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CITY STRENGTH
CITY OF SOMERVILLE
MASSACHUSETTS
ANNUAL REPORTS
1917
With Mayor's Inaugural Address Delivered January 7, 1918
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SOMERVILLE PRESS PRINT
1918
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
DELIVERED BY
Mayor Charles W. Eldridge
MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1918
Gentlemen of the Board of Aldermen :-
We meet tonight to inaugurate the city government for an- other year and our thoughts, for the moment perhaps, are di- verted from the war. It is only for the moment, however, for the thought of the world struggle is ever dominant in all our minds. We are not a warlike nation. War is abhorrent to us. We have never been trained to it. Our President has said: "It is not an army we must shape and train for war, it is a nation"; and that training is going steadily forward day after day. The affairs of every man and of every city must be governed by the nation's needs ; our nation's safety is paramount. The war may last for years ; no man can visualize the future. No one knows how long the road ahead nor how great the burden to be car- ried, but we will do our part in this city with determination and courage. As loyal Americans we will do everything possi- ble to uphold our President that "the world may be made safe for democracy." Our loyalty can best be shown by earnest support of government and a willing response to the daily demands made upon us. Somerville has prided herself for her early deeds of patriotism, and her public speakers have often proclaimed it. Every schoolboy will tell you of the en- campment of General Washington's army on our hills, when the first flag of the United Colonies was flung to the breeze. We have built a monument on that hilltop and we show that monu- ment to every visitor within our borders. We glory in our place
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in the history of the past, and we must make our place in the future every bit as honorable. The example set by those loyal souls who in '61 and '65 gave their all is being followed today. American and foreign-born are working shoulder to shoulder for the one cause, without thought of race or creed. The Young Men's Christian Association, the Knights of Colum- bus, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, are carrying on a work unparalleled in the history of mankind. The Red Cross, our various women's organizations, the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness, the American Fund for French Wounded and many others are giving, without stint, money and labor. Our local committee on public safety has done an immense amount of work in listing our resources and assur- ing an immediate response to any demand that may be made upon us. Its work in assisting the men in the service and their families is only one of its many details, but a great amount of good of this kind has been accomplished. It is working in harmony with the state committee along lines of conservation, :suppression of alien enemies, and the various other activities laid out by the national government. Our state guard com- panies were the first in the Commonwealth. The personnel of these companies and their proficiency as military bodies are notable, and we may feel well satisfied that they will do honor to our city if their services are required. All of these various ibodies are giving service, real service, and they are prepared to meet emergencies here or elsewhere. The recent horror at Halifax shows this. Our response was immediate. Clothing, :surgical supplies and necessities of all kinds were sent on the first boat. Our physicians and nurses immediately volunteered their services. Our committee on public safety, working with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, started financial relief. No time was lost in rushing aid to our brothers across the border. The loss of life and property in Halifax brought nearer home a sense of the enormous world-suffering ; but it also made us real- ize the splendid spirit of humanity the needs of this war have brought forth.
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The whole world is in chaotic upheaval and the mighty struggle is vitally changing the future of every one of us. The effect of war upon business is tremendous. War regulates every phase of it. Finance, manufacture, agriculture, transportation
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-all are subservient to its needs. Methods are wholly changed over night, and the man or corporation who cannot keep the pace must fall by the wayside. Today is not the dayof the weak- ling. Financial and economic conditions require the keenest analysis. Taxation is necessarily high and, in the opinion of those best qualified to judge, will be higher. The enormous ex- penditures cannot help affecting the finances of every state and city, both directly and indirectly. The two Liberty Loans-and we are thankful these were over-subscribed, as will be those to follow-affect the borrowing of states and cities. The market for municipal bonds is restricted and interest rates are high. Labor is in demand as never before. Building materials are essential for the success of the government and the market is almost prohibitive. We must do our utmost to avoid every municipal extravagance. Every one of us today in his home life is doing without the luxuries and the unessentials, and cities must do the same. Conservation is necessary. Do not misunderstand me. Neglect of our many municipal enterprises is not conservation ; neither is needless expenditure for experi- mental changes. Our streets, our buildings, our fire apparatus, the work of our departments, must not be allowed to de- teriorate. We cannot neglect the demands made upon us for charitable and hospital purposes. We must, however, know that every dollar we spend is spent wisely and because of actual necessity. If the need is doubtful, do not authorize the expenditure.
