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beams .
13.66
Metropolitan Water Board,
raising water pipe 739.46
G. F. Matthews, carpentering
104.76
Mrs. L. F. Bowker, repairing drain .
11.85
John Burns, compensation for damages
450.00
Charles H. Swan, professional services
78.00
Geo. O. W. Servis, photo- graphs
48.55
Clark & Quilty, sand
13.60
M. A. Simpson, sand
14.50
Amounts carried forward . $14,693.11
$122,769.71
210
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $14,693.11 $122,769.71
James Tevlin, teaming . 407.89
E. W. Danforth, car fares, etc.
30.75
Edgar H. Hunter, car fares, etc.
14.90
James D. Fallon, car fares, etc.
8.10
Ernest W. Burckes, rent of shed .
18.00
M. F. Underwood, keys .
.45
I. B. Walker, steps .
6.00
Sewers, Maintenance account, lumber
21.44
Water, Maintenance account, iron pipe 96.09
High ways account, setting
circle
6.50
Thomas H. Bryne, storm-water drain in Broadway and Cross street
13,885.53
Daniel A. Dorey & Co., storm- water drain in Winthrop avenue
5,354.90
C. E. Trumbull & Co., storm- water drain in Sherman ct., Marshall street, Gilman sq., and Medford street .
17,845.73
C. E. Trumbull & Co., storm- water drain in Union sq., Bow and Summer streets
16,012.48
C. E. Trumbull & Co., sewer in Somerville avenue
8,239.00
C. E. Trumbull & Co., sewer in Day street 237.35
Timothy F. Crimmings, sewer in Somerville avenue 3,486.58
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in Packard and Electric ave- nues 221.36
Amounts carried forward . $80,586.16
$122,769.71
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 211
Amounts brought forward $80,586.16 $122,769.71
Charles A. Mongan, sewer in Broadway 2,961.32
Charles A. Mongan, cement .
4.80
Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Beacon place 11.56
Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Medford street ·
11.10
Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Tennyson street 83.49
Charles A. Kelley, sewer in Jenny Lind avenue 656.32
Patrick Burke, sewer in More- land street . 430.38
Richard Falvey, storm-water drain in Broadway and Sar- gent avenue
12,966.61
Richard Falvey, sand and
gravel 40.41
Charles C. McGrew & Co.,
sewer in Mystic avenue 352.19
Daniel A. Dorey, sewer in
Liberty avenue . 1,041.29
Daniel A. Dorey, sewer in
North street and Raymond avenue 1,255.24
Daniel A. Dorey, sewer in Curtis street 690.01
William F. Cunningham, sewer in Windsor road 266.06
William F. Cunningham, sewer in Woodstock street .
750.64
William F. Cunningham, sewer in Waterhouse street . .
376.78
William F. Cunningham, sewer
in Farragut avenue 469.55
Amounts carried forward . $102,953.91
$122,769.71
212
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$102,953.91 $122,769.71
Amounts brought forward . William F. Cunningham, sewer in Victoria street 405.51
William F. Cunningham, sewer in Endicott avenue 634.09
William F. Cunningham, sewer in Garrison avenue 414.31
City of Cambridge, land dam- ages on account of Tannery Brook sewer 754.77
$105,162.59
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill Dis- trict account, amount trans- ferred ·
600.00
Sewer Assessment account,
abatements .
124.89
$105,887.48
Balance to credit in account, 1899 16,882.23
$122,769.71
SEWERS, MAINTENANCE.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$7,000.00
Interest account, amount transferred
. 300.00
Cash, received of City of Cam- bridge, repairs of Somerville avenue sewer $63.22
George T. Bosson & L. R. Wentworth, Trs., dividend on bill for labor .
6.25
M. Norton & Co., old hose
1.25
Wellington - Wild Coal Co., lumber
48.45
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill Dis-
trict account, labor, etc. ·
144.43
Amounts carried forward
$263.60
$7,300.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 213
Amounts brought forward $263.60 $7,300.00
Sewers, Construction account, lumber 21.44
Highways, Paving Webster
avenue account, use of team
4.57
Water, Maintenance account,
labor, etc.
