Report of the city of Somerville 1896, Part 10

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 774


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187.50


Charles S. Robertson, premium of insurance ·


249.00


Rogers & Streeter, premium of insurance


173.63


I. B. Kendall, premium of in- surance


130.50


L. B. Pillsbury, premium of in- surance


56.25


Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery


11.75


W. S. Ward, small supplies .


1.92


W. H. Bullard, small supplies . Amounts carried forward


6.25


$17,399.76


$21,101.43


192


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $17,399.76 $21,101.43


R. C. Burckes, small supplies . 27.78


R. M. Johnson, moving soil 20.00 George W. Prichard, dressing . 8.00 Patrick Kelley, repairing fence 4.00 H. A. Chick, repairing furniture 1.55 C. H. Dyer, repairing furniture 80.00 G. F. Ericson, repairing furni- ture 203.30


P. Sutherland & Co., oil and waste ·


53.79


G. W. Badger, sponges .


14.45


E. & F. King & Co., sponges


8.68


E. F. Chaffee, sponges


1.70


Somerville Electric Light Co., electric current .


40.85


Charlestown Gas & Electric Co.,


gas 125.15


Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas


237.07


City of Boston, water


536.30


R. Dailey, glazing .


9.55


J. S. Berton, glazing


22.00


T. A. Sallaway, glazing


10.70


W. J. Logan, glazing


6.00


C. M. Porter, glazing


1.25


Elms, Arey & Co., door .


2.20


Kremo Mfg. Co., soap


18.59


J. E. Bell, repairing blackboards


63.52


A. M. Prescott, loam


7.50


George W. Prichard, cinders .


6.00


Thomas Allen, concreting


296.15


J. H. Thompson, carriage hire .


10.00


M. G. Staples, teaming


25.75


Glines & Co., expressing


75.38


E. R. Perham, expressing


17.82


R. A. R. Benson, expressing


13.50


Amounts carried forward


$19,348.29


$21,101.43


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


193


Amounts brought forward, $19,348.29 $21,101.43


McIntire & Co., expressing 3.90


G. W. Trefren, Jr., carpentering


1.75


A. M. McPhail Co., piano


50.00


Hotel Woodbridge, dinners


12.00


G. F. Hurn & Co., cleaning car- pets


17.82


S. J. Jackson, labor


26.00


James L. Whitaker, labor


.


28.20


W. K. Kennedy, labor


2.50


F. R. Thomas, labor


4.87


Alfred F. Shiner, labor


1.50


James Deacon, labor


13.55


Norah F. Byard, labor


5.00


Mrs. E. Allen, labor


15.75


Mrs. J. L. Babin, labor


17.62


W. P. Bowdren, labor


61.25


F. S. Dickinson, labor


75.00


N. L. Pennock, labor


2.25


W. H. Kelly, labor .


27.44


A. B. Colesworthy, labor


168.10


George W. Manning, labor


255.22


James Houlihan, labor


6.50


Michael Quinn, labor


6.50


Mrs. S. B. Rines, labor .


15.00


Alfred Shiner, Jr., labor .


1.50


Eva Colesworthy, labor .


4.65


Bessie McChesney, labor


2.85


School Contingent, water and gas .


549.84


Water Maintenance, repairing service pipe .


5.90


Public Grounds, digging trench


5.00


Sewers Maintenance, pumping cellar ·


4.63


Highways, edgestones .


263.30


Amounts carried forward .


$21,003.68


$21,101.43


.


.


194


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward .


$21,003.68 $21,101.43


Sewer Assessments, sewer


60.00


Citizen Publishing Co., printing


5.00


E. T. Peterson, labor


·


28.50


John McAuley, iron work


4.25


21,101.43


SCHOOLHOUSE, JACOB T. GLINES, ADDITION.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow-


ing on Funded Debt account $22,000.00


Reduction of Funded Debt, amount transferred


2,000.00


Schoolhouse, Land, Spring Hill District, amount transferred


2,500.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account 760.71


$27,260.71


DEBIT.


