Town of Newton annual report 1889, Part 8

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


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Alice M. Nelson, assistant 518 75


Clara H. Thompson, assistant


600 00


Margaret A. Mague, assistant


600 00


Amounts carried forward


$62,265 86 $108,223 52


152


Amounts brought forward $62,265 86 $108,223 25


Barnard School.


Calista S. Wood, principal $281 25


Anna L. Hazelton, principal 351 56


Susan E. Copeland, assistant 600 00


Lizzie F. Jones, assistant


600 00


$64,098 67


Williams School.


John O. Godfrey, master . . $1,770 00


Elizabeth A. Pinnock, first assistant . 300 00


Helen S. Tolman, first assistant . 281 25 .


Harriette S. Bachelder, assistant


397 50


Ann B. Smith, assistant 600 00


Mary Noble, assistant


375 00


Edith A. Matteson, assistant 600 00


Dora A. Allen, assistant


600 00


Florence L. Wilson, assistant


510 00


Celia Battles, assistant 187 50


Kate Glynn, assistant


82 50


Sarah E. Stuntz, assistant


79 69


Nellie P. Warren, assistant


112 50


Mabel A. Langley, assistant


72 00


$70,066 61


Hamilton School.


Luther E. Leland, master . $1,900 00


Anna G. Swain, first assistant


750 00


Ellen M. Leland, assistant


600 00


Hilma M. Ekman, assistant


420 00


Amounts carried forward


$73,736 61 $108,223 52


153


Amounts brought forward $73,736 61 #108,223 52


Blanche Henshaw, assistant 75 00


M. Ethelyn Stearns, assistant 22 50


$73,834 11


Prospect School.


Charles E. Hussey, master . $1,900 00


Martha L. Perkins, first assistant


750 00


Ella F. Crooker, assistant . 600 00


Lucy A. Hayward, assistant 600 00


Mary P. Fanning, assistant 600 00


Linda E. Nickelson, assistant


518 75


$78,802 86


Hyde School.


George A. Moore, master . . $1,900 00


Charlotte E. Cameron, first assistant . 750 00


Gertrude Blackmer, assistant 600 00


Harriet J. Brooks, assistant 568 75


Flora M. Stuart, assistant 518 75


N. Grace Gould, assistant


600 00


$83,740 36


Mason School.


Albert L. Harwood, master . $1,900 00


Ellen S. Baker, first assistant


₹50 00


Maria F. Wood, assistant 600 00


Anna C. Bush, assistant 150 00


Mary Tenney, assistant


600 00


Roberta J. Hardie, assistant


600 00


Georgia P. Bucknam, assistant .


600 00


Amounts carried forward


$88,940 36 $108,223 52


154


Amounts brought forward $88,940 36 $108,223 52


Isabel N. Gladwin, assistant


187 50


Della Noyes, assistant


225 00


Sarah E. Stuntz, assistant


150 00


$89,502 86


Rice School.


Mary E. Mason, principal $750 00


Margaret Martin, assistant 600 00


Adelaide L Thompson, assistant


·


420 00


S. Emma Thompson, assistant ·


408 75


Myra A. Fletcher, assistant


168 75 .


Jennie P. Baker, assistant


150 00 .


M. Ethelyn Stearns, assistant


78 75


$92,079 11


Oak Hill School.


Louise N. Burbank, principal $618 75


Theodora A. Chase, principal 87 50


$92,785 36


Thompsonville School.


Helen A. Davis, principal $750 00


$93,535 36


Janitors.


John Cummings, High . $953 00


Michael Powers, High . 140 00


C. R. Young, Bigelow and Underwood 768 00


Honora Sweeney, Lincoln


144 00


Amounts brought forward,


$95,540 36 $108,223 52


155


Amounts brought forward $95,540 36 $108,223 25


Mary Welch, Eliot and Jackson . 441 00


James H. Whalen, Eliot and Jackson . 147 00


Mary Delaney, Adams 360 00


John Dorney, Claflin . 360 00


Thomas Johnson, Peirceand Davis 528 00


James H. Proctor, Davis 66 00


George W. Cross, Peirce 30 00


Bridget Cox, Franklin


264 00 .


