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$24,000
July 1, 1894
68
4
July 1, 1909
$1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
51
412
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
69
4
July 1, 1910
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
52
412
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
70
4
July 1, 1911
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1893
53
412
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
71
4.
July 1, 1912
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
72
4
July 1, 1913
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1894
73
4
July 1, 1914
1,000
1,000
Total amount
of Sewer Loan Bonds
$33,000
0
.
97
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE B .-- SEWER LOAN BONDS .-- Concluded. ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER 357, ACTS OF 1895, BEYOND THE LIMIT FIXED BY LAW.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1895
78 to 81
4
July 1, 1897
1,000
$4,000
July 1, 1895
82 to 85
July 1, 1898
1,000
4,000
July 1, 1895
86 to 89
4
July 1, 1899
1,000
4,000
July 1, 1895
90 to 93
4
July 1, 1900
1,000
4,000
July 1, 1895
94 to
97
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
4,000
July 1, 1895
98 to 101
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
4,000
July 1, 1895
102 to 105
4
July 1, 1903
1,000
4,000
July 1, 1895
106 to 109
4
July 1, 1904
1,000
4,000
July 1, 1895
110 to 113
4
July 1, 1905
1,000
4,000
July 1, 1895
114 to 116
4
July 1, 1906
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
117 to 119
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
120 to 122
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
123 to 125
4
July 1, 1909
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
126 to 128
4
July 1, 1910
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
129 to 131
4
July 1, 1911
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
132 to 134
4
July 1, 1912
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
135 to 137
4
July 1, 1913
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
138 to 140
4
July 1, 1914
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
141 to 143
4
July 1, 1915
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
144 to 146
-H
July 1, 1916
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
147 to 149
4
July 1, 1917
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
150 to 152
4
July 1, 1918
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
153 to 155
4
July 1, 1919
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
156 to 158
4
July 1, 1920
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
159 to 161
4
July 1, 1921
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
162 to 164
4
July 1, 1922
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
165 o 167
4
July 1, 1923
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
168 to 170
4
July 1, 1924
1,000
3,000
July 1, 1895
171 to 173
4
July 1, 1925
1,000
3,000
Total amount
of Sewer Loan
Bonds
under above
Act . .
$96,000
98
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. CITY LOAN PAVING BONDS .- ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF CHAPTER 153, ACTS OF 1892, BEYOND THE LIMIT FIXED BY LAW.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
October 1, 1892
21 to 25
4
Oct. 1, 1897
1,000
$5,000
October 1, 1892
26 to 30
4
Oct. 1, 1898
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
31 to
35
4
Oct. 1, 1899
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
36 to
40
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
41 to 45
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
46 to 50
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
51 to 55
4
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
56 to 60
4
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
61 to 65
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
66 to 70
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
71 to 75
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
76 to 80
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
81 to 85
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
86 to 90
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
91 to 95
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
96 to 100
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
5,000
Total amount of
Paving Bonds
$80,000
99
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE B.
WATER LOAN BONDS.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1882
138 to 151
5
July 1, 1897
1,000
$14,000
July 1, 1888
286
4
July 1, 1897
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
৳448
4
July 1, 1897
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
324 to 326
4
Oct. 1, 1897
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
405 to 406
4
Oct. 1, 1897
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
152 to 166
5
July 1, 1898
1,000
15,000
July 1, 1888
287
4
July 1, 1898
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
৳449
4
July 1, 1898
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
327 to 329
4
Oct. 1, 1898
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
407 to 408
4
Oct. 1, 1898
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
167 to 181
5
July 1, 1899
1,000
15,000
July 1, 1882
182
5
July 1, 1899
500
500
July 1, 1888
288
4
July 1,- 1899
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
৳450
4
July 1, 1899
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
330 to 342
4
Oct. 1, 1899
1,000
13,000
October 1, 1890
409 to 410
4
Oct. 1, 1899
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
183 to 194
5
July 1, 1900
1,000
12,000
July 1, 1882
195
5
July 1, 1900
500
500
July 1, 1888
289
4
July 1, 1900
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
6451
4
July 1, 1900
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1884
200 to 202
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1889
343 to 344
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
416 to 417
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1892
a448 to a458
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
11,000
July 1, 1888
290
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
৳452
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
1,000
Amount carried forward
$110,000
100
ANNUAL REPORTS. TABLE B .- WATER LOAN BONDS .- Continued.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount brought forward
$110,000
October 1, 1884
203 to 212
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
10,000
October 1, 1892
a459 to 468
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1885
