Town of Newton annual report 1889, Part 3

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
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Committee on Almshouse and Poor.


ALDERMAN. GEORGE PETTEE. COUNCILMEN.


EDMUND T. WISWALL.


GEORGE F. RICHARDSON


Committee on Assessors' Department. ALDERMAN. WILLIAM F. HARBACH. COUNCILMEN.


EVERETT E. MOODY. ELLIOTT J. HYDE


*WILLIAM C. BATES appointed to fill vacancy. +Resigned. EDWARD L. COLLINS appointed to fill vacancy September 16. #Resigned July 8. EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN appointed to fill vacancy September 16.


CITY GOVERNMENT.


xix


Highway Surveyors. ALDERMEN.


WILLIAM F. HARBACII.


GEORGE PETTEE


EVERETT E. MOODY.


ALBERT W. RICE.


Committee on Parks, Squares, and Burial Grounds.


ALDERMEN.


GEORGE PETTEE. FREDERICK JOHNSON


ALBERT W. RICE.


ERMUND T. WISWALL


ALBERT H. ROFFE.


JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEES.


Sewerage. ALDERMEN.


N. HENRY CHADWICK. ADAMS K. TOLMAN


ALBERT W. RICE.


FRANK J. HALEŤ


FREDERICK J. RANLETT.


Rules and Orders.


EDWIN O. CHILDS. WILLIAM F. HARBACH .


FREDERICK J. RANLETT.


JOHN A. FENNO


FRANK J. HALE.Į


Read Fund. ALDERMEN.


JOHN C. KENNEDY.§ EDWIN O. CHILDS


COUNCILMEN.


ALBERT W. RICE.


EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN .**


REUBEN FORKNALL LOUIS A. HALL.


Revision of the Ordinances. At Large, EDWARD H. MASON .*** From the Board of Aldermen, EDWIN O. CHILDS. From the Common Council, FREDERICK J. RANLETT.


*Resigned September 3. WILLIAM C. BATES appointed to fill vacancy.


+Resigned July 8. ELLIOTT J. HYDE appointed to fill vacancy. #Resigned July 8. EDWARD L. COLLINS appointed to fill vacancy September 16. §Resigned July 8. EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN appointed to fill vacancy September 16. ** WILLIAM C. BATES, Vice HAMBLEN.


*** Resigned September 16. WILLIAM B. FOWLE appointed to fill vacancy, declined. ELIJAH W. WOOD appointed to fill vacancy.


N. HENRY CHADWICH. COUNCILMEN, EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN* ARTIIUR F. LUKE.


COUNCILMEN.


COUNCILMEN.


ALDERMEN.


COUNCILMEN.


XX


CITY GOVERNMENT.


Removal of Almshouse. THE MAYOR. ALDERMEN.


N. HENRY CHADWICK.


GEORGE PETTEE COUNCILMEN. REUBEN FORKNALL. EDMUND T. WISWALL


ALBERT H. ROFFE.


LOUIS A. HALL.


GEORGE F. RICHARDSON.


STANDING COMMITTEE, BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.


Committee on Police. THE MAYOR.


FREDERICK JOHNSON.


JOHN C. KENNEDY .*


Committee on Licenses, Weights and Measures.


ALDERMEN.


N. HENRY CHADWICK FREDERICK JOHNSON.


STANDING COMMITTEES, 'BOARD OF ALDERMEN.


Committee on Elections and Returns.


ALDERMEN.


GEORGE PETTEE.


EDWIN O. CHILDS


Committee on Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions.


ALDERMEN. JOHN C. KENNEDYt


EDWIN O. CHILDS.


STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.


Committee on Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions.


COUNCILMEN.


EVERETT E. MOODY.


EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN. # ELLIOTT J. HYDE. Clerk of Committees. BENJAMIN F. OTIS.


*Resigned July 8. ADAMS K. TOLMAN appointed to fill vacancy September 16. +EPHRAIM S. HAMBLEN appointed to fill vacancy.


#Resigned September 3. EDWARD L. COLLINS appointed to fill vacancy.


DUTIES OF THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.


