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Hon. JOSEPH L. WHITON, Chairman Dr. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING, Vice-Chairman Mr. ALBERT L. BARBOUR, Secretary
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CITY GOVERNMENT
Clerks. Miss MARION NILSEN Miss HELEN M. CANTY
Members.
Hon. JOSEPH L. WHITON
Term expires 1920
Dr. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING
Term expires 1919
Mr. ROBERT E. FOY
Term expires 1919
Mr. CHARLES W. BAILEY
Term expires 1920
Dr. DANIEL A. BRUCE
Term expires 1920
Mrs. ALICE M. ARNOLD Term expires 1921
Mr. GEORGE W. ABELE
Term expires 1921
CALENDAR FOR 1919. First Term. Monday, December 30 to Friday, February 21.
Second Term. Monday, March 3 to Friday, April 25.
Third Term.
Monday, May 5 to Friday, June 27.
Grammar School Graduations - Friday, June 27.
High School Graduations - Wednesday, June 25.
Fourth Term.
Wednesday, September 3, to Friday, December 19. Hollidays - All Legal Holidays, Good Friday, June 17, and the remainder of the week from Wednesday noon next preceding Thanks- giving.
Attendance Officer.
CHARLES H. JOHNSON Office, 1535 Hancock Street
School Nurses.
Miss MARION JACKSON Miss LUCY H. RAND
School Dentist. Dr. PAUL KARCHER
Dentist's Assistant. Miss FLORENCE WETMORE
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Quincy, Mass., Mar. 1, 1919.
To the City Councillors, Quincy, Mass.
In accordance with the ordinance of the city, I submit the annual report of my department, showing in detail the receipts and expenditures of each department.
Also several statements showing the financial condition of the city at the close of the financial year, December 31, 1918.
HENRY O. FAIRBANKS, City Auditor.
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CITY OF QUINCY, IN COUNCIL.
Ordered,
February 14, 1918.
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 1, 1918 and ending December 31, 1918, to be expended by and under the direction of the several officers or boards as herein designated, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 719, of the Acts of 1913.
That the appropriation for Water Maintenance and Clerical be paid from Water Receipts.
That the appropriation for Sewer Maintenance and Clerical be paid from Sewer Assessment Receipts.
Mayor.
Salary
$2,750.00
Secretary
1,430.00
Expenses
1,500.00
$5,680.00
Councillors.
Salaries
$4,500.00
Clerk
550.00
Advertising
500.00
Printing.
250.00
Stationery and Postage.
50.00
Transportation
30.00
Street Notices
20.00
Expenses.
30.00
5,930.00
City Auditor.
Salary
$1,980.00
Clerk .
858.00
Extra Clerical
160.00
Office Supplies
160.00
Stationery and Postage
50.00
Printing.
50.00
Telephone
50.00
Other Expenses
30.00
Typewriting Auditor's Report, Special.
$30.00
City Treasurer.
Salary
$1,760.00
Clerk .
1,029.60
Extra Clerical
45.00
Printing .
500.00
Stationery and Postage.
130.00
Telephone . .
42.00
Office Supplies
80.00
Bond
150.00
Other Expenses
10.00
3,338.00
3,746.60
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Tax Collector.
Salary
$1,650.00
Clerk .
1,029.60
Clerk
915.20
Clerk
686.40
Clerk
150.00
Bond
325.00
Postage
1,000.00
Printing and Postage
125.00
Telephone.
40.00
Recording .
35.00
Office Supplies
100.00
Other Expenses
25.00
Tax Sale
900.00
6,981.20
Assessors.
Salaries
$2,200.00
Salaries
1,650.00
Salaries
1,650.00
Assistant Assessors .
660.00
Clerk
1,430.00
Clerk
915.20
Clerk
858.00
Clerk
743.60
Temporary Clerks.
1,400.00
Stationery and Postage
100.00
Abstracts of Deeds .
450.00
Printing and Advertising
1,000.00
Telephone .
45.00
Office Supplies
350.00
Transportation
500.00
Other Expenses
65.00
14,016.80
City Clerk.
Salary
$2,200.00
Assistant City Clerk
1029.60
Clerk .
440.00
Extra Clerical
60.00
Printing and Postage
175.00
Posting
70.00
Telephone .