Cash, paid H. P. Cummings & Co., on account of contract


$17,360.00


Extras .


2,031.93


Magee Furnace Co., contract for heating apparatus . .


4,970.00


Aaron H. Gould, services as architect ·


1,236.55


Frank A. Fuller & Co., carpen- ter work


179.32


Asbestos Paper Co., asbestos covering


143.26


Chandler Adjustable Chair & Desk Co., furniture 809.90


William B. Badger & Co., furni- ture


116.00


P. Derby & Co., furniture


54.00


Boston Gas Appliance Ex- change Co., fixtures .


88.40


Amounts carried forward ·


$26,989.36


$27,260.71


·


195


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $26,989.36 $27,260.71


Houston & Henderson, shades


109.77


Charles S. Robertson, premium of insurance


18.75


Willard C. Hill, premium of in- surance


18.75


George W. Manning, iron frame


21.25


Ames Plow Co., truck


3.50


Frederick R. Cutter, clocks


22.50


Frank E. Cutter, painting


5.00


John O'Connell, gas fitting


15.43


R. C. Burckes, labor


14.22


Glines & Co., expressing


42.18


27,260.71


SCHOOLHOUSE, LAND, SPRING HILL DISTRICT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account $3,000.00


DEBIT.


Schoolhouse, Jacob T. Glines, Ad-


dition, amount transferred ·


$2,500.00


Balance to credit in account 1897 · 500.00


3,000.00


SCHOOLHOUSE, LAND, WARD THREE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account $6,000.00


DEBIT.


Balance to credit in account 1897


6,000.00


196


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLHOUSE, LUTHER V. BELL, HEATING, VEN-


TILATING AND SANITARY APPARATUS. .


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow-


ing on Funded Debt account $6,500.00


Reduction of Funded Debt, amount transferred 100.00


Cash, received of Lynch & Woodward, repairs of desks


12.50


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account 250.76


$6,863.26


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Lynch & Woodward, on account of contract


$6,416.00


Extras . .


18.30


A. A. Sanborn, plans, etc. .


328.30


Asbestos Paper Co., asbestos covering


100.66


6,863.26


SCHOOLHOUSE, WARD ONE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account


$35,000.00


Cash, received of Jacob W. Wilbur, buildings removed $700.00


Margaret A. Brown, buildings removed ·


375.00


George R. Clark, buildings re- moved ·


350.00


L. A. Pennie, buildings removed 12.00


1,437.00


Amount carried forward


$36,437.00


197


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$36,437.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Samuel A. Mudgett, land on Webster street $3,036.36


Augusta Dickson, land on Web- ster street


3,327.12


Annie M. Porter, et al., land on Rush street


3,932.89


Edward F. Staples, on account of contract .


5,500.00


T. M. Sargent, services as archi- tect


600.00


William J. McCarthy, teaming


943.10


J. A. McLane, bill posting


6.00


Somerville Citizen Co., adver- tising


8.63


Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising


9.75


Boston Herald Co., advertising


13.10


F. C. Ayer, lumber


·


2.55


Watering Streets Assessments, watering ·


5.28


Engineering Department, ser- vices of assistants


30.00


Sewers Construction, superin- tending foundation .


20.00


$17,434.78


Balance to credit in account


1897


19,002.22


36,437.00


SCHOOLHOUSE, WARD FOUR.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895


$30,479.78


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account 9,000.00


Amount carried forward $39,479.78


198


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$39,479.78


Cash, received of F. G. Coburn, in- surance, etc.


$43.00


Highways, sand .


85.00


128.00


$39,607.78


DEBIT.


Cash, paid F. G. Coburn & Co., on account of contract .


$27,163.00


Extras


661.63


Boston Furnace Co., heating apparatus .


4,637.00


Samuel D. Kelley, services as architect


1,010.00


F. Bryant & Co., wiring .


397.50


Boston Gas Appliance Ex- change Co., fixtures . 98.86 .


