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never be made more satisfactory than at the present time, as the material is near at hand, and improve- ments are being made that necessitates its removal. I trust, therefore, that all parties interested in a work promising such grand results, will lend their hearty co-operation, and that great progress will be made in this direction during the present year.
Gentlemen of the City Council: -
With an earnest desire to advance the interests of those whom we represent, I have endeavored to make you somewhat familiar with the present con- dition of the various departments of our city, and to offer such suggestions and recommendations, respect- ing the duties devolving upon us, as seemed to me proper and expedient, all of which I trust will re- ceive your careful deliberation, before you accept or reject them, that no unreasonable expenditure of money may be made, and no warrantable improve- ment be delayed. We cannot be too watchful of the trusts transmitted to us. And the great confidence reposed in us by our fellow-citizens, manifested by placing the management of the public affairs in our hands, should inspire us with a zeal that will secure to them the results of earnest and judicious effort, and not embarrass them with unwarrantable burdens.
TREASURER'S
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF THE
CITY OF SOMERVILLE;
AND THE
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1874. 1
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Feb. 22, 1875.
The Report of the City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for the year 1874 was received, accepted, and referred to the Committee on Finance, and sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 24, 1875.
Concurred in.
SOLOMON DAVIS, Olerk.
IN COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, March 16, 1875.
To the City Council of the City of Somerville :
The Committee on Finance to whom was referred the Treasurer's Report for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1874, have examined the same, comparing it with the Auditor's accounts; and they take pleas- ure in herewith reporting that they find the same correct, and that his books are kept in the most systematic and accurate manner, and recom- mend that his report be accepted.
Respectfully submitted,
CLARK BENNETT, for the Committee.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, March 22, 1875. Report accepted and adopted. Sent down for concurrence. CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, March 22, 1875. Concurred in.
SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, March 22, 1875. ORDERED : -
That the Committee on Printing be, and they are hereby authorized to cause to be printed a suitable number of the Treasurer's Report for the financial year ending December 31, 1874.
Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, March 22, 1875.
SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE,
TREASURER'S OFFICE, Feb. 22, 1875.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the
City Council of the City of Somerville:
GENTLEMEN, - The Third Annual Report of the Financial Condition of the City, and a statement of the Receipts and Disbursements during the year 1874, is herewith presented : -
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY.
Public Property.
The value of the property of the city, Dec. 31, 1873, as by the annual report for the year preceding, was $1,056,283.06. The additions during the past year have been $34,294.06 for extension of the Water Works; $29,178.59 in completion of the School House in Prospect Hill District (Luther V. Bell School House); $20,876.49 expended upon the new Police Station; $107,616.85 expended upon the Public Park; $13,000.00, cost of Fire Alarm Telegraph; $35,000.00, cost of Gravel Land in Waltham; $13,500.00, cost of Gravel Land in Wakefield; $5,783.06, value of Public Library; $3,400.00, cost of R. A. Vinal Hook and Ladder Truck and Apparatus; $1,400.00, cost of George
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O. Brastow Hose Carriage and Horse; $5,050.00, additional land for Jackson School House, and $566.37 for additional School Furniture; less val- uation of old Hand Engine, sold, $200.00: making the value of the Public Property, Dec. 31, 1874, $1,325,748.48, as in "Table A," hereto appended. The balances of the appropriations to the credit, respectively, of Police Station ($29,123.51) and Public Park ($92,383.15), and the sum appro- priated for purchase of land for School House on Tufts Street ($15,000.00), amounting in the aggregate to $136,506.66, will, when expended, place the value of the public property at $1,462,255.14, without further increase of the Funded Debt; the disposal of the bonds authorized and issued for the full sums appropriated for the above-named purposes having been already effected.
Funded Debt.
