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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
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
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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