Report of the city of Somerville 1877, Part 4

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 252


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Mark Leighton, for carpenter-work, 51 11 Thomas Long, for carpenter-work, 94 17


G. W. Lawson, for carpenter-work, 31 20


Lewis Hunt, for carpenter-work, 15 27


J. H. Rouse & Co., for carpenter- work, 8 45


Stevens & Scofield, for carpenter- work, 5 65


James Gwynn, for expressing, 1 50


Stilphen & Co., for expressing,


1 85


Bancroft's Express, for expressing,


80


S. R. Burke, for expressing,


3 10


London's Express, for expressing,


19 85


Barker & Tibbetts, for expressing,


25


Bishop & Bros., for ladder,


1 50


G. T. Burnham, for examining building, 20 00


D. E. Lovering, for examining building, 20 00


Amount carried forward, $7,957 17


1


59


Amount brought forward, $7,957 17


S. D. Kelley, for examining build- ing, 20 00


J. M. Coburn, Janitor at Ward Room, 4 00


Robert Thompson, Janitor at Ward Room,


4 00


J. C. Davidson, Janitor at Ward Room,


32 50


Wm. Davis, Janitor at Ward Room, 2 00


J. E. Eldredge, for summoning witnesses, 5 75


C. H. Dassance, for lettering order- boxes, 4 00


Chas. W. Dailey, for carriage hire, 16 00


G. H. Buxton, for carriage hire, 5 00


A. L. Sanborn, for carriage hire,


4 00


S. L. Pratt, for carriage hire, 3 00


Hugh Rowe, labor, 1 25


City of Boston, for water rates, 50 00


Hugh A. Carney. for trees, 10 00


J. H. Brooks, for cloth,


1 81


J. Baker & Co., for halyards,


2 83


E. G. Cutler, services as medical expert,


21 60


John Harrington & Co., for soap, brushes, etc. 14 07


H. M. Hutchings & Co., for paint- ing,


338 37


D. M. McDermott, for painting, 1 50


E. G. Morrison, for plastering, 15 00


Middlesex Registry, for recording deeds, 1 35


J. E. Marden, for ringing bell, 3 00


R. R. Perry, for witness fees,


2 50


G. W. Patten, for witness fees,


2 00


F. W. Lincoln & Co., for tape measure, 10 00


Amount carried forward, $8,532 70


60


Amount brought forward, $8,532 70


J. E. Moody, for adjusting en- gineer's instruments, etc. 21 50


L.W. Manning. for beating carpets, 47 60


H. Pigeon & Son, for top-mast to flag-staff, 30 00


G. W. Manning, care of flag-staffs, etc. 27 50


Howe & Flint, for hardware, 2 62


Chas. Holmes, for hardware, 14 95


H W. Raymond, for hardware, 19 47


H. Partridge, for printing, 41 25


Highways account, for labor,


21 13


L. M. Maynard, for labor, 47 00


L. E. Pierce, damages for injuries on highway, 261 73


L. A. Balch, damages for injuries on highway, 333 67


Catherine O'Neil, damages for in- juries on highway, 200 00


W. C. Crane, premium of insur- ance, 144 00


Insurance Co. of North America, premium of insurance, 24 00


John P. Healey, for consultations and advice, 50 00


Post 139, G. A. R., for Memorial Day, 300 00


J. H. Pray & Sons, for carpets, 99 50


G. W. Prichard, for watering streets, 34 40


H. B. Runey, forreturn of deaths, 31 50


Patrick Rafferty, return of deaths, 27 00


F. G. Williams, return of births,


102 00


Joseph Young, for labor,


30-00


S. J. Wood, for repairing locks, etc. 8 50


Amount carried forward, $10,452 02


61


Amount brought forward, $10,452 02


Geo. I. Vincent, for taking ab- stracts from Middlesex Deeds, 200 00


Jesse Simpson, for release of tax title, 40 15


W. S. Stearns, for examining title of Oliver Street land, 140 00


R. A. Trull, for repairing flag, 3 00


J. Q. Twombly, for glazing, 3 80


Stephen Smith & Co., for specie cups,


4 00


John C. Magoun, salary as sealer of weights and measures, 100 00


C. A. Small, salary as pound keeper, 25 00


A. Nowers, for poultry for soldiers' families at Thanksgiving, 153 76


Sturtevant Bros., for poultry for soldiers' families at Thanksgiv- ing,


24 16


G. F. Morgan, for abstracts from mortgages,


28 80


Ward officers,


207 00


$11,381 69


HIGHWAYS (MILK STREET WIDENING), transferred, 6,365 40


MISCELLANEOUS (WATERING STREETS),


cost to the city for watering, 841 79


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 1,802 40


$20,391 28


MISCELLANEOUS (WATERING STREETS).


Credit.


CASH received of sundry persons as their propor- tional part of the cost of watering,


$1,880 05


MISCELLANEOUS, for cost to the city for watering,


841 79


$2,721 84


62


Debit.


CASH paid Edward Cahill, for watering, $470 20


G. W. Prichard, for watering, 340 80


C. A. Mongan, for watering, 336 60


Jas. McCarroll, Jr., for watering,.


325 89


Martin Gill, for watering,


325 00


John McCauley, for watering,


297 50


City of Boston, for water,


500 00


Sundry persons, repairs, labor, etc.,


25 85


John P. Prichard, for superinten- dence, 100 00


$2,721 84


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT.


Credit.


TAXES, amount added to the amount of the taxes as- sessed, as fractional divisions, for conven- ience in the apportionment,


$9,690 61


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, 6,037 15


$15,727 76


Debit.


TAXES, for abatement on taxes,


$15,727 76


POLICE.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$29,000 00


CASH received of Lebbeus Stetson, Clerk of the Court, for officers' fees, etc., $1,893 20


Sewers (Beacon and Elm Streets sewers) account, for lanterns and naphtha, 17 69


ยท


1,910 89


$30,910 89


63


Debit.