Asbestos Paper Co., asbestos covering 347.92


Houston & Henderson, shades


134.56


Cambridge Gaslight Co., con- necting meter 15.56


M. P. Canfield, glazing


270.55


Margaret A. Simpson, sand ·


84.00


Frank A. Fuller & Co., carpen- tering


85.13


Thomas Gordon, carpentering .


58.69


George W. Manning, iron bal- cony 25.00


W. L. Snow, plumbing


15.83


W. A. Muzzey, premium of in- surance ·


28.00


Chandler Adjustable Chair & Desk Co., furniture 2,078.95


W. B. Badger & Co., furniture 276.50


Amounts carried forward


$37,388.68


$39,607.78


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


199


Amounts brought forward $37,388.68 $39,607.78


P. Derby & Co., furniture 69.50


Hayward Bros. & Co., furniture Schoolhouse Incidentals, furni- ture


16.00


130.59


Highways account, edgestones


661.85


Page & Co., expressing .


2.50


$38,269.12


Fire Department, Fire Station No. 4, Improvement, amount transferred


1,000.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account


338.66


39,607.78


SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed .


$150,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid salaries as per pay rolls . $140,096.72


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 9,903.28


150,000.00


SEWER ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of Sundry Persons


$11,381.38


Sewers Construction, abatements


367.34


Balance to debit in account 1897


14,983.62


$26,732.34


DEBIT.


Balance from 1895


$4,624.03


Sewers Construction, assessments


levied


22,108.31


26,732.34


.


.


200


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SEWERS.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895


$50,000.00


DEBIT.


Sewers Construction, amount transferred


50,000.00


SEWERS, CONSTRUCTION.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895


$41,791.10


Sewers, amount transferred


50,000.00


Sewer Assessments levied .


22,108.31


Cash, received of Joseph S. Stearns,


in settlement of damages .


$80.00


Joseph W. Jordan, permit to enter sewer


80.07


West End Street Railway Co.,


one-half cost of sewer .


137.50


Otis Wentworth, permit to drain into Broadway sewer .


5.85


Malcolm McLean, permit to


drain into Broadway sewer .


13.67


T. C. Conner, pipe, labor, etc. . Sewers Maintenance, materials


28.60


Sidewalks, edgestones


47.11


Highways, edgestones


2.54


Schoolhouse, Ward One, edge- stones


27.30


508.97


$114,408.38


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$15,050.01


David W. Lewis, drain pipe


2,170.78


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


1,430.03


B. R. Felton, drain pipe .


1,520.40


Amounts carried forward


$20,171.22


$114,408.38


·


86.33


.


201


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $20,171.22 $114,408.38


Portland Stone Ware Co., drain pipe . 745.25


W. G. Nash, drain pipe


88.10


M. B. Page, drain pipe


161.48


Town of Arlington, drain pipe


151.60


D. Warren DeRosay, bricks


283.04


W. A. Sanborn, bricks


177.81


Bay State Brick Co., bricks


701.08


Berry & Ferguson, cement


1,476.31


Waldo Brothers, cement .


2.60


Osgood & Hart, castings


585.81


Barbour, Stockwell & Co., cast- ings


42.50


Blanchard Machine Co., tide


gates


230.00


Mechanics Iron Foundry Co., castings


676.21


Chelmsford Foundry Co., beams, plates, etc. ·


2,602.18


Edson Mfg. Co., pump, etc. ·


152.38


John T. Scully & Bro., pump .


170.00


S. D. Hicks & Son, copper float, etc.


151.75


Smith, Anthony & Co., brass clean-outs 11.20


Sweatt & Gould, catch basin stones


20.00


F. C. Ayer, lumber .


879.40


The Williams Table & Lumber Co., lumber


73.91


George W. Gale Lumber Co., lumber


.90


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber


34.32


F. L. Sawyer & Co., lumber


3.25


Amounts carried forward


$29,592.30


$114,408.38


202


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $29,592.30


$114,408.38


T. F. Farrington, carpentering 4.20


Highland Coal Co., coal . .


