Report of the city of Somerville 1894, Part 7

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 684


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1895


501.47


$3,000.00


FIRE DEPARTMENT, HOOK AND LADDER STATION, HIGHLAND AVENUE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on Funded Debt account .


$10,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid George M. Starbird, on account of contract and extras $8,188.45


Amounts carried forward . .


$8,188.45


$10,000.00


116


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward .


$8,188.45 $10,000.00


Loring & Phipps, services as


architects


477.00


Thos. Allen, concreting


156.50


Christopher Burke, grading


55.68


Whitney & Snow, hardware


18.88


James F. Davlin, gas-fitting


72.00


Boston Electric Co., wiring


77.60


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas pipe, etc.


12.99


Peter Forg, brass work


1.75


Charles E. Berry, harnesses


63.00


Water Service account, service pipe


26.90


Highways account, driveway .


61.58


City of Somerville, taxes of 1893


20.15


$9,232.48


Balance to credit in account


1895


767.52


$10,000.00


FIRE DEPARTMENT, HOOK AND LADDER STATION, HIGHLAND AVENUE, EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on Funded Debt account .


$3,750.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Combination Ladder Co., ladder truck . $2,217.75


G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, horses . 400.00


Amounts carried forward . $2,617.75


$3,750.00


117


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $2,617.75 $3,750.00


E. Spalding, harnesses 99.30


Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co., collars 75.00


N. E. Gamewell Co., indicator and gong


175.00


Spofford & Kent, hose washing machine


60.00


Fitchburg Railroad, freight .


32.25


Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufac- turing Co., mat 4.50


Jackson Caldwell & Co., rugs


3.70


Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture


154.00


A. B. Franklin, heating apparatus


497.50


$3,719.00


Balance to credit in account 1895


31.00


$3,750.00


FIRE DEPARTMENT, LAND FOR FIRE STATION, WARD ONE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on Funded Debt account $6,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Frank Jones and George H. Goodwin, Trustees, lot land cor. Broadway and Franklin streets · $6,000.00


118


ANNUAL REPORTS.


FUNDED DEBT.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1893


$1,279,500.00


Cash, received from sale of City Loan


Bonds, No. 1,582 to 1,914 . ·


$152,000.00


City Loan Sewer Bonds, Nos. 54 to 73


20,000.00


172,000.00


$1,451,500.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid sundry persons :


City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1,234 to 1,243


10,000.00


City Loan Bonds, Nos. 887 to 909


23,000.00


5,000.00


City Loan Bonds, Nos. 934 to 938 City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1,033 to 1,042


10,000.00


City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1,115 to 1,118


4,000.00


City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1,161 to 1,167


7,000.00


City Loan Bonds, Nos. 1,325 to 1348


24,000.00


City Loan Sewer Bond No. 36


1,000.00


City Loan Paving Bonds Nos. 6 to 10 .


5,000.00


Water Loan Bond No. 283 .


1,000.00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 100 to 111


12,000.00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 315 to 317


3,000.00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 399 to 400


2,000.00


$ 107,000.00


Balance to debit in account 1895 1,344,500.00


$1,451,500.00


119


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$12,000.00


Cash, received of W. P. Mitchell, per-


mits to keep swine and goats, and collect grease . S200.00


Martin Gill, rent of land


200.00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts,


contagious cases 62.69 .


Sundry Persons, money not called for .


12.50


475.19


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to debit of account 5,442.54


$17,917.73


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Caleb A. Page, salary as inspector


$1,200.00


Disbursements


35.00


Martin Gill, collecting offal . 6,850.00


Martin Gill, use of sleds


50.00


H. M. Prescott, collecting offal


5.00


M. G. Staples, collecting offal


9.00


WVm. J. McCarthy, collecting ashes


5,700.00


H. S. Pond, rent of land


200.00


New England Vaccine Co., virus .


273.26


George H. Cowdin, peppermint .


42.87


West & Jenney, sulphur


4.34


Howard Hamblin, sulphur . ·


9.38


G. W. Bryant, M. D., professional services .


155.00


Henry F. Curtis, M. D., profes-


sional services


165.00


Amounts carried forward . $14,698.85


$17,917.73


120


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $14,698.85 $17,917.73


G. E. Hetherington, M. D., pro- fessional services 155.00


G. W. W. Whiting, M. D., profes- sional services 155.00


Directory for nurses, furnishing


nurse


2.00


Wm. H. Ditchfield, services as nurse .


