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Rent of Armory for 1873 . 250 00
Dividends on Insurance Poli- cies . .
51 45
Amounts carried forward .
$301 45 $673,767 84
40
Amounts brought forward .
Received for Auctioneer's licenses, Licenses to collect old junk, etc. . 130 00
From some person unknown, being, as he says in letter, : " money exacted from the town by unfair means " . Fees on sales of Real Estate for non-payment of Taxes and Assessments, over costs 121 92 .Of Charles E. Gilman, fees received by him as City Clerk for recording liens and mortgages, and for mar- riage certificates 463 92
$301 45 $673,767 84 6 00
20 00
1,043 29
Miscellaneous ( Watering Streets). Received of sundry persons as their proportional part of the cost of watering streets 2,407 93 - 2,407 93
Police Court Department.
Received of Lebbeus Stetson, Clerk of the Court, Officers' Fees, etc., for 1873 and 1874 .
2,622 34
Public Library.
Received of the County Treasurer return on Dog Licenses for 1873 1,162 29
Of the Librarian for Cata- logues sold 73 00
Fines
164 59
Amounts carried forward . $1,399 88 $679,841 40
41
Amounts brought forward . $1,399 88 $679,841 40 Old Paper sold . 75 -
Some person unknown, Wit-
ness Fee received by him in Police Court, and donated . 2 80
1,403 43
Public Park.
Received of R. B. Stickney for building sold him 650 00
R. M. Kimball and J. W. Da-
975 00
vis for building sold them . Jas. Gallagher for building sold him . Michael Cotter for building sold him .
370 00
240 00
John Lane for building sold him . 400 00
Samuel Oakman for building sold him . 325 00
Nicholas Doyle for building sold him . 175 00
Horace Partridge for three buildings sold him 870 00
M. E. Hawes for building sold him' . 315 00
Return on amount over paid on land bought, in conse- quence of error in computa- tion of areas 230 42
4,550 42
School Contingent.
Received of the State Treasurer, City's proportion of School Fund for 1873 . . 639 92
Amounts carried forward .
$639 92 $685,795 25
42
Amounts brought forward . $639 92 $685,795 25 For use of Room in Prescott School House . 39 00
.
For use of Morse Hall 24 00
For use of Forster Hall 238 00
For tuition of Non-resident
Pupils 171 25
From buildings sold from ad-
ditional land for Jackson School House . 940 00
Return Premiums on sundry Policies of Insurance 361 77
2,413 94
Sewers.
Received of Milk, Washington, and Beacon Streets Sewer Ac-
count, amount erroneously approved to and paid from Sewers Account
104 00
Sewer Assessments.
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1873 . . $19,395 98
Assessed by the Mayor and Alder- men in 1874 25,886 81
45,282 79
Abatements .
$1,375 58
Uncollec'd Dec. 31, '74, 24,008 92
Received
.
25,384 50
19,898 29
Street Lights.
Received of sundry persons for
lamp posts located 135 00
Amount carried forward
$708,346 48
43
Amount brought forward
$708,346 48
Support of Poor.
Received of O. S. Knapp, Admin- istrator, dividend on claim for support of Jas. M. Burns Of Town of Melrose, burial expenses of pauper ·
$333 75
20 50
For support of pauper in
Charlestown Almshouse 147 50
For Support of Paupers : -
Of State Treasurer 430 10
City of Boston .
161 33
City of Cambridge
672 97
City of Haverhill
42 70
Town of Abington
264 49
Town of Billerica
24 00
Town of Chicopee
10 75
Town of Dover
25 05
Town of Hingham
17 00
Town of Peabody
33 07
2,183 21
Somerville Water Works.
Received of John P. Squire for
water pipe, hydrant, etc. . 217 40
For old bbls. sold 24 85
Patent Water and Gas Pipe Co., repairs in 1873 and -
1874 on guaranteed pipe · $415 52
Less for tools pur-
chased . 98 70
316 82
Amounts curried forward .
