Report of the city of Somerville 1876, Part 3

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 222


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1,620 15


City of Cambridge,


951 48


City of Gloucester,


51 67


City of Chelsea,


87 60


City of Lawrence,


33 25


City of Lowell,


9 18


Town of Abington,


127 96


Town of Canton,


77 22


Town of Dracut,


117 19


Town of Marblehead,


5


40 52


Town of Medford,


42 73


Town of Melrose,


41 21


Town of Natick,


54 82


Town of Quincy,


10 00


Town of Woburn,


138 41


Town of Watertown,


17 00


For board of paupers in Worces-


ter Lunatic Asylum, 67 09


Miscellaneous account, board of boys in Reform School,


39 42


Overseers of the Poor, amount re- tained by them from labor pay- rolls on highways account, etc., by reason of aid furnished labor- ers by orders for sundries,


3,161 20


7,234 84


Amount carried forward,


$494,416 15


42


Amount brought forward, State of Massachusetts (State Aid).


$494,416 15


Amount paid in 1875, 1876,


$4,038 40


4,254 12


8,292 52


Receivable from the State Dec. 1, 1877,


4,254 12


Received,


4,038 40


Taxes,


Assessed in 1873, uncollected Dec. 31, 1875, 3,172 40


Abatements,


$2,780 40


Uncollected Dec. 30,


1876, 384 00


3,164 40


8 00


Assessed in 1874, uncollected Dec. 31, 1875, 36,298 50


Abatements,


3,800 15


Uncollected Dec. 30, 1876, 1,011 00


Credited in Real Es-


tate Liens account, 4,621 50


9,432 65


26,865 85


Assessed in 1875, uncollected Dec. 31, 1875


154,437 20


Abatements,


1,670 30


Uncollected Dec. 30, 1876, 66,457 68


68,127 98


86.309 22


Amount carried forward,


$498,454 55


43


$498,454 55


Amount brought forward, Assessed in 1876 on $26,573,400.00 valuation, at $18.60 per thousand and on 5,105 polls, amount as per assessors' warrant,


$504,475 24


Abatements, $7,923 88


Uncollected Dec. 30, 1876, 176,097 64


184,021 52


320,453 72


Received for 1873,


8 00


1874,


26,865 85


1875,


86,309 22


1876,


320,453 72


433,636 79


Temporary Loans.


Amounts borrowed by authority of the City Council on city notes, and of the following named : - Feb. 19. - Commissioners of the Sinking Funds of the City of Cambridge,


13,500 00


March 21. - Brewster, Basset & Co.,


105,000 00


April 1. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank,


50,000 00


April 3. - Maverick National Bank,


25,000 00


May 5. - Brewster, Basset & Co.


10,000 00


May 27. - Warren Institution for Savings, 50,000 00


June 1. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, 100,000 00


June 1. - Aaron Sargent, Trustee, 20,000 00


Amounts carried forward, $373,500 00 $932,091 34


44


Amounts brought forward, $373,500 00 $932,091 34 Amounts borrowed. - Continued :


June 14. - Bunker Hill National Bank, 50,000 00


July 1. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, 100,000 00


July 1. - Charles Wilson, 5,000 00


July 1. - Mrs. M. M. Runey,


2,000 00


July 1. - Brewster, Basset & Co.


35,000 00


Oct. 20. - Brewster, Basset & Co. 165,000 00


Dec. 9. - Mrs. S. E. Fiske, 4,000 00


Dec. 30. - Aaron Sargent and


E E. Adams, trustees, 5,000 00


Dec. 30. - Aaron Sargent, trustee,


20,000 00


Dec. 30. - Warren Institution for Savings,


50,000 00


Dec. 30. - Brewster, Basset & Co.


30,000 00


Dec. 30. - Charles Wilson, 5,000 00


844,500 00


Water Maintenance.


