Report of the city of Somerville 1896, Part 9

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


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PRINTING AND STATIONERY.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$6,500.00


Cash, received of Sidewalks account for adver-


tising 54.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account 534.51


$7,088.51


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Somerville Journal Co., printing and advertising


$2.231.86


Citizen Publishing Co., printing and advertising ·


370.75


Somerville Citizen Co., printing and advertising ·


204.28


American Printing and Engrav- ing Co., printing annual re- port


1,302.60


Babb & Stephens, printing


81.50


Forbes Lithograph Co., printing


. 125.00


J. A. Cummings Printing Co., printing


15.50


Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery, etc.


2,513.77


G. W. Bromley & Co., atlases .


90.00


Greenough, Adams & Cushing, ink, etc.


4.34


Byron Boyd, abstracts


19.00


Frost & Adams Co., paper


.


5.61


Blackbird Pen Co., pens .


6.25


C. G. Hurlburt, eyelets


2.00


Dame, Stoddard & Kendall,


sharpening erasers


.56


George B. Sargent & Son, stamp ·


4.59


Amounts carried forward · $6,977.61


$7,088.51


168


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $6,977.61 $7,088.51


H. W. Kibbe, engrossing reso- lutions 5.00


G. H. Walker & Co., maps 56.00


Heliotype Printing Co., maps . 34.00


W. A. Greenough, directories .


9.00


The Smith Premier Typwriter


Co., paper and ribbon 6.90


$7,088.51


PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895


$850,120.40


Public Property, property acquired in 1896


159.090.25


Reduction of Funded Debt, bonds paid


152,500.00


$1,161,710.65


DEBIT.


Appropriations, amount borrowed


on Funded Debt account ·


$177,000.00


Balance to credit in account of 1897 984,710.65


1,161,710.65


PUBLIC GROUNDS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$7,000.00


Cash, received of G. M. Starbird, teaming $10.00


Peter Savage, money not called for


5.25


Schoolhouse Incidentals, labor


5.00


20.25


Amount carried forward


$7,020.25


169


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Amount brought forward DEBIT.


$7,020.25


Cash, paid laborers


$3,904.48


J. W. Howard, shrubs


633.45


Shady Hill Nursery, trees


114.60


W. A. Snow & Co., settees


110.00


Joseph Breck & Son, repairing . mowers, etc.


31.05


Whitney & Snow, tools, etc.


28.04


J. A. Durell, tools, etc.


55.32


Collins & Richards, hose


66.00


J. Lincoln Collins, hose .


24.00


Henry Lovesy, vases


130.00


A. M. Prescott, teaming .


58.51


George W. Prichard, teaming .


67.00


City of Boston, water


59.00


Underhill Hardware Co., hard- ware


1.50


W. I. Heald, oil


3.30


Harry W. Goodnow, refresh- ments


8.00


Ernest W. Bailey, car fares


5.64


Barbour, Stockwell & Co., iron fence


104.00


The Williams Table & Lumber Co., lumber


1.98


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber


30.50


C. L. Kimball, trustee, lumber


11.25


W. A. Murtfeldt, concreting


623.11


Sweatt & Gould, stone posts ·


96.00


Alfred H. Hines, granite steps


111.40


Timothy F. Crimmings, grading


164.57


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel


2.12


James H. Fuller, repairing flag Amounts carried forward


1.00


$6,445.82


$7,020.25


170


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $6,445.82 $7,020.25


Joseph Young, repairing mowers 30.50


16.65


Osgood & Stevens, carpentering Frank A. Fuller & Co., carpen- tering . 3.65


George W. Manning, labor on flagstaff 37.75


L. A. Wright, repairing carts .


18.18


George E. Lowell, carriage hire


11.00


Charles E. Farnham, express- ing .50 .


Glines & Co., expressing


.25


Water Service assessments,


water services


30.00


Water Maintenance account,


pipe and labor


133.03


Highways account, sidewalk


125.89


$6,853.22


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 167.03


$7,020.25


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895


$120.34


Appropriations, amount assessed


8,000.00


Cash, received of County Treasurer return on amount received of


the city for dog licenses in 1895 .


