Report of the city of Somerville 1899, Part 7

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


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8 00


American Express Co., expressing


14 83


E. R. Perham, expressing .


14 55


Thorpe's Express, expressing


3 70


Glines & Co., expressing


50


J. H. Grundy, expressing


2 20


R. A. R. Benson, teaming .


4 00


Emma F. Bradley, compensation for dam- ages


75 00


Engineering


Department, numbering


26 00


$15,327 63


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account


3,472 13


$18,799 76


Overlay and Abatement.


CREDIT.


Taxes, amount added by the Assessors for convenience in apportionment, to be applied to abatement on taxes ·


$8,935 69


Cash, taxes collected ·


4 00


$8,939 69


DEBIT.


Taxes, amount of abatements .


$4,396 17


Cash, paid Franklin O. Reed, taxes of 1896


and 1897 refunded . 55 42


J. Frank Neal, taxes of 1895, 1896, and 1897 refunded .


13 21


$4,464 80


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account


4,474 89


$8.939 69


houses


75


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Overplus on Tax Sales.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1898


$157 13


Cash, received of Willard Welsh, premiums on estates sold for taxes of 1897 and 1898 .


620 00


. George H. Richards, premium on estates sold for taxes of 1897 and 1898 · Harlow H. Rogers, premium on estates sold for taxes of 1897 and 1898


200 00


2,050 00


$3,027 13


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Charles A. Kendall, premium on taxes sold for 1897 and 1898 . $520 00


Fletcher Ranney, premium on taxes of 1897 400 00


Catherine Watson, premium on taxes of 1898 .


400 00


Mary Burke, Guardian, premium on taxes of 1895 and 1896


39 00


$1,359 00


Balance to credit in account, 1900 .


1,668 13


$3,027 13


Police.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$51,000 00


Cash, received of Herbert A. Chapin, Clerk of the Courts, fines, etc. ·


$3,115 00


John R. Fairbairn, master of House of Correction, fines, etc.


898 00


$4,013 00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


1,249 60


5,262 60


$56,262 60


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


1,089 00


Edward M. Carter, patrolman .


1,095 00


George W. Bean, patrolman


1,095 00


George A. Bodge, patrolman


924 00


Amounts carried forward


$13,498 00


$56,262 60


76


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward .


$13,498 00


$56,262 60


Phineas W. Skinner, patrolnian


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, patrolman


1,074 00


William H. Johnston, patrolman


1,095 00


Charles E. Woodman, patrolman Arthur E. Keating, patrolman .


1,095 00


John G. Knight, patrolman


1,095 00


Jacob W. Skinner, patrolman


1,095 00


Theodore E. Heron, patrolman


1,089 00


David A. Bolton, patrolman


1,083 00


Ulysses G. Skinner, patrolman


1,095 00


James M. Harmon, patrolman .


1,095 00


Michael T. Kennedy, patrolman Charles W. Stevens, patrolman


1,095 00


Ira S. Carleton, patrolman


1,095 00


Ezra A. Dodge, patrolman


1,095 00


James J. Pollard, patrolman


1,086 00


Daniel G. Simons, patrolman


1,095 00


Samuel Burns, patrolman


1,092 00


Frederic H. Googins, patrolman


1,095 00


Jotham Chisholm, patrolman


1,053 00


William J. Davidson, patrolman Elmer E. Drew, patrolman


1,086 00


John A. Dadmun, patrolman Eugene A. Woodsum, patrolman


1,095 00


George L. Wright, patrolman


1,037 00


Myron S. Gott, reserve patrolman


912 50


John A. Ray, reserve patrolman


912 50


Herbert Hilton. reserve patrolman


910 00


Charles W. Reick, reserve patrolman


895 00


Alfred L. Leighton, reserve patrolman


330 00


Charles E. Byrnes, reserve patrolman


612 50


Thomas Damery, reserve patrolman


612 50


Frank C. Hopkins, reserve patrolman


605 00


Clifford B. True, reserve patrolman


180 00


Eugene H. Gammon, patrolman


585 00


Warren H. Smith, driver


336 00


Edward E. Ware, hostler


7 00


Martin Sherry, hostler


528 00


Almond L. Billings, hostler


48 00


George H. Dearborn, special patrolman .


