Report of the city of Somerville 1882, Part 3

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 338


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J. Q. Twombly, painting and glazing, 18 60


A. Fisher, glazing, 3 25


Wadsworth Bros. & Howland, paints, 1 00


R. A. Melvin, carpenter work, 13 99


G. W. Trefren, carpenter work, 189 10


Elijah Walker, carpenter work, 60 37


Leander Greeley, carpenter work, 2 55


D. W. McDermott, oiling horse stalls, 11 78


O. J. Davis, telegraph poles, 45 28


D. L. Pierce, fire-alarm boxes, 200 00


Edwin Rogers, fire-alarm boxes and supplies, 344 07


Moses G. Crane & Co., fire-alarm tools, 6 75


W. L. Snow, glass lanterns, etc., 19 03


Sturtevant Bros., board and use of horse, 28 00


Hosmer, Crampton & Hammond, hay and straw, 309 41


W. M. Hadley, hay and straw, 787 02


W. M. Hadley, fuel, 272 09


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel, 323 71


632 63


Nathan Tufts & Son, grain,


Bishop Bros., repairing ladders, etc., 13 75


Jackson, Caldwell & Co., bedding, 67 25


Amounts carried forward,


$20,204 50 $22,199 44


47


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $20,204 50


$22,199 44


C. M. Howard, washing, 19 51


Mrs. Calvert, washing, 41 11


T. H. Daley, washing,


19 48


Samuel H. Stevens, washing,


19 50


Mary A. Brown, washing,


13 00


Wakefield Rattan Co., mat,


1 35


Samuel Walker & Co., oil,


23 18


Lustralis Manufacturing Co., oil,


2 00


Henry A. Gooding & Co., oil,


5 00


George F. Roach & Co., iron chairs,


16 60


Enoch Robinson, spring bolts,


12 00


American Fire Hose M'f'g Co., hose,


repairing, and nozzle, 588 55


George Dunbar & Co., hand hose, 37 65


Sherburn & Co., waste, 11 55


R. Warner & Co., brooms, etc.


11 00


Leander Barber, brooms,


5 00


Parker & Burrill, feather duster,


13 75


George G. Page & Co., boxes,


15 00


H. W. Burgess, matches, etc., 5 20


James Bartley, matches, etc.,


2 77


James F. Towle, matches, etc.,


2 36


Thomas Hollis, blue vitriol, etc.,


265 18


Abiel Pevey, callaud zincs,


105 23


Edwin Rogers, zincs and copper,


26 00


Union Glass Co., battery jars,


3 50


James F. Devlin, plumbing,


31 80


S. B. Manning, repairing clocks,


2 50


Ingalls & Kendricken, grates,


9 12


S. J. Wood, keys, 75


Joseph Breck & Son, wheelbarrow,


3 75


Flynn Bros., window shades,


20 50


Wesley C. Crane, premium of insur- ance, 65 62


Amounts carried forward,


$21,604 01


$22,199 44


48


ANNUAL REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $21,604 01 $22,199 44


I. B. Kendall, premium of insur- ance, 42 50


Aaron R. Gay & Co., postage stamps, 5 00


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing and stationery, 54 00


Alfred Mudge & Son, printing fire ordinance, 6 50


S. Armstrong & Co., oak tubs, 12 00


Charlestown Gas Co., gas, 39 23


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas,


60 65


H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice, 24 00


Abbott & Co., ice, 5 00


Bancroft's Express, expressing,


70


George T. Day, expressing,


3 30


E. R. Perham, expressing, 2 50


W. J. London, expressing,


3 75


Thorp's Express, expressing,


5 40


T. Spelman, soft soap,


18 00


James R. Hopkins, patent hose pipe and nozzle, 55 00


Travelling expenses to firemen's convention, 62 00


Geo. O. Brastow Hose Company, brass tube, etc., 30 08


J. F. Cummings, services as clerk, etc., 15 52


Dennis Ryan, labor,


19 75


A. J. Wilkinson, pump and saw files,


6 00


Daniel Webster Engine Company, refreshments, 10 00


Engine Company No. 5, refreshments,


10 00


Niagara Engine Company, refresh-


ments, 10 00


Amounts carried forward, $22,104 89


$22,199 44


49


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $22,104 89


$22,199 44


Union Engine Company, refreshments, 10 00


Hook and Ladder Company No. 2, 10 00


$22,124 89 Excess and deficiency balance to credit of account, 74 55


$22,199 44


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$2,500 00


CASH received of George I. Vincent, per-


mits to keep swine and goats and collect grease, $273 00


M. R: Warren, return on bill for stationery,


4 00


Richard H. Sturtevant, ashes,


32 25


309 25


Interest, transferred,


200 00


$3,009 25


Debit.