$2,506.29


John S. Hayes, librarian, fines .


313.08


John S. Hayes, catalogues


777.25


2,896.62


Amount carried forward


. $11,016.96


171


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Amount brought forward DEBIT.


$11,016.96


Cash, paid Little, Brown & Co., books


$1,026.09


George E. Littlefield, books 171.75


C. F. Libbie & Co., books


848.07


Lee & Shepard, books


487.45


William H. Guild & Co., books 171.27


Estes & Lauriat, books


48.65


C. E. Hayes, books


41.90


Arthur I. Plaisted, books


40.65


C. L. Woodward, books .


32.63


Sargent Morss, books


13.00


A. P. C. Griffin, books .


3.60


W. F. Adams & Co., books


8.00


E. F. Bigelow, books


7.20


Desmond Publishing Co., books


6.75


William J. Campbell, books


6.00


S. H. Chadbourne, books


6.25


Library Bureau, books


1.00


Brookline Historical Publishing Society, books


2.00


C. J. Maynard, books


3.00


Willard Small, books


.


12.55


B. Abbott & Co., books .


62.00


Ginn & Co., books 10.94


Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books


34.19


Engineering Mechanics .


2.00


Peter Hall Book Co., books


10.00


Eben Putnam, books


3.00


American Book Co., books


24.55


Outing Publishing Co., books


3.50


Trans-Atlantic Publishing Co., books


3.75


Publishers' Weekly, books


19.50


Amounts carried forward ·


$3,111.24


$11,016.96


172


ANNUAL REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$3,111.24 $11,016.96


J. F. Lovering, books 4.50


New Eng. News Co., books


23.59


W. R. Bradford, books


7.50


W. P. Mitchell, books . 2.25


Committee of Publication,


books 4.20 .


Perry Mason & Co., books


3.43


George T. Bailey, newspapers


10.50


C. M. Blake, newspapers


4.50


P. B. Sanford, binding books .


714.99


F. J. Barnard & Co., binding books · 34.35


·


Charles W. Facey, binding


books


23.98


Nelson Manufacturing Co.,


binders .


21.05


H. H. Ballard, binders


14.17


Somerville Journal Co., print- ing ·


1,671.60


Citizen Publishing Co., printing


7.85


Abram Keach, printing .


.


47.30


Frank W. Kaan, map


5.00


Olin S. Davis, utility pockets .


10.65


Bigelow, Dowse & Co., locks .


8.50


City of Boston, water


26.00


Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas .


48.34


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


244.74


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel


188.45


I. L. Smith, fuel


153.13


W. F. Eccles, repairing furni- ture


36.95


Elms, Arey & Co., windows


13.00


Stewart Screen Co., screens .


24.00


Whitney & Snow, hardware


4.02


Amounts carried forward


$6,469.78


$11,016 96


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


173


Amounts brought forward $6,469.78 7.00


$11,016.96


W. B. Badger & Co., furniture


Hooper Lewis & Co., paste .


10.50


Fred W. Merrill, labor ·


12.40


Augustus Langell, labor . ·


3.00


A. A. Parker, labor


10.00


G. H. Maynard, labor


3.00


S. G. Downing & Co., tube cleaner .


3.75


William Hall & Co., tags ·


2.80


Hammond Typewriter Co., re- pairs to typewriter


26.00


Vermont Farm Machine Co., boxes


40.36


H. C. Dimond & Co., rubber stamps


3.95


Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery


47.95


Greenough, Adams & Cushing, stationery . ·


13.85


George F. Matthews, carpenter- ing .


59.10


Glines & Co., expressing


·


25.85


Charles E. Farnham, express- ing .


