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Turner, Kidney & Co., for stone-steps at City Hall 52 00
Tufts Brick Co., for bricks at City Hall . 45 00
Brown & Wheeler, for win- dow awnings ·
31 50
Union Hall Co., for use of Hall for W'd Meetings, etc., C. A. Small, pound-keeper for 1874 . ·
102 00
25 00
Albert Caswell, for care of flagstaff for 1874 .
50 00
W. J. Barry, damages on Washington Street ·
100 00
C. G. Pope, examining titles, 125 00
O. S. Knapp, legal services . 233 25
M. K. Norwood, for building sheds at City Hall 450 00
Amounts carried forward . $5,515 37 $566,226 11
. 68
Amounts brought forward . $5,515 37 $566,226 11 Paid G. A. Kimball, for plans and computing areas for Asses- sors 83 25
L. R. Horne, making plans . 76 00
J. C. Magoun, salary as Seal- er of Weights and Meas- ures for 1873 and 1874 200 00
Alfred E. Mann, for returns of births . 181 25
Cleaning windows 29 00
P. & W. S. White, carpenter work 14 27
F. D. Snow, for stakes for City Engineer . 49 38
H. B. Runey, for return of deaths .
34 75
Greenough, Jones & Co., for directories 12 00
C. J. Adams, for support of prisoners in House of Cor- rection
94 14
State Reform School, for board of boys
55 92
Michael Hanley, verdict for damages to estate on Milk Street 490 74
Patrick Rafferty, for return of deaths . 60 70
E. K. Maynard, labor . 29 75
Maurice Neville, labor around City Hall .. 288 50
Albert Caswell, carpenter -
work
59 92
Amounts carried forward . $7,274 94 $566,226 11
69
Amounts brought forward . $7,274 94 $566,226 11 Paid Mystic Water Board, water rates for City Hall 50 00
D. H. Hicks, verdict for dam- ages to estate on Franklin Street
1,146 11
W. H. Kennedy, damages to horse on highway 100 00
C. D. Elliot, attendance at Court ·
8 27
Water Service Assessment ac- count, service pipe to drink- ing trough ·
38 88
Converse & Kelly, legal ser- vices .
45 00
J. D. Hills, carpenter work 206 38
J. R. Hopkins, for manure 28 00
Asa Durgin, for ice .
44 40
F. A. Titus, for hose
43 50
J. A. Cummings & Co., for printing . L. M. Maynard, for use of horse and carriage for City
508 65
Engineer .
182 00
For manure
9 00
Care of City Hall
24 00
Labor at cemetery 15 00
Labor
30 00
J. P. Healy, legal advice, con- sultations, etc. . 50 00
F. J. Williams, delivering tax bills, adjusting old taxes, etc. etc. . 400 00
Ward Officers
176 00
For postage stamps
71 08
Amounts carried forward . $10,451 21 $566,226 11
70
Amounts brought forward . $10,451 21 $566,226 11
Paid for materials for City Engin'r 100 65
Sundry bills for advertising . 357 33
Expressing 14 25
Fuel
281 48
Gas fixtures
202 03
Gas .
207 69
Labor, hardware, car fares,
serving notices, insur-
ance, etc. etc. ·
544 24
Sundry bills for stationery
349 36
E. M. Paul, carpenter work 26 22
12,534 46
Miscellaneous (Watering Streets).
Paid Chas. Linehan, for watering . $4,408 95 Mystic Water Board, for water
400 00
Advertising
6 90
4,815 85
Police.
Paid M. C. Parkhurst, Chief . $1,700 00
R. R. Perry, Captain
1,320 00
J. B. Alden, patrolman
. 1,092 00
S. A. Brown,
. 1,092 00
D. B. Spaulding,
. 1,092 00
Ivan Laighton
1,092 00
John Hafford,
. 1,092 00
Edward McGarr,
1,092 00 .
