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A new fuel wagon has been purchased during the year of William T. Henderson, for $80.00, the city giving in exchange one of the old hose reel carriages, for which an allowance of $25.00 was made, making a net cost of $55.00.
A new hose wagon has also been purchased of E. Teel & Co., of Medford, for $480.00, and been placed at Hose 3's house. There is
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now only one reel hose carriage in service, which is run in connection with engine No. 1.
A new extension ladder has also been purchased of the Boston Woven Hose Company, at an expense of $162.00, and placed on the hook and ladder truck.
A new pair of horses has been purchased during the year for steamer No. 1, of John S. Nason, for $525.00. The horse used by the chief engineer has been exchanged, at a cost to the city of $225.00. A horse has also been purchased for Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, of John S. Nason, at a cost of $200.00, and a pair of horses has been purchased of the same party for the new steamer, at a cost of $625.00.
One thousand feet of hose has been purchased during the year, at a cost of $770.00.
The price paid for water from the hydrants this year was $2,239.44, which is the same price as paid last year, namely, $2,408.00, with a discount of seven per cent.
Five new fire-alarm boxes have been added during the year.
We present herewith the report of the chief engineer, recom- mending it be printed with the annual report.
The appropriation, receipts, and expenditures are shown by the following statements : -
FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation . $32,900 00 ·
Receipts : -
For manure sold $45 00 for old junk, zincs,
etc., sold 54 23
99 23
Total credit . $32,999 23
Amount carried forward
$32,999 23
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward $32,999 23
DEBIT.
Expenditures :-
For salaries of permanent men
$11,360 00
salaries of call men
5,934 63
substitute drivers
927 34
improvements and repairs of ap- paratus and vehicles ·
390 33
improvements and repairs of buildings and furniture and new furniture . .
1,204 01
new vehicles and apparatus .
707 00
maintenance and extension of fire-alarm telegraph 2,074 39
hose and hose pipes and repair- ing same
908 95
new horses, one old one given in exchange 950 00
grain and feed
673 36
hay and straw
901 14
horseshoeing
348 72
horse-doctoring and medicine
75 17
harnesses and repairing same
392 70
fuel .
840 16
supplies
276 89
water for hydrants
2,239 44
water for department buildings,
120 90
gas
588 81
ice
131 00
washing and ironing
168 28
telephones
36 10
hand fire-extinguishers
123 39
incidentals
640 80
Total debit
32,013 51
Balance unexpended .
$985 72
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
STEAM FIRE-ENGINE AND EQUIPMENTS.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
.
.
$4,600 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For steam fire-engine
$3,560 00
freight on same .
40 00
one heater, complete .
190 00
one relief valve, complete
100 00
one pair of horses
625 00
Total debit
4,515 00
Balance unexpended .
$85 00
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For the committee.
JOHN W. CONVERSE, Chairman. WM. P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 3, 1891.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 3, 1891. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To the Committee on Fire Department : -
GENTLEMEN, - I herewith submit to you the annual report of the Fire Department, which contains a statement of the fires and their causes, and the condition of the department, also the loss on property and the insurance thereon, for the year 1890.
The number of fire alarms was sixty-four; of this number fifty- nine were bell alarms, and thirteen still alarms.
Value of property
$159,630
Insurance
94,833
Loss
4,539
Insurance paid
3,888
The causes for which the alarms were given were as follows: -
Sparks from tobacco pipe .
2
Unknown .
1
Fire in Medford
2
Defective fireplace
3
Clothing ignited from lamp
2
Number of causes carried forward
10
·
.
.
.
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Number of causes brought forward .
10
Explosion .
3
Sparks from engine
3
Lighted cigar on roof
1
Sparks from foundry chimney
1
Rats and matches
1
Spontaneous combustion .
1
Spark from stove in wood-box
2
Electric-light wire
1 2
Children playing with matches .
Carelessness in smoking
1
Overheated oil stove .
2
Breaking of kerosene lamp
3
Fire in Charlestown .
1 3
Friction from belt
1
Defective chimney flue
3
Boiling over of tar-kettle
1
Fire-crackers
1
Clothing in contact with stove
2
Burning of rubbish
5
Hot ashes in wooden barrel
1
Fumigating hen-house
1
Lighted match thrown in shavings
1
Curtain in contact with gas jet .
1
Burning out of chimney
4
Smoke mistaken for fire
1
Drying plastering
2
Accidental
3
Burning of grass
1
Lighted match dropped on cotton wool
1
64
Fire in Cambridge
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REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CONDITION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
MANUAL FORCE.
