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Plowing.
Labor
$2,138.75
2,138.75
Highways.
Labor
$42,163.47
Stable.
8,572.02
Sidewalks .
3,362.61
Auto and upkeep
1,333.24
Tandem roller .
2,500.00
Pensions. .
659.88
Telephone.
$94.44
Convention expenses
89.70
Adding machine
271.00
Office supplies . .
25.90
Advertising and printing
28.94
Sundries.
42.46
Teams and plows
4,510.37
Broken stone.
4,394.84
Pipe and cement .
1,606.84
Lumber .
1,485.17
Equipment and repairs
3,149.38
Hardware and tools.
439.97
Freight and express.
134.30
Fuel and light.
1,189.92
Car tickets.
55.00
Catch basin materials
47.84
Tarvia .
3,573.11
Fore River assessment
660.00
Water.
50.66
Supplies
377.45
1
Amount carried forward.
$368,243.06
67
TREASURER'S STATEMENT
$368,243.06
Insurance.
$250.00
Expert services
100.00
Traffic signals.
126.00
Medical treatment .
29.50
Gasolene and oil
86.70
Rent of land.
62.50
Fences, labor
10.00
Fences, material
103.22
Auto upkeep
939.61
$23,934.82
82,526.04
Street Lighting
Electric.
$35,384.21
Gas.
4,609.72
Labor
85.50
All others.
12.35
40,091.78
Street Sprinkling.
Labor
$4.268.44
Oil .
9,648.40
Tarvia .
6,661.58
Equipment .
192.00
Teams. .
1,921.63
Other expenses
342.95
23,035.00
Poor Department.
Overseer
$933.32
City Physician .
500.00
Clerical.
936.00
Almshouse.
Telephone.
$24.39
Insurance.
636.00
Superintendent, salary .
807.50
Other salaries
526.30
Groceries . .
5,854.65
Dry goods and clothing
311.35
Supplies.
389.61
Fuel and light .
1,202.43
Hay and grain, stable expense.
213.87
One horse .
200.00
Medicine and medical attendance
75.96
Repairs.
52.58
Garden supplies.
110.35
Plowing
20.00
Water .
74.95
Freight and express
56.48
Burial expenses
25.00
Amount carried forward
$513,895.88
Amount brought forward.
68
CITY OF QUINCY
$513,895.88
Amount brought forward.
Pigs.
$25.00
Subscriptions
8.59
Auto hire
5.75
Ambulance
3.00
Hardware.
7.74
Filing saws .
2.60
Employment office.
2.00
Electrical repairs .
9.04
Sundry items.
7.00
$10,652.14
Outside Poor.
Cash aid
$319.20
Rent . .
2,803.10
Groceries and provisions.
3,239.43
Coal and wood .
1,292.52
Board and care.
2,436.21
Medicine and medical attendance
113.39
Burials
212.80
State institutions
658.51
Other institutions
332.18
Dry goods and clothing .
690.19
Printing.
45.76
Auto hire.
43.00
Extradition expenses .
30.00
Postage and stationery
20.07
Telephone
48.41
Express
12.56
Expenses
20.00
Police services.
6.00
Subscription
4.50
Ambulance
3.00
Hardware.
3.80
Labor.
5.50
Office supplies
4.55
Car fares.
42.58
Sundry expenses .
8.45
Relief by other cities
891.66
Relief by other towns
824.49
14,111.86
Mothers' Aid.
Cash
$8,675.21
Rent . .
1,596.60
Clothing
149.85
Groceries
776.05
Coal and wood.
459.70
Sundries .
39.05
11,696.46
38,829.78
Amount carried forward.
$552.725.66
69
TREASURER'S STATEMENT
Amount brought forward.
$552,725.66
City Hospital.
Treasurer
7,000.00
G. A. R. Post.
Treasurer
400.00
Treasurer
100.00
State Aid.
Sundry persons
Soldiers' Relief.
Sundry persons
$4,081.00
Soldiers' burials
50.00
4,131.00
Schools-Administration.
Superintendent
$2,200.00
Clerk.