The Funded Debt of the city, Dec. 31, 1873, was $849,354.00. The increase to Dec. 31, 1874, was $170,000.00, for construction and awards for damages of Milk Street Widening; $27,000.00 to reimburse the Treasury for payments in the construction of Highland Avenue Widening; and $27,000.00 to meet an equal amount of that part of the Funded Debt which matured in 1874, amounting to $224,000.00, and being for liabilities incurred prior to the year 1874; also $10,000.00 for Fire Alarm Telegraph; $35,000.00 for Gravel Land in Waltham; $13,500.00
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for Gravel Land in Wakefield; $200,000.00 for Public Park; $40,000.00 for Milk, Washington, and Beacon Streets Sewer; $40,000.00 for Sidewalks; $15,000.00 for the extension of the Water Works; $50,000.00 for the new Police Station, and $15.000.00 for land for School House on Tufts Street; amounting to $118,500.00, and being for liabilities incurred dur- ing the year 1874. $72,000.00 of the Funded Debt matured Oct. 1 and Dec. 1, 1874, and was paid at maturity : making the total of Funded Debt, Dec. 31, 1874, $1,419,854.00, as in "Table B." This amount will be increased the present year, to provide for the city's part of the cost of sidewalks, ordered in 1874, and not yet constructed ($10,000.00), in completion of an order passed in 1872, appropriating the sum of ($100,000.00) ; and to provide for the cost of the Milk Street Sewer, the appropriation of 1874 ($50,000.00), additional to the $75,000.00 appropriated and bor- rowed in 1873.
Receipts and Disbursements.
The amount in the Treasury at the commencement of the year was $109,505.19; the receipts from all sources were $1,745,910.83, and the disbursements, $1,841,211.03, leaving a balance of $14,204.99 in the Treasury at the close of the year.
Your attention is respectfully called to Excess and Deficiency Account in " Table C," by which it will be seen that the excess of current expenses over the
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appropriations therefor was $84,115.45. The most prominent items of this excess are, - $25,799.29 over Highway appropriation; $39,277.53 for the construc- tion and partial construction of streets not contem- plated at the date of the passage of the order, laying the specific tax of 1874; $9,300.57 over School Contingent appropriation, and $6,583.33 over Sewers appropriation. A part of the first two items will be assessed as betterments, and credited to the respec- tive Highways accounts: what part depends upon the action of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen; and an appropriation will be necessary to cover the deficiency.
Other matters of general interest to all desiring the prosperity and continued good name of our city may be found in detail in the accompanying tables, and need not, therefore, be anticipated in this place.
Respectfully submitted,
AARON SARGENT, Treasurer.
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.
Table A.
PUBLIC PROPERTY, DECEMBER 31, 1874.
Central Hill Land (12 acres, 27,920 feet) . $175,000 00
City Hall
$13,000 00
Furniture .
4,250 00
17,250 00
Public Library .
5,783 06
Steam Fire Engine House .
19,500 00
Furniture .
500 00
Steam Fire Engine and Ap-
paratus
6,000 00
Steam Fire Engine Hose
Carriage & Apparatus 2,000 00
28,000 00
High School House . 60,000 00
Furniture . ·
4,000 00
Philosophical Apparatus 500 00
64,500 00
Prescott School House Land (21,444
feet) and Building
55,000 00
Furniture .
3,000 00
58,000 00
Luther V. Bell School House Land
(22,262 ft. ) and B'ld'g 57,477 71
Furniture .
3,122 29
60,600 00
Forster School House Land (32,693
feet ) and Building
52,500 00
Furniture .
1,500 00
54,000 00
Amount carried forward
$463,133 06
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Amount brought forward $463,133 06 Morse School House Land (29,109 feet) and Building
$30,000 00
Furniture .
1,250 00
Lincoln School House Land (18,000
feet) and Building
14,000 00
Furniture .
1,000 00
Prospect Hill School House Land
(25,313 ft. ) and B'Id'g 30,000 00
Furniture .
600 00
Jackson School House Land (11,212
feet) and Building
13,050 00
Furniture . 500 00
Bennett School House Land (20,560
feet) and Building
15,000 00
Furniture .
