Report of the city of Somerville 1881, Part 2

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 294


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Furniture, .


100 00


2,600 00


Amount carried forward,


$424,100 00


22


Amount brought forward, Harvard School House Land (9,810 feet) and Building, Furniture,


$424,100 00


$2,500 00 100 00


2,600 00


Edgerly School House Land (26,428 feet) and Building, .


$25,000 00


Furniture,


500 00


25,500 00


Brastow School House Land (10,019


feet) and Building,


$6,000 00


Furniture,


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,


$4,500 00


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


Amount carried forward,


$527,000 00


23


Amount brought forward, 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


$527,000 00


9,800 00


No. 3 Hose House Land (5,226 feet) and Building,


$9,000 00


Furniture,


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


Elm Street Land (18,000 feet),


3,600 00


Amount carried forward, $761,500 00


21


Amount brought forward.


$761,500 00


Ledge Land on Bond Street (39,732 feet),


2,500 00


Holland Street (5 a., 6,806 feet),


12,000 00


Somerville Avenue (39,456 feet),


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


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,


$1,155,000 00


25


Table B. FUNDED DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1881.


Date.


Loan.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount.


1872. April 1, July 66


City,


1,


6.3


1882. April July


1,


17,500


$17,500


3 & 4,


66


10,000


20,000


66


Water, 66


12,


66


60


50,000


50,000


66


40,000


40,000


8 & 10,


10,000


20,000


5,000


5,000


11 & 12,


Oct.


1,


5,000


10,000


1874.


Oct.


1,


Sidewalk,


10,


66


10,000


10,000


Oct.


1,


City, Water,


349,


5


Oct.


1,


36,500


36,500


1881.


City,


353 to 372,


1874.


1,


City,


49.


6 6


5,000


15,000


55,


2,000


57 & 60,


10,000


20,000


1872.


7,


5%


July


1,


20,000


20,000


1874.


1,


66, 67,


5,000


5,000


72 to 79,


5,000


40,000


Water,


16 to 18,


5,000


15,000


1872.


6


Oct.


1,


6,000 5,000


6,000 20,000


1874.


Oct.


1,


80 to 86,


5,000


35,000


87 to 96,


5,000


50,000


66


5,000


5,000


66


99,


66


2,500


2,500


66


101 to 103,


3,000


9,000


104,


1,000


1,000


105,


2,000


2 000


5,000


30,000


3,000


3,000


66


117 to 121, 123 to 142, 147 to 156,


5,000


50,000


1877.


Oct.


1,


Water,


32,


5


Oct.


1,


5,000


5,000


Jan. 1,


City,


337,


Jan.


1,


5,000


5,000


April 1,


188,


52


April


1,


4,500


4,500


April


1,


342,


5


6,000


6,000


Oct.


1,


350,


6,000


6,000


Oct.


1,


413,


66


6,000


6,000


July


1,


19 to 22,


6


July


1,


5,000


20,000


157,


4,000


4,000


158,


3,000


3,000


159,


5,000


5,000


160 to 162,


5,000


15,000


163 to 174,


5,000


60,000


Amount


carried forward


$854,500


Oct. 66


1,


City,


13, 14 to 17,


66


66


7,500


7,500


April 1,


1,000


20,000


1884. April 1,


10,000


10,000


52 to 54,


July


1,


2,000


2,000


July 66


1,


1,


5,000


10,000


5 & 6,


13,


City,


9,


1880.


1883.


36,


April 66


66


98,


100,


1,000


1,000


106 to 111, 116,


5,000


125,000


1878.


1885.


1876.


1879.


1880.


1881.


1875.


1885.


Water, City,


2,000


26


Table B. - Continued.


Date.


Loan.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount.


1876. . April 1, 66


City,


175 to 182,


5}


April 1,


5,000


40,000


183 to 185, 186,


66


66


5,000


5,000


187,


1,000


Water,


23 to 27,


66


10,000


50,000


1880.


-


37 to 45,


5


Oct.


