Report of the city of Somerville 1886, Part 13

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 330


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33 42


Amount carried forward .


$7,532 29


flushing sewers and filling catch-basins with water


247


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.


Amount brought forward . $7,532 29


Depreciation in value of materials . 33 56


" " tools and property 76 26


Value of materials on hand, Dec. 31, 1886 275 74


Value of tools and property on hand, Dec. 31, 1886 (including purchases during the year, $57.45) 246 80


Total debit


$8,164 65


Balance unexpended .


$509 51


Work has also been done, for which credit or payment has been received, as follows : -


For the Board of Health, removing ashes . $0 50


For private citizens . 7 38


Total


$7 88


We have also sold old leather hose, and have credited tools and property account with the amount received by the treasurer for the same, which was $24 54


The sewers built in Wilton, Lowell, Appleton, Lawrence, Hinckley, and Vernon Streets and Fiske Avenue, a total length of 4,564.2 feet, were designed and constructed for house drainage only, the topography of this section being such that the surface water is satisfactorily removed by means of a natural water- course.


These sewers empty into the Murdock Street sewer, through a siphon of eight-inch iron pipe laid under the Lowell Railroad.


Herewith is presented a list, made by the engineer, of sewers built during the year.


248


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SEWERS BUILT IN 1886.


Street.


From


To


Length in Feet.


Total Cost.


Assess- ment.


Cost to City.


Bradf'd Av.


School St.


Southeasterly


149.0


$177 97


$122 00


$55 97


Cross . . .


Oliver St.


Flint St.


221.0


425 99


239 85


186 14


Dover . .


End old sewer,


Orchard St.


44.5 }


234 10


227 92


. 6 18


Orchard . .


Dover St. .


Near Meacham St .


218.5 6


463.7


436 05


413 49


22 56


Flint


End old sewer,


Glen St.


127.0}


205 98


157 05


48 93


Howe .


Marshall St.


Near School St.


321.5


573 51


414 47


159 04


Kingman Ct


Wash'ton St. .


Fitchburg R. R .


349.0


360 37


322 46


37 91


Lowell


Appleton St. .


Medford St.


392.5


324 15


306 62


17 53


Vernon .


Lowell St. .


Jenny Lind Ave. .


619 1


1,467 50


1,197 59


269 91


66


Jenny Lind av.


Southeasterly


348.5)


407.0


352 18


345 02


7 16


Pembroke .


Central St.


Sycamore St.,


354.5


849 23


451 36


397 87


Priv. Lands


Murdock St.


Lawrence St ..


436.5)


Wilton


Lawrence St. .


Lowell St.


508 6


Lowell


Wilton St.


Appleton St.


435.6


Appleton .


Lowell St.


Lawrence St.


499.3


3,496 23


2,139 91


1,356 32


Lawrence .


Appleton St


Hinckley St.


218.0


Hinckley .


Lawrence St. .


Fisk Ave .


93.7


Summer . .


School St.


Laurel St.


985.5


1,658 01


1,377 12


280 89


Thurston .


Evergreen Av.,


Near Broadway


521.0


560 83


552 02


8 81


Tufts .


Glen St.


Northwesterly


199.0


227 81


224 00


3 81


Tyler .


Vine St.


Tower Ct.


158.0 }


247 20


245 19


2 01


Tower Ct. .


Tyler St.


Northeasterly


165.73


Total .


8,899.4


$11,597 11


$8,736 07


$2,861 04


.


Northeasterly


114.0}


Glen


Flint St.


Wilton St.


Vernon St.


323.4 )


Orchard . .


Russell St. .


Near Chester St. .


Fisk Ave.


Near Broadway


225.3 ]


Fisk Ave. .


Hinckley St. .


Lowell St .


For the committee,


DANIEL C. STILLSON, Chairman. GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.


REPORT


OF THE


CITY ENGINEER.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 26, 1887.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual re- ports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk pro tem.


Concurred In.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 27, 1887.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, Jan. 24, 1887.


To his Honor the Mayor and City Council:


GENTLEMEN, - In accordance with the provision of the city ordinances in relation to city engineering, I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1886.


SEWERS.


Eight thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine and four tenths feet of public sewers were built during the year, of which 985.5 feet were of brick, and 8,899.4 feet of pipe. In these sewers were built thirty-two man-holes.


Four thousand one hundred and sixty feet of pipe sewers have been built by private parties, under the direction of an inspector from this office.


The following table will show the size, length, cost, assessment, etc., of each sewer :


TABULAR STATEMENT OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1886.


