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WATER RATES.
During the past year I have given much study to the rates we are charging consumers for city water. I believe the rates should be re-adjusted, and while we must be careful and not
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make such a reduction as will be excessive or handicap the de- partment, I do feel that some reduction in the water rates can - be made this year. I ask that you give this subject your early attention.
STAND PIPE AT HOUGHS NECK.
Houghs Neck is a section of the city which is rapidly growing, and after careful study I have become convinced that it and the adjacent sections of the city are not receiving adequate fire protection. The people who have invested their money in developing this territory and those who are making their homes there, are entitled to better fire protection, and during the dry season to better water service.
The city owns a tract of land at the top of Great Hill; a standpipe of sufficient capacity should be erected thereon, and I recommend that action be taken to that end.
SANITARIES.
The City Square is rapidly becoming a busy centre for travel. Thousands of people daily pass through it, not only to and from different sections of our city, but also from points to the north and south of Quincy.
I believe the city should either at its own expense or in connection with the Bay State Railway Company, maintain suitable sanitaries at some convenient location in the Square.
HOSPITAL FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The State authorities have again notified the city that it must provide a hospital for the care of patietns afflicted with contagious diseases. The city can no longer defer action on this matter without being liable to being heavily penalized for its failure to do so. I, therefore ask you to take appropriate action and trust you will recognize your responsibility in the premises.
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SEWER ASSESSMENT.
Several years ago the city, under authority given to it by- its Sewer Act, fixed the manner in which the amount should be determined an estate legally liable to an assessment for an. extension of the sewerage system, should be charged. I am satisfied that the provisions of the Sewer Act are not complied with, and that the private estates should pay a larger propor- tion of the sewer construction expense, as the city is paying: more than its share. An attempt was made by the Council of last year to increase the 'amount the owners of the property benefited by an extension of the system should pay. I vetoed the order, for two reasons :
First ; because the amount was not increased enough.
Second; because the City Solicitor advised me it was. doubtful if the city, after having once fixed the rate determin- ing the assessment on a private estate, could, without legisla- tive authority, change the same, and that the proper way to proceed would be to petition the Legislature for authority to do so. I respectfully request authority from your body to petition the Legislature to that effect.
PUBLIC DOCK.
The only action taken by the City last year on this impor- tant subject was the appointment of a Committee to consider the advisability of establishing a Public Dock, and if it thought advisable to do so, to recommend a location for the same. No definite action was taken by the Committee and the matter has been referred to the City Council for this year. I regard this subject of vast importance and I ask your body to give it most careful consideration, to the end that any action taken: may be for the best interest of the city.
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ADAMS ACADEMY.
The Council of 1912 authorized the Mayor and the Su- pervisors of the Adams Temple and School Fund, to petition the Supreme Judicial Court to modify the terms of the deed of gift so as to enable the city to establish a classical course at the High School to be known as the "John Adams Classi- cal Course." A petition to that effect will be filed in the Su- preme Court this month. In view of the discontinuance of the Adams Academy by the Supervisors, arrangements have been made whereby the Paul Revere Post No. 88 of the G. A. R., is to be custodian of the academy building and premises, and also together with the Quincy Historical Society, to have the occu- pancy of it under a lease properly protecting the interests of the Fund.
I trust these organizations will be in possession of the pre- mises not later than the early spring.
GRADES FOR PRIVATE WAYS AND CELLARS.
There are many places in the city where streets have been opened on private land and houses erected on land abutted thereon before proper street grades have been established. In many places it will be necessary to expend large sums of mon- ey before such streets can become public ways of the city, and in some instances satisfactory results cannot even then be ob- tained.
It seems imperative, therefore, that some action be taken by the city Council to regulate the opening of ways upon pri- vate land, and to establish proper street grades, before im- provements, such as water and sewer, are laid therein.
There are also many houses in the city where cellars and even the first floors have been built at such a low elevation that they are continually flooded by extreme high tides. I recom-
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mend that the Legislature be petitioned for authority on the part of the city to regulate the laying out of streets through private lands, where the streets are to be dedicated for public use, and also for authority to establish a minimum cellar grade and minimum elevation of the first floor of buildings erected in the city.
CITY CHARTER.