$559 07 $710,529 69
44
Amounts brought forward . Miscellaneous acc't for ten stand pipes for street water- ing purposes
$559 07 $710,529 69
814 26*
Sewers acc't, for labor and materials furnished .
727 00 .
School Contingent acc't, for labor and materials at High School House . 174 48 Highways acc't, for materials furnished . 65 00
Highways (Vernon St. ) acc't, for materials furnished 25 30
Highways (Glen St.) acc't, for materials furnished 41 60
Highways (Adams St.) acc't, for materials furnished 22 65
Highways (Dana St.) acc't, for materials furnished 41 58
Highways (Milk St. widening) acc't, for materials fur- nished 357 30
C. H. North & Co., for pipe and labor . . . . 159 84
Malden Water Works, for pipe furnished . 466 20
3,454 28
State of Massachusetts (State Aid).
Due from the State Dec. 31, 1873, 33 93
Sums paid in 1873, due from the State Dec 1, 1874 3,779 00
Sums paid in 1874, receivable Dec. 1,1875 . 3,567 03
Amounts carried forward . $7,379 96 $713,983 97
45
Amounts brought forward . $7,379 96 $713,983 97 Disallowed from payments prior to 1872 · $434 30 Disallowed from pay'ts in 1872 8 00
442 30
6,937 66
Due from the State, receivable
Dec. 1, 1875
3,622 43
Received from the State Treasurer, 3,315 23
Sidewalk Assessments.
Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1873 . . 21,258 27
Assessed by the Mayor and Alder- men in 1874 . 44,804 53
66,062 80
Abatement .
79 80
Uncollected · 42,310 82
42,390 62
Received
.
23,672 18
Temporary Loans.
Amounts borrowed by authority of the City Council.
Feb. 2. - Of Warren Institu- tion for Savings, payable April 1 . 30,000 00
Feb. 2. - Of Edward Ayers, payable April 1 2,000 00
Feb. 9 .- of C. H. Lothrop,
payable April 1 . 3,000 00
Amounts carried forward, $35,000 00 $740,971 38
46
Amounts brought forward, $35,000 00 $740,971 38 March 20 .- Mrs. A. L.
Locke, payable April 1 . 10,000 00 April 7 .- Of Warren Institu- tion for Savings, payable in eight months . 50,000 00
April 9. - Of Home Savings
Bank, payable in eight mos. 50,000 00 April 9. - Through Thomas H. Lord, payable in eight months . 15,000 00 July 1. - Of Charles Wilson, payable in five months 3,000 00
July 1. - Of Home Savings
Bank, payable in four mos. 37,000 00 July 7. - D. H. Hartshorn, payable in five months 2,000 00
July 17. - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, payable in four months . 50,000 00
July 17. - Of Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, payable in five months . · 50,000 00
Aug. 24. - Of Warren Insti- tution for Savings, payable in four months . 20,000 00
Aug. 27. - Of Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, pay- able in four months . . 75,000 00 Dec. 28. - Of N. E. Trust
Co., payable in four months 50,000 00 Dec. 28. - Of Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, pay- able in six months . 125,000 00
572,000 00
Amount carried forward
$1,312,971 38
47
Amount brought forward $1,312,971 38
Taxes.
For 1872, Uncollected Dec.31, 1873 $1,920 00
Abatements . 996 00
Uncol'cted Dec. 31,'74 898 00
1,894 00
26 00
For 1873, Uncollected Dec. 31, 1873 · . 93,381 84
Abatements 3,048 30
Uncollected Dec.
31, 1874 . . 22,809 12
25,857 42
67,524 42
For 1874, Ass'd on $30,837,700.00 valuation at $15.00 per thousand, and on 5,335 polls : Amount as per As- sessors' Warrant .
. 473,235 50
Abatements, net, 8,647 00
Uncollected Dec.