56.10
345.71
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account 109.35
$7,755.06
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers .
$4,842.09
James Tevlin, teaming
1,879.87
George D. Goodrich, drain pipe
33.36
Portland Stone Ware Co., drain
.67
Berry & Ferguson, cement
15.40
Waldo Bros., cement
2.20
David W. Lewis, cement
20.35
H. A. Hanscom & Co., cement
3.50
W. G. Nash, cement
3.75
F. O. Reed, rent of water course for drainage 300.00
Boston Coupling Co., couplings
31.20
F. C. Ayer, lumber
41.42
Charles Linnehan, sand .
3.50
M. A. Simpson, sand
.50
Charles L. Underhill, iron work
12.07
Whitney & Snow, hardware .
66.50
E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware
1.20
J. A. Durell, hardware
1.99
Howe & Flint, hardware
8.37
F. Dooris, repairs of tools
3.96
Edson Mfg. Co., repairs of tools
8.00
pipe
Amounts carried forward $7,279.90 $7,755.06
214
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $7,279.90 $7,755.06
I. B. Walker, repairs of tools . 1.70
H. Wood, filing saws 5.65
John Fisher, pails .
5.40
T. C. Pinkham, rubber boots .
45.45
L. B. Pillsbury, Agent, clean- ing cellar
5.70
Barbour-Stockwell Co., ring and cover
8.75
Osgood & Hart, traps
70.39
M. Norton & Co., hose
151.20
W. A. Sanborn, bricks
54.42
Frank W. Leavitt, painting
10.00
Ernest W. Danforth, disburse-
ments
3.00
J. H. Thompson, carriage hire
8.00
Thomas Groom & Co., sta- tionery
41.75
Somerville Citizen Co., print- ing
12.75
I. L. Smith, fuel
8.75
Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel
2.25
City of Somerville, water
40.00
$7,755.06
SIDEWALKS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $10,000.00
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account
5,000.00
Sidewalk Assessments levied .
14,848.14
Highways account, amount transferred
167.41
Cash, received of John and Matilda Beaudett, sidewalk
$ 37.10
Augusta M. Stilphen, sidewalk
12.00
J. H. Maguire, sidewalk .
111.80
Amounts carried forward $160.90
$30,015.55
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 215
Amounts brought forward
$160.90
$30,015.55
Annie A. Terrio, sidewalk
41.32
Henry A. Stevens, sidewalk .
22.50
Amasa Harmon, removing fence .
1.60
Edward T. Huntress, remov- ing fence .75
James L. Blodgett, removing fence .
.75
L. M. Baldwin, removing fence
1.30
Highways account, edgestones
7.57
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill Dis-
trict account, labor
23.80
260.49
$30,276.04
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$8,097.97
S. & R. J. Lombard, edge-
stones .
7,395.12
W. A. Sanborn, bricks
9,368.61
W. A. Murtfeldt Co., grano- lithic curbing
368.68
E. B. Edmister, bricks
238 44
Thomas Casey, bricks
861.45
D. Washburn & Son, bricks
285.62
W. G. Nash, cement
2.25
W. H. Morris, moving fence .
4.40
Somerville Journal Co., print-
ing
212.50
Somerville Citizen Co., print- ing .
254.00
Highways account, labor, team- ing and materials
3,055.43
Highways, Paving Webster avenue account, setting edge- stones . 30.35
Amounts carried forward $30,174.82
$30,276.04
216
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $30,174.82 $30,276.04
Public Grounds account, sods . 8.80
Sewers, Construction account, edgestones . 13.39
Sidewalk Assessments, assess-
ments abated 79.03
$30,276.04
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of Sundry Persons
$13,064.02
Sidewalks, assessments abated
79.03
$13,143.05
Balance to debit of account, 1899
5,193.11
$18,336.16
DEBIT.
Balance from 1897 .
$ 3,488.02
Sidewalks, assessments levied
14,848.14
$18,336.16
1
STATE AID.
CREDIT.
