Town annual reports of the several departments for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1878, Part 9

Author: Worcester (Mass.)
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: The City
Number of Pages: 434


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Wendell,


66


66


6 00


West Boylston,


66


40 90


Warren,


66


25 50


Board of sick and aged poor,


56 00


66


11 25


Milford,


Northbridge,


57 00


25 00


119


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


Legal charges, Springfield suit, 7 60


Clerical labor, 152 25


Total as per item No. 22 of Ex- penses,


$14,565 47


Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, $1,676 52


Pauper Department.


Farm.


Appropriation,


$9,000 00 $9,000 00


RECEIVED.


For Produce sold,


$266 09


Hides, &c., sold,


29 19


Amount refunded,


4 90


Cobble stones,


18 67


Dividend on Policy No. 10,450,


3 66


Board of men and horses of Scav- enger Department, 1,880 00


Board of teachers and scholars of Truant School, 950 48


Total as per item No. 15 of Re- ceipts.


$3,152 98


$12,152 98


EXPENDED.


For Salary of B. F. Parkhurst, Super- intendent,


$900 00


Groceries and provisions,


2,584 60


Grass seed, grain and feed,


822 49


Boots and shoes,


191 98


Clothing,


246 37


Crockery and tinware,


27 99


Books and stationery,


2 91


Fuel,


420 55


Medicines and medical attendance,


252 33


Dry goods, bedding, &c.,


515 59


Hardware, tools, and repairing same,


134 08


120


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


Repair of buildings,


1,529 09


Furniture and repairs of same,


188 74


Extra labor,


1,392 77


Blacksmithing,


168 21


Horses, oxen and other stock,


898 00


Wagons, sleighs, and repairing same


5 85


Harnesses and repairing same,


33 88


Care of sick animals,


53 00


Chaplain,


78 00


Worcester Spy and other papers,


16 50


Blankets and buffalo robes,


54 25


Insurance,


92 35


Burials,


8 00


Cash allowances,


16 70


Surveying,


17 00


Manure,


452 04


Transporting paupers,


20 25


Taxes in Town of Shrewsbury,


66 35


Building flume,


238 92


Labor on dam,


235 20


Barrels,


19 00


Sewer pipe,


98 57


Disinfectant powder,


19 92


Expense and materials for Tele- phone,


322 97


Total as per item No. 23 of Ex- penses, $12,124 45


Balance unexpended transferred


to Sinking Fund,


$28 53


Pauper Department : House Offal.


Appropriation,


$2,000 00


$2,000 00


RECEIVED.


For Swine, Pork, Swill,


$411 42 2,048 13 98 25


121


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


Bones and soap grease, 24 50


Manure, 480 00


Total as per item No. 16 of Re- ceipts,


$3,062 30


$5,062 30


EXPENDED.


For Collecting house offal,


$1,367 50


Extra labor,


51 88


Harnesses and repairing same,


148 90


Wagons, and repairing same,


19 27


Blacksmithing,


128 30


Hardware, tools, buckets, &c.,


48 80


Swine,


23 50


Hay, straw and grain,


179 15


Repairing building &c.,


155 96


Hose,


6 40


Rent of swill depot,


37 50


Signs for wagons,


26 60


Board of men and horses,


1,880 00


Horse,


100 00


Professional services for horse,


2 00


Use of Horse,


11 33


Fuel,


10 00


Ice,


10 00


Total as per item No. 24 of Ex- penses, $4,207 09


Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund,


$855 21


Pauper Department .- (Truant School).


Appropriation,


$1,800 00


$1,800 00


EXPENDED.


For Salary of teacher, $252 18


Board of teachers and scholars, 950 48


Boots and shoes, 19 95


122


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


Clothing, Lamps,


77 50


1 87


Total as per item No. 25 of Ex- penses, $1,301 98


Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund,


$498 02


Police Department.


Appropriation, $42,000 00


42,000 00


RECEIVED.