31, 1874 . 114,820 50
123,467 50
349,768 00
Received for 1872
26 00
1873
. 67,524 42
1874
. 349,768 00
417,318 42
Amount carried forward
$1,730,289 80
48
Amount brought forward
$1,730,289 80
Water Maintenance.
Received of the Mystic Water Board of Boston, return on water rates : -
For 1873, 20 % on $1250 69 $250 14 - 25 % on 930 81 232 70
For 1874, 15 % on 20,000 00 3,000 00
20 % on 10,000 00 2,000 00
25 % on 5,341 47 1,335 36
6,818 20
6,977 98
Water Services.
Amount of Assessments in 1874, as per certificates of Super- intendent of Water Works . Uncoll'ed Assessments Dec. 31, 1874 . .
9,112 58
1,524 38
7,588 20
Received for hydrant and repairing pipe 17 60
7,605 80
Water Service Assessments.
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1873 .
1,284 35
Dec. 31, 1874 . 247 10
Received
1,037 25
Total receipts
.
$1,745,910 83
On Water Bonds issued, ac- crued interest at time of disposal
159 78
49
Table E.
DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE YEAR 1874.
Middlesex County.
Paid County Treasurer, County Tax $12,289 95
Estate belonging to M. Doherty or Owner Unknown.
Paid C. L. Heywood, for filling low land .
$2,865 75
E. F. Bowker, for survey and
computations
45 00
2,910 75
Estate belonging to Charles Tufts.
Paid John T. Bamrick, for filling
low land .
3,608 22
C. D. Elliot, surveying 75 51
3,683 73
Estate belonging to F. J. Oliver.
Paid John T. Bamrick, for filling low land .
328 34
C. D. Elliot, surveying
11 10
339 44
Estate belonging to J. A. Palmer.
Paid C. D. Elliot, surveying .
15 88
Estate belonging to Owner Unknown.
Paid John T. Bamrick, for filling low land .
214 94
C. D. Elliot, surveying
5 30
220 24
Funded Debt.
Paid Sidewalk Bond No. 2 .
. 10,000 00
Town
ce 2 . . 35,000 00
School ce ce 1 . . 27,000 00
72,000 00
Amount carried forward . .
$91,459 99
4
50
Amount brought forward Fire Department.
$91,459 99
Paid Jas. R. Hopkins, Chief En- gineer, salary $600 00
Four Assistant Engineers, sal- aries 800 00
Clerk of Engineers, salary
50 00
Steamer Engine Co. ·
714 37
John E. Wool Hose Co.
695 41
Geo. H. Foster Hose Co.
705 00
Winter Hill Hose Co. .
673 75
Geo. O. Brastow Hose Co.
680 00
Prescott Hook and Ladder Co.
(6 mos.) . 577 50
R. A. Vinal Hook and Ladder Co. (6 mos.) 541 00
Steamer Engineer
1,020 00
Steamer Fireman . 840 00
Six drivers at $840 each
5,040 00
One driver (6 mos.)
420 00
Substitute drivers .
140 00
Hunneman & Co., for Geo. O.
Brastow Hose Carriage ·
1,200 00
Cook, Rymes & Co., for R. A.
Vinal Hook and Ladder Truck
2,500 00
Mystic Water Board of Bos-
ton, water rates for hy- drants 616 00
Boston Elastic Fabric Co., for 800 feet hose 848 00
Boston Belting Co., for 800 feet hose . 781 50
W. A. Torrey & Co., for 800 feet hose . . 992 00
Amounts carried forward . $20,434 53
$91,459 99
51
Amounts brought forward . $20,434 53 S. Cooper & Co., for two
$91,459 99
horses 775 00
Wm. Blake & Co., for bell 743 75
Repair bills on apparatus ·
1,590 63
Repair bills on buildings 1,243 57
Furniture bills
572 74
Grain bills .
