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26 68
A. L. Harwood, ce
5 95
Thomas Johnson, ee
5 94
F. H. Hunting, expressage expenses, 20 00
C. H. Jenison, 8 80 ce
Thomas Hall, repairs, etc.,
15 50
J. L. Randall, ce
11 45
V. Haffermehl, ce
6 95
W. P. Leavitt, ce
5 50
John McCamman, supplies, 10 75
G. M. D. Fernald, bells and fixtures, 9 85
Newton Cemetery Corporation, lawn mower, 12 00
Amounts carried forward, $9,690 64
$9,854 12
$9,854 12
93
. Amounts brought forward, $9,690 64 9,854 12
C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfector, 8 00
Ames Plow Co., platform truck, 8 00
Newton Republican, printing, 6 50
Asahel Wheeler, chloride lime,
6 26
Elias Caswell, moving furniture,
6 00
John Cummings, ce
5 00
D. Appleton & Co., Index, Am. Cyclo- pædia, 6 00
C. E. Bruce, cyclopædia, 6 00
M. Hewitt, furnace rakes, 6 00
Jerome Rice, curtains and fixtures, 6 00
Dr. A. W. Whitney, examination at Jack- son school, 5 00
Martin Walsh, labor, 5 00
Patrick Kennedy, 5 00
Sundry small bills, 84 72
Total, as per item No. 29 of expenses, $9,854 12
Changing Water Closets and Alterations in Mason School Building (Special).
Appropriation, $2,500 00
Ware & Van Brunt, services as ar- chitects, etc., $107 60
George F. Meacham, serv. as architect, 40 00
W. H. French & Co., for plumbing work, 888 09
William Petigrew, for carpenter work, 718 95
Charles S. Phillips, for painting, 69 18
N. & W. Gas Light Co., for chang- ing fixtures, 9 92
Total, as per item No. 30 of expenses, 1,833 74
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury, $666 26
1
94
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation, $3,000 00
Transferred from Appropriation for
Land Damages, by order of City Council, 650 00
$3,650 00
Simpson Bros., concreting, $2,912 44
Highway Department, labor, men and teams, 590 11
C. H. & A. F. Ireland, material and labor, 129 81
George Frost, half expense side-
walk, Highland Street, 17 64
Total, as per item No. 31 of expenses, $3,650 00
SINKING FUND. WATER BONDS.
Appropriation, $6,500 00
Special Appropriation, 8,000 00
$14,500 00
Amount paid Commissioners of Sinking Fund, as per item No. 32 of expenses, $14,500 00
SINKING FUND. CITY DEBT.
Appropriation, $12,750 00
Amount paid Commissioners of Sinking Fund, as per item No. 33 of expenses, 12,750 00
SALARIES.
Appropriation, $12,900 00
Amount carried forward, $12,900 00
95
Amount brought forward, $12,900 00
R. M. Pulsifer, Mayor, $1,000 00
Edwin O. Childs, City Clerk, 1,800 00
John A. Kenrick, Treasurer and Collector, 2,400 00
John A. Kenrick, for Assistant, 800 00
Peter Thacher, City Collector, 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, ce 700 00
Joseph D. Wellington, City Messenger, 900 00
Orrin Whipple, Assistant Assessor, 36 00
Joseph Walker,
70 00
O. F. Lucas,
36 00
NEWTON,
Rufus Moulton,
40 00
S. N. Woodward,
56 00
George Warren,
78 00
John Warner,
44 00
Joseph D. Wellington, Sealer of
Weights and Measures, 75 00
Total, as per item No. 34 of expenses, $12,835 00
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury,
$65 00
STATE AID.