214 to 219
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
6,000
October 1, 1889
345 to 346
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
418 to 419
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1885
220 to 226
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
7,000
July 1, 1886
229 to 238
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1896
b453
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
347 to 348
4
Oct. 1. 1902
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
420 to 421
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1892
469 to 475
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
7,000
July 1, 1886
239 to 256
4
July 1, 1903
1,000
18,000
July 1, 1896
6454
4
July 1, 1903
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
349 to 350
4
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
448 to 449
4
Oct. 1. 1903
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1886
257 to 266
4
July 1, 1904
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1896
৳455
4
July 1, 1904
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
351 to 352
4
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
450 to 451
4
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1896
6456
4
July 1, 1905
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
353 to 355
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
452 to 453
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1876
30 to 31
512
July 1, 1906
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1896
৳457
4
July 1, 1906
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
356 to 358
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
454 to 455
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1886
267 to 276
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1888
291
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
Amount carried
forward
$240,000
101
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. TABLE B .- WATER LOAN BONDS .- Continued.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount brought forward .
$240,000
July 1, 1896
৳458
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
359 to 361
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
456 to 457
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
292
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
৳459
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
362 to 364
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
458 to 459
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
293
4
July 1, 1909
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
. 365 to 367
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
423 to 424
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
294
4
July 1, 1910
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
368 to 370
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
426 to 427
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
295
4
July 1, 1911
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
371 to 373
4
Oct. 1; 1911
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
428 to 429
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
296
4
July 1, 1912
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
374 to 376
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
430 to 431
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
297
4
July 1, 1913
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
377 to 379
4
Oct. 1, 1913
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
432 to 433
4
Oct. 1, 1913
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
298
4
July 1, 1914
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
380 to 382
4
Oct. 1, 1914
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
434 to 435
4
Oct. 1, 1914
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
299
4
July 1, 1915
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
383 to 384
4
Oct. 1, 1915
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
436 to 437
4
Oct. 1, 1915
1,000
2,000
Amount carried forward .
$294,000
102
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B .- WATER LOAN BONDS .- Concluded.
DATE.
Number of Bonds-
Rate per cent of Interest
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount brought
forward
.
$294,000
July 1, 1888
300
4
July 1, 1916
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
385 to 386
4
Oct. 1, 1916
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
438 to 439
4
Oct. 1, 1916
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
301
4
July 1, 1917
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
387 to 388
4
Oct. 1, 1917
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
440 to 441
4
Oct. 1, 1917
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
302
4
July 1, 1918
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
389 to 390
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
442 to 443
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1889
391 to 392
4
Oct. 1, 1919
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
444 to 445
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
446 to 447
4
Oct. 1, 1920
1,000
2,000
Total amount
of
Water Loan
Bonds
$315,000
103
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
RECAPITULATION.
City Loan Bonds .
Sewer Loan Bonds
. $1,007,000.00 33,000.00
Total amount of Funded Debt within the limit provided by law
$1,040,000.00
Sewer Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 357, Acts of 1895 96,000.00
City Loan Paving Bonds, issued under Chapter 153, Acts of . 1892 · 80,000.00
Total amount of funded Debt outside of the limit allowed by law, issued under special Acts 176,000.00
Water Loan Bonds
315,000.00
Total amount of Funded Debt
$1,531,000.00
TABLE C.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS SHOWING APPROPRIA- TIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1896.
APPROPRIATIONS.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed
$690,100.00
Property and Debt balance
177,000.00
Amount carried forward
$867,100.00
104
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $867,100.00
DEBIT.
City Hall Improvement .
$22,000.00
Engineering Department
10,000.00
Fire Department
51,450.00
Fire Department, Fire Station,
Ward One
6,500.00
Fire Department, Fire Station No.
Four Improvement
5,000.00
Fire Department, Land for Fire
Station, Clarendon Hill, Ward Four
2,500.00
Health Department
20,000.00
Highways
60,000.00
Highways, City Stables
2,000.00
Highways, Steam Road Roller No. 2
3,500.00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors .
300.00
Interest
70,000.00
Miscellaneous
7,000.00
Police
46,000.00
Police Station Incidentals
3,000.00
Printing and Stationery .
6,500.00
Public Grounds
7,000.00
Public Library
8,000.00
Reduction of Funded Debt
95,000.00
Renewals of Funded Debt
47,000.00
Relief and Burial of Indigent Sol- diers and Sailors
7,000.00
Salaries
5,700.00
School Contingent
18,000.00
School Contingent, Janitors' Sal- aries
13,000.00
School Fuel
10,000.00
Schoolhouse, English High
7,000.00
Amounts carried forward
$533,450.00
$867,100.00
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105
Amounts brought forward
$533,450.00 $867,100.00
Schoolhouse, Jacob T. Glines, Addi- tion
22,000.00
Schoolhouse Incidentals
15,000.00
Schoolhouse, Land, Spring Hill
District .
3,000.00
Schoolhouse, Land, Ward Three .
6,000.00
Schoolhouse, Luther V. Bell, Heat-
ing, Ventilating and Sanitary Apparatus
6,500.00
Schoolhouse, Ward One
35,000.00
Schoolhouse, Ward Four
9,000.00
School Teachers' Salaries
150,000.00
Sewers, Maintenance
7,000.00
Sidewalks
10,000.00
Street Lights
47,000.00
Support of Poor .
17,150.00
Watering Streets .
6,000.00
867,100.00
CASH.
CREDIT.
City Hall Improvement
$16,137.53
Engineering Department
9,456.41
County of Middlesex
43,327.63
Fire Department
.
60,930.75
Fire Department, Fire Alarm Signal Boxes
975.00
Fire Department, Fire Station, Ward One .
13,561.15
Fire Department, Fire Station No. 4 Improvement
7,054.42
Fire Department, Land for Fire Station, Ward Four
2,464.20
Funded Debt
152,500.00
Health Department
23,320.96
Highways
68,648.95
Highways, City Stable
1,191.00
Amount carried forward
.
$399,568.00
106
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward ·
$399,568.00
Highways, Paving Medford street, Somerville avenue to Cambridge line . 6,820.45 Highways, Paving Washington street, Medford to Joy street 4,740.75
Highways, Paving Washington street, Joy to
Tufts street
3,459.79
Highways, Steam Road Roller No. 2 .
.
3,500.00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
500.00
Interest
63,740.46
Miscellaneous
15,864.52
Police
55,691.62
Police Station Incidentals .
2,286.86
Printing and Stationery
7,088.51
Public Grounds
6,853.22
Public Library
11,006.75
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
7,537.91
Salaries
30,054.08
School Contingent
22,651.12
School Contingent, Janitors' Salaries
12,805.39
School Fuel
9,975.93
Schoolhouse, English High
6,843.73
Schoolhouse Incidentals
21,101.43
Schoolhouse, Jacob T. Glines Addition
27,260.71
Schoolhouse, Luther V. Bell, Heating, Ventilating and Sanitary Apparatus
6,863.26
Schoolhouse, Ward One
17,434.78
Schoolhouse, Ward Four .
38,269.12
School Teachers' Salaries .
140,096.72
Sewers, Construction
86,231.21
Sewers, Maintenance
8,243.16
Sidewalks
19,291.01
State Aid
8,338.00
State of Massachusetts
30,205.00
State of Massachusetts, Non-resident Bank Stock 889.35
Street Lights
47,209.55
Amount carried forward
$1,122,422.39
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107
Amount brought forward
$1,122,422.39 905.00
Sundry Persons
Support of Poor
21,999.79
Temporary Loans
801,774.31
Water Loan Interest
13,532.50
Water Maintenance .
75,328.73
Water Services
4,177.86
Watering Streets
15,593.93
Water Works Extension
16,631.83
Balance to debit in account 1897
..
55,333.45
$2,127,699.79
DEBIT.
Balance from 1895
0
$73,103.06
City of Boston, Water Rates .
94,270.17
Engineering Department
36.34
Fire Department .
682.72
Fire Department, Fire Station,
Ward One
42.47
Funded Debt ·
177,000.00
Health Department
1,042.50
Highways .
