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WASHINGTON ENGINE Co., No. 5. House, Lincoln Square. No. of members, 40. Engine built in 1842, by W. C. Hunneman, of Roxbury. In good condition. 26 feet of Suction Hose, 1 Hose Carriage carrying 450 feet of Leading Hose. Condition of the House, good.
LAFAYETTE ENGINE Co., No. 6. House, 21 Exchange Street. No. of members, 40. Engine built in 1843, by L. Button & Co., Waterford, New York. In good con- dition. 24 feet of Suction Hose, 1 Hose Carriage carrying 400 feet of Leading Hose. Condition of the House, good.
CITY HOSE CO., No. 1. House, 77 Main Street. No. of members, 10. 2 Hose Carriages carrying 650 feet of Lead- ing Hose. Condition of the Hose, good. This Company has been organized the present year, to take the place of Engine Co. No. 3.
CITY HOSE Co., No. 2. £ House, Washington Square. No. of members, 5. 1 Hose Carriage carrying 250 feet of
40
Leading Hosc. There is also deposited in this house, 350 feet of Hose, in good condition, which cannot be advan- tageously used for the want of a Hose Carriage of sufficient size. I therefore recommend that a Hose Carriage be obtained, of sufficient size to carry 600 feet of Hose.
There is also a Hose Carriage located near the Factory of Rice, Fox & Co. There is attached to this Carriage 400 feet of Hose belonging to Messrs. Rice, Fox & Co., to be used in that vicinity, under the direction of the Board of Engineers.
Besides the foregoing, each Company is furnished with Belts, Spanners, Torches, Signal Lanterns, Shovels, and all apparatus for their respective duties.
RECAPITULATION.
No. of Engineers, - -
-
8
No. of Members, - -
-
210-218
Engines in use,
- -
4
Engine not in use, - -
No. of feet of Leading Hose,
- 3550
No. of feet of Suction
- 105
Do. not in use, - -
26
No. of Hose Carriages,
-
-
9
No. of Buckets, -
-
-
44
No. of Axes, - - -
13
Hook and Ladder Carriage,
-
1
No. of Hooks, - -
-
9
No. of Ladders, - -
14
No. of Crotchpoles,
- -
5
The Department have been called out thirteen times during the past year.
May 23, Burning of Shavings. June 2, False alarm.
-
1
41
June 22, Bursting of Camphene Lamp.
" 24, Providence Railroad Depot.
25, Barn of E. Southwick & Co; totally destroyed."
Aug. 7, Alarm out of the City.
24, Unitarian Church; totally destroyed.
" Barn of S. Salisbury ; totally destroyed.
Nov. 7, False alarm.
29, Junction Depot ; partially destroyed.
Dec. 14, House of Martin Stowe ; damage trifling.
March 8, Bowling Alley ; partially destroyed.
14, White's Store ; damage trifling.
Your honorable Board must be aware of the importance of maintaining a good and efficient organized Fire Depart- ment in this City. I would suggest the expediency of selling Engines No. 3, 4 and 6, and obtaining two modern built machines in their stead. This suggestion I make with the unanimous concurrence of the Board of Engineers, thinking that it will require something to be done to keep the Department in good condition in this City:
I would also suggest the expediency of so far modifying or repealing the act of incorporation of the Fire Depart- ment, so that it shall exist by an ordinance of the City Government.
The undersigned, grateful for the confidence heretofore reposed in him, most respectfully declines a re-election, trusting that his place will be filled by one far better qualified to discharge the duties assigned.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOEL WILDER, Chief Engineer, Worcester Fire Department.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY TREASURER.
CITY OF WORCESTER. In Board of Aldermen, MARCH 28, 1850.
Ordered, that the City Treasurer prepare and cause to be published for the use of the Inhabitants, a particular account of the receipts and expenditures, and a schedule of the City property and of the City debts. Attest, C. A. HAMILTON, City Clerk.
In compliance with the above order, the undersigned re- spectfully presents the following account of the receipts and disbursements of monies, for the financial year ending March 31st, 1850. JOHN BOYDEN,
City Treasurer.
RECEIPTS.
CITY AQUEDUCT.
From the Commissioners of 1848, $127,87
$127,87
CITY HALL.