71.58


E. R. Perham, expressing ·


38.30


American Express Co., express- ing ·


11.47


G. H. Towle, expressing


.55


Creighton & Clark, branch office


33.33


Howe & Flint, hardware


20.55


Charles S. Robertson, premium of insurance 27.00


W. A. Greenough & Co., direc- tory


2.00


A. Storrs & Bement Co., cards


31.40


Amounts carried forward $6,975.47


$11,016.96


174


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $6,975.47 $11,016.96


Suffolk Engraving Co., electro- type . 10.00


Underhill Hardware Co., ash barrels 6.00


Sprague & Hathaway Co.,


frames 16.42


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., blocks 12.50


Pettingill, Andrews & Co., elec- trical supplies 1.50


John S. Hayes, librarian . 2,000.00


John S. Hayes, disbursements 81.90


458.33


C. L. Bidwell, assistant librarian Anna L. Stone, assistant .


400.00


Mary J. Warren, assistant


400.00


F. Mabel Norcross, cataloguer


390.00


E. M. Mayhew, attendant


177.28


Henry M. Sanborn, attendant


10.63


Charles S. Wiggin, attendant .


27.82


Edward B. Thresher, attendant


2.16


Henry Stoodley, attendant


1.36


Trevor Pring, attendant .


11.88


Lon W. Bowers, attendant


.80


C. E. Cuddy, attendant


16.67


L. C. Seavey, labor


6.03


$11,006.75


Balance to credit in account


1897 .


10.21


$11,016.96


PUBLIC PROPERTY.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit in account 1897 . $2,515,710.65


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, prop- erty acquired in 1896 . .


$159,090.25


Balance from 1895 . 2,356,620.40


$2,515,710.65


175


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


REAL ESTATE LIENS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of Sundry Persons, tax titles re-


leased


2,510.67


Balance to 1897


1,339.83


·


$3,850.50


DEBIT.


Balance from 1895


$3,050.88


Taxes, Interest and Costs on Prop-


erty deeded to the city for non-payment of taxes of 1894 and 1895 799.62


$3,850.50


REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1895


$10,438.33


Appropriations, amount assessed


95,000.00


Cash, received of Thomas P. Beal, receiver, divi- dend No. 7


2,281.50


Leland, Towle & Co., premium on bonds 4,890.96


City of Boston, Water Rates, transferred 4,657.67


Water Maintenance, transferred .


259.89


$117,528.35


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, amount of reduction of Funded Debt 1896


$105,500.00


Schoolhouse, Jacob T. Glines, Ad- dition, amount transferred


2,000.00


Schoolhouse, Luther V. Bell, Heat- ing, Ventilating and Sanitary Apparatus, transferred


100.00


Police, transferred


2,500.00


Sewers Maintenance, transferred


1,500.00


Balance to credit in account 1897 .


5,928.35


$117,528.35


176


ANNUAL REPORTS.


RENEWALS OF FUNDED DEBT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount authorized by loans $47,000.00


DEBIT.


Property and Debt balance, amount of Funded Debt renewed in 1896 47,000.00


RELIEF AND BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $7,000.00


State of Massachusetts, burials . 315.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account 222.91


$7,537.91


DEBIT.


Cash, paid monthly pay rolls .


$6,847.00


Worcester Lunatic Hospital,


board, etc. . 334.59


Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, aid 41.32


George F. McKenna, services as undertaker 0.00


William A. Flaherty, services as undertaker 35.00 .


Alfred E. Mann, services as undertaker .


70.00


Francis M. Wilson, services as undertaker 70.00


John Read, services as under- taker .


35.00


Charles W. Cobb, services as undertaker 35.00


7,537.91


177


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


SALARIES.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$5,700.00


Cash, received of Commonwealth of


Massachusetts, National Bank and Corporation taxes $21,843.77


Engineering Department, engi- neer's assistants 753.80


22,597.57


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


1,756.51


$30,054.08


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Albion A. Perry, mayor


$1,000.00


George I. Vincent, city clerk .


2,400.00


John F. Cole, city treasurer and collector of taxes


3,200.00


Selwyn Z. Bowman, city solici- tor


1,650.00


Charles S. Robertson, city audi- tor


500.00


Charles S. Robertson, clerk of common council · William P. Mitchell, clerk of committees ·


250.00


1,800.00


Albert B. Fales, clerk of assess- ors


1,500.00


Beulah M. Peirce, assistant to treasurer ·


800.00


Alice T. Sleeper, assistant to treasurer


00.00


Louise B. McLaughlin, assist- ant to treasurer


472.00


Amy L. Manning, assistant to city clerk


700.00


Clara B. Snow, assistant to city clerk .


