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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 28.
RECAPITULATION.
HIGHWAYS.
Balance to the credit of Department Nov. 30, 1872, brought forward, Appropriation,
$25,840 88 48,000 00
Revenue for sidewalks charged to abutters, $18,273 94
labor and material, 6,432 28
66 " street construction,
3,755 63 -$28,461 85
Expended,
78,859 98
Balance unexpended,
$23,442 75
SIDEWALKS.
Expended,
$42,596 61
Appropriation, 40,000 00
Balance overdrawn, $2,596 61
BLOCK PAVING. .
Expended,
Appropriation,
$30,026 26
30,000 00
Balance overdrawn, $26 26 -$2,622 87
Balance unexpended to the credit of department,
$20,819 88
SCHEDULE
Of Real and Personal Property in charge of the Highway Department, November 29th, 1873.
REAL ESTATE.
50,331 feet land with city stables thereon, $23,000 00
12 acres land on Lamartine street, 5,000 00
1 acre land on Pleasant street,. 150 00
Gravel pit near Paxton line,
100 00
Total of real estate,
$28,250 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
LIVE STOCK.
$2,800 00 1,000 00 -$3,800 00
14 horses, 10 oxen,
$102,302 73
375
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
HAY AND GRAIN.
2 tons hay,
$60 00
1 ton straw,
25 00
Lot corn stalks,
5 00
150 bushels oats,
82 50
200 bushels corn,
150 00
-$322 50
WAGONS, CARTS, SLEDS AND EQUIPMENTS.
1 four-horse wagon,
$175 00
13 ox yokes,
$50 00
1 two-horse wagon,
65 00
21 neck yokes,
20 00
2 one-horse wagons.
300 00
2 pairs ox bows, 2 00
9 two-horse carts,
1,600 00
19 whiffletrees,
30 00
6 one-horse carts,
500 00
14 horse blankets,
30 00
6 ox carts,
500 00
50 meal bags,
20 00
1 tight cart,
150 00
14 surcingles,
14 00
1 set cart- wheels,
56 00
16 halters,
16 00
1 stone lifter,
225 00
14 curry combs and brushes,
30 00
1 cesspool cleaner,
200 00
4 feed baskets,
8 00
1 street roller,
200 00
8 draught chains,
18 00
stone truck,
40 00
6 heavy cable chains,
21 00
2 two-horse sleds,
175 00
3 scraper chains,
6 00
1 light horse sled,
40 00
15 stake chains,
10 00
1 light express sleigh,
25 00
20 tie chains,
16 00
2 ox sleds,
35 00
4 whiffletree chains,
4 00
5 sets double harnesses,
300 00
2 pairs lead bars,
5 00
3 single harnesses,
105 00
2 cart harnesses,
30 00
1 pair lead harnesses,
50 00
$5,071 00
TOOLS.
2 sets tackle and falls,
$15 00
14 crow bars,
$40 00
1 grindstone,
8 00
14 stone drills,
30 00
50 good shovels,
50 00
Lot of light stone tools, 5 00
50 old shovels,
10 00
7 stone hammers,
30 00
37 snow shovels,
37 00
7 cinder hammers,
14 00
5 long handle shovels,
: 00
8 striking hammers,
20 00
1 ox scraper,
17 00
42 lanterns, 50 00
7 hay rakes,
1 50
2 baskets,
1 00
1 manure fork,
1 25
2 hay cutters,
18 00
2 manure hooks,
2 00
3 grain chests,
15 00
2 feed troughs,
8 00
3 gravel screens,
18 00
9 oil cans,
3 00
2 patent scrapers,
70 00
Set of grain measures,
1 50
4 side scrapers,
15 00
1 spirit level,
2 00
8 snow scrapers,
25 00
1 adz,
, 00
2 wheelbarrows,
4 00
3 chopping axes,
3 00
1 oil pan,
5 00
1 broad axe,
2 00
3 brooms,
2 00
4 grub cutters,
8 00
1 iron vise,
6 00
3 ladders,
5 00
3 monkey wrenches,
3 00
1 cross-cut saw,
5 00
3 stoves,
10 00
10 hay forks, 35 street hoes,
35 00
Lot carpenters' tools,
12 00
6 garden rakes,
3 00
3 tool chests,
30 00
1 spade,
1 00
4 pairs rubber boots,
16 00
39 picks,
70 00
6 stone drags,
50 00
200 feet fire hose,
150 00
3 side hill plows,
40 00
1 pick plow,
50 00
1 snow plow,
10 00
12 plow points,
10 00
$1,070 25
1 trowel,
1 00
Lot lead pipe,
7 00
5 00
16 water pails,
10 00
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 28.
