Report of the city of Somerville 1886, Part 5

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


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account 3,709 00


$7,277 00


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS -INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of State treasurer . $494 00 Balance, Dec. 31, 1886, due from State, Dec. 1,


1887, to debit in account 1887 451 00


Amount carried forward . $945 00.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 85


Amount brought forward . $945 00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1885 . .


$482 00


Indigent soldiers and sailors, one half of amount paid in 1886, as per ac- count . 463 00


$945 00


SUNDRY PERSONS.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1885. $1,186 44


Interest, coupons due and unpaid . $100 00


Water loan, interest coupons due and


unpaid


32 50


132 50


$1,318 94


DEBIT.


Cash, paid sundry persons, amounts to


their credit .


$87 50


Balance to credit in account 1887


.


1,231 44


$1,318 94


SALARIES.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


.


$21,900 00


Interest, transferred 377 40 ·


$22,277 40


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Mark F. Burns, mayor . . $1,000 00


Charles E. Gilman, city clerk .


2,100 00


John F. Cole, city treasurer and


collector of taxes 3,200 00


· George A. Kimball, city engineer 2,000 00


Samuel C. Darling, city solicitor 1,000 00


T. M. Durell, city physician .


950 00


Amounts carried forward


$10,250 00


822,277 40


86


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $10,250 00 $22,277 40 Douglas Frazar, city auditor 450 00


6: clerk of common


council . 200 00


George I. Vincent, clerk of assessors and committees . 1,800 00


William P. Mitchell, assistant clerk of committees 1,200 00


Jairus Mann, city messenger .


1,400 00


Thomas R. Roulstone, superintendent of buildings and street lights 1,400 00


Aaron Sargent, treasurer of commis- sioners of sinking funds 200 00


Elijah Walker, inspector of build- ings . 250 00


Thomas Cunningham, inspector of milk 300 00


Stillman H. Libby, assessor 500 00


George W. Hadley, .


500 00


Benjamin F. Thompson, assessor 500 00


George W. Bartlett, assistant as- sessor 200 00


William A. Flaherty, assistant as- sessor


200 00


Hiram D. Smith, assistant assessor 200 00


Samuel T. Richards, assistant as- sessor


200 00


Charles E. Gilman, registrar of voters . 150 00


John R. Conant, registrar of voters . 200 00


C. G. Rowell, 66 150 00


S. G. A. Twycross, “ 150 00


Engineer's assistants 1,657 40 ·


William H. Whitcomb, janitor of City Hall and Public Library · 220 00


$22,277 40


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 87


STREET LIGHTS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$9,500 00


Cash, received of George W. Burckes et al., lamp-post . $20 00


John Cochran et al.


20 00


William R. Cann


20 00


Fred C. Fuller et al.


20 00


Alexander A. Foster


20 00


John Herbert et al. .


60 00


A. P. Huntress et al.


20 00


Thomas Hollis 20 00


George W. Holden et al.


20 00


George D. Haven


20 00


O. S. Knapp et al. .


20 00


Edward Perkins et al.


20 00


W. P. Rice et al.


20 00


E. S. Sparrow et al.


20 00


John Stackpole et al.


20 00


J. G. Abbott, damage to lamp-post, 15 48


Martin Gill, damage to lamp-post 17 74


John Manning, damage to lamp-post, 12 36


Maverick Oil Company, empty bar- rels 9 00


Horatio Wellington & Co., damage to lamp-post 15 40


409 98


$9,909 98


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Cambridge Gas Light Com- pany, gas


$2,339 03


Cambridge Gas Light Company, pip- ing, etc. 424 71


Charlestown Gas Company, gas


1,873 54


Charlestown Gas Company, piping, etc. .


99 37


Globe Gas Light Company, torches, etc. 9 40


Amounts carried forward . $4,746 05


$9,909 98


88


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $4,746 05 $9.909 98


Christopher Burke, lighting and care of lamps 728 06


Patrick F. Moore, lighting 262 60


Patrick O'Connell,


414 00


William H. Archibald, "


250 65


James Tevlin,


64 70


Benjamin F. Shute,


73 50


Thomas F. Casey,


573 57


William B. Berry, lamp-posts, etc. .


907 31


Nathaniel Tufts, lanterns


58 20


E. H. Tarbell, burners . 2 75


McDowell & Hartz, torches


1 75


Martin Thayer, alcohol .