500 00
Webster School House Land (11,050
feet) and Building
12,000 00
Furniture . 500 00
Union School House Land (9,360 feet) and Building 4,500 00
Furniture . .
100 00
4,600 00
Harvard School House Land (9,810
feet) and Building 3,500 00
Furniture .
200 00
3,700 00
Edgerly School House Land (26,428 feet) and Building 35,000 00
Furniture . 500 00
- 35,500 00
Amount carried forward . $625,333 06
31,250 00
15,000 00
30,600 00
13,550 00
15,500 00
12,500 00
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Amount brought forward $625,333 06 Brastow School House Land (10,019 feet) and Building $8,000 00 Furniture . 250 00
8,250 00
Franklin School House Land (33,017
feet ) and Building 18,000 00
Furniture . 500 00
18,500 00
Beach Street School House Land
(6,000 ft. ) and B'Id'g 6,000 00
Furniture .
500 00
Spring Hill School House Land (4,- 991 feet) and Building 2,500 00
Furniture .
·
200 00
City Farm Land (10 acres, 12,523 feet) . ·
40,000 00
Cedar Street School House . 1,500 00
Furniture .
100 00
1,600 00
City Stables & Dwelling Houses,"11,000 00
Equipments for Highway Repairs, 4,500 00
15,500 00
No. 1 Hose House Land (4,312 feet)
and Building
. 5,600 00
Furniture .
400 00
John E. Wool Hose Car-
riage and Apparatus 2,000 00
8,000 00
No. 2 Hose House Land (5,400 feet)
and Building
11,000 00
Furniture .
300 00
Winter Hill Hose Carriage
and Apparatus
.
. 2,000 00
13,300 00
Amount carried forward
$739,683 06
6,500 00
2,700 00
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Amount brought forward $739,683 06 No. 3 Hose House Land (5,226 feet) and Building $13,000 00
Furniture .
300 00
Geo. H. Foster Hose Car-
riage and Apparatus,
2,000 00
R. A. Vinal Hook and Lad- der Truck and Ap- paratus 3,400 00
Prescott Hook and Ladder
Truck and Apparatus
500 00
19,200 00
No. 4 Hose House Land (9,100 feet)
and Building
16,000 00
Furniture .
400 00
Geo. O. Brastow Hose Car-
.
riage and Apparatus 2,000 00
Relief Hose Carriage .
600 00
19,000 00
Fire Alarm Telegraph
13,000 00
Police Station Land (15,232 feet) and Building (Bow Street) unfinished .
20,876 49
Police Station Land (7,918 feet) and Building (Prospect Street) ·
10,000 00
Public Park - unfinished
107,616 85 .
Joy Street Land (2,960 feet) . ·
1,000 00
Walnut Hill Land (10,890 feet)
1,500 00
Ledge Land, on Bond St. (39,732 ft.) $5,000 Holland St. (5 a. 6,806 ft. ) 25,000 Milk St. (39,456 ft.) 7,000
37,000 00
Gravel Land in Waltham (about 35 acres) .
35,000 00
Gravel Land in Wakefield ( 66 1, 3
66
)
13,500 00
Gravel Land in Winchester ( 66 )
700 00
Somerville Water Works
. 307,672 08
Total
$1,325,748 48
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Table B. FUNDED DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1874.
Date.
Loan.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When Due.
Amount
PURPOSE.
Oct. 1, 1872 Sidewalk Bond No. 3
7
Oct. 1, 1875
$10,000 Sidewalks. 5,000 Beach st. Sch. H'se.
April 1, 1873
No. 19
7
April 1, 1876
6,000 Geo.
O. Brastow Hose House.
66
66
Water
66
No. 14
7
66
66
20,000
Water Works.
1874 City ..
66
66
66
No. 47
62
65
66
5,000
July
1,1873
66
Sidewalk
No. 4
7
Oct.
