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Total reduction
$232,500 00
The funded debt of the city January 1, 1918, is classified as follows :-
City Loan
$595,500 00
Municipal Loan
47,000 00
Sewer Loan
279,000 00
Public Building Loan
326,000 00
Highway Loan .
406,000 00
Bridge Loan
32,000 00
Emergency Loan
25,000 00
Total within limit .
$1,710,500 00
Sewer Loan
$24,000 00
Metropolitan Park Loan
12,000 00
Water Loan
11,000 00
Total outside limit .
47,000 00
Total Funded Debt
$1,757,500 00
The funded debt of the city January 1, 1918, is classified as follows :-
City Bonds, 31/2 per cent. .
$98,000 00
City Bonds, 4 per cent.
436,500 00
City Bonds, 41/4 per cent.
61,000 00
Municipal Bonds, 41/2 per cent. .
47,000 00
Sewer Bonds, 31/2 per cent.
80,000 00
Sewer Bonds, 4 per cent. .
173,000 00
Sewer Bonds, 414 per cent.
26,000 00
Public Building Bonds, 4 per cent. .
236,000 00
Public Building Bonds, 41/2 per cent.
90,000 00
Highway Bonds, 41/2 per cent. .
10,000 00
Highway Bonds, 4 per cent.
290,000 00
Highway Bonds, 31/2 per cent. .
106,000 00
Bridge Bonds, 31/2 per cent.
32,000 00
Emergency Bonds, 41/4 per cent.
25,000 00
Total within limit
$1,710,500 00
Sewer Loan, 4 per cent. .
$24,000 00
Metropolitan Park Loan, 31/2 per cent.
12,000 00
Water Loan, 4 per cent. .
11,000 00
Total outside limit .
47,000 00
Total Funded Debt .
$1,757,500 00
Mature
City Loan
Municipal Loan
Sewer Loan $20,000
Public Building Loan
Highway Loan $79,000
$1,000
$3,000
$1,000
$5,000
Loan $5,000
$251,500
1919
92,500
8,000
20,000
24,000
78,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
4,000
5,000
236,500
1920
79,500
8,000
20,000
24,000
64,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
2,000
5,000
207,500
1921
68,500
8,000
20,000
24,000
55,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
5,000
185,500
1922
52,500
8,000
20,000
19,000
46,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
5,000
155,500
1923
41,500
7,000
18,000
18,000
27,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
116,500
1924
25,500
17,000
18,000
27,000
1,000
3.000
1,000
92,500
1925.
23,000
17,000
18,000
16,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
79,000
1926.
19,000
15,000
18,000
11,000
1,000
1,000
65,00€
1927
19,000
14,000
17,000
3,000
1,000
1,000
55,000
1928
17,000
12,000
16,000
1,000
1,000
47,000
1929
16,000
11,000
16,000
1,000
1,000
45,000
1930.
15,000
10,000
16,000
1,000
42,000
1931
12,000
10,000
15,000
1,000
38,000
1932.
9,000
8,000
15,000
1,000
33,000
1933
8,000
14,000
1,000
23,000
1934.
8,000
14,000
1,000
23,000
1935
7,000
8,000
1,000
16,000
1936
6,000
4,000
1,000
11,000
1937
6,000
4,000
1,000
11,000
1938
4,000
1,000
5,000
1939
3,000
1,000
4,000
1940
2,000
1,000
3,000
1941
1,000
1,000
2,000
1942.
1,000
1,000
2,000
1943
1,000
1,000
2,000
1944
1,000
1,000
1945
1,000
1,000
1946
1,000
1,000
1947
1,000
1,000
1948.
1,000
1,000
1949
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$595,500
$47,000
$279,000
$326,000
$406,000
$32,000
$24,000
$12,000
$11,000
$25,000 $1,757,500
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1918
$105,500
$8,000
$24,000
Lowell Street Bridge Loan
Metropolitan Sewer Loan Park Assess- 1895 Chap. 357, ment Loan Chap. 325, 1902 Loan
Water Emergency
Total Matur- ities By Years
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CITY AUDITOR.
