Report of the city of Somerville 1877, Part 5

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


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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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