20 00
Quincy and Adams school houses,
280 00
Pleasant and School streets,
36 00
Lincoln avenue drain, 36 00
Billings road and West Elm avenue,
90 00
Willard school land, 63 20
Water street,
433 33
Brooks and bridges,
17 50
Sewers, - House connections,
17 50
Faxon road,
20 00
Adams street,
240 00
Washington street culvert,
35 00
Washington street drain,
52 50
Willard school house,
308 00
Chemical hook and ladder,
72 00
Common street,
72 00
Squantum causeway
100 00
Hose house, Wards 2 and 4,
230 00
110
High school house,
. $1,080 00
Steam fire whistle,
14 00
Water supply-maintenance,
35 00
Removal of snow,
105 00
High school land,
675 00
Hancock street paving,
385 00
-$10,161 20
Balance, $70 00
Interest-Park Debt.
Appropriation, 1899,
$1,800 00
Expended,
$1,760 00
$
0 40
Interest-Anticipation Taxes.
Appropriation, 1899,
$6,500 00
EXPENDED.
F. S. Moseley & Co.,
$439 59
State of Massachusetts,
2,687 50
George Mixter,
421 45
Rogers, Newman & Tolman,
2,507 50 - $6,056 04
$443 96
Interest-Sewer Debt.
Appropriation,
$12,176 25
Interest-Water Debt.
Appropriation, $28,707 50
Expended,
$28,735 00
Statement of Appropriations, Expenditures and Balances for 1899.
1898.
1899.
Bal. Jan 1, 1899.
Expended.
Balance.
Appropri- ation.
Expended. $ $2,161 58 l
Balance.
Almshouse,
Poor out of Almshouse,
2,013 68
$11,000 00
1 8,837 95 5
Advertising, Printing,
and Stationery,
158 57
3,500 00
3,359 05
140 95
Assessors,
Transfers,
165 00
Books, Binding, Postage,
157 75
Miscellaneous,
6 44
155 09
Clerk,
820 00
Alterations in Engine and Hose Houses.
56 36
1,125 00
998 60
126 40
Abolishing Grade Crossings,
500 00
75 00
425 00
Beale Street, Footway Beale Street Bridge,
275 00
8 00
267 00
Bridges,
19 28
2,500 00
2,433 28
66 72
Burial Places,
16 60
5,064 62
4,980 89
83 73
Billings Road and West Elm Ave.,
260 70
Billings Road
3,000 00
2,990 02
9 98
Pay of City Officers,
543 45
15,800 00
15,166 70
633 30
Clerk-Executive Department,
625 00
625 00
Clerk-Treasurer
520 00
520 00
Clerk-City Clerk,
420 00
420 00
Clerk-Collector,
400 00
400 00
Contingent Fund,
75 00
66 75
8 25
111
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1,500 00
1,499 92
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Arthur Street.
$421 05
47
1 300 00
2 16
1898.
1899.
Bal. Jan 1, 1899.
Expended.
Balance.
Appropri- ation.
Expended.
Balance.
City Debt, Coddington Street Widening,
30,700 00
15,937 57
14,762 43
Coddington and Wollaston School Plumbing, Cranch Hill Schoolhouse Land,
2,500 00
60 38
2,439 62
Sewer Debt,
8,000 00
8,000 00
Park Debt,
1,000 00
1,000 00
Decoration Day,
350 00
350 00
City Hospital,
3,000 00
3,000 00
Engineering,
300 00
296 06
3 94
Edgestones and Sidewalks,
2 000 00
1,913 78
86 22
Laying out East Elm Avenue,
496 18
496 18
Faxon Road,
450 00
450 00
Fire Department :
Repairs, Fixtures,
378 92
850 00
632 15
217 85
Pay of Men,
14,407 00
13,831 36
575 64
Horse Shoeing, Keeping,
157 07
2,079 36
1,920 17
159 19
Keeping Chief's Horse,
200 .00
200 00
Fire Alarm Telegraph,
575 58
1,400 00
916 94
483 06
Coal and Fuel,
218 81
350 00
250 37
99 63
Lighting Engine Houses,
37 00
450 00
327 37
122 63
Firemen's Clothing,
200 00
47 00
153 00
Miscellaneous,
322 84
2,850 00
2,635 51
214 49
Horses, Harnesses and Hose,
250 00
1,000 00
935 00
5 00
Wollaston,
400 00
400 00
Howard Street Widening,
1,400 00
584 98
S15 02
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Goddard Ave. and Federal St.,
200 00
199 94
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Fire Alarm Whistle,
81.950 25
81,950 25
5,000 00
5,000 00
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112
Healthı,
Adv'g, Postage, Sundries, Abating Nuisances and Contagious Diseases,
