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8 63
Knowles Bros., salt, etc.
2 00
E. A. Bailey & Co., salt, etc.
50
W. I. Heald, salt, etc. 91
Martin L. Hall & Co., soap .
3 75
T. Spelman, soap 10 00
Sturtevant Bros., horses
528 00
John S. Nason, horses 675 00
A. M. Prescott, hay, etc.
400 10
J. A. McLane, use of team .
20 00
George McKenna, use of horse
80 00
Amounts carried forward . . $22,717 31
$27,100 33
62
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $22,717 31 $27,100 33
Nathan Tufts & Son, grain .
591 32
Plummer & Co., hay and straw
619 62
Walburg & Woehrn, fresco- ing
11 00
Thomas Dowd, plastering
21 09
B. M. Boyce, clock
42 00
Mrs. Calvert, washing
34 22
Thomas H. Daly, washing
32 38
Edw. W. Ring, washing
21 21
J. A. Buxton, washing .
25 51
Samuel H. Stevens, washing .
25 08
J. O. Hayden & Co., printing
45 45
Fred. H. Barry, printing ·
12 00
George G. Glines, expressing
25
E. R. Perham, 66
21 95
Dolhenty's Express, 66
·
1 30
Thorpe's Express, 66
3 40
Charles E. Farnham, 66
1 75
William J. Loudon, 66
·
1 25
George T. Day,
27 51
Barker & Tibbetts,
50
P. H. Wellcome, carriage hire 10 00
H. Wellington & Co., fuel
602 77
B. F. Wild & Co., fuel
463 02
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, rent- als and tolls 76 65
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas
247 88
Charlestown Gas Co., gas
130 92
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice
63 00
Boston Ice Co., ice
14 00
Winter Hill Ice Co., ice ·
8 00
H. C. Willis, veterinary ser- vices
28 00
Amounts carried forward . $25,900 34
$27,100 33
·
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
63
Amounts brought forward . $25,900 34 $27,100 33
Charles R. Simpson, veteri- nary services .
97 50
Page & Littlefield, lumber
23 63
W. S. Walker, painting
92 10
Estate of John Leland, wheel- wright work 2 00
J. M. Burckes, mason work .
27 72
M. D. Jones & Co., powder .
1 75
Edward A. Rice & Co., soda
25 42
C. H. Wheelock, gas stove
.
11 60
Cotter Bros., slating
17 35
Underhill Bros., grinding axe
60
Paul Kelley, loam
4 80
L. B. Angier, sawdust .
1 75
S. J. Wood, repairing saw
50
Jackson Caldwell & Co., use of furniture
5 00
C. A. Southwick, labor .
9 50
Dennis Ryan, " 14 85
Edwin H. Bright,
10 00
J. D. Perkins, Jr., " ·
7 50
George L. Blackbird, labor
12 50
Albert L. Russell, telegraph work
23 52
Warren H. Edmands, tele-
graph work 40 00
William A. Perry, telegraph work
15 00
H. P. Ewell, telegraph work
1 25
Caleb A. Page, telegraph work ·
12 50
Benjamin Pond, telegraph work ·
7 00
John H. Cauley, meals .
9 30
Daniel Webster Engine Co., refreshments
10 00
Amounts carried forward .
$26,384 98
$27,100 33
.
64
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . . $26,384 98 $27,100 33
Cambridge Engine Co., re- freshments 10 00
Crane & Hanscom, premium of insurance 15 00
Highways, account granite'
paving
333 90
$26,743 88
Excess and deficiency, bal-
ance to credit of account . 356 45
$27,100 33
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount
$4,500 00
Cash, received of George I. Vin-
cent, permits to keep swine and goats and collect grease 226 00 Excess and deficiency, balance to debit of account 298 21
$5,024 21
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Wm. H. Brine, salary as inspector
$370 37
Caleb A. Page, salary as in- spector
629 62
Jeremiah McCarthy, collect -. ing ashes, etc., .
834 43
John P. Downey, collecting ashes, etc.,
1,658 75
M. G. Staples, collecting ashes
1 25
Henry Gray, collecting offal
900 00
Sundry persons, burying dead animals
63 50
Burt & Henshaw, sulphur
6 35
West & Jenney,
5 45
Amounts carried forward
$4,469 72
$5,024 21
65
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, J. Hubbard & Co., disinfectant Heliotype Printing Co., maps 35 00 Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery 92 00
$4,469 72 . $5,024 21
9 25
J. O. Hayden & Co., printing and advertising, 55 95
8 00
McDonnell Bros., advertising City of Cambridge, investigat- ing nuisances 10 14
Thomas Waterman, vaccine virus 7 00
Codman & Shurtleff, vaccine virus.
