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Thomas St. teachers, paid for cleaning school rooms, 27 00
$37,905 37
Transfer to Truant School, 136 71
to Mason St. School House, 349 99
£ to Pine St. School House, 470 60-
957 30-$38,862 67
Balance undrawn January 4, 1864,
$4,223 83
SCHOOL FOR TRUANTS.
Transfer from Schools, -
- $136 71
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Moses Church, desks and chairs, $24 00
Earle, Tenney & Co., lumber, 5 14
66 John Gates,
69 36
George Geer, mittens for boys,
1 50
James McDermot, hack, 2 00
Curtis Rice, labor, 2 50
William H. Sanford, books, 27 21
Alexander Y. Thompson, cassimere, 5 00- $136 71
SCHOOL HOUSE,-MASON STREET.
Appropriation, -
$5,300 00
Transfer from Contingent Expenses, 349 99-$5,649 99 EXPENDITURES.
Paid Simeon B. Corbin, land, 275 00
138
Paid William G. Moore, " -
275 00
66 S. D. Harding, contract for house, 4,750 00
66 S. D. Harding, plans, fence and sun- dries, 346 74
Phinehas Ball, surveying, -
2 25
S. Smith, writing specifications, 1 00-$5,649 99
SCHOOL HOUSE,-PINE STREET.
Appropriation, - $13,070 75
Transfer from Schools, -
-
470 60-13,541 35
EXPENDITURES.
Paid B. & W. R. R. Corporation, land, 1,500 00
H. W. Eddy and M. Taft, contract for house, 11,570 75
66 H. W. Eddy and Moses Taft, labor and sundries, - 135 50
Phinehas Ball, surveying, -
5 75
E. Boyden & Son, plans and specifi- cations and details, -
44 50
S. D. Harding, plans and specifications, 31 25 Christopher C. Riley, grading, 196 10
George Sessions and others, remov- ing bodies, 55 00
66 Samuel Smith, writing specifications, 2 50-13,541 35
SEWERS.
Received for entering :
From Persis H. Andrews, Crown Street, $20 00
George S. Barton,
30 00
Isaac Davis, 40 00
" Mrs. H. H. Dayton,
30 00
Samuel R. Heywood, 66
30 00
." Henry A. Lee, 25 00
66 Morse, Estate (J. R. P.) 66 30 00
Lyman J. Taft, 30 00
66 H. K. Newcomb, (H. M. W.) Elm Street,20 00 George W. Richardson, Elm Street, 20 00
C. D. & W. B. Bigelow, Main Street, 20 00
66 Healy Baker, Pleasant Street, 28 00
John Boyden, 25 00
" Francis P. Stowell,
30 00- $378 00 (Marsh & Stoddard Cr. in Highways,)
EXPENDITURES.
Transfer to Highways, - - 235 00
to Contingent Expenses,
143 00-
$378 00
139
SHADE TREES AND PUBLIC GROUNDS.
Appropriation, - - $500 00.
Rec'd from Highways for grass from "Elm Park,"
- 200 00- $700 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid J. C. French, rep. fence E. Wor. ground, 20 00 John Gates, pickets, - 8 03
Thomas Gates, shade trees, - 156 48
Highway Department, scrapings to " Elm Park," - 313 00
John Keith & Co., record book, 5 50
66 John D. Lovell, grass seed, 9 62
Pratt & Inman, hoop. iron, 2 85
66 George H. Prentice, oats, 6 80
66 A. Thompson, trimming and setting out trees, 155 18
Ethan R. Thompson, labor Mech. St. ground, 8 75- $686 21
Balance undrawn January 4, 1864,
$13 79
SUMMONS.
Received for 842 summons on tax bills, - $168 40
EXPENDITURES.
Paid John Adams, services, $16 00
66 William A. Brigham,
31 00
66 Edwin Haven, 12 50
66 Pliny Holbrook, 66 15 00
Mary G. B. Wheeler, 66
12 00
Transfer to Contingent Expenses, 81 90- $168 40
SUNDRY (OLD DEBT) ACCOUNTS.
Aqueduct and Interest on same.
School Houses and Lots and other accounts.
Transfer from Quinsigamond Lake Causeway,
$904 48
EXPENDITURE.
Amount overdrawn January 5, 1863, 90,719 40
Am'nt overdrawn Jan'y 4, 1864, (see debt,) 89,814 92 -
TAXES,-COUNTY FOR 1863.