12 00


Frederick H. Mansfield, special patrol- man


12 00


Albert Gilman, special patrolman


12 00


Nathan L. Pennock, special patrolman


12 00


Daniel H. Rinn, special patrolman


12 00


Frederick S. Dickinson, special patrol- man


12 00


James M. Lynch, special patrolman .


4 00


Edward F. Reed, special patrolman


12 00


Bernard F. Sheridan, special patrolman .


12 00


Edward T. Peterson, special patrolman


12 00


David G. Marston, special patrolman 4 00


Royal C. Burckes, special patrolman


12 00


.


Amounts carried forward


$54,430 76


$56,262 60


1,112 76


1,095 00


1,065 00


1,078 00


77


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$54,430 76 $56,262 60


Lambert M. Maynard, special patrol- man


12 00


William W. Waller, special patrolman 12 00


Peter J. Savage, special patrolman


12 00


Charles H. Weston, special patrolman


12 00


Alfred M. Sibley, special patrolman .


12 00


Andrew B. Colesworthy, special patrol- man


12 00


Charles W. Howard, special patrolman


8 00


Lewis R. Stewart, special patrolman


8 00


Irving E. Wilson, special patrolman


47 50


Eugene A. Carter, disbursements


119 43


George H. Carleton, disbursements .


26 18


Dennis Kelley, disbursements


10 65


David A. Bolton, disbursements


3 27


Lemuel H. Snow, disbursements


11 50


Albion L. Staples, disbursements


85


Edward M. Carter, disbursements


2 95


Melville C. Parkhurst, lockup keeper


100 00


Mary A. Staples, matron


180 00


Mrs. John Herron, meals


19 00


S. Stromback, meals


26 00


Mary Ryan, care of children


6 00


George E. Frost, laundering


15 09


Peerless Laundry, laundering


7 49


Somerville Standard Laundry, ing


12 00


George W. Clark, laundering


2 16


Boston & Suburban Laundry dering


6 80


Idella Taylor, laundering


4 49


Allen Brothers, badges


10 80


Mitchell Mfg. Co., badges


3 50


Raphael Masstrangialo, wreaths


10 28


Oak Hall Clothing Co., wreaths


8 50


Simon Connor, wreaths


10 00


H. A. Winship, belts .


9 75


Scovill Mfg. Co., buttons


13 51


E. P. Schuebeler, supplies .


6 75


R. M. Sturtevant, supplies


6 19


Howe & Flint, hardware


6 76


Whitney & Snow, hardware


16 95


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


15


Union Glass Co., globes


50


Ira L. Roberts, horseshoeing


63 50


Charles Waugh & Co., repairing wagon .


76 25


I. B. Walker, repairing wagon .


2 50


E. Spalding, harness work


23 85


A. C. Lyman, repairing carpet


8 75


A. F. McMillan, repairs


2 00


Fulton O'Brion, hay


208 19


John W. G. Pitcher, use of team


2 00


Jackson Caldwell & Co., board of horse .


00


Moses Coleman & Son, horse


150 00


Charles W. Dailey, repairing ambulance .


: 00


Iver Johnson & Co., cartridges, etc. .


7 58


W. T. Gibson, bits for horses


6 00


W. H. Hitchings, veterinary services


2 00


·


Amounts carried forward


$55,784 38


$56,262 60


launder-


Co., laun-


78


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$55,784 38 $56,262 60


J. D. OConnell, medical attendance .


2 00


John A. Gregg, medical attendance .


2 00


A. B. Dearborn, medical attendance


7 00


T. H. Fenelon, medicine


50


Thomas Hollis & Co., insect powder A. Fiske, crackers


7 89


E. B. West, crackers


5 70


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


21 10


M. I .. Vinal, stationery


3 80


Somerville Journal Co., stationery


5 50


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories


6 00


Municipal Signal Co., ink .


