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To provide for the payment of the State and county taxes, and for the expenses of the city for the year 1884, the assessors' warrant was received for the tax levy on a valuation on real estate of $22,587,700 ; valuation on personal property of $1,743,400 : making a total valua- tion of $24,331,100, at a rate of $16.60 on $1,000 valuation ; and 7,427 polls at $2.00 each, amounting to $418,750.26. To this amount must be added the sum standing to the credit of excess and defi-
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ciency account, being the excess of appropriations over expenditures to Jan. 1, 1884, $45,772.18, it having been placed to the credit of the various accounts, by orders of the City Council, to meet expenditures not provided for by the tax levy ; making the total amount provided for the payment of the current expenses of the various departments of the city for the year 1884, $464,522.44.
The appropriations for the year provided for by the tax levy, the amounts transferred to the credit of the various accounts, the addi- tional amounts credited, the amount. of expenditures, and the unex- pended balances of the various departments, were as follows : -
Accounts.
Appropriations. Additional credits.
Expenditures and balances.
Broadway-Park Maintenance : -
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Received for hay sold .
$30 13
Expenditures
$1,295 82
Unexpended balance .
234 31
Central-Hill Improvement : -
Appropriation
1,000 00
Received for grading and filling
· 1,150 21
Expenditures
1,691 46
Unexpended balance
458 75
Fire Department : -
Appropriation
22,000 00
Received for old materials, etc.
103 75
Expenditures
22,091 27
Unexpended balance
12 48
Health Department :
Appropriation . $3,500 00.
Transferred to schoolhouse
incidentals account . · 400 00
3,100 00
Received for permits, licenses, etc.
571 67
Expenditures
3,610 55 61 12
Highways : -
Appropriation
32,000 00
1,400 00
Transferred from sidewalks account . Received credit for land taken for extension of Evergreen Avenue, charged in pay-roll to this account . Received for labor and materials Expenditures Unexpended balance
2,077 76 6,209 70
40,841 37 846 09
Unexpended balance
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Accounts.
Appropriations.
Additional
credits.
Expenditures and balances.
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors :
Appropriation
$500 00
Received from State of Massachusetts,
$484 00
Expended
$968 00
Unexpended balance
16 00
Interest : -
Appropriation $68,000 00
Transferred to other
accounts
10,478 40
57,521 60
Rec'd interest, corporation, bank taxes,
Expenditures
75,721 37 3,858 88
Lincoln Schoolhouse : -
Transferred from interest account
500 00
Transferred from excess and deficiency account (amt. rec'd for insurance) .
3,485 42
Expended 1,018 55 2,966 87
Balance to be expended in 1885
Miscellaneous : -
Appropriation 3,000 00
Transferred from interest account
1,100 00
Received for costs on taxes, etc. .
1,776 97
Expenditures
5,836 24
Unexpended balance
40 73
New Ladder Attach'nt, Fire-Apparatus : -
Appropriation
600 00
Expended
600 00
Police : -
Appropriation
22,500 00
Received for court fees, fines, etc. ·
2,098 75
Expenditures
24,572 16
Unexpended balance
26 59
Police-Station Incidentals : -
Appropriation
1,800 00
Received for rent of hall
669 50
Expenditures
2,167 20
Unexpended balance
302 30
Public Library : -
Appropriation
1,500 00
Received for dog-licenses, fines, etc. .
1,645 30
Expenditures
3,120 30
Balance to be expended in 1885 .
25 00
Public-Library Building : - Transferred from excess and deficiency
account
15,000 00
Expended
12,909 31 2,090 69
Balance to be expended in 1885 . .
22,058 65
Unexpended balance
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Accounts.
Appropriations.
Additional credits.
Expenditures and balances.
Printing and Stationery : -
Appropriation
$3,000 00
Transferred from interest account
600 00
Received for advertising
$7 20
Expenditures
$3,473 95 133 25
Salaries : -
Appropriation
18,900 00
Transferred from interest account
128 55
Expenditures .
