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Appropriation,
$15,500 00
Regular Police Officers.
Revillo L. Hinds, City Marshal,
$1,200 00
C. O. Davis, Sergeant of Police, 950 64
J. D. Henthorn,
900 00
George W. Rigby,
882 50
William C. Emerson,
849 66
G. E. F. Baker,
902 16
C. E. Davis,
894 66
N. F. Bosworth,
832 19
C. F. Richardson,
900 00
John Ryan,
849 66
C. P. Huestis,
782 50
Amounts carried forward, $9,943 97
$15,500 00
54
Amounts brought forward,
$9,943 97
$15,500 00
R. S. Harrison,
839 66
George H. Marsh,
880 00
E. G. Hurd,
516 57
C. S. Roothby,
902 16
R. H. Moulton,
51 78
Otis Atherton,
51 78
F. E. Tucker,
51 78
$13,237 70
Special Police Officers.
Charles L. Wilson,
$302 50
J. C. Kennedy, 89 25
E. F. Moses,
45 00
Joseph Huestis,
17 50
Total pay of Police Officers, $13,691 95
Incidental Expenses.
S. F. Cate, board of horse, etc., $348 88
Highway Department, board of horse, Ward 6, 183 46
Draper & Hall, one black horse, 150 00
N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas, 108 00
Albert Brackett, coal,
55 97
J. C. Farrar, material and labor, 55 90
Water Department, use of water, etc.,
55 00
J. D. Henthorn, sundry cash expenses, 42 52
R. L. Hinds, 66 66 66
38 78
Hill & Langtry, supplies,
31 28
F. E. Wallingford, carriage-hire, 26 00
G. W. Bush, 66 25 00
P. A. McVicar, material and labor, 18 45
G. H. Marsh, sundry cash expenses, 16 00
C. H. Trott & Co., supplies, 10 50
E. C. Dudley, carriage-hire, 8 50
Amounts carried forward, $14,866 19
$15,500 00
55
Amounts brought forward, $14,866 19 $15,500 00
H. A. Winship, supplies, 8 50
A. Danforth & Co., blacksmithing, etc., 8 00
Charles K. Darling, diaries, 7 00
Dr. E. F. Thayer, care of sick horses, 5 00
Sundry small bills, 59 65
Total, as per item No. 30 of expenses, $14,954 34
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury, $545 66
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation,
$10,000 00
John Warner, services as almoner,
$600 00
John Warner, paid sundry poor per- sons,
496 65
John Warner, services as Overseer, 50 00
A. B. Cobb, 66 " Clerk in 1877, 150 00
A. B. Cobb, 66 " Overseer in 1877, 50 00
Elihu Smead, 66 66
66 66 66 50 00
O. F. Lucas, 66 66 66 66 66 50 00
I. W. Bird, 66 66 66
66 66 50 00
George Pettee, 66 66
66 66 66 50 00
George Warren, " 66 66
66 66 50 00
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, care sun- dry persons, 589 76
Asylum for Chronic Insane, care sun- dry persons, 412 05
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, care sundry persons, 202 33
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, care sundry persons, 198 45
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, care sundry persons, 21 75
Amounts carried forward, $3,020 99
$10,000 00
56
Amounts brought forward;
$3,020 99 $10,000 00
City of Boston, support of poor,
311 63
City of Haverhill, " 66
88 91
City of Fitchburg, 66 66 66
50 00
City of Fall River, " 66 66
44 88
City of Lowell, 66 66 66
16 00
City of Chelsea, 66 66
6 50
Town of Canton, 66 66 72 00
Town of Malden, 66 66 18 25
Town of Orange,
66 15 42
Town of Natick,
66
13 00
Dr. S. A. Sylvester, medical attendance, 90 58
Dr. D. Wayland Jones, " 66
77 00
Dr. F. E. Crockett,
58 83
Dr. O. E. Hunt, 66 66 48 00
Dr. W. H. Hildreth, 66
66
37 10
Dr. F. D. Lord, 66
30 50
Dr. F. E. Porter, 66
26 50
Dr. Eben Thompson,
19 00
Dr. H. B. Bradley, 66
18 00
Dr. J. R. Deane,
66
16 00
Dr. E. P. Scales, 66
66
12 00
Dr. L. R. Stone, 66
66
10 00
Dr. J. H. Bodge,
66
9 00
Dr. H. M. Field,
66
60
5 00
Wm. C. Gaudelet, medical prescriptions, 41 20
Arthur Hudson,
66
23 70
C. Sargent Bird, 66 66
6 15
John J. Noble, 66 66
70
H. R. Robbins, services and expenses as undertaker, 67 00
James McGourty, services and ex- penses as undertaker, 39 75
Charles Cole, services and expenses as undertaker, 20 00
J. H. Boit, services and expenses as undertaker, 6 00
Amounts carried forward, $4,319 59
$10,000 00
57
Amounts brought forward, $,4319 59 $10,000 00
C. S. Butler, rent of house, 48 00
M. R. Stevens, rent of house, 12 00
Mrs. Susan T. Lathrop, board of poor,
77 14
Mrs. C. C. Voorhees,
66
53 00
Mrs. Anna Mclaughlin,
1.2 00
Mrs. Thos. Chadwick, nursing,
7 00
J. W. Pearson, fuel for poor,
347 46
Albert Brackett, .
