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681.11
Medfield Insane Hospital
488.00
Amounts carried forward
$8,836.92
$21,999.79
217
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Amounts brought forward
$8,836.92
$21,999.79
Somerville Hospital
721.58
City of Boston
1,151.15
City of Chelsea
54.25
City of Cambridge
453.18
City of Lowell
145.43
City of Malden
462.91
City of Newton
49.00
City of North Adams
24.00
Town of Gardner .
23.96
Town of Raynham
105.43
Town of Revere
157.37
Town of Peabody
432.40
Town of Barre
105.49
Mary Burke, rent
24.00
John Murphy, rent
84.00
Ellen Driscoll, rent
48.00
Ellen Halloran, rent
60.00
A. E. Viles, executor, rent
72.00
Elizabeth Morrison, rent
84.00
James Ambrose, rent
84.00
Idella Taylor, rent .
53.85
Ellen Welch, rent . Mary Gallagher, rent
12.00
Mrs. E. Wilcomb, board .
153.69
Mrs. Preston Cheney, board
127.21
Mrs. George Clapp, board
127,21
Hannah M. Mayo, board
169.91
Mrs. W. H. Johnson, board
114.66
Catherine Hargrove, board
53.16
Mrs. John T. Hayes, board
120.00
Mary Curran, board
96.00
Mrs. N. C. Desmond, board
43.21
Mrs. Julia Herbert, board
12.00
Mary Burns, board
5.00
Frank D. Weld, board
·
21.78
Amounts carried forward
$14,297.75
$21,999.79
9.00
218
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $14,297.75 $21,999.79
Kurn Hatten Homes, board
150.00
Susan McDonald, board .
80.00
Josiah L. Boston, board . .
26.14
Mary A. Burgess, board .
30.00
Adaline D. Brodeur, board
16.57
Elizabeth E. Remington, board
15.42
Mary Fitzgerald, board .
6.00
Mary Dugan, board
20.00
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel
642.85
F. W. Gilbert, boots and shoes
82.40
Philip Eberle, boots and shoes
10.00
J. H. Morgan, boots and shoes
7.00
J. H. Brooks, dry goods . ·
11.63
J. W. Brine, dry goods . ·
6.35
F. A. Higgins, crockery . .
1.41
J. C. McLean, bed .
2.50
W. S. Ward, groceries and pro- visions
505.00
Sawyer & Read, groceries and provisions . 350.00
Medford St. Market, groceries and provisions ·
58.00
James Bartley, groceries and provisions ·
217.30
A. F. Carpenter, groceries and provisions .
140.82
R. M. Sturtevant, groceries and provisions . 490.91
W. H. Bullard, groceries and provisions .
215.93
E. R. Lovell & Co., groceries and provisions 235.00
W. P. Blanchard, groceries and provisions .
134.00
Amounts carried forward · $17,752.98
$21,999.79
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Amounts brought forward $17,752.98 $21,999.79
Charles S. Butters, groceries and provisions . 83.00
C. A. Small & Co., groceries and provisions · N. R. Barrows, groceries and provisions .
105.50
166.50
D. E. Watson, groceries and provisions . ·
22.50
Christopher Brothers, grocer- ies and provisions 28.00
F. E. Robie & Son, groceries and provisions 88.00
Lingley & Brown,' groceries and provisions 6.00
A Fisk, crackers .
49.67
C. H. Titus, milk
6.44
Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery .
8.00
W. A. Greenough, directory .
2.00
Somerville Journal Co., print-
ing 7.50
New Eng. Telephone & Tele- graph Co., rentals and tolls . Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire
87.51
2.50
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
19.50
George E. Lowell, carriage hire
8.00
M. G. Staples, expressing
2.00
Alfred E. Mann, services as un- dertaker
51.00
Paul J. McMahon, services as undertaker ·
15.00
John J. Crimmins, services as undertaker 10.00
William A. Flaherty, services as undertaker
10.00
Amounts carried forward .
