Report of the city of Somerville 1893, Part 10

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 680


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Amounts carried forward . $14,552.58


. $17,799.58


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


193


Amounts brought forward . $14,552.58


$17,799.58


Henry Gray, milk ·


11.74


J. M. Hager, milk 4.48


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel . .


708.82


W. M. Trickey, fuel


7.00


J. H. Mongan, boots and .


shoes 17.00


Philip Eberle, boots and


shoes. .


102.45


J. H. Brooks, dry goods ·


29.76


The Jacob Brodie Co., dry goods ·


5.00


E. B. Bradshaw, dry goods Aaron R. Gay & Co., station- ery . ·


12.25


Thomas Groom & Co., sta- tionery 10.15


Somerville Journal Co.,


printing 42.75


A. L. Haskell, printing


4.50


Charles A. Holmes, plumb- ing . ·


86.19


51.75


D. P. Bucknam, mason work Jackson Caldwell & Co., fur- niture .


6.00


F. H. Mixon, furniture 3.00


Howard Lowell, carriage hire 25.00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire . 19.50


James T. Fitzgerald, carriage hire 2.20 .


A. M. Prescott, teaming 1.00


Alfred E. Mann, services as undertaker .


71.00


William A. Flaherty, services


as undertaker 55.00


Amounts carried forward . $15,834.12


$17,799.58


5.00


194


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $15,834.12 P. H. Rafferty, services as undertaker 40.00


William L. Lockhart, services as undertaker 12.00


E. H. Marsh, services as un- dertaker 15.00


C. C. Folsom, salary as agent 1,541.67


C. C. Folsom, disbursements 148.46


C. F. Lewis, salary as secre- tary


208.33


$17,799.58


$17.799.58


TAXES.


CREDIT.


Cash, received for taxes of 1889


$68.20


66 " 1890


331.30


66 “ 1891


24,753.60


66


“ 1892


93,963.25


66


66


" 1893


482,792.10


$601,008.45


Overlay and Abatement : -


Abatements on taxes of 1890


$43.10


66


" 1891


370.30


" 1892


922.75


66 . 4 1893


5,104.25


$6,440.40


Balance to debit in account 1894 :


Being uncollected taxes of 1889


$89.00


66


66 1890


12,829.80


66


6. 1891


5,568.00


66 " 1892


40.464.50


66


66


66 " 1893


187,990.45


246,941.75


Amount brought forward


$855,290.60


·


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195


Amount brought forward


$855,209.60


DEBIT.


Balance from 1892


$179,403.80


Appropriations, amount assessed for current expenses


585,500.00


State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for State Tax .


39,225.00


State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for Metro- politan sewer 7,996.50


State of Massachusetts,


amount assessed on non- resident National Bank stock 819.95


County of Middlesex, amount assessed for county tax 32,029.82


Overlay and Abatement, amount added by the asses- sors .


10,315.53


$855,290.60


TEMPORARY LOANS.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1892


$228,000.00


Cash, borrowed by authority of the City Council on city notes, as follows, viz :- Commonwealth of Massachu-


setts, six months, at 4 per cent.


$25,000.00


Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, five months, at 5 per cent. 25,000.00


First Congregational Society, demand at 4 per cent. 33,000.00


Estate of J. Putnam Bradlee, six months at 5 per cent. .


75,000.00


Amounts carried forward . $158,000.00


$228,000.00


196


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $158,000.00 Estate of J. Putnam Bradlee,


$228,000.00


six months at 5} per cent. 15,000.00 T. I. Reed, four months at 6 per cent. . 3,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., four months at 6 per cent. 5,000.00


Estate of J. Putnam Bradlee, four months at 6 per cent.


20,000.00


Charles Trull, four months at 6 per cent. 7,500.00


R. D. Wood & Co., four months at 6 per cent. 7,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., eight months at 6 per cent. 5,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months at 6 per cent. 10,000.00


Heirs of Samuel Knight, four months at 6 per cent. 3,193.09


Thomas I. Reed, four months at 6 per cent. 3,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. .1,000.00


G. T. Burnham, six months, at at 6 per cent. 1,500.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 3,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 10,000.00


Amounts carried forward . $255,193.09


$228,000.00


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197


Amounts brought forward . $255,193.09 Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 2,500.00 Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


$228,000.00


Henry E. Wright, four


months, at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


W.