From associations and persons, 301,50
Converse & Culver, rent of basement store, 125,00
Newton & Thompson, " " 110,00
536,50
43
Amount brought forward, CITY HALL REPAIRS APPROPRIATION,
664,37
From J. C. Newton, error in amount of bill paid him
14,25
14,25
CITY SCALES.
From Geo. Geer, -
-
45,27
" Joseph Pratt,
-
.
.
.
- 32,93
Henry Griffin, -
- 4,62
COMMONWEALTH.
Amount of School Fund, -
-
-
514,24
" Military " -
-
.
- 397,50
"
" Pauper
- -
644,24
-
subscriptions for re-
25,00
Eph'm Mower,
pairing May Street
15,00
James M. Fitch,
5,00
" Wm. A. Wheeler, sundry subscriptions expended on Lincoln st., - - 40,00
Charles Paine, for loam, -
16,27
Alvan Allen, for oxen, manure, &c.,
234,98
386,25
INTEREST.
From sums due the City, including discount on County Tax,
132,84
132,84
LOANS.
Notes given Quinsigamond Bank,
4,000,00
Note
Mechanics 66
2,000,00
66
66 Central
66
2,000,00
Worcester
2,000,00
66
Wm. Dickinson,
1,684,00
Sarah Waldo,
1,500,00
Judith Roberts,
1,375,00
Wor. Co. Ins. for Savings,
6,325,00
LICENSES.
From Auctioneers,
14,00
For Exhibitions,
-
-
-
156,00
“ Dog Licenses,
-
164,00
Carriage "
- 21,00
355,00
Am't carried forward,
26,075,51
-
I
82,82
HIGHWAY APPROPRIATION.
1,555,98
From Wm. W. Patch,
50,00
Jonas Hartshorn,
Citizens
-
2,000,00
-
-
-
22,884,00
-
6
44 Am't brought forward,
26,075,51
POLICE COURT.
Amount received from Police Court Justice, 270,92
270,92
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
From Sam'l Hathaway for "Old Hearse House," 8,00
Henry Dorman for rent over No. 6 Engine House, 6,25
David Gleason for door, sold, 1,50
15,75
SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.
From S. F. Gates, error in bill paid him,
3,62
3,62
SCHOOL HOUSE APPROPRIATION.
From D. Burbank for old school house in Dis. No. 5,
75,00
75,00
SUMMOMS.
Amount of 552 Summons paid prior to Apr. 1, '50, 110,40
110,40
TAXES.
From Taxes assessed in 1847,
66
66 66 " 1848, - - 35,38
121,42
66
" 1849,
- 70,506,58
70,663,38
Total,
97,214,58
EXPENDITURES.
ABATEMENTS, (on Taxes after payment.)
Paid James Porter,
1,50
Elijah Harrington,
6,03
Hiram Collins,
1,41
James Mellen,
2,67
S. N. Whitney,
3,52
Joseph G. Warren,
3,20
Constant Shepherd,
2,22
S. D. Tourtellott,
7,30
Wm. R. Hooper,
-
-
15,23
-
-
· 43,08
45
Am't brought forward,
43,08
Paid Wm. Prouty,
15,86
John H. Brooks,
,42
John F. Gleason,
7,30
Uriah Stone,
2,54
Andre Taft,
15,86
66
Eber Willington,
1,41
Benj. B. Hill,
6,35
Horace Chenery,
25,38
Chas. E. Converse,
,95
Arethusa Chamberlain,
19,04
66 Lewis Thayer,
9,52
C. B. Metcalf,
2,54
Micah Johnson,
6,35
66
T. W. Bancroft,
3,81
N. A. Lombard,
1,27
Thos. B. Pierson,
1,41
Lydia E. Wheelock,
3,17
66
L. R. Hudson,
13,32
Oliver Witherby,
3,38
Cushman Thayer,
6,03
Ist Universalist Society,
19,04
Luther G. Shepherd,
5,08
Jabez Rice,
6,35
Nath'l K. Johnson,
6,35
66 Jona. & Benj. Harrington,
12,67
James M. Barker,
8,25
66 Walter Bigelow & Son,
15,86
L. & S. P. Harrington,
8,89
66 John Claflin,
3,81
George M. Lamb,
1,50
66
George P. Smith,
4,76
Horatio N. Tower,
8,24
66
F. W. Paine, E. O. Tucker, J. C. Lee, et als. 6,32 Asa W. Nickerson, - 12,49
Ephraim Drury,
6,35
66 Patrick McKeon,
6,03
Mehitable Freeman,
3,37
Wor. & Nash. Rail Road Company,
24,11
George Bowen,
6,35
.. Estate of Jas. Burke,
1,88
John F. Pond,
28,56
James Green & Co.,
50,76
Abijah Bigelow,
7,07
Samuel F. Gates,
15,23
Eli Goulding, 36,80
George Hobbs,
12,69
507,80
-
-
-
-
-
66
46
Am't brought forward,
507,80
Paid Henry Goulding,
4,44
Oliver Hall,
1,90
66 Pliny Merrick, (including costs)
13,31
66 F. W. Paine,
28,56
Lewis Barnard,
-
166,47
Wm. J. Baker, - -
-
1,50
John W. Lincoln, 19,04
$743,02
CONTINGENT FUND.