1 25


Little, Brown, & Co., books


3 00


G. W. Dillingham & Co., books


10 00


John Daly, book


13 00


F. S. Blanchard, book


3 00


Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice


35 00


New England Telephone Co., rentals and tolls


219 83


Charles S. Robertson, premium of insur- ance


39 00


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


33 20


Henry Barrett, photographs


.


14 60


E. R. Perham, expressing .


2 55


Thorpe's Express, expressing


90


Gilman's Express, expressing


1 75


George T. Day, expressing


35


Glines & Co., expressing .


15


$56,262 60


Police Station Incidentals.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed .


$2,000 00


Cash, received of County of Middlesex, rent of courtroom .


$600 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, rent of armory


150 00


750 00


$2,750 00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


41 67


$2,791 67


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Henry S. Braden, janitor


$795 16


W. C. Braden, janitor


28 00


John F. Richardson, janitor


57 12


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


426 85


Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas


484 95


City of Somerville, water .


48 30


W. S. Burbank, sawdust


3 00


Amounts carried forward


$1,843 38


$2,791 67


.


34 00


C. M. Blake, papers


.


1 65


American Express Co., expressing


& Telegraph


3 50


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


79


Amounts brought forward


$1,843 38


$2,791 67


$2,791 67


Powder House Boulevard.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on


Funded Debt account


$10,000 00


Cash, received of L. E. DeWolf, loam .


$25 00


Thomas H. Gill, loam


7 50


Public Grounds account, loam .


252 60


Water Maintenance account, loam .


13 50


Sidewalks account, sod


22 70


321 30


$10,321 30


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers .


$76 00


Thomas H. Gill, on account of contract .


7,704 58


Justina S. Teele, taking of land


1,389 82


S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones


124 50


Osgood & Hart, catch-basin covers, etc. . Chelmsford Foundry Co., beams


167 35


Whitney & Snow, paint


1 06


Citizen Press, advertising .


43 00


James Tevlin, hired teams


5 50


George O. W. Servis, photographs .


2 00


Charles E. Moss, blue print paper


1 71


Sewers Maintenance account, beams


20 00


$9,774 32


Balance to credit in account, 1900 .


546 98


-


W. H. Morris, setting glass, etc.


25 49


J. Q. Twombly, painting


141 66


John Daly, photo cabinets


112 50


A. B. Wedgewood, premium of insur- ance


150 00


Foster & Sias, premium of insurance


150 00


R. A. R. Benson, expressing


4 00


Gilman Express Co., expressing


32


James F. Davlin, plumbing


5 00


D. P. Bucknam, mason work


66 55


G. D. B. Robinson, carpentering


24 15


G. F. Matthews, carpentering .


28 64


A. A. Sanborn, steam fitting


5 80


I. B. Walker, iron work


75


Howe & Flint, hardware .


27 83


Whitney & Snow, hardware


10 26


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


14 54


C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectant R. M. Sturtevant, matches, etc. A. C. Lyman, cleaning carpet . Roberts Iron Works Co., plates Continental Grate Co., grate


5 55


50 00


13 92


12 00


4 83


54 00


Jackson Caldwell & Co., bedding O. D. Baker & Co., bedding


8 25


32 25


Doe & McMillan, repairs .


$10,321 30


.


238 80


80


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Printing and Stationery.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$7,000 00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


1,229 58


$8,229 58


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Somerville Journal Co., printing and advertising


$2,740 52


Somerville Citizen Co., printing


420 55


Thomas Groom & Co., books and sta- tionery


2,049 32


American Printing and Engraving Co., annual reports


1,454 24


George Stephens & Co., tax bills


113 75


Forbes Lithograph Mfg. Co., bonds


100 00


Derby Desk Co., repairs coupon cutter


3 50


Alfred Mudge & Son, municipal regis- ters


138 25


F. S. Blanchard & Co., book


.


3 00


Little, Brown, & Co., book


10 25


C. C. Hoffman & Co., stamp


1 30


E. B. McLean, stamp


1 00


C. F. Buck, stamp


1 15


John Donnelly & Son, posting .


