Report of the city of Somerville 1880, Part 3

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 282


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INTEREST, debit balance of account,


1,273 16


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT, debit bal- ance of account, 5,052 70


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS, debit bal-


ance of account, 25


Amounts carried forward,


$30,967 79


$54,345 55


38


Amounts brought forward, $30,967 79 $54,345 55


PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE, debit bal- ance of account, 392 97


SALARIES, debit balance of account, 211 00


SCHOOL FUEL, debit balance of account,


49 19


SCHOOL CONTINGENT, debit balance of account, 1,103 45


SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS, debit balance of account, 756 50


SEWERS, debit balance of account, 3,578 29


SEWERS (BEACON AND ELM STREET SEWER), debit balance of account, 15,779 10


STREET LIGHTS, debit balance of account,


265 70


SUPPORT OF POOR, debit balance of ac- count, 1,241 56


$54,345 55


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$20,000 00


CASH, received of James R. Hopkins,


amount received by him for old hose,


$7 76


Old junk,


5 00


Old telegraph post,


21


Manure, 102 00


Amount charged in pay-roll and not paid, 25


115 22


$20,115 22


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to


debit of account, 763 50


$20,878 72


Debit.


CASH, paid James R. Hopkins, chief engineer,


$900 00


N. C. Barker, assistant engineer, 400 00


Amounts carried forward, $1,300 00


$20,878 72


39


Amounts brought forward, $1,300 00 $20,878 72


Theophilus Cunningham, clerk to chief engineer, 50 00


Steamer engineer,


900 00


Steamer fireman,


780 00


'Seven drivers,


5,439 84


L. Frank Draper, substitute driver, 30 33


J. Frank Walker,


120 90


T. Cunningham, 66 66


30 33


Steamer Engine Co., 781 00


John E. Wool Hose Co., 706 00


Winter Hill Hose Co., 706 00


Geo. H. Foster Hose Co.,


706 00


Geo. O. Brastow Hose Co.,


706 00


R. A. Vinal H. & L. Co.,


1,081 00


City of Boston, water for hydrants, Water rates,


110 00


N. Tufts & Son, grain,


532 58


Hosmer, Crampton & Hammond, hay and straw, 658 69


Foster, Weeks & Co.,hay and straw, 129 58


J. F. Ham, hay and straw,


23 77


Hunneman & Co., repairs,


624 79


Cook, Rymes & Co., "