LOCATION.


CONSTRUCTION.


COST.


Name of Street.


From


To


Built by


Materials.


Size in


inches.


| Man-holes.


Inlets.


Length


in feet.


Average


Av. cost


per foot.


Total Cost.


Assess- ment.


Cost to City.


Aldrich, Bradford Av.,


Pearl St.,


Runey St.,


Maurice Buttimer, Stephen Buttimer,


"


10


1


4


149.0


9.8


$1 19


$177 97


$122 00


$55 97


Chandler, 1Cross,


Oliver St.,


near Broadway, Flint St.,


Stephen Buttimer, Day labor,


12


1 11


221 0


9.7


1 93


425 99


239 85


186 14


Dartmouth,


near Medford St.,


Northeasterly,


Linehan & O'Brien,


=


12


1 1


44.5


8.0


0 89


234 10


227 92


6 18


Orchard,


Highland Av.,


Southwesterly,


Paul Kelly,


66


12


247.0


7.0


*


Essex,


Medford St.,


Richdalc Av.,


Lowell St.


Maurice Buttimer,


Portland pipe, Akron pipe,


8


3 34


463.7


8.3


0 94


436 05


413 49


22 56


Flint.


end of old sewer, Flint St.,


Northcasterly,


Richard Falvey,


12


1 23


349.0


7.2


1 03


360 37


322 46


37 91


Kingman Ct.


Washington St.,


Fitchburg R. R., Medford St.,


Chas. A. Mongan, Dennis Ryan,


Portland pipc,


8


1 22


392.5


8.0


0 83


324 15


306 62


17 53


Lowell,


Appleton St.,


Vernon St.,


10


3 34


619.1


8.7


1 14


1,467 50


1,197 59


269 91


Vernon,


3


Jenny Lind Av.,


Southeasterly,


Akron pipe,


12


1 23


407.0


6.6


0 87


352 18


345 02


7 16


Orchard,


Russell St.,


Paul Kelly,


12


1 17


354.5


7.2


2 40


849 23


451 36


397 87


4 Pembroke,


Central St.,


Chas. A. Mongan,


"


10 & 8


30


715.5


5 Private lands,


Murdock Nt.,


Maurice Terry,


Portland pipe,


12


27


346.4


B. & L. R. R. Lo- cation,


McCarty's land,


Vinal's land,


Day labor,


Cast iron pipe, Portland pipe, =


8


. .


12


2.10


508.6


Wilton,


Lawrence St.,


2 1.01 1 45


3,496 23


2,139 91


1,356 32


Appleton,


Lowell St.,


Lawrence St.,


66


66


10


1 28


499 3


Lawrence,


Appleton St.,


Hinckley St.,


Fisk Av.,


Fisk Av.,


near Broadway,


8


.. 12 225.3


1


1


6


302.4


6.6


*


School St.,


Southcasterly,


Chas. A. Mongan,


66


8


18


437.0


6.0


*


..


..


10


215.0


*


·


.


..


.


. ....


Dover,


near Evergreen Av. end of old sewer, Dover St.,


Orchard St., near Mcacham St.


Chas. A. Mongan,


12


12 218.5


. .


2


190.5


6.7


*


......


.. .


..


4


127.0


4.7


0 85


205 98


157 05


48 93


Glen,


12


2 22


321.5


7.8


1 78.


573 51


414 47


159 04


2 Howe,


Marshall St.,


Lowell St.,


Jenny Lind Av ..


8


1 19


348.5


S


8.0


*


Preston,


School St.,


near Chester St., near Sycamore St. near Summer St., Lawrence St.,


Lowell >t


Maurice Terry,


Lowell,


Wilton St ,


Appleton St.,


10


1 24


435.6


. .


11


218.0


Hinckley,


Lawrence St.,


10


.


5


93.7


Fisk Av.,


Hinckley St.,


Glen St.,


10


..


5 114.0


10


1|14


323.4


*


..


6


142.8


8.9


. .


Southwesterly,


8


·


12


..


10


10


Eastman Pl.,


....


12


Wilton St.,


near School St.,


Akron pipe,


12


end of old sewer,


Cut.


10


90.1


Richdale Av.,


Runey, Stiekney, 6 Summer, 'Thurston, 'Tufts, Tyler, Tower Cl., Virginia,


Aldrich St., Marshall St., School St., Evergreen Av., Glen St., Vine St., Tyler St., Aldrich S ,


Essex St.,


Thurston St., near School St.,


Paul Kelly, Stephen Buttimer,


Akron pipe, Akron and Portland pipe, Akron pipe, 12 12


10 & 8 | . . |10 226.5


6.3


*


. ..