CASH paid M. C. Parkhurst, Chief,


$1,500 00


R. R. Perry, Captain,


1,200 00


Samuel R. Dow, Lieutenant,


1,100 00


C. C. Folsom, Sergeant,


1,050 00


S. A. Brown, patrolman,


1,003 75


Geo. W. Bean,


1,003 75


C. D. Clark,


1,003 75


N. F. Caswell,


1,003 75


J. G. Cunningham, patrolman,


1,003 75


Isaac S. Campbell,


1,003 75


C. C. Cavanaugh,


1,003 75


Geo. Cullis,


1,001 00


Albert Fisk. 66


1,003 75


J. E. Fuller,


1,003 75


John Hafford,


992 75


M. H. Kinsley,


995 50


Ivan Laighton,


1,003 75


Howard Lowell,


66


1,003 75


John H. McGarr,


66


1,003 75


Edward McGarr,


1,003 75


J. W. Oliver,


66


1,003 75


S. C. Rollins,


66


1,001 00


F. W. Slade,


66


1,003 75


P. W. Skinner,


962 50


A L. Staples,


1,0 3 75


L. H. Snow,


66


1,003 75


O. H. Webber,


660 00


S. H. Whitcomb,


995 50


J. B. Young,


335 50


B. F. Sheridan,


" (special),


408 00


Daniel Smith,


12 00


C. B. Taber,


96 00


D. H. Rinn,


66


66


127 00


W. H. Brine,


66


66


10 00


J. J. Giles,


2 00


Geo. Cunningham,


66


2 50


Amount carried forward,


$29,515 00


64


Amount brought forward, $29,515 00


300 00


M. C. Parkhurst, lock-up keeper, telegraphing, 3 72


C. C. Folsom, travelling expenses,


7 03


C. C. Cavanagh, travelling ex- penses,


12 35


J. J. Giles, washing, etc., 63 31


James Bartley, crackers, cheese, etc., 143 84


G. H. Cowdin, for drugs, etc., 17 58


M. Norton, teaming boats, 4 00


H. D. & W S Durgin, ice, 30 00


Scovill Manuf. Co., for buttons, 13 50


Pollard, Alvord & Co., for wreaths,


4 00


Howe & Flint, repairing hose,


3 55


C. Holmes & Son, for dippers, etc.,


5 40


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising, 18 00


Guild & Delano, repairing badges, 50


C. M. Blake, for newspapers, 14 99


L. A. Dimond, for newspapers, 3 50


J. A. Anderson, for towels, 4 00


Reuben Willis, medical attendance,


3 00


Sanford Hanscom, medical attend- ance, 3 00


C. H. Day, for horse, 175 00


H. A. Winship, for saddle, etc., 51 55


S. Dodge, horse-shoeing, 6 50


M. C. Parkhurst, board of horse,


67 14


L. H. Brown, carriage hire,


75 50


G. H. Buxton, carriage hire,


6 00


S. Giddings, carriage hire,


1 50


S. L. Pratt, carriage hire, 1 50


G. S. Heaton, carriage hire,


2 00


$30,556 96


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 353 93


$30,910 89


65


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$3,000 00


CASH received of : -


The State Treasurer, for armory rent,


$94 35


Post 139 G. A. R., for rent of hall,


125 00


extra use of room, 10 00


Committee on Public Property,


amount received by them for use of Ward Room,


80 00


Odd Fellows' Encampment, for use of hall, 10 00


319 35


$3,319 35


Debit.


CASH paid J. J. Giles, janitor,


$900 00


for labor, cleaning, washing, etc.,


25 36


for substitute during vacation, 13 11


Cambridge Gas Light Co., for gas,


706 46


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


458 89


E. H. Brabrook, for carpets and mirrors,


54 95


M. W. Peirce & Co., for repairing heating apparatus, 28 71


T. F. McGann, for repairing heat- ing apparatus,


46 00


Murphy Leavens & Co., for dust- ers,


2 15


City of Boston, water rates, 57 00


Jas. Bartley, for naphtha, etc., 13 46


Sullivan & Co., plumbing,


4 50


W. G. Preston, services as archi- tect,


184 00


S. D. Kelley, for plan of alter- ations,


35 00


Amount carried forward,


$2,529 59


5


66


Amount brought forward, $2,529 59


W. C. Crane, insurance premium on boiler,


20 00


Leonard Arnold, carpenter-work, 102 79


Albert Caswell, carpenter-work, 10 00


Seavey & Co., for cuspadores,


10 00


Dan'l Brooks, mason-work, etc.,


186 12


J. L. Hammett, for blackboard,


12 30


J. Q. Twombly, painting, 5 72


S. Dodge, blacksmithing, 6 25


H. W. Raymond, hardware, 6 68


Howe & Flint, oil, etc., 4 53


Edw'd Earley, repairing roofs,


12 67


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising, 9 90


O. C. Hanson, expressing,


2 00


Public Park Maintenance account, for lawn mower, 12 00


Highway account, for gravel,


21 50


$2,952 05


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 367 30


$3,319 35


PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE.


Credit.


REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT, amount of debt paid in 1877, $175,000 00


PUBLIC PROPERTY, additional property acquired in 1877, 17,645 74


BALANCE to debit in account of 1878,


64,926 84


$257,572 58


Debit.


BALANCE from 1876, $72,193 47


APPROPRIATIONS, balance from 1876,


and appropriated in 1877, 185,379 11


$257,572 58


67


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Credit.


BALANCE from 1876,


$451 30


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


1,500 00


CASH received of : -


The County Treasurer, return on dog licenses for 1876,


$1,362 30


Of the librarian for fines,


180 43


Catalogues,


25 75


1,568 48


$3,519 78


Debit.


