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Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
86 to 90
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
91 to 95
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
5,000
October 1, 1892
96 to 100
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
5,000
Total amount of
Paving
Bonds
$70,000
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 111
TABLE B. WATER LOAN BONDS.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When Due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
July 1, 1882
167 to 181
5
July 1, 1899
$1,000
$15,000
July 1, 1882
182
5
July 1, 1899
500
500
July 1, 1888
288
4
July 1, 1899
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
6450
4
July 1, 1899
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
330 to 342
4
Oct. 1, 1899
1,000
13,000
October 1, 1890
409 to 410
4
Oct. 1, 1899
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1882
183 to 194
5
July 1, 1900
1,000
12,000
July 1, 1882
195
5
July 1, 1900
500
500
July 1, 1888
289
4
July 1, 1900
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
6451
4
July 1, 1900
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1884
200 to 202
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1889
343 to 344
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
416 to 417
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1892
a448 to a458
4
Oct. 1, 1900
1,000
11,000
July 1, 1888
290
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
6452
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1884
203 to 212
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
10,000
October 1, 1892
a459 to 468
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1885
214 to 219
4
July 1, 1901
1,000
6,000
October 1, 1889
345 to 346
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
418 to 419
4
Oct. 1, 1901
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1885
220 to 226
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
7,000
July 1, 1886
229 to 238
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1896
6453
4
July 1, 1902
1,000
1,000
Amount carried forward .
$115,000
112
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B .- WATER LOAN BONDS. - Continued.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When Due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount brought forward . .
$115,000
October 1, 1889
347 to 348
4
Oct. 1, 1902
$1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
420 to 421
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1892
469 to 475
4
Oct. 1, 1902
1,000
7,000
July 1, 1886
239 to 256
4
July 1, 1903
1,000
18,000
July 1, 1896
6454
4
July 1, 1903
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
349 to 350
4
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
448 to 449
4
Oct. 1, 1903
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1886
257 to 266
4
July 1, 1904
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1896
1455
4
July 1, 1904
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
351 to 352
4
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
450 to 451
4
Oct. 1, 1904
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1896
1456
4
July 1, 1905
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
353 to 355
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
452 to 453
4
Oct. 1, 1905
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1876
30 to 31
51
July 1, 1906
5,000
10,000
July 1, 1896
6457
4
July 1, 1906
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
356 to 358
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890 .
454 to 455
4
Oct. 1, 1906
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1886
267 to 276
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
10,000
July 1, 1888
291
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
6458
4
July 1, 1907
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
359 to 361
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
456 to 457
4
Oct. 1, 1907
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
292
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
July 1, 1896
৳459
4
July 1, 1908
1,000
1,000
Amount carried
forward .
$205,000
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 113
TABLE B .- WATER LOAN BONDS. - Continued.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When Due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount brought
forward .
$205,000
October 1, 1889
362 to 364
4
Oct. 1, 1908
$1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
458 to 459
4
Oct. 1, 1908
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
293
4
July 1, 1909
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
365 to 367
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
423 to 424
4
Oct. 1, 1909
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
294
4
July 1, 1910
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
368 to 370
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
426 to 427
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
295
4
July 1, 1911
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
371 to 373
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
428 to 429
4
Oct. 1, 1911
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
296
4
July 1, 1912
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
374 to 376
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
430 to 431
4
Oct. 1, 1912
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
297
4
July 1, 1913
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
377 to 379
4
Oct. 1, 1913
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
432 to 433
4
Oct. 1, 1913
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
298
4
July 1, 1914
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
380 to 382
4
Oct. 1, 1914
1,000
3,000
October 1, 1890
434 to 435
4
Oct. 1, 1914
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
299
4
July 1, 1915
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
383 to 384
4
Oct. 1, 1915
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
436 to 437
4
Oct. 1, 1915
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
300
4
July 1, 1916
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
385 to 386
4
Oct. 1, 1916
1,000
2,000
Amount carried forward .
