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Less amount transferred to School Houses, $708 90
66 Pauper Department,
509 51
Farm, Less amount transferred to Salaries,
41 47
$1,259 88
$4,740 12
188
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
RECEIVED.
%
For Rent of Court Room,
$1,000 00
Materials sold,
6 00
Refund of overcharge,
1 00
Dividend on Insurance policy,
106 24
Total as per item No. 1 of Receipts,
$1,113 24
$5,853 36
EXPENDED.
For Furniture and Fixtures,
$ 76 88
Repairs,
721 61
Care of Heating Apparatus, &c.,
275 00
Fuel,
892 57
Gas,
1,721 48
Brooms, brushes, matches, &c.,
145 04
Ice,
23 49
Removing ashes,
8 35
Repairing clocks,
7 25
Awnings,
96 00
Insurance,
25 00
Total as per item No. 2 of Expenses, $3,992 67
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, $1,860 69
City Hospital.
Balance unexpended, November 30, 1875, brought forward,
$ 4,216 02
Appropriation,
10,000 00
$14,216 02
Less amount transferred to Sinking Fund for 1875, brought forward, $2,216 02
$12,000 00
189
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
RECEIVED.
For Care of Paupers from Commonwealth,
$995 54
Board of Patients,
465 35
Sale of Cow and Swine,
110 00
Sale of Produce,
366 17
Total as per item No. 2 of Receipts,
$1,937 06
$13,937 06
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Physician and Superintendent, -
$ 712 23
Services of Nurses and other help,
2,959 13
Groceries and provisions,
2,462 28
Carpets, bedding, table linen, &c.,
358 36
Furniture and fixtures,
548 30
Crockery, tin ware, &c.,
55 21
Repairs,
992 97
Surgical instruments,
89 00
Medicines,
535 27
Fuel,
543 63
Gas,
197 45
Printing,
49 71
Water,
.
50 00
Stationery, postage, express, &e.,
42 38
Hay and grain,
170 96
Trucking,
12 60
Ice,
142 42
Cow and swine,
171 00
Boots and shoes,
6 40
Seeds, &c.,
33 00
Tools and hardware,
35 27
Hack hire,
82 71
Plans for extension of building,
15 00
Work on new addition,
451 87
Hospital extension contract with Geo. S. Clough, 1,893 00
Extra labor with team,
80 75
Total as per item No. 3 of Expenses, $12,690 90
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, 25
$1,246 16
190
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
Collector's Sales : Surplus Account.
RECEIVED.
From Sale of Estates in excess of taxes and costs, as per item No. 3 of Receipts, $2,648 21
EXPENDED.
Amount in excess of taxes and costs repaid in settlement, as per item No. 4 of Expenses,
$2,276 00
Balance,
$372 21
Fire Department.
Appropriation,
$44,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Labor of Men and Teams,
$332 63
Fuel sold,
38 15
Rent of roof of engine house,
24 00
Manure,
118 00
Hose carriage,
62 50
Refunded on bill of materials, Oats,
22 96
Use of steamer and fuel,
30 45
Flagging stone,
97 20
Removing ashes,
136 25
Repair of sewer,
31 00
Dividend on Insurance policy,
26 50
Total as per item No. 4 of Receipts,
$934 89
$44,934 89
EXPENDED.
For Salary of S. E. Combs, chief engineer, $1,200 00
66 " Wm. Brophy, Asst. 66 1,016 67
66 " G. N. Rawson, 66
183 35
" J. W. Loring, 66
200 00
66
" Samuel H. Day, " Clerk, 250 00
and
66 Wm. Knowles, "
bal. 16 66
.