205.00


Mary Scarlett, services as nurse : 165.75


Josephine David, services as nurse 74.28


C. A. Southwick, fumigating 37.50


A. F. Carpenter, groceries


101.06


A. L. Proctor, provisions


37.91


V. Bradford, fish 4.58


Lizzie McEachen, services as cook


50.00


J. H. Brooks, dry goods .


31.60


E. B. Bradshaw, dry goods .


23.13


Jacob Brodie Co., dry goods


3.19


A. H. Hopkins, furniture


63.15


L. H. Brown, carriage hire .


6.00


Patrick Kirk, compensation for damages 325.00


John A. Dadman, police duty


82.50


Michael F. Daley, police duty


82.50


Howe & Flint, stove .


10.70


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel


25.65


Citizen Publishing Co., advertising


18.01


Somerville Journal Co., advertising 45.37


Henry W. Pitman, printing . ·


16.00


Heliotype Printing Co., maps ·


34.00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


10.50


William F. Waller, labor


68.25


Charles W. Prescott, labor . .


34.00


John P. Marchant, labor


2.73


Seward Dodge, repairs of wagons


50.15


Amounts carried forward . $16,619.36


$17,917.73


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


121


Amounts brought forward . $16,619.36 $17,917.73


I. B. Walker, repairs of wagons .


33.30


L. A. Wright, repairs of wagons . 1.50


J. W. Coveney, rent of Post-office box


4.00


2.00


A. T. Nickerson, car fares . Charles E. Farnham, expressing . Jackson Caldwell & Co., storage . J. E. Herrick, building pest house I. B. Kendall, premium of in- surance


.35


125.00


837.97


30.00


Sundry Persons, burying animals . 139.25


Highways account, tool house .


125.00


$17,917.73


HIGHWAYS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$60,000.00


Cash, received of Charles S. Philbrick, sidewalk


$ 23.50


Lydia F. Hale, sidewalk


13.20


George B. Howard, sidewalk


51.35


W. F. Mansfield, sidewalk.


106.93


E. W. Lundahl, sidewalk


44.34


Michael Martell, sidewalk


15.02


George G. Fox, sidewalk


456.26


David Rosenfeld, sidewalk .


83.44


Ellen A. Murphy, sidewalk .


13.65


Esther O. White, sidewalk .


119.04


Isabella T. Silver, sidewalk .


20.20


Olive H. Durrell, sidewalk .


24.58


Edward Keating, sidewalk .


28.19


John L. Greenough, sidewalk


17.29


North Packing & Provision Co., sidewalk


200.46


Amounts carried forward . $1,217.45


$60,000.00


122


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $1,217.45 $60,000.00


Antonio Preiva, sidewalk


7.74


Lavinia P. Fuller, sidewalk .


61.02


Luiz de Sourabettencurtt, side- walk


15.02


Alexander Munroe, sidewalk


64.00


Mary Dorney, sidewalk


24.12


John A. Wessells, sidewalk .


81.50


Joseph K. James, sidewalk .


118.92


Nathan E. Fitz, sidewalk


51.20


William Mullen, sidewalk


34.31


Warren P. Wilder, sidewalk


48.00


George W. Bean, sidewalk .


20.27


Edmund S. Sparrow, sidewalk


111.70


W. C. Trowbridge, sidewalk


23.80


W. G. Webber, sidewalk


87.94


F. M. Lyons, sidewalk


60.20


N. E. Dressed Meat & Wool Co., sidewalk


282.24


F. H. Wilkins, sidewalk


99.32


Charles Drouet, sidewalk


9.10


James Connors, sidewalk


30.80


Anthony Haderbolets, sidewalk


42.90


Frank L. Blood, sidewalk


61.32


Joseph O. Hobbs, sidewalk


63.00


Frank A. Loomis, sidewalk


53.19


Harriet E. Snow, sidewalk .


16.76


Somerville Journal Co., sidewalk


55.04


Martha M. Sturtevant, sidewalk .