1,


1,000


9,000


1881.


1.


City,


373 to 412,


1,000


40,000


Oct.


1,


416,


66


1,000


6,000


Jan.


1,


Water,


57 to 65,


Jan.


1,


1,000


9,000


1880.


Oct.


1,


46 to 54,


Oct.


1,


1,000


9,000


66


55,


Oct.


1,


9,000


9,000


Jan.


1,


66 to 76,


Jan.


1,


1,000


11,000


Oct.


1,


78 to 88,


Oct.


1,


1,000


11,000


89 to 99,


Oct.


1,


1,


1,000


12,000


1878.


Jan.


1,


City,


335,


Jan.


1,


37,000


37,000


336,


16


1,000


1,000


1879.


Jan.


1,


Water,


34,


60


66


25.000


25,000


City,


339,


66


12,000


12,000


66


340,


66


1,500


1,500


341,


1,500


1,500


1880.


Jan.


1,


346,


2,000


2,000


347,


1,000


1,000


348,


5,500


5,500


1876.


April 1,


35,500


35,500


Oct.


1,


66


5


5.000


25,000


195 to 334,


1,000


140,000


1879.


April 1,


343,


4,000


4,000


Oct.


1,


344,


8,000


8,000


345,


16


25,000


25,000


1880


Oct.


1,


351,


1,000


1,000


1881.


Oct.


1,


414,


45,000


45,000


1876.


1896.


July 1,


Sewer,


1 to 7,


July


1,


5,000


35,000


1877.


1,


Water,


33,


Oct.


1,


5,000


5,000


1879.


1905.


Jan.


1,


35,


Jan.


1,


5,000


5,000


1876.


29,


53


April 1,


4,500


4,500


1880.


1,


56,


5


5,500


5,500


1881.


1905.


Oct.


Water,


77,


April 1, 1906.


6,000


6,000


1876.


30 and 31,


5.1


July


1,


5,000


10,000


July


1,


Total


Funded Debt ... . .


$1,585,000


Amount


brought forward


$854, 00


1886.


5,000


15,000


28,


1887.


5,500


5,500


Oct.


1,


April


500


500


417 to 422,


1890.


1881.


1892.


1893.


1,000


11,000


1894.


100 to 111,


Oct.


1895.


2,000


2,000


338,


189, 190 to 194,


April


1,


42,500


42,500


352,


415,


1,000


1,000


1904.


Oct.


April 1,


Oct.


1,


1889.


1,000


27


Table C.


STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1881.


APPROPRIATIONS. Credit.


TAXES, amount assessed for current expenses,


$410,528 94


PROPERTY and DEBT BALANCE, appropriated in 1881, 158,500 00


$569,028 94


Debit.


FIRE DEPARTMENT,


$21,500 00


HEALTH DEPARTMENT,


2,800 00


HIGHWAYS,


32,000 00


INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,


1,000 00


INTEREST,


74,000 00


MISCELLANEOUS,


6,500 00


POLICE,


22,500 00


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,


2,300 00


PUBLIC LIBRARY,


1,200 00


PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,


1,200 00


RENEWALS OF FUNDED DEBT,


158,500 00


SALARIES,


16,400 00


SCHOOL CONTINGENT,


8,700 00


SCHOOL FUEL,


3,300 00


SCHOOL-HOUSE (LINCOLN) ON CLARENDON


HILL,


3,000 00


SCHOOL-HOUSE ON HIGHLAND AVENUE,


18,000 00


SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS,


7,000 00


SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES,


62,000 00


SEWERS,


8,000 00


SIDEWALKS,


2,000 00


SINKING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS,


45,525 00


SOLDIERS' RELIEF,


1,000 00


STREET LIGHTS,


7,500 00


SUPPORT OF POOR,


14,000 00


WATERING STREETS,


4,000 00


WATER MAINTENANCE,


18,500 00


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY (1880),


26,603 94


$569,028 94


28


CASH.


Credit.


COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,


$11,638 19


FIRE DEPARTMENT,


22,124 48


FUNDED DEBT,


158,500 00


HEALTH DEPARTMENT,


2,519 60


HIGHWAYS,


35,087 71


HIGHWAYS (CHAUNCEY AVENUE),


110 65


INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,


2,016 00


INTEREST,


84,554 98


LIQUOR LICENSES,


175 00


MISCELLANEOUS,


6,777 40


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT,


196 00


OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES,


75 00


POLICE,


23,581 00


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,


1,880 78


PUBLIC LIBRARY,


2,892 83


PUBLIC PARK,


385 93


PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,


1,549 91


RECALLED TAX TITLES,


1,810 65


SALARIES,


16,759 35


SCHOOL CONTINGENT,


9,027 90


SCHOOL FUEL,


3,797 07


SCHOOL-HOUSE (LINCOLN) ON CLARENDON HILL,


3,897 52


SCHOOL-HOUSE ON HIGHLAND AVENUE,


25,629 26


SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS,


6,665 29


SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES,


62,136 15


SEWERS,


18,428 11


SIDEWALKS,


3,473 34


SINKING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS,


45,525 00


SOLDIERS' RELIEF,


896 25


STATE AID,


4,796 50


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,


23,160 00


STREET LIGHTS,


7,633 33


SUNDRY PERSONS,


621 00


SUPPORT OF POOR,


16,075 72


Amount carried forward,


$604,397 90


29


Amount brought forward,


$604,397 90


TEMPORARY LOANS,


530,000 00


WATERING STREETS,


6,182 50


32,939 04


WATER MAINTENANCE, WATER SERVICES,


2,040 65


BALANCE, to debit in account of 1882,


14,321 76


$1,189,881 85


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1880,


$7,448 50


FIRE DEPARTMENT,


237 40


FUNDED DEBT,


158,500 00


HIGHWAYS,


2,523 15


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS,


1,091 39


INTEREST,


22,286 14


LIQUOR LICENSES,


700 00


MISCELLANEOUS,


1,051 60


OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES,


11 00


POLICE,


1,419 40


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,


353 00


PUBLIC LIBRARY,


1,161 95


PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,


9 00


REAL-ESTATE LIENS,


7,515 53


RECALLED TAX TITLES,


126 17


SCHOOL CONTINGENT,


110 00


SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS,


622 50


SEWERS,


378 60


SEWER ASSESSMENTS,


9,334 21


SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS,


894 74


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, - INDIGENT


SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, 1,151 00


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, - STATE AID,


4,441 25


STREET LIGHTS,


96 00


SUPPORT OF POOR,


1,978 47


TAXES,


432,264 67


TEMPORARY LOANS,


510,000 00


Amounts carried forward,


$1,165,705 67$1,189,881 85


$1,175,560 09


30


Amounts brought forward,


$1,165,705 67$1,189,881 85 2,810 05


WATERING STREETS,


WATER MAINTENANCE,


18,729 58


WATER SERVICES,


329 26


WATER-SERVICE ASSESSMENTS,


2,307 29


-$1,189,881 85


COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.


Credit.


TAXES, amount assessed for county tax,


$11,638 19


Debit.


CASH, paid county tax,


$11,638 19


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, for deficit of 1880,


HEALTH DEPARTMENT, credit balance of account,


280 40


HIGHWAYS,


1,447 14


INTEREST,


66 66 66


11,018 77


MISCELLANEOUS,


66


1,384 05


POLICE,


66 66 60 66


338 40


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS, credit balance of account, 772 22


SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS, credit balance of ac- count,


957 21


SIDEWALKS, credit balance of account,


288 43


SOLDIERS' RELIEF, credit balance of account,


103 75


WATERING STREETS, " 66 66 66


627 55


WATER MAINTENANCE, " 66 66 66


5,034 47


$48,856 33


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1880,


$26,603 94


FIRE DEPARTMENT, debit balance of ac- count,


387.08


Amounts carried forward,


$26,991 02


$48,856 33


66 66


$26,603 94


31


Amounts brought forward, $26,991 02 $48,856 33


HIGHWAYS (CHAUNCEY AVENUE), debit balance of account, 1,917 45


INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, debit balance of account, 8 00


