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Received of State of Massachusetts,
$508 50
Expenditures .
$1,015 00
Expended in excess of appropria- tion .
Interest : -
Appropriation
30,000 00
Received interest, corporation, and
bank taxes, etc. .
19,441 37
Expended
.
48,527 50
Unexpended balance
913 87
Miscellaneous : -
Appropriation
. $4,000 00
Transferred to "School-
house Incidentals " ac-
count .
1,700 00
2,300 00
Received for sale of land, costs,
licenses, etc.
4,625 66 .
Expenditures .
6,880 98
Unexpended balance
.
44 68
Police: -
Appropriation
$30,000 00
Transferred from "Po- lice Signal System" account 825 94
30,825 94
Received for court fees, fines, etc. .
3,210 89
Expenditures . 33,598 30 438 53
Unexpended balance
Police Signal System: -
Appropriation
. $5,000 00
Transferred to Police ac-
count
.
825 94
4,174 06
Expended
4,174 06
Police Station Incidentals: -
Appropriation
2,000 00
Transferred from --
" School House, Ward Three " ac- count . 349 07
"Schoolhouse, Ward Four " count .
ac-
204 45
Received for rent
568 00
Credits.
6 50
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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Accounts. Appropriations. Additional Expenditures
Credits.
and Balances.
Police Station Incidentals - Continued.
Expenditures .
$2,799 66
Unexpended balance
321 86
Public Library : -
Appropriation $3,000 00
Balance from 1887 .
$1,012 17
Received for dog licenses, fines,
etc.
2,718 02
Expenditures .
6,743 13
Expended in excess of appropria- tion, etc. 12 94
Public Grounds: -
Appropriation
6,000 00
Expenditures .
6,146 66
Expended in excess of appropria- tion
146 66
Printing and Stationery : -
Appropriation 3,000 00
Received for advertising, etc. .
15 80
Expenditures .
3,673 75
Expended in excess of appropria- tion
657 95
Reduction of Funded Debt: -
Appropriation .
35,187 34
Received from the Commissioners of the Sinking Funds . .
654,312 66
Applied to the reduction of the funded debt .
689,500 00
Salaries : -
Appropriation
24,150 00
Expended
23,145 61
Unexpended balance
1,004 39
School Contingent: -
Appropriation
17,000 00
Received for tuition of non-resident
pupils .
85 38
Expenditures .
17,851 60
Expended in excess of appropria- tion, etc. 766 22
School Fuel : -
Appropriation
6,500 00
Expended
7,121 24
Expended in excess of appropria- tion 621 24
40
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Accounts. Appropriations. Additional Expenditures
Credits. and Balances.
School-house Incidentals : -
Appropriation
$10,000 00
Transferred from Miscel-
laneous account . . 1,700 00
Watering Streets account, 1,000 00
$12,700 00
Received for old materials, etc. 11 81
Expenditures .
13,993 75
Expended in excess of appropria- tion
1,281 94
School Teachers' Salaries :
Appropriation .
40,000 00
Received from "City of Boston
Water Rates "
$50,412 57
Received unpaid salaries
$7 50
Expended
85,700 66
Unexpended balance
4,719 41
School-house in Ward Two: -
Unexpended balance from 1SS7 4,177 55
Expended for land, Concord Sq. .
4,903 50
Expended in excess of appropria- tion
725 95
School-house in Ward Three: -
Unexpended balance from 1887 · $395 11
Transferred to Police
Station Incidentals ac-
count
349 07
46 04
Expended
46 04
School-house in Ward Four: -
Unexpended balance from 1887 · $250 48 .
Transferred to Police
Station Incidentals ac- count
204 45
46 03
Expended
46 03
Sewers: -
Appropriation 9,500 00
Received for permits, etc. 243 87
Expenditures . 10,401 06
Expended in excess of appropria- tion 657 19
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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Accounts.
Appropriations. Additional Expenditures
Credits.
and Balances.
