Report of the city of Somerville 1881, Part 4

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


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$7,622 50


71


Amounts brought forward, $3,796 49 $7,622 50


C. Holmes & Son, stove work, etc., 20 45


E. W. Carlton, whitening, 168 00


Bovey & Needham, paper hang- ings, 3 94


L. Pearson, paper hangings, 10 15


Edward Earley, repairing roof,


11 80


Adin Davis, removing snow,


10 00


S. J. Wood, filing saws,


3 50


E. S. Bailey, cleaning clocks,


19 00


D. Cutter, 66 66


1 50


B. M. Boyce, clock, 13 00


S. M. Fuller, moving coal, 6 50


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas,


186 96


O. Nowell, adjusting bell,


75


w. C. Crane, premiums of insur- ance, 557 25


Isaac B. Kendall, premiums of in- surance, 77 00


C. Bennett & Son, premiums of in- surance, 272 30


H. A. Pratt, carriage hire, 8 00


J. A. Swazey, blackboards,


33 02


H. Wellington & Co., lime,


1 00


Eureka Ventilating Co., ventilator,


72 00


R. F. Thompson, moving piano, 1 50


Braman, Dow & Co., gauge glasses, etc., 4 34


Flynn Bros., window shades, 10 00


H. W. Covill, labor on conductors, 53 62


A. G. Whitcomb, furniture,


92 47


Jos. Young, care of lawn,


30 00


Alice M. Porter, amount paid repairs, 4 80


J. E. Bond, carpets, 66 80


Amounts carried forward, $5,536 14


$7,622 50


72


Amounts brought forward, $5,536 14 $7,622 50


H. A. Hartley & Co., carpets, 24 08


J. Murphy, trees, 15 00


T. Murphy, "


15 00


D. O'Brien, loam,


1 50


J. Breck & Son, wheelbarrow, 4 80


Highways account, labor,


9 03


D. H. Rinn, 66


2 00


Wm. H. Denton,


4 00


Lewis Grant, 66


2 87


Russell & Fitch, moving night soil, 83 50


Barker & Tibbetts, expressing,


19 20


E. R. Perham, 66


1 25


Thorpe's Express, 66


2 50


H. A. Chick, repairing chairs, etc.,


10 25


Thos. Stanley, " 66


2 75


W. E. Butler, repairing desks, 2 00


Sewer Assessments account, as-


sessment on Maple Street, 43 68


Sewers account, cementing cellar,


190 96


Water Service account, pipe, etc.,


110 80


Sidewalk Assessments account, as- sessment on Putnam Street,


3 53


A. D. Collins, rent, 50 00


Chas. Robinson, Jr., rent,


150 00


Albert Bryant, 66


37 50


Daniel Swan, ."


123 00


E. W. Cobb,


187 50


H. W. Raymond, hardware, 30 45


$6,665 29


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 957 21


$7,622 50


73


SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$62,000 00


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account,


136 15


$62,136 15


CASH, paid salaries,


$62,136 15


SEWERS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$8,000 00


CASH, received of School-House Repairs account, labor, etc., $190 96


Highways account, labor,


6 75


Water Maintenance account, pipe,


1 00


J. A. Cummings & Co., return of bill paid twice, 3 00


Sarah J. Hall, for permission to enter Holland Street sewer, 20 00


Henderson Brothers, for permission to enter Russell Street sewer, 106 89


Massachusetts General Hospital,


for first annual payment for permission to enter Fitchburg Street sewer, 50 00


378 60


SEWER ASSESSMENTS, assessments levied,


9,216 75


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, 1,105 52


$18,700 87


Debit.


CASH, paid laborers,


$2,943 07


Fiske & Coleman, pipe, etc.,


166 05


Amounts carried forward, $3,109 12


$18,700 87


Debit.


