Report of the city of Somerville 1896, Part 31

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


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Expressman,


Marshall st.


Wm. F. Marble,


Hoseman,


Fishman,


Derby street.


Almon Irish,


Hoseman,


Clerk,


Sargent ave.


Melville Webber,


Hoseman,


Teamster,


Jacques street.


Edwin R. Perham,


Hoseman,


Expressman,


Marshall st.


Harry V. Spike,


Hoseman,


Teamster,


Broadway.


Chas. A. Woodbury,


Hoseman,


Teamster,


Jacques street.


HOSE CO. No. 3.


Name.


Rank.


Occupation.


Residence.


Benj. H. Pond,


Captain,


Fireman,


Fire station.


Frank. L. Draper,


Lieutenant,


Lineman,


Chester ave.


Chas. H. Bridges,


Hoseman,


Machinist,


Medford street,


Francis S. Brown,


Hoseman,


Watchman,


Columbus ave.


Thomas W. Joy,


Hoseman,


Cooper,


Mystic street.


John H. Cuddy,


Hoseman,


Laborer,


Bow st. place.


Alfred R. Higgins,


Hoseman,


Cooper,


Prospect st.


Edward A. Parker,


Hoseman,


Carpenter,


Oxford street.


Wm. H. Wheaton,


Hoseman,


Steam fitter,


Somerville ave.


HOSE CO. No. 5.


Name.


Rank.


Occupation.


Edwin F. Trefren,


Captain,


Fireman,


Wm. J. Blaisdell,


Lieutenant,


Painter,


Quincy street.


Martin E. Driscoll,


Hoseman,


Painter,


Beacon street.


Fred'k G. Jones,


Hoseman,


Painter,


Somerville ave.


Daniel W. McDermott, Hoseman,


Painter,


Somerville ave.


Henry C. Page,


Hoseman,


Casket maker,


Miller street.


1


CHEMICAL · ENGINE A.


Name.


Rank.


Occupation.


Benj. W. Daley,


Lieutenant,


Fireman,


Joseph Cribby,


Driver,


Fireman,


Wilfred S. Young,


Substitute h'sem'n, Fireman,


Residence. Fire station. Fire station. Fire station.


Residence. Fire station.


579


REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


SERVICE OF ENGINE CO. No. 1.


Hose laid


11,650 ft. 254


Miles run


Ladders used .


185 ft.


Bell alarms answered


118


Still alarms answered, .


6


Total


124


SERVICE OF ENGINE CO. No. 2.


Hose laid


9,850 ft.


Miles run


274


Ladders used .


230 ft.


Bell alarms answered


118


Still alarms answered


20


Total


138


SERVICE OF ENGINE CO. No. 4.


Hose laid


10,400 ft. ·


Miles run


13512


Bell alarms answered


118


Still alarms answered


13


Total


131


SERVICE OF LADDER CO. No. 1.


Miles run


121


Ladders used .


3,210 ft.


Bell alarms answered


118


Still alarms answered


6


Total


124


SERVICE OF LADDER CO. No, 2.


Miles run


129


.


Ladders used .


1,244 ft.


Bell alarms answered


118


Still alarms answered


4


Total


122


580


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SERVICE OF HOSE CO. No. 2.


Miles travelled


154


Ladders used .


295 ft.


Hose used


9,850 ft.


Bell alarms answered


118


Still alarms answered


8


Total


126


SERVICE OF HOSE CO. No. 3.


Miles run


79


Ladders used .


75 ft.


Hose laid


15,450 ft.


Bell alarms answered


118


Still alarms answered


6


Total


124


SERVICE OF HOSE CO. No. 5.


Miles run


143


Ladders used .


213 ft.


Hose laid


11,500 ft.


Bell alarms answered


118


Still alarms answered


6


Total


124


SERVICE OF CHEMICAL CO. A.


Chemical hose used


16,500 ft.


Miles run


26234


Tanks used


91


Ladders used .


763 ft.


Bell alarms answered


118


Still alarms answered


10


Total


128


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 24, 1897.


Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent down for concurrence. GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 24, 1897.


Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports, in concurrence.


CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS, January 1, 1897.


To the City Council of Somerville :-


The following is the final report of the Committee on Fuel and Street Lights for the year ending December 31, 1896 :-


SCHOOL FUEL ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$10,000.00


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


For fuel at Beach Street School . $82.07


Luther V. Bell School


484.24


Bennett School .