3.30


Horatio Wellington & Co., coal Frank A. Teele, coal


3.65


Whitney & Snow, tools


204.78


Perrin, Seamans & Co., tools


85.14


J. A. Durell, tools .


15.39


Underhill Hardware Co., tools


30.48


Charles L. Underhill, iron work


111.05


Seward Dodge, iron work


7.11


John McBain & Co., iron work


121.45


Howe & Flint, hardware .


20.00


W. Irving Heald, oil


·


.38


W. E. Plumer & Co., wire


.80


Detroit Graphite Mfg. Co., paint


7.75


Charles Linnehan, sand .


171.00


John Silk, gravel .


46.00


P. O'Riordan, gravel


20.00


Everett T. Miers, Agt., use of grindstone


2.50


Laminar Fibre Co., templets


1.25


Collins & Richards, hose


18.00


Cornelius Callahan Co., repairs of hose


.75


Jacob Bemont, bagging .


3.00


Charles Fine, bagging


1.20


Stickney & Poor Spice Co., bagging


2.88


Nathan Tufts & Son, bags


11.00


John H. McKenna, bags


4.20


Farley, Harvey & Co., cheese cloth


22.48


Amounts carried forward · $30,656.76


$114,408.38


·


.


144.72


203


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $30,656.76 $114,408.38


Henry M. Woodward, cheese cloth 2.25


L. R. Stewart, cheese cloth 5.40


Ernest W. Danforth, cheese cloth


4.00


George W. Prichard, teaming


241.53


A. M. Prescott, teaming


·


671.65


Nute, Hallett & Co., teaming


41.00


Youlden, Lawler & Co., team- ing


12.00


T. F. Crimmings, teaming .


80.00


F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots .


35.00


James W. Brine, overalls


1.00


A. W. Richardson & Son, use of pump


109.50


G. O. W. Servis, photographs


12.24


Spaulding Blue Print Paper Co., blue print paper


11.46


Quimby & Robertson, carpenter work .


6.25


S. J. Wood, repairing tools ·


14.00


L. A. Wright, repairing tools


3.20


City of Cambridge, water


90.52


Coffin Valve Co., regulator ap- paratus ·


279.15


W. A. Murtfeldt, concreting .


1,126.06


City of Medford, drainage as per contract


1,124.37


Thomas Groom & Co., books


17.00


Robert Burlen, binding plans Boston & Maine Railroad,


9.00


freight


341.10


Fitchburg Railroad, freight


364.70


Citizen Publishing Co., adver- tising


52.50


Amounts carried forward


$35,311.64


$114,408.38


204


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $35,311.64 $114,408.38


Somerville Citizen Co., adver- tising


13.00


Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising ·


83.00


Engineering News Publishing Co., advertising 21.80


A. W. Bryne Construction Co., Tannery Brook Sewer 20,680.00


A. W. Bryne Construction Co., sewer in private lands and College avenue 663.00


T. F. Lynch & Co., sewer in Somerville avenue .


4,286.44


H. A. Hanscom & Co., sewer in Mystic avenue, Moreland, E. Albion, Fremont and Meacham streets .


4,112.26


H. A. Hanscom, sewer in Elm- wood street 371.82


H. A. Hanscom, sewer in Gor- ham street 472.22


H. A. Hanscom, sewer in Jay street 220.41


H. A. Hanscom, sewer in Thorndike street ·


150.63


Christopher Burke, sewer in Winchester street, Broadway and Cedar street 1,464.91


Christopher Burke, sewer in Willow avenue and Foskett street


1,542.81


Christopher Burke, sewer in Wilson avenue . ·


317.99


Amounts carried forward


$69,711.93


$114,408.38


205


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $69,711.93 $114,408.38


Christopher Burke, sewer in Moreland, Meacham streets and Ash avenue


1,980.18


Maurice Buttimer, sewer in


Mystic avenue ·


2,268.38


Maurice Buttimer, sewer in Union street and Mystic ave- nue. . ·


93.87


Maurice Buttimer, sewer in Cross street 28.46


Maurice Buttimer, testing ce- ment lining 5.00


Dennis C. Collins, sewer in Al- bion street . 6.77


Dennis C. Collins, sewer in


Lowell street 42.72


Dennis C. Collins, sewer in Spring Hill terrace


44.35


Charles A. Mongan, sewer in private lands, Alpine and Princeton streets


98.30


Charles A. Mongan, sewer in Grant street


6.50


Charles A. Mongan, sewer in Ibbetson street 62.84


Charles A. Mongan, sewer in Sycamore street . 12.68


Charles A. Mongan, sewer in


Washington street


37.02


Charles A. Kelley, sewer in


Walnut street


22.38


Charles A. Kelley, sewer in passageway off Craigie street


10.87*


Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Greenwood terrace 10.90


Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Winston avenue .