-
15 25
191
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Pay Roll of men, Steamer No. 1,
1,530 00
66 66
" 2,
1,503 76
66
3,
1,521 67
66 66
66
" 4,
1,550 00
66 66 City Hose Co., No. 1,
1,105 00
66
66 Ocean
2, 1,105 00
Eagle
3,
1,121 66
66
66 Niagara 4,
1,088 32
66
Yankee
5,
1,105 00
Tiger 66
6,
855 00
Protector "
7,
863 33
66
66
Hook & Ladder Co., No. 1,
2,055 00
Babcock Extinguisher,
348 36
Services of Stewards and Drivers,
4,675 00
Repairs of Apparatus, 66
Houses,
850 54
Alarms for fire,
272 00
Materials for, and repair of telegraph,
505 98
Hay, grain and straw,
1,783 25
Horse hire, and board of horse,
1,240 00
Horse,
325 00
Harnesses, blankets and repairing same, Hose,
4,300 65
Medicine, and attendance for horses,
10 00
Hardware and tools,
157 63
Oil, soap, brushes, &c.,
409 62
Belts, Straps, and Badges,
19 00
Fuel,
1,053 01
Gas,
530 86
Advertising,
429 00
Printing,
149 40
Stationery,
17 30
Blacksmith labor,
214 33
Freight and trucking,
48 22
Furniture, Fixtures and repairing same,
352 29
Bedding,
148 21
Washing of bedding,
251 32
Express, Stamps, &c.,
54 42
Traveling expenses,
29 15
Jeremiah Murphy, balance on Pleasant street Engine house,
401 72
Die Plates and Dies,
55 50
Refreshments for firemen,
8 80
Wagon and repairing same,
50 00
Hack hire,
48 00
Ice,
4 35
Total as per item No. 5 of Expenses, $40,741 94
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund,
$4,192 95
2,
1,609 99
1,976 54
New Apparatus,
369 77
197 02
192
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31. Free Public Library.
Appropriation,
$11,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Dog Fund from County Treasurer,
$3,145 12
Materials sold,
5 00
Total as per item No. 5 of Receipts,
$3,150 12
$14,150 12
EXPENDED.
For Salary of S. S. Green, Librarian,
$2,500 00
Assistants,
3,121 49
" Janitors,
254 00
Books and Stationery,
4,792 15
Binding books,
904 36
Brooms, dusters, matches, &c.,
18 30
Fuel,
421 95
Gas,
984 02
Printing,
297 28
Furniture and Fixtures,
51 30
Repairs,
223 21
Stamps, Express, &c.,
279 27
Looking up lost books,
155 00
Trucking.
1 00
Ice,
2 45
Water,
10 68
Expense of Reading Room,
30 30
Photographs,
15 64
Shovelling snow,
1 60
Cleaning building,
16 85
Expense Catalogue,
66 67
Total as per item No. 6 of Expenses,
$14,147 52
Balance unexpended transferred to Sink- ing Fund, $2 60
.
193
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Highway Department.
Appropriation,
$45 000 00
4
Amount transferred from Street Construc- tion,
10,000 00
Amount transferred from Incidentals, 6,000 00
$16,000 00
$61,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Construction of Sidewalks, &c., $3,243 61
Amount transferred from Sidewalk Assess- ment,
4,414 74
Grading : College Street,
3,635 33
66 Crescent 66
329 06
66 Union 66
1,041 82
Highland 66
3,681 29
Crown
447 45
Millbury
52 00
Sundry
117 20
Insurance on Stable,
3,519 32
Total as per item No. 6 of Receipts,
$20,481 82
$81,481 82
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Rufus Carter (bal.) as Commis- sioner,
$201 66
Salary of David F. Parker, Commissioner, 1,725 83
Labor of men as per pay roll, 27,121 70
Extra labor of men as per pay roll, special,
391 75
Extra labor of men and teams,
1,616 26
Blacksmiths' labor,
1,176 18
Hardware and tools,
492 71
Clerical labor,
233 33
Engineering,
1,221 29
Brick,
1,679 44
Cobble stone,
258 44
Curb stone,
1,732 92
Flag stone,
1,147 20
Paving blocks,
693 00
Gravel,
892 80
194
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
Lime and cement,
96 30
Paving,
3,088 20
Drain pipe,
20 40
Lumber and carpenter work,
2,862 71
Harnesses, blankets and repairing same,
618 66
Carts, wagons, sleighs and repairing same,
444 99
Medicine for horses,
13 50
Hay, grain and straw,
4,164 49
Freight and trucking,
1,185 42
Oil, lanterns, brooms, &c.,
61 47
Advertising,
39 12
Printing,
48 21
Coal,
69 33
Gas,
26 96
Blank books, stationery, stamps, &c.,
33 06
Stone posts, wall stone, setting and laying same,
578 49
Powder and fuse,
26 40
Breaking roads,
30 10
Horse hire and hacking,
205 00
Horse keeping,
16 00 ·
E. M. Banning, repairing roads,
50 00
Chestnut posts,
169 85
Rubber goods,
17 00
Travelling expenses,
3 50
Witness fees and legal expenses,
19 05
Abatements on bills,
8 16
Supplying watering trough and repair- ing same, 7 50
Water and water pipe, and labor on same,
25 00
Quinsigamond bridge,
632 26
Southbridge street bridge,
5,296 71
Millbury street bridge,
4,804 62
Stone work, Stafford street,
245 13
Wm. O. White, contract for stable,
5,500 00
Building sheds for stable,
3,039 25
S. W. Dearborn, building shed for stable,
270 00
Weather-cock for stable,
36 00
Gas fittings &c., for stable,
139 55
Plan for stable,
30 00
Furniture and bedding,
28 48
Insurance on stable,
157 00
Repairs at stable,
24 17
M. R. Edwards, building wall near Hunt's mills, 1,179 72
Chas. Cooper, damage by raising grade of Cambridge street, 100 00
Mrs. J. C. Watson, injury to person,
1,054 62
Mary E. Knowles, injury to person,
302 64
195
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Helen S. Dickey, injury to person, 243 40
Eugene Sullivan, injury to person, 130 83
W. S. Putnam, injury to person, 250 00
J. G. Grady, injury to person, 300 00
J. S. Rogers, damages and costs for in- jury to son, 427 58
H. O. Porter, damage from defective- Highway, 100 00
1
Total as per item No. 7 of Expenses, $78,805 34
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, $2,676 48
Incidental Expenses.