LUMBER.
35,000 feet bridge plank,
$875 00
72 00
6 bridge stringers, 200 fence posts,
50 00
Lot fence railing,
30 00 -$1,027 00
STONE, BRICK, ETC.
500 feet curbstone,
$300 00
300 " flagstone,
75 00
2,000 tons cobbles, 17 long corners,
93 50
25 short corners,
87 50
30,000 paving brick,
450 00
592 yards block stone,
1,480 00
Lot covering stone, stone posts, &c.,
200 00
$4,686 00
Total of personal property,
15,976 75
Total of real estate,
28,250 00
Amount in department, $44,226 75
In retiring from the office of Commissioner of Highways I desire to express my obligation to Charles Marvin, clerk, for the accuracy of the accounts of the department, and also to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. E. R. Thompson, foreman, whose long ex- perience in directing the work upon the streets and highways has qualified him to advise the Commissioner in the discharge of his duties. For the assistance so willingly and cheerfully rendered by all the foremen since my connection with the department, I wish to express my gratitude. And last, but not least, to the ready obedience and cheerful co-operation of the men employed by the city as laborers, I owe whatever of success there may have been in the work performed by the department during the last two years.
Respectfully submitted.
THOMAS GATES,
Commissioner of Highways.
WORCESTER, December 27th, 1873.
2,000 00
REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER.
WORCESTER, MASS., JAN. 5, 1874.
To the Honorable City Council :
GENTLEMEN : I herewith present the Annual Account of Receipts and Payments in the Treasury Department for the year ending November 30, 1873, from which it appears that the
Cash in the Treasury Dec. 1, 1872, was $268,496 34
Received during the year, 2,997,063 66
Total, $3,265,560 00
Paid during the year,
2,878,603 64
Balance, being the Cash in the Treasury November 30, 1873, $386,956 36
Deduct drafts unpaid at that date,
62,649 08
And there remains a balance, as per Auditor's report, of $324,307 28
The several items comprised in the above statement, unpaid drafts excepted, appear in the following account current.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. S. BARTON,
City Treasurer.
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 28.
Dr. CITY OF WORCESTER, in account current, from Dec. 1, 1872, to
To authorized payments charged to city accounts, as follows : NO. OF ACC'T.
1. Abatements and Discount, $52,478 75
2. City Hall, 5,147 51
3. City Hospital,
7,135 65
4. City Hospital Building,
1,207 75
5. Committee on Reduction of City Debt,
168,006 15
6. Discount on City Bonds,
18,505 00
7. Fire Department,
69,884 44
8. Free Public Library, 5
13,648 48
9. High School House (new),
2 00
10. High School House (old),
26 00
11. Highway Department,
156,522 70
12. Hope Cemetery,
930 37
13. Incidental Expenses,
11,818 37
14. Interest,
115,259 05
15. Interest on Sewer Loan,
26,934 00
16. Interest on Water Loan,
44,583 25
17. Lighting Streets,
21,124 68
18. Loans, Funded City,
8,000 00
19. 66
66 Sewer,
80,000 00
20. 66 Water,
69,200 00
21. Temporary,
1,287,284 00
22. Pauper Department, "City Relief,"
13,131 79
23. 66 66 " Farm Acc't,"
26,860 86
24.