Sidewalks:
-
Appropriation $4,500 00
Expended
Unexpended balance
$3,708 04 791 96
Street Lights : -
Appropriation 16,000 00
Received for lamp-posts, etc. .
$53 00
Expenditures .
15,953 13
Unexpended balance
99 87
Support of Poor : -
Appropriation . .
14,000 00
Received for support of paupers
$2,293 07
Expenditures .
$13,373 98
Unexpended balance
.
2,919 09
Watering Streets: -
Appropriation
.
. $3,500 00
Transferred to School-
house Incidentals ac-
count
1,000 00
$2,500 00
Received from abutters
5,710 46
Expenditures .
8,103 94
Unexpended balance
106 52
Water Maintenance: -
· Appropriation
19,000 00
Received for labor, materials, etc. . 641 24
Expenditures .
15,570 20
Unexpended balance
4,071 04
Water-Works Extension : -
Appropriation by borrowing on Funded Debt account 25,000
Expenditures .
19,338 89
Balance to be expended in 1889,
5,661 11
County of Middlesex, County Tax: -
Appropriation 16,906 92
Expended
16,906 92
State of Massachusetts, State Tax: -
Appropriation
30,127 50
Expended
30,127 50
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Accounts.
Appropriations.
Expenditures and Balances.
Overlay and Abatement:
Appropriation .
3,086 84
Abatements on taxes.
10,958 31
Abatements in excess of appro- priation .
7,871 47
$421,458 60 $778,979 17 $1,213,484 04
Accounts overdrawn . 13,046 27
Credits from various sources . 778,979 17
$1,213,484 04
$1,213,484 04
Appropriations : -
As per tax levy . $421,458 60
Received of the Commissioners of the Sinking Funds . . 654,312 66
Received of City of Boston for return on water rates 50,412 57
Received from various sources .
74,253 94
Expenditures .
$1,197,298 64
Excess and deficiency account : -
Unexpended bal- ances $16,185 40
Expended in excess
of appropriations, 13,046 27
Unexpended balance
3,139 13
Total
$1,200,437 77
$1,200,437 77
The assets of the city available for the payment of its unfunded liabilities are as follows : -
Taxes
$151,226 08
Real-estate liens .
335 58
State of Massachusetts, State aid
3,802 00
State of Massachusetts, indigent soldiers and sailors
495 50
Sidewalk assessments .
2,093 17
Sewer assessments
6,908 87
Water service assessments
1,746 02
Cash .
20,101 85
Total amount of available assets .
$186,709 07
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REPORT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
The liabilities are : -
Temporary loans
$170,000 00
Hose house in Ward Four
7,486 60
Overplus on tax sales
102 13
Sundry persons .
320 10
Water-works extension
5,661 11
Total amount of unfunded liabilities $183,569 94
Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities 3,139 13
$186,709 07
The financial condition of the city, exclusive of its public property, is as follows : -
Funded debt, city loan
$597,000 00
Funded debt, water loan
$263,500 00
Total funded debt $860,500 00
Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities 3,139 13
Leaving a net indebtedness, Dec. 31, 1888, of $857,360 87
Total cash receipts for the year, including a bal- ance of $3,136.53 from the year 1887 . 1,614,212 28
Total cash disbursements . 1,594,110 43
Leaving in the treasury the sum of . $20,101 85
A detailed statement of the public property, funded debt, and receipts and disbursements of the various accounts will appear in the appendix.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. COLE,
Treasurer.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE A. 1
PUBLIC PROPERTY, DEC. 31, 1888.
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 appara-
tus
4,000 00
Steam fire-engine, hose carriage,
and apparatus .