Appropriation, -
-
- -
$19,441 25
EXPENDITURE.
Paid Anthony Chase, County Treasurer, - 19,441 25
140
TAXES,-STATE FOR 1863.
$47,784 00 Appropriation, - - -
EXPENDITURE. Paid Henry K. Oliver, State Treasurer,
-
47,784 00
WAR,-AID TO FAMILIES.
Received from Commonwealth, -
$30,000 00
Leicester,
18 00
Soldier's Families,
48 00-30,066 00
EXPENDITURES.
Amount overdrawn January 5, 1863, 30,854 87
Paid aid to Families January,
February,
March,
4,108 17
66
April,
3,603 00
66
66
May,
3,762 00
66
June,
4,062 37
66
July,
3,868 06
August,
3,056 66
66
September,
2,890 00
66
October,
2,618 00
66
November,
2,629 00
66
December,
2,939 28
$72,018 98
Am'nt overdrawn Jan'y 4, '64, (see debt,) 41,952 98
WAR,-BOUNTIES.
Received from H. K. Oliver, State Treas., 69,610 00 Rec'd from Volunteers, bounty paid back, 190 00-69,800 00
EXPENDITURES.
Amount overdrawn Jan'y 5, 1863, 63,700 00 Paid Henry K. Oliver, State Treasurer, 68,065 13 Benjamin A. Ball, for self, 100 00
66 Stephen Cabot, for 48 recruits, 4,320 00
Wm. H. Jackson, for 5 recruits, $ 500 00
Thomas Pearson, for 11 recruits, 990 00
$137,675 13
Am'nt overdrawn Jan'y 4, '64, (see debt,) 67,875 13
WAR,-CONTINGENTS.
Received from H. K. Oliver, State Treasurer, 268 36 Transfer from Contingent Expenses, 750 13-$1,018 49 .
3,766 57
3,861 00
141
EXPENDITURES.
Amount overdrawn January 5, 1863, $8,479 60
Paid J. M. C. Armsby, carriages for funeral Gen. Boomer, 15 00
66 Richard Ball, expenses paid out, 1 25
66 J. A. & L. F. Bancroft, watering streets, 15 00
George L. Barton, expenses paid out, 7 70
66 Mozart Colburn, refreshments, 15 00
G. Coolidge, blank record books, 34 33
66 J. A. Dodge, hacking, · 2 00
66 Charles K. Dorman, ham, 2 00
66 Calvin Dyer, refreshments, 34 00
66 Edward R. Fiske, posters, 4 75
66 Charles Hamilton, printing, 18 25
66
Wm. Heald, minute guns and salutes, 25 00 W. R. Hooper, printing and advertising, 5 00 L. R. Hudson, dinners to 51st Reg't, 262 50 John Keith & Co., stationery, 6 95
66
66
Lewis & Thayer, boiled ham, 2 00
66 John C. Otis, labor on rolls at Boston, 5 00
66 Rowland Perry, cartridges, 36 75
66 J. S. Pinkham, draping hall and church, 35 00 66 George Sessions, expenses Col. Ward's funeral, 38 36
66 Spurr & Priest, refreshments, 10 00
C. H. Stearns, crackers, 10 50
66 Stoddard & Barton, expenses paid out, 2 50
66 Tyler & Seagrave, printing, 22 00
66 T. W. Wellington, expenses to Gettys- burg to look after soldiers, 115 90
66 C. Whittemore, hack for sick soldiers, 1 75
Witt & Pratt, hacks for Col. Ward's funeral, 50 00
" Worcester Cornet Band, services at different times, 190 00
" Wor. Co. Mech. Asso'n, use of hall,
50 00
Am'nt overdrawn Jan'y 4, 1864, (see debt,) 8,479 60
WAR,-RECRUITING.
Paid J. D. Baldwin & Co., advertising and printing, $35 00
Henry E. Dorman, meals to recruits, 16 51 Edward R. Fiske, printing, - 8 50
18
$9,498 09
142
Paid Charles Hamilton, printing, 10 87
1
D. Waldo Lincoln, sundry expenses, 20 79
Linsley & Randall, board of band, 85 00
Rice & Richmond, sign for office, 1 50
Rolla N. Stark, meals to soldiers,
4 50
John M. Studley, box sign for office, 5 00
T. W. Wellington, expenses to Fortress Monroe and Newport News, 51 75
66 Wor. Cornet Band, services, 80 00
Wor. Co. Mech. Asso'n, use of hall, 100 00- $419 42
Amount overdrawn January 4, 1864, 419 42
TAXES.
