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E. J. Collins, Treasurer and Collector, 1,166 66
.
E. J. Collins, for Assistant, 700 00
John A. Kenrick, Treasurer and Collector, 833 30
John A. Kenrick, for Assistant, 500 00
Peter Thacher, City Solicitor, 1,000 00
Benjamin F. Otis, City Auditor,
1,600 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,
36 00
Joseph Walker, 66
64 00
O. F. Lucas, 66
48 00
Joseph J. Rider, 66
60 00
S. N. Woodward, 66
62 00
George Warren,
92 00
John Warner,
66
48 00
Joseph D. Wellington, Sealer of Weights and Measures, 75 00
Total, as per item No. 33 of expenses, 10,184 96
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury, $15 04
SINKING FUND, WATER BONDS.
Appropriation, $12,750 00
Amount paid Commissioners of Sinking Fund, as per item No. 34 of expenses, $12,750 00
SINKING FUND, CITY DEBT.
Appropriation, $12,250 00
Amount paid Commissioners of Sinking Fund, as per item No. 35 of expenses, $12,250 00
70
SCHOOLS.
General Appropriation, - Educational Department.
General Appropriation for Schools, $72,150 00
Received from Dog Tax, 1,014 30
$73,164 30
Transferred to School Incidentals and
Repairs, 1,380 29
$71,784 01
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, 1,275 00
S. Warren Davis, " 937 50
S. Alice Worcester, "
1,062 50
Caroline Spear,
1,062 50
M. Abby Smith,
918 75
Mattie E. Foote, 66
918 75
$13,725 00
Drawing.
Emma F. Bowler, Instructress, $800 00
Military Drill.
R. G. Carter, Instructor, $400 00
Amounts carried forward,
$14,925 00
$71,784 01
71
Amounts brought forward, $14,925 00 $71,784 01
Calisthenics and Elocution.
Jennie E. Ireson, Instructress,
$400 00
District No. 1.
Albert L. Harwood, Master, Mason
$1,962 50
Mary L. Searle, Head Assistant, Mason School, 750 00
Maria F. Wood, Assistant, Mason School, 66
600 00
Emma I. Henshaw, 66 600 00
Mary Tenny, 66 66
600 00
Hannah H. Taft, 66 66
468 75
Lottie P. Harbach, 66
66
375 00
Kate Taylor, 66 66
360 00
Ellen M. Cook, 16 66
290 00
Ellena H.Thompson, "
66
225 00
Mary E. Minter, Principal, Oak Hill School,
750 00
Helen A. Davis, Principal, Thompsonville School,
750 00
Walter C. Frost, Master, Prospect School,
562 50
Martha L. Perkins, Head Assistant, Pros- pect School,
750 00
Ella F. Crooker, Ass't, Prospect School, 600 00
600 00
Helen Norwood, 66 66
568 75
Lizzie W. Everett, 66 66
375 00
M. Marion Miller, 66 66
750 00
Lilla M. Means, Principal, Hyde School,
Cevilla R. Richardson, Assistant, Hyde School,
375 00
Alotta E. Stearns, Assistant Hyde School,
375 00
Amounts carried forward,
$29,587 50 $71,784 01
School,
600 00
Harriette E. Bird, 66 66
375 00
Margaret Martin, 66 66
Mary P. Fanning, 66 66
600 00
72
Amounts brought forward, $29,587 50 $71,784 01 Alice M. Hammond, Ass't Hyde School, 225 00
Alice F. Whitcomb, 66 225 00
District No. 2.
Luther E. Leland, Master, Hamilton School, 1,962 50
Ellen M. Leland, Head Assistant, Hamil- ton School, 243 75
Anna G. Swain, Head Assistant, Hamil- ton School, 701 25
Sarah H. Jumper, Ass't, Hamilton School,
518 75
Clara Bancroft, 66
150 00
George L. Chandler, Master, Williams School, 562 50.
Elizabeth A. Pinnock, Head Assistant, Williams School, 750 00
Ella F. Brown, Assistant, Williams School, 600 00
Susan E. Copeland, " 600 00 66
Ąnn B. Smith, 66 66
600 00
Phebe W. Bunker,
66 375 00
District No. 3.
