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Fuel and Lights
396.21
Miscellaneous
27.35
859.06
Periodicals, Binding and Printing Salaries
3,203.82ª
Law Library
43.00
30.50
Mass. State of
State Tax
31,320.00
Bank Tax
3,642.84
Metropolitan Park Loan
Sinking Fund
1,336.85
Int. on
4,607.32
Cost of Maintenance . .
3,213.66-
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953.04
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Metropolitan Park Loan
Sinking Fund, Series 2
602.69
Interest on
1,900.31
Cost of Maintenance
1,081.89
Metropolitan Park loan Nantasket
and cost of
167.56
Metropolitan Sewer Loan Sinking Fund, South Metropolitan
System
2,443.69
Interest on
18,643.75
Cost of Maintenance.
8,151.56
Repair State Highways
114.65
Metropolitan Water Loan Fund
Sinking
11,933.59
Interest on
29,211.10
Cost of Maintenance
8,882.45
Miscellaneous City Expenses
293.50
3,221.10
Mt. Wollaston Cemetery Entrance ...
39.60
450.00
Notes Payable,-City Debt
77,060.00
Sewer Debt
18,300.00
Water Debt
1,500.00 36,500.00
Park Debt
2,000.00
Temporary Loans
217,000.00
50,000.00
Anticipation Bond Sale
60,000.00
Norfolk County
18,286.85
North Payne Street
1,220.26
Overseer of the Poor-Almshouse .
73.37
7,969.92
Outside Aid
2,524.63
Deficit 1906
2,117.60
Special
247.00
Police-Chief
1,200.00
Pay of Men
22,449.25
Signal Boxes
600.00
Special and Miscellaneous
84.66
3,452.64
Station
200.00
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Enforcement Liquor Law
28.65
1,850.27
Parks-Labor
100.07
488.38
Bath House
513.35
Repairs
200.00
Picket's Pond
91.78
Repair Public Buildings
72.82
6,245.29
Removal of Snow
33.00
4,262.49
Schools,-Books, Supplies and Sun- dries
10,224.00
Evening
1,500.00
Fuel
7,882.99
Janitors
8,902.77
Teachers
100,498.70
Transportation
1,243.80
Rents
1,036.74
Smith Street
3,206.35
Streets
473,62
21,042.59
Street Lighting
22,884.71
Street Sprinkling
7,000.00
'State Aid
4,725.00
Military Aid
126.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,572.00
Sewer Construction
2,007.89
24,881.34
House Connections
241.03
6,000.00
Maintenance
173.88
1,020.00
'Streets-Street Railway Excise Tax. .
6,303.78
Sealer Weights and Measures
125.00
Seals' Tails
594.00
Water Construction
7.37
26,177.73
Water Meters
637.88
7,171.37
Water Maintenance
104.49
10,374.48
Water Service Deposits Refunded.
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2,110.00
Ward 6 Schoolhouse
59,324.21
Ward 6 Schoolhouse furnishings
3,406.57
Wires Underground
2,100.00
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Whitwell Street Sidewalk 1,916.90 Cash deposited in National Granite
Bank to credit of Perpetual Care Fund of Public Burial Places 1,300.00
To credit of Premium Account Sewer Loan 31.60
$354,524.12$991,295.38
354,524.12
$1,345,819.50
Cash on hand
58,109.69
$1,403,929.19
CHARLES E. FRENCH FUND.
April 25, 1907. Cash received from Executors French Estate. . $3000.00 Interest receipts 69.95
City of Quincy Bond
1,000.00
Certificate of deposit
2,069.95
$3,069.95 $3,069.95
C. C. JOHNSON FUND.
Cash on hand January 1, 1907 $2,000.00 By Interest. 80.80
Cash paid for distribution of turkeys by the Overseer of the Poor Cash on hand December 31, 1907
80.00
2,000.80
$2,080.80
$2,080.80
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ROCK ISLAND FUND.
