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Sept. 10, 1847,
Captain,
Fireman,
Highland ave.
Charles E. Shaw,
Oct. 13, 1854,
Lieutenant,
Fireman,
Highland ave.
Harry F. Bucknam,
Sept. 21, 1872,
Driver,
Fireman,
Highland ave.
John E. Hill,
Dec. 25, 1845,
Ladderman,
Salesman,
Cherry st.
Clarence H. Alley,
March 16, 1869, Ladderman, Ladderman,
Carpenter,
Highland ave.
Harry H. Whicher,
May 23, 1864,
R. R. Agent,
Holland st.
Thomas McNee,
Nov. 14, 1857,
Ladderman,
Roofer, Hersey st.
Clarence T. Conant,
Dec., 1866,
Ladderman,
Milkman,
Hudson st.
Wm. J. Kennedy,
March, 1864,
Ladderman,
Plumber,
Alpine st.
LeBaron Emery,
May 11, 1860,
Ladderman,
Painter,
Alpine st.
Feet of ladders used Miles run
1,472
151
HOSE CO. 2.
Name.
Born.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
Francis W. Ring,
Aug. 7, 1859,
Captain,
Fireman,
Wheatland st.
Daniel R. Spike,
March 22, 1844, Lieutenant,
Fireman,
Broadway.
Henry A. Angier,
April 30, 1838,
Driver,
Fireman,
Jaques st.
Charles H. Timson,
May 27, 1861,
Hoseman,
Teamster,
Marshall st.
Wm. F. Marble,
June 22, 1852, Hoseman, July 10, 1871, Hoseman, Hoseman, April 2, 1867, Jan. 31, 1851, Sept. 30, 1873, Hoseman,
Teamster, Clerk,
Sargent ave.
Chas. A. Woodbury,
Hoseman,
Foreman,
Sargent ave.
Harry V. Spike,
Teamster,
Broadway.
Frederic E. Cushing,
Dec. 20, 1845,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Walnut st.
Feet of hose laid
10,200
Miles run .
2421/2
Feet of ladders used
185
Extinguishers used
none
Name.
Born.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
Benj. H. Pond,
Oct. 25, 1867, July 31, 1852, Nov. 29, 1848, Feb. 4, 1845, Feb. 22, 1856, July 5, 1852,
Captain, Lieutenant, Hoseman, Hoseman,
Fireman,
Machinist,
Chester ave. Medford st. Columbus ave.
Thomas W. Joy, John H. Cuddy,
Hoseman, Hoseman,
Clerk,
Bow Street pl.
Alfred R. Higgins,
Feb. 25, 1849, Hoseinan, Oct. 29, 1851, Hoseman,
Piano maker,
Oxford st.
George W. Bridges,
March 22, 1876, Hoseman,
Confectioner,
Medford st.
Feet of hose laid
10,800
Miles run .
111
Chemical extinguishers used
19
Feet of ladders used 100
Still aların
2
Fireman,
Bonner ave.
Frank L. Draper,
Charles H. Bridges,
Francis S. Brown,
Watchman,
Cooper,
Bow Street pl.
Cooper,
Prospect st.
Edward A. Parker,
Fish Dealer,
Derby st.
Melville G. Webber,
Jaques st.
Almon M. Irish,
HOSE CO. 3.
724
ANNUAL REPORTS.
HOSE CO. 5.
Name.
Born.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
Edwin F. Trefren.
March 28, 1858,
Captain,
Fireman,
Somerville ave.
Wm. J. Blaisdell,
May 16, 1846,
Lieutenant,
Fireman,
Quincy st.
Martin E. Driscoll,
Dec. 21, 1872,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Somerville ave.
Horace L. Dunklee,
Dec. 12, 1854,
Hoseman,
Fireman,
Somerville ave. Belmont st.
Michael H. Kennedy,
July 14, 1873,
Hoseman,
Laborer,
Somerville ave.
Otto T. Teakles,
March 22, 1871,
Hoseman,
Plasterer,
Belmont st.
Wm. C. Trefren,
Jan. 13, 1861,
Hoseman,
Carpenter,
Somerville ave. Somerville ave.
Daniel W. McDermott, March 14, 1846,
Hoseman,
Painter,
Feet of hose laid
10,250
Miles run .
185
Chemical extinguishers used
25
Feet of ladders used .
650
CHEMICAL ENGINE A.
Name.
Born.
Rank.
Occupation. Residence.