2,000 00
High School-house
$40,000,00
Furniture
3,500 00
Philosophical apparatus
500 00
Prescott School-house, land (21,444
feet) and building
$40,000 00
Furniture
2,000 00
Luther V. Bell School-house, land (23,396 feet) and building Furniture
$40,000 00
3,000 00
43,000 00
Amount carried forward
·
$295,338 45
1
16,500 00
44,000 00
42,000 00
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Amount brought forward, Forster School-house, land (27,499 feet) and building Furniture
$295,338 45
$37,922 24
1,500 00
39,422 24
Morse School-house, land (29,109 feet) and building
$25,000 00
Furniture
1,000 00
26,000 00
Highland School-house,land (23,260 feet) and building
$32,000 00
Furniture
1,000 00
33,000 00
Lincoln School-house, land (17,662 feet) and building
$14,742 17
Furniture
744 93
15,487 10
Prospect Hill School-house, land (25,313 feet) and building Furniture
600 00
Jackson School-house, land (11,212
feet) and building
$8,000 00
Furniture
300 00
Bennett School-house, land (20,560
feet) and building
$8,000 00
Furniture
300 00
Webster School-house, land (11,050
feet) and building
$8,000 00
Furniture
300 00
Union School-house, land (9,360
feet) and building
$2,500 00
Furniture
100 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
8,300 00
·
8,300 00
2,600 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward, . $459,947 79
Edgerly School-house, land (26,428 feet) and building $25,000 00
Furniture
. 500 00
25,500 00
Edgerly School-house, addition
$17,000 00
Furniture
600 00
17,600 00
Brastow School-house, land (10,019 feet) and building
6,000 00
Furniture
250 00
6,250 00
Franklin School-house, land (33,017
feet) and building
$14,000 00
Furniture
300 00
Beach Street School-house, land (6,000 feet) and building
$4,500 00
Furniture
250 00
4,750 00
Spring Hill School-house, land (4,991 feet) and building Furniture
$1,600 00
100 00
1,700 00
Davis School-house, Tufts Street, land (29,584 feet) and
building
$17,606 22
Furniture .
726 99
18,333 21
Cummings School-house, School
Street, land (11,300 feet) and building
$14,643 21
Furniture
714 16
15,357 37
Bingham School-house, Lowell Street, land (21,017 feet) and building
$14,553 56
Furniture
551 33
15,104 89
Amount carried forward ·
$578,843 26
14,300 00
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Amount brought forward $578,843 26
Burns School-house, Cherry Street, land (16,080 feet) and building
$14,662 40
Furniture
587 12
15,249 52
City farm, land (10 acres, 12,523
feet) .
30,000 00
Cedar Street School-house
$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 House-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
14,800 00
Amount carried forward, .
·
$666,492 78
·
.
48
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $666,492 78
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
Fire-alarm telegraph
15,800 00
Police-station, land (15,232 feet) and building (Bow Street) . Furniture
3,000 00
Prospect Street, land (7,918 feet) and building
7,000 00 125,000 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
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 14 acres)
5,000 00
Gravel-land in Winchester (about 2 acres) .
500 00
Somerville water-works (cost $361,947.65) .
360,338 89
Oliver Street, land (63,069 feet)
7,500 00
Whipple Street, land, lots Nos. 30 and 31 (15,240 feet)
388 27
Concord Square (about 24,517 feet)
4,903 50
Total value of public property · . $1,287,023 44
$40,000 00
43,000 00
Public Park (cost $212,993.20)
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE B. FUNDED DEBT, DEC. 31, 1888.
Rate per
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Interest.
1881.
Jan. 1.
Water.
57 to 65
5
1889. Jan. 1.
1,000
$9,000
188S.
July 1. 1S60.
278
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
Oct. 1.
46 to 54
5
Oct. 1.
1,000
9,000
1SS+. Oct. 1. 18SS.
City.
5US to 575
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
68,000
July 1. 1880.
Water.
279
4
1890. July 1.
1,000
1,000
Oct. 1.
66
55
5
Oct. 1.
9,000
9,000
18S+.
City.
576 to 646
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
71,000
July 1.
