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250
Waverly.
85
* Proposed.
200
200
40
Public
335
APPENDICES TO CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT.
Street.
From
To
Public or Private.
Width in Feet.
Public Private
Willow Avenue .
Elm Street. . . .
Broadway.
Public
50
3,440
.
Willow Place ....
Cambridge Line
south Street.
Private
25
....
150
Wilson Avenue ..
Broadway
B. & L. R. R ..
Private
20
....
310
Wilton. .
Lowell Street ...
Lawrence Street ..
Private
35
....
470
Winslow Avenue
Elm Street .....
Grove street ...
Private
40
....
470
Winter ....
Elm Street.
Holland Street.
Private
30
...
430
Woodbine.
Centre Street ...
Lowell Street.
Private
30
....
600
Wyatt (South).
Concord Ave. ..
Northerlv.
Private
40
....
400
Wyatt Court ....
Wyatt Street ... Clarendon Ave. Broadway ....
Westerly.
Private
13
....
200
Wheatland ..
Jaques Street. ..
Mystic Avenue ....
Private
40
....
855
Whipple
Hawthorne St ..
Arlington B. R. R.
Private
30
....
575
White
Elm Street .....
Cambridge Line ..
Private
20
....
300
Wigglesworth . .
Bonair Street ...
Southwesterly. ...
Private
40
500
William.
Chandler Street
Elm Street.
Private
40
....
400
Williams Court.
Porter Street ...
Northwesterly.
Private
30
...
150
Willoughby ..
. .
Central Street .. Sycamore Street ..
Private
30
...
400
UNNAMED STREETS.
Broadway.
Northeasterly
Private
25
....
200
Laurel Street ...
Easterly.
Private
40
. ..
. .
255
Madison Street.
Southerly
Private
30
....
150
Total
233,185
173,474
. ..
Public
50
1,170
Wyatt (North) .
Washington St ..
Southerly
Private
40
....
350
Weston Avenue.
Broadway.
Private
40
. .
525
Wheatland
Jaques Street.
Public
40
495
..
Winthrop Ave ...
Broadway.
Mystic Avenue
LENGTH.
Public, 44.16 miles ; private, 32.86 miles.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1890.
Accepted and referred to the next City Council, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 2, 1890.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT, Jan. 3, 1890. To the City Council :
The following is the final report of the committee on Fire Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1889 : -
The manual force of the department consists of 73 members, in- cluding one chief and one assistant engineer.
The new hose house which was erected under an order of the City Council, approved September 28, 1888, by Messrs. Coon & Hall, situated at the corner of Somerville avenue and Lowell street, has been finished during the year, at a cost of $9833.46, including the sum of $2513.40, paid last year ; as will be seen by referring to the report of 1888.
This sum is exclusive of extra grading, moving bell from old tower, steam heating, constructing driveway and cementing cellar, which makes an additional cost to said building of $1280.22; the cost of furniture for the building amounts to $306.24, and the cost of apparatus, including hose wagon, horses, hose, extinguishers, gong, signal box, etc., was $2324.70, making a total cost, including building, furniture, and apparatus, of $13,744.62.
The new ladder truck ordered of Messrs. Teele & Co., of Medford, in 1888, at a cost of $600, has been finished and placed in the service of the department.
A new hose wagon has also been purchased for Hose 2, in place of the old cumbersome reel carriage ; all the old hose reels have been exchanged for hose wagons, except the steamer hose, and Hose 3, and we recommend that wagons be purchased for each of these houses as it is much more easy to handle hose from wagons than from a reel carriage.
A new horse has been purchased for the chief engineer at a cost of $275, and the old one sold, formerly used by him for $125 ; a new horse has also been purchased for Hose 3, at a cost of $250. and one sold for $51.50 ; a pair of horses has been purchased for Hose 5, at a cost of $450.
340
ANNUAL REPORTS.
The price paid for water from the hydrants this year was $2408, which is an increase over any other year of $560 ; this expense for water increases every five years, and is estimated on the increase of population.
