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1,795 00
New apparatus,
295 25
Repairs of apparatus,
498 38
Repairs of houses,
1,061 32
Alarms for fire,
91 00
Horses for drawing apparatus,
492 50
Materials for and repair of tele- graph, 362 89
Hose, and repairs of same,
1,809 05
Harnesses, blankets, and repairs of same,
669 82
Wagons and carts,
398 25
Hay, grain and straw,
2,911 20
Medicine and attendance horses,
95 90
Oil, soap, brushes, &c.,
221 78
Fuel,
882 26
Gas,
469 60
2,
4,
1,280 00
.7,
1,211 38
No. 1,
448 00
for
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Protective covers,
432 00
Printing,
101 20
Blacksmithing,
507 59
Freight, trucking and express,
42 96
Furniture, bedding, fixtures, and repairs of same,
635 13
Stationery, stamps, &c.,
55 41
Hardware and tools,
232 14
Paints and oil,
29 16
Hack hire,
50 00
Rent of telephones,
125 83
Washing bedding, &c.,
271 07
Ice,
7 30
Vitriol and zinc,
525 27
Car fares,
55
Clipping horses and filing teeth,
10 00
Rent for power,
56 50
Traveling expenses of Engineers,
79 40
Copying report,
15 00
Iron and Steel,
15 73
Telegraph poles,
225 87
Telegraph wire,
85 10
Fire alarm indicator,
250 00
Alarm bell and striker,
791 03
Fire Extinguisher,
40 75
Measuring manure,
1 45
Buttons and badges,
60 75
$48,553 48
FOR PRESCOTT STREET ENGINE HOUSE :
Insurance,
$ 10 00
Curb stone, and setting same,
146 06
Grading,
86 74
Sewer pipe, labor, &c.,
92 31
Pipe and fittings,
21 83
Extra work,
441 05
Contract, balance paid J. Murphy,
2,046 15
Heating apparatus,
1,127 81
Painting,
63 00
Mason work, extra,
36 24
Plumbing,
85 74
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Stove pipe and labor, 18 35
Mantlepiece and hearth,
30 00
Concrete walk,
156 17
$4,361 45
FOR LAMARTINE STREET HOUSE :
Engineering,
$11 91
Advertising,
3 50
$15 41
$4,376 86
Total, as per item No. 9 of Expenses,
$52,930 34
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund,
$147 90
Fire Patrol.
Appropriation,
$1,200 00
EXPENDED.
Paid Worcester Protective Department, as per item No. 10 of Expenses, $1,200 00
Free Public Library.
Appropriation,
$12,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Dog Fund, from County, $2,676 37
Fines and Catalogues, 394 84
Total, as per item No. 8 of Re- ceipts, $3,071 21
$15,071 21
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
EXPENDED.
For Salary of S. S. Green, Librarian,
$2,500 00
" Assistants,
4,088 86
" Janitor,
493 06
Books and stationery,
3,703 89
Binding books,
465 65
Fuel,
299 05
Gas,
892 84
Brooms, dusters, matches, &c.,
18 10
Printing,
88 37
Stamps, Express, &c.,
242 93
Postal cards for printing,
60 00
Cleaning building and removing ashes,
40 25
Insurance,
302 50
Water rates,
79 08
Repairs of building,
244 92
Furniture and repairs of same,
20 27
Paper for catalogues,
1,223 60
Total, as per item No. 11 of Expenses,
$15,063 37
Balance unexpended, transferred
to Sinking Fund,
$7 84
Highway Department.
Appropriation (Highways, Sidewalks and Paving),
$94,000 00
Less amount transferred to Street Construction,
2,400 00
$91,600 00
RECEIVED.
For amount transferred from Sidewalk Assessment, $6,622 36
Labor, material, &c., as per item No. 9 of Receipts, 36,952 27
$43,574 63
$135,174 63
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EXPENDED.
For Salary of Joseph S. Perry, Com- missioner, $ 1,691 66
Labor of men, as per pay rolls, 52,639 35
Extra labor of men and teams,
19,057 00
Field stone,
10,984 19
Paving blocks,
10,138 09
Curb stone,
6,121 46
Cobble stone,
1,121 81
Flag stone,
1,564 67
Paving,
6,569 35
Brick,
4,496 90
Hay, grain and straw,
4,831 16
Trucking, freight and express,
2,829 24
Horses,
1,325 00
Blacksmithing,
1,494 14
Carts, wagons and repairs of same,
652 21
Harnesses, blankets and repairs of
same,
415 13.