74


Amounts brought forward, $3,109 12 $18,700 87 W. A. Muzzey, pípe, etc., 184 98


Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe, etc., 686 35


D. W. Lewis, pipe, etc., 9 07


Howe & Flint, 66 2,515 68


C. Holmes & Son, "


728 04


H. Wellington & Co., cement,


104 30


Leander Greeley, sewer rods,


6 00


H. W. Raymond. hardware,


12 13


Osgood & Hart, iron covers,


203 03


Highways account, stone,


3 00


James Bartley, salt,


1 44


Hunneman & Co., hose, 26 25


A. Parker, catch-basin stone, 260 00


Philip Eberle, rubber boots, 17 00


H. M. Sawyer, oiled suit, 4 75


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing,


71 50


A. R. Gay & Co., stationery, 9 00


S. Dodge, repairing tools, 3 87


L. Arnold, carpenter work,


3 00


City of Boston, water,


25 00


J. A. Cummings & Co., printing,


4 75


E. A. Foster, brick,


216 75


J. M. Burckes, labor, 40 55


G. W. Prichard, sand, 3 00


C. L. Stevens, oil, 40


C. W. Ingalls, carriage hire,


4 00


D. Brooks, connecting cesspool, 1 75


Barker & Tibbetts, expressing,


25


James Maitland, scraper and rake,


8 00


Water Maintenance account, half cost of blow-off, 48 00


J. E. Somers, medical attendance, 2 00


Boston Machine Co., couplings,


30 93


Walworth Mfg. Co., traps, etc.,


33 45


Amounts carried forward, $8,377 34


$18,700 87


75


Amounts brought forward, $8,377 34 $18,700 87


City of Cambridge, five ninths of cost of repairing tide gate, 50 65 Five ninths of cost of removing deposit at mouth of sewer, 922 05


Trustees of Donations of Protes- tant Episcopal Church, for land taken for Newbury Street sewer, 35 00 Henry Emerson, for land taken for Clarendon Avenue sewer, 40 00


George I. Vincent, clerk to Com- mittee on Sewers, 200 00


T. P. Daniels, compensation for damage by obstruction to sewer, 17 83


C. A. Mongan, constructing sewers


in Orchard Street, 134 24


Sewer in Oxford Street, 1,155 85


Russell Street,


257 14


Broadway,


429 37


Village Street, 118 50


Richard Falvey, constructing sewer


in Berkeley Street, 1,216 95


Walnut Street., 302 39


Otis and Wigglesworth Streets, 694 58 Wheatland Street, 319 77


Patrick Terry, constructing sewer


in Poplar Street, 466 87 Maple Street, 310 00


Maurice Terry, constructing sewer in Belmont Street, 1,702 65


S. & M. Buttemer, constructing sewer in Winslow and Villa Avenues, 202 27


Dennis O'Connell, constructing sewer in Morrison Street and Willow Avenue, 222 44


Amounts carried forward, $17,175 89


18,700 87


76


Amounts brought forward,


$17,175 89


$18,700 87


Clarendon Avenue,


462 72


784 02


Boston and High Streets, Labor, inlets, etc.,


5 48


$18,428 11


SEWER ASSESSMENTS, abated,


272 76


$18,700 87


SEWER ASSESSMENTS.


Credit.


CASH, received of sundry persons, assessments,


$9,334 21


SEWERS, abatements on assessments,


272 76


REAL-ESTATE LIENS, title to the city for non-payment of assessment, 221 02


BALANCE, to debit in account of 1882,


7,470 26


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1880,


$8,081 50


SEWERS, assessments levied,


9,216 75


$17,298 25


SIDEWALKS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$2,000 00


SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS, assessments levied,


1,761 77


Debit.


CASH, paid laborers, 439 60


John Turner & Co., edge stones,


2,087 80


O. S. Foster, brick, 685 50


Highways account, gravel, sand, etc., 190 00


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising, 16 00


Martin Gill, teaming, 4 00


Owen Cunningham, teaming,


24 00


Amounts carried forward, $3,446 90


$3,761 77


$3,761 77


$17,298 25


77


Amounts brought forward, $3,446 90


$3,761 77


S. W. Fuller, lumber, 13 46


W. M. Hadley, cement and sand,


11 38


H. W. Raymond, lines, etc.,


1 60


$3,473 34


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 288 43


$3,761 77


SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.