5,584.08
Highways, Paving Medford street,
Somerville avenue to Cam-
bridge line
242.95
Highways, Paving Washington
street, Joy to Tufts street
1,000.00
Interest
9,791.12
Miscellaneous
5,010.56
Overlay and Abatement
18.41
Police
5,210.00
Police Station Incidentals
900.00
Printing and Stationery
54.00
Public Grounds
20.25
Public Library
2,896.62
Real Estate Liens
2,510.67
Amounts carried forward . $379,415.92
$2,127,699.79
.
.
108
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$379,415.92 $2,127,699.79
Reduction of Funded Debt
7,172.46
Salaries
.
22,597.57
School Contingent
813.98
Schoolhouse Incidentals
1,313.91
Schoolhouse, Luther V. Bell, Heat-
ing, Ventilating and Sanitary Apparatus 12.50 ·
Schoolhouse, Ward One
1,437.00
Schoolhouse, Ward Four .
128.00
Sewer Assessments
11,381.38
Sewers, Construction
508.97
Sewers, Maintenance
404.06
Sidewalk Assessments
10,500.70
State of Massachusetts, Indigent
Soldiers and Sailors 324.00
State of Massachusetts, Burial of In- digent Soldiers and Sailors
280.00
State of Massachusetts, State Aid
7,444.50
Street Lights
27.40
Sundry Persons
157.71
Support of Poor
3,346.86
Taxes
727,603.31
Temporary Loans
926,774.31
Water Maintenance
10,915.71
Water Services
112.87
Water Service Assessments
5,781.05
Watering Streets Assessments
8,825.54
Watering Streets .
420.08
$2,127,699.79
CITY HALL IMPROVEMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account $22,000.00
Highways, Paving Medford street, Joy to Tufts street, amount transferred 1,340.21
Amount carried forward $23,340.21
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward $23,340.21
Highways, Paving Washington street, Medford to
Joy street, amount transferred 1,059.25 .
$24,399.46
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Alfred H. Hines, on ac- count of contract .
$11,300.00
Alfred H. Hines, on account of extra work 425.00
Damon Safe and Iron Works Co., contract for vault . ·
1,855.00
Foster, Ellingwood & Harvey, con-
tract on account of heating ap- paratus
800.00
W. I. Mabie, carpenter work . ·
552.70
Frank A. Fuller & Co., carpenter work
28.60
G. W. Gale Lumber Co., lumber .
113.46
I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber
1.62
J. Rush Green, doors
28.23
Howe & Flint, boxes .
31.05
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware
19.48
W. J. Fermoyle, setting glass
7.50
Holland & Daniels, shades ·
53.20
Derby Desk Co., desks . .
218.40
Wemyss Bros. & Co., counters, etc.
386.70
Library Bureau, index case .
55.00
Charles W. Dunham, painting
111.59
T. M. Sargent, services as architect
150.00
$16,137.53
Balance to credit in account 1897 . 8,261.93
$24,399.46
110
ANNUAL REPORTS.
CITY OF BOSTON, WATER RATES.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of City of Boston, return on water
$94,270.17 rates
DEBIT.
Water Maintenance, amount trans- ferred · $60,000.00
Water Works Extension, amount
transferred
16,000.00
Water Loan Interest, amount trans- ferred 13,612.50
Reduction of Funded Debt, amount transferred
4,657.67
94,270.17
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed
$43,327.63
DEBIT.
Cash, paid County tax
43,327.63
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $10,000.00
Cash, received of Somerville Electric Light Co., given location 2.65
Schoolhouse, Ward One, superintending .
foundation
30.00
Arthur C. Doten, error in pay-roll
3.69
$10,036.34
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, City Engineer · ·
$1,900.00
Amounts carried forward
$1,900.00
$10,036.34
.
·
.
111
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $1,900.00 $10,036.34
George A. Kimball, consulting Engineer 1,407.37
Engineer's assistants
5,321.65
Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery, etc.
87.43
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Engineer's supplies
85.45
Frost & Adams Co., paper
47.80
Buff & Berger, instruments
131.05
Stowell Bros., instruments
15.00
Watts Bros., sliding rod .
3.00
Charles C. Hutchinson, instru- ments
6.00
Morse Machine Co., tables
85.00
Josiah Cummings, Son & Co., tool bags .
