Report of the city of Somerville 1886, Part 3

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


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est account 40 46


$3,040 46


Received from abutters .


4,891 26


Expenditures .


7,931 72


Water Maintenance :


Appropriation


$14,000 00


Transferred from in-


terest account 1,000 00


15,000 00


Received for labor, materials, etc.


Expenditures


16,885 05


Unexpended balance


884 72


Water Loan Interest : -


Received from City of Boston for


return on water rates


21,444 91


Expended


16,571 15


Unexpended balance


4,873 76


County of Middlesex, County Tax : - Appropriation


12,076 37


Expended


12,076 37


State of Massachusetts, State Tax : -


Appropriation


20,085 00


Expended


20,085 00


Overlay and Abatement :


Appropriation


1,900 91


Applied and to be applied to abate- ments on taxes 1,900 91


Appropriations as per tax levy . $416,987 28 Excess and deficiency, Jan. 1, 1886, 8,054 98


" Water loan interest " received from city of Boston . 21,444 91


Additional credits from various sources


45,780 75


Expenditures


$471,388 34


Excess of appropriations over cur- rent expenses


20,879 58


Total


$492,267 92 .


$492,267 92


.


2,769 77


39


REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


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


Taxes . $151,595 42


Real-estate liens


728 10


State of Massachusetts, State aid


3,560 00


State of Massachusetts, indigent soldiers and sailors


451 00


Highway betterment assessments


987 24


Sidewalk assessments


3,446 97


Sewer assessments .


6,467 86


Water service assessments


916 92


Cash


9,579 75


Total amount of available assets


. $177,733 26


The unfunded liabilities are : -


Temporary loans


. $150,000 00


Overlay and abatement account


3,903 34


Overplus on tax sales


233 96


Sundry persons


1,231 44


Schoolhouse in Ward Three


668 26


Schoolhouse in Ward Four


816 68


Total amount of unfunded liabilities . ·


. $156,853 68


Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities . 20,879 58


$177,733 26


The financial condition of the city, exclusive of its public prop- erty, is as follows : -


Funded debt


Amount of sinking funds .


$1,525,000 00 584,052 41


Net amount of funded debt $940,947 59


Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities 20,879 58


Leaving a net indebtedness, Dec. 31, 1886, of . $920,068 01


40


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Total cash receipts for the year, including a bal-


ance of $8,075.76 from the year 1885, were $1,116,820 28


Total cash disbursements 1,107,240 53


Leaving in the treasury the sum of . $9,579 75


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


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN F. COLE, Treasurer.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE A.


PUBLIC PROPERTY, DEC. 31, 1886.


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


. $100,000 00


City Hall


$10,000 00


Furniture


3,000 00


13,000 00


Public Library


8,500 00


Public Library building


28,338 45


Steam fire-engine house


$10,000 00 .


Furniture


500 00


Steam fire-engine and apparatus,


4,000 00


Steam fire-engine, hose-carriage, and apparatus


2,000 00


High Schoolhouse


$40,000 00


Furniture


3,500 00


Philosophical apparatus ·


500 00


44,000 00


Prescott Schoolhouse, land (21,444


feet) and building


$40,000 00


Furniture .


2,000 00


42,000 00


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


$40,000 00


Furniture


3,000 00


·


43,000 00


Amount carried forward .


$295,338 45


.


.


16,500 00


·


42


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


. $295,338 45


Forster Schoolhouse, land (27,499 feet) and building


$37,922 24


Furniture


1,500 00


39,422 24


Morse Schoolhouse, land (29,109


feet) and building ·


$25,000 00


Furniture


1,000 00


26,000 00


Highland Schoolhouse, land (23,260 feet) and building .


$32,000 00


Furniture


1,000 00


33,000 00


Lincoln Schoolhouse, land (17,662


feet) and building


$14,742 17


Furniture


744 93


15,487 10


Prospect Hill Schoolhouse, land (25,-


313 feet) and building .


$20,000 00


Furniture .


600 00


20,600 00


Jackson Schoolhouse, land (11,212


feet) and building .


$8,000 00


Furniture


300 00


Bennett Schoolhouse, land (20,560


feet) and building .


$8,000 00


Furniture


300 00


8,300 00


Webster Schoolhouse, land (11,050


feet) and building


$8,000 00


Furniture


300 00


8,300 00


Union Schoolhouse, land (9,360 feet)


and building


$2,500 00


Furniture


100 00


2,600 00


Harvard School, land (9,810 feet)


and building


$2,500 00


Furniture


100 00


2,600 00


Amount carried forward .