649.98
Extra clerical.
982.98
Truant officer
1,383.32
Pay roll.
3,106.50
Stationery, printing and postage
593.17
Telephone. .
433.08
Traveling expenses
183.73
School census .
50.00
Rent. .
550.00
Office supplies
198.12
Lighting .
12.40
Adding machine
128.61
Books and maps
15.25
Typewriter.
78.00
Advertising.
6.38
Test forms .
12.00
Subscription
8.00
Report cards
5.58
Sundries
9.75
10,606.85
Instruction.
High. .
$41,055.94
Elementary
135,428.54
Supervisors
7,986.00
Traveling expenses
28.30
184,498.78
Textbooks and Supplies.
Books
$6,204.24
Book labels and charts. .
27.41
Printing and advertising
21.13
Express.
43.36
6,296.14
Amount carried forward.
$772,636.42
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6,877.99
J. A. Boyd Camp.
70
CITY OF QUINCY
Amount brought forward .
$772,636.42
Schools-Operation.
Janitors' salaries .
$14,978.23
Janitors supplies.
734.89
Fuel and light.
19,863.97
Weighing coal.
87.00
Slabs. .
13.50
Advertising
10.50
35,688.09
Schools-Maintenance.
Labor
$4,530.44
Material .
2,992.35
Furniture and furnishings.
206.55
Water. .
1,430.37
Insurance.
253.21
Flags.
51.00
Tickets .
15.00
Repairing clocks
11.50
Sharpening lawn mower .
9.65
Soda.
15.85
Hose
9.00
Advertising
8.76
Auto hire
9.00
Lighting .
3.85
Sundry expenses
7.10
9,553.63
Schools-Miscellaneous.
Transportation.
$2,234.83
County of Norfolk
181.44
Diplomas, etc.
277.75
Expenses .
856.79
Printing and advertising
66.15
Pensions. .
409.79
Evening Schools.
Salaries
$1,940.00
Janitor.
35.10
Pay roll .
446.60
Lighting
325.19
Printing .
12.40
Pianist .
10.00
Sundry expenses
28.24
2,797.53
Schools-Supplies.
General supplies
$9,539.60
Lumber .
618.38
Ice. . .
34.01
Hardware.
19.52
Advertising
12.38
Express
60.03
10,283.92
Amount carried forward
$834,986.34
4,026.75
71
TREASURER'S STATEMENT
Amount brought forward.
$834,986.34
Industrial School.
Superintendent, salary
$500.00
Salaries.
15,977.50
Equipment .
4,634.98
Fuel and light.
1,305.88
Janitor .
496.98
Freight and express
191.37
Car fares, postage, etc.
107.62
Printing and advertising
39.50
Telephone.
31.67
23,285.50
Industrial Evening School.
Superintendent, salary
$150.00
Salaries .
1,395.20
Janitor.
104.00
Fuel and light.
117.22
Printing and advertising
22.50
1,788.92
Home Making School.
Superintendent, salary .
$150.00
Salaries .
3,790.56
Janitor.
149.20
General supplies .
993.65
Fuel and light.
301.29
Books.
107.50
Pay roll
76.00
Telephone.
18.52
Express
5.75
Car fares .
6.50
Laundry .
6.44
Sundry expenses .
29.72
5,635.13
Industrial School out of City
Tuition
839.70
Library
Librarian
$1,400.00
Assistants
7,485.88
Janitors and helpers .
1,546.67
Other salaries and wages
1,357.66
Rent .
600.00
Books.
3,448.77
Periodicals.
735.47
Bookbinding
62.83
Periodical binding
526.02
Coal and wood .
471.45
Lighting
702.99
Repairs .
87.04
Amount carried forward.
$866,535.59
72
CITY OF QUINCY
$866,535.59
Amount brought forward.
Furniture and furnishings
$501.59
Insurance. .
276.00
Hardware.
24.90
Water. . .
20.67
Paper towels.
13.50
Disinfectant .
8.75
Flag pole and stand.
1.75
Cartage of books
91.50
Telephone. .