6.00
Sprague & Hathaway Co., frames 4.95
James E. Moody, repairs to in- struments
7.37
I. H. Brown Moulding Co., stakes
21.42
J. H. Brooks, cloth
1.70
Blackbird Pen Co., pens
2.50
Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, erasers
2.75
George O. W. Servis, tape and paper
10.13
Heliotype Printing Co., map .
4.50
M. L. Vinal, stationery . ·
2.35
John S. Hodgsdon, repairs of instruments
20.60
Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising
.25
Amounts carried forward ·
$9,174.27
$10,036.34
112
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $9,174.27 $10,036.34
Citizen Publishing Co., adver- tising .25
Charles E. Farnham, expressing 1.35
Glines & Co., expressing
.30
Katherine W. Wood, car fares, etc.
140.72
Fred E. Jones, car fares, etc. .
31.78
Whitney & Snow, hardware
85.24
F. J. Stanley, board of horse .
22.50
$9,456.41
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account 579.93
$10,036.34
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
CREDIT
Balance from 1895
$1,231.33
Engineering Department, credit balance of ac- count
579.93
Fire Department, Fire Alarm Signal Boxes, credit balance of account .
25.00
Fire Department, Fire Station, No. 4 Improve- ment, credit balance of account
135.12
Fire Department, Land for Fire Station, Ward Four, credit balance of account
35.80
559.00
Highways, City Stable, credit balance of account Highways, Paving Medford street, Somerville ave- nue to Cambridge line, credit balance of ac- count
871.91
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, credit balance of ac- count
50.00
Interest, credit balance of account
3,522.97
Police Station Incidentals, credit balance of account
613.14
Public Grounds, credit balance of account
167.03
Amount carried forward
$7,791.23
113
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$7,791.23
School Contingent, Janitors' Salaries, credit bal- ance of account .
194.61
School Fuel, credit balance of account 24.07
Schoolhouse, English High, credit balance of ac- count
156.27
Schoolhouse, Ward Four, credit balance of ac- count
338.66
School Teachers' Salaries, credit balance of ac- count
9,903.28.
Sewers, Maintenance, credit balance of account
660.90
Watering Streets, credit balance of account .
728.35
$19,797.37
DEBIT.
Fire Department, debit balance of account .
$2,798.03
Health Department, debit balance of account
2,278.46
Highways, debit balance of account Miscellaneous, debit balance of ac- count
761.01
Police, debit balance of account
981.62
Printing and Stationery, debit bal- ance of account ·
534.51
Relief and Burial of Indigent Sol- diers and Sailors, debit balance of account
222.91
Salaries, debit balance of account
1,756.51
1,037.14
School Contingent, debit of account Schoolhouse Incidentals, debit bal- ance of account
3,587.52
Schoolhouse, Jacob T. Glines Addi-
tion, debit balance of account .
760.71
Amounts carried forward ·
$15,683.51
$19,797.37
965.09
114
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $15,683.51 $19,797.37
Schoolhouse, Luther V. Bell, Heat-
ing, Ventilating and Sanitary Apparatus, debit balance of ac- count
250.76
Fire Department, amount trans- ferred
1,000.00
Street Lights, debit balance of ac- count ·
182.15
Support of Poor, debit balance of account
1,502.93
Balance to credit in account 1897 . 1,178.02
$19,797.37
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation, amount assessed
$51,450.00
Excess and Deficiency account, amount trans- ferred
1,000.00
Watering Streets account, amount transferred 2,000.00
Interest account, amount transferred
3,000.00
$57,450.00
Cash, received of Fire Department,
Fire Alarm Signal Boxes ac- count
$600.00
Jacob W. Wilbur, labor on wires
27.50
Margaret Brown, labor on
wires
5.00
City of Cambridge, labor on wires
22.12
Cohen & Co., old junk
20.00
Sundry persons, money called for
not
8.10
682.72
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account .
2,798.03
Amount carried forward
$60,930.75
115
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward $60,930.75
DEBIT.