S. R. Dow, 66
· 1,092 00
C. C. Cavanagh, 1
. 1,092 00
C. D. Clark,
. 1,095 00
J. W. Oliver,
. 1,095 00
M. H. Kinsley 66 1,095 00 ·
S. E. Rollins, 66 1,083 00
O. H. Webber,
1,083 00
.
.
Amounts carried forward . $17,207 00 $583,576 42
71
Amounts brought forward . $17,207 00 $583,576 42 Paid P. W. Skinner, patrolman 1,047 00 F. W. Slade, 888 00 ·
C. C. Folsom, 66
.
1,047 00
N. F. Caswell, 66
·
1,092 00
B. F. Sheridan,
(extra) 450 50
Rufus Shute,
66
611 50
C. D. Bonner,
66 66
309 00 .
H. W. Kimball, 66 66 355 00
Jos. Young, 66
50 00
W. H. Denton,
66
267 50
W. H. Winslow,
30 00
G. W. Ring,
66 66
.
13 00
G. W. Holden, 66
66
5 00
Hugh Blanchard, 66
66
7 50
L. H. Snow,
66 66
14 50
T. C. Joslyn,
66
2 50
A. S. Arnold,
66
66
·
7 50
N. L. Pennock,
66
66
5 00
A. L. Staples,
66
66
43 50
H. Webber,
66
66
30 00
A. E. Mann,
66
66
50 00
Albert Fiske,
65 00
A. C. Kinsley,
2 50
C. C. Cavanagh, 66
66
.
8 50
S. D. Blanchard, 66
10 00
S. L. Lewis,
66
10 00
Bose Cobb, 66
66
20 00
Asa Durgin, for ice
12 00
Cambridge Gas Co., gas
140 73
H. Wellington & Co., fuel
38 50
Brine & Clark, fuel
20 70
C. Holmes, stove work, etc.
30 09
Mystic Water Board, water rates
15 00
.
.
.
.
Amounts carried forward . $23,906 02 $583,576 42
72
Amounts brought forward . $23,906 02 $583,576 42
Paid C. Sullivan & Co., plumbing 14 45
For sundries 9 70
23,930 17
Police Court Department.
Paid Jairus Mann, Constable of the Court ·
$500 00
M. C. Parkhurst, keeper of lock-up 100 00
L. H. Brown, carriage hire . 35 00
A. B. Morss & Co , printing
5 25
For washing and for food for prisoners . 365 45
1,005 70
Public Library.
Paid Noyes, Holmes & Co., for books, etc. 1,653 25
J. A. Cummings & Co., print- ing . .
230 50
Premium of insurance . 37 50
H. A. Adams, Assistant Li- brarian 600 00
Lizzie Stevens, Assistant
258 75
Other Assistants .
38 75
Sundry bills for paper, ex- pressing, etc. 58 63
2,877 38
Police Station.
Paid Patrick Terry, for land . 10,662 40
Taxes for 1874 on land 118 50
J. S. Tuttle, for laying foun- dation 825 00
Alonzo Bowers, on contract to construct . 9,000 00
A. Caswell, for stakes 4 66
Amounts carried forward . $20,610 56 $611,389 67
-
73
Amounts brought forward . $20,610 56 $611,389 67 Paid C. D. Elliot, for surveying . 15 28
J. H. Clough, on account for plans, etc.
250 00
Recording deed ,
65
20,876 49
Public Park.
Paid the following named persons (and the mortgagees) for estates : -
John J. Daly
1,947 17
Michael Cotter
1,207 50
John Cummings
1,155 00
Jas. Gillanders ·
1,700
Less rent deducted 25
1,675 00
C. F. Baldwin
3,075 00
Jos. Gallishaw
1,775 00
A. M. Lyons
1,809 65 ·
Chauncey Holt
8,377 95
Thos. Lord .
7,195 28
66
210 00
66
. 26,075 51
Sam'l A. Carlton
. 30,645 91
A. W. Tufts
2,200 00 ·
J. Dupont et al.
2,600 00
John Kearney
302 78
C. D. Wright
162 80
Patrick Callahan
2,300 00
Henry Wall
1,380 92
Philip Daly .