95.51


Christopher C. McGrath, side- walk


168.44


Barnabus Binney, sidewalk .


17.47


Mary Langmaid, sidewalk .


128.00


Heirs Samuel P. Langmaid, side- walk


185.77


F. M. Kilmer, bricks .


12.80


Amounts carried forward


$3,348.85


$60,000.00


1


123


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward .


$3,348.85


$60,000.00


J. S. Ham, bricks


19.20


Charles F. Brine, bricks


20.26


John H. Brine, bricks


20.27


David L. McGregor, bricks


24.00


William Veazie, bricks


84.00


John Stackpole, bricks


47.12


Wilbur P. Rice, bricks


104.00


G. F. Hobson, driveway


2.25


John M. Woods, driveway .


4.25


Charles L. Wilder, driveway


19.10


WV. O. Francis, driveway


4.25


John Sweeney, driveway


10.90


Maurice Fitzgerald, driveway


11.50


Fred. L. Pulsifer, driveway


9.15


Edward J. Llewellyn, driveway


11.90


D. B. Mulcahey, driveway .


16.00


Charles O. Lailor, driveway


4.50


George W. Clark, driveway


.


6.25


Edward Cox, driveway


32.25


Harmon S. Trueman, driveway


11.03


George B. Pitcher, driveway


6.50


Andrew Thompson, driveway


4.25


Charles Lynam, driveway


5.00


W. A. Crosby, driveway


8.75


Eugene Selg, driveway


6.00


Margaret H. Brown, driveway


6.50


Addie A. Snow, driveway


2.50


Catherine J. Sherry, driveway


6.25


Boston & Maine Railroad, labor and materials


481.65


Somerville Electric Light Co., labor and materials


12.80


Cambridge Gas Light Co., labor and materials 19.75


George E. & Eugene H. Lane,


paving blocks


15.00


Amounts carried forward .


$4,385.98


$60,000.00


124


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $4,385.98 $60,000.00


Frank Gould, filling


116.25


Frank L. Grant, horse


40.00


Asa Durgin, old boiler 25.00


Irving L. Russell, manure


57.00


Patrick Kelley, manure


50.00


Thomas Ormand, rent


72.00


Arthur Murley, rent


64.00


Fire Department, Central Fire Station, driveway


1,222.48


Fire Department, Hook and Lad- der Station, driveway 61.58


Health Department, tool house


125.00


Sidewalks account, labor and


materials


1,897.74


Nathan Tufts Park account,


edgestones


597.59


Water Works Extension, paving blocks .


62.40


Sundry persons, money not paid .


12.75


8,789.77


$68,789.77


DEBIT.


Cash,' paid laborers' pay rolls


$36,913.72


Thomas H. Eames, salary


as


Superintendent


1,600.00


Thomas H. Eames, board of horses


417.17


Frank Buttimer, teaming


218.89


Maurice Buttimer, teaming


55.00


Thomas Allen, teaming


42.00


John Cronin, teaming


18.00


T. F. Crimmings, teaming


115.00


John Elkins, teaming


110.00


James Fannon, teaming


212.47


Martin Gill, teaming .


137.50


Amounts carried forward . $39,839.75


$68,789.77


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Amounts brought forward . $39,839.75


$68,789.77


Edward Grant, teaming


16.00


Henry Gray, teaming


83.23


James Hoar, Sr., teaming


26.00


John Mclaughlin, teaming


21.00


Wm. J. McCarthy, blockstones, etc.


1,550.73


WVm. J. McCarthy, edgestones, etc.