3 00


George H. Walker & Co., maps


56 00


Heliotype Printing Co., maps


391 00


John McGowan, paper fastener


2 25


Robert S. Robson, seals, rubber pads, etc.


29 10


Carter's Ink Co., typewriter ribbons


9 00


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., pads and paper


7 20


Greenough, Adams, & Cushing, ink


2 40


Adams, Cushing, & Foster, ink


: 60


Somerville Post-office, stamps and en- velopes


641 50


Blackbird Pen Co., pens


7 50


M. Voorsanger, pens .


2 00


W. A. Greenough & Co., directories


12 00


American Express Co., expressing .


30


R. A. R. Benson, expressing


1 00


Frost & Adams Co., rules .


3 65


Byron Boyd, abstracts


16 00


Whitney & Snow, punch


2 25


$8,229 58


Property and Debt Balance.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1898


$1,200,368 55


Public Property, property acquired in 1899 .


142,874 59


Reduction of Funded Debt, bonds paid


154,500 00


Renewals of Funded Debt


15,000 00


Amount carried forward


$1,512,743 14


81


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward


$1,512,743 14


DEBIT.


Appropriations, amount borrowed on


Funded Debt account . $110,000 00


Balance to credit of account, 1900


1,402,743 14


$1,512,743 14


Public Grounds.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$9,000 00


Cash, received of William H. Berry for Franklin school building .


$200 00


Henry M. Thompson, Tr., rent


72 00


West End Street Railway Co., care of parkway


50 00


James Stewart & Co., iron fence


1,432 00


Public Grounds, Lincoln Park account, labor


110 00


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., bill previ- ously paid .


2 38


1,866 38


$10,866 38


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers .


$5,600 57


J. W. Howard, plants and care


820 00


M. J. Coneeny, plants


96 00


J. H. Bath, shrubs


31 50


Jordan, Marsh, & Co., flag


30 00


Charles F. Brine, uniform


136 65


Pinkham Shoe Store, rubber boots .


4 50


A. Goldstein, rubber boots


4 50


A. F. McMillan, iron pipe


94


L. A. Wright, repairs of tools


7 50


Joseph Breck & Sons, repairs of tools


32 78


Joseph Young, repairs of tools


18 50


Herbert Wood, repairs of tools


4 15


Ames Plow Co., repairs of tools


56


Charles L. Underhill, repairs lawn


mower


30


E. A. Johnson, lawn sprinklers


00


Underhill Hardware Co., hose .


27 65


E. S. Sparrow & Co., oil


26 30


M. D. Jones, settees


147 60


S. H. Davis, lawn mowers


75 00


Whitney & Snow, wire netting, etc.


157 19


W. E. Plumer & Co., rope


02


Bliss Brothers, rope


3 88


J. A. Durell, hardware


33 82


I. K. Kimball, slats


2 50


Kimball Mfg. Co., repairing settees


2 00


L. B. Harmon, lumber


36 92


F. C. Ayer, lumber


64 80


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber


30 40


G. F. Matthews, carpentering .


192 73


Amounts carried forward


$7,594 26


$10,866 38


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1


82


ANNUAL REPORTS.


$10,866 38


George H. Lowe, concrete


248 89


William J. McCarthy, loam


8 84


John F. Elkins, loam .


135 32


John T. Nichols, loam


1 60


John W. Manning, removing trees


47 00


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


13 66


I. L. Smith, fuel


11 50


The Citizen Co., advertising


3 00


James Tevlin, hired team


139 35


George W. Prichard, hired team


115 50


Thomas H. Gill, hired team


216 15


Charles A. Kelley, hired team


85 50


George F. McKenna, hired teanı


216 25


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


7 65


Thomas H. Naughton, plumbing


4 52


Somerville Journal Co., cards .


3 20


J. H. Brooks, cloth


80


A. M. Prescott, use of horse


6 00


George A. Ricker, refreshments


20 00


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


10 00


J. H. Thompson, carriage hire


18 00


City of Somerville, water .


