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24 00
J. S. F. Huddlestone, thermometer 1 00
P. Sutherland & Co., oil, etc. 33 00
C. H. McKenney & Co., gas fixtures ·
140 71
W. H. Bullard, supplies 2 55
2 45
E. F. Chaffee, sponges A. F. Carpenter, soap
1 00
Kremo Manf'g Co., soap
7 43
C. W. Lerned, disinfectant
181 75
Clark & Gay, disinfectant Norfolk Manfg Co., washing powder
34 13
F. H. Wiswell, polish
1 25
J. A. Durell, hardware, etc.
404 63
W. I. Heald, ash cans
30 20
W. M. Rice, boxes
10 50
Cambridge Gaslight Co.,
gas
522 46
Boston Gas Appliance
Exchange, lighting . 7 55
Charlestown Gas & Elec-
tric Co., lighting
148 43
Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting
127 30
City of Boston, water
1,203 15
S. H. Libby, premium of insurance
33 75
Amounts carried forward
$13,680 56
$20,541 77
1 00
230
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward ·
$13,680 56 $20,541 77
E. A. Binney, premium of insurance . 9 00
Dana W. Bennett & Co., premium of insurance 371 25 George Wilde, premium of insurance . 115 63
E. E. Saben, premium of insurance 93 75
Charles S. Robertson, premium of insurance 318 76 W. W. Coffin, premium of insurance 220 50
61 50
A. B. Wedgewood, pre- mium of insurance Hartford Steam Boiler In- spection & Insurance Co., premium of in- surance
650 00
Isaac B. Kendall, pre- mium of insurance . 394 50
Joseph J. Giles, premium of insurance .
144 00
O. S. Merry, flag
5 33
James Martin & Son, flag
6 00
J. T. Frost, repairing flag M. J. Wendall, repairing flag
4 68
1 75
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware 187 72
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware .
39 96
Howe & Flint, hardware
491 68
Whitney & Snow, hard- ware
206 05
Amounts carried forward
$17,002 62
$20,541 77
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
231
Amounts brought forward $17,002 62 $20,541 77
Murphy, Leavens & Co., brushes 185 67
Charles F. Shourds & Co., brushes 51 52
Holland & Daniels, shades 301 42
John H. Pray, Sons & Co., carpets 201 11
Chandler Adjustable
Chair & Desk Co., furniture
210 53
W. B. Badger & Co., fur- niture .
40 70
Derby Desk Co., furniture
41 95
Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture
4 00
W. F. Eccles, repairing furniture ·
75
Fleming & Co., repairing furniture .
7 75
G. F. Ericson, repairing furniture
54 75
C. B. Morse, repairing furniture
37 50
Shepard & Samuels, sup- plies
132 30
E. S. Sparrow & Co., sup- plies
249 33
W. S. Ward, supplies
3 97
Asbestos Paper Co., as- bestos
84 65
T. Allen, concreting
268 65
Fred L. Pulsifer, speak- ing tubes 6 37
Amounts carried forward $18,885 54
$20,541 77
232
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$18,885 54 $20,541 77
Alfred F. Shiner, Jr., labor
2 25
N. L. Pennock, labor .
34 00
S. L. Cummings, labor
9 75
James Deacon, labor
13 60
Patrick Mahoney, labor
3 00
F. S. Dickinson, labor
62 50
A. B. Colesworthy, labor 15 30
R. E. Dailey, labor
11 25
W. H. Kelley, labor
31 50
D. G. Marston, labor
60 05
W. H. Mayville, labor
37 50
A. E. Earle, labor
24 00
Joseph Young, labor
16 39
Patrick Bowdren, labor
103 50
R. C. Burckes, labor
18 55
E. S. Harradon, labor
4 50
H. T. Overlock, labor
10 28
Lynch & Woodward,
heating apparatus
150 00
Magee Furnace Co., heat- ing apparatus
302 00
Waldo Bros., water heater
8 40
George W. Prichard,
teaming
5 00
Pratt & Garland, team-
ing .
