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abated,
76 49
$22,651 10
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
Credit.
SEWERS, assessments abated,
$76 49
SEWERS (BEACON AND ELM STREETS SEWER), assessments abated,
41 29
REAL ESTATE LIENS, title to the city for non-payment of assessment,
47 60
CASH received of sundry persons, as- sessments,
7,528 60
BALANCE to debit in account of 1878,
11,222 23
$18,916 21
6
82
Debit.
BALANCE from 1876, $2,947 93
SEWERS, assessments levied in 1877, 11,160 11
SEWERS (BEACON AND ELM STREETS SEWER), assessments levied, 4,808 17
$18,916 21
SEWERS (MILK STREET SEWER).
Credit.
INTEREST transferred,
$2,772 52
Debit.
CASH paid city of Cambridge, five ninths of cost of extending sewer under Craigie Bridge,
$2,694 90
Sewers account, for labor and pipe, 77 62
$2,772 52
SEWERS (BEACON AND ELM STREETS SEWER). Credit.
BALANCE, from 1876, $5,056 26
SEWER ASSESSMENTS, assessments laid by the Mayor and Aldermen, to defray in part the cost of constructing, 4,808 17
CASH paid laborers, Debit.
$73 82
Engineer's assistants, labor,
68 25
A. Hodges, surveying,
45 00
C. D. Elliot, surveying,
118 37
Highways account, for grading,
258 94
Somerville Water Works account, for labor on pipe and materials furnished,
1,292 57
Water Service Assessments ac- count, for service pipe, 24 34
Police account, for lantern and naphtha, 17 69
$1,898 98
SEWER ASSESSMENTS, assessment abated,
41 29
BALANCE to credit in account of 1878,
7,924 16
$9,864 43
$9,864 43
83
SIDEWALKS.
Credit.
BALANCE from 1876,
$439 36
CASH, received for labor,
20 34
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS, assessments levied, HIGHWAYS, transferred,
679 95
348 34
$1,487 99
Debit.
CASH paid laborers,
$249 18
S: W. Fuller, for lumber,
20 53
J. Turner & Co., for edgestones and paving stone,
356 55
E. A. Foster, for brick,
686 40
John Thresher, for brick,
22 27
J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising,
34 95
$1,369 88
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS, assessment abated, 118 11
$1,487 99
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
Credit.
SIDEWALKS, assessment abated,
$118 11
REAL ESTATE LIENS, titles to the city for non-payment of assessments, O
233 79
CASH received of sundry persons, assessments,
2,402 57
BALANCE to debit in account of 1878,
390 19
$3,144 66
Debit.
BALANCE from 1876, $2,464 71
SIDEWALKS, assessments levied in 1877,
679 95
$3,144 66
84
SINKING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$46,030 62
Debit.
CASH paid Commissioners of the Sinking Funds,
$46,030 62
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$800 00
CASH received for aid rendered,
60 00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account,
42 73
$902 73
Debit.
CASH paid L. G. Burnham & Co., for fuel, $201 73
Orders of committee on Soldiers' Relieffor supplies ; to -
J. F. Cole & Co., 11 00
153 00
Sturtevant Bros.
134 00
Sundry persons on orders of the committee, aid, 403 00
$902 73
SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS.
Credit.
BALANCE from 1876,
$4,883 49
APPROPRIATIONS, amount borrowed,
10,000 00
CASH received of B. Almy, superinten- dent for old pipe and iron sold,
$7 75
First Congregational Society, for pipe laid, 60 20
Massachusetts General Hospital, for pipe laid, 331 74
Sewers (Beacon and Elm Streets sewer) account, for relaying pipes, etc., 1,292 57
1,692 26
$16,575 75
P. T. O'Brien,
85
Debit.
