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REPORT OF CITY MARSHAL.
important factor, which acts its part in the accomplishment of the desired results ; and in nearly every instance where the per- sons put on probation kept their pledges, the reform in their cases has been good, and many are now good citizens in our com- munity. When a person has been convicted of a crime or mis- demeanor, and the court decides to place the offender on proba- tion, to give an opportunity for reform without punishment, sen- tence is suspended for a limited time, the party is placed under bonds to comply with certain conditions imposed by the court, and the probation officer is required to become surety for the faithful performance of those conditions. The offender is served with a copy of the conditions, noting the day and hour when he is again to appear at the court.
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( Conditions of the Court.) ( The Defendant's name.)
The court before whom you have been convicted has suspended your sentence for a limited time, to give you an opportunity to reform without punishment, upon condition that you be of good behavior and keep the peace towards all persons, and that you appear at court from time to time, as your bonds require, and save your surety harmless. That you pay to the court the costs you have made the county at the expiration of your term of probation, or when the court requires, and that you report to your surety as often as twice each month until dis- charged by the court ; and that you are liable to arrest and sentence at any time for violation of these conditions.
(Signed)
( Probation Officer and Surety.)
It is intended that probation shall be understood to mean reform, and that in all cases the leniency of the court is not to be trifled with. Where parties wilfully violate their conditions and return to vicious ways, they are surrendered back to the custody of the court for sentence. If they run away to escape surrender, they are defaulted by the court, and warrants are placed in the hands of the police for their arrest wherever found. I am of the opinion that much good can be done by the proper enforcement of
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this law, as it was framed for the express purpose of reforma- tion.
In the discharge of my duties as Probation Officer I am grate- ful to Judge Utley, District Attorney Wm. S. B. Hopkins, and the County Commissioners, for the assistance they have rendered me.
Respectfully submitted.
AMOS ATKINSON,
Probation Officer.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
To the Honorable City Council of the City of Worcester.
The undersigned herewith presents the Annual Report of the Expenditures and earnings of the Highway Department for the year ending November 30, 1885 ; also a schedule of the property in charge of the same at that date.
BLOCK PAVING.
The order for paving Union street, between Central street and Lincoln square, with Belgian block paving, has been executed, and the cost of material and labor is-
4712.5 yards new granite blocks,
$7,917 00
417.7 " old relaid,
83 54
1202.1 feet new curbstone,
601 05
783.6 " flagstone,
391 80
Round corners, gutter and brick paving,
111 26
Labor, gravel, sand, &c.,
1,267 53
$10,372 18
Appropriation, Expended,
$14,000 00
10,372 18
Balance unexpended, $3,627 82
CURBSTONE, GUTTER PAVING AND CROSSWALKS.
The following amount of work has been done at the expense of the city :-
Amount of new curbstone set,
9,788.8 lineal feet. 47.5
" circle curbstone set,
curbstone reset,
4010 66
Total number of lineal feet set,
13,846.3
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Amount of new gutter paving,
4,876.5 square yards.
66 gutter paving relaid,
1,152.8
66 new crosswalk,
336.4
66 crosswalk paving relaid,
172.2
66
cobble paving,
65.3
66
new block paving,
44.3
66
66
block paving relaid,
113.7
66 new brick paving,
248.3
.
brick paving relaid,
286.4
66
66 new concrete paving,
155.5
66
Total amount of paving laid, 7,451.4
Amount of new flagstone,
flagstone relaid,
2,662.9 lineal feet. 743.1 66
Total amount of flagstone laid,
3,406
Number of new street corners,
27
corners reset,
35
Total number of corners set, 62
The location and cost of the above work is as follows :-
AUSTIN STREET.
North side, from Bellevue street to South Russell street. Expense, $677 40
South side, from near Bellevue street to Mason street. Expense, 464 96
BELMONT STREET.
South side, from Summer street easterly 233 feet. Expense,
234 61
CARROLL STREET.