For Officers fees from Clerk of District Court,


$5,010 10


Cloth, 455 99


Extra services of Police,


96 18


Use of lock up,


1 50


Material sold,


3 00


Total as per item No. 17 of Re- ceipts,


$5,566 77


$47,566 77


EXPENDED.


For Salary of W. A. Washburn, City Marshal,


$1,600 00


Salary of E. D. McFarland, Asst. Marshal, 1,200 00


Salary of J. W. Hadley, Asst. Marshal, 1,100 00


Policemen as per pay rolls,


39,264 90


Policemen, extra services as per pay roll (special), 135 00


Board of State Police,


122 41


Care of office and cells,


270 00


Telegrams, express, stationery, &c.,


158 92


Brooms, lamps, matches, &c.,


10 86


Advertising,


2 00


Printing, 79 75


Cloth, buttons and badges,


493 64


123


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


Furniture, and repairing same,


71 11


Washing,


12 96


Ice,


12 96


Hack and horse hire,


30 55


Rubber capes,


22 00


Ferreotypes,


14 00


Binding books,


48 16


Insect powder,


10 00


Hats,


55 75


Horse,


60 00


Board and pasturing of horses,


947 82


Saddles, bridles, and repairing same,


52 50


Horse medicine,


5 00


Total as per item No. 26 of Ex- penses,


$45,780 29


Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund,


$1,786 48


Premium on City Bonds.


RECEIVED.


For sale of Bonds above par on Funded City Loan, due April 1, 1905, $3,436 67 For sale of Bonds above par on Funded City Loan, due Jan- uary 1, 1888, 1,542 00


Total as per item No. 18 of Re- ceipts, $4,978 67


EXPENDED.


For Amount paid to Commissioners of Sinking Funds, (acc't General Debt Sinking Fund,) $3,436 67 For Amount paid Commissioners of Sinking Funds, (acc't Lynde Brook Damages Sink'g Fund, 1878,) 1,542 00


Total as per item No. 27 of Ex- penses, $4,978 67


124


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


Public Grounds.


Appropriation, $4,000 00


Amount transferred from Incidental Expenses, 289 34


$4,289 34


EXPENDED.


-


For Grading and other labor,


$1,460 80


Labor of men with teams,


468 95


Plants, trees, planting and trim- ming,


367 25


Hardware and tools,


99 87


Grass seed and fertilizers,


64 42


Loam and manure,


532 00


Street scrapings,


138 75


Printing,


48 70


Lumber and carpenter work,


156 20


Cement,


3 00


Engineering,


23 56


Stationery, &c.,


10 72


Paving gutters,


253 37


Plumbing,


27 03


Painting signs,


33 50


Re-locating lamp posts,


50 00


Curb stone,


80 25


Gravel,


127 75


Digging well,


37 75


Geese,


10 00


Blacksmithing,


1 84


Building bridge,


293 63


Total as per item No. 28 of Ex-


penses,


$4,289 34


Real Estate, Lien Account.


Balance November 30, 1877, brought


forward, $1,062 34


Amount abated and disclaimed since November 30, 1877, 253 89


$808 45


125


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


EXPENDED.


For Real Estate sold for taxes and pur- chased by the Collector, as per item No. 29 of Expenses, $569 79


$1,378 24


RECEIVED.


For amount of Taxes and charges in redemption, as per item No. 19 of Receipts, 533 50


Balance November 30, 1878,


$844 74


Salaries.


Appropriation, $21,500 00 $21,500 00


EXPENDED.


Paid Charles B. Pratt, as Mayor, $1,500 00


William S. Barton, City Treasurer and Collector, 2,500 00


Francis T. Blackmer, City Solici- tor,


1,800 00


Enoch H. Towne, City Clerk.


