Report of the city of Somerville 1884, Part 4

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


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62


ANNUAL REPORTS.


FIRE-DEPARTMENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$22,000 00


Cash, received of Mowry & Phillips, old cop-


per, etc. .


$36 75


Lorenzo W. Dow, manure . 52 00


Horace Record, part cost of fence 15 00


103 75


$22,103 75


DEBIT.


Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, chief engi-


neer . $1,100 00


Nathaniel C. Barker, assistant engineer, 300 00


Steamer Engine Company .


825 58


John E. Wool Hose Company


738 51


Winter-hill Hose Company 738 50


George H. Foster Hose Company ·


730 58


George O. Brastow Hose Company ·


655 58


R. A. Vinal Hook and Ladder Com-


pany


. 1,300 58


Steamer engineer


950 00


Steamer fireman .


780 00


Seven drivers


5,455 81


Irving C. Jackson, substitute driver, etc.


72 79


A. L. Walker, substitute driver, etc. 40 88


Theophilus Cunningham, substitute driver, etc. 64 76


Thomas Daley, substitute driver, etc. 15 17


W. H. Whitcomb, “ 42 26


City of Boston, water for hydrants .


1,428 00


water-rates . 110 00


George McDormand, horseshoeing 32 76


Edward O'Brien, 66


·


42 28


Charles Maguire,


48 90


W. H. Richardson, 66


7 40


Gerry & Sullivan,


66


30 96


J. W. Gerry, 66


10 14


.


Amounts carried forward . . $15,521 44


$22,103 75


.


.


63


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . · $15,521 44 $22,103 75 Seward Dodge, blacksmithing and shoe-


ing .


90 35


W. C. Bradstreet, blacksmithing and shoeing . 3 50


G. M. Bowditch, blacksmithing 3 17


Burnett & Brown, 66 6 72


Cook, Rymes, & Co., " 2 50


E. Teel & Co., repairing apparatus 108 60


Kendall & Roberts, 66 5 70


David W. Crocker, 66 25 85


Union-square Carriage Company, re- pairing apparatus 27 00


Fox & McDormand, repairing ladder 9 50


F. Ivers & Son, repairing harnesses 4 75


E. Spalding,


31 73


G. M. J. Wilson, 66 66


25


American Fire-Hose Manufacturing


Company, repairing hose 94 30


Edwin Rogers, fire-alarm apparatus 223 21


Smith & Anthony Stove Company, fur- nace, etc.


244 00


Boston Woven Hose Company, play- pipe


80 13


Serson Kauffer Battery Company, bat- tery


317 25


Union Glass Company, battery-jars 5 25


Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Com- pany, valve 11 50


Abiel Pevey, zincs and coppers, etc.


60 97


John Pope & Sons, stencils 2 00


George F. Blake Manufacturing Com- pany, rubber packing 1 80


American Tube Works, sliding-pole 20 13


A. S. Jackson, waste 10 50


Bishop & Brother, ladders . 94 00


Braman, Dow, & Co., pipe, etc. . 1 10


American Steam-Gauge Company, noz- zle .


15 38


Amounts carried forward . · $17,022 58


$22,103 75


64


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . · $17,022 58


C. Callahan, nozzle 15 00


Joseph A. Teeling, gilding vanes, etc. 60 00


McDowell & Hartz, whips . .


10 75


Silsby Manufacturing Company, spurr wheel 98 40


Scrannage Brothers & Co., repairing ex- tinguishers 1 75


John L. Crafts, canvas, etc. 17 11


Fred. J. Miller, fire-hat 5 25


Summers & Hunt, hub-cap . 3 50


Highland Foundry Company, repairing furnace 4 40


Murphy, Leavens, & Co., feather dust-


ers . 22 30


R. Warren & Co., brooms, pails, etc. 7 75


Leander Barber, jun., brooms 3 75


H. W. Raymond, hardware .


30 19


J. A. Durell, 66 36 94


Charles Holmes & Son, hardware . 10 70


W. L. Snow, 7 88


Howe & Flint, .