CASH, paid Christopher Burke, removing offal,


$500 00


Highways account, collecting ashes, 1,429 56


W. H. Brine, inspector of board of health,


500 00


Fumigating, .


87 50


Sundry persons, burying dead animals,


18 50


P. W. Skinner, fumigating,


27 00


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


90 00


Sturtevant Bros., sulphur,


4 05


George H. Cowdin, sulphur,


2 90


Amounts carried forward, $2,659 51


$3,009 25


50


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $2,659 51 $3,009 25


J. Canavan, sulphur, 30


E. F. Chaffee, sulphur,


35


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery,


11 50


Photo-Electrotype Company, maps, 9 00


Codman & Shurtleff, vaccine virus,


22 00


Thomas Waterman, vaccine virus, 9 00


J. J. & M. F. Fenelon, peppermint tubes, 38 70


John W. Leatherbee, lumber, 15 41


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber,


6 25


Josiah Shaw, carpenter work,


112 97


Howe & Flint, iron spiders,


2 50


Charles A. Mongan, labor,


15 00


F. J. Baxter, serving notices, 1 00


George C. Skilton, carriage hire, 2 00


A. L. Sanborn, carriage hire,


6 00


Horace Record, carriage hire,


10 00


$2,921 49


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to


credit of account, 87 76


$3,009 25


HIGHWAYS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$30,000 00


CASH, received from Health Department, collecting ashes, etc.,


$1,429 56


Arthur Moland, rent,


64 00


Thomas Ormand, rent,


72 00


Town of Wakefield, gravel,


152 80


Watering Streets account, repairing carts, etc., 103 68


Watering Streets account, watering streets, 135 70


Amounts carried forward, $1,957 74


$30,000 00


51


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $1,957 74 $30,000 00


Lewis F. Merrill, constructing drive- way, 7 00


Henry F. Wood, constructing drive- way, 3 00


F. M. Sparrow, constructing drive- way, 6 00


A. N. Hardy, constructing drive-


way.


7 05


E. A. Morrison, constructing drive- way, 5 50


M. Moran, constructing driveway, 3 00


W. F. Laws,


66


4 10


G. T. Burnham,


66


2 90


S. Armstrong,


20 91


James E. Whitaker, constructing driveway, 7 00


L. M. Carr, constructing driveway, 2 50


George Wilde,


8 34


W. H. Durrell, 66


7 00


George W. Prichard, stone and


screenings, 168 80


Wm. A. Muzzey, screenings,


2 50


James B. Galvin, 66


15 00


Rufus K. Underhill, paving bricks,


etc.,


53 30


George C. Bonner, paving bricks, etc., 35 50


Richard Falvey, paving bricks, etc.,


5 50


Thomas B. Blaikie, " 66


24 10


J. A. Durell,


66


44 20


J. C. Ellis,


66


10 94


W. H. Thompson,


53 29


George A. Kimball, “


66


31 88


Alexander Foster, trustee, paving bricks, etc., 8 88


Amounts carried forward, $2,495 93


$30,000 00


52


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $2,495 93 $30,000 00


R. A. Melvin, stone, 13 20


Philip Eberle, “ 10 00


James Driscoll, repairing sidewalk,


1 00


Chester W. Kingsley, labor and materials, 105 74


Moses B. Brigham, constructing sidewalk, Hillside Avenue, 38 40


P. F. Williams, Hillside Avenue,


40 87


O. J. Davis,


66


68 75


Leonard Bowker, 66 66


42 81


Cornelius Lynch, constructing side- walk, Franklin Avenue, 23 00


James W. Taylor, 66


15 75


Rebecca A. Hannum, 66


30 00


James W. Hannum,


60


30 00


Ebenezer Stone,


66


45 00


Almira Shaw, 66 66


24 00


Sidewalks account, gravel and sand, 500 34


Water Maintenance account, edge- stones and labor, 56 28


Public Park Maintenance account, sods, etc., 16 23


Miscellaneous account, constructing


path across Central Hill,


82 08


Labor on City Hall grounds,


3 50


School-House Incidentals account,


· labor and materials,


497 25


Patrick Terry, filling,


1 75


John Roach, labor on pay roll not called for, 3 75


4,145 63


INTEREST, transferred,


1,000 00


Amount carried forward, $35,145 63


53


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward,


$35,145 63


Debit.