The manual force of the department consists of seventy-eight men. This force is divided as follows : -
Chief engineer .
1
Assistant engineer
1
Engine Company No. 1
12
Engine Company No. 4
14
Hose Company No. 1
9
Hose Company No. 2
9
Hose Company No. 3
9
Hose Company No. 5
8
Ladder Company No. 1
15
Total
78
.
The full number of men allowed by the ordinance in these com- panies is ninety ; fourteen of the seventy-eight are employed perma- nently.
The manual force has not been called upon for work of long duration at any one fire this year.
Credit is due the permanent force in getting the apparatus promptly to fires and putting them out when they are small. One- half of the fires have been put out with chemical extinguishers.
The call force has responded promptly ; it is not reasonable to expect them to arrive with their apparatus unless they are overtaken on their way to the fire. We are, therefore, obliged to rely on the assistance of volunteers, if happily they are at hand. A system that leaves it possible for the apparatus to arrive at a fire without a nucleus of members to put it in operation is faulty. The call members are nearly all mechanics, accustomed to hard work; they are good citizens of our city, and their average age is thirty-six years.
Our city always has had a good manual force in its department, but never a better one than at the present time.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus in service consists of engine No. 1, with hose carriage and 800 feet of hose.
Hose No. 1, with wagon, forty-three feet of ladder, two chemical extinguishers, and 900 feet of hose.
Hose No. 2, with wagon, forty-three feet of ladder, two chemical extinguishers, and 900 feet of hose.
Hose No. 3, with wagon, forty-three feet of ladder, two chemical extinguishers, and 900 feet of hose.
Engine No. 4, with hose carriage, forty-six feet of ladder, two chemical tanks, thirty gallons each, and 800 feet of hose.
Hose No. 5, with wagon, forty-three feet of ladder, two chemical extinguishers, and 900 feet of hose.
Ladder Truck No. 1, with 370 feet of ladders, four axes, four plaster-hooks, jumping canvas, two pitchforks, and other necessary tools.
In addition to the above, there is old apparatus as follows : -
One old steam fire-engine, one old ladder truck, and two old hose carriages.
HOSE.
There is 9,000 feet of hose in the department ; 8,200 feet is good, and 800 feet is worthless.
BUILDINGS.
The buildings occupied by the department are in good con- dition, and the cost of keeping them so will be small, with the exception of the old wooden building occupied by Hose Company No. 1, which is always a source of expense.
It is hoped that a new building will soon be erected in the East Somerville district.
The condition of this department in its manual force, apparatus, and its buildings never was better than it is at the present time. During the year the committee purchased a second size Silsby engine, No. 4. This engine is provided with a three-horse hitch, whereby three horses can be driven abreast. At this time it is a very valuable adjunct, as only three horses are in service to draw this engine, while
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there are four to draw engine 1, by the old system of hitching for service in snow-storm time.
A new wagon was built for Hose Company No. 3; it is equipped with extinguishers and ladders. One thousand feet of new hose was purchased, and new fire hats were supplied to members of the depart- ment. A new sixty-foot extension ladder was also added to the ladder truck. Engine No. 4 is strictly an addition to the department, and is equal to that owned by any other city. The extension ladder is also an addition to the apparatus; although the hose wagon, hose, and fire hats are not, strictly speaking, additions, they are superior to those which have been discarded, in that more efficient work can be done with them.
Five new non-interference fire-alarm boxes have been bought and placed in circuit.
HYDRANTS.
It is expected that early the coming year a list of the location of hydrants will be furnished this department, and an increase both in the supply and pressure of water at hydrants.
As the growth of the city continues it will be necessary to make additions to the buildings and apparatus.
The fire-alarm circuits must be extended each year, and new alarm boxes and instruments connected therewith; these in turn require more electro-motive force.
The battery room is now occupied to its limit, and more room is necessary. A new repeater is desired, whereby the three large cir- cuits can be cut into eight small ones; the advantages of small circuits have been so often stated that I presume they are well understood.
Before this instrument is obtained, however, alterations should be made in the house of engine 1, where the telegraph apparatus is located. A plan for changing this building has already been shown to you, which I believe is comprehensive, as it will supply the require- ments of this department for many years, and will also furnish quarters for a chemical engine.
The location for an apparatus of this character is excellent, being practical and serviceable for three wards of the city (One, Two,
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Three); Ward Four (West Somerville) has one of these engines, and the people of that section appreciate its value. If further evi- dence is necessary, other than our own experience of the importance of these machines to a city constructed as is ours, it will be furnished when wanted.
FIRE PREVENTION.