1,500 00


Henry Griffin, City Auditor,


1,220 00


Percy Daniels, (balance), City Engineer, 147 78


C. A. Allen, City Engineer,


1,463 31


William L. Clark, City Assessor,


1,209 99


Josiah P. Houghton, 66


1,119 97


Lyman A. Ely,


859 37


Assistant Assessors,


325 50


Charles H. Peck, Supt. Public Buildings, 1,110 00


Charles Marvin, City Messinger,


1,010 00


Charles B. Damon, bookkeeper,


1,000 00


R. R. Shepard, sealer of weights and measures, 300 00


R. R. Shepard, inspector of milk,


50 00


126


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


Theo. H. Bartlett, general cleri- cal assistant, 1,000 00


S. Hamilton Coe, Clerk of Com- mon Council,


300 00


Page to Common Council, 27 00


Clerical labor for Assessors, 522 75


Treasurer, 1,316 23


Total as per item No. 30 of Ex- penses, $20,281 09


Balance unexpended transferred to sinking Fund, $1,218 10


School Department


Appropriation, $135,000 00


Amount transferred from Interest, 7,270 74


$142,270 74 ·


RECEIVED.


For School books and stationery, $235 98


Materials sold,


96 95


Tuition,


31 00


Dividend on Insurance Policy,


15 06


Balance Centennial subscription,


9 60


Total as per item No. 20 of Re- ceipts,


388 59-


$142,659 33 ..


EXPENDED. .


For Salary of A. P. Marble, Sup't, $2,677 50


66


Teachers, as per pay rolls, 110,166 55


Janitors, as per pay rolls, 5,429 80


66 Truant Officers,


1,800 00


Clerical labor,


800 00


Rent of Superintendent's office, 1,000 00 66 School rooms, 486 75


127


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


Fuel,


5,394 93


Gas,


397 40


Advertising,


58 69


Printing,


492 50


Furniture and fixtures,


314 57


School Books and stationery,


2,186 12


Materials and Chemical Appar- atus for High School,


231 59


Miscellaneous repairs,


6,230 07


Express, stamps, &c.,


118 92


Trucking, freight, and remov- ing ashes,


328 31


Stoves and stove furniture,


95 25


Repairing stoves,


1,193 17


Labor of cleaning school houses,


606 04


Clocks, and repairing same,


158 55


Pianos, tuning, and pitch pipes,


135 85


Brooms, mats, dusters, soap, &c.,


517 22


Removing snow,


53 09


Water,


429 71


Insurance on Boiler,


100 00


Ringing Signal bell,


16 00


Reporting evidence in Jones case,


65 00


New Ventilator,


250 00


Horse hire,


267 75


Travelling expenses of Commit- tee and Superintendent,


46 80


Railroad fare for Drawing Teacher, Sidewalk assessment, 227 63


58 97


A. J. Wright, Printing Report,


per order of School Board,


239 60


Playing organ, School Exhibi- tion, 15 00


Rent of Mechanics Hall, School Exhibition, 70 00


Total as per item No. 31 of Ex- penses, $142,659 33


School Houses.


Balance, November 30, 1878, $1,000 00 8,000 00


Appropriation,


9,000 00


128


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


RECEIVED.


For Amount transferred from Liquor Licenses, Materials sold, 8 75


$2,000 00


Total as per item No. 21 of Re- ceipts, 2,008 75


$11,008 75


EXPENDED.


For Reconstructing School house, Graf- ton street,


$732 37


Desks,


225 00


Stoves and fixtures,


135 05


Total for Grafton street School house, $1,029 42


WINSLOW STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.


For Contract, W. O. White, $7,726 00


Extra work, “ 511 58


Furnaces, 495 00


Furniture, fixtures, &c.,


796 60


Engineering and plans,


170 62


Fuel, 5 20


Grading lot,


209 15


Water pipe and labor,


27 52


Insurance,


22 50


Total for Winslow Street School House, 9,964 17


Total as per item No. 32 of Expenses, 10,993 59


Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, $15 16


Sewer Assessment : Old Account.