My experience as a member of the City Council and as. Mayor leads me to believe that the time has arrived when the City Charter should be amended. I believe it will be a decided improvement on our present form of government to have amendments to our City Charter adopted, changing it in these particulars.
1-The term of Mayor should be increased from one to two years.
2-The Council should be reduced from twenty-three to nine members ; one from each ward and three at large.
3-The City Council should be a continuing body. The term of office should be for three years and each member should receive five dollars for each meeting he attends, pro- vided, however, he shall not receive more than one hundred and fifty dollars in any one year.
4-The Council should be required to transact its general business in a Committee of the whole, and the present system of having Standing Committees to whom matters may be re- ferred should be abolished.
I recommend that the Legislature be petitioned to sub- mit these proposed changes in the Charter to the people for acceptance or rejection at the next Municipal Election. .
31 HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.
Last year on account of our financial burdens, I deemed it unwise to make the highway improvements recommended in my Inaugural Address. I feel that we should act as to some of these improvements this year. School street must be widened, and Washington street widened and straightened, in the near future. I believe it wise to take the land neces- sary for these improvements now, before the streets are further built upon, although the actual improvements on them may be deferred to some later date.
Each year the Council passes special loan orders outside the Budget for the purpose of making specific repairs in cer- tain streets. It has always seemed to me it would be much better to let the Commissioner of Public Works and the Mayor determine as to what streets needed specific repairs and to re- pair them whenever it can be done most advantageously to the city. Therefore, I recommend that a sum of money be ap- propriated by the Council early in the year for this purpose.
I believe the time has come when a comprehensive study should be made and plans prepared for a complete system of surface drainage for the city, dividing the city into drain- age areas, so that our highways and new streets particularly may be properly drained, thereby saving in the expense of keeping them in repair.
The city annually expends money in building permanent sidewalks, and abutters are required to repay a proportionate. part of the expense. I believe in justice to them that such sidewalks should be kept in repair, and I ask that an annual appropriation be made for that purpose.
There is a growing sentiment in Quincy in favor of build- ing its streets by contract instead of by day labor. Many be- lieve by so doing the city will be able to build its streets at much less cost than by the present method.
I intend to try that experiment to some extent this year.
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MOUNT WOLLASTON CEMETERY.
I am advised that nearly all land owned by the city and constituting a part of the Mount Wollaston Cemetery, avail- able for burial lots, has been sold, and it is necessary for the city to make provision at once for enlarging this cemetery by acquiring additional land. I believe you should act on this matter without any unnecessary delay.
HANCOCK CEMETERY.
I desire to call the attention of the City Council to the condition of the Hancock Cemetery and recommend that steps be taken to improve and beautify this historic spot. Within its limits lie buried the bodies of the ancestors of the Adams', Hancock and Hoar families. Names known and reverenced not only in our City and State, but throughout the Nation. Each year, more and more, patriotic individuals and Societies are making pilgrimages to historic places and it seems emi- nently fitting that our city, so rich in historic interest, should carefully preserve and tenderly care for the last resting place of those men, through whose efforts, in a large measure, our Commonwealth was established.
At present the income of the Charles E. French Fund, amounting to about one hundred dollars per year is alone available for caring for this cemetery, and I suggest that dur- ing the coming year, you make a specific appropriation for repairing the fences and the general care of the grounds.
ENDING.
Gentlemen :
There is but one service we will be called upon to render our City during the coming year, and that is to do our full duty as representatives of the people. Let us, insofar as we are capable, render that service wisely, fearlessly and faith- fully. Let us each so discharge it that he will not only satisfy his own conscience, but will be able to look forward with com- placency to the time when his acts will be the subject of his fellow citizens' comments.
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QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS
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Auditor's Report - -
Quincy, Mass., Feb. 15, 1913.
To the City Council, Quincy, Mass.
In accordance with the City Charter, the Auditor of Accounts submits the annual report of his department, showing in detail the expenditures of each department.
Also several statements showing the financial condition of the City at the close of the Financial year Dec. 31, 1912.
The Treasurer's and Tax Collector's books have been ex- amined and I have found the required vouchers in their respective offices.
HENRY O. FAIRBANKS,
City Auditor.
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Annual Appropriations
Quincy, Mass., April 15, 1912 To the City Council :
GENTLEMEN,-We have the honor to submit for your con- sideration the following order for the annual appropriations.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN R. RICHARDS, Chairman,
Finance Committee of the City Council.