317 31
Waters & Inman, "
121 99
Paul & Cleaveland, "
102 97
James Nickelson, 66 66 66
86 60
C. F. Eddy & Co., 66 66 66
21 47
Daniel Warren, 66 66
7 00
C. Strout & Sons, groceries for poor, 389 00
W. O. Knapp, agent, 66 66
355 00
H. S. Brady & Co.,
66 66 66
303 44
G. Wadleigh,
66
66 66 287 82
J. B. Murphy,
66
66 66
256 92
Dimond & Wetherbee, 66
66 66
155 80
I. R. Stevens,
66
66 66
131 11
H. B. Coffin,
66
66 66
79 95
H. P. Barber,
66
66
77 09
H. A. Sherman,
66
66 66
71 85
H. W. Fanning & Son, "
66 66
71 45
Greenwood & Co.,
66
66
66
69 55
J. W. Davis,
65 70
T. B. Holden & Co.,
66
66
61 50
C. C. Cook,
66
66
66
49 02
Blanchard & Atkins, 66
66
44 00
John W. Howe,
66
66
29 03
F. & G. Robinson,
66
66
26 28
M. J. Duane,
66
66
25 06
B. F. Houghton,
66
66
24 30
Robertson & Sherman, "
66
13 00
George H. Adams,
66
66
10 14
Amounts carried forward,
$8,130 54
$10,000 00
66
58
Amounts brought forward, $8,130 54 $10,000 00
B. Billings, groceries for poor, 9 48
James Vickers, " .. .. 8 98
F. B. Reed, provisions for poor, 12 83
W. Henry Brackett, " " . 12 11
Bacon & Randall, "
66
6 00
H. C. Hoyt, sundry cash payments to poor, 16 50 Amidon & Washburn, printing, etc., 28 50
H. M. Stimson,
66
8 00
John Stearns, milk, 8 37
J. E. Gammons, boots and shoes, 8 40
M. R. Warren, blank book, 5 50
J. H. Bacon, supplies, 5 01
5 00
S. P. Whitman, Jr., hack-hire,
C. O. Davis, cash expended for Nichols, 4 00
W. G. Fellows, shoes, 2 63
A. J. Gordon, 2 00
Charles H. Jenison, expressage, 2 50
George L. Pearson, 1 50
Morse & Fitch, supplies, 2 25
William Lowe,
66
2 00
F. E. Wallingford, carriage-hire,
2 00
Total, as per item No. 31 of expenses, $8,284 10
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury,
$1,715 90
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
.