Received of the Mystic Water Board of Boston, return on water rates :- For 1875, 30 per cent on $2,391 61


717 48


1876, 15 20,000 00


3,000 00


20


10,000 00


2,000 00


25 66 10,000 00


2,500 00


30 66 6,835 25


2,050 58


Water Service Assessments.


For 1873, uncollected Dec. 31, 1875, Uncollected Dec. 31, 1876,


51 50


59 61


For 1874, uncollected Dec. 31, 1875, Uucollected Dec. 31, 1876,


393 14


193 62


199 52


Amount carried forward,


$1,786,859 40


10,268 06


$111 11


45


Amount brought forward For 1875, uncollected Dec. 31, 1875, Uncollected Dec. 31, 1876,


$1,786,859 40


$1,261 75 311 41


950 34


For 1876, as per certificates from the Superintendent of the Water Works, Uncollected Dec. 31, 1876,


2,973 91


· 819 08


2,154 83


Received for 1873,


59 61


1874,


199 52


1875,


950 34


1876,


2,154 83


3,364 30


Water Services.


Received of Miscellaneous account for labor and materials used on Cen- tral Hill land,


$14 55


For pipe, repairs, materials sold, etc.,


43 60


58 15


Total receipts,


$1,790,281 85


46


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Table E.


DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE YEAR 1876.


County of Middlesex.


Paid County Treasurer, county tax,


$9,698 51


Estate belonging to M. Doherty or Owner unknown.


Paid Miscellaneous account for sum-


mons, posting, poundage, record- ing, etc., 38 10


Fire Department.


Paid James R. Hopkins, Chief Engi- neer, salary, $600 00


Four Assistant Engineers, sala- ries, 800 00


Clerk of Engineers, salary,


50 00


Steamer Engine Co.,


837 50


John E. Wool Hose Co.,


766 67


Winter Hill Hose Co.,


795 00


George H. Foster Hose Co.,


773 75


George O. Brastow Hose Co.,


780 25


R. A. Vinal Hook and Ladder Co., 1,609 58


Steamer Engineer,


1,000 00


Steamer Fireman,


780 00


Seven Drivers,


5,460 00


Substitute Drivers,


195 00


W. S. & G. O. Wiley, for horse,


250 00


City of Boston, water-rates for hydrants, 1,176 00


Water-rates for buildings,


110 00


Charles Williams, for telegraph supplies, 73 99


Amounts carried forward,


$16,057 74


$9,736 61


47


Amounts brought forward, $16,057 74 $9,736 61


Paid Walworth Manfg. Co., for zinc,


101 25


Farrar, Follett & Co., for wire,


28 35


Gamewell & Co., for telegraph fixture,


4 50


Merrill Bros., for vitriol,


40 50


Stearns & George, for vitriol, etc.