Paid A. W. Lewis meals for persons in Lockup, 214,32 balance due Central Bank on note of the
"Centre School District," - 24,00
Wm. M. Brewer for fluid, brooms, &c., 60,68
Levi Jackson distributing summons, and care of Ward Room, 16,00
" Putnam W. Taft, census of minors, post- age &c., 19,22
Boyden & Joy, plans and estimates, 53,75
Merrifield & Hapgood, privy in Dis. No. 9, 77,81
David Gleason, cash paid truckman, &c., 13,00
Samuel Smith, copying, and service rendered County Commissioners, 17,25
" John A. Hunt, injury sustained by land slide, 137,54
" P. Holbrook & Co., for oil, brooms, pails &c., 61,88
" Wm. G. Maynard, reporting number of deaths, 22,10
" Charles H. Hill, plan of S. W. burial ground, &c., - 9,75
Martin Gordwin, sawing wood, 1,45
" J. H. Knight, lamp shades, 4,00 -
Henry Chapin, cash paid for recording deeds, &c., 1,00
" Elbridge Boyden, plans for Thomas Street Schoolhouse, - 10,50
" Adolphus Morse, rent of Armory for In- fantry,
90,00
Draper & Clark, for lime and salt, 2,56
Wm. Eaton, land damage on Main Street, 75,00
Leonard Poole, iron work for watch house, 12,22
H. B. Dickinson, stone troughs, 119,50
66 F. P. Oliver, lamp glasses, -
,67
86 A. S. Coffin, distributing summons, 6,00
Am'ts carried forward, 1,050,20
743,02
47
Am'ts brought forward,
1,050,20
743,02
Paid Wm. H. Jacobs, distributing summons,
10,00
E. W. Bartlett, 66
66
-
13,25
Jones & Warren, 66
-
24,00
E. F. Wetherell, 66 60
-
3,00
John Field, 66 66 -
12,00
66 66 66 and wall for Bloomingdale
road, 30,00
" James Green & Co., powder, making cart- ridges, &c.,
18,08
Phinehas Ball, surveying and plans of streets, 24,25 A H. Sears, for ice, 2,47
S. Burt & Wm. C. Clark, land to widen Main Street,
500,00 George Hubbard, 10,00
E. Tucker & Son, repairing pumps &c., 18,72
Willard Brown, soap for watch house, 5,30 A. M. Merrifield, land damage, (aqueduct) 776,78 L. L. Mason, sealing Hay scales, 6,00
Wor. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. balance on renewal of policies, - 3,15
Mer. & Farmers Ins. Co. policy of insurance 27,75
66 Wm. Stowell, land damage, 645,00
66 Wm. N. Green, cash paid office rent, 66,67
J. S. Woodworth, guide boards, &c. 19,62
Dexter Rice, signs for marshal's office, 5,25
John C. Stiles, defect in highway, 35,00
L. & B. Morse, repairs in Police Court room, 7,20 B. E. Hutchinson, tassell, cord, &c., 2,50
66 Patridge & Tabor, mattresses &c, for watch- house, 25,20
Thos. Whitaker & Son, lamp posts and fix-
tures, 355,08
" Chas. W. Hartshorn, examining Police Jus- tice's Report, 3,00
Chas. P. Howe, defect in highway, 50,00
66 Chas. P. Nichols, painting, -
- 10,81
Benj. F. Thomas, services in cases vs. the city 98,00 Eaton & Phelps, lamps, wicks &c., 7,76
Leander Pierce, defect in Long Pond bridge, 10,00 Worcester Guards, armory rent, 37,50
Marshal S. Ballord, repairs in City Hall, 10,25
66 Frederick Warren, serving notices, &c., 4,50
66 Wm. Jennison, correcting voters lists, 2,00
Benj. Barber, putting up lamp posts, 79,82
Am'ts carried forward, 4,060,11
-
743,02
" Isaac Davis, land for pound,
50,00
48
Am'ts brought forward, 4,060,11 743,02
Paid Chas. A. Hamilton, recording births, deaths, marriages &c., 216,54
George Jones, serving notices &c., 52,73
John Boyden, making"City Document No. 1" 23,00 cash paid for making voters
lists, trucking safe, postage, &c. 42,62
" Chas. White, cash paid expenses in suit of C. P. Howe, vs. the city, 7,25
4,402,25
CITY HALL REPAIRS.