Appropriation, $12,500 00
Milo Lucas, on account engine-house, Upper Falls, $4,159 55
S. F. Holway, on account Hyde school- house, 2,000 00
Walker & Pratt Manuf. Co., furnaces,
etc, 380 75
Amounts curried forward,
$6,540 30
$12,500 00
59
Amounts brought forward, $6,540 30 $12,500 00
Martha D. Barney, land at Upper Falls, 359 61
S. P. Clark, fences, etc., 354 63
J. A. Doran, “ . . 322 66
Water Department, service-pipe, etc., 322 06
H. J. Preston, services as architect, etc., 200 00
Highway Department, labor, men, and teams, 146 50
J. A. Caldwell, rubber-hose, etc., 134 50
Geo. F. Meacham, services as architect, etc., 125 00
Orrin Whipple, repairs, etc., 117 99
N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas,
117 05
R. Hollings & Co., gas fixtures,
112 00
F. E. Hamblin, drain-pipe,
87 50
Tucker Manuf. Co., supplies,
87 20
F. E. Stuart, settees,
76 42
T. Stuart, material and labor, 70 84
George W. Keyes, material and labor,
67 41
J. D. Billings,
66 66
66 85
Adam Beck, Samuel D. Garey, 46 01
E. H. Brabrook, furniture, 41 00
John Holman & Co., supplies, 40 26
W. H. French & Co., material and labor,
35 83
S. F. Carrier,
L. A. Gammons, 60 66 29 28
66 66
28 14
J. O. Evans & Son, 66 66 24 13
A. G. Whitcomb, settees, 23 52
A. J. Fisk & Co., material and labor, 22 56
L. S. Holman, 66 19 50
Speare, Gregory, & Co., oil, 20 00
J. C. Farrar, material and labor, 18 60
Ross & Murry, iron posts, 17 00
Thayer & Stiles, supplies, 15 75
O. B. Leavitt & Co., repairs,
14 96
Amounts carried forward, $9,751 56
$12,500 00
66
46 50
60
Amounts brought forward, $9,751 56 $12,500 00
Campbell Bros. & Co., repairs, 13 00
Charles E. Small, 12 47
Joel Goldthwaite & Co., carpets, etc.,
11. 25
M. Doherty, material and labor,
10 00
E. B. Blackwell, supplies,
9 00
Cranitch & Horrigan, glazing,
8 25
R. Oldreive, privit and planting,
8 00
J. J. Bragdon, expressage,
7 75
Edward Pike, material and labor,
7 73
Francis Murdock & Co., supplies, 7 10
W. O. Knapp & Co., 66
6 50
J. L. Knox, stone-work, 6 25
C. H. Grant, outside window,
6 00
C. Needham, painting, 6 00
Fletcher Bros., supplies, 5 82
Edward Timony, whitewashing,
5 00
Sundry small bills,
21 59
Total, as per item No. 32 of expenses, $9,903 27
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury,
$2,596 73
PUBLIC SQUARES.
Appropriation, $500 00
A. R. Carter, labor, men, and teams,
$500 00
Total, as per item No. 33 of expenses, $500 00
SALARIES.
Appropriation, $10,250 00
William B. Fowle, Mayor, $1,000 00
E. J. Collins, Treasurer and Collector, 2,000 00
E. J. Collins, for Assistant, 1,200 00
Peter Thacher, City Solicitor, 1,000 00
Amounts carried forward, $5,200 00
$10,250 00
61
Amounts brought forward, $5,200 00
$10,250 00
Benjamin F. Otis, City Auditor, 1,500 00
Isaac Hagar, Chairman Assessors,
1,200 00
Samuel M. Jackson, Assessor,
700 00
Howard B. Coffin, 66
700 00
Hosea Hyde, Clerk of Common Council,
300 00
Orrin Whipple, Assistant Assessor,
32 00
Joseph Walker, 66
80 00
O. F. Lucas, 66 66
40 00
Benjamin Bourne, 61 66
52 00
S. A. Woodward, 66
66
60 00
George Warren, 66
66
82 00
John Warner,
66
66
48 00
Joseph D. Wellington, Sealer of
Weights and Measures, 75 00
Total, as per item No. 34 of expenses, $10,069 00
Balance, unexpended, transferred into Treasury, $181 00
STATE AID.
Appropriation,
$1,400 00
J. V. Ramsdell,
$120 00
Anna C. Boyd,
80 00
Ann Duvall,
72 00
W. Watson,
72 00
Thomas Kehoe,
72 00
S. C. Spaulding,
72 00
Thomas Dinnean,
72 00
Isaac Munroe,
60 00
E. Burke,
56 00
N. D. Tibbetts,
55 00
Ann Mullen,
50 00
T. Dolan,
48 00
C. Gunnison,
48 00
Amounts carried forward, $877 00
$1,400 00
62
Amounts brought forward,
$877 00
$1,400 00
Eliza M. Jackson,
48 00
B. Madden,
48 00
L. T. Sanger,
48 00
M. Hagerty,
48 00
Mary Walsh,
48 00
Mary A. B. Pratt,
48 00
E. H. Belcher,
40 00
Mary Duran,
36 00
S. Fell,
32 00
T. McMahon,
18 00
Agnes Myers,
16 00
E. P. Pratt,
16 00
Total, as per item No. 35 of expenses, $1,323 00
Balance, unexpended, transferred into Treasury, $77 00
SINKING FUND, CITY DEBT.