Appropriation,
$1,300 00
Joshua V. Ramsdell,
$120 00
S. C. Spaulding,
72 00
Thomas Dinnean,
72 00
William Watson,
72 00
Amounts carried forward, $336 00
$1,300 00
96
Amounts brought forward,
$336 00
$1,300 00
Ann Duvall, 64 00
N. D. Tibbetts,
54 00
M. Hagerty, 48 00
B. Madden,
48 00
Thomas Dolan,
48 00
Eliza M. Jackson,
48 00
L. T. Sanger,
48 00
E. Burke,
48 00
Anna C. Boyd,
48 00
Mary Duran,
48 00
Sarah Fell,
48 00
Catherine McAleer,
48 00
E. H. Belcher,
44 00
Mary A. B. Pratt,
44 00
Mary Welch,
44 00
Benjamin E. Sweetland,
43 50
E. P. Pratt, 28 00
Lowell M. Maxham, 27 00
Thomas McMahon, 16 50
C.'Gunnison, 4 00
William Leonard, 4 00
Total, as per item No. 35 of expenses, 1,189 00
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury,
$111 00
TAXES, 1880, STATE.
Amount assessed for State Tax, $24,120 00
Amount paid to State Treasurer, as per item No. 36 of expenses, $24,120 00
97
TAXES, 1880, COUNTY.
Amount assessed for County Tax, $12,120 60
Amount paid to County Treasurer, as per item No. 37 of expenses, $12,120 60
TAXES, 1880, NATIONAL BANK.
Amount paid to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for non-Residents of Newton, National Bank shares, as per item No. 38 of expenses, $806 28
TAXES, 1880, CORPORATION.
Amount paid to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 'per item No. 39 of expenses, $2 98
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Nov. 3, paid Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, $60,000 00
Nov. 8, paid Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, 60,000 00
Nov. 10, paid Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co., 60,000 00
Dec. 8, paid Suffolk Savings Bank,
30,000 00
Total, as per item No. 40 of expenses,
$210,000 00
USE OF HYDRANTS.
Appropriation, $7,600 00
Water Department,
$7,600 00
Total, as per item No. 41 of expenses, $7,600 00
98
WATER MAINTENANCE.
Appropriation, $9,350 00
Albert S. Glover, services as regis-
trar, $1,500 00
Albert S. Glover, sundry office ex- penses, 25 97
H. N. Hyde, Jr., services as super- intendent, 1,500 00
H. N. Hyde, Jr., sundry cash ex- penses, 49 72
J. C. Whitney, services as inspec- tor, etc., 630 20
Thomas Coughlan, services as engi- neer, 1,180 00
J. W. Kent, services as fireman, etc., 590 00
Pay-roll of laborers, 2,179 83
James Nickelson, wood and coal, 470 04
Albert Brackett, coal,
13 00
J. Edward Hills, " 12 50
E. Smead & Co., hay and grain, 148 30
Alvah Walker & Co., oil, 84 60
Leonard & Ellis, oil, 63 75
Boston Machine Co., supplies, 64 75
H. R. Worthington, ce
41 28
Thomas C. Lothrop & Co., supplies,
38 87
Boston Car Spring Co., supplies,
16 55
Howe & French,
13 94
Paine & Morehouse,
10 67
D. C. Morgan,
8 25
G. Wadleigh, ce
4 54
Parker & Gannett,
3 10
L. Armstrong,
ce
3 00
Amounts carried forward,
$8,652 86
$9,350 00
99
Amounts brought forward, $8,652 86 $9,350 00
J. C. Fuller, supplies, 2 98
Adam Beck, material and labor,
. 42 00
Charles Scott, ce
33 85
G. F. Fuller, ce
33 54
E. F. Moses,
22 50
M. Hewitt, se
16 50
Charles A. Cole, ce