CASH paid laborers, $7,964 67
Boston Machine Company, for water-gates, etc., 745 04
Pattee & Perkins, for hydrants, 995 03
F. B. Austin & Co., for iron,
1,586 89
H. Wellington & Co., for cement, 825 20
J. A. Wellington & Co., for cement,
32 00
J. F. Brine, for cement, etc., 93 18
Cook, Rymes & Co., for sharpening tools, etc., 69 60
Seward Dodge, for blacksmithing,
179 93
Fairbanks, Brown & Co., for scales,
22 50
James Bartley, for grain, etc.,
69 66
B. F. Tyler, for grain, etc.,
32 21
C. Holmes & Son, for hardware, drain-pipe, labor, etc.,
125 66
H. W. Raymond, for hardware, etc.,
58 59
F. W. Pierson, for premium of insurance,
37 50
Ward, Curley, & Co., for fittings,
118 55
Walworth Manufacturing Com- pany, for fittings, 79 47
Sewell, Day & Co., for rope,
62 41
Highland Foundry Co., for castings, 174 60
Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Company, for castings, 24 95
Morris, Tasker & Co., for pipe,
11 16
W. R. Bradford, for pipe,
7 35
City of Boston, for pipe,
17 75
Geo. W. Wyatt, for brick,
69 88
M. Pepper, for sand, 76 90
Sullivan & Co., for plumbing,
5 14
Dalton & Ingersoll, for pipe,
1 50
Underhill Brothers, for shears,
1 25
Amount carried forward, $13,488 57
86
Amount brought forward, $13,488 57
W. Cathcart & Co., for splicing shaft, 1 00
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., for hard- ware, 5 99
Fuller, Dana & Fitz, for hardware, 16 27
Hamblin & Mathews, for basin, 1 25
Hunneman & Co., for hose coup- lings, 24 75
Morrill & Allen, for stand posts, 21 25.
