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Alcohol and waste,
192 71
Paints, oil and glass,
436 90
Engineering,
30 90
Hack hire,
8 00
Printing,
3 25
Changing electric lights,
130 00
Total, as per item No. 16 of Ex- penses, $54,129 01
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund, $4,937 04
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
Liquor Licenses.
RECEIVED.
For Licenses for sale of liquor, as per item No. 15 of Receipts, $66,300 00
$66,300 00
EXPENDED.
Paid Commonwealth one-fourth of amount received for liquor licenses, $16,575 00 Amount transferred to sundry accounts, viz :-
School-houses, $49,200 00
Pauper Department, Truant School, 300 00
Sewers, Maintenance, 225 00
$49,725 00
Total, as per item No. 17 of Ex- penses,
$66,300 00
Loans, Funded City.
Amount, November 30, 1884,
$2,043,400 00
$2,043,400 00
Loans, Funded Sewer.
Amount, November 30, 1884,
$460,000 00
$460,000 00
RECEIVED. For Certificates of Indebtedness, viz :- Account of Sewer Loan due January 1, 1905, as per item No. 16 of Receipts, $180,000 00
$180,000 00
Balance, November 30, 1884,
$640,000 00
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 40.
Loans, Funded Water.
Amount, November 30, 1884, $609,300 00
$609,300 00
RECEIVED.
For Certificates of Indebtedness, viz :- Account of Funded Water Loan, due April 1, 1915, $100,000 00 Account of Funded Water Loan, due June 1, 1905 (in renewal), 100,000 00
Total, as per item No. 17 of Receipts, $200,000 00
$809,300 00
EXPENDED.
For City Bonds and Certificates of In- debtedness, payable in 1885, can- celled, as per item No. 18 of Ex- penses, $103,000 00
$103,000 00
Balance, November 30, 1885, $706,300 00
Temporary Loan.
RECEIVED.
For Loans authorized by City Council, as per item No. 18 of Receipts, $350,000 00
$350,000 00
EXPENDED.
For City Notes, cancelled, as per item No. 19 of Expenses, $350,000 00
$350,000 00
Pauper Department : City Relief.
Appropriation, $14,000 00
$14,000 00
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
RECEIVED.
From Commonwealth, for support of State Paupers, $748 94
66 Commonwealth, for burial of State Paupers, 235 00
Commonwealth, for transportation of Paupers, 39 00
County, Cities, Towns and individ- uals, for aid to their poor, 3,239 35
Total, as per item No. 19 of Receipts,
$4,262 29
$18,262 29
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Geo. W. Gale, Clerk,
$1,200 00
" Rufus Woodward, City
Physician, 1,191 67
Transportation of paupers,
317 46
Cash allowances,
128 28
Clerical labor,
559 12
Groceries and provisions,
3,101 56
Fuel,
1,840 00
Stationery, postage, etc.,
149 65
Medicines,
360 74
Burials,
690 00
Boots, shoes and clothing,
57 00
Printing,
163 02
Board of girls at State Industrial School, 134 72
Board of boys at State Reform School,
306 15
Care of Insane, by Commonwealth,
760 03
Care of Insane, by Worcester Luna- tic Hospital,
3,511 09
Care of Insane, by Asylum for Chronic Insane, 188 01
Care of Insane, by State Lunatic Hospital, Danvers, 104 05
Care of Paupers, by Commonwealth, 138 71 Care of Demented, by South Boston Institution, 565 90
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For Care of Blind, by Perkins Institu- tion for Blind, 48 40
Hack hire, 19 75
Witness fees and expenses, City of Worcester vs. Northboro,
64 87
Legal expenses,
7 06
Vaccine virus,
103 60
Medical services,
10 00
Towns, cities and individuals, aid to Paupers, 1,045 10
Total, as per item No. 20 of Ex- penses,
$16,766 84
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund,
$1,495 45
Pauper Department : Farm.