1,576.55


George F. McKenna, teaming


352.00


A. M. Prescott, teaming


34.00


John Silk, teaming


54.50


Frank Grant, teaming


232.80


Wm. J. McLaughlin, teaming


57.50


Charles Booth, teaming


50.00


Christopher Burke, teaming and stone


2,094.73


Dennis Shea, round stone


2,470.40


Thomas Kennedy, stone


298.80


Charles J. Simpson, stone


127.68


L. G. Carr, stone


28.50


Clarence Russell, stone


35.76


C. T. Shean, stone


114.07


Charles B. Russell, stone


6.67


Dennis Ryan, stone


194.71


Frank P. Ladd, stone


241.71


Thomas Allen, stone


70.37


A. L. Farrar, stone


69.18


Howard I. Lowell, stone


1.05


N. M. Cofran & Co., bricks


545.30


W. A. Sanborn, bricks


1,650,82


WVm. R. Maxwell, bricks


92.80


M. W. Carr & Co., sand


746.50


J. Fitzpatrick, sand


33.43


Michael J. Fitzpatrick, sand


15.00


Fred C. Ayer, Agt., lumber


100.27


Wilbur P. Rice, lumber


104.90


Alley & Jaques, lumber


143.04


Amounts carried forward .


$53,079.75


$68,789.77


(9)


126


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $53,079.75 $68,789.77


Alley & Littlefield, lumber . 9.35


I. H. Brown & Co., lumber


150.00


J. E. Herrick, repairs of bridge, etc. 238.34


Highland Coal Co., cement 7.25


Abbott, Downing & Co., brooms .


36.50


The Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Co., drills


35.25


Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe .


48.96


Boston Belting Co., belt


95.33


H. W. Johns Mfg. Co., covering boiler


15.00


Braman, Dow & Co., steam pipe . WVm. Campbell & Co., repairs of crusher ·


66.33


Star Brass Mfg. Co., repairs of crusher . ·


63.94


Holmes & Blanchard, repairs of crusher .


44.79


Miller & Shaw, repairs of roller . David W. Crocker, repairs of carts, etc. ·


179.80


F. H. Flag, repairs of carts, etc.


23.50


J. Miller, repairs of carts, etc. .


17.45


I. B. Walker, repairs of carts, etc. A. Clement, horseshoeing


132.65


198.83


Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing


231.89


Seward Dodge, horseshoeing, etc.


632.66


E. E. Olney & Co., horseshoeing


12.13


John Kellogg, horseshoeing


1.50


George McDormand, horseshoe- ing .


2.75


F. Dooris, blacksmithing


230.30


Charles W. Ingalls, blacksmithing


1.50


D. J. Bennett, harness work


451.15


Amounts carried forward . $56,761.60


$68,789.77


86.78


667.92


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


127


Amounts brought forward . $56,761.60


$68,789.77


E. Spalding, harness work . 62.00


W. H. Buskin & Son, harness work 25.00


F. H. McCoubry, harness work


23.50


Ames Plow Co., cart and tools


236.81


Perrin, Seamans & Co., tools


132.27


Dodge, Haley & Co., tools .


5.91


L. A. Wright, tools


16.95


Charles L. Underhill, tools


4.70


M. Dix, oil


6.25


Silver Light Oil Co., oil


73.28


Harrington & Bradbury, oil


29.12


Underhay Oil Co., oil


7.00


Priest, Page & Co., scales


277.50


Roberts Iron Works Co., boiler


875.00


S. T. Manson, roller


7.50


J. W. Johnson, iron tank


10.35


Wm. R. Fleming & Co., freight, repairs, etc.


376.50


Nightingale & Childs, screens


275.28


Frank E. Fitts Mfg. & Supply Co., screens


7.25


George Tyler & Co., moulboard .


30.00


Harrisburg Foundry & Machine Works, fire door


2.50


Pigeon Hill Granite Co., stone bounds .


30.00


Sweatt & Gould, stone bounds


9.00


Welch & Hall, horses


535.00


G. F. & F. E. Sturtevant, horses .


400.00


G. W. Ladd, hay and grain


3,152.74


R. W. Willey & Co., hay and grain


904.03


Proctor Brothers, hay and grain .


597.79


George H. Sampson, powder


120.92


Somerville Journal Co., printing .


130.75


Amounts carried forward . · $65,126.50


$68,789.77


128


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $65,126.50 $68,789.77


Citizen Publishing Co., printing . 97.75


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


66.00


Whitney & Snow, hardware


166.73


W. I. Heald, hardware


119.10


W. E. Plummer & Co., hardware


31.50


F. C. Fuller & Co., hardware


1.51


L. C. Chipman, painting


10.00


J. E. Parsons, zinc


.75


W. L. Snow, plumbing 18.29


James F. Davlin, plumbing .


