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12,000
Paupers,
5,000
Fire Department, 66
5,000
School House Sycamore st. "
9,600
New Alms House,
10,500
New Common,
11,257
Amounting to
$106,857
The whole amount of taxes assessed in 1854, as follows :
City purposes,
$131,600 00
County tax,
11,340 35
State tax,
5,604 00
Overlayings,
6,422 52
Total, $154,966 87
Paid into the Treasury with discount from 1st to 15th of September, $144,700
Unpaid Dec. 30th, less than 2,500
$1,600 of which is in Poll taxes not collectable.
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The rate of taxation was eight and one half dollars, on one thousand dollars of valuation.
Gentlemen of the City Government: I have in an im- perfect manner called your attention to a few of the nu- merous subjects, which will demand your care during the coming year, and it will be my duty hereafter to commu- nicate with you on such other matters of importance, as occasion may require. We hear on all sides the earnest call for retrenchment in our city expenditures. I most cheerfully adopt this watchword ; but we must look to it, that we keep pace with the growth of the most flourishing inland city of the Commonwealth, and do not adopt meas- ures which will retard its progress in any respect. The expenditures of a city rapidly increasing, with every care, must necessarily be heavy, because so many of them are to a certain extent prospective, and look to a provision for a much larger population than we now have. It is there- fore of the highest importance that we count with the ex- tremest accuracy the cost of every new undertaking, be- fore we embark in it, because, once undertaken, it must be conducted in such a manner that its advantages shall be permanent. We are responsible, however, and from that responsibility we shall have no disposition to shrink, that the utmost care be used in every branch of the government to conduct its business with the least expenditure possible, while it is well conducted ; and that the necessarily heavy burdens of taxation are not increased by any indifference or extravagance on our part. You will remember, in his behalf, that the Mayor can do no more than any other mem- ber of the Board of Aldermen ; he is not allowed the veto power, although he may, by his casting vote, determine for or against the passage of any particular measure, when
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the Board is equally divided. It will be for you to adopt such means as you may deem most likely to ensure so val- uable an end as the reduction of our expenditures ; and I can assure you in advance, that I shall be found alike ready and anxious to co-operate with you.
We have now taken the oaths of office, and its respon- sibilities are far greater than its emoluments or honors. Let us be sure we do not fail, by any want of effort upon our part, to discharge them in a manner worthy of the confidence reposed in us,-whether it be in our efforts for the cause of education, for the relief of the poor, for the suppression of crime, or for any other laudable purpose, let us keep constantly the best interests of the city before us.
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CITY OF WORCESTER.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN,
DECEMBER 30, 1854.
" Ordered, that the thanks of the Board of Aldermen be tendered to the HON. J. S. C. KNOWLTON, for the dignity, distinguished ability, and accuracy, with which he has presided over their deliberations during the municipal year now ending."
Attest,
C. A. HAMILTON, City Clerk.
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ADDRESS OF
HON. J. S. C. KNOWLTON,
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER,
ON TAKING LEAVE OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 30, 1854. -
Gentlemen :- The close of the year brings with it the conclusion of your labors as members of the Board of Al- dermen. As your last official act, you have been pleased to pass a resolution commending the manner in which I have performed the duties of presiding officer of the board. Not doubting that your resolution intends all that its lan- guage conveys, I thank you, gentlemen, for the commende ation it bestows, undeserved though I feel it to be.
When I entered upon the duties of the office two years ago, it was under circumstances somewhat peculiar. At the time the nomination was made, I was confined to my house by sickness, and had no intimation from any source that my name was to be used, or that such a compliment was intended. Of course no pledges were asked, and none were given ; and when re-elected last year, it was under a like freedom from all pledges or promises. And as I had no personal interests to subserve, a conscientious perform- ance of the duties of the position, whatever they might be, has been the end at which I have aimed; with what suc-
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cess it is for you, gentlemen, and the citizens of Worcester to decide.