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MATURITIES ON FUNDED DEBT, 1918.
Class of Loan
Jan. 1, 1918 $9,000 00
April 1, 1918 $59,000 00
July 1, 1918 $35,500 00 8,000 00
Oct. 1, 1918 $2,000 00
Total $105,500 00
Municipal .
.
Sewer
3,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
23,000 00
Public
Buildings
6,000 00
5,000 00
13,000 00
24,000 00
Highway
18,000 00
56,000 00
5,000 00
79,000 00
Bridge
1,000 00
1,000 00
Metropolitan Park
1,000 00
1,000 00
Water
1,000 00
4,000 00
5,030 00
Extreme Emergency .
5,000 00
5,630 00
Total .
$36,000 00
$131,000 00
$78,500 00
$6,000 00
$251,500 00
INTEREST REQUIREMENTS ON FUNDED DEBT, 1918.
Class of Loan
Jan. 1, 1918 $5,445 00
April 1, 1918 $6,296 25
July 1, 1918 $5,265 00
Oct. 1, 1918
$5,137 50
Total $22,143 75
Municipal .
1,057 50
1,057 50
2,115 00
Sewer
2,240 00
3,652 50
2,185 00
3,456 25
11,533 75
Public Buildings
5,085 00
1,660 00
4,965 00
1,560 00
13,270 00
Highway
2,520 00
5,360 00
2,205 00
4,240 00
14,325 00
Bridge
560 00
542 50
1,102 50
Metropolitan Park
210 00
210 00
420 00
Water
20 00
200 00
20 00
200 00
440 00
Extreme Emergency .
531 25
531 25
1,062 50
Total
$17,108 75
$17,728 75
$16,438 75
$15,136 25
$66,412 50
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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City
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8,000 00
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City
MATURITIES ON FUNDED DEBT (4 YEARS).
Class of Loan
1915
1916
1917
1918
Total
City
$150,500 00
$131,500 00
$118,500 00
$105,500 00
$506,000 00
Municipal .
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10,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
8,000 00
38,000 00
Sewer
.
20,000 00
20,000 00
22,000 00
23,000 00
85,000 00
Public Buildings
8,000 00
19,000 00
24,000 00
51,000 00
Highway
18,000 00
26,000
00
56,000 00
79,000
00
189,000 00
Bridge
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
4,000 00
Metropolitan Park
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
4,000 00
Water
.
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
20,000 00
Extreme Emergency
5,000 00
5,000 00
Total .
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INTEREST REQUIREMENTS ON FUNDED DEBT (4 YEARS).
Class of Loan
1915
1916
1917
1918
City
$37,558 75
$31,768 75
$26,606 25
$22,143 75
00
11,160 00
Sewer
13,176 25
12,708 75
12,306 25
11,533 75
49,725 00
Public Building
2,040 00
7,240 00
9,980
00
13,270 00
32,530 00
Highway
6,640 00
9,747 50
13,822 50
14,325 00
44,535 00
Bridge
1,207 50
1,172 50
1,137 50
1,102 50
4,620 00
Metropolitan Park
525 00
490 00
455
00
420
00
1,890 00
Water
1,040 00
840 00
640 00
440 00
2,960 00
Extreme Emergency .
1,062 50
1,062 50
Total .
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· $65,652 50
$66,982 50
$67,512 50
$66,412 50*
$266,560 00
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$205,500 00
$212,500 00
$232,500 00
$251,500 00
$902,000 00
Total $118,077 50
Municipal .
3,465 00
3,015 00
2,565 00
2,115
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*Actual present debt. Estimate for 1918 loans not included,
CITY AUDITOR.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
BORROWING CAPACITY DECEMBER 31, 1917.