I again respectfully protest against the granting of licenses for the sale of fireworks. The buildings of Somerville are being erected in close proximity to one another, and the roofs of most of them are covered with shingles. A spark will quickly ignite them when dry. The burning of fireworks by many people simultaneously set many fires, and place in peril homes of the people; perhaps more of them at the same time than the department can reach.
The burning of fireworks (including fire-crackers) places in peril the whole city, more so here than in Boston, where the roofs of buildings are of non-combustible material. It ought to be stopped, and I am sure that not to license their sale will very much curtail their use.
The building of huge structures for bon-fires within 165 feet of a building should be prohibited, by making the limit where such. structures can be built 1,000 feet from any building.
I present herewith a report of the condition of the fire-alarm telegraph, made to me by the fire-alarm operator, Edward F. Backus, and ask that it be received as a part of this report.
In conclusion, I desire to express my thanks to the officers and members of the force for the faithful and intelligent manner in which. they have performed their duties.
To the joint standing committee on fire department, I tender my sincere thanks for the interest they have manifested in all matters appertaining to its success.
To his Honor the Mayor, the members of the City Council, the heads of departments, and clerks of committees, who by their cour- tesy have assisted the members of this department in the discharge of their duty, I tender my grateful obligations.
JAMES R. HOPKINS,
Chief of Fire Department.
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REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
EDWARD F. BACKUS' REPORT.
SOMERVILLE, December 31, 1890.
Chief J. R. Hopkins, Superintendent of Fire Alarm : -
I herewith submit to you the annual report of the fire-alarm department for the year ending December 31, 1890. During the year the system has been maintained in first-class working order, every alarm having worked correctly. There has been added to the same the following apparatus : -
Five new full non-interfering boxes, numbered and located as follows : -
Box 115, corner of Franklin and Oliver streets.
Box 116, Broadway, near Kensington avenue.
Box 231, corner of Boston and Greenville streets.
Box 421, corner of Highland avenue and Central street.
Box 447, corner of Elm and William streets.
Boxes 112 and 221, which were of the old pattern, without non- interfering attachment, have been replaced by latest pattern full non- interfering boxes, making seven new boxes placed in service. A vibrating bell has been placed in steamer house No. 1 and con- nected with City Hall, to be used as a private call in case of fire.
The following houses have been thoroughly re-wired with Clark wire, and are now in first-class condition, namely: Hose Nos. 2 and 3, ladder No. 1, and steamer No. 4.
The constant and rapid growth of the city, necessitating yearly additions to the system, requires the replacing of the present re- peater with a larger one, which would allow of our separating our present circuits and making them shorter, thus enabling us to repair any faults which may occur in much shorter time, and leaving less territory uncovered in case of a break than at present while using large circuits. We also need better and larger accommodations for
404
ANNUAL REPORTS.
our battery, which at present is very much overcrowded. I would also strongly urge the purchasing of a horse and wagon for this. branch of the service, which would more than pay for itself in the way of repairing wires and apparatus, and quicker service means less risk to that part of the city which is unprotected while a circuit is. out of order. With a wagon the operator is enabled to carry all the necessary tools and materials for repairing any defects which may occur, while under the present system he is obliged to take what tools can be carried by hand and then return to the station for any further material which may be required, thus leaving the section where the defect exists unprotected longer than it should be.
Following is a statement of labor and materials used during the present year : -
New poles set .
11
Old poles reset
15
Miles of No. 9 iron wire run
6
Miles of copper wire run .
Clark insulated wire run .
. 2,000
Four-pin arms used .
30
Two-pin arms used .
85
Boxes put in service
·
7
The system at present consists of the following : -
Forty-six miles of wire, forty-nine boxes, six tower bell strikers, six box indicators, eight gongs, seventeen tappers, one five-circuit repeater, and 230 jars of gravity battery.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD F. BACKUS,
Fire-alarm Operator.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 3, 1891. 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, January 3, 1891.
CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
IN COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS, January 3, 1891.
To the City Council of Somerville : -
The following is the final report of the committee on fuel and street lights for the year ending December 31, 1890 : -
SCHOOL FUEL ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$7,000 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : ---
For fuel to Beach-street School .
$30 42
Bell ..
422 00
Bennett ל־ 160 55
Bingham
.
168 05
Amounts carried forward
$781 02
$7,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$781 02
$7,000 00
For fuel to Brastow School . 71 85
Brazillian Hall "
16 08
Burns
66
133 25
Cedar-street
25 78
Cummings
158 10
Davis
149 01
Edgerly
66
32 41
Forster
66
447 50
Franklin
66
175 35
Harvard
66
326 68
Highland
66
431 97
Jackson
158 34
Knapp
66
449 68
Lincoln
66
92 01
Morse
66
509 21
Prescott
.