1,540 00
Daniel McCarty
288 20
V. R. Warren
3,414 70
I. C. Cushing
3,990 14
.
·
2,628 80
Geo. R. Kelso
·
Amounts carried forward, $105,957 31 $632,266 16
74
Amounts brought forward, $105,957 31 $632,266 16 Paid Edwd. Kelly . 2,200 00
Additional interest upon pay-
ment of mortgages
250 98
Taxes as per agreement
on sundry estates
purchased 884 42
Less received
·
174 00
710 42
C. G. Pope, for examining
titles ·
320 00
For making deeds 42
Less received
.
20
- 22 00
Middlesex Registry, for
recording deeds, re-
leases, etc. 35 70
Less received ·
7 00
28 70
J. A. Cummings & Co., print- ing . 12 00
E. H. Foote, surveying, etc. 268 29
C. D. Elliot, surveying 206 48
De Costa & Sawyer, selling buildings, advertising, etc. 56 67
A. B. Morss & Co., advert'g, 26 85 Bourne Spooner, advertising, 17 00 S. W. Fuller & Co., for lum- ber . 204 18
Mark Laighton, carpenter w'k, 21 94
Journal Newspaper Co., ad- vertising . 17 25
R. M. Pulsifer & Co., adv'g, 20 25
Laborers
1,279 00
T. L. Lovejoy, teaming 102 00
Henry Gray,
108 00
Amounts carried forward, $111,829 32 $632,266 16
75
Amounts brought forward, $111,829 32 $632,266 16
Paid Martin Gill, teaming
114 00
W. B. Munroe,
99 00
Parker & Gannett, for shovels, 15 00
A. S. Willard, carpenter w'k, 109 95
112,167 27
Salaries.
Paid W. H. Furber, Mayor . 1,000 00
Charles E. Gilman, City Cl'k,
2,500 00
Aaron Sargent, City Treas'r, 2,750 00
Chas. Robinson, Jr., City Solicitor ·
2,101 80
L. R. Horne, City Engineer, 71 00
C. D. Elliot, 66
2,089 73
Horace Chapin, City Physic'n, 700 00
John C. Magoun, Assessor .
800 00
Thos. Cunningham,
.
800 00
John C. Tenney,
·
800 00
Ansel Lewis, Assistant " 200 00. .
A. J. Taylor, 66 66
.
200 00
F. G. Williams, 66
200 00
Orel Towle, 66 66 .
200 00
L. H. Bigelow, Clerk of As- sessors 100 00 · G. I. Vincent, Clerk of As- sessors 900 00
E. M. Blaisdell, Clerk to City Clerk 500 00
S. A. B. Lord, Clerk to Treasurer 500 00 . C. D. Elliot, for Assistants to City Engineer . 500 00
Solomon Davis, Clerk of Com- mon Council 300 00
Jairus Mann, City Messenger,
1,000 00
18,212 53
Amount carried forward .
$762,645 96
.
76
Amount brought forward . . $762,645 96
School Contingent
(By the Committee on Public Property).
Paid John Mclaughlin, for land for Jackson School House yard, and building $2,500 00
Lucy J. Gallagher, for land for Jackson School House yard, and building 3,192 50
Somerville Water Works acc't for service pipe at High School House ·
174 48
James Wyman, moving night soil . 92 00
H. F. Miller, for piano
400 00
F. A. Titus, gas piping, etc.
38 32
C. Sullivan & Co., gas fix- tures
16 30
Sewer Assessment acc't, sewer
assessments 316 62
Edward Earley, slating
212 40
J. A. Swazey, for blackboards 31 80
For mason work . 971 97
" carpenter work
3,248 08
" hanging bells .
12 25
" painting
1,128 15
Charles Tufts, rent of chapel for school room ·
50 00
Repairs, etc., on heating ap- paratus 941 84 .
For labor
64 00
" plumbing
1,033 64
" expressing
21 75
" furniture
806 44
Amounts carried forward . $15,252 54 $762,645 96
77
Amounts brought forward . $15,252 54 $762,645 96 Paid sundry bills for repairs,
brushes, printing, mats,
hardware, etc. .
