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Concurred in.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
IN COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, Feb. 13, 1883. To the City Council of Somerville : -
The Committee on Finance reports that, in compliance with section 9 of ordinance No. 4, it has, in conjunction with the city auditor, examined and audited the books and accounts of the treasurer and collector of taxes for the year ending Dec. 31, 1882, and in the manner prescribed by said ordinance. The said books and accounts were carefully compared with the books and records of the auditor, the books, accounts, papers, vouchers, and documents of the city clerk and the several committees, boards, and officers of the city, and with the certificates and statement transmitted by the city clerk, as provided in section 4 in said ordinance. The committee also carefully verified the cash balance, as shown by the books and accounts of the treasurer. The committee takes pleasure in reporting as the result of its examination that no error or discrepancy was discovered in the accounts and records of the treasurer and collector, and in expressing its cordial approval of the remarkably neat, methodi- cal, and accurate manner in which he has kept the books and accounts of his department, as well as the general efficiency displayed by him in the performance of his important and arduous official duties, and recommends that his report be accepted.
JOHN A. CUMMINGS, MARK F. BURNS, ALBION A. PERRY, FRANK E. FITTS, HIRAM D. SMITH, NATHAN A. FITCH, R. T. BLACKWELL, S. G. A. TWYCROSS,
Committee on
Finance.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Feb. 14, 1883. Accepted and sent down for concurrence.
GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk, pro tempore.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 15, 1883.
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DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, Jan. 24, 1883.
To the Honorable the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Somerville :
GENTLEMEN, -The undersigned presents herewith the eleventh annual report of the financial condition of the city, and a detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements for the year ending Dec. 31, 1882.
The valuation of the public property, Dec. 31, 1881, was $1,155,- 000, and no acquisitions to this account have been recorded during the past year. An appropriation of $17,000 for the erection of an addition to the Edgerly School-house was made during the year. Of this appropriation there remains an unexpended balance of $1,479.66 to be applied to the liquidation of the amount due on the carpenter's contract and such outstanding bills as may be ap- proved by the committee. If no additional appropriation for this improvement is made the public property will stand on the books valued at $1,172,000.
The funded debt of the city, not having been changed during the year, remains at $1,585,000.
City loan bond No. 1,
$17,500
66
" Nos. 3 and 4,
10,000
6 Nos. 5 and 6,
20,000
Water loan bond No. 12,
50,000
66
66 " No. 13,
40,000
City loan bond Nos. 8 and 10,
20,000
" No. 9,
5,000
6 " Nos. 11 and 12,
10,000
Sidewalk loan bond No. 10,
10,000
Amounting to
$182,500
bearing interest at 6} per centum, maturing during the year having been provided for by the issue and disposal of the following new bonds, all bearing interest of 5 per ceutum per annum.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
City loan bonds Nos. 423 to 437,
$15,000
No. 438,
500
66
יי
Nos. 439 to 461,
23,000
Water loan bonds Nos. 112 to 124,
13,000
66 66 66
Nos. 125 to 136,
12,000
66
66
No. 137,
500
66 66 Nos. 138 to 151,
14,000
66 66 66 Nos. 152 to 166,
15,000
66
66 66 Nos. 167 to 181,
15,000
66
66 66 No. 182,
500
66
66
66 Nos. 183 to 194,
12,000
No. 195,
500
City loan bonds No. 462,
7,000
6
66 No. 464,
2,000
Water loan bond No. 196,
6,500
66
No. 197,
1,000
Amounting to
$182,500
The assets of the city available for the payment of its unfunded liabilities are as follows : -
Taxes,
$156,790 34
Real-estate liens,
3,327 45
State of Massachusetts, State aid,
4,312 75
State of Massachusetts, indigent soldiers and sailors,
481 00
Highway betterment assessments,
979 98
Sidewalk assessments,
3,312 84
Sewer assessments,
7,865 41
Water-service assessments,
723 82
Cash,
21,516 88
Total amount of available assets,
$199,310 47
The unfunded liabilities are : -
Temporary loans,
$160,000 00
Overplus on tax sales,
189 13
Amount carried forward,
$160,189 13
66
66
66 No. 463,
45,000
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Amount brought forward,
$160,189 13
Public Park,
351 32
Public Library,
100 29
Sundry persons,
1,110 10
Edgerly School-house addition,
1,479 66
Total amount of unfunded liabilities, $163,230 50
Excess of available assets over un-
funded liabilities, 36,079 97
$199,310 47
The tax levy for 1882 was on a valuation of $23,162,200, at $17.80 on $1,000 valuation; and 6,717 polls at $2.00 each ; amounting to $425,721.16.
