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6 00
Hilton & Tobey, repairs stoves &c., - -
9 14
66 John Hilton, -
3 33
.66 George Jones, serving notices, &c. &c., -
1 81
66 Joseph Lewis, lining stove, &c.,
2 75
Ebenezer Lund, buckets for watch house, -
7 59
66 Jonas M. Miles, expenses to Boston, -
4 25
George Sessions, returning deaths, 30 80
David Scott Jr., sundries for watch house, 1 97
Alden H. Sears, ice for City hall, 4 46
400 00
66 Luther Slater, lines,
10 60
86 S. W. Selby & Co., auctioneers' services, Taber & Lawrence, chairs, -
5 25
66 Charles White, repairs to "Liberty pole,"
7 00
66 Wm. A. Wheeler, fire alarms,
13 96
66 Frederic Warren, coal for watchmen, -
5 50
66 Joseph D. Brigham, repairs City hall, -
4 06
66 David Gleason, cash paid out for small articles, washing hall, ward rooms, &c., 77 57
Benj. E. Hutchinson, covering for lamps, - 5 67
66 Roger Herring, repairing roof City hall, 31 82
65 Amory Moore, new scuttle 2 75
W. & H. Baker, desks &c. for Police Court room, 40 00 for City hall, 40 00
66 Silas Goodnow, whitewashing &c. City hall, 67 39
Warren Lazell, gas fixtures,
428 31
Amariah B. Lovell, plastering &c., " -
34 47
Charles P. Nichols, painting &c., 66 90 30
66 Putman W. Taft, alterations, 66 120 00 -
F. & E. Watkins, repairs &c., 66
66 -
31 50
J. W. Brown, pay rolls for labor at the Cemetery ground, New Worcester, 386.85
32 91
66 Samuel D. Harding, repairs,
4 50
66 Abel Stowell, clock for church, 2d parish,
89 08
George Geer, sealing city scales,
Edward Livermore, mem. books, -
40
Paid Silas Converse, tools for do.,
-
33 16
C. S. Knowlton, hay for cattle do., -
- 35 00
W. W. Patch, grain 66 66
21 40
Joseph Mason, services on county business, -
180 75
Wm. A. Smith, “
66
10 00
Benj. F. Thomas, " 66
75 00
Amory Carter, damages,
50 00
Oliver J. Morse, “ -
60 00
Samuel Putnam,
426 40
Wm. E. Green, balance of bill for labor &c.,
16 88
George T. S. Curtis, distributing summons,
8 00
Wm. A. Howland,
8 00
6: Wm. H. Jacobs, 66 66
-
13 00
Franklin H. Knights, 66
7 00
Constant Shepard, 66
-
6 00
66 Elbridge G. Watkins,
66
9 50
66 George P. Bryant, blankets &c., for watch house, 11 43
66 John D. Welts, meals for prisoners at ‘
206 20
George W. Wheeler, services as Clerk of Com- mon Council,
15 00
George W. Wheeler, making City document No. 4, making, revising and correcting voters' lists, and for cash paid out for articles for office, 70 03
Worcester Guards, rent of Armory,
75 00
Samuel D. Harding, in part for repairing Quin- sigamond school house, 1,000 00
66 Johnson & Eaton, putting lightning rods on school houses, -
305 23
Insurance on school houses, - -
-
185 64
Transfer to "School houses," -
6,745 64
Amount overdrawn January 5, 1852, 634 01
COUNTY TAX.
Appropriation, - -
9,450 29
Expenditure.
Paid Anthony Chase, County Treasurer, - - 9,450 29
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Balance undrawn April 7, 1851, 924 13
Appropriation, - - -
-
3,250 00
Received for rent of room, -
-
3 33
------ 4,177 46
Expenditures.
Paid Erastus N. Holmes, Chief Engineer, - -
94 33
" 6 assistant engineers, for services, -
60 00
Washington Engine Co. No. 1, for services, 411 67
Rapid " No. 2, " 66 425 00
-
-
-
- -
556 00
41
Paid Niagara Engine Co. No. 3, for services,
410 02
Torrent
No. 4, “ 66
313 33
Hose Co. No. 1,
66 66
-
150 00
" No. 2, 66
112 50
Hook and Ladder Co.