Levi F. Warren, Master, Pierce School, 1,962 50
Sarah A. Warren, Head Assistant, Pierce School, 750 00
Mary J. Pickering, Assistant, Pierce School, 600 00
Eliza E. Simmons, Assistant, Pierce School, 600 00
Ella G. Bates, Principal, Davis School, 750 00
Calista S. Wood, Assistant, 66 600 00
Sarah E. Foster, 66 66
600 00
Lucy E. Davis, 66
600 00
Elizabeth F. Paddock, Principal, Frank- lin School, 656 25
Amounts carried forward, $44,220 00
$71,784 01
73
Amounts brought forward, $44,220 00 $71,784 01 School, 693 75
Emma J. Thompson, Assistant, Franklin
Susan P. Richmond, Assistant, Franklin School, 600 00
Mary E. Tufts, Assistant, Franklin School,
375 00
William A. Spinney, Master, Adams School, 562 50
Jennie L. Morehouse, Head Assistant, Adams School, 750 00
Estella M. Haynes, Assistant, Adams School, 600 00 °
Lydia A. Brierly, Assistant, Adams School, 600 00
Alice Pitts, Principal, Claflin School,
750 00
Lilla T. Wilder, Assistant, 66
600 00
Mary R. Ware, 66 66
555 00
Lizzie Flint, 66 600 00
33 75
N. Gertrude Bean, 66
District No. 4.
H. Chapin Sawin, Master, Bigelow School, 1,962 50
Clara C. Prince, Head Ass't, 66 468 75
Eudora Sanford, 66 656 25
Martha M. Bakeman, Ass't. 66
600 00
S. Louise Shelton,
66 600 00
Josephine H. Waters, 66 66
600 00
Anna F. Gage, 66 66 600 00
Mary H. Dwyer, 66 66 600 00
Emma M. Cleary, Assistant, Underwood School, 600 00
Annie L. Wood, Assistant, Underwood School, 600 00
Josephine W. Littlefield, Assistant, Un- derwood School, 600 00
Isabel M. Ayers, Assistant, Underwood School, 50 00
Amounts carried forward,
$58,877 50
$71,784 01
74
Amounts brought forward, $58,877 50 $71,784 01 School, 600 00
Allotta C. Wilmarth, Assistant, Lincoln
George G. Edwards, Principal, Jackson School, 783 00
Edward E. Sparhawk, Principal, Jackson School, 97 50
John C. Lyeth, Principal, Jackson School, 93 75
Abby J. Warner, Ass't,
600 00
H. Augusta Millard, 66 66
600 00
Ella M. Hotchkiss, 66 66
600 00
Ellen F. Dalrymple, 66
375 00
Jeannette A. Grant, 66
375 00
Louisa W. Stearns,
66 375 00
Louise W. Clelland, 66
66
225 00
Janitors.
John Cummings, High and Claflin, 650 00
John McCamman, Bigelow, Underwood, and Lincoln, 626 00
Thomas Woodman, Mason,
540 00
Thomas Johnson, Pierce and Davis, 425 00
Jeremiah McNamara, Adams and Jackson, 400 00
J. L. Randall, Prospect, 300 00
Martin Walsh, Williams,
275 00
Bridget Cox, Franklin,
200 00
James H. Boit, Hamilton,
180 00
Enoch Houston, Hyde,
180 00
H. F. Sanderson, Oak Hill, 96 00
John Mohr, Thompsonville,
96 00
Fuel.
Albert Brackett, coal, $3,498 01
James Nickelson, wood, 308 00
Total, as per item No. 36 of expenses, 71,375 76
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury, $408 25
75
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS AND REPAIRS.