CASH paid Lockwood, Brooks & Co. for books, $648 43


Estes & Lauriat for books,


511 09


James Campbell for books, 58 25


A. Williams & Co. for books,


39 41


W. B. Clarke for books,


16 35


M. D. Edwards for books,


2 00


American Library Journal sub- scription, 5 00


J. A. Cummings & Co., printing,


214 00


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising, 7 20


W. J. London, expressing,


28 35


G. W. Lawson, carpenter-work,


7 63


H. A. Adams, librarian,


700 00


Lizzie Stevens, assistant librarian,


300 00


Emily G. Coleman, assistant,


62 00


H. F. Maynard, assistant,


22 95


C. W. Merritt, assistant,


23 90


L. A. Manning, assistant,


14 50


$2,661 06


BALANCE to credit in account of 1878,


858 72


$3,519 78


68


PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Credit.


BALANCE, amount to debit in account of 1878, $1,532,243 40


Debit.


BALANCE from 1876,


$1,514,597 66


PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE, acquired


in 1877, 17,645 74


$1,532,243 40


PUBLIC PARK.


Credit.


BALANCE TO DEBIT in account of 1878,


$12,395 67


Debit.


BALANCE from 1876,


$12,395 67


PUBLIC PARK BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.


Credit.


BALANCE from 1876,


$678 81


CASH received of sundry persons,


3,421 29


Debit.


BALANCE, amount to credit in account of 1878, $4,100 10


PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$2,500 00


CASH received of : -


Police Station Incidentals account, for lawn mower, $12 00


Maverick Oil Co., for old oil bar- rels returned, 3 00


15 00


$2,515 00


$4,100 10


69


Debit.


CASH paid M. W. Murphy, labor, etc., $822 36


Michael Connell, labor,


263 62


T. Murphy, Jr., labor,


308 62


P. Connors, labor,


90 37


Charles Mooney, labor;


50 25


John Moriarty, labor,


6 75


Timothy Loring, labor,


15 00


Gallishaw & Kennealy, black-


smithing, 17 00


Timothy Murphy, for trees, etc.,


420 50


Timothy F. Crimmings, for loam and labor, 104 40


G. W. Prichard, for manure, gravel, teaming, etc., 237 70


William Denton, police duty, 39 00


E. R. Perham, expressing, 3 50


M. W. Peirce & Co., for sewer log,


10 00


J. A. & W. Bird & Co., for can, etc., 2 08


Maverick Oil Co., for naphtha,


7 00


S. Walker & Co., for naphtha,


7 06


C. E. Edlefson & Co., for oil, etc.,


3 22


T. W. Littlefield, for wicking,


75


J. A. Durell, labor, etc.,


5 95


Parker & Gannett, for lawn mower, etc.,


38 97


D. E. Whitton, for lawn mower, 21 60


Carter Winsor & Co. for naphtha,


6 73


J. A. Palmer, iron work,


5 00


$2,487 43


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 27 57


$2,515 00


REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT.


Credit.


BALANCE from 1876, APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$165,000 00


10,000 00


$175,000 00


70.


Debit. PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE, amount of the funded debt paid in 1877,


$175,000 00


REAL ESTATE LIENS.


Credit.


CASH received of sundry persons for tax titles released, $5,419 88


BALANCE to debit in account of 1878,


10,905,32


16,325 20


Debit.


BALANCE from 1876, $8,976 67


TAXES, titles deeded to the city for non- payment of taxes, 5,117 40


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS,


titles deeded to the city for non- payment of assessments, 149 90


SEWER ASSESSMENTS, titles deeded to the city for non-payment of as- sessments, 47 60


SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS, titles deeded to the city for non-payment of assess- ments, 233 79


INTEREST, on titles deeded to the city,


1,054 11


MISCELLANEOUS, costs on titles deeded to the city, 745 73


$16,325 20


SALARIES.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $19,350 00


Debit.