- 280 00
66 103 poll taxes to members of Department, -
154 50
66 Washington Engine Co. No. 1, care of hose &c.,
38 50
66 Rapid
No. 2, 66
66
-
17 25
Niagara
" No. 3, 66
27 94
66 Torrent 66 " No. 4, 66 66
30 07
66 Hose Co. No. 1,
66
22 50
66 " No. 2,
66 28 00
66 Rapid Engine Co. No. 2, painting engine &c.,
24 50
Hose Co. No. 2, bell and fixtures,
5 12
66 Hook and Ladder Co. horse hire, -
9 00
Cheney & Clark, setting glass, 4 11 -
66 William Dickinson, rent of No. 4 engine house, 131 25
66 Erastus N. Holmes, cash paid for trucking, post- age, stationery, &c., - 28 56
66
Benj. E. Hutchinson, repairs hose §.c., -
58 74
Charles A. Harrington, oil &c., -
-
11 18
66 Kinnicutt & Co., brushes &c., -
4 17
Ebenezer Lund, repair of ladders &c.,
8 80
Leonard Poole, repairs,
5 15
Dexter Rice, sign, -
1 50
66 Phelps & Forbush, lamps &c., -
- -
3 61
Albert Tolman & Co., repairing hose carriage,
10 25
66 A. & S. Thayer, repairs,
3 00
Charles Tucker, ladders, -
12 00
H. H. Walker, lock &c.,
87
-2,897 42
Balance undrawn January 5, 1852, -
1,280 04
FUEL, PRINTING, STATIONERY, &c.
Appropriation, -
800 00
Expenditures.
Paid Allen & Co., advertising,
7 00
John M. Earle,
-
19 00
66 Earle & Drew, -
143 52
66 Silas Dinsmore,
-
33 71
66 John S. C. Knowlton, “ -
41 75
Charles B. Webb, 66
52 27
Henry M. Barbour, coal,
79 33
66 Edward Southwick, “
11 15
Lyman Bugbee & Co., fluid &c.,
54 56
Pliny Holbrook & Co., oil &c.,
-
18 40
Worcester Gas Light Co., gas,
-
133 60
-
-
-
-
-
5
42
Paid Tyler & Hamilton, printing,
2,00
" Henry J. Howland, printing city documents 4 and 5, blanks &c., -
509 87
C. A. Haskins & Co., steel pens &c., -
4 06
Edward Livermore, stationery, -
12 27
Erastus N. Tucker, -
15 68
Amount overdrawn January 5, 1852, 338 17
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Balance undrawn April 7, 1851, 277 25
Appropriation,
300 00
Received of John Boyden,
181 99
Expenditures.
Paid George Sessions, burials, , .
221 83
Balance undrawn January 5, 1852,
537 41
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Balance undrawn April 7, 1851, 30 14
Appropriation,
7,500 00 -
Received (cash and notes) for cattle, old bridges, ma- nure, labor &c., .
717 41
Transfer from "Common Sewers," -
189 33
-- 8,436 88
Expenditures.
Paid Timothy S. Bliss, pay rolls, -
2,493 39
Joseph E. Bond, 66
86 37
66 Charles E. Brooks, 66 60
83 07
66 G. A. Chamberlain, " 66
-
279 51
Benjamin Flagg, 66
261 89
Nahum Flagg, 66
244 24
66 Benj Harrington,
173 56
66 Ezekiel Newton, 66
66
299 25
Jonathan Lyon, Jr. "
333 09
Samuel Perry,
281 81
Frederic T. Stowell, "
53 59
66 Alfred Taft,
42 55
66
Jonathan A. White, "
66
107 81
Timothy S. Bliss, for labor, man and team,
187 43
66
services, -
433 00
66
"
cash paid out for sundries, - oxen,
225 00
Joseph Bond,
"
-
-
108 00
Lewis Chapin,
112 50
Israel Whitney,
- -
125 00
-
-
Wm. G. Moore, 60
63 62
-
-
-
39 25
66
-
-
-1,138 17
759 24
43
Paid Silas Bailey,
for
hay,
11 86
J. A. Bancroft,
11 70
66 Samuel Bliss,
13 54
Sumner Cook,
28 15
66 F. A. Davis,
66
34 38
Israel A. Dodge,
86 74
Elbridge Gerry,
66
27 69
Joseph Lovell,
66
25 35
Charles Newton,
66
66
-
54 67
Jeremiah Parker,
66
66
-
-
20 28
Poor Farm,
42 93
