Town of Newton annual report 1889, Part 4

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 628


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EXCESS AND DEFI- CIENCY ACCOUNT.


OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.


Appropria- tions for 1889.


Trans- fers.


Total Appropria- tions.


Mayor's Warrants.


Treasurer's Payments.


Differ- ences.


Over- drawn.


Unex- pended.


Amounts brought forward


$624,651 15


-


$624,651 15


$613,774 10


$604,227 20


$17,903 70 $3,996 79 8,356 80


$14,873.84 3,696 79


Less Mayor's warrants of 1888, paid by treasurer in 1889, Amount of Mayor's warrants for 1889, paid by treasurer in 1890 appropriations .


-


-


1


23,977 29


-


-


-


-


-


-


$624,651 15 -


$613,774 10


$613,774 10


$9,546 90 -


-


-


-


$10,877 05


.


1


-


$580,249 91 33,524 19


$624,651 15


Transferred into treasury


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PERMANENT DEBT .- Descriptive List.


Rate.


Date of Loan, Etc.


Payable.


Amount.


Interest when Payable.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


6 per cent.


April


22, 1870,


April 22, 1890,


$20,000 00


April and October.


6


per cent.


April


22, 1870,


April 22, 1892,


30,000 00


April and October.


66


66


6 per cent.


5


per cent.


July


1, 1875,


July


1,1895,


34,000 00


January and July.


Water Bonds, $1,000 each


66


$1,000 each


5


per cent.


July


1, 1875,


July


1,1806,


250,000 00


January and July.


4 per cent.


Oct.


1, 1880,


Oct.


1, 1910,


100,000 00


April and October.


66


$1,000 each


4 per cent.


Oct.


1, 1884,


Oct. 1,1914,


100,000 00


April and October.


4 per cent.


Oct.


1,1887,


Oct


1,1917,


100,000 00


April and October.


66


66


$1,000 each


4 per cent.


Oct.


1, 1888,


Oct.


1,191},


67,000 00


April and October. April and October.


School-house Notes, $5,150 each


4 per cent.


Jan.


25, 1884,


One each year.


23,750 00


January and July.


School Loan Bonds, $1,000 each


4 per cent.


April


1,1885,


April 1, 1895,


44,000 00


April and October.


School Notes, $4,500 each


31/2 per cent.


Oct.


6, 1886,


One each year.


31,500 00


April and October.


Newton Free Library Loan, $4,600 eachı


31/2 per cent.


Oct.


4, 1887,


Qne each year.


9,200 00


March and September.


.


.


.


6 per cent.


July


1, 1875,


July


1, 1905,


600,000 00


January and July.


66


$1,000 each


.


.


4 per cent.


June


1, 1883,


April


1,1908,


25,000 00


45


.


$1,483,450 00


.


March 10, 1875,


March 10, 1894,


47,000 00


March and September.


Municipal Bonds, $1,000 each


$1,000 each


Public Park Bonds, $1,000 each


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STATEMENT OF THE KENRICK FUND.


The following is a statement of this fund and its income, Jan. 1, 1890 -


Amount invested


$1,250 00


Cash uninvested


2,750 00


Total fund


$4,000 00


Balance income on hand Jan.


1,1889


$155 00


Income received 1889 127 50


$282 50


Amount distributed 167 50


Balance


$115 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.


TAXES AND TAXABLE VALUATION.


The following will show the valuation of the property of the city on which taxes were assessed for the year 1889, with the amount of taxes and rate of taxation: -


Value of real estate


$25,390,300 00


Value of personal estate


9,264,372 00


$34,654,672 00


Tax received for corporation stocks


$59,216 53


Tax received for bank stocks 13,480 35


$72,696 88


City appropriations for current expenses,


$624,124 00


Deduct estimated receipts for 1889 134,100 00


$490,024 00


47


State tax.


34,060 00


County tax


26,406 19


Overlay


7,307 96


Total assessments $557,798 15


. Rate of taxation, $14.80 on $1,000.


LEDGER BALANCES.


