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325 00
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Kate F. Leland,
66
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400 00
66 James K. Lombard,
66
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604 63
Mary J. Mack,
66
300 00
Mary T. Magennis,
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301 16
Francis H. Manning,
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59 00
Mary M. Maynard,
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202 56
Kate A. Meade,
272 10
66
Anna R. Merrill,
66
300 00
Caroline M. Moody,
66
216 27
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James H. Newton,
1,000 00
66 John C. Newton, 2nd,
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112 50
Laura L. Newton,
62 78
Sarah J. Newton,
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300 00
Tirza S. Nichols,
66
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262 50
Ellen P. Palmer,
279 05
Amelia Parker,
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348 87
Harriet N. Perry,
20 91
Lydia A. Perry,
325 00
66
Sarah L. Phillips,
277 87
Clara C. Plimpton,
195 36
66 Abigail Pratt,
300 00
Elizabeth Pratt,
66
66 84
Caroline E. Putnam,
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300 00
Frances E. Putnam,
250 00
Louisa A. Rice,
62 78
William Richardson,
66
50 00
Sarah M. Rogers,
350 00
Anna U. Russell,
46 51
66
Helen M. Shattuck,
263 94
66 Mary A. Slater,
300 00
Joanna F. Smith,
187 50
Mary A. Smith,
300 00
Julia L. Spear,
52 90
Emma M. Taggart,
300 00
Calista B. Tainter,
156 95
Rebecca W. Taylor,
252 26
Mary D. Thayer,
66
23 24
66
Aspacia P. Tubbs,
66
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200 00
Harriet M. Walker,
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350 00
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300 00
Cornelia Learned,
69 76
Elentheria Manly,
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87 50
Caroline Parkinson,
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66
Paid Abby L. S. Wetherell,
teaching,
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206 25
Charlotte Wheeler,
66
250 00
Elizabeth Wheeler,
97 50
Sarah A. Wheelock,
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324 71
Susan E. White,
453 47
Emily Whitney,
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251 25
Ava Williams,
400 00
Ellen M. Williams,
12 50
" Margarette P. Williams,
239 51
Lydia M. Wilmarth,
300 00
66 Henry Winn,
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345 34
Wood and Coal :
Paid Charles S. Bancroft,
wood, -
22 08
Lewis Boyden,
21 00
66 Elzaphan P. Brewer & Co.,
4 38
Warren Clark,
6 00
Albert G. Cobb,
66
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31 48
Brigham Converse,
7 78
Walter H. Davis,
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411 70
Cyrus K. Goodale,
9 19
W. Alfred Hacker,
coal,
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738 24
Silas Howe,
wood, -
44 24
William M. Knowlton,
63
George W. Lincoln,
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55 85
Ashley Moore,
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15 53
66
Thomas Mulcahy,
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28 95
66
Timothy Parker,
66
28 84
Joseph S. Perry,
196 86
William Scanlon,
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30 83
" William A. Williams,
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170 19
Obed Williams,
charcoal, -
27 89
Repairs, Wood and Sundries :
Paid Hezekiah Adams, repairs, wood and sundries, 39 25
Isaac R. Barbour,
66
41 28
George A. Barnard,
66
66
66
63 68
Ephraim F. Chamberlain, “
34 60
