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Morse school-house addition
19,560 12
Overlay and abatement
4,662 13
Water-works extension
3,543 68
Total amount of unfunded liabilities $188,196 02
Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities 4,951 06
$193,147 08
The financial condition of the city, exclusive of its public property, is as follows : -
Funded debt, city loan
$618,000 00
Funded debt, water loan .
334,500 00
Total funded debt .
$952,500 00
Excess of available assets over unfunded liabilities 4,951 06
Leaving a net indebtedness, Dec. 31, 1889 $947,548 94
Total cash receipts for the year, including a balance of $20,101.85 from the year 1888 . 1,254,633 29
Total cash disbursements . . 1,233,631 27
Leaving in the treasury the sum of . $21,002 02
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
. A detailed statement of the public property, funded debt, and the 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.
PUBLIC PROPERTY, DEC. 31, 1889.
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 apparatus .
4.000 00
Steam fire-engine, hose carriage, and apparatus .
2,000 00
16.500 00
High School-house
$40,000 00
Furniture
3,500 00
Philosophical apparatus
500 00
44.000 00
Prescott School-house, land (21,444 ft.)
and building
$40,000 00
Furniture
2,000 00
Luther V. Bell School-house, land (23.396 feet) and building
$40,000 00
Furniture
3,000 00
12.000 00
43 000 00
Amount carried forward, $295.338 45
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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
Prospect Hill School-house, land (25,313 feet) and building
$20,000 00
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
8,300 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
.
15,487 10
20,600 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
14,300 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
$1,600 00
Furniture
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 Furniture
$14,643 21
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
Burns School-house, Cherry Street, land (16,080 feet) and building ·
$14,662 40
Furniture
587 12
15,249 52
.
Amount carried forward,
$594,092.78
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Amount brought forward City farm, land (10 acres, 12,523 feet)
$594,092.78
30,000 00
Cedar Street School-house . Furniture
$700 00
100 00
800 00
City stables and dwelling houses
7,000 00
Equipments for highway repairs
7,750 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 Hose-house, land (5,400 feet) and building
$7,500 00
Furniture
300 00
Winter Hill hose-carriage and ap- paratus
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-carriage 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
No. 4 Hose-house, land (9,100 feet) and
building
$11,000 00
Furniture
400 00
George O. Brastow, hose-carriage and apparatus
2,000 00
Relief Hose-carriage
600 00
14,000 00
Amount carried forward, ·
.
$685,242 78 ·
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ANNUAL, REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $685,242 78
No. 5 Hose-house, land (39,456 feet) and building
$16,113 68
Furniture and apparatus
2,630 94
18,744 62
Fire-alarm telegraph .
15,800 00
Police-station, land (15,232 feet) and building (Bow Street)
$40,000 00
Furniture
3,000 00
43,000 00
Police stable
3,858 35
Prospect Street, land (7,918 feet) and building .
7,000 00
Public Park (cost $212,993.20)
125,000 00
Joy Street, land (2.960 feet)
500 00
Walnut Hill, land (10,980 feet)
1,000 00
Elm Street, land (18,000 feet) .
3,600 00
Holland Street (5 acres, 6,806 feet) .
12.000 00
Gravel-land in Waltham (about 35 acres)
15,000 00
Gravel-land in Wakefield (about 1} acres) .
5,000 00
Gravel-land in Winchester (about 2 acres) 500 00
Somerville water-works (cost $443.065.08)
441.456 32
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
School - house (unfin- ished) .
14,727 14
Morse School-house addition (unfin-
ished)
5,439 88
Total value of public property. . $1.410,660 86
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE B. FUNDED DEBT DEC. 31, 1889.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1SSS. July 1.
Water.
279
t
1890. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1880. Oct. 1.
. 6
55
5
Oct. 1.
9,000
9,000
1889.
66
303 to 305
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
Oct. 1.
City.
914 to 918
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
1SS4. Oct. 1.
City.
576 to 646
Oct. 1.
1.000
71,000
1SSS. July 1.
Water.
280
1
July 1.
1,000
1.000
1884.
City.
647 to 720
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
74,000
1889. Oct. 1. Oct. 1.
City. Water.
306 to 308
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1SS1.
66
66 to 76
5
1892. Jan. 1.
1,000
11,000
ISSS. July 1.
