Report of the city of Somerville 1899, Part 3

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 430


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MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.


Street Lights and Electric Wires.


The lighting service during the year has been much im- proved. Fourteen new arc lights have been added, making a total of 365 arcs, and the locations of several lights changed to better the service. Twenty-seven new incandescent lights of 32- candle-power have been added, and all of the old 25-candle-power changed to 32, which is a great improvement.


The fire alarm and police systems have received special at- tention, and the service has been of the best. During the year an emergency wagon has been added to this department, which has proven a valuable accessory. This wagon is used for what its name implies, viz., emergencies. When a report is received at the Central Fire Station of a wire or pole down, this wagon is sent to the scene of trouble, and every means used to insure safety to the public until the damage is repaired by the company interested.


Ninety-eight buildings have been inspected during the year, and 300 visits made to same. The department has the care of all electric work belonging to the city, including all schoolhouses and public buildings.


Poor Department.


The past year has been made memorable in the annals of the poor department by the purchase of the Levi Russell estate on Broadway and North street, adjoining Alewife brook, and the conversion of the buildings into an almshouse, or a "City Home," as it is to be called. The house has been thoroughly renovated and put in good condition, with dining-room, laundry, and bath- rooms; in fact, the whole establishment has been modernized. The home will accommodate thirty persons. At the present time sixteen are comfortably cared for, and we know that now they are kept warm and clean, and have enough to eat. These buildings will be sufficient for the city's needs for several years, and the Overseers of the Poor feel very much gratified that, after so many years, they have been furnished with so comfortable a home for the unfortunate poor of our city. The house was opened No- vember 15, and our poor people, who were in Malden, Medford, Cambridge, and Boston almshouses, and in some private families in our own city, were moved to the home. The property cost $18,000; expense of repairs and putting in order about $3,300. The furnishing cost $1,426.09. Mr. and Mrs. J. Foster Colqu- houn have been employed as warden and matron of the institu- tion at a salary of $600 per year. I believe the institution is doing good work. Its location is the best that could be desired, and the city is to be congratulated upon the final settlement of a question which has long been discussed by different city councils. Most of the land, which comprises about eight acres, is suitable for market gardening, or would cut up into desirable house lots


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if it should seem expedient to dispose of any part of it. It fronts on Broadway and North street and the new boulevard. During the year the department has aided 294 families, and paid for the support of ninety-one different insane persons, and has now sixty- five insane persons on its list. -


Somerville Hospital.


It is now over six years since this institution was founded, and it has been demonstrated that it is a necessity in this city. Its building was made possible through the generosity of Miss Martha R. Hunt and the liberality of other citizens. The chari- table work done there has been of such an amount that continual appeals have been made to the people, associations, and the trus- tees for funds to continue the work. Although the money paid to it by the city has increased from year to year, the amounts rep-' resent only about seventy-three per cent. of the cost to the hos- pital for the services rendered in the care of the city patients, taken on the basis of the average cost of patients in the hospital.


Ry the adoption of the new City Charter, the citizens have shown themselves favorable to the city doing more for its sup- port, and I would recommend that an appropriation be made this year for this purpose, and, in addition, that the money collected by the city from the state, cities, and towns for the care of their sick be also paid to the Somerville Hospital.


Shade Trees.


In no way can we better contribute to the beauty of the city and the health and comfort of its inhabitants than by having shade trees adorn our streets. Some of our highways are well provided with trees, while others have none at all. I believe that a small appropriation should be made each year for the planting of shade trees, and would recommend that an appropriation be made this year for that purpose. By pursuing such a policy, the streets could be well provided for in a few years, and the coming generation would bless the public spirit and foresight of the pres- ent. A little money expended regularly in this way would make a good showing in the results obtained. We should also en- courage the planting of shade and other trees by individuals, as well as by the public.


Street Watering.