THE following are the important provisions of the Ordi- nance setting forth the duties of the City Auditor :-


The Auditor shall receive all accounts and claims against the City, after the same shall have been certified by the Com- mittee, or the proper certifying officers authorized on behalf of the City to make the contract, or cause the expenditure to be made. He shall carefully examine all such accounts and claims, see that they are correctly cast and duly authorized by the City Council or its order, and, having certified to the same, shall present them properly filed and labelled, to the Committee on Accounts.


The Auditor shall act as clerk of the several standing and joint standing committees, and as secretary of the Sink- ing Fund Commissioners and Trustees of the Read Fund, without extra ( pensation.


The Aud on or before the first day of March annu- ally, shall makt report to the City Council of the receipts and expenditure of the past financial year, in detail, and shall give, in his report, a schedule of the property of the City and of leases thereof, and an exhibit of the loans or debts bearing interest, due from the city, the rates of interest, and the time when payable. He shall each month transmit to the Mayor, and each member of the City Council, a statement showing the amounts expended and unexpended of each appropriation.


AUDITOR'S REPORT.


CITY OF NEWTON, AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT, March 17, 1890.


To THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL:


Gentlemen,-In conformity with the requirements of the several sections of the City Ordinances, I have the honor to present herewith the Annual Report of the receipts and ex- penditures of the City of Newton for the financial year commencing Jan. 1, and terminating Dec. 31, 1889, with a detailed account of each department, a statement of the liabilities and assets, a table showing the funded debt, the rates of interest, and times when notes and bonds are payable, another showing appropriations, mayor's drafts, treasurer's payments and balances, a statement of the Sinking Funds and of the Read Fund, a summary statement of receipts and expenditures for the year, a statistical table, showing the number of polls, real and personal estate, town, city, county, and state taxes, rate of taxation, appropriations, etc., with the number of houses from year to year for twenty-nine consec- utive years. Among the remaining tabulations will be found a schedule of the City property so arranged as to show in separate classification the property belonging to the alms- house, fire, highway, school, and other departments. In addition to these, is also given such other information apper- taining to the fiscal interests of the City as may possess general interest.


Very respectfully, BENJAMIN F. OTIS, Auditor.


CITY OF NEWTON, DEC. 31, 1889 TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL :


Gentlemen :- In accordance with Section 11, Ordinance 4, I have the honor to lay before you the statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Treasury Department for the year ending December 31, 1889.


Very respectfully yours, JOHN A. KENRICK, Treasurer and Collector.


CITY TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


CITY OF NEWTON in account with JOHN A. KENRICK, Treasurer and Collector. YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1889. DR.


Almshouse expenses and repairs


$4,111 40


Armory


1,222 79


Bemis bridge


8,745 57


Books, stationery and printing


3,940 48


Board of Health


6,792 69


Burial lot, Newton Cemetery


3,500 00


Burial grounds


719 18


Claflin school


4,666 52


Curbing


1,888 29


City Hall


2,106 43


City Engineer's department


8,101 59


County tax


26,406 19


Drains and culverts


12,919 93


Elections and registration of voters


4,799 02


Evening schools


659 75


Fire department


28,933 32


Funded debt, 4 per cent. note


23,000 00


Funded debt, 4 per cent. note, school loan


5,150 00


Funded debt, 3 1-2 per cent. note


4,500 00


Amount carried forward


$152,163 15


26


Amount brought forward


$152,163 15


Funded debt, 3 1-2 per cent. note, Free Library, 4,600 00


Gravel land 2,445 10


Highways, general repairs


73,480 55


Highways, widening


15,200 90


Interest on city loans, permanent


13,616 00


Interest on city loans, temporary


5,866 34


Interest on water bonds


61,340 00


Indigent soldiers and sailors


1.013 00


Kenrick fund


667 50


Land damages


550 00


Memorial Day


500 00


Miscellaneous expenses


10,280 69


Morse field drain


408 36


Newton Cottage Hospital


1,500 00


Newton Free Library


10,350 76


National bank tax


1,544 52


Overlay, 1887


20 54


Overlay, 1888


1,507 18


Overlay, 1889


3,945 76


Parks and squares


1,926 48


Police department


25,984 14


Poor out of almshouse


8,320 43


Public property


13,949 15


Read fund income


1,883 16


Removal of ashes


3,702 86


Salaries .


19,654 08


Schools .


