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RESOURCES OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1868.
Appropriation for the year,
$22,000.00
Unexpended balance in favor of the Department, 4,217.34
Fees on warrants served by Assistant Marshals, 4,063.50
Witness fees of police officers at Municipal Court,
1,179.60
Extra duty of Police at entertainments, &c., 34.50
Received from Overseers of Poor for lodgers,
100.40
Total,
$31,595.34
EXPENDITURES OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR 1868.
Pay roll of Police Officers,
$21,575.80
Salary of Marshal and Assistants,
3,550.00
Special Police, July 4 and 5,
at Regatta, three days,
641.18
Incidental expenses.
797.09
Total,
$26,842.82
Earnings deducted,
5,243.10
Net expenses of the department,
$21,599.72
Unexpended balance,
$4,752.52
Besides the labor indicated by the Police in the num- ber of arrests, &c., the following services have been ren- dered :
Disturbances suppressed 144, intoxicated persons sent home 421, buildings found open and secured 132, notices served 79, stray teams taken up 35, lost children restored to their friends 32, defective side-
278.75
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walks reported 28, defective streets reported 24, goods found exposed and restored 21, fire alarms given 9, fires extinguished without alarm 6, stores found broken open 4, lives saved 1, nuisances reported 273.
Value of property restored to owners
$8.660.00
Value of stolen property recovered, 1,002.50
Total,
$9,662.50
With the increased growth of the city, crime and the labors of the Police are proportionately increased. The following table, including the last ten years, may be of interest in showing the number of arrests each year, and also the number of prosecutions for drunkenness, which is the fruitful source of nearly all the crime with which we have to deal :
Number of Arrests.
Prosecutions for Drunkenness.
1859,
913
255
1860,
982
103
1861,
876
158
1862,
755
283
1863,
1526
507
1864,
1428
345
1865,
1559
467
1866,
1861
1008
1867,
1709
815
1868,
2080
1080
Taking the number of prosecutions for drunkenness for the present year, 1080, the number of intoxicated persons conducted and sent home by the officers, 421, and the number discharged without complaint, 84, we have unmistakable evidence of the rapid increase of drunkenness in our city.
The undersigned, with the co-operation of the Police force, has endeavored at all times to make the persons and property of all our citizens as secure as possible. How far we have succeeded others may judge.
We know that we are the servants of all the people, and although there are some in our community who ar-
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rogantly claim exemption from police interference for whatever cause, yet with an honest purpose in view where laws and ordinances are violated, we claim to be no respecters of persons.
The force numbered 25 men until Sept. 14, when five more were added, and the force now numbers 30 men, not including the Clerk of the Municipal Court.
The following changes have taken place in the force during the year :
Discharged, Captain of Night Police, 1
Patrolmen, 2
Resigned, Captain of the Day Police,
1
Patrolman, 1
Promoted, Captain of Night Police,
1
Captain of Day Police, 1
Appointed, Patrolmen, 10
I cannot close this report without expressing my grateful thanks for the honor conferred by my appoint- ment, and for the uniform kindness with which I have been sustained by the City Government.
I am under lasting obligation to the Chiefs of Depart- ments, to the Judge and Clerk of the Police and Munici- pal Court, and I bear willing testimony to the cheerful and ready co-operation of all connected with the Con- stabulary force of the city.
To Assistant Marshals Wilson and Washburn, and to Captains Comings and Howe, my thanks are especially due, for their willingness at all times to perform every duty ..
JAMES M. DRENNAN,
City Marshal.
Fire Department.
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Chief Engineer's Report.
To the Hon. City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- In retiring from the Board, I herewith submit my third and last Annual Report, stating the condition of the Fire Department, Jan. 4, 1869.
The department during the last year, in apparatus has not been changed. It consists of three steam fire en- gines located as follows : No. 1 and No. 2 on Front st., and No. 3 on School st .; five hose carriages, No. 1 on School st., No. 2 on Bloomingdale road, No. 3 on Carlton st., No. 4 on Exchange st., and No. 5 on Myrtle st .; two hook and ladder trucks, No. 1 on Carlton st. and No. 2 on Thomas st.
The No. 3 hose house has been repaired during the last year, and is in good condition. Hose Co. No. 2 oc- cupy a new house, built during the last year, which is in every way suitable for the company and carriage. Hook and Ladder Co. No. 2 are also in a new house situated on Thomas street, which is also occupied by the City Water Works, and which is well adapted to the wants of the company and apparatus.