83 35


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


202 67


J. G. Harmon, horseshoeing,


18 99


E. C. Andrews, 66


3 00


Edward O'Brien, 66


33 00


Geo. McDormand, 66


9 00


J. W. Gerry, 66


78 25


Chas. Maguire, 60


28 30


H. Wellington & Co., fuel, 295 57


Support of Poor account, fuel,


12 45


Howard Snelling & Co., 26 00


F. Ivers, harness work, 8 00


Amounts carried forward, $17,391 39


$20,878 72


1,176 00


40


Amounts brought forward,


$17,391 39 $20,878 72


N. L. Pennock, harness work,


35 75


M. S. Cahill, 66 66


7 55


A. T. Colburn, 66


5 25


Sabin & Page, 66 66


6 25


T. B. Wilson, 66 66


50 42


W. C. Smith, 66 66


5 00


W. H. Bustin, horse collars, 10 00


J. B. David, whips, 9 00


J. Leland, wheelwright work, 13 85


15 75


Hill & Langtry, brushes, etc., Hewey, Skillins & Co., grain,


1 25


S. F. Barker, emery cloth,


4 00


Union Glass Co., globes,


1 88


E. B. Badger & Sons, copper,


9 65


Chas. Williams, Jr., bell,


4 50


Wm. Cathcart & Co., repairs,


35 75


L. D. Shaw, valve,


75 00


D. W. Crocker, iron bars,


5 50


H. A. Winship, fire hats,


21 25


R. A. Vinal H. & L. Co., hat front,


1 00


W. T. Henderson, repairing pung, 7 50


Cambridgeport Diary Co., station- ery, 6 50


L. W. Dow, carrots,


13 00


Joel Goldthwait & Co., carpet,


88 41


American Fire Hose Co., hose, etc.,


89 88


Harry Thorpe, repairing hose,


1 00


John S. Nason, horse,


125 00


T. Spelman, soap, 12 00


Thomas Button, shovel,


0 81


J Breck & Sons, tools, 3 75


W. C. Crane, premium of insurance,


11 25


Clark Bennett, premium of insur- ance, 36 00


Amounts carried forward,


$18,105 09


$20,878 72


41


Amounts brought forward, $18,105 09 $20,878 72


H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc., 21 52


Howe & Flint, 66


17 31


C. Holmes & Son, 66


22 08


W. L. Snow,


26 62


Murdock Parlor Grate Co., hard- ware, etc., 59 75


T. C. Lothrop & Co., waste, etc., 19 00


J. A. Walcott, medical attendance, '5 00


John L. Crafts, rope, 9 75


O. J. Davis, telegraph poles, 29 75


T. C. Joslyn, trees,


3 00


M. D. Jones & Co., bronze, 90


Geo. H. Cowdin, drugs,


1 45


E. F. Foley, liniment,


50


Thomas Hollis, vitriol, etc.,


155 79


Smith, Doolittle & Smith, vitriol, etc., 61 27


W. Schuebeler, dry goods,


26 50


J. H. Brooks, 66


1 30


J. Bartley, naphtha,


16 97


Knowles Bros., naphtha,


1 00


E. S. Bailey, oil,


4 85


Lustralis Manufacturing Co., oil,


4 35


D. Brooks, mason work,


113 10


Fred Davis, whitening,


8 00


Page & Littlefield, lumber,


15 10


S. W. Fuller, 66


2 73


G. C. & C. J. Myers, repairing roof,


8 00


Elijah Walker, carpenter work,


45 77


N. C. Barker, 66


4 95


G. W. Trefren, 66


17 36


Albert Caswell, 66


413 81


R. A. Melvin & Co.,


153 69


C. A. Legallee, plumbing,


3 42


Amount : carried forward, $19,379 68


$20,878 72


.


42


Amounts brought forward, $19,379 68 $20,878 72


J. W. Legallee, paper hangings, 20 74


M. A. Smith, 66 66


21 00


Charles A. Mongan, laying drain, 23 25


J. Q. Twombly, painting and glaz- ing, 44 83


T. McIntire, Jr., painting, 12 50


J. H. Hollis,


5 00


D. J. Sullivan. 66


30 00


W. S. Walker, glazing,


3 12


Walworth


Manufacturing


Co.,


labor,


2 80


Patrick Ryan, labor,


5 25


J. E. Parsons, 66


1 50


Richard Whalan, 66


1 50


T. Cunningham, 66


16 00


Fred Belanger,


66


4 70


Lewis Putnam, veterinary ser-


vices,


6 00


Highways account, trap blocks, 17 50


Henry Shaw, watching at fire, 2 00


J. H. Sawin, 66 66


1 50


W. J. London, expressing, 10 25


Thorpe's Express, 66


2 50


Bancroft's Express, 66


30


Bishop & Bro., ladders, etc.,


20 11


H. W. Burgess, salt, etc.,


6 18


Geo. S. McCrillis, bedding, etc., 11 50


J. A. Durell, stove work, 4 90


R. Warner & Co., dusters, etc.,


24 00


J. F. Towle, soap, etc.,


2 38


Brintnall & Osgood, shades,


26 00


W. E. Melley, keys,


1 70


Cambridge Gas-Light Co., gas,


362 83


Charlestown Gas Co., gas,


173 00


Amounts carried forward, $20,244 52


$20,878 72


43


Amounts brought forward, $20,244 52 $20,878 72


S. H. Stevens, washing, 22 25


T. H. Daley, 27 75


C. M. Howard,


19 88


Mrs. Calvert,


36 55


Charles Trull, 18 20


Stephen Baldrey & Co., teaming,


3 00


E. J. Brown, teaming,


2 00


M. G. Crane & Co., telegraph materials, 156 42


Abiel Pevey, calloud zincs, 43 73


Boston Ice Co., ice,


10 00


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


40 00


R. H. Drake, coupling,


82


S. D. Carter, refreshments,


100 00


Sturtevant Bros., "