1,1876
10.000 Sidewalks.
April 1, Oct.
60
City
No. 22
7
66
6,000
7
66
6,000
60
66
No. 25
7
2,000
Milk St. Sewer.
66
66
No. 28
7
3,000
.
66
66
No. 30
7
66
2,000
April 1, 1874
..
66
No. 37
7
66
66
3,000
66
5,000
66
66
No. 39
7
66
66
5,000
No. 42
7
7
66
5,000
66
5,000 Highland
Avenue
Widening.
63
66
66
20,000
20,000
66
66
No. 62
6%
66
66
5.000
66
66
No. 63
No. 64
61
66
60
5,000
6
6
July 1,
5,000
Morse Sch. House
66
66
No. 70
6
6ª
66
66
5,000
April 1, 1873 Sidewalk
Oct.
1, 1874 City
No. 97
61
-
5,000
Sidewalks. Gravel Land Wakefield.
in
No. 112
6%
66
5,000
Public Park.
No. 122
61
7
Oct.
1,1878
5,000
66
66
No. 33
No. 34
7
6
5,000
66
Sidewalk
No. 6
61
.6
6.
10.000 Sidewalks.
Jan.
1, 1863 Water
61
Jan.
1,1879
10,000
66
66
No. 3
6$
66
66
10.000
April 1, 1874 City
..
-
66
No. 51
5,000 Highland
Avenue
66
66
66
No. 61
62
Widening. 10,000 Milk St. Widening.
Amount carried forward
$471,000
7
66
40,000
No. 45
63
10,000
No. 46
6%
5,000
Milk Street Wid - ening.
7
July
1,1876
38,000
66
2,000
Luther V. Bell School House.
66
No. 21
7
No. 24
7
66
4,000
No. 27
7
4,000
66
No. 29
7
No. 35
7
April 1, 1877
2,000
No. 38
7
66
5,000
Milk Street Wid- ening.
5,000
No. 41
7
6%
No. 59
62
61
66
5,000
66
66
No. 65
No. 68
66
No. 69
6.
5,000
5,000
(to pay original bond given).
No. 5
Oct. 1,
10,000
5,000
No. 115
61
5,000
10,000
1873
66
No. 31
No. 32
7
66
5,000
25,000
Milk St. Sewer.
66
No. 35
7
No. 1
No. 2
10,00?
Water Works.
66
No. 44
1-
April 1,
...
5,000
No. 114
61
66
66
66
No. 56
No. 59
10,000
Milk Street Wid- ening.
July
1,
City
No. 18
7
No. 15
5,000
No. 48
66
No. 20
No. 23
66
No. 26
2,000
1,000
5,000
No. 43
No. 50
6%
5,000
60
No. 71
No. 113
61
66
10,000 Milk St. Widening.
5,000
No. 40
1,
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Table B, Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When Due.
Amount.
PURPOSE.
Amount brought forward . . July 1, 1872 City Bond No. 2
Oct.
1, 1859 Town
1874 Sidewalk
66
No. 7
63
No. 143
61
.€
$6
No. 144
6.3
66
66
.
No. 145
63
No. 146
6%
No. 3
6층
July
1,1880
55,000
Various.
Oct.
1, "
66
Water
66
No. 8
6%
10.000 Sidewalks.
=
66
Town
School
66
No. 3
61
April 1, 1881
60.000 High Sch. House.
Oct.
1,
Water
No. 8
6号
Oct.
1,1881
10,000
No. 9
6ª
No. 10
61
No. 11
61
No.6
63
No. 7
6
No. 8
6%
No. 4
61
25,000 Prescott Sch. Ho.
April 1, 1872 City
00
April 1, 1882
17.500
July
1,
66
..
61
..
5,000
10,000
Notes).
Water Works.
Various (to pay Sundry Notes). Town
Oct.
1,1872
Oct.
