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Appropriation . $4,000 00
Transferred to public
grounds account .
.
500 00
3,500 00
Received for costs on taxes, li-
censes,. etc. . .
1,800 57
Expenditures .
5,741 34
Expended in excess of appropria- tion, etc. 440 77
New Fire Hydrants: -
Appropriation 800 00
Expenditures .
812 91
12 91
Expended in excess of appropria- tion
$278 60
254 00
38
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Accounts. Appropriations.
Additional Expenditures Credits. and Balances.
Police : -
Appropriation $8,000 00
Transferred from excess and defi- ciency account .
$20,879 58
Received for court fees, fines, etc.
2,788 17
Expenditures .
$32,148 35
Expended in excess of resources . 480 60
Police Station Incidentals : -
Appropriation 2,000 00
Received for rent
.
469 00
Expenditures .
1,906 21
Unexpended balance
562 79
Public Library : -
Appropriation 3,500 00
Received for dog licenses, etc.
2,133 95
Expenditures .
4,621 78
Balance to be expended in 188S
1,012 17
Public Grounds : -
Appropriation . $7,000 00
Transferred from mis- cellaneous account . 500 00
7,500 00
Received for labor on rifle range . 251 76
Expenditures . .
8,722 07
Expended in excess of appropria- tion
970 31
Printing and Stationery : -
Appropriation 3,000 00
Expenditures .
2,746 83
Unexpended balance
253 17
Salaries: -
Appropriation
23,060 00
Expenditures .
23,126 41
Expended in excess of appropria- tion
66 41
School Contingent :-
Appropriation
14,000 00
Received for tuition of non-resi- dent pupils, etc. . 197 5S
Expenditures .
16,058 39
Expended in excess of appropria- tion, etc. . School Fuel: -
1,860 81
Appropriation · . $6,000 00 Transferred to school- house incidentals ac- count 1,000 00
5,000 00
.
REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. 39
Accounts. Appropriations. Additional Credits.
Expenditures .
Expended in excess of appropria- tion
$475 17
Schoolhouse Incidentals : -
Transferred from water loan in-
terest account .
10,500 00
Street lights .
$1,500 00
School fuel
·
1,000 00
$2,500 00
Received for use of ward-room 2 00
Expenditures .
13,635 93
Expended in excess of resources . School Teachers' Salaries : -
Appropriation
82,000 00
Received on salary account 15 00
Expended
84,029 61
Expended in excess of appropria- tion 2,014 61
Schoolhouse in Ward Two: -
Appropriation .
$10,000 00
Transferred to ex-
cess and deficien-
cy account
5,822 45
4,177 55
Balance to be expended in 1888 . Schoolhouse in Ward Three: -
4,177 55
Appropriation 7,000 00
Balance from 1886 .
668 26
Expenditures .
7,273 15
Balance to be expended in 1888
395 11
Schoolhouse in Ward Four: -
Appropriation
7,000 00
Balance from 1886.
816 68
Expenditures .
7,566 20
Balance to be expended in 1888
250 48
Sewers : -
Appropriation 8,000 00
Received for permits, etc.
304 59
Expenditures .
8,649 07
Expended in excess of appropria- tion, etc. 344 48
Sidewalks :-
Appropriation
3,500 00
Expenditures .
Unexpended balance
3,094 55
405 45
Expenditures and Balances. $5,475 17
633 93
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Accounts.
Appropriations.
Additional
Credits.
Expenditures and Balances.
Sinking Fund Contributions: -
Appropriation
$40,725 00
Expended
$40,725 00
Street Lights : -
Appropriation
$13,000 00
Transferred to school-
house incidentals
.
1,500 00
11,500 00
Received for lamp-posts, etc.
$289 49
Expenditures .
10,582 18
Unexpended balance .
1,207 31
Support of Poor : -
Appropriation
.
14,000 00
Received for support of paupers
1,557 33
Expenditures
13,430 89
Unexpended balance
2,126 44
Watering Streets : - Appropriation 3,000 00
Received from abutters
6,048 33
Expenditures .
8,725 12
Unexpended balance
323 21
Water Maintenance: -
Appropriation
7,000 00
Transferred from water loan interest account . 15,800 00
Received for labor and material
711 17
Expenditures
25,683 50
Expended in excess of appropria-
tion, etc.
.
·
2,172 33 ,
Water Loan Interest :-
Received from city of
Boston for return on
water rates .
·
$42,650 57
Transferred
to
other
accounts
.