1 00
A. M. Prescott, leather
1 50
Frank A. Teele, loam ·
139 50
F. A. Morrill, cloth
60
Thomas Groom & Co.,
books
10 25
Fred W. Merrill, electrical work
44 51
Amounts carried forward $20,006 22
$20,541 77
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Amounts brought forward $20,006 22 $20,541 77
Churchill & Kelsey, elec- trical work 2 32
A. E. Rowe, electrical work 12 80
Pettingill, Andrews Co., electrical work 5 70
Charles L. Bly, electrical work 12 78
S. J. Wood, keys
10 85
H. Wood, keys 20 15
Seward Dodge, repairs of tools 14 85
R. F. Dimock, repairs of tools ·
75
J. B. Rufer, repairs of tools 1 00
Charles Moore & Son,
cleaning drain . 3 00
Arthur C. Gordon, letter- ing
3 12
Frederick W. Cook,
traveling expenses .
14 15
W H. Waterfall, refresh- ments
12 00
Thomas A. Griffin, saw- dust
8 00
B. F. Sheridan, sawdust
2 00
L. B. Angier, teaming
58 00
N. F. Babb & Son, team- ing
1 38
R. A. R. Benson, teaming
2 00
Glines & Co., expressing
7 64
McIntire & Co., express- ing .
3 30
Amounts carried forward $20,202 01
$20,541 77
.
234
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$20,541 77
Amounts brought forward $20,202 01 40
G. H. Towle, expressing
· Gilman Express Co., ex- pressing 1 75
Water Maintenance ac- count, repairs .
38 35
Public Grounds account, grading 35 00
Sewer Assessments ac- count, sewer in Simp- son avenue 32 80
Sidewalk Assessments ac- count, sidewalk in Cherry street 105 46
George E. Lowell, car- riage hire
11 00
D. W. Crocker, carriage hire ·
10 00
Eugene Mead, carriage hire 10 00
B. F. Sturtevant & Co., repairs 8 50
George W. Manning, roofing 85 72
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools
$20,541 77
SCHOOLHOUSE, LAND IN SPRING HILL DISTRICT.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1896
$500 00
DEBIT.
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill District, amount trans- ferred $500 00
235
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
SCHOOLHOUSE, LAND IN WARD THREE.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1896
DEBIT. .
$6,000 00
Highways, paving Somerville avenue from Park street westerly, amount transferred $6,000 00
SCHOOLHOUSE, LAND IN WARD TWO.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account $10,000 00
DEBIT.
Schoolhouse, Ward One, amount transferred ·
$600 00
City Building, corner Highland avenue and Walnut street, Improvement of, amount transferred
6,600 00
City Hall Improvement, amount transferred .
1,105 25
Electrical Department, amount transferred
600 00
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill Dis- trict, amount transferred 1,000 00
Balance to credit in account, 1898
94 75
$10,000 00
-
SCHOOLHOUSE, SPRING HILL DISTRICT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account $53,500 00
Amount carried forward .
$53,500 00
·
236
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $53,500 00
Schoolhouse, Land, Spring Hill District, amount transferred 500 00
Schoolhouse, Land in Ward Two, amount trans- ferred
1,000 00
$55,000 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Abby E. Taylor, land