PUBLIC LIBRARY, debit balance of ac- count, 31 66


PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE, debit bal- ance of account, 340 91


RECALLED TAX TITLES, debit balance of account, 6,689 12


SALARIES, debit balance of account,


359 35


SCHOOL CONTINGENT, debit balance of account, 217 90


SCHOOL FUEL, debit balance of account, 497 07 .


SCHOOL-HOUSE ( LINCOLN) ON CLARENDON HILL, debit balance of account, 897 52


SCHOOL-HOUSE ON HIGHLAND AVENUE, debit balance of account, 462 54


SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES, debit


balance of account, 136 15


SEWERS, debit balance of account,


1,105 52


STREET LIGHTS, debit balance of account,


37 33


SUPPORT OF POOR, debit balance of ac- count, 97 25


$39,788 79


BALANCE, to credit in account of 1882,


9,067 54


$48,856 33


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$21,500 00


CASH, received of James R. Hopkins, amount received by him for wheels and old junk,


$46 00


Amounts carried forward,


$46 00


$21,500 00


32


Amounts brought forward, $46 00 Manure, 52 00


$21,500 00


J. A. Chabot, amount received by him for old boiler, 85 00


H. Wellington & Co., amount of bill approved and paid a second time, 54 40


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account,


237 40


$21,737 40


387 08


$22,124 48


Debit.