Appropriations, $10,000 00
Less amount transferred to Pauper Depart-
ment, "Farm,' $3,000 00
Less amount transferred to Highway Depart- ment, 6,000 00
$9,000 00
$1,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Office fees from City Clerk,
$1,546 40
-Licenses from 66
1,210 00
66 for dogs, "
1,592 00
Peddler's License," 66
25 00
Licenses from Auctioneers and Pawn- brokers, 45 00
Fees for births, marriages and deaths, from City Clerk, 460 00
Licenses for Sale of Liquor,
28,200 00
One-half of fees. for weighing on City Scales,
532 72
From Town of Holden, for one-half of expense running Town line, 52 37
Bank tax, balance from Commonwealth,
137 74
Inspection of Petroleum, .
5 75
Dividend on Insurance Policy,
2 50
From H. T. Buck, expenses of removing stove, &c.,
6 00
Envelopes,
80
Returns from Com. on Division of County, 140 00
Rent of Armory Hall,
15 00
196
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
Rent of Armories, from Commonwealth, 1,738 00
Use of Taylor Hall, 10 00
Amount refunded overcharge, 2 00
Costs on Lien Acc't, Taxes 1874-'75,
81 70
Costs on Taxes, 1874,
22 98
Costs on Taxes, 1875,
1,171 70
Costs on collecting Street Betterment Assessments, 18 56
Costs on collecting Sidewalk Assess- ments,
11 74
Costs on collectings Sewer Assessment, "old acc't," 41 44
Costs on collecting Sewer Assessments, "new acc't,"
110 28
Summonses,
163 40
Total as per item No. 7 of Receipts,
$37,343 08
$38,343 08
EXPENDED.
For Advertising,
$1,075 01
Printing,
2,863 33
Coal for Hay Scales,
11 76
Posting Tax notices,
12 00
Services of Engineers, materials and re- pairs of instruments,
1,859 24
Trucking,
9 75
Hack and horse hire,
47 00
Rent of furniture and heating of Ward rooms,
123 63
Services of Ward Clerks,
58 00
Killing dogs,
30 00
Blank books, stationery, stamps, &c.,
790 18
Directories,
110 00
Care of Clocks and repairing same,
66 25
Memorial day expenses,
478 13
Fourth of July celebration,
5,224 05
Salute for Wilson obsequies,
95 00
Flag-Staff on Common,
123 16
Green Library Fund, Bank Tax refunded,
105 85
Jaques Hospital Fund, Bank Tax re- funded,
31 89
John Gates, abatement on taxes,
252 31ª
Analysis of Milk,
64 00
Perambulating Town bounds and setting posts, 20 00
Painting signs,
3 50
197
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
For Travelling Expenses of Committees,
6 40
B. W. Abbott, services as Auctioneer,
25 00
Rubber gaskets,
5 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one- fourth of Liquor Licenses,
7,150 00
Fees, Deputy Collector and serving sum- monses,
572 37.