John Woody, Barnard 264 00


Martin Walslı, Williams 456 00


James H. Boit, Hamilton


276 00


Joshua L. Randall, Prospect


372 00


James C. Newcomb, Hyde . 90 00


George M. Geyer, Hyde 270 00


Albert C. Marston, Mason and Rice 696 00


William E. Wiswall, Oak Hill . 108 00


John A. Hahn, Thompsonville 96 00


$100,364 36


Fuel.


Albert Brackett & Son, coal . $3569 55


C. F. Eddy & Co., coal, etc. . 2168 86


J. W. Mitchell, coal .


.


1426 57


Total, as per item No. 41 of expenses $107,529 34


Balance unexpended, transferred into excess and deficiency account $694 18


156


School Incidentals.


Appropriation . $10,000 00


Transferred from general appropria- tion for schools, by order of City Council 700 00


$10,700 00


Thorp & Adams Mfg. Co., books, etc . $1,490 03 Wm. Ware & Co., books . 487 53


Ginn & Co., books . 312 36


Harper Brothers, books 250 31


Willard Small, books 226 26


J. D. F. Brooks, binding books . 224 38


F. M. Ambrose, books 160 10


D. Appleton & Co., books . 137 65


Edward E. Babb & Co., books


108 37


Lee & Shepard, books


99 73


Carl Schoenhoff, books


85 77


Leach, Shewall & Sanborn, books 76 18


A. S. Barnes & Co., books 64 61


D. C. Heath & Co., books 57 83


Boston School Supply Co., books 49 36


A. C. Stockin, books . 46 63


Warren P. Adams, books . 40 18


Harrison, Hume & Co., books


35 26


Silver Burdette & Co., books


30 30


Charles Scribner's Sons, books . 27 70


Interstate Publishing Co., books


27 26


A. A. Waterman, books . 24 56


Roberts Brothers, books


22 50


Amounts carried forward


$4,084 86


$10,700 00


157


Amounts brought forward $4,084 86 *10,700 00


Allyn & Bacon, books 18 90


Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books 16 38


Iveson, Blakeman & Taylor, books ·


14 30


Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., books 10 95


Charles W. Sever, books 4 80


Charles H. Kilborn, books


3 75


Drew, Allis & Co., books


2 00


Martin C. Laffie, truant officer


425 27


Lawrence Industrial School, support of truants . 156 61


Water department, use of water ·


779 63


Newton & Water Gas Lt. Co., gas . 100 80


Newton Odorless Excavating Co., cleaning cesspool .


145 00


W. H. Mague, cleaning cesspool 122 50


N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. rentals 68 70


M. E. Sherwood, clerical assistance 204 00


Thomas Emerson, travelling expenses 91 62


Ellen L. Bond, travelling expenses 49 48


Julia Grant, travelling expenses 16 46


Martha M. Dix, travelling expenses . 14 86


J. H. Daniels, diplomas 115 90


George E. Bridges, taking census of children from 5 to 15 . 89 00


Henry M. Burr & Co., ribbon 24 01


Maitland's Brockton Band, music


·


80 00


A. G. Whitcomb, furniture 556 57


E. L. & F. S. Rollins, shades 54 98


Charles Hopkins, furniture


5 50


Amounts carried forward $7,256 83


$10,700 00


1


158


Amounts brought forward $7,256 83 $10,700 00


H. W. Calder, furniture 5 00


R. Hollings & Co., shades . 5 50


The Newton Graphic, printing


161 35


Newton Journal, printing .