State of Massachusetts, amount paid in 1898
charged to State
$10,972.50
DEBIT.
Cash, paid monthly pay rolls
$10,972.50
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropriated
$27,075.00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid State Treasurer, State tax
$27,075.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 217 ·
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, METROPOLITAN SEWER.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $31,566.31
DEBIT.
Cash, paid State Treasurer, assessment of 1898 .
$31,566.31
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropriated from Water
Works Income
$14,250.19
DEBIT.
Cash, paid State Treasurer, Metropolitan water assessment for the year 1898 $14,250.19
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, NON-RESIDENT BANK STOCK.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $1,043.12
DEBIT.
Cash, paid State Treasurer, amount collected on non-resident stock $1,043.12
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of State Treasurer for burials in 1897 $245.00
Balance December 31, 1898, due from State
December 10, 1899 455.00
$700.00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1897
$245.00
Relief and burial of indigent
soldiers and sailors 455.00
$700.00
218
ANNUAL REPORTS.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of State Treasurer · $365.00
Balance December 31, 1898, due from State
December 10, 1899 257.00
$622.00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1897 $353.00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, one half of amount paid in 1898 269.00
$622.00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, STATE AID.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of State Treasurer $ 9,261.50
Balance December 31, 1898, due from State
December 10, 1899 10,848.50
$20.110,00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1897 $ 9,137.50
State Aid, amount paid in 1898 . 10,972.50
$20,110.00
STREET LIGHTS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$45,000.00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Somerville Electric
Light Co., lighting $43,352.81
Welsbach Street Lighting Co.
of America, lighting 487.75
Amounts carried forward $43,840.56
$$45,000.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 219
Amounts brought forward . $43,840.56 $45,000.00
Somerville Citizen Co., adver- tising . 3.00
Howard Lowell & Son, car- riage hire
34.00
M. F. Underwood, labor
8.00
Hotel Colson, refreshments
12.00
$43,897.56
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account 1,102.44
$45,000.00
SUNDRY PERSONS.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1897
$25,917.81
Water Loan Interest, coupons not paid
2,735.00
Interest, coupons not paid
20,530.00
$49,182.81
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Sundry Persons,
amounts due them
$21,709.21
Balance to credit in account, 1899 27,473.60
$49,182.81
SUPPORT OF POOR, ALMSHOUSE.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropri- ated by borrowing on Funded Debt account
$20,000.00
DEBIT.
Balance to credit of account, 1899
$20,000.00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$20,000.00
Amount carried forward
$20,000.00
220
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $20,000.00
Interest account, amount transferred
3,000.00
Cash, received for support of paupers : -
Of State of Massachusetts . $2,233.49
Of City of Boston 1,208.66
Of City of Cambridge .
604.80
Of City of Lynn .
14.75
Of City of Lowell
88.15
Of City of Marlborough
49.58
Of City of Malden
68.30
Of City of Newton
38.03
Of City of Quincy
50.94
Of City of Springfield .
2.45
Of City of Woburn
51.45
Of City of Worcester .
9.85
Of Town of Canton
2.93
Of Town of Danvers
49.14
Of Town of Brookline
10.00
Of Town of Hingham .
89.47
Of Town of Leominster
1.25
Of Town of Mattapoisett
4.00
Of Town of Merrimac
12.30
Of Town of North Andover.
96.68
Of Town of Revere
3.00
Of Town of Plymouth .
3.50
Of Town of Watertown
10.00
Of Town of Clinton
10.50
Charles I. Davis, aid furnished
146.00
Albert Gilman, aid furnished .
169.47
F. W. Kaan, Guardian, aid fur- nished
84.03
Selwyn Z. Bowman, Executor, aid furnished
767.22
Morrill W., Clara M. and Mary
T. Bagley, aid furnished ·
53.20
Amounts carried forward . $5,933.14
$23,000.00
221
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
$5,933.14 $23,000.00
107.71
84.49
Richard Moore, aid furnished .