281
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
18S1.
Oct. 1.
78 to 88
5
Oct. 1.
1,000
11,000
1884.
Oct. 1.
City.
721 to 798
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
78,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
924 to 928
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
Oct. 1.
309 to 311
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1SS5.
1893.
July 1.
856 to 880
1
July 1.
1,000
25,000
18SS.
66
282
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1SS5.
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
1SS9.
Oct. 1.
City. Water.
929 to 933
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
Oct. 1.
312 to 314
4
Oct. 1.
1.000
3,000
1SSS. July 1. July 1.
66
4
July 1.
1.000
1,000
City.
283 887 to 909
1
July 1.
1.000
23,000
Amount
carried forward
$404,000
919 to 923
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
Oct. 1.
1891.
Oct. 1.
Jan. 1.
City. Water.
July 1.
1894.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. - Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1881. Oct. 1.
Water.
100 to 111
5
1894. Oct. 1.
1,000
12,000
1889. Oct. 1.
315 to 317
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
Oct. 1.
City.
934 to 938
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
1888.
1895.
July 1.
Water.
284
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1883. July 1.
66
112 to 124
5
July 1.
1,000
13,000
1876.
Oct. 1.
City.
190 to 194
5
Oct. 1.
5,000
25,000
Oct. 1.
195 to 334
5
Oct. 1.
1,000
140,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
City. Water.
939 to 943
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
Oct. 1.
318 to 320
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1876.
Sewer.
1 to 7
5
July 1.
5,000
35,000.
1882.
Water.
125 to 136
10
July 1.
1,000
12,000
July 1.
137
5
July 1.
500
500
1888.
July 1.
285
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
321 to 323
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
Oct. 1.
City.
944 to 948
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
1882.
Water.
138 to 151
1897. July 1.
1,000
14,000
1888.
66
286
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
City.
910 to 913
1
July 1.
1,000
4,000
1889. Oct. 1.
66
949 to 969
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
21,000
Oct. 1.
Water.
324 to 326
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1882. July 1.
1888.
July 1.
287
1
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water. City.
327 to 329
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
Oct. 1.
970 to 993
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
24,000
1882.
1899.
July 1.
Water.
167 to 181
5
July 1.
1,000
15,000
July 1.
182
5
July 1.
500
500
1888.
July 1.
66
288
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
Amount
carried forward
$770,000
July 1.
1,000
15,000
152 to 166
5
1898.
July 1.
July 1.
1896.
July 1.
July 1.
Amount
brought forward
$404,000
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TABLE B. - Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1889.
Oct. 1.
Water. City.
330 to 342
1
1889. Oct. 1.
1,000
13,000
Oct. 1.
994 to 1,002
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
9,000
1882.
Water.
183 to 194 195
5
July 1.
500
500
1888.
..
289
4
July 1.
1.000
1,000
1884.
Oct. 1.
200 to 202
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1889.
343 to 344
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888.
1901.
1,000
1,000
1884.
66
203 to 212
1
Oct. 1.
1.000
10,000
1885.
214 to 219
1
July 1.
1,000
6,000
1889.
66
345 to 346
1
Oct. 1.
1.000
2,000
1885.
66
220 to 226
4
1902. July 1.
1,000
7,000
July 1.
66
229 to 238
4
July 1.
1,000
10,000
1889.
1902.
Oct. 1.
66
347 to 348
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1886.
66
239 to 256
1
July 1.
1,000
18,000
Oct. 1.
349 to 350
Oct. 1.
1.000
2,000
1886.
1904.
July 1.
257 to 266
4
July 1.
1,000
10,000
1889.
66
351 to 352
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
Oct. 1.
353 to 355
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1876.
66
30 and 31
July 1.
5,000
10,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
356 to 358
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1886.
1907. July 1.
1,000
10,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
359 to 361
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1888.
1907.
July 1.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
291
4
Amount
carried forward
$910,500
Amount
brought forward
5
July 1.
1,000
12,000
July 1. July 1.
July 1.
Oct. 1.
July 1.
290
July 1.
Oct. 1.
July 1.
Oct. 1.
July 1. 1886.
1903.
July 1. 1889.
Oct. 1.
1905
July 1.
1906.
July 1.
267 to 276
1900.