97 00


George H. Pratt & Co., printing


57 00


Fort Hill Embossing & Printing Co. printing 33 00


Gustave Weinscheuk, printing . 3 50


George H. Barton, cash expenses


37 00


A. J. George, cash expenses 6 25


Universal Book Protecter Mfg. Co., book covers 26 38


Stephen F. Cate, use of teams . 18 00


H. C. Daniels, use of teams 2 80


Central Stables, use of teams 2 50


F. H. Hunting, expressage 30 12


Neil McGinness, expressage 4 45


L. D. Whittemore, care of clocks 118 00


J. A. Swasey, material and labor 357 36


Higgins & Nickerson, material and labor 123 35


O. B. Leavitt, material and labor 97 48


Milo Lucas, material and labor 87 95


Thomas Johnson, material and labor . 40 25


James Dorney, material and labor


35 65


Henry F. Ross, material and labor 26 66


John J. O'Brien, material and labor 20 40


J. F. Horrigan, material and labor 18 96


John Dorney, material and labor 16 00


Ralph Davenport, material and labor . 15 75


Amounts carried forward $8,704 49


$10,700 00


159


Amounts brought forward $8,704 49 $10,700 00


Sidney G. Steeves, material and labor 13 70


D. H. Mc Wain, material and labor . 10 38


Henry F. Wellington, material and labor 8 16


G. M. D. Fernald, material and labor 7 70


H. S. Williams, material and labor 5 40


W. T. Vose, material and labor 4 50


J. R. Harbeson, material and labor 4 25


Isaac Smith, material and labor 3 55


Mrs. Amory Hall, material and labor 3 50


J. C. Newcomb, material and labor 3 50


John Beular, material and labor 2 25


George W. Ulmer, material and labor 2 00 John B. Turner, postage stamps, etc. 51 00 John C. Haynes & Co., instruments, etc. 7 61


George H. Brown, tuning pianos 26 75


George S. Perry, supplies . . 1,038 14


Thomas Hall, supplies 171 37


W. C. Gaudelet, supplies .


93 38


Dennison Mfg. Co., supplies 82 75


Educational Supply Co., supplies 61 00


Peabody & Whitney, supplies 60 45


W. F. Soule, supplies 22 50


O. F. Lucas, supplies 21 46


John V. Sullivan, supplies 17 44


Edward F. Jenison, supplies 16 31


Frost & Adams, supplies . 15 84


Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, supplies . 10 15


R. H. White & Co., supplies 7 50


Amounts carried forward $14,477 03


$10,700 00


160


Amounts brought forward, $10,477 03 $10,700 00


George Frost & Co., supplies 7 30


C. Strout & Sons, supplies 4 48


Francis Murdock & Co., supplies


3 90


Claflin, Larrabee & Co., supplies


3 78


I. R. Stevens, supplies


3 55


Wilson, Larrabee & Co., supplies


3 23


Eastern Educational Bureau, supplies


3 15


Sarah L. Dix, supplies 3 08


E. Moulton, supplies


2 21


C. O. Tucker & Co., supplies 2 00 ·


Sundry small bills


13 58


Total as per item No. 42 of expenses. $10,527 29


Balance unexpended transferred into excess and deficiency account.


$172 71


Sanitary Improvement of City Hall (Special Appropriation.) Smith & Anthony Stove Co., material and labor . $2,238 70


J. W. Conroy & Son, material and labor 61 30


Total, as per item No. 43 of expenses


$2,300 00


Sewerage-Special Appropriation.


Appropriation $3,000 00 H. D. Woods, et al for service making surveys, plans, etc., as per item No. 44 of expenses . 117 84


Balance unexpended, transferred into treasury $2,882 16


161


Sinking Fund-City Debt.


Appropriation . $23,000 00


Amount paid commissioners of sinking fund, as


per item No. 45 of expenses 23,000 00


Sinking Fund-School Loan.


Appropriation . $4,000 00


Amount paid commissioners of sinking fund, as


per item No. 46 of expense 4,000 00


Sinking Fund-Water Bonds.