Appropriation, $8,000 00
Transferred from General appropriation for Schools, 1,380 29
$9,380 29
Knight, Adams & Co., books, stationery, etc., $3,167 91
Milo Lucas, sundry repairs, 441 48
A. G. Whitcomb, furniture, etc., 417 14
Water Department, use of water, 385 00
Henry McElwin, blackboards,
349 48
Rand, Avery & Co., printing reports, etc.,
341 70
Ephraim Hunt, board and care of horse and carriage, 250 00
The Smith Organ Co., upright piano,
250 00
Peabody & Whitney, supplies,
227 95
O. B. Leavitt, furnace work, etc.,
220 20
Charles E. Small, repairs on roofs, etc
177 06
Alpheus W. Snow, furnace work, etc.,
161 18
E. B. Bowen, Treasurer, for rent of Thomp- sonville school house, 150 00
J. O. Evans & Son, painting Underwood school house, 150 00
Simpson Bros., concreting,
140 87
H. F. Wellington, sundry repairs,
126 78
N. &. W. Gas Light Co., gas,
120 00
J. C. Farrar, sundry repairs, 112 08
H. M. Stimson, printing, 103 25
John Farquhar's Sons, sundry repairs, 97 18
E. W. Sampson, sundry cash expenses, 93 65
F. E. Hamblin, sundry repairs, 91 65
Bigelow
Amos Hodgdon, whitening School, 80 00
J. H. Daniels, diplomas, graduating class, 79 65
Sidney P. Clark, sundry repairs, 76 12
Amounts carried forward, $7,810 33
$9,380 29
76
Amounts brought forward, $7,810 33 $9,380 29 niture, etc., 70 48
New England School Furniture Co., fur-
George E. Bridges, taking census of chil- dren from 5 to 15, 65 00
A. B. Crane, sundry repairs, 64 28
George T. Weston, material and labor, 54 05
Isaac Smith, 50 20
James Claffy, cleaning vaults, etc., 48 00
Thayer & Stiles, supplies, 43 00
Cranitch & Horrigan, painting, etc., 42 51
D. F. McAllister, furnace work, etc., 41 52
B. Bradley & Co., clock and repairs, 43 50
F. H. Hunting, expressage, 39 30
A. J. Fisk & Co., furnace work, etc., 38 15
John Lynn, cleaning vaults, 36 00
Benjamin Fewkes, sundry repairs, 35 97
W. P. Leavitt, 66
34 83
W. A. Roffe, painting, etc., 33 99
Charles Scott, material and labor, 33 00
Isaac Hagar, sundry cash expenses. 28 53 J. L. Randall, sundry repairs, 28 20
John H. Hoyt, tuning and repairing pianos, 25 75
L. S. Holman, painting, etc,,
28 17
J. Q. Bradish & Co., pens,
25 00
R. L. Hinds, services as truant officer, 1877,
25 00
J. C. Kennedy, 66 1877,
25 00
F. E. Hinds, 66 1877, 66
25 00
R. L. Hinds, 66 1878, 25 00
C. O. Davis, 66 66
1878, 25 00
J. D. Henthorn, 66 66
1878, 25 00
G. E. F. Baker, 1878, 66 25 00
Linus Hicks, whitening Pierce School, 23 13
Whitney Warner & Co., piano cover, 20 00
Allen Jordan, material and labor, 19 73
C. C. Pottle, sundry repairs, 17 15
W. L. Smith, 6
16 69
George B. Randall, "
15 15
Amounts carried forward,
$9,006 61
$9,380 29
77
Amounts brought forward, $9,006 61 $9,380 29
Rishworth Jordan, repairing lightning rods, 15 00
George W. Choate, repairing clocks, 14 75
W. S. Cargill, repairing furniture, 14 68
V. Haffermehl, resetting glass,
14 00
Asahel Wheeler, chloride lime,
12 52
A. L. Harwood, sundry cash expenses,
12 99
M. W. Tewksbury, books for Mr. Hunt,
11 73
Ward & Gay, supplies, 11 65
J. E. Trowbridge, sundry repairs,
34 06
A. J. Macomber, repairing clocks, 11 50
C. H. Jenison, expressage,
11 40
Hallet & Davis, tuning and repairing pianos, 11 00
F. E. Garland, sundry repairs,
10 50
W. S. Cushman, 66
9 67
Wm. B. Neil, gas fitting,
9 19
John Grant, sundry repairs,
9 00
F. Jones' Express, expressage,
9 00
Sundry small bills, 141 31
Total, as per item No. 37 of expenses, $9,380 29
STATE AID.
