Report of the city of Somerville 1898, Part 9

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


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12.00


Everett A. Maynard, ringing bell


12.00


George W. Littlefield, ringing bell


9.00


Charles A. Earle, ringing bell


12.00


J. H. Colbath, ringing bell


12.00


L. H. Knowles, ringing bell


12.00


George Stephens, Jr., ringing chimes


16.00


Frank W. Kaan, disburse- ments


130.73


Frank W. Kaan, office ex- penses


150.00


Somerville Fourth of July As- sociation, contribution


100.00


Willard C. Kinsley Post, 139, G. A. R., contribution for observance of Memorial Day Co. M, 8th Regt., M. V. M., contribution for rifle practice Co. M, 8th Regt., M. V. M., reimbursements for services


400.00


250.00


500.00


Amounts carried forward $9,370.20 $19,429.09


160


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $9,370.20 $19,429.09


Co. M, 8th Regt., clothing 106.40


Hosmer, Codding & Co., shoes for Co. M, 8th Regt., M. V. M. . 150.00


Hawley, Folsom & Ronimus, supplies for Co. M, Eighth Regiment, M. V. M.


346.19


H. Wood, keys


4.85


C. W. Coy, fireworks


11.50


John H. Adcock, plumbing


50.76


James F. Davlin, plumbing


33.22


George W. Tibbetts, plumbing


1.15


Howe & Flint, plumbing


14.88


W. E. Plumer & Co., hard- ware


4.22


Underhill Hardware Co., hard-


ware


33.67


Charles L. Underhill, black- smithing


21.95


Whitney & Snow, hardware


97.12


Alfred H. Hines, mason work .


140.75


F. J. Stanley, board of horses .


545.75


William Buckley, horseshoeing


42.38


J. T. Macneill, harness work .


11.85


E. Spalding, harness work


4.00


Hill & Hill, harness work


2.50


Frank A. Fuller & Co., car- pentering


264.69


Harris P. Tibbetts, carpenter- ing


209.81


G. F. Matthews, carpentering .


17.98


L. C. Seavey, roofing


10.35


J. Q. Twombly, painting


6.10


G. M. Fortin, painting


3.00


W. J. Fermoyle, painting


8.00


Amounts carried forward $11,513.27


$19,429.09


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 161


Amounts brought forward $11,513.27 $19,429.09


John Donnelly & Son, posting Stillman H. Libbey, services as auctioneer


75.80


20.10


L. H. Snow, services


2.00


Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., clean-


ing and insuring time lock .


15.00


Damon Safe & Iron Works Co., repairs of vault 6.75


Smith Premier Typewriter Co.,


typewriter, etc. 106.60


Miller & Shaw, repairs of


coupon cutter 2.25


Pemberton Cutler, check can- celling machine 20.00


I. H. Brown & Co., lumber


1.55


B. F. Freeman, photographs 7.00


Standard Floor Oil Co., oil


3.50


George H. Walker & Co., maps . 28.00


A. B. Haley & Co., stamps


1.50


C. C. Hoffman & Co., stamps .


10.02


T. S. Buck, stamps


10.05


James Ryan, stamps


7.90


C. S. Robertson, stamps .


1.20


W. H. Bullard, supplies .


4.40


James Bartley, supplies .


14.00


William Scheubeler, towels


3.77


W. S. Ward, supplies


1.90


C. M. Blake, newspapers


6.00


Fred W. Farrar, clockwork


5.00


Sprague & Hathaway Co., frames


1.96


George W. Manning, window guards, etc.


79.05


Irving W. Wheeler & Co.,


awnings


103.00


Amounts carried forward . $12,051.57


$19,429.09


162


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $12,051.57 $19,429.09


American Mason Safety Tread Co., treads . 18.40


Higginson Mfg. Co., screens .


114.25


McKenney & Waterbury,


lamps


26.20


Engineering Department,


numbering houses


21.50


Middlesex County Truant


School, board of Truants


1,133.85


J. G. Albee, turkeys


44.80


F. H. Burrows, turkeys


124.60


F. L. Card, turkeys


44.90


George E. Elliott, turkeys


36.48


S. S. Higgins, turkeys .


100.40


L. W. Manning, turkeys


122.20


R. M. Sturtevant, turkeys


102.70


American Express Co., pressing


ex-


13.59


E. R. Perham, expressing .


15.55


Gilman's Express Co., express- ing


6.01


Glines & Co., expressing


.45


Thorpe's Express, expressing


8.25


George T. Day, expressing .