40.00
Office Supplies
175.00
Badges, Dog Checks, Subscription, Bonds and Other Expenses.
60.00
Vital Statistics
$650.00
City Messenger
440.00
City Solicitor.
Salary .
$1,760.00
Expenses . .
350.00
Legal Expenses .
500.00
Claims and Awards
1,500.00
4,249.60
4,110.00
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Commissioner of Public Works.
Salary
Clerical
$2,640.00 1,086.80 300.00
Expenses
$4,026.80
City Engineer.
Salary
$1,980.00
Assistants
3,300.00
Clerk
228.80
Assessors Plans
300.00
Office Supplies
250.00
Transportation
150.00
Telephone
40.00
Printing
10.00
Other Expenses
100.00
6,358.80
Registrars.
Salaries
$1,100.00
Clerk
165.00
Precinct Officers
1,620.00
Printing and Postage
1,000.00
Rentals .
350.00
Meals .
275.00
Labor .
225.00
Supplies
175.00
Transportation .
75.00
4,955.00
Public Buildings.
City Hall
$5,200.00
Public Buildings
2,000.00
7,200.00
Police Department.
Chief .
$1,800.00
Captain.
1,700.00
Inspector
1,600.00
Lieutenant
1,500.00
Sergeants (two)
2,800.00
Patrolmen .
46 800.00
Reserve .
3,276.00
Special
2,160.00
Days Off
3,240.00
Vacation
1,890.00
Elections
311.00
July 4.
108.00
Pension
1,200 00
Fuel.
500.00
Lighting
200.00
Telephone
300.00
Signal Wires.
300.00
Meals Prisoners
350.00
Laundry
124.00
Office Supplies
240.00
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Upkeep Patrol
$400.00
Upkeep Knox Auto.
200.00
Upkeep Jeffrey
400.00
Upkeep Cycle .
100.00
Liquor Law .
600.00
Traveling Expenses .
200.00
Other Expenses .
200.00
$72,499.00
Fire Department.
Chief
$1,800.00
Assistant Chiefs.
750.00
Permanent Men
45,950.00
Call Men
2,840.00
Pension
595.00
Clerical
57.20
Others Employed
300.00
Fuel .
1,500.00
Gasoline, Oil, Tires and Repairs.
4,800.00
Telephone.
255.00
Lighting
400.00
Horse Keep
350.00
Laundry
200.00
Hose .
S50.00
Other Expenses
1,000.00
Fire Alarm
1,000.00
62,647.20
Sealers of Weights and Measures.
Salary
$1,320.00
Clerical
10.00
Labor.
15.00
Upkeep Auto.
200.00
Other Expenses .
150.00
1,695.00
Inspector of Wires.
Salary
$1,540.00
Clerical
228.80
Upkeep Auto and Rent
236.00
Advertising and Printing.
150.00
Office Supplies .
100.00
Other Expenses
75.00
Telephone
30.00
2,359.80
Building Inspector.
Salary
$1,540.00
Clerical
228.80
Office.
75.00
Upkeep Auto
200.00
Telephone
18.00
Printing
125.00
Other Expenses
50.00
2,236.80
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Gypsy Moth.
Superintendent
$1,372.00
Care Trees
500.00
Labor
3,700.00
Materials
1,500.00
Other Expenses
1,300.00
Insect Scale
300.00
$8,672.00
Board of Health. Administration
Salaries
$1,270.00
Superintendent
1,029.60
Foreman . .
1,364.00
Office Supplies
350.00
Printing and Advertising
130.00
Telephones .
130.00
Insurance
120.00
Stable Upkeep.
Labor
$3,603.60
Hay and Grain
4,000.00
Repairs
200.00
Coal
100.00
Lighting
90.00
Supplies
50.00
Shoeing
500.00
Equipment.
Horse
$250.00
Wagon and Equipment
325.00
Sewer Barrels and Cans
325.00
Repair Wagons
200.00
Gasoline . .
1,200.00
Upkeep Autos
200.00
Upkeep Truck
450.00
Pigs .
150.00
Labor.
Labor.
$25,000.00
Sanitary Inspector.
1,100.00
Health Inspector
1,029.60
43,166.80
Dispensary.