. $459,947 79


8,300 00


.


.


.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 43


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


Furniture . .


500 00


25,500 00


Edgerly Schoolhouse, addition Furniture .


600 00


17,600 00


Brastow Schoolhouse, land (10,019


feet) and building .


$6,000 00


Furniture .


250 00


6,250 00


Franklin Schoolhouse, land (33,017 feet) and building .


$14,000 00


Furniture .


300 00


14,300 00


Beach Street


Schoolhouse, land


(6,000 feet) and building


Furniture .


$4,500 00


250 00


4,750 00


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


$1,600 00


Furniture


100 00


1,700 00


Davis Schoolhouse, Tufts Street, land (29,584 feet) and building Furniture


$17,606 22


726 99


18,333 21


Cummings


Schoolhouse, School


Street, land (11,300 feet) and building .


$14,643 21


Furniture


714 16


15,357 37


Bingham Schoolhouse, Lowell Street, land (21,017 feet) and build- ing, unfinished 7,831 74


Burns Schoolhouse, Cherry Street, land (16,080 feet) and build- ing, unfinished


7,683 32


Amount carried forward .


.


. $579,253 43


.


. $459,947 79


$25,000 00


.


$17,000 00


44


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . ·


. $579,253 43


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


30,000 00


Cedar Street Schoolhouse


$700 00


Furniture


100 00


800 00


City stables and dwelling-houses


7,000 00


Equipments for highway repairs


3,000 00


Watering-carts and sheds


2,300 00


No. 1 Hose-house, land (4,312 feet) and building


$2,300 00


Furniture


400 00


John E. Wool hose-carriage and apparatus


2,000 00


4,700 00


No. 2 Hose-house, land (5,400 feet)


and building


$7,500 00


Furniture


300 00


Winter Hill hose-carriage and apparatus


2,000 00


9,800 00


No. 3 Hose-house, land (5,226 feet)


and building


·


$9,000 00


Furniture


300 00


George H. Foster hose-carriage and apparatus


2,000 00


R. A. Vinal hook-and-ladder truck and apparatus 3,400 00


Prescott hook-and-ladder truck and apparatus 100 00


14,800 00


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


$11,000 00


Furniture


400 00


George O. Brastow hose-car- riage and apparatus


2,000 00


Relief hose-carriage


600 00


14,000 00


Amount carried forward .


. $665,653 43


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 45


Amount brought forward . Fire-alarm telegraph . Police-station, land (15,232 feet) and building (Bow Street) Furniture


$665,653 43


15,800 00


$40,000 C0


3,000 00


43.000 00


Prospect Street, land (7,918 feet) and building


7,000 00


Public park (cost $212,993.20) Joy Street, land (2,960 feet) .


125,000 00 500 00


Walnut Hill, land (10,890 feet)


1,000 00


3,600 00


Elm Street, land (18,000 feet) Ledge-land on Bond Street (39,732 feet) . Holland Street (5 acres, 6,806 feet) .


2.500 00


Somerville Avenue (39,456 feet) 5,000 00


Gravel-land in Waltham (about 35 acres)


15,000 00


Gravel-land in Wakefield (about 1 } acres)


5,000 00


Gravel-land in Winchester (about 2 acres) 500 00


Somerville water-works (cost $342,608.76)


341,000 00


Oliver Street, land (63,069 feet)


7,500 00


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


feet)


388 27


Total value of public property .


$1,250,441 70


12,000 00


46


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE B FUNDED DEBT, DEC. 31, 1886.


Date.


Loan.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount.


1882.


July 1,


City, 66


423 to 437, 438,


66


66


66


500


500


1880.


Water,


37 to 45,


Oct.


1.


1,000


9,000


April 1,


City, 66


373 to 412, 416.


66


66


500


500


66


66


1,000


6,000


1882.


66


439 to 461,


July


1,


1,000


23,000


1884.


66


467 to 507,


4


Oct.


1,


1,000


41 000


Jan. 1, 1880.


Water,


57 to 65,


5


Jan.


1,


1,000


9,000


Oct. 1, 1884.


City,


508 to 575,


4


66


1,000


68,000


1880.


Water,


55,


5


Oct.


1,


9,000


9,000


Oct. 1,


City,


576 to 646,


4


1891.


1,


1,000


74,000


1881.


