Report of the city of Somerville 1876, Part 4

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


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grading, etc., in front of High School House, 528 98


Amounts carried forward,


$11,979 08 $381,067 89


5


66


Amounts brought forward, $11,979 08 $381,067 89


Paid C. H. Dassance, for sign boards, 9 50


A. J. Carter, for furniture, 25 00


Flynn Bros., for chairs, etc.,


59 50


F. G. Williams, for de ivering and adjusting tax bills, 350 00


Charles Robinson, court fees, etc., 199 30


80 34


S. C. Darling, court fees, etc., paid for map of Somerville,


11 50


City of Boston, water rates at City Hall,


50 00


Charles Pierce, for gas-fixtures at City Hall, 118 35


E. R. Morse, for moving safe,


6 00


H. R. Taylor, for drawers for En- gineer's office, 118 00


Post-Office, for postage stamps,


79 00


Post 139, G. A. R., for memorial day, 300 00


Daniel Pratt's Sons, for clock, 20 00


A. L. Sanborn, carriage hire,


10 00


W. Daly & Son, carriage hire, 12 00


Webb & Stevens, for lamp,


9 35


J. A. Porter, damage to horse on Newton St., 37 50


C. D. Eliot, sundry expenses as City Engineer, 27 90


services of assistants in 1875 in excess of appropriation, 352 26


G. W. Lawson, carpenter work,


32 45


Fire Association of Philadelphia, premiun of insurance on old Po- lice Station, 17 50


A. E. Mann, substitute for City Messenger, 12 00


Amounts carried forward, $13,916 53 $381,067 89


67


Amounts brought forward,


$13,916 53 $381,067 89


Paid L. A. Dimond, newspaper sub- scription,


9 00


G. H. Buxton, carriage hire,


5 00


Public Park Betterment Assess-


ment account, assessment on City Ledge on Bond St , 159 01


Boston Belting Co., for hose,


17 20


A. L. Lovejoy, damage by defect in highway, 14 50


John H. Kenneson, damage from collision with tree in highway, 200 00


E. H. Darling, for taking affidavits in bankrupt cases, 7 25


C. B. Morton, for wire screens,


5 00


Somerville Water Works ac-


count, labor on watering trough and drinking fountain,


78 54


John Wilson, services with assess- ors, 16 50


Aaron Sargent, salary as treas.


of Commissioners of Sinking Fund, 150 00


John P. Healey, legal services, costs in lawsuit,


35 00


57 61


Daily Advertiser, advertising,


7 00


Sundry persons, serving notices,


8 00


Frost & Adams, for tracing cloth, etc., 31 75


Miscellaneous Watering Streets


account, city's proportion of


watering in certain streets, 434 25


Putnam, Wiggin and Upton, for poultry for Christmas, 125 17


Sturtevant Bros., for poultry for Christmas, 27 50


Amounts carried forward,


$15,304 81 $381,067 89


68


Amounts brought forward, Paid sundry persons, for expressing, labor, oil, matches, etc., E. H. Brabrook, for desks,


$15,304 81 $381,067 89


41 97


170 00


15,516 78


Miscellaneous (Watering Streets).


Paid Michael Eagan, for watering, 4,490 16


City of Boston, for water, 500 00


Sundry bills, for advertising, etc., 17 00


5,007 16


Police.


Paid M. C. Parkhurst, Chief, 1,500 00


R. R. Perry, Captain,


1,200 00


J. B. Alden, Lieutenant,


200 00


Samuel R. Dow, Sergeant and Lieutenant,


1,091 72


C. C. Folsom, patrolman and Ser- geant, 1,039 23


S. A. Brown, patrolman,


1,006 50


Geo. W. Bean, 66


1,006 50


C. D. Clark, 66


1,006 50


N. F. Caswell, 66


998 25


J. E. Coolidge, 66


216 00


J. G. Cunningham, "


1,006 50


Isaac S. Campbell, "


