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is not such a permanent improvement that the city is warranted in asking the Legislature to authorize it to borrow the money outside its limit of indebtedness.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The extension of the water mains of the city, with frequent hydrant service where needed, I consider the greatest addition we can make to our fire department. It has been possible, with the high water pressure, to nearly make unnecessary our fire engine-the hose service attached to the hydrants giving all the force and elevation needed in a great majority of our fires. It may be neither possible nor wise to think we can dispense with the heavy and unwieldy fire apparatus now in vogue, but I believe this is a matter that should be given careful attention and study.
With a department carefully drilled in the handling and use of hose and its hydrant connections, and the proper use of chemicals, greater efficiency and economy may be possible in the department.
In some of our populous sections, I believe more hydrants should be placed : this would obviate the necessity of laying long lines of hose and effect a saving in many ways, especially the time saved in getting a stream upon the fire.
The station at Houghs Neck has not yet been put into commission. I believe some not over-expensive apparatus, with the necessary help, will fill all the needs of this district. The property owners are entitled to protection, and I recom- mend that an equipment along the line suggested be provided by the Council.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The Police Department now consists of a Chief and twenty- one patrolmen. It seems to me wise that the ordinance should be amended, making a new rank, such for instance, as sergeant, lieutenant, or even higher if deemed proper. This would mean
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promotion to those officers who, by length of service and gener- al efficiency, are entitled to reward, and the authority conferred would tend to raise the morale of the department. I recommend that the ordinance be changed in this manner.
The work of the department for the current year has been about the same as last year, there having been no serious crime in the city.
CITY ENGINEER.
The work of this office has been principally for the De- partment of Public Works, and has comprised the giving of lines, and grades for all new streets, edgestones, paving, gutters, drains, walls, etc. Lines have been given for all water exten- sions during the year. Work has also been continued on plans for Wards one, two, three and five, and some work accomplished in Ward six, at a total cost of three thousand dollars. These plans are of great value in the assessment of property, not only to the individual owner, but to the city as well.
I would recommend that the city council do not pass on plans of any description until referred to the City Solicitor and the City Engineer. In this way another Willard school-yard controversy would be averted.
Survey of the old cemetery has been made, and plan com- pleted. I recommend that the plan be lithographed and about five hundred copies made which may be sold at a small figure, thus giving the public interested, an opportunity to obtain one without expense to the city.
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
With the rapidly growing use of the different parks and playgrounds, almost the whole amount of appropriation is re- quired for repairs and general maintenance. Permanent im- provements can only be attempted on a very small scale. Through storm and fire, the trees at Merrymount park are suf-
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fering severely, and systematic planting should be begun, and continued, to make up the annual loss. The department has attempted to do something in this line, and during the past year set out two hundred chestnuts, but unless the setting of fires can be stopped, and better police protection afforded, the suc- cess of the effort will be problematical.
Through a special appropriation of thirteen hundred dol- lars, an addition to the public bath house was built during the past year, which doubled the capacity of that popular institu- tion. About twenty thousand people availed themselves of its facilities during the season.
Through a special appropriation, the playground in ward six has been graded and sown down. It was formerly an eye- sore and detriment to the locality, but is now an attractive addition.
FRANCHISES.
In the matter of granting franchises to the different public service corporations, such as electric light, telephone and tele- graph companies, and street railways doing business in our midst, extreme caution should be exercised to see that the city obtains an equivalent return for concessions granted.
While we must acknowledge the great advantages and accommodations to our citizens obtained through these same corporations, on the other hand it is to be considered the ex- tremely valuable asset, such as a franchise in a rapidly growing city like ours.
The poles used by these corporations in different sections of the city, should be rigidly looked after, and care taken that all wires are properly insulated to insure the greatest protec- tion to human life and to our shade trees as well.
In regard to the street railway, it should be possible to obtain such concessions as will give to our citizens more fre- quent service on all lines operated in our city, especially, dur- ing the winter months when inclement weather practically makes use of street railways a necessity rather than a conven- ience.
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It would seem wise in view of the amount of money al- ready expended and hereafter to be expended by the State for the great reservation at Nantasket beach, and to which expense this city naturally is a heavy contributor, to obtain through cars to Nantasket beach, which would start in the first instance from City Square. This recommendation is made in view of the fact that traffic on this line is unusually heavy through the summer months, and it is almost impossible for persons starting from City Square to obtain a seat on any car which runs from Neponset.