Eaton & Dana, for shovels, etc.,
15 48
Sabin & Page, for duck, etc.,
9 85
J. H. Brooks, for duck, etc.,
11 94
Foster, Colburn & Co., for duck,
15 60
L. H. Brown & Co., use of wagon,
16 00
Williams, Page & Co., for cotton waste, 1 25
M. Durant, for hogshead,
1 50
Enoch Robinson, for locks,
6 75
Cambridge Gas Light Co., for gas,
5 51
Dodge, Gilbert & Co., for picks, etc.,
58 15
Boston Lead Co., for lead pipe, etc., 47 96
G. H. Mason & Co., for lanterns, etc., 24 58
Union Glass Co., for lanterns, etc.,
23 00
Ames Plow Co., for shovels,
44 15
Johonnot & Saunders, for trowels, etc., 7 90
J. F. Cole & Co., for oil, etc., 13 52
J. C. Storey & Co., for oil,
29 84
J. Q. Twombly, for oil,
2 66
Osgood & Hart, for castings, etc.,
189 47
S. N. Gaut, for horse,
200 00
E. A. Goodhue, for teaming,
42 00
T. A. Goodhue, for teaming,
9 00
P. Farrell, for teaming,
3 00
Amount carried forward, $14,338 19
0
87
Amount brought forward, $14,338 19 5 49
M. Norton, for teaming,
E. H. Bright, for painting hy- drants,
34 30
W. Reed & Son, for powder, 8 35
T. P. Barnes & Son, for powder, 5 25
G. H. Sampson, for powder, 3 95
E. I. Train & Co., for powder, 2 70
J. N. Gibbs, for powder,
1 50
J. Fitzpatrick, for stone,
2 50
D. C. Collins, for stone and labor,
122 27
G. W. Prichard, for stone and sand,
25 45
Hooper, Lewis & Co., for station- ery, 9 40
T. Groom & Co , for stationery, 1 75
J. O. Hayden & Co., for stationery,
15 00
John McCarty, for charcoal, 15 00
E. A. Burns, for pipe, 1 33
Boston, Lowell & Nashua R. R. Co., for ties, 1 25
J. C. Warren, for freight and teaming, 63 27
Thos. B. Dill, for dies, etc.,
5 50
T. F. Crimmins, for earth,
73 48
A. H. Dennett, for vise,
12 00
George Sturtevant, for rent of stables, 12 00
Joseph Watts, for rules,
9 00
Stevens & Scofield, for plugs,
4 09
Chas. Maguire, for horse-shoeing,
3 98
W. J. London. for expressing,
1 50
S. M. Fuller, for wood,
1 25
J. A. Durell, for dippers,
1 05
T. B. Wilson, for hydrants, valves, etc.
8 75
S. May & Co., for rivets,
13 60
John Cleary, for lumber,
81 33
Amount carried forward,
$14,884 48
88
Amount brought forward, $14,884 48
J. E. Paul, for carpenter-work, 425 18
Albert Caswell, for carpenter-work, 110 00
S. Richards, for raising shed, 20 00
James Owens, for mason-work,
10 00
Fred Davis, for mason-work,
6 00
Freeman Field, for painting,
53 35
A. L. Cutler & Co., for varnish,
5 50
J. E. Marden, for window shades,
13 25
S. Rhoades & Co., for mouldings,
1 49
E. Warren, for glazing,
1 25
G. E. Copp, for lettering sign,
7 50
$15,538 00
BALANCE to credit in account of 1878, 1,037 75
$16.575 75
STATE AID.
Credit.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS - STATE AID, amount paid in 1877, charged to the State, $4.223 50
Debit.
CASH, paid monthly pay rolls for aid,
$4,223 50
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. - STATE AID.
Credit. CASH, received of the State Treasurer, amount paid in 1876, $4,254 12
BALANCE. Dec. 31, 1877, due from the State Dec. 1, 1878, to debit in account of 1878, 4,223 50
$8,477 62
Debit.
BALANCE from 1876, $4,254 12
STATE AID, amount paid in 1877 as per account, 4,223 50
$8,477 62
1
89
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Credit. TAXES, amount assessed for State Tax,
$23,160 00
Debit.
CASH, paid State tax, $23,160 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$9.000 00
CASH, received of Committee on Street
Lights, amount received by them for 8 lamp posts, 160 00
$9,160 00
Debit.
CASH paid Cambridge Gas Light Com- pany for gas,
$2,234 19 ยท
for labor on pipes, etc.,
109 69
Charlestown Gas Company for gas,
1,603 43
for labor on pipes, etc., 116 36
Hugh Blackwell, for lighting,
2,812 80
for labor on pipes, etc.,
5 50
Globe Gas Light Company, for lighting,
342 67
for naphtha and lamp,
8 49
National Gas Light Company for lighting,
70 00
D. F. Flagg & Co., for alcohol,
23 00
Wadsworth Bros. & Howland, for alcohol, 4 80
Hills, Turner & Co., for glass,
35 41
Tufts Brothers, for lanterns,
100 85
Wm. H. Blackwell, for repairing lamps, etc., 55 67
B. P. Bowman, for lantern, 16 75
J. C. Bartlett, for lantern frames, 17 00
H. M. Bird, for lamp posts,
74 50
Carter, Winsor & Co., for naphtha,
2 00
Amount carried forward, $7,633 11
90
Amount brought forward, $7,633 11
Williams & Ashley, for oil, 63
Fletcher & Libbey, for ladder, 7 95
Bishop & Brother, for ladder, 2 50
Crowell Brothers, & Co., for var- nish, 1 90
C. W. Badger, for varnish, 1 35
T. F. McGann, for opals,
6 00
S. Dodge, for repairing lamp frames,
8 50
J. Breck, & Sons, for shovels,
3 12
$7,665 06
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 1,494 94
$9,160 00
SUNDRY PERSONS.
Credit.
BALANCE from 1876,
$8,816 28
Debit.
CASH paid sundry persons, sums to their credit.