The appropriations for the year (provided for by tax levy), the additional amounts credited, and the expenditures of the various departments were as follows : -
Appropria- tions.
Additional Credits.
Expenditures.
Fire Department
$22,000 00
Manure and materials sold. ..
$199 44
$22,124 89
Health Department.
2,500 00
Transferred from Interest acc't.
200 00
Licenses to keep swine, etc .....
309 25
Highways ..
30,000 00
Transferred from Interest acc't.
1,000 00
Labor and materials furnished ..
4,145 63
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors State of Massachusetts
493 00
1
Interest Appropriation ... . $70 000 3 Trsfd. to other accts. 8,300 Interest, premiums & corp. taxes
61,700 00
35,957 23
Miscellaneous
7,000 00
Fees, costs on taxes, licenses, etc.
1,849 76
Police
22,500 00
Court fees, fines, etc
1,221 90
23 408 82
Police Station Incidentals Rent of hall.
2,000 00
625 00
2,263 55
2,921 49
34,881 81
500 00
986 00
79,651 00
7,687 28
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Appropria- tions.
Additional Credits.
Expenditures.
Public Library. Dog licenses, fines and catalogues
$1,500 00
$1,283 88
$2,683 59
Balance to be expended in 1883. . Public Park Maintenance ..
1,500 00
Transferred from Interest acc't. Grass sold, etc.
50 00
13 25
Salaries
18,000 00
17,864 54
School Contingent.
9,000 00
Transferred from Interest acc't.
200 00
Tuition and school furniture ....
248 50
School Fuel.
3,500 00
Transferred from Interest acc't.
1,000 00
School-house Incidentals .
6,500 00
Transferred from Interest acc't. Rent of halls, etc.
750 00
756 00
School Teachers' Salaries .
63,000 00
Transferred from Interest acc't.
2,200 00
65,037 02
Sewers
14,000 00
194 45
11,134 05
Sidewalks
2,600 00
Transferred from Interest acc't.
1,200 00
3,684 65
Sinking Fund Contributions
45,525 00
45,525 00
Soldiers' Relief
225 00
225 00
Street Lights.
7,000 00
Transferred from Interest acc't.
200 00
Lamp posts erected, etc.
430 98
7,577 55
Support of Poor
14,000 00
Transferred from Interest acc't.
1,000 00
Support of paupers ,
16,383 10
Watering Streets .
3,000 00
From Abutters
3,133 95
6,042 15
Water Maintenance
12,000 00
Transferred from Interest acc't.
500 00
Labor and materials furnished ..
454 15
Water Loan Interest.
2,000 00
City of Boston, return on water rates .
19,354 28
18,012 50
Edgerly School-house Addition. 17,000 00
15,520 34
100 29
1,514 16
9,318 36
4,318 11
7,866 75
Materials and labor furnished ...
1,650 14
12,755 77
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Appropria- tions.
Additional Credits.
Expenditures.
Balance to be expended in 1883. State of Massachusetts, State Tax ..
$30,880 00
30,880 00
County of Middlesex, County Tax ..
11,638 19
11,938 19
Overlay and Abatement
6,352 97
Received for taxes previously abated
$85 18
Applied to abatement on taxes ..
7,629 08
Total amount of Appropriations .... $125,721 16
66
Additional Credits, 72,405 97
66 66 Expenditures.
$471,114 70
Excess of Appropriations over cur- rent expenses.
27,012 43
$498,127 13
$498,127 13
The financial condition of the city, without taking into consider. ation its public property, is as follows : -
Funded debt
$1,585,000 00
Amount of the sinking funds, as per report of the com- missioners
373,654 18
Net amount of funded debt
$1,211,345 82
Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities . 36,079 97
Leaving a net indebtedness of
$1,175,265 85
The total cash receipts for the year, including a balance of $14,321.76 from the year 1881, were
$1,151 332 03
And the total cash disbursements
1,129,815 15
Leaving in the treasury the sum of
$21,516 88
A detailed statement of the funded debt, public property, and the receipts and disbursements of the various accounts will be found in the appendix to this report.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. COLE, Treasurer.
$1,479 66
APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.
Table A.
.PUBLIC PROPERTY, DEC. 31, 1882.
