Report of the city of Somerville 1897, Part 11

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 870


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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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