George A. Chamberlain, “ Albert W. Curtis, John A. Kendrick, 66
7 73
Dexter H. Perry,
66
48 73
Jeremiah Rogers,
66
49 82
Moses P. Stearns,
27 20
Sweeping, Making Fires and Care of Houses : Paid Theodore Barber, sweeping, making fires, &c., 8 50
Daniel Campbell,
7 50
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29 10
John F. Boice,
73 83
10 26
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67
Paid John Chickering, sweeping, making fires, sawing wood, &c., -
191 47
Patrick Collary, sweeping, making fires, &c., 7 25
Bridget Conlan,
39 75
William C. Forbush, "
making fires, &c., 27 25
Levi Gates,
20 25
60 Joseph K. Gill,
68 65
Edward S. Goss,
66
12 74
Nathaniel S. Greene, "
29 83
Elizabeth Kearns,
7 50
Albert E. Lamb,
22 50
John Madden,
30 15
Mary E. McCabe,
66
7 00
Thomas Mellsop,
66
saw- -
43 66
James Mulcahy, sweeping, making fires, &c.,
7 00
Henry B. O'Reilley,
66 66
148 05
David Peacock, 66
8 00
Samuel D. Waite,
11 00
George W. Wheeler, Jr., "
66
126 67
66 Adonirum J. Wood, sweeping, making fires, sawing wood, &c.,
54 88
Books and Stationery :
Paid William Allen, books and sundries, 5 42
Brown & Taggard, primary school tablets, -
18 00
Enos Dorr & Co., books, - -
46 24
Edward Mellen, Jr., books and sundries, 252 54
William H. Sanford, books, 1
1 46
66 Simeon Thompson & Co., books and sundries, 56 73
Miscellaneous Account :
Paid Albert S. Allen, tuning and repairing piano, 16 00
Alvin Allen, estate of, freight, -
95
Edwin Ames, coloring walls and repairs, -
19 25
Anna E. Ayres, cash paid for cleaning,
1 75
Horace Ayres, gas generator, -
1 50
Chester K. Babcock, moving privy,
1 50
John D. Baldwin & Co., advertising,
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75
Benjamin Barber, paving and repairs, -
8 27
66 John Barnard, repairing slate on roof, -
15 68
66 John W. Bartlett, windows, -
2 00
66 George W. Barton, mason work, repairs, &c., 81 09
Jonah H. Bigelow, wire netting,
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5 95
George A. Brown, soap, -
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2 10
Thomas Brown, soap, -
3 27
66 George P. Bryant, cotton flannel, -
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75
Asa L. Burbank & Co., clocks, repairs and sun- dries, -
62 54
ing wood, &c.,
66
68
Paid Jonathan Carey & Co., furnace grate, sifter, &c., 8 25 Josiah H. Chaffee & Co., carting 3 loads cinders, 2 00 N. B. Chamberlain & Son, repairing and sundries, 99 75 George H. Clark, stock and labor, painting, 235 02
Samuel Clark, funnel, registers, labor and sundries,
451 83
Charles A. Cummings, keys and repairs, -
34 62
Addison H. Davis, tables, -
19 00
Division No. 42, brushes, mats and sundries,
28 94
Drury & Curtis, painting, - -
7 87
Earle & Jones, chair feet, -
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5 64
Earle, Tenney & Co., lumber, -
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126 68
Edward R. Fiske, printing,
16 00
Ebenezer Flagg, sundries, - -
4 50
Benjamin W. Fletcher, materials furnished, and labor repairing school houses,
494 17
Calvin Foster & Co., hardware and sundries,
89 54
Elisha Freeman, repairing lightning rods, - 17 99
66 Benjamin Goddard, thermometers, -
5 84
Delano A. Goddard, expenses paid out, -
7 00
Henry Griffin, brooms, brushes and sundries, Salem Griggs, division fence, -
24 75
Harding & Taft, labor &c., -
2 75
William O. Haskell, chairs, -
127 50
Highway Department, work gravelling, -
18 00
John L. Hood, chairs and lamps, - -
5 91
William R. Hooper, advertising, -
2 50
Howe & Hackett, fluid and sundries, -
20 81
66 Henry J. Howland, printing,
191 10
Addison A. Hunt, cash paid for cleaning, - 9 25
2 00
Benjamin H. Kinney, design and wax model for medal,