$18,531.60
$21,999.79
220
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $18,531.60 $21,999.79
G. F. McKenna, services as undertaker .
15.00
P. H. Rafferty, services as un- dertaker .
15.00
Ann H. Sawin, board
30.44
Smith Premier Typewriter Co., typewriter . 96.75
C. C. Folsom, salary as agent Disbursements 157.25
1,500.00
A. B. Dearborn, salary as city physician .
1,150.00
Disbursements
3.75
Cora F. Lewis, salary as secre- tary . 500.00 .
21,999.79
TAXES.
CREDIT.
Cash, received for taxes of 1890
$53.40
66 66 " 1891
65.20
" 1892
160.50
66
" 1893
358.15
66 " 1894
40,850.04
66
66
" 1895
111,897.18
66
66 " 1896
574,218.84
$727,603.31
Real Estate Liens, titles to the city for non-payment of taxes of 1894
$477.28
Real Estate Liens, titles to the city for non-payment of taxes of 1895
157.08
$634.36
Amount carried forward
$728,237.67
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221
Amount brought forward
$728,237.67
Overlay and Abatement :-
Abatements on taxes of 1890
$5,171.40
4,906.80
66
66 1892
5,289.00
66
66
1893
41.25
..
6.
66
1894
300.88
66
1895
257.74
66
66
1896
4,128.34
Balance to debit in account 1897 :-
Being uncollected taxes of 1889
66
66
66
66
66
1891
70.80
66
1892
321.00
1893
6,866.15
66
1894
7,403.01
66
66
1895
54,281.40
6%
" 1896
208,065.14
284,274.30
$1,032,607.38
DEBIT.
Balance from 1895
$246,195.06
Appropriations, amount assessed for current expenses
690,100.00
State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for State Tax .
30,205.00
State of Massachusetts, amount assessed on Non-resident Na- tional Bank Stock .
889.35
County of Middlesex, amount assessed for County Tax
43,327.63
Overlay and Abatement, amount added by the assessors .
21,890.34
$1,032,607.38
1891
1890
$46.60
7,220.20
$20,095.41
222
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TEMPORARY LOANS,
CREDIT.
Balance from 1895 ·
$175,000.00
Cash, borrowed by authority of the City Council, on notes as fol- lows :-
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, six months, 42 per cent. F. S. Moseley & Co., four months, 42 per cent. .
$25,000.00
175,000.00
Estabrook & Co., six months, 3g per cent.
50,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., four months, 3.80 per cent. .
50,000.00
F. S. Moseley & Co., seventy- three days, 5 per cent. . ·
176,774.31
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, on demand, 6 per cent. Blake Brothers & Co., two months, 6 per cent
50,000.00
45,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., three months and twelve days, 6 per cent. · .
30,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., three months, 6 per cent.
25,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., four months, 6 per cent 75,000.00
F. S. Moseley & Co., three months, 34 per cent. ·
225,000.00
926,774.31
$1,101,774.31
DEBIT.
Cash, paid as follows :-
F. S. Moseley & Co., twelve months, 3.9 per cent. 175,000.00
Amounts carried forward $175,000.00 $1,101,774.31
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223
Amounts brought forward
$175,000.00 $1,101,774.31
175,000.00
176,774.31
50,000.00
The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, six months, 4} per cent.
25,000.00
Estabrook & Co., six months, 35 per cent.
50,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., three months, 6 per cent.
45,000.00
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, on demand, 6 per cent. Blake Brothers & Co., three months and twelve days, 6 per cent.
50,000.00
30,000.00
Blake Brothers & Co., three months, 6 per cent.
25,000.00
$801,774.31
Balance to credit in account 1897
300,000.00
1,101,774.31
WATER LOAN INTEREST.
CREDIT.
City of Boston Water Rates, amount transferred . $13,612.50
DEBIT.
Cash, paid on Water Loan debt :-
$241,000, one year, at 4 per cent. $9,640.00
$13,000, six months, at 4 per cent. 260.00
Amounts carried forward $9,900.00
-
$13,612.50
New England Trust Co., four months, 4§ per cent. · F. S. Moseley & Co., seventy- three days, 5 per cent. Blake Brothers & Co., four months, 3.8 per cent.
224
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward, $9,900.00 $13,612.50
$57,000, one year, at 5 per cent. 2,850.00 $12,500, six months, at 5 per cent. 312.50 ·
$10,000, one year, at 52 per cent . . .