For much of the success that has attended my labors, I feel, gentlemen, that I am largely indebted to you ; to your indulgence, and to that cheerful readiness to render all the service required of you. It has often called forth my grat- itude, that you have been willing to render so much un- compensated service ; often, nearly or quite whole days of labor on committees. And for no little of our success, we are all ready to admit our indebtedness to the aid we have received from our able and efficient clerk. The services rendered by the board of aldermen are no pastime ; and if I might be allowed the suggestion, in the nature of a rec- ommendation, it would be that the city make provision for some compensation to the members ; not, perhaps, for their attendance in the ordinary meetings of the board, but for those numerous and often important labors which they perform as committees.
The time has arrived when, in obedience to the charter, and to the voice of the people, we are to deliver up the city into the hands of our successors. You will therefore indulge me for a moment, while I recur to some of the things that have been done during the year, to show the condition in which the city will be left by you.
Complaints have been made that your expenditures have been large, and taxation has been heavy. The answer must be, that in a city spreading itself over a large territo- ry, and growing rapidly as Worcester is, heavy expendi- tures are unavoidable. Its growth brings with it wants, that must be met; cautiously and prudently ; but they must be met and answered. It will not do to compare the Worcester of to-day, with the Worcester of twelve or fif-
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teen years ago ; nor the expenditures now with what were considered sufficient then. Whoever shall do so, will find themselves behind the public demand. New wants have crowded upon you ; and you, gentlemen, in conjunction with the Council, have not hesitated to respond to the demand.
The heaviest expenditure of the year has been upon the highways. A large amount of work has been done in that branch of the public service. During the last season, some ten thousand feet of curb-stone have been set, and a cor- responding amount of gutters paved. This heavy expen- diture tends materially to promote the comfort and conve- nience of our citizens, and of all who have occasion to walk our streets ; and, as has been well remarked by my friend, the Alderman of the first ward, is an improvement that adds substantially to the wealth and importance of the city. Whatever others may think, I am of the opinion that it is an improvement that cannot now be suspended or abandoned ; but that it will be demanded hereafter as it has been heretofore. Other substantial improvements have been made upon the public roads. Two bridges have been erected; one of them an expensive stone arched bridge, on one of the main avenues leading out of the city in a southerly direction, and which the safety and conveni- ence of the public have long demanded. A heavy embank- ment has been raised at the end of the floating bridge, and the hill cut down, so as to render the ascent from the bridge much easier than before, and place the road above the reach of the water, by which heretofore the travel at times has been incommoded. In other parts of the city, repairs and improvements have been made upon the roads ; and in the centre district there is scarcely a public street
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on which some work has not been done the present year.
A large addition has been made during the year to the number of street lamps; and who is there, of our citi- zens, to say this expenditure was not demanded by the peo- ple, and ought not to have been made ?
In conjunction with the council, you, gentlemen, have not hesitated to meet the public demand of a large expen- diture for the erection of a new Almshouse. Complaints have been made that the expenditure is unnecessarily large. Upon an investigation of its necessity, you reached a differ- ent conclusion. It is not for the poor of to-day alone that you have thought fit to make provision ; but you have, and wisely too, anticipated the future wants of a growing city in this respect. It was a part of your plan also, in the erection of the building, to afford accommodation to juvenile offenders ;- of whom our streets afford painful evidence that we have quite too many,-who are too small for the house of correction, or the state reform school, but who under the laws may be committed to the almshouse ; and there be consigned to labor and education under the care of some competent person ; and thus perhaps be saved from ruin, and be made useful members of society. In this light we present the almshouse to our citizens, relying upon their generosity and well known philanthropy, to commend the expenditure, large though it be.
The Public Schools are a heavy charge upon the city ; who is there that rightly appreciates the necessity and im- portance of education, who would desire that the youth of the city should have less chances and means of education than they now have? The city council, looking at the growth of the city, as well as to present necessity, have commenced the erection of a large school house for the
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accommodation of the southern section of the city. And if the statement, which I have seen within a day or two, be true-and I have no doubt that it is-that, from the top of the Oread hill, from twenty to thirty dwelling houses may now be seen in the process of erection, it must be ad- mitted that you have but exercised a judicious forecast in providing for the population that is rapidly extending it- self in that direction.
Believing that the safety of our citizens and the securi- ty of their property demanded an extension of the police force, you have doubled the number of the city watchmen. It of course imposes an additional tax upon the people ; and we have not doubted their readiness to meet it.