Paid L. & B. Morse, repairs in Police Court
Room, 155,32 Albert Jones, removing dirt and filth under hall, 52,87 John E. Wilder, for safe, 200,00
" Joy & Hapgood, carpenter work in base- ment, 104,77
" Henry W. Miller, lead pipe and labor, 50,74
Putnam & Converse, stone posts for cellars, 62,15 R. D. Dunbar, letters (or numbers) for Coun- cil Room, 11,50
John C. Newton, for underground drains, 76,41
Elbridge Boyden, plan for watch house, 1,60
Wm. A. Wheeler, pipe for conductor, 2,75
E. Tucker & Son, lead pipe and labor for basement stores, 13,73
B. L. Hardon & Co., curtain stuff, sheeting, &c., - 4,29
" John Hilton, stoves, pipe &c., 123,33
859,46
CITY DEBT AND INTEREST.
Paid Wm. Dickinson, principal and interest, 1,785,04
Wor. Co. Savings Inst'n, "
7,669,04
Sarah Wałdo,
1,104,68
John W. Lincoln,
530,00
Worcester Bank,
2,011,00
Quinsigamond Bank, 66
4,052,00
Mechanics Bank,
2,021,00
Citizens Bank,
2,021,00
Central Bank,
2,020,00
66 Isaac Davis,
1,65
Mrs. Judith Roberts,
656,00
Ebenezer Mower,
120,00
Mary C. White,
66
60,00
Wor. Co. Mut. Fire Ins. Co.,
150,00
Am'ts carried forward,
24.201,41
6,004,73
49
Am'ts brought forward, 24,201,41
6,034,73
Paid S. S. Hastings,
interest, 90,00
John Boynton,
66
380,00
.. Charles Blair,
71,28
David Whitcomb,
180,00
CITY SCALES.
Paid C. Foster & Co., 3 sets scales,
650,00
J. Pratt & Earle, 1 "
205,00
Wm. Waters, foundation for scales,
27,27
Timothy Burbank,
29,25
Michael O'Boyle,
48,01
66 Phinehas Ball, estimating foundations,
2,00
961,53
CLOCKS AND BELLS.
Paid Arvin Thompson, ringing bells,
74,84
Geo. B. Coleman, 16 66
9,00
" E. B. Wetmore,
5,00
" C. P. Wetmore,
4,50
" Geo. Sessions,
66
2,00
L. L. Mason, care of clocks,
59,58
154,92
COUNTY TAX.
Paid Anthony Chase, County Treasurer,
4,139,42
4,139,42
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Paid County Commissioners for re-locating Main, Old Pine and Central Streets, in 1847 and 1848, 433,12
433,12
FENCING COMMON.
Paid David Woodward, stone posts and labor, 543,40
" Joy & Hapgood, lumber, & labor,
123,56
666,96
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid Engine Co. No. 2 for services,
425,00
66
" for care of Engine, &c. 22,00
3 " services, 455,78
66 care of Engine, g.c.