Appropriation, $25,000 00
Less amount transferred to Pauper Department, House Offal, 2,500 00
$22,500 00
Amount transferred from Water
Works, Construction, 2,828 18
$25,328 18
RECEIVED.
For Board of men and horses, Scaven- ger Department, $3,701 82
Board of teacher and boys, Truant School, 1,884 32
Milk,
683 44
Old Furnaces, 160 00
Hides, tallow, &c.,
167 52
Total, as per item No. 20 of Re- ceipts, $6,597 10
$31,925 28
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
EXPENDED.
For Salary of B. F. Parkhurst, Supt. (in part), $583 31
Salary of Mrs. Parkhurst, Matron,
500 00
Extra labor,
3,757 23
Groceries and provisions,
6,390 00
Fuel,
1,319 74
Hay, grain and straw,
2,039 71
Hack and horse hire,
16 50
Wagons, carts, and repairs of same,
101 10
Harnesses, blankets, and repairs of same,
50 45
Horse medicine, and attendance on horses,
65 55
Trucking and freight,
2 23
Boots and shoes,
169 63
Clothing,
391 28
Dry goods, bedding, &c.,
756 24
Crockery, tinware, &c.,
114 34
Hardware and tools,
148 64
Medicine,
186 47
Furniture, fixtures, and repairs of same,
1,176 63
Chaplain,
100 00
Cash allowance to inmates,
58 40
Postage, express and stationery,
13 04
Blacksmithing,
122 83
Taxes in Shrewsbury,
50 40
Manure,
480 00
Seeds and plants,
105 06
Disenfectant powder,
132 18
Brushes, mats, &c.,
56 18
Services of appraisers,
34 00
Live stock,
298 00
Repairs of buildings,
2,190 69
Rent of telephone,
40 00
Tobacco and cigars,
68 71
Advertising,
9 47
Printing,
8 50
Sawdust,
6 90
Rubber goods,
19 50
Rent of land,
150 00
$21,712 91
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Addition to Building : -
Contract, paid A. Palmer, $9,048 00
Extra work,
142 24
Heating apparatus,
734 46
Plumbing,
192 66
Pipe, fittings, &c.,
7 18
Plans and specifications,
75 00
Advertising,
10 00
Engineering,
2 83
$10,212 37
Total, as per item No. 21 of Ex-
penses,
$31,925 28
Pauper Department : House Offal.
Appropriation,
$5,000 00
Amount transferred from Pauper De-
partment, Farm, 2,500 00
$7,500 00
RECEIVED.
For Manure,
$480 00
Pork,
1,177 55
Swine,
126 00
Swill and bones,
90 85
Total, as per item No. 21 of Re-
ceipts,
$1,874 40
$9,374 40
EXPENDED.
For Salary of B. F. Parkhurst, Supt. (in part),
$416 69
Collecting house offal,
2,506 90
Board of men and horses,
3,701 82
Horses,
1,000 00
Swine,
472 15
Fuel,
38 40
Wagons, and repairs of same,
86 10
Harnesses, blankets, and repairs of same, 87 08
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Blacksmithing,
296 82
Hardware and tools,
41 70
Medical attendance on horses,
49 90
Grain and straw,
208 66
Repairs of houses,
63 17
Care of boiler,
90 00
Horse hire,
21 00
Hose,
24 92
Fence wire,
6 60
Total, as per item No. 22 of Ex- penses, $9,111 91
Balance unexpended, transferred
to Sinking Fund, $262 49
Pauper Department : Truant School.
Appropriation,
$2,000 00
Amount transferred, from Liquor Li-
censes, as per item No. 22 of Re- ceipts, 300.00
$2,300 00
EXPENDED.
For Salary of teacher,
$300 00
Board of teacher and boys,
1,884 32
Boots, shoes and clothing,
74 76
Horse hire,
4 00
Locks, bolts, &c.,
12 10
Repairs of furniture,
3 05
School books,
15 55
Advertising,
3 00
Youth's Companion,
1 75
Total, as per item No. 23 of Ex- penses, $2,298 53
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund, $1 47
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Police Department.