$770,000
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. - Concluded.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount
brought forward
$910,500
1888. July 1.
Water.
292
4
1908. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
362 to 364
1
1908. Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1888.
July 1.
293
4
1909. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889. Oct. 1.
66
365 to 367
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1888.
66
294
4
1910. July 1.
1,000
1,000
Oct. 1.
368 to 370
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1888.
295
4
1911. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
371 to 373
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1888.
July 1.
296
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
374 to 376
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1888.
297
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
377 to 379
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1888.
1914
July 1.
298
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
66
380 to 382
4
Oct. 1.
1.000
3,000
1888.
66
299
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
66
383 to 384
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888.
66
300
1
1916. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
385 to 386
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888.
1917.
July 1.
301
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
66
387 to 388
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
July 1.
66
302
1
1918. July 1.
i
1,000
1,000
1889.
389 to 390
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2.000
Oct. 1.
391 to 392
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
Total
Funded Debt .
$952,500
1
July 1. 1889.
July 1.
Oct. 1.
1912.
Oct. 1.
1913.
July 1.
July 1.
Oct. 1.
July 1.
..
Oct. 1.
1888.
Oct. 1. 1889.
1919.
1915.
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TABLE C.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS SHOWING APPROPRIA- TIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1889.
APPROPRIATIONS.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed
$384,400 00
Property debt and balance
179,000 00
$563,400 00
DEBIT.
Fire Department
$32,000 00
Health Department
5,500 00
Highways .
42,000 00
Highways, Steam Road Roller
5,000 00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
600 00
Interest
30,000 00
Miscellaneous
4,000 00
Morse School-house addition
25,000 00
Police
31,200 00
Police Stable
3,500 00
Police station incidentals
2,000 00
Public Library
3,000 00
Public grounds
7,000 00
Printing and stationery
4,000 00
Reduction of funded debt
38,000 00
Renewals of funded debt
49,000 00
Salaries
25,900 00
School contingent
18,000 00
School fuel
7,000 00
School-house incidentals
13,000 00
School teachers' salaries
40.000 00
School-house in Ward two
25,000 00
Sidewalks
8,200 00
Street lights
18,000 00
Support of poor .
14,000 00
Amount carried forward ·
$450,900 00
.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
.
$450,900 00
Sewers
·
11,000 00
Watering streets
3,500 00
Water maintenance
18,000 00
Water works extension
80,000 00
$563,400 00
CASH.
CREDIT.
County of Middlesex
$21,367 03
Funded debt
87,000 00
Fire Department
32,696 65
Health Department
5,226 54
Highways .
46,608 95
Highways, steam road-roller
4,750 00
Hose-house in Ward Four
7,320 06
Indigent soldiers and sailors
1,229 00
Interest
45,804 16
Miscellaneous
9,373 25
Police
.
34,854 15
Police stable
3,858 35
Police station incidentals
2,528 58
Public Library
6,151 66
Public Grounds .
9,169 08
Printing and stationery
5,189 11
Relief and burial of indigent soldiers
and sailors
271 00
Sundry persons
285 00
State aid
4,525 00
Salaries
25,494 91
School contingent
20,556 00
School fuel
6,081 15
School-house incidentals
14,244 13
School teachers' salaries
93,065 49
School-house in Ward Two .
14,727 14
Morse School-house addition
5,439 88
Sewers
33,330 37
Sidewalks
16,838 70
Amount carried forward
$557,985 34
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Amount brought forward
$557,985 34
Street lights
16,986 17
Support of poor .
14,610 92
State of Massachusetts
27,560 00
Temporary Loans
500,000 00
Watering streets
9,228 28
Water maintenance
16,542 35
Water services
8,438 95
Water works extension
82,279 26
1,233,631 27
Balance to debit in account 1890
21,002 02
$1,254,633 29
DEBIT.
Balance from 1888
$20,101 85
Funded debt
179,000 00
Fire Department
231 55
Health Department
226 00
Highways .
3,809 44
City of Boston water rates
50,141 83
Interest
28,355 14
Miscellaneous
2,159 54
Police
4,886 04
Police station incidentals
568 00
Public Library
2,736 21
Public grounds
59 50
Real estate lieus
280 14
State aid ·
12 00
School Contingent
104 18
School Fuel
31 25
School-house incidentals
18 75
Sewers
123 57
Sidewalks
470 87
Sewer assessments
8,595 08
Sidewalk assessments
3,421 94
Street lights
12 60
Support of poor .
