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. 3,086 27
- $39,731 70
66
ANNUAL REPORTS.
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry persons, assess-
ments .
·
$325 70
Balance to debit in account, 1886 . 3,848 11
$4.173 81
DEBIT.
Highways, assessments levied .
$4,173 81
HANOVER FIRE-INSURANCE COMPANY.
CREDIT.
Cash, received for insurance
$3,000 00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1884 .
$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 1885 . 494 00
$994 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid sundry persons $988 00
Excess and deficiency, balance to credit
of account 6 00
$994 00
INTEREST.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $58,000 00
Real-estate liens, interest on titles to the city on property deeded for non- payment of taxes and assessments, $26 69
Amounts carried forward $26 69
$58,000 00
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Amounts brought forward
$26 69 $58,000 00
Cash, received on deposits in banks 964 61
On taxes and assessments 7,115 95
" tax-titles released .
10 42
Of State treasurer, National Bank tax, 4,322 34
Corporation tax 5,070 35
Foreign ships tax
1,086 93
Maverick National Bank, premium on bonds 1,689 00
Blake Brothers & Co., premium on
notes .
11 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank,
premium on note .
3 00
20,300 29
$78,300 29
DEBIT.
Cash, paid on funded debt : -
$87,000, six months at 6 per cent . $2,610 00
96,500, one year " 5를 . 5,307 50
4,500, six months “ 5} 66 123 75 .
673,000, one year " 5 . 33,650 00
8,000, six months “ 5 66 200 00 ·
53,000, three “ " 5 .
662 50
386,000, one year " 4 . 15,440 00
25,000, six months " 4 66 500 00
$58,493 75
Less coupons unpaid
75 00
$58,418 75
Sundry persons, coupons unpaid as above,
75 00
$58,493 75
Cash, paid on temporary loans : - Warren Institution for Savings, on note of $50,000, six months at 4 per cent . $1,000 00
Amounts carried forward . $1,000 00
$78,300 29
68
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward · $1,000 00 $78,300 29
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on
note of $50,000, six months at 4 per cent . · 1,000 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on note of $75,000, six months at 3g per cent .
1,453 12
New-England Trust Company, on note of $25,000, five months at 3 per cent
312 50
New-England Trust Company, on note of $25,000, five months at 3 per cent
312 50
New-England Trust Company, on note of $25,000, five months at 3 per cent
312 50
208 33
Blake Brothers & Co., on note of $25,000, four months at 2} per cent, Blake Brothers & Co., on note of $25,000, four months at 22 per cent, Blake Brothers & Co., on note of $15,000, four months at 2} per cent, 125 00 Boston Five Cents Savings Banks, on note of $150,000, eight months at 3} per cent . . . 3,500 00
208 33
New-Engiand Trust Company, on note of $60,000, four months at 2} per cent 500 00
$8,932 28
On funded debt
$58,493 75
On temporary loans
. 8,932 28
$67,426 03
Water maintenance, transferred
. 1,200 00
Public-library building, transferred .
. 2,650 00
Miscellaneous, transferred
. 1,000 00
Amounts carried forward
$72,276 03
$78,300 29
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Amounts brought forward $72,276 03 School contingent, transferred . 3,300 00 ·
$78,300 29
School-teachers' salaries, transferred
·
200 00
Support of poor, transferred . . 1,000 00
$76,776 03
Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of account .
. 1,524 26
$78,300 29
LINCOLN SCHOOLHOUSE.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1884 . ·
$2,966 87
Appropriations, amount assessed
6,500 00
Excess and deficiency, transferred .
3,000 00
Cash, received of S. B. Lock & Co., old iron .
$10 57
John C. Garrett, old iron
8 81
19 38
DEBIT.
Cash, paid C. F. Palmer, mason-work . $1,322 53
J. H. Stevens, carpenter-work
. 8,850 00
Fred C. Fuller,
15 00
L. Arnold,
15 00
L. C. Dunklee, 66
31 50
John F. Ayer, lumber 2 17
W. H. Wood & Co., lumber
23 96
Walter C. Bates, concreting
57 60
W. L. Snow, heating-apparatus
657 81
John Turner & Co., granite
21 00
Smith & Co., umbrella-stand
32 00.
