Town annual reports of the several departments for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1882, Part 3

Author: Worcester (Mass.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: The City
Number of Pages: 472


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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


37


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


38


CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.


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


39


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


40


CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.


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, .


42


CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 37.


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


45


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


47


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


48


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


49


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


52


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


56


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


57


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


62


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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