60


Daniel Webster Engine Co., re- freshments, 30 00


Mystic Hose Co , refreshments,


10 00


J. E. Maynard, damage to horse and carriage, .


75 00


Sundry firemen, balance for ser- vices in 1878, 12 00


A. L. Sanborn, carriage hire, 13 00


H. A. Pratt,


16


6 00


Jairus Mann, 66 4 00


J. Pike, 66 66


3 00


$20,878 72


FUNDED DEBT.


Credit.


BALANCE, from 1879, $1,585,000 00


CASH, received from sale of Bonds Nos. 346 to 352, City Loan, $94,500 00


Bonds Nos. 36 to 76, Water Loan, 60,000 00


154,500 00


Amount carried forward,


$1,739,500 00


44


Amount brought forward, $1,739,500 00


Debit.


CASH, paid Town Loan Bonds Nos. 3 to 5, $81,500 00


Sidewalk Loan Bond No. 8, 10,000 00


Water Loan Bond Nos. 6 and 7, 60,000 00


School Loan Bond No. 2, 3,000 00


BALANCE, to credit in account of 1881, 1,585,000 00


-$1,739,500 00


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS. amount assessed, $2,700 00


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of


account, 742 35


$3,442 35


Debit.


CASH, paid Geo. W. Cummings, remov- ing offal,


$599 68


Christopher Burke, removing offal,


208 33


Highways account, collecting ashes, 968 73


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,


17 00


P. W. Skinner, fumigating,


66 00


Geo. H. Cowdin. peppermint tubes,


13 50


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


73 30


M. R. Warren, stationery,


5 25


J. M. Whittemore, “


6 50


Amounts carried forward, $2,558 29


$3,442 35


45


Amounts brought forward, $2,558 29 $3,442 35


Somerville Post-Office, stationery, 1 59


Photo-Electrotype Co., maps,


10 00


Sturtevant Bros., sulphur,


4 88


James Bartley, 66


1 90


Weeks & Potter, copperas,


5 35


Thomas Hollis, glycerine,


1 00


J. J. & M. F. Fenelon. pepper- mint tubes, 22 00


J. F. Couch, vaccine virus, 7 50


Ellen Powers, nursing, 6 79


Elizabeth Copeland, nursing,


18 00


F. J. Baxter, serving notices, 1 25


Bancroft's Express, expressing, 30


John Harris, half cost of culvert,


803 50


$3,412 35


HIGHWAYS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, CASH, received from -


$30,000 00


J. P. Prichard, amount received by him for sods from Waltham, Gravel land,


$240 20


Gravel,


1 00


Constructing driveway,


7 60


Health Department,collecting ashes, etc., 968 73


Owen Cunningham, sand,


25 00


Middlesex Bleachery, gravel,


3 60


Fire Department account, trap blocks,


17 50


R. E. Woodward, changing drive- way, 6 50


A. C. Winning, pasturage on city farm, 30 00


Amounts carried forward, $1,300 13


$30,000 00


46


Amounts brought forward, $1,300 13 $30,000 00


E. A. Stone, constructing drive- way, 7 50


J. A. Durell, constructing driveway, 3 00


Cambridge Savings Bank, con- structing driveway, 7 00


C. M. Wood, constructing driveway, 7 50


B. F. Thompson, " 66 11 60


Geo. W. Prichard, gravel, 4 50


Sidewalks account, “ 226 40


F. W. Slade, filling material,


10 00


J. C. Dyer,


66


2 00


S. D. Warren, filling material from Waltham gravel land, 30 00


School House Repair account, gravel, etc., 31 70


Police Station Incidentals account,


stone, gravel, etc., 54 80


Public-Park Maintenance account,


labor,


17 00


Miscellaneous (Watering Streets)


account, painting carts and


watering, 25 70


Geo. McKenna, old junk, etc., 19 34


Arthur Moland, rent of tenement, 65 00


E. L. Grant,


18 00


$1,841 17


SIDEWALKS, transferred,


1,033 25


PUBLIC PARK,


1,500 00


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, assessments levied, 121 55


$34,495 97


Debit.