West side, from Laurel street to Glen street. Expense,
431 12
CHANDLER STREET.
North side, from Mason street to Park avenue. Expense,
628 78
CAMBRIDGE STREET.
North side, from estate of P. Holmes to the Norwich and Worces-
ter Railroad. Expense, $
236 07
EXCHANGE STREET.
North side, from Summer street to Worcester and Nashua Rail-
road. Expense,
357 19
GOULDING STREET.
West side, from Highland street to Dix street. Expense, 474 64
HARRINGTON AVENUE.
South side, from Westminster street to Windsor street. Expense, 309 00
North side, from Lincoln street to Westminster street. Expense, 75 75
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS. 403
LARCH STREET.
South side, from Merrick street to South Russell street. Expense,
250 40
MAY STREET.
South side, from Woodland street to Hollywood street. Expense, 307 54
MADISON STREET.
South side, from Southbridge street to Salem street. Expense, 235 21
NEWBURY STREET.
East side, from Chatham street to Austin street.
Expense,
371 40
OREAD STREET.
North side, from the present walk easterly 166 feet. Expense, 148 49
SHEPARD STREET.
West side, from King street southerly 175 feet. Expense, 172 29
SPRING STREET.
West side, from Front street northerly 78 feet. Expense, 73 23
West side, from Mechanic street southerly 63 feet. Expense, 51 13
TAYLOR STREET.
North side, from Millbury street to Ward street. Expense, 306 04
WARD STREET.
East side, from Vernon street to Endicott street. Expense, 1,400 27
WOODLAND STREET.
West side, from May street southerly 283 feet. Expense,
293 95
WILLIAM STREET.
South side, from West street to Fruit street. Expense, 351 51
WASHINGTON STREET.
East side, from Ash street northerly 150 feet. Expense, 150 04
WINSLOW STREET.
West side, from Austin street to Pleasant street. Expense, 722 80
LANCASTER STREET.
East side, from Highland street to Dix street. Expense, 583 95
SHREWSBURY STREET.
South side, in front of the estate of L. D. King, 100 feet. Expense, 114 91
SALISBURY STREET.
West side, in front of the estates of S. Salisbury and the Central Church. Expense, 595 94
LOUDON STREET.
Northerly side, from Main street to Woodland street. Expense, 465 25
Total expense for curbstone and gutters, $10,483 87
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CROSSWALKS.
Benefit street,
$62 20
Grove street,
43 04
John street,
19 20
King street,
42 27
Ward street,
43 89
Lincoln street,
66 14
Piedmont street,
42 00
Jaques avenue,
55 17
North street,
36 95
Chandler street,
46 20
Cambridge street,
58 30
Chestnut street,
29 59
Main street,
68 41
Chatham street,
33 00
Front street,
93 60
Water street,
3 80
·Shrewsbury street,
21 03
Fox street,
32 35
Harrison street,
28 02
Summer street,
39 11
Lincoln square,
165 24
Vernon street,
29 16
Salem square,
302 23
Bangs court,
32 73
East Central street,
38 27
High street,
40 28
Salisbury street,
54 50
Channing street,
6 15
Highland street,
10 85
Main street, west side of Common, one-half expense, walk,
152 57
Total for crosswalks,
$1,696 25
Grading gravel walks,
$162 72
Patching sundry brick walks,
406 66
Relaying gutters, resetting curb, etc.,
1,025 01
Engineering,
276 06
Advertising for proposals for labor, etc.,
65 65
Damages to persons and property,
1,785 46
$3,721 56
Total expense,
$15,901 68
Appropriation for curbstone, gutter and crosswalks, Expended,
$18,000 00
15,901 68
Balance unexpended,
$2,098 32
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
MAINTENANCE.