76 25
3,676 26
548 91
Garbage, Inspection,
600 01
Hancock Street Paving
11 000 00
11,000 00
Hook and Ladder Truck,
2,200 00
2,200 00
Inspection of Plumbing,
13 50
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18,531 20
17,977 24
Interest-Water,
28,707 50
28,735 00
Interest-Sewer,
12,176 25
13,371 25
John Hancock Tablet,
200 00
178 25
21 75
6,095 57
155 89
Books,
912 81
Catalogue Fund,
576 16
Periodicals, Binding and Printing,
735 90
Salaries and Assistants,
2,620 41
Fuel and Lighting,
11 21
313 06
Miscellaneous,
8 00
781 34
Law Department,
75 00
59 75
15 25
Madison Street,
600 00
498 68
101 32
Miscellaneous City Expenses,
189 28
6 000 00
5,980 25
19 75
Nightingale Avenue,
500 00
500 00
Police-Permanent Men,
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7,488 00
7,488 00
Police Station,
20 30
450 00
363 19
86 81
Special Police and Miscel- laneous,
2,500 00
2,473 01
26 99
Enforcement of Liquor Law,
1 20000
1,110 67
89 33
Parks,
4 28
300 00
295 48
4 52
Quarry Street Paving,
7,500 00
7,470 46
29 54
Repairs of Public Buildings and
care of City Hall,
429 61
4,500 00
2,742 77
10 04
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Chief's Salary.
1,000 00
1,000 00
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24 90
2,502 44
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES AND BALANCES-(Continued).
1898.
1899.
Bal. Jan 1, 1899.
Expended.
Balance.
Appropri- ation.
Expended.
Balance.
Repair of Schoolhouses,
Streets,
607 88
27,233 00 1,000 00
27,000 75
232 25
Street Crossings,
Widening Hancock Street from School Street to Music Hall,
1,434 00
706 20
727 80
Draining Old;Colony Street,
Ward 6,
187 10
187 10
Widening Hancock and Granite Streets,
1,000 00
1,000 00
Payne Street,
243 79
243 79
300 00
300 00
Drain and Catch Basin, Washing- ton Street,
Culvert, Washington and Canal Streets,
347 52
200 00
193 75
6 25
Sewer Maintenance
Sewer Expenses of Assessment
30,108 84
30,108 84
73,000 00
60,978 98
12,026 02
Sewer, House Connections,
3,356 40
3,356 40
Sewer, House Connections, Sewer Commissioners,
6,000 00
5,300 26
699 74
Playgrounds,
2,722 46
2,722 46
Amount received from sale of Playground in Ward 5,
4,000,00
4,000 00
8,000 00
8.000 00
School Street Widening,
2,500 00
2,153 08
346 92
Extension of Newcomb Street,
110 25
108 75
1 50
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997 23
2 77
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Permanent Sidewalks,
103 16
103 16
6,000 00
3,152 09
1,103 84
1,744 07
Sewer Construction,
1,747 19
Street Lighting, Street Watering, Removal of Snow,
69 69
17,600 00
17,461 17
138 83
4,800.00
4,768 12
31 88
132 20
9 700 00
9,629 78
70 22
State and Military Aid, Chapter 301, Chapter 279,
10 00
6,732 00
4,203 00
570 00
Chapter 298 and 447,
1,753 00
Chapter 561,
206 00
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Schools,
97,000 00
Evening,
1,289 84
Janitors,
6,234 00
Salaries,
76,048 61
Books, Supplies and Sundries,
38 20
7,519 93
Transportation,
879 30
Fuel,
5,028 32
Trafford Street,
499 30
70
Willard Street
1,500 00
1,497 02
2 98
Water Supply-Maintenance, 1898,
114 96
9,000 00
8,896 60
103 40
Water Supply-Construction, 1899,
35,894 54
35,612 44
282 10
Water Debt,
29,500 00
29,500 00
Anticipation of Taxes,
147,000 00
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$41,545 78
$188,304 40
$662,581 25
$618,026 33
$44,554 92
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Water Supply-Maintenance, 1899,
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500 00
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Debt Statement of Quincy, December 31, 1899.
