Report of the city of Somerville 1884, Part 3

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 364


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To provide for the payment of the State and county taxes, and for the expenses of the city for the year 1884, the assessors' warrant was received for the tax levy on a valuation on real estate of $22,587,700 ; valuation on personal property of $1,743,400 : making a total valua- tion of $24,331,100, at a rate of $16.60 on $1,000 valuation ; and 7,427 polls at $2.00 each, amounting to $418,750.26. To this amount must be added the sum standing to the credit of excess and defi-


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ciency account, being the excess of appropriations over expenditures to Jan. 1, 1884, $45,772.18, it having been placed to the credit of the various accounts, by orders of the City Council, to meet expenditures not provided for by the tax levy ; making the total amount provided for the payment of the current expenses of the various departments of the city for the year 1884, $464,522.44.


The appropriations for the year provided for by the tax levy, the amounts transferred to the credit of the various accounts, the addi- tional amounts credited, the amount. of expenditures, and the unex- pended balances of the various departments, were as follows : -


Accounts.


Appropriations. Additional credits.


Expenditures and balances.


Broadway-Park Maintenance : -


Appropriation


$1,500 00


Received for hay sold .


$30 13


Expenditures


$1,295 82


Unexpended balance .


234 31


Central-Hill Improvement : -


Appropriation


1,000 00


Received for grading and filling


· 1,150 21


Expenditures


1,691 46


Unexpended balance


458 75


Fire Department : -


Appropriation


22,000 00


Received for old materials, etc.


103 75


Expenditures


22,091 27


Unexpended balance


12 48


Health Department :


Appropriation . $3,500 00.


Transferred to schoolhouse


incidentals account . · 400 00


3,100 00


Received for permits, licenses, etc.


571 67


Expenditures


3,610 55 61 12


Highways : -


Appropriation


32,000 00


1,400 00


Transferred from sidewalks account . Received credit for land taken for extension of Evergreen Avenue, charged in pay-roll to this account . Received for labor and materials Expenditures Unexpended balance


2,077 76 6,209 70


40,841 37 846 09


Unexpended balance


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Accounts.


Appropriations.


Additional


credits.


Expenditures and balances.


Indigent Soldiers and Sailors :


Appropriation


$500 00


Received from State of Massachusetts,


$484 00


Expended


$968 00


Unexpended balance


16 00


Interest : -


Appropriation $68,000 00


Transferred to other


accounts


10,478 40


57,521 60


Rec'd interest, corporation, bank taxes,


Expenditures


75,721 37 3,858 88


Lincoln Schoolhouse : -


Transferred from interest account


500 00


Transferred from excess and deficiency account (amt. rec'd for insurance) .


3,485 42


Expended 1,018 55 2,966 87


Balance to be expended in 1885


Miscellaneous : -


Appropriation 3,000 00


Transferred from interest account


1,100 00


Received for costs on taxes, etc. .


1,776 97


Expenditures


5,836 24


Unexpended balance


40 73


New Ladder Attach'nt, Fire-Apparatus : -


Appropriation


600 00


Expended


600 00


Police : -


Appropriation


22,500 00


Received for court fees, fines, etc. ·


2,098 75


Expenditures


24,572 16


Unexpended balance


26 59


Police-Station Incidentals : -


Appropriation


1,800 00


Received for rent of hall


669 50


Expenditures


2,167 20


Unexpended balance


302 30


Public Library : -


Appropriation


1,500 00


Received for dog-licenses, fines, etc. .


1,645 30


Expenditures


3,120 30


Balance to be expended in 1885 .


25 00


Public-Library Building : - Transferred from excess and deficiency


account


15,000 00


Expended


12,909 31 2,090 69


Balance to be expended in 1885 . .


22,058 65


Unexpended balance


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Accounts.


Appropriations.


Additional credits.


Expenditures and balances.


Printing and Stationery : -


Appropriation


$3,000 00


Transferred from interest account


600 00


Received for advertising


$7 20


Expenditures


$3,473 95 133 25


Salaries : -


Appropriation


18,900 00


Transferred from interest account


128 55


Expenditures .