781 00


C. C. Cavanaugh, “


1,002 38


Geo. Cullis,


987 25


Albert Fisk,


759 50


J. E. Fuller, 66


1,006 50


John Hafford,


998 25


M. H. Kinsley,


1,006 50


Ivan Laighton,


1,003 75


Howard Lowell, 66


286 00


John H. McGarr,


921 25


Amounts carried forward, $19,023 58 $401,591 83


69


Amounts brought forward, Paid Edward McGarr, patrolman,


$19,023 58 $401,591 83


1,006 50


J. W. Oliver, 66


1,006 50


S. C. Rollins,


1,001 00


F. W. Slade, 66


1,006 50


P. W. Skinner,


882 75


A. L. Staples, 66


1,003 75


Rufus Shute, 66


671 00


L. H. Snow,


1,006 50


O. H. Webber,


992 75


S. H. Whitcomb,


1,006 50


D. H. Rinn,


(special),


241 00


B. F. Sheridan, 66


66


377 00


G. W. Bulfinch,


66


93 00


Daniel Smith, 66


66


96 00


Chas. Muhlich, 10 00 66


M. C. Parkhurst, lock-up keeper, 200 00


J. J. Giles, for washing, 47 22


Asa Durgin, for ice, 1875 and 1876,


60 00


H. A. Winship, for billies,


28 00


Scovill Manuf. Co., for buttons,


13 50


Cutter, Tower & Co., for stationery,


9 74


Union Glass Co., for lanterns,


15 00


L. H. Brown, for carriage hire,


22 50


C. M. Blake, for newspapers,


11 25


L. A. Dimond, 66


7 60


G. H. Cowdin, for drugs, alcohol, etc.,


17 43


M. C. Parkhurst, amount paid ad- vertising, .


6 00


R. R. Perry, for travelling expenses,


10 80


James Bartley, for crackers, cheese, etc.,


124 84


Sturtevant Bros., cheese, soap, etc.,


27 42


carriage hire,


14 00


Amounts carried forward,


$30,039 63 $401,591 83


70


Amounts brought forward, $30,039 63 $401,591 83


Paid G. H. Buxton, carriage hire, 3 00


Sundry persons, for printing, medi- cal services, expressing, etc., 10 21


30,052 84


Police Station Incidentals.


Paid J. J. Giles, janitor, 900 00


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas bills, 1,016 70


in old police station in 1875, 72 80


Brine & Clark, for fuel, 214 50


L. G. Burnham & Co., for fuel, 173 40


E. H. Brabrook, for furniture,


180 00


J. J. Giles, for paint, oil, etc. for washing, cleaning, etc.,


25 62


40 30


for labor, substitute janitor during vaca- tion, 10 00


M. C. Parkhurst, for manure,


7 00


Sidewalk Assessment account,


sidewalk on Bow St.,


136 88


R. Hollings & Co., for chandelier,


48 00


N. Dennett, for gas-fixtures, plumb- ing, etc., 67 99


Mystic Water Board, water rates, 41 00


Mark Leighton, for witness stand, 14 00


Albert Caswell, for carpenter work, 84 39


Leonard Arnold, 66 66


54 60


D. Brooks & Co., mason work, 17 37


Edward Cahill, 40 00


Watson & Bisbee, for balusters, etc., 40 00


Flynn Bros., for padding and re- pairing cells, 25 00


M. W. Pierce & Co., gas-fixtures, 11 45


Amounts carried forward, $3,228 84 $431,644 67


7 84


71


Amounts brought forward, $3,223 84 $431,644 67


Paid Chelmsford Foundry Co., for horse posts, 15 00


Enoch Robinson, for keys, etc., 17 33


O. Newell, hanging bells, 4 00


James Gwynn, expressing,


10 50


J. H. Clough, register tops, 7 25


Hartford Steam Boiler Ins. Co., premium of insurance on boiler, 20 00


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


20 15


H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc., 13 04


Robert O. Dennett, for repairs, la- bor, etc., 50 91


James Bartley, for oil, matches, etc., 5 48


Howe & Flint, for repairing water cooler, 4 25


S. J. Wood, for repairing lock,


1 00


C. Holmes & Son, coal scoop, 1 50


D. Cutter, for cleaning clock,


2 00


Barker & Tibbetts, expressing,


1 50


F. A. Titus, examining drains, etc.,


1 25


3,404 00


Public Library.