$1,400 00
Appropriation,
$120 00
Joshua V. Ramsdell,
72 00
S. C. Spaulding,
72 00
Thomas Dinnean,
72 00
W. Watson,
60 00
Isaac Munroe,
Amounts carried forward,
$396 00
$1,400 00
9 73
Greenwood & Co., supplies,
78
Amounts brought forward,
$396 00
$1,400 00
N. D. Tibbetts,
54 00
Ann Duvall, 48 00
E. H. Belcher,
48 00
M. Hagerty, 48 00
B. Madden, 48 00
T. Dolan,
48 00
C. Gunnison,
48 00
Eliza M. Jackson,
48 00
L. T. Sanger,
48 00
Mary Welch,
48 00
E. Burke,
48 00
Anna C. Boyd,
48 00
Mary Duran,
48 00
S. Fell, 48 00
Mary A. B. Pratt,
48 00
E. P. Pratt,
48 00
Ann Mullen,
44 00
Thomas Kehoe,
36 00
T. McMahon,
18 00
Catherine McAleer,
8 00
Total, as per item No. 38 of expenses, 1,276 00
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury, $124 00
STATE AID UNDER CHAP. 252, ACTS OF 1879.
John Curtin,
$42 00
Henry F. Bailey,
40 00
Rasselas W. Ireland,
32 00
Daniel Sullivan,
30 00
James H. Lockley,
20 00
William Jelly,
20 00
Samuel Wallis,
18 00
George E. Palmer,
8 00
Total, as per item No. 39 of expenses, $210 00
79
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Nov. 6. Paid Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, $80,000 00
Nov. 8. Paid Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, 50,000 00
Nov. 15.
Paid Note to W. F. Lawrence
& Co.,
50,000 00
Total, as per item No. 40 of expenses, $180,000 00
TAXES, 1879. STATE.
Amount assessed for State Tax, $8,040 00
Amount paid to State Treasurer, as per item No. 41
of expenses, $8,040 00
TAXES, 1879. COUNTY.
Amount assessed for County Tax, $11,615 58
Amount paid to County Treasurer, as per item No. 42 of expenses, $11,615 58
TAXES, 1879. NATIONAL BANK.
Amount paid to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for non-Residents of Newton, National Bank shares, as per item No. 43 of expenses, $897 19
80
USE OF HYDRANTS.
Appropriation, $5,000 00
Water Department, $5,000 00
Total, as per item No. 44 of expenses, $5,000 00
WATER CONSTRUCTION.
Total expenditure to Dec. 31, 1878, $789,146 86
Mill owners, damages for taking water from Charles River, $25,000 00
Warren Foundry & Machine Co., iron pipe, 10,937 44
Pay-rolls of laborers, 4,608 24
Boston & Albany Railroad, freight,
1,106 22
Chapman Valve Co., hydrants, etc.,
690 50
Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Co., cast- ings, etc., 663 56
George Dunbar & Co., lead, shovels, etc.,
550 28
United States Metalic Packing Co., pack- ing, 544 50
Boston Machine Co., hydrants, etc., 479 59
J. D. Billings, building stable,
225 00
M. Hewitt, blacksmithing,
212 62
T'. Stuart, labor, men, and teams,
204 37
C. A. Cole, blacksmithing,
121 31
Pattie & Perkins, hydrants,
112 95
A. Peters, blacksmithing,
110 62
E. E. Coffin, water gates,
84 00
J. S. Newell & Co., hydrants, etc., 76 67
Chadwick Lead Works, lead,
70 16
Thomas Belger, blacksmithing,
69 77
John P. Keating, stone,
65 00
Amounts carried forward,
$45,932 80
$789,146 86
81
Amounts brought forward,
$45,932 80 $789,146 86
W. G. Barker, supplies, 56 28
C. S. Knowles, rubber boots, etc., 52 91
E. T. Holmes & Co., wire, etc., 51 76
Orrin Whipple, stakes, etc., 46 00
G. A. Goodyear, powder and fuse,
42 55
W. G. Bosworth, expressage,
32 60
G. W. Ulmer, services on telephone wire,
30 00
Ludlow Manufacturing Co., jute ropes,
22 60
John Buckley, labor, 22 50
E. Keegan, blacksmithing,
21 00
Michael Welch, labor,
21 10
Thomas Mckinley, inspecting pipe,
20 00
H. R. Worthington, meters,
19 00
Walworth Manufacturing Co., supplies,
19 00
N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas,