26,300 00
16,350 57
Expended
Unexpended balance
16,125 29 225 28
County of Middlesex, County Tax : -
Appropriation
14,089 10
Expended
14,089 10
State of Massachusetts, State Tax: - Appropriation Expended
30,127 50
Overlay and Abatement: -
Appropriation
907 54
30,127 50
Balance from 1886
3,903 34
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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Accounts. Appropriations. Additional Expenditures Credits. and Balances. $4,906 25
Abatements on taxes
Abatements in excess of appropri- ation, etc .. .
$95 37
Excess and Deficiency : -
Balance from 1886 $20,879 58
Transferred from other accounts
5,508 45
Transferred to other
accounts $26,388 03
Transferred from schoolhouse,
Ward Two, account .
$5,822 45
Transferred to balance accounts, overdrawn
5,822 45
$424,309 14 $118,203 96 $542,513 10
Appropriations as per tax levy . $424,309 14
Excess and deficiency account, Jan. 1, 1887
20,879 58
Water loan interest received from city of Boston
42,650 57
Additional credits from various sources
43,342 91
Accounts overdrawn
11,330 90
Expenditures .
$531,182 20
Unexpended balances
5,508 45
Excess and deficiency account to balance
5,822 45
$542,513 10
$542,513 10
The assets of the city available for the payment of its unfunded liabilities are as follows : -
Taxes .
$160,407 40
Real-estate liens .
321 67
State of Massachusetts, State aid .
3,470 00 State of Massachusetts, indigent soldiers and sailors, 415 00
Highway betterment assessments 50 00
Sidewalk assessments
2,566 34
Sewer assessments
4,438 87
Water service assessments
1,361 73
Cash
3,136 53
Total amount of available assets .
$176,167 54
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
The liabilities are : -
Temporary loans .
$170,000 00
Overplus on tax sales
102 13
Public Library
1,012 17
Sundry persons 230 10
Schoolhouse in Ward Two
4,177 55
Schoolhouse in Ward Three
395 11
Schoolhouse in Ward Four
250 48
Total amount of unfunded liabilities
$176,167 54
The financial condition of the city, exclusive of its public prop- erty, is as follows : -
Funded debt, city loan . . $1,190,000 00
Funded debt, water loan
335,000 00
Total funded debt ·
. $1,525,000 00
The sinking funds are as follows :
City-loan maturities
$574,971 68
Water-loan maturities
79,333 61
Total amount of sinking funds
$654,305 29
Net amount of city debt
$615,028 32
Net amount of water debt
255,666 39
Net amount of funded debt $870,694 71
Total cash receipts for the year, including a balance
of $9,579.75 from the year 1886, were . $1,019,988 58
Total cash disbursements 1,016,852 05
Leaving in the treasury the sum of $3,136 53
A detailed statement of the public property, funded debt, and 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, 1SS7.
Central Hill land (12 acres, 27,920 feet)
$100,000 00
. City Hall
Furniture
3,000 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 appara-
tus
4,000 00
Steam fire-engine, hose-car- riage, and apparatus . 2,000 00
16,500 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 . Furniture
$40,000 00
3,000 00
43,000 00
Amount carried forward .
$295,338 45
1
· $10,000 00 .
13,000 00
44
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward. . Forster Schoolhouse, land (27,499 feet) and building Furniture
$295,338 45
$37,922 24
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 . Furniture
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
.
$20,000 00
20,600 00
8,300 00
.
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45
Amount brought forward . Edgerly Schoolhouse, land (26,428 feet) and building $25,000 00
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
Franklin Schoolhouse, land (33,017 feet) and building
$14,000 00
Furniture
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
$17,606 22
Furniture
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 building
$14,553 56
Furniture
551 33
15,104 89
Amount carried forward ·
.
$578,843 26
$459,947 79
$17,000 00
6,250 00
14,300 00
46
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$578,843 26
Burns Schoolhouse, Cherry Street, land (16,080 feet) and building . . Furniture . .
$14,662 40
587 12
15,249 52
City farm, land (10 acres, 12,523
feet) .
30,000 00
Cedar Street Schoolhouse . Furniture
100 00
800 00
7,000 00
3,000 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-car- riage 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
No. 4 Hose-house, land (9,100 feet) and building .
$11,000 00
Furniture .
400 00
11,400 00
Amounts carried forward .
$666,492 78
·
.
2,300 00
City stables and dwelling-houses Equipments for highway repairs Watering-carts and sheds
$700 00
14,800 00
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Amounts brought forward . George O. Brastow hose-car- riage and apparatus .