66 66
" Truant Sch'l Acc't," 2,784 64
58,782 87
26,772 44
27. School Department,
153,018 80
28. School Houses,
23,873 87
29. Sewers, "Construction Acc't," 66 "Maintenance Acc't,"
6,613 30
31. Shade Trees and Public Grounds,
3,779 89
32. State Aid,
12,524 16
33. State Militia,
523 00
34. Street Construction,
47,842 15
35. Taxes, 1872, County,
16,768 18
36. 66 66 State,
51,020 00
37. 66 1873, County,
20,963 23
38. Water Works, "Construction Acc't," 44,860 69
39. 66 66 " High Service Acc't,"
97,649 98
40. 66 66 " Maintenance Acc't,"
23,506 43 2,878,603 64
Balance, cash in Treasury Nov. 30, 1873,
386,956 36
$3,265,560 00
25. Police Department,
26. Salaries,
89,629 21
30.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
Nov. 30, 1873, with WM. S. BARTON, City Treasurer. Cr.
By cash received and credited to city accounts, as follows :
NO. OF ACC'T.
Cash in Treasury Dec. 1, 1872,
$268,496 34
1. City Hall, $729 00
2. City Hospital, 1,457 60
3. Committee on Reduction of City Debt, 156,700 00
4. Fire Department, 1,863 50
5. Free Public Library,
2,176 19
6. Highway Department,
39,829 46
7. Incidental Expenses,
5,902 94
8. Interest,
7,171 37
9. Lighting Streets,
112 90
10. Loans, Funded City,
612,500 00 -
11. Temporary,
1,085,300 76
12. Pauper Department, City Relief Acc't,
3,682 26
13. 66
Farm Acc't,
3,427 58
14. Police Department,
8,844 77
15. Real Estate Sales,
100 00
16. School Department,
2,343 02
17. Sewer Assessment,
27,369 69
18. Sewers, Construction Acc't,
2,236 21
19. Shade Trees and Public Grounds,
578 00
20. State Aid,
11,700 00
21. State Militia,
3,607 00
22. Street Betterments,
18,726 54
23. Street Construction,
9,391 82
24. Taxes, 1872,
11,915 28
25. 66 Corporation,
45,804 26
26. 1873,
815,201 04
27. Water Works, " Construction Acc't,"
21,528 15
28. 66 " High Service Acc't," 10 00
29. 66 66 "Maintenance Acc't,"
93,291 13
30. Wheeler, Geo. W., collector,
3,563 19 2,997,063 66
$3,265,560 00
WM. S. BARTON,
City Treasurer.
WORCESTER, MASS., January 5, 1874.
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MAYOR'S DRAFTS AND TREASURER'S PAYMENTS COMPARED.
The column of Differences, November 30, 1873, in the following Statement, shows the amount drawn for and charged to City Accounts in the Auditor's office, but not paid by the City Treasurer at that date.
NO.
ACCOUNT.
Diff'nces, Nov. 30, 1872.
Mayor's Drafts.
TOTAL.
Treasurer's Payments.
Diff'nces, Nov. 30, 1873.
1. Abatements and Discount
$52,478 75
$52,478 75
$52,478 75
2.
City Hall.
$282 40
5,302 85
5,585 25
5,147 51
$437 74
3.
City Hospital, . .?.
504 07
7,189 74
7,693 81
7,135 65
558 16
4.
City Hospital Building.
18 75
1,189 00
1,207 75
1,207 75
5.
Committee on Reduct'n of City Debt.
168,006 15
168,006 15
168,006 15
6.
Discount on City Bonds
18,505 00
18,505 00
18,505 00
7.
Fire Department.
8,382 30
75,961 01
84,343 31
69,884 44
14,458 87
8.
Free Public Library.
672 19
14,107 05
14,779 24
13,648 48
1,130 76
9.