733 20
Hay and Straw bills
931 47
Fuel bills
710 59
Gas bills
420 67
Harness and repair bills
884 46
Blacksmithing and horse shoe-
ing bills
223 97
Washing bills
102 64
Boston Machine Co., for hy-
drant
150 00
for water gate
25 00
Chas. Holmes, stove work 27 87
for cotton waste
15 08
for refreshments
70 00
J. A. Cummings & Co. print'g,
29 50
Water rates .
75 00
Running Hook and Ladder truck (5 mos.)
125 00
J. L. Crafts, taking down and putting up bells
350 00
For veterinary services
49 50
H. A. Byrnes, services on Fire Alarm Telegragh 30 00
Expressing bills
45 30
Oil bills
105 32
Sundry bills for labor, mate-
rials for Fire Alarm Tele-
graph, etc. etc. .
531 35
30,996 14
Amount carried forward
·
$122,456 13
52
Amount brought forward
$122,456 13
Fire Alarm Telegraph.
Paid Gamewell & Co., contract for constructing . $12,500 00
Fire Department acc't, sun- dry bills for materials, etc. 500 00
13,000 00
Gravel Land in Waltham.
Paid Geo. O. Brastow for deed of land . · 35,000 00
Gravel Land in Wakefield.
Paid R. A. Johnson for deed of land
13,500 00
Health Department.
Paid C. L. O'Neil for removing offal, 6 mos. to June 26 1,525 00
6
" " Dec. 26 2,250 00
J. T. Bamrick, teaming
528 00
Labor . 168 00
P. W. Skinner, services in small-pox case . 80 00
Burying dead animals . 7 50
Printing and advertising 14 00
4,572 50
Highways.
Paid laborers 22,102 14
Laborers (from Overseers of the Poor) . Turner, Kidney & Co. paving, 23,843 18
3,440 51
Chas. L. Heywood, for gravel, 11,470 02
F. W. Mead, for broken stone, 9,638 00
Samuel Cooper, for 5 horses . 1,650 00
Geo. H. Sampson, for powder 248 85
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing, 628 11
C. D. Elliot, surveying 596 56
Hay and straw bills 306 70
Amounts carried forward . $73,924 07 $188,528 63
53
Amounts brought forward . $73,924 07 $188,528 63
Harness work bills 229 89
Jesse Simpson, for gravel 224 75
Boston and Maine Railroad,
freight on gravel 280 50
Fitchburg Railroad, freight on gravel 249 40
S. W. Fuller & Co., for lum- ber . 280 17
Cook, Rymes & Co., for ham- mers, picks, etc. 222 55
Edward O'Brien, horse-shoe- ing . 316 69
Parker & Gannett, for shov- els, plows, etc. 193 53
Wm. P. Sargent & Co., for wagon 200 00
J. T. Bamrick, for construct- ing Mt. Vernon Street 1,000 00
James Bartley, for grain 329 91
N. Tufts & Son, for grain 1,555 06
Ira Hill, for land at junction of Milk and Bow Streets 888 00
P. & M. Harwood, for land for the widening of School Street
556 50
Isaac Kendall, for land for the widening of School Street . 1,406 15
N. W. Bingham, grade dam- ages on School Street 300 00
Jane Hopkins, grade damages on School Street .
300 00
T. W. Mullett, grade damages on School Street ·
300 00
Alonzo Wiggin, grade damages on School Street 250 00
Amounts carried forward . $83,007 17 $188,528 63
54
Amounts brought forward . $83,007 17 $183,528 63 J. T. Glines, grade damages on Temple Street 475 00
Robert Kane, for land at junc- tion of Milk and Linwood Streets 703 14
R. A. Johnson, for loading gravel, etc., at Wakefield . Franklin Henderson, as Su- perintendent of Streets · Aaron Sargent, as Clerk of Com. on Highways . ·
1,210 81
1,500 00
Somerville Water Works ac- count, labor and material in lowering pipe 65 00
Jas. R. Hopkins, for filling material ·
440 00
Stone 909 50
John McKenna, for teaming .
