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39 85
Summer St. Teachers, cash paid for cleaning, 11 25
Sycamore St. Teachers, 24 68
Taber & Chollar, chairs, tables, curtains, and sundries, 56 19
66 Temple St. Teacher, cash paid for cleaning, 75
Ellis Thayer, brushes, -
30 70
Worcester Gas Light Co., gas, - -
15 05
66 Worcester Mutual, and Merchants & Farmers Fire Insurance Co's, insurance, 161 14 -- 33,771 35
Balance undrawn January 6, 1862,
1,547 39
SCHOOL HOUSE. (SALEM STREET.)
Appropriation,
5,500 00
Expenditures :
Paid Harding & Taft, contract, 9,440 57
John D. Baldwin & Co., advertising, 2 25
Phinehas Ball, plans and surveying, -
54 00
Benj. Barber, paving and labor, -
- 47 42
-
-
- -
-
J. S. Pinkham, sundries, -
John F. Pond, cleaning out privies, -
Rush R. Shippen, expenses to Boston, -
124
Paid Moses Bates, advertising, -
1 50
George H. Clark, painting, -
29 03
Earle, Tenney & Co., lumber, 10 11
Benj. W. Fletcher, labor and stock, repairing desks, putting up blackboard, &c.,
79 16
Benjamin Goddard, clocks,
-
28 00
Amariah B. Lovell, gravel, -
4 35
66 Henry W. Miller, stoves, funnel and sundries,
118 60
Taber & Chollar, chairs,
12 25
Gill Valentine, surveying, &c., -
2 00
A. W. Wilcox, school furniture, -
134 50- 9,963 74
Amount overdrawn, January 6, 1862, (see debt. )
4,463 74
SCHOOL HOUSE (SALEM STREET) DEBT.
Amount Borrowed by order of City Council :
County of Worcester, on demand, -
- 1,500 00
Quinsigamond Bank, 65
- 3,000 00 - 4,500 00
SEWERS.
Received for entering :
Hiram Fobes, Front Street,
- 45 00
Abram Peaslee, Pleasant Street, 20 00
Worcester Bank Block, Main St., for water closet,
25 00- 90 00
Expenditure:
Transfer to Contingent Expenses, -
- 90 00
SHADE TREES AND PUBLIC GROUNDS.
Appropriation, - - - 200 00
Received for trees sold, - -
-
-
1 00
Transfer from Contingent Expenses, .
21 43- 222 43
Expenditures :
Paid Calvin Benton, teaming, ' - -
5 00
66 Samuel H. Colton, 57 shade trees, -
42 75
William P. Daniels, lumber, -
21 81
66 Calvin Foster & Co., nails and screws, -
2 05
John Gates, lumber, 3 61
9 50
Darius S. Jacobs, loam,
2 40
Edwin Morse, 14 bulletin boards, -
38 50
Samuel F. Shattuck, one day labor, -
1 55
66 George T. Sutton, repairs on pump, -
10 25
Arvin Thompson, trimming trees and repair- ing boxes,
85 01- 222 43
SUMMONS.
Received on 601 summons on taxes, -
-
120 20
-
-
-
66 Harrison D. Goodnow, setting posting boards,
125
Expenditures :
Paid William A. Brigham,
services, - - 15 00
66 Edwin Haven,
- 17 50
66 Pliny Holbrook, -
- 12 00
66 Samuel Smith, -
6 00
George W. Wheeler, Jr.,
-
-
8 75
Transfer to " Contingent Expenses," -
60 95
120 20
TAXES,-COUNTY FOR 1861. Appropriation, -
-
23,329 48
Expenditure :
Paid Anthony Chase, County Treasurer, -
23,329 48
TAXES,-STATE FOR 1861. Appropriation, - -
-
5,973 00
Expenditure :
Paid Henry K. Oliver, State Treasurer, - -
5,973 00
WAR CONTINGENTS.