19,028 55


School Contingent : -


Appropriation


9,000 00


Transferred from excess and deficiency account


3,000 00


Transferred from interest account


5,679 39


Received for tuition of non-resident pupils


217 50


Expenditures


17,896 89


School Fuel : -


Appropriation . $5,000 00


Transferred to sewers ac-


count


300 00


4,700 00


Expenditures


4,623 39


Unexpended balance


76 61


Schoolhouse Incidentals :


Appropriation


8,000 00


Transferred from excess and deficiency account


1,000 00


Transferred from interest account


1,000 00


Transferred from health account


·


Received for school furniture, etc.


941 34


Expenditures


11,240 52


Unexpended balance


100 82


School-Teachers' Salaries : -


Appropriation


72,000 00


Transferred from interest account


712 77


Expended


72,712 77


Schoolhouse on School Street : ---


Transferred from excess and deficiency account 13,900 00


Expended


12,611 12


Balance to be expended in 1SS5 .


1,288 88


Schoolhouse on Tufts Street : -


Transferred from excess and deficiency


account


12,000 00


Expended


9,226 89


Balance to be expended in 1885 .


2,773 11


.


400 00


Unexpended balance


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Accounts.


Appropriations.


Additional


credits.


Expenditures and balances.


Sewers : -


Appropriation


$10,000 00


Transferred from school-fuel account,


300 00


Transferred from street-lights account,


400 00


Received for materials and labor


$364 21


Expenditures


$10,907 69 156 52


Sidewalks : -


Appropriation . $3,000 00


Transferred to highways


account


.


1,400 00


1,600 00


Expenditures


1,484 07


Unexpended balance .


115 93


Sinking-Fund Contributions : -


Appropriation


45,525 00


Expended


45,525 00


Street-Lights : -


Appropriation . $7,500 00


Transferred to sewers acc't, 400 00


7,100 00


Received for lamp-posts, etc.


666 06


Expenditures


7,288 26


Unexpended balance


477 80


Support of Poor : -


Appropriation


15,000 00


Transferred from interest account


757 69


Received for support of paupers


1,505 07


Expenditures


17,262 76


Watering Streets : -


Appropriation


3,000 00


Received from abutters


3,790 30


Expenditures


6,787 18


Unexpended balance


3 12


Water Maintenance : -


Appropriation 14,000 00 .


Received for labor and materials


1,740 55


Expenditures


15,448 25


Unexpended balance


292 30


Water Loan Interest : -


Received from city of Boston for re- turn on water-rates


20,085 95


Expended .


17,025 00


Unexpended balance


3,060 95


County of Middlesex, County Tax :-


Appropriation


12,097 00


Expended


12,097 00


Unexpended balance


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Accounts.


Appropriations. Additional Expenditures


credits.


and balances.


State of Massachusetts, State Tax :


Appropriation


$26,300 00


Expended


$26,300 00


Overlay and Abatement : -


Appropriation 8,528 26


Applied and to be applied to abate- ments on taxes .


8,528 26


Excess and Deficiency : -


Balance from 1883 . $45,772 18


Transferred to the


following accounts ;


viz. : -


Schoolhouse, Tufts


Street . $12,000 00


Schoolhouse, School Street . . 13,900 00


Public-library build-


ing · 15,000 00


Schoolhouse inci-


dentals . 1,000 00


School ·contingent,


3,000 00


44,900 00


872 18


Received for land taken for extension of Evergreen Avenue $2,077 76


Received and to be received for insur- ance on Lincoln Schoolhouse .


6,485 42


Cost of land on Whipple Street, purchased account non-payment of taxes 388 27


Transferred to highways account


2,077 76


Transferred to Lincoln Schoolhouse account


3,485 42


Unexpended balance . .


3,483 91


Appropriations . · $418,750 26 Excess and deficiency, Jan. 1, 1884 45,772 18


Additional credits 80,243 17


Expenditures $531,007 15


Excess of appropriations over current expenses, including excess and defi- ciency account .