Joseph A. Cribby,
Aug. 22, 1864,
Lieutenant,
Fireman,
Thorpe pl.
Jesse A. Lipsett,
Sept. 3, 1865,
Operator,
Fireman,
Thorpe pl.
Wilfred S. Young,
Aug. 7, 1874.
Hoseman,
Fireman, Highland ave.
Bell alarms
140
First alarms .
140
Second alarms
6
Responded to bell alarms
128
Responded to still alarms
11
Miles run
3511%
Hose used .
12,450 feet
Gallons of chemical water used
4,620
Feet of ladders used .
240
There were 15 fires and 4 spark fires extinguished by Chemical A.
I desire to extend my thanks to His Honor, the Mayor, and the Committee on Fire Department for their co-operation in all matters appertaining to the department's efficiency.
J. R. HOPKINS,
Chief of Fire Department.
George R. Green,
Feb. 27, 1866,
Hoseman,
Florist,
REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 11, 1899.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 11, 1899.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS, December 31, 1898.
TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOMERVILLE :
The following is the final report of the Committee on Fuel and Street Lights for the year ending December 31, 1898 :-
SCHOOL FUEL ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
.
$10,000.00
DEBIT.
Expenditures :
For fuel at
Bell school .
$ 704.52
Bennett school
131.95
Bingham school
343.88
Burns school
137.98
Carr school .
260.84
Cedar street school
44.74
Cummings school
136.72
Davis school
144.91
Durell school
232.63
Edgerly school
657.45
Forster school
438.37
Franklin school
5.25
Glines school
620.59
Hanscom school .
349.68
Harvard school
24.47
Amounts carried forward .
$4,233.98
$10,000.00
728
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$4,233.98
$10,000.00
High school
1,129.11
Highland school .
703.83
Hodgkins school
596.57
Jackson school
168.69
Knapp school
833.99
Lincoln school
275.88
Morse school
627.16
Pope school
528.45
Prescott school
454.64
Prospect Hill school
204.53
Incidentals
8.75
Total debit .
$9,765.58
Balance unexpended
$234.42
STREET LIGHTS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$45,000.00
DEBIT.
For electric lighting
$43,337.81
Welsbach lighting
487.75
Changing locations of elec- tric poles
15.00
Incidentals .
57.00
Total debit .
.
$43,897.56
Balance unexpended
$1,102.44
In pursuance of an order dated May 11, 1898, the following proposals were received for the furnishing of fuel for the school- houses and public buildings of the city.
NAMES OF BIDDERS.
Furnace coal per ton.
Egg coal per ton.
Stove coal per ton.
Soft wood per cord.
Hard wood per cord.
Baker-Hunnewell Co. .
.
$4.31
$4.44
$4.73
$5.50
$6.50
I. L. Smith . .
4.24
4.24
4.24
5.50
6.75
Wellington-Wild Coal Co.
4.17
4.32
4.32
4.75
6.50
.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS. 729
The contract was awarded to the Wellington-Wild Coal Co., for one year from July 1, 1898. Under this contract $9,765.58 was expended for fuel, and distributed in the various buildings, as shown in the table of expenditures ; there remaining to the credit of this account, December 31, the sum of $234.42.
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS.
The number of street lights in the city January 1, 1898, was 361 arc lights, and 219 incandescent lights. Eight incandescent lights which were maintained at the subway at Kent street and Sacramento street have been discontinued. No lights have been added during the year, but since May 1 the city has maintained one incandescent light in Spring Hill terrace, theretofore provided by private enterprise. The present num- ber of incandescent lights is 211.
The contract with the Somerville Electric Light Co. expired in October, 1897. Under that contract the city paid $120.00 per year for each arc light and $25.00 for each incandescent ; deducting for outs at the rate of six cents for each hour that an arc light failed to burn, and one cent per hour for such failure of an incandescent light. The arc lights are of a nominal 1,200 candle power and the incandescents of twenty-five.
A new contract was made November 1, 1898, with the Som- erville Electric Light Co., which will continue in force until November 1, 1900, and thereafter until a new contract shall have been made. Under this contract the price, dating from October 1, 1897, was reduced to $110.00 per year for each arc light, but remained at $25.00 for incandescents, remaining at the same as under the former contract. The deductions for outs per hour under the new contract are two and 87-100 cents for each arc light, and 65-100 cents for each twenty-five candle power incandescent light. If an arrangement be made for the introduction of any incandescent lights, the city should increase the power of the incandescent, thirty-two candle power ; the price will be at the rate of $30.00 per light, with a deduction of 78-100 cents per hour for each hour the lights refuse to burn, during the schedule time required.