High School House (new)
2 00
2 00
2 00
10.
High School House (old).
26 00
26 00
26 00
11.
Highway Department
13,194 52
152,726 84
165,921 36
156,522 70
9,398 66
12.
Hope Cemetery
930 37
930 37
930 37
13.
Incidental Expenses
696 72
12,256 09
12,952 81
11,818 37
1,134 44
14. 15.
Interest on Sewer Loan.
26,934 00
26,934 00
26,934 00
16.
Interest on Water Loan
44,583 25
44,583 25
44,583 25
17.
Lighting Streets
1,904 00
21,454 98
23,358 98
21,124 68
2,234 30
18.
Loans, Funded City
8,000 00
8,000 00
8,000 00
19.
Loans, Funded Sewer
80,000 00
80,000 00
80,000 00
20.
Loans, Funded Water
69,200 00
69,200 00
69,200 00
21.
Loans, Temporary:
1,287,284 00
1,287,284 00
1,287,284 00
22.
Pauper Dep't, City Relief Account ..
748 20
13,114 73
13,862 93
13,131 79
731 14
23.
Pauper Department, Farm Account.
1,520 52
28,061 18
29,581 70
26,860 86
2,720 84
24.
Pauper Dep't, Truant School Acc't.
123 44
2,723 11
2,846 55
2,784 64
61 91
Police Department.
4,844 08
58,595 05
63,439 13
58,782 87
4,656 26
Salaries
4,724 82
24,209 28
28,934 10
26,772 44
2,161 66
School Department.
13,712 01
153,003 89
166,715 90
153,018 80
13,697 10
28. 29 .. 30. 31.
Sewers, Construction Account
14,301 94
76,576 14
90,878 08
89,629 21
1,248 87
Seweis, Maintenance Account.
7,994 44
7,994 44
6,613 30
1,381 14
32.
State Aid.
12,524 16
12,524 16
12,524 16
33.
State Militia
523 00
523 00
523 00
34.
Street Construction
9,929 26
39,696 55
49,625$1
47,842 15
1,783 66
35.
Taxes, 1872, County
16,768 18
16,768 18
16,768 18
36.
Taxes, 1872, State.
51,020 00
51,020 00
51,020' 00
37. 38.
Water Works, Construction Acc't ..
2,455 18
45,596 21
48,051 39
44,860 69
3,190 70
39.
Water Works, High Service Acc't ...
31,719 26
65,930 72
97,649 98
97,649 98
40.
Water Works, Maintenance Ace't ...
1,408 22
23,327 96
24,736 18
23,506 43
1,229 75
1
20,963 23
20,963 23
20,963 23
Shade Trees and Public Grounds
400 34
3,812 67
4,213 01
3,779 89
433 12
School Houses
23,873 87
23,873 87
23,873 87
25. 26. 27.
Interest.
115,259 05
115,259 05
115,259 05
1
Taxes, 1873, County
$112,500 59 $2,828,752 13 $2,941,252 72 $2,878,603 64 $ 62,649 08
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
CITY OF WORCESTER, AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Jan. 5, 1874.
To the Honorable City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- As required in Section 15 of "Ordinance in relation to Finance," the undersigned presents herewith a Statement of Receipts and Expenses, in aggregates, for the financial year ending November 30, 1873, and a classification of the same in connection with the Appropriations, showing the unexpended balances at that date, also a Statement of Liabilities and Cash Assets then existing, and a Schedule of City Property.
1
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY GRIFFIN,
Auditor.
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
RECEIPTS.
The following is a Statement of Receipts in aggregates for the year ending November 30, 1873, as credited to the following accounts :
NO. OF ACC'T.
1. City Hall,
$729 00
2. City Hospital,
1,457 60
3. Committee on reduction of City Debt, 156,700 00
4. Fire Department,
1,863 50
5. Free Public Library,
2,176 19
6. Highway Department,
39,829 46
7. Incidental Expenses,
5,902 94
8. Interest,
7,171 37
9. Lighting Streets,
112 90
10. Loans, Funded City,
612,500 00
11. 66 Temporary,
1,085,300 76
12. Pauper Department, City Relief Account,
3,682 26
13.