1,771 00
Stone
1,683 00
C. A. Mongan, for teaming Stone 341 00
417 00
Mrs. B. McCarroll, for team'g 432 00
1,179 00
Martin Gill, for teaming Stone ·
1,062 00
John Skehan, for teaming 705 00
C. L. O'Neil, for teaming 606 00
Dennis Murray, for teaming . 585 00
Nicholas Baldwin, for team'g 579 00
John Ryan, for teaming 231 00
Mary Crimmings, for teaming 234 00
J. McCarroll, Jr., for teaming 138 00
John T. Bamrick, for teaming Stone ·
162 00
Jas. Fitzpatrick, for teaming 858 00
J. Curran,
69 00
716 00
Amounts carried forward, $100,578 62 $188,528 63
500 00
55
Amounts brought forward, $100,578 62 $188,528 63
John McCarty, for teaming 135 00
R. McCue,
57 00
F. Shadwell,
57 00
M. O'Connell, 66
87 00
Henry Gray,
915 00
H. Maguire,
447 00
Edward Burke,
66
432 00
John McCauley,
66
66
138 00
John Hickey,
66
144 00
Mrs. A. O'Brien, "
96 00
Mrs. M. Mahoney,“
138 00
Michael Dalton,
66
138 00
John Downey,
stone
182 00
John Riley,
66
teaming
99 00
W. B. Munroe,
66
30 00
Frank Buttemer,
93 00
O. Cunningham,
66
102 00
Patrick Manning, "
72 00
J. McCarty, for stone and gravel Teaming
1,756 00
681 00
Sundry bills for hardware,
nails, carpenter work, ce-
ment, oil, drain pipe, mow-
ing grass, wheelwright
work, etc. etc. .
1,113 95
107,491 57
Highways (Pinckney Street). Paid C. E. Lovering, for land taken
1,600 00
Middlesex Register for re- cording deed · .
65
Jere'h McCarty, for construct- ing .
1,290 00
C. D. Elliot, surveying
7 40
2,898 05
Amount carried forward . . $298,918 25
56
Amount brought forward . $298,918 25
Highways (Florence Street).
Paid E. D. Conant, for land taken
$7,800 00
Damages 2,040 00
John T. Bamrick, for con-
structing .
1,480 00
C. D. Elliot, surveying 1 77
11,321 77
Highways ( Vernon Street).
Paid W. S. Barnes, for land taken $974 90
W. H. Lowell, 66 66
114 00
Warren Pollard, 1,800 00
Jere'h McCarty, for construct- ing . 1,081 00
Labor and materials in lower-
ing water-pipe .
434 66
4,404 56
Highways ( Middlesex Avenue).
Paid J. H. Dawe, balance for con- structing . 4,431 00
S. W. Fuller & Co., for lum- ber . 546 05 M. Laighton, for building fence 253 25
for digging post
holes 96 20
C. D. Elliot, surveying
30 38
5,356 88
The cost of constructing Mid- dlesex Avenue was :- paid in 1873
7,242 00
66 1874 5,356 88
$12,598 88
Amount carried forward .
. $320,001 46
57
Amount brought forward . . $320,001 46
Highways (Milk Street Widening).
Paid sundry persons for land taken,
etc. . . $25,593 12
Laborers
. 16,353 86
Laborers (from Overseers of the Poor) . .
1,842 84
J. P. Sanborn, for brick 910 00
Geo. W. Wyatt, for brick
352 00
Somerville Water Works ac-
count, materials for lower- ing pipe · D. & H. Gore, for cesspool stones
357 30
2,275 00
Wm. R. Bradford, for catch basin covers 297 00
Edmands & Co., for drain pipe ·
653 44
Cook, Rymes & Co., for
picks, drills, etc.