Received of Committee for Pistols sold, - - 1,696 65
Returned by the Relief Committee unexpended, - 64 47
1,761 12
Expenditures :
Paid out for the 3 months men : For uniforms and sundries for City Guards :- Paid John A. Baker, scales,
111 25
Daniel H. Eames,
uniforms,
74 13
Charles W. Freeland & Co., 66 -
77 00
Kinnicutt & Co., sundries, - -
4 42
66 J. H. Knights, caps,
111 10
Ladies' Union Association, 80 havelocks, 12 00
Thomas F. Smith, uniforms,
40 00
66 A. P. Ware & Co.,
538 50
For uniforms and sundries for Emmet Guards : Paid P. Emory Aldrich, sundry bills, 396 00
Avery Davis, jackets, -
-
17 38
" Hugh Doherty, uniforms, - 80 00 -
Ladies' Union Association, 77 havelocks, -
11 55
66 Officers to pay sundry bills and supplies, - 300 00
For uniforms and sundries for Wor. Light Infantry :- Paid Hugh Doherty, uniforms, 247 25 -
William Heald, to pay small bills, - -
14 00
" Frederic S. Leonard, expenses, -
-
33 00
William S. Lincoln, paid out for expenses 1
and sundries, - 16 75
17
126
Paid D. Waldo Lincoln, cash sent out to Co., to buy supplies, - - 100 00
D. Waldo Lincoln, cash paid freight, 9 64 Officers, cash sent to them to pay bills and supplies,
109 64
216 25
James S. Smith & Sons, epaulets and belts, 51 00
Miscellaneous :
Paid Charles W. Freeland & Co., uniforms for members of Holden Co., belonging to Worcester, 130 50
Amount delivered to Relief Committee to be disbursed to the families,, - 2,100 00
" Allen & Wheelock, pistols and cartridges, - 1,870 00 For collations for N. H., Regts. and other incidental expenses :-
Paid John D. Baldwin & Co., advertising, 1 25
William M. Brewer, crackers and cheese, - 1 95
City Guards, (" Old Guard") part payment for music, -
18 00
David Gleason, cash paid for sundries, -
21 37
Ebenezer Hemenway, labor, -
-
2 87
William A. Howland, “ -
1 17
Leonard R. Hudson, collation for N. H. Regt., 220 00
Frederic J. Lawrence, painting water vases,
10 00
6 6 A. Marrs, collation, 6th Reg. Mass., 300 00
13th “ 264 00
Batt. of Rifles, 130 00
N. H. Reg., 345 75 -- 1,039 75
Mechanics Hall, use of Hall for collation, - 50 00
National Band, services, 104 50
National Band, a part of 16 50 00 -
66 Police, pay rolls, -
169 00
Isaiah D. Russell, tin cups, -
95
Walker & Swetser, ice, - - -
5 31
Witt & Pratt, hacks and horse hire, -
12 00
J. M. Wood, labor, 5 00
Worcester Cornet Band, (Josselyn's,) services, 18 00
For 3 years men and families : For uniforms, blankets and sundries for Co. D :- Paid D. D. & C. II. Blake, iron work, - 5 00
John W. Davis, transportation of rifles, - 2 00
66 Hugh Doherty, part payment for uniforms, 11 00
66 Daniel H. Eames, uniforms, 915 00
66 Albert H. Foster, paid for drumming, 9 00
66 Calvin Foster & Co., spring punch,
88
66 George Hobbs, cash paid for blankets and freight, 313 50
Benjamin E. Hutchinson, belts, - - 1 21
127
Paid F. & W. Jefts, camp chest,
- 9 25
John Keith & Co., books and sundries, - 6 95
John Wheelock, trunk, - 2 50
Miscellaneous :
Paid Worcester City Guards, rent of armory, 45 00
" D. H. Eames, uniforms for 2 members of Co. E, 26 00
D. Waldo Lincoln, expense of meeting at Mechanics Hall, 58 30
" C. B. Pratt, expenses to Poolesville, 47 50 and telegraphing to Mayor, - 51 30- 98 80 George W. Wheeler, services paying out to families, and other services, 60 00
" To the families of the Volunteers : In the month of July, 79 43
" August, - -
-
469 43
" September, -
514 14
66 " October, - -
- 1,372 05
66 " November, -
- 1,838 58
" December, -
- 2,066 24 -- 16,197 10
Amount overdrawn January 6, 1862, 14,435 98
WAR DEBT.
