Report of the city of Somerville 1898, Part 10

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 870


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Taylor's Express, expressing ·


43.70


Glines' Express, expressing


2.40


C. M. Blake, newspapers


6.00


George T. Bailey, newspapers


4.92


The Sun, newspapers


5.40


Enoch Robinson, keys


5.25


H. C. Dimond & Co., stamps .


.83


Pettingell-Andrews Co., elec- tric supplies


3.55


Thomas Groom & Co., sta- tionery


61.90


J. E. Hall, stationery


4.20


Somerville Journal Co., print-


ing


271.55


Somerville Citizen Co., print-


ing


42.25


Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas .


30.10


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


260.37


Amounts carried forward $5,138.09


$10,290.24


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 185


Amounts brought forward . $5,138.09 $10,290.24


New England Telephone & Tel- egraph Co., rentals and tolls City of Somerville, water Wellington - Wild Coal Co., fuel ·


58.52


26.00


135.58


Everett D. Dyer, inspecting boiler .


2.10


G. W. Walker, maps 5.00


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel


48 20


D. Cutter, repairing clock


3.75


George H. Dickerman, boxes .


14.00


Underhill Hardware Co., hard-


ware


2.15


Boston Plate & Window Glass


Co., glass


11.00


Charles A. West, disburse- ments .


56.25


S. Louise Chandler, agent


34.75


Creighton & Clark, agents


94.61


Susan A. Riker, agent .


22.04


Estate of John S. Hayes, dis- bursements


22.45


John S. Hayes, librarian


624.99


Sam Walter Foss, librarian


1,114.09


Clara L. Bidwell, assistant


librarian


166.67


Adele Smith, assistant librarian


475.02


F. Mabel Norcross, cataloguer


450.00


Anna L. Stone, assistant


450.00


Mary J. Warren, assistant


450.00


Esther M. Mayhew, assistant .


391.63


Mabel Bunker, assistant


188.61


Mary F. Woodman, assistant .


177.90


F. E. Kaula, attendant .


79.09


C. F. Wiggin, attendant .


27.95


Amounts carried forward $10,270.44


$10,290.24


186


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $10,270.44 $10,290.24


Arthur A. Hills, attendant


12.40


$10,282.84


Balance to credit of account, 1899 7.40


$10,290.24


PUBLIC LIBRARY, ISAAC PITMAN FUND.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1897


$1,000.00


DEBIT.


Balance to credit of account, 1899


$1,000.00


PUBLIC PROPERTY.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit in account, 1899


. $2,752,368.55


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, prop-


erty acquired in 1898 $ 114,268.43


Balance from 1897 2,638,100.12


$2,752,368.55


REAL ESTATE LIENS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of Sundry Persons, tax titles


released


$ 715.62


Balance to 1899 .


1,664.60


$2,380.22


DEBIT.


Balance from 1897


$2,380.22


REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1897


$ 6,823.36


Appropriations, amount assessed


155,200.00


Amounts carried forward ·


. $162,023.36


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 187


Amount brought forward Water Works Income


$162,023.36


22,000.00


Cash, received of Thomas P. Beal, Receiver Maverick National Bank $ 760.50


Boston Five Cents Savings


Bank, premium on bonds 9,262.60


10,023.10


$194,046.46


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance,


amount of reduction of


Funded Debt, 1898


$172,000.00


School Teachers' Salaries


account, amount transferred 12,946.83


Balance to credit in account, 1899 9,099.63


$194,046.46


RELIEF AND BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $9,000.00


Interest account, amount transferred .


2,000.00


State of Massachusetts, burials . 455.00


Cash, Sundry Persons, money not called for


46.00


$11,501.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid monthly pay rolls


$10,482.00


Danvers Lunatic Hospital,


board, etc. .


169.47


Worcester Lunatic Hospital, board, etc. . . 169.46


Somerville Hospital, board,


etc.


129.00


Amounts carried forward $10,949.93


$11,501.00


188 .


