Spencer's Brookline directory 1896-1897, Part 1

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Publication date: 1897
Publisher: C.A.W. Spencer Pub.
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Wholeante and Retail Tobacconists,


VIER &'NO.


FRANK A. RUSSELL, Brookline Real Estate. Ira Desonshire 4t., Coolidge Corner. Brookline.


THE BROOKLINE NATIONAL BANK LOWA ULOŁOWYU. MARYANN SULL GR. CTR. NENT STREET BRODHLINE, MASS


SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. SAFES TO REST FROM FIO 10 450 PER ANNUM.


S ON ALL PARTS OF EUROPE.


LN DRIED FLOOR BOARDS AND FINISH.


George W. Cale Lumber Company, 330 Main Street, CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.


FIRE INSURANCE,


Apply to W. B. SEARS


45 KILBY STREET.


1.A. T. BIEWER & CO. ANOP TEGTE-


HOUSE PAINTING


BROOKLINE 208 Washington St.


W. D. MORRISON


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ADVERTISEMENTS.


WM. LINCOLN & SON,


AGENTS FOR THE


PURCHASE, SALE, LEASE, AND CARE OF


REAL ESTATE.


MORTGAGES NEGOTIATED.


A Specialty Made of Brookline Real Estate.


Brookline Fire Insurance Agency.


Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. . . . London, Eng:


Commercial Union Assurance Co. London, Eng. North British & Mercantile Ins. Co. London, Eng.


Home Insurance Co.


New York:


Phenix Insurance Co.


New York.


German American Ins. Co.


New York.


Williamsburg City Fire New York.


Connecticut Fire Hartford.


Springfield Fire and Marine Springfield.


New Hampshire Fire Manchester, N. H.


Firemen's Fire . Boston.


Citizens' Mutual Boston.


Holyoke Mutual Salem.


Norfolk Mutual Dedham.


Dedham Mutual Dedham.


OFFICES: 43 Devonshire St., Boston, and Savings Bank, Brookline. TELEPHONE 3276,


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ADVERTISEMENTS.


EDWARD SHARP, REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, AND MORTGAGES,


No. 72 Water St., Boston.


Agent for the Purchase, Sale, and Leasing of Real Estate in BROOKLINE.


Special care given to the attention of property, re- pairs, and collection of Rents.


Insurance effected on Business Property, Dwelling Houses, and Household Furniture.


Mortgages negotiated on real estate at lowest rates.


Telephone No. 391. MEMBERS REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. Established 1877.


Whitcomb, Wead & Co., REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENT BROKERS, No. 38 Devonshire Building, 16 State Street, Boston, Mass.


Down Town Real Estate for Investment.


Stores, Lofts, and Offices To Let in the Wholesale and Retail Districts.


Back Bay Property.


Brookline Houses and Land.


We make a Specialty of Long Leases and


Mortgages on City and Suburban Property. The Management and Care of Estates.


WM. H. LINCOLN, Pres. WM. E. LINCOLN, Treas.


Brookline Savings Bank,


SAVINGS BANK BUILDING, 289 Washington Street, near Post-Office, BROOKLINE, MASS.


Open for Deposits and Drafts every week-day from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M .; also Mondays and Wednesdays from 3 to 5 P. M., and on Saturday even- ings from 6 to 8.


S. W. RICHARDSON. WILLIAM H. HILL.


HENRY W. DODD.


FRANK E. JAMES.


RICHARDSON, HILL & CO.,


BANKERS AND STOCK BROKERS, 40 Water Street, BOSTON. (Members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges.) Connected by Private Wire with New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, ORDERS, ON COMMISSION, EXECUTED IN ALL MARKETS.


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ADVERTISEMENTS.


ROBERT S. DANA, Real Estate, Mortgages AND INSURANCE.


Particular Attention given to Brookline Property. Estates Cared For, and Rents Collected.


30 Station St., BROOKLINE.


MOSES WILLIAMS AND CHAS. A. WILLIAMS,


Attorneys and Counsellors-at-Law


No. 18 POST-OFFICE SQUARE, ROOM 5, BOSTON.