86 25


Union Glass Co., for battery jars,


19 58


Hunneman & Co., repairs on apparatus,


565 69


Cook, Rymes & Co., repairs on apparatus, 108 91


Sundry bills, repairs on apparatus, 157 94


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


190 77


Sundry bills, for horseshoeing,


161 95


Nathan Tufts & Son, for grain,


571 31


J. F. Ham, for hay and straw,


380 80


A. H. Dix, for hay and straw, 86 82


Brine & Clark, for hay and straw,


322 86


L. G. Burnham & Co., for hay,


188 04


D. Brooks, for hay, 80 63


Sundry bills, for harness-work,


136 44


Sundry bills, for washing,


104 15


Cambridge Gas Light Co., for gas,


259 66


Charlestown Gas Co., for gas,


119 63


J. Boyd & Sons, for fire hats,


95 25


H. A. Winship, for fire hat, 6 50


C. Easter & Co., for fire hat, 5 50


Thomas Hollis, for medicine, soap, etc., 66 88


H. R. Bishop & Co., for ladders,


21 60


J. E. Farwell & Co., for printing,


52 75


S. Walker & Co., for oil,


18 50


H. P. Trask, for whips, 12 00


B. B. David, for whips,


17 50


Amounts carried forward


$20,070 25


$9,736 61


48


Amounts brought forward, $20,070 25 $9,736 61


Paid Savage & Burnham, inspection of boilers, 12 00


Out-of-town Engine Cos., for re- freshments, 80 00


Sundry Insurance Cos., premiums of insurance, 221 25


Brine & Clark, for fuel,


79 20


L. G. Burnham & Co., for fuel, 365 11


J. H. Pray, Sons & Co., for carpet- ing 49 00


J. S. Paine, for furniture, 42 00


E. H Brabrook, for chairs,


18 00


Thomas Kemp, for lounge,


14 00


Brintnall & Osgood, for window shades, 10 10


L. C. Chase & Co., for blankets, etc.


38 85


D. E. Owen & Co., for " hitch," 12 00


Murdock Parlor Grate Co., for stall-guards, etc. 19 80


Bubier & Co., for stall-guards,


24 75


N. Harding, for fire badges,


33 75


S. D. Kelley, for plans,


15 00


E. Clement & Co., for lumber,


37 23


S. W. Fuller, for lumber,


36 00


Page & Littlefield, for lumber,


12 05


Cutter & Parker, for doors, 15 25


Page & Littlefield, carpenter work, 440 03


Albert Caswell, carpenter work, 168 45


Elijah Walker, carpenter work, 58 50


Sundry bills, for repair on buildings,


152 43


James Driscoll, labor on drains,


14 25


Public Park Betterment Assess-


ment account, assessment on


Winter Hill Hose House,


24 30


Amounts carried forward,


$22,063 55


$9,736 61


49


Amounts brought forward, $22,063 55 $9,736 61


Paid Sullivan & Co , plumbing,


14 69


J. W. Drake, plumbing, 10 65


T. W. Littlefield, plumbing,


21 23


Boston Elastic Fabric Co., for hose, 19 00


Stephen Sibley, for 500 ft. hose, 500 00


Blake Hose Co., for 500 ft. hose,


600 00


J. A. Merrifield, for stove-pipe, etc.


16 25


J. E. Parsons, for hardware, etc.


59 69


Charles Holmes & Son, hardware, etc. 14 12


Sundry bills, for bedclothing,


34 49


Sundry bills, for brooms, brushes, etc. 76 33


Sundry bills, for hardware, express-


ing, stationery, labor, etc. 183 65


23,613 65


Funded Debt.


Paid Sidewalk Bond No. 4, 10,000 00


City Bonds Nos. 19, 20 to 30, and 45 to 48, 101,000 00


Water Bonds, Nos. 14 and 15, 60,000 00


171,000 00


Health Department.