Amount borrowed by order of City Council :
County of Worcester, on demand, -
- 4,000 00
Quinsigamond Bank, “ -
- 5,000 00
State Mutual Life Assurance Co., due in 1863, - 5,000 00 -- 14,000 00
TAXES.
Amount 1858-'59 uncollected, -
- 587 02
1860, -
-
- 2,635 93
1861, -
- 7,823 63 -- 11,046 58
BILLS RECEIVABLE.
Ethan Allen, - - - 75 00
Cash on hand January 6, 1862, - -
5,712 55
RECAPITULATION. Table of Cr. Balances, (January 7, 1861,) Appropriations (raised by tax, 1861,) Receipts exclusive of Taxes, Transfers, each Appropriation as it stood after deducting or adding Transfers, Expenditures and Balances, from January 7, 1861, to January 6, 1862.
-
Credit Balances
Appropriation raised by tax.
Receipts exclu. sive of taxes.
Transfers to
Total Receipts, |Expenditures, In- (includ'g balances cluding appropria- Transfers from Jan. 7, 1861,) after tions overd'n Jan. deducting or ad- 7, '61, uncollected ding transfers. taxes, cash. &c
Dr. Balances.
Cr. Balances.
Abatements,
3,772 31
9,509 82
-
-
13,282 13
9,632 88
Aqueduct,
1,826 50
1,826 50
City Hall Building,
829 34
829 34
-
1
-
1
-
1
325 57
30 76
30 76
Common, (new,)
17 00
17 00
-
-
-
3,249 18
4,006 50
626 48
2,857 74
5,750 38
4,989 52
1,908 00
3,081 52
Dog Fund, -
-
-
610 25
78 25
78 25
Fire Department,
10,000 00
722 19
10,722 19
10,722 19
Free Public Library,
1,655 51
1,000 00
2,655 51
2,613 40
1
.
5,500 00
Free Public Library Debt,
8,000 00
10,500 00
18,500 00
4,000 00
14,500 00
Fuel, Lights, Printing, &c.,
1,400 00
34 00
25 41
1,459 41
1,459 41
Highways and Bridges,
10,000 00
1,284 37
298 90
11,583 27
11,583 27
Hope Cemetery, (lot account,)
5,250 50
-
-
-
-
470 20
36 70
433 50
Interest,
6,000 00
334 16
6,334 16
6,334 16
Licenses,
421 00
421 00 203 63
2,996 37
2,996 37
Liquor Agencies,
1,323 41
193 49
1.516 90
1,516 90
Loans,
79,500 00
3,604 85
83,104 85
83,104 85
I
1
-
-
736 70
669 06
Paupers,
9,000 00
2,582 02
11,582 02
9,276 71
2,305 31
Police and Watchmen,
6,000 00
178 20
408 09
6,586 29
6,586 29
-
-
-
-
1
5,600 00
300 00
3,900 00
3,900 00
Schools,
363 30
34,000 00
955 44
35,318 74
33,771 35
1,547 39
School House, (Salem Street,) 1
5,500 00
9,963 74
4,463 74
-
1
4,500 00
4,500 00
4,500 00
Shade Trees and Public Grounds,
1 00
21 43
222 43
222 43
Summons,
59 25
59 25
Taxes, County,
23,329 48
-
-
23,329 48
23,329 48
Taxes, State,
5,973 00
5,973 00
5,973 00
1,761 12
16,197 10
14,435 98
War Debt,
14,000 00
14,000 00
14,000 00
Taxes, 1858, '59, '60 & 61, uncollected.
11,046 58
11,046 58
Bills Receivable,
75 00
75 00
1
1
-
5,712 55
5,712 55
-
22,327 25
139,218 80
128,377 50
8,608 12
8,608 12
289,923 55
289,923 55
55,531 22
55,531 22
-
-
-
1
-
554 00
5,804 50
-
5,804 50
Hope Cemetery,
36 45
400 00
33 75
-
-
-
Lighting Streets,
3,200 00
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
90 01)
90 00
120 20
60 95
-
-
1
1,761 12
War Contingents,
4,200 00
-
5,600 00
5,600 00
Quinsigamond Lake Causeway Debt, Salaries, I 1
1
-
5,500 00
-
School House, (Salem Street,) Debt, Sewers,
736 70
67 64
Quinsigamond Lake Causeway, -
5,343 98
5,343 98
-
42 11
Free Public Library Building,
5,500 00
19,953 39
14,453 39
3,649 25
-
1,684 64
141 86
-
City Scales,
356 33
1 -
-
Contingent Expenses,
January 7, 1861.