144.33


Amounts carried forward · $75,287.48


$114,408.38


206


`ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $75,287.48 $114,408.38


Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Banks street ·


19.83


Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Hanson avenue . 128.32


Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Sycamore and Pembroke streets 352.71


Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Mystic street 166.07


John J. Dorey, sewer in Bos- ton avenue, Broadway and Willow avenue


3,790.24


John J. Dorey, sewer in E. Al- bion street and Ash avenue . John J. Dorey, sewer in Broad- way


988.19


234.34


John J. Dorey, sewer in Fre- mont street


1,218.58


Richard Falvey, sewer in Mt. Vernon avenue 12.04


Richard Falvey, sewer in E. Al- bion street . 249.54


Richard Falvey, sewer in Mys- tic avenue and Fremont street


1,229.60


Richard Falvey, sewer in Cam- eron avenue 420.25


Richard Falvey, sewer in Glen- dale avenue 190.91


Richard Falvey, sewer in Mal- vern avenue 191.53


Richard Falvey, sewer in York- town street 288.98


Richard Falvey, sand


10.70


Amounts carried forward


$84,779.31


$114,408.38


207


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$84,779.31 $114,408.38


William F. Cunningham, sewer passageway off Broadway .


135.88


T. C. Connor, sewer in Cottage circle


13.32


Joseph S. Stearns, land damages


700.00


A. W. Bryne, use of engine


43.00


D. Henry Cram, use of derrick Alice E. Cram, use of derrick


91.58


G. W. W. Whiting, professional services


10.00


W. A. & G. E. Taylor, rent


20.00


Kenneth McRae, rent


40.00


George E. Sherry, disburse- ments


1.30


Maurice F. Delano, disburse- ments


1.60


Edgar H. Hunter, disburse-


ments


4.65


Edward I. . Marvel, disburse-


ments


. 5.80


Ernest W. Bailey, disburse-


ments


34.64


John S. Hodgsdon, disburse- ments


9.44


Glines & Co., expressing


1.15


Water Maintenance, labor and materials


207.08


Highways, teaming


·


28.80


Sewers, Maintenance, hose .


15.00


Sewer Assessments, assessments abated


367.34


$86,598.55


Balance to credit in account


1897 .


27,809.83


$114,408.38


.


·


88.66


208


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SEWERS, MAINTENANCE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $7,000.00


Reduction of Funded Debt, amount transferred


1,500.00


Cash, received of James Doran, per- mit to enter Elm street sewer $40.00


B. T. Skelton, permit to enter Elm street sewer 34.00


West End Street Railway Co., labor and materials 190.75


T. C. Connor, repairs of sewer in Dresden circle ·


4.75


Lydia A. Longley, repairs of sewer in Oak street .


2.76


Elizabeth Ann Ford, et al., re- pairs of sewer in Oak street . 2.76


Mary A. Harriman, repairs of sewer in Oak street ·


2.76


Caroline White, repairs of sewer in Oak street .


2.76


Sarah W. Godfrey, repairs of sewer in Oak street 5.34 .


George Spencer, repairs of sewer in Oak street .


6.49


Catherine Stahle, repairs of sewer in Oak street ·


6.49


George A. Mckinnon, repairs of sewer in Oak street . 6.49 . S. Adams Clark, repairs of sewer in Oak street 8.91


Francesco L. Fagundez, et al., 1


repairs of sewer in Oak street 12.96


Louisa and Clara E. Matchett, repairs of sewer in Oak street 10.53


Augustus Myers, repairs of sewer in Oak street . ·


2.76


Amounts carried forward .