Appropriation,
$12,250 00
Amount paid Commissioners of Sinking Fund, as per item No. 36 of expenses, $12,250 00
SINKING FUND, WATER BONDS.
Appropriation, $12,750 00
Amount paid Commissioners of Sinking Fund, as per item No. 37 of expenses, $12,750 00
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
General Appropriation for Schools, $71,000 00
Received from Dog Tax, $811 33
Transferred from Appropriation for School Incidentals, 383 79
Amounts carried forward,
$1,195 12
$71,000 00
63
Amounts brought forward, Transferred from Appropriation for Industrial Drawing, 214 80
$1,195 12 $71,000 00
$1,409 92
$72,409 92
Expenditures in Detail.
Ephraim Hunt, Superintendent,
$2,700 00
Isaac Hagar, Sec. School Board, 300 00
$3,000 00
High School.
Francis A. Waterhouse, Master, $2,700 00
Ezra W. Sampson, Sub-Master,
1,850 00
John F. Kent, Assistant, 1,200 00
Thos. Bond Lindsay,
750 00
S. Warren Davis, 66
337 50
S. Alice Worcester, 66
1,100 00
Caroline Spear, 66
1,100 00
Louise A. Dennison, 66
687 50
M. Isabel Hanson, 66
687 50
M. Abby Smith, 66
337 50
Mattie E. Foote,
337 50
$14,087 50
Music.
William S. Tilden, Instructor,
$937 50
Drawing.
Emma F. Bowler, Instructress,
$425 00
A. Hun Berry, Instructor, 625 00
Military Drill.
R. G. Carter, Instructor,
$400 00
Calisthenics.
Jennie E. Ireson, Instructress,
$110 00
Amounts carried forward,
$16,585 00 $72,409 92
64
Amounts brought forward, $16,585 00 $72,409 92
District No. 1.
Albert L. Harwood, Master,
$2,000 00
Mary L. Searle,
Head-Assistant, 750 00
Mary E. Minter,
66 66
843 75
Martha L. Perkins, 66 66
750 00
Lilla M. Means, 66 06
281 25
Cevilla R. Richardson, 66 66
693 75
Agnes S. Carleton, 66
66
468 75
Helen A. Davis,
66
431 25
Emma M. Lunt, Assistant,
375 00
Maria F. Wood,
66
600 00
Clara A. Curtis,
66
375 00
Maud McWilliams, 66
600 00
Lottie P. Harbach, 66
600 00
Ellena H. Thompson,
600 00
Ellen M. Cook,
66
600 00
M. Marion Miller,
66
600 00
Emma Taylor, 66
375 00
M. Ella Hildreth, 66
375 00
Ella F. Crooker, 66
600 00
Mary P. Fanning,
600 00
Alotta E. Stearns, 66
600 00
·Hannah Taft, 66
225 00
Kate Taylor,
66
225 00
Emma J. Henshaw, 66
225 00
Helen Norwood, 66
225 00
Mary Tenney,
66
165 00
District No. 2.
Luther E. Leland, Master, $2,000 00
Ellen M. Leland, Head-Assistant, 750 00
Elizabeth A. Pinnock, “ 66 750 00
Anna G. Swain, Assistant,
600 00
Carrie L. Kimball, 66 600 00
Amounts carried forward,
$35,468 75
$72,409 92
.
65
Amounts brought forward,
$35,468 75 $72,409 92
Phebe W. Bunker, Assistant,
600 00
Susan E. Copeland, 66
600 00
Ann B. Smith, 66
600 00
Ella F. Brown, 66
537 50
District No. 3.