The great fire in June, so calamitous to one of the great interests of the city, impressed you with the importance of a very considerable enlargement of the apparatus in the hands of the Fire Department. You did not shrink from making the necessary appropriations ; and we are able to say that the department was never before so complete in machinery, and efficient in men, as it now is.
An additional supply of pure Water, for the use of our citizens, and for the promotion of the mechanical interests of the city, has come to be generally recognised as an im- perious necessity. If it is ever to be done, a beginning must be made somewhere ; and you have not shrunk from the responsibility of a beginning, by ordering a prelimina- ry survey, which has been carried forward to a completion. The results have been laid before the people in the report of the engineer; and it is for our successors to determine what further shall be done for the attainment of so impor- tant an object.
During the year, and under your direction, a large tract
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of land has been purchased for an additional Public Com- mon. In purchasing this, you have consulted the health, the comfort, and the convenience of a large body of our citizens. In busy communities it is natural for people to congregate upon territories of small extent. It is wise, therefore, to induce them to expand their settlements over a greater extent of land. It not only conduces to the pub- lic health and comfort, but it enhances the value of prop- erty in other localities, and thus promotes the general welfare.
I have thus, gentlemen, brought to your notice some of the matters that have engaged the attention of the city government during the year that is now about to close ; and though they have involved a heavy expenditure, I am happy to inform you that it has all been done without any increase of the public debt.
Thanking you again, gentlemen, for the aid you have at all times been ready to afford me in the performance of the duties of the office I have held, and for the approval of my conduct which your resolution bestows, nothing fur- ther of duty remains for me, but to declare the meeting of the Board of Aldermen, for the year 1854, adjourned with- out day.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY TREASURER.
CITY OF WORCESTER, TREASURER'S OFFICE, JANUARY 9, 1855.
To the Honorable City Council :
GENTLEMEN,-The Treasurer has now the honor, and would respectfully ask permission to lay before you his fifth Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures, Appropriations raised by tax, Abatements and Discounts, Balances &c.,
from January 2, 1854, to January 1, 1855.
The Cash account accompanying the same will exhibit the Cash transac- tions for the same space of time. Cash on hand January 2, 1854, 1,222 38
" received from all sources,
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198,894 69
$200,117 07
Cash paid out for all Departments,
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199,815 34
Leaving a balance January 1, 1855, of
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301 73
All of which is respectfully submitted,
$200,117 07
GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer.
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City of Worcester in account current from Jan. 2, 1854,
Accounts overdrawn January 2, 1854,
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2,827 88
Paid Abatements on Taxes, after payment,
- 416 05
Clocks and Bells,
180 42
" Common, (new) -
11,257 50 -
Contingent Expenses,
12,607 57
County Tax,
11,340 35
Engines, Hose, &c.,
4,224 14
66 Fire Department,
5,457 26
Fuel, Lights, Printing, &c.,
1,779 68
Funerals,
213 05
Highways, Bridges, Paving, &c., -
29,641 39
60 Hope Cemetery,
661 63
Interest, -
6,182 04
Lighting Streets,
2,500 60
Loans, borrowed in anticipation of taxes and for transfers of City Debt, -
57,067 57
Militia, pay of members,
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1,289 86
66 Paupers, support of,
5,197,29
66 66 water works at farm, say
1,000,00-6,197 29
New Alms House,
, 10,683 30
Salaries of Officers,
5,625 51
66 66 of Watchmen, ·
3,925 25
66 Schools, teaching, &c.,
24,505 62
School House, Sycamore St.,
9,634 26
State Tax,
5,604 00
Summons, for serving, on tax bills,
78 50
of 1853, abated by the Assessors, -
79 59
of 1854, 6 66 66
842 87
66 6 per ct. discount on 144,718 25, for prompt payment, 8,683 09
of 1853, uncollected,
1,062 08
of 1854, -
2,384 51
Bills Receivable, .
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1,628 00
Cash,
- 301 73
$229,700 37
City of Worcester, Jan. 9, 1855. Errors and omissions excepted. GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer.
Dr.
For Cash paid out for all Departments, 199,815 34
" Balance to new account,
301 73
$200,117 07
Errors and omissions excepted.
City of Worcester, Jan. 9, 1855.