500.00


Amounts carried forward · $15,472.00


$30,054.08


178


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $15,472.00 $30,054.08


Katherine W. Wood, assistant to clerk of assessors 175.00


Gertrude G. Kendall, assistant to clerk of assessors .


650.00


Jennie L. Jones, assistant to clerk of assessors .


368.60


Frederic W. Cook, assistant to clerk of committees .


900.00


Jairus Mann, city messenger . 1,500.00


Frederick C. Fuller, inspector of buildings


1,900.00


D. C. Greene, inspector of plumbing .


1,200.00


Leighton W. Manning, superin- tendent of electric lines 342.95


Edward Backus, superintendent of electric lines 657.05


Thomas Cunningham, inspector of milk and provisions


83.33


Charles S. Philbrick, inspector of milk


316.66


Charles M. Berry, inspector of provisions ·


287.17


Charles A. Southwick, janitor of City Hall and Public Li- brary


850.00


Benjamin F. Thompson, as- sessor .


900.00


Nathan H. Reed, assessor .


800.00


Samuel T. Richards, assessor .


800.00


Fred B. Clapp, assistant as- sessor


250.00


Charles C. Farrington, assistant assessor


250.00


Amounts carried forward


$27,702.76


$30,054.08


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179


Amounts brought forward $27,702.76 $30,054.08


Edgar T. Mayhew, assistant assessor


250.00


Harry A. True, assistant as- sessor .


250.00


Cromwell G. Rowell, registrar of voters ·


200.00


Charles E. Parks, registrar of voters ·


200.00


Charles P. Lincoln, registrar of voters


200.00


George I. Vincent, registrar of voters


200.00


Ernest W. Bailey, city engineer


200.00


Engineer's assistants . 553.80


Florence M. Grow, clerical ser- vices


193.35


Gertrude F. Gray, clerical ser- vices 65.50


Mabel L. Dadmun, clerical ser- vices


. 38.67


30,054.08


SCHOOL CONTINGENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$18,000.00


Interest, amount transferred


4,000.00


Cash, received of Alfred Heath, tui- tion of non-resident pupil Hiram E. Graffam, tuition of non-resident pupil .


$31.00


10.00


Clifton Williams, tuition of non- resident pupil 30.00


Mrs. E. F. Whitney, tuition of non-resident pupil 8.00


Amounts carried forward · $79.00


$22,000.00


180


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $79.00 $22,000.00


George J. Raymond, tuition of non-resident pupil 30.00


Daniel F. Wiley, tuition of non- resident pupil 40.00


G. A. Southworth, amount col- lected for injury to books, etc. 111.53 Houston & Henderson, discount on bill 1.70


Cambridge Botanical Supply


Co., discount on bill · .60


Chandler & Barber, discount on bill ·


1.31


Schoolhouse Incidentals ac-


count, water and gas . · 549.84


813.98


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account 1,037.14


$23,851.12


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Gordon A. Southworth, salary as supt. of schools


$2,833.33


Disbursements


138.38


V. E. Hapgood, clerk in super- intendent's office


616.67


Lemuel H. Snow, truant officer


999.99


Services taking school cen- sus


100.00


Disbursements


1.60


Jairus Mann, truant officer


50.01


Ginn & Co., books


2,747.32


Lothrop Publishing Co., books


97.45


Werner Schoolbook Co., books


23.55


American Book Co., books


749.75


Silver, Burdett & Co., books


820.40


Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, books ·


1,113.75


Amounts carried forward .


$10,292.20


$23,851.12


181


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $10,292.20 $23,851.12


T. H. Castor & Co., books


98.21


Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books


113.32


Henry Holt & Co., books


22.61


DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books .


194.34


Willard Small, books


210.73


Damrel & Upham, books


27.53


The Baker & Taylor Co., books


2.47


D. Appleton & Co., books


112.00


Allyn & Bacon, books


87.05


Eldredge & Bros., books . .