CASH, paid laborers, $19,121 17


John P. Prichard, superintendent of streets, 1,500 00


Nathan Tufts & Son, grain, 1,196 53


Knowles Bros., grain, 572 97


J. F. Ham, hay and straw, 379 20


Hewey, Skillings & Co., hay and straw, 151 38


George R. Emerson, hay and stone, 93 53


C. H. North & Co., salt, 3 08


F. Dooris, blacksmithing,


135 60


George McDormand, blacksmithing and shoeing, 125 65


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing,


131 77


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing,


103 00


J. W. Gerry, 66


107 88


M. Lynch, 66


7 25


Hill & Langtry, harness work, 28 72


Joseph A. Pearson,


3 75


James Forgie, 66


12 00


N. L. Pennock,


1 50


John Holt & Son, 66


50


G. M. J. Wilson,


1 65


B. F. Robinson, wheelwright work, 1 40


J. Leland,


22 15


Wood, Bailey & Wood, wheelwright work, 23 27


A. M. & C. M. Wood, wheelwright work,


32 07


R. A. Melvin, carpenter work,


167 37


Wm. A. Muzzey, 66


56 25


Richard A. Stevens, 66


8 35


Amounts carried forward,


$23,987 99 $35,145 63


54


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $23,987 99 $35,145 63


Cook, Rymes & Co., repairing


: crusher, 56 15


Farrel Foundry and Machine Com-


pany, crusher plates, etc., 72 26


Osgood & Hart, castings, 16 59


Buff & Burger, plumb bob,


2 00


Walworth Manufacturing Company, belting, etc., 3 76


Charles Holmes & Son, hose, etc., 17 30


H. W. Covill, repairs, 1 30


Joseph Breck & Son, hoes, etc., 9 52


Parker & Gannett, plough, etc.,


52 19


Benj. F. Smith, pump, etc., 15 00


S. Pennock & Son, blade for road scraper, .8 00


Howe & Flint, lantern globes,


75


H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc.,


23 12


M. C. Warren, hardware, etc., 36 34


Peabody & Whitney, brooms,


9 25


W. L. Snow, hardware, etc.,


3 28


Dodge Gilbert & Co., iron, etc.,


69 29


G. Greenleaf & Co., gravel screens,


15 00


S. J. Wood, filing saws. 1 75


White, Wiley & Co., paints,


54 76


Speare, Gregory & Co., oil,


1 50


Samuel Walker & Co., oil,


1 94


Charles A. Small & Co., oil,


8 14


Rand & Byam, soap,


2 50


Stickney & Poor, ginger and mustard,


4 98


Thomas Hollis, drugs,


16 30


Charles H. Crane, drugs,


6 60


John C. Howard, drugs,


1 80


Sturtevant Bros., use of horse,


3 00


John S. Nason, use of horse,


15 00


Amounts carried forward,


$24,517 36 $35,145 63


55


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $24,517 36 $35,145 63


John S. Nason, horse, 255 00


Henderson Bros., pung and shafts, 85 00


W. W. Sawyer, cart, 108 00


J. H. Hollis, painting, 10 00


William P. Mitchell, compensation


for damage to estate, Gilman St., 18 00


S. W. Fuller, lumber, 247 07


W. M. Hadley, lime, cement, and fuel, 316 33


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel,


68 84


Middlesex Bleachery & Dye Works, ashes, 30 50


John Turner & Co., paving stone, etc., 3,769 79


C. J. Simpson, stone,


333 60


John Steen, paving stone, 11 50


J. W. Averill, stone,


21 60


A. Parker, stone bounds,


50 00


G. McKenna, stone,


3 60


Asa Durgin, gravel,


9 00


C. L. Heywood, gravel,


37 26


O. S. Foster, paving bricks,


760 50


W. A. Sanborn & Co., paving bricks,


7 80


S. M. Fuller, coal,


5 66


A. F. Colburn, repairing harnesses,


30 05


Charles B. Stevens, registrar, record- ing releases, 4 50


A. H. Folsom, photographs, 16 00


W. C. Crane, premiums of insurance, 15 00


Town of Winchester, taxes,


10 75


66 Wakefield, taxes,


27 64


66 Waltham, taxes,


127 50


66 Medford, half cost of main- taining Middlesex Avenue bridge in 1881, 373 44