482 61
Insurance premiums
334 00
16,069 15 -
(By the Committee on Fuel.)
Paid H. Wellington & Co., for fuel $1,013 50
Brine & Clark, for fuel 4,288 85
S. M. Fuller, for fuel 8 25
J. R. Conant, for weighing
66 00
$5,376 60
(By the School Committee.)
Paid janitors $2,817 11 .
J. L. Hammatt, for books, etc. . ·
953 25
E. A. Kelley, for books
325 78
Crane & Perry, for books
20 25
King & Luce, for books
30 99
W. C. Clark,
37 85
Sundry teachers, " 211 79
J. W. C. Gilman & Co., for
writing-books . 532 84 . J. A. Cummings & Co, for printing 143 37
Thos. Groom & Co., for pens 76 10
For expressing
41 05
Gas bills
232 18
Sundry bills for books, clean- ing, etc. etc. 121 70
R. A. Vinal, rent of hall 262 50
Union Hall Co., rent of hall . 156 00
Amounts carried forward . $5,962 76 $762,645 96
78
Amounts brought forward . $5,962 76 $762,645 96 Paid Webster Ave. Church, rent of
vestry 300 00
W. G. Shattuck, furniture 39 04
Ginn Bros., music charts
18 00
Chas. Holmes, stove work, etc. etc.
80 54
W. F. Marston, rent of piano 25 00
S. H. Hadley, tuning pianos . 10 00
W. F. Brown & Co., printing Wakefield Rattan Co., for
16 40
mats
145 05
Felix Conlon, tuition fee re- turned
10 50
Ernest Ingersoll, for birds for High School 50 00
Mystic Water Board, water rates ·
304 78
Cambridge Water Board,
water rates 19 00
Nichols & Hall, drawing ma- terials
23 40
Goodnow & Wightman, draw- ing materials
22 50
Edmands" Band, for music at High School exhibition
51 00
James Wyman, moving night soil . 24 00
N. S. Dearborn, for diplomas 25 50
S. R. Burke, for moving furni- ture 25 25
Smith & Page, carriage hire . 13 00
J. H. Davis, salary as Super- intendent .
2,000 00
Amounts carried forward . $9,165 72 $762,645 96
79
Amounts brought forward . $9,165 72 $762,645 96 Paid G. A. Southworth, for print- ing, etc. · 103 04
9,268 76
By the Committee on Public Prop-
erty . . 16,069 13
Committee on Fuel 5,376 60
School Committee
9,268 76
30,714 51
School Teachers' Salaries.
The salaries were raised in Sep- tember last; the lowest
salary paid is $375, the highest $2,400 ; the amount paid for the year was 55,990 62
Sewers.
Paid J. T. Bamrick, for construct- ing sewer in Medford Street and Highland Avenue Rich'd Falvey, for construct-
8,365 78
ing sewer in Aldersey St. 803 00
in Walnut Street ·
1,572 75
P. J. Lattimoor and J. J. Dory, for constructing sewer in Mt. Vernon Street 630 63
J. J. Dory, for constructing sewer in Perkins Street 2,145 32 . Jere'h McCarty, for construct- ing sewer in Oliver Street . C. A. Mongan, for construct- ing sewer in Brick Yard Lane 2,005 98
2,512 02
Amounts carried forward . $18,035 48 $849,351 09
80
Amounts brought forward . $18,035 48 $849,351 09 Paid J. J. Dory, for constructing sewer in Cross Street 899 84 · Tim. Murphy, for construct'g sewer in Beacon Street · 952 85
B. McCarroll, for constructing sewer in Quincy Street 1,181 15
Dan'l Brooks, for constructing sewer in Warren Avenue . 1,601 88
S. H. Tarbell, for constructing sewer in Ward and Earle Streets
7,692 32
In Medford Street . 10,398 71
C. D. Elliot, for surveying ·
348 02
Cambridge Gas Light Co., for repairing gas pipe 69 53
Somerville Water Works acc't,
trenching in Pinckney
Street ·
679 50
Brine & Clark, for cement 103 70
W. M. Hadley & Co., for ce- ment 363 20
A. Parker, for cesspool stone 1,432 17
J. P. Sanborn, for brick ·
837 20
Day & Collins, for drain pipe, 366 90
Wm. R. Bradford, for cess- pool covers 271 80
Albert Kenneson, superinten- dent 791 67
Sundry bills for advertising . 100 95
Rich'd Falvey, for labor and brick 103 15
Edmands & Co., for drain pipe . 80 00
W. S. Blanchard, for lumber, 196 04
Amounts carried forward . $46,506 06 $849,351 09
81
Amounts brought forward . $46,506 06 $849,351 09 Paid D. A. Sanborn, Jr. 104 00
Sam'l Littlefield, for brick 121 50
Jere'h McCarty, for labor
178 00
Chas. E. Sherman, for labor .