Credit.


CASH, received of sundry persons, assessments,


$894 74


BALANCE, to debit in account of 1882,


1,534 58


$2,429 32


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1880,


$667 55


SIDEWALKS, assessments levied, 1,761 77


$2,429 32


SINKING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$45,525 00


Debit.


CASH, paid Commissioners of the Sinking Funds,


$45,525 00


SOLDIERS' RELIEF.


Credit


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $1,000 00


Debit.


CASH, paid Sturtevant Bros., groceries, etc.,


$367 00


H. Wellington & Co., fuel,


220 85


Philip Eberle, boots and shoes,


34 65


Jas. Bartley, orders,


58 75


Amounts carried forward,


$681 25


$1,000 00


78


Amounts brought forward, Albert Everett, orders, F. R. Everett, 66 Sundry persons, aid,


$681 25


$1,000 00


91 00


3 00


121 00


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to


credit of account, 103 75


$1,000 00


STATE AID.


Credit. STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. - STATE AID, amount paid in 1881, charged to the State,


$4,796 50


Debit.


CASH, paid monthly pay-rolls for aid,


$4,796 50


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Credit.


TAXES, amount assessed for State tax,


$23,160 00


Debit.


CASH, paid State tax,


$23,160 00


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. - INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


Credit. CASH, received of the State Treasurer, $1,151 00


BALANCE, Dec. 31, 1881, due from the State, Dec. 1, 1882, to debit in account of 1882,


1,004 00


$2,155 00


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1880, $1,147 00


INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, one half amount paid in 1881 as per account, 1,008 00


$2,155 00


$896 25


79


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. - STATE AID. Credit.


CASH, received of the State Treasurer, $1,441 25


BALANCE, Dec. 31, 1881, due from the State, Dec. 1, 1882, to debit in account of 1882, 4,655 50


Debit.


$9,096 75


BALANCE, from 1880,


$4,300 25


STATE AID, amount paid in 1881, as per account, 4,796 50


$9,096 75


STREET LIGHTS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $7,500 00


CASH, received of sundry persons for lamp-posts, 96 00


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, 37 33


$7,633 33


Debit.


CASH, paid Cambridge Gas Light Com-


pany, gas,


$2,101 44


Labor on pipes, etc., 30 04


Charlestown Gas Company, gas,


1,693 19


Labor on pipes, etc., 51 00


Hugh Blackwell, lighting,


2,482 90


Globe Gas Light Company, light-


ing, 1,082 33


For lamp-posts, lanterns, etc.,


43 35


A. H. Weld & Son, alcohol,


36 80


Hills, Turner & Co., glass,


16 63


W. H. Blackwell, repairs,


87 55


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising,


7 20


J. P Williams, oil,


40


Geo. T. Day, expressing,


50


$7,633 33


80


SUNDRY PERSONS.


Credit.


BALANCE, from 1880, $631 10


INTEREST, coupons due and unpaid,


762 50


WATER MAINTENANCE, interest coupons due and un- paid,


275 00


$1,668 60


Debit.


CASH, paid sundry persons, sums to


their credit, Dec. 31, 1880, $621 00


BALANCE, to credit in account of 1882,


1,047 60


$1,668 60


SUPPORT OF POOR.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$14,000 00


CASH, received for support of paupers :- Of city of Boston,


$677 22


66 Cambridge,


46 86


66 Chelsea,


53 15


66 Lawrence,


131 55


66 Lowell,


15 55


Town of Andover,


46 97


" Arlington,


126 85


" Bridgewater,


40 41


"' Canton,


7 75


" Medford,


2 00


" Melrose,


15 00


66 Milford,


6 00


66 Nantucket,


24 55


66 Natick,


118 90


66 Wakefield,


10 50


" Woburn,


111 70


Amounts carried forward,


$1,434 96


$14,000 00


81


Amounts brought forward, $1,434 96 $14,000 00


State of Massachusetts, 490 50


Abigail O'Brien, board of son in hospital, 50 61


J. W. Forbush, wood,


2 40


$1,978 47


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, 97 25


$16,075 72


Debit.


