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The financial condition of the city, exclusive of its public prop- erty, is as follows : -
Funded debt, city loan
$678,000 00
Funded debt, water loan
379,500 00
Net indebtedness Dec. 31, 1890 $1,057,500 00
Total cash receipts for the year, including a balance of $21,002.02 from the year 1889 . $1,371,523 23
Total cash disbursements .
·
1,351,238 08
Leaving in the treasury the sum of $20,285 15
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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.
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE A.
PUBLIC PROPERTY, DEC. 31, 1890.
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
High Schoolhouse
$40,000 00
Furniture
3,500 00
Philosophical apparatus
500 00
44,000 00
Prescott Schoolhouse, land (21,444 ft.)
and building
$40,000 00 ·
Furniture
2,000 00
42,000 00
Luther V. Bell Schoolhouse, land (23,396 feet) and building
$40,000 00
Furniture
3,000 00
.
43,000 00
Amount carried forward
$295,338 45
.
.
16,500 00
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Amount brought forward Forster Schoolhouse, Jand (27,499 feet) and building Furniture
$295,338 45
$37,922 24
1,500 00
39,422 24
Morse Schoolhouse, land (29,109 feet)
and building
$25,000 00 ·
Furniture
.
.
26,000 00
Morse Schoolhouse addition .
$31,334 95
Furniture
696 52
32,031 47
Highland Schoolhouse, land (23,260
feet) and building
$32,000 00
Furniture
1,000 00
33,000 00
Highland Schoolhouse addition
$13,790 94
Furniture
385 80
14,176 74
Lincoln Schoolhouse, land (17,662 feet)
and building
$14,742 17
Furniture
744 93
15,487 10
Prospect Hill Schoolhouse, land (25,313 feet) and building
$20,000 00
Furniture
600 00
20,600 00
Jackson Schoolhouse, land (11,212 feet)
and building
$8,000 00
Furniture
300 00
8,300 00
Bennett Schoolhouse, land (20,560 feet)
and building
$8,000 00
Furniture
300 00
·
Webster Schoolhouse, land (11,050 feet) and building
$8,000 00
Furniture
300 00
8,300 00
Amount carried forward
$500,956 00
.
..
.
.
.
8,300 00
·
1,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $500,956 00
Union Schoolhouse, land (9,360 feet) and building
$2,500 00
Furniture
100 00
2,600 00
Harvard Schoolhouse, land (9,810 feet)
and building
$2,500 00
Furniture
100 00
2,600 00
Edgerly Schoolhouse, land (26,428 feet)
and building
$25,000 00
Furniture
500 00
25,500 00
Edgerly Schoolhouse addition
$17,000 00
Furniture
600 00
17,600 00
Brastow Schoolhouse, land (10,019 feet)
and building
$6,000 00
Furniture
250 00
6,250 00
Franklin Schoolhouse, land (33,017 feet)
and building
$14,000 00
Furniture
300 00
14,300 00
Beach-street Schoolhouse, land (6,000
feet) and building
$4,500 00
Furniture
250 00
4,750 00
Spring Hill Schoolhouse, land (4,991
feet) and building
$1,600 00
Furniture
100 00
1,700 00
Davis Schoolhouse, Tufts street, land (29,584 feet) and building $17,606 22
Furniture
726 99
18,333 21
Amount carried forward
$594,589 21
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Amount brought forward Cummings Schoolhouse, School street, land (11,300 feet) and building . Furniture
$594,589.21
$14,643 21 714 16
15,357 37
Bingham Schoolhouse, Lowell street, land (21,017 feet) and building, Furniture
$14,553 56
551 33
15,104 89
Burns Schoolhouse, Cherry street, land (16,080 feet) and building
$14,662 40
Furniture
587 12
15,249 52
O. S. Knapp Schoolhouse, Concord square, land (24,517 feet) and building
$31,851 81
Furniture .
1,123 08
32,974 89
City Farm, land (10 acres, 12,523 feet)
Cedar-street Schoolhouse
$700 00
Furniture
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
Amount carried forward
$735,625 88
.
.
30,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $735,625 88
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
Steam fire-engine and equipment
4,515 00
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
Police stable .
