Report of the city of Somerville 1896, Part 7

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


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Thomas Groom & Co., sta- tionery


18.00


F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., sta- tionery 6.20


Plummer Mfg. Co., chamois skins ·


10.25


W. H. Churchill & Co., re- pairs of fire alarm .


.50


Thomas H. Daley, box


3.00


N. T. Barker, repairing


1.70


F. E. Cushing, glazing .


.85


Norfolk Mfg. Co., powder


10.35


Welch & Hall, horses


485.00


Amounts carried forward


. $49,621.16


$60,930.75


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Amounts brought forward


$49,621.16


$60,930.75


Edgar Snow,


435.00


Moses Coleman & Son, horse .


150.00


George E. Lowell, use of horse


.00


W. N. Hubbard,


10.00


William Kirkland, 66


11.00


Revere Rubber Co., hose


58.50


Boston Belting Co., "


910.00


Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., hose


187.43


Henry W. Ross, nozzle .


12.00


A. S. Jackson, couplings, etc. .


63.00


Combination Ladder Co., land- ing pads, etc.


33.00


Cornelius Callahan Co., hose .


157.00


W. S. Fifield & Son, stove work


4.00


Charles A. Holmes,


11.40


Christian & Co., grates . .


48.00


Allen Bros., steel letters


.


3.00


A. W. Mitchell Mfg. Co., badges


22.75


Oak Hall Clothing Co., badge .


1.00


Scovill Mfg. Co., buttons


17.82


S. F. Hayward & Co., charging extinguishers


9.00


Elias Lathrop, ointment .


8.00


P. Casseau, painting


75.00


Francis S. Brown, tarine


5.00


R. H. Mead, soap


6.00


T. Spelman, soap .


14.00


Sawyer & Read, soap


3.50


I. Wiley & Co., sponges .


41.97


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


34.32


Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., gas


208.40


Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas


801.38


Amounts carried forward . $52,969.63


$60,930.75


·


.


120


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $52,969.63 $60,930.75


New Eng. Telephone & Tele- graph Co., rentals and tolls . City of Boston, water for hy- drants


244.35


4,172.00


City of Boston, water for houses


205.47


George F. Hughes, painting


6.00


G. S. Burton, painting


15.00


J. Q. Twombly, painting .


26.72


S. D. Hicks & Son, copper work


21.95


James F. Davlin, plumbing


33.76


John A. Merrifield, plumbing .


2.00


George H. Maynard, plumbing


1.50


J. E. Parsons, plumbing .


1.33


W. E. Plumber & Co., hard- ware ·


46.83


I. L. Smith, fuel


395.95


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel


203.99


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel


449.59


A. M. Prescott, harness work . American Tube Works, iron rail .75


94.00


William McDonald, signs


32.50


The Gutta Percha & Rubber Co., hose .


58.50


W. F. Barker, steam fitting


46.35


A. A. Sanborn, steam fitting


86.75


Braman, Dow & Co., steam fitting


8.31


E. D. Loring, steam fitting


5.50


Fairbanks Co., scales


6.00


W. J. Logan, setting glass


15.00


C. M. Kimball, polish


11.50


John G. Lesure, medicine


24.00


George E. Downes, salt .


4.50


Amounts carried forward


$59,189.73


$60,930.75


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Amounts brought forward $59,189.73 $60,930.75


Hiram N. Stearns, bedding


62.28


G. W. Bent & Co., bedding


7.50


J. H. Brooks, dry goods .


1.00


Jackson, Caldwell & Co., mat


1.00


W. G. Hallock, dusters


34.25


Leander Barber, brooms


11.00


W. A. Greenough, directory


2.00


Silas D. Carter, refreshments


15.00


S. J. Wood, filing saws, etc.


2.00


Henry K. Barnes, spanners


4.00


W. G. Langdon, clock


4.25


Daniel Pratt Sons, dial


1.00


F. C. Ayer, lumber


11.90


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber


10.53


Clarence G. Reed, whitewash- ing


28.75


Harry F. Bucknam, plastering


2.50


John T. Sellon, glass


10.00


E. P. Miers, agent, roofing


10.35


T. Allen, concreting


56.00


Dennis Ryan, grinding


15.00


William C. Pierce, electric hose pulls . .