Year.
Municipal.
Playgrounds.
$1,000
Water. $30,500
Sewer. $10,300
.
$112,750 98
1901,
46,305 61
1,000
30,500
11,300
89,105 61
1902,
29,450 00
1,000
. 30,500
. 11,300
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72,250 00
1903,
27,550 00
1,000
30,500
11,300
70,350 00
1904,
27,150 00
2,000
30,500
11,300
70,950 00
1.905,
26,650 00
2,000
30,500
11,300
70,450 00
1.906,
24,650 00
2,000
30,500
10,300
67,450 00
1907,
16,150 00
2,000
30,500
10,300
58,950 00
1908,
15,150 00
2,000
30,500
10,300
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57,950 00
1909,
11,450 00
2,000
30,500
10,300
54.250 00
1910,
6,750 00
2,000
30,500
10,000
49,250 00
1911,
1,500 00
2,000
30,500
10,000
44,000 00
1912,
1,500
00
2,000
30,500
10,000
44,000 00
1913,
1,500 00
2,000
30,500
10,000
44,000 00
1914,
1,500 00
2.000
30,500
10,000
44,000 00
1915,
1,500 00
2,000
29,500
10,000
43,000 00
1916,
1,500 00
2,000
28,500
10,000
42,000 00
1917,
1,500 00
2,000
27,500
10,000
41,000 00
1918,
1,500 00
. 2,000
26,500
10,000
40,000 00
1919,
1,500 00
2,000
26,500
10,000
40,000 00
1920,
1,500 00
2,000
26,500
10,000
40,000 00
1921,
1,500 00
2,000
26,500
10,000
40,000 00
1922,
1,500 00
2,000
26,500
10.000
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40,000 00
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Grand Totals.
1900,
$79,950 98
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1923, 1924,
1,500 00
2,000
26,500
10,000
40,000 00
5,500
10.000
17,000 00
1925,
. 4,500
10,000
14,500 00
1926,
3,000
10,000
13,000 00
1927,
3,000
10,000
13,000 00
1928,
2,000
10,000
12,000 00
1929,
1,000
10,000
11,000 00
1930,
9,000
9,000 00
1931.
9,000
9,000 00
1932,
9,000
9,000 00
1933,
9,000
9,000 00
1934,
9,000
9,000 00
1935,
9,000
9,000 00
1936,
9,000
9,000 00
1937,
9,000
9,000 00
1938,
3,500
3,500 00
1939,
. 1,000
1,000 00
$323,206 59 $44,000
$721,000
$384,500
$1,472,706 |59
Water Loan falls due : April, $1,000; May, $3,500; June, $1,000; August, $20,000; September, $2,000; December, $3,000.
Sewer Loan falls due : April, $4,500; May, $3,000; October, $2,500; December, $300 ; Playground Loan falls due October 1.
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Itemized Schedule of Municipal Debt.
TITLE.
DUE. RATE.
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
TOTALS.
Plumbing Wollaston
and Coddington Sehroolhouses,
Jan. 1,
3 1-2
$250
$250
$250
$250
$250
$250
$250
$250
$250
$250
$2,500 00
Land, Wollaston En- gine House,
Jan. 1,
3 1-2
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
1000
5,500 00
Purchase of Hose,
Jan. 1,
3 1.2
500
500
500
500
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Mar. 1, 3 1-2
4000
4000
4000
1000
4000
4000
4000
4000
4000
4000
40,000 00
Drain. Lincoln and Willard avenues,
Mar. 1,
200
200
200
200
800 00
Pleasant and School streets,
Mar. 1, 4
200
200
200
200
800 00
Billings road and West Elm avenue,
Mar. 1, 4
500
500
500
500
2,000 00
Permanent sidewalks,
Mar. 1, 4
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
Haneoek street,
May 1,
4
4000
Beale street,
May 15, 4
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Hose house, Ward Two, June 1,
4
1000
1000
Paving Copeland street, July 1,
4
1000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
15,000 00
City stable,
July 1,
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
4,500 00
Schoolhouses, Wards Four and Five,
July 1, 4
7500
7500
7500
7500
7500
7560
7500
52,500 00
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2,000 00
Poor Department,
Jan. 1,
3 1-2
1500
Schoolhouse, Whitwell street,
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Common street,
June 1, 4
1200
1,200 00
Hancock street,
June 1, 4 1-2
2000
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4,000 00
2000
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2,000 00
2,000 00
3 1-2
1,500 00
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East Elm ave., $500)
Payne street, 1000 1
Putnam street, 200
Garfield St. drain, 500 Engine and
hose houses,
975
Furnace brook wall, 500
Drain and catel basin, Ward 6,
475
Crescent street, 3500 J
Hancock street paving, July 1, 3 1-2
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
2000
10,000 00
Grade crossings, $500
Billings road, 3000