Valuation, 1915
. $77,217,399 00 227,000 00
Supplementary
$77,444,399 00
Valuation, 1916
. $79,304,329 00
Supplementary
141,400 00
79,445,729 00
Valuation, 1917
. $78,921,472 00
Supplementary
13,900 00
78,935,372 00
$235,825,500 00
Abatements, 1915
$542,807 00
Abatements, 1916
586,220 00
Abatements, 1917
381,850 00
1,510,877 00
$234,314,623 00
Average valuation for three years .
$78,104,874 00
Two and one-half per cent.
1,952,621 85
Present debt within limit
1,710,500 00
Borrowing capacity December 31, 1917 Maturities : -
$242,121 85
January 1, 1918
$36,000 00
April 1, 1918
131,000 00
July 1, 1918 .
$78,500 00
Less outside limit
5,000 00
73,500 00
October 1, 1918
$6,000 00
Less outside limit
4,000 00
2,000 00
242,500 00
Maturities in 1918 within limit .
$484,621 85
Total maturities on funded debt, 1918
$251,500 00
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CITY AUDITOR.
OVERLAY ACCOUNTS. Overlay, 1915.
Credits : -
Balance from 1916 account
$4,322 92 8 68
Reassessment
$4,331 60
Charges : -
Abatements
1,213 03
Balance December 31, 1917
$3,118 57
Overlay, 1916.
Credits :-
Balance from 1916 account .
$8,274 87
Charges :-
Abatements
5,837 68
Balance December 31, 1917
$2,437 19
Overlay, 1917.
Credits :-
Taxes, 1917 .
$22,473 15
Charges :-
Abatements .
9,426 70
Balance December 31, 1917
$13,046 45
RESERVE FUND, SURPLUS FROM OVERLAY.
Credits :-
Balance from 1916 account .
$3,224 45
Balance December 31, 1917
$3,224 45
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
Credits :- -
Balance January 1, 1917
$80,006 77
Excess of Appropriations
$4,032 21 .
Excess of Revenue
23,477 19
27,509 40
$107,516 17
Charges :-
Transfer to reduce tax levy . . .
$70,000 00
Refund credit to Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, State Aid . . .
20 00
Abatements Special Assessments, 1916 . 18 91
Abatements 1916 Water Charges .
57 51
$70,096 42
Balance December 31, 1917
$37,419 75
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CLASSIFICATION OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Receipts.
General Revenue.
Taxes : -
Taxes, 1917
$1,421.898 88
Taxes, 1916
334,932 01
Taxes, 1915
1,494 51
From State: -
Corporation
56,762 76
National Bank
4,075 80
Income Tax .
77,055 53
Licenses and Permits.
Licenses : -
Amusement
739 00
Junk
785 00
Milk
291 00
Pool, billiards and bowling alleys
336 00
Sunday
350 00
Innholders and victuallers
72 00
Hawkers, pedlers, etc.
725 00
All other
308 50
Permits :-
Marriage
1,242 00
Signs, awnings, etc.
52 00
Garage
296 00
All other
47 50
Fines and Forfeits.
Court Fines
2,727 23
Departmental penalties
183 50
Grants and Gifts.
From State, Vocational School .
7,615 15
From County, Dog Licenses
2,575 26
From Carnegie Corporation
16,000 00
All Other General Revenue.
Grade Crossings
5,120 24
Sale of Land .
4,500 00
Excise Ship Owner Tax .
167 80
Total General Revenue .
$1,940,352 67
Commercial Revenue-Special Assessments. For Expenses: -
Street Sprinkling, 1917
$27,938 80
Street Sprinkling, 1916
8,577 00
Street Sprinkling, 1915
1 75
Moths, 1917
942 25
Moths, 1916
445 25
For Outlays: -
Sewers, 1916
839 32
Sidewalks, 1917
4,610 83
Sidewalks, 1916 and 1915
8,190 08
Street Betterments, 1917 .