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1877,


$7,271 22


129


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


RECEIVED. From Sundry persons, as per item No. 22 of Receipts, and trans- ferred to Sinking Fund, 2,228 50


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1878, 5,042 72


Sewer Assessment : New Account.


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1877, $13,332 24


Amount assessed Dec. 14, 1877, 1,261 88


14,594 12


RECEIVED.


From Sundry persons, as per item No. 23 of Receipts, and trans- ferred to Sinking Fund, 6,801 89


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1878, 7,792 23


Sewers: Construction Account.


Appropriation, $8,000 00


Amount transferred from Sewers,


Main, 1,741 32


9,741 32


RECEIVED.


For witness fees, as per item No 24 of Receipts,


87 37


$9,828 69


EXPENDED.


For Pay roll of laborers, $3,427 73


Engineering, 418 52


Freight and teaming, 173 72


Inlets and border stone,


667 08


Brick, cement, sand, drain pipe, &c., 3,147 25


9


130


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


Castings, man holes, &c.,


360 74


Cordage and packing, 7 40


Lanterns, oil, &c., 7 97


Tools, Iron and Steel,


44 80


Powder and fuse,


40 88


Blacksmithing,


96 76


Amount refunded to Worcester Lunatic Hospital, for E. Cen- tral Street Sewer,


244 55


Plumbing,


1 25


Lumber,


27 44


Advertising,


22 50


Damage paid George Crompton,


25 41


Rubber boots,


4 00


Paving,


2 50


Rent,


18 75


$8,739 25


FOR NORTH POND.


Labor of men, as per pay


rolls,


$574 74


Lumber,


105 00


Trucking,


104 00


Superintending, paid Wm.


Knowles,


87 50


Hardware and tools,


79 63


Cordage and packing,


72 23


Horse hire, &c.,


38 16


Blacksmithing,


14 76


Engineering,


7 69


Fuel,


5 73


1,089 44


Total as per item No. 33 of Ex- penses, $9,828 69


Sewers :


Island Account.


Balance November 30, 1877, $28,687 50


100,000 00


Appropriation, 128,687 50


131


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR. -


RECEIVED.


For Amount transferred from Liquor Licenses,


$22,387 50


Cement sold,


1,018 59 700 00


Engine


Materials "


79 30


Total as per item No. 25 of Receipts,


$24,185 39


$152,872 89


EXPENDED.


For Mundell & Whittaker contract. $13,374 27


Mundell & Whittaker, advance on reserve,


650 00


Laborers, men and teams, as per pay rolls,


60,356 02


Cement, F. O. Norton,


10,034 98


Freight on cement,


2,685 48


Stone, Brigham Converse,


12,296 13


Hardware and tools,


3,409 23


Lumber and carpenter work,


1,769 07


Engines, and freight on same,


3,605 90


Fuel,


1,362 04


Trucking,


728 41


Sand and sewer pipe,


1,328 15


R. H. Chamberlain, salary, (part),


700 02.


C. S. Chapin, timekeeper,


704 60


Horse keeping, R. H. Chamberlain,


234 00


Repairing engines and boiler,


225 22


Engineering,


1,800 81


Hack and horse hire,


211 50


Advertising,


39 50


Printing,


15 00


Travelling expenses of Committee and Engineer, 124 27


Stationery and telegrams,


32 51


Oil, soap, &c.,


226 34


Stove,


4 50


Mason work,


21 81


Pipe and couplings,


202 80


Blacksmithing,


273 19


Plumbing,


2 86


Iron and steel,


205 85


132


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


Rubber goods, 159 22


Rent of land, paid heirs of J. D. Grout, 150 00


Building fence, paid J. S. Perry,


93 25


Rent of pasture, paid heirs of Perry, 175 00


Castings,


59 55


Cordage and packing,


284 54


Paints and oil,


8 88


Gas pipes and fittings,


3 87


Repairing wagon,


14 50


Sinking well, paid Mundell & Whittaker,


38 00


Making road, paid Mundell & Whittaker,


100 00


Rend rock, paid Mundell & Whit- taker,


101 50


Water pipe, fittings, &c.,


492 02


Medical attendance upon Dwyer,


3 00


Injury to estate, paid John Mc- Namara,


150 00


Total as per item No. 34 of Expenses,


$118,457 79


Balance unexpended,


$34,415 10


Sewers ; Maintenance.