Paid Lockwood, Brooks & Co., for books, 812 89


James Campbell, for books,


63 94


F. Leypoldt, for Library Journal,


5 00


J. S. Paine, for table,


55 20


G. B. Sargent, for stamp,


20 00


J. A. Cummings & Co., for print- ing.


202 75


H. V. Butler, for book,


7 50


H. A. Adams, librarian,


700 00


Lizzie Stevens, asst. librarian,


300 00


Amounts carried forward, $2,167 28 $135,048 67


72


Amounts brought forward, Paid E. G. Colman, asst. librarian, Herbert Maynard, asst. « W. J. London, expressing,


$2,167 28 $435,048 67


39 45


23 40


26 25


2,256 38


Public Park.


Paid Cape Ann Granite Co., for iron fence,


9,942 38


Laborers,


2,344 05


J. Breck & Sons, for tools and grass seed, 308 89


Hermann Grundel, for laying out and grading, 600 00


for trees, shrubbery, etc.,


386 30


M. M. Fuller, for trees,


338 00


Seman Klous, for loam and sods,


689 06


Jeremiah McCarty, for loam,


993 08


Martin Gill, 66


160 95


Daniel Radley,


14 80


John Carr, 66


14 06


Charles Booth, 66


94 72


Mrs. N. Baldwin, 66


22 20


Mrs. A. O'Brien,


68 82


Mrs. Mary Crimmins, "


106 93


J. P. Prichard,


124 32


Henry Gray, 66


57 72


E. M. Marshall, 66


68 82


John Downey,


86 95


John Madden,


42 55


Jere Murphy, 66


15 91


J. P. Prichard, for earth,


66 25


Mrs. A. O'Brien, for teaming,


148 62


Martin Gill,


264 50


Jeremiah McCarty,


216 50


Jeremiah McCarty, for stone,


163 20


Amounts carried forward,


$17,339 58 $437,305 05


73


Amounts brought forward,


$17,339 58 $437,305 05 336 00


Paid Henry Gray, for stone,


Boston and Maine Railroad Co., freight on gravel, 699 05


Jeremiah McCarty, for earth,


70 00


Calvin Horton, boring for water,


22 75


Braman, Dow & Co., fitting foun- tain, etc., 12 17


Somerville Water Works account,


for water gate, labor, etc., 193 57


Chelmsford Foundry Co., for set- tees, etc., 75 60


Doe & Hunnewell, for lumber,


16 89


R. A. Melvin, for seats,


55 00


H. M. Bird, for lamp posts,


171 00


Charlestown Gas Co., lamp posts,


90 00


Tufts Bros., for lanterns,


122 00


D. Gould, for burners,


75 00


J. H. Hollis, for painting posts, 6 80


D. Brooks & Co., for iron posts, etc., 8 00


T. W. Littlefield, for water pots, 9 10


J. Leland, for repairing roller, 3 50


E. Bradbury, for printing, 5 00


Journal Newspaper Co., advertis-


ing, 2 50


Daily Advertiser, advertising,


2 00


Mark Leighton, carpenter work,


23 80


P. Harrington, sharpening tools,


3 10


C. E. Edlefsen & Co., for broom,


87


'Thomas O'Conner, for estate taken,


1,700 00


Edward A. Foster, for estate taken,


1,000 00


Middlesex Registry, for recording deeds, 1 90


Amounts carried forward, $22,045 18 $437,305 05


74


Amounts brought forward, $22,045 18 $437,305 05


Paid Taxes account, taxes on land taken, 120 45


Sidewalk Assessment account, sidewalk on Broadway, 222 12


Highway Betterment Assessment


account, assessment on Win- throp Ave.,


3,070 00


on Chauncey Ave.,


3,267 50


28,725 25


The cost of the Park to


Dec. 31, 1875,


as by the report


for that year was, $185,062 63


Expended as above, 28,725 25


Total, 213,787 88


Less credit as in


Table D,


1,392 21


Cost of Park,


212,395 67


Public Park Maintenance.