CASH, paid laborers,


C. L. Heyward, gravel,


557 16


Amounts carried forward,


$15,057 92


$15,615 08


$34,495 97


47


Amounts brought forward, $15,615 08 $34,495 97


Mrs. A. L. Rich, gravel,


5 88


H. E. Willis,


8 50


J. J. Clapp, 66


9 24


Geo. W. Prichard, stone and team- ing, 595 00


Jeremiah McCarty, stone,


4 08


. Owen Cunningham, teaming,


388 00


D. McCarty, 66


368 00


D. D. Pike, 66


5 00


T. F. Crimmings,


96 00


John McCauley, 8 00


James Burke, 66


96 00


John Turner & Co., paving stone, 1,665 61


W. M. Hadley, coal and cement, 131 06


H. Wellington & Co., coal,


40 72


G. M. Winslow & Co., "


7 38


S. M. Fuller, 66


2 70


W. A. Sanborn & Co., wood,


7 00


Boston Steam Grain Mill, feed,


55 80


Am. Steam Feed Co ,


7 00


N. Tufts & Son, grain,


352 93


Knowles Bros., grain, etc.,


803 30


John S. Nason, horses,


400 00


C. P. Ladd & Co., straw,


58 37


J. F. Ham, hay,


678 27


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


244 50


F. Dooris, 66


39 91


H. G. Collins,


6 65


B. F. Robinson, 66


5 23


J. G. Harmon, horseshoeing,


74 85


Edward O'Brien, 66


99 49


M. Lynch, 66


5 25


Lamprell & Marble, 66


1 75


E. C. Cook, 66


27 25


Amounts carried forward, $21,913 80


$34,495 97


48


Amounts brought forward, $21,913 80 $34,495 97


Geo. McDormand, horseshoeing, 2 75


2 50


Ames Plow Co., shovels, 10 13


S. J. Wood, sharpening saws,


3 25


S. M. Spencer, burning brands, 3 05


George W. Morton, cart,


80 00


Fred Belanger, repairing cart,


32 30


Geo. H. Sampson, powder,


8 20


S. W. Fuller, lumber,


246 87


Wood, Bailey & Wood, lumber,


54 68


E. Price, 4 50


O. S. Foster, brick, 71 50


H. W. Raymond, hardware, 63 24


W. L. Snow,


1 67


C. Holmes & Son, "


18 00


A. T. Colburn, harness work, 32 09


T. B. Wilson, 66


17 25


Hill & Langtry, 66 75 33


N. L. Pennock,


18 13


J. Leland, wheelwright work,


62 20


Dodge, Gilbert & Co., hammers, chain, etc., 19 36


Robert Burlen, book-binding, 6 00


City of Boston, water rates, 61 50


Boston & Lowell R. R. Co., city's


half cost of Medford Street bridge, 5,000 00


Town of Medford, half cost main- taining Middlesex Avenue bridge in 1879, 409 15


Somerville Horse Railroad Co., paving, 1,000 00


Farrell Foundry and Machine Co.,


stone crusher, etc., 746 09


Amounts carried forward, $30,047 66


$34,495 97


Underhill Bros., repairing tools, Parker & Gannett, tools,


84 12


49


Amounts brought forward, $30,047 66 $34,495 97


George R. Whiting, engine, 750 00


Water Service account, pipe, etc., 17 47


Walworth Manufacturing Co., steam fittings, etc., 27 16


Ashcroft Manuf'g Co., tubes,


90


G. W. Twitchell, belting,


2 54


Boston Belting Co., "