I
Cash,
$289,923 55
-
Military,
-
-
200 00
688 50
SCHEDULE
OF
THE CITY PROPERTY,
JANUARY 7TH, 1862.
REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY.
Common.
New Common and Improvements,
-
-
$13,000
City Hall,
-
-
20,000
Alms House, (brick) farm and wood land,
-
30,000
Hope Cemetery and Improvements,
9,000
Burial Ground on Common.
Mechanic street.
Pine court.
66
South Worcester.
Brick School House and lot on Walnut
street,
-
66
on Main
15,000
66
on Pleasant
-
12,000
on Ash
-
11,000
66
66
on Salem
-
12,000
on Shrewsbury 66
-
3,500
60
66
on Sycamore
-
21,500
66
66
on Thomas
66
14,500
66
66
66
66
on Common,
4,500
at Adams Square,
2,600
at Burncoat Plain,
-
2,100
at New Worcester,
-
9,000
at Northville,
2,600
at Pond District,
3,000
66
at Quinsigamond,
3,800
66
66
at South Worcester,
3,100
66
66
66
at Tatnuck,
4,450
Wood School House and lot on Summer street,
-
8,000
on
66
(small.)
-
3,150
66
at Blithewood avenue,
-
1,800
1
-
-
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
-
66
-
-
66
60
66
66
at Providence "
-
16,000
66
-
-
66
130
Wood School House and lot at Reed
District,
at Chamberlain
at Leesville
Parkhurst
66
Library Building and lot,
-
-
-
30 000
City Pound lot, Pine street,
-
-
-
100
City Barn and lot, Salem street,
-
-
5,000
Engine House No. 1, Lincoln Square, -
-
1,000
No. 3, Exchange street,
-
2,000
No. 6, Carlton street,
-
2,600
66 No. 5, Myrtle £
2,300
66
..
Bigelow's court,
3,900
Main street,
600
Hose Loft,
6€
-
-
350
PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY.
Furniture in the City Hall, Mayor and Aldermen, Common Council and Police Court Rooms, City Clerk's, Clerk of Overseers of Poor, Treas- urer's, Messenger's Offices, in all the School Houses, and part of the Ward Rooms; philosophical 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 CHARGE OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER.
The City Aqueduct, Reservoir, Hydrants, (109,) and all the fixtures and tools belonging thereto, as follows :
Bell Pond. Reservoir.
600 feet of pipe between Pond and Reservoir.
8 inch.
Hydrants.
1100
900 65 66
66
in Prospect
street,
8
3
700
in Pleasant,
66
6
4
725
66
in
5
66
4
1000
in Elm
6
4
700
1375
in Chestnut
6
5
750
66
in Exchange
4
3
675
in Front
4 66
4
-
-
-
-
1,000
and lot, No. 2, New Worcester,
-
4 .
Reservoir and Prospect street,
8 6 2
950
in
5
3
$2,500
66
131
600 feet of pipe in Front
street,
6 inch.
1
2500 66
66
in Southbridge
66
6 "
8
500 66
in Bloomingdale
60
4 “
1
350
66 in Church
66
4 .
0
1000 66 60
in Mechanic
66
66
5
725
60
in Salem
4 6
3
600
60
in Park
66
4
2
725
60
in "
5
3
1700
60
in Green
66
4 .
8
1150
in Franklin
66
4
66
4
525
66
66
in Grafton
66
6
66
2
125
66
60
in Washington square,
6
6
1
2025 66
66
in Summer street,
6
5
1550
66
66
in
66
66
4
66
6
250
in Lincoln square,
4
66
1
2825
60
in Main
street,
6 "
16
1250
in «
4
66
6
1175
66
in Thomas 66
6
5
Number of Hydrants, -
-
- 109
Three hydrants are attached to W. M. Bickford's Aqueduct on Lincoln street. There are six hydrants on private lands, viz. : two at Washburn's rolling mill, one at Fox mill, one at Goddard & Rice's shop, one at Edward Earle's house, one at Nourse, Mason & Co.'s shop.