13,758 46


$544,765 61


$544,765 61


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


The assets of the city available for the payment of its unfunded liabilities are as follows : -


Taxes


. $173,652 11


Real-estate liens


73 58


State of Massachusetts, State aid


3,574 00


State of Massachusetts, indigent soldiers and sailors 472 00


Sidewalk assessments .


917 27


Sewer assessments


10,109 35


Water-service assessments .


654 81


The Hanover Fire-insurance Company


3,000 00


Cash


13,071 33


Total amount of available assets . . . $205,524 45


The unfunded liabilities are :


Temporary loans


. $175,000 00


Overlay and Abatement account


6,045 37


Overplus on tax sales


102 13


Sundry persons .


1,473 94


Public Library, balance to be expended


25 00


Public-library building, balance to be expended .


2,090 69


Schoolhouse on Tufts Street, balance to be expended .


2,773 11


Schoolhouse on School Street, balance to be expended, 1,288 88


Lincoln Schoolhouse, balance to be expended


2,966 87


Total amount of unfunded liabilities


.


$191,765 99


Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities 13,758 46


$205,524 45


The financial condition of the city, exclusive of its public property, which cannot be regarded as available for the payment of debts, is as follows : -


Funded debt .


. $1,585,000 00


Amount of sinking-funds


505,852 52


Net amount of funded debt $1,079,147 48


Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities .


13,758 46


Leaving a net indebtedness, Dec. 31, 1884, of . $1,065,389 02


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Total cash receipts for the year, including a balance


of $14,465.87 from the year 1883, were $1,500,790 66


Total cash disbursements 1,487,719 33


Leaving in the treasury the sum of . $13,071 33


A detailed statement of the public property, funded debt, and the receipts and disbursements of the various accounts, will be found in the appendix following this report.


Respectfully submitted.


JOHN F. COLE, Treasurer.


APPENDIX


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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE A.


PUBLIC PROPERTY, DEC. 31, 1884.


Central-Hill land (12 acres, 27,920 feet)


· $100,000 00


City Hall .


$10,000 00


Furniture


3,000 00


Public Library .


8,500 00


Public-library building (unfinished)


12,909 31


Steam fire-engine house


$10,000 00


Furniture


500 00


Steam fire-engine and apparatus .


4,000 00


Steam fire-engine, hose-carriage, and apparatus .


2,000 00


High Schoolhouse


$40,000 00


Furniture . .


3,500 00


Philosophical apparatus .


500 00


44,000 00


Prescott Schoolhouse, land (21,444


feet) and building .


$40,000 00


Furniture ·


2,000 00


42,000 00


Luther V. Bell Schoolhouse, land (23,- 396 feet) and building .


$40,000 00


Furniture .


3,000 00


43,000 00


Amount carried forward .


.


. $279,909 31


·


.


16,500 00


.


13,000 00


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Amount brought forward Forster Schoolhouse, land (27,499 feet) and building


$37,922 24


Furniture


1,500 00


39,422 24


Morse Schoolhouse, land (29,109 feet)


and building


$25,000 00


Furniture


1,000 00


26,000 00


Highland Schoolhouse, land (23,260


feet) and building


$32,000 00


Furniture


1,000 00


Lincoln Schoolhouse, land (17,662 feet) and building (unfinished) .


3,033 13


Prospect-hill Schoolhouse, land (25,- 313 feet) and building


$20,000 00


Furniture


600 00


20,600 00


Jackson Schoolhouse, land (11,212


feet) and building


$8,000 00


Furniture


300 00


Bennett Schoolhouse, land (20,560


feet) and building


$8,000 00


Furniture .


300 00


8,300 00


Webster Schoolhouse, land (11,050


feet) and building


$8,000 00


Furniture .


300 00


8,300 00


Union Schoolhouse, land (9,360 feet)


and building


$2,500 00


Furniture .


100 00


Harvard School, land (9,810 feet) and


building .


$2,500 00


Furniture


100 00


2,600 00


Amount carried forward . ·


. $432,064 68


.