Water.
280
1
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1884.
Oct. 1.
City.
647 to 720
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
74,000
1SS1.
Jan. 1.
Water.
66 to 76
Jan. 1.
1,000
11,000
1SSS.
66
281
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
Oct. 1.
66
78 to SS
5
Oct. 1.
1,000
11,000
1SS4.
Oct. 1. 1SS5.
City.
721 to 798
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
78,000
July 1. 1SS8.
66
856 to SS0
4
July 1.
1,000
25,000
July 1. 1SS5.
Water.
282
1
July 1.
1,000
1,000
Oct. 1.
89 to 99
5
Oct. 1.
1,000
11,000
1SS4.
Oct. 1.
City.
799 to 852
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
54,000
18SS.
July 1.
Water. City.
283 SS7 to 909
4
July 1.
1,000
23,000
1881.
Water.
100 to 111
5
Oct. 1.
1,000
12,000
Amount carried forward
1894. July 1.
1,000
1.000
July 1.
Oct. 1.
$471,000
Oct. 1. 1SSS.
1891.
1892.
July 1. ISS1.
1893.
4
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B- Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount
brought forward
$471,000
1888. July 1. 1876.
Water.
284
4
1895. July 1.
1,000
1,000
Oct. 1. Oct. 1.
City.
190 to 194 195 to 334
5
Oct. 1.
1,000
140,000
1883.
Water.
112 to 124
5
July 1. 1896.
1,000
13,000
July 1.
Sewer.
1 to 7
5
July 1.
5,000
35,000
1882.
Water. 66
125 to 136 137
5
July 1. July 1.
500
500
July 1. 1882. .
-
66
138 to 151
5
July 1. 1897. July 1.
1,000
14,000
July 1. 1882.
City.
910 to 913
4
July 1. 1898. July 1.
1,000
15,000
July 1. 1888. July 1.
66
287
4
July 1. 1899. July 1. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1882.
66
167 to 181
5
1,000
15,000
July 1. 1888.
66
182
5
500
500
July 1. 1882.
66
288
4
July 1. 1900.
1,000
1,000
July 1. 1882.
66
183 to 194
5
July 1.
1,000
12,000
July 1. 1888.
66
195
5
July 1.
500
500
July 1. 1884.
Oct. 1.
66
200 to 202
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1888.
July 1.
66
290
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1884.
66
203 to 212
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
10,000
1885.
66
214 to 219
4
July 1.
1,000
6,000
Amount carried forward
$783,500
·
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1897.
1,000
12,000
July 1. July 1. 1888.
235
4
1,000
1,000
July 1. 1888.
July 1.
Water.
152 to 166
5
July 1.
1,000
1,000
289
4
1901.
1,000
4,000
5
Oct. 1.
5,000
25,000
July 1. 1876.
July 1.
Oct. 1.
July 1.
286
5
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TABLE B-Concluded.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of When due. Interest.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1885. July 1. 1886.
Water.
220 to 226
4
July 1.
1,000
7,000
July 1.
229 to 238
1
July 1.
1,000
10,000
July 1.
66
239 to 256
4
July 1.
1,000
18,000
July 1.
66
257 to 266
4
July 1.
1,000
10,00)
1876.
July 1.
30 and 31
512
July 1. 1907.
5,000
10,000
1886.
66
267 to 276
4
July 1.
1,000
10,000
July 1.
66
291
1
July 1.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
292
4
1908. July 1.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
66
293
1
July 1.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
66
294
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
66
295
4
July 1. 1912.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
296
4
July 1. 1913.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
297
4
July 1. 1914.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
29S
4
July 1. 1915.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
299
4
July 1. 1916.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
66
300
4
July 1.
1.000
1,000
July 1.
66
301
4
July 1. 1918. July 1.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
302
4
1,000
1,000
Total
Funded Debt .
$860,500
Amount
brought forward
$783,500
1902.
1903.
