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4
Oct. 1. 1899
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
36 to 40
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
41 to 45
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
46 to 50
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
51 to 55
4
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
56 to 60
4
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
61 to 65
. 4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
66 to 70
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
71 to 75
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
76 to 80
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
81 to 85
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
86 to 90
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
91 to 93
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
96 to 100
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
5,000
Total amount of
Paving
Bonds
$75,000 1
114
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. WATER LOAN BONDS.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1882
152 to 166
5
July 1, 1898
$1,000
$15,000
July 1, 1888
287
4
July 1, 1898
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
1449
4
July 1, 1898
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
327 to 329
4
Oct. 1, 1898
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
407 to 408
4
Oct. 1, 1898
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
167 to 181
5
July 1, 1899
1,000
15,000
July 1, 1882
182
5
July 1, 1899
500
500
July 1, 1888
288
4
July 1, 1899
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
1450
4
July 1, 1899
1,000
1;000
October 1, 1889
330 to 342
4
Oct. 1, 1899
1,000
13,000
October 1, 1890
409 to 410
4
Oct. 1, 1899
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
183 to 194
5
July 1, 1900
1,000
12,000
July 1, 1882
195
5
July 1, 1900
500
500
July 1, 1888
289
4
July 1, 1900
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
6451
4
July 1, 1900
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1884
200 to 202
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1889
343 to 344
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
416 to 417
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1892
a448 to a458
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
11,000
July 1, 1888
290
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
6452
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1884
203 to 212
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
10,000
October 1, 1892
a459 to 468
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1885
214 to 219
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
6,000
October 1, 1889
345 to 346
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
2,000
Amount
carried
forward .
$117,000
115
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE B. - WATER LOAN BONDS. - Continued.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount
brought
forward .
$117,000
October 1, 1890
418 to 419
4
Oct. 1, 1901
$1,000
2,000
July 1, 1885
220 to 226
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
7,000
July 1, 1886
229 to 238
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1896
6453
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
347 to 348
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
2,000·
October 1, 1890
420 to 421
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1892
469 to 475
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
7,000
July 1, 1886
239 to 256
4
July 1, 1903
1,000
18,000
July 1, 1896
6454
4
July 1, 1903
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
349 to 350
4
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
448 to 449
4
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1886
257 to 266
4
July 1, 1904
1,000
10,000)
July 1, 1896
6455
4
July 1, 1904
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
351 to 352
4
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
450 to 451
4
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1896
6456
4
July 1, 1905
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
353 to 355
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
452 to 453
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1876
30 to 31
53
July 1, 1906
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1896
6457
4
July 1, 1906
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
356 to 358
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
454 to 455
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1886
267 to 276
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1888
291
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
6458
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
359 to 361
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
3,000
Amount carried
forward .
$223,000
116
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B .- WATER LOAN BONDS .- Continued.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount
brought
forward .
.
$223,000
October 1, 1890
456 to 457
4
Oct. 1, 1907
$1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
292
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
6459
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
362 to 364
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
458 to 459
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
293
4
July 1, 1909
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
365 to 367
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
423 to 424
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
294
4
July 1, 1910
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
368 to 370
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
426 to 427
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
295
4
July 1, 1911
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
371 to 373
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
428 to 429
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
296
4
July 1, 1912
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
374 to 376
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
430 to 431
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
297
4
July 1, 1913
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
377 to 379
4
Oct. 1, 1913
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
432 to 433
4
Oct. 1, 1913
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
298
4
July 1, 1914
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
380 to 382
4
Oct. 1, 1914
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
434 to 435
4
Oct. 1, 1914
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
299
4
July 1, 1915
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
383 to 384
4
Oct. 1, 1915
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
436 to 437
4
Oct. 1, 1915
1,000
2,000
Amount
carried
forward
$273,000
117
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TABLE B. - WATER LOAN BONDS. - Concluded.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount
brought
forward .
$273,000
July 1, 1888
300
4
July 1, 1916
$1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
385 to 386
4
Oct. 1, 1916
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
438 to 439
4
Oct. 1, 1916
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
301
4
July 1, 1917
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
387 to 388
4
Oct 1, 1917
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
440 to 441
4
Oct. 1, 1917
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
302
4
July 1, 1918
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
389 to 390
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
442 to 443 .