In my last report I called the attention of the Coun- cil to the floor of steamer No. 2 house. It is in very bad condition, having been closed up this last year tem- porarily.
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HORSES.
The six horses which are connected with steamers No. 1 and 2 are in good condition. They have' worked on the highway, for which the department have received $1,613.33, at the rate of $4.75 and $5.00 per day. The regular price, which is $7.00 per day, would amount to $2,219.00.
HOSE.
The hose which is in the department has been in use for a long time, and some of it will not stand the pres- sure of the hydrants or steamers. I would recommend the purchase of 2,000 feet of hose.
FIRES.
The department has been called out 26 times, two of which were false alarms, and two were caused by fires out of the city. The damages by fire during the year amounted to $20,656.
EXPENSES.
The expenses of the department have been about $19,000. The receipts were $2,304.99, making the act- ual expenses over and above receipts, about $16,695.
The department the past year consisted of seven En- gineers and eleven companies, as follows :
ENGINEERS.
A. B. LOVELL, Chief Engineer.
S. E. COMBS, Assistant . "
JOSEPH. RIDEOUT, Clerk.
SILAS J. BRIMHALL.
JAMES E. MORSE ..
ELI B. FAIRBANKS.
SAMUEL H. DAY.
Companies. Foremen. No. of Men.
Rapid Engine Company No. 2, David J. Baker, 40
Hook and Ladder 1
John W. Loring, 20
2 Edwin Bradbury, 20
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City Hose
Company,
1 Enoch Earle,
10
Ocean "
2 James Keegan, 10
Eagle "
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3 Wm. Flynn,
10
Niagara "
66
4 Samuel Knowlton, 10
Yankee “
5
O. H. Wallace,
10
Steamer Gov. Lincoln "
1 Wm. Kickam,
12
Col. Davis
2 Joseph Beynon,
12
66 A. B. Lovell “
3 John E. Calligan,
12
7
Engineers,
Total number of men in the department, 173
To make the department more efficient, we need some better means of giving the alarms. The men that ring the bells live some distance from them, thereby causing some delay, and from Saturday night until Monday mor- ning we have no steam whistle. Other cities around us are adopting the fire alarm telegraph, which gives the alarm and location of the fire at once, and I think the city would save the cost of the telegraph in a short time, as the department would be able to arrive at a fire in much better season than if the alarms were given in the old way.
The Board would tender their sincere thanks to the City Government for their cordial support, and also to City Marshal Drennan and the members of the Police Department for their valuable assistance. To the offi- cers and members of the department I will also return my thanks for their promptness in responding at all times, and for the manner in which they have supported my efforts during the past three years.
I am, gentlemen, yours respectfully,
A. B. LOVELL, Chief Engineer.
Report of the City Treasurer.
CITY OF WORCESTER, TREASURER'S OFFICE, FEBRUARY 15, 1869.
To the Honorable City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- The Treasurer has the honor and would respectfully lay before you his nineteenth Annual Report of the
Receipts and Expenditures, Appropriations raised by tax, Abatements and Discounts, Taxes uncollected, &c.,
from January 6, 1868, to January 4, 1869.
The Cash account accompanying the same will exhibit the Cash transactions for the same space of time.
Cash on hand, January 6, 1868, $39,553.12
Received from all sources, 991,383.20
$1,030,936.32
Paid out for all departments, 1,014,107.00
Cash balance January 4, 1869,
$16,829.32
All of which is respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer.