John P. Barber, 66 oats,
10 50
Bliss, Sutton & Co., for grain,
5 90
Draper & Clark,
66
74 00
Wm. W. Patch, 66
148 40
Charles Paine, rent of barn,
58 50
Otis Converse, for tools,
2 67
Silas Converse, " -
8 90
Poole & Miles, "
36 58
D. C. Tourtellot, repairing tools,
16 26
66 Wm. F. Wood, woodwork for cart,
56 00
Samuel H. Flagg, 2d, blacksmithing,
43 46
66 Nathan Muzzy,
91 09
Wm. E. Allen, fly blankets,
11 25
Edwin Chapin, for lumber,
74 10
T. & O. K. Earle,
for lumber,
7 55
John Gates,
55 40
A. Holbrook,
21 97
Harrison Lovell,
207 32
J. G. & D. H. Perry,
66
A. V. Shelden,
66
-
46 93
A. & W. H. Harris,
7 38
Timothy S. Stone,
" gravel,
29 70
Bowen Gleason,
stone,
23 00
Brigham Converse,
63 23
John F. Pond,
66
2 50
66 Benj. Palmer,
126 86
66 Samuel Davis,
13 17
60 Smith & McBride,
55 44
Ephraim Willard,
making bank wall,
43 75
Worcester Gas Light Co., for lowering pipes,
126 59
66 Phineas Ball, surveying,
15 00
Boyden & Ball,
77 25
Gill Valentine, bounding streets,
338 84
Albert C. Buttrick, " -
151 25
66 Amos R. Black, grading -
576 40
new stone bridge,
1,057 17
-
66
-
11 00
cement,
" stone monuments,
-
-
-
-
22 50
Ezekiel Newton,
.
44
Paid Benjamin Barber, setting curb and paving, &c.,
336 71
Harrison D. Goodnow,
163 43.
Goodnow & Barber,
549 61
William A. Wheeler, for iron pipe, -
-
5 62
60 Josiah Willard, 66 painting, -
22 21
Stephen Harrington,
" brick and labor,
152 92
William Dickinson,
" turf &c.,
8 00
Edward Baldwin,
" labor,
-
-
13 50
66 Patrick McKeon,
66
66
12 25
David Woodward,
stone and labor,
32 77
66 Salmon Putnam,
labor &c.,
97 01
66 Joseph D. Brigham, 60 6
43 12
David W. Cook,
66
51 73
Daniel Harrington,
3 00
Putnam W. Taft,
66 60
66
-
5 00
66 Ezekiel Daniels,
24 62
Otis Stearns, boarding men,
21 41
66 Albert Tolman & Co., repairs,
-
29 05
66 Benjamin B. Otis, damages,
-
17 50
66 Patrick Coffee, blasting, -
-
-
3 00
Jonas M. Miles, expenses,
3 25
66 Sam'l D. Harding, repairing bridges, - -
148 75
Amount overdrawn January 5, 1852,
3,428 86
INTEREST.
Appropriation, -
2,600 00
Received of Anthony Chase, County Treasurer, -
139 75
" Nathaniel R. Parkhurst, -
80
2,740 55
Expenditures.
Paid John Boynton,
380 00
Central Bank,
64 75
Samuel De Witt,
10 00
William Dickinson,
298 82
Solon S. Hastings,
60 00
60 Daniel McFarland,
120 00
M
Mechanics Bank,
126 50
Ebenezer Mower,
120 00
Quinsigamond Bank,
23 25
Judith Rogers,
38 25
Susan F. Stone,
30 00
66 Sarah Waldo,
237 29
66 Mary C. White,
60 00
Worcester Bank, -
57 25
Worcester Co. Ins. for Savings, -
1,024 96
2,651 07
Balance undrawn January 5, 1852, -
89 48
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
66
-
66
-
12 25
Arthur Mckeon, 66 66
-
-
-
-11,865 74
45
LAMP POSTS AND FIXTURES FOR GAS.
Appropriation,
300 00
Expenditures.
Paid Joseph C. Chaffin, for digging, - -
42 75
Hilton & Tobey, " pipe and fixtures, -
95 36
William A. Wheeler, for posts, - 110 00
248 11
Balance undrawn January 5, 1852, -
51 89
LAND DAMAGES.
Appropriation, -
-
-
1,300 00
Transfer from "City hall,"
275 00
Expenditures.
Paid Levi Lincoln, -
-
-
-
1,000 00
66 Lincoln & Davis,
-
-
300 00
Samuel B. Scott,
-
,
150 00
66 Abigail Stiles, -
125 00
1,575 00
LICENSES.
