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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
APPENDIX TO TREASURER'S REPORT. 65
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
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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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