8 75


Samuel Walker & Co., oil


16 22


Capen, Sprague & Co., "


1 10


Holmes & Adams, gasolene


285 87


F. E. Studley, glycerine .


30


Hills, Turner & Co., glass


40 50


H. W. Raymond, 102 75


Charles Holmes & Son, poles, etc. 5 14


Bishop & Brother, ladders 11 75


John Turner & Co., granite circles . 47 08


William H. Poole, gas fitting . 16 21


J. A. Durell, repairing lamps


110 29


Everett E. Onley,


13 75


Howe & Flint,


66


13 00


G. M. Bowditch, 66 66


6 15


S. J. Wood, repairing lock


75


S. T. Kirk, carpenter work


38 15


J. M. Burckes, mason work


30 12


Walter Davis, teaming . 1 00


Wm. J. London, expressing


2 50


Blackall's Express,


75


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing 17 10


S. H. Libby, premium of insurance, 10 00


$8,862 37


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of account . 1,047 61


$9,909 98


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 89.


SIDEWALKS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed .


$4,000 00


Sidewalk assessments, assessments levied 3,598 32


$7,598 32


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$1,447 61


John P. Downey, edgestones, etc. 3,567 82


John Thresher, bricks


983 45


John Medina, 201 60


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising 174 10


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery


8 00


Highways account, labor and mate- rials .


829 41


Sewers account, catch-basin curbs


17 95


$7,229 94


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit


of account .


368 38


$7.598 32


SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons, assessments $1,610 42


Balance to debit in account 1887 3,446 97


$5.057 39


DEBIT.


Balance from 1885


. $1,459 07


Sidewalks, assessments levied . 3,598 32


$5,057 39


SEWERS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed . $8,000 00


Cash, received of W. R. Hicks & Co., old leather hose $24 54


Amounts carried forward $24 54


$8,000 00


90


ANNUAL REPORTS.


$24 54 $8,000 00


Amounts brought forward . City of Cambridge, part cost of stone bounds 10 68 · Trustees of Massachusetts General Hospital, annual fee for permission to enter Fitchburg Street sewer 50 00 Edward Smith, fee for entering Elm Street sewer 30 00


Walter E. Powell, fee for entering Elm Street sewer 34 00


Maurice Terry, puddling


88


Charles A. Mongan, "


2 00


Stephen Buttimer, 66


1 00


Maurice Buttimer, 66


1 50


Paul Kelley, 66


2 00


Sidewalks account, catch-basin curbs, 17 95


Health Department, collecting ashes, 50


175 05


Sewer assessments, assessments levied


8,736 07


$16,911 12


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers . $3,001 91


George D. Goodrich & Co., drain


pipe


1,041 64


Portland Stone Ware Company, drain pipe . . 1,194 13


Marcellus Day, drain pipe 27 52


David W. Lewis, “ "


189 02


Osgood & Hart, castings


43 50


W. O. Barbour & Co., castings


25 00


William H. Carberry,


4 25


Howe & Flint, hardware


149 65


H. W. Raymond, “ 18 80


Boston Belting Company, hose


3 00


A. S. Jackson, repairing hose . Sanborn & Hatch, bricks


39 62


Thomas Casey, .


48 75


Edward Foster, .6


40 50


Amounts carried forward, . $5,857 94


$16,911 12


30 65


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 91


Amounts brought forward


. $5,857 94


$16,911 12


Horatio Wellington & Co., cement . 61 80


George H. Sampson, powder


.


3 52


Seward Dodge. blacksmithing . 9 94


Cook, Rymes & Co.,


4 50


F. Dooris, 6 6


2 80


Worthley, Downes & Co., rubber


- boots . . 16 50


Philip Eberle, rubber boots 1 25


R. T. Blackwell, carriage hire .


6 00


A. Parker. catch-basin stones . 200 00


J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising


124 45


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery 1 40


Robert Burlen, binding plans . 8 50


Boston & Lowell Railroad, labor 9 50


Leander Greeley, carpenter work 8 25


I. H. Brown & Co., “ 90


Charles Bartley, oil, etc. . 1 20


Water maintenance account, pipe, labor, etc. . 103 10


Vinal, Henderson et al., land dam- ages . 68 08


John McCarthy and wife, land dam- ages . 60 00


City of Boston, water 37 60


· City of Cambridge, five ninths of expense of cleaning outlet of Bridge Street sewer · 1,402 39