Paid L. B. Angier, labor,


392 50


M W. Murphy, labor, 392 50


George Gerrior,


128 24


Michael Hicks, 66


58 87


Richard Falvey,


13 50


D. E. Lovering, resetting posts,


44 87


John P. Prichard, manure, loam,


etc., 498 50


for granite roller,


25 00


" labor,


48 00


" earth, etc.,


55 30


M. W. Murphy, for garden roller, etc., . 7 20


Amounts carried forward,


$1,664 48 $466,030 30


75


Amounts brought forward, $1,664 48 $466,030 30


Paid Miscellaneous account, cost of summer and tool houses, 956 00


Parker & Gannett, grass seed, tools, etc.,


127 13


Parker & Gannett, for lawn mower, 19 80


J. T. Glines, for mowing machine,


19 80


H. M. Hutchins & Co., for paint- ing summer and tool houses, 86 68


T. Murphy, for shrubs, etc., 43 00


Bishop & Bro., for ladder, 4 00


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


13 68


T. W. Littlefield, for oil tank, 25 00


J. H. Clough, for plans and spe- cifications,


30 00


D. E. Whiten, for tool handles, 17 50


Gallishaw & Kennealy, for hand- cart, wheelbarrow and repair- ing tools, 85 45


M. W. Murphy, for couplings, etc., 5 45


R. A. Melvin, for settees, 70 00


C. E. Edlefsen & Co., for tools, etc., 15 26


Williams & Ashley, for naphtha,


9 00


J. D. Gould,


6 90


Perham & Rollins, expressing,


5 45


Chelmsford Foundry Co., repair- ing settees, 6 00


Wadsworth Bros. & Howland, for alcohol, 2 83


Doe & Hunnewell, sawing and planing lumber, 3 00


G O. Burnham, for straw, 3 31


Sundry persons, for matches, alco-


hol, hardware, and drain-pipe, 2 52


3,222 24


Amount carried forward,


$469,252 54


76


Amount brought forward,


$469,252 54


Salaries.


Paid Austin Belknap, mayor,


$1,000 00


Charles E. Gilman, city clerk, 2,000 00


Aaron Sargent, treasurer, 2,700 00


Geo. A. Kimball, city engineer,


2,100 00


S. C. Darling, city solicitor,


1,800 00


Douglas Frazar, auditor,


250 00


A. H. Carvill, city physician,


700 00


Geo. I. Vincent, clerk to assess- ors, 1,200 00


Jairus Mann, city messenger,


1,300 00


Solomon Davis, clerk of common council,


350 00


Thomas Cunningham, assessor,


700 00


John C. Tenney,


66


700 00


F. G. Williams,


700 00


Geo. Smith, assistant assessor,


200 00


A. J. Taylor,


200 00


Amiel Colman, 66


200 00


Silas H. Holland,


200 00


E. M. Blaisdell, assistant to city clerk,


500 00


S. A. Miles, assistant to treasurer, 500 00


Engineer's assistants,


1,549 54


18,849 54


School Contingent.


Paid Joshua H. Davis, salary as super-


intendent of schools, 2,500 00


E. A. Smith, truant officer,


1,000 00


Janitors,


3,275 41


City of Boston, water rates,


351 42


Thomas Groom & Co., for pens, pencils, etc.,


206 25


George B. King, for printing,


154 96


Amounts carried forward,


$7,488 04 $488,102 08


77


Amounts brought forward,


$7,488 04 $488,102 08


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


111 65


J. L. Hammnett, for books, etc.,


1,192 26


George B. King,


517 21


Crane & Perry & A. A. Perry, for books, 58 75


R. S. Davis & Co., for books, 20 31


George R. Bradford,


13 12


W. C. Clark,


170 02


L. A. Dimond, 21 11


F. E. Bottomly, 48 07


H. T. Johnson & Co., 5 50


J. W. C. Gilman & Co., " 3 24


G. A. Southworth, for printing, 35 40


J. A. Cummings & Co., " 7 00


N. S. Dearborn, printing diplomas, 36 45


W. N. Goddard, paper, etc., 15 00


Bourne Spooner, advertising,


5 00


H. W. Pitman, 66


3 00


J. O. Hayden, 66


9 75


S. H. Hadley, tuning pianos, 10 00


W. G. Shattuck, for inkstands, 17 65


A. G. Whitcomb, 17 40


E. H. Lincoln, photographing, 60 00


Wakefield Rattan Co., for mats, 23 89


O. F. Howe, for dusters, 19 50


Charles Holmes & Son, for labor


on stoves, mats, dusters, etc., 71 63


Carpenter Bros., for brushes, etc., 5 75


Charlestown Gas Co., for gas,


93 89


Cambridge Gas Light Co., for gas, 254 39


S. R. Burke, expressing,


7 75


Thorpe's Express, "