Jan. 1,


Water, 66


66 to 76,


5


Jan.


1,


1.000


11,000


Oct. 1, 1884.


78 to 88,


66


Oct.


1,


1,000


11,000


Oct. 1,


City,


721 to 798,


4


1893.


July 1,


66


856 to 880,


July


1,


1,000


25,000


Oct. 1,


Water,


89 to 99,


5


Oct.


1,


1,000


11,000


Oct. 1,


City,


799 to 852,


4


66


1,000


54,000.


1881.


Water,


100 to 111,


5


Oct.


1,


1,000


12 000


Jan. 1,


City.


335,


Jan.


1,


37,000


37,000


66


66


338,


66


66


66


2,000


2,000


1879.


Jan. 1,


Water,


34,


66


66


66


25,000


25.000


City,


339,


6.


66


66


12,000


12,000


66


60


340,


66


66


66


1,500


1,500


66


60


341,


66


66


66


1,500


1,500


Amount


carried forward .


$657,000


5


1887. July


1,


$1,000


฿15,000


Oct. 1, 1881.


1,000


40,000


Oct. 1,


417 to 422,


1888.


Oct.


1,


1,000


9,000


Oct. 1,


1890.


1,000


71,000


647 to 720,


66


Oct.


1892.


1,000


78,000


1885.


1884.


Oct. 1, 1878.


..


336,


66


"66


1,000


1,000


1894.


1895.


Oct. 1, 1884.


46 to 54,


Oct. 1, 1881.


1889.


July 1,


47


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE B - Continued.


Date.


Loan.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent of Interest.


When due.


Denomi- nation.


Amount.


1880.


Jan. 1,


City,


346,


5


Jan.


1


$2,000


2,000


66


66


66


348,


66


60


5,500


5,50 0


1885.


July 1,


881,


66


66


1.500


1,500


1876.


April 1,


189


52


April 1,


35,500


35,500


Oct: 1


190 to 194,


5


66


5,000


25,000


60


195 to 334,


60


66


1,000


140,000


1879.


April 1,


66


343,


66


4,000


4,000


Oct. 1,


344,


66


8.000


8,000


66


66


345,


66


66


66


25,000


25,000


1880.


Oct. 1,


351,


66


66


1,000


1,000


..


. .


352,


66


66


66


42,500


42,500


1881.


Oct. 1,


66


66


415,


66


66


1,000


1,000


1882.


Oct. 2,


463,


45,000


45.000


66


66


2,000


2,000


1883.


Oct. 1, 1884.


466,


66


50,000


50,000


Oct. 1,


66


854,


66


52,000


52,000


60


3,000


3,000


1886.


April 1,


883,


66


1.000


1,000


( ct. 1, 1883.


Water,


112 to 124,


1,000


13,000


July 1, 1882.


Sewer,


1 to 7,


66


July 1, 1896. July 1,


5.000


35,000


July 1, 66


Water, 66


125 to 136, 137,


1897.


66


66


138 to 151,


1,000


14,000


152 to 166,


66


July 1, 1898. July 1, 1899.


1,000


15,000


66


66


Water,


167 to 181, 182,


66


66


66


500


500


66


66


66


183 to 194,


1900. July 1,


1,000


12,000


Amount


carried forward .


July


1,


1,000


15.000


66


66


66


884,


60,000


60,000


July 1, 1876.


66


1,000


12,000


66


500


500


66


414,


45,000


45,000


66


66


54,000


54,000


Amount


brought forward .


$657,000


1895.


1 000


1.000


347,


882,


464,


66


855,


$1,378,000


48


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE B- Concluded.


Date.


Loan.


Number of Bonds.


Rate per cent of Interest.


When due.


Denomi· nation.


Amount.


1882.


Water,


195,


5


July 1,


$500


500


1884.


60


200 to 202,


4


Oct. 1,


1,000


3,000


16


6 6


203 to 212,


66


Oct. 1,


1,000


10,000


1885.


July 1,


214 to 219,


Julv


1,


1,000


6,000


66


66


220 to 226,


July


1,


1,000


7,000


1886.


July 1,


66


229 to 298,


1903.


1,


1,000


18,000


66


257 to 266,


July


1.


1,000


10,000


1877.


66


33,


5


Oct.


1,


5,000


5,000


1879.


6€


35,


66


Jan.


1,


5,000


5,000


1885


227,


66


66


7,000


7,000


1876.