Maurice Buttimer, balance for con- structing sewer in Greenville and Boston Streets 35 73


Maurice Buttimer, constructing sewer in Flint and Glen Streets 90 78


Maurice


Buttimen, constructing


sewer in Fiske Avenue 313 03


Maurice


Buttimer, constructing


drain pipe


96


Amounts carried forward . $8,430 12


$16,911 12


92


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $8,430 12


$16.911 12


Stephen Buttimer, constructing


sewer in Thurston Street 300 76


Stephen Buttimer, constructing


sewer in Bradford Avenue . 110 05


Stephen Buttimer constructing


sewer in Cross Street . 316 55


Richard Falvey, constructing sewer in Howe Street . 396 30


Richard Falvey, labor 3 00


Paul Kelley, constructing sewer in Orchard Street 145 03


Charles A. Mongan, balance for con- structing sewer in Tennyson Street 49 28


Charles A. Mongan, balance for con- structing sewer in Hawkins Court and Church Street 64 03


Caarles A. Mongan, constructing sewer in Summer Street


1,522 62


Charles A. Mongan, constructing sewer in Pemberton Street . 674 17


Charles A. Mongan, constructing sewer in Orchard and Dover


Streets


114 40


Charles A. Mongan, constructing sewer in Tyler Street . 127 21


Charles A. Mongan, constructing sewer in Kingman Court 164 87


Charles A. Mongan, connecting drains and laying pipe . 46 40


Putterill & Killion, balance for con- structing sewer in Graves Street, Willow and Highland Avenues, Cherry and Fairlee Streets . .


241 52


Dennis Ryan, constructing sewer in Lowell and Vernon Streets . · Amounts carried forward . $13,733 91


1,027 60


$16,911 12


93


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $13,733 91 $16,911 12


Dennis Ryan, constructing sewer in Lowell Street 217 00


Maurice Terry, constructing sewer in Wilton, Lowell, Appleton, Law- rence and Hinckley Streets . 2,312 45


Charles A. Mongan, constructing sewer in Tufts Street 138 25


$16,401 61


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit


of account . 509 51


$16,911 12


SEWER ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons, assessments . ·


$7,771 42


Real estate liens, titles to the city for non-payment of assessments


169 20


Balance to debit in account 1887


6,467 86


$14,408 48


DEBIT.


Balance from 1885


$5,672 41


Sewers, assessments levied .


· 8,736 07


$14,408 48


SUPPORT OF POOR.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed . $15,000 00


Cash, received for support of paupers :


Of city of Boston .


$189 50


Cambridge


154 55


Fitchburg


21 00


Lowell .


49 50


Malden .


22 50


Newburyport . 48 50


66 Salem


10 50


Amounts carried forward


$496 05


$15,000 00


94


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$496 05


$15,000 00


Of town of Arlington


46 50


Carlisle .


59 90


Medford


90 88


Manchester


58 00


Natick .


24 50


66


Sandwich


45 75


66


Sunderland


7 00


. 6


Sudbury


142 71


Woburn


27 00


State of Massachusetts, support of


State paupers 809 73


Burial of State paupers 65 00


S. W. Dow, support of pauper


212 17


C. C. Folsom, guardian, support of pauper


160 74


Patrick Foley, support of pauper .


13 13


O. S. Knapp, guardian, support of pauper ·


95 32


J. A. Sawyer, administrator, support of pauper 42 00


Felix Taylor, support of pauper 48 00


E. J. Jenkins,


25 39


Elizabeth Abbott, money not called for


12 00


2.481 77


$17,481 77


DEBIT.


Cash, paid for support of paupers, viz. : - -


Asylum for Chronic Insane $357 39


Boston City. Hospital 31 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


391 56


Danvers Lunatic Hospital


889 54


Massachusetts General Hospital 43 00


Carney Hospital


9 29


State Hospital for Insane


860 70


Taunton Lunatic Hospital


180 46


Amounts carried forward · . $2,762 94


$17,481 77


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 95


Amounts brought forward


$2,762 94 .


$17,481 77


Worcester Lunatic Hospital


1,257 82


James M. Fiske, House of Cor- rection


143 43


City of Boston


631 70


Chelsea


114 35


Fall River


2 20


Lawrence


96 00


. 6 Lynn .