Hardware, tools and repairs of same,
674 88
Engineering,
529 65
Clerical labor,
291 66
Medicine and medical attendance for horses,
45 25
Gravel,
-
493 24
Oil, lanterns, brooms, &c.,
325 62
Fuel,
576 37
Cement, sand, pipe, &c.,
12 03
Stone monuments,
2 00
Advertising,
'58 70
Printing,
20 98
Blank books, stationery, stamps, &c.,
24 32
Gas,
38 50
Water rates,
95 00
Horse and hack hire,
6 00
Supplying watering troughs, and care of same,
58 85
Lumber and carpenter work,
1,259 54
Legal expenses,
50 00
Building fence,
35 00
Insurance on stable,
40 00
Breaking roads,
170 08
41
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Repairs of engine, crusher and boiler, 697 47
Sweeping machine and broom,
310 00
Roller, and repairs of same,
417 03
Repairs at stable,
28 54
Building bridges,
49 40
Cinders,
30 00
Traveling expenses of Committee,
13 96
Building wall, at, Cherry Valley,
424 05
Watering macadamized streets,
237 00
Swine,
41 00
Use of derrick,
39 10
Castings,
14 45
Clock,
4 00
Boiler,
650 00
Plumbing,
6 76
Stakes,
15 00
Changing water pipe,
16 25
Powder and fuse,
14 75
Damages,
7 25
Error in Sidewalk assessment,
6 17
Personal injury, paid Jas. Reynolds,
60 00
" Johanna Powers,
100 00
Personal injury, paid David Sibley,
150 00
John Dyer,
200 00
Joseph O'Sul-
300 00
Total, as per item No. 12 of Expenses, $134,571 21
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund,
$603 42
Incidental Expenses.
Appropriation,
$8,000 00
Less amount transferred to Lighting Streets, $429 99
Less amount transferred to School Department, 139 83
Less amount transferred to Pauper Department, Truant School, 600 00
$1,169 82
$6,330 18
livan, .
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RECEIVED.
.
From City Clerk, for office fees, $2,020 10
66 " Licenses, 1,165 50
66 66 " Dog licenses, 1,429 00
66 66 " Ordinances sold,
2 00
For Peddlers' licenses,
150 00
One-half fees, weighing on City Scales,
596 79
Rent of armories, from Common- wealth,
1,400 00
Stationery and stamps,
162 54
Postal cards,
60 00
Milk licenses, from R. R. Shepard,
128 00
Amount allowed for relief of in- digent soldiers and sailors,
from Commonwealth, account of 1880, 351 00
Engineering and plans, various streets,
58 50
Engineering on drains,
237 80
Costs on Street Betterments,
9 00
" Sewer Assessment, new
account,
21 20
Costs on Lien account,
,5 50
on Taxes, 1880,
6 80
1881,
161 17
66 66 1882,
109 85
Engineers' services, from State
Board of Health,
377 00
Total, as per item No. 10 of Receipts,
$8,451.75
$15,281193
EXPENDED.
For Coal for Armory, $ 65 66
Gas for Armory,
185 46
Janitor for Armory,
52 08
Furniture for Armory,
21 60
Fixtures and repairs of same, for Armory, 68 09
Plumbing for Armory,
12 32
43
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Trucking for Armory,
6 50
Water for Armory,
25 00
Services of Inspector and Ward Clerks,
222 50
Rent, furniture, care and heating Ward Rooms,
120 39
Services of Engineers on plans, &c.,
932 63
Engineers' instruments and mate- rials for Engineers,
243 12
Advertising,
1,036 40
Printing,
734 70
Postal cards for printing,
520 00
Stamps,
327 20
Express and telegrams,
9 05
Blank books and stationery,
660 32
Return of deaths by Undertakers,
301 75
Collecting births,
181 68
Clerical labor for City Clerk,
1,146 13
Page to Common Council,
46 00
Care of church clocks,
100 00
Central District Court, legal costs,
279 24
Witness' fees and legal costs,
68 64
Examining records and recording deeds, 48 80
Serving tax summonses,
284 75
Memorial Day expenses,
446 91
Fourth of July expenses,
534 00
Band concerts, and gas for band stand,
301 35
Directories,
126 00
Publishing ordinances in Direc- tory,
90 00
Use of land for Battery,
10 00
Coal for City Scales,
8 80
Indigent soldiers and seamen,
811 00
Use of Horticultural Hall,
15 00
Hack and horse hire,
45 50
E. H. Towne, services as registrar,
125 00
Richard Mathews, "
100 00
J. P. Houghton,
75 00
Removing bodies from Mechanic street Burying-ground, 5 50 Printing memorial exercises, Pres- ident Garfield, 100 00
44
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.
