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$267,000 00
$40,000 00 1,500 00
41,500 00
Morse School House Land (29,109
feet) and Building,
$25,000 00
Furniture,
1,000 00
26,000 00
Lincoln School House Land (18,000
feet) and Building,
$11,000 00
Furniture,
500 00
11,500 00
Prospect Hill School House Land (25,- 313 feet) and Building, $20,000 00
Furniture,
600 00
20,600 00
Jackson School House Land (11,212 feet) and Building,
$8,000 00
Furniture,
300 00
8,300 00
Bennett School House Land (20,560
feet) and Building,
$8,000 00
Furniture,
300 00
8,300 00
Webster School House Land (11,050 .
feet) and Building,
$8,000 00
Furniture,
300 00
8,300 00
Union School House Land (9,360
feet) and Building,
$2,500 00
Furniture,
100 00
2,600 00
Harvard School House Land (9,810
feet) and Building,
$2,500 00
Furniture,
100 00
2,600 00
Amount carried forward,
$396,700 00
22
Amount brought forward, Edgerly School House Land (26,428 feet) and Building, Furniture,
$396,700 00
$25,000 00 - 500 00
25,500 00
Brastow School House Land (10,019 feet) and Building, Furniture,
$6,000 00
250 00
6,250 00
Franklin School House Land (33,017 feet) and Building,
$14,000 00
Furniture,
300 00
14,300 00
Beach Street School House Land (6,000 feet) and Building, Furniture,
250 00
4,750 00
Spring Hill School House Land (4,991 feet) and Building,
$1,600 00
Furniture,
100 00
1,700 00
City Farm Land (10 acres, 12,523 feet),
30,000 00
Cedar Street School House,
$700 00
Furniture,
100 00
800 00
City Stables and Dwelling Houses,
7.000 00
Equipments for Highway Repairs,
3,000 00
Watering Carts and Sheds,
2,300 00
No. 1 Hose House Land (4,312 feet) and Building,
$2,300 00
Furniture,
400 00
John E. Wool Hose Carriage and apparatus, 2,000 00
4,700 00
No 2 Hose House Land (5,400 feet)
and Building,
$7,500 00
Furniture,
300 00
Winter Hill Hose Carriage and apparatus, 2,000 00
9,800 00
Amount carried forward,
$506,800 00
$4,500 00
23
Amount brought forward, No. 3 Hose House Land (5,226 feet) and Building, Furniture,
$506,800 00
$9,000 00
300 00
Geo. H. Foster Hose Carriage and apparatus, 2,000 00
R. A. Vinal Hook and Ladder Truck and apparatus, 3,400 00
Prescott Hook and Ladder Truck and apparatus, 100 00
14,800 00
No. 4 Hose House Land (9,100 feet) and Building,
$11,000 00
Furniture,
400 00
Geo. O. Brastow Hose Car- riage and apparatus,
2,000 00
Relief Hose Carriage, 600 00
14,000 00
Fire Alarm Telegraph,
15,800 00
Police Station Land (15,232 feet) and Building (Bow Street),
$40,000 00
Furniture,
3,000 00
43,000 00
Prospect Street Land (7,918 feet) and Building, 7,000 00
Public Park (cost $212,993.20),
125,000 00
Joy Street Land (2,960 feet),
500 00
Walnut Hill Land (10,890 feet),
1,000 00
Ledge Land on Bond Street (39,732 feet),
2,500 00
Holland St. (5 a., 6,806 feet), Somerville Ave. (39,456 feet) ,
12,000 00
5,000 00
Gravel Land in Waltham (about 35 acres), 15,000 00
Gravel Land in Wakefield (about 1] acres), 5,000 00
Gravel Land in Winchester (about 2 acres), 500 00
Amount carried forward, $767,900 00
24
Amount brought forward,
$767,900 00
Somerville Water Works (cost $342,- 608.76),
341,000 00
Tufts Street Land (29,584 feet),
5,000 00
Oliver Street Land (63,069 feet),
7,500 00
Total value of Public Property,
$1,121,400 00
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Table B. FUNDED DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1879.
Date.
Loan.
Numbers of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1870.