Received from amusements, -
-
.
- 326 00
66 auctioneers,
8 00
66 dogs,
-
87 00
66
66 hackney carriages,
24 00
Transfer to "Contingent Expenses," -
445 00
LIGHTING STREETS.
Appropriation, Expenditures.
Paid Horace Holman, care of lamps &c., 464 73
66 Worcester Gas Light Co., for gas,
-
-
615 64
66 Draper & Clark, " oil,
264 30
66 H. Griffin & Co., 66
62 79
66 Samuel D. Harding,
" sink &c.,
6 16
John Hilton,
' repairs, -
-
5 50
66 Hilton & Tobey, -
-1,428 62
Balance undrawn January 5, 1852, -
71 38
LOANS.
Balance due April 7, 1852, -
- 1,745 81
Received from Central Bank, -
- 4,500 00
66 William Dickinson, -
- 14,800 00
66 Mechanics Bank,
- 8,000 00
66
66 Quinsigamond Bank,
- 1,500 00
66
60 Samuel De Witt, -
- 400 00
5*
,
-
-1,575 00
-
-
-
-
445 00
1,500 00
-
9 50
-
46
Received from Worcester Bank, - 4,500 00 66 Worcester Co. Ins. for Savings, - 13,063 73
48,509 54
Expenditures.
Paid Central Bank,
- 4,500 00
William Dickinson,
66 Samuel De Witt, .
.
-
400 00
66 Mechanics Bank, -
- 9,500 00
66 Quinsigamond Bank,
1,500 00
66 Sarah Waldo,
- 1,686 46
Worcester Bank,
- 4,500 00
66 Worcester Co. Ins. for Savings, · 12,105 26
43,675 72
Unpaid January 5, 1852, -
4,833 82
MILITIA.
Expenditures.
- 262 00
Paid Worcester Guards, 66 Light Infantry, - 281 50
543 50
Amount overdrawn January 5, 1852, 543 50
NEW ROAD, TATNIC TO HOLDEN.
Appropriation, Expenditures.
Paid Oliver K. Cook, land damages, 468 40
Newell Moore,
20 16
Stephen S. and Abby K. Foster, land damages, 1,038 17
Expenses of Referees, 36 06
60 Draper & Clark, making road, - 1,013 74
2,576 53
Amount overdrawn January 5, 1852, 1,576 53
PAUPERS, SUPPORT OF.
Balance undrawn April 7, 1851, 163 09
Appropriation,
- 2,500 00
-2,663 09
Expenditures.
Paid Tax on land in Shrewsbury, 9 51 -
78
Alpheus Merrifield, Clerk of Overseers, 1,600 00
-1,610 29
Balance undrawn January 5, 1852, -
1,052 80
PAVING.
Appropriation, - - 6,000 00 Expenditures.
Paid Josiah Brittan, for brick, - -
-
36 00
Barber & Goodnow, for labor, -
. 300 00
. 9,484 00
66 66 Boylston, -
1,000 00
47
Paid Stephen Harrington, for labor, -
145 12
66 Brigham Converse,
66 stone, -
40 40
Samuel Fletcher,
66
-
922 54
66 Fletcher & Palmer, 66
500 00
Daniel Harrington,
18 00
Benjamin Palmer, 66
66
807 84
Elkanah Rich,
10 83
Uriah Stone,
23 00
Watson L. Wood,
66
9 00
Francis Strong,
paving per contract,
2,343 10
Worcester & Nashua Rail Road Co., freight,
1,146 93
-
6,302 76
Amount overdrawn January 5, 1852, 302 76
PROFIT AND LOSS.
Balance undrawn April 7, 1851, 85 39
Received from Wor. & Nashua R. R. Co., for dirt, 10 00
66 Father Matthew Temp. Soc., for lamps, 10 00
105 39
Balance undrawn January 5, 1852, -
105 39
SALARIES.
Appropriation, - - -
2,400 00
Transfer from "City hall,"
197 33
Expenditures.
Paid Peter C. Bacon, Mayor, -
450 00
Charles A. Hamilton, City Clerk,
187 50
66 John Boyden, former City Treasurer, balance, 58 33
George W. Wheeler,
525 00
William A. Smith, Clerk of Common Council,
112 50
George Jones, City Marshal,
300 00
David Gleason, "
Messenger,
225 00
Stephen Tracy, " Physician, -
39 00
Benjamin Walker,
Assesors,
700 00
William Dickinson,
2,597 33
SALARIES OF WATCHMEN.