DR.


Betterments Newtonville drain


#1,883 70


Bills receivable


250 00


Bills receivable Kenrick Fund


1,250 00


Cash .


68,130 24


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


Water construction


1,211,584 17


Public property owned by the city


1,001,486 35


$2,392,534 68


18


CR


City of Newton $720,787 12


Funded debt, 3 1-2 per cent. library notes 9,200 00


Funded debt, 3 1-2 per cent. high school notes 31,500 00


Funded debt, 4 per cent. school notes 25,750 00


Funded debt, 6 per cent. city notes 97,000 00


Funded debt, 4 per cent. school bonds 44,000 00


Funded debt, 4 per cent. park bonds


25,000 00


Funded debt, 5 per cent. municipal bonds


34,000 00


Funded debt, 4 per cent. water serip 367,000 00


Funded debt, 5 per cent. water serip 250,000 00


Funded debt, 6 per cent. water serip


600,000 00


Kenrick Fund 4,115 00


Mayor's warrants, unpaid bills


33,524 19


Newton Centre play ground committee .


6,000 00


Overlay 1884 432 66


Overlay 1885


3,336 44


Overlay 1886


2,676 21


Overlay 1887


2,306 51


Overlay 1888


2,237 63


Overlay 1889


3,362 20


Premium on tax sale


109 00


Read Fund income


626 19


Suspense account


738 05


Temporary loans


100,000 00


Claflin school enlargement


28,833 48


$2,392,534 68


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REPORT OF THE SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.


The Sinking Fund Commissioners of the City of Newton beg leave to report to the City Council their doings for 1889, as follows : -


Water Debt Sinking Fund.


On hand in cash and securities at par, JJan. 1,


1889 $254,317 07


Received interest on securities, loans and


bank deposits 11,013 33


Received appropriation by the city for 1889 22,000 00


$287,330 40


Invested as follows : -


City of Newton 5 per cent. water bonds, due July 1, 1906 ·


$73,000 00


City of Newton 4 per cent. water bonds, due Oct. 1, 1910 75,000 00


City of Newton 4 per cent.


water bonds, due April 1, 1914 65,000 00


City of Newton 4 per cent. water bonds, due Oct. 1, 1917 17,000 00


City of Newton 4 per cent. water bonds, due Oct. 1, 1918 £ 22,000 00


City of Newton 4 per cent. school note, due Jan. 25, 1894 5,150 00


Amount carried forward, $257,150 00


50


Amount brought forward, $257,150 00


Cash on deposit,


National Revere Bank . $22,052 44


Cash on deposit


Everett National


Bank


8,127 96 30,180 40


#287,330 40


City Debt Sinking Fund.


On hand in cash Jan. 1, 1889 $299 25


Received interest on bank balance 7 06


Received appropriation by the City for 1889 23,000 00


$23,306 31


Less paid City Treasurer to retire note due April 21, 1889 $23,000 00


$306 31


Deposited in Everett National


Bank


$306 31


Public Park Sinking Fund.


On hand in cash and securities at par, Jan. 1, 1889. $14,690 15 . Received interest on securities and bank de- posits 560 00


$15,250 15


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Invested as follows : -


City of Newton 4 per cent. water bonds, due April 1, 1914 $12,000 00


City of Newton 4 per cent.


water bonds, due April 1,1917 2,000 00


Deposit in National Revere Bank 1,250 15


$15,250 15


School Loan Sinking Fund.


On hand in cash and securities Jan. 1, 1889 $13,974 28 Received interest on securities and bank de- posits . 506 46


Received appropriation by the city for 1889 4,000 00


$18,480 74


Invested as follows : - City of Newton 4 per cent. water bonds, due April 1,1914 $4,000 00


City of Newton 4 per cent. water bonds, due Oct. 1917 5,000 00


City of Newton 4 per cent. water bonds, due Oct. 1, 1918 5,000 00


Cash on deposit in National Re- vere Bank 4,480 74


$18,480 74


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In April last we paid the City Treasurer #23,000.00 from the City Debt Sinking Fund, to enable him to pay a note of same amount due April 21, 1889.


