Report of the city of Somerville 1900, Part 10

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 546


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15,456 99


$67,779 09


Sewers Maintenance.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated Cash, received of City Engineer's account, changing grades


$42 19


Highways, Boston-avenue Bridge, labor .


8 75


Highways, Paving Davis Square, chang- ing grade of manhole


26 71


Powder-house Boulevard, changing


8 98


grade


Amounts carried forward .


$86 63


$9,000 00


.


448 71


William J. McCarthy, sewer in Josephine avenue .


189 70


479 23


$67,779 09


3,159 37


$9,000 00


.


127


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


$86 63


$9,000 00


Public Buildings Maintenance, Public Li-


brary, labor 111 55


Public Buildings Maintenance, School- houses, labor, etc.


53 26


Public Grounds. loam


35 00


Sewers Construction, labor, etc.


183 14


Support of Poor, City Home, cement


2 70


Water Works, Abatements on Water


Charges, abatement


40 00


512 28


$9,512 28


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$5,831 96


James Tevlin, teaming


2,408 41


W. A. Sanborn, bricks


158 55


M. A. Simpson, sand


7 85


David W. Lewis, cement


73 05


The Highland Coal Co., cement


6 48


John Bennett, gravel


1 00


George D. Goodrich, drain pipe


16 97


Charles E. Berry, drilling


5 35


John A. Merrifield, oakum


. 00


I. H. Brown Moulding Co., lumber


8 18


F. C. Ayer, lumber


21 13


W. M. Rice, oak rollers


17 23


Osgood & Hart, catch basin, grate, etc. .


45 55


N. H. Reed & Sons, frames


72 86


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., fittings


27 00


M. Norton & Co., hose


77 43


Boston Coupling Co., repairing hose


75


Howe & Flint, hardware


24 46


James Baker, rope


34 16


Jolın Fisher, pails


5 40


Harris P. Tibbetts, carpentering


9 09


Charles L. Underhill, tools


47 85


Whitney & Snow. tools


83 47


Underhill Hardware Co., tools


13 05


F. Dooris, repairing tools


2 65


Edson Mfg. Co., repairing tools


2 92


Herbert Wood, repairing tools


2 15


G. D. Sherman. rubber boots .


66 50


Charles A. Kelley, repairing sewer


2 50


John C. Terry, repairing drain


6 00


M. L. Vinal, flags


1 00


The Mitchell Mfg. Co., badges .


1 00


J. L. McIntosh, stationery


6 00


Somerville Journal Co., printing


3 25


L. H. Brown, carriage hire


1 00


A. M. Prescott, use of horse


3 00


Ernest W. Danforth, car fares .


28 50


Frank Reed, Agent, rent of water course


300 00


City of Somerville, water


40 00°


New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls


8 57


Amounts carried forward


$9,478 77


$9,512 28


A. Goldstein, rubber boots


5 50


128


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$9,478 77


$9,512 28 Water Maintenance, gate box . 5 75


$9,484 52


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account


. 27 76


$9,512 28


Sidewalk Assessments.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of sundry persons .


$9,765 12


Sidewalks Construction, amount assumed by the city .


284 65


$10,049 77


Balance to debit of account, 1901 .


10,941 63


$20,991 40


DEBIT.


Balance from 1899


$3,386 09


Sidewalks Construction, assessments levied 17,605 31


$20,991 40


Sidewalks Construction.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed . $10,000 00


Appropriations, amount appropriated by borrowing on


Funded Debt account


8,000 00


Highways, Watering Streets, amount transferred


4,000 00


Sidewalk assessments levied


17,605 31


Cash, received of Annie Stanley, sidewalk


$220 08


James W. Rich, sidewalk


37 95


John McCarthy, bricks


27 60


Wilbur P. Rice, bricks


12 50


Anna M. Oman, bricks


18 00


Isabel M. King, bricks


39 00


Clara Viverois, bricks


18 00


Helen M. Mayo, bricks


39 00


J. K. Warren, bricks


15 00


William E. Wentworth, bricks


37 50


T. J. McCarthy, bricks


16 50


George W. Welch, bricks .


21 62


Fannie E. Sprague, bricks


18 00


Viana M. Hanson, bricks .