83 00
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight on gravel 211 50
Parker & Gannett, for plows, plow-points, shovels, etc. . 305 29
James Bartley, for lanterns, oil, etc. 179 66
H. Wellington & Co., for
cement 420 85
C. D. Elliot, for surveying . 347 29
S. W. Fuller & Co., for lum- ber . 166 95
. Turner, Kidney & Co., for paving .
14,208 80
Jesse Simpson, for gravel 266 50
Amounts carried forward . $64,824 40 $320,001 46
58
Amounts brought forward . $64,824 40 $320,001 46 Paid C. L. Heywood, for gravel . 7,461 73 F. W. Mead, for broken stone 15,370 00 Jere'h McCarty, for teaming . 1,479 00
Stone 2,935 50
John McCarty, for teaming . 522 00
Nicholas Baldwin, for teaming 297 00
John Skehan, for teaming ·
756 00
C. L. O'Neil, for teaming 795 00
M. Hennessy, for stone 251 50
D. McCarty, for stone . 420 00
J. McCarroll, Jr., for team'g 420 00
Nicholas Doyle, for stone 606 50
John P. Pritchard, for stone 85 00
John Madden, for stone 61 00
Patrick Murray, for stone 156 00
Mary Mahoney, for teaming . 129 00
John McCauley, for teaming 687 00
Michael Dalton, for teaming ·
390 00
John Downey, for teaming Stone .
36 00
85 00
Henry Gray, for teaming
1,410 00
John Ryan, for teaming 393 00
Edwd. Burke, for teaming
903 00
John Hickey, for teaming
828.00
John Curran, for teaming
861 00
C. A. Mongan,
900 00
Martin Gill,
297 00
Stone .
1,910 00
Jas. Fitzpatrick, for teaming 297 00
Dennis Murray,
303 00
T. Norton, for stone .
86 00
P. Durgin, . « «
54 50
Hugh Maguire, for teaming
897 00
John McKenna, « 66 54 50
Amounts carried forward, $106,961 63 $320,001 46
59
Amount brought forward . Paid John McKenna for stone . $1,423 00
Mrs. B. McCarroll, for team-
ing . 762 00
Mrs. A. O'Brien, for teaming 185 00
Stone . 855 00
J. T. Bamrick, for teaming Stone
555 00
1,384 00
Mary Crimmings, for teaming, 417 00
James R. Hopkins, for stone,
1,455 50
Sundry bills for labor, sand, stone, carpenter work, ad- vertising, etc. .
694 53
114,692 66
The cost of widening Milk Street has been for land taken: -
Paid in 1873
. $42,390 00
1874
25,593 12
Constructing to completion: -
Paid in 1873
1,180 50
66 1874
89,099 54
$158,263 16
And the unsettled claims for land dam- ages are about
$23,000 00
Highways (Highland Avenue Widening). Paid sundry persons claims for land damages . 1,626 41
C. D. Elliot, surveying
5 41
1,631 82 4
Highways ( Highland Avenue Extension). Paid costs of Court in suits against G. H. Dickerman, L. L. Tower and others .
$320,001 46
89 00
Amount carried forward . . $436,414 94
60
Amount brought forward . . $436,414 94
Highways ( Willow Avenue).
Paid J. T. Bamrick, constructing, $11,000 00
S. W. Fuller & Co., lumber, 69 17
M. Laighton, carpenter work, 49 95
C. D. Elliot, surveying .
29 89
11,149 01
Highways (Morrison Street) .
Paid J. T. Bamrick, for construct- ing . 4,269 87 A. B. Morss & Co., advertis- ing .
10 05
C. D. Elliot, surveying
11 62
4,291 54
Highways ( Appleton Street).
Paid J. T. Bamrick, for construct- ing . 1,752 38
A. B. Morss & Co., advertis- ing . 10 35
C. D. Elliot, surveying 5 81
1,768 54
Highways (Adams Street).
