Report of the city of Somerville 1888, Part 3

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 410


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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


39


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


41


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


42


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


43


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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45


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


46


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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47


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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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


50


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


54


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


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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


58


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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


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 59


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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