We have bought of the city at par, $7,000 4 per cent. water bond, due 1918, for the Water Debt Sinking Fund and $5,000 due same time for the School Loan Sinking Fund.


We also reported to the City Council in October 1889, that there should be appropriated for the year 1890, as follows: -


For the water debt sinking fund $22,000 00


For the city debt sinking fund 22,000 00


For the school loan sinking fund 4,000 00


Respectfully submitted,


GEO. S. BULLENS, ALDEN SPEARE, GEORGE C. LORD, Sinking Fund Commissioners.


NEWTON, Jan. 1, 1890.


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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE READ FUND.


In accordance with Ordinance XLIV., Section 3, we beg leave to report to the City Council as follows : -


Amount of interest collected for 1889 $1,588 00


Less paid to the City of Newton 1,588 00


The City Council having appropriated and paid over to your Trustees $300.00 amount of the fund is now $40,000.00 and is invested as follows : -


Note of the City of Newton dated Nov. 30, 1889 on 12 months with interest semi-annually at 4 per cent. per annum.


GEO. S. BULLENS, ALDEN SPEARE, GEORGE C. LORD, Trustees of the Read Fund.


NEWTON, Jan. 1, 1890.


STATEMENT IN DETAIL OF RECEIPTS.


Almshouse.


Received from N. D. Moody,


warden, for the sale of hay,


straw, produce, wood, etc., $1,317 17 Received for board of Charles T. Sawyer and wife . 225 00


Received for board of J. T. Moody 30 00


Received for board of Elizabeth Griffeth .


112 00


Received for sale of gravel


100 00


Total as per item No. 1 of receipts $1784 17


54


Armory.


Received from Commonwealth of Massachu- setts for rent of armory, as per item No. 2 of receipts


$400 00


Board of Health.


Received from sundry persons on account of material and labor, as per No. 3 of re- ceipts $102 66


City Engineer's Department.


Received from Town of Watertown for service of Engineer and assistants on account of construction of Morse Field drain, as per item No. 4 of receipts $189 96


City Hall.


Received for use of hall, etc. $569 50


Received from treasurer of county


of Middlesex for rent of police court room . 500 00


Total, as per item No. 5 of receipts $1,069 50


Collector's Fees.


Received from John A. Kenrick, treasurer and collector of taxes, for summonses, adver- tising tax sales, etc., as per item No. 6 of receipts $380 49


Corporation Tax.


Received from Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, as per item No. 7 of receipts . $59,216 53


-


55


Curbing.


Received from sundry persons an account of curbing, as per item No. 8 of receipts ·


$1,199 01


Dog Tax.


Received from treasurer of county of Middle- sex for dog tax, as per item No. 9 of re- ceipts $2,708 52


Druggists' License Fees.


Received from sundry persons for liquor licenses of the sixth class, as per item No. 10 of receipts. $21 00


Drains and Culverts.


Received from George B. Nichols on account of drain in Middlesex road, as per item No. 11 of receipts . $350 00


Fire Department.


Received from Alden Speare's Sons & Co., refund of bill, as per item No. 12 of receipts .


$1 50


Funded Debt Water-Bonds.


April 1. Received from commissioners of the sinking funds of the City of Newton for seven City of New- ton water bonds, 4 per cent., $1,000 each, on account of wa- ter debt sinking fund $7,000 00


Amount carried forward


$7,000 00


56


Amount brought forward


April 1. Received from commissioners of the sinking funds of City of Newton for five City of Newton water bonds, 4 per cent., $1,000 each, on account of school loan sinking fund ·


$7,000 00


5,000 00


Nov. 26. Received from Blake Brothers & Co., for forty City of Newton water bonds, 4 per cent., $1,000 each, on account of water con- struction 40,000 00


Total, as per item No. 13 of receipts, $52,000 00


Highways, General Repairs.


Received from almshouse department for ma-


nure from city stables .