Amount uncollected previous to 1863, $10,916 00
66 66 1863, 5,680 71- 16,596 71
BILLS RECEIVABLE.
Ethan Allen, - -
-
$75 00
CASH.
On hand January 4, 1864, -
$9,966 60
RECAPITULATION, Table of Cr. Balances, (Jan. 5, 1864,) Appropriations, (raised by tax 1863,) Receipts exclusive of Taxes, Transfers, each Appropriation as it stood after deducting or adding Transfers, Expenditures and Balances, from Jan. 5, 1863 to Jan. 4, 1864.
Total Receipts,
Credit Balan . ces, Jan. 5, 1864.
Appropriat'ns raised by tax.
Receipts exclusive of taxes.
Transfers to.
Trans. from.
Expen., includ- (including bal. ing appropria- Jan. 5, 1863,) af- tions overdra'n deducting or ad Jan. 5, 1863, un- ding transfers.
Dr Balances.
Cr. Balances.
col. tax. cash, &c
Abatements and Discounts,
5,914 31
18,187 00 1.500 00
2,586 72
1,325 05
1
24,101 31 5,411 77
14,069 57 5,411 77
Aqueduct and Water Survey,
992 00
.
1,055 25
1,055 25
26 89
26 89
Contingent Expenses,
2,954 23
4,042 80
980 83
11,173 42
4,230 33
14,920 95
4,090 79
10,830 16
Dog Fund,
98 25
98 25
3,500 00
3,500 00
Fire Department, -
11,000 00
64 05
743 26
11,807 31
11,807 31
Free Public Library Building,
4,000 00
-
-
4.000 00
10,637 07
Free Public Library
587 55
2,500 00
3,478 45
2,882 18
Fuel, Lights, Printing, &c.
2,000 00
1,792 92
1,792 92
Highways and Bridges,
1,346 55
11,000 00
2,862 08
235 00
15,443 63
15,088 23
Hope Cemetery,-Lot Account,
6,401 50
1
-
1
234 27
Interest,
11,000 00
93 33
725 60
11,818 93
Licenses,
3,300 00
12 90
3,608 29
3,608 29
214759 70
Military,
67 64
255 00
322 64
30 00
Paupers,
2,538 09
7,000 00
2.647 43
12,185 52
11,915 62
Police and Watchmen,
7,000 00
2,170 44
1,365 07
7,805 37
7,505 37
-
-
4 200 00
95 83
4,104 17
4,104 17
Schools,
4,143 29
38,000 00
957 30
42,129 20
37,905 37
School for Truants,
136 71
136 71
School House,-Mason Street,
5,649 99
5,649 99
470 60
13,541 35
13,541 35
Sewers,
378 00
700 00
686 21
81 90
86 50
86 50
904 48
90,719 40
89,814 92
Taxes,-County,
19,441 25
19,441 25
19,441 25
1
-
-
30,066 00
72,018 98
41,952 98
War,-Bounties, -
69,800 00
750 13
9,498 09
8,479 60
War,-Recruiting, -
419 42
419 42
Taxes uncollected, -
16,596 71
16,596 71
Bills Receivable,
75 00
75 00
Cash,
9,966 60
9,966 60
-
-
.
-
233,593 98
214,325 80
229,879 02
17,500 53
17,500 53
677,798 80
677,798 80
241,817 43
241,817 43
1
992 00
550 00
442 00
City Hall Building,
1
-
City Scales,
51 - 22
775 80
677 55
Engine, -- " Col. Da vis,"
-
3,500 00
6,637 07
596 27
355 40
6,401 50
Hope Cemetery,
234 27
-
583 00
583 00
295 39
Loans, or City Debt,
208414 55
108450 00
316864 55
102104 85
292 64
Quinsigamond Lake Causeway
976 39
4,023 61
4,023 61
Salaries,
4,223 83
136 71
-
-
-
Pine Street.
