Town of Newton annual report 1874, Part 4

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1874
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 436


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City Council. For the adjustments made by such transfers, reference may be had to the tabulation immediately following.


General Appropriations.


OBJECT OF APPROPRIATIONS.


APPROPRI- ATIONS.


EXPENDED.


General appropriation for Schools,


$77,000 00


Received from Dog Tax,


472 77


Received from income Mass. School Fund,


564 96


Received from non-resident pupils,


440 46


$78,478 19


$76,442 13


School Incidentals,


17,000 00


17,996 94


Industrial or Mechanical Drawing Schools,


2,000 00


1,362 40


Evening Schools,


1,000 00


252 35


Conveyance of Pupils,


1,000 00


1,000 00


Text-Books,


300 00


299 83


Total for educational purposes.


$99,778 19


$97,353 65t


Highways, repairs, improvements, &c.


$100,000 00


Highway incidentals,


10,000 00


110,000 00*


121,408 93


Fire Department,


$20,000 00


Fire-alarm Telegraph,


5,500 00


25,500 00*


26,912 00


Lighting Streets,


25,000 00


20,593 37+


Police Department,


13,500 00


11,084 83


Poor out of Almshouse,


3,000 00


3,566 76+


Almshouse Expenses,


1,000 00


832 53+


Almshouse Repairs,


500 00


51 70


Book-, Printing, &c.


4,000 00


3,375 60


Insurance,


2,000 00


2,553 08


State Aid,


1,500 00


1,229 50


City Stables,


20,000 00


16,848 06


Purchase of Gravel Lands,


6,500 00


7,084 91


Purchase of Horses and Carts,


10,000 00


10,725 00t


Fuel, Light, &c., for City Hall,


1,500 00


1,105 17+


Rent and Expenses of Armory,


1,000 00


446 05t


Memorial Day,


500 00


500 00


Water-Ways,


500 00


Interest on City Loans,


30,000 00


28,514 73+


Salaries,


12,000 00


9,213 00


Contingent Expenses,


10,000 00


5,725 88


Totals,


$377,778 19


$369,124 75


Special Appropriations, &c.


The first nine items in the following tabulation represent amounts specially authorized subsequent to the passage of the annual appropriations, and were payable from any unappropriated moneys in the treasury, or from the proceeds of temporary loans. In those cases in which a joint order or vote


* Combined into one appropriation, by concurrent order of City Council.


+ Net.


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authorizing an expenditure failed to name a specific appropriation, or to limit the amount, the expendi- ture actually incurred becomes, under recent judicial decisions, a legal appropriation, and is so treated.


OBJECT OF APPROPRIATIONS.


APPROPRI- ATIONS.


EXPENDED.


Remodelling City Hall, per concurrent order,


$10,500 00


$10,500 00


Furnishing 66


66 66


5,000 00


1,325 19


Frescoing, Painting, &c., City Hall, per concurrent order,


1,000 00


364 45


Removal of Posts in


66


66


66


300 00


300 00


Flag-Staff, &c., for 66


428 00*


428 00


Grading, &c., for


66


430 35*


430 35


Carpeting 2d Cong. Ch. Vestry,


247 05*


Wardrobes for Armory,


66


66


300 00


Commissions on Taxes of 1873, under Town vote,


417 16


417 16


State Tax, 1874,


23,540 00


23,540 00


County Tax, 1874,


16,108 32


16,108 32


National Bank Tax, 1874,


1,206 79


1,206 79


Steamer House No. 3, balance,


18,475 00t


17,953 93


Redemption of Permanent Loan,


24,000 00}


20,000 00


. Totals,


$101,952 67


$92,574 19


Recapitulation.


Net amount chargeable to the regular appropriations for


1874.₫


$369,124 75


To special appropriations for 1874,


13,347 99


To special appropriations for 1873,


18,371 09


State and County taxes, 1874,


40,855 11


Liquidation of Town Loan,


20,000 00


Total net amt. allowed and paid for 1874 and previous years, $461,698 94


UNEXPENDED BALANCES AND TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS.