Appropriation,
$68,000 00
$68,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Officers' fees, from Clerk of Central District Court,
$6,845 17
Extra services of officers,
362 75
Use of team,
521 90
Keeping prisoners,
1,019 10
Cloth,
673 92
Use of lock-up,
393 50
Transportation of officers to Black- stone and return,
31 20
Services of officers in Blackstone,
65 00
Total, as per item No. 23 of Re- ceipts,
$9,912 54
$77,912 54
EXPENDED.
For Salary of Amos Atkinson, City
Marshal,
$1,800 00
Salary of Amos Atkinson, Probation Officer,
400 00
Salary of F. C. Thayer, Asst. Mar- shal,
1,300 00
Salary of J. K. Churchill, Asst. Marshal,
1,300 00
Salary of David A. Mathews, Cap- tain,
1,200 00
Salary of S. W. Ranger, Sergeant,
1,000 00
Salary of Mathew J. Walsh, Ser- geant,
1,000 00
Pay-rolls of patrolmen,
66,424 75
Cloth, buttons, badges, &c.,
757 50
Board of horses,
600 00
Hack and horse hire,
5 55
Repairs of harnesses,
2 35
Carriages, and repairs of same,
174 25
Traveling Expenses,
2 60
Blacksmithing,
36 76
Washing bedding, towels, &c.,
40 85
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Brooms, lamps, matches, &c., 91 20
Blank-books, stationery and stamps, 53 16
Furniture, and repairs of same,
311 09
Rent of telephones,
21 00
Crackers,
145 38
Photographs of prisoners,
13 50
Express, telegrams and trucking,
17 49
Printing,
82 34
Ice,
26 79
Disenfectant powder, &c.,
34 00
Handcuffs, and repairs of same,
17 75
Repairs, at Station 2,
111 18
Fuel, at Station 2,
224 66
Removing ashes, at Station 2,
7 00
Furniture, &c., at Station 2,
5 14
Insurance,
25 00
Witness fees,
3 60
Repairs,
9 55
Advertising,
11 00
Wire guards,
91 56
Hose,
7 50
Transportation of Police officers to Blackstone, 31 20
Special Pay-roll, Patrolmen, 4th of July, 157 50
Total, as per item No. 24 of Ex- penses, $77,543 20
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund,
$369 34
Premium on City Bonds.
RECEIVED.
For Sale of bonds, above par, as follows: - Account of Funded Sewer Loan, due January 1, 1905, $13,140 00
Account of Funded Water Loan, due April 1, 1915, 9,260 00
Account of Funded Water Loan (in renewal), due June 1, 1905, 20 00
Total, as per item No. 24 of Re- ceipts, $22,420 00
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EXPENDED.
Amount transferred to District Court
Building and Police Station, $16,200 00 Amount transferred to School Depart- 6,220 00 ment,
Total, as per item No. 25 of Ex-
$22,420 00 penses,
Public Grounds.
Appropriation,
$7,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Amount refunded, as per item No.
25 of Receipts, 2 10
$7,002 10
EXPENDED.
For Grading and other labor,
$2,902 81
Labor of men and team,
375 17
Plants and trees,
1,016 52
Manure and loam,
392 00
Seeds,
36 00
Printing,
60 02
Stationery, books and stamps,
24 11
Hardware, tools, and repairs of same,
244 87
Blacksmithing,
8 16
Lumber and carpenter work on tree guards, &c.,
540 42
Stone,
49 26
Engineering.
86 42
Repairs of settees,
55 00
Stone steps,
8 00
Repairs of pumps,
11 89
Rubber boots,
10 00
Plans of Elm Park,
52 00
Powder and fuse,
11 53
Paving,
255 24
Services of Police,
41 10
Boats and moving same,
43 50
Iron bridge,
282 00
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Iron barrels,
45 00
Building at Lake,
425 00
Express, Fence wire,
7.20
13 56
Total, as per item No. 26 of Ex- penses,
$6,996 78
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund,
$5 32
Real Estate : Lien Account.