32 77


Geo. Woodman & Co., pipe,


53 50


J. A. Durell, repairing «


75


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising,


13 50


A. R. Gay & Co., stationery,


9 37


M. R. Warren, 1 75


Hooper, Lewis & Co., "


85


J. Q. Twombly, glazing, 4 08


T. McIntire, painting, 13 88


C. H. Tufts, 7 00


Moore, Smith & Co., robe,


12 00


Barker & Tibbetts, expressing,


3 10


E. R. Perham, 66


1 95


W. J. London,


75


Cyrus Hatch, soap,


1 50


Stickney & Poor, ginger,


2 16


H. I. Hall & Co., oil, 12 88


Sturtevant Bros., “


15


Thomas Hollis, medicine,


17 46


C. H. Crane, 66


8 85


Heirs of John Runey, land taken for Gilman Street, 93 00


S. G. Underhill, land taken for Gilman Street,


9 25


Cook, Rymes & Co., pick handles, etc., 20 33


W. Hamilton, mowing city farm, 20 00


James Forgie, horse collars,


21 00


Amounts carried forward, $31,207 56


$34,495 97


4


50


Amounts brought forward, $31,207 56 $34,495 97


Town of Waltham, tax on gravel land, 131 75


Town of Wakefield, tax on gravel land, 22 38


Town of Winchester, tax on gravel land, 8 32


Hancock Inspirator Co., inspirator, 30 00


A. J. Harmon, posts, 31 17


Buff & Berger, half cost of transit,


124 00


R. A. Melvin & Co., carpenter work, 15 20


Densmore & Brackett, window sashes, etc., 6 10


Skilton, Foote & Co , water cask,


5 00


Middlesex Bleachery and Dye Works, ashes, 42 45


J. Manning, freight and teaming, 84 95


Lewis Putnam, veterinary ser- vices, 30 00


Peabody & Whitney, brooms, 2 50


J. Carter, broom stock,


2 00


White & Wiley, paints and oil,


34 41


C. A. Small, oil, etc.,


9 41


J. P. Prichard, superintendent of streets, 1,249 92


C. E. Prichard, clerk to superin- tendent of streets, 100 00


Douglas Frazar, clerk to Commit- tee on Highways, 300 00


$33,437 12


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 1,058 85


$34,495 97


51


HIGHWAYS (CHAUNCEY AVENUE).


Credit.


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of ac- count, $105 88 1


Deb't.


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, abated,


$105 88


HIGHWAYS (WINTHROP AVENUE).


Credit.


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of ac- count, $685 13


Debit.


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, abated,


$685 13


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.


Credit.


HIGHWAYS (CHAUNCEY AVENUE), abated, $105 88


HIGHWAYS (WINTHROP AVENUE), abated,


685 13


CASH, received of sundry persons, assessments, 1,979 34


BALANCE, to debit in account of 1881,


2,831 75


$5,602 10


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1879,


$5,480 55


HIGHWAYS, assessments levied, 121 55


$5,602 10


INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


Credit.


STATE OF MASS. (INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS), one half of amount paid in 1880, charged to the State, $1,147 00


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, one half of amount paid to be borne by the city,


1,147 00


Amount carried forward,


$2,294 00


. 52


Amount brought forward, $2,294 00


Debit.


CASH, paid sundry persons,


$2,294 00


INTEREST.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$66,000 00


CASH, received on deposits in banks,


$911 48


On taxes,


7,624 09


On tax titles released,


1,261 43


On betterments,


100 40


State Treasurer, Corporation and Bank Taxes, 8,868 47


Blake Bros. & Co., premium on notes and bonds, 937 50


19,703 37


REAL ESTATE LIENS, interest on titles to the city on property deeded for non-payment of taxes and assessments, 144 22


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, 1,273 16


$87,120 75


Debit.


