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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
·
.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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.
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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
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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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