107,529 34


School incidentals


10,382 73


Sanitary improvement, City Hall


2,200 00


Sewerage


117 84


Amount carried forward


$556,650 56


27


Amount brought forward


$556,650 56


Sidewalks


15,953 79


Sinking fund, city debt


23,000 00


Sinking fund, school loan


4,000 00


Sinking fund, water bonds


22,000 00


State tax


34,060 00


Street lights


22,043 10


State aid


1,126 00


Temporary loans


469,700 00


Thompsonville school-house


1,149 18


Use of hydrants


11,320 00


Water construction


51,403 92


Water maintenance


15,627 63


Water maintenance, meter and service pipe


3,521 68


Water rebate .


414 51


Watering streets


6,104 84


Watering troughs and drinking posts


1,078 23


Washington street bridge


4,440 32


$1,243,593 76


Balance in the treasury Dec. 31, 1889


68,130 24


$1,311,724 00


CR.


Balance in the treasury December 31, 1888


$64,817 46


Almshouse


1,784 17


Armory


400 00


Board of Health


102 66


City Engineer's department


189 96


City Hall


1,069 50


Collector's fees


380 49


Amount carried forward


$68,744 24


28


Amount brought forward


$68.744 24


Corporation tax


59,216 53


Curbing


1,199 01


Dog tax


2,708 52


Drains and culverts


350 00


Druggists' licenses


21 00


Fire department


1 50


Foreign ships


821 83


Funded debt, 4 per cent. water bonds


52,000 00


Highways


2,555 82


Interest on bank deposits


772 24


Interest on taxes


2,892 49


Interest on water scrip


244 45


Indigent soldiers and sailors


455 00


Kenrick fund income


127 50


Meter rents


3,193 05


Milk licenses


65 00


Miscellaneous


157 63


National bank tax


13,480 35


Newton Centre play-ground committee


6,000 00


Police department


998 98


Poor out of almshouse


1,761 58


Public property


276 93


Premium on water scrip


4,964 00


Record and other fees


353 75


Read fund income


1,614 22


Sinking fund commissioners (to pay note)


23,000 00


School incidentals


84


State aid


974 00


Taxes, 1883


20 00


Amount carried forward


$248,984 46


Newton Free Library, catalogue account


14 00


29


Amount brought forward


$248984, 46


Taxes, 1884


4 80


Taxes, 1885


146 53


Taxes, 1886


164 67


Taxes, 1887


2,859 18


Taxes, 1888


91,902 85


Taxes, 1889


433,910 88


Tuition of non-resident pupils


473 50


Temporary loans


460,000 00


Washington street bridge


174 77


Water maintenance, meter and service pipes


5,907 70


Water rates


19,429 81


Water rates by meters


47,145 21


Water construction


7 60


Watering streets


612 04


$1,311,724 00


CITY OF NEWTON, CITY HALL, West Newton, Jan. 6, 1890.


The Joint Committee on Finance beg leave to report that in pursuance of Section 13, Ordinance 4, they have examined the books and accounts of the Treasurer and Collector for the financial year ending December 31, 1889, and find them correct in all respects and all payments properly vouched. Cash on hand December 31, 1888 $64,817 46


Total cash receipts for the year ending Dec. 31,


1889 1,246,906 54


$1,311,724 00


Payments for the year


1,243,593 76 .


Cash on hand at close of business, Dec. 31, 1889 2


$68,130 24


30


This balance has been verified by the examination of the bank balances, to the credit of the eity, and cash and cash items in the office.


They further report that there remains due and uncol- leeted the following taxes and assessments :


Taxes, 1883, and previous years


$2,013 09


Taxes, 1884


1,527 78


Taxes, 1885


1,456 26


Taxes, 1886


2,749 52


Taxes, 1887


2,050 73


Taxes, 1888


5,109 10


Taxes, 1889


93,043 74


$107,950 22


Curbing assessments


456 98


Betterments on drains, Wards 1 and 2, esti-


mated


700 00


.


$109,107 20


Respectfully submitted,


ADAMS K. TOLMAN. LAWRENCE BOND. EVERETT E. MOODY. JOHN A. FENNO.


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LIABILITIES OF THE CITY OF NEWTON TO DEC. 31, 1889, INCLUSIVE.