46,25
66
66
4
services,
498,34
66
60
care of Engine, &c. 43,00
66
66
Am'ts carried forward, 1,897,07
37,283,37
5 " services, 406,70
24,922,69
50
Am'ts brought forward, 1,897,07 37,283,37
Paid Engine Co. No. 5 for care of Engine, &c. 37,50 66 6 " services, 404,15
" " " care of Engine, &c. 37,00
Hook & Ladder Co. for services, 280,84
66
« " care of apparatus, 21,62
2,00
Henry W. Miller, repairs,
30,23
66 Leonard Poole, 66
5,08
Moses T. Breck, -
3,25
Henry C. Fish, -
2,75
Wm. A. Wheeler, -
6,45
A. & S. Thayer, -
-
16,75
C. P. Chapin, painting,
2,00
Shelton & Cheever, new Hose, -
655,00
Benj. E. Hutchinson, oil and repairs,
30,45
James Estabrook, rent for No. 3, 80,90
Assistant Engineers' Salaries, 40,00
66 Poll tax refunded Engine men of 1847,
4,02
66
1848,
222,00
3,779,06
FUNERALS.
Paid Wm. G. Maynard, (City Sexton,)
326,15
326,15
FUEL, STATIONERY AND PRINTING.
Paid Henry J. Howland, printing,
-
255,05
S. V. R. Hickcox,
-
43,92
John M. Earle,
-
17 88
J. S. C Knowlton, .
-
41,88
Edwd. Livermore, books & stationery,
35,72
Erastus N. Tucker,
33,32
Jonas Pierce, charcoal,
14,76
E. Southwick & Co., coal,
-
85,38
Wm. M. Brewer, fluid, &c.,
-
62,39
P. Holbrook & Co., oil, &c.,
-
44,92
E. Southwick, coal, -
-
67,88
Benj. Buffum, -
11,25
P. W. Taft, tax book and stationery,
5,95
HIGHWAYS.
Paid Alvan Allen, cash paid for oxen,
480,50
pay rolls,
4,463,72
services in 1849,
525,00
66 in 1848,
350,00
Am'ts carried forward, 5,819,22
42,108,88
-
-
-
-
-
720,30
Buffum & Earle, for lumber,
51
Am'ts brought forward, 5,819,22 42,108,88
Paid Curtis Rice, pay rolls,
130,12
Jabez Rice, 66
-
-
228,49
James M. Fitch, repairs,
-
-
5,99
Benj. F. Stowell,
22,74
Geo. A. Chamberlain, pay rolls,
91,45
John Burnett, stone work,
101,09
Jona. Lyon, Jr., pay rolls,
88,39
Benj. Flagg, repairs,
-
3,24
Henry Prentiss, chestnut joists,
57,03
E. G. Goddard, surveying,
-
27,00
Daniel Harrington, pay rolls,
88,87
Joseph K. Bennett, chestnut plank,
253,34
John Mann, pay rolls,
32,75
E. F. Chamberlain, “
-
-
76,88
Nathl. Brooks, repairs,
17,81
Amos R. Black, fence on Bloomingdale road,
175,60
Phinehas Ball, surveying,
-
53,14
Wor. & Nash. R. R. Co., fr't of plank,
46,77
Charles Paine, rent of barn,
52,50
Benj. Green, board, -
58,76
Burt & Clark, stone posts,
4,00
Saml. H. Flagg 2d, blacksmithing,
28,43
Elisha Chaffin, powder,
,58
Wm. W. Patch, meal, -
100,40
Otis Converse, whip handles,
-
,20
C. Foster & Co., spikes,
10,75
Saml. D. Harding, plank and labor,
287,92
Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & Co., repair- ing plows,
10,86
Benj. Barber, paving, &c.,
52,33
Abiel Jaques, hay,
51,41
Simon S. Gates, “
-
-
55,71
Tucker & Bonney, grease,
1,50
T. & O. K. Earle, lumber,
9,42
.. David Gates, posts,
Thos. M. Collins, labor on Lincoln Street, 24,75
Wm. F. Wood, sledge handles, H. D. Goodenow, paving,
13,25
Obed Williams, breaking roads,
2,50
Taft & Harrington, whip lashes,
2,50
Eben. Dana, brick,
-
10,50
W. A. Wheeler, iron stakes,
,56
Putnam & Converse, stone,
-
12,15
Samuel Perry, hay,
-
25,48
Am'ts carried forward,
8,154,15
42,108,88
66
-
-
-
-
7,33
,40
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
52
Am'ts brought forward, 8,154,15
42,108,88
Paid N. P. Smith, (Groton,) survey'g lumber, 6,50
John W. Lincoln, cash pd. E. Drury in '48, 24,91
8,185,56
LAND DAMAGES.