Amounts carried forward, $31,271 29


$35,145 63


56


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $31,271 29 $35,145 63


Boston and Providence Railroad


Company, freight,


3 46


City of Boston, water rates,


75 67


B. H. Weeks & Co., expressing, 2 15


Barker & Tibbetts, expressing, 2 90


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery,


53 45


A. Mudge & Son, printing,


13 50


J. O. Hayden, printing and adver- tising,


73 80


Dr. James E. Abbott, veterinary ser- vices, 100 00


Sewer Assessment account. assess-


ment sewer in Bond Street, 90 00


Sewers account, drain pipe, 12 00


Water Maintenance account, repair- ing hydrants and stand pipes,


36 66


George W. Prichard, teaming and stone, 1,158 18


William Hamilton, teaming,


117 00


Henry Gray, 66


239 75


Owen Cunningham,


534 75


Martin Gill, 66


60 75


John McCauley, 66


112 00


Jeremiah McCarty, 66


474 75


Christopher Burke,


139 50


T. F. Cummings, 66


283 50


George H. Sampson, powder and fuse, 26 75


$34,881 81


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 263 82


$35,145 63


57


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $500 00


STATE OF MASS. (INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS), one half of amount paid in 1882, charged to the State, 493 00


$993 00


CASH paid sundry persons, $986 00


EXCESS AND. DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 7 00


$993 00


INTEREST.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$70,000 00


CASH, received on deposits in banks,


$1,451 90


On taxes,


6,705 57


On tax titles released,


161 93


Of State Treasurer, national bank


tax, 4,375 15


Corporation tax,


5,623 19


Foreign ships tax, 1,587 89


American Loan and Trust Co., pre- mium on bonds, 16,031 60


Blake Brothers & Co., premium on notes, 20 00


$35,957 23


Debit.


CASH, paid on Funded Debt : -


$72,500, 6 months, at 6} per cent, $2,356 25


$427,000, 1 year, at 6.2 per cent, 27,787 50


$113,000, 1 year, at 6 per cent, 6,780 00


$121,000, 1 year, at 5¿ per cent, 6,655 00


Amounts carried forward, $43,578 75 $105,957 23


.


Debit.


58


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward,


$43,578 75 $105,957 23


$516,000, 1 year, at 5 per cent,


25,800 00


$38,500, 6 months, at 5 per cent,


962 50


$70,341 25


Less coupons unpaid,


1,062 50


$69,278 75


SUNDRY PERSONS, coupons unpaid as


above,


1,062 50


$70,341 25


CASH, paid on Temporary Loans : -


Blake Brothers & Co., commission, $15 00


Boston Five Cents Savings, on note for $90,000, 6 months, at 4} per cent,


2,137 50


Chandler R. Ransom, on note for $10,000, 6 months, at 4} per cent, 237 50 Warren Institution for Savings, on note for $20,000, 6 months at 4} per cent, 475 00


Jacob T. Glines, on note for $5,000, 6 months, at 4} per cent, 118 75


Provident Institution for Savings, on note for $65,000, 6 months, at 4₺ per cent,


1,543 75


New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., on $60,000, 1 month 4 days, at 6 per cent, 340 00


Warren Institution for Savings, on note for $50,000, 5 months, at 31 per cent, 729 17


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, on note for $165,000, 4 months 29 days, at 35 per cent, 2,475 58


Amounts carried forward,


$8,072 25 $105,957 23


59


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $8,072 25 $105,957 23


State of Mass., on note of $25,000, 8 months, at 32 per cent, 625 00


East Cambridge Five Cents Savings Bank, on note for $35,000, 6 months, at 32 per cent, 612 50