15.00


C. N. Perkins & Co., repairing extinguishers


14.00


Hayward Bros. & Co., furniture


20.25


M. W. Cain & Son, furniture 35.00


Kendall & Baker, bedding


68.33


Chandler & Farquhar, tools


18.30


Sulpho Naphthol Co., naphthol


20.00


H. D. Padelford, drugs


7.95


Milton H. Plummer, drugs


3.55


George E. Grover, drugs


1.75


Useful Novelty Co., salt bricks


7.20


Amounts carried forward


$59,691.37


$60,930.75


122


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $59,691.37 $60,930.75


Somerville Citizen Co., printing 21.50


Citizen Publishing Co., printing 4.50


Ame & Co., horse food .


6.50


Sidewalk assessments, sidewalk on Hudson street


15.50


Highways account, paving


driveway


213.56


G. R. Tuttle, lumber


1.19


J. E. Kelsey, teaming .


8.00


W. E. Loveless, teaming


.


2.00


William Green, teaming.


2.00


Eugene Mead, carriage hire


12.00


M. G. Staples, teaming


12.25


George T. Day, expressing


54.33


Glines & Co., expressing


4.25


E. R. Perham, expressing


3.30


Charles E. Farnham, express- ing


18.60


Fitz, Dana & Co., wire .


45.97


Meyers Putz Pomade Co., cream


3.00


F. D. Weld, ladders, etc. .


43.90


J. H. Thompson, hack hire


8.00


Mrs. Walter Loveland, washing


46.61


Irving C. Jackson, washing .


31.63


Mrs. E. F. Trefren, washing


33.50


Mrs. A. M. Spike, washing ·


42.60


Mrs. Calvert, washing


.


130.40


W. H. Stevens, washing .


·


46.49


Harry Hunt, repairing hose


9.25


Charles R. Simpson, veterinary services


117.00


Winter Hill Ice Co., ice .


6.00


Boston Ice Co., ice


6.00


Frank A. Teele, premium of in- surance


8.00


Amounts carried forward ·


$60,649.20


$60,930.75


·


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Amounts brought forward $60,649.20 $60,930.75


Willard C. Hill, premium of in- surance


85.00


Charles S. Robertson, premium of insurance 135.00


Edward E. Saben, premium of insurance 45.00


Joseph J. Giles, premium of in- surance


13.00


James R. Hopkins, paid for freight


1.25


Edward Backus, car fares


2.30


60,930.75


FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE ALARM SIGNAL BOXES. CREDIT.


Fire Department, Fire Station, Ward One, amount transferred


$1,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid New England Gamewell Co., signal boxes $375.00


Fire Department account, sig- nal boxes


600.00


$975.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 25.00


1,000.00


FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE STATION, WARD ONE.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895


$9,208.22


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on Funded Debt account ·


6,500.00


Cash, received of Lord Bros., for heating ·


42.47


Amount carried forward, $15,750.69


124


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . $15,750.69


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Lord Bros., on account of contract ·


$8,745.00


Lord Bros., extras . ·


856.25


Charles W. Christian & Co.,


heating apparatus 930.00


T. M. Sargent, services as arch- itect 434.49


Asbestos Paper Co., plastering


55.00


Collins & Richards, iron col- umns


60.00


Gould Bros., carpenter work


366.19


Frank E. Cutter, painting ·


35.29


Armstrong Bros., tin work 29.00


George H. Maynard, plumbing .


96.00


William Campbell & Co., boiler


125.00


S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones W. A. Murtfeldt, concreting . Murdock Parlor Grate Co., tab- lets


175.00


55.25


G. W. & F. Smith & Co., iron ladder


18.00


McKenney & Waterbury, gas fixtures


117.25


Wilfred Young, zinc work .


15.00


Charles E. Berry, harness work


182.00


Combination Ladder Co., land-


· ing pads


30.00


M. W. Cain & Co., furniture


47.00


Conant, Ball & Co., furniture


26.00


French & Heald, furniture


102.00


Boston Electric Co., electric work


80.00


J. A. Glass & Co., shades ·


38.00


Amounts carried forward


$12,735.11


$15,750.69


117.39


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Amounts brought forward $12,735.11


$15,750.69


Fries, Breslin & Co., rugs


27.36


James A. Furley, mats ·


4.72


Kendall & Baker, bedding, etc.