66


29,


April 1,


4,500


4,500


Oct.› 1,


56,


5


66


5,500


5,500


1881.


Oct. 1,


66


77,


60


6,000


6,000


1882.


Oct. 2,


197,


66


1,000


1,000


1883.


Oct. 1,


66


66


199,


60


66


1,000


1,000


1884.


Oct. 1,


66


213,


66


7,000


7,000


1886.


66


228,


1876.


66


30 and 31,


53


July 1, 1907.


5,000


10,000


1886.


66


267 to 276,


4


July 1,


1,000


10,000


Total


Funded Debt


$1,525,000


66


66


6,500


6,500


198,


66


6,500


6,500


66


April 1,


7,500


7,500


1906.


66


1,000


10,000


66


66


Amount


brought forward .


$1,378,000


1900.


July 1,


Oct. 1,


1901.


1902.


1904.


Oct. 1,


1905.


Jan. 1,


July 1,


April 1, 1880.


196,


July 1,


July 1,


239 to 256,


July


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 49


TABLE C.


STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1886.


APPROPRIATIONS.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount assessed for current expenses


. $382,925 00


Property and debt balance


. 116,500 00


$499,425 00


DEBIT.


Broadway Park maintenance


$1,000 00


Fire Department


24,000 00


Health Department


3,500 00


Highways


32,000 00


Indigent soldiers and sailors


600 00


Interest .


55,000 00


New fire hydrants


1,000 00


Police


23,500 00


Police station incidentals


1,500 00


Public Library


2,500 00


Printing and stationery


3,000 00


Salaries


21,900 00


School contingent


13,000 00


School fuel


5,200 00


Schoolhouse incidentals .


8,000 00


School teachers' salaries


76,000 00


Schoolhouse in Ward Three


8,500 00


Schoolhouse in Ward Four


8,500 00


Sewers .


8,000 00


Sidewalks


4,000 00


Sinking fund contributions


40,725 00


Street lights .


9,500 00


Support of poor


15,000 00


Watering streets


3,000 00


Water maintenance


14,000 00


Renewals of funded debt .


116,500 00


$499,425 00


4


50


ANNUAL REPORTS.


CASH.


CREDIT.


Broadway Park maintenance


$932 29


County of Middlesex .


12,076 37


Fire Department


24,057 03


Funded debt


116,500 00


Health Department


3,588 64


Highways .


34,792 26


Indigent soldiers and sailors


926 00


Interest


62,328 33


Miscellaneous


8,452 68


New fire hydrants


995 84


Police


26,327 43


Police station incidentals


1,950 51


Printing and stationery


2,773 43


Public Library


5,353 36


Public Library building


258 75


Salaries


22,277 40


School contingent


13,994 14


School fuel


4,928 94


Schoolhouse incidentals


8,732 49


School teachers' salaries


80,942 26


Schoolhouse in Ward Three


7,831 74


Schoolhouse in Ward Four .


7,683 32


Sewers


16,401 61


Sidewalks .


7,229 94


Street lights


8,862 37


Support of poor . .


14,341 83


Sinking fund contributions .


40,725 00


State of Massachusetts


20,085 00


State aid .


3,709 00


Sundry persons .


87 50


Temporary loans


500,000 00


Watering streets


7,931 72


Water maintenance


16,885 05


Water services . .


6,235 55


Overplus on tax sales .


504 10


Amount carried forward . $1,090,701 88


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 51


Amount brought forward .


$1,090,701 88


Water-loan interest .


16,538 65


Balance to debit in account 1887


· 9,579 75


$1,116,820 28


DEBIT.


Balance .


$8,075 76


Broadway Park maintenance


10 05


Funded debt .


116,500 00


Fire Department


89 50


Health Department .


303 00


Highways


2,673 61


Highway betterment assessments


2,860 87


Interest


23,652 95


Miscellaneous


1,702 55


Overplus on tax sales


635 93


Police


2,596 05


Police station incidentals


418 33


Public Library


2,041 03


Printing and stationery


3 00


Real-estate liens


30 79


School contingent .


298 56


Schoolhouse incidentals


26 57


Sewers .


175 05


Street lights .


409 98


Support of poor


2,481 77


State of Massachusetts, State aid


3,717 00


State of Massachusetts, indigent sol-


diers and sailors . 494 00


Sidewalk assessments


1,610 42


Sewer assessments .


7,771 42


Taxes .