RESIDENCES : Moses Williams, Walnut Street, opp. Warren Street. Chas. A. Williams, Walnut Place, off' Walnut Street.


Brookline Office.


SUMNER H. FOSTER, WILLIAM G. NASH, Counsellors=at=Law,


Colonnade Building, - 231 Washington Street. -


Office Open Evenings. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. NOTARIES PUBLIC.


Bridgman Café, A. L. BRIDGMAN & CO., - Proprietors. 8 Station St., near R. R. Station, Brookline.


MEALS AT ALL HOURS, BY THE DAY OR WEEK.


FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET, with use of Bath, $1.50, $2.00 and $3.00.


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ADVERTISEMENTS.


CHARLES A. BRYANT,


Funeral Undertaker.


OFFICE AND WAREROOMS :


1354 BEACON STREET, COOLIDGE CORNER, Brookline, Mass.


Telephone, 85 Brookline. Residence, 47 Marion Street.


OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.


Telephone 180.


Beaconsfield Stables.


PARKER BRYANT, Agent.


HACK, BOARDING AND LIVERY.


Pleasure Carriages and Drags for all occasions. FIRST CLASS SERVICE.


Beacon and Tappan Sts., = Brookline.


Martin Kingman


Fire, Life and all kinds of


Insurance


WITH OLD, RELIABLE COMPANIES.


Home Agent, Brookline Real Estate.


338 Washington St., cor. Thayer, Brookline.


A long experience in that of Life Insurance. Interviews are cordially solicited con- cerning the Bonds or Option policies, which combine Investment, Savings · and " the Best Insurance in the World"-old, tried, true.


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ADVERTISEMENTS.


C. M. GOODSPEED, HACK, BOARDING, AND LIVERY STABLE.


First- Class Teams.


Carriages for Parties.


316 WASHINGTON STREET, OPP. TOWN HALL,


Telephone Connection. BROOKLINE, MASS.


FRED C. A. GIANNETTO, Brookline · Bicycle - Agency,


AND SUNLIGHT CYCLE WORKS.


Repairing in all Its Branches.


Rubber Tires Applied to Baby Carriages.


Complete Line of Sundries. Bicycle Riding Taught.


A Discount to all L. A. W. Members.


Wheels Built to Order.


Work Called for and Delivered.


LAWN MOWERS AND TOOLS SHARPENED.


48 Station St.,


Brookline, Mass.


THE AMERICAN SCREEN CO.,


MANUFACTURERS OF


Metallic Frame Window Screens


AND SCREEN DOORS, BROOKLINE, - - MASS.


ESTABLISHED 1871.


LAWN MOWERS AND


WILLIAM PRÉE, CUTLER and LOCKSMITH, 8 Harvard Street, Harvard Building, BROOKLINE.


Citizens will please notice that I make a Spe- cialty of Honing Razors, Sharpening Scissors, Saws, and all kinds of Tools. Umbrellas, Para- sols, Trunks, and Valises Repaired. Skates and Lawn Mowers Sharpened.


Residence : 21 School Street.


SKATES SHARPENED.


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ADVERTISEMENTS.


Brookline Storage Warehouse, New Building, Andem Place, off Harvard Square, 1


BROOKLINE.


FIRE = PROOF VAULTS


With Separate Fire, Dust, and Moth Proof Rooms.


Storage for Furniture, Pianos, Works of Art, Trunks, Carriages, Sleighs, Etc. MERCHANDISE OF ALL KINDS.


The NEW STORAGE WAREHOUSE just completed, off Harvard Square, Brookline, built ESPECIALLY for the storage of furniture, is ready for occupancy. This building contains about three-quarters of an acre of floor space, with a large hydraulic elevator and fire-proof vaults, kept at an even temperature for the storage of pianos and works of art. Parties contemplating moving, who have furniture to store, are requested to examine our compartments.


Rooms of all sizes, under lock and key. Reasonable rates of express- age. Excellent facilities for the storage of sleighs and carriages ; persons having small storage room in their stables will find this very convenient. Fire, dust, and moth proof rooms. Reasonable rates. Insurance can be obtained at a very low rate.