13,070 75
378 00
Shade Trees & Public Grounds,
500 00
200 00
Summons,
-
168 40
1
904 48
Taxes,-State,
47,784 00
47,784 00
47,784 00
War,-Aid to Families,
30,066 00
137675 13
67,875 13
War,-Contingents,
268 36
1,018 49
-
-
-
-
5,000 00
943 21
349 99
5,300 00
-
13 79
Sundry (Old Debt) Accounts,
-
$677,798 80
-
390 90
207 08
234 27 11,818 93
Lighting Streets,
-
269 90
491 33
10,033 74
Bridge at Quinsigamond,
69,800 00
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY, January 4, 1864.
7
REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY.
Central Park.
Elm Park 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.
66
Mechanic Street.
Pine Court.
66 South Worcester.
Brick School House and lot on Walnut
Street,
16,000
66
66
66
on Main
66
-
15,000
66
66
66
on Mason
60
-
5,700
66
66
66
on Pine
66
-
13,500
60
66
on Pleasant
66
12,000
66
66
66
on Salem
12,000
66
66
on Sycamore
66
-
21,500
66
66
on Thomas
14,500
66
66
66
on Common 66
4,500
66
66
at Adams Square,
2,600
66
66
66
at Burncoat Plain,
2,100
66
66
at New Worcester,
9,000
66
66
at Pond District,
3,000
66
66
at Quinsigamond,
3,800
66
at South Worcester, -
3,100
66
66
66 at Tatnuck,
-
4,450
-
-
-
-
-
-
11,000
66
on Ash
-
66
on Shrewsbury "
-
3,500
-
-
-
.
66
66
at Northville,
2,600
-
145
Wood School House and lot on Summer Street, 66 66 on " (small.)
$8,000
66
66
at Providence .
66 3,150
66
at Blithewood avenue, 1,800
66
at Reed District, -
66
66
66
at Chamberlain 66
66
66
66
Parkhurst 66
.
30,000
City Pound lot, Pine Street, -
100
City Barn and lot, Salem Street,
5,000
City lot on Lamartine Street,
1,200
Engine House No. 1, Lincoln Square,
1,000
66
and lot, No. 2, N. Worcester,
1,000
No. 3, Exchange Street, -
2,000
66
66
No. 6, Carlton Street,
2,600
66
66
No. 5, Myrtle
2,300
66
Bigelow's Court,
3,900
66
66
-
600
Hose Loft,
Main Street, . «
-
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 Over- seers of Poor, Treasurer'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 St. 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, (113,) 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 66
66
4 inch.
900
66
" Reservoir & Prospect st. 8 66
2
950
66
in Prospect in Pleasant
Street, 8
3
480
8
66
4
700
66
in
66
6
4
in
66
5
1000
66 in Elm
6
66
4 4
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,500
66
66 at Leesville
Library Building and lot,
-
66 725 66
146
700 feet of pipe in Elm
Street,
5 inch
3
1375
in Chestnut
66
6
6
.
5
750
·
in Exchange
66
4
66
3
675
66
in Front
66
4
66
4
600
66
in
66
6
66
1
2500
in Southbridge
66
6
66
8
.500
66
in Bloomingdale
4
1
350
in Church
66
4
66
5
725
66
in Salem
66
4
66
3
600
66
in Park
66
4
66
2
725
in
66
5
3
1700
66
in Green
66
4
66
8
1150
66
in Franklin
4
66
4
525
66
in Grafton
66
6
66
2
125
66
in Washington Square,
6
66
1
2025
66
in Summer Street,
6
5
1550
in
66
4
66
6
250
66
in Lincoln Square,
4
66
1
2825
in Main
· Street,
6
66
16
1250
in «
4
6
1175
66
in Thomas
66
6
66
5
Number of Hydrants,
113
Three hydrants are attached to W. M. Bickford's Aqueduct on Lincoln Street. There are six 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 Ames Plow Co's shop.
23 Stop Cocks and location of same :
3 on Summer Street at Thomas and Prospect St. crossings,
2 on Main
66 at Thomas Street,
1 on Main 66 opposite Elm
66
1 on Exchange
66 near Main 66
1 on Mechanic 66
66
66 66
2 on Park 66 Salem 66
2 on Main 66 66 Park 66
1 on Church 66
Mechanic 66
1 on Pleasant 66 66 Chestnut 66
3 near junction of Elm and Chestnut
1 at junction of Main and Southbridge 66
2 at junction of Green and Franklin 66
1 at junction of Franklin and Grafton
1 on Bloomingdale road,
1 on Lincoln Square west of bridge.