23 Stop Cocks and location of same :
3 on Summer street at Thomas and Prospect street crossings,
2 on Main
at Thomas street,
1 on
opposite Elm 60
1 on Exchange 60 near Main
1 on Mechanic 60 66
66
2 on Park 66 66 Salem
Park
2 on Main
1 on Church 60 66 Mechanic ‹‹
1 on Pleasant 66 Chestnut 66
3 near junction of Elm and Chestnut
1 at junction of Main and Southbridge
2 " " Green and Franklin
66
1 " " Franklin and Grafton
1 on Bloomingdale road,
1 on Lincoln square west of bridge.
3 Waste Gates, and location, viz. :
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.
132
Material on hand for repairs &c. :
Building on Union street, 1 force pump and fixtures, 10 old hydrants, 1 new hydrant, 1000 feet chestnut plank, 2 stop-cock boxes, 5 hydrant boxes, 1 4 inch stop cock, 1 5 inch stop cock, 4 pieces 8 inch pipe, 1 8 inch branch, 6 pieces 6 inch pipe, 3 pieces 4 inch pipe, about 300 feet 4 inch pipe in ground connecting Gates' spring with pump, 4 6 inch branches, 350 lbs. lead, 1 bbl. rosin, 10 stop cock pipes, 2 stop cock frames and covers, 1 set patterns for new hydrants, 1 set block and rope, 1 set tools for making joints, 4 water metres, 1 drilling machine, picks, shovels, pails, lanterns, stove and pipe, &c.
Value of meterials on hand, exclusive of 300 feet of pipe in ground and building on Union street, $700 00.
IN CHARGE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
5 yokes of oxen, -
-
-
$660 00
3 horses, -
-
-
400 00
2 horse carts and harnesses,
-
-
175 00
5 iron tree ox carts,
-
250 00
1 wood tree ox cart,
-
-
20 00
1 tight box,
35 00
2 ox and 1 horse sleds, -
15 00
12 tons hay, $13 per ton,
-
156 00 -
50 bushels corn, at 75 cts.,
37 50
20 M 2 and 3 inch plank, at $15 per M,
300 00
2 hay cutters, -
30 00
4 plows, $20, 3 scrapers and one ox shovel, $15,
35 00
4 snow scrapers and one snow plow, -
23 00
1 hay cart body, -
5 00
3 lead harnesses, $25, 1 cart harness, $15, -
40 00
2 pumps and fixtures,
15 00
Shovels, picks, chains, bars, haying tools, and other small articles, -
200 00
242 feet curb stone, at 25 cts. per ft.,
62 92
75 loads paving stones, -
93 75
1 2-horse wagon, -
60 00
1 set of drilling tools, -
-
-
15 00
1 grindstone, -
10 00
250 loads street scrapings, -
75 00
Plows and scrapers in suburban districts, -
40 00
6 wheelbarrows, $15, 9 ox yokes, $25, -
40 00 -- $2,793 17
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,
1 Stove and Pipe.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
133
IN POLICE OFFICE AND WATCH HOUSE.
9 Matresses,
13 Blankets,
2 Pillows,
4 Office Chairs,
1 Clock,
9 Rattles,
6 Police Badges,
19 Star Badges,
16 Billies,
8 pair Handcuffs,
3 Dark Lanterns,
2 Standing Desks,
3 Stoves and Pipe,
1 Settee,
2 Stools,
1 Copper Boiler,
1 Book Case,
2 Coal Hods,
1 Iron Shovel,
1 Copy General Statutes of Massa- chusetts,
1 Copy Revised Statutes of Massa- chusetts,
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.
Giles Williams, at Lincoln Square.
Valued at $1,200.
IN POLICE COURT ROOM.
1 Salamander Safe, 1 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 $6,989 73
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 and
18
134
belts, torches, signal lanterns, bars, shovels &c., necessary to accom- plish their duties ; they are also provided with furniture for their respec- tive meeting rooms.
Valued at $15,500 by the 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 6, 1862.
To whom payable.
Amount.