$340 51


$8,500.00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


209


Amounts brought forward


$340.51


$8,500.00


Mildram & Reed, old junk


10.86


L. R. Wentworth and E. T. Bosson, "Trs.," dividend on bill for labor 7.80


Charles Linnehan, bill previ- ously paid . .50


Schoolhouse Incidentals, labor and materials 4.63


Water Maintenance, labor and materials 9.76


Highways, Paving Washington


street, Joy to Tufts street, labor and materials


15.00


Sewers, Construction, hose


15.00


404.06


$8,904.06


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$3,888.45


A. M. Prescott, teaming .


1,388.75


David W. Lewis, drain pipe


31.28


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


13.96


W. A. Sanborn, bricks


46.45


D. Warren DeRosay, bricks


7.60


Sweatt & Gould, stone


.


10.00


Charles Linnehan, sand


2.50


John Silk, sand


1.50


W. G. Nash, cement


22.76


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel


5.50


Underhill Hardware Co., tools


7.60


Boston Rod Coupling Co., tools


25.50


Howe & Flint, tools


9.00


S. J. Wood, repairing tools


1.25


Whitney & Snow, hardware


42.47


Charles L. Underhill, hardware


16.70


Amounts carried forward


$5,521.27


$8,904.06


·


210


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $5,521.27 4.00


$8,904.06


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing .


Henry M. Woodward, repairs of tools 2.55


John McCarthy, use of grind- stone . 3.00


John M. Woods & Co., lumber 6.82


F. C. Ayer, lumber . 3.07


The Williams Table & Lumber Co., lumber .


21.42


T. F. Farrington, carpentering 3.50


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., castings 2.04


Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., hose . 44.54


Edson Mfg. Co., hose


19.05


Cornelius Callahan, hose


3.25


Thomas Groom & Co., books .


17.00


City of Boston, water


40.00


Patrick Burke, repairing sewer


7.00


Franklin O. Reed, compensa- tion for damages


2,212.50


Franklin O. Reed, rent of water course for drainage ·


225.00


Charles E. Farnham, express- ing .


.60


F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots, etc.


50.00


Ernest W. Danforth, disburse- ments .


22.50


Edgar H. Hunter, disburse-


ments ·


.60


George I. Shedd, disbursements


4.85


Sewers, Construction, materials 28.60


$8,243.16


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 660.90


$8,904.06


211


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


SIDEWALKS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$10,000.00


Sidewalk Assessments, assessments levied


9,640.79


$19,640.79


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$4,718.18


S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones


8,926.96


W. A. Sanborn, bricks ·


3,583.50


Portland Stone Ware Co., ce- ment


2.25


Citizen Publishing Co., adver- tising ·


121.00


Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising ·


129.75


Highways, labor, teaming and materials


1,700.96


Printing and Stationery, adver- tising


54.00


Sewers,


Construction, edge-


stones


54.41


$19,291.01


Highways, amount transferred


349.78


19,640.79


SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of Sundry Persons


$10,500.70


Balance to debit in account 1897


4,535.56


DEBIT.


Balance from 1895


$5,395.47


Sidewalks, assessments levied


.


9,640.79


15,036.26


·


$15,036.26


212


ANNUAL REPORTS.


STATE AID.


CREDIT.


State of Massachusetts, amount paid in 1896 charged to State


$8,338.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid monthly pay rolls .


.


8,338.00


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated $30,205.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid State Treasurer, State Tax .


30,205.00


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, NON-RESIDENT BANK STOCK.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$889.35


DEBIT.


Cash, paid State Treasurer, amount collected on non-resident stock


$889.35


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of State Treasurer for burials in 1895 $280.00


Balance, Dec. 31, 1896, due from State Dec. 10, 1897 315.00 ·


$595.00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1895 .