.30


E. E. Whitehouse, expressing .


1.05


London's Express, expressing .


.15


A. M. Prescott, teaming .


31.40


Albert C. Aldrich, return of births . 7.50


George G. Averill, return of births . .50


William H. Bailey, return of births .


6.50


L. N. Bump, return of births .


1.25


W. A. Bell, return of births


4.50


Amounts carried forward $14,038.85


$19,429.09


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 163


Amounts brought forward . $14,038.85 $19,429.09


G. W. Bryant, return of births . .


5.25


Harriet H. Cobb, return of births . ·


.50


Charles S. Cahill, return of births .


11.75


Charles K. Cutter, return of births . 2.25


Henry F. Curtis, return of


births . 7.50


John B. Curtis, return births . .


of


11.25


E. H. Codding, return of


births . 2.75


A. H. Carvill, return of births . 4.00


William H. Clancy, return of births . .50


Mary B. Currier, return of births . 1.50


Augustus W. Dudley, return of births . 1.25


H. Ashton Downs, return of births .


1.25


T. M. Durell, return of births .


12.50


A. B. Dearborn, return of births .


8.00


Roland A. Davis, return of births .


1.25


D. P. Danehy, return of births 3.25 Douglas S. Flewelling, return of births 4.00


P. F. Fitzsimmons, return of births .


.75


T. F. Goulding, return of births .


.50


Amounts carried forward . $14,118.85


$19,429.09


164


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $14,118.85 $19,429.09


George W. Greenleaf, return of births . .75


J. B. Gould, return of births . .75


A. Ward Follett, return of births . .


5.75


John A. Gregg, return of births . 12.00


A. A. Gibson, return of births . 22.00


A. W. Forbush, return of births . ·


1.50


P. J. Finnegan, return of


births . 3.75


W. P. Hammond, return of


births . 2.25


Henry C. Haché, return of


births .


11.75


William J. Hatchett, return of births . 4.25


H. A. Hands, return of births . 5.25


W. E. Harvey, return of births . .50


E. S. Kimpton, return of births . 2.25


Thomas J. Leahy, return of births . 1.25


Joseph S. Lockhart, return of births . ·


1.00


J. A. McDonald, return of births . 1.00


George T. Mahoney, return of births . ·


2.50


H. P. Makechnie, return of births . 1.75


A. E. Merrill, return of births . 1.75


George A. Miles, return of births . · . 12.00


Amounts carried forward . $14,212.85


$19,429.09


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 165


Amounts brought forward . $14,212.85 $19,429.09


Charles A. Mongan, return of births . 9.50


A. B. McIntire, return of births . .


1.25


A. Moll, return of births 2.50


F. L. S. Newton, return of births 3.00


Louis P. O'Donnell, return of births 15.50


George S. Osgood, return of births .


2.50


R. L. Lane, return of births .


4.75


T. J. Partridge, return of births .50 Eugenie M. Phillips, return of births 3.25


Emma J. Peasley, return of births


1.75


E. D. Pillsbury, return of births 1.00


Betty Suber, return of births .


.75


Frederick G. Smith, return of births .


9.75


E. A. Sanborn, return of


births . 1.50


Anna B. Taylor, return


births . of


1.25


W. H. Tyler, return of births


1.50


H. S. Trueman, return of births . ·


3.25


Roswell Weatherbee, return of births .


1.75


J. A. Walker, return of births


1.75


F. W. Taylor, return of births Charles J. Walsh, return of births


2.75


2.50


Reuben Willis, return of births


3.00


Amounts carried forward $14,288.10 $19,429.09


166


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward . $14,288.10 $19,429.09


George W. W. Whiting, return of births ·


8.75


Emory L. White, return of births 1.25


Mrs. J. K. Welsh, return of births .