.


35 00


City of Somerville, service pipe


55 05


Gilman Express Co., expressing


61


Powder-house Boulevard account, loam


252 60


Public Grounds, Lincoln Park account, police service, etc.


288 56


Highways account, crushed stone


118 86


Water Maintenance account, labor .


27 99


Support of Poor, "City Home" account, amount transferred


1,000 00


Sewers Maintenance account, labor and teaming


21 18


William C. Walker, rubber boots


6 00


$10,712 84


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account


153 54


$10,866 38


Public Grounds, Lincoln Park.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on


$10,000 00


Public Grounds account, police services


288 56


Fire Department, Fire Station, Clarendon Hill, labor


24 75


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


6 83


$10,320 14


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$3,989 61


Timothy F. Crimmings, teaming


424 35


Amounts carried forward


$4,413 96


$10.320 14


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Amounts brought forward


$7,594 26


$10,313 31


Funded Debt account


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


83


Amounts brought forward


$4,413 96


$10,320 14


John F. Elkins, teaming


377 55


Martin Gill, teaming .


409 25


George F. McKenna, teaming


367 68


James Tevlin, teaming


59 32


Thomas Allen, teaming


18 45


J. Manning & Sons, teaming


12 50


C. E. Trumbull & Co., use of engine


55 71


W. A. Sanborn, brick


23 10


Berry & Ferguson, cement


10 50


F. C. Ayer, lumber


21 45


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


18 70


Osgood & Hart, catch-basin etc.


covers,


57 39


Michael Healey, loam


61 50


S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones


177 95


Joseph Breck & Sons, seed


4 30


J. H. Bath, shrubs


257 00


C. A. Slager, oats


2 40


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


69 11


Whitney & Snow, tools, etc.


215 14


Underhill Hardware Co., hose .


10 00


Howe & Flint, hardware


1 05


G. A. Walker, painting


51 32


G. F. Matthews, carpentering


155 20


William F. Holmes, medical attendance . Public Grounds account, labor and materials


110 00


Water Maintenance account, service con- nection


97 64


Highways account, labor and materials .


3,251 97


$10,320 14


Public Library.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1898 .


$7 40


Appropriations, amount assessed


9,000 00


Cash, received of County Treasurer, return on amount received of the city for dog licenses in 1898


$2,052 86


Sam Walter Foss, librarian, fines


533 38


Catalogues


25 70


Book


1 09


Isaac Pitman Fund (Income account),


107 92


2,720 95


$11,728 35


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Little, Brown, & Co., books Charles Scribner's Sons, books


70 20


N. J. Bartlett & Co., books


93 78


J. Q. Adams & Co., books


22 00


Lee & Shepard, books


28 64


D. Appleton & Co., books


15 64


Amounts carried forward .


$2,183 98


$11,728 35


$1,953 72


interest


10 00


84


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward .


$2,183 98 $11,728 35


Balch Brothers, books


26 00


Boston Book Co., books


15 00


Dodd, Mead, & Co., books


2 25


Funk & Wagnalls, books .


40 00


Ginn & Co., books


16 20


Charles E. Lauriat Co., books . Prince Society, books


20 00


George E. Littlefield, books


49 21


Morse Co., books


6 57


Arthur H. Grant, books


5 00


John Wiley & Son, books .


22


A. N. Ward, books


5 00


Bradlee Whidden, books


15 00


E. P. Boon, books


27


National Education Association, books


60


Preston & Rounds Co., books .


2 50


Puritan Publishing Co., books .


1 50


Home Library & Supply Association, books


2 50


Flynn & Mahoney, book


2 50


Bay State Publishing Co., books


8 25


E. F. Kent, books


2 75


Hinds & Noble, books


2 65


Jordan, Marsh, & Co., books


9 60


Desmond Publishing Co., books


30 50


John McDonough, books .