CASH paid Austin Belknap, Mayor, $1,000 00


Chas. E. Gilman, City Clerk,


2,000 00


Aaron Sargent, City Treasurer,


2,700 00


Geo. A. Kimball, City Engineer,


2,100 00


S. C. Darling, City Solicitor,


2,300 00


Geo I. Vincent, Clerk to Assess- ors and Committees, 1,200 00


Amount carried forward,


$11,300 00


71


Amount brought forward, $11,300 00


A. H. Carvill, City Physician, 1,000 00


Jarius Mann, City Messenger, 1,300 00


Sarah A. Miles, assistant to City Treasurer, 500 00


E. M. Blaisdell, assistant to City Clerk, 500 00


Solomon Davis, Auditor,


300 00


Solomon Davis, Clerk of Common Council, 350 00


Thos. Cunningham, assessor,


700 00


F. G. Williams, assessor,


700 00


G. W. Hadley, assessor,


700 00


Geo. Smith, assistant assessor,


200 00


B. F. Thompson, assistant as- sessor, 200 00


A. Coleman, assistant assessor, 200 00


L. W. Jones, assistant assessor,


200 00


Engineer's assistants,


1,000 00


Aaron Sargent, Treasurer of Com- missioners of Sinking Fund, 200 00


$19,350 00


SCHOOL CONTINGENT.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, CASH received : -


$11,200 00


Of sundry persons, for school- books furnished by the School Committee, $27 46


Of the Superintendent of Schools, amount received by him, and from town of Medford, for tui- tion of non-resident pupils, 115 38 .


Of the Committee, amount received by them, and from sundry persons, for use of rooms in schoolhouses, 84 50


227 34


$11,427 34


72


Debit.


CASH paid Joshua H. Davis, salary as Superintendent of Schools, for postage stamps, etc.,