18 00


Lizzie M. Owen, bricks


16 50


Clara S. Day, bricks .


42 00


Nathan J. Davis, bricks


18 00


Sarah J. Richardson, bricks


18 00


Augustus B. Byam, bricks


18 00


Oliver W. Marsh, bricks


18 00


Arthur B. Grover, bricks


28 42


Hannah I. Buss, bricks


15 50


Amounts carried forward .


$713 17


$39,605 31


·


129


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward


Highways, Maintenance account, edge-


21 56


stones


734 73


$40,340 04


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones


3,747 23


Thomas Casey, bricks


131 39


S. H. Abbott, allowance on sidewalk


84 50


Wilbur F. Mansfield, allowance on side- walk


15 80


Joseph S. Glover, allowance on sidewalk . Oxford-street Trust, allowance on side- walk


101 50


· Somerville Journal Co., advertising


204 50


Citizen Co., advertising


130 75


Highways, Maintenance account, teams, gravel, etc. .


city


3,581 07


Sewers Construction, edgestones labor Sidewalk · Assessments, assessments


23 52


abated .


284 65


$36,671 01


Public Grounds, Land on Prospect Hill for


Park Purposes, amount transferred . 3,000 00


$39,671 01


Balance to credit of account, 1901 .


669 03


$40,340 04


Sidewalks Maintenance.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$5,000 00


Cash, received of Boston & Maine Railroad, sidewalk .


$200 00


Public Buildings, Maintenance account,


97 37


297 37


$5,297 37


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


542 36


$5,839 73


DEBIT.


Cash, paid laborers


$4,217 08


W. A. Sanborn, bricks


894 43


Thomas Casey, bricks


17 25


S. & R. J. Lombard, edgestones


110 57


Amounts carried forward


$5,239 33


$5,839 73


$713 17


$39,605 31


$10,236 76


18,115 74


W. A. Sanborn, bricks .


13 60


and


edgestones


130


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


T. Allen, concreting .


52 50


D. M. Smith, teaming .


18 00


Thomas Groom & Co., book


18 50


Highways, Maintenance account, use of city teams


511 40


$5,839 73


Soldiers' Burials.


CREDIT.


State of Massachusetts, burials .


$420 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Alfred E. Mann, services as


undertaker


·


C. F. Bryant, services as undertaker


105 00


John E. Bryant, services as undertaker


35 00


E. H. Marsh & Son, services as under- takers


35 00


Vincent Reade, Jr., services as .


under-


taker


35 00


P. H. Rafferty, services as undertaker


35 00


John S. McGowan, services as under- taker


35 00


$420 00


Soldiers' Relief. .


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$15,000 00


Cash, sundry persons, money not called for . 10 00


$15,010 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid sundry persons as per pay-rolls . $14,521 00


Somerville Hospital, aid


42 72


Danvers Insane Hospital, board


16 72


Ernest L. Vaughan, watching .


9 00


Somerville Journal, printing


5 75


$14,595 19


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account ·


414 81


$15,010 00


Somerville Hospital.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed .


$5,000 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid for support of sick poor


$5,000 00


$5,239 33


$5,839 73


$140 00


131


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


State Aid.


CREDIT.


State of Massachusetts, amount paid in 1900, charged to


state


.


.


.


$11,388 00


Cash, sundry persons, money not called for . 22 00


$11,410 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid monthly pay-rolls .


·


.


$11,410 00


State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan Sewer Assessment.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$41,924 34


DEBIT.


Cash, paid state treasurer, assessment of 1900


$41,924 34


State of Massachusetts, Metropolitan Water Assessment.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated from Water Works Income .


$28,689 24


DEBIT.


Cash, paid state treasurer, Metropolitan water assessment for the year 1900 . .


. $28,689 24


State of Massachusetts, Military Aid.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of state treasurer


Balance December 31, 1900, due from


10, 1901 .


341 50


$580 00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1899


$231 50 348 50


$580 00


State of Massachusetts, National Bank Tax.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$1,036 80


DEBIT.


Cash, paid state treasurer, national bank tax


· $1,036 80


.


Military Aid, one-half of amount paid in 1900


. state December


$238 50


132


ANNUAL REPORTS.