It would also seem that the system of free transfers from one part of Quincy to another, should again be put in operation by our street railway company, so that the traveling public may board the first car which passes rather than suffer delay and inconvenience necessitated by waiting for through cars.
SCHOOLS.
Our large and constantly growing school population makes a very heavy draft on the resources of the city. The laws of the commonwealth provide for compulsory school education up to the age of fourteen, also free text books, and approval of plans of new school buildings. It is to be hoped the laws may be still extended in the near future by assessing upon the citi- zens of the commonwealth a state tax for school purposes, and make distribution of the same to the several cities and to towns according to the school population. This would establish a uniform rate of taxation for the education of the child through- out the commonwealth. Such, is not the fact, however, as the schools are solely supported at local expense, and in our partic- ular case the cost per capita of the amount of twelve dollars we may assess for municipal purposes represents thirty-fixe per cent devoted to this purpose.
Since we became a city many school buildings have been erected, permanent structures meeting all requirements ; costly, it is true, for the present, but cheaper in the end. Our munici-
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pal indebtedness since incorporation as a city has been largely made up of the money expended for the construction and fur- nishing of these buildings. Nevertheless a demand exists for no less than has been done in past years ; and the body of pub- lic spirited gentlemen to whom under the city charter is con- mitted the management and control of our public schools, can have no other purpose than to serve the best interests of the public.
Naturally, in considering the need of the schools our school committee are required to take into consideration the limited sums of money that are possible to be raised for our municipal current expenses, and while it is their duty to meet as nearly as possible the requirements of the statutes, it is also their duty to. conduct as economically as possible the management of the schools.
The matter of increased accommodation for the high school has been pending for several years, and it is now incumbent upon this city council to take it up and accord it the considera- tion to which it is entitled. So far as a previous knowledge of the detail of what has been done, or of plans presented, I enter upon this matter entirely unprejudiced, but whatever is done in the way of additional school accommodation (provided it is decided to meet the consensus of public opinion to add to our present high school), I hope great care will be exercised to make sufficient provision not only for the present but for the immediate future, and that when completed the building will present a finished appearance. It seems to me it would be unwise to add to this structure in such manner as would make necessary another addition in the future to make a complete building, for we cannot guarantee action of future city govern- ments, or demands of the public. Futhermore, a decision may be made by the school board, in the near future, that the time has come for the city to establish a manual training school. With the growing strenuous competition in mercantile and mechanical life we are best educating our youth when we place them on an equality to meet those with whom they will come in contact.
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I recommend immediate action to provide high school accommodation.
THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The popularity of the library is attestedi by the increasing circulation, and it has reached such conditions that the trustees recommend for the future the establishment of branch libraries in different parts of the city.
Since the building of the library, the population of the city has greatly increased, and the conditions which were at first. sufficient are now inadequate ; so if the people are to avail. themselves of the benefits of the library, the establishment of such branches would appear to be essential.
During the past year the purchase and transferring of the- hospital property has been consummated, and the same turned over to the trustees of the library ; the grounds have been lev- eled and otherwise put into good condition.
No-LICENSE.
The crime and untold misery caused by the legalized saloon, where it exists, are too well known to need elaborate mention here. The following data, however, will serve to illus- trate the condition of Quincy in a material sense as compared with some of her sister cities where licenee prevails.
Population
Census of 1900.
Paid for support of poor in 1903. $22,041 93.
Chicopee
19,167
Marlboro
13,609
17,411 07
Pittsfield
21,766
17,546 34
QUINCY
23,899 12,260 89
Moreover, the poor tax in Quincy in 1881, the last year under license, was $1.42 per capita, while in 1903, under no- license, it was $0.62.
Viewed only from a economic standpoint the reasons for no-license are sufficient, and for many years this has been rec-
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ognized as the settled policy of this city. By the largely in- creased majority vote on this side of the question for the past two years our citizens have emphatically declared their approval of local prohibition of the traffic.
As the chief executive of this municipality I shall require from the proper officers a vigorous and impartial enforcement of the laws regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors to the end that the expressed will of the voters shall be made effective.