57.77


J. P. Clisby, painting signs . 7.50


Edwin A. Church, street signs


23.85


Charles E. Stearns & Son, street signs 4.50


William Vogler, rent of roadway .


135.00


N. E. Fitz & Co., wharfage


154.50


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel


508.85


Baker-Hunnewell Co., fuel


229.71


Thomas Walsh, cutting paving blocks


244.23


City of Medford, one-half cost of


maintaining Middlesex bridge


425.99


Thomas Hollis, drugs


4.25


W. H. Way, veterinary services .


104.65


David I. Bolger, veterinary ser- vices


10.00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


2.50


Charles B. Stevens, Register, re- cording .


23.39


City of Boston, water


74.60


New England Telephone & Tele- graph Co., tolls, etc. 74.87


Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co., premium of insurance


150.00


Amounts carried forward . . $67,874.29 .


$68,789.77


129


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $67,874.29 $68,789.77


Charles S. Robertson, premium of insurance 155.00


William A. Muzzey, premium of insurance 155.00


F. W. Bickford, filing saws . ·


28.50


S. J. Wood, filing saws


1.60


Charles E. Farnham, expressing 2.20


E. R. Perham, expressing . .75


Gilman's Express, expressing


23.50


Water Services account, service pipe, etc. 34.95


Sewers Construction account,


catch basin stones . ·


6.91


City of Somerville, sewer assess- ments


15.88


$68,298.58


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 491.19


$68,789.77


HIGHWAYS, CITY STABLE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on Funded Debt account


$14,500.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Lord Brothers on account of contract


$9,000.00


A. H. Gould, services as archi- tect


560.35


Crimmings & Collins, sewer .


468.16


Amounts carried forward . $10,028.51


$14,500.00


130


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $10,028.51 $14,500.00


Highland Coal Co., cement 3.75


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


5.57


W. A. Snow & Co., vane


65.00


Water Service Assessment ac-


count, service pipe .


15.00


Sewers, Construction, sewer, etc.


234.05


$10,351.88


Balance to credit in account 1895 4,148.12


$14,500.00


HIGHWAYS, PAVING WASHINGTON STREET, UNION SQUARE TO MEDFORD STREET.


CREDIT.


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account . $406.91


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Wm. H. Gore, final payment on account


of contract


$406.91


INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $500.00


State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors 296.00


$796.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Sundry Persons .


$592.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to


credit of account 204.00


$796.00


131


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INTEREST.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $65,000.00


Cash, received of R. L. Day & Co.,


premium and interest on bonds Sundry Persons, on taxes and assessments


$4,589.84


8,686.10


Interest on deposits in banks


1,492.33


Real Estate Liens, interest on taxes on property sold to the city


7.95


14,776.22


$79,776.22


DEBIT.


Cash, paid on Funded Debt :


$436,000, one year at 4 per cent. .


$17,440.00


$149,000, six months at 4 per cent. .


2,980.00


$275,000, one year at 4₺ per cent. . ·


12,375.00


$200,000, one year at 5 per


10,000.00


$42,795.00


Less coupons unpaid .


1,380.00


$41,415.00


Sundry Persons, unpaid coupons .


1,380.00


$42,795.00


On Temporary Loans :


Henry E. Wright, on note of $1,000, four months at 6 per cent. .


$20.00


Mary Langmaid, on note of $4,000, six months at 6 per cent. . 120.00


Amounts carried forward . $140.00


$79,776.22


cent. .


132


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $140.00 $79,776.22


Trustees of estate of William C.


High, on note of $1,600, six months at 6 per cent. ·


48.00


E. Isolia Norwood, on note of $2,000, six months at 6 per cent. 60.00 George H. Hull, on note of $1,000, six months at 6 per cent. G. T. Burnham, Trustee, on note of $1,500, six months at 6 per cent. 45.00


30.00


Blake Brothers & Co., on note of :


$1,000, one year at 6 per cent. 60.00


1,000, “


60.00


5,000, " 66 66


300.00


1,000, "


66


66


66


60.00


1,000, " 66 66


66 60.00


1,000, " 66 66 60.00


1,000, " 66 66


66 60.00


1,000, " 66 66 60.00


1,000, " 66 66


66 60.00


1,000, " 66 66


66 60.00


3,000, "