1
0
1000
in Mechanic
66
4
147
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 $50,000.
1
PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CITY AQUEDUCT, JAN. 1, 1863.
2 Hydrant Turns, 3 8-inch pipe Turns, 1 8-inch branch, 11 feet 6-inch pipe, 5 6 X 6 X 4 branches, 3 long Hydrants, 6 short Hydrants, 1 Hydrant box, 350 feet chestnut plank, 1 pump frame, 1 force pump and its connections, 370 lbs. of lead, 170 lbs. of 1.2-inch lead pipe, 1 4-inch stop cock, 1 5-inch stop cock, 6 pieces 6-inch pipe damaged 9 feet each, 1 6-inch belt 25 feet long, 18 feet of 6-inch stove pipe.
AQUEDUCT TOOLS.
9 picks, 9 shovels, 1 stone hammer, 1 hand hammer and tools for making lead joints, 1 ladle, tacke block and rope, 1 drilling machine, 2 large stop-cock wrenches, 1 corporation stop wrench.
AMOUNT OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
5 yoke of oxen,
$650 00
4 horses,
450 00
269 feet curb stone, .37 per foot,
109 53
236 bushels corn, -
332 20
12 tons hay, -
216 00
5 M. Chestnut plank, $18 per M.
90 00
5 iron treed ox carts, $50 apiece,
250 00
1 tight box,
25 00
2 2-horse carts,
100 00
2 1-horse carts,
75 00
1 2-horse wagon,
50 00
1 1-horse wagon,
15 00
2 new ploughs,
35 00
4 old -
20 00
3 side scrapers,
6 00
3 snow
-
-
6 00
1 snow plough,
15 00
10 picks, -
10 00
15 shovels, 75 cts.,
11 25
4 long handle shovels, 75 cts.,
3 00
20 snow shovels,
-
15 00
11 crowbars or iron bars, $2.50,
-
27 50
-
-
148
15 chains, great and small,
30 00
8 steel hoes,
4 00
4 manure porks,
8 00
1 grindstone,
10 00
Haying tools, -
10 00
1 sett drilling tools,
20 00
6 stone hammers,
-
15 00
11 ox yokes,
33 00
3 wheelbarrows, .
5 00
2 new stone drags,
6 00
2 old 66
4 00
1 horse sled,
8 00
2 ox sleds,
10 00
1 hay cart body and tongue and axletree, -
10 00
2 hay cutters, 25 00
60 00
1 lead harness, -
10 00
1 single harness,
10 00
30 loads paving stones, $30, 1 pump, $5, -
35 00
20 pick handles, $3.33, 7 lanterns, $7, 10 33
4 pair ox bows, $4.00, 50 grain bags, $10.00, -
14 00
$2,853 31
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 Mas- sachusetts, 1 stove and pipe. 1
IN POLICE OFFICE AND WATCH HOUSE.
9 matresses, 13 blankets, 2 pillows, 6 office chairs, 1 clock, 9 rattles, 6 Police badges, 19 star badges, 16 billies, 8 pair hand- cuffs, 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 Massachusetts, 1 copy Re- vised Statutes of Massachusetts, buckets, lanterns, water pails and other small articles.
STANDARD OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
In charge of GILL VALENTINE, City Sealer. Office Piper's Block.
-
-
10 pails,
5 00
4 cart harnesses, $15 apiece,
-
149
FOUR CITY SCALES, in charge of the following persons :
Charles Marvin, near City Hall, John H. Coes, 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, desks and furniture.
IN CHARGE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
House furniture, stock on farm, farming tools, pro- visions, &c., valued by Overseers at $5,268 98
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, 2 Steam Fire En- gines, 5 Suction Engines, 25 buckets, 10 shovels, 15 axes, 22 ladders, 17 trumpets, 4 manure forks, 10 hose carriages, 5000 feet leading hose, 2 hook and ladder carriages, 8 fire hooks, 16 crotch poles and forks, 4 pair runners, 10 signal lanterns, 4 hay forks.
In addition to the above, each company is furnished with spanners 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 $18,000 by the Chief Engineer.
IN HANDS OF THE WORCESTER GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
All the Street Lamps,-65 Fluid, 174 Gas, valued at $3,000.
19
CITY DEBT, JANUARY 4, 1864.