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Treasurer's IReport
CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE, January 2, 1905.
To His Honor the Mayor :
Herewith I submit the annual statement of the City Treas- urer for the year ending December 31, 1904.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Jan. I, 1904
$14,952 42
Board of Health-Garbage
429 20
Abating nuisances and contagious diseases
182 00
Burial places
5,097 27
Interest
18,905 78
Mass. State of Corporation
tax
11,456 86
National bank
1,041 93
Support State paupers
213 17
Military and State aid
4,485 00
Street railway tax
3,873 57
Water loan sinking fund
319 96
Miscellaneous city receipts-Dog licenses
2,408 00
Dog license fees-City clerk
237 20
Plumbers' licenses
12 00
Peddlers' licenses
25 00
Tax collector, costs
2,917 86
City clerk, sundry licenses
868 60
Police station
45 25
Miscellaneous
218 89
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60 00
Norfolk Co. . Notes payable-City debt
50,322 00
Sewer debt
62,000 00
Water debt
25,000 00
Temporary loans
389,000 00
Overseer of the Poor-Outside aid Almshouse
1,080 65
Police-Chapter 416
1,872 39
Parks
100 00
Permanent sidewalks
983 72
Perpetual care fund of public burial places
1,288 00
Schools,-Books, supplies and sun- dries
245 50
Streets
2,771 24
Street sprinkling
3,769 32
Sewer,-Assessments
22,642 28
House connections
6,356 81
Street railway excise tax
3,262 32
Tax of 1894
14 32
Tax of 1895
19 20
Tax of 1896
21 35
Tax of 1897
64 24
Tax of 1898
157 90
Tax of 1899
536 20
Tax of 1900
954 93
Tax of 1901
4,147 63
Tax of 1902
74,231 20
Tax of 1903
139,560 65
Tax of 1904
265,908 10
Water construction
8,863 38
Water maintenance 1904
93,801 20
Water maintenance 1903
3,018 19
Water service deposits .
2,020 00
$1,231,828 43
65 75
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EXPENDITURES
1903
1904
Advertising, printing and stationery
Commissioner
$22 00
$120 55
Council
810 07
City Clerk
36 35
2,298 89
Tax Collector .
13 45
1,773 20
Assessors
Clerical services
1,991 67
Miscellaneous
21 85
581 96
Board of Health-Abating nui- sances and contagious diseases
863 68
126 07
Garbage .
8 20
3,103 60
Inspection
780 00
Miscellaneous .
114 03
575 85
Bridges, culverts and drains
51 75
2,491 05
Burial places .
4 30
4,685 03
Bath House Ward 2, addition
1,300 00
City Treasurer-Clerical and mis- cellaneous
18 25
938 22
Clerk-City Clerk .
520 00
Commissioner of Public Works Tax Collector
1,300 00
City hospital
4,000 00
Contingent fund
97 90
City officers
15 60
20,540 00
Chubbuck street
221 00
Connecting combination No. 2 At-
lantic with sewer
399 67
Edgestones and sidewalks
95 65
Engineering
57 15
2,500 00
Plans and surveys
600 34
70 51
Edison Park street
300 00
Fire Department-Fire alarm Fireman's clothing .
139 00
632 75
195 00
60 .00
Fuel
10 50
423 00
780 00
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Horse shoeing and keeping
551 05
2,441 36
Horses and harness
493 20
Keeping Chief's horse
200 00
Lighting engine houses
37 64
219 25
Miscellaneous .
349 90
1,861 09
Pay of men
19,168 00
Repairs and fixtures
117 85
1,026 38
Purchase of hose
783 00
Furnace brook wall
368 00
Federal avenue
391 72
Goffe street widening
3,000 00
Grading Edwin street
263 46
G. A. R. Post 88
400 00
Interest,-City debt
16,648 86
Park debt
1,600 00
Temporary loans
8,601 99
Sewer debt
17,789 25
Water debt
28,482 50
John A. Boyd Camp, No. 2
50 00
Library,-Books
1,024 41
Catalogue fund
753 24
Fuel and lights
499 18
Miscellaneous .