George W. Prichard, grading
50 00
J. A. Swasey, blackboards 70 70
H. W. Raymond, hardware 4 52
J. J. Underhill, teaming . 2 64
George Dunbar & Co., ash-barrels 17 50
George M. D. Fernald, bells, etc.
22 00
Amounts carried forward
$11,195 93
$12,486 25
·
.
.
$12,486 25
70
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$11,195 93 $12,486 25
S. B. Manning, clocks 24 00
J. A. Durell, shellac and brushes 3 80
S. J. Wood, keys
2 50
Barker & Tibbetts, expressing .
11 50
George L. Borrowscale, labor
12 00
James Rogers,
13 13
George F. Loring, architect
591 90
A. G. Whitcomb, furniture
210 95
Schoolhouse incidentals account,
furniture
400 85
Water-service account, service-pipe .
6.79
$12,473 35
Excess and deficiency
12 90
$12,486 25
MISCELLANEOUS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$3,000 00
Excess and deficiency, transferred .
758 46
Interest, 66
1,000 00
Water loan interest, 66
1,000 00
Real-estate liens, costs on titles to the city on property deeded for non-payment of taxes and assessments $86 35
Cash, received of sundry persons, costs on property sold and prepared for sale for non-payment of taxes and assessments .
915 07
On real-estate liens released
6 00
Sundry persons, liquor-licenses
17 00
Thomas Cunningham, milk inspect- or's fees
128 50
Richard Falvey, on account of ver-
dict, Stepp vs. City of Somerville . 400 00
L. G. Trott, money not called for 3 00
Charles E. Gilman, city clerk : - Marriage certificates . $145 50
Amounts carried forward, $145 50 $1,555 92
$5,758 46
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. Amounts brought forward, $145 50 $1,555 92 $5,758 46
Junk-licenses 74 00
Auctioneers' licenses
14 00
Licensing dogs
166 60
Pool and billiard tables
licensed .
6 00
Recording mortgages . 298 72
liquor-licenses 17 00
721 82
2,277 74
Excess and deficiency, balance to debit of account 128 62
$8,164 82
DEBIT.
Cash, paid J. O. Hayden. & Co., printing and advertising $24 00
Babb & Stephens, printing 15 75
Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery 65 16
F. C. Fuller, carpenter-work
299 55
R. A. Melvin, 20 70
R. A. Stevens, 3 38
J. H. Stevens,
1 50
Elijah Walker,
1 30
J. F. Walker,
75
L. C. Dunklee, 66
3 00
J. Q. Twombly, painting .
17 20
F. W. Johnson,
13 59
Alfred D. McCann, "
38 73.
J. H. Hollis, painting
16 50
James F. Davlin, plumbing
10 43
L. C. Seavey, slating
3 76
H. W. Raymond, hardware
32 01
Whitney & Snow, 19 73
Charles Holmes & Son, hardware 2 00
J. A. Durell, use of stove, etc. 92 20
Harrison, Beard, & Co., furniture 213 75
Paine's Furniture Company, furniture 70 00
Smith & Co., furniture
135 00
Amounts carried forward . $1,099 99
$8,164 82
72
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $1,099 99 $8,164 82
Derby & Kilmer Desk Co., desks 87 00
Jackson, Caldwell, & Co., furniture, etc. 123 61
H. A. Hartley & Co., carpets . ·
385 80
Howe & Flint, globes
J. M. D. Fernald, bells, etc. · 3 58
25 60
Domestic Electrical Manufacturing Company, igniter . 3 75
John Harwood, punches ·
2 75
Educational Supply Company, lacta-
scope . 6 95
Frost & Adams, engineers' supplies . 2 00
Buff & Berger, repairing instruments, 9 05
Wadsworth Brothers & Howland, paint, etc. . 50 56 ·
Watson & Bisbee, drawing tables .
25 00
S. Thaxter & Sons, engineers' in- struments 15 00
Oliver White & Co., screens
2 33
J. T. Butler, repairing furniture 25 00 .
A. A. Sanborn, steam-fitting ·
14 80
N. L. Chamberlain, stamp 8 70
Ingalls & Kendricken, repairing heat- ing-apparatus 2 05
Bishop & Brother, ladder 4 00
S. C. Ballot-box Company, repairs .
2 60
Walter S. Barnes, boxes . .