EXPENDED.
For Real Estate sold for taxes, and pur- chased by the Collector, as per item No. 27 of Expenses, $20 92
$20 92
RECEIVED.
For amount of taxes and charges in re- demption, as per item No. 26 of Receipts, $20 92
$20 92
Real Estate Sales : Surplus Account.
Balance, November 30, 1885, $125 00
$125 00
Salaries.
Appropriation,
$20,000 00
$20,000 00
EXPENDED.
Paid Charles G. Reed, Mayor, $2,500 00
Wm. S. Barton, Treasurer and Col- lector, 2,700 00
Frank P. Goulding, City Solicitor, 2,500 00
Charles A. Allen, Engineer, 2,200 00
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For Enoch H. Towne, City Clerk, 2,000 00
Henry Griffin, Auditor, 1,200 00
Lyman A. Ely (balance), City Assess- or, 324 99
J. P. Houghton, City Assessor, 1,248 83
Thomas Talbot, 66
1,100 00
Hudson Tolman, 66
820 75
Charles H. Peck, Supt. of Public Buildings, 1,500 00
Charles Marvin, City Messenger,
900 00
R. R. Shepard (balance), Sealer of weights and measures, 83 32
R. R. Shepard (balance), Inspector of milk, 33 32
E. S. Knowles, Sealer of weights and measures, 166 68
E. S. Knowles, Inspector of milk, 66 68
S. Hamilton Coe, Clerk of Common Council, 400 00
Total, as per item No. 28 of Expenses, $19,744 57
Balance unexpended, transferred to Sinking Fund, $225 43
School Department.
Appropriation, $204,000 00
Amount transferred from
Interest, $1,779 65
Amount transferred from
. Water Works Con., 210 36
1,990 01
$205,990 01
RECEIVED.
For amount transferred from premium on Bonds,
$6,220 00
Tuition, 142 00
School-books, stationery, etc., 618 86
Rent of Cherry Valley school-house, 12 50
69
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Repairs of building, furniture, etc., 48 05 Tuition, not called for, Evening Schools, 45 00
Total, as per item No. 27 of Receipts, $7,086 41
$213,076 42
EXPENDED.
For Salary of A. P. Marble, Superin- tendent, $ 3,000 00
Salary of Teachers, as per pay-rolls, 155,127 08
" Janitors, 7,731 19
" Truant officers,
1,800 00
Clerical labor, 1,333 75
Horse hire, Superintendent, 250 00
Rent of Superintendent's office,
958 33
Rent of school-rooms,
200 00
Fuel,
9,425 70
Gas,
317 60
Miscellaneous repairs,
8,950 96
School-books and stationery,
10,931 35
Materials and chemical apparatus for High School, 121 19
Advertising,
64 07
Printing,
590 45
Stamps, express, freight and telegrams,
163 35
Furniture, fixtures, and repairs of same, 1,774 70
Trucking and removing ashes,
334 65
Cleaning school-houses,
678 25
Repairs of stoves and furnaces,
1,374 80
Clocks and care of same,
216 88
Use of pianos and tuning same, pitch- pipes,
231 50
Brooms, mats, dusters, etc.,
540 12
Water rates,
398 09
Cleaning vaults,
74 00
Rent of telephones,
47 40
Removing snow,
149 79
Disenfectant powder,
62 58
Insurance,
255 25
Traveling expenses,
14 50
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For Urinals,
200 00
Store truck,
6 50
Fire-alarm signal-box,
85 00
Census of school children,
73 44
Repairs of fountains,
7 25
Concrete paving,
15 95
School supplies,
1,315 39
$208,821 06
Evening Schools :-
Pay-roll of teachers, 66 " janitors,
$3,854 50
147 80
Gas,
204 20
Lamps, oil, shades, etc.,
25 11
Advertising,
6 00
Printing, Books,
12 75
Carpenter work,
2 50
$4,255 36
Total, as per item No. 29 of Ex- penses,
$213,076 42
School-Houses.