$2,000 00 $666,492 78
Relief hose-carriage
600 00
14,000 00
Fire-alarm telegraph
15,800 00
Police-station, land (15,232 feet) and building (Bow Street) . Furniture
$40,000 00
3,000 00
43,000 00
Prospect Street, land (7,918 feet) and building
7.000 00
Public Park (cost $212,993.20)
125,000 00
Joy Street, land (2,960 feet)
500 00
Walnut Hill, land (10,890 feet)
1,000 00
Elm Street, land (18,000 feet)
3,600 00
Ledge-land on Bond Street (39,732 feet) 2,500 00 Holland Street (5 acres, 6,806 feet) 12,000 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 . $1.265,281 05
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B FUNDED DEBT, DEC. 31, 1887.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate. per. cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1882.
July 1,
City,
439 to 461,
5
1888. July 1,
$1,000
$23,000
1884.
Oct. 1,
467 to 507,
4
Oct. 1,
1,000
41,000
1881.
Water,
57 to 65,
5
Jan. 1,
1,000
9,000
1880.
Oct. 1,
46 to 54,
Oct. 1,
1,000
9,000
1884.
Oct. 1,
City,
508 to 575,
4
1890.
Oct. 1,
9,000
9,000
1884.
Oct. 1,
City,
576 to 646,
4
1891. Oct. 1,
1,000
74,000
1881.
Jan. 1,
Water,
66 to 76,
5
Jan. 1,
1,000
11,000
Oct. 1,
78 to 88,
Oct. 1,
1,000
11,000
1884.
City,
721 to 798,
4
1893.
July 1,
856 to 880,
July 1,
1,000
25,000
Oct. 1,
Water,
89 to 99,
5
Oct. 1,
1,000
11,000
1884.
Oct. 1,
City,
799 to 852,
4
1894. Oct. 1,
1,000
12,000
Jan. 1,
City,
335,
Jan. 1,
37,000
37,000
336,
66
1,000
1,000
1879.
Jan. 1,
Water, City,
34,
339,
340,
66
66
1,500
1,500
1880.
Jan. 1,
66
346,
66
2,000
2,000
347,
60
66
1,000
1,000
July 1, 66
66
881,
66
54,000
54,000
882,
1,500
Amount carried forward
.
.
$650,000
1881.
Oct. 1, 1878.
Water,
100 to 111,
5
1895.
25,000
25,000
12,000
12,000
1,500
1,500
66
.
66
348,
66
5,500
5,500
1885.
66
1,500
68,000
1880.
Oct. 1,
Water,
55,
5
1,000
71,000
647 to 720,
1892.
1,000
78,000
Oct. 1, 1885.
1,000
54,000
338,
66
2,000
2,000
341,
1889.
Jan. 1,
1,000
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TABLE B - Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1876. April 1, Oct. 1,
City,
189, 190 to 194, 195 to 334,
2010 5
1895. April 1,
$35,500
35,500
5,000
25,000
66
66
1,000
140,000
1879.
April 1,
343,
66
66
8,000
8,000
.. .
345,
66
25,000
25,000
1880.
Oct. 1,
351,
1,000
1,000
1881.
Oct. 1,
66
415,
66
60
1,000
1,000
1882.
Oct. 2,
463,
66
66
2,000
2,000
1883.
Oct. 1,
466,
66
50,000
50,000
1884.
66
854,
66
3,000
3,000
1886.
April 1, Oct. 1, 1887.
66
884,
66
66
2,000
2,000
1883.
July 1, 1876.
Water,
112 to 124,
July 1, 1896.
1,000
13,000
July 1, 1882.
Sewer,
1 to 7,
66
July 1,
5,000
35,000
July 1, 66
Water,
125 to 136, 137,
66
500
500
1897.
1,000
14,000
66
66
152 to 166,
66
July 1, 1898. July 1, 1899.
1,000
15,000
167 to 181, 182,
66
July 1,
1,000
15,000
66
66
183 to 194,
66
1900. July 1,
1,000
12,000
Amount carried forward
$1,369,000
66
66
352,
66
45,000
45,000
45,000
Oct. 1,
52,000
52,000
855,
883,
1,000 60,000
1,000 60,000
Oct. 1,
66
885,
60,000
60,000
1,000
12,000
66
138 to 151,
66
66
66
66
500
500
Amount
brought forward
$650,000
4,000
4,000
Oct. 1,
344,
60
42,500
42,500
414,
45,000
464,
886,
66
50
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B - Concluded.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1882. July 1, 1884.