16 79
B. F. Barlow, blacksmithing,
16 55
J. McDonald, 66
13 25
City of Boston, exchange in pipe, 11 78
Paine & Morehouse, supplies,
10 80
F. H. Hunting, expressage,
6 50
J. C. Farrar, blacksmithing,
5 59
Speare, Gregory & Co., oil and barrel,
5 42
Jenkins Bros., supplies,
3 10
G. J. Carlton, logs, 3 00
W. H. Mague, carriage hire,
3 00
G. Wadleigh, supplies,
2 88
Union Water Meter Co., repairs,
2 50
American Tube Works, brass tube,
1 75
R. M. Lucas, services,
1 50
W. L. Smith, material and labor,
1 00
Barlow & McDonald, 66
1 00
J. Langtry,
1 00
H. N. Hyde, Jr., cash for express,
15
Total, as per item No. 45 of expenses, $46,497 66
66
Amounts carried forward, $46,497 66 $789,146 86
7
82
Amounts brought forward, $46,497 66 $789,146 86
Received.
For freight refunded by Boston & Albany Railroad, $361 29
As per item No. 33 of receipts, 361 29
46,136 37
Total expenditure to Dec. 31, 1879,
$835,283 23
WATER MAINTENANCE.
Appropriation,
$9,000 00
Moses Clark, Jr., services as registrar, $633 33
Moses Clark, Jr., sundry office expenses, 25 72
Albert S. Glover, services as registrar, 581 40
Albert S. Glover, sundry office expenses, 17 15
George L. Whitney, services as superin- tendent, 125 00
George L. Whitney, board of City horse, 25 29
George L. Whitney, rent of stable,
25 00
H. N. Hyde, Jr., services as superinten- dent, etc., 1,477 48
H. N. Hyde, Jr., board City horse, 131 18
H. N. Hyde, Jr., sundry cash expenses, 20 04
Thomas Coughlan, services as engineer, 1,031 50
O. T. Pettee, services as clerk,
94 60
J. E. Warner, 66
241 13
J. C. Whitney, services as inspector, etc.,
414 25
J. W. Kent, services as watchman, etc., Pay roll of laborers,
1,583 73
M. Hewitt, wagon and blacksmithing,
279 54
George Dunbar & Co., supplies,
266 98
Amounts carried forward, $7,513 32
$9,000 00
540 00
83
Amounts brought forward, $7,513 32 $9,000 00
C. H. & Edgar Snow, exchange on horse, 150 00
James Nickelson, wood, 120 00
Alvah Walker & Co., oil, 105 00
J. Langtry, harness, etc., 87 62
Boston Car Spring Co., supplies,
77 54
D. Harrington & Son, horse and carriage hire, 72 00
Otis Pettee & Co., supplies, 54 87
T. A. Ward, care of reservoir,
48 00
The American Fire Hose Manf. Co., hose,
44 00
Charles Mace, labor on engine, etc.,
43 63
A. Danforth, blacksmithing,
42 55
W. R. Nichols, examination of water,
30 00
J. D. Billings, material and labor,
27 67
Charles Scott,
27 50
S. F. Cate, horse and carriage hire,
29 25
Mathew Kent, services on engine,
27 00
W. G. Bosworth, expressage,
18 75
G. Wadleigh, supplies,
26 43
C. S. Knowles, hose, etc.,
25 37
Patrick Linnehan, labor,
20 00
E. Keegan, blacksmithing,
18 55
E. F. Moses, material and labor,
17 50
Paine & Morehouse, supplies,
17 02
John P. Keating, carting wood, 15 00
J. W. Pearson, coal, 14 30
F. E. Wallingford, use of horse and car- riage, 14 00
American Steam Packing Co., packing, 10 50
Hills & Daniels, coal, 10 50
Arthur Hudson, analyses of water,
10 00
Simpson Bros., concreting, 10 00
J. F. Warren, walnut cabinet,
9 50
F. B. Sisson, use of pung,
9 00
Union Water Meter Co., repairs,
8 75
Frost & Adams, supplies,
6 30
Amounts carried forward, $8,761 42
$9,000 00
84
Amounts brought forward,
$8,761 42 $9,000 00
C. H. Jenison, expressage,
6 10
J. S. Newell & Co., repairs, 5 00
Quincy Harrington, filing saws,
5 00
O. B. Leavitt, material and labor,
4 75
Edward Pike, brackets, etc.,
4 75
N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas,
3 90
B. F. Barlow, blacksmithing,
3 75
Charles A. Cole, 66
3 50
James A. Judd, supplies,
3 50.