6 36


George Dunbar & Co., 66 1 75


George G. Page Box Company, boxes, 1 75


Joel Barnard, spring-beds .


8 00


J. E. Parsons, plumbing, etc. 66


20 58


James F. Davlin,


27 36


A. Knowles 66 66


17 16


Underhill Brothers, sharpening tools


.60


George E. Bruorton, fire-extinguisher, etc. 77 25


D. E. Owen & Co., patent hitch . 16 00


A. S. Jackson, belts


28 00


A. Fisher, painting, etc.


337 30


J. Q. Twombly, painting, etc.


2 50


J. C. Dyer, 66 66


35 50


W. S. Walker, 66 66


38 04


Munn & Hughes. 66 66


49 85


$22,103 75


Amounts carried forward .


$18,026 25


$22,103 75


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 65


Amounts brought forward . $18,026 25


$22,103 75


J. H. Hollis, painting, etc. . 6 50


J. F. Walker, carpenter-work 52 93


Elijah Walker, 13 13


Page & Littlefield, 66


.


54 77


S. T. Kirkpatrick, 66


179 80


George W. Trefren, jun., carpenter- work


37 60


A. Headley, carpenter-work 75 71


A. W. Berry, 66


.


7 10


Berry & Slager, 66


17 00


Schoolhouse incidentals account, car-


penter-work 9 00


A. C. Winning, mason-work 75 86


R. A. Hines & Son, "


12 21


James M. Burckes,


158 87


Edward Earley, slating


17 80


J. Leland, wheelwright-work 6 45 .


S. J. Wood, repairing gong, etc .. 1 25


Patrick Martin, whitewashing 7 00


L. W. Manning, repairing fire-alarm tel- egraph 3 00


Gilman D. Haynes, labor


8 00


George L. Blackbird, “


4 00


Edward Backus,


20 00


Dennis Ryan,


53 85


O. J. Davis, telegraph-poles


93 92


E. E. Rand, labor


2 00


Daniel Horgan, labor .


2 50


Hill & Langtry, blankets 16 00


W. H. Hutchinson, cotton . 4 90


W. M. Hadley, fuel


216 85


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel 271 93


Lackawanna Coal Depot Company, fuel, 11 00


Dean & Co., fuel 43 75


N. Tufts & Son, grain .


473 94


Joseph H. Lovell, hay


117 64


Lord & Webster, . .


177 68


. .


.


Amounts carried forward ,


$20,280 19


$22,103 75


.


66


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . ·


$20,280 19


$22,103 75


J. F. Ham, hay .


150 50


A. H. Dix, ‘


44 93


Hewey Skillings & Co., hay


40 01 .


R. W. Willey & Co.,


158 91


Proctor Brothers, straw


75 49


J. P. Squire & Co., oil


26 05


H. W. Burgess,


3 14


Charles Bartley, naphtha


3 78


James Bartley,


2 39


T. Spellman, soap


20 00


C. L. Davenport, salt .


3 00


C. L. Stevens,


1 25


D. E. Hennessey, "


1 25


Thomas Hollis, blue vitriol, etc. . 32 96


Cutler Brothers & Co., blue vitriol, etc. . 98 49


George H. Cowdin, drugs .


3 89


Cambridge Gas-Light Company, gas


175 37


Charlestown Gas Company, 99 38


Sturtevant Brothers, use of horse, 7 00 .