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $10,949.93 $11,501.00


Alfred E. Mann, services as undertaker . 35.00


Francis M. Wilson, services as undertaker . 70.00


E. H. Marsh & Son, services as undertaker 70.00


C. H. Lockhart, services as undertaker . 35.00


William A. Flaherty, services as undertaker 105.00


George F. McKenna, services as undertaker 35.00


M. J. Shea, services as under- taker . ·


35.00


John Bryant, services as


undertaker .


·


70.00


$11,404.93


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit 96.07


$11,501.00


SALARIES.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $ 8,000.00


Cash, received of Commonwealth of Massachu-


setts, national bank and corporation taxes . 27,463.89


$35,463.89


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Albion A. Perry, mayor


$2,500.00


George I. Vincent, city clerk . 2,400.00


John F. Cole, city treasurer and


collector of taxes


3,200.00


Amounts carried forward $8,100.00


$35,463.89


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 189


Amounts brought forward . Frank W. Kaan, city solicitor Charles S. Robertson, city auditor .


$8,100.00 1,500.00


$35,463.89


500.00


Charles S. Robertson, clerk of common council . ·


300.00


Jairus Mann, city messenger .


1,500.00


William P. Mitchell, clerk of committees . ·


1,800.00


Albert B. Fales, clerk of assessors ·


1,600.00


Beulah M. Peirce, assistant to treasurer


800.00


Alice T. Sleeper, assistant to treasurer 700.00


Louise B. McLaughlin, assist- ant to treasurer . 500.00


Clara B. Snow, assistant to city clerk


700.00


Edith A. Woodman, assistant to city clerk 500.00


Gertrude G. Kendall, assistant to clerk of assessors 700.00


Jennie L. Jones, assistant to clerk of assessors 500.00


Frederic W. Cook, assistant to clerk of committees


1,000.00


Lucia A. Manning, assistant to clerk of committees 550.00


Frederick C. Fuller, inspector of public buildings


1,900.00


Duncan C. Greene, inspector of plumbing .


1,200.00


Charles L. Ellis, deputy col- lector of taxes ·


1,200.00


Charles M. Berry, inspector of animals and provisions ·


400.00


Amounts carried forward


$25,950.00


$35,463.89


·


190


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $25,950.00 $35,463.89


Charles S. Philbrick, inspector of milk and vinegar 400.00


Charles A. Southwick, janitor of City Hall and Public Library


850.00


Benjamin F. Thompson,


assessor ·


900.00


Nathan H. Reed, assessor .


800.00


Samuel T. Richards, assessor


38.71


Harry A. True, assessor


761.29


Fred B. Clapp, assistant


assessor


250.00


Charles C. Farrington, assist- ant assessor 250.00


Edgar T. Mayhew, assistant assessor ·


250.00


Frank A. Teele, assistant


assessor


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


George H. Griffin, night jan- itor


658.00


$32,158.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to


credit of account 3,305.89


$35,463.89


SCHOOL CONTINGENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$18,000.00


Amount carried forward $18,000.00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 191


Amount brought forward Cash, received of G. A. South-


$18,000.00


$101.25


worth, injury to books, etc. M. E. Bangs, injury to property Andrew Waitt, injury to prop- erty 2.00


2.00


Osman Gay, injury to property


2.00


Robert Scott, injury to prop- erty 2.00


Harriet Moore, tuition of non- resident pupil 14.00


P. L. Curtin, tuition of non- resident pupil 10.00


Clifton Williams, tuition of non-resident pupil 40.00


Benjamin Lamont, tuition of non-resident pupil 15.00 .


Horace E. Cousins, tuition of non-resident pupil 60.00


George H. Derby, tuition of non-resident pupil 6.00


Franklin Moore, tuition of non- resident pupil 20.00


David Mason, tuition of non-


resident pupil 20.00


294.25


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to debit of account 1,391.34


$19,685.59


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Gordon A. South-


worth, salary as superintend-


ent of schools


$3,000.00


Disbursements


224.56


E. L. Hannay, clerk in Super- intendent's office


650.00


Amounts carried forward


$3,874.56


$19,685.59


192


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $3,874.56 $19,685.59


Lemuel H. Snow, truant officer


1,000.00


Services taking school cen- sus


100.00


Disbursements


21.10


Jairus Mann, truant officer


50.00


Ginn & Co., books .