19,028 55
School Contingent : -
Appropriation
9,000 00
Transferred from excess and deficiency account
3,000 00
Transferred from interest account
5,679 39
Received for tuition of non-resident pupils
217 50
Expenditures
17,896 89
School Fuel : -
Appropriation . $5,000 00
Transferred to sewers ac-
count
300 00
4,700 00
Expenditures
4,623 39
Unexpended balance
76 61
Schoolhouse Incidentals :
Appropriation
8,000 00
Transferred from excess and deficiency account
1,000 00
Transferred from interest account
1,000 00
Transferred from health account
·
Received for school furniture, etc.
941 34
Expenditures
11,240 52
Unexpended balance
100 82
School-Teachers' Salaries : -
Appropriation
72,000 00
Transferred from interest account
712 77
Expended
72,712 77
Schoolhouse on School Street : ---
Transferred from excess and deficiency account 13,900 00
Expended
12,611 12
Balance to be expended in 1SS5 .
1,288 88
Schoolhouse on Tufts Street : -
Transferred from excess and deficiency
account
12,000 00
Expended
9,226 89
Balance to be expended in 1885 .
2,773 11
.
400 00
Unexpended balance
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Accounts.
Appropriations.
Additional
credits.
Expenditures and balances.
Sewers : -
Appropriation
$10,000 00
Transferred from school-fuel account,
300 00
Transferred from street-lights account,
400 00
Received for materials and labor
$364 21
Expenditures
$10,907 69 156 52
Sidewalks : -
Appropriation . $3,000 00
Transferred to highways
account
.
1,400 00
1,600 00
Expenditures
1,484 07
Unexpended balance .
115 93
Sinking-Fund Contributions : -
Appropriation
45,525 00
Expended
45,525 00
Street-Lights : -
Appropriation . $7,500 00
Transferred to sewers acc't, 400 00
7,100 00
Received for lamp-posts, etc.
666 06
Expenditures
7,288 26
Unexpended balance
477 80
Support of Poor : -
Appropriation
15,000 00
Transferred from interest account
757 69
Received for support of paupers
1,505 07
Expenditures
17,262 76
Watering Streets : -
Appropriation
3,000 00
Received from abutters
3,790 30
Expenditures
6,787 18
Unexpended balance
3 12
Water Maintenance : -
Appropriation 14,000 00 .
Received for labor and materials
1,740 55
Expenditures
15,448 25
Unexpended balance
292 30
Water Loan Interest : -
Received from city of Boston for re- turn on water-rates
20,085 95
Expended .
17,025 00
Unexpended balance
3,060 95
County of Middlesex, County Tax :-
Appropriation
12,097 00
Expended
12,097 00
Unexpended balance
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Accounts.
Appropriations. Additional Expenditures
credits.
and balances.
State of Massachusetts, State Tax :
Appropriation
$26,300 00
Expended
$26,300 00
Overlay and Abatement : -
Appropriation 8,528 26
Applied and to be applied to abate- ments on taxes .
8,528 26
Excess and Deficiency : -
Balance from 1883 . $45,772 18
Transferred to the
following accounts ;
viz. : -
Schoolhouse, Tufts
Street . $12,000 00
Schoolhouse, School Street . . 13,900 00
Public-library build-
ing · 15,000 00
Schoolhouse inci-
dentals . 1,000 00
School ·contingent,
3,000 00
44,900 00
872 18
Received for land taken for extension of Evergreen Avenue $2,077 76
Received and to be received for insur- ance on Lincoln Schoolhouse .
6,485 42
Cost of land on Whipple Street, purchased account non-payment of taxes 388 27
Transferred to highways account
2,077 76
Transferred to Lincoln Schoolhouse account
3,485 42
Unexpended balance . .
3,483 91
Appropriations . · $418,750 26 Excess and deficiency, Jan. 1, 1884 45,772 18
Additional credits 80,243 17
Expenditures $531,007 15
Excess of appropriations over current expenses, including excess and defi- ciency account .
13,758 46
$544,765 61
$544,765 61
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
The assets of the city available for the payment of its unfunded liabilities are as follows : -
Taxes
. $173,652 11
Real-estate liens
73 58
State of Massachusetts, State aid
3,574 00
State of Massachusetts, indigent soldiers and sailors 472 00
Sidewalk assessments .
917 27
Sewer assessments
10,109 35
Water-service assessments .