Farm Account,
3,427 58
8,844 77
100 00
16. School Department,
2,343 02
17. Sewer Assessment, 27,369 69
18. Sewers, Construction Account,
2,236 21
19. Shade Trees and Public Grounds,
578 00
20. State Aid,
11,700 00
21. State Militia,
3,607 00
22. Street Betterments,
18,726 54
23. Street Construction,
9,391 82
24. Taxes, 1872,
11,915 28
25. 1872, Corporation,
45,804 26
26. 1873,
815,201 04
27. Water Works, Construction Account, 66
21,528 15
28. 66 High Service Account, 10 00
29. 66 Maintenance Account, .
93,291 13
30. Wheeler, Geo. W., Collector, 3,563 19
Total Receipts,
$2,997,063 66
14. Police Department,
15. Real Estate Sales,
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
EXPENSES.
The claims for the year ending November 30, 1873, as approved and drawn for in the Auditor's office, are shown in aggregates as charged to the following accounts :
NO. OF ACC'T.
1. Abatements and Discount,
$52,478 75
2. City Hall, 5,302 85
3. City Hospital, 7,189 74
4. City Hospital Building,
1,189 00
5. Committee on Reduction of City Debt,
168,006 15
6. Discount on City Bonds,
18,505 00
7. Fire Department,
75,961 01
8. Free Public Library,
14,107 05
11. Highway Department,
152,726 84
13. Incidental Expenses,
12,256 09
14. Interest,
115,259 05
15. Interest on Sewer Loan,
26,934 00
16. Interest on Water Loan,
44,583 25
17. Lighting Streets,
21,454 98
18. Loans, Funded City,
8,000 00
19. . Funded Sewer,
80,000 00
20. 66 Funded Water,
69,200 00
21. " Temporary,
1,287,284 00
22. Pauper Department, City Relief Acct.,
13,114 73
23.
Farm Account,
28,061 18
24.
Truant School Acct.,
2,723 11
25. Police Department,
58,595 05
26. Salaries,
24,209 28
27. School Department,
153,003 89
28. School Houses,
23,873 87
29. Sewers, Construction Account,
76,576 14
30 Maintenance Account,
7,994 44
31. Shade Trees and Public Grounds,
3,812 67
32. State Aid,
12,524 16
33. State Militia,
523 00
34. Street Construction,
39,696 55
35. Taxes, 1872, County,
16,768 18
36. 66 1872, State,
51,020 00
37. 1873, County,
20,963 23
38. Water Works, Construction Account,
45,596 21
39. High Service 66 66
65,930 72
40. Maintenance 23,327 96
Total Expenses,
$2,828,752 13
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
LIABILITIES, NOVEMBER 30, 1873.
. Funded City Loan, 66 Sewer, "
Water, "
$1,238,000 00 369,400 00 678,300 00
Temporary Loan,
Amount of State Tax for 1873,
Balance of County Tax for 1873,
20,957 23
Due the State for part of National Bank Tax, 21,766 35
Total,
$3,041,348 39
CASH ASSETS, NOVEMBER 30, 1873.