CASH, paid James R. Hopkins, chief engineer,


$1,000 00


N. C. Barker, assistant engineer, 400 00


Theophilus Cunningham, clerk to chief engineer, 8 32


J. T. Cummings, clerk to chief engineer, 41 67


Steamer Engine Co.,


781 00


John E. Wool Hose Co.,


693 50


Winter Hill Hose Co.,


687 25


Geo. H. Foster Hose Co.,


706 00


Geo. O. Brastow Hose Co.,


706 00


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


1,062 25


Steamer engineer,


900 00


Steamer fireman,


780 00


Seven drivers,


5,460 00


Henry A. Angier, substitute driver,


158 17


J. Frank Walker,


66


127 77


City of Boston, water for hydrants,


1,428 00


Water rates,


110 00


N. Tufts & Son, grain,


577 34


J. L. Crafts, hoisting tackle,


20 74


Amounts carried forward, $15,648 01


$22,124 48


33


Amounts brought forward,


$15,648 01


$22,124 48


Hunneman & Co., repairs,


61 50


Cook, Rymes & Co., “


19 31


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


147 40


David W. Crocker, repairs,


7 75


Edward O'Brien, horse-shoeing,


36 25


Geo. McDormand,


41 24


J. W. Gerry, 66


10 76


Chas. Maguire,


20 05


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel,


428 15


Hewey Skillings & Co., hay,


31 83


W. M. Hadley, 66


73 95


Favor & Dudley, 66


146 81


Hosmer, Crampton & Hammond,


hay, 750 29


J. F. Brine, hay,


10 09


Lime and cement,


7 45


Ingalls & Kendricken, heating ap- paratus, 439 22


T. B. Wilson, harness work, 78 97


A. W. Lothrop, “ 66


8 00


N. L. Pennock, 66


1 50


R. McAleer, 66 66


73 50


Fred Belanger, 66 66


1 50


C. E. Berry,


66


103 00


F. Ivers,


66


14 00


J. Leland, wheelwright work,


60 05


M. G. Crane & Co., telegraph ma- terials, 150 47


Charles Williams, Jr., telephone


materials, 24 34


J. A. & W. Bird & Co., vitriol, etc.,


46 88


Thomas Hollis,


28 59


Burt & Henshaw, 66


187 86


E. Badger & Son, copper, etc.,


15 53


Amounts carried forward, $18,674 25


$22,124 48


3


31


Amounts brought forward, $18,674 25 $22,124 48


E. B. Vannevar, copper, etc., 8 15


Abiel Pevey, callaud zincs, 139 53


Boston Nickel Plating Co., plat- ing, etc., 6 00


J. E. Parsons, plumbing, etc., 14 35


J. A. Durell,


7 18


J. F. Davlin, 66


19 81


H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc.,


52 83


W. L. Snow, 66


17 88


C. Holmes & Son, 66


81 69


Enoch Robinson, butts and bolts, 34 00


Bishop & Brother, ladders, etc., 20 50


American Fire Hose Co., hose, etc.,


980 74


Pierce & Griswold, indicator, 100 00


Albert Caswell, carpenter work, 135 38


Elijah Walker, 66 66


78 99


R. A. Stevens, 66 66


8 75


J. H. Stevens, 66 66


1 75


Patrick Kiley, mason work, 43 37


S. W. Fuller, lumber, 30 24


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber,


120 93


Leander Greeley, doors,


14 00


J. P. Sampson, calking floors,


9 25


F. Teel & Co., plank, Jeremiah McCarthy, stone,


7 50


T. F. Crimmings, sand,


2 50


W. E. Mellish, keys,


1 70


John Kennedy, blacking,


74 98


David Cutter, repairing badges, 1 50


F. L. Chapman, painting,


20 00


J. Q. Twombly, 37 78


Thomas McIntire, Jr., painting,


3 00


C. H. Tufts, 66


60 00


J. C. Dyer & Co., painting and glazing, 10 75


Amounts carried forward,


$20,871 10


$22,124 48


51 82


35


Amounts brought forward,


$20,871 10 $22,124 48


J. H. Hollis, glazing, 2 00


M. R. Warren, stamps, 5 00


E. J. Burt, stationery, 3 62


E. F. Chaffee, drugs,


6 82


George H. Cowdin, drugs,


6 17


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas,


181 80


Charlestown Gas Co., 66 89 25


B. O. & G. C. Wilson, medicine, 4 00


Union Glass Co., battery jars, etc., 78 60


M. A. Smith, window shades, 10 50


Flynn Brothers, " 66


4 50


W. C. Crane, premium of insurance,


50 00


Reed & Brother, “ 66


12 50


C. Bennett & Son,“ 66


30 00


Daniel Webster Engine Co., re- freshments, 10 00


Geo. F. Roach & Co., furniture,


5 87


Leavens & Trefrey, chairs, 4 50


Highways account, brick and pav- ing, 36 00


E. A. Gillett, wheels,


50 00


J. R. Hopkins, expenses attending convention,


50 00


M. Davis & Son, soap,


8 75


T. Spelman, 60


8 00


R. Warner & Co., brushes, 5 50


O. F. Howe, brooms,


2 50


Jas. Boyd & Sons, fire hats, 82 50


H. A. Winship, hat front, 1 25


S. Walker & Co., oil, 75 01


Speare, Gregory & Co., oil,


2 15


H. J. Hall & Co., 66


2 50


Haskell & Adams, 66


8 82


G. & C. Hollis, cans,


14 00


Amounts carried forward,


$21,723 21


$22,124 48


36


Amounts brought forward, $21,723 21 $22,124 48


Sherburne & Co., oiler, 1 17


James Bartley, naphtha, etc., 18 66


Howe & Flint, drain pipe, etc.,


3 20


J. F. Towle, brooms, salt, etc.,


2 27


George T. Sears, salt,


1 50


N. Harding & Co., badges,


26 25


H. W. Burgess, supplies,


3 59


E. W. Ring, 66


3 50


C. B. Horton, labor,


5 75


Wm. F. Burke, 66


3 00


W. H. Whitcomb, "


1 50


Chabot & Lorentzen, repairing hose, 5 75


Boston Flexible Metallic Packing Co., packing material, 1 00


W. J. London, expressing, 3 10


E. R. Perham, 66


1 80


Stilphen & Co., 66


2 55


Thorpe's Express,


13 80


North Cambridge Express Co., ex- pressing, 90


George T. Day, expressing, 1 60


Lewis Putnam, veterinary services,


14 00


Stephen Day, 66 66 2 50


W. Schuebeler, bedding, etc.,


27 41


Boston Ice Co., ice,


6 00


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


20 00


Mrs. Calvert, washing, 34 52


S. H. Stevens,


24 01


Thomas H. Daley, "