35 00
M. Laighton, for labor .
17 50
Morrill & Hooker, for cast'gs
29 39
Mass. Cement Drain Pipe Co., for drain pipe 508 99
Laborers
3,368 23
Sundry bills for sand, oil,
nails, printing, hose, lan-
terns, etc.
329 89
51,198 56
Sewers (Milk Street Sewer).
Paid S. H. Tarbell, balance on con- .
tract to construct 64,511 51
Extra work
1,674 67
Cleaning drains, etc. . 718 47
C. D. Elliot, surveying
155 06
Albert Kenneson, for brick
43 25
F. M. Burrows, labor
46 50
Tim. Murphy, labor
65 00
Sundries
13 71
67,228 17
The cost of the Milk Street sewer
was, - paid in 1873 . 22,486 00
1874 . . 67,228 17
89,714 17
Sewers (Mulk, Washington, and Beacon Street Sewers).
Paid P. & M. Terry on contract to
construct .
. 27,700 00
Amounts carried forward . $27,700 00 $967,777 82 6
82
Amounts brought forward . $27,700 00 $967,777 82 Paid C. D. Elliot, surveying 154 85
D. A. Sanborn, Jr., Superin- tendent 464 00
Sundries
23 85
28,342 70
Soldiers' Relief.
Paid Sturtevant Bros. for provis-
ions . 123 00
For poultry, -Thanksgiving, 93 56
Lamson & Maynard, for poul- try, -Thanksgiving . 445 28
· H. Wellington & Co., and Brine & Clark, for fuel 248 45
Sundry bills for groceries 80 50
Sundry persons, aid
142 00
1,132 79
State Aid.
Paid Monthly Pay rolls, - amount charged to the State
3,567 03
Street Lights.
Paid Cambridge Gas-Light Co., for
gas 2,381 61
Charlestown Gas Co., for gas
1,838 92
Hugh Blackwell, for lighting 2,670 20
Globe Gas-Light Co., for lighting 23 38
For lamp-posts
385 77
Sundry bills, for repairs
700 35
Sundry bills for fluid, alco-
hol, lanterns, signs, glass,
ladders, etc. . 341 36
8,341 59
Amount carried forward .
$1,009,161 93
83
Amount brought forward . . $1,009,161 93
Support of Poor.
Paid H. Wellington & Co., for fuel, $1,339 42
Brine & Clark, for fuel .
883 96
Sturtevant Bros., for provis- ions . 915 30
Food for lodgers . 121 23
Dyer Bros., for boots and shoes
84 64
Philip Eberle, for boots and shoes
398 39
Charles Hodgkins, for boots and shoes . 69 05
J. H. Brooks, for dry goods . 55 79
Roberts Bros., for groceries . H. W. Crowell, for groceries 604 37 Carpenter Bros., for groceries 194 50
136 00
I. B. Hamblin, for groceries James Bartley, for groceries James Bartley, for boots and shoes
170 00
354 42
26 22
George Mclaughlin, for gro- ceries
132 00
J. C. Sullivan, for groceries . 312 00 Robert Stewart, for groceries 34 89 J. O'Brien & Co., for grocer- ies . 595 86
P. T. O'Brien & Co., for gro- ceries
380 00
Worcester Lunatic Hospital,
143 78
for support of insane pauper Patrick Rafferty, undertaker's services . undertaker's
332 50
H. B. Runey,
services .