A. M. Prescott, 22 50


A. M. Bates, sleigh 30 00


George F. Sturtevant, storage


5 00


George C. Ward, 66 10 00


Coverly's Express, expressing


.75


W. J. London, 66


2 20


Day's Express, 66


18 05


William Sanderson,


2 75


Lewis Putnam, veterinary services


3 00


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber 41 37


Davis, Stebbins, & Co., hardware . 1 37


E. A. Perham & Co., expressing, etc.


19 82


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stamps 10 00


Winkley, Thorp, & Dresser, stationery . 6 65


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing, etc. 61 70


S. S. Woodcock, plans 20 00


J. H. Clough,


10 00


Dexter F. Bennett, premium of insur-


ance


51 50


Amounts carried forward . · $21,544 64


$22,103 75


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 67


Amounts brought forward . $21,544 64


$22,103 75


J. O. Goodwin, premium of insurance . 4 00


Timothy Murphy, trees 24 00


Charles E. Shaw, labor on telegraph 6 00


S. B. Manning, engraving and repairing badges . 6 25


S. B. Manning, substitute driver . 34 60


Harry B. Willey,


15 10


Sundry call-men, extra services . 66 00


Winter-hill Hose Company, furniture


49 00


E. W. Ring, washing 21 48


T. H. Daly, 66


·


20 99


S. H. Stevens, 66 24 76 .


Mrs. Calvert, 66


.


37 01


L. E. Beers, washing 7 00


Mary A. Brown, “


25 38


H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice . 30 00


Boston Ice Company, 5 00


T. W. Hough Engine Company, refresh- ments 10 00


Highland Hose Company, refreshments, 10 00


William Penn Hose Co., refreshments . 10 00


Daniel Webster Engine Company, re- freshments 10 00


Niagara Engine Company, refreshments, 10 00


Medford Hose Company, "


20 00


Engine Company No. 1, Cambridge, refreshments . .


20 00


Engine Company No. 2, Cambridge, refreshments . . 10 00


Engine Company No. 5, Cambridge, refreshments 20 00


H. Daley, refreshments 11 07


Silas D. Carter, refreshments


26 00


A. F. Carpenter, 11 44


E. F. Chaffee, drugs


1 55


$22,091 27


Excess and deficiency, balance to


credit of account


12 48


$22,103 75


68


ANNUAL REPORTS.


FUNDED DEBT.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1883


Cash, received for sale of


City-loan Bonds, Nos. 467 to 507,


$41,000 00


508 to 575,


68,000 00


66


66


576 to 646,


71,000 00


66


66 66 647 to 720,


74,000 00


66 66 721 to 798,.


799 to 852,


54,000 00


66 No. 853 . ·


12,500 00


66


854 .


52,000 00


66


855 .


3,000 00


Water-loan Bonds, Nos. 200 to 202


3,000 00


Water-loan Bonds, Nos. 203 to 212 ·


10,000 00


Water-loan Bond, No. 213 .


7,000 00


473,500 00


$2,058,500 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid


City-loan Bond, No. 49 .


$10,000 00


Nos. 52 to 54,


15,000 00


66


No. 55.


2,000 00


66


66


Nos. 57 and 60,


20,000 00


No. 7 .


·


66


66 .


2,000 00


66


66


Nos. 72 to 79,


40,000 00


66


66


No. 13 .


6,000 00


66


Nos. 14 to


17,


20,000 00


66


66


87 to 96,


50,000 00


66


No. 98 .


.


5,000 00


99 .


·


2,500 00


66


" 100.


1,000 00


Nos. 101 to 103,


9,000 00


. $1,585,000 00


Amounts carried forward . ·


$242,500 00 $2,058,500 00


67 .


5,000 00


80 to 86,


35,000 00


66


20,000 00


·


78,000 00


66


69


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $242,500 00 $2,058,500 00 Cash, paid


City-loan Bond, No. 104 .


1,000 00


105 .


2,000 00


Nos. 106 to 111,


30,000 00


66


No. 116 .


3,000 00


66 " Nos. 117 to 121, )


125,000 00


66


66


147 to 156,


50,000 00


Water-loan Bonds, Nos. 16 to 18,


15,000 00


66 No. 32


5,000 00


$473,500 00


Balance to credit in account, 1885 1,585,000 00


$2,058,500 00


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$3,500 00


Cash, received of city of Boston for care of W. O'Brien $265 67


George I. Vincent, permits to keep swine and goats, and collect grease . 306 00


571 67


$4,071 67


DEBIT.