Under a concurrent order adopted by the City Council, Nov. 18, 1874, the City Auditor was author- ized to use unexpended balances of appropriations for the settlement and adjustment of outstanding accounts. The following tabulation shows the unex- pended balances subject to the conditions of this order, the transfers made under its authority, and the amount still remaining unexpended.


* No specific sumn appropriated, that here represented being the amount expended.


t Balance of appropriation for 1873.


# Including expenses of 1873 paid in 1874.


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Balances.


OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.


UNEX- PENDED.


AGGRE- GATE.


Support of Schools,


$2,036 06


Industrial or Mechanical Drawing,


637 60


Evening Schools,


747 65


Text Books,


17


Lighting Streets,


4,406 63


Police Department,


2,415 17


Almshouse Expenses,


167 47


Almshouse Repairs,


448 30


Books, Printing, &c.


624 40


Salaries,


2,787 00


City Stables,


3,151 94


Fuel, Lights, &c., for City Hall,


394 83


Rent and Expenses of Armory,


553 95


State Aid,


270 50


Water- Ways,


500 00


Interest on City Loans,


1,485 27


Contingent Expenses,


4,274 12


City Hall, Furnishing. &c.


4,310 36


Carpeting, &c.


247 05


Wardrobes for Armory,


300 00


Total unexpended balances,


$29,758 47


TRANSFERS.


AMOUNT.


To appropriation for School Incidentals,


$996 94


Highway Department,


11,408 93


Gravel Lands,


584 91


Horses and Carts,


725 00


Fire Department,


1,412 00


Poor out of Almshouse,


566 76


Insurance,


553 08


Total amount transferred,


16,247 62


Balance unexpended,


$13,510 85


From these results it appears that in the payment of City and Town expenses, seven of the appropria- tions were exceeded by an expenditure amounting to $16,247.62; and that the unexpended balances subject to transfer from others amounted to $29,- 758.47; leaving $13,510.85 of the appropriations for 1874 still unused.


PERMANENT DEBT. - DESCRIPTIVE LIST.


The aggregate permanent debt ($407,000) trans- mitted from the Town, and reduced $20,000 in 1874, amounting at the close of the year to $387,000, is described in detail in the annexed list, as it stood at that date.


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RATE.


PAYABLE.


AMOUNT.


City Institution for Savings, Lowell, 66


53 per cent.


May 1, 1875.


$15,000 00


51


66


66


May 1, 1876.


15,000 00


6


6


66


Oct. 2, 1884.


20,000 00


6


66


Oct. 2, 1885.


20,000 00


6


66


Oct. 2, 1886.


20,000 00


6


Oct. 2, 1887.


20,000 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts,


5


66


March 9, 1875.


32,000 00


66


6


60


April 1, 1886.


60,000 00


66


66


6


66


60


April 21, 1888.


46,000 00


66


60


7


6


66


April 22, 1892.


30,000 00*


6


=


66


April 1, 1883.


40,000 00


Mrs. Hannah Colder,


6


66


On Demand.


4,000 00


Nathan S. Lunt's Estate,


6


3,000 00


James M. Sherman,


6


66


1,000 00


Hosea C. Hoyt,


6


1,000 00


Helen Woodward,


6


6,000 00


James H. Little, t


7


66


4,000 00


Total,


$387,000 00


Pending the preparation of this Report, a matur- ing instalment of $32,000 has been provided for by temporary extension. Before its publication, another of $15,000 will be provided for in like manner.


TAXES AND TAXABLE VALUATION.


The subject of taxation is always a matter of pub- lic interest and importance. The statistics relating to its history in Newton have often been cited in various forms and connections ; but a single illustra- tion may be pertinent here, as showing the results of the last decade, ending with the year 1874: viz. -


Value of Real Estate,


Value of Personal Estate,


1865. $5,756,185 3,390,075


1874.