Cash in Treasury after paying Audited Bills to date, $324,307 28
2,622 Shares in B., B. & G. R. R. Co., par value, 262,200 00
D. S. Messinger's Note, due on demand, 19,000 00
John Corliss' Note, 66
750 00
Taxes of 1873, uncollected,
62,265 44
Taxes of 1872,
9,728 74
Taxes prior to 1872, uncollected,
30,438 03
Due on Sewer Assessments (including amount apportioned), 245,862 66
Due on Assessments for Street Betterments
(including amount apportioned), 17,225 00
Sinking Fund in hands of Committee, 11,306 15
Due from Commonwealth :
For State Aid, 29,654 65
State Militia pay rolls, 238 26
Corporation Taxes, 43,073 37
Due from Worcester Street Railway,
2,560 53
Due on Highway Department Account, 16,038 84
66 Water Works, Maintenance Account, 21,198 72
66
Construction 3,935 66
66 School Department Account, 121 29
Fire 66 66
11 90
Total, 1,099,916 52
Liabilities over Cash Assets,
$1,941,431 87
2,285,700 00 655,527 31 57,397 50
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Showing the Appropriations for each City Account, -- a classification of Receipts and Expenses for the year ending November 30, 1873, and the balances unexpended at that date.
ABATEMENTS AND DISCOUNT.
$48,700 00
Appropriation, 66 transferred from City Hall Acct. 1,000 00
66 66 66 Incidental Ex- penses,
3,000 00
$52,700 00
EXPENDED.
For Abatements allowed by Assessors, $4,596 26
Discount allowed for prompt payment, 47,882 49
Total as per item No. 1, of Expenses, 52,478 75
Balance unexpended,
$221 25
CITY HALL.
Appropriation, $6,400 00
Less Appropriation transferred to Abatements
and Discount, 1,000 00
$5,400 00
RECEIVED.
For Rent of Court room, 1 year, to Jan'y 1, 1873, $725 00 One Soapstone Sink, 4 00
Total as per item No. 1 of Receipts, $729 00
$6,129 00
386
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
EXPENDED.
For Coal and wood,
$931 34
Furniture and fixtures,
338 52
Repairs,
1,164 26
Gas,
2,627 74
Brooms, brushes, matches, &c.,
67 71
Care of Heating apparatus,
100 00
Water and Ice,
73 28
Total as per item No. 2 of Expenses,
$5,302 85
Balance unexpended,
$826 15
CITY HOSPITAL.
Appropriation, $10,000 00
Less Appropriation transferred to Fire De- partment,
$1,185 19
Less Appropriation transferred to School De- partment, 534 74
Less Appropriation transferred to Pauper De- partment, Farm Account, 356 71
$2,076 64
$7,923 36
RECEIVED.
For Board, Fees, Rent, &c.,
$1,457 60
Total as per item No. 2 of Receipts,
$1,457 60
$9,380 96
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Physician and Superintendent, $591 67
Services of nurses and others,
1,964 62
Groceries and provisions,
2,464 31
Carpets, bedding, table linen, &c.,
168 98
Crockery, tinware, &c.,
112 03
Furniture,
207 50
Surgical instruments,
106 22
Medicines,
414 81
Coal and wood,
295 47
Repairs,
86 08
Rent,
500 00
387
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
For Gas,
174 20
Stationery, &c.,
32 50
Printing,
71 35
Total as per item No. 3 of Expenses,
$7,189 74
Balance unexpended,
$2,191 22
CITY HOSPITAL BUILDING.
Balance unexpended in 1272 brought forward,
$24,832 60
EXPENDED.
For Plans for Hospital Building,
$1,189 00
Total as per item No. 4 of Expenses,
$1,189 00
Balance unexpended,
$23,643 60
COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF CITY DEBT.
EXPENDED.
Amount of Sinking Fund, November 30, 1872,
$168,006 15
Total as per item No. 5 of Expenses,
$168,006 15
RECEIVED.
Amount of Funded Loans, payable in 1873, $156,700 00
Total as per item No. 3 of Receipts,
$156,700 00
Balance in hands of Committee,
$11,306 15
DISCOUNT ON CITY BONDS.
EXPENDED.
Discount on Bonds for $3,500, sold at 99,
$35 00
66 66 170,500, 93号,
11,082 50
66
98,500, 92₺, 7,387 50
Total as per item No. 6 of Expenses, $18,505 00
50
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 28.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation, 66 transferred from City Hospi-
$70,000 00
tal Account, 1,185 19
Appropriation transferred from Interest Ac- count,
2,912 32
· $74,097 51
RECEIVED.