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817 78
Taxes of 1852, allowed by City Council,
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to Jan. 1, 1855, with George W. Wheeler, City Treasurer,
Cr.
Balances January 2, 1854,
Due on Loans, 1,571 63
Hope Cemetery, lots sold to date, 559 00
Other Appropriations,
4,268 68-6,409 31
Rec'd from City Hall Building,
For Rent of Stores and Hall,
1,962 25
66
City Scales, fees for weighing,
85 63
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Commonwealth,
Militia Bounty, -
1,306 25
Paupers, support of, -
443 66
School fund, -
794 88-2,544 79
68 Contingent Fund,
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For Hay, Apples &c., sold,
130 53
For Taxes, under the new law, 11 62-338 04 Highways,
For Oxen sold,Subscriptions on Streets &c., -
950 95
86
Hope Cemetery, for lots sold, -
692 50
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Interest, on County tax &c., 150 43
John Rice, for taxes collected by him to balance his account,
179 26
Licenses,
Amusements, -
288,00
Auctioneers, -
34,00
Dogs,
114 00
Hackney Carriages,
29 00 -465 00
68
Loans,
57,035 20
66
Marshal, D'y Marshal, and Watch- men's fees from Police Court, 793 27
86
Pauper farm, sale of wood,
1,874 30
account, from Town of Auburn,
15 57
Tax Summons, (760)
152 00
School Account,
Old School Houses &c. sold,
1,085 00
Appropriations raised by Tax 1854,
131,600 00
County Tax,
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11,340 35
State
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5,604 00
Overlayings,
- - 6,422 52-154,966 87
-$229,700 37
Cash Account.
Cr.
By Cash on hand January 2, 1854, - 1,222 38 .
received from all sources, -
198,894 69
- -$200,117 07
GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer.
For Armory rent, of Com- monwealth, 195 89
and dividends,
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IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 9, 1855. Referred to the City Auditor. Sent down for concurrence.
C. A. HAMILTON, City Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 9, 1855. Concurred. WM. A. SMITH, C. C. C.
CITY OF WORCESTER, AUDITOR'S OFFICE, January 22, 1855. To the Honorable City Council :
The City Auditor, to whom was referred the within Report of George W . Wheeler, Esq., City Treasurer, has examined the same, and finds it correct- ly cast, to agree with the Books, and sustained by proper vouchers.
The papers and vouchers are all well arranged, and properly filed in the Treasurer's Office, and the Books balanced to January Ist, 1855, and the whole business appears to have been done in a manner highly complimentary to the Treasurer.
GILL VALENTINE, City Auditor.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 22, 1855.
Report of Auditor accepted, and the account to be printed in the City Document for this year. Sent down for concurrence.
C. A. HAMILTON, City Clerk. IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 22, 1855. Concurred.
WM. A. SMITH, C. C. C.
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
CITY OF WORCESTER,
In Board of Aldermen, January 22, 1855.
Ordered, That the City Treasurer prepare a particular account of his Report, and a schedule of the City Property, and of the City Debt, to be published for the use of the Inhabitants of the City, in compliance with the City Charter.
Attest, CHARLES A. HAMILTON, City Clerk.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City of Worcester, February 20, 1855. To the Inhabitants of the City of Worcester :
In compliance with the above order, I have prepared and would respect- fully present a particular account of my Report, made January 9th, 1855, together with a schedule of the City Property, and City Debt.
GEORGE W. WHEELER,
City Treasurer.
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ABATEMENTS AND DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
Balance undrawn January 2, 1854, 2,318 21 Appropriation, 8,000 00
Overlayings, making taxes,
6,422 52
Expenditures.