5 35


Stilphen & Co.,


19 45


Amounts carried forward, $10,382 53 $488,102 08


15 00


78


Amounts brought forward, $10,382 53 $488,102 08


Paid Sarah Monahan, for cleaning, 8 67


J. K. Abbott, for use of Claren- don Hall, 10 00


J M. Davidson, care of Morse Hall and labor, 17 00


D. H. Rinn, light furnished in school-house, 10 50


Cambridge Water Board, water rates in Union and Webster School Houses, 19 00


J. W. Cook, for moving piano, 3 00


Sundry persons, for labor, express- ing, cleaning, etc., 10 95


10,461 65


School Teachers' Salaries.


The salaries are as follows : -


Principal in High School, 2,400 00


First Assistant in High School,


1,800 00


One Assistant, 1,200 00


Three Assistants, each,


1,000 00


One Grammar School teacher,


2,000 00


Four Grammar School teachers, each, 1,800 00


Assistants in Grammar Schools,


and teachers in the Primary Schools, each, from


375 to 700 00


Music Teacher,


1,050 00


Aggregate amount paid, 66,600 34


School House Repairs.


Paid Stevens & Scofield, for carpenter work, 564 35


Mark Leighton, for carpenter work, 15 00


John Flanagan, 66


652 26


Amounts carried forward, $1,231 61 $565,164 07


79


Amounts brought forward,


$1,231 61 $565,164 07


Paid J. E. Beath, for carpenter work,


102 67


J. P. Ferry,


3 09


J. W. Spear, 66


12 64


E. M. Paul. 66


62 85


T. Driscoll,


117 54


J. L. Taylor, 66


88 55


G. T. Burnham & Co.,


519 18


R. A. Melvin, ..


484 72


Thomas Long,


312 39


D. W. Crocker,


23 10


Samuel Perry,


57 21


Albert Caswell, 66


28 00


D. McLeod, 66


20 50


D. W. Robbins,


36 49


Daniel Brooks, mason work,


1,472 58


Patrick Terry,


107 40


Edward Cahill,


76 00


A. M. Sibley, 66


21 50


C. H. Roberts, 66


61 68


R. O. Dennett, for whitewashing,


8 00


Brine & Clark, for cement,


8 70


Henry McElwin, for blackboards,


98 72


J. A. Swasey,


254 84


J. L. Hammett, 66


86 60


Edward Earley, for slating and repairing roofs, 457 75


M. W. Pierce & Co , for repairing heating apparatus, 374 42


Charles Holmes & Son, for repair- ing beating apparatus, 451 93


J. A. Merrifield, for repairing heating apparatus, 13 28


W. L. Snow & Co., do.,


139 91


C. H. Tufts, for painting and glazing, 87 08


Amounts carried forward, $6,820 96 $565,164 07


80


Amounts brought forward, $6,820 96 $565,164 07


Paid O. P. Wiley, for painting and glazing, 39 85


T. E. Wentworth & Co., " 7 50


D. W. McDermott, 66


45 37


D. McDermott,


92 20


Hiram Tribble,


2 83


J. H. Hollis, 66


262 22


J. Franklin,


24 00


C. H. McKenna & Co., for gas fixtures, 103 25


N. Dennett, for gas fixtures, 48 71


J. W. Drake, 66


1 50


Cambridge Gas Light Co., piping,


12 83


C. Sullivan, for plumbing, 25 50


F. A. Titus, 215 21


Boston Belting Co., for hose,


34 40


Water Service Assessment account, for service pipe, 34 39


S. P. Taylor, for drain pipe, 48 36


O. Nowell, for adjusting bells,


31 32


E. H. Brabrook, for carpets, etc.,


69 15


S. J. Wood, for repairing locks,


10 00


Ward & Waldron, for paper hang- ings, 18 12


A. G. Whitcomb, for desks, etc., 504 32


Hugh Carney, for trees,


94 50


E. Mattoon, for heating valves,


12 50


Charles Cooper, for ventilating pipe, 28 00


E. Robinson, for keys,


2 75