59 00


Lowell


146 46


Newburyport


130 00


.6 Taunton


2 00


66 Worcester


105 00


Town of Andover


Barnstable


52 00


66


Melrose


69 00


. 6


Medford


48 00


6! Peabody


267 97


Jesse Abbott, rent .


36 00


Louisa Beers, “


24 00


Mary Burke,


72 00


Mary A. Blackwell, rent .


48 00


Bridget Carroll. 6:


5 00


M. Costello,


36 00


Timothy F. Cummings, rent


48 00


Albert T. Clark,


12 00


Ellen Driscoll, 66


48 00


Edward Foster,


48 00


Thomas Flemming,


24 00


Ann Gallagher,


60 00


Sarah Gill,


72 00


Ann Grady, 66


66 00


Hannah Gallagher,


66


30 00


Michael Green,


6 00


S. H. Libbey,


48 00


John I. Louden,


60 00


Amounts carried forward . . $6,851 11


$17.481 77


Holliston


78 00


78 00


Cambridge


64 24


96


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$17,481 77


M. J. Carron.


rent


. $6,851 11 48 00


Patrick McCrossen,


48 00


Owen McLaughlan,


104 00


Jeremiah McCarthy,


60 00


James McFarlane,


63 00


Ann Nolan, 66


48 00


Charles H. O'Neil,


48 00


George K. Osgood,


21 00


Mary O'Hare,


66


21 00


M. B. Pitman,


36 00


Emily E. Rice,


60 00


Leander Sampson,


66


48 00


Margaret Skehan,


10 00


Olive Thomas, 66


72 00


Maurice Terry,


60 00


Frank A. Titus,


66


24 00


Chester Williams,


22 00


H. C. White, 66


20 00


H. C. White, transportation of family, 29 20


Mary Ash, board


116 00


Mary A. Blackwell, board


250 58


Ira Bickford, rent . 60 00


W. H. Boynton, board of paupers


121 94


John Earl,


58 58


William Holbrook, 66


60 00


Sarah J. Hill,


184 15


Charles Hutchinson, 66


52 00


Bridget Jenkins,


113 85


Ann Kelley, 66


139 03


Hannah N. Mayo,


66


169 45


Fred J. Miller,


66


45 00


Ellen Nagle,


66


182 50


John W. Nowlin,


19 85


Ellen M. O'Donnell,


104 30


E. J. Poole,


39 15


Eugene Shea,


130 33


Martin Toye,


104 30


Amounts carried forward


. $9,644 32


$17,481 77


.


.


¢


.


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 97


Amounts brought forward . $9,644 32


$17,481 77


Almira Wilson, board of paupers · Samuel C. Darling, transportation . 3 00


36 00


Charles S. Butters, groceries and provisions .


37 50


Charles Bartley, groceries and pro- visions


64 00


A. F. Carpenter, groceries and pro- visions 132 78


J. B. Eastman, groceries and pro- visions


27 00


George H. Hills & Co., groceries and provisions .


560 64


D. C. Hennessey, groceries and pro- visions


157 00


Knowles Bros., groceries and pro- visions


41 04


A. Munroe, groceries and provisions John McPhillips, groceries and pro- visions


44 00


24 50


Charles H. North & Co., groceries and provisions 185 00


1


P. T. O'Brien, groceries and pro- visions 16 00


Charles A. Small, groceries and pro- visions


9 00


C. L. Stevens, groceries and pro- visions


10 00


Sturtevant Bros., groceries and pro- visions 88 00


Frank H. Turner & Co., groceries and provisions


83 73


William S. Ward, groceries and pro- visions 281 00


Christopher Brothers, groceries and provisions . -14 00


A. Fiske, crackers . 35 04


Henry Gray, milk .


11 75


Amounts carried forward · . $11,505 30


$17,481 77


7


98


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $11,505 30


$17,481 77


H. Wellington & Co., fuel 734 49


F. H. Mixon, stove . 8 50


Philip Eberle, boots and shoes 70 60


Wm. J. Emerson, "


9 75


John C. Gillis, 66 66


27 90


J. H. Mongan, 66 11 75


J. H. Brooks, dry goods . ·


37 00


J. W. Brine, “ " ·


9 00


L. Arnold, carpenter work 11 00


Joseph S. Brown, glazing 3 00


Aaron R. Gay & Co., stationery 69 16


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing .


67 25


Leach & Green, truss


3 00


J. A. Wheeler, professional services . 5 00


Patrick McLaughlin, nursing 25 00


Wm. J. London, expressing 1 25


L. H. Brown, carriage hire .


65 00


R. T. Blackwell,


5 00


P. H. Wellcome, 2 50 66


Charles C. Folsom, salary as agent .


1,149 96


Charles C. Folsom, disbursements .


98 71


George T. Lincoln, salary as secre- tary .


249 96


George T. Lincoln, stamps


10 00


. J. W. Coveney, funeral expenses . 6 00


Wm. A. Flaherty,


35 00


Wm. L. Lockhart, 66 66


10 00


H. D. Litchfield,


5 00


H. B. Runey, 66 66


17 75


P. H. Rafferty & Co., "


66


78 00


E. H. Marsh, 66


10 00


$14,341 83


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of account .


3,139 94


·


$17,481 77


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 99


SCHOOL CONTINGENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$13,000 00


Interest, transferred


695 58


Cash, received for tuition of non-resident pupils : - Henry A. Atwood . $16 00


F. P. Bartlett .


8 00


Charles Bunting


7 50


John D. Creelman .


17 50


Francis Hollis .


71 00


John L. W. Nichols


8 00


William A. Snow


30 00


Charles E. Sweet


30 00


Mary A. Warren


25 00


William Lamb


10 00


Albert D. Richards .


64 00


J. H. Davis, injury to books


11 56


298 56


$13,994 14


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Joshua H. Davis, salary as


superintendent of schools ·


. $2,000 02


Joshua H. Davis, disbursements 20 12


Janitors .


4,093 65


E. L. Robinson, truant officer .


350 00


L. H. Snow, 66 . 6


200 00


L. H. Snow, travelling expenses


9 57


James Mann, truant officer


49 97


Knight, Adams & Co., books, etc. .


302 70


Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, books,


etc.


377 39


Harrison Hume, books, etc.


871 73


Ginn & Co., .


250 48


Harper & Brothers, 66


496 60


Adams & Ingraham,


549 21


F. M. Ambrose,


123 00


.


Amounts curried forward · . $9,694 44


$13,994 14


100


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $9,694 44 $13,994 14


Charles H. Whiting, books, etc.


287 18


Cowperthwait & Co.,


142 89


Carl Schoenhof, 66


158 04


D. Appleton & Co.,


15 25


A. C. Stockin,


44 30


Willard Small, 66


22 35


William Ware & Co., 66


65 00


Warren P. Adams,


93 80


E. H. Butler & Co., 66


12 00


D. L. Guernsey,


6 00


Thompson, Brown & Co., books, etc.


60 90


J. L. Hammett, school supplies 133 59


Boston School Supply Company, school supplies 71 20


George S. Perry, school supplies


2 34


E. J. Burt, supplies


2 37


Frost & Adams, artists' materials


72 84


Prang Educational Company, artists' materials . 25 01


Eagle Pencil Company, pencils


343 31


George Frost & Co., pencil sharp- eners 14 00


A. G. Whitcomb, ink wells ·


38 80


Geo. F. King & Merrill, stationery,


250 22


Charles C. Gerry, erasers


21 00


N. L. Dearborn, diplomas 91 25


C. A. French, inscribing diplomas


30 90


George L. Baxter, disbursements


7 91


J. S. Hayes,


.


4 70


H. L. Morse,


4 94


R. Bickford,


18 74


George C. Nichols,


7 50


H. C. Parker,


6 67


G. A. Southworth, 66


6 50


Carter, Rice & Co., cards


9 00


J. O. Hayden & Co., printing


433 52


L. Barta & Co., 9 35


Amounts carried forward . $12,207 81


$13,994 14


1


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 101


Amounts brought forward . $12,207 81


$13,994 14


McDonnell Bros., advertising . 5 50


E. S. Tobey, rent of post-office box, 1 00


E. S. Daniels, tuning piano


6 00


M. L. Aldrich, copying .


2 60


S. Henry Hadley, music .


12 08


Thomas Young, flowers .


4 85


Weeks & Potter, chemicals


15 91


Murphy, Leavens & Co., dusters, etc. 107 48


Oscar F. Howe, brooms, etc. .


14 25


Charles Holmes & Son, hardware 6 76


H. W. Raymond, hardware 6 44


W. L. Snow,


10 82


J. E. Parsons, .


3 35


Williams & Co., drinking cups


7 20


R. A. Stephens, carpenter work 4 65


J. A. McLane, posting


5 60


Rand & Byam, soap .