Levi F. Warren, Master,
$2,000 00
Sarah A. Warren,
Head-Assistant, 750 00
Ella G. Bates,
66 66 750 00
Emma J. Thompson,
60
600 00
M. Abby Smith, 66
468 75
Alice Pitts, 66 66
750 00
Jennie L. Morehouse, 6. 66
255 00
Mary J. Pickering, Assistant,
600 00
Eliza E. Simmons,
66
600 00
Calista S. Wood,
66
600 00
Sarah E. Foster,
66
600 00
Lucy E. Davis,
.6
600 00
Susan P. Richmond,
66
600 00
Mary E. Tufts,
66
568 75
Elizabeth F. Paddock, 66
547 50
Abby J. Warner, 66
568 75
Estella M. Haynes,
6.
600 00
Lydia A. Brierly,
66
600 00
Mary R. Ware,
66
600 00
Lizzie Flint,
66
600 00
Lilla T. Wilder,
66
525 00
Clara H. Snow,
66
90 00
Lilla S. Taylor,
6 6
56 25
Esther E. Berry,
66
18 75
District No. 4.
H. Chapin Sawin, Master,
$2,000 00
Clara C. Prince, Head-Assistant, 750 00
John C. Lyeth, 66
750 00
Amounts carried forward,
$55,255 00
$72,409 92
66
Amounts brought forward,
$55,255 00
$72,409 92
Eudora Sanford, Assistant,
600 00
Martha M. Bakeman, Assistant,
600 00
S. Louise Shelton,
600 00
Josephine H. Waters, 66
568 75
Mary H. Dwyer,
66
600 00
Anna F. Gage,
568 75
Emma M. Cleary,
66
600 00
Annie L. Wood,
66
600 00
Josephine W. Littlefield,
600 00
Alotta C. Wilmarth, 66
600 00
Ellen F. Dalrymple,
568 75
H. Augusta Millard,
66
600 00
Louise W. Stearns,
66
600 00
Ella M. Hotchkiss,
66
600 00
Jeannette A. Grant,
66
600 00
Janitors.
John Cummings,
$650 00
John McCamman,
626 00
Thomas Woodman,
540 00
Thomas Johnson,
425 00
William Welch,
266 64
Joshua L. Randall,
255 25
Martin Welch,
200 95
Bridget Cox,
200 00
James H. Boit,
180 00
Enoch Houston,
140 00
Jeremiah McNamara,
133 36
H. F. Sanderson,
96 00
John Mohr,
96 00
Alfred B. Hooker,
74 05
William H. Smith,
50 00
Fuel.
Albert Brackett, coal and wood,
$4,197 47
James Nickelson, « « « 117 95
Total, as per item No. 38 of expenses, $72,409 92
67
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS AND REPAIRS.
Appropriation,
$9,500 00
Transferred to General Appropriation for Schools, 383 79
$9,116 21
Knight, Adams, & Co., books, station-
ery, etc., $2,497 59
Simpson Bros., concreting, 684 27
Milo Lucas, outside windows and sun- dry repairs, 431 28
Thayer & Stiles, furnace-work, etc., 411 10
Rand, Avery, & Co., printing reports, etc., 406 80
Water Department, use of water, 346 67
W. Eugene Thayer, one Brackett piano, 291 00
229 95
Charles E. Small, repairs on roofs, etc., A. J. Fiske & Co., furnace-work, etc., 206 70 New England School Furniture Co., furniture, etc., 197 95
C. S. Phillips, painting school-house, etc., 184 56
Peabody & Whitney, supplies,
180 34
N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas,
168 70
N. W. Tewksbury, books,
139 55
J. W. Conroy, painting school-house, etc., 129 96
H. M. Stimson, printing,
128 50
A. G. Whitcomb, furniture, etc., 124 40
Melvil Dewey, Sec., 8 sets metric weights and measures, 112 50
Henry McElwin, blackboards,
103 60
O. B. Leavitt, furnace-work, etc.,
100 85
E. A. Smallwood, window shades, etc.,
87 50
J. H. Daniels, diplomas, graduating class, 86 60
James Claffy, cleaning vaults, etc., 76 00
J. A. Doran, sundry repairs, etc., 69 70
Collin Cady, 66 69 63
Amounts carried forward, $7,465 70
$9,116 21
68
Amounts brought forward, $7,465 70 $9,116 21 Ward & Gay, electric pen, press, etc., 65 00 B. Bradley & Co., clocks, etc., 64 00 ,