550.00
$13,612.50
Less coupons unpaid
80.00
$13,532.50
Sundry Persons, unpaid cou-
pons
. 80.00
13,612.50
WATER MAINTENANCE.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1895
$2,974.50
City of Boston, Water Rates, amount transferred . 60,000.00
Water Services, amount transferred .
1,698.41
Cash, received of Sundry Persons turning off and on water $123.00
T. S. Remick, manure . 7.00
Charlestown Gas Co., iron bend
5.10
William A. Muzzey, pipe
31.60
Thomas F. Casey, pipe
14.35
Fay Brothers, pipe .
9.90
E. D. Lacount, pipe and fittings
18.70
M. W. Carr & Co., pipe, fit- tings, etc.
72.19
N. E. Dressed Meat & Wool Co., pipe, fittings, etc. . ·
21.31
George W. Norton, pipe, fit- tings, etc. ·
9.95
Howe & Flint, pipe, fittings, etc. . 4.67
Amounts carried forward
$317.77
$64,672.91
225
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Amounts brought forward $317.77
$64,672.91
Howe Brothers, pipe, fittings, etc. ·
16.05
W. E. Shannon, pipe, fittings, etc. 45.12
North Packing & Provision Co., pipe, fittings, etc.
600.45
M. W. Blaney, pipe, fittings, etc. · 8.90
·
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe, fit- tings, etc. .
11.53
Arlington Water Works, fit- tings .
18.60
William Veazie, fittings .
1.50
A. M. Higgins, fittings 1.00
J. F. Davlin, fittings
2.00
George E. Carr, fittings .
5.00
Tucker & Sons, fittings .
8.60
Irving L. Russell, fittings
.70
Town of Winchester, fittings
6.75
Boston & Maine Railroad, fit- tings
68.38
John P. Squire Co. Corporation, hydrant, etc. 54.50
Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, service pipe
15.00
Mary I. Wentworth, service
pipe
23.20
Edward Cox, service pipe
18.20
L. L. Tower, service pipe
18.30
Lawrence F. Meaney, replacing service pipe
11.30
T. F. Crimmings, replacing ser- vice pipe 13.55
W. F. Edlefson, replacing ser- vice pipe ·
25.90
Amounts carried forward ·
$1,292.30
$64,672.91
226
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $1,292.30
$64,672.91
J. A. Durell, replacing service pipe . 22.70
H. O. Titus, replacing service pipe . 21.35
W. F. Mansfield, replacing ser- vice pipe 3.00
Charles S. Alley, replacing ser- vice pipe 10.85
Samuel Baker, replacing service pipe . 4.56
Frank Buttimer, replacing ser- vice pipe 13.25
A. H. Hines, service pipe 27.35
J. H. Aubin, extending service pipe . 5.60
John Stackpole, extending ser- vice pipe 5.20
Aaron H. Gould, extending ser- vice pipe 4.20
Henry Arnold, extending ser- vice pipe 9.16
Walter F. Sawyer, extending service pipe 9.80
H. S. Pond, labor . 9.10
James Heath & Son, damage to pipe . 73.27
H. W. Covell, bill entered twice 3.67
Schoolhouse Incidentals, service pipe . 5.90
Sewers Construction, pipe, la- bor, etc. 207.08
Public Grounds, pipe, labor, etc. . 133.03
Amounts carried forward $1,861.37
$64,672. 91
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227
Amounts brought forward $1,861.37 $64,672.91
Highways, Paving Washington
street, Joy to Tufts street, pipe, labor, etc. . 11.25
Highways, lead
2.55
Water Works Extension, stock 7,040.77
Water Service, stock
1,999.77
10,915.71
$75,588.62
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$24,367.44
Nathaniel Dennett, salary as su- perintendent
1,500.00
Disbursements
27.03
F. E. Merrill, salary as clerk Disbursements .
26.90
S. E. Hayden, salary as engineer
1,100.00
Nathan Tufts & Sons, hay and grain .