9 35
738 38
Periodicals, binding and print-
ing
696 55
Salaries
2,688 90
Law library
52 75
Miscellaneous city expenses
1,352 89
2,993 73
Mass. State of-State tax
18,050 00
Bank tax
3,294 47
Met. Park sinking fund .
2,050 28
Met. Park interest on parks
3,438 52
Met. Park interest bonlevards
786 97
Met. Park maintenance, parks
2,059 74
Met. Park, maintenance, boule- vards
544 90
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Met. Park maintenance, Nan-
tasket .
208 53
Met. Sewer sinking fund
2,134 32
Met. Sewer, interest on
8,913 43
Met. Sewer, maintenance
13,650 56
Repairs state highway
53 05
Met. Water sinking fund
6,446 30
Met. Water interest on
21,588 75
Met. Water maintenance
6,049 19
Mt. Wollaston cemetery entrance
1,445 58
Norfolk County
16,363 32
Notes payable-City debt
800 00
148,250 00
Sewer debt
14,800 00
Water debt
33,500 00
Park debt
2,000 00
Temporary loans
180,000 00
64,000 00
Overseer of the Poor-Almshouse . Outside aid .
7,567 62
5,676 88
Police Department-Chief
1,000 00
Pay of men
19,367 64
Special and miscellaneous
134 90
3,042 32.
Station
200 00
Signal boxes
1,115 00
Enforcement liquor law
15 00
397 83
Parks
33 53
1,296 21
Playground, Ward 2
300 00
Playground, Ward 6
39 26
Penn street
143 50
Paving Lincoln avenue gutters
700 00
Paving Bennington street gutters
995 38
Paving Prospect street gutters
500 00
Repair public buildings
720 54
6,368 64
Removal of snow
348 08
8,271 89
Repair tide gate, Black's creek
10 78
School Department-Books, sup- plies and sundries .
9,771 90
Fuel
.
187 50
6,783 27
1,053 24
2,292 10
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Janitors .
7,390 00
Teachers .
·
86,379 56
Transportation
892 60
Streets
804 25
25,061 53
Street lighting
10 00
21,583 72
Street sprinkling
6,800 00
State aid, Chapter 372
358 00
Chapter 374
4,541 00
Chapter 447
42 71
2,594 00
Sewer construction
6,152 03
53,986 61
House connections Maintenance
42 79
1,406 04
Streets-Street railway excise tax .
130 94
8,283 16
Special, repair public buildings
1,012 40
Sealer Weights and Measures
82 70
175 00
Squantum street drain
175 36
Sea avenue
1,500 00
Tax refunded, by Assessors
13 48
Tax refunded, by Council
611 25
Water construction
2,753 36
33,029 47
Water maintenance
369 16
10,764 15
Water service deposits refunded
2,000 00
Whitwell street sidewalk
2,693 31
Ward 2 schoolhouse
1,082 09
Willard street paving
5,997 48
Ward 6 schoolhouse lot
10,492 65
Willard school heating
9,536 12
Willard street sidewalk .
1,495 83
Cash deposited, to credit of Perpet- ual care fund of Public Burial
Places, in National Granite bank
250 00
In Quincy Savings bank
1,038 00
$224,984 38
$893,746 57
224,984 38
$1,118,730 95
Cash on hand .
113,097 48
$1,231,828 43
592 06
6,505 25
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QUINCY, MASS., Dec. 31, 1904.
I hereby certify that I have examined in detail the accounts of the City Treasurer; that all expenditures are supported by vouchers, regularly approved by the proper officials, and that the condition of the various accounts (including cash on hand and in banks on the 31st of December, 1904, has been verified by comparison with the records of this office.
GEO. A. SIDELINGER,
City Auditor.
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ROCK ISLAND FUND
Cash on hand January 1, 1904 $1,000 46
By interest
40 40
Bill paid by order of School Com- mittee
$40 00
Cash on hand December 31, 1904
$1,000 86
$1,040 86
$1,040 86
C. C. JOHNSON FUND
Cash on hand January 1, 1904 $2,000 00
By interest
80 80
Cash paid for distribution of turkeys by the Overseer of the Poor .