$9,309 75


ON FUNDED DEBT,


$70,341 25


ON TEMPORARY LOANS,


9,309 75


$79,651 00


Health Department, transferred,


200 00


Highways, transferred,


1,000 00


Public Park maintenance, transferred,


50 00


School contingent, transferred,


200 00


School fuel, transferred,


1,000 00


School teachers' salaries, transferred,


2,200 00


School-house incidentals, transferred, Sidewalks, transferred,


750 00


1,200 00


Street lights, transferred,


200 00


Support of poor, transferred,


1,000 00


Water maintenance, transferred,


500 00


$87,951 00


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, amount to credit


of account, 18,006 23


$105,957 23


MISCELLANEOUS.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed, $7,000 00


CASH, costs on property sold and pre- pared for sale for non-payment of taxes and assessments, $1,107 54


Amounts carried forward, $1,107 54


$7,000 00


60


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $1,107 54 $7,000 00


Costs on tax titles released, 47 10


REAL ESTATE LIENS, costs on titles to the city, on property deeded for non- payment of taxes and assessments, 102 70


CASH, received of City Clerk, fees for -


Marriage certificates, $133 00


Junk licenses,


86 00


Auctioneers' licenses, 16 00


Victuallers' licenses,


4 00


Licensing dogs,


114 80


Recording mortgages and assignments, 210 67


Total amount 564 47


M. R. Warren, return on stationery bill, 2 00


Jairus Mann, return on refreshment bill, 7 75


Sears Condit, pasturage,


5 00


John N. Ball, advertising hearing,


3 00


F. Carl, advertising hearing,


3 00


G. H. Derby, advertising hearing,


3 60


Allen Bros., advertising hearing,


3 60


1,849 76


$8,849 76


Debit.


CASH paid -


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing annual


reports,


$619 05


Advertising ordinances,


370 50


Advertising tax sales,


387 62


Advertising and printing, etc.,


978 00


Alfred Mudge & Son, printing ordi- nances,


556 03


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery,


758 27


M. R. Warren, stationery,


73 54


Hooper, Lewis & Co., stationery,


13 00


J. A. Cummings & Co., record book,


6 00


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


135 00


Amounts carried forward,


$3,897 01


$8,849 76


61


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $3,897 01 $8,849 76


Harrison, Beard & Co., desk, chair, etc., 99 00


George F. Conant, table,


8 00


Aaron Sargent, stamp, and prepar- ing appendix, 1881, 119 17


Bishop Bros., ladder, .2 40


E. C. Cobb, crape badges, 3 00


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing, 1 03


S. J. Wood, repairing locks and fit- ting keys, 15 70


Cambridge Gas Light Company, gas, City Hall, 352 57


Frank A. Titus, burners and globes, 6 75


James Bartley, oil, matches, soap, etc., 24 56


J. H. Brooks & Co., brushes, towels, etc., 4 40


Thomas Hollis, glycerine, chamois,


etc., 6 87


Elijah Walker, carpenter work, 5 00


Leander Greeley,


10 53


Leonard Arnold, 66


18 50


G. W. Lawson, 66


53 60


George W. Trefren, 66


128 98


A. W. Berry,


4 25


R. A. Melvin,


52 10


J. Q. Twombly, painting,


35 10


Howe & Flint, engineers' materials, etc.,


8 90


Frost & Adams,


77 57


Pulsifer, Jordan & Wilson, "


13 85


H. W. Raymond, 66


26 16


Buff & Bergen, repairing engineers' instruments, 20 60


John Harwood, repairing engineers'


instruments, 2 75


Amounts carried forward,


$4,998 35


$8,849 76


1


62


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $4,998 35 $8,849 76


Engineers' assistants, car fares, etc., 12 07


A. W. Mitchell, rubber stamps, 9 75


Murphy, Leavens & Co., feather dusters, 7 33


Bakers & Humphry, bunting, etc., 13 01


James F. Davlin, plumbing, 9 19


J. A. Durell, use of stove, lamps, etc.,


5 00


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel,


24 00


W. M. Hadley, fuel,


164 75


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


50 00


A. S. Pratt & Co., counterfeit de- tector,


3 00


G. T. Burnham, door spring,


7 75


W. J. London, expressing, 15 40


Charles E. Gilman, stamps, express- ing, etc., 21 74


Suburban Telephone Company, rent of instruments to Sept. 1, 1883,


106 56


Connections and repairs, 3 80


W. H. Whitcomb, labor at City Hall,


35 50


J. H. Smith, labor at City Hall,


27 50


L. M. Maynard, labor at cemetery,


12 00


Highways account, labor at City Hall grounds,


3 50


Constructing path across Cen- tral Hill, 82 08


Jairus Mann, amount paid by him for expenses of city government to Mystic Water Works,