1.00


N. S. Shannon, return of births


.25


J. F. Kennard, census of births John M. Schroeder, census of births


52.95


78.50


Elizabeth S. Webster, census of births


50.10


Clara Z. Elliot, census of births W. A. Frink, reporting deaths W. A. Flaherty, reporting deaths


10.00


79.25


Alfred E. Mann, reporting deaths


21.50


John J. Crimmings, reporting deaths


12.50


E. H. Marsh & Son, reporting deaths


23.00


Francis M. Wilson, reporting deaths


19.50


David Fudge & Son, reporting deaths


4.00


C. F. Bryant, reporting deaths


11.00


John E. Bryant, reporting deaths .


3.75


M. J. Murphy, reporting deaths


1.00


J. W. Howard, floral tribute .


35.00


R. C. Burckes, labor


15.00


D. G. Marston, labor


5.00


J. L. Whittaker, labor


5.00


C. A. Southwick, labor .


3.50


Amounts carried forward . $14,785.60 $19,429.09


55.70


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 167


Amounts brought forward . $14,785.60


$19,429.09


Howard P. Southwick, labor 17.50


William Waller, labor


28.00


W. H. Kelley, labor


8.50


W. H. Laskey, labor


2.50


N. L. Pennock, labor


6.00


Alfred Shiner, labor


7.65


B. F. Sheridan, labor


5.50


A. B. Colesworthy, labor


5.00


E. P. Cook, labor


7.00


F. S. Dickinson, labor


5.00


J. F. O'Brien, labor


9.00


Edward T. Peterson, labor


5.00


J. W. Rich, labor


7.50


Charles Weston, labor


5.00


Jennie L. Jones, car fares


20.80


Charles L. Ellis, car fares


14.54


Charles C. Farrington, refresh-


ments


257.50


Elm Café, refreshments


4.00


Hotel Colson, refreshments


28.25


Charles S. Eaton, refreshments


19.77


Precinct Officers


1,612.00


Charles S. Davis, compensa-


tion for damages


.


100.00


Albert Wilkinson, compensa-


tion for damages


125.00


Teele's band, music


22.00


William M. Perkins, band


100.00


Excess and Deficiency, balance $17,208.61


to credit of account


2,220.48


$19,429.09


OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1897


$2,539.04


Amount carried forward


$2,539.04


168


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward $2,539.04


Taxes, amount added by the Assessors for con- venience in apportionment, to be applied to, abatement on taxes .


1,823.64


Cash, taxes collected . ·


20.70


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of


account


1,529.43


DEBIT.


Taxes, amount of abatements $5,737.34


Cash, paid Mary McDonough,


tax of 1897 refunded . 34.60


Clara H. Dickinson, tax of 1898 refunded 35.80


John F. McKenna, surrender and discharge of tax title .


11.53


Willard Welsh, surrender and discharge of tax title 50.54


L. Roger Wentworth, sur- render and discharge of tax title 43.00


$5,912.81


OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1897


$157.13


DEBIT.


Balance to 1899 .


$157.13


POLICE.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed $48,500.00


Cash, received of Herbert A.


Chapin, Clerk of the Court $2,922.00


Amounts carried forward . $2,922.00


$48,500.00


.


$4,383.38


$5,912.81


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 169


Amounts brought forward . $2,922.00 $48,500.00


J. R. Fairbairn, master of House of Correction, fines, etc. 854.50


3,776.50


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


339.84


$52,616.34


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Melville C. Parkhurst, chief


$1,900.00


Robert R. Perry, captain


1,500.00


Edward McGarr, sergeant


1,200.00


Christopher C. Cavanagh, sergeant


1,200.00


Dennis Kelley, sergeant


1,200.00


Eugene A. Carter, sergeant


1,200.00


John E. Fuller, patrolman


1,095.00


George L. Smith, patrolman .


1,095.00


Edward M. Carter, patrolman


1,095.00


George W. Bean, patrolman


1,095.00


George A. Bodge, patrolman .


1,095.00


Phineas W. Skinner, patrolman


1,095.00


John Hafford, patrolman


1,095.00


Albion L. Staples, patrolman


1,095.00


George H. Carleton, patrolman


1,095.00


Judson W. Oliver, patrolman .