For Amount refunded on taxes paid under defective titles, 1,062 00 200 00
Early records of Worcester,
Printing eulogy, and other expen- ses on account of Garfield memorial exercises, 247 49
Expense of committee on account of Bullock obsequies, 85 00
Engineering on drains,
29 50
Perambulating town bounds,
119 72
Law books,
29 30
Boston Directory,
5 00
Canvassing for street signs,
301 10
Signs for street lanterns, 274 40
Hay scales, and repairs of same,
252 11
Repairs of band stand,
42 39
Repairs of flag staff,
9 03
Expense of recovering body at Lake Quinsigamond,
104 39
Analysis of milk,
20 00
Grading at Hope Cemetery,
500 00
Costs and interest on taxes re- funded,
93 24
Watering around public buildings and squares,
300 00
Ballot boxes,
4 00
Posting tax notices,
13 00
Total, as per item No. 13 of Expenses, $14,185 74
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund,
$1,096 19
Interest.
Appropriation,
$105,000 00
Less amount transferred to School Department,
6,000 00
$99,000 00
Amount of Interest transferred,
227 20
$99,227 20
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
RECEIVED.
For Interest on deposits,
allowed on City Note,
prepaid, 5 56
Interest on Sidewalk assessments, 66 " Street betterment as- sessments,
926 95
Interest on Sewer assessments,
new account,
586 34
Interest on notes held by the city,
195 00
" Lien account,
96
" Taxes, 1877,
3 34
66 1878,
1 53
66 1879,
3 05
1880,
17 28
1881,
502 87
66 1882,
11 99
66 accrued on Certificates of Indebtedness, 227 20
Interest on Sewer assessment, old account,
1,693 51
Interest from Commissioners of
Sinking Funds, on investments, 14,362 30
Total, as per item No. 11 of Receipts, $20,140 94
EXPENDED.
$119,368 14
For amount of interest, transferred,
$14,362 30
Interest on Funded
City Loans, $97,398 00
Interest on Tempo- rary Loans, 6,769 04
Interest on Certifi-
cates of Indebt-
edness, trans-
ferred,
227 20
Total, as per item No. 14 of Expenses, $104,394 24
$118,756 54
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund,
$611 60
$1,564 04
39 02
46
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.
Interest on Sewer Loan.
.
Appropriation,
$15,000 00
EXPENDED.
For Interest on Funded Water Loan, as per item No. 15 of Expenses, $15,000 00
Interest on Water Loan.
Receipts for water rates, transferred from Water Works, Mainten- ance account, $21,308 00
EXPENDED.
For Interest on Funded Water Loan, as per item No. 16 of Expenses, $21,308 00
Jaques Forfeiture Account.
Appropriation,
$23,400 00
EXPENDED.
Allowance by City on account of for- feiture under provisions of Jaques Deed of gift, as per item No. 17 of Expenses, 23,400 00
Lighting Streets.
Appropriation,
$35,500 00
Amount transferred from Incidental
Expenses,
429 99
$35,929 99
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
RECEIVED.
For lanterns, globes, posts, &c., $64 41
Resetting lamp posts, &c., Summer street, 250 75
Total, as per item No. 12 of Receipts, $315 16
$36,245 15
EXPENDED.
For Gas, Worcester Gas Light Co., $12,560 43
Gasoline Lights, United States Street Lighting Co., 14,993 04
Lighting and care of lamps,
4,905 14
Lamp posts, frames and castings,
1,192 82
Lanterns, globes and cocks,
1,272 60
Torch handles,
2 50
Resetting and repair of lamps and lanterns,
752 98
Ladders and repairs of same,
18 50
Matches,
47 00
Alcohol,
148 96
Paints, oil and glass,
289 18
Waste and sponges,
9 42
Wrench,
2 50
Engineering,
3 13
Hack hire,
11 00
Lettering lanterns,
29 45
Printing,
6 50
Total, as per item No. 18 of Expenses,
$36,245 15
Liquor Licenses.