July
1,
City, 66
Town 3,
1880. July Oct.
1,
$5,000 21,500
21,500
1874.
1
Sidewalk,
8,
66
66
10,000
10,000
1870.
1,
Water,
6,
66
40,000
40,000
1870.
Dec. 31,
7,
66
Jau.
1,
20,000
20.000
66
School 2,
60
3,000
3,000
1871.
66
School 3,
1, April 1, Oct.
60,000
60,000
April 1, Oct.
1,
Water, City,
Town 6,
€
10,000
10,000
66
8,
62
11,500
11,500
66
66
25,000
25,000
1874.
Oct.
1,
Sidewalk,
9,
1882. April 1,
17.500
17.500
July
1,
3 & 4,
July
1,
5,000
10,000
6
66
10,000
20,000
Water,
12, 13,
16
40,000
40,000
66
City, 66
8 & 10,
66
66
5 000
5,000
66
66
11 & 12,
Oct.
1,
5,000
10,000
1874.
Oct.
1,
Sidewalk,
10,
10,000
10,000
April 1,
City,
49,
1884, April 16
1,
5,000
15 000
66
57 & 60,
10.000
20,000
1872.
66
7,
July
1,
20,000
20,000
1874.
1,
66
66
72 to 79,
5,000
40,000
66
Water,
16 to 18,
5,000
15,000
Oct.
1,
City,
13, 14 to 17,
6
Oct.
1,
6,000 5,000
20,000
Oct.
1,
66
80 to 86,
61
66
5,000
35,000
66
66
87 to 96,
5,000
50,000
66
66
66
66
5,000
5,000
66
06
66
2,500
2,500
100,
66
1,000
1,000
66
104,
66
1,000
1,000
105,
66
66
2.000
2,000
66
106 to 111, 116,
66
3,000
3,000
66
5,000
125,000
66
66
117 to 121, 123 to 142, 147 to 156,
66
5,000
50,000
1877.
Oct.
1,
Water,
32,
5
Oct.
1,
5,000
5,000
1878.
Jan. 1,
City,
337,
1885. Jan.
1,
5,000
5,000
Amount
carried forward
$974,000
66
6
2,000
2,000
1872.
April 1,
City, 66
5 & 6,
66
50,000
50,000
10,000
20,000
66
66
55,
66
2,000
2,000
July
1,
66, 67,
2,000
2 000
5,000
5.000
1872.
6,000
1874.
66
101 to 103,
66
3,000
9,000
66
60
66
5,000
30,000
66
52 to 54,
66
10 000
10,000
8 to 11,
66
10,000
40.000
Oct. 1,
4,
1,
Oct.
Oct.
1881.
5,000
5 000
City,
Town 5,
60
School 4,
10,000
10,000
1,
66
9,
July
98,
99,
66
:
$55.000
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Table B. - Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Numbers of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1876. April 1, 1879. April 1, 1875.
City,
188,
April 1,
$4,500
4,500
66
342,
5
66
6.000
6,000
July
1,
Water, City,
19 to 22,
6
July
1,
5,000
20.000
157,
4,000
4,000
66
60
5,000
5,000
66
66
160 to 162,
66
5,000
15,000
.
66
16
163 to 174,
1876.
April 1,
175 to 182,
51
1886. April 1,
5,000
40,000
66
66
186,
5,000
€6
66
187,
66
1,000
1,000
66
Water,
23 to 27,
66
10,000
50,000
1878.
Jan.
1,
City,
335,
5
Jan.
1,
37,000
37,000
66
66
338,
66
2,000
2,000
1879.
Jan.
1,
Water,
34,
66
25.000
25,000
66
City,
339,
66
60
12,000
12,000
66
66
340,
66
66
1,500
1,500
1876.
April 1,
City, 66
189, 190 to 194,
51
April 1,
35,500
35,500
Oct. 66
1,.
66
195 to 334,
6
1,000
140,000
1879.
66
343,
6
4,000
4,000
Oct.
1,
66
344,
66
8,000
8,000
1876.
July 1,
Sewer,
1 to 7,
July
1,
5,000
35,000
Oct. 1,
Water,
33,
66
Oct.
