Town of Newton annual report 1878-1879, Part 6

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 476


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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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