114 00
Amounts carried forward . $7,398 32 $1,009,161 93
84
Amounts brought forward . $7,398 32 $1,009,161 93 Paid Thomas Devens, undertaker's services 31 00 ·
Vermont Asylum, for support of Henry Kinsley and Brid- get Bradburn, to Oct. 1 369 00
City of Boston, for support of paupers 894 46
City of Charlestown, for sup- port of paupers .
284 35
City of Taunton, for support of paupers 121 44
City of Cambridge, for sup- port of paupers . City of Lowell, for support of paupers .
217 84
45 85
City of Chelsea, for support of paupers 22 50
City of Lawrence, for support of pauper . ·
3 00
City of Lynn, for support of paupers
22 75
City of Haverhill, for support of paupers 50 25
Town of Holliston, for sup- port of paupers .
87 00
Rent of room for Overseers of the Poor 110 00
Sundry persons, for rent of
rooms for the poor . ·
239 06
C. T. Johnson, for provisions 14 00
M. C. Parkhurst, food for lodgers 73 90
Sundry persons for care of
paupers · 115 35
Amounts carried forward . $10,100 07 $1,009,161 93
85
Amounts brought forward . $10, 100 07 $1,009,161 93 Paid J. Bryant, undertaker's ser- vices 15 00
Thomas Goodhue, moving fur- niture
30 00
Horace Chapin, medical treat- ment of paupers 79 50
W. W. Dow, medical attend- ance .
17 00
E. Jackson, medical attendance 13 50
R. Willis, medical attendance
2 00
Ansel Lewis, transportation of paupers and travelling expenses ·
52 90
Sundry bills for stationery, postage stamps, furniture, etc. . .
101 45
Horace Chapin, Overseer of the Poor .
300 00
Thos. Cunningham, Overseer of the Poor 300 00
Ansel Lewis, Overseer of the Poor 300 00
11,311 42
Somerville Water Works.
Paid J. H. Reed & Co., for iron . 3,184 06
Wm. R. Bradford, for cast'gs, 280 73
Farrar, Follett & Co., for iron, etc. . 253 00
Boston Machine Co., for gates and hydrants
2,793 09
Sewell, Day & Co., for rope and oakum 125 15
Union Glass Co., for lanterns, 29 25
Geo. Myers, for hardware · 75 25
Amounts carried forward . $6,740 53 $1,020,473 35
86
Amounts brought forward . $6,740 53 $1,020,473 35 Paid L. H. Brown, use of horse and
wagon 112 50
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., for hardware . ·
32 32
Jas. Bartley, for grain . 232 99
Carpenter, Woodward & Mor- ton, for lead 67 00
Seward Dodge, bl'ksmithing, 69 33
Brine & Clark, for hay and straw 95 97
C. D. Elliot, surveying 78 74
Mrs. E. Pepper, for sand
286 70
Cook, Rymes & Co., castings, picks, etc. 287 11
H. Wellington & Co., cement, 1,760 10
Wellington & Hunne well, " 1,433 10
114 55
Parker & Gannett, for shovels, W. Read & Sons, for powder, D. Crosby, for pung ·
72 55
75 00
J F. Ham, for hay
12 58
J. B. Elliott, horse-shoeing ·
49 35
Walworth M'f'g Co., for pipe, 262 39
G. Hickok, for horse .
300 00
Sabin & Page, for duck 35 40
J. F. Paul & Co., for lumber 140 65
J. H. Brooks, for cloth 23 72
Benj. Almy, Superintendent .
1,500 00
R. A. Vinal, services
250 00
Converse & Kelly, legal ser-
vices in Campbell case 212 00
Newport Manufacturing Co. for hydrant 78 00
James Mitchell, injuries from
defective gate box 150 00
Amounts carried forward . $14,472 58 $1,020,473 35
87
Amounts brought forward . $14,472 58 $1,020,473 35 Paid Tufts College Corporation, for pipe 2,751 00 .