277.88
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, hay and grain
83.61
Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain
73.10
J. F. Ham, hay and grain
131.06
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing F. Dooris, blacksmithing
207.81
146.11
Charles L. Underhill, black- smithing
62.10
John Rooney, blacksmithing
81.03
Ira L. Roberts, blacksmithing
4.00
L. A. Wright, blacksmithing . David W. Crocker, repairs of
.80
wagons
·
16.00
Allen & Griffin, repairs of wagons ·
23.20
R. B. Baker, repairs of wagons
34.20
Amounts carried forward ·
$29,262.27
$75,588 62
1,100.00
228
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$29,262.27 $75,588.62
Frank W. Leavitt, repairs of
wagons
63.25
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing 23.26
Charles Maguire, horseshoeing. 33.00
R. Boylston Hall, horseshoeing
25.00
D. J. Bennett, harness work
13.50
E. Spalding, harness work
96.10
John Cutter, harness work
5.25
James Forgie & Son, harness work
18.33
J. W. Colgan, harness work
1.50
Hill & Hill, harness work
6.12
Underhill Hardware Co., hard- ware
8.10
Howe & Flint, hardware .
13.27
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
173.39
Whitney & Snow, hardware
20.04
Waldo Brothers, cement .
104.30
Globe Gaslight Co., tools
1.05
Joseph Breck & Sons, tools
3.13
Perrin, Seamans & Co., tools
44.25
H. H. Harvey, tools
56.82
Baldwin, Robinson Co., tools .
126.41
W. I. Heald, tools .
.84
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools
2.07
Crescent Tool Co., tools .
24.80
Miller & Shaw, repairs of tools
41.40
S. J. Wood, repairs of tools
12.25
Charles River Iron Works, re- pairs of tools .
12.30
Horatio Wellington & Co., coal
60.73
Dominion Coal Co., Limited, coal
1,083.75
B. F. Wild & Co., coal
192.94
John McCarthy, charcoal .
11.55
Amounts carried forward
$31,540.97
$75,588.62
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229
Amounts brought forward $31,540.97 $75,588.62
George C. Emerson, wood
15.80
H. C. Abbott, wood
28.60
Charles Booth, wood
3.00
Thomas Hollis Co., sponges
7.80
C. H. Paine, horse medicine
4.00
Charles R. Simpson, veterinary services
16.50
Alden Spears Sons & Co., oil
7.39
William F. Low, oil
59.95
P. H. Sutherland, oil
5.00
New England Oil Co., oil
27.00
Warren B. Plimpton, oil .
2.15
Francis S. Brown, tarine .
2.00
Elias Lathrop, ointment .
4.00
W. A. Morrison, packing
17.70
Frank E. Fitts Mfg. & Supply Co., waste .
9.43
James Bartley, soap
13.63
Charles L. Davenport, salt
.
10.00
Kimball Mfg. Co., boxes
1.00
J. Baker & Co., rope
17.02
W. A. Holmes, rope
.85
John T. Sellon, glazing
8.25
C. C. Folsom, glazing
1.35
Frank A. Titus, radiator
7.70
George H. Sampson, powder
52.85
David Cutter, clock work
2.00
Norwood Engineering Co., re- pairs of hydrants
5.50
Boston Belting Co., hose con- nection
7.84
Frost & Adams, stationery
2.54
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., sta- tionery
12.35
S. M. Spencer & Co., stationery
1.38
Amounts carried forward
$31,895.55
$75,588.62
230
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $31,895.55 $75,588.62
Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery 65.75
The Smith Premier Typewriter Co., stationery 2.45
American Printing & Engraving Co., printing 15.50
W. A. Greenough & Co., direc- tory 2.00
Sampson, Murdock & Co., di- rectory
2.00
A. L. Haskell, directories
1.00
J. H. H. McNamee, binding
2.25
Esau Cooper, horse
150.00
Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice .
8.58
Cambridge Ice Co., ice
8.00 1
City of Boston, water
25.20
Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting
36.00
Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas
28.76
New Eng. Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., rentals and tolls .
282.29
H. C. Garcelon, use of telephone
4.80
Boston & Lockport Block Co., blocks
6.75
Star Brass Mfg. Co., repairs of gauge
5.40
George G. Goodrich, drain pipe
37.79
Boston Lead Mfg. Co., lead
3,149.95
Michigan Brass & Iron Works, hydrant
37.50
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., hy- drants
1,643.28
Fairbanks Co., valves
41.68
Walworth Construction & Sup- ply Co., valve
2.48
Amounts carried forward
$37,454.96
$75,588.62
.