Central Hill Land (12 acres, 27,920
feet), City Hall,
$10,000 00
Furniture,
3,000 00
13,000 00
. Public Library,
8,500 00
Steam Fire Engine House,
$10,000 00
Furniture,
500 00
Steam Fire Engine, and Appa- ratus, 4,000 00
Steam Fire Engine, Hose Car-
riage, and Apparatus, 2,000 00
16,500 00
High School House,
$40,000 00
Furniture,
3,500 00
Philosophical Apparatus,
500 00
44,000 00
Prescott School House Land (21,444
feet) and Building,
$40,000 00
.
Luther V. Bell School House Land
(23,396 feet) and Building, $40,000 00
Furniture, 3,000 00
43,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$267,000 00
Furniture,
2,000 00
42,000 00
$100,000 00
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Amount brought forward, Forster School House Land (32,693 feet) and Building, Furniture,
$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
Highland School House Land (23,260
feet) and Building,
$32,000 00
Furniture,
1,000 00
33,000 00
Lincoln School House Land (17,662
feet) and Building,
$8,200 00
Furniture,
300 00
8,500 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
Union School House Land (9,360 feet)
and Building,
$2,500 00
Furniture,
100 00
2,600 00
Amount carried forward,
$267,000 00
8,300 00
$424,100 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward, Harvard School Land (9,810 feet) and Building,
$424,100 00
$2,500 00
Furniture,
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
An. ount carried forward,
$527,000 00
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$527,000 00
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
9,800 00
· No. 3 Hose House Land (5,226 feet) and Building,
$9,000 00
Furniture,
300 00
George H. Foster IIose Car-
riage 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
3
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.
Table B. FUNDED DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1882.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1880.
Oct.
1,
City, Water,
349,
5
1,
$36,500
$36,500
36,
7,500
7,500
1881.
City,
353 to 372,
1,000
20,000
April 1,
49,
63
April 1,
10,000
10,000
52 to 54,
66
5,000
15,000
55,
2,000
2,000
1872
66
7,
51
July 1,
20,000
20,000
1874.
1,
66,
61
66
2,000
2,000
67,
5,000
5,000
66
Water,
16 to 18,
66
5,000
15,000
1872.
Oct.
1,
City,
13, 14 to 17,
66
5,000
20,000
1874.
Oct.
1,
66
80 to 86,
6.4
5,000
35,000
66
87 to 96,
66
5,000
50,000
66
99,
2,500
2,500
100,
66
60
1,000
1,000
101 to 103,
3,000
9,000
104,
66
1,000
1,000
105,
2,000
2,000
1877.
Oct.
1,
Water,
32,
5
5,000
5,000
1878
Jan 1,
City,
337,
Jan.
1,
5,000
5,000
April 1,
188,
April 1,
4,500
4,500
1879.
66
342
5
66
6,000
6,000
Oct.
1,
350,
1881.
Oct.
1,
413,
66
6,000
6,000
1882.
"2,
462,
7,000
7,000
July
1,
19 to 22,
6
July 1,
5,000
20,000
157,
4,000
4,000
158,
66
66
5,000
5,000
66
163 to 174,
66
5,000
60,000
1876.
April 1,
175 to 182,
April 1, 66
5,000
40,000
183 to 185,
5,000
15,000
66
186, 187,
66
5,000
5,000
66
1,000
1,000
23 to 27,
10,000
50,000
28,
5,500
5,500
Amount
carried forward
$795,500
66
72 to 79,
5,000
40,000
6
Oct.
1,
6,000
6,000
98,
66
5,000
5,000
66
66
5,000
125,000
66
106 to 111, 116,
5,000
30,000
3,000
3,000
117 to 121, 123 to 142, 147 to 156,
5,000
50,000
1880.
6,000
6,000
Oct.
1875.
3,000
3,000
159,
160 to 162,
66
5,000
15,000
1886.
10,000
20,000
57 and 60,
July 1,
July
April 1, 1874.
1884.
1883. Oct.
1885.
1876.
April 1,
Water, City,
Water,
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table B. - Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount
brought forward
$795,500
1882.
1887.
July
1,
City,
423 to 437, 438,
5
July 1,
$1,000
15,000
1880.
1,
Water,
37 to 45,
Oct. 1,
1,000
9,000
1881.
City,
373 to 412,
66
1,000
40,000
Oct.
1,
66
417 to 422,
1,000
6,000
1882.
1888.
1,000
23,000
Jan.