1,1882
5,000
66
66
No. 12
63
April 1, 1884
6
5,000
6
5.000
66
No. 54
65
5,000
66
No. 55
63
66
2,000
6%
10,000
Milk Street Wid- ening.
July
1,1872
20,000 |\Var (in lieu of note retired).
Morse Sch. House (to pay original bond given).
Milk. Washington and Beacon St. Sewer.
Water Works.
Oct.
1, 1872 City
No. 13
6
Oct,
1,1884
6,000
66
66
No. 15
6
5,000
66
66
No. 16
6
5,000
No. 17
6
.€
5,000
Amount carried forwar.l
$1,156,354
.
.
July 1, 1879
5,454 Various (in lieu of note retired).
No. 1
51
Oct.
1,
66
10.000 Sidewalks.
3,000
Land for School- House on Tufts Street.
July
1, 1870 Town
61
Oct.
1,1880
21.800
40,000 Water Works.
Dec. 31, 1870 Water
Bond No. 7
61
Jan.
1,1881
66
5,000 Various.
63
"
60
3,000 Morse Sch. House.
April 1, 1871
66
66
66
10,000
66
Town
10,000
Various.
1874 Sidewalk
No. 9
61
66
10,000 Sidewalks.
6.1
July
1,1882
5,000
Various (to pay Sundry Town
66
66
Water
No. 12
No. 13
6%
66
40,000
66
City 66
66
No. 9
61
5,000
66
No. 10
61
€
10,000
Geo. O. Brastow Hose House
April 1, 1884
10,000 Fire Alarm Teleg'h.
Highland Avenue Widening.
2,000
6층
5,000
5,000
66
66
No. 73
61
6 6
5,000
No. 74
No. 75
63
No. 76
63
5,000
66
66
66
No. 77
61
61
66
5,000
66
Water
No. 16
6%
66
5,000
66
66
No. 18
6%
5,000
6.
66
No. 14
6
..
66
10,000
No. 7
5%
July
1,
66
1874
No. 66
62
No. 67
66
No. 72
63
No. 78
66
No. 79
61
66
¥
5,000
"
No. 17
63
66
5,000
6%
16
10,000
66
School
66
No. 4
No. 5
63
No. 6
6%
10.000
50,000
No. 8
No. 11
61
.€
5,000
No. 49
No. 52
No. 53
10,000
Water Works.
10,000
No. 6
61
1874 Sidewalk
20,000 Water Works.
No. 5
63
No. 2
14,400 Various.
City
2,000
5,000
5,000
No. 4
66
2,000
11,500
No. 1
No. 60
63
No. 57
5,000
5,000
5,000
66
5,000
War (in lieu of notes retired).
No. 3
$471,000
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Table B Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When Due.
Amount.
PURPOSE.
Amount brought forward . . 1, 1874 City Bond No. 80
61
Oct.
1, 188₺
5,000
1
61
No. 82
6}
No. 83
61
66
5,000
1
Gravel Land in Waltham.
=
66
No. 84
65
66
5,000
66
66
66
66
66
Police Station.
66
66
No. 93
6%
66
66
5,000
66
66
66
No. 95
6%
66
66
5,000
66
66
No. 100
61
66
66
1,000
No. 101
6%
66
66
3,000
66
66
No. 102
61
66
66
3.000
66
66
No. 104
6%
66
1,000
No. 105
64
66
2,000
66
66
60
No. 110
61
66
5.000
63
66
5,000
60
66
No. 116
61
66
3,000
v
66
66
66
No. 119
61
66
5,000
66
60
66
66
No. 121
6%
66
66
5,000
66
66
66
No. 123
61
66
66
5,000
60
66
No. 125
61
66
66
5,000
6%
66
66
5,000
66
66
66
No. 128
62
5,000
66
66
No. 130
6
66
5,000
66
66
66
No. 133
63
66
66
66
No. 134
61
5,000
60
No. 135
61
61
66
5,000
66
66
66
66
No. 138
61
66
5 000
No. 139
63
66
5,000
No. 140
6%
66
5,000
No. 141
61
66
66
5,000
60
No. 142
62
60
5,000
.