Paid George Eastwood,
(on 1853 tax,)
· 1 86
Isaac Davis,
66
9 87
66 Emmons Hubbard,
66
60
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1 66
66 Jonathan Lawrence,
66
66
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1 56
George W. Richardson,
84 00
Maria B. Stockwell,
66
17 50
West Adams, -
4 00
66 Charles F. Allen,
9 59
66 Isaac A. Bancroft,
2 40
Charlotte P. Bradish,
7 99
Levi Gates,
15 98
66 E. A. Hanscomb,
4 00
W. N. Harrington,
1 56
Joseph E. Hastings,
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4 00
John W. Heath,
1 99
Daniel Kelley,
4 00
66 John F. Landers,
6 39
Daniel W. Lincoln,
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3 20
66 Joseph Lovell, Jr.,
2 55
66 James McLane,
8 50
" Moses D. Phillips,
119 85
66 Catharine Raynes,
240
66 Curtis Rice,
7 99
Charles C. Rider,
2 40
Joseph Rider,
2 40
Larkin Smith,
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43 95
Elijah B. Stoddard,
19 98
James H. Wall,
7 99
George L. Ward,
2 55
Perry Wilber,
1 70
66 6 per cent discount on $144,718 25 taxes
for prompt payment,
- 8,683 09
Abatements allowed on 1852 taxes, by the
City Council, - 817 78
made by the Assessors on 1853 taxes, 79 59
66
" 6.6 60 1854 « 842 87
'Transfer to " Highways," - 3,190 44
Amount undrawn January 1, 1855,
14,029 82 2,710 91
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Rufus N. Merriam,
4 25
Charles D. Marcy,
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7 99
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16,740 73
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ALMS HOUSE, (NEW.)
Appropriation, Received for wood sold, " Interest on do,
12,000 00 -
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1,859 00
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15 30
Expenditures.
Paid Boyden & Ball, plan &c.,
122 75
Amariah B. Lovell, mason work, extra, - 145 40
66 Nathaniel G. Tucker, lead pipe &c.,
- 270 43
66 James S. Woodworth, on contract,
10,000 00
66 Edmund Coffee, labor
17 50
66 Michael Cummings,
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36 25
66 William Doody,
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6 00
66 Jeremiah Hagerty
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17 50
66 Patrick Hurly,
66
Michael Lonergan, 66
19 50
66 Jeremiah Lynch,
12 50
John Minehan,
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13 00
Dennis Scannel, 66
7 47
66 John Sheeran,
66
8 00
Trans. to "Paupers " for Well and Water Works, 1,000 00
Balance undrawn January 1, 1855,
11,683 30 2,191 00
CITY DEBT AND INTEREST.
Appropriation, Expenditures.
14,000 00
Transfer to " Interest account," - -
6,031 61
" "New Common," -
7,968 39
14,000 00
CITY HALL.
Received for rent of City Hall Building, Expenditures.
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1,962 25
Transfer to " Contingent Expenses," -
1,962 25
CITY SCALES.
Received Fees for Weighing :
From Elisha Broad, Lincoln Square, - 13 00
66 Henry J. Holmes, Washington Square, 68 45
- Vester Vassell, New Worcester, 4 18
85 63
Expenditures. Transfer to " Contingent Expenses," .
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85 63
CLOCKS AND BELLS. Appropriation.
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- 200 00
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7 00
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13,874 30
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Expenditures.
Paid Lyman L. Mason, care of clocks,
- 57 50
66 66 repairing "
4 42
Charles A. Browning, ringing bell, (4th July,)
5 00
George B. Coleman,
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66
60
5 00
William H. Jacobs,
5 00
Samuel H. Reed,
5 00
John R. Goodale,
66
" 12 & 9 o'clk., 43 50
66 66
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20 00
66 Arvin Thompson,
66
66
66
30 00
Transfer to " Contingent Expenses,"
200 00
COMMON, (NEW.)
Transfer from " City Debt,"
- 7,968 39
66
" New Engine," .
- 2,025 86
66
66
" Contingent Expenses,"
1,263 25
11,257 50
Expenditure.
Paid John Hammond,
5,882 50
Levi Lincoln, -
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Balance January 2, 1854, .
1,950 47
Appropriation, .
10,000 00
Received for Apples, Hay &c., sold from New Common, -
123 50
66
" Bricks & Stove, sold, -
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4 15
66
" Dividend on a tax, and for taxes made under law 1851, -
14 50
from State, Rent of Armories,
195 89
Transfer from " City Hall,"
1,962 25
66
66
" City Licenses,"
322 00
" City Scales,"
85 63
" Clocks and Bells,"
19 58
" Dog Licenses,"
114 00
" Funerals,"
136 95
66 " Hackney Carriages,"
29 00
66 60 " Hope Cemetery,
306 00
66 66 " Police Court," 793 27
66
" Rice John " balance of account,
179 26
66 " Salaries,"
374 49
66
" Salaries of Watchmen," -
874 75
66
" Summons," - -
73 50
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5,375 00
11,257 50
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- 19 58
66
5 00
Moses W. Colton,
60
66 Edward B. Knight,
66
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17,559 19
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Expenditures.