$254,000
114
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE B. - WATER LOAN BONDS. - Concluded.
DATE.
Number of Bonds.
Rate per cent. of Interest.
When Due.
Denomi- nation.
Amount.
Amount brought
forward . .
$254,000
October 1, 1890
438 to 439
4
Oct. 1, 1916
$1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
301
4
July 1, 1917
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
387 to 3SS
4
Oct. 1, 1917
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
440 to 441
4
Oct. 1, 1917
1,000
2,000
July 1, 1888
302
4
July 1, 1918
1,000
1,000
October 1, 1889
389 to 390
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
442 to 443
4
Oct. 1, 1918
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1889
391 to 392
4
Oct. 1, 1919
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
444 to 445
4
Oct. 1, 1919
1,000
2,000
October 1, 1890
446 to 447
4
Oct. 1, 1920
1,000
2,000
Total Amount
of
Water Loan
Bonds .
$272,000
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 115
RECAPITULATION.
City Loan Bonds
$1,044,000.00 78,000.00
Sewer Loan Bonds
Total amount of Funded Debt within the limit provided by law
$1,122,000.00
Sewer Loan Bonds, issued under Chapter 357, Acts of 1895
$88,000.00
City Loan Paving Bonds, issued under Chapter 153, Acts of 1892
70,000.00
Total amount of Funded Debt outside of the limit allowed by law, issued under special Acts,
158,000.00
Water Loan Bonds
272,000.00
Total amount of Funded Debt $1,552,000.00
TABLE C. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS SHOWING APPROPRIA- TIONS, EXPENDITURES, ETC., TO DECEMBER 31, 1898.
APPROPRIATIONS.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed
$834,400.00
Property and Debt balance
176,000.00
$1,010,400.00
DEBIT.
Armory
$15,000.00
Electrical Department
6,400.00
Electrical Department, Fire
Alarm and Police Patrol
Boxes .
1,500.00
Amounts carried forward
$22,900.00 $1,010,400.00
116
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
22,900.00 $1,010,400.00
Engineering Department
9,000.00
Excess and Deficiency
8,400.00
Fire Department
56,000.00
Fire Department, Fire Station Clarendon Hill
15,000.00
Health Department
.
20,000.00
Highways .
65,000.00
Highways, Paving Webster ave- nue, Fitchburg Railroad to Cambridge line
7,000.00
Highways, Steam Road Roller
3,500.00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
400.00
Interest
80,000.00
Lincoln Park
5,000.00
Miscellaneous
9,000.00
Police
48,500.00
Police Station Incidentals
2,000.00
Printing and Stationery
6,500.00
Prospect Hill Park
20,000.00
Public Grounds .
6,000.00
Public Library
7,500.00
Reduction of Funded Debt
155,200.00
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
9,000.00
Salaries
8,000.00
School Contingent
18,000.00
School Contingent, Janitors' Sala- ries
17,000.00
School Fuel
10,000.00
Schoolhouse, Burns Addition
12,000.00
Schoolhouse, English High
1,000.00
Schoolhouse Incidentals
17,000.00
Schoolhouse, Prescott, Heating
and Ventilating
6,000.00
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill Dis-
trict
6,000.00
Amounts carried forward
$650,900.00 $1,010,400.00
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 117
Amounts brought forward
$650,900.00 $1,010,400.00
Schoolhouse, Ward Two
34,000.00
School Teachers' Salaries .
190,000.00
Sewers, Construction .
25,000.00
Sewers, Maintenance .
7,000.00
Sidewalks
15,000.00
Street Lights
45,000.00
Support of Poor .
20,000.00
Support of Poor, Almshouse
20,000.00
Watering streets
3,500.00
฿1,010,400.00
ARMORY.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by bor- rowing on Funded Debt account . $15,000.00
DEBIT.
Schoolhouse, Ward Two, amount transferred
$4,000.00
Prospect Hill Park, amount
transferred . 356.21
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill District,
amount transferred 521.03
Balance to credit of account,
1899 10,122.76
$15,000.00
CASH.