To whom payable.
Amount.
When due.
Rate of Int.
Interest paid to
4 Bonds; E. P. B. or bearer,
-
$4,000
1872
5
Dec. 1, 1863.
4
-
4,000
1874
5
1, 1863.
4
4,000
1876
5
1,1863.
4
-
4,000
1878
5
5
1, 1863.
4
4,000
1882
5
"
1, 1863.
1 Note, Stephen Chadwick,
500
on demand.
5
5
1
County of Worcester,
6,500
1870
5
Dec. 1, 1863.
1 Note, Hannah Fowler,
800
on demand.
5
Sept. 5, 1863,
1
High School Medal Fund,
1,000
1871
5
Dec. 1, 1863.
1 Bond, Merch't & Farm'rs M. F. I. Co.,
2,000
1873
5
Dec. 27, 1863.
1 Note, George F. Newton,
600
on demand.
5
Jan. 4, 1863.
1
Amos Pierce,
1,800
5
1
Hiram Rice,
2,700
1868
5
Dec. 1, 1863.
1 Bond, State Mutual Life Assur. Co.,
5,000
1872
5
Dec. 1, 1863.
3 Bonds,
8,000
1873
5
"
1, 1863.
1 Bond, G. W. W. or bearer,
2,000
1872
5
1, 1863.
1
2,000
1874
5
"
1, 1863.
1
-
2,000
1875
5
1, 1863.
1
2,000
1870
5
"
1, 1863.
2 Notes, Joseph White,
2 Bonds, Wor. Five Cents Savings Bank,
2,000
1864
5
Dec. 1, 1863.
1 Bond,
1,000
1867
5
1, 1863.
2 Bonds,
3,000
1868
5
1, 1863.
1 Bond,
1,000
1869
5
1, 1863.
1
1,000
1871
5
1, 1863.
2 Bonds,
10,000
1873
5
" 27, 1863.
1 Bond, Wor. Mechanics Savings Bank,
2,000
1872
5
.
5
1, 1863.
1
66
2,000
1874
5
1, 1863.
1
1
2,000
1877
5
1, 1863.
1
2,000
1878
5
1, 1863.
1
2,000
1879
5
1, 1863.
1
2,000
1880
5
1, 1863.
1
66
2'000
1881
5
1, 1863.
4 Bonds, Wor. Co. Institu. for Savings,
3,500
1864
5
1, 1863,
1 Bond,
66
500
1865
5
1, 1863.
1
4 Bonds,
6,000
1867
5
1, 1863.
4
66
6,000
1869
5
1, 1863.
4
9,000
1870
5
1, 1863.
4
4,000
1872
5
1, 1863.
1 Bond,
66
2,000
1874
5
1, 1863.
1
1
66
2,000
1879
5
1, 1863.
1
1
66
2,000
1881
5
1, 1863.
1
66
2,000
188
5
1, 1863.
2 Bonds,
10,000
1883
5
"
1, 1863.
1 Bond,
5,000
1884
5
1, 1863.
2 Notes,
11,500
on demand.
5
1 Note,
66
1,604 85
1864
1
5 Bonds, Priscilla Wyer,
-
-
5
-
5,000
1866
5
Dec. 1, 1863. " 1, 1863.
$214,759 70
.
2,000
1875
5
1, 1863.
2,000
1876
5
1, 1863.
1
2,000
1873
5
5
-
3,200
on demand.
1
1,000
1870
5
1, 1863.
1, 1863.
1
2,000
1873
5
1, 1863.
3
3,000
1868
5
1, 1863.
12,000
1871
5
1, 1863.
3
3
: 4,000
1873
5
1, 1863.
2,000
1875
5
1, 1863.
2,000
1880
5
1, 1863.
1,604 85
1865
5,000
1865
No. No. 5
1, 1863.
4
-
4,000
1880
1 Anthony Chase, Trustee,
2,450
5
2 Bonds, Samuel DeWitt,
1,500
6
May 1, 1863.
2 Bonds, George C. Macy,
2,000
1
5 Dec. 1, 1863.
1 Bond, State Mutual Life, (F. T, M.)
2,000
1, 1863.
.