Cash on hand January 1, 1907
$1,036.18
By Interest 40.12
Bills paid approved by School Com- mittee
76.26
Cash on hand December 31, 1907
1,000.04
$1,076.30 $1,076.30
PERPETUAL CARE FUND PUBLIC BURIAL PLACES.
Cash on hand January 1, 1907
$23,413.00
Received for perpetual care of
lots
1,300.00
By Interest
975.55
Paid for care of lots
975.55
City of Quincy Bonds
18,000.00
Deposited in Nat. Granite Bank
5,675.00
Deposited in Quincy Savings Bank
1,038.00
$25,688.55 $25,688.55
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY G. FAY,
City Treasurer.
Woodward Fund and Property
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 De- cember 31, 1907. Also a list of the securities in which the Fund is invested.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1, 1907 $8,619.64
Notes secured by mortgages 9,004.00
Notes receivable 12,000.00
Japanese Bonds 6,794.08
Interest on loans 9,332.73
Interest on bank balance
420.03
Interest on $10,800 bonds Central Vt. R. R ..
432.00
Interest on $7,500 bonds Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 300.00
Interest on 4 bonds Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R. 200.00
Interest on 5 bonds Union Pacific R. R. .
200.00.
Interest on 4 bonds Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western R. R. 160.00
Interest on 3 bonds Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. I 50.00
Interest on 5 bonds City of Minneapolis 200.00
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Interest on 3 bonds City of Sheboygan I35.00
Interest on 8 bonds Michigan Telephone Co. 400.00
Interest on Japanese Bonds 270.28
Dividend on 32 shares Michigan Telephone Co. Preferred 192.00
Dividend on 27 shares Boston & Albany R. R ... 236.25
Dividend on 66 shares Fitchburg R. R. Pref. ..
330.00
Dividend on 120 shares Pennsylvania R. R. .
210.00
Rents from sundry persons
925.50
$50,511.51
EXPENDITURES.
Notes secured by mortgages $18,441.00
Notes receivable
3,000.00
I20 Shares Pennsylvania R. R. 7,200.00
City of Quincy Bond
2,541.67
Expense of Institute 12,374.10
694.66
Expense of Fund
128.16
City of Quincy-Sewer
Cash on hand December 31, 1907
6,131.92
$50,511.51
EXPENSE OF INSTITUTE.
Pay rolls $9,504.84
J. F. Sheppard & Sons 625.89
E. S. Thomas 283.00
Neponset Coal Co. 256.85
E. E. Babb & Co. 233.16
271.82
A. L. Buzzell
Huey Bros 162.35
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Chas. W. Homeyer & Co. 58.19
C. C. Hearn 56.77
Henry Lavelle 51.00
Scientific American 75.00 A. A. Sanborn 38.97
Johnson Bros. 36.22
W. A. Butterfield 34.48
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.
39.5I
Quincy Electric Light & Power Co. 64.82
D. Farquhar 32.63
American Book Co. 30.49
A. W. Hall Scientific Co.
29.80
Johnson & Smith 29.00
Allyn & Bacon
26.05
F. W. Plummer 24.3I
E. S. Beckford 24.49
Chas. Scribners' Sons 20.70
Geo. Prescott & Son 20.25
Nathan Ames
19.32
Jordan, Marsh Co.
16.52
City of Quincy,-Water
30.00
D. C. Heath & Co.
28.13
J. K. Morton
12.34
George P. Raymond
10.00
Ginn & Co. 17.54
Narragansett Machine Co. 10.20
Pratt Institute 10.00
H. Partridge Co. 9.87
Pettingill-Andrews Co. 8.70
D. E. Wadsworth & Co. 8.02
John J. Gallagher 7.50
Rand, McNally & Co. 20.00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. 6.34
Baker Yacht Basin 6.30
C. A. Nichols Co. 6.00
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A. M. Morton 12.06
N. Y. & Boston Despatch Express Co. 5.55
Marine Biological Society 3.15
T. W. Norman & Co. 4.00
W. H. Claflin & Co. .
2.88
Abbott & Miller 2.45
William Patterson
2.00
N. E. Reed Co.
1.58
C. F. Harwood
1.00
J. Breck & Sons
.90
H. E. Emerson
.75
J. A. Lowell Bank Note Co. 33.75
P. P. Caproni & Co. 10.20
J. M. Nowland
4.50
Old Colony Laundry .
