# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1878_S87
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Report of the Board of Overseers in Fort Wayne
on expenditures for the College from October 1, 1874 to May 1, 1878.

1. Purchases for the household economy:
    1 horse, wagon, fruit trees, ladders, eating and cooking utensils, 1 scale,
    ice box, etc. ...............................................................$ 952.46
2. Purchases for the school and institution:
    Cabinets, tables, chairs, lamps, wall maps and boards, stationery,
    cabinets for the physics cabinet, bedsteads and mattresses for the
    sickroom, hose for the fire pump, hose cart, iron fire ladders, etc. ....... 1643.82
3. General improvements:
    Street construction ordered by the city authorities, fences, shade
    trees, wells, and a windmill ................................................ 1387.26
4. New construction:
    2 cisterns and a privy on the college grounds, stable and barn on
    the college farm ............................................................. 1892.38
5. Rent for professors' housing ................................................. 1986.00
6. Notes and interest paid off .................................................... 2978.43
7. Grant from the Synod to the college library ..................................... 300.00
8. Miscellaneous expenses:
    Travel expenses for Professors Stellhorn and Dümling, freight for their
    belongings, refunded tuition, attorney's fees, abstract of title
    to the college land .......................................................... 248.70
9. Repairs .......................................................................... 4270.57

                                                          Total ......$15659.62

                                                          C. Birkner, Secr.