$2,000 00


5 00


E. A. Smith, salary as truant officer, 900 00


Janitors,


3,380 09


Charlestown Gas Company, for gas, 117 20


Cambridge Gas Light Company, for gas, 328 30


T. Groom & Co., for pens, paper, etc., 249 00


W. C. Clark, for books, etc., 242 69


F. E. Studley, for books, etc., 55 11


A. A. Perry, for books, etc.,


50 16


J. L. Hammett, for books, sta- tionery, etc., 1,036 51


F. E. Bottomly, for books, etc., 5 76


W. N. Goddard, for stationery,


139 90


G. A. Southworth, for stationery, etc., 28 65


Geo. B. King, for books, printing, etc., 1,012 09


J. E. Farwell & Co., for printing, 82 50


J. O. Hayden & Co., for printing, 27 75


Geo R. Bradford, for stationery,


5 53


N. S. Dearborn, for printing di- plomas, 40 00


H. T. Johnson & Co , for station- ery, 1 90


Parker & Gannett, for wheel- barrow, 5 00


Jas. Bartley, for sal-soda, 64


J. E. Marden, for window shades, 7 00


Flynn Bros., for window shades,


15 00


N. L. Dayton, for cloth, 1 10


J. F. Cole & Co., for water buckets,


1 20


Amount carried forward, $9,738 08


73


Amount brought forward, $9,738 08


O. F. Howe, for brooms and dust- ers, 28 20


Murphy, Leavens & Co., for brushes, 55 44


Carpenter Bros., for brooms,


10 28


G. W. Bartlett, for repairing clock,


3 00


E. S. Bailey, for repairing clock,


6 50


A. W. Berry, for desk backs,


4 00


L. Arnold, carpenter-work,


9 60


J. W. Cook, moving piano,


3 00


Howe & Flint, for coal-hod,


2 00


Wm. Gouch, tuning pianos,


10 00


E. S. Daniels. tuning pianos,


4 00


P. Lynam & Sons, for mats,


45 92


D. H. Rinn, for soap, etc.,


5 00


Rand & Byam, for soap,


5 00


E. Robinson, for keys,


1 87


Jas. Shannon, labor,


5 00


C. Holmes & Son, for hardware, plumbing. etc , 26 68


J. C. Haynes, for pitch pipes,


5 00


S. L. Pratt, carriage hire,


6 00


John Davidson, for soap, etc.,


4 50


City of Boston, water rates,


348 25


Cambridge Water Board, water rates,


19 00


Barker & Tibbetts, expressing,


17 35


Bancroft's Express,


40


O. C. Hanson,


3 00


E. J. Haviland,


4 00


S. R. Burke,


66


5 85


Stilphen & Co.,


66


11 45


E. R. Perham, 66


1 00


G. W. Manning,


1 00


Thorne's Express,


1 15


London's Express,


66


2.75


$10,394 27


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account,


1.033 04


$11,427 34


74


SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to . debit of account, 157 93


$68,000 00


$68,157 93


Debit.


CASH paid salaries as follows : -


Principal in High School,


$2,400 00


First Assistant in High School,


1,800 00


One Assistant,


1,500 00


One Assistant,


1,200 00


Three Assistants, each,


1,000 00


One Grammar School teacher,


2,000 00


Two Grammar School teachers, each,


1,800 00


Two Grammar School teachers, each, from 1,500 to 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,


$68.157 93


SCHOOLHOUSE REPAIRS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $5,330 00


CASH, received of the Committee on Public Property, amount received for old castings, EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, 3,252 12


7 90


$8,590 02


Debit.


CASH paid Stevens & Scofield, for carpenter-work, $526 99 .