25 00
Dennis Kervin, labor,
2 60
Joseph B. Lawrence, chairs and labor, -
6 17
Kate F. Leland, cash paid for cleaning,
1 34
James K. Lombard, cash paid for cleaning,
6 49
Amariah B. Lovell, mason work, repairs, - William Lucas, repairs to pumps &c., -
15 15
James Madden, sawing wood,
6 25
Henry Matthews & Brother, repairs to pumps, &c., 49 67 Mayers & Bigelow, wire netting, -
4 00
Henry' W. Miller, stoves, funnel, labor and sundries, 82 56
F. N. & H. Mitchell, design for medal, -
5 00
John C. Newton, mason work, repairs, -
77 73
James H. Newton, cash paid for cleaning, 15 33
Sarah J. Newton, cash paid for cleaning, - 14 71
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34 59
Patrick Keating, sawing and piling wood,
46 84
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69
Paid Richard P. Noyes, setting glass, - 2 00
Margarett O'Reilley, cleaning,
10 00
Pleasant st. Teachers, cash paid for cleaning, 12 17
66 Henry Prentice, cleaning and sundries,
3 08
Caroline E. Putnam, cash paid for cleaning,
E. S. Ritchie, repairs of philosophical apparatus, 22 97
Robinson & Gardner, 18 drawing patterns, 2 10
Rush R. Shippen, cash paid out, expenses, 10 00
John Simmons, repairs, 2 50
Elisha K. Spaulding, carting ashes, and sundries, 41 75
66 George R. Spurr, oxalic acid, - 1 10
- Martin Stowe, maps, 9 00
Summer st. teachers, cash paid for cleaning, 8 66
Taber & Chollar, chairs, curtains and sundries, 52 44
Emma M. Taggart, cash paid for cleaning, 2 73
34 39
Stephen D. Tourtellot, repairs to roof,
8 90
Edward W. Vaill, services and sundries,
9 00
Gill Valentine, surveying, -
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2 50
Mary Welsh, cleaning,
1 00
William A. Wheeler, coal boxes, &c.,
2 50
Ellery White, sawing wood,
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13 75
Edward Whitney, envelopes,
1 00
Margarette P. Williams, cash paid for cleaning, Henry Winn, 66
25 50
C. N. Wood, sawing and piling wood,
9 00
Benjamin Woodward, table, -
7 00
Woodward & Sibley, stone work, - -
2 49
Wor. Mut. F. Ins. Co., insurance, - -
105 00
33,497 22
Amount undrawn January 7, 1861, -
363 30
SEWERS.
Received for entering :
Of Samuel Billings, Maple street, - - 50 00
" Loammi Harrington, Main street,
25 00
" William Workman,
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128 00
Expenditure.
Transfer to "Contingent Expenses," -
203 00
SHADE TREES. Appropriation, - - -
- 300 00
Expenditures.
Paid Harrison D. Goodnow, paving, - -
10 50
Patrick Hally, labor,
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6 00
10
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203 00
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75
Ellis Thayer, brushes,
1 47
70
Paid Highway Department, carting loam,
16 00
George Jaques, 69 trees,
41 40
David S. Messinger, cash paid for labor and sundries, -
23 37
" Mrs. N. R. Parkhurst, 5 trees, -
3 75
Samuel F. Shattuck, trimming trees, - 25 55
John Simmons, new boxing and repairing old, 172 21
Transfer to "Contingent Expenses,"
1 22
300 00
SUMMONS.
Received on 961 summons on taxes, -
192 20
Expenditures.
Paid William A. Brigham,
services, -
15 00
66
Edwin Haven,
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14 00
Pliny Holbrook,
13 00
Samuel Smith,
66
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10 00
George W. Wheeler, Jr.,
8 25
Transfer to "Contingent Expenses," -
131 95-
192 20
- TAXES,-COUNTY FOR 1860. Appropriation, - -
17,010 52
Expenditure.
Paid Anthony Chase, County Treasurer,
17,010 52
TAXES,-STATE FOR 1860.
Appropriation, - -
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4,667 50
Expenditure.
Paid Moses Tenney, State Treasurer, -
4,667 50
TAXES.