American Steam Gauge Co. for press, etc.
38 50
Morrill & Hooker, for stand posts
270 00
S. W. Fuller & Co., for lum- ber 48 27
D. & H. Gore, paving 26 50
C. A. Mongan, labor
1,428 50
Michael Devine, labor
349 02
N. E. Linen Hose Co., for hose 47 55 ·
Sturtevant Bros., for wagon
and harness 130 00
Use of horse
20 00
Laborers
17,790 89
Sundry bills, for labor, drain- pipe, car-fares, postage, etc. 375 53
37,748 34
Sidewalks.
Paid Turner, Kidney & Co., edge- stones and setting . 38,986 23
Tufts Brick Co., for brick . 13,459 60
Oliver Bennett, for brick ·
630 00
Briggs & Doody, for brick
88 00
E. A. Foster, for brick
2,177 50
G. A. Foster, for brick
676 00
Samuel Littlefield, for brick . 415 00
Collins & Turner, for brick . 4,888 50
J. P. Sanborn, for brick 816 00
James Dana, for brick .
1,245 00
S. W. Fuller & Co., for lum- ber . 880 96
Amounts carried forward . $64,262 79 $1,058,221 69
88
Amounts brought forward . $64,262 79 $1,058,221 69
Paid Jesse Simpson, for gravel 1,485 50
C. D. Elliot, surveying . 21 00
C. L. Heywood, for gravel 511 70
Laborers 6,870 75
F. Buttemer, teaming 924 00
T. L. Lovejoy, teaming
1,788 13
John McCarty, teaming
123 00
William B. Munroe, teaming
951 00
John Riley, teaming
967 00
Michael O'Connell, teaming
1,005 00
John McKenna, teaming 1,119 00
Patrick Manning, teaming 1,023 00
Owen Cunningham, teaming . 996 00
Owen Casey, for brick
150 00
Sundry bills, for printing, car-
penter work, labor, etc. 419 41
82,617 28
State of Massachusetts.
Paid State Treasurer, State Tax 17,960 00
School House in Prospect Hill District.
Paid G. T. Burnham & Co., balance for constructing . 23,811 12
Lyman Underwood, balance for plans, etc. 260 00
Chas. Holmes, for heating ap- paratus 1,572 85
J. D. Hills, for building priv- ies, fences, etc. ·
1,117 25
J. S. Tuttle, for building bank wall 144 55
C. D. Elliot, surveying 3 13
O. Nowell, hanging bells .
82 00
Amounts carried forward . $26,990 90 $1,158,798 97
89
Amounts brought forward . $26,990 90 $1,158,798 97
Paid Insurance premiums
65 00
Dennett & Gilson, gas fixtures
and plumbing 85 95
E. T. Peterson & Co., paint'g, 169 57
Labor .
11 25
Wm. O. Haskell & Son, for
settees
297 00
27,619 67
The cost of the school-house
(now known as the Luther V. Bell School-house) and furnishing was, -
Paid in 1873 . 30,155 04
1874 . 27,619 67
Furniture bill (unp'd) charg'd to the account · ·
.
1,558 92
Furniture bill (paid) charged in School contingent acc't . 66 37
Furniture transferred from
other buildings . 1,200 00
60,600 00
Temporary Loans.