18.33


Harper & Bros., books


46.45


W. B. Clark & Co., books


3.29


Practical Text Book Co., books


7.80


Goodyear Publishing Co., books


20.11


D. C. Heath & Co., books


422.93


Longmans, Green & Co., books


6.00


Emerson College of Oratory, books


54.25


Boston School Supply Co.,


books


94.27


Lee & Shepard, books


30.65


Little, Brown & Co., books


30.15


University Publishing Co.,


books


91.92


E. H. Butler & Co., books


3.68


William Ware & Co., books


75.00


Franklin Publishing Co., chart


12.50


Central School Supply House, chart . ·


38.75


G. W. Bromley & Co., atlas


20.00


W. A. Greenough & Co., direc- tory ·


2.00


J. L. Hammett & Co., supplies L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., supplies


577.45


510.21


Amounts carried forward


$13.226,20


$23,851.12


.


.


·


182


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $13,226.20 $23,851.12


Franklin Educational Co., sup-


plies . 138.26


Ellis Publishing Co., supplies . 40.16


M. L. King, supplies ·


1.92


Winthrop B. Jones, supplies


4.62


Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, supplies


11.29


Marshall, Son & Co., supplies


1.65


Mary P. Anderson, supplies


1.35


Cambridge Botanical Supply


Co., supplies


301.99


W. A. Chadwick, supplies


2.50


Jordan, Marsh & Co., supplies


10.94


Wakefield Rattan Co., supplies


4.65


Zeigler Electric Co., supplies .


607.24


Chandler & Barber, supplies


.


17.35


W. H. Wood & Co., supplies .


109.59


Keuffel & Esser, supplies


14.20


Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies


72.74


John M. Woods & Co., sup- plies . · ·


7.58


Joseph C. Godfrey, supplies


23.93


Frost & Adams, drawing mate- rials


147.82


Pulsifer, Jordan & Co., draw- ing materials 6.99


P. P. Caproni & Bros., draw- ing materials 43.60


Eagle Pencil Co., drawing ma- terials


102.23


Alice F. Davenport, drawing materials 1.00


George S. Perry & Co., sta- tionery 361.59


Amounts carried forward · $15,261.39


$23,851.12


.


183


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $15,261.39 $23,851.12


Greenough, Adams & Cushing, stationery . 1,837.63


George F. King & Merrill, sta- tionery


1,746.65


Edward E. Babb & Co., sta- tionery


13.65


Thorp & Martin Co., stationery


5.70


Pulsifer, Cook & Co., stationery


109.15


M. L. Vinal, stationery . 137.37


Holden Patent Book Cover Co.,


covers


4.75


Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict Co., typewriters .


379.00


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., typewriters, etc ·


575.65


Frank W. Mead, typewriter


40.00


F. J. Barnard & Co., binding books


99.90


Holland & Daniels, maps


45.00


Houston & Henderson, shades


1.70


Sprague & Hathaway, frame


2.27


Bancroft Bros. & Co., cards .


247.50


Dennison Mfg. Co., alphabets .


2.72


Sulpho Naphthol Co., sulpho naphthol


3.00


G. R. Fisk & Co., ribbon .


32.17


Misses Cutler & Dayfoot, piano


30.00


L. E. Brown, refreshments


59.23


Alexander McKenzie, address .


25.00


D. L. Whitman, address .


50.00


Boston Bank Note Lithograph Co., diplomas


121.05


C. A. French, filling in diplomas


83.15


E. S. Daniels, tuning pianos ·


21.00


Amounts carried forward


$20,934.63


$23,851.12


184


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward ·


$20,934.63 $23,851.12


John C. Haynes & Co., pitch pipes 13.20


Lyman B. Rich, biological sup- plies 1.80


William Pryor, Jr., biological supplies .79


Harvard University, examina- tion papers 4.50


Somerville Journal Co., printing


354.00


American Printing & Engrav- ing Co., printing 152.50


Citizen Publishing Co., printing


122.65


Somerville Citizen Co., printing


112.00


New Eng. Telephone & Tele- graph Co., rentals and tolls .