CASH, paid State of Massachusetts,


support of paupers, $636 08


State Hospital for the insane, sup- port of paupers, 1,299 63


Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of paupers, 180 12


Worcester Lunatic Hospital, sup- port of paupers, 1,147 92


Asylum for Chronic Insane, sup- port of paupers, 188 46


City of Boston, support of paupers,


1,073 76


66 Cambridge, " 66


207 95


66 Lawrence, 66 66


27 10


6. Lowell, 66 66


500 05


66


Lynn, 66


66


5 50


Taunton, 66


39 02


Town of Braintree, support of paupers, 99 22


Town of Canton, support of pau- pers, 127 57


Town of Holliston, support of pau- pers, 156 00


Town of Melrose, support of pau- pers, 166 00


Amounts carried forward,


$5,854 38


$16,075 72


6


82


Amounts brought forward,


$5,854 38 $16,075 72


Town of Malden, support of pau- pers, 10 00


Town of Marlborough, support of paupers, 267 00


Town of Nantucket, support of paupers, 30 09


Town of Peabody, support of paupers, 5 30


Massachusetts General Hospital, support of paupers, 158 00


C. J. Adams, support of sundry persons in the House of Correc- tion, 60 87


City of Chelsea, burial of paupers, 27 00


J. F. McEvoy, legal services, 21 70


Sturtevant Bros., beef, etc., 234 97 Orders, 107 25


Hennessey Bros., orders, 31 00


C. A. Small & Co., “


75 75


L. Stockbridge,


2 50


L. W. White, 66


33 39


H. W. Burgess, 66


5 00


G. H. Sallaway, 66


3 00


C. H. North & Co.,


12 75


Mrs. Jenness, 66


9 00


P. T. O'Brien, 66


9 25


H. Wellington & Co., fuel, 1,211 76


J. J. Underhill, 66


464 88


J. E. Perkins, 66


8 13


J. F. Ayer, wood, 75 00


J. C. Davidson, teaming fuel, etc., 304 47


Martin Binney, 66 66


£ 66


29 04


J. H. Brooks, dry goods, 75 55


W. Schuebeler,


14 50


Amounts carried forward, $9,141 53


$16,075 72


83


Amounts brought forward,


$9,141 53 $16,075 72


J. W. Brine, clothing, 11 62


Philip Eberle, boots and shoes,


515 30


Belknap & Boynton, provisions,


654 57


Conant, Sanborn & Webber, gro- ceries,


525 91


Roberts, Cochrane & Co., gro- ceries, 651 03


T. N. Snow, potatoes, 245 34


T. A. Shedd, crackers, 118 96


P. Curtiss, fish, 194 40


Hewey, Skillins & Co., meal,


21 70


J. W. Roberts & Co., provisions, 81 30


Baldwin, Farnum & Shapleigh, pork, 69 00


Mansur & Whiting, crackers,


93 34


C. F. Crosby, beans,


6 75


L. Buck, boots,


3 50


C. Holmes & Son, stove work, 90


Howe & Flint, stove work, etc.,


6 50


S. J. Wood, filing saws, 50


H. A. Pratt, carriage hire, 7 50


L. H. Brown,


2 00


S. D. Carter, meals furnished,


4 00


Thos. Cunningham, milk, .