1,
Water,
57 to 65,
Jan. 1,
1,000
9,000
1880.
Oct.
1,
46 to 54,
Oct. 1, 1890.
1,000
9,000
1881.
Jan.
1,
66 to 76,
Jan.
1,
1,000
11,000
Oct.
1,
78 to 88,
Oct.
1,
1,000
11,000
66
89 to 99,
Oct. 1,
1,000
11,000
1894.
Oct. 1,
1,000
12,000
1878.
Jan.
1,
City,
335,
Jan. 1,
37,000
37,000
336,
66
1,000
1,000
1879.
Jan.
1,
Water,
34,
25,000
25,000
66
340,
1,500
1,500
1880
Jan.
1,
346,
2,000
2,000
347,
66
1,000
1,000
348,
5,500
5,500
1876.
April 1,
189,
April 1,
35,500
35,500
Oct.
1,
190 to 194,
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,
25,000
25,000
1880.
Oct.
1,
351,
1,000
1,000
352,
42,500
42,500
1881.
Oct.
1,
414,
45,000
45,000
1882.
Ocr. 2,
45,000
45,000
July
1,
Water,
112 to 124,
July 1, 1896. July 1,
5,000
35,000
1882.
Water,
125 to 136, 137,
1897.
138 to 151,
July 1,
1,000
14,000
60
152 to 66,
July 1,
1,000
15,000
Amount
carried forward
$1,513,500
July 1,
439 to 461,
July 1,
1881.
1889.
Oct. 1, 1892.
9,000
9,000
1893.
2,000
2,000
City,
339,
12,000
12,000
341,
1,500
1,500
100 to 111,
1895.
66
66
416,
500
500
500
500
Oct.
1,
Sewer,
1 to 7,
July
1,
1,000
12,000
500
500
415,
1,000
1,000
463, 464,
2,000
2,000
1,000
13,000
1876.
July
1898.
55 5
338,
60
April 1,
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Table B. - Concluded.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1882. July
1,
Water, 66
167 to 181, 182,
5
July 1,
$1,000
15,000
500
500
66
183 to 194, 195,
1904.
Oct.
1,
33,
Oct. 1,
5,000
5,000
1879.
Jan.
1,
35,
Jan. 1,
5,000
5,000
1876.
April 1, 1880.
29,
April 1,
4,500
4,500
Oct.
1,
56,
5
5,500
5,500
1881.
Oct.
1,
77,
.€
6,000
6,000
Oct. 66
2,
66
196, 197
66
66
6,500
6,500
1876.
66
30 and 31,
51
July 1,
5,000
10,000
Total
Funded Debt
$1,585,000
1900. July 1,
1,000 500
500
1877.
Amount
brought forward
$1,513,500
1899.
1906.
1,000
1,000
July
1,
1882.
66
1905.
12,000
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table C.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1882.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Credit.
TAXES, amount assessed for current expenses,
$376,850 00
PROPERTY and DEBT BALANCE, appropriated in 1882, 182,500 00
$559,350 00
Debit.
FIRE DEPARTMENT,
$22,000 00
HEALTH,
2,500 00
HIGHWAYS,
30,000 00
INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
500 00
INTEREST,
70,000 00
MISCELLANEOUS,
7,000 00
POLICE,
22,500 00
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,
2,000 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY,
1,500 00
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,
1,500 00
RENEWALS OF FUNDED DEBT,
182,500 00
SALARIES,
18,000 00
SCHOOL CONTINGENT,
9,000 00
SCHOOL FUEL,
3,500 00
SCHOOL-HOUSE INCIDENTALS,
6,500 00
SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES,
63,000 00
SEWERS,
14,000 00
SIDEWALKS,
2,600 00
SINKING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS,
45,525 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF,
225 00
STREET LIGHTS,
7,000 00
SUPPORT OF POOR,
14,000 00
WATERING STREETS,
3,000 00
WATER MAINTENANCE,
12,000 00
WATER LOAN INTEREST,
2,000 00
EDGERLY SCHOOL-HOUSE ADDITION,
17,000 00
$559,350 00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.
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CASH.
Credit.