on Beech street, about 4,700 feet
$1,837 50
Sarah H. Hayden, land on Beech street, about 4,150 feet 1,452 50
City of Somerville, taxes of 1897 20 76
W. L. Clark & Co., on ac- count of contract 17,000 00
Aaron H. Gould, services as architect 1,712 00
E. R. Perham, express- ing .
75
Water Service Assess-
ments, water service 55 92
$22,079 43
Balance to credit in account, 1898 32,920 57
$55,000 00
SCHOOLHOUSE, WARD ONE.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1896 $19,002 22
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account 5,000 00
Amount carried forward
$24,002 22
237
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $24,002 22
Schoolhouse, Land in Ward Two, amount trans- ferred 600 00
$24,602 22
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Edward F. Staples,
on account of con- tract and extras $14,104 50 · Isaac Coffin & Co., heat- ing and ventilating apparatus 3,148 00
American Fire Proofing Co., salamander 206 25
William J. McCarthy,
foundation for steps . 292 80
Armstrong Bros., plumb- ing 48 07
T. M. Sargent, services as architect 977 51
National Manufacturing Co., window guards . 79 80 Derby Desk Co., furni- ture 233 55
Chandler Adjustable Chair & Desk Co., furniture
729 13
P. Derby & Co., furni- ture
18 00
Murdock Parlor Grate
Co., tablets 84 00
Holland & Daniels, shades
98 90
G. F. Horton, clocks
33 25
John H. Pray, Sons & Co., carpets 82 69
Amounts carried forward $20,136 45
$24,602.22
238
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$20,136 45 $24,602 22
E. A. Drowne & Co., gas fixtures 70 00
George B. Goodrich, drain pipe 10 00
W. G. Nash, cement
2 95
W. A. Sanborn, bricks
1 40
Frank E. Cutler, paint-
ing ·
21 24
Barbour, Stockwell &
Co., catch-basin grate 9 00
G. W. Manning, labor 14 50
G. L. Robinson, labor
16 00
Sewers, Maintenance ac-
count, labor 98 86
Highways account, curb- ing .
217 01
$20,597 41
Sundry persons, Edward
F. Staples, balance
due on account of contract .
4,000 00
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account 4 81
$24,602 22
SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $165,000 00
Interest account, amount transferred . 16,951 99
Cash, balance of salary refunded 6 00
Amount carried forward .
$181,957 99
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
239
Amount brought forward ·
$181,957 99
DEBIT.
Cash, paid salaries as per pay roll . ·
$174,063 80
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 7,894 19
$181,957 99
SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry persons $11,541 77
Sewers, Construction, abatements
74 00
Balance to debit in account, 1898
7,954 62
$19,570 39
DEBIT.
Balance from 1896
$14,983 62
Sewers, Construction, assess-
ments levied
4,586 77
$19,570 39
SEWERS, CONSTRUCTION.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1896 .
$27,809 83
Appropriation, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account . 25,000 00
Sewer assessments levied
4,586 77
Cash, received of Common-
wealth of Massachu-
setts, part cost of Mystic avenue storm- water drain .
$2,000 00
Amounts carried forward . $2,000 00
$57,396 60
.
240
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $2,000 00 $57,396 60
Metropolitan Water
Board, repairs . ·
25 00
City of Cambridge, part cost of changes in drain ·
260 00
Charles A. Mason, permit
to enter Tannery Brook sewer ·
17 25
Dana E. Perkins, permit to enter Broadway sewer 8 20
Highways, paving Som-
erville avenue from
Park street westerly, catch-basin cover .
22 00
Sewers, Maintenance ac- count, teaming, etc. 42 63
Sidewalks account, edge- stones 38 34
Engineering Department, services on Winthrop avenue sewer
100 00
2,513 42
$59,910 02
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers $2,784 92
George D. Goodrich,
drain pipe .
1,188 16
Portland Stone Ware
Co., drain pipe . 681 24
Amounts carried forward
$4,654 32
$59,910 02
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
241
Amounts brought forward $4,654 32 $59,910 02
Berry & Ferguson, drain
pipe .
2 08
Highland Coal Co., drain pipe . 35
W. G. Nash, cement .
106 09
David W. Lewis, drain pipe . ·
53 78
Osgood & Hart, covers
29 50
Barbour, Stockwell Co., traps .
283 50
Chelmsford Foundry Co., beams ·
3 24
W. A. Sanborn, bricks
182 70
Bay State Brick Co., bricks .
59 46
I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber 5 25
Williams Table & Lumber Co., lumber
1 14
Mechanics Iron Foundry
Co., manhole rings
124 92
Charles L. Underhill, iron steps .
12 50
J. A. Durell, hardware ;.
2 68
Whitney & Snow, hard- ware .
15 45
W. L. Snow, lead
1 22
W. Irving Heald, paint
4 21
B. F. Wild, fuel
2 54
A. M. Prescott, teaming .
25 38
James Tevlin, use of
team .