Paid H. N. Tower, for land, (Chestnut St.) 1,083, 33 interest, 5,42
A. D. Foster, (Trustee) for land,
125,62
66 Abigail Styles, 75,37
Henry Chapin, cash paid referees, &c., 12,84
1,302,58
MAYOR'S ORDERS, (BOARD OF HEALTH.)
Paid James O'Herr, labor,
-
-
5,50
Michael Conlan, "
-
-
11,35
Luther Willard, "
-
-
2,00
66 Elisha Wilkins, 66
30,00
66 Peter Rich,
22,50
Joseph Clary,
-
-
6,25
James Coleman,
-
-
4,50
Rich'd Burke,
-
-
7,00
Simon Carney,
8,50
Patrick Dallahanty, labor,
2,50
Joseph Wall,
3,00
McGrath,
5,50
Conner,
-
-
3,00
Jones,
2,00
Draper & Clark, lime,
10,00
-
3,00
F. Warren, services,
50,00
MILITARY FUND.
Paid Worcester Guards,
-
180,00
Infantry,
213,50
for 1848, 11,00
OIL, LIGHTING AND REPAIRING LAMPS.
Paid C. A. & E. Harrington, oil,
-
65,39
Draper & Clark,
-
522,90
66 Simon Holt, lighting Lamps,
126,68
Daniel Holman, "
-
166,18.
Horace Holman,
159,75
H. W. Miller, repairing lamps,
2,56
I. D. Russell,
1,00
John Hilton,
32,00
Am'ts carried forward,
1,076,46
52,178,12
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E. Southwick & Co., lime,
-
176,60
404,50
-
-
-
53
Am'ts brought forward, 1,076,46
52,178,12
3,924,06
PAVING MAIN STREET.
Paid H. D. Goodenow, paving,
-
5,387,39
Fletcher & Palmer, stone,
-
429,00
Phinehas Ball, surveying, -
190,48
John C. Newton, masonry, -
279,37
David Woodward, setting curb stone, &c.,
158,75
Wor. & Nash. R. R. Co., freight,
110,25
Moses T. Breck, grading stakes,
3,30
66 W. A. Wheeler, pattern and castings,
6,87
E. G. Goddard, surveying,
17,25
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS.
Paid Henry Chapin, Mayor, (3 quarters,)
450,00
Chas. A. Hamilton, city clerk,
250,00
Wm. A. Smith, clerk Common Council, 150,00
David Gleason, city messenger,
300,00
Geo. Jones, city Marshal,
400,00
Wm. Workman, city Physician,
100,00
John Boyden, Treasurer and Collector, 700,00
Joel Wilder, Chief Engineer,
150,00
Am'ts carried forward,
2,500,00
63,889,17
"
L. Beach, hay,
-
-
75,00
P. Crandall, hay,
-
-
25,00
Tyler P. Curtis,
-
100,00
Town of Shrewsbury, tax for 1849,
10,08
Joy & Hapgood, fencing pound,
122,09
PAUPERS.
Paid Alpheus Merrifield,
3,170,94
" Town of Springfield for support of J. B. Belden, execution, -
1,190,33
OUTSTANDING TAXES.
Paid Tucker & Bonney, rent of room for School Committee, for 1847
14,00
14,00
Paid Wor. Gas Co., - 37,09
W. A. Wheeler, expenses to Springfield and Providence,
9,80
Freeman Upham,
4,30
W. A. Draper, to Providence
and freight,
4,63
Geo. Darracott & Co., gas pipe & fixts.