Witness fees and legal expenses,
78 64
Fees, County, allowed John A. Dana,
34 60
Fees, County, allowed Clerk of District Court,
27 25
Fees, County, allowed Hartley Wil- liams,
101 75
Recording deeds,
59 50
Recording deaths and marriages,
629 25
Clerk pro tem. of Common Council,
25 00
Edwin McArthur, injury to person,
100 00
Gas for Supt. Public Buildings,
2 07
Care of office of Supt. of Public Build- ings,
5 25
Gas for Armory,
299 94
Repairs and fixtures for Armory,
267 04
Janitor for Armory,
159 00
Stoves and stove furniture for Armory,
100 00
R. C. Taylor, rent of hall, Rent of Brigade Head-Quarters,
300 00
Sprinkling around Public Buildings,
100 00
Examination of Theatre Building,
40 30
Return of deaths by Undertakers,
272 00
Geo. W. Mann, care North Pond dam,
25 00
Total as per item No. 8 of Expenses,
$24,673 22
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, $13,669 86
Interest.
Appropriation, $123,000 00
Less amount transferred to Water Works,
"Construction," $10,000 00
Less Amount transferred to School Depart-
ment, 8,150 73
$18,150 73
$104,849 27
26
/
833 32
198
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
RECEIVED.
For Interest on Deposits,
$2,990 93
66 66 Sewer Assessment, 1875, 365 53
66
Taxes, 1873,
25 18
66
66 1874,
81 20
66
66 66 1875,
1,789 53
66 66 66 1876,
9 63
66 66
Sewer Assessment, 1872, 10,146 19
66
1875, 745 89
66
66 Street Betterments,
306 50
Sidewalks, old acc't,
32 70
66
new acc't, 1 63
66 Lien acc't, Deeds canceled,
261 99
66
66 from Commissioners of Sink- ing Fund, 3,679 35
66
Note of John Corliss, 26 25
Total as per item No. 8 of Receipts,
$20,462 50
$125,311 77
EXPENDED.
For Interest on Funded City and Tempo rary Loans, as per item No 9 of Expenses,
$121,136 90
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund,
$4,174 87
Interest on Sewer Loan.
Appropriation,
$21,500 00
EXPENDED.
For Interest on Funded Sewer Loan as per item No. 10 of Expenses, $21,114 00
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, 386 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 199
Interest on Water Loan.
Receipts for Water Rates transferred from Water Works (Main.) Account,
$25,513 00
EXPENDED.
For Interest on Funded Water Loan as per item No. 11 of Expenses, $25,513 00
Lighting Streets.
Appropriations,
$27,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Lanterns sold,
$16 00
Glass broken,
90
Damage to lamp post,
3 00
Total as per item No. 9 of Receipts, $19 90
$27,019 90
EXPENDED.
For Worcester Gas Light Co.,
$11,098 31
Globe Gas Light Co., Lighting, &c.,
9,228 15
Lighting and care of lamps,
4,485 07
Lamp posts and frames,
458 72
Lanterns and lamps,
800 34
Oil, wicks and matches,
27 04
Resetting and repairing of lamps,
453 68
Advertising,
18 75
Castings,
21 40
Paints, oil and glass,
206 66
Alcohol,
83 50
Trucking and freight,
31 48
Ladders and repairing same,
14 75
Printing,
4 50
Carpenter work,
5.70
Lettering lanterns,
16 00
Total as per item No. 12 of Expenses,
$26,954 05
Balance unexpended transferred to Sink- ing Fund, $65 85
200
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31. Loans-Funded City.
Amount November 30, 1875,
$1,705,000 00
EXPENDED.
For City Bonds and Certificates of Indebted- ness, payable in 1876, canceled, as per item No. 13 of Expenses, $8,000 00
Amount November 30, 1876, $1,697,000 00
Loans-Funded Sewer.
Amount November 30, 1876, $349,400 00
Loans-Funded Water.
Amount November 30, 1875,
$425,300 00
EXPENDED.
For City Bonds, payable in 1876, canceled, as per item No. 14 of Expenses, $79,400 00
Amount November 30, 1876, $345,900 00
Loans-Temporary.
Amount November 30, 1875,
$110,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Loans authorized by City Council as per item No. 10 of Receipts, $600,000 00
$710,000 00
201
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
EXPENDED.
For City Notes canceled as per item No. 15 of Expenses, $610,000 00
Amount November 30, 1876,
$100,000 00
Pauper Department : City Relief.
Appropriation,
$12,000 00
RECEIVED.