66 66 180.00


10,000, " .. .... . 66 600.00


10,000, "


66 600.00


5,000, eight months at 6 per cent. 200.00


10,000, six months, at 6 per- cent. 300.00


2,500, six months at 6 per cent. ·


75.00


1,000, six months at 6 per cent. 30.00


4,000, six months at six per cent. 120.00


Amounts carried forward . $3,268.00


$79,776.22


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Amounts brought forward . $3,268.00 $79,776.22


Somerville Co-operative Bank, on note of $10,000, one year at per cent. ·


600.00


Margaret Lawson, on note of $1,500, one year at 6 per cent. .


90.00


F. S. Moseley & Co., on note of $100,000, eight months at 3 per cent. and 116 per cent. commission ·


2,062.50


Charles A. Skinner, on note of $1,000, eight months at 6 per cent. .


40.00


Lavinia W. Smith, on note of $800, eight months at 6 per cent. 32.00


W. Irving Heald, on note of $2,000, nine months at 6 per cent. 90.00


Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, on note of $100,000, discount at 2-16 per cent., 4 months ·


687.50


Trustees of estate of Mary Hutch- inson, on note $1,900, one year at 6 per cent. ·


114.00


Blake Brothers & Co., on note of $10,000, six months at 6 per cent. 300.00


Blake Brothers & Co., on note of $2,500, six months at 6 per cent. 75.00


Blake Brothers & Co., on note of $1,000, six months at 6 per cent. 30.00


Amounts carried forward . $7,389.00


$79,776.22


134


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $7,389.00 $79,776.22


Blake Brothers & Co., on note of · $4,000, six months at 6 per cent.


120.00


Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, on notes of $100,000, discount three months at 3 per cent. . 750.00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on note of $50,000, nine months at 34 per cent. 1,218.75


Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, on notes of $200,000, four months, discounted at 23 per cent.


1,916.67


$11,394.42


On Funded Debt


$42,795.00


On Temporary Loans


11,394.42


$54,189.42


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account $25,586.80


$79,776.22


MISCELLANEOUS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$6,600.00


Cash, received of Sundry Persons,


$2,876.78


costs on taxes and assessments . Thomas Cunningham, milk in- spector's fees .


138.00


Thomas R. Roulstone, plumbers' licenses .


91.50


Ammiel Colman, fees for sealing weights and measures


192.28


Amounts carried forward . $3,298.56


$6,600.00


135


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . $3,298.56 $6,600.00


Fulton O'Brion, public weigher's fees


14.55


License to peddle


25.00


New England Telephone & Tele- graph Co., rebate .


15.00


George I. Vincent, city clerk :


Recording mortgages $462.75


Marriage certificates . 276.00


Licensing dogs


270.00


Amusements


155.00


Junk licenses 66.00


Auctioneers' licenses 46.00


Intelligence offices 16.00


Street musicians 23.00


Billiards, pool, etc. 26.00


Fireworks 66.00


Night lunch licenses . 4.00


Slaughtering licenses 2.00


Naturalization fees 1.00


Copies of records


22.75


Transfer of dog license


.25


Real Estate Liens, costs on


property deeded to the city 8.35 .


4,798.21


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


2,333.90


$13,732.11


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Frank A. Fuller & Co.,


carpentering .


$248.24


62.16


Fuller & Matthews, carpentering Osgood & Stevens, carpentering . F. S. Aldrich, carpentering


53.95


1.25


Amounts carried forward .


$365.60


$13,732.11


1,436.75


136


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward .


$365.60


$13,732.11


C. W. Cahalan, plumbing


5.40


James F. Davlin, plumbing


.50


G. A. Walker, painting


24.75


J. Q. Twombly, glazing


5.50


Whitney & Snow, hardware


119.40


Howe & Flint, hardware


17.92


W. I. Heald, hardware


.44


J. A. Durell, hardware


3.27


F. C. Fuller, hardware


.40


F. E. Whitney, repairs


.60


J. E. Herrick, labor


20.30


F. J. Stanley, horse keeping


812.50


Cadogan Brothers, horseshoeing .