Nurse
$1,100.00
Physician
220.00
Janitor
1,029.60
Fuel
100.00
Lighting
15.00
Telephone.
33.00
Supplies .
36.00
Laundry
20.00
Seeds
5.00
2,558.60
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Contagious Diseases.
Nurse
$1,100.00 10,000.00
Other Expenses
11,100.00
Inspector of Plumbing.
Salary . .
$1,540.00 200.00
Upkeep Auto.
50.00
1,790.00 ·
Inspector of Provisions.
Salary
$330.00
Expenses
60.00
390.00
Inspector of Milk.
Salary
$300.00
Expenses.
75.00
375.00
Inspector of Animals.
Salary .
$220.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
55.00
275.00
Highways.
Cleaning Brooks
$600.00
Labor
45,000.00
Stable
9,000.00
Sidewalks
4,000.00
Upkeep Autos.
700.00
Pensions
659.88
Bridges.
4,000.00
Other Expenses
24,000.00
87,959.88
Street Lighting and Street Sprinkling.
Street Lighting.
$40,000.00
Street Sprinkling
23,000.00
Charities.
Overseer - Salary
$1,100.00
Physician
550.00
Clerical
1,029.60
Almshouse .
8,000.00
Mother's Aid
14,000.00
Outside Poor
18,000.00
State Aid
$10,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
4,500.00
Military Aid .
200.00
Soldiers' Burial
200.00
City Hospital, care of Quincy Patients .
7,000.00
G. A. R ..
400.00
John A. Boyd Camp
100.00
42,679.60
Other Expenses
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Park Department.
Labor
Supplies
$1,485.00 100.00 175.00
Expenses
1,760.00
Bath House.
Superintendent
$385.00
Attendants
385.00
Repairs .
100.00
Expenses.
150.00
1,020.00
School Department.
Adıninistration
$11,875.00
Instruction .
207,200.00
Text Books .
5,500.00
Stationery and Supplies
11,000.00
Operation .
39,546.00
Maintenance
5,000.00
Miscellaneous
4,000.00
Evening Schools
2,000.00
Industrial Day School.
16,805.00
Industrial Evening School.
2,400.00
Home Making School
5,400.00
310,726.00
Library. One-Half Dog Tex
Salaries and Services
$10,030.00
Books
3,000.00
Periodicals
600.00
Binding
900.00
Printing
110.00
Fuel . .
900.00
Lighting
700.00
Other Expenses
2,042.00
Cemetery Department.
Salary
$1,000.00
Clerical
228.80
Superintendent
1,320.00
Labor.
4,100.00
Cemetery Supplies
375.00
Horse Keep
400.00
Office Supplies
212.00
Telephone .
40.00
Miscellaneous
75.00
Unclassified.
Workmen's Compensation.
$2,500.00
Planning Board
250.00
Board of Survey
50.00
Dock Commissioner's Expenses
25.00
State Guard.
1,000.00
Food Conservation .
1,000.00
Public Market (Receipts)
Grand Total.
18,282.00
7,750.80
841,911.28
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Sewer Department.
To be paid from assessment receipts and taxes to be levied.
Sewer Debt falling due
$47,000.00
Interest falling due .
23,029.00
Clerical
1,029.60
Superintendent.
2,059.20
Labor.
2,000.00
Upkeep Auto Truck
300.00
Upkeep Auto
200.00
Office Supplies
115.00
Telephone.
50.00
Equipment .
200.00
$75,982.80
Water Department. To be paid from water receipts and taxes to be levied.
Bonds.
$73,500.00
Interest falling due
20,158.25
One Clerk
1,029.60
One Clerk
915.20
One Clerk .
800.80
Superintendent
2,059.20
Inspector
1,372.80
Meter Readers.
4,461.60
General Maintenance
8,379.00
Repairs and Relay
17,000.00
Frost Emergency
7,000.00
Meters . .
3,000.00
Painting Stand Pipes
850.00
New Equipment
1,525.00
Service Connections
4,000.00
146,051.45
By City Treasurer - Bonds Coming Due.
City Debt.
$156,059.00
Street Improvement.
7,300.00
Park .
2,000.00
Refunding .