51.94
Office supplies
144.05
Car fares-transportation to branches.
47.61
Express
55.55
Supplies .
39.59
Care of delivery basket.
18.00
Library Association dues.
7.00
Expenses . .
6.00
Stationery, postage and printing.
124.03
Moving furniture ..
35.00
Magazine covers, book posters, etc.
30.94
Advertising
2.80
Sundries .
9.72
19,935.67
Parks.
Labor
$871.75
Materials
52.71
Office supplies .
$1.35
Advertising and postage.
3.65
Repairs. .
55.45
Sharpening lawn mowers.
17.00
Water
112.00
Tools, rope, etc. .
11.42
Sundry small items
6.70
207.57
Flag
Playgrounds.
Labor.
$281.85
Superintendent
160.00
Assistants ..
1,110.75
Materials
352.74
Repairs
$12.77
Lighting .
32.24
Chartered cars
62.00
Hardware
65.32
Rent. .
45.00
Loan of chairs
17.50
Orchestra.
15.00
Sundry expenses
32.65
Fares.
18.96
1,132.03
50.00
Amount carried forward.
$887,653.29
73
TREASURER'S STATEMENT
Amount brought forward
$887,653.29
Advertising and printing
$16.50
Prizes
53.49
Sand.
42.00
Membership
5.00
Taxi hire.
6.00
Supplies.
15.47
Express
5.05
444.95
2,350.29
Bath House.
Superintendent
$323.00
Attendants
265.80
Repairs
79.20
Lighting .
$49.11
Launching and hauling float .
35.00
Water .
35.00
Medicine, etc.
16.59
135.70
803.70
Planning Board.
Maps, plans
$97.91
Clerical.
50.00
Typewriting
9.30
Printing .
60.25
Hardware.
1.40
Rent .
5.00
223.86
Board of Survey.
Advertising
$34.77
Printing
1.50
36.27
Awards and Claims.
Damages to persons.
$1,731.00
Damages to property
101.46
Medical services.
160.00
Photos. .
23.50
Recording .
3.23
Cleansing suit .
1.75
2,020.94
Machine Gun Company.
Equipment
$349.90
Rent .
900.00
Telephone.
43.03
Auto hire.
94.75
Typewriter.
72.08
Trucking
33.00
Amount carried forward
$893,088.35
74
CITY OF QUINCY
Amount brought forward.
$893,088.35
Flags.
$39.00
Hardware. .
16.84
Police service.
8.00
Trunks.
44.00
1,600.60
Workmen's Compensation.
Compensation .
612.67
City Hospital Ambulance.
Ambulance.
$1,150.00
Repairs .
119.80
1,269.80
Water Maintenance.
Clerical. .
$2,451.00
Superintendent .
1,872.00
Inspector
1,248.00
Meter readers
3,545.00
Taxes
720.00
Labor.
$9,331.33
Meter and fittings.
525.27
Pipe and fittings
942.09
Equipment and repairs.
4,869.67
Upkeep of autos
3,843.97
S.table
764.40
Shoeing .
127.80
Hay and grain.
1,061.41
Fuel and light.
610.85
Extra clerical.
196.66
Stationery, printing and postage Telephone .
121.80
Office supplies
99.04
Rent .
51.00
Tickets.
150.00
Crex rug
3.58
Hardware
49.26
Express
3.50
Medical services.
24.00
Kerosene
25.00
Lumber
83.40
Flag .
11.70
Damages
6.20
Stone, tar, etc ..
31.66
Sundry expenses
3.46
23,722.55
33,558.55
Water Service Connections.
Labor.
$8,020.37
Pipe and fittings.
9,873.15
17,893.52
Amount carried forward
$948,023.49
.
785.50
75
TREASURER'S STATEMENT
Amount brought forward
$948,023.49
Water Meters.
Labor.
$194.23
Meters and fittings
2,048.29
2,242.52
Burial.
Commissioner, salary
$625.00
Superintendent.
1,200.00
Clerk.
208.00
Labor
$6,922.54
Secretary
50.00
Telephone .