$280.00


Relief and Burial of Indigent Sol- diers and Sailors, amount paid for burials in 1896 315.00


595.00


213


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of State Treasurer


$324.00


Balance, Dec. 31, 1896, due from State Dec. 10,


1897


236.00


$560.00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1895


$310,00


Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, one-


half of amount paid in 1896 250.00


560.00


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, STATE AID.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of State Treasurer


$7,444.50


Balance, Dec. 31, 1896, due from State Dec. 10, 1897


8,214.00


$15,658.50


DEBIT.


Balance from 1895


$7,320.50


State Aid, amount paid in 1896


8,338.00


15,658.50


STREET LIGHTS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$47,000.00


Cash, received of Globe Gaslight Co., lamp posts


27.40


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit account .


182.15


$47,209.55


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Somerville Electric Light


Co., lighting


$47,087.60


Changing location


33.00


Amounts carried forward


$47,120.60


$47,209.55


214


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $47,120.60 $47,209.55


Thomas McNee, moving posts


8.25


A. M. Prescott, teaming . .


4.50


M. G. Staples, teaming .


4.00


Thomas W. Gleeson, electric work


13.80


The New Eng. Gamewell Co., instruments ·


50,00


Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., lanterns 4.00


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


2.50


Edward Backus, car fares ·


1.90


47,209.55


SUNDRY PERSONS.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895 . $940.10 .


Interest, coupons not paid


1,100.00


Water Loan Interest, coupons not paid Cash, due Heirs of Robert A. Vinal,


80.00


for land damages, on account


of the construction of a sewer in Lowell, Woodbine and Centre streets ·


$20.00


Due Barbara W. Cotton, for land damages, on account of the construction of a sewer in Francesca avenue


100.00


William N. McCrillis, amount held pending the settlement of a trustee suit . 13.50


Architectural Wood Working Co., amount held pending the settlement of a trustee suit 24.21


157.71


Amount carried forward


$2,277.81


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215


Amount brought forward .


$2,277.81


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Sundry Persons, amounts due them $905.00


Balance to credit in account 1897 . ·


1,372.81


2,277.81


SUPPORT OF POOR.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$17,150.00


Cash, received for support of paupers :-


Of State of Massachusetts


$1,003.89


Of City of Boston


06.63


Of City of Cambridge


286.03


Of City of Gloucester


3.00


Of City of Lawrence


12.55


Of City of Lynn .


4.03


Of City of Malden


25.90


Of City of Newton


38.25


Of City of Salem


10.00


Of City of Worcester


22.90


Of City of Waltham


17.20


Of Town of Canton


2.98


Of Town of Danvers


8.00


Of Town of Lexington


98.25


Of Town of North Andover .


152.17


Of Town of Revere


135.81


Of Town of Stoneham .


52.31


Charles I. Davis, aid furnished


169.93


Henry Jans, aid furnished


186 63


Richard Moore, aid furnished .


97.50


Frank W. Kaan, Guardian, aid furnished


84.03


Amounts carried forward, . $3,117.99


$17,150.00


216


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $3,117.99 $17,150.00


William H. Berry, aid fur- nished 84.97


29.25


James L. Tyler, aid furnished . Edward and Ellena J. Peltier, aid furnished


28.32


Francis Carlin, aid furnished .


12.30


Charles Mooney, aid furnished


13.50


Paul Kelley, aid furnished ·


3.00


Cornelius Curran, aid furnished


4.00


Daniel McNeil, aid furnished .


15.00


Timothy Fitzpatrick, aid fur- nished ·


3.00


Sundry Persons, money not


35.53


called for


.


3,346.86


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to debit of account .


1,502.93


$21,999.79


DEBIT.


Cash, paid State of Massachusetts,


support of paupers .


$1,464.34


Massachusetts School for the Feeble-minded


552.49


Massachusetts Hospital for


Dipsomaniacs


436.36


Worcester Lunatic Hospital


2,670.11


Worcester Insane Asylum


1,019.58


Danvers Lunatic Hospital


1,033.95


Taunton Lunatic Hospital


311.06


Boston Lunatic Hospital


42.71


Boston Lying-in Hospital


10.00


Boston Insane Hospital .


127.21


Westboro Insane Hospital




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