We most urgently recommend the placing of a new steam fire engine, and a new chemical engine in the service of the department to keep pace with the largely increasing population and buildings.
We present herewith the annual report of the chief engineer, rec- ommending it be printed with the annual report.
The appropriation, receipts, and expenditures are shown by the following statements : -
FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
.
$32,000 00
Receipts for property sold
$146 55
" one-half of division fence at Hose 1 . 10 00
" insurance paid on
damage to steam-
er house
75 00
231 55
Total Credit
$32,231 55
DEBIT.
Expenditures : --
For salaries of permanent men $10,180 00
salaries of call men .
.
5,503 26
substitute drivers
371 94
improvements and repairs of appara- tus and vehicles .
545 14
improvements and repairs of build- ings and furniture, and new fur- niture . · ·
2,766 35
new vehicles and apparatus ·
1,706 50
maintenance and extension of fire alarm telegraph .
.
1,900 36
Amounts carried forward . $22,973 55
$32,231 55
341
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amounts brought forward
$22,973 55 $32,231 55
hose and hose pipes and repairing same .
·
1,764 42
new horses, one old ones given in trade .
850 00
grain and feed .
508 23
hay and straw .
958 78
horse shoeing .
273 72
horse doctoring and medicine
47 59
harnesses and repairing same
243 57
fuel
538 70
supplies .
213 28
water for hydrants .
2,408 00
water for department buildings
105 00
gas
483 88
insurance
191 25
washing and ironing
140 56
maintenance of reservoirs
60
hand fire extinguishers
90 00
maintenance of hand fire extinguishers
55 00
telephone
19 05
incidentals
831 42
Total debit
$32,696 65
Amount overdrawn .
$465 10
HOSE HOUSE IN WARD FOUR.
CREDIT.
Appropriation : -
Balance from the year 1888
$7,486 60
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
To S. H. Libby, mechanics' risk $ 6 25
Coon & Hall, contractors . . 6,545 75
Coon & Hall, extra work . . 397 84
M. D. Jones & Co., vane, mangers, etc. 70 35
Enoch Robinson, hardware
34 25
Amounts carried forward . $7,054 44
$7,486 60
342
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $7,054 44 $7,486 60
Fred. S. Young, running boiler 25 00
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel . 11 00 E. K. Blaikie, plans and specifications 75 00
J. K. Ricker, carpentering and plumb- ing 154 62
Total debit .
$7,320 06
Balance unexpended
$166 54
For the committee.
ROBERT DUDDY, Chairman. WM. P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT,
-
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1890.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1890.
Concurred in.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
To the Committee on Fire Department.
GENTLEMEN :- In compliance with your desire, I present to you a report of the operations of the Fire Department for the year 1889, the condition of the apparatus, the number of fires, loss and insur- ance, with such recommendations for an increase in appliances for extinguishing fires, as seem to me reasonable.
The number of fires were :
Bell Alarms
52
Still Alarms
6
Total .
58
The loss by fire was
$42,145 80
The insurance .
· 48,540 00
The insurance paid
. 25,493 21
CAUSES OF FIRE.
Explosion
2
Igniting naphtha gas
1
Sparks from tobacco-pipe
3
Breaking of lamps
3
Children playing with matches
4
Chimney fires
4
Overturning of oil stove .
3
Spontaneous igniting of oil rags
4
Rats and Matches .
2
Defective fire-place
2
False alarm
1
Smoke mistaken for fire .
1
Accidental '
2
Kindling-wood near furnace
1
Electric light wire .
4
Drying plastering? .
1
·
.
346
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Defective chimney flue .
2
Lamp in contact with clothing
2
Sparks from locomotive .
1
Unknown
5
Fire in Arlington
1
Fire in Boston
1
Incendiary
4
Grass fires
3
Kindling wood near stove
.
1
Total
· 58
MANUAL FORCE.
The manual force consists of :
One steam fire-engine company
12 members.
