Report of the city of Somerville 1874, Part 3

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1874
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 214


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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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