Amount 1858 uncollected,
134 41
66
1859 66
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- 2,270 63
1860 -
- 3,716 02
6,121 06
BILLS RECEIVABLE.
Ethan Allen, -. -
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- - 75 00
CASH on hand January 7, 1861,
- - 6,441 02
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RECAPITULATION. Table of Balances, (January 7, 1861,) Appropriations (raised by tax, 1860,) Receipts exclusive of Taxes, Transfers, each Appropriation as it stood after deducting or adding Transfers, Expenditures and Balances, from January 2, 1860, to January 7, 1861.
Credit Balances Jan. 2, 1860.
Appropriation raised by tax.
Receipts exclusive of taxes.
Transfers to.
Transfers from.
Total receipts after deducting overd'n Jan. 2, or adding transfers.
Dr. Balances.
Cr. Balances.
'60, uncollected taxes, cash, &c.
Abatements, discounts & overlayings,
5,032 63
10,167 68 1,500 00
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15,200 31 3,623 50
11,428 00 3,623 50
3,772 31
Aqueduct,
City Hall Building,
961 25
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184 54
199 14
199 14
City Scales, -
315 00
315 00
Common, (new,)
5,963 55
8,717 40
371 50
159 00 3,116 00
10,593 74
7,574 71
4,325 53
3,249 18
Dog Fund,
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685 75 176 55
3,023 45
3,023 45
Fire Department, -
9,500 00
1
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11,500 49
11,500 49
2,344 49
1,655 51
F. P. Library Building,
4,000 00
202 20
949 46
5,151 66
13,151 66
8,000 00
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8,000 00
232 35
1,732 35
1,732 35
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1
1
14,000 00
1,883 91
648 66
16,532 57
16,532 57
5,250 50
Hope Cemetery,
344 26
400 00
744 26
707 81
36 45
Interest,
5,500 00
236 03
319 07
6,055 10
6,055 10
Licenses,
3,692 34
3,692 34
1,021 11
Loans, or Bills Payable,
77,500 00
5,104 85
82.604 85
82,604 85
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669 06
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754 29
9,767 50
9,767 50
Paupers,
8,000 00 7,000 00
1,461 60
14 28
8,475 88
8,475 88
Police and Watchmen, Salaries,
4,150 00
,
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4,150 00
4,150 00
Schools,
33,000 00
860 52
33,860 52
33,497 22
363 30
Sewers,
203 00
203 00
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1 22
298 78
298 78
60 25
60 25
Tax, County,
17,010 52
17,010 52
Tax, State,
4,667 50
4,667 50
6,121 06
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75 00
75 00
Cash, -
6,441 02
6,441 02
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15,774 94
140,813 10
101,824 57
13,886 29
13,886 29
258,412 61
258,412 61
22,327 25
22,327 25
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1
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156 00
Contingent Expenses,
27 25
27 25
Engine, Steam Fire,
3,200 00
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8,000 00
8,000 00
Fuel, Lights, Printing, &c.,
1,500 00
Highways and Bridges,
5,250 50
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356 00
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84 63
592 29
3,940 18
4,961 29
Liquor Agency,
3,940 18
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954 00
1,623 06
Military,
954 00
1,013 21
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Shade Trees,
300 00
192 20
131 95
Summons,
17,010 52 4,667 50
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6,121 06
Taxes, 1858, '59 and '60, uncollected, Bills Receivable,
$258,412 61
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Hope Cemetery, (lot account,)
4,434 50
816 00
2,000 49
Free Public Library,
4,000 00
4,000 00
F. P. Library Scrip,
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356 00
Lighting Streets,
4,200 00
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1,535 66
587 84
961 25
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383 68
713 00
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Expenditures, incl'g appr'ns
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SCHEDULE
OF
THE CITY PROPERTY,
. JANUARY 7TH, 1861.
REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY.
Common.