Quarry street, 7500
Permanent
Sidewalks, 8000
Paving east side of Hancock
street,
11,000 } July 1, 3 1-2
2000
3000
3000
3000
3500
4000
4000
4000
4000
4000
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34,500 00
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Willard street,
1,500
Trafford street,
500
Payne street,
300
Beale street,
1,500
Nightingale Ave., 500
Goddard St. and
Federal AAve., 200 J
Walker street,
July 8, 4
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1,955 61
Coddington St., $30,700 )
School street, 2,500
Arthur street,
1,125 / Aug. 1, 3 1-2
725
1000
1000
1500
1500
1500
1500
1500
1:00
1500
1500*
35,725 00
Howard street, 1,400 J
Miller Stile road, $1,200 ) Tide gate,
Almshouse,
300 } Aug. 1, 4
500
500
400
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1,400 00
Whitwell street,
500 |
Brook road, 400 J
July 1, 3 1-2
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
7,000 00
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TITLE.
DUE. RATE.
1900
1901
1.902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
TOTALS.
Permanent sidewalks,
Aug. 1, 3 1-2
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000 $1000 $1000
$1000 $1000 $1000
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Hancock and Granite Sts. widening, Old Colony St. drain,
$1,200
500
Widening Han- cock and
School Sts.,
1,434 / Aug. 1, 3 1-2
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
4,500 00
Finishing room in John Han- cock school- house,
550
Additionals for City stable,
1500 J
Health loan,
Aug. 15, 3 1-2
300
300 00
Hook and ladder truck,
Aug. 15, 3 1-2
200
200
200
200
200
'200
· 200
· 200
400
2,200 00
House connections,
Aug. 15, 3 1-2
2000
2000
2000
6,000 00
Heating Adams and Quincy schools
Sept. 1, 4
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
6,000 00
Rebuilding Adams St.,
Sept. 1, 4
500
500
500
500
500
2,500 00
Miscellaneous fire,
' Sept. 1,
3 1-2
850
850
Rebuilding Adams St.,
Oct. 1, 4
1000
1,000 00
Culvert at Washington and Canal streets,
Oct. 1. 3 1-2
500
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Drains and catch basins, Washington St., W'd 2, Oct. 15,
3 1-2
500
500
1,000 00
Fire Dept. bills, 1898,
Oct. 15, 3 1-2
1475.98
1,475 98
Liberty strect,
Nov. 1, 4
3500
3,500 00
Schoolhouse land, Whitwell street,
Nov. 1, 3 1-2
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
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Fire alarm boxes and changing No. 3 circuit,
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$875 200
Willard wall,
Nov. 1, 3 1-2
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
300
2,100 00
Madison street,
600
Wiring almshouse, 150
Footway, Beale street bridge, 275
Chemical, Ward One,
Nov. 21,
1800
1,800 00
Central fire station,
Dec. 1, 4
3000
3,000 00
Water street paving,
Dec. 1,
4 1-2
5000
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5,000 00
Land for High
schoolhouse,
Dec. 1, + 1-2
10000
10,000 00
High schoolhouse,
Dec. 1, 4 1-2
8000
8000
16,000 00
Land for schoolhouse, Ward Five,
Dec. 27, 4
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Land for schoolhouse, Ward Four,
Dec. 27, 4
3000
3,000 00
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$70,950.98 46,305.61 29,450 27,550 27,150 26,650 24,650 16,150 15,150 11,450 6,750* $323,206 59
*1910 to 1924, $1500 each year, $21,000
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Report of Assessors.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy :
The Board of Assessors herewith submit their annual report. We have assessed upon the polls and estates of the City of Quincy for the year 1899 the following sums :
State tax, including Metropolitan water tax,
$14,482 50
County tax, ·
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15,580 95
City appropriations for current expenses, . 257,434 93
Debts and interest,
143,157 70
$430,656 08
Deduct estimated receipts,
46,270 00
$384,386 08
Deduct polls, 6,502 at $2.00,
13,004 00
$371,382 08
Add overlayings,
6,556 84+
Total to be raised on personal and real estate,
Total to be raised on polls,
$377,938 92++ 13,004 00
Total tax to be raised,
$390,842 92+
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Table of Aggregates.