178 55
Heliotype Printing Co.,
47 00
printing
·
Amounts carried forward · $5,795 86
$59,910 02
1
242
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $5,795 86 $59,910 02
Somerville Journal Co.,
printing and adver- tising
84 75
Somerville Citizen Co., printing and adver- tising 99 83
George H. Walker & Co., half-tone plates 112 00
G. O. W. Servis, photo- graphs 11 50
John S. Hogsdon, dis- bursements 2 16
E. W. Danforth, disburse- ments 3 00
Edgar H. Hunter, dis- bursements 1 20
Herman Gregg, disburse- ments 1 80
Robert Burlen, binding
plans
18 00
Thomas Groom & Co., books 1 25
City of Cambridge, pro- portional part of Tan- nery Brook sewer
2,684 60
Fitchburg Railroad Co., labor 49 00
Boston & Maine Rail- road, labor 113 44
Charles Linnehan, sand .
16 00
Timothy F. Crimmings, sand
5 40
North Packing & Provi-
sion Co., labor on
sewer 160 23
Amounts carried forward
$9,160 02
$59,910 02
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
243
Amounts brought forward $9,160 02 $59,910 02
Bancroft's Express, ex-
pressing .
1 45
Gilman Express Co., ex- pressing 4 10
Sewers, Maintenance, drain pipe ·
4 50
Sewer Assessments, as- sessments abated .
74 00
A. W. Bryne Construc- tion Co., Tannery Brook sewer ·
5,935 40
Extra charges
120 21
A. W. Bryne Construc- tion Co., sewer in private lands, Col- lege avenue, etc. ·
320 10
Maurice Buttimer, sewer in Mystic avenue 252 04
Maurice Buttimer, sewer in Broadway 419 56
Maurice Buttimer, sewer in Lowell terrace 52 88
John J. Dorey, sewer in E. Albion street and Ash avenue .
114 60
John J. Dorey, sewer in Fremont street 135 39
Daniel A. Dorey, sewer in Lowell street 194 21
Daniel A. Dorey, sewer in
Westminster street .
398 25
Daniel A. Dorey, sewer in Elm street 974 71
Amounts carried forward . $18,161 42
$59,910 02
244
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$18,161 42 $59,910 02
Daniel A. Dorey & Co., sewer in Winthrop avenue
11,657 00
Richard Falvey, sewer in Mystic avenue and Fremont street . 136 62
Richard Falvey, sewer in E. Albion street 27 73
Richard Falvey, sewer in Cameron avenue, Glendale avenue, etc. 112 41 Richard Falvey, sewer in Simpson avenue 427 18
Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Sycamore and Pembroke streets 39 19
Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Columbia street 191 09
Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Mystic street 18 45
Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Beacon place 104 02
Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Medford street 108 91
Charles A. Mongan, sewer
in Packard and
Electric avenues 1,565 22
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in Alpine and Prince- ton streets ·
88 70
Patrick Burke, sewer in
Moreland street 400 00
Patrick Burke, sewer in Melburn place 47 09
Amounts carried forward $33,085 03
$59,910 02
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
245
Amounts brought forward $33,085 03 $59,910 02
T. F. Lynch & Co., sewer in Somerville avenue 476 27 Christopher Burke, sewer in Moreland and Meacham streets and Ash avenue 270 02
H. A. Hanscom & Co., sewer in Elmwood, Gorham, Jay, and Thorndike streets 97 71
W. F. Cunningham, sewer in passageway off Broadway 15 10
Charles C. McGrew & Co.,
sewer in Mystic
avenue . 6,691 54
$40,635 67
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 19,274 35
$59,910 02
SEWERS, MAINTENANCE.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$6,000 00
Interest, amount transferred
2,900 00
Cash, received of West End Street Railway Co., changing grades .
$152 25
Metropolitan Water Board, changing
drains, etc. 101 70
Amounts carried forward
$253 95
$8,900 00
246
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $253 95 $8,900 00
Heirs of Willard Dal-
rymple, repairs of sewer in Oak street 6 49
George Stevenson, repairs of sewer in Oak
street ·
6 49
Terrance Walsh, repairs of
sewer in Oak street 2 76
John Crumley, repairs of sewer in Oak street 5 18
Maria A. Geisler, repairs of sewer in Oak street 2 27
John W. Norton, old hose
24 00
Sewers, Construction, drain pipe ·
4 50
Schoolhouse, Ward One,
labor and teaming 98 86
404 50
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of ac- count
24 84
$9,329 34
Cash, paid laborers DEBIT.