For further information call at the


BROOKLINE STORAGE WAREHOUSE,


Telephone 91=2 Brookline.


Office, 221 Washington St., BROOKLINE.


SPENCER'S =


BROOKLINE DIRECTORY


For 1896=7 . .


CONTAINING THE


Names and Addresses of Citizens, a Complete Business Directory, a List of Streets, and Reliable Information as to Churches, Societies, Public Officers, Etc., Etc.


WITH


Householders Specially Indicated.


Che Riverdale Press.


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BROOKLINE, MASS .: C. A. W. SPENCER, PUBLISHER, HARVARD SQUARE. 1896.


PRICE $2.00.


- guys, 1917 $974,95 3945 1896-97.


IN the compilation of this Directory - the third in the series - the plan adopted last year has been generally followed, but it is believed that the work as a whole has been greatly improved upon. The List of Streets has been revised and corrected to date, and is arranged to show, under each title, the relative location of all intersecting streets ; and appending to the alphabetical directory of residents will be found a Street List of Householders - this being a reprint of the specially starred names in the general directory, arranged in the order of the house numbers on each street.


In the Directory for 1894, as well as for 1895-6, the official house num- bers assigned by the town engineer to every 25 feet of street frontage (except in the thickly settled districts, where a number is given to every 12} feet), were given in connection with the names of residents, whether appearing upon the buildings or not. The Selectmen of the town had passed an order to enforce the numbering in accordance with this plan, but a large number of householders have failed, thus far, to comply with the order. It was deemed best, therefore, to give in the present volume the numbers that appear upon the buildings, whether " official" or other- wise. With the exceptions noted, the numbers printed are the official house numbers.


The total number of names in the Directory is 6684. Out of the total names recorded, about 3200 are householders (heads of families) and are thus indicated by a special star (*).


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Index of Contents.


Advertisers' Index 13


Ancient Order of Hibernians .


277


Loyal Women of A. L.


278


Masonic Lodge


276


Masons and Builders


244


Medical Examiner .


269


Metropolitan District


23


Names of Private Estates


35


Notaries Public


246


Nurses


246


Odd Fellows


276


Overseers of Poor


269


Park Commissioners


269


Parks, Playgrounds, etc


34


Physicians


248


Police Court


269


Police Department


269


Political Organizations


279


Population and Vote


22


Population Metropolitan Dist. 23


Population of cities and towns 23


Post Office


281


Postage Rates


282


Private Estates


35


Public Bath .


279


Public Library


268


Public Schools


267


Railroad Stations


37


Rates of Taxation


21


Riverdale Casino


273


Royal Arcanum


276


Royal Society Good Fellows


276


Selectmen


265


School Committee


266


Schools


267


Sheridan Social Club


273


Societies and Ass'ns .


273-278


Street List of Householders . 185


Streets, Avenues, etc


25


Supt. Lights and Wires


266


Supt. Streets and Sewers .


266


Tax-rates


21


Telegraph Office


254


Telephone Exchange


255


Grand Army of the Republic


278


Thursday Club


273


Town Clerk


265


275


-Town Debt


20


Town Officers


265-271


Town Treasurer


266


239


Undertakers


255


Valuation


20-21


Votes in Elections 22


Water Board .


268


Wealth, Debt, etc .


20


Knights of Honor


276


Woman's C. T. Union


277


Laundries


242


Lawyers


242


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Libraries


244-268


Longwood Club


273


Appropriations by town 20


Assessors


266


Associations


273-278


Auctioneers


226


Banks


280


Blocks, Buildings, etc .


35


Board of Health


268


Boarding Houses


227


British American Association 277


-Brookline Education Society .


Brookline Firemen's Ass'n . . 278


- Brookline Friendly Society .


275


Brookline H. S. Alumni Ass'n 274 Brookline Police M. A. Ass'n . 278


Brookline Union


279


Buildings, Blocks, etc


35


225


Calendar .


24


Carpenters and Builders


228


Catholic Order of Foresters


.