231
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $37,454.96 $75,588.62
Braman, Dow & Co., fittings
2,678.26
Standard Brass Co., fittings
547.21
D'Este & Seeley, fittings ·
24.00
George E. Gilchreast, fittings. .
298.56
Osgood & Hart, castings
925.18
Somerville Iron Foundry, cast- ings
853.79
Davis & Farnham Mfg. Co., castings ·
4,664.69
Hall Brothers, castings .
104.35
R. D. Wood & Co., iron pipe
14,493.59
McNeal Pipe & Foundry Co., pipe
8,224.17
Sumner & Goodwin, pipe
197.75
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe
394.05
City of Cambridge, pipe .
23.12
Jaques Brothers & Co., pattern work
41.30
Peet Valve Co., gates
1,286.75
Andrew J. Morse & Sons, gate
13.00
Smith & Anthony Co., bands .
6.90
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., conductors
119.45
Sewall & Day Cordage Co., packing .
132.04
Henry R. Worthington, valve rod
94
Holyoke Hydrant & Iron
Works Co., repairs of hydrant
225.37
60.27
C. J. Crowley, painting pumps George W. Prime, painting hy- drants
101.55
John P. Wahlstrom & Son,
painting stand pipe .
65.00
Amounts carried forward ·
$72,936.25
$75,588.62
232
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $72,936.25 $75,588.62
James Russell Boiler Works Co., caulking stand pipe 423.80
C. Casseau, painting wagon 42.75
J. Q. Twombley, paint 18.14
Robert W. Neff, paint
25.90
J. H. Fletcher, tool boxes
22.50
Henry C. Hunt Co., leather
13.50
A. A. Elston & Co., lumber 7.04
S. W. Fuller, lumber 272.34
Maney, Flaherty & Elkins, lum-
ber
68.50
I. H. Brown Moulding Co., plugs
9.70
L. C. Seavey, roofing
6.34
D. P. Bucknam, mason work
38.50
George W. Trefren, Jr., car- pentering . 8.26
James Buckley, labor
6.00
G. A. Miles, professional ser- vices
2.00
Jackson, Caldwell & Co., bed .
11.00
J. C. Nourse, blankets
2.50
J. H. Brooks, cloth
1.74
Sprague & Hathaway Co., frame
3.83
Somerville Journal Co., print- ing 32.45
Heliotype Printing Co., map
13.50
Frederick R. Cutter, clock
3.50
H. W. Covell, plumbing .
13.31
James F. Davin, plumbing
16.05
W. L. Snow, plumbing
.30
George W. Prichard, teaming
26.50
T. F. Crimmings, teaming
331.99
Richard Falvey, teaming
100.47
Henry Daniels, teaming .
50.50
Amounts carried forward
$74,509.16
$75,588.62
233
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $74,509.16 $75,588.62
P. J. McLaughlin, teaming
39.50
Martin Gill & Son, teaming
15.00
George F. McKenna, teaming .
10.00
Owen Cunningham & Son, sand
23.25
John Silk, sand
34.00
Philip Eberle, rubber boots
10.75
Edward E. Saben, insurance
18.00
Boston & Maine Railroad,
freight
252.32
F. S. Barstow, compensation for damages
75.00
Hiram A. Lovering, compensa- tion for damages .
30.00
S. Henry Hadley, compensa- tion for damages
196.31
Alson Knight, compensation for damages
13.69
Sewers Maintenance account, repairing catch basins . .
9.76
Sewer Assessments, sewer in Cedar street ·
91.99
Reduction of Funded Debt, bal- ance transferred
259.89
75,588.62
WATER SERVICES.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of W. B. Reardon, extending service pipe
40.15
H. W. P. Colson, extending service pipe 11.00
Amos Nickerson, gate box . 3.50
Broadway Congregational Church, connection 28.72
F. O. Squire, fitting
29.50
Amount carried forward $112.87
234
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $112.87 Water Service Assessments, cost of services laid . 5,763.40
$5,876.27
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$2,128.09
Union Water Meter Co., lining machine 50.00
Water Maintenance account,
pipe and teaming
3,698.18
$5,876.27
WATER SERVICE ASSESSMENTS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of Sundry Persons, water services . $5,781.05
DEBIT.