1,
5,000
5,000
Jan.
1,
66
35,
Jan. 1,
5,000
5,000
1876.
66
29,
53
April 1, 1906.
4,500
4,500
July
1,
30 & 31,
66
July
1,
5,000
10,000
Total
Funded Debt
$1,585,000
66
336,
1,000
1,000
5
5 000
25,000
April 1,
345,
25,000
25,000
1896.
1877.
1904.
1879.
1905.
66
341,
1,500
1,500
28,
66
5,500
5,500
1895.
5,000
60,000
183 to 185,
5,000
15 000
158,
66
3,000
3,000
159,
66
1885.
Amount
brought forward
$974,000
April 1,
.
5 000
Table C.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1879.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Credit.
TAXES, amount assessed for current expenses,
$328,875 00
PROPERTY and DEBT BALANCE, appropriated in 1879, 58,000 00
$386,875 00
Debit.
FIRE DEPARTMENT,
$20,000 00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
2,700 00
HIGHWAYS,
28,000 00
INTEREST,
65,000 00
MISCELLANEOUS,
3,000 00
POLICE,
22,500 00
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,
2,300 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY,
1,200 00
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,
1,200 00
REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT,
58,000 00
SALARIES,
16,450 00
SCHOOL CONTINGENT,
9,000 00
SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS,
5,500 00
SCHOOL FUEL,
3,000 00
SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES,
59,000 00
SEWERS,
7,500 00
SINKING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS,
45,525 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF,
1,000 00
STREET LIGHTS,
7,500 00
SUPPORT OF POOR,
13,000 00
SIDEWALKS,
2,500 00
WATER MAINTENANCE,
13,000 00
$386,875 00
28
CASH.
Credit.
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,
$11,153 27
FIRE DEPARTMENT,
21,414 41
FUNDED DEBT,
69,854 ,00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
2,886 62
HIGHWAYS,
30,310 90
HIGHWAYS (APPLETON STREET),
85 22
HIGHWAYS (HIGHLAND AVENUE EXTENSION),
526 84
INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
605 00
INTEREST,
84,477 98
LIQUOR LICENSES,
995 94
MISCELLANEOUS,
6,926 54
MISCELLANEOUS (WATERING STREETS),
3,659 40
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT,
76 13
POLICE,
23,743 85
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,
2,950 31
PUBLIC LIBRARY,
2,835 72
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,
1,244 91
SALARIES,
16,799 32
SCHOOL CONTINGENT,
9,411 20
SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES,
63,833 44
SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS,
8,742 64
SCHOOL FUEL,
3,040 71
SEWERS,
29,548 31
SEWERS (BEACON AND ELM STREET SEWER),
677 81
SIDEWALKS,
5,420 10
SINKING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS,
45,525 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF,
1,013 59
SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS,
791 56
STATE AID,
4,312 00
SUPPORT OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
625 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
7,720 00
STREET LIGHTS,
7,008 30
SUPPORT OF POOR,
17,643 75
TEMPORARY LOANS,
785,000 00
WATER MAINTENANCE,
27,376 51
WATER SERVICES,
2,024 62
$1,300,260 90
BALANCE, to debit in account of 1880,
5,757 07
$1,306,017 97
29 Y
Debit.
BALANCE from 1878,
$6,748 78
FUNDED DEBT,
58,000 00
HIGHWAYS,
1,407 98
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS,
2,523 88
INTEREST,
18,474 55
LIQUOR LICENSES,
3,983 75
MISCELLANEOUS,
1,459 60
MISCELLANEOUS ( WATERING STREETS),
2,131 40
POLICE,
1,300 75
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,
400 95
PUBLIC LIBRARY,
1,196 30
PUBLIC PARK BETTERMENT
ASSESS-
MENTS,
7,850 11
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,
52 00
REAL ESTATE LIENS,
6,138 39
SCHOOL CONTINGENT,
136 30
SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS,
495 25
SEWERS,
3 60
SEWERS (BEACON AND ELM STREET SEWER), 40 00
SEWER ASSESSMENTS,
6,695 93
SIDEWALKS,
9 25
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS,
2,988 29
STATE AID,
9 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,- STATE AID,
4,308 50
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, - SUPPORT OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
2,440 00
STREET LIGHTS,
365 50
SUPPORT OF POOR, .