21 74


E. J. Brown, 66


4 06


Mary A. Brown,


8 13


C. M. Howard, 66


20 01


Murdock Parlor Grate Co., horse stalls, 41 50


Amounts carried forward,


$22,047 98


$22,124 48


37


Amounts brought forward, $22,047 98


$22,124 48


M. D. Jones & Co., lawn mower, 14 00


Charles Allen, rein snaps, J. O. Hayden & Co., printing,


25 00


37 50


$22,124 48


FUNDED DEBT.


Credit.


BALANCE, from 1880,


$1,585,000 00


CASH, received from sale of Bonds Nos. 353 to 422, City Loan, $118,500 00


Bonds Nos. 77 to 111, Water


Loan, 40,000 00


158,500 00


$1,743,500 00


Debit.


CASH, paid Town Loan


Bonds Nos. 6 to 8, $23,500 00


Sidewalk Loan Bond No. 9, 10,000 00


Water Loan Bonds


Nos. 8 to 11, 40,000 00


School Loan Bonds


Nos. 3 and 4, 85,000 00


$158,500 00


BALANCE, to credit in account of 1882,


1,585,000 00


$1,743,500 00


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $2,800 00


Debit.


CASH, paid Christopher Burke, remov- ing offal, $500 00


Highways account, collecting


ashes, 1,185 70


Amounts carried forward, $1,685 70


$2,800 00


38


Amounts brought forward, $1,685 70 $2,800 00


W. H. Brine, inspector of Board of Health, 500 00


George I. Vincent, clerk of Board of Health, 100 00


Sundry persons, burying dead animals, 19 75


P. W. Skinner, fumigating, 60 00


Wm. H. Brine, 66


51 00


M. R. Warren, stationery,


27 75


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing,


36 05


Sturtevant Bros., sulphur,


2 04


Chas. H. Crane, 66


50


Geo. E. Hanson,


15


Somerville Advertiser, advertising, 15 00


Codman & Shurtleff, vaccine virus, 2 00


Photo-Electrotype Co., maps, 9 00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire, 5 00


Maurice Buttimer, labor, 1 50


M. J. Walsh, serving notices, 1 16


F. J. Baxter, " 66


1 00


J. E. Eldredge, “ 66


2 00


$2,519 60


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to


credit of account, 280 40


$2,800 00


HIGHWAYS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$32,000 00


CASH, received from J. P. Prichard, amount received by him for old iron, $2 80


Pasturage,


60 00


Health Department,


collecting


ashes, etc., 1,185 70


Amounts carried forward, $1,248 50


$32,000 00


39


Amounts brought forward, $1,248 50 $32,000 00


Arthur Moland, rent, 65 00


Thomas Ormand, " 54 00


Town of Wakefield, gravel,


55 50


Watering Streets account, repair- ing and painting carts, etc., 87 10


Edwin Bowker, pasturage on


Waltham gravel land in 1880, 40 00


Charles Hale, constructing driveway,


7 00


Charles H. North, 66


7 00


C. T. McGrath, 66 66


10 00


Perkins Street Baptist Church,


constructing driveway, Loam and sods, 17 75


15 10


Owen Cunningham, gravel,


4 40


Charles A. Mongan,


3 00


M. W. Carr, 66


3 00


Sidewalks account, gravel and sand,


190 00


Fire Department account, brick and paving, 36 00


Geo. W. Prichard, stone,


15 00


Sewers account,


3 00


Daniel Brooks, 66


21 00


School-House Repairs account,


stone, etc., 9 03


School-House (Lincoln) on Claren-


don Hill account, grading, etc., 37 00


Water Maintenance account, edge stones, filling material, etc., 39 60


School-House on Highland Avenue account, filling material, 100 00


J. Milliken & Co., discount on bill paid, 5


S. Pennock & Son, return on bill paid, 10 00


Amounts carried forward,


$2,078 03


$32,000 00


40


Amounts brought forward, H. A. Pratt, as amount received by him from abutters for the construction of sidewalks on Franklin Avenue, a private way, 445 12