Five hose companies
44
One hook and ladder company
15
Chief engineer
1
Assistant engineer .
1
Total
73
If the companies were recruited to the full number allowed by ordinance, the number would be 86.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus in service consists of one steam fire-engine, two hose carriages, three hose wagons, one combination carriage hose reel, chemical tanks and ladders, one hook and ladder truck. Each wagon is equipped with 900 feet of hose, 43 feet of ladders, and two fire extinguishers. There are in the department 8000 feet of hose.
BUILDINGS.
The buildings used by the department are in fair condition, all of them being built of brick, excepting Hose House No. 1. This is a wooden building built in 1868, as a hose house for a hand hose car- riage ; it is always needing repairs and a new building will soon be a necessity. Before another building is erected, I recommend a change in the location, for the reason that the floor of a building for fire purposes must be nearly on a grade with the street, to get proper
.
347
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
drainage. The sewer must be at least twelve (12) feet below the street grade. The sewer in front of the present building is only eight (8) feet below the grade of the street, and the cellar is often in a filthy and unhealthy condition. Again, the present lot is not large enough, it having a frontage of only 40 feet.
A shed for storage purposes has been erected at Hose House No. 2. The new station (Hose No. 5) has been occupied by an organized company, which has already done efficient service. The stable floors at Hose House No. 4 will have to be rebuilt.
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
The fire-alarm telegraph consists of 44 signal boxes, 6 bell strikers, 6 indicators, 19 gongs and 43 miles of wire. Three signal boxes were placed in circuit this year, namely 332, 334, 46 (duplicate), and eight miles of new wire has been run, most of it to replace old wire. Much work has been done in changing the location of our wires to keep them from interference with the wires of the Electric Light Company, and as provision has been made by the City Council for the em- ployment of a line man, a suitable person will soon be recommended for appointment to this place.
FIRE PREVENTION.
While the public attention is called by recent events to the ability of a fire department to successfully extinguish fire, would it not be wise to try and prevent fires from starting. The old maxim that an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure is as true in respect to the element of fire as to any other matter. I therefore ask you. and through you. the Board of Aldermen. not to grant licenses for the sale of fire-works : it may be said that people will buy them elsewhere and burn them here ; perhaps so. but I believe that to pro- hibit their sale will to a large extent curtail their use. And further the city will not be morally responsible for any disaster that may come by granting permission to use them. Any citizen standing on Central Hill on the night of July 4, 1889, could readily see that were it not for the rain which wet the roofs of buildings. fires would be so numerous that the fire department could not attend to some of them before they reached serious dimensions. It will not always rain on holidays, and unless people are more rational in the burning of fire-
348
ANNUAL REPORTS.
works very serious results will occur therefrom. Can any one sug- gest a more efficient way of setting many fires at the same time than to rain on dry shingle roofs molten fire ? The rain has served us the last two years ; let us not tempt fate by continuing such an unreason- able way of expressing our patriotism.
BONFIRES.
Another menace is the building of immense structures for bonfires on the evening preceding July 4th. These structures are sometimes 40 feet in diameter and 30 feet in height, and just far enough from a building to clear the law. They annoy and place in peril the per- sons and property of those living in the vicinity of the place where they happen to be built.
The statute should be amended so as to prohibit the building of a structure for the purpose of a bonfire within 1000 feet of a build- ing, and a just penalty for its violation. The limit is now 165 feet.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Another steam fire engine should be put in service for the following reasons :-
The engine we now have is required to go to all fires. Should a second fire occur during the progress of one, we are in such case dependent on the gravity pressure of water from hydrants. On the high lands this is not effective ; where the pressure is at its best the use of many streams at the same time will reduce the pressure so as to make them non-effective.
There are times when all cities and towns are dependent on their neighbors for help in time of fire. It is humiliating to refuse, and we never have refused to promptly respond, but we run a great risk and should be so equipped as not to endanger our own property to a great extent.