I believe my three years' service in the Board of Aldermen, together with that in the legislature, will help me in many ways in considering the many questions that will come before us, and I shall make every effort to work with your Board in giving the people, whom we have been elected to serve, the quality of service that is due them. Let us, as Mayor and Alder- men, resolve to make our administration the highest possible type.
I wish to acknowledge the courtesy of Mayor Cliff in ex- tending me the opportunity of discussing with the several heads of departments their needs for the coming year. They have made a number of suggestions and recommendations, which I shall give most careful consideration, and some of
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which I shall most assuredly recommend to your honorable Board as soon as the financial situation will warrant. My knowledge of the intimate details of the present work of the various departments does not justify any extensive comment, either favorable or unfavorable, at this time, but I shall labor to acquire that knowledge as soon as possible. It will be my earnest endeavor to see that every department gives the kind of service the taxpayers have the right to expect. Service is the big word in business today. The war may force us to discard all old methods and start anew, for under its conditions we are not free agents. Whatever else the needs of war may impose upon us, the need for service is absolute. Every man, woman or child who has business at the City Hall should expect the utmost courtesy at all times, and I intend to see that they get it. The reputation for courteous and efficient service from its employees is a valuable asset for a city, and I want our city rated at the top of the list.
Your boy and mine are the men of tomorrow. How are we preparing them for its duties? Are we giving them what they will need to cope with conditions that will follow the war? I question it. I am a firm believer in vocational and military training in our public schools. Glance at the "Help Wanted" columns in the daily press. Consider the government's need of men trained to carry forward its present enormous building programme. Think of the magnitude of construction operations in this country and abroad which will follow directly peace is established. The big demand is for the trained man and I fear we are not paying enough attention to this in our school work. Give our boys the preparation necessary to do the big things of tomorrow. Along with their other training give them military drill and develop them into strong men physically as well as mentally. Instill in their minds respect for discipline and obedience to established authority. I have always advocated military drill as part of the school course, and the events of today make me more firmly convinced than ever of its benefits. A strong, healthy manhood, well-grounded in military knowl- edge, is invaluable to city, state and nation. Think of the months of preparation and the millions of dollars that would have been saved in this country if every graduate of our public schools had been given this training. As to the physical value
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of such training to the boy himself, you have only to note the marked improvement in the boys you know who are now in the service. I firmly believe there is nothing our school depart- ment can do that will meet with more general satisfaction than the extension of its vocational work and the introduction of military training.
The practice is general in large corporations of doing the buying through a purchasing agent, and this practice has proved most satisfactory wherever large and varied stocks are required. Here again war conditions enter into the question. The price of any article and the market quantity available from day to day are both uncertainties, and the wise buyer is of great help in keeping down costs. I believe a change from the present method of making purchases in this city is advisable and should receive early consideration. Many cities have es- tablished such departments and a study of their results should be of value in considering this question.
Another matter I wish to present for your consideration is the need of better fire protection in the northerly section. In my opinion this can best be furnished by the erection of a building on the city land at the corner of Broadway and Cedar street. It could be a combination building for both fire and police and would better the protection afforded our city by these departments. The purchase of land for the purpose is unnecessary and the building should not be an expensive one. I do not feel justified in making any extensive building recom- mendations at present high prices. I do, however, present the thought to you at this time with the conviction that such a building is needed and its erection should be undertaken as soon as conditions permit.
Tables of finances prepared by the city auditor are in- cluded at the end of this address.