1,489.78


American Book Co., books


819.42


Leach, Shewell & Co., books .


785.07


D. C. Heath & Co., books


236.31


Edward E. Babb & Co., books


143.91


Allyn & Bacon, books


241.01


Silver, Burdett & Co., books .


728.58


University Pub. Co., books


141.36


DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., books


68.01


Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co., books .


20.99


Harper Bros., books


51.00


Mary A. Chandler, books


30.00


Lee & Shepard, books


28.80


F. S. Blanchard & Co., books .


1.50


Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books


202.07


Eldridge & Bro., books .


11.00


Lothrop Pub. Co., books


91.55


T. H. Castor & Co., books


35.97


Charles Scribner's Sons, books


27,90


New England Pub. Co., books W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


17.50


3.00


Thorp & Martin Mfg. Co., blank books


4.65


F. J. Barnard & Co., binding books


77.40


David Farquhar, binding books


571.97


Harvard University, examina- tion papers . 4.35


Amounts carried forward $10,878.76


$19,685.59


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 193


Amounts brought forward $10,878.76 $19,685.59


A. J. Wilkinson, supplies 68.56


Chandler & Barber, supplies .


7.48


George H. Furbish, supplies .


10.00


E. W. Tuttle, supplies


7.69


Mary T. Carnick, supplies


10.00


Pulsifer, Cook & Co., supplies


67.40


Prang Educational Co., sup- plies


5.96


Frost & Adams Co., supplies .


10.15


Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies


304.49


John M. Woods & Co., sup- plies


123.78


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., laboratory supplies 315.48.


Ziegler Electrical Co., labora- tory supplies


37.70


Thomas Hollis & Co., labora- tory supplies


13.83


Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, supplies


37.53


Mitchell Mfg. Co., supplies


.35


Ellis Publishing Co., supplies


69.85


E. T. Curtis, supplies


69.07


Gilman Square Fish Market, supplies


5.66


W. A. Chadwick, supplies


2.50


Chandler Adjustable Chair and Desk Co., supplies 1.20


Boston School Supply Co., supplies 103.97


Greenough, Adams & Cushing, supplies 2,587.54


George F. King & Co., sup-


plies


1,714.42


Amounts carried forward $16,453.37


$19,685.59


194


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $16,453.37 $19,685.59


M. L. King, supplies 7.75


The Morse Co., supplies


5.33


George S. Perry & Co., ink- wells 31.25


J. L. Hammett & Co., supplies 410.51


R. H. White & Co., supplies


6.80


George H. Dickerman, supplies


6.50


Suffolk Ink Co., ink


1.20


Clark Ink Co., ink


4.80


Clark Mfg. Co., ink ·


43.60


Eagle Pencil Co., pencils


8.75


F. S. Webster & Co., type- writer supplies . 8.25


Charles B. Palmer, typewriter supplies


21.00


Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, typewriter, etc. .


141.17


United Typewriter & Supply


Co., typewriter supplies


7.00


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., typewriters and repairs


159.85


Ivers & Pond, pianos


500.00


C. A. Watrous, book covers


115.00


Holden Patent Book Cover Co., covers


3.14


John C. Haynes & Co., pitch pipes . 12.60


Somerville Journal Co., print- ing


308.28


Somerville Citizen Co., print- ing


238.82


American Printing and En- graving Co., printing .


63.90


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls


125.73


Amounts carried forward $18,684.60


$19,685.59


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 195


Amounts brought forward . $18,684.60


$19,685.59


E. S. Daniels, tuning pianos . 9.00


4.00


B. F. Freeman, photographs . A. W. Mitchell Mfg. Co., stamps


3.10


Blodgett Bros. & Co., repairs of clocks


15.30


Wakefield Rattan Co., furni- ture


18.95


E. F. Andrews & Co., supplies


3.25


G. F. Greenleaf & Co., supplies Dennison Mfg. Co., supplies . William Ware & Co., supplies W. N. Goddard, supplies


7.90


103.25


22.00


George B. Fraser, supplies ·


23.92


S. A. Johnson, disbursements


7.33


Charles E. Brainard, disburse- ments .