H. Sherman, 66
3 39
Eaton's Express, expressage,
3 85
Sewall, Day & Co., manila,
2 93
Cranitch & Horrigan, material and labor,
2 53
Waldo Bros., brick,
2 50
Sundry small bills,
24 33
Total, as per item No. 46 of expenses, 8,841 20
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury, $158 80
WATER DEPARTMENT, METER AND SERVICE PIPE.
Appropriation,
$5,000 00
Pay roll of laborers, $1,895 68
H. R. Worthington, meters, etc., 1,339 46
George Dunbar & Co., service pipe, etc.,
862 06
Davis & Farnum Manf. Co., supplies,
321 03
J. S. Newell & Co., 66
166 95
Walworth Manf. Co., 66
89 04
Union Water Meter Co., repairs, etc.,
34 08
J. C. Whitney, services as inspector,
32 50
B. & A. Railroad, freight,
31 53
Amounts carried forward,
$4,772 33
$5,000 00
85
Amounts brought forward,
$4,772 33
$5,000 00
Chadwick Lead Works, solder,
22 86
W. G. Bosworth, expressage, 11 82
Jenkins Bros., supplies,
10 42
E. R. Frost, digging trench, etc.,
10 21
C. A. Cole, blacksmithing,
6 75
T. Stuart, expressage,
5 00
O. B. Leavitt, supplies,
6 55
Thomas Belger,
3 58
J. Langtry, 66
3 10
Sundry small bills,
7 95
Total, as per item No. 47 of expenses, 4,860 57
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury, $139 43
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY, REAL AND PERSONAL.
Almshouse Department.
40 acres of land,
Buildings,
Personal Property,
$10,000 00 5,000 00 3,000 00
$18,000 00
City Hall Department.
City Hall, furniture and fixtures, $40,000 00 25 00
City seal,
35 00
Reports, statutes, and special laws,
300 00
Set standard weights and measures,
100 00
Record books, 200 00
100 00
Book-cases, maps, etc.,
40,760 00
Amount carried forward,
$58,760 00
City Stamps,
86
Amount brought forward, $58,760 00
Cemetery Department.
Land in Newton Cemetery,
$2,000 00
Tomb 66
800 00
2,800 00
City Engineering Department.
One transit, No. 1,
$140 00
One level,
120 00
One transit, No. 2,
200 00
One level,
120 00
Draughting materials,
136 00
Surveying 66
48 00
Tools,
12 00
Stationery,
55 00
Sundries,
25 00
856 00
Fire Department.