From Commonwealth, for support of State Paupers,
$1,206 24
Commonwealth, for amount allowed
on account of contagious diseases, 98 00
County, Cities, Towns and individu- als, for aid to their Poor, 1,956 75
Total as per item No. 11 of Receipts, $3,260 99
$15,260 99
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Geo. W. Gale, Clerk, $1,363 75
" Leonard Wheeler, balance as City Physician, 66 65
" Geo. A. Jordan, City Physician, 635 80
Commonwealth, for care of Insane, 522 68
Worcester Lunatic Asylum, for care of Insane,
2,945 88
Hospital for Insane at Northampton,
484 97
Board of Girls at State Industrial School,
252 49
" Boys " " Reform
557 34
Transportation and office expenses, Groceries and provisions,
2,914 84
Medicines,
496 82
Medical consultations,
80 00
Burials,
497 00
Fuel,
1,978 15
Gas burners,
6 00
Printing,
126 26
Blank books and stationery,
52 45
Boots, shoes and clothing,
20 15
Hack hire,
35 00
Clerical labor,
108 75
568 62
202
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
For Repairing furniture,
8 50
Board of Sick and Aged Poor,
131 50
Aid to Paupers by work,
250 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for aid to Sundry Persons,
130 65
Town of Auburn, 66
.8 00
City of Boston,
66
.
Total as per item No. 16 of Expenses, $14,936 01
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, $324 98
Pauper Department : Farm.
Appropriation,
$8,000 00
Amount transferred from Incidental
Expenses, $3,000 00
Amount transferred from City Hall, 509 51
3,509 51
$11,509 51
RECEIVED.
For Produce of Farm sold,
$703 54
Sale of wood,
26 00
hay, 66
114 71
Dividend on Insurance Policy,
12 00
Board of Teacher and Scholars in Truant School, 1,649 70
66
19 45
66
Lynn,
66
28 00
Lowell,
66
28 00
66 New Bedford,
66
25 40
Town of Marblehead,
66
113 50
60 Milford, 66
66
20 80
66
Oxford,
66
66
50 50
66
Quincy, 66
66
59 37
Spencer,
66
16 00
66
Warren,
66
66
18 00
66
Webster,
66
66
140 00
66
3 00
Lawrence,
171 74
66 Fitchburg,
Total for Farm, $2,505 95
203
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Scavenger Department.
For sale of pigs and shoats, $1,009 00
swill,
477 47
" , pork, bone,
714 60
4 25
Total for Scavenger Department, $2,205 32
Total as per item No. 12 of Receipts,
$4,711 27
$16,220 78
EXPENDED.
For Salary of John Farwell, Superintendent, $1,066 66
Groceries and provisions,
2,514 59
Grass seed, grain and feed,
668 91
Medicine and medical attendance,
145 18
Boots and shoes,
302 32
Books and stationery,
6 43
Fuel,
459 75
Clothing,
362 29
Crockery,
56 43
Dry goods, bedding, &c.,
576 06
Hardware and tools,
232 43
Oxen,
145 00
Wagons and repairing same,
39 25
Lumber and carpenter work,
42 93
Extra labor,
528 91
Repairs of buildings,
1,257 99
Blacksmith work,
208 48
Furniture,
140 85
Harnesses, and repairing same,
74 09
Oil, paints, &c.,
108 09
Taxes in town of Shrewsbury,
79 49
Water tank,
108 13
Lime and cement,
34 00
Engineering,
3 00
Insurance,
231 00
Fire Extinguisher,
90 00
Total for Farm,
$9,482 26
204
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
For Scavenger Department :
Collecting swill, $5,179 30
Harnesses and repairing same,
36 20
Wagons 66 66 66
98 50
Rent of land for swill depot,
150 00
Blacksmith work,
179 90
Extra labor,
615 61
Hardware, tools, buckets, &c.,
87 10
Shavings,
150 24
Repair of buildings,
177 34
Rubber goods,
49 90
Repairs of Water pipe,
14 43
Total for Scavenger Department, $6,738 52
Total as per item No. 17 of Expenses,
$16,220 78
Pauper Department : Truant School.
Appropriation,
$3,000 00
EXPENDED.
For alary of John Farwell, Superintendent, $200 00
" Emma J. Parker, Teacher,
300 00
Board of scholars,
1,649 70
Boots and shoes,
51 50
Clothing, dry goods, &c.,
305 96
Repairing stove,
3 00
Stationery,
2 64
Total as per item No. 18 of Expenses, $2,512 80
Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, 487 20
Police Department.