Water loan, 6 per cent. . $600,000 00


Accrued interest on same


18,000 00


Water loan, 5 per cent. . Accrued interest on same


250,000 00


6,250 00


Water loan, 4 per cent.


367,000 00


Accrued interest on same 3,670 00


Town notes, 6 per cent. . Accrued interest on same


$97,000 00


1,444 49


98,444 49


Municipal bonds, 5 per cent. $34,000 00


Accrued interest on same


850 00


Public park bonds, 4 per cent. $25,000 00


250 00


25,250 00


School house notes, 4 per cent.


*25,750 00


Accrued interest on same


446 33


26,196 33


School loan bonds 4 per cent. .


$44,000 00


Accured interest on same


440 00


High School loan, 3 1-2 per cent. $31,500 00 Accrued interest on same 257 25


31,757 25


Newton Free library loan, 3 1-2


per cent.


$9,200 00


Accrued interest on same


77 82


9,277 82


Temporary loans ฿100,000 00


Accrued interest on same


. 133 33


100,133 33


Amount carried forward,


$1,615,269 22


$1,244,920 00


34,850 00


Accrued interest on same


44,440 00


32


Amount brought forward, Uninvested portion of principal of Kenrick Fund


$1,615,269 22


$2,750 00


Accrued interest on same 115 00


2,865 00


Suspense account, amount in treasury subject to call by sundry parties 738 05


Read Fund income


626 19


Premium on tax sale .


109 00


Special deposit made by Newton Centre Play Ground committee for purchase of land for Play Ground . 6,000 00


Mayor's warrants unpaid, ap-


propriation


33,524 19


Mayor's warrants unpaid, water construction,


1,851,72


Amount carried forward, $1,660,983 37


33


DETAILED STATEMENT OF ASSETS.


Amount brought forward,


$1,660,983 37


Balance of taxes


1883 and previ- vious years · $2,013 09


Balance of taxes 1884


1,527 78


Balance of taxes


1885


1,456 26


Balance of taxes


1886


2,749 52


Balance of taxes


1887


2,050 73


Balance of taxes


1888


5,109 10


Balance of taxes


1889 93,043 74


$107,950 22


Due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as follows : - On account of aid to soldiers and sailors under Chapters 301 and 279 Acts of 1889 . 1,500 00


Balance of corporation tax 2,719 37


314 69


Balance of National Bank tax . Due from miscellaneous sources, namely : -


Due from county treasurer, dog tax 1889 2,911,94


Amounts carried forward $115,396 22


$1,660,983 37


34


Amounts brought forward $115,396 22 $1,660,983 37


From sundry persons for bet- terments on drains, Wards 1 and 2, estimated 700 00


From sundry persons, sidewalks, curbing assessments, etc. 456 98


Cash on hand


68,130 24


Sinking Funds.


Water debt sinking fund ; - City of Newton


water bonds, 5


per cent. . . $73,000 00 City of Newton water bonds, 4


per cent. . . 179,000 00


City of Newton schoolhouse note, 4 per cent. 5,150 00


Cash on deposit on


interest


30,180 40


$287,330 40


. City debt sinking fund : - Cash on deposit on interest, $306 31


Public Park sinking fund : - City of Newton water bonds 4


per cent. . . $14,000 00


Cash on deposit on


interest


1,250 15


1


$15,250 15


Am'ts carried forward $487,570 30 $1,660,983 37


35


Am'ts brought forward $487,570 30 $1,660,983 37


School loan sinking fund : -


City of Newton water bonds 4


per cent. . $14,000 00


Cash on deposit on interest 4,480 74


$18,480 74


506,051 04


$1,154,932 33


RECAPITULATION. Water Debt.


Water loan . . $1,217,000 00


Accrued interest on same


27,920 00


Mayor's warrants unpaid for construction 1,851 72


$1,246,771 72


Sinking fund


287,330 40


Net water liability .


$959,441 32


City Debt, exclusive of Water Debt.


Town notes .


$97,000 00


Accrued interest on same


1.444 49


$98,444 49


Municipal Bonds


$34,000 00


Accrued interest on same


850 00


34,850 00


Publie Park bonds


$25,000 20


Accrued interest on same


250 00


25,250 00


Schoolhouse notes .