5.30
Smith & Thayer Co.
4.91
Citizens Gas Light Co.
19.05
H. L. Kincaide & Co. .60
E. W. Branch .50
G. W. Bates 1.60
$12,374.10
EXPENSE OF FUND.
City of Quincy-Tax Collector 490.64
City of Quincy-Water Dept. 62.00
Wm. A. Bradford 29.80
Wm. Parker & Son 27.29
George H. Field 18.38
Fred F. Green II.25
National Granite Bank 10.00
J. E. Keniley & Co. 7.85
E. A. Hayden 7.60
E. S. Thomas 6.00
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Edward Murphy 3.85
Whelan & Cross
3.80
Johnson Lumber Co. 3.46
W. S. Randall 3.28
R. L. Day & Co.
2.75
Norfolk Co. Registry of Deeds
.96
E. S. Beckford
4.75
S. Penniman & Sons
1.00
$694.66
INCOME ACCOUNT, 1907.
Received from investments $14,093.79
Expense of Institute
$12,374.10
Expense of Fund
694.66
Unexpended income, 1907
1,025.03
$14,093.79 $14,093.79 1
STATEMENT OF FUND JANUARY 1, 1908.
Personal property received from es-
tate of Dr. Ebenezer Woodward $30,089.83
Personal property received from ex- ecutors of the will of Mrs. Mary A. W. Woodward
51,556.78
Real Estate sold
93,765.16
Pews sold I20.00
Damages Sheen property 325.00
Income from investments 108,308.57
Unexpended Income
10,474.81
$294,640.15
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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 & West- ern 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 I-2's. .. $2,500 City of Quincy (accrued inter- est $41.67) 2,541.67
3,000.00
$8,000 Michigan Telephone Co. 5's, 32 shares preferred, 19 shares com- mon 10,000.00
27 Shares Boston & Albany R. R .. 4,900.00
66 Shares Fitchburg R. R. Preferred. . 7,260.00
9 Shares Central Vermont R. R.
500.00
120 Shares Pennsylvania R. R. .
7,200.00
Sheen Property, Greenleaf Street. 6,826.92
Linden Street House 2,868.64
Collateral Loans 19,900.00
Mortgage Loans 186,132.00
Cash on hand December 31, 1907 6,131,92
Net Fund January 1, 1908. $294,640.15
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY G. FAY,
Treasurer of the Fund.
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Auditor's Report
March 2, 1908.
To the City Council, Quincy, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I have the honor of herewith submitting to you the annual report of the Finances of the City of Quincy for the year ending December 31, 1907.
In the following pages you will find a statement of the debt, both municipal and the debts authorized by special Acts. I regret that I have been unable to procure an inven- tory of the City property as required by the Ordinances of the City.
The Treasurer's books have been duly audited and the accounts therein agree with the records in my office. The Tax Collector's books have been examined and the amounts that the books show to have been collected from various sources have been paid to the City Treasurer. The out- standing accounts have not been audited.
I remain,
Yours respectfully,
H. O. FAIRBANKS, Auditor.
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Annual Appropriations
QUINCY, MASS., March 18, 1907.
TO THE CITY COUNCIL,-
GENTLEMEN :- We have the honor to submit for your consideration the following order for the annual appropria- tions.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT J. POLK, GEORGE F. SAWYER, JR. EUGENE R. STONE, WALTER S. PINKHAM,
WILLIAM H. DEACON,
CHARLES J. McGILVRAY, OTTO GELOTTE,
Finance Committee of the City Council.