2,240 62
State of Massachusetts, State aid
3,935 00
Amount carried forward
$311,521 10
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$311,521 10
State of Massachusetts,
indigent
soldiers and sailors
507 50
Taxes
448,323 12
Tempoary loans .
480,000 00
Watering streets
5,478 32
Water maintenance
101 06
Water services .
487 74
Water service assessments
8,052 62
Water works extension
161 83
$1,254,633 29
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed
$21,367 03
DEBIT.
Cash, paid county tax
$21,367 03
CITY OF BOSTON WATER RATES.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of City of Boston re- turn on water rates :-
50 per cent. on $100,283.66 . $50,141 83
City of Boston, 50 per cent. on $2,658.16 1,329 08
51,470 91
DEBIT.
School teachers' salaries, transferred .
$51,470 91
CITY OF BOSTON.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit in account 1890
$1.329 08
DEBIT.
City of Boston water rates, 50 per cent. on $2,658.16 . $1,329 08
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EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1888 .
$3.139 13
Health Department. credit balance of account 499 46
House House in Ward Four, credit bal- ance of account 166 54
Interest. credit balance of account
12,530 98
Police, credit balance of account .
873 54
Police Station incidentals. credit bal- ance of account 39 42
Relief and burial of indigent soldiers and sailors, credit balance of ac- count
229 00
Salaries. credit balance of account
405 09
School fuel. credit balance of account .
950 10
Sidewalks. credit balance of account
15 98
1.026 43
Street lights, credit balance of account Support of poor, credit balance of ac- count
1.129 70
Water maintenance, credit balance of
account
2,016 89
$23,022 26
DEBIT.
Fire Department. debit balance of ac- count
465 10
Highways. debit balance of account 549 51
Indigent soldiers and sailors. debit bal- ance of account 14 50
3,213 71
415 45
2.109 58
1.189 11
2,451 82
School-house incidentals, debit balance of account
1,225 38
Amount carried forward
$11.634 16
Miscellaneous. debit balance of account Public library debit balance of account Public grounds. debit balance of account Printing and stationery. debit balance of account . School contingent. debit balance of ac- count .
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $11,634 16 School teachers' salaries, debit balance of account . 1,594 58
Sewers, debit balance of account
4,592 50
Watering streets, debit balance of ac- count
249 96
$18,071 20
Balance to credit of account of 1890
4,951 06
$23,022 26
FUNDED DEBT.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1888
$860,500 00
Cash, received from sale of City Loan Bonds, Nos. 914 to 1002 .
$89,000 00
Water Loan Bonds, Nos. 303 to 392
90,000 00
179,000 00.
$1,039,500 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid sundry persons :-
City Loan Bonds Nos. 508 to 575 . $68,000 00
Water Loan Bonds, Nos. 46 to 54 9,000 00
Water Loan Bonds, Nos. 57 to 65 9,000 00
Water Loan Bond, No. 278
1,000 00
87,000 00
Balance to debit in account 1890
952,500 00
$1,039,500 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$32,000 00
Cash, received of Lorenzo W. Dow, manure
$56 00
Albion M. Prescott, horse
51 50
Crane & Woods, insurance
75 00
Amount carried forward
$182 50 $32,000 00
57
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Amounts brought forward, $182 50 $32,000 00
E. I. Braddock & Co., old cop- per, etc. . 39 05
S. A. Mudgett, half cost of fence 10 00
231 55
Excess and deficiency balance to debit of account 465 10
$32,696 65
DEBIT.
Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, chief
engineer . . .
$1,200 00
Nathaniel C. Barker, assistant engineer .
400 00
Carpenter work
1 25
Steamer engineer .
1,080 00
Steamer fireman .
' 900 00
Seven drivers, eight months
4,200 00
Eight drivers, four months .
2,400 00
Wm. A. Perry, substitute driver
264 68
Wm. H. Bonner,
51 37
George F. Harris,
48 39
Sundry call men, special service
287 50
Frank H. Hersey, “ 66
7 50
Edward Bakus, substitute driver 80 56
Steamer Engine Company
793 91
John E. Wool Hose Company
825 58
George H. Foster Hose Company
691 00
Winter Hill Hose Company . .