State of Massachusetts, Soldiers' Burials.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of state treasurer, for burials in 1899 . $350 00 Balance December 31, 1900, due from state December


10, 1901


420 00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1899


Soldiers' burials, 1900


$350 00 420 00


$770 00


State of Massachusetts, State Aid.


CREDIT.


Cash, received of state treasurer


. $10,803 00


Balance December 31, 1900, due from state December


10, 1901


11,254 00


$22,057 00


DEBIT.


Balance from 1899


$10,669 00


State Aid, amount paid in 1900


. 11,388 00


$22,057 00


State of Massachusetts, State Tax.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount appropriated . $27,075 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid state treasurer, state tax


$27,075 00


Street Lights.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed .


$17,000 00


Excess and Deficiency account, amount transferred 36,991 52


$53,991 52


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting


$50,041 78


Welsbach Street Lighting Co. of America, lighting .


3,594 76


Jairus Mann, disbursements


57 95


J. H. Thompson, use of brake


30 00


$53,724 49


267 03


$53,991 52.


·


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account


·


$770 00


133


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Sundry Persons.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1899


$29,396 10


Water Loan Interest, coupons not paid


2,015 00


Interest, coupons not paid


21,885 00


$53,296 10


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Edward F. Staples, on account of contract for schoolhouse in ward one ·


$4,000 00


Sundry persons, amounts due them .


23,710 00


$27,710 00


Balance to credit of account, 1901 .


25,586 10


$53,296 10


Support of Poor, Almshouse.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1899


$6,000 75


DEBIT.


Cashı, paid City of Somerville, sewer assess- ment


$268 50


Balance to credit of account, 1901 . . 5,732 25


$6,000 75


Support of Poor, City Home.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$4,000 00


Interest account, amount transferred


1,000 00


Cash, received of John Wolff, Jr., vegetables H. E. Merrill, vegetables .


$268 16


North Packing & Provision Co., produce


4 50


Sundry persons, produce


5 35


Matthew Colquhoun, board


49 60


Highways, Maintenance account, horse


125 00


453 11


Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account


75 72


$5,528 83


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Mr. and Mrs. J. Foster Col- quhoun, services as warden and matron


$600 00


J. Foster Colquhoun, disbursements . James Mulcahey, services


76 78


173 39


Amounts carried forward


$850 17


$5,528 83


50


$5,453 11


134


ANNUAL REPORTS.


$5,528 83


Amounts brought forward


Annie Haggerty, services


.


·


61 70


Annie Scanlan, services


34 71


Sarah Doherty, services


43 86


Mary Maguire, services


18 00


Angus McLane, services


6 00


Jennie Dutton, services


3 86


C. C. Folsom, disbursements


8 77


E. B. West, horse


125 00


J. S. Newcomb & Co., groceries


237 56


Medford-street Market, groceries


172 26


Hyde & Southworth, groceries


147 89


Excelsior Creamery, groceries


100 52


Newcomb & Paine, groceries


82 39


F. J. Hopkins, groceries


60 81


Ar-Showe & Co., groceries


54 81


H. F. Sander, groceries


42 89


Ann Kelley, groceries


34 36


Russell & Co., groceries


17 32


J. F. Clark & Co., groceries


16 48


E. S. Conant & Co., groceries


7 60


Standard Chemical Co., groceries


7 35


James Bartley, groceries


13 63


National Biscuit Co., groceries


5 98


George W. Kimball Co., groceries


11 95


Charles B. Osgood & Co., groceries


7 67


John Wolff, Jr., & Co., groceries


12 80


S. M. Lawrence, milk


105 60


I. C. Earle & Sons, boots and shoes


44 95


H. A. Skidmore, clothing .


29 74


Miner, Beal, & Co., clothing


17 75


Brown, Durell, & Co., clothing


11 38


Lamson & Hubbard, caps


3 90


Robert Macdonald, lumber


196 50


E. D. Sawyer & Co., lumber


179 05


F. C. Ayer, lumber


27 73


J. H. Keenan, lumber


6 08


M. F. D'Arcey & Co., windows .


2 00


Charles W. Badger, paint


27 75


W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware


84 51


Howe & Flint, hardware


15 40


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware


29 22


Broad Gauge Iron Works, mangers


18 50


Jordan, Marsh, & Co., kitchen utensils


46 04


Smith, Hawes, & Co., kitchen utensils


1 62


F. D. Weld, ladder and chairs


13 80


J. A. Bremner & Co., frames


1 20


Herbert Wood, filing saws


1 00


A. G. Nichols, filing saws


1 20


Magee Furnace Co., repairs


1 20


Joseph Breck & Sons, farm supplies


591 46


Jackson & Newton, farm supplies


419 75


W. W. Rawson, plants


6 00


M. Ernest Moore, pigs


20 00


Amounts carried forward .