The cost of repairing streets, roads, bridges, cleaning streets, and macadamizing, is as follows :-
Repairs at crusher and stables,
$ 378 43
Repairs at June street bridge,
43 35
Repairs at Southbridge street bridge,
415 00
Repairs at Millbury street bridge,
176 17
Repairs on Foster street bridge and railroad tracks,
488 83
Repairs on Millbrook street bridge,
22 65
Repairs on Mechanic street viaduct,
38 73
Repairs on Prescott street bridge,
175 17
Repairs on Jamesville bridge,
43 90
New bridge on Paxton street,
302 13
New bridge on Olean street,
133 43
Street cleaning,
6,813 85
Snow and ice,
4,326 27
Incidental labor,
1,344 58
$14,602 49
MACADAM.
Following is a list of streets of which the whole or a portion have been macadamized, and the expense :-
Main
street,
$ 3,115 73
Millbury
street,
$ 296 20
Water
1,093 41
Union
261 10
Lincoln
square,
1,355 55
Prescott
342 29
Salisbury
street,
967 20
Green
376 34
Shrewsbury
703 40
Trumbull
96 06
School
66
487 85
Waldo
66
64 75
Thomas
66
630 89
Summer
66
432 08
Total for macadamized
Church,
66
101 28
streets,
$10,636 27
Southbridge
66
312 14
REPAIRS ON STREETS AND ROADS.
Adams
street,
$ 49 90
Ballard
street,
237 50
Agricultural
33 00
Bridge
56 80
Assonet
37 50
Bellevue
4 08
Arch
66
20 00
Bradley
114 90
Auburn
15 20
Benefit
54 45
Ararat
66
59 10
Bigelow lane,
6 91
Alvarado avenue,
81 20
Blackstone
street,
15 65
Arlington
street,
22 20
Baker
10 65
Agawam
66
28 31
Catharine
66
7 60
Brooks
66
91 00
Canterbury
105 08.
Burncoat
14 50
Chandler
372 90
Belmont
66
424 19
Central
12 55
Bloomingdale
66
254 10
College
79 06
Beaver
87 66
Cliff
66
22 70
Beacon
66
162 80
Chester
67 25
Brattle
91 00
Coral
58 62:
Boylston
66
166 33
Clarkson
8 45
13 70
Cambridge
76 62
Bailey
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Columbia
street,
16 00
June
street,
193 60
Chestnut
86 90
Jo Bill road,
15 65
Carroll
66
6 69
Kendall
street,
3 95
Castle
15 80
King
72 70
Cedar
66
30 75
Kilby
30 25
Coburn avenue,
45 85
Leicester
713 16
Canal
street,
12 55
Lincoln
6.
1,069 55
Carlton
14 56
Lafayette
66
18 20
Chelsea
66
15 50
Laurel
66
42 85
Cherry
66
24 33
Ludlow
66
195 55
Camp
44 70
Lovell
66
158 50
Dix
28 20
Lake avenue,
70 00
Dryden
18 20
Lake
street,
19 60
Downing
9 50
Lowell
66
19 65
Dewey
¥
1 70
Main
532 91
Douglas
11 30
Millbury
199 80
Elni
48 10
May
257 35
East Central
280 71
Mountain
143 20
Elizabeth
38 05
Mower
66
32 45
Exchange
4 95
Manchester
13 40
Eastern avenue,
134 65
Mulberry
12 55
Edward
street,
75 70
Moorland
74 50
Edgeworth
72 05
Mill
180 4
Everett
27 63
Mendon
162 18
Fowler
138 80
Millbury avenue,
108 06
Foster
189 93
Mason
street,
10 95
Front
233 35
Maple
6 85
Franklin
39 43
Malden
54 60
Flagg
91
North
50 00
Freeland
14 75
Newbury
16 00
Foyle
18 75
Norwood
street,
6 87
Greenwood
197 53
Oread
57 54
Grove
.587 08
Orange
66
74 70
Garden
66
3 75
Orchard
38 05
Grafton
344 85
Orient
66
38 65
Grand
220 30
Providence
66
35 30
Gold
292 95
Plantation
66
13 40
Granite
29 15
Paxton
409 29
Glen
66
39 05
Park avenue,
420 72
Grosvenor
43 40
Pleasant
street,