Cash, paid W. H. Brine, inspector of board of health $500 00


W. H. Brine, fumigating 165 00


P. W. Skinner, 66 168 00


Highways account, collecting ashes . 2,570 59


J. J. Fenelon, peppermint tubes . 11 00


George H. Cowdin, “ 66 5 80


George H. Hills & Co., sulphur . 1 12


Burtt & Henshaw,


5 88


Sternburg Disinfectant Company, disin-


fectant . 42 05


Buff & Berger, repairing air-meter 2 50


Amounts carried forward .


$3,471 94


$4,071 67


66 123 to 142, 5


70


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . . $3,471 94 $4,071 67 Photo-electrotype Company, plate for


maps 9 00


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing, etc. 32 50


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery . 5 75


E. S. Tobey, post-office box


4 00


L. H. Brown, carriage-hire .


20 00


P. H. Wellcome,


7 00


E. R. Perham, expressing


50


A. M. Prescott, teaming 6 50


James Quinn, labor 2 25


E. L. Howard, officer's fees


1 24


J. S. Murphy,


1 12


Sundry persons, burying dead animals . 45 75


Sewers account, draining water 3 00


$3,610 55


Schoolhouse incidentals, transferred . 400 00


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of account


61 12


$4,071 67


HIGHWAYS. CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


. $32,000 00


Cash, received of Health-Department, col-


lecting ashes . . $2,570 59


Schoolhouse incidentals account, labor,


teaming, etc. ·


39 52


Broadway-park maintenance account, labor, teaming loam, etc. 1,124 46


Central-hill improvement account, la- bor, teaming, etc.


460 64


Sidewalks account, teaming stone,


gravel, etc. 212 93


Watering streets account, watering, etc. 125 83


Arthur Murley, rent


64 00


Thomas Ormand, rent


72 00


Paul Kelly, labor on trench


1 00


Amounts carried forward .


$4,670 97


$32,000 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


71


Amounts brought forward . . $4,670 97


$32,000 00


Town of Wakefield, gravel .


115 20


T. B. Blaikie, removing rubbish 5 00


John E. Sylvester, loam


13 75


Asa Durgin, old pipe .


1 30


George H. Willard, pasturage


60 00


R. M. Baldwin, hay


13 13


R. Lockwood, 47 08


Christopher Burke, et al., hay


75 25


James M. Carroll, jun.,


117 50


William Campbell & Co., grate-bars


5 50


Quincy A. Vinal, bricks


6 50


Eliza S. Wright, constructing sidewalk .


21 67


Alexander Foster, 66 66


28 31


E. A. Gillett,


66


66


27 00


Mark Laighton,


66


66


121 66


John L. Ambrose, 66


66


60 15


R. H. Sturtevant, 66 66


157 32


L. J. Sturtevant, 66


66


51 87


Charles A. Cushman,


66


34 24


Benjamin F. Thompson, constructing sidewalk


18 33


M. C. Parkhurst, constructing sidewalk,


60 23


Albert E. Hughes,


55 49


N. Richardson, 66


66


23 95


E. W. Cummings,


66


23 06


John Medina, 66 66


94 69


James W. Brine,


66 66


23 62


W. H. Hunnewell, constructing drive- way


10 79


Howard B. Chase, constructing drive- way


13 12


Horatio Wellington & Co., constructing driveway 8 50


William H. O'Shea, constructing drive- way 10 08


Charles Davis, constructing driveway · 15 07


Amounts carried forward . . $6,028 00


$32,000 00


.


.


.


·


.


.