654 81
The Hanover Fire-insurance Company
3,000 00
Cash
13,071 33
Total amount of available assets . . . $205,524 45
The unfunded liabilities are :
Temporary loans
. $175,000 00
Overlay and Abatement account
6,045 37
Overplus on tax sales
102 13
Sundry persons .
1,473 94
Public Library, balance to be expended
25 00
Public-library building, balance to be expended .
2,090 69
Schoolhouse on Tufts Street, balance to be expended .
2,773 11
Schoolhouse on School Street, balance to be expended, 1,288 88
Lincoln Schoolhouse, balance to be expended
2,966 87
Total amount of unfunded liabilities
.
$191,765 99
Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities 13,758 46
$205,524 45
The financial condition of the city, exclusive of its public property, which cannot be regarded as available for the payment of debts, is as follows : -
Funded debt .
. $1,585,000 00
Amount of sinking-funds
505,852 52
Net amount of funded debt $1,079,147 48
Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities .
13,758 46
Leaving a net indebtedness, Dec. 31, 1884, of . $1,065,389 02
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Total cash receipts for the year, including a balance
of $14,465.87 from the year 1883, were $1,500,790 66
Total cash disbursements 1,487,719 33
Leaving in the treasury the sum of . $13,071 33
A detailed statement of the public property, funded debt, and the receipts and disbursements of the various accounts, will be found in the appendix following this report.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN F. COLE, Treasurer.
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TABLE A.
PUBLIC PROPERTY, DEC. 31, 1884.
Central-Hill land (12 acres, 27,920 feet)
· $100,000 00
City Hall .
$10,000 00
Furniture
3,000 00
Public Library .
8,500 00
Public-library building (unfinished)
12,909 31
Steam fire-engine house
$10,000 00
Furniture
500 00
Steam fire-engine and apparatus .
4,000 00
Steam fire-engine, hose-carriage, and apparatus .
2,000 00
High Schoolhouse
$40,000 00
Furniture . .
3,500 00
Philosophical apparatus .
500 00
44,000 00
Prescott Schoolhouse, land (21,444
feet) and building .
$40,000 00
Furniture ·
2,000 00
42,000 00
Luther V. Bell Schoolhouse, land (23,- 396 feet) and building .
$40,000 00
Furniture .
3,000 00
43,000 00
Amount carried forward .
.
. $279,909 31
·
.
16,500 00
.
13,000 00
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Amount brought forward Forster Schoolhouse, land (27,499 feet) and building
$37,922 24
Furniture
1,500 00
39,422 24
Morse Schoolhouse, land (29,109 feet)
and building
$25,000 00
Furniture
1,000 00
26,000 00
Highland Schoolhouse, land (23,260
feet) and building
$32,000 00
Furniture
1,000 00
Lincoln Schoolhouse, land (17,662 feet) and building (unfinished) .
3,033 13
Prospect-hill Schoolhouse, land (25,- 313 feet) and building
$20,000 00
Furniture
600 00
20,600 00
Jackson Schoolhouse, land (11,212
feet) and building
$8,000 00
Furniture
300 00
Bennett Schoolhouse, land (20,560
feet) and building
$8,000 00
Furniture .
300 00
8,300 00
Webster Schoolhouse, land (11,050
feet) and building
$8,000 00
Furniture .
300 00
8,300 00
Union Schoolhouse, land (9,360 feet)
and building
$2,500 00
Furniture .
100 00
Harvard School, land (9,810 feet) and
building .
$2,500 00
Furniture
100 00
2,600 00
Amount carried forward . ·
. $432,064 68
.
33,000 00
8,300 00
2,600 00
. $279,909 31
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward Edgerly Schoolhouse, land (26,428 feet) and building
$25,000 00
Furniture
500 00
25,500 00
Edgerly Schoolhouse, addition
$17,000 00
Furniture .
600 00
17,600 00
Brastow Schoolhouse, land (10,019
feet) and building
$6,000 00
Furniture .
250 00
6,250 00
Franklin Schoolhouse, land (33,017
feet) and building .
$14,000 00
Furniture .
300 00
14,300 00
Beach-street Schoolhouse, land (6,000
feet) and building .