15,000.00
180,359.00
By City Treasurer - Interest Coming Due.
City Debt.
$24,097.04
Street Improvement.
1,462.50
Park
480.00
Refunding .
3,000.00
Temporary Loans.
40,000.00
69,039.54
Passed to be ordained March 14, 1918.
Attest: Emery L. Crane, Clerk of Council.
Approved, March 16, 1918.
JOSEPH L. WHITON, Mayor.
A true copy. Attest: Emery L. Crane, City Clerk.
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$841,911.28
SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET.
Order No.
95 Library
$1,200.00
130
Examining Titles
1,500.00
Welfare Nurse
600.00
167
Use of Water
18,702.37
168
Fire Dept. Pay of Men
5,000.00
156
66
Pay of Men
3,800.00
66
66
Fuel
1,000.00
66
66
Alarm
500.00
66
66
Repairs
500.00
Bd. of Health -- Truck Upkeep
400.00
66
66
Auto
200.00
Street Oiling
6,000.00
Bridges
5,000.00
School Instruction .
1,500.00
66 Operation .
5,700.00
Maintenance
1,000.00
Miscellaneous
1,000.00
Cemetery Dept.
1,300.00
Care of Brooks
1,200.00
Highway Auto
500.00
Adams School Fund ( Taxes ) .
2,408.09
Total
$901,371.74
APPROPRIATIONS FROM UNEXPENDED BALANCE ACCOUNT OF 1917.
Order No. 31
Fire Alarm Conduits .
$500.00
Board of Health, Auto
392.00
Highway Auto.
725.00
Sewer
725.00
69 Draining Plans
750.00
Printing Ordinances
500.00
83 Food Conservation School Physicians
770.00
State Guards
500.00
101 Food Kitchen .
300.00
149
Highway Truck (Additional)
140.00
147 Sewer 66
120.00
184 City Council Transportation
169.00
202
Auditor's Extra Clerical
60.00
198 Advertising Tax Sale
300.00
220
Fire Alarm Building
800.00
216
Mayor's Expenses .
300.00
222
Special Legal Expenses.
500.00
241
Purchase of Wood
100.00
254 Mayor's Expenses
200.00
264 City Clerk's Office
50.00
265
Board of Health, Auto Maint.
75.00
354
66 66 66 Stable.
300.00
363 Auditor's Clerical. 30.00
$10,406.00
66
Furnishings
400.00
66
Dispensary
50.00
193
59,460.46
1,500.00
121 Printing City Report
600.00
Order No. 29 Original Budget
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CHARGES AGAINST UNEXPENDED ACCOUNT.
Refund on Assessment . $24.75
Abatement Street Watering. 1.00
Recording Deeds . .71
Refund of Taxes.
119.97
" Tax Titles
9.16
" Assessment .92
$156.51
Total Account. .. . .$10,563.85
Transfer . . .$10,406.00
Appropriation 156.51
$10,562.51
$1.34 to 1919 Account.
APPROPRIATION FROM ESTIMATED REVENUE, 1918.
Order No. 239
Cleverly Court.
$1,580.00
250 Final Judgment .
1,623.61
262 Board of Health, Contagious.
5,000.00
263
Registration Expenses
200.00
Assessors' Refunds.
589.17
301 Highways.
6,000.00
Assessors' Refunds
102.40
332
Footway, Newcomb Pl. 500.00
Assessors' Refunds .
53.56
345 Legal Services.
500.00
Gypsy Moth .
92.74
Sealer of Weights
3.95
Inspector of Wires
9.59
Refunds
30.64
$16,285.66
DEBT STATEMENT.
Gross Authorized Debt Jan. 1, 1918
$1,896,459.00
Paid on the above during the year 300,859.00
The following loans have been issued in 191S: Squantum School Building ..
$40,000.00
Washington St. Widening
41,000.00
Accepted Streets. .
50,000.00
Permanent Sidewalks.
35,000.00
Surface Drains.
40,000.00
Water Extensions
90,000.00
Sewer
54,500.00
360,500.00
Total Debt .
$1,956,100.00
Municipal debt is as follows:
Schools.
$341,000.00
Highway
320,000.00
Fire Dept.