New Common and Improvements,
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$13,000
City Hall, -
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20,000
Alms House, (brick) farm and wood land, -
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30,000
Hope Cemetery and improvements,
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9,000
Burial ground on Common.
Mechanic street.
66 Pine court.
South Worcester.
Brick School House and lot on Walnut
street,
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16,000
on Main
15,000
on Pleasant
12,000
66
on Ash
11,000
66
66
on Shrewsbury
3,500
on Sycamore
21,503
on Thomas
14,500
on Common, -
4,500
at Adams Square,
2,600
at Burncoat Plain,
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2,100
at New Worcester,
9,000
at Northville, -
2,600
at Pond District,
3,000
66
at Quinsigamond,
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3,800
at South Worcester,
3,100
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Wood School House and lot on Summer street,
66
(small.)
at Providence "
- 3,150
66
66
" at Blithewood avenue,
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1,800
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at Tatnuck,
4,450
8,000
66
on
73
Wood School House and lot, at Reed
District,
66 at Chamberlain
2,500 00
" at Leesville ."
66
" at Parkhurst 1
Lot of land for school house on Salem street, -
2,000 00
" library building on Elm
- 5,042 00
Library Building, paid on contract, &c., -
- 13,151 66
City Pound lot, Pine street,
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5,000 00
Engine House No. 1, Lincoln square,
1,000 00
- 1,000 00
.. 66 66
3, Exchange street,
- 2,000 00
66
6, Carlton
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2,600 00
5, Myrtle
- 2,300 00
60
Bigelow's court,
3,900 00
Main street, -
600 00
Hose Loft.
66
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- 350 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY.
Furniture in the City Hall, Mayor and Aldermen, Common Council and Police Court Rooms, City Clerk's, Treasurer's and Messenger's Of- fices, in all the School Houses, and part of the Ward Rooms ; philosophi- cal and other apparatus, piano-forte, maps, books, &c., in Walnut Street School House ; books, maps, &c., in the other School Houses.
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY .- See Report of the Directors. LAW LIBRARY IN CLERK'S OFFICE.
IN HANDS OF J. Q. HILL, LIQUOR AGENT .- Liquors, &c.
IN CHARGE OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER.
The City Aqueduct, Reservoir, Hydrants, (109,) and all the fixtures and tools belonging thereto, as follows :
Bell Pond.
Pipe between pond and Reservoir, 8 inch. Hydrants.
Pipe between pond and Reservoir,
4 4
900 feet of pipe between Reservoir and Prospect street, 8 "
950 יי in Prospect street,
8
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3
700
in Pleasant
66
5
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4
1000
66 in Elm
6
4
700
in “ 6 4
5
3
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100 00
City Barn and lot, Salem street,
and lot No. 2, New Worcester,
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2
725 .. in
6
4
74
1375 feet of pipe in Chestnut
street,
6 inch.
5
750
in Exchange
66
4
66
3
675
in Front
4
4
600
in «
66
6
1
2500 66
in Southbridge 66
6
8
500
66
66
in Bloomingdale "
4
1
350
in Church
66
4
4
5
725
in Salem
4
3
600
in Park
4
2
725
in
66
5
3
1700
in Green
4
66
8
1150
6.
in Franklin
4
66
4
525
in Grafton
6
2
125
in Washington square,
6
66
1
2025
66
in Summer street,
6
66
5
1550
6 6
in
4
66
6
250
in Lincoln square,
4
1
2825
66
in Main
street,
6
16
1250
in
4
6
1175
66
in Thomas
6
5
109
Three hydrants on Lincoln street are attached to Wm. M. Bickford's Aqueduct. There are also five belonging to individuals, located as fol- lows : one at Edward Earle's house, one at William B. Fox & Son's factory, one at Goddard, Rice & Co.'s factory, and two at Nathan Wash- burn & Co.'s.