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City of Quincy
In Council :
April 15, 1912. 7
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 1st, and ending December 31st, 1912, to be expended by and under the direction of the several officers or boards as herein desig- nated, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter 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 creat- ing a loan.
BY THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
Transfers from registry of deeds, probate matters, books, advertising, binding, postage and miscel-
laneous . $1,000 00 One clerk
780 00
One clerk
676 00
One clerk
520 00
Extra clerical
635 00
$3,611 00
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BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
Approved by the President City Council.
Miscellaneous 475 00
BY THE MAYOR.
Miscellaneous city expenses and claims 2,500 00
Advisory Board, clerical and expenses . 1,000 00
3,500 00
BY THE AUDITOR
Salaries of city officers .
30,650 00 ·
Clerical and miscellaneous
350 00
31,000 00
BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Miscellaneous expenses, and abating
nuisances,
· 1,000 00
Contagious diseases
7,000 00
One clerk
624 00
Inspection
780 00 .
Garbage
6,000 00
Collection ashes
3,500 00 .
Cleaning brooks .
300 00
Scavenger maintenance
5,500 00
.
.
24,704 00
BY THE MANAGERS OF PUBLIC BURIAL PLACES.
Cemeteries, receipts for foundations and
regrading, and income 4,750 00
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BY THE CITY CLERK.
Clerical services
676 00
Miscellaneous
2,424 00
State and military aid and soldiers' re-
lief
8,300 00
Vital statistics
.
.
.
400 00
11,800 00
BY THE TAX COLLECTOR.
Advertising, printing, stationery and mis-
cellaneous
·
1,450 00
One Clerk
780 00
One Clerk
. 624 00
One Clerk
281 00
.3,135 00
BY THE TREASURER.
Clerical services
-
780 00
Miscellaneous
600 00
1,380 00
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR.
G. A. R., Post 88 . 400 00
John A. Boyd Camp 2, Spanish War Veterans 100 00
City Hospital, with receipts from those not having settlement in Quincy . 4,000 00
4,500 00
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BY THE CITY ENGINEER.
Expenses of office . 2,300 00
BY THE PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Miscellaneous 2,200 00
BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THOMAS CRANE. PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Replacing and purchase of books, peri- odicals, binding and printing, sal- aries and assistance, fuel and light- ing, miscellaneous, catalogue, insur- ance (dog tax $2,281.99)
10,500 00
BY THE COMMISSIONER PUBLIC WORKS.
Bridges, culverts and drains . 3,000 00 .
Clerical
.
780 00
Removal of snow
4,000 00
Miscellaneous
250 00
Repairing public buildings and care of City Hall
10,000 00 .
Highway expenses, repair of streets, maintenance of horses, purchase of tools (including Excise Tax . 45,000 00
Street lighting . 34,000 00
Watering or oiling of streets (Schedule to be furnished by the Council 9,500 00 · Gypsy moth . 5,300 00 ·
111,830 00
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BY THE CITY SOLICITOR.
Law Library, incidental expenses
75 00
BY THE INSPECTOR OF MILK
Miscellaneous
50 00
BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
Pay of men 30,598 75
Special police, miscellaneous and en-
forcement of liquor laws
·
6,500 00
37,098 75
BY THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Miscellaneous
300 00
BY THE OVERSEER OF THE POOR.
Miscellaneous
13,000 00
·
Clerical
·
.
.
520 00
$13,520 00
BY THE INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
-
Miscellaneous
150 00
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BY CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Fire alarm
1,000 00
Pay of men . 32,283 26
Horse shoeing and keeping
4,600 00 .
Fuel and lighting .
.
1,350 00
Repairs and fixtures
1,350 00 .
Miscellaneous and clothing
2,200 00 .
Keeping chief's horse
16 67
Horses and harnesses
1,000 00
Hose
800 00
44,599 93
BY THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Administration
.
5,360 00
Instruction
. 130,815 00
Text books
4,750 00
Stationery, supplies for instruction 4,750 00 .
Operation
, 21,300 00
Maintenance of plant
250 00
Miscellaneous
1,600 00 ·
Evening Schools
2,000 00 .