Irving


Heald,


nine


months, at 6 per cent. 2,000.00


Charles A. Skinner, eight


months, at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


Lavinia W. Smith, eight months, at 6 per cent. 800.00


Blake Brothers & Co., five months, twenty-one days, at 6 per cent. 50,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 4,000.00


Somerville Co-operative Bank, twelve months, at 6 per cent. 10,000.00


Margaret Lawson, twelve


months, at 6 per cent. 1,500.00


Blake Brothers & Co., four months, at 5₺ per cent. 30,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., four months, at 52 per cent 20,000.00


William H. Gore, four months, at 6 per cent. 3,369.70


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 10,000.00


James G. Morrison, four months, at 6 per cent. 2,970.83


Mary Langmaid, six months, at 6 per cent. ·


4,000.00


Somerville National Bank,


four months, at 6 per cent. 5,000.00


Amounts carried forward . $404,333.62


$228,000.00


198


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $404,333.62 $228,000.00


Rockport Granite Co., four months, at 6 per cent. 3,000.00


Joseph J. Giles, four months, at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


Sylvester Richards, four


months, at 6 per cent. . 3,000.00


Somerville Journal Co., four months, at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


George W. York, " four months, at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


Thomas Spelman, four


months, at 6 per cent. 4,000.00


Mary G. Palmer, four months, at 6 per cent. 5,000.00


Evelina C. Stone, four months, at 6 per cent. 500.00


F. DeWitt Lapham, four months, at 6 per cent.


1,500.00


Jane M. Rubel, four months, at 6 per cent.


1,000.00


James Cotter, four months, at 6 per cent. 500.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent.


1,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent.


1,000.00


Estate of William C. High, six months, at 6 per cent. . 1,600.00 M. D. Jones, four months at 6 per cent. 500.00


E. Isolia Norwood, six months, at 6 per cent. 2,000.00


Stephen Warren, four months, at 6 per cent. 500.00


Gilmore & Haigh, three months, at 6 per cent. 2,500.00


Amounts carried forward . $434,933.62


$228,000.00


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199


Amounts brought forward . $434,933.62 John Haigh, three months, at 6 per cent. 500.00


$228,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 5,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., twelve months, at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


Annie W. McLean, four months, at 6 per cent.


500.00


Estate of M. Hutchinson, twelve months, at 6 per cent.


1,900.00


George A. Hull, six months at 6 per cent. 1,000.00


Anna B. Taylor, four months, at 6 per cent. · 500.00


Blake Brothers & Co.,


twelve months, at 6 per cent.


1,000.00


Somerville National Bank,


four months, at 6 per cent. 5,000.00


Joseph A. Talpey, four months, at 6 per cent. ·


500.00


$452,833.62


$680,833.62


DEBIT. Cash, paid as follows :-


First Congregational Society, on account of note dated May 22, 1893 . $1,000.00


Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, note No. 348


25,000.00


Amounts carried forward . $26,000.00


$680,833.62


200


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $26,000.00 Blake Brothers & Co., note No. 1,324 78,000.00


$680,833.62


Commonwealth of Massachu-


setts, note No. 344 50,000.00


Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, note No. 345 ,


40,000.00


Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, note No. 346 60,000.00


Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, note No. 347


25,000.00


Blake Brothers & Co., note No. 352


5,000.00


Thomas I. Reed, note No. 353 . ·


3,000.00


Estate of J. Putnam Bradlee, note No. 354


20,000.00


Charles Trull, note No. 355 . 7,500.00


R. D. Wood & Co., note No. 356 .


7,000.00


Heirs of Samuel Knight, note No. 358


3,193.09


Thomas I. Reed, note No. 361 .


3,000.00


Gilmore & Haigh, note No. 388 .


2,500.00


John Haigh, note No. 389


500.00


Estate of J. Putnam Bradlee, note No. 350


75,000.00


Estate of J. Putnam Bradlee, note No. 351 ·


15,000.00


Wm. H. Gore, note No. 359


3,369.70


James G. Morrison, note No. 363 .


