COUNTY OF SUFFOLK. From Fines and Costs collected in the Criminal $85,202 17 14,039 80 1,445 88 $100,687 85 EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENTS. The regular expenditures of the principal departments of the city, for the financial year 1875-76, are given below, including the salaries of all officers attached to each, viz.: Expenses and Salaries, CITY HOSPITAL. 1874-75. 1875-76. $118,539 16 Income, 1875-76, $1,349 40; 1874-75, $3,145 92. Income, 1875-76, $2,503 07; 1874-75, $1,864 16. Income, 1875-76, $48,971 24; 1874-75, $41,911 30. Expenses and Salaries, POLICE DEPARTMENT. 1875-76. 1874-75. $815,185 41 Income, 1875-76, $10,928 40; 1874-75, $10,288 65. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 1875-76. 1874-75. Expenses and Salaries (see Engine $123,468 95 $128.813 78 Income, 1875-76, $8,440.78, -$5,700.00 of which were paid to Sinking Fund Commissioners by ordinance; 1874–75, $10,188.06, $4,484.00 of which were paid to Sinking Fund Commissioners by ordinance. (The rents received from public buildings are included under the head of rents.) Income, 1875-76, $58,453 13; 1874-75, $67,923 67. Income, from all sources, 1875-76, $36,469.72, $15,834.00 of which were paid to Sinking Fund Commissioners by ordinance; 1874-75, $40,472,45, of which were paid by ordinance $14,251.63 to Sinking Fund Commissioners. Income from all the above departments, 1875-76, $153,084.00, $22,637.55 of which were paid to the Sinking Fund Commissioners by ordinance; 1874-75, $150,658.48, $14,735.81 of which were paid to the Sinking Fund Commissioners by ordinance. Income 1875-76, $1,096,099.14, $386.00 of which was paid to Sinking Fund Commissioners by ordinance; 1874-75, $1,013482.27, $432.25 of which were paid to Sinking Fund Commissioners by ordinance. *This amount includes two years' interest on Sterling Loan, which in those years was charged in error to City Loan interest account. STREET WIDENINGS AND EXTENSIONS. The street widenings and extensions effected during the past fiscal year are as follows: Pearl street widened from Franklin to High street at an estimated cost of $31,613; Terrace street laid out from New Heath to Tremont street at an estimate of $26,841.30; Boston street straightened and widened near the old Dorchester line for $10,000; State street laid out at a uniform width from the easterly end of State street block to Atlantic avenue, $8,000; Savin Hill avenue widened from Pleasant street to the Old Colony Railway bridge, $6,800; Clifton street extended from Hudson to George at Shirley street, $6,767.85; Tremont place, at Roxbury, laid out and widened, $4,600; widenings of Bow street at Charlestown, $4,186.75; Tremont street widened from the Providence Railroad to Gore avenue, $3,688; Ashland street, in West Roxbury, extended to South street, $2,512.50; the laying out of Fort avenue at thirty feet, and a slight widening upon the same, $2,000; Curtis street widened and extended to Saratoga street, in East Boston, $1,753.75; Baxter street, at South Boston, widened, $1,608.55; Blanchard street, at Roxbury, widened, 1,294; widening of Blue Hill avenue at the corner of Dennis street, $1,102.50; the laying out of Cary street from Ruggles street to Tremont place, $918; of Corey street west of Centre street, at West Roxbury, and opening it to Weld street, $650; widening of Avery street, $510; the opening of Heath place into Walden street, $477; widening of Pond street, at West Roxbury; $440; of Auburn street at the corner of Leverett street, $378; of Centre street opposite Grove street, at West Roxbury, $300; laying out of Rockland street, west of Walnut avenue, $300; widening of Cottage street at Pond street, $180; and widenings of Akron street in Roxbury, and Neponset avenue in Dorchester, for $150 and $36 respectively. The total of the foregoing estimates is $117,107.20. By agreement with the proprietors of City and Mercantile wharves, and in settlement of damages and betterments arising from the laying out of Atlantic avenue through their several properties, Clinton and Richmond streets have been extended to Atlantic avenue, and a small portion of Mercantile street north of Clinton street, so extended, has been discontinued. The streets that have been laid out or accepted where the fee, and, in most cases, any grade damages that may have been occasioned, have been released to the city are in the City Proper, Hayward place, Hereford street from Beacon to Marlborough street, Cortes street, Deacon street, Lime street, Huntington avenue from Boylston to Camden street, Commonwealth avenue from Exeter street to West Chester park, Newbury street from Dartmouth to Exeter street, Exeter street from Commonwealth avenue to Newbury street, Marlborough street from Gloucester to Hereford street, and Deblois street from Shawmut avenue to Deacon street; in Roxbury, Cleveland, part of Townsend, Vale and Wakulla streets, Blanchard place, and Orchard Park street; in South Boston, Dexter, Bowen (F to Dorchester), Athens (D to E), Frederick, Rogers (Dorchester to Preble) portions of Power, Jackson and Washburn streets, and Ellery street from Dexter to Swett street; in Dorchester, Oakman, Mount Vernon, Glen, Taylor and Trull streets, Thetford and Michigan avenues; in West Roxbury, Newbern, Hawthorn Park and Curtis streets, and Oak place and Roanoke avenue; and in Brighton, Gordon street, and Brooks street from the Albany Railroad to Faneuil street. The following betterments were assessed within the year : Broad street (now Atlantic avenue), Washington street (Boylston to Avery street), Foster street (Brighton), Eastern avenue, Eustis street, Magazine street,. Auburn street, Pleasant street (Charlestown), Charles street (Dorchester),. $57,670 00 28,010 00 19,625 00 5,970 00 20,000 00 2,290 00 3,330 00 2,560 00 3,028 00 2,378 84 $144,861 84 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The following embrace descriptions of the public buildings belonging to the city completed during the year 1875-76 : ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS FOR CITY HOSPITAL. The additional buildings erected for the City Hospital within the enclosure of the Hospital grounds are five in number, viz. : a Surgical Building, a Medical Building, a Surgical Pavilion, a Medical Pavilion, and a Kitchen Department; increasing the capacity of the Hospital about two hundred beds. Portions of the old semi-circular, open colonnade were removed, to make room for the Surgical and Medical Buildings, which |