There are missing from my remarks tonight many of the usual recommendations of an inaugural address, but with the thought ever in mind of constantly changing conditions and in- creasing war demands, I have refrained from advocating any- thing that would make the taxation burden unnecessarily heav- ier. There is every reason to expect that the year will be a try-
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ing one. We must conserve our resources, for none of us can anticipate the extent to which they may be required. Shortage of food and fuel and increasing prices are already making the living problem difficult. There is no way to anticipate the amount of relief we may be called upon to furnish before eco- nomic conditions are again properly adjusted. The war is tak- ing from our commercial life a large part of its strength. The men who are going abroad are all men who have passed the test of rigid examination. They are the pick of the country. They are proceeding to Europe in a steady stream and it is an- ticipated that by July of this year a million of our men will be in the battle lines. The records show over 2,000 of our own Som- erville men in the service today. Some of these are already at the front and many more will follow. Many of them have left behind dependants, whom it is our duty to watch over and safeguard, and nothing must be allowed to interfere with this: duty. Appropriations for this purpose can be governed only by the needs. The war will end some day, but whether that day will come during this year or the next or in the years to follow we know not. When it does, our boys are coming home, but the return will be slow and some will never return. We are going to see many men whom the war has made unfit to take up again the tasks they have laid down, and we must be pre- pared to give them a helping hand, with the necessary training and assistance to re-establish themselves. My recent observa- - tion of returned soldiers in Canada has convinced me of the enormity of this particular work that is going to confront us. It is almost impossible for us to realize the magnitude of the present conflict. The civil war in this country was appalling in its awful losses and its frightful wastage; but the loss and waste of that whole war was no greater than of one battle today. When the inevitable end of its horrors shall come the work of reconstruction will require the men and the money of the whole world, and we must be prepared to face the indus- trial and financial conditions that will result.
The thought of our great President, Abraham Lincoln, ex- pressed in his last inaugural only a short time before the close of the war, might well have been meant for the inspiration of the nation at the present time. It is a gem of thought, prob-
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ably better known than any other in the literature of our land. I want to leave it in your minds tonight.
"Fondly do we hope-fervently do we pray-that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away .... With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan-to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations."
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The following tables, giving a condensed history of the city's finances, are herewith presented for reference :-
Tax Rate
Year
Amount of Funded Debt.
Increase of Funded Debt.
Debt.
tion of Funded Debt.
Town
$ 593,349.00
Dec. 31, 1872
643,354.00
$ 50,005.00
55,130.62
$2.07
66
1878
1,596,854.00
61,004.64
2.91
66
1879
1,585,000.00
64,915.76
3.42
66
1880
1,585,000.00
55,739.35
2.72
66
1881
1,585,000.00
58,498.64
2.59
1882
1,585,000.00
61,390.59
2.65
1883
1,585,000.00
64,479.01
2.70
1884
1,585,000.00
67,719.33
2.78
1885
₹1,525,000.00
71,305.66
2.87
1886
1,525,000.00
66,894.23
2.57
1887
1,525,000.00
70,252.88
2.56
1888
1860,500.00
25,000.00
37,000.00
1.28
1889
952,500.00
130,000.00
38,000.00
1.27
66
1890
1,057,500.00
150,000.00
45,000.00
1.38
66
1891
1,045,500.00
45,000.00
57,000.00
1.55
1892
1,194,500.00
253,000.00,
104,000.00
2.73
66
1893
1,279,500.00
222,000.00
137,000.00
3.27
66
1895
1,506,500.00
247,000.00
85,000.00
1.83
66
1896
1,531,000.00
177,000.00
152,500.00
3.11
1897
1,548,000.00
167,000.00
150,000.00
2.39
66
1898
1,552,000.00
176,000.00
172,000.00
3.99
1899
1,492,500.00
110,000.00
169,500.00
3.30
1900
1,478,000.00
152,000.00
166,500.00
3.17
1901
1,461,000.00
146,000.00
163,000.00
3.02
66
1903
1,505,500.00
197,500.00
169,000.00
2.96
1904
1,498,500.00
132,500.00
139,500.00
2.40
1905
1,510,000.00
148,000.00
136,500.00
2.30
1906
1,464,500.00
100,000.00
145,500.00
2.41
66
1907
1,508,000.00
198,000.00
154,500.00
2.51
66
1908
1909
1,503,000.00
190,000.00
153,500.00
2.42
66
1912
1,674,000.00
332,000.00
177,000.00
2.54
66
1916
1,729,000.00
291,000.00
212,500.00
2.60
66
1917
1,757,500.00
261,000.00
232,500.00
2.95
66
1874
1,419,854.00
610,500.00
........