11 94


John Mallory, 66


3 06


Mrs. O'Brien, 66


2 10


Geo. H. Cowdin, medicine,


10 00


Thorpe's Express, expressing,


8 25


W. J. London, 66


25


Moynahan & Co., stove, 6 00


Charles O'Neil, soap, etc.,


89 04


Rand & Byam, 66


17 81


A. L. Sanborn, carriage hire,


10 00


Ansel Lewis, transportation of


paupers, 37 24


Amounts carried forward,


$12,551 34


$16,075 72


84


Amounts brought forward, $12,551 34 $16,075 72


Ansel Lewis, travelling expenses, 42 40


H. B. Runey, undertaker's services, 62 50


P. H. Rafferty & Co., " 66


120 50


W. A. Flaherty,


66


66


25 50


Clark Bennett, premium of insur- ance, 7 50


City of Boston, water rates, 6 00


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing, 22 75


Thomas Cunningham, amount for aid to paupers, 2 50


Steele & Webster, teaming, 7 98


M. R. Warren, stationery, 20 66


H. W. Raymond, hardware,


14 10


Giles & Prescott, bedding,


4 00


Flynn Bros., upholstering,


6 00


Codman & Shurtleff, truss, 2 00


M. E. Nowlin, rent and board, 332 41


L. S. Gammons, " 66


18 00


A. J. Wilson, 66


149 57


Wm. Holbrook, “ 66


60 00


Mrs. Henry McAvoy, board of paupers, 111 53


William E. Littefield, board of paupers,


192 00


Edward Montague, board of pau- pers, 37 28


Sarah Monahan, board of paupers, 5 00


C. F. Clark,


31 55


G. W. Gage,


66


70 35


Mary Sullivan, 66 66


20 00


Zylpah Shaw, rent,


66 00


P. W. Skinner, “


20 00


B. Hagan, 60


42 00


M. Terry, 66


99 50


Amounts carried forward, $14,150 92


$16,075 72


85


Amounts brought forward,


$14,150 92


$16,075 72


Hugh Gallagher, rent,


63 00


M. J. McCarron, “


48 00


Margaret McCarty, "


48 00


Jeremiah McCarty, "


50 00


Chas. O'Neil,


33 00


James Gallagher,


66


29 00


Peter Scott,


66


60 00


Bridget Conlon, 66


39 00


L. Marrett, 66


4 50


Catherine Dillon,


66


10 00


Patrick McDermott, "


8 00


Thomas Kelley,


66


7 00


John Keiley,


12 00


John Stackpole,


66


22 00


Hugh Gill,


66


18 00


M. G. Steele,


66


3 30


Warren Pollard, 66


8 00


E. T. McIntire, 66


12 00


Hannah Gallagher, “


12 00


Sally Bailey,


33 00


Thomas Cunningham, overseer of the poor,


300 00


F., G. Williams, overseer of the poor,


300 00


Ansel Lewis, overseer of the poor,


300 00


Ansel Lewis, storekeeper,


300 00


Thos. Cunningham, secretary of overseers of the poor,


200 00


$16,075 72


TAXES.


Credit.


CASH, received taxes for 1878,


$89 40


1879,


28,663 90


1880,


90,104 97


1881,


313,406 40


$432,264 67


Amount carried forward,


$432,264 67


86


Amount brought forward, $432,264 67


REAL-ESTATE LIENS, titles to the city for non-payment of taxes of 1879, 456 50


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT, abatement


on taxes for 1879, $792 20


1880, 1,042 15


1881,


5,553 55


7,387 90


BALANCE, to debit in account of 1882,


being uncollected taxes for 1878, $58 90


1880, 31,976 28


1881, $133,985 50


166,020 68


$606,129 75


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1880, $153,169 10


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed for


current expenses, 410,528 94


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, amount as- sessed for State tax,


23,160 00


COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, amount as-


sessed for county tax, 11,638 19


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT, amount


added by the assessors, 7,618 32


Additional tax of 1878, 15 20


$606,129 75


TEMPORARY LOANS.


Credit.