2,971 23
Street Betterments, 1916 and 1915
8,188 54
Total Commercial Revenue-Special Assessments
62,705 05
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CITY AUDITOR.
COMMERCIAL REVENUE-DEPARTMENTAL.
General Government.
Treasurer
$7,143 61
Assessors
9 00
City Clerk
1,013 50
Other
26 34
Protection of Persons and Property.
Police Department :-
Service of officers .
167 50
Cloth
449 70
Rent of Court Room
1,000 00
Fire Department.
Old materials
59 04
Horses
475 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
542 12
Electrical Department
105 00
Health and Sanitation.
Contagious Hospital .
10,035 69
Health Department .
280 03
Inspection
435 40
Sewers Maintenance, material .
7 64
Sewers Construction
17 00
Sanitary Department.
Garbage
12.301 75
Incinerator
1,150 00
Highways.
Labor and materials .
5,112 59
Permanent Pavement
366 76
Sidewalks Maintenance
5 47
Sprinkling
27 50
Rent of Tenements
240 00
Charities.
Almshouse : -
Sale of produce, etc.
6,203 30
Board
3,417 47
Outside Relief :-
Individuals
171 05
Cities and Towns .
5,098 42
State
13,992 29
Mothers' Aid :-
Cities and Towns
266 00
State
727 13
Soldiers' Benefits.
State Aid
14,088 00
Military Aid
155 00
Soldiers' Burials
464 00
Mexican Border
2,231 36
Education.
Tuition State Wards .
706 50
Other Tuition .
3,006 64
Rent High School Hall
1,480 00
Miscellaneous
12 20
Carried forward
$92,990 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward .
$92,990 00
Libraries.
Fines, etc.
1,471 55
Recreation.
Bathhouse
869 95
Shower Baths
212 80
Unclassified.
Electrolysis
$500 00
State, in lieu of taxes
66 68
Tellers' Overs and Shorts
66 18
$96,177 16
Total Commercial Revenue-Departmental . Commercial Revenue-Public Service Enterprises. Water Department :-
Sale of Water:
Metered, 1917
$186,053 63
Metered, 1916
25,439 39
Annual
46,169 08
Additional
1,460 28
Service Assessments
3,494 53
Maintenance Bills
3,542 59
Total Commercial Revenue-Public Service En- terprises
266,159 50
Commercial Revenue-Interest.
Deposits
$14,015 12
Taxes
11,503 79
Special Assessments
663 02
Trust Funds : -
School
212 88
Library
838 63
Miscellaneous
10 79
Total Commercial Revenue-Interest 27,244 23
Municipal Indebtedness.
Temporary Loans : -
Anticipation of Revenue
$1,500,000 00
General Loans :-
Sewer
5,000 00
Highway
141,000 00
Public Building
90.000 00
Emergency
25,000 00
Premiums on Loans
1,070 40
Total Municipal Indebtedness
1,762,070 40
Agency, Trust and Investment. Agency :-
Redemption of Tax Liens .
$3,615 80
Total Agency, Trust and Investment
3,615 80
Refunds.
Soldiers' Benefits
$244 94
Appropriations
1,123 33
Accrued Interest .
1,310 94
Outlay Appropriations
208 19
Total Refunds
2,887 40
Total Receipts
$4,161,212 21
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CITY AUDITOR.
EXPENDITURES. GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Expenses.
Outlays.
Board of Aldermen Expenses.
$72 54
Printing and advertising
103 25
Auto hire, carfares, etc. .
111 00
Refreshments
714 94
Badges
25 17
Miscellaneous
$1,111 90
Clerk of Committees Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
$1,600 00
Assistant
500 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and supplies
73 46
Printing and advertising
14 50
Telephone
97 63
Miscellaneous
2,303 59
Executive Department.