$20,032,800 8,048,645


Totals,


$9,146,260


$28,081,445


Taxable value of Corporate and Bank Stocks,


1,184,292


2,353,255


Total Taxable Valuation,


$10,330,532 $30,431,700


* Six per cent after April 22, 1875.


t Mortgage note on purchased Vernon-street estate.


1


60


60


April 22, 1890.


20,000 00*


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, 66 66


April 24, 1879.


30,000 00


66


66


.6


66


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This statement shows an aggregate increase of very nearly three hundred per cent, in taxable valua- tion, during the ten years represented. The total assessment of taxes in 1865 was $134,787.30, and in 1874, $408,802.04; while the rate of taxation in the first year of the decade was $12, and in the last $13, on $1,000. The following were the items of assess- ment in 1874 : -


City Grant for current expenses,


$320,000 00


State Tax,


23,540 00


County Tax,


16,108 32


Overlay,


13.245 21


$372,893 53


Assessment on Corporate Stocks,


18,539 02


Assessment on Bank Stocks,


17,369 49


Total Assessments,


$408,802 04


The following table shows the valuation of real and personal estate and the number polls by Wards, May 1, 1874.


WARD.


REAL ESTATE.


PERSONAL ESTATE.


TOTAL VALUATION.


POLLS.


1


$4,842,225


$3,277.228


$8,119,453


770


2


3,187,975


638,635


3,826,610


706


3


3,390,000


1,112,272


4,502,272


703


4


2,550,325


754,920


3,305,945


485


5


2,170,125


581,865


2,754,990


603


6


3,892,150


1,680,725


5,572,>75


650


$20,032,800


$8,048,645


$28,081,445


3,917


Under the conditions regulating the payment and collection of Taxes in 1874, a discount of four per cent was allowed on all payments made on or before Oct. 1, and interest at the rate of nine per cent per annum was charged by order of the City Council on all Taxes remaining unpaid after Nov. 1. The


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amount unpaid at the close of the year was but a fraction over $50,000, or nearly $17,000 less than at the close of 1873. The following statement exhibits in summary form the transactions of the year in this department : -


Taxes of 1871.


Balance unpaid, Dec. 31, 1873,


$794 49


Abatements,


96 80


$697 69


Amount paid into the Treasury,


72 65


Balance unpaid, Dec. 31, 1874,


$625 04


Taxes of 1872.


Balance unpaid, Dec. 31, 1873,


$1,352 37


Abatements,


358 33


$994 04


Amount paid into the Treasury,


359 63


Balance unpaid, Dec. 31, 1874,


634 41


Taxes of 1873.


Balance unpaid, Dec. 31, 1873, Abatements,


$64,391 08


942 98


$63,448 10


Amount paid into the Treasury,


61,319 31


Balance unpaid, Dec. 31, 1874,


2,128 79


Taxes of 1874.


Amount of Assessments,


$374,111 89


Discount on Taxes paid prior to Oct. 1, 1874, $12,112 92


Abatements, 3,873 14 15.986 06


$358.125 83


Amount paid into the Treasury,


311.503 96


Balance unpaid, Dec. 31, 1874,


46,621 87


Whole amount remaining unpaid, Dec. 31, 1874,


$50,010 11


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ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. - NET RESULTS.


Liabilities.


Permanent Debt (Town Notes), Dec. 31, 1874, $387,000 00


Amount advanced by Treasurer, in anticipation of receipts, 29,911 99


Outstanding accounts, Dec. 31, 1874,


44,049 43


Balance due on unfinished City contract,


1,450 00


Gross Liabilities, $462,411 42


Assets.