Balance, November 29, 1884,
$25,535 26
Amount transferred from Water-works,
Construction,
5,800 00
$31,335 26
RECEIVED.
For Brick,
$5,323 10
Allowance on underpinning,
266 54
Coal,
37 97
One-half expense of division fence,
16 50
Amount transferred from Street Construction, Summer street,
2,000 00
Amount transferred from Liquor Licenses, 49,200 00
Total, as per item No. 28 of Re- ceipts,
$56,844 11
$88,179 37
2 50
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
EXPENDED.
FOR CHANDLER-STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE :
Contract, paid Thomas Barrett,
$7,640 90
Extra work,
918 12
Heating apparatus,
1,810 75
School furniture,
1,635 47
Insurance,
108 00
Wall stone,
106 61
Land,
37 59
Engineering,
2 52
Eave-troughs,
61 08
Freight and trucking,
92 83
Fuel,
237 79
Advertising,
2 06
Grading,
125 14
Service pipe,
5 45
Painting,
647 00
Clocks,
130 00
Cleaning windows,
14 55
Painting fence,
100 00
Ventilators,
24 00
Hack hire,
7 00
Concrete walk,
100 00
$13,806 86
FOR GAGE-STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE : -
Contract, paid Jeremiah Murphy,
$8,140 65
Extra work,
249 70
Heating apparatus,
1,831 20
Furniture,
944 18
Painting,
747 00
Insurance,
108 00
Engineering,
1 05
Wall stone,
88 87
Freight and trucking,
14 88
Advertising,
2 07
Fuel,
329 61
Grading,
474 78
Service pipe,
12 18
Concrete walk,
534 79
Janitor,
14 00
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For Ventilators, 6 00
Hack hire,
5 00
Clocks,
130 00
Building fence,
508 23
$14,142 82
FOR FREELAND-STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE : -
Contract, paid Jeremiah Murphy, $11,444 08
Land, paid Charles L. Porter, Tr.,
3,750 00
Plans and specifications,
233 34
Sewer-pipe and fittings,
26 66
Building cesspool,
110 00
Advertising,
16 44
Engineering,
41 29
Labor on waste-pipe,
1 20
Hack hire,
7 00
Brick,
2,950 62
$18,580 63
FOR MILLBURY-STREET SCHOOL-HOUSE :-
Contract, paid Jeremiah Murphy, $6,552 62
Plans and specifications,
108 33
Engineering,
8 72
Advertising,
12 69
28 67
Water-pipe and labor, Hack hire,
5 00
Building sewer,
78 05
Grading,
231 49
Brick,
1,389 06
$8,414 63
FOR SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL-HOUSE : - Contract, paid Jeremiah Murphy, $6,468 98
Land, paid Geo. E. Gates, 2,400 00 Plans and specifications, 108 33 Engineering, 9 59
Advertising, 10 45
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Service pipe, 11 88
Building sewer,
85 00
Hack hire,
5 00
Brick,
1,423 55
$10,522 78
Total, as per item No. 30 of Ex- penses,
$65,467 72
Balance unexpended, Nov. 30, 1885,
$22,711 65
Sewer Assessments.
Balance uncollected, November 30, 1884, $3,788 69 Amount assessed since November 30, 1884,
29,271 48
$33,060 17
RECEIVED.
From sundry persons, as per item No. 29 of Receipts, $2,585 75
$2,585 75
Balance uncollected, Nov. 30, 1885,
$30,474 42
Sewers. Construction.
Appropriation, $23,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Materials sold, as per item No. 30 of Receipts, 32 75
$23,032 75
EXPENDED.