4,676 64
TAXES,
367,332 35
TEMPORARY LOANS,
790,000 00
WATER MAINTENANCE,
12,688 28
WATER SERVICES,
250 02
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS,
1,910 62
$1,306,017 97
30
*
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
Credit.
TAXES, amount assessed for county tax,
$11,153 27
Debit.
CASH, paid county tax,
$11,153 27
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
Credit.
BALANCE, from 1878,
$19,748 05
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE, credit balance of ac- count, 7 09
STREET LIGHTS, credit balance of account,
857 20
SUPPORT OF POOR, credit balance of account,
32 89
POLICE, credit balance of account,
56 90
WATER MAINTENANCE, credit balance of account,
166 75
SIDEWALKS, credit balance of account,
1,352 04
BALANCE, to debit in account of 1880,
21,197 82
$43,418 74
Debit.
REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT, trans-
ferred,
$2,170 24
SIDEWALKS, transferred, 1,500 00
WATER MAINTENANCE, transferred,
2,000 00
SEWERS, transferred,
5,600 00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, debit balance of account, 186 62
SALARIES. debit balance of account,
349 32
SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES, debit balance of account,
4,833 44
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT, debit bal- ance of account, 6,945 40
HIGHWAYS (APPLETON STREET), debit balance of account, 85 22
HIGHWAYS (FLORENCE STREET), debit balance of account, 301 40
HIGHWAYS (HIGHLAND AVENUE EXTEN-
SION), debit balance of account, 8,186 84
Amount carried forward, $32,158 48
31
Amount brought forward, $32,158 48
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS, debit balance of account, 249 36
SCHOOL FUEL, debit balance of ac- count, 40 71
FIRE DEPARTMENT, debit balance of account, 1,414 41
SCHOOL CONTINGENT, debit balance of account,
274 90
SOLDIERS' RELIEF, debit balance of ac- count, 13 59
SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS, debit bal- ance of account, 267 94
INTEREST, debit balance of account,
1,189 19
MISCELLANEOUS, debit balance of ac- count, 495 38
SEWERS, debit balance of account,
3,361 97
HIGHWAYS, debit balance of account,
902 92
INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, debit balance of account, 302 50
SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS, debit bal-
ance of account, 2,747 39
$43,418 74
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$20,000 00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account,
1,414 41
$21,414 41
Debit.
CASH paid James R. Hopkins, Chief Engineer,
$900 00
N. C. Barker, Assistant Engineer,
400 00
Theophilus Cunningham, clerk to Chief Engineer,
50 00
Steamer Engineer,
900 00
Steamer Fireman,
750 00
Amount carried forward, $3,000 00
32
Amount brought forward,
$3,000 00
Seven drivers,
5,250 00
G. W. Ring, substitute driver,
28 23
Frank Walker,
84 68
C. P. Horton, 66 66
22 18
Theophilus Cunningham, substi-
28 23
tute driver, labor on hydrants,
12 00
Steamer Engine Co.,
780 00
John E. Wool Hose Co.
705 00
Winter Hill 66
705 00
Geo. H. Foster
674 75
Geo. O. Brastow 66
686 25
R. A. Vinal H. & L. «
1,073 75
Jas. R. Hopkins, extra compensa- tion in 1878, 100 00
City of Boston, water for hydrants, water rates,
1,176 00
N. Tufts & Son, grain,
428 04
Hosmer, Crampton & Hammond, hay and straw, 378 51
W. M. Hadley, hay,
153 25
Foster, Weeks & Co., hay,
141 47
J. H. Brine, hay and straw, 13 55
Hewey, Skillins & Co., hay and straw, 9 73
H. Wellington & Co., fuel, 353 71
Cook, Rymes & Co., repairs, 88 55
Hunneman & Co., 84 49
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,
141 40
Fred Belanger,
1 20
F. E. Boynton, repairing pung,
2 00
J. Leland, wheelwright work,
11 70
American Fire Hose Manuf. Co., hose, 900 00
repairing hose,
1 00
N. L. Pennock, harness work,
55 90
T. B. Wilson, 66 66
46 10
A. T. Colburn & Co., harness work, 11 20
Amount carried forward,
$17,257 87
110 00
33
Amount brought forward,
$17,257 87
J. N. White, harness work, 10 35
F. Ivers, 5 10
E. O'Brien, horseshoeing,
32 80
J. G. Harmon,
22 73
Chas. Maguire,
30 36
E. C. Andrews,
5 00
C. Holmes & Son, stove work,
39 80
J. E. Parsons, 66 66
11 38
H. W. Raymond, hardware,
18 98
W. L. Snow, 66
9 07
J. A. Durell, 66
5 50
Union Glass Co., lanterns, etc.