117.55


Bingham School


321.72


Burns School


173.41


Cedar Street School


43.56


Cummings School


152.63


Davis School


180.88


George W. Durell School


167.24


Edgerly School


685.42


Amounts carried forward


$2,408.72


$10,000.00


584


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward ·


$2,408.72


$10,000.00


Forster School


617.63


Franklin School


128.83


Jacob T. Glines School


685.20


Harvard School


23.18


High School


1,749.71


Highland School


678.22


William H. Hodgkins School


311.66


Jackson School


158.92


O. S. Knapp School


1,032.24


Lincoln School


270.47


Morse School


706.47


Charles G. Pope School


.


626.12


Prescott School


437.74


Prospect Hill School


126.51


Incidentals


14.31


Total debit


$9,975.93


Balance unexpended


$24.07


STREET LIGHTS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation .


$47,000.00


Receipts, for old lamp posts


27.40


Total credit


·


$47,027.40


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


For electric lighting .


$47,087.60


Changing location of electric


lights


33.00


Incidentals


88.95


Total debit .


$47,209.55


Amount overdrawn


$182.15


.


.


.


.


·


.


.


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS. 585


SCHOOL FUEL.


By an order, adopted June 24th, 1896, this committee was authorized to make a contract with Mr. I. L. Smith, for furnish- ing fuel for the schoolhouses and public buildings of the city, at prices as follows :- For furnace, egg, and stove coal, $3.97 per ton; soft wood, per cord, $5.50; hard wood, per cord, $6.75; and the fuel has been furnished under the authority of said order.


STREET LIGHTS.


The number of street lights in the city, January 1, 1896, was 557,-349 arc and 208 incandescent electric lights. Nine arc lights have been added during the year, and two incandescent lights have been placed on Boston avenue to take the place of the oil lamps which were discontinued in 1896. One incan- descent light has also been placed on Harvard street, between Elm place and Beach street.


The following table shows the number of lights in the city January 1, 1897 :-


Arc Electric Lights.


Incandescent Electric Lights.


Totals.


In the city January 1, 1896 .


349


Erected during the year .


.


9


208 3


557 12


358


211


569


For the Committee, ROBERT S. WRIGHT, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.


REPORT


OF THE


SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 13, 1897.


Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 13, 1897.


Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.


CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


CITY HALL, December 24, 1896.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the City Council :-


Gentlemen,-I have the honor to submit herewith the annual report of the Light Department for the year ending December 31, 1896.


Nine (9) new arc lights have been added during the year, located as follows :- Central Park; Grant and Derby streets; Glen, opposite Dell street; Granite, corner of Osgood street; Porter, corner of Carver street; Tower street and Highland avenue; Laurel street; Perkins, opposite Florence street; Jenny Lind avenue.


Three (3) new incandescent lights have been added; two (2) on Boston avenue, near the Medford line, and one (1) on Har- vard street, between Elm and Beach streets.


The locations of the following incandescent lights have been changed, the original territory lighted by them having been covered by arc lights. From Dell to North Union, from Porter and Carver to Williams court, from Granite to Knapp, from Laurel to Park place, from Perkins, opposite Florence, to Mur- ray, from Florence to Alston and Shawmut, from Perkins, op- posite Myrtle, to corner of Wheeler and Pinckney streets.


I have endeavored to have the electric light company fulfil their contract to the city and have found them always ready to obey my orders.


590


ANNUAL REPORTS.


There are at present three hundred and fifty-eight (358) arc and two hundred and eleven (211) incandescent lights in use. I would recommend that more lights be added this coming year, as there are many points in the city where they are much needed.


The contract with the electric light company expires next year. It is the opinion of the superintendent of lights that the price now paid, i. e., one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) per year for twelve hundred (1200) candle-power arc lights, is ex- cessive. The new contract should call for a much reduced price in the cost of lights.


To the chairman and members of the fuel and lights com- mittee I wish to extend my thanks for the courtesy shown to me during my few months of office.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD BACKUS, Supt. of Lights.


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, March 10, 1897.


Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, March 11, 1897.


Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports, in concurrence.


CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, January 1, 1897.


To the City Council of Somerville: -


The Committee on Public Property presents the following report for the year 1896 :-


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Receipts :-


For rent of armory


300.00


Rent of court room


600.00


Total credit


·


$3,900.00


DEBIT.


Transfer to police account


$1,000.00


Expenditures :-


For janitor's salary


850.00


Gas


542.23


Fuel .