113.75
William F. Spruen, aid fur- nished
39.93
C. C. Folsom, Guardian, aid furnished
26.96
C. C. Folsom, old flag
10.00
Mrs. John Kelley, furniture
5.00
Susan Nangle, money refunded
2.00
Highways account, labor of paupers
212.00
Schoolhouse Incidentals ac-
count, flags
. 18.00
6.552.98
$29,552.98
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, support of paupers
$1,124.26
Massachusetts Hospital for
Dipsomaniacs
498.17
Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded
646.62
Worcester Lunatic Hospital
2,930.84
Worcester Insane Asylum
847.88
Westboro Insane Hospital
671.20
Danvers Lunatic Hospital
762.81
Medfield Insane Asylum
1,988.00
Taunton Lunatic Hospital
366.78
Boston Insane Hospital
169.46
Hospital Cottages for Children
126.74
Somerville Hospital
3,135.56
Amounts carried forward $13,268.32
$29,552.98
Amounts brought forward . Newman S. Wax, aid furnished Frederick A. P. Fiske, Guar- dian, aid furnished
222
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$13,268.32
$29,552.98
City of Boston
1,287.52
City of Cambridge .
612.05
City of Chelsea
105.50
City of Brockton
10.54
City of Lowell
64.00
City of Malden
525.40
City of Medford
70.20
City of Newton
38.03
City of Worcester
48.86
City of Waltham
111.73
Town of Milford
52.39
Town of Maynard
16.06
Town of Peabody
341.07
Town of Raynham .
202.72
Town of Revere
288.82
Town of Attleboro
56.00
Carney Hospital
2.29
John Murphy, rent
21.00
Ellen Driscoll, rent
44.00
Ellen Halloran, rent
35.00
James Ambrose, rent
21.00
Christina West, rent
96.00
Ellen Mahoney, rent
84.00
Ellen Murphy, rent
21.00
Sophia Knapp, board
28.06
Mary Curran, board
11.94
Jennie Davis, board
16.60
Addie D. Haynes, board
26.15
Adelaide Pendexter, board
10.00
Mary Carroll, board
10.00
Mrs. Thomas Rouse, board
40.00
Margaret McCarthy, board
40.00
Annie Campbell, board .
5.71
Mrs. W. H. Johnson, board
144.00
Mrs. E. Wilcomb, board
101.77
Amounts carried forward $17,857.73
$29,552.98
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 223
Amounts brought forward . $17,857.73
$29,552.98
Mary Dugan, board
70.00
Elizabeth E. Remington, board
52.17
Charles T. Shean, board
45.85
Mary Shean, board
87.48
A. Crafts Wade, board
130.33
Julia Campbell, board
332.75
Deborah Minard, board .
84.27
Hannah M. Mayo, board
84.03
Clara Roberts, board
169.46
Susan McDonald, board .
90.57
Mary Budreau, board
50.17
Ellen Craig, board .
7.50
Emily M. Higgins, board
87.44
Kurn Hattin Homes, board
200.00
Mrs. George F. Sawyer, board
57.13
Emma E. Perkins, cash allow-
ance
60.00
C. C. Folsom, salary as agent . Disbursements
264.52
A. B. Dearborn, salary as City Physician
61.83
William F. Holmes, salary as City Physician
938.17
Medicines
394.30
Cora F. Lewis, salary as secre-
tary
600.00
Sara J. Lamont, clerical ser- vices
26.67
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls
70.66
J. Arthur Bean, medicine
1.10
Henry D. Padelford, medicine
34.90
Frederick W. Gay, medicine .
.70
Milton H. Plummer, medicine
3.00
Amounts carried forward $23,362.73
$29,552.98
1,500.00
-
224
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $23,362.73 $29,552.98
Clark & Gay, medicine 2.15
Peake Mfg. Co., medicine
14.25
F. H. Dudley, medicine .
.60
Howard Hamlin, medicine
136.90
Herbert E. Bowman, medicine
39.55
J. W. Howard, floral tribute
20.00
P. H. Rafferty, services as undertaker . ·
65.00
C. F. Bryant, services as
undertaker . · 15.00
Alfred E. Mann, services as undertaker . 30.00
W. A. Flaherty, services as undertaker .
74.00
John S. McGowan, services as undertaker .