37 81
Gardner
41 90
Piedmont,
31 60
Gates
45 20
Pearl
30 75
Goulding
24 70
Penn avenue,
78 13
Harvard
48 75
Prospect
street,
6 60
Holden
street,
72 80
Putnam lane,
22 00
Hanover
35 99
Pitt
street,
+ 10
Hammond
86
62 50
Quinsigamond avenue,
169 25
Harrison
20 00
Richards
street,
36 65
Highland
38 07
Sever
10 90
Hermon
30 70
Southbridge
416 75
High
66
35 70
Shrewsbury
66
618 05
Houghton
59 05
Shelby
66
16 50
Hollis
88 05
Salem
10
Hope avenue,
41 15
Salisbury
66
546 38
Hancock
street,
15 65
School
66
: 45
Hawley
66
2 55
Suffolk
66
108 45
Hemans
66
18 20
Stafford
117 90
Ingalls
66
44 05 Sigourney
66
18 20
Harrington court,
6 91
Perry
10 85
Fountain
18 50
Nelson court,
16 50
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
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Sargent
street,
36 40 | Waverley
street,
10 90
Salem square,
184 55
West
66
118 63
Sheridan
street,
24 95
Washington
65 30
Spruce
16 60
Walnut
29 05
Sundry streets,
971 76
Ward
39 70
Taylor
street,
73 65
Winthrop
66
75 20
Tirrell
19 65
Washburn
162 00
Union avenue,
31 00
Wayne
16 40
Upland
street,
22 52
Warren
29 60
Vernon
180 97
Whittier
18 20
Vine
55 15
Wall
36 40
West Boylston
406 85
Gravel used on sundry streets, 867 51
William
66
19 70
Repairs on tools,
2,738 02
Webster
66
86 60
Woodland
57 78
For repairs on streets and roads,
$21,626 60
Whipple
66
10 85
Total for maintenance, $46,965 36
EXPENDITURES.
Salary of Commissioner, Labor, as per pay-roll,
50,226 68.
66 sundry persons,
825 46
Hay and grain,
4,819 50
13,192.1 lineal feet curbstone,
4,675 82
4,039 lineal feet flagstone,
1,617 07
3,9654 tons crushing stone,
1,586 32
Wall stone,
109 00
Stone bounds,
100 00
2364 tons cobble-stones,
236 24
76 street corners,
183 50
Gravel,
658 51
595,000 bricks,
4,761 49
5,825.2 square yards paving blocks,
8,854 32
Paving,
6,255 56
Tools and repairs,
2,645 42
Repairs on engine and crusher,
190 03
Shoeing,
580 31
Lumber,
1,654 45
Rolling stock,
468 25
Live stock,
1,287 10
Engineering,
1,367 16
Fuel, water, oil ; at crusher,
320 10
Drain pipe, cement, powder, etc.,
205 41
Advertising, writing, printing, etc.,
554 75
Maintaining water trough,
23 00
Water at city stables,
47 50
Fuel, lights, etc., city stables,
156 41
Hacking, use of team, etc.,
324 25
Damages to persons and property,
2,510 96
Total expenditures,
$110,421 84
$ 1,700 00
hired teams,
11,477 27
Wyman
32 15
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APPROPRIATIONS AND EARNINGS.
Maintenance,
$ 50,000 00
Block paving,
14,000 00
Curb, gutter and crosswalks,
18,000 00
Transfer from Interest Account,
1,938 50
$ 83,938 50
STREET CONSTRUCTION.
Ward street,
$ 84 50
Summer street,
139 30
Oread street bridge,
186 71
Lake circuit,
3,000 00
John street,
569 47
Pleasant street,
7 80
Shepard street,
326 55
Kingsbury street,
139 81
Queen street,
15 45
Meade street,
193 85
Ripley street,
73 65
Endicott street,
333 79
Burncoat street,
2,855 88
Dewey street,
84 90
Orchard street,
75 35
Total for street construction,
$8,087 01
FOR LABOR AND MATERIAL FURNISHED.