149.96


Hiram N. Stearns, bedding, etc. ·


59.70


Welch & Hall, horses


405.00


Gleason & Bailey Mfg. Co., collars


45.00


Charles A. Holmes, labor


5.00


Charles Mains, labor


29.00


T. H. Young, labor


12.60


A. M. Prescott, teaming .


81.05


W. E. Loveless, teaming .


6.65


$13,561.15


Fire Department, Fire Alarm Signal Boxes, amount transferred 1,000.00


Fire Department, Fire Station, No. 4 Improvement, amount trans- ferred .


1,189.54


15,750.69


FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE STATION NO. 4, IMPROVE- MENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account $5,000.00


Fire Department, Fire Station No. 1, amount transferred 1,189.54


Schoolhouse, Ward Four, account, amount trans- ferred ·


1,000.00


Amount carried forward


$7,189.54


126


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $7,189.54


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Lord Bros., on account of contract


$5,100.00


Lord Bros., extras .


432.12


D. B. Franklin, heating appa- ratus


172.00


W. A. Snow & Co., stall floors 84.00


W. F. Barker, fittings, pipe, etc.


45.55


Webster, Folger & Co., shades


22.00


Starbird & Johnson, shed


191.19


Bowker, Torrey & Co., tablet .


22.60


Boston Electric Co., electrical work


45.00


Collins & Richards, sliding poles


25.63


E. R. & E. H. Tarbell, gas fix- tures


94.80


Charles E. Berry, hangers


215.24


George W. Tibbetts, plumbing


80.40


Cambridge Gaslight Co., pipe .


2.19


J. Harrington & Son, roofing .


130.70


Loring & Phipps, services as architects


391.00


$7,054.42


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 135.12


$7,189.54


FIRE DEPARTMENT, LAND FOR FIRE STATION, CLARENDON HILL, WARD FOUR.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on funded debt account . $2,500.00


Amount carried forward $2,500.00 .


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Amount brought forward DEBIT.


$2,500.00


Cash, paid Henry Holton, Eugene H. Ferry, and Henry Hol- ton, Gdn. . 0


$2,433.93


City of Somerville, taxes of 1896


30.27


$2,464.20


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 35.80


2,500.00


FUNDED DEBT ACCOUNT.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895


. $1,506,500.00


Cash, received from sale of City


Loan Bonds Nos. 2058 to 2222


$165,000.00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 448 to 459


12,000.00


177,000.00


$1,683,500.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid sundry persons . City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,254 to 1,263


10,000.00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,593 to 1,601 City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,734 to 1,752


9,000.00


19,000.00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 944 to 948 City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,053 to 1,062


5,000.00


10,000.00


Amounts carried forward ·


$53,000.00


$1,683,500.00


128


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$53,000.00 $1,683,500.00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,123 to 1,126 4,000.00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,175 to 1,181 ·


7,000.00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1,373 to 1,396 24,000.00


Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 1 to 7


35,000.00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 55


1,000.00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 38


1,000.00


Sewer Loan Bonds Nos.74 to


4,000.00


City Loan Paving Bonds Nos. 16 to 20


5,000.00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 125 to 136


12,000.00


Water Loan Bond No. 137


500.00


Water Loan Bond No. 285


1,000.00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 321 to 323


3,000.00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 403 to 404


2,000.00


$152,500.00


Balance to credit in account 1897


1,531,000.00


1,683,500.00


HEALTH DEPARTMENT. CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$20,000.00


Cash, received of Hannibal S. Pond, garbage


·


800.00


George W. Bean, poundage of dogs


174.00


Daniel P. O'Brien, poundage of dogs


3.00


William P. Mitchell, permits to keep swine and goats and collect grease


61.00


Somerville Hospital, sulpho naphthol


.


4.50


$21,042.50


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


2,278.46


Amount carried forward


$23,320.96


129


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Amount brought forward .


$23,320.96


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$16,660.00


Caleb A. Page, salary as In- spector .


1,200.00


Disbursements


111.31


George W. S. Huse, salary as Superintendent . 900.00 ·


P. F. McDonald, carts


474.00


Charles L. Underhill, repairs of carts .