8,816 28
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amounts assessed,
$15,000 00
CASH received for support of paupers in Charlestown Almshouse,
$39 00
Worcester Lunatic Hospital,
12 00
of State Treasurer,
274 64
of city of Boston,
1,435 64
66
Cambridge,
664 46
66
Chelsea,
31 00
66 Haverhill,
21 62
66
Lawrence,
26 12
66
Lowell,
37 59
66
Lynn,
27 92
66
Salem,
92 34
66
Springfield,
136 87
Amount carried forward, $2,799 20
91
.
Amount brought forward,
$2,799 20
Town of Abington,
116 44
Canton,
78 35
Dedham,
23 44
66
Dracut,
85 28
66
Medford,
28 49
66
Melrose,
89 50
Natick,
42 26
66
Nantucket,
85 23
Oakham,
43 51
Sandwich,
25 00
66 Woburn,
83 30
Joanna Kinsley, administratrix of estate of Henry Kinsley, for his support in Vermont Asylum,
463 00
Ansel Lewis, amount received by him for old bbls.,
18 18
$3,981 18
$18,981 18
Debit.
CASH paid Conants & Sanborn, for gro- ceries,
$856 02
T. N. Snow & Co., for potatoes,
315 30
J. W. Roberts & Co., for provis- ions,
497 36
D. Pulsifer & Co., for provisions,
34 50
Harrison Bird & Co., for provis- ions,
106 00
Dupee, Baldwin & Co., for provis- ions, 75 00
Hathaway & Woods, for flour,
1,045 93
Chas. O'Neil, for soap,
79 68
F. N. Lewis, for crackers,
113 86
D. S. Pottle, for crackers,
15 42
T. A. Shedd, for crackers,
92 79
Benton, Caverly & Co., for cheese,
104 45
Sturtevant Bros., for cheese,
165 11
Amount carried forward, $3,501 43
92
Amount brought forward,
$3,501 43
Fowle, Hibbard & Co., for cheese and beans, 66 96
Gass, Doe & Chapin, for cheese,
9 62
J. W. Randall, for beans, 21 45
B. F. Tyler, for meal,
12 65
Somerville Flour Mills, for meal,
20 80
Patrick Rafferty, for undertaker's services, 302 00
Horace Runey, for undertaker's services, 191 25
E. T. O'Neil, for undertaker's ser- vices, 81 00
S. L. Ryan, for milk, 4 48
Thos. Cunningham, for milk, 9 76
D. S. Benjamin, for milk, 5 20
Henry McAvoy, for milk, 4 50
Knowles, Freeman & Co., for fish,
7 50
M. W. Haskins & Bro., for fish, 5 00
Henry Mayo, for fish, 12 00
P. Curtis, for fish, 131 50
G. O. Burnham, for fuel, 3 15
Brine & Clark, for fuel,
3 37
John F. Brine, for fuel, 4 93
L. G. Burnham & Co., for fuel, 3,113 47
Philip Eberle, for boots and shoes,
605 80
Dyer Bros., for boots and shoes, 26 55
John M. Adams, for boots and shoes,
59 22
Excelsior Dry Goods Store, for cloth, etc., 5 00
J A. Anderson, for cloth, etc., 1 50
J. W. Brine & Co., for cloth, etc.,
2 50
J. H. Brooks, for clothing, etc.,
52 41
Union Square M. E. Church, for burial lot,
31 00
H. W. Raymond, for hardware and baskets,
17 53
Amount carried forward, $8,313 53
93
Amount brought forward, $8,313 53
G. A. Sanborn & Co., for meals furnished, 2 00
J. J. Giles, for meals furnished and for washing,
26 65
L. H. Brown, for carriage hire, 5 00
Fairbanks, Brown & Co., for scales,
13 60
Elijah Fitch, for carpenter-work,
12 50
L. Arnold, for carpenter-work,
11 85
J. B. Walker, for carpenter-work, James Owens, for whitewashing,
70 36
5 00
J. A. Merrifield, for repairing stove, M. C. Warren, for axes and saws, 11 25 H. P. Hemenway, for medical ser- vices, 3 00