33,000 00


8,300 00


2,600 00


. $279,909 31


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Amount brought forward Edgerly Schoolhouse, land (26,428 feet) and building


$25,000 00


Furniture


500 00


25,500 00


Edgerly Schoolhouse, addition


$17,000 00


Furniture .


600 00


17,600 00


Brastow Schoolhouse, land (10,019


feet) and building


$6,000 00


Furniture .


250 00


6,250 00


Franklin Schoolhouse, land (33,017


feet) and building .


$14,000 00


Furniture .


300 00


14,300 00


Beach-street Schoolhouse, land (6,000


feet) and building .


$4,500 00


Furniture


250 00


4,750 00


Spring-hill Schoolhouse, land (4,991 feet) and building .


$1,600 00


Furniture .


100 00


1,700 00


Davis Schoolhouse, Tufts Street, land (29,584 feet) and building (un- finished)


$13,771 29


Furniture


455 60


14,226 89


Cummings Schoolhouse, School Street, land (11,300 feet) and building (unfinished)


$12,239 55


Furniture


371 57


12,611 12


City farm, land (10 acres, 12,523 feet)


30,000 00


Cedar-street Schoolhouse


$700 00


Furniture


100 00


800 00


. $432,064 68


Amount carried forward . . $559,802 69


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Amount brought forward . $559,802 69


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


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 hose-carriage and apparatus . 2,000 00


R. A. Vinal hook-and-ladder truck and apparatus .


3,400 00


Prescott hook-and-ladder truck and apparatus .


100 00


14,800 00


No. 4 Hose-house, land (9,100 feet) and building


$11,000 00


Furniture


400 00


George O. Brastow hose-carriage 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


Amount carried forward .


. $674,202 69


4,700 00


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Amount brought forward


. $674,202 69


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


Ledge-land on Bond Street (39,732 feet) Holland Street (5 acres, 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


Oliver Street, land (63,069 feet)


7,500 00


Whipple Street, land, lots Nos. 30 and 31 (15,240 feet),


388 27


Total value of public property .


$1,200,190 96


2,500 00


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TABLE B. FUNDED DEBT, DEC. 31, 1883.


Date.


Loan.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount.


1878. Jan. 1, 1876.


City,


337,


5


1885. Jan. 1,


$5,000


$5,000


April 1, 1879.


66


188,


April 1,


4,500


4,500


April 1, 1880.


342,


5


66


6,000


6,000


Oct. 1,


66


350,


66


66


66


6,000


6,000


1881.


413,


6,000


6,000


Oct. 2,


462,


66


7,000


7,000


1883.


66


465,


66


66


6,500


6,500


1884.


1,


853,


66


66


12,500


12,500


1875.


1,


Water, City,


19 to 22,


6


July


1,


66


4,000


4,000


66


66


66


5,000


5,000


66


66


163 to 174,


66


66


5,000


60,000


1876.


1886.


April 1,


66


175 to 182,


April 1,


5,000


40,000


66


66


66


183 to 185,


5,000


15,000


66


66


66


186


66


66


66


1,000


1,000


66


Water,


23 to 27, 28,


66


66


5,500


5,500


1882.


.


1887. July


1,


1,000


15,000


1880.


Water,


37 to 45,


66


Oct.


1,


1,000


9,000


Oct. 1, 1881. April 1,


City,


373 to 412, 416,


66


66


66


1,000


40,000


Oct. 1, 66


66


417 to 422,


66


66


66


1,000


6,000


1882.


1888.


July 1,


1,000


23,000


Oct. 1,


66


467 to 507,


4


Oct. 1,


1,000


41,000


1881.


Water,


57 to 65,


5


Jan. 1,


1,000


9,000


Oct. 1, 1884.


46 to 54,


Oct. 1,


1,000


9,000


Oct. 1,


City,


508 to 575,


4


1,000


68,000


Amount


carried forward.


