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John Downey, "
66
20 00
M. Norton, 66 66
65 50
John McCauley, stone and teaming, 170 00
D. McCarty,
196 85
Jeremiah O'Brien, "
539 85
John Turner & Co., paving, etc., filling material, 297 00
2,160 94
O. S. Foster, brick, 45 00
S. W. Fuller, lumber,
88 94
Crowell Bros. & Co., paint, etc.,
27. 56
Cook, Rymes & Co., snow-
scrapers, etc., 21 50
F. L. Temple, trees,
39 00
Lovering & Dodge, boom derrick,
78 00
Morse & Whyte, screens,
18 00
G. Greenleaf & Co., screens,
5 00
Thomas Hollis, drugs,
14 05
C. Holmes & Son, lanterns, etc.,
21 56
Ames Plow Co., shovels,
25 20
J. Breck & Sons, hose,
12 00
Underhill Bros., axe, etc.,
2 10
Parker & Gannett, shovels, etc.,
15 15
Geo. H. Sampson, powder,
38 70
H. B. Emerson, cement,
4 00
Snow & Chase, nails,
1 00
City of Boston, water-rates,
36 75
A. H. Folsom, photographing,
17 00
J. Leland, wheelwright work,
41 28
J. F. Kennealy, wagon, .
35 00
Amount carried forward, $26,472 35
41
Amount brought forward,
$26,472 35
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,
432 77
M. Lynch,
69 65
L. C. Webster, 66
1 50
Edward Coliton, sharpening picks,
1 78
J. G. Harmon, horse-shoeing,
97 75
Edward O'Brien, 66
61 54
Peabody & Whitney, pails,
1 50
Robert Webb & Co., grease,
7 00
C. C. Potter, operating on horses' teeth, 2 00
S. L. Pratt, carriage hire,
3 50
Henry Hoyt, hammer handles,
5 00
Dodge, Gilbert & Co., hammer handles,
14 20
Town of Waltham, tax on gravel land,
80 60
Town of Wakefield, tax on gravel land, 20 58
Town of Winchester, tax on gravel land,
8 00
W. D. Smith, painting,
4 75
W. H. Murphy, “
1 20
Gallishaw & Kennealy, black- smithing, 9 45
Milo Scott, mowing City Farm, 20 00
J. P. Squire & Co., salt, 3 20
H. P. Hemenway. medical attendance,
6 00
M. R. Warren, stationery,
1 35
S. J. Wood, filing saws, etc ,
3 00
C. H. Bullard, fuse,
40
James Bartley, alcohol,
1 13
J. S. Sanborn, desk,
8 00
Ame & Co., feed, 14 00
Boston Steam Grain Mill, feed,
1 10
Sturtevant Bros., oil,
6 97
Daniel Brooks, mason work,
22 62
Pickett & Lovering,
9 68
Thomas Long, carpenter work,
213 90
Amount carried forward, $27,606 47
42
Amount brought forward, $27,606 47
Albert Caswell, carpenter work, 20 00
R. A. Melvin, 66
9 19
E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber,
56 31
W. A. Sanborn,
3 50
J. Q. Twombly, painting,
40 57
Geo. E. Copp,
12 00
J. J. Underhill, coal,
12 72
W. M. Hadley, hay, straw, coal, etc., 399 29
J. F. Ham, hay, 206 71
Scott & Bridge, hay, 25 07
Hewey Skillins & Co , hay, 32 49
B. F. Tyler, straw, 12 32
N. Tufts & Son, grain,
306 35
Powers, Melvin & Co., grain,
291 62
J. F. Cole & Co., 495 34
Lewis Putnam, veterinary services, 2 00
C. H. Crane, medicine, etc.,
7 02
Jairus Mann, use of team,
5 00
E. R. Perham, expressing, 50
H. W. Raymond, hardware,
32 07
Davis, Stebbins & Co., “
7 42
W. T. Henderson, repairing cart, etc., 5 00
J. O. Hayden & Co., printing, 8 00
Town of Medford, half cost of maintaining Middlesex Ave. Bridge in 1877, 336 09
Sabin & Page, harness work, 81 39
James Forgie, 66
29 50
T. B. Wilson, 66
20 95
A. T. Colburn & Co., "
30 55
J. G. Knapp, 66
6 00
John P. Prichard, Superintendent of Streets, 1,350 00
Douglas Frazar, clerk of Commit- tee on Highways, 200 00
E. F. Prichard, clerk to Superin- tendent of Streets, 100 00
Amount carried forward, $31,751 44
43
Amount brought forward, $31,751 44 EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, bal- ance to credit of account, 1,539 93
$33,291 37
HIGHWAYS (MORRISON STREET).