2 00
Edward S. Wood, M. D., pro- fessional services 10 00
P. W. Skinner, fumigating .
6 00
J. M. Corse, rent of post-office box 5 00
C. O. Littlefield, officers' fees
2 00
F. Finnegan, distributing post- ers
3 00
B. F. Sheridan, distributing .
posters
12 00
Thomas Miles, distributing
posters
4 50
Joshua Hiltz, care of pond
7 50
Robert Chew, labor
124 26
Charles Southwick, labor
111 70
H. W. Raymond, tools .
45
G. H. Hills & Co., jugs
44
Howe & Flint, hardware
80
L. H. Brown, hack hire
18 00
George C. Bonner, hack hire
4 00
Charles E. Farnham, express- ing ·
50
Mrs. P. J. Bench, compensa-
tion for damages 25 00
$5,024 21
66
ANNUAL REPORTS.
HIGHWAYS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$44,000 00
Cash, received of H. S. Atwood, side- walk
$108 74
David 'Cummings, sidewalk 96 01
Daniel L. McGregor, " 54 40
Bowman & Kendall, trustees,
edgestones 13 04
Charles Drouet, edgestones
55 82
First M. E. Church,
42 66
J. F. Hathaway,
108 56
T. C. Hollander,
134 83
F. A. Titus,
111 25
W. L. Snow,
28 27
Harrison Aldrich, labor on drive- way ·
13 82
L. B. Angier, labor on driveway 2 00
E. A. Stone, 66
6 25
Chase & Dutch, driveway .
57 21
Horace D. Runey, driveway
9 50
Marvin O. Royce, driveway 10 44
Lewis Hollis, driveway ·
13 52
S. T. Kirk, driveway . 10 48
Ewen McLeod, driveway ·
1 69
F. D. Woodbridge, driveway .. 14 72
Mary E. Vinal, driveway .
3 32
L. P. Hollander, bricks, etc.,
16 61
Jere. McCarthy,
37 80
Edward Colleton, 66
81 25
Charles A. Morgan, stone
4 50
Wm. A. Muzzey, labor 4 00
H. G. Beane, pasturage
240 00
R. M. Baldwin, rowen
30 00
Daniel Hoar, 5 00
Charles Howard, horse
75 00
Arthur Murley, rent
64 00
Amounts carried forward . $1,454 69
$44,000 00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 67
Amounts brought forward . $1,454 69
$44,000 00
Thomas Ormand, rent ·
72 00
Public Grounds account, use of horse ·
39 20
Fire Department account, pav- paving blocks ·
333 90
Miscellaneous account, crushed stone 6 00
Sidewalk account, labor, etc. 658 00
Boston & Lowell R. R. Co., labor, etc. ·
393 94
2,957 73
$46,957 73
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers . . $23,880 23
Frank G. Williams, salary as
superintendent
1,500 00
Board of horses
505 72
Welch & Hall, horses
350 00
Nathan Tufts & Son, grain
534 54
Fulton O'Brion,
240 31
R. W. Willey & Co., 66
165 27
A. M. Prescott,
142 71
Powers & Co.,
216 63 .
C. H. Proctor, hay
220 07
Thomas R. Cook, hay
172 88
Chase & Dutch, grain
202 00
John F. Ayer, lumber
662 95
B. F. Clough & Co., lumber
27 00
Sanborn & Hatch, bricks
446 39
John Thresher,
128 25
H. Mitchell, round stone
1,028 25
Albert A. Libby & Co., round stone
30 50
J. Turner & Co., stone
55 36
.
.
.
Amounts carried forward .