Salaries and Wages: -
Mayor
$2,500 00
Secretaries
1,561 32
Other Expenses :-
186 47
Printing and advertising
96 30
Telephone
149 72
Auto hire
69 75
Inaugural expenses
68 00
Contingent expenses
99 90
Miscellaneous
17 39
4,748 85
Auditing Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
Auditor
$2,300 00
Clerks
1,752 80
Temporary Clerk
1 92
Other Expenses : -
Books, postage and supplies
123 38
Printing and advertising
358 70
Telephone
44 18
Miscellaneous .
1 81
Treasury Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
Treasurer and Collector
$3,200 00
Deputy Collector
1.565 00
Cashier
1,100 71
Clerks
5,625 57
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and supplies
2,371 46
Printing and advertising .
1,304 69
Carried forward
$15,167 43
$12,747 13
.
4,582 79
Books, postage and supplies
85 00
Clerk
18 00
Books, postage and supplies
48
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
Carfares, teams, etc. .
44 65
Telephone
158 46
Bonds
505 00
Miscellaneous
230 23
16.105 77
Assessors' Department. Salaries and Wages :-
Chairman
$2,034 99
Assessors (4)
3,599 9
Assistant Assessors
1,350 00
Clerks (Office)
4,277 45
Clerks (Street)
328 00
"Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and supplies
495 26
Printing and advertising
906 18
Carfares, teams, etc. .
14 15
Telephone
41 29
Miscellaneous
134 76
Pedlers' License Commission.
Books, postage and supplies .
$47 35
Advertising
12 00
59 35
Certification of Notes and Bonds.
Certifying
$645 00
City Clerk's Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
City Clerk .
$3,200 00
Assistant City Clerk
1,476 77
Clerks
2,142 53
Other Expenses : -
Books, postage and supplies
408 89
Printing and advertising
61 72
Telephone
135 29
Typewriters and supplies
212 29
Duplicator
25 00
Miscellaneous
48 10
Registration of City Laborers.
Salaries and Wages :- Registration Clerk .
$400 01
Other Expenses :- Books, postage and supplies
4 00
Law Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
City Solicitor
$2,100 00
Claim Agent
16 66
"Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and supplies
12 45
Printing and advertising .
19 00
Telephone
18 00
Fees
177 70
Carried forward
$2,343 81
$50,853 85
$15,167 43
$12,747 13
13,182 00
645 00
7,710 59
404 01
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CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
Recording
5 83
Clerical hire
117 01
Costs, Murdough suit .
135 00
Miscellaneous
65 52
2,667 17
City Messenger's Department.
Salaries and Wages :- Messenger
$1,700 00
Other Expenses :-
40
Auto maintenance
735 09
Telephone
.
2 61
Carfares
15 00
2,473 10
Engineering Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
City Engineer
$3,200 00
Assistants
6,830 58
Clerk
800 76
Temporary Clerk
10 00
Other Expenses: -
Books, printing, postage and
supplies
54 54
Telephone .
.
86 54
Auto maintenance
968 17
Instruments and equipment
2 73
Carfares
172 08
Miscellaneous
7 12
12,132 52
Public Buildings Department, Commissioner of Public Buildings.
Salaries and Wages :-
Commissioner
$2,250 00
Inspector of Plumbing
1,200 00
Clerk
933 79
Temporary Clerk
36 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and supplies
118 77
Printing and advertising
38 40
Telephone .
131 97
Auto and maintenance
1,873 43
Miscellaneous
17 05
6,599 41
Maintenance Municipal Buildings (City Hall and City Hall Annex).
Salaries and Wages :-
Janitors
$3,341 68
Labor
577 01
Other Expenses :-
Fuel and light
3,557 61
Janitors' supplies
247 17
Furniture and furnishings .
950 31
Repairs :-
Building
293 83
Carried forward
$8,967 61
$74,726 05
.
$2,343 81
$50,853 85
Books, postage and supplies
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$8,967 61 $74,726 05
Heating apparatus
126 80
Hardware and materials
304 90
Ice and spring water
198 05
Miscellaneous
228 90
9,826 26
City Planning Board.
Books, postage and supplies .