343.70


Water


75.60


Disinfectant


7.50


Labor


28.00


Supplies


15.97


Repairs and improvements of building and furniture 423.86


Total debit


3,286.86


Balance unexpended


$613.14


594


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$15,000.00


Transfer from school contingent ac-


count


1,200.00


Receipts :-


For rent of land on Elm street


25.00


Insurance on Prospect Hill schoolhouse


1,059.32


Total credit


$17,284.32


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


For repairs and improvements of


buildings


$10,761.80


Furniture


1,487.42


Repairing furniture


558.39


Repairing heating and venti-


lating apparatus


1,648.26


Repairing blackboards


63.52


Building fence


50.99


Concrete walks


296.15


Setting edgestones


263.30


Flagstaff at High grounds . .


School


335.75


Cleaning buildings after re- pairs


339.17


Teaming furniture


90.62


Water


833.70


Gas .


614.66


Electric current for motor


40.85


Insurance .


2,239.63


Adjusting insurance


37.50


Sewer assessment


60.00


Amount carried forward


$19,721.71


·


.


595


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Amount brought forward


$19,721.71


School supplies .


1,096.53


Carriage hire


10.00


Incidentals


43.60


Total debit


20,871.84


Amount overdrawn .


$3,587.52


The expenditures at the various schoolhouses were as fol- lows :-


Beech Street.


Repairs and improvements


$94.32


Repairing furniture


8.90


Repairing heating apparatus .


109.30


Moving furniture .


2.25


Gas


20.68


Water


13.00


Supplies


3.00


$251.45


Luther V. Bell.


Repairs and improvements


$794.24


Furniture


·


4.50


Repairing furniture


97.42


Repairing heating apparatus


44.89.


Repairing blackboards .


4.24


Moving furniture .


1.75


Cleaning after repairs


109.24


Gas


42.79


Water


53.20


Supplies


37.61


1,189.88


Amount carried forward


$1,441.33


596


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$1,441.33


Bennett.


Repairs and improvements


.


$280.37


Furniture


112.00


Repairing furniture


43.60


Repairing heating apparatus


24.11


Water


23.80


Insurance


18.00


Supplies


.53


502.41


Bingham.


Repairs and improvements


$222.21


Furniture


.


.


159.61


Repairing furniture


40.05


Repairing heating apparatus


9.02


Repairing blackboards


41.60


Moving furniture .


4.50


Water


51.80


Insurance


75.00


Supplies


9.90


613.69


Burns.


Repairs and improvements


$232.99


Furniture


23.64


Repairing furniture


5.00


Repairing heating apparatus


.


25.83


Gas


2.00


Water


12.60


Insurance


75.00


Supplies


19.75


396.81


Amount carried forward


$2,954.24


.


.


.


.


-


597


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Amount brought forward $2,954.24


Cedar Street.


Repairs and improvements


$195.03


Repairing furniture


3.00


Water


13.00


Insurance


24.00


Supplies


3.69


Sewer assessment


60.00


298.72


Cummings.


Repairs and improvements


$212.57


Repairing furniture


9.25


Repairing heating apparatus


104.66


Water


16.80


Supplies


6.45


.


349.73


Davis.


Repairs and improvements


$100.47


Furniture


.


13.50


Repairing furniture


9.15


Repairing heating apparatus


18.83


Gas


3.35


Water


28.00


Supplies


3.20


176.50


Durell.


Repairs and improvements


$121.23


Repairing furniture


5.00


Repairing heating apparatus .


22.32


Water


19.70


Supplies


3.85


.


172.10


Amount carried forward


$3,951.29


·


·


·


.


.


598


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$3,951.29


Edgerly.


Repairs and improvements ·


$422.03


Furniture


·


55.49


Repairing furniture


32.07


Repairing heating apparatus


32.63


Gas


39.50


Water


14.00


Supplies


16.72


612.44


Forster.


Repairs and improvements .


·


$2,813.24


Repairing furniture


.


21.00


Repairing heating apparatus


218.50


Repairing blackboards .


17.68


Cleaning after repairs


28.20


Gas


73.88


Water


43.40


Supplies


3.07


3,218.97


Franklin.


Repairs and improvements


$277.70


Furniture


48.50


Repairing furniture


49.10


Repairing heating apparatus


64.38


Moving furniture


8.75


Water


13.00


Insurance


105.00


Supplies


3.00


569.43


Amount carried forward


$8,352.13


.