12 00
Bakers & Humphrey, bunting, etc. 13 00 G. W. Manning, labor on flag-staffs, 58 00
Hall Rubber Company, mats 6 50
L. W. Chilson, painting signs . 1 00
Richard Keefe, photographs 150 00
A. W. Mitchell, plate 5 00
Daniel Crocker, cleaning clocks 1 50 ·
W. P. Plimpton, polish 1 10 ·
Robbins & Lyons, disinfectant 3 00
E. Leslie Colman, 1 50
Amounts carried forward · . $2,152 72
$8,164 82
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward . $2,152 72
$8,164 82
E. A. Carter, blacking case 2 00
J. H. Brooks, cloth
73
Thomas Hollis, camphor, etc. .
4 85
Charles Bartley, oil, etc. .
8 50
J. J. Fenelon, alcohol
1 60
M. C. Warren, hardware .
1 00
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing .
3 13
George W. Prichard, teaming
12 00
Pulsifer, Jordan, & Wilson, paper
7 15
W. A. Greenough & Co., directories, 12 00
Justin Winsor, address 100 00
T. O. Edmands, music 42 00
A. L. Sanborn, carriage-hire
55 50
S. D. Carter, refreshments
45 00
J. Tyler Hicks,
32 00
Dee Brothers, flowers
65 00
William H. Pool, gas-fixtures
221 49
Charles A. Gilman, stamps
17 18
C. M. Blake, newspapers 6 00
New-England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, rentals, etc. 166 80
E. S. Tobey, post-office box 4 00
S. J. Wood, fitting keys, etc. . 22 90
George M. Winslow & Co., fuel 89 49
W. J. London, expressing,
9 60
Barker & Tibbetts, " ·
25
Bancroft's Express, "
55
E. R. Perham, .
4 00
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel 132 11
Cambridge Gas-light Company, gas . 255 58
W. H. Whitcomb, labor .
232 50
A. M. Prescott, 66
·
53 00
L. B. Angier, 66
18 00
Nathaniel Fish, 66
.
75
James Kelley, 66
·
4 50
George Blackbird,
4 37
James Deacon, 66
.
1 75
Amounts carried forward · . $3,790 00
$8,164 82
74
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $3,790 00 $8,164 82
E. E. Arnold, labor 7 75
L. M. Maynard, “ 22 25
Robert T. Thompson, labor
8 00
J. M. Coburn, 6 00
Engineers' assistants, car-fares, etc. 19 93
Henry Shaw, posting 12 30
J. A. McLane, “ 28 00
George Cullis, affidavit of posting 69 50
C. S. Robinson, clerical services 30 00
M. A. Perry,
16 33
C. M. Smith, .
16 33
Walter Rogers, 25 00
Charles B. Stevens, recording . 12 00
J. T. Cummings, doorkeeper for as- sessors 11 00
S. H. Libby, services as auctioneer . 11 70
George I. Vincent, travelling expenses, 4 50
Clerk of courts, fees .
2 10
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one-fourth of amount received for liquor-licenses 4 25
J. A. Cobb, repairing flags, etc. 8 80
M. A. Mann, washing 18 60
Jarius Mann, watching city hall 50 00
66 for expenses steamer " Empire State " ' 51 75
A. E. Mann, services at city hall
2 80
Willard C. Kingsley Post 139, G.A.R., observance of Memorial Day 300 00
T. G. Poland, tolling bell 1 00
Philip Eberle, rent of hall
50 00
Charles Robinson, jun., rent
15 00
George D. Wildes, 15 00
West Somerville Lacrosse Club, rent, 16 00
Somerville Athletic Club, 28 00
A. Kenneson, 60 30 00
Amounts carried forward . $4,683 89
$8,164 82
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $4,683 89 F. Q. Harrington, poultry for Thanks- giving 24 50