Daniel Pratt's Sons, for clock,


9 00


E. S. Bailey, for repairing clocks,


15 50


David Cutter, 66


3 25


C. P. Sharp,


6 00


Jasper Stone,


66


3 50


Amounts carried forward, $8,626 99 $565,164 07


81


Amounts brought forward,


$8,626 99 $565,164 07


Paid G. W. Bartlett, for repairing clocks, 6 00


Barker & Tibbetts, for ventilators, fire brick, and expressing, 45 50


Thomas Goodhue, for expressing, 5 00


Perham & Rollins, יי


15 90


Webb & Stevens, for lamp,


12 30


Fletcher & Libby, for ladders, etc., 9 15


66 66 for hand hose


carriage, 7 00


James Gwynn, for expressing, 11 60


Public Park Betterment Assessment


account, assessment on Cross St.


52 87


Highway Betterment Assessment account, assessment on Warren Avenue, 290 16


Sundry Insurance Co.s' premiums on insurance on school-houses,


888 70


J. E. Parsons, for dusters, brooms, etc., 13 88


D. E. Whitten, dusters, brooms, etc., John E. Tuttle,


8 71


16 45


C. E. Edlefsen & Co., dusters, brooms, etc., 19 17


Packard & Burrill, dusters, brooms, etc., 3 50


Murphy, Leavens & Co., dusters, brooms, etc., 30 26


S. T. Littlefield, dusters, brooms, etc., 1 66


D. White & Son, dusters, brooms, etc., 6 13


Charles Tufts, for rent of Chapel, for school-room, 150 00


Amounts carried forward,


$10,220 93 $565,164 07


6


82


Amounts brought forward, $10,220 93 $565,164 07


Paid Daniel Swan, rent of rooms for school-rooms, 51 00


West Boston Savings Bank, rent of rooms for school-rooms, 200 00


Flynn Bros., for repairing furni- ture, etc., 27 80


Francis Gibbons, labor, 25 50


William Davis, 3 00


Joseph Young, 66


3 50


B. F. Sheridan, 66


26 50


Rand & Byam, soap,


16 50


D. H. Rinn, for, cleaning, cutting grass, etc., 17 50


J. M. Coburn, labor, 11 25


S. L. Pratt, carriage hire, 16 00


H. W. Raymond, hardware, 3 77


T. A. Goodhue, moving furniture,


10 50


Sundry persons, for cleaning, la- bor, etc., 23 15


Russell & Fitch, for removing night soil, 168 00


10,824 90


School Fuel.


Paid Brine & Clark, for fuel,


600 90


L. G. Burnham & Co., fuel,


3,348 96


Edward Flanagan, for weighing,


29 52


Bourne Spooner, for advertising,


8 37


3,987 75


Street Lights.


Paid Cambridge Gas Light Co., for gas, 2,388 44 repairs, etc., 16 70


Charlestown Gas Co., for gas,


1,911 64


for lamp posts and repairs,


145 58


Amounts carried forward,


$4,462 36 $579,976 72


83


Amounts brought forward,


$4,462 36 $579,976 72


Paid Globe Gas Light Co., for lighting, 392 76


Hugh Blackwell, carting lanterns, labor, etc.,


2,714 60


81 50


H. M. Bird, for lamp posts,


140 00


Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Co., for lamp posts, 20 00


Tufts Bros., for lanterns, etc., 153 90


Howe & Flint, repairing lamps,


55 73


J. D. Gould, for burners, 13 85


T. F. McGann,


3 80


Wadsworth Bros., & Howland for alcohol, 22 42


Williams & Ashley, for fluid, etc., 11 13


Samuel Walker & Co., " 9 65


R. & W. Sherburne, for glass, 6 50


Lambert Bros., for glass,


60


Cutter & Parker, "


7 00


Hills, Turner & Co., for glass,


44 89


Seward Dodge, repairing lamp frames, 3 50


Wm. R. Rradford, for castings,


1 10


H. R Bishop & Co., for ladder,


3 00


Globe Gas Light Co , for signs,


2 50


8,150 79


Sewers.