CASH, paid on Funded Debt : -


$55,000, 6 months, at 6} per cent,


$1,787 50


$656,000, 1 year, at 62 per cent, 42,640 00


$115,000, 1 year, at 6 per cent, 6,900 00


$121,000, 1 year, at 52 per cent, 6,655 00


$311,500, 1 year, at 5 per cent,


15,575 00


$73,557 50


Less coupons unpaid,


440 00


$73,117 50


SUNDRY PERSONS, coupons unpaid, as above,


440 00


$73,557 50


Amount carried forward,


$87,120 75


53


$87,120 75


Amount brought forward, CASH, paid on Temporary Loans : -


Provident Inst. for Savings, on notes for $220,000, 8 months 3 days, at 42 per cent, $7,053 74


J. T. Glines & Co., on note for $10,000, 4 months, at 5₺ per cent, 183 33


A. Sargent, trustee, on notes for $20,000, 4 months, at 5} per cent, 366 67


$20,000 on 8 months 3 days, at 41% per cent, 632 80


A Sargent and E. E. Adams, trustees, on notes for $10,000, 4 months, at 5} per cent, 183 33


$10,000 on 8 months 3 days, at 41% per cent, 316 40


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, on notes for $75,000, 4 months, at 52 per cent, 2,750 00


$20,000, on 4 months, at 5 per cent, and 5 months 1 day, at 4₫ per cent, 689 88


$65,000, on 4 months 3 days, at 34 per cent, 721 77


$70,000, 2 months, at 3% per cent, and 12 days, at 4§ per cent, 554 16


Blake Bros. & Co., brokerage on loan of $50,000, 83 33


REAL ESTATE LIENS, allowed on tax titles released, 27 84


$13,563 25


ON FUNDED DEBT,


$73,557 50


ON TEMPORARY LOANS,.


13,563 25


$87,120 75


54


LIQUOR LICENSES.


Credit.


CASH, received for -


First Class, 2 at $250 each, $500 00


5 at $200 each, 1,000 00


1 at 133 34


1 at


166 67


Third Class, 2 at $38.54 each,


77 08


Fourth Class, 14 at $100 each,


1,400 00


5 at $50 each, 250 00


5 at $66.67 each,


333 35


2 at $33.33 each,


66 66


$3,927 10


Debit.


CASH, paid State Treasurer, one fou: th


of amount received, $981 77


MISCELLANEOUS, transferred,


2,945 33


$3,927 10


MISCELLANEOUS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$2,500 00


REAL ESTATE LIENS, costs on titles to the city, on property deeded for non-payment of taxes and assess- ments, 149 15


CASH, received : -


Costs on property sold for non- payment of taxes and assess- ments, $551 42


Of the city clerk, fees for recording mortgages, etc., and for mar- riage certificates, etc., 781 93


Of Committee on Public Property,


use of Tufts Street land, 5 00


On account of street watering, 1 63


1.339 98


Amount carried forward,


$3,989 13


55


Amount brought forward, $3,989 13


PUBLIC PARK, transferred, 4,000 00


LIQUOR LICENSES, city's three fourths of sum received, 2,945 33


$10,934 46


Debit.


CASH, paid M. R. Warren, stationery, $300 42


Hooper, Lewis & Co., 66 32 00


J. M. Whittemore & Co., " 67 00


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising and printing, 1,430 10


Haskell Bros., advertising, 68 10


J. A. Cummings & Co., printing, 27 00


A. L. Haskell & Co., . 66


13 50


Rockwell & Churchill, 66


10 00


Geo. I. Vincent, taking abstracts from deeds, 200 00


S. C. Darling, amount paid court


fees, etc.,


63 81


Clerk of court, fees,


5 30


Chas. E. Gilman, amount paid for


stamps, etc.,


7 55


Extra clerical assistance,


29 00


C M. Blake, newspapers,


9 00


Post-office department, rent of box two years, 8 00


A. L. Sanborn, carriage-hire, 19 50


L. H. Brown, 66


4 00


C. W. Daley, 66


5 00


Daniel A. and David A. Sanborn,


verdict of jury for land taken, Prospect Street, 918 76


Douglas Frazar, clerk of Commit-


tee on State Aid and Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, 200 00