2,970.83


Somerville National Bank,


note No. 365


5,000.00


Amounts carried forward . $432,033.62


$680,833.62


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201


$680,833.62


Amounts brought forward . $432,033.62 Rockport Granite Co., note No. 366 3,000.00 Joseph J. Giles, note No. 368 . 1,000.00


Sylvester Richards, note No. 369 3,000.00 · Somerville Journal Co., note No. 370 . 1,000.00


George W. York, note No. 371 1,000.00


Thomas Spelman, note No. 372 . 4,000.00 · M. G. Palmer, note No. 373 5,000.00


F. DeWitt Lapham, note No. 376 1,500.00


Joseph A. Talpey, note No. 377 . 500.00


Evelina C. Stone, note No. 379 . 500.00 · Jane M. Rubel, note No. 380 1,000.00


M. D. Jones, note No. 381 500.00


James Cotter, note No. 382 500.00


Stephen Warren, note No. 385 . .


500.00


Annie W. McLean, note No. 390 . 500.00


Anna B. Taylor, note No. 393 . 500.00


Somerville National Bank,


note No. 395


5,000.00


$461,033.62


Balance to credit in account 1894 . 219,800.00


$680,833.62


202


ANNUAL REPORTS.


WATER LOAN INTEREST.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of City of Boston, water rates . · $16,205.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid on Water Loan Debt :-


$259,000, one year, at 4 per cent.


$10,360.00


$1,000, six months at 4 per cent. . 20.00 ·


$105,500,.one year at 5 per cent. · . 5,275.00


$10,000, one year at 5} per cent. 550.00


$16,205.00


Less coupons unpaid


272.50


$15,932.50


Sundry persons, coupons un-


paid . 272.50


$16,205.00


WATER MAINTENANCE.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1892 .


$1,083.93.


Cash, received of City of Boston water rates,


amount appropriated .


25,000.00-


Dudley F. Hunt and Edward F. Eaton, et. al., use of pipe as per contract . $46.50


North Packing & Provision


Co., pipe, fittings and labor 15.35


Amounts carried forward . $61.85


$26,083.93


203


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $61.85 $26,083.93


New England Dressed Meat &


Wool Co., pipe, fittings, etc. 4.10


Metropolitan Sewerage Com- mission, pipe, fittings, etc. 23.29


Cricket Club, pipe, fittings, etc. ·


20.81


Boston & Maine Railroad, fit- tings, etc. . 1.00


Somerville Electric Light Co., damage to pipe 5.00


Town of Winchester, clamps 17.00


L. W. Dow, manure 12.00


Fire Department account, fill- ing pond . 10.64


Nathan Tufts Park account, labor ·


43.89


Sewers Maintenance account, labor ·


4.45


Water Services, transferred


1,401.54


$1,605.57


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account in 1894 596.67


$28,286.17


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers · $16,280.34


Nathaniel Dennett, salary as


superintendent . .


1,500.00


Disbursements . ·


55.47


Frank E. Merrill, salary as


clerk 900.00


Desk


.


35.00


Amounts carried forward . $18,770.81


$28,286.17


204


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $18,770.81 $28,286.17


Sidney E. Hayden, salary as engineer .


1,100.00


Fulton O'Brion, grain and hay . . ·


352.52


Proctor Brothers, grain and hay . .


24.00


Powers & Co., grain and hay 45.07


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing 143.23


F. Dooris, blacksmithing 69.91


F. Dooris & Son, blacksmith- ing . 11.25


Charles Maguire, blacksmith- ing . 67.50


Edward O'Brien, blacksmith- ing . 12.38


T. O'Keefe, blacksmithing 8.90


Miller & Shaw, blacksmith- ing . 27.26


E. Spalding, harness work .


117.11


D. J. Bennett, harness work 21.75 George W. Trefren, Jr., car- pentering . 82.97


J. C. Snow, carpentering .


602.15


John R. Thompson, carpen- tering 16.99


L C. Seavey, roofing .


4.74


S. W. Fuller, lumber 133.04


A. A. Elston, lumber . 24.19


I. H. Brown & Co., lumber 7.95


John M. Woods & Co., lum- ber . 7.05


Whitney & Snow, hardware


68.08


Howe & Flint, hardware


56.27


Charles A. Holmes, hard-


ware .