W. W. Willoughby, for carpenter- work, 99 06


Amount carried forward, $626 05


75


Amount brought forward,


$626 05


Samuel Perry, carpenter-work,


35 75


G. W. Trefren, 66


19 11


I. B. Walker, 66 66


8 43


J. D. Hills, 66 66


66 18


Thos. Long, 66


66


411 18


R. A. Melvin, 66


66


250 49


Wm. A. Muzzey,


66


228 05


D. McLeod, 66


68 80


John Flannagan, 66 66


119 23


A. Caswell,


66


36 39


L. Arnold, 66


29 75


Rufus Winn, for mason-work,


100 20


Daniel Brooks, 66 66


267 44


Fred Davis, 66 66


21 00


D. E. Lovering, 66 66


107 25


for paving, etc.,


566 45


Joseph Q. Twombly, glazing, etc.,


59 65


C. H. Tufts, for painting, 3 00


H. Tribble, 66


6 00


J. H. Hollis, for painting and glazing,


13 79


E. J. Lewellyn, for painting and glazing,


18 50


W. H. Denton, for painting and glazing. 14 50


J. C. Dyer, painting and glazing, 212 52


H. C. Roberts, for painting, 48 65


W. S. Walker, for glazing, etc.,


7 43


T. A. Green, for glazing, etc.,


3 00


O. P. Willey, for glazing, etc., 5 00


W. F. Devine, for repairing roofs,


45 86


Edward Earley, for repairing roofs,


51 40


John Feeney, for repairing roofs,


48 30


F. A. Titus, for plumbing work, Sullivan & Co., for plumbing work,


60 05


Joseph Gibbens, for whitewashing, etc.,


7 50


Amount carried forward,


161 53


$3,728 43


76


Amount brought forward,


$3,728 43


J. Franklin, for whitewashing, etc., 26 50


E. W. Carlton, for whitewashing, etc., 8 00


J. McBean, for whitewashing, etc., 7 25


T. W. Littlefield, for gas fixtures, 3 00


Chas. Pierce, for gas fixtures,


2 30


M. W. Pierce & Co., repairing heating apparatus, 240 76


Snow & Chase, for repairing stoves, etc., 50 43


W. L. Snow & Co., for repairing stoves, etc., 196 69


C. Holmes & Son., for repairing heating apparatus, 346 14


J. A. Merrifield, for repairing stoves, etc., 28 10


W. H. Thomas, for paper hang- ings, 3 73


E. L. and F. S. Rollins, for paper hangings and curtain fixtures, 13 40


J. E. Marden, for curtain fixtures, 5 00


O. Nowell, for hanging bells, 18 25


C. E. Hall & Co., marble work,


67 00


Sewer account, for constructing drain, 82 15


J. A. & W. Bird & Co., for paints and oils, 12 83


J. A. Swasey, for blackboards, 46 00


J. L. Hammett, for blackboards, 45 64


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


417 02


Daniel Pratt's Sons, for clock,


4 00


S. J. Wood, repairing clock,


1 50


E. S. Bailey, repairing clocks,


16 50


Bishop & Bro., for ladder,


4 50