Paid C L. O'Neil, for removing house offal 6 months to June 26, 2,250 00


Henry Gray, for removing house offal 6 months to Dec. 26,


900 00


P. W. Skinner, services in small- pox cases, 171 50


C. W. Learned & Co., for disin- fectant, 11 50


Amounts carried forward,


$3,333 00 $204,350 26


4


48


Amounts brought forward, $20,070 25 $9,736 61


Paid Savage & Burnham, inspection of boilers, 12 00


Out-of-town Engine Cos., for re- freshments, 80 00


Sundry Insurance Cos., premiums of insurance, 221 25


Brine & Clark, for fuel,


79 20


L. G. Burnham & Co., for fuel, 365 11


J. H. Pray, Sons & Co., for carpet- ing, 49 00


J. S. Paine, for furniture, 42 00


E. H Brabrook, for chairs, 18 00


Thomas Kemp, for lounge,


14 00


Brintnall & Osgood, for window shades, 10 10


L. C. Chase & Co., for blankets, etc. 38 85


D. E. Owen & Co., for " hitch," 12 00


Murdock Parlor Grate Co., for stall-guards, etc. 19 80


Bubier & Co., for stall-guards,


24 75


N. Harding, for fire badges, 33 75


S. D. Kelley, for plans,


15 00


E. Clement & Co., for lumber,


37 23


S. W. Fuller, for lumber, 36 00


Page & Littlefield, for lumber, 12 05


Cutter & Parker, for doors, 15 25


Page & Littlefield, carpenter work, 440 03


Albert Caswell, carpenter work, 168 45


Elijah Walker, carpenter work, 58 50


Sundry bills, for repair on buildings,


152 43


James Driscoll, labor on drains, 14 25


Public Park Betterment Assess-


ment account, assessment on


Winter Hill Hose House,


24 30


Amounts carried forward,


$22,063 55


$9,736 61


49


Amounts brought forward, $22,063 55 $9,736 61


Paid Sullivan & Co , plumbing,


14 69


J. W. Drake, plumbing, 10 65


T. W. Littlefield, plumbing,


21 23


Boston Elastic Fabric Co., for hose, 19 00


Stephen Sibley, for 500 ft. hose, 500 00


Blake Hose Co., for 500 ft. hose,


600 00


J. A. Merrifield, for stove-pipe, etc.


16 25


J. E. Parsons, for hardware, etc.


59 69


Charles Holmes & Son, hardware, etc.


14 12


Sundry bills, for bedclothing,


34 49


Sundry bills, for brooms, brushes, etc. 76 33


Sundry bills, for hardware, express-


ing, stationery, labor, etc. 183 65


23,613 65


Funded Debt.


Paid Sidewalk Bond No. 4, 10,000 00


City Bonds Nos. 19, 20 to 30, and 45 to 48, 101,000 00


Water Bonds, Nos. 14 and 15, 60,000 00


171,000 00


Health Department.


Paid C L. O'Neil, for removing house offal 6 months to June 26, 2,250 00


Henry Gray, for removing house offal 6 months to Dec. 26, 900 00


P. W. Skinner, services in small- pox cases, 171 50


C. W. Learned & Co., for disin- fectant, 11 50


Amounts carried forward,


$3,333 00 $204,350 26


4


50


Amounts brought forward, $3,333 00 $204,350 26


Paid M. C. Parkhurst, amount paid for burying dead animals, 11 00


George Mclaughlin, for groceries,


34 53


Portland Stone Ware Co., for drain pipe, 127 55


D. Brooks, mason work, 210 84


F. Mongan, for laying drain, 78 01


J. E. Farwell & Co., printing,


12 00


B. Spooner, for printing and ad- vertising, 13 90


Somerville Water Works account, damage to water-pipe, 15 00


Sewers account, for constructing


cesspools in Ward and Earle Streets, 123 66


W. B. Munroe, for teaming ashes, 152 00


John Hickey, teaming ashes,


72 00


John Riley, teaming ashes,


20 00


Timothy O'Brien, teaming ashes,


36 00


Patrick Fay, labor in removal of ashes, 58 50


James Skehan, labor in removal of ashes, 18 00


Daniel Radley, teaming ashes,


48 00


Sundry bills, for advertising, print- ing, carriage-hire, etc., 21 90


4,385 89


Highways.


Paid laborers,


20,695 07


Laborers (from overseers of the poor), 9,488 00


Laborers (from Committee on Sol- diers' Relief), 258 00


C. L. Heywood, for gravel,


1,674 00


Amounts carried forward, $32,115 07 $208,736 15


51


Amounts brought forward,


$32,115 07 $208,736 15


Paid Jesse Simpson, for gravel,


237 00


Samuel Walcott,


44 80


Jeremiah McCarty, for stone,


129 60


F. W. Mead, 66


1,170 00


Boston & Maine R. R. Co., for transportation of gravel, 5,885 51


Fitchburg R. R. Co., for transpor- tation of gravel,


154 94


W. A. Sanborn, for brick,


14 50


L. Winch, 66


38 50


D. Gore & Son, for paving blocks,


211 96


J. W. Kidney, for edgestones,


8 40


Samuel Walcott, for filling mate- rial on Mystic Avenue, 269 50


A. H. Dix, for drain-pipe, 7 79


Owen Cunningham, for teaming,


260 00


John Carr,


72 00


J. McCarroll,


294 00


F. Buttemer,


182 00


C. Burke, € 6


240 00


James Fitzpatrick,


66


180 00


John Welch,


132 00


Jeremiah McCarty,


112 00


Dennis Murray,


60 00


Martin Gill, 66


250 00


Patrick Farrell,


184 00


John McKenna,


134 00


John Riley, 66


162 00


Abigail O'Brien,


155 00


Elizabeth Skehan,


324 50


John Hickey,


6:


775 00


F. Mongan,


66


509 50


Henry Gray,


66


905 50


W. B. Munroe,


66


280 00


Amounts carried forward,


$45,499 07 $208,736 15


52


Amounts brought forward,


$45,499 07 $208,736 15


Paid Michael Norton, for teaming, 242 00


D. Radley,


112 00


Thos. Tighe,


174 00


Mary Crimmins, 66


172 00


Margaret Aylward,


78 00


Mary Mahoney,


66


76 00


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


498 15


M. Lynch, 66


110 45


T. McGrath, 66


40 30


Doty & Collins,


14 75


Timothy Brennan, sharpening


tools,


30 50


Cook, Rymes & Co., hammers, picks, etc., 222 15


J. Anthony, hammer handles, 70 00


Parker & Gannett, shovels, etc., 143 92


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing, 340 71


J. Leland, repairing carts, etc., 227 75


Henry Gray, use of horse, 108 75


G. H. Sampson, for powder,


291 50


N. Tufts & Son, for grain, 1,398 24


E. M. Marshall, for hay and straw,


324 93


F. P. Ladd, 66 66 43 62


J. P. Ferry, for hay, 41 80'


W. M. Hadley, for coal, etc., 52 27


Frank Shute & Co., for bellows, 14 00


J. Bartley & Co., for oil, etc., +42 31


Morse & Whyte, for gravel screens,


17 00


Mark Leighton, for carpenter work, 153 87


S. W. Fuller, for lumber, 39 71


F. W. Hannaford, for harness work, 62 01


N. L. Pennock, 66 . .


81 23


A. B. McDonald, 66 66


15


Amounts carried forward,


$50,728 14 $208,736 15


53


Amounts brought forward, $50,728 14 $208,736 15


Paid Town of Medford, half cost main-


taining Middlesex Ave. in 1875, 191 65


City of Boston, water rates at stables,


20 00


F. Davis, for anvil and hammer,


10 00


Stephen Adams, for brooms,


8 00


C. H. Nichols, for axle-grease,


9 84


Fire Association of Philadelphia,


premium insurance on city stables, 120 00


H. A. Carney, for trees,


77 00


Doe & Hunnewell, for lumber,


16 91


M. Eagan, for watering streets,


15 00


Sargent & Adams, use of land for gravel dump,


100 00


Heirs of Samuel Rand, for use of land,


10 00


E Barry, for mowing grass,


21 00


J. A. Cummings & Co., printing,


15 50


Hooper, Lewis & Co., for station- ery,


13 95


B. Spooner, advertising,


6 30


Lewis Putnam, veterinary surgeon,


8 00


H. W. Raymond, for hardware,


16 61


Somerville Water Works account, setting watering trough,


33 75


Town of Winchester, tax on gravel land,


9 43


Town of Wakefield, tax on gravel land,


23 89


Town of Waltham, tax on gravel land.


168 30


Franklin Henderson, Superintend- ent of Streets, 1,350 00


Amounts carried forward, $52,973 27 $208,736 15


56


Amount brought forward, Highways (Concord Avenue).


$273,606 92


Paid Highways account, cost of con- structing from Prospect St. to Springfield St. 3,045 25


Highways (Concord Avenue). Paid laborers,


162 00


Highways account, for stone used between Springfield St. and Leon St.