44.02
Office supplies
81.64
Stationery and postage.
90.26
Printing .
42.85
Insurance.
2.25
Express.
3.40
Trees, shrubs, etc.
118.30
Hardware and tools.
48.84
Stable.
382.58
Auto.
27.82
Cement and fertilizer .
60.97
Repairs to lot.
40.00
Supplies.
24.90
Coal and pipe.
25.90
Sharpening lawn mowers
15.00
Lumber .
16.16
Scavenger work.
4.40
Sundries .
2.76
8,004.59
10,037.59
Advertising Ordinances.
Printing
$70.00
70.00
Assessors' Plans.
Labor
$122.33
Supplies
50.52
172.85
Sunny Creek Drain.
Labor
$285.74
Material
357.14
642.88
Sea Street, 1916.
Labor.
$156.08
Material .
25.20
181.28
Amount carried forward.
$961,370.61
76
CITY OF QUINCY
Amount brought forward .
$961,370.61
Edgemere Road Sidewalk.
Material.
$42.80
Granolithic work.
22.00
64.80
Hancock Cemetery.
Labor.
$20.93
Contract.
936.35
Materials.
9.10
966.38
Rawson Road.
Materials
$15.00
15.00
South Street Drain.
Labor.
$108.00
Materials.
38.51
146.51
Furnace Brook.
Labor.
$365.86
Materials
18.48
384.34
Common Street Widening.
Labor
179.65
Material
19.10
Recording
1.25
200.00
Willard Street Widening.
Recording
$2.75
2.75
Grade Crossing Solicitor.
Legal services.
$34.00
Advertising and printing
10.85
Typewriting .
6.00
50.85
Interest.
Temporary loans
$38,804.99
Sewers.
24,023.00
Water
22,742.75
Street improvement .
1,738.00
Parks.
560.00
Refunding
3,600.00
City
28,015.00
119,483.74
Amount carried forward
$1,082,684.98
TREASURER'S STATEMENT
77
Amount brought forward .
$1,082,684.98
Bonds.
Temporary loans 1916.
$675,000.00
Temporary loans 1917.
575,000.00
Sewers.
40,000.00
Water .
71,500.00
Street improvement .
7,300.00
Parks.
2,000.00
Refunding
15,000.00
City
161,625.00
Woodward Fund.
General expenses
$15,321.18
15.321.18
Perpetual Care Income.
Premium on bonds
$144.91
144.91
Rock Island Fund Income.
Records
$44.25
Books .
10.09
54.34
Williams Fund.
$12.00
12.00
Scavenger Deposits.
$2,074.00
2,074.00
Water refunds.
$5,090.00
5,090.00
Unexpended Balance.
Municipal research .
$100.00
Flag pole.
75.00
Refund on taxes .
53.80
Abatement. .
8.25
Overcharge (refunded later)
3.60
240.65
Assessors' Refunds.
Tax refunds .
$6,868.13
6,868.13
Deficit Bills, 1916.
City Council.
$115.00
Assessors .
264.91
Commissioner, miscellaneous.
5.50
Wire inspector .
6.89
Care City Hall.
294.05
Public buildings
2,138.96
Board of Health, contagious
6,817.09
Board of Health, miscellaneous.
268.70
Ashes .
42.74
Amount carried forward.
$2,659,915.19
Flowers
Vault and cesspool refunds .
Water Deposits.
1,547,425.00
78
CITY OF QUINCY
Amount brought forward .
$2,659,915.19
Garbage.
$43.35
Scavenger .
5.75
Sunny Creek drain
22.50
Highways.
4,444.84
ยท
Street lighting .
31.25
Poor Department
.75
Parks
24.80
Burial
45.77
14,572.85
Sidewalks, 1917.
Labor
$484.37
Contract .
1,473.68
Material
357.92
2,315.97
Agency Account.
State:
State tax.
$97,020.00
Bank tax
2,758.01
Metropolitan parks
3,667.58
Metropolitan parks
21,035.89
Metropolitan sewer
35,572.23
Metropolitan highways.
683.69
Wellington bridge.