66
1875
1,571,854.00
152,000.00
...
...
66
1876
1,606,854.00
45,000.00
*$
1877
1,606,854.00
10,000.00
58,828.58
....
...
1873
809,354.00
166,000.00
........
*$10,000 applied to payment of bonds; balance to sinking funds.
¡Sinking fund applied.
145,000.00
203,000.00
2.63
1915
1,650,500.00
240,000.00
205,500.00
2.92
1913.
1,674,000.00
222,000.00
163,000.00
2.26
1910
1,500,000.00
1,519,000.00
188,000.00
169,000.00
2.41
1911
1914
1,616,000.00
110,000.00
151,500.00
2.06
1894
1,344,500.00
172,000.00
107,000.00
2.42
1902
1,447,000.00
175,000.00
159,000.00
2.86
1,466,500.00
160,000.00
222,000.00
2.57
Reduc- per $1,000 tion of
Valuation on account Funded of Reduc-
2.30
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Year
Valuation
Tax Levy
Rate
1872
$22,755,325.00
$274,374.45
$13.00
1873
29,643,100.00
389,214.48
12.80
1874
30,837,700.00
473,235.50
15.00
1875
31,317,000.00
518,161.40
16.20
1876
26,573,400.00
504,475.24
18.60
1877
25,479,400.00
471,789.14
18.10
1878
20,976,900.00
409,497.10
19.00
1879
18,950,100.00
352,553.80
18.00
1880
20,458,100.00
402,927.71
19.10
1881
22,569,100.00
4.52,945.45
19.50
1882
23,162,200.00
425,721.16
17.80
1883
23,812,900.00
411,645.43
16.70
1884
24,331,100.00
418,750.26
16.60
1885
24,878,400.00
428,605.44
16.60
1886
26,003,200.00
416,987.28
15.40
1887
27,471,800.00
4.24,309.14
14.80
1888
28,765,400.00
421,458.60
14.00
1889
30,004,600.00
440,324.40
14.00
1890
32,557,500.00
447,704.00
14.00
1891
36,843,400.00
539,137.10
14.00
1892
38,093,100.00
596,357.50
15.00
1893
41,873,600.00
675,886.80
15.50
1894
44,142,900.00
721,165.54
15.70
1895
46,506,300.00
745,609.02
15.40
1896
49,070,800.00
786,412.32
15.40
1897
50,231,000.00
913,574.42
17.30
1898
50,739,700.00
954,187.11
17.90
1899
51,262,400.00
882,580.96
16.30
1900
52,578,200.00
889,916.08
16.00
1901
53,924,200.00
907,439.82
15.90
1902
55,558,300.00
964,535.80
16.40
1903
57,062,000.00
1,038,849.84
17.20
1904
58,137,900.00
1,059,292.56
17.20
1905
59,233,000.00
1,144,000.14
18.30
1906
60,371,500.00
1,114,023.62
17.40
1907
61,627,200.00
1,144,434.92
17.40
1908
63,158,400.00
1,237,694.72
18.40
1909
63,658,953.20
1,260,144.32
18.60
1910
66,376,338.70
1,306,888.71
18.50
1911
67,284,066.00
1,366,240.92
19.10
1912
69,632,540.00
1,390,824.93
18.80
1913
71,906,464.00
1,505,706.98
19.80
1914
74,946,894.00
1,665,289.46
21.10
1915
77,217,399.00
1,764,448.81
21.70
1916
79,304,329.00
1,785,540.99
21.40
1917
78,854,900.00
1,790,355.60
22.00
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR', January 24, 1918.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
Gentlemen,-In accordance with the requirements of Sec- tion 3 of Ordinance Number 44, I herewith submit a report of the expenditures and receipts during the year 1917, showing in: detail the appropriations and expenditures, and the receipts. from each source of income, also a statement of the funded debt and temporary loans together with a balance sheet show- ing the assets and liabilities at the close of the financial year ..