$4,500 00
Furniture
250 00
4,750 00
Spring-hill Schoolhouse, land (4,991 feet) and building .
$1,600 00
Furniture .
100 00
1,700 00
Davis Schoolhouse, Tufts Street, land (29,584 feet) and building (un- finished)
$13,771 29
Furniture
455 60
14,226 89
Cummings Schoolhouse, School Street, land (11,300 feet) and building (unfinished)
$12,239 55
Furniture
371 57
12,611 12
City farm, land (10 acres, 12,523 feet)
30,000 00
Cedar-street Schoolhouse
$700 00
Furniture
100 00
800 00
. $432,064 68
Amount carried forward . . $559,802 69
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Amount brought forward . $559,802 69
City stables and dwelling-houses. 7,000 00
Equipments for highway repairs .
3,000 00
Watering-carts and sheds .
2,300 00
No. 1 Hose-house, land (4,312 feet) and building
$2,300 00
Furniture
400 00
John E. Wool hose-carriage and apparatus
2,000 00
No. 2 Hose-house, land (5,400 feet) and building
$7,500 00
Furniture .
300 00
Winter-Hill hose-carriage and apparatus
2,000 00
9,800 00
No. 3 Hose-house, land (5,226 feet) and building ·
$9,000 00
Furniture .
300 00
George H. Foster hose-carriage and apparatus . 2,000 00
R. A. Vinal hook-and-ladder truck and apparatus .
3,400 00
Prescott hook-and-ladder truck and apparatus .
100 00
14,800 00
No. 4 Hose-house, land (9,100 feet) and building
$11,000 00
Furniture
400 00
George O. Brastow hose-carriage and apparatus .
2,000 00
Relief hose-carriage
600 00
14,000 00
Fire-alarm telegraph .
15,800 00
Police-station, land (15,232 feet) and building (Bow Street)
$40,000 00
Furniture .
3,000 00
43,000 00
Amount carried forward .
. $674,202 69
4,700 00
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Amount brought forward
. $674,202 69
Prospect Street, land (7,918 feet) and building
7,000 00
Public park (cost $212,993.20) .
125,000 00
Joy Street, land (2,960 feet)
500 00
Walnut Hill, land (10,890 feet) .
1,000 00
Elm Street, land (18,000 feet)
3,600 00
Ledge-land on Bond Street (39,732 feet) Holland Street (5 acres, 6,806 feet)
12,000 00
Somerville Avenue (39,456 feet) .
5,000 00
Gravel-land in Waltham (about 35 acres)
15,000 00
Gravel-land in Wakefield (about 1} acres) .
5,000 00
Gravel-land in Winchester (about 2 acres) .
500 00
Somerville Water-works (cost $342,608,76)
341,000 00
Oliver Street, land (63,069 feet)
7,500 00
Whipple Street, land, lots Nos. 30 and 31 (15,240 feet),
388 27
Total value of public property .
$1,200,190 96
2,500 00
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TABLE B. FUNDED DEBT, DEC. 31, 1883.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1878. Jan. 1, 1876.
City,
337,
5
1885. Jan. 1,
$5,000
$5,000
April 1, 1879.
66
188,
April 1,
4,500
4,500
April 1, 1880.
342,
5
66
6,000
6,000
Oct. 1,
66
350,
66
66
66
6,000
6,000
1881.
413,
6,000
6,000
Oct. 2,
462,
66
7,000
7,000
1883.
66
465,
66
66
6,500
6,500
1884.
1,
853,
66
66
12,500
12,500
1875.
1,
Water, City,
19 to 22,
6
July
1,
66
4,000
4,000
66
66
66
5,000
5,000
66
66
163 to 174,
66
66
5,000
60,000
1876.
1886.
April 1,
66
175 to 182,
April 1,
5,000
40,000
66
66
66
183 to 185,
5,000
15,000
66
66
66
186
66
66
66
1,000
1,000
66
Water,
23 to 27, 28,
66
66
5,500
5,500
1882.
.
1887. July
1,
1,000
15,000
1880.
Water,
37 to 45,
66
Oct.
1,
1,000
9,000
Oct. 1, 1881. April 1,
City,
373 to 412, 416,
66
66
66
1,000
40,000
Oct. 1, 66
66
417 to 422,
66
66
66
1,000
6,000
1882.