$276 00


Received from T. M. Clark, for stone 100 00


Received from sundry persons for crushed stone 1,945 87


Received for use of road roller


25 50


Received from S. R. Urbino for material and labor on drinking fountain, Lincoln


Park


80 78


Received from Albert Brackett & Son, refund of bills . 34 63


Received from sale of old material


61 51


Received from sale of gravel .


17 00


Received from town of Wellesley portion of freight on stone B. & A. R. R. Co.


14 53


Total as per item No. 14 of receipts $2,555 82


57


Interest on Deposits.


Received from Newton National Bank and First National Bank of West Newton, on daily balances, as per item No. 15 of re- ceipts


$772 24


Interest on Taxes.


Received from sundry persons, interest on taxes, as per item No. 16 of receipts $2,892 49


Interest on Water Bonds.


Received from Blake Brothers & Co., accrued interest on $40,000 4 per cent. water bonds, as per item No. 17 of receipts


$244 45


Indigent Soldiers and Sailors.


Received from Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, on account of aid to sundry persons, under Chapter 252, Acts of 1879, and Chapter 279, Acts of 1889, as per item No. 18 of receipts . $455 00


Kenrick Fund Income.


Balance uninvested Jan. 1, 1889


in city treasury $3,250 00


Balance of income on hand Jan.


1, 1889 155 00


$3,405 00


Income from investments in 1889, as per item


No. 19 of receipts 127 50


$3,532 50


58


Loaned and Expended.


Amount loaned Robert S. Har-


rison


$500 00


Distributed per order Board of


Aldermen, as per item No. 29 of expenses $167 50


Balance income on hand . 115 00 .


782 50


Balance uninvested Jan. 1, 1889 $2,750 00


Milk Licenses.


Received from agent of Board of Health


for milk licenses, as per item No. 20 of receipts


$65 00


Miscellaneous.


Received from Union Institution for Savings,


Boston, for tax of 1887 upon an estate in Ward 4, taxed in error, tax refunded and reassessed the present year, as per item No. 21 of receipts


$157 63


National Bank Tax.


Received from Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, National Bank tax, as per item No. 22 of receipts $13,480 35


Newton Centre Play Ground.


Received from Committee of Citizens, Newton Centre, on account of payment of land for playground, as per item No. 23 of receipts. .


$6,000 00


59


Newton Free Library-Catalogue Account.


Received from librarian for sale of catalogues,


as per item No. 24 of receipts . 14 00


Police Department.


Received from Edward W. Cate, clerk of po-


lice court, fees, fees for witnesses, fines, and costs,as per item No. 25 of receipts . . 998 98


Poor out of Almshouse.


Received from Commonwealth of Massachu-


setts for partial support, etc., of sundry persons . 679 09


Received for partial support of J. C. Gipson . 169 94


Received for partial support of J. Carroll 15 71


Received from City of Boston for partial sup- port of sundry persons . Received from City of Waltham for partial support of sundry persons 231 98


248 05


Received from City of Somerville for partial support of sundry persons 30 89


Received from City of Chelsea for partial sup- port of sundry persons .


94 60


Received from City of Lawrence for partial support of sundry persons 1 05


Received from Town of Plymouth for partial support of sundry persons 48 17


Received from Town of Needham for partial


support of sundry persons ·


41 63


Received from Town of Arlington for partial support of sundry persons 51 00


Amount carried forward $1,612 11


60


Amount brought forward $1,612 11


Received from Town of Blackstone for partial support of sundry persons 25 00


Received from Town of Sevoy for partial sup- port of sundry persons . 22 37


Received from Town of Pittsfield for partial


support of sundry persons 21 29


Received from Town of Wellesley, for partial support of sundry persons 21 00


Received from Town of Clinton for partial support of sundry persons 7 00


Received from Town of Watertown for partial support of sundry persons 1 90


Received from Town of Concord for partial support of sundry persons 40 91


Received from appropriation for indigent soldiers and sailors 10 00


Total as per item No. 26 of receipts $1761 58


Public Property.