277


Cemeteries


264


Census


22-23


Churches


257


Clergymen


229


Clio Club


273


-Clubs, Societies, etc


273-278


Constables


271


Contractors


259


Country Club


275


Daughters of Revolution


274


Debt of town


20-21


Dressmakers


233


Elections (Town and State)


22


Employment Offices


235


Expresses


235


Fire Alarm Boxes


270


Fire Department


270


First Parish Club


275


Friday Club


273


General Directory


41


Good Templars


277


Halls


37


Harvard Church Brotherhood


Hills


34


VHospitals


Hotels


Householers, Street List of


185


Index of Advertisements


13


Justices of the Peace


240


Knights of Columbus


277


279


Woman's Exchange


279


Woman's Relief Corps


278


Young Men's Social League


275


Business Directory


274


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SPENCER'S BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.


B. F. KEITH'S AMUSEMENT . . ENTERPRISES.


Boston.


New York.


B. F. KEITH, PROPRIETOR.


Providence. Philadelphia. E. F. ALBEE, GEN'L MANAGER.


NEW THE ATRE


For


BOSTON ENO Co.


KEITH'S NEW THEATRE, BOSTON. " The Model Playhouse of the Country."


HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE.


PERFORMANCE CONTINUOUS.


Index of Advertisers.


Abbott Edward Miles . front edge


American Screen Co.


7


Bacon F. H. .


315


Bailey A. H.


opp. p. 47


Baker B. F. .


325


Baker Frank P.


321


Barthelmes J. C. & Co. . opp. p. 47


Baxter D. F. .


, head panels


Beaconsfield Stables


6


Blake S. Parkman


2


Boody J. H.


foot panels


Boston Ice Co.


. 322


Boston Storage Warehouse


313


Bowker A. W. .


front cover


Bowker Watts H.


. 325


Brewer A. G. & Co. .


front cover


Bridgman A. L & Co,


5


Brookline Nat'l Bank . front cover


Brookline Savings Bank 4


Brookline Storage Warehouse. 8


Brown T. S. & Co.


320


Bryant Chas. A.


6


Burlen Robert


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314


Burlingame T. W.


315


Burns P. J.


317


Butler W. H.


head panels


Buzzell & Co.


opp. p. 47


Chase's Express Co.


325


Cheever L. O.


40


Chickering Elmer .


back cover


Cobb, Bates & Yerxa .


. opp. p. 46


Cook J. W. & Son .


back cover


Cousens Bros. .


16


Crosby E. F.


320


Cuddihy J. J.


324


Dana Robert S.


5


Danfortlı & Co.


313


Dexter W. D.


2


Doliber-Goodale Co. inserts following p. 8


Dudley James S.


foot panels


Duffy C. A. & Co.


319


Dyer T. H. & Co. foot panels


Eddy E. T. C.


head panels


Farquhar's Sons 39


Flatley & Sweeney


322


Fleming John F. .


head panels


Foster & Nashı .


5


Gale Lumber Co. .


front cover


Giannetto Fred C. A. .


7


Goodspeed C. M. .


7


Gowan J. C. .


316


Hand James B. .


320


Hatch Henry S.


315


Hayes J. K. Jr.


back cover


Head H. R. .


foot panels


James Horace


39


Johnson Felix F.


317


Johnson & Smith


head panels


Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co. 40


Keith B. F.


12


Kelleher T. J. & Co.


front cover


Kelley T. J.


318


Kenrick Brothers


head panels


King Felix R.


2


King & Hodge


opp. p. 112


Kingman Martin


6


Knapp E. R. Jr.


6


Lincoln William & Son


3


Lee Charley Sing


319


Lyon Levi T.


back cover


MacRac John


319


Maher J. H.


321


Mahon Thomas


325


Mass. Fireproof Storage & Warehouse Co.


. 324


Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co. back cover


Morrison W. D.


front cover


Murray J. G.


. 319


Murray T. J.


head panels


Nadel David


323


New Eng. Trust Co.


15


O'Brien T. J.


317


O'Day M. J.


316


O'Hearn M. J.


318


Paige W. W.


2


Paine Brothers


322


Palmer F. E. . foot panels


Partridge W. H.


foot panels


Pazolt W. R.


322


Peters Hans A.