Appropriation, $8,500 00


Less amount transferred to Sewers


Construction, 1,741 32


$6,758 68


RECEIVED.


For Materials sold as per item No. 26 of Receipts, 4 15


$6,762 83


EXPENDED.


For Pay rolls of laborers, $4,488 44 Salary of R. H. Chamberlain, 699 98


Trucking and freight, 995 53


.


133


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


For Rubber goods,


22 00


Sewer pipe, cement and sand,


8 40


Catch basin covers,


126 70


Blacksmithing,


2 14


Hardware and tools,


53 33


Oils, &c.,


5 44


Rent for Storage,


71 25


Cordage,


7 88


Hose, and repairing same,


17 30


Printing,


3 25


Stone Inlets,


11 00


Wagon,


50 00


Water pipe and labor,


2 70


Pipe and couplings,


3 15


Paving,


3 25


Total as per item No. 35 of Expenses,


$6,571 74


Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund, $191 09


Sidewalk Assessment.


RECEIVED.


From Sundry persons for assessments, as per item No. 27 of Receipts, $3,265 85


EXPENDED.


Transferred to Highway Department, per order of City Council, as per item No. 36 of Ex- penses, $3,265 85


Sinking Fund : General Debt.


Balance November 30, 1877, $68,643 02


Amount transferred from Premium Account, 3,436 67


$72,079 69


RECEIVED.


Amount paid to Commissioners of Sinking Fund, $81,082 68


134


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


Amount of premium on bonds sold; paid to Commissioners of Sinking Fund, 3,436 67


Amount of premium and interest from Commissioners of Sinking Fund, collected on invest- ments, 3,255 11


Total as per item No. 37 of Expenses, 87,774 46


$159,854 15


EXPENDED.


Paid by Commissioners of Sinking Fund, for bonds maturing and canceled, 1878, $137,100 00


Paid by Commissioners of Sinking Fund, premium and interest on investments, 933 92


Paid by Commissioners of Sinking Fund, for premium on bonds, 3,436 67


Total as per item No. 28 of Receipts, 141,470 59


Balance in hands of Commissioners of Sinking Fund, November 30, 1878, #18,383 56


Sinking Fund, 1876: Water.


Balance Nov. 30, 1877, in hands of Commissioners of Sinking Fund, $4,183 70


RECEIVED.


Amount of special appro- priation, as per order of City Council, $1,500 00


Amount of premium and interest collected since November 30, 1877, 406 23


Total as per item No. 38 of Expenses, $1,906 23


$6,089 93


135


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


EXPENDED.


Paid by Commissioners of Sinking Fund for Pre- mium and interest, as per item No. 29 of Re- ceipts, $130 99


Balance November 30, 1878, in hands of Commis- sioners of Sinking Funds, $5,958 94


Sinking Fund, 1877 : Lynde Brook Damages.


Balance Nov. 30, 1877, in hands of Commissioners of Sinking Fund, #9,764 87


RECEIVED.


Amount of special appropria- tions, as per order of City Council, $8,000 00


Amount of premium and in- terest collected since


Nov. 30, 1877, and paid to Commiss'ners of Sink- ing Fund, 464 12


Total as per item No. 39 of Expenses, 8,464 12


$18,228 99


EXPENDED.


Paid by Commissioners of Sinking Funds for Pre- mium and interest as per item No. 30 of Re- ceipts, 983 75


Balance Nov. 30, 1878, in hands of Commissioners of Sinking Funds, $17,245 24


Sinking Fund, 1878 : Lynde Brook Damages.