CREDIT.
Engineering Department
$ 9,040.21
County of Middlesex .
44,894.56
Electrical Department
6,797.74
Electrical Department, Fire Alarm and Police Patrol Boxes
1,500.00
Fire Department
57,388.65
Fire Department, Fire Station Clarendon Hill 7,350.00
Funded Debt
172,000.00
Amount carried forward
$298,971.16
118
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
$298,971.16
Health Department
25,020.80
Highways .
68,761.01
Highways, Paving Somerville avenue, Park street, westerly
209.68
Highways, Paving Webster avenue, Fitchburg Railroad to Cambridge line
7,033.70
Highways, Subway at Kent street
406.80
Highways, Subway at Sacramento street
512.34
Highways, Steam Road Roller
3,190.00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
538.00
Interest
45,968.27
Miscellaneous
17,208.61
Overlay and Abatement
175.47
Police
52,616.34
Police Station Incidentals
2,098.46
Printing and Stationery
7,575.60
Public Grounds .
7,688.79
Public Grounds, Lincoln Park
4,987.87
Public Grounds, Prospect Hill Park
20,356.21
Public Library
10,143.83
Relief and Burial of Sailors
Indigent Soldiers and
11,404.93
Salaries
32,158.00
School Contingent
19,685.59
School Contingent, Janitors' Salaries .
17,372.58
School Fuel
9,765.58
Schoolhouse, English High .
1,114.30
Schoolhouse Incidentals
16,955.60
Schoolhouse, Ward Two
9,848.53
Schoolhouse, Land in Ward Two
94.00
Schoolhouse, Prescott, Heating and Ventilating
3,516.23
Schoolhouse, Spring Hill District
40,041.60
School Teachers' Salaries
202,946.83
Sewers, Construction .
105.162.59
Sewers, Maintenance . .
7,755.06
Amount carried forward ·
. $1,051,284.36
·
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 119
Amount brought forward
$1,051,284.36
Sidewalks
30,197.01
State Aid
10,990.50
State of Massachusetts
27,075.00
State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan Assessment
Sewer
31,566.31
State of Massachusetts,
Metropolitan Water
Assessment
14,250.19
State of Massachusetts, Non-resident Stock .
Bank
1,043.12
Street Lights
43,897.56
Sundry Persons .
21,709.21
Support of Poor .
28,522.21
Temporary Loans
950,000.00
Water Loan Interest
9,190.00
Water Maintenance
61,901.05
Water Services .
3,141.27
Watering Streets
16,993.18
Water Works Extension
26,970.22
Balance to debit in account, 1899
70,376.04
$2,399,107.23
DEBIT.
Balance from 1897
$ 90,433.87
City of Boston, Water Rates
5,278.88
Engineering Department
61.50
Electrical Department 42.70
Fire Department
332.40
Funded Debt
176,000.00
Health Department
1,603.92
Highways .
4,384.13
Highways, Paving Webster ave-
nue, Fitchburg Railroad to Cambridge line
30.35
Interest
13,315.54
Miscellaneous
5,429.09
Amounts carried forward
$296,912.38 $2,399,107.23
.
120
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$296,912.38 $2,399,107.23 20.70
Overlay and Abatement
Police
3,776.50
Police Station Incidentals .
600.00
Public Grounds .
1,317.76
Public Library .
2,790.24
Real Estate Liens
715.62
Reduction of Funded Debt
10,023.10
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
46.00
Salaries
27,463.89
School Contingent
294.25
Schoolhouse, English High
114.30
Schoolhouse Incidentals
313.31
Schoolhouse, Ward Two
70.00
Sewer Assessments
11,500.87
Sewers, Construction
107.36
Sewers, Maintenance
345.71
Sidewalks .