$2,078 03 $32,000 00


2,523 15


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS, assessments levied, 2,011 70


$36,534 85


Debit.


CASH, paid laborers, $16,720 75


John P. Prichard, Superintendent of Streets, 1,333 30


C. E. Prichard, clerk to Super- intendent of Streets, 100 00


Nathan Tufts & Son, grain, 759 73


Knowles Brothers, grain, etc., 648 60


J. F. Ham, hay and straw,


929 59


C. P. Ladd & Co., straw,


24 55


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel,


409 36


S. M. Fuller,


2 70


Wood, Bailey & Wood, wheels, lum- ber, etc-, 200 92


Cook, Rymes & Co., hammers, picks, etc., 77 75


J. P. Bacon, snow plough, 25 00


Farrel Foundry and Machine Co., crusher plates, etc.


104 19


Dodge, Gilbert & Co., bolts, rivets, etc. 32 98


J. O. Hollis, horse powders, 1 00


City of Boston, water rates,


49 00


City of Boston, water for stone crusher, 36 50


Amounts carried forward, $21,455 92


$36,534 85


41


Amounts brought forward, $21,455 92 $36,534 85


Town of Winchester, taxes on gravel land, 7 49


Town of Wakefield, taxes on gravel land, 24 03


Town of Waltham, taxes on gravel land, 129 20


Thos. Powers, steel, 2 60


Boyd & McClure, steel, 3 20


Parker & Gannett, shovels, rakes, etc., 140 18


J. A. Cummings & Co., printing, 3 00


J. O. Hayden & Co., 66 7 25


Lewis Putnam, veterinary services,


46 00


James E. Abbot, 66 58 00


F. Dooris, blacksmithing, 91 20


Fred. Belanger, 66


1 60


H. G. Collins, 66


5 80


Seward Dodge, 66


160 18


W. W. Sawyer, 66


55 86


Geo. McDormand, horse-shoeing, 147 09


Edw. O'Brien,


88 00


J. G. Harmon,


3 49


J. W. Gerry, 66


30 94


E. C. Andrews, 66


2 00


A. T. Colburn, harness work, 80 03


McDowell & Harts, " 66


128 70


James Forgie, 66 66


13 80


N. L. Pennock, 66 66


4 00


Jos. A. Pearson, 66 66


6 75


S. E. Kimball, 66


50 00


T. B. Wilson, 66 66


1 75


Hill & Langtry, 66 66


94 52


J. F. Clark, 66 66


18 15


Robt. Sanborn, for land for Co-


lumbus Avenue, 1,931 75


Amount carried forward,


$24,792 48


$36,534 85


42


Amounts brought forward, $24,792 48 $36,534 85


S. Pennock & Sons, road machine, 150 00


J. Leland, wheelwright work, 62 45


Underhill Brothers, axe, etc.,


2 40


W. L. Snow, pipe, etc.,


7 75


John P. Squire & Co., salt,


3 25


Chas. H. North & Co., “


2 54


S. J. Wood, filing saws, 5 25


Town of Medford, half cost of maintaining Middlesex Avenue bridge in 1880, 546 26