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1889
391 to 392
4
Oct 1, 1919
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
444 to 445
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
446 to 447
4
Oct. 1, 1920
1,000
2,000
Total amount
of
Water Loan
Bonds .
$294,000
118
ANNUAL REPORTS.
RECAPITULATION.
City Loan Bonds $1.031,000 00 56,000 00
Sewer Loan Bonds
Total amount of Funded Debt within the limit provided by law Sewer Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 357, Acts of 1895
$1,087,000 00
92,000 00
City Loan Paving Bonds, issued under Chapter 153, Acts of 1892
75,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt outside of the limit allowed by law, issued under special Acts
167,000 00
Water Loan Bonds .
294,000 00
Total amount of Funded Debt
$1,548.000 00
TABLE C. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS SHOWING APPROPRIA- TIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1897.
APPROPRIATIONS.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed
$741,200 00 167,000 00
Property and Debt balance .
$911,200 00
Amount carried forward
$911,200 00
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119
Amount brought forward
$911,200 00
DEBIT.
City Building, corner Highland Avenue and Walnut Street, Improvement of
$5,000 00
City Hall Improvement .
9,000 00
Electrical Department
7,400 00
Engineering Department
9,000 00
Fire Department
55,000 00
Fire Department, Fire Station No. 3, Improvement
1,000 00
Health Department
20,000 00
Highways
63,000 00
Highways, Paving Somerville Aventte from Park Street Westerly
4,000 00
Highways, Subway at Kent
Street .
3,000 00
Highways, Subway t Sacra-
mento Street
3,000 00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
300 00
Interest
80,000 00
Miscellaneous
7,000 00
Police
46,000 00
Police Station Incidentals
.
2,500 00
Printing and Stationery
6,500 00
Public Grounds
6,000 00
Public Grounds, Sanborn Field
33,000 00
Public Library
7,500 00
Reduction of Funded Debt
110,000 00
Renewals of Funded Debt
14,000 00
Relief and Burial · of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
7,000 00
Salaries
10,000 00
Amounts carried forward
$509,200 00
$911,200 00
120
ANNUAL REPORTS
Amounts brought forward ·
$509,200 00 $911,200 00
School Contingent
18,000 00
School Contingent, Janitors'
Salaries
16,500 00
School Fuel
10,000 00
Schoolhouse, English High
500 00
Schoolhouse Incidentals
16,000 00
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill Dis- trict
53,500 00
Schoolhouse, Ward One
5,000 00
Schoolhouse, Land, Ward Two
10,000 00
School Teachers' Salaries
165,000 00
Sewers, Construction
25,000 00
Sewers, Maintenance
6,000 00
Sidewalks
10,000 00
Street Lights
45,000 00
Support of Poor
18,000 00
Watering Streets
3,500 00
$911,200 00
CASH.
CREDIT.
City Hall Improvement
$19,545 20
City Building, Corner Highland Avenue and Walnut Street
11,599 93
Engineering Department .
9,167 24
County of Middlesex
40,875 13
Electrical Department
8,672 17
Fire Department
59,492 83
Fire Department, Land on Medford Street
948 00
Funded Debt
150,000 00
Health Department
25,554 45
Highways
67,338 57
Amount carried forward
$393,193 52
.
·
.
121
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$393,193 52
Highways, Paving Somerville Avenue from Park Street Westerly 9,533 72
Highways, Subway at Kent Street 2,857 38
Highways, Subway at Sacramento Street 2,438 50
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
734 00
Interest
45,960 42
Miscellaneous
18,414 38
Police
53,576 16
Police Station Incidentals .
2,699 55
Printing and Stationery
7,035 03
Public Grounds .
6,377 88
Public Grounds, Sanborn Field
33,000 00
Public Library
10,360 71
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors 9,234 86
Salaries
31,300 00
School Contingent
19,522 07
School Contingent, Janitors' Salaries
17,782 66
School Fuel
10,170 69 ..
Schoolhouse, English High
500 00
Schoolhouse Incidentals
20,541 77
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill District 22,079 43
Schoolhouse, Ward One
20,597 41
School Teachers' Salaries
174,063 80
Sewers, Construction
40,561 67
Sewers, Maintenance
9,329 34
Sidewalks
21,662 70
State Aid
9,291 50
State of Massachusetts
30,205 00
Street Lights
48,334 54
State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan Sewer
Assessments ·
78,921 31
State of Massachusetts, Non-Resident Bank Stock .