9 75
J. Langtry, ce
9 65
J. D. Billings, ce
5 92
O. B. Leavitt, ce
3 60
E. T. Holmes, telephone rental, 40 00
Charles Williams, Jr., ce
40 00
Stearns & George, ce
20 00
Stephen F. Cate, use of horse and carriage, 42 50
Harris' Express, use of horse and carriage, 15 00
D. Harrington & Son, use of horse and carriage, 6 50
W. H. Mague, use of horse and carriage, 5 00
G. W. Bush, use of horse and car- riage, 5 00
J. E. Cahill, use of horse and car- riage, 5 00
A. F. Noyes, sundry cash expenses, 18 42
H. Whitney, hay, 19 06
Charles M. Fay, hay,
12 95
John Ward, ce
11 66
John Keating, teaming wood,
15 75
Daniel Murphy, labor,
15 00
Amounts carried forward, $9,104 99
$9,350 00
1
100
Amounts brought forward, $9,104 99 $9,350 00
Timo. Stuart, labor, men and teams, 12 00
Cranitch & Horrigan, material and labor, 14 31
N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas, 8 90
Ames Plow Co., stalk cutter, 6.00
Bosworth's Express, expressage, 5 25
T. A. Ward, care of reservoir,
48 00
J. E. Warner, services, 4 50
J. Quincy Harrington, filing saws, etc.,
4 00
Dr. E. F. Thayer, care and medicine for sick horse, 10 00
Sundry small bills, 5 75
Total, as per item No. 42 of expenses, 9,223 70
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury,
$126 30
WATER MAINTENANCE, METER AND SERVICE PIPE.
Appropriation, $3,500 00
Additional, transferred from receipts
by order City Council, 750 00
$4,250 00
Pay-roll of laborers, $1,809 65
H. R. Worthington, meters, etc.,
1,682 70
National Meter Co., ce
164 50
W. E. Desper, ce
15 85
Union Water Meter Co., repairing meters,
53 00
Thomas Cunningham & Sons, pipe, 244 73
Amounts carried forward, $3,970 43 $4,250 00
101
Amounts brought forward, $3,970 43 $4,250 00 Walworth Manf. Co., supplies, 167 03 Jenkins Bros., " 18 54
Davis & Farnum Manf. Co., supplies, 2 05
B. & A. Railroad, freight, 22 27
The Local Line Through Freight Co., freight, 5 86
H. N. Hyde, Jr., sundry cash expenses, 9 80
D. Harrington & Son, horse and carriage hire, 6 00
O. B. Leavitt, material and labor,
4 31
Sundry small bills, 5 95
Total, as per item No. 43 of expenses, 4,212 24
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury, $37 76
WATER MAINTENANCE (SPECIAL).
Appropriation, $600 00
W. E. Worthen, services as engineer, $535 00
Total, as per item No. 44 of expenses, 535 00
Balance unexpended, transferred into Treasury,
$65 00
WATER CONSTRUCTION.
Total expenditure to Dec. 31, 1879, $835,283 23
Pay-rolls of laborers, $6,054 05
Warren Foundry & Machine Co., iron pipe, 4,181 00
Davis & Farnum Manf. Co., castings, etc., 1,498 28
Amounts carried forward,
$11,733 33 $835,283 23
102
Amounts brought forward, $11,733 33 $835,283 23
Boston Machine Co., hydrants, etc., 821 40
Chapman Valve Manf. Co. " 758 81
Walworth Manf. Co., supplies, 641 07
Chadwick Lead Works, lead, 582 01
W. H. Mahanna et al., labor, etc., 393 50
Boston & Albany Railroad, freight, 359 67
Thomas Cunningham & Sons, pipe, 303 97
Camden Iron Works, ce
210 36
Timothy Stuart, carting pipe, etc.,
208 95