W. W. Dow, for medical services, 19 00
E. H. Stevens, for medical services, 3 00
H. Cummings, for medicine, 1 00
Doane & Greenough, for station- ery,
7 00
J. E. Farwell & Co., for stationery and printing,
59 25
Geo. B. King, for printing,
21 32
M. R. Warren, for stationery,
1 25
J Q. Twombly, for painting,
13 00
Thomas Tighe, for rent,
34 70
M. Terry, for rent,
24 00
A. J. Taylor, for rent,
16 00
Patrick Shea, for rent,
44 00
Alexander Wood, for rent,
6 00
W. O. Grover, for rent,
30 00
M. Finnegan, for rent,
40 00
P. A. Cunningham, for rent.
48 00
Patrick Clark, for rent,
4 00
Michael Hanley, for rent,
76 00
B. McCarroll, for rent,
10 00
Chas. Ogden, for rent,
6 00
Amount carried forward, $8,939 51
1 25
94
Amount brought forward, $8,939 51
Patrick Sheridan, for rent, 40 00
Bridget Conlan, for rent, 8 00
T. J. Cox, for rent,
18 00
J. Newhall, for rent,
66 00
Patrick Burke, for rent,
6 00
Mary McLaughlin, for rent,
28 00
Bernard Hagan, for rent,
66 00
Geo. O. Linton, for rent, 67 50
M. G. Steele, for expressing, 10 45
Thorpe's Express, for expressing, 3 55
Cole's Express, for expressing, 4 00
W. J. London, for expressing, 15 85
S. R. Burke, for expressing, 8 00
Edmund Casey, for moving furni- ture, 1 50
John McKenna, for delivering wood,
20 00
Clark Bennett, premium of insur- ance, 7 50
H. L. Collamore, for table,
8 00
Margaret Hartness, for washing,
2 00
C. Holmes & Son, for repairing stoves.
12 78
J. H. Harney, transportation of paupers, 10 00
Ansel Lewis, amount paid for transportation of paupers, 33 05
J. F. Ayer, for lumber, 40 85
John McCarty, for board of pau- pers, 39 00
Mary Sullivan, for board of pauper,
22 00
L. M. Dalton, board of pauper, 32 86
Dora Campbell, for board of pau- per, 17 88
V. H. Hollis, board of pauper,
144 00
Louisa O'Neil, for board of pauper,
12 00
J. C. Davidson, for superintending tramps at work, 23 85
Amount carried forward, $9,708 13
95
Amount brought forward,
$9,708 13
City of Boston, support of paupers, 1,005 17
City of Cambridge, support of paupers, 486 36
City of Chelsea, support of paupers, 2 00
City of Haverhill, support of pau- pers,
5 00
City of Taunton, support of pau- pers, 53 52
City of Newton, support of pau- pers, 25 93
City of Lawrence, support of pau- pers,
44 25
Town of Canton, support of pau- pers,
139 99
Town of Holliston, support of paupers,
156 00
Town of Malden, support of pau- pers,
24 62
Town of Peabody, support of pau- pers,
79 82
State of Massachusetts, support of paupers,
207 50
Worcester Lunatic Asylum, sup- port of paupers,
768 74
Northampton Hospital for the
Insane, support of paupers,
96 50
Old Cambridge Baptist Church, for support of paupers,
36 00
Vermont Asylum, support of
Bridget Bradburn,
186 76
City of New Bedford, for burial of pauper,
19 25
J. F. Cole & Co., for beef, etc., for groceries, etc.,
12 60
239 00
H. W. Burgess, for groceries, etc., 105 40
Capenter Bros., for groceries, etc., 129 00
Amount carried forward, $13,531 54
96
Amount brought forward, $13,631 54
C. E. Edlefson & Co., for grocer- ies, etc., 134 00
J. C. Ellis, for groceries, etc., 4 00
D. Loring & Co., for groceries, etc., 9 00
462 99
P. T. O'Brien, for groceries, etc., Geo. Mclaughlin, for groceries, etc., 23 00