Received for rent of Prospect schoolhouse hall $127 00 Received from Auburndale Village Improve- ment Society for rent of old Williams schoolhouse 50 00


Received from E. M. Fowle, treasurer, for use of Crystal pond 25 00


Received for rent of Oak Hill schoolhouse 14 00


Received from C. A. Purdy, out buildings Claflin school house


35 00


Received from J. J. Farrell for old fence, Claflin school house 15 00


Received from Simpson Brothers, error in bill 8 43


Received from J. D. Wellington for old carpet 2 50


Total as per item No. 27 of receipts $276 93


61


Premium on Water Bonds.


Received from Blake Brothers & Co., 112 41-100 per cent. on $40,000 City of Newton Water bonds, as per item No. 28 of receipts .


$4,964 00


Records and Other Fees.


Received from City Clerk for recording mort- gages, marriage certificates, assignments, etc., as per item No. 29 of receipts . $353 75


Read Fund Income.


Received from the trustees of the Read Fund, interest on investments, as per item No. 30 of receipts $1,614 22


Sinking Fund Commissioners.


Received from the commissioners of the sink- ing funds of the City of Newton for the payment of note of the town of Newton, as per item No. 31 of receipts $23,000 00


School Incidentals.


Received from H. M. Burr & Co., on account of error in bill, as per item No. 32 of re- ceipts · 84


Ships Engaged in Foreign Trade, Received from Commonwealth of Massachu- setts on account of ships engaged in foreign trade, as per item No. 33 of re- ceipts $821 83


*


62


State Aid.


Received from Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, on account of sundry persons, under chapter 301, Acts of 1879, and of 1889, as per item No. 34 of receipts . $974 00


Taxes of 1883 and Previous Years.


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1888 . $2,033 09


Received from sundry persons since Dec. 31, 1888, as per item No. 35 of receipts 20 00


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1889 . $2,013 09


Taxes 1884.


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1888 . .


$1,532 58


Received from sundry persons since Dec. 31, 1888, as per item No. 36 of receipts . 4 80


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1889 $1,527 78


Taxes 1885.


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1888 $1,602 79


Received from sundry persons since Dec. 31,


1888, as per item No. 37 of receipts 146 53


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1889 . $1,456 26


Taxes 1886.


Balance uncollected Dec.31,1888 $2,914 19


Received from sundry persons since Dec. 31, 1888, as per item No. 38 of receipts . 164 67


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1889 $2,749 52


63


Taxes 1887.


Balance uncollected Dec. 31. 1888 $4,909 91


Received from sundry persons, since Dec. 31,


1888 as per item No. 39 of receipts 2,859 18


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1889 . $2,050 73


Taxes 1888.


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1888 . $97,011 95


Received from sundry persons, since Dec. 31,


1888, as per item No. 40 of receipts . .


91,902 85


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1889 $5,109 10


Taxes 1889.


Amount assessed for state tax $34,060 00


Amount assessed for county tax 26,406 19


Amount assessed for city tax


457,524 00


Supplementary assessment


92 82


Tax on non-resident bank shares


1,563 65


Overlay


7,307 96


$526,954 62


Received from sundry persons to Dec. 31, 1889,


as per item No. 41 of receipts . 433,910 88


Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1889 . $93,043 74


Tution for Non Resident Pupils.


Received from sundry non-residents for tuition, as per item No. 42 of receipts $473 50


64


Temporary Loans.


Borrowed during the year, by authority of the City Council (in anticipation of taxes), for the payment of current expenses :- Feb. 6. Potter Lovell Co. at 2 3-4 per cent. per annum $25,000 00 Feb. 7. Potter Lovell Co. at 2 3-4 per cent. per annum 50,000 00 April 18. Potter Lovell Co. at 2 1-2 per cent. per annum 40,000 00


May 25. Potter Lovell Co. at 2 1-2 per cent. per annum 50,000 00


June 18. Potter Lovell Co. at 2 1-2 per cent. per annum 115,000 00


Aug. 5. Potter Lovell Co. at 3 per cent. per annum . 20,000 00 Aug. 6. Potter Lovell Co. at 3 per cent. per annum 10,000 00


