Report of the city of Somerville 1887, Part 3

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 350


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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


40


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


42


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


48


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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