1,095.00


Francis A. Perkins, patrolman


1,095.00


Charles S. Thrasher, patrol-


man


1,095.00


William H. Johnston, patrol-


man


1,095.00


Charles E. Woodman, patrol- man


1,095.00


Arthur E. Keating, patrolman


1,095.00


John G. Knight, patrolman


1,086.00


Amounts carried forward $25,711.00


$52,616.34


170


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $25,711.00 $52,616.34


Jacob W. Skinner, patrolman 1,095.00


Theodore E. Heron, patrolman


1,095.00


David A. Bolton, patrolman


1,092.00


Ulysses G. Skinner, patrolman


1,095.00


James M. Harmon, patrolman


1,095.00


Michael T. Kennedy, patrol-


man


1,095.00


Charles W. Stevens, patrol-


man


1,071.00


Ira S. Carleton, patrolman


1,095.00


Ezra A. Dodge, patrolman


1,095.00


Eugene H. Gammon, patrol- man


510.00


James J. Pollard, patrolman


1,074.00


Daniel G. Simons, patrolman


1,095.00


Samuel Burns, patrolman


1,095.00


Frederic H. Googins, patrol- man


1,095.00


. Jotham Chisholm, patrolman . William J. Davidson, patrol-


609.00


man


1,095.00


Elmer E. Drew, patrolman


1,065.00


John A. Dadmun, patrolman .


1,032.50


Eugene A. Woodsum, patrol- man


934.50


George L. Rice, patrolman


951.75


Myron S. Gott, reserve patrol- man 865.00


John A. Ray, reserve patrol- man ·


912.50


Herbert Hilton, reserve patrol- man · .


912.50


Charles W. Rieck, reserve


patrolman


837.50


Fred H. Young, special patrol- man


6.00


Amounts carried forward $49,629.25


$52,616.3+


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 171


Amounts brought forward . $49,629.25 $52,616.34


Peter J. Savage, special patrol- man 16.00


Peter Savage, special patrol- man 8.00


Joseph Russell, special patrol- man


3.00


Lewis R. Stewart, special patrolman 58.00


Albert Gilman, special patrol- man 8.00


N. L. Pennock, special patrol- man 8.00


George H. Dearborn, special patrolman 8.00


Frederick S. Dickinson, special patrolman 8.00


Philip J. Fitzpatrick, special patrolman 8.00


Edward F. Reed, special patrolman . 8.00


Bernard F. Sheridan, special


patrolman . 4.00


Edward T. Peterson, 'special patrolman 8.00


Roy C. Burckes, special patrol- man 8.00


L. M. Maynard, special patrol- man 8.00


Michael J. Davis, special patrolman . 8.00 .


Charles H. Weston, special patrolman . 8.00


Alfred M. Sibley, special patrolman . 8.00 A. B. Colesworthy, special patrolman 8.00


Amounts carried forward . $49,822.25


$52,616.34


172


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $49,822.25 $52,616.34


Daniel H. Rinn, special patrol-


man


4.00


Warren H. Smith, stableman


674.00


William H. Kelley, stableman


23.00


William I. Pennie, stableman


27.00


Edward E. Ware, stableman .


470.75


Irving E. Wilton, labor .


63.50


M. C. Parkhurst, lockup keeper Disbursements


16.00


Eugene A. Carter, disburse-


ments


96.50


Lemuel H. Snow, disburse-


ments


16.05


George H. Carleton, disburse-


ments


25.88


Arthur E. Keating, disburse- ments


2.50


Daniel G. Simons, disburse- ments


1.14


Albion L. Staples, disburse- ments


7.72


John A. Ray, disbursements


.54


Mary A. Staples, matron


·


132.50


Mrs. J. Herron, meals


36.00


Raphael Masstrangialo,


wreaths


11.75


Scovill Mfg. Co., buttons


13.50


Wendell, Fay & Co., stripes


3.38


George C. Frost, laundering


15.33


Sampson, Murdock & Co., directory


2.00


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories .


6.00


H. Wood, keys


.50


Ira L. Roberts, horseshoeing .


89.22


Amounts carried forward $51,661.01 $52,616.34


100.00


173


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $51,661.01 $52,616.34


E. Spalding, harness work


18.85


Charles Waugh & Sons, car- riage work .


182.10


Henry Barrett, photographs .