Paid Lemuel Gulliver award for land taken 900 00
Jeremiah cCarty, for grad-
ing . 1,510 00
For labor and materials in
lowering water pipes 158 15
A. B. Morss & Co., advertis- ing . .
9 00
C. D. Elliot, surveying
6 13
2,583 28
Amount carried forward . . $456,207 31
61
Amount brought forward . . $456,207 31
Highways (Dana Street).
Paid Charles Tufts, award for land taken
$886 50
Jas. R. Hopkins, for stoning and grading
1,050 00
For labor and materials in
lowering water pipe . ·
193 46
B. Spooner, advertising ·
5 70
C. D. Elliot, surveying 11 93
2,147 59
Highways ( Wallace Street).
Paid E. Moses & Sons, for con- structing .
2,455 35
A. B. Morss & Co., for adver- tising
15 25
C. D. Elliot, surveying
33 07
2,503 67
Highways (Glen Street).
Paid Jere'h McCarty, for con-
structing .
1,800 00
For labor and materials in
lowering water pipe . ·
151 21
Chas. Orton, damages . ·
67 50
H. R. Bishop, damages
200 00
E. Stone, damages
25 00
A. B. Morss & Co., adver- tising 13 60
C. D. Elliot, surveying
15 93
2,273 24
Amount carried forward .
·
. $463,131 81
62
Amount brought forward . . $463,131 81
Highways (Day Street).
Paid Horace Haskins et al., award for land taken . . $3,725 00
W. A. Mason, for land taken 1,000 00
John T. Bamrick, for con- structing . .
1,741 00
B. Spooner, advertising 5 40
S. W. Fuller & Co., for lum- ber . e
27 43
C. D. Elliot, surveying . 10 44
6,509 27
Highways (Oliver Street).
Paid Charles Tufts, award for land taken
467 50
J. F. Nickerson, award for land taken 407 10
F. J. Oliver, for land taken .
12 30
Jere'h McCarty, for construct- ing . 4,044 50
C. D. Elliot, surveying 9 99
4,941 39
Highways (Broadway Widening).
Paid sundry persons for land taken, and damages
26,726 44
C. G. Pope, examining titles, etc. . ·
154 00
A. B. Morss & Co., advert'g 29 85
B. Spooner, advertising .
6 00
E. H. Foote, surveying
131 13
C. D. Elliot, surveying
11 96
DeCosta & Sawyer, commis- sion and expenses on sale of buildings
58 00
27,117 38
Amount carried forward .
. $501,699 85
63
Amount brought forward .
. $501,699 85
Highways (Quincy Street).
Paid Geo. W. Ireland, award for land taken
$800 00
B. Spooner, advertising 6 00
A. B. Morss & Co., advertis- ing . .
4 50
C. D. Elliot, surveying · 9 95
820 45
Highways ( Warren Avenue).
Paid Abraham Burnett, award for land taken and damages
613 44
Laborers
718 79
C. L. Heywood, for gravel
498 95
John McKenna, for stone
394 50
John Downey, for stone
192 50
Daniel McCarty, for stone
97 00
Daniel Radley, for stone
16 00
J. R. Hopkins, for stone
218 50
Hugh Maguire, for teaming
84 00
J. McCarroll, Jr., for teaming 87 00
C. A. Mongan, for teaming
72 00
Edward Burke, for teaming .
69 00
Mary Mahoney, for teaming,
87 00
John McCauley, for teaming,
99 00
Henry Gray, for teaming .
102 00
Michael Dalton, for teaming, 69 00
C. D. Elliot, surveying
24 32
3,443 00
Highways (Church Street).
Paid A. B. Morss & Co., adver- tising .
15 15
B. Spooner, advertising .
10 45
C. D. Elliot, surveying
5 70
31 30
Amount carried forward
. $505,994 60
64
Amount brought forward . . $505,994 60
Highways (Irving Street).