3,858 35
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
Amount carried forward
. $1,019,943 85
·
43,000 00
Prospect street, land (7,918 feet) and building
7,000 00
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Amount brought forward . . $1,019,943 85 Somerville water-works (cost $496,476.87) 494,868 11 Oliver street, land (63,069 feet) 7,500 00
Whipple street, land, lots Nos. 30 and 31 (15,240 feet) 388 27 Schoolhouse in Ward Two, Washington street, land (27,236 feet) 16,287 68
Schoolhouse in Ward Three, Jaques street, land (28,800 feet) 8,180 02
Total value of public property
$1,547,167 93
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. FUNDED DEBT DEC. 31, 1890.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomina- tion.
Amount.
1888. July 1.
Water.
280
4
1891. July 1.
$1,000
$1,000
1884. Oct. 1.
City.
647 to 720
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
74,000
1889. Oct. 1.
City.
919 to 923
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
1890. Oct. 1.
City.
1,003 to 1,012
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
10,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
306 to 308
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
393 to 394
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1881. Jan. 1.
Water.
66 to 76
5
1892. Jan. 1.
1,000
11,000
1888. July 1.
Water.
281
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1881. Oct. 1.
Water.
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.
City.
924 to 928
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
1890. Oct. 1.
City.
1,013 to 1,022
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
10,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
309 to 311
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
Oct. 1.
Water.
395 to 396
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1885. July 1.
Water.
856 to 880
4
July 1.
1,000
25,000
1888. July 1.
Water.
282
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1885. Oct. 1.
Water.
89 to 99
5 Oct. 1.
1,000
11,000
1884. Oct. 1.
City.
799 to 852
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
54,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
City.
929 to 933
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
1890. Oct. 1.
City.
1,023 to 1,032
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
10,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
312 to 314
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1890.
Water.
397 to 398
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888. July 1. July 1.
Water. City.
283
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
887 to 909
4
July 1.
1,000
23,000
Amount
carried forward
$351,000
1890.
1893.
Oct. 1.
1894.
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE B. - Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomina- tion.
Amount.
P
Amount
brought forward
$351,000
1881. Oct. 1.
Water.
100 to 111
5
1894. Oct. 1.
$1,000
12,000
1889. Oct. 1. 1890 Oct. 1.
Water.
315 to 317
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
Water.
399 to 400
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1889. Oct. 1.
City.
934 to 938
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
1890. Oct. 1.
City.
1,033 to 1,042
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
10,000
1888. July 1. 1883. July 1.
Water.
112 to 124
5
July 1.
1,000
13,000
1876. Oct. 1. Oct. 1.
City. City.
190 to 194
5
Oct. 1.
5,000
25,000
1889. Oct. 1.
City.
939 to 943
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
1890. Oct. 1.
City.
1,043 to 1,052
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
10,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
318 to 320
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
401 to 402
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1876. July 1.
Sewer.
1 to 7
5
1896. July 1.
5,000
35,000
1882. July 1. July 1.
Water. Water.
125 to 136
5
July 1.
1,000
12,000
5
July 1.
500
500
1888. July 1.
Water.
285
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
321 to 323
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
403 to 404
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1889
City.
944 to 948
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
5,000
1890. Oct. 1.
City.
1,053 to 1,062
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
10,000
1882. July 1.
Water.
138 to 151
5
July 1.
1,000
14,000
1888. July 1. July 1.
Water. City.
286 910 to 913
4
July 1. July 1.
1,000
4,000
1889. Oct. 1.
City.
949 to 969
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
21,000
Amount
carried forward
$690,500
Water.
284
4
1895. July 1.
1,000
1,000
195 to 334
5
Oct. 1.
1,000
140,000
Oct. 1.
1897.
1,000
1,000
4
137
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. - Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
1890. Oct. 1.
City.
1,063 to 1,072
1
1897. Oct. 1.
$1,000
10,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
324 to 326
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
405 to 406
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1882. July 1.
Water.
152 to 166
5
1898. July 1.
1,000
15,000
1888. July 1.
Water.
287
1
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
327 to 329
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1890.
Water.
407 to 408
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
City.
970 to 993
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
24,000
1890.
City.