Balance from 1895
$17.65
Water services, pipes laid in
.1896 .
5,763.40
5,781.05
WATERING STREETS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $6,000.00
Watering Streets Assessments, assessments levied
11,918.44
Cash, received of abuttors . 77.00
West End Street Railway Co., season of 1896 340.56
Wilbur P. Rice, discount on bill .
2.52
$18,338.52
DEBIT.
Cash, paid N. C. Barker, overseeing
$680.00
G. W. Cummings, watering 475.96
Amounts carried forward
$1,155.96
$18,338.52
235
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward · $1,155.96 $18,338.52
Owen Cunningham & Son, watering
1,319.24
Day & French, watering .
900.67
Henry McAvoy, watering
519.23
Henry J. McAvoy, Jr., watering
931.73
A. M. Prescott, watering
519.23
R. M. Sturtevant, watering
481.73
S. E. Sturtevant, watering
481.73
H. J. Turner, watering 481.73
Christopher Burke, watering
420.00
Philip McGovern, watering
900.00
James Horrell, watering
450.00
C. T. Shean, watering
450.00
Benjamin Thomas, watering
441.35
Andrew A. White, watering
487.50
J. L. & H. K. Potter, repairing carts
371.15
J. L. & H. K. Potter, carts
367.65
Seward Dodge, repairs of carts
22.05
F. Dooris, repairs of carts 4.10
L. A. Wright, tools
5.00
Citizen Publishing Co., adver- tising
27.25
Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising
14.70
Thomas Groom & Co., books .
12.50
Mabel L. Dadmun, clerical ser- vices
105.34
K. W. Wood, clerical services .
73.85
City of Boston, water
4,650.24
$15,593.93
Fire Department, amount trans- ferred
2,000.00
Amounts carried forward .
$17,593.93
$18,338.52
236
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $17,593.93 $18,338.52
Watering Streets Assessments, assessments abated 16.24
$17,610.17
Excess and Deficiency, balance to
credit of account 728.35 .
18,338.52
WATERING STREETS ASSESSMENTS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of Sundry Persons $8,825.54
Watering Streets, assessments abated
16.24
Balance to debit in account 1897
3,076.66
DEBIT.
$11,918.44
Watering Streets, assessments levied
11,918.44
WATER WORKS EXTENSION.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1895 $631.83
City of Boston Water Rates, amount appropriated 16,000.00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$9,591.06
Water Maintenance account,
pipe and teaming .
7,040.77
16,631.83
.
$16,631.83
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
237
TABLE D.
BALANCES DECEMBER 31, 1896.
Cash
$55,333.45
Public Property .
2,515,710.65
Real Estate Liens
1,339.83
Sewer Assessments
14,983.62
Sidewalk Assessments .
4,535.56
State of Massachusetts, Burial of In-
digent Soldiers and Sailors
315.00
State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
236.00
State of Massachusetts, State Aid
8,214.00
Taxes
284,274.30
Watering Streets Assessments
3,076.66
City Hall Improvement
$8,261.93
Excess and Deficiency .
1,178.02
Funded Debt
1,531,000.00
Overlay and Abatement
2,142.92
Overplus on Tax Sales .
102.13
Property and Debt Balance
984,710.65
Public Library
10.21
Reduction of Funded Debt
5,928.35
Schoolhouse, Land in Ward Three .
6,000.00
Schoolhouse, Land, Spring Hill District
500.00
Schoolhouse, Ward One
19,002.22
Sewers Construction
27,809.83
Sundry Persons
1,372.81
Temporary Loans
.
300,000.00
$2,888,019.07
$2,888,019.07
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
1
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 27, 1897.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 28, 1897.
Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE ROOMS, January 11, 1897.
TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOMERVILLE.
Gentlemen : - At a meeting of the Board of School Committee held December 28, 1896 it was
Ordered, That the Annual Report of the Superintendent be adopted as the Annual Report of the Board of School Committee, it being understood that such adoption does not commit the Board to the opinions or recom- mendations made therein; that the same be referred to the City Council with a request to incorporate it in the annual reports ; and that 1200 copies be printed in separate form.