56,80
" P. Ball, surveying, 1,25
420,95
6,582,66
54
Am'ts brought forward,
2,500,00
63,889,17
Paid Assessors, - -
500,00
A. W. Lewis, watchman,
275,00
P. W. Taft, bal. due assessors of 1848,
87,50
3,362,50
SCHOOLS.
Paid Warren Lazell, -
11,152,58
Dunbar & Bangs, clock, &c.,
4,62
John Burnett,
-
-
387,67
Anson Braman, wood,
40,31
Calvin E. Pratt, teaching,
144,00
Edward Curtis, wood, &c.,
38,69
Horace Brooks, building fires,
5,33
Tucker & Bonney, rent of room,
5,00
Seth Fisher, visiting schools,
21,00
John F. Boice,
39,13
Henry W. Miller, stoves, pipe and repairs, 235,75
66
Jesse B. Tirrell, charcoal,
2,50
E. Tucker & Son,
-
5,75
Charles Brooks, teaching, -
14,00
Samuel F. Gates, wood and repairs,
22,37
Perkins & Flanders, brooms, brushes, &c.,
15,64
Charles Washburn, visiting schools,
6,00
66 Olivia Capron, teaching,
17,77
Charles G. Prentiss, visiting schools,
12,00
H. Griffin & Co.,
30,14
16 Austin G. Fitch, repairs,
11,75
Southworth Howland, repairs,
192,19
Albert S. Coffin, census of births,
32,57
Sarah P. Burnett, teaching,
19,00
Elam Smalley, visiting schools,
26,50
66 Elizabeth Patrick, teaching,
48,08
Adeline E. Perry,
18,00
Harmon Lancton, repairs,
1,88
Nelson Wheeler, contingencies,
4,75
Geo. Jacques, visiting schools,
15,25
Ann J. Stone, teaching,
73,50
Mary S. Gould,
10,50
C. B. Metcalf, contingencies,
1,16
Mary E. Howland, teaching,
60,00
Lucy A. Bacon, 66
-
26,00
Noyes & Kimball, chairs, -
2,80
Elmira S. Bruce, teaching,
-
19,50
Benj. Buffum,
15,00
Sarah J. Chamberlain, teaching,
49,00
Am'ts carried forward,
12,827,68
67,251,67
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
55
Am'ts brought forward,
12,827,68
67,251,67
Paid Mary Eager,
teaching,
13,73
Sarah F. Temple,
-
63,37
Jabez Rice, repairs,
-
23,89
Caleb Dana, visiting schools,
-
17,00
Geo. P. Smith, cash paid printing,
7,13
Emily A. Eveleth, contingencies,
1,50
Sophia B. Hardy, teaching,
14,40
H. M. Smith,
59,50
Mary J. White,
52,00
Partridge & Taber, chairs, &c.,
13,53
I. Lincoln Bangs, clocks and bells,
6,75
Mary W. Bigelow, teaching,
-
147,00
Elizabeth Moody,
-
12,00
Helen M. Alvord,
63,00
Harriet A. Bigelow,
-
63,00
Mary H. Williams,
60,00
E. Southwick & Co .. coal,
150,00
Caroline A. Thayer, teaching,
35,75
Hester De Land,
116,00
Avaline Williams,
67,50
Peter Rich, cleaning vaults,
24,00
Dwight Tracy,
30,25
W. E. Keep, charcoal,
-
-
14,58
Horace Knight, wood,
13,28
Mary M. Maynard, teaching,
70,00
Isaac Lamb, wood, J. F. Burbank, wood and repairs,
44,46
66
D. G. Chase, repairs, - -
26,32
Mrs. Daniels, cleaning school houses,
8,00
Thos. Chamberlain, wood and repairs,
20,05
D. S. Messinger,
507,60
Abbie D. Goodell, teaching, -
50,00
Levi A. Fuller, -
70,00
Martha B. Earle, -
39,28
Charles Warren, fuel and attendance at Brinley Hall,
10,50
Alonzo Mason, evening school,
14,25
expenses of do.,
1,59
Richardson & Loring, oil, pipe, &c.,
18,50
66 Hiram A. Jones, teaching, -
39,67
P. Holbrook & Co., -
37,32
Wm. B. Graves, painting black boards,
2,00
L. & B. Morse, repairs,
1,98
" O. B. Green, teaching, 98,00
81,00
Am'ts carried forward,
15,061,60
67,251,67
-
66
-
-
-
-
25,24
"
Edward H. Hall, teaching,
56
Am'ts brought forward, 15,061,60
67,251,67
Paid Leander Smith, teaching,