3 93
John Harrington & Co., comforts, 5 00
Jeremiah Watson, chairs,
6 68
G. F. Roach & Co., "
10 50
Hogg, Brown & Taylor, cotton cloth, etc. 4 53
J. F. Cole & Co., dusters, etc. 14 50
R. Warner & Co., brooms, etc. 16 67
J. C. Dyer & Co., painting,
123 25
Thomas McIntire,
10 00
Boston Belting Co., hose,
5 85
J. Boyd & Sons, fire hats,
25 00
H. A. Winship, 66
10 50
Andrews & Jones, " "
7 50
W. R. Marsh, repairing fire hats,
2 50
F. A. Titus, plumbing,
170 79
Wm. Mills & Co., plumbing,
9 08
Edward Earley, repairing roofs,
36 90
Chas. Williams, Jr., vitriol, etc.
31 76
J. W. Stover, . .
40 02
J. S. Nason, horses,
400 00
S. Walker & Co , oil,
3 75
G. P. Palmer,
2 00
J. Bartley, naphtha, etc.
3 19
J. Peck & Sons, salt,
2 50
Bishop & Bro., ladder, etc.
28 50
John Turner & Co., curbing,
39 37
Austin Ford, granite steps,
18 00
Amount carried forward, $18,481 21
34
Amount brought forward, $18,481 21
J. O. Hayden & Co., printing, 7 50
Hicks & Badger, copper brake, 4 00
Lewis Putnam, veterinary services, 67 00
Geo. H. Cowdin, drugs,
2 25
Thos. Hollis, medicine, soap, etc.
43 50
A. J. Barnes, soap, etc.
17 50
M. D. Jones & Co , filter,
75
F. Dooris, iron work,
3 35
Walworth Manuf. Co., castings,
5 70
Howe & Flint, pipe,
5 96
E. W. Drake, gas pipe, etc. 7 70
Geo. Cunningham, watching, 1 50
T. J. McCormick, refreshments, 6 30
Adin Davis, labor on stalls,
10 00
Highways Account, sand and labor,
9 63
Water Maintenance Account,
labor on hydrants, etc. 183 02
E. S. Bailey, cleaning clocks, etc. 8 25
Boston Steamed Grain Mill, feed,
55
Sabin & Page, brushes, etc.