. $30,509 06
$46,957 73
68
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $30,509 06 $46,957 73
Jeremiah McCarthy, paving
blocks, etc. 959 84
J. J. Meaney, sand 15 00
Cheatham Parks, filling 38 40
George H. Sampson, powder, etc. 163 01
Miller & Shaw, storage bins at
crusher . 615 08
Oliver Whyte, screens
15 00
Osgood & Hart, castings
32 85
Waldo Bros., tools
7 20
Farrell Foundry & Machine Co.
castings for crusher 143 53
Sylvester & Co., spikes
2 70
Jos. M. Cusker, tool handles
19 90
Parker & Wood, repairing hay cutter
11 75
David M.Crocker, repairing buggy 103 25
W. L. Snow, repairs . 8 06
J. Leland, wheelwright work 43 40
F. H. Flagg, 66
13 00
George Tyler & Co., repairs
9 20
M. D. Jones & Co., stable work
7 50
Whitney & Snow, hardware 144 15
H. W. Raymond,
·
41 78
Howe & Flint, ·
4 50
Wm. B. Berry & Co., sign .
50
Underhill Bros., tools
2 20
Samuel Walker & Co., oil
22 07
J. F. Jones & Co., 66
3 90
H. T. Crocker, oil and waste
35 51
Snow Flake Oil Co., grease
12 00
James H. Maguire, tallow .
95
W. Emery & Co., windows
5 75
J. A. Durell, glass
1 66
Page & Harris, use of sleigh
2 00
Amounts carried forward . . $32,994 70
$46,957 73
69
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward . $32,994 70
$46,957 73
Timothy O'Brien, horseshoeing . 462 02
C. W. Ingalls, horseshoeing 15 72
M. Lynch, horseshoeing
5 00
John Kellogg,
75
A. Clement 66
3 50
Chas. T. Southwick
3 45
P. O'Neil, horseshoeing
7 58
F. Dooris, blacksmithing
159 08
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing
277 02
Jas. Forgie & Son, harnesses
188 08
F. Spalding, harness work . 119 48
J. Q. Twombly, painting 3 00
James F. Davlin, plumbing
52 16
Richardson & Brown, stencil
2 50
S. J. Wood, filing saws
4 75
Geo. S. Cheney & Co., drugs, 25 63
7 50
Chas. R. Simpson, veterinary services .
57 75
Rufus G. Brown & Co., rust preventative . 26 60
N. E. Fitz & Co., wharfage 68 55
New-England Telephone and Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls J. A. Litchfield, meal 4 17
75 80
Thos. Groom & Co., stationery
54 50
J.O. Hayden & Co. advertising
40 50
City of Boston, water-rates
48 00
George C. Bonner, hack-hire
7 00
Western Union Telegraph Co., telegrams 52
Boston and Providence R. R. Co., freight . 3 71
Fitchburg Railroad Co., trans-
porting gravel 5,208 00
Amounts carried forward .
. $39,927 02
$46,957 73
A. S. Symmes,
70
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$46,957 73
Amounts brought forward . $39,927 02
E. R. Perham, expressing . 1 50
Geo. G. Glines, 1 03
Blackall's Express, " 2 00
H. Wellington & Co., fuel 311 71
S. A. Stewart & Co., buggy
200 00
F. O. Reed, and others, loam 27 20
John R. Thompson, labor
4 32
F. A. Rolfe, flannel . .
1 40
Wm. Canavan, damage to post
6 00
American Enamel Co., signs,
48 72
Town of Winchester, taxes, 10 69
Town of Wakefield, 66
26 94
City of Waltham,
117 30
Town of Medford, half cost of maintaining Middlesex Avenue bridge
5,690 14
Fairbairn & McKenna, officers'
fees
10 00
American Steam Boiler Ins. Co., premium of insurance 75 00
Middlesex Registry of Deeds, recording 1 65
William Hamilton, mowing 37 00
Water-maintenance account, re- pairing fountain 37 28
Sidewalk-Assessments' acct., side- walk on Elm street, .
41 81
Town of Arlington, half cost of water-gates
27 34
$46,606 05
Excess and deficiency, balance to
credit of account .
351 68
$46,957 73
71
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
HIGHWAY BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.
CREDIT.
Cash received from sundry persons, assessments, $50 00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1887
$50 00
HOSE HOUSE IN WARD FOUR.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$10,000 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid B. W. Lawrence, travelling
expenses
$13 40
Coon & Hall, on account of
contract .
2,500 00
$2,513 40
Balance to credit in acct., 1889 7,486 60
$10,000 00
INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$500 00
State of Massachusetts, indigent soldiers and
sailors, one-half of amount paid in 1888
506 50
Excess and deficiency, balance to debit of account 6 50
$1,013 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid sundry persons
$1,013 00
72
ANNUAL REPORTS.
INTEREST ..