$498,000


July 66


1,


City,


423 to.437, 438,


66


66


5,000


5,000


187,


66


66


66


10,000


50,000


66


July 66


66


157,


66


66


3,000


3,000


159,


66


66


66


160 to 162,


5,000


15,000


500


500


July 1, 1884.


439 to 461,


Jan. 1, 1880.


1889.


66


500


500


Oct.


66


158,


Oct. 1, 1882.


66


5,000


20,000


Oct. 1,


5


66


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TABLE B-Continued.


Date.


Loan.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount.


1880.


Oct. 1,


Water,


55,


5


Oct. 1,


$9,000


9,000


1884.


Oct. 1,


City,


576 to 646,


4


66


1,000


71,000


66


66


647 to 720,


4


Oct. 1, 1892.


1,000


74,000


1881.


Jan. 1,


Water, 66


66 to 76,


5


Jan. 1,


1,000


11,000


Oct. 1, 1884.


66


721 to 798,


4


66


1,000


78,000


1881.


66


89 to 99,


5


Oct. 1,


1,000


11,000


1884.


66


799 to 852,


4


1894.


1,000


12,000


Jan. 1,


City, 66


335,


Jan. 1,


37,000


37,000


336,


66


60


1,000


1,000


66


60


338,


66


2,000


2,000


1879.


Jan. 1,


Water, City,


34,


66


66


25,000


25,000


66


66


339,


66


66


66


12,000


12,000


66


66


66


341,


66


66


1,500


1,500


1880.


Jan. 1,


66


66


66


348,


66


66


5,500


5,500


1876.


April 1,


66


189, 190 to 194,


5


66


66


5,000


25,000


66


66


195 to 334,


1,000


140,000


1879,


April 1,


1,


66


344,


66


66


66


8,000


8,000


345,


66


66


25,000


25,000


1880.


Oct. 1,


66


351,


66


66


66


1,000


1,000


66


352,


66


66


66


42,500


42,500


1881.


66


414,


66


66


1,000


1,000


1882.


Oct.


2,


66


463,


66


66


66


45,000


45,000


66


464,


66


66 66


2,000


2,000


1883.


66


466,


66


50,000


50,000


Amount


carried forward ..


.


$1,341,500


66


340,


66


66


1,500


1,500


346,


66


2,000


2,000


347,


66


66


1,000


1,000


53


April 1,


35,500


35,500


Oct.


1,


343,


66


66


4,000


4,000


Oct. 1, 1878.


100 to 111,


5


Oct. 1, 1895.


1,000


54,000


1881.


78 to SS,


66


Oct. 1,


1,000


11,000


Oct. 1,


Amount


brought forward .


$498,000


1890.


..


66


45,000


45,000


Oct. 1, 66


66


415,


66


1893.


Oct. 1,


Oct. 1,


66


66


Oct.


Oct. 1,


1891.


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TABLE B - Concluded.


Date.


Loan.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount.


1884.


Oct.


1,


City,


854, 855,


5


April 1, 66


$52,000 3,000


52,000


1883.


Water,


112 to 124,


July 1, 1896.


1,000


13,000


July 1, 1882.


Sewer,


1 to 7,


July 1,


5,000


35,000


July 1,


Water,


125 to 136, 137,


66


1897.


July 1,


1,000


14,000


66


66


66


167 to 181, 182,


July 1,


1,000 500


500


66


66


183 to 194, 195,


1900. July 1, 66


1,000 500


500


1884.


Oct. 1,


66


200 to 202,


4


Oct. 1, 1901.


1,000


3,000


1877.


66


33,


5


Oct. 1, 1905.


5,000


5,000


Jan.


1,


35,


66


Jan. 1,


5,000


5,000


1876.


66


29,


52


April 1,


4,500


4,500


Oct. 1.


56,


5


66


5,500


5,500


1881.


Oct.


1.


66


77,


6,000


6,000


1882.


Oct.


2, 66


66


197,


1,000


1,000


1883.


Oct. 66


1, 66


198,


66


6,500


6,500


1884.


.


66


7,000


7,000


1876.