746 42
George H. Brastow Hose Company R. A. Vinal Hook and Ladder Company
1,356 51
Hose Company No. 5 .
256 34
City of Boston, water for hydrants
2,408 00
City of Boston, water for houses
105 00
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas .
349 73
Charlestown Gas Company, gas 147 90
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel
537 70
Amounts carried forward,
$19,972 84
$32,696 65
833 50
58
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $19.972 84 $32.696 65
Sturtevant Bros .. horses 600 00
John S. Nason. horse . 250 00
E. H. Bright, labor
5 00
John Connolly, labor
4 00
George L. Blackbird, labor
40 00
James D. Perkins, Jr., labor
2 50
Fred S. Young, labor
19 00
John Frizzell, labor
2 50
Herbert A. Bean, labor
2 50
Frank S. Brown, labor
2 50
W. F. Keene. labor
10 00
Silas D. Carter, refreshments
11 00
Cambridge Chemical Engine Com-
pany No. 1, refreshments 5 00
Cambridge Engine Co. No. 5. re- freshments 30 00
Cambridge Engine Co. No. 3, re- freshments 20 00
Cambridge Engine Co. No. 2. re- freshments ·
20 00
Highways account, driveway
102 07
John L. Crafts. rigging, etc. 488 79
C. Callahan & Co .. hose, etc.
1.188 00
Thomas Hollis, vitriol, etc ..
144 08
W. H. Swift & Co .. vitriol .
59 61
George L. Baxter, lighters 10 00
A. W. Mitchell, badges 218 46
Crane & Woods, premium of in- surance 108 75
Charles S. Robertson. premium of insurance . 45 00
S. H. Libby. premium of insurance
37 50
J. A. Durell, hardware
3 35
H. W. Raymond.
94 36
H. C. Folger. ..
1 65
J. Hinman, ..
175 00
David W. Crocker.
15 20
Amounts carried forward
823.688 66
$32.696 65
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Amounts brought forward. $23,688 66 $32,696 65
George F. Cote.
8 10
Dupont & Cote, 66
1 63
Howe & Flint,
40
Enocli Robinson.
2 25
C. F. Robinson & Co. “
12 80
Ames Flour Co.
5 60
Silsby Manufacturing Co., valves, etc.
14 05
S. J. Wood, keys
50
B. M. Boyce, clock
14 00
Fuller, Dana & Fitz, wire 11 02
American Fire Hose Co., snaps ·
17 50
Murphy, Leavens & Co., dusters .
5 44
Somerville Iron Foundry. castings 8 40
H. A. Winship, fire-hats 46 00
D. Cutter, repairing badges .
2 50
A. C. Winning, mason work .
8 77
D. T. Bucknam, 66
18 00
M. K. Norwood. carpenter work
138 60
Elijah Walker, 66
75 82
George R. Boyer, carpenter work
31 95
F. A. Chandler,
31 07
Pettingell, Andrews & Co., carpen- ter work 1 69
G. D. B. Robinson, carpenter w'k · George W. Trefrew. carpenter w'k I. H. Brown & Co., carpenter w'k Boston Woven Hose Co., hose etc .. Edwin Rogers & Co .. fire alarm apparatus
14 73
11 79
40 04
757 60
1,253 95
A. S. Jackson, trace maps, etc.,
238 50
Jackson, Caldwell & Co., bedding. etc.,
49 65
F. A. Rolfe, bedding
9 92
J. H. Brooks, dry goods
1 35
L. C. Chase & Co., blankets
31 50
Warren E. Heath, shades
19 05
Amounts carried forward,
$26,572 73
$32,696 65
60
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $26,572 83 $32,696 65
William H. Brine, furniture .
203 53
Edward Kendall & Son, tube
1 00
John F. Ayer & Co., lumber
2 63
Plummer & Co., hay
835 71
A. M. Prescott, hay and straw
125 12
Fulton O'Brion, hay and straw
48 85
Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain
493 38
George W. Dryden, horse food
5 00
Hall's English Food Co., horse
food
9 00
George H. Cowdin, drugs
6 50
Charles Bartley, oil, etc ..