$80 00
·Cash on hand December 31, 1904
2,000 80
$2,080 80
$2,080 80
PERPETUAL CARE FUND OF PUBLIC BURIAL PLACES
Cash on hand January 1, 1904 $18,500 00
Received for perpetual care of lots 1,288 00
By interest 757 21
Paid for care of lots
$757 21
Cash on hand December 31, 1904
19,788 00
$20,545 21
$20,545 21
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY G. FAY,
City Treasurer.
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Woodward Fund and Property
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TREASURER'S REPORT
To the Board of Managers of the Woodward Fund of the City of Quincy :
Herewith I submit a statement of the receipts and ex- penditures of the Woodward Fund for the year ending December 31, 1904. Also a list of the securities in which the Fund is invested.
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1904
$9,911 38
Notes secured by mortgages
$11,830 00
Notes receivable 15,000 00
Interest on loans 8,675 79
Interest on bank balance 536 14
Interest on $10,800 bonds Central Vermont R. R. 432 00
Interest on $7,500 bonds Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 300 00
Interest on 4 bonds Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R. 200 00 Interest on 10 bonds N. Y. & N. E. R. R. 300 00
Interest on 5 bonds Union Pacific R. R. · 100 00
Interest on 4 bonds Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western R. R. 160 00
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Interest on 3 bonds C. B. & Q. R. R. 150 00
Interest on 5 bonds city of Minn . 200 00
Interest on 3 bonds city of Sheboy- gan ·
135 00
Interest on 8 bonds Mich. Telephone 200 00 Dividend on 32 shares Mich. Tel .- ephone, Pref. 144 00
Rights and adjustment on Mich. Telephone Bonds 86 60
Dividend on 33 shares Mt. Wollas- ton bank stock 198 00
Dividend on 27 shares Boston & Al-
bany R. R. 236 25
Dividend on 66 shares Fitchburg R. R. R. Pref.
247 50
Rents from sundry persons
961 00
$40,092 28
$50,003 66
EXPENDITURES
Notes secured by mortgage $15,450 00
Expense of Institute
12,201 81
Expense of fund
1,457 56
$29,109 37
Cash on hand December 31, 1904
$20,894 29
$50,003 66
EXPENSE OF INSTITUTE
Pay rolls
$9,072 88
Powers & Lyons
19 64
William H. Claflin & Co.
3 13
F. E. Sullivan
3 00
Quincy Water Dept.
30 00
Allyn & Bacon
13 55
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Hardware Supply Co. 11 48
N. Y. & Boston Des Ex. Co.
8 75
H. L. Kincaide & Co. 43 36
F. E. Osgood 3 20
Jordan, Marsh Co. . 71 69
D. E. Wadsworth & Co.
14 80
Quincy Electric Eight & Power Co.
58 99
Citizens' Gas Light Co. .
21 50
American Book Co.
22 44
Ginn & Co.
41 63
E. E. Babb & Co
261 75.
Charles W. Homeyer & Co.
73 24
D. C. Heath & Co.
31 07
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. .
24 88
Narragansett Machine Co.
72
Abbott & Miller Express Co.
5 45
W. Porter & Co.
90 00
Marine B. Laboratory
4 75
Smith & Anthony Co.
17 40
Orient M'f'g Co.
17 00
John W. Nash
4 50
Rand, McNally & Co.
14 83
B. H. Sanborn & Co.
10 42
Blodgett Clock Co.
1 80
Taylor Bros. Laundry
1 15
W. A. Bradford
36 86.
F. W. Burnham
2 70
F. W. Plummer
19 87
Frederick Manley
32 00
Quayle & Son
16 10
Con. Grocery & Prov. Co.
6 39
Remington Typewriter Co.
1 25
Friend Crane
12 25
S. W. Fiske
16 00
H. W. Kibbe
7 75
C. F. Pettengill
1 50
George P. Raymond
13 50
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L. H. Austin . 1 85
William J. Wiley
4 00
Georgiana Lane
3 06
Sanborn & Damon
60 25
G. B. Bates
1 04
Criterion orchestra
15 50
H. Partridge & Co.
18 05
Hooper, Lewis & Co.
1 00
John A. Lowell & Co.
31 00
Johnson Lumber Co.
6 75
Austin & Winslow, Gallagher Ex. Co. 10 29
C. C. Hearn
12 30
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
74 00
Huey Brothers
57 53
A. W. Hall Scientific Co.
116 50
A. J. Laundry & Co.
6 50
C. Patch & Son
10 50
J. W. Newcomb
2 00
MacLean Oil & Supply Co.