85.09


City of Boston, water


297.40


Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas


160.36


Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., gas 92.08


First M. E. Church, use of edi-


fice


100.00


N. W. Turner & Co., hose


3.50


Hoyt Inspection Co., inspecting meter


7.50


Eugene Mead, carriage hire


12.00


J. H. Thompson, carriage hire .


3.00


Charles E. Farnham, expressing


69.55


E. R. Perham, expressing


·


1.60


Glines & Co., expressing


.40


Everett W. Tuttle, disburse- ments


2.96


Charles E. Brainard, disburse- ments .


37.88


S. A. Johnson, disbursements .


15.28


G. M. Wadsworth, disburse- ments


8.58


Amounts carried forward .


$22,593.25


$23,851.12


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


185


Amounts brought forward $22,593.25


$23,851.12


M. J. Wendall, disbursements . 1.15


F. C. Baldwin, disbursements . 24.27


G. E. Nichols, disbursements . C. T. C. Whitcomb, disburse- ments


10.03


15.42


Stella C. Draper, clerical ser-


vices


7.00


$22,651.12


Schoolhouse Incidentals, amount transferred


1,200.00


23,851.12


SCHOOL CONTINGENT, JANITORS' SALARIES.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $13,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid janitors' salaries as per pay roll .


$12,805.39


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account .. 194.61


13,000.00


SCHOOL FUEL.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$10,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid B. F. Wild & Co., fuel $2,233.22


H. Wellington & Co., fuel


1,733.48


I. L. Smith, fuel


5,994.92


Citizen Publishing Co., adver- tising


10.56


Amounts carried forward · $9,972.18


$10,000.00


186


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $9,972.18 $10,000.00


Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising 3.75


$9,975.93


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 24.07


10,000.00


SCHOOLHOUSE, ENGLISH HIGH.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account $7,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Wemyss Bros., cabinet work, etc. .


$1,489.00


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., ma- chinery ·


1,369.00


Chandler & Barber, tools, etc. .


1,473.98


John Y. Mainland, laboratory .


1,028.30


The Holtzer, Cabot Electric Co., motors


300.00


James H. Robertson & Co., shafting 337.73


Barbour, Stockwell & Co., iron work .


13.12


14.55


Charles L. Underhill, iron work Underhill Hardware Co., hard- ware


25.55


Somerville Electric Light Co., wiring


200.00


George W. Gale Lumber Co., lumber 169.26


Harwood Mfg. Co., chairs .


75.00


Amounts carried forward ·


$6,495.49


$7,000.00


187


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Amounts brought forward $6,495.49 $7,000.00


Boston Gas Appliance Ex- change Co., fixtures 6.00


John H. Pray, Sons & Co., car- pet


27.18


Edward A. Buss, services as ex- pert . 14.00


Charles E. Farnham, expressing


.90


Alfred H. Hines, mason work .


5.16


Sundry Persons, carpenter


work, as per pay roll


295.00


$6,843.73


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account


156.27


7,000.00


SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$15,000.00


School Contingent, amount transferred Cash, received of Home Insurance Co., insurance on Prospect Hill school house 622.66


1,200.00


Manchester Fire Assurance Co., insurance on Prospect Hill school house


436.66


Dana W. Bennett & Co., error in pay roll . 99.00


Never-Miss-It Tennis Club, rent


25.00


School house, Ward Four,. fur- niture


130.59


1,313.91


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


3,587.52


Amount carried forward $21,101.43


188


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward · $21,101.43


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers as per pay rolls


$536.40


Frank A. Fuller & Co., car- pentering


2,832.85


G. F. Matthews, carpentering .


1,337.95


John D. Hill, carpentering


235.25


T. F. Farrington, carpentering


172.64


H. S. Brackett, carpentering


124.17


A. A. Sanborn, steam fitting ·


496.12


H. Riley's Sons, roofing . 221.70


L. C. Seavey & Co., roofing . 200.28


Alfred H. Hines, mason work .


561.55


112.25


D. P. Bucknam, mason work . Henry P. Lovering, Jr., mason work


18.09


Thomas Dowd, plastering


540.50


H. F. Bucknam, plastering


102.15


W. H. Wood & Co., lumber .


259.24


Fred C. Ayer, lumber .