Appropriation . $22,000 00


Amount paid commissioners of sinking fund, as per item No. 47 of expenses 22,000 00


State Aid.


Appropriation . . $1,000 00


Interest on city loans temporary 200 00


$1,200 00


William Watson 72 00


Joshua V. Ramsdell .


60 00


Mary Allen


48 00


Anna C. Boyd .


48 00


Mary Duran 48 00


Thomas Dennon


48 00


Sarah Fell


48 00


Catherine McAleer


48 00


Agnes Myers


48 00


Mary A. Mann


48 00


Hugh Hamill


48 00


Almira Messer .


48 00


Ellen Russell


48 00


Amounts carried forward


$660 00


$1,200 00


·


162


Amounts brought forward


$660 00 $1,200 00


Bridget A. Wright


48 00


Caroline Williams


48 00


Amelia M. Young


48 00


Thomas Probert


.


46 00


Susan A. Nutting


44 00


James Delaney


36 00


Sarah E. Bowker


32 00


Albert C. Dearborn .


33 00


Joseph Bergeron


30 00


Sarah W. White


24 00


Thomas Dolan


20 00


Elizabeth A. MeCrillis


20 00


Elizabeth Ross


20 00


George Hutchinson .


16 00


Timothy Kennedy


4 50


Total, as per item No. 48 of expenses $1,129 50


Balance unexpended, transferred into excess and deficiency account 70 50


Street Light Department.


Appropriation $27,000 00


Transferred to appropriation


for


elections and registration


of


voters


.


1,000 00


Transferred to appropriation


for


miscellaneous expenses


. 1,000 00


$25,000 00


Amount carried forward


$25,000 00


.


163


Amount brought forward $25,000 00


Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co.,


for gas and care of 754 lamps . $8,970 58 For 74 arc lights . 7440 41


For oil and care of 373 lamps 5073 86


For 176 Incandescent lamps 378 01 .


For lighting Auburndale subway 65 80


For repairs 187 71


Stephen F. Cate, use of team 10 00


F. H. Humphrey, agent, repairing lanterns .


7 06


Bemis & Jewett, painting lamp post .


1 00


Total, as per item No. 49 of expenses $22,134 43


Balance unexpended, transferred into excess and deficiency account 2,865 57


Taxes 1889 -- County.


Amount assessed for county tax


$26,406 19


Amount paid to county treasurer, as per item


No. 50 of expenses 26,406 19


Taxes 1889 -- National Bank.


Amounts paid to Commonwealth of Massachu- setts for non-residents of Newton, National Bank shares, as per item No. 51 of expenses $1,544 52


Taxes 1889 -- State.


Amount assessed for State tax $34,060 00


Amount paid to State treasurer, as per item No.


52 of expenses . 34,060 00


164


Temporary Loans.


March 26, paid National Bank of the Republic $50,000 00


April 1, paid National Bank of Redemption 17,000 00


May 1, paid West Newton Savings Bank . 3,000 00


June 6, paid Suffolk Savings Bank 5,000 00


June 6, paid National Exchange Bank 5,000 00


June 6, paid National Bank of Redemption 15,000 00


July 8, paid Suffolk Savings Bank 50,000 00


Nov. 1, paid New England Trust Co. 80,000 00


Nov. 1, paid National Bank of the Republic


10,000 00


Nov. 2. paid National Bank of the Republic 30,000 00


Nov. 2, paid Suffolk Savings Bank . 20,000 00


Nov. 5, paid National Hide & Leather Bank 10,000 00


Nov. 5, paid National Bank of Redemption 10,000 00


Nov. 5, paid Suffolk Savings Bank 125,000 00


Nov. 30, paid Trustees of the Read Fund . ·


39,700 00


Total, as per item No. 53 of expenses $469,700 00


Water Construction.