$25,750 00


Accrued interest on same


446 33


26,196 33


Amount carried forward


$184,740 82


36


Amount brought forward School loan bonds


$44,000 00


Accrued interest on same


440 00


44,440 00


High school loan .


#31,500 00


Accrued interest on same


257 25


31,757 25


Newton Free Library loan


$9,200 00


Accrued interest on same


77 82


9,277 82


Temporary loans .


$100,000 00


Accrued interest on same


133 33


Uninvested portion of principal


of Kenrick fund


$2,750 00


Accrued interest on same


115 00


2,865 00


Suspense account, amount in treasury subject to call by sundry parties


738 05


Read fund income


626 19


Premium on tax sale


109 00


Special deposit made by Newton Centre play ground committee for purchase of land for play ground 6,000 00


Mayor's warrants unpaid, appropriations, etc.,


33,524 19


$414,211 65


Cash on hand


$68,130 24


Sinking fund


306 31


Public park sinking fund


15,250 15


School loan sinking fund


18,480 74


Balance taxes uncollected


107,950 22


Other assets uncollected


8,602 98


218,720 64


Net city liability


$195,491 01 .


$184,740 82


100,133 33


37


RECEIPTS.


The receipts for the year ending Dee. 31, 1889, are shown in the aggregates, as credited in the following accounts : -


Number of Account.


1. Almshouse $1,784 17


2. Armory . 400 00


3. Board of Health 102 66


4. City Engineers department 189 96


5. City Hall


1,069 50


6. Collector's fees 380 49


7. Corporation tax


59,216 53


8. Curbing 1,199 01


9. Dog tax . 2,708 52


10. Druggists' license fees 21 00


11. Drains and culverts . 350 00


12. Fire department 1 50


13. Funded debt, 4 per cent. water bonds 52,000 00


14. Highways, general repairs


2,555 82


15. Interest on deposits 772 24


16. Interest on taxes


2,892 49


17. Interest on water bonds


244 45


18. Indigent soldiers and sailors


455 00


19. Kenrick Fund income 127 50


20. Milk licenses 65 00


21. Miscellaneous . 157 63


22. National bank tax 13,480 35


23. Newton Centre play ground committee 6,000 00


24. Newton Free Library, catalogue account 14 00


25. Police department 998 98


26. Poor out of almshouse 1,761 58


27. Public property 276 93


Amount carried forward,


$149,225 31


38


Amount brought forward, #149,225 31


28. Premium on water bonds . 4,964 00


29. Record and other fees 353 75


30. Read fund income 1,614 22


31. Sinking fund commissioners 23,000 00


32. School incidentals


84


33. Ships engaged in foreign trade


821 83


34. State aid .


974 00


35. Taxes 1883 20 00


36. Taxes 1884


4 80


37. Taxes 1885


146 53


38. Taxes 1886


164 67


2,859 18


40. Taxes 1888


39. Taxes 1887 91,902 85


433,910 88


42. Tuition for non-resident pupils .


473 50


43. Temporary loans


460,000 00


44. Washington street bridge


174 77


45. Water meters, rents


3,193 05


46. Water maintenance, meters and service pipe 5,907 70


47. Water rates 19,429 81


48. Water rate by meters 47,145 21


49. Water construction . 7 60


50. Watering streets


612 04


41. Taxes 1889


$1.246,906 54 Total receipts


39


EXPENSES.


The claims of the year ending December 31, 1889, as approved and drawn for in the anditor's office, are shown in the aggregates as charged to the following accounts :-


Number of Account.