$8 50
Typewriting
2 00
10 50
Election Expenses, City Clerk.
Salaries and Wages :-
Clerks
$547 44
Other Expenses : -
Books, postage and supplies
361 10
Printing and advertising
1,059 73
Carfares and auto hire
330 49
Refreshments .
25 75
Repairs of ballot boxes
70 00
Miscellaneous
30 97
2,425 48
Election Expenses, Registrars of Voters.
Salaries and Wages :-
Registrars .
$800 00
Clerks
207 00
City Clerk's Assistants
750 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and supplies
76 29
Printing and advertising
755 50
Refreshments
10 00
Auto hire
10 00
Miscellaneous
15
2,608 94
Election Expenses, Pay of Election Officers.
Salaries and Wages :-
Wardens and clerks
$1,548 00
Inspectors
3,424 00
4,972 00
Public Buildings Department, Polling Places.
Labor
$185 38
Teams
133 00
Rent
247 50
Lumber
22 50
Hardware and materials
20 49
Fuel and light
8 47
Moving booths
80 00
697 34
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY.
Extreme Emergency, Health and Safety.
Salaries and Wages :-
Secretary
$250 00
Clerk
454 00
Carried forward
$704 00
$95,266 57
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CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$704 00 $95,266 57
Special Police
5,169 01
Other Expenses :-
Books, printing, postage and supplies
485 58
Filing case
11 70
Badges
167 78
Fire-arms
2,813 83
Red Cross supplies, bedding, etc.
37 78
Telephone
51 10
Auto hire
3 00
Miscellaneous
125 77
$9,569 55
Police Department. Salaries and Wages:
Chief
$2,502 06
Captain and lieutenants
9,746 51
Sergeants and inspectors
5,800 02
Patrolmen
97,022 03
Special police
283 50
Matron and assistant matron
735 94
Other employees
3,269 29
Horses and Care of Same:
Hay, grain and straw
158 41
Shoeing
140 58
Miscellaneous
354 15
Equipment and Repairs: -
Automobiles and motor
cycles
1,628 04
Gasoline and supplies .
500 26
Equipment for men .
516 59
Other Expenses :-
Books, printing, postage and supplies
220 01
Care of prisoners
88 03
Telephone
281 85
Laundry
28 52
Attending convention
51 84
Medical attendance
338 43
Miscellaneous
350 85
124,016 91
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Police Buildings.
Salaries and Wages :-
Janitors
$1,374 79
Labor
284 61
Maintenance of Buildings : -
Fuel and light
1.431 66
Janitors' supplies
119 64
Furniture and furnishings
219 46
Repairs :-
Building
324 19
Heating apparatus
39 10
Hardware and materials
95 32
Miscellaneous
94 73
3,983 50
Carried forward
$223,266 98
$9,569 55
52
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Brought forward
$223,266 98 $9,569 55
Fire Department.
Salaries and Wages:
Chief Engineer
$2,502 06
Assistant Engineers
3,451 65
Firemen
95,771 83
Callmen
3,445 64
Temporary and emergency men
1,991 00
Horses and Care of Same:
Harnesses and horse cloth- ing
5 00
Hay, grain and straw
2,846 81
Shoeing
853 25
Medicine and veterinary
47 75
Miscellaneous
4 50
Equipment and Repairs :
Apparatus
3,648 97
Hose
598 51
Equipment for men
312 40
Power
12 20
Hardware, tools, etc.
156 60
Miscellaneous
260 29
Other Expenses : -
Books, printing, postage and
supplies
82 38
Telephone
431 44
Janitors' supplies
253 57
Furnishings
159 15
Laundry
240 90
Medical attendance
65 00
Repairs to hydrant
39 53
Ice and spring water
90 31
Miscellaneous
154 93
Supplies :-
Grease and oil
264 63
Gasoline
850 81
Fuel
15 64
Soda and acid
147 55
Miscellaneous
243 82
118,948 12
Public Building Department, Maintenance Fire Buildings.