14.06


George W. Gale Lumber Co., lumber


5.19


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber


.25


Whitney & Snow, hardware


214.20


W. I. Heald, hardware ·


224.48


W. E. Plumber & Co., hardware


223.42


Shepard & Samuels, hardware .


233.79


Underhill Hardware Co., hard- ware


221.18


Charles L. Underhill, iron work


20.95


R. F. Dimock, iron work


4.30


Continental Grate Co., grate


47.25


Blodgett Brothers & Co., elec- tric work


64.57


Fred W. Merrill, electric work .


108.51


Amounts carried forward, ·


$9,133.29


$21,101.43


189


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $9,133.29


$21,101.43


I. L. Corthell, electric work 102.59


Pettingill, Andrews & Co., elec- tric work 1.99


Belyea & Jenkins, electric work


6.45


F. Bryant & Co., electric work


2.75


Fred L. Pulsifer, electric work Frank A. Titus, plumbing


803.52


J. A. Durell, plumbing


524.85


James Tucker & Sons, plumbing


212.03


George H. Maynard, plumbing


112.27


James F. Devlin, plumbing ·


45.51


Thomas H. Naughton, plumb-


ing .


28.27


George K. Proctor & Son,


plumbing .


14.00


W. L. Snow, plumbing


7.51


Armstrong Bros., plumbing .


23.31


J. E. Parsons, plumbing .


10.93


Howe & Flint, furnace and stove work ·


919.69


J. A. Merrifield, furnace and stove work .


184.43


J. W. Johnson, furnace and stove work


62.45


Charles A. Holmes, furnace and stove work


3.20


Fermoyle & Butler, painting .


14.30


W. J. Fermoyle, painting


29.50


J. Q. Twombley, painting


424.54


James Rawson, painting .


.


142.09


E. B. Jones, painting


31.72


Thomas McAuley, painting


4.00


Chandler Adjustable Chair & . Desk Co., furniture


603.99


Wemyss Bros. & Co., furniture


324.50


Amounts carried forward


$13,775.78


$21,101.43


·


·


2.10


190


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward ·


$21,101.43


P. Derby & Co., furniture


Haywood Bros. & Co., furni-


ture


8.75


W. B. Badger & Co., furniture Jackson, Caldwell & Co., fur- niture


4.50


John H. Pray, Sons & Co., car- pets


167.74


Houston & Henderson, shades


1.70


Holland & Daniels, shades .


66.25


H. A. Pestell, shades .


15.90


Flemming & Co., shades .


14.50


Murphy, Leavens & Co.,


brushes ·


90.39


W. G. Hallock, brushes .


15.00


George F. Horton & Co., clocks and repairs


71.75


Frederick R. Cutter, clocks and repairs ·


44.00


Fred W. Farrer, clocks and


repairs


·


68.00


Charles S. Putnam, repairing clocks . .


7.75


Boston Spar Co., flag staff


307.00


A. Babson, flags · 97.40


O. K. Merry, flags .


79.30


James Martin & Sons, flags .


73.50


Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., hose


10.00


F. D. Weld, ladder


5.00


Lothrop, Spooner & Co., polish


8.00


E. W. Lerned & Co., disin- fectant


27.50


The Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co.,


Co., inspecting motor . .


2.25


Amounts carried forward ·


$15,020.46


$21,101.43


·


·


$13,775.78 45.00


13.50


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


191


Amounts brought forward $15,020.46 20.25


$21,101.43


S. J. Wood, repairing locks


William Hall & Co., repairing locks .


.50


George W. Foster, premium of insurance . W. W. Coffin, premium of in- surance ·


112.50


75.00


Arthur T. Hatch, premium of insurance .


112.50


William W. Fish, premium of insurance .


75.00


Willard C. Hill, premium of in- surance 157.50 · O. H. Perry & Co., premium of insurance . 150.00 W. A. Muzzey, premium of in- surance 522.50 · Dana W. Bennett & Co., pre- mium of insurance 198.00 · Stillman H. Libby, premium of insurance . · A. B. Wedgewood, premium of insurance 138.75




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