180 00


Martin Gill, teaming,


16 00


Owen Cunningham, teaming,


8 00


Christopher Burke, 66


8 00


Michael Norton, 66


8 00


John Welch,


12 00


Henry Gray,


8 00


Thomas Tighe,


12 00


Abigail O'Brien, 66


12 00


James McCarroll, 66


8 00


Jeremiah McCarty,


12 00


Patrick Farrell,


66


12 00


Mary Mahoney,


12 00


Mary Crimmins, 66


12 00


482 00


Highways (Glen Street). Paid Highway account, cost of construct- ing from Flint St. to Oliver St.


151 80


Highways (Newton Street).


Paid Highways account, cost of con- structing,


953 50


Highways (Highland Avenue Widening).


Paid Martin Moore, verdict of Court for land damages, 1 17


Amounts carried forward,


$1 17 $278,239 47


57


Amounts brought forward, aid costs of Court, 110 76


$1 17 $278,239 47


Sundry persons, witness fees in Moore case,


40 80


S. Richards, for raising Elizabeth Blackbird's house,


60 00


George Blackbird, carpenter work on do., 150 00


Patrick Terry, mason work on do., 170 00


J. W. Drake, plumbing at do., 10 55


Francis Mongan, filling material at do., 108 75


652 03


Highways (Middlesex Avenue).


Paid County Treasurer, County Com- missioners' assessment for city's proportion of constructing bridge over Mystic River, 3,401 12


Highways (Milk Street Widening).


Paid Patrick Terry, for land taken and for damages, 500 00


Francis Mongan, for land taken and for damages, 150 00


City of Cambridge, for filling at Miller's River, 319 70


969 70


Highways (Broadway Widening).


Paid sundry persons, witness fees in " Holt" case, 17 60


G. W. Colbath, for estimates in " Holt " case, 12 50


G. W. Colbath, Jr., for estimates " Holt" case, 12 50


George R. Kelso, expert in " Holt" case, 25 00


67 60


Amount carried forward,


$283,329 92


58


Amount brought forward,


Interest.


(On Funded Debt.)


Paid coupons of Sidewalk Loan Bonds, Nos. 4 to 10 inclusive ; Town Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 and 3 to 8, inclusive ; School Loan Bonds, Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive ; and City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 to 17 and 19 to 187, inclusive ; and Sewer Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 to 7, inclu- sive : -


$283,329 92


$140,000.00, 1 year at 7 per cent, $9,800 00 46,000.00,6 months at 7 per cent, 1,610 00 891,000.00, 1 year at 62 per cent, 57,915 00 25,000.00, 6 months at 6₺ per cent, 812 50


115,000.00, 1 year at 6 per cent, 6,900 00


39,854.00, 1 year at 52 per cent, 2,192 00


61,000.00, 6 months at 52 per cent, 1,677 50


35,000.00, 6 months at 5 per cent, 875 00


$81,782 00


Less on coupon, not for full time, $49 00


Less coupons, not paid (credited Sundry


Persons account


in Table C), 325 00


374 00


81,408 00


(On Temporary Loans.)


Paid Brewster, Basset & Co., on notes for $105,000.00, 11 days at 5} per cent, 176 46


Amounts carried forward,


$176 46


$283,329 92


59


Amounts brought forward


$176 46 $283,329 92


Paid Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, on note for $50,000, 3 months 3 days at 5 per cent, 645 83


Warren Institution for Savings, on note for $50,000, 6 months at 5 per cent,


1,250 00


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, . on note for $100,000, 6 months at 5 per cent,


2,500 00


Aaron Sargent, trustee, on note for $20,000.00, 5 months and 1 day at 5 per cent, 419 44


Bunker Hill Bank, on note for $50,000.00, 6 months at 5 per cent,


1,250 00


People's National Bank, on note for $20,000.00, 6 months and 3 days at 5 per cent, 508 33


Charles Wilson, on note for $5,000.00, 6 months and 1 day at 5 per cent, 125 69


Brewster, Bassett & Co., on note for $10,000.00, 1 month and 26 days at 5} per cent, 85 56


Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the City of Cambridge, on note for $13,500.00, 4 mos. and 12 days at 4 per cent, 198 00


Warren Institution for Savings, on note for $50,000.00, 6 months at 4 per cent, 1,000 00


and 1 month and 3 days at 3} per cent, 160 42


Amounts carried forward, $8,319 73 $283,329 92


60


Amounts brought forward, $8,319 73 $283,329 92


Paid Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, on note for $50,000.00, 8 mos. at 5 per cent. 1,666 67


on note for $100,000.00, 6 mos. at 4 per cent, 2,000 00 on note for $100,000.00, 5 mos. at 3} per cent, 1,458 33


Mrs. M. M. Runey, on note for $2,000.00, 5 months at 3} per cent, 29 17


Maverick National Bank, on note for $25,000.00, 8 months and 3 days at 5 per cent, 843 75


Bunker Hill National Bank, on note for $50,000.00, 6 months and 3 days at 5 per cent, 1,016 67


Aaron Sargent, trustee, on note for $20,000.00, 6 months at 4 per cent, 400 00


and 1 month at 3} per cent,


58 33


Charles Wilson, on note for


$5,000.00, 5 months at 4 per cent, 83 33


and 1 month at 32 per cent,


14 58


Mrs. Sarah E. Fiske, on note for $4,000.00, 21 days at 32 per cent, 8 16


15,898 72


On Funded Debt,


81,408 00


Temporary Loans, 15,898 72


97,306 72


Liquor Licenses.


Paid State Treasurer, one fourth of sum received for licenses, 431 25


Amount carried forward,


$381,067 89


61


Amount brought forward,


$381,067 89


Miscellaneous.


Paid J. E. Farwell & Co , for printing annual reports 1875, $687 50


Sundry bills, for printing,


389 38


Alfred Mudge & Son, for printing Municipal Register, 344 92


J. A. Cummings & Co., for printing, 282 00


Horace Partridge, for printing,


112 75


Berry & Bouvé, for printing,


16 50


George B. King, for printing,


118 40


H. W. Pitman, advertising,


3 00


Thomas Scott, 66


75 00


J. O. Hayden, 66


88 30


R. M. Pulsifer & Co.


9 76


Bourne Spooner, 66


220 49


advertising ordinances,


208 65


M. R. Warren, for stationery,


463 36


Ward & Gay,


47 88


Cutter, Tower & Co.,


14 25


Hooper, Lewis & Co., 66


72 35


H. T. Johnson & Co., "


6 00


City Engineer's Assistants, car fares,


31 80


Geo. A. Kimball, use of team as City Engineer,


200 00


Ward Officers,


136 00


J. C. Magoun, sealer of weights and measures, 100 00


C. A. Small, pound-keeper for 1875 and 1876,


50 00


Cambridge Gas Light Co., for gas in City Hall,


458 73


Brine & Clark, for fuel,


31 50


L. G. Burnham & Co., for fuel,


193 90


Amounts carried forward, $4,362 42 $381,067 89


62


Amounts brought forward, $4,362 42 $381,067 89


Paid Thomas Long, for carpenter work, 47 30


T. W. Driscoll, 45 13


Albert Caswell, 66 66


7 30


Ingalls & Kendrickson, repairing heating apparatus, 3 23


A. M. Sibley, mason work, 21 75


S. J. Wood, repairing locks, etc., 18 00


H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc.,


19 97


Howe & Flint, hardware, etc.,


16 95


Chelmsford Foundry Co., for iron work at City Hall, 20 75


G. W. Manning, painting flag- staffs, 52 00


labor on staff, 21 00


J. W. Spear, labor on flag-staffs, 12 00 washing windows, etc., 19 00 labor, 8 15


W. J. London, expressing, 27 25


J. L. Taylor, carpenter work at


· City Hall,


660 89


H. W. Kimball, sawing wood, and labor at City Hall,


61 65


L. M. Maynard, for labor, manure, etc., 67 50


Horatio McBean, painting and glazing, 83 90


Homer, Lane & Co., for cuspa- dores, 8 33


Charles Holmes & Son, for brooms, brushes, etc., 15 57


Storage on stoves, 9 00


City of Lowell, for board of tru- ants, 370 90


State Reform School, for board of boys, 78 00


Amounts carried forward,


$6,057 94 $381,067 89


63


Amounts brought forward,


$6,057 94 $381,067 89


Paid Support of Poor account, amount paid from that account for board of boys in State Reform School, Patrick Rafferty, return of deaths,