599


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Amount brought forward


$8,352.13


Glines.


Repairs and improvements


$97.42


Furniture


22.75


Repairing furniture


11.00


Repairing heating apparatus


3.50


Cleaning after repairs


26.48


Moving furniture


8.72


Gas


5.14


Water


28.00


Insurance


337.50


Supplies


10.01


550.52


Harvard.


Repairs and improvements


$104.19


Repairing furniture


2.50


Repairing heating apparatus


9.75


Water


13.00


Insurance


23.63


Supplies


.50


153.57


English High.


Repairs and improvements


$1,520.28


Furniture


641.71


Gas


68.00


Electric current for motor


40.85


Flagstaff


335.75


Supplies


49.28


.


2,655.87


Amount carried forward .


$11,712.09


600


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$11,712.09


1,318.67


Highland.


Repairs and improvements


$258.98


Furniture


92.77


Repairing furniture


9.25


Repairing heating apparatus


59.45


Gas


38.45


Water


46.20


Insurance


322.50


Supplies


10.94


838.54


Hodgkins.


Repairs and improvements


$84.19


Furniture


4.50


Cleaning after construction


171.00


Moving furniture


49.40


Building fence


50.99


Insurance


320.00


Supplies


60.60


740.68


Amount carried forward ·


$14,609.98


.


$545.32


Furniture


25.90


Repairing furniture


.


15.00


Repairing heating apparatus


.


.


105.98


Gas


164.77


Water


214.60


Insurance


176.25


Supplies


70.85


Latin High.


Repairs and improvements


.


·


.


601


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Amount brought forward . $14,609.98


Jackson.


Repairs and improvements


$163.17


Repairing furniture


36.75


Repairing heating apparatus


18.12


Moving furniture


3.75


Water


13.00


Insurance


99.00


Supplies


6.75


340.54


Knapp.


Repairs and improvements


255.59


Furniture


39.25


Repairing furniture


30.25


Repairing heating apparatus


179.41


Moving furniture


4.25


Concrete walks


197.30


Setting edgestones


263.30


Gas


28.96


Water


.


15.40


Supplies


·


1,051.93


Lincoln.


Repairs and improvements


$124.93


Repairing furniture


.


1.10


Repairing heating apparatus


126.84


Moving furniture


1.00


Supplies


12.07


.


281.94


Amount carried forward


·


$16,284.39


.


38.22


.


·


602


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


$16,284.39


Morse.


Repairs and improvements


.


$318.42


Furniture


29.50


Repairing heating apparatus


183.75


Moving furniture


.75


Gas


21.36


Water


26.90


Supplies


17.83


598.51


Pope.


Repairs and improvements .


$376.30


Furniture


132.00


Repairing furniture


27.25


Repairing heating apparatus


105.56


Moving furniture


3.25


Gas


10.42


Water


46.20


Insurance


487.50


Supplies


21.52


1,210.00


Prescott.


Repairs and improvements


$398.33


Furniture


31.80


Repairing furniture


78.35


Repairing heating apparatus


62.93


Concrete walks


98.85


Gas


95.36


Water


100.00


Insurance


176.25


Supplies


36.77


1,078.64


Amount carried forward


$19,171.54


.


.


.


603


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Amount brought forward $19,171.54


Prospect Hill.


Repairs and improvements


$748.28


Furniture


50.00


Repairing furniture


7.40


Repairing heating apparatus .


118.50


Moving furniture


6.50


Adjusting insurance


37.50


Water


28.10


Supplies


14.50


1,010.78


School supplies (brushes, dusters, baskets, etc.)


635.92


Carriage hire


10.00


Incidentals


43.60


Total debit


$20,871.84


SCHOOLHOUSE, ENGLISH HIGH, ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation .


$7,000.00


DEBIT.


Expenditures: -


John Y. Mainland, balance on contract for laboratory fit- tings


$1,028.30


Wemyss Bros. & Co., carpen- tering and wood-working for manual training


1,489.00


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools and machinery


1,369.00


Chandler & Barber, tools


1,473.98


James H. Roberts, shafting, etc.


337.73


Amounts carried forward


$5,698.01


$7,000.00


.


604


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$5,698.01 $7,000.00


Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co.,


motor


300.00


Connecting motor with Cam- bridge motor circuit


200.00


Lumber


169.26


Hardware


25.55


Iron work


27.67


Mason work


5.16


Labor (carpenter work of stu-


dents)


295.00


Furniture and carpet


108.18


Sundry expenses


14.90


Total debit


.