427,531 54


Temporary loans


475,000 00 .


Water maintenance


2,666 83


Water services


818 28


Water-service assessments


5,889 27


Watering streets


4,891 26


Water-loan interest .


21,444 91


.


.


-$1,116,820 28


52


ANNUAL REPORTS.


BROADWAY PARK MAINTENANCE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $1,000 00


Cash, received of R. W. Baldwin, for hay 10 05


$1,010 05


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Joseph Breck & Sons, repair-


ing lawn mowers, etc. . $25 80


F. Dooris, repairing lawn mower 50


J. A. Durrell, hardware .


6 31


H. W. Raymond, hardware


6 71


Hugh A. Carney, plants .


30 00


E. R. Perham, expressing


2 50


Dennis Foley, lighting lamps .


13 00


Highways account, labor, teaming, etc.


847 47


$932 29


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit


of account .


77 76


$1,010 05


COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount assessed .


.


· $12,076 37


DEBIT.


Cash, paid county tax . $12,076 37


EXCESS AND' DEFICIENCY.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1885 . .


$8,054 98


Broadway Park maintenance, credit bal- ance of account . $77 76


Fire Department, credit balance of account 32 47


Amounts carried forward


$110 23


$8,054 98


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 53


Amounts brought forward $110 23 $8,054 98


Health Department, credit balance of account 214 36


Highways, credit balance of account 81 35


Indigent soldiers and sailors, credit bal- ance of account . 137 00


Interest, credit balance of account . 7,335 36


1,351 95


Miscellaneous, credit balance of account, New fire hydrants, credit balance of account 4 16


Police station incidentals, credit balance of account .


267 82


Printing and stationery, credit balance of account 229 57


School fuel, credit balance of account


271 06


Sewers,


66


66


509 51


Sidewalks, 66 66


368 38


Street lights, “ 66 . 66


· 1,047 61


3,139 94


Support of poor, credit balance of account Water maintenance, credit balance of account 884 72 . Water-loan interest, credit balance of account 4,873 76


Public Library building, credit balance of


account


52 80


20,879 58


$28,934 56


DEBIT.


Miscellaneous, transferred


·


. $8,054 98


Balance to credit in account 1887


. 20,879 58


FUNDED DEBT.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1885 .


$1,525,000 00


Cash, received for sale of


City-loan Bond, No. 883 .


$1,000 00


66 " 884 . 60,000 00


$28,934 56


Amounts carried forward . $61,000 00 $1,525,00.0 00


54


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$61,000 00 $1,525,000 00


Water-loan Bond, No. 228


7,500 00


66 " Nos. 229 to 238,


10,000 00


66


66


239 to 256,


18,000 00


66 257 to 266,


10,000 00


66


66 66 267 to 276, 10,000 00


116,500 00


$1,641,500 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid : -


City-loan Bonds, Nos. 175 to 182, $40,000 00


66 183 to 185,


15,000 00


66


No. 186. .


5,000 00


60


66 “ 187. o


1,000 00


Water-loan Bonds, Nos. 23 to 27,


50,000 00


66


No. 28


5,500 00


.


$116,500 00


Balance to credit in account 1887 · 1,525,000 00


-$1,641,500 00


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed .


$24,000 00


Cash, received of L. W. Manning, tele- graph pole . $0 50


Edward N. Buxton, old wood . 2 00


Lorenzo W. Dow, manure


52 00


A. M. Prescott, horse


35 00


89 50


$24,089 50


DEBIT. Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, chief engi-


neer


. $1,200 00


Nathaniel C. Barker, assistant engi-


neer


300 00


Amounts carried forward


. $1,500 00 $24,089 50


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 55 .


Amounts brought forward $1,500 00


$24,089 50


Steamer engineer


1,080 00


Steamer fireman


900 00


Seven drivers . .


.


6,300 00


Henry A. Angier, substitute driver . 35 00


· Lucius B. Angier,


90 54


E. J. Brown,


60


18 87


William H. Dennis, 66


77 42


Charles E. Kirkpatrick, substitute driver . 61 45


William A. Perry, substitute driver . 33 87


George C. Tucker, 66 66 35 00


Steamer Engine Company


786 00


John E. Wool Hose Company .