1904.
1906.
July 1. 1888.
1909.
1910.
1911.
1917.
-
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE C.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, SHOWING APPROPRIA- TIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1888.
APPROPRIATIONS.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed for current expenses
$371,337 34
Property and debt balance
52,000 00
$423,337 34
DEBIT.
City Hall Improvement
$3,000 00
Fire Department
27,000 00
Health Department
4,500 00
Highways
44,000 00
Hose House in Ward Four .
10,000 CO
Indigent soldiers and sailors
500 00
Interest
30,000 00
Miscellaneous
4,000 00
Police .
30,000 00
Police signal system
5,000 00
Police station incidentals
2,000 00
Public Library
3,000 00
Public grounds
6,000 00
Printing and stationery
3,000 00
Reduction of funded debt
35,187 34
Renewals of funded debt
27,000 00
Salaries
24,150 00
School contingent
17,000 00
School fuel .
6,500 00 -
School-house incidentals
10,000 00
School teachers' salaries
40,000 00
Sewers
9,500 00
Sidewalks
4,500 00
Amount carried forward . $345,837 34
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Amount brought forward
$345,837 34
Street lights
16,000 00
Support of poor .
14,000 00
Watering streets
3,500 00
Water maintenance ,
19,000 00
Water-works extension
25,000 00
$423,337 34
CASH.
CREDIT.
County of Middlesex
16,906 92
City of Boston
6 50
City hall improvements
2,953 95
Funded debt
716,500 00
Fire Department .
26,743 88
Highways
46,606 05
Health Department
5,024 21
Hose-house Ward Four
2,513 40
Interest
48,242 50
Indigent soldiers and sailors
1,015 00
Miscellaneous
6,880 98
Police .
33,598 30
Police signal system
4,174 06
Police station incidentals
2,799 66
Public Library
6,743 13
Public grounds®
6,146 66
Printing and stationery
3,673 75
Salaries
23,145 61
School contingent
17,851 60
School fuel .
7,121 24
School-house incidentals
13,993 75
School teachers' salaries
85,700 66
School-house in Ward Two .
4,903 50
School-house in Ward Three
46 04
School-house in Ward Four
46 03
Sewers
19,132 43
Sidewalks
7,399 78
Amount carried forward . $1,109,869 59
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $1,109,869 59
Street lights
15,953 13
Support of poor
13,373 98
Sundry persons
195 00
Watering streets .
8,103 94
State aid
3,985 00
State of Massachusetts
30,127 50
Temporary loans
370,000 00
Water services
7,593 20
Water maintenance
15,570 20
Water-works extension
19,338 89
$1,594,110 43
Balance to debit in account, 1889
20,101 85
$1,614,212 28
DEBIT.
Balance
$3,136 53
City of Boston water rates
50,419 07
Funded debt
52,000 00
Fire Department
100 33
Health Department
226 00
Highways
2,957 73
Highway betterment assessments
50 00
Interest
19,438 99
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
2 00
Miscellaneous
4,594 26
Police
3,210 .89
Police Station incidentals
568 00
Public Library
2,718 02
Printing and stationery
15 80
Real estate liens
39 89
State aid
42 00
Sidewalk assessments
4,164 91
Sewer assessments
6,261 37
Sewers
243 87
State of Massachusetts, State aid
3,611 00
Amounts carried forward . $153,800 66 $1,614,212 28
55
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Amounts brought forward $153,800 66 $1,614,212 28 State of Massachusetts, Indigent
Soldiers and Sailors
426 00
School-house incidentals
·
11 81
School teachers' salaries
7 50
Street lights
53 00
.Support of poor
2,293 07
Temporary loans
370,000 00
Taxes
419,661 59
Reduction of funded debt
654,312 66
School contingent
85 38
Watering streets .
5,710 46
Water services
481 34
Water maintenance.
291 15
Wåter service assessments
7,077 66
$1,614,212 28
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed
$16,906 92
DEBIT.