G. Fuller & Son, lumber, 185 33
Otis Pettee & Co., supplies, 160 02
John T. Langford, lead,
107 36
M. Hewitt, blacksmithing, 257 26
E. Keegan, 123 85
Chas. A. Cole, ce
94 59
A. Peters, ce
86 55
A. Danforth, ce
44 50
B. F. Barlow, ce
12 94
J. C. Farrar, ce
10 39
Lathrop & Bourne 4 78
P. A. McVicar,
3 31
Thomas Belger, 1 32
D. Harrington & Son, use of horse and carriage, 94 87
Geo. F. Blake Manf. Co., use of pump, 90 00
Boston Car Spring Co., supplies, 78 35
Edward Crocker, labor at pumping station, 73 50
E. Smead & Co., hay and grain, 71 94
Bosworth's express, expressage, 70 70
Farrar, Follett & Co., wire, 54 91
f
Amounts carried forward, $17,639 54 $835,283 23
103
Amounts brought forward,
$17,639 54 $835,283 23
George Dunbar & Co., supplies, 52 20
Thomas C. Lothrop & Co., "
41 33
L. N. Hatch, ce
37 75
G. Wadleigh, ce
25 80
A. J. Fiske & Co.,
ce
23 93
Frost & Adams,
18 90
Stearns & George, supplies,
16 09
O. F. Howe, ce
15 63
Paine & Morehouse,
14 03
Parker & Gannett, ce
13 00
G. A. Goodyear, powder and fuse,
46 25
Portland Stone Ware Manuf. Co., cement, etc., 51 15
T. W. Hoxie & Co., cement, etc.,
23 25
Darling & Stebbins, 13 50
Paul & Cleveland, brick, etc.,
20 60
S. C. Nightingale, hose, etc., 25 64
Ross, Turner & Co., hose, 20 00
H. M. Darling & Co., globes, etc., 19 00
Sabin & Page, blankets,
17 00
J. M. Briggs, painting,
16 00
N. & W. Gas Light Co., gas,
14 64
C. M. Fay, hay, 14 61
John Ward, " 13 15
Harris Express, expressage, 11 25
Sewall & Day, Cordage Co., jute bands, 10 40
Howe & French, brimstone, 9 76
Bagnell & Loud, block, 9 00
Orrin Whipple, lumber, 7 20
Jenkins Bros., packing, 6 30
L. Nickerson, making awning, 6 00
Amounts carried forward, $18,252 90 $835,283 23
104
Amounts brought forward, $18,252 90 $835,283 23
S. F. Cate, use of horse and carriage,
6 00
E. F. Moses, material and labor, 41 25
J. D. Billings,
ce
36 85
J. J. McNutt,
"
"
17 81
Charles Scott,
16 50
Sundry small bills,
55 42
On account of suit v. Devlin, Long & Moore, to Russell and others, by order of City Council, 662 20
Total, as per item No. 45 of ex- penses, $19,088 93
Received.
Rebate on bill of supplies, $2 00
Received for laying service pipe, etc., 499 48
Total, as per item No. 35 of receipts, $501 48
Transferred from receipts from Service Pipe and
Meters, by order of
City Council,
1,442 92
1,944 40
17,144 53
Total Expenditure to Dec. 31, 1880,
$852,427 76
SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY, REAL AND PERSONAL.
Almshouse Department.
40 acres of land,
$10,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$10,000 00
105
Amount brought forward, $10,000 00
Buildings,
5,000 00
Personal Property,
3,000 00
$18,000 00
City Hall Department.
City Hall, furniture and fixtures,
$40,000 00 25 00
City seal,
City stamps, 35 00
Reports, statutes and special laws,
300 00 .
Set standard weights and measures, 100 00
Record books,
200 00
Book-cases, maps, etc.,
100 00
40,760 00
Cemetery Department.
Land in Newton Cemetery,
$2,000 20
Tomb, ce
800 00
2,800 00
City Engineering Department.