730
ANNUAL REPORTS.
WELSBACH STREET LIGHTS.
Under authority of an order dated June 22, 1898, the Com- mittee made a contract with the Welsbach Street Lighting Co. of America for the furnishing, for three years from September 15, 1898, of 117 street lights, and as many additional lights as the city may, from time to time, require. The price paid for each light is $30.00 per year; the company furnishing everything required, including connections with gas mains, lighting, extinguishing, and cleaning the lights, and maintaining them at a uniform candle standard of candle power. At the present time there are 71 gas lights, and 46 naphtha lights in service. Your committee is much pleased with these lights and feels that they are a great improvement over the incandescent electric lights, as regards brilliancy, and for the reason that they do away with the necessity of erecting unsightly poles in our public streets for the purpose of supporting wires for electricity. We trust the Committee of 1899 will give these lights a thorough trial, and in so doing we feel that many more lights will soon he added to the number now in use. Streets that have never been lighted before are now provided with them, and the people are loud in their praise.
For the Committee,
JAMES F. DAVLIN, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 18, 1899.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 18, 1899.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY,
December 31, 1898.
TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOMERVILLE : -
The Committee on Public Property presents the following report for the year 1898 :-
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Receipts : -
For rent of court room
600.00
Total credit
$2,600.00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For janitor's salary
$850.00
Gas
546.04
Water
54.74
Fuel
312.93
Supplies
9.11
Disinfectant
30.50
Labor
28.00
Repairs and improvements
of building and fur-
niture
267.14
Total debit
$2,098.46
Balance unexpended
$501.54
.
734
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHOOLHOUSE INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$17,000.00 Receipts : -
For sand and gravel from Hodg- kins school lot . 50.00
Insurance on account of fire
at Prescott schoolhouse . 250.00
Cleaning furniture at Pres- cott schoolhouse
4.00
Total credit .
$17,304.00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For repairs and improvements of buildings
$8,085.46
Furniture
2,407.32
Repairing furniture
167.20
Repairing heating and ven-
tilating apparatus
1,582.83
Flags and repairs of same
139.88
Care of grounds .
197.40
Teaming furniture
76.69
Repairing blackboards
370.62
Maintenance of repair shop
166.16
Water
1,268.31
Gas
818.63
Electric lighting .
44.25
Electric current for motor
142.30
Insurance .
500.00
Sidewalk assessment
59.34
Removing brown-tail moths
28.75
Cleaning vault
12.00
Tablet at Martin W. Carr school
60.00
Amounts carried forward $16,127.14
$17,304.00
735
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amounts brought forward . $16,127.14
$17,304.00
Cleaning building after con- struction . 111.75
School supplies .
658.03
Carriage hire, travelling ex- penses, etc.
44.72
Incidentals .
4.65
Total debit .
$16,946.29
Balance unexpended
$357.71
The expenditures at the various schoolhouses were as follows : -
Luther V. Bell.
Repairs and improvements
$886.61
Furniture
131.90
Repairing furniture
3.95
Repairing heating apparatus
124.93
Teaming furniture
1.75
Water
139.12
Gas .
171.41
Supplies
10.60
$1,470.27
Bennett.
Repairs and improvements
$30.07
Furniture .
52.70
Repairing heating apparatus
20.50
Water
19.74
123.01
Bingham.
Repairs and improvements
$107.05
Repairing heating apparatus
13.49
Teaming furniture
1.00
Flags and repairs same
8.65
Water
33.60
163.79
Amount carried forward
$1,757.07
736
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$1,757.07
Burns.
Repairs and improvements
$126.50
Repairing furniture
4.00
Repairing heating apparatus
50.03
Teaming furniture
5.50
Repairing blackboards
69.44
Flags and repairs same
9.20
Water
19.46
Gas
2.03
286.16
Martin W. Carr.
Repairs and improvements
$352.95
Furniture .
186.49
Teaming furniture
18.75
Flags and repairs same
-15.00
Water
18.90
Gas .
3.35
Supplies
53.39
Insurance
.
450.00
Cleaning after construction of building
111.75
Tablet
60.00
1,270.58
Cedar Street.
Repairs and improvements
$128.26
Repairing furniture
·
2.00
Repairing heating apparatus
16.75
Flags and repairs same
5.00
Water
13.00
Cleaning vault
.