989 99
Sundry Persons
1,180 00
Amount carried forward
$1,152,449 99
122
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$1,152,449 99
Support of Poor .
25,681 47
Temporary Loans
775,000 00
Water Loan Interest
9,820 00
Water Maintenance
64,507 93
Water Services
4,812 17
Watering Streets
16,726 53
Water Works Extension
10,000 00
Balance to debit in account, 1898
90,433 87
$2,149,431 96
DEBIT.
Balance from 1896
$55,333 45
City Hall Improvement
20 00
City Building, corner Highland Avenue and Walnut Street
12 50
City of Boston, Water Rates
99,688 57
Engineering Department
297 08
Electrical Department
.
54 83
Fire Department
1,375 68
Funded Debt
167,000 00
Health Department
1,637 00
Highways
5,993 99
Highways, Subway at Kent
Street
115 37
Interest
11,896 11
Miscellaneous
5,266 12
Overlay and Abatement
16 00
Overplus on Tax Sales
55 00
Police
4,980 02
Police Station Incidentals
700 00
Public Grounds
318 38
Public Library
2,711 49
.
.
.
Amounts carried forward . $357,471 59
$2,149,431 96
.
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Amounts brought forward $357,471 59
$2,149,431 96
Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund
1,000 00
Real Estate Liens
646 75
Reduction of Funded Debt
6,031 13
Relief and Burial of Indigent Sol- diers and Sailors
56 00
Salaries
28,730 52
School Contingent
308 20
Schoolhouse Incidentals
540 25
School Teachers' Salaries
6 00
Sewer Assessments
11,541 77
Sewers, Construction
2,519 91
Sewers, Maintenance
398 01
Sidewalks
66
Sidewalk Assessments
11,836 38
State Aid
30 00
Street Lights
3 00
State of Massachusetts, Burial of
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
315 00
State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
250 00
State of Massachusetts, State Aid
8,338 00
Support of Poor
3,697 68
Taxes
874,575 27
Temporary Loans
825,000 00
Water Maintenance
7,810 81
Water Services
36 31
Water Service Assessments
5,578 29
Watering Streets Assessments
2,277 10
Watering Streets
426 33
$2,149,431 96
-
124
ANNUAL REPORTS.
CITY BUILDING, CORNER HIGHLAND AVENUE AND WALNUT STREETS, IMPROVEMENT OF.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow-
ing on Funded Debt account $5,000 00;
Schoolhouse, Land in Ward Two account, amount transferred 6,600 00.
Boston Spar Co., discount on bill
12 50
$11,612 50-
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Frank A. Fuller &
Co., carpenter . ·
$3,401 81
Alfred H. Hines, mason work
2,003 40
Smith & Anthony Co.,
heating apparatus .
682 29
Aaron H. Gould, services as architect 547 90
Damon Safe & Iron
Works Co., vault
.doors
100 00
Graham & Cameron,
stairs
232 00
L. C. Seavey, roofing
668 67
William Robertson, mason work 203 24
The Williams Table &
Lumber Co., lumber 643 71
G. W. Gale Lumber Co., lumber 635 87
Amounts carried forward $9,118 89
$11,612 50
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125
Amounts brought forward $9,118 89
$11,612 50
E. B. Jones, painting 323 09
Thomas Dowd, plaster- ing 565 00
G. W. Tibbetts, plumbing
579 55
John O'Connell, gas fit- ting ·
42 76
E. A. Drowne & Co., gas fitting
191 95
Pettingill, Andrews Co., electrical supplies 82 23
Underhill Hardware Co.,
hardware .
180 79
Boston Electric Co., wire
1 33
Chandler & Farquhar, tools
2 42
C. E. Horne, dumb waiter
50 00
Whitney & Snow, steps .
3 60
American Fire Proof- ing Co., fire proofing
65 00
Thomas A. Joy, labor ·
10 50
Stephen J. Jackman, labor
10 16
Ella F. Rines, labor
1 50
Holland & Daniels, shades
66 54
Cambridge Gas Light Co., connecting meter ·
9 98
John H. Pray, Sons &
Co., carpets
213 29
W. B. Badger & Co., furniture .
54 00
Fred W. Farrar, clock
4 85
Boston Spar Co., flag- staff .