Two transits, $200 each,
$400 00
Three ce
140
420 00
Two levels, 120 "
240 00
Draughting materials,
126 00
Surveying
48 00
Tools,
12 00
Horse, wagon, etc.,
300 00
1,546 00
Fire Department. Steam Fire Engine House, No. 1 Engine, and apparatus, furni- ture, lock-up, dwelling-house, stable and land, $20,000 00
Amounts carried forward, $20,000 00
$63,106 00
106
Amounts brought forward, $20,000 00 $63,106 00
Steam Fire Engine House, No. 2 En-
gine, apparatus, land, etc., 25,000 00
Steam Fire Engine House, No. 3 En- gine, and apparatus, furniture, stable, lock-up, land, etc., 28,000 00
Hook and Ladder House, stable, land, etc., 18,000 00
Hook and Ladder Carriage, etc., Newtonville, 800 00
Hose Carriage, hose, etc., Newton- ville, 1,500 00
Hose Carriage house, stable, etc., Auburndale, 5,000 00
Hose Carriage, hose, etc., Auburn- dale, 800 00
Hose Carriage house, stable, etc., Lower Falls, 7,000 00
Hose Carriage, hose, etc., Lower Falls, 1,500 00
Fire Engine house, engine, land, etc., Upper Falls, 5,000 00
Hose Carriage,hose,etc., Upper Falls, 1,500 00
Fire Alarm Telegraph, including team, etc., 18,000 00
132,100 00
Free Library Department.
Newton Free Library, b'ld'g and land, $42,000 00 Books, 10,000 00
52,000 00
Amount carried forward, $247,206 00
107
Amount brought forward,
$247,206 00
Gravel and Gravel Lands.
Land on Jewett Street, Ward, 1, 2,000 00
on Dalby Street,
ce 1, 200 00
on Dalby Street, 1, ce 100 00
ce on Crafts Street,
ce 2, 500 00
" on Chapel Street, ce
2, 100 00
ce on Watertown Street, ce
2, 1,000 00
ce in North Village, ce
2, 100 00
in North Village, ce
2, 100 00
ce
on Auburndale Ave.,
3, 1,200 00
ce on Pine Street,
ce
3, 250 00
ce in Pine Street, "
3, 550 00
Gravel on Washington St., Ward 4, 1,000 00
on Washington St., ce 4, 1,400 00
on Walnut Street, Ward 6, 600 00
ce on Elliot Street, ce
5, 500 00
ce on Parker Street, ce 5, 250 00
Land on Willow and Centre Streets, Ward 6, 500 00
Land on Florence Street, Ward 5,
800 00
Land on Beacon Street, Ward 6,
200 00
Land on Homer Street, Ward 6, 5,000 00
16,350 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
2 horses for Superintendent of Streets, 375 00 25 double and single carts, 2,500 00
Amounts carried forward, $11,725 00 $263,556 00
108
Amounts brought forward, $11,725 00 $263,556 00
43 harnesses, 850 00
4 double sleds, $200,
800 00
2 stone-crushers and houses, 4,000 00
2 stone wagons, wagon, carriage and sleigh, 525 00
Tools, chains, derricks, blankets, etc., 1,600 00
19,500 00
Lighting Department.
For 1,113 posts, lanterns, burners, etc., $10, 11,130 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
Wagon and harness, 150 00
Horse, saddle and bridle,
200 00
Horse, saddle and bridle,
125 00
15 pairs handcuffs, $3.75,
56 25
13 clubs, $2,
26 00
6 lanterns, $2.50,
15 00
16 badges,
100 00
15 parade clubs and belts, $3.50,
52 50
Blankets,
20 00
Record Books,
25 00
4,944 75
School Department.
High School bl'd'gs, furn're and land, $57,000 00 Mason School-house, " 49,100 00
Amounts carried forward,
$106,100 00 $299,130 75
109
Amounts brought forward,
$106,100 00 $299,130 75
Hyde school-house furn're and land, 22,000 00
Prospect
"
30,000 00
Prospect ec
No. 2, ec
6,000 00
Oak Hill
ce
12,000 00
Hamilton ce
28,000 00
Williams
ce
27,000 00
Pierce ce
32,000 00
Davis
ce
se
13,000 00
Franklin
ce
ce
15,000 00
Claflin
ce
ce
31,900 00
Adams
22,000 00
Bigelow
ce
ce
34,000 00
Underwood ce
ce
24,000 00
Lincoln
ce
5,500 00
Jackson
ce
ce
14,000 00
School apparatus,
5,000 00
School-house lot on Pearl Street,
2,000 00
429,500 00
Water Department.