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,
$11,638 19
EDGERLY SCHOOL ADDITION,
15,520 34
FIRE DEPARTMENT,
22,124 89
FUNDED DEBT,
182,500 00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
2,921 49
HIGHWAYS,
34,881 81
INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
986 00
INTEREST,
78,588 50
MISCELLANEOUS,
7,687 28
OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES,
236 00
POLICE,
23,408 82
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,
2,263 55
PUBLIC LIBRARY,
2,683 59
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,
1,514 16
SALARIES,
17,864 54
SCHOOL CONTINGENT,
9,318 36
SCHOOL FUEL,
4,318 11
SCHOOL-HOUSE INCIDENTALS,
7,866 75
SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES,
65,037 02
SEWERS,
20,266 02
SIDEWALKS,
7,357 57
SINKING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS,
45,525 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF,
225 00
STREET LIGHTS,
7,577 55
SUPPORT OF POOR,
16,383 10
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
30,880 00
STATE AID,
4,497 25
SUNDRY PERSONS,
1,037 50
TEMPORARY LOANS,
465,000 00
WATERING STREETS,
6,042 15
WATER MAINTENANCE,
12,755 77
WATER SERVICES,
2,933 84
WATER LOAN INTEREST,
17,975 00
BALANCE, to debit in account 1883,
21,516 88
$1,151,332 03
40
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Debit.
BALANCE, from 1881,
$14,321 76
FIRE DEPARTMENT, 199 44
FUNDED DEBT,
182,500 00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
309 25
HIGHWAYS,
4,145 63
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS,
61 88
INTEREST, 35,798 46
MISCELLANEOUS,
1,747 16
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT,
35 56
OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES,
358 13
POLICE,
1,221 90
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS,
625 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY,
1,283 88
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE,
13 25
SCHOOL CONTINGENT,
248 50
SCHOOL-HOUSE INCIDENTALS,
756 00
SEWERS,
194 45
SEWER ASSESSMENTS,
8,704 32
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS,
1,894 66
STREET LIGHTS,
430 98
SUPPORT OF POOR,
1,650 14
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS - INDIGENT
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, 1,016 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS - STATE AID,
4,808 50
TAXES,
426,915 79
TEMPORARY LOANS,
435,000 00
WATER MAINTENANCE,
408 07
WATER SERVICES,
5 00
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS,
3,087 93
WATER LOAN INTEREST,
19,354 28
WATERING STREETS,
3,133 95
REAL ESTATE LIENS,
1,070 66
STATE AID,
31 50
-$1,151,332 03
41
APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
Credit.
TAXES, amount assessed for county tax, $11,638 19
Debit.
CASH, paid on county tax,
$11,638 19
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
Credit.
BALANCE, from 1881,
$9,067 54
FIRE DEPARTMENT, credit balance of account,
74 55
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
87 76
HIGHWAYS, credit balance of account,
263 82
INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, credit balance of account, 7 00
INTEREST, credit balance of account,
18,006 23
MISCELLANEOUS, 60 66
1,162 48
POLICE,
66 60
313 08
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS, credit balance of ac-
count,
361 45
PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE, credit balance of ac- count,
49 09
SALARIES, credit balance of account,
135 46
SCHOOL CONTINGENT, credit balance of account,
130 14
SCHOOL FUEL, יי
181 89
SBHOOL-HOUSE INCIDENTALS, credit balance of ac- count,
139 25
SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES, credit balance of ac-
count,
162 98
SEWERS, credit balance of account,
3,060 40
SIDEWALKS, 66 66
115 35
STREET LIGHTS, credit balance of account,
53 43
SUPPORT OF POOR, "
267 04
Amount carried forward,
$33,638 94
42
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward,
$33,+38 94
WATERING STREETS, credit balance of account, 91 80
WATER MAINTENANCE, " 60 66
198 38
WATER LOAN INTEREST, " 66
3,341 78
$37,270 90
Debit.
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT, debit balance
of account,
$1,190 93
BALANCE, to credit in account of 1883, 36,079 97
$37,270 90
EDGERLY SCHOOL-HOUSE ADDITION.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $17,000 00
Debit.
CASH paid J. O. Hayden & Co. adver-
tising, $3 00
Journal Newspaper Company, ad- vertising, 6 00
Daily Advertiser, advertising, 4 50
Samuel D. Kelley, on account as architect, 500 00
R. A. Hines & Son, mason work, 7,499 00
Daniel Brooks, mason work, 230 57
Mead, Mason & Co., on account car- penter work, 5,750 00
R. A. Melvin & Co., carpenter work, 333 49
Highland Foundry Co., furnaces, 406 00
J. A. Swasey, blackboards, 77 93
Bosworth & French, soapstone sinks 63 00
Oaks Manufacturing Co., eagle vane, 35 00
A. G. Whitcomb, school furniture, 307 85
Amounts carried forward, $15,216 34
$17,000 00
43
APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $15,216 34 $17,000 00
School-house Incidentals, account
second-hand desks 272 00
Daniel Pratt's Son, clock,
21 00
E. A. Kent, teaming,
5 00
W. H. Denton, cleaning windows
6 00
$15,520 34
BALANCE to credit in account 1883,
1,479 66
$17,000 00
FUNDED DEBT.