260.49
Sidewalk Assessments
13,064.02
State Aid
18.00
State of Massachusetts, Burial
of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
245.00
State of Massachusetts, Indi-
gent Soldiers and Sailors
365.00
State of Massachusetts, State Aid
9,261.50
Support of Poor
6,552.98
Temporary Loans
900,000.00
Taxes
909,563.74
Water Maintenance
3,280.18
Water Services .
8.98
Water Service Assessments
3,516.24
Watering Streets Assessments
757.08
Watering Streets
345.88
Water Works, Income
195,456.15
$2,399,107.23
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 121 CITY OF BOSTON, WATER RATES.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of City of Boston, return on
water rates
$5,278.88
DEBIT.
$5,278.88
Water, Maintenance .
.
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
CREDIT.
Taxes, amount assessed .
$44,894.56
DEBIT.
Cash, paid County Tax
$44,894.56
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$6,400.00
Cash, received of Henry Cohen, old copper $40.00
Cash, received of A. S. Jackson,
jars 2.70
42.70
$6,442.70
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account
355.04
$6,797.74
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$3,330.25
Edward Backus, salary as Su-
perintendent of Electric Lines and Lights
1,200.00
New England Gamewell Co., batteries, etc. 937.99
Pettingell-Andrews Co., elec-
trical supplies 357.45
Amounts carried forward $5,825.69
$6,797.74
.
1
122
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $5,825.69
$6,797.74
Thomas W. Gleeson, electrical
supplies 146.56
Chandler & Farquhar, elec- trical supplies 68.22
The Electric Protection Co.,
electrical supplies .
1.55
Charles L. Bly, wire 206.67
Underhill Hardware Co.,
hardware 42.71
Charles L. Underhill, repairs of wagon
12.60
E. Teele & Co., repairs of wagon
12.85
. L. A. Wright, repairs of pung
8.00
Weston Electrical Instrument Co., repairs
5.45
Osman F. Hinks, carpentering
72.87
John T. Sellon, glass
5.90
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware
.10
D. J. Bennett, harness work
22.30
J. T. Macneill, harness work
.50
George W. Gale Lumber Co., Lumber 16.80
I. H. Wiley & Co., paint
11.72
Arthur C. Gordon, painting
21.50
C. Caseau, signs
1.00
M. E. Crouse, horseshoeing
2.80
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing
3.40
George McDormand, horse- shoeing
1.40
C. B. Fagan, veterinary services
3.00
W. H. Bullard, soap
.35
A. S. Jackson, lanterns .
5.50
Thomas Groom & Co., books
2.75
Boston Electric Co., wire
33.68
Amounts carried forward $6,535.87
$6,797.74
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 123
Amounts brought forward $6,535.87 $6,797.74
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., wire
1.35
New England Glass Mfg. Co., insulators
4.00
Cornelius Callahan Co., globe
1.50
Elijah Walker, cleats
4.04
William McDonald, axle arms
11.00
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., snaps
2.00
W. E. Decrow, oil
33.24
Somerville Citizen Co., printing
8.05
Somerville Electric Light Co.
lighting
3.34
George T. Day, expressing
31.75
American Express Co., express- ing
5.60
Fire Department, horse keeping
156.00
$6,797.74
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$9,000.00
Cash, received of W. A. Sanborn, surveying
40.00
Miscellaneous account, numbering houses
21.50
$9,061.50
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Ernest W. Bailey, City
Engineer
$2,200.00
Maintenance of team
150.00
Engineer's Assistants
6,062.02
Engineer's Assistants, car fares
174.15
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.,
paper, etc.
110.21
D. L. Makepeace, paper
24.80
Amounts carried forward $8,721.18
$9,061.50
124
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $8,721.18 $9,061.50
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery 104.82
M. L. Vinal, stationery . 1.00
1.00
Sprague & Hathaway Co., maps Heliotype Printing Co., maps . H. C. Dimond & Co., type
1.00
1.25
F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots
6.75
Whitney & Snow, hardware
73.64
Frost, Adams & Co., chalk
2.07
I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber
27.41
Library Bureau, cards
2.55
United Typewriter Supply Co., ribbon
3.50
J. H. Brooks, cloth
3.60
A. W. Mitchell Mfg Co., stamps
.40
Watts Bros., rules .