George E. Bridges, taking census of children from 5 to 15, 60 00
F. H. Hunting, expressage,
59 20
Isaac Smith, sundry repairs,
58 15
John S. Sumner, furnace-work, etc.,
57 40
Eureka Ventilating Co., ventilators, 57 00
Noah Prescott, stone steps and, capping, 54 36
John H. Pray, Sons, & Co., matting, 53 02
Benjamin Fewkes, sundry repairs, 53 01
Charles Scott, 66 66
51 38
E. B. Bowen, balance of rent of Thompsonville school-house, 50 00
A. B. Crane, sundry repairs, 45 75
W. H. French & Co., repairs on water fixtures, 44 38
J. C. Farrar, sundry repairs, 44 20
H. F. Wellington, sundry repairs, 42 47
David Clapp & Son, printing, 40 33
W. S. Cushman, sundry repairs, 40 25
J. W. Garland, 66 39 59
Bridgman & Peabody, supplies, 34 94
J. H. Potter, printing, 31 88
J. A. Swasey, portable black-boards, 35 08
Amidon & Washburn, printing, 30 00
William Reed & Son, fitting bayonets, 30 00
D. F. McAllister, sundry repairs,
29 53
E. W. Sampson, sundry cash expenses, Charles O. Davis, services as truant- officer, 25 00
27 39
Frank E. Tucker, services as truant- officer, 25 00
Greenwood & Co., supplies, 21 25
J. E. Trowbridge, furnace-work, etc., 21 13
Amounts carried forward, $8,756 39
$9,116 21
69
Amounts brought forward, $8,756 39
$9,116 21
Isaac Hagar, sundry cash expenses, 18 28
Allen Jordan, sundry repairs, 16 95
Cranitch & Horrigan, resetting glass, 16 05
W. S. Tilden, sheet music, 15 00
Christopher Needham, material and labor, 15 00
George W. Choate, repairing clocks, 13 35
Walworth Manuf. Co., supplies,
13 31
Sam'l D. Garey, material and labor,
12 51
George T. Weston, 66 66 66
12 40
M. Taffe, 66 66 66
12 00 +
Chas. H. Jennison, expressage, 11 15
A. L. Harwood, sundry cash expenses, 11 09
A. J. Macomber, repairing clocks, 11 00
Sundry small bills, 181 73
Total, as per item No. 39 of expenses, $9,116 21
USE OF HYDRANTS.
Appropriation, $5,000 00
Water Department, $5,000 00
Total, as per item No. 41 of expenses, $5,000 00
WATER CONSTRUCTION.
Total expenditure to Dec. 31, 1877,
$771,426 88
Pay-rolls of laborers, $6,712 29
Warren Foundry & Machine Co., iron pipe, 6,212 42
Union Water Meter Co., meters, etc., 2,914 05
Benjamin Fewkes, building fence, etc., 880 71
Davis & Farnum Manuf. Co., castings, etc., 769 72
Boston & Albany Railroad, freight, 745 21
Amounts carried forward, $18,234 40 $771,426 88
70
Amounts brought forward, $18,234 40 $771,426 88
Walworth Manuf. Co., supplies, 713 54
H. N. Hyde, Jr., services as Assistant Superintendent, 657 00
James S. Newell & Co., hydrants, etc., 506 70
T. Albert Ward, damage to land, 400 00
Gillis, Morrison, & Co., service-pipe, etc., 347 15 Chadwick Lead Works, lead,
306 78
J. A. Caldwell, hose, etc., 250 28
James E. Cahill, labor, men, and teams, 202 87 J. D. Billings, moving pipe-shop, etc., 200 75
Shedd & Sawyer, services Mr. Sawyer, etc., 200 00
Otis Pettee & Co., material and labor, 191 47
Boston Machine Co., " 66
176 53
T. Stuart, carting pipe, etc., 158 89
Moses G. Crane, Agt., constructing tele- graph, 145 00
M. Hewitt, blacksmithing, 119 02
Geo. A. Goodyear & Co., powder and fuse, 101 40
C. S. Knowles, supplies, 100 42
S. D. Whittemore, rent of land, 87 50
Morris, Tasker, & Co., service-pipe, 55 71
H. R. Worthington, meters, etc., 51 35