$8,164 82
Lord & Brigham, poultry for Thanks- giving . 57 80
William S. Ward, poultry for Thanks- giving . 46 55
L. G. Dearborn, poultry for Thanks- giving .
24 44
Noah Harding, sealer of weights and measures 100 00
Charles A. Small, poundkeeper 25 00
Sewers account, resetting bounds 10 69
Ward officers, 1884 41 00
Ward officers, 1885
288 00
City of Boston, water-rates 9 91
P. H. Rafferty, return of deaths 16 25
H. B. Runey,
28 75
W. A. Flaherty, “ 66
25 00
C. H. Lockhart, " - 66 66 18 50
George Cullis, return of births 148 50
H. P. Mackechnie, return of births 1 50
E. A. Sanborn, 66 66 66 3 50
R. L. Lane, 66 66
4 75
Reuben Willis,
66 6 00 ·
J. A. Gregg, 66
66
3 00
J. L. Hildreth,
66
75
J. F. Couch,
66
32 50
W. A. Bell,
66 .6 11 25
W. L. Kimball, services in Stepp case, 75 00
Eben Jackson,
125 00
S. G. Webber,
200 00
Joseph R. Smith, attorney, verdict Stepp case .
719 86
G. M. Park, attorney, verdict Ken- dall case
1,108 09
John Weild, damages 50 00
Samuel C. Darling, disbursements
265 84
$8,164 82
E. H. Marsh, 66 6: 9 00
76
ANNUAL REPORTS.
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1884
$6,045 37
Taxes, amount added to the amount of taxes assessed as fractional divisions, for convenience in the apportionment to be applied to abatement on taxes .
7,748 10
DEBIT.
$13,793 47
Taxes, for abatements on taxes . $7,448 71
Balance to credit in account, 1886 . . 6,344 76
$13,793 47
OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1884 .
$102 13
DEBIT.
Balance to credit in account, 1886
$102 13
PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE.
CREDIT.
Renewals of funded debt
. $160,500 00
Public property, acquired during the year 1885 34,735 68
Balance to debit in account, 1886
290,073 36
$485,309 04
DEBIT.
Balance from 1884 .
$384,809 04
Appropriations
100,500 00
$485,309 04
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit in account, 1886
$1,234,926 64
DEBIT.
Property and debt balance, property acquired during the year . ·
$34,735 68
Balance from 1884 · 1,200,190 96
$1,234,926 64
77
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1884
$25 00
Appropriations, amount assessed
2,500 00
Cash, received of county treasurer return on dog-licenses, 1884
. $1,402 04
Librarian, fines
.
150 29
catalogues . 39 17
1,591 50
$4,116 50
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Lockwood, Brooks, & Co.,
books .
$211 83
Little, Brown, & Co., books 1,059 93
Estes & Lauriat, 66 88 61
S. E. Cassino & Co., 66 48 00
W. B. Clarke & Carruth, books 275 52
William Veazie, 37 00
Mason & Fowler, 66
5 50
George S. Mann, 66
3 50
Publishers of " Nation " magazine 3 00
" " Science " magazine .
10 00
Babb & Stephens, printing 176 00
Rockwell & Churchill, printing 26 85
J. O. Hayden & Co., .
14 75
Ira Bradley & Co., binding .
45 91
J. G. Roberts & Co., " 6 45
Hollingsworth & Whitney Co., covers, 20 16
C. M. Blake, newspapers . 6 00
Aaron R. Gay & Co., stamps . 8 80
Hooper, Lewis, & Co., stationery 5 50
S. H. Libby, premium of insurance . 21 60 Jackson, Caldwell, & Co., furniture . 54 00
W. H. Pool, gas-fixtures . 10 85
A. W. Mitchell, door-plate 3 00
H. W. Raymond, basket, etc. 1 25
S. J. Wood, keys, etc.
12 80
Amounts carried forward . $2,156 81
$4,116 50
78
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $2,156 81 $4,116 50
Whitney & Snow, hardware 19 77
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel
49 30
George M. Winslow & Co., " ·
81 18
Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Com-
pany, repairing heating-apparatus, 1 85
Charles Bartley, naphtha, etc. . 98
W. J. London, expressing
31 55
Barker & Tibbetts, expressing .
·
1 35
Bancroft's Express, 66
75
A. M. Prescott, moving books . 34 00
L. C. Dunklee, carpentering 1 50
Cambridge Gas-light Company, gas, 3 96
City of Boston, water-rates
1 60
Jairus Mann, labor .