.
.
$1,156,354
Oct.
66
60
66
No. 86
61
00
No. 87 No. 88
61
66
66
5,000
6%
66
5,000
61
63
No. 94
63
5,000
66
66
6 :
No. 96
5,000
66
66
No. 98
61
66
66
No. 99
61
6%
61
66
66
5,000
66
No. 108
6%
5,000
66
No. 109
61
66
5,000
No. 117
66
66
5,000
No. 118
65
5,000
5,000
66
No. 120
61
5,000
--
Public Park.
66
No. 126
No. 127
61
61
66
5,000
No. 132
6%
66
66
5,000
66
5,000
5,000
66
No. 136
No. 137
63
5,000
TOTAL .
· $1,419,854
66
66
No. 103
3,000
66
No. 106
65
5,000
66
66
66
5,000
No. 89
6%
66
66
5,000
5.000
66
5,000
No. 85
5,000
5,000
No. 90
No. 91
No. 92
66
5,000
2,500
Gravel Land in Wakefield.
3
66
No. 111
No. 124
66
5.000
66
No. 129
5,000
66
No. 131
66
66
No. 81
5,000
5,000
No. 107
Table C.
APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., WITH EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT, LEDGER BALANCES, AND UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS, DEC. 31, 1874.
DEBITS.
CREDITS.
APPROPRIATIONS.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
LEDGER BALA CES, Dee. 31, 1874.
ACCOUNTS.
Disburs'm'ts as in Table E.
Credits to other Accounts.
Receipts as in Table D.
Debits to other Accounts.
Provided for by tax- ation in 1874.
Un'xp'nd'd Authoriz'd balances Dec. 31, '73 in 1874.
Dr.
Cr.
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriations Cash .
$1,154,657 30 1,855,416 02
$948,716 65 1,841,211 03 12,289 95
$205,940 65 14,204 99
County of Middlesex Estate belonging to M. Doherty, or Owner Unknown · Estate belonging to Chas. Tufts .
$12,289 95
2,910 75
2,910 75
3,683 73
3,683 73
Estate belonging to F. J. Oliver . . Estate belonging to J. A. Palmer . Estate belonging to Owner Unknown Excess and Defi- cieney .
339 44
339 44
15 88
15 88
220 24
220 24
· 72,000 00 30,996 14
$642,500 00 1,305 37
29,477 43 849,354 00
$11,969 03
·
84,115 45
Funded Debt : : Fire Department . Fire Alarm Tele- graph . Gravel Land in Wai- tham
13,000 00
3,000 00
$10,000 00
35,000 00
.
· .
. .
·
35,000 00
Gravel Land in Wakefield . . . Health Department
13,500 00 4,572 50|
40 00
5,000 00l
.
$467 50||
34
.
·
·
·
.
125,561 91
. . $1,419,854 00
29,500 00
$190 77
.
.
· ·
13,500 00
Unexpend- ed balances of Special Appropri- ations.
Provided for by Loans.
Highways . .. Highways (Pinck- ney Street) . . Highways (Florence Street) . Highways (Vernon Street) .
107,491 57| ·
316 66
2,898 05
100,000 00
25,799 29
11,321 77 ·
4,404 56
·
5,356 88
7,758 00
2,401 12
114,692 66
1,050 00
26,429 50
100,000 00
12,786 84
12,786 84
1,631 82,
·
·
1,631 82
89 00
89 00
11,149 01
11,149 01
Highways ( Morris'n Street) .
4,291 54
·
·
4,291 54
Ilighways (Apple- ton Street) Highways (Adams Street) .
1,768 54
1,768 54
* * (Dana Highways Street) .