Appropriation,
Received from Police Court, witness fees,
2,000 00 8 71
2,008 71
Expenditures.
Paid Moses L. Bolster, watching, 25 00 -
William W. Codding, -
-
-
- 310 68
John A. Dodge,
28 00
Lathrop Dorman,
310 68
66
66
66
66
-
2,597 33
-
66 Edward H. Hemenway,
48
Paid Gustavus Elliot, watching, -
·
- 282 68
Daniel Holman,
- 24 00
Ebenezer Lund,
282 68
Stephen Shumway,
310 68
Arvin Thompson, -
246 51
John D. Welts, keeper at watch house,
206 25
Amount overdrawn January 5, 1852, 18 45
SCHOOLS.
Balance undrawn April 7, 1851,
25 03
Appropriation, -
- 15,000 00
Received from State,
596 84
Expenditures.
Paid Maria Allen,
teaching,
112 50
Nancy Baker,
116 26
Martha W. Barnes,
120 00
Harriet A. Bigelow,
52 50
Mary W. Bigelow,
120 00
Martha E. Burr,
168 75
Freelove Carey,
180 00
"
Sophronia P. Clark,
127 50
Sarah W. Clements,
168 75
Elizabeth H. Coe,
25 00
Hester E. Deland,
164 75
Lucy E. Draper,
112 50
A. Maria Dunbar,
112 50
Sarah F. Earle,
117 69
Sarah C. Eaton,
112 50
Emily Eveleth,
195 00
"
Ellen M. Fay,
40 00
Adaline Fairbanks,
92 00
Charlotte N. Follett,
206 25
Laura M. Gage,
70 00
Maria P. Gates,
168 75
Elizabeth L. Gird,
198 00
Jane Harrington,
56 57
S. Ellen Harrington,
66
92 31
Louise C. Harwood,
300 00
Susan G. Hedge,
85 00
Caroline Hewett,
56 57
M. Maria Hunt,
225 00
Susan M. Jencks,
95 19
Sarah W. Joyce,
168 75
Mary W. Knight,
76 50
Mary A. Lawrence,
-
-
20 19
Caroline C. Matthews, "
-
112 50
-
-
-
-
-
15,621 87
-
2,027 16
-
-
-
49
Paid Caleb B. Metcalf, teaching,
-
750 00
66 Sarah M. Muzzy,
-
168 75
George Newton, 66
-
60 00
66 Lucy M. Newton, 66
129 08
66 Caroline Parkinson,
197 26
Adeliza Perry,
200 20
Abigail Pratt,
168 75
66
Maria H. Read,
176 29
Mary E. Rice,
96 00
Cynthia Shepard,
66
39 37
Almira Shumway,
168 75
Mary A. Slater,
66
168 75
66
Lucy L. J. Smith,
-
112 50
Sarah P. Smith,
66
118 00
Emily W. Spaulding,
66
-
122 00
William E. Starr,
66
750 00
Ann J. Stone,
66
93 77
66 Ellen Stone,
66
127 50
Sarah E. Stone,
66
206 25
Rebecca W. Taylor,
-
112 50
Ruth C. Thompson,
-
-
55 58
Harriet M. Walker,
66
184 25
Juliaett A. Warner,
-
33 32
Lois H. Wheeler,
-
205 51
66 Nelson Wheeler,
-
900 00
Harriet L. Whittemore, "
195 00
Frances E. Whelpley,
66
55 01
66 Mary J. White,
-
125 00
Mary H. Williams, 66
117 74
Avaline Williams, Lydia Wilmarth, 66
168 75
Henry J. Howland, Clerk of the Board, salary
150 00
Putnam W. Taft, Prudential Committee,
112 50
66 Nathaniel T. Bent,
visiting schools,
15 00
66
Appleton Fay,
66
-
50 00
66 O. P. Gilbert,
66
10 00
Andrew Hutchinson,
66
-
6 00
66 David Hitchcock,
66
66
-
8 38
George Jaques,
66
-
11 00
John C. Newton,
66
36 00
66 Elam Smalley,
66
32 50
66
Samuel B. Swaim,
35 00
J. W. Wetherell,
66
66
10 00
66 William Workman,
66
-
15 00
Henry M. Barbour, for coal,
450 86
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
44 00
Mary S. Turner,
-
-
-
-
-
4 00
" Charles A. Wheeler,
-
-
-
-
-
120 00
50
Paid Emerson K. Rice, for coal,
-
-
- 10 25
Edward Southwick,
8 00
Charles Willard,
13 50
Loring Coes,
wood, -
32 46
E. Dunton,
11 20
66 Nahum Flagg,
25 25
66. Henry F. Gleason
16 27
6.6 John W. Lincoln,
278 50