12.00
177.01
Amount carried forward .
$3,490.82
737
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. -
Amount brought forward Cummings.
$3,490.82
Repairs and improvements
$73.34
Repairing heating apparatus
22.00
Teaming furniture
.50
Flags and repairs of same
6.00
Water
34.44
Supplies
7.70
143.98
Davis.
Repairs and improvements
$336.53
Repairing furniture .
.70
Repairing heating apparatus
31.47
Teaming furniture
1.72
Water
22.40
Gas
2.76
Supplies
1.09
396.67
George W. Durell.
Repairs and improvements
$61.60
Repairing heating apparatus
40.53
Teaming furniture
2.88
Flags and repairs of same .
8.65
Water
13.00
126.66
Edgerly.
Repairs and improvements
$223.58
Furniture .
209.00
Repairing heating apparatus
26.32
Teaming furniture
7.75
Repairing blackboards
90.08
Flags and repairs of same
6.00
Water
15.42
Gas .
29.36
Supplies
10.54
618.05
Amount carried forward
$4,776.18
738
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$4,776.18
Forster.
Repairs and improvements
$2,253.68
Furniture .
248.75
Repairing furniture
12.00
Repairing heating apparatus
52.56
Care of grounds
3.75
Teaming furniture
8.10
Flags and repairs of same .
11.00
Water
104.93
Gas
47.86
2,742.63
Franklin.
Repairs and improvements
$20.46
Water
25.00
45.46
Jacob T. Glines.
Repairs and improvements
$447.14
Repairing heating apparatus
124.13
Care of grounds
76.55
Teaming furniture
10.74
Flags and repairs of same .
11.00
Water
114.13
Gas
9.65
Supplies
11.95
805.29
Sanford Hanscom.
Repairs and improvements
$54.38
Repairing heating apparatus
43.03
Teaming furniture
2.00
Flags and repairs of same .
6.00
Water
25.00
Gas
4.64
Supplies
16 95
152.00
Amount carried forward $8,521.56
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
739
Amount brought forward .
$8,521.56
Harvard.
Repairs and improvements
$29.31
Repairing heating apparatus
7.55
Teaming furniture
1.00
Flags and repairs of same .
5.00
Water
13.00
55.86
English High.
Repairs and improvements
$361.46
Furniture .
573.43
Repairing furniture
64.41
Teaming furniture
.50
Flags and repairs of same
4.19
Gas
145.03
Supplies
28.20
Electric lighting
44.25
Electric current for motor .
142.30
1,363.77
Latin High.
Repairs and improvements
$254.73
Furniture .
42.53
Repairing furniture
15.00
Repairing heating apparatus
113.83
Water
279.12
Gas .
177.89
Supplies
2.85
885.95
Highland.
Repairs and improvements
$238.02
Furniture
105.75
Repairing furniture
15.00
Repairing heating apparatus
73.00
Teaming furniture
.75
Amounts carried forward . $432.52
$10,827.14
740
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$432.52
$10,827.14
Flags and repairs of same .
24.94
Water
28.14
Gas
61.45
Supplies
10.73
557.78
William H. Hodgkins.
Repairs and improvements
$273.21
Repairing heating apparatus
307.31
Care of grounds .
42.75
Teaming furniture
1.75
Water
58.66
Gas
16.48
Supplies
10.52
710.68
Jackson.
Repairs and improvements
$408.47
Repairing furniture
3.70
Repairing heating apparatus
28.65
Teaming furniture
1.00
Water
13.00
Supplies
7.55
462.37
O. S. Knapp.
Repairs and improvements
$208.27
Furniture
270.19
Repairing furniture
4.20
Repairing heating apparatus
167.79
Care of grounds
19.85
Teaming furniture
1.00
Repairing blackboards
53.92
Flags and repairs of same
5.00
Water
24.64
Gas .
54.94
Supplies
19.46
·
.
829.26
Amount carried forward
$13,387.23
·
.
.
741
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward
$13,387.23
Lincoln.
Repairs and improvements
$45.22
Repairing furniture
4.00
Repairing heating apparatus
24.40
Care of grounds
2.50
Teaming furniture
.50
Flags and repairs of same .
5.00
Water
13.00
Supplies
1.36
Insurance
50.00
145.98
Morse.
Repairs and improvements
$140.70
Furniture
205.78
Repairing furniture .