1,073 to 1,082
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
10,000
1882. July 1. July 1.
Water. Water.
167 to 181 182
5
July 1. July 1.
500
500
1888. July 1.
Water.
288
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
330 to 342
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
13,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
409 to 415
4 .
Oct. 1.
1,000
7,000
1889.
City.
994 to 1,002
1
Oct. 1.
1,000
9,000
1890 Oct. 1.
City.
1,083 to 1,092
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
10,000
1882.
Water. Water.
183 to 194 195
5
July 1. July 1.
500
500
July 1. July 1. 1888. July 1.
Water.
289
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1884. Oct. 1.
Water.
200 to 202
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1889.
Water.
343 to 344
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1890.
Water. City.
1,093 to 1,120
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
28,000
1888. July 1. 1884. Oct. 1.
Water.
290
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
Water.
203 to 212
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
10,000
Amount
carried forward
$875,500
5
1899.
1,000
15,000
5
1900.
1,000
12,000
Oct. 1.
Oct. 1. Oct. 1.
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
416 to 417
4
1901.
Amount
brought forward
$690,500
Oct. 1.
Oct. 1.
Oct. 1.
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE B. - Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomina- tion.
Amount.
1885. July 1. 1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
214 to 219
4
1901. July 1.
$1,000
6,000
Water.
345 to 346
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1890. Oct. 1. Oct. 1.
Water. City.
1,121 to 1,137
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
17,000
1885.
Water.
220 to 226
4
July 1.
1,000
7,000
July 1. 1886. July 1.
Water.
229 to 238
4
July 1.
1,000
10,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
347 to 348
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1890. Oct. 1. Oct. 1. 1886.
Water. City.
1,138 to 1,141
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
4,000
Water.
239 to 256
4
1903. July 1.
1,000
18,000
July 1. 1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
349 to 350
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1886.
Water.
257 to 266
4
1904. July 1.
1,000
10,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
· 351 to 352
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
Oct. 1.
Water.
353 to 355
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1876. July 1. 1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
356 to 358
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1886. July 1. 1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
267 to 276
4
July 1.
1,000
10,000
1888. July 1.
Water.
291
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
July 1. 1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
362 to 364
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1888.
Water.
293
4
July 1. 1909.
1,000
1,000
1890.
Water.
423 to 425
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
Amount
carried forward
.
.
$998,500
.
·
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
Water.
292
4
1908. July 1.
1,000
1,000
July 1.
Water.
359 to 361
4
1906. July 1.
5,000
10,000
Water.
30 and 31
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
418 to 419
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1902.
$875,500
Amount
brought forward
420 to 422
July 1.
1905.
1907.
Oct. 1.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. - Continued.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When Due.
Denomina- tion.
Amount.
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
365 to 367
4
1909. Oct. 1.
$1,000
3,000
1888. July 1.
Water.
294
4
1910. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889. Oct. 1.
Water.
368 to 370
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
426 to 427
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888. July 1.
Water.
295
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
Water.
371 to 373
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
428 to 429
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888. July 1.
Water.
296
4
1912. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
Water.
374 to 376
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
430 to 431
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888. July 1.
Water.
297
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Water.
377 to 379
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
432 to 433
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888. July 1.
Water.
298
4
1914. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Water.
380 to 382
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
3,000
Oct. 1.
Water.
434 to 435
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888. July 1.
Water.
299
4
1915. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
Water.
383 to 384"
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
436 to 437
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888.
July 1.
Water.
300
4
1916. July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
Water.
385 to 386
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
438 to 439
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1888.
Water.
301
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Water.
387 to 388
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
Amount
carried forward
$1,044,500
.
.
$998,500
Amount
brought forward
1911.
1917.
July 1.
Oct. 1.
1913.
Oct. 1.
Oct. 1. 1890.
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TABLE B. - Concluded.
Date.
Loan.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When Due.
Denomina- tion.
Amount.
1890.
Oct. 1.
Water.
440 to 441
4
Oct. 1.
$1,000
2,000
1888.
1918.
July 1.
Water.
302
4
July 1.
1,000
1,000
1889.
Oct. 1.
Water.
389 to 390
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1890.
Oct. 1.
Water.
442 to 443
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1889.
1919.