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City of Quincy
IN COUNCIL.
March 18, 1907.
Ordered : That the several sums named herein be and are hereby appropriated for the payment of the expenses of the City of Quincy for the financial year beginning January Ist, and ending December 31st, 1907, to be expended by and under the direction of the several officers or boards as here- in designated, in accordance with the provisions of the Char- ter and Ordinances relating thereto.
No contract shall be made, nor expenditure authorized in any case, unless the same shall have been provided for herein, or unless provision shall have been made by special transfer from some of the appropriations herein contained, or by creating a loan.
BY THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS:
Transfers from Registry of Deeds,
Probate matters, books, advertis- ing, binding, postage and miscel- laneous $700.00
I clerk $1,040.00
I clerk 624.00
I clerk 624.00
Extra clerical
I50.00
2,438.00
$3,138.00
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BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH:
Miscellaneous expenses, abating nuis-
ances and contagious diseases. $1,100.00
·One clerk 416.00
Inspection 780.00
Garbage 3,500.00
Cleaning brooks 400.00
Collection of ashes
2,000.00
$8,196.00
BY THE MANAGERS OF PUBLIC BURIAL PLACES:
·Cemeteries
$4,000.00
BY THE MAYOR :
Approved by the President of the Council :
Contingent fund
$100.00
Advertising, printing and stationery ..
250.00
$350.00
BY THE AUDITOR :
Salaries of city officers, including $175 for clerical services for the Auditor $22,611.00
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BY THE CITY CLERK :
Clerical services
624.00
Extra clerical 100.00
Advertising, printing, stationery, elec-
tions and miscellaneous
2,400.00
State and Military Aid, and Soldiers' Relief 8,950.00
$12,074.00*
BY THE TAX COLLECTOR:
Advertising, printing, stationery and
miscellaneous $1,200.00
I clerk
$624.00
I clerk
468.00
I clerk
364.00
Extra clerical
75.00
1,531.00
$2,731.00°
BY THE CITY TREASURER :
Clerical services
$676.00
Miscellaneous
250.00
$926.00
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APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE :
G. A. R. Post, 88 $400.00
John A. Boyd Camp 2, Spanish War Veterans 75.00
City Hospital, with receipts from those not having settlement in Quincy .. 4,000.00
$4,475.00
BY THE CITY ENGINEER :
Expenses of office · $2,000.00
BY THE PARK COMMISSIONERS:
Bath house
$500.00
Labor
500.00
Repairs
200.00
$1,200.00
BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY :
Replacing and purchase of books, peri- odicals, binding and printing, sal- aries and assistance, fuel and light- ing, miscellaneous, catalogue, in- surance $6,500.00
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BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS:
Bridges, culverts and drains $3,000.00
Removal of snow 3,500.00
Street lighting 23,000.00
Advertising, printing and stationery . .
150.00
Clerical services
780.00
Repairing public buildings, and care of City Hall
6,000.00
Miscellaneous expenses, repair of
streets, maintenance of horses,
purchase of tools
20,000.00
Gypsy moth
2,500.00
Watering of streets (schedule to be
furnished by the Council) ..
7,000.00
Edgestones and setting (abutters pay- ing one-half the cost)
500.00
$66,430.00
BY THE CITY SOLICITOR :
Law library $75.00
BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE :
Chief of Police
$1,200.00
Permanent men 22,674.00
Keeper of station 200.00
Special police and miscellaneous 2,800.00
Enforcement of liquor law 2,000.00
$28,874.00
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BY THE MAYOR:
Miscellaneous city expenses and claims $4,000.00
BY SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:
Expense of office 125.00
BY THE OVERSEER OF THE POOR:
Almshouse and outside poor $9,000.00
BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Pay of men $23,040.00
Horse shoeing and keeping 3,800.00
Fire alarm
1,300.00
Lighting engine houses
450.00
Fuel
700.00
Firemen's clothing
250.00
Repairs and fixtures
1,300.00
Miscellaneous
1,800.00
Keeping Chief's horse
200.00
Horses and harnesses
500.00
Hose 800.00
$34, 140.00
$210,845.00
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BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE:
Salaries $101,105.00
Janitors
8,875.00
Books, supplies and sundries 10,000.00
Fuel 7,500.00
Transportation
1,100.00
Rents
985.00
Evening schools
1,500.00
$131,065.00
$341,910.00
BY THE CITY TREASURER:
City Debt $77,060.00
Interest on city debt
19,568.82
Park debt
2,000.00
Interest on park debt
1,360.00
Interest on temporary loans
15,000.00
$114,988.82
BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT :
To be paid from the water rates of 1907.