Credit. EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of account, $2,457 14
Debit.
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, assessments abated, $2,457 14
HIGHWAYS (APPLETON STREET).
Credit.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of
account, $883 87
Debit.
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, assessments abated, $883 87
HIGHWAYS (GLEN STREET).
Credit.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of account, $649 19
Debit.
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, assessments
abated, $649 19
HIGHWAYS (NEWTON STREET).
Credit.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of account, $74 15
Debit.
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, assess- ments abated, $68 72
REAL ESTATE LIENS, abated
5 43
$74 15
44
HIGHWAYS (FLORENCE STREET).
Credit.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of account,
$281 94
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, assessment,
100 00
$381 94
Debit.
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS,
assessments
$281 94
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 100 00
$381 94
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.
Credit.
HIGHWAYS (NEWTON STREET), assessments abated, $68 72
HIGHWAYS (FLORENCE STREET), assessments abated, 281 94
HIGHWAYS (APPLETON STREET), assessments abated, 883 87
HIGHWAYS (GLEN STREET), assessments abated,
649 19
HIGHWAYS (MORRISON STREET), assessments abated, 2,457 14 REAL ESTATE LIENS, titles to the city for non-payment of assessments, 1,330 15
CASH, received of sundry persons, assessments, 7,377 30
BALANCE, to debit in account of 1879,
16,039 83
$29,088 14
Debit.
BALANCE, from 1877,
$28,988 14
HIGHWAYS (FLORENCE STREET), 100 00
$29,088 14
INCIDENTALS.
Credit.
CASH, received of the State Treasurer : - Balance on Corporation and Bank Tax for 1877, $608 30
On account of Corporation Tax for 1878,
2,572 56
On account of Bank Tax for 1878,
3,094 34
$6,275 20
45
Debit.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to credit of account,
$6,275 20
INTEREST.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$84,500 00
CASH, received on deposits in banks,
$1,452 69
On taxes,
14,299 05
On tax titles released,
257 87
On betterments,
833 07
Of Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, allowed on money bor- owed, 27 32
16,870 00
REAL ESTATE LIENS, interest on titles to the city on property deeded for non-payment of taxes and assessments, 1,618 07
$102,988 07
Debit.