15.00
E. H. Marsh & Son, services as undertaker
15.00
W. D. Hayden, moving furni- ture
2.50
W. E. Plumer & Co., saws
2.70
Smith, Patterson & Co., clock
4.50
F. W. Gilbert, boots and shoes Philip Eberle, boots and shoes
114.95
7.50
J. H. Brooks, dry goods .
29.58
James W. Brine, clothing
21.50
A. F. Carpenter, groceries and provisions 366.78
James H. Maguire, groceries and provisions 187.50
Charles S. Butters, groceries and provisions
92.00
Fred J. Pillsbury, groceries and provisions .
23.50
W. H. Bullard, groceries and provisions .
111.13
Amounts carried forward $24,754.32
$29,552.98
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 225
Amounts brought forward $24,754.32 $29,552.98
W. P. Blanchard, groceries and provisions 169.40
Medford Street Market, gro- ceries and provisions . 429.50
Christopher Bros., groceries and provisions 10.00
E. R. Lowell & Co., groceries and provisions 28.50
F. E. Cheney & Co., groceries and provisions 9.50
W. S. Ward, groceries and provisions . 603.00
R. M. Sturtevant, groceries and provisions 344.00
M. L. King, groceries and pro- . visions 94.99
F. E. Robie & Son, groceries and provisions 46.00
A. E. Robie, groceries and provisions . 184.00 · F. L. Card, groceries and pro- visions 111.58
Sawyer & Read, groceries and provisions 268.87
N. R. Barrows, groceries and provisions . 58.00
W. H. Burgess, groceries and provisions . 24.00
C. L. Stevens, groceries and provisions .
8.00
Charles A. Small & Co., gro- ceries and provisions 56.00
James Bartley, groceries and provisions . 315.00
J. G. Albee, groceries and provisions . 73.50
Amounts carried forward $27,588.16
$29,552.98
226
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $27,588.16 ฿29,552.98
L. Stockbridge, groceries and provisions . 20.96
C. N. Brown, groceries and provisions . 6.00
D. E. Watson, groceries and provisions . 59.50
Emerson R. Christopher, gro- ceries and provisions 24.00
Thomas Groom & Co., sta- tionery 25.65
W. A. Greenough & Co., di- rectory 3.00
F. S. Blanchard & Co., books Somerville Journal Co., print-
1.50
ing 7.00
F. W. Jackman, printing
2.00
Smith Premier Typewriter Co., repairs 3.35
Jackson Caldwell & Co., mat- ting
5.25
H. Wood, filing saws
.60
Howard Lowell & Son, car- riage hire . 15.00
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
6.50
Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel 490.69
Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel
225.70
J. E. Marsh, medical attend- ance 27.35
F. E. Varney, medical attend- ance
10.00
$28,522.21
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account 1,030.77
$29,552.98
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 227
TAXES.
CREDIT.
Cash, received for taxes of 1892 .
$14.00
" 1893 .
102.05
66
66 66 " 1894 .
394.94
" 1895 .
1,142.28
66
66 " 1896 .
46,760.02
66
" 1897 .
152,425.93
66
66
6
" 1898 .
708,724.52
$909,563.74
Overlay and Abatement : -
Abatements on taxes of 1893 .
$4.00
66
" 1894 .
4.00
" 1895 .
8.00
66 " 1896 .
222.98
66
66 " 1897 .
588.46
66
66
" 1898 .
4,909.90
5,737.34
Balance to debit in account, 1898 : -
Being uncollected taxes of 1889
$46.60
66
66
" 1891
57.40
66
250.50
66
66
" 1893
6,596.65
60
" 1894
6,666.47
66
66
" 1895
7,617.60
66
66
" 1896
9,751.44
66
66
" 1897
76,896.64
66
66
66
" 1898
240,552.69
355,654.19
$1,270,955.27
DEBIT.
Balance from 1897
$316,768.16
Appropriations, amount
assessed for current expenses
834,400,00
Amounts carried forward . $1,151,168.16 $1,270,955.27
66
" 1890
7,218.20
" 1892
.