Total expenditure to December 31, 1888 . $1,168,947 61 Pay-rolls of laborers . $15,341 49


Warren Foundry & Machine Co., iron


pipe . . 10,720 73


National Meter Co. meters, etc . 2,964 50


Artemas Wiswall, expenses and cash paid for purchase of land in Ned- ham . 1,840 49


Charles Carr, hydrants, etc. . 1,509 45


Chadwick Lead Works, lead pipe . 1,414 40


Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., castings . 1,419 13


$35,210 19 $1,168,947 61 Amounts carried forward


165


Amounts brought forward $35,210 19 $1,168,947 61


City Iron Foundry, gate boxes . . 1,068 31


W. H. Ward & Co., supplies . 1,064 76


Coffin Valve Mfg. Co., valves . 1,062 29


Hersey Meter Co., meters 955 55


Smith & Anthony Stove Co., supplies 846 54


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., water gates 708 13


National Tube Works, iron pipe 703 50


J. H. Cunningham, iron pipe 373 10


P. A. Mc Vicar, new wagon, etc. 179 15


Charles P. Horton & Co., test borings


103 50


Gilkey & Stone, lumber . 82 93


Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Mfg. Co., gages etc 80 50


S. P. Jones, recording gage 75 00


Waltham Water Works, iron pipe £ 65 86


American Fire Hose Mfg. Co., hose . 60 00


Edson Mfg. Co., hose 27 18


American Powder Mills, powder 131 37


George H. Sampson, powder 40 35


Sewall & Day Cordage Co., packing . 50 24


Jenkins Brothers, packing 15 11


Parker Holmes & Co., rubber boots 65 87


H. C. Jackson & Co., rubber boots 43 00


Stoughton Rubber Co., rubber boots . 6 00 H. M. Darling & Co., tools, etc. 56 16


Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight . 1,190 82


Timothy Stuart, labor, men and teams 523 03


John Joyce, labor, and teams ·


222 25 J. C. Whitney, services as inspector . 519 39


Miss E. D. Hinckley, clerical services 108 00


Amounts carried forward, $45,638 07 $1,168,947 61


166


Amounts brought forward $45,638 07 $1,168,947 61


C. Atherton Hicks, survey and plans . 36 00


A. M. Miller, services type writer 25 00


Maria A. Wilson, services 18 65


George S. Rice, professional services . 4 25


A. O. Doane, services


3 26


Charles B. Bancroft, board of men 132 88


N. W. Tupper, grain 284 64


J. P. Bent, hay 66 56


Charles A. Cole, blacksmithing 245 28


A. Danforth, agent, blacksmithing 111 64


B. F. Barlow, blacksmithing 111 36


J. C. Farrar, blacksmithing 90 99


S. D. Keegan, blacksmithing 45 62


John W. Scott, blacksmithing 34 51


Murray & Farrell, blacksmithing 20 74


Thomas Belger, blacksmithing .


18 06


F. H. Hunting, expressage 61 98


Crowley's Express, expressage . 6 60


Dyson's Express, expressage 3 85


A. F. Harrington, use of teams . ·


162 00


Stephen F. Cate, use of teams . 135 33


G. S. & W. F. Howe, use of teams 20 19


H. A. & F. B. Spear, use of teams 4 00


Madison Bunker, care of sick horses . 35 00


G. F. Russell, board of horses 6 07


Waldo Brothers, cement 16 00


C. F. Eddy & Co., cement 3 60


Dr. O. E. & W. O. Hunt, medical at- tendance . 10 00


Dr. D. Waldo Stearns, medical at- tendance 6 00 · Amounts carried forward $47,358 14 $1,168,947 61


167


Amounts brought forward $47,358 14 #1,168,947 61


Albert F. Noyes, sundry cash expenses 302 29


J. C. Whitney, sundry cash expenses 34 95


Edw. W. Cate, sundry cash expenses 28 88 H. N. Hyde, Jr., sundry cash expenses 4 02


Newton & Watertown Gas Lt. Co., coke 18 95 Albert Brackett & Son, coal 4 00


John Downs, crown meter .