The watering of the streets has been carried on during the past year with very good results, and to the evident satisfaction of the great majority of the people. I believe that the watering should be extended to private as well as public streets, whenever the abutters are willing to pay their proportionate share of the cost.


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Law Department.


The duties required in this department are increasing with the growth of the city. There have been forty-five cases in court in which the city was interested, and several claims have been set- tled for small sums out of court. The expense to the city on ac- count of land damages, accidents, and suits for abatement of taxes amounted to $3,140. The passage of bills by the Legislature was secured for the construction of a sewer into Miller's river, for ac- quiring a small piece of land on Winter hill, to perfect title to the land desired for almshouse purposes, a bill for acquiring land tor Powder-house boulevard, and releases obtained from the owners and titles examined. A bill was secured to prevent the blasting of ledges. Petitions have been entered in court for the abolition of grade crossings of the Fitchburg Railroad Company, which are now pending, and various matters relating to corporations, etc., have received attention.


Accounts.


In order that our system of accounts may conform to the spirit of the new City Charter, the central idea of which is per- sonal responsibility, it seems necessary that our schedule of ap- propriations should be revised. Heretofore the salaries of most of the city officers have been charged to salaries account ; the cost of books, stationery, and printing to printing and stationery ac- count ; other expenses to miscellaneous account, etc. I would recommend that now an appropriation be made for each depart- ment, from which every expense of that department shall be paid,-as, for instance, Assessors, City Clerk, City Treasurer and Collector. The same idea should apply throughout the list of appropriations, making the titles of the several accounts as specific as possible.


Somerville's Soldiers and Sailors.


Before closing I will speak of an important event in our municipal life, the return of our local militia company last spring from its year of service in the war with Spain. Company M, of the Eighth Massachusetts Volunteers, after remaining in camp at Framingham, Chickamauga Park, Lexington, Ky., and Americus, Ga., for many months of drill and preparation, went to Cuba early last year, and remained at Matanzas about three months, doing provost duty. The company had become one of the most pro- ficient in the volunteer army, and had won the praise of many of the highest officers. On account of its well-known efficiency, it was selected for special duty in Cuba, and while there added to its excellent record. It was fitting that the City Government should take official notice of the return of our boys in this and other com- panies. A celebration, including a parade, reception, and ban-


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quet, was planned in their honor, and was very successfully car - ried out on the Nineteenth of April, that memorable anniversary day in American history. The young men from Somerville who took part in the military and naval operations during the war with Spain have been a credit to the city, and the same is equally true- of those who are now fighting in the Philippines.


New City Charter.


I have already called your attention to the change in the methods of our municipal government, brought about by the adoption of the new City Charter. This change in our frame of government marks one of the most important events in our municipal history, and I believe that it will have the best of re- sults. The increase in the number of wards, the abolition of the common council, or, rather, the consolidation of the two boards into one, the increase in the executive authority, are some of the more important changes, the details of which we have not the time to discuss now. The successful operation of the new charter will depend a great deal upon this, the first government elected under it.


I would recommend that we proceed slowly and with the greatest care, all departments of the government working to- gether, as I believe they will, for the most efficient and best pos- sible administration of our city affairs. It will be my earnest effort to co-operate with you to the best of my ability to accom- plish this desirable result.


REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


Treasurer's Office, February 1, 1900. To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-The undersigned presents herewith the twenty- eighth annual report of the financial condition of the city, and a statement showing, in detail, the receipts and disbursements for the year ending December 31, 1899.


The value of the property of the city December 31, 1898, was $2,752,368.55. The property acquired during the year was as follows :-


Fire Department, Fire Station, Clarendon Hill $11,617 28


Public Grounds, Lincoln Park


10,320 14


Public Library Addition


10,441 97


Schoolhouse, Burns, Addition


19,680 87


Schoolhouse, Forster, Improvement


20,603 96


Schoolhouse, Highland, Sanitary Improvement


6,463 65


Schoolhouse, Ward Two, "Albion A. Perry"


28,358 88


Support of Poor, "City Home" 15,409 25


Water Works Extension


19,978. 59


Total amount of property acquired during the year .