RECEIVED.
For Licenses for sale of liquor, as per item No. 13 of Receipts, Less amount transferred to Water Works, construction, $11,500 00
$33,350 00
Less amount transferred to Pauper Department, House Offal, 3,300 00
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.
Less amount transferred to Pauper Department, City Relief, 1,700 00
Less amount transferred to Street Construction, 5,000 00
Less amount transferred to Abate-
ments and Discount, 2,000 00
Less amount transferred to School Department, 1,512 50
$25,012 50
$8,337 50
EXPENDED.
Paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one-fourth of fees for Liquor Licenses, as per item No. 19 of Expenses, $8,337 50
Loans, Funded City.
Amount, November 30, 1881, $1,886,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Certificates of Indebtedness, viz. : Account Lynde Brook damages, due January 1, 1892, $30,000 00 Account Jaques Forfeiture, due January 1, 1892, 23,400 00
Account City Hospital Building, due April 1, 1892, 35,000 00
Total, as per item No. 14 of Receipts, $88,400 00
$1,974,400 00
EXPENDED.
For City Bonds, and Certificates of Indebtedness, payable in 1882, cancelled, as per item No. 20 of Expenses, $6,000 00
Balance, November 30, 1882,
$1,968,400 00
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
Loans, Funded Water.
Amount, November 30, 1881,
$371,300 00
EXPENDED.
For Certificates of Indebtedness, pay- able in 1882, as per item No. 21 of Expenses, 12,000 00
Balance, November 30, 1882, $359,300 00
Loans, Temporary.
RECEIVED.
For Loans authorized by City Council, as per item No. 15 of Receipts, $435,000 00
EXPENDED.
For City notes, cancelled, as per item No. 22 of Expenses, $435,000 00
Lynde Brook Damages.
Balance, November 30, 1881, $3,351 10
Less amount transferred to Sewers, Island account, 2,000 00
$1,351 10
EXPENDED.
For Witness' fees, $ 3 00
Damages, paid Albert Curtis, 500 00
" L. B. Stone, 100 00
Total, as per item No. 23 of Expenses, $603 00
Balance unexpended, trans- ferred to Sinking Fund, $748 10
50
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.
Pauper Department : City Relief.
Appropriation, $14,000 00
Amount transferred from Liquor Licenses, 1,700 00
$15,700 00
RECEIVED.
From Commonwealth, for support of State Paupers, $ 368 60
From Commonwealth, for burials of State Paupers,
210 00
From County, Cities, Towns, and indi- viduals, for aid to their poor,
2,802 34
Total, as per item No. 16 of Receipts, . 3,380 94
$19,080 94
EXPENDED.
For Salary of George W. Gale, Clerk,
$1,200 00
66 " Dr. Rufus Woodward, City Physician,
1,091 67
Transportation,
340 92
Cash allowances,
193 45
Clerical labor,
342 49
Fuel,
1,311 30
Groceries and provisions,
2,635 42
Medicine
289 80
Burials,
825 00
Boots, sh id clothing,
85 25
Printing,
69 73
Stationery, postage, &c.,
102 33
Vaccine Virus,
5 00
Hack hire,
8 00
Removing small-pox patient, and taking care of same,
101 00
Watchman at Pest-house,
7 50
Board of girls at State Industrial School,
67 14
Board of boys at State Reform School, 341 43
51
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Care of Insane, by Commonwealth, 90 07 Care of Insane, Worcester Luna- tic Hospital, 7,095 48
Care of Insane, Asylum for Chronic Insane, 171 26
Care of Insane, Taunton Lunatic Hospital, 200 40
Care of Insane, Northampton Lunatic Hospital, 163 96
Care of Insane, Danvers Lunatic Hospital, 63 15
Care of Paupers, by Common- wealth of Massachusetts, 332 30
Aid to aged sick and poor,
186 25
Towns, cities and individuals, aid to paupers, 1,284 41
Total, as per item No. 24 of Expenses,
$18,604 71
Balance unexpended, trans- ferred to Sinking Fund,
$476 23
Pauper Department : Farm.
Appropriation, $12,600 00
RECEIVED.