1888.
July 1,
1,000
23,000
Oct. 1,
66
467 to 507,
4
Oct. 1,
1,000
41,000
1881.
Water,
57 to 65,
5
Jan. 1,
1,000
9,000
Oct. 1, 1884.
46 to 54,
Oct. 1,
1,000
9,000
Oct. 1,
City,
508 to 575,
4
1,000
68,000
Amount
carried forward.
$498,000
July 66
1,
City,
423 to.437, 438,
66
66
5,000
5,000
187,
66
66
66
10,000
50,000
66
July 66
66
157,
66
66
3,000
3,000
159,
66
66
66
160 to 162,
5,000
15,000
500
500
July 1, 1884.
439 to 461,
Jan. 1, 1880.
1889.
66
500
500
Oct.
66
158,
Oct. 1, 1882.
66
5,000
20,000
Oct. 1,
5
66
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TABLE B-Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1880.
Oct. 1,
Water,
55,
5
Oct. 1,
$9,000
9,000
1884.
Oct. 1,
City,
576 to 646,
4
66
1,000
71,000
66
66
647 to 720,
4
Oct. 1, 1892.
1,000
74,000
1881.
Jan. 1,
Water, 66
66 to 76,
5
Jan. 1,
1,000
11,000
Oct. 1, 1884.
66
721 to 798,
4
66
1,000
78,000
1881.
66
89 to 99,
5
Oct. 1,
1,000
11,000
1884.
66
799 to 852,
4
1894.
1,000
12,000
Jan. 1,
City, 66
335,
Jan. 1,
37,000
37,000
336,
66
60
1,000
1,000
66
60
338,
66
2,000
2,000
1879.
Jan. 1,
Water, City,
34,
66
66
25,000
25,000
66
66
339,
66
66
66
12,000
12,000
66
66
66
341,
66
66
1,500
1,500
1880.
Jan. 1,
66
66
66
348,
66
66
5,500
5,500
1876.
April 1,
66
189, 190 to 194,
5
66
66
5,000
25,000
66
66
195 to 334,
1,000
140,000
1879,
April 1,
1,
66
344,
66
66
66
8,000
8,000
345,
66
66
25,000
25,000
1880.
Oct. 1,
66
351,
66
66
66
1,000
1,000
66
352,
66
66
66
42,500
42,500
1881.
66
414,
66
66
1,000
1,000
1882.
Oct.
2,
66
463,
66
66
66
45,000
45,000
66
464,
66
66 66
2,000
2,000
1883.
66
466,
66
50,000
50,000
Amount
carried forward ..
.
$1,341,500
66
340,
66
66
1,500
1,500
346,
66
2,000
2,000
347,
66
66
1,000
1,000
53
April 1,
35,500
35,500
Oct.
1,
343,
66
66
4,000
4,000
Oct. 1, 1878.
100 to 111,
5
Oct. 1, 1895.
1,000
54,000
1881.
78 to SS,
66
Oct. 1,
1,000
11,000
Oct. 1,
Amount
brought forward .
$498,000
1890.
..
66
45,000
45,000
Oct. 1, 66
66
415,
66
1893.
Oct. 1,
Oct. 1,
66
66
Oct.
Oct. 1,
1891.
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TABLE B - Concluded.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1884.
Oct.
1,
City,
854, 855,
5
April 1, 66
$52,000 3,000
52,000
1883.
Water,
112 to 124,
July 1, 1896.
1,000
13,000
July 1, 1882.
Sewer,
1 to 7,
July 1,
5,000
35,000
July 1,
Water,
125 to 136, 137,
66
1897.
July 1,
1,000
14,000
66
66
66
167 to 181, 182,
July 1,
1,000 500
500
66
66
183 to 194, 195,
1900. July 1, 66
1,000 500
500
1884.
Oct. 1,
66
200 to 202,
4
Oct. 1, 1901.
1,000
3,000
1877.
66
33,
5
Oct. 1, 1905.
5,000
5,000
Jan.
1,
35,
66
Jan. 1,
5,000
5,000
1876.
66
29,
52
April 1,
4,500
4,500
Oct. 1.