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Dr. CITY OF WORCESTER, i'n account current from Jan. 6, 1868,
Balances, January 6, 1868 :
Military, 1,910.36
School Houses and land for same,
$54,140.07
Sewers,
115,351.43
War: bounties, conting'ts, & St. Aid, 70,100.97
Water Works,
378,006.98-$619,509.81
Paid Abatements,
1,337.73
City Hay Scales,
685.38
Contingent expenses,
18,676.59
Fire Department,
21,743.21
Free Public Library,
5,687.34
.. Fuel, Lights, Printing, &c.,
4,874.41
Highways and Bridges,
75,413.36
Interest,
21,091.27
66 Interest on Water Investment,
25,160.58 10,791.53
Lighting streets,
66 Liquor : licenses and tax on sales, 558.47
66 Loans and Water Investment, 366,059.85
.. Military,
1,886.00
Paupers,
14,810.20
66 Police and Watchmen,
27,654.48
Public Building, (Thomas st.) Salaries,
9,800.00
66 Schools,
98,162.70
66 School for Truants,
2,853.74
School Houses and land,
47,482.00
66 Sewers,
120,754.82
Shade Trees and Public Grounds, 988.01
Summons, 98.06
66 Tax, County,
17,274.52
Tax, State, on N. R. bank shares, 1,759.16
Tax, State,
40,860.00
War : Aid to families,
13,935.50
66
Water Works, (Construction,) (Maintenance,) 6,698.72
Six per cent. discount on $336,516.20 for prompt pay't of taxes, 20,190.97
1868
3,542.15
Taxes uncollected previous to 1868, 10,603.11
5,437.47
Bills receivable,
19,325.00
Cash on hand,
16,823.32
$1,091,261.45 $1,710,771.26
City of Worcester, February 15, 1869.
Taxes of 1867 abated by Assessors,
1,142.88
assessed in 1868,
40,750.18
16,348.74
2.45
to Jan. 4. 1869, with GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer. Cr.
Balances, January 6, 1868 :
Old Debt,
$54,140.07
Water Investment, 378,006.98
Sewer, War, and Temporary Debt, 187,802.80
Abat'nts 25,227.03, Cont. Ex. 9,686.49, 34,913.52
Fire Department,
1,569.04
Free Public Library,
1,925.37
Highways and Bridges,
5,113.61
Interest and Water Interest,
5,781.13
Paupers 1,984.60, Police 4,217.34,
6,201.94
Shade Trees and Public Grounds,.
645.69-$676,100.15
Received from Bills receivable,
325.00
City Hay Scales,
396.06
Contingent expenses,
28,570.08
66
Fire Department,
2,449.01
6 Hermon street, 750:00
Highways and Bridges, 17,658.19
66
Interest and Water Int'st, 505.82
Licenses,
1,866.00
66 Liquor : licenses and tax on sales,
4,745.28
Loans & Water Inv't, 519,400.00
1.6
Military,
4,073.00
66 New Common, (Elm Park,) 940.00
Paupers.
6,341.60
Police,
5,498.89
Public Build'g, Tho's st., 2,666.67
Schools,
2,065.21
School for Truants, 177.24
School Houses & land, 23,131.92
Sewers, 166.89
66 Shade Trees & Pub. G'nds, 279.45 .
State Aid, 16,012.00
Summons, 253.60
Water Works, (Const'n,) 8,624.06
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66 (Maint'nce,) 79.85
66
Water Rents, 30,686.94
Appropriations raised by tax :
City purposes, $280,475.00
County, 17,274.52
State, 40,860.00
Overlayings, 16,594.05
Bank Share tax, for State, 1,804.78-357,008.35-$1,034671.11
Errors and omissions excepted, $1,710,771.26 GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer.
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CASH ACCOUNT, from Jan. 6, 1868, to Jan. 4, 1869.
To balance, Jan. 6, 1868,
$39,553.12
To Received from Bills Receivable,
325.00
City Hay Scales,
396.06
66
Contingent expenses,
28,570.08
66
Fire Department,
2,449.01
Hermon street,
750.00
66
66
Highways and Bridges,
17,658.19
Interest and Water Interest,
505.82
66
Licenses,
1,866.00
Liquor : Licenses and tax on sales, 4,745.28
66
Loans and Water Investment,
519,400.00
Military,
4,073.00
66
New Common, (Elm Park,)
940.00
Paupers,
6,341.60
66
Police and Watchmen,
5,498.89
Publie Building,
2,666.67
66 Schools,
2,065.21
66
School for Truants,
177 24
School Houses,
3,806.92
Sewers,
166.89
66
State Aid,
16,012.00
Summons,
253.60
Taxes,
333,039.44
66
Water Works, (Construction,)
8,624.06
66
66
(Maintenance,)
79.85
66
66 Water rents,
30,686.94
Shade Trees and Public Grounds, 279.45
$1,030,930.32
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CASH ACCOUNT from Jan. 6, 1868, to Jan. 4, 1869. Cr.