For Laborers, as per pay-rolls, $12,587 75 Engineering, &c., 833 71 Freight, express, trucking, and tele- grams, 868 77 Manhole and catch-basin covers, 293 75
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For Inlets and border stone, · 115 50
Cement, sand, and drain-pipe,
2,565 96
Brick,
3,466 50
Lumber and carpenter work,
1,004 02
Use of excavator,
568 00
Coal,
105 60
.
Hardware and tools,
61 89
Powder and fuse,
16 06
Hack and horse hire,
22 13
Blacksmithing,
81 02
Oil, lanterns, globes, &c.,
28 20
Repairs of engine,
20 91
Blank-books and stationery,
2 00
Labor of man and team,
105 00
Damage from water,
10 00
Pipe and fittings,
37 97
Changing pipe,
22 78
Boston & Albany R. R. Co., bracing track,
26 87
Total, as per item No. 31 of Ex- penses,
$22,844 39
Balance unexpended, transferred
to Sinking Fund,
$188 36
Sewers. Construction.
Special Order, 1883,
Balance, November 30, 1884, $40,948 12
RECEIVED.
For Labor, and materials sold, $32 83
Wages not called for, 2 30
Total, as per item No. 31 of Re- ceipts, $35 13
$40,983 25
EXPENDED.
For Salary of R. H. Chamberlain, Supt. (in part), $566 64
Laborers, as per pay-rolls, 27,693 12
Engineering, 652 35
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
For Lumber and carpenter work,
1,044 65
Trucking, freight and express,
365 19
Coal,
1,426 53
Brick,
377 50
Sewer-pipe, cement and sand,
1,819 54
Pipe and fittings,
223 89
Hardware, tools, and repairs of same,
652 54
Iron and steel,
403 64
Blacksmithing,
138 03
Powder and fuse,
3,569 01
Use of excavator,
256 00
Waste, cordage and packing,
135 38
Lanterns, globes, oil, wicks, &c.,
791 36
Gasoline torches,
61 50
Brushes, brooms, &c.,
2 06
Repairs of engine, boiler and pump,
93 70
Pumps and hose,
245 85
Horse-car fares,
4 00
Gravel,
55 50
Insurance,
60 00
Rent of land, for storage,
185 00
Horse hire,
18 00
Labor of men and team,
79 50
Rubber boots,
15 32
Stationery,
2 95
Traveling expenses,
3 00
Printing,
1 50
Land damages, paid estate of Pitt Holmes, 40 00
Total, as per item No. 32 of Ex- penses,
$40,983 25
Sewers : Construction. Special Order, 1885.
Appropriation,
$145,000 00
RECEIVED.
For Labor and materials sold, $293 27
Boiler and stack,
200 00
Wages not called for, 8 25
Total, as per item No. 32 of Re- · ceipts,
$501 52
$145,501 52
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EXPENDED.
For Salary of R. H. Chamberlain, Supt. (in part), $991 70
Laborers, as per pay-rolls,
55,943 09
Lumber and carpenter work,
2,592 31
Engineering,
1,086 54
Sewer-pipe, cement and sand,
9,819 29
Trucking, freight and express,
3,024 66
Coal,
2,128 35
Hardware, tools, and repairs of same,
485 36
Packing, waste and cordage,
213 43
Man-hole and catch-basin covers,
429 23
Hose, couplings, etc.,
121 37
Lanterns, oil, wicks, etc.,
702 37
Blacksmithing,
334 83
Derricks,
488 52
Use of excavator,
1,531 95
Advertising,
44 62
Rent of land,
235 00
Turning on water,
5 15
Changing service pipe and repairs of same, 193 69
Grading,
935 03
Iron and steel,
235 31
Brick,
13,209 72
Pipe, fittings, etc.,
97 16
Powder and fuse,
2,266 18
Repairs of wagon,
19 80
Hack and horse hire,
105 57
Arching-stone,
4,241 94
Catch-basin stone,
231 62
Plumbing,
8 33
Repairs of boiler and pumps,
84 26
Use of engine and repairs of same,
811 33
Labor of men and teams,
927 71
Disenfectant,
7 88
Stone and labor on sewer inlets,
1,080 90
Traveling expenses,
2 00
Stationery,
2 74
Pump and fixtures,
113 50
Damages,
15 50
Legal fees,
4 29
Total, as per item No. 33 of Expenses,
$104,772 23
Balance unexpended Nov. 30, 1885,
$40,729 29
77
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
Sewers : Maintenance.