2 01
James Bartley,
9 69
W. I. Heald,
12 73
H. W. Burgess,
2 35
William F. Nye,
4 25
Le Bosquet Bros., valve
85
F. Ivers, harness work
21 50
E. Spaulding, harness work .
16 70
D. J. Bennett, harness work
112 70
Charles E. Berry, harness work
10 00
E. W. Carlin, harness work .
4 00
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing
101 32
Edward O'Brien, horse shoeing
19 62
Charles L. Underhill, horse shoeing
8 55
M. Lynch, horse shoeing
12 50
Timothy O'Brien, horseshoeing
33 15
W. H. Richardson, ·
49 25
Charles Maguire,
·
65 00
Charles W. Ingalls,
34 30
E. Teel & Co .. hook-and-ladder truck, hose-wagons and repairs
1,603 45
Union Square Carriage Co., repairs
77 50
F. H. Flagg, wheelwright work
1 75
E. H. Buxton, painting .
40 00
W. S. Walker, .
10 40
J. C. Dyer, glazing .
8 00
Amounts carried forward
$30,565 12
$32,696 65
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Amounts brought forward
$30,565 12 $32,696 65
J. Q. Twombly, glazing
12 92
Ramsay Clark,
1 50
W. L. Snow, plumbing
40 60
Young & Maynard, "
9 78
W. F. Bennett.
176 74
C. Sullivan,
6 92
C. W. Callahan, . .
27 46
McKenney & Waterbury, gas fix- tures
57 35
Fox, McDormand & Co., repairing ladders
65 00
Webster & Dustin, truck
66 00
J. M. Burckes, mason work . 5 25
J. E. Henick,
37 71
Nicholson, Frost & Co., water cooler 3 00
J. A. Buxton, washing
24 78
Mrs. Calvert,
37 23
T. H. Daley,
27 00
E. W. Ring,
26 58
Samuel H. Stevens, “
22 45
Irving C. Jackson, “
4 12
T. Spellman, soap
28 00
W. H. Johnson, soap
4 00
Knowles Bros., salt, etc.
4 02
George F. Ricker, cleaning carpet
2 52
Leander Barber, brooms
4 00
David Young, repairing roof
15 63
L. C. Scavey,
.
9 22
H. T. Crocker, hose
6 60
S. D. Hicks & Son, copper
6 14
Charles A. Holmes, furnace work 19 92
H. W. Covell & Co., furnace work 6 25
Charles L. Bly, repairing wires
34 00
L. W. Manning, repairing telephone
2 00
J. H. Hollis, painting . 22 15
Elias Lathrop, hoof ointment
2 00
H. B. Welles, veterinary services
30 00
Amounts carried forward ·
· $31,413 96
$32,696 65
62
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $31,413 96 $32,696 65
Charles R. Simpson, veterinary services, . 4 00
New England Telephone and Tele- graph Co., rentals and tolls, 89 97
J. O. Hayden & Co., advertising etc., 42 00
McDonnell Bros., advertising
2 50
Citizen Publishing Co., advertising
2 50
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery etc. 58 75
Charles A. Morgan, concreting
50 00
Walter Bates & Son, .
180 00
Jerh. McCarthy, grading
192 25
A. A. Sanborn, steam heater, etc.
521 52
Win. W. Nichols, use of horse
14 00
E. A. Foster, use of horse £ 16 00 ·
Frank W. Leavitt, use of carriage
3 00
Nelson & Thompson, carriage hire
5 00
L. H. Brown, carriage hire .
5 00
P. H. Wellcome, carriage hire
5 00
Charles E. Farnham, expressing .
25 60
George G. Glines, expressing
1 35
Barker & Tibbetts, expressing
3 75
Gilman & Co., expressing
7 10
George T. Day, expressing
9 75
Thorpe's express, expressing
14 50
E. R. Perham, expressing etc.
20 15
George G. Page Box Co., boxes
9 00
$32,696 65
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed .
$5,500 00
Cash, received of William P. Mitchell, permits to keep swine and goats and collect grease 226 00
Amount carried forward .
$5,726 00
63
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$5.726 00
DEBIT.
Cash. paid Caleb A. Page, salary as in- spector $1,000 00
Disbursements 50
Henry Gray, collecting offal . 1,249 95
Jeremiah McCarthy. collecting
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