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$30,000 00
Real estate liens, interest on titles
to the city on property deeded for non-payment of taxes
$2 38
Cash, received on deposits in banks
715 00
On taxes and assessments .
6,441 88
Of State treasurer, national bank tax
4,243 79
Corporation tax .
6,935 67
Foreign ships tax
638 59
On tax titles released
7 04
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook,
premium on bonds .
457 02
19,441 37
$49,441 37
. DEBIT.
Cash, paid on funded debt,
$485,000, one year at 4 per cent. $19,400 00
: $52,000, six months at 4 per cent. 1,040 00 $354,500, one year at 5 per cent. 17,725 00 $23,000, six months at 5 per cent. 575 00
$10,000, one year at 52 per cent.
550 00
$39,290 00
Less coupons unpaid .
285 00
$30,005 00
Sundry persons, coupons unpaid
285 00
$39,290 00
Cash, paid on temporary loans : - Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on notė of $50,000,' three months at 5 per cent. 625 00
Amounts carried forward .
$625 00
$49,441 37
73
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $625 00 $49,441 37
F. S. Moseley & Co., on note of $25,000 six months at 6 per cent.
750 00
F. S. Mosley & Co., on note of $25,000, six months at 6 per cent.
750 00
F. S. Moseley & Co., on note of $20,000, six months at 6 per cent. 600 00
Blake Brothers & Co., on note of $25,000, four months at 54 per cent.
437 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on note of $200,000, eight months at 42 per cent. 6,075 00 1
$9,237 50
On funded debt .
. 39,290 00
On temporary loans 9,237 50
$48,527 50
Excess and deficiency balance to
to credit of account 913 87
$49,441 37
MISCELLANEOUS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$4,000 00
Real estate liens, costs on titles to the
city on property deeded for non- payment of taxes ·
31 40
Cash, received of sundry persons, costs on property sold and pre- pared for sale for non-payment of taxes and assessment . .
607 70
On real estate liens released 3 00
Amounts carried forward . $642 10
$4,000 00
74
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $642 10 $4,000 00
Sundry persons liquor licenses 21 00
Thomas Cunningham, milk in- spectors fees . 140 00
Mark F. Burns, county fees
2 00
Eugene Gormley, horse
65 00
Frank X. Williams, old iron
9 03
Salvatore B. Deblaise, license
25 00
Edward Foote, land on Bond
Street
2,774 45
City Hall improvement, steam
fitting
84 33
Charles E. Gilman, city clerk : -
Marriage certificates . $15 00
Recording mortgages . 17 75
Junk licenses
2 00
34 75
George I. Vincent, city clerk : -
Marriage certificates . $168 50
Recording mortgages .
290 75
Licensing dogs
239 00
Junk licenses
70 00
Liquor
21 00
Auctioneer licenses
16 00
Billiard tables licensed 10 00
Miscellaneous
12 75
828 00
$4,625 66
$8,625 66
DEBIT.
Cash, paid A. S. Arnold, carpentry,
$1 50
L. Arnold,
7 00
F. A. Chandler,
66
60 67
F. C. Fuller,
106 78
S. T. Kirk,
53 76
R. A. Stevens,
6 21
E. Spalding, harness work,
10 60
Charles Maguire, horseshoeing
8 75
Amounts carried forward . . $255 27
$8,625 66
75
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $255 27 $8,625 66
Seward Dodge, horseshoeing 11 77
Timothy O'Brien,
2 25
C. A. Legallee, plumbing
8 60
Pierce & Jackson,
6 50
F. A. Norris, painting,
25 50
Haley & Perkins, “
13 84
J. Q. Twombly, 66
17 02
. A. A. Sanborn, steam-fitting,
48 65
Wm. H. Poole, gas-fitting .
15 13
Ingalls & Richardson, steam-
fitting
10 95
Whitney & Dunmore, repairing bell 1 00
G. M. D. Fernald, gong
6 30
Frederick P. Wallgren, bronzing
43 50
Bigelow & Dowse, tape, etc. ·
24 51
John P. Lovell Arms Co., line, .