Respectfully,
G. A. SOUTHWORTH. Sec'y of School Board.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1896.
HON. ALBION A. PERRY, Mayor, Chairman, ex officio. GEORGE E. WHITAKER, President of the Common Council, mem- ber ex officio.
MEMBERS.
WARD ONE.
SANFORD HANSCOM, S. NEWTON CUTLER, GEORGE S. POOLE,
Residence. Term expires
1 Webster street . January, 1897
28 Flint street · 1898
46 Mt. Vernon street
1899
WARD Two.
THOMAS M. DURELL,
23 Bow street
January, 1897 ·
ALVAH B. DEARBORN,
34 Bow street ·
1898
HERBERT A. CHAPIN,
41 Walnut street ·
66 1899
WARD THREE.
THOMAS S. WENTWORTH,
350 Broadway . January, 1897
FRANK E. HARDISON,
192 Central street 66 1898
QUINCY E. DICKERMAN,
85 Central street
1899
WARD FOUR.
MARTIN W. CARR,
74 Craigie street . January, 1897
GEORGE A. MILES,
417 Highland avenue 1898
GILES W. BRYANT,
296 Elm street 1899
The Board holds its regular meetings on the last Monday evening of each month at 8 o'clock.
GORDON A. SOUTHWORTH, Secretary and Superintendent of Schools. Office, English High School building. Residence, 40 Greenville street.
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1896.
ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL .- Hanscom, Chapin, Dickerman, Poole, Carr. LATIN HIGH SCHOOL .- Cutler, Bryant, Hardison, Durell, Dearborn. EAST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT .- Cutler, Poole, Hanscom.
PROSPECT HILL DISTRICT .- Dearborn, Chapin, Whitaker, Durell. WINTER HILL DISTRICT .- Hardison, Dickerman, Perry, Wentworth. SPRING HILL DISTRICT .- Carr, Miles, Bryant.
WEST SOMERVILLE DISTRICT .- Miles, Bryant, Carr.
RULES AND REGULATIONS .- Dickerman, Cutler, Miles, Chapin.
FINANCE .-- Carr, Whitaker, Hardison, Poole.
ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS .-- Perry, Cutler, Dearborn, Har- dison, Carr.
REPAIRS .- Poole, Carr, Dearborn, Wentworth, Miles.
SUPPLIES .- Hardison, Durell, Poole, Bryant.
TEXT-BOOKS .- Bryant, Dickerman, Hanscom, Wentworth, Chapin, Cut- ler, Durell.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION .- Chapin, Carr, Cutler, Dickerman.
MUSIC .- Wentworth, Miles, Hanscom, Chapin.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS .- Miles, Hardison, Poole, Durell.
SALARIES .-- Durell, Bryant, Wentworth, Hanscom.
EVENING SCHOOLS .-- Dearborn, Hanscom, Dickerman, Bryant.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS -- Poole, Miles, Wentworth, Dearborn.
CONTENTS OF REPORT.
Page.
1. Retrospect of twenty-five years 247
2. Growth of Somerville 250
3. Summary of Statistics 254 255
4. Attendance
5. Table of High School Membership
6. Increased Accommodations .
7. Cost of the Schools
8. Additional Accommodations required
9. Teachers
10. High Schools
11. Course of Study
273
12. The Public Library and the Schools
13. Evening Schools
14. Special Teachers
15. Kindergartens
16. Manual Training .
277 279 280 285 286
17. Efficiency of the Schools
288
18. Manual Training in English High School
298
19. Appendix
305
257 25 261 263 267 269
WILLIAM H. HODGKINS SCHOOL.
7
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
FOR
1896.
TO THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE :-
The twenty-fifth annual report of the Superintendent of Schools for the year ending December 31, 1896, is respectfully submitted, being the fourth of the present incumbent of the office and the fifty-fourth of the school department of the municipality.
With the close of the present year Somerville completes the first quarter century of its life as a city. A brief retrospect of these eventful twenty-five years as related to its public schools will not be devoid of interest.
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