9,000.00
Cemetery
1,000.00
$671,000.00
$1,595,600.00
10,000.00
ITEMIZED SCHEDULE CITY DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1918.
Object of Appropriation
Amount
Month
Rate
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
Total
Squantum School Building.
$40,000
Jan.
5
$4,000
$4,000
$4,000
$4,000
$4,000
$4,000
$1,000
$4,000|
$4,000
$1,000
40,000
Montelair School Building.
45,000
Jan.
1
4,500
4,500
4.500
13,500
Wollaston School Building .
75,000
Jan.
-
7,500
7,500
7,500
22,500
Norfolk Downs School Land .
9,700
Jan.
1
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
6,000
Holmes Street Land
4,000|
Jan.
1
1,000
1,000
1,000
3,000
Washington Street Widening
41,000 Feb.
5
5,000
4,000
1,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
1,000
4,000|
4,000
41,000
Quincy School Land ..
8,000
Mar.
1
1,000
1,000
2,000
Fire Alarm Building . .
5,000
Mar.
4
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
4,000
Adams School Grading ..
5,500
Apr.
4
1,000
1,000
Parker School Furnishings
6,500 Apr.
4
2,000
2,000
4,000
Bigelow School .
6,500
Apr.
4
2,000
2,000
4,000
Pope Street. .
1,000
Apr.
1
1,000
1,000
Squantum School Building
10,000
Apr.
5
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
10,000
Parker School Building .
15,000
May
4
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
12,000
Bigelow School Building
15,000
May
1
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
12,000
Hancock Street Widening
14,733
June
1
1,000
1,000
1,000
3,000
Sidewalks, 1914.
6,300
June
1
1,000
1,000
Sidewalks, 1915
9,500
June
1
2,000
1,000
3,000
Surface Drains, 1914.
6,300
June
4
1,000
1,000
Surface Drains, 1915.
6,900
June
4
1,000
1,000
1,000
3,000
Fire Alarm Building
3,000
June
4
1,000
1,000
2,000
Cemetery Land
3,500
June
1
500
500
1,000
Hancock Street Paving, 1909 .
10,000|
Juły
1
1,000
1,000
AUDITOR'S REPORT
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Object of Appropriation
Amount Month Rate
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
Total
Holbrook Road
$1,100
Franklin Avenue. 1,500
Murdock Avenue.
1,050
East Elin Avenue
2,500
Cummings Street .
1,850
Norfolk Street .
1,280
Merrymount Road 1,250
Newcomb Place. 2,300
Sidewalks .
19,530
July
4
1,000
1,000
Purchase Insurance Building 4,500
Hancock Street .. 20,000
Sidewalks, 1910 17,600
Sidewalks, 1911 1,100
56,825 July
4
4,000
$3.000
70,00
Alarm Boxes
1,725
Awards 2,500
Wollaston School Land 9,400)
Hancock Street, 1914
18,000
Surface Drain, 1911
10,570| July
4
1,000
3,000 1,000
$3,000 1,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
3,000
Glendale Footway
650
Euclid Avenue.
1,400
Dimmock Street.
1,200
Ring Avenue. .
1,100
Buckley Street ..
2,000
22,000 June
4
2,000
2,000
4,000
Kemper Street.
1,800
Marlboro Street .
650
Tyler Street .
3,100
W. Squantum Street. 7,100
Phillip Street. 3,000
$12,830|
July
4
$1,000
$1,000
CITY OF QUINCY
30,500 July
4
3,000
Object of Appropriation
Amount Month
Rate
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
Total
Glendale Road
600)
Roselin Street . 2,500
Park Lane ... 1,800
Edison Street . 400
Dysart Street. 2,700
Federal Street. 2,700
Phillips Street . 2,900
Davis Street.
3,500
Hamilton Street .
1,700
$40,700| July
4
$4,000
$4,000
$1,000
$4,000
$4,000
$4,000
$24,000
Apthorp Street. .. 3,000
Montclair Avenue 4,000
Huekins Avenue.
4,000
Ocean Street. . 2,000
Winthrop Street.
5,000
Goffe Street.
500
Saville Street.
1,400
Green Street.
2,000
Sea Street. .