.


$6,843.73


Balance unexpended


$156.27


.


SCHOOLHOUSE IN WARD FOUR, ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Balance unexpended December 31, 1895


$30,479.78


Appropriated in 1896


9,000.00


Receipts :-


From Frank G. Coburn & Co., for


water service


15.00


Highways account, for gravel . 85.00


Total credit


$39,579.78


DEBIT.


Transfer to Fire Station, Ward One, account


$1,000.00


Expenditures : -


Frank G. Coburn & Co., bal- ance of contract for construc- tion . $27,163.00


Amounts carried forward,


$28,163.00


$39,579.78


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


605


Amounts brought forward $28,163.00 $39,579.78


Frank G. Coburn & Co., extra work


633.63


Boston Furnace Co., contract for heating and ventilating apparatus


4,637.00


Samuel D. Kelley, balance on architect's services


1,010.00


F. Bryant & Co., electric wiring


397.50


Carpenter work


68.18


Plumbing


15.83


Gas fixtures, service pipe and connecting meter


114.42


Covering steam pipes with as- bestos


347.92


Iron balcony


25.00


Furniture


2,590.99


Window shades


134.56


Insurance


28.00


Grading


354.55


Edgestones and inside curbing


661.85


Plank walks


58.69


Total debit


$39,241.12


Balance unexpended


$338.66


SCHOOLHOUSE, WARD ONE, ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$35,000.00


Received from sale of buildings


1,437.00


Total credit


$36,437.00 ·


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


Land, with buildings thereon . $10,064.48


City of Somerville, taxes 231.89


Amounts carried forward · $10,296.37


$36,437.00


606


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $10,296.37 $36,437.00


City of Somerville, street water- ing 5.28


Thomas M. Sargent, on account of architect's services . .


600.00


Edward F. Staples, on account contract ·


5,500.00


Engineering Department ac-


count, labor ·


30.00


Highways account, labor


·


20.00


Stone, teaming, etc., for extra foundation


943.10


Lumber


2.55


Advertising


29.23


Printing


2.25


Bill posting


6.00


Total debit


$17,434.78


Balance unexpended


$19,002.22


SCHOOLHOUSE, JACOB T. GLINES ADDITION, AC- COUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation $22,000.00


Transfer from Reduction of Funded Debt account 2,000.00


Transfer from Schoolhouse, Land, Spring Hill District, account 2,500.00


Total credit $26,500.00 .


DEBIT.


Expenditures : -


H. P. Cummings & Co., contract for construction $17,360.00


H. P. Cummings & Co., extra work 2,031.93


Amounts carried forward . $19,391.93


$26,500.00


607


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Amounts brought forward $19,391.93 $26,500.00


Magee Furnace Co., on account contract for heating and ven- tilating apparatus


4,970.00


Aaron H. Gould, architect's ser- vices


1,236.55


Furniture


1,002.40


Putting down furniture


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179.32


Window shades


109.77


Gas fixtures


88.40


Gas fitting


15.43


Painting


5.00


Asbestos covering for pipes


143.26


Iron crane and truck


24.75


Express on furniture


42.18


Cleaning


14.22


Insurance


37.50


Total debit


$27,260.71


Amount overdrawn .


$760.71


SCHOOLHOUSE, LUTHER V. BELL, HEATING, VEN- TILATING AND SANITARY APPARATUS, AC- COUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$6,500.00


Transfer from Reduction of Funded Debt account .


100.00


Received from Lynch & Woodward for repairing furniture


12.50


Total credit


$6,612.50


Amount carried forward


$6,612.50


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward .


$6,612.50


DEBIT.


Expenditures: -


A. A. Sanborn, plans for heat- ing and ventilating apparatus Lynch & Woodward, on ac count contract


$328.30


6,416.00


Lynch & Woodward, extra work


18.30


Covering pipes with. asbestos


100.66


Total debit


6,863.26


Amount overdrawn .


$250.76


SCHOOLHOUSE, LAND, SPRING HILL DISTRICT, AC- COUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$3,000.00


DEBIT. .


Transfer to Schoolhouse, Jacob T. Glines Addition


account


$2,500.00


Balance unexpended


$500.00


CITY HALL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation $22,000.00


Transfer from Highways, paving Washington street, Joy to Tufts street


1,340.21


Transfer from Highways, paving Washington street, Medford to Joy street 1,059.25


Total credit $24,399.46


Amount carried forward


$24,399.46


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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Amount brought forward . DEBIT.