$4,350 20


$5,528 83


.


$850 17


130 26


Georgiana Blair, services


18 06


Lizzie White, services


3 27


Margaret McCarthy, services


108 94


E. B. West, disbursements


135


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR S REPORT.


$5,528 83


Amounts brought forward


$4,350 20


John H. Merrill, cow .


35 60


H. S. Pond, collecting offal


5 94


R. M. Sturtevant & Co., horses


300 00


Isburgh & Co., wagon


90 00


Joseph A. Pearson, harness, etc.


106 80


John B. Rufer, horse clipping .


20 75


Fulton O'Brion, hay and grain


95 48


Highland Coal Co., lime


27 35


C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectant


5 00


Reuben Ring & Co., medicine


41 00


Charles S. Lombard, medicine .


38 17


C. H. Goldthwaite & Co., medicine .


10 28


Electric Gas Lighting Co., electric sup- plies


39 97


S. & R. J. Lombard, granite posts


50


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


6 30


Somerville Journal Co., printing


5 25


Gilman Express Co., expressing


26 32


A. G. Renner, expressing


50


Glines & Co., expressing


15


Bancroft's Express, expressing


45


New England Telephone & Telegraph


76 09


Cambridge Ice Co., ice


132 42


Sewers, Maintenance account, cement


2 70


Water Maintenance, service


93 86


$5,528 83


Support of Poor, Miscellaneous.


CREDIT.


Appropriations, amount assessed


$16,200 00


Interest account, amount transferred


3,000 00


Cash, received for support of paupers :--


Of State of Massachusetts


$1,885 63


Of City of Boston


865 13


Of City of Cambridge


772 67


Of City of Chelsea


55 64


Of City of Chicopee


38 58


Of City of Gloucester


45 13


Of City of Haverhill .


11 25


Of City of Lowell


129 00


Of City of Lynn


: 46


Of City of Malden


155 04


Of City of Marlboro


45 40


Of City of Medford


4 50


Of City of Melrose


14 86


Of City of Newburyport


44 86


Of City of North Adams


5 65


Of City of Woburn


99 74


Of Town of Canton


3 15


Of Town of Hardwick


26 00


Of Town of Lexington


1 50


Of Town of North Andover


48 00


Amounts carried forward .


$4,314 19


$19,200 00


-


Co., rentals and tolls


10 75


Ira L. Roberts, horseshoeing


136


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$4,314 19 $19,200 00


Of Town of Plymouth


23 56


Of Town of Provincetown


28 14


Of Town of Sandwich


6 95


Of Town of Stoughton


25 72


Of Town of Watertown


9 35


Of Town of Wilmington


5 50


Of Town of Winchester


7 00


Mrs. Ritchie McG. Taylor, aid furnished


176 89


Charles I. Davis, aid furnished


146 00


Albert Gilman, aid furnished


143 64


Calvin S. Page, aid furnished


79 39


Newman S. Wax, aid furnished


61 28


C. M. Brown, aid furnished


43 00


Squire E. Putney, aid furnished


39 18


Frederick A. P. Fiske, guardian, aid fur- nished


32 66


Elizabeth E. Remington,


money not


called for


.


5,146 74


$24,346 74


DEBIT.