6,000
July
1
1,000
1,000 1,000
1,000 1,000
1,000 1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Atlantic Street . 2,800
Edgemere Road
1,800
Dimmock Street. 2,500
Verchild Street .. 1,500
Taber Street.
3,500
Linden Street ..
700
30,000 July
4
6,000
6,000
6,000
18,000
Davis Street. .
5,000
Belmont Street. 2,200
Pierce Street. 1,000
Pope Street.
3,500
Flynt Street . .
4,000
Lincoln Avenue
1,500
Fire Apparatus .
6,000 July
4
3,000|
3,000
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Surface Drains
9,800 July
1
1,000
4,000 7,000
33
34
Object of Appropriation
Amount
Month Rate
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
Total
Asherton School Building
$23,000
July
1
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
$2,000
$12,000
Pemi Street .
7,700
July
1,000
1,000
Adams School Building
80,000
Aug.
1
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
32,000
Glenwood Way .
1,000)
Bellevue Road
2,000
Laut Street.
3,400
Madison Avenue
4,000
15,800 Aug.
4
3,000
3,000
6,000
Bradford Street
1,500
Briggs Street 1,800
Beach Street .
2,100)
Sidewalks .
7,475
Aug.
4
2,000
2,000
Lancaster Street
5,000
Ang.
42
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
4,000
Smith Street, Paving
10,000
Ang.
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
8,000
Surface Drains, 1917
6,500
Ang.
1,500
1,500
1,500
4,500
Sea Wall .
3,000
Sept.
12
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
4,000
Accepted Street, 1918
50,000
Sept.
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
Surface Drains, 1918.
40,000 Sept.
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
40,000
Sidewalks, 1918.
35,000 Sept.
7,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
35,000
Bedford Street.
2,250)
Germain Street.
3,350
Plymouth Street
1,600
Ritchie Road .
2,175
Ballou Street.
725
19,000| Oct.
4
2,000
1,000
3,000
Hill Street.
750
Fayette Street 1,325
Belmont Street
3,300
Brick Street.
1,575
Royal Street.
1,950
Fore River Bridge.
20,061
Oct.
4
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
8,000
Ward 2 School Lot
5,585 Nov.
4
1,000
1,000
Arnold Estate ...
4,500 Nov.
4
1,000
1,000
Ward 2, School Grading .
6,000 Nov.
4
1,500
1,500
3,000
CITY OF QUINCY
50,000
Object of Appropriation
Amount Month
Rate
1919
1920
1921
1922
1922
1923
1925
1926
1927
1928
Total
Ward 6, School Grading .
6,000
Nov.
4
1,500
1,500
3,000
Adams Street, Widening .
5,000
Nov.
4
1,000
1,000
1,000
3,000
Holmes Street Land .
3,000
Nov.
1
1,000
1,000
Houghs Neck School Land .
1,500
Nov.
1
1,000
1,000
2,000
Vane Street . .
5,000
Nov.
12
2,500
2,500
Houghs Neck School Building
18,000
Dec.
4
2,000
2,000
Squantum School Lot.
6,000
Dec.
1
1,000
1,000
2,000
Downs School Building.
110,000 Dec.
1
11,000
11,000
11,000
11,000
11,000 11,000
11,000 11,000
11,000
77,000
Ward 2, School Building
110,000 Dec.
1
11,000
11,000
11,000
11,000
11,000
77,000
Fore River
10,000
Dec.
1
2,000
2,000
2,000
6,000
$158,500
$134,000
$112,500
$86,000 $70,000 $45,000
$35,000
$11,000 $9,000 $9,000
$671.000
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
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36
CITY OF QUINCY
STATEMENT OF TOTAL DEBTS JANUARY 1, 1919. Amounts Due Each Year.