Geo. F. Conant, services on Park Betterment plan, 6 89


Amounts carried forward,


$3,424 93


$10,934 46


56


Amounts brought forward,


$3,424 93 $10,934 46


A. H. Folsom, photograph of park, 30 00


C. G. Pope, taking abstracts from deeds, 9 84


Robert L. Spear, services as ex-


pert, examining treasurer's books, balance, 12 00


J. H. Bufford's Sons, printing bonds, 80 00


C. H. Lockhart, return of deaths, 14 25


H. B. Runey, 66


32 75


P. H. Rafferty & Co., 66


19 50


W. A Flaherty, 66


8 00


J. W. Coveney, 66


3 25


John Reed, 4 00 66


F. G. Williams, return of births, 150 00


Thomas Hollis, glycerine, 1 30


J. J. & M. F. Fenelon, camphor, 80


Geo. H. Cowdin, 66


95


H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice two years, 107 80


City of Boston, water rates, 50 00


Cambridge Gas-Light Co., gas,


297 61


Chas. Williams, Jr., rent of tel- ephone, 67 50


R. H. Drake, gas fixtures, 1 50


E. S. Bailey, repairing clock, 1 00


James Bartley, soap, matches, etc., 13 27


H. W. Raymond, hardware, 15 51


W. Schuebeler, brushes, etc., 2 52


Howe & Flint, dusters, etc.,


15 08


Murphy, Leavens & Co., dusters, etc., 8 65


H. Wellington & Co., fuel, 189 46


Amounts carried forward, $4,561 47


$10,934 46


57


Amounts brought forward, $4,561 47 $10,934 46


Support of Poor account, wood, 33 95


H. A. Davis, adjusting weights and measures, 6 50


David Ford, witness fees, etc., 6 40


Chas. Robinson, Jr., court fees,


24 03


S. H. Libby, clerk hire,


31 50


C. C. Folsom, amount paid wit- nesses,


11 50


Harrison & McLane, posting


notices, 16 70


Henry Shaw, posting notices,


3 00


A. J. Wilkinson, engineer's rules, 4 75


Frost & Adams, materials for city engineer, ·


26 13


Buff & Berger, repairing instru- ments, 63 25


Engineer's assistants, car fares,


16 02


F. M. Tribou, stamp ribbon,


3 00


McCrillis & Kendall, cushions,


22 50


L. L. Wilde, use of hall,


10 00


W. H. Whitcomb, sawing wood,


2 40


Ellen Barry, washing,


2 00


Walter S. Barnes, boxes,


1 50


W. A. Orcutt, lightning rods,


3 75


Burdett & Williams, spring,


2 25


Decker & Co., awning,


18 00


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


5 55


W. S. Walker, oiling floors,


21 60


B. Poole, legal services for Water Board, 300 00


Post 139, G. A. R., for memorial day, 300 00


W. J. London, expressing,


11 60


Bancroft's Express, "


15


Amounts carried forward, $5,509 50


$10,934 46


53


Amounts brought forward, $5,509 50 $10,934 46


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber, 16 05


Ingalls & Kendricksen, repairing heating apparatus, 7 44


S. J. Wood, repairing locks, 9 00


G. W. Manning, labor on flag-staff, 21 00


L Arnold, carpenter work, 18 25


Chas. A. Spear, 34 31


J. C. Davidson, copying assessors'


valuation, and as doorkeeper,


50 00


Labor, 14 00


Robert Thompson, labor,


16 00


J. M. Coburn,


12 30


H. F. Maynard, 66


9 00


R. L. Maynard, 66


4 00


Sewer Assessments account, sewer assessments on Tufts Street and Fountain Avenue, 255 78


A. M. Sibley, mason work, 28 25


E. F. Bowker, use of transit, 5 00


H. A. Pratt, expenses of city gov- ernment to gravel lands, 139 00


Expenses in steamer " Empire State,"