Amount transferred from Premium Account, $1,542 00


4


136


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


Amount transferred from Water Main-


4,800 00 tenance,


$6,342 00


RECEIVED.


Amount of Special appropria- tion, as per order of City Council, $4,800 00


Amount of premium on bonds sold, paid to Commis-


sioners of Sinking Fund, 1,542 00


Amount of interest from Com-


missioners of Sinking


Fund, collected,


152 89


Total as per item No. 40 of Expenses, $6,494 89


$12,836 89


EXPENDED.


Paid by Commissioners of Sinking Fund for premium and interest, $253 77 Amount of premium on bonds and special appropriation, 6,342 00


Total as per item No. 31 of Receipts, 6,595 77


Balance Nov. 30, 1878, in hands of Commission- ers of Sinking Funds, $6,241 12


State Aid.


Balance Nov. 30, 1877, brought forward, $31,103 59


EXPENDED.


Paid Soldiers and families in Dec., 1877, $1,085 00


Jan., 1878, 921 50


Feb., 953 25 66 66 66 March, “ 1,017 75


66 66 April, 930 50


137


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


Paid Soldiers and families in May, 1878,


973 75


June,


973 25


July,


999 75


66


66


Sept.,


970 25


66


Oct.,


991 25


66


66


Nov., 66 1,045 50


Total as per item No. 41 of Expenses,


$11,814 00


$42,917 59


RECEIVED.


For amount allowed by State Auditor, as per item No. 32 of Receipts,


$13,042 97


Balance due from the State,


$29,874 62


Street Betterments.


RECEIVED.


For Assessments for Betterments,


66 Auburn Street, $225 32


66 Canterbury


84 08


66


66 Crescent 66


1,150 00


66


Newton


303 37


66


Pond


66


103 84


Pratt


1,342 67


Wellington


114 00


66


66


Wilmot,


18 10


66


66 Woodland 66 42 40


Total as per item No. 33 of Receipts, and trans- ferred to Sinking Fund,


$3,383 78


Street Construction.


Appropriation, $10,000 00


RECEIVED.


For Amount refunded,


$5 00


Amount of sundry bills


66


Aug.,


952 25


138


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


transferred to Street Con- struction, Foster Street, 317531


Total, as per item No. 34 of Receipts,


322 31


$10,322 31


EXPENDED.


FOR AITCHISON STREET.


Geo. T. Aitchison, land, $1,055 33


Grading by Highway Department, 134 00


Engineering, 28 27


Setting bounds, 15 00


Legal costs,


6 86


$1,239 46


FOR CRESCENT STREET.


Costs in Prentiss suit, paid G. H. Ball, $36 66


Legal costs, paid Bacon, Hopkins & Bacon, 80 32


$116 98


FOR CASTLE STREET.


Engineering, $2 75


FOR GOULDING STREET.


Grading by Highway Department, $518 91


Labor, filling, 61 50


Engineering, 2 75


$583 16


FOR HANOVER STREET.


Land, paid Brigham Converse, $34 50


FOR HIGHLAND STREET.


Injury from defective highway, paid G. H. Dutton, $1,600 00


Costs of suit,


417 37


$2,017 37


139


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


FOR JACKSON STREET.


Grading by Highway Department, $1,332 44 Engineering, 12 93 Labor on drain pipe, 13 19 Lumber, 6 08


$1,364 64


FOR LINCOLN STREET.


Land damages and legal costs, paid heirs of S. A. Brittan, $1,072 05


FOR MILLBURY STREET.


Engineering, $10 50


FOR EAST MILLBURY STREET.


Engineering,


$13 00


1


FOR MILLBURY STREET, NEW GRADE.


Engineering,


$9 81


FOR PRATT STREET.


Legal costs, Wm. T. Merrifield,


$156 91


FOR QUINSIGAMOND AVENUE.