Time when.
Rate of Int.
Interest paid to.
13 Bonds, Worcester Co. Inst. for Savings,
$13,000
June 1, 1862.
5
Dec.
1, 1861.
13
66
66
66
13,000
1, 1863.
5
1,1861.
1
George Jaques,
500
60
1, 1865.
5
5
66
5,000
1, 1866.
5
1, 1861.
2
Worcester Co. Inst. for Savings,
2,000
2,000
66
1, 1868.
5
2
66
66
66
2,000
1, 1869.
5
66
1,1861.
2
2
66
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank
1,000
1,1867.
5
1,1861.
1
66
1,000
66
1,000
1,1870.
5
1, 1861.
1
66
1,000
1,1871.
5
1,1861.
2
66
Samuel De Witt,
1,500
1,1870.
5
66
1, 1861,
2
66
2,000
1,1871.
5
1, 1861.
1
Worcester Mechanics Sav. Bank,
2,000
1, 1874.
5
1,1861.
1
66
66
2,000
1, 1875.
5
1, 1861.
1
66
2,000
66
1,1877.
5
1, 1861.
1
66
66
66
2,000
1, 1880.
5
66
1,1861.
1
Note,
Ebenezer Mower, Estate, Hannah Fowler,
2,000
On demand.
5
Jan.
3, 1862.
1
66
High School Medal Fund,
1,000
66
66
6
May 1, 1861.
1
66
1,604 85
66
17, 1863.
66
1
66
66
66 66
1,604 85
66 17, 1865.
$90,719 40
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY DEBT.
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. 1861.
2
06
66
.6
2,000
1, 1864.
5
60
1, 1861.
4
66
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank 66
4,000
1, 1862.
5
2
2,000
66 1,1863.
5
66 1,1861.
2
2,000
66 1,1864.
5
1, 1861.
1
Note,
Quinsigamond Bank,
2,000
On demand. 66
1
66
County of Worcester, -
-
500
$14,500
66
1, 1873.
5
1,1861.
1
66
66
1,000
1, 1868.
5
5
1, 1861.
1
2,000
66
1,1873.
5
1, 1861.
1
60
2,000
1,1876.
5
1, 1861.
1
66
2,000
1,1878.
5
66
1,1861.
1
2,000
1, 1879.
5
1, 1861.
1
66
"
2,000
1,1881.
5
1,1861.
1
Worcester Co. Inst. for Savings,
1,604 85 July 17, 1862.
No.
1,604 85
17, 1864.
1
66
66
2,000
1, 1871.
5
1,1861.
2,000
1, 1872.
5
1, 1861.
1
Priscilla Wyer, 66
5,000
1, 1865.
5
5
1, 1861.
2
2
2,000
1, 1870.
5
1, 1861.
2
66
1
George C. Macy,
2,000
1,1872.
1, 1861.
66
-
-
2
1,500
66
1, 1864.
5
1,1861.
1, 1861.
5
1, 1861.
2,000
1, 1869.
66
800
66
5
1
1
Sept. 25, 1861.
1,1861.
66
-
66
1, 1861.
66
1,1861.
1, 1867.
135
SALEM STREET SCHOOL HOUSE DEBT.
To whom payable.
Amount.
Time when.
Quinsigamond Bank,
County of Worcester, -
:
$3,000 1.500
On demand. 66
$4,500
QUINSIGAMOND LAKE CAUSEWAY DEBT.
To whom payable,
Amount.
Time when.
Quinsigamond Bank, George F. Newton,
$5,000 600
On demand:
$5,600
WAR DEBT.
To whom payable.
Amount.
Time when.
3 Bonds, State Mutual Life Assurance Co.,
1 Note, Quinsigamond Bank,
$5,000 5,000
June 1, 1863. On demand.
1
66 County of Worcester, ,
4,000
66
HIGH SCHOOL MEDAL FUND.
JANUARY 6, 1862.
1861.
Paid for Medals, cases, freight and
marking, -
$112 61
Balance to new account, - 1,007 39
Cash on hand, 60 00
Received for interest 1 year, 60 00
1,120 00
1,120 00
1862.