2,147 59
2,147 59
Ilighiways (Wallace Street) ·
2,503 67
2,503 67
High ways
2,273 24
2,273 24
6,509 27
6,509 27
Highways (Day St.) Highways Street)
4,941 39
4,941 39
Highways (Broad- way widening) . Highways (Quincy Street) ·
27,117 38
3,765 00
23,352 38
Highways (Warren Avenue)
3,443 00
99 00
3,542 00
Highways (Church Street)
31 30
31 30
Highways (Irving
Street)
29 47
29 47
Avenue) . .. ·
16 41
16 41
Carried forward .
$506,040 48 $3,135,734 23 $648,977 03 $3,688,807 06 $149,469 031 $26,429 50 $158,500 00
$93,670 42 $2,868 62
$311,431 13 $1,432,640 84,
$12,786 84
35
·
·
·
·
·
.
·
·
.
·
.
·
·
·
·
· ·
2,583 28
2,583
Street)
(Oliver
820 45
820 45
Highways (Park
Highways (Middle- sex Avenue) . Highways (Milk St. Widening) Highways (Highl'd Ave. widening ) . Highways (Highl'd Ave. extension) . Highways (Willow Avenue),
Table C, Continued.
DEBITS.
CREDITS.
APPROPRIATIONS.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
LEDGER BALANCES, Dec. 31, 1874.
Provided for by Loans.
Provided
ACCOUNTS.
Disburs'mt's as in Table E.
Credits to othe Accounts
Receipts as in Table D.
Debits to other Accounts.
for by tax- Un'xp'nd'd| Authoriz'd balances in 1874. Dec. 31, '73 ation in 1874.
Dr.
Cr.
Dr.
Cr.
Unexpend- cd balances of Special Appropri- ations.
Brought forward . Highways (Chaun- cy Avenue) . .. Highways (Win- throp Avenuc) . Highway Betterm't Assessments
$506,040 48 $3,135,734 23
$648,977 03 $3,688,807 06 >149,469 03
$26,429 50 $158,500 00
$93,670 42
$2,868 62
$311,431 13 $1,432 640 84
$12,786 84
16 30
18 56
18 56
Incidentals
7,760 00 8 00
100 00 10,081 74 14,609 07| 1,043 29|
50,000 00
20,000 00
6,100 91
Miscellaneous (Wa- tering Streets) . . Overly and Abatc. ment
4,815 85;
2,407 93
10,616 52
3,036 54 1,325,748 48
Public Property . Property and D. bt Balance . . Police .
516,347 62
577,866 51
21,000 00
· 2,930 17
1,616 64
750 11 29,123 51 92,383 15
29,123 51 92,383 15
Reduction of Fund- cd Debt . . Salaries . .
72,000 00
45,000 00
27,000 00
18,212 53 30,714 51
2,413 94
17,900 00 19,000 00
312 53 9,300 57
School Contingent . School Teachers' Salaries .
Sewers
55,990 62 51,198 56|
* * 1,375 58 |
* * * 104 00 25,886 81
57,000 00 20,000 001
6,583 33
1,009 38
61,518 89
Police Court Dep't .
1,005 70
2,622 34
2,877 38
1,403 43
2,224 06
Public Library . . Police Station . . Public Park .
20,876 49
112,167 27
4,550 42
50,000 00 200,000 00
10,073 74 4,458 30
Interest .
Miscellaneous
60,150 77 12,534 46,
13,653 06 1,325,748 48
23,930 17
16 30
7,660 00
36
Sewers (Milk Street) Sewer) . Sewers ( Milk, Wash- ington, and Bea- con Street Sewer),
67,228 17
52,514 00
50,000 00
35,285 83
35,285 83
28,342 70
670 15 45,282 79
* 19,898 29
* 1,375 58
· 1,000 00
* * 3,567 03
8,500 00 8,500 00
· 628 21
Support of Poor . Somerville Water Works .
37,748 34
3,454 28
2,319 95
9,733 09
15,000 00
7,241 02
· State of Mass. - State Aid .