Cash, paid county tax
$16,906 92
CITY OF BOSTON WATER RATES.
CREDIT. Cash, received of city of Boston return on water rates :
1887, 50 per cent. on $6,376.59 $3,188 30
1888, 50 per cent. on $94,461.55 47,230 77
50,419 07
DEBIT.
Cash, paid city of Boston, propor- tion of amount of water rates refunded . · School teachers' salaries, transferred
$6 50
50,412 57
$50,419 07
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
CITY HALL IMPROVEMENTS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed .
$3,000 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid F. C. Fuller, carpentry $2,619 62
Walburg & Woehrn, fresco-
ing . ·
250 00
Miscellaneous account steam
fitting
84 33
$2,953 95
Excess and deficiency, balance to
credit of account 46 05
3,000° 00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
CREDIT.
City Hall improvement, credit bal- ance of account $46 05
Fire Department, credit balance of account .
356 45
Highways, credit balance of
351 68
account
913.87
Interest, credit balance of account Miscellaneous, credit balance of account .
44 68
Police, credit balance of account .
438 53
Police Station incidentals, credit balance of account 321 86
Salaries, credit balance of account
1,004 39
School teachers' salaries, credit balance of account
4,719 41
Sidewalks,
791 96
Street lights
99 87
Support of poor
2,919 09
Amount carried forward · $12,007 84
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Amount brought forward $12,007 84 Watering streets . 106 52 .
Water maintenance
4,071 04
$16,185 40
DEBIT.
Health Department, debit balance of account
$298 21
Indigent soldiers and sailors, debit balance of account 6 50
Overlay and Abatement debit balance of account ·
7,871 47
Public Library, debit balance of account ·
12 94
Public Grounds, debit balance of account 146 66
Printing and Stationery, debit bal- ance of account 657 95
School Contingent, debit balance of account 766 22
School Fuel, debit balance of ac- count .
621 24
School-house incidentals, debit bal- ance of account
1,281 94
School-house in Ward Two, debit balance of account ·
725 95
Sewers, debit balance of account
657 19
$13,046 27
Balance to credit of account, 1889 3,139 13
$16,185 40
FUNDED DEBT.
CREDIT.
-
Balance from 1887
$1,525,000 00
Cash, received for sale of City Loan Bonds, Nos. 887 to 909 $23,000 00
Amounts carried forward ·
$23,000 00 $1,525,000 00
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, ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$23,000 00 $1,525,000 00
4,000 00 *
25,000 000
52,000 00
$1,577,000 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Commissioners of the Sinking Funds : -
City Loan Bonds $556,000
Water Loan Bonds 96,500 $652,500 00
Sundry persons
City Loan Bonds, Nos. 439 to 461
23,000 00
City Loan Bonds, Nos. 467 to
507 .
41,000 00
Balance to debit in account, 1889
860,500 00
1,577,000 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$27,000 00
Cash,received of Lorenzo W. Dow, manure ·
$56 00
E. I. Braddock & Co., old
44 33
100 33
copper, etc.,
$27,100 33
DEBIT.
Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, chief
engineer .