193 00


Expenses, Steamer " Empire


State," 38 50


Watching at City Hall,


52 50


Repairing flag,


6 00


Witness fees,


15 75


Amounts carried forward, $5,918 03


$8,849 76


63


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $5,918 03 $8,849 76


Jairus Mann, washing. 15 00


C. M. Blake, newspapers, 6 75


G. W. Manning, labor on flag-staff, 45 00


Joel Goldthwait & Co., carpets and mats, 96 87


Silas D. Carter, refreshments, 65 00


Sturtevant Bros., poultry for Thanks- giving distribution, 150 00


A. L. Sanborn, carriage hire, 5 00


W. J. Savage, compensation for damage to horse, 100 00


S. H. Libby, services as auctioneer, 29 90


Henry Shaw, posting, 12 05


Chas. B. Stevens, registrar, recording deeds, 20 25


F. G. Williams, affidavits of posting, Return of births, 160 00


84 50


H. B. Runey, return of deaths, 33 75


J. W. Coveney, return of deaths, 5 25


Clerk of courts, court fees, etc., 4 30


Samuel C. Darling, court fees, etc., 79 47


L. L. Parker, sheriff's fees, 6 50


W. C. Crane, premium of insurance, 89 99


City of Boston, water rates, 50 00


F. I). Daniels, door-keeper for assessors, 15 00


R. F. Thompson, care of ward room, 8 00


P. H. Keefe, care of ward room, 10 00


J. M. Coburn, care of ward room, 12 00


Thomas G. Temple, rent for ward room, 15 00


Daniel Swan, rent for ward room, 8 00


Chas. A. Small, pound keeper, 1881 and 1882, 50 00


Noah Harding, sealer of weights and measures, 100 00


Amounts carried forward,


$7,195 61


$8,849 76


64


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $7,195 61 $8,819 76


Ward officers, 1881, 25 00


Ward officers, 1882,


127 00


E. G. Dodge, ringing bell,


6 00


J. E. Marden, 66


6 00


Alden N. Sibley, 66


6 00


Jairus Mann, 66


3 00


W. H. Whitcomb, 66


3 00


Sewer Assessment account, assess- ment, Joy Street, 20 72


H. Partridge & Co., flags, $3 95


L. H. Brown, hacks and


barges, 56 00


H. A. Carney, flowers, 64 00


T. J. McCormick, refresh- ments, 60 00


Somerville band, music, 75 00


Henry Hadley, musical director, 20 50


J. O. Hayden & Co., pro-


grammes, etc., 15 50


APPROPRIATION for Memorial Day, 294 95


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 1,162 48


$8,849 76


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.


Credit.


CASH, received of sundry persons, assess- ments, $61 88


REAL ESTATE LIENS, title to the city for non-payment of assessments, 903 40


BALANCE, to debit in account 1883, 979 98


$1,945 26


Amount carried forward,


$1,945 26


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Amount brought forward, $1,945 26


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1881, $1,945 26


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT.


Credit.


TAXES, amount added to the amount of


taxes assessed, as fractional divis-


ions, for convenience in the apportionment, $6,352 97


BALANCE from 1881, 49 62


CASH, received of sundry persons for taxes previously abated, 35 56


$6,438 15


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to debit of account, 1,190 93


$7,629 08


Debit.


TAXES, for abatement on taxes,


$7,629 08


OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES.


Credit.


BALANCE, from 1881, $67 00


CASH, received over taxes and costs on real estate


sold for non-payment of taxes for 1880, 358 13


$425 13


Debit.


CASH, paid sundry persons, overplus


received on sale of their estates, $236 00


BALANCE, to credit in account of 1883, 189 13


$425 13


5


66


ANNUAL REPORTS.


PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE.


Credit.


RENEWAL OF FUNDED DEBT, amount of debt paid in 1882, $182,500 00


BALANCE, to debit in account of 1883,


430,000 00


$612,500 00


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1881,


$430,000 00


APPROPRIATIONS,


182,500 00


$612,500 00


PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Credit.


BALANCE, to debit in account 1883,


$1,155,000 00


Debit.


$1,155,000 00


PUBLIC PARK.


Credit.


BALANCE, to debit in account 1883,


Debit.