113.10


Seward Dodge, repairs of carts


2.10


F. W. Esterbrook, repair of carts ·


1.25


21.25


7.00


231.51


123.15


1.00


.25


Hill & Hill, ash cart covers


13.50


D. J. Bennett, harness work


147.35


Welch & Hall, exchanging horse J. H. Thompson, carriage hire L. H. Brown, carriage hire


6.00


7.00


Proctor Bros., hay and grain


2,467.20


City of Boston, water


28.00


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


72.99


H. Wellington & Co., fuel


25.23


J. A. Porter & Co., fuel .


6.30


Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery .


10.25


Sundry Persons, burying ani- mals .


1.65


Amounts carried forward .


$22,682.63


$23,320.96


E. Teel & Co., repairs of buggy L. A. Wright, repairs of pails . Edward O'Brien, horse-shoeing Ira L. Roberts, horse-shoeing . Gerry & Rufer, horse-shoeing . W. H. Richardson, horse-shoe- ing


51.24


130


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $22,682.63 $23,320.96


J. A. Durell, hardware 68.97


Howe & Flint, hardware . 8.35


Whitney & Snow, hardware


15.07


Burdett & Williams, dog chains


10.92


J. P. Lovell Arms Co., collars .


1.59


A. C. Ferguson, bread


6.75


S. B. Blethen, bread


1.50


G. Benjamin Frost, meat


18.96


John E. Taapken, groceries


6.93


M. C. Parkhurst, fitting dog pound


17.00


G. W. Manning, labor


20.00


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., saw dust 2.00


F. A. Higgins, dishes


1.40


Osgood & Stevens, carpenter- ing


12.99


Alley & Littlefield, lumber


.


2.16


John Fisher, buckets


10.80


Charles M. Berry, fumigating, etc.


21.70


W. F. Waller, fumigating, etc.


10.00


James Bartley, supplies


3.11


R. M. Sturtevant, supplies


7.29


Mrs. N. L. Perry, nursing


84.00


Somerville Journal Co., print- ing and advertising 89.50


Somerville Citzen Co., printing and advertising 2.25


Citizen Publishing Co., printing and advertising 48.50


New England Vaccine Co., virus . .


26.65


West & Jenney, sulphur . ·


9.49


Amounts carried forward · $23,190.51


$23,320.96


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Amounts brought forward $23,190.51 $23,320.96


Milton H. Plummer, pepper- mint .


13.35


J. W. Coveney, post office box .


4.00


J. H. Brooks, dry goods .


5.60


C. H. Paine, horse medicine .


2.00


W. H. Way, veterinary services


40.00


Fred S. Brown, polish


2.00


M. P. Mongan, force pump


2.00


Charles S. Robertson, premium of insurance


50.00


Charles E. Farnham, expressing


1.00


Glines & Co., expressing


.55


E. R. Perham, expressing


1.25


C. H. Crane, expressing .


7.50


Marshall St. Pharmacy


.


1.20


23,320.96


HIGHWAYS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$60,000.00


Highways, City Stable, amount transferred .


250.00


Interest, amount transferred


1,500.00


Sidewalks, amount transferred


349.78


$62,099.78


Cash, received of James H. Piper, sidewalk


43.61


Henry C. Smalley, sidewalk


40.82


John P. Snow, sidewalk .


22.24


Walter A. Eames, sidewalk


22.24


Rufus R. Wade, sidewalk


31.25


Blaney & Robinson, sidewalk .


148.57


L. P. Carr, sidewalk


25.11


James Tucker, sidewalk .


.


39.57


Amounts carried forward


$373.41


$62,099.78


·


.


.