City Hall,
$ 40 38
School department,
149 19
Sewer department,
827 12
Water department,
458 92
Lighting-street department,
13 00
Incidental expense account,
120 20
Public Grounds commission,
326 94
Lake Park department,
79 39
Hope Cemetery department,
269 11
Board of health,
10 00
Sundry persons,
8,646 55
$10,940 80
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
There have been laid 206 walks and driveways for private parties on the following-named streets :- Goulding street, $ 404 91 195 71 Winthrop street,
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
Vernon street,
423 41
Spring street,
97 12
Woodland street,
258 07
William street,
327 75
Newbury street,
354 92
Pleasant street,
94 38
Harrington avenue,
223 16
Exchange street,
259 44
Chandler street,
472 65
Austin street,
436 24
Austin street,
505 80
Green street,
112 78
Taylor street,
289 42
Ward street,
825 21
Winslow street,
527 46
Cambridge street,
154 98
Oread street,
174 17
May street,
379 19
Shepard street,
129 24
Salisbury street,
772 59
Madison street,
185 45
Main street,
176 31
Harrington avenue,
254 82
High street,
113 29
Lancaster street,
486 00
North Ashland street,
107 40
John street,
223 72
Carroll street,
281 25
Washington street,
70 95
Belmont street,
312 44
Harvard street,
29 60
Shrewsbury street,
69 60
John street,
122 80
Larch street,
213 87
Chandler street, south side,
39 05
Chandler street, north side,
198 74
Main street,
87 69
Pleasant street,
17 27
Dix street,
64 88
Bowdoin street,
136 64
William street,
58 80
Main street,
119 10
Total for sidewalk assessments,
$10,788 27
Total appropriation and earnings,
$113,754 58
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REVENUE. COLLECTIONS 1885.
·
Sidewalk assessment,
$11,118 25
Street construction
8,087 01
Labor and material,
7,278 08
$ 26,483 34
Uncollected bills Dec. 1, 1885 :--- Sidewalk assessment,
$ 3,463 54
Sundry bills,
2,918 16
$ 6,381 70
SCHEDULE
Of real and personal property in charge of the Highway Depart- ment Nov. 30, 1885 :-
REAL ESTATE.
50,331 feet of land on Salem street,
$16,609 25
Stables, sheds and stone-crushing building,
10,450 00
Land on Pleasant street, 1 acre,
100 00
Land at Quinsigamond Village, 22 acres,
225 00
Gravel pit near Paxton line,
10 00
Total for real estate,
$ 27,394 25
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Stone-crusher, engine and platform scale,
$ 2,520 00
Live stock,
6,718 50
Rolling stock,
2,830 00
Harnesses, blankets, etc.,
985 50
Hay, grain, etc.,
1,310 50
Tools,
2,022 25
Bricks, stone and sand,
5,094 74
Lumber,
913 42
Total for personal property,
$22,494 91
Respectfully submitted. LUCIAN B. STONE, Commissioner of Highways.
WORCESTER, December 30, 1885.
HOPE CEMETERY.
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COMMISSIONERS
-OF-
HOPE CEMETERY
FOR THE YEAR 1886.
WILLIAM BUSH, -
- Term expires 1887.
THOMAS M. ROGERS, -
-
-
ELIJAH B. STODDARD,
-
-
-
66
1889.
ALBERT CURTIS,
1890.
ALBERT TOLMAN,
66 1891.
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1886.
- ALBERT TOLMAN. .
Chairman, - - Secretary, - - - . . E. B. STODDARD.
Superintendent, - - - - . WILLIAM BUSH.
Assistant-Superintendent, - -
- ALBERT CURTIS.
1888.