37.58
Neponset bridge.
5,040.00
Metropolitan water
59,042.03
Fire preventive.
602.92
225,459.93
Norfolk County tax
38,047.06
Total
263,506.99
Total
$2,940,311.00
79
TREASURER'S STATEMENT
PAYMENTS.
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS. Sewer Construction.
Engineering and inspection .
$415.77
Labor.
16,170.34
Teams
418.31
Pipe and castings .
7,908.63
Brick and cement . .
1,539.16
Equipment and repairs.
2,085.62
Stable.
385.04
Contractors
426.19
Express
1.78
Land damages
2,007.40
Lumber .
321.05
Kerosene and gasolene.
203.25
Medical services
120.00
Dynamite, etc.
95.60
Recording .
45.50
Advertising
27.52
Tickets.
20.00
Sundry expenses
$32,212.37
Surface Drains 1916.
Cement ..
$23.76
Brick and pipe.
96.15
119.91
Surface Drains 1917.
Labor
$4,139.73
Material
2,409.25
6,548.98
Newbury Avenue Drain.
Labor
$163.14
Material .
127.30
290.44
Highway Construction 1915
Beach Street:
Labor
$839.52
Land damages Materials .
365.58
2,405.10
Edgemere Road:
Labor
$18.75
Material, etc.
127.49
Lunt Street:
Labor
$11.00
Equipment .
119.76
130.76
Amount carried forward.
1,200.00
146.24
$41,853.80
21.21
80
CITY OF QUINCY
Amount brought forward
Briggs Street: Equipment .
$14.97
14.97
Improving Fore River 1916.
U. S. Government.
$10,000.00
10,000.00
Adams Street Widening.
Labor.
$521.09
Land damages
2,100.00
Equipment .
984.86
3,605.95
Sea Street.
Labor
$11.77
11.77
Hancock Street Sidewalk.
Contract .
$390.67
390.67
Accepted Streets 1916.
Pope Street :
Labor
$2,603.52
Material
701.13
Lincoln Avenue:
Labor.
$660.34
Material
3.15
Davis Street:
Labor
$406.66
406.66
Taber Street:
Labor.
$52.35
Material .
20.70
73.05
Linden Street:
Material.
$181.03
181.03
Belmont Street:
Labor
$961.67
Material .
876.86
1,838.53
Flynt Street :
Land damages
$2,092.00
Recording
.71
Material.
527.65
Atlantic Street Extension:
Labor
$47.67
47.67
Amount carried forward
$41,853.80
2,620.36
$65,012.60
3,304.65
663.49
TREASURER'S STATEMENT
81
Amount brought forward.
$65,012.60
East Howard Street Sidewalk.
Contract and material.
346.87
Washington School Sidewalk.
Contract .
375.30
Permanent Sidewalks 1916.
Contract
$699.94 758.66
Material
1,458.60
Ward 2 School Building.
Contractors .
$48,382.65
Inspectors .
588.00
Clocks gongs, etc.
523.34
Pay roll.
167.51
Installing lights
146.30
Tablets.
96.00
Hardware
39.44
Lumber
32.65
Supplies
31.63
Coal.
18.28
Rope
11.06
50,036.86
Ward 2 School Furnishings.
Furniture.
$4,020.45
Other expenses
67.70
4,088.15
Ward 2 School Grading.
Labor and material
$152.48
Contract
6,585.00
6,737.48
Ward 6 School Building.
Contractors
$47,854.35
Inspectors
612.00
Installing lights
184.10
Pay roll
162.56
Tablets .
96.00
Hardware, etc.
37.60
Coal.
14.73
Lumber
11.59
Rope.
2.14
Supplies
15.84
48,990.91
Ward 6 School Furnishings.
Furniture.
$4,020.45
Other expenses
36.48
4,056.93
Amount carried forward
$181,103.70
82
CITY OF QUINCY
Amount brought forward .
$181,103.70
Ward 6 School Grading.
Labor and material $343.00
Contract.
5,589.50
5,932.50
Adams School Grading.
Labor .