BALANCE, from 1880,


$210,000 00


CASH, borrowed by authority of the City Council, on city notes, and of the following-named : - April 1. - Maverick National Bank, on 8 months, at 44 per cent, $100,000 00


Amounts carried forward,


$100,000 00 $210,000 00


87


Amounts brought forward, $100,000,00 $210,000 00


April 9. - Maverick National Bank, on 8 months, at 44 per cent, 100,000 00


Aug. 2. - Blake Brothers & Co., on 4 months, at 3 per cent, 20,000 00


Sept. 9. - Blake Brothers & Co., on 3 months, at 42 per cent, 10,000 00


Sept. 9. - Jacob T. Glines, on 3 months, at 12 per cent, 5,000 00


Sept. 30. - American Loan and Trust Co., on 3 months, at 5 per cent, 75,000 00


Oct. 11. - Warren Institution for Savings, on 2 months, at 42 per cent, 10,000 00


Dec. 27. - Charles R. Ransom, on 6 months, at 42 per cent, 10,000 00


Dec. 27. - Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, on 6 months, at 42 per cent, 90,000 00


Dec. 27. - Jacob T. Glines, on 6 months, at 42 per cent, 5,000 00


Dec. 27. - Warren Institution for Savings, on 6 months, at 42 per cent, 20,000 00


Dec. 28. - American Loan and Trust Co., on 6 months, at 42 per cent, 65,000 00


510,000 00


$720,000 00


Debit.


CASH, paid the following-named : - April 16. - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, note dated Dec. 13, 1880, $80,000 00


Amounts carried forward,


$80,000 00 $720,000 00


88


$80,000 00 $720,000 00


Amounts brought forward, April 16. - Union Institution for Savings, note dated Dec. 13, 1880, 50,000 00


May 3. - Through National Secu- rity Bank, note dated Dec. 31, 1880, 10,000 00


Dec. 1. - Essex Savings Bank, notes dated April 1, 1881, 60,000 00


Dec. 4. - Through National Secu- rity Bank, notes dated April 1, 20,000 00 Note dated Aug. 2, 20,000 00


Dec. 11. - Warren Institution of Savings, note dated Oct. 11, 10,000 00


Dec. 12. - Lynn Savings [Bank, note dated Sept. 9, 10,000 00


Through National Security


Bank, notes dated April 9, 100,000 00 Dec. 27. - Jacob T. Glines, note dated Sept. 9, 5,000 00


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, note dated Dec. 13, 1880, 70,000 00


Notes dated April 1, 1881, 20,000 00


Dec. 30. - Lynn Savings Bank, note dated Sept. 30, 25,000 00


Dec. 30. - Maverick National


Bank, note dated Sept. 30, 25,000 00


Dec. 30. - First National Bank,


note dated Sept. 30, 25,000 00


$530,000 00


BALANCE, to credit in account of 1882, 190,000 00


$720,000 00


89


WATERING STREETS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$4,000 00


CASH, received of sundry persons as


their proportional part of the cost of watering, through


Charles W. Sawyer,


$20 00


John P. Prichard,


302 50


J. F. Wellington,


655 00


Hiram A. Pratt,


1,832 55


2,810,05


$6,810 05


Debit.


CASH, paid Geo. W. Prichard, water- ing,


$394 45


Martin Gill, watering,


378 70


John McCauley, "


400 75


J. F. Elkins,


382 55


John Downey, 66


311 85


Henry Gray, 66


371 35


Jeremiah McCarthy, watering,


296 80


Christopher Burke, 66


309 40


J. P. Prichard, superintendence,


100 00


Boston Belting Co., hose,


47 55


Highways account, painting carts, Watering,


29 75


Dodge, Gilbert & Co., springs,


3 00


Wood, Bailey & Wood, wheels, etc.,


157 55


A. Howe & Co., water cart,


55 00


C. Holmes & Son, tin tubes, etc.,


2 00


Walworth Mfg. Co., stand post,


10 00


W. J. Slade & Son, watering tubs and repairing sprinkler,


172 25


Amounts carried forward, $3,480 30


$6,810 05


57 35


90


Amounts brought forward, $3,480 30 $6,810 05 W. W. Sawyer, wheelwright work, etc., 312 00