54 00


S. D. Carter, refreshments, 33 00


Jairus Mann, amount paid by


him for refreshments,


7 50


For book, 68


For carriage hire, 4 00


For washing,


15 00


For witness fees,


17 00


Watching, 62 50


Patrick Donnelly, . compensation


for damages on highways, 125 00


W. F. Clement, compensation for damages on highways, 100 00


Amounts carried forward, $6,567 56


$10,934 46


59


Amounts brought forward, $6,567 56 $10,934 46


F. D. Woodbridge, compensation for damage to horse, 50 00


Mary M. Stevens, compensation for damages in Police Building, 41 83


Sturtevant Bros., poultry for Thanksgiving distribution, 149 09


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


Charles A. Small, pound-keeper,


25 00


James Deshon, return on tax titles, 60 00


Geo. W. Estabrook, return on tax titles, 145 13


Pauline Simpson, return on tax titles, 110 32


J. French & Sons, return on tax titles, 318 77


C. E. Rymes, services as appraiser, 20 00


Albert Caswell, “ 15 00


Albert Caswell, services as expert,


25 00


J. P. Loring, 66


25 00


D. Brooks,


25 00


B. F. Thompson, . 66 66


25 00


Thos. Cunningham, " 66


10 00


R. A. Vinal,


10 00


Ward officers of 1879,


15 00


Ward officers of 1880, 99 00


$7,836 70


SALARIES, transferred,


300 00


REAL ESTATE LIENS, costs deducted in settlement of tax titles, 22 03


MISCELLANEOUS (WATERING STREETS), cost to the city for watering, 1,906 89


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 868 84


$10,934 46


60


MISCELLANEOUS (WATERING STREETS).


Credit.


CASH, received of sundry persons as their propor- tional part of the cost of watering, $2,032 78 MISCELLANEOUS, cost to the city for watering, 1,906'89


$3,939 67


Debit.


CASH, paid Chas. Faulkner, watering,


$415 45


J. Murphy, 66


412 85


J. McCauley, 66


438 20


George W. Prichard, 60


396 20


J. F. Elkins,


386 95


Henry Gray,


413 70


Highways account, painting carts and watering, 25 70


White & Wiley, paints,


7 52


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing, 18 18


T. McIntire, Jr., lettering cart, 6 00


Fred Belanger, blacksmithing, 75


F. Dooris, 66


4 72


G. W. Cummings, labor on cart, 2 45


C. Holmes & Son, " 66


7 75


J. Leland, repairing cart,


4 35


W. T. Henderson, “


15 75


James Boyd & Sons, hose,


25 00


T. B. Wilson, repairing hose, 4 30


Walworth Manuf. Co., watering posts, 20 00


Water Service account, pipe, 88 45


J. O. Hayden & Co , printing,


7 20


City of Boston, water, 1,138 20


J. P. Prichard, superintendence, 100 00


$3,939 67


61


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT.


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


$6,569 90


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account,


5,052 70


$11,622 60


Debit.


TAXES, for abatement on taxes,


$11,622 60


OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES.


Credit.


CASH, received over taxes and costs on real estate sold for non-payment of taxes for 1878,


$131 00


Debit.


BALANCE, to credit in account of 1881,


$131 00


POLICE.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$22,500 00


CASH, received of Lebbeus Stetson, Clerk of the


Court, for officers' fees, etc.,


1,400 40


$23,900 40


Debit.


CASH, paid M. C. Parkhurst, chief,


$1,400 00


R. R. Perry, captain,


1,100 00


Samuel R. Dow, sergeant,


950 00


C. C. Folsom, 66


950 00


S. A. Brown, patrolman,


915 00


Geo. W. Bean,


915 00


N. F. Caswell,


915 00


Isaac S. Campbell, “


915 00


C. C. Cavanagh, .


915 00


Albert Fisk, 66


915 00


J. E. Fuller, 66


915 00


Amounts carried forward,


$10,805 00


$23,900 00


62


Amounts brought forward,


$10,805 00


$23,900 40


John Hafford, patrolman,


915 00


M. H. Kingsley, 66


915 00


Ivan Laighton,


915 00


Howard Lowell, 66


915 00


John H. McGarr, 66


915 00


Edward McGarr, 66


915 00


J. W. Oliver,




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