BALANCE, from 1881, $351 32


PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$1,500 00


CASH, received for grass,


$12 00


Received for damage to shrub,


1 25


13 25


INTEREST, transferred,


50 00


Amount carried forward,


$1,563 25


BALANCE, from 1881,


$351 32


67


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward, $1,563 25


Debit.


CASH, paid M. W. Murphy, labor etc., $819 87


William Murphy, labor, 245 25


D. Foley, labor, 94 50


G. W. Prichard, filling material, etc., 128 54


T. Murphy, plants and trees, 79 50


Joseph Breck & Sons, seeds and re- pairing mower, 26 25


T. F. Crimmings, manure, 38 50


M. J. McCarty, use of horse, 12 25


E. R. Perham, expressing, 1 50


J. G. Gallishaw & Co., painting signs, etc., 16 55


A. Fisher, selling glass, 1 50


D. Fitzgerald, repairing seats,


2 00


J. A. Durell, repairing fountain,


8 20


John F. Ayer, lumber,


12 82


W. M. Hadley, coal,


10 70


Highways account, sods and labor, 16 23


$1,514 16


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY, balance to credit of account, 49 09


$1.563 25


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$1,500 00


CASH, received of county treasurer, return on dog licenses for 1881, $1,018 37


Librarian, for fines, 236 71


Catalogues,


28 80


1,283 88


Amount carried forward,


$2,783 88


68


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward,


$2,783 88


Debit.


CASH, paid Lockwood, Brooks & Co., books, etc.,


$536 60


Estes & Lauriat, books, 219 07


Thomas Groom, book,


3 75


A. Williams & Co., books,


122 76


Little, Brown & Co., books,


6 00


N. J. Bartlett, books,


6 74


Willard Small, books,


72 99


F. Leypoldt, library journal,


3 00


New England Publishing Company, directory, 1 00


Rockwell & Churchill, catalogues,


113 50


Ira Bradley & Co , binding books, 55 44


Babb & Stephens, printing slips, cards, etc.,


213 50


Harriet A. Adams, librarian,


700 00


Lizzie Stevens, assistant librarian,


330 50


Georgette Colman,


168 91


Lucia Manning,


39 00


Ida Fillebrown,


38 82


Ernest Merrett,


26 96


W. J. London, expressing,


24 50


Bancroft's Express, "


55


$2,683 59


BALANCE, to credit in account 1883,


100 29


$2,783 88


POLICE.


Credit.


APPROPRIATIONS, amount assessed,


$22,500 00


CASH, received of Lebbeus Stetson, clerk


of the court, for officers' fees, etc., $664 80


Amounts carried forward,


$664 80


$22,500 00


69


APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $664 80 $22,500 00


Herbert A. Chapin, clerk of the court, for officers' fees, etc., 447 10


Massachusetts General Hospital, for services of officers, 110 00


1,221 90


$23,721 90


Debit.


CASH, paid M. C. Parkhurst, chief, $1,400 00


R. R. Perry, captain,


1,100 00


Samuel B. Dow, sergeant,


950 00


C. C. Folsom, 60


950 00


S. A. Brown, patrolman,


912 50


Geo. W. Bean, 66


912 50


Geo. A. Bodge, 66


912 50


N. F. Caswell, 66


912 50


C. C. Cavanagh, 66


912 50


Isaac S. Campbell, "


897 50


Albert Fisk,


912 50


J. E. Fuller, 66


912 50


John Hafford, 66


912 50


M. H. Kingsiey, 66


912 50


Dennis Kelley, 66


912 50


Ivan Laighton, 66


912 50


Howard Lowell, 66


912 50


Edward McGarr,


912 50


J. W. Oliver, 66


912 50


S. C. Rollins, 66


912 50


F. W. Slade, 66


912 50


A. L. Staples, 66


912 50


P. W. Skinner,


912 50


J. B. Young,


912 50


M. C. Parkhurst, lock-up keeper,


200 00


Amount paid carriage hire, etc., 40 50


Amounts carried forward,


$22,875 50


$23,721 90


70


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $22,875 50 $23,721 90


C. C. Folsom, amount paid trans-


portation of prisoners, etc., 33 20


C. C. Cavanagh, amount paid trans- portation of prisoners, 1 50


Howard Lowell, amount paid trans- portation of prisoners, 19 55




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