CASH, paid on Funded Debt : Coupons of Sidewalk Loan Bonds, Nos. 6 to 10 inclusive; Town Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 and 3 to 8 in- clusive ; School Loan Bonds, Nos. 2 to 4 inclusive ; City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 to 17, 31 to 44, 49 to 338 inclusive ; and Sewer Loan Bonds, Nos. 1 to 7 inclu- sive : -
$55,000.00, 1 year, at 7 per cent, $3,850 00 $761,000.00, 1 year, at 6} per cent, 49 465 00 $115,000.00, 1 year, at 6 per cent, 6,900 00 $140,854 00, 1 year, at 5} per cent, 7,747 00 $238,000.00, 1 year, at 5 per cent, 11,900 00 $7,000.00, 6 months, at 5 per cent, 175 00
$80,037 00
46
CASH, paid on Temporary Loans : -
Aaron Sargent, trustee, on note for $20,000.00, 6 months at 41 % $425 00
A. Sargent and E. E. Adams, trustees, on note for $10,000.00, 6 months at 44 per cent, 212 50
Chas. Wilson, on note for $5,000 6 months at 44 per cent, 106 25
New England Trust Co., on note for $235,000.00, 6 months and 3 days at 44 per cent, 5,077 00
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., on note for $80,000.00, 43 days at 3} per cent, 334 45
On notes for $210,00.00, borrowed of Stone & Downer, 6 months at 4 per cent, 4,200 00
Aaron Sargent, trustee, on note for $20,000.00, 6 months at 4 per cent. 400 00
A. Sargent and E. E. Adams, trustees, on note for $15,000.00, 6 months at 4 per cent,
300 00
Chas. Wilson, on note for $5,000, 6 months at 4 per cent, 100 00
First Baptist Society, on taxes recovered back, 57 69
$11,212 89
ON FUNDED DEBT,
$80,037 00
TEMPORARY LOANS, ETC.,
11,212 89
$91,249 89
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 11,738 18
$102,988 07
47
LIQUOR LICENSES.
Credit.
CASH, received for : -
First Class, 14 at $150 each,
$2,100 00
Fourth Class, 27 at $75 each,
2,025 00
Fourth Class, 7 at $50 each,
350 00
$4,475 00
Debit.
CASH, paid State Treasurer, one fourth of amount received, $1,118 75
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account,
3,356 25
$4,475 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$8,000 00 .
REAL ESTATE LIENS, costs on titles to the city, on property deeded for non-payment of taxes and as- sessments, 1.129 73
CASH, received : -
Costs on property sold for non- payment of taxes and assess- ments,
$486 99
Of the city clerk, fees for recording mortgages, etc., and for mar- riage certificates,
693 25
and on dog licenses,
95 80
Town of Medford, half cost setting boundary stone, 75 00
Health Department account, print- ing bills paid, 18 00
Frank Sallaway, part cost of cem- etery wall, 20 00
Michael Dayton, part cost of cem- etery wall,- 15 00
C. H. Wiswell, costs of court in suit on betterment, 85 37
Amount carried forward, $1,489 41
48
Amount brought forward, $1,489 41
J. W. Hannum, costs of court in suit on betterment, 85 37
Overcredited Ward Officer by Com- mittee in 1877, 3 00
Public Park account, expert ser- vices paid, 155 40
M. R. Warren, amount over ap- proved to him by Committee, 6 48
1,739 66
$10,869 39
Debit.
CASH, paid M. R. Warren, stationery,
$245 32
Hooper, Lewis & Co., stationery, 54 50
J. M. Whittemore, 66
73 25
C. K. Darling,
60
21 00
Geo. B. King, 66
19 83
Cutter, Tower & Co.
66
6 40
Babb & Stephens, printing,
203 36
J. E. Farwell & Co. “
45 00
James Cooper,
1 00
Clerk of Courts, printing and fees,
33 60
J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising and printing, 1,252 25
Haskell Bros., advertising,