Balance of Taxes for 1871,


$625 04


Balance of Taxes for 1872,


634 41


Balance of Taxes for 1873,


2,128 79


Balance of Taxes for 1874,


46,621 87


Due from Commonwealth: viz., -


Balance of Corporation Tax of 1874,


1,699 13


State Aid furnished in 1874,


1,229 50


State Aid furnished prior to 1874,*


600 00


Armory Rent for 1874,


500 00


Support of Poor, prior to Dec. 31, 1874,*


3,200 00


Due from County Treasurer : -


" Dog Tax " for 1874, 1,185 60


Due from miscellaneous sources : -


Curbing-stone and setting,*


2,599 61


Land Damages in Ward One,*


1,700 00


Support of Poor for Cities, Towns, &c.,*


760 00


Town of Needham, balance on Bridge account,


232 47


Rent of Building in Ward One,


75 00


63,791 42


Net Liabilities of the City, Dec. 31, 1874, . Net Liabilities of the Town, Dec. 31, 1873,


$398,620 00


381,988 87


Apparent net increase of floating liabilities in 1874,


$16,631 13


The productive assets above enumerated for 1874 have, in several instances, a considerable margin in excess of the amounts named ; and with the addition of nearly $5,000 more, which the City will probably


* In process of settlement.


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realize, the apparent increase of floating liabilities may be practically reduced to less than $12,000, as previously stated. But for the loss which accrued to the City from discount on taxes, and the ex- cessive disbursements on account of Town liabili- ties, there would manifestly have been a large reduc- tion of net indebtedness, counting in both loans and unpaid bills and accounts.


GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE : -


With the rendition of the detailed statements which follow, the important portions of which have been summarized in the preceding pages, the service required by your instructions is completed. The information called for is communicated in greater detail than ever before; though in one or two instances, a perfect classification of results has been impossible, because of the failure of supervising officers, or others, to localize expenditures incurred under their direction.


The extended scope of tabulation, which brings into a portion of the present Report the unpaid expenses properly appertaining to the year in which they were authorized, as already explained, seems pre-eminently an appropriate and honest observance of good faith to the tax-payers of Newton. With such data, none need to be misled as to the actual expenditures and liabilities of the City. It is hoped that in this and all other respects, the earnest desire for a complete financial exhibit will have in these pages a full and intelligent response.


Respectfully submitted,


JULIUS L. CLARKE,


City Auditor.


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EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.


Expenditures incurred under the General and Special Appropriations for educational purposes, are analyzed in the accompanying statements. The annual salaries paid Teachers are as follows : -


High School : Master, $2,750 ; Sub-Master, $2,000 ; three Assistants, each $1,200; one Assistant, $1,000.


Grammar Schools: Masters, $2,200 ; Head Assistants, $800 ; First Assistants, $700 ; other Assistants in Grammar, and Teachers in Primary Schools, $650.


Special Instructor in Music, $2,500 ; in Drawing, $1,500.


Summary of Results.


General appropriation for Schools, $77,000 00


Received from Dog Tax, 472 77


Received from Income School Fund, 564 96


Tuition of non-resident Pupils, 440 46


Total,


$78,478 19


Expended, 76,442 13


Balance unexpended, $2,036 06 Appropriation for Industrial Draw- ing, $2,000 00


Expended, $1,362 40


Transferred to School


Incidentals, 249 29 1,611 69


Balance unexpended,


388 31


Appropriation for Evening Schools, $1,000 00 Expended, $252 35


Transferred to School Incidentals, 747 65 1,000 00


Amount carried forward, $2,424 37


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Amount brought forward, $2,424 37 Appropriation for School Inciden- tals, $17,000 00


Transferred from Industrial Drawing, 249 29


Transferred from Evening Schools, 747 65


Total $17,996 94


Expended, 17,996 94


Appropriation for conveyance of


pupils, Expended,


$1,000 00


1,000 00


Appropriation for Text-Books,


$300 00


Expended,


299 83


Balance unexpended, 00 17


Net balance unexpended, Dec. 31, 1874, $2,424 54


ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURES.


Horace M. Willard, Superintendent, $3,000 00 Sec. Sch. Board, 175 00


$3,175 00


High School.