Appropriation,
$47,000 00
RECEIVED.
For officers, fees from Clerk of Court, $5,939 70
Cloth furnished policemen, 410 58
Service of officers, 20 00
at Base Ball grounds, 42 50
Total as per item No. 13 of Receipts, $6,412 78
53,412 78
205
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
EXPENDED.
Paid W. A. Washburn, City Marshal,
$1,818 32
J. M. Dyson, Ass't 66
1,363 75
E. D. McFarland, "
1,363 75
Policemen, as per Pay Rolls,
45,056 62
Care of office and cells,
250 00
Advertising,
91 00
Printing,
2 50
Cloth, buttons and badges,
808 72
Furniture and repairs,
29 64
Telegrams, stationery, express, &c.,
66 78
Brooms, lamps, matches, &c.,
36 28
Washing,
13 26
Horse hire and hacks,
27 00
Killing dogs,
16 00
Photographs,
3 00
Hats,
147 00
Cordage,
19 95
Extra horse hire 4th of July,
86 50
Boston Directory,
5 00
Provisions for Prisoners,
24 00
Ice,
10 26
Total as per item No. 19 of Expenses, $51,239 33
Balance unexpended transferred to Sink- ing Fund,
2,173 45
Real Estate : Lien Account.
Balance November 30, 1875, brought forward, $2,161 98
EXPENDED.
For Real Estate sold for Taxes and purchased by Collector as per item No. 20 of Expenses, $1,657 70
3,819 68
RECEIVED.
For amount of Taxes and charges in redemp- tion as per item No. 14 of Receipts,
$1,857 99
Balance November 30, 1876, 1,961 69
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
Real Estate Sales : Surplus Account.
Received as per item No. 15 of Receipts, $2,013 57 Expended 21 of Expenses, 2,013 57
Salaries.
Appropriation, $22,600 00
Amount transferred from City Hall,
41 47
$22,641 47
EXPENDED.
Paid Clark Jillson as Mayor,
$1,500 00
W. S. Barton, City Treasurer and Col- lector,
2,272 93
W. S. Barton, Treasurer of Trust Funds, 227 06
Francis T. Blackmer, City Solicitor,
1,818 34
Samuel Smith, City Clerk,
1,818 34
Charles H. M. Blake, City Engineer,
1,772 50
Henry Griffin, City Auditor,
1,409 09
Wm. L. Clark, City Assessor,
1,418 31
Josiah P. Houghton, City Assessor,
1,236 97
Enoch H. Towne, 66
1,309 16
Charles H. Peck, Sup't Public Buildings,
1,363 75
Charles Marvin, Messenger,
1,100 00
Charles B. Damon, Bookkeeper,
1,000 00
R. R. Shepard, Sealer of Weights and Measures, 305 50
R. R. Shepard, Inspector of Milk,
50 00
F. L. Shumway, Clerk of Common Coun- cil, balance, 25 00
S. H. Coe, Clerk Common Council,
272 50
Page, to Common Council,
28 50
Assistant Assessors,
490 00
Clerical labor for Assessors,
639 02
66
" City Clerk,
1,343 83
Total as per item No. 22 of Expenses, $22,641 47
School Department.
Appropriation, $140,000 00 Amount transferred from Interest, 8,150 73
$148,150 73
' Treasurer,
1,240 67
207
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
RECEIVED.
For School books sold and exchanged, Tuition,
$359 54
89 25
School building sold on Summer street,
15 00
Desks, seats, &c., sold,
208 80
Old castings, 66
4 62
Wool clippings,
6 60
Lumber, &c.,
27 86
Damage to settees,
4 00
Dividends on Insurance policies,
537 61
Correction in census returns, refunded,
189 00
Total as per item No. 16 of Receipts,
$1,442 28
$149,593 01
EXPENDED.