Steam Fire Engine House, No. 1 Engine, and apparatus, furniture, lock-up, dwelling-house, stable and land, $25,000 00
Steam Fire Engine House, No. 2 Engine, apparatus, land, etc., 25,000 00
Steam Fire Engine House, No. 3 Engine, and. apparatus, furniture, stable, lock- up, land, etc., 28,000 00
Hook and Ladder House, stable, land, etc., No. 2, 18,000 00
Hook and Ladder Carriage, etc., Newton- ville, 800 00
Hose Carriage, hose, etc., Newtonville, 1,500 00
Engine House, land, etc., 3,500 00
Hose Carriage House, stable, etc., Au- burndale, 5,000 00
Amounts carried forward,
$106,800 00
$62,416 00
87
Amounts brought forward, $106,800 00 $62,416 00
Hose Carriage, hose, etc., Auburndale,
800 00
Hose Carriage House, stable, etc., Lower Falls, 7,000 00
Hose Carriage, hose, etc., Lower Falls,
1,800 00
Fire Engine House, engine, land, etc., Upper Falls,
2,000 00
Fire Engine House, land, etc., Newton Centre, 4,000 00
Hose, apparatus, hooks, ladders, etc.,
2,000 00
Reservoirs for fire purposes,
Fire Alarm Telegraph, including team,
etc., 16,000 00
141,400 00
Free Library Department.
Newton Free Library, building and land, $42,000 00
10,000 00
Books,
52,000 00
Gravel and Gravel Lands.
Land on Pearl Street,
Ward 1, $2,000 00
66 on Jewett Street,
1, 2,000 00
66 on Dalby Street, 1, 66 1,400 00
66 on Dalby Street,
66
1, 500 00
66 on Crafts Street,
66
2, 500 00
66 on Cook Street,
on Watertown Street, 66
2, 1,000 00
66
in North Village, 66 2, 600 00
66
in North Village,
66
2, 500 00
66
on Pine Street,
66
3, 250 00
66 in Pine Street,
3,
400 00
66 in Ward 4,
Gravel on Washington Street, Ward 4,
1,000 00
66 on Washington Street, " 4, 1,400 00
Amounts carried forward,
$12,600 00 $255,816 00
2, 200 00
2, 300 00
66 in North Village,
550 00
1,000 00
88
Amounts brought forward,
$12,600 00 $255,816 00
Gravel on Walnut Street,
Ward 6, 600 00
on Elliot Street, 5, 500 00
66 on Parker Street, 66
ɔ̃, 250 00
Land on Willow and Centre Streets, Ward 6, 1,000 00
Land on Florence Street, Ward 5, 1,100 00
Land on Beacon Street, Ward 6, 200 00
16,250 00
Highway Department.
21 cart horses, $225, $4,725 00
17 horses used by Fire Dept., $225, 3,825 00
3 horses, $100, 300 00
1 horse for Superintendent of Streets, 150 00
1 horse for Engineer,
50'00
25 double and single carts,
2,500 00
43 harnesses,
850 00
4 double sleds, $200,
800 00
2 stone-crushers and houses,
4,000 00
2 stone wagons, express wagon, carriage and sleigh, 390 00
Tools, chains, derricks, blankets, etc., 1,600 00
19,190 00
Lighting Department.
For 1,085 posts, lanterns, burners, etc., $10, 10,850 00
Police Department.
Station-house, building and land, No. Village, $4,000 00
Furniture and bedding, 50 00
Furniture and bedding, Ward 1, 50 00
Furniture and bedding, " 6, 75 00
Horse, wagon, and harness,
350 00
Amounts carried forward, $4,525 00 $302,106 00
89
Amounts brought forward,
$4,525 00 $302,106 00
Horse, saddle, and bridle,
125 00
14 pairs handcuffs, $3 75,
52 50
12 clubs, $2 00,
24 00
3 lanterns, $4 00, 12 00
14 badges, $2 50,
35 00
13 parade clubs and belts, $3 60,
45 50
Blankets,
20 00
Record books,
25 00
4,864 00
School Department.
High School bl'd'gs, furniture and land, $57,000 00
Mason School-House,
66
66
48,000 00
Hyde
66
66
66
22,000 00
Prospect 66
66
66
30,000 00
Prospect
" No 2. 66
66
66
12,000 00
Hamilton 66
66
66 28,000 00
Williams
66
66
66 27,000 00
Pierce
66
66
66
32,000 00
Davis
66
66
66
13,000 00
Franklin
66
66
66
15,000 00
Claflin
66
66
66
31,500 00
Adams
66
66
66
22,000 00
Bigelow
66
66
66
34,000 00
Underwood 66
66
66
24,000 00
Lincoln
66
66
66
5,500 00
Jackson
66
66
66
14,000 00
School apparatus,
5,000 00
426,000 00
$732,970 00
66
6,000 00
Oak Hill 66
Table Showing the Number of Polls, Real and Personal Estate of the City, Amount of Tax, Rate per cent., Appropriations, etc., for Nineteen Years.