Oct. 1.
Water.
391 to 392
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
1890. Oct. 1.
Water.
444 to 445
4
Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
Oct. 1.
Water.
446 to 447
4
1920. Oct. 1.
1,000
2,000
Total
Funded Debt
$1,057,500
.
igia.
$1,044,500
Amount
brought forward
56
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE C.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS SHOWING APPROPRIA- TIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DEC. 31, 1890.
APPROPRIATIONS.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed
$418,500 00
Property and debt and balance
194,000 00
$612,500 00
DEBIT.
Fire Department
$32,900 00
Health Department
6,000 00
Highland Schoolhouse addition .
15,000 00
Highways .
.
45,000 00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
900 00
Interest
34,000 00
Miscellaneous
6,500 00
Police .
32,000 00
Police Station Incidentals
2,600 00
Public Library
3,000 00
Public Grounds .
6,000 00
Printing and Stationery
5,000 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
45,000 00
Renewals of Funded Debt .
44,000 00
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
4,000 00
Salaries
28,000 00
School Contingent
20,500 00
School Fuel
7,000 00
Schoolhouse Incidentals
16,000 00
School Teachers' Salaries
43,500 00
Sewers
10,000 00
Sidewalks
10,000 00
Street Lights
22,000 00
Amounts carried forward .
$438,900 00
$612,500 00
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Amounts brought forward .
$438,900 00
$612,500 00
Support of Poor .
12,000 00
Steam Fire-engine and Equipment
4,600 00
Schoolhouse in Ward Two, Prospect Hill District
50,000 00
Schoolhouse in Ward Three
35,000 00
Watering Streets
4,000 00
Water Maintenance
18,000 00
Water-works extension .
50,000 00
$612,500 00
CASH.
CREDIT.
1
County of Middlesex
$22,188 84
Funded Debt
89,000 00
Fire Department
32,013 51
Health Department
5,971 81
Highways .
55,138 50
Highland Schoolhouse addition
13,790 94
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
1,322 00
Interest
50,399 00
Miscellaneous
9,941 47
Morse Schoolhouse addition
25,895 07
Police
35,900 42
Police Station Incidentals
2,969 27
Public Library
5,870 92
Public Grounds .
7,816 61
Printing and Stationery
5,212 89
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
2,365 00
Sundry Persons
20 00
State Aid
5,089 50
Salaries
27,900 52
School Contingent
22,364 12
School Fuel
5,586 01
Schoolhouse Incidentals
19,172 92
Amount carried forward
$445,929 32
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward . $445,929 32
School Teachers' Salaries .
100,733 72
Schoolhouse in Ward Two .
11,621 17
Schoolhouse in Ward Two, Prospect Hill District
16,287 68
Schoolhouse in Ward Three
8,180 02
Sewers
17,911 83
Sidewalks
18,850 34
Street Lights
20,554 26
Support of Poor .
15,261 14
State of Massachusetts
24,115 00
Steam Fire-engine and Equipment
4,515 00
Temporary Loans
575,000 00
Watering Streets .
9,845 16
Water Maintenance
19,264 63
Water Services
9,413 50
Water-works extension
53,755 31
Balance to debit in account 1891
20,285 15
$1,371,523 23
DEBIT.
Balance from 1889
$21,002 02
Fire Department
99 23
Health Department
229 00
Highways
7,160 51
City of Boston
1,329 08
City of Boston, water rates .
55,879 72
Interest
17,396 31
Miscellaneous
2,290 59
Police
5,602 64
Police Station Incidentals
500 00
Public Library
3,002 83
Public Grounds
390 38
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers
and Sailors
33 50
State Aid
58 00
Amounts carried forward . . $114,973 81 $1,371,523 23
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Amounts brought forward .
$114,973 81 $1,371,523 23
School Contingent
111 66
Schoolhouse Incidentals
46 00
Sewers
785 08
Sidewalks
718 40
Sewer Assessments
17,857 65
Sidewalk Assessments
11,321 27
Support of Poor .
2,109 89
State of Massachusetts, State Aid
4,492 00
State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
614 50
Taxes
453,238 60
Temporary Loans
748,000 00
Watering Streets
6,024 36
Water Maintenance
830 63
Water Services
458 23
Water Service Assessments
9,597 63
Water-works extension
343 52
$1,371,523 23
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed
$22,188 84
DEBIT.