T. B. Wilson, repairing hose, 20


F. Dooris, blacksmithing,


1 12


T. McIntire, Jr., lettering, 4 00


S. Dodge, blacksmithing,


23 71


H. G. Collins, repairing water cart,


75


R. A. Melvin & Co., carpenter work, 13 50


S. W. Fuller, lumber, 65 25


Water Service account, repairing standpipes, etc., 77 90


City of Boston, water,


2,189 37


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising, 14 40


$6,182 50


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 627 55


$6,810 05


WATER MAINTENANCE. Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$18,500 00


CASH, received of city of Boston, return on water rates : -


1880. 40 per cent on $2,829.78, $1,131 91


1881. 15 per cent on $20,000, 3,000 00


20 per cent on $10,000, 2,000 00


25 per cent on $10,00


2,500 00


30 per cent on $10,000,


3,000 00


40 per cent on $7,663.64, 3,065 46


American Loan and Trust Com-


pany, premium on water loan bonds sold them, 3,722 50


Fire Association of Philadelphia, damage to water works building by fire, 44 32


Amounts carried forward,


$18,464 19


$18,500 00


91


Amounts brought forward, $18,464 19 $18,500 00


Howe & Flint, amount of bill


approved and paid a second time, 1 08


Eben. Webb, old sheet iron, 40 00


Frank Hennick, " 66


14 96


Somerville Iron Foundry, old sheet iron, 22 40


Edward Foote, pipe,


5 78


J. P. Squire & Co., pipe, 41 17


Massachusetts General Hospital, gate covers, 63 50


Sewers account, labor,


70 50


R. Falvey,


2 00


Patrick Terry, puddling trench,


2 00


S. & M. Buttemer, 66


2 00


18,729 58


WATER SERVICES, transferred,


1,018 93


$38,248 51


Debit.


CASH, paid interest on Water Loan bonds,


$145,000 at 6} per cent, $9,425 00


$20,000 at 6 per cent,


1,200 00


$70,000 at 52 per cent,


3,850 00


$100,000 at 5 per cent,


5,000 00


$19,475 00


Less coupons unpaid,


275 00


$19,200 00


Paid laborers,


5,558 11


N. Dennett, salary as superintend- ent,


1,200 00


E. S. Conant, salary as clerk of Water Board, 100 00


Amounts carried forward, $26,058 11


$38,248 51


92


Amounts brought forward, $26,058 11 $38,248 51


Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings, 83 64


F. B. Austin & Co., iron, 1,094 55


H. Wellington & Co., cement and coal, 418 22


Boston Machine Co., gates, etc.,


333 95


Cook, Rymes & Co., cone pat- terns, etc., 530 95


J. S. Newell & Co., repairing drill, etc., 8 75


C. Holmes & Son, hardware, etc., 49 81


Sumner & Goodwin, wrenches, etc., 10 73


Stultz & Mansur, furnace,


7 50


Crosby Steam Gauge and Valve Co., gauge, 5 00


Pattee & Perkins, hydrants,


445 00


Somerville Iron Foundry, castings,


709 59


Sherburne & Co., waste,


2 75


Coffin Valve Co., hydrants,


192 00


Braman, Dow & Co., pipe,


88 72


A. J. Wilkinson, emery cloth and padlocks, 12 14


City of Boston, pipe,


18 87


Sewers account, "