1
2,000
1866
eport of the Commissioners
OF
HOPE CEMETERY,
FOR THE YEAR 1863.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the City Council :
The Report, for the past year, of the Commissioners of Hope Cemetery will present to the City Government little more than an assurance, that proper care has been given to the preserva- tion of the grounds, in a neat and creditable condition. The usual and necessary work of gathering up decaying vegetable matter from the improved portions of the land, of clearing the avenues and paths from the fallen leaves and broken branches of the forest trees, driven into these passage-ways by the winds and storms of winter, of repairing the numerous tracks of travel, and making smooth and level the surface of the earth which had been washed by the spring rains, was early attended to, and no labor has been spared, through the entire year, which was deemed necessary to make every part of the Cemetery easily accessible to the public, and its general condition and appearance satisfactory to the proprietors of lots, and appro- priate to the solemn uses to which it had been consecrated.
The intention announced by the Commissioners, in their last Report, of completing the lines of fences upon the eastern and southern boundaries has not been accomplished. Owing to the sudden and extraordinary enhancement of the prices of ma-
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terials and labor, it was not found practicable to obtain a con- tract, upon reasonable terms, in the early season, and as time advanced both materials and labor became so dear and difficult of procurement as to justify a postponement of the work to another year. The Commissioners will avail themselves of the opportunity of the present winter to enter into engagements for the construction of the fences. The work is necessary to the enclosure and security of the grounds, in their most ex- posed points, and for protection to the costly improvements and monuments, and should not unnecessarily, and cannot safely, be longer delayed.
A portion of land from which the trees had been previously cut, between Maple and Church Avenues, has been grubbed over, within the past year, with a view to subduing the sprout- ing brush and wild grasses, and gradually preparing the ground for further improvement.
From the previously reclaimed land between Magnolia and Fern Avenues, the Commissioners have caused to be laid out, and have appraised about fifty lots, and certified the same to the City Treasurer for sale, at prices varying from nine dollars to thirty dollars the lot. This location is an extension of former improvements, on elevated ground, in a prominent and con- spicuous part of the Cemetery, and the lots are among the most desirable now open to selection.
On the level ground, on the north side of River Avenue, the Commissioners have likewise caused to be surveyed and laid out several lots appraised at the low sum of five dollars, thus varying localities and prices to meet the differing tastes and ability of purchasers, while, at the same time, a sufficient num- ber of lots, without price, for free burial, is kept constantly pre- pared for any such requirement.
The arrangements in the Receiving Tomb having proved 611- tirely insufficient to receive the number of coffins which accu- mulate at seasons when interments cannot well be made in the earth, iron bars have been inserted into the walls, and shelves thus constructed which have removed the inconvenience and indecency of the former crowded state of the vault, and fur- · nished an essential facility to the service of the Undertakers.
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Upon the application of the Mayor, the Commissioners assigned lots, near Magnolia Avenue, designated on the Plan, for the purpose of receiving the remains of deceased members of some ancient families of the City, disinterred from the Pine street burial ground to give place to the enlargement of the yard to the new school house, at that point. The object was so manifestly important to the accommodation of the schools, that the Commissioners could not hesitate in co-operating with the Mayor in an arrangement with the survivors of these families, by which alone, this previously occupied portion of the grave yard could be recovered to the most needed use of the City.
A right has been claimed by some of the proprietors, in the preparation of their lots, to change, at pleasure, the grade of the natural surface of the earth, by cutting deeply into the higher part, and raising a steep embankment on the lower side of the lot, without regard to the injurious effect produced upon the adjoining lands, thus destroying all conformity of contig- uous lots to each other, marring and disfiguring the harmony of arrangement, and presenting abrupt, inconvenient, and offensive inequalities in the general appearance of the grounds. The use of the paths reserved for passage between the lots was also thus interrupted, the earth continually sliding from the high embankment on the one side, or undermined by the deep excavation on the other. To restrain this great abuse, the Commissioners have found it necessary to impose a condition to the grant, which will be inserted in all future deeds of con- veyance, that, " whenever a proprietor desires to alter the grade of his lot from the natural surface of the earth, it shall be done upon previous application to the Commissioners, and subject to their direction, and in conformity to such alteration and change in the grade of the lot and the adjoining paths and avenues as they may approve." Nor can this requirement, now found so necessary to the good keeping of the Cemetery, be reasonably objectionable to the proprietor. It is a dictate of justice as well as a maxim of law, that a man shall so use his own as not to destroy the property of another. Besides, the purchaser may see for himself the grade of every locality, and select the site,
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