132


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$373.41


$62,099.78


Herman Barker, sidewalk


66.60


Harry M. Moore, sidewalk


19.60


William H. Zinn, sidewalk


147.20


Ella Haskell, sidewalk


46.43


George W. Foskett, sidewalk


30.27


John E. Woodside sidewalk


21.00


James W. Rich, sidewalk


45.00


Joseph J. Stockdon, sidewalk


39.74


George O. W. Servis, sidewalk


14.82


New Eng. Mutual Life Ins. Co., sidewalk ·


172.61


S. H. Maloon, sidewalk . ·


40.32


Henry B. Champion, sidewalk


40.25


C. W. Lowell, sidewalk .


54.52


William M. Young, sidewalk


71.38


Josiah C. Fluker, sidewalk


42.31


R. K. Wakefield, sidewalk


42.32


J. F. Merry, sidewalk


16.77


Wilson G. Rich, sidewalk


47.18


Elijah A. Trickey, sidewalk


42.46


Sophronia M. Tower et al., sidewalk ·


61.16


A. H. Carvill, sidewalk


112.50


James H. Steele, sidewalk


·


48.03


Fred W. Coles, sidewalk


24.75


Thomas A. Dewire, sidewalk


97.50


Geo. A. Maynard, sidewalk


58.30


J. L. Nelson, sidewalk


100.31


Lottie Landon, sidewalk


9.65


George A. Bruce, sidewalk


22.25


Robert Duddy, sidewalk


21.80


William B. Parazina, sidewalk


25.91


George I. Vincent, sidewalk


4.85


J. F. Berry, sidewalk


29.15


A. E. & N. J. Giroux, drive- way .


5.00


Amounts carried forward


$1,995.35


$62,099.78


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Amounts brought forward


$1,995.35 $62,099.78


Frank D. Woodbridge, drive- way


7.65


Albert M. Davis, driveway


8.20


J. L. Gilman, driveway . .


9.75


Martin J. Caples, driveway


4.50


Alden E. Viles, driveway


17.00


John P. Squire Co., Corp., driveway


34.40


Howard Lowell, driveway


15.64


T. H. Edgerly, driveway


5.25


Emery F. Chaffee, bricks


1.48


Benjamin F. Freeman, crushed stone


2.50


A. C. Aldrich, crushed stone


5.00


W. S. Glidden, crushed stone .


5.00


Broadway M. E. Church, filling


30.00


Thomas Allen, use of roller ·


15.00


Mass. Broken Stone Co., old crusher


150.00


T. A. Hammond, old engine


· 50.00


Thomas Ormund, rent


72.00


Arthur Murley, rent


64.00


Irving L. Russell, manure


31.00


Highways, City Stable, labor .


40.00


Schoolhouse Incidentals, labor, etc. .


263.30


Public Grounds, removing


driveway


·


125.89


Sewers Construction, teaming


28.80


Sidewalks, teaming, materials, etc.


1,700.96


Schoolhouse, Ward Four, edge- stones


661.85


Fire Department, paving


213.56


B. Martis, error in pay roll


6.00


Amounts carried forward


$5,564.08


$62,099.78


.


134


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $5,564.08 $62,099.78


William Cunningham, money not called for ·


15.00


John McGlaughlin, money not called for 5.00


$5,584.08


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to debit of account 965.09


6.549.17


$68,648.95


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers' pay rolls . ·


$39,400.92


Thomas H. Eames, salary as Superintendent ·


77.40


Thomas H. Eames, board of horses ·


20.57


John P. Prichard, salary as Su- perintendent


1,443.99


John P. Prichard, disburse- ments


41.51


Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain


1,819.06


G. W. Ladd Co., grain


290.85


R. W. Willey & Co., grain 56.70


Lord & Webster, hay and straw


1,653.54


G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, hay


522.03


P. F. Merrill, hay .


205.22


F. Dooris, blacksmithing


51.95


Collins & McKenna, black-


smithing ·


80.13


Seward Dodge, blacksmithing .


168.17


Charles L. Underhill, black- smithing 11.22


Miller & Shaw, blacksmithing .


96.56


A. Clement, blacksmithing 105.27


Edward O'Brien, blacksmithing


327.22


Amounts carried forward


$46,372.31


$68,848.95


135


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $46,372.31 $68,648.95


Geo. McDormand, blacksmith- ing 167.17


E. E. Olney & Co., blacksmith- ing


7.75


Harry G. Hunt & Co., black- smithing


26.20


-


Taylor Iron & Steel Co., jaws . 129.10


Holmes & Blanchard, repairs to crusher .


271.63


S. C. Nightingale & Child, re- pairs of crusher . 39.30


20.78


Roberts Iron Works Co., plates Walworth Mfg. Co., steam fit- ting . .


96.47


W. R. Fleming & Co., repairs of roller 72.82


Allen & Griffin, repairs of roller . ·


27.90


American Road Machine Co., repairs


10.00


Lubron Mfg. Co., packing


9.00


O. S. Kelley & Co., grease


2.50


Leonard & Ellis, grease


23.03


American Oil Co., oil


37.40


P. Sutherland & Co., oil .


143.96


S. D. Hicks & Son, repairing carts ·


7.97


D. W. Crocker, repairing carts


15.35


Union Square Carriage Co., repairs ·


11.50


S. J. Wood, repairing tools, etc.


7.25


Frank W. Bickford, repairing tools, etc.