37 67


Almira Shaw,


72


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $6,028 00 12 42


Geo. H. Crosby, constructing driveway,


T. C. Woodworth,


66


8 85


Samuel Stevens,


66


3 00


F. J. Baldwin, 66


2 69


Milo Crane, 66


8 84


Cooper Brothers,


30 71


Dennis O'Neal, 66


66


20 23


Cyrus F. Crosby, 66


66


17 35


M. D. Wright, 66


66


11 77


Thomas Young, 66


3 70


R. A. Vinal and S. E. Sewall, construct-


ing driveway .


24 44


Boston & Lowell Railroad, repairing approaches to bridge


37 70


$6,209 70


Excess and deficiency, transferred


. 2,077 76


Sidewalks 66 . 1,400 00


9,687 46


$41,687 46


DEBIT.


Cash paid laborers $19,263 47


Frank G. Williams, superintendent of streets . 1,500 00


Frank G. Williams, horse-keeping ·


417 17


Nathan Tufts & Son, grain . 552 56 ·


Proctor Brothers, 1 .


66 495 38


Powers & Co., 249 34 .


. R. W. Willey & Co., hay and grain 730 52


Peter Edgerly & Co., hay 259 47


C. P. Ladd & Co., 56 42 .


J. E. Whitaker & Co., oats . 230 01 .


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing 143 38


Charles W. Ingalls 66


130 50


Gerry & Sullivan, 66


87 98


Walter C. Bradstreet, "


.


32 85


George McDormand, .


24 45


.


.


.


$32,000 00


Amounts carried forward . . $24,173 50


$41,687 46


73


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $24,173 50 $41,687 46


W. H. Richardson, horseshoeing . 16 00


Daniel W. Crocker, 66


.


11 40


A. Clement,


.


10 51


Charles Maguire, 66


3 00


George C. Foss,


2 00


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing


321 41


F. Dooris,


240 82


George H. Dodd, 66


25 74


James McCresson, 66


10 15


J. Lynch, 66


3 70


John Kennedy, wheelwright-work 36 30


J. Leland, 5 25


N. L. Pennock, harness-work


21 00


E. Spalding,


80 96


Hill & Langtry, harness, etc. 87 39


Robert Miller, horse-covers, etc. . 8 90


L. C. Chase & Co., “


1 50


J. G. Knapp & Co., “ 22 00


William Mitchell, harnesses .


65 00


Mark Laighton, carpenter-work


93 86


James Carroll, mason-work .


22 50


James F. Davlin, plumbing .


60 96


J. A. Durell, hardware, etc. .


44 19


W. L. Snow, 66


10 74


H. W. Raymond, “ 66


121 30


Howe & Flint,


2 60


Charles Holmes & Son, hardware, etc. 1 12


Underhill Brothers, tools 28 65


Cook, Rymes, & Co., repairing tools, etc.


141 87


J. E. Parsons, tin-work 1 31


Hussey, Howe, & Co., tools, etc.


22 38


Farrell Foundry and Machine Com- pany, castings . 130 32


Chelmsford Foundry Co., castings


7 50


S. L. Holt & Co., engine and boiler 804 79


Boston Belting Company, hose . 1 81


George H. Goodrich & Co., drain-pipe, 63


Amounts carried forward . · $26,643 06


$41,687 46


.


.


74


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $26,643 06 $41,687 46


Elliot, Barnes, & Co., lacings 1 00


George H. Mason & Co., lantern


5 40


James Forgie, horse-collars .


13 50


Hill & Cutler, waste .


4 50


Bishop & Brother, ladder


5 20


J. J. Giles, rocking-chair


2 50


Sewers account, catch-basin curbs


5 73


John Thresher & Co., bricks


233 10


Sanborn & Hatch,


84 00


John Turner & Co., paving-stones, etc. 2,771 86


Francis Buttimer, stone 9 60


W. P. Walker, sand


10 80


T. F. Crimmings, sand


1 50


John F. Ayer, lumber .