3.00
Fred W. Farrar, magnifier
.50
Charles H. Hutchinson, sur- veyor's rod 6.00
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., plumb bobs, etc. 12.51
Benjamin French & Co.,
album 2.93
Buff & Berger, repairing tran- sit, etc. 27.00
Josiah Cummings Sons Co.,
bag
6.50
Rich, Reed & Atwood, tool bag
4.50
J. T. Macneill, repairs of tool bag
.95
George O. W. Servis, use of transit, etc.
24.15
George T. Day, expressing .
.30
Amounts carried forward $9,038.51
$9,061.50
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 125
Amounts brought forward $9,038.51 .60 .15
$9,061.50
Gilman Ex. Co., expressing .
Glines & Co., expressing
American Express Co., ex- pressing
.50
London's Express .
.45
$9,040.21
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account 21.29
$9,061.50
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT, FIRE ALARM AND
POLICE PATROL BOXES.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account $1,500.00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid W. E. Decrow, fire alarm boxes, etc. $899.60
Municipal Signal Co., police patrol boxes
550.00
Boston Electric Co., wire
14.31
W. E. Decrow, key jars
24.00
Pettingell, Andrews & Co.,
wire
11.34
American Express Co., ex-
pressing
.75
$1,500.00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount appropriated
$8,400.00
Engineering Department, credit balance of account .
21.29
Amount carried forward $8,421.29
·
126
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $ 8,421.29
Fire Department, Fire station No. 3 Improve-
ment, credit balance of account . 52.00
Highways, credit balance of account . 356.06
Highways, Steam Road Roller, credit balance of account 310.00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, credit balance of account 131.00
Interest, credit balance of account
14,617.27
Miscellaneous, credit balance of account
2,220.48
Police Station Incidentals, credit balance of account 501.54
Printing and Stationery, credit balance of account
424.40
Public Grounds, credit balance of account . .
28.97
Public Grounds, Lincoln Park, credit balance of account 12.13
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, credit balance of account 96.07
Salaries, credit balance of account
3,305.89
School Fuel, credit balance of account .
234.42
Schoolhouse Incidentals, credit balance of account
357.71
Schoolhouse, Land in Ward Two, credit balance of account .75
Street Lights, credit balance of account 1,102.44
Support of Poor, credit balance of account
1,030.77
Water Maintenance, credit balance of account
41.96
Watering Streets, credit balance of account
214.38
Water Works Extension, credit balance of
account
29.78
$33,489.31
DEBIT.
Balances to debit of account,
1897
$8,369.38
Electrical Department,
debit
balance of account 355.04
Amounts carried forward . $8,724.42
$33,489.31
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 127
Amounts brought forward $8,724.42 $33,489.31
Fire Department, debit balance of account . 1,056.25
Health Department, debit
balance of account 3,416.88
Overlay and Abatement, debit balance of account
1,529.43
Police, debit balance of account .
339.84
School Contingent, debit balance of account 1,391.34
School Contingent, Janitors' Sal- aries, debit balance of ac- count .
372.58
Sewers, Maintenance, debit
balance of account
109.35
$16,940.09
Balance to credit of account,
1899
16,549.22
$33,489.31
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$56,000.00
Cash, received of Electrical De-
partment, horse keeping
$156.00
Henry S. Harris, horses .
72.40
James F. Hanley, horse .
50.00
Welch & Hall, horse
6.00
W. A. Sanborn, wheels .
20.00
Charles S. Butters, manure
28.00
332.40
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to debit of account
1,056.25
Amount carried forward
$57,388.65
1
128
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $57,388.65
DEBIT.