For Board of men and horses, Scaven-
ger Department, $2,967 51
Board of teacher and scholars, Truant School,
1,562 43 o
Pasturing stock,
Produce, &c., sold,
Cow hides, calf skins, &c.,
239 44
Labor,
3 00
Calves,
39 04
Premium at New England Fair,
15 00
Iron pipe and old junk, 134 70
Making clothes for Truant School,
7 20
Total, as per item No. 17 of Receipts, $5,14^ 35
$17,749 35
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.
EXPENDED.
For Salary of B. F. Parkhurst, Sup't,
$ 900 00
Salary of Mrs. Parkhurst, Matron, Extra labor,
300 00
2,519 23
Groceries and provisions,
4,640 59
Fuel,
997 15
Grain and straw,
1,361 22
Boots, shoes and clothing,
314 92
Crockery, tin ware, &c.,
152 86
Dry goods, bedding, &c.,
351 97
Hardware, tools, and repairs of same,
182 38
Medicines,
98 65
Repairs of buildings,
1,040 00
Furniture, fixtures, and repairs of same,
464 06
Chaplain,
100 00
Cash allowances to inmates,
35 40
Postage, express, &c.,
4 68
Live stock,
100 00
Blacksmithing,
145 27
Wagons, and repairs of same,
152 38
Harnesses, blankets, and repairs of same,
70 10
Manure,
480 00
Medicine and medical attendance on horses,
37 50
Spy and other papers,
23 85
Seeds,
75 15
Ice,
5 00
Disinfectant powder,
49 30
Stationery,
14 72
Transportation of paupers,
13 40
Heating apparatus,
364 74
Cooking apparatus, and putting up same,
609 85
Fire escape,
66 80
Boiler,
175 00
Fence wire,
68 87
Traveling expenses of Superintendent,
9 70
Trimming trees,
3 50
Castings, brick and labor,
50 50
Use of buggy,
6 00
Sawdust,
14 81
53
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Entering horse, N. E. Fair, 2 81
Horse hire, 5 50 Boarding cow and heifer, 19 22
Total, as per item No. 25 of Expenses, $16,027 08
Balance unexpended, trans-
ferred to Sinking Fund,
$1,722 27
Pauper Department :
House Offal.
Amount brought forward,
$1,393 50
Appropriation, 3,000 00
Amount transferred from Liquor
Licenses,
3,300 00
$7,693 50
RECEIVED.
For Manure,
$480 00
Shoats,
137 50
Swill,
185 38
Soap grease and bones, Pork,
52 45
4,610 95
Total, as per item No. 18 of Receipts,
$5,466 28
$13,159 78
EXPENDED.
For Collecting house offal,
$1,862 31
Grading for piggery,
72 00
Board of men and horses,
2,967 51
Fuel,
104 65
Wagons, and repairs of same,
258 02
Harnesses, blankets, and repairs of same, 114 15
Blacksmithing,
137 96
Hardware and tools,
53 52
Carpenter work and lumber,
84 45
Horses, 5
250 00
54
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.
For Swine, 20 00
Medical attendance on horses,
25 00
Paints and oil,
17 18
Straw,
372 88
Boiler,
150 00
Carpenter work, paid George S. Clough,
3,618 75
Extra work,
1,331 96
Concrete paving,
296 32
Hack hire for committee,
4 00
Engineering,
7 45
Cement and lime,
28 20
Mason work,
41 50
Rubber hose,
20 80
Water pipe, labor, &c.,
1.91 57
Stationery,
96
Labor of men and teams,
45 25
Moving piggery, carpenter work, &c.,
721 33
Painting,
65 43
Printing,
3 85
Total, as per item No. 26 of Expenses, $12,867 00
Balance unexpended, trans-
ferred to Sinking Fund,
$292 78
Pauper Department : Truant School.
Appropriation,
$1,500 00
Amount transferred from Incidental
Expenses, 600 00
$2,100 00
EXPENDED.
For Salary of teacher, $ 304 15
Board of teacher and boys,
1,562 43
Boots and shoes,
22 95
Clothing,
124 48
Horse hire,
10 00
School books,
24 45
55
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Traveling expenses, 3 00
Youth's Companion, 1 75
Total, as per item No. 27 of Expenses, $2,053 21
Balance unexpended, trans-
ferred to Sinking Fund, $46 79
Police Department.