41.98


Amounts carried forward . $21,817.10


$28,286.17


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


205


Amounts brought forward . $21,817.10


$28,286.17


W. E. Plumer, hardware 13.70


W. I. Heald, hardware .


13.25


R. T. Barr, hardware ,


8.24


Perrin, Seamans & Co., tools


178.15


Walworth Manfg. Co., tools


121.67


G. W. Barnes, tools ·


20.72


Burrill & Dutton, tools


36.00


Chapman Valve Manfg. Co., tools


26.15


Crescent Tool Co., tools


6.35


Burditt & Williams, tools ·


4.75


H. H. Harvey, steel


6.64


Boston Lead Manfg. Co., lead . 7.00


Boston Bolt Co., bolts .


28.97


Star Brass Manfg. Co., gages


22.12


Sumner & Goodwin, fittings


10.59


Somerville Iron Foundry Co., castings


22.33


E. B. Badger & Son, castings 2.00


Osgood & Hart, castings 51.11


Andrew J. Morse & Son, clamps


16.00


Vose & Cutler Manfg. Co., iron


5.00


H. W. Covell, plumbing ·


17.45


Richard Dowd, plumbing


22.50


William B. Holmes, plumb-


ing . 3.25


J. B. Dupont, plumbing


1.75


Frank W. Leavitt, repairing wagons ·


111.00


Charles L. Underhill, repair- ing wagons


80.80


Union Square Carriage Co., repairing wagons 5.00


Amounts carried forward . $22,659.59


$28,286.17


.


206


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $22,659.59 $28,286.17


Lord & Brigham, repairing


wagons . · 5.40


H. D Brown, repairing


sleigh 4.40


P. J. Faunce, painting


sleigh 8.00


Sewall & Day Cordage Co., oakum ·


11.25


J. Baker & Co., marline 2.50


Wadsworth, Howland & Co., paint 11.06.


George H. Sampson, forcite 13.43


McDormand, Warner & Co., ladder ·


4.05


W. A. Morrison, packing 35.40


J. H. H. McNamee, binding 6.65


J. E. Herrick, cement . ·


4.00


Waldo Brothers, cement


28.00


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


1.35


Brintnall & Osgood, paper


hanging


5.54


Clarence G. Reed, white-


washing ·


14.63


J. Q. Twombly, glazing ·


8.00


Henry R. Worthington, re- pairs of pump


25.90


John P. Clisby, painting pump ·


13.00


Boston Belting Co., hose


64.70


Boston Woven Hose & Rub- ber Co., hose . .


26.40


T. F. Reardon, barrels 3.00


Jackson Caldwell & Co.,


5.00


carpet


Amounts carried forward . $22,961.25


$28,286.17


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207


Amounts brought forward . . $22,961.25 $28,286.17


F. H. Mixon, chair 2.50


J. H. Brooks, dry goods 2.00


Daniel Crocker, repairing


clocks 7.00


E. S. Conant & Co., salt 27.00


Cutler Brothers & Co., soda


16.49


James Bartley, meal.


9.86


J. A. Litchfield, drinking cups .


1.00


Rufus W. Clark, polish


2.00


Samuel Walker Oil Co., oil


27.75


William F. Low, oil


25.88


Alden Speare's Sons & Co., oil 7.80


Climax Gasoline Co., naphtha


.75


Elias Lathrop, ointment


2.00


F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery .


35.60


Thomas Groom & Co., sta-


tionery 42.20


Somerville Journal Co., sta-


tionery 3.50


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories 5.00


W. M. Belcher, ribbon


2.55


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., hard- ware.


2.20


City of Boston, water


16.80


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas


42.27


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


51.43


Globe Gas Light Co., torches


20.25


New England Telephone and and Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls .


295.15


Amounts carried forward . $23,610.23


$28,286.17


-


1


208


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $23,610.23 $28,286.17


H. S. Garcelon, use of tele-


phone 6.95


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel . 717.78


Baker, Hunnewell Co., fuel . 398.00


J. A. Porter & Co., fuel 64.00


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel 28.15


J. McCarthy's Sons, charcoal 3.10


Jaques Brothers, patterns 76.11


Fred Burroughs, wood .