Credit.
BALANCE from 1881, $1,585,000 00
CASH received from sale of Bonds Nos.
423 to 464, City Loan, $92,500 00
Bonds Nos. 112 to 197 Water Loan, 90,000 00
182,500 00
$1,767,500 00
Debit.
CASH paid City Loan Bond No. 1, $17,500,00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 3 and 4,
10,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 5 and 6, 20,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 8 and 10, 20,000 00
City Loan Bond No. 9, 5,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 11 and 12,
10,000 00
Sidewalk Loan Bond No. 10, 10,000 00
Water Loan Bond No. 12,
50,000 00
Water Loan Bond No. 13, 40,000 00
Balance to credit in account 1883, 1,585,000 00
$1,767,500 00
44
ANNUAL REPORTS.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Credit.
APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,
$22,000 00
CASH received of Phoenix Insurance Com- pany, damage to hose carriage by fire, $22 00
E. P. Dunbar, amount received for old copper, etc., sold, 90 44
L. W. Dorr, manure, 52 00
J. A. Cummings, feed boxes,
5 00
Samuel Trull, second-hand radiator,
3 00
Herbert Thorp, telephone poles, 3 00
Sewer Department, leather hose,
24 00
199 44
$22,199 44
Debit.
CASH paid James R. Hopkins, chief en-
gineer, $1,000 00
N. C. Barker, assistant engineer, 349 99
Steamer Engine Company, 781 00
John E. Wool Hose Company, 687 25
Winter Hill Hose Company, 693 50
George H. Foster Hose Company,
631 00
George O. Brastow Hose Company,
706 00
R. A. Vinal Hook and Ladder Com-
pany, 1,068 50
Steamer engineer,
950 00
Steamer fireman,
780 00
Seven drivers,
5,460 00
J. F. Walker, substitute driver,
162 50
W. H. Whitcomb, substitute driver, 136 50
Amounts carried forward,
$13,456 24
$22,199 44
45
APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $13,456 24 $22,199 44
W. H. Whitcomb, labor, 9 75
City of Boston, water for hydrants,
1,428 00
City of Boston, water rates,
110 00
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing,
31 25
George McDemond, horseshoeing.
34 57
J. W. Gerry, horseshoeing, 60 90
Charles Maguire, horseshoeing, 51 65
H. G. Collins, horseshoeing, 1 50
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing, 173 08
Benjamin F. Robinson, blacksmith- ing, 5 15
Hunneman & Co., repairs,
588 00
Cook, Rymes & Co., repairs,
168 66
Bowditch & Cogswell, repairs and painting hose carriage, 135 63.
Burbank & Osborn, repairs and painting hose carriage, 112 30
D. W. Crocker, repairs, 11 25
Charles H. Holmes & Son, repairs and storing stoves, 15 10
M. C. Warren, hardware, 28 75.
J. E. Parsons, hardware, 10 12
J. A. Durell, hardware and repairs, 66 55
Howe & Flint, hardware and plumb- ing, 33 18
H. W. Raymond, cuspadores and hardware,
21 04
J. Henry Kimball, springs and repairs, 7 35
F. Ivers, repairing harnesses and chains, 19 15
G. M. J. Wilson, repairing harnesses, 70 35
L. Barrican, repairing harnesses, 90
W. Mitchell, horse collars,
12 00
Maurice Reardon, horse collars,
12 00
Amounts carried forward, $16,674 42
$22,199 44
46
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward, $16,674 42 $22,199 44
Geo. H. Foster Hose Company, har-
nesses, 12 75
Henry A. Bryns, swinging harness, 18 00
Charles E. Berry, swinging harness, 48 00
James Boyd & Son, steel bits, 26 50
John Kennedy, wheelwright work, 2 00
J. Leland, wheelwright work, 13 15
H. H. Miller, painting wagons, 32 00
W. S. Walker, painting and glazing, 28 05
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