$324.48
Broken stone.
128.83
Wheelbarrows .
15.00
Other expenses.
36.36
504.67
Playground Fund.
Flag staff
$165.00
Rope.
12.16
177.16
Water Construction.
Labor.
$7,606.44
Pipe and fittings, gates, valves, etc.
4,997.53
Freight and express.
137.07
Tools ...
91.20
Equipment and repairs.
1,872.21
Stable.
341.92
Auto.
166.62
Hydrants etc.
794.90
Contract .
505.08
Lumber
92.79
Coal
30.60
Tar and stone.
28.38
Sundry expenses
20.28
16,685.02
Houghs Neck School Land 1916.
Purchase of land .
4,500.00
Receipts
294.85
Tax Titles.
Refund to sundry persons.
1,061.27
Trust 'Accounts.
Perpetual care
$2,975.00
Tailings fund
39.84
3,014.84
Fire Alarm Building.
Labor.
$169.51
Contract work.
5,311.75
Advertising, etc.
48.39
5,529.65
Amount carried forward
$218,803.66
Quincy City Hospital.
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Amount brought forward.
$218,803.66
Sea Wall.
State of Massachusetts.
$5,000.00 44.17
Labor
5,044.17
School Buildings Shades.
Shades.
$560.00
Advertising
20.47
580.47
Sidewalk, Hancock and Washington Streets. Hancock Street:
Contract
$213.61
Labor
430.44
Material.
260.60
Advertising
13.06
Recording
.50
$918.21
Washington Street :
Contract.
$325.29
Labor
6.00
Recording .
.50
331.79
1,250.00
Smith Street Paving.
Contract
$8,684.50
Labor.
434.30
Advertising
20.68
Brick.
11.25
9,150.73
Lancaster Street.
Labor
$1,623.46
Land damages .
1,344.00
Recording . .
9.06
Material, etc.
658.39
3,634.91
Lowe Street.
Labor.
$1,931.13
Recording
3.30
Material
254.52
2,188.95
Fire Apparatus.
Apparatus
2,000.00
Vane Street.
Recording.
4.50
Total
$242,657.39
REPORT OF CITY TREASURER FOR 1917
January 1, 1918.
Hon. Joseph L. Whiton, Mayor,
Quincy, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir: I herewith submit the annual report of the city treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1917. I remain,
Very respectfully yours,
WALTER E. PIPER, City Treasurer.
TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
Receipts.
Cash on hand January 1, 1917.
$155,152.57
General Revenue
Taxes, 1917 .
581,535.35
Previous years
568,185.75
Licenses.
2,737.00
Permits
515.50
Court fines.
3,544.20
Grants and gifts (dog licenses)
2,302.95
Grants and gifts .
8,087.10
Special Assessments
Street Sprinkling
8,851.12
Gypsy moth
1,668.11
Sidewalks .
2,299.36
Sewer Assessments
13,606.73
Sewer, Particular
9,026.42
Street Betterment ..
3,154.36
State of Massachusetts
104,189.13
General Government
Tax Collector and Treasurer, costs
2,922.10
City Clerk .
475.55
Police Department .
34.95
Sealer Weights and Measures .
291.14
Building Inspector
1,275.00
Wire Inspector.
801.00
Board of Health, contagious diseases.
1,170.24
Miscellaneous, deposits
1,881.40
Miscellaneous
23.00
Plumbing Inspector
404.00
Milk Inspector
93.00
Ashes .
. . . . . 1,025.87
.
.
.
.
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General Government - Continued.
Garbage.
$2,542.37
Scavenger .
2,416.50
Highways.
3 767.19
Poor Department .
5,302.35
School Department .
1,709.55
Industrial School receipts .
3,767.48
Home Making School receipts.
1,047.96
Industrial School revenue.
2,333.35
Public Services
Water rates, 1917.
161,332.28
Water rates, 1916 and prior
9,604.98
Water service connections.
8,954.88
Water construction .
1,841.79
Cemetery, miscellaneous.
8,788.50
Cemetery foundations
1,249.87
Interest
Tax Collector, taxes.