24 Stop Cocks, and location of same :
3 on Summer, near Thomas street,
2 on Main, 66 1 on east side, opposite Elm street, Pleasant street,
1 on
1 on Exchange, near Main street,
1 on Mechanic, 66
2 on Park, 66
1 on Church, near Mechanic street,
1 on Pleasant, " Chestnut 66
3 near junction of Elm and Chestnut streets, 66 1 at junction Main and Southbridge
2 near junction of Park and Salem
2 4 " Green and Franklin " 1 on Bloomingdale road,
1 on corner Franklin and Grafton streets,
1 on Lincoln square, west of bridge,
1 near Merrifield's Machine Shop.
Hydrants.
1000
66 66 in Mechanic
75
3 Waste Gates, and location of same :
1 on Thomas street, east of bridge,
1 on Lincoln square, west of bridge,
1 near corner of Milk and Franklin streets.
Cost of Aqueduct and fixtures, about $47,000.
Building on Union Street, Force Pump and Fixtures, 5 Hydrant Boxes, plank prepared for 5 more, and plank for four stop cock-boxes, 450 lbs. Lead, Blocks and Ropes, 14 Shovels, 10 Picks, 1 Drilling Machine, a lot of Tools for making joints, 5 branches, 3 pieces 8 inch pipe, 1 Stop Cock, a lot of 4 inch pipe connecting the pipe on Exchange street with the spring in Gates' land, Pails, Lanterns, &c.
IN CHARGE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
6 pairs of oxen, -
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$800 00
3 horses, -
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500 00
2 horse carts and harnesses,
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190 00
4 iron tree ox carts, -
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200 00
1 wood tree ox cart, -
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20 00
1 tight box, - - -
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35 00
2 ox sleds and 1 horse sled, -
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20 00
10 tons of hay, at $16 per ton, -
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160 00
12 M. feet 3 inch chestnut plank, $16 per M.,
192 00
2 hay cutters, -
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30 00
4 plows, - - -
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- 20 00
3 scrapers and ox shovel, -
15 00
4 snow scrapers, $8, 1 snow plow, $15, -
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23 00
1 hay cart body, &c., - 1
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5 00
2 lead harnesses and 1 wagon harness, -
25 00
2 pumps and fixtures, - 1
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15 00
Shovels, chains, haying tools, bars, picks, and various other small articles, valued at - -
150 00
7 wheelbarrows,
17 00
1 ton of straw, - -
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8 00
20 loads of paving stones,
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25 00
80 feet of curb stone, -
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20 00
1 set of drilling tools, - -
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15 00
-$2,555 00
IN THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
1 Salamander Safe,
4 Office Chairs,
2 Looking Glasses,
1 Desk,
1 Book Case,
1 Lounge.
1 Feather Duster,
1 Copy of General Statutes of Massachusetts,
1 Copy of Revised Statutes of Massachusetts.
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50 00
Plows and scrapers in the out districts,
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20 00
Other lumber, bridge stringers, &c.,
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76
IN POLICE OFFICE AND WATCH HOUSE.
13 Matresses,
28 Blankets,
9 Pillows,
8 Office Chairs,
1 Clock,
12 Rattles,
7 Police Badges,
19 Star Badges,
23 Billies,
10 pair Handcuffs,
2 Dark Lanterns,
2 Standing Desks,
3 Stoves and Pipe,
3 Settees,
1 Stool,
1 Copper Boiler,
1 Book Case,
2 Coal Hods,
2 Iron Shovels,
1 Copy General Statutes of Massachusetts,
1 Copy Revised Statutes
of Massachusetts,
Buckets, Lanterns, Water Pails and other small articles.
STANDARD OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
In Charge of LYMAN L. MASON, City Sealer. Office Walnut Street.
Four City Scales, in charge of the following persons : David Gleason, near City Hall.
Frederick Cutting, at New Worcester.
Charles H. Whiting, at Washington Square.
Harvey G. Upham, at Lincoln Square. Valued at $1,200.
IN POLICE COURT ROOM.