56,
5
66
5,500
5,500
1881.
Oct.
1.
66
77,
6,000
6,000
1882.
Oct.
2, 66
66
197,
1,000
1,000
1883.
Oct. 66
1, 66
198,
66
6,500
6,500
1884.
.
66
7,000
7,000
1876.
66
30 and 31,
57
July 1,
5,000
10,000
Total Funded Debt
$1,585,000
66
66
152 to 166,
66
1898. July 1, 1899.
1,000
15,000
15,000
66
66
203 to 212,
Oct.
1,
1,000
10,000
1904.
1,000 500
12,000
500
Amount
brought forward ....
$1,341,500
.
66
6,500
6,500
199,
Oct. 1,
213,
1906.
1,000
1,000
July 1,
196,
Oct. 1, 1879.
April 1, 1880.
12,000
138 to 151,
3,000
July 1, 1876.
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE C.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1884.
APPROPRIATIONS.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed for current expenses . $371,825 00
Property and debt balance
473,500 00
DEBIT.
Broadway-park maintenance
$1,500 00
Central-hill improvement .
1,000 00
Fire-Department
22,000 00
Health-Department .
3,500 00
Highways
32,000 00
Indigent soldiers and sailors
500 00
Interest
68,000 00
Miscellaneous .
3,000 00
New ladder-attachment for fire-appa-
ratus
600 00
Police
22,500 00
Police-station incidentals
1,800 00
Public Library .
1,500 00
Printing and stationery
3,000 00
Renewals of funded debt .
473,500 00
Salaries
18,900 00
School contingent
9,000 00
School-fuel
5,000 00
Schoolhouse incidentals
8,000 00
School-teachers' salaries
72,000 00
Sewers
10,000 00
Sidewalks
3,000 00
Sinking-fund contributions
45,525 00
Street-lights
7,500 00
Support of poor
15,000 00
Watering streets
3,000 00
Water maintenance
14,000 00
$845,325 00
$845,325 00
.
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
CASH.
CREDIT.
Broadway-park maintenance
$1,295 82
County of Middlesex
12,097 00
Central- hill improvement
1,691 46
Fire-Department
22,091 27
Funded debt
473,500 00
Health-Department
3,610 55
Highways
38,103 72
Indigent soldiers and sailors
968 00
Interest
75,346 37
Lincoln Schoolhouse.
1,018 55
Miscellaneous .
5,836 24
New ladder-attachment for fire-appa-
ratus
600 00
Police
24,572 16
Police-station incidentals
2,167 20
Public Library .
3,120 30
Salaries
19,028 55
School contingent
17,896 89
School-fuel
4,623 39
Schoolhouse incidentals
11,240 52
School-teachers' salaries
72,712 77
Schoolhouse on Tufts Street
9,226 89
Schoolhouse on School Street
12,611 12
Sewers
25,265 23
Sidewalks .
2,925 54
Sinking-fund contributions
45,525 00
Street-lights
7,288 26
Support of poor
17,262 76
State of Massachusetts
26,300 00
State aid .
3,739 00
Sundry persons
1,568 00
Temporary loans
485,000 00
Watering streets
6,787 18
Water maintenance
15,448 25
Water services .
3,843 08
Amount carried forward .
. $1,470,694 33
Printing and stationery
3,473 95
Public-library building
12,909 31
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . . $1,470,694 33
Water-loan interest .
17,025 00
Balance to debit in account, 1885
13,071 33
$1,500,790 66
DEBIT.
Balance from 1883 .
$14,465 87
Broadway-park maintenance
30 13
Central-hill improvement
1,150 21
Funded debt
473,500 00
Fire-Department
103 75
Health-Department .
571 67
Highways
6,209 70
Highway betterment assessments
314 68
Interest
21,973 07
Miscellaneous
1,658 42
Overlay and abatement
6 00
Police
2,098 75
Police-station incidentals
669 50
Printing and stationery
7 20
Public Library .
1,556 85
Public property
5,563 18
School contingent
217 50
Schoolhouse incidentals
941 34
Sewers
364 21
Sewer assessments
10,275 55
Sidewalk assessments
3,664 58
Street-lights
666 06
Support of poor
1,505 07
State aid .
