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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.
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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
18
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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