170,825 00
Industrial Evening Schools
1,000 00 .
Industrial Day Schools
1,200 00 .
2,200 00
Special Manual Arts Classes
1,400 00
$485,903 68
BY CITY TREASURER, BONDS COMING DUE.
City debt
.159,643 00
Street improvement
3,300 00
Park debt
.
·
· 2,000 00
164,943 00
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Interest coming due
City debt
. 26,885 11
Street improvement debt
1,515 50
Park debt
960 00
Temporary loan
. 15,000 00
44,360 61
BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
To be paid from the water receipts of 1911 and taxes to be levied
Water debt falling due . 53,500 00
Interest falling due
. 26,649 00
Maintenance and office expenses . 14,652 00
Two automobiles
1,240 00
One Clerk .
780 00
One Clerk .
572 00
97,393 00
BY THE SEWER DEPARTMENT.
To be paid from sewer assessments and taxes to be levied.
Sewer debt falling due . 27,000 00
Interest falling due . 22,765 50 Maintenance and office expenses 2,000 00
Clerical
· 780 00
52,545 50
Passed to be ordained April 22, 1912. Attest : GEORGE T. MAGEE, Clerk of Council.
Approved April 23, 1912.
EUGENE R. STONE, Mayor.
A true copy, Attest :
EMERY L. CRANE, City Clerk.
Itemized Schedule of Municipal Debt
TITLE.
DUE.
RATE.
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
TOTALS
Beacon street
$500)
North Payne street
1500
Gragg's Pond
200
Coddington School lot 3200
Wollaston ave
700 > Jan.
4
$2000
$2000
$2000
$2000
$8,000
Edwin street
100
Cottage ave widening
8000
Bates ave
150
Houghs Neck apparatus
2700
High school addition
6500
Jan.
4
500
1000
1000
1000
3,500
Coddington school build- ing
70,000
Jan.
4
7000
7000
7000
7000
7000
7000
Crescent street
1700)
Eliot street
500
Cushing street
500
Bradford street
600
Glendale road
2500 >
Jan.
4 1.2
1000
1500
1500
1500
1500
1.50
Wayland street
500
1650
Hunt street
1800
High schol furnishings
3000 J
Montelair School Bldg
45,000
Jan.
4500
4500
4500
4500
4500
4500
4500
4500
4500
40,500
Wollaston School Bldg
75,000
Jan.
4500
7500
7500
7500
7500
7500
7500
7500
7500
67,500
Fore River bridge
41.000
Feb.
4
4000
4000
4000
4000
4000
20.000
Wollaston School lot
4,00 ) '
Mar.
4
1000
10 0
1000
3,000
Madison Av. Sch Lot
8000
4
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
8,600
Police Signal
1200
Mar.
4
1200
Fire Auto
5,500)
Claremount avenue
1,800 |
Oakland avenue
825 1
Merrymount road
1,700
Brook street
1,500 |
7,800
Trafford street
3.000
Crescent street
2,000
West street
3,500 |
Pleasant street
006
Marsh street
400)
Police Auto
3500
Apr.
4 1000
1,000
4.4
Furnace avenue
1,000
Apr.
4 4800
1000
1000
1000
42,000
8,750
Glover ave
Mar.
1,200
Purchase of Steamer
5000
Apr.
4 1000
1000 1500
1500
1500
Athletic Field
1500
May
4
3500
Aut. Whistle and Boxes
700
May
4
760
760
Quincy School Hall
7000
May
4
2000
2000
1000
1000
1000
7,000
Woll School Grading
6000
May
2000
2000
2000
Sewer House Connection
3000
May
1000
1000
1000
Oranch Sch Grading
1800
May
4
1800
1,800
Crosswalk
685
May
4
685
685
Surface Drainage
5400
May
4
1400
1000
1000
1000
1000
5,400
Montclair Sch Furnish'gs
3400
May
4
1400
1000
1000
1000
3,400
Montclair Sch Grading
5000
May
4
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
E. Squantum
4000
May
4
)000
1000
1000
1000
2,000
Montclair School Lot
7700
May
4
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
5,000
Protection City Records
3000
May
1000
1,000
Scavenger Equipment
3000
May
4
1000
4,000
John Hancock School
6000
May
1000
1000
1000
1000
Steam Roller
3000
May
4
1000
1,000
Permanet Sidewalk
8000
June
4
2000
2,000
Assessors' plans
1000)
2500
June
4
500
500
500
1,500
Gridley Bryant school
300|
Whistle
275 )
Widening Hancock st.