Fletcher & Libby, for ladder,


3 50


J. & J. Dobson, for rug,


5 00


Amount carried forward,


$5,383 62


77


Amount brought forward, $5,383 62


E. H. Brabrook, for carpet, 26 00


S. Dodge, for fire poker, etc., 2 52


Gale & Wood, for lumber,


48 66


Barker & Tibbetts, for lumber and expressing, 23 79


Bancroft's Express, for expressing, 25


J. Gwynn, for expressing, 3 50


Stilphen & Co., for expressing, 6 25


Highways account, for gravel,


41 38


M. D. Jones & Co., for lawn mower, etc., 27 50


Howe & Flint, for brushes, etc.,


20 37


Murphy, Leavens & Co., for brushes, etc., 53 10


J. Breck & Sons, for saws, etc., 6 75


Bogman & Vinal, for hardware, 2 63


J. P. Williams, for hardware, 5 57


Parker & Gannett, for wheelbar-


row,


5 00


Seavey & Co., for dustpan,


1 50


C. Carpenter & Co., for coal-sifter, 2 50


J. M. Coburn, for Janitor at Ward Room, 20 45


Geo. Bemis, for tuning piano,


2 00


S. L. Pratt, for carriage hire,


16 00


C. W. Learned, disinfectant,


8 00


Sundry Insurance Companies, in- surance premiums, 1,888 70


Frank Mattoon, for labor,


42 50


Joseph Young, for labor, 8 35


D. W. Robbins, for labor,


9 00


Sundry persons, for labor,


19 50


W. H. Whitcomb, for manure,


11 00


Russell & Fitch, for removing night soil, 180 00


Wakefield Rattan Company, for mats,


50 00


Estate of Chas. Tufts, for rent,


250 00


Amount carried forward, $8,166 39


78


.


Amount brought forward, $8,166 39 203 33


Daniel Swan, for rent,


West Boston Savings Bank, for rent, 200 00


Boston Elastic Fabric Co., for hose, 4 00


Boston Belting Company, 66 16 30


$8,590 02


SCHOOL FUEL.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$4,000 00


Debit.


CASH paid L. G. Burnham & Co., for fuel, $2,666 81


J. F. Brine, for fuel, 6 90


W. H. Whitcomb, for tan, 1 75


Edwd. Flanagan, for weighing coal, 34 00


3 90


B. F. Sheridan, for sawing wood, James Shannon, for sawing and splitting wood, 9 60


$2,722 96


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 1,277 04


$4,000 00


SEWERS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$6,000 00


CASH received of the City Solicitor, amo't received by him for defec- tive construction of Medford Street sewer, $107 00


Schoolhouse Repairs, account for constructing drain at Lincoln Schoolhouse, 82 15


Highways account, labor on drain, 1 18


Sewers (Milk Street Sewer), for labor, 77 62


SEWER ASSESSMENTS, assessments levied, INTEREST transferred,


267 95 11,160 11


5,223 04


$22,651 10


79


Debit.