Water,
195,
5
1900. July 1,
$500
500
Oct. 1,
66
200 to 202,
4
Oct. 1,
1,000
3,000
1885. July 1,
66
66
220 to 226,
66
July 1,
1,000
7,000
1886.
66
229 to 238,
66
1903.
1,000
18,000
1877.
Oct. 1,
66
33,
5
Oct. 1, 1905.
5,000
5,000
1879.
66
35,
66
Jan. 1,
5,000
5,000
1885.
66
227,
.6
7,000
7,000
1876.
29,
April 1,
4,500
4,500
Oct. 1, 1881.
56,
5
5,500
5,500
Oct. 1, 1882.
Oct. 2,
196,
66
66
6,500
6,500
6
197,
66
1,000
1,000
1883.
Oct. 1,
66
198,
66
1,000
1,000
1884.
Oct. 1,
213,
66
7,000
7,000
1886.
April 1,
228,
66
7,500
7,500
1887.
Oct. 1,
277,
9,000
9,000
1876.
66
30 and 31,
5,000
10,000
July 1,
66
267 to 276,
4
1906. July 1, 1907. July 1,
1,000
10,000
Total
Funded Debt .
$1,525,000
66
203 to 212,
66
Oct. 1,
1,000
10,000
214 to 219,
July 1, 1902.
1,000
6,000
July 1,
1,000
10,000
239 to 256,
257 to 266,
July 1, 1904. July 1,
1,000
10,000
July 1,
April 1, 1880.
77,
6,000
6,000
66
199,
66
6,500
6,500
July 1, 1886.
Amount
brought forward
$1,369,000
·
1901.
Jan. 1,
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TABLE C.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1887.
APPROPRIATIONS.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed for current expenses
$379,185 00
Property and debt balance
71,000 00
$450,185 00
DEBIT.
Fire Department
$26,000 00
Health Department
·
4,000 00
Highways .
38,000 00
Indigent soldiers and sailors
600 00
Interest
44,000 00
Miscellaneous
4,000 00
New fire hydrants .
800 00
Police
8,000 00
Police station incidentals
2,000 00
Public Library
3,500 00
Public grounds
7,000 00
Printing and stationery .
3,000 00
Renewals of funded debt
71,000 00
Salaries
23,060 00
School fuel
6,000 00
School teachers' salaries
82,000 00
Schoolhouse in Ward Two
10,000 00
Schoolhouse in Ward Three
7,000 00
Schoolhouse in Ward Four
7,000 00
Sewers .
8,000 00
Sidewalks
3,500 00
Sinking fund contributions
40,725 00
Street lights .
13,000 00
Support of poor .
14,000 00
Watering streets .
3,000 00
Water maintenance
7,000 00
$450,185 00
School contingent .
14,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CASH.
CREDIT.
County of Middlesex
$14,089 10
Funded debt
71,000 00
Fire Department .
26,735 09
Health Department
4,543 42
Highways
38,904 75
Indigent soldiers and sailors .
854 00
Interest
63,350 83
Miscellaneous
5,741 34
New fire hydrants .
812 91
Overplus on tax sales
131 83
Police .
32,148 35
Police station incidentals
1,906 21
Public Library
4,621 78
Public grounds
8,722 07
Printing and stationery .
2,746 83
Salaries
23,126 41
School contingent .
16,058 39
School fuel .
5,475 17
Schoolhouse incidentals
13,635 93
School teachers' salaries
84,029 61
Schoolhouse in Ward Three
7,273 15
Schooolhouse in Ward Four
7,566 20
Sewers .
14,852 38
Sidewalks
6,199 45
Sinking fund contributions
40,725 00
Street lights
10,582 18
Support of poor
13,430 89
State of Massachusetts .
30,127 50
State aid
3,626 00
Sundry persons
1,196 34
Temporary loans
405,000 00
Watering streets
8,725 12
Water maintenance
25,683 50
Water services
7,150 03
Water-loan interest
16,080 29
$1,016,852 05
Balance to debit in account 1888
3,136 53
$1,019,988 58
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53
Amount brought forward
. $1,019,988 58
DEBIT.
Balance
$9,579 75
Funded debt.
71,000 00
Fire Department .
278 60
Health Department
254 00
Highways
1,942 55
Highway betterment assessments
131 24
Interest
18,480 34
Miscellaneous
1,761 32
Overlay and abatement .
06
Police
2,788 17
Police station incidentals
469 00
Public Library
2,133 95
Public grounds
251 76
Real-estate liens .