Appropriation,
$59,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Officer's fees, from clerk of Cen- tral District Court, $7,912 20
Cloth,
653 62
Extra services of officers,
226 75
Use of team,
201 00
Total, as per item No. 19 of Receipts,
$8,993 57
$67,993 57
EXPENDED.
For Salary of James M. Drennan, City Marshal, $1,800 00
Salary of F. C. Thayer, 1st Asst. Marshal,
1,300 00
Salary of J. K. Churchill, 2d Asst. Marshal,
1,300 00
Salary of Amos Atkinson, Captain of Police (part), 800 00
Pay rolls of patrolmen,
56,420 50
Pay rolls of officers, extra services 4th of July, 105 00
Pay rolls of officers on account of New England Fair, 110 00
Expense of detectives and horse hire on account of New England Fair, 181 79
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.
For Cloth, buttons, badges and hats,
950 47
Advertising, 14 75
Printing, 19 79
Telegrams, express, &c.,
16 01
Brooms, lamps, matches, &c.,
53 37
Washing,
18 30
Blank books, stationery and stamps,
139 10
Hack and horse hire,
50 75
Board of horses,
480 00
Harnesses, blankets, and repairs of same,
52 20
Traveling expenses of officers,
26 85
Blacksmithing,
29 64
Furniture, and repairs of same,
59 22
Rent of telephone and messages,
32 80
Disinfectant powder,
9 00
Crackers, &c., for lodgers,
159 25
Ice,
13 68
Clerical work,
5 00
Insurance,
18 00
Burying animals,
2 50
Repairs of Ambulance,
3 00
Photographs of prisoners,
59 30
Varnishing wagon, and repairs of same, 72 90
Rent of hall for police drill,
18 00
Materials for recovering body at Lake Quinsigamond,
9 83
Medical attendance on siek horse,
19 0v
Meals for lodgers,
3 85
Use of wagon,
13 50
Professional services of physicians,
8 00
POLICE STATION ON LAMARTINE STREET :
Labor,
$468 35
Plans,
247 50
715 85
Total, as per item No. 28 of Expenses, $65,091 20
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund, $2,902 37
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
Public Grounds.
Appropriation,
$6,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Grass, as per item No. 20 of Receipts, $50 00
$6,050 00
EXPENDED.
For Grading and other labor,
$2,254 70
Labor of men and teams,
236 00
Plants, trees and planting same,
1,237 58
Loam and manure,
479 75
Seeds,
36 00
Printing,
49 81
Freight, trucking and express,
11 12
Stationery and stamps,
17 88
Engineering,
30 55
Lumber and carpenter work,
22 05
Hardware, tools and repairs of same,
116 51
Stone,
' 202 69
Blacksmithing,
7 35
Shrubbery,
328 60
Advertising,
11 37
Grain,
13 00
Tree guards,
569 25
Settees,
218 50
Paints and oil,
37 93
Fountain and labor on same,
89 03
Framing map,
13 75
Paving,
45 25
Fowls,
10 00
Total, as per item No. 29 of Expenses, $6,038 67
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund, $11 33
58
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.
Real Estate : Lien Account.
Balance, November 30, 1881, brought forward, $12 98
EXPENDED.
For Real Estate sold for Taxes, and purchased by the Collector, as per item No. 30 of Expenses,
$926 44
$939 42
Amount abated since Nov. 30, 1881,
$151 62
$787 80
RECEIVED.
For Amount of taxes and charges, in redemption, as per item No. 21 of Receipts, $781 54
Balance, November 30, 1882, $6 26
Real Estate Sales.
RECEIVED.
On account of land sold, as per item
No. 22 of Receipts, $800 00
Amount transferred to Sinking Fund, 800 00
Salaries.
Appropriation,
$22,000 00
EXPENDED.