1 40
Frost & Adams, engineer's sup- plies
34 04
Buff & Berger, transit
242 25
A. W. Mitchell, silver badges,
12 25
Shreve, Crump & Low Co., gas fixtures
110 00
E. Van Noorden & Co., ventila- tors
111 00
Boston Nickel-plate Co., plating
2 25
Educational Supply Co., lacto- scope
4 00
F. P. Williams, engineer's supplies
7 95
Derby & Kilmer Desk Co., desks
88 00
P. Derby & Co., office chairs,
20 00
Smith & Co., altering book-case
40 00
William H. Brine, repairing furniture
639 77
Page & Littlefield, carpentering 7 50
C. S. Decker, awnings
13 70
Amounts carried forward . . $1,824 90
$8,625 66
76
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $1,824 90 $8,625 66
Bishop Brothers, ladder 5 05
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber 12 84
C. A. Slager, voting-list boards 11 10
Daniel Crocker, repairing clock . 3 00
George D. Goodrich, drainpipe . 2 70
J. A. Chabot, repairing lock .
3 00
Union Square Carriage Co., re- pairing buggy 26 25
Walworth Manufacturing Co., pipe 25
Howe & Flint, hardware 16 83
H. W. Raymond, hardware 30 62
Whitney & Snow, 66 26 27
Jacob Woodbury, 66
40
James F. Davlin, chimneys
1 00
Murphy, Leavens & Co., brushes
67
Hopkins & Fullerton, furniture . 16 00
Tobias & Wall, leather bag 6 50
E. B. Sears, robe 12 00
Hill & Langtry, robe, etc. . 10 90
Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture 35 85
F. G. Ray & Co., dry goods 4 40
Pulsifer, Jordan & Pfaff, sta- tionery . 4 55
C. M. Blake, newspapers ·
6 00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery 3 85
A. C. Winning, mason work 13 26
E. H. Marsh, return of deaths 25 75
W. A. Flaherty, " 36 25 .
P. H. Rafferty, “ 66
21 25
C. H. Lockhart, « 66
16 25
H. D. Runey, 66 66 25 00
Jos. J. Kelley, 66 66
3 .50
H. P. Mackechnie, return of births 4 25
H. B. McIntire,
66 1 25
John F. Couch, 66 66 54 25
Amounts carried forward . $2,265 94
$8,625 66
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 77
Amounts brought forward $2,265 94
$8,625 66
E. A. Sanborn, return of births 4 00
F. W. Taylor,
75
R. L. Lane, 5 00
J. A. Gregg,
4 25
J. A. Coburn,
66
1 50
Geo. Cullis, 66
190 50
Geo. Cullis, affidavit of posting 45 50
J. A. McLane, posting 52 10
New England Telephone and
Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls 258 30
A. L. Russell, repairing igniter ·
1 00
Engineers' assistants, car fares, etc. 17 45
J. H. Brooks, engineers' supplies 46
John Canavan, washing powder
50
L. D. Miller, polish
1 00
India Alkali Works, savogran
3 12
B. F. Wild & Co., fuel
199 65
H. Wellington & Co., fuel .
47 25
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas
3.18 62
City of Boston, water-rates 26 67
R. T. Blackwell, horse-keeping
309 23
Jairus Mann, watching, etc.
89 23
M. A. Mann, laundrying 18 00
S. J. Wood, keys
8 60
M. G. Staples, teaming
1 00
A. M. Prescott, יי
.
31 50
Stilphen & Co., expressing
2 90
Chas. E. Farnham,
6 75
William J. London,
16 90
Thorpe's Express,
65
· E. R. Perham, 66
55
George T. Day,
66
25
Alfred E. Mann, carriage-hire
12 00
H. M. Weld, 66
10 00
P. H. Wellcome, 66 5 00
Amounts carried forward . . $3,956 12
$8,625 66
78
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $3,956 12
$8,625 66
Ward Officers
288 00
Philip Eberle, use of hall
.
25 00
L. B. Pillsbury,
.
12 00
F. A. White,
15 00
N. L. Pennock, labor
9 00
William H. Kelley,
4 00
W. H. Laskey,
66
4 00
George H. Maynard,
66
2 25
L. M. Maynard,
66
15 00
C. M. Whitcomb,
66
1 25
William H. Denton,
6
4 00
James Deacon,
66
4 10
P. O'Connell,
66
1 75
E. H. Bright,
66
19 13
Phebe Arnold, 66
9 15
George W. Prichard, teaming
13 13
Geo. F. Ricker, cleaning carpets
14 01
J. H. Colbath, ringing bell,
8 00
A. M. Sibley,
8 00
Fred Young,
8 00
T. G. Poland, 66
2 00
Lemuel G. Trott,
6 00
G. W. Littlefield, 66
3 00
C. W. Sawyer, services as auc- tioneer .
52 08
S. H. Libby, services as auc- tioneer
7 20
Livermore & Fish, legal fees, .