Horace Nichols,
7 25
John F. Boyce,
wood and contingencies,
18 50
Moore M. Chaffin,
35 75
Samuel F. Gates,
24 42
Jonathan D. Grout,
66
66
31 08
Pitt Holmes,
47 20
.. Jabez Rice,
John Burnett,
sawing wood &c.,
70 25
digging well &c.,
21 50
W. and H. Baker,
covering tables &c.,
6 55
Charles Brittan,
making fires &c.,
2 50
Lyman Bugbee & Co " John Coffee,
labor round sch. houses,
34 00
Charles C. Coleman, "
clock, -
6 00
Benj. K. Conant,
whitewashing, -
12 50
66 Edward Curtis, care of school-house &c., -
9 15
66. George A. Farwell, care of. "
2 50
Benjamin Flagg, well and contingencies,
40 19
Calvin Foster & Co., sundries,
-
83 44
6.6 Kimball Gibson, black-boards,
63 35
66
P. Holbrook & Co., sundries, -
16 08
Virgil M. Homer, setting glass,
6 70
66
A. F. Holt, maps, -
10 00
Henry J. Howland, books, postage &c., &c.,
51 92
66 Southworth Howland, repairs &c.,
111 75
Southworth A. Howland, books, -
7 22
Henry Johnson, cleaning windows, -
8 65
Pomeroy Knowlton, expenses school, Pine St., Warren Lazell, books,
69 11
66 John C. Newton, repairs, -
-
-
6 42
Charles W. Oliver, covering table, &c.
10 50
Francis P. Oliver, stove and pipe, &c.,
19 00
Paul T. Palmer, trucking,
-
-
2 79
George R. Peckham, repairs, &c.,
5 14
Abner Rogers, hack hire,
-
3 00
I. C. & J. P. Rice, setting glass,
67
Emerson M. Stockwell, hack hire,
-
3 75
J. M. Stow, expenses,
-
8 00
-
-
3 00
S. A. Greenwood, trucking, -
-
-
-
-
-
50 00
-
-
66
25 84
Edward Baldwin,
brooms, brushes &c.,
40 02
-
66
-
-
1
51
Paid Martin Stowe, table coverings, &c.,
15 26
Taber & Lawrence, chairs, &c.,
12 75
Putman W. Taft, being cash paid out by him for labor and articles for schools, 210 66
" Putman W. Taft, for labor on the different school houses, putting down seats, &c., &c., - 179 32
S. D. Tourtellot, for repairs, &c.,
46 59
Nathaniel G. Tucker, pump and repairs, -
25 34
David Woodward, labor, -
9 62
60 James S. Woodworth,
20 03
Alvin T. Burgess, labor Thomas street house
70 26
Edward Baldwin, 66
4 00
Amory Moore,
44 85
John C. Newton, stock &
122 51
Horatio N. Tower,
154 50
Edwin Chapin, lumber,
66
45 92
66 T. & O. K. Earle, "
63 28
John Gates, 66
55 53
Clark & Phelps, tin and sheet iron work
156 64
Charles P. Nichols, painting,
171 36
Smith & McBride, stone posts,
42 21
-14,007 65
66 Balance undrawn January 5, 1852, - SCHOOL HOUSES.
1,614 22
Appropriation. Thomas Street and others, -
7,600 00
Transfer from " Contingent Expenses,"
556 00
" Pine Street" -
354 73
8,510 73
Expenditures.
Balance overdrawn April 7th, 1851, -
1,196 72
Paid John Barnard, labor Adams Square,
8 37
H. N. Tower, fence,
187 93
66 John Borden, black board Pond district,
12 96
66 J. F. Estey, pump, &c.,
66
14 85
Hiram Bassett, fence,
115 00
Wm. A. Draper, well, &c., on Thomas Street House,
-
148 00
Boyden & Ball, plans, &c.,
25 00
Insurance,
27 00
Jonas M. Miles, Cash paid out, &c., Henry W. Miller, seats and desks,
1,056 00
Nathan Muzzy, cash paid out, - -
19 75
66 John C. Newton, stock and labor,
215 94
Horatio N. Tower, balance contract,
-
5,308 21
Wm. A. Wheeler, furnaces, &c.,
178 76
-
8,918 97
Amount overdrawn Jan. 5, 1852, - 408 24
.