Paid on Hope Cemetery account, to sundry indi- viduals, being amount paid by them to J. W. Brown, and not acc'd for by him,
66 David J. Baker, - 5 00
66 William D. Barrows, 5 00
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20 00
66 Francis A. Collier, -
5 00
66 Albert Curtis, -
5 00
66 Levi Hardy,
5 00
66 Levi Knowlton,
5 00
66 Ashley Moore, -
5 00
James H. Nash,
5 00
L. L. J. Prevost,
5 00
Christopher D. Winter,
2 50
66 George W. Wheeler, for making 147 Deeds of Lots, in 1853 and 1854, 36 75
On Water Survey :
M. B. Inches, surveying and report, - 300 00
Boyden & Ball,
plans, -
392 21
66 George Boyden, labor, -
3 43
Nahum Parker, horse hire, -
15 00
Edward Sawyer, surveying, 79 65
66 Thomas Welsh, labor, -
4 59
On County Business :
66 P. Emory Aldrich,
202 75
Benjamin Flagg, .
- 12 30
66 On Military :
66 City Guards, rent of armory, - 112 50
. Jackson “ 66 - 117 92
66 Cornet Band, music on Common, .
- 195 00
City Guards, services " Orr " riot, - 150 00
On witness fees, attendance at Court, &c. :
Isaac A. Bancroft,
1 48
Charles Bowen,
1 16
66 Benjamin Flagg,
2 24
Samuel F. Gates, -
116
66 Wyman Parker, Henry Prentice,
1 16
66 Samuel Putnam,
1 16
Ezra Rice, 2 40
66 Henry Sargent,
15 00
66 Rufus Woodward,
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22 00
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1 16
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66 Arad Brown, -
34
Paid On Numbering Streets, &c. :
Samuel B. Congdon, for numbers,
56 49
Francis Hovey, numbering,
- 7 00
66 Leonard R. Hudson, " -
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- 48 00
66 Samuel Smith, -
4 00
66 Gerry Valentine, for signs and putting up, - 193 83
66 On Damages &c. :
Lewis Bigelow, on building on Exchange St. torn down at the time of the Fire, June 14, 1854, 387 50
66 Danforth Brown, cutting down on Pleasant St. 411 71
R. F. Comstock, " Main St. -
75 00
66 Edwin Conant, filling up on School St., 50 00
John L. Day, laying out Jackson St., -
150 00
66 Isaac Davis, alteration on Main St., - 800 00
Wm. Dickinson, mortgagee, laying out road to Auburn, 85 00
Sam'l H. Flagg, rep'g bridge Tatnuck Brook, 100 00
66 Mrs. M. P. H. Goddard, cutting down Main St. 500 00
66 Junction Furnace Co., laying out Jackson St., 500 00
David S. Messinger, 66 " Temple St., 350 00
66 Samuel Putnam, on aqueduct account, 75 00
6. Benjamin Prentice, laying out road to Auburn, 1,065 39 James Terry, " Holbrook street, 75 00
66 Luther Spring, 2d, cutting down Main street, 100 00
66 Costs, Commonwealth vs. City, for nuisance, 49 99
66 on petition of Sam'l Perry and others, new road to Auburn, - 98 72
relocation, Trumbull street, -
46 72
66 On Repairs Quinsigamond School House :
Isaac Albro, labor and stock, -
548 03
66 J. & J. W. Bartlett, blinds &c., -
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51 50
Edwin Chapin, lumber, - -
73 21
66 Amariah B. Lovell, mason work, - - 126 71
66 Thomas H. Smith & Bro., painting, - 46 85
On City Hall account, for repairs and articles for Offices : Josiah W. Allen, repairs, 3 00
66 Brown & Co., lamps, tumblers, spittoon &c., 23 64
66 Lyman Bugbee, mats, 1 19
66 Chamberlin, Barnard & Co., carpets, curtains and sundries, 48 28
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