148 47


N. E. Fitz & Co., lime


1 10


Charles A. Small, oil, etc.


2 46


Samuel Walker & Co., oil


35 02


Joseph Jones & Co., ·


5 20


George B. Huse, empty oil-barrels


1 50


Browning & Jones, paint


25 00


R. H. Spaulding, lubricating compound, 10 15


George H. Sampson, powder and fuse .


295 83


C. P. Ladd & Co., mineral salt


11 03


Whitaker & Cheney, vinegar, etc. 4 05


C. H. Wheeler & Co., suet . 54


Joseph Breck & Son, grass-seed . 10 90 ·


A. S. Symmes, carts 180 00


F. W. Johnson, painting 10 50


J. Q. Twombly, 66


10 50


Horatio Wellington & Co., coal, cement,


etc.


241 53


W. M. Hadley, coal, etc.


110 35


S. M. Fuller, 66 .


6 18


S. J. Wood, filing saws, etc. 5 50


F. O. Reed, and others, gravel


67 20


Thomas Lord, filling . 175 00


Cheney & Myrick, drugs


68 73


Amounts carried forward . . $31,218 49


$41,687 46


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


75


Amounts brought forward . $31,218 49


$41,687 46


Ellis Spavin Cure Company, drugs 6 00


James E. Abbott, veterinary services 45 50


William Saunders, 3 00


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery . 36 50


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


67 10


Charles B. Stevens, recording 2 50


New-England Telephone and Telegraph Company, rentals, etc.


36 00


Western Union Telegraph Company, telegrams 59


W. C. Crane, premium of insurance 15 00


City of Boston, water-rates . 70 73 ·


Blackall's Express, expressing


7 30


Gilman's Express,


5 64


Town of Medford, half cost of main- taining Middlesex-avenue bridge


501 69


Town of Winchester, taxes . 9 34 ·


Wakefield, 66


27 97


" " Waltham, 66


134 30


A. Ham & Co., horses


.


895 00


Sturtevant Brothers, horses .


525 00 .


66 use of horses .


3 00


James Purcell, pigs


20 00


Charles Booth, weighing hay


5 20


John Welch, teaming, etc. .


63 38


Christopher Burke, teaming, etc. .


24 75


J. F. Elkins, 66 66


9 00


Martin Gill,


66


9 00


John Hickey,


66


31 50


George F. McKenna, " 66


18 90


Henry Gray, ploughing


21 00


William Hamilton, mowing .


15 00


John Young,


8 00


Schoolhouse incidentals account, labor, teaming, etc. .


7 90


Sewer assessment account, sewer on


Bond Street .


210 60


.


Amounts carried forward . · $34,054 88


$41,687 46


·


.


.


.


76


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $34,054 88 $41,687 46 Support of poor account, services of T. Garvin 92 25


John W. Brooks, land taken for exten- sion of Evergreen Avenue 1,733 33


Public property account, land taken from Forster Schoolhouse for exten- sion of Evergreen Avenue . 2,077 76


Stearns & Butler, costs (Columbus-ave- nue suits ) 145 50


$38,103 72


Highway betterment assessments, as-


sessments on Columbus Avenue abated by order of the Court . ·


636 53


Sundry persons, land taken of W. H. Mahoney for extension of Evergreen Avenue . 983 12


Margaret F. Burtt, land taken for Sum-


mit-avenue extension . 1,118 00


$40,841 37


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of


account . 846 09


$41,687 46


HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons' assess- ments .


$314 68 Highways, sundry persons' assessments


abated .


636 53


$951 21


DEBIT.


Balance from 1883


$951 21


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 77


HANOVER FIRE-INSURANCE COMPANY.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit in account 1885 DEBIT.


$3,000 00


Public property, insurance on Lincoln Schoolhouse 3,000 00


INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed ·


$500 00


State of Massachusetts (indigent soldiers and sail- ors), one-half of amount paid in 1884 484 00


$984 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid sundry persons .