1. Almshouse expenses and repairs $4,147 71


2. Armory expenses 1,066 69


3. Bemis Bridge . 6,979 77


4. Books, stationery and printing . 3,910 03


5. Board of Health 6.848 16


6. Burial lot ( Soldiers and Sailors ) 3,500 00


7. Burial grounds 388 06


8. Claflin school building 4,666 52


9. City Engineer's Department 7,986 35


10. City Hall expenses 2,092 66


11. Elections and registration of voters 4,905 98


12. Fire Department


28,778 85


13. Funded debt, town note 23,000 00


14. Funded debt, schoolhonse note 5,150 00


15. Funded debt, High school building 4,500 00


16. Funded debt, Newton Free Library building 4,600 00


17. Highways, curbing 1,979 91


18. Highways, drains and culverts 12,706 26


19. Highways, general repairs 72,080 05


20. Highways, gravel land


789 55


21. Highways, land damages . 50 00


22. Highways, removal of ashes 3,702 86


23. Highways, sidewalks and street crossings . 14,245 90


24. Highways, widening, reconstruction and improvements 15,323 90


Amount carried forward,


$233,299 21


40


Amount brought forward,


#233,399 21


25. Interest on city loans, permanent


13,616 00


26. Interest on city loans, temporary 5,866 34


27. Interest on water bonds .


61,340 00


28. Indigent soldiers and sailors


985 00


29. Kenrick Fund income+


167 50


30. Memorial Day


500 00


31. Miscellaneous expenses


11.097 53


32. Newton Free Library 10,294 89


33. Newton Cottage Hospital 1,500 00


34. Parks and squares


1,659 74


35. Police Department


26,663 44


36. Poor out of almshouse


8,371 73


37. Public property 18,537 46


38. Read Fund income 1,686 96


39. Salaries .


18,140 00


40. Schools, evening


659 75


41 Schools, general appropriation


107,529 34


42. Schools, incidentals 10,527 29


43. Sanitary improvement of City Hall . 2,300 00


44. Sewerage 117 84


45. Sinking fund, city debt


23,000 00


46. Sinking fund, school loan 4,000 00


47 Sinking fund, water bonds


22,000 00


48. State aid 1,126 00


49. Street light department


22,134 43


50. Taxes 1889, county


26,406 19


51. Taxes 1889, National Bank


1,544 52


52. Taxes 1889, state 34,060 00


53. Temporary loans 469,700 00


54. Water construction


49,704 33


Amount carried forward


$1,188,635 49


41


Amount brought forward $1,188,635 49


55. Water maintenance 15,420 78


56. Water meters and service pipe 3,532 00


57. Water rebate on bills 408 01


58. Watering streets and water for same 6,204 84


59. Watering troughs and drinking posts 1,078 23


60. Water, use of hydrants 11,320 00


61. Washington street bridge, Lower Falls 3,897 06


Total Expenses,


$1,230,496 41


Table showing Appropriations, Transfers, Mayor's Warrants, Treasurer's Payments, Differences, Excess and Deficiency Accounts.


OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.


Appropria- tions for 1889.


Trans- fers.


Total Appropria- tions.


Mayor's Treasurer's Warrants. Payments.


Differ- ences.


Over- drawn.


Unex- pended.


Almshouse expenses and repairs


$4,000 00


$200 00


$4,200 00


$4,147 71


$4,111 40


$36 31


$52 29


Armory expenses


1,000 00


200 00


1,200 00


1,066 69


1,222 79


-156 10


133 31


Books, stationery and printing


4,500 00


4,500 00


3,910 03


3,940 48


-- 39 45


589 97


Board of Health


.


$4,000 €0 )


6,750 00


6,750 00


6,848 16


6,792 69


55 47


$98 16


Additional by order of City Council


2,750 00 )


400 00


400 00


388 06


719 18


-331 12


11 94


Burial grounds


City Engineer's department


8,000 00


8,000 00


7,986 35


8,101 59


-- 115 24


13 65


City Hall expenses


2,000 00


2,000 00


2,092 66


2,106 43


-13 77


92 66


42


Elections and registration of voters


1,900 00


3,000 00


4,900 00


4,905 98


4,799 02


106 96


5 98


Fire department


28,100 00


238 50


28,338 50


28,778 85


28,933 32


-154 47


440 35


Highways, curbing


2,000 00


2,000 00


1,979 91


1,888 29


91 62


20 09


Highways, drains and culverts


$11,500 00 }


12,350 00


500 00


12,850 00


12,706 26


12,919 93


-213 67


143 74


Additional by order of City Council


850 00)


Highways, general repairs


·


$60,000 00 }


71,611 00


500 00


72,111 00


72,080 05


73,480 55 -- 1,400 50


-


30 95


Additional by order of City Council


11,611 00)


1,000 00


1,000 00


789 55


2,445 10


-1,655 55


-


.


.


500 00


450 00


50 00


50 00


550 00


-500 00


-


.