U. R. Penny, for groceries, etc., 38 00
H. McAvoy, for groceries, etc , 20 00
9 00
W. A. Pierce, for groceries, etc., C. A. Small, for groceries, etc.,
21 00
691 90
J. A. Stevens, for groceries, etc., Trainor Bros., for groceries, etc., 33 00 S. L. Wood & Co., for groceries, etc., 5 75
S. White, for groceries, etc., 39 00
James Bartley, for groceries, etc., 7 00
E. A. Bailey, for groceries, etc., 3 00
Sturtevant Bros., for groceries, etc., 633 06
for beef,
138 53
Thomas Cunningham, Overseer of the Poor, 300 00
Ansel Lewis, Overseer of the Poor, 300 00 as store-keeper, 402 77
Horace Chapin, Overseer of the Poor,
300 00
as Secretary of the Overseers of the Poor, 200 00
17,306 54
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 1,674 64
$18,981 18
97
SURVEY OF STREETS.
Credit. APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$1,000 00
Debit.
CASH, paid Engineer's assistants, for surveying street lines,
$620 60
A. Parker, stone bounds,
111 22
Laborers, 52 37
Highways account, for labor,
19 50
S. W. Fuller, for lumber,
2 88
Howe & Flint, for brass rods,
1 47
$808 04
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to
credit of account,
191 96
$1,000 00
TAXES.
Credit.
CASHI, received taxes, for 1874,
$167 00
1875,
60,261 86
1876,
108,286 74
1877,
298,563 56
$467,279 16
REAL ESTATE LIENS, titles to the city for non-payment of taxes of 1875,
5,090 04
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT, abatement
on taxes, for 1874,
514 00
1875,
5,196 48
1876,
2,457 82
1877,
7,559 46
BALANCE to debit in account of 1878,
being uncollected taxes for 1873,
$384 00
1874,
330 00
1875,
1,041 46
1876,
60,263 04
1877,
165,666 12
$15,727 76
227,684 62
$715,781 58
7
98
Debit.
ALANCE from 1876, $243 950 32
ASH paid Benj. Hadley, abatement by County Commissioners, 42 12
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed for current expenses, 425,360 62
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, amount as- sessed for State tax, 23,160 00
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, amount as- sessed for county tax, 13,577 91
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT,
amount
added by the assessors,
9,690 61
$715,781 58
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Credit.
BALANCE from 1876, $110,000 00
CASH borrowed by authority of the city council, on city notes, and of the following named : - March 29. - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, $200,000 00
April 30. - Aaron Sargent, trus- tee, 20,000 00
April 30. - A. Sargent and E. E. Adams, trustees, 5,000 00
April 30. - Charles Wilson, 5,000 00
April 30. - Warren Institution for Savings, 50,000 00
July 9. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, 50,000 00
Oct. 1 - Warren Institution for Savings, 75,000 00
Dec. 29 .- Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, payable June 29, 1878, 235,000 00
Dec. 29. - Aaron Sargent, trus- tee, payable June 29, 1878, 20,000 CO
Amounts carried forward,
$660,000 00 $110,000 00
99
Amounts brought forward, $660,000 00 $110,000 00
Dec. 29. - A. Sargent and E. E. Adams, trustees, payable June 29,1878, 10,000 00
Dec. 29. - Charles Wilson, paya- ble June 29, 1878. 5,000 00
$675,000 00
$785,000 00
Debit.