For Labor of men and teams,
$1,552 60
Old hose, stove, &c.,
168 15
Use of roof of Engine house,
21 00
Use of Steamer,
30 50
Testing coal oil,
6. 00
Manure,
85 25
Total as per item No. 4 of Receipts,
$1,863 50
$75,961 01
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Simon E. Combs, chief engineer, $1,000 00
66 Wm. Brophy, Wm. Knowles,
asst.
833 32
66
191 63
66
John W. Loring,
66
191 63
66
Samuel H. Day,
66 66
and clerk,
241 65
Pay roll of men, Steamer No. 1,
1,506 28
66
66
66
3,
1,506 28
66
166
4,
1,546 28
66
Hose Co., 1,
1,081 27
66
66
66
2,
1,081 28
66
66
66
3,
1,071 66
66
66
66
4,
1,081 27
66
66
66
5,
1,072 92
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, 2,010 43
66 2, 2,040 46
66
66
Babcock Co., No. 1, 272 94
Services of Stewards,
2,352 00
" Supt. of Fire Alarm,
166 68
Extra services of Chief Engineer, .
150 00
New apparatus,
16,115 61
Repairs of apparatus,
999 73
Materials and repairs for telegraph,
1,540 77
Land for engine house, bought of D. W. Lincoln, 460 60
2,
1,488 36
66
66 66
66
389
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
For Engine house on Pleasant street,
4,918 17
66 Lamartine
6,619 70
Plans for " 66
407 75
Additions to houses and repairs,
4,837 67
Work on Bell Tower on Pleasant street,
3,432 14
Alarm Bell for Tower, and connecting,
5,556 70
Heating apparatus in engine house, Big- elow Court, 1,758 77
Furniture and fixtures,
1,435 72
Hardware and tools,
204 93
Blacksmith labor,
289 62
Freight and trucking,
260 82
Coal and wood,
713 09
Oil, soap, brushes, &c.,
322 48
Horses,
362 25
Horse hire,
1,594 14
Hay, grain and straw,
1,316 99
Harnesses, blankets, &c., and repair of same,
193 51
Bells, straps and badges,
130 50
Services of band and collation,
225 00
Alarms for fire,
213 00
Travel of engineers,
97 42
Rent of barn,
75 00
Insurance,
52 00
Advertising,
38 05
Stationery,
13 63
Printing,
96 85
Gas,
697 59
Water,
94 47
Total as per item No. 7 of Expenses, $75,961 01
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation,
$12,800 00
RECEIVED.
For Dog Fund from County Treasurer, $2,174 19
Error in charge for trucking, 2 00
Total as per item No. 5 of Receipts,
$2,176 19
$14,976 19
390
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 28.