. .


....


10 & 8


. . 11: 254.5


3.1 3.8


* * 1 68 1,658 01


.. ....


. ..


.


Briek,


17×24 12


3 35


521.0


8.4 1 0S


560 83


1,377 12 552 02


8 81


Akron pipe,


12


1 10


10.9


1 14


227 81


224 00


3 81


12


1 5


₹5.3


0 76


247 20


245 19


2 01


10


10


1 9 165.7 1 17 393.7


4.5


*


.


.


Total length of sewers built by city


ISS99.4 4160.0


$11,597 11


$8,736 07


$2,861 04


vate parties


1 25.7 enbie yards of rock. 2 52.3 cubic yards of rock.


3 42.5 cubic yards of rock. 4 171.7 cubic yards of rock.


5 20.5 cubic yards of rock.


6 31 cubic yards of rock. * Built by private parties. Total length of sewers built by eity previous to Jan. 1, 1886 . 198,941.8 feet.


during the year 1886 8,899.4 **


207,841.2 feet, or 39.4 miles.


66


public sewers built in city Jan. 1, 1887 .


*


.. .


.. 30 670.6 364.5


3.3


1|12 3 74


985.5


8.5


280 89


Chas. A. Mongan, Stephen Buttimer, Chas. A. Mongan,


Mauriec Butttmer.


Cross St., near School St., Laurel St., near Broadway, Northwesterly, Tower Ct., Northeasterly, Jasper St.


Maurice Buttimer,


199.0 158.0


254


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SEWERS IN WILTON, LOWELL, VERNON, AND OTHER STREETS.


The system of sewers built in Wilton, Lowell, Vernon, and other streets in the vicinity discharges into the Murdock Street sewer. The crossing of the Boston and Lowell Railroad is made with an eight-inch cast-iron siphon pipe, ninety and one tenth feet in length.


The length of the system built is 4,564.2 feet, and the total cost was $5,723.93, of which $4,057.61 was assessed on the abutting estates.


The sewer in Vernon Street was connected with the private sewers in Jenny Lind and Partridge Avenues, which formerly dis- charged into the ditch on the northerly side of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, thereby diverting the sewage from the ditch, the pollution of which has been the cause of a serious nuisance to the residents in the vicinity.


CRAIGIE BRIDGE OUTLET.


The city of Cambridge - this city refusing to join them - cleaned and dredged at the sewer outlet under Craigie Bridge, and this city paid five ninths of the cost, which amounted to $1,402.37. The amount of deposit removed was 6,150 cubic yards.


MAN-HOLES.


There are several miles of sewers in which there are no man- holes, and therefore no opportunity to examine or flush them. I would therefore renew a former recommendation that a sufficient number of man-holes be built on these sewers as will give proper means for inspection and cleaning.


CATCH-BASINS.


Nine catch-basins were built at an average cost of $65.85. The cost of cleaning catch-basins was $905.33.


PRIVATE DRAINS.


Three hundred and twenty permits were issued for laying private drains, three hundred for new connections, and twenty for repairs. The drains have been located and properly recorded.


255


REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.


The Board of Aldermen licensed four persons as drain lavers, and revoked one license. The present number of licensed drain layers is twenty-nine.


I would respectfully recommend that an inspector be employed, to be present when the drains are connected with the sewers, and to supervise the laying of all house drains.


STREETS.


The following table will show the streets accepted by the city council during the year : --


STREETS ACCEPTED IN 1886.


Name of Street.


From


To


Width in feet.


Length in feet.


Berkeley


School Street .


Central Street


40


1,361.8


Dartmouth


Medford Street


Evergreen Avenue


.40


737.0


Grove .


Elm Street .


Middlesex Central Railroad


40


585.0


Irving .


Holland Street


Broadway .


40


1,175.0


Preston


School Street .


Summer Street .


40


839.1


STREET NUMBERING.


Five streets were numbered, and the owners of buildings noti- fied. Many new buildings on streets already numbered were located on the numbering plans, and the owners of the buildings notified.


SURVEY OF THE CITY.


No special appropriation was made for this work, but the ap- propriation for salaries was two hundred dollars more than in 1885. Surveys were completed on Linwood Street, also on Dane Street and vicinity, Hinckley Street and vicinity. and a large number of new buildings located to complete the old work. We now have seventeen sheets (size 23 x 31), all of which are made on tracing cloth, and can be reproduced by the " blue process."