$24,399.46


Expenditures :-


Alfred H. Hines, on account contract


$11,300.00


Alfred H. Hines, extra work .


425.00


Foster, Ellingwood & Harvey, on account of contract for heating apparatus


800.00


Damon Safe & Iron Works Co., vault work


1,855.00


Thomas M. Sargent, plans


150.00


Lumber, doors, finish, etc.


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143.31


Furniture


273.40


Window shades


53.20


Carpenter work, counters, vault fittings, etc.


999.05


Hardware


19.48


Painting


111.59


Setting glass


7.50


Total debit


$16,137.53


Balance unexpended


$8,261.93


SCHOOL CONTINGENT (JANITORS' SALARIES) AC- COUNT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation .


$13,000.00


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


For salaries paid for eleven months .


$12,805.39


Balance unexpended


$194.61


.


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610


ANNUAL REPORTS.


EXPENDITURES BY THIS COMMITTEE FROM MIS- CELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.


City Hall expenses :-


For repairs building .


$78.33


Repairing heating apparatus


74.69


Furniture and carpets


112.25


Repairing furniture


25.75


Electric lighting


300.00


Gas


45.73


Fuel


310.58


Water .


26.60


Telephone


206.52


Supplies


64.08


Express on bundles


11.55


P. O. box rent


4.00


Labor


54.50


Teaming ashes


16.00


Typewriting machines


193.50


$1,524.08


City Messenger's team :---


For maintenance .


579.90


Election expenses :-


For fitting up voting precincts,


repairs of boxes, fittings, etc.


$462.34


Care of rooms for elections and caucuses


108.60


Rent of rooms for elections and


57.00


caucuses


627.94


Total expenditures


.


$2,731.92


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WILLIAM H. HODGKINS SCHOOL.


The William H. Hodgkins School, the plans and contracts for which were adopted and executed during the previous year, and under which plans and contracts the erection of the build- ing was carried on by the committee of 1895, has been com-


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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


pleted by this committee and turned over to the School Com- mittee, ready for occupancy.


It is a twelve-room brick building, constructed in the most modern manner, with the latest improved heating and venti- lating apparatus, and is a valuable addition to the school property of the city.


The total cost of the building, including heating and venti- lating apparatus, school furniture, fittings, etc., was $52,753.01, above the land.


SANFORD HANSCOM SCHOOL.


Of the requests made by the School Committee early in the year, for additional school accommodations, the one for a six- room building in Ward One, was decided by the City Council to be an imperative necessity. But considerable trouble was ex- perienced by the committee in securing a lot suitable for the erection of such a building as was required. Several desirable lots suggested themselves; but owing to difficulties encountered in their purchase, and the statute laws at that time being such as to make the acquiring by right of eminent domain of land for school purposes a rather hazardous matter, the committee deemed it unwise to procure them, and finally settled upon the corner of Webster and Rush streets as the most practicable, and under the existing conditions, most desirable location.


The lot on Webster street, with the fire station thereon, which, after the erection of the new station at the corner of Broadway and Cross street, had been abandoned by the depart- ment, was by order of the City Council dated July 16, 1896, turned over to this committee, and the committee was also authorized by the same order to purchase the land on Webster and Rush streets, with the buildings thereon numbered 36 and 38 Webster street and 48 Rush street, authority for the sale of which buildings was also granted by said order.


These lots, together with the fire station lot, containing in all about 11,927 square feet, were adopted by the City Council as the site for the new building, and the committee presented plans prepared by Thomas M. Sargent, architect, for the erection


612


ANNUAL REPORTS.


thereon of a six-room brick building, which plans were adopted August 27, 1896.


Under authority of the City Council a contract for the con- struction was awarded to Edward F. Staples, for the sum of $23,000.00.


The plans for this building have been prepared in such a manner as to allow an addition of two rooms, should it be necessary at any future time, without any considerable change in the original structure.


JACOB T. GLINES SCHOOL ADDITION.


By an order dated May 21, 1896, plans prepared by Aaron H. Gould, architect, were adopted for the addition of five rooms to the Jacob T. Glines schoolhouse, and under authority of the City Council, contracts have been awarded to H. P. Cummings & Co., for $17,360.00, for construction, and to the Magee Fur- nace Co., for $5,270.00, for heating and ventilating apparatus.




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