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD E. WEMYSS, City Auditor.
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1917.
Revenue Accounts.
ASSETS.
LIABILITIES.
Cash : -
In Banks and Offices ·
$119,347 62
Temporary Loans
Sale of Land
Unexpended Balances: - ·
Income of Trust Funds
967 21
Accounts Receivable :-
Taxes, 1917
$359,205 97
Taxes, 1916
2,911 32
Premiums on Bonds
1,070 40
Taxes, 1915
8 68
Revenue from Taxes, Supplementary War- rants .
1,513 14
Special Assessments, 1916
3,963 54
Revenue Reserved when Collected :- Departmental Bills Receivable .
16,513 51
able
16,513 51
Overlay, Reserved for Abatements :-
Commonwealth of Massachu-
Levy of 1917
$13,046 45
setts, Soldiers' Benefits, 1917
30,080 66
Levy of 1915
3,118 57
Water Department Accounts, 1917
29,148 71
18,602 21
Reserve Fund, Surplus from Overlays
3,224 45
$468,723 50
Tellers' Overs and Shorts
3 97
Real Estate Liens
104 27
Excess and Deficiency
37,419 75
·
·
·
.
$591,252 69
$591,252 69
Non-Revenue Accounts.
Cash in Banks and Offices
$117,898 61 Unexpended Balances : - Appropriations .
$117,898 61 .
$117,898 61
$117,898 61
·
$510,000 00 500 00
Advance to Poor Department 2,700 00
$122,047 62
Tailings
127 11
Accrued Interest
1,310 94
Special Assessments, 1917
26,891 11
Departmental Bills Receiv-
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CITY AUDITOR.
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·
Levy of 1916
·
2,437 19
Grade Crossings
377 30
Net Bonded Debt
BALANCE SHEET. - Continued. Municipal Indebtedness. $1,757,500 00
Loans Within Statutory Debt Limit :--
City Bonds .
$595,500 00
Municipal Bonds
47,000 00
Sewer Bonds
279,000 00
Highway Bonds
406,000 00
Bridge Bonds 32,000 00 .
Public Building Bonds
326,000 00
Emergency Bonds
25,000 00
$1,710,500 00
Loans Outside Statutory Debt Limit :-
Sewer Bonds .
$24,000 00
Metropolitan Park Assess- ment Bonds
12,000 00
Water Bonds
11,000 00
.
$1,757,500 00
$1,757,500 00
Investments : - Cash and Securities
.
Trust Funds.
$25,414 58
Trust Funds : - School Funds .
$5,000 00
Library Funds . .
20,414 58
$25,414 58
$25,414 58
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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47,000 00
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CASH STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1917.
REVENUE. Receipts.
General :-
$1,758,325 40
Taxes
Corporation, Railway and Bank Taxes
137,894 09
Licenses
3,606 50
Permits
1,637 50
Fines and Forfeits
2,910 73
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ac-
count Industrial School 7,615 15
County of Middlesex, Dog Licenses
2,575 26
Sale of Land
4,500 00
Grade Crossings
5,120 24
Other General Revenue
167 80
$1,924,352 67
Special Assessments
62.705 05
Departmental :-
General Government
$8,192 45
Protection of Persons and Property
2,798 36
Health and Sanitation .
24,227 51
Highways
5,385 56
Charities
29,875 66
Soldiers' Benefits
16,938 36
Schools
5,205 34
Libraries
1,471 55
Baths and Bathhouses
1,082 75
Miscellaneous
632 86
95,810 40
Water Department Accounts
266,159 50
Temporary Loans
1,500,000 00
Premiums on Loans .
1,070 40
Refunds
2,679 21
Interest : -
Deposits, Taxes, Etc.
$26,192 72
Trust Funds
1,051 51
27,244 23
Total Receipts
$3,880,021 46
Transfer from non-revenue on ac- count of service transfers .