66
228
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $1,151,168.16 $1,270,955.27
State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for State tax . 27,075.00
State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for payment of Met- ropolitan Sewer Assessment 31,566.31 State of Massachusetts, amount assessed on non-resident na- tional bank stock 1,043.12 ·
County of Middlesex, amount assessed for County tax ·
44,894.56
Street Watering, amount assessed for payment of a proportionate part of cost of watering streets for 1898
13,384.48
Overlay and Abatement,
amount added by
the
assessors
1,823.64
$1,270,955.27
TEMPORARY LOANS.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1897
$350,000.00
Cash, borrowed by authority of the City Council on notes as follows : -
The Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, eight months, 41/2 per cent.
$150,000.00
200,000.00
Estabrook & Co., two months eighteen days, 47/8 per cent. . Blake Bros. & Co., four months, 2.63 per cent.
50,000.00
Estabrook & Co., four months sixteen days, 3.05 per cent. .
200,000.00
Amounts carried forward $600,000.00
$350,000.00
.
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 229
$600,000.00 $350,000.00
Amounts brought forward . The Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, six months, 3 per cent. 100,000.00
Blake Bros. & Co., six months, 2.93 per cent. 100,000.00
F. S. Moseley & Co., six months, 2.70 per cent. .
100,000.00
900,000.00
$1,250,000.00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid as follows : -
The Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, six months, 31/2 per cent. $150,000.00
F. S. Moseley & Co., four months, 2.56 per cent. 200,000.00
Estabrook & Co., two months eighteen days, 47/8 per cent. 200,000.00 Estabrook & Co., four months sixteen days, 3.05 per cent. . 200,000.00 Blake Bros. & Co., four months, 2.63 per cent. 50,000.00
The Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, eight months, 41/2 per cent.
150,000.00
$950,000.00
Balance to credit in account, 1899 300,000.00
$1,250,000.00
WATER LOAN INTEREST.
CREDIT.
Water Works Income, amount appropriated
$11,925.00
Amount carried forward $11,925.00
230
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward DEBIT.
$11,925.00
Cash, paid on Water Loan Debt : - $239,000.00, one year at 4 per cent. $9,560.00
$2,000.00, six months at 4 per cent. 40.00
$28,000.00, one year at 5 per cent. 1,400.00
$15,000.00, six months at 5 per cent. 375.00
$10,000.00, one year at 5 1-2 per cent.
550.00
$11,925.00
Less coupons unpaid
2,735.00
$14,660.00
Sundry Persons, unpaid cou-
pons
2,735.00
$11,925.00
WATER MAINTENANCE.
CREDIT.
Water Works Income, amount appropriated $60,000.00
5,278.88
City of Boston, water rates, amount transferred Water Services, amount transferred . Cash, received of Sundry Persons,
383.95
turning off and on water
385.00
Water Service account, pipe, fittings, etc.
1,597.06
Sewers, Construction account, pipe, etc. 111.44
Schoolhouse, Prescott, Heat- ing and Ventilating account, pipe, labor, etc. . ·
86.75
Amounts carried forward . $2,180.25
$65,662.83
231
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward .
$2,180.25 $65,662.83
Highways account, lead .