16 00


Alden Speare's Sons & Co., oil . 10 55


Daniel Russell, material and labor


636 59


H. W. Leach & Co., material and labor 222 75


Higgins & Nickerson, material and labor 79 13


E. W. Hodgdon, material and labor . 51 26 M. Frank Lucas, material and labor . 35 91


Pettee Machine Works, material and labor 29 62


M. C. Higgins, material and labor 15 29


L. H. Cranitch, material and labor 12 90


W. H. French & Co., material and labor 8 85


A. S. Morss, material and labor 8 10


O. B. Leavitt, material and labor 7 18


P. Y. Hoseason, material and labor 6 00


Isaac Smith, material and labor 5 75


Newton Machine Co., material and labor 4 52


F. H. Humphrey, agt., material and labor . · 3 25


A. W. Snow, material and labor 2 00


Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies 283 50


Amounts carried forward $49,190 38 $1,168,947 61


168


Amounts brought forward, $49,190 38 $1,168,947 61


Parker & Wood, supplies . 80 89


G. F. Blake Mfg. Co., supplies . 65 00


Park Brothers & Co. limited, supplies 48 94


Butts & Ordway, supplies . 33 40


Dodge, Haley & Co., supplies 31 07


Star Brass Mfg. Co., supplies


21 00


C. W. Morehouse, supplies


17 34


Conant Rubber Co., supplies


17 30


Page & Coffin, supplies


16 26


Sherburne & Co., supplies .


14 25


M. D. Jones & Co., supplies


13 85


E. Daniels, supplies . 13 00


Chandler & Farquhar, supplies . 12 81


H. E. Woodberry, supplies 13 28


Bigelow & Dowse, supplies 11 20


Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, supplies . 11 15


A. A. Savage, supplies 11 16


Charles Miner, supplies


10 50


S. G. Dow, supplies . 10 50


Joseph Lee, supplies 10 20


H. W. Wellington, supplies 8 55


Gilchrist & Gorham, supplies 6 83


Henry F. Payne, supplies . 6 00


Dean Foster & Co., supplies 5 00


Perrin, Seamans & Co., supplies


5 00


Thomas Hall, supplies 4 25


A. G. Smalley & Co., supplies . 2 55


Sundry small bills 12 67


Total as per item No. 54 of ex- penses $49,704 33


Amounts carried forward $49,704 33 $1,168,947 51


169


Amounts brought forward · RECEIVED.


$49,704 33 $1,168,947 61


From Vacuum Oil Co., empty oil barrels, as per item No. 49 of receipts $7 60


From Blake Brothers & Co., premium on $40,000,


City of Newton Water


Bonds as per item No. 28 of receipts . 4,964 00


From Blake Brothers & Co.,


accrued


interest on'


$40,000, City of Newton


Water Bonds as per


item No. 17 of receipts. 244 45


5,216 05


44,488 28


Total expenditure to Dec. 31, 1889.


$1,213,435 89


Water Maintenance.


Appropriation . .


$14,800 00


Albert S. Glover, services as Water


Registrar . . $1,811 66 Albert S. Glover, incidental cash ex- penses 62 25


H. N. Hyde, Jr., services as superin- tendent . 1,709 57


H. N. Hyde, Jr., incidental cash ex- penses 25 97


Amounts carried forward, $3,609 45 $14,800 00


170


Amounts brought forward $3,609 45


$14,800 00


J. C. Whitney, services as inspector 778 48 J. C. Whitney, incidental cash ex- penses 3 06


Thomas Coughlan, services as engi- neer 1,208 00


Miss E. D. Hinckley, clerical services 526 29


Miss E. D. Hinckley, incidental cash expenses . 3 90


A. S. Glover, clerical assistance 53 50


M. H. Taylor, services type writing 12 05


Pay rolls of laborers


.