19,777.76
Tax Collector, assessments and deposits .
4,784.98
City Treasurer
3,153.55
Perpetual Care Fund.
1,879.46
Other Trust accounts. .
15,605.78
Accrued interest on bonds
1,007.76
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary loans .
1,475,000.00
Water loans.
15,000.00
Sewer loans.
35,000.00
General loans.
90,809.00
Premium on bonds.
65.19
Agency and Trust Accounts
Tax Titles refunded.
1,061.27
Perpetual Care Fund.
2,975.00
Water Deposits.
5,520.00
Quincy City Hospital.
294.85
Departmental refund account .
95.20
Other trust funds
39.84
General Revenue
School buildings
2,255.34
Miscellaneous city
491.88
Water revenue.
9,523.40
Rent
120.00
Tax titles held by city
117.48
Fire Department .
438.50
Sewer maintenance.
184.67
Particular sewer appropriation
43.25
Street oiling .
22.50
Plowing .
1,038.75.
Mosquitoes.
266.00
City Solicitor, special.
146.77
Public Market .
512.49
Fire alarm boxes
155.00
Total
$3,387,297.62
.
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Expenditures.
Paid out on Mayor's warrants, 1917.
$3,182,968.39
Cash on hand . 204,329.23
Total.
$3,387,297.62
Cash on hand, December 1, 1917
$39,362.33
Cash receipts, December, 1917 ..
509,915.32
Cash expenditures, December, 1917
344,948.42
Cash on hand, January 1, 1918.
204,329.23
Charles E. French Fund.
Interest receipts for 1917. . $141.18
Credited to Burial Department .
$141.18
$141.18
$141.18
Total fund of $3,000 invested in City of Quincy bonds.
C. C. Johnson Turkey Fund.
Cash on hand January 1, 1917 .
$2,000.00
Interest receipts.
80.80
Credited to Poor Department.
$80.80 2,000.00
Cash on hand, December 31, 1917.
$2,080.80
$2,080.80
Rock Island Fund.
Cash on hand January 1, 1917
$1,043.57
Interest receipts.
40.40
Expended by the School Department.
$54.34
Cash on hand December 31, 1917 .
1,029.63
$1,083.97
$1,083.97
William S. Williams Fund.
Cash on hand January 1, 1917
$411.64
Interest receipts. . .
16.16
Expended by Burial Department .
$12.00
Cash on hand December 31, 1917
415.80
$427.80
$427.80
Perpetual Care Fund - Public Burial Places.
Cash on hand January 1, 1917
$2,263.00
Interest receipts. . .
1,879.46
City of Quincy bonds matured . .
15,475.00
Received for perpetual care of lots.
2,975.00
Credited to Burial Department .
$1,734.55
City of Quincy bonds purchased
19,600.00
City of Quincy bonds, accrued interest .
144.91
Cash in Quincy Savings Bank December 31, 1917 ..
1,038.00
Cash in Granite Trust Company December 31, 1917
75.00
$22,592.46 $22,592.46
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Statement of Perpetual Care Fund to Date.
Received for perpetual care of lots.
$44,738.00
Received for perpetual care of lots, 1917 2,975.00
Invested in City of Quincy bonds.
Cash in banks December 31, 1917
$46,600.00 1,113.00
$47,713.00 $47,713.00
WALTER E. PIPER, Treasurer.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF WOODWARD FUND AND PROPERTY
January 1, 1918.
Hon. Joseph L. Whiton, Mayor, Quincy, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir: I herewith submit the report of the treasurer of the Wood- ward Fund and Property for the year 1917. I remain,
Very truly yours,
WALTER E. PIPER, Treasurer Woodward Fund.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Receipts.
Cash on hand, January 1, 1917 ..
$9,958.77
Notes secured by mortgages.
12,825.00
Notes receivable. .
7,400.00
City of Quincy bonds
9,150.00
Interest on loans
9,911.07
Interest on bank balances.
207.36
Interest, American Tel. & Tel. Co
141.50
Interest, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
300.00
Interest, Boston & Albany R.R. Co
236.25
Interest, Central Vermont R.R ..