12.00
Repairing heating apparatus
57.72
Teaming furniture
2.75
Repairing blackboards
113.46
Water
25.00
Gas
15.95
Supplies
11.90
585.26
Charles G. Pope.
Repairs and improvements
$156.90
Furniture .
173.80
Repairing heating apparatus
158.67
Care of grounds .
52.00
Teaming furniture
1.50
Flags and repairs of same
3.25
Water
74.74
Gas
12.42
Supplies
20.36
Sidewalk assessment .
59.34
712.98
Amount carried forward
$14,831.45
742
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$14,831.45
Prescott.
Repairs and improvements
$627.38
Furniture
207.00
Repairing furniture
21.75
Repairing heating apparatus
32.68
Teaming furniture
2.75
Repairing blackboards
26.52
Flags and repairs of same .
6.00
Water
127.87
Gas .
63.41
Supplies
21.10
$1,136.46
Prospect Hill.
Repairs and improvements
$239.64
Repairing furniture
4.49
Repairing heating apparatus
45.49
Care of grounds
2.50
Repairing blackboards
17.20
Water
13.00
Supplies
2.90
325.22
Maintenance of repair shop
166.16
School supplies (brushes, dusters, baskets, soap,
etc.) .
408.88
Removing brown-tail moths from trees in school- yards .
28.75
Carriage hire, travelling expenses, etc.
44.72
Incidentals
4.65
Total debit .
$16,946.29
SCHOOL CONTINGENT, JANITORS' SALARIES, ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$17,000.00
Amount carried forward . $17,000.00
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
743
Amount brought forward . $17,000.00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : - For salaries of janitors of school buildings for the year 1898
$17,372.58
Amount overdrawn
$372.58
ARMORY ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
$15,000.00
DEBIT.
Transfer to Schoolhouse, Spring
Hill District account . $ 521.03
Transfer to Prospect Hill Park account 356.21
Transfer to Schoolhouse, Ward
Two, account
4,000.00
Total debit
$4,877.24
Balance unexpended
$10,122.76
SUPPORT OF POOR, ALMSHOUSE, ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Balance unexpended
$20,000.00
SCHOOLHOUSE, LAND IN WARD TWO, ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Balance unexpended December 31, 1897
$94.75
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For right to purchase, and payment on account of, land
$94.00
Balance unexpended
$ .75
.
Appropriation
744
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCHOOLHOUSE, WARD TWO, ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation $34,000.00
Transferred from Armory ac-
count 4,000.00
Received from sale of old build-
ings
70.00
Total credit . $38,070.00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -.
Balance of amount paid for land
and buildings
$9,122.00
Taxes for 1898
139.53
Prescott & Sidebottom, pay-
ment on account of archi- tects' service
582.50
Incidentals
4.50
Total debit .
$9,848.53
Balance unexpended
$28,221.47
SCHOOLHOUSE, ENGLISH HIGH, ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Received from Schoolhouse Inci-
dentals account
114.30
Total credit .
$1,114.30
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
For carpenter work
$379.30
Heating and ventilating ap-
paratus
165.00
Ash cases
236.00
Gas fixtures
25.00
Telephones
309.00
Total debit .
$1,114.30
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. 745 SCHOOLHOUSE, SPRING HILL DISTRICT, ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Balance unexpended December 31, 1897
$32,920.57
Appropriated in 1898
6,000.00
Transferred from Sewers Con- struction account 600.00
Transferred from Armory ac-
count 521.03
Total credit $40,041.60
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
W. L. Clark & Co., balance of contract for construction W. L. Clark & Co., extra work A. A. Sanborn, contract for heating and ventilating ap- paratus
$27,330.00
1,468.89
5,500.00
A. A. Sanborn, extra work
215.00
Aaron H. Gould, balance on account of architect's ser- vices . .
874.32
Highways account, edgestones
37.59
Sidewalks account, labor and materials
23.80
Sidewalk assessment
69.60
Drain work, sewer connection, etc.
369.47
Gas service pipe and connect-
ing meter
24.46
Blackboards
28.60
Gas fixtures
83.05
Furniture
2,893.25
Window shades
169.56
Building fence
102.95
Amounts carried forward .
$39,190.54
$40,041.60
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $39,190.54 $40,041.60
Stone steps
160.00
Mason work
149.30
Grading .
257.50
Concreting
282.26
Running boiler
. 2.00
Total debit .
$40,041.60
SCHOOLHOUSE, PRESCOTT, HEATING AND VENTI- LATING, ACCOUNT.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$6,000.00
DEBIT.