39 42


69 25


H. B. Runey, 66


100 25


B. F. Wyeth,


2 50


Martin Binney, clerical services,


119 00


Douglas Frazar, extra compen- sation as Auditor,


50 00


Janitors at ward meetings,


44 00


G. F. Morgan, for abstracts from


Middlesex deeds, to May 1, 214 85


Geo. I. Vincent, for abstracts from Middlesex deeds from May 1, 133 33


Norton Bros., for funeral wreath, etc.


25 00


Jairus Mann, maintenance of team


500 00


amount paid witness fees in sun- dry cases,


54 20


amount paid for team for wit- nesses, 4 00


watching, etc., at City Hall,


75 75


amount paid for washing, hard- ware, etc., 63 46


M. J. Lincoln, for washing,


14 90


Sundry persons, for ringing bells, 17th of June and 4th of July,


33 00


Chelsea Brass Band, music, June 17, 82 00


Lynn Cornet Band, music, July 4,


50 00


J. H. McCarty, music, July 4, 180 00


999th Battery, for firing salutes,


100 00


A. L. Sanborn, carriage hire, July 4, 10 00


Amounts carried forward,


$8,022 85 $381,067 89


64


Amounts brought forward, $8,022 85 $381,067 89


Paid B. M. Wedger, for fire-works, 90 00


N. Harding, for goblets, 14 27


John Flannigan, for building band- stands and staging for fire-works, 24 75


J. Young and H. W. Kimball, services at fire works, 5 00


D. F. Hulsman, for building band- stand, 15 00


Caldwell & Odiorne, for flag-staff,


225 00


Joseph Young, for building band- stand, 15 00


Cyrus Carpenter & Co., for venti- lator, 14 75


Jesse Simpson, for release of tax- titles, 153 72


Sundry persons, services as ap- praisers of estates, 60 00


Thomas Cunningham, use of horse and carriage, 7 00


Fairbanks, Brown & Co., for seal- er's scale and weights, 62 00


Burnham & Lowell, for bracket, 12 50


N. Dennett, gas fixtures, 13 11


E. B. Vreeland, clerical services on Park betterment assess- ments, 17 00


T. M. Durell, clerical services on


Park betterment assessments, 11 37


County Commissioners, costs in case of Hadley for abatement on taxes, 100 00


Dennis Mahoney, for damage to horse on highway, 50 00


G. H. Royce, for serving notices, 3 90


Amounts carried forward, $8,917 22 $381,067 89


65


Amounts brought forward, $8,917 22 $381,067 89


Paid L. L. Parker, for serving writs, etc.,


29 40


North British and Mercantile Ins. Co., premium of insurance on City Hall, 26 40


John Turner & Co., labor on


boundary stone,


9 56


B. F. Thompson, labor on bound- ary stone, 2 25


R. M. Yale, for awnings, 25 00


Asa Durgin, for ice,


43 30


F. G. Williams, for registering births, 96 00 €


J. H. Bufford's Sons, for printing bonds, 20 00


Somerville Water Works account, for standpipes, etc., for street watering purposes,


298 75


Wm. H. Brine, for serving war- rants, etc., 35 00


Martin for Gill, constructing drive- way in front of High School House, 757 72


Hugh Carney, for trees in front of High School House, 91 00


Water Services account, for water pipe at High School House, 14 55


J. W. Kidney, for edgestones in front of High School House, 430 95


John Turner, for granite work at High School House, 653 00


Francis Mongan, for sodding,




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