CASH paid the following named : -
April 30. - Warren Institution for Savings, note dated Dec. 30, 1876, $50,000 00
April 30. - Aaron Sargent, trus- tee, note dated Dec. 30, 1876, 20,000 00 April 30. - A. Sargent and E. E. Adams, note dated Dec. 30, 1876, 5,000 00
April 30. - Charles Wilson, note dated Dec. 30, 1876, 5,000 00
May 3. - Commissioners of Sink- ing Funds, city of Worcester, note to Brewster, Bassett & Co., dated Dec. 30, 1876, 30,000 00
Nov. 5. - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, note dated July 9,1877, 50,000 00
Nov. 30. - Warren Institution for Savings, note dated April 30, note dated, Oct. 1,
50,000 00
75,000 00
Dec. 29. - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, note dated March 29, 200,000 00
Dec. 29. - Aaron Sargent, trus- tee, note dated April 30, 20,000 00
Dec. 29. - A. Sargent and E. E. Adams, trustees, note dated April 30, 5,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$510,000 00
100
Amount brought forward, $510,000 00 Dec. 29. - Charles Wilson, note dated April 30, 5,000 00
$515,000 00
BALANCE, to credit in account of 1878,
270,000 00
$785,000 00
WATER MAINTENANCE.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$13,750 00
CASH received of the city of Boston, return on water rates : -
1876. 30 per cent on $2,908.33, $872 50
1877.
15 per cent on $20,000, 3,000 00
20 per cent on $10,000,
2.000 00
25 per cent on $10,000,
2,500 00
30 per cent on $7,877.96,
2,363 40
Received for damage to pipe,
3 00
$10,738 90
WATER SERVICES, balance transferred,
754 05
$25,242 95
Debit.
CASH paid interest coupons of Water Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 to 3, 6 to 13, 16 to 28, 30 and 31 : --
$235,000 at 62 per cent,
$15,275 00
$20,000 at 62 per cent,
1,200 00
$70,000 at 5} per cent,
3,850 CO
$20,325 00
Paid laborers.
1,200 64
B. Almy, Supt. 2 months,
200 00
N. Dennett, Supt. to Dec. 31,
1,050 00
Boston Machine Co., for fittings,
23 60
Hamblin & Matthews, for fittings,
2 63
Seward Dodge, for blacksmithing,
39 80
Amount carried forward, $22,841 67
$10,735 90
101
Amount brought forward,
$22,841 67
Gallishaw & Kennealy, for black- smithing, 6 20
City of Boston, for water-rate, 10 00
J. Leland, for repairing wagon, 3 00
C. Holmes & Son, for hardware, etc.
15 50
C. H. North & Co., for salt,
13 93
Chas. Maguire, for horse-shoeing,
22 13
H. W. Raymond, for spikes, 1 05
Underhill Bros., for repairing shears, 45
T. B. Dill, for repairing dies, 3 25
G. E Copp, for painting, 1 00
Walworth Manuf. Co., for repair- ing valves, etc. 4 80
A. W. Mitchell & Co., for badge, 2 00
Conants & Sanborn, for soap,
5 78
G. W. Prichard, for edgestones, etc. 38 75
Sewell, Day & Co., for oakum,
4 75
Sabin & Page, for duck,
5 00
J. H. Brooks, for duck,
8 22
Brine & Clark, for fuel,
16 26
Geo. H. Cowdin, for acid,
50
J. Q. Twombly, for painting and glazing,
17 19
J. Fitzpatrick, for teaming,
3 00
L. H. Brown, for use of horse and wagon,
38 50
Caleb Kingman, for repairing
pump,
7 68
Cambridge Gas Light Co., for gas,
1 45
John O'Connell, for damage to land, 5 00
Thorpe's Express, for expressing,
5 91
J. H. Hanley, for charcoal, 39 00
James Bartley, for grain,
66 49
Amount carried forward, $23,188 46
102
Amount brought forward, $23,188 46
H. Dunn & Co., for harness, 69 00
J. N. White, for harness-work, 21 62
T. B. Wilson, for harness-work,
16 35
S. J. Wood, for filing saws, etc.
1 65
J. F. Brine, for hay and fuel,
46 02
H. G. Jameson, for hay,
30 00
B. F. Tyler, for hay,
106 35
A. R. Coolidge, for hay, and for oil, 1.50
121 98
E. S. Conant, clerk of water board,
200 00
Alfred Hale & Co., for rubber boots, etc.,
17 44
$23,820 37
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 1,422 58
$25,242 95
WATER SERVICES.