Paid laborers,


4,802 72


Michael Collins, for constructing sewer in South and Earle St. balance,


632 80


Maurice Terry, for constructing sewer in Pitman and Beach Sts. balance, 275 25


Samuel Walcott, filling material on Winthrop Avenue, 330 50


Amounts carried forward,


$6,041 27 $588,127 51


84


Amounts brought forward,


$6,041 27 $588,127 51


Paid George W. Wyatt, for brick, 1,150 60


Massachusetts Brick Co., " 47 70


W. S. Blanchard, for lumber, 74 26


E D. Sawyer & Co., 66


10 93


Brine & Clark, for cement,


351 83


John Leland, for cesspool covers,


73 50


Day, Collins & Co., for drain pipe,


344 59


Charles Holmes & Son, for drain pipe, lanterns, etc., 57 29


Lewis & Willett, for drain pipe, 183 00


H. Wellington & Co., for cement,


43 50


Bray & Hayes, 66


5 50


Margaret Pepper, for sand,


77 05


Joseph Breck & Co., for shovels, etc., 62 09


F. M. Burrows, for boring, 197 60


L. Schorle, for pails,


14 00


L. G. Burnham & Co., for fuel, 4 00


Philip Eberle, for rubber boots,


13 50


Seward Dodge, for sharpening tools, etc.,


49 39


Cook, Rymes & Co., for sharpening tools, etc., 36 48


M. Lynch, for sharpening tools, 5 00


George H. Sampson, for powder,


7 80


Howe & Flint, for hardware,


6 30


Charles Davis, for curbs,


550 50


G. W. Ranlett, for cesspool stone,


7 90


William R. Bradford, catch-basin covers, etc.,


183 49


Estate of Samuel Littlefield, for brick, 82 73


D. P. Green, for sewer grates,


34 82


James Bartley, for oil, etc.,


8 66


Amounts carried forward, $9,725 28 $588,127 51


85


Amounts brought forward,


$9,725 28 $588,127 51


D. E. Lovering, for mason work, 25 42


C. H. Coffin, labor on drain, 17 19


T. W. Littlefield, for repairing pump,


4 75


J. A. Cummings & Co., for print- ing, 6 00


Horace Partridge, printing,


10 00


J. E. Farwell & Co., "


23 00


George B. King,


2 75


Bourne Spooner, for advertising, 14 40


D. L. Neiss, for oil hogshead,


8 20


Hinckley Bros. & Co., for oakum,


5 51


George A. Kimball, for sand- bucket, 9 00


E. F. Bowker, plan, etc., of out- let of Milk Street sewer, 30 69


A. W. Berry, labor, 7 00


F. Mongan, teaming, 16 50


O. C. Hanson, « 20 00


H. W. Raymond, hardware, 74


S. J. Wood, filing saws,


75


Salary account, labor of engi- neer's assistants, 374 77


Albert Kenneson, superintendent, 53 81


D. A. Sanborn,


733 31


For horse keeping,


100 00


11,189 07


Sewers (Beacon and Elm Street Sewer).


Paid William Sullivan, contractor, 29,700 00


F. M. Burrows, boring, 121 50


Fitchburg Railroad Co., labor at


crossing of sewer with road,


99 54


Bourne Spooner, advertising,


7 70


Amounts carried, forward, $29,928 74 $599,316 58


86


Amounts brought forward, $29,928 74 $599,316 58


Paid Journal Newspaper Co., advertising, 7 00


Daily Advertiser, 66 8 00


29,943 74


Sidewalks.


Paid W. M. Hadley & Co., for cement, 8 00


Patrick Rafferty, for edgestone, 21 33


George A. Foster, for brick, 26 00


Soldiers' Relief.