$1,200 00
Nathaniel C. Barker, assistant engineer
300 00
Steamer engineer
1,080 00
Steamer firemen
900 00
Seven drivers
6,300 00
Amounts carried forward . $9,780 00
$27,100 33
-
City Loan Bonds, Nos. 910 to 913 Water Loan Bonds, Nos. 278 to 302
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Amounts brought forward . $9,780 00
$27,100 33
Wm. A. Perry, substitute driver . 246 77
E. T. Herron, substitute driver 35 00
Edwin F. Trefren, “ 174 78
Clarence F. Cook, special service 3 00
Edward Backus, special service . 85 50
William J. Blaisdell, special ser- vice 3 00
George S. Harris, special service 3 00
Frank E. Hersey, special service
36 87
William C. Pierce, special service 15 50
Henry J. Turner, special service
3 00
Perlin K. Wood, special service Steamer Engine Company . 786 00
3 00
John E. Wool Hose "
691 00
Winter Hill
691 00
George H. Foster Hose Company
683 09
George O. Brastow « 66
691 00
R. A. Vinal Hook & Ladder Company
1,356 00
City of Boston, water for hydrants 1,848 00
City of Boston, water for houses 105 00
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing 84 22
Everett E. Onley, blacksmithing
2 00
Timothy O'Brien, horseshoeing . 72 70
Charles Maguire, horseshoeing
54 55
Charles W. Ingalls,
37 80
Wm. H. Richardson, “ 38 50
E. Teel & Co., repairing apparatus
214 65
E. Teel & Co., hose wagon 440 00
Daniel H. Crocker, repairing ap-
paratus .
13 00
Edward Kendall & Sons, repair- ing apparatus . ·
6 20
F. H. Flagg, repairing apparatus 3 50
Union Square Carriage Co.,repair- ing apparatus . 13 50
-
Amounts carried forward . . $18,221 13
$27,100 33
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $18,221 13 $27,100 33
Wm. H. Bonner, repairs 8 00
Harry Hunt, repairs . 3 00
J. E. Bond, repairing blinds 11 25
E. Spalding, harness work . 105 65
D. J. Bennett, “ ·
46 60
Joseph Cogan, " 37 00
Charles E. Berry, harness work 32 00
L. A. Hastings, 8 15
C. A. Legallee, plumbing 21 70
H. W. Covell & Co., plumbing 54 10
James F. Davlin, plumbing 27 12
William B. Holmes, .
4 00
Charles A. Holmes, ·
8 95
E. H. Buxton, repairing wagon 22 00
S. J. Wright, carpenter work 1 83
George K. Boyce, " 37 37
G. D. B. Robinson, carpenter work 194 68
A. W. Berry, carpenter work 33 23
Elijah Walker,
243 50.
J. Q. Twombly, glazing 18 41
J. C. Dyer, ·
5 45
J. F. Burton, .
2 50
W. L. Snow, hardware, etc., 68 50
H. W. Raymond, 6 51 81
Howe & Flint,
1 95
Oscar F. Howe, brooms, etc. 7 25
Boston Woven Hose Co., hose and ladders
484 01
Edwin Rogers, fire-alarm appa- ratus 744 95
John L. Crafts, wire rope, etc. 9 34
Fuller, Dana & Fitz, wire .
12 60
Silsby Man'f'g Co., fittings .
43
Webster & Dustin, track .
46 50
S. D. Hicks & Son, copper .
23 22
A. A. Sanborn, steam fitting
8 08
Amount carried forward . $20,606 26
$27,100 33
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Amounts brought forward $20,606 26 $27,100 33
Oliver Whyte, iron netting 3 15
Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Co., repairing valve 1 50
James H. Vinal & Cc., screens 1 52
A. S. Jackson, lanterns 31 10
Dover Stamping Co., ash barrels 6 00
Packard & Burrell, brushes 8 75
Somerville Iron Foundry, castings 2 00
George K. Paul & Co., cotton
waste 15 55
C. A. Holley, horse clothing 2 70
Curtis & Haskell, dusters 9 63
L. C. Field, sweepers . 4 50
Hall's English Food Co., food 5 00
Broad Gauge Iron Works, manger 1 75
C. Callahan, valve 35 00
A. E. Hughes, show-case 18 00
India Alkali Works, savogran 13 14
J. Hinman, chemicals . 59 86
F. Ivers & Son, whip . 2 25
Weeks & Potter, vitriol 20 74
Doolittle & Smith, vitriol 28 56
Thomas Hollis, vitriol
107 27
George H. Cowdin, drugs
1 35
J. A. Durell, oil, etc. .
2 84
Charles Bartley, oil
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