40


Pike George H.


back cover


Pree William


7


Quinlan M. W. 313


Quinn James


back cover


Quinsler & Co.


. 314


Reynolds M. F.


323


Rice Lepine Hall .


314


Richardson, Hill & Co.


4


Driscoll Dennis


318


Driscoll James .


318


Du Vernet C. M. 14


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SPENCER'S BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.


Riverdale Press 312


Theater Keith's New . 12


Russell F. A. .


front cover


Turley T. J. & Son 321


Sanborn A. G. . head panels


Villa Grocery Co. . foot panels


Savage Henry W. 14 Ward W. E. & Co. . foot panels Seamans F. F. . 316 Waterman J. S. & Sons, back cover Weinstein's Express 315


Seamans J. M. & Co.


320


Sears W. B. . . front cover and opp. p. 113


Sharp Edward .


4


Whitcomb H. C & Co . opp. p. 184 Whitcomb, Wead & Co .. 4


Snow F. A. 316


Winchester's Express 317


Spencer C. A. W. 312


Williams M. & C. A. 5


Sullivan F. & Son


321


Young & Brown


2


Henry W. Savage.


Fred K. M. Jones.


HENRY W. SAVAGE,


37 COURT STREET, - - BOSTON.


ESTABLISHED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED FORTY.


EVERY BRANCH OF


REAL ESTATE.


Largest Office in New England.


SELLING AND RENTING BROOKLINE PROPERTY


A SPECIALTY.


C. M. DUVERNET, Agent. Mortgages Negotiated.


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ADVERTISEMENTS.


The New England Trust Co.


INCORPORATED 1869.


85 Devonshire St., cor. Water St., Boston.


CAPITAL, - $1,000,0 DO


Invested in United States and City Bonds.


GUARANTEE FUND, - $1,000,000 DEPOSITS, $14,000,000.


Interest allowed on general deposits subject to check at sight and on time as agreed.


This Company is authorized to receive and hold moneys and property in trust and on deposit from courts of law or equity, executors, administrators, assignees, guardians, trustees, corporations and indi- viduals, and may be appointed Trustee by Probate Court under any will and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.


Deposits may be made at any time, and interest will be allowed on daily balances of $500 and upward.


It will also act as Transfer Agent for Railroad and other Stock Corporations, and as agent for the purpose of issuing, registering, or countersigning the certificates of stock, bonds, or other evidences of debt, and for the payment of dividends and interest of corporations, associa- tions, municipalities, state or public authority, and also as agent or attorney for the care and management of invested property, and for the collection of dividends and interest.


It is by law made a legal depository of money paid into court by the parties to any legal proceedings, or which may be brought into court by reason of any order or judgment in equity or otherwise.


Special attention given to accounts with ladies.


It offers to the public the advantages of a Capital and Surplus of Two Million Dollars, specially invested by requirement of its charter, and a perpetual succession.


BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1896.


President, WILLIAM ENDICOTT, JR.


Vice-Presidents, CHAS. H. DALTON, CHAS. F. CHOATE, J. LEWIS STACKPOLE.


Amos W. Stetson. Alexander Cochrane. Nathaniel Thayer.


Charles U. Cotting.


James J. Storrow. T. Jefferson Coolidge. Jacob Edwards. Franklin Haven, Jr.


Edmund Dwight. Robert Codman.


Henry C. Weston. George Dexter. Roger Wolcott. *William E. Russell.


Charles L. Young.


N. H. HENCHMAN, Sec. CHAS. W. MERRILL, Asst. Sec.


DAVID R. WHITNEY, Actuary.


Boston, July, 1896.


*Deceased.


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SPENCER'S BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.


ESTABLISHED 1869.


TELEPHONE 241-3.


COUSENS BROTHERS,


OAL AND WOOD


CAREFULLY SELECTED


For Family and Steam Use.


WHARF : COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, - - LONGWOOD. .


OFFICE : 217 WASHINGTON STREET, BROOKLINE.


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ADVERTISEMENT.


SPENCER'S Brookline Directory FOR 1896-7.


The First and Only Directory printed and published in the town of Brookline ..


The First Directory to publish the official house numbers of Brookline residences.