Water debt
$39,500.00
Interest on water debt
26,279.00
Maintenance $10,600.00
I clerk
780.00
I clerk
520.00
Extra clerk
100.00
12,000.00
$77,779.00
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BY THE SEWER DEPARTMENT:
To be paid from sewer assessments and taxes to be levied.
Sewer debt
$18,300.00
Interest on sewer debt
19,424.50
Maintenance 1,020.00
I clerk
780.00
$39,524.50
Passed to be ordained April 8, 1907.
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Attest: GEORGE T. MAGEE, Clerk of Council.
Approved April 15, 1907.
JAMES THOMPSON, Mayor. A True Copy-Attest :
HARRISON A. KEITH City Clerk.
Auditor's Statement, Dec. 31, 1907 CITY OF QUINCY, MASS.
1907
Bal. Jan. 1 1906.
Expended
Balance.
Appropri- ation.
Expended.
Balance.
Assessors
Clerical
$2,288 00
$2,288 00
Extra Clerical
150 00
147 00
3 00
Miscellaneous
$6 44
$6 44
800 00
798 24
1 76
Special
112 50
112 50
Burial Places, including Int.
5,631 61
5,557 32
74 29
Board of Health
Cleaning Brooks
400 00
400 00
Collection Ashes
261 90
261 90
2,000 00
1,882 19
117 81
Collection Garbage
74 13
74 13
3,500 00
3,482 16
17 84
Draining Pond off Grove street
800 00
454 26
345 74
Inspector
780 00
780 00
Miscellaneous
44 12
44 12
1,900 00
1,755 19
144 81
Clerical
416 00
416 00
Pickett's Pond
103 12
91 78
11 34
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80 25
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City Clerk
Clerical
624 00
624 00
Extra Clerical
100 00
67 00
33 00
Miscellaneous
227 58
227 58
2,400 00
2,320 03
79 97
Seals
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State Aid
8,950 00
8,423 00
527 00
City Treasurer
Clerical
676 00
669 58
6 42
Miscellaneous
68 67
68 67
250 00
233 29
16 71
Commissioner Public Works Dept.
Atlantic School Building ..
59,600 00
59,324 21
275 79
3,500 00
3,406 57
93 43
Atlantic School Furnishings
150 00
150 00
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Bates Avenue
50 00
150 00
125 04
24 96
Beacon Street
17
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Bridges, Culverts and Dams
24 38
24 38
3,000 00
2,999 99
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Clerical
22 50
22 50
780 00
780 00
Coe Street
200 00
200 00
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2,000 00
1,998 49
1 51
Cottage Avenue
124 69
83 69
41 00
Crosswalks
29 68
29 68
Edgestones and Sidewalks
330 46
330 46
Gridley Bryant School
28
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Advertising, Printing, etc.
Beach Street
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Coddington School Buildings
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594 00
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Gypsy Moth
932 54
932 54
5,000 00
6,319 84
647 54
Gypsy Moth Transfers
1,967 38
Hancock Strect Bridge
15,306 66
15,306 66
High School Addition
36,309 35
36,309 35
8,308 34
8,307 44
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High School Furnishings
12,757 27
12,757 27
700 00
695 57
4 43
Maple Place .