64 79
R. M. Pulsifer & Co. " 2 25
Globe Newspaper Co., advertis- ing, 2 50
P. J. Gannon, newspapers,
3 70
C. M. Blake, 66
3 00
Sampson, Davenport & Co., Di- rectories, 10 00
S. M. Jenks, newspapers,
2 25
Chas. E. Gilman, postage stamps and pens, 9 20
T. B. Jones & Co., bookcase, 23 00
Ward Officers,
136 00
Ingalls & Kendrickson, repairing
heating apparatus, 12 77
Amount carried forward, $2,224 97
49
Amount brought forward,
$2,224 97
Bagnall & Loud, block, 3 25
Dee & Doyle, funeral column,
60 00
G. W. Manning, care of flag-staff, labor, etc.,
53 00
H. M. Dow, use of carburetter, 60 35
Frost & Adams, materials for City Engineer, 42 04
City of Lowell, support of truants,
298 46
Cambridge Gas-Light Co., gas,
252 59
Geo. I Vincent, taking abstracts from deeds,
200 00
City of Boston, water-rates,
50 00
Post-Office, rent of box,
4 00
Geo. H. Cowdin, alcohol, etc.,
3 95
C. Holmes & Son, duster, etc.,
11 37
S. C. Darling, court fees,
106 95
First Baptist Society, costs of court in suit,
26 91
Samuel Walker & Co., costs of court in suit,
75 11
C. C. Reed, costs of court in suit,
43 42
C. T. Gallagher, costs of court in suit,
211 24
Jairus Mann, amount paid wit- nesses,
173 80
J. S. Daniels, witness fees,
10 00
Daniels & Hathaway, services as experts,
27 00
Chas. W. Sawyer, services as ex- pert,
45 00
Chas. G. Pope, services as expert, examining deeds, etc.,
85 00
Geo. R. Kelso, services as expert,
28 40
Ira Taylor, conveying jury,
4 00
J. E. Eldridge, conveying jury,
8 00
Elizabeth Brown, compensation for
damages received on highway, 150 00
E. Fitzgerald, building cemetery wall, 269 17
Amount carried forward, $4,527 98
4
50
Amount brought forward, $4,527 98 M. H. Norwood, building fence at cemetery, 77 00
L. M. Maynard, labor at cemetery, 12 00
Michael Condon, “. . 66
1 50
R. A. Melvin & Co., carpenter work, 4 40
G. W. Lawson, carpenter work, 56 63
Lewis Hunt, 66 66
2 25
L. H. Snow, 66 66
9 87
N. C. Barker, 66
11 64
J. McDevitt, plumbing, 8 00
Hamblen & Mathews, wash-bowl,
12 00
Trustees Boston Lead Co., lead . pipe, 3 14
J. M. Coburn, janitor at Ward room, 11 25
Robert Thompson, janitor at Ward room, 12 00
J. C. Davidson, janitor at Ward room, 12 50
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice, 50 00
E. S. Bailey, cleaning clock, 2 50
J. H. Brooks, pins and needles,
89
Union Glass Co., shades,
75
Mrs. R. A. Trull, repairing flag, 3 00
C. E. Cobb, badges, towels, etc. 20 25
G. F. Conant, surveying,
6 00
C. D. Elliot, 66
24 00
S. J. Wood, fitting keys, etc.,
7 95
Geo. A. Pratt, doorkeeper for Assessors, 15 00
Powers & Edmands, keg,
5 00
Support of Poor Account, fuel,
17 90
James Bartley, matches; etc.,
1 87
Sewell, Day & Co., halyards,
2 80
Flynn Bros., repairing chair,
1 00
A. Caswell, labor,
2 50
J. Stone,
1 00
Amount carried forward, $4,924 57
51
Amount brought forward, $4,924 57
H. Kimball, labor, 1 00
H. F. Maynard, labor at City Hall, 22 75
A. E. Mann, services at City Hall, 2 00
Highways account, setting monu- ments, 7 50
Sewer Assessment account, assess- ment on sewer, 184 00
Water Service account, fittings, etc., 37 81
H. W. Raymond, hardware, 12 78
Howe & Flint, hardware and drain pipe, 14 35
A. J. Carter, hat rack,
5 00
Daniel Brooks, mason work,
17 00
A. C. Sanborn & Co., stone blocks,
13 00
F. L. Temple, trees, 30 00
J. Q. Twombly, glazing,
4 95
W. J. London, expressing,
19 25
Thorpe's express, 66
1 00
F. W. Lincoln & Co., steel tape etc., 21 00