12 50
.Amounts carried forward $11,589 93
$11,612 50
126
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $11,589 93 $11,612 50
Charles S. Robertson, insurance . 10 00
$11,599 93
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit in account 12 57
$11,612 50
CITY HALL IMPROVEMENT.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1896
$8,261 93
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account
9,000 00
Schoolhouse, Ward Two, amount transferred
1,105 25.
Excess and Deficiency, amount transferred .
1,178 02
Cash, received of Charles S. Robertson, desk George W. Tibbetts, safe .
5 00
10 00
George I. Vincent, bookcase ·
5 00
$19,565 20
DEBIT.
Cash, paid E. A. Parker, labor $18 38
Pettingill, Andrews Co.,
electric wire . 90
W. E. Plumer & Co., polish
80
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware . 144 24
Conn. Steam Stone Co.,
labor on tablets . ·
27 50
Asbestos Paper Co., asbes- tos covering ·
175 80
Amounts carried forward . $367 62
$19,565 20.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
127
Amounts brought forward $367 62
$19,565 20
J. Rush Green, lumber 44 54
G. W. Gale Lumber Co., lumber 67 92
Gutta Percha & Rubber
Manf'g Co., matting . 184 05
Murdock Parlor Grate Co., bronze letters .
28 00
Collins & Richards, grill work 75 00
Damon Safe & Iron
Works Co., safe work
387 00
Bowker, Torrey & Co., marble signs .
22 30
Philip H. Butler & Co., marble work .
13 20
Bibber, White Co., lamps
3 84
Anchor Electric Co.,
lamps 12 12
Boston Electric Co., wire
87 29
Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture .
50 60
Jordan, Marsh & Co., furniture 8 94
John H. Pray, Sons & Co., carpets
1,589 94
Fred W. Farrar, clock .
17 00
Wemyss Bros. & Co., counters .
649 51
T. F. McGann, rails
75 00
I. H. Brown Moulding Co., oak plates 1 44
Arthur C. Gordon, letter- ing signs 58 52
Amounts carried forward . $3,743 83
$19,565 20
128
ANNUAL REPORTS.
-
Amounts brought forward $3,743 83 $19,565 20
Alfred H. Hines, mason
work .
7,380 81
William I. Mabie, carpen- tering 618 09
Frank A. Fuller & Co.,
carpentering 402 16
Charles W. Dunham,
painting 285 94
Clarence G. Reed, plaster- ing . 4 53
Derby Desk Co., counters
3,888 30
Holland & Daniels, shades
32 50
Office Specialty Co., files, etc.
312 00
Foster, Ellingwood, &
Harvey, contract on
account of heating apparatus ·
799 97
George W. Tibbetts,
plumbing 136 25
William Sutherland, gas
piping ·
28 50
C. H. McKenney & Co., gas and electric fix- tures
1,175 45
E. C. Kelley & Co., elec- tric work 685 72
S. J. Wood, keys
9 25
George T. Day, express- ing .
90
Page & Co., expressing .
25
Wiley & Co., expressing
75
Amounts carried forward · $19,505 20
$19,565 20
129
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward · $19,505 20 $19,565 20
Public Grounds account, grading 40 00
$19,545 20
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit in account 20 00
$19,565 20
CITY OF BOSTON, WATER RATES.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of City of Boston, return on water
$99,688 57 rates
DEBIT.
Water Maintenance, amount
transferred
$56,000 00
Water Works Extension, amount transferred
10,000 00
Water Loan Interest, amount transferred .
12,930 00
Reduction of Funded Debt,
amount transferred . 20,758 57
$99,688 57
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed .
$40,875 13
DEBIT.
Cash, paid County tax
$40,875 13
130
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $6,400 00
Appropriations, amount appropriated by bor-
rowing on Funded Debt account ·
1,000 00
Schoolhouse, Land in Ward Two, amount trans- ferred .
600 00
Cash, received of Henry Josephs, old copper 54 83
$8,054 83
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of ac- count
617 34
$8,672 17
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$3,592 17
Municipal Signal Co., sig-
nal boxes .