$142,874 59


Making the value of the public property December 31, 1899, as per Table A, $2,895,243.14.


The funded debt December 31, 1898, as per Table B of the last annual report, was $1,552,000.


The debt was increased during the year by appropriations as follows :--


Schoolhouse, Forster, Improvement $35,000 00


Schoolhouse, Highland, Sanitary Improvement


5,000 00


Public Library Addition


15,000 00


Public Grounds, Lincoln Park 10,000 00


Powder-House Boulevard


10,000 00


Fire Department, Fire Station, Clarendon Hill


4,000 00


Fire Department, Fire Station No. 1


1,000 00


Highways, Paving Washington Street, Tufts Boston Line


Street, to


10,000 00


Highways, Paving Davis Square


5,000 00


Renewals of Funded Debt


15,000 00


Total amount of appropriations on Funded Debt ac- count


$110,000 00


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To provide for the above-mentioned appropriations the fol- lowing bonds were issued, viz. :-


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2516 to 2523, payable 1900, interest


4 per cent $8,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2524 to 2531, payable 1901, interest


8,000 00


4 per cent 8,000 00 City Loan Bonds Nos. 2540 to 2547, payable 1903, interest 4 per cent


8,000 00


. City Loan Bonds Nos. 2548 to 2555, payable 1904, interest 4 per cent. 8,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2556 to 2563, payable 1905, interest 4 per cent 8,000 00 City Loan Bonds Nos. 2564 to 2570, payable 1906, interest 4 per cent 7,000 00 City Loan Bonds Nos. 2571 to 2577, payable 1907, interest 4 per cent


7,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2578 to 2584, payable 1908, interest 4 per cent


7,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2585 to 2591, payable 1909, interest 4 per cent 7,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2592 to 2595, payable 1910, interest 4 per cent


4,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2596 to 2599, payable 1911, interest 4 per cent 4,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2600 to 2603, payable 1912, interest 4 per cent City Loan Bonds Nos. 2604 to 2607, payable 1913, interest 4 per cent .


4,000 00


. City Loan Bonds Nos. 2608 to 2611, payable 1914, interest 4 per cent City Loan Bonds Nos. 2612 to 2614, payable 1915, interest 4 per cent


4,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2615 to 2617, payable 1916, interest 4 per cent 3,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2618 to 2620, payable 1917, interest 4 per cent


3,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2621 to 2623, payable 1918, interest 4 per cent 3,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2624 to 2625, payable 1919, interest 4 per cent.


2,000 00


Total amount of bonds issued in 1899 $110.000 00


The following bonds became due and were paid during the year, viz. :-


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1620 to 1628, interest 4 per cent .


$9,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1791 to 1809, interest 4 per cent 19,000 00 ·


City Loan Bonds .Nos. 2078 to 2087, interest 4 per cent 10,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2234 to 2244, interest 4 per cent 11,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 2365 to 2375, interest 4 per cent


11,000. 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 994 to 1002, interest 4 per cent 9,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1083 to 1092, interest 4 per cent


10,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1135 to 1138, interest 4 per cent 4,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1196 to 1202, interest 4 per cent 7,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1445 to 1468, interest 41/2 per cent


24,000 00


Amount carried forward


$114,000 00


4 per cent . City Loan Bonds Nos. 2532 to 2539, payable 1902, interest


4.000 00


3,000 00


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Amount brought forward


$114,000 00


City Loan Bonds Nos. 1294 to 1303, interest 4 per cent


10,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 58, interest 4 per cent 1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 175, interest 4 per cent 1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 199, interest 4 per cent


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bond No. 41, interest 41/2 per cent


1,000 00


Sewer Loan Bonds Nos. 86 to 89, interest 4 per cent City Loan Paving Bonds Nos. 31 to 35, interest 4 per cent .