A. D.
Polls.
Real Estate.
Personal.
Total.
City, State and County Tax.
Rate.
Appropriations.
Houses.
1861.
2,056
$5,644,285 00
$1,955,835 00
$7,600,120 00
$57,804 88
$7 20
$47,500 00
1,330
1862.
1,989
5,476,805 00
2,495,821 00
7,922,620 00
56,599 17
6 60
35,000 00
1,374
1863.
1,911
5,504,367 00
2,988,195 00
8,492,562 00
64,968 65
7 20
40,000 00
1,399
1864.
2,046
5,637,755 00
2,309,021 00
7,946,776 00
78,000 55
9 50
52,500 00
1,421
1865.
2,118
5,756,185 00
3,390,075 00
9,146,260 00
113,991 12
12 00
60,000 00
1,438
1866.
2,297
6,394,835 00
4,560,724 00
10,955,559 00
114,149 59
10 00
75,000 00
1,491
1867.
2,438
7,227,285 00
4,995,127 00
12,222,412 00
153,990 88
12 20
95,000 00
1,552
1868.
2,736
9,104,567 00
5,366,602 00
14,441,169 00
193,208 88
13 00
160,000 00
1,671
1869.
2,937
10,288,610 00
5,634,266 00
15,922,876 00
188,990 46
11 50
150,000 00
1,826
1870.
3,055
11,407,070 00
6,330,922 00
17,737,992 00
222,514 71
12 20
185,000 00
2,077
1871.
3,199
12,770,420 00
6,615,593 00
19,386,013 00
223,521 32
11 20
185,000 00
2,220
1872.
3,420
15,792,950 00
8,463,904 00
24,256,854 00
334,314 87
13 50
291,050
00
2,392
1873.
3,659
18,446,275 00
7,537,775 00
25,984,050 00
384,089 84
14 50
333,300 00
2,523
1874.
3,917
20,032,800 00
8,048,645 00
28,081,445 00
372,893 53
13 00
320,000
00
2,657
1875.
4,089
21,073,495 00
7,882,374 00
28,955,869 00
399,085 46
13 50
351,000 00
2,876
1876.
4,334
21,128,120 00
7,072,845 00
28,200,965 00
392,201 13
13 60
350,004 99
3,004
1877.
4,045
20,007,025 00
6,627,488 00
26,634,513 00
370,319 38
13 60
402,200 00
3,057
1878.
3,882
18,604,105 00
6,408,825 00
25,012,930 00
352,942 43
13 80
378,400 00
3,150
1879.
4,010
17,456,655 00
6,330,697 00
23,787,352 00
326,959 64
13 40
367,850 00
3,178
90
91
TABLE
Showing amount paid for support of Poor out of Almshouse from 1851 to 1879, inclusive : -
1851
$138 56
1866
$643 72
1852
104 94
1867
1,268 08
1853
45 70
1868
1,464 53
1854
38 10
1869
2,019 28
1855
73 63
1870
2,197 41
1856
135 49
1871
3,713 39
1857
204 96
1872
2,884 79
1858
387 61
1873
3,066 59
1859
358 25
1874
3,895 51
1860
500 81
1875
5,553 79
1861
757 14
1876
9,336 14
1862
781 50
1877
10,259 57
1863
632 27
1878
8,284 10
1864
605 02
1879
8,246 42
1865
870 77
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS, 1880.
Mayor,
$1,000 00
City Clerk,
1,800 00
City Treasurer and Collector,
2,400 00
Assistant for Treasurer and Collector,
800 00
City Auditor,.
1,600 00
City Solicitor,
1,000 00
Chairman of Assessors,
1,200 00
Two Assessors, each,
700 00
Assistant Assessors, each per day,
4 00
City Messenger,
900 00
Clerk of Common Council,
300 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
75 00
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
92
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent of Streets, two horses and carriage furnished, $1,200 00
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