.
43 75
Amos R. Black, grading, &c., -
-
360 73
-
66
16
52
SCHOOL HOUSE, MUNROE DISTRICT.
Appropriation. Expenditures.
1,800 00
Paid John F. Burbank, labor, grading, &c., - 89 25
Patrick Coffee, labor, blasting, &c., - - 115 75
66 Seth Fisher, laying wall, 13 25
Hiram Gleason, " grading, &c.,
126 75
Wm. H. Harrington, powder, -
23 00
Patrick Tonrey, labor on well, - 10 88
1,189 23
Leonard Sturtevant, for lot, -
-
100 00
Transfer to " Pine Street," -
-
1,688 11
Balance undrawn Jan. 5, 1852,
111 89
SCHOOL HOUSE, PINE STREET.
Appropriation.
2,200 00
Transfer from " Munroe District,"
20,00
2,220 00
Expenditures.
Paid Mayor's orders to Stephen Harrington, and the Com- mittee on Building to pay sundry bills, not yet in my possession, - -
1,154 58
Insurance on house, -
7,25
66 E. Warner, for labor, - 15 00
-
26 00
Transfer to " Thomas Street house," - .
354 73
Balance undrawn Jan. 5, 1852, -
662 44
SUMMONS.
Received from 683 tax summons, .
136 60
Expenditures.
Transfer to " Contingent expenses," - - 136 60
TAXES.
Balance of 1850, uncollected Jan. 5, 1852,
936 33
1851,
- 3,096 36
Cash on hand,
4,032 69 456 63
-
-- 1,557 56
Benjamin Walker, grading lot, -
20 00
66 Samuel F. Wood, building house,
RECAPITULATION :
Table of Balances, (April 7, 1851,) Appropriations (raised by tax,) Receipts exclusive of Taxes, Transfers, each Appropriation as it stood after deducting or adding Transfers, Expenditures and Balances, from April 7, 1851, to January 5, 1852.
Credit Balances- April 7, '51.
Appropria- tions raised exclusive of by tax. taxes.
Transfers from
Expenditures, Total Rec'pts -including a- Dr. Balanc- from all sources.
es.
Cr. Balanc- es.
Abatements, including overlayings,
$18 72
$8,815 29 3,000 00
$980 45
3,950 45
5,364 64 4,442 31
461 86
Board of Health,
57 28
300 00
357 28
17 00
1,855 00
City hall,
City scales,
56 50
150 00
156 33
159 33
2,967 00
2,967 00
Contingent expenses, County tax,
31 61
5,000 00
1,00 02
556 00
5,555 63
6,189 64
Fire department, .
924 13
3,250 00
3 33
4,177 46
2,897 42
1,280 04
Funerals,
277 25
300 00
181 99
. 759 24
221 83
537 41
Highways,
30 14
7,500 00
717 41
189 33
8,436 88
11,865 74
3,428 86
89 48
Lamp posts and fixtures,
300 00
300 00
. 248 11
.
.
6
·
Licenses,
1,745 81
46,763 73
48,509 54
43,675 72
4,833 82
Militia,
New road,-Tatnic to Holden,
1,000 00
1,000 00
. 2,576 53
1,576 53
Paupers,
163 09
2,500 00
2,663 09
1,610 29
1,052 80
Paving,
·
85 39
2,400 00
197 33
2,597 33
2,597 33
.
.
·
8 71
2,008 71
2,027 16
18 45
1,614 22
Schools, teaching, &c.
25 03
15,000 00
596 84
15,621 87
14,007 65
408 24
111 89
66
66
Munroe district, Pine street,
1,800 00
2,200 00
20 00
1,865 27
1,202 83
.
Summons, (taxes,)
Bills receivable,
·
.
.
·
20 00
. 257 00
237 00
Taxes (1850) uncollected, (1851)
3,096 36
3,096 36
·
.
.
456 63
456 63
.
.
$2,672 41 $2,672 41 |$142,322 22
142,322 22
14,293 70
14,293 70
.
·
842 34
842 34
.
·
.
128 41
128 41
206 50
133 21
·
73,29
Common sewers, .