10,236 47
Balance at beginning of period
79,354 03
$3,969,611 96
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CASH STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1917. - Continued. Payments.
Appropriations
$2,018,183 98
Income of Trust Funds
1,551 07
Advance to Poor Department
1,200 00
Temporary Loans
1,390,000 00
State Taxes and Assessments
323,493 43
County Tax
80,291 55
Grade Crossings
54 16
Court Judgments
199 00
Refunds
415 30
Tellers' Overs and Shorts
62 21
Total Payments
$3,815,450 70 .
Transfer, revenue for outlays
34,813 64
Balance on hand
119,347 62
$3,969,611 96
NON-REVENUE. Receipts.
Redemption Tax Liens
$3,615 80
Carnegie Corporation, Library
16,000 00
Funded Debt Loans .
261,000 00
Permanent Pavement Bills:
Receivable
366 76
Refunds
208 19
Total Receipts
$281,190 75
Transfer, outlays from revenue
34,813 64
Balance at beginning of period
121,186 86
$437,191 2%
Payments.
Appropriations
$305,440 37
Redemption of Tax Liens .
.
3,615 80
Total Payments
$309,056 17
Transfer to revenue on account of service transfers
10,236 47
Balance on hand
117,898 61
$437,191 25
Summary.
Total Revenue Receipts
$3,880,021 46
Total Non-Revenue Receipts
· 281,190 75
$4,161,212 21
Total balance at beginning of period
200,540 89
$4,361,753 10
Total Revenue Payments .
$3,815,450 70
Total Non-Revenue Payments
309,056 17
Total balance on hand
$4,124,506 87 237,246 23
$4,361,753 10
Taxes.
Total Uncollected January 1, 1917 . Commitments .
.
1915 $2,707 54 8 68
1916 $343,800 71
1917
Total $346,508 25 1,790,364 28
Total to collect in 1917
$2.716 22
$343,800 71 $1,790,355 60 $2,136,872 53
Collections (less refunds) Abatements . ·
1 494 51
334.897 77
1.421,722 93 1.758,115 21
1,213 03
5,991 62
9,426 70
16.631 35
Total collections (less refunds) and abatements
$2.707 54
$340,889 39 $1.431,149 63 $1,774.746 56 2,911 32 359,205 97 362.125 97
Special Assessments.
Assessments levied 1915, Balance
Street Sprinkling $1 75
Moths
Sewer
Sidewalks $2,318 83
Highway Betterment $3.897 39
Total $6,217 97
Assessments levied 1916. Balance
8,587 65
$445 25
$2,253 39
7.468 83
5,245 80
24,000 92
Assessments levied 1917
36,714 45
1,260 50
3.172 20
10,515 75
11,697 32
63.360 22
Totals
$45,303 85
$1.705 75
$5.425 59
$20,303 41
$20,840 51
$93,579 11
Collections (less refunds)
$36.513 75
$1,380 75
$839 32
$12,800 91
$11,159 77
$62,694 50
Abatements .
11 90
8 25
9 81
29 96
Collections and Abatements Uncollected
$36.525 65
$1,389 00
$839 32
$12,810 72
$11.159 77
$62,724 46
8,778 20
316 75
4.586 27
7.492 69
9,680 74
30,854 65
Uncollected 1916 Assessments
3.963 54
Uncollected 1917 Assessments
26,891 11
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.
.
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.
.
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Total Assessments Uncollected .
$30,854 65
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CITY AUDITOR.
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1
Uncollected January 1, 1918
.
8 68
1.790,355 60
January 1, 1917
January 1, 1917
DEPARTMENTAL BILLS.
Departmental Accounts, Pledged to Revenue.
Balance
Committed 1917
Total to Collect
Collected and Abated
Uncollected
Law Department
.
.
$7 :
125 40
467 23
592 63
575 10
17 53
Maintenance Police Buildings
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Fire Department
543 79
543 79
534 04
9 75
Health Department
128 15
229 88
358 03
292 03
66 00
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