1 70
1 70
Mt. Wollaston Cemetery
39 60
39 60
450 00
450 00
No. Payne Street
1,225 13
1,220 26
4 87
Miscellaneous Streets
1,113 37
1,113 37
21,193 97
21,042 59
151 38
Excise Tax
6,303 78
6,303 78
Highland Avenue
500 00
480 10
19 90
Whitwell Street
2,500 00
1,916 90
583 10
Farrington Street
750 00
594 86
155 14
Smith Street
3,300 00
3,206 35
93 65
Hollis Avenue
2,500 00
2,500 00
Liberty Street
3,000 00
3,000 00
Elm Avenue
700 00
700 00
Broadway
2,500 00
2,011 99
488 01
Lighting
348 13
348 13
22,884 71
22,884 71
Watering
7,000 00
7,000 00
Removal of Snow
155 74
155 74
3,500 00
4,262 49
Removal of Snow (Transfers)
762 49
Sewer Construction
2,007 89
2,007 89
40,000 00
24,881 34
15,118 66
Sewer House Connection
241 03
241 03
6,000 00
6,000 00
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Sewer Maintenance
173 88
173 88
1,020 00
1,020 00
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Sewer Clerical
780 00
780 00
Water Construction
7 37
7 37
20,000 00
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Water Maintenance
152 67
152 67
10,600 00
10,374 48
225 52
Water Meters
637 88
637 88
10,000 00
7,171 37
2,828 63
Water Clerical
1,300 00
1,298 33
1 67
Water Extra Clerical
100 00
100 00
Repairs Public Buildings
90 25
90 25
6,284 83
6,245 29
39 54
Crane Public Library .
33 74
33 74
6,500 00
6,494 10
5 90
Engineering Department
2,000 00
1,998 77
1 23
Miscellaneous
969 51
816 72
153 39
Fire Department
Automatic Whistle
40 84
40 84
Alarm Boxes
885 15
885 15
135 00
135 00
Alarm
79 21
9 21
1,300 00
1,261 34
38 66
Clothing
54 50
54 50
250 00
250 00
Fuel
1 83
1 83
1,000 00
992 75
7 25
Horses and Harness
25 60
25 60
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4,300 00
4,140 42
159 58
Horse Shoeing and Keeping
109 76
109 76
200 00
200 00
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56 88
56 88
23,040 00
23,037 51
2 49
Pay of Men
Lighting
57 53
57 53
450 00
369 71
80 29
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511 47
Water Receipts
6,689 20
Assessors' Plans
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Horse Keeping, Chief's
Miscellaneous
176 17
176 17
2,300 00
2,229 72
70 28
Repairs, Etc.
1,300 00
1,293 98
6 02
Houghs Neck Station
3 87
3 87
Hose
800 00
750 00
50 00
Wires Underground
2,100 00
2,100 00
175 00
175 00
Interest
Municipal
2,613 64
2,613 64
20,508 82
19,799 94
708 88
Sewer
400 00
400 00
20,224 50
20,134 50
90 00
Water
297 50
297 50
26,879 00
26,201 50
677 50
Park
1,360 00
1,360 00
Temporary
1,889 06
1,889 06
15,000 00
14,874 87
125 13
Bonds
682 50
682 50
Law Library
67 50
67 50
75 00
30 50
44 50
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Mayor .
City Council, Advertising
1 28
1 28
350 00
347 87
2 13
City Council Contingent
34 10
34 10
100 00
58 71
41 29
Miscellaneous City
314 70
314 70
4,000 00
3,221 10
778 90
Notes Payable
Municipal
77,060 00
77,060 00
Sewer Department
18,300 00
18,300 00
Water
1,500 00
1,500 00
39,500 00
36,500 00
3,000 00
Park
2,000 00
2,000 00
Parks .