Paid R. H. Sturtevant, two notes dated Nov. 1, 1873 . 6,000 00
Asa P. Potter, note dated Nov. 19,1873 . 10,000 00
J. B. Remick, note dated Dec. 1,1873 ·
1,500 00
Hathaway & Woods, note
dated Nov. 19, 1873 . 5,000 00 · At National Security Bank, note dated Nov. 19, 1873 . 25,000 00
Note dated Nov. 20, 1873 . 25,000 00
Amounts carried forward . $72,500 00 $1,186,418 64
90
Amounts brought forward . $72,500 00 $1,186,418 64 Paid Bunker Hill National Bank,
note dated Nov. 21, 1873 10,000 00
Note dated Nov. 28, 1873 10,000 00 Second National Bank, note dated Nov. 26, 1873 . 5,000 00
Note dated Nov. 29, 1873 5,000 00
Dwelling-house Ins. Co., note dated Nov. 26, 1873 5,000 00
Columbian National Bank, note dated Nov. 29, 1873 . 5,000 00
Lechmere National Bank, three notes dated Nov. 29, 1873 . 15,000 00
Warren Institution for Sav- ings, note dated Feb. 2, 1874 . 30,000 00
C. H. Lothrop, note dated Feb. 9 ·
3,000 00
Edward Ayres, note dated Feb. 2 2,000 00
National Security Bank, note dated Dec. 3, 1873 1,500 00
New England Trust Co., note dated Dec. 3, 1873 . 50,000 00 Mrs. A. L. Locke, note dated March 20, 1874 . 10,000 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, note dated Dec. 16, 1873 . 50,000 00
Jesse Simpson, note dated Nov. 25, 1873 . 2,000 00
Home Savings Bank, note
dated July 1, 1874 . 37,000 00
Amounts carried forward, $313,000 00 $1,186,418 64
91
Amounts brought forward, $313,000 00 $1,186,418 64 Paid Boston Five Cents Savings
Bank, two notes dated July
17 .
. 100,000 00
Note dated Aug. 27 . . 75,000 00
Warren Institution for Sav-
ings, note dated April 7 . 50,000 00
Note dated Aug. 24 . . 20,000 00
Thomas H. Lord, three notes . dated April 9 . 15,000 00
Home Savings Bank, note
dated April 9 . 50,000 00
Charles Wilson, note dated
July 1 3,000 00
Mrs. D. H. Hartshorn, note
dated July 7 · 2,000 00
628,000 00
Taxes.
Paid return to S. H. Libbey, over-
paid .
.33 28
Water Maintenance. ,
Paid interest coupons of Water
Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 @ 3, and 6 @ 18.
$60,000, 1 year, @ 7 per cent, 4,200 00
220,000, 1 year, @ 62 14,300 00
15,000, 6 mo's, @ 62 66
per annum
487 50
18,987 50
Laborers, repairing pipe
513 62
Sundries
86 80
19,587 92
Water Services.
Paid Boston Lead Co., for pipe . 345 78
Amounts carried forward . $345 78 $1,834,039 84
92
Amounts brought forward . Paid Thomas Cunningham (of Bos-
$345 78 $1,834,039 84
ton), for pipe, etc. .
1,514 08
Union Water Meter Co., for stop-cocks, etc. 2,629 60
H. Wellington & Co., for ce- ment 47 50
S. Dodge, blacksmithing 23 98
Hamblin & Mathews, for stop- cocks, etc. 287 74
Laborers
2,080 16
J. A. Merrifield, labor, etc. . 53 00
Braman, Dow & Co., for pipe 67 29
Walworth Manufacturing Co.,
for pipe 23 83
William R. Bradford, for cast- ings .
22 57
Sundry bills for printing, la- bor, materials, furniture, etc. .
75 66
7,171 19
Total disbursements
$1,841,211 03
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF SOMERVILLE,
FOR THE YEAR 1874.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Dec. 31, 1874.
The Superintendent submitted his Annual Report, which was read and unanimously accepted.
It was voted that the committee adopt the report now submitted by the Superintendent of the Public Schools, and present it to their fellow-citizens as the Report of the School Committee for the year 1874.
J. H. DAVIS, Secretary.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, March 9, 1875.
Report accepted. Committee on Printing authorized to print the same in annual report, and as many copies separate as the School Committee may desire. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, March 22, 1875.
SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1874.
HON. WM. H. FURBER, Mayor, ex officio. WM. H. HODGKINS, President of Common Council, ex officio.
WARD ONE.
S. HANSCOM, M. D.
Term expires Dec. 31, 1874.
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