10.39


Harlan P. Knight, disburse-


ments . . 26.28


George M. Wadsworth, dis- bursements .


7.03


Boston Bank Note Co., diplo-


mas


112.25


C. W. Clement, filling in diplo- mas


77.70


G. R. Fiske & Co., ribbon


50.60


First M. E. Church, use of edi- fice


125.00


Robert S. McArthur, address .


50.00


Thomas Van Ness, address


25.00


L. E. Brown, refreshments


73.16


E. E. Whitehouse, expressing


94.30


E. R. Perham, expressing


1.10


Gilman Express Co., expressing


1.55


Glines & Co., expressing


17.45


Amounts carried forward $19,579.41


$19,685.59


5.00


196


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $19,579.41 $19,685.59


J. H. Grundy, expressing 17.25


R. A. R. Benson, expressing . 28.60


London's Express Co., express- ing 60.33


$19,685.59


SCHOOL CONTINGENT, JANITORS' SALARIES.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$17,000.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of


account


372.58


$17,372.58


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Janitors' salaries as per pay rolls · $17,372.58


SCHOOL FUEL.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $10,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel .


$1,391.21


Wellington - Wild Coal Co., fuel


6,110.80


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel


2,254.82


Somerville Citizen Co., adver- tising


4.50


Somerville Journal Co., adver-


tising .


4.25


$9,765.58


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account .


234.42


$10,000.00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 197 SCHOOLHOUSE, BURNS ADDITION.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by bor- rowing on Funded Debt account $12,000.00


DEBIT.


Balance to 1899 $12,000.00


SCHOOLHOUSE, ENGLISH HIGH.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by bor-


rowing on Funded Debt account


$1,000.00


Cash, received of Schoolhouse Incidentals account, gas fixtures 114.30


$1,114.30


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Hatch & Farnum, furniture


$236.00


Whitman & Couch, telephone 309.00


E. A. Drowne & Co., fixtures


25.00


379.30


G. F. Matthews, carpentering A. A. Sanborn, heating ap- paratus


165.00


$1,114.30


SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$17,000.00


Cash, received of Northern As-


surance Co., insurance


$54.89


Phoenix Assurance Co., insur-


ance . 48.27


Provident Washington Insur-


ance Co., insurance


32.93


Amounts carried forward $136.09


$17,000.00


-


198


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$136.09 $17,000.00


Agricultural Insurance Co., in-


surance


43.23


Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co., insurance 43.24


Ætna Insurance Co., insurance


27.44


Mrs. M. E. Bangs, damage to furniture


1.00


Andrew Waitt, damage to fur- niture . 1.00


Osmand Gay, damage to fur- niture .


1.00


Robert Scott, damage to furni- ture


1.00


A. A. Sanborn, pipe and fit- tings, not used . 9.31


Highways account, sand ·


50 00


313.31


$17,313.31


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Walter A. Berry, car- pentering


$1,360.85


Frank A. Fuller & Co., carpen- tering ·


699.97


Warren Hallett, carpentering


782.17


George F. Matthews, carpen- tering


456.15


T. F. Farrington, carpentering James Simpson, carpentering .


316.27


97.50


A. M. Waining, carpentering . G. D. B. Robinson, carpenter- ing


132.50


55.40


James H. Chase, carpentering


39.37


Harris P. Tibbetts, carpenter- ing


22.95


Amounts carried forward · $3,963.13


$17,313.31


199


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $3,963.13 $17,313.31


Howe & Flint, repairing heat- ing apparatus 682.80


A. A. Sanborn, repairing heat- ing apparatus 808.83


J. W. Johnson, repairing heat- ing apparatus 108.00


Johnson Electric Service Co., repairing heating apparatus


41.06


Charles E. Berry, repairing heating apparatus 3.10


Braman, Dow & Co., repairing heating apparatus


35.00


B. F. Sturtevant Co., repairs of engine


18.60


Walworth Mfg. Co., flue


cleaners


2.40


James Deacon, painting .