SIDEWALKS.


The following table will show the sidewalk improvements during the year : --


Street.


Side.


From


To


Materials.


Approx. length of walk, in feet.


Cost.


Broadway .


Northeast.


North Street .


Northwesterly


.


Bricks and edgestones .


116


$194 60


Dartmouth


West . .


·


Evergreen Avenue


Broadway . .


Gravel and edgestones . Bricks and edgestones .


250


332 01


Davis Square


.


South . .


Elm Street . .


.


Cambridge Line


.


Bricks


78


74 22


EIm


East .


·


·


.


·


·


·


.


Elm Street . 66


Grove Street. 66


Bricks


530


301 72


North .


Northwest,


Broadway


Northeasterly


and edgestones .


115


140 50


Park Avenue


Both .


.


·


Wallace Street


Elin Street .


Gravel


950


517 18


Shawmut


East .


Washington Street


Cross Street .


66


580


422 56


Spring .


West . .


·


.


Pitman Street


66


170


118 66


Summit Avc.


North . . .


Walnut Street


Vinal Avenue


66


Bricks


66


530


804 30


Tufts .


Northeast .


Cross Street


Washington Street


Gravel


66


1,000


608 39


·


66


980


1,116 74


Dover


.


Northwest,


Davis Square .


Morrison Street


Southerly . .


and edgestones


340


464 50


Gilman


Both


End of old sidewalk,


Northwesterly .


Gravel


960


579 46


Medford


East


Somerville Avenue .


Near Washington St.


66


1,090


629 57


Morrison


.


Both .


Somerville Avenue


530


400 83


South .


.


.


Totals .


8,929


$7,196 64


.


.


South .


Highland Avenue


710


491 40


·


The Board of Aldermen assessed one half the cost on the abutters.


REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.


257


EXPENSES.


The expenses of the department for the year 1886 were as follows : -


Salary of city engineer, including the maintenance of a


team


. $2,000 00


Salaries of assistants .


. 1,657 40


Repairing instruments, stationery, spikes, tools,


fares, etc. .


107 78


Total expense of department .


. $3,765 18


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE A. KIMBALL,


City Engineer.


17


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 1, 1887.


Accepted and referred to the next city council, to be printed in the an- nual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk pro tem.


Concurred in. .


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 1, 1887. DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT, Jan. 1, 1887.


To the City Council of Somerville :


The following is the final report of this committee for the year 1886 : -


We present herewith the annual report of the chief engineer of the Fire Department for the year just closed, and recommend that it be printed with the other reports.


We most heartily indorse the chief's recommendation that a chemical engine be procured. It would be especially valuable in the winter season, when the travelling is bad, and the steamer, owing to its weight, cannot be moved rapidly. A single engine is not, in our opinion, sufficient protection for a city so large and with so much high land.


We also hope that the number of new hydrants provided will in some degree keep pace with the increase of buildings, as they not only save hose, but by making short lines of hose sufficient to reach a fire, add greatly to the efficiency of the streams.


The number of men and the equipment of the department re- main the same as last year.


The following is a statement of the receipts and expenses for the year ending Dec. 31, 1886 : -


FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation .


$24,000 00


Receipts and credits : -


For articles sold .


89 50


Total credit (amount carried forward) . $24,089 50


262


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . $24,089 50


DEBIT.


Expenses : -


For salaries of permanent men . $9,780 00


" call-men


. 4,869 16


substitute drivers


352 15


improvements and repairs of appara- tus and vehicles


331 67


new vehicles


50 00


improvements and repairs of buildings and furniture, and new furniture .


901 64


maintenance and extension of fire- alarm telegraph, including alarm striker and setting same in tower on the city's land, Somerville Avenue, and three new boxes ·


· . 1,228 13


hose and hose pipes, and repairing same,


64 05


new horses


. 1,000 00


grain and feed .


528 07


horse-shoeing .


213 32


harnesses, and repairing same


184 80


horse medicine and doctoring


91 20


hay and straw .


905 79


fuel


423 16


supplies .


190 15


water for hydrants and department buildings


- 1,835 82


gas .


299 20


ice .


41 00


insurance


123 75


washing and ironing


133 25


maintenance of reservoir


2 74


incidentals


455 18


maintenance ofhand fire-extinguishers,


52 80


Total debit


24,057 03


Balance unexpended ..