Wm. K. Perkins, release of tax title on gravel land at Wakefield, 57 00
Middlesex Registry, recording deed,
60
E. W. Drake, plumbing, etc ,
4 10
F. A. Titus, gas fixture,
1 25
Henry Shaw, posting notices,
32 00
A. L. Sanborn, carriage hire,
68 00
H. A. Pratt, 66
24 00
C. W. Daly, 66 66
3 00
Jairus Mann, maintenance of team,
50 00
for use of team,
8 00
watching at City Hall,
47 50
amount paid for washing, labor, etc., 19 30
Page, Harding & Co., glass,
2 50
R. Sherburne, 66
6 00
L. W. Manning, cleaning carpets,
8 33
Chas. F. Kerwin, drinking fountain,
70 00
Amount curried fo: ward, $5,719 54
52
Amount brought forward, $5,719 54
H. M. Bird, castings, 2 79
Joseph Young, ringing bell, 3 00
S. H. Stevens, 3 00
A. McDonald,
66
66
3 00
G. T. Burnham & Co., on account of repairs at Police Building, 1,000 00
S. D. Kelley, superintending re- pairs at Police Building, 70 00
John P. Healy, consultations and advice, 25 00
S. A. Miles, copying State Aid re- turns from State House, 45 00
J. C. Magoun, sealer of weights and measures, 100 00
C. A. Small, pound keeper, 25 00
Post 139, G. A. R., for Memorial Day, 300 00
O. Nowell, hanging bell, 4 00
J. Smith, sawing wood, 2 20
L. G. Burnham & Co., fuel,
40 80
H. Wellington & Co., fuel,
122 43
M. J. Lincoln, washing,
7 00
A. W. Nowell, poultry for Thanks- giving distribution, 173 40
Sturtevant Bros., poultry for Thanksgiving distribution, 10 59
F. G. Williams, return of births, 102 00
C. H. Lockhart, return of deaths, 18 50
H. B. Runey, return of deaths, 12 50
B. F. Wyeth, return of deaths,
1 50
Engineer's assistants, car fares, 11 65
$7,802 90
MISCELLANEOUS (WATERING STREETS), cost to the city for watering, $1,011 34
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 2,055 15
$10,869 39
53
MISCELLANEOUS (WATERING STREETS).
Credit.
CASH, received of sundry persons as their propor- tional part of the cost of watering,
$2,010 05
MISCELLANEOUS, for cost to the city for watering,
1,011 34
$3,021 39
Debit ..
CASH, paid Christopher Burke, watering,
$363 65
J. McCauley, 66
344 75
Jeremiah Murphy,
66
361 90
J. F. Elkins, 66
460 27
G. W. Prichard,
60
397 40
Jeremiah McCarty, 66
294 88
City of Boston, water,
500 00
J. P. Prichard, superintendence,
100 00
M. Eagan, use of watering cart in 1877, 25 00
Crowell Bros. & Co., paints, etc.,
6 78
E. E. Winslow, painting carts,
13 50
L. B. Angier,
11 25
W. D. Smith, lettering carts,
6 00
J. O. Hayden, advertising,
3 30
Haskell Bros., 66
4 00
J. G. Harmon, wrenches,
3 00
Ross & Turner, hose,
19 00
J. N. Deveraux, “
3 00
T. B. Wilson, יי
1 00
H. W. Raymond, marline,
40
Morrill & Allen, stand post, 16 00
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing, 6 00
Water Maintenance account, pipe,
etc., 69 31
Water Services account, fittings, etc. 11 00
$3,021 39
54
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT.
Credit.
TAXES, amount added to the amount of the taxes assessed, as fractional divisions, for conven- ience in the apportionment,
$6.373 21
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account,
5,076 00
$11,449 90
Debit.
TAXES, for abatement on taxes,
$11,411 12
REAL ESTATE LIENS, abated, 38 78
$11,449 90
POLICE.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$23,100 00
CASH, received of Lebbeus Stetson,
Clerk of the Court, for officers' fees, etc., 1,730 95
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, 476 28
$25,307 23
Debit.