4.00


J. Q. Twombly, painting .


103.68


M. J. Goodwin, painting . 547.35


G. A. Walker, painting .


677.17


Arthur C. Gordon, painting


2.50


E. B. Jones, setting glass


91.40


R. C. Burckes, setting glass


16.62


James Rawson, setting glass .


6.72


J. F. Berton, setting glass


1.75


W. J. Fermoyle, setting glass


6.50


Armstrong Bros., plumbing


11.84


James F. Davlin, plumbing


4.11


J. A. Durell, plumbing


212.60


John A. Merrifield, plumbing .


44.50


Elmer S. Stack, plumbing


20.90


Charles A. Holmes, plumbing


47.08


George W. Tibbetts, plumbing


42.70


W. L. Snow, plumbing


84.24


James H. Adcock, plumbing


42.85


Amounts carried forward $7,631.43


$17,313.31


200


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $7,631.43 $17,313.31


Donnelly & Co., plumbing 7.05


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


252.07


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware Underhill Hardware Co., hard-


84.54


ware 190.60


Whitney & Snow, hardware .


270.36


Cambridge Hardware Co.,


hardware


13.03


Chandler & Farquhar, hard- ware


1.27


J. E. Parsons, plumbing .


1.90


T. A. Sallaway, glass


9.46


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber 42.65


William H. Wood & Co.,


lumber


127.52


Thomas W. Gleeson, electrical supplies 61.04


Pettingell - Andrews Co., elec- trical supplies


44.13


Blodgett Bros. & Co., electrical supplies


3.70


A. E. Rowe, electrical supplies


4.30


J. W. Mess, electric work


6.00


Barbour, Stockwell Co., repairs of motor 12.00


Thomas Dowd, plastering


393.80


B. E. Higgins, plastering


30.75


L. C. Seavey, roofing


261.59


Alfred H. Hines, mason work .


85.10


D. P. Bucknam, mason work .


41.50


J. J. Ryan, mason work .


10.00


Chandler Adjustable Chair & Desk Co., furniture


1,059.63


F. W. Allen & Co., furniture .


99.60


Amounts carried forward $10,745.02


$17,313.31


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 201


Amounts brought forward $10,745.02 $17,313.31


Allen - Thompson - Whitney Co., furniture 151.50


P. Derby & Co., furniture 10.00


W. F. Flemming, repairs of furniture 6.90


Jackson Caldwell & Co., re- pairs of furniture 1.25


Holland & Daniels, shades


90.25


William E. Daniels, shades


471.64


J. E. Bell, blackboard


353.42


William McElivain, repairs of blackboard . 17.20


Charles A. Austin & Co., brushes


29.00


Jordan & Christie, brushes


8.50


Murphy, Leavens & Co.,


brushes


125.50


W. G. Hallock, dusters .


4.00


Boston Feather Duster Co., dusters


71.48


Greenwood & Co., mat


7.09


Shepard & Samuels, sponges, etc.


108.00


John H. Pray, Sons & Co.,


carpets


308.66


E. A. Drowne & Co., gas fixtures 250.85


Schoolhouse, English High


account, gas fixtures .


114.30


Jarvis Engineering Co., grates


16.80


A. M. Prescott, door straps ·


1.00


George W. Manning, labor on flagstaffs


92.10


F. D. Weld, flagstaff


3.00


G. P. Richardson, flags


90.00


Amounts carried forward $13,077.46 $17,313.31


202


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $13,077.46


$17,313.31


E. W. Richardson, flag . 15.00


Support of Poor account, flag .


18.00


Mrs. J. T. Frost, repairing flag


4.19


O. S. Merry, repairing flag


30.69


W. H. Bullard, oil .


.55


P. Sutherland & Co., oil .


6.90


Clark, Brown & Co., oil .