Cash, paid to James R. Hopkins, chief engineer
$1,800.00
Nathaniel C. Barker, assistant engineer
600.00
Permanent firemen and substi- tutes
24,921.27
Steamer Company No. 1, call- men ·
1,263.50
Steamer Company No. 2, call- men
706.50
Steamer Company No. 4, call- men . ·
1,312.00
Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, callmen
1,480.50
Hook and Ladder Company, No. 2, callmen
1,607.00
Hose Company No. 1, callmen
553.00
Hose Company No. 2, callmen
1,392.00
Hose Company No. 3, callmen
1,358.17
Hose Company No. 5, callmen
1,349.00
Sundry persons, labor on fire alarm telegraph . ·
2,106.12
Sundry persons, extra fire duty
102.51
Seward Dodge, blacksmithing
382.54
Charles L. Underhill,
93.80
W. H. Richardson,
.
89.15
A. Clement,
63.35
Cadogan Bros.,
176.05
C. W. Ingalls,
31.70
Gerry & Rufer,
154.77
J. B. Rufer,
36.74
Edward O'Brien,
77.15
D. J. Bennett. harness work .
23.15
Amounts carried forward
$41,679.97
$60,930.75
.
.
.
.
.
.
116
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$41,679.97 $60,930.75
W. P. Shaw, blacksmithing
2.50
H. A. Brownell,
30.85
Hill & Hill
14.20
F. Ivers & Son,
11.00
E. Spalding,
61.80
Charles E. Berry,
66
335.75
Henry A. Glazier, harness
hangers · 32.00
Harry L. Marston, harness
hangers . 20.50
Gleason & Bailey Mfg. Co., horse collars
15.00
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, hay and grain
59.41
G. W. Ladd Co., hay and grain J. A. Marsh, ·
356.54
Proctor Bros.,
·
536.86
R. W. Willey & Co.,
.
350.80
Powers & Co., ·
208.25
Lord & Webster, 66
913.86
C. F. & G. W. Eddy,
431.42
Fulton O'Brion 66
12.22
William T. Henderson, repairs of apparatus
49.50
Allen & Griffin, repairs of ap- paratus ·
149.25
David W. Crocker, repairs of apparatus ·
13.75
Frank W. Leavitt, repairs of apparatus . ·
109.50
American Fire Engine Co., re- pairs of apparatus 90.91
Charles Waugh & Co., repairs of apparatus ·
20.21
Amounts carried forward · $45,570.20
$60,930.75
·
.
.
.
64.15
117
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $45,570.20 $60,930.75
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., repairs of apparatus 1.75
I. B. Walker, repairs of appa- ratus 49.90
E. Teel & Co., repairs of ap- paratus · 13.25
Miller & Shaw, repairs of ap- paratus ·
79.14
W. L. Snow, repairs of ap- paratus
1.00
Scrannage Bros., repairs 13.55
W. J. Kennedy, 25.50
Frank E. Fitts Mfg. and Sup- ply Co., cotton waste, etc. 43.55
J. A. Druell, hardware 27.52
Whitney & Snow, " 14.44
Howe & Flint,
19.38
Underhill Hardware Co., hard-
ware
64.93
Joseph Breck & Sons, hardware · 5.00
Star Brass Mfg. Co.
4.50
Boston Electric Co., electrical supplies
3.37
Charles L. Bly, electrical sup- plies .
117.52
New England Gamewell Co., electrical supplies
1,730.85
Pettingill, Andrews & Co., elec- trical supplies
269.60
Thomas W. Gleason, electrical supplies
57.36
H. N. Mabie, carpentering
204.92
Elijah Walker, 66
23.66
. H. S. Brackett, 66
.
126.41
Amounts carried forward · $48,467.30
$60,930.75
.
.
118
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$48,467.30 $60,930.75
G. D. B. Robinson, “ 3.39
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., vitriol
46.43
Corcoran Chemical Co.,
20.13
West & Jenney,
335.80
James Bartley, oil, etc. .
13.73
Frank L. Young & Kimball, oil, etc. 4.25
William P. Sawyer, oil, etc.
7.95
H. W. Burgess,
15.10
J. H. Givan,
1.84
W. H. Bullard, .
29.45
A. F. Carpenter,
7.85
W. Irving Heald,
15.58
John P. Squire & Co. Corp., oil, etc. 47.76
J. E. Phipps, grease
8.40
Standard Oil Dressing Co., dressing
3.00
Charles A. Austin & brushes
Co.,
15.60
Collins & Richards, stall basins
18.00
John L. Clark, canvas covers . 23.75
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