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THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF HOPE CEMETERY,
FOR THE YEAR 1885.
To Hon. Samuel Winslow, Mayor, and to the City Council of the City of Worcester :
The Commissioners' last Report was made up to the last day of November, 1884.
There is nearly twenty miles of road-way and eighteen miles of paths or walks around and between lots, which were in good condition at the beginning of the year and were kept so to the end of it, by proper care and labor applied where and when necessary.
Ninety-one rods of new road was built. Good material was used for the grading.
Twelve hundred and thirty-five feet of gutter, three to four feet in width, has been laid to carry off surface water and pro- tect the roads.
The stones for paving are found and saved when grading within the grounds.
Oval top, fine hewn curbing has been put in at the northwest corner of the Cemetery, it being a continuation and completion of the work begun in 1884 near the entrances. The cost of the curbing was nine hundred and fifteen 1'00 dollars. The previ- ous expenditure for the same kind of curbing was seventeen hun- dred and sixty-one 2% dollars, making a total of twenty-six hundred and seventy-six 0% ($2,676.64); an expensive improve- ment, but fully justified by the increased value and prices re-
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ceived for lots in the vicinity. A bank wall was built from the end of the curbing, opposite the barn, to the avenue below.
Beside the care of the roads and other work in the winter, wood was cleared from over an acre and the ground made ready for grading. The wood was sold for one hundred and twenty-one 37 dollars.
BURIAL LOTS.
Forty-eight lots were graded and corner posts set at the cost of thirteen hundred and seventy-one dollars. There were twenty- three lots, previously graded in the same way, making seventy- one now ready for sale.
One hundred and eighty-six lots were laid out in the year, and there are two hundred and ninety-six that may be sold.
No low-priced ($12.00) lots are included in the number given above, but the foreman will at once lay out a sufficient number to meet all demands.
One hundred and two lots were sold for five thousand four hundred and thirty-eight dollars, and payments for them made to the City Treasurer. Average $53.31 per lot.
On the south side of Chestnut avenue, sixteen lots have been lowered-some several feet-to grade them in conformity with the avenue and adjoining grounds. An arrangement was made with the owners of the lots with the exception of four who could not be found. These lots were in an isolated place, among the first taken after the Cemetery was open and were not prop- erly graded. The cost of the work was about one hundred and seventy-five dollars, and a reasonable portion of it will be paid by the owners of the lots.
WORK FOR INDIVIDUAL PROPRIETORS AND THE UNDERTAKERS.
One hundred and thirteen lots were graded. Six hundred and ninety were taken care of through the year. The foundations were put in for monuments. Four hundred and thirty-five graves were dug, one hundred and eleven of which were for free burials.
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For work and materials furnished, the sum of five thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine -2% dollars was received, and there is due the Cemetery the further sum of five hundred and sixty- five 37% dollars, and the Commissioners have in their hands a cash balance of six hundred and ninety-three 5% dollars.
During the season, when other work was not pressing, about fifteen hundred loads of muck were taken from the swamp, and is now being seasoned by the action of the weather for use this year. There is also a good supply of manure on hand.
The plot of ground appropriated for free burials is nearly all occupied, and more must be prepared for use in some new part of the Cemetery.
In the first three months of the year five men, and for nine months fourteen men and three horses, were employed. In ad- dition, two hundred and thirty-nine 230 dollars was paid to Mr. L. B. Stone and others for work with teams.
We present a statement of the number of free burials for six years : -
In the year 1880, 72.
1881, 90. 66 66 1882, 110.
1883, 116.
66
1884, 121.
66 1885, 111.
Whole number, 620.
The number of lots sold in six years has been : -
In 1880, 66 sold for $2,706 00.
1881, 97
3,286 00.
1882, 96 66 4,109 00.
1883, 85 66 66 3,243 00.
1884, 109
4,760 00.
1885, 102
66 5,438 00.
Whole number in six years, 555; sold for $23,547 00,
Which is an average per lot of $42.42.