H. A. Pratt, carriage hire, 4 00


Barker & Tibbetts, expressing, 6 54


E. R. Perham, 66


1 75


Welch & Griffiths, saw,


3 15


John Milliken & Co., axle grease, 5 83


Jos. Zane & Co., faucet,


3 25


Stickney & Poor, ginger,


2 00


James Rody, cutting grass,


20 00


F. Alderman, breaking colt,


30 00


Wm. U. Fairbairn, grate bars,


27 66


Wm. H. Cushman & Co., cloth,


32


Peabody & Whitney, brooms, etc.,


19 74


O. S. Foster, brick,


471 00


J. S. Nason, horses,


1,141 00


John Turner & Co., paving stone,


etc., 2,536 71


Middlesex Bleachery and Dye


Works, ashes, 40 70


Wesley C. Crane, premium of in- surance,


15 00


Charles S. Robertson, premium of insurance, 102 50


G. R. Emerson, granite,


16 25


Osgood & Hart. castings,


6 40


Amounts carried forward,


$30,026 18


$36,534 85


43


Amounts brought forward, $30,026 18 $36,534 85


Densmore & Brackett, sash, 2 50


Moore, Smith & Co., blankets, etc., 49 00


Henderson Brothers, runners, etc., 95 00


James H. Stubbs, cutting edge stone, 3 24


C. H. Crane, drugs, 7 37


Thomas Hollis, "


14 93


William A. Muzzey, carpenter work, 2 85


R. A. Melvin & Co., carpenter work, 61 12


N. C. Barker, carpenter work, 10 00


Hooper, Lewis & Co., stationery, 4 00


M. R. Warren,


14 90


A. R. Gay & Co. 66


5 75


Boston and Providence Railroad Co., freight, 2 60


Owners steamship " Norman," freight, 8 66


Geo. H. Sampson, powder, 25 10


W. M. Hadley, lime, cement, etc., 19 25


Sewers account, setting stone


bounds, 6 75


Charles Holmes & Son, hardware, etc., 19 50


H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc., 57 06


S. W. Fuller, lumber, 476 22


P. S. & J. B. Huckins, lumber,


234 73


S. Walker & Co., oil,


5 04


Speare, Gregory & Co., oil,


1 65


Haskell & Adams,


6 75


Henry J. Hall & Co.,


15 45


C. A. Small & Co., 66


5 94


Walworth Mfg. Co., glass tubes, etc., 9 18


Amounts carried forward, $31,190 72


$36,534 85


44


Amounts brought forward, $31,190 72 $36,534 85


White & Wiley, paint, etc., 29 47


C. H. Tufts, painting, 8 50


T. F. Burbank, "


12 00


Geo. W. Prichard, teaming stone and filling material, 1,240 60


Jeremiah Kelliher, stone,


36 54


Thomas Lord, gravel and filling material, 439 50


Jeremiah McCarthy, teaming and stone, 172 58


W. M. McLaughlin, filling material, 80 80


Owen Cunningham, teaming, 608 00


T. F. Crimmings,


262 00


Martin Gill, 66


454 00


Henry Gray, 66


89 00


Henry Foster, 66


66 00


M. A. Foster, 66


38 00


John McCarthy, 66


15 00


William Hamilton, 66


42 00


W. J. Rouse,


3 00


Douglass Frazar, clerk of Com-


mittee on Highways, 300 00


$35,087 71


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 1,447 14


$36,534 85


HIGHWAYS (CHAUNCEY AVENUE).


Credit.


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to debit of account, $1,917 45


Debit.


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS,


abated, $1,806 80


Amounts carried forward, $1,806 80


$1,917 45


45


Amounts brought forward, $1,806 80 $1,917 45


CASH, paid O. S. Knapp, costs of court in suit with Clark Bennett, 110 65


$1.917 45


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.


Credit.


HIGHWAYS (CHAUNCEY AVENUE), abated,


$1,806 80


CASH, received of sundry persons, assessments, 1,091 39


BALANCE, to debit in account of 1882,


1,945 26


$4,843 45


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1880,


$2,831 75


HIGHWAYS, assessments levied, 2,011 70


$4,843 45


INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $1,000 00


STATE OF MASS. (INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS) ,


one half of amount paid in 1881, charged to the State,


1,008 00


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, 8 00




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