22.00


Allen Bros., stamps


1.20


A. Fiske, crackers


19.73


F. W. Farrar, repairing clocks


10.50


Jackson Caldwell & Co., oil- cloth


1.38


Fulton O'Brien, hay and grain


172.31


Iver Johnson & Co., repairs


10.15


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


18.00


William Kirkland, carriage


hire


5.00


Somerville Electric Light Co.,


lamps


12.00


Little, Brown & Co., books


4.50


Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery


44.73


M. L. Vinal, stationery.


2.40


Somerville Journal Co., print-


ing


11.25


Somerville Citizen Co.,


printing


2.25


Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice .


35.00


C. M. Blake, newspapers


14.60


New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls


216.88


Union Square Carriage Co., repairs .


35.25


James Bartley, oil


.80


Wellington - Wild Coal Co., fuel


34.56


Whitney & Snow, hardware


22.49


Amounts carried forward


$52,558.94


$52,616.34


174


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $52,558.94 11.90


$52,616.34


Howe & Flint, hardware


W. E. Plumer & Co., hard- ware 3.50


W. Schuebeler, dry goods


7.50


R. M. Sturtevant, supplies ·


3.31


Milton H. Plumer, drugs


2.30


A. B. Dearborn, medical at- tendance 15.00


L. P. O'Donnell, medical at- tendance ·


2.00


W. H. Way, veterinary ser- vices


2.00


C. H. Paine, horse medicine .


2.00


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


3.55


E. E. Whitehouse, expressing .


.60


E. R. Perham, expressing


.60


Page & Co., expressing .


.50


American Express Co., ex-


1.82


pressing


Gilman's Express, expressing .


.67


George T. Day, expressing


.15


$52,616.34


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$2,000.00


Cash, received of County of Middlesex, rent of court room .


600.00


$2,600.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Henry S. Braden, janitor


$850.00


H. Wellington & Co., fuel


224.40


Amounts carried forward


$1,074.40


$2,600.00


·


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 175


Amounts brought forward . $1,074.40 $2,600.00


Wellington - Wild Coal Co., fuel


88.53


Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas .


546.04


City of Boston, water


14.00


City of Somerville, water


40.74


Donnelly & Co., plumbing


18.12


Howe & Flint, plumbing


43.42


W. E. Plumer & Co., plumb-


ing


22.23


Whitney & Snow, hardware


1.50


A. A. Sanborn, steamfitting .


11.00


Doe & McMillan, steamfitting .


17.70


Jackson Caldwell & Co., shades


3.00


J. Q. Twombly, painting


35.27


G. D. B. Robinson, painting


41.12


W. F. Hyson, painting


15.00


L. C. Seavey, roofing


9.37


G. M. Fortin, glazing


10.23


Albert T. Lyman, repairs of furniture


1.57


Union Glass Co., Globes


7.00


Albert W. Rice, labor


28.00


R. M. Sturtevant, supplies


7.72


F. D. Weld, ladder


5.00


Sulpho Napthol Co., sulpho


napthol


20.00


Columbian Insecticide Co.,


disinfectant


10.50


G. P. Richardson, flag


.


27.00


$2,098.46


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 501.54


$2,600.00


176


ANNUAL REPORTS.


PRINTING AND STATIONERY.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$6,500.00


Interest account, amount trans-


ferred .


1,500.00


$8,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Somerville Journal


$4,010.35


Co., printing and advertising Somerville Citizen Co., print- ing and advertising


383.69


Miscellaneous account, maps .


28.00


George H. Walker & Co., maps


38.25


Heliotype Printing Co., maps .


38.50


Samuel Usher, printing


168.90


Forbes Lithograph Mfg. Co., printing


183.00


George Stevens & Co., print- ing


106.25


Thomas Groom & Co., station- ery, etc.


2,524.23


W. A. Greenough & Co., direc- tories .


15.00


J. Q. Adams & Co., diction- aries


15.00


George I. Vincent, book


2.00


F. S. Blanchard & Co., book .


1.50


A. E. Martell & Co., station- ery


.75


Blackbird Pen Co., pens


10.00


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., ribbons, etc.


19.33


Cotton & Gould, crayons


6.00


Greenough, Adams & Cushing, ink, etc.