Paid Brine & Clark, for fuel, 96 76


L. G. Burnham & Co., for fuel, 83 25


Philip Eberle, for boots and shoes,


12 00


J. H. Brooks, for clothing, 9 00


305 50


Sturtevant Bros., for groceries, etc. 140 00


Carpenter Bros., 66 66


23 00


J. F. Cole & Co., 66


66


21 00


James Bartley, 66 66


11 00


P. T. O'Brien,


66


1


3 00


704 51


Somerville Water Works.


Paid laborers, 4,221 22


H. Wellington & Co., for cement, etc., 283 65


J. A. Wellington & Co., for cem- ent, etc.,


291 80


Boston Machine Co., for gates, hydrants, etc., 569 08


John H. Reed & Co., for iron, 388 72


Farrar, Follett & Co.,


306 98


Fuller, Dana & Fitz, 66


22 05


Geo. L. Clark, for hydrant,


46 00


Amounts carried forward,


$6,129 50 $630,020 21


55 38


Sundry persons, for aid,


87


Amounts brought forward, Paid H. B. Bigelow, for repairing hy- drants, 106 80


$6,129 50 $630,020 21


Morrill & Hooker, for stand posts, etc., 76 00


Sewell, Day & Co., for oakum,


46 49


Brine & Clark, for cement,


165 40


Margaret Pepper, for sand,


73 50


Carpenter, Woodward & Morton, for lead, 14 25


Sabin & Page, for duck, etc.,


11 95


Pattee & Perkins, for hydrants, etc.,


57 00


Seward Dodge, for blacksmithing,


32 74


N. E. Linen Hose Manuf. Co., for hose, 33 75


J. C. Story & Co., for oil, etc., 42 74


City of Boston, for pipe, etc.,


140 25


water rates,


11 00


Paid A. J. Wilkinson & Co., for nails, steel, etc., 7 45


Benjamin Almy, car fares, station- ery, etc., 25 00


W. Reed & Sons, for powder and fuse, 4 65


Fire Association of Philadelphia,


premium of insurance on stock, fixtures, etc.,


22 50


J A. Anderson & Co., for cloth,


6 97


J. H. Brooks, 4 84


Union Glass Co., for lanterns,


12 24


Geo H. Sampson, for powder,


3 55


Walworth Manf'g Co., for pipe, valves, etc., 58 64


Braman, Dow & Co., for pipe,


4 05


H. W. Raymond, for hardware, etc.,


21 88


Amounts carried forward,


$7,113 14 $630,020 21


88


Amounts brought forward, $7,113 14 $630,020 21


Paid E. L. White, medical attendance on laborer injured on the works, . 10 00


Michael Devine, for teaming,


10 50


Franklin Hopkins, urinal,


3 25


Cook, Rymes & Co., sharpening tools, etc., 30 82


J. F. Paul & Sons, for lumber, 26 73


J. Q. Twombly, for oil, etc., 7 98


McCarty Bros., for clay,


12 00


Patrick Kane,


2 00


Charles Holmes & Son, fire brick,


2 00


Thomas Cunningham, for boiler, etc., 29 57


Wm. R. Bradford, for gate covers,


40 17


Boston & Albany R. R. Co., freight on hydrant, 8 50


Fitchburg R. R. Co., freight on hydrants, 1 96


B. Almy, superintendent, 200 00


J. Bartley, grain, etc., 139 53


C. Maguire, horseshoeing, 23 17


Parker & Gannett, for shovels, 24 75


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery,


6 70


B. F. Tyler, for hay and straw,


57 01


Chaffee & Cummings, charcoal,


5 50


W. J. London, expressing,


9 25


Sundry persons, cement, oil, la-


bor, expressing, etc.,


11 43


J. F. Ham, for hay, 37 08


7,813 04


State Aid.


Paid monthly pay-rolls, - amount charged to the State, 4,254 12


Amount carried forward,


$642,087 37


89


Amount brought forward,


$642,087 37


Support of Poor.


Paid Brine & Clark, for fuel, $3,505 66


L. G. Burnham & Co., for fuel, 974 82


Sturtevant Bros., groceries and provisions, 3,959 36


P. T. O'Brien, groceries and pro- visions, 2,564 65




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