Report of the city of Somerville 1896, Part 11

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


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681.11


Medfield Insane Hospital


488.00


Amounts carried forward


$8,836.92


$21,999.79


217


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


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


219


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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


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


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


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


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


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


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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