26 15
W. L. Robinson, medicine,
2 00
Hennessy & Harrington, salt,
1 40
M. R. Warren, stationery,
10 00
Sturtevant Bros., lard,
1 05
M. G. Crane & Co., alarm box and telegraph supplies,
485 06
L. W. Manning, labor on tele- graph poles, 3 13
D. Brooks, mason work,
215 20
W. H. Cullen, plastering,
20 00
Geo. W. Prichard, digging cellar and laying wall,
202 00
R. A. Melvin & Co., carpenter work, 486 43
E. Walker, carpenter work,
25 00
Page & Littlefield, carpenter work,
158 53
A. Caswell, carpenter work,
4 40
Amount carried forward, $20,506 02
35
Amount brought forward,
$20,506 02
N. C. Barker, carpenter work, 2 31
S. W. Fuller, lumber, 167 33
P. F. Williams, "
50 16
J. F. Ayer, 66
5 42
Mason Davis & Son, soap,
10 00
H. W. Burgess, soap, oil, etc.
11 97
O. Nowell, hanging bell, 2 00
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice,
15 00
Allen & Prichard, ice,
10 00
B. B. Bullwinkle, snaps,
5 00
Thorpe Express, expressing,
17 35
W. J. London,
7 60
E. R. Perham, 66
50
Henry Shaw, labor,
3 00
Patrick Ryan, “
4 50
L. W. Dow, carrots,
13 00
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas,
314 01
Charlestown Gas Co., gas,
141 76
Mrs. Calvert, washing,
40 28
S. H. Stevens, “
25 12
T. H. Daly, 66
27 75
Mrs. Chas. Trull, washing,
17 25
Mrs C. P. Howard, «
17 08
$21,414 41
FUNDED DEBT.
Credit.
BALANCE from 1878,
$1,596,854 00
CASH received from sale of Bonds Nos. 339 to
345, City Loan,
58,000 00
$1,654,854 00
Debit.
CASH paid Town Loan Bond No. 1, $14,400 00
Sidewalk Loan Bond No. 7, 10,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 2, 44, 51, 61, and 143 to 146, 45,454 00
$69,854 00
BALANCE to credit in account of 1880,
1,585,000 00
-$1,654,854 00
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$2,700 00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, 186 62
Debit.
$2,886 62
CASH paid G. W. Cummings, removing offal, $980 00
Highways account, collecting ashes,
994 55
W. H. Brine, inspector of Board of Health, 500 00
Geo. I. Vincent, clerk of Board of Health,
100 00
Sundry persons, burying dead animals, 24 00
P. W. Skinner, fumigating,
57 00
Geo. H. Cowdin, peppermint tubes,
36 00
J. O. Hayden & Co., printing and advertising, 50 50
A. L. Haskell & Co., printing,
5 00
Haskell Bros.,
4 50
Winkley, Thorp & Dresser, sta- tionery, 5 75
M. R. Warren, stationery, 10 38
Board of Health, car fares,
5 35
Sturtevant Bros., sulphur, 4 05
J. Bartley,
1 90
J. S. Murphy, constable's fees,
2 16
W. H. Brine, travelling expenses,
2 04
J. J. & M. F. Fenelon, vials,
1 75
J. E. Eldredge, serving notices,
3 00
M. J. Walsh, 66 66
4 48
C. J. Peters, labor on map,
2 00
C. W. Morss, wrappers,
4 24
Photo-Electrotype Co., electro-
types, 27 22
Geo. O. Wiley, carriage hire,
7 00
L. H. Brown,
15 00
Amount carried forward, $2,847 87.
37
Amount brought forward, $2,847 87
G. W. Prichard, filling material, 32 50
Patrick Ryan, labor, James W. Bowdren, labor,
3 75
2 50
$2,886 62
HIGHWAYS.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$28,000 00
CASH received from : -
J. P. Prichard, amount received by him for old cart,
$12 50
gravel,
90
sand,
80
brick,
3 80
filling material,
4 90
constructing driveway,
10 90
M. B. Wickliffe, constructing drive- way,
14 35
F. P. Ladd, constructing drive- way, 7 20
Health Department account, col- lecting ashes,
994 55
Edwin Bowker, use of gravel land at Waltham, 80 00
R. Falvey, sand and stone,
38 00
G. W. Prichard, stone,
7 80
A. M. Sibley, 66
1 25
Sewers account, 66
2 50
Sidewalk account, gravel,
54 00
Fire Department account, sand and labor,
9 63
School-house Repairs account,
labor, etc. 15 05
Miscellaneous (Watering Streets) account, painting carts, 18 85
Arthur Moland, rent of tenement,
65 00
E. L. Grant, 66 66
66 00
1,407 98
EXCESS and DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account,
902 92
$30,310 90
38
Debit.