1 00


Davis & Farnham Mfg. Co., ser- vice boxes, etc., 656 95


Dodge, Gilbert & Co., files,


8 45


Hunneman & Co., couplings,


7 00


Jas. H. Work, bolts,


102 42


Dover Stamping Co., snips,


6 00


Fuller, Dana & Fitz, “


3 90


Conant, Sanborn & Webber, salt,


19 62


J. C. Warren, freight and team- ing,


28 00


James Cogan, collar,


6 50


Amounts carried forward,


$30,920 12


$38,248 51


93


Amounts brought forward, $30,920 12 $38,248 51


E. I. Train & Co., powder, 2 25


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


262 60


J. Breck & Sons, shovels, Sturtevant Bros., use of horse,


44 88


12 25


L. H. Brown, care and use of horse and wagon, 7 00


T. B. Adams & Co., leather, 5 37


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas, 27 28


J. Leland, wheelright work, 60 00


John F. Brine, fuel,


3 45


Sewall & Day Cordage Co., oak- um, etc., 15 96


City of Boston, water rate,


20 00


E. H. Bright, freight on hydrants,


77


Bagnall & Loud, blocks and ropes,


15 85


Geo. H. Cowdin, drugs,


2 03


John H. Hanley, charcoal,


16 20


John T. Hanley, 66


5 40


John McCarty, 66


3 20


John F. Cole, expenses to New Jersey, for water board, 21 50


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing, 5 00


Hooper, Lewis & Co., stationery,


15 65


Powers, Melvin & Co., grain,


201 15


Nathan Tufts & Son, 66


67 00


C. H. Tufts, painting.


19 50


Ames Plow Co., wheelbarrow,


5 50


Bogman & Vinal, nails,


10 50


Greenough & Co., directory,


2 00


J. H. Brooks, drilling,


2 78


J. B. Plummer & Co., brooms,


3 00


Moses Coleman & Co., horse,


200 00


Harry Thorpe, rubber boots,


21 25


Philip Eberle, 66


3 25


Amounts carried forward,


$32,002 69


$38,248 51


94


Amounts brought forward, $32,002 69 $38,248 51 Hill & Langtry, horse blankets,


etc., 29 55


T. B. Wilson, harness work, 36 98


G. M. J. Wilson, “ 66


5 25


N. L. Pennock, 66


1 50


Highways account, edge stone and paving, 39 60


Edward O'Brien, horse-shoeing,


2 00


Charles Maguire, 6 00


Worthley, Downes & Co., rubber mittens, 10 50


H. M. Miller, painting wagon, 18 50


Edmands & Co., drain pipe, 2 85


Thomas Hollis, sponge, etc., 2 15


A. H. Davenport, mat, etc., 4 00


Hosmer, Crampton & Hammond,


hay, 140 77


Harvey Skillings & Co., straw, etc., 19 91


J. C. Story & Co., oil,


18 00


Sturtevant Bros.,


4 05


Downer Oil Co.,


1 20


H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc.,


11 17


-


M. C. Warren & Co., 66 6 00


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber,


30 07


C. P. Ladd & Co.,


2 00


P. F. Williams, 66


151 50


G. W. Prichard, building cellar, etc., 58 00


C. J. Simpson, sand,


7 50


E. R. Perham, expressing,


25


John D. Hills, carpenter work,


297 05


D. P. Bucknam, mason work,


33 00


Ansel Lewis, repairing door,


6 00


Amounts carried forward, $32,938 01


$38,248 51


95


Amounts brought forward, J. Q. Twombly, glazing, 1 00


$32,938 04 $38,248 51


$32,939 04


SUNDRY PERSONS, coupons unpaid, as above,


275 00


$33,214 04


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 5,034 47


$38,248 51


WATER SERVICES.


Credit.


CASH, received of Watering Streets account, repairing


standpipes, etc.,


$77 90


E. G. Woodward, pipe, etc.,


8 75


Lydia Morrell, 66


5 00


Clark Bennett, 66


6 63


Erastus Hobart,


14 93


T. B. Blaikie, 66


19 32


C. H. North,


66


24 45


J. C. Barrus, 66


7 60


School-House Repairs account, pipe, etc.,


110 80


School-House (Lincoln) on Clarendon Hill account, pipe, etc.,


40 25


Town of Arlington, labor, etc.,


13 63


$329 26


WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS, cost of service pipes laid,


2,730.32


$3,059 58


Debit.


CASH, paid laborers,


$535 49


Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings,


236 24


Stultz & Mansur, 66


71 72


Dalton & Ingersoll, 66


52 86


Amounts carried forward,


$896 31


$3,059 58


96


Amounts brought forward, $896 31 $3,059 58


Boston Lead Mfg. Co., lead and


pipe, 49 83


Geo. Woodman & Co., pipe,


20 28


Braman, Dow & Co.,


602 83


Sumner & Goodwin 66




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