627 25
New England Gamewell Co., storage battery plant
1,600 00
New England Gamewell
Co., electric supplies
730 91
Pettingill, Andrews Co., electric supplies
333 66
Thomas W. Gleeson, elec- tric supplies
315 05
Charles L. Bly, electric supplies ·
170 57
Boston Electric Co., elec-
trical supplies 24 96
Cochrane Chemical Co., vitriol 11 08
Amounts carried forward
$7,405 65
$8,672 17
131
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $7,405 65
$8,672 17
West & Jenney, vitriol .
19 44
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware . 26 25
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware 2 77
H. Wood, keys
60
Chandler & Farquhar,
tools . 3 36
W. H. Chadwick, buggy . 135 00
D. J. Bennett, harness work
2 25
Charles E. Berry, harness work .
2 50
E. Spalding, harness work Charles L. Underhill, re- pairing wagon . .
75
11 00
I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber .
9 55
Derby Desk Co., lumber 1 50
Ziegler Electric Co.,
wheel
3 50
Boston Woven Hose &
Rubber Co., tape ·
2 59
William Hall & Co.,
springs 30
Thomas Groom & Co., books
8 50
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., cable box ·
3 20
Elijah Walker, cross arms
3 79
W. P. Shaw, chamois skin
1 25
Howe & Flint, labor .
40
Amounts carried forward
$7,644 15
$8,672 17
132
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $7,644 15 $8,672 1F
C. B. Fagan veterinary services 3 00
Charles H. Paine, horse medicine 2 00
W. H. Bullard, soap
75
John T. Sellon, glass
5 00
Glines & Co., expressing
78
George T. Day, express-
ing ·
34 28
American Express Co.,
expressing ·
1 20
Fire Department account, salaries, horse-keep- ing, etc.
795 68
Police account, salaries .
102 00
Salaries account, salaries
83 33
$8,672 17
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $9,000 00
Cash, received of West End Street Railway Co., giving grades
81 28
Somerville Electric Light Co., giving lines
22 80
Miscellaneous account, numbering houses
193 00
$9,297 08
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey,
City Engineer
$2,200 00
Engineer's Assistants 6,386 93
Amounts carried forward
$8,586 93
$9,297 08
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward · $8,586 93 $9,297 08
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., paper, etc. 109 15
The Smith Premier Type- writer Co., paper 2 80
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery .
61 50
M. L. Vinal, stationery .
35
Little, Brown & Co., books 1 80
Library Bureau, cutting cards ·
4 85
Frost & Adams Co., pen- holders 5 40
H. C. Dimond & Co., type
1 34
Spalding Print Paper Co., blue print paper
10 43
J. H. Brooks, cloth
2 10
James E. Moody, repairs of instruments .
1 50
Buff & Berger, repairs of instruments ·
4 50
John J. Hillman, repairs of tools
1 16
Ernest W. Abbott, repairs of tools
50
Charles C. Hutchinson, instruments
6 00
George O. W. Servis, tools
16 00
Watts Bros., rule
6 00
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., plumb bob
8 59
Chandler & Farquhar,
punch .
1 00
Amounts carried forward
$8,831 90
$9,297 08
134
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$8,831 90 $9,297 08
Sprague & Hathaway Co., frame 4 50
I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber 16 65
The Williams Table & Lumber Co., lumber 1 24
Whitney & Snow, hard- ware 38 07
.. .
Underhill Hardware Co., hardware . 45
J. A. Durell, hardware 95
W. I. Heald, hardware 25
American Express Co., expressing ·
45
Bancroft's Express, ex- pressing 15
Glines & Co., expressing
45
1
Engineer's assistants, car- fares . 172 18
Sewers, Construction ac-
count, services ren- dered 100 00
$9,167 24
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account 129 84
$9,297 08
EXCESS AND
DEFICIENCY.
CREDIT.
Balance for 1896
$1,178 02
City Hall Improvement, credit balance of account 20 00
Amount carried forward
$1,198 02
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
135
Amount brought forward $1,198 02
City Building, corner Highland Avenue and Wal- nut Street, credit balance of account 12 57
Engineering Department, credit balance of ac- count .
129 84
Highways, credit balance of account
789 22
Police Station Incidentals, credit balance of ac- count 45 .