43.70


Patrick Bowdren, care of lawn


132.25


F. S. Cummings, grading


4.00


H. A. Pestell, paperhanging .


1.00


William F. Eccles, cleaning carpet .


7.16


Albert C. Lyman, cleaning


carpet .


3.95


Murdock Parlor Grate Co., tablets


60.00


Boston Blower Co., repairs of ventilator


19.60


W. M. Hadley, lime


1.00


Cornelius Callahan Co., gong .


13.00


Moulton C. Libbey, clocks, etc.


142.30


Fred W. Farrar, repairing clocks . ·


28.00


H. Wood, keys


29.45


Fred L. Pulsifer, repairs of lock


4.25


M. F. Underwood, repairs of lock


8.75


A. J. Wilkinson & Co., tools .


58.00


Seward Dodge, repairs of tools


3.10


Charles L. Underhill, repairs of tools


11.20


D. P. Pierce, removing brown- tail moths


28.75


Arthur W. Berry, expenses of committee


6.22


Amounts carried forward . $13,758.47


$17,313.31


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 203


Amounts brought forward $13,758.47 $17,313.31


R. M. Johnson, cleaning vault 12.00


John Silk, loam 24.00


M. J. Coneeny, sods


14.80


William S. Ward, supplies


2.63


William H. Waterfall, refresh- ments .


13.50


William A. Muller, premium of insurance 150.00


W. V. T. Hinckley, premium of insurance 75.00


Harry A. True, premium of insurance . 75.00


Frank A. Teele, premium of insurance 75.00


O. H. Perry & Co., premium of insurance 75.00


Hartford Steam Boiler Inspec- tion and Insurance Co., insurance . 50.00 .


A. B. Colesworthy, labor


24.00


J. W. Rich, labor


111.75


William Butler, labor


20.00


N. L. Pennock, labor 5.00


B. F. Sheridan, sawdust . 2.65


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire 10.00


J. H. Thompson, carriage hire


15.00


City of Boston, water


357.30


City of Somerville, water


911.01


City of Somerville, Sidewalk assessment .


59.34


Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas .


661.95


Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., gas 157.68


Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


210.15


Amounts carried forward $16,871.23


$17,313.31


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


$17,313.31


Amounts brought forward $16,871.23 .30


E. R. Perham, expressing


Glines & Co., expressing


15.44


R. A. R. Benson, expressing


47.10


George T. Day, expressing


1.65


M. G. Staples, expressing


19.88


$16,955.60


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account . 357.71


$17,313.31


SCHOOLHOUSE, PRESCOTT, HEATING AND VENTI- LATING.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account $6,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Alexander Duncan & Co., on account of contract


for heating and ventilating apparatus $3,000.00


A. A. Sanborn, plans, etc.


165.27


Jarvis Engineering Co., mason work


54.37


B. E. Higgins, plastering


139.92


J. E. Parsons, plumbing . .


69.92


Water Maintenance account, service pipe


86.75


$3,516.23


Balance to credit of account, 1899 2,483.77


$6,000.00


SCHOOLHOUSE, LAND IN WARD TWO.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1897


$94.75


Amount carried forward


.


$94.75


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Amount brought forward $94.75


DEBIT. Cash, paid Joseph J. Giles, Agt.,


part payment on account of land and buildings $94.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account .75 $94.75


SCHOOLHOUSE, WARD TWO.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow-


ing on Funded Debt account $34,000.00


Armory account, amount transferred


4,000.00


Cash, received of Thomas Kilroy, old building .


$50.00


Michael Haley, old building


20.00


70.00


$38,070.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Charles T. Flagg,


Henry D. Flagg, Emily F.


Willcome, Elizabeth Sim- mons, and Florence A. M. Thayer for land on Wash- ington street $9,122.00


Prescott & Sidebottom, ser- vices as architects 582.50


S. L. Cummings, disburse- ments .


3.50


City of Somerville, tax of 1898


139.53


C. Caseau, painting signs


1.00


$9,848.53


Balance to credit in account, 1899 . . ) 28,221.47 .