$4,668 14
James Tevlin, teaming
1,313 28
A. M. Prescott, teaming
149 75
Sewers. Construction ac- count, teaming 42 63
City of Cambridge, 5-9 of cost of dredging out-
let of Bridge street sewer
1,997 73
Franklin O. Reed, rent of
water course for
375 00
drainage ·
.
Amounts carried forward · $8,546 53
$9,329 34
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
247
Amounts brought forward . $8,546 53 $9,329 34
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., repairs of hose
3 34
Cornelius Callahan, re-
pairs of hose, etc. .
13 25
J. Norton & Co., hose ·
22 80
Norton Bros., hose .
5 00
Barbour, Stockwell Co., traps
&
13 50
George D. Goodrich, drain pipe
30 06
W. A. Sanborn, brick
60 20
Bay State Brick Co., bricks
10 88
W. G. Nash, cement
17 40
Charles Linnehan, sand
2 00
Timothy Crimmings, sand
2 40
F. C. Ayer, lumber .
14 68
I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber
1 10
Wilbur P. Rice, lumber
75
M. J. Gray, repairing tools
3 80
Edson Manf'g Co., tools .
7 74
F. Dooris, repairing cart Whitney & Snow, hard- ware .
56 66
Charles L. Underhill,
hardware . 25 80
Underhill Hardware Co., repairing tools . ·
10
J. A. Merrifield, stove work
10 80
Daniel A. Dorey, connect- ing drains .
21 42
Amounts carried forward · $8,872 21
$9,329 34
!
2 00
248
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $8,872 21
$9,329 34
Charles. A. Kelley, con-
necting drains . 20 00
Patrick Burke, repairing sewer 5 00
Boston & Maine Railroad, labor .
60 15
A. Goldstein, rubber boots
24 00
F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots
15 00
Nathan Tufts & Sons,
bags .
9 00
Clark Bros., bags
1 05
Thomas Groom & Co., books .
49 50
James Martin & Son, flag
5 25
City of Boston, water
40 00
S. J. Wood, keys
1 00
H. Wood, repairs of tools
1 15
Water Maintenance ac-
count, laying pipe .
204 30
John Fisher, pails
.
1 50
W. L. Snow, hardware
78
James Harris, oil
2 00
-
Ernest W. Danforth, car
fares
17 20
Boyle Express Co., ex-
25
pressing
$9,329 34
SIDEWALKS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$10,000 00
Highways, amount transferred .
866 20
Sidewalk Assessments, assessments levied
10,810 57
Amount carried forward .
$21,676 77
·
.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
249
Amount brought forward $21,676 77
Cash, received of Highways account, edgestones 7 66
$21,684 43
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$6,148 59
Sweatt & Gould, edge-
stones
9,609 73
W. A. Sanborn, bricks 3,511 66
Somerville Journal Co.,
advertising 203 00
Somerville Citizen Co.,
advertising
176 50
Thomas Groom & Co., books .
26 00
M. Sullivan, sods
28 00
F .. C. Ayer, lumber
1 40
Highways account, labor,
teaming, and mate- rials
1,919 48
Sewers, Construction ac-
count, edgestones .
38 34
Sidewalk Assessments, as-
sessments abated .
21 73
$21,684 43
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of sundry persons
$11,836 38
Sidewalk Assessments, assessments abated .
21 73
Balance to debit in account, 1898
3,488 02
$15,346 13
Amount carried forward
$15,346 13
-
.
250
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$15,346 13:
DEBIT.
Balance from 1896
$4,535 56
Sidewalks, assessments levied . 10,810 57
$15,346 13
STATE AID.
CREDIT.
State of Massachusetts, amount paid in 1897 charged to State
$9,291 50;
DEBIT.
Cash, paid monthly pay rolls
.