Year
Municipal
Parks $2,000
St. Imp't $7,300
Sewer $64,000
Water $86,000
Refunding $15,000
Due $332,800
1920
134,000
2,000
7,300
64,000
73,500
15,000
295,800
1921
112,500
2,000
7,300
63,000
66,500
15,000
266,300
1922
86,000
2,000
5,300
56,000
61,500
15,000
225,800
1923
70,000
2,000
3,300
48,000
58,500
181,800
1924
45,000
3,300
29,000
25,500
102,800
1925
35,000
800
28,000
24,500
88,300
1926
12,000
26,000
23,000
61,000
1927
9,000
23,000
22,000
54,000
1928
9,000
23,000
18,000
50,000
1929
22,500
12,000
34,500
1930
20,500
11,000
31,500
1931
19,500
8,000
27,500
1932
19,500
7,000
26,500
1933
19,500
5,000
24,500
1934
18,500
3,000
21,500
1935
18,500
3,000
21,500
1936
18,500
3,000 '
21,500
1937
18,500
3,000
21,500
1938
13,000
2,000
15,000
1939
9,500
2,000
11,500
1940
7,500
1,000
8,500
1941
7,500
7.500
1942
7,500
7,500
1943
5,000
5,000
1944
3,000
3,000
1945
2,000
2,000
1946
2,000
2,000
1947
2,000
2,000
1948
1,000
1,000
1949
1,000
1,000
1950
1,000
1,000
$671,000
$10,000
$34,600
$661,500
$519,000
$60,000
$1,956,100
TEMPORARY LOAN ACCOUNT, 1917.
Due
Amount
Renewed
Paid
Feb.
5,1918
$100,000
$100,000
(Orig. Oct. 30)
Mar. 1,1918
200,000
Oct. 29
200,000
(Orig. Oct. 30)
Mar. 1,1918
100,000
100,000
Mar.
5,1918
150,000
150,000
Apr.
5,1918
50,000
50,000
July 11, 1918
200,000
200,000
Sept. 10, 1918
100,000
100,000
$900,000
$900,000
1919
$158,500
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
TEMPORARY LOAN ACCOUNT, 1918.
Issued
Amount
Renewal
Paid
Outstanding
Mar. 4
$150,000
Dec. 20
Dec. 20, $50,000
Mar. 3, 1919 $100,000
Арг. 23,
100,000
Apr.23, 1919
100,000
July
8
200,000
July 29
100,000
Dec. 3, 100,000
Sept. 20
100,000
Dec. 27
Dec. 27, 50,000
May 8, 1919 50,000
Oct. 24
100,000
Mar. 20, 1919 100,000
Oct. 24
200,000
Apr. 15, 1919 200,000
Oct. 24
100,000
. . .
Dec. 10, 100,000
$1,100.00
$350,000
$750,000
CASH TRANSACTIONS - RECEIPTS.
Renewal of 1917 Notes.
$300,000
Loans
1918
1,100,000
Renewals
1918
150,000
$1,550,000 Notes Issued
BILLS RECEIVABLE, DECEMBER 31, 1918.
Due Jan. 1
Committed
Abated
Collected
Due
Police .
$34.00
$34.00
Garbage
68.48
68.48
Contagious
8,528.18
$915.88
$3,090.90
$785.78
5,567.38
Scavenger
448.55
2,426.90
110.95
2,107.85
656.65 .
Poor
1,301.97
7,653.43
193.46
7,033.40
1,728.54
Highways
613.91
2,468.70
434.84
2,567.86
79.91
Burial .
1,622.50
19,786.50
95.00
19,894.00
1,420.00
Grading
116.00
1,290.24
4.00
1,235.10
167.14
Water, 1918.
215,886.91
1,844.07
194,873.77
19,169.07
Water, 1917.
9,942.46
3,092.54
3,991.79
2,858.13
Water Serv. Conn.'s
3,976.26
11,618.89
329.76
9,435.87
5,829.52
$26,652.31
$262,047.45
$9,195.52
$241,925.42
$37,578.82
Mar. 5, 1919
200,000
Oct. 15
50,000
Dec. 17, 50,000
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CITY OF QUINCY
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS, 1918.
Estimated
Actual
City Clerk, licenses
$2,737.00
$2,789.00
Permits .
515.50
573.00
Court Fines .
3,544.20
7,316.42
Grants and Gifts
8,495.60
11,992.46
Street Sprinkling
8,851.12
8,852.89
Gypsy Moth
1,668.11
1,128.45
Sidewalks.
2,280.70
2,569.35
Street Assessments
3,173.02
5,098.00
Corporation Tax
46,042.58
63,070.16
Bank Tax
526.95
1,365.03
State Aid
4,589.00
6,877.99
Military .