12 72


Geo. H. Hills & Co., soap


3 06


Wm. H. Denton, oil, etc.


3 34


N. L. Pennock,


90


J. A. Merrifield, pails


1 00


H. M. Weld, carriage hire


13 00


First Methodist Episcopal Church, use of church 100 00


James M. Coburn, rent, etc.


182 70


D. Cummings, rent


120 00


Joseph Gott, rent .


22 50


D. H. Rynn, rent, etc.


148 45


R. F. Thompson, rent


156 00


T. Rafferty, rent 48 00


R. Frahey, labor ·


34 90


R. J. Whitton, labor


10 00


Mrs. Sullivan,


6 45


Mrs. Sweeney, 1 35


Barker & Tibbetts, expressing


14 35


Walter Davis,


4 50


Wm. J. London,


4 75


Amounts carried forward . . $13,310 27


$13,994 14


102


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $13,310 27 30


$13,994 14


No. Cambridge Express, expressing .


Stilphen & Co.,


7 25


Thorpe's Express,


66 1 90


B. H. Weeks,


8 95


Woodbridge & Co.,


41 43


Cambridge Gas Light Company, gas,


153 62


Charlestown Gas Light Company,


gas .


58 65


City of Boston, water ·


387 77


City of Cambridge, water


24 00


$13,994 14


SCHOOL FUEL.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


.


$5,200 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid George M. Winslow & Co., fuel


. $1,183 56


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel 3,741 88


Bishop & Brother, shavings 2 00


Charles Booth, splitting wood


1 50


$4,928 94


Excess and deficiency, balance to credit


of account 271 06


$5,200 00


SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $8,000 00


Interest, transferred 705 92


Cash, received of S. B. Locke & Co., old iron . 26 57


Amount carried forward .


$8,732 49


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


103


Amount brought forward .


$8,732 49


DEBIT.


Cash, paid George W. Trefren, Jr., car- penter work


$141 04


R. A. Stevens, carpenter work 55 43


Fred C. Fuller, . (


107 85


Melvin & Chandler, carpenter work .


34 73


Harry Holt,


41 97


John D. Hills,


40 03


Leonard Arnold, 66


36 63


S. & C. H. Williams,


24 58


S. J. Wright, 66


14 82


R. A. Melvin,


7 84


A. S. Arnold,


66 7 50


R. Frary,


2 00


L. C. Duncklee,


136 50


Geo. W. Bragdon,


81 65


M. Elston,


150 00


John H. Stevens,


8 41


A. C. Winning, mason work 274 02


D. P. Bucknam,


117 25


J. M. Burckes, 66


38 21


C. E. Arnold,


144 50


T. J. Martin,


18 00


Calvin I. Sawyer, “


5 00


A. Fisher, painting and glazing 110 08


J. H. Hollis, " 66


31 49


D.W. McDermott, painting and glaz- ing 6 65


J. T. Burton, painting and glazing ·


1 50


W. H. Denton, "


2 25


C. A. Legallee, plumbing


107 85


H. W. Covelle & Co., plumbing


31 15


James F. Davlin, יי 10 31


Folger & Dupont,


2 85


J. A. Durell, stove work, etc. . 148 42


J. A. Merrifield, "


154 04


.


.


.


.


.


·


. Amounts carried forward · $2,094 55


$8,732 49


104


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $2,094 55 $8,732 49


Charles Holmes & Son, stove work, etc. 253 05


Howe & Flint, stove work, etc. 44 45


H. W. Raymond, hardware 62 23


W. L. Snow, 66


27 30


Whitney & Snow,


11 06


A. J. Wilkinson,


85


W. S. Walker, blackboards


17 60


Henry McElwin,


50 00


Carroll W. Clark, 66


.


29 00


J. E. Bell, 66 49 32


J. L. Hammett, 66


11 00


Page & Littlefield, turning 5 33


J. F. Ayer, lumber . 28 65


S. W. Fuller, " 12 52


Bishop & Bros., snow shovel 50


L. C. Seavey, roofing 479 00


Walter Bates, concreting 68 40


Hasking & Montague, rent of canvas . 28 37


Samuel N. Prince, 66


16 00


John L. Crafts, labor on High School- house roof . 63 83


I. H. Brown & Co., roofing 30 00


W. H. Poole, gas fitting . 1 50


Cambridge Gas Light Company,


piping . · 15 36


Braman, Dow & Co., pipe .