Sept. 6. Potter Lovell Co. at 3 1-2 per cent. per annum 20,000 00


Sept. 27. Potter Lovell Co. at 3 per cent. per annum 30,000 00 · Nov. 30. Trustees of the Read Fund at 4 per cent. per annum 40,000 00


Dec. 12. Potter Lovell Co. at 3 3-4 per cent. per annum 40,000 00


Dec. 14. Potter Lovell Co. at 33-4 per cent. per annum 20,000 00


Total as per item No. 43 of receipts .


$460,000 00


65


Washington Street Bridge, Lower Falls.


Received from town of Wellesley in part for construction of bridge, as per item No. 44 of receipts $174 77


Water Meters, Rents.


Received from sundry persons for rent of meters, as per item No. 45 of receipts $3,193 05


Water Meters and Service Pipe.


Received from sundry persons for service pipe, labor, etc., as per item No. 46 of receipts, $5,907 70


Water Rates.


Received from sundry persons for use of water in 1889, by schedule rates, as per item No. 47 of receipts $19,429 81


Water Rates by Meters.


Received from sundry persons for use of water in 1889, by meters, as per item No. 48 of receipts $47,145 21


Watering Streets.


Received from sundry persons, contributors to- ward expense of watering streets, as per item No. 50 of receipts . $612 04


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STATEMENT IN DETAIL OF EXPENSES WITH APPROPRIA- TIONS, TRANSFERS, AND BALANCES.


Almshouse Expenses and Repairs.


Appropriation $4,000 00


Transferred from appropriation


for poor out of almshouse, 200 00


$4,200 00


N. D. Moody, services as warden, $700 00


N. D. Moody, sundry cash pay- ments 200 36


Eliza A. Moody, services as matron .


100 00


John T. Moody, services at almshouse .


180 00


Emma L. Moody, services at almshouse .


144 00


Nathan Freeman. services at almshouse 47 70


W. H. Fowles, services at alms- house .


25 80


Dr. James Utley. medical at- tendance 59 00


Dr. Fred E. Crockett, medical attendance


10 00


Dr. George J. Taylor, medical attendance 2 00


Frank W. Freeman, medicine,


16 89


George H. Ingraham, medicine, James MeGourty, funeral ser- vices .


5 25


10 00


Newton Cemetery, interment


5 00


Amounts carried forward $1,506 00


$4,200 00


67


Amounts brought forward $1,506 00 $4,200 00


Highway department, manure


from city stables


276 00


Crocker & Eldredge, groceries,


538 20


H. A. Sherman, groceries


133 38


J. H. Hoyt, groceries


7 50


J. W. Mitchell, coal


243 53


Water department, use of wa-


ter 68 17


Armour & Co., beef


129 64


V. A. Pluta, provisions


92 92


A. D. Hall, provisions


67 51


L. F. Mason, provisions


23 27


Swift & Co., provisions


4 96


W. H. Mague, house offal


27 50


J. F. C. Hyde, wood


164 00


James McIntosh, wood


122 50


Frank Linnell, fish and oysters


71 80


Geonge H. Ellis, ice


61 42


M. E. Society, for rent of pew .


45 00


Luther E. Leland, rent of barn


20 00


Albert Howe & Co., sled


26 00


Parker & Wood, sulky plow


68 90


Norcross, Mellen & Company, crockery 13 36


H. W. Crowell, grain


52 25


E. E. Moody, supplies


236 16


Schlegel & Fottler, supplies


10 76


Ames Plow Co., supplies


3 36


Francis Murdock & Co., sup- plies 1 50


Amounts carried forward $4,015 59


$4,200 00


68


Amounts brought forward $4,015 59 $4,200 00


O. Morse & Son, grinding corn 3 90


J. C. Farrar, blacksmithing 27 94


McCarthy & Nugent, black- smithing . 17 76


J. A. Nugent, blacksmithing . 9 45


J. R. MeLaughlin, care sick horse 2 00


O. F. Lucas, material and labor 32 14


E. W. Hodgson, material and labor 31 50


H. H Hunt, lumber


3 24


J. D. Henthorn, sundry cash expenses 1 19


Stephen F. Cate, use of team 1 00


Newton Journal, advertising . 2 00


Total, as per item No. 1 of expenses ฿4,147 71 Balance unexpended, transferred into excess and deficiency account $52 29


Armory Expenses.