66


30 and 31,


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July 1,


5,000


10,000


Total Funded Debt


$1,585,000


66


66


152 to 166,


66


1898. July 1, 1899.


1,000


15,000


15,000


66


66


203 to 212,


Oct.


1,


1,000


10,000


1904.


1,000 500


12,000


500


Amount


brought forward ....


$1,341,500


.


66


6,500


6,500


199,


Oct. 1,


213,


1906.


1,000


1,000


July 1,


196,


Oct. 1, 1879.


April 1, 1880.


12,000


138 to 151,


3,000


July 1, 1876.


56


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE C.


STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1884.


APPROPRIATIONS.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount assessed for current expenses . $371,825 00


Property and debt balance


473,500 00


DEBIT.


Broadway-park maintenance


$1,500 00


Central-hill improvement .


1,000 00


Fire-Department


22,000 00


Health-Department .


3,500 00


Highways


32,000 00


Indigent soldiers and sailors


500 00


Interest


68,000 00


Miscellaneous .


3,000 00


New ladder-attachment for fire-appa-


ratus


600 00


Police


22,500 00


Police-station incidentals


1,800 00


Public Library .


1,500 00


Printing and stationery


3,000 00


Renewals of funded debt .


473,500 00


Salaries


18,900 00


School contingent


9,000 00


School-fuel


5,000 00


Schoolhouse incidentals


8,000 00


School-teachers' salaries


72,000 00


Sewers


10,000 00


Sidewalks


3,000 00


Sinking-fund contributions


45,525 00


Street-lights


7,500 00


Support of poor


15,000 00


Watering streets


3,000 00


Water maintenance


14,000 00


$845,325 00


$845,325 00


.


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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


CASH.


CREDIT.


Broadway-park maintenance


$1,295 82


County of Middlesex


12,097 00


Central- hill improvement


1,691 46


Fire-Department


22,091 27


Funded debt


473,500 00


Health-Department


3,610 55


Highways


38,103 72


Indigent soldiers and sailors


968 00


Interest


75,346 37


Lincoln Schoolhouse.


1,018 55


Miscellaneous .


5,836 24


New ladder-attachment for fire-appa-


ratus


600 00


Police


24,572 16


Police-station incidentals


2,167 20


Public Library .


3,120 30


Salaries


19,028 55


School contingent


17,896 89


School-fuel


4,623 39


Schoolhouse incidentals


11,240 52


School-teachers' salaries


72,712 77


Schoolhouse on Tufts Street


9,226 89


Schoolhouse on School Street


12,611 12


Sewers


25,265 23


Sidewalks .


2,925 54


Sinking-fund contributions


45,525 00


Street-lights


7,288 26


Support of poor


17,262 76


State of Massachusetts


26,300 00


State aid .


3,739 00


Sundry persons


1,568 00


Temporary loans


485,000 00


Watering streets


6,787 18


Water maintenance


15,448 25


Water services .


3,843 08


Amount carried forward .


. $1,470,694 33


Printing and stationery


3,473 95


Public-library building


12,909 31


58


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . . $1,470,694 33


Water-loan interest .


17,025 00


Balance to debit in account, 1885


13,071 33


$1,500,790 66


DEBIT.


Balance from 1883 .


$14,465 87


Broadway-park maintenance


30 13


Central-hill improvement


1,150 21


Funded debt


473,500 00


Fire-Department


103 75


Health-Department .


571 67


Highways


6,209 70


Highway betterment assessments


314 68


Interest


21,973 07


Miscellaneous


1,658 42


Overlay and abatement


6 00


Police


2,098 75


Police-station incidentals


669 50


Printing and stationery


7 20


Public Library .


1,556 85


Public property


5,563 18


School contingent


217 50


Schoolhouse incidentals


941 34


Sewers


364 21


Sewer assessments


10,275 55


Sidewalk assessments


3,664 58


Street-lights


666 06


Support of poor


1,505 07


State aid .


12 00


State of Massachusetts, State aid


3,807 50


State of Massachusetts, indigent sol- diers and sailors


430 50


Real-estate liens


3,745 05


Taxes


390,619 45


Temporary loans


525,000 00


Water maintenance


1,236 80


Water services .