670 00


Winter Hill Hose Company ·


691 00


George H. Foster Hose Company


675 16


George O. Brastow Hose Company . 691 00


R. A. Vinal Hook-and-ladder Com-


pany . 1,356 00


City of Boston, water for hydrants . 1,737 12


66


water for houses 98 70


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing and horseshoeing 102 53


Charles Maguire, horseshoeing 31 90


Timothy O'Brien, 66 48 63


C. M. Ingalls, 66


31 05


W. H. Richardson,


34 00


Everett E. Onley,


3 25


Cook Rymes & Co., 75


J. Leland, wheelwright work 6 50


E. Spalding, harness work 83 25


William Mitchell, harness work 18 00


Charles E. Barry, 66 7 50


Joseph Cogan, hames, etc. 66 00


E. B. Morgan, painting


96 75


J. Q. Twombly,


11 15


E. H. Buxton, 66


14 50


J. C. Dyer, glazing


5 10


Amounts carried forward · $17,397 99


$24,089 50


56


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $17,397 99


$24,089 50


A. Fisher, glazing . 1 50


W. S Walker, “ 3 75


A. C. Winning, mason work 10 38


D. P. Bucknam, “ "


23 25


Horace P. Ewell, carpenter work,


1 75


Elijah Walker, 66


204 63


James F. Davlin, plumbing


47 50


Folger & Dupont, 66


9 72


E. F. Trefren,


4 75


H. W. Covell, stove work .


5 56


J. E. Parsons, 66 66


1 00


D. J. Bennett, repairing wagon .


1 75


David W. Crocker, ."


4 25


E. Teel & Co., 66


.


7 00


Union Square Carriage Company, repairing wagon . .


59 35


William T. Henderson, repairing ap-


paratus 85 50


Kendall & Roberts, repairing steamer 11 70


Charles Holmes & Son, furnace and hardware 179 95


H. W. Raymond, hardware, etc. 19 11


Gardner & Chandler,


24 00


Howe & Flint, 66


.


4 64


Whitney & Snow, 66


.


1 84


J. A. Durell,


3 33


W. L. Snow, 66


16 01


Broad Gauge Iron Works, hardware, etc. 3 50


L. M. Ham & Co., hardware, etc. 69 00


T. Ivers & Son, chains . 5 25


American Steam Gauge Company, repairing gauge . 2 00


Crosby Steam Gage and Valve


Company, oiler, etc. . · 2 25 ·


Smith & Anthony Stove Company, heaters 39 64


Amounts carried forward $18,251 85


$24,089 50


.


O


.


.


57


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $18,251 85 $24,089 50


Boston Woven Hose Company, hose, etc. . ·


62 25


Silsby Manuf. Company, hose, etc. . 2 80


Bishop & Brother, ladders, etc. .


105 00


George K. Paul & Co., waste. 11 00


Edwin Rogers, fire-alarm apparatus, Abiel Pevey, zincs and coppers


918 24


Pevey Brothers, " 23 20


Albert L. Russell, batteries


6 25


J. J. Herne, sawdust


1 75


S. D. Hicks & Son, copper


6 00


Andrew S. Jackson, supplies


75 34


William Spear, scrapers .


3 00


Leander Barber, Jr., brooms .


6 00


Murphy, Leavens & Co., dusters


9 80


Gilman & Co., wagon


50 00


J. A. McCarthy. caravan


50 00


Joseph J. Giles, furniture


16 10


Jackson, Caldwell & Co., furniture


10 00


William Scheubeler, dry goods


18 00


McCrillis & Kendall, bedding .


19 06


J. F. Burton, papering .


1 99


Flynn Brothers, moulding, etc.


29 40


Enoch Robinson, locks and keys


4 00


S. J. Wood, keys, etc. . 1 20


John L. Crafts, rope, etc.


49 64


Knowles Brothers, salt, etc.


14 35


T. Spellman, soap . 26 12


Charles Bartley, oil, etc. .


4 03


D. E. Hennessey, salt, etc.


1 25


J. P. Squire & Co., oil . 12 47


George Dunbar & Co., compound, etc.


52 80


Hall's English Food Company, feed, 8 00


Elias Lathrop, hoof ointment . 4 00


Wetherbee & Co.,


3 50


Thomas Hollis, vitriol, etc.


135 69


Amounts carried forward . . $20,089 48


$24,089 50


95 40


58


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . . $20,089 48 $24,089 50


George H. Cowdin, drugs


5 45


James E. Abbott, veterinary ser- vices . 45 20


Lewis Putnam, veterinary services . 6 00


H. B. Wells, 10 00


John E. Hill, foot pads ..