Salaries, credit balance of account
7,430 52
School Contingent, Janitors' Salaries, credit of account 147 45
Schoolhouse, Ward One, credit balance of ac- count
4 81
School Teachers' Salaries, credit balance of account
7,894 19
Watering Streets, credit balance of account . 161 92
$17,768 99
Balance to debit in account, 1898
8,369 38
$26,138 37
DEBIT.
Electrical Department, debit bal-
ance of account
$617 34
Fire Department, debit bal-
ance of account
1,617 15
Health Department, debit bal- ance of account 417 45
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors,
debit balance of account 17 00
Interest, debit balance of account
12,890 52
Miscellaneous, debit balance of account .
670 11
Amounts carried forward . $16,229 57 $26,138 37
136
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $16,229 57 $26,138 37
Police, debit balance of account . 796 14
Printing and Stationery, debit balance of account 535 03
Public Grounds, debit balance of account 39 50
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, debit balance of account 433 86
School Contingent, debit balance of account 513 87
School Fuel, debit balance of account 70 69
Schoolhouse Incidentals, debit balance of account 1,501 52
Sewers, Maintenance, debit bal- ance of account 24 84
Street Lights, debit balance of account ·
3,331 54
Support of Poor, debit balance of account
1,483 79
$24,960 35
City Hall Improvement account,
amount transferred 1,178 02
$26,138 37
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation, amount assessed
$55,000 00
Interest account, amount transferred 1,500 00
$56,500 00
Cash, received of Electrical De-
partment, salaries, supplies, etc. $795 68
Amounts carried forward
$795 68
$56,500 00
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137
Amounts brought forward $795 68
$56,500_00
Fitchburg Railroad, dam-
age to apparatus
550 00
Chas. S. Butters, manure
30 00
1,375 68
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account
1,617 15
$59,492 83
DEBIT.
Cash, paid James R. Hopkins,
chief engineer
$1,800 00
Nathaniel C. Barker, as-
600 00
sistant engineer . . Permanent firemen and substitutes
27,111 02
Steamer Co. No. 1, call- men ·
1,161 25
Steamer Co. No. 2, call-
men
1,162 00
Steamer Co. No. 4, call- men
1,362 00
Hose Co., No. 2, callmen
1,392 00
Hose Co. No. 3, callmen
1,361 50
Hose Co. No. 5, callmen
1,324 50
Hook and Ladder Co. No.
1, callmen
1,505 75
Hook and Ladder Co. No.
2, callmen
1,607 83
Sundry Persons, labor on fire-alarm telegraph .
281 75
Sundry Persons, extra fire duty .
6 00
Amounts carried forward $40,675 60
$59,492 83
138
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $40,675 60 $59,492 83
Edward O'Brien, black-
smithing 67 94
Cadogan Bros., black-
smithing 94 15
W. H. Richardson, black- smithing 143 86
J. B. Rufer, blacksmithing 244 25
A. Clement, blacksmithing 48 55 Charles F. Scott, black- smithing 50
M. E. Crouse, black-
smithing ·
39 42
R. F. Dimock, black-
smithing 24 65
William Buckley, black- smithing .
14 30
Seward Dodge, black-
smithing . .
367 80
Charles L. Underhill,
blacksmithing 110 30
E. Spalding, harness
work 56 60
Charles E. Berry, harness work 91 40
J. T. MacNeill, harness work 17 30
F. Ivers & Son, harness work 9 65
A. M. Prescott, harness work 167 65
W. P. Shaw, harness
work 8 25
D. J. Bennett, harness work 19 60
Amounts carried forward . $42,201 77
$59,492 83
139
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $42,201 77 $59,492 83
G. W. Ladd, hay and grain 17 98
Powers & Co., hay and grain 912 31
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, hay and grain ·
1,922 81
Proctor Bros., hay and grain ·
449 49
G. W. Barnaby, agent, hay and grain ·
2 00
Archibald Wheel Co., re- pairs of apparatus 119 25
American Fire Engine
Co., repairs of appa- ratus ·
641 67
William McDonald, re-
pairs of apparatus 97 27
George Patterson, re- pairs of apparatus ·
7 50
S. D. Hicks & Son, re- pairs of apparatus ·
35 60
L. A. Wright, re-
pairs of apparatus .
14 58
Willis E. Allen, re-
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