60 24
Chas. B. Stevens, recording deeds, etc. 8 05
George T. Unwin, drugs
2 10
James Benson, oiling flag-staff 19 30
F.O. Reed, rent of rifle range
150 00
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice
35 00
F. D. Lapham, premium of insur- ance
6 00
Amounts carried forward .
. $4,771 86
$8,625 66
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
79
Amounts brought forward . $4,771 86 F. E. Whitcomb, horse 250 00
$8,625 66
Crane & Hanscom, premium of insurance ·
11 00
W. H. Way, veterinary services 8 00
A. Colman, sealer of weights and measures 75 00
James Carney, floral design 25 00
W. R. Cann, services at church 5 84
J. Tyler Hicks & Co., refresh- ments . 73 39
Sturtevant Bros., turkeys
2 00
A. H. Atwood,
90 00
Wm. S. Ward,
112 47
Willard C. Kinsley Post 139,
G. A. R., contribution for ob-
servance of Memorial Day 300 00
Commonwealth of
Massachu-
setts, one-fourth of amount re- ceived for liquor licenses 5 25
Susan McCauley, compensation for damages
150 00
John M. Corse, rent of Post- Office box 4 00
A. B. Fales, clerical services 549 00
William F. Priest, " 40 00
Chas. S. Robertson, "
69 00
Beulah M. Pierce,
137 44
Clara M. Smith,
30 00
Amy L. Manning, 66
4 00
Chas. E. Gilman, stamps . 6 10
A. W. Mitchell, rubber stamp 2 25
Water maintenance, thawing water pipe
56 05
Highway acct., crushed stone
6 00
Sewer Assessments' account,
sewer in Highland Avenue . 97 33
Amounts carried forward .
. $6,880 98
$8,625 66
1
80
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $6,880 98 $8,625 66 School-House Incidentals ac-
count, transferred 1,700 00
Excess and deficiency, balance to credit of
8,580 98 account 44 68
$8,625 66
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount added to the amount of taxes as- sessed as fractional divisions for conveni- ence in apportionment, to be applied to abatement on taxes . $3,086 84
Excess and deficiency, balance to debit of account 7,871 47
$10,958 31
DEBIT.
Taxes, for amount of abatements on taxes $10,958 31
OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1887
$102 13
DEBIT.
Balance to 1889 .
$102 13
PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE.
CREDIT.
Renewals of funded debt $27,000 00
Public property acquired during the year 1888 24,242 39
Reduction of funded debt
689,500 00
$740,742 39
Amount carried forward .
.
$740,742 39 .
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 81
Amount brought forward . $740,742 39
DEBIT.
Balance from 1887
$259,718 95
Appropriations 52,000 00
Public property sold during the
year 1888 . ·
2,500 00
Balance to credit in account 1888, 426,523 44 $740,742 39
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
CREDIT.
Property and debt balance, property sold during
the year 1888
$2,500 00
Balance to debit in account 1889,
1,287,023 44
$1,289,523 44
DEBIT.
Balance from 1887 . $1,265,281 05
Property and debt balance, prop-
erty acquired during the year 1888 .
24,242 39
$1,289,523 44
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1887
$1,012 17
Appropriations, amount assessed
3,000 00
Cash, received on county treas- urer, return of dog licenses for 1887
$2,388 30
H. A. Adams, librarian, fines
283 57
Catalogues .
46 15
Excess and deficiency, balance to debit of ac- count
2,718 02
12 94
Amount carried forward
$6,743 13
82
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $6,743 13
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Little, Brown & Co., books $2,116 81
Estes & Lauriat, books . 313 53
Laughton, Macdonald & Co.,books 317 27
Henry C. Nash, books 22 20
W. B. Clarke & Co., books 176 00
William H. Thompson, books, 33 00
Balch Brothers & Graham, books 14 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books . 7 50