4,000 00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 167 to 181, interest 5 per cent


15,000 00


Water Loan Bond No. 182, interest 5 per cent


500 00


Water Loan Bond No. 288, interest 4 per cent


1,000 00


Water Loan Bond No. b450, interest 4 per cent 1,000 00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 330 to 342, interest 4 per cent 13,000 00


Water Loan Bonds Nos. 409 to 410, interest 4 per cent


2,000 00


Total amount of bonds paid during the year . $169,500 00


Leaving the net funded debt December 31, 1899, as per Table B,.$1,492,500, classified as follows :-


City Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent $917,000 00


City Loan Bonds bearing interest at 41/2 per cent 113,000 00


City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent 146,000 00


City Loan Sewer Bonds bearing interest at 41/2 per cent 12,000 00


City Loan Paving Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent 65,000 00


Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent 217,000 00


Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at 5 per cent 12,500 00


Water Loan Bonds bearing interest at 51/2 per cent


10,000 00


Total Funded Debt, City Loan $1,104,000 00


Total Funded Debt, Water Loan . 239,500 00


Total Funded Debt, Paving Loan (outside legal limit)


65,000 00


Total Funded Debt, Sewer Loan (outside


84,000 00


$1,492,500 00


Resources.


The assessors' warrant for the tax levy, assessed upon the polls and estates of the inhabitants, was duly received.


The total amount of taxable property was $51,262,400, and the rate of taxation was $16.30 on each $1.000 valuation, as follows :-


Real Estate, valuation . $46,507,300 00


Personal Estate, valuation


4,755,100 00


Total valuation . . $51,262,400 00


At a rate of $16.30 on $1,000 valuation $835,577 12


Polls, 16.505 at $2.00


33,010 00


Street Watering, 349,846 linear feet at 4 cents 13,993 84


Total amount of tax levy


$882,580 96


Borrowed on Funded Debt account to provide for cost of ·


110,000 00


public improvements and renewals of debt . State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan Water Assessment, balance to credit of Excess and Deficiency account Water Works Income


2,577 19


214,280 83


Amount carried forward


$1,209,438 98


legal limit)


5,000 00


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Amount brought forward $1,209,438 98


National Bank and Corporation Taxes, applied to Salaries 33,831 26 Court fees, fines, etc., applied to Police . 4,013 00


County of Middlesex, dog licenses, applied to Public Library 2,052 86


. Excess and Deficiency account, applied to Sewers, Con- struction 16,549 22


Street Railway tax for the year 1898, applied to Highways 31,507 95


Street Railway tax for the year 1899, applied to Highways 29,002 25


Total amount of resources


$1,326,395 52


The assets of the city available for the payment of its un- funded liabilities are as follows :-


Cash


$71,312 12


Real Estate Liens


2,740 09


Reduction of Funded Debt


24,091 37


Schoolhouse, Burns, Addition


180 87


Sewer Assessments .


6,046 98


Sidewalk Assessments


3,386 09


State of Massachusetts, Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors .


350 00


State of Massachusetts, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors .


231 50


State of Massachusetts, State Aid


10,669 00


Taxes


388,126 21


Watering Streets, Assessments


2 88


Total amount of assets


$507,137 11


The liabilities are :-


Fire Department, Fire Station, Clarendon Hill


$32 72


Fire Department, Fire Station No 1


1,000 00


Highways


29,471 71


Highways, Paving Davis Square .


5,000 00


Highways, Paving Washington Tufts Street to Boston Line


Street,


217 28


Overplus on Tax Sales


1,668 13


Public Library Addition


6,058 03


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund


1,000 00


Powder House Boulevard


546 98


Schoolhouse, Forster, Improvement


14,396 04


Schoolhouse, Highland, Sanitary Improve- ment


21 36


Schoolhouse, Ward Two


1,362 59


Sewers, Construction


32,973 90


Reduction of Funded Debt, Metropolitan Sewer Assessment, account of Water Works Income .