432.00
Interest, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R.
150.00
Interest, City of Minneapolis
200.00
Interest, City of Quincy
1,496.00
Interest, Fitchburg, R.R.
330.00
Interest, Michigan State Tel. & Tel. Co.
592.00
Interest, Pennsylvania R.R.
360.00
Interest, Union Pacific R.R.
200.00
Rents from sundry persons .
765.00
$54,654.95
Expenditures.
Notes secured by mortgages
$6,000.00
Expenses of Institute.
13,617.13
Expenses of Fund.
489.10
City of Quincy bonds.
23,959.00
City of Quincy bonds, accrued interest ..
197.18
Purchase two shares American Tel. & Tel. Co.
194.00
Hodgkinson mortgage foreclosure.
6,254.99
Cash on hand, December 31, 1917
3,943.55
$54,654.95
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Expenses of Institute.
Pay rolls.
$11,287.40 2,329.73
Other expenses
$13,617.13
Expenses of Fund.
Property expenses.
$170.49
Insurance and sundry expenses
318.61
Income Account, 1917.
Received from investments.
$15,321.18
Expenses of Institute
$13,617.13
Expenses of fund
489.10
Accrued interest on city bonds.
197.18
Unexpended income, 1917
1,017.77
$15,321.18 $15,321.18
Statement of Fund, January 1, 1918.
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. Woodward.
51,556.78
Real estate sold.
93,765.16
Pews sold .
120.00
Damages Sheen property
325.00
Income from investments.
108,308.57
Institute Land and Building
58,900.00
Property, Greenleaf Street .
3,500.00
Salt marsh, Greenleaf Street .
400.00
$346,965.34
Income invested and added to principal.
18,165.19
$365,130.53
Invested as follows:
$300 American Tel. & Tel. Co. 41's.
$299.55
7,500 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4's.
7,500.00
10,800 Central Vermont R.R. 4's. .
9,460.00
38,459 City of Quincy bonds 4 and 42's .
38,459.00
5,000 City of Minneapolis bonds 4's. .
5,000.00
3,000 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. 5's.
3,000.00
4,000 Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western 4's.
4,000.00
9,600 Michigan State Tel. & Tel. Co. 5's and 32 shares (Pref.).
9,600.00
5,000 Union Pacific R.R. 4's. .
4,419.00
18 Shares American Tel. & Tel. Co.
713.88
27 Shares Boston & Albany R.R.
4,900.00
9 Shares Central Vermont R.R.
500.00
66 Shares Fitchburg R.R.
7,260.00
120 Shares Pennsylvania R.R.
7,200.00
Sheen property, Greenleaf Street
6,826.92
$489.10
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Linden Street house.
$2,868.64
Hardwick property, Quarry Street .
4,000.00
Hodgkinson house, Elm Street .
6,254.99
Mortgage loans .
179,625.00
Cash on hand, December 31, 1917
3,943.55
$305,830.53
Salt marsh, Greenleaf Street .
400.00
Institute land and building .
58,900.00
$365,130.53
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
January 7, 1918.
To His Honor, Joseph L. Whiton, Mayor of the City of Quincy:
In compliance with the requirements of the City Ordinance, I here- with submit the annual report of the police department of this city for the year ending December 31, 1917.
ROSTER OF DEPARTMENT.
Chief, Daniel R. McKay Captain, Alfred W.Goodhue Inspector, Ernest H. Bishop Lieutenant, John T. Larkin Sergeant, Edward Johnson Sergeant, Jeremiah Hinchon
Patrolmen.
Avery, John J.
Doran, Daniel H.
O'Connell, James Olson, Charles
Buell, John E.
Duffy, John P.
Phillips, George F.
Broberg, Claes A.
Fallon, Thomas J.
Riley, Henry F.
Cahill, George A.
Fallon, George W.
Shea, Daniel M.
Canavan, Michael F. Corbett, Henry F. Crooker, Charles T. Curtin, Edward J. Dahlberg, Nils
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