1 Salamander Safe, | Desks and Furniture.
IN CHARGE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ALMS HOUSE. House Furniture, Stock on Farm, Farming Tools, Provisions, &c., valued by Overseers at - $5,994 90
IN CHARGE OF THE SEVERAL ENGINE AND HOSE COMPANIES, AND UNDER A GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE ENGINEERS.
1 Long Ladder at Granite Row, Main street,
1 Steam Fire Engine,
6 Suction Engines,
25 Buckets,
10 Shovels,
15 Axes,
22 Ladders,
17 Trumpets,
4 Manure Forks,
9 Hose Carriages, 5000 feet Leading Hose,
2 Hook and Ladder Carriages, 8 Fire Hooks,
16 Crotch Poles and Forks, 4 pair Runners,
9 Signal Lanterns,
4 Hay Forks,
In addition to the above, each Company is furnished with Spanners
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and Belts, Torches, Signal Lanterns, Bars, Shovels, &c., necessary to accomplish their duties ; they are also provided with furniture for their respective meeting rooms.
Valued at $15,500 by Chief Engineer.
IN HANDS OF THE WORCESTER GAS LIGHT COMPANY, ,
All the Street Lamps,-67 Fluid, 160 Gas, valued at $3,000.
CITY DEBT, JANUARY 7, 1861.
To whom payable.
Amount.
Time when.
Rate of Int.
Interest paid to.
1 Note, George C. Macy,
$2,000
Mar. 1, 1861.
5
Sept. 1, 1860.
20 Bonds, Bank of the Metropolis,
20,000
April 1, 1861.
5
Oct.
1,1860.
13
66
Worcester Co. Inst. for Savings,
13,000
June 1, 1862.
5
Dec.
1,1860.
2
George Jaques,
500
1, 1865.
5
66
1,1860.
5
2
Worcester Co. Inst. for Savings,
2,000
1,1867.
5
1, 1860.
2
66
66
66
2,000
1,1868.
5
1,1860.
2
66
66
2,000
1,1869.
5
1, 1860.
2
66
2,000
66
1,1870.
5
1, 1860.
2
66
66
66
2,000
1,1871.
5
1,1860.
2
66
66
2,000
1,1872.
5
66
1, 1860.
1
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank,
1,000
66
1,1867.
5
66
1,1860.
1
66
66
66
1,000
1,1870.
5
1,1860.
1
66
66
1,000
66
1,1870.
5
66
1,1860.
1
Note,
Ebenezer Mower,
2,000
On demand.
5
2, 1860.
1
66
Hannah Fowler,
800
66
6
May
1, 1860.
1
66
66
66
1,604 85
17, 1863.
66
1
66
66
66
66
1,604 85
66 17, 1864.
66
1
66
66
66
66
-
1,604 85
17, 1865.
$94,324 25
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY SCRIP.
To whom payable.
Amount.
[Time when.
Rate of Int.
Interest paid to.
2 Bonds, Worcester Co. Inst. for Savings,
$2,000
Dec. 1, 1863.
5
Dec. 1, 1860.
2 .
66
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank, 66 66 66
2 000
1,1863.
5
1,1860.
2
2,000
1, 1864.
5
1,1860.
HIGH SCHOOL MEDAL FUND.
Loaned to the City of Worcester,
- $1,000
Interest received of Hon. A. H. Bullock (gift,) -
40
of City of Worcester,
20
$1,060
11
5
Priscilla Wyer,
5,000
66
1,1866.
5
1,1860.
2
2,000
1,1873.
5
1,1860.
1
66
66
1,000
66
1,1868.
5
66
1,1860.
1
66
1,000
66
1,1871.
5
1,1860.
2
Samuel De Witt,
1,500
66
5
Jan.
3, 1861.
1
66
High School Medal Fund,
1,000
1
Worcester Co. Inst. for Savings,
1,604 85 July 17, 1861.
No.
1,604 85
17, 1862.
66
1
6.
..
66
1,500
66
1,1864.