CASH, paid M. C. Parkhurst, Chief,
$1,400 00
R. R. Perry, Captain,
1,100 00
Samuel R. Dow, Sergeant,
987 51
S. A. Brown, patrolman,
912 50
Geo. W. Bean,
912 50
C. D. Clark, 66
912 50
N. F. Caswell,
912 50
J. G. Cunningham, patrolman,
552 50
Isaac S. Campbell, 66
912 50
C. C. Cavanaugh,
66
912 50
Geo. Cullis, 66
229 75
Albert Fisk,
66
912 50
J. E. Fuller,
66
912 50
C. C. Folsom,
66
950 00
Amount carried forward, $12,519 76
55
Amount brought forward,
$12,519 76
John Hafford, patrolman,
907 00
M. H. Kinsley, 66
912 50
Ivan Laighton, 66
912 50
Howard Lowell,
910 00
John H. McGarr, «
912 50
Edward McGarr,
912 50
J. W. Oliver, 66
917 50
S. C. Rollins, 66
912 50
F. W. Slade, 66
912 50
P. W. Skinner, 66
907 50
A. L. Staples, 66
907 50
L. H. Snow, 66
244 75
S. H. Whitcomb,
912 50
J. B. Young, 66
244 75
B. F. Sheridan,
(special),
214 00
C. B. Tabor,
66
4 00
F. D. Snow,
66 66
16 00
Peter Savage, 66 60
4 00
W. H. Brine,
2 00
C. H. Barker, 60 66
2 00
A. L. Sanborn, board of horse,
211 05
M. C. Parkhurst, board of horse,
46 42
for postage stamps, carriage hire, etc., 8 25
as lock-up keeper,
200 00
L. H. Brown, carriage hire,
49 50
H. Record, 66 66
2 50
James Bartley, crackers, cheese, etc., 129 07
J. J. Giles, washing, etc.,
62 52
Scoville Manuf'g Co., buttons,
13 50
H. A. Winship, saddle cloth,
6 00
Chas Maguire, horse-shoeing,
10 50
S. Dodge,
3 70
T. B. Wilson, harness-work,
4 45
Lewis Putnam, veterinary vices,
ser-
24 00
C. M. Blake, newspapers,
15 00
Amount carried forward,
$24,974 72
56
Amount brought forward, $24,974 72
P. J. Gannon, newspapers, 3 00
L. A. Dimond, 66
1 00
W. W. Dow, medical attendance, 14 00
A. H. Carvill,
66
5 00
J. B. Gould,
66
66
3 00
S. D. Carter, meals furnished,
16 00
C. C. Folsom, car fares,
9 57
C. C. Cavanagh, car fares,
2 50
S. R. Dow, 66 4 16
E. McGarr, 66
3 78
Elijah Walker. carpenter work,
9 23
Geo. H. Cowdin, brushes, sponge, etc., 10 22
J. H. Brooks, towels, 3 00
Guild & Delano, repairing badges, 1 50
Howe & Flint, dippers, etc., 3 00
J. W. Brine, clothing, 1 50
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice,
30 00
Conant & Wilbur, telegraph poles,
14 40
Chas. Williams, Jr., putting up telephone, 187 00
L. W. Manning, labor on tele- phone, 4 50
L. Diebner, labor on telephone, 4 50
J. R. Hopkins, labor on telephone, 1 65
$25,307 23
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, CASH, received of : -
$2,500 00
Post 139 G. A. R. for rent of Hall to Oct. 1,
$93 75
For use of Hall,
120 00
Sundries, 7 00
220 75
$2,720 75
57.
Debit.