$38,070.00


206


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLHOUSE, SPRING HILL DISTRICT.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1897 $32,920.57


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account 6,000.00


Sewers, Construction account, amount trans- ferred .


600.00


Armory account, amount transferred . 521.03 ·


$40,041.60


DEBIT.


Cash, paid W. L. Clark & Co., on


account of contract


$27,330.00


Extra work .


1,468.89


A. A. Sanborn, on account of contract for heating appa- ratus . ·


5,715.00


Aaron H. Gould, services as architect


874.32


Alfred H. Hines, mason work .


225.72


Charles A. Kelley, laying sewer .


71.70


Craig & Conley, plumbing


27.00


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


49.92


John Harrington, stone steps .


160.00


C. A. Southwick, labor .


2.00


T. Allen, concreting


282.26


M. J. Coneeny, grading . ·


257.50


Walter A. Berry, fence .


102.95


Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas pipe


24.46


E. A. Drowne & Co., gas fix- tures .


83.05


William E. Daniels, shades .


169.56


J. E. Bell, blackboard


28.60


.


Amounts carried forward . $36,872.93


$40,041.60


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Amounts brought forward $36,872.93 423.75


$40,041.60


F. W. Allen & Co., furniture . Chandler Adjustable Chair & Desk Co., furniture


2,433.50


P. Derby & Co., furniture


36.00


Sewers, Maintenance account, laying drain


144.43


City of Somerville, Sidewalk assessment .


69.60


Highways account, edgestones


37.59


Sidewalks account, labor, etc.


23.80


$40,041.60


SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$190,000.00


Reduction of Funded Debt account, amount


transferred .


12,946.83


$202,946.83


DEBIT.


Cash, paid salaries as per pay rolls


$202,946.83


SEWER ASSESSMENTS.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of Sundry Persons


$11,500.87


Sewers, Construction account, abatements


124.89


Balance to debit in account, 1899


7,435.90


$19,061.66


DEBIT.


Balance from 1897


$ 7,954.62


Sewers, Construction account,


assessments levied


11,107.04


$19,061.66


208


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SEWERS, CONSTRUCTION.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1897 $19,274.35


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account 25,000.00


Water Works Income account, amount appro- priated


67,280.96


Sewer Assessments, assessments levied


11,107.04


Cash, received of David W.


Crocker, proportionate part


of constructing sewer in Day street .


$50.00


Edward D. Hadley, draining


lot into Line street sewer


33.54


Charles A. Kelley, manhole frame and cover . ·


6.33


Sidewalks account, edgestones


10.62


Highways account, recording releases 6.87


107.36


$122,769.71


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$6,434.88


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


1,818.59


Portland Stone Ware Co., drain


pipe


2,340.25


D. W. Lewis, cement


176.25


Waldo Bros., cement


412.72


Berry & Ferguson, cement


65.80


W. A. Sanborn, bricks


.


440.79


Osgood & Hart, castings


950.23


Barbour, Stockwell & Co.,


castings


59.00


Williams Table & Lumber Co., lumber


25.16


Amounts carried forward $12,723.67


$122,769.71


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209


Amounts brought forward $12,723.67


$122,769.71


F. C. Ayer, lumber


86.12


Charles E. Berry, chutes .


30.00


H. W. Covell, plumbing .


16.88


J. A. Durell, hardware


7.17


Whitney & Snow, hardware


1.26


Charles L. Underhill, black- smithing


57.20


J. B. Rufer, blacksmithing


10.85


T. F. Colliton, blacksmithing .


2.00


Park Bros., cement


21.80


Fitchburg Railroad Co., ties


3.00


Middlesex Registry of Deeds, recording


11.40


Thomas Groom & Co., books .


17.75


Somerville Citizen Co., adver-


tising . 24.00


Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising .


136.00


Mechanics Iron Foundry Co., manhole covers


69.63


Chelmsford Foundry Co.




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