5 00


Howe Curry-comb Company, curry- combs 3 50


A. M. Prescott, hay, straw, etc. 856 93


E. R. Perham,


30 52


Fulton O'Brion, 66


113 84


Nathan Tufts & Son, grain


512 72


G. M. Winslow & Co., fuel 213 92


B. F. Wild & Co., 66 207 74


New England Telephone and Tele- graph Company, rentals and tolls, 43 15


Charlestown Gas Company, gas 108 74


Cambridge Gas Lighting Company,


gas


190 46


Nelson & Thompson, carriage hire . 8 00


J. A. McLane, use of horse 10 00


R. T. Blackwell, use of pung .


5 00


Sturtevant Brothers, horses and horse hire . 737 50


Welch & Hall, horse


300 00


Dennis Ryan, labor


6 00


Sundry persons, extra fire duty


93 50


N. C. Barker, gas piping


15 00


Mrs. Calvert, washing


34 02


Mary A. Brown,


28 75


Thomas H. Daly,


24 87


E. W. Ring,


21 35


Samuel H. Stevens, washing


.


29 96


J. H. Cauley, meals


4 03


H. T. & W. S. Durgin, ice


35 00


Boston Ice Company, ice


6 00


Amounts carried forward · . $23,801 63


$24,089 50


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 59


.


Amounts brought forward


. $23,801 63 $24,089 50


Dexter F. Bennett, premium of in- surance 48 75


W. C. Crane, premium of insur-


ance . 75.00


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery 36 75


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing, etc. . 71 25


Day's Express, expressing


11 15


Blackall's Express, "


1 25


W. J. London, 66


1 25


Perham's Express,


3 45


Thorpe's Express,


55


Highways account, crushed stone


6 00


$24,057 03


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit


of account .


32 47


.


$24,089 50


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed .


$3,500 00 1


Cash, received of George. I. Vincent, per-


mits to keep swine and goats, and collect grease


$293 00


Highways account, permit to keep


swine .


10 00


303 00


$3,803 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Wm. H. Brine, inspector . $1,000 00


Martin Gill, collecting ashes


750 00


Jeremiah McCarthy, “


1,129 96


E. R. Perham, 66


1 25


W. H. Whitcomb, 66


75


Highways account,


87


Sewers account,


50


Henry Gray, collecting offal


450 00


Amounts carried forward . $3,333 33


$3,803 00


.


-


60


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $3,333 33 $3,803 00


Sundry persons, burying dead ani-


mals .


62 00


Geo. H. Cowdin, peppermint tubes, 19 36


Burt & Henshaw, sulphur


5 28


Thomas Waterman, vaccine virus


14 50


Photo-Electrotype Company, maps .


9 00


George D. Goodwin, drain pipe


5 63


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing 33 60


Aaron R. Gay & Co .; stationery


11 25


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


5 00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


11 50


Joshua Eldridge, officer's fees .


1 50


Dennis Callahan, labor


23 63


Thomas Dorsey, labor ·


39 37


Andrew Desmond, labor .


3 94


James F. McCarthy, labor


8 75


Mrs. Lacey, labor .


1 00


$3,588 64


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit


of account .


214 36


$3,803 00


HIGHWAYS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$32,000 00 ·


Interest, transferred


200 00


Cash, received of John A. Cummings, pasturage .


$5 00


W. H. Hutchinson, driveway .


18 09


H. G. Collins,


66


18 25


George P. Hammond,


3 42


J. A. Littlefield, 66


11 35


Q. A. Vinal, trustee,


15 64


Edward Glines, 66


18 45


H. E. Hill, edgestones .


34 50


Heirs of Nathan Tufts, edgestones,


9 48


Amounts carried forward . $134 18


$32,200 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 61


Amounts brought forward


$134 18


$32,200 00


Third Universalist Church, edge- stones 33 99


John P. Squire,


35 35


J. A. Tapley,


66


14 79


Peter Murray,


66


15 63


John Manning,


66


39 47


T. F. Cummings, sidewalk


6 15


Albert E. Hughes, 66


4 65


S. R. Chace, 66


58 29


F. A. Titus,


4 65


Town of Wakefield, gravel


15 20


E. B. Morgan, filling


27 30


Dennis Collins, crushed stone . 1 50


Christopher Burke, ledge stone


41 10


John E. Sylvester, loam .


25 00


Farrell Foundry Machine Company, old iron, etc. 65 54




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