$9,291 50
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropriated $30,205 00.
DEBIT.
Cash, paid State Treasurer, State tax . $30,205 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, METROPOLITAN
SEWER.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$78,921 31
DEBIT.
Cash, paid State Treasurer :- Assessment of 1896 $39,661 06
Assessment of 1897 .
39,260 25
$78,921 31
251
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, NON-RESIDENT BANK STOCK.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $989 99
DEBIT.
Cash, paid State Treasurer, amount collected on non-resident stock $989 99
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, BURIAL OF INDI- GENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of State Treasurer for burials in 1896
$315 00
Balance December 31, 1897, due from State December 10, 1898 .
245 00
$560 00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1896 .
$315 00
Relief and Burial of Indigent
Soldiers and Sailors, amount
paid for burials in 1897 245 00
$560 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of State Treasurer $250 00
Balance December 31, 1897, due from State De-
cember 10, 1898 353 00
$603 00
Amount carried forward $603 00
. 252
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward ·
$603 00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1896
$236 00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, one-half of amount paid in 1897 367 00
$603 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, STATE AID.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of State Treasurer $8,338 00
Balance December 31, 1897, due from State De-
cember 10, 1898 9,137 50
$17,475 50
DEBIT.
Balance from 1896
$8,214 00
State Aid, amount paid in 1897
9,261 50
$17,475 50
STREET LIGHTS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $45,000 00
Cash, received of Nathaniel Tufts Meter Co., lamp-post 3 00
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account
3,331 54
$48,334 54
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Somerville Electric
Light Co., lighting $48,300 04
Somerville Journal Co., printing 18 00
Amounts carried forward
$48,318 04
$48,334 54
253
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $48,318 04
Somerville Citizen Co.,
$48,334 54 printing 2 50
Eugene Mead, carriage hire . 14 00
$48,334 54
SUNDRY PERSONS.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1896
$1,372 81
Interest, coupons not paid
18,615 00
· Water Loan Interest, coupons not paid 3,110 00
Schoolhouse, Ward One, balance due Edward F. Staples on account of contract
4,000 00
$27,097 81
DEBIT.
Cash, paid sundry persons,
amounts due them ·
$1,180 00
Balance to credit in account, 1898 25,917 81
$27,097 81
SUPPORT OF POOR.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$18,000 00
Interest account, amount transferred
2,500 00
Cash, received for support of
paupers :-
Of State of Massachusetts
$1,530 14
Of City of Boston
.919 85
Of City of Cambridge
238 59
Of City of Gloucester
25 00
Of City of Lynn
7 00
Of City of Lowell
12 80
Amounts carried forward · $2,733 38
$20,500 00
254
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$2,733 38
$20,500 00
Of City of Malden . 32 00 ·
Of City of Newburyport
3 00
Of City of Quincy
4 23
Of City of Woburn
·
39 10
Of City of Worcester
.
25 45
Of Town of Canton .
11 13
Of Town of Dedham
40 16
Of Town of Hingham
43 29
Of Town of Lexington
5 16
Of Town of North An- dover
146 29
Of Town of Revere
113 50
Of Town of Stoneham
4 43
Of Town of Truro
4 50
Charles I. Davis, aid fur- nished
153 47
Charles W. Griffin, aid fur- nished
13 00
1
Frank W. Kaan, guardian, aid furnished 85 42
Frank D. Weld, aid fur- nished
21 78
Albert Gilman, guardian, aid furnished
44 11
Roscoe H. Alley, aid fur- nished
34 35
Paul Kelley, aid furnished .
7 00
Charles Mooney, aid fur- nished
3 00
D. J. Horgan, aid furnished
3 00
Richard Shalley, aid fur- nished
3 0.0
Jeremiah Sullivan, aid fur- nished
3 00
Amounts carried forward . $3,576 75
$20,500 00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
255
Amounts brought forward $3,576 75 $20,500 00
Dennis Murphy, aid fur-
nished 2 00
Adeline D. Brodeur, money not called for ·
8 72
Isadore Taylor, money not called for 2 21
Highways account, labor of paupers
108 00
3,697 68
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of ac- count .