475 44
School contingent .
197 58
Schoolhouse incidentals .
2 00
School teachers' salaries
15 00
State of Massachusetts, State aid .
3,703 00
State of Massachusetts, indigent soldiers and sailors
463 00
Sidewalk assessments
3,985 53
Sewer assessments
8,232 30
Sewers .
304 59
Street lights .
289 49
Support of poor
1,557 33
State aid
13 00
Temporary loans
425,000 00
Taxes .
410,564 29
Watering streets
6,048 33
Water maintenance
589 45
Water services
504 81
Water-service assessments
6,322 13
Water-loan interest
42,650 57
$1,019,988 58
54
ANNUAL REPORTS.
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed
.
$14,089 10
DEBIT.
Cash, paid county tax .
$14,089 10
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1886
$20,879 58
Highways, credit balance of account
231 80
Indigent soldiers and sailors, credit balance of account 173 00
Police station incidentals, credit balance of account
562 79
Sidewalks, credit balance of account
405 45
Street lights, " 66
1,207 31
Support of poor, credit balance of account
2,126 44
Watering streets, credit balance of account
323 21
Water-loan interest, credit balance of account .
225 28
Printing and stationery, credit bal- ance of account . ·
253 17
Schoolhouse in Ward Two, trans- ferred
5,822 45
$32,210 48
DEBIT.
Police, balance of 1886 transferred
$20,879 58
Overlay and abatement, debit bal- ance of account . 95 37
Fire Department, debit balance of account
456 49
1
Amounts carried forward . $21,431 44
$32,210 48
.
55
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $21,431 44 $32,210 48
Health Department, debit balance of account .
289- 42
Interest, debit balance of account
1,017 29
Police,
480 60
Salaries,
66. 41
School contingent, debit balance of account ·
1,860 81
School fuel, debit balance of account
475 17
Schoolhouse incidentals, debit bal- ance of account . .
633 93
School teachers' salaries, debit bal- ance of account .
2,014 61
Water maintenance, debit balance of account . .
2,172 33
Miscellaneous, debit balance of
440 77
account . New fire hydrants, debit balance of account .
12 91
Sewers, debit balance of account . 344 48
Public grounds, debit balance of account
970 31
$32,210 48
FUNDED DEBT.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1886
. $1,525,000 00
Cash, received for sale of
City-loan Bond, No. 885
$60,000 00
66 " 886
2,000 00
Water-loan Bond, No. 277
9,000 00
71,000 00
$1,596,000 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid : -
City-loan Bonds, Nos. 423 to 437 .
$15,000 00
City-loan Bond, No. 438 500 00
Amounts carried forward · $15,500 00
$1,596,000 00
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$15,500 00 $1,596,000 00
City-loan Bonds, Nos. 373 to 412 40,000 00
City-loan Bond, No. 416 500 00
City-loan Bonds, Nos. 417 to 422 .
6,000 00
Water-loan Bonds, Nos. 37 to 45
9,000 00
$71,000 00
Balance to credit in account, 1888 . 1,525,000 00
$1,596,000 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed .
$26,000 00 Cash, received of Eugene Gormley two horses
$125 00
E. P. Dunbar, old copper, etc. 84 60
Lorenzo W. Dow, manure
56 00
John Mitchell, stove
8 00
Charles Holmes, stove . .
5 00
278 60
Excess and deficiency, balance to debit
of account . 456 49
$26,735 09
DEBIT.
Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, chief
engineer · . $1,200 00
Nathaniel C. Barker, assistant en-
gineer 300 00
Steamer engineer
1,080 00
Steamer fireman
900 00
Seven drivers.