Cash, paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, support of paupers


$1,576 13


Worcester Insane Hospital


3,783 68


Medfield Insane Asylunı


1,763 04


Danvers Insane Hospital


1,130 55


Westboro Insane Hospital


998 19


Worcester Insane Asylum


847 31


Taunton Insane Hospital


296 21


Boston Insane Hospital


169 46


Massachusetts Hospital for


Dipso-


maniacs


585 89


Massachusetts School for Feeble-Minded


536 21


Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics


42 71


Hospital Cottage for Children


84 50


City of Boston


721 05


City of Cambridge


61 47


City of Chelsea


9 50


City of Everett


1 50


City of Medford


2 59


City of Melrose


45 00


City of Worcester


47 00


Town of Attleboro


104 00


Town of Danvers


88 00


Town of Milford


17 00


Town of Revere


206 50


Town of Swampscott


26 00


Ellen Mahoney, rent


84 00


Emily M. Higgins, board


18 01


Mary Budreau, board


52 17


Mabel Christie, board


75 17


Lottie Reading, board


52 17


A. T. O'Neil, board


25 45


Adelaide Pendexter, board


100 00


Clara Roberts, board


169 46


Amounts carried forward


$13,719 92


$24,346 74


.


4 29


137


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


$24,346 74


Amounts brought forward


200 00


Kurn Hattin Homes, board


60 00


Emma E. Perkins, cash allowance


30 00


May A. Hayden, nursing


19 85


Edna Phaelon, nursing


6 00


Annie O'Brien, nursing


1,525 00


C. C. Folsom, salary as agent disbursements


389 09


A. R. Perry, salary as city physician surgical assistance


15 00


C. F. Lewis, salary as secretary


53 14


Daniel Goodenow, professional services


10 00


Milton H. Plummer, medicine


248 32


C. H. Goldthwaite & Co., medicine


138 61


Howard Hamblen, medicine


60 36


Charles S. Lombard, medicine .


27 92


Henry D. Padelford, medicine .


20 63


R. G. Perkins, medicine


9.10


E. F. Chaffee, medicine


6 55


J. Arthur Bean, medicine


5 75


Frederick W. Gay, medicine


2 70


Marshall Street Pharmacy, medicine


1 60


G. W. Mathewson, medicine


1 05


F. W. Robie, medicine


24 15


Est. T. H. Fenelon, medicine


23 00


Arthur B. Grover, medicine


9 45


Herbert E. Bowman, medicine


9 32


F. E. Whitman, medicine


8 55


Theodore Metcalf Co., medicine


7 27


L. H. Buzzell, medicine


6 95


Alameda Co., medicine


5 20


C. H. Crane, medicine


7 00


John F. Thompson, medicine


3.70


George E. Grover, medicine


2 85


J. Frank Gear, medicine


2 38


McHesson & Robbins, medicine


63


R. M. Sturtevant & Co., groceries


738 30


William S. Ward, groceries


518 35


Medford Street Market, groceries


465 25


A. F. Carpenter, groceries


373 57


James H. Maguire, groceries


336 00


James Bartley, groceries


261 00


Sawyer & Read, groceries


201 34


A. E. Robie, groceries


188 50


Charles F Giles, groceries .


147 00


Charles S. Butters, groceries


124 00


W. P. Blanchard. groceries.


116 11


F. E. Cheney & Co., groceries


103 25


F. L. Card, groceries


82 00


D. E. Watson groceries


83 25


W. H. Bullard. groceries


62 50


C. N. Brown & Co., groceries


58 60


Emerson R. Christopher, groceries


50 00


C. L. Stevens, groceries


16 50


Farnam Brothers, groceries


12 50


Amounts carried forward


$22,419 16


$24,346 74


3 50


Henry K. Wampole & Co., medicine .


16 60·


T. H. Fenelon, medicine


600 00


Una M. Colquhoun, services


1,200 00


$13,719 92


138


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$22,419 16 $24,346 74


M. S. Canavan, groceries


11 50


Christopher Brothers, groceries


8 00


L. Stockbridge. groceries


6 18


Duncan McKay, groceries .


6 00


N. R. Barrows, groceries .


4 00


Frank H. Turner & Co., groceries


1 10


J. H. Brooks, dry goods


18 00


F. W. Gilbert, boots and shoes


60 60


Philip Eberle, boots and shoes


40 55


E. O. Arnold & Co., cleaning carpets


5 34


Herbert Wood, repairing locks .