George W. Keyes, material and labor, 47 97
Waltham Water Works, supplies, 41 94
Charles A. Cole, blacksmithing, 39 60
Thomas Belger, 37 35
J. McDonald, 27 31
R. H. Hodgson,
14 62
Andrew Peters,
11 63
P. Keegan, 66
4 30
A. Danforth & Co.,
2 75
Pattee & Perkins, hydrant,
38 41
W. G. Bosworth, expressage,
27 65
Amounts carried forward,
$23,500 29 $771,426 88
71
Amounts brought forward, $23,500 29 $771,426 88
Adams Express Co., expressage, 2 35
McIntosh Express, 2 00
Town of Brookline, Sewer Department, frames, etc., 17 38
W. H. French & Co., material and labor, 16 35
Samuel D. Garey,
66 66 66 14 63
J. E. Trowbridge, 66 60 66 10 65
Boston Lead Co., lead, 11 77
A. K. Lissberger, solder, 8 50
Jos. Hewes & Son, sinks, 7 95
Ames Plow Co., wheels, 6 00
Orrin Whipple, material and labor,
4 42
L. F. Lawrence & Co., blocks, 4 00
Michael Healy, powder,
3 75
Patrick Linnehan, stone,
3 00
G. H. Williams, replacing turf, 2 50
Timothy Shyne, charcoal, 2 40
R. Freeman, mortar, 2 00
C. F. Eddy & Co., cement,
1 60
S. F. Cate, carriage-hire, 1 50
D. Harrington & Son, carriage-hire, 1 50
J. O. Evans & Son, setting glass, 1 50
Moses Clark, Jr., cash for labor, 1 25
C. H. Stacy, postal cards,
1 00
Total, as per item No. 42 of expenses, $23,628 29
Received.
For service-pipes laid, $3,217 15
" meters sold, 2,366 90
". old materials sold, 27 43
" freight refunded by B. & A. Railroad, 296 83
Total, as per item No. 28 of receipts, 5.908 31
17,719 98
Total expenditure to Dec. 31, 1878, $789,146 86
72
WATER MAINTENANCE.
Appropriation, $10,000 00
Moses Clark, Jr., services as registrar, $1,200 00 66 " sundry office expenses, 35 33
W. I. Parker, services as clerk, 400 00
66 cash expenses, 1 04
F. G. Richardson, services as Supt., 400 00
66 use of horse and car-
riage, 102 days, 204 00
F. G. Richardson, board of city horse, 56 50
66 66 sundry cash expenses, 3 46
George L. Whitney, services as Supt., 1,062 50
66 board of city horse, 108 41
sundry cash ex-
penses, 42 37
Thomas Coughlan, services as engineer, 1,080 00 J. W. Kent, watchman
and fireman, 540 00
Pay roll of laborers, 632 45
James Nickelson, coal and wood, 2,248 17
J. W. Pearson, coal, 20 40
Sch. Nettie Langdon & Co., freight on coal, 526 20
Leonard & Ellis, oil, etc., 86 00
Speare, Gregory, & Co., oil, etc., 63 92
Amidon & Washburn, books and printing, 54 00
H. M. Stimson, printing, etc., 35 50
J. H. Potter, 66
28 00
E. H. Trulan & Co., blank books 34 75
Leach, Annable, & Co., sofa-bed, etc., 52 25
Lang & Jacobs, oil cabinet, 36 00
James McDonald, blacksmithing, 33 75
M. Hewitt, 32 53
R. H. Hodgson, 66
26 38
P. Keegan, 66
11 60
A. Danforth & Co., 66
8 30
Amounts carried forward, $9,063 81
$10,000 00
73
Amounts brought forward,
$9,063 81
$10,000 00
A. Peters, blacksmithing,
3 22
J. C. Farrar, 66
3 17
J. A. Caldwell & Co., hose, etc.,
52 75
A. W. Mitchell & Co., badges,
22 50
S. F. Cate, carriage-hire,
13 00
Richard Adams, labor,
44 63
Michael Welch,
31 88
James Hodgson, services as Inspector,
45 00
Charles Mace, 66 at pumping station, 25 00
J. G. Thompson, services,
16 00
H. R. Worthington, packing, 25 00
John Gilbert, lumber,
32 97
Revere Copper Co., copper,
45 92
James E. Cahill, labor, men, and teams,
22 50
T. Stuart, 66 66 6
15 00
American Steam Gauge Co., steam-gauge, 15 00