30.00


George W. Prichard, team- ing


107.50


George F. McKenna, teain- ing . 206.25


T. F. Crimmings, teaming


56.00


Daniel E. Hoar, Jr., teaming 15.00 Horse 150.00


Esau Cooper, horse ·


200.00


R. C. Knowles, wagon ·


100.00


James Woodward, wagon jack . 2.75


L. H. Brown, use of wagon .


11.50


Charles R. Simpson, veteri- nary services 28.00


Philip Eberle, rubber boots .


9.75


S. J. Wood, repairing locks . 5.10


M. E. Flynn, labor


4.00


Fitchburg Railroad Co.,


labor .


5.85


E. S. Ritchie, labor


10.85


Fred Grant & Co., expressing


64.75


Charles E. Farnham, express- ing . .90


E. R. Perham, expressing .55


Thorpe's Express, expressing .90


Amounts carried forward . $25,913.97


$28,286.17


1


209


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $25,913.97 $28,286.17


Crimmings & Collins, drain .


47.50


Maggie C. Norwood, judg- ment of the court for dam- ages 2,274.70


George Scribner, compensa- tion for damages 25.00


Mary E. Russell, compensa- tion for damages


25.00


$28,286.17


WATER SERVICES.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of H. Wellington &


Co., pipe, fittings, etc. 48.35


George D. Lamont, pipe, fit- tings, etc. . 14.75


George W. Hadley, pipe, fit-


tings, etc. . 15.90


William Curtis, pipe, fittings, etc. .. 15.30


Reuben Willis, pipe, fittings, etc. 12.05


Merriam F. Vogler, pipe, fit- tings, etc. 24.80


E. O. Webster, pipe, fittings, etc. 12.50


S. E. Currier, pipe, fittings, etc. 22.05 . . G. W. Cummings, pipe, fit- tings, etc. 15.94


Sarah F. Ames, pipe, fittings, etc. 22.55


Christopher F. McGrath, pipe, fittings, etc.


19.75


Amount carried forward . $223.94


210


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . $223.94


Rebecca R. Briggs, pipe, fit- tings, etc. 35.38


William C. Parker, pipe, fit- tings, etc. 17.60


R. H. Hall, pipe, fittings, etc.


23.00


Frederick Kelley, pipe, fit- tings, etc. 14.20


Jas. Waters, pipe, fittings, etc. E. W. Doyle, pipe, fittings,


15.30


etc.


19.20


Chas. Nichols, pipe, fittings,etc.


18.90


Kate Sullivan, pipe, fittings, etc. . ·


7.45


George B. Clark, pipe, fit- tings, etc. 9.88


James F. Davlin, pipe, fit- tings, etc.


22.55


James A. McLane, pipe, fit- tings, etc. 10.49


Charles J. Hughes, pipe, fit- tings, etc.


11.03


Thomas Cooney, pipe, fit- tings, etc. .


3.25


Fire Department account ·


33.69


Water Works Extension, error


on laborers' pay roll .


412.07


$877.93


Water Service Assessments,


cost of services laid . 6,706.62


$7,584.55


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers .


3,439.27


Sumner & Goodwin, fittings .


637.27


Perrin, Seamans & Co., fit- tings


724.66


Amounts carried forward . $4,801.20


$7,584.55


211


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $4,801.20 $7,584 55


Walworth Manufacturing Co., fittings


236.12


Geo. K. Paul & Co., fittings 86.00


Smith & Anthony Co., fittings


19.00


Boston Lead M'fg. Co., pipe


209.65


Somerville Iron Foundry Co., castings


399.09


Chapman Valve Manufactur- ing Co., valves . 3.28


Peet Valve Co., valves . .


12.20


George W. Barnes, tools .


9.40


F. C. Fuller & Co., tools


1.00


Sylvester & Co., keys .


31.82


Waldo Brothers, cement


95.00


Boston Belting Co., washers


3.42


Chas. Maguire, blacksmithing


10.25


Fulton O'Brion, grain . .