Appropriation, $7,500 00
Amount transferred from Water
Works, Construction, 1,156 86
$8,656 86
RECEIVED.
For share of expense on repairs North Pond dam, $214 19
Amount transferred from liquor li- censes,
225 00
Total, as per item No. 33 of Receipts, $439 19
$9,096 05
EXPENDED.
For Salary of R. H. Chamberlain, Supt.
(in part),
$141 66
Laborers, as per pay-roll,
4,972 50 ·
Labor of men and teams,
327 37
Engineering,
61 06
Clerical labor,
2 25
Catch-basin covers,
546 42
Sewer-pipe, cement and sand,
189 03
Trucking, freight, express and tele- grams,
1,012 17
Hack hire,
6 00
Rubber goods,
7 25
Rent for storage,
300 00
Brick,
92 56
Share of expense on North Pond dam,
434 96
Printing,
5 75
Disenfectant,
15 76
Consulting engineer on sewage at London,
250 31
Border-stone and labor,
396 20
Castings,
253 20
Stationery,
7 07
Blacksmithing,
3 16
78
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 40.
For Relaying block paving, 26 37 Damage by overflow, paid Thos. A. O'Callahan, 45 00
Total, as per item No. 34 of Ex- - penses,
$9,096 05
Sidewalk Assessments.
Balance uncollected, Nov. 30, 1884, $4,345 49
Amount assessed to Nov. 30, 1885, 10,332 25
$14,677 74
Amount abated since Nov. 30, 1884,
95 95
$14,581 79
RECEIVED.
From sundry persons for assessments, as per item No. 34 of Receipts, and transferred to Highway department, as per item No. 35 of Expenses, by order of City Council,
$11,118 25
Balance uncollected, Nov. 30, 1885, $3,463 54
Sinking Fund, No. 1 : General Debt, 1875.
Balance, November 30, 1884, $229,032 08
RECEIVED.
Amount of contributions and interest on investments, as per report of Commissioners, on account of Fund No. 1.
Total, as per item No. 36 of Expenses, $55,711 74
$284,743 82
79
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
EXPENDED.
For Bonds and certificates of indebtedness maturing in 1885, cancelled, $5,000 00 Interest accrued on investments pur- chased, as per report of Com- missioners, on account of Fund No. 1, 514 94
Total, as per item No. 35 of Re- ceipts, $5,514 94
Balance, November 30, 1885, $279,228 88
Sinking Funds, Nos. 2 to 18 : Special, 1876 to 1885.
Balances, November 30, 1884, viz. : -
No. 2. Water Loan, 1876, $18,592 34
3. Lynde Brook Damages, 1877, 78,155 15
4. Lynde Brook Damages, 1878, 41,044 01
5. Lynde Brook Damages, 1879, 24,312 48
6. Island Sewer, 1879,
32,770 46
7. Foster Street, 1879,
61,493 25
8. Island Sewer, 1880,
6,634 58
9. Foster Street, 1880,
13,337 13
10. Island Sewer, 1881, 9,521 24
11. City Hospital Buildings, 1881,
12,123 36
12. Lynde Brook Damages, 1882,
7,636 35
13. Jaques Forfeiture, 1882,
6,031 12
14. City Hospital Building, 1882,
8,911 22
15. Sewer Loan, 1883,
5,306 81
16. Summer Street Loan, 1883,
18,380 36
17. Sewer Loan, 1884,
2,857 80
18. Water Loan, 1884,
14,231 11
$361,338 77
RECEIVED.