Cash, paid James R. Hopkins, chief engineer
$ 1,800.00
Nathaniel C. Barker, assistant engineer
600.00
Permanent firemen and sub- stitutes
27,596.70
Steamer Co. No. 1, callmen
1,299.50
Steamer Co. No. 2, callmen
1,262.00
Steamer Co. No. 4, callmen
1,362.00
Hose Co. No. 2, callmen
1,392.00
Hose Co. No. 3, callmen
1,362.50
Hose Co. No. 5, callmen
1,362.75
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, callmen
1,530.75
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 2,
callmen
1,492.75
Charles H. Bridges, extra fire duty .
2.00
John H. Cuddy, extra fire duty
2.00
Thomas F. Joy, extra fire duty
2.00
William H. Wheaton, extra fire duty
2.00
William H. Wheaton, painting
26.00
Charles B. Hill, extra fire duty
4.00
William J. Kennedy, extra fire duty . George W. Burgess, extra fire duty
4.00
2.00
James H. Ford, extra fire duty
2.00
Joseph Lord, extra fire duty .
2.00
Martin S. Lacey, extra fire duty
2.00
James D. Perkins, Jr., extra fire duty
2.00
James H. Thompson, extra fire duty ·
2.00
1
. Amounts carried forward
$41,114.95
$57,388.65
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 129
Amounts brought forward
$41,114.95
$57,388.65
Powers & Co., grain
739.12
Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain
476.05
Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain
460.21
G. W. Ladd & Co., hay and grain .
163.41
G. F. & S. E. Sturtevant, hay and grain .
564.17
Hosmer, Robinson & Co., hay and grain
274.47
Proctor Bros., hay and grain .
32.69
Lord & Webster, hay and grain
219.40
C. A. Slager, hay and straw
1.46
West & Jenney, drugs
44.01
H. D. Padelford, drugs
16.08
Elias Lathrop, drugs
8.00
H. S. Garcelon, drugs
.60
Sulpho Napthol Co., sulpho napthol
24.00
S. A. Dinsmore, disinfectant .
5.00
Cochrane Chemical Co., vitriol
2.74
Seward Dodge, horseshoeing .
130.70
J. B. Rufer, horseshoeing
265.11
M. E. Crouse, horseshoeing
170.61
A. Clement, horseshoeing
53.70
I. B. Walker, horseshoeing
7.50
J. H. Thompson, horseshoeing W. H. Richardson, horseshoe- ing
137.14
R. F. Dimock, horseshoeing .
8.47
William Buckley, horseshoe-
ing
55.39
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing
70.90
J. B. Rielly, horseshoeing
3.00
C. R. Simpson, veterinary ser- vices .
93.25
Amounts carried forward $45,160.28
$57,388.65
18.15
130
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $45,160.28 $57,388.65
John G. Lesure, horse medi- cine 10.00
L. P. O'Donnell, medical at- tendance ·
2.00
James R. Hopkins, freight
4.01
Henry S. Harris & Co., horses 207.95
Welch & Hall, horses
267.50
L. W. Folsom, horse
150.00
Eugene Mead, carriage hire .
14.00
E. Teel & Co., repairs of ap- paratus
182.30
L. A. Wright, repairs of ap- paratus 70.20
Charles L. Underhill, repairs of apparatus ·
24.40
Frank W. Leavitt, repairs of apparatus .