51.78


Proctor Brothers, grain


22.50


Charles A. Holmes, plumbing


2.00


R. B. Baker, wagon .


50.00


E. C. Swift, abatements of


assessments


·


139.30


$6,183.01


Water Maintenance, balance


transferred


1,401.54


$7,584.55


WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons, water services .


$6,907.72


Balance to debit in account 1894


1,520.90


$8,428.62


DEBIT.


Balance from 1892 .


$1,722.00


Water Services, pipes laid in 1893


6,706.62


$8,428.62


212


ANNUAL REPORTS.


WATERING STREETS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$6,000.00


Cash, received of abutters


.


7,391.54


$13,391.54


DEBIT.


Cash, paid N. C. Barker, overseeing $610.50


Christopher Burke, watering 418.05


G. W. Cummings, watering 490.50


Owen Cunningham, watering 445.95


T. F. Crimmings, watering


396.45


John Ducey, watering


433.35


John F. Elkins, watering


410.40


Richard Falvey, watering


433.80


Martin Gill, watering . 472.50


Eugene Gormley, watering


359.55


Henry Gray, watering


397.35


George F. McKenna, water-


ing .


468.90


Henry McAvoy, watering


487.80


Jeremiah McCarthy, water- ing .


199.80


Heirs of Jeremiah McCarthy, watering . .


76.95


William J. McCarthy, water- ing . 104.40


Philip McGovern, watering 396.00


Geo. W. Prichard, watering


430.65


A. M. Prescott, watering


581.75


H. J. Turner, watering


382.50 V


J. L. & H. K. Potter, water-


ing carts .


1,250.00


Repairs of carts


11.09


Amounts carried forward . $9,258.24


$13,391.54


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


213


Amounts brought forward . $9,258.24


$13,391.54


Seward Dodge, repairing carts 115.85 F. H. Flagg, repairing carts 27.00 L. A. Wright, repairing carts 26.05 D'Este & Seeley Co., repair- ing carts · 3.50


William T. Philbrook, repair- ing carts . 8.00


Charles W. Ingalls, repair- ing carts . 1.00


David W. Crocker, repairing carts


1.00


Boston Woven Hose & Rub- ber Co., hose


20.69


H. W. Johns Manfg Co., paint, etc.


66.30


F. C. Fuller & Son, paint, etc.


26.13


Howe & Flint, hardware


1.75


Franklin P. Cushing, painting carts


46.25


Fred E. Cushing, painting carts. .


24.75


H. W. Elkins, painting carts


73.75


R. T. Dailey, painting carts


20.00


Reuben Dailey, painting carts


28.75


Charles Elkins, painting carts


20.00


George North, labor


1.50


Charles L. Underhill, black- smithing . 1.75 .


R. T. Brown & Co., stencil


1.75


Citizen Publishing Co., ad- vertising


17.00


Somerville Journal Co., ad-


vertising . ·


4.50


Thomas Groom & Co., book


.40


City of Boston, water · 3,461.28


Amounts carried forward $13.257.19


$13,391.54


214


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $13,257.19 .75


$13,391.54


1 E. R. Perham, expressing ·


M. G. Staples, expressing ·


1.00


$13,258.94


Excess and Deficiency, bal-


ance to credit of account 132.60


$13,391.54


WATER WORKS EXTENSION.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1892. $560.24 ·


City of Boston water rates, amount


appropriated . Cash, received of N. E. Dressed Meat & Wool Co., pipe and


35,000.00


fittings .


$95.07


Boston & Maine Railroad,


pipe and fittings 59.61


154.68


$35,714.92


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers .


$3,843.98


Osgood & Hart, castings


553.64


Davis & Farnum Manufac- turing Co., castings . ·


724.86


Somerville Iron Foundry, cast- ings . 29.09


R. D. Wood & Co., iron pipe .


19,912.68


Mellert Foundry & Machine Co., iron pipe .


5,088.54


Geo. K. Paul & Co., iron pipe


23.97


Geo. D. Goodrich, drain pipe 3.01


Amounts carried forward . $30,179.77


$35,714.92


215


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $30,179.77 $35,714.92


Boston Lead Manufacturing


Co., lead . 989.91


Chadwick Lead Works, lead . 156.57


Walworth Manufacturing Co., fittings 289.70


Peet Valve Co., gates


950.00


Chapman Valve Manufac- turing Co., gates ·


80.29


Holyoke Hydrant & Iron


Works Co., hydrants .