Hooper, Lewis, & Co., supplies, 56 56
C. H. Stacy, 66
40 59
L. F. Lawrence & Co., 66
28 00
C. S. Knowles, 66
26 80
A. B. Tainter, 66
17 37
G. Wadleigh,
17 15
Foundry Supply Co., 66
15 50
Howes & Brown, 66
12 55
George F. Whiting & Co.,
66
9 08
W. G. Fellows, 66
8 88
Boston Machine Co., 7 50
J. G. Roberts & Co., binding, 7 50
N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas,
7 80
Royal Gilky, lumber and coal,
7 35
Newton Mills, cotton waste,
9 79
Walworth Manuf. Co., wrench, etc.,
7 55
Henry C. Dimond, stamp,
7 00
D. Harrington & Son, carriage-hire,
7 00
Amounts carried forward,
$9,771 32
$10,000 00
74
Amounts brought forward, $9,771 32 $10,000 00
F. E. Wallingford, carriage-hire, 6 00
Alfred Howes, grass-seed, 5 27
Cambridgeport Diary Co., book, 4 87
G. Fuller & Son, lumber, 4 35
H. C. Sherburne, trustee, labor on steam-pipes, 3 90
Quincy Harrington, grinding lawn- mowers, 3 00
Timothy Shyne, charcoal,
2 40
F. B. Sisson, use of pung,
2 25
Otis Pettee & Co., material and labor,
37 39
J. D. Billings, 66
..
36 39
J. Langtry,
66
66
15 85
Cranitch & Horrigan,
14 87
O. B. Leavitt, 66
11 08
Orrin Whipple,
66
8 80
Charles Scott,
7 37
Collin Cady,
66 2 81
T. F. Glennan, 2 50 ..
Jones Express, expressage,
5 90
C. H. Jennison, 66
4 30
Eaton's Express, 66
1 40
Gillis, Morrison, & Co., supplies,
6 04
J. L. Fairbanks & Co.,
4 50
H. A. Sherman,
4 50
Thayer & Stiles, ..
2 50
M. R. Warren, ،،
1 68
C. Strout & Sons,
1 60
May, Nash, & Winslow,
..
1 50
R. Freeman,
1 00
E. Smead & Co. ..
90
L. L. Bates & Co., 66
60
B. Billings, ..
45
H. W. Fanning & Son,
40
Total, as per item No. 43 of expenses,
$9,977 69
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury,
$22 31
75
LEDGER BALANCES.
Cash,
$77,275 60
Kenrick Fund,
Suspense Account,
$1,050 00 326 11
Taxes, 1871,
607 36
Taxes, 1872,
600 66
Taxes, 1873,
1,341 11
Taxes, 1874,
2,520 26
Taxes, 1875,
3,586 63
Taxes, 1876,
4,445 55
Taxes, 1877,
3,862 47
Taxes, 1878,
60,039 98
Trusteed Accounts,
13 97
City of Newton,
385,853 32
Funded Debt Water Scrip,
790,000 00
Funded Debt Permanent Loan,
353,000 00
Funded Debt City Bonds,
34,000 00
Overlay and Abatement,
2,615 18
Public Property owned by the City, 735,825 00
Mayor's Warrants unpaid,
31,561 41
Temporary Loans,
80,000 00
Water construction,
788,314 77
$1,678,419 99
$1,678,419 99
STATEMENT OF THE KENRICK FUND.
The following is a statement of this Fund and its Income, January 1, 1879 : -
Amount invested, $3,000 00 Cash uninvested, 1,000 00
Total fund, $4,000 00
76
Income received in 1878,
$230 00
Amount distributed,
180 00
Balance,
$50 00
The distribution of the income of this Fund has been made in accordance with the terms of the donor, to persons entitled to its benefits.
REPORT OF CITY CLERK.
REPORT OF CITY CLERK.
CITY OF NEWTON, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, CITY HALL, March 1, 1879. B. F. OTIS, Esq., City Auditor: -
SIR, - I have the honor to submit herewith for publication in your report the Annual Report of the Births; Marriages, and Deaths occurring in this city during the year 1878. They are comprised in several tables, which have been carefully prepared, and exhibit statistics more fully than has heretofore been customary.
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