4,997 05


J. W. Mitchell, coal . 2,450 71


Albert Brackett & Son, coal 41 32


John S. Nason, one horse and ex- change of horse 290 00


N. W. Tupper, grain 66 59


J. P. Bent, hay 22 19


Madison Bunker, care of sick horses .


11 66


Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, type writer 125 00


Town of Needham, taxes on land 54 84


Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., policy of insur- ance 50 00


T. Albert Ward, use of land 50 00


T. Albert Ward, care of reservoir 50 00


Waite, Williams & Co., oil 70 88


Seccomb, Kehew & Sons, oil 52 00


Alden Speare's Sons & Co, oil . 10 03


Waldo Brothers, cement . 23 20


Amounts carried forward


$14.560 20


$14,800 00


171


Amounts brought forward $14,560 20 $14,800 00


C. F. Eddy & Co., cement 2 05


G. B. Randall, material and labor 93 70


Charles Carr, material and labor 53 02


Thomas F. Swan, material and labor . 24 03


J. F. Horrigan, material and labor 22 56


E. W. Hodgson & Son, material and labor 16 78


O. B. Leavitt, material and labor 10 76


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., material and labor . 6 73


Pettee Machine Works, material and labor 5 50


P. Y. Hoseason, material and labor 2 00


American Fire Hose Mfg. Co., hose . 30 50


Sherburne & Co., cotton waste 28 02


M. Frank Lucas, stakes 7 65


J. A. & W. Bird & Co., black varnish 6 00 Timothy Stuart, labor,men and teams 118 52


S. F. Cate, use of teams . 50 67


A. F. Harrington, use of teams 28 00


H. C. Daniels, use of teams 6 00


Charles A. Cole, blacksmithing


42 25


B. F. Barlow, blacksmithing


20 77


Thomas Belger, blacksmithing .


7 50


Murray & Farrell, blacksmithing


5 41


P. A. McVicar, blacksmithing . 4 72


J. C. Farrar, blacksmithing 2 58


J. Q. Harrington, filing saws 3 00


Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co.,


gas .


9 60


Amounts carried forward $15,168 52


$14,800 00


172


Amounts brought forward $15,168 52 $14,800 00


Charles H. Stacy, telegrams 6 64


John B. Turner, stamps 3 50


C. H. Jenison, expressage 4 30


Crowley's Express, expressage


3 00


F. H. Hunting, expressage


2 47


W. H. Ward & Co., supplies


63 09


H. E. Woodberry, supplies


30 93


A. A. Savage, supplies


17 29


H. W. Wellington, supplies


16 15


Parker & Wood, supplies


14 77


Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies


12 89


John Ayles, supplies 10 00


C. W. Morehouse, supplies 8 40


Henry F. Jenks, supplies . 8 40


B. Billings, supplies 9 15


Newton Machine Co., supplies . 7 04


Edward Kendall & Sons, supplies


6 00


Edson Mfg. Co., supplies .


4 28


Henry M. Darling & Co., supplies 3 38


C. Strout & Sons, supplies 2 68


W. Rand, supplies 2 33


Standard Chemical Mfg. Co., supplies 2 00


G. F. Russell, board of horse 2 03


Sundry small bills


11 53


Total, as per item No. 55 of expenses


$15,420 78


Amount overdrawn, transferred into excess and deficiency account $620 78


173


Water Meters and Service Pipe.


Appropriation . .


Pay rolls of laborers . $1,986 63 . $3,500 00


Chadwick Lead Works, lead pipe, etc. 580 44


National Tube Works, pipe 152 72


J. C. Whitney, services as inspector . 107 68


N. W. Tupper, grain 133 08


J. P. Bent, hay 44 38


Union Water Meter Co., repairing meters .