CASH paid laborers,
$19,180 15
C. L. Heyward, gravel,
1,104 40
Jeremiah O'Brien, "
42 48
Mrs. A. L. Rich, “
182 24
G. W. Prichard, teaming, gravel, etc. 485 20
Wm. Aylward, teaming,
352 00
Chris'r Burke,
358 00
O. Cunningham,
406 00
D. McCarty,
278 00
T. F. Crimmings, «
230 00
John Hickey,
234 00
John Carr, 66
128 00
Jere'h McCarty,
102 00
Martin Gill, 66
92 00
John Turner & Co., paving stone,
1,216 45
Mrs. S. Swett, stone,
3 00
M. Hittinger, grindstone,
4 00
Sewers account, drain pipe,
2 25
D. W. Lewis,
21 78
Howe & Flint, 66
1 42
E. A. Foster, brick,
7 57
S. W. Fuller, lumber,
67 33
E. D. Sawyer, "
7 97
A. Caswell, carpenter work,
16 88
R. A. Melvin & Co., carpenter work, 4 12
Cook, Rymes & Co., hammers, etc. 14 70
Dodge, Gilbert & Co.,
11 56
H. G. Collins, sharpening picks,
5 70
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,
232 58
F. Dooris, 66
76 56
M. Lynch,
73 65
E. O'Brien, horseshoeing,
133 61
J. G. Harmon, “
86 17
J. Leland, wheelwright work,
46 80
Joseph A. Pearson, harness, etc.
65 00
Amount carried forward, $25,273 57
39
Amount brought forward, $25,273 57
J. G. Knapp & Co., harness work, 19 00
N. L. Pennock, 66 66 16 50
Sabin & Page, 66 66
73 02
T. B. Wilson,
66
15 40
A. T. Colburn & Co., "
13 90
Wood, Bailey & Wood, shafts,
2 50
H. Hoyt, shafts,
1 25
Hudson & Gage, painting wagon,
10 00
G. Greenleaf & Co., screen bot- tom, 5 00
W. L. Snow, nails,
1 16
J. F. Bernard & Co., harness dressing, 3 00
W. D. Smith, lettering signs,
3 60
W. H. Murphy, “ 66
1 00
Union Glass Co., lantern glasses, 9 00
C. H. Crane, drugs, 7 80
Thomas Hollis, " 2 25
A. M. & C. M. Wood, plank,
12 40
Caleb Kingman, mall,
5 00
O. H. Webber, cutting grass,
20 00
Edward Early, repairing roof,
11 40
H. Wellington & Co., coal,
9 40
G. M. Winslow & Co., "
5 40
H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc.
27 03
C. Holmes & Son, 66
10 55
Peabody & Whitney, brooms, etc. 8 13
City of Boston, water rates, 36 75
J. F. Cole & Co., soap, etc. 1 90
S. J. Wood, sharpening saws, etc. 3 75
M. R. Warren, stationery,
9 00
J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising, 17 40
C. A. Small, oil, etc. 12 42
White & Wiley, paints,
14 81
J. Q. Twombly, painting,
11 03
Geo. H. Sampson, powder,
74 59
James Forgie, repairing collars,
3 50
Amount carried forward, $25,752 41
40
Amount brought forward, $25,752 41
J. P. Squire & Co., salt, 3 00
J. A. Durell, labor, etc. 6 13
Miscellaneous account, taxes paid on Wakefield gravel land, 19 76
Town of Waltham, taxes on gravel land, 84 32
Town of Winchester, taxes on gravel land, 7 87
Osgood & Hart, street rolling machine, 170 00
Parker & . Gannett, shovels, plough, etc. 94 48
Douglas Frazer, salary as clerk of Committee on Highways, 200 00
John P. Prichard, salary as Super- intendent of Streets, 1,250 00
E. F. Prichard, clerk to Superin- tendent of Streets,
100 00
Middlesex Bleachery and Dye Works, ashes, 39 20
Town of Medford, half cost main-
taining Middlesex Avenue
bridge in 1878,
411 07
John S. Nason, horses,
400 00
Sargent & Adams, fence de- stroyed, 25 00
W. M. Hadley, hay, straw, etc.
206 09
J. F. Ham, hay,
354 25
George R. Emerson, hay,
60 42
Hewey, Skillins & Co , hay,
21 42
N. Tufts & Son, grain,
204 11
Powers, Melvin & Co., grain,
130 21
A. J. Barnes, grain, etc.
146 08
C. B. Knowles,
211 31
Knowles Bros., 66
298 72
Boston Steamed Grain Mill, feed,
73 05
Am. Steamed Feed Co.,
21 00
Ame & Co., - 66
7 00
Lewis Putnam, veterinary services, 14 00
$30.310 90
J
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HIGHWAYS (APPLETON STREET).