Paid Frank H. Kelley, Mayor (balance) $125 00
E. B. Stoddard, 66 1,375 00
Wm. S. Barton, Treasurer and Collector, 2,500 00
Frank P Goulding, City Solicitor, 1,550 00
59
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
Paid Chas. A. Allen, City Engineer, 1,983 31
Enoch H. Towne, City Clerk, 1,783 33
Henry Griffin, Auditor, 1,191 67
Lyman A. Ely,
Assessor, 1,191 67
Josiah P. Houghton, "
1,091 66
Levi Barker, 66
1,091 66
Assistant Assessors, 471 00
Charles H. Peck, Superintendent
of Public Buildings, 1,391 66
Charles Marvin, City Messenger,
900 00
Chas. B. Damon, Book-keeper,
1,045 84
R. R. Shepard, Sealer of weights and measures, 245 84
R. R. Shepard, Inspector of milk,
100 00
Theo. H. Bartlett, General Cleri- cal Assistant,
1,041 68
S. Hamilton Coe, Clerk of Com- mon Council,
300 00
Clerical labor for Treasurer,
1,647 34
Assessors, 751 36
Total, as per item No. 31 of Expenses, $21,778 02
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund, 221 98
School Department.
Appropriation, $176,000 00
Amount transferred from In-
terest, $6,000 00
Amount transferred from Inci- dental Expenses, 139 83
Amount transferred from Liquor Licenses, 1,512 50
$7,652 33
$183,652 33
RECEIVED.
For School books and stationery, $150 65 175 00
Tuition,
60
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.
For Amount of dividend, from Wor. Mut'l Fire Ins. Co., 619 99
Amount refunded, 8 50
One half expense building fence,
11 37
Repairs of furniture, &c., 36 15
Rent of Valley Falls school-house,
9 36
Total, as per item No. 23 of Receipts,
$1,011 02
$184,663 35
EXPENDED.
For Salary of A. P. Marble, Superin- tendent,
$3,000 00
Salary of Teachers, as per pay rolls,
137,982 87
Salary of Janitors, as per pay rolls,
6,644 35
Horse hire,
250 00
Truant Officers,
1,800 00
Clerical labor,
983 33
Rent of Superintendent's office,
750 00
" school-rooms,
200 00
Fuel,
8,275 40
Gas,
326 13
Advertising,
41 92
Printing,
493 98
School books and stationery,
2,065 35
Materials for chemical apparatus, High School,
19 74
Stamps, express and telegrams,
65 32
Miscellaneous repairs,
5,276 24
Furniture, fixtures, and repairs of same, 1,029 83
Trucking and removing ashes,
434 58
Stoves and stove furniture,
70 21
Repairs of stoves and furnaces,
1,047 10
Cleaning school-houses,
730 25
Clocks and repairs of same,
220 65
l'itch pipes, and tuning pianos, and rent of same, 158 08
Brooms, mats, dusters, &c.,
573 65
Water rates, 651 74
Cleaning vaults,
81 50
61
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Rent of telephone,
27 00
Examination of teachers,
41 02
Traveling expenses of Superintendent,
39 70
Grading,
122 95
Shoveling snow,
160 25
Engineering,
6 45
Repairs of lawn mower,
1 50
Disinfectant powder,
58 48
Insurance,
570 50
Hose and couplings,
11 50
Horse hire for Truant officers,
12 00
Digging well, at Lake View,
115 00
THOMAS STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE :
For Contract, paid C. A. Vaughan,
$8,563 93
Furnaces,
1,031 79
Plans,
150 00
Paving,
189 60
Extra work,
126 37
Labor on sewer and
263 09
water pipe,
$10,324 78
Total, as per item No. 32 of Expenses, $184,663 35
Sewer Assessment: Old Account.
Balance uncollected, November 30, 1881, $3,578 25
Abated since November 30, 1880,
1,192 74
$2,385 51
RECEIVED.
From sundry persons, as per item No. 24 of Receipts, and transferred to Sinking Fund, $2,385 51
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.
Sewer Assessment : New Account.
Balance uncollected, Nov. 30, 1881, $9,516 07
Amount assessed to Nov. 30, 1882, 17,375 83
$26,891 90
Abated since November 30, 1880, $1,438 46
$25,453 44
RECEIVED.
From sundry persons, as per item No. 25 of Receipts, and transferred to Sinking Fund, $13,307 75
Balance uncollected, November
30, 1882,
$12,145 69
Sewers : Construction.
Appropriation,
$65,000 00
RECEIVED.
For one half costs of catch basins,
$25 00
Relaying sewer on Summer street,
1,129 06
Gravel and stone,
108 43
Wages uncalled for,
14 72
Old iron, &c., sold,
12 16
Lumber,
19 80
Use of team,
18 00
" " derrick and pump,
80 00
" " engine,
20 00
Brick, cement, labor, &c.,
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