CASH, paid J. J. Giles, janitor,
$800 00
for labor, cleaning, washing, etc.,
16 40
for substitute during vacation,
13 00
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas,
776 62
L. G. Burnham & Co., fuel, H. Wellington & Co.,
8 90
241 50
City of Boston, water-rates,
46 00
Sullivan & Co., plumbing,
50 82
Edward Earley, repairing roof,
9 01
Flynn Bros., cleaning carpets and repairing furniture,
33 40
M. W. Pierce & Co, repairing heating apparatus, 8 40
A. A. Sanborn, repairing heating apparatus and gas fittings,
156 05
J. Q. Twombly, painting and glaz- ing,
42 35
J. Bartley, shades, etc.,
17 10
J. F. Eldredge, rubber matting
9 80
H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc.,
15 10
Howe & Flint, 66
8 14
Murphy, Leavens & Co., dusters,
3 50
W. C. Crane, premium of in-
surance,
20 00
Seward Dodge, repairing bed- stead, 2 50
A. M. Sibley, mason work,
22 20
E. Cahill, 66
9 62
D. Brooks,
5 50
James Owen, whitewashing,
10 00
D. P. Bucknam, 66
2 50
L. Arnold, carpenter work,
54 30
Z. Flemming,
58 24
G. T. Burnham & Co., carpenter work, 24 27
$2,465 22
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 255 53
$2,720 75
.58
PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE.
Credit.
REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT, amount of debt paid in 1878,
$85,000 00
BALANCE, to debit in account of 1879,
465,770 24
$550,770 24
Debit.
BALANCE, from 1877,
$64,926 84
APPROPRIATIONS,
75,000 00
PUBLIC PROPERTY, reduction in valua-
tion, 410,843 40
$550,770 24
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Credit.
BALANCE, from 1877,
$858 72
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
1,200 00
CASH, received of : -
The County Treasurer, return on
dog licenses for 1877,
$1,080 85
Of the librarian for fines,
193 57
catalogues,
30 50
1,304 92
$3,363 64
Debit.
CASH, paid Lockwood, Brooks & Co., books, etc ,
$838 01
Estes & Lauriat, books, etc.,
380 21
A. Williams & Co., books,
55 49
Little, Brown & Co., “
48 00
W. B. Clark,
22 00
F. Leypoldt, library journal, 5 00
C. Scribner's Sons, books,
7 50
J. A. Cummings & Co., printing,
3 50
Babb & Stephens, printing,
215 75
M. L. Whiton, binding books,
7 50
W. C. Crane, premiums of insur- ance,
31 25
Bishop & Bro., steps,
3 50
Amount carried forward, $1,617 71
59
Amount brought forward, $1,617 71
W. J. London, expressing, 27 15
H. A. Adams, librarian, 700 00
Lizzie Stevens, assistant librarian,
337 50
Emily G. Coleman, assistant, 128 00
25 20
C. W. Merritt, assistant,
45 02
L. A. Manning, assistant,
5 00
$2,885 58
478 06
$3,363 64
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Credit.
PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE, reduction in valua- tion,
$410,843 40
BALANCE, amount to debit in account of 1879,
1,121,400 00
$1,532,243 40
Debit.
$1,532.243 40
PUBLIC PARK.
Credit.
$46,703 15
BALANCE, from 1877,
$12,395 67
CASH, paid verdict of court and ex-
penses, in suit of Arthur W.
Tufts, for damages for land taken, 597 53
BALANCE, to credit in account of 1879, 33,709 95
$46,703 15
PUBLIC PARK BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.
Credit.
BALANCE, from 1877, $4,100 10
CASH, received of sundry persons,
2,887 50
REAL ESTATE LIENS, titles to the city for non-pay- ment of assessments, BALANCE, to debit in account of 1879,
698 76
39,016 79
$46,703 15
Debit.
PUBLIC PARK, assessments levied,
$46,703 15
BALANCE, from 1877,
· PUBLIC PARK BETTERMENTS,
Debit.
H. F. Maynard, assistant,
BALANCE, to credit in account of 1879,
60
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$2,000 00
$45 00
CASH, received for grass, for damage to tree,
1 00
46 00
$2,046 00
Debit.