$32 47


For the committee,


ALBERT M. ROBINSON, Chairman. GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.


REPORT


OF THE


CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 1, 1887.


Referred to the next city council, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk pro tem.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 1, 1887.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


SOMERVILLE, MASS., Dec. 31, 1886.


To the Committee on Fire Department:


GENTLEMEN, - Agreeable to custom, I herewith present to you a report of the operations of the Fire Department for the year 1886, a statement of the apparatus and its condition, and recommenda- tions for increasing the public safety.


The number of fire alarms during the year was . 34


The loss on property by fire was


$5,528 00


Insurance on the same


. 15,800 00


The causes of alarms were as follows : -


Breaking of a kerosene lamp 2


Hot ashes in wooden receptacle .


.


2


Greasy rag near stove


1


Smoke from building mistaken for fire


2


Incendiary


4


Explosion of oil stove


1


Wooden beam projecting into smoke flue


1


Boiling tar on cook stove .


1


Children playing with matches


1


Thawing out water-pipe


1


Stroke of lightning .


1


Fumigating hen-house


1


Sparks from locomotive engine


2


Fire-crackers on roof


5


Breaking of lantern . .


1


Sparks on roof from chimney


1


Ignition of painter's rags .


1


Drying plastering


2


Fires in Cambridge


2


Unknown .


·2


Total alarms .


34


.


.


266


ANNUAL REPORTS.


MANUAL FORCE.


The manual force of the department consists of -


One steam fire-engine company of twelve men . 12 . ·


Four hose companies of eight men each . 32


One hook and ladder company of fifteen men


15


One assistant engineer


1


.


One chief engineer


1


61


APPARATUS.


The fire apparatus in service consists of one steam fire-engine and hose tender; one hook and ladder carriage; four hose car- riages, and 7,750 feet of hose.


There is in reserve one steam fire-engine, one hook and ladder carriage, and one horse hose carriage, either of which can be put in service in case of accident to the regular apparatus.


BUILDINGS.


The several buildings of the department are in good condition. The steamer house is so narrow that there is not sufficient room for quick work in hitching up ; if it were made wider, it would not only be more convenient for the apparatus now there, but would also furnish excellent accommodations for a chemical engine. The location is central, the need of such an engine is universally ad- mitted, and it seems as though it would be in the interest of economy to purchase one. This with the proposed tanks on Hose Four would furnish excellent apparatus for extinguishing dwelling- house fires.


FIRE HAZARD.


Within two years, large areas of pasture land have been sold in small lots, and hundreds of buildings, in close proximity to one another, have been erected thereon. The high lands of our city are such desirable locations for residences that the owners have been prompted to erect buildings on land formerly used for raising fruit and flowers. In short, many sections of our city which but


267


REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


recently were sparsely settled are now compactly built, and our liability to have a large fire is greater than at any former time.


The water pressure on the elevated sections is not of sufficient force to throw effective fire streams, and the property situated thereon is dependent for protection on one steam fire-engine. I think the time has come for the city to provide some additional extinguishing apparatus to co-operate with the steamer in places where the gravity pressure of water fails us.


FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.


This valuable auxiliary of the department is in excellent order. There is no other apparatus connected with the service that re- quires such constant vigilance as the fire-alarm telegraph. Not- withstanding the multiplicity of telephone wires, frequently causing interference with the wires of this system, and its exposure to storms, interruptions in its workings have been promptly remedied and the lines restored to their normal condition. I still believe that the three circuits should be divided into eight; then, if a cir- cuit is broken, only a small section of the city is without the alarm, and the close proximity of another circuit would furnish the means whereby an alarm could be given.


The alarm consists of thirty miles of wire, seventeen gongs, six tower-bell strikers, and thirty-nine fire-alarm boxes. Three of the latter were put in service this year, namely, Nos. 33, 217, and 225. The alarm is run by a Hill battery of 212 cups. More alarm boxes are necessary, and one should be put in as soon as possible in the vicinity of Cottage Avenue and Chester Street.


As an additional means whereby information can be given the firemen of the existence of a fire, I recommend that the telephones at the fire stations be connected with the central office.


HYDRANTS.


Sixteen new hydrants have been set during the year, and others have been promised, but I have not learned that they have been put in.


I am pleased with the number of hydrants put in this year, and hope we shall be furnished with an equal number next year.


Hydrants at frequent intervals lessen the length of hose line


268


ANNUAL REPORTS.


required to reach the fire, thus reducing the amount of friction, and thereby furnishing more effective fire streams. The total number of hydrants is now 310.