544 93
Prospect Hill
291 80
School-room 188 Somer-
ville avenue
1 60
Sycamore-street Chapel .
59 32
Union School
25 78
Webster School
150 00
Incidentals(weighing coal)
43 75
Total debit .
5,586 01
Balance unexpended
$1,413 99
.
.
.
STREET LIGHTS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation . · $22,000 00
Posts and lanterns on hand Jan. 1, 1890, 113 75
Amount carried forward . $22,113 75
66
38 54
High
472 05
Elm-street
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
Amount brought forward $22,113 75 Less amount transferred to Highways account ·
1,000 00
Total credit
·
$21,113 75
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For gas-
to Cambridge Gas Light Co. $69 73
to Charlestown Gas Co. .
113 37
lighting and care of gas lamps
79 15
electric lighting .
20,210 16
repairs of gas lamps .
6 06
discontinuing gas and oil lamps,
69 40
new street lamps
49 25
incidentals .
1 39
posts and lanterns on hand (four
posts and six sign lanterns) Total debit.
69 50
20,668 01
Balance unexpended .
.
.
$445 74
FUEL.
Under an order dated May 28, proposals were solicited for the furnishing of all fuel that would be required at the schoolhouses and public buildings during the year commencing July 1, 1890, and in response proposals were received, to furnish for ninety days only, from Horatio Wellington & Co. and B. F. Wild & Co., at the follow- ing prices: Furnace coal, per ton, $4.97; egg, $5.07; and stove coal, $5.17 (twenty cents per ton extra for all coal delivered west of Cedar street); hard wood, per cord, $7.75; and soft wood, per cord, $6.25 ; and the above-named parties furnished the fuel at the prices quoted. The bins were filled during the summer, except at the Highland and Morse schools, which, owing to the alterations in process at that
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
time, the fuel could not be received, but later in the season the fuel was furnished for these schools at the same prices as in the summer.
GAS LIGHTS.
The price paid for gas for the month of January was $1.55 per thousand feet. Since that time the gas has been discontinued.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
By referring to the report of this committee for the year ending 1889, it will be seen that an order was passed by the City Council, dated July 24, making a contract with the Somerville Electric Light Company for a term of three years from October 1, 1889, for the fur- nishing of 140 arc lights and 275 incandescent lights for the sum of $20,000. On June 3 of the present year an order was passed by the City Council authorizing this committee to increase the number of electric lights with the Somerville Electric Light Company on the same terms as called for in the contract made in 1889, at a cost not to exceed $2,000. Under said order dated June 3, 1890, six arc and seventy-two incandescent lights have been added, making a total of 151 arc and 347 incandescent lights December 31, 1890.
OIL LAMPS.
During the year three oil lamps have been located and put in service on Boston avenue, near the Medford line.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
411
GAS LAMPS.
CHARLESTOWN.
CAMBRIDGE.
Oil Lamps.
Arc Electric -
Lamps.
Incandescent
Lamps.
Tot
4-Feet
Burners.
4-Feet
Burners.
Lamps in the city Jan. 1, 1890, as per last report, Erected during the year at the expense of the city Erected during the year at the expense of the comp'y
45
11
14
145
162
377
-
-
3
-
-
3
-
-
-
6
185
191
45
11
.
17
151
347
571
Discontinued on account of electric lights . . .
45
11
14
-
-
70
Lamps in the city Jan. 1, 1891 .
-
-
3
151
347
501
For the committee,
C. B. SANBORN, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 14, 1891.
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, January 14, 1891. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
IN COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, January 3, 1891.
To the City Council of Somerville : -
The committee on public property presents the following final report for the year 1890 : -
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$2,600 00
Receipts for rent of hall .
500 00
.
Total credit .
.
.
$3,100 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For janitor's salary .
$850 00
janitor's substitute in vacation . 20 00
gas .
807 19
Amounts carried forward
$1,677 19
$3,100 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $1,677 19
$3,100 00
fuel .
297 99
water
49 00
repairs and improvements on
building and furniture 908 26
incidentals
36 83
Total debit .
2,969 27
Balance unexpended
$130 73
SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation .
$16,000 00
Receipts for articles sold
40 00
Credit, for amount of bill approved in
1888, but not collected Total credit
1 00
$16,041 00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For repairs
$2,988 48
improvements
8,266 02
furniture
2,807 57
rent .