3,000 00
·
.
.
· 800 00
1,138 17
338 17
·
·
Interest,
2,600 00
140 55
2,740 55
2,651 07
51 89
Land damages,
1,300 00
275 00
1,575 00
1,575 00
445 00
445 00
1,500 00
1,428 62
543 50
·
.
·
6,000 00
6,000 00
6,302 76
· 302 76
· 105 39
Salaries,
Salaries of Watchmen,
2,000 00
School houses,
7,600 00
910 73
8,510 73
8,918 97
20 00 354 73
1,780 00
1,668 11
.
662 44
136 60
.
.
.
.
. 936 33
936 33
·
.
·
·
. .
.
.
.
.
.
Aqueduct,
.
·
.
.
.
9,450 29
9,450 29
.
Fuel, Printing, Stationery, &c,
800 00
·
Lighting streets,
1,500 00
71 38
Loans,
Profit and loss,
20 00
. 105 39
·
·
.
20 00
.
Cash in treasury,
$3,414 95 ,87,7 65 58 |$51,141 69
340 28
Cemetery lot,
1,855 00
·
Receipts,- Transfers to
8,834 01
mounts over- dr'n, Ap.7,'51.
3,469 37
Clocks and bells,
634 01
9,450 29
136 60
543 50
54
REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY.
The City Hall (of brick) and land, (the Common. )
The Alms House (of wood) and land, 204 acres, 133 rods. Wood lot, 26 acres, 19 rods.
Sprout land, 13 years growth.
Pest House, at City Farm.
Burial Ground on the Common.
66
" Mechanic street.
* Pine Court.
at South Worcester.
New Worcester, bought in 1851.
City Pound on Pine street.
Brick School House and lot on Walnut street.
66
Main
66
60
60
66
66
66 Thomas 66
" 1850 and '51.
60
66
66
60
at
Quinsigamond Village, repaired, and anoth-
er story added in 1851.
66
66
Adams Square District.
Wood
66
Summer street.
(small one).
60
66
66
Pine Court.
66
66
66
66
Beach street.
in Tatnic District.
60
66
66
6.6
66
South
Blithewood Avenue "
(built in 1851.)
Monroe
66 (old.)
66
Reed
66
66
66
66 Chamberlain 66
66
66
66
66
66
66 Leesville
66
66
66 Parkhurst.
Lot of land on Sycamore street, bought for School house.
66
66 66
66
Hook and Ladder House on the Common.
Engine House and lot at Lincoln Square, occupied by No. 1 Company.
" " New Worcester, 66 " No. 2
" " " 21 Exchange street, "
" No. 3
6.6 .. . . 77 Main 66
4' No. 1 Hose "
66
66
" Pleasant
66
Ash
" Pine
built in 1851.
66
60 the Common.
66
60
66
Northville
66
66 Burncoat Plain,
on
60
60
66
New Worcester District.
66
66
66
66
60
66
66
66
66
66
" Salem
66
66
" Pond
66
66
55
PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY.
- :-:-
Furniture in the City Hall, Mayor and Aldermen, Common Council, and Police Court rooms, Treasurer, Messenger and Marshal's Offices ; in all the School Houses and part of the Ward rooms ; Philosophical and other Ap- paratus, Piano Forte, Maps &c., in Walnut street School House ; a small amount of Books, Maps &c., in the other School Houses.
IN CHARGE OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The City Aqueduct, Reservoir, Hydrants, (105) and all the fixtures and tools belonging thereto.
The Hydrants are located as follows.
On Chestnut street, 5. " Elm 66 7. Mechanic 6.
Exchange 6.6 3.
" Park 66 5.
Franklin 3.
Pleasant 66
8.
66 Front 6.
Prospect 66
4.
Grafton 66 2.
Salem 66 66 Green 66 9.
Thomas 66
6.
The 3 on Lincoln street are attached to Mr. Ethan Allen's Aqueduct. There are also 3 belonging to individuals, located as follows ; 1 at Edward Earle's house, 1 at Wm. B. Fox & Son's Factory, and 1 at Goddard, Rice & Co's. Factory.
IN CHARGE OF THE SEVERAL ENGINE AND HOSE COMPANIES, AND UNDER A GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER.
4 Engines,
11 Hose Carriages,
110 feet Suction Hose, 3670 feet Leading Hose,
20 Buckets, 1 Hook and Ladder Carriage,
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