Credit.
CASH received of sundry persons for pipe and labor, $31 19
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS, cost of service pipes laid,
2,866 32
$2,897 51
Debit.
CASH paid laborers,
$780 77
Morris, Tasker & Co., for pipe,
398 81
E. A. Burns, for pipe,
1 20
Fuller, Dana & Fitz, for pipe,
10 78
Thos. Cunningham, for pipe,
4 22
Cutler Downer, for pipe,
52 60
Walworth Manufacturing Co., for fittings, 259 70
Geo. Woodman & Co., for fittings,
36 42
Union Water Meter Co., for fittings,
31 20
Ward, Curley & Co., for fittings,
11 94
Howe & Flint, for fittings,
5 96
Hamblin & Mathews, for fittings,
64 62
Amount carried forward, $1,658 22
103
Amount brought forward, $1,658 22
Dalton & Ingersoll, for fittings, 1 35
Highland Foundry Co., for castings, 5 34
38
Wm. R. Bradford, for castings, Cook, Rymes & Co., for locks, labor, etc., 172 12
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., for locks, etc., 40 57
S. Dodge, for blacksmithing,
2 30
D. A. Sanborn, for labor,
4 40
G. W. Trefren, for carpenter-work, 7 50
J. C. Warren, for teaming,
8 88
Stults & Co., for fittings,
29 20
Boston Lead Co., for lead pipe,
54 63
J. A. Cummings & Co., for printing,
7 25
H. A. Hall & Co., for rings, 8 43
J. C. Sullivan, for charcoal, 2 70
3 75
J. Zane & Co., for bibb,
2 25
Sullivan & Co., for plumbing,
22 27
C. Holmes & Son, for plumbing,
8 87
E. W. Drake, for plumbing,
3 05
Geo. P. Bowers, for gate pipes,
100 00
$2,143 46
WATER MAINTENANCE, credit balance transferred, 754 05
$2,897 51
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS.
Credit.
CASH received of sundry persons for water services,
$3,173 91
BALANCE to debit on account of 1878,
1.068 02
$4,241 93
Debit.
BALANCE from 1876, $1,375 61
WATER SERVICES, service pipes laid in 1877,
2,866 32
$4,241 93
John McCarty, for charcoal,
104
Table D.
TRIAL BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1877.
$5,133 96
Excess and Deficiency,
$8,407 16 1,606,854 00
Funded Debt.
Highway Betterment Assessments,
28,988 14
Property and Debt Balance,
64,926 84
Public Library,
858 72
Public Park, 12,395 67
Public Park Betterment Assessments,
4,100 10
Public Property,
1,532,243 40
Real Estate Liens,
10,905 32
Sewers (Beacon and Elm Streets Sewer),
7,924 16
Sewer Assessments,
11,222 23
Sidewalk Assessments,
390 19
Somerville Water Works,
1,037 75
State of Massachusetts, State Aid,
4,223 50
Taxes,
227,684 62
Temporary Loans,
270,000 00
Water Service Assessments,
1,068 02
$1,899,181 89 $1,899,181 89
Cash,
REPORT
OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 30, 1878.
Referred to Committee on Printing, with instructions to print in the Annual Report. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 30, 1878.
SOLOMON DAVIS, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUDNS, January 28, 1878.
To the Honorable the Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Somerville.
GENTLEMEN, - The undersigned present herewith their second annual report as "Commissioners of the Sinking Funds " of this city.
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