1,483 79
$25,681 47
DEBIT.
Cash, paid State of Massachu-
setts, support of pau- pers .
$1,279 19
Massachusetts School for Feeble-minded 540 79
Massachusetts Hospital for Dipsomaniacs and Inebriates
511 63
Worcester Lunatic Hos- pital
2,139 71
Worcester Insane Asylum
965 25
Danvers Lunatic Hos- pital .
525 57
Medfield Insane Asylum .
1,728 90
Taunton Lunatic Hos- pital
162 03
Westboro Insane Hospital
799 50
Boston Insane Hospital .
159 70
Somerville Hospital
1,984 33
Amounts carried forward $10,796 60
$25,681 47
256
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$10,796 60
$25,681 47
Hospital Cottage for Chil- dren
88 21
City of Boston
1,406 73
City of Cambridge
610 08
City of Chelsea
26 75
City of Everett
.
20 45
City of Lowell
148 79
City of Medford
.
3 20
City of Malden
294 07
City of Taunton
6 50
City of Worcester
22 60
Town of Ayer
52 00
Town of Chelmsford
152 71
Town of Peabody
264 35
Town of Revere
245 44
Town of Raynham
218 92
Town of Sudbury
46 25
John Murphy, rent
84 00
Ellen Driscoll, rent
48 00
Ellen Halloran, rent
60 00
A. E. Viles, executor, rent
48 00
Elizabeth Morrison, rent
21 00
Christina West, rent
24 00
James Ambrose, rent
84 00
Idella Taylor, rent
19 36.
Ellen Maloney, rent
21 00
Hannah M. Mayo, board
169 45
W. H. Johnson, board
167 19
John T. Hayes, board
80 00
Mary Curran, board
96 00
Mrs. E. Wilcomb, board .
136 83.
Elizabeth E. Remington,
board
52 17
Amounts carried forward · $15,514 65
$25,681547
.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
257
Amounts brought forward
$15,514 65 $25,681 47
Adeline D. Brodeur, board
17 15
Julia Herbert, board
4 00
Mary Dugan, board
120 00
Susan McDonald, board
120 00
Clara Roberts, board
169 46
Charles T. Shean, board
91 73
A. Crafts Wade, board
109 63
Mrs. W. G. Lyman, board
25 00
Ellen E. Mason, board .
4 00
Julia Campbell, board ·
58 35
Mrs. John B. Carpenter, board
7 43
Kurn Hattin Home, board
250 00
Emma E. Perkins, cash
30 00
Jordan, Marsh & Co., clothing
20 35
James W. Brine, cloth- ing
2 00
J. H. Brooks, dry goods
23 95
F. W. Gilbert, boots and shoes ·
137 15
J. H. Mongan, boots and shoes ·
1 25
Philip Eberle, boots and shoes
1 25
H. Wellington & Co., fuel
811 32
Frank A. Teele, fuel
2 30
William S. Ward, gro- ceries and provisions
475 50
W. H. Bullard, groceries and provisions
151 28
A. F. Carpenter, groceries and provisions
281 28
Amounts carried forward $18,429 03
$25,681 47
.
258
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$18,429 03
$25,681 47
Christopher Bros., gro- ceries and provisions F. E. Robie & Son, gro- ceries and provisions
70 00
412 50
E. R. Lovell & Co., gro- ceries and provisions J. Brunton, groceries and provisions .
138 50
40 50
37 55
A. Fiske, groceries and provisions · Charles S. Butters, gro- ceries and provisions W. P. Blanchard, gro- ceries and provisions N. R. Barrows, groceries and provisions
81 50
144 00
160 75
R. M. Sturtevant, gro- ceries and provisions Sawyer & Read, groceries and provisions
462 25
414 50
Medford Street Market, groceries and provi- sions .
365 75
James Bartley, groceries and provisions ·
363 00
D. E. Watson, groceries and provisions ·
13 00
Fred J. Pillsbury, gro- ceries and provisions 19 00
Charles A. Small, gro- ceries and provisions 35 00
James H. Maguire, gro- ceries and provisions 14 00
Amounts carried forward $21,200 83
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