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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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ment, books
.
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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