Value of assessed personal estate, exclud-
$2,316,025 00 ing resident bank stock,
Resident bank stock,
166 044 00
Total value of personal estate,
$2,482,069 00
Value of assessed real estate :
Buildings,
$8,621,100 00
Land,
8,581,150 00
Total value of real estate,
$17,202,250 00
Total value real and personal estate May 1, 1899,
$19,684,319 00
Gain,
$447,487 00
Ward Valuation.
PERSONAL ESTATE.
TOTAL
Ward 1,
$1,096,375 00
REAL ESTATE. $5,307,650 00
$6,404,025 00
Ward 2,
347,500 00
1,670,800 00
2,018,300 00
Ward 3,
339,225 00
2,109,950 00
2,449,175 00
Ward 4,
263,775 00
2,133,725 00
2,397,500 00
Ward 5, 212,275 00
3,522,575 00
3,734,850 00
Ward 6,
56,875 00
2,457,550 00
2,514,425 00
Resident bank
stock, 166,044 00
166,044 00
$2,482,069 00
$17,202,250 00
$19,684,319 00
Tax raised on personal estate, excluding resident bank stock, $44,467 68
Tax raised on resident bank stock, 3,188 04+
Tax raised on real estate, .
330,283 20
Tax raised on polls, .
13,004 00
Total to be raised,
$390,942 92+
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Number of houses assessed, 4,277}
Number of horses assessed,
1,396
Number of cows assessed, 672
Omitted and reassessed taxes as follows :
On property, real and personal,
$658 08
Polls added for state election, 67,
134 00
Polls added for city election, 60,
120 00
Total, .
$912 08
Literary and benevolent institutions and houses of religious worship in Quincy are for real estate and personal property valued at $1,056,327.00, but are exempt from taxation. Real estate, fire apparatus owned by the city, including schoolhouses, parks, public buildings, water works, playgrounds, etc., amount to $853,388, and are exempt from taxation. There is also $77,900, as valued by the Assessors, in real estate belonging to veterans, widows, minors and unmarried females, which, by law, is exempt from taxation.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM A. HODGES, JAMES A. WHITE, JOHN FEDERHEN, 3d, THOMAS F. DRAKE, HENRY G. FAY, JOHN CURTIS, ELIJAH G. HALL,
Assessors of Quincy.
Report of Tax Collector.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy :
I have the honor to submit the following report for the year ending December 30, 1899.
The amount of cash collected on the tax for the various years is as follows :
Tax of 1894.
Amount collected, .
$47 33
Interest on above, .
4 80
$52 13 Total,
Tax of 1895.
Amount collected, .
$439 29
Interest on above, . Total,
83 78
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$523 07
Tax of 1896.
Amount collected, .
$1,069 16
Interest on above, .
87 31
Street Sprinkling, . Total,
$1,158 18
Tax of 1897.
Amount collected, . Interest on above, .
· $38,376 80
3,789 86
Street Sprinkling, . Total,
269 62
$42,436 28
1 71
128
Tax of 1898.
Amount collected, . $81,111 16
Interest on above, . 2,353 49
Street Sprinkling, . Total,
557 55 - $84,022 20
Tax of 1899.
Amount collected, . $238,053 12
Interest on above,
242 35
Street Sprinkling,
1,702 09
Total,
--- $239,997 56
Sewers.
Amount collected for sewer construction, $4,521 27
Amount collected for house connections, 1,878 66 08
Interest on above,
Total,
$6,400 01
Total cash receipts,
$374,589 43
The foregoing figures will show that the total collections for the year ending December 30th, 1899, were ; Paid to City Treasurer by A. Lincoln Baker, Collector, from January 1, 1899, to March 6, 1899, $42,693 10
Paid to City Treasurer by Albion I.
Dixon, Collector, from March 6,
1899, to January 1st, 1900, 331,896 33 Total, -- $374,589 43
Abatements.
The abatements made during the year on the levy of the respective years are as follows :
Amount abated on tax of 1892,
$237 20
Amount abated on tax of 1893,
634 97
Amount abated on tax of 1894, 13 04
Amount abated on tax of 1895, 9
70 24
129
Amount abated on tax of 1896, $249 92
Amount abated on tax of 1897,
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