Engineering,


$136 40


Grading by Highway Department, 371 50


$507 90


FOR SUNDRY STREETS.


Printing,


$24 95


Engineering,


56 59


$81 54


Total as per item No. 42 of Expenses,


$7,210 57


Balance unexpended, transferred to Sink- ing Fund, $3,111 74


140


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


Street Construction. Foster Street.


Appropriation, $100,000 00


RECIEVED.


For Materials sold as per item No. 35 of Receipts, 3 00


$100,003 00


EXPENDED.


For Travelling expenses of Committee, Engineering,


$7 50


88 54


Traveling expenses of Engineers, Sundry bills, February and March, 1877, transferred from Gen- eral Construction account,


13 50


Land, Hope Cemetery, paid C. S. Bancroft,


2,200 00


Removing bodies from old Ceme- tery, paid Geo. Sessions & Son,


3,058 00


Jos. Lovell, salary as superin- tendent, 92 50


Repairing building of Wm. Dick- inson,


931 42


Iron fence,


256 29


Land, paid Lazell heirs,


5,559 65


Examining real estate titles, paid J. D. Daniels, 150 00


Land, paid Boston & Albany Rail- road Co., 45,134 52


Labor and material, paid A. B. Lovell,


184 62


Grading by Highway Depart- ment,


5,616 24


Crosswalks and paving,


330 85


Advertising,


121 17


Hack hire,


1 50


Stone, &c.,


24 28


Fuel, 21 00


317 31


Moving and rebuilding Isaiah Thomas tomb, 234 26


141


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


Cement, 75 90


Lumber and piles, 116 18


Total as per item No. 43 of Ex-


penses,


64,535 23


Balance unexpended Nov. 30, 1878, $35,467 77


Taxes, 1874.


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1877,


$6,126 36


RECEIVED.


From sundry persons, as per item No. 36 of Receipts, 3 68


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1878, $6,122 68


Taxes, 1875.


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1877,


$6,198 68


RECEIVED.


From sundry persons, as per item No. 37 of Receipts, 6 98


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1878, $6,191 70


Taxes, 1876.


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1877, $5,751 46


Amount added, error in tax sales of


1877, 74 00


$5,825 46


RECEIVED.


From sundry persons, as per item No. 38 of Receipts, 90 88


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1878, $5,734 58


142


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


Taxes, 1877. Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1877, $34,773 68


RECEIVED. -


From sundry persons as per item No. 39 of Receipts, 30,086 34


Balance uncollected Nov. 30, 1878, $4,686 84


Taxes, 1877 : Corporation. Balance due Nov. 30, 1877, $29,594 98


RECEIVED.


From the Commonwealth, as per item No. 40 of Receipts, 29,480 84


Balance due Nov. 30, 1878, $114 14


Taxes, 1877 : County. Balance due County, Nov. 30, 1877, $27,656 12


EXPENDED.


Amount paid to County Treasurer, as per item No. 44 of Expenses, $27,656 12


Taxes, 1877 : National Bank, State Account. Amount assessed in 1877, $29,601 66


RECEIVED.


Amount from State Treasurer, as per


item No. 41 of Receipts,


$6,610 14


$22,991 52


EXPENDED.


Amount paid to State Treasurer, as per item No. 45 of Expenses, $22,991 52


,


143


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


Taxes, 18777 : State. Amount assessed in 1877, $42,765 00


EXPENDED.


Amount paid to State Treasurer, as per item No. 46 of Expenses, $42,765 00


Taxes, 1878.


Amount assessed for State Tax, $28,510 00


66 County Tax, 51,855 24


66


City and National Bank Tax, 616,553 84


66


66 Additional Tax, 250 00


$697,169 08


RECEIVED.


From sundry persons as per item No. 42 of Receipts, 666,002 26


Amount uncollected Nov. 30, 1878, $31,166 82


Taxes, 1878 : County.