CASH paid laborers,


Fiske & Coleman, for pipe,


$3,095 77 356 43


M. Day & Co., for pipe and cem- ent,


270 85


Lewis & Willett, for drain pipe, 727 90


Geo. W. Wyatt, for brick,


227 85


John Thresher, for brick,


164 50


Estate of Samuel Littlefield, for brick, 215 12


Portland Stone Ware Co., for pipe,


64 32


J. F. Brine, for cement, etc., 39 80


Boston Machine Co , for catch- basin covers,


51 35


William R. Bradford, for catch- basin covers,


44 68


J. Leland, for catch-basin covers,


15 50


for wheelbarrow, etc.,


13 30


Stevens & Scofield, for cesspool covers,


3 45


Osgood & Hart, for cesspool covers, etc.,


103 85


Walworth Manufacturing Co., for catch-basin traps, 76 67


Fuller Iron Works, for catch-basin traps,


5 50


D. P. Green & Co., for castings,


112 80


Cook, Rymes & Co., for iron work,


20 17


Seward Dodge, for blacksmithing,


86 08


Charles Davis, for catch-basin stone, 588 00


H. M. Phinney, for ventilators, 73 62


Parker & Gannett, for shovels, etc., 19 33


James Snow, for blacksmithing, 9 10


H. W. Raymond, for hardware, 26 76


Jeremiah McCarty, for stone,


8 00


C. Holmes & Son, for lanterns, labor, etc., 18 95


Amount carried forward,


$6,439 65


80


Amount brought forward, $6,439 65


Howe & Flint, for labor, etc., 4 56


Lewis Hunt, for labor, 18 75


C. F. Lovejoy, for labor, 10 50


Brigham & Co., for brass checks,


2 44


S. W. Fuller, for lumber, 32 74


Holt & Bugbee, for lumber,


39 09


Hunneman & Co., for hose, etc., 13 75


Philip Eberle, for rubber boots, 27 25


D. E. Lovering, for mason-work, 25 00


R. A. Melvin, for carpenter-work, 3 58


T. B. Blakie, for carpenter-work, 1 00


J. E. Farwell & Co., for stationery and printing, 55 00


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising and printing, 38 70


J. A. Cummings & Co., for print- ing, 4 00


Thorpe's Express, for expressing, 35


George B. King, for printing, 2 30


M. Buttimer, for cement, 2 50


D. O'Connell, for drain pipe, 2 52


James Bartley, for oil, etc.,


5 73


Sturtevant Bros., for oil,


1 13


C. L. Stevens, for oil, etc., 4 65


A. L. Sanborn, for carriage hire, 4 00


L. Schorle, for pails, 7 00


R. W. Williams, for postal cards,


2 00


Engineer's Assistants, for superin- tending construction of sewers, 273 75


D. A. Sanborn, for superintending construction of sewers, 150 00 for carpenter-work, 34 24


Highways account, for paving, labor, gravel, etc., 60 70


Robert Burlen, for blank books, 6 00


Maurice Buttimer, for construct-


ing sewer in Central Street, 197 64


Amount carried forward, $7,470 52


81


Amount brought forward, $7.470 52


in Appleton Street,


860 02


J. M. Burckes, for constructing sewer in Summer Street, 345 95


McCarty & Falvey, for constructing sewer in Grove Street, in Holland Street,


1,824 27


1,591 97


Francis Mongan, for constructing sewer in Broadway and Syca- more Street, in Chester Street,


490 62


1,191 19


C. A. Mongan, for constructing sewer in Day Street,


1,088 25


in Highland Avenue,


465 28


in Hawkins Street and Court,


489 35


in Irving Street,


1,669 43


in Somerville Avenue,


1,019 88


in Wallace Street,


1,620 42


Dennis O'Connell, for constructing sewer in Broadway and Adams Street,


344 48


in Morrison Street,


1,923 40


in Union Street,


179 58


$22,574 61


SEWER ASSESSMENTS, assessments




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