31,000 00


Sundry Persons


29,396 10


Support of Poor, "City Home"


6,000 75


Temporary Loans


310,000 00


Total amount of liabilities Excess of available assets over liabilities


$470,145 59


36,991 52


$507,137 11


.


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Total cash receipts for the year, including a balance of


. $2,160,350 15 $70,376.04 from the year 1898


Total cash disbursements 2,089,038 03


Leaving in the treasury the sum of $71,312 12 .


A detailed statement of the public property, funded debt, and the receipts and disbursements of the several accounts will be found in the following appendix.


Respectfully submitted, JOHN F. COLE, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.


APPROVAL OF TREASURER'S REPORT.


In Committee on Finance, February 12, 1900. To the Board of Aldermen of Somerville :-


The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the report of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for the year 1899, report that, in com- pliance with section 10 of chapter 4 of the Revised Ordinances, they have, in conjunction with the Auditor, examined and audited the books and ac- counts of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for the year ending December 31, 1899, and in the manner prescribed by said section. In connection with this examination, a careful comparison has been made of the books of the City Auditor, and with the financial statements received from the several committees, boards, and officers of the city, accountable for the use of the city funds. The cash account of the Treasurer has been verified by actual count of the cash on hand, and the balances shown to be in the banks of deposit have been confirmed by the officers of the sev- eral banks.


We are pleased to report, as a result of the examination, that no errors were discovered in the accounts and books of the Treasurer and Collector, which are models of neatness and care, and we recommend that his report be accepted and printed in the Annual Reports of 1899.


FRANCIS M. WILSON, CHARLES A. GRIMMONS, ISAAC M. STORY, PAUL J. SMITH, ARTHUR P. VINAL, CHARLES F. WILDES, JAMES W. KENNEY,


-- Committee


Finance.


In Board of Aldermen, February 21, 1900. Accepted.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


TABLE A. Public Property December 31, 1899.


Central Hill land (13 acres, 5,032 feet)


$200,000 00


City Hall


Furniture


50,662 73


Public Library building


30,967 58


Public Library


25,000 00


City Hall Annex


21,587 43


Latin High Schoolhouse


52,000 00


Furniture


3,500 00


Philosophical apparatus


500 00


English High Schoolhouse


129,579 39


Furniture


5,000 00


Philosophical and manual training ap- paratus


7,000 00


141,579 39


Prescott Schoolhouse, land (21,444 feet) and building .


45,000 00


Furniture


2,000 00


Luther V. Bell Schoolhouse, land (23,396 feet) and building .


45,000 00


Furniture


2,000 00


47,000 00


Forster Schoolhouse, land (27,499 feet) and building


64,428 96


Furniture


3,175 00


67,603 96


Morse Schoolhouse, land (29,109 feet) and building .


45,000 00


Furniture


2,000 00


47,000 00


Edgerly Schoolhouse, land (26,428 feet) and building


45,000 00


Furniture


2,000 00


47,000 00


Highland Schoolhouse, land (23,260 feet) and building


53,300 84


Furniture


2,000 00


Charles G. Pope Schoolhouse, land (27,236 feet) and building


60,000 00


Furniture


2,000 00


William H. Hodgkins Schoolhouse, land (35,034 feet) and building


58,289 34


Furniture


2,500 00


60,789 34


Amount carried forward


$959,491 27


.


47,000 00


.


.


55,300 84


62,000 00


$40,662 73 10,000 00


55,967 58


56,000 00


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


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Amount brought forward Martin W. Carr Schoolhouse, land (14,850 feet) and building Furniture


63,921 03 3,000 00


66,921 03


Jacob T. Glines Schoolhouse, land (28,800 feet) and building


Furniture


71,560 71 2,100 00


73,660 71


O. S. Knapp Schoolhouse, land (24,517 feet) and building


48,256 67


Furniture


2,000 00


Bingham Schoolhouse, land (21,017 feet) and building


36,506 87


Furniture


.