30 00
Kate Leonard, “
1 00
Mary L. Aldrich, copying
4 00
H. A. Adams, librarian .
700 00
Lizzie Stevens, librarian's assistant,
362 50
Georgette Colman, ". .
66
10 90
Lottie B. Hopkins,
66
157 70
Amy Manning,
66
17 80
Ida Fillebrown,
66
66
6 20
Herbert Foster,
66
66
16 20
Herbert Smith,
66
66
15 40
H. Pillsbury, 66
66
7 60
$3,713 90
Balance to credit in account, 1886 .
402 60
$4,116 50
PUBLIC-LIBRARY BUILDING.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1884 .
$2,090 69
Appropriations, amount assessed
1,000 00
Excess and deficiency, transferred .
10,000 00
Interest, transferred
2,650 00
Amount carried forward .
.
$15,740 69
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Amount brought forward . DEBIT.
.
$15,740 69
Cash, paid W. B. Stinson, interior finish, $10,026 55
Fred. C. Fuller, carpenter-work 646 58
W. L. Clark & Co., mason-work 1,259 00
Walker, Pratt, & Co., heating-appa-
ratus . 1,204 40 .
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel 130 33
George W. Prichard, grading, etc. 738 50
James H. Smith, janitor . 123 75
William H. Whitcomb, janitor . ·
123 00
Charles Holmes & Son, plumbing 30 08
J. L. Bragdon, painting 25 25
A. Fisher, glazing . 2 00
George R. Clark & Co., glass . 5 13
L. C. Duncklee, window-screen, etc. 6 50
Holland & Daniels, window-shades . 30 40 Stillman & Nicoll, repairing gas-fixture, 5 75 George Dunbar & Co., ash-barrels, etc. 38 54
H. W. Raymond & Co., hardware
11 65
S. J. Wood, keys, etc. 1 50
I. B. Kendall, premium of insurance, D. F. Bennett, 1. 66 27 50
17 50
W. C. Crane, 66 66 66
150 00
A. H. Davenport, umbrella-stand ·
30 00
Cambridge Gas-light Company, gas . 9 50
L. M. Maynard, labor 30 50
Thomas Young,
12 00
Highways account, labor . 48 11
W. H. Pool, 66
80
J. Stevens. 66
.
79
J. A. Cobb, .
1 00
Thorpe's Express, expressing 50
Walter Bates, concreting . 108 00
Bishop & Brother, ladder, etc. 3 83
F. G. Ray & Co., cotton . 3 45
George F. Loring, architect
576 75
$15,429 14
Balance to credit in account, 1886
311 55
$15,740 69
80
ANNUAL REPORTS.
POLICE.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $23,000 00
Cash, received of H. A. Chapin, clerk of court, for officers' fees, fines, etc. 2,094 49
$25,094 49
DEBIT.
Cash, paid M. C. Parkhurst, chief . . $1,500 00
R. R. Perry, captain
. 1,200 00
Samuel R. Dow, sergeant
. 1,000 00
Edward McGarr,
. 1,000 00
C. C. Cavanagh, 66
946 67
C. C. Folsom,
499 98 .
George W. Bean, patrolman
912 50 .
Samuel A. Brown, 66
.
912 50
George A. Bodge, 66
912 50
George H. Carleton,
912 50
Edward M. Carter,
912 50
Eugene A. Carter,
912 50
Anson H. Eaton,
806. 50
John E. Fuller,
66
912 50
Edd F. Fales,
854 50.
John Hafford, 66
912 50
John F. Johnson, 66
912 50
Myron H. Kinsley,
66
912 50
Dennis Kelley,
66
912 50
Ivan Laighton, 66
912 50
Herbert H. Miller,
902 50
Judson W. Oliver, 66
912 50
P. W. Skinner,
877 50
Albion L. Staples,
912 50
George L. Smith,
912 50
Edward E. Hamblin, patrolman (spe-
cial) .
324 00
George H. Perkins, patrolman (spe- cial)
24 00
Amounts carried forward
$23,623 15 $25,094 49
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Amounts brought forward $23,623 15 $25,094 49
E. L. Robinson, patrolman (special), 56 00
C. H. Smith, 8 30
J. W. Skinner, 82 00
M. C. Parkhurst, lockup keeper
100 00
stamps, etc. . 4 25
C. C. Folsom, travelling-expenses
3 80
C. C. Cavanagh,
13 20
Samuel R. Dow,
24 18
Richard Keefe, photographing .