I desire to express my heartfelt thanks to his Honor the Mayor, and to the chairman and each member of the committee on fire department, for the kind interest shown towards the department, and their hearty co-operation in all matters appertaining to its welfare.


Respectfully submitted, JAMES R. HOPKINS, Chief of Fire Department.


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 1, 1887.


Accepted and referred to the next city council, to be printed in the an- nual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk pro tem.


Concurred in. IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 1, 1887. DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, Jan. 1, 1887. To the City Council of Somerville:


The committee on public property submits the following final report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1886 : -


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


. $1,500 00


Transfer from Interest account .


300 00 ·


Receipts for rent of halls


418 33


Total credit .


$2,218 33


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


For janitor's salary


$750 00


janitor's substitute in vacation .


14 00


gas .


229 02


gasolene .


76 91


water


25 26


fuel


418 64


insurance


20 00


moving safe from City Hall ·


70 00


repairs and improvements of building and furniture


323 71


incidentals


22 97


Total debit


1,950 51


Balance unexpended . .


$267 82


.


.


272


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation . $8,000 00


Transfer from interest account


705 92


Total credit


$8,705 92


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -.


For repairs .


. $3,307 37


improvements .


. 2,861 22


furniture .


191 82


rent


297 89


insurance


1,426 95 .


emptying privy vaults


76 00


sewer assessments .


154 67


highway betterment assessment


385 00


carriage hire


5 00


Total debit


$8,705 92


The expenditures at the different schoolhouses were as follows : -


Beach Street.


Repairs


$76 11


Emptying privy vault


24 00


L. V. Bell.


$100 11 .


Repairs .


$397 56


Improvements : -


Transoms over doors . 150 00


Steam heating apparatus :


contract and extras . $2,395 35


plans .


40 00


mason and carpenter


work


45 00


$2,480 35


less for iron of old fur-


1


naces, sold 26 57


2,453 78


Furniture


34 10


3,035 44


Amount carried forward .


$3,135 55


.


·


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. 273


Amount brought forward .


$3,135 55


Bennett.


Repairs .


$48 26


Insurance


.


18 00


66 26


Bingham.


Insurance .


$85 00


Sewer assessment .


98 67


183 67


Brastow.


Repairs .


$72 65


Insurance


78 75


Emptying privy vault


8 00


· 159 40


Burns.


Insurance


85 00


Cedar Street.


Repairs .


$68 56


Insurance


24 00


Emptying privy vault


12 00


104 56


Clarendon Block.


Rent


$297 89


Repairs .


25 60


323 49


Cummings.


Repairs .


$17 53


Furniture


6 00


23 53


Davis.


Repairs . ·


$86 34


Sewer assessment


56 00


142 34


Edgerly.


Repairs .


145 53


Amount carried forward


.


$4,369 33


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274


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $4,369 33


Forster.


Repairs .


$100 17


Furniture


34 40


Insurance


20 00


Evergreen


Avenue betterment assess-


ment


385 00


Franklin.


Repairs .


$79 67


Improvements (drain for privy vaults)


62 00


Furniture


5 00


Insurance


105 00


Emptying privy vault


8 00


259 67


Harvard.


Repairs .


$34 06


Furniture


6 00


Insurance


30 00


70 06


High.


Repairs (including new tin roof and other expenses caused by blowing off of old tinning, $641.67)


$852 05


Improvements (curtain in hall)


54 30


Furniture


15 87


Insurance


241 25


1,163 47


Highland.


Repairs .


$160 42


Improvements' (covered way to water-


closets, gas-piping, etc.) .


71 14


Furniture


58 82


Insurance


255 00


545 38


Jackson.


Repairs .


$61 50


Furniture


11 41


Insurance


99 00


·


171 91


Amount carried forward .


$7.119 39


.


539 57


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


275


Amount brought forward


$7,119 39 ·


Lincoln.


Repairs .


$69 30


Improvements (new outside windows)


70 00


Emptying privy vault


8 00


147 30


Repairs .


$332 61


Improvements (making new room in base-


ment)


145 02


Furniture


12 22


489 85


Prescott.


Repairs .


$104 67


Insurance


196 95


301 62


Prospect Hill.


Repairs .


$231 72


Furniture


3 00


Insurance


84 00


318 72


Spring Hill.


Repairs .


17 43


Union.


Repairs .


$92 69


Furniture


5 00


Insurance


.


108 94


Webster.


Repairs .


$87 92


Insurance




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