403 52


Water-service assessments .


4,146 30


Water-loan interest


20,085 95


Watering streets


.


3,790 30


·


$1,500,790 66


59


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


BROADWAY-PARK MAINTENANCE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$1,500 00


Cash, received for hay


30 13


$1,530 13


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Timothy Murphy, trees


$84 00


Philip Johnson, plants


40 00


Parker & Wood, repairing mower


2 25


Joseph Breck & Son, repairing mower, etc.


16 76


Underhill Brothers, repairing mower ·


75


F. W. Johnson, repairing lamps, etc. .


7 15


Samuel Walker & Co., oil .


5 05


Charles Holmes & Son, oil-can


25


Highways account, labor, teaming, etc.


1,124 46


William Hamilton, labor


5 00


Dennis Foley, watching


8 25


E. R. Perham & Co., expressing


1 90


$1,295 82


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of


account . 234 31


$1,530 13


CENTRAL-HILL IMPROVEMENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$1,000 00 Cash, received of


Public-library building account, grad- ing, bricks, etc.


$616 77


Schoolhouse on School Street, account, filling-material, etc. . 315 32


Schoolhouse on Tufts Street, filling-ma- terial, etc.


218 12


1,150 21


Amount carried forward


$2,150 21


60


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $2,150 21


DEBIT.


Cash, paid John F. Ayer, lumber $20 54


N. E. Fitz & Co., lime, cement, etc. 13 25


Joseph Breck & Son, grass-seed . 3 72


Timothy Murphy, trees and labor


59 00


John Thresher & Co., bricks


26 00


Thomas Wood, mason-work


33 87


Sloop "L. A. Merriam," and owners, transporting cannon 150 00


Lincoln's Wharf, wharfage . 5 00


P. O'Riorden, teaming cannon


36 00


Highways account, labor, teaming, etc. 460 64


Laborers


883 44


$1,691 46


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of


account .


458 75


$2,150 21


COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount assessed for county tax . . $12,097 00


DEBIT.


$12,097 00 ·


Cash, paid county tax


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1883


$45,772 18


Property and debt balance, received for land


taken from Forster Schoolhouse for extension of Evergreen Avenue . $2,077 76 Property and debt balance. Williamsburg City Fire-insurance Company, loss by fire of Lincoln Schoolhouse 3,485 42 .


Hanover Fire-insurance Company, loss by


fire of Lincoln Schoolhouse . . 3,000 00 Amounts carried forward . . $8,563 18


$45,772 18


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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . . $8,563 18 $45,772 18


Central-hill improvement, credit balance of


account . 458 75


Broadway-park maintenance, credit balance of account 234 31


Fire-Department, credit balance of account, 12 48


Health-Department, " 66 66 66


61 12


Highways, 66 66 66 846 09


Indigent soldiers and sailors, credit balance of account


16 00


Interest, credit balance of account 3,858 88


Miscellaneous, credit balance of account 40 73


Police, 66 66


26 59


Police-station incidentals, credit balance of account


302 30


Printing and stationery, credit balance of acct. 133 25


School-fuel, credit balance of account 76 61


Schoolhouse incidentals, credit balance of account


100 82


Sewers, credit balance of account


156 52


Sidewalks, " 66 66


·


115 93


Street-lights, credit balance of account


477 80


Watering streets, credit balance of account .


3 12


Water maintenance, " 66 66 66


292 30


Water-loan interest "


66 66


. 3,060 95


18,837 73


$64,609 91


DEBIT.


Schoolhouse on Tufts Street, transferred


$12,000 00


66 " School " 66


13,900 00


Public-library building,


66


15,000 00


Schoolhouse incidentals,


66


1,000 00


School contingent,


66


3,000 00


Highways,


66


2,077 76


Lincoln Schoolhouse,


66


3,485 42


Property and debt balance, land on Whipple Street


388 27


$50,851 45


Balance to credit in account 1885


. 13,758 46


$64,609 91




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