Salaries and Wages :- Labor . 1
$1,379 15
Maintenance of Buildings:
Fuel and light .
5,330 48
Janitors' supplies
19 31
Furniture and furnishings .
421 66
Repairs : -
Buildings
3,743 08
Heating apparatus
202 23
Hardware and materials
1,275 57
Insurance on boiler
124 00
Miscellaneous
84 88
12,580 36
Carried forward
$354,795 46
$9,569 55
53
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
$354,795 46 $9,569 55
New Building Fire Alarm Signal System.
Payment on contract $800 00
Installation Fire Alarm Signal
System
6,000 00
Furniture and furnishings 95 40
Bronze tablet
100 00
6,995 40
Weights and Measures Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
Sealer
$1,100 00
Deputy sealer
1,100 00
Helper
17 10
Other Expenses:
Books, postage and supplies
22 90
Printing and advertising .
26 50
Equipment .
45 38
Telephone
13 92
Auto and maintenance
583 69
2,909 49
Militia.
Use rifle range
$238 10
Carfares
130 30
Carting ammunition
40
Electrical Department.
Salaries and Wages :-
Commissioner
$1,800 00
Clerk
521 67
Labor
8,031 00
Other Expenses :-
Fire Alarm Signal System . 872 24
Police Alarm System .
274 18
Auto maintenance
.
341 96
Telephone
115 27
Books, printing, postage and supplies .
52 12
Typewriter
89 10
Miscellaneous
21 34
Electrical Department, Underground Wires. Labor
$495 00
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Electrical Department Building.
Fuel ·1
$345 40
Light
67 51
Janitors' supplies
91
Furnishings
72 55
Hardware and materials
5 93
Miscellaneous
17 08
509 38
Carried forward
$370,702 01
$17,059 95
.
368 80
12,118 88
495 00
54
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$370,702 01 $17,059 95
Brought forward
Suppression of Moths.
Salaries and Wages :- Labor
$2,682 32
Other Expenses :-
Books, postage and supplies
37 92
Teams
229 01
Hardware, tools and equip- ment
95 55
Insecticides
259 98
Gasoline
41 85
Miscellaneous
7 46
3,354 09
Care of Trees.
Salaries and Wages:
Labor
$2,401 76
Other Expenses:
Teams
516 23
Equipment,
hardware and
tools
127 51
Lumber
20 61
Miscellaneous
7 40
3,073 51
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Health Department.
General Administration :-
Salaries and Wages :-
Agent
$1,090 87
Clerks
1,398 72
Chauffeur
365 00
Books, printing, postage and
supplies
340 80
Telephone .
170 32
Miscellaneous
35 63
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :-
Board and Treatment :- Cities and towns
755 15
Tuberculosis: -
Board and Treatment: ---
Cities and towns
411 65
State
3,691 88
Groceries and provisions
. 312 00
Medicine
35
Miscellaneous
24 50
Other Expenses :-
Medical inspector
1,238 35
Acting medical inspector
682 26
Laboratory equipment and supplies
139 06
Ice
61 52
Auto maintenance
497 69
Delivering cultures
17 30
Burying dead animals
66 25
Miscellaneous
99 70
11,399 00
Carried forward
$388,528 61
$17,059 95
55
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward
City Clerk's Department, Vital Statistics.
Canvassing and reporting births
$725 55
Reporting deaths
214 00
Books, postage and supplies
70 85
Advertising, printing, etc.
136 25
Miscellaneous
26
1,146 91
Contagious Hospital.
Salaries and Wages: -
Matron
$1,000 00
Nurses and other help
8,042 48
Other Expenses :-
Drugs and medicines
282 02
Dry goods and clothing
551 23
Groceries and provisions
7,909 98
Utensils and supplies
1,340 16
Telephone
91 72
Miscellaneous .
181 63
19,399 22
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Contagious Hospital.