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Librarian,
$2,147 11
66 " Asst. Librarians,
1,760 96
" Janitor,
196 50
Books and stationery,
6,670 60
Binding books,
767 19
Furniture and fixtures,
86 00
Brooms, dusters, matches, &c.,
18 10
Insurance,
330 75
Repairs,
386 39
Coal and wood,
450 31
Gas,
1,063 46
Advertising,
31 40
Printing,
198 28
Total as per item No. 8 of Expenses,
$14,107 05
Balance unexpended,
$869 14
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation for Highways,
$40,000 00
Sidewalks,
40,000 00
66
" Block Paving,
30,000 00
$110,000 00
Appropriation transferred from Street Con- struction Account,
8,000 00
$118,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Construction of Sidewalks, other labor, &c., $28,941 60
Street Construction (Labor, &c.), 10,875 86
Advertising sale of estates for payment of bills for sidewalks, 12 00
Total as per item No. 6 of Receipts, $39,829 46
$157,829 46
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Thomas Gates, Commissioner, $2,200 00 Labor of men, as per pay rolls, 48,812 31
Extra labor of men and teams, 16,340 55
Paving,
35,811 83
391
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
For Curbstone,
7,829 31
Flagstone,
2,431 16
Cobble stone,
1,361 58
Paving blocks,
460 80
Stone posts, wall stone, &c.,
1,465 54
Bricks,
7,634 30
Freight and trucking,
9,024 05
Gravel,
1,477 10
Labor, breaking roads,
1,587 11
Lumber and carpenter work,
2,808 57
Hardware and tools,
589 58
Carts, wagons, sleighs, &c.,
620 45
Harnesses and repair of same,
260 69
Shoeing, repair of tools, &c.,
1,694 47
Horses and oxen,
467 00
Board of horses and oxen,
13 00
Hay, grain and straw,
4,646 65
Medicine, &c., for horses,
129 60
Traveling expenses,
49 60
Engineering,
1,648 73
Clerk hire,
355 35
Wall built by Ashworth & Jones,
800 00
Changing hydrants,
94 86
Water, and supplying watering trough,
44 50
Drain pipe,
130 74
Rubber goods,
43 75
Oil, lanterns, brooms, &c.,
211 81
Lime and cement,
11 09
Powder and fuse,
59 69
Coal,
23 75
Gas,
40 66
Abatements on bills for sidewalks,
21 16
Blank books, stationery, stamps, &c.,
11 60
Advertising,
62 00
Printing,
50 55
Damages allowed Mrs. S. E. Martin,
150 00
Susan Eames,
200 00
Joel Howe,
500 00
¥
A. L. Knowles,
125 00
S. K. Smith,
150 00
Julia A. Waters,
50 00
66 Michael Perenne,
31 50
66
66 A. H. Schofield,
25 00
66
66 Julius E. Bacon, &c.,
169 85
Total as per item No. 11 of Expenses,
$152,726 84
Balance unexpended,
$5,102 62
392
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 28.
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Appropriation, $11,000 00
Less appropriation transferred to Abatements
and Discount, 3,000 00
$8,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Licenses from City Clerk,
$3,048 33
Office fees 66
1,187 20
One half of fees for weighing on City Scales,
643 35
Rent of armories, from Commonwealth,
601 00
Heating Old South Church,
178 00
Advertising sale of Estates for payment of Assessments for Street Better- ments, 15 66
Summonses,
204 40
Peddler's license,
25 00
Total as per item No. 7 of Receipts,
$5,902 94
$13,902 94
EXPENDED.
For Numbering streets and erecting signs, $187 94.
Services of Engineers, &c., 711 61
" Ward clerks, 78 00
Professional services of George F. Hoar,
500 00
George F. Verry,
700 00
E. R. Hoar, 658 00
6: 66 and witness fees,
446 43
Cost of suits, charged by County,
289 37
4th of July celebration,
453 00
Memorial day celebration,
500 00
Rent of Armories,
441 64
Water for Armories, &c.,
31 49
Music Stand on Common,
94 75
Surveyor's instruments and repairing same,
142 61
Rent, furniture and heating of Ward rooms, 180 62
Watering streets near public buildings, 100 00
Stone for Scale House, 29 72
Repairing Hay scales,
107 58
Paving around Hay scales,
45 08
Collecting swill,
250 00
Traveling expenses of Committees,
103 25
Hack hire, 30 00
Serving Summonses,
206 12
Services of Page to Common Council,
45 75
393
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
For Care of Clocks,
82 50
Registering Births,
183 35
Return of Deaths, by Undertakers,
142 60
Copying for Assessors,
48 20
Appraising land,
25 00
Analysis of Milk,
25 00
Directories for City Hall,
158 00
Coal,
55 38
Gas for Armories,
43 49
Trucking,
3 50
Advertising,
717 84
Blank books, stationery, stamps, &c.,
606 96
Printing,
2,468 89
Arrears of State Aid to Bessie McHugh,
61 50
Damages allowed Jane Wade,
300 00
Anastasia Kelliher,
200 00
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