B. B. Russell, books 29 50
Martin, Garrison & Co., books 7 00
D. Appleton & Co., books . 6 00
C. A. Robinson, books 2 75
J. Buchanan Henry, books .
1 50
J. G. Roberts & Co., binding books 96 53
Ira Bradley & Co., binding books 12 00
George B. Jones, atlas
8 00
Clark & Carruth, stationery
3 75
Thomas Groom & Co., " 60
N. L. Chamberlain, stamp ribbon
1 50
Babb & Stephens, printing
230 25
Rockwell & Churchill, printing
847 50
C. M. Blake, newspapers ·
12 00
B. F. Wild & Co., fuel 198 45
H. Wellington & Co. . 5 00
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas 173 29
D. P. Bucknam, mason work 29 68
A. C. Winning, mason work 7 25
F. A. Norris, painting 19 33
F. A. Chandler, carpenter work . 4 20
John K. Ricker, carpenter work
75 00
Walker & Pratt, Man'f'g Co., steam fitting 90 46
William H. Poole, gas fitting 2 60
Fox, McDormand & Co., ladder 19 50
Amounts carried forward . $4,883 95
$6,743 13
83
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $4,883 95 $6,743 13
H. W. Raymond, hardware 4 36
Howe & Flint, 66
5 25
Whitney & Snow,
3 95
S. J. Wood, fitting keys, etc. 2 75
City of Boston, water 29 00
B. F. Smith, pumping 3 00
Charles A. Mongan, drain .
45 80
Wm. J. Loudon, expressing 27 45
C. E. Farnham, 19 50
C. A. Southwick, labor
2 00
E. H. Bright, labor
6 75
Chas. S. Robertson, prem. of ins.
67 50
Crane & Hanscom, premium of insurance 33 75
H. A. Adams, librarian
700 00
Charlotte I. Hopkins, assistant
400 00
Anna L. Stone, assistant
300 00
Mary Warren,
112 60
Harry J. Pillsbury, assistant
80 30
Amy L. Manning, 66
10 92
A. B. Souther,
4 30
$6,743 13
PUBLIC GROUNDS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed . $6,000 00
Excess and deficiency, balance to debit of account 146 66
$6,146 66
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers . $2,247 94
G. W. Manning, labor on flag staff 16 68
Walter Bates, concreting 1,872 95
Amounts carried forward
$4,137 57
$6,146 66
84
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $4,137 57
$6,146 66
John Turner & Co., paving 184 86
Christopher Burke, loam .
365 39
Paul Kelley, loam
18 69
T. F. Crimmings, manure 650 64
John Maloy, 166 72
Fred. Burrows,
54 40
L. M. Maynard,
18 00
John Regan,
9 60
Joseph Breck & Son, grass seed .
78 22
John F. Ayer, lumber
28 21
I. H. Brown & Co., lumber .
6 91
T. F. Farrington, carpenter work
149 70
F. A. Chandler, 66 3 90
C. A. Legallee, plumbing ·
1 90
H. W. Raymond, hardware 2 44
Whitney & Snow,
53 35
Howe & Flint, 66
1 15
J. A. Durell, line, etc.,
3 18
Dennis C. Collins, teaming
28 50
Leavitt & Woodworth, plants 10 00
Thomas Young, 66
68 40
C. T. Southwick, repairing mower 14 94
F. Dooris, repairing mower 1 50
Joseph Young, care of lawn, etc. 21 00
L. A. Wright, repairing mower
3 35
E. H. Bright, labor
4 81
Daniel Murphy, labor
7 44
Dennis O'Rouke, 7 44
E. R. Perham, expressing . 4 75
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing 50
Highways account, use of horse . 39 20
$6,146 66
85
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$3,000 00
Cash, received of Fox, Marner & Co., advertising ·
$1 50
Eastern Freight Car Heater
Co., advertising 3 90
Ferris & Snow, advertising 3 80
Mystic Hat Co.,
6 60
15 80
Excess and deficiency, balance to debit of account 657 95
$3,673 75
DEBIT.
Cash, paid J. O. Hayden & Co.,
printing and advertising . . $1,344 47
McDonnell Bros., advertising 57 25
Rand, Avery & Co., printing annual reports
715 46
Goodwin & Drisko, printing
5 00
Babb & Stephens,
109 50
Bufford's Sons,
90 00
Heliotype Printing Co., maps,
5 00
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery,
1,311 03
Charles E. Pierce, stationery 80
Derby& Kilmer Desk Co.,ink stand
3 00
Sampson, Murdock & Co., books,
10 00
Geo. I. Vincent, postage stamps . 3 74
Somerville Citizen, advertising
18 50
$3,673 75
POLICE.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed . $30,000 00
Police Signal System, transferred 825 94
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