$27,780,535 23 Betterments, etc., the payments of which are pledged to the payment of debt: Betterments, etc. $1,270,987 39 ments, Chap. 323, Acts of 1891 . * e & . 441,454 30 Sidewalk assessments, Chap. 401, Acts of 1892 16,402 96 Sewer assessments, Chap. 402, Acts of 1892 220,856 37 Sidewalk assessments, Chap. 437, Acts of 1893 648 57 Blue Hill and other avenues, assessments . 511,480 72 2,461,830 31 Total redemption means, January 31, 1901 Net debt, January 31, 1901 Gross debt, December 31, 1900 Decrease . Net debt, January 31, 1901 Increase City debt . to © RIGHT TO BORROW. January 31, 1901. Total Debt, Gity and County, $81,628,128 98 limit) . 2,921,000 00 53,070,273 98 $28,557,855 00 Sinking-Funds $27,780,535 23 Less Cochituate Water Sink ing-Fund . -> . $10,144,647 08 Funds e o . 6,909,705 19 Sinking-Fund . to 612,324 12 10,113,858 84 Debt, excluding debts outside of limit and deducting Sinking-Funds for said debt . e © © o . . . $18,443,996 16 Two and one-half per cent. on $1,076,710,367, average valuation for three years, less abatements . o $26,917,759 17 Debt, as above . o o © o o e & 18,443,996 16 Right to borrow, under Chap. 312, Acts of 1885, amended by Chap. 399, Acts of 1900, January 31, 1901 o . $8,473,763 01 Less loans authorized, but not issued, inside of limit . 3,795,301 00 LOANS AUTHORIZED, BUT NOT ISSUED. e Inside of Outside of Date of Order. Object. Debt Limit. | Debt Limit. July 2, 1894. . . . . . . . Rapid Transit (Chap.548, Acts 1894), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1$1,884,000 00 May 6, 1897. . . . . . . . Charlestown street (Chap. 346, \ Acts 1897). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * June 10, 1897 . . . . . . Rapid Transit (Chap. 500, Acts 1897). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000 00 March 8, 1898. . . . . . School-houses (Chap. 149, Acts 1898). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000 00 March 29, 1898. .... South Union Station (Chap. 248, Acts 1898) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425,000 00 May 26, 1898. ...... Cambridge Bridge (Chap. 467, Acts 1898). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f January 2, 1899.... Playgrounds (Chap. 412, Acts 1898) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 00 April 6, 1899. . . . . . . . Normal School building and land (Chap. 239, Acts 1899). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295,000 00 April 15, 1899...... Chestnut Hill Park (Chap. 274, Acts 1899). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,000 00 April 17, 1899. . . . . . Malden Bridge (Chap. 280, Acts 1899) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 00 May 29, 1899....... Laying out and construction of highways (Chap. 443, Acts 1899,) 75,000: Brighton ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 00 Dorchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000 00 East Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 00 Roxbury and West Roxbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,000 00 June 1, 1899... . . . . . Sewerage charges, repayment of (Chap. 450, Acts 1899). . . . . . . . . . . . . e & s e o te o 'o oi o to o o f June 2, 1899.......| Atlantic Avenue Extension (Chap. 466, Acts 1899) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ October 30, 1899...] Insane Hospital, additional land.. 24,000 00 July 12, 1900....... Broadway Bridge, rebuilding (Chap. 452, Acts 1900). . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000 00 December 29, 1900...] Laying out and construction of highways. (Chap. 478, Acts 1900), 1,300,001 00 Carried forward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,574,001 00 $3,154,000 00 1 Chap. 548, Acts of 1894, and Chap. 500, Acts 1897, authorize the city of Boston to borrow not exceeding $7,500,000 (this amount reduced $616,000 under authority of Chap. 347, Acts 1897) to promote Rapid Transit, and such further amount for Charlestown bridge and its approaches, in addition to the $750,000 heretofore appropriated by the City Council, as may be necessary for the completion of said bridge and approaches. Chap. 149, Acts of 1898, authorizes the Treasurer of the city of Boston to issue bonds to pay the expense of building and furnishing High and Latin Schools and taking land therefor to an amount not exceeding $300,000 in the year 1899, $300,000 in the year 1900 (which have been borrowed), and $250,000 in the year 1901. * No limit to amount, borrowed to date $348,000. f No limit to amount, borrowed to date $350,000. o f Limited to amount required to repay all sewerage charges collected by the city under Chap. 426, Acts 1897. Borrowed to date $415,000. § No limit to amount. Borrowed to date $25,000. LOANS AUTHORIZED, BUT NOT ISSUED – Continued. e Inside of Outside of Date of Order. Object. Debt Limit. Debt Limit. Brought forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,574,001 00 $3,154,000 00 Jan. 5, 1901 Various Municipal Purposes, Jan. BATH DEPARTMENT. ings, and improvements con- CHILDREN’S INSTITUTIONS DE— Rainsford Island, permanent im- FIRE DEPARTMENT. Site and engine-house, East Bos- Engine-house 20, enlargement and Ladder-house, Ward 13. . . . . . . . . . . . Surgical Out-Patient Department New Ward for isolated patients.... Brick wall, grading, draining, and OIsleS. . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. Branch Library, Charlestown : PARK DEPARTMENT. Public parks, construction......... $3,154,000 00 LOANS AUTHORIZED, BUT NOT ISSUED. — Concluded. o Inside of Outside of Date of Order. Object. Debt Limit. || Debt Limit. Brought forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,186,501 00 $3,154,000 00 Coal-sheds, Long Island............ 4,000 00. New wing for Hospital, Long Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000 00 Nurses’ Home, Long Island........ 20,000 00 Fire-hose for Steamer “John Howard ”... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 00 Fire-escapes, Charlestown Almshouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000 00 PUBLIC BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT. Ambulance station and equipment, South Boston..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000 00 Curtis Hall, reconstruction ... .... 5,000 00 Municipal Building and site, Upham’s Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000 00 Old Town Hall, Dorchester, ReConstruction. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 00 Municipal Building, Ward 23...... 16,000 00 STREET DEPARTMENT. Rosseter street, steel foot-bridge... 6,300 00 Land and buildings, Sanitary and Street-cleaning Divisions, DorChester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,000 00 Temple Street, tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000 00 Rutherford avenue, widening ..... 100,000 00 COUNTY OF SUFFOLK. Penal Institutions Department, new House of Correction . . . . . . 100,000 00 Court-house, Roxbury District, enlargement of .................. 100,000 00 Women’s Prison, Jail.............. 100,000 00 |