Bath House
553 00
513 35
39 65
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Labor
105 08
105 08
500 00
488 38
11 62
Repairs
200 00
200 00
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Poor Department
73 37
73 37
11,000 00
10,494 55
505 45
Special
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2,117 60
2,117 60
Special Furnishings
325 00
247 00
78 00
Police Department
Chief's Salary
1,200 00
1,200 00
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Police Station
200 00
200 00
Enforcement of Liquor Law
34 18
34 18
1,900 00
1,850 27
49 73
Miscellaneous
: 85 34
85 34
3,474 75
3,452 64
22 11
Pay of Men
22,449
25
22,449 25
Signal Boxes
600 00
600 00
Tax Collector
Clerical
1,456 00
1,456 00
Extra Clerical
75 0
75 00
Miscellaneous
349 29
349 29
1,200 00
1,197 (78
2 22
School Department
Salaries
100,498 70
100,498 70
Janitors
8,902 77
8,902 77
Books and Supplies
10,224 0
10,224 00
Fuel
7,882 99
7,882 99
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1,243 80
1,243 80
Rents
1,036 74
1,036 74
Evening Schools
1,500 00
1,500 00
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Miscellaneous
Pay of City Officers
57 50
57 50
22,611 00
22,430 24
180 76
Excess and Deficiency Fund.
712 48
709 20
3 28
Sealer Weights and Measures
125 00
125 00
Sale Playground .
2,525 30
2,525 30
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Fore River Bridge
41,000 00
Fore River Bridge Interest
825 00
42,286 06
Fore River Bridge Transfer
461 06
City Hospital
4,000 00
4,000 00
Receipts
308 32
308 32
G. A. R. 88
400 00
400 00
J. A. Boyd Camp
75 00
75 00
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$147,804 14
$143,422 97
$4,381 17 754,905 66
$729,305 36
$25,600 30
TEMPORARY LOAN ACCOUNT
Jan. 1, 1907
Outstanding
$217,000 00
Paid
$217,000 00
Dec. 31, 1907
Issued
$363,000 00
Paid
$50,000 00
Dec, 31, 1907
Outstanding
$313,000 00
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Assets.
Tax of 1894 to 190I
$3,368.60
Tax of 1901
1,331.96
Tax of 1902
693.21
Tax of 1903
2,139.58
Tax to 1904
1,959.93
Tax of 1905
2,801.28
Tax of 1906
39,955-57
Tax of 1907
217,046.16
Street watering
2,247.08
Water rates
1,080.30
Water services, construction
2,971.04
Sewer assessments
28,766.55
Sewer house connections
3,992.31
Sidewalk assessments
978.67
Burial places
1,147.75
Due from State Mass.
4,788.00
Gypsy moth
491.88
Cash on hand
58,109.69
Bonds on hand
7,150.00
Net debt, Dec. 31, '07
77789.46
1777,877,46
$2,158,897.02
Liabilities.
Temporary loan
$313,000.00
Municipal
504,540.00
Street improvement
56,900.00
Water debt
675,000.00
Sewer debt
548,100.00
Park debt
32,000.00
Balance special loan
24,464.73
Balance 1907 appropriation 2,366.99
Balance playground receipts
2,525.30
$2,158,897.02
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Net Debt Dec. 31, 1907 .$1,777,877.46
Net Debt Dec. 31, 1906 1,763,362.09
Net Debt Dec. 31, 1905 1,685,167.60
Net Debt Dec. 31, 1904 1,598,179.10
Net Debt Dec. 31, 1903
1,578,289.77
THE MUNICIPAL DEBT.
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Exclusive of Water, Sewers, Parks, Street Improvements, and Anticipation of Tax Loans.
Debt January 1, 1907
$480.250.00
Debt paid during the year 73,760.00
$406,490.00
ADDED DURING THE YEAR.