Previous to 1880, 1,952 lots were sold for $39,724.00, which is an average per lot of $20.35.
About the average number of $12.00 lots have been sold each year. But the increasing number that have been graded, turfed,
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and have had granite posts furnished and set before the sales, accounts for the great increase of price for the others.
It is more economical for the purchaser and better for the Cemetery that all lots should be graded by the Commissioners before they are sold. We shall soon have the method fully established, and grade all before the sale.
The avenues and paths in the Cemetery have been in such good order, and the scenery is so beautiful, that it is becoming more and more a place of resort for persons who seek retirement for quiet contemplation. Adult persons with their children are frequent visitors, and many who own lots in other places are seen there almost every week. There are several hundred people on the grounds on nearly all pleasant days. Seldom, if ever, is any improper conduct noticed.
The Commissioners may again advise the purchase of some of the adjoining lands. Even if our City does not continue to in- crease in population, or if the manner of disposing of the dead shall be changed, more land will be required in the near future.
We believe the City Council will have a tolerably full report of the "Acts, doings and proceedings and of the condition of the Cemetery," when we add to what we have written, the ap- praisal of property, the statement of receipts and expenditures, with a balance sheet, and the very satisfactory statement of the City Treasurer, who is ex-oficio Treasurer of this Board, and has charge of the funds belonging to the Cemetery.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY AT HOPE CEMETERY,
DECEMBER 1, 1885.
Tools, as per schedule,
$171 00
Ropes and blocks,
15 00
4 harnesses, halters and straps,
70 00
3 carts, 2 wagons, 1 sled,
275 00
3 horses,
500 00
3 tons English hay,
60 00
Rye straw,
18 00
Lumber,
3 00
1,500 loads of muck,
375 00
Lot of manure,
100 00
$1,587,00
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Barn, shed and tool-house, Store-house and office, 2 summer houses, House and one-half acre of land,
$950 00
950 00
100 00
3,000 00
$5,000 00
Total, .
$6,587 00
HOPE CEMETERY, 1885.
BALANCE SHEET.
DR.
Dec. 1, 1884, cash balance,
$ 350 24
Cash from Treasurer,
6,361 39
House rent,
243 75
Wood,
121 37
Labor and material,
5,869 22
$12,945 97
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Paid City Treasurer,
$2,000 00
" City Engineer,
47 05
Telephone,
39 67
Lumber,
93 41
Hay, grain, &c.,
355 25
Horse shoeing,
48 29
Turf,
350 63
Tools and repairing,
172 25
Granite curbing,
915 35
Stone posts,
723 95
Paint and painting,
16 45
Blank books and printing,
52 61
Lime and cement,
42 60
Repairing house,
24 41
"
L. B. Stone and others, work with teams,
239 23
Grass seed,
33 62
City water,
40 00
" Carpenter work,
56 00
Sundries,
640 25
Labor, as per pay rolls,
6,361 39
Balance,
812,252 41
693 56
$12,945 97
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OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, WORCESTER, MASS., Dec. 24, 1885.
TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF HOPE CEMETERY :-
Gentlemen :- The undersigned, as Treasurer, ex-officio, of funds in charge of your Board, herewith presents a statement of receipts and payments, on account of Hope Cemetery, during the last financial year, and of the balances carried forward, on the books of the Treasurer, at the close of business, Nov. 30, 1885.
Balances, Dec. 1, 1884, viz. :-
Savings Bank deposits, reserved fund,
$5,000 00
Savings Bank deposits, P. S., Ch. 116 (26 lots), 2,200 00
Savings Bank deposits, St. 1884, Ch. 186 (5 lots), 500 00
Cash on deposit,
2,318 45
$10,018 35
Receipts during the year, viz. :-
Proceeds of 102 lots sold,
$5,438 00
Grading account, from W. Bush, Com'r,
2,000 00
Special deposits, under Ch. 116, P. S. (6 lots),
500 00
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