18 50
H. A. Winship, weapons . 12 00
Scoville Manufacturing Company,
buttons and dies . 130 63
A. W. Mitchell, badge
50 00
Boston Nickel Plating Company, re- pairing handcuff . 2 00
New-England Telephone and Tele- graph Company, rentals and service,
33 80
Little, Brown, & Co., law-books 9 50
M. L. Tobin, directory 2 00
J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising, etc. 20 10
Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery 34 71
'. Somerville Chronicle," advertising,. 7 00
C. M. Blake, newspapers . ·
7 50
Union-square Carriage Company, re- pairing wagon 2 50
Sturtevant Brothers, crackers, etc. 3 01
N. L. Pennock. harness-work .
2 25
Seward Dodge, horseshoeing
11 50
W. D. Hayden, scales, etc.
16 86
L. H. Brown, carriage-hire
35 00
Charles W. Ingalls, carriage-hire
5 00
W. J. London, expressing
50
Bancroft's Express, expressing
40
A. L. Sanborn, horsekeeping
262 81
Sarah Keefe, washing
12 36
Lizzie Avery, 9 06
William A. Bell, professional services, 14 00
Amounts carried forward
$24,617 87
$25,094 49
·
82
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $24,617 87 $25,094 49 Emory L. White, professional services, 8 00
$24,625 87
Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of account . 468 62
$25,094 49
POLICE-STATION INCIDENTALS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed ·
$1,500 00
Cash, received of Somerville Co-operative Bank, use of hall .
$40 00
Ancient Order of Hibernians, use of
hall 31 00
L. E. Chandler, use of hall 75 00
Somerville Lacrosse Club, use of hall, 20 00
First Universalist Society, "
20 00
Somerville Police Association, use of hall 15 00
·
St. Joseph's Church, use of hall
15 00
Bleachery Associates, 66
41 00
Somerville Dancing-school Associa- tion, use of hall . .
132 00
N. K. Bishop, use of hall .
12 00
·
401 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid W. D. Hayden, janitor . .
$750 00
W. D. Hayden, extra help employed, 14 00
Cambridge Gas-light Company, gas . 260 41
Walworth Manufacturing Company, gasoline .
111.90
John Stevens, carpenter-work .
84
R. A. Stevens, 66
11 55
L. Arnold, 66
71 28
James F. Davlin, plumbing
1 50
C. A. Legallee,
6 00
D. B. Bucknam, whitewashing .
71 50
.
.
.
. .
.
Amounts carried forward · . $1,298 98
$1,901 00
$1,901 00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
83
Amounts brought forward . . $1,298 98
$1,901 00
H. W. Raymond, hardware ·
25 91
W. L. Snow, . 85
Howe & Flint, .
1 90
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware 2 75
J. Q. Twombly, glazing . 17 85
H. Wellington & Co., fuel 67 66
G. M. Winslow & Co., “ 157 34
Domestic Electrical Manufacturing Company, igniter 7 50
Union Glass Company, globes . 2 00 .
Joseph J. Giles, furniture 60 75
Kilborn, Whitman, & Co., furniture . 88 00
H. A. Hartley & Co., carpeting 52 13
H. A. Chick, laying carpet, etc. 12 00
Jackson, Caldwell, & Co., repairing furniture 4 75 ·
Morss & Whyte, iron gate ·
16 50
S. J. Wood, fitting keys . .
1 00
Star Compound Company, compound for cleaning 2 50
Sturtevant Brothers, matches 1 00
Thorpe's Express, expressing . 7 00
W. C. Crane, premium of insurance . 20 00
City of Boston, water-rates
16 78
$1,865 15
Excess and deficiency, balance to credit
of account . 35 85
$1,901 00
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $3,000 00
Cash, received of James P. Fegan, adver- tising hearing ·
$3 00
C. W. Lyman, advertising hearing 4 50 7 50
Amount carried forward .