Francis A. Waterhouse, Principal, $2,750 00 Ezra W. Sampson, Sub-master, 2,000 00


C. Augusta Gile, Assistant, 1,200 00


Sarah W. Fox, 1,200 00


Lydia C. Dodge, 16.


480 00


Carrie Spear, 66


880 00


M. Isabel Hanson, 66


480 00


Hulda Geist, Instructress in German, 360 00


A. E. A. Godefrin, “ French, 200 00


9,550 00


Amount carried forward,


$12,725 00


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Amount brought forward, $12,725 00


Training School.


M. Isabel Hanson, Principal, $600 00


Louisa W. Stearns, Assistant, 390 00


Mary R. Ware,


330 00


Lizzie Flint,


330 00


1,650 00


1 Music.


William S. Tilden, instructor, 2,500 00


Writing and Drawing.


Otis H. Bowler, instructor, $200 00


Emma F. Bowler, instructress, 1,200 00


1,400 00


District No. 1.


David S. Farnham, Master, $2,200 00


Mary L. Searle, Assistant,


760 00


Maria L. Adams,


680 00


Isabel C. Patten,


650 00


Mary A. Rockwood, “


620 00


Julia Perrin,


520 00


Charlotte McDaniels, “


650 00


Martha L. Perkins, “


760 00


Martha W. Coggins, “


195 00


Fannie M. King, 66


650 00


Mary P. Guilford,


650 00


Rebecca O. Young, 66


390 00


Mary W. Lamprey,


195 00


Eleanor Thompson,


590 00


Mary J. Fisher, 66


760 00


Lottie E. Stearns,


570 00


Sarah E. King,


440 00


Martha H. Jackson, 66


575 00


Mattie M. Miller, 66


485 00


Octavia M. Farnsworth, Assistant,


280 00


Amounts carried forward, $12,620 00 $18,275 00


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Amounts brought forward, $12,620 00 $18,275 00


Mary E. Minter, Assistant,


325 00


M. Ella Hildreth,


55 00


Martha S. Allen, 66


130 00


K. K. Nicholson, 66


260 00


13,390 00


District No. 2.


Luther E. Leland, Master,


$2,200 00


Ellen M. Gifford, Assistant,


760 00


Viola F. Littlefield,


360 00


Anna G. Swain,


670 00


Sarah E. Pratt,


650 00


Elizabeth A. Pinnock, “


760 00


Charlotte E. Cameron, "


157 50


Mary F. White,


670 00


Mary Tenney,


66


620 00


Harriett Townsend, 66


126 50


Lucy E. Davis,


550 00


Mary S. Phillips,


15 00


Lottie P. Harbach, 66


260 00


Sarah Devol,


38 50


Ann B. Smith,


220 00


Carrie Frost,


66


20 00


A. Josephine Clark,


345 00


Lucy Atwood,


66


45 00


Lilla H. Shaw,


66


385 00


Alice Pitts,


66


140 00


8,992 50


District No. 3.


Levi F. Warren, Master,


$2,200 00


Sarah A. Warren, Assistant,


760 00


Aroline B. Meek, 66


700 00


Frances M. Parker, 66


650 00


Eliza E. Simmons, 66


650 00


Ella G. Bates, 66


740 00


Amounts carried forward, $5,700 00 $40,657 50


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Amounts brought forward,


$5,700 00 $40,657 50


Katharine D. May, Assistant,


325 00


Susan E. Copeland, "


620 00


Sarah E. Foster, 66


650 00


H. Augusta Millard,


66


360 00


Susan P. Richmond,


66


620 00


Mary W. Lamprey,


150 00


M. Abby Smith,


760 00


Adelaide Reed, 66


740 00


Clara E. Thompson,


66


570 00


Estella M. Haynes,


620 00


Nellie J. Butler,


66


402 25


Eliza S. Dodge, 66


40 00


Emma J. Thompson,


320 00


Calista S. Wood,


66


220 00


Nellie M. Stevens,


210 00


Lydia A. Brierly,


66


228 00


Louisa W. Stearns,


260 00


Mary R. Ware, 66


240 00


Lizzie Flint,


240 00


Annie E. Hills,


35 00


V. E. Hapgood,


66


35 00


13,345 25


District No. 4.