66 Elijah F. Howe,
-
81,00
Edw'd K. Pellett,
101,82
Walter Bigelow, Jr., fuel and repairs,
16,91
Nahum H. Andrews, teaching,
105,00
Chas. C. Clapp, brushes,
4,75
Lyman N. Andrews, teaching,
128,00
Nathan Rogers, fuel, &c.,
11,00
66 Eben. Hemmenway, clean'g school houses,
75,57
Addison A. Hunt, teaching,
198,00
Geo. E. Pratt, 120,00
14,00
Wm. E. Starr, contingencies,
4,84
Damaris Bartlett, teaching,
49,00
E. J. Flagg,
54,00
Benj. Flagg, contingencies, -
8,03
Simon S. Gates, wood, &c., -
29,61
J. S. C. Knowlton, visiting schools, ex- penses,
10,00
66
Tho's Magennis, rent, oil, &c.,
94,02
John C. Newton, evening school, 43,00
E. Southwick, coal,
36,27
66 C. H. Griffin, building fires, &c.,
8,00
Rufus J. Eaton, teaching,
26,25
Wm. R. Hooper, visiting schools,
14,00
66 H. J. Howland,
1848, 12,00
66
1849,
14,00
66 Henry M. Smith, teaching,
90,00
16,492,67
SCHOOL HOUSES.
Paid Benj. Flagg and others for repairs in Dist. No. 2,
428,90
E. K. Rice, Ash Street school house, -
- 7,300,00
Daniel Holman, « 66 66 162,20
66 Albert Jones, 66
55,50
Elbridge Boyden, 66 66 (plans for)
76,65
H. Stoddard, painting school house Dist. No. 3,
25,00
Kinnicutt & Co., lead and oil,
27,25
M. S. Ballord, blinds, &c., 67,50
66 C. Hersey, cash p'd sundry bills Dist. No 3, 30,25
Austin G. Fitch, school house No. 5, 1,320,83
E. G. Watkins, 950,00
10,444,08
Am't carried forward,
94,188,42
Daniel Harrington, wood,
81,00
57
Am't brought forward, 94,188,42
STONE BRIDGE ON MILLBURY AVENUE.
Paid David Woodward, stone work, - 1,775,00
66 guide boards, 3,00
E. M. Holman, superintendence, - 55,00
1,833,00
Total Expenditures, - - - $96,021,42
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, 11 years growth, 16 acres.
Land around Bell pond, 9 acres.
Burial ground on the Common.
on Mechanic Street.
66 on Pine Meadow Street.
at South Worcester.
School House lot on Salem Street. City Pound on Pine Street.
Brick School House and lot on Walnut Street.
on Main Street.
66
on Pleasant Street.
on the Common.
corner of Thomas and Summer Streets.
66
" on Ash Street.
66
at Quinsigamond Village.
School House and lot on Summer Street.
66
" on
(small one) so long as used for School purposes.
66
" on Pine Street.
60
66
" on Beech Street. on the Common.
66
66
" in Tatnuck District.
66
" in New Worcester
66
" in South Worcester 66
68
66
" in Monroe
66
66 " in Pond 66
66
" in Adams Square
58
School House and Lot in Northville District,
(house of brick)
66
" in Burncoat Plain "
66 66 " in Reed
" in Chamberlain's
" in Leesville 66 66 16 " in Parkhurst's
Hook and Ladder House, Salem St., (on the Common) Engine House, and lot, No. 2, at New Worcester. 66 66
No. 3, at 77 Main Street.
No. 4, in Basement City Hall.
66
66
No. 6, at 21 Exchange Street.
Pest House, at the City farm.
PERSONAL PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CITY.
Furniture in the City Hall, Mayor and Aldermen's Room, Common Council Room, Police Court Room, Treasurer, Messenger and Mar- shal's Offices, School Houses and Watch House; Philosophical Appar- atus, Piano Forte, Maps, &c. in Walnut Street School House; Libra- ries and Apparatus in part of the School Houses.
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