Report of the city of Somerville 1874, Part 2

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1874
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
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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



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



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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