Appropriation $1,000 00


Transferred from appropriation


for interest on city loans temporary


200 00


$1,200 00


B. S. Wetherbee, service as janitor, etc. $350 00


Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., gas 305 00


Amounts carried forward $655 00


$1,200 00


69


Amounts brought forward, $655 00 $1,200 00


Higgins & Nickerson, material and labor 200 00


Albert Brackett & Son, coal, etc. 129 14


C. S. Pulsifer, rent of land for rifle range 50 00


Water department, use of water 17 35


Edward Pike, material and labor


5 95


John Joyce, material and labor Charles A. Hill, material and


3 00


labor 2 25


F. E. Hamblin, material and labor 4 00


Total, as per item No. 2 of expenses $1,066 69


Balance unexpended, transferred into excess and deficiency account


$133 31


Bemis Bridge.


Dudley H. Bradlee, assignee,


payment on contract


$6,147 29


Fred H. Barnes, services as assistant engineer 425 82


W. H. Leatherbee & Son, lumber 210 01


Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., gas 45 11


John A. Kenrick, treasurer, labor, men and teams 49 19


Timothy Stuart, labor, men and teams


15 74


Amount carried forward $6,893 16


70


Imounts brought forward $6,893 16


A. O. Doane, services as assist- ant engineer 5 00


Stephen F. Cate, use of team 3 00


Adam Beck, material and labor 66 05 J. O. Evans' Sons, material and labor 2 50


Bailey & Hargedon, material and labor 1 79


Fleteher & Towne, supplies 2 20


Kendall & Higgins, supplies 2 20


Charles A. Cole, blacksmithing 2 00


M. Frank Lucas, lumber


1 87


Total, as per item No. 3 of expenses $6,979 77


Books, Stationery and Printing.


Appropriation


$4,500 00


The Newton Graphic, printing,


etc. . $1,125 23


Fanning Printing Co., printing, etc. . 603 78


Newton Journal, printing, etc., 249 26


Rockwell & Churchill, printing, etc.


229 80


Fort Hill Embossing & Print-


ing Co., printing, etc., 9 25


Fred G. Barker, printing etc., 3 75


Amounts carried forward $2,221 07


$4,500 00


71


Amounts brought forward


#2,221 07 $4,500 00


Alfred Mudge & Son, printing. etc. ·


2 25


Charles H. Stacy, stamps and stamped envelopes . ·


551 24


Newton Postoffice, stamped envelopes, etc. 97 80


C. L. Bourne, stamped en- velopes, etc. 33 80


Benjamin F. Otis, postage stamps 14 30


J. Q. Fuller, Boston directories 30 00


American Bank Note Co., check books 136 00


M. Sanson's, lime pens 24 00


Banker & Tradesman, subscrip- tion 5 00


Atherton Rubber Co., rubber bands


9 75


Drew, Allis & Co., maps and directories of Newton 60 80


Aaron R. Gay & Co., supplies


259 21


Thomas Groom & Co., supplies


105 15


C. J. Buffam & Co., supplies


77 00


50 55


J. L. Fairbanks & Co., supplies Hooper Lewis & Co., supplies 42 90 J. M. Whittemore & Co., sup- plies 40 54


M. R. Warren, supplies . 27 60


Samuel Ward Co., supplies 19 88


Adams, Putnam & Co., supplies


19 50


Amounts carried forward $3,828 34


$4,500 00


72


Amounts brought forward $3,828 34 $4,500 00


Francis Doane & Co., supplies 16 67


H. C. Dimond & Co., supplies 11 77




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