5
1,1860.
13
13,000
1,1863.
5
1,1860.
1
1,1860.
5,000
1,1865.
5
5
1,1860.
2
2,000
66
1, 1864.
66
5
Sept. 25, 1860.
66
-
2,000
1
1,1869.
5
1,1860.
-
66
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
If the materials could be found for the history of the public schools, which have contributed more than any other enterprise to the material and intellectual prosperity of the city, a valuable and interesting volume might be added to our local history.
Unfortunately, there are no records of the schools in the school department going back farther than 1843. For nearly all we know of the schools prior to that date we are indebted to the brief but very valuable chapter on schools in Lincoln's History of Worcester. The proba- bility that some records do exist, and the possibility of recovering them from the mice and spiders of some old attic, induce us to write this paragraph.
SUMMARY OF SCHOOLS.
The number of public schools in the city on the first of January, 1860, was fifty-six, all of which, except the two adult schools which are in session only in the winter, are permanent.
Early in the year, it was deemed expedient to include the double school in Providence street in the centre dis-
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trict, and to grade it, making two single schools. While this plan took one school from the suburban districts, it added two to the centre district.
To answer a very urgent and just demand for an addi- tional primary school in the north-east part of the city, on the first of May one of the secondary schools in Thomas street was removed to Main street, and a new primary school was organized in that locality.
The extreme pressure upon the primary schools in the south part of the city made it necessary to employ tempo- rary assistants in the spring and summer terms in the schools on Sycamore and Pleasant streets, and at length to organize a new one in a leased building in Temple street.
This school, organized in October, furnished only par- tial relief to the schools in Sycamore and Ash streets, and none to those in Pleasant street. A new school house in the south part of the centre district, and another in Pleas- antville, will be necessary to the accomplishment of that desirable end.
The time is not distant when two permanent schools will be required in Quinsigamond. The school is now too large for one teacher, and has been furnished with an assistant for several months.
On the first of January, 1861, the number of public schools in the city was fifty-nine, all of which, but the two adult schools are permanent. The twelve suburban and two adult schools are not graded. The remaining forty- five are graded as follows :
Classical and English high school, ..
..
One.
Grammar Schools, higher grade, ..
..
..
Three.
Six.
.. Secondary schools, .. ..
.. .. Twelve.
Primary schools, .. ..
lower grade, .. ..
.. .. Twenty-three.
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TEACHERS.
In the fifty-nine schools, seven male and sixty-nine female teachers are employed, an addition in one year of three schools and four teachers.
An additional teacher in the high school was made im- perative by the large addition of pupils, and another, for the same reason, in the higher grade of grammar schools in Sycamore street, and one in each of the two new primary schools.
The number of teachers employed by the city in January, 1859, was 70
6. 66
66 66 66
66 1860, 72
66
1861, 76
' The character of the teachers of this city is deservedly high. Among so many there is necessarily a great diver- sity of talents, acquirements, tact and skill. First class teachers, like first class statesmen or lawyers, are few .. Only the few in any profession are eminent. Worcester probably has as large a proportion of eminent teachers as she has of eminent physicians, ministers, or lawyers. In the selection of new ones, the committees cannot exercise too much wisdom. None but the best should be employed.
The supply of teachers is much greater than the de- mand; but the supply of first class teachers is still very limited. No teachers need more various and extensive resources, both natural and acquired, than those in the primary department. They bend the twig of the coming tree. They draw and color the first pictures presented to the child's intellectual vision. If "apt to teach," they fill the infant mind with an undying love of knowledge ; but whatever be their attainments, if they cannot condescend to the simplicity of childhood, and, from the want of an innate love of both children and truth, cannot employ all their energies to bring the two into harmony, they are unfit to
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assume the responsible duties of the teacher's office. The mind, like the eye, loves light. The teacher, who brings no light into the school room, wraps round the young mind murky clouds which years, and, perhaps, a life time will not dissipate.
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