14,733
June
4
2000
2000
2000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
12,000
Intervale street
1,900 )
Channing sireet
2,300
E. Squantum street
6,000 >
June
4 4000
4000
Kent street
2,000 | 800 J
Glendale road
10,570
July
4
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
9,000
Surface Drainage
22,000
July
4
3000
3000
3000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
19,000
Accepted Streets
19,530
Ju y
4
3000
3000
3000
2000
2000
2000
1000
16.000
Willard school heating,
12,000
July
4
1000
1000
Bennington street
1000)
Edwin street
400 |
1,300
Prospect street
500
1500
Whitwell street sidewalk
10000
July
4
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
7,000
Hancock St. Paving
4,000
Surface Drainage
6600
July
4
1000
1000
1000
Sidewalks
18300
July
3300
3000
3000
3000
1000
2500
West Street
2500
July
1
1500
1000
Squantum St
8000
July
4 1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
6,000
45
2,00) 6.000
Auto Chemical
6000
May
4
4
500
800
Lincoln ave
700
July
Willard street sidewalk
2700)
Sidewalks
2,000
Farrington Street
4200
May
4
1000
1,0 0
Mass. Fields sch. plumb'g
Paved gutters, Ward 5
225 >
4
4
1500
1,500
8,000
3,00 )
5,000
4,000
4
8,000
13.300
DUE.
RATE.
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
TOTALS.
Holbrook Road
1100)
Franklin Ave
1500
Murdock Ave
1050
East El Ave
2500
July
4
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
Cummings St
1850
Norfolk Street
1280
Merry Mount Road
1250
Newcomb Place
2300
Bates Ave
2500 )
July
4
1000
1000
1000
Arlington St
900 )
3,000
Surface Drainage
6,000
Purchase Insurance B'ldg
4500
Hancock street paving
20000
Sidewalks (concrete) 17600
Sidewalks (granolithic) 1100 >
July
4
6000
6000
5000
5000
5000
5000
4000
3000
39,000
Fire Alarm boxes
1725 |
Claims and Awards 2500
Wollaston Schoolhouse lot 9400 J
Atlantic school furniture 3500)
High school addition
8308.34
High school furniture
700 |
Coddington sch'l removal 2000 | Draining pond
800 >
4 1-2
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
15,000
Fire alarm boxes
135
Police signal
600
Beach street land damage 150
Hancock street bridge 15,306.66
Taylor Street Drain
800
Beach Street Sidewalk
800
Upland Road 800
Adams School Plumbing 2750
Fire Alarm Boxes
125
Faxon Road Sidewalk
425 >
Aug.
3 1-2
1000
1000
1000
3,000
Centre Street 1000 |
Freeman Street 600 |
Holmes Street
500
Farnum Street
300
Coe Street
200 !
Glendale Road
600 ]
Adams School Building
80000
4
8000
8000
8000
8000
8000
8000
8000
8000
8000
8090
80,000
Hancock Street
1000
1000
4000
Granite St
3,000
Houghs Neck School Lot
6500
July
1000
1000
1000
12140
July
4
6000
46
Aug.
Aug. Aug. 4
7,000
3500
4
Edison Park grading, Furnace brook wall,
300)
400
Goffe street widening,
3000 >
Aug.
4
670
670
1,340
Mt. Wollaston Cemetery En- trance,
3000 J
Atlantic school building
61,000
Sept.
4 6500
6500
6500
6500
26,000
High school furniture
Sept,
4
1000
2000
2000
2000
7,000
Granite Street Widening
400)
Oct
4
1000
1000
1000
3,000
Crosswalks
800
Hancock Street Grading
5000
Webster street
1400)
Surface drainage
5166 >
Oct.
4
1000
1000
1000
1000
4,000
Baxter street
1834 J
Grove street
2000)
Sea street
800 |
Broadway
500 >
Oct.
4
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
6,000
Smith street
1700 |
Lincoln School
12,000
Oct.
4
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
6,000
Marlboro St
1000
South St
5000
Oct.