$968 00


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of


account . 16 00


$984 00


INTEREST.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$68,000 00


Cash, received on deposits in banks


$892 93


On taxes


. 6,042 36


On tax-titles released .


176 77


Of State treasurer, National Bank tax . 4,546 56


Corporation tax . .


. 5,458 98


Foreign ships tax . 1,144 77


Blake Brothers & Co., premium on bonds .


3,710 70


$21,973 07


Real-estate liens, interest on titles to the city on prop- erty deeded for non-payment of taxes . 27 91


Public property, interest on taxes, property purchased by the city under Chapter 242, Acts of 1884 57 67


Amount carried forward .


$90,058 65


78


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . $90,058 65


DEBIT.


Cash, paid on funded debt : -


$360,500, one year at 6} per cent,


$23,432 50


113,000, " " 6 6,780 00 66


20,000, six months at 5} 66


550 00


101,000, one year at 52 5,555 00


608,500, " " 5 30,425 00


$66,742 50


Less coupons unpaid .


375 00


$66,367 50


Sundry persons, coupons unpaid as above


375 00


$66,742 50


Cash, paid on temporary loans : -


Warren Institution for Savings, on note of $60,000, six months at 4 per cent, 1,200 00 Maverick National Bank, discount on note of $75,000, dated March 29, 1884 20 00


Boston Five-cents Savings Bank, on note of $25,000, six months at 4 per cent 500 00


Warren Institution for Savings, on note of $50,000, eight months at 4 per cent 1,333 33 . Warren Institution for Savings, on note of $75,000, six months at 32 per cent, 1,334 38 Provident Institution for Savings, on note of $75,000, six months at 3& per cent . 1,429 69


Warren Institution for Savings, on note of $25,000, four months at 5 per cent 416 67


Amounts carried forward . · $6,234 07


$90,058 65


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Amounts brought forward . $6,234 07 $90,058 65


Warren Institution for Savings, on note of $50,000, five months at 4} per cent ·


937 50


Cambridge Savings Bank, on note of $50,000, five months at 5 per cent . 1,041 67 Boston Five-cents Savings Bank, on note of $25,000, three months at 42 per cent 265 63 .


Warren Institution for Savings, on note of $50,000, three months at 4 per cent 500 00


$8,978 87


On funded debt


$66,742 50


On temporary loans ·


8,978 87


$75,721 37


School contingent transferred


. 5,679 39


Schoolhouse incidentals transferred School-teachers' salaries transferred Lincoln Schoolhouse transferred .


712 77


Miscellaneous transferred .


. 1,100 00


Printing and stationery transferred


600 00


Salaries transferred .


128 55


Support of poor transferred


757 69


$86,199 77


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of


account


. 3,858 88


$90,058 65


LINCOLN SCHOOLHOUSE.


CREDIT.


Interest, transferred .


. $500 00


Excess and deficiency, transferred


.


. 3,485 42


Amount carried forward


.


$3,985 42


. 1,000 00


·


500 00


80


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$3,985 42


DEBIT.


Cash, paid C. F. Palmer, on account of con-


tract for mason-work $972 25


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing 1 00


Water-service account, service-pipe 2 50


W. A. Muzzey, removing rubbish


42 80


$1,018 55


Balance to credit in account 1885


.. 2,966 87


$3,985 42


MISCELLANEOUS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$3,000 00


Real-estate liens, costs on titles to the city on property deeded for non-payment of taxes and assessments


$86 35


Public property, costs on Whipple-street lots purchased by the city


32 20


Cash, received costs on property sold and prepared for sale for non-payment of taxes and assessments


915 04


On real-estate liens released


59 20


Sundry persons, for liquor-licenses


12 00


B. L. Howard, fee for answering trustee, Charles E. Gilman, City Clerk : -


Marriage certificates


$140 50


Junk-licenses .