Cash, paid county tax .
$22,188 84
CITY OF BOSTON, WATER RATES.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of City of Boston return on water rates, 50 per cent. of $111,759.44 .
$55,879 72
DEBIT.
School Teachers' Salaries, transferred .
$55,879 72
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CITY OF BOSTON.
Balance of account 1889
DEBIT. CREDIT. $1,329 08
Cash, received of City of Boston return on water rates, 50 per cent of $2,658.16 $1,329 08
CITY AND WATER LOAN BONDS.
CREDIT.
Balance to debit in account 1891
$194,000 00
DEBIT.
Funded Debt, bonds not sold
$194,000 00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1889
$4,951 06
Fire Department, credit balance of ac- count
985 72
Health Department, credit balance of account ·
257 19
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, credit balance of account .
239 00
Public Grounds, credit balance of ac- count
73 77
Police, credit balance of account .
1,702 22
Police Station Incidentals, credit bal- ance of account 130 73
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, credit balance of account
238 50
Sidewalks, credit balance of account
851 62
Sewers, credit balance of account
1,764 82
Amount carried forward $11,194 63
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Amount brought forward .
$11,194 63 99 48
Salaries, credit balance of account
1,413 99
School Fuel, credit balance of account, Street Lights, credit balance of account, Steam Fire-engine and Equipment, credit balance of account . 85 00
445 74
Watering Streets, credit balance of account
179 20
Water Maintenance, credit balance of account
302 02
Overlay and Abatement, transferred . 4,629 78
$18,349 84
DEBIT.
Morse Schoolhouse addition, balance of 1889 transferred
$4,951 06
Highways, debit balance of account
1,977 99
Interest, debit balance of account
2,672 39
1,150 88
Miscellaneous, debit balance of account, Printing and Stationery, debit balance of account
212 89
Support of Poor, debit balance of ac- count
1,151 25
School Teachers' Salaries, debit balance of account
1,354 00
School Contingent, debit balance of account
1,752 46
Schoolhouse Incidentals, debit balance of account
3,126 92
$18,349 84
FUNDED DEBT.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1890
. $952,500 00
City and Water Loan Bonds :
City Loan Bonds not sold . $139,000 00
Amounts carried forward . . $139,000 00
$952,500 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $139,000 00 $952,500 00
Water Loan Bonds not sold . 55,000 00
194,000 00
$1,146,500 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid sundry persons : -
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 55 to 279, $10,000 00
Water Loan Bonds Nos. 303 to 305, 3,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 576 to 646,
71,000 00
City Loan Bonds Nos. 914 to 918,
5,000 00
$89,000 00
Balance to debit in account 1891
1,057,500 00
$1,146,500 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$32,900 00
Cash, received of Lorenzo W. Dow, manure,
$45 00
E. I. Braddock, old copper, etc. .
54 23
99 23
$32,999 23
DEBIT.
Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, chief en- gineer
$1,400 00
Nathaniel C. Barker, assistant en- gineer .
300 00
One steamer engineer, ten months
900 00
Two steamer engineers, two months .
360 00
Steamer fireman
900 00
Eight drivers, ten months
6,000 00
Nine drivers, two months
1,350 00
Edward F. Backus, lineman
936 29
Amounts carried forward
$12,146 29
$32,999 23
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Amounts brought forward . $12,146 29 $32,999 23
William A. Perry, substitute driver
295 16
John Gillooly, substitute driver . William H. Dennis, substitute driver
36 29
Charles H. Timson, substitute driver
33 87
Ira E. Mix, substitute driver
112 02
Charles H. Stevens, substitute driver
75 00
Steamer Co. No. 1
785 00
Steamer Co. No. 4
218 95
R. A. Vinal Hook and Ladder Co. .
1,331 76
John E. Wool Hose Co., No. 1
786 00
Winter Hill Hose Co., No. 2
786 00
George H. Foster Hose Co., No. 3
714 75
George O. Brastow Hose Co., No. 4 ·
644 92
Hose Co. No. 5 .