A chemical engine would be a valuable auxiliary to the depart- ment. I hardly expect that a steamer and chemical engine will both be furnished, but if means could be had to make the alterations neces- sary to accommodate a chemical engine at the steamer house, it would be very satisfactory. Then again the battery-room of the telegraph must be enlarged and the alterations required for the chemical engine would furnish the required room (up-stairs) for the battery.
349
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Two thousand feet of hose is asked for the coming year, also four new fire-alarm boxes.
HYDRANTS.
Hydrants in frequent positions and alarm boxes not too remote are a good part of a fire department ; they constitute more than any other two things toward keeping losses by fires small. We need many hydrants. A list of locations will hereafter be furnished.
I closing this report I desire to express my sincere thanks to His Honor the Mayor, the Chairman and members of the Committee on Fire Department for their cordial co-operation in all matters relating to its welfare. To Chief of Police Parkhurst and the officers and members of the force, my thanks are given for efficient service ren- dered at fires. To the officers and members of the Fire Department I heartily acknowledge my gratitude for the excellent work and in- telligent zeal shown in the discharge of their duties as firemen.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. HOPKINS, Chief of the Fire Department.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1890.
Accepted and referred to the next City Council, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1890. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS,
January 3, 1890.
To the City Council of Somerville :
The following is the final report of the Committee on Fuel and Street Lights for the year ending Dec. 31, 1889 : -
SCHOOL FUEL ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$7,000 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For fuel to Beach street school
$ 62 13
Bell
.
467 18
Bennett
171 60
Bingham
244 50
Brastow
62 13
Burns 66
188 50
Cedar street
66
21 53
Cummings
207 75
Davis
346 44
Edgerly
618 30
Elm street
40 95
Forster
538 25
Franklin
66
180 25
Harvard
6 50
High
524 78
Highland
617 08
Jackson
66
215 82
Lincoln
369 60
Morse
104 00
Prescott
400 00
Amounts carried forward
$5,387 29
$7,000 00
354
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $5,387 29
$7,000 00
Prospect Hill school
322 75
Spring Hill
33 60
School room, 188 Somerv'e ave.
36 08
Sycamore street chapel 27 18
Union school .
28 00
Webster school
207 00
Incidentals (fuel, office Supt. of
schools) 8 00
Total debit
$6,049 90
Balance unexpended
$950 10
STREET LIGHTS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$18,000 00
Receipts for old copper sold
5 00
posts and lanterns on hands Jan. 1
163 25
Total credit
$18,168 25
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For gas, -
to Cambridge Gas Light Co. $1,696 75
to Charlestown Gas Co. 1,567 82
lighting and care of gas and oil lamps 2,208 90
electric lighting
11,059 70
repairs of gas and oil lamps
179 43
supplies (oil, matches, etc.)
201 60
discontinuing gas and oil lamps
77 21
street signs
4 70
incidentals
39 56
posts and lanterns on hand (7 posts
and 9 sign lanterns)
113 75
Total debit
$17,149 42
Balance unexpended · .
$1,018 83
355
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
FUEL.
Uuder an order dated May 22, proposals were solicited to furnish all fuel that might be required at the various public buildings during the year commencing July 1, and in response, proposals were re- ceived to furnish for sixty days only, from L. G. Burnham & Co., Dunning and Underhill, B. F. Wild & Co., and Horatio Wellington & Co., all at the following prices : Furnace coal per ton, $5.35 ; egg, $5.60 ; and stove coal, $5.85 ; hard wood, per cord, $9.00, and soft wood $7.50 ; and Messrs. Dunning & Underhill, B. F. Wild & Co., and Horatio Wellington & Co., furnished the fuel at the prices stated above ; the bins were filled during the summer, and since that time no fuel, except for the hired school rooms, has been purchased.
GAS LIGHTS.