H. Chapin Sawin, Master,


$2,200 00


Angenette F. Tinkham, Assistant, 760 00


Anna E. Gates,


420 00


Annie M. Bates,


66


390 00


Kate M. Duncan,


66


130 00


S. M. Duncklee,


66


130 00


Martha C. Harriss,


66


65 00


Helen M. Whiton,


66


690 00


Sarah E. Whittemore,


650 00


Josephine W. Littlefield,


650 00


Nettie M. Freeman,


66


325 00


Alotta C. Wilmarth,


66


570 00


Amounts carried forward,


$6,980 00 $54,002 75


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Amounts brought forward,


$6,980 00 $54,002 75


Martha M. Ring, Assistant,


300 00


Lucy W. Loring,


66


587 50


Lilla T. Wilder,


66


650 00


Sarah E. Hayes,


650 00


V. N. Barker,


66


360 00


Jeanette A. Grant,


66


650 00


Arabel Stetson,


66


19 25


Anna E. Abrahams,


513 50


Alice Pitts,


439 00


Nellie Butler,


66


27 50


Esther Barry,


481 25


Lillie F. Hall,


66


26 00


Emma G. Bigelow,


66


390 00


Nellie Stevens,


66


215 25


Martha S. Ware,


66


110 00


Martha M. Bakeman,


325 00


M. E. Cobb,


66


.


65 00


Eudora Sanford,


66


280 00


Ella M. Hotchkiss,


66


260 00


H. Augusta Millard,


66


260 00


Mary H. Dwyer,


66


240 00


13,829 25


Janitors.


Alfred B. Hooker,


$168 00


Thomas Woodman,


480 00


Willie Stowell,


10 00


Charles F. Hall,


70 00


Otis Alden,


280 00


William Leonard,


216 00


Michael R. Brown,


167 50


Bridget Cox,


124 00


R. L. Hinds,


34 00


Frederick F. Brown,


284 00


Walter H. Stearns,


104 00


George Sheehan,


18 00


Amounts carried forward, $1,955 50 $67,832 00


4


50


Amounts brought forward,


$1,955 50 $67,832 00 64 00


Fred. W. Clark,


P. Cummings,


392 00


John Lackis,


60 00


M. J. Fisher,


30 00


H. Arthur Sanderson,


30 00


Willard Rand,


80 00


Thomas Johnson,


160 00


P. McDonald,


96 00


John McCammon,


312 00


William Welch,


40 00


M. Sheehan,


72 00


3,291 50


Fuel.


Albert Brackett, coal and wood,


$2,551 61


Elliott & Waters, “


1,410 12


E. R. Colton & Co., “ 66


1,265 90


H. B. Richardson, wood,


19 00


Daniel Warren, "


9 00


G. L. and C. B. Bourne, wood,


9 00


Wm. C. Wiswall,


7 00


William Leonard, sawing and splitting wood, 22 00


C. F. Hall, sawing and splitting wood, 12 00


John Lackis, “


4 00


Otis Alden,


3 00


F. F. Brown, receiving coal, District No. 1, 6 00


5,318 63


Conveyance of Pupils.


James S. Newell,


$600 00


John A. Gould,


400 00


$1,000 00


Amount carried forward,


$77,442 13


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Amount brought forward, $77,442 13


Industrial Drawing.


Frank B. Morse, teacher, $280 00


Samuel J. Brown, 66


168 00


D. H. Andrews, 66


160 00


Emily M. Carpenter, "


150 00


Benjamin Fewkes, drawing tables, boards, &c., 251 71


Frost & Adams, school stationery, 106 54


Geo. P. Clark, gas pipe and fixtures, 77 40


N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas, 52 00


O. B. Leavitt, gas shades in Art Room, 48 00


Elliott, Blakeslee, & Noyes, mounting drawings, 30 50


P. Cummings, janitor, 12 00


Thos. Woodman, “


12 00


Otis Alden, 66


5 25


A. B. Hooker, 66 5 25


John A. Gould, oil, and moving tables, 3 75


1,362 40


Evening Schools.