6,300 00
Daniel J. Bennett, substitute driver . 8 00
William H. Dennis,
112 50
Amounts carried forward . $9,900 50
$26.735 09
57
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward . $9,900 50
$26,735 09
William A. Perry, substitute driver, 137 74
William A. McLane,
33 87
Joseph Sanders,
4 84
Charles A. Kirkpatrick, “ 35 00
Steamer Engine Company 786 00
John E. Wool Hose Company 685 75
Winter Hill Hose Company 691 00
George H. Foster Hose Company
691 00
George O. Brastow Hose Company, 689 74
R. A. Vinal Hook-and-ladder Com-
pany 1,356 00
Sundry call-men, extra services 24 50
City of Boston, water for hydrants . 1,848 00
.“ water for houses 105 00
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing and horseshoeing 86 81
Timothy O'Brien, horseshoeing 72 15
Charles Maguire, . 45 85
W. H. Richardson, 42 00
Charles W. Ingalls,
35 40
Everett E. Onley, 66 2 00
E. Teel & Co., repairing apparatus . 39 40
Union Square Carriage Company, repairing apparatus · . 6 75
J. Leland, repairing apparatus 4 25
I. H. Brown, “
1 00
D. W. Crocker, "
75
Galen M. Bowditch, repairing appa- ratus . 30 45
Hill & Langtrey, harness fittings 44 96
D. J. Bennett, repairing harness 22 20
E. Spalding, 32 69
T. Ivers & Son, straps . 11 50
Sturtevant Brothers, horses 300 00
C. H. & Edgar Snow, horses . 550 00
Welch & Hall, horses 200 00
Fred C. Fuller, carpenter work
162 90
Amounts carried forward $18,680 00
$26.735 09
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward · $18,680 00 $26,735 09
George W. Trefren, jun., carpenter work . 297 93
F. A. Chandler 280 27 ·
Melvin & Chandler 173 09 ·
C. F. Palmer, mason work 51 07
A. M. Sibley 7 25
W. L. Snow, hardware, etc. .
38 32
H. W. Raymond, "
25 55
Howe & Flint,
8 20
Whitney & Snow, "
66
4 10
E. Kendall & Son, tools 31 44
Charles A. Legallee, plumbing
21 93
J. A. Davlin, 3 64
H. W. Covell & Co., 11 04
Joseph H. Hollis, painting and
glazing 4 00
J. C. Dyer, painting and glazing ·
128 05
W. H. Pring, 13 50 ·
Nathan Tufts & Son, grain . ·
489 47
A. F. Whitcomb, hay and straw .
401 54
A. M. Prescott, 286 06
James E. Whitaker & Co., hay 173 56
Hewey Skillings, straw . 4 81
B. F. Wild & Co., fuel . 324 66
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel 45 00
A. A. Sanborn, steam fitting . ·
38 06
601 44
Edwin Rogers, fire-alarm apparatus, American Steam Gauge Co., repair- ing gauge, etc. . 4 50
Scrannage Bros. & Cook, couplings, 3 35
Ingalls & Kendricken, bars .
75
C. Callahan & Co., nozzle, etc.
19 00
Andrew S. Jackson, .
61 30
J. Hinman, agent fire extinguisher, etc. 90 00
Boston Belting Co., hose 11 00
Boston Woven Hose Co., hose, etc. 1,109 40
Amounts carried forward $23.443 28
$26,735 09
59
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $23,443 28 $26,735 09
American Fire Hose Manufacturing Co., repairing, etc. 10 00
Silsby Manufacturing Co., flues, etc. 190 81
S. F. Hayward & Co., tank and frame for extinguisher 1,000 00
Fox, Maxner, & Co., ladders . 19 00
Bishop & Bros., 9 80
George L. Baxter, lighters 9 00
Charles Holmes & Son, repairing pipes, etc. .
65 16
Boston Nickel Plating Co., plating . 2 00
E. H. Buxton, varnishing steamer, etc. 50 00
John L. Crafts, canvas and rope 15 40
C. S. Knowles, covering steps 4 00
Burnson & Gladding, rubber suit 8 00
H. T. Ewell, coal box
.
10 00
Geo. G. Page Box Co., cases .
·
6 00
S. Armstrong, stable pails ·
7 50
Union Glass Co., jars
14 00
Nicholas & Bartaux, ballisters
10 00
Somerville Iron Foundry Co., cast- ings .
3 77
L. C. Seavey, slating 32 37
Albert A. Libby & Co., paving
295 98
S. B. Manning & Co., cleaning clocks
2 75
Beattie Battery Zinc Electrical Co., zinc, etc. 11 88
Thomas Hollis, vitriol, etc. 170 79
Albert L. Russell, " " 31 27
Elijah Walker, carpenter work 60 15
J. A. Durell, hardware, etc. .
8 47
A. G. Whitcomb, chairs 9 00
J. Elliot Bond, carpet, etc. ·
30 00
S. D. Hicks & Son, copper, etc. 18 50
G. K. Paul & Co., waste
4 40
Amounts carried forward $25,553 28
$26,735 09
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $25,553 28 $26,735 09
J. W. Brine, bedding, etc. 49 25
F. A. Rolfe, flannel 50
Scoville Manuf. Co., buttons . 13 50
Smith & Anthony Stove Co., clean- ing furnace 1 50
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