4.04


A. M. Prescott, harness work


18.45


John Cutter, harness work


83.85


Amounts carried forward .


$47,605.53


$68,648.95


·


136


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $47,605.53 $68,648.95


D. J. Bennett, harness work 42.15


John S. Williams, harness work


331.12


H. A. Brownell, harness work . Welch & Hall, horses


34.60


Frank O. Chandler, horses


300.00


Walter Bates & Sons, horse


75.00


R. M. Sturtevant, horses, etc. .


426.00


J. C. Terry, mason work


133.25


Boston & Maine R. R., freight


70.04


Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Agency Co., coal . 178.51


H. Wellington & Co., fuel 115.98


T. H. Sprague & Son, fuel 396.94


W. M. Hadley, fuel


171.37


Frank A. Teel, fuel


134.49


Highland Coal Co., fuel .


3.20


Baker, Hunnewell & Co., fuel


6.80


City of Boston, water


129.10


C. A. Hammond, engine and feed pump, etc. 843.58


Union Snow Plough & Wagon Co., snow plough 65.00


William C. Oastler, road scraper


360.00


Hickory Broom Fibre Co.,


brooms 21.56


A. J. Wellington, screen


50.00


Somerville Electric Light Co.,


lighting


164.99


Charlestown Gas & Electric


Co., tar


3.00


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., rent- als and tolls 76.31


George H. Sampson, powder . 25.30


Useful Novelty Co., salt bricks . 33.60


John Kaine, soda .


27.83


Amounts carried forward


$52,515.55


$68,648.95


690.00


137


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Amounts brought forward . $52,515.55 2.00


$68,648.95


F. J. Stanley, clipping horse


Frank W. Bickford, setting


glass . .


15.63


Boston Belting Co., belting ·


16.26


Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., gage . 2.50


Ashton Valve Co., valve .


6.00


L. M. Ham & Co., iron beams


32.08


William G. Nash, cement


11.40


Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery


69.25


A. E. Jacobs, ink pads


3.00


A. M. Wood & Co., lumber


99.68


S. W. Fuller, lumber


34.36


F. C. Ayer, lumber


129.93


Alley & Littlefield, lumber


44.81


Wemyss Bros. & Co., cedar posts


16.50


Perrin, Seamans & Co., tools .


8.67


Underhill Hardware Co., tools


3.00


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools


14.82


Whitney & Snow, tools


181.70


Chase, Parker & Co., tools


60.28


J. A. Martin, tools .


3.25


Dodge, Haley & Co., tools


14.32


James McCusker, tools


6.00


Portland Stoneware Co., bricks


15.55


W. A. Sanborn, bricks


1,239.65


N. M. Cofran & Co., bricks


97.50


Dennis Shea, stone


1,710.40


J. M. Riley, stone .


119.10


C. F. Shean, stone .


206.02


A. Kennedy, stone .


58.59


John Wilson, stone


292.02


Amounts carried forward · $57,029.82


$68,648.95


.


·


.


.


.


138


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $57,029.82 $68,648.95


Owen Cunningham & Sons, stone


221.31


Frank Buttimer, stone .


491.32


H. A. Hanscom & Co., stone .


1,347.60


John Turner & Co., stone .


1,127.11


William H. Lenox, stone


116.70


William J. McCarthy, stone


166.95


G. W. Holmes, stone


50.67


Sweatt & Gould, stone


21.63


W. B. Parker, stone


57.90


Lennon & O'Brien, stone


5.40


Christopher Burke, stone and teaming


167.34


Richard Falvey, stone and team- ing


82.77


P. Connors, teaming


350.13


Margaret A. Simpson, sand


816.50


M. W. Carr & Co., sand .


65.00


T. C. Connor, sand


75.50


A. C. Spring, gravel


31.00


S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones


2,526.50


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


71.92


W. I. Heald, hardware


52.73


W. B. Holmes, hardware


24.93


W. L. Snow, hardware ·


19.54


Ames Plow Co., tools


222.32


Remick Bros., blankets


1.74


Pettingill, Andrews & Co., elec- trical supplies .