28.55
Charles E. Berry, repairs of apparatus
210.21
Charles River Iron Works, re- pairs of apparatus 10.84
American Fire Engine Co., re- pairs of apparatus 59.95
American Tube Works, re- pairs of apparatus ·
8.12
Concord Axle Co., repairs of apparatus 60.00
C. N. Perkins, repairs of ap- paratus 2.00
Osgood & Hart, repairs of ap- paratus 1.95
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve
Co., repairs of apparatus 4.50
Roberts Iron Works Co., re- pairs of apparatus 60.91
Amounts carried forward $46,539.67
$57,388.65
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 131
Amounts brought forward $46,539.67 $57,388.65
Winfield S. Knowles, repairs of apparatus .75
Jacob Bean, repairs of ap- paratus
14.95
Somerville Iron Foundry Co.,
repairs of apparatus
1.50
Pettingell-Andrews Co., elec- trical supplies
47.88
Thomas W. Gleeson, electrical supplies
4.62
John E. Abbott, grate
25.00
Leander Barber, brooms
9.00
Somerville Brush & Mop Co., brushes 6.00
W. G. Hallock, brushes
73.25
Poor's Fountain Brush Co., brush
3.00
National Brass Mfg. Co.,
coupling
3.25
C. H. W. Moulton & Co., nozzles
22.00
Bartlett Self Closing Nozzle Co., nozzles
3.00
Samuel Eastman & Co., nozzle
50.00
Boston Belting Co., hose
589.38
Boston Woven Hose & Rub- ber Co., hose
145.40
American Fire Hose Mfg. Co., hose . 119.90
Henry K. Barnes, hose .
27.50
Fabric Fire Hose Co., hose
65.00
J. T. Macneill, harness work .
31.35
A. M. Prescott, harness work .
77.75
E. Spalding, harness work
26.71
D. J. Bennett, harness work .
27.85
Amounts carried forward $47,914.71
$57,388.65
132
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward
$47,914.71 $57,388.65
Hill & Hill, harness work 12.00
H. A. Glazier, harness work . 3.00 Underhill Hardware Co., hard- ware 40.46
E. S. Sparrow & Co., hard- ware
39.25
W. E. Plumer & Co., hard-
ware . 14.69
Whitney & Snow, hardware
12.71
A. J. Wilkinson, hardware
2.80
W. E. Decrow, hardware £
4.25
Joseph Breck & Son, hard- ware 1.25
Gibbs & Nelson, lighters
10.00
A. W. Mitchell Mfg. Co.,
badges
2.25
Oak Hall Clothing Co., in- signia .
31.50
Scovill Mfg. Co., buttons
11.25
A. S. Jackson, fire gongs, etc.
47.00
Postal Improvement Co., box .
9.00
A. J. Tuttle, thermometers 1.00
Andrew J. Morse & Son, hy- drant gates .
18.00
B. F. Wild & Co., fuel
148.86
Horatio Wellington & Co.,
fuel
630.82
Wellington - Wild Coal Co., fuel
536.39
Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting
566.08
. Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas .
233.80
Charlestown Gas & Electric Co., gas
78.59
Boston Electric Co., lamps, etc. ·
25.39
Amounts carried forward $50,395.05
$57,388.65
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 133
Amounts brought forward . $50,395.05 $57,388.65
Lynn Electric Novelty Co., hand light
4.00
Cambridge Ice Co., ice
50.52
Winter Hill Ice Co., ice .
11.40
Boston Ice Co., ice
6.00
City of Somerville, water for hydrants
4,172.00
City of Somerville, water for houses
229.88
City of Boston, water for
houses
23.80
Mrs. Walter Loveland, wash- ing
71.25
Samuel H. Stevens, washing .
45.49
A. M. Spike, washing
35.86
Mrs. E. F. Trefren, washing
44.48
Mrs. Calvert, washing
121.58
Irving C. Jackson, washing
27.50
John S. Williams, blankets
68.10
Hiram N. Stearns, sheets
30.00
E. Schuebeler, bags
4.00
National Roller Screen Co., screens
5.84
Bowker, Torrey & Co., shelves
10.70
Loeb Respirator Co., cartridges
2.50
Everett B. Dyer, inspecting boiler . .
10.50
W. A. Snow & Co., horse stalls, etc.
107.50
F. D. Weld, lumber
53.90
I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber
11.85
Parker & Page, lumber .
19.24
Wilbur P. Rice, lumber
7.10
F. C. Ayer, lumber
2.82
Amounts carried forward $55,572.86
$57,388.65
134
ANNUAL REPORTS.
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