1 75


E. S. Sparrow & Co., hardware .


32


Somerville Journal Co., printing


41 25


Thomas Groom & Co., stationery


3 55


Smith Premier Typewriter Co., ribbon


75


F. S. Blanchard & Co., book


3 00


Aaron R. Gay & Co., books


32 50


P. H. Rafferty, services as undertaker


50 00


C. H. Lockhart, services as undertaker


35 00


Alfred E. Mann. services as undertaker


30 00


William A. Flaherty, services as under- taker .


20 00


W. A. Flaherty & Son, services as under- takers


25 00


G. F. McKenna, services as undertaker


20 00


E. H. Marsh & Son, services as under- takers


15 00


Wellington Wild Coal Co., fuel .


669 75


J. A. Marsh, fuel


6 25


Fresh Pond Ice Co., ice


4 80


New England Telephone Co., rentals and tolls


126 67


A. M. Prescott, teaming


18 85


Caldwell & Co., teaming


2 00


M. G. Staples, teaming


1 25


Howard Lowell & Son, carriage hire


9 50


$23,697 62


Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account .


649 12


$24,346 74


Taxes.


CREDIT.


Cash, received for taxes of 1890


$2 00


66


66


1891


66


66


66


1893


40 65


66


66 1894


70 99


66 1895


139 86


66 1896


245 64


66


1897


500 18


66


66


1898


67,604 63


66


66


66 1899


173,237 40


60


66


66 1900


643,194 09


$885,080 04


Amount carried forward


$885,080 04


14 60


60 1892


30 00


66


& Telegraph


139


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward Overlay and abatement :-


Abatements on taxes of 1889


1890


66


1891


1892


66


66


66


60


1893


5,934 81


66


66


66


66


1896


20 00


66


66


66


1897


66


1898


271 33


66


66


66


66


1899


960 24


66


66


66


66


1900


4,898 96


Balance to debit of account, 1901: - Being uncollected taxes of 1890 .


$7,163 00


66


66


66


1892


8 00


66 1893


158 75


1894


427 10


1895


6,882 58


66


66


66


1897


8,505 29


66


66


66


66


1898


9,405 90


66


66


16


1899


91,603 08


1900


242,330 63


374,729 29


$1,278,550 37


DEBIT.


Balance from 1899


$388,126 21


48


722,380 87


State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for state tax


27,075 00


State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for payment of Metropolitan Sewer Assess- ment


41,924 34


State of Massachusetts, amount assessed for payment of national bank tax .


1,036 80


. County of Middlesex, amount assessed for County tax


48,311 73.


· Street Watering, amount assessed for pay- ment of a proportionate part of costs of watering streets for 1900


14,968 88


Overlay and Abatement, amount added by the assessors, including additional war- rants


34,726 06


$1,278,550 37


Temporary Loans.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1899


$310,000 00


Amount carried forward


$310,000 00


66


66


208 50


6,266 60


66


66


1894


66


1895


12 00


28 00


66


66


66


66


66


66


1896


8,244 96


$885,080 04 .


$46 60


51 20


66


42 80


18,741 04


City Treasurer's account, to correct error Appropriations, amount assessed for current expenses


140


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward


Cash, borrowed by authority of the Board of Aldermen on notes as follows :-


The Warren Institution for Savings, six months, 3 1-2 per cent. · · Rogers, Newman, & Tolman, six months, 3.32 per cent.


$100,000 00


50,000 00


· Rogers, Newman, & Tolman, six months, 3.32 per cent. · Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, four months, 3.10 per cent.


50,000 00


Blake Bros. & Co., six months, 2.85 per cent.


25,000 00


Blake Bros. & Co., six months, 2.85 per cent.


25,000 00


Blake Bros. & Co., six months, 2.85 per cent.


50,000 00


Warren Institution for Savings, six months, 31/2 per cent.


100,000 00


Rogers, Newman, & Tolman, five months, eleven days, 3.45 per cent.


50,000 00


Rogers, Newman, & Tolman, five months, nineteen days, 3.45 per cent.


50,000 00


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, four months, 4 per cent.


50,000 00


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, five 1months, 4 per cent.


50,000 00


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, six months, 4 per cent. 50,000 00


Rogers, Newman, & Tolman, two months, twelve days, 3.18 per cent.


100,000 00


800,000 00


$1,110,000 00


DEBIT.


