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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
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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
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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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