86 00


National Meter Co., repairing meters 39 50


J. C. Whitney, sundry cash expenses . 7 40


Madison Bunker, care of sick horses . 23 34


B. F. Barlow, blacksmithing 36 09


P. A. Mc Vicar, blacksmithing . 9 43


Murray & Farrell, blacksmithing 8 12


A. Danforth, agent, blacksmithing 2 86


Robert Harrison, serving notices 5 50


G. F. Russell, board of horse . 4 04


Timothy Stuart, labor, men and teams 2 53


F. H. Hunting, expressage 2 50


Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight . 2 19


E. W. Hodgson, material and labor . 33 51


P. Y. Hoseason, material and labor 4 00


W. H. Ward & Co., supplies . 230 64


Walworth Mfg. Co., supplies 7 37 .


Parker & Wood, supplies . 6 85


Page & Coffin, supplies


3 85


Butts & Ordway, supplies


2 05


Amounts carried forward $3,522 70


$3,500 00


1


174


Amounts brought forward $3,522 70 $3,500 00


Jenkins Bros., supplies 2 32


Sundry small bills 6 98


Total as per item No. 56 of expenses $3,532 00


Amount overdrawn transferred into excess and


deficiency account $32 00


Water Rebate.


Appropriation . $500 00


Paid to sundry persons rebate of water bills as per item No. 57 of ex- penses $408 01


Balance unexpended, transferred into excess and deficiency account ·


$91 99


Watering Streets and Water for the Same.


Appropriation . $6,550 00


Water Department, use of water . $1,797 84 W. H. Mague, for watering Wards 2, 3 and 4 . 1,900 00


Timothy Stuart, watering Wards 1 and 7 975 00


Thomas R. Frost, watering Ward 6 . 902 50


James M. Keating, watering Ward 5 317 50 John Joyce, watering Ward 1 . 300 00


Newton Cemetery, watering Walnut


street 12 00


Total as per item No. 58 of expenses. $6,204 84


Balance unexpended transferred into excess and deficiency account. $345 16


175


Watering Troughs and Drinking Posts.


Appropriation . $1,200 00


Water Department, use of water, wa-


tering troughs . $1,008 23


Water Department, use of water,


drinking posts


70 00


Total, as per item No. 59 of expenses $1.078 23


Balance unexpended, transferred into excess and deficiency account $121 77


Water, -Use of Hydrants.


Appropriation . $11,320 00


Amount paid Water Department, as per item


No. 60 of expenses . 11,320 00


Washington Street Bridge.


D. H. Andrews, Boston Bridge Co., iron bridge . $2,276 30


Trumbull & Cheney, payment on con-


tract . 1,307 91 John A. Kenrick, treasurer, men, la- bor and teams 172 88


H. D. Wood, services as assistant en- gineer 31 32


John Durkin, services as assistant en- gineer 5 50


Amount carried forward. $3,793 91


176


Amounts brought forward, #3,793 91


A. O. Duane, services as assistant en-


gineer 2 55


Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., gas . . 26 92


Noah Prescott, stone . 24 75


Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight . 20 50


John Dolan, stone 15 00


J. G. Warren, lighting 9 00


S. F. Cate, use of team


2 00


Dennis O'Brien, supplies .


2 43


Total as per item No. 61 of expenses . $3,897 06


177


SCHEDULE OF CITY PROPERTY, REAL AND PERSONAL.


Almshouse Department.


Seventy acres of land $25,000 00


Buildings .


. 5,000 00


Personal property


. 3,947 35


$33,947 35


Armory Hall.


Land, building, fixtures, etc. $12,000 00


City Hall Department.


City Hall furniture and fixtures $50,000 00


City seal .


25 00


City stamps 35 00


Reports, statistics, and special laws 300 00


Set of standard weights and measures 100 00


Record books .


200 00


Book-cases, maps, etc.


500 00


$51,160 00


Cemetery Department.


Land in Newton Cemetery . $5,500 00


Tomb in Newton Cemetery 800 00


$6,300 00


City Engineering Department.




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