Cash, paid as follows :-


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, four months, 4.10 per cent.


$100,000 00


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, six months, 4.2 per cent. · Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, six months, 41/4 per cent.


100,000 00


100,000 00


Warren Institution for Savings, six months, 31/2 per cent. · Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, four months, 3.10 per cent.


50,000 00


Rogers, Newman, & Tolman, two months, twelve days, 3.18 per cent.


100,000 00


Rogers, Newman, & Tolman, six months, 3.32 per cent. . Rogers, Newman, & Tolman, six months, 3.32 per cent. .


50,000 00


Blake Bros. & Co., six months, 2.85 per cent.


25,000 00


Blake Bros. & Co., six months, 2.85 per cent.


25,000 00


Amounts carried forward .


$700,000 00


$1,110,000 00


100,000 00


50,000 00


$310,000 00


50,000 00


141


APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward . Blake Bros. & Co., six months, 2.85 per


$700,000 00 $1,110,000 00 cent. 50,000 00 . · · S. Z. Bowman, one year, two months, twenty-four days, 4.2 per cent. 10,000 00


Balance to credit of account, 1901


$760,000 00 350,000 00


$1,110,000 00


Water Loan Interest.


CREDIT.


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


DEBIT.


Cash, paid on Water Loan debt :-


$133,000, one year, at 4 per cent.


$5,320 00


$82,000, one year, at 4 per cent.


3,280 00


$2,000, six months, at 4 per cent.


40 00


$10,000, one year, at 51/2 per cent.


550 00


$12,500, six months, at 5 per cent.


312 50


$9,502 50


Water Maintenance.


CREDIT.


$45,000 00


Water Services, amount transferred


27 11


Cash, received of sundry persons, sealing fixtures


$57 00


Water Service account, stock


2,500 96


Water Works Extension, stock


14,530 35


Highways, Watering Streets, repairs


322 71


Support of Poor, City Home, labor, etc.


93 86


Public Grounds, laying pipe


67 57


Public Buildings Maintenance, Water


Department, lighting


54 16


Sewers Maintenance, fittings


41 60


Water Works, Abatements on Water


Charges, abatements


40 00


Highways Maintenance, materials


12 57


Metropolitan Water Board, operating ex- penses


3,531 32


N. E. Vehicle Trans. Co., repairs hy- drant


9 40


David F. Hunt, et als., deficiency in revenue


11 00


Trustees Tufts College, connections, etc., Henry W. Dow, manure · Teele & Foster Lumber Co., repairing pipes


17 64


W. P. Rice, extending pipe


8 75


George D. Haven, extending service


36 23


Willard Glidden, extending service .


22 77


Amounts carried forward .


$21,540 69


$45,027 11


172 80


10 00


$9,502 50


Water Works Income, amount appropriated


142


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


Charles Drouet, extending service pipe


Boston & Maine Railroad, fitting water tank


1 50


H. A. Hanscom & Co., labor


53 75


William H. Wood, labor


3 45


Boston Burial Case Co., repairs


1 03


Boston Elevated Railway Co., labor


79 64


Osgood & Hart, old iron .


384 20


Boston Rubber Shoe Co., castings


13 60


William H. Hills, inspecting plumbing


1 75


Coughlan & Ryan, labor


17 55


The Pattison Co., setting meter


11 15


John Medina, pumping cistern


1 50


Mr. Ricker, iron pipe


32 15


Assignees John P. Squire & Co., pipe


615 75


Thomas Casey, pipe


1 40


Holbrook, Cabot, & Daly, pipe


205 44


Robert B. Hudson, fittings


1 25


Otto Olson, fittings


1 50


S. J. Kelley, fittings .


4 00


N. E. Dressed Meat & Wool Co., fittings


1 50


Vernon H. Worcester, fittings


1 75


Charles Pierce, fittings


1 00


Middlesex Bleachery . 2


Dye


Print


Works, fittings


228 82


Gilman D. Colburn, fittings


3 25


Braman, Dow, & Co., fittings


10 35


Hiram Allen, fittings


1 00


James F. Davlin, fittings


1 50


John Welch, fittings


1 50


Margaret Gordon, fittings


2 53


E. H. Bennett, fittings




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