2 95


Prang Educational Co., books


12 58


F. S. Blanchard & Co., books


3 00


A. N. Marquis & Co., books


2 75


W. H. Poole, books


3 00


G. Schirmer, books


1 00


D. Van Nostrand Co., book


5 00


Educational Publishing Co., book


17 96


Egypt Exploration Fund, books


31 00


William B. Harrison, books


7 18


M. E. Pike, book


4 50


Julia H. Rales, book .


1 75


Shakespeare Press, book


3 25


American Publication Association,


books


10 90


Boston Journal, Educational Depart-


36 00


Perry Mason & Co., books


3 50


Joel Munsell's Sons, books


2 00


Damrell & Upham, books


3 00


Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., books


28 00


Macmillan & Co., books


5 00


Lyman M. Stearns, books


4 75


H. T. VanDusen, books


5 00


Oliver Ditson Co., music books


101 43


William H. Guild & Co., magazines


433 08


Landon Printing & Publishing


Co.,


magazines


.


1 50


Publisher's Weekly, magazines


12 50


Alonzo A. Weed, magazines


1 25


Writer Publishing Co., magazines


1 00


A. W. Mumford, magazines


15


Outing Publishing Co., magazines


19


Amounts carried forward .


$3,298 42


$11,728 35


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89 20


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85


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$3,298 42


$11,728 35


The Sun, periodical


5 40


New York Times, periodical


1 00


Cumulative Book Index, periodical


3 00


Helmen, Taylor, & Co., periodical


9 00


George E. Whitaker, periodical


1 25


New England Tract Society, peri-


odical


75


Success Co., periodical


1 50


Jackson Caldwell & Co., furniture


19 75


W. H. Bullard, soda


21


Boston Floor Oil Co., oil


2 00


A. E. Googins, oil


1 00


Whitney & Snow, hardware


1 33


Walworth Construction & Supply Co., supplies


60


George T. Bailey, papers


25 35


C. M. Blake, papers


9 00


Howe & Flint, supplies


3 10


Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co., fur- nishings


16 41


David Forbes, stamps


1 00


W. T. Cleveland, lights


74 17


Cambridge Gaslight Co., gas


31 52


Somerville Electric Light ing


415 20


Library Art Club, pictures


5 00


Perry Picture Co., pictures


1 00


Gilman Express Co., expressing


80 35


E. R. Perham, expressing .


133 00


E. R. Taylor, expressing


66 90


G. F. Matthews, repairs


43 11


M. F. Underwood, repairs


50


Derby Desk Co., repairs


16 00


George H. Maynard, repairs


9 50


O. A. Ritzman, repairs


10 25


Thomas McNee, repairs


7 25


H. G. White, repairs


3 90


C. H. Nelson, repairs


10 00


C. A. Southwick, labor


71 93


Pettingill, Andrews Co., paste


30


Underhill Hardware Co., hardware


1 05


Library Bureau, labels


77 60


Hammond Typewriter Co., supplies


4 10


Sampson, Murdock, & Co., directory


3 00


W. A. Greenough, directory


3 00


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


52 10


Somerville Journal Co., printing


231 93


Somerville Citizen Co., printing


51 55


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and. tolls


55 57


Wellington-Wild Coal Co., fuel


188 30


P. B. Sanford, binding books


611 96


David Farquhar, binding books


179 68


Somerville Post-office, stamps


20 00


Glines & Co., expressing


1 00


J. H. Grundy, expressing .


60


Thorpe's Express, expressing


70


Amounts carried forward


$5,862 09


$11,728 35


Co., light-


typewriter


.


86


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


Creighton & Clark, agency


100 25


S. Louise Chandler, agency


48 69


S. A. Riker, agency .


25 09


H. E. Bowman, agency


4 40


Sam Walter Foss, librarian Disbursements


84 50


Adele Smith, assistant librarian


566 68


F. Mabel Norcross, cataloguer


483 36


Anna L. Stone, assistant


450 00


Mary J. Warren, assistant


450 00


Esther M. Mayhew, assistant cataloguer .


399 96


Mabel E. Bunker, assistant


374 87


Mary S. Woodman, assistant


355 67


Edith B. Hayes, assistant .