1,892 50
insurance .
1,009 27
emptying privy vaults
104 00
fitting up hired rooms
176 41
sewer assessment
85 65
sidewalk assessment
81 78
flag-staffs .
882 24
repairs of furniture
337 50
street cars for Highland School children during alterations at Highland School
500 00
removing coal
21 00
Amounts carried forward
$19,152 42
$16,041 00
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amounts brought forward . $19,152 42 $16,041 00.
office sign for superintendent of schools
10 50
carriage hire
5 00
Total debit
19,167 92
Amount overdrawn
$3,126 92
Expenditures at the different schoolhouses as follows : -
Baptist Chapel, Belmont street.
Carpentering (fitting up room)
$7 65
Rent
265 00
$272 65
Baptist Chapel, Bow street.
Repairs
.
$3 00
Rent
175 00
178 00
Beach street.
Repairs
$65 10
Emptying privy vaults
20 00
85 10
Luther V. Bell.
Repairs .
$348 80
Furniture
154 94
Repairing furniture .
1 00
Improvements .
50 00
Flag-staff .
52 25
606 99
Amount carried forward
$1,142 74
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$1,142 74
Bennett.
Repairs
$37 06
Furniture
4 35
Emptying privy vaults
20 00
61 41
Bingham.
Repairs .
$19 12
Furniture
4 00
Flag-staff .
59 54
82 66
Brastow.
Repairs . ·
$27 93
Repairing furniture .
3 00
30 93
Brazillian Hall.
Carpentering (fitting up room)
$34 35
Rent
60 00
94 35
Burns.
Repairs
$75 74
Furniture
22 50
Repairing furniture .
32 10
130 34
Cedar-street.
Repairs .
$21$20
Flag-staff .
27 60
.
48 80
Amount carried forward
$1,591 23
.
.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
419
Amount brought forward
$1,591 23
Cummings.
Repairs
$128 35
Insurance
24 00
Sidewalk assessment
46 66
Flag-staff
46 43
245 44
Davis.
Repairs .
$63 16
Improvements (concreting)
60 00
Insurance
30 00
Repairing furniture .
6 00
Sidewalk assessment
35 12
Flag-staff
59 30
253 58
Eberle Building.
Repairs .
$2 90
Repairing furniture .
.
.
1 00
Rent
125 00
128 90
Edgerly.
Repairs .
$247 19
Improvements (concreting)
152 55
Furniture
57 33
Repairing furniture .
12 00
Flag-staff .
71 26
540 33
Amount carried forward
$2,759 48
.
.
420
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$2,759 48
Elm-street.
Carpentering (fitting up room)
$40 22
Rent
420 00
460 22
Forster.
Repairs (including stove work, $55.24) . $171 52
Improvements (ventilation, etc.)
6,460 77
Insurance
261 74
Furniture .
17 87
Repairing furniture .
23 50
Sewer assessment
85 65
Flag-staff .
71 00
7,092 05
Franklin.
Repairs .
$94 19
Furniture
4 00
Flag-staff
4 80
Removing night soil
12 00
114 99
Harvard.
Repairs .
$91 26
Furniture
1 33
Removing night soil
8 00
100 59
Amount carried forward
.
$10,527 33
421
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward
$10,527 33
High.
Repairs .
$576 66
Furniture
231 50
Repairing furniture .
12 00
Flag-staff
85 30
905 46
Highland.
Repairs .
$288 89
Improvements (speaking tubes and elec- tric bells)
114 95
Furniture
385 80
Repairing furniture .
39 75
Insurance
63 53
Street cars (conveying scholars to other schools)
500 00
Flag-staff
25 24
1,418 16
1
Hill Building.
Repairs .
$1 50
Rent
125 00
126 50
Jackson.
Repairs (including stove work, $32.35)
$113 57
Furniture
4 00
Repairing furniture .
2 00
Flag-staff
42 00
Removing night soil
20 00
181 57
Amount carried forward
$13,159 02
.
422
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$13,159 02
Knapp.
Repairs .
$26 60
Improvements .
691 95
Furniture
1,123 08
Insurance
300 00
Flag-staff
·
52 95
.
2,194 56
Lincoln.
Repairs .
$75 55
Furniture
38 00
Repairing furniture .
1 50
Insurance
255 00
Removing coal
21 00
Flag-staff
.
80 42
471 47
Morse.
Repairs
$115 54
Improvements .
735 80
Furniture
696 52
Repairing furniture .
180 06
Carpentering (fitting up room)
56 50
Rent
60 00
Flag-staff
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