By amount paid Abatements,
1,337.73
City Hay Scales,
685.38
Contingent expenses,
18,676.59
66
Fire Department,
21,743 21
66
Free Public Library,
5,687.34
66
Fuel, lights, printing, &c.,
4,874.41
66
Highways and Bridges,
75,413.36
66 Interest,
21.091.27
Interest on Water Investment,
25,160.58 10,791.53
Lighting streets,
Liquor: Licenses and tax on sales,
558.47
66
Loans and Water Investment,
366,059.85
66
66
Paupers,
14,810.20
66
66
Police and Watchmen,
27,554.48
Public Building,
16,348.74
66
Salaries,
9,800.00
Schools,
98,162.70
66 School for Truants,
2,853.74
School Houses and land,
47,482.00
Sewers,
120,754.82
Shade Trees and Public Grounds,
988.01
66
66
Summons,
98.06
66
66 Tax on Bank Shares,
1,669.61
66
County tax,
17,274.52
66
66 State
40,860.00
66
" War: Aid to families,
13,935.50
66
Water Works, (Construction,)
40,750.18
(Maintenance,)
6,698.72
By balance to new account,
16,823.32
Military,
1,886.00
$1,030,930.32
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Referred to the Auditor.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, March 1, 1869. Sent down for concurrence. SAMUEL SMITH, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, March 1, 1869.
Concurred.
H. L. SHUMWAY, Clerk.
CITY OF WORCESTER, AUDITOR'S OFFICE, March 13, 1869.
To the Honorable City Council :
The Auditor, to whom was referred the within report of George W. Wheeler, Esq., City Treasurer, has carefully examined the same, and finds it correctly cast, to agree with the books, and sustained by proper vouchers.
The Treasurer's books have also been examined and found to have been well kept, and are balanced to January 4, 1869, leaving a cash balance of $16,829.32 in the hands of the Treasurer.
All the papers and vouchers, appertaining to the Treasurer's de. partment, are properly filed in the office, and bear good evidence that the responsible duties of the Treasurer have been discharged with fidelity.
Respectfully submitted, GILL VALENTINE, Auditor.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, March 15, 1869. Report of the Auditor accepted. Sent down for concurrence. SAMUEL SMITH, Clerk.
Concurred.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, March 15, 1869. H. L. SHUMWAY, Clerk.
Treasurer's Account of Receipts and Expenditures.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, March 1, 1869.
Ordered, That the City Treasurer prepare a particular ac- count of the Receipts and Expenditures and a schedule of the City Debt and Water Investment, to be published for the use of the inhabitants of the city, in compliance with the city charter.
CITY OF WORCESTER, April 1, 1869.
To the Inhabitants of the City of Worcester :
In compliance with the above order, I have prepared and would respectfully present a particular account of my report, made Feb. 15, 1869, together with a schedule of the City Debt and Water Investment.
GEORGE W. WHEELER, City Treasurer.
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ABATEMENTS AND DISCOUNT.
Balance undrawn, Jan. 6, 1868, APPROPRIATION, Overlayings,
25,227.03
18,000.00
16,594.05
$59,821.08
EXPENDITURES.
Paid on taxes,
66 Austin Ainger,
1.88
Arad Alexander,
1.88
66 George P. Allen,
12.08
66 Wm. H. Balcom, 1867 tax,
8.23
Frederic W. Boswell,
1.28
G. M. Brackett,
9.66
Andrew Brehm,
7.25
Charles Bullard,
9.67
Louis W. Burnham,
6.15
66
John Butler,
2.00
Jonathan Butterworth,
1.88
J. H. Carey,
54.36
66 John Carroll,
9.67
Lewis Chapin,
38.65
Michael Cody,
7.25
Patrick C. Conlin,
8.46
O. T. Crawford,
6.05
66
Benjamin Cross,
24.16
66
Heirs of Patrick Curtin,
33.83
Eben T. Curtis,
12.08
Daniel Dailey,
8.46
Charles Dawson,
24.16
66
Dennis & Houghton, 1867 tax,
21.39
Heirs of Edward W. Denny, 1867 tax,
6.58
66 Wm. H. Dexter, 1867 tax,
41.13
66 Henry E. Dorman, 1867 tax,
23.03
M. A. Dorman,
7.25
66
Mrs. Matthew Dorsey,