Paid A. P. Marble, salary as Superintendent, $3,000 00 Teachers, as per pay rolls, 115,874 04
Janitors, "
5,340 13
Clerical labor,
782 45
Truant officers,
333 32
Horse hire,
444 25
Miscellaneous repairs,
3,742 37
Furniture, fixtures and repairs,
1,895 44
School books and stationery,
2,638 83
Binding books,
79 80
Advertising,
52 37
Printing,
1,026 48
Fuel,
7,032 83
Gas,
281 38
Express charges, stamps, &c.,
116 34
Trucking,
347 42
Repairs of stoves,
1,057 91
Brooms, mats, dusters, soap, &c.,
523 54
Clocks and repairing same,
279 29
Apparatus and repairing same,
15 30
Water,
198 94
Chemicals for High School,
70
Rent of Superintendent's rooms,
1,000 00
Rent of school rooms,
191 70
Grading and paving around school-houses, 43 50
Insurance, 125 00
Pianos, and tuning same, and pitch pipes, 96 70
Travelling expenses of Sup't and Committee, 70 69 School for sewing, 200 00
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
For Heating apparatus, Belmont street,
900 00
Directories,
38 00
Shovelling snow,
46 02
Taking census,
659 91
Building sewers,
635 46
Labor of cleaning school-houses,
522 90
Total as per item No. 23 of Expenses,
$149,593 01
School-Houses.
Appropriation, $1,500 00
Amount transferred from City Hall,
708 90
$2,208 90
EXPENDED.
For plans, school-house,
$ 110 00
Contract additional for East Worcester school-house, 1,310 40
Adriatic school-house addition, 788 50
Total as per item No. 24 of Expenses, $2,208 90
Sewer Assessment : Old Account.
Balance uncollected November 30, 1875, $55,701 71
Amount abated since 2,757 84
$52,943 87
RECEIVED.
From sundry persons as per item No. 17 of Receipts, $36,916 79
EXPENDED.
For amount refunded as per item No. 25 of Expenses, 83 19
Amount transferred to Com'rs of Sinking Fund,
$36,833 60
Balance uncollected November 30, 1876, $16,110 27
.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
209
Sewer Assesment : New Account.
Balance uncollected November 30, 1875,
Amount abated since
$33,887 08 2,596 98
$31,290 10
RECEIVED.
From sundry persons as per item No. 18 of Receipts, and transferred to Com'rs of Sinking Fund, $11,618 76
$19,671 34
Sewers : Construction Account.
Appropriation, $40,000 00
Less amount transferred to Water Works Construction, 7,000 00
$33,000 00
RECEIVED.
From Stephen Salisbury for repairs on North Pond dam, 724 parts,
$1,723 80
J. M. Daniels & Son for repairs on North Pond dam, 24 parts, 845 00
A. C. Buttrick for repairs on North Pond dam, 124 11 parts,
371 80
For labor,
32 00
Brick,
9 50
Stone,
3 00
Total as per item No. 19 of Receipts, $2,985 10
$35,985 10
EXPENDED.
For Pay Roll of laborers,
$2,799 82
Extra labor,
158 27
Clerical labor,
48 00
Engineering,
773 50
Printing,
6 25
Freight and trucking,
189 00
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 31.
For Inlets, 691 35
Brick, sand, cement, drain pipe, &c.,
2,065 59
Blacksmith work, 13 54
Castings, man holes, &c.,
176 00
Catch basin covers,
21 80
Cordage and packing,
97
Tools, iron and steel,
60 99
Powder and fuse,
3 55
Paid H. C. Fish, contract for gates and
covers,
1,591 00
Oil, &c.,
4 81
Plumbing,
2 50
Lumber,
20 15
Horse hire,
54 00
Changing water pipes,
46 95
C. O. Thompson, analyzing water,
63 00
Merrick & Gray, 66
25 00
Worcester Gas Light Co., damage from escape of gas, 210 00
John Skerritt, damage to horse from open sewer, 100 00
Amos Pike, constructing a portion of Mill Brook sewer, 1,153 11
Wmn. T. Merrifield, damage caused by the construction of Mill Brook sewer, T. L. Nelson, legal services, Merri- field case,
650 00
Legal expenses,
29 00
Horace McMatrie, professional services,
339 10
79 45
Phinehas Ball, services Merrifield case, Henry Chapin and others, land, &c. for Mill Brook sewer,
7,500 00
Margaret Martin, adm'x, land for Mill Brook sewer,
1,255 30
Estate of Ethan Allen, damage by constructing sewer,
4,940 42
Grading,
31 40
Labor,
36 45
Stone,
29 65
$27,767 83
NORTH POND DAM :
Engineering,
$131 83
Tools, 71 83
Lumber and carpenter work, 685 40
Memorandum book, 75
Nails, 9 75
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2,597 91
211
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Pay roll of laborers,
1,744 43
Plumbing,
11 65
Labor of men and teams,
966 82
Gravel,
100 00
Blacksmith work,
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