The First Directory to publish a complete and authentic list of Brookline streets.


The Only Directory in which appears an historical sketch of Brookline, together with a statement of the town's financial condition, population, and votes in elections.


The Best Directory for general use, with reference to resi- dences and business occupations, names and loca- tions of private estates, blocks, buildings and halls, churches, schools, societies, lodges, etc., etc.


YOU cannot afford to be without


SPENCER'S


BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.


Price $2.00.


C. A. W. SPENCER, Harvard Square, Brookline,


COMPILER, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER.


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BROOKLINE


BROOKLINE, originally a part of Boston and known in colonial times as the Muddy River Hamlet, was set off and incorporated as an independent township in 1705. The parent metropolis has reached out and absorbed the territory on either side of the town, and has so nearly surrounded Brookline as to leave but a boundary of two and one-half miles around the western corner, where it is bordered by the city of Newton. The town is about four and one-half miles long and an average of two miles wide, and contains 3,736 acres of land that is taxed. It is the most important town in Norfolk County, paying about one-third of the entire county taxes, and occupies a unique position from the fact that it is wholly isolated from other territory of the county - Boston being in Suffolk County and Newton in Middlesex. Brookline enjoys the distinc- tion of being the wealthiest town in the commonwealth, its total valuation being over $70,000,000. It is beautifully situated, and its easy accessi- bility to Boston, its numerous churches, its excellent schools, its superior water supply, its perfect system of sewerage and its well-kept streets, coupled with a popular form of town government and an unusually low rate of taxation, combine to make it an ideal place of residence, and for this it is chiefly distinguished, it having very few manufacturing indus- tries. The Beacon-street Boulevard runs diagonally across the town, almost in a straight line from the State House in Boston to the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. Electric cars upon the boulevard, and over Huntington avenue and Tremont street, furnish convenient means of transportation, and the Boston & Albany railroad has five stations within the limits of the town - one, Cottage Farm, upon the main line, and four upon the Newton Circuit branch; namely, Longwood, Brookline, Brookline Hills, and Reservoir. There is but one post-office in Brookline, the mail being delivered by carriers. There are few crowded streets; most of the residences are surrounded by ample grounds, thus insuring the best natural protection to the public health, and the death-rate is consequently low. The public buildings are of modern style, the Town Hall being of rose granite, built at a cost of $250,000, and having a seating capacity of 1200. The Public Library building cost $80,000 and contains about 45,000 volumes. A new High School building was erected last year in the residence center of the town, at a cost of $250,000, and is an enduring manifestation of the educational spirit that controls this splendid muni- cipality.


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THE WEALTH OF BROOKLINE. Assessors' Valuation, May 1, 1896.


Real Estate


$45,782,700


Personal Estate


15,129,300


Bank and Corporation stocks (estimated)


9,088,000


Total


$70,000,000


Rate of taxation, 1896, $12.40 per $1,000.


Appropriations for Town Expenses.


Fiscal year ending Feb. 15, 1897.


Assessors' office . $650.00


Police Department . . $50,000.00


Bath-house .


*25,000.00


Plans for New Station 500 00


Brook Channels


+74,000.00


Poor, Support of . 8,000.00


Care of Public Grounds 2,500.00


Printing and advertising 4,250.00


Cemeteries 375.00


Ringing Bell 175.00


Contingencies


7,000.00


Salaries


34,120.00


County Tax 42,698.17


Schools : General app'n


107,000.00


Decoration Day 400.00


Druce Street School .


*28,000.00


Engineering Dept.


8,000.00


Evening School . 800.00


Fire Department 26,000.00


Interior Repairs


3,000.00


Fire and Police-alarm


3,500.00


Transportation 350.00


Underground wires


1,500.00


Sewers , 25,000.00


Funded Debt


200,461.00


Care of


4,500.00


Interest


100,000.00


Sidewalks


16,000.00


'Health Department 16,000.00


Sinking Fund


70,000.00


Highways 56,000.00


State Aid .