CASH, paid Timothy Murphy, trees,
shrubs, etc.,
$126 75
labor,
60 00
M. W. Murphy, labor, etc.,
876 25
T. Murphy, Jr.,
212 51
M. Connell, 66
157 50
M. Neville, 66
24 00
P. Gilfoil, 66
15 00
M Leonard,
13 50
G. W. Prichard, filling material, sods, etc., 174 15
Parker & Gannett, lawn mower and repairing, 30 57
G. H. Mason & Co., lamps,
7 03
J. A. Durell, hardware, 5 65
E. R. Perham, expressing,
2 70
Maverick Oil Co., naphtha,
14 34
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., alcohol,
2 25
N. C. Barker, carpenter work,
3 62
G. W. Manning, painting and raising flag-staff,
15 00
J. O. Pendleton, rope,
1 30
J. F. Kennealy, blacksmithing,
1 60
$2,043 72
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account,
2 28
$2.046 00
61
REAL ESTATE LIENS.
Credit.
CASH, received of sundry persons for tax titles released, $1,396 63
OVERLAY ABATEMENT, abated,
38 78
HIGHWAYS (NEWTON STREET), abated,
5 43
BALANCE, to debit in account of 1879,
19,253 44
$23,694 28
Debit.
BALANCE, from 1877,
$10,905 32
TAXES, titles deeded to the city for non- payment of taxes,
7,521 84
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, titles deeded to the city for non- payment of assessments, 1,330 15
SEWER ASSESSMENTS, titles deeded to the city for non-payment of as- sessments, 490 41
PUBLIC PARK BETTERMENT ASSESS- MENTS, titles deeded to the city for non-payment of assessments, 698 76 INTEREST, on titles deeded to the city, 1,618 07 MISCELLANEOUS. costs on titles deeded to the city, 1,129 73
REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT.
Credit. APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $85,000 00
Debit.
PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE, amount of the funded debt paid in 1878,
85,000 00
SALARIES. Credit. APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$17,800 00
Debit.
CASH, paid George A. Bruce, Mayor, $900 00
Chas. E. Gilman, City Clerk, 1,900 00
Amount carried forward, $2,800 00
$23.694 28
62
Amount brought forward, $2,800 00
Aaron Sargent, City Treasurer, 2,600 00
Treasurer of Commissioners of Sinking Funds, 200 00
Geo. A. Kimball, City Engineer,
2,100 00
S. C. Darling, City Solicitor,
2,000 00
E. L. White, City Physician,
700 00
Solomon Davis, Auditor, to March
31, 62 50
Clerk of Common Council to April 30, 66 67
Douglas Frazar, Auditor, 187 50
Clerk of Common Council,
133 33
Geo. I. Vincent, Clerk to Asses- sors and Committees,
1,100 00
S. A. Miles, Assistant to City Treasurer, 500 00
Emma M. Blaisdell, Assistant to City Clerk, 500 00
Jairus Mann, City Messenger,
1,250 00
Thomas Cunningham, assessor,
600 00
F. G. Williams, assessor,
600 00
G. W. Hadley, assessor,
600 00
Geo. Smith, assistant assessor,
200 00
B. F. Thompson, assistant asses- sor,
200 00
R. A. Melvin, assistant assessor,
200 00
S. H. Holland,
200 00
Engineer's assistants,
999 36
$17,799 36
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit in account, 64
$17,800 00
63
SCHOOL CONTINGENT.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, CASII, received : -
$10,000 00
Of sundry persons, for school- books furnished by the School Committee, $46 44
Of the Superintendent of Schools, amount received by him, for tui- tion of non-resident pupils, 116 00
Of the Committee, amount received
by them, and from sundry persons,
for use of rooms in schoolhouses,
68 50
Return on bill paid, 5 00
235 94
$10,235 94
Debit.
CASH, paid Joshua H. Davis, salary as
Superintendent of Schools,
$2,000 00
for postage stamps, 5 00
E. A. Smith, salary as truant officer,
800 00
Janitors,
3,367 72
Charlestown Gas Company, gas,
105 07
Cambridge Gas Light Company, gas,
290 00
Geo. B. King, books and printing,
1,238 38
J. L. Hammett, stationery,
444 72
Thos. Groom & Co., stationery,
59 95
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., stationery,
7 25
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