E. B. Haskell, teacher, $69 00


O. R. Hunt,


44 00


A. A. Smith, 66


46 00


Geo. Swinehart, 66


22 00


A. W. H. Eaton,


12 00


W. A. Newcombe, “


10 00


R. L. Hinds, janitor, 12 75


Geo. Sheehan, “


3 00


N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas,


30 00


Harper Bros., language lessons,


3 60


252 35


Text-Books.


" The Nursery," 299 83


Total, $79,356 71


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School Incidentals.


Knight, Adams, & Co., books, sta- tionery, &c., $2,042 26


W. G. Shattuck, school furniture, 1,733 23


Eureka Vent. Co., ventilators, 1,647 00


Simpson Bros., concreting side- walks, &c., 1,260 79


Milo Lucas, finishing rooms, re- pairs, &c., 1,209 22


White Bros., concreting sidewalks, &c., 824 99


Benj. Fewkes, setting furniture, re- pairs, &c., 607 39


Walker, Pratt, & Co., furnaces, pipes &c., 1,048 05


Geo. Walker & Co., furnaces, pipes, &c., 331 00


James H. Wight, materials and labor, 296 43 Bridgman & Peabody, brooms, brushes, mats, &c., 217 50


J. A. Swasey, blackboards, 596 60


Walworth Manuf.'g Co., supplies and repairs, 100 92


Thos. Canfield, grading, &c., 126 25


Samuel Baker, cleaning vaults, 81 00


A. J. Macomber, clocks and repairs, 70 50


John McCammon, labor at schoolhouses, 65 65 M. Sheehan, 66 66 25 50


H. Alden, 66


10 00


Mrs. Travers, 66


66 20 40


M. E. Minter, cash paid for,


66


3 77


John A. Gould,


22 50


Charles Scott, masonry,


17 12


F. E. Mason, cleaning vaults,


8 00


J. F. Clogston, expressage,


3 90


Amount carried forward,


$12,369 97


53


Amount brought forward, $12,369 97


F. H. Hunting, expressage, 31 80


S. M. Duncklee, stationery, 3 50


Wm. S. Tilden, supplies for teachers,


22 00


Martin Hunting, labor,


40 25


Frost & Adams, stationery,


66 75


" Newton Republican," printing and advertising, 70 58


Mrs. O. H. Bowler, stationery, 14 20


A. C. Stockin, charts and object lessons, 74 44


M. W. Tewkesbury, school manuals, 56 96


John S. Hayes, books, 38 38


J. L. Hammett, maps, &c., 222 42


W. B. Clark, reference books, 42 00


Thos. Benson, labor, grading, &c., 31 50


C. F. Hall, labor, 6 00


Elliott & Waters, lime, &c.,


5 50


Noyes, Holmes, & Co., school cards, &c.,


2 12


Henry F. Wellington, repairs, &c.,


99 92


S. E. Underwood, masonry, 83 49


Butler & Fleetwood, books,


48 00


C. H. Jenison, expressage, 39 35


W. D. Lathrop, 66


70


J. O. Evans & Sons, painting, &c., 27 26


W. Rand, cleaning out cistern, 3 00


A. B. Tainter, hardware supplies, 1 95


B. S. Wetherbee, curtains and window- shades, 322 00


S. Cousens & Sons, furnace work,


267 35


J. S. Sumner, 167 15


A. J. Fiske & Co., 129 64


Michael Haynes, repairing roofs,


253 07


John Farquhar's Sons, 60 34


Chas. E. Small, slating, 233 64


Eaton, Moulton, & Co., materials and labor, 106 15 2,576 41


Amount carried forward,


$14,946 38


54


Amount brought forward,


$14,946 38


Michael Taffe, materials and labor, 26 40


Allen Jordan, 66 62 98


Geo. F. Heywood, painting and glazing, 37 10 Geo. B. Randall, 24 70 66 66


John Joyce, labor,


48 50


J. H. Boit, 66


14 00


Louis Brummel, "