6.05
Patrick T. Dowd,
2.42
Dennis Doyle,
5.82
Lyman Drury, 66
12.08
Arthur E. Estabrook,
12.08
James E. Estabrook,
12.08
John P. Fay,
4.83
Robert D. Fisher,
9.67
Mrs. E. Flagg,
7.25
66 Levi Flagg, 1867 tax,
8.23
66 Patrick Gormley,
4.83
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Paid Caroline F. Gray, 1867 tax,
16.45
66 Ileirs of Rudolph Hacker,
2.42
Samuel D. Harding, 1867 tax,
148.05
Charles A. Harrington,
38.65
Isaac S. Harrington, 1867 tax,
6.58
Jonas Hartshorn,
12.08
Patrick Hogan,
19.33
James C. Horgan, 1867 tax,
24.68
Edward Houston,
2.42
Sarah R. Howe,
3.02
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L. D. Hubbard,
14.50
.6 Oscar A. Hubbard,
12.08
Henry B. Hutchinson, 1877 tax,
19.74
Frank E. Keep,
1.88
O. A. Kelley,
16.91
Daniel Kiernan,
6.65
Edward F. Light,
30.19
66 John Mahoney,
4.84
Peter Marlow
6.04
B. D. Maxham, 1867 tax,
3.50
M. J. McCafferty,
6.05
John McCann,
7.25
66
Jonathan Mellor, 1867 tax,
5.25
66
Isaac Mills,
7.00
66
J. H. Monroe,
11.52
66 Charles S. Moore,
4.83
James Moran,
3.62
Timothy Morrill,
13.36
66
C. P. Morse,
24.16
Michael O'Driscoll,
24.16
Samuel Overend,
7.25
H. G. Newell,
4.83
Geo. L. D. Newton, 1867 tax,
8.23
Michael Neylon,
4.93
Michael Neylon,
12.08
J. O. Nickerson,
5.51
Samuel B. Parsons,
6.05
John S. Perkins,
2.42
John Phelan,
4.83
James R. Pierce,
12.08
Francis N. Poole,
4.84
Dennis Quinn, 1867 tax,
7.00
James Quirk,
1.88
E. J. Rawson,
5.43
John C. Ripley, Trustee,
16.92
66 Asa Ross, 1867 tax.
4.11
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25%
Paid A. B. Rugg,
6.04
J. J. Russ,
14.50
Nelson Sargent, 1867 tax,
1.88
Robert L. Smyth,
11.52
E. B. Stoddard,
13.29
Wm. U. Stone,
1.88
Almond Streeter,
36.24
S. S. Sweetser,
16.91
66
Carver Tainter,
12.08
Ransom C. Taylor, 1867 tax,
4.94
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Samuel Taylor, 1867,
11.51
James Thompson,
11.48
John Trainer,
8.46
Newell Tyler,
12.08
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Heirs of Wm. Vaill,
10.87
Charles Vietze, 1867 tax,
1.88
Geo. I. Washburn,
18.13
John J. Welch,
4.23
Western Union Telegraph Co.
12.08
Dolly M. Willis,
12.08
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Worcester Co-operative Union,
36.24
Six per cent. discount on $336,516.20
taxes, for prompt payment,
20,190.97
Abatements made by Assessors on '67 tax, 1,142.88
'68 tax, 3,542.15
Transfer to Contingent expenses, 7,361.96
฿33,575.69
Balance undrawn, Jan. 4, 1869,
$26,245.39
CITY HAY SCALES.
Received fees for weighing :
C. A. Hoppin,
$9.92
Charles Marvin,
281.45
Silas Penniman,
104.69
Transfer from Contingent expenses, EXPENDITURES.
289.32- $685.38
Paid Benajah Barnard, freight,
$2.86
Brown & Barnard, carting,
4.00
R. H. Chase, painting,
27.05
James R. Fish, labor and materials,
90.77
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John Gates & Co., lumber,
144.04
66 A. B. Lovell, cement, sand, and cart'g,
6.00
Murphy & Co., stove, funnel, &c.,
13.50
Patrick O'Keefe, labor, Salem Square, 378.50
Strong & Rogers, coal,
3.85
Gill Valentine, sealing, 7.50
E. B. Walker, pointing up, scales.
7.31~ $685.38
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Balance undrawn, Jan. 6. 1868,
$9,686.49 5,000.00
APPROPRIATION,
for use hydrants for fires, 6,500.00
Received from Commonwealth, armory rent, 500.00
Corp'n tax, 26,761.58
66 County, rent of Court room, 500.00 James Estabrook, right in Goddard's Row, 600.00
Frank A. Leland, am't over- paid band, 25.00
66 Old South Soc., heat'g Ch., 158.00
Samuel Smith, ord'nces sold, 25.50
Transfer from Abatements, $7,361.96 1
Fuel, Lights, &c. 1,125.59
Hermon st.,
750.00
66 Licenses,
1,866.00
Liq'r lic's & tax's,4,186.81
66
Paupers, 3,516.00
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Police,
2,061.75
66 Summons, 155.54
$21,023.65
$70,780.22
EXPENDITURES.