* 82,617 28
6,945 66 79 80
3,315 23
8 00
3,622 43
10,374 17
10,374 17
Sidewalk Assess-
66,062 80
23,672 18
79 80
·
17,960 00
Hundry Persons .
· ·
.
2,328 07
School - House in Prospect Hill Dis. School - House on Tufts Street . . .
27,619 67
1,558 92
29,844 96
666 37
15,000 00 175,000 00
15,000 00
Temporary Loans .
628,000 00 .
572,000 00
* 231,000 00 12,691 30
15,000 00
2,390 06
Water Services .
7,171 19
* * 1,958 99
6,977 98 7,605 80
* * 1,524 88
Water Service As-
sessments . . .
·
·
2,808 73
1,037 25
. . .
$1,841,211 03 $5,766,532 15 $1,745,910 83 $4,623,059 6)
$432,369 03 $166,788 27 $555,500 00
$113,592 88 $29,477 43
$1,865,391 72 $1,865,391 72 $205,940 65
RECAPITULATION.
Debits.
Credits.
Receipts .
$1 745,910 83
Debits to other accounts .
4,623,059 60
Appropriations - provided for by taxation loans - balance Dec. 31, 1873 Authorized in 1874
166,788 27
555,500 00
Excess and Deficiency ba'ance .
81,115 45
$7,607,743 18
$7,607,743 18
37
Taxes . .
.
33 28
568,537 34
417,318 42
138,560 90
Water Maintenance
19,587 92
. .
44,804 53
48,266 72
.
ments . ·
42,310 82
State of Mass.
* 17,960 00
2,328 07
·
40,000
* 24,008 92
10,987 15
10,987 15
Sewer Assessments, · ·
1,132 79 ·
. .
3,567 03
8,341 59
·
135 00
293 41
11,311 42
2,183 21
·
Disbursements . . Credits to other accounts.
$1,841,211 03 5,766,532 15
432,369 03
Soldiers' Relief . .
132 79
State Aid . . Street Lights
Sidewalks
15,000 00
1,771 48
6
38
Table D.
RECEIPTS DURING THE YEAR 1874.
Funded Debt.
Received from sale of bonds author-
ized by the City Council.
Bonds Nos. 6 @ 9 Sidewalk Loan . $40,000 00
Bonds Nos. 16 @ 18 Water
Loan
· 15,000 00
Bonds Nos. 36 @ 146, inc. City Loan 587,500 00
$642,500 00
Fire Department.
Received for old hand engine, sold Of Wm. Blake & Co., for bell metal ·
265 00
464 87
Fire Alarm Telegraph acc't, sundry bills for materials, etc., charged when paid to Fire Department account
500 00
For Manure, sold . Sundries .
56 00
19 50
1,305 37
Health Department.
Received for funeral expenses of F.Wilson, died of small-pox,
40 00
Highways.
Received of John P. Squire, for earth sold him .
316 66
Highways ( Milk Street Widening). Received for land and buildings sold 1,050 00
Amount carried forward $645,212 03
39
Amount brought forward $645,212 03
Highways (Broadway Widening).
Received of Albert Kenneson for building sold him . $1.450 00
Of Timothy Crowley for build- ing sold him 475 00
Of E. A. Foster for two
buildings sold him 1,025 00
Of Richard Falvey for build- ing sold him ·
800 00
For small building sold 15 00
3,765 00
Highway Betterment Assessments.
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1873 . 7,760 00
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1874 . . 7,660 00
Received
.
100 00
Incidentals.
Sums received which cannot properly be credited to any specific department.
Received of the State Treasurer, Corporation Taxes 4,808 86
Bank Taxes
. 5,272 88
10,081 74
Interest.
Received on deposits in Banks 4,264 81
Taxes . 5,950 03
Bonds issued, accrued interest
at time of disposal 4,394 23
14,609 07
Miscellaneous.
Received of the State Treasurer as
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