Fore River bridge $42,286.06
Hancock Street bridge 15,306.66
Sewer house connections 6,000.00
Atlantic school house furnishings 3,500.00
Draining pond off Grove Street 800.00
Moving Coddington buildings 2,000.00
Gypsy moth 2,500.00
Police signal boxes 600.00
High school addition 8,308.34
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High school furnishings 700.00
Alarm boxes
I35.00
Beach Street land damage I 50.00
Police department wires
175.00
Police department, miscellaneous 350.00
Board of Health
800.00
Interest on bonds, loans of 1907
3,022.50
Fire Department
800.00
Poor Department
2,000.00
Liberty Street
1,500.00
Farrington Street
2,000.00
Robertson Street 900.00
Cross Street
1,000.00
Sumner Street
3,000.00
Common Street
1,500.00
Total
$99,333.56
Of which "Transfers were"
1,286.06.
$98,047.50
Loans
$98,050.00
Debt, Dec. 31, 1907
$504,540.00
SPECIAL LOANS.
Mar. 25. Sewer Construction $40,000.00
May 20. Water Construction 20,000.00
May 20. Water Meters 10,000.00
$70,000.00;
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WATER DEBT.
January I, 1907 $684,500.00
Paid during the year 39,500.00
$645,000.00
Added during the year
30,000.00
Debt Jan. 1, 1908 $675,000.00
SEWER DEBT.
January 1, 1907
$526,400.00 18,300.00
Paid during the year
$508,100.00
Added during the year
40,000.00
Debt Jan. 1, 1908
$548,100.00
PARK DEBT.
January 1, 1907 .
$34,000.00
Paid during the year
2,000.00
Debt Jan. 1, 1908
$32,000.00
STREET IMPROVEMENT LOAN.
$60,200.00
January 1, 1907
Paid during the year 3,300.00
Debt Jan. 1, 1908 $56,900.00
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RESUME.
Total debt January 1, 1907
$1,785,350.00
Paid during the year I 36,860.00
$1,648,490.00
Added during the year
168,050.00
Total, January 1, 1908
1,816,540.00
MATURING DEBT, 1908.
Municipal
$105,670.00
Street Improvements
3,300.00
Water
40,500.00
Sewer
19,300.00
Parks
2,000.00
$170,770.00
MATURING DEBT IN 1908.
Municipal.
Water.
Sewer. Park.
Street Temporary. Total. Impr.
January
$ 2,250 $ 1,000
$ 50,000
$ 53,250
February
5,000
108,000
113,000
March
7,000
50,000
57,000
April 6,100
7,000
$ 6,500
800
80,000
100,400
May
2,300
5,500
5,000
12,800
June
1,500
2,000
2,000
5,500
July
17,150
1,500
1,000
19,650
August
13,120
20,000
1,500
34,620
September
9,500
2,000
1,000
12,500
October
5,500
2,500
2,000
25,000
35,000
November
3,700
500
4,200
December
32,550
3,000
300
35,850
$105,670
$40,500
$19,300
$2,000
$3,300
$313,000
$483,770
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DEBT STATEMENT. December 31, 1907.
Year. Municipal. Play-
Water
Sewer
Street Impr.
Totals.
grounds
1908, $105,670
$2,000
$40,500
$19,300
$3,300
$170,770
1909,
76,445
2,000
40,500
19,300
3,300
141,545
1910,
68,945
2,000
40,500
19,000
3,300
133,745
1911,
54,670
2,000
40,500
19,000
3,300
119,470
1912,
48,170
2,000
40,500
19,000
3,300
112,970
1913,
41,670
2,000
40,500
19,000
3,300
106,470
1914,
41,970
2,000
40,500
19,000
3,300
106,770
1915,
39,500
2,000
38,500
18,000
3,300
101,300
1916,
20,500
2,000
37,500
18,000
3,300
81,300
1917,
7,000
2,000
35,500
18,000
3,300
65,800
1918,
2,000
34,500
18,000
3,300
57,800
1919,
2,000
34,500
18,000
3,300
57,800
1920,
2,000
33,500
18,000
3,300
56,800
1921,
2,000
33,500
18,000
- 3,300
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