4
1000
1000
1000
1000
4,000
Billings St
600
Brook Road
8000
2,000
Bedford street
2250)
Germain street
3350
Plymouth street
1600
Ritchie road
2175
Ballou street
725 |
Oct.
4 2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
1000
Hill street
750
Fayette street
1325
Belmont street
3300
Birch street
1575
Royal street
1950
Public Pier
2,000
Bridges
2.500
1.000
Fore River Bridge
20061.46
Oct.
4
2061.64 2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
20061 44
Quincy School Bldg
900
Nov.
1
900
900
Pur. Ins. Bldg Add'l
2000
Nov.
4
1000
1000
2000
Purchase Steam Roller
2.500
Nov.
4
1000
1,000
Land for Crusher
2,600
Nov.
4
1000
600
1,600
Atlantic school lot,
10,500
Dec.
4
1500
1,500
Wollaston School Furnish. 6,450
Dec.
4
2000
2000
4,000
Board of Health Con.
1200
Dec.
4
1200
1200
Fire Auto
5500
Dec.
4
1000
1000
1000
3,000
.
Oct.
4
1000
1,000
Oct.
4
1000
Oct.
4
2000
47
15,000
Coddington sch'l furniture 5200 J
13,000
Walnut Street
700
TITLE.
DUE.
RATE.
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
TOTAL.
Goddard Street Gutters
1,200 ) 300 |
Curtis street
4,500
Maple"Place
11,300 J
High School Addition
108,000
Dec.
4
15,00 ,
15,000
15,000
Wires underground
2100)
Pickett Pond
150
Alarm boxes
1000
Highland ave
500
Farrington street
750
Whitwell street
2500 >
Dec.
4
2000
2000
2000
2000
Elm ave
700
Smith street
3300
Hollis ave
2500
Broadway
2500
Liberty street
3000
Houghs Neck Sch. Bld'g
18000 l
Dec.
4
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
14,000
Houghs Neck Sch. Fur
2000
162,676.46 129,570 115,500
85,500
63,500
51,750
38,000
31,000 24,000
10,000
$696,883
48
4
1500
1500
1500
Bromfield Street
900 >
Dec.
45,000
8,000
49
DEBT STATEMENT .- December 31, 1912.
Year
Municipal Playgr'ds St. Imp.
Water
Sewer Refunded Grand Totals
1913,
162676
2000
7300
57500
29000
15000
273476
1914,
129570
2000
7300
56500
29000
15000
239370
1915,
115500
2000
7300
54500
27000
15000 221300
1916,
85500
2000
7800
53300
27000
15000
190300
1917,
63500
2000
7300
51500
26000
15000
165300
1918,
51750
2000
7300
50500
26000
15000
152550
19)9,
38000
2000
7300
50500
25000
15000
137800
1920,
24000
2000
7300
48500
25000
15000
128800
1921,
10000
2000
7300
46500
25000
15000
119800
1922,
2000
5300
43500
25000
15000
100800
1923,
2000
3300
43500
24000
72800
1924,
3300
22500
24000
49800
1925,
800
21500
24000
46300
1926,
20000
24000
44000
1927,
19000
21000
40000
1928,
15000
21000
36000
1929,
11000
20500
31500
1930,
10000
19500
29500
1931,
7000
18500
25500
1932,
6000
18500
24500
1933,
4000
18500
22500
1934,
3000
17500
20500
1935,
3000
17500
20500
1936,
3000
17500
20500
1937,
3000
17500
20500
1938,
2000
12000
14000
1939,
2000
8500
10500
1940,
1000
6500
7500
1941,
6500
6500
1942,
6500
6500
1943,
4000
4000
1944,
3000
3000
1945,
2000
2000
1946,
2000
2000
50
1947,
2000
2000
1948,
1000
1000
1949,
1000
1000
1950,
1000
1000
711496 22000 78400 709500 623500 150000 $2294896 1
COMPARISONS OF DEBT WITH 1912.
Summary of Total debt Dec. 31, 1911, as compared with Total debt Dec. 31, 1912 :-
Debt
City
Dec. 31, 1911. $696,433
Paid 1912. $159,643
Issued 1912. Dec. 31, 1912
$174,706
$711,496
St. Improvement
43,700
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