Amount assessed in 1878, $51,855 24


EXPENDED.


Amount paid to County Treasurer, as per item No. 47 of Expenses, $25,927 62


Balance due County, Nov. 30, 1878, $25,927 62


Water Works: Construction Account.


Appropriation, $20,000 00


$20,000 00


144


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


RECEIVED.


For service pipe, meters, labor, &c., 14,397 12


Amount transferred from Liquor Licenses, 4,000 00


Total as per item No. 43 of Receipts,


18,397 12


$38,397 12


EXPENDED.


For Labor of men, as per pay rolls, $5,378 32


F. E. Hall, salary as Commissioner, 1,720 42


Clerical labor,


418 50


Engineering,


13 94


Hydrants, water gates and pipe,


1,822 00


Castings,


749 67


Plumbing,


23 20


Pipe and fittings,


1,262 23


Cement, pipe and sand,


165 16


Lead,


284 76


Hardware and tools,


13 35


Blacksmithing,


120 06


Lumber and carpenter work,


82 36


Union Water Meter Co., meters, couplings, &c.,


7,958 75


W. E. Desper, meters and repairs of same,


2,499 05


Freight and trucking,


954 85


Iron pipe,


7,114 44


Lead pipe,


80 12


Oil,


6 18


Rubber goods,


7 80


Stationery, stamps and blank


books,


14 37


Wire cloth,


15 82


Glass dials,


4 50


Solder,


3 25


Jute packing,


41 74


Re-laying gas pipe,


51 20


Powder,


9 75


Setting meters,


2 50


Building wall near reservoir,


44 50


Diverting Lynde Brook stream,


paid Crompton Carpet Co., 4,087 23


1


145


REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.


For Injury to carriage, paid Albert E. Smith, $125 00


Preparing and printing report concerning dam, paid Clark Jillson, 200 00


Total as per item No. 48 of Expenses, 35,275 02


Balance unexpended transferred to Sinking Fund,


$3,122 10


Water Works : Maintenance Account.


RECEIVED.


For Assessment of water, 1877, $5,620 62


1878, 68,052 55


Total as per item No. 44 of Receipts, $73,673 17


Less amount transferred to Commis- sioners of Sinking Fund, Water, $9,500 00 Less amount transferred to Commis- sioners of Sinking Fund, Lynde Brook Damage, 1878, 4,800 00


Less amount transferred to interest on Water Loan, 24,639 00


38,939 00


$34,634 17


EXPENDED.


For Labor of men, as per pay rolls, $7,336 14 Extra labor, 8 84


J. Stewart Brown, salary as Reg- istrar, 1,200 00


Clerical labor, canvassing,


267 75


Clerical labor, writing,


136 37


Care of Reservoir and measuring water, 200 00


Abatement on water rates,


480 53


Blacksmithing,


187 26


Hardware and tools,


107 20


Lumber and carpenter work, 149 22


Rubber goods, 22 25


146


CITY DOCUMENT .- NO. 33.


For Oil, lanterns, etc.,


$42 91


Gas,


9 27


Printing,


151 77


Fuel,


45 00


Trucking and freight,


458 72


Plumbing,


30 83


Union Water Meter Co., meters, and repairing same,


1,058 00


Blank books, stationery, stamps, etc.,


116 23


Wagons,


275 00


Horse hire,


5 00


Hay and grain,


291 38


Sewer pipe, sand and cement,


574 65


Repairing building,


1 96


Taxes in Leicester,


72 93


Engineering,


84 21


Harnesses, blankets, and repairing same,


51 65


Medicine for horse,


10 76


Engineering, Tatnuck brook,


260 00


Wire cloth,


7 70


Window shades,


9 00


Cordage,


11 37


Gravel,


72 05


Paints and oil,


2 45


Paving,


6 62


Mason work,


4 75


Rent of Telephone,


15 50


Total as per item No. 49 of Expenses, 13,765 26




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