1 75
A. J. Richards & Son
3 08
George W. Prescott & Son
43 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons
917 36
Essex Pub. Co.
35 00
J. F. Kemp
6 75
Ira Litchfield
174 26
D. Donovan
4 00
E. S. Beckford
9 05
Union Bookbinding Co.
5 87
C. J. Jager Co.
68 00
H. Lavelle
358 00
Oliver C. Faust
5 00
George B. Glover
11 40
T. Walter Good
2 00
$12,241 81
Sale of old steam pump ($25) and books, etc., ($15) . .
40 00
$12,201 81
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EXPENSE OF FUND
Quincy Power & Heating Co.
$ 50
Quincy Water Dept.
106 25
Sanborn & Damon
216 57
Thorp & Martin Co.
3 50
City of Quincy-Taxes
270 75
E. S. Thomas
.
3 50
Mrs. Hardy.
3 00
G. A. Tripp
1 86
W. G. Anderson
5 00
Whelan & Cross
3 80
W. A. Bradford
5 88
Library Bureau
5 95
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. 25 00
W. Porter & Co.
6 00
H. Walter Gray
33 33
Henry G. Fay
366 67
H. A. Keith .
200 00
George A. Sidelinger
200 00
$1,457 56
INCOME ACCOUNT 1904
Received from investments
$13,262 28
Expense of Institute
$12,201 81
Expense of fund
1,457 56
Deficit in income in 1904
397 09
$13,659 37
$13,659 37
STATEMENT OF FUND, JANUARY 1, 1905.
Personal property received from estate of Dr. Ebenezer Wood- ward
$30,089 83
Personal property received from executors of the will of Mrs. Mary A. W. Woodward . 51,556 78 . Real estate sold 93,765 16
Pews sold
120 00
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Income from investments
108,308 57 Unexpended income
5,910 35
$289,750 69
INVESTED AS FOLLOWS :
$10,800 Central Vermont R. R. 4's $9,460 00
$7,500 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 4's 7,500 00
$4,000 Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R. 5's . 4,000 00
$5,000 Union Pacific R. R. 4's ·
4,419 00
$4,000 Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western R. R. 4's . 4,000 00 -
$3,000 Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy R. R. 5's 3,000 00
$5,000 City of Minneapolis 4's 5,000 00
$3,000 City of Sheboygan 4}'s 3,000 00
$10,000 N. Y. & N. E. R. R. 6's
10,000 00 ,
$8,000 Mich. Telephone Co. 5's 32 shares preferred 19 shares common
10,000 00+
33 shares Mt. Wollaston Bank 4,655 00;
27 shares Boston & Albany R. R. . 4,900 00.
66 shares Fitchburg R. R., pref.
7,260 00+
9 shares Central Vermont R. R. 500 00;
Sheen property, Greenleaf street 6,747 36 Peabody property, Freeman street 2,500 00 Linden street house 2,820 04
Loans on personal security
16,900 00.
Loans secured by mortgage ". 162,195 00
Cash on hand December 31, 1904
20,894 29
Net fund January 1, 1905 $289,750 69
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY G. FAY,
Treasurer of the Fund.
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Auditor's Report.
QUINCY, Jan. 1, 1905.
To the City Council :
The undersigned herewith presents the annual report of the expenditures of the City of Quincy for the financial year 1904, together with a statement of the assets and liabilities, also a statement of the city debt at the close of the year. The receipts „are shown in the preceding report of the City Treasurer.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. SIDELINGER,
City Auditor.
BUDGET OF APPROPRIATIONS, 1904.
By the Board of Assessors
Tranfers from Register of Deeds
and Probate, Books, advertising binding and postage, miscel- laneous expenses, and clerical services, · $2,575 00
By the Board of Health
Miscellaneous expenses, abating nuisances and contagious diseases and clerical services $1,500 00
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Inspection
780 00
Garbage .
3,000 00
$5,280 00-
By the Managers of Public Burial Places
Cemeteries e $4,000 00
By the Mayor
Approved by the President of the Council : Contingent Fund
$100 00 Advertising, printing and stationery 900 00
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