Tranfer to City Hay Scales,
289.32
Highways,
11,441.56
Interest,
4,203.08
66 Lighting streets,
2,791.53
Public Building,
13,682.07
66 Salaries,
2,800.00
Schools,
2,922.49
School for Truants, 676.50
Sch'l Ho., Lam. st. 12,332.93
66
Woodland st. 964.15
$52,103.63
Paid Ward Clerks for services :
66 James Green, Jr., Ward 1, 2 days,
$6.00
George W. Gale,
2, 2 "
6.00
66 George Holmes,
3, 2
6.00
Edwin B. Flagg, 66 4,1
3.00
John Toomey, 4,1 66
3.00
66
David P. Brown,
66
5, 2
6.00
S. L. Shaffer,
6,2
6.00
S. B. Bartholomew,
66
7,1
66
3.00
Frank W. Boyden,
7, 1
3.00
James H. Bancroft,
8, 2 ." 6.00
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ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS TO MUNICIPAL COURT ROOM. Paid Barrett, Washburn & Co., screens, mar- ble slabs, gas fixtures, and labor, $300.37
Wm. C. Blos, tables, desks, &c., 468.00
John D. Chollar, settees, 89.70
Geo. H. Clark, painting, 183.21
Chas. A. Cummings, speaking tube, &c. 13.00 Jacob Eidt, leather cushions, &c., 65.75
James R. Fish, labor and materials 736.21 J. B. Lawrence & Co., chairs and desk, 87.83 A. H. Newton & Co., shades, paper &c. 215.90 T. M. Woodward, signs, 10.00
FREE PUBLIC MARKET.
Paid Barrett, Washburn & Co., lanterns, gas pipe, &c., 183.97
Geo. H. Clark, painting, 85.59
" Cleveland & Bassett, iron work, 61.00
James R. Fish, labor and materials, 421.94
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.
Paid Ames Plow Co., stakes, 12.00
" Phinehas Ball, stamps, paper, &c., 8.21
Barrett, Washburn & Co., hose, pipe &c. 34.65
John Barnard, slating, 16.73
E. Boyden & Son, plans, 33.50
Mason A. Boyden, labor on plans, 46.00
‹: Brown, Putnam, & Co., music July 4, 12.00
66 Phylonzo Brown, box and keys, 6.35
Wm. H. Brown, attaching locks to doors, 36.75
66 A. C. Buttrick, surveying, &c., 25.00
E. M. Carpenter, ringing bell July 4, 5.00
66 C. S. Chapin, Q. M. 10 Reg., services of band and transp'n of men, 58.50
66 R. H. Chase, painting flag staff, 4.78
66 Geo. B. Coleman, ringing & tolling bell, 7.00
Geo. H. Clark, paint and labor, 3.25
A. L. Culver, ringing and tolling bell, 7.00
Chas. A. Cummings, speak'g tube, &c., 13.25 Wm. A. DeLacy, page to C. C. 1 year, 15.00 Chas. A. Denny, damage to carryall, 175.00
Div. No. 42, brooms, matches, &c., 43.99
Moses Dusoe, damages, 25.00
H. W. Eddy, rules, &c., 6.39
H. C. Fish, labor, &c., 45.60
James R. Fish, repairs, 29.17
Edward R. Fiske & Son, printing, 7.70
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Paid C. Foster & Co., locks, &c., 168.65
Thomas H. Gage, professional services, 15.00 Gould & Burbank, setting monuments, 50.00
Green Library Fund, taxes, 505.84
66 Henry Griffin, milk inspector, 1 yr. 15.00
Grout & Bigelow, books, paper, &c., 24.35
Nathan Harkness, posting bills, 4.00
66 Heald & Bigelow, repairs to wagon, 57.90
Eben'r Hemenway, labor, , 574.40
Highway Department, grad'g Salem sq. 1 22.25 Geo. G. Hildreth, returning deaths, 5.70
Geo. F. Hoar, prof'l services, 552.10
Pliny Holbrook, sundry payments, 1.69
H. Hamlin Houghton, expenses in case Eliza Hobbs vs. city, 68.55
G. Hutchinson, setting glass, .65
Herbert M. Jacobs, care clocks, 1 yr. 70.00
.6 J. H. Jenkins & Co., carpeting, &c., 25.09