Building for pipe fitting, etc., stable and land, 3,500 00
$732,130 75
For cost of Water Works, see Water Construction Account.
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Table Showing the Number of Polls, Real and Personal Estate of the City, Amount of Tax, Rate per cent, Appropriations, etc., for Twenty 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.
1,010
17,456,655 00
6,330,697 00
23,787,352 00
326,959 64
13 40
367,850 00
3,178
1880.
4,132
17,718,270 00
7,481,830 00
25,200,100 00
361,139 40
14 00
388,525 00
3,214
110
111
TABLE
Showing amount paid for support of Poor out of Almshouse from 1851 to 1880, 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
1880
6,455 80
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS, 1880.
Mayor,
$1,000 00
City Clerk,
2,000 00
City Treasurer and Collector,
2,675 00
Assistant for Treasurer and Collector,
1,000 00
City Auditor,
1,700 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
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112
Highway Department.
Superintendent of Streets, two horses and car- riage furnished, $1,200 00
Four Assistant Superintendents, each per day, 2 75
City Engineer, . 1, 600 00
Fire Department.
Chief Engineer, team furnished, $1,200 00
Assistant Engineer, 300 00
Superintendent of Fire Alarm Telegraph, 800 00
Three Engineers of Steamers, each, 900 00
Four Drivers of Steamers and Hook and Ladder Co., each, 700 00
Eight Foremen of Steamers and Hook and Lad- der and Hose Co., each, 80 00
Eight Assistant Foremen and Clerks of Steam- ers, and Hook and Ladder and Hose Co., each, 65 00
Fifty-eight hosemen and ladder men, each, 60 00
Police Department.
City Marshal, team furnished, $1,300 00
Sergeant of Police, 950 00
Two mounted policemen, each, 900 00
900 00
Thirteen policemen each,
Two policemen, each, 825 00
First year of service, 750 00
Second year of service, 825 00
Third and subsequent years,
900 00
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Poor Department.
Seven Overseers of Poor, each, $50 00
City Almoner and Clerk of Board, 700 00
Warden of Almshouse, 550 00
Water Department.
Water Registrar, $1,500 00
Superintendent of Water Works, 1,500 00
Inspector of metres and fixtures,
900 00
Engineer at Pumping Station, 1,200 00
Fireman and Watchman, Pumping Station,
600 00
Schools.
Superintendent, $2,700 00
One teacher,
2,700 00
Four teachers, at $1,900,
7,600 00
One teacher,
1,850 00
Three teachers, at $1,500,
4,500 00
One teacher,
1,400 00
One teacher,
8,00 00
One teacher,
1,200 00
Three teachers, $1,000,
3,000 00
Two teachers, $950,
1,900 00
Thirteen teachers, $750,
9,750 00
Thirty-nine teachers, $600,
23,400 00
One teacher,
550 00
One teacher,
500 00
One teacher,
450 00
Three teachers, $400,
1,200 00
Secretary of School Committee,
300 00
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Janitors.
One Janitor,
$650 00
626 00
540 00
ce
425 00
ce
400 00
ce
300 00
ce
275 00
200 00
ce
180 00
ce
120 00
Two Janitors, at $96,
192 00
Library.
Librarian,
$800 00
Assistant Librarian, 500 00
Two assistants, for service, one shilling per hour.
Janitor,
600 00
CITY CLERK'S REPORT. 1881.
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
CITY OF NEWTON, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE,
February 1, 1881.