Expenditures : -
A. A. Sanborn, plans and specifications
$ 165.27
Alexander Duncan & Co., on account of contract
3,000.00
Mason work
54.37
Water service pipe .
68.90
Plastering
139.92
Lead pipe
17.85
Plumbing
69.92
Total debit
$3,516.23
Balance unexpended
$2,483.77
EXPENDITURES, BY THIS COMMITTEE, FROM MISCEL- LANEOUS ACCOUNT.
City Hall Expenses : -
For repairs and improvements of building
$677.15
Furniture .
431.02
Repairing furniture
19.83
Repairing heating apparatus
6.65
Amount carried forward
$1,134.65
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Amount brought forward
$1,134.65
Water
43.68
Fuel
461.71
Gas
19.20
Electric lighting .
726.60
Telephones .
584.42
Supplies
74.62
Expressing bundles
20.75
Labor
79.50
Typewriting machine .
92.25
Ice
32.15
Teaming rubbish
7.00
$3,276.53
City Hall Annex : -
For repairs and improvements of building
$ 19.03
Repairing heating apparatus
47.50
Water
42.33
Gas
3.07
Electric lighting .
33.15
Fuel
123.52
Janitor's salary
420.00
Expressing bundles
1.15
Awnings
50.00
Screens
114.25
Tablet
55.00
909.00
Maintenance of city messenger's teams Election Expenses : -
595.20
For fitting up polling places, repairs of boxes, fittings, etc. .
$315.73
Care of rooms for elections and caucuses 98.65
Rent of rooms and halls for
elections and caucuses ·
234.00
648.38
Total expenditures
$5,429.11
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
ALMSHOUSE.
The committee regrets that so many unavoidable obstacles have delayed the purchase by the city of some suitable site for an almshouse. Early in the year the committee commenced to look about for some suitable location which might be secured, examining a number of pieces of property in the vicinity of Broadway and North street.
One of the estates considered by the committee was the estate of Levi Russell, fronting on Broadway and North street, containing about 435,600 square feet of land, with house, sheds and barn thereon, and the committee fully agreed that this estate was the most suitable for the purposes desired that could be obtained. Particularly was this considered to be a wise purchase for the city to make, since at an outlay of only a small amount, the buildings already on the land could be put in excellent condition for the use of the Poor department for a number of years.
After due consideration, the findings of the committee were reported to the city council and authority was granted to purchase the estate for the sum of $18,000.00 ; but as a satis- factory title could not be given, the purchase has not been made.
It will probably be necessary to secure such legislation from the General Court as shall authorize the city to take the estate for almshouse purposes, and your committee recommends that such legislation be petitioned for as early in the year as possible.
ARMORY.
The matter of providing better quarters for the local militia company is one that has been strongly urged before the city council for several years, and was carefully considered by His Honor, Mayor Perry, in his inaugural address of 1898. It seemed to the committee at the beginning of the year that this matter should be definitely settled, and that a new armory should be commenced at an early date, and acting upon the recommendations of the committee, the city council, on July 1st, appropriated the sum of $15,000.00 for this purpose. But
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previous to this appropriation being made, war had been declared, and our local company had been hurried away, with other Massachusetts companies, so the matter of an armory was allowed to remain dormant.
Whether or not the erection of an armory by the city at some future time will be necessary is at present an unsettled question, as the matter of ownership of armories is still under consideration by the General Court. The commission appointed by the Governor to inquire into the advisability of changing the militia laws, so that the Commonwealth should provide all armories, having reported in favor of the State owning, or leasing, and controlling armories, it would seem to this committee most wise to follow the recommendation of His Honor, Mayor Perry, made in his valedictory address to the city council, "that no money should be expended in the erection of an armory until the Legislature takes action on the recommendation of the commission."
SCHOOLHOUSE IN WARD TWO.
Land for a schoolhouse in Ward Two was secured early in the year, but the purchase was not consummated until after the appropriation for the same was made in July. The land purchased is situated on the northerly side of Washington street, near Dane street, with a frontage on Washington street of about 132 feet, and contains about 46,080 square feet. This is one of the largest school lots in the city, and, although at present it is planned to erect but a six-room building, the loca- tion of the building is such that it can be enlarged to twelve, or even eighteen rooms, if it should be considered advisable at any time. The cost of the land was $9,216.00, together with taxes for 1898, which amounted to $139.53.
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