6.00


Amounts carried forward $7,556.75


$8,000.00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 177


Amounts brought forward $7,556.75


$8,000.00


T. S. Buck, stamps . .


9.80


Howe & Flint, pans


7.00


Charles F. Libbey & Co., reports


1.60


George T. Day, expressing


.45


$7,575.60


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 424.40


$8,000.00


PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1897 .


$1,090,100.12


Public Property, property ac- quired in 1898


114,268.43


Reduction of Funded Debt,


bonds paid .


172,000.00


$1,376,368.55


DEBIT.


Appropriations, amount borrowed


on Funded Debt account . $ 176,000.00


Balance to credit of account, 1899 1,200,368.55


$1,376,368.55


PUBLIC GROUNDS.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$6,000.00


Armory account, amount transferred


400.00


Cash, received of Joseph Young et al., old lawn mowers $6.50


Public Grounds, Lincoln Park account, labor, etc. 1,252.46


Amounts carried forward .


$1,258.96


$6,400.00


178


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $1,258.96


$6,400.00


West End Street Railway Co.,


care of parkway .


50.00


Sidewalks account, sods


8.80


1,317.76


$7,717.76


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$5,713.37


J. W. Howard, plants and care


900.00


Joseph Breck & Sons, seed, etc.


57.33


Whitney & Snow, tools .


66.64


J. A. Durell, tools .


25.50


Charles L. Underhill, tools


.50


E. S. Sparrow & Co., tools


18.40


M. Norton & Co., hose .


·


5.74


Ames Plow Co., lawn mow- ers


13.30


Underhill Hardware Co., lawn mowers


7.25


M. D. Jones & Co., settees


24.90


Joseph Young, repairs of tools


10.50


L. A. Wright, repairs of tools


8.40


H. Wood, repairs of tools


1.00


New York Nozzle Co., nozzle pipe ·


15.00


J. C. McLean, stove


6.53


George W. Manning, labor on flagstaff


30.00


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber


3.75


F. C. Ayer, lumber


3.29


G. F. Matthews, repairs


8.95


George W. Prime, painting sign


6.50


David W. Lewis, cement


15.00


Amounts carried forward · $6,941.85


$7,717.76


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 179


Amounts brought forward $6,941.85


$7,717.76


Waldo Bros., cement


11.75


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


24,20


W. A. Sanborn, brick


7.00


Jordan, Marsh & Co., flag


18.00


Horatio Wellington & Co., fuel


3.00


Wellington - Wild Coal Co., fuel


4.90


B. F. Wild & Co., fuel


5.07


William J. McCarthy, sand


11.90


T. H. Bryne, filling


24.15


C. E. Trumbull & Co., filling .


187.41


Massachusetts Broken Stone Co., broken stone


17.79


T. Allen, concreting


33.54


James Tevlin, use of team


62.88


George W. Prichard, use of horse


123.00


Leopold Morse & Co., suits


69.80


George E. Ricker, refresh- ments


8.00


18.00


J. H. Thompson, carriage hire Engineering News Publishing Co., advertising ·


11.40


Page & Co., expressing .


.15


City of Somerville, water


60.00


Highways account, stone


45.00


$7,688.79


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 28.97


$7,717.76


PUBLIC GROUNDS, LINCOLN PARK.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account $5,000.00


Amount carried forward $5,000.00


180


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward . $5,000.00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$1,465.06


Seward Dodge, repairs of tools


2.38


Ames Plow Co., repairs of tools


.35


J. H. Brooks, cloth


.93


Portland Stoneware Co., drain pipe .


59.76


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


38.36


James Tevlin, use of team


222.64


William H. Wood & Co., lumber


.50


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber


8.40


Whitney & Snow, hardware .


7.76


C. E. Trumbull & Co., filling .


893.86


T. H. Bryne, filling


65.13


Martin Gill, filling .


127.40


Timothy F. Crimmings, filling


443.10


William J. McCarthy, filling .


63.35


Richard Falvey, filling


25.58


M. A. Tenney, filling


23.88


W. L. Clark & Co., filling


16.43


City of Somerville,


sewer


assessment .


218.34


Public Grounds account, labor,


etc.


