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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
204
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
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 205
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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