Credit.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of account, $85 22
Debit.
CASH paid East Cambridge Five Cents Savings Bank, assessment refunded, 85 22
HIGHWAYS (FLORENCE STREET).
Credit.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of account, $301 40
Debit.
REAL ESTATE LIENS, abatement on tax title, released, $76 30
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, abated, 225 10
301 40
HIGHWAYS (HIGHLAND AVENUE EXTEN- SION).
Credit.
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of account, $8,186 84
Debit.
CASH paid costs of courts in suits, $244 84
Miscellaneous account, Chas. Robinson, Jr.'s, bill for ser- vices and costs, in suit, 282 00
$526 84
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, abated, 7,660 00
8,186 84
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.
Credit. HIGHWAYS (HIGHLAND AVENUE EXTENSION), abated, $7,660 00
HIGHWAYS (FLORENCE STREET), abated, 225 10
Amount carried forward, $7,885 10
.
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Amount brought forward, $7,885 10 REAL ESTATE LIENS, title to the city for non-pay- ment of assessments, 150 30 CASH received of sundry persons, assessments, 2,523 88
BALANCE to debit on account of 1880,
5,480 55
$16,039 83
Debit.
BALANCE from 1878, 16,039 83
INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
Credit.
STATE OF MASS. (INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAIL- ORS), one half of amount paid in 1879, charged to the State, $302 50
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, one half of amount paid, to be borne by the city, 203 50
$605 00
Debit.
CASH paid sundry persons,
$605 00
INTEREST.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$65,000 00
CASH received on deposits in banks,
$568 66
On taxes,
10,208 07
On tax titles released,
670 06
On betterments,
485 57
State Treasurer, corporation and Bank Taxes, 6,542 19
18,474 55
REAL ESTATE LIENS, interest on titles to the city on property deeded for non-payment of taxes and assessments, 739 24
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, . 1,189 19
$85,402 98
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Debit.
CASH paid on Funded Debt : -
$10,000.00, 6 months, at 7 per cent, $350 00
$15,000.00, 6 months, at 62 per cent, 487 50 $736,000.00, 1 year, at 6} per cent, 47,840 00 $115.000.00, 1 year, at 6 per cent. 6,900 00
$5,454.00, 6 months, 5} per cent, 150 00
$135,400.00, 1 year, at 5} per cent, 7,447 00
$258,500.00, 1 year, at 5 per cent, 12,925 00
$1,500.00, 9 months, at 5 per cent, 56 25
$76,155 75
Less coupons unpaid,
925 00
$75,230 76
SUNDRY PERSONS, coupons unpaid, as above,
925 00
$76,155 75
CASH paid on Temporary Loans : -
Provident Inst. for Savings, on notes for $170,000.00, 4 months at 32 per cent, $1,983 33
$20.000.00, 4 months at 32 per cent, 250 00
$20,000.00, 5 months at 3ª per cent, 312 50
New England Trust Co., on note for $25,000.00, 4 months at 32 per cent,
312 50
$25,000.00 on 5 months at 32 per cent, 390 62
State National Bank, on note for $25,000.00, 4 months at 32 per cent, 312 50
$25,000.00 on 5 months at 32 per cent, 390 62
Warren Institution for Savings, on note for $60,000.00, 4 months and 3 days at 42 per cent,
922 50
Amount carried forward, $4,874 57
44
Amount brought forward, $4,874 57
Brewster, Bassett & Co., on notes for $80,000.00, 3 months and 3 days at four per cent, 826 67
Merchants National Bank, on notes for $30,000.00, 4 months and 3 days at 34 per cent, 333 12
J. T Glines & Co., on note for $10,000 00, 48 days at 470% per cent, 62 00
27 days at 6 per cent, 45 00
Downer & Co , on notes for $135,- 000.00, 48 days at 476% per cent,
837 00
A. Sargent, trustee, on note for $20,000 00, 4 months at 3₺ per cent, 233 33
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