37,906 87


Sanford Hanscom Schoolhouse, land (12,756 feet) and building


43,632 19 900 00


Davis Schoolhouse, land (38,152 feet) and building


25,000 00


Furniture


700 00


George W. Durell Schoolhouse, land (13,883 feet) and building


16,179 10


Furniture


.


16,879 10


Cummings Schoolhouse, land (11,300 feet) and building


15,000 00


Furniture


700 00


Prospect-hill Schoolhouse, land (25,315 feet) and building


20,000 00


Furniture . . .


1,000 00


21,000 00


Lincoln Schoolhouse, land (17,662 feet) and building


14,000 00


Furniture . .


700 00


14,700 00


Jackson Schoolhouse, land (11,212 feet) and building


8,000 00


Furniture .


600 00


Bennett Schoolhouse, land (20,560 feet) and building


10,000 00


Furniture .


600 00


Harvard Schoolhouse, land (9,810 feet) and building .


3,500 00


Furniture


100 00


Franklin Schoolhouse, land (33,017 feet) and building


15,000 00


Furniture


600 00


15,600 00


Amount carried forward


$1,365,147 84


.


50,256 67


1,400 00


Furniture


44,532 19


25,700 00


700 00


15,700 00


.


8,600 00


10,600 00


3,600 00


$959,491 27


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$1,365,147 84


Spring-hill Schoolhouse, land (4,991 feet) and building


1,500 00 100 00


Furniture


1,600 00


Burns Schoolhouse, land (16,080 feet) and


building


33,980 87


Furniture


1,400 00


35,380 87


Albion A. Perry Schoolhouse, Washington street, land (46,080 feet) and building Furniture


814 00


38,231 41


City Farm, land (10 acres, 12,523 feet)


40,000 00


Cedar-street Schoolhouse


700 00


Furniture


100 00


City stables and dwelling houses


800 00 28,322 00


Equipments for highway repairs


21,690 00


Watering carts and sheds


5,000 00


No. 1 Fire Station, land (8,279 feet) and building


27,052 93


Engine No. 2 and apparatus


4,000 00


Hose wagon No. 1 and apparatus


1,500 00


Furniture


400 00


No. 2 Fire Station, land (5,400 feet) and building


8,000 00


Furniture


400 00


Hose wagon No. 2 and apparatus


1,500 00


No. 3 Fire Station, land (5,226 feet) and building


9,000 00


Furniture


400 00


Hose wagon No. 3 and apparatus


1,500 00


Hook and ladder truck and apparatus .


3,400 00


No. 4 Fire Station, land (9,100 feet) and


building


19,054 42


Furniture


400 00


Engine No. 4 and apparatus


4,000 00


Combination wagon and apparatus


2,500 00


No. 5 Fire Station, land (39,456 feet) and


building


16,000 00


Furniture


400 00


Hose wagon No. 5 and apparatus


1,500 00


17,900 00


Hook and Ladder Station No. 2, land


(9,902.7 square feet) and building,


equipment and furniture


.


14,753 71


Central Fire Station, land (10,019 feet) and building


43,603 89


Furniture


500 00


Engine No. 1 and apparatus


4,000 00


Hose wagon and apparatus


2,000 00


Two relief hose carriages


1,000 00


One relief hook and ladder .


400 00


Chemical Engine A and equipment


2,498 53


54,002 42


Amount carried forward


$1,705,935 60


.


.


.


.


.


32,952 93


.


.


9,900 00


.


14,300 00


.


·


25,954 42


Amount brought forward


.


37,417 41


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


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Amount brought forward


Fire Alarm and Police Signal apparatus


Police Station, land (15,232 feet) building .


and


45,000 00 ·


Furniture


3,000 00


48,000 00 7,000 00 125,000 00


Broadway Park (cost $212,993.20)


Joy street, land (2,960 feet)




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