The price paid for gas used in the four-foot burner lamps was $1.55 per thousand feet ; for the thirty-foot burner supplied by the Charlestown Company, the price paid was $1.55 ; while for the thirty- foot burner supplied by the Cambridge Company, the price paid was $1.50; both of these lamps are now discontinued on account of the electric lights.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Under an order passed by the City Council, dated .July 24, a con- tract was made with the Somerville Electric Light Company for the term of three years, from October 1, 1889, for the furnishing of one hundred and forty arc lights and two hundred and seventy-five incan- descent lights, for the sum of $20,000 per year. There are at present one hundred and forty-five arc lights in operation, four additional lights having been added at no expense to the City, as an offset for any outs that might occur from any cause whereby the lights refuse to burn, the other arc light is a substitute for six incandescent lights.
We have at the present time only one hundred and sixty-two incandescent lights in operation, owing to a portion of the circuit not being in readiness ; but in a short time the whole system will be in complete running order.
The contract provides for addional lights as may be ordered by the city from time to time, at the rate of 30 cents per night, per light, for arc lights, and 626 cents per night, per light for incandes- cent lights, payable for those nights during which said lights shall be actually used.
356
ANNUAL REPORTS.
GAS LAMPS.
Charles- town.
Cam- bridge.
4-feet
Burners.
30-feet
Burners.
4-feet
Burners.
30-feet
Burners.
Oil Lamps.
Arc Electric Lamps.
Incandescent Lamps.
Total.
Lamps in the city Jan. 1, 1889, as per last report.
163
1
175
1
76
70
486
Erected during the year partly at
the expense of the city .
2
2
Erected during the year at the ex- pense of the company .
72
162
234
Erected during the year at the ex- - pense of the company in place
1
1
163
1
175
1
76
145
162
723
Discontinued on account of elec-
tric lights.
118
1
164
1
62
346
Lamps in the city Jan. 1, 1890. .
45
11
14
145
162
377
For the Committee, GEORGE A. KIMBALL, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
of six incandescent lamps .. ....
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1890.
Accepted and referred to the next City Council, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1890.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, Jan. 3, 1890. To the City Council of Somerville :
The Committee on Public Property presents the following final report for the year 1889 : -
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Receipts for rent of hall .
553 00
Total credit
$2,553 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For janitor's salary
$850 00
janitor's substitute in vacation
20 00
gas
620 25
fuel
397 85
water
57 51
insurance
300 00
moving building to Glen street
70 00
repairs and improvements on build- ings and furniture .
150 11
incidentals
62 86
Total debit
$2,528 58
Balance unexpended .
$24 42
.
SCHOOL-HOUSE INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$13,000 00
Amount carried forward .
$13,000 00
.
.
360
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$13,000 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For repairs .
$4,436 56
improvements .
6,684 65
furniture .
594 78
rent
1,651 50
insurance
430 77
emptying privy vaults
132 00
fitting up hired rooms
171 66
sewer assessments
118 96
account book .
4 50
Total debit
14,225 38
Amount overdrawn
$1,225 38
Expenditures at the different school-houses as follows :-
Beach Street.
Repairs .
$95 05
Improvements (ventilator)
·
43 72
Emptying privy vaults
·
20 00
$158 77
Luther V. Bell.
Repairs . ·
$253 14
Sewer assessment
4 08
257 22
Bennett.
Repairs . ·
$55 34
Emptying privy vaults
20 00
75 34
Bingham.
Repairs . .
$91 26
Improvements (building fence)
455 37
546 63
Brastow.
Repairs .
88 69
Amount carried forward
$1,126 65
.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
361
Amount brought forward
$1,126 65
Burns.
Repairs .
$64 50
Improvements (building fence)
173 77
Furniture
16 48
254 75
Cedar Street.
Repairs .
$67 70
Emptying privy vaults
12 00
79 70
Cummings.
Repairs .
$63 50
Insurance
202 50
266 00
Davis.
Repairs .
·
$47 68
Insurance
202 50
Sewer assessment
114 88
365 06
Edgerly.
Repairs (including furnace work, $187.94)
$524 64
Furniture
116 00
640 64
Elm Street.