67.50
Soldiers' Burials .
300.00
50.00
Tax Collector Costs.
2,922.10
2,943.13
City Clerk Recording.
475.55
478.45
Police Dept.
34.95
132.58
Fire
438.50
850.00
Sealers of Weights
291.14
333.52
Building Inspector
1,275.00
1,965.00
Wire
801.00
917.00
Contagious Diseases
1,170.24
785.78
Board of Health, Misc.
23.00
791.37
Inspector of Milk
93.00
108.00
Collection of Ashes
1,025.87
99.25
Scavenger
2,416.56
2,107.85
Poor Dept.
5,302.35
7,033.40
Cemetery
8,788.50
19,894.00
Tax Collector, Interest
19,777.76
20,945.75
6
Assessments.
4,784.98
5,685.56
Misc. City.
238.67
8.50
Street Oiling
22.50
Industrial Revenue
1,111.48
2,542.48
State Income, 1917
1,296.54
50.00
$140,776.89
$184,707.46
Receipts.
$184,707.46
Assessors used in Tax Levy
$140,776.89
Council Appropriation . .
16,285.66
157,062.55
Surplus.
$27,644.91
Garbage
2,542.37
2,107.18
Treas. Deposits.
3,153.55
3,245.91
Soldiers' Exemptions
39
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Account with Sewer Department.
Assessments.
Bonds
$47,000.00
Receipts. .
$16,056.26
Interest
23,654.00
Surplus 1917
3,181.46
Clerical
1,029.60
Tax Levy .
59,819.61
Maintenance
5,238.40
$76,922.00
$79,057.33
Receipts
$79,057.33
Payments
76,922.00
Surplus
$2,135.33
Account with Water Department.
Payments
Bonds Paid
$73,500.00
Receipts
$198.865.56
Interest
20,283.25
Surplus
1,512.90
Clerical
2,719.93
Departments.
18,702.37
Maintenance.
46,647.60
Tax levy
21,363.79
Service Connections
8,500.00
Construction .
8,500.00
State of Mass.
57,975.46
$218,126.24
$240,444.62
Receipts
$240,444.62
Payments
218,126.24
Surplus
$22,318.38
COLLECTION OF WATER RATES, 1918.
Committed Abatements
Collection
January
$69,844.24
$79.15
January
7,337.07
$17,200.90
February
3,646.55
152.05
38,377.39
March
15,970.22
49.25
5,915.16
April
8,803.33
106.11
18,749.52
May
787.86
45.92
6,289.32
June
4,098.86
21.68
6,667.33
July
61,923.34
July
13,900.96
440.31
30,387.91
August.
8,755.97
357.81
40,750.09
September
5,874.48
95.12
9,874.38
October
6,897.93
53.59
7,078.69
November
4,261.37
139.58
7,562.74
December
3,784.73
156.23
6,020.34
December
147.27
$215,886.91
$1,844.07
$194,873.77
Committed .
$215,886.91
Abated
1,844.07
$214,042.84
Collections
194,873.77
Balance
$19,169.07
.
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CITY OF QUINCY
1917 Rates.
Due January 1, 1918 Abated .
3,092.54
Collections
$6,849.92
3,991.79
Balance
$2,858.13
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICIALS.
Mayor.
$4,000.00
Clerk of Committees
600.00
Auditor .
2.500.00
Treasurer
2,000.00
Tax Collector .
1,900.00
Chairman Assessors
2,200.00
Assessors (Two)
1,650.00
City Solicitor
2,500.00
City Clerk
2,500.00
City Messenger
600.00
Commissioner .
3,000.00
City Engineer
2,500.00
Registrars (Four)
275.00
Clerk Registrars
165.00
Chief of Police
2,000.00
Chief of Fire Department
2,000.00
Building Inspector
1,800.00
Inspector of Wires
1,800.00
Sealer of Weights. .
1,800.00
Commissioner of Health.
1,800.00
Inspector of Plumbing.
1,800.00
Medical Inspectors (Seven)
110.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
55.00
Inspector of Animals.
220.00
Inspector of Meats
330.00
City Physician .
550.00
Overseer of Poor
1,500.00
Commissioner Burial Dept ..
1,500.00
Police Department.
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