1,252.46


Highways account, grading


52.20


$4,987.87


Excess and Deficiency, balance


to credit of account 12.13


$5,000.00


PUBLIC GROUNDS, PROSPECT HILL PARK. CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrow- ing on Funded Debt account


$20,000.00


Amount carried forward $20,000.00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 181


Amount brought forward $20,000.00


Armory account, amount transferred 356.21


$20,356.21


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Henry M. Thompson,


land


$20,000.00


City of Somerville, taxes of


1898 356.21


$20,356.21


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed Cash, received of County Treas-


$7,500.00


urer, return on amount


received of the city for dog licenses in 1897 .


$2,268.86


43.61


Assistant Librarian, fines


80.45


Catalogues .


4.00


Sam Walter Foss, librarian


313.35


Catalogues .


61.01


Books .


12.76


A. Storrs & Bement Co., error in bill .


3.00


2,790.24


$10,290.24


DEBIT.


Balance from 1897


$ 139.01


Cash, paid Little, Brown & Co.,


books .


1,493.20


Lee & Shepard, books


255.30


Amounts carried forward


$1,887.51


$10,290.24


John S. Hayes, Librarian, fines Catalogues .


3.20


182


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $1,887.51 $10,290.24


George E. Littlefield, books


117.67


D. Appleton & Co., books


11.18


Helman Taylor Co., books


5.00


American Co-operative News Society, books


.50


American Book Co., books


10.88


Brookline Historical Pub. Co., book


1.00


Bureau of American Republics, books .


5.00


Cedric Chivers, books


53.78


Cyclopedia Pub. Co., books


.


7.00


Dodd, Mead & Co., books


6.00


Joel Munsell & Sons, books


9.50


D. C. Heath & Co., books


8.28


Poet Lore Co., books


1.00


Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books


53.49


W. R. Bradford, books


5.00


Langdon Printing Co., books


1.50


Publishers Weekly, books


14.00


Silver, Burdett & Co., books


1.52


Werner Book Co., books


4.04


A. H. Wood, books


2.75


Bradlee Whidden, books


15.40


Massachusetts Total Absti-


nence Society, books .


1.38


Carrie A. Weston, books


2.00


Flynn & Mahoney, books


92.11


John Byrne & Co., books


.50


H. A. Howe, books


3.50


Estes & Lauriat, books .


37.64


W. F. Adams & Co., books


5.50


Ginn & Co., books .


46.54


Puritan Publishing Co., books


1.50


W. B. Clark & Co., books


3.00


Amounts carried forward . $2,415.67


$10,290.24


183


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward $2,415.67


$10,290.24


Harper & Bros., books


1.60


Brentano's, books


.50


C. F. Libbie & Co., books


261.75


J. C. Quinn, books


2.00


Writer Publishing Co., books


2.00


James A. Wilde & Co., books


52.34


Charities Review, books


2.00


New Hampshire College Monthly, books .


1.00


F. J. Blanchard & Co., books .


1.50


W. A. Greenough & Co., directory


3.00


Sampson, Murdock & Co.,


directory


5.00


Cleveland Public Library,


index .


5.00


Broadway


National Bank,


draft


192.51


P. B. Sanford, binding books .


720.50


F. J. Barnard & Co., binding books


26.75


David Farquhar, binding


books .


20.25


Library Bureau, supplies


22.50


Olive S. Davis, utility pockets .


10.00


A. Storrs & Bement Co., cards


17.50


Smith & Anthony Co., re- pairs .


3.40


W. F. Eccles, repairs


5.25


G. F. Matthews, carpentering


90.45


E. A. Parker, labor


9.00


H. B. Southwick, labor


2.00


W. H. Money, labor


12.15


O. D. Baker & Co., repairs


19.75


F. W. Allen & Co., furniture .


33.00


Amounts carried forward $3,938.37


$10,290.24


184


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward $3,938.37 $10,290.24


Jackson Caldwell & Co., furni-


ture


11.90


C. A. Southwick, labor .


16.50


Joel Goldthwaite & Co., rugs .


62.39


Standard Floor Oil Co., oil


.60


Hinckley & Woods, premium of insurance


33.75


Charles S. Robertson, premium of insurance


157.50


J. Q. Twombly, painting


16.73


Union Glass Co., globes


2.50


Thorpe's Express, expressing .


.70


.90


London's Express, expressing Gilman Express Co., express- ing


61.15


E. R. Perham, expressing


92.68




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