Paid A. B. Morss & Co., adver- tising
$9 70
B. Spooner, advertising .
5 70
C. D. Elliot, surveying . 14 07
29 47
Highways (Park Avenue).
Paid B. Spooner, advertising 5 40
A. B. Morss & Co., adver- tising .
5 40
C. D. Elliot, surveying 5 61
16 41
Highways (Chauncy Avenue).
Paid B. Spooner, advertising 5 40
A. B. Morss & Co., adver- tising
5 40
C. D. Elliot, surveying
5 50
16 30
Highways ( Winthrop Avenue).
Paid B. Spooner, advertising 5 40
A. B. Morss & Co., adver- tising 5 40
C. D. Elliot, surveying
7 76 -
18 56
Interest
(On Funded Debt).
Paid coupons of Sidewalk Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 @ 5, inclu- sive ; Town Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 @ 8 inclusive ; School Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 @ 4 in- clusive; and City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 @ 79 inclu- sive :- $228,000, 1 year, @ 7 per cent 15,960 00
Amounts carried forward . $15,960 00 $506,075 34
65
Amounts carried forward . $15,960 00 $506,075 34 45,000, 6 mo's, @ 7 per cent
per annum · 1,575 00
273,000, 1 year, @ 61 pr. ct. 17,777 50
229,000, 6 mo's, @ 61
per annum . 7,442 50
28,000, 1 year, @ 6 per cent 1,680 00
39,854, 1 year, @ 51
2,192 00
46,627 00
Less deductions from coupons
not for full time 1,845 33
44,781 67
(On Temporary Loans, etc.)
Paid R. H. Sturtevant, on note 60 00
·
92 67
Warren Inst'tion for Savings,
on note 350 00
Edwd. Ayres, on note . 23 33
C. H. Lothrop, on note
30 92
Mrs. A. L. Locke, on note
21 67
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, on note .
1,166 67
Mercantile Savings Bank, on
money received in advance of bond issued . 65 63
J. B. Remick, on note .
30 00
Jesse Simpson, on note
202 67
Home Savings Bank, on note
740 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, on note . ·
1,083 33
New England Trust Co., on note
1,110 42
Amounts brought forward . $4,977 31 $506,075 34
5
66
Amounts brought forward . $4,977 31 $506,075 34 Warren Inst'tion for Savings, on note
2,333 33
T. H. Lord, on notes 700 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, on notes ·
3,091 99
Home Savings Bank, on note
2,518 05
Chas. Wilson, on note .
97 50
Warren Inst'tion for Savings,
on note 444 17
Mrs. D. H. Hartshorn, on note 58 00
14,220 35
Paid brokerages on loans to M.
Bolles & Co. .
282 50
R. L. Day & Co.
846 25
Sundry persons
20 00
15,369 10
On Funded Debt .
. 44,781 67
Temporary loans, etc. . 15,369 10
60,150 77
Miscellaneous.
Paid W. F. Brown & Co., for printing City Reports for 1873 $438 16
Jesse Simpson, for release of tax title for land illegally sold him in 1870 ·
28 98
In 1871
99 45
Proctor, Warren and Brigham, legal services in Miller's River case 100 00
G. A. Torrey, legal services in Miller's River case 150 00
Amounts carried forward . $816 59 $566,226 11
67
Amounts brought forward. Paid Post 139, G. A. R., for Me- morial Day 350 00
$816 59 $566,226 11
G. F. Morgan, for abstracts from deeds, for Assessors . Jairus Mann, for maintenance of team ·
269 38
500 00
C. D. Elliot, for surveying .
189 98
Sidewalk assessment acc't, as- sessment for sidewalk on Highland Avenue .
818 25
on School St. 466 53
Somerville Water Works acc't for stand pipes for street watering purposes
814 26
D. & H. Gove, for edge-stones and paving at City Hall 76 63
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