3.83
Metropolitan Water Board, replacing water pipes . 286.83
J. P. Stewart & Co., repairing hydrants 25.40
Trustees Tufts College, repair- ing hydrants 75.00
Cambridge Gaslight Co., cast-
ings
9.10
Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., fittings 11.79
Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, constructing water
post 39.00
A. F. Dickson, labor
1.50
W. H. Woodbury, labor . .
1.25
Day Street Congregational Church, labor 12.00
Nathan H. Reed, labor
8.21
L. D. Richards, labor .
3.10
C. B. Follett, labor
4.91
Patrick Flynn, error in pay roll
18.00
F. I. Bradshaw, replacing ser- vice pipe 16.05
Elizabeth Cunningham, replac- ing service pipe . 11.89
Estate of Priscilla A. Shute, replacing service pipe
14.00
Felipe Barnad, replacing ser- vice pipe
14.44
D. F. Inwood, replacing ser- vice pipe
9.87
Stark H. Davis, replacing ser- vice pipe 17.00
T. H. Bryne, replacing service pipe
85.45
Amounts carried forward $2,848.87 $65,662.83
232
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $2,848.87 $65,662.83
Adoniram J. Taylor, replacing service pipe 31.31
T. F. Crimmings, replacing service pipe .
21.20
John D. Roberts, repairs of service pipe
3.49
Mrs. Sullivan, repairs of ser- vice pipe 5.00
Francis W. Evans, repairs of service pipe
17.46
Alma Nelson, repairs of ser- vice pipe 5.69
C. E. Trumbull & Co., repairs of service pipe
27.80
Estate of Sarah O'Neil, repairs 1.10
Richard D. Falvey, repairs
37.95
Clara T. Reed, pipe
7.25
Estate of Rufus B. Stickney, setting meter
43.00
Annie S. Bond, setting meter
12.25
Dudley F. Hunt et al., defi- ciency in revenue
30.50
Franklin O. Reed, deficiency in revenue . 27.31
Samuel W. Mendum, deficiency in revenue . 8.83
Arlington Water Works, fit- tings
6.54
City of Malden, fittings .
58.75
City of Medford, fittings ·
2.70
James Maguire, fittings .
.75
North Packing & Provision Co., fittings 5.00
George Coales, fittings
.75
Thomas C. Connor, fittings
.75
.
Amounts carried forward $3,204.25
$65,662.83
233
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward . $3,204.25
$65,662.83
Benjamin F. Freeman, fittings 17.00
J. A. Merrifield, fittings
.75
Daniel Morrison, hose
58.18
3,280.18
$68,943.01
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$25,678.38
Nathaniel Dennett, salary as
superintendent
116.66
Frank E. Merrill, salary as clerk and superintendent
2,300.00
Disbursements
144.81
Florence E. Barton, salary as assistant to clerk
722.40
V. Florence Walker, salary as assistant to clerk
511.20
Edward M. Shedd, inspector .
1,122.00
S. E. Hayden, salary as en- gineer
1,100.00
Nathan Tufts & Sons, hay and grain
228.95
120.25
G. W Ladd Co., hay and grain Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain Frank W. Leavitt, repairs of wagons
130.04
R. B. Baker, repairs of wagons
4.35
John Rooney, horseshoeing .
60.73
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing
11.38
Seward Dodge, horseshoeing
168.41
I. B. Walker, horseshoeing
8.45
E. Spalding, harness work
60.50
D. J. Bennett, harness work Charles E. Berry, harness work
2.25
1.00
Charles L. Underhill, repairs of tools
159.36
Amounts carried forward . $32,762.31
$68,943.01
111.19
234
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$32,762.31 $68,943.01
F. Dooris, repairs of tools 180.39
H. Wood, repairs of tools 5.25
Joseph Young, repairs of tools 3.00
T. F. Culliton, repairs of tools
4.60
Norwood Engineering Co.,
hydrant
460.00
Rensselaer Mfg. Co., hydrant .
30.00
Chadwick Lead Co., lead
39.46
Boston Lead Mfg. Co., lead and pipe
2,414.45
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe
1,324.71
R. D. Wood & Co., iron pipe .
12,992.07
W. A. Snow & Co., tools
47.42
Carlow & Co., tools
24.00
Walworth Mfg. Co., seals and tools
133.76
Perrin, Seamans & Co., tools .
122.27
Hall Bros., street boxes .
121.80
A. & E. Burton & Co., brushes James Russell Boiler Works Co., labor
21.96
10.55
The Fairbanks Co., repairing valve . .66
Star Brass Mfg. Co., gauges .
35.00
Priest, Page & Co., labor on scales .
6.50
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co.,
valves .
88.42
G. C. Whorf & Co., valves
15.00
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valves
19.80
Boston Bolt Co., bolts
1.75
Sumner & Goodwin Co., hook
.25
F. D. Weld, flagstaff
3.50
Globe Gaslight Co., gasoline
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