22.00


Lawrence Barrett, horseshoeing . 8.00


Seward Dodge, horseshoeing


5.00


Charles L. Underhill, blacksmith- ing


2.35


E. Spalding, harnesswork


12.75


P. Manley, harnesswork .


4.05


H. A. Brownell, harnesswork


1.60


Richard Tyner & Co., robe


10.00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


173.50


J. H. Thompson, carriage hire


4.00


Eugene Mead, carriage hire


49.50


A. M. Prescott, teaming


28.00


R. M. Sturtevant, teaming .


13.32


Ernest W. Bailey, car fares


119.21


Kate W. Wood, car fares


28.10


Frost & Adams, engineers' sup- plies


69.55


J. B. Dupont, engineers' supplies


1.30


Buff & Berger, repairs of transit . 44.60


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


2.12


Jacob Brodie Co., dry goods


5.28


J. H. Brooks, dry goods


3.55


Amounts carried forward $1,984.36


$13,732.11


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Amounts brought forward . $1,984.36 $13,732.11


Irving W. Wheeler & Co., awn- ings 4.50


F. H. Whitcomb, cleaning carpets 12.40


B. P. Palmer, door stops


2.75


T. S. Buck, stamps


8.25


George B. Sargent & Son, stamps


4.86


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


32.70


Somerville Journal Co., advertis- ing


2.50


Citizen Publishing Co., advertis- ing


8.00


News Printing Co., advertising .


2.25


William E. Murphey, reseating chairs


3.75


Philip J. Fitzpatrick, reseating chairs


.85


John Canfield & Co., door checks


1.50


A. T. Carpenter, soap


3.05


F. F. Phipps, drugs . 2.85


Jacob Woodbury, steel springs


.80


S. J. Wood, keys


19.35


W. W. Winship, bags


7.50


Tobias & Wall, bags


6.00


Daniel Crocker, repairs of clocks


4.00


Jackson Caldwell & Co., furni- ture


7.89


Hatch & Farnham, repairs of table


5.00


C. M. Blake, newspapers


6.00


Jairus Mann, watching


70.00


M. A. Mann, laundering


24.00


William S. Ward, supplies


9.63


I. H. Brown & Co., lumber


28.50


Frye, Phipps & Co., drill


2.50


John A. Kelley, teaming


63.75


Amounts carried forward .


$2,329.49


$13,732.11


.


138


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $2,329.49 $13,732.11


H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice . 35.00


John McNamee Sons, granite curbing . 119.25


WV. A. Snow & Co., drinking foun- tain 185.00


E. R. Morse Safe Co., safe . 57.00


The Fairbanks Co., weights, etc.


35.60


Byron Boyd, abstracts


20.00


E. A. Pinnock, typewriting


7.20


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ink 13.00


J. A. McLane, posting


144.10


S. H. Libby, services as auc- tioneer .


17.70


Charles R. Stevens, Register, re- cording .


13.85


State of California, certificate


4.00


J. W. Coveney, rent of Post-Office box 4.00


Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas


22.27


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting .


345.20


City of Boston, water


22.00


Middlesex County Truant School, board of truants


132.86


City of Lowell, board of truants .


954.04


New England Telephone & Tele- graph Co., rentals and tolls :


270.20


Electric Gas Lighting Co., sup- plies


8.97


Boston Belting Co., hose . 11.90


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel


124.25


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel


44.25


Baker-Hunnewell Co., fuel .


14.50


Lynn Brass Band, concert . .


100.00


Amounts carried forward $5,035.63


$13,732.11


139


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $5,035.63 $13,732.11


Masten & Wells Fire Works Mfg. Co., fireworks 500.00


Willard C. Kinsley Post, No. 139, G. A. R., contribution for ob- servance of Memorial Day 350.00


Company M, M. V. M., appropri- ation for rifle practice 200.00


Ammiel Colman, salary as sealer of weights and measures 100.00


Disbursements


7.15


Charles L. Ellis, salary as deputy collector


1,000.00


Disbursements


5.00


Gertrude G. Kendall, clerical ser- vices


370.67


Alice D. Keniston, clerical ser- vices


174.67


Laura E. McBain, clerical services




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