Salaries and Wages :- Janitor and labor
$481 66
Other Expenses:
Fuel
1,668 17
Light
786 39
Janitors' supplies
50 36
Furniture and furnishings
160 65
Repairs :-
Buildings
155 47
Heating apparatus
39 36
Hardware and materials
25 68
Miscellaneous
141 62
3,509 36
Inspection of Animals and Provisions.
Salaries and Wages :-
Inspector
$1,449 92
Other Expenses :-
Telephone
31 49
Auto maintenance
4.9 98
1,531 39
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar.
Salaries and Wages :-
Inspector
$1,700 00
Milk collector
635 00
Other Expenses :-
Books, printing and postage
47 36
Equipment and supplies
269 38
Telephone
31 78
Auto and maintenance
1,300 08
Attending convention .
10 70
Miscellaneous
22 74
4,017 04
Carried forward .
$418,132 53
$17,059 95
.
.
.
$388,528 61 $17,059 95
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$418,132 53 $17,059 95
Brought forward
Inspection of School Children.
Salaries and Wages :- Inspectors
$1,600 00
Books, printing and supplies
15 25
Miscellaneous
44 05
1,659 30
School Nurses' Salaries.
Salaries and Wages :- Nurses
$1,403 42
1,403 42
Sewers Construction.
Salaries and Wages:
Inspector
$378 46
Labor
2,700 32
Other Expenses: -
Hired teams
773 72
Pipe and fittings
1,761 14
Sand, stone, brick
and
cement
1,290 96
Castings
697 62
Sewer contracts
4,563 24
Storm drain contracts
2,475 96
Miscellaneous
. 77 66
$14,719 08
Engineering Department, Sewers Mainte- nance.
Salaries and Wages :-
Inspectors
$294 95
Labor
10,262 18
Other Expenses :
Hired teams
7,097 23
Tools and equipment
414 42
Pipe and fittings
5 52
Castings
75
Other materials and supplies
33 05
Care Medford Street pump .
9 88
Telephone
63 22
Miscellaneous
.
18,662 48
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Sewer Buildings.
Salaries and Wages :- Labor
$83 37
Other Expenses :
Fuel
39 61
Light
17 75
Repairs to buildings
2 25
Lumber and materials
24 41
Miscellaneous
35
167 74
Sanitary Department.
General Administration :- -
Superintendent
$1,700 00
Bookkeeper
246 24
Carried forward
$1,946 24
$440,025 47
$31,779 03
.
.
1 28
.
57
CITY AUDITOR.
Brought forward .
$1,946 24 $440,025 47 $31,779 03.
Books, printing and supplies
47 09
Auto and maintenance
902 98
Telephone
47 75
Miscellaneous
1 25
Ashes, Rubbish and Garbage :- -
Labor
68,207 97
Hired teams
23,862 13
Equipment and repairs
1,854 99
Rent of dump
600 00
Materials and supplies
90 17
Stable Expenses :-
Horses
596 96
Hay, grain and straw
7,663 55
Shoeing
344 08
Medicine and veterinary
88 80
Equipment
597 95
Miscellaneous .
6 00
Public Buildings Department, Maintenance Sanitary Buildings.
Labor
$32 50
Fuel
98 54
Light
228 68
Lumber and materials
142 26
Repairs :-
Buildings
1,243 25
Heating apparatus
6 10
Miscellaneous
27
Street Cleaning.
Labor
$20,428 00
Hired teams
5,182 09
Equipment
178 72
25,788 81
HIGHWAYS.
Highway Maintenance.
General Administration :-
Superintendent
$2,500 00
Bookkeeper and clerk
1,927 86
Books, printing, postage and supplies
197 03
Telephone
213 04.
Auto maintenance
404 87
Miscellaneous
9 45
General: -
Labor
31,224 53
Hired teams
374 25
Tools, equipment and repairs
2,928 64
Edgestone, paving blocks, brick, cement .
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