$3,007 50
84
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $3,007 50
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Aaron R. Gay & Co., station-
$889 33 ery
J. O. Hayden & Co., printing . 1,082 17 ·
J. A. Cummings & Co., “ 163 00
Rand, Avery, & Co., 66 705 30 ·
J. W. Bufford's Sons, bonds 57 00
M. L. Tobin, stationery . 3 90
A. W. Mitchell, stamps ·
2 10
" Somerville Chronicle," advertising,
45 50
Derby & Kilmer Desk Company, inkstand .
3 50
J. A. McLane, posting
19 00
$2,970 80
Excess and deficiency, balance to credit
of account . 36 70
$3,007 50
REAL-ESTATE LIENS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry persons for tax-
titles released .
$73 58
Balance to debit in account, 1886 .
507 54
$581 12
DEBIT.
Balance from 1884 .
$73 58
Taxes, titles deeded to the city for non- payment of taxes 16 70
Sewer assessments, titles deeded to the city for non-payment of sewer as- sessments 377 80
Interest, titles deeded to the city for non- payment of taxes and assessments, 26 69 Miscellaneous, titles deeded to the city for non-payment of taxes and assess- ments 86 36
$581 12
.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 85
RENEWAL OF FUNDED DEBT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount authorized by loans . . $100,500 00
Reduction of funded debt, amount of bonds retired in 1885 60,000 00
DEBIT.
$160,500 00
Property and debt balance, amount of funded debt paid in 1885 . $160,500 00
REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of commissioners of the sinking-funds, $60,000 00
DEBIT.
Renewals of funded debt, amount of funded debt reduction in 1885
$60,000 00
SINKING-FUND CONTRIBUTIONS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $45,100 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid commissioners of sinking-funds
$45,100 00
STATE AID. CREDIT.
State of Massachusetts, State aid, amount paid in
1885 charged to State .
$3,738 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid monthly pay-rolls for aid
$3,738 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed .
.
$19,725 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid State treasurer, State tax
$19,725 00
86
ANNUAL REPORTS.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. - STATE AID.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of State treasurer .
$3,717 00
Balance, Dec. 31, 1885, due from State, Dec. 1, 1886, to debit in account, 1886 3,568 00
$7.285 00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1884 .
. $3,574 00
State aid, amount paid in 1885 as per
account
. 3,711 00
$7,285 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. - INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of State treasurer
$484 00
Balance, Dec. 31, 1885, due from State, Dec. 1, 1886, to debit in account, 1886 .
482 00
$966 00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1884 . · ·
$472 00
Indigent soldiers and sailors, one-half of
amount paid in 1885, as per account, 494 00
$966 00
SUNDRY PERSONS.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1884 .
$1,473 94
Interest, coupons due and unpaid .
75 00
Water loan interest, due and unpaid
12 50
$1,561 44
DEBIT.
Cash, paid sundry persons amounts to
their credit .
.
$375 00
Balance to credit in account, 1886 . 1,186 44
$1,561 44
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 87
SALARIES.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed ·
$21,000 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Mark F. Burns, mayor . . $1,000 00
Charles E. Gilman, city clerk . . 2,100 00
John F. Cole, city treasurer and col- lector of taxes 3,100 00
George A. Kimball, city engineer . 2,000 00
Samuel C. Darling, city solicitor . 1,000 00
T. M. Durell, city physician 850 00
Douglas Frazar, city auditor 350 00
66 clerk of common
council 200 00
George I. Vincent, clerk of assessors and committees 1,700 00
William P. Mitchell, assistant clerk of committees
1,100 00
Jairus Mann, city messenger · .
1,400 00
Thomas R. Roulstone, superintendent of buildings and street-lights 933 34
Aaron Sargent, treasurer of commis- sioners of sinking-funds 200 00
Elijah Walker, inspector of buildings, 200 00
Thomas .Cunningham, inspector of milk
80 83
Stillman H. Libby, assessor
·
500 00
Benjamin F. Thompson, assessor ·
500 00
George W. Hadley, .
500 00
George W. Bartlett, assistant assessor 200 00
William A. Flaherty, " 66 200 00
Reuben T. Melvin, 66 200 00
Samuel T. Richards,
66 200 00
John Viall, registrar of voters . 150 00
Charles E. Gilman, registrar of voters
200 00
J. Frank Wellington,
66
200 00
John R. Conant, 66 66 66 200 00
Amounts carried forward
$19,264 17
$21,000 00
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