Amount of contributions, and interest on investments, as per report of Commissioners, as follows : - On account of Funds Nos. 2 to 18 inclusive, $76,435 81
On account of No. 19, Sewer Loan, 1885, 7,335 09
80
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 40.
Amount on account of No. 20, Water Loan, 1885, 3,047 98
Total, as per item No. 37 of Ex- penses,
$86,818 88
$448,157 65
EXPENDED.
For Interest accrued on investments pur-
chased, as per report of Com- missioners, on account of Funds Nos. 2 to 19 inclusive. Total, as per item No. 36 of Re- ceipts,
$5,822 83
Balances, November 30, 1885, viz : -
No. 2. Sinking Fund,
$22,225 52
3. 66 66
89,143 06
4.
66
47,380 23
5.
66
28,328 24
6.
66 66
37,978 17
7.
66
66
71,622 71
8.
66
66
8,021 04
9.
66
66
16,152 78
10.
66
66
11,955 47
11.
66
15,236 89
12.
10,198 31
13.
8,056 79
14.
66
11,896 19
15.
66
7,982 43
16.
25,889 60
17.
5,638 23
18.
66
14,758 03
19.
6,820 15
20
3,047 98
$442,334 82
State Aid : Old Account.
Balance due from the State, November 30, 1885, $6,060 37
$6,060 37
81
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
State Aid : New Account.
Balance due from the State, November 30, 1884, $13,335 25
EXPENDED.
Paid Soldiers and their families, from December 1, 1884, to Novem- ber 30, 1885, Total, as per item No. 38 of Ex- penses, $6,096 50
$19,431 75
RECEIVED.
Amount allowed by State Auditor, on 1883 account, as per item No. 37 of Receipts, $7,457 50
$7,457 50
Balance due from the State, $11,974 25
Street Betterment Assessments.
Balance uncollected, November 30, 1884, $653 40
Abated since November 30, 1884, 136 17
$517 23
RECEIVED. For Assessments, on account of Quin- sigamond Avenue, as per item No. 38 of Receipts,
$517 23
Street Construction.
Appropriation,
$15,000 00
$15,000 00
EXPENDED.
For Engineering,
$275 50
Hack hire,
28 00
Traveling expenses,
6 00
Stakes,
8 00
Stone bounds,
58 00
$375 50
82
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 40.
FOR BURNCOAT STREET : Engineering, Grading,
$164 12 $2,855 88
$3,020 00 .
FOR CAMBRIDGE STREET : Engineering, 49
FOR CATHARINE STREET :
Engineering, $24 26
FOR DEWEY STREET :
Engineering,
$24 44
Grading,
84 90
$109 34
FOR ENDICOTT STREET :
Engineering,
$33 60
. Grading,
307 35
Land damages, paid Peter O'Driscoll, 23 00
$363 95
FOR FREMONT STREET EXTENSION :
Engineering, $19 26
FOR HARRISON STREET :
Engineering,
$13 51
FOR HAWLEY STREET :
Engineering,
$1 32
FOR HOLDEN STREET :
Engineering,
$57 11
FOR JOHN STREET :
Engineering, $11 07
Grading, 569 47
Land damages, paid Cath- arine Leary, 64 98
Land damages, paid Globe Ins. Co., 64 44
$709 96
83
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
FOR KINGSBURY STREET: Engineering, Grading,
$7 66
139 81
$147 47
FOR LAKE PARK CIRCUIT : Grading,
$3,000 00
FOR LEICESTER STREET :
$134 92
Engineering, Hack hire,
4 00
FOR LEDGE STREET :
Engineering,
$40 34
FOR LINCOLN STREET: Engineering,
$1 60
FOR MEADE STREET :
Engineering,
$10 17
Grading,
193 85
$204 02
FOR MILLBROOK STREET : Engineering,
$38 44
FOR ORCHARD STREET :
Engineering,
$38 60
Grading,
75 35
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