The following report of the Births, Marriages and Deaths occurring in this City for the year ending December 31, 1880, are comprised in carefully and accurately prepared tables, which present facts relating to 326 births, 152 marriages and 277 deaths. The aggregate of this registry is 755, an excess of 22 over the total for 1879.
Further comparison with the vital statistics of 1879 shows that in that year the registered number of births was larger by 52 ; the registered number of marriages was smaller by 45 ; the registered number of deaths smaller by 29.
The natural increase of population in 1880, or excess of births over deaths, was 49, a number less by 81 than the in- crease (130), in 1879.
The rate of births, marriages and deaths of Newton par- ties during the year is as follows :
Births, 19.23+ to 1000 of population.
Marriages, 13.23+ to 1000 of
Deaths, 16.29+ to 1000 of ce
The excess of birth rate over death rate is 2.94+ per thousand, or .294 per cent, a decrease of .395 per cent from 1879.
The excess of death rate in 1880 over that of 1879 was 2.04+ per thousand, or .204 per cent.
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The excess of marriage rate in 1880 over that of 1879 was 4.61 + per thousand, or .461 per cent.
One living child was born to every 53 of the population ; one person in every 76 at all ages was married ; and one per- son in every 61 died.
The number of still-births was seven, three less than in 1879.
The registered number of male children born alive exceeds that of the females by 5.
MARRIAGES.
The whole number of marriages registered in 1880 was 152. In 1879 the number was 107.
Of the 304 persons married during the year, 225 resided in Newton.
The age of the youngest person married was eighteen years ; that of the oldest seventy-one years.
275 persons were married for the first time; 26 for the second time, and 3 for the third time.
The registration of marriages is not ever complete, but the error on this score was not greater in 1880 than in previous years.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths in 1880 exceeds that of 1879 by 29.
The number of deaths under five years of age was 90 ; 48 males and 42 females.
Consumption was the cause of death in forty-five cases, two more than in 1879.
There were eleven more deaths from pneumonia in 1880
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than in 1879 ; five more from cholera infantum ; nine from old age ; six from apoplexy, and sixteen from diphtheria.
The number of deaths from scarlet fever was five less than in 1879 ; from typhoid fever one.
Diphtheria was very prevalent in the city during the year, and proved fatal in thirty-eight cases, twenty-four of its vic- tims being less than five years of age.
There were but three fatal cases of scarlet fever and three of typhoid fever during the year.
The increase of diphtheria in certain localities of the city calls for, and should receive, the prompt attention of the local Board of Health both as to the cause of the disease and the prevention of contagion.
The statute law requiring physicians to report all cases of contagious diseases, is honored in Newton more in the breach than in the observance. With stringent rules of the Board of Health it is to be hoped this evil will be remedied.
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TABLE I. - BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 1880.
General Abstract, exhibiting the Births, Marriages and Deaths regis- tered in the City of Newton for the year ending December 31, 1880; distinguishing the sex and parentage of children born, the nativity of persons married, and the sex and aggregate and average ages of the number who died.
BIRTHS.
Population of 1880, 16,996.
Sex.
Parentage.
Whole Number.
M.
F.
Unk.
Am.
For.
Am. Fa. and For. Mo.
For. Fa. and Am. Mo.
326
165
160
1
144
136
19
27
MARRIAGES.
Nativity.
Couples.
American.
Foreign.
Am. Male and For. Female.
For. Male and Am. Female.
152
96
29
13
14
DEATHS.
Ages in Years.
Sex.
Persons.
No. whose Ages are Registered.
Under 5 Years.
Males.
Females .!
Males.
Females.
Aggregate.
Average.
277
136
141
271
48
42
8548
31.54+
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TABLE II. - BIRTHS, 1880.
Distinguishing by months and by sex the registered number of children born alive during the year.
MONTHS.
SEX.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
TOTAL.
Male, Female,
10
21
10
9
13
16
14
10
13
13
16
16
161
11
11
11
10
10
18
19
10
13
9
16
20
158
Totals,
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