Jan. 6, By loan to the City of Wor- cester, - 1,000 00
" Cash on hand, -
7 39
GEORGE W. WHEELER, Treasurer.
1861.
Jan. 7, By loan to the City of Wor- cester, - 1,000 00
REPORT
OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF HOPE CEMETERY.
To His Honor the Mayor, the Aldermen, and Common Coun- cil of the City of Worcester :
Through the past year, the Commissioners have con- tinued to give that care and attention to the management of the Cemetery, which was demanded by their sense of duty and the interest taken by the city, in these conse- crated grounds. Early in the season, they caused the Avenues and Walks to be put in thorough repair, the im- proved lots and reclaimed land to be cleared of all rubbish and decaying vegetable matter, and a general condition and appearance of order and neatness to be produced. With every tasteful operation of labor, this home of the dead, is being made a more fitting depository for the remains of mortality, where bereaved affections may find solace in the contemplation of the harmonies of nature, and faith derive confidence from quiet communings with the works and ways of the Eternal. No spot in our city presents more of the picturesque and the beautiful. With every diversi- ty of surface and of aspect, it needs rather the forbearance of change, than the hand of cultivation, to secure its attrac- tiveness ; for it is only by preserving its features of variety
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and seclusion, that it will draw to the gentle slopes of its hill-sides, and the silent vale, in the fragrant breath of the forest, the weary foot-steps of heart stricken mourners ! The location of lots is kept only so far in advance of the demand, as, from difference in situation, to offer a choice in selection ; and the surrounding grounds are so prepared and graded, as to render access to the lots easy and agreea- ble. It has been the aim of the Commissioners, that all tastes should be consulted, and all preferences reasonably gratified.
The amount of money at the command of the Commis- sioners, the past year, was made up of the sum of fifty- nine dollars and five cents, remaining in their hands from the receipts of the preceding year ; a balance of the last year's appropriation of thirty-six dollars and forty-five cents, in the City Treasury ; and the appropriation for the year, of four hundred dollars, making an aggregate of four hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents ; to which may be added a further sum of eleven dollars and sixty- one cents received for divers small quantities of hay and wood, taken and sold from the land in the process of im- provement; thus placing a total amount of five hundred and seven dollars and eleven cents, at their disposal. The en- tire sum of expenditures for the year, on account of the Cemetery, has been one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and sixty-nine cents. This, however, includes charges to the amount of eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents, for printing, and a Record Book of Deeds, required for the use of the City Treasurer, in the discharge of the duties which devolve upon him in the sale of Cemetery Lots, but not properly chargeable against the appropriation for work upon the grounds. Deducting this sum of eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents from one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and sixty-nine cents, leaves one hundred and eight
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dollars'and ninety-four cents, as the amount of expendi- tures by the Commissioners ; and this sum deducted from the aggregate of receipts and the appropriation of the year, gives an unexpended balance, to the credit of the Commis- sioners, of three hundred and ninety-eight dollars and seven- teen cents. Of this balance twenty-nine dollars and sixty- seven cents is now in their hands, applicable to any occa- sion for the removal of snow or other contingencies, in the use of the Cemetery grounds, during the winter, and three hundred and forty-eight dollars and fifty cents remains un- drawn from the City Treasury.
When the Commissioners, in their Report for the year 1860, asked for an appropriation of four hundred dollars, for the ensuing year, it was contemplated by them, to com- mence the construction of permanent fences, to enclose the Cemetery upon the northern and southern boundaries. This was called for, by the exposed situation of the grounds to the intrusions of cattle, and the necessity of pro- tection against uses and injuries to which they were other- wise liable. The appropriation, however, was not certified to them, until the month of August, and such then was the difficulty of procuring suitable materials at reasonable prices, and in any seasonable time, that no advantageous contract could be made for the work. In the judgment of the Commissioners, it is now imperatively required, that the commencement of this measure of security to the sacred relics, the monuments, and the embellishments of the occupied lots, should no longer be postponed; and it is their purpose, with the sanction of the City Govern- ment, to cause, at least, one hundred rods of durable fence, by stone posts firmly set in the ground, with sou chestnut sawed rails fastened to the posts by iron clanip .. or bolts, and substantial pine palings, to be constructed, during the coming year. By the time these side lines are
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