1,000.00


Library maintenance


12,000.00


State & Met. Sewer tax


56,632.50


Longwood Park


*8,000.00


Town Buildings, repairs


3,000.00


Water Works mainte- nance . 14,000.00


Park maintenance 5,000.00


Planting Trees


1,800.00


Water Works extension 20,545.00


Watering Streets


17,000.00


Total Appropriations (to July 1, 1896) . $1,217,306.67


* To be borrowed on 10-year limit.


To be borrowed on 30-year limit.


t $16,000 to be borrowed on 6-year limit, and $58,000 on 10-year limit.


The Town Debt, Feb. 15, 1896.


Bath-House .


$15,000.00


Brook Channels


94,500.00


Devotion Estate


36,600.00


Hospitals .


4,500.00


Parks and Playgrounds


480,120.00


Public Library


12,600.00


School Buildings and Grounds


391,000.00


Sewers and Drainage


163,300.00


Stone Crushing Plant


5,000.00


Streets and Bridges


297,400.00


Water Works .


735,653.00


Total Debt . $2,235,673.00


Of this debt, $400,000 is funded at 7 per cent, $90,000 at 6 per cent, and $192,000 at 5 per cent - a total of $682,000 to which the Sinking Fund is applicable, the present par value of the fund being $489,182.36. The rates of interest on other notes and bonds are as follows : $819,098 at 4 per cent, $328,055 at 35 per cent, $221,000 at 3,2% per cent, $185.520 at 32 per cent, and $12,800 at 3 per cent.


Disabled Soldiers, etc. . 400.00


Supplies and Books . 6,000.00


New Steamer, etc. · 5,500.00


Sanitaries (new) 2,100.00


Lighting Streets


45,000.00


Town Hall and Janitor .


3,200.00


New Playgrounds ±100,000.00


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THE WEALTH OF BROOKLINE.


Valuation, Expenditures, Tax-rate, and Debt of Brookline. From Feb. 1, 1847, to Feb. 1, 1896.


YEAR.


Expenditures for the Year Ending Feb. 1.


Debt, Feb. 1.


Total Valuation, May 1, of preceding year.


Rate of Tax on $1,000.


1847


$9,335 14


$2,156 43


$3,909,200 00


$2 30


1848


10,189 22


6,333 68


4,708,800 00


1 85


1849


10,570 06


6,163 76


5,385,600 00


2 00


1850


10,977 41


5,163 76


5,382,000 00


2 10


1851


12,956 13


3,163 76


5,945,600 00


2 30


1852


28,653 14


13,163 76


6,419,320 00


2 50


1853


21,626 55


12,500 00


7,185,600 00


2 50


1854


22,417 54


15,160 40


8,414,170 00


3 80


1855


59,284 29


43,500 00


8,776,500 00


4 50


1856


47,432 06


41,500 00


9,302,000 00


3 90


1857


52,869 03


50,500 00


9,569,300 00


5 30


1858


71,361 71


61,700 00


9,217,300 00


5 00


1859


48,827 25


57,700 00


10,320,900 00


5 80


1860


66,709 96


60,200 00


10,799,800 00


5 50


1861


61,665 54


53,200 00


10,910,100 00


6 50


1862


62,807 54


48,200 00


10,702,600 00


6 20


1863


122,362 22


88,200 00


11,005,200 00


10 00


1864


182,143 03


101,905 96


9,667,800 00


10 00


1865


163,548 75


124,655 96


10,185,800 00


10 00


1866


164,645 57


104,405 96


10,175,800 00


.10 00


1867


129,007 02


77,655 96


13,801,200 00


8 00


1868


151,894 97


79,205 96


14,870,700 00


6 20


1869


175,856 11


98,505 96


16,313,700 00


9 00


1870


242,084 91


155,405 96


18,948,300 00


7 50


1871


317,087 83


245,800 00


20,879,700 00


9 70


1872


473,843 18


473,800 00


29,413,914 00


8 70


1873


453,660 31


581,800 00


28,476,000 00


11 50


1874


591,360 49


816,704 16


27,940,200 00


11 50


1875


985,605 65


1,346,958 00


27,809,100 00


11 60


1876


494,192 86


1,395,350 00


27,497,000 00


12 20


1877


394,462 05


1,368,350 00


24,968,690 00


12 50




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