667 25
City of Boston, water drants
for hy-
2,239 44
City of Boston, water for houses,
120 90
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas
440 93
Charlestown Gas Co., gas .
147 88
Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain .
660 86
Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain
263 76
A. M. Prescott, hay and grain
245 18
Hewey, Skillings, & Co., hay and grain
35 05
Hosmer, Crampton, & Hammond, hay .
198 13
Plummer & Co., hay . 183 02
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing
238 68
W. H. Richardson, horseshoeing,
44 00
Amounts carried forward . · $23,526 09
$32,999 23
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75 00
64.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $23,526 09 $32,999 23
M. Lynch, horseshoeing 21 75
C. F. Scott, horseshoeing 20 78
Charles Maguire, horseshoeing 43 05
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing .
45 58
Charles W. Ingalls, horseshoeing,
44 65
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware .
33 78
J. A. Durell, hardware
14 25
Charles A. Holmes & Co., hard- ware
8 75
W. I. Heald, hardware
25 44
Enoch Robinson, hardware
23 62
Howe & Flint, hardware
2 52
W. Hall & Co., hardware
10 50
H. W. Raymond, hardware
10 45
Whitney & Snow, hardware
1 05
W. L. Snow, plumbing
12 86
H. W. Covell, plumbing
31 31
James F. Davlin, plumbing
2 60
Elijah Walker, carpentering
324 23
Horace P. Ewell, carpentering
4 75
M. K. Norwood, carpentering
17 10
George North, carpentering
33 22
Young & Maynard, plumbing
29 31
S. D. Hicks & Co., copper work,
40 50
Oscar F. Howe, brooms
22 75
S. B. Ward, brushes .
10 50
Murphy, Leavens, & Co., dusters,
16 11
Thomas Hollis, vitriol
212 66
Cochran Chemical Co., vitriol
2 70
E. F. Chaffee, drugs
1 55
H. D. Padelford, drugs
2 70
New England Telephone and
Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls,
119 15
Edwin Rogers and W. E. Decrow, fire-alarm apparatus
1,213 56
A. L. Russell, electric supplies .
5 75
Amounts carried forward
$25,935 57
$32,999 23
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Amounts brought forward . $25,935 57 $32,999 23
J. M. Burckes, mason work 32 92
A. M. Sibley, mason work 11 40
Alfred H. Hines, mason work 12 75
J. K. Ricker, carpentering 29 75
John S. Rice, faucet .
2 30
W. F. Blanchard, repairing wagon, 48 00
Brown & Call, repairing wagon .
20 00
Union Square Carriage Co., re- pairing wagon 10 50 ·
Wm. T. Henderson, fuel wagon, etc. . 73 75
E. Teel & Co., hose wagon and repairs
489 75
John S. Nason, horses
950 00
E. W. Carlin, harness work 7 95
D. J. Bennett, harness work
92 00
Charles E. Berry, harness work . 58 00
Hill & Langtry, harness work 15 13
F. Ivers & Son, harness work 7 00
L. H. Brown & Co., carriage hire, 2 00
H. M. Chase, carriage hire 5 00
H. M. Weld & Co., carriage hire,
5 00
George T. Day, expressing
8 18
Charles E. Farnham, expressing,
21 17
Gilman's Express, expressing
70
Thorpe's Express, expressing
1 15
Glines & Co., expressing
2 60
E. R. Perham, expressing
3 50
John P. Squire & Co., oil
23 00
James Bartley, oil
5 32
H. W. Burgess, oil
55
George P. Palmer, oil
1 25
W. F. Nye, oil
8 00
R. S. Jackson, waste
8 25
Fox, McDormand, & Co., shav- ings .
3 00
Amounts carried forward . . $27,895 44
$32,999 23
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $27,895 44 $32,999 23
Daley & Co., fire hats 40 50
M. Rich & Co., soap . 2 12
H. A. Winship, bag
6 50
A. W. Mitchell, badges
37 50
W. E. Salis, repairing clock
2 00
Boston Ice Co., ice
17 25
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice .
96 00
S. L. Chandler, bed clothing
13 22
Jordan, Marsh, & Co., bed cloth- ing . 46 34
F. A. Rolfe, flannel
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