152 72


Florence D. Hurter, assistant


16 66


F. Edward Kaula, attendant


274 70


Aubrey A. Hills, attendant


75 55


City of Somerville, water


10 64


Charles S. Robertson, premium of insur- ance


67 50


I. B. Kendall, premium of insurance


75 00


Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection &


50 00


$11,728 33


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account


. 02


$11,728 35


Public Library, Addition.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on Funded Debt account $15,000 00


Schoolhouse. Forster Improvement, amount transferred . 1,500 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Loring & Phipps, services as architects .


$391 97


John J. Coon & Co., on account of con- tract .


9,000 00


Isaac Coffin & Co., on account of con- tract


1,050 00


$10,441 97


Balance to credit of account, 1900


6,058 03


$16,500 00


Public Library, Isaac Pitman Fund.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1898


$1,000 00


DEBIT.


Balance to credit of account, 1900 . .


.


.


$1,000 00


.


$5,862 09


$11,728 35


Insurance Co., insurance


·


$16,500 00


1,800 00


87


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Public Property.


CREDIT.


Balance to debit in account, 1900 . $2,895,243 14


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, property ac-


quired in 1899 . ·


$142,874 59


Balance from 1898 .


2,752,368 55


$2,895,243 14


Real Estate Liens.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons, tax titles released $315 21


Balance to 1900


2,740 09


$3,055 30


DEBIT.


Balance from 1898


$1,664 60


Taxes, interest, and costs on estates deeded


to the city for non-payment of taxes 1,390 70


$3,055 30


Reduction of Funded Debt.


CREDIT. .


Balance from 1898


$9,099 63


Appropriations, amount assessed


74,000 00


Water Works Income


40,500 00


Cash, received of Vermilye & Co., premium on bonds


6,809 00


Balance to debit in account, 1900


24,091 37


$154,500 00


DEBIT.


Property and Debt Balance, amount of reduction of Funded Debt, 1899 . · $154,500 00


Renewals of Funded Debt.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount authorized by loans $15,000 00


DEBIT.


Property and Debt balance, amount of Funded Debt re- newed in 1899


$15,000 00


$130,408 63


88


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$12,000 00


State of Massachusetts, burials


350 00


Cash, sundry persons, money not called for . .


4 00


$12,354 00


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


1,676 47


$14,030 47


DEBIT.


Cash, paid monthly pay-rolls


$13,295 00


Danvers Insane Hospital, board


169 47


Worcester Insane Hospital, board


42 71


Somerville Hospital, board


165 29


Julia Campbell, board


4 50


Somerville Journal Co., printing


3 50


C. F. Bryant, services as undertaker


105 00


John E. Bryant, services as undertaker .


35 00


C. H. Lockhart, services as undertaker .


35 00


Joseph J. Kelley & Son, services as undertakers


70 00


Francis M. Wilson, services as under- ·


70 00


Alfred E. Mann, services as undertaker : 35 00


$14,030 47


Salaries.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed .


$8,000 00


Cash, received of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, na-


tional bank and corporation taxes


33,831 26


$41,831 26


DEBIT.


Cash, paid George O. Proctor, mayor .


$2,500 00


George I. Vincent, city clerk


2,400 00


John F. Cole, city treasurer and col-


lector of taxes


3,200 00


Frank W. Kaan, city solicitor


1,600 00


Charles S. Robertson, city auditor


500 00


Charles S. Robertson, clerk of common council


300 00


Jairus Mann, city messenger


1,500 00


William P. Mitchell, clerk of commit- tees


1,800 00


Albert B. Fales, clerk of assessors


1,600 00


Beulah M. Peirce, assistant to treasurer .


800 00


Alice T. Sleeper, assistant to treasurer


700 00


Louise B. McLaughlin, assistant to treas- urer


600 00


Florence M. Grow, assistant to treas- urer


465 33


Clara B. Snow, assistant to city clerk .


.


700 00


Amounts carried forward .


$18,665.33


$41,831 26


.


undertaker


.


89


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$18,665 33


$41,831 26


Edith A. Woodman, assistant to city clerk


600 00




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