6.25


Boston Bolt Co., bolts


5.22


W. P. Phillips & Co., washers .


5.84


W. H. Way, veterinary services William H. Hitchings, veter- inary services


23.00


174.00


Amounts carried forward


$65,358.64


$68,648.95


139


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $65,358.64 $68,648.95


Somerville Journal Co., print- ing .


96.65


Citizen Publishing Co., printing


21.00


Somerville Citizen Co., printing


49.75


Thomas Hollis, drugs


·


11.85


Lombard & Bowman, drugs


36.46


T. H. Paine, drugs .


6.00


Thomas Casey, bricks


8.00


Charles Drouet, bricks


120.00


N. E. Fitz & Co., wharfage


88.40


H. Gore & Co., paving


192.20


City of Medford, one half cost of maintaining Middlesex


Avenue bridge


647.95


A. W. Hastings & Co., sashes


13.60


American Stave & Cooperage Co., tank


20.00


J. A.'Durell, plumbing


·


20.79


George C. Downes, salt . ·


3.00


Henry K. Barnes, lacing.


3.00


L. A. Wright, wheelwright work


3.20


American Steam Packing Co., packing


9.90


Thomas Allen, concreting


45.00


James Rawson, painting .


.


60.52


T. A. Sallaway, paint


4.77


C. Caseau, signs


4.00


E. R. Perham, expressing


10.45


Glines & Co., expressing .


.45


City of Waltham, taxes .


484.21


Town of Wakefield, taxes


14.00


F. J. Hamblin, premium of in- surance .


50.00


Amounts carried forward .


$67,383.79


$68,648.95


.


.


140


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, . . $67,383.79 $68,648.95


German Ins. Co., premium of insurance . 40.00


C. S. Robertson, premium of insurance 28.00


Downey Heirs, compensation for damages 300.00


Albert D. S. Bell, Trustee, com- pensation for damages 400.00


John Edwards, compensation for damages 75.00


Sewers Construction, edge-


stones


2.54


Water Maintenance, couplings


2.55


Schoolhouse, Ward Four, sand


85.00


Sewer Assessments .


168.03


Eugene Mead, boarding horse


160.94


William Campbell, repairing boiler 3.10


· $68,648.95


HIGHWAYS, CITY STABLES.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account DEBIT.


$2,000.00 .


Cash, paid S. W. Fuller lumber $532.42.


J. Pleadwell, lumber


267.45


E. R. Tuttle, carpenter work .


227.02


James Rawson, painting .


55.52


E. Horn, mason work


28.60


J. A. Durell, conductors .


18.46


Whitney & Snow, hardware


21.53


Highways, labor


40.00


Amounts carried forward $1,191.00


$2,000.00


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Amounts brought forward $1,191.00 $2,000.00


Highways, amount transferred .


250.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account . 559.00


$2,000.00


HIGHWAYS, PAVING MEDFORD STREET, SOMER- VILLE AVENUE TO CAMBRIDGE LINE.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895


$13,249.41


Cash, received of City of Cambridge, lowering


manholes, etc. 242.95


$13,492.36


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Pigeon Hill Granite Co.,


paving blocks


$1,940.06


H. Gore & Co., contract for paving .


3,623.52


H. Gore & Co., extras


123.49


William H. Gore & Co., con- tract for paving . 957.99


S. & R. J. Lombard, flagging stone


92.64


Laborers' pay rolls


82.75


$6,820.45


Highways, Paving Washington street, Medford, to Joy street, amount transferred .


5,800.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 81.91


$13,492.36


142


ANNUAL REPORTS.


HIGHWAYS, PAVING WASHINGTON STREET, MED- FORD TO JOY STREET.


CREDIT.


Highways, paving Washington street, Medford street to Cambridge line, amount transferred $5,800.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Pigeon Hill Granite Co.,


paving blocks


$2,512.56


H. Gore & Co., contract for paving S. & R. J. Lombard, flagging stone 29.76


2,124.93


Laborers' pay roll


73.50


$4,740.75


City Hall Improvement, amount


transferred


1,059.25


5,800.00


HIGHWAYS, PAVING WASHINGTON STREET, JOY TO TUFTS STREET.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895


$3,800.00


Cash, received of West End Street Railway Co.,


contribution · 1,000.00




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