78 00


Auctioneers' licenses


14 00


Pool and billiard tables li-


censes


14 00


Licensing dogs


133 60


Recording mortgages and assignments


279 00


Recording liquor-licenses, 12 00


671 10


1,776 97


Interest, transferred .


1,100 00


Amount carried forward


$5,876 97


1 08


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Amount brought forward . $5.876 97


DEBIT.


Cash, paid J. O. Hayden & Co., printing and advertising $3 60


" Post" Publishing Company, advertis- ing


5 50


"Journal " Newspaper Company, adver- tising 7 50


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery . 47 80


Elijah Walker, carpenter-work 18 80 .


Fred. C. Fuller, 66


27 75


J. F. Walker, 66


53 55


A. Headley, 66


9 00


Schoolhouse incidentals account, car-


penter-work 75 67


James F. Davlin, plumbing . 10 05 .


Howe & Flint, hardware, etc. 27 55


H. W. Raymond, “


24 33


W. S. Walker, painting 16 61


Thomas Wood, mason-work 8 00


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing


2 77


W. E. Buckingham, plastering


50 00


Sylvester & Co., spikes


41 00


Coolidge, Ellis, & Co., igniter


7 48


Domestic Electrical Manufacturing


Company, repairing igniter 1 00


A. J. Wilkinson, door-spring 3 75


Ingalls & Kendricken, repairing heating- apparatus .


14 45


Buff & Berger, repairing instruments .


62 30


Wadsworth, Howland, & Co., engineers' supplies . 64 55


Charles Pierce, repairing gas-fixtures 2 00


A. W. Mitchell, rubber stamp 50


Ward & Co., resonantor .


2 00


W. W. White & Co., mounting map ·


2 50


New-England Map and Brush Com- pany, brushes . 3 60


Amounts carried forward . ·


. $593 61


$5,876 97


82


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $593 61


$5,876 97


Murphy, Leavens, & Co., dusters 8 43


Jackson, Caldwell, & Co., rug


4 50


Robert Burlin, binding maps 5 00


Smith & Co., chairs 15 50


J. J. Giles, bookcase .


42 00


G. M. Hopkins, atlases


48 00


Page & Littlefield, boxes


24 00


Union Glass Company, globes


6 00


Walter S. Barnes, ballot-boxes


9 00


N. C. Warren, hardware


60


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber Thomas Hollis, glycerine, etc.


5 10


J. H. Brooks, towels .


3 86


R. H. White & Co., towels .


3 82


James Bartley, oil, brooms, etc.


6 35


Charles Bartley, " 66 66


9 91


S. J. Wood, fitting keys, etc.


8 75


C. M. Blake, newspapers


9 00


H. M. Weld, carriage-hire . 17 00


Cambridge Gas-light Company, gas 306 70


New-England Telephone and Telegraph


Company, rentals, etc. 119 35


Engineers' assistants, car-fares, etc. 18 17


E. S. Tobey, rent of post-office box 4 00


William J. London, expressing


12 05


George G. Glines, 66


40


Barker & Tibbets, 66


25


A. L. Sanborn,


18 00


A. M. Prescott, 66


12 00


W. H. Whitcomb, labor at City Hall 76 25


James McDevitt, 66 66 66


10 50


J. H. Kelley, 66 66 66


1 00


A. Leland, 66 66 66


1 00


L. M. Maynard, labor at cemetery 15 00


G. W. Manning, labor on flag-staff 46 67


W. M. Hadley, fuel


96 45


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel


· 139 87


Amounts carried forward .


. $1,746 81


$5,876 97


.


48 72


.


.


.


83


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Amounts brought forward . .$1,746 81


$5,876 97


Edward Cox, rent of store . 30 00


A. Kenneson, « « "


27 50


A. A. Perry, use of Welden Hall . 16 00


Philip Eberle, use of hall


50 00


John Stackpole, “


15 00


Jairus Mann, watching City Hall 47 50


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