George M. Jewell, ring'g and toll'g bell, 7.00 Clark Jillson, revis'g laws and ord'ces, 200.00
B. F. Johnston, tolling bell, 2.00
Ezra Kent, ringing and tolling bell, 7.00
66 Daniel Kinsley, care ward room, 1 yr., 10.00 75.12
66 Kniffen Mowing Machine Co., plank,
E. S. Knowles, setting monument, 19.60
J. B Lamb & others, fir'g salute July 4, 43.00
66 A. B. Lovell, labor, &c., 32.76
J. D. Lovell, sundries and cash pd. out, 7.25 Thomas Magennis, ringing bell, 5.00
A. G. Mann, stone posts, &c., 87.90
Jerome Marble & Co., use of bbls., 4.00
Augustus Marrs, entertain't July 4, 1,000.00 Henry A. Marslı, services 5 bands and expenses July 4, 835.00
66 Oramel Martin, attendance at Court, 15.00
Charles Marvin, sundries, 29.67
Matthews & Chamberlain, labor, 2.85
Thomas A. McConville, ret'ing deaths, 32.30 Henry A. Metcalf, writing for Ass'rs, 195.00 Henry W. Miller, paper and twine, 1.93 .
Nat'l Cornet Band, play'g on Common, 100.00 John P. K. Otis, services rodman, 6.00
David F. Parker, rep'g furniture, .75
J. S. Pinkham, cotton and crape, 7.95
David L. Prince, cleaning and care can'n, 3.00
T. H. Reed, cups, July 4, 3.15
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Paid Dexter Rice, banner, "
2.50
W. W. Rice, sundry expenses,
96.12
I. D. Russell, rep'g pumps, &c., 32.10
6 Geo. Sessions and Son, ret'ng deaths, 30.90
66 R. R. Shepard & Co., cartridges, &c., 116.00
66 Hattie A. Smith, services Eng'r's office, 196.50
66 Samuel Smith, recording births, mar- riages, and deaths, and returning same to Sec'ry of State, 482.30
Sam'l Smith, furniture for office, 202.83
66 stamps, express, &c., 50.34
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labor on voting list, '66, '67, and '68, 153.00
Woodbury C. Smith, rent Hort'l Hall, 18.00
Jos. E. Stearns, whitening cells, 41.91
E. M. Stockwell, damages, 50.00
Wm. O. Swett, matches and dusters, 9.56
J. L. Tarbox, use Hort'l Hall, 11.00
Lucian A. Taylor, services Eng'r's of., 153.50 sundries, 17.37
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Vt. & Mass. R. R. Co., transportation, 40.50
Andrew J. Waite, stone, 38.00
Walker & Sweetser, ice, 55.55
W. Ansel Washburn, team, 2.00
J. S. Wesby, binding and lettering, 1.62
George W. Wheeler, preparing report for Doc. 22, 25.00
Geo. W. Wheeler, stamps, express, &c., 63.00 Geo. W. Wheeler, Jr., ringing and tolling. bell, 7.00
" Mary G. B. Wheeler, services in Treas- urer's office, 408.00
J. C. White & Co., paper, 3.00
Wm. C. Whiting, repairing wagon, 26.50
Alex'r H. Wilder, mem. of conveyances, 15.00
Emery Wilson, cash paid out, 4.00
Rufus Woodward, attendance at Court, 25.00 Worcester Agricultural Society, stor- age of cannon, 20.00
Wor. Br. Band, playing on Common, 100.00 Wor. City Guards and Light Inf'try, rent of armory, 600.00
Wor. Mech. Assoc., use of hall, 80.00
66 Wor. & Nashua R. R., transp'n, 175.00
Wor. W. Works, use water, City Hall, 30.00
66 66 wat'g tr'ghs, 140.00
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Paid Wor. W. Works, water for hydrants, 6,500.00
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- $70,780.22
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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