Repairs .
$35 52
Furniture
40 28
Rent
300 00
375 80
Eberle Building.
Furniture
$30 00
Rent
312 50
342 50
Forster.
Repairs .
.
$189 56
Furniture
40 00
229 56
Amount carried forward
$3,680 66
362
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$3,680 66
Franklin.
Repairs .
$185 35
Emptying privy vaults
12 00
197 35
Hill Building.
Rent
275 00
Harvard.
Repairs .
32 39
High.
Repairs . ·
$295 60
Improvements (double windows)
43 00
Furniture
59 60
398 20
Highland.
Repairs (including furnace work, $92.20)
$178 36
Furniture
11 50
189 86
Jackson.
Repairs (including stove work, $55.23) . $203 43
Furniture -
10 00
Emptying privy vaults
20 00
233 43
Lincoln.
Repairs (including furnace work, $65.40)
$318 36
Improvement (building fence, $290.00,
bulkheads, $99.46, and new sani- taries, $679.00)
$1,068 46
Furniture
9 60
Emptying privy vaults
24 00
1,420 42
Morse.
Repairs .
$130 28
Furniture
.
.
·
6 17
Insurance
.
.
25 77
162 22
Amount carried forward
· $6,589 53
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward
$6,589 53
Prescott.
Repairs .
.
$835 20
Improvements (ventilation)
4,900 33
Furnitire
128 80
5,864 33
Prospect Hill.
Repairs (including stove work, $221.65) $352.35
188 Somerville Arenue.
Repairs (including stove work. $13.95)
22 29
Furniture
3 60
Rent
204 00
229 89
Spring Hill.
Repairs (including stove work, $13.20)
$23 37
Furniture
10 08
33 45
Union.
Repairs (including stove work, $17.95)
$25 46
Emptying privy vaults
8 00
$33 46
Webster.
Repairs (including stove work, $60.08)
$245 51
Furniture
36 23
Emptying privy vaults
16 00
297 74
Baptist Chapel. Belmont Street.
Carpentering (fitting up room) .
$59 06
Rent
120 00
179 06
Sycamore Street Chapel.
Carpentering (fitting up room).
$95 24
Furniture
31 50
Stove work
12 03
Rent
· .
200 00
338 77
Amount carried forward
$13,918 58
·
. ·
364
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward .
$13,918 58
School Room, Bow Street cor. Somerville Avenue.
Furniture .
$44 94
Rent
150 00
194 94
Superintendent of School's Office.
Fitting up room .
$17 36
Rent
.
.
.
90 00
107 36
Total .
$14,220 88
Account book
4 50
Total expenditure
$14,225 38
SCHOOL-HOUSE IN WARD TWO ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$25,000 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
S. Edwin Tobey, architect services . $1,000 00
Dearborn Bros. & Co., on account contract
12,960 00
Dearborn Bros. & Co., extras .
134 40
P. O'Connell, grading
45 60
Water service (service pipe)
44 64
George W. Prichard, filling
542 50
Total expenditure
$14,727 14
Balance unexpended
$10,272 86
MORSE SCHOOL-HOUSE ADDITION.
Appropriation .
$25,000 00
Less amount transferred to school
house on Washington street . 16.500 00
Net credit
$8,500 00
.
.
365
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For advertising proposals
$38 53
insurance (mechanics' risk)
18 75
architect's services .
1,000 00
amount paid on account contract
4,320 00
grading .
62 60
Total expenditure
$5,439 88
Balance unexpended .
$3,060 12
SCHOOL-HOUSE ON WASHINGTON STREET.
CREDIT.
Appropriation : -
By transfer Morse school house addition
$16,500 00
EXPENDITURES BY THIS COMMITTEE ON MIS- CELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.
City Hall expenses :-
gas . .
$94 07
electric lighting
349 71
fuel
260 00
water
15 40
ice .
47 00
telephone connections
53 65
repairs and furniture
643 96
incidentals
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