768.00


Perrin, Seamans & Co., pack- ing . 74.98


Priest, Page & Co., scales .


261.30


James Russell Boiler Works Co., boiler


1,270.00


W. M. Hadley, cement


9.00


George McQuesten & Co., lumber 27.00


S. W. Fuller, lumber 8.14


John Macauley, blacksmith- ing . 9.00


Jeremiah McCarthy, stone .


27.35


Thomas Wood, mason work . 31.88


Boston & Maine Railroad, freight. 429.02


G. W. Ladd & Co., hay and grain ·


63.70


L. B. Angier, hay


13.12


F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery 1.25


George F. McKenna, teaming


60.00


$35,699.98


Balance to credit in account


1894 14.94


$35,714.92


216


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE D.


BALANCES DECEMBER 30, 1893.


Cash -$53,488.07 .


Public Property


. 1,981,211.82


Real Estate Liens


888.40


Sewer Assessments .


9,833.92


Sidewalk Assessments


4,635.12


State of Massachusetts, Burial of


Indigent Soldiers and Sailors. 35.00


State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors


360.50


State of Massachusetts, State Aid


6,612.00


Taxes


246,941.75


Water Maintenance .


596.67


Water Service Assessments


1,520.90


Funded Debt


$1,279,500.00


Overlay and Abatement .


3,542.20


Overplus on Tax. Sales


102.13


Property and Debt Balance


701,711.82


Public Library


23.36


Reduction of Funded Debt


5,912.07


Schoolhouse, Bingham Addition


8,290.00


Schoolhouse, Edgerly Addition


456.67


Schoolhouse, English High ·


81,482.00


Schoolhouse, Ward Four South Side F. R. R.


4,244.61


Sewers, Construction


256.75


Sundry Persons


787.60


Temporary Loans .


219,800.00


Water Works, Extension


14.94


$2,306,124.15 $2,306,124.15


REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 24, 1894. Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual re- ports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 25, 1894.


Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual re- ports, in concurrence.


WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk pro tem.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1893.


WILLIAM H. HODGKINS, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. FRED W. GILBERT, President of the Common Council, ex officio. .


MEMBERS.


WARD ONE.


Term expires


1 Webster Street


January, 1894


28 Flint Street .


1895


46 Mt. Vernon Street


1896


WARD TWO.


THOMAS M. DURELL, ALVAH B. DEARBORN,


23 Bow Street


January, 1894


4 Bow Street


1895


HERBERT A. CHAPIN,


41 Walnut Street


66 1896


WARD THREE,


HELEN J. SANBORN,


383 Broadway


January, 1894


NORMAN W. BINGHAM, 235 School Street


1895


QUINCY E. DICKERMAN, 85 Central Street


1896


WARD FOUR,


MARTIN W. CARR,


74 Craigie Street


January, 1894


BENJAMIN G. BROWN,


38 Professors' Row


1895


GILES W. BRYANT,


296 Elm Street


1896


Superintendent and Secretary,


CLARENCE E. MELENEY. to September 1, (resigned.) GORDON A. SOUTHWORTH, from September 1.


SANFORD HANSCOM, S. NEWTON CUTLER, GEORGE S. POOLE,


STANDING COMMITTEES, 1893.


High School .- MESSRS. CUTLER, BROWN, CARR, DURELL, BING- HAM, DEARBORN, HANSCOM, DICKERMAN.


Schools in East Somerville District. - MESSRS. CUTLER, POOLE, HANSCOM.


Schools in Prospect Hill District. - MESSRS. DEARBORN, CHAPIN, DURELL, GILBERT.


Schools in Winter Hill District. - MESSRS. BINGHAM, DICKERMAN, MAYOR HODGKINS, MISS SANBORN.


Schools in Spring Hill District. - MESSRS. CARR, BRYANT, BROWN. Schools in West Somerville District. - MESSRS. BROWN, BRYANT, CARR.




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