5 75


Albert B. Franklin, heating appa- ratus, Bell Schoolhouse 2,395 35


A. A. Sanborn, plans and specifica- tions . 41 50


W. W. Benjamin, plan of Grove Street . 7 00


C. Sullivan, hanging gas fixtures 2 75


Walter H. Durell, outside windows 70 50


J. M. Coburn, gaskets, etc. 2 15


Amounts carried forward, . $5,924 87


$8.732 49


105


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


. $5,924 87 $8,732 49


George Dunbar & Co., ash barrels,


etc.


50 75


Flynn Bros, shades . 20 31


J. W. Archers, curtain 46 80


Philander Derby & Co., furniture 15 83


Joseph J. Giles, furniture


56 47


D. E. Crocker, clock and repairing 14 50


D. Cutter, 66


5 50


S. B. Manning,


40 50


S. J. Wood, keys, etc.


16 50


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing


3 50


B. F. Smith, repairing pump 3 00


I. B. Kendall, insurance .


122 50


W. C. Crane, 66 759 70


Dexter F. Bennett, insurance


459 75 .


S. H. Libby, 85 00 ·


George D. Wildes, rent . 297 89


R. M. Johnson, removing night soil,


76 00


N. L. Pennock, labor 4 00


O. F. Page, labor · 3 50


George L. Borrowscale, labor .


2 00


George L. Blackbird, 66


13 12


James Deacon,


19 38


P. O'Connell, 66


77 25


D. H. Rinn,


12 00


B. F. Sheridan, 3 00


Thomas Young, care of lawn . 20 00


P. J. Wellcome, carriage hire . 5 00


E. R. Perham, expressing 19 60


Walter Davis, 7 00


A. M. Prescott,


4 50


Blackall's Express,


75


Barker & Tibbetts, 66 85


Sewer assessments account, sewers


in Lowell and Cherry Streets 154 67


Highway betterment assessment ac- count, Evergreen Avenue . 385 00


Highways account, crushed stone 1 50


$8,732 49


106


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$76,000 00


Interest transferred


4,942 26


$80,942 26


DEBIT.


Cash, paid salaries


$80,942 26


SCHOOLHOUSE IN WARD THREE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed .


$8,500 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Charles Trull, land on Lowell


Street


. $1,880 64


George F. Loring, architect 320 00


J. H. Coon & Co., on account of contract


5,600 00


J. F. Ayer, lumber .


1 72


P. O'Connell, labor 1 50


Water service account, service pipe,


27 88


.


$7,831 74


Balance to credit of account 1887 .


668 26


$8,500 00


SCHOOLHOUSE IN WARD FOUR.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$8,500 00


Cash paid G. D. Parker, land on Cherry Street


. $1,929 60


George F. Loring, architect 320 00


J. H. Coon & Co., on account of contract


· 5,400 00


Amounts carried forward . $7,649 60


$8,500 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


107


Amounts brought forward


$7,649 60


$8,500 00


J. F. Ayer, lumber


1 72


P. O'Connell, labor


3 00


Water service account, service pipe,


29 00


$7,683 32


Balance to credit of account 1887


816 68


$8,500 00


TAXES.


CREDIT.


Cash, received for taxes for 1882


$5 78


66 1883


16 00


1884


.


41,405 22


66


1885


·


73,420 22


66


1886


· 312,684 32


$427,531 54


Real-estate liens, titles to the city for non-payment of taxes of 1884


21 58


Overlay and abatement : -


Abatement on taxes for 1883


$10 35


66


66


1884


516 30


1885


419 88


:6


4,342 33


Balance to debit in account 1887 -


being uncollected taxes for 1882


66


3,972 10


66


66


“ 1884


4,226 34


66


66


" 1885


39,246 84


60


66


“ 1886


100,907 16


151,595 42


$583,490 87


DEBIT.


Balance from 1885


.


$166,503 59


Appropriations, amount assessed for


current expenses


382,925 00


State of Massachusetts, amount as- sessed for State tax . ·


20,085 00


Amounts carried forward . . $569,513 59 $583,490 87


3,395 80


1886


$3,242 98


$ 1883


108


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . . County of Middlesex, amount assessed


$569,513 59 $583,490 87


for county tax . 12,076 37


Overlay and abatement, amount added by the assessors 1.900 91




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