Report of the city of Somerville 1898, Part 11

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


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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


-


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


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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


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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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