12 00
State of Massachusetts, State aid
3,807 50
State of Massachusetts, indigent sol- diers and sailors
430 50
Real-estate liens
3,745 05
Taxes
390,619 45
Temporary loans
525,000 00
Water maintenance
1,236 80
Water services .
403 52
Water-service assessments .
4,146 30
Water-loan interest
20,085 95
Watering streets
.
3,790 30
·
$1,500,790 66
59
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
BROADWAY-PARK MAINTENANCE.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$1,500 00
Cash, received for hay
30 13
$1,530 13
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Timothy Murphy, trees
$84 00
Philip Johnson, plants
40 00
Parker & Wood, repairing mower
2 25
Joseph Breck & Son, repairing mower, etc.
16 76
Underhill Brothers, repairing mower ·
75
F. W. Johnson, repairing lamps, etc. .
7 15
Samuel Walker & Co., oil .
5 05
Charles Holmes & Son, oil-can
25
Highways account, labor, teaming, etc.
1,124 46
William Hamilton, labor
5 00
Dennis Foley, watching
8 25
E. R. Perham & Co., expressing
1 90
$1,295 82
Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of
account . 234 31
$1,530 13
CENTRAL-HILL IMPROVEMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$1,000 00 Cash, received of
Public-library building account, grad- ing, bricks, etc.
$616 77
Schoolhouse on School Street, account, filling-material, etc. . 315 32
Schoolhouse on Tufts Street, filling-ma- terial, etc.
218 12
1,150 21
Amount carried forward
$2,150 21
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $2,150 21
DEBIT.
Cash, paid John F. Ayer, lumber $20 54
N. E. Fitz & Co., lime, cement, etc. 13 25
Joseph Breck & Son, grass-seed . 3 72
Timothy Murphy, trees and labor
59 00
John Thresher & Co., bricks
26 00
Thomas Wood, mason-work
33 87
Sloop "L. A. Merriam," and owners, transporting cannon 150 00
Lincoln's Wharf, wharfage . 5 00
P. O'Riorden, teaming cannon
36 00
Highways account, labor, teaming, etc. 460 64
Laborers
883 44
$1,691 46
Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of
account .
458 75
$2,150 21
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed for county tax . . $12,097 00
DEBIT.
$12,097 00 ·
Cash, paid county tax
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1883
$45,772 18
Property and debt balance, received for land
taken from Forster Schoolhouse for extension of Evergreen Avenue . $2,077 76 Property and debt balance. Williamsburg City Fire-insurance Company, loss by fire of Lincoln Schoolhouse 3,485 42 .
Hanover Fire-insurance Company, loss by
fire of Lincoln Schoolhouse . . 3,000 00 Amounts carried forward . . $8,563 18
$45,772 18
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Amounts brought forward . . $8,563 18 $45,772 18
Central-hill improvement, credit balance of
account . 458 75
Broadway-park maintenance, credit balance of account 234 31
Fire-Department, credit balance of account, 12 48
Health-Department, " 66 66 66
61 12
Highways, 66 66 66 846 09
Indigent soldiers and sailors, credit balance of account
16 00
Interest, credit balance of account 3,858 88
Miscellaneous, credit balance of account 40 73
Police, 66 66
26 59
Police-station incidentals, credit balance of account
302 30
Printing and stationery, credit balance of acct. 133 25
School-fuel, credit balance of account 76 61
Schoolhouse incidentals, credit balance of account
100 82
Sewers, credit balance of account
156 52
Sidewalks, " 66 66
·
115 93
Street-lights, credit balance of account
477 80
Watering streets, credit balance of account .
3 12
Water maintenance, " 66 66 66
292 30
Water-loan interest "
66 66
. 3,060 95
18,837 73
$64,609 91
DEBIT.
Schoolhouse on Tufts Street, transferred
$12,000 00
66 " School " 66
13,900 00
Public-library building,
66
15,000 00
Schoolhouse incidentals,
66
1,000 00
School contingent,
66
3,000 00
Highways,
66
2,077 76
Lincoln Schoolhouse,
66
3,485 42
Property and debt balance, land on Whipple Street
388 27
$50,851 45
Balance to credit in account 1885
. 13,758 46
$64,609 91
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