5,000 00


1,000 00


4,000 00


3,707 74


3,702 86


4 88


292 26


Highways, sidewalks and street crossings


14,000 00


450 00


14,450 00


14,245 90


15,953 79 -1,767 89


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.


15,500 00


15,500 00


15,323 90


15,200 90


123 00


176 10


Indigent soldiers and sailors


1,000 00


1,000 00


985 00


1,013 00


-28 00


-


15 00


Interest on city loans, permanent


14,000 00


14,000 00


13,616 00


13,616 00


384 00


Interest on city loans, temporary


10,000 00


3,500 00


6,500 00


5,866 34


5,866 34


633 66


Interest on water bonds .


61,500 00


61,500 00 500 00


500 00


500 00


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.


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


160 00


Memorial day


500 00


1


-


-


-


-


-


-


1


1


-


210 45


Highways, gravel land


Highways, land damages


Higliways, removal of ashes


-


204 10


Highways, widening, reconstruction and improvements,


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61,340 00


61,340 00


EXCESS AND DEFI- CIENCY ACCOUNT.


Miscellaneous expenses


$7,000 00}


Additional from City Treasury per order


7,157 63


1,861 50


9,019 13


11,097 53


10,280 69


816 84


2,078 40


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of City Council


157 63


10,295 00


10,295 00


10,294 89


10,350 76


-55 87


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Newton Free Library, note


4,600 00


4,600 00


4,6 0 00


4,600 00


Newton Cottage Hospital


1,500 00


1,500 00


1,500 00


1.500 00


Parks and squares .


2,000 00


2,000 00


1,659 74


1,926 48


-266 74


340 26


Police department .


33,195 00


33,195 00


26,663 44


25,984 14


679 30


6,531 56


Poor out of almshouse


8,800 00


200 00


8,600 00


8,371 73


8,320 43


51 30


228 27


Public property


$10,000 00}


17,950 00


17,950 00


18,537 46


13,949 15


4,588 31


587 46


Additional by order of City Council


7,950 00 )


Salaries


18,099 00


18,099 00


18,140 00


19,654 08


-- 1,514 08


41 00


Schools, evening


1,000 00


1,000 00


659 75


659 75


340 25


Schools, general appropriation . Dog tax, 1889, by order of City Council


$106,215 00 }


108,923 52


700 00


108,223 52


107,529 34


107,529 34


694 18


Schools, incidentals


10,000 00


700 00


10,700 00


10,527 29


10,382 73


144 56


172 71


School note (addition to High school building)


4,500 00


4,500 00


4,500 00


4,500 00


School-house note (Williams and Eliot)


5,150 00


5,150 00


5,150 00


5,150 00


Sinking fund, city debt


23,000 00


23,000 00


23,000 00


23,000 00


Sinking fund, school loan


4,000 00


4,000 00


4,000 00


4,000 00


Sinking fund, water bond


22,000 00


22,000 00


22,000 00


22,000 00


State aid .


1,000 00


200 00


1,200 00


1,129 50


1,126 00


3 50


70 50


Street light department


27,000 00


2,000 00


25,000 00


22,134 43


22,043 10


91 33


2,865 57


Use of hydrants


11,320 00


11,320 00


11,320 09


11,320 00


Water maintenance


14,800 00


14,800 00


15,420 78


15,627 63


-206 85


620 78


Water meters and service pipe


3,500 00


3,500 00


3,532 00


3,521 68


10 32


32 00


Water, rebate on bills .


500 00


500 00


408 01


414 51


-6 50


91 99


Watering streets and water for same


6,500 00


6,550 00


6,204 84


6,104 84


100 00


345 16


Watering troughs and drinking posts


1,200 00


1,200 00


1,078 23


1,'78 23


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-


121 77


. Additional appropriation on account of Newton Centre play ground, by order of City Council ·


10,000 00


10,000 00


10,000 00


10,000 00


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-


Additional appropriation on account of Bemis bridge, by order of City Council


1,000 00


1,000 00


1.000 00


1,000 60


Amounts carried forward


$624,651 15


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5624,651 16 8613,774 10 :604,227 20


817,903 70 83,996 79 14,873 84


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-


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1


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-


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2,708 52 )


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1


43


Newton Free Library


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Table showing Appropriations, Transfers, etc .- Concluded.




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