25 00


R. L. Hinds,


7 00


J. C. Farrar, repairs,


9 32


Geo. B. Cousens, " 5 00


Asa Hunting, 2 75


A. B. Crane, bells, and hanging same, 70 50


Highway Department, blasting rocks, 15 00


Hallet, Davis, & Co., tuning pianos, 45 75


Schoenhof & Moeller, maps, &c., 32 50


A. F. Waters, anatomical charts, 10 00


B. Wood, books, 5 00


M. Quinn, cleaning out wells, 10 00


R. B. Dailey, cleaning out vaults, 5 00


J. E. Trowbridge, furnace work, 19 20


Daniel Dow, expressage,


20 65


Blake's Express,


15 80


Smith's Express, 66


10 00


McIntosh's Express, " 1 75


Orrin Whipple, materials and labor, 107 22


Amer. Tablet Co., blackboards, 245 70


N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas, 61 20


George L. Keyes, printing,


31 15


George A. Gardner, materials and labor, 19 00 Isaac Smith, 17 92


James R. Osgood, school manuals,


31 20


J. F. Webster, repairing clocks,


10 00


N. R. Varney,


9 25


A. G. Barrett, expressage,


4 65


T. L. Whiton, moving furniture, 3 65


1,064 84


Amount carried forward,


$16,011 22


55


Amount brought forward,


$16,011 22


H. M. Willard, books for indigent pupils, &c., 408 49


H. M. Stimson, printing and advertis-


ing, 179 75


L. A. Peck, locks, keys, &c., 89 96


Otis Alden, labor and materials, 65 95


A. Cutler, 28 55


John H. Daniells, diplomas,


80 00


O. B. Leavitt, furnace work, 66 20


J. H. Cushman, 13 25


C. H. Knox, painting roofs, 29 97


B. Bradley & Co., clock,


18 00


P. Cummings, labor at schoolhouse, 82 25


T. Woodman, 66


59 05


Thos. Johnson, 66


66


20 00


F. F. Brown,


66


12,00


Mrs. E. Penders, “


66


10 00


Mrs. A. McGrath, “


66


10 00


Win. Leonard, 66


66


18 20


Mrs. Lee, 66


66


16 30


Mary Miles,


66


6 70


Mrs. T. Connor, " 66


6 00


J. L. Sears, glazing, repairs, &c., 24 65


John Cunningham, cleaning out vaults, 30 00


C. W. Ross, lawn mower, 15 00


C. D. Rawson, supplies, 12 00


A. Howes, hardware supplies, 12 47


R. S. Bullard, expressage, 9 10


Richardson's Express, expressage, 1 20


L. E. Leland, cash paid for hinges, &c., 1 56


Thomas Ryan, materials and labor, 8 38


D. H. Huston, paint stock and labor, 417 99


C. Needham & Son, frescoing, 235 00


1,987 97


Total for school incidentals,


$17,999 19


56


Recapitulation.


Expenditure for support of schools,


$79,356 71


Expenditure for school incidentals,


17,999 19


Total payments,


$97,355 90


Less amount refunded,


2 25


Total net expenditures for educational purposes, $97,353 65


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.


A. R. Carter, Superintendent of Streets, salary, $1,500 00 John J. Ware, Ass't " 66 1,000 00


Dwight C. Morgan, personal services 939 00


E. D. Brooks, 900 00


W. E. Fuller, 66


889 00


John A. Peck,


719 00


Leonard Hurd,


651 00


Charles Estey, services with men and teams,


1,907.73


Frederic Schoff, City Engineer, $1,166 67




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